Darkness in the Heart

She thought her heart stopped for a moment, probably two. The entire town was filled with the darkness that her brother left everywhere he goes. It ruined the lives of every single pony in the whole town. She wanted to at least see what town she was in. She took a few steps back an looked at the entrance sign. She was in Ponyville. Hey, I've heard of this place! I read about it in a travel magazine! This is where the Elements of Harmony live. Maybe if I save them, they can help me defeat him... well, since he's in Canterlot, I assume, he's also probably gotten at least one of the princesses, maybe both. Hopefully the Elements can at least help me defeat the Alicorns, since they have unimaginable powers. Hay, those princesses can lift up the entire sun and moon without breaking a sweat!... I'm just forcing myself off topic, aren't I? Okay, the Elements... they have 2 earth ponies, 2 unicorns, and 2 pegasi. That's some good variety. So... I need to purify them all, but I need to start with an easy one. The pegasi can fly, obviously, and the unicorns can use magic, also obviously. That leaves the two earth ponies. There's the Element of Honesty, a tough farmer. She'll be a bit of a tough one to purify. The other one is the Element of Laughter. She... throws parties. She'll probably be easier to get, but the other one's strength will help me get all of the others. I guess... I'll go for the Element of Honesty first... Why does this sound cliché?... I don't break the fourth wall often. But, at least I can... Again, I'm forcing myself off-topic. Okay, so I have to look for a farm. I'm assuming that's on the outskirts of this town. I guess I'll get searching. She then forced a lift-off and started her search. She decided it would be best to circumnavigate the town, since she assumed that a farm would would be on the edge of a town. Seriously, why would a farm be in the center of a town? That would be just silly, you silly filly.

She realized something. Even though it was a bit early to ponder on this subject, what would she call herself? She had no official name. Hay, she didn't even have a birth certificate. But she just shook that thought about the birth certificate off; it was too painful to think about. So, what would she call herself? She had to think of something that was her. The first thought that came to mind was Love. She was love, literally. But nopony would want to call any pony "Love". So, she decided that the second name that came to mind was the best one: Light. Perfect. She was light, also, but more love. Alright. Her new official (Technically, unofficial) name was Light. She looked down. She surprised to see she flying right over a farm; she was too deep into her thoughts to notice it. She then looped down and landed. She looked around. It was extremely hot and sunny. It was autumn, but this heat was comparable to summer. She realized something; if the princess raises the sun, does that mean she can have control over it? Was she already consumed, and made the sun hot out of her hatred? She thought it was plausible, but not very likely.

She got out her thoughts for the, what, fourth time that day? She looked around, with her hoof covering her eyes from the sun so she could see without its glare. She was in the middle of a field. She saw a house off a bit away, with an orange pony sitting on its porch. The pony apparently didn't notice Light at all. It was a perfect opportunity for Light to fly and sneak up on her. That would definitely make her life a lot easier. She got up into the air and flew towards the orange pony. She landed silently on the porch. Just in case she somehow managed to screw things up, she wanted to make sure she isn't going to almost kill herself with her spell on somepony how isn't even evil. She looked into her heart and saw it shrouded with disgusting darkness. Yep, she was evil. So, Light started to silently walk up to this orange mare in a hat. Then, one step ruined the entire process; she step on the one wooden plank that squeaked. Out of the hundred of planks... she happened to step on that one plank. Guess what? The orange pony happened to hear this and turned around with a big, evil smile on her face. "Well, howdy!" said the orange pony. "Ah haven't seen you 'round here before. Y'all must be new. Let me introduce mahself. Ah am..." There was a pause between the next words. What, an extremely friend jerk? Is that even possible? "...going to destroy you." Well, I guess not. But... ahem; next time on Mythbusters. She chuckled out loud at her fourth-wall breaking joke. "What? Y'all think ah'm funny, huh? Well, let's see if this is funny!"

The orange pony then charged at Light like a bull. Thanks to her wings, she managed to dodge out of the way, into the air. "So, y'all gonna play cheap like that? Ah guess ah'l just have to take you down!" the orange pony yelled. She then galloped over to a basket of apples. She picked one up and threw it into the air. She then turned around and bucked it right at Light. The pony had amazing accuracy, considering she was bucking backwards, but Light had the reflexes to quickly dodge the incoming apples. When she ran out of apples, Light decided it was then or never to fly down and get this pony. She flew down and looked at this orange pony. The pony then smirked and then charged at Light again. Light dodged like last time, except to the side instead of in the air. The pony then charged for the last time. Light saw a perfect opportunity. She dodged a bit earlier than the last times, but when the time was right, she then kicked the orange pony right into an apple tree. When the pony hit the tree, a bunch of apples fell from the tree, and her hat covered her face. When Light walked up to her, she tilted her hat back up. "Ah... ah thought you were supposed to be nice?" she said, with obvious pain in her voice.

Damn, I didn't know I had that much strength in me. "I am, it's just that I'm hurting you for a good cause." She then began her spell. She levitated off of the ground without her wings, similar to a unicorn spell. She then bent her wings inward, then sent them blasting outward. This made a ball of light appear in front of her chest. She then forced her wings to go towards the direction that the orange pony was laying, which made the ball of light follow its wind. The light went right through the pony's chest. Inside, her heart was suddenly getting exponential amounts of light growing, just like how it happened with the darkness. After the light stopped growing, much of the light and dark were erased; however, they were in equal amounts, so the result ended in the same amount. Then came a final burst of light, and the spell was done. Light fell to the ground, out of energy. That spell always took a lot of energy out of her, even though she has only performed it once before. The orange pony was unconscious, and Light was laying on the ground, even though she was still conscious. The first one to get up was the earth pony. "Uh," she said while rubbing. "What the hay happened?" She looked around and found a white pegasus laying on the ground. She walked up her and said, "Who are you? Are y'all alright?"

Light moaned and looked up. She saw the pony she purified minutes ago, even though it felt like hours. "Oh, you're alright. Great, I didn't kill almost myself for nothing." She lied up. "So... who are you?"

The orange pony said, "Ah'm Applejack, owner of this here farm."

Light was stretching. "You're the Element of Honesty, right?"

Applejack said, "You betcha ah am! So, who are you? Ah haven't seen y'all before."

Light said, "Call me Light. That's what I am. I actually don't have a name, so I adopted that as a name."

Applejack didn't question it. "So... what happened?"

Light explained what happened between her arriving in Ponyville to her purifying Applejack. She also explained how her brother is making every pony evil. "So, that's pretty much it. Hey, I'm trying to save all of the Elements so I can fight my brother. Which Element should I go up against? I don't want to face anypony that I can't defeat."

Applejack thought for a moment, tapping her hoof on her chin. "Ah say you should go to Fluttershy; she's the Element of Kindness. She's weak on the outside, but is tough as nails on the inside. She lives in a cottage on the edge of the Everfree Forest."

Light nodded. "Alright, I trust you; you are the Element of Honesty after all. Let's go save the other Elements."

Applejack nodded and smiled. They then walked through the fields towards the forest. Little did they know, that Light's brother (whom we shall call Dark) was watching them with his magic.