A Colt's Darkness

Silence, that is what consumed Spirit's group. The only ones talking were Blade, Gunner, Lightning, and Sweetie Belle. They all seemed happy, but the others were lost in thought. They seemed focused on something, they almost seemed excited. They had just exited the Everfree Forest, that is when Rainbow Dash began to talk.

"So Spirit, have you ever heard of a video game before?" She asked. Spirit remembered those from his coma life. His favorite was the Legend of Zelda, so much detail and effort put into each game. That made them so entertaining that he just couldn't stay away.

"Yes, I have heard if them. Why?"

"Well, once a month we have a get together in a big sound proof basement and we play video games to see who the winner is. We call it game night." Rainbow finished. Spirit smiled as he thought of Gavin yelling "What is game night?"

"So that is it? Specifically, what is ga-" Spirit was cut off by Gunner who shouted in delight.

"WHAT IS GAME NIGHT!?" Spirit laughed at the random "question."

"I knew you were gonna say that Gunner!" Spirit shouted.

"Well, game night is exactly what we said it was. We have a small get together and play video games. We also have a single pony statue about a foot tall that goes to the winner." Rainbow replied. Spirit thought for a moment.

"You know what? Lets just call it the pony of pimps." Spirit finished trying not to chuckle at his own remark. Rainbow, Gunner, and Lightning laughed and actually agreed with him. Spirit was actually very surprised by this.

"Well, lets hurry up. I need to get some food." Lightning said with a very flat voice. Spirit had just remembered, they needed food.

"Maybe we should stop at the market." Spirit said in an almost worried tone. "Big Mac, can you get some food from the farm?" Big Mac nodded. "Okay, thanks. I'll go to the market with anypony who wants to go with me." Sweetie Belle said that she would go, but everypony else stayed behind. Spirit and Sweetie quickly arrived at the market. As they entered, many ponies stared at them. They all had a terrified look on their faces. Spirit recognized some of them from his little rampage a while back. He tried to put them out of his mind while they got food for the others. After getting some of the groceries, he glanced to the exits. The floor was slightly red from his killing frenzy, and everypony avoided it and him. Sweetie and Spirit quickly finished gathering the groceries, paid the cashier who was terrified, and left. As they left, Sweetie Belle saw a pink filly and instantly rushed ahead. Spirit tried to seem like he wasn't suspicious since he looked like full grown stallion and he was chasing Sweetie Belle. The pink filly saw him and followed him, Spirit ignored her. Spirit soon found his way to the chariots and saw Sweetie Belle, she had a face that just screamed 'We need to leave now.'

"Spirit! Get over here now!" Sweetie called. Spirit quickened his pace only to be stopped by a hoof on his shoulder, that hoof then proceeded to push Spirit away. To act a little more normal, he pretended to fall over.

"Well, well, well. If it isn't the loser Sweetie Belle." She said in a snobbish tone. Spirit already disliked her.

"Diamond Tiara, just go away..." Sweetie said with an obvious tone of fury.

""I never expected that a failure like you would have a stalker." Diamond Tiara said in a tone of superiority. Spirit had already had enough of her. "But, it is only fitting that hes ugly." Spirit got up and walked in front of her to keep her from proceeding. If glares could harm ponies, Diamond Tiara would be need therapy. She backed away just slightly as Spirit seemed to stare into her soul.

"Go away." Spirit said with no emotion what so ever. Diamond backed up only to have a look of confidence spread across her face.

"You think you are scary? HA! My coltfriend is way cooler than you!" Diamond shouted.

"First, I'm not trying to scare you. If I was, you would be in a mental institute. Second, I don't know how you could ever get a coltfriend with that shitty attitude of yours. Third, you aren't anything special. Just some snob who thinks that she is above everypony else.Fourth, goodbye." Spirit turned to the chariot and left Diamond standing in the field, furious. As they left, Sweetie Belle had a large smile spread across her face.

"Thanks Spirit. That was just great." Sweetie said.

"No problem, I just don't like it when children act like that." Spirit replied. He looked around to finally notice that none of their friends were with them. "Did the others already head back to base?"

