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// Prologue 
// Story: Rise of the Dark Unicorn 
// by Sky McFly 
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Twilight Sparkle was going to die.
She had no other choice.
The options that were not options raced through her mind as she fled from a creature hundreds of times more powerful than she was. The creature did not want her dead. She could surrender, allow herself to be captured, and live, but it would mean the end of Equestria as she knew it. No, Twilight had to die, in order to save her friends and family.
Tears began to well up in her eyes as she thought of her parents, her mentor, Shining Armor, Princess Cadance, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie, Spike… They would understand that she had to sacrifice herself for the good of Ponyville. She had no other choice.
At least she would die in a beautiful place. Twilight was surrounded by the most breathtaking scenery imaginable. As she ran she tried to fix in her mind the sight of the iridescent grasses flowing in the cool breeze, the sun sparkling on the surface of the turquoise ocean, the shimmering of the liquid spectra as it cascaded down from the clear blue sky…
How had she ended up here? Had it really only been three weeks since things first began to change? It felt like an eternity since her peaceful life in Ponyville had ended. Could she have done anything differently, or had her fate been decided on that pivotal day a three-week eternity ago?
It didn’t matter.
Twilight Sparkle was going to die.
She had no other choice.
Twilight reached the edge of the cliff, took a deep breath, and launched herself into nothingness.