Dark forces plan on releasing their influence onto the world of Equestria. What are these dark beings and what is their goal. And why would it involve Tirek, Sombra or Luna/Nighmare moon. Only those whom have that knowledge will tell.
Dark forces plan on releasing their influence onto the world of Equestria. What are these dark beings and what is their goal. And why would it involve Tirek, Sombra or Luna/Nighmare moon. Only those whom have that knowledge will tell.
First story that I've actually gotten to bring out. I plan on making this as two chapters. This is also to see if anyone is interested in what I have to offer, though I apologize if there are any mistakes I've made. This is the first time that I've ever wrote characters that I had made in my head since I was seven up until now. I will apologize if anyone gets confused. Also this is my first time writing on this site so some help would be greatly appreciated.
Lord Darkus began looking around in his dark realm feeling agitated. Not only has the upstart known to him as Lord Elemental and his host figured out how to unleash their full power, which allowed them to reseal the Shadow Gates that his brother/uncle Lord Eternis had made many eons ago, they've now have begun to use that power to seal of the other shadow gates in all the other universes. As he had been contemplating on how to finally be free to spread his darkness his thoughts began to go to one universe in particular that had caught his interest, one which the humans on Earth as well as within the Red Rock nation have called My Little Pony Friendship is Magic, where it was the only one that seemed to cause Lord Elemental to lose all of his Elemental powers save Aura and the fact that he and his host have been unable to go to the other alternate versions of said universe. That’s when he came with a plan, one of which he is certain will allow him to achieve his goal to plunge everything into eternal darkness.
“Dark Chronos,” with the mention of his name a figure appeared before Lord Darkus, with the only visible sign that he was there being the glowing yellow eyes that all Shadows possessed, “Yes my lord?”
“I have a plan that can thwart Lord Elemental from being able to stop me from unleashing darkness to the multiverses.”
Dark Chronos showed no signs of surprise or other emotions that all other creatures (including Shadows) possessed, but instead simply nodded, “And what have you come up with?”
Lord Darkus smiled as he looked upon his Champion. “I have come to the revelation that I might be able to thwart Lord Elemental’s attempts at stopping us from fully releasing from our realm. Do you know of the universe that the humans call My Little Pony?”
Dark Chronos growled at this, “Yes. It is possibly the only universe that we are unable to break the seal from this side. What is it that you’re implying?”
“As you may recall, Lord Elemental had lost all of his powers, except aura, when he and his host had first entered one variation of that universe. I have no doubt that they will be unable to enter into any of the other variations without the same event happening. Whatever caused this is likely to be present in those variations.”
“Are you implying that we create one to achieve our goal?”
Lord Darkus looks over at Dark Chronos. “Yes. I will create one by changing certain events in that universe which will contain my influence, but will not be easily identified when Lord Elemental’s warriors start to investigate this new universe. I’ll even take a human soldier from his universe as a means to secure a link so as you and the others are not forced to take on those pathetic pony forms. Though complications will arise when doing so but I am confident that you will take care of it.”
Dark Chronos nods, “Very well. What do you need us to do?”
“Oh I think I’ll do this myself, though I will take you with me. I will just change a few events in that universe’s history to where I will have some influence. Of course there may be someone already writing this down in that one universe that Lord Eternis has made sure that no one is able to enter that is completely normal, least to those mortals that live in it. We will see if this plan works but I have sent Anex to deal with another problem that I have found within one of the alternate versions of this MLP universe.”
“And what is it?”
“It would appear that Anex has found one variation that has a pony variant of Silver Scorpion who goes by the name Silver Hooves. But I know that the true name of this individual is Carlon Scorpus, much like all the other variants that we have found. If Anex is able to kill him, then all the others will follow suit and we will not have them interfering with us.”
“And what will you do?”
Lord Darkus gave him a smile that would terrify every living soul that saw it, “Why I am going to spread my influence,” With that Lord Darkus created a clone of himself, which had no power except to spread his dark influence into the hearts of mortals and immortals that showed signs of hatred or other dark emotions to use to his advantage. He then created a portal that will go to the new universe that he will make by his influence.
“Let’s go,” With that the clone and Dark Chronos went through the dark portal that will take them to their desired destination. “Aha ha ha ha, soon I will be free and this time Lord Elemental will be powerless to stop me.”
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The two entered into the Halo portion of the universe that they were going to create. While looking over at the carnage being brought in his ethereal form, Lord Darkus spots an ODST with the cobalt color scheme trying to flank around the edge of the sky bridge between the two buildings that he and his firing squad were trying to escort civilians through while under heavy fire from the covenant. This gave Lord Darkus an idea.
“Dark Chronos stay here, I’m going to have some fun.”
