The Wishmasters

Part 1. Everfree Forest.
Twilight was hiding in a cave and even spiders, those big, hairy and poisonous bastards were afraid of her. Twilight was lying on the ground holding her head with hooves. She was thinking.
“What monster have I become... even Pinkie Pie didn’t believe me. She has always been so random and funny... Nopony ever took her seriously... and now... She was so angry with me coming at MY house to see a picture of ME... well... at least past me. Why didn’t they believe me? Am I that scary?” Twilight was lying like that for quite a long time. She didn’t feel the time passing quickly around her. Her mind was analyzing everything that happened to her at Ponyville. That was her defence against going insane.
After it bored her to hell she stood up and went back home. She remembered that she was no longer welcome but she hasn’t finished inspecting her house as well. It was during the night but Twilight used invisibility spell anyway. She didn’t want to see her friends being furious at her coming back to her own house. Soon she reached it. Door wasn’t closed, furthermore it was opened a bit. Twilight silently walked in and saw a foal sitting near that stand with her picture. She walked closer and heard it whispering something through cry. She soon saw that this was Dean, that little colt who was guilty in Twilight’s transformation. Twilight was coming closer and closer and soon heard him.
“Am I guilty in your disappearance? I must be...” Twilight was very surprised by that. She sat near him and slowly became visible.
“Don’t blame yourself” she whispered closing his mouth with her hoof. “I don’t”
She looked into his eyes. He was frightened to hell but as soon as Twilight let go of his mouth he quickly asked
“Is that you? That disappeared pony?”
“Yes” whispered Twilight. She didn’t sound disappointed though.
“Am I guilty in that?”
Twilight hesitated to answer for a moment but soon nodded her head.
“Are you angry with me?”
“No” whispered Twilight “What was in past is in past.” Twilight looked at him and continued. “But I will be if you continue to wish for retarded things like killing the entire Ponyville for having a bad day. Don’t you even try to justify.” Twilight sounded confident. Even if she could read his thoughts she still asked. “Do you regret thinking about wishing that?”
“Y-Yes... I do...” slowly little foal started. “B-But... They haven’t seen what I have...”
“I know your story... You deserve a medal for staying like this after that... Many would not have lived like you... but you coped...”
“But I still wanted to wish for such a ridiculous thing! And you have forgiven me... I could not do that if I were you.”
“I know why you wanted to wish... And there is no point in dumb anger... You made a mistake, I forgave you... But please” Twilight turned her face to him and looked straight into his eyes. “... never wish for something in anger.”
“Can you show me your face please?” he sounded very shy... He didn’t know if that would be offensive to Twilight.
“I am really looking horrible... You may have nightmares after that.”
Little colt insisted so Twilight took off her hood. Soon he saw her face. The face of a wishmaster. Her face was covered in rotten flesh... on one cheek there could be seen only bones and teeth. Eyes were black and dull. Teeth were crooked... and somewhere covered in moss. Hair were black and pointing everywhere. Twilight saw fright in his eyes but he didn’t scream or cry.
“S-So that... is what my wish made with you...”
“It’s still better that what could happen... I chose to sacrifice for my friends and other innocent ponies.”
“B-But... It’s horrible... Don’t you regret doing that?”
“No... I saved a lot of lives... and this is the sacrifice I must pay.”
They sat on the ground near the stand with Twilight’s photo for some time. Sun began to rise and soon Twilight got her previous body.
“Y-You... You are looking normal” cried little colt with glee
“It’s just a shell... I will never be who I used to be... I must go now... before it’s too late.”
Twilight started to trot outside the house and charging invisibility spell and hit somepony with her face. She sat on the ground and soon saw Princess Celestia. She looked at Twilight furiously.
“I know who you are. Drop your disguise.” Ordered Celestia.
“But it’s me. I am Twilight!” screamed Twilight. Soon she saw Princess Luna coming by her sister. Twilight soon lost her disguise because of Luna’s aura. Luna gasped as she saw new Twilight.
“What is that creature? And what did it make with our subject Twilight!?”
“I... AM... TWILIGHT” Twilight was furious. She didn’t think that even Celestia would have a dumb anger. And Luna... well she was Celestia’s sister and would rather listen to her that Twilight. Ponies started to gather around Twilight. She sensed so much dumb anger... but also desires... and no clear wishes for anything. Twilight was tempted by it but resisted and tried to fly away.

