It was a dark night in the city of Manehattan, the moon was being obscured by many dark clouds and the wind was covering the sound of a monster.

“NO!NO!GET AWAY FROM ME!” a frightened white Pegasus mare screamed as she ran down the deserted alleys of Manehattan, her wing had been damaged by her attacker and she could no longer fly. She then took the wrong turn right into a dead-end. As she turned she saw her attacker draw closer, it was a terrifying sight, the creature stood taller than any Minotaur but the rest of it was hidden in shadow. The Pegasus mare started to shake but managed “Please don’t” in a small voice.

The creature laughed cruelly “Ha, do you really think, I’m going to stop now!” the creature reached down with a shadowy claw “Now you’re…you know envy, your timing really sticks” the creature growled as it looked towards a tall building and near the top stood another shadowy creature.

Envy jumped down and said “Oh don’t let me interrupt. I don’t see your fasciation in raping these weak ponies, Anger, it’s not like they have any worth and what is this your twentieth victim?” as anger grabbed the scared Pegasus “They never live, so what’s the point?”

Anger laughed again as he forced his victims back legs apart “Twenty second, I’m just practising before I buck the shit out of the element of laughter’s bearer” he snarled before he roughly shoved a giant shadowy member into the poor Pegasus’s marehood, who let out a ear-piercing scream and blood began to leak out of her “Oh a virgin!” Anger stated with cruel satisfaction as he began to thrust in and out.

“I wonder if laughter, will laugh when you do that to her?” Envy joked as he traced his shadowy finger through the pool of blood forming and licked his fingers “Blood always tastes better through suffering”

Anger kept thrusting and laughed back “Well, What are you going to do with that cunt that bears loyalty?” he asked as his victim cried out for mercy “Silence you worthless, whore”

Envy was silent for a minute or so “I think, I might ensure she can’t die. So I can drain her of her blood and have a nice big glass of her each morning. Then the next day she’ll have a fresh glass for me” he said imagining it “Or maybe I’ll just give her to you”

Anger was intrigued “It’s rare for you to give anything. What do you want?” Anger said as he climaxed into the Pegasus and left his victim in a crumpled heap on the ground.

Envy laughed “Well, I want to listen to her scream”

Anger laughed “Never a dull moment with you” suddenly the Pegasus groaned.

“Oh she’s still alive” Envy observed, he bent down “Do you still want this one?”

Anger said “Yeah, I could use another pet, not all the mares I buck die and this’ll be my fifth pet” he seemed barely interested “I wonder what the others will do to the other bearers?”

“I’ll take a bet lust will buck Kindness, mercilessly” Envy added, he sounded disgusted at the mere thought “That guy always creeps me out”

Anger nodded as he attached hoof cuffs to his new pet “P…P..Please let me go!” the weak mare said “I have a sister, she needs me”

Anger’s natural cruelty appeared “Then, I’m sure she’ll cry over your grave” he sheared as he flipped the mare onto his shoulder “Are you ready to go meet the others?” he asked Envy.

Envy laughed again “Don’t I get a prize?” he joked.

Anger couldn’t help but sneer “Well, I suppose we could go grab this one’s sister but I thought you didn’t buck mares”

Envy gave Anger a piercing stare “I suppose I could try it since the rest of you already do it”

Anger turned his head towards his prize “Where is your sister?” he didn’t wait for an answer, his what we can assume was his tongue entered the mares mouth and started to move about.

“MMMMM!” the poor mare weakly resisted as the tongue did its job. She then said in an almost zombified state “She lives over there, master” as she pointed towards a tall building but her hoof was clearly pointing to one particular window.

Envy was pleased “I’ll go collect mine” he suddenly disappeared, he was gone two minutes before he returned with a sleeping yellow mare Pegasus pony with a long light blue mane. She was tightly bound in rope.

Anger laughed as he admired the new mare “You’ve defiantly got the cuter one!”

Envy looked at his prize and sighed “Yeah but yours is awake and her resistance was cute” The two evil beings then began to laugh and then disappeared in a combined cloud of purple smoke.

“AAAAAHHHH!” Pinkie Pie screamed awaking from her nightmare, her brow was soaked with sweat and unlike normal she couldn’t find the strength to smile “What was that?” she said to herself.

As Pinkie got up she rubbed the sleep from her eyes, she looked at her front hooves and she cried. She couldn’t help but cry, what she had seen was so terrible and it scared her. She walked towards her bathroom, as she turned on the tap, the door banged open and in charged Mr Cake.

