Escape to the North

  Night in the forest is very dangerous. Every animal knows that, even a  young, defensless deer, which was looking for something or someone. Shouldn't he be with his mom or dad? So many predators wait for poor kids like this one. Where is his mum? Maybe somewhere around a river, where the small deer left her. No, nothing there. Suddenly something moved in the bushes. Mummy? It was his last thought.

            Everything happened so fast. A big black beast jumped onto the young deer, and dipped his teeth into a gently brown neck.

Hmm blood. I need more blood. It is so tasty

thought Werewolf, biting off a big piece of meat from little buck's still warm body.

         Suddenly, something appeared in front of him. It was like a black fog with red dots.

                    "Who are you?" asked the gravely beast, standing up.

                     "We are minions of the great Celestia. She sent us to help you. What is you order?" said the black ghost with red eyes as his companions appeared behind him.

                     "I already have a plan, but you could be useful anyway," replied the thoughtful beast, sitting down next to the dead deer. "Kill their leader, but do it when he will be alone," said before bitting into a neck of his victim.

                   "As you wish my master," said Shadow, and five ghosts disappeared.

Oh yes. They will be very helpful. A leader's death will break the herd and then I'll have an easier job bringing them to Celestia

thought Werewolf, before tearing into another big piece of meat. It was his last dinner because tomorrow he'll die. Planed death. Strange, don't you think?

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    Twilight, for two weeks during her travel, was trying to read the black book, but thank to Grey, she wan't have enough time to immerse herself in reading, until one evening.

At least. I have done everything and now I can go sleep

she thought, and began to lying into her sleeping bag, whe she froze. The black book was in the bag a few centimeters next to her. A temptation was too big  big that Twilight took the book and started reading.

                   "Comae, sui rou te fili sirit...," she started whispered.

                     "Hello Twilight. Do you have my hairbrush?" Rarity suddenly came into the tent as Twilight's horn lit up in black.

                  "Run Rarity! Run!" the purple alicorn yelled desperately but it was too late. Black magic held Rarity and drained her power. The black book fell on the ground, opened on the page with a title "Cobra"- spell which can take out someone's magic abilities.

Twillight ran to Rarity, when she fell down on the ground without conscious.

                "Rarity! Are you alright? Rarity?!" she yelled, but her friend didn't respond. When Twilight looked at her friend's flank, she froze.

              "Where is your cutie mark?" the purple alicorn sat down on the ground, still staring at white clear unicorn's flank.

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     Rarity has been blinded by a light bouncing from her tent's ceiling. Suddenly something very blurry and colorful appeared in her view. Her dimmed mind recognize Rainbow Dash.

               "What happened?" Rarity asked half-awake before looking around. Her vision was clearling and she spotted Applejack and Fluttershy standing next to her sleeping bag.

    Applejack pointed hoof to the place where Rarity's cutie mark should've been, but this place was clear.

              "Where is my cutie mark?" Rarity tried to levitated a small rock from the ground using her magic, but nothing happened.

              "Where is my magic?!" she yelled with tears flowing down her face.  Rarity wasn't an unicorn anymore, she become just a horse with an useless horn.

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       Twillight stood in front of Rarity's tent. She didn't have enough courage to look in those blue eyes. The young alicorn blamed herself for what happened to her friend. Someone's cries came out from a purple tent. The cries hit Twilight's heart like a big hammer, which was thrown by the strongest pony in this world. Her tears where pinching her eyes like a thousand small nails, but it was too late to fix events. Rarity lost her magic forever and it was Twilight's fault.

            "I know what happened to your kamrat. You don't have to say anything,"Grey said, coming closer to the hopeless alicorn. Twillight turned to him and looked at his tired eyes.

            "It was my fault. I wish I never touched that book!" she cried as she hugged a grey, old wolf.

            "You still have a chance to make things right. You can't give her magic back, but you can help her to accept her fate. There is nothing more, than you can do," Grey looked at  Rarity's tent as Applejack went out. She looked at them with despair on her face.

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         The sun came down, and darkness covered the whole world. This silence of the night is like pain reliever. The sounds of nothing, what could be more beautiful than this? Everything was sleeping, even the wind was lazily moving the leaves on the trees, composing a calm song of the forest. The black mass of treetops were swinging from side to side, whispering something, that could be understand only by wild animals. This moment was perfect to lost yourself in your thoughts.

        The memories of Twilight's deeds, which led to took of Rarity's soul, were to heavy for the purple alicorn. And there was no option to fix her sins. What should she do? Run away? Maybe it's a sollution. She could leave book in camp, and escape. Somewhere, as far as possible.

         The purple alicorn stood on the small glade drowned in moonlight, which moved out behind a dark cloud. The memories of her life began flying in front of Twilight. Like the ghosts of the past tried to show her, what she lost. Twilight saw her first visit to Ponyville, when forever happy Pinkie Pie ran away from her to prepare a party, where everypony had a great fun.

        In front of the purple eyes moved an image of the eternally busy Rarity. However, no matter how busy she was, she always found time for her friends and young sister.

       Twilight saw a strong pony working on an apple farm, for which family was the most important thing in her life. The second one were her friends. Very protective and ready to help everypony, even if somepony would come to her in the middle of the night.

