Condemned to The Darkness

Chapters

Intro and Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3

Intro and Chapter 1

Condemned to the Darkness

Intro

Twilight sat on the dirty train alone. She was on her way back to Ponyville, as the recent murders had became to much to bear and she left to live with her parents in Canterlot. It was dark and gloomy outside the roaring train, the inside of the train was dirty and desolate. The "Red" Incident, as ponies had come to call it, had left Ponyville ruined. The small village just couldn't take the events. Celestia had tried to find the attacker, but he had dissapeared as fast as he appeared. There were 4 murders in total, but what was disturbing, is that they had all been killed in horribly gruesome ways, Disembowlment, Decapitation, Major Flesh wounds, and all of her friends had run into him. They were able to survive, all except Pinkie Pie, who had gone missing, but not without taking certain, "losses". She was lucky, Rainbow Dash had helped her avoid the attacker, but she was too late to help her. She did everything she could, but she still failed. But that won't happen again. The last person she cared for was Spike, And she would Protect him, No matter what. The small and dirty train finally stopped with the sounds of brakes screeching. She slowly got up and walked toward the door.

Chapter 1

Twilight stuck a hoof out of the train and into the unforgiving wind and cold. She shivered, not used to the cold air. The streets were empty, dirty and desolate. "Damn it....Why did he choose here, of all places...to start murdering?" She mumbled under her breath. A sharp and cold gust of wind startled her. She hadn't realized just how cold it was. She also realized just how alone she was. Fluttershy moved to Baltimare after the murders. Rarity had finally gotten the attention of a popular fashion deisgner and was on a tour. Applejack was with family, and Rainbow Dash was in Cloudsdale, still recovering from a coma. Pinkie Pie had gone missing during the murders, she was never found. Twilight was utterly alone. Twilight felt a sense of dread and sadness, she just wanted to go to bed. Twilight continued walking until she saw the familar shape of the library. She stopped and looked. It had been a while since she lived here, 5 months to be exact. Atleast Spike would be there soon.

She walked up to the front door and unlocked it, then slowly pushing the door open. The house was completley dark, and this unnerved her. She lit her horn up, and looked around. Everything was almost exactly how she had left it, 5 months ago. She checked all the rooms to see if anything was different. Nothing was different, its as if the house had gotten frozen in time. Twilight began to cast the Teleportion spell. In a flash of Bright light, Spike appeared in the Library. "Finally! Took you long enough" Spike said with an Annoyed tone. "Spike, Im tired, Lets get to bed." Spike and Twilight began up the stairs, she wanted to get in bed and this night to be over. She climbed into the bed and settled into a restless sleep.

Twilight opened her eyes. She wasn't in her bed anymore. She looked around and observed her waking place. "Hello?" She called out. Nopony awnsered back. It appeared to be a white void, that seemingly continued in all directions forever. She got up, and did a full circle, looking for anything that might help her. When she found none, she started to walk in one direction. About 5 feet into her walk, she was stopped by a seemingly non-existant wall. She put a hoof up to the white wall, and moved it across the walls surface area. It was smooth like glass, yet had other properties she couldn't recognize. Twilight put another hoof on the wall, and stared into it, trying to see past it . A sudden CRACK was heard, and Twilight felt the wall shatter in front of her. She had been leaning on the wall, and as it cracked, she fell through. Outside of this wall, was nothingness. Complete pitch black. She looked down into the abyss, balancing on one back hoof, and felt it staring back. She lost her balance and fell.

*BANG*

*CRASH*

She was awoken by the sound of glass shattering and her front door being busted in. Twilight was paralyzed in fear. She slowly moved her blankets and got up silently. She couldnt make a sound or the intruders would hear her. Twilight looked over at Spike who was still sleeping peacefully, but she had to wake him up. She shook him and tried to get him up. "Wha--" Twilight put a hoof over his mouth and motioned him not to speak. She pointed over to a closet and took her hoof off of Spikes mouth, he knew what she meant. He got up and slowly walked over to the closet and got in, closing the doors. Twilight looked around for anything she could defend herself with in case they decided to come upstairs. She was in full panic mode, as she ripped the leg off of a chair. Then, she walked up to the closet, opening it, slipped inside and waited. She feared that they would come upstairs. Her fears were made real when she heard the thumping of hooves hitting the steps. She gripped the chair leg with her magic and got ready to swing. Twilight heard the hooves touch the last step and Move closer to the bedroom door. She cracked open the closet and peered through it. She saw her bedroom door open and saw two Unicorn Stallions in black jackets and wearing dark masks with bright red goggles trot towards her bed.

