The Element of Darkness

Twilight's eyes slowly opened to see Spike standing beside her with a look of panic on his face.

"Spi...Spike...where am I?”

“You’re in a hospital in Ponyville”

“Ponyville?”

“You’ve been unconscious for days. I got you moved to Ponyville cuz if whoever it is that made the infection knows we’re looking for him or her...Ponyville is the safest place I would imagine”

“No place is safe anymore Spike”

"Twilight...The infection spread to nurse Redheart"

Twilight sat up.

"What?! What are we going to do?"

"Let’s continue your plan. We need to find out who's responsible for this and bring him or her to justice before any other Pony gets killed"

"Your right...let’s move, but where are we going to look? I'm starting to have my doubts about Trixie being behind all this"

"We should check out Rainbow Dash's house, no Pony as set hooves in there since the murders"

"That's a great idea, let’s go now before a nurse questions us"

Twilight got out of her bed.

"What about nurse Redheart?” asked Spike, “We can't just leave her with the infection"

Twilight thought about it for a second.

"We're goanna have to...you and I need to be in good shape if where going to find out and stop whoever's doing this"

Spike looked at Twilight with a questionable look

"Have you looked in a mirror lately? You look terrible"

"That doesn't matter...we need to go now!"

Meanwhile at the other end of the hospital, a new Unicorn doctor steps into the doctor’s office and greets the other doctor. The new doctor has a brown coat with a light brown mane and green eyes.

"Hello" the new doctor said, "I'm doctor Skit, I just moved here"

"Bad time to move to Ponyville” said the lead doctor.

"I know...I wanted to work in a smaller town. I hear that the survivor of the murders is here, what’s her name...Twilight Sparkle right?"

"Yea that's her, why don't you go check up on her"

"We'll do!"

Doctor Skit happily walked over to Twilight's room, only to see her and Spike going out the window.

"Hey, I don't think you’re supposed to leave"

"Well where leaving" said Twilight sternly, "and you or any other pony can't stop us!"

"I never said I was going to stop you"

"I told you- wait what?"

"Trying to stop you would take actual work...I try to avoid unneeded work as much as possible"

"So you'll let us go?"

"Yea...but you left before I came here, got that?"

"Yes, ok thank you, bye"

Twilight and Spike went through the window and ran away from the hospital. The lead doctor came in to see Twilight and Spike gone

"Where did they go!?"

"I dunno, they must have left before I got in the room"

Twilight used her magic to make her and Spike disappear

"Remember Spike, this spell will only work for a couple of minutes so we need to make it to Rainbow Dash's house quickly"

Twilight used all the magic she could to lift her and Spike off the ground and into Rainbow Dash's house where Twilight used another spell to make them be able to walk on clouds. Twilight almost burst into tears when she saw the destruction of the house. She knew Rainbow Dash's guilt and anger caused her to destroy all her valuable possessions.

"Can you believe this" Twilight said sadly, "I only had the infection for a couple of days and I tried to kill you. Rainbow Dash had it for a month and she held her own for that long. I can't even begin to imagine what she went through during all those days. She's a true hero...if she had given up sooner...a lot more ponies would have been killed. After everything she fought for...all the suffering she went though...she'll only be remembered for killing most of her friends"

"If we find the real killer, every pony will realize what Rainbow Dash went through"

"IF we ever find the real killer"

"Don't worry Twilight...we will...we have to"

Twilight and Spike started to search every inch of the cloud house to find any clues. Spike jumped back when Rainbow Dash's tortoise jumped out from a corner.

"Oh my Celestia! You scarred me!"

"The poor thing must have been scared to death when Rainbow Dash ripped about her house"

"He probably hasn't eaten in days"

"Don't worry, we'll take him to Fluttershy and...oh...right...”

Sadness consumed Twilight.

"We'll take him to the animal shelter" she said sadly.

Twilight continued to look around the house until she noticed the picture of Gummys birthday party that Pinkie Pie hosted. She picked up the picture off the floor, a tear rolled down her check as she stared at her friend’s happy faces. Twilight wanted to scream, she wanted to kill the pony responsible.

"Even if we catch the true killer...things will never be the same” said Twilight, “I miss Rainbows loyalty and coolness, Pinkie's happiness and party's, Applejack's trustfulness and apples, Fluttershy's kindness and her animals, and Rarity's generosity and the dresses she loved to create...I miss them all so much"

"So do I"

Twilight looked at Spike with sweetness in her eyes.

"Spike...you where my first and now the only friend I have left...I promise I won't let anything happen to you"

"Twilight your more than just a friend to me...your my big sister"

Twilight and Spike embraced in a hug. Their embrace was cut short when a royal Pegasus guard with red eyes tackled the two of them. The guard pinned Spike down as Twilight got up to her hooves. The guard began to suffocate Spike with his wings. Twilight quickly used her magic to hit the guard off Spike. He fell on his back; Twilight held him down and used her memory spell to snap him out of his trance. His red eyes became blue as he looked around all confused, Twilight still had him pinned down encase he tried to do anything again.

"Wh...Where am I?” the guard asked confused.

"You’re in Ponyville" said Twilight, "you just tried to kill me and my friend"

"Did I really? I...I'm so sorry, I wasn't myself"

"It ok, do you remember what happened before you were turned evil"

The guard pony had to think for a second before a light bulb went off in his head.

"It's all coming back...I was ordered to go to Princesses Celestia’s room to speak with her about something urgent. When I walked into her room, she used a spell to hypnotize me."

Twilight and Spikes eyes widened

"Are...are you saying...Princess Celestia is behind this..."

