A Twilighted Darkness

  Morning in Ponyville for most usually was a very long wait. For Twilight, it was even longer than normal. Considering how Twilight just had some nasty thoughts, she knew she had to do something.

  'I need to figure out how to find where all this started,' she thought. She realized that she could use the potion that Zecora used when the Everfree Forest invaded. She used her magic to make it appear. She noticed the potion had reverted to its original color. 'Crap. An excuse for my dark side to get to me.'

  "Darkness isn't so bad..." said the dark voice.

  'You already tried that. It won't work again," she thought.

  "Ow, my feelings."

  Twilight smirked at how she was able to overpower the voice. She then turned focus to the potion. Her horn glowed a menacing purple, as her eyes turned green, and purple mist started flowing from them. After the potion turned to white, she noticed her eyes didn't revert. 'Can't be that bad,' she thought. She drank the potion, and it took her back to all her memories that could of jump started this darkness.

Canterlot: 8 months ago

  Twilight was all alone. She had tried to warn everyone about Princess Cadence, and how she was an imposter. The real Cadence was not mean to others. She always did the little chant. And she most certainly didn't use green magic! But it was her fault. If she hadn't burst in all crazy like that, they would of listen. Instead, she should have came in all calm, and explaining about all she saw. Maybe she was wrong...

  'Or maybe I know she's a she demon, and everyone cares more for her than me.'

  Twilight tried to take those thoughts out of her head. But instead, it just came back.

  'Just face it. Nobody likes you. All they care about is what you give! Even Celestia walked out on you!!'

  Twilight was wanting to push it aside. But instead she agreed, as she grew a mad face, as her eyes turned green. "You know what. It's all freaking true! They never gave a crap about me for one second! All I do is give and give, and they never give back! They don't care about me, they only care about what I offer!" She waited for tears. But there were none. Just a fire inside of her. And it burned with every ounce of sadness gone. Just then, Cadence (the imposter) walked in. Expecting an apology from the mare, she instead got backlash.

  "YOU. YOU SHEDEVIL! You made me lose everything I care! For that, you'll pay!"

  Just as Twilight said that, "Cadence" trapped her underground.

...

  "I remember that," said Twilight as she watched on. "I can't believe all that happened."

...

  "Come on girls! We need to get to the elements!" shouted Applejack.

  "Is all that we ever were? Girls?!" said a furious Twilight. "Because that's what it feels like to me!"

  "Twilight, what ever made you think that?" asked Rarity.

  "Blah blah blah, all your 'I'm so generous' crap!" The others gasped. "None of you care about me! Admit it you psychopaths!"

  Rainbow Dash went up to her. "Look Twi. We're sorry we didn't listen to you about the changling. We thought you were just being weird again."

  Instead of sympathy from her, all Dashie got was a kick to the stomach. "You don't get it. I could care less if I was wrong! You all walked out on me when I needed you the most! Do you know how it makes me feel about being left for dead?!"

  Afterwards, Twilight started crying. In fact, everyone shed a tear, Pinkie's mane went flat, and RD was struggling to hold back one herself. Instead, Fluttershy went up to Twilight. "Look Twilight, I know we walked out on you, but we did it because we thought you were strong."

  "You, think I'm strong?" said Twilight.

  "Of course silly," said Pinkie Pie, who was feeling a bit bubbly, but still with a flat mane. "When we looked at Cadence, we saw a mare under pressure from a lot of things. When we look at you, we see a mare who's strong and can handle things on her own!"

  Twilight started to dry up.

  "Of course, we all made the wrong decision," replied Rarity. "And we will never forgive ourselves for it. But just remember Twilight, you may give us chances to impress princesses, but you all give us the best friendships we ever had."

  Twilight smiled. She had truly felt at peace. "Thank you all!"

  "No, thank you Twilight."

  "Alright, we have some changlings to stop! Let's go!"

...

  Even Twilight who was just watching it was crying. "I really liked that day."

  "Too bad they betrayed you again even as a princess."

  Twilight begged the voice to shut up as they went to their next memory.

Crystal Empire, 6 Months ago

  Twilight and Spike was searching for the crystal heart. Well, Twilight was, Spike just tagged along to "not" help. The heart was the only way to stop King Sombra from taking back the crystal empire.

  "I don't get it! How am I supposed to find the heart?" asked Twilight. "I've tried using all sorts of magic to get it to work!"

  "Well that stinks," said a very annoyed Spike.

  "Hold on a second," said Twilight as she had a flashback to when Celestia used a weird purple magic and her eyes turned green. She remembered how Celestia was able to make crystals appear. As she thought about how she was doing it, her eyes turned green with purple mist, as the crystal on top of turned black, and a spiral staircase appeared. "Bingo! Spike, I need you to stay here while I go look."

  "Ok Twilight."

...

  "The first time I used dark magic. I felt bad, I... felt good."

  Twilight shook her head. "Well, that helps a little, but why do I have these dark thoughts?"

  "How about a plot twist?"

  Suddenly, Twilight was taken somewhere else.

Ponyville, ???

  Twilight was back in Ponyvile. She was surprised to see that it wasn't a previous memory she had. Instead, it look all new to her. She tried to talk to others asking what was going on, but everyone just closed their door on her. It confused her. She then made her way to Sugarcube Corner to see her friends were there.

  "Girls! Thank Celestia, what happened to everyone? I tried to ask them, but they just ignored me." No one answered. Instead, they just gave off worried faces. "Girls, is something wrong?" No one answered still. "Applejack, what the heck is going on here?" Still no one said anything. Twilight was getting annoyed. "As princess of Equestria, I demand you tell me what's wrong NOW!" Before anyone could answer, a loud laughter erupted throughout Ponyville.

  "Citizens of Equis. Bow down to your new queen!" said someone. Twilight took a closer look at her. It WAS her!

  "What? How can that be? Girls, is this a prank?"

  Rarity spoke up. "All this time you were the very evil we swore to protect."

  "No girls, I swear! I have no idea how that happened!"

  Twilight got a bullet through her hoof. "ENOUGH!" yelled Applejack. Everyone started chanting a chant.

"This spirit has been doing evil since inception. Banish this spirit to the depths of Tartarus for eternity!"

  "Girls! I'm not that! GIRLS!!!"

  'Do you see? Your friends are nothing more than a sham waiting for the next chance to get rid of you! Consume your dark side and become Midnight Sparkle! You'll never be treated like this again!'

Ponyvile, Present Day

  "AAAAAAAHHHHH!!!!!"

  The yell was loud enough to wake everyone.

  "Twily are you okay?!" asked Shining Armor.

  "Don't touch me, I just want to be alone!"

  "Twilight? What's happened to you?" asked a very confused Spike.