From what I've tasted of desire.

The Umbrum was fast. His blades were already glowing with blood in the night. Grinning he charged towards me only to for a tanto to come flying out of the darkness into his shoulder

I woke up sweating. That nightmare always left my shaky. Looking at my clock I saw it was almost five. Groaning I rolled off my bed staggered into my bathroom. I took a cold shower to wake me up, but it didn't stop my hollow feeling. When I finished my shower I made myself two bacon sandwich and ate them slowly. Minutes later I threw them up. After I finished my attempt at eating I rinsed my mouth and brushed my teeth
After that I used mouth wash and popped a couple of winter ascent mints. My mirror was still full of steam from my shower. So with a shaky hand I wiped one streak and looked back into my icy blue eyes and asked "Did I kill Twilight Sparkle?"

Several hours later I sat in the lunchroom with a tray of breakfast pizza in front of me. None of it entered my mouth. For the most part I just moved it around to kill time. When the warning bell came I stood up and dumped my tray. A lot of kids looked at me in fear, but something else. Was it pity? Non they can't know I threw that star. It flew in the shadows making it all but invisable. And the star went through the mirror with her, but did they know I threw it? No! They couldn't have, there was no way to see the star at all let alone track it back to its owner.

I let out a icy glare at them and they all turned away. After the longest walk of my life I arrivedn to the doors of the cafeteria. Letting out a sigh of relief I staggered through the doors and into the hallway. Groaning I remembered this was when I normally passed Sunset Shimmer. I just couldn't deal with her today, but I was moving slow and I didn't really have a choice in the matter. While I walked I used the wall for support and stumbled my way towards the gym.

Half way there I heard angry shouts and saw a crowd throwing things at somebody. I let out another angry groan. Normally I would go with something like that, but not today. When I got nearer I planned my way through. I was TALL and MUSCULAR, unless it was Big Mac or Bulk Biceps I would be able to just shove my way through. And if any of these kids hit me with garbage.

I didn't care if it was an accident or not, if they bit me they would.get a face full of angry changling. When the crowd finally parted I was shocked yo see it was Sunset Shimmer. Her hair and clothes were streaked with whatever the mob was throwing. When she saw me she paled as white as Rarity. Half a second later she spun on her heels and took of running the other direction leaving me and a equally suprised mob.

Now the mob turned to me as I walked straight through them. Amidst them I heard a few whispers.

"Did he change too?" Someone whispered.

"I think so, I mean he was there," another whispered.

"Why is he so pale?"

"Is he alright?"

"He's not bad anymore right?"

"Why is he so pale?"

"He looks like he's going to be sick,"

"Why is he so pale?"

The whispers just wouldn't stop and suddenly I started breathing really really fast. Something that happened three years ago, but Midnight was there to help me. I knew I was having a panic attack.

"YOU SUCK PHOENIX!" a green haired kid yelled while throwing half a burrito at me. The whole hallway instantly went silent. I was half glad he did it because it brought me out of my panic attack, but also annoyed because I couldn't deal with this s*** right now. Spinning I gave a death glare to the green haired kid who had the 'I regret that already' look on his face. He took a step back while the other students moved away from him. "Wait," he mumbled. Before he could say anything else, I was already choke lifting him. 'Why do they always say wait?' I thought to myself. The next moment I slammed him into the ground. All the other students stared at me with fear. It was obvious that something changed with Sunset Shimmer, but the changlings were still not to be messed with. Satisfied with myself I continued towards the gym, but the whispers just wouldn't stop.

"Why is he so pale?"

"Is he alright?"

"does this mean he's the new Sunset Shimmer?"

"I hope not,"

"Why is he so pale?"

"He looks half dead,"

After what felt like an hour I finally made it to the gym. I still had a few minutes until the bell so I wasn't worried. Slowly, but firmly I pushed the doors open and the bright gym lights filled the dark hallway and everything from last night flooded back into my head.

Flashback

"THROW IT!" Midnight roared in my head.

I threw.

As soon as the star left my hand in turned towards my right where I thought Midnight was, but he was gone like flowers in the wind. Seeing that it was just in my head i turned backto my star that was gliding towards Twilight Sparkle.

