Author's Note

Wow.... I've gotten A LOT of faves. Wasn't expecting that. Anyways, here's chapter two, which is a little slow and a little fast, at the same time.

If it's too short, I am truly sorry.

There, it is updated. I hope I actually didn't disappoint anyone. I mean, it's a little short and... boring.

Filled with Beauty

Applejack paced back and forward angrily. She felt the heat in her eyes. She was mumbling something unintelligible. The only words that you can make out, and were actual words were, "White Clan", Rainbow Dash, and "Filthy Demon."

"The nerve. The absolute nerve. Was she hidin' all this time? Was she just foolin' around with all the love we gave her? Is she even HALF pony?"

"Applejack, darling, please calm down."

The angry farmer stopped pacing to look at her marefriend in the eye. "Why should Ah calm down?! In fact, why are ya so calm?! Ya should be angry about this too!"

"I am. See the anger on my face?" Rarity asked.
AJ narrowed her eyes. "Ya have that calm blue aura around ya."

Rarity noticed she was in her signature blue aura. "Oh. Well, yes, but ..."

"Ya shouldn't be calm as ya are! Ya know how Ah get towards tha White Clan. Those filthy murders!"

Fluttershy squeaked. "Um... that's a little harsh don't you think?"

AJ's expression darkened. "Ya think that's harsh!? Have ya hit ya head or somethin'?! This is the White Clan were talking about! They killed ma family! Granny Smith, ma brother, Apple Bloom... gone! Dead! By those filthy murders who actually has the guts, the actual guts, to harm a filly and sleep wonderful at night!"

Rarity walked over to the Earth pony, still with the blue aura around her. "Darling, Rainbow couldn't have possibly be apart of the White Clan. Surly there must be a misunderstanding. "

"Why are you so calm?! The White Clan killed your family too! Your mother, father, Sweetie Belle, gone!"

"And I miss them so, but..."

"They created war! They created the darkness! THEY KILLED HUNDREDS OF PONIES, LIED TA EQUESTRIA, DESTROYED A BUILDING OR TWO, AND DESTROYED LIVES! Something that they NEVER felt regret bout' " AJ said darkly, her usually calm and caring eyes, now dark and filled with absolute anger, staring deeply into Rarity's blue eyes.

"Now Applejack, we haven't heard Rainbow's side yet. Like Rarity said, it must be some misunderstanding," Twilight said, rubbing her hoof on an unconscious Dash's forehead.

"Oh ya? Then how come Rainbow actually know who that guy is?! Huh?! He's a member of tha White Clan, right?! How in the hay does she know him?! Besides, he killed someone important to ya too! Don't ya feel pissed off just a little?!"

Twilight closed her eyes as tears formed into them. "Yes. I miss Spike very much, though I know Rainbow Dash, she wouldn't do anything like this. "

"Uh... do we actually know her? Cause' news flash, today, we found out that Rainbow can do dark magic, knows a member of the White Clan, and has a freakin' dagger in her cloak!"

Pinkie then appeared by the upset Earth pony. "Come on Cousin Applejack, this can still be a prank set by Dashie! A horrible, devious, and dark prank, but a prank nothingness," Pinkie squeaked.

Applejack 's look soften a little. She know what Pinkie was doing. She knew that Pinkie knew that this wasn't a prank. She can also see the fake smile on her face.

"Pinkie, Ah know how ya feel bout' the White Clan."

"Wh... What?"

"Ah know what those bastards did ta ya. Ah know what those greedy, horrible, backstabbing, bastards did ta ya."

Pinkie went silent.

AJ sighed. "Ah know they tried to use ya. Ah know they tried ta use your Pinkie Sense fer absolute destruction. "

Tears filled into Pinkie's eyes. She didn't like it one bit. She still felt the helmet on her head as she was being examined, the sticky chains that was clasped onto her forearms and hind legs, and the cold hoof that would touch her forearm, her neck, her tail, and her forehead.

The party mare hugged the farmer mare tightly as she began to sob to herself.

"It was awful. Truly, truly, awful."

"Ma exact point," AJ spat bitterly.

"You still haven't heard her side yet."

"What side do we need ta hear?! Rainbow Dash is a dark demon who killed innocent lives?!"

Twilight growled with annoyance and anger. "Luna, can you please help me out here?"

Silence.

"Luna?"

Luna sighed. "It will be best for Rainbow to tell you. She has to face her fears."

"What fear is that?" A confused Scootaloo asked.

"You'll find out soon enough. Rainbow Dash will be waking up in a few hours, so please give her some space for now."

"Ah'll give her as much space as possible, "AJ said bitterly, still hugging her cousin.

Twilight narrowed her eyes at her direction. "What she mean is that we'll give her space until she wakes up."

"Good."

BOOM!

Twilight opened her eyes as sion as she heard the noise. After it died down, she saw her friends asleep. AJ was on the floor, her back against the wall, Pinkie was beside her, her mane a bit flat, Fluttershy was on a blue and white chair, her body shaking with fear, Scootaloo was beside Flutters, clenching onto her in fear, and Rarity was on a green and blue chair.

Twilight looked onto the couch to see that Rainbow wasn't there. She mentally panicked as she lit up her horn. She didn't see her marefriend anywhere, causing her to panic even more.

She started to panic even more until she heard the noise again. It sounded like an explosion. It didn't wake her friends up, however.

