The Rise of Darkhorse Elusive!

Somewhere within the deeper levels of the Castle of the 2 brothers's remains, a dark energy, a lingering will that refused to leave was just sitting there, floating.

"I hate Dusk Shine, I hate Dusk Shine's Friends, I hate my brother Solaris, I hate them all!" It said in an echoing whisper. "I shall get my revenge on all of them. I shall make the night last forever, I refuse to die here! ...Hmm?"

Then he sensed a dream going very wrong!

"This nightmare, I sense it contains more than enough energy to bring me back! Yes, this is my chance for revenge on Dusk Shine, Solaris, and especially...that damn Prince Artemis!" Then off the energy went to the source of the nightmare.

Meanwhile...

"No!" exclaimed a dark colored alicorn. "I thought he was destroyed, I've got to stop him!" Then he jumped out f his balcony and rushed through the night. "I cannot tell Solaris."

Meanwhile in Ponyville...

At the top floor of a boutique, Elusive was twisting & turning in his bed, sweating furiously...

"(We...w-we were so close many times!)"

Then we see what he's dreaming about...

"(We were always so close to losing ourselves! There was the time when Eris attempted to end our friendship, then there was when Queen Umbra almost enslaved us, then there was when we almost lost one of us on multiple occasions! Such as Dusk Shine being banished when Presto had the alicorn amulet, or Rainbow Blitz whenever he crashes into the ground when his aerodynamic stunts turn awry, I'm glad we don't have to worry about Bubble Berry. I just wish that I don't end-up alone whenever we do these kinds of life threatening situations!)"

He then flashes back to all of them. When Butterscotch was a bat pony, when Elusive was kidnapped by Diamond Dogs, when Apple Juice and his family lost to the Shim Sham sisters and had to leave, when Barb...

"(Oh Barb, I wish you can grow-up safely and become a fine dragoness.)"

"( *Sniff* *sniff* those sentiments for your friends, they surely are heartwarming, but I have my own agendas to attend to you know.)"

"(H-who's there? Show yourself!)"

"(I wasn't really planning on hiding you know.)"

"(Darkhorse Nebula?)"

"(Well I'm not Dedede, the king of dream world himself!)"

"(What do you want?)"

"(This nightmare you're having has now given me enough power to return, and now I shall takeover your body.)"

"(What?)"

Then his dream became darker & darker as it turned to nothing but a void.

"(No, stop this you monster, No! No! No!)"

Meanwhile...

"What?!" 2 blurted.

"Darkhorse Nebula is alive?"

"How can that be? Dusk & our friends destroyed him! Y..you did destroy him right?" Barb said while shaking

"Yes, we did."

"That may be true but there's something you're not aware of about my story as Darkhorse Nebula. When I returned as that accursed demon, I was also attempting to regain all of my power, for after I was banished, all of my power didn't come with me to the moon."

"So...the pony of shadows story was true after all?"

"I hoped it would have dissipated after I returned to normal, but sadly, that is just not the case."

"Then we gotta stop Darkhorse Nebula before he..." Barb was cut-off.

"I'm afraid he's already taken over Elusive's body, now he's coming after the rest, and shall pick us off one-by-one!"

"Then we gotta hurry! Barb, I'll use a spell so we can all communicate telepathicaly, we'll split-up and search for him!"

"Agreed, if any of us locate him, alert us!"

Then after that, they split-up.

Meanwhile in Butterscotch's cottage...

A dark mist found it's way through the fire place, it then entered Buttercotch's room as he slept. Then the mist took form! A horrifying fusion of Elusive & Darkhorse Nebula stood before the sleeping pegasus. Buttersotch felt the presence causing him to stir, and then awoke to see Bubble Berry's face.

"Bubble Berry, you almost scared me, what are you doing here at this hour?"

"..."No response.

"Bubble Berry, what's wrong?"

Then the head dropped.

"Bub...Bubble Berry?!" A very shocked Butterscotch shrieked as he jumped out of his bed! He then turned the lamp on his nightstand on, and what was next only caused him to shout in abject horror as the dark figure in front of him held a dead Angela Bunny in it's mouth.

"Elus..." Then Darkhorse Elusive stabbed his horn into Butterscotch's neck, blood splattering all over the place!

"2 down, 6 more to go!"

"(Stop this you monster!)" Elusive demanded.

"Oh hush, look on the bright side..." Then he turned to a heart shaped picture frame on Butterscotch's nightstand, it had a picture of Barb in it. "No more competition for Barb's claw in marriage!"

"(So help me, if you do anything to Barby warby, I will...)"

"You'll what? Your will is slowly assimilating into mine & you're a little tied-up at the moment!"

Then we see within Darkhorse & Elusive's mind, that the darkness is overtaking it, while Elusive's will while still strong is being absorbed into Darkhorse Nebula's own will. Then we also See Elusive's soul unable to move.

"Now then, just accept it, it'll be easier that way."

"(Never! I shall resist you as much as I can!)"

"Even so, you can't do anything about it, and I'll soon become the new ruler of Equestria."