"Damn we thought she was here by now!" One said

"Keep Looking, Skips saw her coming into town."

"Check around the all over the fuckin room mate"

Twilight heard her bed being flipped over, and almost dropped the chair leg.

"Fuck...I don't think she's here...Maybe she stayed somewhere else...." The other said defeated

"Alright, We are going to have to check some of the other houses then"

"Alright well first I have to do something..."

The unicorn followed him and with that the house went silent again.

Twilight let out a huge sigh of relief, and opened the closet door. She held the chair leg close to her, just in case they will still here. The room was a mess. Things were thrown everywhere, Books, Chairs, the bed was flipped over and moved. Oddly enough, nothing was taken. Its as if the intruders wanted to only take Twilight. She looked back in the closet and saw Spike whimpering in the corner. She picked him up using her magic and put him on her back, then started to walk down the steps.

End Chapter 1

Chapter 2

As she reached the last step, she gazed at the table. A peculier symbol was etched into the bottom of it. "What is that?" Spike asked, still shaking. "Im not sure....Looks like a symbol of some sort." "Whatever it is, why is it here?" Spike asked, hoping for an awnser. Twilight stared at the symbol, searching through the index in her mind, but came up with nothing. "I don't know...But It can't be good..." Looking at it made her head hurt, so she tried to distract herself by cleaning up the mess. After about 25 minutes of sweeping and picking pieces of broken wood and books up, she came upon the table, which still had the strange symbol. Twilight looked carefully at the symbol. Her head started to hurt again, she knew this was bad. Twilight grabbed a mythology book and looked for the symbol. After about 2 hours of searching and Spike asking questions, she finally found the symbol.

"The Black Sun....Is a cult that wishes to bridge a gap between "The Veil" Otherwise known as Life and Death, In order to control a unimaginble Power source." She read aloud to herself.

"The Black Sun?" Spike called from the Kitchen. "The Black Sun...." She took the book and held it up to the carving. It was an exact match to the picture. Spike walked up to the book, and grimanced. "This is not good....Why would they put one in our house...And on the same day i get back? We need to tell Celestia about this...." She said worridly. "Got it!" With that Spike pulled out a Quill and Parchment and got ready to Write.

Dear Princess Celestia,

Last night there was a break in at my house. I nor spike were hurt during the home invasion. They seemed to be specificly looking for me, as I was hiding in a closet with Spike I happened to see them enter my room and search. There were 2 large male unicorns dressed in dark clothing and masks with bright red goggles. They were not able to find me so they left, but when I went and checked the house there was a symbol, I have researched as the icon of a cult that is very dangerous and are obsessed with dark magic. I wish to hear for you about what is going to have to happen.

Your Faithful student, Twilight Sparkle.

Spike sent the letter with a bright green flame, and almost 10 seconds later, a new message came. Spike gave the letter to Twilight, who read it out loud.

Dear Twilight Sparkle,
I have sent guards to aid you. Whatever you do, please do not leave the house. You are in a Very Dangourus situation right now. They are capable of Hurting anypony.

Sinceraly, Celestia.

"I feel so much better knowing that those guards are gonna be here soon." Spike said in a Relieved tone.

"Im not sure about it....Well, atleast now that the guards are gonna be here, I wont have to worry about you getting hurt." Twilight said while pacing the room. She stopped when they heard a knocking at the front door. Twilight walked over the door and pulled it open, revealing two Guards.

"Hello, We are here to check in on you? The Princess said that you two were in danger, so she sent us."

"Yes I know, we are quite glad you two are here, with the break in and all...."

"Well you wont have to worry, we are gonna be here for atleast a week."

"A week!? But...I need to see why this is happening!"

"Sorry, but the Princess said you are not allowed to leave, she said its dangurous to go outside at this time."

"Fine...Am i still allowed to go out to get food?" She asked in defeat.

"Sure, but we need to come with you."

"Why....Fine." She said in a clear annoyed tone.

"Hey! Its for your own good, We can't have you getting hurt!" One Guard said.

7 Hours Later

"That was the most frustrating day of my life." The guards had done a good job of keeping her safe, a little too safe.

Twilight walked up to her bed and layed down. "Im gonna need rest, I have to write a report tommorow, so i'd better get some sleep" She thought silentily to herself. She looked over to see Spike sleeping on his bed, and then put her head on the pillow, and fell into a deep slumber.

