Fall of Harmony

It was a sunny day in Equestria the birds were singing and the sun was shining brightly in the sky. In the Everfree forest the creatures of all shapes and sizes were more excited than ever before due to the large source of darkness that currently resided inside of Zecora’s cottage. The door swung open and a mass of black smoke flew out and joined together to form Darquesse, still in his tattered suit. Darquesse opened his jacket to reveal a number of vials in his inner pocket and in his hand was a small black cube which he placed with the vials. Darquesse looked back into Zecora’s hut and placed his hand shaped like a telephone and mouthed ‘call me’. Darquesse walked a few steps when he clicked and the whole cottage went up in flames. Darquesse looked back at the roaring fire and then at his fingers with a scared look which turned gleeful. Darquesse took two more steps and then saw a piece of glass by his feet and saw his reflection in it. Darquesse cringed at his clothing.

“Now how can I take over all of Equestria and rule it with an iron fist if I look like I’ve just lost a fight with the hulk, I need new clothes”. He reached into a pocket and pulled out the lining and was followed by a moth. “Darn can’t make the scene if I don’t have the threads and can’t get the threads without the green. I better make a quick stop”. Darquesse smiled and stepped towards the camera.

“Any ideas” as he asked a hand reached through and handed him a piece of paper. Darquesse looked at the paper and then smiled at the camera and then zoomed through the forest in a blur of red and black towards Ponyville.

Meanwhile Twilight had just exited her house with Spike who was holding a picnic basket. The two walked towards the field where the others were waiting for her. They arrived and saw that the others were already there.

“Hey girls” greeted Twilight receiving similar greeting from her friends. As they sat and ate one topic kept bugging Twilight till she finally got round to asking about it. “Hey last night did anything weird happen at all to your pets, it’s just that Owlowiscious was acting weird last night”. Twilight could tell she had been correct to mention this because all of the girls looked like they knew what she meant.

“Well darling Opa did act weird last night, she began hissing while looking towards the Everfree forest” explained Rarity

“same with Winona she was barking in the night in the direction of the Everfree forest”

“all my animals stared acting weird to and looking towards the Everfree forest too”. Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie also nodded their heads in agreement.

“I wonder what happened that set them all off” wondered Twilight. The rest of the picnic went off without a hitch and the girls went their separate ways for the while. Applejack ran back to the farm with Winona trying to keep up with the speedy pony. Applejack arrived at the farm to see Apple Bloom heading off towards her clubhouse. Applejack looked for Big Macintosh as he usually needed help bucking trees around this time. Just then she heard a bang from her basement. She headed for the entrance to see Big Macintosh and Granny Smith already there.

“What’s goin’ on” she asked to which Big Macintosh just shrugged but Granny Smith looked at her with a knowing look.

“Someone’s in the cellar, that’s where we keep our profits”. Applejack quickly deduced they were being robbed and ran to the door. As she reached it a black and red tornado shot out the door and span in front of them for a few seconds till it stopped revealing Darquesse holding a large sack of bits. A few pieces of bits fell in front of him but he caught them as they fell.

“Sorry mares, waste not want not”. Darquesse began spinning at a pace fast enough to create another mini tornado as he span and then span off into the distant leaving three very confused and annoyed ponies.

Darquesse finally stopped spinning when he arrived outside Rarity’s shop. He looked around and saw the place was crawling with ponies so he knew he’d be seen in his real form. Just then black smoke covered his body and covered him and when it dispersed in Darquesse’s place was an alicorn with a black coat and a black mane with a red circle with a plus sign that didn’t connect in the center as his cutie mark and the crown now resting against his horn. After transforming Darquesse stretched his new wings and trotted into Rarity’s shop.

Darquesse entered and looked around but couldn’t see anyone in sight. Darquesse began to observe some of Rarity’s completed gowns and wondered why there were so many being created. Just then he heard somepony coming towards him so he turned to see Rarity finally appear.

“Hello there how can I help you” Rarity asked not seeing the crown on Darquesse’s head. Darquesse extended his wings and revealed the crown on his head making it click in Rarity’s head that she was in the company of ‘royalty’.

“Good evening dear Rarity I require your services for a piece of clothing that isn’t anything you’ve created before” Darquesse said with his best posh voice, oh how wrong it sounded. Rarity quickly nodded.

“Of course I could even if it is a little weird I’m certain I can complete it for you”

“excellent but here’s the small print I need it completed within the hour”. When Rarity heard that here pupils dilated and she began to swoon before fainting but Darquesse caught her with his magic. Rarity quickly realised what she’d done and quickly stood up.

“Of course that’ll be no problem and I apologise it’s just that I have other dresses to make for the Grand Galloping Gala”

“Grand Galloping Gala?” Rarity was surprised by Darquesse’s lack of knowledge of the Grand Galloping Gala but let it pass, she didn’t want to upset royalty.

“Yes it’s a large event in Canterlot; I’ll be going with my friends and I’m making dresses for my friends” explained Rarity.

“You’re going? You must be something special dear” said Darquesse as he placed a hoof on Rarity’s cheek making her blush. “Well I’ll let you get started” he pulled out a piece of paper with his magic “here’s the measurements and colours and this bag contains the material for the shoes and gloves also” he blasted the floor with magic and where he hit it a mannequin appeared shaped like a human. “You can use this as a guide and don’t worry” he made the stolen bag of bits appear “you’ll be rewarded okay then bye bye”. Darquesse disappeared in a puff of smoke leaving Rarity to get to work.

The hour quickly past for Darquesse as he searched and began to hate Ponyville, too bright for his personal tastes. He returned to Rarity’s shop to see the unicorn pulling out a covered mannequin. Darquesse could see Rarity had been working hard and was stressed by the fact her mane was in a complete state and she didn’t seem to care at that time.

