Darkness and Magic

On their last day, they all waited for Celestia and Luna's arrival. Mitchell had been anxious over the course of the week. He didn't know how to feel about seeing his daughter in person. He tried his best to look his best. He made sure he didn't have a beard, that his hair wasn't a jumbled mess, and that his clothes didn't look like they came out the garbage can.

"You're trying really hard to look best for your baby Mitchell," Emily said teasingly as Mitchell rushed around the hotel room, "This is a good thing for you Mitchell. This baby is going to bring a side of you I've never seen before."

"No, you've this side of me before. It's when I'm taking care of you."

"Are you saying I'm a baby?"

"A big one at that."

"I take offense to that."

"You were suppose to. Anyway, are you excited to see your niece?"

"Of course I am. I've been waiting for her ever since I got the news. Although, I do have one question about all this."

"What is it?"

"Well, remember when Twi said our memories were altered?"

"Yeah? What about it?"

"Both of our memories were altered, and I'm just wondering... what don't we remember from these last few months?" Mitchell paused for a second before fixing up his hair.

"Well, right now, we can't worry about it. That's in the past, that we can't remember. Either way, we can't worry about it now. Whatever reason they had to alter our memories, they must've had a valid reason for doing so."

"I don't know. This just feels sketchy, you know?"

"It does, but don't worry about it. Trust me, I'm skeptical of it as well, but you can't do anything about it."

"Yeah, well, let's head down to the lobby. Princess Celestia should be here in about 30 minutes."

"Yeah, let's go," The two siblings made there way down the hotel, but every few steps, their vision was get distorted. Similar to when Jax and Nick were using the Distortion Spell on Mitchell the other day. The only difference, is that they started having extremely vague flashbacks to events they've never seen before.

It all continued over and over until they approached the main lobby. It all stopped when they arrived in the main lobby. They looked at each other, both with worried looks on their faces, "Mitchell, did you feel any of that?"

"You mean the distortion?"

"Yeah. It feels so weird. I've never felt that before..."

"That wasn't a distortion spell because I also saw some visions of events I don't even remember."

"Same here. Do you think those were our altered memories?"

"More than likely, except, in one them we-."

"Hey you two, over here!" Twilight yelled to the two sibling's, and they both approached their friends, "She should be here in a few minutes."

Emilia walked up to her two siblings, and grabbed their hands, "Come on, let's see your child you two."

"You mean my child, right?"

"Of course, what did you think I mean?"

The two shook their head and looked at each other, "N-Nothing..."

Without any accusation to there weird behavior, they all waited for Celestia and her return. Minutes passed until Princess Celestia and Princess Luna arrived without any type of baby carriage, "Wait, where's my daughter?" The two sister looked at each other, and then behind them.

They saw a silver haired young girl running towards Mitchell yelling, "Daddy!"

"Silver?" Mitchell caught her, and smiled, "Wait, how old is she now?"

"Well, the scientists who tested her were wrong. She just now turned 10."

"Aw man, I missed being a part of her childhood."

"Don't worry dad, at least you don't have to change a dirty diaper everyday now, right?"

"Wow, she can speak better than Emily could when she was 10."

"Hey!"

"I'm smarter than Aunt Emily?"

"Well, you will be when we give the knowledge Aunt Emilia has."

"Oh, so I will be smarter than her."

Emily slumped down as she heard this, "To think, my own niece will be smarter than me in both magic and basic knowledge..."

"Shall we begin said spell?" Mitchell asked as he rubbed his daughter's hair.

"You shall. We'll leave you be in your hotel room to do so," Mitchell nodded as he walked back towards the hotel room.

Once they arrived in the hotel room, Mitchell set a barrier around the door, "What's this for dad?"

"This prevents magic from being detected. Let us begin the spell."

"You aren't giving me Aunt Emilia's knowledge are you?"

"No, I'm giving you mine. You'll need to be able to defend yourself in the nearby future. So it's best if I give you my knowledge and power."

"Ok, I'm ready whenever you are dad," Mitchell nodded as he begun the spell.

Meanwhile, the others were talking about possible threats in Manehattan, "So Mitchell told you lot about his time in the Dimension Hoppers?"

His sisters nodded, but the others didn't, "Mitchell never told us that. He used to be in that horrendous gang?" Rarity added and over exaggerated gasp after her question.

"I'm afraid so..."

Emilia then spoke up, "He was actually part of the group that attacked village..."

"That's why those two boys looked at him like that."

"Two boys?" Celestia asked with a confused expression on her face.

"They're two boys from my village before it was attacked. I thought they were dead, but here they are."

"Oh no, this is bad."

"Why? What's wrong?"

"Are the two boys named, Jax and Nick?"

"Yeah."

"Oh no, they've been killing every single possible suspect of that attack on your village. And since Mitchell took part in that attack, they'll attempt to kill him."

"N-No, they wouldn't do that. They're nice boys. They would never do that."

"Emilia, did you see how they looked at Mitchell?"

"Well yeah, but..."

"They're planning to kill him probably as we speak."

"You're right about that...," They them saw a tired Mitchell walking with his daughter.

"Mitchell!"

"Dad's fine, the spell just took a lot out of him. I learned quite a bit."

"Now she's smarter than me."

"Anyway, those brothers attempted to attack me a few days ago. They stopped when they heard your voice."

"Don't lie Mitchell..."

"I'm not. They even listened in on our conversation on the train. They've probably been following us for who knows how long. I'm worried because I've seen them somewhere before the attack..."

"I remember," Everyone turned towards Mitchell's daughter.

"What?"

"I remember where you remember them. You remember them from your time in the Dimension Hoppers."

