The Evil Within

                                                An Unexpected Meeting: Damien Meets the Mane Six!

I stared at the six ponies in front of me while pointing to my brother Damien. I was smiling for the first time in ages as I stated, "Well, this is my brother Damien."

     Damien smiled and stated in his deep voice, "Hello, as Spike said... I'm Damien."

     Twilight then said in a unsure voice, "Spike, how the heck can you have a brother. I thought that you didn't have a family."

     "Oh Twilight that's what I thought too until I met him in the Everfree yesterday... we are in fact brother's, and I get along with him so well." I answered.

     Damien laughed and stated, "Yeah we do get along Ms. Sparkle and I can see you have doubts that I'm his brother."

     "Well, it just doesn't seem too believable." answered Twilight in response to Damien's statement.

     I nodded to Damien and he nodded back as we both lifted our right arms, revealing the draconic marking on our sides that proved our brotherhood. The mares just looked in shock at the two of us together because they always thought of me as an orphan child.

     "Well, I'm going to go and hang out with Damien some more... you ponies should really lighten up. You ponies worry too much about me." I said with a smirk.

     I then turned on my heels and started to walk the other way followed by Damien.

     Twilight then exclaimed at me before I got too far away, "Spike, where do you think you're going! We have work to do and I don't like to keep Celestia waiting!"

     I turned my head to look at the purple pony and my rage that has been dormant for so long finally spilled over as I irrationally said with angry look on my face, "Let the bitch wait... I got better things to do."

     Pinkie Pie then started to laugh uncontrollaly at the now shocked Twilight Sparkle and exclaimed, "You just got burned Twilight hahaha!"

     Rainbow Dash also heard my statement and got a little angry because of how I referred to Celestia as a "bitch". She yelled at me and said, "Spike, you don't talk about the princess in that way!"

     I decided to add further fuel to the metaphorical fire I created and replied, "Why not... I have my rights."

     I guess that pushed her over the edge as she came flying after me and Damien said to me, "Dude, we need to get the fuck out of here."

     I nodded and exclaimd, "Oh shit, you're right! Run!"

               I don't know how, but we managed to escape Rainbow Dash's wrath by hiding behind a building with an overhang. My brother and I then both looked at eachother and started to laugh. I gave him a high five as Damien said, "Spike, that was bad ass."

     I smirked and replied, "Yeah it was, wasn't it. It honestly felt so good to do that."

     Damien smiled but inside was saying, "Wow, he is progressing faster than I thought... soon he will know the truth."

     We then continued to walk around town discussing various topics from dragon history to my endeavors with the ponies and to say the least it was kind of fun. I don't know how Twilight and her friends would be reacting right now to my behavior this morning though.

     "What has come over Spike?" asked a confused Twilight Sparkle to her five friends.

     "I can tell you one thing, when I see him again... him and his brother are going to get a beat down!" exclaimed Rainbow Dash.

     "Spike really seems different... more sinister." Fluttershy answered in a quiet voice.

     "I can tell you one thing Twi, ai' think that it has something to do with that brother of his." Applejack said to her friend.

     "Well, whatever it is we need to find out." stated Twilight as they all trotted away.

     I was daydreaming... I had to have been because as I sat next to my brother I saw our parents standing before us, telling us how proud they were of us two. I actually started to cry, as painful and hot tears slid down my scaly face, staining the ground. Damien took notice to this and asked in a brotherly tone, "Spike, what's the matter?"

     "I had to be daydreaming because I saw Mom and Dad sitting in front of us, telling us how proud they were." I stated with a hurt look.

     "Spike, I think it is time that I tell you what happened to our parents... it may come as a shock to you, but it is neccessary to tell you now. Promise me one thing though." stated Damien in a serious tone.

     "What Damien?" I asked.

     "When you hear this story, try and keep your cool until the time is right." he answered.

     I nodded my head and Damien then took his clawed hand and touced my draconic mark and touched his. They started to slightly glow and I felt like I was falling into an endless abyss. I then landed face first onto a rocky surface, and as I looked up Damien was standing right next to me and helped me up.

     "What just happened and where are we?" I questioned.

     "Well, you just experienced a phenomenon in which I shared my memories with you, this is one of those memories that we are in. Why tell you the story when you can see it for yourself." stated Damien in a cold tone.

     I nodded my head and followed Damien up a rocky path that led to the top of a rather large mountain. Once we reached the top of the mountain I gasped at what I saw. What I saw was a war... and it was between ponies and dragons.