He proceeded to one of the elites and spoke to it in its mind, “listen to me. See that human over there, I want you to kick him off the side of the building.” The Sangheili proceeded to do what it was told without even realizing that it had been ordered to do it or knew why and Lord Darkus watched in amusement as the elite snuck up on the human soldier and kicked him off the edge and continued to watch as the fallen soldier's comrades began tearing into the fool with a maelstrom of bullets as they’re rage focused on the sangheili. Lord Darkus then felt the energies he knew involved the creation of a wormhole that has most likely taken the fallen soldier into the alternate universe he plans to exploit.
“Now all there needs to be done is to go and make my move on those whom will serve an important role whether they realize it or not.” With that he made another dark portal with which he and Dark Chronos walked through.
Lord Darkus and Dark Chronos exited the portal which brought them just outside a cave entrance.
“I presume this must be the cave that Tirek has been hiding while his brother went out to explore the land.” He turned to Dark Chronos, “we will need to keep our identities a secret. No need to have them know who we are.” With that both Lord Darkus and Dark Chronos shifted forms to where they appeared as shrouded figures.
As they entered they soon found the demon centaur examining something of interest. “I assume you are Tirek?”
Tirek turn in surprise and gave a snarl, “who are you? I have never seen creatures like you before.”
Lord Darkus gave a chuckle, “why my good centaur, I am here to bestow you a gift. You’re looking to enslave these ponies that inhabit these land am I correct?”
Tirek became suspicious and carefully asked, “what can you do that will grant me this power? For all I know you might be someone whom is trying to fool me into letting my guard down. My brother and I both have the power to do what we want.”
Lord Darkus merely chuckled again, “are you sure. As far as I’m aware you need to obtain a power that will keep you from being affected by these creatures, for your brother has already decided against taking control of them.”
Tirek then growled at the statement, “How dare you talk such nonsense about my brother. He would never side with those creatures.”
“I am well aware that he has done this but I can offer you something more. Look at my palm.” Lord Darkus then brought out his palm and a black sphere appeared, emanating a dark force that drew Tirek’s attention.
“What sort of magic is this? This is stronger that what I have ever done with my own magic alone,” Tirek looked at the robed figure, “I am intrigued. I wish to incorporate this power you have.”
“Ah but this is only a fraction of the power that I possess. However I can grant you this seed in exchange that you do a task for me.”
Tirek turned to him with newfound interest, “and what will that be?”
“In due time, but right now I will bestow this power unto you.” With that Lord Darkus place the sphere onto Tirek’s chest and watch with satisfaction that a dark film began to cover the centaur’s entire body.
“How do you feel?”
Tirek looked over at his form feeling a tremendous power that continued to grow. “I feel amazing, though I think I might not have gotten as much power as I might have hoped.”
Lord Darkus smiled, “well I have only given you only a tiny fraction of my power so that your own power can be brought forth. What I have given you is the ability to siphon the aura from other magically adept beings, therefore increasing your own power. Along with this you will not be swayed by things such as kindness or friendship.”
Tirek gave his own smile, “I am glad that I have met you. What should I call you?”
“I would prefer not to mention my name. Also this spell will make you forget about our meeting together. This is done so others may not know where you’ve obtained this power from, but do not worry. The spell will let you know what is that you will need to do when your own quest has been completed.”
Tirek nodded at this, “I would assume there are those whom you do not want to know about this. It seems to me that you have your own share of enemies.”
“It would seem that we are in agreement. I will take my leave now.” And with that both Lord Darkus and Dark Chronos left the cave with Tirek marveling in his newfound power.
“It would seem that he accepted our offer rather quickly.”
Lord Darkus gave a dark smile, “the fool, doesn’t realize that he is merely a pawn for my plans. And it would appear that we have arrived before his brother returned. Now to go meet with Sombra,” with that he created another portal which he and Dark Chronos walked through.
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They appeared somewhere in the cold northern region of Equestria. Lord Darkus looked around until he spotted the one he had been searching for.
“Lord Darkus, wouldn't it be enough to just have one to harvest their shadow instead of more?” Dark Chronos inquired.
“Ah but you must understand, in order to break the seal a great amount of dark energy must be acquired if we are to break the seal made by Lord Eternis. For this reason I will choose three important figures that will serve this purpose. I am well aware of their greatest weaknesses and will exploit them to fit our needs.”
“I see, but how do you plan on finding Sombra. He will not be easy to tract than the two that you have chosen to harvest.” Lord Darkus merely laughed, “Oh I plan on bringing him to us,” after saying this they see a stallion trotting up to them from the snow mound they were standing on.
“Who are you,” Sombra asked. Lord Darkus noted that he appeared to be a normal unicorn pony with grey fur and black mane.
“I am the one who will bestow you with a powerful gift.”
