A Dark Soul

Four weeks had passed. Ponyville was being rebuilt and all the funerals had already passed. Life was beginning to return to normal again. Twilight even thought once that she saw Applejack, who had been devastated by the death of Applebloom, smile at a joke. Twilight tried to forget her use of dark magic, and her friend never mentioned it.

As Twilight sat reading a book when she heard a knock on the door. She went and answered the door and found Rainbow Dash.

“Oh, hi there Twilight. I was just stopping over to see if you wanted have a get together with everyone at the park since before the incident.”

Twilight felt a moment of déjà vu. All those weeks ago it started just like this. Rainbow Dash didn’t see her discomfort and waited for an answer.

“Sure Dash, I will hang out.”
“Sweet, I need to see if everyone else will go. See ya tomorrow.”

Dash hurried of to Rarity’s shop. Twilight sighed and closed the door. She spent the remainder of the night reading, but was uneasy. She remembered how she felt before all this happened. She knew life would go on, but it would never be the same. Finally she decided she needed to sleep.

***

It was dark, very dark. Twilight could feel a presence hovering over her.

“No, not again.”

“It has been a while Twilight Sparkle.” The voice boomed, the same one from before.
“What do you want with me?”
“I wanted you to embrace the darkness.”
“No, when I did things got out of control and plenty of good ponies died. I have learned my lesson.”
“You make me sad. I was hoping you would be the one.”
“The one to do what? Who are you anyway?”
“I am the darkness. All through history I have been hunting for the one who would spread darkness through the land and finally overthrow the elements of harmony.”
“So you took over Tamerlane’s mind?”
“No, I bestowed upon him power. As I did with Sombra and Nightmare Moon and many others.”
“Wait, how would you overthrow the elements of harmony? They aren’t in charge of anything.”
“There are many forces acting on this world. For every push, a pull. For every up, a down. For every good, an evil. This is the way of the world Twilight Sparkle.”
“So you are the opposite of the elements of harmony?”
“In a way, but you have showed me that you hold nothing for me. Goodbye Twilight Sparkle.”

Twilight jerked awake. She looked out her window and saw that it was about midnight. She collapsed on her bed, her mind racing. But she was tired. So, so tired. She immediately fell back asleep.

***

When she woke up the next morning she remembered nothing of her dream. She quickly got started with her daily chores. When it was time she went to meet her friends. When she arrived Applejack noticed an expression on her face.

“Um… is something bothering you sugar cube?
“I feel… I feel like I have forgotten something.” She said slowly
“Was it something important?” Fluttershy asked.
“I…I cant remember. Oh well” she said cheering up. “Lets all try to have a good time and put our worries behind us.”

The six of them spent the reminder of the afternoon playing in the park, not a care in the world. The played and laughed together, healing the wounds created by the invasion of the undead. To Twilight Sparkle and her friends, things were finally returning back to normal.