Equestria's Twisting

by Jacensolo43

Rating: teen
Tags: Human, Dark
Length: 7477

HiE, kinda… A pony awakens in the Everfree, but strangely does not remember who he is. As Fire Heart looks for an answer to who he is and why he cant remember, he starts having hallucinations and nightmares about his alter ego. As he, the Mane 6, Discord, and the princesses battle with the one who was locked away, there are problems beginning to form in the group, and memories stir as a long believed dead-love resurface, and may cause problems for either the good ponies, or the one who is attempting to take revenge.
Plan on changing pic, and plan on adding some bloody scenes in the future.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2012-04-11 11:06:53 UTC

Chapter 1

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.

Chapter 2

RD’s POV (unfortunately)

It was my turn to watch him and I really didn’t have much a choice. It’s boring keeping an eye on a sleeping pony. Luckily I had a book about Daring Do to read. Then I heard some sort of noise from what's his face who’s never gone to a party. I looked over at him and his eyes opened and I raced to the doctor, eager to finely leave.

Fire Heart’s POV

“So let me get this straight, if I am here then I am part of some pony who is angry and wants to make you, Celestia, and Luna pay for taking over Equestria even though he caused things for him to rule?” I asked trying to make sense of it.

“Yes, yes, and yes. You are able to call him Nightmare Heart but his real name is dangerous to use,” said Discord.

“Why?”

“Because if it is said the spell we placed on him will be broken, even if you say it telepathically.”

“Wow. Wait what if he says it?”

“That’s the beuty of our spell, he can’t.”

And right at that moment Nightmare and I kinda swapped.

I slowly tried to open my eyes and I saw Dash fly out to the doctors as quickly as possible (still not as quick as Pinkie). After a few moments I saw a doctor come in and explain to me just what happened. Apparently, my alter ego was acting as if he was in a coma. The doctors then said that seeing as I’m now awake, I can be taken out of the bandages in a few hours. I could still walk, but I wasn’t sure I wanted to take the bandages off myself.

After a few hours I snuck onto a train (my wings disappeared plus I had no money) and waited for the calling of Canterlot. I didn’t know if he had a plan but even if he does, Discord and I agreed on one as well, and it was only a matter of time before Discord was released and Tia and Luna agree on the plan. The only thing that worried me was, will I survive if he’s killed?

When I heard them say we were arriving in Canterlot  I grabbed what few possessions I had and raced to the garden, where Discord told me his statue was. When I first found it my instincts told me it was a bad idea. I mean really, releasing the spirit of chaos to defeat a single pony? Overkill. Course, then again he was part of the group that overthrew Nightmare Heart. I concentrated on freeing him and noticed a light blood red glow around my horn and him. And then the royal guards noticed me. 'Damn it go tell the princess' I thought, and strangely enough he did. By the time they arrived Discord was having cracks formed in his statue.

“What have you done?!” Tia yelled.

“Perhaps… I saved lives,” I replied, fatigued at the amount of magic i had just used. Discord’s statue then broke completely.

“Free! Hahahaaaa!” he kept laughing for a few moments and when he was done he was serious… well as serious as you can be when you’re Discord. “Now, down to why he did this. Celestia, Luna, he’s returned.”

Apparently, that was enough to explain to them ‘hey Nightmare Heart’s back’ because they started to go insane. Then that brought a question to my mind, just how dangerous is this guy?

“Cool it! Now, I have a question I would like to ask. Just how dangerous is he?”

“Imagine turning ponies to stone whenever you want. Now imagine ten times worse.”

“Course.”

Suddenly, a guard came by. “My lady, is this enemy by any chance Twisted Heart?”

At hearing the name, I felt terror overtake me. I felt a burning ache in my mind. And I felt myself transform into Twisted Heart…

Twisted Heart’s POV

“FREE AT LAST!” I laughed at the guard’s forgetful mind, and I laughed at my victims. “Hello Tia, Discord, and most of all, Luna.”

“NO!” Tia yelledattempting to help her sister, as I levitated Luna. Luna was being suffocated as easily as plucking a flower, only this one, I savored the feel of its coming death. I used my magic, freed by the newly broken spell. Now, I will be known, as well as feared.

“Make your choice Tia!” I said as I levitated Discord, “You need them both to defeat me. So which is it… Sister… or the one who causes chaos but helped you to defeat me?” I couldn’t help it, I had them paralyzed and now, they were so far apart it was impossible for her to save them both. Then the terribly foolish Rainbow Dash flew into me, unthinking. It… was… MY kingdom once again!

Wow, I am loving the ideas that come to my head. Well now you know his true name. No worries, we will have a flash back very soon. Anyway this villain, mind you has very good reason to be, as Pinkie would call, a ‘Meanie McMean Pants’.

