“What are these things? They look like ponies, but they obviously aren’t.” Celestia mused as she looked down at the shadows.

“Look! Over there!” Twilight suddenly shouted, pointing to a part of the fog where for a split second, a flash of pink had appeared. “There are still ponies down there. We have to help them!”

“All right! Finally some act-“ Thunderclap’s spiel cut short as she tripped and fell into the Darkness, before calling up a weak “I’m okay!”

Shaking her head, Luna flew down after her, quickly followed by the other two.

“What’s happened here?” Twilight wondered, looking around at the thick black fog. “We need light spells.” Celestia and Luna had already done so, and Thunderclap muttered something under her breath that sounded oddly like ‘Loonos’, before her horn lit up as well. Lighting done, the four alicorns continued on their way, eventually coming to the town square. Here, there were multiple ponies, including Twilight’s friends.

“Twilight!” Rarity called out, keeping a barrier dome around the group. “And Celestia and Luna! And… Wait, I don’t know you.”

“Name’s Thunderclap! Also I accidentally caused this!” Before Rarity could react, Rainbow Dash flew up inside the dome, calling out to the Princesses “We don’t know how to stop them! Here, there were multiple ponies, including Twilight’s friends.

“Twilight!” Rarity called out, keeping a barrier dome around the group. “And Celestia and Luna! And… Wait, I don’t know you.”

“Name’s Thunderclap! Also I accidentally caused this!” Before Rarity could react, Rainbow Dash flew up inside the dome, calling out to the Princesses. “We don’t know how to stop them! Light spells push them away, but nothing else works! Not even Bon-Bon’s weird blaster thingies she says are for this kind of thing!”

“All right. I think I know what these are.” Twilight called back. “They’re called a lot of things. One of my personal favourites is The Veil. Anyway, they’re confession beasts. The only way to get rid of them is to tell them a great secret I think. They’re used for interrogation in Tartarus.” She looked at the other Princesses, who had bemused expressions on their faces. “What? I read books.”

“How big of a confession, darling?” Rarity not-quite-shouted-because-that-would-be-unladylike-but-coming-pretty-close.

“Something big. Something you’ve never told anypony before!”

“Well then! Let’s get started telling these things stuff and making them go away!” Pinkie Pie cried, having randomly appeared out of nowhere.

“Well, if we have to.” And Rarity dropped the barrier.

Author's Note

Yeah. I suck at personalities. I am trying though.