Equestria's Twisting

Now, a small thing to say real quick is this, I will occasionally switch POV’s, but that does not mean love, hate, or any other common reasons the POV is switched. It is simply to tell things from some other side. Now… the story. Dun Dun Duuun…

Life. A creation believed to be a gift. Who said? Happiness is an illusion. Creation is an illusion. In true life, we know, deep down, no matter how far, that life brings pain, suffering, and death, nothing more. Nothing…

Unknown’s POV

Yes, I believe there is no point in life. Would you not agree if you were in my shoes and saw things from my point of view? The only thing I know of that brings a smile to my face is the thought to one day wake up as a pony in Equestria, course we all know the possibility of that. And besides, even if such a place was real, what are the chances of me going there? Something like 0.0000000009 to infinity, against me. So there you have it, why I despise life. Before you think it, I am not suicidal, just depressed. My past is a living hell and I’m only 13. My childhood ended long before it was meant to. Of course, that’s the way I used to think about it. Now I’m in Equestria.

Anyway, I woke up near Zecora’s place, and what surprised me was two things, one, a zebra was about to go to Ponyville (I was still trying to figure out where I was), and two, I was a blood red colored horse with a lighter red mane and tail. I noticed that I had an outcropping on my head and instantly knew I was a unicorn. Well, that’s until… never mind, you’ll see later (or read).

I tried to stand up, but then noticed I had a broken leg or something. When I got the strength to get up on three of my legs (I had dogs back home and a memory of them sparked the idea), I looked around to get nauseous. I was suddenly scared. Not because I knew where I was but because of a noise that frightened me, some sort of a noise between a howl and a, something, my memories were still a little fuzzy. The noise, believe it or not, was enough to cause a spark of light behind me that was as red as fire, and with my luck, it was a fire right behind me. Not connected to the ground like you’d expect, or anything else for that matter, just floating behind me. I was hypnotized by its waving with the air and warmth, but luckily a voice behind me frightened me near to death. “You act strangely for a pony, but do not know plenty. Who are you stranger, and perhaps we could be friendlier,” said a rhyming voice that could only belong to Zecora. I looked through my mind for a good idea of a name, but suddenly saw a window of opportunity and went with it instead.

“I don’t know who I am. Do you know of any ways I could remember my past?” I knew it was a long shot, a pony who couldn’t even remember their own name? Doubt it’s ever happened before.

“I know of some possibilities, so let us be not enemies. Follow me inside, and we may be able to find your side.” I would’ve asked what she meant by ‘your side’, but I didn’t want to ask. I suddenly remembered I’d have a cutie mark, but what I was best at back home was something about words, so I didn’t want to look. And besides, I may be able to discover something else I’m BETTER at if I was at where I thought I was.

When I got my first look inside I remembered something about a zebra who lived in the Everfree Forest. Suddenly I thought up a story of my life and agreed on it. I knew if there was a possibility of me enjoying a little girls show, then there was a possibility of me making a drawing or something of me being a pony. I heard Zecora say something and I said that I didn’t catch it.

“I said that you should rest and clear, before you can remember,” Zecora repeated.

“I don’t know if I can, ma’am, I just wanna remember who I was.”

Zecora understood and offered me a potion, “Then drink up, and do not break up,” said Zecora with a slight laugh. After I drank it I began to tip over and passed out, my life kinda replayed in my head, but something told me it wasn’t true. While I was out I thought up a name, Fire Heart. I loved fire and I did my best to make friends through my personal ways. I don’t like to mention my past, so I went with it.

Anyway, when I woke up I was in a cast for my leg in a hospital bed. I looked around and noticed Zecora talking with someone. I remembered the voices as Twilight and Fluttershy. When I tried to get up they looked at me and Fluttershy was nice enough to put me back down on the bed. I didn’t want to cause a scene but I didn’t want to look helpless either. Although, I knew it would be pointless to do anything. So I asked the first question that came to mind. “Where am I?”

