//------------------------------// // Falling into Darkness // Story: The Legend of Starlight // by twow443 //------------------------------// The dark pony paced back and forth as a voice talked to her. “So the prince has awoken. Well done.” The pony kept pacing. “I didn't plan that thinking I could beat him.” “Oh I know that,” the voice said. “I'm just wondering why you haven’t attacked him again. Sent him to Equestria yet.” “If this is going to work, we need him to have his full power. Learning to harness it on Earth will make way for us to have easier control of him.” the pony said. “Well, the young prince is ready now, wouldn't you think?” The voice questioned. The dark pony stopped. “Yes. It is time for me to ready him. Ready him to be the prince.....of darkness.” Chapter 2-Falling into Darkness It's been a week since I transformed into an alicorn on my birthday, in front of my family. Naturally, I didn't go to school for a week. We all worked on adjusting life and I was SO grateful for my family. They stood by me and did everything they could to help me. One, we bought a glove, one of those that cover up the palm and the back of your hand, but left the fingers free. Two, when I learned how to retract my wings, we bought a backpack. It was big enough that I could fit my books AND my wings, without looking suspicious. I spent a whole day practicing how to summon my sword and de-summon it. Because of it's color, I named it “Stormtide.” I learned very quickly that the necklace was supposed to represent my unicorn horn. Whenever I was really agitated, it would glow and magic would happen. I remember I got mad at my big sis and blew up the TV, then put it back together. I quickly learned how to fly, and would fly around with my little sister's on my back. And the cutie marks on my hand? If I concentrated and yelled out one of the Mane 6's names, my clothes would change colors and I would gain very unique powers. I yelled Rainbow's name yesterday and started shooting all over the house, a rainbow behind me. My shirt had turned cyan and my pants had been rainbow colored. That was yesterday, but now I had to go to school. If I had only known it would be the last time. School was pretty boring and usual. I was in gym talking to my best friend, Karen. She was the only person who knew about my pony side, besides my family. “So you pretty much turned into Rainbow Dash? SO COOL!” Did I mention she was a MAJOR pegasister? “Yes,”I said. “I haven't tried Rarity's yet, wonder what happens with her's?” Karen jumped up and down, clearly happy. “Probably is sweet!” We headed out in the gym to play dodgeball. In the middle of the game, we all heard a....voice. “Dodgeball? I would just LOVE to play with you humans!” Everyone stopped moving. “Ohhh this is bad.” Karen said. “Eeyup.” I said. A swirling darkness settled in the middle of the gym. It stopped and turned into....”Big Mac?!” Karen yelped. The shadow Big Mac looked at us and said, “Eeyup.” He then turned and started kicking dodgeballs at everyone, HARD. I took one to the stomach and went flying. Then I saw one flying toward Karen. “Karen! No!” I yelled, ripping my backpack off, exposing my wings. I shot thought the air and pushed her out of the way. Everyone in the room gasped, but I was past caring. “I'm okay, Star!” Karen said. “Go get him!” I nodded and landed in front of the shadow Big Mac. “Well, so you are the little prince.” he said. I was shocked, hearing him say more then one word. But I yelled back. “I'm NOT A PRINCE!” Big Mac kicked a ball toward me, I barely had time to deflect it with magic. As he rushed at me, I stepped out of the way and summoned Stormblade. I cut a gash in his side as he rushed past. He did kick me in the face though sending me into the bleachers. “Owww.” I said, wincing. I landed on the ground and thought about what Karen told me. “Wonder what Rarity's is? Bet it's sweet!” I stood up and yelled, “Rarity!” In a burst of light, my shirt became white and my sleeves and pants turned purple. I shot diamonds(DIAMONDS?!) out of my hand at Big Mac. I got him in the butt and he charged at me again. I ducked away and wrapped rubies around his legs like a rope. I flew up into the air, wrapped him around and slammed him into the ground. Then I flew down yelling, “RRRAAAA!!!” I slammed the sword deep into his heart and flipped off of him. As he started to disappear he said, “You'll be in Equestria soon.” He completely disappeared. I transformed back to normal and ran over to Karen. “Karen, listen to me.” She looked at me, crying. “I have to leave for a while, but I promise I'll be back.” I softly took her head and looked at her. “I promise.” She stepped back. “I know Starlight. Now go do what you have to.” I kissed her on the forehead and ran out the door. Once outside, I took off into the sky, flying home. I landed in front of my house. I ran up to the front door.....and then the house exploded. I flew backwards and slammed into the street. “NOOOO!!!” I yelled. I heard a voice from behind me. “I told you to enjoy what you had left.” Nightmare Moon said walking up to the house. “Now come and take your place as the prince of darkness!” I looked down and said, “They loved me...and you took that from me. They knew what would happen when they adopted me.” I looked up, pure rage in my eyes. “I will make them proud. And I'll do that by killing you, you insane, murderous BITCH!!” My eyes flashed, and I saw white. I felt a terrible burning on my right hand. I raised Stormtide and yelled, “MANE 6!” My body exploded with color, and I shot a vicious blast of pure magic, slamming Nightmare with it. Nightmare took off and flew in the sky, me closely behind. I kept shooting her with raw magic, not even caring. Suddenly I looked down and saw we were over a giant black hole. “The portal to your destiny!” Nightmare laughed. Many things rushed though my mind, but I said softly. “See you later, Karen.” I launched myself at Nightmare and swung Stormtide upward, slashing her. Then I teleported upward and slashed her downward, into the portal. I flew in after her. Suddenly my wings didn't work! I flapped and flapped trying to go up but it was no use. The portal shut above us and we fell. As we fell, we fought hard. I flew by her and cut a deep gash in her side. She pushed me away and shot dark magic at me. I deflected her shots and fired back out of my left hand. Suddenly our blasts connected and we pushed, trying to get the better of each other. She said, “You Will Be Mine!” “Not on your life!” I yelled. I pushed harder and slammed my magic into her horn, breaking her magic. She screamed and disappeared. The portal walls around me turned white and I suddenly was falling in the middle of the sky. “Oh this is NOT good.” I said, as I turned back to normal. I de-summoned Stormtide and found myself heading for a giant tree. “Well,” I said. “Here we go.” The last thing I remembered was slamming into the roof of the tree house and everything went black.