Fighting Their Darknesses

Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Twilight, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity stared at their images with bewildering fright. It was like they were looking at a mirror, each of the six ponies that suddenly appeared looked exactly like them. From their manes right down to their hooves, the mysterious equines were exact copies of one of each of them. However, the only differences was that the copies' manes, coats, and tails were a dark grey with slight black highlights in their manes and tails while each of their eyes were black with red pupils, just like Chthon's. They even wore elements on their chests with Twilight's copy had on a tiara like she did with crimson red, more sinister looking designed gemstones. The copies looked at the original ponies, their unholy eyes gazed on each of their respective selves with dark, evil grins on their faces.

"Who...what are those things?!'' Applejack asked out loud as her copy grinned at her.

"They certainly can't be us! Not those repulsive looking creatures!'' Rarity said with fearful, disgusted tone.

Twilight just stared at her clone with gritted teeth and a slight frown as Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie had more frightened looks while Rainbow Dash as a deep, confused frown. Chthon laughed out darkly, hovering in the air with his arms crossed with his mane and ponytail flowing in the wind.

"I may be the lord of all darkness, but it seems that you are your own worst enemies.''

With that, Chthon suddenly fazed away and disappeared, leaving the Element Bearers alone with their wicked smirking clones. Suddenly, the Dark Rainbow Dash quickly flew forward and stopped, hovering right in front of Rainbow Dash, their muzzles almost touching.

"You always knew you had a bad side,'' Dark Rainbow Dash spoke in the same voice as her original, a cruel smirk on her face.

Rainbow Dash looked at her dark self with angry, quizzical frown and before she could speak, Dark Rainbow Dash struck her with a powerful uppercut, sending the tough Pegasus through the air. Rainbow Dash cried out as she flew through the air and her dark copy followed pursuit.

"Rainbow Dash!'' Twilight called out but before she could react, she was hit by a red magical blast from Dark Twilight, sending the unicorn screaming backwards and onto the ground.

Applejack was being approached by Dark Applejack, who was lowered in a fighting stance. "Well, are you gonna fight, or are ya jus' gonna stand there lookin' stupid?'' Dark Applejack taunted with a southern accent, raking the ground with a foreleg.

Applejack responded with an angry glare as she took the same stance as her copy and she snarled, ''We'll see who the stupid one is when I'm done with ya you fake!''

With hat, Applejack gave off a yell and the two charged at each other before colliding and rolling on the ground as they began fighting. Rarity, Fluttershy, and Pinkie Pie watched on with horror before Rarity let out a cry as she was enveloped with a light red aura and lifted into the air.

"What's happening?! Somepony get me down!'' Rarity cried as Dark Rarity smirked darkly.

''It'd be my pleasure to oblige to your request.''

Dark Rarity then made a quick motion with her head and sent Rarity flying away from her friends. She screamed before landing hard on the black ground, adding more dirt and grim to her already messy coat. Dark Rarity quickly galloped to engage her original as Fluttershy hovered back fearfully as Dark Fluttershy approached her with a truly aggressive grin.

"What's wrong Fluttershy, scared? Well you should be, cause I'm about to mess that pretty little face up.'' Dark Fluttershy remarked evilly.

Fluttershy shook with fear as she retreated back and whimpered, ''N-No! Stay away from me!''

Fluttershy turned and flew away as fast as she could with Dark Fluttershy quickly making chase with a sadistic smile. Dark Pinkie Pie drew towards Pinkie Pie, who like her also had her mane and tail straight. Pinkie Pie drew back with fear before she felt a tap on her shoulder from behind. Pinkie Pie whipped her head back to meet the grinning face of Dark Pinkie Pie.

"Peek-a-boo!'' Dark Pinkie Pie said tauntingly before punching Pinkie Pie in the face.

Pinkie cried in pain as she rolled a few times before stopping. She lifted her head up to see Dark Pinkie Pie running towards her before leaping in the air and gave off a war cry as she lunged towards the pink pony. Rainbow Dash managed to regain her airborne bearing and shook off the punch she just suffered. She saw Dark Rainbow Dash flying fast towards her, but she didn't falter. With a yell, Rainbow Dash flew at top speed, leaving a rainbow colored trial behind her as she flew towards her dark self. She flew towards the copy, ignoring the pain in her wing with the intention of knocking her straight out of the sky, but before Rainbow Dash could hit her, Dark Rainbow evaded.

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"What?!'' Rainbow Dash cried in disbelief.

Dark Rainbow Dash gave a smug smirk before raising both her hooves high above her head and brought them down upon Rainbow, sending the bold Pegasus screaming back down to earth. Rainbow Dash crashed through a roof of a shambled cabin and landed painfully on the charred floor of a room. Rainbow Dash winched in pain and clenched her teeth as she struggled to get to her feet. Once on all fours, she looked up into the air to see Dark Rainbow Dash coming in for another attack. Dark Rainbow flew through the same hole made by Rainbow Dash and came down to strike her. However, Rainbow Dash caught the blow as she glared into the eyes of a surprised Dark Rainbow Dash.

"Bitch, you have no idea who the buck you're messing with!'' Rainbow Dash snarled.

She then head butted her dark copy before grabbing her by a foreleg and spinning her rapidly before releasing her, sending Dark Rainbow Dash through the wall of the destroyed cabin and out into the town. Dark Rainbow cried in pain as she landed on the ground, hitting a few statues and smashing them to pieces. Rainbow Dash flew from the house and into the street as she glared down her fallen copy. Dark Rainbow Dash soon stood on her feet, cracked her neck and smirked at Rainbow Dash evilly.

"Oh I know exactly who I'm messing with. After all, I am you.''

Rainbow Dash barked, ''Cud face! You're not me!''

Rainbow Dash then flew at full speed towards her opponent but before she could land a blow, Dark Rainbow Dash fired a red, lightning bolt shaped energy blast from her Element around her neck and blew Rainbow Dash back with it. Rainbow Dash cried out as she landed on the ground and her body skidded a few feet before stopping. She groaned painfully, shook her head and gazed up to see her dark self hovering overhead, her forelegs crossed with a dark, smug smirk on her face.

"What the-how did you do that?!'' Rainbow Dash asked in exasperation. "I've never been able to do that!''

Dark Rainbow Dash just let out a short snort, ''Teh, sucks to be you.''

Rainbow Dash immediately frowned, gritted her teeth and with a yell, few upward at her copy. In a blink of an eye, Rainbow Dash was assaulting her copy with a barrage of punches to her face. Dark Rainbow Dash grunted and cried with each blow suffered, advancing backwards as Rainbow's attacks continued. "How...do...you like...that...bitch?!'' Rainbow Dash seethed as she pressed on with her punches.

Suddenly, Dark Rainbow Dash caught one of the punches, catching the rainbow maned Pegasus off guard. Dark Rainbow Dash lifted her head to her original self, blood trickling down her mouth and nose, but with the most twisted smile on her face.

"How do I like it? Well I'd like it a lot actually...if you didn't hit like a boy!'' Dark Rainbow Dash remarked, grossly licking some of the blood from her mouth.

Rainbow Dash gave her a disgusted, dark frown when suddenly Dark Rainbow Dash spat some blood in her eye. Rainbow Dash cried out in shock and disgust as she tried to wipe the blood from her eye when Dark Rainbow retaliated with punches of her own. Dark Rainbow relentlessly sent strong punches to Rainbow Dash in the face and stomach. Rainbow Dash grunted, in pain with each blow. Dark Rainbow Dash attempted to kick her across the face, but Rainbow Dash dodged it just in time before giving a punch to her copy's face. Dark Rainbow Dash reeled backwards as Rainbow Dash flew into her and carried her at full speed through the air and over the town.

Finally with a finally yell, Rainbow Dash flew her dark side head on into the side of the massive dark tower and proceeded to attack her repeatedly, dust and small bits of rubble rolling from the construct as she did so. As Rainbow Dash continued her attack, the Element of her dark side began to glow again and before Rainbow Dash new it, she was blasted back with full force by a red, beam of energy. Rainbow Dash cried out as she flew back into the air before recovering and glared at her copy. Dark Rainbow Dash hovered distances away from her, her dark Element still aglow with that red light.

"Pathetic, no wonder Lord Chthon called on us to fight the likes of you…ya nothing but a bunch of pussies. You're not even fit to be the dirt under his feet,'' Dark Rainbow Dash taunted as Rainbow Dash gritted her teeth with anger.

Dark Rainbow Dash smirked cruelly as she spoke, ''Your lame cud wad of friends aren't any better. I can't wait to watch as each of them get their pony asses kicked before dying.''

That was the final straw and Rainbow Dash shook with anger and hate as she looked up at her copy with the deadliest glare as she seethed, ''Don't...you ever, EVER insult my friends!''

With that, her Element began to glow with a lighter hue of red light as Dark Rainbow Dash raised an eyebrow in mild surprise. "You and your fake ass friends are the cud wads. You're going down!'' Rainbow Dash declared before flying at full speed towards her copy, her Element still aglow.

With an evil smirk, Dark Rainbow Dash too flew at full speed with her Element glowing. The two mares drew closer and closer and when they finally collided, a great explosion of both light and dark red lights erupted in the air as the two continued their fight. Applejack and Dark Applejack continued rolling on the ground until finally with strong buck, Applejack kicked off her copy as she hit the ground and rolled a few times. Immediately, Applejack whipped herself up and turned to her dark side, glaring at her with gritted teeth as she exhaled a gust of air out her nostrils. Dark Applejack recovered from the kick and got to her feet with a dark smirk on her face.

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''Is that the best ya got?'' Dark Applejack said with the same southern accent as Applejack. "So much fer all them years of applebuckin' on that sorry, rat hole of a farm ya call home. Ya should've stayed in Manehatten when ya had the chance.''

Applejack growled as she glared at her copy. "You ain't gonna talk cud about my home an' get away with it!''

With that Applejack charged at her image, who just stood there smirking. Applejack then jumped up gave off a brief yell as she readied her left forehoof for a punch. As she came down, she put all her strength in her punch and swung but before her hit could land, Dark Applejack quickly evaded to the side. "What the hay?!'' Applejack responded in shock.

Her copy just grinned darkly before rearing back and sticking the farm pony with a powerful buck to her chest. Applejack cried out in pain as she was sent back from the strong kick a couple feet before falling and rolling two or three times on the ground before coming to a stop. Applejack winced and groaned in pain as she brought a hoof over the spot she was hit. It was like she was struck with a cinderblock.

"Hurts does it?'' Dark Applejack sneered as she began to make her way towards her original self. Applejack glared at her through one eye and with gritted teeth, still wincing from the pain. "Now that's how ya do a real buck. I wander if Lord Chthon is watchin' me kick yer sorry ass across town?'' Dark Applejack remarked with evil glee on her face.

Applejack got up, glared at her copy before snarling, ''Buck you and yur buckin' lord!''

Applejack suddenly lunged forward and wove a string up punches to Dark Applejack's face and stomach. Her dark half cried out as she was attacked before Applejack finished with a strong buck of her own, sending her dark half flying back a couple of feet away from her and landing on the ground. Applejack wasn't done and with a gust of air blowing from her nostrils, she charged full speed at her other half. Just as Applejack was about to trample her, Dark Applejack suddenly stood and face her before shooting a dark red light from her sinister looking apple shaped gemstone from the necklace on her chest. Applejack couldn't dodge in time and was hit head on by the blast of magic energy. Applejack cried as she was flown back.

