//------------------------------// // Curiosity is Deadly // Story: Shattered Harmony The Corruption of Twilight // by NightmareTRXY32 //------------------------------// “ I think it was.”, Sweetie Belle replied, a bit surprised as to how Scoots came to that conclusion. What the three fillies didnt know, or realize, was that the “shadow pony” was King Sombra, and that he had been dating, and bedding, Twilight for quite awhile now. Out of nowhere, Sweetie Belle could hear a voice in her mind. Who are you?, she said to herself. In due time my dear, i merely noticed you were spying on me, the voice echoed through her mind. Applebloom and Scootaloo stared at their friend with curiousity. Sweetie was going to tell them of the voice she was hearing, when her horn suddenly activated, and the filly unicorn found herself outside the clubhouse and near the woods. Standing in front of her was a grey coated Stallion, with a Green eyes, and a flowing red cape. “Dont worry, i dont bite, much.”, The Pony told her. And with that , he levitated a book in front of her. The Title was old Sweetie could tell, but she made out the words Poninomicon Codex Magika Starswirl. It was Starswirl the Bearded’s study on the use of Dark Magic. The book that Twilight had given to Sombra in the woods the night before last. She was confused, and he could tell she was. “Why?”, she asked him. “Twilight let me borrow it, and now im returning it. Since im done with it now, i thought id bring it back and have somepony return it to her Castle for me, since she’s out of town atm.”, He told her. “Wait, how do you know Twilight?”, she asked him. “Well, i supposed i know her enough, since she’s my speical some pony.”, He told Sweetie Belle with a smirk. SPECIAL... SOMEPONY!?! Belle Thought to herself. And with that he disappeared back into the forrest. As the book lay at her hooves, Sweetie Belle did something she shouldnt of. She Openned it and stared at the first page. She skimmed the first page until she found an offensive Spell. she memorized the words and closed the book. She levitated it onto her back and walked into town , presumably to take the book back to Twilight’s Castle. As she got to the door, she got a curious sensation. She wanted to read the WHOLE BOOK. She used her magic to open the door and walked down the long narrow hallway until she got to the Library of the Castle. She put the book on the table in the Center, and oppened it again. for a moment she could feel her heart grow cold. She continued reading the next page, until she decided to stop for now. She’d ask Twilight if she could borrow it for herself when she and the others returned from the Crystal Empire. She couldnt of known the dangerous she had put herself down right at that moment. She also didnt count on the fact that Dark Magic had a corrupting influence on those that used it. But she would soon. She couldnt stop reading it, there was just something mesmerizing about the pages of the book. She didnt notice the shadow hovering near the window, or the that fact that Sombra was now standing behind her. Sweetie Belle looked up to see him towering over her like a lion standing over its prey. "Tempting to read, isnt it?", He asked her. Sombra knew that she'd be curious about the book, after all, so was he at her age. He just stood there waiting for her response. "Yesss... it is..", She stammered out. "You know i could teach you to control it, but then again, you wouldnt be able to go back to your 'old' life if you did.", What he said made sense to her, he could see it in her eyes. Yes, he thought. With her and Twilight by his side nothing would stop them, not even Celestia. But how would Rarity take the news of her sweet little sister suddenly turning to Dark Magic. And how would she react to find out Sombra was the one schooling her in it. " Let's go see how our dear Twilight is doing..", He told Sweetie Belle. "How, shes in the Crystal Empire.", She said with confusion. "I'll take us there my dear.", he replied. And with that Sombra enveloped her in a black mist and soon they were off to the Crystal Empire. And when they arrived they'd see just how strong Twilight had become by giving in to the Darkness inside her, and the shock on Celestia and Twilights' friends faces. Imagine the looks on Celestia and Luna's faces when they arrived. One could only imagine how Rarity would feel when she saw her sister with a monster like Sombra. That would be the least of their troubles. Sombra had no idea that Twilight would out shine him in terms of magical power. But then again