"No way, you gave her your knowledge Mitchell. Why did you do that?" Celestia asked quite frustratingly.

"He wanted me to be able to protect myself properly with combat magic. Since Emilia doesn't know the spell to allow humans to use any type of combat magic with no limit, I needed his knowledge of magic and power."

Everyone except Mitchell looked at her with wife eyes, "She even sounds smarter than me."

"Smarter isn't even a real word. Our mental minds created as use for a real word."

"She's even a smart ass like you Mitchell."

"They grow up so fast..."

"I guess it was for the best. She wouldn't have to go to school since she has your knowledge of everything."

"Right? Plus she'll be able to protect herself."

"I hear that..."

"Anyway, the two brothers are trouble if we give them the chance to attack us while we're distracted. So we can't let our guard down. More than likely, they'll keep the destruction to a minimum, so they'll do so possibly in an alley way to prevent any outside casualties. I know for sure they don't want to hurt you Emilia, so they'll most likely back off after they see you."

"Guys I don't think they would attack us period. They don't seem like the people to do that," Just as she said that, Mitchell and Emily started feeling the effects of the distortion again. Only this time, Emilia felt it too.

The three siblings felt the effects of the distortion, and it seemed to worsen as the time passed. Nobody knew what to do except Silver.

"Come on mom, you should at least know what to do when they're like this."

"Silver sweetie, I'm not your-."

"I know, but I need a mother figure to look up to. Anyway, what we need to do is find the possible culprit to this spell. Whoever is doing this must have mastered the spell. You see, a distortion spell is an area of effect spell. However, if mastered by the right mind, it can be used as a direct attack spell with some negative effects on the victims. I'm guessing that the culprit is on the outside of this building. Possibly..., across the street peaking just left of the entrance to get all three of them in their sight. However, we can stop the spell by doing this."

With the snap of her finger, a large barrier surrounded the entire city of Manehattan. The three siblings broke out of the distortion nearly instantly, "What was that?"

"Distortion spell, but an extremely strong one."

"Were any of you affected by it?" They all shook their heads, "I thought that was an area of effect spell..."

"It is. Someone must've mastered to make it direct. Who saved us though?" Mitchell asked, looking at Celestia.

"No, it was your daughter. She knew the exact reason you three were like that, and she stopped the spell. In all my life, I've never seen a distortion spell used that way."

"Well, it is only common with Dimension Hoppers. However, not all Dimension Hoppers know how to that spell properly without getting the wrong person," Mitchell looked towards the entrance, and then took his daughter, "Emily, head to the hotel room, and surround it with a protection barrier and an invisible barrier..."

"Why? What's going on?"

Mitchell took out his coin, and one by one, put on each of his weapons and equipment. He then looked back at them, "A war is about to begin..."

"Then I want to help Mitchell!"

"Me too dad!"

"No, I don't want to risk it. Celestia, get the royal guard to surround the perimeter of the city. Allow any non-combatants out of the city. Emilia, you'll escort them out the city to a safe distance."

"No Mitchell, I have to stay by your side so you won't freak out."

"Don't worry, I also created this while I was in my study," He held up a small pendant, and attached it to his vest, "This prevents me from going into my dark state. I've tested it before, and it works. This thing knocks me out for 5 minutes to let me cool down," Emilia reluctantly looked at Mitchell before he cupped her face, "Don't worry, I'll be fine. Just worry about getting everypony out of the city. Those brothers got help, and it's help that you wouldn't believe."

Emilia nodded as Mitchell looked at the Mane 6, "As much as I want to keep all of you safe as well... I need all of your help. I won't be able to handle them alone. So would all of you be willing to help me drive them back?"

Twilight moved towards Mitchell and smiled, "You already know the answer to that. We're with you, to the end."

Mitchell nodded as he looked at everyone, "Alright, let's do this!" Everyone nodded as Princess Celestia and Princess Luna teleported away. Everypony else left to do their job, and Mitchell looked at the girls, "Our job is to just survive until help arrives. For now, don't get reckless. Stay together, and we should be fine."

"Where are we gonna go?"

"To the roof," They all looked up, and nodded. They were off to the roof. Mitchell carried Rarity, Pinkie, Apple Jack and Twilight. While Fluttershy and Dashie flew up.

"I didn't think you could pick us all up."

"Well, I have my ways. However, when we get up there, we're gonna be in for a fight," Once they got on the roof, the clouds above them began to turn grey, and the sky turned blood red.

"Mitchell, what's going on?!"

"A war..."

Soon afterwards, many demonic like creatures appeared out of nowhere, "What are those?!"

"They're Danmar. Low level demons that can be conjured through corrupt magic. They'll keep spawning until we take out the conjurer," Soon afterwards, a few small tornadoes formed around them, along with boulders falling above their heads, "The rocks and tornadoes will halt once we take out the main conjurer. The only way any of this could actually form, is if an altar is close by. Which means that an alter for all of this should be somewhere in the city."

"Should we risk finding each altar?"

"Hm..."

"Mitchell!"

"Stay put here. I'll try this," Mitchell took out three strips of paper with writing on it. He placed them apart from each other, and his eyes began to glow. As his eyes glowed, the papers glowed as well. Soon afterwards, multiple copies of them appeared, "Find and attack the alters," They all nodded, and headed off towards the area of each altar.

"Are those clones?"

"Yes, I give them an order, and once they complete their order, they return to me for another order. I bought this while out and about on Earth. I never had a chance to really test it, so now is a good as time as any. Now, we just wait until each phenomenon ends. Stand your ground, this is our last stand!"

"Right!"

And now, they play the waiting game. They must defend until help arrives, but how long would that take. Only time will tell...