Darkness and Magic

Everyone watched over the two siblings, and their lifeless bodies. They've been like this for 30 minutes, and they were all getting worried. As the sun set, everyone perked up when they saw Emily gain consciousness. She soon lost her monster-like body, and sat up slowly, "Emily!" They all yelled.

"What...?"

"Both you and Mitchell were knocked out for a little bit. He's still out, but we want to know what happened."

Emily looked down, and brought her knees to her face as she curled up, "Emilia, I'm so sorry..."

"What for?"

"The reason I became like that... was because I was jealous of you getting close to Mitchell in the short time you two reunited. Same thing with the rest of you. I let my jealousy get the best of me, and I lost control of myself. Can all of you forgive me?"

Emilia was first to answer, "Of course, I'm pretty sure he was just happy to see me after not seeing me for two decades. If you two were in the same boat, that would be the same problem. Right now, it's best if we become his sisters."

"Yeah..."

She then looked at the others, "Emily dear, you know we would forgive you as well. There's no way we would see you as a bad person, nor will we think Mitchell as one. Evil or not, we know there is good in both of you."

"Actually, what happened to Mitchell?"

"Before I woke back up, Mitchell started acting weird. His eyes and body were glowing a dark and purple aura."

"Wait, did you hear some type of demonic voice?"

"Well, I heard the voice that had control of me, and that's about it."

"Was it sort of high pitched, and raspy?"

"Yeah. Why?"

"Oh no, Emily, you just had one of the Elements of Darkness."

"Elements of Darkness?" They all stared at Emilia hoping for an answer.

"Twilight, you know how all of you are the Elements of Harmony, right?"

"Yeah, what, are the Elements of Darkness the opposite of us?"

"To put it simply, yes. The only difference, is that they are formed in someone. Like when Emily was jealous just now, it was forming slowly in her.

"Wow..."

"There are 5 Elements of Darkness, and I'm guessing Mitchell just absorbed the element: Jealousy."

"Is that a bad thing?" Emily asked with a confused look. Everyone looked at her with a 'really?' look on their faces, "I'll just assume yes."

"The problem with him absorbing these Elements is that his dark power gets stronger. You see, the darkness in him is at its weakest state right now, but if he absorbs all 5 Elements of Darkness, he lose himself in the power. The real reason I'm here is to prevent that. That's why I made him those weapons, to prevent from using magic, and keep him far from magic. That's why I was kind of hesitant to let him go with his current loadout. Damn it..."

"When will he wake back up?"

"I don't know. All we can do is wait..."

Before anyone else could say anything, a lightning bolt was close to contact with them. They all jumped out of the way to see many different beings in the sky. From humans, to ogres, to elves, and even ponies. They all wore a black cloak with a symbol of a lion and a sword on the back.

"Surrender the Dark Mage to us, and we will leave peacefully!" One of the figures ordered, "We have received high levels of dark energy here in Equestria, and we are tracing it to that man passed out. Hand him over to us and there won't be any violence here," One of the figures approached Mitchell's limp body, but Emily, along with the girls stood in front of him.

"You won't lay a finger on him!"

"I insist all of you move out of the way before things get ugly."

"We aren't moving from this spot. We're prevent you from taking my brother away from us."

"I hate for it to come to this, but you leave no other choice. This won't kill him, but it'll kill all of you," His hands began to glow a bright blue aura, and so did all of the other figures. The girls stared into the sky as it was filled with blue lights. Before they could fire, another large beam was fire in front of them. To their surprise, both Princess Celestia and Princess Luna landed in front of them.

"We will not permit any further destruction here tonight!"

"Princess, that man houses the power of the Dark Mage. It is our duty to take him in."

"He's not the Dark Mage. He is the son of Resmadia Stone."

"Oh, we did not know. Are you housing him?"

"Yes, since he has been living alone for a while, I decided to allow him to live in Equestria with his sister."

"I see, but what was that dark power we picked up."

"It seems he was in the Everfree Forest. That probably explains the dark power you sensed."

"We've told you to fence off that area after Nightmare Moon was exorcised from Princess Luna. That place is dangerous to everyone, including humans. You need to fence that off."

"We'll take that into consideration."

"Very well. Vanguard, fall back for now. Remember, if we pick up another signal, and if it leads to him again, we'll be forced to detain him."

"I understand."

"Alright, Vanguard, out!" They phased out of Equestria, leaving the main heroes alone with Mitchell's still lifeless body.

"Girls, bring Mitchell to his house. Allow him to rest for the time being. He'll be in this state for a while after he absorbs an Element of Darkness. Once he wakes up, I need to have a word with him. Just make sure nothing happens to him when he wakes up, alright?"

"Of course...," Princess Celestia nodded as she looked at her sister.

"You should stay here Princess Luna. I'll need to meet with the Anit-MV after this. I plan to retrieve some undercover soldiers from their ranks to have them on standby. I may have managed to keep the MV off of us for the time being, but that doesn't mean I can do it again. I'll be gone for a while, which will probably be longer than the length Mitchell will be out. So be sure to keep a watchful eye on these girls. You already know about the whole ordeal with him and Rarity."

Rarity blushed lightly as she backed up a little, "I understand. I shall do my best," Princess Celestia nodded as she looked at Mitchell, and then his sisters.

"You two are all the family he has left. With his son and girlfriend gone, he'll need to rely on the only family he has left."

"We understand. We will protect Mitchell no matter the cost while still remaining alive for him. With the two of us, I think we'll easily help him in whatever he needs."

"That's good. Well, I'm off. I'm counting on all of you to keep a watchful eye on him," She then stared at Mitchell's lifeless body as she trotted close to it. She brought her muzzle close to his ear and whispered, "Be safe Mitchell... my beloved..." She then flew off afterwards, leaving the others confused as to what she said. Did she mean that romantically? Or simply as a mother to her son?