Twilight's Search
After landing from a long flight, Twilight and her forces began their march east, not only to search for the sect of ponies Twilight learned about in an ancient book, but also food and water. After a long hour of walking, they finally found a stream with apple trees growing along it. When Twilight saw this she sighed in relief, "Thank goodness, I never thought we were going to find anything."
Green Death replied, "I know but after we fuel up, hopefully we can find those ponies."
Twilight said, "Let's hope so, your Dark Goddess didn't come all this way for nothing."
Twilight and her forces began to guzzle water and eat the apples and while they were unlike anything they had ever tasted before, the apples did satisfy them. After twenty minutes of refreshing Twilight ordered, "Well let's find these ponies. Your Dark Goddess is not happy knowing ponies have been getting away without paying her tribute."
They began to walk around the hills, sometimes climbing up steep hills and sometimes descending down into deep valleys. Given that the area is not small, Twilight expected this to take a while. At first they were searching the perimeters but soon began to work their way further in, into the most heavily forested and darkest part of the hills, where the temperature began to drop a bit.
Several hours later they were still searching and darkness began to set in. Twilight was not impressed and yelled, "Damn it, how are we supposed to find those ponies....."
Before she could finish her sentence she heard a sound, something coming from the north. She calmed down and asked, "Did any of you hear that?"
One of the dark Alicorn soldiers pointed his hoof north and replied, "Yes your Majesty, I heard it come from this direction."
Everypony took off in the direction of the sound and soon found themselves in a narrow chasm. While her troops thought nothing of it, this unnerved Twilight a bit. She asked, "Where do you think this chasm leads? Do you think it leads to where those ponies....."
"FREEZE!"
Captured
Before they could do anything, they found themselves being held in multiple auras and surrounded by approximately twenty ponies with spears. Twilight immediately began trying to break free from their hold and wondered why she could not escape the hold of mere unicorns. She would soon find out though, a white Alicorn with a blue mane and tail and a blue star for a cutie mark had her in his hold. He ordered his forces, "Get them into our territory, now!"
The Dark Goddess continued to try and break free from this Alicorn's hold but simply couldn't. He saw her trying to do this and said, "Don't bother Equestrian, your magic is nothing compared to ours."
Twilight snapped, "Give me a break. Nopony is more powerful that the Dark Goddess Twili......"
The Alicorn intensified his hold on her as they continued deeper and deeper into the chasm until they entered a cave. After what seemed to be forever there was a gray vortex that they passed through. When they got to the other side Twilight and her soldiers were shocked by what they saw. The Alicorn and his forces had led them into what appeared to be a completely different dimension. The first thing Twilight could think of is that this portal reminded her a bit of the one that separates the realm of the breezies from Equestria, except that this realm was far, far larger.
Once they were completely in this other realm, the Alicorn ordered that his soldiers release them from their hold. Despite releasing their hold, the unicorns and the Alicorn continued to surround them with their spears. Not too long after their hold was released, Twilight tried using her magic against these ponies but could not. She could not even get one spark of magic out of her horn. She screamed, "What kind of magic is this? Why can't I use my magic."
The Alicorn poked her with his spear and yelled, "Silence Equestrian! Not a word until we take you before King White Magick!"
For the first time in as long as she could remember, Twilight truly felt scared. She knew that where ever she had been taken, that her magic was useless and that these ponies had something against ponies from Equestria. After what seemed to be forever Twilight saw the palace.
As they entered the palace gates they were poked by spears and the Alicorn ordered, "Not one wrong move unless you wish to never see your homeland again."
The attitude of the Alicorn made Twilight shudder. She began to think back to what LaurFa said about these ponies so long ago and realized why ponykind would simply leave them alone, she could tell that they would have absolutely no problems killing them.
Meeting King White Magick
When they entered the throne room they saw two much larger Alicorns, a white stallion with a blue mane and tail and a blue pentacle cutie mark. By his side was an ivory colored mare with a red mane and tail and a red jewel heart cutie mark. White Magick looked at the other Alicorn and asked, "Blue Star my son, who is this you and our soldiers bring before me?"
Blue Star poked Twilight with his spear and said, "Introduce yourself, Equestrian."
Twilight stood tall and boasted, "Well I am the Dark Goddess Twilight Sparkle, the ruler of not just Equestria but the entire planet." Despite being unable to use her magic, her eyes began to shine green as she continued, "And you ponies are living on my planet without paying tribute to me and I have come to collect what...."
White Magick grabbed Twilight in his aura and growled, "You do not hold any rights over our land as we are not part of Equestria." He began to laugh, "We may be part of what you call your world but we pay tribute to nopony."
Finally one of Twilight's officers spoke up, Black Night. He bowed and said, "Your Majesty, we mean you no harm. Our Dark Goddess has simply come to collect what she believes is owed her."
His statement angered the king but given that he did show respect, he held his anger. He motioned for him to step closer and asked, "Soldier, what is your name and what role do you play for this so called dark goddess?"
