(Note-
I have been planning this for a long time and I will try and make it interactive. I can’t make any promises to your satisfaction but I will try, for the ending will be up to your vote, starting next chapter)
Prologue-
Twilight crawled like a blooded beast, groaning and growling in pain. Her blood trailed from the entrance of the cave leaving a path of dark red that shined dimly from the chaos outside. The sound of fire roared like a monster about to devour its prey. The screams of death outside pierced her ears, but were quickly dissolved by the rumbles of thunder in the distance. The sky was no longer blue but a sickening shade of light brown. The ground erupted with flowing lava like geysers in a mountain, but Twilight didn’t care.
She continued to crawl until she reached the far side of the cave where she placed her shredded back against the cold wet wall. The sounds of water lightly dripping echoed through the cave, blocking any other sound coming from the crumbling world.
Twilight closed her eyes and took a deep breath; she winced as her smoke filled lungs were filled with new air. Never has Twilight ever dreamed of her life ending this way.
The sound of hoofs patting echoed softly in the cave.
Twilight opened her eyes to see the ‘thing’ that she loathed, but came to understand. Instead of yelling she smiled and gave the monster of chaos an enigmatic look. She wanted to show five different expressions at once, anger, sadness, despair, discomfort. But in all else the expression of happiness crept form the dying pony.
“Discord…” Twilight said with a croak.
The monster removed itself from the chaos and approached Twilight slowly.
As Discord closed in a discourse was exchanged. Looking at each other’s eyes, Twilight nodded and laid her head back, staring at the ceiling. A drop of water landed on her forehead, Discord kneeled down and whipped away the drop with his eagle like hand.
“I’m sorry…” He said as he gave a convivial expression.
Twilight choked back a sob. Despite her blunders Discord had no regrets that caused him trouble due to her actions.
A feeling of compassion pained Twilight’s heart. Why did she have that feeling, Twilight herself didn’t know. But her pain must’ve been conspicuous for Discord let a tear run down his snout like face.
“I’m so sorry!”
Discord let a stream of tears flow and hit the ground like a down pour. Twilight wanted to say it was alright but death was upon her. She let out a final breath and her final words, “Love and tolerate this new world...”
And with that her eyes closed. With the bereavement hanging in the air and with the body of Twilight Sparkle in Discords hands the world was ready for another chance. A better world, a new world.
Twilight Sparkle facing the paths of heaven and hell took the one less traveled by. Was Twilight right or wrong of her actions? Even as her consciousness faded away she thought to herself, “What was right?”
And every choice could’ve made a difference.
Chapter 1- Another Day
Twilight opened her eyes and bolted straight up from her downy bed, panting as she blinked her eyes at the verge of tears.
“It happened again…” She thought to herself.
Twilight closed her hooves around her head, hugging herself as she drew the covers up to her chest; holding it as a life line to her sanity while looking at her piece of the elements of harmony, as it faintly glowed. For weeks Twilight was having the same dream every night of every day. The same dream that seemed to haunt her mysteriously after her encounter with Discord the monster of chaos! All seemed to be at peace. Her friends were good and well, going about their own lives, smiling. The town folk seemed to be even cheerier then before and the little fillies and colts all laughing the day away. Everypony was happy… Except for one…
The mare continued to look at the faintly glowing crystal which was the element of magic, her element. Every time she awoke she saw the element glowing rather faintly as if trying to ward off the violent and dark nightmares.
Twilight wanted to vomit. The dream seemed so real, the pain, the images, the destruction. Everything looked darker every time she woke up from her maddening slumber. Still panting, Twilight swallowed a breath and got up, holding the bed railings for support as her hooves wobbled against the cold wooden planked floor. As she continued to walk slowly, she drew open the curtains letting the bright sun light draw her in. Instantly her fear melted away, her sanity has returned and the churning feeling in her stomach subdued. She bathed in the sun for a few minutes and thought to herself, “I never want to go in the dark again.”
Twilight turned towards the element of magic and opened the glass case. Twilight picked it up with a hoof and clinched it tightly, closing her eyes as she did trying to ease her mind, trying to find the flow of power.
There was a knock on her door. Twilight placed the element back into the case and closed it. Just as Twilight turned around a small purple dragon popped out from behind the door.
