Loki - Rebirth of Deception

„So, Nighttime is dead. It was predictable, I must say.“ Said Sunset Shimmer, watching Everdark forest from window to pony hidden in shadow.

„Just another sin on his already long list. Wish I could go kill him right now.“

„We need him, as terrible as it sounds.“

„I know. But I am not sure if I can look into his eyes without ripping his head off.“

„You have to overcome it. Don´t worry you will have your vengeance, but for now, we need both of you.“

Hidden pony sighed.

Red and yellow mare came to him and put her hoof on his shoulder.

„I understand you, I also have reason to hate him.“

He nodded.

„Seems that you are forgetting something.“ Spoke Queen Chrysalis suddenly standing in the room.

„Forget what?“

„You think that it will be easy to defeat him? He has experience and talent far behind most of ponies.“

„Ts! Without his magic he is nothing! All he did was thanks to it!“

„Nighttime thought it too and what is left from her? Just bloody bones deep in Everfree Forest. Propably even broken from the suffering she went through when she underrestimated Loki.“ Answered and unsurely covered long scar on chest with wing. Memory on Hatred, when it possesed her former student.

„I think that you are believing him, just because he was your student. Me and Sunset are more than enough to take him down.“

„Whatever. Do as you please, as far as it will not ruin our plans.“

Chrysalis left and Sunset Shimmer followed her.

„I will revenge you. Sister.“ said remaining pony and teleported away.

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Right after they returned from the Everfree forest. Both Lokis went sleep. But something unexpected happened. Black and green haired Loki had nightmare about chest again. This time he could hear sompony calling for help.

Besides this, the nightmare had one more thing that didn´t happened before. Loki didn´t remember it.

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„I have to admit, that I was really suprised, when she told us that Sunset Shimmer is one of her leaders.“ Said earth pony Loki, when he and his other self were going to train station.

„Yes. I wondered where her human version could be. Now we know that they swapt worlds. Your is trapped in mine and vica versa.“

„Also there is Chrysalis in this game. That could be interesting too.“

„If you say so. Either way, don´t count on me helping you too much. I am on vacation here after all.“

„Of course. Thanks for your help so far. I don´t think that I will need you anymore. Just one thing. While you will be in Ponyville, please try to look after girls. Incognito.“

„You don´t have to tell me twice.“

Both ponies arrived to the train station and earth pony Loki went to the Crystal Empire. So black haired pony started going back to the Ponyville, when somepony crossed his way.

„What…?“ said when a magic blast striked him in face. Before he lost consciousness, he saw that expect for the attacker there was six more ponies. All he could see with dying eyes were colors. Yellow, purple, orange, pink, white and blue.

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Afternoon. After searching whole library, Loki was returning home.

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“Fine, so with this map, I should be able to arrive into that castle in three days, if I leave today.” Whispered to himself, while studing piece of old paper.

“You definetely should hurry. At least if you prize your friends as much as you are saying.” Spoke voice of mare next to him. Few seconds ago, there wasn´t anypony.

“So it is you Sunset. I was expecting that some of you will visit me, when you no longer have Nighttime.”

“Please save me of your talks.” Between two ponies appeared red ball with an image inside. Black haired Loki and whole main six were chained to a wall.

“I will not waste any more of my time with you. Find us, or we will kill your friends in the same fashion as you killed Nighttime. It´s as simple as that.” Said and dissapeared as suddenly, as she appeared.

“Damn.”

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Few days later. Loki finally found ancient castle, where he once found a dagger, what became his friend, until he arrived to Ponyville.

“I am here. As you said!” shouted.

Old gate slowly opened and grey pony entered the ruins.

“Welcome. We are glad, that you came here so fast.” Spoke familiar voice and Loki saw on the other end of room, two ponies and a changeling.

“Let´s get to the buisness. You know how to use the Shard?”

“Yes, come with us and we will show you.”

So he followed others out of the castle, shortly throught the forest and finally they arrived to ruined church. Same like in his nightmares. In it´s middle was giant chest, created by mirrors.

Loki came closer and started studiing it. He noticed that lock is basically just thin magical fiber of grey energy. Somehow it seemed familiar.

It was obvious that it´s created by magic, so grey pony looked inside and saw a silver dagger with carved snakes on it. His dagger what he left in the Changliville. Core of the spell.

“Explain it.” Said angrily.

Unknown pony frowned.

“It really is your dagger. This chest is created by fragmet of your soul, what was stolen from you by weapon itself.” Said that pony. “This way you, and only you, can take anything what you´ve ever been. All those mirrors, are things that you can take.” Loki looked on one mirror, that reflected green gem.

“Same thing works for horn, what you lost.” Finished unknown pony.

“So that´s how it is. I am buisness pony, what do you want me to use Shard for?”

Now spoke Sunset Shimmer.

“As you propably know, the Shard is source of of the most powerful magic in the Equestria, even stronger then Elements of Harmony, or Crystal Heart. We already know, that you don´t have a problem wih killing if necessery, so we want you to take down Celestia and Luna, so we can rule.”