Black Night replied, "My name is General Black Night and I am her top dark Alicorn officer. I am in charge of keeping the dark Alicorn soldiers focused and ready for battle."
White Magick sighed, "I see." He cased his gaze at Green Death and continued, "You, step forward and introduce yourself."
He stepped forward, bowed and replied, "My name is General Green Death and I am her top changeling officer. Like my dark Alicorn counterpart, I keep the changeling army focused and ready for battle."
He again said, "I see." He then looked at the soldiers and asked, "I take it these are your hoof soldiers?"
Green Death replied, "Yes, these four are ordinary soldiers that are part of the Dark Goddess Twilight Sparkle's army."
He grabbed Twilight in his aura and pulled her up to him. He gave her an intense glare and asked, "May I ask what it is you were doing in the hills? Were you attempting to invade my kingdom?"
Twilight in her usual attitude boasted, "Yes, I was. Like I said before, you ponies are living....."
White Magick intensified his hold on her and said, "Silence! We already know about your attempts to collect this tribute you seem to think we owe you." He ordered his soldiers, "Take her to the dungeon, we can not allow her kind to go unpunished!"
Prince Blue Star asked, "Father, what about her soldiers? What are your plans for them?"
White Magick replied, "They shall remain here with me as I have business with them, business that must be dealt with."
Twilight heard this and yelled, "What are you going to do? What are your plans for the Dark Goddess Twilight Sparkle's soldiers?"
White Magick simply ignored Twilight's questions as she was hauled down to the dungeon. Once she was gone he more closely began to analyze the soldiers before him. After a minute of close analysis he asked, "Soldiers, why do you hold this loyalty to this so-called dark goddess? Can you not see she is a tyrant, an evil tyrant?"
Black Night attempted to light up his horn and fire energy at the king but could not. White Magick saw this and chuckled, "Soldier, just like your leader, the magic of outsiders does not work in our land." His voice became more stern as he continued, "Tell me soldiers, why are you so loyal to this so-called dark goddess?"
Black Night replied, "Because she is our leader, because without her we would have nothing."
Again White Magick began to analyze the soldiers closer and realized that they had been corrupted by her, that they had a loyalty spell cast on them. He gave the six a curious look and asked, "Soldiers, what would you think of being free from her control? What would you think of no longer being bound to a leader who truly cares about nopony but herself?"
One of the dark Alicorn soldiers yelled, "She is not like that! Our dark goddess cares about each and every one of us as though we were her own children!"
White Magick laughed, "You may think that but deep down you know it isn't true. Deep down you know she sees you and all your comrades as nothing more than disposable resources."
Despite them all being unquestionably loyal to Twilight, one of the changeling soldiers asked, "And what makes you say that? What makes you think our Dark Goddess, the ruler of the entire planet, including your realm, would see us that way?"
His statement about Twilight ruling over his realm did anger him but he knew that anger would not work in his favor if he was to do what he planned. He pointed out, "I know all of you are duplicates from members of your own kind. I know she has duplicated your kind for many, many millennia."
Black Night asked, "How did you know that? How did you know that we are duplicates of others of our kind?"
White Magick replied, "For the citizens of Equestria you will seem the same but I can sense things most, of both my realm and yours, can not." He got a grin on his face and asked, "How does it feel knowing that you are mere duplicates of others of your kind? How does it feel knowing that Twilight could simply make a new you and sacrifice you without a care in the world?"
The six began to look around nervously until Green Ooze held his head down and sighed, "It does not feel good your Majesty, it does not feel good at all."
White Magick felt as though his tactics were beginning to work with them. He knew that perhaps the time had come to take over their allegiance. He asked, "I shall ask you again, what would you six think about being free from this so-called dark goddess's control?"
Finally they broke and in unison they replied, "We would love it your Majesty. We would love to be able to think for ourselves again."
White Magick's horn began to glow as he said, "Good." He pointed to a spot right in front of him and he continued, "I need you six to stand right there, close together and I need your full attention."
The six did as the king wanted and once they were giving him their full, undivided attention White Magick said, "Those who have been brainwashed must be free, they can't be like a dog chained to a tree, they deserve their own free will, not to be stuck with the bill, their minds shall belong to them and them alone."
He unleashed a calm beam of white energy which enveloped them and quickly seeped into their bodies, freeing them. Once they came to White Magick asked, "Soldiers, who do you serve?"
In unison they replied, "We serve nopony nor shall we ever serve anypony, we are our own individuals."
White Magick gave them a smile and said, "Good, I am happy to hear that." He pointed his hoof at them and continued, "Now I need to do one more thing to make sure nopony can cast another loyalty spell on you should you return to your homeland."
The six gave the king a smile and stood at attention. Once the king had their undivided attention again his horn began to glow white and he said, "From another to me, that is where your allegiance will now be, you thought your old commander loved you like pie when all they wanted was for you to die. With me all shall be great, there shall be no hate."
Again he released a calm beam of energy into them which was quickly absorbed into their bodies. Once the magic had fully been absorbed by them they stood tall and shouted, "All hail King White Magick, our one and only leader!"