“I take it my order is complete” he asked to get Rarity’s attention, which worked.

“Yes while I admit I was stumped by the design and features but your instructions were clear enough to help me finish in time”. Rarity used her magic to remove the cover to reveal the clothes.

The clothes were all in black with crimson, dark green and purple colourings around the whole outfit. The outfit consisted of a long black heavy duty coat that reached the floor. The coat had a dark purple silk lining across the whole innards of the coat. The coat’s collar went around the neck and continued towards the waist with a crimson trimming on the collar. On the arms was the same symbol as his cutie mark on the shoulders. The cuffs of the coat were dark green with lines of colour heading two inches up the arm. The shirt was a plain shirt with buttons all along the front. The trousers were also black and the shoes were made of leather and were simple slip on shoes. The outfit also came with a pair of black leather gloves.

Darquesse couldn’t help but smile at the outfit and could already see himself conquering Equestria in it. Before Rarity could say anything Darquesse placed his hoof on the outfit and began spinning in a tornado fashion and then left the shop and headed for the woods leaving a stunned Rarity to continue with her dresses for the Gala.

Darquesse stopped spinning to reveal himself back in human for and in his new outfit. Everything was in place now he had a way to strike at Celestia directly and take Equestria. All he needed was a way to get there secretly without alerting anyone to his presence. He already had a plan but he needed someone weaker than normal and unnaturally kind to people. Just then he heard a very meek voice. Darquesse looked around the hedge he’d stopped by to see a pony with a yellow coat and a pink mane. She was leading a group of ducks across the road. Darquesse smiled as his joy brought forth rain clouds as he couldn’t help but feel as though things were meant to go his way.

As Fluttershy reached the other side of the road Darquesse blasted the ground next to her back hooves creating an old oil lamp and then shrank down and entered it. Fluttershy saw the ducks head away as she waved to them. She took a step back to trip over something. Fluttershy regained her bearings and looked to see an old, rusty oil lamp I the ground.

“Oh my I wonder who’s this is” she took a closer look but still saw nothing to indicate an owner. “I better try and return this”. As she finished her eyes flashed green as Darquesse influenced her. “Or I should clean it first then return it” she said as she carried it back to her cottage, with her new passenger smiling all the way.

At Fluttershy’s cottage Fluttershy was looking for something to clean the lamp with while Angel couldn’t help but nose. Angel lifted the lid of the lamp but quickly a hand shot out flicked Angel on the nose and then placed the lid back on. Angel hopped away from the lamp as Fluttershy returned. Fluttershy began to clean the lamp when it began to bounce on in the air. Then purple magic began to shoot out. Fluttershy screamed and jumped behind her couch along with Angel and a few other animals that were also in the room. As the magic continued to appear so did black smoke that then formed into Darquesse but instead of legs had a trail of smoke linking him to the lamp.

“Wow ten thousand years will give you such a crick in the neck” said Darquesse as he cracked his neck. Darquesse looked around but couldn’t see anyone. “Hello can the pony who rubbed my lamp please come forward. Pretty please with a cheery on top”. Darquesse looked and saw a pink tail pointing out from behind the couch. Darquesse flew over to see Fluttershy and her animals all shivering in fear.

“Hello sorry if my entrance scared you was it to melodramatic? I can never tell. Come on don’t be scared”. Darquesse lead Fluttershy out into the open along with the animals.

“Who are you?” Fluttershy asked with a voice that barely registered in Darquesse’s ears.

“Why I’m the genie of the lamp, I’m Darquesse and you are my mistress and I think you know what that means, right?” Fluttershy didn’t say anything so Darquesse decided to continue. “You have three wishes, anything you want is yours, so what will it be my mistress”. Fluttershy let everything that had been said sink in till she finally shook her head.

“I must have knocked my head and I’m really dreaming” she said while looking for an answer from Angel. Darquesse thought quickly and then smiled.

“Mistress I don’t think you quite realise what you’ve got here so why don’t you just relax while I illuminate the possibilities” stated Darquesse as a chair appeared behind Fluttershy which she then fell on with a slight squeal.

Darquesse clicked his fingers and his neck. Darquesse smiled as Fluttershy’s wished and hidden desires all swarmed into his head. His hands became engulfed in magic and he began moving them through the air and with every flick of his wrist a new desire appeared in the magic. Fluttershy looked as she saw her animals living in comfort in houses that rivalled her cottage. Another vision was of her and her friends with their most wanted wishes fulfilled. And another vision was of her and Rainbow Dash sitting on a hill watching the sun go down holding each other’s hoof. Fluttershy blushed at that one. The apparitions began to fade and were replaced by Darquesse floating in the air.

“So what’ll it be Mistress?” Darquesse asked will a smirk on his face. Fluttershy couldn’t move she was so shocked by everything, when it finally set in all she could feel was excitement.

“Any wish?” she asked with excitement visible in her voice, which pleased Darquesse.

“Anything but killing ponies, that’s a big no, but I don’t think a pony like you, someone so kind and considerate would ever consider that now”. Fluttershy’s head filled with things she could wish for, better living conditions for her animals and other things both for her and her friends. Just then a realisation clicked with her, she hadn’t bought what she’d gone to collect in town.

“I’ll have to think about it while I collect some things from Ponyville so if you don’t mind” Fluttershy asked but Darquesse simply smiled in response. As Fluttershy left he laughed and his eyes began releasing black plasma.

“Soon that pony will help me find somepony who can get me into Canterlot and then Celestia will fall and all of Equestria will be mine”. He continued laughing as Angel listened on in Horror.