Flyte

(A/N: Sorry I haven't been updating my stories regularly, the batman calls to me and I can't help but listen)

Ahem. I only found this out later when I talked with Luna but well.....remember when I said that my father used the amniomorphic spell to shape me in my mother's womb? Turns out that he also bound with me with a necromantic reanimation spell as a back up in case the fetus (me) wasn't able to support itself due to the binding of genes, cartilage, muscle, and all that jazz.

Okay so to skip the really complex stuff, I wasn't a dragon, I wasn't a pony....forget that I wasn't even technically alive.

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Luna stared at the monster, now enclosed within salt and grain circle. It stared back, a twisted smile on it's face. "Princess Luminescence...what shall we do about this?" Asked Biggs he was the second Captain of Celestia's personal battalion within the royal guard.  She sighed, "send a letter to Twilight's friends as well as his family. This is going to be a very long night." She said, her voice tired. She couldn't believe herself, a dark being such as this going completely unnoticed right underneath her nose.

Now I have to explain something, the princesses are as different as night and day in many different ways. An example of such magical spheres of influence. This is all highly intellectual speak for their magic is different. Celestia is well versed in light magic; telekinesis, elemental magic, and tracking magic basically the practical kind. Luna however, specializes in divination, hypnosis, and necromancy. The impractical and deadlier magic. As you can imagine this leads to each sister gaining different attributes, celestia could sense if a pony was happy, or if the elements of nature or harmony were in trouble or being activated. That is to name a few of her talents. Luna however could sense whether there was a dark presence of any non-living or threatening being. I at the moment fell under the former category.

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Scootaloo twisted and turned in her bed, not able to get comfortable in the least bit. In the other room she could hear Rainbow going through the exact same pain. Finally she gave up and got out of bed. Quietly she made her way over to the window and opened it careful not to make a sound. After she was done checking to see if Rainbow was up or not, she glided down to the front cloud lawn of the cloud home.

"Why? Why can't I sleep? And more importantly, why can't I get rid of this feeling?" She thought to herself as she absently watched the night sky, too observed in her own thoughts to care. She put a hoof to her heart, trying to figure out what it was trying to tell her. It was like....it was like she couldn't sleep without him anymore. They had spent only a week together as a family but already she couldn't sleep without him.

"Is it because of his heart? How warm....and rhythmic....and stoic...and strong it is." She thought, pain filling her heart. She took a deep sighing breath.

"It's only been one night but why do I miss him so much?" She thought hanging her head in despair. It was then that she  was joined by a familiar cornflower blue mare.

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Twilight had just finished watching 'Marey Shelly's; Frankenpony' when she heard Spike burp. "Now I wonder what that could be about." She said making her way to the bedroom..only to discover a scared and wide eyed spike sitting on the floor. "Spike? Spike?!? What's wrong with you?" She asked shaking the baby dragon with a hoof. He snapped out of his stupor and started shaking her with his claws.

"Twilight bad, bad bad news from Luna! I-I- here you read it." He said handing her the letter with one arm draped dramatically over his eyes. Rolling her eyes she TK'd the scroll over to her face and began mentally reading it, skimming the words with her eyes.

Dear Twilight Sparkel,

I regret to inform you that Nightshade's mental as well as physical condition has taken a turn for the worse. I walked into my sister's bedroom to find that he had transformed into a Pomunculus. I fear that I require the elements of harmony as well as the colt's family be assembled. They might take this news hard but please inform them to prepare to lose a son.

Regretfully yours, Princess Luminescence.

She reread it just to be sure. "S-S-Spike....call Pinkie and tell her to call the girls and Scootaloo over....this....I...I need a minute." She said suddenly feeling a dizzy spell work it's way up from the recesses of her mind. Spike simply saluted and ran as fast as his little legs could carry him, intent in delivering his message.

Now, I have to explain something to you. A Pomunculus is....well... a fully formed, fully growing individual which posses a dual soul. Okay this might sound weird but bear with me. When a pony is born, a designated soul passes from The Flow into the fetus and grows alongside the body. A Pomunculus forms when a fetus is born due to black magic, this causes the fetus to form and develop and grow and become a living, breathing body with no soul. When this happens it becomes a beast, devouring other's souls through their eyes and mouths.

