Author's Note

Warning: This will be the darkest chapter I have ever written in the story. Dont expect any comedy, dont expect sex, dont even expect something remotely warm in here.
If you want to know where this fucking chapter came from, blame 2015.

If any of you care for my work, listen to this while reading the next couple of pages because this music goes with what I was trying to build for this. This chapter, this ending existed before the last five chapters of this story.

The final prank is at the bottom.

Dusk Falls

Four Villainesses Vs. Dusk Shine

Dusk Falls

He heard voices, faded but there. His mind was in a haze and his vision was all but clouded. The only thing he was aware of was agonizing pain. Not just physical but emotional and psychological torture that burned in his mind as he looked towards the bringers of his pain.

The manifestations of Eternal Night, Chaos, Darkness and Mother Hive, had infected him. Not just his mind but his heart and soul. They played with him, a toy simply for their pleasure, never relenting, never swaying from his cries of pain or torment. Sex was great, but not when one of the parties wasn’t enjoying it. No, he did not enjoy it, nor was he feeling any kind of ‘pleasure’ from this experience.

He only felt hatred, anger, sadness, and pain, all in one. His mind was fractured and he had no reconcile for anything. His thoughts lingered to and fro, between the visions, the mind games, the physical torment that wracked his body and even his spirit. They cared not for his well-being nor his desires.

Even now, as he managed to clear his vision, did he find himself held by magical binds by the four of them. The fact that he was immovable, made breathing hard as is but also not helping the illusion of what was reality or not. For in front of the four goddesses, his friends were right in front of them. Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Applejack and Pinkie Pie. His brother Shinning Armor was there along with his wife, Cadance. Princess Celestia and Luna were there too. Each bearer has their elements and the three princesses plus Shinning, had their horns charging with magic and aiming towards the female villains, casting them angered looks. What took them so damn long?

In his damaged mind, he was angrier, realizing that it was their fault for not helping him sooner. It was there fault for not stopping the pain that those… Evil creatures… had done to him. Why didn’t they come to his aid when he needed them? Why didn’t anypony come to help him?! Was he not worthy to their friendship?! Was he not the one whom helped them in their time of need?!

Anger burned into hatred. Pain morphed into agony. Sadness turned to depressive rage. And all of that ... turned to power. Power like nothing before began to rise from deep within.

He didn’t hear as his ‘friends’ tried to scream for his release.

He did not see as his captors laughed and planned to fight them.

He did not speak as his voice was gone by the torment he endured.

But something did speak to him...

But something did clear his vision.

But something did fill his voice.

The light was gone and darkness and anger consumed….

Power, pure raw power and it was calling to him. To reach out and grab it. To pull it into his soul and use it against those whom hurt him or forgotten him. His dark grey coat lost any remaining color before turning pitch black. His mane and tail turned almost invisible to a dark violet that dimmed any and all other colors.

The binds that surrounded him fell, the fatigue and pain that once was there, fueled his power. Drawing more and more from the ‘darkness’ that kept drawing into him, Dusk pulled more and more magic deep within. This ‘raw, untapped and untamed’ magic was filling his soul. Where was it coming from? Where did he acquire it? Did he always have it before? He cared not, he needed more!

Magic swirled around his body, feeling his heart and his mind with untapped magical prowess. Thunderous distant booms were heard as his body morphed, giving him a size he would never achieve as a normal stallion. His horn sparked, powering out his weaker magic from his old body and slowly being filled with this new magic. Clouds of magic covered the area, blocking out the sun's light.

The others before him, the villainesses, they had their backs towards him, but not his ‘friends’. They however were seeing it right before their eyes. From anger towards the villainesses to horror in seconds, they all watched as Dusk changed before them. It took a few moments later for the villainesses to also turned their heads to see behind them.

Gone was the luscious and wonderful loving colt that those around him loved. There now, stood a pitch-black furred alicorn. His horn had become elongated and spiraled with dark black magic with purple electrical sparks crackling around it. His body took on a height and size growth, as he was now almost as tall as Nightmare Moon or Celestia, with his stature built of strength. His cutie mark stayed the star but a dark violet star replaced the original with a ring of smaller glowing blue stars circled just near the edges. Lastly, his eyes became draconic and sharp, no signs of the former Dusk was left.