     "When did this happen?" I asked in a shocked voice.

     Damien laughed maniacally and said, "Those evil ponies did this about 18 years ago before you were born... apparently they wanted to assert their dominance over all the inhabitants of Equestria."

     "That still doesn't answer what happened to mom and dad though." I added.

     "Oh, that's an easy one... the ponies that you had called friends for so long... they killed our parents.They took you while you were an egg too, luckily I escaped before anything happened to me." Damien stated in an extremely angry and malicious voice.

     I couldn't hold back the emotions that were pooling inside of me. The ponies that I had once thought as friends... they did this. I literally lost it and roared like a true dragon but then I thought of something that didn't add up.

     "Damien, if it happened 18 years ago... then wouldn't the ponies know about what happened?" I asked questioningly.

     "Good question Spike. Apparently the princesses didn't want anypony to remember about this atrocity committed against our kind and performed a mind-wipe spell. This spell was so powerful that it wiped all the minds of the citizens of Equestria including the dragons... but I managed to evade this spell. I want revenge against these ponies, and I want you to help me."

Damien said in an evil voice.

     "Wait a second, I know that you said the ponies killed our parents... and wiped the minds of all except you, but where's the proof Damien? It seems all you have been telling me is implied things that you think I should know, how do I know you aren't lying about everything?" I asked with a look of realization on my face.

     Damien looked surprised at what I said but shook his head and said, "So you want to see our parents getting slaughtered? So be it."

     He snapped his fingers which seemed to alter the surrounding area. We were then both standing in the site of a literal war. Dragon and ponies were literally going at it. Blood was staining the land and Damien pointed to two dragons that looked oddly like us.

     "Too prove my point on them being killed, watch as our only two parents that we have ever known get slaughtered like dogs." my brother stated with malice.

     I looked to them and saw the, fighting valiatly against the onslaught of Equestria soldiers attacking them, it made me proud to know I was their son. A bright flash of light was then seen as Celestia in all her glory came out into the battle field, confronting them.

     We both heard her booming voice state, "Dragons, you have fought valiantly. Surrender know and give us what we came for and you will be spared."

     A blast of fire was blown at her which she narrowly dodged and one of our parents, most likely our father, exclaimd, "Never, we would rather die than surrender to your tranny!"

     "So be it..." Celestia concluded as her horn glowed and the power of the sun was unleashed upon them both.

     They seemed to have accepted their fates as they were both obliterated in the blast.... executed like they meant nothing.

     Now I knew Damien wasn't just making up fallacies and everything he said was actually true.

     "You were right Damien, They were killed by that monster.... I can't believe what I have just witnessed. I wish to leave now."

     Damien nodded and the surrounding landscape started to shift and change.

     The memory then started to fade away as we both exited the recreated memory. Damien then said, "Do not reveal anything of what you just saw or anything about our plans until we meet the princesses... keep the exact composure that you have on now until otherwise.... but I have a feeling that the one known as Twilight will be able to see through it... she has known you for far too long. I have a feelng she will be suspicious of the bullshit you are feeding them... the same with the others except for Pinkie Pie... that mare is an idiot."

     I gave a slight nod and got up off the ground, somehow it seemed that she and the others would see through my facade because they knew me way more than Damien thought he did. It seemed that a simple facade wouldn't be enough to fool Twilight or her friends... I had to do something different, I needed to get help from an outside source.

     "Hey Damien, if I wanted to make a seperate personality that could feel the analytical Twilight Sparkle, how would I go about doing it?" I asked with interest.

     "I don't have all the answers my friend, that is something you have to figure out by yourself... you have time though, these plans take time to come into fruitation." Damien responded.

     I gained trust for my brother that day as I felt satisfied with what I had learned. Turning, we both began to start walking until a familiar voice was heard which said, "I see them! Spike and Damien are straight ahead of us!"

     Thinking to myself, "Hopefully I can pull this off and keep Twilight and the others from being suspicious of me until I can actually gain a new personality somehow."

     The sound of hoovesteps coming towards the both of us made Damien whisper to me, "Keep it together or everything will fall apart right here and now."

     I nodded and waited for the girls to confront us, this was going to be very hard to pull off, but I had to do it for the sake of my brother.

  I give a big thank you to all my fans who have favorited and liked this story. You are truly my inspiration for continuing this fic. This chapter is where the story starts to transistion into more of a grimdark story... but their will be no senseless killings that will occur. Honestly, this story will continue to be geniune and will chronicle Spike's decent to the dark side. Next chapter: "Spike joins Damien"