      Suddenly, an amazing rainbow moved through the black sky, but it disappeared as quick as it appeared. It was the same rainboom as on the competition in Cloudsdale. It was when Rainbow Dash saved Rarity before she hit the ground. Twilight wished to see the Rainboom one more time.

      Twilight heard a wonderful bird's song somewhere in bushes, but she knew that it is just another illusion. It was  Fluttershy's bird choir. The yellow pegasus was almost like an angel. Living near the Everfree forest, ready to help everypony and every animal on this world. She was like an angel.

         But now, everything was gone. The laughter died with Pinkie Pie,  Rainbooms stopped lighting up the skies in colorful circles. The clouds, which were as white as snow, seems to be grayer and heavier. The blue skies dissaperead behind this depressing mass. Even the forest was broken up. Twilight could almost hear it crying and sobbing quietly. No more animals will get help from an angel in pegasus body. This angel died, murdured by a monster. A monster which Fluttershy loved. At least she is still alive, but with what cost? Her mind is stocked beyond two souls, and she was looking for something, even she doesn't know for what.

       Even Applejack has changed.  Drowned in her powerless, she was trying to protect her friends, but she was just a simple earth pony. What could she do? Twilight noticed that her emerald eyes weathered a bit. They were full of helplessness. Applejack has been condemned to watch her friends breaking up and how their earlier personalities dissappearing in shadows.

          And Rarity. Yeah, she use to make an amazing dresses. Thanks to her magic, she was able to make perfect stitches, but now she won't   be able to sow anything anymore, because stitching by hooves is almost impossible.  Twilight's temptation took away Rarity's sense of her life, turning her into a simple horse with a useless horn. Who could predict that innocent curiousity will destroy so many lifes.

           Twilight closed her eyes. Too many memories overflowed before her eyes. She couldn't watch them anymore.  Shh, listen to the silence. The purple alicorn remembered her carefree childhood, near her brother and loveling Celestia. What happened? Why has everything been ruined? Shinnig Armor was far, far away, and probably didn't know about these events. Will Twillight see him again? Twillight opened her eyes, and the tears ran down her face as fast as the stars on the night sky. She stood there, looking into the dark forest in front of her.

        Suddenly, someone's quiet scream came to her mind. Twillight jumped into the bushes and ran into the direction of the voice. She was almost flying over the bushes and holes. A few seconds later she froze immediately. In the distance was standing strange silhouette. Big like a wardrobe with two red points.

              "Werewolf?" the alicorn whispered with a terrified, but despite the paralyzing fear she began to looking around. Something was really bad, Twilight could fell this in her heart, which almost stopped beating when her purple eyes stopped on a yellow body, lying in high grass.

Fluttershy

She thought. The yellow pegasus was seriously wounded. Even in the distance Twilight could spot a big whole in the yellow neck of her friend. Fluttershy coughing, tried to say something, but couldn't. A spark of the fright light in her almost dead eyes.

                "Again? Can you leave us alone?" Twilight shouted in desperation and with tears in her eyes. Suddenly the rest of her friends came out from the bushes.

               "You know what to do. Let her die or save yourself. Your choice," the monster said with a big smile. There was only one way to save Fluttershy. Twillight must give her Werewolf's soul, but then, Twilight won't be able to defeat the dark power.

              "Do-n't- d-o i-it," Fluttershy barely whispered before she spat blood.

    Twillight looked at Applejack. Her emerald eyes were speaking {Don't even think about it}.

    Rarity came closer to Twilight and put a hoof on her shoulder.

            "Don't do it. You will convict her to an endless suffer,"she whispered gently.

             "I can't leave her. I can't loose another friend" said Twillight, gritting her teeth.

             "You have never lost them,"Rainbow Dash stood in front of the purple alicorn, blocking her view.

   If Twilight would choose a decission to sacrifice her friend, his plan would be ruined. Werewolf must do something to steer Twilight on the right tracks.

             "Come on. Will you leave her to her fate? You are worse than Celestia, but don't worry, I think that Fluttershy would be a very nice Shadow!" the monster smiled craftily.

             "Over my dead body," the alicorn hissed and lit her horn up in a black ash as she stepped forward.

            "No," everypony whispered.

             "Yes! YES! Put my soul into this weak pony! YES!" Werewolf yelled, still laughing. He was laughing until his dead body fell on the ground.  The yellow pegasus got up, but something changed in her appearance. Her eyes were red now. Twilight tried to put out a black glow moving from her horn, but it didn't disappear. The alicorn looked at her friends. All of them froze. Twilight's eye became black.

             "I'm so sorry. I failed again," she said before she disappeared in a bright purple flash. Werewolf's plan was a success.

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                               "Are all units ready?" Luna asked, when her bat soldier landed in front of her .

       Three thousands warriors came to the Ponyville forest in two days.

                            "Yes my Lady," The captain answered before he flew away.

                            "March out!" The princess of the night yelled and an army of bat soldiers began to disappear into the forestt.

                             "Why did you gather a whole army here?" Spike asked, looking at a hoard moving into the darkness.

                               "Celestia could assasinate my officers which would give her full control over Equestria.," Luna said coldly, still looking at the black mass of soldiers, marching in one direction.