The Elements of Darkness: Element #1 Suffering

The First Curse

I woke the way I always did after a run, with a morning wood imbedded in my bed which in this case happened to be a cloud. I turned to survey the forest, the sun was just going down and all was quiet except a timber wolf atop a distant hill. A grey shape appears out of the east and moves directly at me.

“Nice I finally get to meet a pony.”

The shape turned out to be Derpy and she was indeed coming directly at me.

“Sorry this cloud was scheduled for destruction before it rains on Fluttershy’s house.” she said quickly panting from her flight over

“But I’m not done sleeping and I would love a ride to Fluttershy’s.” I can’t believe he actually brought me to Equestria.”

“It has to go.” She then calmly pushed me off the cloud.

I opened my wings and started to glide down when I felt a burning sensation on the side Ditzy touched me. My skin melted off as if acid was being poured down my back and my wings broke near the base causing me to accelerate toward the ground. My back legs’ muscles fell away revealing my stark white bones which then imbedded themselves in my chest halting my breathing. My front legs tore themselves from their sockets and hung limply by the tendons. The ground relieved me of the pain seconds later.

Dragons chased me in my dreams running me across jagged rocks and burning lava but I couldn’t stop running, I couldn’t stop the pain.

A baby dragon tripped me then forced me onto a steel grate chaining my limbs down. Then he stood by me proudly.

“Look Spike got one!” exclaimed the lead dragon

“Then let him have the first cut.” roared a blood red dragon emerging from the crowd

“Hell yes.” exclaimed spike as he heated his claws in his dragon fire

He then cleaved my kidney in two. My back arched with the pain as a scream erupted from my mouth. The next dragon pulled my shoulder out of position then cut the skin covering the socket. A black dragon then came over and dripped acid into the wound.

“Come on guys you can do better.” I said from behind clenched teeth

Spike then took out a bow and arrow “let us see how he likes this.” He then shot me through the knee, interestingly enough the pain felt just like my tendentious used to when I was human.

Then the blood red dragon walked over and placed his hand over my leg “I have a gift for you, do you accept?”

“Sure why not Jack.” I said with a little laugh

He then clenched his hand and all the blood in my leg pushed itself out of my leg tearing through bone and flesh alike forming a sphere directly over his hand. I should be unconscious from the blood loss but I’m already unconscious aren’t I?

“I grow tired of this. Let’s end it.” said an emerald green dragon biting off my pelvis with a loud crunch.

“Looks like no children for me.” I said laughing even louder

The black dragon then proceeded to breathe fire down my throat “That will shut him up.” He said proudly

Michael then came before me “I gave you a new life and you die no less than three hours later.” He said angrily

“How was I to know that one touch would end in so much pain.”

“I told you it was a place of suffering, why did you doubt me?”

“I couldn’t see how someone could turn Equestria into a place of suffering.”

“All I did was change the astral ether into atoms and introduce my own physics. Even you should understand that.”

“Then why torture me here instead of the world you made?”

“But this isn't even me; i had to project myself into your own mind. So the better question is; why do you torture yourself?”

“I am the only person I know that deserves torture.” Where the hell did that come from?

“An acceptable answer for once; you will have just one more chance. Don’t waste it.”

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Fluttershy was walking through the forest at night searching for some of Angel’s favorite flowers for his birthday party when she came upon a horrible sight. On the ground was the remains of what used to be a pony, its skin was ripped off and its legs were sticking out at odd angles. Sadness gripped her heart as she broke down and cried for a pony she never knew… or did she?

She walked up to the body and examined the only patch of skin left, a small piece of the left flank, the blood bubbled up around the skin which had half of a light blue bubble on it.

“Ditzy Do!” Fluttershy exclaimed crying once more. “I better get you to town for a proper funeral.”
She flipped the crippled body onto her back and felt it spasm covering her in blood.

“It’s ok you’re going home.” Fluttershy said softly

Then the corpse slid off her back on its own accord.

Fluttershy turned and watched in amazement as the bones realigned and new skin started to grow.

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The first thing I saw when I came back to life was a bloody face with the most beautiful blue-green eyes staring directly at me.

“Where am I?” I asked quietly

The eyes then ran off as fast as they could into the forest.

“Hopefully they are running towards town.” And hopefully no-pony thinks I’m crazy talking to myself all the time

Following the pony’s tracks for miles I came upon the familiar sight of Ponyville.

I then spotted a blood soaked shape leap through the library’s door.

walking slowly towards the library; I became even more apprehensive about meeting more ponies.They won’t like me, nopony ever did once they got to know the real me. Can I lie to them? It seems mean but it might be the best choice

Just as I mustered up enough courage to approach the library I was wrapped by a glowing purple force which could only be Twilight’s magic. Then surprisingly a thread of purple light wrapped around my throat cutting off my air supply.

My vision fades as ponies came out of hiding to gather around my unconscious form.