Dusk Shine vs. Four Villianesses

Epilogue

A sigh left him, as Dusk Shine sat alone in his desk. The sun was high in the sky, the warmth of summer spread throughout the lands and joy filled the small town of Ponyville. Ponies frolocked, animals buzzed around and the days of usual quirkiness that the town usually receives was at a low end.

But Dusk was not part of that, any of it to be honest. When he stared out the window, he wished he could be part of that wonderful experience. He wished that he could step outside and rejoin the flock of ponies that frolicked and enjoyed their lives. He wished that he could hang with his friends without reliving his nightmares.

Yet his wish would remain unheard. He was still damaged, he was still paranoid and his mind had only begun to return to normal. His head would twitch, a sign of his mind trying to adjust to his normality and daily routine. It was difficult though, painful too.

It has been four weeks since the battle with the four villianesses. Four weeks since he was captured, tortured, raped and nearly killed by them. After which they were done with him, did they want to enslave him and make him watch as they took over the world. But their plan backfired on them, for when they drained his magic, he was draining negative energy and dark magic. His body was trying to survive and pulled in on his negativity. He pulled in, all that pain, all that torture, the unwanted pleasure and the potiential visions of a world covered in darkness and pain.

He turned on them, taking not only his captors’ magic, but the magic of both Princesses, while nearly taking the magic of his foalsitter, Cadence who at the time, wasn’t aware that she was pregnant. Had he had taken hers, he would have killed the unborn foal in her womb, his future niece or nephew. He choked back a sob that nearly left him, as remembering the broken face of shock would always play in his mind. He remembered everything as Nightfall and they would always haunt him during the day and night.

Four weeks it took him to recover to a point where he could be around other ponies again.

The first week, was him crying and unable to comprehend his reality. He was broken in more than one way, for all the visions and futures that the villainesses had shown him always played back. There were times were he would just scream in torture, begging for rest or death, breaking the hearts of those around him. Pain or at least, phantom pain would erupt in parts of his body, with difficulties in relieving himself or eating as well. The third day was when he finally had passed out due to lack of food and sleep, leaving him nearly catatonic.

Eventually, it took the effort of Zecora’s alchemy to let his body rest and to quench the pain. She also gave him potions to recover his energy, his lost calories and control of his limbs due to fatigue.

His body was recovering but his mind hadn’t and that was when the Nightmares would begin. Each time he would fall asleep, vivid and powerful visions came to him, filling his head with dark and twisted horros of them coming back for him.

Each and every night, he would wake up screaming or crying; begging for everything to stop. Luna was surprised that she couldn’t stop them all in a single night. Each and every night she came, Dusk’s nightmares were far more disturbing than any other pony in Equestria. Constant pain, remorseless visions and the faces of evil hurting his friends and family. She kept trying to put barriers and enchantments to prevent them from recurring but his newly acquired alicorn status made it difficult to put magic in his mind. Along with that, Nightmare had made it difficult to prevent his mind from being looked at, during his time under their control.

So, she opted to make him have dreamless sleep. He would also take medicine to help him rest, seeing as he would try to stay up and avoid sleeping at all. Luckily that had done the trick, but the damage remained.

The second week was him trying to talk, trying to speak to his friends and family. In truth, he couldn’t speak, at least not in a manageable sense. He understood how difficult now, it was for Fluttershy to speak prior to their meeting, but this was different.

Words would come out but not coherent or translatable. His mind would play back to the times he had his friends trapped and unable to reach him. How he could have destroyed everything around them for personal gain. At that point, he couldn’t last more than ten minutes with his friends before he had to run or teleport away home.

Talking to the princesses was way, way worse. He practically stole their magic, hurt them in horrible ways and what was worse was they forgave him so easily. He at one point nearly wet himself when Celestia and Luna tried to hug him, but only giving them a very disheartening whimper and fearful retreat from them.

Cadence and Spike seemed to be the only ones that could get through to him. Cadence had agreed to stay with him for the time, letting Shining Armor rule the Crystal Empire in her place. Spike rarely left his elder brother’s side for too long, safe for cooking, cleaning, or other choirs.