“I brought you here to Ponyville, so you could receive help from over the hill,” Zecora answered. “So, did the potion work and bring back your memories, or must I create another batch of remedies?”

“Well, I remember my name now, and it’s Fire Heart.”

“Well I’m Twilight, this is Fluttershy, and you already know Zecora,” said, you guessed it, Twilight.

“Well, can I get up?” I asked, knowing the answer before they shook their heads.

“Sorry but the doctor said you can’t get up in the next week.”

“We’re sorry,” said Fluttershy quietly.

“Well does this place have a book I can read? I like a nice story,” I said as I remembered some of the things I wrote back home.

“A reader of any I presume, for it looks you do not assume,” said Zecora.

The others suddenly gasped at me as if I did something wrong. “What?” I asked. Noticing they wouldn’t answer I looked on my back and somehow kept my cool, because earlier I didn’t have a part I now had. I didn’t know if it was good or bad because as far as I cared, it was amazing.

They were staring at wings. What was strange though was that my wings’ color was black.

1 week later

“Ok Fire Heart, you check out fine. Be careful on your leg and you shouldn’t need to come back,” said the doctor.

I was filled with joy to be able to look around Ponyville in 1st person, but I kept getting funny looks when people noticed my wings AND horn. I just shrugged it off and went on. Well, for a few feet anyway. I suddenly got a mouthful of feathers when I was flown into by one of the characters I didn’t enjoy that much and when I got up I saw… yup, Rainbow Dash. No offense to anyone who likes her but I honestly don’t that much. Anyway, she kept acting like a cool person would ECT, and I decided to just leave and go back to looking around, at least I tried to.

Guess who I ran into at that moment, I’ll give you a hint, she, according to the internet, broke through the 4th wall. Pinkie Pie. I figured the cupcake thing wasn’t real when I saw Dash, but it still scared me a moment when I saw her because if I know one thing about Pinkie, it was that she would throw a party for me, destroying my chances of a low profile. I knew I was out of luck when she started talking, and then dashed off so fast it could’ve shamed RD. “ugh, great, known by Pinkie and soon the full town,” I complained.

I was bored of walking so I figured I’d just fly. Corse, seeing as I didn’t know where to fly I figured I’d look for an inn or a bench or something. Corse, then I noticed some pegasi moving the clouds around. “Clouds, check, dark color, check, rain, fine so…” then rain started up. I just decided to look for a table I could sleep under so I went under the first I could find and curled up there. Don’t ask how it felt because it got annoying real quick. But thank the deity of tiredness because I passed out rather quick and stayed asleep until night had risen.

Short pause, how many people reading this live too far in a city that you can’t see stars? Well I am fixin to try to give a description, although I doubt it’s good enough.

It was beautiful, a quarter moon –check, it was supposed to be one tonight- thousands of different stars, and add a few lights from Canterlot to the western side and you’ve got a pretty good idea of what it looked like. I couldn’t get any sleep so I figured I’d just find a place to sit down and admire the beauty of night. Course, that was before a sudden headache. It hurt like I was in hell for something. I’d felt something like it before when I was younger. I was sick and while I was being taken care of, I closed my eyes from the pain. Suddenly I felt like I was being pushed down to the ground. Course this time I was stronger and did my best to just shake it off.

When it calmed down, I opened my eyes to the most beautiful pony I ever saw on the show, Luna. She was more beautiful than the night sky. I didn’t want to seem disrespectful so I bowed, also so I can hide the pain I still felt. She told me there was no need to bow, so I stood up. But then I noticed the strangest thing I’ve ever seen. My reflection in her eyes, it could only be my reflection, looked nothing like me. In the reflection, I was with red eyes, an evil glare in them, my mane was spiked to my back and sickly green, while my tail was such a deathly purple. I was frightened. And then I noticed my fur itself. It was as black as night, blacker in fact. Had I not been in front of the princess I would have screamed as loudly as I could. But in front I couldn’t even look away by adjusting my eyes. I decided the best course of action would be to ask where I could sleep or where the inn was. Considering I had absolutely no money I went with one way of asking in particular.

