A Superb Case of Evil

Rainbow Dash was asleep, having the most unpleasant dreams. She was standing in front of Twilight, bearing an ax in her hooves, ready to cut down her former friend for all her earlier transgressions. The acts Twilight committed were something that Dash couldn't erase from her thoughts, no matter what Twilight did to redeem herself. And even then it wouldn't have mattered. According to Twilight, this being that was calling itself Amon, made it seem like it was intent on destroying Equestria. Rainbow's dreams left her feeling conflicted. Part of her still wanted to help Twi, and the other wanted to smash her head in with a brick what she had done to Applejack.

"This thing was what caused Twilight to hurt so many ponies that were once her friends," Rainbow thought to herself. She wasn't in control of her own actions. Dash understood that, but she also understood that Twilight must be feeling so wracked with guilt that she didn't think she would be forgiven like this. Rainbow wanted to put a hoof around her friend's shoulder and tell her that everything would be alright.

But she knew part of that was a bit of a lie. Things weren't going to return to normal as they wanted. They all had to live with what had transpired. And the looks AJ would give Twilight spoke volumes of how much trust had been destroyed. Even if AJ acted like things were ok, they really weren't. Rainbow could only stare at AJ until even she got sick of being around her.

"We'll see you later Applejack," and with those words, AJ returned to her farm chores. And to take care of some paperwork she had been working on late last night. She was a headstrong mare and a hard worker. But even she slowly realized that Rainbow Dash was right. What Twilight had done wasn't within her powers to control. She had been used as a puppet for a much darker power. And she decided to give Twilight the air she needed right now.

Her emotions right now were conflicting with each other. On one hoof she cared for Applejack like she was more than just a good friend. She was a pony that Rainbow could share her bed with just to stay warm on a cold night. On the other hoof, she had known Twilight for so long that she developed feelings for her. She wanted to show her softer side when she was around Twilight. It felt so comforting to be around her and feel wanted in return.

And another part wanted to tell AJ that she was in love with Twilight, at least she was before all this had taken place. It was painful enough to have to lie to Applejack and tell the earth pony that she loved her, when she really didnt and was just pained and confused over how to go about explaining how she truly felt.

But was truly terrifying right now was the dream she was having. It was the fourth one in a week that had stayed the same. But this one was a little different from that one. She had a hard time trying to figure it out. As well as why Luna wasn't in any of her dreams to help her out.

The other dream was much different though. Dash found herself in the weather factory in Cloudsdale, standing over some massive machine. She could hear the word "pegasus device" echoing ever so faintly through out the dream. In the dream she turned to she Scootaloo, bloody and battered, at the bottom of the construct. She was chained to the center of it, most of the color drained from Dash's face when she realized that she had put her there. She turned to see herself standing next an exact copy of herself. Her mane was frayed, and there was blood all over her hooves and suit. She was wearing a suit, the kind that that director of the weather factory wore. She then snapped wide awake, sitting up straight in her cloud bed. The rainbow maned pegasus found she was drenched in own sweat. That dream left her feeling so uncomfortable right now.

She turned to see Scootaloo fast asleep in the guest bed she had set up. She had agreed to let Scoots spend the night after everything that had happened. The small orange pegasus didn't feel safe staying in town, especially around the library. She had decided that the two of them would go check on Applejack in the morning. She was still in the Ponyville Hospital recovering from her ordeal. Rainbow Dash had a special day planned for the three of them, if the doctors agreed to release AJ for a bit. Rainbow Dash had something special she wanted to ask Applejack, and she decided to do it with Scoots as a witness. The two friends had developed something more then just friendship in the last few years.

As painful as it was to admit this to herself, Rainbow Dash could be stubborn at times, but even then she knew that she was never a liar. Even still doubt began to creep in. Was what she was feeling towards Applejack even real? Yes Twilight had done something horrible, but after she discovered what had really transpired she began to doubt herself. She had suspected that Twilight might of developed feelings for her, but she was always to distracted to really notice.

It wasn't until a recent altercation that Dash began to suspect that Twi felt something towards the pegasus.

LIttle did Dash know, but there was a dark force behind the dreams she had been having as of late. A force that sought to warp her mind and reality and force her into its service. It was getting worse for her each and every night she tried to go to sleep in her cloud home. Her nightmares were becoming darker and more twisted with each passing hour. One nightmare she'd be in the Weather Factory, frozen in place, and forced to watch Scootaloo die, and another she was in Sugarcube Corner, with Pinkie dragging her unconscious body into the basement where she'd find herself strapped to a metal table. She'd be forced to watch as Pinkie pulled out a butcher's knife and cut her wings off without even a sign or remorse.

