The Rule of Disharmony

If the Mane Six were able to defeat him, their true selves would be permanently altered! They would no longer be the Elements of Harmony, instead they would become the Elements of Disharmony!

"And that's why we will defeat you, because we are true friends!" Twilight Sparkle declared as she and her friends released the magic of their close Friendships against Discord and sealed him in stone yet again.

The Draconequis never thought these dumb ponies could actually beat him, he was the God of Chaos afterall and these were just some ponies! But before he knew it he felt himself starting to stiffen and all he could do was cry out in a panic as he became a statue once again.

Though he was fairly certain that this would not be the case for very long this time, not with his little contingency plan in effect.

Even as Discord’s body turned to stone, a black mist suddenly surrounded the Element Bearers and began sinking into their bodies.

            Twilight and her friends began to panic, their cries of fear filling the town square, as a deathly cold seemed to settle over them; the colour draining from their coats, manes, tails and even their eyes as their six Cutie Marks warped and changed under the effects of Discord’s magic.

Their cries of fear slowly fell silent as colour began to flow back into them, the transformation nearing its completion.  Slowly at first, the six Darkened Ponies regained their hooves.  Their screams being replaced by dark laughter that chilled the blood of any who heard it.  Even their Elements had taken on new and frightening forms.

               The clear leader was a Unicorn with a coat as black as the night itself, her mane and tail rippling in an ethereal cloud of pink and purple mist behind her.  A golden broad sword lay across her back within easy reach, a black pentagram, identical to her new Cutie Mark, adorning the hilt.  She chuckled darkly to herself as her blood red eyes examined the town of Ponyvile.  “Twilight Sparkle is no more, I am Midnight Dusk, the Element of Power!”

             Standing beside Midnight, an Earth Pony mare was also examining her new form.  Her coat had turned a deep orange, and her mane was now pure white.  A golden axe rested at her side, its blade carrying a likeness of her new rotten apple Cutie Mark.  She bowed slightly to Midnight Dusk and tipped her black felt Stetson slightly before grinning wide enough to showcase her newly grown fangs.  “Well, aint you a charmer?  Y’all can call me Bad Apple, th’ Element o’ Deceit.  Ah never did like bein’ Applejack.”

             The third mare to make herself known, a Pegasus with a yellow/green coat and violet mane, let her hoof rest on the hilt of one of a pair of wickedly hooked and serrated daggers that were dead clones of those that adorned her flank as her Cutie Mark.  An almost maniac gleam came into her eye as she spotted somepony trying to hide in an ally.  “You can’t escape from me my pretty…run and hide all you like, but nopony can escape Cold Blood, the Element of Cruelty, oh and stay out of my shed."

      A second Earth Pony mare barged into the group, distracting Cold Blood from her intended victim.  She had a dark pink coat and an equally dark red mane that hung straight down to her shoulders, all of its former bounce and curls gone.  Her Cutie Mark consisted of three teardrops that also appeared on the golden hammer she carried.  “Outta my way, I’m Pink Snooty, the Element of Rudeness, and I’m coming through!”

           A grey Unicorn snorted at Pink Snooty as she toyed with the whip in her hooves, the handle of which bore an insignia of a dollar sign that matched her Cutie Mark perfectly.  Even her green mane seemed to speak of money and the many pleasures that having it brought.  “I don’t care who you are Darling, but I do hope that you know somepony willing to pay tribute to Silver Dollar, the Element of Greed.”

              Midnight Dusk grinned coldly as she turned her attention to the last member of the group.  Like Cold Blood, she was a Pegasus, though her coat was a midnight blue and her mane shades of grey with random seeming streaks of purple.  A pair of golden bracers covered her fore hooves to her elbows, both marked with her storm cloud Cutie Mark.  “you better not be looking for my help, unless there’s something in it for me, the Element of Disloyalty, Shadow Dash…”

          Midnight snorted at her.  “I don’t really care what you say, I don’t trust you or any of the others.  But that doesn’t matter for now, we can kill each other later, after we’ve divided Equestria between us.”  Shadow Dash cocked an eyebrow at that.

“You have my attention Dusk, long as this little endeavour of yours is worth my while I suppose I’m in…”  Shadow Dash flicked her tail a little as Pink Snooty tried to contain a snort of laughter.  Even Silver Dollar looked sceptical.

“It’s all very well and good that you plan for us to rule this land, Midnight, but I can foresee two rather large obstacles in our way, the Solar and Lunar Princesses.”  Cold Blood just grinned at Silver Dollar as she liked the blade of one of her knives.

“I’ve heard that the Royal Sisters are immortal…I’d like to test that theory myself actually…might even have a bit of fun doing it too.” Not much later the siege on Canterlot Castle began in earnest.