A Superb Case of Evil

"It'll be ok.. everything will be ok." Twilight thought to herself as she opened her eyes. It was dark at first, nearly pitch black. Then somethnig started to take shape. She could just make out the barren landscape she found herself in right now.

She always thought it would be ok. She thought she'd make it out of this without any lasting scars. Boy was she mistaken. It had slowly eroded her sense of self, this thing calling itself Amon. IT warped her thoughts to serve its needs, and if it couldn't get what it wanted out of Twilight, it would find another that was more palable, one that it could corrupt absolutely, without interference from those it called friend. That one being Rainbow Dash. IT wasnt going to be easy to get Dash to turn on her friends and loved ones. Twilight couldn't help but feel trapped in this dimension Amon called his prison. It was a fluke he was able to sense a mind as powerful as hers from this far away. The Void as mysterious as anyplace she had ever had the grace to know.

As she lay there on what seemed to be the barren ground of this place, she couldn't stop herself from remembering the happier times ini her life, and how bleak it seemed to get them back because of what he had tricked her into doing. She had the blood of those ponies on her hooves, and that wasn't a feeling that would be going away if, and only if, she made it out of this alive and in one piece. Twilight looked up to see Amon towering over her, she felt so small when comparing their relative size differences. It was something that only had to the uneasiness of the situation. She had no idea that he was planning to break their bargain and cast her aside for another that was easier to manipulate in her place. If it didn't work with Rainbow Dash, at least she'd be broken. Her sanity would be destroyed if the bonding process failed at all. Little did Amon realize though, that Equestria was under going a crisis as he and Twilight matched wits before attempting a battle of power.

Celestia was struggling as of right now to maintain any semblence of order in her Kingdom. Luna was trying to help as much as she could, as were the remaining Elements of Harmony. The Griffon Kingdom was on the verge of declaring open war after it was mentioned that Celestia was going to have one of their highest ranking officials arrested for openly assaulting one of her ambassadors to their Kingdom. That Ambassador was Rainbow Dash. She was sent to speak with Gilda about trade negotiations, which sounded like something meant for any other pony other then Dash. According to reports, Gilda struck Dash as soon she entered the Griffon Borders. They had agreed to meet near the closest outpost near the border, to make it somewhat neutral Territory. The thing is, Gilda was nowhere near the outpost, nor had any prior knowledge Dash was coming to see her.

It was revealed in the end to be a Changeling that had taken on Gilda's appearance and met with Dash. There seemed to be a rise in Changeling activity within the past 5 months.. It seemed to much of a good thing to think the Changelings would never show their faces again. And all this was going on while Twilight and Amon were occupied with one another.

The Void

"I offered to free you and your kind from your suffering, and this is how i'm repayed,"Amon was furious with this creature standing in front of him. He had offered her the knowledge of the universe in exchange for remaking her world and species into his own image. Of course he had no intention of sharing control of it though. That's just how beings of his like were, They'd cooperate up until they felt the time to turn on you and slip a metaphysical knife in your back. She could feel her pulse start to race and the air fill with tension as they prepared for their final battle. Amon would come to see how powerful this creature was in the coming moments. THere was no way he was prepared for the pain she had in store for him. Twilight whipsered to herself,"Im sorry Princess, but i have no other choice," and with that she tapped into her vast potential, and harnessed the dark magic that she had hiding away after her use of it in the Crystal Empire when Sombra' was trying to retake it several years ago.

She brought the full weight of her abilities down upon him. Amon held her for the longest time before realizing she had used a forbidden spell that even Celestia would be surprised to know Twilight knew of and had mastered under her mentor's muzzle. Amon started to feel disoriented, until he came to the all too late realization that he had been cleaved in two by this "unicorn" and began to feel the life, and his own psionic powers, leave him as he collapsed into nothing but a withered husk. She didn't even give me the chance to the search out her friend Rainbow's aura, he thought to himself as he evaporated into nothingness.

All Twilight could hear was a faint," Curse.... you......" before she was left in this place alone. She had just enough energy to find her way back to Equestria, after that she would need to recover. That was if she didn't still get executed in the end. Her respite would be short lived no matter what happened to her in the next few hours. No matter what the verdict she was ready to face the music as it were. She had to wash her hooves of this stain in her mind. She knew she was guilty and had already accepted what her fate would be. She had killed others, even if she had been manipulated, she was still guilty in her own eyes. She had cost the lives of one of her friends from Canterlot, and had also killed Applejacks brother Big Mac. That was the worst of it though. She killed a member of the Apple Family, and they regard members of their family as precious no matter what.

To make it worse, she had used a spell to bring out Pinkie's other personality without her friend knowing it. That was an utter and direct violation of a pony's free will and personality. What she didn't know though was that her friend Lyra had seen and read the ressurection spell that Twilight herself had planned to use if she had fully succumb to Amon's will. Thank Celestia that never was allowed to even happen.

Twilight looked around and realize that she had never left the void world where "Amon" had been. She turned to hear a faint echo of laughter. Laughter that got louder until it seemed to be right near her ears. She winced at the sound of it until she was literally on her haunches.

"I thought you should know," he said, " You might be strong but you are nowhere near as strong as another I've met, to fully banish me." Standing in front of her was a being clad in scarred and burned armor with horns protruding from some sort of helmet. She could barely stand up while in his presence. The aura he gave off was so malignant that she left she was going to pass out.

"Why am I sensing so much Dark magical energies come from you," she said. She felt like she was suffocating under the weight of so much evil energy. The aura coming from him was 100 times worse then Sombra's. She had to find a way to get out of here and warn her friends. She realized that this was the being that had caused her to harm so many others.

It was more then enough to make Twilight sick to her stomach. She was in the presence of one of the most sinster forces on both the ethereal planes and that of Equestria's sister world, Nirn. Yes their on the same planar level. Travel between the worlds existed during the reign of the Snow elves. They had traded with The Royal Sisters quite often. Travel ceased when they were forced underground by the constant warring with the Nords. The Royal sisters were able to save some of them in exchange for ayslum. Even now there was a Snow elf colony up in the northern reaches of the Crystal Empire.

It felt so much like home that they were extremely grateful. The disappearance of the Crystal Empire didn't affect them at all. Even Sombra had no knowledge of their existence. Celestia maintained trade relations with them even now. Thats when she remembered reading about the beings known as the Daedric Princes. Celestia had given her a tome to study for a test that had come from an acquaintance of the Princess. That acquaintance must have been a Snow Elf.

Twilight came to stark realization of just whose presence she was in. And fear ran through her spirit for the first time in quite awhile. She managed to utter a name out of earshot.

"Molag bal," she muttered. She was actually frightened for what seemed like the first time in her life. What she had felt before was nothing compared to this. She wanted badly to escape this place. As he proceeded to talk to her she conserved her magical aura until she knew she had the energy needed to teleport out of here. She just hoped that he didn't notice.

"I revel in the suffering of others. Its how I gather the energy of their souls for my realm of Cold harbour. In fact, I've even got the soul of one of your ancestors believe it or not. " She could tell by his tone that he wasn't even trying to lie to her at all. Yes he was getting a sick pleasure out of tormenting her like this. But it was the one moment where has was brutally honest with her.

"I don't believe you!" She screamed, and with that he summoned the soul of her great great great great Grandmother, Potema Sparkle. She couldn't believe it, she was looking at her own 4 times great grandmother. But more then that she recognized the Amulet around her neck.

The Alicorn Amulet.