The Dark Side of Equestria

"Lynx, tell me what the problem is," Keith said with concern in his eyes. "Why haven't you got over this.".

Keith and Lynx sat together on the red couch together, trying to figure what has happened in the last few months. Keith knew he would have to take notes so he brought his saddle bags with a pin and paper, but what Lynx didn't know he brought a small box with him also.

It was the morning after since the argument and kiss, they even missed breakfast.

"Well," Lynx began. "I'm not only having nightmares about Brax.".

"What do you mean?".

"I'm also having dreams about that night, no twist or anything, just that night.".

"Do you think it's Brax's doings?".

"I know it's his doings. I've long gotten over this.".

"I think he is trying to get to you.".

"I know he is, but one thing I don't get is how I ended up in the hospital.".

"Did you attempt... you know.".

"I don't remember.".

"I'm sorry, Lynx. I wish I could help you remember.".

"Me too.".

"Lynx," Keith looked at his saddle bag. "I have to ask you something...".

"Ask away.".

Keith stepped off the couch and pulled out a small velvet box.

Lynx gasped in shock.

Keith opened it, inside was a ring with a chain around it.

Keith sighed and smiled.

"Lynx, you are very important to me, I love you. I know that I don't show it sometimes by not hugging you or kissing you, but I do love you. This is something that I've been wanting to ask, for weeks now. What I'm trying to say is, I'd like to, um, get married. With you, and only you. Will you marry me, Lynx?".

Lynx began to cry tears of joy and jumped into Keith's arms, making them fall onto the ground.

"Yes!" Lynx shouted.

Then, suddenly, Lynx kissed Keith, realizing what she was doing Lynx broke the kiss and got off of Keith.

"I'm sorry, I-"

Lynx was interrupted by a kiss from Keith.

Another tear fell from her eye.

Shocked, but happy, Lynx closed her eyes and kissed back.

After they broke the kiss and Lynx put on the engagement ring necklace, there was a knock at the door.

Princess Lynx stood up, helped her fiance up to his hooves, walked to the door, and opened the door. It was Prince Josh.

"What is it, Josh?" Lynx asked, concerned.

"The princesses and I were concerned for you, Keith, and Mary because you didn't come to breakfast, I was just making sure you all were alright," Prince Josh answered.

"Well, Keith and I are here, but Mary isn't, are you sure she isn't in the library or in her room?".

"We've checked everywhere, no one has seen her.".

"That's odd.".

"Princess! Princess!" a deep voice shouted.

Shortly after the voice shouted, the head of the guard appeared next to Prince Josh.

"Yes, sir?" Princess Lynx asked, even more concerned.

"Brax and his minions! They are on their way to The Dark Side!".

Lynx gasped. "Alert my sisters, immediately!".

"Yes, Princess!".

With that command, the head of the guard galloped away to order the other guards.

Lynx looked towards Keith and then Josh.

"Don't just stand there! Get ready!" Lynx commanded.

"Right!" Keith and Josh said, galloped to their rooms.

"This is war...".

Princess Lynx galloped over to her bed-side table, opened the drawer, and took out a pen and paper.

Dear Princess Birdie...

Meanwhile...

"Princess Birdie, Princess Diamond!" Prince Keith called.

"What's wrong, what's going on?" Birdie asked.

"Brax is about to attack, we need to get ready!".

Princess Birdie and Princess Diamond looked at each other, and without saying another word, the two mares galloped off to their room.

"Well that was easy," Prince Josh said. "Too easy."

Back to Lynx...

After Princess Lynx was done writing her letter, she heard a tapping at the balcony window again.

I'm not even going to try to guess...

Princess Lynx walked over to her window, opened the curtains, and opened the window.

Luna...

"Why are you on my balcony?" Lynx asked, slight annoyance in her voice.

"I heard you were in the hospital, but came back, I was making sure you were alright," the Princess of the Night answered.

"Well as you can see, I am perfectly fine and even if I wasn't in good health we have bigger issues to deal with.".

