The Darkness Within

by DoctorWhoves

Rating: teen
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Princess Cadance, Spike, Romance, Adventure, Shining Armor, Tragedy, Princess Celestia, Alternate Universe, Sad, Main 6
Length: 2610

Twilight has trouble controlling a dark power

Ever since Twilight used dark magic she has wanted to study how it works. But order from the princess herself is to NOT use dark magic again. Her curiosity was too much for her and she ended up trying to study this unusual magic. She should have listened to Celestia.

Published 2017-02-04 14:10:02 UTC
Last updated 2017-03-24 17:46:35 UTC

Hallucinations

Twilight was looking up at the sky reminiscing when Celestia told her not to use Dark Magic ever again. Ever since using Dark Magic she could feel this pull that bewildered her. It was like it wanted her to use dark magic. She thought about this laying on top of Rainbow’s cloud home. While she zoned out thinking, their was a flash of something dashing in the sky. When she escaped her trance she looked up. The words “Hi Twi” was spelt in the clouds.

“Hi Dashie.” She yelled up at the sky as Rainbow flashed toward her. She came to an abrupt stop and drifted down next to her. Rainbow laid on her side and wrapped twilight with her wing.

“So what you thinking about, Twi?” Twilight turned to look at Rainbow.

“Nothing much, just wanted to relax and look at the beautiful vibrant blue sky.” She smiled at her and gave her a little kiss on the side of Rainbows cheek.

“Well, then what would you like to do with the amazing Rainbow, m’lady.” Rainbow flew up into the air and put a hoof out to help twilight up. Rainbow had a very nice and calming smile.

“Would the amazing Rainbow like to fly around town.” Twilight took Rainbows outstretched hand as Rainbow yanked and pulled Twilight into Rainbows embrace.

“I think we can do that.” Rainbow kept her in that embrace as she flew up. Once high in the air Rainbow let go and twilight started to fall. She quickly started to flap her long purple wings, to keep flight. Rainbow started to laugh.”You should have seen your face!!! You looked terrified!!!”

“Haha, very funny.” Twilight responded a little sarcastically. She ended up hitting Rainbow real softly.

“Oh come on. It was a joke.” Rainbow exclaimed. Twilight smiled at Rainbow with a smile that said ‘I will get you back later’.

“Come on. Lets just fly around town. Like we were going to do before you ruin another moment.” Twilight said

“Ok. ok. Fine let’s go… Wait what moment?” Rainbow was getting a little confused.

Twilight giggled and started to fly away without answering Rainbow.

****

Twilight stepped into the library of her castle after their flying session. Her wings a little sore and she was so tired. The reason she needs to fly a little more than she does. Her wings are still too weak to carry her for long.

The Dark Magic still had a slight tug in the back of her mind. Celestia didn’tt want her to use dark magic so she put a spell to lock it away. Twilight was looking through her books when she came across a peculiar entry in her book. It was about the locking spell on Twilight. The temptation to read was too much for Twilight. She read how to cast and remove one that isn’t yours. She wanted to test this dark magic but she didn’t want to disobey Celestia.

Curiosity won. She tried to cast the spell. She started to float up in a purple ball of light. There was a big yellow light lock in front of her and as she cast the spell, it started to unlock. After a minute it finally unlocked and she was exhausted. She took a break and to see if it worked. She tried to cast dark magic and it worked. Her eye whites turned green and a purple trail of light started to form at the corner of her eyes. The pull from the dark energy got stronger than before.

She stopped casting, satisfied with the result. She put the book away, feeling accomplished that she broke Celestia’s spell. Now Twilight tries to test the dark magic and every time she uses it, the pull gets stronger. She went on for a little bit. She didn’t go too far with it. She levitated a few hundred books. She did some other everyday things that worked ten times better than with regular magic. The pull got strong enough to give her a headache.

It was getting late and she thought she should go to bed. Heading to bed she saw something in the corner of her eye. A shadowy figure. She chased it. When she finally cornered it. The pony turned to reveal sombra.

“B...But we destroyed you. I saw it!!!” Twilight out of breath, her eyes darting for a way she could quickly escape.

BWAHAHAHAHA, YOU WILL NEVER DESTROY ME Sombra’s voice echoed in Twilight’s head. Suddenly Twilight got a killer headache. She closed her eyes and wrapped her hooves around her head.

When the headache subsided, she opened her eyes and Sombra was gone. She rubbed her eyes to see if he would return. He didn’t.