Twilight opened her eyes. She was no longer in her bed. She was now in what appeared to be the Canterlot Garden. "Why am I here?" She thought to herself. It was Freezing and dark, so dark she couldnt even see past the hedges of the garden. She was becoming increasingly worried, Why was she here? Did Celestia teleport her here? Did she teleport herself?

"Hmm...Well I'd better find my way out of here." She lit her horn and looked around, there was snow everywhere. "....What?....When did it snow?" She looked over to the exit of the garden and saw the door that led inside. "Perfect!" She said aloud. She soon regretted saying that when she heard rustling in the bushes beside her. She jumped away and faced the bush. It wasn't moving at all. She mentaly slapped herself for being scared of a bush. Twilight turned and walked towards the door and swung it open. What she saw shocked her. The entire Canterlot archives was frozen over, everything was covered in ice. She walked towards the study area, and found books scattered everywhere. "What the hell happened?!" She yelled aloud.

"Hello? Anypony here?" She continued to yell, Hoping to hear something in return. "Hel---" She cut herself off when she saw a burst of movement in the corner of her eye. She turned, and saw a empty bookcase covered in ice. She squinted her eyes, trying to see through the ice. Suddenly, what looked like a pony, had jumped up to the ice, smearing its fleshy face, along with blood, all over the ice. Twilight jumped back and started to run in the other direction, all the while spotting more of these decomposing ponies. They were fast, almost as fast as her. She ran, ran faster then she had ever ran before. She had already exited the library and was now running through the Canterlot halls. She looked behind her, seeing that they were no more then 5 Feet behind her, and she was already tired and sore from running so fast. She didnt know how much longer she would last, that is, until she tripped over a book, and fell to the ground. She tried to stand, but found that her front hoof was sprained, and putting any kind of weight on it would make it worse. She watched in fear as the monsters closed in on her, forming a tight circle. One was about to attack, until it looked up at an angle which Twilight couldn't see, and let out a shrilling scream, sending the others back to the icy library. She tried to get a glimpse of what the monsters had saw, bending her head as far as she could, she saw somthing that made her shrink with fear. She had seen what appeared to be a red Pony, decomposed, with bits of flesh hanging off of its face and legs. Twilight looked at the monster in horror, she screamed as her vision went black.

"....Light...."

"Twi....."

"TWILIG..."

"TWILIGHT!!"

Twilight jumped up. She looked around, and saw Spike shaking her shoulder, trying to get her to wake up. "Twilight! Are you awake?"

"I am now....What's wrong?" Twilight said yawning.

"Whats wrong with me? You've been screaming for the past 5 minutes!" Spike yelled.

"What?...I don't remember...." Suddenly memories from the dream rushed into her mind. She clutched her head in distress, as she was suddenly hit with enormous headaches. Her mind was being overflowed with fear, suspense and stress. She wobbled out of bed, she was convinced she was going to die. Her head felt as if it was going to burst at any moment, but as she took a step, her hoof made a sickening SNAP! and she collapsed as the combination of Pain and stress caused her vision to fade to black.

End of Chapter 2

Chapter 3

She heard a beeping sound. It continued on and on. Perhaps she was dead, or she was in a mental state. She didn't know at the moment, but all she could here was that constant beeping sound. She Struggled to open her eyes, and finally, she saw light. It burned her eyes. As her eyes adjusted, she saw that she was in a hospital bed, and the beeping sound was a heart rate monitor. Looking over to the left, she saw Spike, laying on a chair, asleep. He had bags under his eyes, he hadn't been sleeping much. She called out to Spike.

"S...Spike..."

Spike opened his eyes, and saw Twilight awake, and looking at him. He jumped and up and hugged Twilight, saying,

"Twilight! Your ok!"

"W....What happened?

"You had something called a Stress Breakdown....The Doctor said that you were lucky to wake this fast...."

"Wait....How long was I out?

"....4 Days...."

"Oh my...That long?

"Yeah.....The doctor expected you to be out for much longer though....Like...Weeks...Maybe even months...Im so glad your awake, I was afraid I would lose you...." Spike said, now crying.

Twilight embraced Spike back and thought to herself, "What would happen if I did die? Spike wouldn't be able to handle it......" The thought pestered her, she tried to push it back, but it kept popping up again. "I just need to be more careful I guess...." She turned to Spike. "Spike, I need you to go back to Canterlot, Its to risky keeping you here, you could get hurt, or worse...." She didn't wish to think of it.

"But...What happens if you need help?" Spike asked.

"Trust me, I can take care of myself."

