"Zecora, I really... Really need help. I don't know what to do... And whatever I can do, I'm not sure an Alicorn on the run like this is a good thing," said a panicking Twilight as she sat down onto the couch, where the empty bowl of soup was put.

"Don't doubt yourself like this, you will come up with a fix. Whatever you may want, Zecora is the one who, give it to you, can't. You are the Alicorn princess, holder of magic. Only you can fix the problem, with the help of your friendship." Zecora sat down at the table as well, in front of her own soup bowl.

"But... Zecora, what- what if I'm not strong enough? That mare... At first, she was getting arrested for using dark magic, and then- she is reported to be an Alicorn? A dark Alicorn is much, much powerful than a pure one. She represents a danger to the whole Kingdom, if not the Empire too!"

Snow, still under the trapdoor, sighed, and decided to start walking through the tunnel she explored earlier. "I don't have time to trust that zebra. She will turn me in soon."

She used her magic to light her way in the dark – even though using dark magic should make her path darker –, trying not to step on a branch (WN: Yeh, a branch in a tunnel) or something.

After ten minutes of actual simple trotting, she came across a crossway. She saw three others paths she could take, and decided to take the one leading away under Ponyville. She remembered the way she got here, and it was this way. She then decided to keep trotting, until suddenly-

She heard a noise. Back into the tunnel she came from, past the crossway. Someone opened the trapdoor at Zecora's! And she decided to run, at this point, her hooves powered by her magic and making her go even faster.

She couldn't believe that the Zebra turned her in! She knew she couldn't trust her! She made the right choice to leave! She kept running, without a care in the world, only wanting to get to the end of that tunnel. And then, she reached it.

She looked up at the other trapdoor up above her head, her horn glowing slightly as it lifted up and lifted the carped it was under up.

She made herself levitate up, and her eyes widened as she looked around her own living room. This was her house. This trapdoor was the one she was scared to open when she was little and stopped thinking about it when growing up, how could she forget that?!

She landed onto the ground, next to her couch, and then sighed. "So, am I getting arrested right now?" She asked, three stallions and four mares looking at her, clothed with cop outfits, as one of them frowned and walked up to her, making a horn cuff levitate.

"Yeh. Snow Moonlight, with the power of the Dark Hunt decree, I hereby declare you under arrest." He said calmly, and made the cuff levitate towards her horn.

"Dark Hunt decree..?" She asked to herself, and frowned as she slowly backed away from the cuff.

"SMOKE BOMB!" One cop suddenly yelled as he dashed away from the trapdoor, a small, white sachet being thrown out and suddenly exploding, smoke filling the room.

Snow didn't know what to think. Everything was so confusing to her! Then, her hoof was pulled along by a mysterious person, and she was pulled back into the trapdoor. On the ground though, as she was pulled along, she could see her book. Her eyes lit up and before falling into the trap door, she magically took the book with her, making it levitate and holding it close to her chest, while closing her eyes.

"Wake up, young mare, the Dark Hunt they declare. I will explain to you what it is about, when we are in a place safe and out." Zecora frowned, and Snow smiled.

"Zecora! You are back! I... I thought you turned me in to Twilight." Snow slowly stood up, and frowned, as she started to instinctively run away in the tunnel, hearing the cops yelling orders above them. When she looked back, she saw Zecora blocking the trap door by tying it to a rope and a metal loop on the ground, it unable to open then, as she started running after Snow.

"We have to go to the Sister's castle, it is the only place we can settle," said Zecora as she ran beside Snow, the trapdoor distantly heard being forced as Zecora threw another smoke bomb, the two reaching the crossway.

Zecora pulled Snow along as she was blinded by the smoke as well. She was pulled into the a different tunnel, and when she got out of the crossway – and the smoke –, she kept running.

The both of them, a dozen of minutes later, saw the end of a tunnel. Zecora swiftly shifted in position and opened the trapdoor as she jumped up and landed on the ground. Snow lifted herself up with magic and put herself next to Zecora, before looking around with sudden wide eyes.

"Welcome to the Tree of Harmony, my dear friend pony." Zecora smiled and Snow looked around the huge cavern, and most importantly, at the crystal tree proudly standing at the back of the cavern.