"I see.".

There was a slight pause.

"Lynx, I have something to tell you or, rather, show you," Princess Luna said, breaking the silence.

"What is it Luna?" Lynx asked.

"Let me show you.".

Suddenly, Lynx and Luna were teleported to a blank white space full of screens with what looked like most of Lynx's dreams and memories. What am I talking about they were all of Lynx's dreams and memories.

"Luna, these are all my-" Lynx began to say.

"Yes, these are all of your memories and dreams, but there is one memory in particular I want to show you," Luna interrupting Lynx, walking her to the panel that she need to show Lynx. "Lynx, this was the morning, when you were rushed to the hospital.".

"I remember this, I thought it was just a dream.".

"No, little sister. This was an actual event. Shall we continue?

Lynx hesitated for a moment. "Yes.".

With a glow of her alicorn horn, she began to play the memory.

In the memory...

Princess Lynx sat on the edge of her bed sobbing into her hooves. After a few moments of this, yellow eyes with purple smoke coming out of the corners stood behind Lynx's crying body. It then disappears and Lynx glows with the evil magic for a total of 3 seconds but then stops.

Lynx then looks at her bed-side table, pulls out the drawer, gets a knife, slits her wrists, then stabs her shoulder.

Then, Keith walks in and walks out of her room with a passed out and bloody Lynx, but, but for only a second, we see Brax smiling evilly at the door.

End of memory...

Princess Lynx stood there in shock that she actually did that, not only that, it wasn't a dream, it was all true.

"That's what I wanted to show you, I am sorry that I had to show it too," Princess Luna said, breaking the silence again. "Trust me, I am just as shocked as you are-"

Luna was interrupted by Lynx, hugging her. Lynx hasn't hugged Luna in years, but, although she was shocked, she hugged back, she missed and longed for the hugs from her little sister and now she had gotten what she wished for a long time.

"Thank you, Luna. I really needed to know what happened," Lynx said smiling. "I would also like to apologize for my behavior and ignoring you for all these years, I missed you Lu-Lu.".

Although Luna knew that nickname was stolen from Discord, and she hated that nickname, but she would always make an exception for Lynx, because she loved Lynx.

After they broke the hug, they were teleported back into Lynx's room and Lynx realized that she had to get ready for a war.

"Oh my gosh! Luna we have to get ready for battle, but first, I want you to give these letters to Princess Diamond and Princess Birdie, tell them it's from me and they can't read it until after the war," Lynx ordered.

"Alright, be safe, sister," Luna said, exiting through Lynx's bedroom door.

I'll try...

A few minutes later...

Everyone was in their armor, ready for battle, and of course with their weapon of choice.

Lynx with her Scythe and Keith, Diamond, Josh, and Birdie with their swords.

They, the other Princesses, Twilight's friends and brother, and the entire royal guard was on the good side and, Brax and his demon-like minions on the opposite side, but, there was a pony in a long hooded cloak beside Brax, no pony knew who it was.

This was the final fight, the final fight against what is good and what is evil. This is war.

"Brax! You have one last chance to surrender!" Princess Lynx said.

Brax laughed evilly and smirked. "Like I would surrender to you!".

"So be it!".

Princess Lynx let out a battle cry, which was then followed by a whole group of battle cries from the good and bad army.

Then, each army began to merge into a war. All a pony could hear would be weapons clashing and screams from fallen ponies, this war was bloody, any pony would've figured that out.

"Lynx!" Princess Diamond called. "I'm surrounded!".

"I got your back!" Princess Lynx replied, backing up the hot pink alicorn.

Lynx killed the surrounding minions with a swift swing of her scythe.

"Thanks!" Diamond shouted.

"No problem," Lynx said.

"Lynx," a calm, familiar, voice called.

"Who is that?" Lynx asked, dodging attacks.

"Lynx.".

"I'm coming!" Lynx answered, going towards the unknown voice while killing more of the minions.

Lynx chased after the voice until she was in the Everfree Forest and saw what she thought was disembodied voice, the hooded figure that stood by Brax earlier.