“I don’t know who you are but I don’t trust you. Whatever this gift is that you’re speaking of cannot be good.” “Then you should not have come to me,” Lord Darkus smiled as he sent dark tendrils out to grab the unicorn as he tried to leave, “honestly, I could care less if you cooperated with me or not. You will be given this gift whether you want it or not.”
“Wh... what are you doing,” Sombra asked as Lord Darkus began to walk up to him with a dark sphere floating in his palm.
“This is the gift that I am going to give you,” Lord Darkus smiled, leaving Sombra to whimper in fear. “And the best part, you will not remember any of this.” And with that he placed the sphere onto Sombra’s form and watched in amusement as he began to scream as his body tried in vain to fight the dark power flooding through his body, transforming it into what ponies will know to fear.
“Our job is done, now for the last one.”
He and Dark Chronos passed through another dark portal which will take them to their last victim, Princess Luna.
Lord Darkus and Dark Chronos appeared in the throne room at the castle of the twin sisters, back when it was pristine and before it came to ruin.
“So, how do we get Luna?” Dark Chronos inquired knowing full well what they were about to do.
Lord Darkus laughed, “We will head for the throne room and wait for her to arrive. She and her sister are both aware of our presence, but do not know what we are. It is day time so we will not have any immediate problems involving Celestia, though I would love to see her turn into her more enraged form.”
Dark Chronos raised an eyebrow, “You mean when she becomes what some have called ‘Solar Flare?’ I wonder what would be enough to make her turn into that form.”
“I would presume that she will be enraged once she finds out that someone had corrupted her sister. And therefore try and destroy them, or in this case us,” Lord Darkus said with a malicious smile. The two then moved
They became silent as they heard the sound of hooves approaching. And by the sound of them, it could only be either Princess Luna or Celestia.
“Who dares trespass into our castle and disturb my rest.” Said a female voice whom Lord Darkus could tell was Princess Luna.
Both Lord Darkus and Dark Chronos approached the lunar princess. When they came into view, Luna noticed something off about the two individuals and realizes that she shouldn’t have come alone. Lord Darkus sees the fear in her soul. “It would seem that you now realize who you’re dealing with,” he said, “And now you find yourself cornered. It would appear that your sister won’t be able to save you from me.”
Luna took several paces back. “You don’t scare us. Our sister will come and destroy you.” Only then does she realize that the one she was talking to did not have any features aside from the other being beside him.
“You’ve noticed that I don’t have any facial features like him. That is because I am Lord Darkus, the eternal lord of darkness and master of the realm of eternal shadows. And you are going to play a role in my plan to cover everything in darkness.”
“We will never help you demon.” With that statement Luna sent a bolt of magic at the dark lord only to find it redirected to a black sphere held by the other individual. Shocked and bewildered, Luna nervously asks, “Wh… What sort of magic is that?”
Smiling coldly Lord Darkus said, “That is only a fraction of the powers that my servants are capable of using.” Lifting up his hand he summoned a black sphere which pulsed with dark magic.
“W What are you doing with that?” Luna nervously asks while continuing to back away from the dark being, only to bump into something. As she turned around she found that the other individual was standing right behind her. How has he gotten behind us, Luna thought as she tried to get away only to be held in place by the creatures arms.
“Good work Dark Chronos, now we shall begin.” Luna looked in horror as the dark being came closer to her with his hand holding the sphere extended. All she could do was scream as the dark object came closer until it had touched her horn.
Elsewhere in the castle
Princess Celestia was in a middle of a meeting when she heard her sister’s screams. “I apologize, I must go, something has happened to my younger sister.” With that she ran to the throne room where she had heard her sister’s screams come from. Once she entered the throne room she had found Luna standing at the thrones. She also noticed something was off about her sister. “Luna, are you okay?”
“Why have you come here?” Luna asked with a hint of hostility.
“Wha… Luna what has gotten into you?” Celestia said, realizing that something was off about her sister. Not only that, but she also felt a dark presence that she hadn’t noticed before until now.
Lord Darkus and Dark Chronos watched the events unfold while standing in the darkened part of the room by the pillars.
“It would seem that Celestia has finally realized we’re here but it’s already too late.” Lord Darkus said with a dark smile.
They watched as Luna transformed into Nightmare Moon and blast a hole in the ceiling, latter chasing Celestia as she flies out through the hole. A while later they see Celestia fall through and land on the ground, only to get back up.
“Sorry sister but you leave me with no choice,” she said. And Lord Darkus and Dark Chronos watched as the floor opened up to reveal the construct holding the Elements of Harmony.
“So that’s what the Elements of Harmony looked like before they came into possession of the Mane Six,” Dark Chronos said as Celestia flew off with the elements in tow.
Soon they heard a loud boom and then silence. “Our job is done,” Lord Darkus said. But before they could leave an angry Celestia flew back into the room and glared in the direction of the two.