“Princess, may I ask where I can sleep here in Ponyville? I don’t have any money.” It was the best I could think up.

“Of course, go to Twilight’s house, surly she’d be willing to help you.”

“Thank you my lady. I always believed you were nicer then the stories say,” I said with a faint smile on my lips.

I then went to Twilights house. I knocked on the door and surprisingly Twilight answered. “Oh hi Fire Heart, what brings you here?”

“I don’t really have any money and was wondering if I could stay the night here?” I asked her shyly.

“Of course you can. I’m always willing to help a friend!” she said as a spark appeared in her eyes.

I was a bit shocked when she said I was a friend. We met just the previous week and she was already calling me a friend. “Thanks Twilight. Sooo… where should I sleep?”

“On the couch is fine. Just please be careful not to wake Spike.” I nodded my head and noticed myself dozing off. Before I knew it I was out cold on the floor. I really ended up regretting my tiredness. I had a god awful nightmare.

In my dream, I was some reason a person. Worse I was running from something. I don’t know how but something told me if I looked back it could mean the end of my life. I recognized the place as the Everfree Forest. I took a breath and looked in a puddle of water and my face, well one side of my face, I didn’t recognize. My reflection was probably meant to be ½ my normal pony face, but the other half was a pony I couldn’t recognize. A fire of hatred and anger burned in his eyes, making them a blood red color. His fur was blacker then night, and his mane and tail, they were sickly green, and deathly purple. I suddenly noticed the reflection talking.

“You can’t hide from yourself whelp. Now stand aside as I teach these useless beings the consequences of angering a ruler of this land!”  It suddenly tried to grab me and drag me beneath the water, but lucky for me two things were interfering it. One, the water was too shallow, and two, a pony’s magic took me away from the puddle.

I would have thanked the mysterious pony (I could not see their face due to a hood), but it had something on its mind too though. “You betrayed us! You ARE Nightmare Heart! He IS you. WHY DID YOU LIE TO US?!”  I couldn’t tell who this pony was but their voice seemed familiar somehow.

“NO! He’s IN me, not ME ME! PLEASE DON-” and I was then transformed.

“Fire Heart?! Fire Heart?!” yelled Twi. I was screaming. Twilight was waking me up, no doubt worried. “Fire Heart, what’s wrong?”

“Nothing,” I lied (hey you would too if that suddenly happened, I simply described part of it), “just a nightmare.”

“I’d say,” said Spike.

“I presume you must be Spike?” I asked, already knowing the answer.

“Yep, Twilight’s #1 assistant. So what was the nightmare?”

“I don’t want to talk about it, it was awful.”

“Well, either way how ‘bout you take a look around town. Come back here in an hour, please.”

“Kay Twi, see ya.”

I didn’t see as many ponies, course, I didn’t see any at all. So in short during that hour I was trying to figure out that dream but just quite couldn’t. Course, chances are it was just random but still, what kind of random dream has you come close to drowning and then just transforms you? Well during my hour of brooding I decided to just ask Twilight for some books that might have an answer. When I saw the lights out inside, I was immediately confused, wary, and frightened.

I slowly walked to the door and knocked. “Come in!” said Twilight. I slowly opened the door, walked in, closed the door, and nearly had a heart attack. He he, Fire Heart died of Heart attack, that’s funny. Anyway, I heard a light go on, confetti, and a tree house full of ponies yell “SURPRISE!”

Course, not being used to these I found myself down on the ground, unconscious. When I woke back up a few minutes later I saw all of Ponyville staring at me, some snickers in the crowd and most of all, a pink pony right in my face, literally talking 9000 words per minute.

“Oh you’re awake! I was wondering when you’d wake up. I must have surprised you too much. Do you remember me? You and I walked into each other when you left the hospital…” at this point I officially could not keep up. She had my sister beat in a second’s notice.

