As Midnight watches the magic spread across the sky in a multicolored light show, she couldn’t help but feel how it was changing Equestria.. and herself.. all bets were off now. She smirks as she walks back into the tomb, wondering what could have caused all this but she could figure it out later.
She walks to one of the crystals that she uses to contact the members of her newly formed legion and activates the one for Adagio. She waits for the illusion of the ancient evil being to appear before speaking. “Anything new to report Adagio?” She asks and Adagio sighs before shaking her head and responding with disappointment and annoyance in her voice.
“No, I’ve been going around causing havoc amongst town after town while Aria and Sonata sink ships and cause innocents to fight but there’s still no sign of him, of any of them.” Adagio says, her fur slowly forming into scales and her eyes glowing red with anger as her teeth become jagged and Midnight can’t help but admire her determination to get revenge.
“Calm down, they’re still alive after all this time, I can sense it. They will come for you eventually. Just give it time.” Midnight says and it works as Adagio seems to calm down and go back to looking like a regular unicorn. “Good, for now go regroup with your sisters then meet up with the legion of doom.” She says and Adagio nods before the illusion disappears. Just as Midnight is about to check in with the legion of doom, she hears something from behind her and turns to see.. a type of draconequis like Discord but more serpent-like and a female. She has a red snake like head and a pink furry neck, dragon horns, claws, purple fur covering her body, back sheep hooves for legs and a scorpion tail. She also had stripes in a few areas. “And who might you be?” Midnight asks the strange being who chuckles before glaring at her.
“You must be joking.. I’m Cosmos.. Discord’s ex girlfriend? The Empress of chaos and destruction?” She continues to introduce herself but Midnight still doesn’t seem to recognize her, much to her annoyance. “All you need to know.. is that Equestria is my playground. And I can’t have an amateur like you or anyone else claim what belongs to me.” She says before snapping her finger and looking on as if she expects something to happen.
Midnight looks around, confused and then shrugs. “What are you doing?” She asks and Cosmos snaps her fingers again and again but still nothing happens.
“I’m trying to erase you from existence or put you in a dimensional plane far from here but it isn’t working!!! What did you do to my magic?!?!” She asks angrily and Midnight just stares for a minute before bursting into a fit of laughter and almost falling over from laughing so hard.
“Oh wow.. you really thought your pathetic powers would work on me? I’m actually insulted.” Midnight says before walking to Cosmos. “You call yourself the Empress of chaos and destruction? Oh honey..” She says before suddenly grabbing Cosmos by her throat and slamming her down. “I AM chaos and destruction and I am controlled. By! NO ONE!!!” Midnight yells before starting to steal Cosmos’s magic. She almost succeeds but then Cosmos pulls a fast one on her and wraps her tail around her before throwing her off and teleporting away. No matter, she was weak and meanwhile Midnight was feeling much stronger.. now all she needed was a bit more chaos and she would be free.. and Equestria would finally belong to her.. and her alone.
As Celestia, Luna, Spike, Starlight and Sunset Shimmer rushed through Ponyville towards a field where this newfound magic had first touched Equestria, they also contemplated what could’ve caused all this and they hoped it could tell them something about what happened to the Mane 6 and where they went. As they arrive there they see six crystals.. with ponies inside them. Two were a bit separate from the others, a purple one and a rainbow one, both either surrounded by dark magic or smaller crystals. Starlight and Sunset teleport closer to get a better look at them. “Where did these come from..?” Sunset asked hesitantly, getting a shrug from Starlight.
“I wish I knew..” Starlight says as she steps to one of the crystals and hesitantly touches it, examining it.. and she sees Fluttershy unconscious inside and gasps in surprise. “Sunset! The others, they’re inside these crystals!” She yells and Sunset looks shocked before going to the one surrounded by dark magic, shielding herself just in case before touching it and seeing Twilight inside it.
“How do we get them out?!” Sunset asks as the others land by them and take a look at the crystals themselves. Celestia gasps when she sees the state that the Mane 6 are in but she immediately pulls Sunset Shimmer away when she notices the dark magic surrounding Twilight’s crystal. “What?! What is it?! What’s wrong?!” Sunset asks in a panicked tone.