I aimed for her neckmso we could be sure she was dead, but now I was regretting ever throwing that star. The star was almost to her when she did the craziest I ever saw. And that was saying a lot as I saw a talking dog and a raging she demon just hours before. She turned and stepped through the school statue. I let out a sigh of relief, but it quickly went away when my ninja star followed her through half a second later.

"Did you get her?" Claire asked.

"Not sure, another half second and I would have," I muttered.

"What do we do now?" Andrew asked.

"Confirm the kill," Claire said while drawing her blades. We all did the same, but we did it more hesitantly than she did. After that it was a mad rush to the statue with us darting from statue to statue.

We got close, but then I saw Pinkie Pie smash against the statue. Grunting in annoyance and relief I let out a whistle which made Ben, Beth, and Andrew all stop.and let out sighs of relief. I had to grab Claire to make her stop. "What are you doing?" She hissed.

"Whatever magic that keeps that statue open is done. We're too late," I hissed back.

Claire snarled in anger. "We will get we next time," she promised while disappearing.

After that we all just went home.

I worked out in silence, the rest of my crew were just the same with the exception of Claire who seemed happier than usual.

My next period was no better. Every time I closed my yes all in could see was Twilight's back stepping into the statue and my ninja star going in after her moments later aimed for her neck. What scared me more was how much Claire reminded me of Midnight. At the moment she was almost as ruthless and evil as him. Each time in closed my eyes the scene came into my head followed by her face with Claire and Midnight laughing in the background. I didn't really pay attention to the class and was relieved that the lunch bell finally rang.

Dragging myself to the lunchroom I barely made it to the lunch table when to my suprise, Rarity and Pinkie Pie sat down next to me. "You don't mind if we sit here do you darling?" Rarity asked. I said nothing and looked the other direction. "I'll just pretend that's a yes," Rarity said while sitting down. When they did Ben and Andrew rolled up. Ben sat down and looked away, but Andrew began sizing them up. Rarity tried to start any sort of conversation, but we all kept up our silent protest.

Eventually Beth and Claire sat down, but they were as silent as we were. Pretty soon our whole table was crowded when Rainbow Dash, Applejack, and Fluttershy sat down and began talking like nothing happened. Ben and I glanced at each other with the same thought. Did these go us really forget about the a** Kicking we gave them last night? I mean, we could still see their bruises. Claire and Beth finally showed up much to my relief. I let out a sigh of annoyance when they did what we were doing.

Eventually the one sidded conversation with them acting like we were best friends was just too much. "Okay, what do you want?" I asked very strongly. My size worked because they all stopped and looked at me, but not with fear.

Andrew began tapping a small beat with his fingers while mumbling a song. "As different as the night is from day," he sang softly.

"We just wanted to make amends with y'all," Applejack said.

"I'm just like you and your just like me," Andrew mumbled.

"We don't HAVE to be one in the same thing," I said to him. Ben and Beth nodded in agreement. Claire gave a sarcastic smirk that reminded me of Midnight so much. "We're gonna have to take a vote on this," I saidwhile turning towards my crew.

"Oh ok," Rarity said slightly disappointed.

"Okay time to vote, all in favor of making amends raise your-" My words were interrupted by my cell ringing. Growling in annoyance I pulled out my phone and paled.

"Make them wait," Claire said. I flashed the screen of my phone to her and she paled even more than I did.

"So are you gonna hang up?" Beth asked.

"One does not miss a call from Queen Chrysalis," I said. Ben, Beth, and Andrew all paled like we did, but Rarity and them were all giving us confused, but concerned looks.

"Answer it!" Claire screamed earning wierd looks from the other tables. Without wasting another second I swiped the green button. Slowly I put the phone to my ear.

"Hello Phoenix Stellar," Queen Chrysalis said. Her voice echoed as if she was saying her words several times at ounce.

"Hello my queen," I replied in the politest tone possible.

"I'm going to skip the small talk and just get to the point. It has come to my attention that a case of supernatural anomalies has occured in your branches current territory, am I correct? " She asked.

"Yes my queen,"

"Good, looks like Midnight and Alaric were right. Now tell me what it is," Queen Chrysalis asked.

