The Element of Darkness

Out of the smoke...came a laughing unicorn with the same sadistic grin that Rainbow Dash had when she was infected. He had blue eyes like Shining Armor, a purple coat like Twilight, and his main was purple and blue.

Twilight stared at her brother with complete shock.

"What's wrong Twilight?” Moonlight asked “ I thought you would know about me...I knew was Celestia evil, but not telling you about me...now that's wrong"

Twilight looked back at her parents who had the same expression as her.

"Don't look at them Twilight, all their memory's of me where wiped from their mind. As for all the ponies that I met while I was in Equestria...the only memory of me that Celestia took was the fact that your parents where my parents"

Twilight's gaze shifted to the now crying Celestia.

"How...how could you do this?"  Twilight asked with pain in her voice.

Before Celestia could respond, Moonlight continued to talk.

"If you want to know where the infection came from...just ask the princess...she made it after all"

Every pony in the hall gasped and looked at the terrified princess.

"Don't say anything" Moonlight snapped, "I'm not done talking. I was her student before you or Shining Armor where born. She accidentally infected my wife with her damn creation. You think Pinkie Pie's death was shocking...well how about coming home to see your daughter on the floor with her insides ripped out. I was forced to kill Rose Bud as she came at me with the knife. As my wife was dying in my hooves, the monster inside her told me who created it. When I found out, I tried to kill Celestia..she retaliated by banishing me from Equestria and removing the memory of me from my parents. The deaths were covered up as an accident and I was left to die in space"

Twilight's face went from shock to anger; she turned around to face the princess.

"How could you do such a thing” she said”, “your...your evil"

"No, you don't understand” responded Celestia as she wiped the tears from her eyes, “I was creating a new spell when Moonlight attacked me. I retaliated without seeing who it was and my created spell came out instead of my self defense spell. I don't know how that happened but I stopped creating spells after that. The spell had terrible side effects...it messed with my memory; it made me think I killed him. It also took the memory of him from the ponies that care about him the most...his parents. When I found out that my attacker was my student and one of my created spells caused his wife to kill his daughter, I went into a deep depression"

"But why didn't you tell my parents"

"I did..."

"What?"

"I didn't know that", said Moonlight

"Your parents refused to tell you"

Twilight and Moonlight look at their parents

"You can't blame us", Twilight's father said.

Her mother continued, "We woke up one day feeling like we were missing something. We were shocked when the princess of Equestria came to our door to tell is that we had a son who she killed him by accident"

"Why didn't you tell me!" Twilight yelled as tears began to form in her eyes.

"What would we say, 'oh yea and by the way, you had a brother who we don't remember who tried to assassinate the princess of Equestria after she accidentally infected his wife which caused her to kill his daughter?'"

"YES! THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE SAID!"

"One day we were in our attic looking at old family photos and we found a picture of our long lost son. We looked at the picture for a long time before we started to cry. Them...all of a sudden, our memories came back. We missed him so much...we where planning to tell you and Shining Armor but we couldn't when princess Celestia made you her student. We were afraid that you wouldn't want to work with her...we just wanted you to have the best future possible"

"You two are monsters for not telling me about him"

"Twilight please"

"NO! Your sick...I can never forgive you for this!"

Moonlight teleported rate next to Twilight

"Looks like you can't trust any pony. We have a lot of catching up to do little sister...we don't need them...they lied to you"

"Don't listen to him" said Celestia , "he's trying to turn you against me"

"Maybe I should be against you!” yelled Twilight.

"Listen Twilight" Rainbow said, "What your parents did was wrong...but we have to stop him before he destroys Equestria!"

"Ah Rainbow Dash" Moonlight said with a smile, "it's good to finally meet you. You must know, infecting you was not personal. You where my first step in breaking Equestria’s heart. And now that the infection is loose somewhere...more and more ponies will lose hope, thus giving me more power"

"You’re a sick twisted pony!", yelled Rainbow, "your pure evil!"

"And who created this evil! I didn't start this war...the princess did"

"Moonlight, you need to stop this" said Twilight, "we can talk...what you went through was terrible and I can help you"

"You have no idea what I went through"

"Rainbow knows what you went through...in fact, you put her through more pain them you could possibly imagine!"

"You think I care? What Rainbow went through isn't even close to what the rest of Equestria will go through! You want to know how I became so powerful. How I survived in deep space? I was saved by a race known as the Dark Race. They where once normal ponies until they where banished for trying to take over Equestria. When I told them my plans for Equestria, they saved me and let me become their second in command! Because I have their powers plus the powers I learned from Celestia...I am now the most powerful pony in Equestria!"

"You can still stop this"

"No! I'm going to infect every pony... Equestria will tear itself apart and the Dark Race will come to finish the job”

"We won't let you!" yelled Rainbow, "the Elements of Harmony will defeat you! Nothing can beat the power of friendship!"

"Hahahaha, you’re so naive...there is a power grater then friendship...the power of fear. You strike fear into ponies...they will forget about your silly 'friendship'"

"We'll prove ya wrong!" yelled Applejack, "you of all ponies need to be shown the power of friendship after everything you went through"

"I DON'T NEED ANY PONY!"

Moonlight used  his magic to take the Elements of Harmony away from the Mane Six. Luna quickly flue up and snatched that Elements.

"Hey!" yelled Moonlight.

