The Dance of darkness

Okay, so I got a suggestion to tone the violent scenes down a bit... okay, tone them down a lot, so that's what I plan on doing. There may not be any fight scenes in this chapter, but I just thought that I would let you guys know. Well, here goes nothing. Enjoy, and don't hold back on the criticism!

Pinkie Pie has always been happy about everything. She loves everypony, and everypony loves her. When new ponies come to town, she's ALWAYS been the first one to meet them, no matter where they are relative to her location. So, naturally, when Twilight Sparkle came into town, she walked over to meet her.

"Come on, Twilight, just try!" Spike said to her, beckoning to Pinkie Pie.

She smiled sheepishly and said, "Uhh... Hello?"

Pinkie's brain went into overdrive, 'OMIGOSHthere'sanewponyintownandIhaven'tthrownapartyforheryetandIdon'tknowhernamesoIneedtothrowherapartyandinviteeveryponytoitohit'llbesomuchfun!' but, try as she might, all of that came out as merely a gasp as she seemingly flew away.

Not paying attention to where she was going, she bowled into a group of hooded ponies that also seemed to be new in town, because she had never seen them before either. The one in front seemed to be scowling at her, but Pinkie interrupted her before she could speak: "OHMIGOSH! Five new ponies in town just today?!?? This is the greatest day EVER! Hi, I'm Pinkie Pie, what's your name?"

"Annoyed by Pinkie Pie, now move or be moved." The large one said, taking up an offensive stance before the one in front held out a hoof to stop him.

"Now now, Darastrix, there's no need for violence right now." She smiled wickedly, removing her hood. "Why is it that you desire to know our names, child?"

Pinkie started bouncing in place, "Well, you three are new in town, so that means that you have no friends and if you have no friends that must mean that you're lonely and I hate to see ponies lonely so I become friends with everypony here in ponyville and can I ask what your favorite pastry is and OOH sorry I gotta go bye!" She sped off, leaving Deca's party dumbstruck at what just happened.

"Should I even ask what the fuck just happened?" Arcaniss said, sitting down and scratching her head.

"Never mind them, Arcaniss. Darastrix, where are we staying?" She looked at him anxiously, "I really need to get away from these ponies."

He took out the map, looked it over for a couple of minutes, and said "I know something, yes."

"... Well what the fuck do you know, you big fucking idiot?" Deca was getting impatient with him, something that was not as rare as some might think.

"Well, I know that this is a map for Las Pegasus, not Ponyville."

The other two in the party were stunned into silence as he picked through the luggage, searching for the Ponyville map. "There are no words to express how much I want to kill you right now, Darastrix."

"Well, I try." He stopped his rummaging, "AHA! Found it." He unrolled it, looked at it for a few more minutes, (Making sure not to look at Deca Vaeri, who was ready to take his head off) then said, "That way." and pointed with his hoof.

"We best be getting there soon; I need to relax for a while."

"Well, good luck with that, you still gotta unpack your stuff."

She gave him a sly smile and said, "Well, what else are stallions good for?"

The house - which was really just a large cottage - had been rented to them by a yellow pegasus mare that needed some extra help with rent payments. Deca's party arrived at about noon, when it was feeding time for her animals. "Sweet merciful Luna, the ad said that she had a 'few' pets, not an entire fucking zoo living with her..."

"Stay calm, Deca Vaeri," Arcaniss said, smiling at her, "We might find you a pet so you wouldn't be so lonely all the time!" She made an excellent trollface after that statement.

"Aww, just like you."

"Shut the ff-mmmm, it's true." She was sad now, lowering her head in defeat, continuing their trot to the cottage, "Let's just get this the fuck over with, I'm tired and my hooves are sore..."

Deca approached the door, stopped, and looked at Darastrix, "Ahem."

"Huh? What is it this time?"

"Aren't you supposed to get the door?"

"Bite me."

"Are you sure you want me to do that?" She barred her teeth, which she filed into fangs a few years ago, "Because doing so would cause extreme discomfort for the both of us."

"Fine..." he sighed with defeat, and knocked on the door.

*knock knock knock*

A little white bunny answered the door, clearly confused at the newcomers. "Hello, little rabbit, we are here to see a Ms..." He looked at the newspaper ad for a couple of seconds, "We're looking for a Ms. Fluttershy, you seen her?"

