The Tragedy of Nyx

Nyx wasn't like the other super villains of all universes. Instead of entering with a bang, he first would surprise his victims, before the main event.

So he slunk into Ponyville like a cat, invisible to the crowd of ponies, but not to Discord. Thought he didn't know specifically what he was feeling, he knew something defiantly was off, and quickly snapped his fingers to teleport away to alert Princess Celestia.

Same with Pinkie Pie, who's twitching went more haywire than before Twilight accepted Pinkie's ability to predict the future. She went off to tell her friends.

The shadow crept along the rooftops, spying on his soon to be helpless victims. When Nyx reached the edge before the center the party, he stood, and his body rose into a few rays of the moon, deteriorating the way he looked, without showing his face, and waited.

Eventually as things go, one pony just so happened to glance up and would gasp, then another, and another and more, until everypony was looking up at the figure upon the roof.

The music went dead.

It was silent in the courtyard.

The four Princess' watched with keen eyes.

And from the shadows, lips parted to reveal white wicked sharp teeth in a terrifying grin. The hidden eyes glinted in amusement.

"Well well well, isn't this a lovely party your all having... I just thought that, you wouldn't mind if I, well, joined you, for a bit of fun..."

With that Nyx's wings shot open blotting out the stars behind him.

"That is of course, unless your too afraid to play with the master of darkinesis."

In a flash of blue fire the shadow vanished and reappeared behind the ponies, and quicker before they could turn, lit his hand on fire, and from it threw a ball energy. The energy smashed into the base of a banner, exploding fire everywhere.

The ponies now realizing their danger fled the courtyard, tumbling into one another, running for freedom.

But Nyx didn't waste time, he teleported multiple times, throwing more fireballs before the ponies trying to escape, making them turn tail to another direction.

"RUN YOU PONIES HAHA YES, RUN!" Laughed Nyx.

"Hey! You leave them alone!"

A flash of colors dove into Nyx, sending him tumbling from the rooftops to the ground below.

"Get him girls!" Shouted a purple toned pony.

Nyx growled and rolled to his feet just a blast of pink energy scorched where he had been fallen a second ago.

"So little purple wishes to duel it alone?"

"She's not alone!" The rainbow land back to the ground, and in its place was a light blue pony. More ponies were coming up behind the two, a pink one, yellow, orange, and white.

The Princesses who had been visiting the second courtyard were flying to meet them, along with Discord close behind.

"So be it." Nyx mocked.

He teleported away, as a lone speck against the moon, then flashed again back to where the ponies were, showering them with hot blue fire.

They dodged and jumped out of the way, but the yellow pony yelped as a bit of fire lashed out.

Purple and White flashed their horns and sent magic beams at Nyx, who promptly flashed away again. He returned with a new trick this time, electricity. With a roar he outstretched his lightning shocked arms and grabbed the beams of magic. Nyx tossed the beams aside. The beams still connected to Purple and White were flung off their feet and into the wall of a building. White was knocked out cold, and Purple didn't look much better either.

The Orange one suddenly came out of nowhere and delivered an incredibly powerful kick to Nyx's side waist, evenly sending him off balance. The Rainbow finished the job by smashing into Nyx again, and sent him on all fours. Kicked tried another, this time aiming for Nyx's head for the KO.

Nyx's clawed-hand shot up and caught the hoofs before they connected. Spinning in a circle he heaved Kicker off her feet, and threw her up and over a building. A crash was heard. Rainbow came flying back down for another blow. Nyx caught the pony and threw her off on her way as well.

Nyx turned back. Pink and yellow were still standing. Yellow crying, Pink looking fearful.

"Who's next? Common, you seemed so sure of yourself a second ago."

"pinkie... go, run... take fluttershy with you... Go..."

"Ooh ho ho, Purple still has some life in her does she? Sound advice I must say, but not sound enough. It's too late for these petty colored ponies, nobody runs from the likes of me."

"That's enough."

And swirl of dust flew and three alicorn and a grotesque looking mix match animal thing appeared.

The tallest white alicorn spoke, eyes flashing all the time: "What ever be your wicked purpose be in this world, you have no rights whatsoever to attack a defenseless village of innocent creatures. How dare you hurt my subjects and my faithful student. Who are you and what do you come for?"