"Quickly, we must get the Elements out of Canterlot” said Luna, “he has no power outside the city because he he’s used all his power to keep me and my sister trapped here”

Luna flies away as Rainbow, Applejack, Pinkie, Rarity, Fluttershy, Ace Spades, and Big Mac run after her.

"Seize them! Seize them!" yelled Moonlight.

Ten evil guards chase after them.  Celestia notices that Twilight is still standing there.

"Twilight what are you doing! They need you!"

Twilight didn’t respond...she just stared off into space with a dumbfounded look on her face.

The ponies got out of the city limits and where about to put the elements back on, then all of sudden,  Moonlight created  a large portal.

"This is the only thing I can do outside of the city” Moonlight said to himself, “...let’s make it count"

The portal sucked up the Elements. The group struggled as the portal tried to suck them in as well. Luna, Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Ace Spades where strong enough to get back in the city but Pinkie Pie, Spike, Fluttershy and Rarity where pulled in. Rarity grabs hold of Big Mac and he was pulled in as well.

Twilight finally snaps out of her tranz, "what have you done with them!"

"Relax, there fine” Moonlight reassures her, “the only thing the portal does is split them up and send them somewhere far away. Those fools can look for the Elements all they want...by the time they find them...it'll be too late"

The ponies that weren't sucked in run back. Rainbow Dash charged full force at Moonlight, but he simply used his magic to toss her aside.

"I'm getting closer and closer to breaking you Twilight” he said, “maybe this will help"

Moonlight makes a window appear.

"Now you can even ask Celestia...I can't show you fake things when you’re in real life. So this is 100%  real...enjoy"

Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Luna, Celestia, Candice, Ace Spades, and Twilight's parents look into the window and see a deserted Ponyville. Pinkie Pie, Spike, and Big Mac come into view. They are looking around at their empty home.

"Where is every pony?” asked Spike

I don't know...it's like they all just disappeared" answered Pinkie Pie,  "Oh no! What if we were sent into the future and Moonlight won? We could be the only ponies left in Equestria! That would limit me from saying hello to every pony I see...it would limit me from my party's!” Pinkie shakes Spike, "I can't live without my party's!"

Pinkie stops shaking Spike and begins to hyperventilate.

"Calm down! We don't know anything yet...let’s just look around, that’s a good idea right Bic Mac?"

"Yuuup" Big Mac answered.

Then all of a sudden, a buff of black smoke appeared. In the smoke was a Dark Race with a black coat,  yellow main, and snake like yellow eyes. He even sounded  like a snake.

Hello poniessssss. You look lossssst...need ssssssome help?"

"Get away from us!” yelled Spike, "or we'll"

"You'll what?"

"We'll uh..."

The Dark Race  smiled and walked closer. Spike, Pinkie, and Big Mac back up. Just then, Shining Armor comes into view.

"yes! It's Shining Armor!” Spike yelled in happiness, “ He'll save us!"

Shining walked up to the dark race, "Stand down Slither"

Slither looked at him in confusion,  "but we"

"I said stand down!"

Slither backed off as Shining approached the others.

"Where is she?"

"Where’s who?" Spike asked with confusion

"Twilight...tell me where she is now!"

"I...I don't understand, why aren't you fighting that Slither pony?"

"Don’t make me ask again!"

“What’s your big deal?" asked Pinkie.

"WHERE IS SHE!"

"You need to calm down" said Bic Mac.

Shining’s face turned red, "calm down?"

In complete anger, Shining shot his magic at Big Mac which went through his chest, causing him to collapse on the ground.

"NO!" Applejack screamed in sadness.

"oh no! Big Mac!" Pinkie yelled.

Shining then shot his magic through Pinkies chest. It hit her and she stood there, dazed.

Spike turned to Pinkie, "Pinkie?"

Pinkie looked at Spike with a look of confusion on her face, "Spike...I think...I think he shot me too..."

Pinkie then collapsed on the ground.

“NO PINKE!" Spike yelled as he knelled down beside his fallen friend.

All the ponies watching look at each other with shock.

"this...this can't be true", said Candice with disbelief.

Moonlight grinned, "oh but it is...it’s all so true"

Shining stood over Spike,  "get up"

Spike slowly got up and wiped away his tears, "how could you kill them?"

"I'm doing this for the good of Equestria. Now...you’re going to tell me where Twilight is"

The window closed and Moonlight looked over to see Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Candice with tears in their eyes.

"You wanna know  how I got him to become so ruthless" Moonlight said, "I put him in the same dark dimension I took Twilight too and I showed him through a window his parents and Candice being tortured and killed. I then told him that the rest of Equestria will suffer the same fate...unless he finds Twilight and brings her to me. Let me show you are last discussion.

The window poped up again and every pony painfully looked up to see. It showed Shining Armor with red eyes from crying so long. Moonlight appeared in front of him with a sick grin.

"How...how could kill your own parents", said Shining

"It's easy when you don't have a heart. Now...I will do the same thing to every single pony in Equestria unless you find our sister and bring her to me"

"No you can't...I won't let you hurt her!"

"I promise I won't hurt her...but I will hurt everypony else in less you do what I say...do we have a deal?"

"...Yes"

"Are you willing to do anything and everything to get Twilight?"

"Yes"

"Are you prepared to kill those who stand in your way of saving Equestria!"

"...yes"