it didnt really matter. She was going to be his queen. And together with Sweetie Belle they'd rule all Equestria. " What.. what's going on?", Twilight asked Sombra. He had gotten there in time to see Celestia with a look of shock on her face. And much to Rarity's surprise and shock, out from behind Sombra stepped her sister, Sweetie Belle. Right at that moment everyone's hearts sank when they saw that her eyes were the same color as Twiligiht' and Sombra's. Rarity felt like she was frozen in place from the shock. How.. how this have happened she thought. Right then and there, she broke down and started crying. Sweetie snapped out of it for a moment and asked Rarity why was she crying. Rarity looked at her sister and hugged her, smiling at the same time. "I was crying dear because i thought i was going to lose you to that.. that monster Sombra.", Rarity said as she hugged her sister. Suddenly Sweetie pulled back and her eyes returned to being Green. Rarity knew that at that moment her little sister had basically told her good bye in her own way. Rarity got up and walked over to Twilight, and slapped her in the face before going back over to the others. Twilight reared up and and shot a magic blast at Rarity for slapping her. The bolt stuck the white unicorn right in the face and threw her backwards into the wall. The others watched as she crashed into a table before hitting the floor underneath it. Celestia scolded Twilight for taking that kind of action towards her friend. Twilight cracked a smile and looked at Celestia before speaking. "Once Im done with you, you'll be begging for a merciful death.", She sounded almost prideful as she spoke to the Princess. Celestia could hear the dark magic resonating through Twilight's voice. And it disturbed her. She felt so broken inside looking at Twilight now. Gone was her former student and friend. What stood before her was a Alicorn consumed with lust, power, and the strongest magic ever known to pony kind. Celestia knew at that moment that Twilight had surpassed her in magical ability. And there was nothing the PRincess could do but wait for this 'thing' to strike her down and take her place on the throne. Damn you Sombra. You monster. How could i have not seen this happening at all. How could i not have sensed his foul corruption taking hold of her. Oh Twilight, I'm sorry. You leave me no other choice if you dont stop this recklessness. "But first things first.", and with that she teleported outside of the Castle, and teleported to where Chrysalis and Tirek were located. Tirek thought his eyes were playing tricks on him when he saw her approach. Was she really going to be foolish and take him on? She didnt have the power of the other alicorns like she did last time. But he was in for a surprise. In fact it was Chrysalis that first took notice of Twilight's eyes before Tirek could. The queen reeled back. Green... Her Eyes were Green. The same color as her dear ex lover Sombra. Then it hit her. Sombra had found a way to CORRUPT TWILIGHT SPARKLE. She let out a hysterical laugh before snapping back to reality. "Well, well, The purple bookworm has finally crossed to the dark side. How ironic, that a do gooder like you could fall so far from grace. ", She smirked as she said this. "And yet i'll succeed where you failed miserably Chrysalis.", Twilight spoke with confidence. Twilight turned her attention back to Tirek, and let out the most powerful blast anyone had ever seen. He took it head on and ended up being hurled into the mountain side far behind where he had been standing. After that Twilight teleported to where he landed and sucked all the magic out of him, the same way he had done to her when they had fought. Apparently she had copied a Centaur shaman's magic absorbing skill when she had read the Book of Dark Magic. Twilight sent the Centaur flying into the mountain again. And the last thing he saw was an intense beam of light hit him in the chest. It spread out from there as Tirek realized he was being incinerated. In seconds there was nothing left of him but a pile of blackened ash. Chrysalis looked at it in horror. Twilight didnt even show any signs of sympathy, regret, or decency over what she just done to the Centaur. Twilight returned to where Chrysalis was and used the same spell again to steal the magic from Chrysalis and her changelings. As soon as she did that, Chrysalis started begging her to be spared. Twilight spared her in exchange for feilty to her and Sombra, which Chrysalis obliged. Her first conquest and she didn't even have a throne