Part 2. It finally happened.
Twilight was flying faster and faster, even though she was restless she started to hear something. It was her bones crunching. She soon landed somewhere in a plain field. So did her followers... even wonderbolts were amongst them.
“STOP FOLLOWING ME.” Yelled Twilight “I DON’T WANT TO HARM YOU.”
“Then don’t” said Rainbow Dash brazenly “And return Twilight to us.”
“Argh, how many times do I have to repeat?!” screamed Twilight furiously “I am Twilight!”
Soon both Princesses landed. Twilight wasn’t disguising... she was too tired. She decided that it must end now... here.
“What have you done to Twilight, you monster?” started Celestia furiously.
“Sister... I think she wasn’t lying to you last time...” slowly interrupted Luna.
“You...” Celestia turned to Luna “You haven’t seen what they are capable of”
“I am not a changling” calmly said Twilight “I am a wishmaster... I can’t turn into anything on my own.”
“But how do I know for sure?” asked Celestia
“You have to do one simple thing...” Twilight looked straight into Celestia’s eyes “Trust me”
“Sister... She is not lying to you. Only a few Changlings have both horn and wings.”
“But... If that’s really you Twilight... Then how did you turn into this soulless creature?” slowly asked Celestia. She was really confused.
Twilight told her the whole story except for the story of Epzion. Twilight thought that here it would not do her any good. All the ponies listened to her story silently. After a minute of silence Celestia wanted to ask something from Twilight but suddenly the wishmaster disappeared somehwere.
Twilight appeared in a foggy field and soon saw somepony walking towards her. It was Nightmare Moon.
“You are finally here.” Whispered Nightmare Moon. “At last.”
“What are YOU doing in the dimension of Death?” quickly asked Twilight
“Your elements of Harmony... They teleported me here. Chopped me apart from my body and threw in here like a trash.”
“But you are nothing but a magical recreation of Luna’s anger”
“And your fancy elements made me alive... well partially...”
“I know what your desire is...” whispered Twilight calmly “And my answer is no”
“But you are a wishmaster!” yelled Nightmare Moon “You can’t deny to fulfil the wish”
“I can...” Twilight sounded confident “I must only fulfil the wish of a pony whose desire I am taking.”
“You can have my desire... A-Anything...” Nightmare Moon looked pathetic “I want my revenge...”
“Alright... I will give you a body” whispered Twilight smiling. She punched Nightmare Moon and started to drain her desire.
“I wish to return to the dimension of Life” screamed Nightmare Moon.
“You will be returned where you desired…” slowly whispered Twilight “You will live in Luna’s mane…”
Twilight saw a bright flash and heard a question from Princess Celestia.
“Twilight… Do you know who was that pony who dragged you to that city?”
Twilight looked around. It looked like only a second passed after she was teleported into the dimension of Death.
“No…” answered Twilight. She didn’t want Celestia to know about Epzion… Not yet.
Luna suddenly screamed and fell unconscious. Twilight thought that this was Nightmare Moon moving to Luna’s mane. Everypony gathered around her trying to wake her up. Celestia took her sister on her hooves and teleported back to the Ponyville where she took a cart back to Canterlot.
Rainbow Dash slowly walked to Twilight.
“I… I’m sorry…” quietly said Rainbow Dash looking at the ground and rubbing her head.
“For what?” whispered Twilight
“For not trusting you…”
“But you trust me now, don’t you?”
“Y-Yes…” said Rainbow Dash even more quietly.
“Then go back to Ponyville and tell all my friends that I didn’t lie. I won’t come back to Ponyville or Canterlot anymore.”
“But why?!” suddenly screamed Rainbow Dash
“I don’t want to harm you. It’s so tempting to take others desires. It will be better for both me…” Twilight took her friend’s head and looked straight into her eyes “…and all of you… Goodbye…”
Twilight teleported away into the city with a gate and continued
“I will miss you.”

Part 3. The end.
After Twilight teleported away Rainbow Dash quickly flew back to Ponyville and told her friends that Twilight was alive… Even though she was a wishmaster, but still... she was alive. Twilight house was closed forever and never visited again. Everypony soon knew who Twilight was and her story. She was a legend for Ponyville, the mare who saved everypony at the cost of her life. Twilight didn’t call or describe Dean in her story to Princess Celestia so nopony knew him.
Twilight, on other hand moved to the city far away from Ponyville. It was easier for her to find ponies who desire for something but don’t have a clear wish so she could safely feed herself. Sometimes she teleported into the dimension of Death to visit Epzion. For every visit Epzion had something to tell Twilight : it was either a story from her city, which she loved to call ‘The city long forgotten and believed to be extinct’, or it were some advices on how to live as a wishmaster. Things like that, but they meant a lot for both Twilight and Epzion. Once in 2 years Twilight visited Ponyville. She couldn’t help herself but she wanted to see her friends… everypony in Ponyville.
Deep inside own mind Twilight still remembered her life as a mare. Each time she remembered it she was surprised by little things that made her happy. Twilight has never thought that her life could end up like this. That she would be a death creature, a half-dead wishmaster, away from her friends and everypony she valued, remembering her past life.