Chapter 3

Luna’s POV

Rainbow flew into Twisted as fast as she could. But now Discord and I were falling. I would have looked down had I not been so afraid. But worse, my magic was cut off and my wings wouldn’t move. But then I then began to feel a magic around me… Twilight!

Discord was being helped by Rarity and we were slowly brought down. I would’ve flown back to Tia had my wings worked but she flew down, Rainbow Dash beside her. “What now!? Twisted’s free now and we barely lived last time!” yelled Discord.

“What ya mean last time?” asked Apple Jack.

“We should tell them,” I said. There wasn’t any point in having them fight possibly to the death if they didn’t know.

“Agreed,” said Tia and Discord together.

“Long ago, shortly after the founding of Equestria, there was an alicorn named Twisted Heart…”

Flashback

“Quite a beautiful night wouldn’t you agree Luna?” asked Twisted.

“Indeed it is.”

Twisted sighed, sad that so many ponies slept during the night.

“If only you weren’t so alone,” said Twisted. He had read prophecies one day and found that a blood eyed pony would one day be banished to the realm of humans and return after death claimed him twenty times for everypony he killed. Twisted was frightened of the description of the pony, for he was the only known pony with a coat blacker then night. Although the reason the pony’s eyes would be red is because they would burn with a fire of pain and hatred. Luna kept trying to reassure him that it hadn’t spoken of him, just another pony, but he was convinced it was him. “Don’t you understand?! I’m the only one who’s ever had a coat this black! Equestria’s been founded and no doubt I’ll soon be angered!” he would often shout. This night though, he only cried.

“If it isn’t me then it’s you. And I promise you I won’t let Tia do this to you.” Twisted looked deeply into her eyes and she saw a small, however faint, red fire of anger burning in his eyes, the same look she saw in Fire Heart’s many years later.

“No, don’t, please!” pleaded Luna.

“I’m sorry, it is the only way,” he said as tears streamed down his eyes.

“No, I’ll not let you do this!” Luna shouted, though it was too late… he lost his mind years ago.

After thousands of ponies died, Luna understood what she must do. She had to help banish him. Soon, after he had killed a total of thirty thousand ponies, Discord, Tia, and Luna finely cornered him, the Elements of Harmony with them. Twisted looked into Luna’s eyes, a red fire in them, but Luna noticed something in his eyes as the Elements banished him.

Apologies for his insanity and loss of control, The Twisted Heart she knew at one time, that promised to save her, the one now known as Fire Heart.

Meanwhile in the mind of Fire/Twisted Heart

Fire Heart’s POV

“Who are you?!” I shouted. I didn’t know what was going on but I felt his anger at the survival of both Luna and Discord. “Why are you doing this?!”

“Have you never known yourself? The reason I do this is because I want revenge! And I am you.”

“Why do you want revenge?! They never did anything to you!”

“Yes they did. Do you not remember your own past?” said the strange voice.

“I do, and you’re not part of it!” I said defiantly.

“Hahaha, I am ALL of it, from your first birth to now.”

“First birth?”

“Of course, I had forgotten the forgetfulness of death. Yes, first birth. Course, you remember yourself as a human. What you are meant to be is a god among gods, the first created Alicorn, and the only difference between us and them is we are reborn no matter what.”

“Then why do you kill?!” I shouted into the darkness, unwilling to be wavered.

“I seek revenge.”

“WHY?!”

“I will tell you. Many lifetimes ago, I read…”

Flashback

As Twisted looked through the library he found one book that had appealed to him, the book of prophecies and pony appearances. As he read he found a chapter up on him in particular. However he also found a terrible fortune that was to soon befall on him.

The pony black,

Shall soon be back,

Af er re    tion,

Through res  ect  n

To s  k revenge,

T r ugh lo e w a ,

And soon avenged.

He wanted further time to study the prophecy and its possible meanings, as well as what weathering had worn off and coming up with other possibilities. Only one question ran through his head, “Is this going to happen to me?”

He then ran into Luna, perhaps his only friend. “Are you okay Heart?” Luna asked.

“Yeah, just a prophecy scared me, nothing much,” said Twisted.

“Oh, well okay. See ya tonight,” she said.

He ran to his room and shut the door. As he lit his candle he looked around and levitated his notebook for prophecies and began to read, keeping an open mind for any alternate possibilities. He knew it was close to beginning, but not when it may end. The only thing he could figure out though, were the words, which could have easily been wrong. What he figured up was

The pony black,

Shall soon be back,

After redemption,

Through resurrection

To seek revenge,

Through love weak,

And soon avenged.