Dark Applejack then quickly galloped to her and grabbed her by the tail, swung her around before finally letting go. Applejack screamed as she flew through the air and landed on the ground, skidding while knocking over some of the pony statues before coming to a stop in front of a destroyed cabin. Applejack groaned in pain before looking up to see her dark self approaching her.

"W-What in Equestria? How can ya do that?!'' Applejack cried in alarm.

Dark Applejack just smiled smugly and responded as her Element began to glow again, "Because unlike you, I don't suck dragon cud.''

With that, she fired another beam of dark red energy at her original and blaster her back straight into the cabin. Applejack was blasted through the door, through the living room and right against the wall. Applejack slid down the wall and fell onto the floor, her chest smoking and singed from where she was blasted. Amazingly despite what she endured, Applejack slowly, but sure began to rise to her feet when suddenly she her a yell and looked over her shoulder to see Dark Applejack charging towards her. Applejack gritted her teeth, when a piece of large wood caught her eye. As Dark Applejack charged in the house and to Applejack, the tough farm pony went for the wood, took it in her mouth, and swung it with all her might and cracked her copy alongside her head, causing her to cry in pain.

Dark Applejack, was knocked a few inches to the floor as Applejack came in for another blunt attack. With loud grunts, Applejack began to hit her copy repeatedly with strong blows with the wooden, blunt object before on the last blow, the piece of wood broke. Applejack spat the broken piece out her mouth and glared down at the dark copy, bruises and blood along her body. Applejack inhaled and exhaled greatly before breathing out.

''Who...who sucks dragon cud now ya fabricated piece of cud?!''

To her surprise, a low chuckle came from the bruised pony as she answered darkly, ''You, hick.''

Suddenly with a cry, Dark Applejack whipped up and punched Applejack across the face and followed with another punch before blasting her with magic energy from her necklace. Applejack was blown straight through the wall and out the house, skidding on the ground. Dark Applejack smiled evilly, spitting out some blood as she slowing made her way out the house. As she walked, the pony shaped hole in the wall began to draw cracks throughout the wall and the house as dust, debris fell and a rumble ensued. When Dark Applejack finally exited the house, the cabin suddenly collapsed and crashed down behind her, smoke filling the area as a large pile of debris replaced where the cabin once stood. Applejack gritted her teeth as she tried to stand up from the attack but she fumbled and fell back down.

"Get up!'' Dark Applejack ordered as she made it to Applejack.

Applejack only responded with a glare as Dark Applejack ordered again. "I said get up!''

Dark Applejack then gave a strong kick and Applejack cried out as she rolled a few times on the ground. This time, Applejack got back on her feet and faced her dark self while shaking a bit. "Aw did that hurt wittle Applejack?'' Dark Applejack said with a baby tone before looking at her original with a dark grin. "Why don't ya cry home ta ya mama. Or yeah that's right...ya ain't got no mama!''

With that, Applejack's eyes went wide with surprise before looking away and pinching her eyes shut, tears beginning to stream down her face as she gritted her teeth. Seeing her original self in such a position, Dark Applejack chuckled wickedly to herself. "Well don't ya worry, you'll join her soon along with the rest of yer apple rotten family!''

Dark Applejack began to charge at Applejack. As she got closer and closer, Applejack's Element began to glow an orange light and before Dark Applejack could react, an orange blast of magical energy fire from her necklace and hit the dark copy. Dark Applejack was blown backwards and landed on the ground. Dark Applejack shook her head and looked up in bewilderment as she saw Applejack coming towards her. She had a deep, angered glare on her face as tears still streamed from her eyes, her Element still aglow.

"That'll be the last time ya talk crap about my family ya buckin', stinkin' fake,'' Applejack snarled softly.

At this Dark Applejack merely grinned madly before standing up, her own Element beginning to glow a dark red. "Now, maybe things will get a wee more excitin'.'' The two mares then charged at each other at the same time before colliding in an explosion of orange and red lights as their battle raged.

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Rarity backed away, an angry yet slightly fearful frown on her face as her dark copy approached her, a twisted grin upon her face. "Aw what's the matter darling? There's no need to be shy dearie. Please do come closer…I insist,'' Dark Rarity said cruelly as her horn was engulfed in a dark, billowing red aura.

The same colored aura now surrounded the beautiful unicorn as she was lifted into the air, letting out a short cry of shock. Dark Rarity then made a simple motion with her head and Rarity was levitating quickly towards her. The unicorn screamed and when she came close enough to her dark self, Dark Rarity struck her with a punch to the face and sent her back rolling on the ground. Rarity groaned in pain as she tried to stand on her feet. Dark Rarity then galloped towards her, her horn aglow. Rarity lifted her head, her purple mane messy and unkempt a she glared at her copy.

"Let's see how you like this you horrid facsimile!'' Rarity growled, her own horn glowing with a light blue color.

Dark Rarity was suddenly covered in the same colored aura before quickly tripping. She rolled forward with a cry or two when Rarity suddenly charged forward, reared back and with all the strength she could muster, bucked her copy and sending her flying a few feet back. Rarity whipped around and gave a proud nod with a frown. However to her shock, her dark self began to giggle creepily as she slowly rose to her feet. Rarity looked at her with a quizzical, worried look as she lifted a foreleg halfway while slightly leaning backwards. Finally, Dark Rarity ceased her giggling before speaking.

''My word that was a pretty strong kick.''

"Maybe it's because there's things about me you don't know about you ruffian,'' Rarity frowned, dropping her leg and taking a more offensive stance.

Dark Rarity grinned darkly, ''Oh, I know plenty about you...'' Dark Rarity's horn glowed red and she disappeared in a flash of red light.

"W-Wha-'' Rarity began in alarm when suddenly a flash red light erupted behind her.

Before she knew it, Rarity found her head being forced down and hard into the black dirt ground. Dark Rarity had teleported behind her and slammed her other half's face into the ground, a hoof pressed against the back of her head. Rarity flailed greatly as her face continued to be forced to the ground, muffled screams sounding as she tried desperately to free herself. The dark copy just smirked wicked as she spoke with a cruel tone.

''Aw what's wrong darling? Getting distressed that your precious mane is getting dirty are we? Well you've always spent hours of the day tidying this outhouse you call hair!''

As Rarity began to struggle, with all her strength she lifted her head to the point where she could speak and she seethed, ''Get...your...filthy hooves...off me!''

Rarity then suddenly sprang back and punched her copy in the face, causing her to cry in pain as she was flown backwards. Rarity immediately charged towards the fallen copy, leaped into the air, and performed a front flip and just as Dark Rarity stood up and lifted her head, Rarity brought a hind leg down onto her opponent's head as she struck her with a drop kick. The force of the kick sent Dark Rarity's head and body downwards sharply and she struck her face in the hard ground below with a rather sickening thud. The copy's body went limp as Rarity landed gracefully on her hooves and looked upon her motionless other half.

"Serves you right!'' Rarity growled with triumph.

She turned around and began to stroke her mane as she commented in disgust, "To think that foul, pitiful excuse of an emulation actually had the nerve to touch my mane.''

"You're one to talk about pitiful,'' a voice that sounded like hers responded from behind her.

Rarity froze in her face, a look of complete shock upon her face. She whipped her head around only to be blasted back by a beam of red energy. Rarity screamed as she was blown backwards, colliding through a few pony statues as she finally rolled along the ground and in front of one of the already destroyed tent buildings. Light smoke rose from the beautiful unicorn's body as she weakly tried to stand. She gritted her teeth and groaned lightly, her coat even more patted with grim and dirt with a few bruises and cuts. Dark Rarity walked towards her, the Element around her neck aglow with red light and a dark grin on her face. Rarity finally managed to rise on all fours and she looked on with a weary, bewildered, and shocked expression.

"Y-You're still conscious?!''

At this, Dark Rarity laughed, "You truly believe an attack like that would actually defeat me? Please.'' As the dark copy continued her advancement, Rarity let off a low growl as she readied herself for her fight. "You love gems do you not? Because I've have the perfect gems that's just to die for!''

With that remark, Dark Rarity's horn glowed a red aura. Not long after, gems of different colors and shapes suddenly shot out of the and into the air. Rarity watched in alarm as the dozens of gems rose into the, swarmed their way downward before finally surrounding Dark Rarity. Rarity took a few, fearful steps backwards, her copy grinning evilly. Then one of the gems suddenly shot through the air Rarity who barely managed to avoid. However as soon as she avoided the gem, another shot at her and hit her shoulder as it shot back into the tent and through the back. Rarity let out a brief cry of pain, bringing a hoof to her bleeding cut.

But she didn't get a chance to attend to her wound, for soon her dark side sent a barrage of sharp gems shooting through the air and at her. Rarity screamed as gems upon gems stuck her repeatedly, the force of the attacks so strong that it forced her backwards into the tent behind her and straight through the back. Rarity cried out as slid on the ground, the gems ripping continuously into the tent until it finally fell down destroyed. The cloud gems finally ceased their assault on Rarity, leaving her on the ground. Dirtied and cut, Rarity struggled to get on her feet, gritting her teeth and wincing in pain as she glared at her counterpart through one eye.

"Oh my sweetie just look at you. That radiant coat of yours is now tainted with cuts, dirt and blood,'' Dark Rarity said with a phony sad expression, a fake tone of sympathy in her voice.

Rarity said nothing, just grunted and glared at the dark clone. "And yet still with such impurities I can't help but think that something is missing, that it needs a certain je ne sais quoi...oh I've got it!'' A wicked grin spread across Dark Rarity's face as she remarked. "It needs more blood!''

Before Rarity could react, her copy sent a slew of gems down into the ground in front of her before the gems erupted from the ground beneath her, sending her screaming into the air. The gems cut continuously into Rarity's skin, causing more cuts to appear and drops of blood to scatter in the air. Just as quickly as the gems sent Rarity into the air, they quickly stormed downward, taking the unicorn with them until they collided and went back into the earth, while Rarity's body slammed onto the ground. Rarity laid there on the ground, her body shaking as blood seeped from her numerous cuts. However in a remarkable display of will power, Rarity fought through the pain and began to slowly rise to her feet.

Dark Rarity giggled with glee, seeing her good side injured and struggling. "That's much better. I know how much your looks matter to you. Spending every day in a pitiful attempt to look your best in hopes of attracting your 'Prince Charming'. You being all filthy and bloody must be driving you crazy!'' Dark Rarity laughed.

Rarity lifted her head, casting a cold glare to her copy. "Y-you really must be the dumbest being in the world if you truly believe that my looks is the absolute most important thing to me,'' Rarity growled through gritted teeth, still struggling to stand.

"Ha! And what exactly is most important to you? Your friends? Those base, frivolous, goodie-goodie mockery of equines who are more than likely dying as we speak? Please you can't be serious Hahaha!'' Dark Rarity cackled, as she taunted Rarity's friends.

At this Rarity shot the copy a deathly glare as she seethed, "Don't...you...DARE talk badly about my friends!''