Now, these non-souls are actually souls within themselves. They have no official name but I just like calling them 'darkhearts'. When my father created me, he used the best in spells to drag my soul through the cross-roads of fate, dragging it through the dimensions into ours, submersing it into The Flow to make it usable, and shoving it into my body. Now, since this wasn't supposed to happen technically, Mother Nature did what it was supposed to do. It sent a darkheart along with my soul. Yup people that's right, I was born with another soul inside me.

Now then, back to the story.

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Scootaloo sat there and watched the stars as they rolled by. "Hey Scoots, couldn't sleep either?" Asked Rainbow surprising her. "R-R-Rainbow Dash! I'm sorry I just couldn't sleep and-" She was cut off as Rainbow put a hoof to her lips. It was then that Scootaloo saw the pain and sadness in her adoptive mother's eyes. RD took a deep shuddering breath. "You know....when I adopted Night....I saw him flying along in the sky and I couldn't help but think that he looked so lonely." She started, drawing Scootaloo closer to her, Scootaloo was just sitting there listening.

"I...I always wanted a little one of my own....but I could never find the one...the one that was right for me." She began, looking down and smiling a warm motherly smile at Scootaloo who just started back in silence. "I remember when I first saw him, he was just sitting there curled up on the roof sleeping. I felt so calm and right looking at him...I just couldn't wait another moment I flew straight to the mayor's office and ordered the form right then and there." She said, at this the two mares shared a giggle.

"Which is what brought me to you Scoots." She said, giving a little squeeze to the filly cradled in her legs and wings. "I had always kept my eyes on you ya know? I....I Scoots I can't see you could forgive me for just ignoring you like that. Scoots you mean so much to me!" She said bringing the little filly up to her, staring at her right in the eyes. "Scoots, I couldn't ever say what I love about you...I just love you I love everything about you my little filly and don't let anypony tell you different. I love both of you like my own flesh and blood, don't you two ever, ever forget that." She said, by now the two where in silent hysterics, clinging to each other as they cried.

Which wasn't long enough as they were soon interrupted by a familiar pink mare popping out of the clouds.

"Scoots, RD. No time to talk hurry to Twilight's now, It's about Nightshade." She got out before she was swept up by two very powerful cerulean wings. "Woooooooooooww!" Pinkie shouted in excitement and fear as she raced along the trees of Ponyville, Scootaloo wasn't very far behind as the trio raced over to the Treehouse that was the library.

"Twilight Darling you simply must explain why you've gathered us here tonight! I can't possibly see why this couldn't wait until morning!" Said Rarity in usual dramatic fashion. "Rare I really think you should-" Tried Applejack who was trying to intervene but failing miserably. "I mean a midnight sleepover is nice and whatnot but a lady needs her beauty sleep!" She said completely ignoring the farm mare. "Um, Rarity, I really think you should listen-" Spoke Fluttershy in her nearly whispering volume which was quickly over topped by Rarity's louder one. "If you this is an emergency like you say it is then I would suggest it wait until morning-"

Twilight had tried talking to Rarity but she kept blocking her at every opportunity. Now on every other day everypony would ignore it but this wasn't every other day, and hearing Rarity say that it could wait till morning was the straw that broke the Camel's back.

"NIGHTSHADE IS GOING TO DIE!" She shouted, right as Rainbow, Pinkie, And Scootaloo burst into the room.

Everypony was silent as Rainbow did her best impression of a fish, her mouth opening and closing but not a sound coming out. Twilight subconsciously triggered her group-teleportation spell she had been mentally preparing up until that point. So the whole group of 7 ponies and a baby dragon was stunned and further shocked when they appeared in Princess Celestia's bedroom and found the sun princess passed out on her bed. The Princess of the Night had a brief look of surprise of confusion that quickly passed through her. "My....my little ponies....I-" She started but was quickly interrupted by Rainbow Dash who bore down on her with the fury of a maelstrom.

"WHAT THE HAY ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?!? WHAT IS THIS ABOUT MY SON?!? ANSWER ME DAMMIT! WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIM? WHAT DID YOU PONIES DO TO HIM?!?" She shouted.

Luna had been expecting this, as soon as Rainbow was done, she slowly moved aside to show them their worst nightmares.