Starting Over 3: Return Of Spectra

Spectra was sitting in Twilights Library reading countless books of Equestrian History. Twilight brought him the occasional drink or snack for him. She was excited to see him want to learn. She was even planning a test for him, and he liked that. He offered to pay her, but she said teaching him and seeing him grow was payment enough. Spectra was up to his 58th book and he came across something weird. A chapter based around a whole different race of ponies. He looked at his book confused, before reading on.

Chapter 6 - The Darkane Race

The Darkane were a race of unicorns born from the chaotic magic of the world. Back in the rule of Discord, when the Alicorn Princesses over took his throne, they filled the land with harmony. But all the chaos had to go somewhere. The chaos of the world grew and grew and eventually made a place known today as Ghastly Gorge. The sheer force of the chaos broke the very landscape, creating the Darkane. When the Princesses were told of Ghastly Gorge and it's sudden creation, they didn't bother worrying about it and continued their rule. But the Darkane were not just any ordinary unicorns. Their hearts were filled with chaos and disharmony, making them a pure evil race. They used Dark Magic instead of normal unicorn magic. Eventually, they had an army at their hooves. They attacked the castle of the princesses, trying to take over Equestria and burn it to ashes. The Darkane were very close to taking over Equestria, all the soldiers the Princesses sent out lost their lives, except for one Star Burst who was able to survive the slaughter but only barely. If it were not for the efforts of Starswirl The Bearded, the Darkane would've won. Starswirl used a spell he had been designing for Discord originally. The spell was called 'Starswirl Singularity'. The spell opens a wormhole, which he used against the Darkane armies. He was able to hold off the attack and wiped out the entire Darkane race. The spell was far too dangerous to use again, so Starswirl burnt every copy of the spell he could find. To this day, descendants of the Darkane exist. Hiding in plain site, living a normal life like everypony else. The worry with that is, the Darkane didn't reproduce like normal ponies. They used a spell to wipe the memories of a unicorn then fill their heart with chaos and disharmony, making them a Darkane. They could easily come back any day and try to take Equestria once more.

Spectra turned the pages to find more information, but couldn't find any. He wanted to know more about the Darkane. But the rest of the pages were not on the Darkane. Spectra sighed and read on. After a few more books, he found more on the Darkane. It was a book about the anatomy of different species.

One species had a rather disgusting diet, the Darkane race. They were a race of warrior unicorns of chaos. Defeated by Starswirl The Bearded, do not fear these things any more. They fed on the blood of their victims. When in battle, they have retractable fangs so they can bite the jugular of the pony in combat and drain them of blood.

Spectra closed the book and placed it into the pile of read books. When Twilight came over to give him a dandelion sandwich, she looked to the book on top of the pile and nearly dropped her glasses in shock.

"I'm so sorry I have that book. The Darkane are a truly disgusting race, aren't they?"

Spectra nodded while reading his book.

"Yeah. Can't believe if it wasn't for Starswirl we would all be dead."

Twilight nodded and gave the book a look of disgust.

"Why do I keep that around any more?"

Twilight walked off to do something else and left Spectra to his studies. A few minutes passed and Rose walked in the library. Twilight walked up to her with a cheery smile.

"Hello, Rose! What can I do for you?"

Rose jumped up and down on the spot with a huge grin plastered on her face.

"I wanna see daddy!"

Twilight's smile turned into a frown and she pushed her glasses up from the tip of her nose back up to the bridge.

"I'm sorry Rose. I can't let you do that. Your dad is studying for a big test I have prepared for him."

Rose stopped jumping up and down and gave Twilight a look that would make Celestia's guards weep. Twilight cringed at the adorable sight.

"Rose, that's just cheating!"

Rose continued her look and eventually, broke Twilight. She sighed and repositioned her glasses again.

"Okay, fine. Go ahead. He's upstairs reading."

Rose smiled and raced upstairs to visit her father. When she got up to the room, she saw him lying on top of a book sleeping. Rose giggled and walked up to him. She started poking him in the nose and woke him up. He lifted his head and looked around. His eyes rested on Rose who had a smile on her face, as always. Spectra loved how Rose can smile all day long if she wanted to. It filled his heart with happiness to see that. Spectra smiled and wrapped her in a tight hug.

"How's my favourite little filly in the world?"

Rose giggled again. "I'm fine, daddy!"

Spectra smiled and lifted Rose onto his back so she could see what he was reading. Spectra looked to his book and continued reading with Rose reading along with him. Sometimes Rose would ask what something means and Spectra would have to explain it to her. He was happy at how she wanted to learn almost as much as he did. They read about 4 more books before Twilight came in with the test papers. She placed them on the table and sat opposite of Spectra on the table.

"Okay, time for your test. I'll time you the whole time. Your grade won't be affected if you take too long, I just need to know if the information sunk in deep enough. There's 100 questions in that so get going."

Spectra nodded and looked up to Rose.

"Ready?"

Rose nodded. "Uh-huh!"