The magic that surrounded him sparked and swirled with dark violent and black mists. His horn began to randomly generate large magical lightning bursts, striking random areas and nearly hitting the others. His breathing was all but silent and his expression was of that, unbridled rage and pain caused all of his former friends and allies to draw back in fear.

As his body fully formed, even the Villainesses felt a small twinge of fear form on their spines as the stallion before them, became something else, something none of them have predicted. Dusk Shine was no more. What was left of the little stallion, was replaced by a Unicorn with limitless power, all from the darkness that resided within him.

His… ‘former friends’ and ‘family’ stared at him with horror and fear. None of them having the words to say anything nor the proper responses towards his dark transformation. The villainesses however, seemed more impressed, if not some what spooked by his transformation. The air was cold and devoid of any light or life as the stallion was brought forth into the world through power and void.

Darkness had claimed Dusk Shine and in its placed stood Nightfall...

Despite the utter dark chill that even gave the villainesses some fear, it was Eris who broke the terrible dark silence that was in the air.

“Well…. That was unexpected.”

Both Chrysalis and Silhouette nodded but Nightmare was distraught, having broken free of her hold from the others. They didn’t seem to notice, nor have they notice that the energy surrounding them was slowly affecting them.

“It seems as we finally managed to take over his mind,” commented Silhouette. “And he is filled with negative and dark energy then even I have stored.” A smirk grew on her. “I dare say, he has been siphoning off of me.”

“Not just you,” Pipped in Eris. “I have a sudden uneasiness… that he also has been taking in some Chaos Magic from me.”

“His emotions are almost hollow,” Spoke Chrysalis, a twinge of discomfort coming from her. “There is nothing there, but hatred, rage and power.” She paused, casting her gaze over him. She took a few steps back. “Its aimed at us.”

Each one of them instantly became fearful and took a defensive stance. His eyes finally blinked once before they immediately focused on the four before him.

The stare itself sent dread into their hearts, as if to stare into the very souls… as he did. He could easily tell that they were deeply afraid and that is what he wanted. Its all he wanted now from them, fear.

“D-Dusk?”

His eyes immediately shot passed the villainesses and towards his ‘friends’ and ‘family.’ They all had looks of horror, fear, or unexpected shock. Tears ran down a few of their faces, yet it seemed to please him internally at seeing them like this.

Finally, after his transformation, he spoke.

“That is not my name.” The voice was cold, devoid of emotion, and was deep to a point where no one recognized the voice of Dusk. If anything, his voice echoed without the need to speak loudly, pouring not just into their ears but their minds and souls.

“The Dusk you seek is now gone. Who I am now, is someone you all should fear.”

Despite her fear, Eris still tried to play it off as a joke.

“Hey uh… Dusky?”

His eyes shot towards her and she froze up. Before anyone knew how to respond, he immediately grabbed her with his dark magic. A echoing scream left her as he pulled her in tightly and forcing her close to him.

Everyone, including the princesses and ponies gasped as Eris screamed being brought up to ‘Dusk’.

“You-” he growled to her, using his magic to tightly squeeze her frame. “You have become quite a nuisance with how you run your mouth off.”

Struggling against his tight magical grip, she tried to reach into her chaos magic to escape. A small, scared and pathetic chuckle left her when she realized, she was cut off from it. Her magic was gone!

“W-well… Daddy D-Discord always did say… t-that my mouth would get me in hot water some day!”

He was not amused.

“It has become taxing! Perhaps if you had something taken away from you, you would finally be silent… forever.”

Her eyes went wide and just like before, her scream of pain came, but louder than before, causing everyone to wince and gasp as ‘Dusk’ used his magic to ‘drain’ the magic out of her body.

Not baring to watch as one of their own gets hurt, Chrysalis and Silhouette quickly charged their horns and fired them at Dusk directly. He did not even blink as a magical barrier came between him and the attacks, bouncing off away from him.