Dark Rarity grinned darkly as she responded coldly. "Oh? Then how about I talk about that migraine of a sister of yours...Sweetie Belle?''

Rarity froze in her place, as if something had pierced her in the heart, her eyes widened with shock as her mouth hung ajar. "That annoying, bratty, filly that did nothing but ruined your life. I know, there were times that you wished that you were an only child, how sometimes you thought you'd be better off without a sister!'' Dark Rarity said, walking towards Rarity.

Rarity bowed her head, her mane falling over her eyes as she began to shake and grit her teeth. Dark Rarity continued, ''Well, you've finally have your wish. Instead of cursing Lord Chthon you should be thanking him. Your little Sweetie Belle is finally gone. Her annoyance petrified in stone for all eternity. You should be happy...well, at least I am.''

By now Rarity was shaking violently, beads of sparkling liquid falling from her face and to the ground continuously. When Dark Rarity finally came close enough, Rarity whipped her head upward and let out a cry, her Element glowing a purple light.

"What?!'' Dark Rarity cried, but before she knew it, she was blasted backwards from a blast of purple light from Rarity's necklace.

Dark Rarity grunted as she rolled a few times on the ground before coming to a stop, looking up with an angered, quizzical frown. Rarity advanced towards her dark reflection, teeth clenched as tears streamed down her face.

"It's true that Sweetie Belle had gotten on my very last nerves from time to time, but I never, NEVER once wished that she wasn't my sister!'' Rarity seethed, tears pouring down her face while her Element continued to glow. ''I loved her...loved her so much, and your vile, evil, bastard of a master took her away from me. I hate him...I hate you! So just die!''

Rarity blasted her dark self with another blast of magic from her Element. Dark Rarity cried a she landed even further back away from Rarity. Rarity continued her advancement to Dark Rarity, that tearful, hateful, outraged glare never leaving her face. Dark Rarity shook of the impact and stood up, a twisted, evil grin upon her face.

"Well then, maybe now things will get more interesting. So how about we continue this sweet tango of battle?'' Dark Rarity commented, doing a slight, mocking bow. She suddenly cried out as she charged towards Rarity. Rarity growled before giving off a cry herself as she charged at her dark counterpart.

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Pinkie Pie drew backwards, a fearful look on her face as she retreated from her darker half. Dark Pinkie Pie slowly advanced towards her original, a sadistic, dark smirk on her greyish face. "What's wrong Pinkie Pie? Don't you like parties? Because I have one doozy of a party planned just for you.''

Pinkie Pie trembled slightly, her ears lowered in fear as she brought her left foreleg halfway upwards, responding in terror.

"I-I don't want to go to any party from somepony born from a meanie like Chthon.''

Dark Pinkie Pie laughed, "Well gee, I guess you're not as dumb as you look. Good, cause at my party, there won't be any laughing…just screaming. And I swear I'll make you scream nice and loud.''

At that remark, Pinkie started to quiver, tears forming at the corners of her eyes. "B-But why?! Why do you want to hurt me? You're ME aren't you?!''

The dark refection's face fell into a disgusted grimace as she spoke with a slight snarl, "You're wrong. I'm nothing like you. And my name wouldn't be anything as dumb as 'Pinkie Pie'. You can call me Pinkamena and right now…'' she reached behind her back and brought her hoof back to the front, holding a large, sharp kitchen knife as Dark Pinkie Pie continued with a truly demented grin. "I'm achin' to cut a bitch!''

Upon hearing those chilling words, Pinkie's body shook more violently, she lowered her body into more of a cowardly position as she brought a foreleg halfway up. She shook her head as she spoke fearfully, "Please…no!''

As Dark Pinkie Pie began to advance towards Pinkie, the latter suddenly whipped around and began to run through the darkened streets. Pinkie Pie ran frantically, desperately evading the stone statues of Ponyville's inhabitance as she tried to get away from her darker self. While Pinkie Pie attempted to make her escape, Dark Pinkie Pie or 'Pinkamena' casually hopped and skipped in her original's tracks. As she did so, Dark Pinkie was humming what seemed to be various nursery songs but with a more twisted, demented quality, all while that sinister smile was present of her face. Pinkie didn't know how long she'd had been running, all she knew she had to get away from her other self. She quickly turned a corner and skidded to a halt as her eyes fell on the place she didn't want to return to ever again, yet at the same time was the only place where she could hide from Dark Pinkie…Sugarcube Corner.

Upon looking at the destroyed bakery, Pinkie Pie winced sadly for a moment before remembering her situation and looked back over her shoulder. Knowing Dark Pinkie Pie was behind her, Pinkie gathered up her courage and bolted towards her former place of retirement ran through the doorway and entered the establishment. In the lobby, Pinkie ran in place as she frantically looked around, looking for a place where she could hide from her dark counterpart. Upon seeing the stairs, the terrified pink pony made her way up to the shambled loft that was her room. She ran into her room and slammed the door shut but for turning around and let out a horrified gasped at what she was seeing. Though she had seen the confectionary and bottom exterior of the bakery, she had yet to see what had become of her room. Like everything else, her room looked as if it was caught in a raging fire. The bed was broken with the sheets and wood cindered and burnt. There were numerous holes in the ceiling with a single, large gaping hole near the center of the ceiling that provided a clear view of the dark, fire tinted skies while wood, burnt party favors, and debris littered the floor. Her windows were broken and busted from their sills, and her record player stood in disrepair on the dresser across from her bed. In short the room was a charred mess.

Seeing her room, Pinkie gazed around as she winced sadly but when her eyes fell at the base of her bed, she brought her hooves over her mouth as tears instantly came to her eyes. At the base of her bed was her beloved pet alligator Gummy turned to stone like every other living being in Ponyville. At the sight of the petrified Gummy, Pinkie Pie shook her head in denial as she made way towards Gummy. She picked him up and brought him in for a woeful embrace, tears streaming down her face.

"Gummy…I'm sorry…I'm so sorry!'' Pinkie squeaked through tears as she continued to embrace her lifeless pet.

A crash was then heard from downstairs and Pinkie shot open her eyes in alarm. In panic, she took her stone pet and ran to her broken bed and quickly dived underneath it. Under her bed, Pinkie's line of sight was immediately limited to what she could see in front of her, the burnt sheets hanging from the sides and slightly obscuring her few. Quiet…all quiet except the heavy breathing and the occasional sniffing of the terrified, faded pink pony. Suddenly Pinkie jumped slightly as she heard loud thumping sounds coming from outside her door. Thump. Thump. Thump. Eerily…slowly. Each thump became louder as it continued to come near to the bedroom. With each thump, Pinkie let out a hollow breath mix with a muffled sniff as she brought one hoof over her mouth, the other holding Gummy tightly close to her body.

Tears streamed from her eyes, her pupils dilated as her body shook violently from the fear that was overtaking her. As the thumping continued to come nearer and grow louder, Pinkie Pie would sniff out. "Please….please…''

Finally the last thump was heard then followed silence…excruciating, horrible silence. Pinkie could hear her heartbeat racing rapidly as she casted her eyes to the bottom of the door. Then suddenly, the door began to slowly open with a creak. Pinkie's body suddenly became stiff as she held her breath, not daring to make the slightest sound. The door continued to open until it finally stopped along with the creaking. From under the bed Pinkie Pie could see the grey hooves of her dark double standing at the doorway. At first Dark Pinkie Pie did nothing, just stood there idly as Pinkie kept her terror stricken eyes upon her unmoving hooves. Then without warning, Dark Pinkie Pie began to enter the bedroom. As she did so, she was doing a sort of short, skipping dance of some kind all while singing

"La, la, la, la, la, la,''

She sung in a tune apparently only she knew however there was a creepy almost disturbing quality to it like some sort of warped nursery rhyme. Upon hearing the unnerving singing, Pinkie Pie drew further back under the bed as softly as she could. Her dark side's singing made her more disquieted as her body began to shake with fear. She saw the grey hooves continuing to hop and skip, still hearing the singing when the La's started to turn into words as she sung.

"One, two, I'm coming for you…''

Upon the last words, Dark Pinkie Pie suddenly reared and bucked the dresser with the broken record player on it. The two flew across the room and hit the wall, both the record player and the dresser breaking into pieces. Upon the impact, Pinkie Pie jumped slightly from under the bed, still holding a hoof over her mouth as her body trembled.

"Three, four better lock your door…''

Dark Pinkie Pie sang, quickly running to the closet and swinging the door open and causing it to break off the hinges. The dark copy threw the door over her shoulder and it landed right in front of the bed. Pinkie Pie tried with all her might to stifle a cry. She felt like if she even made the slightest of sounds then her doppelganger would find her, and she didn't even want to think of the horrible things she would be subjected to if discovered. After rummaging through the closet and threw out various clothes, Dark Pinkie slowly turned her head and peered over her shoulder. She slowly turned around and her dark eyes scanned the destroyed room. A sinister smile crept to her face as she began her little skip dance again, singing eerily.

"I'm gonna get you. I'm gonna get you…''

As she sang, Dark Pinkie skipped in front of the bed and towards the door. Seeing her copy's grey hooves and hearing her twisted song, Pinkie Pie pinched her eyes shut as tears streamed down her face. Dark Pinkie had danced out of the room and began going back downstairs, continuing her song.

"I'm gonna get you. I'm gonna get you. Not another peep. Not another peep…''

Upon her last words, Dark Pinkie Pie's singing faded until nothing but silence fell in the air. Pinkie Pie opened her eyes and looked from under the bed. She saw nothing, heard nothing but the sound of her heartbeat rapidly beating a thousand times a minute. She shook greatly, not daring to peek her head out from under the safety of her bed. A few moments of watching and listening, Pinkie Pie finally let out a soft, relieved, but tearful sigh as she plopped her head on the ground. She breathed heavily as she tried to compose herself and closed her eyes. After a moment or two, she opened her eyes again and they trailed to her left side and she found herself gazing into the unnatural, unholy red eyes of her counterpart, a demented smile upon her face as she finished her song.

"Time to go to sleep…''

Instantly Pinkie Pie's eyes widened and her pupils dilated as a look of horror came upon her face. "No…NO!'' Pinkie Pie screamed.

She desperately, frantically tried to get away from Dark Pinkie, Gummy's statue still in her grip. She quickly crawled from under the bed and tried to make way towards the door. However as Pinkie tried to run, Dark Pinkie suddenly sprang upwards, effortlessly knocking the bed off her and to the side. She grabbed Pinkie by the tail with her teeth, preventing the pink pony from escaping as she wildly galloped in her place.

"Stay away from me! Let me go!'' Pinkie Pie cried as she tried to escape from her dark other's grasp.

"Aw but why? I thought you like to play games? Well I must insist, cause I've got a game that's just to DIE for!''

With that Dark Pinkie Pie started to spin her original with great strength before finally releasing her, sending Pinkie Pie flying across the room. Pinkie screamed, her grip on Gummy lost and sent the statute falling on the floor as she herself flew out of the door and into the hallway, painfully hitting the wall. Pinkie Pie fell onto the ground before her body rolled forward and she tumbled down the stairs and hit the bottom floor with a hard thud. Pinkie was motionless for a moment before she slowly began to move. She groaned in pain as she tied to stand up. Her body ached from the fall and when she tied to stand on her left back hoof, she yelped in pain, falling to the floor and bringing her pained back leg towards her body.

