//------------------------------// // Nyx's Story // Story: A Thousand Years Ago. // by Illusion Flight //------------------------------// Nyx awoke to the night bell's dull ring. Bing. She rose from her soft , warm bed. Her back aching, ,probably lied down on it wrong. She ignored the pain and slowly rose, her wings extending out. The only place she could ever live without a watching eye, without danger for her identity. She could never get caught without her vest. The alicorn mare called out on her magic , having to balance its power more than other unicorns due to the greater amount of power, she levitated her vest up to her face. Nyx then imagined an image of the vest on her back , and used her magic to teleport the vest from the air in front of her, to the alicorn's back. After adjusting it so her wings were comfortable and wouldn't rub, she walked out the door of her late adoptive mother's home. 'Shimmer Cast, thank you saving me that day. I wish you were here right now, guiding me through my life and protecting me like you did those many years ago. Nyx shuddered at her earliest memories. She went to her beginning post for the night, thinking of how she got this blasted job! 'Shimmer Cast had died, of course it wasn't my fault that I had a magical surge during the contest, right? Would my adoptive mother get mad because of that? No, she told me that she knew all too well that when she found me, I would have unpredictable power.' She still remembered how she had won the contest, how her magic lost control. She walked around the lookout post, thinking of her past. The contest, a test of combat to see which unicorn was the strongest in magical defense and offence. It was horrid. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- It was the final match, her and a unicorn colt were going to face off for the prize! At first, the alicorn was scared, this colt was the top in his class. His dark red coat gleaming in the sunlight, joy-filled and determined sunset orange eyes shining, his mane and tail were ruffled up by previous fights. The solid gold and blue colors mixed up in knots. He was a handsome colt, had Nyx not been saddened by Shimmer Cast's death, she would have liked to know him. The leaders, the Elders, were sitting at the top of a balcony above the arena. The eldest, Starlancer, gave the command for the fight to begin. Nyx fell into her fighting stance, her horn pointed directly towards the colt, Sun Beam. When the fight started, she wanted to do what she did in the other matches, attack first and weaken them, then wait for the precise moment to use her physical strength. But something was wrong, she couldn't call upon her magic at first. Given this brief amount of time, Sun Beam used a fire spell, heading straight towards her. Nyx's tail was burnt a little but no real damage. The fight went on like that for a few minutes. It was only until Nyx felt the strong pulse of her magic did the tables turn. With her magic, she unleashed a mist cloak spell, causing the arena to be covered. It was so thick , in fact, that the colt had begun to panic under the impression that this filly would leap out at any moment. He cast a force field around him, an effective choice since the second later, he was being bombarded with a rock spell. With each powerful strike, his shields weakening. With one last blow from a boulder caused the force field to collapse. By this time, the mist had cleared out, making the scene visible to the crowd again. They were surprised by the small filly's speedy recovery and fell unto a chorus of "WOW"s and " How she do that?!" Sun Beam would not give up so easily, ' How is she besting you, Sun Beam? Get it together!' he thought in aggravation. Nyx, on the other hand was thinking of other things than the battle. 'Fight Nyx! Fight for her! Shimmer Cast, I WILL make you proud of me! Today I'll prove my worth! I'm more than just a spell's creation, like you said!' Nyx cried out of sorrow as she thought of her recently deceased mother. Her emotions out of control and mind scrambled by her sadness, her magic became almost as chaotic as a draconaquis. Out of control, she unleashed a powerful lighting spell. At the same time, she used a levitation spell. She was able to get everypony out before there were serious injuries. Everypony except the colt across the arena. "Sun Beam! You must get out of here!" The unicorn colt was too fixed on the sight in front of him to hear her. Nyx's mane and tail exploded in to a mist-like cloud filled with stars, her eyes began to glow white, and her magic couldn't be controlled. She opened her mouth but no words came out. Instead a dark, hollow voice ;unlike the usually cheerful Nyx's, echoed in his head. Had his life not been in potentially in danger, he would have found it a horrifyingly beautiful scene. THOU SUBJECT SHALL FLEE FROM THOU PLACE! FLEE! After