"I did THIS?"

"And you said you didn't believe in time travel."

"W-W-Well, I didn't until now."

Starlight and her past self looked down from a cloud as she saw herself kept messing up Rainbow Dash's race, which led to the Rainboom never happening, and the Mane 6 never meeting each other ever again.

"And it turns out that these attempts cause Equestria to turn into a barren wasteland with no signs of life?"

Starlight shuddered when she remembered that part of the story. "Yes..."

Past Starlight looked on in thought. "Wow, my reason for hating cutie marks sounds pretty stupid right now if I were to do this."

"Did you even send a letter to him?" she asked.

Past Starlight's ears flattened. "Of course I did. But then again I still don't know if Sunburst ever learned to open a letter."

Both future and past Starlight both laughed.

"Well, I'm glad you showed me this. Now I have a different-"

Just then a ball of bright light appeared in between them.

"Not again!" Starlight sighed.

"What do you mean not again-"

The light brightened even more, causing Starlight to black out.

Starlight opened her eyes, letting a cry of surprise.

"Starlight! You're awake!" Trixie galloped over and hugged her best friend.

"Awake?" Starlight was confused by Trixie's words and gently pushed her away. "You mean I've been asleep this whole time?"

"Seems so." Trixie shrugged. "And what do you mean, 'the whole time'? Didn't you just see darkness?"

"No." Starlight answered, a little shocked by her question. "I was back at my old village, and I encountered my evil self. No, I couldn't be asleep. It felt too real."

Now it was Trixie's turn to be shocked by her friend's words. "I encountered my evil self too."

"You did?" Starlight couldn't believe their ears. They both dreamed about encountering their past selves?

"I think we both did." Trixie replied, but simply shrugged. "But Trixie doesn't care. At least now we are together again."

"And together you shall." The speakers said as they turned on. The voice was more annoyed than with its usual snarky tone.

"Oh great! Your stupid self had to ruin the moment!" Trixie yelled at it.

"What moment?"

Trixie rolled her eyes. "What do you want?"

"Look out."

Trixie and Starlight both turned and saw that the sun was starting to come up.

"Sunrise." Starlight breathed out. They were too late.

"Sunrise indeed! Ah, I knew that you would fail." The voice said, there was no denying the joy that was caked in it. "Now, its time to pay the price. But first, I want to show you something."

Just then Starlight and Trixie were both suddenly surrounded by shelves that moved on their own. The ones behind them came by and shoved them in a dark room with the door being open.

The door slammed shut.

Trixie immediately went to the door handle and kept trying to move it. "It's locked! Could you teleport us out of here?"

"No." Starlight said to her friend. She saw a white pair of eyes stare at her from the distance. She stood her ground. "I'm done running."

She suddenly felt a sharp pain in her leg, but held her tongue, trying her best not to let the pain show. She had almost forgotten about the hornet sting, which did go away. Mostly.

The shadowy pony walked up to Starlight and met her gaze. Trixie was shivering right behind Starlight. Starlight glared at him with narrow eyes.

"I've heard about you, Starlight Glimmer. More about you than your friend. At least I know your name, while she's... forgettable."

Trixie glared at the shadow pony.

The pony started to walk away. "But unfortunately, no one remembers me either. Back when I was alive." He said the last word in a deep voice.

Starlight and Trixie both stared at each other.

"Alive?" They both said at the same time.

"Hard to believe, I know." The figure continued. "But its true."

He turned his head to the mares, and showed a tiny smriky smile when he saw the two of them both angry, scared, at least for Trixie, and confused at the same time.

"Now, remind me again." He padded towards Starlight, who still stood her ground, daring not to move, despite her every instinct telling her to at least back up. "I recall you enslaving a town, and almost destroyed the timeline, correct?"

Starlight's horn dangerously glowed. "Don't come near me."

"Yeah, keep it glowing." The figure ignored her. He then turned to Trixie, who was tugging on Starlight's hind leg. "And you told a lie to everyone in Ponyvile, saying that you were Great and Powerful but you couldn't defeat an Ursa Minor? And now you came back to the town with a corrupted amulet as revenge?"

"Why do you care?" Trixie finally spoke up, but her voice was still quivering.

"I care a lot when it comes to 'reformation'." He said mockingly. He turned to Starlight again. "And, correct me if I'm wrong, your crimes were ten times worse than Trixie when it comes to comparison. Is it not?"

Starlight's gaze lightened for a moment when the question was asked. "Well, when you say it like that..." she shaked her head and gave him a suspicious stare. "Why are you even asking us these questions?"

He ignored the last part. "But then Twilight forgave you while she didn't forgive Trixie, which her crimes were more tolerable than your crimes. At least her crimes didn't almost destroy the entirety of Equestria."

Starlight's gaze slowly softened and was in deep thought. Her ears were downward and her magic started to dim.

"I'm finally getting to you, now." The figure smirked. "I knew you weren't really that strong."

"That's enough!" Trixie stepped in front of her friend. "We both know that what we did in the past was wrong, and we may not deserve to be forgiven. But," she turned towards her friend. "Even so, we try our best to improve our lives, and that we can change for the better. Whether Twilight forgives us or not."

"They don't change." The figure shoved Trixie away. "They never do." He said the last words in a deep angry voice.

Starlight flinched. He never saw him this angry. But Trixie still glared at him. "But they can. With the power of-"

"ENOUGH!" The shadowy figure forcefully shoved Starlight and Trixie to the wall with its shadowy powers. He ran up and stared at both of them, suddenly enraged.

"No villain ever truly reformed! No villain learns the power of "friendship" or whatever cheesy thing you guys say. I learned for myself that is a false claim. That's how I lost my life and wound up here in this supermarket!" The shadowy figure let out mists from his eyes. Were those tears?

"I gave a criminal a chance. We had a great friendship. But then here, in this very supermarket, betrayed me. He hid me. No one knew that I died. I was just a tiny rumor and no one cared." he said in rage. "He's probably still alive, living a free life. TO THIS DAY."

Starlight and Trixie looked at each other with concerned looks. Was this the reason that he tortured them? He just hated villains who had been reformed?

"Now," the voice calmed down, and had a icy edge in his tone. "Unlike him, I won't let you leave. Alive."

"You're going to have a hard time killing us!" Trixie spat. The concern she had to the pony instantly gone.

The pony glared at her. "Oh yes, Starlight here will be a hard one. But you're not, but I'll save the easy pickings for last."

The shadow pony grabbed Trixie with its shadow magic, and shoved her up to the ceiling, which was somehow very, very far.

Trixie slammed her head on the ceiling and came tumbling down. Starlight instantly grabbed her with her magic, and placed her at the right corner.

"Thank you for saving her. The fall would've killed her too, but whatever works."

Starlight turned her head towards him. Anger raged in her eyes.

The pony was confused. "Aren't you going to feel sorry for me?"

"Not when you just made an attempt to kill my friend." Starlight stared defiantly at the shadowy pony, who she felt bad for for a brief moment. "I'm sorry of what you had to go through, but I won't let you harm me or Trixie without leaving some serious marks on you."

The shadow pony then transformed into a solid pony figure. Its eyes were dark red and its cutie mark was a skull symbol. He almost looked emo.

"Same could be said for you."

They both glared down at each other as both of their horns began to glow.

Author's Note

Yup that's the villian's reasons for being evil. I thought hard about the reason of why he was doing those actions. But this is the best I can come up with.