The Aurora Boreallis

For hours and hours, I laid in Trixie's bed, staring blankly at the ceiling above me. Trixie was asleep beside me, clinging to my arm. I guess she fell asleep after failing to try to calm me down after I woke up. Images of what had happened in my dream were playing through my head at a never ending loop. Half of me wanted to believe that it was just a dream, but I wasn't that stupid. I knew the powers and abilities of Princess Luna. It was real.

I had killed her........

However........

Just to be sure.......I must see it for myself.

I closed my eyes once again and relaxed myself, allowing my emotions to fade away so I could focus on the bridge.

The bridge is a little something I called back when I first discovered that I was able to do it as a filly. It's where I am able to mentally leave my body and allow my mind to travel through air to certain areas that I desire, and over watch the activity on others.

Call it spying......but now that I think of it, why didn't I do that in the first place.....? I mean, I know I was not even thinking of the effect I had on the others back at Ponyville......but then again.......I was angry at them.

They betrayed me..............still.......I must know what's going on.

The last bit of anger and depression finally forced its way out of my mind for now. And within seconds, I felt myself jolt out of my physical body, and landed on the floor.

"......owwww......." , I groaned. "....It's been a while since I did that....." .

I slowly levitated myself a few inches off of the floor and looked at myself on the bed.

My body looked sound asleep. I could see Trixie cuddling herself to me, clinging onto my arm. I floated closer and looked at my face.

Purple mist was still flowing from my closed eyes. I frowned.

"Even when my eyes are closed.....? Great....." .

I floated through the ceiling of her camper and reached the outdoors.

"...Ok....first thing, Luna. Then second.......the elements of harmony....." , I spoke to myself.

It was quite interesting how I was able to even give a flying feather about them, especially when Daymare is out looking for me, but I always had curiosity. And its with this curiosity that will alter my life from this point on.

I reeled back, then launched myself up into the sky.

My spirit screamed through the troposphere, flying at a speed that would make even the mightiest pegasi black out, if they dared to climb this much altitude at my speed. After I rose past some floating cirrus clouds, I angled my path and headed East towards Baltimare. Ponyville & Canterlot was 20 miles Southwest of Baltmare, so I just had to blow through 5,000 miles and I would be there in no time.

".....I wonder if I tried this...." , I though to myself.

While flying, I closed my eyes and though of the most annoying thing to me.

Sunburn.

The thought of Daymare Sun, blasting sun rays on my back as I flew through the stratosphere, pissed me off automatically, especially after her betrayal and lies.

My body felt a dramatic surge of energy. I felt myself in my black aurora again. Within seconds, I jumped my energy and teleported into thin air, leaving a ring of black smoke in the air.

Within no time, I appeared into view, right over Ponyville.

".....Why do I feel like this.....?" .

I felt something stir within my body. I couldn't explain the feeling.....but it felt........happy......

But it wasn't long until the feeling disappeared from me when I saw Twilight and her friends walking in the streets.

My anger surged back into my body. I didn't know what kept me from going down there and ripping their necks off. I believe it was just.......self control.

But what caught my eye, was something that was both reassuring, and frustrating. I saw Daymare Sun walking with them along with a couple Royal Guards to her side.

And to her left............I saw Princess Luna.

My eyes widened in shock and surprise, ".....Holy.........sh-.....she's still alive......but......I......" .

I couldn't vocally confirm it, but I did visually. Princess Luna was alive and well.

I floated down to get a better ear of what they were talking about. I floated right next to Princess Luna, and just what I expected, she was talking about............the dream.

"It-....It was quite........disturbing to put it, Tia. Aurora.....he....he was already in great despair than he was before when we last saw him. I don't know where he is now, but I followed his thoughts in his head. And when he finally fell asleep, I was able to peer into his subconscious." .

To be honest, I never had any grudges against Luna. She hasn't been the main mare to disturb me. I'm not even sure if she really wanted to go hunting for me.

Probably under her older sister's orders.

I shot a mean glare to Daymare Sun, even though she couldn't see me. Then I heard Luna continue. Her voice become more stuttered, which told me that she was getting to the disturbing part of my dream.

"I tried, sister. I tried so hard to be calm and not life threatening to him...but-......but, he couldn't see it. He couldn't see that I was trying to help him....." .

Daymare Sun interrupted her. I shot another glare to her.

"Wait, Luna, what were you planning to do to help him in the first place.....?" .

The mane 6 all looked at Luna for an answer. Luna took a deep breath and sighed.

