The Forgotten Kindgom

The Forgotten Kingdom

Twilight Sparkle was out in Everfree Forest in search for a special ingredient for a calming tea recipe she got from Zecora. When she was looking at her map she accidentally took the wrong path. Her walking got a sudden stop when she hit her head on a very big old castle door. She noticed that the door wasn't locked. Curiosity took over her and she opened the door just so she could fit through.

She entered a big entrees hall with big mighty statues of ponies. The golden plates on the feet of every statue had a text but the growth was to heavy around the area so Twilight could not read them.

As she walked farther into the castle she heard a faint laugh. She just shook her head and said to her self.

“It is just your imagination.”

She entered what seemed to be a dining room. A long nice looking table with pretty chairs stood in the middle of the room. On the short side of the table stood what looked like a throne.

“I wounder who lived here, it isn't the ancient castle of the royal pony sisters. That for sure.”

She walked along side the table and noticed something strange. On the table stood a plate that seemed newly used, she heard the faint laughter again. This time a little louder.

She walked in the direction of the laugh and entered a throne hall. Four mighty thrones stood at the far side wall of the room.  The laughter echoed in the walls yet again, and this time it was followed by a faint voice saying.

“Behind you”

Twilight turned around and her face got struck by something heavy, she fainted before she struck the floor

“Hello and welcome to this mysterious place. Oh sorry I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Pain. Just Pain. You might have heard of me before. In that case you might don't fear me... Yet.

If you haven't felt me yet you are probably afraid right now at this instant, but don't worry the things I will do to you wont hurt so much. Too me. Too you I can't say the same.

Let me just take this blindfold off you so you can see what's going on and where you are.”

A light hits Twilight's eyes as the blindfold quickly gets removed from her face.

“Wh... Where am I?” Twilight nervously asked while squeaking her eyes to adjust to the quick light.

In front of her she could see a silhouette of a tall mare, almost as tall as Celestia. Her eyes hadn't adjusted to the light so she could not see who this mare was.

“Oh just.... In a very old ruin, a ruin of a once mighty castle. The castle that once held the mighty rulers of this land. You might have heard of us, since you are a book worm and everything.” Pain said in a calm voice

“No I...I haven't read about any ruins than the ancient castle of the royal pony sisters.” Twilight responded.

At this time Twilight had adjusted to the bright light enough for her to see the mare. This mare had a coat with the color of the darkest night, wings as a dragon and eyes with a grayish glow.

Twilight recognized her from somewhere but could not figure out from where she had seen her before.

“Oh well... If I give you some clues. Maybe a name or two?” Pain said.

“Well as I said my name is Pain I had two brothers and a sister. Let me name them for you my dear.

My oldest brother Fear.

My second oldest brother Hate.

And my little sister Love. Yes Love my parents went very wrong on this one.

And than we have me. Pain.

Twilight opened her eyes wide when she realized who they were. And she remembered that she read about them when she was in the Canterlot Library.

“Yes I remember now! But I just thought you were a myth.”

“Oh no, no, no, my dear. We were just as real as you. But I'm glad you have read about us, that way our history still lives on!” Pain said.

Twilight could see how Pain's horn started to glow with a dim red light.

“let me show you around the castle before I end your life.” Pain said while she lifted up Twilight with a spell.

Twilight struggled to break loose from the aura that surrounded her. She tried every spell she have ever read in her books.

“My my, your a feisty one, your magic is strong. I might have a use for you after all.” Pain said with the most disturbing smile on her face.

“What do you mean!?” Twilight asked in frustration.

“Oh you'll notice when I will begin” Pain replied in her calm voice.

“Ah we are here...” Pain was interrupted by Twilight ”Let me go!”

Twilight felt how she was thrown through the air and hit the stone wall and in a split second Pain was over her. Her eyes glowing more then before and her breath became smoke. She could fell how the aura around her got tighter and tighter to the point where she could not breath.

“Never interrupt me again!! Do you hear me!? Never!”

Pain cleared her throat “So shall we continue?”

Twilight was not able to answer.

“Ah so cute she have fainted, let see if this wakes her up”

Lightning started to form at Pain's horn, the ruins got filled with a blue light followed by a unpleasant cry.

