Dark Hearts and Spirits

Twilight snarled as magic curled around her horn, lightning crackling around her. The problem wasn't the huge amount of magic being emitted, no, the problem was that too little magic was being emitted.

"Good, you're channeling your magic slowly" Celestia said, limping over to Twilight, having mostly recovered from her beating. Twilight grunted, a bolt of magic nearly hitting Celestia in the face. .

"Sorry, it's so hard channeling it this slowly" Twilight murmured as she got her magic back under control. A purple aura had surrounded her, crackling with bio-electricity. While Twilight struggled to let her magic out slowly, the rest of the Elements had been mixing potions with Luna.

"What is this lame potion about?" Rainbow questioned as she plucked off one of her feathers to join Applejack's hoof shaving, Rarity's horn shaving, Fluttershy's tail extensions, and Pinkie Pie's spit in a black cauldron.

"As brutish as that statement may have been, I must agree" Rarity said, looking disdainfully as the mixed up body parts began glowing red, blue, pink, orange, and purple. Luna chose to show not tell and blasted the ingredients with a bolt of blue magic. The ingredients turned into a thick smoke which entered the Element's lungs, giving them power.

"Woah. THIS IS GREAT!" Pinkie shrieked as she leaped around, feeling like she had the power of the Elements in her.

"It feels like I'm using the Elements" Applejack noted, moving her hoof slightly. Even the slight movement created a noticable gush of air.

"In a way you are. The Elements are now bonded to you and you can access their power without need for the necklaces. We never did this before because such a process is dangerous and would have killed many" Luna said soberly, her face stern.

"Y-you mean that could have killed us?!" Fluttershy whimpered, lowering her head.

"Yes, but we had no choice. Dark-Heart may be acting odd for now, but every planet he visits has been reduced to a wasteland of hatred and death" Celestia said, remembering what had happened to Discord's race. The draconequus were not native to Equestria, they had been forced there by an evil force that she now knew was Dark-Heart. Discord's father had been the avatar of chaos before him and had been torn to pieces by a monster made out of red smoke. While Discord had been able to inherit his father's position, no one had truly known what had laid waste to his planet until now.

"How come you don't use that potion on me?" Twilight hissed, her purple aura spiking outward as she unlocked more power.

"You have the crown of Magic, to bond it to you would create and effect similar to that of Sunset Shimmer, or "Sunset Satan" as you called her" Luna explained before returning to monitoring Twilight. "Now that you've surfaced all your power, lock it up again" Luna said with little mercy in her tone. Twilight gave an exasperated sigh and groaned in pain as she reabsorbed her power.

"That will surprise Dark-Heart" Twilight muttered as the clock struck twelve. It was time to face destiny and defeat Dark-Heart

Sweetie Belle slammed her hoof into Diamond Tiara's gut, laughing darkly. The pink filly gagged as the air was driven out of her and looked at Sweetie Belle. Sweetie Belle not only had a Cutie Mark now, but she was a full grown, pretty mare.

"I thought blank-flanks were worthless" Sweetie Belle growled before kicking Diamond on the side, knocking Diamond over again.

"They still are, you didn't even get that mark legitimately" Diamond coughed out, wiping the blood off her lip. While may thought her talent represented bratiness, it actually represented leadership and she knew that taunting the Cutie Mark Crusaders was the best way to distract them so Silver Spoon could escape.

"SHUT UP!" Scootaloo roared slapping Diamond across the face with her wing. Diamond's eyes leaked water and Scootaloo smirked. Her smirk disappeared as she realized that Diamond was laughing. "I just slapped you like a brat, what's so funny?" Scootaloo asked, abusing her new status as an adult.

"Hehe, nothing, just that even with fully developed wings, they're too weak to hurt me" Diamond Tiara said, getting up to shaky hooves. She was smacked back down by Applebloom, who then stepped on Diamond's leg with a hideous grin, breaking the limb. Diamond's howls of pain were ignored by the Cutie Mark Crusaders as they went off to find Silver Spoon.

"I-is that it?" a voice called from behind them. The Cutie Mark Crusaders's jaws dropped as they saw that Diamond had somehow gotten back up. "I said, is that it!" Diamond mocked, limping forward. She had to protect Silver Spoon from these monsters.

"How are you standing?!" Applebloom gawked, her eyes wide.

"That's simple. I earned my Cutie Mark, you're a trickster, a cheap copy. I am a leader as said by this crown on my flank and I WILL NOT LET YOU HURT MY FRIENDS!" Diamond screamed, every fiber of her being pointing hatred at the enchanted mares before her. Sweetie Belle stepped back, eyes full of horror. Was Diamond a ghost!?

"Enough time with her, we must head towards that flare" Spirit called, curled up within her book inside Scootaloo's saddle bag. Sure enough, there was a red flare in the town square of Ponyville. Diamond Tiara took the distraction as a chance to limp away with Silver Spoon, adrenaline failing her.

"Let's go" Applebloom said, her eyes flashing green. As the Cutie Mark Crusaders headed for the flare, the clock struck twelve.

Dark-Heart grinned as he shot up a red flare, calling to that purple alicorn and her friends to come to the town square. Their 3 days had passed, it was time for the grand finale. Trixie had disappeared, but who cared?

"I care" Dark-Heart muttered, feeling empty now that the blue mare had left. He shook the treasonous thoughts out of him and let his red aura flow freely, announcing his presence. At least if Trixie wasn't here, that meant that he wouldn't have to teleport her out. He should feel good that she left, shouldn't he? Dark-Heart groaned and cursed his conscience before flying to the battle field in the form of a red vulture