“Pinkie, what’s wrong?!” he said with deep concern but seeing Pinkie, he felt worse than ever “Oh, dear are you okay?”

Pinkie collapsed into Mr Cake’s shoulder and cried “I..I..sa…w…I…I…..c..c…a…an’t…”

Mr Cake was studded, there were nightmares then there was this “SShhh there, there let it all out, it was just a nightmare”

“N..Nooo! You have to listen to me, they..th..ey” Pinkie continued to cry

Pinkie Pie was inconsolable, she was left crying for hours, and Mr and Mrs Cake were left with no choice. They called Twilight, who rushed over as soon as she could but what awaited her was worse than she could imagine. Pinkie upon seeing Twilight leapt forward and continued to cry into Twilight’s shoulder.

“Pinkie, Pinkie what happened?” asked Twilight trying to calm Pinkie down.

Pinkie however seemed completely devastated by what she had seen and Mr Cake stepped in “Earlier this evening we heard Pinkie scream and we came to see what was happening. When I got in, she was in her bathroom crying uncontrollably on the floor and she kept crying out about they”

Twilight turned to Mr Cake with Pinkie still keeping a tight hold “Did she say anything else?”

Mr Cake shook his head “Like you, we couldn’t help her and she was crying for hours” he said sadly “We have to do something”

Twilight sighed as she took hold of Pinkie’s shoulders and stared straight into her eyes “Pinkie, I know what you saw in your nightmare was terrible but if you don’t tell us, then I can’t help you” she said trying to sound as level headed as she could but even for logical Twilight her heart was breaking to see such a good friend in such

distress “Please Pinkie tell us?”

Pinkie sniffed “…I s..s..aw…mon…monsters in Manehattan!” it was then that it all became too much again and Pinkie’s resolve broke “Th..th..ey…a..r..e…g..oi…ng…to ahahah” she couldn’t help it, she started crying again.

Twilight decided now was the time to give Pinkie space “Okay, Pinkie, why don’t you try getting some more sleep? I’ll come back, at lunch time and we can have some lunch” she said trying to be as supportive as she could, she then turned to Mr and Mrs Cake who as of this moment were horrified by what they had seen “keep an eye on her” Twilight said to them unable to keep tears from her own eyes.

As Twilight left, she was intercepted by her number one assistant “So did you help Pinkie?” Spike asked clearly expecting the answer to be a cheerful yes. One look from Twilight blew that into tiny bits “What happened?” he couldn’t keep the worry from his voice.

“Pinkie had a nightmare that has shaken her up worse than ever, it had something to do with Manehattan and monsters!” Twilight said with tears continuing to pour down her face “What kind of nightmare could scare a pony like Pinkie Pie so badly?”

Spike thought about it “I always thought it was impossible. She always seems so happy and full of life” he said feeling scared “It can’t have been real though?”

Twilight knew that this was logical but something continued to bug her “Maybe but Pinkie seemed so sure and she always has had a sixth sense about this sort of thing” she mused as they walked into the castle, Twilight had a strange feeling she was being watched but when she turned her head all she saw was darkness “Must have been my imagination” she said to herself as the doors slammed shut.

If only.

Celestia and Luna had just finished raising the sun and lowering the moon, when Luna giggled and Celestia smiled “Oh, what’s so funny?” Celestia asked, it had been two weeks since their little meet up with Discord and Celestia had been feeling unusually calm “So when are we going to make the announcement?”

Luna returned her sister’s smile “Discord and I are still discussing how we are going to get this to work. So when are you going to do more with Twilight?” she teased “I would like her as my sister in law”

Celestia was silent for a moment while she thought it over, she had been in regular contact with Twilight and they had decided to take their relationship further “I think, I’ll announce it at the same time you announce the wedding and we can have a joint one”

Luna smirked “You think, I’m willing to share?” she joked, suddenly her eyes fell as a bit of hovering parchment floated towards Celestia and her sister opened it “What does it say?”

Celestia’s face fell as she said “Twilight says Pinkie Pie had a terrible nightmare, that has left the pony very distressed and they can’t get a straight answer from her” she turned to her sister “What kind of nightmare could do that?”

Luna was shaking “I can’t imagine, such nightmares shouldn’t be possible” she said fear beginning to creep into her words; she shook her head “Maybe Discord knows something?”

As they approached Discord’s room they prepared to enter the ever changing room. As the door opened, the room looked like an old fashioned saloon bar from the wild west and Discord was behind the bar “YEEHA! Welcome to the best bar in town! I’m Mr D and this here is my little slice of the west” he said in a terrible Cow pony impersonation “What can I get for, y’all?”