“I am protecting my friends, not princesses. But let me see them, so I know that they are alright.”

“No problem. Chrysalis teleport them here. We have to focus on the Chest.”

“Fine.” Her jagged horn glowed with green and all seven ponies appeared in the room, holded with her magic, so they couldn´t move.

“Did you decided?” asked black haired Loki.

“Yes.” Answered his other self and destroyed the mirror, what was reflecting the green gem. At the same time he touched the one with his horn and it turned dark. He became unicorn once again.

“What did you do?!” screamed Sunset.

Newborn unicon turned to them and next to him appeared another pony. This one was entirely green as streams in Loki´s mane.

“My friend once told me, that he doesn´t know, what Shard does, but he was sure, that it was something more then magic. He was right. Shard is ultimate power, being able to completely control minds. Power like this is extremly dangerous, so by destroying that mirror, it´s now trapped inside me, without any possibility of being used and once I die, it will die with me.”

Nopony was able to speak, so green pony started.

“I am soul of Shard. I was used many times and never for something good. So I decided, here with my owner Loki, that I shouldn´t exist anymore. When he saw me first time, I controled him to think, that my destruction would cause massive explosion, so that´s how I got inside of his soul.

Unfortunately, it wasn´t enough, so I took the power of Chaos to heal him and at the same time, make him know, that I live.

Since then you all were controlled by us, it started in that second, when Sunset visited us. Since then, you were just being used.

Now I can finally rest, without fear that evil like you would use me.”

With these words, green pony dissapreared and so did green lines in Loki s mane.

“You bastard!” screamed unknown pony. “This is not the end! I will have my revenge no matter what, I am still linked to the Chest!”

Loki was surprised, when suddenly a weakness started to spread through his body and he fell on knees.

“Yes! I still can kill you, with this I can make your powers useless!”

“Not so fast!” shouted Twilight and with Rarity´s and Loki´s help they broke free from Chrysalis´s spell and attacked the group.

“Applejack!” whispered weakening Loki. She looked at him. “Cut that fiber, it´s the only thing what holds the Chest together!”

“I´m on it!” she said, bite the string and pulled. It broke.

Newborn unicorn screamed like no other pony screamed before. Panicaly holded his head, seemingly in great pain. After a while, the scream stopped and Loki just looked into nowhere. His eyes and mind were dead.

“What happened?”

“Sacrifice.” Answered Sunset Shimmer, defeated by Twilight. "The chest was created by piece of his soul, trapped inside of that dagger. By destroying that fiber, he lost that part. It´s the worst pain in the world. He couldn´t feel himself, which is something you do, without realizing and so he lost his mind.” She smiled. “He deserved it.”

“No! That can´t be true! Isn´t there something what we could do?”

“Unfortunately no.”answered remaining Loki. Applejack started crying and he hugged her. “It was part of his plan.”

“NO! This isn´t enough! I will not stop until he will be alive!” shouted revengeful pony and rushed to the mindless grey unicorn. Along the way he picked up silver dagger, lying on the floor.

“I will revenge my sister Julia!” said and stabbed with knife.

When he opened eyes, he saw that it wasn´t loki, who he stabbed. From Applejack´s mouth dripped blood on the blade.

“I am…coming…to you.” Whispered and fell death on the floor.

“Applejack!” screamed her friends and rushed to her body, but were stopped by wall of green magic. Queen Chrysalis slowly walked to insane Loki and death AJ and pushed Julia´s brother away. Then she picked up the dagger.

“So, it seems, that at the end you discovered what is love.” Spoke to Loki, the dagger glowed with green and two strings of magic came out of it. One of it connected the weapon with Loki and the other one with Applejack.

“You went through lots of trouble because of me. Now, at the end of all of this. I just want to tell you something. Now when you understand the love, all you have to do is decide, if it´s worth of fighting for.” She coughed and ponies noticed that she became smaller and paler.

“Is she really doing it?” Asked Loki behind the spell quietly.

“I am glad that somepony like you was my servant. Thank you and I am sorry. Loki, my faithful student.” Finished and fell death on the ground next to them.

“What happened?” asked Twilight.

“That dagger was able to stole pieces of souls either of it´s owner or ponies who were killed by it. Chrysalis sacrificed her soul in order to make bridge for those pieces and bring them back to live.”

“And that´s not all. Only returning pieces of souls wouldn´t be enough. My is replaced by piece of Aj´s soul and vica versa. So now, we can´t live one without other. Nothing new I must say.”

They all looked next to them and saw exhousted Loki holding even more tired Applejack.

“I think that we should go home. Sunset Shimmer escaped and that poor guy had an heart attack. Too bad for him, seemingly he wasn´t able live with himself, after he killed Applejack.”

“So everything is good now?” asked Rainbow Dash.

“Yes. I am so glad that my mane is black again.” Said grey unicorn and laughed.

“It isn´t black! Look.” Said his other self and created a mirror in front of him. Instead of green streams there were rainbow ones. And not just regular rainbow. This one chaoticaly changed colors and contained even those what weren´t natural.

“Fuck.”