As the last of Eris’s magic was drained, her body began to go limp and her eyes slowly began to grow tired. With a final gasp and choke, the last of her magic left her body and ‘Dusk’ dropped her onto the floor.

Eris landed with a grunt, still alive but severely weak, while ‘Dusk’ inhaled and exhaled.

“Delicious,” he said darkly. “Even your magic has a taste to it. But its purpose will serve me much better than it ever did for you.”

Eris moaned and tried to speak but couldn’t.

It was Celestia and Luna that finally took actions.

“Dusk Shine! You must cease this now!” His eyes wandered over towards the Princesses and his friends. His shield continued to hold on with Chrysalis and Silhouette still firing at him. With a small hiss, the shield shot forward, straight into the two villainesses and without stopping, smashed into them and send them crashing hard into the ground in small craters.

“As I said, that is not my name.” He slowly made his way towards the princesses. “That name no longer suites me. Nor does it carry purpose. Remember me now as... Nightfall!”

“But that is your true name, you birth name!” Answered Celestia in plea. “We want the old Dusk back! The one we love!”

A snort left him.

“You mean the one that you have neglected!” He shouted. “The one were I tried to reach for help when I needed it!” His magic lashed out and grabbed both Chrysalis and Silhouette, both giving him the screams he wanted to hear. Instantly, his horn lit up with dark energy and began to drain the two of them at the exact same time.

“Where were you when they-” he growled as the two villainesses cried in pain. “-tortured me for a week!” Silhouette soon fell limp in his magic and dropped onto the floor. “When they used their magic to torment me not in just my body but in my mind!” Chrysalis followed soon after and he dropped her too. “None of you were there!”

“It wasn’t their fault!” Nightmare immediately jumped in front of the Princesses and the others, shielding them from him.

He stopped and looked straight in front of him at Nightmare, though she was slightly hunched in fear of him.

“I-It was not their fault,” she said, whimpering. She lowered her head and shakily spoke. “It was us… we made sure that any help you sought, they wouldn’t receive it.” She then looked up at him. “Please, don’t punish them for our deeds.”

His eyes stared dangerously at her. She was fearfully looking at him. Like a filly staring into the eyes of her doom. But she was defending those whom he blamed for his pain and hatred.

He leaned down on her, making her bend her knees and lower herself.

“I am aware that you and the others blocked any ways of reaching them. My anger is that none of them had bothered to reach out to one another. Not when I was being isolated, not when I tried hard to get them to respond. The princesses never even sent a single letter to check on me.”

Nightmare whimpered but shakily spoke up to him.

“Please, don’t hurt them, they are your family. If you want to punish us, do so but just remember they didn’t do this to you.”

‘Nightfall’ remained silent, staring harshly at her. Meanwhile, the Princesses, Shinning included all where being defensive while the girls remained passive, hoping Dusk wouldn’t hurt anyone else.

After a few moments pass, his mood changed.

He sighed and with his magic, gripped Nightmare up to his face.

She hissed in pain.

“Dusk!” Celestia cried out.

“There is no need to harm her!” yelled Luna. Both sisters had their horn lit, brightly blaring with magic ready to be used.

Calmly, he brought her so that they inches away from each other.

“What reason should I have to not end you here and now?” he asked calmly. Nightmare continued to hiss in his grasp but managed to pant out.

“N-Nothing!” she exhaled heavily. “W-we were wrong to have t-tortured you like this. We… we were desperate!”

A small, creepy smile touched his lips.

“Yes… yes you are. Desperate enough to almost having it your way. To fuck me, then rob me of my magic to leave me drained. However, that didn’t go as planned did it?” Nightmare didn’t responded. She sobbed, barely letting her next words go.

“I-I’m sorry Dusk. I’m so sorry.”

He huffed before pushing his lips to hers, shaking her in surprise. Her magic instantly drained and she fell limp against his magic. He pulled away and gave her a grin.

“As am I.” He dropped her.

As soon as collapsed on the ground, both Princesses, including Shinning Armor fired their spells at Dusk.

He instantly put up a force field, however the combined magic of both princesses and Shinning sent him back a bit, earning a growl as he struggled against their attack.