"I-.....I was planning to bring him back to Canterlot so we could quickly extinguish the darkness inside him before he is consumed by it....." .

Consumed.........by........darkness............what........?

Luna continued. I floated in front of all eight of them. They were all looking at Luna, who had a face similar to Pinkamena's, when I was choking her. Her eyes were wide. She was actually sweating. Don't get me wrong, I completely understand that as powerful Luna is, she was just following her sister's orders, but.......

.......I felt guilty now, because the psychological trauma of that dream was about to hit her like a ton of bricks.

I could sense her fear.

Luna continued talking.

"......And then........he yelled at me.......it-.....it was so loud.......and then.....then......I saw his darkness come at me like a predator to prey.....it-......" .

Luna stopped in her tracks. She began shaking in fear, staring at the ground as she tried to find words to describe what I did to her.

I almost felt like crying......I-....I didn't mean to make Luna this scared.....I-...my powers......I couldn't control it.....

Yet, she continued speaking.

"....he sprouted black tentacles out of nowhere.....it-...it looked like it came from his back......he grabbed me and held me in the air......I couldn't breathe.......he-...he was choking me.......I-.....I....I couldn't breathe.....like you wouldn't believe......" .

Pinkamena ran over to Princess Luna and hugged her as Luna herself, gave way and fell to her knees, crying into her hooves. The two Royal Guards that were on either side of all of them rushed over to Luna, so did the mane 6, and surrounded her, trying to figure out what's happening to her.

I, for one, knew what exactly was happening to her. She was having a mental breakdown.

When you think of it, of all of the ponies in this world, the last one to be in despair like this would be the fearsome Princess Luna/Nightmare Moon, but being that she's been blasted to the moon, hungry for revenge on her own sister for a thousand years, half avenges her grudge, gets mentally split open by the elements of harmony, becomes fully reformed, only to get strangled to death in her own dream.

I think she has every reason to release her emotions like this.

But I know for a fact, that this was my fault. I was responsible for her breakdown. I felt every last bit of anger I had of the mane 6, fade away from my body, my mind.

However, I still despised Daymare Sun........but for what.......?

Back in Manehattan, after the tidal wave, she and her Royal Guards found me. And when poor Galaxy saw those eyes that I still posses, he feared for his life. I do not blame him. Then Daymare Sun came to me......

When I spoke to her, I saw the look in her eyes........she felt for me.

She knew I was hidden behind the shadow of darkness....

But what she saw in front of me, was Sombra.

First off, I know Daymare Sun like the back of my hand in some cases. Like the time when she and Luna defeated Sombra in 1346. I saw them both use some unnatural supernatural force. It wasn't the elements of harmony because there was no rainbow. Instead, a bright flash of golden light shot from both of their horns, and pierced the shadow of Sombra. The force was so strong, he was blown away into an open crack in the frozen tundra below. I could hear his scream as the two sisters closed the crack in the ice, trapping him within. As if on cue, the entire crystal empire, and everypony along with it, vanished into thin air.

So Daymare Sun clearly knows when someone has been corrupted physically, and mentally.

As soon as she saw me with those eyes, she thought that the only way to release me.........was to kill me and the darkness within me.

Now you're thinking, I should've just gave myself in, I could respawn in The Frozen North, right?

Well, you're correct.......I should've done that.....

However I could not even begin to process that amount of information at the moment. I thought I had destroyed my balance of nature and peace.............I did.

I literally destroyed the entire Eastern Coastline of Equestria. I couldn't even begin to try to determine how many lives I killed during that process.

So I thought of a way, where I could just get away from it all. When Daymare realized that I was, "possessed" , she addressed me as if the spirit of King Sombra.

And what did I do.......I went along with it.

It was my only escape.......to avoid admitting that the destruction that caused to multiple cities and lives to perish, was by me.

Luna worked up to control to talk again.

"I couldn't breathe anymore, so I passed away......and before I knew it.....I woke up....." .

Pinkamena held Luna tightly in her arms while the mane 6 and Daymare calmed her down. I floated above them as they huddled around Luna. Good thing there were no ponies around in the street at the time.

I looked around and saw Twilight's face. Aside from Luna's frightened expression, Twilight had just about the same expression as well.

She walked over next to Daymare Sun,

"Princess Celestia...." .

Daymare turned and faced her. They both stepped aside the huddle around Luna, "Yes Twilight...?" .

I floated next to them so I could hear what they were saying.

Twilight timidly whispered,

"....Do you think........that my........that my twin sister is possessing Aurora..........?" .

