The Prince of Darkness

Celestia sat in silence, her soul growing cold, mind vanishing, and tears in her eyes. She gazed upon her sister lying on the ground, blood pouring from the open wound. She glanced at the monster who still had her flesh in its teeth.

“You can’t beat me.” it said to the broken Celestia. “I will just keep returning, stronger than the last.” it grew closer to her. “The untimely death of your sister is the result of your resistance to your inevitable defeat. I had planned to spare her, but you dragged us into it. It’s you fault.” he said in hushed voice. “If you hadn’t cursed us, then a monarch would not have been needed. We would be living in harmony underneath the shining sun and all of its glory. You brought this upon yourself and everyone that you hurt.”

It sunk its teeth into her neck, her main began turning a dark gray color. She could feel the life being drained from her body, the blood coursing through her veins in one direction. As the few last courts of blood began leaving her body and her thoughts started to become hazy, she thought to herself. This really is my fault. I’m going to die cold and alone. In all my years of living I have never revealed the full truth of why I made Twilight an alicorn. I will never feel the warm embrace of my sister or anypony else ever again. she began losing consciousness when they heard the door slam open.

“Star! If you’re in there, you need to stop!” Twilight proclaimed standing proud at the door. It stopped feasting, dropped the almost lifeless Celestia, and turned to look at them.

“I was wondering when you show up to the party.”

“If this is a party, then it’s the worst one I have ever been to!!” Pinky shouted from behind Twilight.

“Hahahaha! That’s what you came up with in terms of trash talk, how pathetic. A fetus could come up with something better!” he mocked. “But it’s exactly what i would have expected from you.”

“Hay! Leave her alone!” Rainbowdash demanded.

“Shouldn’t you be out finding new ways to kill yourself? You’ve broken your limbs so often that i’m surprised they haven’t fallen off yet.” he turned his attention to Fluttershy, who was cowering behind Applejack. “What’s wrong Fluttershy, you’re not afraid of me are you?” he grinned from ear to ear, once again showing off his blood soaked teeth.

“Don’t pay no mind to him Fluttershy. He’s just trying to get your mind.” AJ said to comfort her.

“You should listen to her Fluttershy. I mean, why should you be afraid of my razor sharp teeth that capable of tearing the flesh off bone? Just ignore my soul piercing gaze and my demonic appearance.” he started walking towards them. “So you should just pretend that i’m not fantasizing about ripping you all limb from limb.” his brisk pace gradually turned into a hasty trot. “Ignore the fact that I am more powerful than you ever could have imagined!!” his trot quickly became a rapid gallop. “Just ignore the fact that i’m going to kill all of you!!!!” he screamed at the top of his lungs. Just seconds before he got to them, Twilight put up a domed shield surrounding them.

“Star, snap out of it! It’s us your friends!!” Twilight pled. The cry echoed in his mind, heart, and soul. Buried deep within the monsters psyche was Morningstar… the Morningstar that represents everything good. He sat there in his subconscious, his head down, pale and fragile looking skin, and a puddle of tears at his hooves. All around him were echoes of the negative thoughts he had of himself.

“Why am I so stupid?”

“I can’t do anything right.”

“I’m going to die alone.”

“There’s no way that anypony could love me more than just a friend.” these thoughts and several others played on repeat, weakening the light and strengthening the dark. But one voice of positivity broke the chain, Twilights.

The monster placed one hoof on his forehead and cringed in pain. “GAAAHH!!” he shook his head and cleared it the foreign voice. “Cease these petty attempts!!!!! There is no talking sense into me nor is there negotiation. As you will soon see, i’m much more powerful than the illusion of friendship!!!” he grit his teeth as the migraine progressively grew worse.

“Friendship is not an illusion! It’s the wonderful thing in existence. The real Morningstar saw that and gave his life to protect that!!!” Twilight preached.

Frustrated by pain he shot an explosive spell at the shield while screaming “ENOUGH!!!!!!!!!!” The shield shattered like glass and the explosion sent them flying in seperate directions. The spell kicked up so much dust that the cloud was to thick to see through. They all sat up, rubbing there cuts and bruises when they heard the ominous voice through the dust cloud. “You can’t save Equestria this time. When this over, I will mount your heads on my wall as trophies of my victory.” Rarity squinted to see through the dust. “And the crown jewel of my collection……” her squinting intensified. “You!” he said as he appeared from the dust cloud, right in Rarity’s line of sight.

She knew full well that he had intentions of killing her, but instead being afraid she was devastated at the sight of what he had become. She placed a hoof on his cheek and slowly ran it down to his chin. “Oh Star, what happened to you?” her voice was soft and comforting like she was singing a lullaby. His eyes returned to normal for a brief moment, but when they turned back he ducked back into the dust with anger in his eyes.

Moments later a powerful red glow began emanating from the dust. It slowly and steadily increased in intensity. “Dash, clear the dust!” Twilight showted to Rainbowdash.