Using his own magic, he began to push back, causing the alicorns to grunt as his magic pushed back.

“G-Girls!” Celestia managed, the five immediately turning to Celestia. “You must use the Elements of Harmony! They are the only way to save him!”

“But how do we do that!” asked Rarity. “He is the one we are missing!”

“We must reach out to the Harmony of Magic. Try to concentrate and call upon its power! Its our only chance!”

“We need to find some cover!” Cried out Rainbow Dash.

Celestia continued to fire her spell, but felt that with the draining area affect of Dusk's dark magic, he would be pulling in theirs soon.

“We will buy you time but you must hurry! He has the power of four demi-gods! We can only last so long. We will keep him distracted! Now GO!”

With a call upon her celestial, Celestia pulled in energy from the sun and poured more magic into her attack. Sensing the sudden surge, Dusk felt the immediate attack reaching him. Growling he used his chaos magic and quickly created a portal that immediately absorbed the magical attacks and disappeared into it before he himself teleporting away.

Seeing their opening, the five mares all quickly formed a circle and tried to reach out to their necklaces, searching for harmony. They held each other close and closed their eyes in concentration. The three princesses and Shinning Armor stood their ground and defended the mares.

Fearing his sudden disappearance, Shining immediately created a powerful shield over him, the princesses and even the immediate, creating a blue sphere to encircle them. Luckily before they came to the library, Celestia and Luna had ordered the town citizens to stay indoors until it was safe.

Once that was done, they stood guard. Within the field however, the four villainesses also lied, the four slowly recovering from their magic drain.

Silhouette slowly rose to her hooves, shaken and weak.

The Princesses and Shining gave her and her weakened comrades dirty looks.

She gave a small snort.

“We didn’t plan this you know?”

Luna gave a growl.

“And what did you think was going to happen by corrupting him? Have you not learned from our history or yours?”

Chrysalis recovered, though her head spun. Her eyes widened in panic as she realized... she was cut from her hive. “I... we didn't know he would be this corrupt... let alone be with amount of power...” She shook her head and tried to find some link to her hive. “How did he become that powerful when we drained his magic?”

“You fools should be well aware of how powerful Dusk is.” snarled Luna. “He is the reason you have all lost to him before. His intelligence, his tenacity to make do with what he can…”

“Not to mention that because you influenced him with Dark magic,” added Celestia with no hidden malice she had for them. “That he would be corrupted. You took away his ability to use his normal magic, but he had access to dark magic.”

“Well… who the heck could have figured that out?” asked a woozy Eris, barely able to keep her misshapen body off the ground, standing only to lean against Silhouette, who growled at the extra weight. “Besides this lazy piece of shit of an author that can’t follow his own story, has horrible bad plot writing with long delays between chapters, how the hell did he have access to dark magic? Who taught him that in the first place?” She paused and looked around trying to find something before screaming up at the sky. "Where does the magic draining bit even come from, you fucking asshole?!"

Celestia visibly flinched but Nightmare spoke out before she did, albeit weekly and painfully. “Regardless… of what has happened… we need to find a way to stop him.” She then turned to the ponies and princesses. “Even if we have deal with the consequences of our actions later.”

“Oh, you will pay for what you’ve done,” assured Luna, staring at her former, darker half. It was like staring at a bad reflection that came to life. “But… you are right. What happens now is how we stop him.”

“The Elements of Harmony are our only hope.” Celestia looked towards the girls, whom were deep in concentration. “They maybe all we have.”

“But is it enough?” came the dark chilled voice that echoed deeply in the area. Before any of the Princesses, Shining Armor or the Villainesses could react, Nightfall created a portal and immediately struck Celestia with a powerful stun blast. The portal actually came inside of the shield and hit the white monarch directly and sending her flying to the other side of the shield.

“Tia!” Screamed Luna as she saw her sister fly over her. Shining’s shield held but he strained a bit at the powerful blast and force behind it. Celestia crumbled to the floor in a moan and was out. Shining quickly tried to repel the portal inside of his shield by adding one in front to prevent another attack. The girls broke their concentration, as shock filled their faces at the fallen form of their princess.

