Chapters The Dark Mare V.S. Queen Chrysalis
After being banished by Princess Cadence and Shining Armor's love powered spell it did not take the Queen of the Changelings long to return but this time she went without a disguise. Once she got in she randomly fed of love and grew very strong. She came back to Canterlot even more powerful than last time. She turned into Luna trapping the real one underneath Canterlot and slipped her army in by night. But she did not know that her great niece was hidden among them. After her whole army was in she had them hide until she gave the signal.. She gave it on hearths warming eve in the middle of the pageant. When she did it was a complete surprise to everypony. Even Celestia was unable to stop them.
It seemed that all was lost now that Queen Chrysalis had all of Canterlot under her control, or so it seemed. There was one pony still free and that one pony was the Dark Mare. Queen Chrysalis was siting on her throne bragging to herself about how easy capturing Canterlot had been and how nopony could stop her now when a cloaked figure stepped into the room. Assuming it to be one of her slaves she let her guard down and ordered the figure to fetch her some tea, but when the figure did not move to get the tea yet moved closer to the throne she became irritated. “ Didn't you hear me?!” she scolded. I told you to fetch me some tea!” The figure only moved closer. The figure continued to advance until it reached the steps to the throne. By this time the queen had a worm of fear eating away at the confidence she had beforehand. “I thought I told you to fetch me some tea not walk up to me as if you are my superior.” She said a little shakily. But the figure was undaunted by the enraged demands of the queen and slowly began to climb the steps that separated the two. By this time the queen had somewhat settled and decided that this insolent upstart could be used to teach the others a lesson so she sent for all of her subjects so that she might prevent any other rebellious spirit from standing against her. As the queens subjects filed into the room she readied herself for the battle that would take place in a few moments.
Then the figure spoke to the queen in a voice only she could hear, and these few words are exactly what she said to the queen at a time when all seemed lost and the queen ruled over all: “ You don't know who I am do you?”
Then they stepped into the center of the room and the queen announced: “I don't know who you are but I don't care who you are.” The queen demanded that the figure take off the cloak so that she may have it as a trophy when she won.
The figure replied: “I will agree to take off my cloak, but be warned what you see underneath may confuse and disturb you” Then in a swirling flourish the cloak dropped to the floor exposing the Dark Mare.
“How?!” the queen exclaimed in surprise as she recognized the pony that came from underneath the jet black cloak that now lay on the floor. The fight began and although the queen seemed to be winning it was not so. For you see this was a purely one sided fight scenario, in which the Dark Mare had the upper hand.
“ You thought I was dead didn't you? Thought that leaving me in the woods to die as an infant would get rid of me huh? Well here I am so your plan to kill me failed, and so will your plan to rule equestria all because of one little mistake. That mistake came from your rush to get rid of me, you see you left me there in the middle of spring when all the fruit in the forest is ripe, where as if you had left me in winter I could have died. But now I can get payback for all the pain and suffering you caused me, you are the reason I spent years living in a woods people hardly go into because of fear and legend. Now you will pay the price for what you did to me. You will pay. I am going to make it so you can never come back.” and with those words the Dark Mare's rainbow magic enveloped the queen as tears of sadness washed down the faces of everypony in the room because of how sad the Dark Mare's tale had been and everypony watched in amazement as the queen began to disappear while the rainbow magic began to increase in brightness and color as it turned completely solid. Thus the queen was no more.
It was a peaceful day in Ponyville and all was calm or so it seemed. There was one problem, the daughter of the rich pony mentioned in the first legend had poisoned three other fillies a unicorn, a pegasus , and an earth pony. “
Goodnight blank flanks” She whispered to the three limp forms that lay in the corner. Little did she know that the Dark Mare was hiding in her shadow and cared deeply for these three fillies especially because one was the little sister of the earth pony mentioned in the first legend.
“I thought you would turn out better than your mother, but apparently not.” the Dark Mare said from inside the shadow. At this she became scared and worried that someone knew what she had done. “You actually turned out worse.” said the shadow.
She told the shadow that she was too late because the poison was starting to work. The shadow and the three fillies disappeared. The Dark Mare took them to Zecora's house but she was unable to give assistance. The Dark Mare knew what must be done, so she took the three fillies to the hill outside of Ponyville because she knew there was only one way to save these three fillies. She sat them up in the middle of the hill back to back and began the long wait for the setting sun. She went over the process many times while the sun made its course across the sky. Fortunately nopony passed by or over the hill, for this may give them the wrong impression of what she was doing. It was many long hours before the sun began to lower in the sky and the Dark Mare steeled herself for what she would do next for it would be hard. The sun finally set. The Dark Mare lit her horn. These words of power will not even work for Celestia so do not try to replicate what happened here on this hill outside Ponyville. These words are the exact same ones used by the Dark Mare to preform this magic.
“ As a user of magics as old as time I will utter these words into the face of time as I know this is a death rhyme. I am the Dark Mare of legend the one of which ponys speak the one who stood up for friendship and has touched every mountains peak. These words of power I utter are not simply leaves from a gutter but a magic that is as old as time and is spoken in rhyme. I a pony of legendary acclaim am simply called the Dark Mare by name. I use this arcane magic to help three friends that will die without my assistance. I have seen many years go by many summers turn to fall but these three fillies have had hardly a life at all. So with this one breath I alter death and give my life to these three. I will watch over them from the under world and make sure that they stay safe for it is my final wish that these three be delivered from death and that I may take their place. Here there will be a black pole that reaches to the heavens and a time flower to tell my story. It is with these last words that I rise above the birds and walk into the arms of death as I accept my fate. I must leave this earth for all that it's worth and take my place in the folds of time and be forever lost. Good bye my friends I'll be with you forever and always, keep me close in your hearts and no harm will become of you.” With these final words a shaft of light rose up to the heavens and enveloped the Dark Mare turning into the black pole mentioned earlier and the glow died. Right beside the pole a time flower grew out of the ground. Forever marking the resting place of the Dark Mare.
