Twilight's Secret

MoonDancer froze, she was speechless at first. Spike looked confused, not understanding. He scratched his head.

“What...?”, MoonDancer asked, shocked. Twilight faced them, an anxious look in her eyes.

“Are...are you sure?”, stammered MoonDancer. Twilight looked down. She got up weakly, and turned a light on with her magic.

“Look....”, she said, softly. It was subtle, but Twilight's abdomen was just starting to swell.

MoonDancer's ears folded back, her eyes filled with worry.

“You're already showing...?!”, she cried, anxiously.

“I had symptoms...but I just thought it was stress. Until...I looked in the mirror”, Twilight explained, weakly.

“I don't get it, she just put on some weight”, Spike spoke up.

“No, Spike. Twilight's going to have a baby...”, MoonDancer explained, gently. Spike starred at her blankly, and then his eyes grew wide.

“WHAT?!”, he asked, in shock.

“I don't even know how far along I am...I know I can't be more than three months”, Twilight added, worriedly.

“Twilight...if Flash hurts you again...he could hurt the foal, right?”, Spike asked, urgently.

“He could, and he will. He hurt you, Spike”, Twilight replied, worriedly.

“We have to go to Princess Celestia right now”, MoonDancer said, worriedly. Twilight nodded weakly, but just as they went to leave, the door opened.

Standing there, was Flash Sentry.

Twilight instantly backed up, holding her head low.

“MoonDancer? It's rude to drop in uninvited”, he commented. MoonDancer glared. Her horn suddenly glowed, and she blasted magic at him.

Flash dodged it just in time, and he glared.

“Back OFF!”, MoonDancer growled, she counted her hoof into the floor, protecting Twilight and Spike.

“I see...”, Flash sneered.

“So Twilight told you everything”, he concluded.

“Your threats aren't going to scare me, or keep my mouth shut. I'm not a princess who's responsible for Equestria. You put that weight on my friend's shoulders all this time...”, MoonDancer glared, magic still sparkling from her horn.

“You're going to let us pass...or you'll regret it”, MoonDancer warned. Twilight didn't make eye contact with Flash, as she started to follow MoonDancer out.

She was holding her breath, terrified. Spike was on MoonDancer's back, glaring at Flash.

They were about to exit the room, when Flash suddenly bucked it shut, locking it.

“Let us go, Flash!”, MoonDancer yelled.

“I'm afraid I can't do that”, Flash sneered.

MoonDancer glared, she suddenly shot a blast of power at him. Flash dodged it, flying up. He was lightening fast.

MoonDancer shot more beams at him, as he suddenly dived down, headed for Twilight.

MoonDancer stood in front of her, glaring. Flash's armor helmet suddenly fell off, and on his head...was a horn.

“What...?!”, Twilight's breath caught in her throat. How did...Flash become an Alicorn? It wasn't possible.

MoonDancer stood her ground, not moving.

Flash's horn glowed green, and he shot dark magic at her.

“Twilight!”, MoonDancer's horn glowed, and she teleported Twilight across the room, out of harm's way.

“MoonDancer!”, Twilight cried, fearfully, halfway across the room.

The dark power hit MoonDancer. She screamed in agony, as the green magic surrounded her.

“MoonDancer, no!”, Spike cried.

Flash grinned evilly, his eyes green.

“STOP! Let her go!”, Twilight yelled, urgently. Flash ignored her pleas, and with his magic threw MoonDancer across the room.

She hit a bookcase, her glasses falling off.

“MoonDancer...!”, cried Twilight, fearfully. MoonDancer was motionless.

“No...!”, Twilight pressed her ear against MoonDancer's lungs.

“Is she....?”, Spike asked, shakily.

“She's breathing...”, Twilight exhaled in relief

“Twilight...what do we do?!”, asked Spike. Twilight glanced up at Flash, who was glaring at them. She lowered her voice.

“Spike. Take a note”, she said then. Spike's eyes grew wide..he then grinned, understanding.

After seeing her friend hurt, Twilight gained some of her bravery back, and she could even think clearer.

“With pleasure”, Spike whispered.

“I'll distract him”, Twilight said.

She then glared up at Flash.

“What did you do?!”, she demanded, shaking. Not with fear anymore...with rage.

“I just got her out of our way for a bit”, Flash growled.

“How?! How do you have Alicorn magic!?”, Twilight asked.

