Memories Of Days Past

Prologue

          My name is Twilight….and I’m about to die.

I was born on a world long since destroyed….some say I played a hand in its destruction….other less charitable voices say I was the sole cause of its demise. I cared little at the time as I was blinded by my own self righteous fury.

But then a reckoning came upon me…. I found other who could travel between worlds, whose beliefs conflicted with mine. I was humbled by their power and tempered by their convictions, I resolved to learn from my opponents…. I would do better, be better, and fight the very kind of tyrant I had become.

        And now, none of that matters to me anymore , I’ve given my all, but it wasn't enough…. all I can do now is reflect on my life and how I came into this unfortunate position….

        It all started the day I met Kyra, I don’t know why I did what I did then, but I do not have any regrets.

        It all started out as an average day, the sun was shining and there was not a cloud in the sky, today I felt like I needed to go out and enjoy the day. So I did just that, but as I was making my way to the park there was a huge commotion up by the hospital, my curiosity got the better of me and I approached.

        “Hey, everyone what’s all the commotion about?” I had yelled as I tried to push a few ponies away.

        “Oh, hi Twilight, didn’t you hear,” Fluttershy softly spoke, “There was a huge beast that attacked a pony near the Everfree and he was injured pretty badly, I heard that he was pretty lucky and won’t suffer any permanent wounds.”

        “That’s good to here, but why is everyone crowding around here for if he’s fine?” I had asked Fluttershy, but to my surprise she wasn’t there anymore, “Huh, that’s strange, where could she have gone,” I wondered to myself.

        Still curious I methodically made my way into the hospital and asked one of the nurses if she knew where the injured pony was, thankfully she did, but not so thankfully I wasn’t allowed to see him unless I was family. I don’t know why I wanted to see him that bad but I lied and said he was my cousin that was visiting me.

Without further incident I had made it to this total stranger’s room, and I slowly opened the door to see this pony sitting on the bed. He looked up at me and made eye contact, his eyes were one of the first things I noticed that was different about him, the colors were different in each iris and they were the eyes of a killer, but I didn’t know that at the time, I was naive and foolish, and now I too have the eyes of a killer. We kept eye contact, that is until I couldn't hold it any longer and was about to start talking.

 Then he spoke, “So, why are you here?” his voice was so low I could barely hear him.

I walked into the room and sat down beside him, he had still not made any moves or signs of discomfort, I collected my thoughts and asked as calmly as I could “I just want to know a couple things, why were you near the Everfree and what attacked you?”

He looks up at me now and replies slowly and deliberately, “Why is it that you need to know why I was there and what attacked me, it seems you have no need to know this.”

I sat there with no response, a bit confused by what I had heard, then I decided to try a more diplomatic approach, “ Tell me what you know, I need to know what had attacked you so I can find a way to prevent this from happening again.”

He gave no indication that he had heard what I had said, as I was about to say more he responded, “Do not worry about another attack, I can promise you there will be no more….”

He looked as if he was going to say more but did not, I found this the opportune time to say my thoughts out loud, “How can you promise that, it’s not as though you know that for certain,” it may have been a bit rude of me to say that but, I didn't know any better at the time.

He looked at me like I was some arrogant asshole, but then again it was pretty justified, finally he spoke again, but this time it was with more conviction and I looked into his eyes and knew that was the truth. I wanted more answers, but I knew those could wait.

“Alright, I believe you, but I need to know a few other things that are pretty important, such as who are you and where are you from?” this is the point where I had reached the turning point of my life, the life that I know today.

He just sits there and thinks for a moment, slowly he gets up takes off all the bandages covering his wounds, grabs his cloak and says only one thing, “If you really want to know then follow me, but just remember there is no turning back from this.”

I stood up from the bed and silently started to follow him, my brain was working overtime wondering what he had meant by no turning back.

He then spoke up, “Are you certain you want to know, you do not have to find out and you might be able to save yourself and this world from eternal torment.”

        I replied with as much conviction I could muster, “I’ve faced Nightmare Moon, Discord, Chrysalis, and Sombra, I’m sure I can handle a creature from the Everfree,” I would soon find out that this was either my greatest choice, or the folly to start the end of the world I knew it.