Luna couldn’t help but giggle, she had found she and Discord had things in common like their enjoyment of

cowpony films “Oh, Mr D can I have a shot of Whiskey and a massage?” she said playing along, as Discord appeared next to her and placed his paw on her tail “Oh you better do more”

Discord then shoved his claw into Luna’s marehood “How’s that?”

“It’s ahhhh” Luna moaned as she turned and kissed Discord.

Celestia groaned, her sister had lightened up since she and Discord had been spending more time together but she thought this hardly the time for such fun “Enough, Discord read this!” she said in a huff as she magically passed the note to Discord.

Discord took the scroll and read it “This isn’t possible?!” he croaked out, he clearly looked shaken “Luna controls dreams, nightmares of such power shouldn’t be possible but Twilight wouldn’t have lied about such things”

Celestia nodded “I know but you are the one who warned us about the elements of disunity’s return. Maybe their plan has changed?” she asked her voice shaking “Maybe by targeting laughter and trying to break her resolve”

Discord’s room changed to a plain white room with little detail to it “It’ll depend on what the nightmare entailed” Discord said his voice still shaking “If it were any other bearer then maybe the fear I feel wouldn’t be as great” he put his head on his paw “But it was Pinkie, it takes a lot to scare that pony, so whatever the nightmare showed clearly is beyond horror and despair”

Luna coughed “What if she saw part of the enemy’s plans?”

Discord dropped his head “Ouch! That is a possibility” he said as he picked up his head “If that were the case surely there would be at least a small sigh of it?”

Celestia thought back to her work from over the past fortnight “I’ll go to Ponyvile and talk with Pinkie myself”

Discord shook his head “That isn’t a good idea, if the enemy gets wind that Pinkie knows something, they might do something worse but if I head to Fluttershys’ and you send a message to Twilight asking her and Pinkie to meet me there” he paused “I can try to use my power to calm Pinkie and maybe get more details”

Luna nodded “Discord’s plan will probably work better” her voice then took on a darker tone “Also the enemy might take the opportunity to attack you”

Celestia had to agree “Alright, Discord we trust you but be careful” she said as she took out some scroll and writing equipment from a drawer that Discord had made appear “I’ll send word to Twilight”

“Come on Twilight, you have eat something” Spike said poking his oldest friend in the side with a plate. She had had just sat there since they had got back from Pinkie’s place, she seemed unable or unwilling to move “It might make you feel better?”

As Twilight sat at the kitchen table she pushed a small pile of parchment about, she still had tears leaking down her face “Spike, please I don’t want to”

Spike placed the plate on the counter “Well maybe, you should get more sleep and then you’ll feel better” he weakly suggested “Oh, we got some new books from Cloadsdale, maybe you should read one” he didn’t like seeing Twilight like this, she was the closest thing to his mother that he had ever had and it was upsetting him “Twilight! P..P..lease talk to me, I l…oo…ove you and I can’t stand to see you like this” he cried, tears streaming down his face.

Twilight turned her head towards him and she then embraced him in a hug “Spike! Oh no, I’m so sorry” she cried.

Spike hugged his friend “P..P...Please do..n’t shut me out!” he cried.

Twilight smiled down “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have been so selfish”

Spike smiled “I’m worried about Pinkie as well but you don’t have to worry about her alone, that’s what friends are for and your like my m…sister!” he managed.

Twilight hugged him “Well, look who’s opening up to his softer side?”

Spike suddenly looked cross “Yeah, right Twi, I’m a dragon and…that’s..just..silly” he said trying to hide a blush “I think…I hear…the kettle”

Twilight giggled “Oh you’re such a dragon”

Spike snorted “Yeah, I’m…BURP!” he let out a burp and some green flames with a scroll within the flames “It’s a message from the princess…here” he sighed, for about a fortnight every time a scroll had appeared Twilight had snatched it and read it before writing a reply herself.

This time however Twilight said “What does it say?”

Spike unfurled the scroll and read aloud “Twilight my fellow princess. Pinkie’s dream is a troubling sign of an oncoming threat. I have therefore decided to send a friend to meet you and Pinkie at the house of Fluttershy. Meet them there this afternoon and they’ll decide what further action should be taken. Yours Princess Celestia”

As the afternoon approached Twilight dashed outside the castle and “OOF!” she ran right into a passing stallion “Opps, I’m so… Bravesteel! What are you doing here?”

