The Escape of The Darkness

"Well what the fuck do you want?" Jackie said in an annoyed tone, glaring at the Darkness.

"I am weakening" the Darkness said, a hint of concern in its voice "Slowly" he added.

"And why the hell should I care?" Jackie said venomously "In fact I don't".

"Because the Angelus has sent a Seraph to slay us" the darkness said through a gritted, angry voice.

"Wait!, you said in your little spiel that the Angelus didn't know what you had planned" Jackie said "And what the hell is a 'seraph' anyway?" he added.

"ONE, I assumed the Angelus did not plan for this" The Darkness said "and TWO, a seraph is to the Angelus, what darklings are to me" He said in an aggravated tone.

"And if I weaken, then we will BOTH die when it crosses the void!"

"How are you weakening anyway, you got real fuckin' excited right before we came here" Jackie asked questioningly.

"Again, I made an assumption".

"I may feed off of death and fear, but i also feed off of suffering, and this world currently has zero to none!" The Darkness said.

"I need to feed off of all kinds of evil, like humans need to eat many kinds of food" The Darkness explained "however, one or two good meals will sate my hunger if I have to, how you say, tighten my belt for a while".

"Well I guess I'll be on the lookout then" Jackie said, rolling his eyes.

"Beware the Seraphs too, for what they lack in subtlety, they make up for in raw power" the Darkness warned.

"If I could defeat an entire mafia, and hundreds of mad, heavily armed, dark essence-powered shock troops, then I'm sure I can handle myself against some angel thing" Jackie said.

"See that you do"the Darkness grumbled  before receding back into the depths of Jackie's mind. The nightmare mirror realm then dispersed into blackness once more. Jackie then decided to continue his nap....until a harsh beeping noise awoke him. 'Here and there, alarm clocks still suck' he thought, as he turned the beeper off  and got out of the bed. He then put his suit (which to his surprise was fully repaired and cleaned with a note that read 'thank you') back on before making his way back to the throne room, which he could hear bustling with activity. 'Showtime' he thought playfully.

Everypony was gathered in the now completely repaired and prepared throne room for the ceremony, waiting for it to begin after the confusion had finally passed. All of the invited guests, from the nobility to humble residents of Ponyville, lined the walkway from the main door to the throne, a red carpet in the middle. Shining Armor stood at the altar, waiting for his bride.

Princess Celestia stood right outside of the room with the great door closed, her sister having gone back to sleep. Due to her magical ability, she could pick up the conversations of the guests quite well, even if they were a little jumbled. Most were about the invasion that had been beaten back not more than an hour and a half ago. However, Celestia noticed that another large portion of the small-talk was directed towards Jackie.

"Taller than Celestia!"

"Dark Magic!"

"200 Changelings!" were some of the tidbits she could pick out from the sea of voices.

There was apparently a good knowledge among the populace that some 'strange creature' had slaughtered over 200 changelings with dark magic and saved the Princesses, as well as the Element Bearers and the couple to be wed. Celestia was nervous about how her subjects would react to Jackie, ponies had descended from prey animals and were usually a little bit timid towards anything new or threatening. 'Will they welcome him, or will they run and scream like fiasco with the animals?' She thought, patiently waiting for Jackie to arrive.

Suddenly, she could see the unmistakable silhouette of the human walking down the hallway after turning a corner from the guest suites. Even with her power, this being still unnerved her, besides the evident position of Darkness-bearer,he gave off a subtle yet terrifying aura of gloom and darkness. He walked closer to Celestia before stopping a few feet in front of her.

"Hello Celestia" He said, shaking her now outstretched hoof firmly.

"I trust you had a pleasant rest" she said nicely, smiling .

"Yeah, comfortable bed" he said "Hey, do you know who fixed up my suit?" Jackie asked.

"Oh yes, I do believe Rarity insisted she repair your attire as thanks for what you did" Celestia said.

"Really? well tell her thanks then, she did a pretty good job" Jackie said genuinely.

"Yes, she is a very well known fashion designer, a simple repair is foalsplay for her" Celestia said in confidence of Rarity's abilities.

"Okay, let us go inside" She said, gesturing with a wing "You can introduce yourself before we start the ceremony, but they will probably be frightened by you" She said before turning to open the door.

Celestia then used her magic to open the door, pushing it open all the way. The assembled ponies looked towards the door and saw Celestia first. Initially, many greeted her with smiles and casual hellos, but this ended the moment they saw Jackie walking behind her. The ponies went wide-eyed and deathly silent, gaping and staring at him. Jackie, and the rest of those who had met him before, all wearing nervous or sheepish expressions. As they finally reached the altar, they both turned around and faced the dead silent crowd.