Spike grabbed a piece of parchment and a quill.

“See for yourself”, Flash removed his chest armor, revealing a strange amulet, hanging from a chain necklace. It was a circle, but in the middle was a black alicorn shape.

Twilight's ears folded back, and her heart sunk.

“What is that?!”, she demanded.

“It's an old relic of King Sombra's. It has the ability to turn anyone into an Alicorn, and give them unlimited power”, Flash replied, glaring.

"What...?!", Twilight's heart sunk.

"You see...1000 years ago, before he was defeated, King Sombra created this amulet with his magic. He was going to use it to turn himself into an Alicorn...but it failed. He realized, he needed to steal magic from another Alicorn, in order for it to work", Flash explained.

"But those Princesses defeated him...he planned to drain Princess Cadence's magic, but YOU defeated him", growled Flash.

Spike wrote a message on the parchment fast, and approached the window carefully.

Twilight glared...she saw his eyes were glowing green.

"If you need Alicorn magic to become one...", Twilight froze then. Flash grinned.

His horn glowed, and the amulet glowed. Twilight suddenly cried out, feeling her magic slowly being drained.

She collapsed, weak.

"I understand now...", she realized why she was so weak...it was just because of all the abuse. He was slowly draining her magic, little by little.

"There was no contact with Queen Chrysalis, all I need to remove the Crystal Heart, and bring King Sombra back, is YOUR magic!", Flash sneered.

“Why? Flash...why?”, Twilight cried.

“I wanted the power...it's as simple as that”, Flash replied, glaring.

Spike breathed green fire, and he sent the letter.

“But enough of this..!”, Flash glared, as his horn glowed green.

Twilight backed up, her ears folding back.

Flash spread his wings, and shot dark magic down at her.

“Twilight!”, Spike ran over to her. Twilight's horn glowed, and she created a barrier around them, and MoonDancer.

“Twilight..! Are you okay?!”, Spike asked, worriedly.

“I...I'm fine...but I can't keep this barrier up for long...”, Twilight replied, shaking.

Flash grinned, the amulet glowed again. Twilight cried out in pain then, feeling her magic being drained again.

“Twilight?!”, Spike cried, fearfully.

Twilight couldn't answer, as she grimaced in pain, the barrier dying.

“What are you doing to her?!”, Spike yelled.

“All this time, I've been very slowly draining her magic. I tricked her into thinking I already had the power to remove the Crystal Heart! When in reality, I am getting it from her! So I'm just taking the last bit of it”, Flash replied.

Twilight gritted her teeth, as more magic drained from her. The barrier suddenly vanished.

“Twilight..!”, Spike cried, as Twilight collapsed onto her side, suddenly feeling extremely weak.

The amulet closed, and Flash's eyes glowed green, his wings suddenly became more bat like, and his horn grew longer. Two devil like dark purple horns grew from his head, and his coat turned darker. He grinned evilly.

“Now it's mine...!”, he growled.

“No...”, Twilight lifted her hoof weakly, unable to move.

Flash laughed manically, when suddenly a blast of magic hit him.

Flash yelled, as he hit the floor, the amulet falling off.

As soon as it was off, his horn vanished. He looked normal again, but he glared.

“What...?”, he growled.

Standing in the doorway, was Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, Shining Armor, and Cadence.

“You...bastard”, Shining Armor suddenly ran over, and punched Flash right in the face.

“Twilight!”, Cadence hurried over to her sister in law's side.

“C-Cadence...”, Twilight couldn't lift her head, too weak.

“Her magic's gone...!”, Cadence realized, fearfully.

“It's in here!”, Spike brought the amulet over. Princess Celestia opened it, and a burst of Alicorn magic emerged from it.

So much, that the force shattered the windows in the room.

It went back into Twilight. Twilight cried out, as she was lifted off the floor by the force, her eyes glowing bright white.

She gently landed back down, and felt dizzy.

“Twilight...!”, Cadence cried, worriedly. Twilight struggled to stand, as she sat down weakly.

“Why?! Why didn't you come to us?! All this time?”, cried Cadence, tears in her eyes. Twilight looked at her weakly.

“I couldn't...I couldn't risk you, or Flurry Heart...”, Twilight replied, weakly.

Cadence's eyes filled with tears, as she gently pulled Twilight into a hug.

Shining Armor glared back at Flash.