“Ah you're awake, so good, now we can continue.”

Twilight chipped for breath while Pain lifted her from the ground.

They entered the big entrees hall with the statues.

“What a mess in here! Let me just tidy up a bit before we proceed”

Pain put Twilight back on the floor, she made sure she wasn't able to move.

Yet again Pain's horn started to glow as she was conjuring a spell. Twilight felt something in her body she felt weak and it rose.

A red light filled the entrees hall and all the growth reversed to their seeds and every stone that had fallen from the walls and roof replaced themselves. The fallen pillars rose and stood tall once more.

The golden plates on the statues looked like they were newly made. Even though she didn't like it Twilight just stood and was inspired by the deeds of Pain's magic.

Pain turned her head and saw the expression on Twilight's face.

“You aren't just a great magician, you also have an eye for great magic.”

“Where did you learn this?” Twilight asked.

“Oh we have some great books in the library.”

Twilight felt how the weakness came back and she fell to the floor.

“Oh right, I used some of your energy to conjure this spell. Hope you don't mind” Pain said with a smile on her face.

Pain lifted up Twilight with her spell and walked over to the statues in the hall.

“Let begin shall we?” Pain said while looking up onto the mighty statue in front of her.

The Gold plate read.

“ FEAR. His coat, the color of  gray with a slightly yellow hue, eyes with the color of the darkest blue, power of a thousand unicorns. The king of everything in this land. The strongest of us all, and a great warrior. But a greater magician with the ability to strike Fear just by looking at the enemies.”

Pain put a hoof on the statue, “I miss you big brother.”

They walked over to the second statue.

The Gold plate read.

“ HATE. His coat with the color of blood red, and dark red eyes, with the strength of a thousands stallions. Unstoppable in war. Prince and the greatest warrior of us all. Once he entered his fully rage he was an unstoppable killing machine.”

As they turned around to the next statue Pain let out a annoyed sigh.

Twilight took notice of the sigh and started to read on the statues golden plate.

The Gold plate read.

“Love. Her coat with the color of the loveliest purple you have ever seen, Light red eyes that was enough for any stallion and mare to fall in love with. Love was one of the greater magician almost better than Fear with the great power she had she could stop wars. But don't get fooled by her power, when she got in a bad mood she could break a heart like it was made of glass.”

The last statue representing Pain was missing its Golden plate.

“Why doesn’t your statue have a golden plate? Were you too boring to write about?” Twilight asked with a mocking voice. She noticed Pain's eyes stared to glow and the aura around her became tighter once again.

“Don't you dare talk to me with that voice, remember who has your life in a spell. Disrespect me once more and it will be your last.”

“The Plate got stolen by some grave robbers. I managed to get one of them, he is rotting in the prison down below. The other got away with the plate.”

“Anyways” Pain said and lighten her grip around Twilight. “ Let me sum up what stood on the plate.”

“I was more or less just here to make sure that the soldiers was suffering real bad on the battlefield. I made the food decay, and resources just disappeared from time to time. Let me tell you this I loved it!” Pain said with a laugh.

Twilight gave Pain a weird look. “Did you enjoy to make the soldiers suffer?”

“Oh yes of course! Is was the best thing ever! When I was here at the castle and it was one of those boring sunny days, I just went down to a battlefield and made the soldiers miserable life even more miserable! That always made my day. I could go to bed with a smile every night!” Pain said while she had a grin on her face.

“Wait what? You just went down to a battlefield?” Twilight asked.

“Oh yeah, there were battlefields here and there. I mean you can't take over the world without taking some lives my dear.” Pain said with a confused look.

“So you and your brothers and sister was to take over the world?”

“Yes we was an Great power back then! Ah good times. We ruled all of what is now called Equestria and the griffins lands. Half way through the dragon lands.” Pain said with a smile.

“So your dream was stopped there? By the dragons?” Twilight asked.

“Yes! Now no more talk about that! You shall join that grave robber in the prison! And I shall prepare for the ritual!” Pain said.

“What ritual!?”

“Oh you'll see when it's time dear!”

Twilight started to get a difficult time to breath and her vision became blurry. The only thing she could see before she fainted was Pain's gray glowing eyes and that grin. A grin she'll never forget.