"From what I know there was a portal that let a girl named Twilight Sparkle come from another universe. From our observations it was a world filled with magic and talking ponies," I explained.

"Are you mocking me?" Queen Chrysalis asked with a hint of anger in her voice. Suddenly I was afraid.

"No my queen! What I say is the truth, she had a dog that could talk and changed the way things normally ran here with something she called the magic of friendship." I said hastily.

"Go on," she commanded.

"The reason she was here was to recover a magical artifact that we mistaken as our fall formal crown. A student here that may or may not be associated with said universe was planning on takin a army from our world to their world by using that crown and transforming into a demon and taking control of the students at my school." I explained while choosing my words carefully.

"And how were you and your pack not affected?" Queen Chrysalis asked.

"We made an alliance with her before the events happened." I said.

"And this girl, what became of her?" Queen Chrysalis asked.

"She's still here, but she's no longer a threat," I said.

"Are you sure?" Queen Chrysalis asked.

"Yes my queen," I repied.

"And this portal, is not still open?" Queen Chrysalis asked.

"No my queen, it's closed for a good while," I answered.

"How long?" Queen Chrysalis demanded. Apparently Rarity heard her because she mouthed 'thirty moons'

"How long is that?" Queen Chrysalis demanded.

"I don't know," I admitted. Next came a very long silence where I thought she hung up, but I knew better.

"I Queen Chrysalis now command Phoenix Stellar of the Canderlot branch to take over the magic investigation. Report to me when you discover anything knew. And come to me if you require any assistance." Queen Chrysalis said in a powerful voice. Before I could say anything else she hung up. After roughly ten seconds of silence I let out a breath that I just realised I was holding in. Beside me I heard them all do the same. I turned to Rarity and them.

"Okay, you're forgivin, now come on guys. I need a drink." I said while walking away. Even Claire didn't object.

Later that night.

Midnight stood above me. His coat was spotted with blood and he smelt like gun powder. 'Blow back,' I thought. In his right hand was a tanto with its blade coated in a dark substance while his left held a gun. I would know that Glock anywhere. His outfit was full of dirt and other stuff, but his face was clear as well as his hair. His face though was really pale like he saw a ghost.

Midnight and I stood above the fat lady from the taco joint. She was on the ground bloody and begging. Looking around I was suprised to see Solstice, Corvis, and Forest standing there with the biggest knives I ever saw. They resembled machetes, but I knew they were the long knives we carried. Midnight however was carrying his tanto free of blood. Without warning he turned to me. I immediately knew something was wrong when I saw his eyes flickering from murky green to emerald green and back again. Taking a second look i realized they were all like that way, but theirs were from artic blue to emerald green and back again.

"Finish it," he said with his voice voice slow and zombie like.

"This isn't right," I replied my voice cracking. Midnight shrugged and turned back to the lady who was begging for mercy. With his right hand he pulled out a long knive and raised his left hand with his tanto. Forest, Corvis, and Solstice all closed in on her with their knives raised in similar fashion. "We can't kill a innocent person!" I pleaded. All four of them turned to me with their eyes their normal color. My head was twisted t the left by a hand under my chin. Claire stood there with her eyes flashing emerald green.

"You did," she said while turning my had back to my original pack. They all stared at me and their eyes started flashing emerald again. They all began to close in on the women while I went into the fetal position. I tried to cover my ears, but I still heard the screams.

The screaming went on for several minutes. Eventually they stopped and I felt a soft hand on my face. Slowly looking up I saw Twilight Sparkle smilin at me. "It's okay, everything will be alright." She said almost cooing. I stared at her with my mouth gaping open. She smiled at me and stood up while turning. Twilight then bag an to walk towards the school statue that appeared. Without thinking my hand went to my side and began to curl around a familiar ninja star.

"No!" I cried as my hand went up unwillingly. "Please don't do this," I pleaded wih myself. Twilight was almost to the mirror now. Around me over a dozen changlings formed a semi circle around me. I instantly recognized them as my old unit and my new one all with glowing blue eyes in the dark besides Midnight who had glowing dark green eyes. My hand too aim while my body turned to throw. "Please don't," I begged them with tears streaking down my face. Twilight was at the mirror now.

"Throw it," Midnight commanded. I threw.