After that ordeal, she headed to the bathroom to get ready for bed. She looked into the mirror and screamed. As her eye whites were turned green and she had that purple trail off of the edge of her eye.

****

She woke up from when she collapsed on the floor from her headache. She decided to just go to bed without entering the bathroom. She was heading for her bedroom, but when she turned a corner in her castle. She ended up in Rainbow’s floating cloud house. She turned back and her castle was gone.

She looked around frantic, and confused of what happened. She looked outside and it seemed to be day. It can’t be considering it was just night. When she got a look outside she nearly fainted. The house was being lowered into the lava.

She left the house and jumped into the air to try to fly. She jumped out over the lava and started to fall. Her wings were gone. She tried to levitate herself, but her magic wasn’t working.

WELL, WELL, WELL. Sombra’s head appeared out of nowhere and was looking at her from below with his dark green eyes. IT LOOKS LIKE YOU’RE IN A PREDICAMENT HERE. THERE IS ONLY ONE WAY YOU ARE GOING TO GET OUT OF HERE ALIVE. Sombra’s voice boomed in Twilight’s head. YOU WILL HAVE TO USE DARK MAGIC. Sombra’s ghostly head disappeared and she was left with a choice. She can use dark magic or perish.

She prepared herself and tried to turn the lava into a soft cushion of pillows. Before it worked she woke up in her bed with a ice pack on her head. She was profusely sweating, and her eyes were bloodshot. Twilight clamored out of her bed creating a lot of noise.

Her door swung open, and spike ran in. “Twilight! You’re awake!” Spike ran to hug Twilight. “I found you in the library uncontinuous fidgeting around like you were having a nightmare. You were sweating so much, and you had a fever.”

Once spike stopped explaining everything, a new visitor entered the room at sound speeds, but slowed down just enough to gently hug twilight. This new visitor had tears in her eyes. She seemed to have been crying.

Rainbow didn’t say anything she just cried into Twilight’s arms. When she did say something she said. “I was so worried, you just kept getting worse and worse.” She said so quietly only she could hear it. “What happened?” Rainbow choked on these last two words.

“I… I don’t know. I started to feel light headed and I guess fainted.” Twilight lied. She wasn’t going to tell them she was using dark magic now was she. “I’m ok now, Rainbow. I’m ok.”

Rainbow kept sobbing into Twilight. Twilight kissed Rainbow on her cheek. Rainbow looked up and saw something in Twilight’s eye. It was like her eye whites turned green.

Author's Note

Thank you all for reading and I hope you enjoyed this new little adventure. I hope I didn’t confuse you too much with the explanation of her dreamstate after using the dark magic.
WAIT!!! She used dark magic!!! Why didn’t she tell us?
Pinkie… You will forget everything you heard from me.
Okie Dokie Lokie
Alright good. Feedback will be good please. I am a one man writer. I don’t have an editor so I have to do it. So Feedback is always appreciated. Anyway, see you in the next chapter I write.

The Painful Transormation

Twilight kept thinking what happened that day. Why had she dreamt of Sombra and that volcano. Now that was weird. As she thought of this she was walking to the library she doesn’t use often. The one full of books on unknown mysteries that have no explanation or if they do a very unlikely one. She doesn’t like to use this library as it includes no facts what so ever. Her other libraries have no books on the subject of dark magic.

Spike is the only one who knows that she performed dark magic that day. She needs him to know so he can help with her research. Spike met her in the “mystery” library, as she called it.

“Hey, Twilight.” Spike was on a ladder at least fifty feet tall at the top of the library.

“Hey Spike. Have you found anything yet?” Twilight called back to her assistant.

“Yea, it’s on the table. I just finished looking through the library. That book on the table was the only book her on dark magic and its incomplete.” Twilight levitated Spike down so he didn’t fall off the ladder again. She opened the book and read the book:

Dark magic is a very fickle thing. Through my research it seems that dark magic has an effect on the user’s mind. There have been reports that the users have seen things that they have never thought of before or they were fears. The first step of being consumed by dark magic is Hallucinations. The user hallucinates these scary scenarios. The second step is Bad thoughts. The user then has these thoughts that they think are their own. These thoughts tell them to steal, kidnap, or kill. The third and final step is...