"This... This is so... Nice to look at..." She smiled, and slowly walked toward the tree, her eyes becoming lidded, and her walking monotonous.

"No, don't go toward it, you are going to get hit!" Zecora yelled at her, but Snow didn't seem to be there anymore.

"No... Nice... Look at..." Her horn glowed darker and darker, and the street started glowing as well. A step later, she put a hoof onto the tree, and her eyes became normal again, as she gasped, the tree suddenly glowing with a dark aura, her magic starting to flow up, absorbed by the Magic Element of the tree, followed by a sudden cry of pain from Snow.

Zecora pulled her quickly away from the tree, Snow falling to the ground, and gasped a bit out of lingering pain. "Fool, the tree is powered by friendship, it will try to destroy your dark magic. It can know about your emotions, and also your motivations. Don't try to approach it too much or it will turn your mind to mush, before making you come to it, so the magic of Friendship can beat."

Snow groaned and stood up, huffing, wobbling a bit. "G... Got it..." She said as she shook her head, clearing her mind as she looked at the tree. "Friendship again... Fucking great." She scoffed as she looked back at Zecora. "So? Dark Hunt? What is it?"

Zecora sighed and sat on the ground. "A new decree, by the princesses it was created, and it says that all dark magic must be suppressed. The princesses have been leaving you alive, but not anymore they want you to thrive. The Princesses can't arrest me, as I have been so good to Ponyville, but they will do everything to have your kill..."

Snow looked down, not knowing how to react. She then raised her head and smiled, as she forgot something. Her magic was constantly glowing! And so, she looked around, and saw the book in the air.

She put it on the ground, smiling as she opened it. "I think I saw something about... There! You said that the tree would "turn my mind to mush"? Without the annoying enigmas, what does it mean?" She asked with a smile, Zecora chuckling.

"The tree will control your mind to get your magic close, so it can use its own to take you those." She pointed to her horn, dark magic still glowing and bubbling at her horn.

"Mhm... Hey, what if I do that?" She looked toward the tree and smirked, her horn glowing more aggressively as she made herself ready, her hooves firm on the ground. "What if I blast the tree?"

Zecora opened her eyes wide and went in front of Snow, frowning. "Then Equestria will be lost, destroying the tree comes at a cost." Snow rolled her eyes and her horn stopped glowing completely, the book not influenced anymore.

"Come on, it is cool! Baddies are not that bad!" She rolled her eyes, and suddenly, the trap door on the ground fired open, and a stallion walked out, his horn glowing menacingly.

"Freeze! Snow Moonlight, you are under arrest! Don't move or resist! Zecora, get away from her or you will be considered a criminal as well!"

Zecora frowned, and stepped in front of Snow. "I am in no way a criminal, and she is, as well, not at all. Dark magic doesn't make you bad when you have it, it only makes you a prey to the princesses, as they see fit."

It made Snow snort, and she stepped in front of Zecora. "If he wants to consider me a villain, then so be it. But he will regret it." She frowned, before opening her eyes wide, as she saw two majestic figures fly down into the cavern.

"Good morning, miss. I believe you are the Alicorn we are looking for?" Princess Celestia landed on the ground, next to Twilight Sparkle.

"Zecora, we will talk about this later. For now, Snow Moonlight, yet another time: you are under arrest. We are two Alicorns. Even if you have dark magic, you can't do anything against us." Twilight said with a frown, and Snow smirked.

"I just want you all to confirm. Am I a villain? I just want confirmation." She said with a malicious smirk.

"Yes, you are one. You wield dark magic, and that makes you dangerous, even more as you can therefore use the Fear magic of King Sombra..." Celestia stated, the horns of the two Alicorns lighting up.

"Good. Thank you." Snow's horn started glowing as well. "So... What do I do? Do you want me to destroy the tree?" She asked, as suddenly, the two Princesses's horns stopped glowing. "I see I have your attention..."

Author's Note

Hey, so, basically, I really thought to myself fuck it, and decided to make her a villain. I mean, they all have think she is, right?

Also, WN: Writer Note.