yet. That would change soon. Twilight could feel the magic she absorbed fill her essence to the point she felt like she was drowning in its power. Now the only opposition she and Sombra had to contend with was Celestia and her friends. She teleported back and stood in the Crystal Castle's courtyard. Celestia could feel it too, and it frightened her. Before she could act, Twilight appeared in the sky over the Crystal Castle. Her voice boomed as she spoke in a Canterlot Voice. " CELESTIA YOUR RULE ENDS NOW!!", She shouted at the top of her lungs. All the Crystal ponies stepped out of their houses to see what was going on. Celestia and Luna exited the building, along with Sombra, Sweetie belle, and Twilight's friends. She could tell Celestia didnt want to hurt her in front of the others. Twilight at this moment couldnt of cared. She charged the Princess as fast as she could. Celestia flew up into the air with the intent of drawing her away from the others. Twilight teleported right overhead of the Princess and struck her with a blast of magic. Luna watched in horror as her sister screamed out in agony before hitting the floor of the Courtyard. The force of the impact also had the unfortunate side effect of breaking her back legs. As Celestia struggled to get up, Twilight was wearing the most evil grin anypony had ever sported. "Stop this insanity!", Luna yelled to her. "You are in no position to be giving me DEMANDS.", Twilight shouted back. Before she could fire off a Magic blast at Luna, Rainbow Dash landed right in front of her. She stared at Twilight with the most grief stricken look ever. She could see the pain and confusion in Rainbow Dash's eyes. No one was prepared for what happened next. All Rainbow Dash could think of was Twilight. She was going to abandon them all to their fate, but not Twilight. They had a connection stronger than anything in this world. From the moment Twilight had gotten her cutie mark because of Dash's Sonic Rainboom, to the first kiss they shared together on Hearts and Hooves day. Nothing mattered more to her now then Twilight's well being. Even if ment doing the unthinkable. " Lets leave this place." She directed it at both of them. But it was really ment for Twilight. Rainbow Dash turned her back on her friends and the Princesses for the first time in her life. AJ had a total look of disbelief on her face. She didnt know that Rainbow Dash and Twilight were in a relationship together. Or that she had known about Sombra's return from Twilight. She didnt tell them either that Scootaloo was waiting for them back in Ponyville. Scootaloo had always looked up to Rainbow Dash. She knew it might be hard to convince scoots to leave Ponyville for awhile. But she was guranteed by Twilight that Scootaloo would be safe with them. She still would have Sweetie Belle to hang with if AppleBloom proved unwilling to come with them. As they left, Applejack couldnt help but feel betrayed by the both of them. The Elements of Harmony were broken, for now. As they helped Celestia recover, she tasked AJ with sending a message through the magic mirror to Sunset Shimmer. She was convinced that Sunset could help them in some way. As they all headed back to the Train station to return to Canterlot, Applejack carried Rarity on her back. the white unicorn was in bad shape. As soon as they had gotten to the capitol, they got Rarity to the Royal Hospital. Everypony waited in the hallway outside the ER until one of the Doctors came out and gave them the news on her condition. " She's stable for now, but i dont expect her to be able to walk for awhile," he paused for a moment, wiping some sweat from his brow," three lower vertebrae in her back, as well as both of her back legs were completely broken to the point that we had to reset them." This was the worst news of the whole day. Applejack walked to the restroom of the hospital, locked the door, and started to cry. This was one of the few times in her life where she let herself go. The first time was after her and Appleblooms parents passed away. the next time was when Rainbow's pet turtle Tank was getting ready to hibernate, although she didnt show it on the outside. But this, this was one time she could let herself openly show it. She still had a hard time believing that RD and Twilight had turned their backs on their friends. But she did know that with or without Sunset's help, she was gonna get them back, and she was going to make Sombra suffer for everyone in her life that he hurt. But little did AJ know that Sombra knew something of her past.