Extreme Violence always works. This is why it is plan A. The first port-of-call, and the last line of defense.

The vile creature that was The Darkness was now wondering why it wasn't using plan A. As it wondered this, it decided to enact on the regret, and with a single movement, a tentacle hoisted the table between Fluttershy and Twilight Sparkle into the air and at Twilight with great speed.

At which point Twilight caught the table in her magic, and crushed it into the most perfectly round wooden ball ever seen.

Thank you Plan A. You have been a vital companion this day.

But now The Darkness was left in a difficult position, and was going to have to...
negotiate.

"This...uh, this isn't what it seems"

"...so what is this?" asked Twilight, as she tried to take in the hideous monstrosity before her, while it was seemingly grasping at straws.

"Well if you will allow me, I can explain this horrible misunderstanding." he ventured, disgusted at himself. He hadn't the strength to fight something that could turn what looked like a good, solid oak table into a bowling ball with force alone.

"C-...can we maybe talk about that uh...that freaky place we just were? I'd like ta talk about that maybe." asked Angel meekly as the chill continued to run up and down his little spine.
"Like to a therapist maybe"

Twilight took a deep breath and stowed her aggressive display. The diplomatic and scholarly route awaits.

"Fine." she demanded, with her best attempt at royal authority. "Explain yourself."

"Where do I begin..."

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"...which is why if you should try to kill or remove me, your little friend here will die first." he announced, with an air if desperation as he withdrew further and further into Fluttershy, who was now completely reliant on her new favourite word, 'No'. No was her friend and companion and she was certain that if she could keep denying it then reality wasn't going to keep being what it was right now.

The grim and upsetting revelation of what this creature before them needed to do for it to leave, an option it and they all sorely wanted took it's toll on Twilight and Angel, who had both chosen to respond with rage. Angel had to clear some distance to safely maintain his angry foot-thumping however, as an enraged royal was nothing to sniff at.

Literally, as the crackling energies and raw magic would easily give a bunny a nasty burn inside his nose.

Especially this brand of magic, which angel had never seen before. It was as black as the creature, and felt about as wrong.

"Eeaahh, Twilight...you should ah...maybe chill out a lil' hah?" he tried.

NO Twilight declared, unmoving, her now green smoking eyes fixed on The Darkness. That was no voice that Angel could identify. That was some sort of assertion, and reality just accepted that something had just been said.

I WILL NOT BE CALM. THERE IS AN ABOMINABLE CREATURE LIVING INSIDE THE BODY OF MY FRIEND AND IT WILL BE EVICTED.

"o-oh..uhm...o-okay" muttered the rabbit.

"I DID save her life you know!" ventured The Darkness. That got her.

Immediately, the rage and raw power present in the room vanished, and there stood Twilight Sparkle, skeptical detective.

"And how could you have done that?" she asked, chuffing derisively.

"Her heart exploded. She died and I repaired her heart, bringing her back to life." he said, the self-loathing only mounting further.

"W-wait, what?" Twilight stammered, caught off-guard.
"You mean she had a heart attack?"

"No it actually exploded. Splat. Meaty chunks. Just chunks sitting in her ribcage." The Darkness said with a bit of irritation.

"Wait what?" added Fluttershy in the confusion.

"And...and how...or why, did that happen?" Twilight asked, still reeling but wanting to get the full story.

"She...saw me..." The Darkness muttered, somewhat hopeful.

"What...what made you think this would get sympathy from me?" Twilight deadpanned

"NOW LISTEN" he growled, now very angry. "I HAVE DEALT WITH MANY SPECIES IN MY EXISTENCE AND BY SOME CRUEL TWIST OF FATE YOU CREATURES ARE BY FAR AND AWAY THE MOST INTELLIGENT. I'M SOMEWHAT OUT OF PRACTICE HERE."

The Darkness was increasingly displeased with his surroundings. These...ponies, they seemed easily as gullible and pliable as the humans. Certainly they were fearful enough. But they were decidedly less selfish, and had a disgusting habit of ignoring their fears to help their...loved ones.

The fact that, considering the mystical and far-beyond-the-bounds-of-humans powers these creatures had, their fearless love made them a genuine threat was what made The Darkness sick to his stomach. If he had one, that is. It was a highly disturbing situation no matter which way he looked at it.

And during this consideration, The Darkness found himself, and Fluttershy, lifted from the floor, and this other one turning away, headed for the door.

But it was day. The sun was out.

"N-now hold on a moment" Began the Darkness with a hint of worry. Actual WORRY.

EVERYTHING. WILL. BURN. The Darkness thought, silently enraged that this dimension was causing him something close to fear. Very justified fear.

Ordinarily, Light would simply weaken him, forcing him back into the recesses of his host, unheard once completely withdrawn. In his weakened state, however, things were likely to be far more intense. And he was about to be carried out into the daylight before he could even protest.

Expectations proved accurate.

"GAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAUGH" The Darkness roared in pain, the horrific sound startling everyone present.