“I live here” the irritable Pegasus said. Unlike other ponies Bravesteel was one of the few that was very blunt with Twilight “I was just walking past, when you ran into me and knocked me over! What the hell lady? Can’t you run with your eyes open?”

Twilight couldn’t help but notice how cross the stallion was and what she noticed more was the unusual cutie mark he had but since they had met that had been something she had been curious about. She remembered back when Bravesteel had first arrived in Ponyvile, he was generally one of the most unpleasant ponies, she had ever met but not because he was horrible, he was just a pony who didn’t like company and he may have had the excuse as one of two known survivors, of what had been come to be known as the Hopetown massacre. He had been away for a year and a half since working with Shining Armour as a guard but now she could only assume he was here on leave.

He coughed “SO, Princess where are you going in such a rush?” he asked clearly not interested as he picked up his stuff.

Twilight was taken aback “Um, I’m going to Pinkie Pie’s place, she had a...”

“Nightmare, I heard from Mr Cake, they’re worried sick but I wouldn’t know why” he interrupted as he stared Twilight dead in the eyes “She’ll be fine, I have nightmares every night”

“WHAT?!” Twilight asked stunned “But Luna should be protecting your dreams”

Bravesteel sighed “I’ve learned just to live with it”

Twilight suddenly had a thought “You need to come with me”

Bravesteel snorted “You could at least buy me a drink first. I’ve got business to attend to elsewhere, I’ve heard some fillies have been picking on, Applebliss and I’m going over to kick their teeth in”

Twilight frowned “You can’t do that. They’re fillies they don’t know any better” she said trying to appeal to Bravesteel’s logical side “Please I can help you”

Bravesteel turned away “You think, I want your help?”

“Please, let me help you?” Twilight said again as he began to walk away, he seemed to have more scars up and down his coat since she had last seen him “If you come, I’ll call off your debt to Discord!”

Suddenly laughter escaped Bravesteel but it was cold, unsympathetic laughter “You’re a fool. How any foolish mare like you became a princess will be beyond me until the day I die” he said with a frown now clearly on his face as he turned his head “I don’t want your or any other pony’s help!”

Twilight stared helplessly as Bravesteel walked away “You haven’t forgiven yourself yet, have you?” she mumbled.

Bravesteel stopped and turned “S..S…hut up!” he screamed as tears began to pour from his eyes “I..”

He suddenly sat down as Twilight walked towards him and wrapped a hoof around him “Come on, Shining Armour said you’ve been doing well and your clearly a dedicated stallion” she reassured him “Let me help”

Bravesteel continued to cry “O..Okay” he sniffed.

As they walked along the street, Twilight looked at the stallion next to her and couldn’t help but admire how determined he seemed. He seemed so self-reliant but let he seemed conflicted “So, do you have any friends here?”

“No”

“Do you have a mare friend?”

“No”

“Do you have any interests?”

“I wasn’t aware this was an interview!” he snapped, he was back to be Mr Personality “Now if you don’t mind let’s get this over with”

“Sorry” they were silent until they got to Sugar cube corner “Here we are…Are you okay?” she noticed, Bravesteel was looking over his shoulder with a frown on his face and was reaching into his saddle bag.

“We’re being followed” he said with a distrusting look over towards a trash can as he pulled out a short sword but Twilight looked around there was no pony on the street “Get inside”

Twilight decided she didn’t want to argue “Be careful” as she walked into the shop, she noticed Mr Cake was by the window watching Bravesteel “What do you think?”

“I think he’s…Oh no!” Mr Cake saying rearing up “It’s a monster!”

Twilight looked out the window and saw a tall shadow creature, who as of this moment was overshadowing the Pegasus who had attached the sword to his right wing “Who are you?!” screamed Bravesteel. Twilight thought it strange he had only attached a single sword.

“Ohohoh, a fool wants to fight me. Why should it matter to the dammed?” the shadow mocked as it began to approach “I think, I’ll drive you insane before I kill you”

It may have been a trick of the light but Twilight was convinced she saw Bravesteel smiling “Too late for that. I’m already insane” he mocked back.

The shadow swayed “You have nerve, I’ll give you that but I wonder if I can tap into my vice that lies dormant within you?” it seemed to pondering “Give me the Princess and I’ll spare you”

Bravesteel frowned “I may be bucking asshole but I’m no traitor!” he yelled.

“Ha, give up you pathetic fool!” the shadow said not realizing just how stupid what it had said was.

