Author's Note

Uh.... Not going as planned.

Chapter Ten: Deeper into Darkness Part Two

The Hospital room was silent. AB, Scootaloo, Babs, Moon Dust, and Pinkie were asleep, Rainbow and AJ were playing different games, Twilight was reading different books, trying to figure out the truth about Spike's powers, Rarity was keeping the forcefield strong enough along with Starlight and Twilight, despite her reading the books desperately, Sweetie was still by Diamond's chair, levitating a cup of coffee for herself, Fluttershy was in deep thought, Silver Spoon was looking over the sensers, and Diamond Tiara was by Spike, crying in his chest.

Nopony said a thing. Silver watched the sensers through her glasses, but the only difference was that it was turning fiery red. Silver turned towards the group.

Her eyes were filled with great concern. "Sombra has contacted him!"

This caused Pinkie Pie, AB, Babs, Scoots, and Dust to wake up, DT to rise up from his chest, and the others to place their attention on Spike.

"Sp... Spike...?"

He was twitching uncontrollably, causing everything to float around the room.

"SPIKE!!!!!" Twilight yelled, causing her aura around her horn to disappear. She unlocked her wings and flied towards him. Something in the room floated towards her that pushed her back.

Everypony tried getting towards him, but with no luck. DT cried loudly.

His eyes opened, but they looked like a deep void.

No eye color.

No pupils.

No life.

"SPIKE!!! PLEASE WAKE UP!" they all yelled with concern and sorrow.

Black auras surrounded his eyes, but still no life.

'They'll all die with you by them.'

'You should've never came into their lives!'

'YOU'RE WORTHLESS! "

'YOU'RE A FREAK!'

'YOU'RE A MONSTER!'

The gang were all floating now. They all tried getting down, but they were forced into the sky with so much strength. Even Rainbow Dash couldn't get down.

"SPIKE, PLEASE!!!! DON'T LISTEN TO SOMBRA!" Starlight screamed, trying to get through to him.

"I... I am a freak... I am a monster!"

Things were floating higher in the sky, but Rares and Glimmer tried keeping the forcefield up. Fluttershy, Dash, and Twi tried unraveling their wings, but they were stuck in the sky.

Spike was glowing bright yellow, causing everypony's eyes to glow.

They saw tears running down his cheeks which broke their hearts.
They saw his scales turning dark black which frightened them.

They looked at his eyes one last time.

Black eyes.

Bloody pupils.

No life.

"I'm... I'm sorry I came into your lives... I'm so, so, sorry," he cried.

"Spike no!" AJ yelled.

"It was a mistake! I'm a mistake! I'm so sorry I brought you guys into this!"

DT was crying hard now. "SPIKE, I LOVE YOU! WE ALL DO! YOU ARE ONE OF THE MOST CARING, STRONG, SMART, AND COMPASSIONATE PEOPLE I HAVE EVER MET! AND I LOVE YOU FOR IT! PLEASE WAKE UP! PLEASE! WE NEED YOU! I NEED YOU! EVERYPONY NEEDS YOU!"

"No, you don't."

"SPIKE! DON'T YOU DARE THINK THAT!" Rainbow exclaimed.

'The Element of Loyalty won't be like that forever Spike. One day, that fire will leave her eyes. And you'll break her. You're during that anyways. Look at the tears escaping her eyes, her broken down form, her throat ready to let her hyperventilate. Look at all of them. This is just the beginning of their form. Soon, they'll feel physical pain.'

Spike's eyes glowed brighter. "No... There's another way to this... I..."

The yellow glowing light surrounding him grew so bright and big that the gang had to cover their eyes with their hooves.

The laser blasted them, causing them to screaming pain.

After the smoke cleared, the Mame Six, the CMC, Silver, Babs, Dust, DT, and Starlight was seen on the ground, coughing.

"Is everypony okay?" Twilight asked.

"Urgh.... I'm fine," Rainbow groaned, rubbing the back of her head.

Sweetie Belle raised up and saw a black thing on DT's neck. It looked like a circle with a big bloody S on it's center.

"Diamond Tiara, don't freak out, but there's something on your neck!"

Diamond Tiara's eyes went on her neck and she saw it. "AHHHH!!!!!"