Celestia had seen the pole at the break of dawn and knew that the Dark Mare had there given her life for somepony else. Her heart was heavy with sorrow and she had all of the flags in Equestria lowered to half mast. When six of the ponys in Ponyville awoke they saw the black pole and met there. Three of them were shocked to see the three fillies since two pairs were related and the other was merely fondness.
Both Celestia and Luna came to the pole. When one unicorn asked what happened Celestia said, “That is for the time flower to tell us.”. Then Celestia touched her horn to the crystalline plant an it showed the Dark Mares whole life up to the flowers creation. Every pony wept in sorrow because they believed the Dark Mare to be dead.
In the middle of their sorrow a cloaked figure came down from the heavens and asked for everyponys attention. The figure explained that due to a magic older than time and space the Dark Mare was not dead. Then the figure threw off the cloak ad was the Dark Mare everypony rejoiced. To this day the pole remains as a symbol of friendship and loyalty. The time flower also remains and every year they re-intact that day.
The Dark Mare was in her cave when a vision hit her like a thunder bolt. There was a yellow pegasus with a pink mane and she was trembling as a large scaly hand enveloped her and the vision faded. She recognized this pony and the white hot burning of adrenalin began coursing through her veins. She flew out the entrance leaving black flames in her wake. When she reached the clearing nothing was there. Just then she was hit with another vision. Three large dragons were flying across the blue sky and there was a faint squeaking. She snapped out of it and soared upward. She followed in what she thought was the right direction for what seemed like an eternity when another vision hit her. The scaly beasts were camped in a forest with the pegasus tethered to a pole sobbing. The Dark Mare sped across the setting sun in the direction of the forest. She landed in a tree and decided to sleep the night. She dreamt the whole night. She saw five other ponies get abducted by other dragons, then all the dragons met together and as she was dreaming she noticed that there were only five. She could beat five dragons no problem. Then she noticed she recognized the dragons from her child hood, she had become their leader but they only knew about her dragon side. She realized that as soon as she caught up to them if she was a dragon they would recognize her and offer the ponies as a gift to their leader. She woke up early that morning and ate some leaves and started off. She soon turned into a dragon because she could cover distance faster that way. She flew for weeks on end and her visions told her they kept the ponies as pets not food which comforted her greatly. She flew on and on yet even though she never ate, drank or slept. The only reason this was possible was that she was using her friendship and loyalty to drive herself onward. Suddenly the longest of her visions hit her. The dragons had taken her friends to the end of the equestria line, once they passed over the line Celestia would not be able to help them. They set up camp and tethered the ponies, paying special attention to three of their bonds belonging to an earth pony, a pegasus and a unicorn. “ You'll never get away with this!” screamed the unicorn. “ Y'all wont even get very far outta equestria.”stated the earth pony. “When I'm free I'm gonna go all sonic rainboom on you.” the pegasus growled. The Dark Mare flew straight above the spot and turned into a dragon. She landed just outside the circle of light cast by their fire. She walked into the circle right behind the dragons and waited for one to finally turn around. When one finally did he jumped high in surprise and was very startled, the others hearing the racket turned around and immediately had the same reaction. “ You scared the scales off of us.” one finally stuttered. “ I see you caught six ponies.” The Dark Mare said in a level tone. “ Yes and we were about to give them to you as a gift” said the same dragon. “ Yeah” said the others. “ Thank you I will enjoy this gift very much.” she said. Little did the dragons know she was going to pick up the ponies and banish the dragons to the void. She walked over to the trembling figure of the pegasus from her first vision and said how cute it was. Then she turned to the dragons and smiled. They let their guard down and she banished them to the void. Then she picked up the ponies and teleported them to her cave. She turned back into a pony and untethered them. They woke up and briefly tensed before recognizing her. She told them about her visions and how she had flown for days and nights without food, drink or sleep propelled by pure friendship. To this day it is said that if you are to kidnap these six ponies you will fall victim to the black voidfire.
The Dark Mare started off like any other pony, except for that she had wings and a horn like that of a princess even though she was not royal. She could also change whether she had certain race characteristics such as horns and wings. During infancy her evil great aunt dropped her off in the Everfree Forest to die. Yet despite the odds stacked against her she still survived. She made her way to a small town by the name of Ponyville and went to school as an earth pony.
One fateful day she attended the cuteseniera of one of the richest ponies in school. During the cuteseniera she overheard the hostess talking about one of the earth ponies from school who had not attended the cuteseniera, this infuriated the Dark Mare so much that after yelling at her not to talk about her friend that way she transformed into a black dragon. After which she turned back into a pony and ran into the Everfree Forest and was never seen or heard from again. It is said that on the longest night of the year you can see the black dragon fly across the sky above the Everfree Forest. It is also said that she lives in the Everfree Forest and is always watching over that one pony, so if you pick on her beware of the Dark Mare.
Facts
It was later discovered that the earth pony that the Dark Mare was so fond of is a local resident of Ponyville and goes by the name Applejack. It was also discovered that she had two other friends by the names of Rarity and Pinkie Pie. The Dark Mare has been recently spotted with these three ponies as well as three more. All attempts to capture the Dark Mare have failed therefore no testing can explain her origin or source of power. All officials recommend not attempting to catch her even with large groups of armed ponies because it is just as dangerous as jumping into a volcano.