“I could kill you...”, he growled.

“Shining Armor, your sister needs you. Let us deal with this traitor”, Princess Luna said, walking over.

Shining Armor hesitated, glaring still. But finally he walked over to his sister.

Flash backed up from Celestia and Luna., but he glared still.

"Just wait...I will bring him back. King Sombra will return", he threatened.

Princess Celestia glared, and put him in a magic bubble.

“To the gates of Tartarus?”, asked Luna. Princess Celestia nodded, the two hurried out.

“Twiley...!”, Shining Armor hugged her gently.

“Cadence...can you get MoonDancer and Spike to the hospital?”, asked Twilight weakly.

“Of course”, Cadence left, taking MoonDancer and Spike with her.

“Twiley, why?! You could have came to us!”, Shining Armor asked.

“All I could think about was his threats...I couldn't risk you, or Cadence, or Flurry Heart..”, Twilight replied, weakly.

“Twilight..”, Shining Armor was at a loss for words. His little sister suffered all this time...and he didn't even realize it.

“I'm so sorry...I should have known”, he said, sadly.

“It's not your fault, Shining Armor”, Twilight said softly.

“But it is! Out of everyone, I should have noticed something was wrong!”, Shining Armor said, feeling horrible.

“Shining Armor...”, Twilight cried, worriedly.

“We have to get you to the hospital as well...”, Shining Armor added then, worried.

Twilight nodded weakly, she limped forward.

Shining Armor carefully lifted her onto his back then.

“I'm not too heavy?”, asked Twilight weakly.

“Not at all”, Shining Armor assured her. He walked down the hall, as Twilight weakly rested on his back.

There were two guards standing by the entrance of the hospital.

One of the guards was clearly new. He was a unicorn, and he had a white coat, and a red and blue striped mane and tail, and red eyes.

He looked a little nervous, it was clearly his first day. His Cutie mark was fireworks.

He saw them coming over, his heart sunk, and he even gasped at Twilight's condition.

“Is...is she...Princess Twilight Sparkle?”, he asked.

“Yes...she's hurt badly. Open the doors!”, ordered Shining Armor, urgently.

“Y-Yes, right away!”, the guards quickly opened the doors.

Twilight was half conscious, her wing hurting badly, plus she felt very weak.

The new guard watched her, worried, as Shining Armor carried her into the hospital room.

“What happened to her?”, he asked the other guard.

“Something big happened, because I heard Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were taking someone to the Gates of Tartarus”, replied the guard.

Twilight lay in bed weakly, she had drifted to unconsciousness, and wasn't sure how long she had been out for.

It was night, but a small light was still on. The room was mostly dark though. She stirred weakly, opening her eyes. She winced, her wing was in a bandage.

“Easy...”, Cadence was at her side, worried.

“Cadence..where's MoonDancer? And Spike?”, asked Twilight, weakly.

“They're in their own rooms. They'll be okay”, Cadence assured her, softly.

Twilight's heart sunk then, as she sat up more.

“Is my foal okay?!”, she asked, fearfully.

“Yes...the doctor said your foal is fine. You're three months along...”, replied Cadence, softly.

Twilight relaxed, her heart beat slowing back down. She lay down weakly.

“How long did you know you were pregnant?”, asked Cadence, worriedly.

“I just found out today”, replied Twilight, she didn't take her eyes off of her belly, worried.

“Oh Twilight...”, Cadence hugged her sister gently. Twilight returned the hug, feeling safe and secure.

“I can't believe...I'm going to be a mom...”, Twilight admitted, weakly. Cadence smiled softly, as they gently broke apart.

“Are you...okay with this though?”, she had to ask.

Twilight's ears folded back.

“Yes...it's not the baby's fault that her or his father is...who he is”, Twilight replied.

“The Princesses took him to Tartarus...you don't have to worry anymore”, Cadence assured her.

“Once you feel better, I've arranged for you, me, Spike and Flurry Heart to move to Ponyville, in your castle”, Cadence revealed then.

“Really?”, Twilight asked.

“Yes. Shining Armor will watch over the Crystal Empire. Just until you have your baby. I don't want you living alone during this. I promise to be there to take care of you, Twilight”, Cadence explained.

Twilight smiled weakly, relieved.

“Thank you, Cadence...”, she said softly.

Cadence smiled softly. She gently nuzzled her sister, as Twilight drifted back to sleep.