In the nightmare she'd listen to Pinkie go on and on about harvesting organs for Special Cupcakes. It wracked her brain with fear as she was helpless to stop her friend from murdering her. Each night caused Rainbow Dash to begin losing her sanity. She'd wake up and not noticed that her mane was a mess and her coat was stained with sweat and started looking unkept. The first to take notice was a newly released from the hospital Applejack. The tan farm pony could see something was up with her marefriend. She decided to go over and ask Dash what was wrong. Rainbow looked up from the branch she was napping on to see AJ approaching her. She decided to tell Applejack about her dreams, her cold and vivid nightmares, even though she thought she saw Pinkie glaring at her, while holding a knife, creeping through an alley way close to the two of them. She passed it off as a hallucination caused by fatigue after what she'd been through every night.

"Dash, you look mighty unkept Girl," Applejack said as she pulled a brush out of her satchel that the hospital had given her, and started to brush down Dash's rats nest of a mane. She pulled her friend out of sight of everypony else and did the same to her coat. When they had started dating awhile back, Applejack had become accustomed to Preening Dash's wings as per pegasi dating rituals. Before everything with Twilight had nearly gone to Tartarus, Twi and Rarity had caught the two of them in the act. It was quite something to see Rainbow Dash get a Wing Boner for an earth pony, Applejack most of all. Their friends were supportive, even if it didn't make sense to one of them. But something started to bother Rainbow Dash as AJ was helping her clean up. Where was Pinkie?

Rainbow Dash pushed her away when she got to her flank. Applejack was a bit startled at first. She smacked Rainbow in the back of the head.

"What in tarnation was that for Rainbow?!" Applejack was a little angry when Dash had pushed her away like that.

"I don't need you brushing my ass like that,"Rainbow was a bit curt when she said that. She didn't mind one of her "friends" brushing her mane, but when it came to another area of her body she'd do it herself when she got home. Something that both AJ and Twilight didn't know was that Pegasi were known to have the loudest orgasms when it came to sex. And the largest discharge of fluids if you know what I mean. It was enough to fill a 4-gallon bucket.

It had been a few days since the truth of the matter had been revealed. This Amon figure was obviously a threat, and they knew that Twilight felt guilty for being used the way she had been. She had convinced Celestia to let her take care of this, and that if she needed help, she was sure she'd convince her friends to aid her. Even after the deaths of all those ponies, there was still a trace of humility in the lavender unicorn. After the two had spoken, Twilight had disappeared in a blinding flash of white and purple light. Apparently she had teleported to where this Amon was residing, in an attempt to resolve the situation. She was powerful, but this thing was purported to be as strong or stronger then King Sombra.

No pony had known that Celestia had fought with Amon over a thousand years before any of them had been born. She had caught him trying to corrupt the Tree of Harmony, in which the elements had been returned to after turning discord to stone. No pony knew though that it was Amon who had poisoned Luna's mind with doubt's about Celestia allowing her to rule beside her, and that no pony was relishing in her beautiful night she took the time to craft. Luna was a shell as far as he was concerned. She was a tool, just like Twilight was now, and that all it took to bend her to his will was to introduce the ever smallest doubt about Celestia's loyalty and affection towards her sister. From that moment on Luna began doubting Celestia's trust in her and her overall ability to govern the ponies of their Kingdom.

No pony realized that Nightmare Moon had been an indirect creation of Amon's. Celestia came to suspect just that after banishing her sister to the moon all those thousands of years ago. And because of that she also quietly doubted her herself and regretted that very action for all these years. She had loved her sister with all her heart and yet it didn't make it any easy when it came down to making such a snap judgement call like Banishment.

What none of them realized was that Amon wasn't this being's true name. It used many names over the centuries to corrupt others into entering its service. But its name was well known to Princess Luna. Any mention of it's real name was enough to cause a pony to slide into madness and despair. When I say it, I do mean it. the being in question is genderless most of the time but prefers the male prefix. In fact, you the reader may have already met this being what with "him" being a Daedric Prince and all that. When he was done with Twilight there'd be nothing left to salvage of her sanity.

His many names have been documented by the way. Amon, Tzzentch, are just two of the many he's used. His true name can only be uttered on his summoning day. And that's approaching. Twilight Sparkle's soul will become just another tool for him to use if her friends and Celestia cant find a way to save her in the end. The horror of what started in the basement of the Golden Oaks Library may just ended. But a new chapter is starting.