24 hours

by JordanTehIdiot

Rating: teen
Tags: Slice of Life, Dark, Sad, Tragedy
Length: 826

Prince Starlight has a dark secret, and 24 hours to live, in this fic he tells us his life story.

Prince Starlight: Rejected by his stuck-up Alicorn elitist parents at birth for being an "impure" Alicorn (25% earth pony) and abandoned on an orphanage doorstep at just a few hours old, thrust straight into a world where he had to fight to survive and build his way up, but this does not come without terrible loss, heartbreak and sadness.
Adopted by an earth pony foster family at just a few weeks old, he knew that he was different from the other ponies he grew up with, that he had a calling in life, but a terrible tragedy forced his life downhill and into The Darkness…
(this is my first fic, constructive criticism please).

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2012-07-06 10:16:15 UTC

How I came To be

A dark blue Alicorn lies on his deathbed, no friends, comsumed by the darkness. his dark blue and white mane wafting in the breeze from the nearby open window.

You, yes you there. You know who you are. My doctor has given me 24 hours to live, but before that, I want to tell you my life story, all the ponies I've met, the adventures I've been on, everything I've ever done, so that you may pass it on and my story will be forever told.

He coughs before sitting up and taking a drink from a bottle of whiskey.

Well, first you should know about me,

my name is Prince Starlight, I was supposed to be born straight into royalty, but it's not always as simple as that.

When I was born, my stuck-up parents decided to abandon me when they found out via genetic screening that I was 25 percent earth pony, a "non-pure" Alicorn.

They left me on the doorstep of an orphanage in Manehatten, there I was left for quite a while before anypony even noticed me.

I grew up happy nonetheless, but all that changed when a tragic event at the age of 10 changed my life forever.

I'll not bore you with any more of the details, now, I will tell you my story.

23rd January, 2000.

I was born in the private hospital next to Canterlot castle, a mandatory genetic screen for impurities or genetic conditions was carried out, it showed that I had 25 percent earth pony allelles in my genes.

So what did they do?

They took the easiest option of disposing of unwanted births, they dumped me on the doorstep of an orphanage in Manehatten in the freezing winter air, polluted by harsh chemicals from the many industrial parks there, by the time I was found, I was near to death, the orphanage workers saved my life, and for that I am forever grateful to them.

They took me in, I was wrapped roughly in an old sheet before my parents dumped me, my horn was clearly visible but they were in for a shock when they fully unravelled it.

One of them gasped straight away, the others started asking the same questions: "Is that an Alicorn?", "How would an Alicorn end up here?".

They tried contacting Canterlot castle immediately, but there was no record of my birth, my parents said I was stillborn.

14th Febuary, 2000.

I was fostered by a poor earth pony family, the only family I've ever known.

They cared for me, provided me with a family, my time with them was the happiest I ever had.

8th July, 2009.

My life was at it's happiest right at this point, I had a family, friends, a good education, everything I ever needed, I had.

School was great, I had lots of friends, straight A's in all subjects, I was so happy.

5th August, 2010.

This was the day that changed my life forever, It was a normal day, I went to school in the morning, went to a friend's house to hang out, came home, but something wasn't right.

7PM

I unlocked the door, locked it then put the key under the welcome mat. I went upstairs to my bedroom and fell asleep, little did I know that there was another pony in the house, waiting for the moment to strike.

12:14 AM

I heard a noise, similar to a window opening and closing, so I went to the source of the sound.

I opened the door and there he was, a tall, dark Alicorn, his markings very similar to my own, standing over the bed where my foster parents slept.

I charged a spell, getting ready to subdue him, but then, without warning, he lurched at my parents and slit their throats with a jagged hoof-duster made of diamond, blood splattered everywhere.

I fired the spell a second too late, he jumped out of the window and a dark aura rose up through the crack in the window and was absorbed by my horn.

I felt a sudden empowering, my body tingling with raw dark energy.

I collapsed on the blood-soaked bed, sobbing over my parents' lifeless bodies.

This was the moment the darkness entered me. This was the moment my life changed.

But I suppose you're probably wondering: "What is "the darkness"?"

The darkness was once an all-powerful being, before Discord, before Equestria.

Billions of years ago, he and the angelus, the complete opposite of the darkness, were the only beings in existence

However, this changed with the evolution of ponykind, the ponies accepted the angelus, but shunned the darkness, he swore revenge and has since survived by hosting his spirit in pony families, passing the darkness down from generation to generation. Possessing the host and using them as tools to do his bidding.

I need to rest, I will tell you more soon.