"Yeah, they already left. They had to go set up game night."

"Maybe I could be apart of game night." Sweetie Belle laughed at the statement.

"But you've never played a video game yet! How can you play one when you are competing against master game players?"

"I'll learn." Spirit stated with a simple, relaxed tone.

"If you say so."

This is going to be VERY fun. Spirit thought. After figuring out that they were close to the base, Spirit began to look back at his life when he was in a coma. His life was all despair, but it fixed itself before he found out what he truly was. His sister was murdered, someone burned his house down four days later, someone killed his dog. At that point, he hated almost everyone. They all picked on him, beat him up, and threw stuff at him. His life was horrible before he woke up. He didn't have much to look forward to, but if there was on thing, it would have to be the few friends that he did have.

"Spirit, we've arrived!" Sweetie Belle shouted. Spirit broke out of his trance and followed Sweetie Belle inside after they had landed. They quickly ran to the mess hall to deliver the food they bought and and to get some food for themselves. They got some food, ate together, and went about there own business. Sweetie Belle went to her room and Spirit went to find Rainbow Dash. He quickly found her moving a small box of snacks into a room that was fairly close to her room.

"Hey Rainbow, when is game night?" Spirit asked.

"Tonight, why do ask?"

"I wanted to play with you guys." Rainbow laughed at Spirit's statement, but tried to keep cool.

"Why? You don't even know how to play a video game."

"Just give me a chance." Spirit pleaded. "You may be surprised." Rainbow Dash merely groaned.

"Fine, just prepare to get your flank handed to you!" Rainbow shouted as she left him standing outside what he assumed to be the game room. Spirit was on his way back to his room when he happened to meet up with Applebloom.

"Howdy Spirit!" She called.

"Hi Applbloom, did you find any info on the locations of Chrysalis or Sombra?" Spirit asked.

"We discovered that Queen Chrysalis has taken refuge in the Badlands that lay behind Macintosh Mountains. That is should be South West of Canterlot."

"Good, how long until we should go there?"

"Maybe two days or tomorrow. Its up to you." She said as she walked away. Spirit thought for a moment. He decided to go tomorrow. He knew everypony's skills with what they are doing now are limited, but it was worth the risk. Spirit noticed that it was already five o clock PM. So he went to that room that Rainbow Dash was at earlier and discovered that it was indeed the game night room. He was welcomed, he assumed that they were treating him so nice because they thought he knew nothing of video games.

"So, are you ready to play some Minecraft?" Rainbow Dash asked. This caught Spirit off guard because he thought it would have some pony pun in it's name.

"Sure, but don't help me. I'll figure it out." Spirit said with confidence. Spirit actually looked around the room to see who was there. There was Rainbow Dash, Luna, Sweetie Belle, Gunner, Twilight, and him.

"Okay, so this will be a hunger games type of thing. No team ups, there will be chests through out the map that have items, when somepony dies he or she can give another player items, and no breaking blocks. Got it?" They all nodded. Spirit picked up the spare controller and noticed that it was very similar to the one that he imagined in his coma. He joined the game with a skin of a bear and saddlebags.

Sweet, I'm Banjo. Spirit thought and let out an unintentional smile. They all set there spawns, got into a piston hole, and began the round. Right as the piston pushed everypony up, Spirit felt a helmet land on his head.

"These helmets make it feel like you are actually there, but you actually don't need the controller." Rainbow said as she pointed to the others. Spirit stumbled around at first, but then he ran for a chest. He found four arrows, a bow, a leather chest plate, and a stone sword. Gunner had an iron chest plate, and a wooden sword. Spirit quickly ran after him, and shot him with two arrows. He only had two left.

"Oh no, I can't die already!" Gunner shouted. Spirit put the fact that there were other ponies in the room out of his mind and let out a maniacal laughter. He loved it when others panicked like this over a game. He rushed up to Gunner with his sword and began to swing at him. Gunner blocked and parried his attacks, but Spirit kicked him and swiftly stabbed Gunner in the face. "FUCK!" Is what Gunner shouted as he saw a giant piece of stone ram into his face.

