"Princess Twilight, I need to talk to you about Piper." Riku said, suddenly breaking the silence of the room. They sat together in Nyx and Riku's room, the couples' twin foals chattering away with Sora's children. Twilight had been watching the group with a smile, Nyx doing the same from beside her.
"Yes Riku?"
"He...He isn't a pony anymore."
"What do you mean?" Twilight asked. Riku gave a small sigh and turned to Namine.
"Namine, go ahead and tell the Princess about your dream." The unicorn smiled and bounced over to them.
"Well, it was weird. Everything was all dark and I could hear someone screaming. It...it was horrible. It sounded like he was hurting real bad so I started chasing after him. But all I found was a kid struggling around in the darkness like it was quicksand. It was like he was drowning in it. Then it all just swallowed him up and...spat him out as something else. It was scary..."
Namine looked around as the scream filled her mind. Through the darkness she could barely see her hands in front of her face but somehow she found herself running towards the scream.
"LET ME GO! LET ME GO!" The voice cried out, wavering as sobs caught in the boys throat. Slowly her eyes began to adjust and she caught sight of a figure struggling in the darkness, the sound of wings beating against what could only be described as mud filled the air. The figure began to choke and cry as the dark muck reached all around him with massive clawed hands, pushing him further into the darkness.
"NO! LET ME GO!" Namine felt tears in her eyes. She wanted to reach out, to say something, to do something. But she was frozen. Her body wouldn't move and she couldn't take her eyes of the scene. Then the worst of it happened. The figure broke free, throwing its wings out far and throwing itself high into the air, only to have the claws grab hold of it and drag it deep into the darkness once more, moments before the figure was swallowed, it glanced over at her.
Shining Blue eyes latching onto hers before vanishing into the darkness. For the longest time all that could be heard was muffled screaming and crying, and then just silence. A long horrible silence. Namine began to shake with fear. Would the darkness come for her next? She gasped as the darkness began to move, the figure slowly emerging from its grasp.
The muck dripped from the figure as it turned toward her once more, the blue eyes having been turned to two massive yellow orbs that filled its head, a loud shriek leaving its fanged mouth. Moments later the girl awoke, sitting up and hugging her legs before bursting into tears.
"I don't understand." Twilight said, looking between Namine and Riku.
"Princess, what she saw was Piper being swallowed by the Darkness. The Darkness you and your friends sealed away years ago."
"You can't mean..."
"Yes...Piper is one of the heartless."