He was horrified that day, which was the end of his sanity and peace. That night, he became evil, and dark. The very embodiment of a heart's nightmare. He was then soon defeated. On his final day, he had asked Luna to forgive him, and what did they do? They surrounded him, trapped him, and cursed him to be kind as a unicorn or evil as a pegasus. But in the middle stage, he would see his other side’s reflection, no longer himself. He was cursed to be pure evil or pure good. But that was not enough. They banished him, to where it was dangerous for life. Where he was banished, he was forced to be kind, even in a world of war, and this world was always warring. He was broken, no longer free. But soon he would be back, and now he was.

“So… do you still think they care? Do you still think they’re understanding or honest? They LIED to us! They HATED us!”

“No, no it can’t be. I REFUSE TO BELIEVE IT!” I yelled. But it was so obvious, I was hated. Worse, if I WAS to regain sanity, no one would care about us. No one would speak to us. We would be hated worse than Luna and Nightmare Moon.

“Tell you what, I’ll let you train your talent, and when they return, YOU can destroy them,” said Twisted Heart.

“Yes, I will,” I didn’t notice but a fire sparked in my heart…

And I liked it.

I hope you enjoyed the flashbacks. Now you know both sides of the story. And do not fear, I’ll have many surprises along the way. Suprises that are like plans within plans, like planception, LOL.

Chapter 4

Twisted Heart’s POV

I watched he whom I had thought was weak develop his power, and I was wrong. He was strong, powerful, and I simply had to push him past the edge. I had the guards capture dragons so that Fire could simply have something to tear apart. He had dragon corpses dragged away by guards who trembled beneath him, for now, he chose to give one chance and one chance only.

But the enemy was quick. They were planning to take the elements to use against us. We could not allow it to happen. “If you fail us Commander, we will make you impossible to kill unless we so choose, and be burned for the rest of time.” Fire Heart understood that if the elements were lost, then our rise to power was for nothing.

“Yes, my lord,” said the commander as he shook.

“General, send them a message, if they attempt to take the elements, they will fail and be brought before us, and will suffer unimaginable punishments.”

“Yes, your majesty.” The guard then mumbled something under his breath, which, somehow, Fire Heart heard.

“How DARE… General Veers!”

“Yes my lord?”

“Take this ungrateful whelp to the dungeon. He will receive my PERSONAL attention.”

“Yes my lord.”

What did he say? I asked.

When he told me, I demanded that the general be executed.

No, he will learn to respect us, and we will make an example of his punishment. I was speechless.

He had changed.

Luna’s POV

Discord and I were about to fly up there when an arrow just narrowly missed Rarity. When we read it, it was horrible news.

Fire Heart was corrupted.

“Well… now what? If we go on we will no doubt receive worse punishment then befell him, and the one pony we could rely on is corrupt. I can’t create chaos because it would be easy for him to break through if Fire Heart is corrupt, and we can’t use magic because he’s simply too powerful,” said Discord as he read the note.

“Easy, we just fly in, take the Elements, and then use them,” replied Rainbow Dash.

“It’s not that simple,” said Tia, “He could easily influence time and space and paralyze you. We would need a guard to sneak in and take the Elements.”

“It seems we our beaten, if we cannot go in. For us to defeat this pony, we must hide correctly.”

“Run away? Forget it, I’ll take my chances,” said Rainbow Dash as she tried to fly to the Elements. Luckily Discord took her wings and she fell. “Hey, give them back!”

“Not until you learn reason. This is like a strategy game; you don’t just fly blindly towards your enemy, that’s in fact what he told us. Clearly he sees this as a game if he sent THIS kind of message,” said Discord as he held up the note.

“Well then-“ began Rainbow Dash when Rarity’s hair was clipped by yet another note.

Spike read it out loud. “Ahem, 'Dear my worthless enemies, I have chosen to give you some of the elements if you play my little game that formed while I was banished. Note many places here are unreal (for now), and they point to areas that natives of that accursed realm thought up. One, for example is aimed toward Pinkie primarily but does mention Ms. Dash. This is a story that even I couldn’t finish without regret, but it is where laughter is, for so much evil is contained in it that I had to laugh. I have given you a tool to locate the story, but I doubt you could possibly finish it. You will find more clues along the way, but I will keep one with me… the element of magic. Ta ta. Signed by Fire Heart and Twisted Heart. P.S. tell Discord he is to meet me at the maze, I would like to turn him to stone personally. The rest I will think of punishments along the way.’” When Spike finished reading the letter, we looked and saw there was a strange device. It had a note on it as well.

‘Dear ponies, if you are reading this then the controls are simple. Type in various things and things like that will come up. And thank you, Twilight, for giving me a place to rest. Expect messages soon on (email-password). I may occasionally keep you in touch with your friends and family here and in various other areas… tata.’

“Well, this other realm is quite interesting. Now to find out where this place is. Pinkie may be the best one to read it if it says evil things about her,” Discord said. Everypony else agreed and Pinkie began to read.

One cupcakes reader later

“Never ask me to read that again!” shouted Pinkie.