Twilight flew to where she heard the noise, which was at the balcony. She saw a figure with a black cloak that was blowing in the wind. She looked at the sky which had a figure of a falcon up ahead.

Red and orange smoke surrounded the falcon, which then exploded into oblivion.

A cyan hoof was then consumed in light and aimed at the sky. The other hoof was consumed in dark magic and aimed at the sky. Both of the blasts had hit the sky and created a golden heart.

Twilight stared in awe at the beauty before her.

The alicorn then saw the figure back up a bit. She saw the figure's left hoof turn fiery red. The figure placed it's right forearm onto the left and grasped it tightly, and aimed it at the sky.

Twilight saw that blood was dripping from the figure's left forearm. She was going to stop the figure, until she heard a tiny groan.

'Rainbow Dash?'

Dash then blasted the light towards the golden heart, which now has three bloody scratches onto it.

Twilight cringed a bit.

Rainbow floated a few feet from the ground, both fists clenched. Her eyes turned golden yellow and her hooves turned golden yellow. Next thing you know, her whole body began to glow.

She blasted the image as strongly as she could until she felt that it was gone. And to her luck, it was.

The cyan pegesus flew down elegantly and softly onto the ground and sighed.

"That was amazing Rainbow Dash."

Just to her fear, Twilight saw her in action.

Rainbow sighed, but she didn't face the alicorn princess.

"What were you doing anyways? "

She didn't answer.

Twilight bit her lip, but recovered. "Does it represent something?"

"Indeed."

"Well... don't just leave me in the dark, tell me."

"It represents me. Elegant, powerful, dangerous. You know, that type of thing."

"Oh. Can... all members of the White Clan do that?"

"Unfortunately yes."

"Well I think it's beautiful. "

Dash gritted her teeth. "It's not beauty."

"Well it is to me."

"No. Don't fill your mind with such lies. Only fill them with knowledge and the honest truth."

"Rainbow..."

"I'm serious Twi."

"Don't think your magic is dangerous. I see that it's truly filled with..."

"Don't say it. Never again."

The Element of Magic flinched at her marefriend's voice.

"Rainbow, why are you being so hard on yourself? That was some graceful, impressive, and awesome magic right there. You were so swiff and elegant and your magic just flows perfectly with your movements. And I should know cause I'm the Element of Magic."

Rainbow sighed. "I'm glad you enjoyed it. But don't call it beauty. Never again."

"Why not?"

Rainbow wasn't expecting that question.

"Just... don't ... please..."

"Sorry, but I can't lie. It was stunning, it was magnificent, it was..."

"Coming back to haunt me."

Twilight was silent for a moment. She stared deeply into the pegesus's eyes, but found a void. "Wh... what do you mean?"

"The thing that YOU described as beauty describes me."

"Yes, but..."

"Equestria's downfall."

"No... your not. Don't say that about yourself! Whatever that Silver Dagger said to you is wrong! Your just a smart, strong, and inspiring pony!"

A growl escaped Dash's throat as her demon sharp teeth grew more noticeable, but for some reason, the alicorn saw black marks on them. Twilight backed up a bit, but Dash was quick enough to grab Twilight's forearm.

The Princess of Friendship felt her arm being squeezed tightly. "Dashie, stop please!"

"Look into my eyes."

Twilight hesitated, but she eventually looked into her marefriend's eyes, which she finally sees an image of a place being on fire. The color strands of the fire, however, were unusual.

Gold, red, orange, and black were the colors of the flames that didn't seem to flicker out of light or steam.

"Wha... what is that place? Why is it on fire?"

"This is what the White Clan caused when Equestria was at war. The same colors of my magic, the same meaning as my magic, the same representation as my magic. Does that sound like beauty to you?"

Twilight was at lost of words. Before she could speak, Rainbow squeezed her forearm tighter, but not too tight for the alicorn to loose blood.

The princess bit her tongue from screaming. Another image was formed. A red falcon was seen in the sky.

"This is what represents the White Clan. Death, destruction, trickery. "

"R... Rainbow..."

Dash squeezed her forearm tighter, which, again, cause Twilight to bite her tongue, this time harder. "I've seen countless, innocent lives get taken away. Especially kids who have nothing, absolutely nothing, to do with this war."

Twilight now sees an image of a dead Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Spike who were beaten up, had stab marks on there bodies, and were bloody. Twilight felt like crying, but she then noticed that Rainbow was already crying.

Slowly, she released her forearm, and her eyes were back to normal.
"Beauty and innocence come from nice, inspiriting souls not evil demons who don't even have one."

"You have a soul, Rainbow. "

"Yeah, a soul of darkness."

Twilight sighed. "Your not evil or dark. I know you."

"No, you don't know me."

"Yes I do."

Rainbow let out an exhausted groan as she felt her eyes turn completely black. She floated a bit as she was in the air, the black magic from her eyes swirling around her body.

Twilight gulped. "Um... is this something I should be worried about?"

Rainbow didn't answer.

Her eyes and the magic around her body showed many things: images of different ponies, symbols, herself training dark magic, the death of many ponies, the destruction, the changes in other ponies after the war, and for some reason, images of Scootaloo. They all flew by roughly and gracefully and it made Twilight's head hurt.

Finally, she fell onto the ground, causing Twilight to gallop towards her. "Rainbow, are you okay?"

Rainbow groaned. "Get away from me Twi. I'm evil don't you get it?"

Twilight narrowed her eyes. "Your not evil."

Rainbow sighed. "Whatever you say Twilight."