To change the future of Equestria

“The world will die? But according to the Future Fluttershy, a person like that never came to our world and why does that mean we are going to die?” asked Twilight.

“Oh right, I haven't told you the gem's true power, have I?” said Dark Eater, “Well, how do I explain it so you will all understand...ah, I know!”

He then paused for a second and then continued, “The Gem of Keys is a very powerful gem. It was designed to combat magic beyond basic unicorns. The Elements of Harmony, more specifically the Tree of Harmony exists to uphold the law of Order in this world. After all, the original reason the elements were taken from the tree was so that order could be obtained by defeating Discord, Master of Chaos.”

“How do you know all this?” asked Celestia.

“It was written in Starswirl's papers, all except the location of the way into Equestria, which I found out about later. Now back to my explanation, the gem was designed to counter the meaning of order without using chaos. So the craftponies found a different solution.”

“How? Aren't order and chaos opposites? Wouldn't that make sense to use chaos instead?” asked Twilight.

“With the rules of the world, that would be the most likely solution and in fact if they had they would have probably got it done for Sombra before he lost. The solution they made was unbelievable. I don't know what they did but they made something incredible. The made a item that could manipulate the laws of life without having to use order or chaos magic!”

“Manipulate Life? How is that more powerful that the elements or the rainbow?”

“You misunderstand, Harmony, or rather Order and Chaos can only go so far in terms of magic. The gem however, bypasses those limits. It allows full control over life and death. It take life and give it as well. You understand now?”

“No, you aren't making any sense!” yelled Rainbow Dash.

“Yeah, Yer crazier than a sack of ferrets!” said AppleJack angrily.

“No, I get it.” said Twilight. “Life applies to magic as well, doesn't it? Even Chaos or the elements all use magic at its core. That's why its more powerful than the elements or it could even combat the rainbow.”

“Correct. Well done, Element of Magic.”

“So was your fake one the same as the gem?”

“No, it was more like a gem that similar power to the monster known as Tirek. I was then going to obtain enough magic for it to be more powerful than the gem in the human world. There's also one more thing I need to tell you.”

“What?”

“The reason why my father, Violent Tempest, is probably coming to Equestria. In this case, it was probably Future Fluttershy's fault.”

“What? Why?”

“It was in one of Starswirl's papers, he theorized on why time travel at most should never be used and it isn't because of time paradoxes but rather time itself.”

“I've used time travel myself and it didn't change anything. Sure it was only a few minutes but still.” said Twilight.

“You had to fix what you did though, didn't you?”

Twilight gasped and then slowly said, “Yes....yes I did...”

“Future Fluttershy did not however, she instead changed the timeline. I suspect in the original timeline a huge amount of ponies died, didn't they?”

“Yes, they did.” said Fluttershy.

“Time is now trying to fix itself and Future Fluttershy's death will not be enough. Time's best case scenario would to bring a monster that would kill without mercy and has no regard for life.”

“That's your father isn't it?” said Celestia sternly.

“But of course, that man will be unstoppable with the gem. You'll need help in order to stop him.”

“Hold on, what are you suggesting?” asked Twilight.

“I'm suggesting that I'll help you beat him before he destroys Equestria.”

“Impossible, why should we trust you?!” spoke Celestia angrily.

At that moment a guard ran down and quickly yelled, “Your Highness! There is an emergency!”

“What is it?!”

“The carriage that was transporting the Mirror you requested suddenly exploded!”

“What?!”

“Heh heh heh, looks like it has begun...” said Dark Eater. “He's already here. Don't worry, he'll keep the mirror in tact, it's his only way back you know.”

“How did he? How he is here? It is not thirty moons yet?!”

“The gem can bypass magic laws, remember? It was the only part of the gem I made similar to the Gem of Keys. It makes using the mirror easier though my gem was designed to only bypass the mirror only, it couldn't bypass any other laws.”

“So that's how he got here.....What do we do Princess Celestia?” asked Twilight.

“Does your father have a weakness Dark Eater?” said Celestia.

“Oh well, I know a way that could beat him and we will need the Rainbow power but only if we make a deal.”

“A deal?”

“Yes, I will help you beat him on one condition, heck I will even come back to this cell, but no pony from this world will ever go back to the human world. I'll let Sunset Shimmer go back but no pony must ever go there ever again.”

“Why?”

“It's true, I hate my father and you rainbow trash but I will never allow my world's balance be broken. I will stay in Equestria after this over.”

Celestia paused for a second and then said, “Okay, we have a deal.”

“Good, then I'll tell you the one weakness of the Gem of Keys.”

“A weakness? Really?”

“Yes. It's user is the weakness. Oh and in order for this to work, I'll need a tiny dagger.”

Some time later....

In the fields right before the mountain to climb up to Canterlot stood a lone grey unicorn. The gem was glowing a bright red on the necklace he was wearing. His eyes were pure white, filled with malice.

“KILL KILL KILL, KILL EVERYTHING!!!”

“Hello Father.” said Dark Eater. “What are you doing here?”

“Dark Eater?! What are you doing here?”

“I'm here to beat you.”

“I am everything, you insignificant piece of garbage, how dare you try to stop me, your father! I am a being of higher power, that is why I killed our entire family! The reason I killed the garbage known as my wife or my siblings and my parents! I killed them all! They deserved nothing! That is why they must die! That is what I tried to raise you into but I knew you were a failure! You will die too!”

“...Right....” said Dark Eater and then he immediately charged into Violent Tempest. Violent Tempest immediately beat Dark Eater to the punch and slammed him into the ground. He began beating him into the ground and soon Dark Eater's bones began making cracking noises. “Now!” yelled Dark Eater.

The Mane Six immediately appeared and used the Rainbow Power into Violent Tempest. He immediately roared, “You think this insignificant amount of power will beat the Gem of Keys?!”

“No it won't.” said Dark Eater, “But its a good distraction.”

“Huh?” said Violent Tempest but it was too late, Dark Eater took the dagger out of his mouth and cut the necklace holding the gem. It fell off his body and immediately the Rainbow power flooded into Violent Tempest. He then fell, beaten. Before long, both were put into cells and the gem was sealed in a forbidden place inside Canterlot.

However, later that night...

“Heh heh heh, well, only one part of my original plan worked, get the gem and beat dear old dad. Oh well, so much for getting the gem.” Dark Eater said to himself as used tongue to push a small stone hidden behind his teeth. “This little guy could maybe make just one explosion. That will be enough.”

He then blew up his cell's bars and quickly escaped into the night. “Well, well, well, a whole world of magic to explore, this will be fun!”

TO BE CONTINUED IN 'Tales of Dark Eater'