that, the young foal didn't hesitate to race towards the iron gate. He glanced back, worried for the filly that was now flowing in a magical barrier. He knew why she was in pain and couldn't do nothing, for he had lost his mother as well. He called out for her. "NYX! Come with me!" The corrupted Nyx turned, her enraged eyes furrowed, turning a light blue. Her coat got darker until it was almost black. Her mist-like mane got a thicker color. She was beyond emotions besides sadness and grief. Tears of fear and grief rolled down her muzzle. She yelled back in reply. " DO YOU NOT UNDERSTAND?! I DONT WANT TO HURT ANYPONY!!!! JUST.LEAVE. ME. ALONE!!!!! As she yelled that , her glowing eyes turned dark blue. Lighting struck out at the unicorn colt from her mane. A burn mark hit right on his cutie mark. He yelled in pain, running out of the arena as quickly as he could. Nyx could only watch and hope she doesn't unleash her dangerous amount of magic. It took hours but she calmed her self down. Though the mental, magical, and emotional exhaustion had token its toll. She slowly closed her eyes, which were dry with old tears. The last thing she saw was a figure entering the arena and walking up to her. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Present Time... Nyx shuddered at her actions of the past. She walked under a normal cloud, barely able to hold more than two pegasi. She felt a pulse, she decided to ignore it. She glanced at the lowering sun. The mare smiled. She used to love the lullabies her late mother sung to her at this hour. ' I wish she was here now....'. Intending to use a spell that lets her sit on clouds, she levitated herself up towards the cloud. "..... and that's how Velvet Fire was exiled, Nopony has heard from her since the Nyx torture thing." " How awful, Who in the wide kingdom of Everfree would do that?!" Nyx gasped, losing her breath. In doing that, her magic cut off. Regaining herself in the air, she just barely hit her head on the ground. ' Who would talk about Velvet Fire besides,....' Her thoughts trailed off , realizing who would be up there. She set off a lighting spell towards the cloud. "AH HA!" "N-Nyx?!" " I knew it had to be you! Sneaking out at night all the time, not caring what happened to your brother!" Nyx gasped, trying to take back what she just said. The teal pegasus's eyes widened as if she just got attacked by the very pack that killed her brother. So wide, her eyes were pure, blood red. Her eyes furrowed. "WHAT DID YOU SAY?!" Nyx jumped back in fear, Illusion Flight's voice had more pain and venom in it than hers all those years ago. The mare's deformed fangs shined in the sunset as the pegasus leaped out at the disguised alicorn. Her now blood red eyes narrowed like a snakes, her pupils like a thin line against red irises. Nyx wanted to stop her, the cast a spell to keep herself safe, but magic requires concentration. Concentration she did not have. The enraged pegasus stood over Nyx's head, ready to use her fangs to kill the unicorn right then and there. One side of her thoughts thought, ' What would Vocal Cover think?'. The other side thought, 'WHAT DOES IT MATTER WHEN PONIES DONT APPRECIATE HIS MEMORIES? AFTER ALL HE'S DONE FOR THEM!?' Illusion Flight, listening to her good nature, tore herself off of the pathetic mare before her. She took a few steps before stopping, sitting down, and wept alone in silence. " Illusion Flight?" a male voice called," what happened?" When the black stallion was close enough, the pegasus but her hooves around her long beloved friend. Crying, she had to take breaths to tell him what Nyx said. " She,.... She said I.... DIDNT care, Cosmic Shadow,.... what happened to my brother! That..... every time I go outside during....... the night..... was an insult to his memory!" Tears streaming down her face, her eyes once again turned a solid blue. Glaring at his cousin -in - law, he comforted the mare in pain, " ssssshhhhhh, It'll be ok. I knew him well, I know he would have wanted you to live your life without being chained." The unicorn narrowed his emerald eyes, which were now also filled with tears of pain, " Don't let any other of those.... Those CRETINS tell you different." Nyx, who had gotten up from the assault that she deserved, looked at the scene. Feeling like a rock had been forced down her throat. Trying to speak, " I..... I-" The unicorn turned his back on her, not daring to listen. For she had hurt the one pony more alone than herself, Illusion Flight. 'My poor, poor night angel. Why do others torture you so much?' He had thought. " Why Nyx? What did she do to you? What did anypony do to YOU?!" " I- I DON'T. KNOW!" Nyx screamed back. ' Why do I hate her so much? Why I do I?' During this time Nopony had notice the night princess, who was floating in black energy. As the two sides of sadness fought, she could not help but hear an unwelcome voice. 