"What do you want?" Lynx asked, holding her scythe with her magic.

The hooded figure, took the hood off, it was Mary.

"Mary?" Lynx asked in shock to see one of her best friends. "What are you doing on Brax's side?".

"Doing something I should've done a long time ago!" Mary answered, drawing her sword and attempting to attack Lynx.

Lynx dodged and took off in the air, Mary followed. Lynx tried to fly away, but she wasn't fast enough and Mary caught up to her, without noticing, they were above the battlefield.

"What are you doing?!" Lynx asked blocking Mary's attack with her scythe.

"Trying to fight you!" Mary answered, slashing with her sword again.

"Why?! I thought you were my best friend!".

"You thought wrong! You were nothing but a toy to my own game!".

"No! You were there for me and I was there for you, you can't believe what you're saying!".

"No! You were never for me, I was always there for you! You never truly cared for me!".

"Yes I did!".

"Liar!" With that final quote, Mary stabbed Lynx in the torso.

Mary looked Lynx in the eye while holding the sword in Lynx's stomach. "You never cared for me, and now, you will die!".

Then, in one fluid motion, Mary took the sword out, letting Lynx fall, but, just in time, Prince Keith got a bad feeling and looked up at the sky just in time to see Lynx fall.

Keith, in a flash, killed off the minion he was fighting, he flew up to catch Lynx, landed back on the ground, made a force field around the two of them so that no one could interfere, he looked into Lynx's dying eyes, and let a tear fall down his face.

"Hey, you," Lynx said in raspy voice. "Don't cry for me, you need to stay strong, you got a kingdom to run and a war to win, I need you to do something for me."

"Anything," Keith replied holding back tears.

"I need you to smile, I don't wanna die seeing you crying.".

Keith smiled sadly, Lynx put a hoof on his cheek, and, then, she was gone, just like that.

Keith held Lynx close to his chest one last time then stood up. He let the tears fall, but he wasn't only sad, he was full of rage. He let out his front right leg and gripped a gigantic black and blue scythe.

This scythe had a black handle, a silver blade with a blue bandage wrapped around the top of the handle.

The Infuriated Prince let down the force field and looked all around in search of Brax.

"Brax! Where are you?!" Keith screamed.

"Over here!"shouted Brax, taunting Keith.

Brax stroke Keith in the shoulder with his sword, making Keith flinch. Then, suddenly, the two enemies were teleported to a dark space. Keith looked around frantically trying to find Brax. Then, he saw those evil eyes, he knew all too well and he lunged forward leaving a scar on his eye.

Brax flinched and lunged forward, but Keith blocked him, then put the scythe up to his neck then pushing him against the wall. For once, Keith saw fear and pain in Brax's eyes. Keith replaced the scythe with his left front leg to raise his scythe.

When Brax didn't feel that last bit of pain he opened his eyes and saw that, not only was he not against the wall, but Keith was also sitting on the other side of the area.

Brax walked cautiously over to Keith.

"Why didn't you kill me?" Brax asked, shocked.

"I may be angry, but I am not a monster like you," Keith answered.

Brax looked shocked at the young alicorn. Then he teleported back to the war with Keith.

Brax flew above the battle. "Stop!" Brax shouted. "We surrender!"

Then, all the minions disappeared and all that was left was ninety percent of the good side, including Diamond, Keith, Josh and Birdie plus Brax and Mary.

Brax flew back down and stood in front of the good side.

"I'm sorry," Brax said boldly.

There were a few shocked gasps and whispers throughout the good side.

"I shouldn't have done these things to everyone, I was wrong," Brax paused for a moment. "I shouldn't have done these things just because I was jealous of everyone because they had friends and loves and I never did." Brax concluded. "I'm sorry.".

Brax then teleported away.

Mary then came out of the forest with a hoof on her head.

"What the heck hap-"

Mary then saw what she did. "No... No! NO!".

Mary ran to Lynx's side.

"NO!".