A Darkness...

"Are you sure?" A distressed Princess Cadence asked a certain draconequus. Discord nodded before he glanced at Princess Celestia, Luna, and Shinning Armor.

"I'm sorry Cadence, I'm sure." Discord replied.

"Do you know what we have to do?" Sinning Armor spoke up.

"I don't know, but I do have an idea..." Discord said as he thought.

"Anything to keep Twily safe." Shining confirmed.

"Cadence!" Discord exclaimed as he turned to the pregnant alicorn.

"Yes?" She replied.

"You have to talk to her...I mean, you're he sister-in-law, plus this predicament might have a weakness to what you do best." Discord gestured t the Princess's flank.

"You mean...?" Candace began." You mean the thing that could possibly get rid of this magic, is Love?"

Discord nodded.

Luna, who had been quite silent through the conversation, finally decided to speak up. "But who in Equestria hath shone feeling to Twilight Sparkle? I have herd of no such colt."

Cadence smiled. "Because there isn't a single colt in all of Equestria, who holds these special feeling toward Twilight."

"Your point is?" Celestia spoke up.

"You see...Twilight acted a little...well lets call it silly, when we spoke of her dancing in the human world when she first went." Cadence said knowingly.

"Maybe she met someone?" Shining suggested.

"Well, I only know one pony to see." Discord stated simply.

"Yes, good idea!" Cadence said.

The Princesses gathered into a triangle. Their horn began to glow and a bright glowing orb of light appeared in the center of them, followed by a even brighter light. Everypony was forced to shield their eyes.

When the light was gone, a cyan alicorn stood umidst the princesses.

"How many time to do I have to tell you Discord?! That's not funn-" The alicorn stopped mid-sentence when she saw where she was. "Oh..."

"Harmony, we need your help." Cadence said.

"Okay, I have a few questions to ask..." Harmony began. "One: What's going on? And two: Is somepony in trouble?"

"Yes Harmony..." Celestia said. "And it is of great importance that we save Twilight."

"Twilight's in trouble? How?" Harmony asked.

"See, Twilight is the Princess of Friendship, and we've discovered that she is missing Love..." Cadence explained. "And the magic that has come to grow inside Twilight is taking advantage of that."

"What kind of magic?" Harmony asked.

"You see, is somepony has no Love/Friendship in their life, the pony might be consumed by this magic. Twilight has no Love, so this magic has started feed on her empty heart." Discord explained.

"So, how long has she been exposed to this magic?" Harmony inquired.

"We don't know..." Celestia replied. "But we do know that it was just gotten strong enough to an imbalance."

"Okay. What do ya need my help with?" Harmony asked.

"You are connected to the Elements, is there a possibility that you could give us some of Twilight's memories?" Cadence said.

"Yes I could, but Twilight would want all boys to leave the room..." Harmony looked at Shinning and Discord.

"Say what now?" Discord asked.

"Ahem..." Harmony gave him a look.

"Oh...well sorry." Discord replied. The draconequus snapped his fingers and disappeared, leaving Shinning Armor.

"Shinning Armor, could you please excuse us?" Celestia asked.

Shinning shook his head violently. "Sorry what was that, I was a little too lost in thought."

Celestia smiled. "Could you please excuse us?"

"Oh, yes your majesty." Shinning Armor replied as he left the room.

Harmony turned to the other three mares in the room and said. "What memories would you like?"

"The ones that show Twilight in the human world." Celestia replied.

"Okay..." Harmony said. Her horn began to glow, and suddenly the Element of Magic appeared.

In a flash of magic, the element turned to pictures, memories of Twilight with six girls, dancing in a room filled with other...creatures.

"So these be humans?" Luna asked he sister, who in reply simply nodded.

The princesses continued to watch memories from both of Twilight's trips to the human world. At the conclusion of Twilight's memories from the first trip, Cadence began to notice something.

"So this is Twilight dancing?" Cadence said, holding back a fit of giggles.

Harmony began to giggle. "Yes, she's dancing with her boyfriend!" The cyan alicorn said in a silly voice.

"Oh stop it Harmony..." Cadence said. "I'm sure their just good friends."

"It's pretty obvious to me that they are not just 'Good Friends'." Harmony stated. Cadence looked at her. "Oh I see that you know it too."