“WHAT HAVE YOU DONE TO MY SISTER!?!” Celestia screamed in the royal Canterlot voice.
“What’s the matter,” Lord Darkus coldly replied with a smile, “Are you mad that your sister has become a monster and found out that I was the one who did it.”
Celestia glared at him, “You have corrupted my sister and now you’re going to pay.” Using the Element of Harmony, Celestia sent a blast at the two, only to watch as one turn into a dark cloud and dodge the blast while the other just stood there with a smug look on his face. Once the light died out Celestia noticed the one she hit was no longer there but still felt his presence. Turning around she found him standing at the doorway of the throne room with the other one beside him.
“The Elements of Harmony will not work on me,” Lord Darkus proclaimed, “Not without the aid of Lord Elemental.” With that he gave Celestia a dark smile one last time before he and Dark Chonos both disappeared in a blaze of black flames.
Deep in the dungeons of the castle
Lord Darkus and Dark Chonos reappeared in a darkened corridor within the underground sections of the castle.
“Why are we down here?” Dark Chronos asked while looking at the various decorations in the corridor.
“Don’t assume that corrupting those three was the only thing that I have done.”
They both watched as a dark robed unicorn approached them. “My lord, we have been expecting you.”
“So this is what you have done.” Dark Chronos said as they followed the unicorn to a portion of the castle to a dead end.
“We have arrived at the secret entrance,” the unicorn said. Using his magic, the unicorn opened up the doorway into a hidden chamber. Going in the doorway closed behind them.
“My lord, we are the cult of shadows. And we have been eagerly awaiting your arrival since your meeting with our ancestors before the days of Lord Sombra. Have you come to finally cover this place in you wonderful darkness? Has your servant succeeded in her task?” The pony asked.
“No, she is merely a pawn for a much greater plan. The time of darkness will not come until the return of Tirek. And by that time we should already be prepared.”
The three turned as more robed ponies came into the chamber from another entrance way. “So what do you want us to do?” One of them asked.
“Continue with your tasks,” Lord Darkus replied.
A blaze of black flame revealing a slender woman with long black finger nails and long dark hair kneeled before Lord Darkus.
“Ah Clawma, what news do you bring me.”
Clawma stood up and said, “Lord Darkus, it would appear that the universe that you have created has a Silver Scorpion in it from the Halo universe that you had merged.”
“WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT!?!?” Lord Darkus roared, causing all but four of the cultists to run out through the entry way.
Realizing that this was not the best of news she has given, Clawma continued, “It would appear that this one does not possess SilverBane nor is there any sign that the sword exists in that universe.
Rage subsiding Lord Darkus tells Clawma, “Is there anything else to report.”
Clawma quickly replies, “Yes, the one known as Silver Hooves has been found in that universe and is living in Ponyville. He also doesn’t possess the sword but we have confirmed where it is hidden.”
Lord Darkus smiled, “Very good, we won’t need to worry about him for the time being. I want BladeEdge to go to that universe to eliminate him should the time come.”
“What about Anex?” Clawma asked, thinking the shadow spear warlord was going to be given another task.
“He will deal with this Silver Scorpion should he appear on this world.”
Turning to the four ponies still standing there Lord Darkus exclaimed, “It would appear that you four have proven yourselves worthy to receive my gift.
The four gave confused looks and one of them asked, “You mean the gift that you have given to the three individuals you has chosen?”
“No, what I have given them is nothing more than shadow seeds. With those seeds, they are nothing more than batteries to be used to help me gain enough power to break open the shadow gates from this side.” Looking at the four ponies Lord Darkus continued, “This gift will make you as my servants, the Shadows. However, once I do this we will face against your Light counterparts. Do you accept this gift?”
Looking at each other they nodded, “We would be honored to join the Shadows.”
Lord Darkus smiled, “Now, remove your robes as you will not need them for this.” They dutifully obeyed, revealing themselves as two earth pony stallions, a pegasus stallion, and a unicorn mare. Lord Darkus extended his arm out and chanted a spell in a seemingly ancient language that, to the ponies, dates back even before the royal sisters came to Equetria. Dark tendrils flowed from his fingers and into the three ponies through the eyes, nose, ears and mouth until their manes turned black, their coat a dark shade of brown, and the whites of their eyes turned black and their eye color bright yellow.
“Now you have become Shadows.” Lord Darkus said to the four as they knelt before him. “And now you are to watch over this cult until the day that my plan comes to action.” With that Lord Darkus, Dark Chronos, and Clawma disappeared leaving the four ponies in the chamber.
“We have been given a task. Let’s be sure not to fail him.”
They departed to lead their parts of the cult should the need arise that they are to help in the return of their dark master.