“That’s dark magic Sunset.. and I recognize it.” Celestia says before she looks at Twilight and frowns. “Oh my faithful student.. what has happened to you?” Celestia says in a sad tone. She knows exactly where this magic came from.. or should she say who.. and she was not going to get away with it. She notices Starlight step up to Rainbow Dash’s crystal and examine it.
“My question is how did they get all the way out here.. and why are they like this to begin with?” She asks, keeping her distance from the crystal as she turns to the others, Spike right next to Rarity’s crystal and Luna standing with Celestia and Sunset. They think about it until Sunset sees Rainbow Dash’s crystal glowing more and starting to radiate with.. electricity. They look to Twilight’s and see it glowing too and unleashing more magic. Applejacks was starting to catch on fire, specifically the Ursa marking on her's, Rarity’s had snow floating around it, Fluttershy's had wind around it and plants growing from underneath it, and Pinkie’s had pink, blue, and yellow energy surrounding it.
The group slowly backs away from the crystals, not knowing what’s about to happen but also not wanting to stay in the middle of them to find out. They watch in anticipation as the crystals continue to glow brighter and brighter until finally they explode one by one, sending shockwaves of powerful magic out that spread for miles. Once the explosions stop, Sunset drops the shield that was protecting them from the shockwaves and they all look to see if the Mane 6 are all right only to find that they’re free from their crystals and the power that was radiating off the crystals.. is now coming off of them. They slowly step closer just as it starts to calm down and they all open their eyes and look around. “W..What happened?” Twilight asks, her eyes slightly glowing and Celestia could’ve sworn that for a second.. she saw markings on Twilight’s body.
“I don’t know but.. I feel so much.. stronger.” Rainbow Dash says with a smirk to add emphasis to the last word, her pupils glowing red a bit when she says it. This causes everyone to feel uneasy until the rest of the Mane 6 agree.
“I guess I do feel a little.. different.” Fluttershy says while clenching and unclenching her fist. For some reason she had the instinct.. the feeling, the need to fly, to be free, to do anything she wanted.. and she had the overwhelming instinct to go out and hunt.. and cause destruction.. she quickly shook her head and wondered where those thoughts had come from. They all see something glowing in one of their own hands and see each of their elements.. completely intact. “Where-“ Fluttershy tries to say until Spike interrupts.
“Well other than just you all feeling different, care to tell us what happened to you?” Spike asks and they all look at each other then back at them.
“Come on, we’ll explain on the way, it’s getting late.” Twilight says before she and the others lead them all to her castle that still resided in Ponyville.
After the explanation, securing the elements, and a conversation / interrogation of what Twilight was doing at the portal, everyone had decided to get some rest and talk about it in the morning. Meanwhile, Twivine had been able to come up with a lie, but little did she know, Applejack's element and instinct had alarmed her when she did so now the farm pony was pretending to sleep and so was Rainbow Dash, who she had told that Twilight was lying, both waiting for Twilight to make a move and once she did, they would follow her or at least one of them would.
It would most likely have to be Rainbow Dash depending on what Twilight would do or where she would go. All of a sudden, Twivine opens her eyes and gets out of bed, walking out of her room and going through one of the windows in the castle before flying back to the tomb and Rainbow Dash quickly follows her, doing her best to stay undetected.. but little did she know, Twivine could sense her and she decided to have a little fun. She flys around to any potential obstacles to try and lose her and it helps that she’s faster due to the increase in her physical strength and wing power but now Rainbow Dash was a bit faster too now, possibly because of their new magic.
She almost succeeds a few times but Rainbow isn’t easy to lose at all so she decides to try something and flys into the clouds, prompting Dash to give chase after her only to emerge above the clouds.. with Twilight nowhere to be seen.. until she turns around and her nose is immediately met by Twilight’s who has a smirk on her face. “Hey Rainbow~” Twilight says.
Rainbow Dash blushes and flys back, letting out a squeak of surprise. Twilight bursts out laughing and falls onto a cloud causing Rainbow to huff and cross her arms, embarrassed at what she just did and her blush gets worse. “I-I mean.. uhhhh what are you doing out here egghead?” Rainbow asks, clearing her throat to gain back her normal confident demeanor but she already knows Twilight isn’t gonna forget about what happened and she isn’t gonna let her live it down.