The star went straight and fast and was only half a foot away from her when her back disappeared. I had a glimmer hope she made it until the star followed her thorough.

I sat up in my bed sweating. Looking around I had to calm myself down. After I finished I took a long cold shower and went to school. This went on for about a week. Each day I struggled o make it through the say. Claire seemed to be enjoying life while the rest of us became more sullen. At lunch the rainbow squad noticed our changes immediately. We always denied what they were talking about, but Applejack always saw straight through our act. At least Sunset Shimmer stopped messing with us. If she was I wasn't sure I could take it. And each night the nightmares got worse. Each time I remembered another detail from that night while I saw that women from the taco joint along with changlings and our normal savage acts. At the end of each nightmare I always threw the star at Twilight Sparkle. Sometimes she was silent others she waved to me, some she was talking with other people and a few she talked to me. Comforting me from my other nightmares. And each time I killed her from another dimension.

It was my usual nightmare routine. Even if I was used to it didn't mean it made it any better. However this time I saw a series of dead bodies around me. 'Whats going on?' I though. Looking down at the bodies I realized that there was a few head shots but most of them had their throats slit. Like red necklaces that came from ear-to-ear. Slowly turning my gaze towards my left hand I realized with horror that I was holding a pistol. In my right hand was a long knife.

I sat up even more freaked out than usual. I quickly checked my clock and realized it was only eleven. Standing up I called the other changlings in a group call.

"Hello?" Ben asked.

"Get up, were doing something tonight," I told them.

"Where should we meet?" Beth asked.

"By the school," Claire said. We all agreed and I hung up to get ready. When I finished I left my apartment and locked the door. That last dream was too much.

Sunset Shimmer POV

Sunset Shimmer turned and her heart skipped a beat. Standing at the edge of the cleaning stood Phoenix and his crew. 'Run, do something,' A voice inside her head screamed.
She barely managed to stand up and the world was swaying. In her hand was a large liquor bottle while the smaller one was on the grass empty.
The one with the two blue highlights walked up while the rest formed a semicircle around her. Claire walked halfway between them and said something in the changling language. Now Sunset Shimmer wished she took the Changling foreign language class. Claire said it while turning to Phoenix and letting out a grin while finishing her jokenwhile turning to Ben.
Now Sunset Shimmer was sweating. Ever since the fall formal kids from CHS gave her h***. These guys were her rivals before that and she gave hem h***. Ever since the fall formal she always took steps to avoid them. From what she seen Phoenix was having a blast since he now had no competition at the school.
'Why didn't I just stay home?' Sunset Shimmer thought to herself. Before she could come up with an answer Phoenix let out a whistle and all five of the Changlings were running towards her.
'Run' Sunset Shimmer thought, but only succeeded in falling down. Now he changlings were really close. Phoenix replaced Claire's place at the front and now stood right above her. Sunset Shimmer opened her mouth to ask him what he was going to do to her, but the words wouldn't leave. Instead of attacking her like she thought he grabbed the bottle of liquor and opened it.
Sunset Shimmer opened her mouth in suprise. These guys could hurt her and no-one would care. Instead Phoenix who was looming above her on his knees turned his head and raised the bottle to his lips. From the side of his eyes he winked at her as if to say "watch this,"
He took on long drink and handed the bottle to Andrew. Andrew was still a freshman, but he took a drink almost as big as Phoenix did. After that he handed it to Beth who took a slightly smaller drink and handed it to Claire who took a drink bigger than Phoenix. Ben ended up taking a drink the size of Andrew's which finished it. Once they finished it, the all stood up and began walking the way they came with little swaying to their movements.
"Your not going to do anything to me?" Sunset Shimmer asked. Phoenix stopped and turned his head towards her.
"Our score was settled a while ago. Not it would be useless going after you since you wouldn't do anything back," Phoenix said in a surprisingly calm voice.
"You do to everyone else," Sunset Shimmer pointed out. Then mentally slapped herself.
Phoenix only grinned and kept walking away.
Once they were gone Sunset Shimmer stood in that clearing silently for what felt like hours. When she finally came out of shock she cried in relief.

Author's Note

Can anybody guess it yet? And the end in of this series will shock you.