Her leg throbbed, she winced and whimpered in pain as she gave soft, gentle strokes to it, giving a pause in between strokes. She could still move her leg, but it still gave her a painful spark throughout her body. Her leg was sprained, twisted from the fall. She continued to hold her aching leg as she inched her eyes and clenched her teeth.

"Ow, ow, ow, my leg hurt so much…'' Pinkie spoke with a slight whimper as she examined her leg.

She then gazed upwards to see Dark Pinkie at the top of the stairs, her head cocked to the side with an unsettling, contorted smile on her face. Almost instantly, Pinkie Pie let out a short, terrified cry. She quickly sprang upwards, her bad hoof hit the floor and instantly a jolt of pain went through her body. Pinkie yelped and recoiled, lifting her bad leg slightly off the ground. Upon seeing this, Dark Pinkie let out a dark giggle as she spoke.

"Aw, that leg doesn't look too good.''

Pinkie Pie took a second, desperate look at her copy before she started to stagger from the stairs, making her way towards the front door. To avoid feeling lore pain, Pinkie Pie kept her sprained leg off the ground. However, doing so decreased her speed, yet she went as fast as she could in hopes to escape from her sinister copy. The moment the injured pony began to escape, Dark Pinkie Pie reacted and with a delighted squeal, she jumped down the flight of stairs and landing on the floor.

"Come here, let me kiss that boo boo to make it feel better.''

Before Pinkie Pie could reach the door, her dark side lunged at her and delivered a strong punch to Pinkie's bad leg. Pinkie let out cry of pain as she kneeled to the floor. Seeing her original writhing in pain, Dark Pinkie spoke with a fake tone of concern. "What? Still in pain?'' Dark Pinkie paused before a dark smirk came to her face as she continued. "Well, I have the perfect remedy for that.''

Dark Pinkie then wrapped her hooves around Pinkie's body and with great strength she flung her good side across the room. Pinkie Pie screamed as she was flung in the air until she crashed through a few tables before finally landing on the floor. Pinkie rolled a few times and she came to a halt among some wooden debris. Pinkie whined faintly as she tried to stand. The impact caused Pinkie's twisted leg to repeatedly hit the ground, causing her even more discomfort and pain. Her faded, straight mane hung wildly over her face, bits a wood and dirt embedded within her coat. Pinkie's body shook as she struggled to stand before she began attempting to crawl away. Dark Pinkie giggled dementedly as she skipped to the crawling pony.

"Where ya goin? You're all about being friends with everypony. Don't you want to be my friend?''

Pinkie grunted as she peered over her shoulder while still crawling. Her eyes still had fear in them, yet now also had a slight angered glare to them and she answered. "I…I would never want to be friends with someone as mean and cruel as you. Even if you do look like me!''

As the injured Pinkie crawled towards the door to the confectionary, Dark Pinkie had caught up to her, still skipping, and prancing casually. "But I told you before…I'm nothing like you,'' the wicked copy spoke, grabbing Pinkie by the mane.

Pinkie let out a short cry as she struggled to get free from her twin's grasp as Dark Pinkie continued, "And you thought that I was being mean before? Oh you haven't even seen how mean I can be. In fact, you'll find that I can be a real bitch!''

On those last words, Dark Pinkie began to forcibly drag Pinkie Pie by the head and into the confectionary. Once in, Dark Pinkie then adjusted her hooves around Pinkie's head and with the same frightening strength, flipped Pinkie over her and she landed hard on her back upon the ground. The faded pink pony yelped from the impact but before she could react, Dark Pinkie jumped on her body and began to ruthlessly punch the once cheerful pony in the face. With each blow, Pinkie Pie cried out as he head violently when left to right from the punches.

"C'mon…what's…wrong?!'' the evil reflection grunted in between punches with a truly twisted smile. "You're…the Element of Laughter…so where's your smiles now? Huh bitch? Where's…your…smiles now…''

After a few more succession of punches, Dark Pinkie stopped her blows and grabbed Pinkie by the neck and began to savagely pound the back of her head to the ground. By this time, tears were streaming down Pinkie's face a she cried, but still her other half continued with her assault as she began to sing dementedly. "Come on…little pony…scream, scream, scream…fill my day up…with crying, crying…''

After one final, hard head bang to the floor Dark Pinkie ceased her attack. With a cold smirk, she glanced down at the battered pony that was beneath her. Pinkie Pie was nothing short of a mess. Her face was slightly swollen with visible bruise marks. Blood trickled down from her nose and mouth. Her eyes were closed but tears were still visible as they cascaded down her face as her body went up and down constantly as she breathed deeply while she sobbed quietly. Seeing her original in such a state, Dark Pinkie let out a crazed, high pitched laughter.

"Wow, I sure did a number on you! Your friends and family are turned to stone, your home is destroyed, and this world is going to hell in a hoof basket. This story is really bucked up and the author really has a messed up mind…AND I LOVE IT!''

Pinkie Pie peered through one eye as she gritted her teeth. With heavy breathing, Pinkie spoke, "Why…why are you being so mean? What…what did I do to you?!''

At the question, Dark Pinkie gave her good side a sick, dark smirk as she answered, "You're living, that's what.''

Pinkie gave her doppelganger a bewildered, fearful glance as Dark Pinkie pressed a hoof against her other's throat, pinning her head down. Pinkie struggled to get free only to be in vain. Dark Pinkie then reached from behind her and pulled out a sharp kitchen knife. Seeing the pointed steel, Pinkie Pie struggling came to an abrupt stopped as she eyes widened in terror. Seeing Pinkie in her fear stricken state, Dark Pinkie cocked her head to one side as a confused, worried look came to her face.

"Why the scared look? Why so serious?''

Pinkie Pie said nothing, just continued to stare as she remained frozen with fear at what might occur in just a few moments. Dark Pinkie's concerned face then curved into a sinister smirk as she spoke. "Do you want to know what my favorite food is? Well I'll tell you…its cupcakes.''

"Cupcakes?'' Pinkie repeated softly but quizzically.

Her dark half nodded. "That's right. I've always loved them, and I've especially love to bake them. I love trying out different recipes. But now, I think now's the perfect time to make a special batch with a recipe that I've been dying to try.''

Pinkie didn't speak as a chill spread out through her body. She didn't like what the dark equine was telling her. Dark Pinkie giggled lightly as she continued. "But there's one itsy, bitsy, teeny, weeny problem…I don't have the special ingredients. But that's no biggy, cause that's where your friends come in.''

That's when Pinkie Pie's heart sank at such a terrible revelation. To use her friends as ingredients for dairy treats? "M-My f-friends? As ingredients?!''

Dark Pinkie nodded, a sadistic smile on her face. "Yep. I'm imaging the rest of your goody-goody friends are being pummeled as we speak, most likely to the point of death. But I can't let that happen you see? Getting beaten to death so boring, surly they can suffer worse than that? I can't let my other cohorts kill them…not just yet.''

As Dark Pinkie spoke, Pinkie Pie just shook her head slowly, the tears flowing more fluidly as the twisted pony on top of her continued. "I already have it all planned out. The secret of the entire process is to do it nice and slow…let them suffer as long as they could…to allow me to enjoy their agony as long as I could. Oh they'll be tied down of course, can't have them breaking free and escaping now can we?''

Dark Pinkie gave a short, wicked giggle, but Pinkie Pie wasn't laughing. She didn't find what her darker self was saying to be remotely entertaining. She closed her eyes as she gritted her teeth, listening to the dark words of her copy.

"With them bound and unable to get free, I think I'll start with cutting off their cutie marks oh that would be plenty of fun! Then I think I'll focus on Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy. With a knife I'll then proceed to cut off their wings. Better yet, I think I'll use a hacksaw. Hearing Rainbow Dash scream in pain will be good, but hearing Fluttershy cry from the pain…it'll be absolutely euphoric! That weak, spineless wuss deserves it for being so pathetic!''

Pinkie's body began to shake harder and harder as she continued to listen to Dark Pinkie. "After that, I'll do Twilight and Rarity next. I hope cutting off their horns won't be hard, because I'd still have lots of things to get done. Oh idea! I'll skin each of them alive, stitch all their coats together and make a dress. I'll stitch the Pegasus wings on them and make a necklace out of the unicorn horns. Wouldn't I look so pretty?!''

Again Pinkie Pie said nothing. She gritted her teeth harder, her mouth forming into a quivering grimace shape. "And that's when I'll get into the best part. I'll take my trusty knife and cut through the skin and give their bellies a slice. That's when I'll begin to take out the main ingredients. Their hearts, kidneys, stomachs…the good stuff! Put the rest won't be thrown away, oh no, I won't let it go to waste. I was thinking of using their intestines and entrails as party streamers, decorate the room with their skulls, and make the remaining organs I don't need and make them into balloons. I can use their bones as knives, and forks, maybe even make chairs and tables with them. Yay it'll be such a nice party for Lord Chthon…no it'll be a GREAT party!''

Now, Pinkie was trembling. What was once fear consuming her body was now replaced by anger that was continuing to bubble and foster within her by the likes she had ever felt before. She raised a hoof and brought it over on top of her double's grey hoof still positioned on her neck. Pinkie Pie then began to grunt softly through her teeth as her nostrils began to flare. Dark Pinkie Pie saw this and grinned darkly before speaking.

"Yeah it'll be the best party for one as great as my master. After all Pinkie…life is a party.''

Dark Pinkie then took the knife and placed the tip against the corner of her mouth, pressing down hard enough to make Pinkie feel discomfort but not enough to penetrate it. The sinister twin then brought her face closer to Pinkie's with a mad, contorted smile and spoke with a soft growl. "But first…let's put a smile on that face!''

Pinkie sniffed and breathed deeply as she said through her teeth. "No…''

Before Dark Pinkie could carve Pinkie's face, a blue light began to glow beneath her as Pinkie's balloon shaped Element started to glow brightly. "W-What?!''

As the light grew brighter, Pinkie Pie suddenly cried out, "NO!''

A blue beam of light then burst from the Element, blasting Dark Pinkie back. The evil copy screamed as the blast sent her through the wall and back into the main room of the bakery. The grey pony crashed into a few tables before landing hard on the ground. With her other half off her, Pinkie quickly stood up and began to limp towards the gaping hole in the wall. Her face didn't have the usual sunny, bubbly smile that it normally had. Now it was nothing but pure rage as tears trailed down from her burning eyes. Although her bad leg was touching the ground constantly, Pinkie ignored the pain, focusing on nothing but the fabrication laying among the wrecked tables in the other room.

Dark Pinkie started to shift before she sat back up, shook her head of any grogginess, and looked in front of her with a surprised, dark stare as she saw her good side coming towards her. With her teeth bared, Pinkie Pie seethed.

"There's nothing great about your master. He's a mean, terrible, EVIL monster who only likes to make other ponies suffer. And you're no better than him…'' Pinkie Pie paused, as her Element began to glow again. "I may be scared but I will not…NOT let your harm my friends for your sick parties!''