Bravesteel lugged forward “For HOPETOWN!” he yelled

His action took the creature by surprise and his hoofs made contact and pushed the being onto the ground “How dare you?!” the shadow screamed “I’ll be back and when I do, I’ll buck the shit out of your princesses!” it then disappeared in a puff of smoke. Bravesteel looked around clearly wanting to continue the fight and finding he could no longer see the creature, put the sword away and walked into the shop.

As he entered the shop he growled “Celestia damn it!” he reared onto his hind legs and slammed his hooves into the floor “He got away!” his hooves left a hole.

It was then that Twilight noticed the concerned look on his face “What is it?”

Bravesteel turned his head “Nothing”

Mr Cake turned to him “If it were nothing you wouldn’t be frowning. Now answer the question!” he told Bravesteel with an assertive look “I’m not asking, I’m telling”

Bravesteel walked up to Mr Cake and stared him dead in the eye “I will not” he said simply “I don’t take orders from a baker!”

“But you do take orders from my brother. Now please share what you know” Twilight thought she saw fear in Bravesteel’s eyes but on closer inspection couldn’t see it.

Bravesteel took a deep breath “I have seen a similar creature in the Crystal empire, when Sunnybreeze was…” he shuddered “Killed”

Mr Cake frowned “Who was Sunnybreeze?” he asked

“She was one of the cook ponies. I was on guard duty two months ago, earlier that evening I had been chatting to Sunnybreeze, she was one of kindest mares I knew and she was my only friend” tears were beginning to form in his eyes “I was patrolling near a store room when, I heard the scream and I ran towards it….”

Twilight got the impression what he had seen was painful “Please keep going”

Bravesteel shuttered again “I..I..I came around the corner, then I saw it the creature was standing over the dying form of Sunnybreeze but it disappeared. I took Sunnybreeze to the hospital but she died a few hours later” he explained “The injuries were beyond hope”

Twilight was horrified “Why haven’t I heard anything about this?”

Bravesteel growled “Very few know about it, Shining Armour and I are the only ones other than the doctor who knew anything about it” he took out a small bit of Parchment but Twilight knew it on sight “An honourable discharge”

“But why?” asked Twilight “Shining Armour said you were improving”

“Yeah, well after Sunnybreeze’s death, I was patrolling near the borders of the Griffon Kingdom and my comrade set off an aerial trap” he explained further “There was about five of us and I saved two others but our second in command was killed. I damaged my wing in the explosion and it will take a long time to heal” as he said this he pointed to his left wing which was heavily bandaged.

Mr Cake said “Wait I do remember reading about that in Equestria Daily. You were given the Commander Hurricane medal of valour!” as he said this Bravesteel pulled out a single medal in the shape of a Pegasus with its wings outstretched and threw it on the floor “Wait what are you doing?”

Bravesteel frowned “Keep it, I got a medal; big deal that doesn’t bring back the two ponies that died does it?”

Twilight was stunned “You saved two others”

“Yeah and” he growled

Mr Cake retrieved the medal from the floor “And what? You saved lives that’s what matters”

Bravesteel took the medal and frowned “It doesn’t help with my nightmares” and he dropped the medal into his saddle bag “Every night it’s the same, I’m in Hopetown and I can’t save my family. I try to run to save them but then I see Sunnybreeze in a pool of blood and I freeze unable to move as the shadow creature laughs at me”

Pinkie Pie suddenly appeared next to him with her eyes big, red and puffy. Her expression was downright depressing “You’re suffering, please smile and I can throw you a party” she said but with none of her usual excitement, her voice sad and defeated “I don’t want to see a sad pony, who never smiles”

Bravesteel looked at Pinkie with a very confused expression but then a small natural smile appeared on his lips “Okay but you have to smile too” he said and then he hugged her “You remind me of my other sister, she was always smiling and cheerful”

Twilight was stunned, suddenly they were both laughing and Bravesteel’s laugh was nice. Pinkie pulled out a cake and gave it to him “Here, enjoy be happy” she said as he took a bite and chewed happily.

“Oh, Pinkie” he said dangerously

“yeah…” she started but was met with an almighty splat! Bravesteel had grabbed a nearby cake and splatted it into her face. Far from being unhappy, Pinkie laughed “Oh it’s on!”

What followed was unequalled chaos, with Pinkie and Bravesteel grabbing whatever foodstuffs they could and throw at the other but Twilight was defiantly getting the worst of it. After a few minutes of furious pie, cake and whatever else throwing, Pinkie and Bravesteel were left panting with a pie in each hoof and ready to get the other.

