Enchantments, Incantations, and Darkness

Fluttershy and Rainbow dash sat in awe as their worst enemies were brought forth in front of them. She even created copies of us... Rainbow thought to herself. She might even be worthy to be called a challenge. Fluttershy wore a look of sadness and betrayal, while Rainbow had a look of unwavering smugness. Fluttershy heard Discord's voice in her head, It's all part of the plan, don't you worry your pretty little head... followed by a wink from him. He then turned to Queen Chrysalis,

"Why don't you demonstrate your army's unique power for me, and our audience here?" he requested.

"Certainly," she responded, and ordered her army to transform into replicas of herself. They responded immediately and created several hundreds of the Queen.

"Oooh!" he responded, "Now do her!" He pointed at Rainbow Dash. The Queen sighed but decided to humor him. As she gave the command, there was a sound of splintering wood, followed by an orange blur tacking the guard restraining Rainbow Dash. Another mare somersaulted through the shattered doorway.

"WHO'S READY TO PARTAY?" The pink mare asked, while launching confetti from a cannon she seemed to pull out of thin air.

"Y-YOU TWO! H-HOW DID YOU FIND US?" Trixie stammered.

"I believe I already answered that." Discord replied, "YOU.CAN'T.TRUST.CHAOS." As he replaced the chains holding Rainbow Dash with clouds and lifted a heavy fog into the room. Dash then bucked her captor, grabbed Fluttershy by her mane, and the four friends ran out into the sun and stopped dead in their tracks. The landscape before them was not what they had left. It was darker, colder.

Dead.

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"It's an honor to meet you, Mr. Shield." Twilight said to the jet black stallion before her. "I have so many questions for-" Onyx stopped her.

"Now is not the time for questions Twilight." he said with a slight edge in his voice. "I am sure your motives were pure, but you have effectively ended this world with your actions." Twilight stared at him with a slight twinge of insanity in her eyes.

"Wha- WHAT?!" she exploded. "DO YOU KNOW WHAT I HAD TO DO TO GET HERE! I GAVE AWAY SOME OF MY OWN LIFE!" She was shaking with anger and sadness. Onyx put his hoof around her shoulder.

"It's not your fault." He said soothingly. "You could not have known, I was the ONLY one who knew." Twilight looked up at him.

"Tell me. Tell me what I have unleashed upon my home."

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Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie were standing on top of a mountain, overlooking Equestria. What they saw didn't make them feel anymore at home than the cages they were locked in in the caves. The grass within close proximity to the mountain was a sickening grey-brown hue.The trees were black and leafless, there was ash and soot floating in the air. They sighed a small sigh of relief as this, corruption would be the most appropriate word for it, had not reached Ponyville. Yet. "Down here!" a familiar voice called.

"Rarity!" Fluttershy called back as they all went down the mountainside to share a friendly embrace. Tears were shed between the two reuniting parties, but Pinkie Pie, being Pinkie Pie said,

"There is no need to cry. It's time to party!" and launched her confetti cannon.

They shared a laugh, but Rainbow and Rarity asked in union, "Where's Twilight?" "I thought she was with you." They said, again in union.

"Oh Twilight?" The voice of the chaos god said. "Nowhere important, just unleashing ancient evils and demigods is all." They all stared at him in disbelief. "What?" he replied jokingly. "Well I guess that's a LITTLE important."

"We haf ta get ta the Princess," Applejack stated. "NOW."

"Well why didn't you say so?" Discord replied, as led the trail to Canterlot. The ponies followed, pushing themselves to their maximum speed, galloping and flying alike.

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"Follow me," Onyx said, "I can do better than tell you my story, I can show you." He led the way to the back wall of the bleached white chamber. He let his true colors show, literally. Onyx's wings were ablaze with a multi-colored flame. The enchanted flame spread across the wall revealing a secret room. As the flame dies out, a book on a marble pedestal comes to light. "Open the book," Onyx said ,and, as Twilight goes to open the book, A light spills out of it revealing the memories of the Guardian. "Centuries before the rule on Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were in power there was an eternal struggle between Light and Dark. I, being the living embodiment of the Light, was forced to fight an eternal war with the Darkness. I fought to protect and he, to destroy. I took the name Onyx Shield, Defender from darkness. He is Diamond Sword, destroyer of light. I made the ultimate sacrifice, giving my life away to take in his and then encase us both into the stone. From my life energy spawned the two crowns. these were bestowed upon the two most worthy ponies in Equestria. Celestia and Luna."

"We have to get to the Princess and warn her." Twilight explained

"No we need the Elements of Harmony." Onyx said.

"Well you're looking at one of them! We need to get to my friends. I'll explain on the way. Hurry!"

"Twi! A letter from the Princess." Spike called. Spike cleared his throat the read, "My faithful student, return to Canterlot immediately! There are very urgent matters that we need to discuss. Your friends and I will be waiting. -Princess Celestia"

To be continued in: Chapter Four: Uprising