Chronicles of Midnight

Twilight hugged Storm, as he sighed. "I...I cant tell you. not unless....you want to see my hell." Midnight's eyes began to tear up, as Twilight spoke. "Midnight, you know you can trust us, right? You can tell us what's wrong, sweetheart." Midnight hardly acknowledged what Twi said, and did not speak, even with Fluttershy attempting conversation. "Little brother?" Luna asked softly, reaching out to rest her hand on her brother's shoulder. Suddenly, he screamed. "STAY AWAY FROM ME! YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT IT'S LIKE TO BE LIKE ME!" Midnights horn glowed a frightening red, and a bolt of magic lanced out, striking the ground between him, and Celestia. Everypony gasped, as his coat and mane became darker in colour, and his gold eyes became a sinister silver. as he changed, the environment seemed to change as well, the group was no longer in Canterlot Castle, but now in someplace that could only be described as hell. the creature that stood in Midnights place stood, smiling evilly.

"Welcome to my domain, friends of the Prince. My name, is Nightmare Eclipse." Everypony gasped again, as the Nightmare simply laughed manically. "This is what your brother sees every night, Celestia! Do you understand why he wishes to keep to himself, now?" Midnights half-sisters looked around in disbelief. The screaming, tortured souls, the ruins of Equestria, the twisted reality of it all made Celestia and Luna want to hurl their lunches. The Nightmare begin to change, as the nightmarish place faded. when all was normal, the group found themselves in the Canterlot Throne room.

"Now do you get it? Why I cant handle seeing suffering? Why I never mentioned my father.... The memories hurt, even after all this time, they still hurt." Storm's gold eyes softened, as he prepared to steel himself for what might be his biggest mistake ever.

"Take a seat, this is going to take a while." The girls all sat, as Midnight looked around, ready for whatever emotional torment may be thrown his way. "Comfy? good." He looked down, and began to recount his life story, starting from the beginning, of what he knew.

"I wasn't even born an Alicorn, but an Earth Pony, like all other Crystal Ponies..." three hours passed before he finished his life story, yawning, having never sat still for so long except in meditation. He stood up, and quickly walked to his bedroom in the Castle, while the girls, including Celestia and Luna.

"Wandering the frozen North for three weeks getting by with willpower alone? how is that possible?"

"Darling, maybe he exaggerated. You know how stallions can be."

"Him, born an Earth Pony? how is it ive lost races to him than!?"

"Um...excuse me...but doesn't something seem strange about it? He did leave out how he got his Cutie Mark, after all..."

"We need a PARTY!"

Everypony stopped, as Midnight returned, wearing something so casual, it was clear he didn't want to draw any attention, wherever he was going. Luna got up, and quickly hugged her brother, whispering, "I love you, please be safe, brother." in his ear. As he walked down the steps, one of his Guards saluted, and gave him a crossbow, and a katana. "Good luck with your trip, your Highness." The Guard was none other than Midnight Storm's Captain of the Guard, and best friend, Razor Wing. A blue stallion, with a sly smile that can woo just about any mare. As Midnight quickly made his way through Canterlot, not even stopping as onlookers gasp and yell out things like, "Look, the Vigilante!" He shook his head, knowing full well the Vigilante was no longer in Canterlot. He continued walking, until he reached the Everfree Forest, and suddenly stopped. Something was watching him...and he was going to find out what.

"ROAR!" That something jumped out of the bushes, knocking Midnight to the ground, caught off guard, he took the full force of the blow, and could smell his attacker, before he saw it. A Timberwolf. And it was pissed. As the wooden beast lunged its head forward, Storm rolled to the side, getting grazed on his right arm. "Really? After all that training, and I get hit by a Timberwolf!?" He rushed forward, loading a flaming arrow into his crossbow, taking aim at the Timberwolf. "Burn mother bucker, burn!" He pulled the trigger, launching the arrow, but the beast was too close. it swiped at him, getting a powerful shot at his face, mauling his eyes. The Alicorn ducked, and unsheathed his Katana, the blade catching fire as he drew it. The wooden beast lashed at him again, but the currently blinded Alicorn swung the sword upwards, blocking the wolf's attack, and splitting its wooden head in half, as it caught fire. With the wooden wolf now defeated, Midnight trudged his way to Ponyville, in dire need f medical attention, before he blacked out.