"But Wh--" He was cut off by Twilight.

"I can do this Spike. Please, just listen to me, go back to Canterlot."

"....Fine....." Spike said defeated.

Spike sat back down on the chair, and said "Well....Its pretty late, and I haven't gotten much sleep....Im gonna sleep much better knowing your ok.." With that, he closed his eyes and slept, leaving Twilight to the silence. She wanted to sleep too, but it was hard. The dream she had had before the accident was so....surreal. It was if it had happened in real life! She then gasped, thinking back to a detail that she remembered before passing out. Her hoof, had apparantly snapped. She lifted the blankets weakly, and saw that her hoof, was infact, broken. She put the blankets back on herself, and shuddered. "What if those.....Things....were real? Were they just part of my mind? If I can get hurt in my dreams....I can die." She never wanted to sleep again. But after several hours of sitting in a bed, her mental system was starting to wane. She found her eyes closing, only for them to spring open, in fear of falling asleep. She suddenly heard a faint ringing sound, and looked around to see what it was.

She then noticed that Spike was gone. "Mmpphh" She called out. What she heard come from her mouth startled her. She found that she could only make slight muffling sounds. She wanted to move, but her body was paralyzed, almost as if she was just viewing another ponies body. So, staring straight ahead of her, she tried to contain her sanity, by looking at the clock that was in the room. *TICK* *TICK* *TICK* *TI--* It had stopped, the only thing that was helping her hold her grasp on sanity had just failed. Her pupils dialated, she knew she was going insane. Twilight shifted her eyes to the bedside, and saw a black figure sitting where Spike had been sleeping. The black figure sat and watched Twilight for what seemed like hours, she looked at him out of the cornor of her eye. The figure... its so familiar, yet so distant. The shadow seemed to mock Twi as she looked back at him with horror. He just sat there calmly as she was having a near heart attack by staring at it. Finally the shadow stood up and came over to Twis bedside. The faint glow of the radiant moon shown through a window and lit the face of the figure. Twilight could never forget him... not that face, the face of hate, sadism, cruelty, pain, lust, greed. The face of the stallion named Red.

"Mpphmm!" Twilight grunted.

"Having trouble speaking there Twi?" The figure asked in a mocking tone.

"Mpphhh Mh Mphh!" She grunted again.

"Well since you obviously have nothing to say to me, Im going to say something to you." The figure said in a devious tone. He leaned in next to Twilights face and said,

"I may be a figment of your disturbed mind, but I'm back, I really am... but I will never forget what happened, you and that fucking horn of yours put a hole right into my ribs" Red stood up on his hindlegs and exposed a large patch of badly healed flesh that went between his ribs.

Twilight shifted her pupils to her horn, which now had blood and bits of flesh on it.

"Your lucky I have finally found a reason to live, otherwise I would have your horn shoved down your throat by now. But Im'a cut to the real shit, I can't kill you since I made a deal with my employer to keep you and your 5 other friends alive...Oh wait...Make that 4 friends." He smiled evily.

"So I got my good old friend to get me in and get me out without any detection.
I have came to give you a warning though".

"Mhpph?" Twilight Grunted in response.

"Dark magic is real, and many things that you need to keep your grubby little hooves out of, or else you will face a deadly situation aswell as your friends"

As the figure finished these last words, his body began to disapate.

"Mppmmhh!!!" Twilight Grunted, hoping to stop the Stallion. This did not work, and her world began to melt before her eyes, an Immense pain in her chest erupted, her mind screaming as her world faded to black.

"CLEAR!"

An Immense shock jolted her body. She could hear faintly, but had no control over her limbs.

"She isn't waking up!"

"Try it again!!" A familier voice called out despertly.

"CLEAR!!"

Another Immense shock, this one had more feeling, and she was able to hear a little more.

"Wait....Her BPM Is stabilzing!"

"One More!!"

"CLEAR!!"

The shock was painful this time, and she moved her arms to stop whatever was shocking her. She suddenly felt a pair of scaled arms wrap around her neck. Twilight opened her eyes to see Spike crying into her mane.

"S-Spike?" She called out faintly.

"Twilight....your ok!" Spike said, still sobbing.

"What....What Happened?"

"You had a Stress induced heart attack....." Spike said sadly.

"Oh my....."

"You could have died...." Spike said, Grimancing.

Here Twilight was, Sitting in a bed, just minutes from losing her life, and she almost failed to protect herself, and Spike. She had promised to protect Spike, and she had come that close to breaking it.

End of Chapter 3