“Uh Twilight, what are you doing?”
The purple mare looked at the purple dragon and dashed toward him, giving the dragon a hug with her soft purple coat, “It’s nothing Spike… It’s absolutely nothing…”
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“Don’t be too late Spike we have dinner with the Princess today!” Twilight said as she called after him.
It was in the middle of the day and like always Spike had to go on errands. Grocery’s needed to be bought and an order of inks and quills needed to be picked up from the postal office. Of course as always, Twilight Sparkle was studying, day in and day out, practicing magic and reading to her heart’s content. Outside the birds chirped, the squirrels played, and the skies were cloudless and blue.
Twilight went back to her study standing in front of her desk using her magic to lift up a book and quill which was then dipped in black ink. She opened to a certain page of the book which was titled “The Pony History” and started to read and take notes. The element started to glow and flash light faintly.
Time passed, seconds turned into minutes, minutes turned into hours, and before she knew it the world became dark. Her vision was blurry and burned like a film. She was on top of the Apple Family Orchard where everything that was once bright and green, now burned with orange and red by fire. The once bright red apples were falling down like rocks as they burned with the trees. The grass caught on fire and the thick fumes of smoke were everywhere.
“Just like my dream…” Twilight said to herself.
A piercing yell shot through the chaos of fire from the household of the Apple Family.
Twilight gasped, “Applejack!”
Twilight turned around and rushed forward, the grass was ablaze with the trees turning to ash. Burning branches fell in front of Twilight’s path and tore apart like twigs. The fire stung her legs and smoke filled her lungs but the yells became closer and closer.
As Twilight came to a halt she watched in horror as the house erupted into flames with the groans and creeks from the weakening structure. Twilight rushed inside, knocking down the burning door down with all her might creating a shower of burning splinters that scratched Twilight’s hooves.
The yells became wilder and the voice of Applejack penetrated the smoke, “Please, stop this! You- You’ve already taken everything from me!”
Twilight hurried upstairs, the creek of the weakening staircase groaned beneath her. She came to the second floor where the corridor was filled with flames and debris. Twilight pushed forward, avoiding any spots of burning fire as she trudged through.
“Applejack where are you-“
Twilight halted as she felt her hooves come into contact with a liquid substance and something rather large. As she looked down, Twilight gasped in horror and realized what was going on. The body of Big Mac was lying on the ground with a dagger running straight through his stomach with his blood still pouring.
Twilight looked at the corridor once more and saw that there weren’t just flames, but there was blood. The crimson red dripped down the burning walls as Twilight saw more bodies laid upon the red filled floor.
There was Granny Smith, Applebloom, and Scootaloo. All holding each other tight as they were consumed by flames. Their lifeless bodies now being chard by the trailing fire that crept upon them as they laid there, unmoving.
Twilight gasped in horror.
Screaming, she galloped with all her might down the corridor.
“Please…” Applejack cried, her voice trembling.
The corridor seemed to go on forever, an endless tunnel of fire that wanted to consume her. Not giving up, Twilight pushed forward once more with all her might, breaking through the gypsy and appearing at the entrance of the door.
“I’m here! What’s going on-“
The entire world seemed to freeze at that split second. The fire seemed to be colder then ice, the air seemed to become cold like a deep dark winter.
Applejack looked different, her eyes didn’t have the same emerald like shine and her once orange coat was now stained with red. She had light orange armor that covered her chest, forehooves, and legs which were mostly torn apart. A shield that seemed like it was once decorated with crystals laid broken and dented next to Applejack.
A figure towered over Applejack, with a dark scythe in one hoof and a crystal in the other. Dark armor covered its chest which had faint dark yellow lining at the edges, and silver platting at the necks opening with dark dragon like wings on its back. On the forehooves there were two spikes near the elbow with dark plating with its hooves glowing with light purple magic. On the figures legs the platting was also dark but with silver plates near the knee and dark gold plates covering its hooves.
“Please take it just…” Applejack swallowed hard, “Just leave every other pony alone…”
The figure placed the crystal in a pouch and gave Applejack a smirk, “Thanks for your element Applejack… With your help you’re going to make a huge difference in the new world.”
Applejack coughed up blood which trickled in the corner of her mouth and she stared at the figure.