“On it!” wasting no time she flapped her powerful wings and cleared the room of dust. He stood in a crouching position that was similar a dog about to attack a stronger adversary. The ground began to tremble and some of the stone walls started collapsing.

“I will not let you stop everything that I have started! I’ll annihilate everything you stand for and kill everything you love! I will rule over this land, even after there is nothing left to rule over!!” he hollered as the light began emanating a deep red glow from his eyes and mouth. His body began levitating from the sheer power of the spell alone. He unfurled his massive wings as he shot high into the sky at a high speed and the light of the spell grew so intense that it could rival the sun on a cloudless day. “Watch as I use my power to purge the land of the vermin that infest my new world!! WATCH AS I DESTROY EQUESTRIA!!!”

“Not if we have anything to say about it!” Twilight shouted from the ground. He peered down at them as they formed a circle around the center of the ruined castle. It wasn’t until Twilight’s eyes began glowing that he noticed the gold pendants and crown that were once considered The Elements of Harmony. He remembered that the stones that truly gave them power were used in the fight against Tirek and still reside with the Tree of Harmony. The other five joined Twilight as they began to float into the air and a colored aura surrounded their bodies.

“NO! THAT’S IMPOSSIBLE! THE ELEMENTS WERE LOST TO THE TREE OF….” he fell silent as when he caught a closer look at the jewelry. In the slots where the real elements were once positioned were clusters of other gems that could have been found anywhere in Equestria. I can feel their power and yet they’re nothing special! his thoughts ran amok in his head. Just the mere idea of falling to such inferior magic filled him with rage. “I WILL END YOU ALL!!!” he shouted.

He threw his head downwards and unleashed his fully charged doomsday spell directly at them in the form of a huge red energy blast. The six mares on the ground unleashed their own spell in the form of a rainbow that consisted of several pastel colors. The two spells collided in the sky with a bang so loud that the sound resembled thunder as it echoed through the Equestrian skies. The roaring sound could be heard as far as Las Pegasus and drew the ponies of Ponyville and other neighboring towns out of their homes to see what was going on their backyards. The aforementioned war being waged outside of Canterlot came to a grinding halt as the two sides observed the pillars of glistening light.

The two streams fought for dominance but were caught in a mutual state suspension. Neither side was dominating the other and the beams remained constant. A short time latter, sparks began shooting from the area between the streams and progressed into thunder clouds. The clouds continued to grow out of control and began shooting lightning in all directions, striking everything in its path. The creatures of the Everfree ran in terror as the thick forest erupted in flames. Smoke filling the sky and crimson flames devouring the anything unlucky enough to get trapped within.

“You…. should have gotten out…. when you had the chance!” the beam started to gradually widen as the spell’s power increased. “You will die today. N-not by fire, but by my hoof! I have more power than any of your past enemies! E-even the lord of chaos is just a worm beneath my boot!” the red column started to slowly overpower the other. It inched its way downwards, gradually increasing its speed. Several moments later, just before the spell was able to engulf them, Rarity spoke up.

“Morningstar!!”

The eye on the right side of his face dimmed and returned to its normal coffee brown color while the other remained as it was, fixated on the targets. Shortly after, the intense magic began receding and eventually vanished. “Impossible!!!” he shouted as he withdrew into his mind. “You!!” he said pointing a hoof at Star. “I was planning on erasing you after you watched the ponies you love and the land you call home burn in fire and rot in the darkness of history, but I think it would be wise to just do it now before you become anymore of a nuisance!” he swung his hoof across Star’s face. Star sat up to see him standing over him charging another spell. He cocked a big toothy grin, “Any last words before I erase you from existance?” Star didn’t cry, he didn’t beg, and he didn’t bargain, all of which are things he expected to happen. Instead, Star did something incomprehensible. He met his gaze with a big stupid grin plastered across his face.

“Yeah, I do actually.” confidence irradiated in his eyes. “Reality Sucks.”

His eyes widened as he remembered what was happening outside the mind. He exited the purgatory space in enough time to see the beam of energy streaming at him. Without enough time to react, he was slammed with the raw power of friendship and harmony. The glistening light could be seen from everywhere and in every direction. The rainbow continued past him into the sky and struck the eclipse, separating the moon from the sun. As the moon sluggishly moved out of the path of the sun, they emitted a rainbow of colors shooting across the sky. Back on the battleground, the vampiric soldiers began emitting an aura that matched the colors in the sky. Their wings began growing feathers, fangs started popping out, and most important of all their hearts started beating.

The pounding in their chests came as a surprise to them all for most of them had forgotten what it was like to live. They fell to the ground holding their chests and crying out in pain as the the lifeless and still blood started circulating once more.

Still being blasted with massive amounts energy, he screamed in pain as the black metallic skin disintegrated. As the last bit skin receded and the screaming stopped, all that was left was Morningstar. The six mares slowly ended the spell and gently lowered his unconscious body to the ground.