Darkness Arrives

Chapter 1
Canterlot Scars

My eyes felt like stone and my hooves were barely being lifted off of the ground. The night was rough, Grim and that blind mare walked out of his tent. The two ponies were smiling and laughing. I felt horrible, in my mind I wanted both of them to disappearbut somehow I knew that wasn't going to happen. Grim was apart of me and Fire Gem wasn't going to go without Grim. I'm guessing that my sigh was louder than I expected because Solar Tumble trotted over to me, "What's wrong?" The brown mare looked at me with worry. I sighed once again before looking up at the darkened sky. "It's nothing." My reply sounded flat and I kinda regret replying in a harsh manner. By the way she looked at me I could tell that she didn't believe my reply.

"No! It's not nothing, Star!"
"I said it's nothing..."
"Star! Your going to tell me what's wrong!"
"I don't have to tell you anything!"

All I remember is that I got up and ran off, mostly angry but at myself. It didn't take long before I realized that Solar has followed me. "What do you want?" I couldn't stop myself from raising my voice. "I just wanted to know what's wrong!" Solar sounded worried, I thought that she was going to be upset at me but the only thing that I saw in her eyes was worry. "I'm just upset..." I decided that I was going to tell her, I just needed a close friend to talk too. Solar's eyes and the tone in her voice told me that she truly cared about me. "What is it, Star?" I could feel the tears starting to build up in my eyes. I didn't want to cry! I hate crying almost as much as I hate pity. "It's just that...I...I... it's Grim..." I started to feel the burning sensation in my cheeks, "What about Grim?" I could tell that Solar was getting curious. "It's just that Grim is suppose to be watching me, not that blind mare!" I was glad to get that off my chest. "Oh! somepony's jealous!" Solar teased me as I felt myself getting red again. "Oh come on, star! I was messing with ya!" She nudged me gently on my left shoulder. "No, I just need to be alone right now..." Solar nodded before turning 180 degrees, she looked behind her once again before walking off. I watched her until I couldn't see her anymore, then I let myself cry. Instead of helping me and making me feel better. She just made me feel worse.

The trees around teh abandoned palace swayed in the breeze. Grim and Fire Gemwere quietly talking when Solar Tumble walked into the camp. "So Grim-" The brown mare snuck her way over to a hiding spot so she could hear their conversation. "-When was the last time you've had a spiritual Whiplash?" The orange mare smiled unaware of Solar Tumble. What in Celestia's name is a Spiritual Whiplash? The brown pegasus couldn't help but wonder. "Well you know us! We thrive for spirits but like I've said before... I'm not that type of stallion." Grim smiled at his blind friend. Fire Gem's big blind eyes sparkled in the light as she spoke.

"You can't fool me, Grim."
I've never wanted to fool or hurt you."
"Then stop lying."
"I'm not lying!"
"Yes, you are!"
"If I was lying then how did I become Star's instincts?!"
"You know how, Grim! I shouldn't have to spell it out for you."

Fire Gem got up and gently slid her tail under his chin. "Your the reason why everypony is dying. Your the reason why Midnight put this curse on Equestria!" Fire Gem's voice rised as she calmed down she slowly circled Grim before placing a kiss on his lips. Grim tried to pull away but failed, Fire Gem used her magic on him. The blind mare broke the kiss before disappearing into the silver stallion's tent. Solar stepped out of her hiding place to confront the stallion. "I want to know what that was about!" The silver stallion smiled, "I'm not going to tell you anything." Fire Gem peered out of Grim's tent before walking out. "Then I will!" She laughed before using her magic to sit Solar and Grim down onto the ground. "Once upon a time, there was a very handsome reaper named... Grim. He was the best of the best. He was so good that he became second in command." Solar listened to the story intently before asking, "Who was... First in command?" The blind orange mare smiled happily. "Oh his name was Shax. King Shax." The brown mare let her gaze slip to Grim just in time to see him cringe in fear. What's so scary about Shax? "Let's continue with this story, shall we?"Fire Gem didn't wait for a reply. "Shax was horrid. Killing ponies just to hear just to hear their screams of mercy! Shax had his own army of demons called Reapers. Reapers were ponies that were black, had bat wings, and their eyes had slits or I call them slitted. Well, Reapers killed ponies so they could feed their empire. Reapers and Changlings are similar but instead of feeding off of love like Changlings, Reapers feed off of pain and hate. Grim and Shax became best friends before Grim started to get better, he was getting so good that even Shax himself started to feel threatened. This is how it goes, Reapers kills ponies for the pain. Then the pain goes to the empire, Shax gets most of the pain energy but that was before Grim came. Grim was so bloodthirsty that more pain energy was making Grim stronger instead of King Shax. The more power the better, isn't that right, Grim?" The silver stallion looked down at his hooves in shame. "Oh not very talkative, i see. All well, anyways before Grim started absorbing more pain energy, he was assigned with another pony named Malphas, who you now know as Midnight. Malphas became jealous of Grim and vowed that he would kil not only Grim but everypony in Equestria!" The blind mare raised her hoof and brought it down on Grim's cheek. The silver stallion become angrier when out of nowhere he tackled her. Fire Gem smiled and then looked up at the Reaper. "I remember this... don't you grim?-" Her smile widened into a terrifying grin. "The nights when you and I were still dating? The nights when we had hot... naughty-" Grim growled as he furiously put all of his weight onto Fire Gem. "Shut up!" The orange mare grinned, "-You know Grim, I acually liked those nights with you... until you BROKE up with me!" Fire Gem growled before using her hindlegs to flip Grim over. "I loved you! and I thought that you loved me back!" Grim looked up at her and smiled. "Then you thought wrong.1