With that outburst, another blue beam of energy burst from Pinkie's Element and fired towards Dark Pinkie. However this time, Dark Pinkie was ready and before the beam could hit its target, she dived out of the way and evaded it. The beam hit the spot Dark Pinkie was standing and a small, blue explosion occurred, sending bits of wood everywhere and the shock knocked nearby pony statues to the ground. The act caught Pinkie Pie by surprise as her dark twin glared at her, her head lowered menacingly as she breathed deeply. But her dark, threatening glance soon turned into a mad smile.

"Well whaddya know, and I thought I was the only one who can do that.''

Pinkie Pie's face fell into a bewildered frown when suddenly Dark Pinkie's red Element glowed a crimson red before firing a same colored beam of energy towards Pinkie. Pinkie wasn't fast enough, and she was hit with a straight shot and cried out as she was rocketed through the air and crashed through the display case of burnt pastries. On impact, glass flew everywhere as the pink pony landing in front of the now destroyed display case. Pinkie whimpered and grunted as she began to stand up, her body now having a few cuts from the broken glass. As Pinkie Pie shakily tried to stand, her copy began to advance towards her, swaying her body as a ghoulish smirk spread across her face. She pulled out her knife as she spoke with an eerie tone.

"Aw couldn't get out of the way in time? That leg of yours must still be giving you trouble. But don't worry.'' Dark Pinkie then grossly licked the blade as she continued. "I'll take care of it. I'll just cut it off. With this knife it'll be slow and excruciating…which is all okie-dokie with me. I just can't wait to taste that sweet blood of yours.''

Pinkie Pie stood back on her hooves, her back, sprained leg throbbing and her cuts stinging, but she looked at her approaching evil side with a bold, fierce glare as she clenched her teeth for to her this battle wasn't about staying alive for her stake, but to ensure this murdering, unhinged abomination never bring harm to her friends. She lowered her head as she prepared to engage Dark Pinkie, still swaying her body ominously as she twirled her knife, her dark Element glowing crimson red as she bore that demented, morbid smile on her face.

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Fluttershy flew, faster than she had ever flown in her entire life as she tried to get away from her dark image who was quickly in pursuit. The timid, yellow Pegasus looked back over her shoulder with terrified eyes and gave a short cry of horror, seeing Dark Fluttershy getting closer to her at an astonishing rate. As the two Pegasai flew through the dark, destroyed Ponyville, Dark Fluttershy called out tauntingly in a tone completely unlike that of her counterpart's.

"It's not nice to fly away from others Fluttershy! I guess somepony's gonna have to teach you a little lesson in manners!''

As she said that, Dark Fluttershy then gain a sudden burst of speed and came up from behind Fluttershy and collided into her original, instantly grabbing her and forcing both her and Fluttershy to rapidly descend down back towards the earth. Fluttershy screamed as she was pushed downwards and in moments they had crashed onto the ground of a burnt meadow, sliding a few feet with Fluttershy taking most of the impact before finally coming to a stop. Fluttershy whimpered as she lifted her head off the ground. The sudden crash along with the sliding caused dark patches of dirt to stain her coat as well as given her a few scrapes and cuts. Any attempts to move her body proved in vain, for Dark Fluttershy was still atop her back, weighing her down as she stared at her pined good side with a cold, cruel smirk.

"And guess what…I'm just the one to teach you.'' She then grabbed Fluttershy's mane and roughly pulled it backwards, causing her head to whip back. The Pegasus let out a cry of pain as Dark Fluttershy spoke. "You love nature right? Well here then, all the nature you can eat!''

Dark Fluttershy then suddenly pushed Fluttershy's face back forward and hard into the charred, black dirt. Fluttershy flailed her arms and legs as her muffled screams and cries were heard from the ground. She shook and jerked her head wildly, trying to lift her head to breathe, but Dark Fluttershy kept forcing her head down into the dirt. After a few more agonizing moments, Dark Fluttershy finally lifted her head with a cruel smile and instantly met with the hard coughing of Fluttershy.

The Pegasus coughed and spat out dirt, her lovely, tender face now smudged from the earthen substance. However, tears cascaded from her eyes and streaked down her face, the salty liquid washing lines through the girt and grim. Some dirt filled her nostrils and she unwillingly breathed some in, causing her to cough more violently. Parts of her pink mane had become unkempt from the flailing, with strands of hair matted her face.

"Had a nice meal?'' Dark Fluttershy mocked, pulling back her head to see her dirtied face. Fluttershy said nothing, but coughed a few times until she stopped and was finally able to squeak out a single word through her tears.

"Please…''

With a dark, sadistic smile, Fluttershy's darker half answered, "Please? Please as in you want more? Well lucky for you that was just the appetizer, now it's time for the main course…a couple hoof sandwiches!''

Dark Fluttershy then forced Fluttershy's face back into the dirt before quickly grabbing her by her right wing and with all her strength threw her good side through the air. Fluttershy screamed as she fell back down to the ground, rolling three times before coming to a stop. Fluttershy lifted her head wearily, but at the sight of Dark Fluttershy quickly flying towards her, she let out a cry and tried to quickly escape but her other half proved faster and was grabbed by her neck before she ruthlessly started to punch the tender Pegasus in the face.

Fluttershy screamed and cried as she fell victim to the punches. As she punched Fluttershy, Dark Fluttershy smiled broadly and darkly, savoring the cruelty she was unleashing on her original self. Finally Dark Fluttershy delivered one final, strong punch to Fluttershy's abdomen, sending her back a couple feet before landing on the ground. Fluttershy laid on the blackened ground, her body shuddering as she laid there with her face in the ground until finally she began to slowly but surely lift her head. Her strands of her mane matted her grimed and now battered face as tears flowed endlessly from her woeful eyes, blood trickling from her nose. Her stomach ached painfully as she shakily brought a fore hoof over the area where she was struck. She felt sick and queasy and sure enough she heaved forward and vomited on the ground in front of her. After throwing up another wave of sick, Fluttershy dismally looked forward to see a burnt bridge over a creek of scalding lava, the bridge leading down a dark pathway that led to the greyish, shambled, destroyed cottage that was her home. Without thinking, Fluttershy began to crawl towards the bridge.

Seeing her feeble attempts to get away, Dark Fluttershy laughed a deplorable laugh. "Aw you wanna go back to your rat's nest of a home? Well why didn't you just say so?''

The callous doppelganger flew towards Fluttershy, grabbed her mane with her teeth and began to drag Fluttershy down the path to her cottage. The beaten Pegasus cried out loud, both in fright and from the pain of having her hair pulled as she tried in vain to get away from her evil twin's grasp. Dark Fluttershy dragged her original persona across the charred bridge that arched over the creek of lava and continued down the path towards the destroyed cottage, passing scorched and splintered trees that held the now destroyed birdhouses. Fluttershy continued to struggle as the two Pegasus passed by the stone statues of Fluttershy's animal friends that littered ground. Finally the two came up to the burnt door to the cottage as Dark Fluttershy spoke, her teeth still clenching her good side's hair.

"Here you go, home sweet home!''

On her last word, Dark Fluttershy flung Fluttershy with great force, causing the latter to scream as she crashed through the door, breaking it down. Fluttershy gave a brief shrill as she fell on the ground. She looked up with eyes glistening with tears as she frantically crawled and reeled backwards as Dark Fluttershy advanced menacingly towards her. Fluttershy spoke with a wail, still cowering away from her heartless double.

"W-What do you want from me? Why are you doing this to me?!''

Dark Fluttershy said nothing, just leered at her darkly with that brutish smile. "Why? Maybe because you're the biggest, wimpiest pussy on the face of the earth.''

At the answer, Fluttershy looked at her opposite a fearful, perplexed gaze as she continued backwards. Before she could react, Dark Fluttershy suddenly ran forward, reared around and gave Fluttershy a powerful buck. Fluttershy sailed backwards with a crash before crashing hard into the wall. The resulting shockwave caused some of the birdhouses as well as some of the bird statues to fall from their hanging places and crashed onto the floor, shattering on impact. Fluttershy slid down and fell on the floor. She leaned forward, her body moving constantly as she breathed heavily with her mane. She lifted her head, some of her unkempt mane draping over her face as she looked at Dark Fluttershy as the tears flowed down her face.

"What's wrong Fluttershy? Finally realizing how pathetic and worthless you are?'' Dark Fluttershy spoke mockingly as she walked towards Fluttershy.

With her back against the wall, Fluttershy had nowhere to go so she just pressed her back to the wall, her gaze falling to the ground as her vison blinded by the tears she was shedding. "Please…stop…'' she squeaked softly.

Dark Fluttershy wasn't deterred and kept drawing closer to Fluttershy with that cold smirk. "So weak…helpless. No wander your daddy left you.''

Those words. Those blatant, thoughtless words struck Fluttershy in the heart. Fluttershy's eyes instantly became wide, her pupils small as an empty veil came over them before tears fell profusely like waterfalls. Her breathing became harsher as Dark Fluttershy continued.

"No father would want a worthless luggage like you for a daughter. It's only by sheer luck that somepony like you could've ever have been born. I guess even frivolous gnats have a right to a life, even if it's a pointless life.''

Hearing the cruel, degrading words, Fluttershy's head began to lower slowly as she began to cry harder, her weeping becoming louder to her as she spoke, choking on tears. "Stop it…''

Dark Fluttershy's face fell in a phony expression on remorse and regret. "Stop what? Talking about the daddy that never loved you? Well what do you want me to talk about? How about your mommy then?''

At the very mention of her mother, Fluttershy let out a despairing choke, bringing her hooves to her ears as she started to curl her body in her spot. She shook her head violently as she cried out, "Stop it! Stop it!''

"Tell me Fluttershy, where is your mommy? Where is your mom? Is she…dead?'' Dark Fluttershy spoke, her tone becoming taunting and uncaring.

That was all that was needed to break the dam of Flutterhy's emotions and she wailed, breaking down. Never had Fluttershy ever looked so pathetic, never had she ever ached so terribly both from the outside as well as on the inside. Her dark copy's words were like a burning knife, cutting her deeper than any blade could ever accomplish. The visions on her childhood flashed in her mind, the image of her mother appearing, weary and weak in her bed before breaking away into darkness, like glass. To hear a sweet, timid pony like Fluttershy to scream and wail like the way she was doing would tear a normal pony apart. However, this was not the case of her doppelganger.

She stood over her good counterpart, a satisfied, dark, heartless grin upon her face. Truly she had inherited her cruelty and depraved soul from her dark creator. Dark Fluttershy spoke. "How did if feel…sitting there…while she died right in front of you? Merely a few feet away and you still couldn't save her. What kind of a sorry excuse of wasted space of a daughter could possibly have to not save her own mother? She probably spent her last breath cursing your name, the hate she felt for you finally taking its toll and king her.''

Fluttershy only responded with heavy crying, her hooves still clamped over her ears as she desperately tried to block out Dark Fluttershy's words before finally squeaking out. "No…no…my mother did love me. She…she told me herself!''

Dark Fluttershy laughed out at Fluttershy's response and retorted. "Then she was probably lying! Is that why you decided to surround yourself with your precious animal friends? Well what are you gonna do now that they're all nothing but stone statues?''