"N-no I don't." Cadence said in a weak defense.

Harmony scoffed. "Oh please, I'm not that stupid." She muttered under her breath.

During Twilight's second version of memories, Cadence noticed Twilight become a little excited when 'Applejack' mentioned this boy that Twilight had danced with during her first trip. Cadence started to feel suspicious.

But, when they were starting to deal with the Dazzlings, this boy lashed out at Twilight and accused her of being his enemy. Seeing this broke Cadence's heart and her suspicions.

After the girls battled the Dazzling and win, Cadence watched them embrace. This brought her suspicions back, and even made them stranger when they got pretty close to one another.

After the memories ended, the princesses started to talk.

"I think we found what we're looking for." Celestia stated.

"And to think, what would've happened if that 'Trixie' girl hadn't ruined their moment." Luna thought out-loud.

"But it just proves that someone does love Twilight, but the real question is: Have the Spirits let Twilight love him back?" Cadence wondered.

"What Spirits?" Harmony asked.

"Well...They are known as the Spirits of Odio et Concordantia." Cadence replied.

"Spirits of what now?" Harmony asked.

"Spirits of Odio et Concordantia." Cadence repeated. "You know, that magic that we were talking about?"

"Oh!..." Harmony thought for a moment. "So how do you know what kind of 'Spirrts', have gotten to Twilight?"

"Do you remember when I said that they had just become strong enough to be an imbalance?" Celestia asked. Harmony nodded. "Discord is able to sense whenever a magical imbalance has happened. When he found out what it was, and who it had found to consume...he informed us immediately."

"But didn't Twilight's friends, as well as you Cadence, point out that she was acting 'silly' as Cadence put it, and seemed to have a crush in the boy?" Harmony asked, gasping for air afterward. "Wouldn't that show signs of affection, especially since they almost kissed?!"

"Well..." Cadence thought for a moment. "she does have a good point."

"Well DUH?!" Harmony said.

"Yes!" Cadence exclaimed. "I do remember her asking who he was!"

"Who was that?" Twilight asked, her cheeks still a little pink from embarrassment.

"He's a knew member of the castle guard; Flash Sentry I think..." Cadence said tapping her chin in thought. "Why? Do you know him?"

Twilight turned away from them. "No exactly." Her tone and facial expression said otherwise, and Cadence, as well as Twilight's friends weren't buying it.

"Ooooh, some pony got a crush on the new guy." Applejack taunted.

"N-no! No I don't!" Twilight defended, starting to walk faster.

Rarity trotted up next to her. "Oh she does! She absolutely does!"

"Don't reticules..." Twilight said walking even faster. "I don't barely know him, he just -" Twilight was cut off by one of Pinkie's so-called 'Hunches', but Cadence couldn't help but get the feeling that Twilight had found someone special.

Harmony pretended to gag. "EW!!!"

Luna giggled. "Oh please Harmony! As if thou hast not dreamed of one day finding your own special somepony."

"Have you been reading my diary, you little-...I mean...I don't know what you're talking about, that stuff is SO gross!" Harmony said giving a nervous laugh.

The other three broke out in a fit of giggles at Harmony little out-burst. Harmony joined in just for the fun of it.

"Wait..." Harmony said. "if Twilight missing Love, than how does she love her friends? How does she love her family? How does she love you?"

"Bacause Twilight has spent over eighteen year without True Love..." Cadence explained. "You know, the type you think is SO gross Harmony?"

"Urg..." Harmony groaned. "But this doesn't make sense."

"How so?" Celestia asked.

"Well...alot of ponies spend many years without True Love, and they don't get 'infected'." Harmony replied.

"Well...the Spirits prefer to feed on alicorn hearts. Because they are more powerful." Celestia said.

Harmony nodded, she understood that. Alicorns were extremely powerful. There was a sudden knock.

"Came we come in now?" Discord asked, clearly annoyed by the wait.

"Yes Discord. You and Shinning Armor may come back in." Cadence replied.

"Good." Discord said. He and Shinning walked back into the room and sat down.

"So? Did you come up with anything?" Shinning Armor asked hopefully.

"Yes...ish." Harmony replied.

"Yes-ish?" Shinning repeated.

Cadence sighed. "I have to talk to Twilight, before it's too late."