They were the only ones he could be around because he hadn’t hurt them at all. His friends, the girls were trapped and separated while they watched in horror at what happened. His older brother was hurt by his magic. Spike had been luckily back at Applejack’s home where he was safely kept company by her family.

He felt less guilty with them, but it still wasn’t easy. Cadence was his emotional support, his literal weight to lean on and the soft voice that he needed. Her voice was always there every night he would fall asleep and be there every time he would wake up.

She would sing him a soft lullaby or read him a book, or just hold him until he fell into his dreamless slumber. The first week was terrible for all three of them, but it worked out once the dreams were taken away.

Once his second week came in, he tried speaking but failed to do so, to anypony outside Cadence and Spike. The faces of fear or pain always played when he looked at his brother, his friends or the Princesses. Something he always reminded of.

The view instances he was able to get through was just to ask for help eating, relieving himself or trying to focus his magic onto something.

Come week three, he managed to slowly speak to the girls, trying to reintroduce himself to having friends. At the time though, he was acting as the Fluttershy of the group. Pinkie pointed that out and told him to start taking lessons from her. This earned a real and genuine smile for the first time in weeks. Pinkie was a bit too eager to try and make him keep it, but the girls made sure that it was eased down until he felt more comfortable.

By the end of that third week, he managed to talk to the princesses without fear or a breakdown. When they invited him into their private rooms, it was much more intense.

“Dusk, please-” Celestia spoke with gentle calmness, bringing her wing close and around him. “-You know what nothing will come to harm you, nor we will hold you responsible for what has befallen you.”

“Forget not, Dusk-” Luna added in. “-That we too fell to the darkness before. ‘She’ was what we became and nearly hurt the ponies around us. I felt just as guilty and felt just as horrible after my return and my reformation.”

Dusk really was glad to have Luna as one of the few understanding individuals of everypony. In truth, yeah she was more experienced and sympathetic on a level that nopony else could really match due to her own history.

Still, it never stopped hurting that he nearly took away everything. Luna continued to monitor his dreamless nights. Occasionally, she would allow snippets of good times and memories to slip in to help bring him back to good dreaming.

It was actually the fourth week that he had one good dream and that was when him and his friends came together for Hearthswarming Eve. But something else came from this wonderful dream that both Luna and Dusk were not aware of was a good dream. It involved his first time, losing his virginity to Nightmare Moon and the one time in his life it felt special. However, with the relationship between Nightmare and Luna, the two characters would blend in together in his mind during that night of heated passion and he could not really distinguish the two.

Luna was not disturbed by this but rather, flushed and embarrassed at the predicament. Ponies having dreams of bedding the Princesses was nothing new to Luna, but the fact that in some sick or odd twisted way, Dusk had lost his virginity to a part of Luna. She was his first in a different form.

Dusk was more embarrassed that Luna knew that he had a dream about fucking her, whether it was her or Nightmare, it still involved her in some way. More so, that the dream was so good, so gentle, that next morning, he had to tell Spike why he was washing his blankets instead of him. Or the fact that he carried the blankets on his back, draped over his sides to cover up his strong and rigid cock.

It wouldn’t have been the first time a princess made him have morning wood. The one time he fell asleep inside of Princess Celestia’s room when he was thirteen and by her, the next morning had Celestia blushing with red but giggling madly while Dusk was desperately trying to teleport or make an invisibility spell to get away from her.

But the dream remained and he knew that he couldn’t face Luna again. However, it did remind him of a happier time in his life and perhaps, maybe something could spawn from this.

The fourth week’s end had him now standing by his window, staring at the joyous and happy world. Few knew of the actual events transpiring the Mane Six and the Princesses. Details of what happened to Dusk has been scarce with the Princesses revealing that while victory was assured, one pony was severely affected by the events.

Dusk hated himself right now, not because of what had happened but how much of a coward he was at not being able to go outside. At least to enjoy the day.

“Dusk?”

He heard the voice of his little brother call out to him. Without turning his head, he responded.

“Y-Yeah?”

Spike waddled slowly towards him, gently and calmly laying a palm near his back. His wings twitched at contact but he remained stoic. Spike tried to meet his eyes.