Nyx feinted innocence. "Who me? Why, I just so happen to by Nyx, which means 'Night' in a very old language of mine. I just so happen to be the ruler of it, along with darkness, all shadows, and the wondrous powers that go along with it. My goal you ask? Simple. I'm putting everything that I see 'happy and loving', to sleep. Permantly."

The dark blue alicorn stood forth. "There is only one ruler of the night here Nyx, and you have no right to taking my birthright. What you show of the night is not of its glory, but of its evil, it's hatred, and it's fear."

"I know, isn't it an amazing thing?"

The smallest alicorn spoke up. "Evil and darkness doesn't belong in Equestria Nyx. Wherever it was that you came from, go back, and leave us in peace. We would sooner die fighting for our love and friendship and freedom than be bound to the likes of you!"

"Not to mention," the weird half-of-everything-animal-related monster said, "but there are four of us with exponential power, and only one of you."

Nyx pretended to ponder this.

"Well, now that you put it that way, I guess I'll have only one thing to do. Destroy all of you, and take my place as night's ruler."

Nyx rocketed into the air flying on his wings as the three alicorns shot colored beams of energy. Nyx dove and rolled, laughing hysterically. Shouting insults, he came back at the alicorns, shooting fire from his hands. He succeeded in nicking the light pink alicorn, and burning the foot of the white big one. The dark one proved difficult though. Everytime Nyx aimed a shot at her she seemed to leap suddenly into shadows unperceived by Nyx. Something that was incredibly hard for Nyx not to be able to do.

Nyx started to focus a variety of his fire to her, instead growing angrier as he continued to miss.

"I WILL HIT YOU!" Nyx roared out in madness. "I WILL-ERRRIGH!"

Nyx was smacked square across the chest by energy sent by the white alicorn. Nyx immediately knew something was wrong, terribly wrong, and started to fall to the earth. As he fell, the dark blue alicorn Nyx had been furtively trying to hit cheered out.

"Well done sister!" She said.

Sister eh..? Well enjoy THIS sister!

Nyx flinched his body just before he landed and sent a power surge of energy through his arm. White-hot electricity trickled, then zapped through the air straight towards White Alicorn.

Dark-Blue saw it immediatly, and pushed White Alicorn just as the hissing snakes smashed into her instead.

With an incredible thud Nyx smashed into the ground. Not a bone was broke, yet he knew bruises would appear all over the next morning. And that weird feeling, it was still present.

Nyx gathered himself up and faltered trying to stand up. His foreleg WAS broken after all, or maybe just fractured. Enough to give him a noticeable limp. Nyx grimaced as he took a step. He looked up.

White Alicorn was besides her wounded sister, whispering in Dark-Blue's ears. She then looked up, and in a look that told a million stories, and the first one that truly ever took Nyx's breath away. The unsettling look of pain, greivance, and anger lashed out all at once in that pair of pinkish purple eyes, actually made Nyx take a step back.

This... May NOT be very good... I think- yes, I'll be taking my leave now.

Nyx started to back away.

"And where do you think your going "Mr. Lord of the Night?" The White Alicorn whispered dangerously.

"Away." Nyx answered. And with that he sprinted out of mangled courtyard.

As he ran, he could hear fluttering of wings and knew that White Alicorn was dead on his tail. Though Nyx couldn't fly, he could still use his magic. And he did, throwing fire balls, and lightning over his shoulder. White Alicorn answered by cascading the area around him with energy blasts and silverly thin beams. Strangely enough though, what magic Nyx used destroyed the surrounding buildings and the like. White Alicorn's concussive blows did not surprisingly.

White's shots got closer to their mark, and right before Nyx reached the edge of the forest, another square hit was landed, this time landing across his back.

He flew a dozen feet before crashing to the ground. He jumped to his feet for another fire ball. He decided to wait this time, believing that White Alicorn's fury might overwhelm her judgement. She flew straight at him.

Fool, Nyx thought. He readied his hand. And with a shout of triumph, outstretched his hand right at the diving Alicorn, who still refused to alter her course. Nyx waited for the familiar heat to seep into his veins the moment before the shot------- but nothing happened.