Fluttershy then heard a whisper in her head, weakly asking her to leave the light.

But she wasn't enjoying the situation either.

Fluttershy let out a scream of agony, her entire body burning just beneath the skin. There wasn't even time for Twilight to lower her to the ground, and for her and Angel to come running to her aid, before the pain had vanished completely, not even a dull ache left behind. Her breathing had become ragged and sharp, though she tried to convince her friends that she was fine.

She then noticed that she wasn't hearing anything from The Darkness. It had vanished as entirely as the burning agony.
"Uhm, T-twilight..." Fluttershy began, shaken.
"I think... I think its gone..."

"H-Huh? Wha?" stuttered Angel.

"Just...gone?" asked Twilight, stunned by this. "Just...without a trace? No sign of where it went? No fiery death? No dramatic escape? Just gone?"

"Well...it hurt a lot...maybe that was the uh...fiery death part?" Fluttershy ventured meekly.

"Hey maybe it went to that freaky place" added Angel.

"Wha-eep!" Fluttershy yelped as Twilight lifted her once more in a field of purple.

"I don't like that. That's too suspicious and we're going back to the library to see if we can't figure this out. I felt that creature's presence and I don't buy that it's going to just leave. It said so itself. If it dies or leaves, you die, and you're still alive thank Celestia, so I don't buy that it's gone."

"Oh...okay" muttered Muttershy.

Angel saw Twilight prepping herself, and immediately jumped onto her muzzle to protest.

"NO!" he squeaked. "NO TELEPORT. NO. WE WALK"

"I don't see what your problem is" retorted Twilight, and Angel simply stared at her.

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Having walked to Twilight's basement, Twilight had Fluttershy strapped down, and once you all pull your heads out of the gutter we can continue with the story. I can wait.

Alright.

In Twilight's basement, she had her patented Science Hat™, which to the untrained eye might look like a colander with lights on, set on Fluttershy's head, beeping and clicking and whirring away as it did it's business.

"This bettah not do anything funny to her" Said Angel for the third time.

Twilight had to spend about 30 minutes convincing the little rabbit that the machine wasnt going to melt her brain. That didn't happen anymore. While she mostly succeeded, the little rabbit continued to chime in with little threats and warnings. Twilight might've been offended if it was anything than a small rabbit. What could he possibly do?

Besides, his concern was adorable.

It was in that moment that an Image flashed before Twilight and left as soon as it came. She wasnt sure what it was exactly, but it almost seemed like a giant rabbit with white gloves. Shaking her head to clear the spots in her eyes, she then glanced at angel. note to self: Never underestimate a rabbit. Twilight Sparkle continued working with the machine, reading the results it gave, keeping an eye on the little colt with the happiness probe in his brain, and making sure Angel was satisfied that his owner hadn't melted or burst into flames so far.

That was always a promising start.

"Tw-Twilight? Are you almost done? I uh...I'm really grateful that uhm...that you're helping me...but it's been maybe an hour and...if you still need more time that's completely fine but I was just...asking..."

"Dont worry" Began Twilight "I'm almost done. So far everything has tested fi-" It was then that the Power went out. "...ne."

The silence that followed was interrupted by the distinct noise of Twilight hitting her head against a table repeatedly.

"Um, Are you okay Twilight?" Asked Fluttershy. Twilight lifted her head up. "Fluttershy, the power just went out! Why would I...be...Fine..." It was near the end of this sentence that Twilight noticed something new about Fluttershy.

Her eyes were glowing.

Twilight and Angel stared at Fluttershy. "So uhh" Fluttershy started, confused from the sudden attention "The power went out? But I can see just fine... I-is there something on my face?"

"Fluttershy, yer uhh... Yer eyes are glowin'" Said Angel.

Fluttershy tensed up at that. "M-my eyes are g-glowing?" Fluttershy said worriedly.

"Stay calm." Said Twilight "I'm going to see what's causing the power-outage and then we'll see what the glowing eyes are about."

With that she turned and climbed the stairs, headed outside.

The second the door shut, everything went to Tartarus.

A black tendril shot out towards Angel and wrapped itself around his mouth. Before Fluttershy had a chance to scream, Another one wrapped itself around her mouth, effectively gagging her.

Hands out of your pants. Now.

Listen. Carefully.

Fluttershy's eyes widened at the sound of The Darkness in her head.

I've had a long past couple of weeks. I am angry. So...so angry. Considering the circumstances, I've been incredibly nice.

Angel tried to struggle out of the Darkness' grasp, but it was a futile effort.

Despite what I've been put through today, I'm going to give diplomacy and negotiation one. Last. Try. I don't do this out of good will or some hidden goodness in my heart. I do this because you astound me. You shouldn't exist. The amount of time and effort it would take to truly corrupt you is absurd. Perhaps I do this out of some subconcious wish to challenge myself in that regard. So not tonight... but soon...we will hunt.

I will feed.

Author's Note

Well Hi!

New Chapter and shit. That's good. I'm sick though. That's bad.

Also, Happy