Dark Fluttershy then turned around and began to walk towards the damaged couch and came to a certain statue of an animal that laid lifelessly on the couch cushions. "There, there Angel Bunny it'll be alright.'' The evil facsimile spoke, scooping up the statue that was Fluttershy's pet.

Almost instantly, Fluttershy's eyes shot opened as she gazed at Dark Fluttershy who was beginning to cradle the stone bunny in her arms. Dark Fluttershy continued as she started speaking with a coo.

"I won't let anything harm a hair on the cute head of yours. Nothing's going to harm a cuddly bunny like you.'' Dark Fluttershy then let out a soft gasp. "Oh that's right! You're not a cute bunny anymore, your nothing but a cold, stone statue.''

Fluttershy stared at her copy with fear stricken, tearful eyes as the callous Pegasus formed a twisted smile on her lips. "And as a statue, I don't care about what happens to you!''

With that, Dark Fluttershy dropped Angel onto the floor with a loud thud. The statue bounced slightly before rolling on its side, small parts chipping off as it did so. At the act, Fluttershy let out a silent gasped as she reached out for her petrified pet. "Angel…''

Dark Fluttershy grinned evilly as she looked down at the chipped bunny. She raised a hoof over the statue before suddenly and quickly brought it down and her hoof meet the stone body. To Fluttershy, it felt as it time had slowed as she heard that terrible sound of rocks breaking as Angel bunny's stone body shattered under Dark Fluttershy's grey hoof. Angel's head, arms and legs along with bits of granite fell to the ground around the copy's hoof. Fluttershy just watched on, her eyes empty and lifeless as she stared at the broken body of her beloved pet. It was like her heart and soul had just shattered along with Angel Bunny's as the tears just flowed from her eyes. Finally, Fluttershy let out an anguished cry.

"ANGEL!''

Dark Fluttershy lifted the hoof she used to break Angel's body and shook off some of the bits of rock that had stuck to it. She then let out a low, dark giggly before finally turning it into a mad, deranged cackle. "Oopsie…did I do that? Well don't worry, I'm sure a little glue will fix that!'' She then leaned in and put an ear next to the bunny's broken head. "What was that Angel? I know you're mad for not having your favorite salad, but that doesn't mean you have to…fall to pieces now!''

At her sick joke, Dark Fluttershy let out another wicked laughter. Fluttershy winced as more tears fell from her eyes. First her home was destroyed, then her friends were possibly fighting for their lives, and now her cherished pet bunny was now shattered in stone on the floor in front of her. She couldn't bear it…she couldn't bear it anymore, the laughter of her dark twin ringing in her ears. She lowered her head, her mane falling in front of her face as she wept heavily. Dark Fluttershy ceased her laughing and gazed at the broken Fluttershy and grinned devilishly.

"My, my if doing that to just one of this dumb animals pained you so…then doing it to the others will be like you're foreleg is tearing off. Sounds like a lovely plan!''

Fluttershy eyes widened instantly, that listless, empty veil ever present in those strong, cyan orbs. It wasn't enough to destroy Angel, but now this psychopathic abomination was now going to target her other defenseless animal friends. What she had been feeling unfathomable misery and dejection was slowly being replaced by a spark of rage. Her pathetic, dismal expression was slowly turning into a dark grimace, her teeth beginning to clench and bare. Her whole body started to tremble with anger as she spoke with a low growl. "Never…''

Dark Fluttershy continued as she gazed around the room. "Now let's see, what to break next? Hmm oh! How about those cute, little baby birds?''

The doppelganger started to walk towards the direction of the nest sitting on the windowsill with three, stone baby birds inside it. However, it was only a couple steps when suddenly Fluttershy sprang up on her hooves and gave off an outraged scream. "DON'T. YOU. DARE. TOUCH. THEM!''

At that outburst, Fluttershy's Element began to glow a bright, pink light. Dark Fluttershy whipped around in alarm, caught off guard by the soft spoken pony's act of rage. Before the evil double could make another move, a powerful, pink beam of energy suddenly fired from the Element and straight towards Dark Fluttershy. Dark Fluttershy was too slow to react and was hit by the powerful blast of Kindness, screaming as she was blasted back and collided into a shelf of books. The Fluttershy's essence of darkness fell to the floor as the books came crashing down on top of her.

Fluttershy stood in her spot, breathing heavily, bearing a look of pure rage, hate, and malice. The timidity and shyness that once were held in her eyes were now fierceness and wrath, yet tears still fell from them. She began to stomp towards Dark Fluttershy as she seethed.

"You can demean me…you can humiliate me.'' She continued stomping towards her other half as she proceeded talking, growing louder until she was almost yelling. "You can beat me to a pulp and you can break my bones…but I will NOT let you hurt anymore of my animal friends!''

As Fluttershy continued to draw closer to her dark side, Dark Fluttershy shook her head off of disorientation before glaring her unholy eyes at the now bold Pegasus, letting out a scowl. As Fluttershy took another step, Dark Fluttershy glare turned into a virulent smirk when suddenly her own Element started glowing a crimson red light. Fluttershy stopped in her tracks and gave a surprised gasp before finding herself rocketed by a beam of dark red energy coming from her other's dark Element. Fluttershy screamed as he flew backwards before collided back first back into the wall, falling to the floor. Fluttershy groaned as he peered through one eye to see Dark Fluttershy getting up. She flexed her wings as they sprang out before folding them again and she walked towards the yellow Pegasus.

"So, the little filly finally decided to be a big girl and pony up. Well it's too late for that. You wanna have a backbone? Well if that's the case, I'll just have to snap that backbone in half. Then we'll see if you're still acting all bold and brave.''

Fluttershy only answered with a hateful glare as Dark Fluttershy approached, her face holding a malevolent smile as her Element glowed that unholy, crimson red.

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Twilight gave a cry as she was blown back by a dark red spell, landing on the ground and he body slid before coming to a stop. She winced and grunted in slight pain as she stood, peering through one eye as she saw Dark Twilight walking casually towards her with a with a cold grin on her face. Seeing her counterpart, Twilight immediately glared at her and with a short cry her horn was engulfed in a billowing magenta aura before firing a deep pink beam of magic energy at her. Seeing the blast coming towards her, Dark Twilight merely gave a short snort as her own horn began glowing an aura of crimson red.

Almost instantly, a light red, transparent glittering dome appeared around the dark unicorn just as Twilight's attack collided into the dome, and out the reach of her twin. Upon impact, there was a small explosion of pink light and white sparkles, subsiding quickly as it came. Seeing Dark Twilight unharmed, Twilight let out an alarmed gasped as the dome still surrounded her copy. Dark Twilight gave a short snort as she sneered.

"Pfft, what baby magic. THIS is how a real spell is done.''

Dark Twilight's horn began to glow as she used her magic to make the sparkling red dome disappear, instantly replacing it with several, numerous pieces of glowing, dark red energy that levitated in the air around her. With a dark, sinister grin, Dark Twilight bowed her head slightly as each of the shards fired like crimson bullets towards Twilight. Twilight managed to dodge the first two shards, but was unfortunate in evading the others and they struck her. Twilight gave off pained cries as one, two, four, six, ten, twelve shards of the attack hit her body, each one pushing her back with a stronger force than the last. On the last hit, Twilight was flown back a couple feet before landing on the ground.

Twilight grunted and groaned in pain. Cuts appeared across her purple body where she had been hit by her dark reflection's spell, blood seeping out from them. She slowly tried to stand, her cuts stinging as she did so, causing her to grit her teeth with a wince. Dark Twilight smirked wickedly as she began to approach Twilight.

"Now that's how a real unicorn perform a spell. Now we know which side is the most talented.''

Twilight glared at her copy as she responded with a snarl, "You're not real, and you're just an image created by Chthon. But the truth of the matter is, you don't really exists!''

Dark Twilight let out an amused laugh as she spoke, "Not real?! Is that really your logical, scientific hypothesis is? You think I'm just a crude simulacrum born from the weaver of the chaotic forces of entropy, a mere representation of that pitiful, shackled prison you called a heart? Well then…''

Dark Twilight's horn then glowed that dark red aura and in a red flash she was going only to appear in another flash of light right in front of an astounded Twilight as she finished. "Let's see if this feels fake!''

Before Twilight could react, she was suddenly covered in a red aura as were her doppelganger's horn. With a whip of her head and a cry, Dark Twilight used her magic to throw Twilight a great distances, crashing and shattering a few pony statues that were in her way before falling the ground with a scream. But Dark Twilight's assault didn't stop there, with a sadistic grin, the dark unicorn began to ruthlessly slam Twilight repeatedly into the ground. With each slam, Twilight gave off agonizing cries until finally Dark Twilight attempted to give her good side one, final, hard slam to the ground. However before Twilight's body collided to the charred earth, she used her magic to teleport in a flash of pink light. "What?!'' Dark Twilight exclaimed in shock.

Another burst of pink light shone behind her and as she whipped around she was suddenly blown back by a powerful blast of magic from Twilight. Dark Twilight gave off a cry as she was rocketed backwards and landed on the ground. Twilight panted, her coat even more dirtied and grimed as she panted heavily, a dark frown upon her face.

"How's that for 'baby magic'?!''

Dark Twilight rose up and casted a hateful glare at her counterpart, her own dark tiara and Element still upon her head. With clenched teeth then with a cry, Dark Twilight fired a rather large blast of dark red magic at Twilight. However, Twilight was ready and with her magic she conjured her own dome of pink, sparkling energy and blocked the attack with a small explosion. Almost immediately, the dome disappeared and Twilight retaliated by sending a pink blast of her own magic right back at Dark Twilight. With a growl, Dark Twilight's horn glowed and she counted her original's spell with a blast of her own, the two colliding in midair and causing a strong explosion.

As the smoke began to clear from the explosion, Twilight and Dark Twilight started to circle each other. Twilight's violet eyes stared unwavering into her copy's dark, unnatural ones. As the two unicorns continued to circle one another, a dark smile spread across Dark Twilight's lips as she spoke.

"Very good, guess you're not that much of a unicorn reject as I thought. I was hoping this'll be fun.''

Twilight retorted with a serious glare. "You think this is a game? You think you're having fun despite everything that's happened here? I'm going to whip that smug smirk off your face because I'm NOT playing games with anypony!''

With that outburst, Twilight fired a magical blast at her dark doppelganger who quickly blocked it and fired her own spell right back at Twilight. Like her other half, Twilight effortlessly blocked the attacking spell and immediately sent another blast at Dark Twilight. Soon the two unicorns of light and darkness were engaged in a fierce, magical duel. For the next several moments, the air flashed with dark pink and dark red lights as explosions of the same colors followed. Twilight would send a powerful blast at her darker self only for the latter to evade it and counter with a spell of her own to which Twilight would also defend against it. Amidst the battle, Dark Twilight sent a barrage of blast at Twilight. The purple unicorn was quick to act and proceeded to use her magic to block each one, sending the red blast off in different directions and hitting the ground, buildings, and even, though unfortunately, stone statues resulting in small explosions. However upon Twilight blocking the last attack, Dark Twilight quickly brought her head downward before jerking it upwards. Instantly, Twilight let out a surprised cry as she was suddenly flipped into the air by an unknown force before falling back down to the ground.