'The hate of ones heart grows, fix it if you hope to save yourself.' It whispered. After that Luna was told of a secret of the guard pony. She walked towards her pegasus friend and unicorn companion. She looked towards Nyx. " I didn't know alicorn lived in rural village's." "They don't princess, just in your castle." Nyx answered coldly. " I don't understand." "Oh, I think you do." Nyx leaped away from the princess, but not before Luna took away her vest. Revealing two majestic wings. All Nyx heard was a gasp from the hated pegasus and a 'How?' from her "cousin". In that moment, her life secret was out. Her eyes were those of a mad mare as she glared at the three ponies. In a hysterical laugh she said, "Well there you go! Good for you, you've found the lying alicorn. The imperfect alicorn! ME!!The QUEEN OF SHADOWS!!!! AHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!' "Nyx," Luna said taking a step towards the delusional mare. " Calm down and tell us how you are an alicorn or" She paused, "You'll be sent to the asylum for insanity." "Fine." Nyx said in a more normal voice. "You see, Velvet Fire was-" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- X day/X year/ unknown location Velvet Fire had made an alter to the darkness, ' The only thing those princess's don't control.' The thought of the fool Celestia made her angry. Who was she to exile me?! She readied her horn, which was now tipped with red. In this dark forest, for years she had been controlling the creatures with her new-found dark magic. It was only when she lashed out at the princess had she recognize the true power of it. Hate. When all of her hate merged with her magic, she began the spell. Chanting in a hollow, dark, and cold voice. Speaking in a language only she and the darkness knew. In the middle of her ritual, she heard a panicked voice behind her. She turned to the unicorn Velvet Fire knew as her only sister. Her yellow coat dimmed by the lack of light, her fiery red mane covered in small thorns, her purple eyes filled with fear. "VELVET FIRE! What are you doing?" "What do you think I'm doing? I'm making a way to stop those horrid princesses!" "That's crazy! They're alicorn's! You can't possibly beat them!" "Not me, but another alicorn!" Velvet Fire explained. "Another.... You're CRAZY!" her sister screamed. "No, Shimmer Cast, I'm not. Me and the darkness have made a plan, and you're going to help us!" " Talking with dark? Now I know you're crazy. and, no , I'm not." Before she could race out, a trail of black magic caught her hooves, dragging her back. Shimmer Cast panicked. "HELP. SOMEPONY HELLLLLLLLPPPPPP!!!!!" Velvet smirked," This truly is pitiful sister. All I needed was a drop of your blood. You were always the prettiest of us, perhaps my new alicorn could use that." The purple unicorn took a wooden knife to her sisters wrist, making a small cut to get one drop of blood. "Perfect." As her sister continued with her delusional plan, Shimmer Cast sneaked away into the bushes to watch her once respected sister. Suddenly, Velvet stopped chanting. Whispering on last word. "Nightmare." And with that, the forest became shrouded by more darkness. Shimmer Cast couldn't see her sister. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 hours later, Shimmer Cast awoke being dragged along the ground. In panic she used a fire spell to attack the one who dragged her. She heard a pony suck in air. "Ow!" Shimmer Cast stood up and bolted away from her captor. "Sister!" the maniac voice called after her. Shimmer made her way back to a familiar clearing. In the center, was a black filly. Shimmer Cast thought her sister had captured her. So, she walked over to the small mass. When she woke it up, it stood tall with a unicorn horn ready for battle and two wings on her back, which meant she was an alicorn. She stumbled back in surprise. "W-who are you? Can you help me? My momma is scary." the filly said in a small, scared voice. After she recovered from her panic, Shimmer Cast took the small filly out of the woods. What they didn't know was that two blue eyes were watching they're every move. "Don't worry my dear, we'll make those princesses pay." ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nyx stared at the ground. After her story was revealed, and she awaited judgment. Luna, had a hard gaze on her face. "Nyx, with the power you have, you are unstoppable by normal ponies. This is why," Luna paused ," I want you to come to the castle with me." "REALLY?! THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!" ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Later, The two groups of ponies split up, Cosmic Shadow and Illusion Flight walking in silence towards the mare's house, filled with hatred towards the alicorn. Nyx and Luna had begun to fly towards the castle of the royal sisters.