"My little ponies, I assume you have heard rumors of a creature saving us from the changelings, this" She said, gesturing to Jackie "Is Jackie Estacado, and you may ask him some questions before we begin"Celestia finished.

Jackie tentatively started to step forward and cleared his throat before saying.

"Hello, and as your princess said, my name is Jackie Estacado" he said "any questions?" he then asked.

Almost immediately, dozens of hooves shot up into the air. The ponies spoke rapidly and incomprehensibly, clamoring for attention before Celestia quieted them down.

"Alright, you" Jackie said.

"What are you?" a pony asked curiously.

"As in species?, I'm a human" Jackie answered.

"Where are you from?" asked another.

"A place really far away from here" Jackie said

"Why did you save the princesses?" another asked, drawing Celestia's gaze towards Jackie.

"Because when I saw those bugs compared to them, and with how they acted, I knew I had to do something I  mean, I couldn't just let them die" he said, Celestia smiling at this.

"Is it true you used some kind of horrible dark magic to kill those changelings?" an older unicorn in a mage-like getup asked.

"Yes indeed!" a noble exclaimed "They said that all of the corpses were dismembered in some way, not a single one intact!".

"Well yes and no, I have powers, but its not magic".

"What do you mean?" one said.

"I'd rather not-" he tried to say before he was interrupted.

"Yeah! what do you mean" said another noble.

"My little ponies I think that is enough questions for now, we have a wedding to attend to" Celestia said, quieting the crowd, "And Mr. Estacado has been invited to be the guest of honor" she added.

Many ponies were surprised by this, murmuring to each other. Suddenly, wedding music started to play and the ceremony began. Followed by three small flower fillies, Princess Cadance emerged from the doorway, bouquet in hoof, and making her  way to the altar. Jackie then leaned over towards an anxious Shining before saying "Good luck pal" before backing away.

The ceremony itself was very short and heartfelt, with the couple exchanging vows. Soon came the 'I dos" before the rings were placed (on their horns?) and they shared a kiss. The crowd cheered wildly and filed out after the newlyweds towards the reception. Celestia nudged Jackie slightly before nodding her head towards the door and saying "You are the guest of honor, aren't you?". Jackie then quickly exited towards the door, catching sight of the happy bride and groom, but before he made it completely out, the Darkness interjected "THIS INNOCENCE IS SICKENING", to which Jackie replied

"Shut up you", and continued onward

The reception was a very heartwarming affair, ponies danced and ate in a jovial mood. Twilight had also begun a very good musical number, while Rainbow Dash did a sonic rainboom (To which Jackie's jaw nearly unhinged). Most ponies tended to avoid Jackie, murmuring to each other in curiosity or timidness. A few brave souls got up the courage to make small talk with him, a very nice guy named Fancy Pants and his wife, a peculiar mint green unicorn (who's eyes were creepily fixated on Jackie's hands) and her girlfriend, or marefriend as it was, who dragged her away a minute later. By this time, the sun was setting and the sky darkening.

However, Jackie's improving mood was dampened exponentially with the next arrival (while he was looking at his locket with Jenny's picture in it, reminiscing). A white unicorn that held himself so high, Jackie was sure his spine curved in an upward angle. Everything about him either read snob....... or douche bag in some way or another. He cantered up to Jackie and said,

"So you are the one who saved my aunts, if I'm not mistaken" he said "My name is Prince Blueblood" 'Blueblood' said in a highbrow tone.

"Yeah that was me" Jackie said in an even tone, masking his annoyance. He could feel even the Darkness becoming irritated with his attitude.

He appeared to ponder this before saying "So are you the one who destroyed my bust?" he said in a slightly forceful tone "It was found shattered into pieces, and it cost several thousand bits to make"

"Tough break buddy, but I was kinda in the middle of killing changelings at the time, so I couldn't be super careful where I was aiming" Jackie said, in a blatantly irritated tone. "Now piss off, your killing my mood"

"How dare you!" he said in shock "I am a prince of Equestria and I demand to be tr-" he tried to say before the locket Jackie had been holding slipped out from his hand and skidded towards Blueblood.  Jackie started forward, but the prince got to it first.

He picked it up with his magic and looked at the picture before scoffing "Who's this? some cheap whore you have a fancy for" he said, chuckling.