“Surrender, Pinkie, I have beaten you and that’s that” Bravesteel said chocking out a laugh.

“Yeah, right I got you at least hundred more times than you got me” Pinkie said panting with a grin.

“That doesn’t make any sense” Bravesteel laughed back.

Twilight groaned “Enough, you each got one another but Pinkie, I think I saw Bravesteel get you twice more than you did. Now if…” SPLAT! Both Bravesteel and Pinkie had thrown the pies at Twilight, all four hit her and left her covered in pie “That’s it!”

Using her magic she levitated the mess all over Pinkie and Bravesteel, who both rolled about the floor laughing and despite the mess they both never looked better

After they had finished cleaning up, Bravesteel was sitting at the main counter chatting with Pinkie as Twilight approached “…so I placed a water balloon in her bed and…” Bravesteel was telling Pinkie, then he noticed Twilight “Oh, Princess, I’m sorry didn’t you want to talk with Pinkie?”

Twilight couldn’t help but notice the massive grin on his face “It’s quite alright, you two seem to be getting on but what happened?” she said with a confused smile “You were both so depressed before you were in the same room”

Pinkie and Bravesteel looked at each other “I don’t know, one second I felt terribly sad, then I saw Bravesteel and I wanted to see him smile” Pinkie said with returned enthusiasm “When he laughed, I dunno, I felt better and

then that food fight!” she giggled.

“It was like; I was reborn and better than ever!” Bravesteel explained with a smile “Thanks Twilight and Pinks”

Pinkie Pie smiled, reaching forward and grabbing his hoof “You ever feel grumpy wumpy again, you come back here and I’ll be happy to introduce you to defeat”

Bravesteel then smiled back “Oh really” he said as his tail swished “Cause last time I checked I won”

Twilight sighed, as she placed a hoof between them “We still have to go meet, Celestia’s friend and we are already late. Bravesteel, will you come with us, please?”

Bravesteel face went to a more sombre look “Ok but what’s wrong?” noticing the unpleasant expression on Twilight’s face “I’ll help if I can”

Discord’s patience was being strained to the limit as he sat with Fluttershy, who had served up some tea and cakes. “Argh, where are they? They can’t be this late!” Discord fumed as he took a sip from his cup.

Fluttershy mumbled “Maybe they’re just outside” as she took another sip of her tea.

“I’m sorry, Flutters, but waiting here is not my idea of fun and Twilight has never been late!” Discord said trying to sound more levelled headed “I wonder if Pinkie is worse than…”

“OHOH, do you know Rainbow Dash!?” asked a hyper active female voice from outside, that was clearly Pinkie Pie

Another more sombre voice male voice said “Yes, but have you met Shining Armour?”

“hehe, of course, have you met Princess Celestia?” asked the female voice.

“Ah, you got me there, I haven’t met her. I guess you win” said the male voice

“Enough! You’ve each named about fifty different ponies!” said a third female voice as a knock came on the door. Fluttershy walked over to the door as Discord wondered who the male pony could be “Sorry Fluttershy”

Discord turned his head and dropped his cup “Oh, it’s quite alright, Twilight. It’s nice to see you, Bravesteel and Pinkie Pie” Fluttershy said as she led the new comers in “Bravesteel this is Discord”

Bravesteel however was staring daggers at Discord “Yeah, we’ve met” he said unable to keep the disgust from his voice “Sorry Twilight, I can’t stay” as he turned to leave but Fluttershy blocked his path.

“S..So..orrry but Celestia has said no pony is to leave, till Discord has got the information” she said meekly, looking up at the tall stallion “Please!” she then squeaked.

Bravesteel eyes softened “Alright, but if he turns me pink again, I’m so gone” he said with a curt nod to Discord “Hey!” his vision had gone pink.

“What! You didn’t say anything about you seeing pink?” Discord joked but Bravesteel clearly didn’t find it funny as he turned. Discord calmly snapped his claw and Bravesteel’s vision returned to normal “There Happy?” to which Bravesteel nodded.

“Alright, enough you two. Let’s get started” Twilight interrupted.

Author's Note

I really hate writing dark things, but it it's done. I know writing Pinki pie as depressed was a dark decision but I wanted to try and portray my vilians as evil as possible. Bravesteel was a tough choice but it was either him or creating an OC character from scratch. If you want to know his backstory, well check My Endless Darkness. It's non essential but that's the place to check. Please remember to review and have a nice day.