“No! No!... That can’t be it. It can’t just….. End. I need to know what the third step is, and if there are more than three.” Twilight flipping the page and turning the book over. She is trying to find the last word but can’t. In her head she goes through what it could be and comes up with nothing that sounds like it could work.

“Twilight calm down.” Spike tried to stop Twilight before she gets outraged.

“The book can’t end there. What is going to happen to me?” Twilight was starting to cry. Her tears matted down her fur. She curled up as hundreds of thoughts flowed through her brain. Spike hugged her to comfort her.

This was a Mistake.Twilight was thinking over and over. This was a mistake. This was a mistake. This wasn’t a mistake...

Twilight’s thoughts were a rampant hurricane. I want more than what I have. I may be a princess but the throne of Equestria would be even better than the princess of friendship. Twilight was thinking stuff she didn’t want to think. This wasn’t her. This is the second stage of the dark magic taking over one's mind. She had to get a hold of her thoughts before she actually did what they said.

“Spike… This may be hard on you but…” She got a splitting headache that hurt so bad. The thoughts were getting harder to handle. ”You….need….to lock….me up.” Twilight gasp. The air was being sucked right out of her. Her body started have these violent convulsions.

“Twilight, What’s happening?” Twilight was on the floor writhing around and giving a banshee like scream.

“Spike…”She wheezes .“lock... me in... the magic... proof dungeons... Now... And no matter what…” She let out another horrifying scream. “I say... do not... let me out.”

Spike took her and did as she said. It hurt him to know she was in pain. He wanted to help her. He hated to feel useless.

He brought her down to the dungeon like she asked and placed her in a cell. Locked the cell and he took the key with him. Her screaming could be heard through the dungeon.

Spike decided he should tell the other elements, Celestia, Shining Armour and Cadance. Spike sent out letters to everyone for them to come urgently.

Spike waited for them in his seat. Rainbow Dash got there first.

“Hey spike wheres Twi and why did you call for us?” Rainbow got there first and started just asking different questions.

“All questions will be answered when all 8 of us are here.” Slowly everyone got here, Celestia, and then Shining Armor and Cadence were last.

“Now this is my first time doing an announcement but I am the only one that knows.” He looked around the table and then spoke again. “Twilight is not here because she is in her own dungeon by her own orders. Before you run off to see her. You need to know what she has been doing.” He paused to see everyone’s expressions. Rainbow Dash looked like she wanted to see Twilight real badly. “Her curious mind has gotten her into some trouble. Some of the worst trouble I have ever seen. She has been experimenting with…” Spike took a big gulp of air as he was nervous. “With dark magic.” This got him gasps from everyone except Celestia.

“Is she crazy!!!!” Shining Armor ran down to the dungeon. He poked his head back in and asked. “Uhhh, where’s the dungeon.”

“Just follow me everypony.” Spike led them down the twisting corridors to the stairs into the dungeon. “Watch your step everypony. Uhhh, Celestia. You have been quiet about the matter, is there a reason why?” Spike asked.

“I already knew. I had sensed it. I wanted to see how she would handle it. Not very well it would seem.” Celestia glared into the cell as they arrived. “Ohh, my dear student. What has happened to you?” Twilight glared out in this deathly menacing way. She sat in a dark corner of the cell. Her mane was messed up in an insane sort of way. The person who was most freaked out was Rainbow.

Rainbow went right up to the bars and started almost crying. She kept talking to twilight asking if she is ok and other questions. Rainbow was reaching into the cell to touch twilight. “Get her out of there!!!” Rainbow yelled at spike. Tears threatening to spill.

“I would if I could but this was her orders for me.” I will hold this order like it's the last one she ever gives me. I can’t Rainbow.” Rainbow then Spun around spike so fast, spike didn’t see her grab the key. Rainbow then unlocked the cell and flew in to hug Twilight.

Before Rainbow could reach Twilight, she froze. Twilight ended up using magic so she wasn’t tackled. “Ohhh, you are so gullible and cute I do have to admit, but Twilight Sparkle is gone. Let’s see here, call me… Midnight Sparkles. Yea, that sounds great.” She started to laugh maniacally. She let Rainbow go and walked out of the cell. Celestia went to contain her. Twilight put up a barrier around her and walked out of the dungeon unharmed.

Author's Note

Hello, Sorry for taken so long to get this out, I have been adding a little every bit every chance I get. I have been severely busy and I know this is my most liked book. sorry its so short I wanted to get it out as soon as possible.

Hope you understand. See you in my next chapter.