“Don’t you wanna go outside and meet the girls?”

Dusk inhaled softly, feeling his body get cold at the thought of re-encountering the girls. Exhaling lowly he shook his head.

“I-I-I c-can’t Spike.”

The purple and green hatchling knew it was still difficult for him to deal with them but it was a slow process. Dusk had not left the library since. He opened the door once in the fourth week to try and get some air… only for Derpy to crash right over him, scaring him so bad that he slammed the door and hid in the basement for the rest of the day.

She only came to deliver the mail but it left her confused and a bit apprehensive of approaching the library again. The girls had to apologize to the mare and explain that Dusk was affected by the incident four weeks prior.

As far as the Ponyville residence knew, the mane six tried to fight off another ‘villain’, only to be saved by Cadence at the last moment. No pony knew that Dusk was the ‘villian’ nor that he was the one that nearly that hurt the Princesses. Dusk’s situation was that he was the one who suffered the most and was bed ridden. No one even knew he was an alicorn yet.

Dusk looked out past the window to see that the damage done was all but gone without a trace, leaving a vague memory in the history of the town. But he remembered…

“Dusk?” Instead of Spike’s voice, it was Cadence. The pink alicorn had just came in from groceries. In an odd sense, Cadence was a relay for her and everypony else. The girls, the princesses, his brother in the Crystal Empire and even his parents, all asked or received replies from her directly. She was the true hero in all of this.

The Alicorn of Love approached the two, showing her soft, warm side that he had come to adore and be given hope for a better future. It was odd that he was his sister-in-law but saw her as something more. She radiated hope and love, she spoke in angelic tones, her voice never raised or turned and it became his beacon to try and return to his life.

“Spike is right,” She pulled in close, pressing herself close, bringing in both of them close to her. “You need to get out there, you need to live.” He tried to answer but she placed a hoof on him. “I know its difficult but you need the world to see you for who and what you are. The girls need their friend back.”

Internal struggle was just one of the many things going on with him but it was more difficult to explain it.

“I-I-I w-want t-to!” He tried to reply. He shakily brought a hoof to his head. “I-I know I c-can here.” His hoof then lowered to where his heart was. “B-But this-this… is damaged.” He swallowed. “T-Too m-much…”

“And that is why you have us, all of us, to help you get back. It won’t become whole again until you let all of us help you. Please Dusk, you can overcome this…” As she said this, there was a bright flash outside and in front of the library, stood the two Princesses of Equestria. Along with them, was his mother, his father and his brother Shinning Armor. From the street, the girls came into view.

Then slowly, if surely other town residences began to come in close to the library. He was nearly overwhelmed by this but the fact that both Cadence and Spike held onto him, steadied his body.

“All of them, each of them,” she began in a soothing voice, “Are here for you. They are the reason that you should be out there and trying to regain what you have lost. Yes, the pain may come again but we will be here to share the burden with you. We will come together to help you deal with it all, you don’t have to suffer alone.”

Dusk remained quiet, trying to understand her words. She realized that he may need a little motivation so she stood up and pulled Spike close to her, making away from him. “I want you to join us Dusk. I want you… no, we want you to come and join us. We’ll be waiting outside for you and I hope that you will be part of the lives of everypony outside. Introduce yourself to them as the hero of Equestria, as the savior and as the Element of Magic. I know you can do it.” She quickly leaned in, gave him a quick kiss on the top of his head near his horn before she pulled Spike downstairs and headed towards the door.

Opening it up, the sound of an excited crowd could be heard. The door then closed, cutting the sound. From his window, he saw Cadence approach the Princesses and turned to face him, adding to the crowd.

Dusk Shine, felt his heart sink at being left alone now. He had Spike and Cadence for weeks and was never left alone. Now he had a choice to rejoin them and get it back, but that would mean he would have to leave his home. He would have to go back outside and face the world, full of dangers and things chaotic.

But… like Cadence said, they would face it all together. He… wouldn’t have to fight everything alone. He wouldn't be alone if he did.

