Amourfous smiled as he consumed yet another one of the helpless ponies that inhabited the land. It was such fun to torture or destroy the little things, but it longed for a more permanent position of power. This is why he had alerted one of the two alicorns that had recently taken up control over the nation. Its plan was simple. Kill, consume, or capture the alicorn that shows up and take their place. From there it could have access to what it wanted most, which was power.

At the sound of hoofbeats Amourfous turned to its right to find an alicorn trotting in.

"Ah, young alicorn, I see you were foalish enough to decide to challenge me."

"Yeah, no, bud, you fucked up."

Amourfous' eyes widened as he began to recognise that the alicorn before him was neither the day or night based young mares it had expected, but a different one with a cutie mark that bore a sun and a crescent moon linked by a nine point star.
"You aren't Celestia or Luna these ponies adore!"

"No, but you're about to wish to hell and back that I was." the mare responded with a low growl.

"Ha, no matter. I'll just destroy you and take your form! With your life experiences I'll just use you instead!"

Shooting a blast of magic at the alicorn, Amourfous was shocked when the alicorn threw the magic aside and slammed the blob-like pony form of it into a wall. Amourfous slid down the wall with a squelch before its 'hooves' touched back down and it fired off three more spells, each one being shrugged off.

"An issue with your plan, Amourfous, is that I know your secret! You can only take memories and experience from the actual host body, but not anything they learned via magical implantation!"

The alicorn mare then fired off another sizzling beam that slashed through Amourfous' right foreleg. It tried to regrow the limb but found that it couldn't operate those cells.

"But even if you beat me, you would only gain the confusion and pain of a lost week old mare, not anything worthwhile!"

Firing another beam, one that tore Amorfous clean in half, cutting right through the cells that made up its heart, the alicorn laughed.

"But you won't beat me, because at this time you don't have the power, but that's the thing. You've always needed something from something else. You can't grow more powerful unless somepony, or drake, or gryphon feels something for you. Me? I'm apathetic. I know little outside the fact that I'm not like you, and I'm not in agreement with your plans. Do you understand me, Amourfous? I feel nothing for you, and nopony else knows you exist. You are nothing, and have always been nothing. You are what ponies give you, shape, form, power through hatred or fear. You won't get that from me though, Amourfous, just a new beginning, but not for you. No, I give a new beginning for the citizens of Equestria, a new life that you will never exist in!"

Glaring down at the pitiful mess that had once had the potential to grow into an unbeatable monster, the alicorn mare fired one more beam, erasing him from existence.

"I grant them all a new beginning."

^~^~^~^

"Don't worry, dear Lulu, I will go find what is troubling our little ponies, and then when I get back we can have your birthday party, I promise!" Celestia smiled at her younger sister, Luna.

"But, what if something happens and you don't come back?" Luna countered, fearing what her elder sister might face.

"Your sister will be safe," countered a new voice neither alicorns, "Have assured that for the foreseeable future. Compiled in this folder are a list of things that I will need you to ensure happen but aside from that, all I really have to say is, happy birthday Luna."

As the alicorn turned to leave, she was stopped by the feeling of something holding tight to her hind leg. Craning her neck to see, the alicorn was surprised to find that Luna was embracing her, though the small filly had yet to notice that she was beginning to fade. Celestia came up and pulled her sister from the alicorn, but gave her a thankful smile.

"Thank you for helping us, and while you seem to know our names, we don't know yours."

The alicorn beamed, turned, and wrapped the two smaller alicorns in a large hug.
"Dawnbreak Duskfall, alicorn of hope and new beginnings."

As Celestia allowed the larger pony to hug her, she noticed Dawnbreak was slowly disappearing.
"Wait, what's happening to you!"

"I'm just going away for a bit, but don't worry, every time something good happens know that I'm there smiling and happy." assured Dawn.

Despite looking unsure, Celestia nodded.
"Just, don't say goodbye-"

"Cause you hate goodbyes...I do too."

And with that Dawnbreak Duskfall, alicorn of Hope and New Beginnings, having been alive for less than two weeks, faded from existence, leaving two stunned alicorns, and a radically altered history in the making.

^~^~^~^

"Luna, I'm just going to say happy birthday from out here!" yelled Celestia as Cadence, Shining Armour and Twilight stood behind her, red cheeked and snickering.

*Huff*"MhmmmMMMM" came the response, partially muffled through the doors.

Turning her head from the doors Celestia smiled an elderly sister smile, both exasperated, but happy for her younger sister.
"So, come back later then?"

"I'm cummmiinnngg!!!!"

Twilight stood looking at the door expectantly for a few moments, not even realising the other had opted for walking away until her older brother tapped her on the shoulder.

"Um, Twily, she meant she had...uh...peaked, if you catch my drift, she's not coming to the door."

Cheeks turning a furious shade of scarlet, the lavender alicorn scampered away from the door, determined to put as much space in between herself and Princess Luna and Princess Snowdrop.

Author's Note

Leave the song going!