A Dark Shade of the Past

by InfinityBreach

Another Pair

"Tell me how Equestria was made, again!" A small dark blue unicorn said, happily lying next to a red maned, white colored alicorn.

"Ah. Why of course, my little pony. Equestria itself has long existed, through many different eras, and different names. I do not know what transpired the beginning and end of most of these eras, but I do know of this one." The mare's blue eyes looked across the horizon, her hoof pointing and moving with it.

"When I came to this land used to be filled to the brink with emptiness. Nothing existed. It was a place born with no creativity, no imagination, no anything. To most, that is all it was. Nothing. To me… it was a canvas, waiting for me to begin drawing. It was a beckoning to create an amazing world. So I did. I built this world from the ground up, mountains, fields, oceans, and even a few cities crafted by my hoof. Not to say that there weren't others that helped me; but they can't interact with this world the way I can."

"Oh! Who were these other creatures? Could I meet them one day?" the dark blue unicorn excitingly asked.

"No my dear, unfortunately you cannot. They exist on an entirely different plane than you."

"Aw… well tell me how I came here!" the small pony said in an happy voice.

"We teleported to your favorite spot, you silly unicorn." The mare said, rubbing her hoof through the unicorn's mane.

"Oh, you know what I mean!" The unicorn said, giggling.

"Haha, very well then. You and your sister came from the fabric of my mind, a perfect yin and yang to help each other in this world. The others come in sets, as well. To put it simply, the two of you came from me, the two non-equines came from my husband, and the final two came from a merge of the imagination from many people." The alicorn said, looking at the now setting sun.

"But, who are people, mama?" the dark blue pony asked.

"That is a story for a different time, little one. Now we must get back to the castle; it's almost time for you to decorate the sky."

*Present time, Victory's POV*

"I am surprised to see you, my creation." A black figure spoke, green eyes flickering in the eerie darkness.

"Of course you are." I replied. "After all, I should be dead."

"Yes, you and your kin." The figure muttered, shifting its eyes to the right.

"Well, here is the news. We're alive. We just need to release them once again." I said, a sneer growing on my face.

"Why is there a 'we' in this?" the being asked, befuddled. "Last time I was a part of your plans, my kind almost died out."

"And it appears they are, again." I said, looking around at the thin creatures standing guard around their ruler.

"Guards, leave the room." The figure commanded, the guards immediately agreeing to her orders.

As soon as they were out of sight, the figure began asking questions. "What are you doing here, how are you here, and why do you need me?"

"Your plan failed in the past. A simple takeover turned into destruction of the world, in a way nobody could have predicted, ending the life of my binder, and HIS generator. The thing is, he's back, which gave me a physical body for the time being. Soon, the others will awaken too. I need you to use your Elements to unleash the monster." I explained.

"Awaken the monster? Ohohoho. Like I would ever do that; especially since that would definitely cause the death of my kind." The figure said, shaking it's head.

"But, we have a plan that we worked on while in captivity. We knew HE wouldn't allow darkness to be nonexistent in this world for very long, and would recreate his generator. Which he did. Now, let's say we unleash the monster from the generator. We would do no harm to you or you're kind." I said, my eyes narrowing slightly.

"We would destroy the Elements of Harmony, and make sure their bearers, past and present, are unfit to wield them again. We will drown this world in darkness, and let you command it, as we kill off all other races."

The being's eyes widened in interest. "That is a very… strange plan. However, our kind would have nothing to feed off of, if you destroy the other beings."

"It's a good thing your sister is still alive, then." I said. "That should be enough to feed your kind, infinitely so."

"My sister is alive?" Anger flashed in the eyes of the being. "I thought she was killed by that damned Celestia, decades ago!"

"Well, maybe you should review your sources better. Besides, if word got around that the legendary princess who saved the hive wasn't you… well, I wouldn't want to be in your hooves." I added with a smirk, knowing I had won this conversation.

The being hesitated for a moment, eyes closed in deep thought, before she opened them, a spark of green fire flashing within them.

"Let us work together, then."

I gave the being a sinister smile, power slightly surging into me. Winning always felt good; even if it was just a conversation.

*Eclipsal's POV*

My eyes slowly opened, to find myself once again in the hospital, a beeping heartbeat monitor sitting beside me.

I attempted to get up, to find an obstacle in my way. I looked down to see a cyan pony sitting on a chair, her head resting on the bed I laid in.

Her eyes slowly began to flutter open, and when she saw me she gave me a bone-crushing hug.

"Oh my gosh, Eclipsal! I'm so sorry! I didn't mean for this to happen, I was just blinded by wanting to win, and I swear it won't happen again!" Rainbow sobbed, crying into my chest.

"Hey, I'm fine, I'm fine. I forgive you, Rainbow." I said, knowing that whatever she had done to get me here she must have done by mistake. Rainbow would never do anything to hurt a friend.

A voice appeared from the doorway. "Ah, if only I learned the lesson of winning not being everything before…"

"Ah! Princess Luna!" Rainbow and I exclaimed at the same time, her quickly getting off of me, and rubbing the tears out of her eyes.

"Sorry to barge in out of nowhere, but I was told by Twilight to check on how you were, and to see if you were awake yet." Luna explained.

"Well… how long was I out?" I asked.

"T..three days, 4 hours, 2 minutes, and 52.9 seconds…" Rainbow said, earning a confused look from me. "I-I tend to keep track of my mistakes, okay?!"

I shook my head, just ignoring it for now. I was about to talk again, when I noticed how dry my mouth felt.

"Feeling thirsty?" Luna asked, levitating a bottle of water towards me, as she went to sit down.

As it neared me, I grabbed it with my hooves, placing it on the bed in front of me.

I then hit my hooves against the bed, my magic now growing out to grab the bottle of water, so it was easier for me to drink.

I slowly drank the water, feeling my body begin to get rehydrated again. I heard Luna mutter, "What a strange form of magic… it feels so familiar, yet so different."

I peeked open an eye to look at her quizzically, and saw something move out of the corner of my eye.

Her cutie mark was changing.

It was switching through the moon cycles, like a rotating sphere with one half white, the other black.

This made me spit out my water, as I threw up the blanket, to look at my cutie mark.

"Erm.. Eclipsal, you okay?" Rainbow hesitantly asked me, as I looked down at my completely normal cutie mark.

My eyes widened as I came to a sudden realization, looking at Rainbow's cutie mark.

It was switching between hail, rain, and snow, the lightning bolt quickly flashing multiple times.