"Gunners out!" Spirit called. Everypony groaned.

"Already!?" Twilight yelled.

"Yeah, Spirit just raped me." Everypony laughed at Gunner's choice of words.

"Don't worry Gunner, you did good." Spirit said.

"How so?"

"You gave me better armor." Was the reply. There was a lot of screaming and fighting. Sweetie Belle ended up killing Twilight who proceeded to pour buckets of lava on Sweetie Belle, but failed to actually kill her. Luna was nearly killed by a creeper several times, Sweetie Belle was scared of Twilight, and Spirit continued to raid any chests in his sight. At this point Sweetie had diamond pants and boots, an iron sword, a bow, fourteen arrows, five pieces of bread, and a bucket of water. Luna had full iron armor, a stone sword, one arrow, and an enchanted bow with infinity. Spirit had a diamond chest plate, pants, and boots while also having thirty arrows, and fire aspect bow, and a stone sword. At one point Spirit was running by a cave, Sweetie Belle jumped out and attacked. Spirit blocked and countered several arrows. He then shot his own arrows at her, she caught fire after getting hit by one of them. She then used her bucket of water and put out the fire. As she picked the water up again, she was stabbed in the foreleg. Spirit finished her off with a vertical strike that broke through Sweetie's weakened iron sword and cut her head in two. "Twilight, I avenged you!" Spirit shouted.

"Awesome, stay still. I'll give you some food." Twilight dropped four pieces of bread on Spirit, after that he hunted Luna. They upgraded their armor and weapons as well. Luna still had full iron armor, a diamond sword, her bow and arrow, and some TNT and redstone torches. Spirit had the same armor as earlier, but now he had a fresh iron sword, more arrows, more food, and an ender pearl.

"Shall we meet in the middle?" Luna asked.

"Sure, an epic duel shall commence!" Spirit shouted.

"Go Luna!" Gunner shouted.

"Gunner shut up or I'll kill you again." Spirit said with a strangely calm voice. Both Spirit and Luna ran from several mobs as they raced to the center. They killed several creepers and nearly died in the process. But they finally reached the center. No mobs, full health, and many obstacles. Luna started by running straight at Spirit who drew his bow and shot three fire arrows at Luna. She dodged them and slashed him with her diamond sword. Spirit threw his ender pearl and landed about twenty five blocks away from her. He began to climb up the jungle gym-like forest that was around the center. As he did this he shot many arrows at her. Luna dodged them all again and set some TNT under his tree and blew it up. Spirit heard the TNT going off and jumped to the next tree just before the last one exploded. Spirit shot five of his last ten arrows at Luna, only two hit her. She was now on fire and taking a lot of damage. Spirit jumped from his perch and slashed off her head with his iron sword only for him to collapse and note he only had a single heart remaining.. "YES!!!"

"NOOOO!!" Luna screamed. Everypony cheered for Spirit's first victory. Spirit glanced over at Luna's desk to see the Pony of Pimps.

"I WON THE PONY OF PIMPS LUNA, YOU GIMME THAT SHIT!!" Spirit screamed.

"You know what, we won the Olympics so we don't care." Luna stated simply.

"I don't give a shit!" Spirit screamed back. He snatched the Pony of Pimps from Luna's desk and put it on his new desk. After the happiness faded a little, Spirit remembered something. "Wait." He said. "We need to get ready tomorrow, we're going after Chrysalis." They were surprised by this. "We need to get ready. So pack light and be prepared." Spirit ordered. They all nodded, packed up and left. "Hey Rainbow, how come you didn't play?"

"I had to make room for you, since you wanted to play so much. I still can't believe that you beat Luna!" Rainbow shouted.

"We can't believe this either!" Luna shouted back. Spirit chuckled as Sweetie Belle gave him a big hug as they went to prepare.

"Spirit, I need to tell you something. Can you come with me for a minute?" Sweetie asked.

"Sure, will it be quick?"

"Yeah, it should be."

"Okay then, lead the way!" Spirit exclaimed as he followed her to her room. As they entered, Sweetie motioned for him to take a seat. After they both sat down, they began to talk.