With Twilight defenseless, Dark Twilight galloped towards her, her horn aglow with that billowing red aura as she prepared to use a spell. Though slightly dazed from the unexpected fall, Twilight quickly cleared her head in time to see her twin come upon her and fired a spell. Twilight reacted as she did so, and she rolled out of the way as Dark Twilight's spell hit the ground, leaving glowing red, burning particles as well as smoke from the spot where the attack had landed. Dark Twilight fired another blast and another and Twilight would roll across the ground and evaded each blow as the magic blasts would hit the blackened dirt and when she dodged the last attack, Twilight quickly rolled on her stomach and fired her own spell at Dark Twilight.

Dark Twilight wasn't so fortunate this time around and was hit squared in the chest, blasting her backwards with a cry before landing back first on the ground. Seeing her chance to attack, Twilight sprang back on all fours and bolted towards the fallen unicorn. When she had gotten close enough, Twilight gave out a cry as she fired a rather large ball of magic at her copy. Dark Twilight was able to look in time and released a large ball of magic to counter Twilight's, causing an explosion as a result of the two forces meeting each other.

Being a clever unicorn, Dark Twilight took advantage of the end result and in a case of perfect timing, she disappeared in a flash that blended with the flash of the explosion. As Twilight took a few, cautious steps through the smoke, another red flash appeared behind her. Before Twilight could turn around, Dark Twilight reared on her back legs as a long red, whip like energy extended from her glowing horn. Dark Twilight quickly fell back on all four of her hooves and jerked her head forward, giving a stroke to the magical red whip as it wrapped around Twilight back, left leg.

Twilight let out a shocked gasped before finding herself roughly thrown in the air by the whip, controlled by Dark Twilight. With another motion of her head, Dark Twilight beckoned the whip downwards, sending a screaming Twilight back down to earth and hitting the ground hard with tremendous force. With a wickedly cruel smile, Dark Twilight lifted the whip along with Twilight as she continuously flung Twilight all across the air and back down into the ground until she finally flung Twilight carelessly to the side, at last releasing the unicorn's leg from the whip. Twilight laid their motionless on the spot where she had landed. For a brief moment Twilight had blacked out, but soon her eyes weakly, but surly opened. Her vision was blurry and her body ached tremendously as she heard the gleeful laughter of Dark Twilight distances away. That laugh…that despicable, taunting laugh. Twilight couldn't bare it any longer. Through gritted teeth, she rolled upon her stomach and started to rise to her feet. She willed through the pain that was going through her cut, dirtied body until she was finally standing on all fours, her body trembling as she struggled to stay up.

Dark Twilight continued to laugh that cold-blooded laugh before stopping and she spoke. "It's laughable really. No matter how many times I beat you to the ground, you keep standing back up. Why do you insist to keep fighting? Don't you know that it's useless? Don't you know that this is the end?''

Twilight just glared at her dark side, her right eye half shut as she stumbled forward. "It's…ugh…it's not the end. Not…not if I….have anything to say about it,'' Twilight responded as she continued to stumble towards Dark Twilight.

Dark Twilight cocked her head to the side as she bore a casual, foreboding smirk. "You know you don't believe that.''

Twilight's eyes widened, shocked and bewildered by what her other half had just said. "W-What?!''

"You don't believe that. On the contrary, you believe the exact opposite of that statement. I know Twilight because…I am you,'' Dark Twilight responded.

At this, Twilight's face fell in a disgusted frown as she retorted with a growl. "You're not me. And I am nothing like you. I actually exist unlike you, you a mere illusion. You're nothing…nothing but an extended, visual representation of Chthon's twisted mid!''

Dark Twilight just continued to give her opposite that wicked smirk as she sneered. "There you go with that whole 'don't really exist' bullcud. Your little denial is just proof of how helpless you feel right now.''

Twilight casted a deeper glare at her dark reflection and answered,'' You're wrong. You claim to know me, but you don't have a clue. For I hold magic that you can never understand!''

At this remark, Dark Twilight let out a crude laughter, only irritating and angering Twilight more. "What?! You talking about your magic of friendship? That power will soon die along with everything else!''

"You're wrong!'' Twilight barked fiercely, standing her ground tall and strong. "The magic of friendship will never die. It is a power that you could never grasp or comprehend. As long as my friends and I are here, we will try to fight back this evil!''

Ark Twilight gave a dark chuckle and she said." Yeah…'try'. Tell me Twilight, is that why things are like the way there are now?''

Twilight immediately froze in her place, her eyes became big as her pupils became smaller as Dark Twilight words hit her hard. Dark Twilight continued as she walked closer to her good side.

"Where was the magic of friendship when Ponyville was destroyed and your friends became cold stone?''

At Dark Twilight's question, Twilight stared on in shock and silence. She then lowered her head and gazed at the ground as tears formed in the corner of her eyes.

"Where was your power of friendship when Equestria...no…the entire world became a fire pit. Where was friendship when Chrysalis united the six Cosmic Gems and revived the greatest, most powerful being in the universe?''

Dark Twilight was a mere few feet away, but Twilight didn't move, save for the trembling of her body as beads of sparkling liquid fell from Twilight's face and onto the ground. Dark Twilight stopped in front of the still Twilight and went on speaking.

"Where was friendship when Lord Chthon killed your precious Princess Celestia and Princess Luna? Where was the magic of friendship? Where were you when they needed you, before they were scattered to the winds like the pieces of nothing that they were? Tell me Twilight, where is the magic of friendship as your pathetic friends are dying as we speak?''

Twilight again Twilight said nothing. She just stood there as her body trembled more heavily as she lowered her head further downwards, tears falling from her face more profusely and she gritted her teeth. Dark Twilight stopped in from her of other half. She lowered her head until her mouth was close to Twilight's ear and she whispered with a cold-blooded tone.

"But don't worry Twilight, you will soon be put out of your misery. And I'll personally see to it that I will kill off your friends as a favor to the great Lord Chthon. They will soon follow and be reunited with your sorry, bitch of a princess Celestia.''

Those words…those last, careless, heartless words. They were all that Twilight could bare. How dare she? How dare she blatantly insulted her friends…her princess like the way she did. She didn't care what had happened to her, but when someone make such death threats to her friends, the ponies that she loved more than herself…that act was truly the straw that broke the camel's back. It happened in an instant and with an anguished cry, Twilight's horn suddenly glowed a deep pink and she reared on her hind legs. In an instant, a powerful explosion of magic quickly spread outwards in all direction, sending Dark Twilight rocketing backwards with a scream. Dark Twilight landed a few feet away, her body slid before coming to a stop. She shook her head of dust and disorientation before looking up at her good side with a perplexed yet stunned expression.

What a spectacular sight…what a frightening sight. Twilight was now surrounded by a sphere of dark purple and pink, wild energy. Pinkish white lightning surged and cracked around her as she displayed that massive power her had contained inside of herself. And her eyes were glowing an ethereal white light, as if they were beacons of a mysterious fire that were of purist white. The ground beneath her began to crack as the crevices glowed an ominous pinkish purple. Such great power, such raw power. However, from her strong, white eyes tears streamed down her face, as Twilight glared threateningly at her dark counterpart. It was a power Celestia herself saw when Twilight was just a filly. It happened like an explosion, but yet like an explosion it disappeared in the moment. An uncontrollable force, but now…after all her years of studies she was in full control.

The wildly spinning, sphere of magic finally quickly subsided, scattering in all directions. Twilight stared at Dark Twilight with those unearthly, glowing eyes as she took a step towards her, her horn producing numerous white sparkles as she did so. As she advanced towards Dark Twilight, she spoke in a slightly distorted voice.

"Don't EVER say a word against my teacher…a mother again!''

Twilight suddenly fired a massive blast of dark pink magic at Dark Twilight, hitting her and blasting her backwards as she screamed. Twilight continued, stepping towards the dark unicorn.

"And don't ever say a word about my friends either! I will never let you go anywhere near them!''

Twilight fired another magic blast at Dark Twilight, again hitting her and sending her backwards rolling and sliding on the ground. "You think you know me…but you don't know me at all! There's no way I'll let somepony, something like you ever harm my friends. Something like you who serves a maniacal, death worshipping demon like Chthon! I refuse to lose to you…I won't!''

Twilight hit her dark copy with a powerful beam of magic, causing her to crash and disappeared into a shambled cottage. To ensure that Dark Twilight was defeated, Twilight walked towards the cottage. However just as she was about to go inside, a massive, dark red explosion erupted, sending the purple unicorn screaming through the air and landed on the ground. Twilight lifted her head, her glowing, bewildered but glaring eyes upon the now destroyed cottage, the debris ablaze with crimson red flames. Walking out from the burning cottage was Dark Twilight. However she underwent a drastic transformation much like her opposite Twilight. Dark Twilight's eyes were now glowing an unholy, red light as they emitted a black mist like aura. Her horn was surrounded by a deep, solid, billowing cone of dark red aura as white and black sparkles shot from her horn. However unlike Twilight, Dark Twilight was surrounded by dark red, mysterious arcane symbols, rotating endlessly around her like two intercepting ellipses, like that of an atom.

Seeing her darker sided appearance, Twilight let out a low growl as white sparks began to erupt more furiously from her horn and she lowered her body slightly, preparing to fight. Dark Twilight walked casually towards Twilight, those arcane symbols floating ever so around as she spoke with a demented, evil smile.

"Impressive, but did you really think that you had untapped power within you? I'm AM you, which means I have all the powers and abilities you possess, only difference is…I'm more proficient and skilled at the art then you'll ever be.''

As Dark Twilight approached her, Twilight exhaled a gust of smoke from her nostrils, her tears having dried away at this point as she prepared to face her double in rival in magic. Dark Twilight spoke again, that twisted smirk never leaving her lips. "Now it's time for me demonstrate the difference between a true unicorn and a talentless hack. To demonstrate the difference between the gift from a glorious god from the gift of a worthless princess. Time to go back to magic kindergarten…and lay there to rot like the garbage that you are!''

At her doppelganger's last words, Twilight gritted her teeth before giving off a furious cry as she galloped full speed at the sinister unicorn before her. At the same time, Dark Twilight let out a short, crazed laugh before she too sprinted forward towards Twilight. The two equally match unicorns ran towards one another before they met in the center, a magical explosion of dark pink and dark red magic erupted as the two went about a magnificent duel that can only be held by true, extraordinary unicorns.

Discord stood amidst the ruined city of Canterlot, never moving from the spot since Fluttershy, Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity had resolved to fight Chthon. Discord stood there, hurt and mystified as to where he should go next. What should he do next for the matter? Discord hung his head slightly, his eyes closed as he bore a melancholy expression.

"The fools,'' Discord finally muttered. "They've only walked to their deaths. They've pretty much set out their graves for themselves.''

Discord paused as he clenched his teeth lightly, continuing on with a sort of choler growl. "And to what end? They should accept that there's nothing they could do to reverse this. Why don't they just realize that they're just ants compared to my father? They may hold the Elements of Harmony but to what significance? They may wield great power but even they can hold up to the decree of fate. No matter how much they might want to change, no matter what they say otherwise…they will never have the power to alter the will of a god.''