"It's going to be okay Diamond Tiara. We can just get it off, right?"

DT then noticed the same thing on the group's necks. "AHHHH!!!!"

"What's wrong?" Silver asked her best friend.

"You have them too!"

Everypony then noticed them. They didn't scream though.

"What is this?" Fluttershy asked, flapping her wings.

"That S better not stand for Sombra," AJ replied roughly.

The group then heard a groan causing them to turn around. They see Spike raising up, rubbing his eyes. His eyes opened, his emerald eyes taking form. Once he was fully awake, he saw his friends on the ground, marks on their necks, which he somehow recognize.

He gasped in fear and surprise, eyes looking at them blankly, not blinking.

Fluttershy slowly levitated in the sky, trying to get to Spike. "Spike..." Flutters said, trying to get his attention. "Are you okay?"

"No... Fluttershy," he moaned in exhaustion. "Don't come any closer... please..." Spike cried, tears burning his cheeks. This broke Flutters's heart even more.

"Spike... we only want to help you."

"Not when you find the truth about me," Spike monotonously replied.

She was taken a back of his voice. She floated closer towards him, causing him to cry even more. Cause of this, Fluttershy stopped.

"Please... get away from me... I beg of you..."

Rainbow decided to speak. "Spike, we just want to help you. And the only way we can get a step closer if you talk to us."

Pinkie's expression became serious, yet concerned."Tell us what the marks mean."

Sombra's eyes went a blazed. They stared deeply into the ground. His smirk grew, fire in his eyes. "Destruction... you will cause destruction... Everypony will die. But those spared will be broken. They wouldn't even think to fight back," he said. A big fiery, bloody S was in his view.

Spike was againsted the wall. His breathing was hollow and his tears were strolling down his cheeks. He coughed uncontrollably, due to the crying.

"That S represents you. Fiery, deadly, ready to burn everypony and everything in your path."

"No... I won't do it..."

Sombra sighed then smirked bigger. "You will. I know you will. You have the power to destroy Equestria. And your mind is dark. Put those together and you get..."

His horn glowed bloody red, the location changing to a destroyed Equestria. The sky was red, everything was in ruins. He couldn't process this.

"...A perfect Equestria..." Sombra continued, pointing his hoof towards something. Spike's weak eyes went towards what he was pointing at and saw...

His and Twilight's home destroyed.

"NO!!!!!!" HE flew towards it, hyperventilating. Once closer, more tears strolled down his cheeks.

It wasn't a vision.

It was very real.

"No... Twilight... TWILIGHT!"

"You want to see your big sister. Unfortunately she won't be able to see this addition to Equestria. She gave up..."

"She... She wouldn't. Not just for me..."

"But she did."

"Should've seen the look on her face. I expected you to destroy her, but breaking her is more than perfect. And those eyes... you should've seen them. Blank, depressed, emotionless. But she was filled with acceptance. She accepted her faith."

"No... not Twilight."

"That's the main core of the bloody S. Destruction. And the S represents you, not me."

"Twily... she shouldn't die because of me! She doesn't deserve to die! Why couldn't I die?! I am only alive to destroy!"

He grabbed Spike's arm with his hoof, burning it.

Spike growled, and then screamed.

As he was screaming, tears burned his cheeks, his clenched eyes blinding his vision.

After a few moments, Sombra released his arm.

Spike opened his eyes, which were bloodshot. He saw a bloody S on it, but it had a green aura around it.

"This world was meant to destroy."

He grabbed his arm with his claw.

Spike was crying uncontrollably. He had his arm grasped tightly.

"Spike! Are you okay!? Tell us what's wrong!" Twilight yelled, galloping towards him.

She wanted to hug him, but as soon as she was about to, Spike flinched.

"Spike... what's..."

"Why do you still care for me and your going to die because of me?"

They all stared at him concerned. "Spike, just let is help you. Please tell us..." Rainbow pushed.

"I can't tell you about this. I just can't. Just... stay away from me."

Spike teleported away.

"SPIKE!!!!"

"LET DOWN THE FORCE FIELD! I'M GOING AFTER HIM!" Rainbow yelled.

"Rainbow..."

"Please Rarity... I can get him back... I know I can..."

The team nodded. As soon as the force field was down, Rainbow dashed outside after him.