Another blast came through the portal, hitting the shield directly and with a powerful force. Shining grunted at the power, trying to keep it as strong as powerful. “Someone do something! I can barely hold on!” Shining then began to yell at his brother. “Dusk! Bro! Its me! Please, you have to stop this!”

Cadence had quickly reached her fallen aunt’s side before focusing on her husband. She quickly added her own magic to his and reinforced the shield. Luna meanwhile growled and turned to the other villainesses.

“Don’t just stand there! Help us!” she yelled to them. The girls quickly rushed over to their fallen princess to help.

“We would if we could!” Eris stated, snapping her fingers but nothing happening. “But he drained us all completely!”

“IF nothing else, then be of use then!”

Just before anyone could do something, the black furred alicorn that was Nightfall, appeared over head in the sky. With a growl, he charged his horn with mad cackles of lightning and dark magic and fired directly down upon the shield.

Shinning screamed as the shield was struck, barely holding onto the immense power. Cadence also wailed as even with her combined might, the attack had dropped her to her knees. The girls all huddled together hoping that it would hold them from Nightfall’s attack.

Nightfall knew of his brother’s limits and pushed on. Just enough to start causing cracks to form over the shields. Shining’s knees began to shake, straining to hold him limits. Luna, along with the other females feared at the strain.

When the cracks completely covered the shield, Nightfall dropped like a bomb and slammed the shield with his momentum. He shattered the shield and knocked out his brother from the magical backlash. It was at that moment however, that Luna, in her rage and fit to stop her sister’s student, fired a powerful beam of magic just as the shield fell, at Dusk.

With a quick summon of a portal, the beam shot straight through and… he opened another one right next to Luna. Luna was flung hard, as her own power had sent her flying straight passed the others and crashing into several houses and creating screams of terror as the final princess had been beaten.

That was the last of them. Nightfall watched the quivering of the four villainesses, the unconscious forms of his brother and Celestia, though Cadence was weak and holding Shinning’s head in her legs. His former friends, were huddled together in absolute fear and horror at the power and display Dusk had unleashed. With a snort, he made his way over to Cadence.

Before they could say or do anything, Dusk created a shield over each girl and separated them individually to stop them from forming a bond. At the same time, he grabbed each of the villainesses in magic, pulling them in the air, stifling their movements completely.

“If there is one time-” he began to monologue. “-that I have ever wanted more power, I feel like this is the closest I have ever come to achieving absolute power.” He approached the squirming evil females, their bodies held in place by dark bands of black magic. His form began to float, slowing rising, without the use of acquired wings, and meet each female at the level he had levitated them to. “I can feel, see, hear, and understand things more than ever before.” His face curved into a venomous grin.

“Each of you have different types of magic, something no other creature as ever achieved before.” He inhaled and exhaled deeply, letting lose dark trails of magic. “Dis-harmonic Reality Manipulation, Dream and Nightmare control, Necromancy with Will and Crystal assimilation and lastly, Transformation along with Hive Control. The power each poses can change the very fabric of the world!” He cackled an evil laugh, as everyone else stared in horror.

However he stopped and his grin grew with a dread that filled the hearts of anyone who saw it. “But why stop there?” With his magic, he pulled from a distance the body of Luna, as well as the body of Celestia.

The two alicorns flew towards him, slumped in forms. Cadence, as well as the girls and the four villainesses, watched in hopelessness, as Nightfall pulled in the forms of the two princess. With eased, he quickly drained their magic.

Nightfall’s eyes shot open and with a roar of absolute power, he took in the most powerful forms of magic in the world. Dark magic absorbed the golden and dark blue magic trails from both princesses into his body. Nightfall shook as more power than he could ever imagine filled his body.

The last trails of magic left the two and he dropped them both to the floor below. Dusk’s body began to grow and change, as the power overfilled his body. Two wings erupted from his spine, black feathers that matched his coat. His horn grew longer, his body gained size and mass.

The moon eclipsed the sun in the middle of the day, causing an eerie red glow to fill the day sky. Lightning cracked across his horn; the town began to darken with amass of dark clouds and the red light piercing through. Portals began to appear in random locations opening dimensions and rips in the fabric of reality. By now, most of the citizens could only hide or cower in fear as the most powerful being on the planet, showed his powers to everyone to see.