“You know,” Applejack said faintly as she coughed again, “You… You don’t have to do this… The consequences of creating something a new is huge-“
“I know! Everypony keeps telling me that every single time!” The figure stabbed the scythe right next to Applejack, “I don’t need another pony to tell me again…”
The figure raised its scythe once more and arched it back aiming for Applejack, “And lucky for me I don’t need to hear it from you.”
Applejack looked at Twilight and pleaded for mercy with her eyes.
The figure stared at Applejack and without hesitation, swung the scythe straight into the chest of the poor mare, crushing any remaining armor that shielded her from attack. Like knife to butter, the scythe entered the orange mare. For a second her eyes flew open with panic, pain, and despair. But quickly faded away as her eyes closed and she was no more.
The dark figure pulled the scythe out and for a moment stared at the lifeless body.
Twilight approached closer, she just couldn’t believe her eyes, what she was seeing. Twilight just stared with her mouth a gap.
“This can’t be happening…” Twilight said to herself.
Twilight stood there, looking at the dead Applejack and replaying the events of what just happened. But what stunned her even more was the figure, the one who killed Applejack and the one who took her element.
“T-that mare…” Twilight stuttered as she watched the monster extend its wings and fly out of a burning window.
“That mare was me!”
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Twilight woke up with a scream, panting as she placed her hooves against the sides of her head.
“W-why?” she stuttered, “Why would the dream show something like that to me?
Twilight shook her head and looked at her element of magic as the stone glowed faintly.
“For some reason my dark self-wanted the elements.” Twilight thought to herself, “But it must’ve just been a bad dream…” she said chuckling a little to herself.
Twilight rubbed her head with a sluggish motion and looked out of the window.
The moon was bright and full, shining its light down upon the room waking up the hidden shadows that slept through the day. The shadows waved their stiff bodies against the walls as they stretched. An enigmatic hand crept up on the spotlight created by the moon and waved as if trying to say hello. Twilight stayed hypnotized by the motion, it waved back and forth with the light wind that blew outside.
“The darkness…” Twilight started.
There was a knock on the door, Twilight snapped her head to the direction of the knock and watched as the door opened slowly, creeping open in slow motion. She watched as a scaly hand opened the door, claws clinched against the copper door knob.
Twilight watched as the creature opened the door, revealing its shape.
Twilight screamed at the top of her lungs as she watched Spike open the door.
Spike covered his ears with his hands and yelled over Twilight’s voice, “Why are you screaming!?”
Twilight stopped screaming and breathed heavily as Spike turned on the lights. Just like that, the shadows withdrew themselves and went back to sleep. Twilight’s hooves trembled as she held onto the chair she sat on, Spike stared at her with concern.
“Are you okay Twilight? You don’t look okay-“
“N-Nothing Spike,” said Twilight as she forced her breathing to slow, “It’s really nothing.”
Spike looked at her wit one eyebrow raised. Twilight just looked back and gave him a nervous smile.
“Well,” says Spike, “You should get ready, we’ve got to get to the diner party right?”
“Yeah you’re right Spike!” Twilight said chuckling as she got up and slapped Spike on the back, “Lets’ go! Rarity probably has the dresses ready for us.”
Spike turned off the lights and laughed, “You’re probably right! Those dresses look kind of cool! But I’m getting a suit… Right?”
As Spike closed the door, the shadows came alive once again with the element blinking violently. The spot light made by the waves of the moon carpeted the room and against the window, a dark figure loomed over opening the window.
The figure quickly reached for the glass display and opened it, stealing the element that lied inside. And as it slipped away leaving no trace, the figure chuckled with its deep raspy voice as it looked at the element in its paw.
“Yes…” The figure rasped as it hid inside the leaves of the Twilight’s residence.
“Finally for the plan to take place!”
As the figure clinched the element with its paw the shining stone started to lose its color, turning from blazing purple to a dark violet.
The sound of the front door opening and closing woke the figure from its trance. It looked out from its hiding place in the leaves and stared as Twilight and Spike walked away.
The creature sneered and connected its paws together. Just like an ice cube in the hot sun, the figure melted in the shadows and silently watched as Spike and Twilight trotted to their destination. The safe guard of Ponyville,
Canterlot…
(Authors Note-
In the next chapter you will be able to vote on what you want to happen next)