White Magick replied, "Thank you soldiers and welcome to our military. Once my son returns from taking your former leader to the dungeon, I shall have him lead you over to our base and you can get to know your fellow soldiers."
Once he finished saying this Prince Blue Star returned from the dungeon. He said, "Father, the so-called dark goddess has been secured." He looked at the soldiers and asked, "What is it you wish for me to do with her soldiers? Do you wish for me to haul them down there as well."
White Magick replied, "No son, they are loyal to us now. Take them to the base so they may get acquainted with their fellow soldiers." A smile developed on his face as he continued, "While you do that, I shall pay Equestria's leader a visit of my own."
Visiting with the Dark Goddess
While Blue Star was leading their new soldiers to the base, White Magick headed down into the dungeon. When he opened the door he heard the screams and yells of Twilight demanding that they let her go. He yelled, "Silence Equestrian!"
Twilight continued to yell until White Magic arrived at her cell. He gave her an intense stare until she finally calmed down. Once she had remained quiet for a minute White Magick began, "Twilight......"
Twilight yelled, "You do not simply refer to me as Twilight. You refer to me as Dark Goddess Twilight Sparkle or die!"
Normally White Magick would be angered over such a yell but with Twilight being powerless, he found it rather amusing. He chuckled, "You are powerless here so I think I'm pretty safe."
Twilight yelled, "You let me go or else!"
White Magick laughed, "Or else? What are you going to do, yell me to death?"
Twilight yelled, "When I don't return, my whole army will come looking for me! My soldiers I brought with me will make sure you free me!"
White Magick laughed, "About them, they're loyal to me now and you want to know something funny? I was easily able to get them to doubt you before I freed them from your control." His laughter subsided as he continued, "And then I decided they needed to show allegiance to a new leader so I cast my loyalty spell on them."
Twilight yelled, "You lie! There is no spell out there that can counter the loyalty spell of the Dark Goddess Twilight......"
White Magick found it amusing that Twilight would think that the spell was actually hers. He asked, "Twilight, I know that Equestria has many types of magic spells but I think you need a little history lesson regarding where your land got its magic."
Twilight immediately knew where he was headed with this and yelled, "If you think I'm going to believe our magic came from you....."
White Magick interrupted, "Silence Equestrian!" Once Twilight went quiet White Magick continued, "Many, many millennia ago, this land was shrouded in darkness after we had to face dark forces, forces much darker than you could ever dream of being."
Twilight laughed, "Something darker than your Dark Goddess?, I think not!"
White Magick rolled his eyes and continued, "We can discuss the dark forces in better detail later, this is about what you think of as your spells." He stared Twilight down and continued, "While you may think those spells were written by your own kind, they weren't. They were spells used by us long ago against those villains and their minions. Some were even used to brainwash the minions of those dark forces."
Twilight began mouthing something mocking her captor and asked, "Look, just because you used similar spells...."
White Magick was quickly getting tired of Twilight's constant interruptions and disrespect. He interrupted, "You want to know how the ponies of Equestria gained access to most of your spells?"
Twilight scoffed, "Let your Dark Goddess guess, you gave them to somepony important in our past?"
White Magick replied, "Well it was several millennia after the fall of evil but also after the ponies of Ponyland seemed to have vanished that a white Alicorn with a red mane and tail, LaurFa I think her name was, showed up hoping that this land was void of other intelligent life but she was mistaken." He began to become angry and continued, "And this LaurFa, threatened to come in and purge us unless we gave her something to help protect her subjects."
Twilight mocked, "Oh, you had to give her copies of your spells, didn't you?" She began to laugh further, "Is that why you hate Equestrians? Is it because LaurFa demanded copies of your spells?"
White Magick fired a bolt of energy at Twilight, burning her. He again became angry and yelled, "It is not because of that. It is because when we gave her copies of our spells, she told us that her kind would give us our space and leave us alone but she obviously LIED!"
Twilight again mocked, "Oooh, so we broke LaurFa's promise!" She began to laugh as she lied, "Well I don't know anything about LaurFa finding disobedient ponies and deciding to leave them alone!" Her voice became more intense as she continued, "Well LaurFa is gone and the Dark Goddess Twilight Sparkle is in charge now and your Dark Goddess does not follow somepony else's decrees."
White Magick sternly replied, "You will if you know what is good....."
Twilight sneered, "Spare your Dark Goddess your non-sense. She is sick of your lies that you call history!"
White Magick grunted, "Well then, I shall stop with my history lesson." He paused for a minute before continuing, "And now my family and I shall discuss what to do with you. We shall discuss whether we should simply kill you, turn you loose or attempt to cleanse you."
Twilight mocked, "Oooh, the big bad king has consult with his wife and son, ha-ha-ha!"
White Magick gave her no more attention and headed out of the dungeon. After he headed back upstairs Twilight got an evil grin on her face and laughed, "When they decide to free me, I'll go home, cast a spell on me and my army to protect us from this place's magic, march in and wipe them out! Nopony escapes the wrath of the Dark Goddess Twilight Sparkle, nopony!"