Spectra smiled and began writing. A few of the questions were easy, most of them were difficult. When Spectra was done he placed his pen down and looked up to Twilight. She nodded and grabbed the papers.

"26 Minutes. Good time. I'll go grade these. You keep reading."

Spectra nodded and Twilight exited the room. Spectra looked behind him and saw Rose sleeping peacefully on his back. He smiled and began reading again. Twilight came back a few minutes later with a huge smile on her face.

"You got 98/100! That's an amazing score! And in 26 minutes, that's even better! We'll move up into the more advanced fields of Archaeology and History next week, okay?"

Spectra smiled and nodded. He got up, being careful not to wake Rose.

"Thank you, Twilight. I'll see yo-"

"Twilight! Spectra! Come out here!"

Spectra and Twilight both heard Shadow's voice come from outside. They both ran down stairs and out the door. Rose woke up on the way down the stairs. What Spectra saw made his blood boil. There was an army of Changelings in front of him. Two of them were holding onto Rainbow Speed. She was in a bad state. One of the Changelings stepped forward.

"If you turn into Dark-Red we will kill her, understand?"

One of the Changelings holding onto Rainbow unsheathed a sword and held it to Rainbow's throat. Spectra was having a difficult time controlling Dark-Red. He held him down as good as he could, but his eyes were flickering dark red very lightly. Rose jumped off his back and looked at her mother. Rose looked at the Changelings holding onto to her and got angry.

"Let go of my mommy!"

One of the Changelings laughed. "Aww. How cute. Sorry kid, but unless Spectra comes with us willingly, she's not going any where. We want our revenge for both our queens."

Rose looked to Spectra. His eyes were still flickering. Rose did something she had never done before. She got angry. Her eyes lit up dark red. She looked to the Changelings and Spectra looked to Rose.

"LET GO OF MY MOMMY!"

Spectra was disheartened at the fact that his daughter had his power, but his darker side seemed to think having a partner would help. Spectra smiled a wicked smile and allowed Dark-Red to take control.

He looked to the Changeling with a grin. He and Black-Rose stepped forward. The Changeling guards tried stabbing Rainbow, but Dark-Red used his super speed to smash into him at Mach 10 speeds. He sent the Changeling flying and smashed into a house. Black-Rose used her magic to make thorns grow out of the ground by stomping her hooves. The thorns wrapped themselves around the other Changelings and trapped them. Dark-Red turned his head to the second guard and used his super speed to grab him by then neck, throw him in the sky and rammed into him as he fell. The Changeling was sent flying out of Ponyville. Black-Rose constricted the Changelings in her thorns and watched them squirm. Dark-Red grinned and tried out  a piece of magic he had been aching to try. He breathed in very deeply, and when he exhaled a burst of flames rushed out of his mouth and incinerated the Changelings being held by Black-Rose's thorns. When both ponies saw that all the Changelings were taken care of, they're eyes flickered back to normal.

Spectra shook his head and looked at Rainbow. She was getting up and walking over to Spectra. He smiled and looked behind him. What he saw was Rose lying on the ground sleeping. He prayed to Celestia that she wouldn't remember it when she woke up. Rainbow walked up to Spectra and hugged him with a smile.

"Thanks, Spectra."

Spectra hugged her back. "I'd help you any day."

Rainbow let go and walked over to Rose with Spectra. The couple work to put their daughter on Spectra's back. They were going to fly home, when Shadow walked up to Spectra with a glare.

"What the hay?! Since when could you move faster then lightning!?"

Spectra shrugged. "I can actually move faster then anything. Dark-Red grows stronger depending on the situation. Hell, if it was needed, Dark-Red could pick up the mountain Canterlot is on and throw it."

Shadow looked dumbfounded. "What!? That makes you more powerful then Celestia herself!"

Spectra thought for a while and shook his head. "No. That makes Dark-Red stronger then Celestia."

Spectra turned around and flew home with Rainbow behind him. Twilight heard the conversation about how Dark-Red is more powerful then Celestia. Twilight walked back into her library and looked for as many books as she could on Alicorn's Blessing.

When Spectra, Rainbow and Rose got home, Sparks was waiting for them. He flew up to Spectra and landed on his shoulder. Spectra smiled and walked into Rose's room and put her to bed. Spectra smiled and kissed her on the forehead. Spectra walked out of her room and went into the kitchen to make himself a sandwich. Rainbow walked up to him with a frown.

"Will she remember what she did?"

Spectra frowned and shook his head.

"I don't know. I hope not. I barely remembered my first time. I'll have to teach her how to control it."

Rainbow nodded and walked into her bedroom. She had a rough day. Spectra was done with his sandwich and sat down at the table. He was about to dig in but was interrupted.

"We need to talk."

Spectra dropped his sandwich and looked to the owner of the voice. Luna and Discord were standing in his lounge room.

(Authors Note; I know Black-Rose acts completely different to how Rose acts, but BR is NOT Rose. Just like DR is not Spectra. Rose is still cute, kind and happy as always.)