Chapter 5 : Everything has gone wrong!

Shadow walked towards the town library. He looked at the building, the lights were on. It was nearly midnight, but, somepony was still awake in there. Not good. He knocked firmly on the door, to his surprise, the door was answered by Rarity! "You! I'm not going to let you harm another pony!" Rarity swung a hoof at him, and Shadow skillfully deflected it. "Stand aside, fool, unless you want to die today." Rarity stopped, and backed away from him. The presence of the elements were very strong, it was unmistakable, they were here. He moved towards the presence and saw a purple alicorn standing in front of him. A purple blast whizzed past his face. "Stop right there! Rarity told me everything! Take another step and I'll put you out of your misery!" Shadow kept walking, and another blast struck his chest, and proceeded to bounce off and hit her flank. Shadow charged forward and beat his hoof against her shoulder, she fell over from the pain.

Shadow easily unlocked the chest containing the elements, and first draining them of their color, and then altogether. "I have to thank you for making this so easy for me." Shadow walked to the front door and it flung open, Princess Celestia was standing before him. "Ah, welcome Celestia, your subjects have already failed you. Now I will take your powers and rule this land!" Shadow stared into her eyes, and she flinched in pain. "I... resurrected you... and this... this is how you treat me?" Shadow's ignorant smile turned into a scowl, "You brought me back to hell! You lying fake!" Shadow pressed on with his stare, "I... never..." Celestia blacked out, and Shadow an alicorn, with Celestia's cutie mark. He let out a bloodcurdling laugh, and turned away from Celestia, who was slowly disintegrating. "When you are ready to amass the elements of harmony, find me in Celestia's, or should I say, my study in Canterlot." Shadow stepped over Celestia and headed out the door.

Rarity rushed over to Celestia, and she opened her eyes. "Celestia! What can we do to help!" Celestia shifted to look at Rarity, "I can't help you anymore, this is your fight..." She dozed off, Rarity shook her awake, "How can we stop Shadow?" Celestia looked up at her, with pride and trust, "Just... hold on to your friendship. Tell Twilight to write letters to my sister instead of me..." Celestia's last words merged with the wind, not another sound to be heard. But, after she died, everything started turning gray, dull, and boring. Rarity started crying, and with guilt that she let her Princess die. How was she going to explain this to... Twilight...