The Past Is Never Really Forgotten

“Oh dear little colt, it appears you are too late to save your pathetic princesses.”

“How did you return?” Miles demanded to know.

Celestia shouts at Miles; “Stay away from her young colt”

Miles ignored her completely.

Beany slowly backed up to the doors at the opposite side of the throne room. She huddled in the corner and tried to hide amongst the guards.

“I’m the most powerful Alicorn alive. It wasn’t that difficult.” The mare retorted.

“I beg to differ. You’re not even a real Alicorn.” Miles stated spitefully.

“You insolent little foal. HOW DARE YOU!” The mare fires a pure red beam from her horn and it hits Miles, exploding around him. The mare cackles.

“I am Dark Shield! I AM THE RULER OF THE WORLD! Mwuhahaha”

She was too busy laughing to notice that Miles is just standing there, unimpressed. He pulled off his cloak and jumpsuit, revealing his cutie mark. Celestia and Luna gasped when his cutie mark was revealed.

Dark Shield continues laughing hysterically. Miles horn glows a strange shade of red, and a black cloud begins to surround him. He is blocked completely from view.

Dark Shield noticed the cloud and stopped laughing. Celestia and Luna seemed to be rather calm while Cadence and Twilight were in shock.

A flash of light shines from the cloud and suddenly; glowing green eyes can be seen through the smoke. A red beam of energy shoots out of the cloud and heads straight for Dark Shield. She doesn’t react, thinking it to be the petty magic of a little unicorn. The beam hits her, and she flies backwards, crashing into the throne.

She lands upside down on the throne, her eyes spinning. Every pony in the room is shocked, still, except for Celestia and Luna who now seem rather calm. They all look back to the smoke cloud. It begins to thin and a large maroon Alicorn stands there. His eyes glowing green. He has golden bands around his legs, encrusted with deep red jewels. His wings had black armour plating on the stalks. His mane and tail were black with deep blue highlights. His horn was tall. He himself was as tall as Celestia, if not a little taller. He stood proud, like royalty. The smoke had completely decimated around him. He spread his wings wide and exclaimed;

“Aaah that’s better. I’ve not spread my wings for a few years.” His eyes fixed onto Dark Shield.

“I have returned to stop you. How did you escape the ‘Dark Zone’?” He asked in a demanding tone.

“Your silly little prison wasn’t enough to hold me. You forget, you trained me to be just like you. Your power is mine. I absorbed the power from your amulet. It showed me my true potential and I simply willed my way out.” She replied confidently.

“You can’t be as powerful as me, I trained you to be less powerful than me, in case you got… well… evil.”

“I learned things in the Dark Zone. Great things. Observe you foal…” She said rearing up onto her hind legs.

Her horn glowed red and a beam of light shot towards each cage in the corners of the room. The black cages began to glow red also. The glow began to creep over the four princesses bodies, each princess visibly becoming weaker, and finding it harder to stand. One by one, they collapses, obviously exhausted. They passed out.

Whilst all this was happening, Beany could do nothing, but watch. She had watched the transformation, the little battle, and now, her rulers being… drained. For the first time, she had a chance to look at Miles’ cutie mark. She gasped when she saw it. It was the Alicorn Amulet. She looked back at Dark Shields and noticed the same symbol, only hers was inside a shield. She hadn’t really been paying attention out of fear. She was still huddled behind the bound and gagged guards.