//------------------------------// // The Dark Knows No Bounds // Story: Rainbow Dash's Nightmare // by There Is Nothing Here //------------------------------// It's been three weeks, I have arrived in this, spirit world after I was released from Alphion's nightmare. However, after I arrived here.... me, Blitz and Sparkie, we have gotten used to calling her that, heard that voice. A strange voice... saying that the nightmare wasn't over. But it's not possible... he was banished by the Elements of Harmony. We thought we were just hearing things so we ignored it. And moved on with our "after" lives. ******************************************************************************************* "Hey... Rainbow Dash!" The cyan Pegasus awoke, she opened her eyes with Sonic Spark flashing a creepy smile in her face. "Ahhh!" she yelped "Haha... gotcha!" Dash stood up. "Uhh yea you got me.. haha" "Something wrong Dash?" "No... it's just, I feel so empty you know? I mean I've known Twilight and them for so long and now they're gone." "I'm sorry RD. In a way, all three of us were close to them." "Yea......." "Well come on. A nice day at the park will cheer you up! Come on, Blitz is waiting for us." A few minutes later. "Hey Blitz." "Good morning Rainbow Dash." Blitz was in a good mood, not that that wasn't normal. The three Pegasi spent the day talking, flying around and after a few hours they all laid down on the grass to rest. "(Yawn) Ok girls... I'm gettin tired I'm gonna go get some sleep." Sonic Spark got up and flew away, towards her house. Any time a new pony entered the spirit world, a new house would appear just for them. Blitz rolled over looking at Rainbow Dash... "Hey... Dashie?" The cyan Pegasus hated being called that now. It reminded her too much of Pinkie Pie. But Blitz and Sonic Spark had their own reasons to be upset too, so she didn't want to point it out. It would just make it look like Dash was looking for sympathy, and she was never one to like sympathy. "What is it Blitz?" "Well... there was something I wanted to tell you..." Blitz inched closer to the rainbow maned Pegasus. This wasn't the first time though, back in Ponyville Park, she did the same thing before Rainbow Dash flew away. "What?" "Well... I kinda.." She couldn't finish her sentence. Suddenly the sky turned black and thunder began to roar. They looked behind them and every pony was rushing into their homes. Then, cyan Pegasus' worst fears were imagined. Alphion.... rose up from the ground... laughing menacingly. "Ahahaha... I'm back Rainbow Dash. Did you really think you could escape? You're going to suffer in my nightmare forever. No Elements of Harmony can save you... and since you're already dead, should I somehow be defeated again, I can simply come get you again. You have one day... but tomorrow, you return to my nightmare." Alphion faded away. Rainbow Dash stood there with here eyes widened and her jaw dropped. "No.....No....NO!!" ************************************************************************************************ "Dashie.... I...." "Save it Blitz......." Blitz and Dash were sitting in Sonic Spark's house. How could Alphion still be alive... the Elements of Harmony worked on Nightmare Moon and Discord, why not Alphion? Wait... there was a reason... Nightmare Moon was simply a dark prison for Princess Luna... the Elements broke the prison and freed Luna. With Discord, it banished him BACK into his stone prison. There was nothing that could contain Alphion, he was never imprisoned. Since he had nowhere to be banished to, he would remain here forever. Rainbow Dash got up... and started to walk back to her house. "......I can't believe after all this.....all we've gone through, it was still for nothing." Sonic Spark said. Blitz was silent, two times she had tried to confess her true feelings for Dash, and both times she was interrupted. But that wasn't important right now, what's important was that she had to help Rainbow, she couldn't let her suffer in that nightmare forever. Not after all she had already been through. "Rainbow Dash! Wait." The cyan Pegasus didn't slow down, she rose into the air and dashed off.. and poof she was gone. Blitz began to cry.... if she didn't find Dash soon, she would never see her again. The cyan Pegasus landed.. she sat down on the light green grass. It was getting dark out... but she was too tired to go back. She laid down on the grass and fell asleep. It was at least 6 hours since Rainbow Dash flew away. Blitz had been flying around searching for her nonstop... eventually she went back to town, in hope of getting some help from Sonic Spark. "Blitz? You look terrible." "I've been up looking for Dashie, I can't find her anywhere. If we don't do something... we'll never see her again." "I know... I didn't get any sleep last night either. Come on.... let's go find her." Blitz and Sparkie searched for hours. Then at last they saw a cyan figure laying down in the distance. It was Dash! They instantly bolted toward her... when the sky grew dark. "Ahahaha.... the time has come Rainbow Dash.....Come...." "She's not going anywhere!" Sonic Spark stepped forward. "Yea!" Blitz stood next to Sonic Spark. "Uggh, I don't have time for this...." Alphion raised his palm and raised Blitz and Sonic Spark into the air. "Ahk'naa shith ar'aan" They had no idea what the hell he just said. It sounded like he was speaking a different language. However then a dark beam shot out of Alphion's palm striking Blitz and SonicSpark... they seemed to be fading. Rainbow Dash didn't know what was happening, but she couldn't let this continue. "Wait.... stop Alphion." Alphion lowered his palm. "Come..." Alphion opened up a portal... and began to walk through it. Rainbow Dash turned around. "It's ok girls.....I'll be fine.." "Wait Rainbow Dash!" The cyan Pegasus smiled and walked into the portal, she faded into the swirling black vortex. "R...Rai...." Blitz bursted out crying. Sonic Spark even began to shed tears. She patted Blitz on the head. "It's ok Blitz.... we'll.... we'll find a way to get her out of there." Blitz didn't feel any better. How could they stop Alphion, the only things capable of defeating him were proved useless. Blitz didn't know how to describe it but she... ever since she laid eyes on Rainbow Dash...... "Come on... let's try and find some help." ************************************************************************************************ "Welcome back Rainbow Dash... you remember this place don't you?" It was the same room where Rainbow first met Alphion. She didn't reply to Alphion's question. "Well, you've shown so much resistance and so much strength. I figured leaving you in my nightmare would be a waste. What say you take Sonic Sparks place? Be my agent in the fields of darkness." The cyan Pegasus couldn't believe what she was hearing. Alphion was offering her relief from all the torture, all she had to do was assist him, she would take Sonic Spark's old place. But she couldn't do that, she would be betraying Equestria, fighting everything she had fought so hard to protect. "Alphion... I would rather suffer for the rest of eternity, than help you take over Equestria." "I assumed that's what your answer would be, since I am still too weak to conjure a new agent, I will simply have to take one... I wonder if Fluttershy is available? Or maybe Applejack? Or Rarity? Who knows...! Ahahahaha." Alphion let out a menacing laugh. Rainbow Dash flinched... he was going to get one of her friends to help him, but they wouldn't agree to that! Right? "Well Rainbow Dash... you know where it's time to go now don't you?" "Hi Rainbow Dash..." A pair of glowing red eyes appeared in the distance as the soft graceful voice echoed throughout Alphion's lair. ************************************************************************************************* 1 week later.... Blitz was a total wreck, Rainbow Dash was gone. And what was worse than that? She couldn't do anything about it! She would live in this spirit world forever in peace, while Rainbow Dash was tortured and Alphion slowly devoured Equestria. Then the rest of the ponies would feel the same torture, and never feel the relief of death. She admitted it to herself... she loved Rainbow Dash.... she wouldn't stop until she was back. "Rainbow Dash is in danger, Equestria will soon fall to darkness... come on Sparkie, we need to do something." "You got it, let's go."