“Any ideas on where it’s at?

“P-p-ponyv-v-vil-l-le.”

They went to Ponyville and followed Pinkie to Sugarcube Corner. When they found the Element of Laughter on the counter top with a note they became wary. As they walked to it they received another letter through Spike. They read the one on the counter top and it said something about a rainbow factory. When they read the second, they couldn’t believe their eyes.

Dear Friends,

Forgive me, but this is one of the few ways I can think of to defeat Twisted Heart. I promise you I will never become corrupted, whether through  visions, or  through  how I am treated. Do not speak of this letter in public, for he has many spies. I do not know how, who they are, or why. If my plan works, then Equestria will be free, and  I  will only have one request. His final death had never happened, and I have a family where I call home. Enough of that, we must face  the current problem. He is leading you into a trap. If you finish  this little game of his, you will be taken into custody and  he will find ways to make you regret the past. I have attached a note of where the Elements are that you would achieve. When you gain these Elements, Twilight  must  be prepared to use whatever necessary for you to get out.

Fare well my friends, may we be helped.

Generally known as Fire Heart here, home name is Lewis

“Anypony else shocked at this?” asked Discord.

“Home name?”

“I’m shocked.” Every pony was. If not for the fact they would have walked into the trap or he had another name, then it was the fact he told where the Elements were.

“So, where to?”

“We’ll need to do the game like we would have until we set off the trap. Then, we do what we can to defeat them,” said Tia.

“Agreed,” Discord and I said together.

And then we set off to find the next one on the list, Loyalty.

Wow, I really hope you guys enjoy. Like I said before, I am working on excitement and surprises getting put into here. And soon, excitement and surprise there shall be. Love you all! (not in THAT way)

Chapter 5

Fire Heart’s POV

I don’t know how he could sleep. Being another part of me I was surprised. Not to mention the general’s screams of pain. I did my best to let him free in the first day, but it didn’t work. The best I could do was deactivating the contraption he was in at the time. When I had, he looked at me, confused, and saw in my eyes kindness and care.

I the very next night, it was simple to free him, and he had something to say, “Thank you, my lord.”

“I am no lord of yours, soldier. Listen, and listen closely, for I shan’t repeat this. Allow a rebellion to be born, find the true ruler of this land, and help her gain the elements. When you find her, give her this,” I said as I had handed him the sixth element, the element of magic. It was of course disguised, so I would remember giving it to him, but I had to wipe my memory of ever having so as not to raise suspicion. The guard eyed it curiously, but did as he was told and quickly left. I knew if I was discovered with the element of magic by a guard I wouldn’t have to worry. Twisted was who I had to worry about.

I quickly went back to where I slept (currently in Luna’s chambers) and erased my memory, but then all I saw was red and one face in all of it… Luna.

Tia’s POV

“So where is the element of honesty?” Discord asked, after we found the element of loyalty. We had to wait a few hours before we could actually go to Cloudsdale, due to those of us that weren’t pegasi, alicorns, or Discord.

“He said Honesty is hidden in a cave near the edge of Ponyville,” said Luna. She had some reason been acting strangely recently, not getting much sleep for example. I was beginning to worry for her.

“A cave? But there aren’t any caves near Ponyville,” said Twilight.

“Knowing Twisted like he is, he either made one, or is meaning one a large distance away,” I said.

“Most likely a distance, or possibly in the Everfree Forest,” said Discord.

I really wanted to pound Discord when he said that. It caused hours to be dented into our schedule to stop Twisted.

Twisted’s POV

When I awoke, it was quiet. The guard that was meant to be in pain was silent, so I figured he died from the pain. I noticed that Fire Heart was asleep, so I took control of the body and walked to the eastern window. Why did the night sky have to be so beautiful? It was because of its ruler I had to live on earth, and I still liked to look at the night sky. It was as beautiful as Luna had once been. It was as enjoyable as my vision of us…

“NO!” I shouted when I saw a rainbow trail, however faint, fly down from Cloudsdale. “They found Loyalty, but they would never dare enter after Honesty, and even if they did-

“My lord,” said one of the soldiers.

“What?” I said, noticing a hint of anger.

“We have had spies report two things sir, the general escaped and they say they received a letter.”

My eyes widened in horror when I had heard that the general had escaped, but then a worse idea crept into my mind.

“The sixth element?! Is it still here?!”

“Yes my lord.”

“Bring it here!”

The guard took off and quickly returned with the sixth and final element, magic. “Good, come, we have no time to waste, find the sender of the letter and inform me who it is. They will pay for this betrayal!”

After the guard bowed and left, I looked to the east. Soon, the sun would rise, soon. But I had plans to stop them, and they shall not find the elements. He would change their locations, and he would turn the game to his favor.

No one double crosses him and lives.