When he turned into that… horrible demon of himself, he was alone, he had no one, nothing but power. ‘Nightfall’ was a being of pure power, rage, and pain, nothing beheld unto this land before. He could end everything and he was everything. But nothing, not all of the power of Equestria and the world, could save him except the love his friends and family. He was powerless to stop the most important power of all and that was Friendship and Love.

He was afraid, which is why he went after the girls first. They were the tools needed to stop him. He went after the Princesses because they matched his level but the knew him well enough to take him on. He went after the villianesses, not just because of rage and vengeance but because he was afraid of what they turned him into.

As Dusk Shine, he had friends and family, support in both physical and emotional. They were the ponies that held him up when he fell. They were the bonds that kept him together and they were going to be there with him until the very end. He knew that it was going to be hard, he knew it may be painful but just as she said, they would share this burden together.

He just hoped that his burden would not weigh everypony down. With a shaky inhale, he gathered the courage he could. Exhaling he slowly made his way from this window and down the stairs. He would face his inner demon, he would learn to deal with his past but he would know that as long as his friends and family as well as everypony outside would be there to fight alongside him.

Ending up at the bottom of the stairs, he felt like he was going to crumble. His legs wobbled, refusing to fully function but he pushed past his phantom pain and forced back any doubt. He moved forward, against an imaginary typhoon, daring to fight against all doubts and fears. His determination to see and hear the sounds of those he care for, made him scream against his turmoil and pain to push back in defiance and make his goal to become whole again.

The door was in front of him, as was his metaphorical door to return to his life. It wouldn’t fully return to the way it was, but he wanted to return to some resemblance of it.

His hoof went to the door knob and--

His ear flickered. He paused and looked behind him. He saw nothing behind, just the empty space of the home. A tingle ran up his spine, something small but noticeable. It felt… familiar.

He waited a moment, thinking something might happen. Nothing did.

He blinked once, sighing, thinking it was his imagination and he turned to the door. Turning the knob, he pulled opened the door and the unimaginable sound of cheers and joy flooded his ears.

The warm, caring sun shined brightly over him and filled him with energy and joy.

The smell of fresh air and homemade sweets filled his lungs once more.

The whole town, along with his friends, his family, all greeted his sight with smiles and joy. But along with that, was the hope that they would all help him overcome anything he needed. They will be there with him every step of the way.

For the first time in weeks, Dusk Shine, Element of Magic, and newly appointed Alicorn, gave a smile that filled his broken heart, the light it needed to be mended and healed. His legs took strength and walked him forward. His eyes scanned over the many inhabitants of the town and gave him joy. His wings slowly opened up and allowed the wind to brush against them with a feeling of euphoria. His heart became stronger and with his first step, he made his way towards them all.

“Introducing the next Alicorn of Equestria! Prince Dusk Shine!” Celestia and Luna introduced.

The crow went wild and began to welcome the new prince. The door closed to his home as well as that part of his life.

A small spark shot through the air of the library, followed by a gentle voice that followed.

“I’m sorry....”

Author's Note

And with that, I give you the complete and total ending of Four Villainesses Vs Dusk Shine story. I want to thank all of you who have been with this story for years now. I stated it back in 2014, upset that it took 6 years to finish but happy that I did unlike my other stories.

Originally this was to end a lot earlier but the reception I received and demand for more was overwhelming, especially for being one of my first stories. I was afraid for a long time that this would eventually fail and topple but I was glad people continued to love it.
The changes did get dark but during the times that was happening, I was going through dark changes through. I influenced the stories through my emotions and people realized this would be dark.
Not my intention but I saw that it was happening. Now that this is over, I am happy.

Sequel? No... unless this story hits 1100 likes, then I will do a spin off. As you read this, I will be writing my final PONY based clopfic here on this site. This one will be the final single story that will involve ponies as main focus of the story and clop. Its a story on its own but a sorta sequel that you don't expect.
In fact, I half expect that when I write and publish that fking story, it will lead to two results that will either be amazing... or hazardous, especially to the community going after me... SO!! Thank you all for readying, please comment, re-read and... expect the final pony clopfic from me in June!

(This was edited on my phone so please understand any errors or grammar)