Daymare Sun slowly nodded,

".....I'm afraid that seems to be the case Twilight...........It really wasn't Sombra this time........." .

......

.......wh-......What......?

Before I could say anything else, my body zapped out of thin air.

Hundreds of colors flew past my eyes as I felt my spirit return to my body. I could hear Trixie's voice in the distance.

My spirit flew through the camper and slammed right into my physical body. I jolted myself awake.

Trixie hugged me as she sighed in relief, "Please do not scare The Great And Worried Trixie like that!!!" .

I shook my head and opened my eyes, ".....sister's doing.....? Could she.......no....there's no way....." .

Trixie gave me a confused expression, ".....What in the name of Equestria are you talking about Aurora....?" .

I responded blankly, ".......I......I don't know......" .

At that moment........I saw something out of the corner of my eye. I snapped to my right.

And it was confirmed.

I saw a black shadow with a pair of glowing green eyes, with purple mist emitting from them.

I jumped from my bed and yelled, "Trixie!!! Take Cover!!!" .

She jumped back in shock, "What?!!" .

Before she could protest, I pointed my hoof to the shadow, and emitted an electromagnetic pulse.

The pulse spread around Trixie room, visually reverberating off the walls.

The black shadow disappeared instantly.

I released my energy and sat on the bed, staring at the wall where the shadow once stood.

Trixie emerged from the covers, "What, was that all about....?" .

I responded blankly again, this time, more shocked than confused, ".....I...I don't know....." .

But what I did know, was that the shadow I blew away, was not gone. It emerged from the ground and floated there in place. This time, it stared right into my eyes.

I tapped Trixie's shoulder, "Look! There it is!!! Over there!!! Do you see it!!!????" .

Trixie literally squinted to the area I was pointing, "I don't see anything Aurora.....are you feeling ok.....?" .

My mouth hung open.

She couldn't see it.

I was the only one who could see the shadow.

I just stood there. I was confused once again. I didn't even attempt to blast it away again.

I just........stared at it.

I felt dark energy erupt from my body. Something bad was about to happen.

I grabbed my head with my hooves in pain as I broke eye contact with the shadow. I felt like something was drilling a hole in head. I saw my body spark with black electricity.

I was losing control of my power......and when that happens......it automatically releases itself in a self-explosion.

I turned to Trixie. She had a horrified look on her face as she saw my state.

I yelled, "RUN!!!!! RUN AWAY FROM HERE AS FAST AS YOU CAN!!!!! PLEASE TRIXIE!!!! GO!!!!!!!"

Trixie yelled back, "But what about you?!?! What's happening to you?!?" .

My body began to glow green as wind began to blow within the room. Papers began flying around wildly.

I felt it coming. It was almost here. I couldn't hold it any longer.

"DAMMIT!!! RUN TRIXIE!!!! TAKE COVER FAR AWAY FROM HERE!!!!! NOW!!!!!" .

Tears began running down her cheeks as she nodded. She back away from me and began to teleport. I was losing it. The black shadow was still there. Its green eyes piercing into my soul. My body began to levitate on its own.

Not good.

I turned to Trixie and yelled, "I MADE A PROMISE THAT I WAS GOING TO GIVE YOU THAT LESSON OF WHAT I DO EVERYDAY!!!!! I'M STILL KEEPING THAT PROMISE!!!!! ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT!!!! ALWA-" .

A huge black orb enveloped my body.

Trixie completed her teleportation spell and disappeared into thin air just in time.

I finally allowed the energy in me to release.

I clenched my teeth in pain as the dark energy consumed my entire conscious.

I yelled to the top of my lungs.

"AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!!" .

The orb exploded.

A blinding flash of light was the first to go off......

Then the sound of the blast.....

Then the shockwave.

Trixie's camper was just the center point of the diameter. The entire circumference around the camper erupted in a massive black cloud of smoke. 20 miles in diameter.

The aftershock was so great, the surrounding trees around Trixie's camper were blew 90 degrees backwards. Some completely snapped off and blew away into the sky. The entire black cloud rose into the air slowly. A black, stovepipe funnel cloud was seen under it as the black oval cloud rose higher into the air. The entire blast was black, but had a green glowing outline around it.

I felt it release from me. It was finally gone.

I passed out within the explosion, as it was still going off.

The last thing I saw before the blast, was those green eyes from the black shadow, staring at me.

The eyes narrowed as it kept contact with me. They looked took feminine to look like King Sombra's. In fact, those eyes looked like they belonged to a mare's eyes.

A mare's eyes that looked..........just like.........Twilight Sparkle's.