After Twilight calms down she finally decides to answer the pegasus. “Apparently watching you be adorable and try desperately to hide it.” She says, giggling more and Rainbow blushes again in embarrassment but gives a glare of annoyance. “But seriously, I was actually just.. going out for a late night flight. I see you decided to join me.” She says and Rainbow is about to say no but then she decides that.. maybe this would be a good time to get some answers.
“Uhhhh yeahhh. Totally.. if you feel like having some company.” Rainbow says and Twilight nods and flys up to her level.
“I don’t mind. Let’s go.” Twilight says before flying in the opposite direction of where she was before which confuses Rainbow but she follows anyway. Meanwhile, Twivine pokes her head out of a cloud behind them that she had been in the whole time, watching as the clone worked flawlessly in tricking Rainbow Dash. Once they were gone, that’s when Twivine switched to her full evil appearance and smirked.
“Now that’s more like it.” She says before flying towards her former destination and before long, she’s inside the tomb and she hears all the villains talking inside the throne room. Midnight senses this and smirks.
“We’ll talk about it.. after you all properly meet your teammate.” Midnight says, earning confused and intrigued looks from the other villains and Twivine takes that as her cue to come out so she walks around the corner and into the throne room and the villains all growl, the legion of doom getting ready to attack her.
“Seriously? Her?! On our team?!” Cozy Glow asks, irritated just as much as the others. “The fish equines I can handle-“ She says, earning glares and growls from the Dazzlings before she continues. “But you want Twilight, the same princess who’s beaten all of us up before, to help us take over Equestria?” Cozy Glow asks with a confused but angry tone and Midnight just casually nods like it isn’t a big deal and all the villains start agreeing with Cozy Glow until Midnight has had enough and she stands up out of her throne, flaring her wings, her eyes glowing as she yells.
“QUIET!!!” She screams and all the villains immediately become silent and Midnight breathes in before speaking as calmly as she could. “First of all, she is not Twilight anymore.. she is to be addressed as “Twivine” now.” She says, prompting Twivine to give a small bow which makes her chuckle. “Secondly, unlike Twilight, she is under my full control.. watch. Twivine, kneel.” She says to her.
“Of course, my queen.” Twivine says before walking to Midnight and kneeling before her and everyone looks shocked except Midnight who smirks.
“Good girl.” She says, signaling her to stand up before addressing the rest of the villains. “And finally, I will be recruiting many villains that you might be unfamiliar with so whether you like it or not, this is the best way to get enough chaos in the world to set me free. So I expect you and them to work. Together. Understood?” Midnight asks and everyone reluctantly nods. “Good.. which also reminds me, before I ask you for any new news Twivine, I want t let it be known that I will be bringing back a few villains.. well one villain and three reckless former Wonderbolts that Twilight might be familiar with.. the Washouts and the Storm King.. and it will be you who will have to find the three of them and his remains.” She says and Twivine looks shocked before smirking and nodding.
“I won’t fail you my queen.” Twivine says, slightly bowing her head.
“I hope you’re right.” Midnight says before she sits back down, crosses one leg over the other and addresses her. “Now tell us.. what’s happened to Equestria.. and how can we use it to our advantage?” Midnight asks before Twilight starts to explain and she doesn’t tell them about what happened on the way over here but she does tell them that her friends- or should she say Twilight’s friends- are starting to catch on and this does seem to annoy Midnight. “Guess they’re not as dumb as I was hoping.. Twivine, it’s about time we start your training.. and maybe ask Celestia to train you to fight better and make it seem like it was Twilight who asked her.. this should help you be stealthier and get out of situations faster in case you do get caught.” She says and Twivine nods. Midnight stands up and walks past her.
“Oh and one more thing, follow me.” Midnight says as she continues to walk and Twivine and the other villains follow her. They stop in front of a large capsule with her cutie mark on it. “These were just recently made but think of them as my way of saying.. “you’re one of us now.. welcome to the team.”” Midnight says as she uses magic to open it and there’s armor and weapons inside that’s as scary and badass as the rest of the villain’s armor and weapons. There was a green crystal attached to the chest that was shaped like her cutie mark and the armor had a mask to go with it, gold outlining the black and purple armor and weapons. Twivine looks amazed then smirks.. it felt so good to be bad.. and this is only the beginning.