Many saw that this was the end…

Dusk was gone. Nightfall was here and here, he would begin a new world. One where he would rule, one where he would learn about everything and anything. Magic, science and more. He could move the heavens to do so and he would break the realities to achieve ultimate knowledge and power.

“D-D-Dusk?”

His form froze. He looked down to see Cadence, his former foalsitter and sister-in-law. She was terrified, beyond belief and comprehension. She stood, shakily on her legs that quivered and struggle to keep her up, but she forced herself to stand up to Dusk.

“P-P-Pl-Please!” she softly begged, her eyes streaming with tears. “Y-Y-You have t-t-to stop-p this! Th-This isn’t you!”

The giant of a pony turned nigh god, calmly lowered to the ground. He stood several heads taller than her, easily able to smack her once and be done with her permanently, if he so chooses.

Shakily, Cadence eased her way towards him, but the girls screamed and banged on the shields to tell her not to. She couldn’t hear them, just see them from the corner of her eyes as they called to her.

Swallowing in fear, she pushed on, approaching the form she once held in her arms. “T-This has t-to sto-p-p! Please, you are hurting everyone you know and love! You would never do that to anypony! Please Dusk! I love you! We all love you! Whatever they did,” she pointed a hoof towards the floating villainesses in his grasp. A portal was right behind them, showing them a hellish world where demons and all sorts could be seen. “We can fix! We will work through this but please… you have to stop!” Her tears continued to fall.

Nightfall regarded her with a neutral expression, remaining silent and steady. In truth, his mind was racking up a million scenarios on how to approach this situation. His heart beat steadily as he thought it through. For a few moments, he stayed silent, staring unblinking at the pink alicorn. It was a tense moment, even so far as the the villainesses begging and praying that it would work.

Finally, after a few moments, Nightfall responded.

“Tell me, Princess Mi Amore Cadenza, if I drain you, would I be able to control the hearts of ponies?”

A crackle of thunder boomed in the back, signifying the heartbreak that Cadence just had. Her heart shattered and her eyes shimmered in the last hopes of trying to regain her the second colt she loved in her life, back. She hiccuped once, dropping her head. He merely sighed and lowered his head closer to hers.

“Worry not, I will make yours a lot less painful than the others… Afterwards, you will bare witness the fruit of a world… where reality is but a page in a book, waiting for the next page to be written by me.”

He saw no resistance, nor did she defy him, letting her head slump and began to softly cry. Feeling nothing, he decided to first sense her magic, feeling the warmth and love from her. Something that he didn’t care for. No, she had the power to influence the hearts of any creature. Once he pulled that in, he could control the masses. In heart and mind… he would be unstoppable.

The first sliver of magic came from her horn. The small trail of pink left her and Nightfall absorbed it. There was something else there but he looked past it...

… His eyes widened and something kicked back inside of him. A small something… a light. Warmth. Warmth in a dark and cold place. But there was something else, something alive and growing…

What was it? He then picked up a different piece of magic. Something different to Cadence but almost similar. How could she have two different bits of magic? No creature, outside of him, could carry two different bits of magic… Unless…

He lowered his head to meet her eyes. A small sob left her but she could feel his stare at him. Slowly, she expected him to drain her as she looked into the soulless eyes of the monster before her. However, what was in front of her eyes, seemed to show confusion.

For a moment he caught her eyes, seeing deep into her soul and beyond. He tried to find another piece of magic but didn’t find it there. However, he looked down towards her center, where her belly was and saw the magic was coming from there. The other, different source of magic came from her belly and the only time that would happen is if they were…

“You are pregnant…” He stated softly, though it was almost a whisper as he said it..

Cadence blinked her tears away, almost stopping her crying, as she felt that she may have misheard him.

“W-Wha…” she couldn’t comprehend everything around her yet. Her mind was still reeling in shock that she couldn’t stop Dusk but she was also aware that he told her something incredible.