"What the, wai-!" Was all that Nyx could get out before the Alicorn sailed into him, making them summersault through the field next to the dark forest. Nyx punched and scratched, scrambling to get out on top as blows and hoof kicks and magic blasts lanced across his body.

Finally, they stopped rolling, and White Alicorn was on top, three legs pinning both of Nyx's, and the other his arm. He started to raise his left arm for another punch before the Alicorn's horn glowed yellow, froze his arm.

His wings useless, magic and physically immobilized, Nyx knew he was in deep trouble. Preparing for the worst, he held out, starting to try and talk the Alicorn to a false sense of security but was immediately silenced when White Alicorn used her free hoof to strike at Nyx's face.

"Erugh! You-"

"Enough dark spirit!" White Alicorn thundered. "You have done great evil in my land, not only hurting my dear little sister, Luna, but also damaging my peaceful land and this peaceful village. I should finish you here and now, and be done with you forever more!"

"Why then, White Alicorn, would rather talk to me to deat-"

*smack!*

The hoof crashed into Nyx's eye.

"Or would you rather beat me White Alic-"

*Smack!*

The side of Nyx's head this time.

"Erugh!"

"I am not 'White Alicorn.' I am Princess Celestia, guardian and raiser of the Sun, and protected of those innocent under it. You will address me as your highness, or Princess, nothing less."

"Well excuse Princess White Alicorn, but I-"

*CRUNCH!*

"AUUUGH!" Nyx tried to cover himself but it was too late to conceal his roar of agony.

Celestia had raised her magic for a split moment, surprising Nyx. Before he could raise his arm, Celestia's hoof came down, crushing the bones in his upper limb.

Princess Celestia smiled. "Continue that and you might just find yourself a trying to solve a jigsaw puzzle."

Celestia lowered her horn again and it's magic held fast Nyx's mangled arm. Nyx could feel the Princess' magic grasping his broken pieces of bone every so delicatly.

"Wha- what will you have of me..." Nyx panted.

"There's something different about you. Something terribly evil on the inside yes, but not put there intentially.. If I hadn't seen it in time, I would've skipped the stunning spell and would've struck you down with a more powerful spell ages ago, and be done with you. Which then maybe Luna might not have gotten hurt.." Celestia finished by whispering near the end.

"Too bad you didn't, now she's hurt. Because of you."

Princess Celestia glared at Nyx. Nyx suddenly felt his bones grating the other fragments.

"Augh, n-not that my lig-EURGH! Lightning won't be e-EASY! To fix!"

Celestia's magic ceased, but still held fast.

"I would hope so. For your sake."

"Yeah..."

"I believe that, against my vested judgement, I will give you a second chance-"

"Lady, FYI, I didn't ask for one."

"-and DESPITE the fact that you CLEARLY don't deserve one, you'll be GETTING ONE. Whether you like it or not."

Nyx glared at her, wondering what game she was trying to play at.

"You will say a sacred oath, that you will try your very hardest to understand the wrong you have done to my land. You will suffer as they have suffered, and see with their eyes from their points of view. You will live as they do, not aloof and unwatched, unTAMED, but gentle and friendly. Do this, and I will give you the freedom to leave our world, with your promise that you will never return." Celestia looked stern, but her eyes still had that unsettling fire.

"And what if I refuse?" Nyx questioned

"You'll be sent to Tartarus as prisioner, and will never leave until your agreeing of my terms, or until your death."

Nyx pondered this, and this time, REALLY thought about it.

"Well... Taking I don't have much of a choice, fine."

"Good."

Celestia leapt off of Nyx, but before he could make a break for it, Celestia sent a shower of golden magic over Nyx. Nyx immediately fell to his scaly knees.

"You are now under my agreement. Break it, and I will know."

Nyx collapsed onto his right arm, left dangling uselessly.

"You also can't be see as the dragon you are. Everyone will immediately realize who you are. Though I do not believe you are one anyways, I'll simply transform you into an unicorn pony. Your magic must be used responsibly as well, as per the agreement."

Another golden shower came upon Nyx, turning his dark skins and membranes golden.

"And one more thing. Say hi to Princess Luna when she sees you."

The last thing Nyx saw was golden spots shimmering and bubbling as his skin started to melt away.