When she asked if I was surprised, I laughed, “Isn’t it obvious?”

“Why did ya pass out sugar cube?” asked  Apple Jack.

I was stunned at the question and probably seemed like an idiot the next few minutes. “I never really had a party before” I said when I thought I’d mustered the courage, getting quieter at the end.

“What’s that darling?” asked Rarity.

“I never really had a party before.”

“Just say it already!” said Rainbow.

“I never had a party before,” I said, doing my best to keep my voice level.

They all stared at me in shock, and I looked into their eyes and screamed.

My reflection was HIM again.

I ran. I ran as fast as I could to where I knew there was a possibility of help. I ran past Fluttershy’s house. I ran past the gate. I ran to the edge of Everfree. And then, it started to rain. I heard shouts from behind me but I couldn’t look away. Before me, being formed in the rain, was a puddle. In the puddle, I saw two sides. One looked like me, and the other, the other was him. I tried to clear my eyes; maybe I just had something in them. Then when I opened them again, Twi and the others were between me and the forest.

Only… I think it was. My vision started getting blurry, and I slipped. I slipped. I slipped in blood. My eyes started to close and then everything was black. As black as that fur I saw. I couldn’t tell if I was dead or not. Then I heard it, the most blood freezing evil laugh I could ever imagine, that anypony could ever imagine. I saw those red eyes where ever I looked. I wasn’t dead, but lost in my own conciseness. I then began to chuckle for some random reason. Was this what it was like for a pony in a coma, or one who had a mental break down?

Suddenly, a statue appeared before me. Then cracks formed over it. When it broke, I was looking at a chimera. It made absolutely no sense though.

“Who are you?” I asked.

“Mwa, why I am Discord, although imprisoned in stone.”

When he said that I lost my mind.

Luna’s POV

I was amazed when he said he thought I was nicer then the stories said. When I later heard of what happened Tia said to check up on him. According to Twilight’s letter he was at a party when he suddenly screamed and ran. When I saw he was in a full body cast, Twilight explained he was terribly going insane while he came close to bleeding to death. Luckily, he saw the sight of his blood. On the down side though, he went into a coma.

While I was about to leave to raise the moon, Fire Heart started shaking real bad, whimpering. It was so sad that I noticed a tear drop down. I then quickly left the room and raised the moon, the memory of him too sad to think of.

‘Nightmare Heart’s’ POV

I laughed. I laughed at the weakling’s fear. I laughed at his near insanity, but I growled at the body cast that held me in place. I would have easily taken apart the bandages if I had my magic, but alas, I was a pegasus for the time being, no more, no less. What they saw was not HIM growing wings, but me finally surfacing for the first time since he was a younger weakling.

He was the ‘magical’ side, and I was the Pegasus. For now, however, it is only in the middle stage we are both, I am him and he is me. I kept my eyes shut as if I was in a coma, and waited. He would be buried too deep in fear, and I would have the chance at revenge. I would make Luna, Celestia, and soon enough Discord all pay the price for imprisoning me in this useless body. I would remind them all who the TRUE ruler of Equestria was, and I could easily become the weakling. I simply must bide my time, and for now, resurface the whelp.

Equestria will soon remember its true ruler.

Luna will remember me.

EQUESTRIA WILL REMEMBER ME!!

Well I hope you like it so far. Please tell me what you think on it, and if you ever have any suggestions for me to put in the story, please let me know. Same on the catagories and characters, (catagories if I am missing something, characters to put in) just say it in the comments. It’s the first thing I’ve actually made public. Small note by the way: we do not know Nightmare Heart’s true name yet, it is forbidden to say it out loud at all. But it will soon be said and we will be going by his real name. He will have a story of why he wants revenge so that means a flashback. On the happy side, I will have as much excitement along the way as I can, when I of course bring the primary villain in. a small unimportant note though, I have never been to anything like a party. ): Oh well.