"Wise rationality…a very wise rationality indeed my son…'' a dark voice suddenly echoed out.

Discord froze in his place. His heart stopped as a chill ran down his spine upon hearing the ominous voice. His ears lowered as his eyes widened in fear. Discords mouth quivered as a white coloring flowed from his head and down to his mismatched feet. The draconequus stood in his place, not daring to move…not daring to breathe. For he knew where the origin of the voice had derived. It was the voice that he had dreaded to hear ever since he had learned that Chrysalis was on the hunt for the Cosmic Gems. It was the voice that up till now haunted the dark corners of his mind. It was the very voice of the chaos from which he was born from. Discord suddenly felt a more rippling chill as he felt a slight gust of wind blew onto his back. With great hesitation, Discord shakily turned his head and peered over his shoulders as his asymmetrical eyes met the dark, unholy eyes of his father.

Discord slowly turned around and he was fully facing Chthon. He took an intimidated step back as he uttered fearfully. "F-Father!''

Chthon just leered down at his son as she crossed his arms, his four wings spreading outwards before folding slightly. "Hello Discord…'' Upon seeing Discord's fear-stricken face, Chthon asked. "Why the unsettling face my son? Aren't you not joyous to see your father again?''

At his question, Discord instinctively fell onto his knees as he bowed before the God of Chaos. "O-Of course Lord Chthon! I-I just wasn't expecting you so…'' Discord lifted his head and gave an uneasy, but small smile. "H-How was your sleep father?''

Chthon casted an unamused, dark frown upon Discord as he turned his back towards him. "An amusing thing about being cast in stone…you can't really feel anything. But you know that first hand, do you?''

Chthon peered over his shoulder and gave the still cowering Discord a cold glare. Upon his gaze, Discord quickly shifted his glace to the ground as he lowered his body more and spoke. "Y-Yes father. A stone prison isn't the most comfortable either. B-But here you are, in all of your chaotic majesty. I can tell you the truth that I'm honored to look upon the true face of chaos!''

"Really now?'' Chthon answered, turning back around and facing Discord. "So tell me this Discord. In my vison I was expecting you to be the first my eyes laid on upon my reawakening. But what do I find? An insect with insatiable avarice who had bitten off more than she could chew. Tell me, why is that Discord?''

Instantly Discord looked down in both shame and in increasing fear, his now white coat becoming even whiter as his body trembled visibly. He knew very well that the sole reason he was even created was to aid in his father's resurrection, and now that he had abandoned that objective, he feared for his own fate. Discord was able to salvage what courage he could find before finding an answer.

"W-Well I-I have a perfectly good explanation sire! Y-You see I-well I…''

Before Discord could answer, Chthon finished for him. "You were too preoccupied by the chaos you wrought upon this world am I mistaken?''

Chthon gave Discord a grimaced frown as Discord answered frantically. "N-No of course not! I was…uh…''

Chthon suddenly disappeared in plume of red fire before reappearing in another burst of fire in front of Discord. Chthon brought his face close to Discord's, their muzzle's almost touching. Chthon's dark, piercing red eyes looked into Discord's petrified ones as the god spoke darkly.

"Don't…lie…to me…you can't.''

Discord's gazed speechlessly into his father's eyes, his mouth open but he didn't dare to challenge his father's knowledge. For he knew very well that his mind was open his own as well as his past. With nothing to say, Discord slightly shook his head before shifting his gaze back down to the ground. Chthon stared at Discord coldly, deathly as he finally stood back up and spoke, beginning to circle the creature of chaos.

"Yes, it was you who was supposed to revive me, but instead you so foolishly deserted me and went about the world claiming yourself to be the Master of Chaos…such blatant and a delusional lie. I ask you Discord…how would such treacherous acts make me feel, me your own father?"

Almost instantly, Discord fell and bowed, his forehead touching the ground. Discord answered desperately. "Please forgive me Father! I know it was foolish…stupid of me to abandon you like that. I was just…amazed with the power I was born with. I…I just wanted to have a little…fun!''

Chthon leered at Discord and spoke with a scowl, still circling him. "And at the apex of your 'fun' you eventually found yourself shackled and encased in a new stone prison…just as I.''

Discord merely nodded shamefully as she responded softly, "Yes…''

Chthon circled his son in silence, looking down upon him darkly which only made Discord even more unsettled. Finally after a moment of two, Chthon spoke. "A fitting punishment…for going against the one who created. Such an act of treachery surly means death.''

At those chilling words, Discord stared at the ground with a truly anxious and timorous expression. His pupils shrunk down to a size where they almost seemed absent as his body became that like the whitest of snow, as if he had just became a ghost. Discord didn't speak, he couldn't. He very well was about to meet his end by the hands of his own father. However, what came to his ears were the words of Chthon.

"However, I must admit you did a…admirable job of turning Equestria upside. Ponies losing their minds…in constant unrest and misery…only a true creature of chaos could accomplish that.''

Discord couldn't believe what he had just heard. Did Chthon, despite knowing that he had failed to revive him, actually…complemented his on the chaos that he had done while in his absence?

"E-excuse me?'' Discord uttered in disbelief.

Chthon continued, coming in front of Discord as he stopped circling him. "Despite becoming astray, I can say with pride that, how they say, the apple didn't fall from the tree.''

Discord stared at Chthon, still stunned by the small praise, but he then swallowed some of his fear." I…I'm p-pleased to hear you say that. T-Thank you.''

Chthon's frown however deepened as he went on to say. "Though still I must say…you could've done so much better. I'd hardly say chocolate rain would be destructive chaos…just a little child's fantasy come true.''

Discord's ears fell once again as he bore a more embarrassed look. "Oh…yes I suppose so.''

Chthon looked upon Discord and raised a claw slightly. "Rise Discord, and whip that white off of you. You shall have leniency and won't perish this moment.''

Chthon's word's relieved Discord to an extent, though he was still disturbed about being in the dark deity's presence. "Y-Yes my lord. Thank you.''

Discord did as his father had beckoned and stood up. He brought his talon to his forehead, the index finger and the thumb together and brought it down. As he did so, his white coating literally began to unzip down his body until he reached his crotch. Discord then stepped out of the white coating, his body now with its regular coloration and he through the white coat to the side, instantly turning into a white puddle. Now in his regular coat, Discord immediately brought his claws together as he bowed his head slightly as Chthon looked upon him.

"*Chocolate rain, dancing buffalo, introverted personalities…how could all that possibly compare to the chaos that I wrought. Gaze around Discord.*'' Chthon spoke as he drew near Discord and gestured for the spirit to look around the destruction he had cause.

Discord nodded slowly, as a small smile crept to his face. "Yes, you do know how to create a deliciously magnificent scene of chaos Father. I suppose that's why you're its god.''

Chthon looked at Discord as he spoke with that dark, leering frown. "And yet you still entrap yourself with chains.''

Discord blinked at Chthon blankly, quizzically as he responded. "C-Chains sire?''

Chthon nodded as his face bore a slight, disgusted look. "Yes, you actually allowed yourself to be shackled by the chains of these mortals' so called…'friendship'.''

Discord stared at the god in shock yet still somewhat bewildered. He never thought about the friendship he had so made with Fluttershy and the others as chains or shackles. "I…well…you see Father I…''

Chthon cut in, "And you actually dared to amuse them with such a frivolous notion. In my absence you stood as the face of calamity. A virtual god among insects. You shouldn't have even considered of lowering yourself to such trivialities.''

As Discord listened to Chthon's words, a look of confliction came to his face. "Father…at the time I…'' but Discord was again cut off by Chthon.

"You were the son of the most powerful being to have ever lived. You were a legend. And one such as yourself shouldn't have let himself be entrapped by that same mediocrity that these lowly fools so embraced.''

Discord looked at Chthon for a moment or two before adjusting his gaze back to the ground. He was even more conflicted than ever as he pondered his father's words. Seeing Discord at battle with himself, Chthon added as he came closer to the draconequus.

"Tell me Discord, did you have to lie to yourself? Did you have to abandon your true nature to stay in their good graces? Did you have to be somepony that you were not?''

"No…no of course not!'' Discord spoke out boldly. "I was still the weaver of chaos…able to twist reality anything to my like. I was…''

"The pony errand servant to the beck and call of a pathetic Alicorn princess.''

Discord opened his mouth to argue, but no words came out. He gazed downwards as he recounted the words he had just heard. He had once stopped a devastation that threatened to hit Fillydelphia as well as used his near omnipotent powers to help solve problems across Equestria…all under the order of Celestia who, though wielded great power and magic, were still beneath his. Chthon's eyes never left Discord and he said.

"And after doing all these deeds how did they repay you…with cold indifference…suspicious glares, disapproving voices? Isn't friendship supposed to be a two way agreement? If so…then those 'friends' they call themselves have failed tremendously on their part wouldn't you say?''

Discord then thought about all the past experiences that Chthon had brought up. He thought about the numerous of times of using his powers for the sake of Equestria, and yet he received no praised for his work. He thought about the numerous times he insisted that he was reformed, and yet his six 'friends' only responded by shunning him…neglecting him. With these thoughts in mind, Discord's face fell in an angered frown as he let off a low growl. Chthon then spoke, placing a claw on his son's shoulder, an act that caught Discord by surprise.

"But think not of those wretched equines. It is time to be who you're truly are where you truly belong. The world is an open book, waiting to be rewritten to however I please. A power solely mind, but with an exception that I will only share with my one, true flesh and blood.''

Discord looked at Chthon, astounded by what he had just said. "I'm sorry I must've had chunk brimstone stuck in my ear,'' Discord said, digging in his ear with the pinkie of his lion's claw before retracting a glowing, orange piece of sulfur from his ear, flicking it away. "Did you just say you wanted to share all this power with…me?''

Chthon nodded, a sinister smirk on his face. "Yes. Together, we shall create never ending chaos upon this world. None shall interfere…none shall stop us. And we shall stand together as father and son smite the decadent filth that worships and prays for the return of order. That's is the fate that was always meant for you my son.''

Discord listened to the plan Chthon had in store for him…for them. The promise of a domain, a playground where everything and everyone were his play things ready to be controlled by his will…it all enticed him greatly. However among these dark thoughts only one thing came up in his mind. The one thing of good that he could not let go…the image of a certain yellow Pegasus with a trio of butterflies for her cutie marks. Upon thinking of her, Discord's fell in sadness, confliction, and doubt. Seeing Discord's unsure demeanor, Chthon leered at him and spoke.

"Come to where you truly belong Discord. Come to where you will always be rewarded for your loyalty. Come to where you will always have truth…always have power…but most importantly…always have freedom. Who are you Discord? Are you the spawn of the almighty force of chaos that was meant to dominate? Or are you the same nothing as the worthless species who are no superior to the dust in the air?''

Discord said nothing as he looked away from Chthon. Everything Chthon had told him, everything he had pointed out clung to his mind, hear, and soul. Such powerful words, such truthful words. So conquering…if wasn't for the image of that tender, kind Pegasus in his mind. The image that, while single, was equally powerful as the words his father had spoken to him. Discord finally gazed upon Chthon, who was staring darkly at him as he awaited his son's answer.