However, the next time he looked up, he nearly wet himself. Staring face to face with him was an unbelievably angry Jackie Estacado, making it even more scary was the fact that it was a subtle, yet white-hot rage that burned like a slow flame. He slowly plucked the locket out of Blueblood's magic, who was starting to tremble. Jackie pocketed the locket before returning his gaze towards the prince, grabbing his throat.

"Listen here and listen good" he said in an extremely low and menacing tone "The only reason I do not flay you alive,break off your horn and shove it up your ass, tie you to a post, and set you on fire is that I find you below me" he said to the now whimpering Prince.

"Your are a worthless piece of shit that barely warrants this time right now" Jackie hissed "And so help me, if you ever, EVER, insult Jenny again" he said before coming even closer.

"I WILL REND YOUR BODY ASUNDER AND DEVOUR YOUR SOUL" he said with the voice of the Darkness (Who was more than happy to scare the little prick) "Now get the fuck out of here, I don't make idle threats".

Blueblood ran so fast, Jackie swore he left a cartoon-style dust outline. The other ponies didn't seem to notice this exchange besides Blueblood running away. Jackie gradually calmed down and his mood started to improve again.

"THAT WAS FUCKING FUNNY!" the Darkness giggled madly.

"Why are you acting like this?, you usually just used one liner threats back home." Jackie asked.

The Darkness pondered before saying "I FEEL DIFFERENT IN THIS WORLD, ALMOST LIKE A SMALL CHILD IN A CANDY STORE, THIS IS AN UNSPOILED WORLD TO FEAST UPON, TO REAP AND DESTROY!" he proclaimed "HOWEVER,THESE PONIES ARE LIKE WORTHLESS CATTLE TO ME, NOT WORTH THE EFFORT TO KILL" the Darkness said in annoyance.

"I have wanted to do that for ages" Said a chuckling voice behind Jackie.

He wheeled around to find Princess Luna smiling at him, continuing to chuckle at Blueblood's misfortune. Unlike Princess Celestia, Luna seemed younger and less formal than her sister. She stooped chuckling and turned to Jackie.

"I do not believe we have been properly acquainted yet, I am Luna, Princess of the Night" she said.

"Yeah, hello its nice to meet you, also why 'princess of the night'?" Jackie asked.

"Well I raise the moon and the stars, just as my sister raises the sun" She said matter-of-factly.

Jackie's eyes opened wide upon hearing this "Wait you and your sister control night and day!?" Jackie exclaimed, dumbfounded.

"Yes, ever since our birth over 2,000 years ago we have maintained the night/day cycle of the planet" Luna said.

"Wait, two thous-, you know what never mind" Jackie said "Oh and by the way, whats with those pictures on your butts?" he asked curiously.

"You mean our cutie marks?" Luna asked (Jackie mentally WTF'ing) "They are a representation of our special talents, when a young pony discovers his/her special talent, it magically appears" Luna explained.

"Got it" said a very exasperated Jackie.

"Uh, mister Estacado?" Luna asked "If I may, I would like to inquire about this 'Darkness' that made its' presence known earlier" She said.

"As would I" Celestia said, walking over towards the pair.

Jackie sighed before nodding his head "fair's fair I suppose" he said before clearing his throat.

"Okay, as you can guess, this is gonna be a VERY dark story." Jackie said. (Darkness 2 intro scene).

About 20 minutes (and near dislocation of equine jawbones) later, the princesses had learned the history behind the Darkness and himself. They both listened to his story (still unbelieving the amount of bloodshed) with wide eyes as he concluded.

"And thats basically how I got here" Jackie simply stated, leaving both monarchs stunned.

"That was the most horrifying story I have ever heard", Luna said, her statement mirroring both their feelings.

Before they could speak  further, a small clamor arose. The newlyweds were saying their goodbyes and were climbing into a carriage, Jackie waving a bit himself. The party was winding down and the guests were leaving. He turned back to the now composed princesses, and the six from before.

"Well, again thank you Jackie" Celestia said " without you, our kingdom would have been destroyed and seen my little ponies enslaved" she thanked.

"Yes, thank you" Luna added, both princesses curtsying slightly.

Before Jackie could offer a rebuttal, a very panicked looking royal guard rushed forward. He whispered something into Celestia's ear rapidly before hurrying away. Celestia's eyes looked like they had about a second to go before they popped out of her skull.

"Jackie, girls, come here!" She said, extremely frightened.

'Whats wrong!?" Jackie said, concerned

"What!, what is it princess!?" Twilight asked in a panic.

"Sister, whats going on!?" Luna exclaimed

Celestia paced and looked very anxiously towards the horizon, then back to them, before saying,

"Ponyville is under attack"