Nightfall, formerly known as Dusk Sparkle Shine, was filled with the vast powers of six powerful beings. At this point, he could absorb a seventh and recreate the world in his image and no one, nothing could stop him…

But seeing, visibly and magically being able to see the growing foal in the womb of the alicorn before him, had him pause. The foal was only a few months, no consciousness yet, but he could hear... the heartbeat. He could feel the power in the fetus and the warmth that it receives from its mother. Despair and rage would fill the foal when it took its first breath into the world, if he were to conquer it. If he would drain Cadence, here and now, it would definitely kill the unborn foal. Life would cease and it would be his fault.

… Why did it hurt thinking that? Why did he want to do that? How could he do that?

For the first time, Nightfall blinked and a single tear fell from his eye. The single droplet, indicating emotion and fear. He shook his head and quickly pushed away from her, leaving her to focus back on the others.

“You’ll keep your magic for now!” He stated with a small grunt of anger. “Once your spawn is born, then I’ll drain you and I…”

More magic from Cadence entered his horn and he let out a small hiss, as warmth came cascading over his head. The old feeling of being loved and cared for by somepony special briefly filled his mind.

He growled and his head snapped at Cadence who had her horn glowing… purposely feeding her magic to him. A look of determination sketched across her features.

“You're in there Dusk! I know you are!” She stood now on shaky legs, pushing her magic at him. “I won’t let you become this monster!”

Dusk growled once more and quickly surrounded a shield to prevent her magic from entering his mind. It worked briefly, cutting off the physical aspect of her magic, but then a moan of pain left him as his heart was also filled with magic. Roaring at her, he stood in front of her in a threatening manner. “What are you doing to me!?” He yelled at her, trying to intimate her. Cadence flinched but pushed on.

Her magic became transparent and phasing through his own, filling his mind and heart with warmth, happiness and love, along with reawakening memories of his life.

“I’ll make you remember Dusk!” She poured more and more magic into him, trying to enter his soul. “We are here for you Dusk! We love you! Please you have to remember that!”

Dusk growled and tried to repel the thoughts of his former life. But they came in waves of memories, flashes and more. Days of spending his life with his friends, living with family, listening to his mentor’s teachings. The warm sunny days spent either outside with friends or reading books. Late night studying or learning some interesting new fact.

More and more of his memories began to surface. He growled in defiance trying to fight them off. As he did, his powers began to fluctuate, as the sun and moon began to shake in the sky. The portals began to disappear and the magic he had, began to slowly seep away from him.

“No!” He growled, stomping and trying to keep his magic stable. He had a purpose! He had power! He had everything! He didn’t need any of that! He didn’t need friends….

‘Welcome to Ponyville Dusk! Its going to be great having you here from now on!’ An old memory… Pinkie Pie.

‘Your an honorary ‘Apple’ since you helped us for cider season, Dusk!’ Another… Applejack.

‘A handsome colt like you should never be afraid to show the world that you can be grand without boasting!’ From… Rarity.

‘If I never had met a cooler unicorn from Canterlot that didn’t have their noses high up, you are the best one I have ever met!’ Rain… Rainbow Dash.

‘I-I-I don’t mind that I am w-weak, but I am just glad I-I have friends like you and the girls… to support me!’ … Timid Fluttershy.

A roar of pain left him, as memories of his friends continued to bombarded his mind. He shook his head, trying to clear them away, going so far as to use magic to mentally block them. What he didn’t realize was that he was slowly losing his magic, his body losing the battle of keeping all of it within.

Small trails of magic of various colors and forms leaked from his body, those trails making way back to their original owners of the fallen goddesses. Those being hung by Dusk’s magic in the air, felt their magic slowly returning to them.

“Girls!” Gasped Eris, struggling against her bonds. “I-I can feel my mojo coming back to me! My groove is starting to return!”

“M-Me as well!” Growled Chrysalis. “Cadenza is freeing him from our magic! Ha! She ain’t so fucking useless after all!” She snarked.

“As soon as we get it back, Eris get us the fuck out of here! We don’t need this conflict right away!” Warned Silhouette.