It shook it's head, then started signing to them: (I will put what Angel's trying to say in blue text) "She's training a bunch of stupid birds to sing for Celestia at the summer sun celebration. Are you here about the ad?"

The party looked at each other, and huddled up, trying to figure out what Angel just said. Arcaniss broke away, since she already knew how to tell what he was saying. "Yes, we are here for the ad."

"You can understand me?"

"Those two back there can't, but before I started doing what I do now, I was a vet, and had lots of bunnies in my clinic. You might have been one of them, actually. What's your name?"

"Angel. Your name wouldn't happen to be Dark Magic, would it?"

"My name is in Draconic now, so it's Whedab Arcaniss, but I'll take that as a yes on me operating on you. Hey, Angel!" They embraced, apparently being long-lost friends. "How have you survived for this long?"

"Think about it," Angel signed, "Your name is 'Dark Magic', no matter what language it might be now. What do you think that I did?"

"Black magic ritual. Classic." She waved the two others over, who were staring in disbelief at the pony and bunny communicating with ease. "This is my party, Deca Vaeri, and Darastrix Sventlin."

"... Care for a translation?"

"Oh, sorry, this is Deca Dance and Dragon Slayer. We're answering the ad." She took a bow, as did the other two. "Now, could you show us to our quarters?"

"Certainly! Follow me." The three followed him through the cottage, which was much larger than they initially thought, until he stopped at one of the doors. "Two of you will need to stay in the same room, so who's it going to be?"

"Let me discuss it with them first." She turned to face the two ponies. "Alright, here's the deal, two of us need to share a room. Who's it gonna be?"

"You and Darastrix." Deca said immediately, "Any objections can speak to me."

"Well, I-" Arcaniss promptly placed her hoof in Darastrix's mouth, stopping him from making Deca kick his flank.

"We accept." Arcaniss looked at Darastrix and whispered, "Do you want to face her wrath? You know how much she can't stand stallions, and you're just lucky she lets you within 5 hooves of her."

He stayed silent and went into their room. Whedab stayed outside, so she could translate what Angel was saying for Deca. "Alright, that's their room, so where's mine?"

"Your room is right down here, miss Dance." Angel said, hopping down the hall. "If you would kindly follow me."

We followed him two doors down and stopped at the door. "I'm assuming that these are my quarters?"

"Yes. At least Angel says they are." Whedab said, proceeding back to her and Darastrix's room. Upon entering, she saw that the room was already in chaos. There were clothes scattered across the floor, maps lazily placed onto the walls, somehow there were doughnuts super-glued to the ceiling, and Darastrix was hanging out the window, staring at something. "Sweet mother of Luna, what the fuck happened in here, Darastrix?"

"Well," he started, climbing back into the room, "I came in here, threw my suitcase at the wall, grabbed my binoculars, and started staring at those ponies out there." he pointed to the window, and beckoned her to come look. "I'm guessing that the yellow one is the owner of the house, but guess who that is talking with her?"

Arcaniss took the binoculars, and saw a yellow pegasus shying away from a purple unicorn, and a baby dragon hiding in a bush. "Is that... no... it can't be..."

"Who?" He said, "It's Celestia's 'faithful little student'. I think her name was Twilight Sparkle."

She turned pale, threw him the binoculars, looked him dead in the eyes, and sad: "Get Deca and meet me out front of the cottage." When he just stood there, bewildered at her sudden outburst, she screamed, "NOW, NUMBSKULL!"

He panicked, and ran into the wall right beside the door before going out it and getting Deca. Arcaniss took Angel aside, and whispered, "I'm gonna need you to do me a favor."

"Anything," He said, grinning like a maniac, "After all, you are the one who gave me my powers..."

Author's notes:

Sorry for the short chapter, I've been kinda swamped lately, with a concert, school and homework, and thanksgiving, so the chapter was kinda short. Don't worry, though, the next chapter will be, hopefully, much longer than this one! So, that's about it. Oh, one more thing; I expect to have the next chapter done by Christmas, but unfortunately, school shortened christmas break this year for some stupid reason, so I won't be able to write as much.

• lunarstallion

P.S. If you're wondering about what kind of concert that I was in, it was a choir concert. Yeah, I sing in a mens choir, and I enjoy it. If you got a problem with that, then you can suck it.