Return of Evil and A New Beginning

Celestia, Luna, and Cadence were standing around the hospital room where Shining Armor, Twilight, and her friends were. The doctor walked in “Well, bad news. The six girls were in a coma. We don’t know how they’ve entered a coma state, but the good news is that we have them on life support so they won’t pass on us.” “Thank you, doctor” Cadence said as the doctor walked out of the room. “Now I don’t know what to do. Twilight and her friends are in a coma, we’re losing this war, and the Elements of Harmony are now in pieces” Celestia said.

“But sister, there is one other way.”

“Are you thinking of him?” Celestia asked.

“Who are you girls talking about?” Cadence asked.

“An elf that we are NOT releasing” Celestia said.

“But sister, we are losing this. He is the only hope for Equestria. We have to release him.”

“Alright, fine. But he is going back into his stone prison right after this is all over with.” Before Celestia and Luna walked out of the room, Flash Sentry walked in with tears in his eyes. “Hey, I’ve heard the news. How are they?”

“Fine” Celestia responded “They are on life support so they will be fine.”

“So, how are we going to stop this” Flash asked. “By releasing a warrior who can stop everything” Luna responds. Flash developed a confused look on his face. “We’ll let you know once this is over with” Celestia said. Celestia and Luna exit the hospital room and teleports to the center of the Everfree Forest.

The elf that Celestia and Luna were discussing about is an evil elf that has betrayed the two princesses after helping them defeat Discord the first time. His name was Dante, and he was unlike any other elf. A long time ago, even long before Discord’s first defeat, Dante ventured out into the center of the Everfree Forest and found a pillar with a logo of an evil-looking shadow figure on it called the Pillar of Forbidden Shadows. He rested his hands on the pillar, which gave him a power of shadows. With those shadow powers, he teleports (which he has named his shadowport) and he has fused his abilities with his fighting style. But, the powers have also made him evil. Celestia thought that she could change him, but after Discord’s defeat, she was wrong.

Within the center of the Everfree Forest, there was an area where there were no trees, but a stone structure. The two walk into the structure into a dark hallway where at the end of the hallway, there stands the Pillar of Forbidden Shadows with a logo on it that resembles an elf surrounded by a weird mist instead of the shadow figure. “Okay, are you sure about this Luna?” Celestia asked. “Yes, it must be done” Luna replies. They both perform a spell that only those two can perform to release the evil elf that the pillar was holding. After the spell, the pillar was starting to crack. The cracks were starting to glow inside of them, then the pillar started to glow a dimmer light than the cracks. The glowing vanished as the elf’s figure started to form from from shadows from the feet up.

“Ah, Celestia. Fancy meeting you here. And look, Luna. Long time no see” Dante said. “So, what’s with the sudden visit? Have you missed me?” he asked “I’ve been locked away in this boring pillar for what, a thousand years? And you two decide to finally visit me?” “We need you, Dante” Luna said “Follow us and we’ll explain it all.”

The two ponies and the elf walk out of the structure. “So, why do you suddenly need my help?” Dante asked.

“An old foe, that you’ve defeated many years ago, is now attacking again. We need your help to defeat him again” Celestia said.

“Wait, Discord has escaped?” Dante asked.

“Well, not really. I wanted to restrain Discord to hopefully use his magic for good and help me out when I was busy, but six years ago, he has gone missing.”

“So, now you want me to clean your mess up.”

“I did not expect this to happen.”

“But you’re the one who released him. Seriously, you have poor judgment sometimes.”

“But now, he’s back and has teamed up with changelings.”

With a confused look on his face “What are changelings?” Dante asked.

The three walk out of the hallway and into the yard where they were surrounded by hundreds of changelings. “These are changelings” Luna replies as Celestia conjures a katana sword and a staff.

“Hey, you saved my stuff” Dante said in excitement.

“Yes, now be careful.” Celestia replies.

The changelings charge after the three when suddenly, Dante shadowported through the ground, appears under one of the changelings and uppercuts it into the air. The rest of the changelings stop to look at Dante, and then they charge after him. Dante kicks one in the face, punches another one a few times in the stomach before upper cutting it, then shadowported around all of them, knocking them down by punching them in the face. Some more run up to him to attack him. Dante grabs his staff, swings it at two changelings, knocking them down. Two more run up to Dante, but he hits one of them in the face with one end of the staff and kicks the other in the face.

The changelings start to run and fly away, but a few were stupid enough to fight back. There were two changelings left. Dante shadowported below one of them, upper cutting it in the air, then he shadowported behind the changeling, while in the air, and hits it hard enough for it to fly across the courtyard, then he shadowported in front of the changeling and hits it to the ground. After the one changeling crashes to the ground, the other one flies after Dante, but he got on one hand and kicks the changeling up into the air.

Dante walked up to the two princesses. “Wow, I’ve gotten a little bit rusty since the last time” he said. “Luna, I want you to lead the troops in Manehattan” Celestia said. Luna nods as she flies off. “Come on, Dante, I need to show you something. Dante and Celestia walk to the Canterlot Hospital where the Mane 6 were located while in their comas. “This is what Discord has done” Celestia said.

“So what you’re basically telling me is that she” points to Twilight “is the new princess” points to Shining Armor “he’s her brother who is critically injured and her and her friends are the spirits of the Elements of Harmony” Dante said.

“Yes, but Discord has destroyed the Elements of Harmony. That is why they are in this coma.”

“Do you know how to wake them up?” Dante asked.

“No, unless the elements were repaired” Celestia said.

“Wait, Discord destroyed the elements?”

“Yes, and that is why he must be taken care of.”

Dante and Celestia walked out of the hospital and flew off to the Crystal Empire.