The Equestrian Inferno

Galaxy and I trudged across the bridge into fourth section of the circle. The landscape itself seemed normal enough. It was a rocky field with the usual dull colored scrub found in hell. In addition, there were ponies just strolling about everywhere. It didn't take me long to realize however that there were a few oddities about them. For one thing, they were all unicorns. In addition, all of them had black horns and black spots. As Galaxy and I ventured further into the circle, I saw clearly what was going on. "They're afflicted with dark magic" I gasped. "That's right" answered Galaxy. All of the unicorns' horns were encrusted with black crystals, which also grew in various patches on their bodies.

The sight sickened me a bit. I knew full well the power of dark magic and the suffering it could cause, and had already caused in Equestria. "Why are you disturbed by this?" asked Galaxy, "These ponies are here because they deserve it. You don't think Celestia would sadistically subject anypony to something like this just for the fun of it would you?"

"No" I answered her, "I wouldn't dare think that. But what exactly did these ponies do to deserve this?"

Galaxy began explaining. "These are the ponies who used magic for twisted, though not necessarily evil, purposes. As a result, they have crystals of darkness injecting currents of dark magic into their bodies. It reacts with the magic of harmony within them in a very painful way before neutralizing it" she said.

"What do you mean by twisted but not necessarily evil?" I asked.

"Well" she began again, "See that pony over there?" she asked as she gestured with her hoof.

"Yeah" I answered back. It was a sky blue unicorn with a light gold mane and a cutie mark shaped like a golden flower.

"Her name's Sunbeam" said Galaxy, "she used her magic to manipulate the weather without the permission of the pegasus ponies. As every pegasus knows, the weather has certain patterns it must follow and messing with it can often set off a chain reaction that affects the weather in distant regions without the knowledge of the perpetrator. Sunbeam did not know that when she pushed the clouds away from her home every day so each day could be sunny, it rained way more often than it should have in other nearby regions."

"Makes sense" I said to myself. I now noticed that her cutie mark, which I mistook for a flower, was actually a sun.

"And see that one all the way over there?" she asked.

"Which one?" I said, "The yellow one or the light orange one?"

"Further" replied Galaxy, "She's a white redhead."

"Oh, I see her." I said, "what about her?"

"That's moondust. She used her magic to put to sleep all ponies she didn't like" said Galaxy, "It was her solution to everything. She never even once tried to use the magic of friendship to solve disputes."

"Oh, wow, that sounds mean" I said. "Yep" she replied, "Oh, hey! Check out the blue one over by the willow tree."

I looked and saw a navy blue pony with a curved horn. "Wow" I said, "his horn is curved just like Sombra's"

"I know, what an interesting coincidence!" Galaxy exclaimed, "In fact, he has two of them."

"Two horns?" I asked incredulously, "Well wouldn't he be a bicorn or something…?"

"Nope" said Galaxy, "He's a goat. His name's Grogar. He possessed several extremely powerful artifacts of dark magic that he used to try and take over Equestria. He began lurking around the Everfree Forest looking for recruits to help him. He found a spot where a very powerful current of natural magic dwelled and decided to begin building a fortress there as a base of operations. He was discovered however by pegasi flying overhead and eliminated by Celestia and Luna who burned him to death by focusing the power of the sun and moon through a giant lens of crystal which amplified its power. They did not want to risk a direct assault or siege because much of the forest would be destroyed and they were unsure of how powerful he was. The spot where his fortress once stood is now the site of Zecora's house."

"Interesting" I said, "It's fitting that a worker of the magic of light has come to replace a worker of dark magic."

"And so it shall be that this is always the case. The magic of light, friendship, and harmony conquers all" she said.

Galaxy turned and began walking toward the next bridge. Seeing taking one last look around to see if there were any other creature besides unicorns and goat, I followed her.