"I don't think so...her eyes were red like mine had been"

Twilight and Spike looked at each other

"Common Spike, we're leaving...we're going to Canterlot”

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Twilight, Spike, and the guard entered the train and sat in a carriage.

"I'm sorry" Twilight said to the guard, "I never asked what your name was"

The guard smiled, "that's ok, my names Ace Spades Jr."

"Ace Spades?" Spike questioned, "Shouldn’t you be a magician with a name like that?"

"I was named after my father...he was the magician, not me"

After a minute of silence, Ace spoke up again, "are you sure going into Canterlot is a smart idea if Princess Celestia is possessed?"

"We need to get help from Shining Armor and Princess Cadence

“said Twilight, "they should be able to help"

"But what if their possessed to?"

"If that's the case...I don't know what we'll do. All I know is that we are the only ones who know the truth, and we are going to save Equestria ...or die trying"

"Next Stop!" the train driver said, "Canterlot!”

Twilight, Spike, and Ace got off the train and headed for the castle.

"YOU THREE STOP!" a royal guard said.

"I'll handle this", reassured Ace, "yes we were just going to..."

Ace stopped talking when he noticed that the other guard had a black coat with black armor and red eyes

"Oh no..." Twilight whispered, "it's a trap...she wanted us to come to Canterlot".

The three of them are soon surrounded by the evil guards. Twilightwas too weak to fight back; they had no choice but to surrender. They were taken to the main hall where they were greeted by the possessed Princess Celestia.

"Welcome Twilight, I've been waiting for your arrival"

"WHO ARE YOU!" demanded Twilight, "WHY ARE YOU DOING ALL OF THIS!"

An evil green spread across Celestia’s face, "All in good time Twilight...all in good time. Take her and her friends to the dungeon!"

Twilight, Spike, and Ace where escorted by the evil guards to the dungeon below the castle. The three ponies were taken to the farthest cell and locked in it. Once one of the evil guards locked the door shut, the three see Princess Cadence

, Princess Luna, and Twilight's parents in there as well.

"Mom! Dad!” Twilight yelled

She ran over and hugged her parents, she them turned to face Cadence and

Luna.

"Do you know who's doing this?"

"No" said Cadence, "but we know his plan"

Luna stepped forward to explain the villain’s evil plan.

"When I was banished on the moon, I was visited one day by black smoke. I could barely make out a smiling face in the smoke. He told me that he would help me escape the moon on the Prophesized date. Oddly enough he didn't want anything in return, he used some kind of black magic to help me escape so I could rain over Equestria in darkness. I told Celestia about the smoke figure but she couldn't find anything about him. The entity that possessed my sister is the same evil entity that approached me on the moon"

Twilight and Cadence looked at each other before Twilight responded, "So this entity wants to carry out your original plan?"

"No...his plan is much worse. He has no heart...no remorse...not even for himself. He will surround Equestria in darkness and kill every single pony. Before he destroys Equestria, he will break Equestria. Turning the element of loyalty into a sadistic serial killer was just his first step. He will attempt to break you Twilight; he will kill me, Cadence, your parents, Spike, and any other pony you care about in front of you until you crack. All of Equestria knows that you are the only pony who can stop him, so he will drive you to madness in order to break the spirit of every pony who has hope"

I'll never crack" said Twilight sternly "I saw Applejack and Big Macintosh’s burned corpses in a barn, I saw Fluttershy's corpse being ripped apart by wolves, I saw Rarity's corpse with rolled over eyes and sharp diamonds sticking out of her, and I thought I saved Rainbow Dash...only to watch as Princess Celestia executed her for murders that weren't her fault...We are going to get out of here rate now, save Celestia and kill the monster responsible for all of this”

"What's the point" said Candice, "Only the elements of harmony can defeat this killer. You may be the strongest element, but the dark Unicorn is to powerful"

"The dark unicorn?" asked Spike

"It's what we call the entity that possessed Celestia ", explained Luna, "I saw a glimpse of his real form on the moon"

"Does Shining Armor know about all this?” asked Twilight.

"I don't know" Candice responded, "I pray that he is ok. The last time I saw him was after our wedding. We were driving of in the carriage when black smoke appeared. We heard children's laughter and a demonic voice say, 'family is forever isn't it', I them blacked out and woke up in this dungeon"

Spike stepped in the middle of the room, "There has to be a way for us to defeat the dark Unicorn".

Twilight's father also stepped in the middle of the room to face Spike, "Without the elements of harmony...we cannot win..."

"There must be another way!"

"I'm afraid there is not" said Luna, "but I have a way to bring the elements of harmony back"

Twilight looked at Luna with confusion, "what do you mean?"

"The dark unicorn learned all sorts of magic in his travels across the universe. He learned a spell that my sister and I call the impossible spell. It is the spell of resurrection...me or Celestia could never learn a spell that complicated, even the dark unicorns power drains immensely if he uses it. I learned a spell on the moon that grants me powers to take a pony’s spell from them...I did that to the dark unicorn before I was taken to this dungeon. This spell only works if the creature died within a month. I am going to bring your friends back Twilight...but this will only work once"

Twilight didn't respond, she couldn't respond...there were no words to comprehend the happiness she felt in that moment.

Spike was the first one to respond, "You’re going to bring our friends back! This is amazing! With the elements of harmony together again, the dark unicorn will be destroyed!"

Tears of happiness rolled down Twilight’s cheeks, she still couldn't find the words to respond.

"I'm going to begin", said Luna

All of as sudden Twilight blacked out. She woke up in darkness and heard a voice say, “Time to start our test...”