To Truly Win A War

All the Guardian saw was darkness. Something about being alone put him at peace, almost as if he were made to be this way. Almost like his cell back in the laboratory.

Soon, he found himself walking, where to, it didn't matter nor did he know. He came upon a door, with a dancing light beneath it. He opened the door, and froze at what awaited him.

Charred bodies, burning flesh, skeletons, all of ponies with armor were littered all over a burning field. At the other side of it, an army of what he could describe as insects and in front of those stood a bipedal dark figure, the distinct lack of facial features made it appear to be a shadow.

Before he knew it, the hellish landscape around him began to crumble and eventually fell apart. He continued his slow descent into the darkness, until he saw the bipedal creature appear in front of him. It slowly began to smirk at him, flashing it's vampire-like teeth for a second and it's expression turned serious, as it began to speak in a dark and menacing tone, "You defend these ponies... how foolish of you..."

"Join me, and I will give you freedom, you will no longer be under Celestia's control, you will be free at last." He finishes.

"I'd rather die." Said Guardian as he fault an all too familiar feeling.

The feeling that he didn't have control of his actions. He was being controlled by Celestia. And before he knew it, he was rearing his fist back, and flung it at the demonic being.

The being recoiled and fell to the ground, "You are foolish..."

"But if you are in a hurry to die, so be it." He finishes as he lunges at Guardian, swiping at him with his claws.

Guardian is able to block most of the demon's attempts to attack him, but one. The demon scratches at Guardian's chest, successfully leaving three long lacerations and drawing a large amount of blood, and awaking the Guardian out of a dead sleep.

Guardian's cries of pain and agony did not go unnoticed, as Twilight Sparkle herself woke up from it. She began to process what she was hearing, and hurriedly got out of bed. She began her short walk down the stairs and did not expect to see what she saw.

Guardian was struggling to remain conscious, as his wounds began to take a toll on him. He fell to one knee clutching his chest as he felt faint, but he kept fighting it.

Twilight began to grow worried and spoke up, "Guardian, what's wrong?"

He froze as he heard her voice. Something about it sparked something inside him, and his scleras began to turn blood red. She began to trot towards him, but he used the rest of the strength he could muster to stand up, still clutching his blood drenched wound.

She continued walking towards him, until he stuck his hand up, revealing a glowing red sphere of energy.

"I'LL KILL YOU! STAY BACK!" He yelled in an extremely dark tone as he pointed the ball of energy at Twilight.

Twilight began to summon a magical shield, when the red sphere faded from his hands, his scleras returning to their normal white color, as he fell to the ground, cold.