Nightmare remained quiet as she saw all the magic draining from Dusk. It wasn’t like something was pulling it away from his body, it was his own mind and perhaps the true Dusk trying to purge the evil and corruption from his body. He was losing his features, his coat slowly going from black to violet. His height began to shrink as did his horn and magical mane.

“No! No! NO!” He screamed, as his body began to shrink. “I can’t lose it all! Not when I have yet to get back at those who've wronged me!” In a last ditch of pure anger and rage, Dusk’s remaining energy focused on the villainesses. Charging his horn, he pointed at them. “You will suffer in fiery Tartarus for all of eternity for what you done!” He cried in anger, tears of rage and pain running down his face.

The portal behind the females grew, still focused on the fiery world of hellish proportions. Eris, in a last ditch effort to save them, gained enough magic back to suddenly change the portal behind them to something else. Dusk fired the powerful blast at them, too late to be prevented by Cadence.

The four villainesses were shot through the portals in high screams. “This is a shitty fucking ending, you asshole!!!” Was the final screams of Eris, while Chrysalis and Silhouette yelled in fear as they were shot back. However, Nightmare Moon, the one who had true emotions and care for Dusk, accepted her fate and gave a final sad, almost tearful look towards Dusk Shine, as she and the others were flung into the portal. When they flung in, the portal around them quickly closed as did all the others in the surrounding areas.

Cadence watched in horror as Dusk had just sent those four to Faust knows where. They were evil, they were horrible, but even they didn’t deserve that horrible fate. Yet, it was perhaps their undoing that forced this. She saw that most of the magic drained from Dusk, as his height, size and everything else began to return to normal. The clouds began to disperse, the moon no longer eclipsed the sun and the girls were being let out of their magic prison.

Celestia and Luna began to recover as their magic returned. Dusk meanwhile was a broken mess, still screaming or moaning as his mind was breaking, crying his heart at the torment he had endured. Most of the magic already drained from him, though the only thing that remained on him, was a pair of wings on his back. Cadence swallowed, slowly approaching him, seeing the quivering mess of the colt she watched grow up.

Dusk was sobbing now, his body heaving with unbreakable shaking. His face was matted with tears, his body was in agony from the quick changes of magic gained and drained, followed by the week he had to deal with the four villainesses.

The Alicorn of Love, stood in front of him. She didn’t see a stallion, she did not see the smart or intellectual brainy colt she had watched grow up into a fine pony. She didn’t see a power hungry unicorn with the madness of six gods. She didn’t even see a normal pony in front of her. She only saw the remains of a broken colt, both physically and mentally, with scars visible and emotionally. From a standpoint, he may never recover, but she believed that he would endure. With his friends, with his family, with the support of the Princesses, he would endure.

Not fearing anything, she pulled the sobbing colt into her breast and held him tight. At first, Dusk flinched expecting repercussions for his actions, but instead felt the warmth and love radiate from one of the ponies he loved, one of the ponies he cared for with his life and he felt worse knowing that in one moment, he nearly took the life of the one that has yet to live.

With nothing else, he openly cried his heart out, as his mind fractured completely. He caved in hard, crying into Cadence’s chest, wailing of screams and torment that he had just endured. She held him tightly, shedding tears of her own at the poor soul. Luna and Celestia had recovered along with Shining Armor. The girls meanwhile were heartbroken to see their friend that they loved and cared for, ruined and destroyed by what was only imagined done to him.

No words were said, but none were needed. They all approached, Princess Luna and Celestia along with Shining, the girls pulled in for a tight hug around the crying colt. He was surrounded by the warmth and love of his friends and family, He had the power of an alicorn at his horn tip. He stood out as one of the most intellectual ponies in Equestria and perhaps history.

But right now, he was a newborn foal awakening to the world that is cold and cruel.

Author's Prank

One Chapter left, one final story, one more time to make an impression. I thank you all for staying with me this long. The final prank is that this was done 3 years ago, almost four. This was completed before the other chapters. Improvised here and there, but remained untouched. this was the chapter that would end all of this to a close. I don't expect warm applause, nor positive reviews, I just expect you to understand this was created during one of the darkest times of my life. This was my darkest moment put into story form. Comment however you wish!