A deep blue alicorn colt stepped out of the Everfree forest into a harshly sunny day. He noticed he was rather near a cottage of some kind, with a yellow pegasus mare standing outside it. He didn't even consider the odd pegasus as he walked by. His mind was occupied with the job he had to complete. Every time he had to do a job, he hated himself a little more. But it was the only thing he could ever do.
The alicorn's mane was black, with red tipped spikes. His tail was the color of space, if every star was bright red. His cutie mark was the strangest anypony could ever remember. A skull embossed shield super-imposed on a sword, surronded by small hearts. It definently wasn't helpful if you wanted to figure out what his talent was. He had decided to call himself Midnight Burn, it seemed to fit the color scheme, plus it wasn't too horrible of a name. The town in the distance held an allure, telling him this was the place his next job had to be completed. He barely noticed the animals fleeing from the area. None of them wanted anything to do with an ancient god. Especially not this one.
Fluttershy was tending the chickens as Midnight trotted by. She was captivated by the dangerous looking pony, and it took her a second to realize her chickens had all fled back into their coop. She knew this was a bad sign, and set out to find all her friends. They needed to be warned.
Rainbow Dash was practicing her tricks over an empty field outside of Ponyville when Fluttershy flew up. "There's a... problem" muttered Fluttershy, to soft to be intelligible. Rainbow didn't even realize Fluttershy had flown up next to her. Rainbow finished her routine, not even realizing as a particularly difficult groups of flips and rolls nearly had her colliding with Fluttershy. Coming to a halt, looking exhausted but pleased with herself, Rainbow looked around to see if anyone had seen the routine. Spotting Fluttershy, Rainbow zoomed up, getting fight next to Fluttershy before throwing a hoof aroud her shoulders.
"Come to watch the next Wonderbolt, huh?" Rainbow bragged, bobbing up and down in the air, painting a scene with her free hoof, "My new sequence is AWESOME! I'm sure to win the tryouts next year!"
"Yes, they were nice..." Fluttershy was barely audible, causing Rainbow to really have to strain to hear her. "But there's a problem."
"A problem? What is it? The Amazing Rainbow Dash will handle it!" At this, Rainbow fluttered a few feet higher, striking a pose reminiscint of a conquering hero.
"Well... this creepy pegasus came out of the Everfree forest, and he scared me. And all the animals, too. They ran away. I think he's dangerous..." Fluttershy cringed at the memory of Midnight, and how her chickens had reacted to him. Not to mention the way his gaze had slid right past her, as if she wasn't worth his time.
"U-huh... well, uhh, where is he now?" Rainbow was trying to hide her scepticism, and failing miserably. After all, Fluttershy was scared of well... everything.
"I don't know... I came to find you... and I didn't see where he was going, I guess." Fluttershy's voice trailed off into oblivion by the time she was done speaking. She hid baheind her mane and dropped a few feet.
"... Well, let's go look for him. And we can tell everyone else, I guess." Rainbow shook her head at Fluttershy's timidness, and took off for Ponyville.
As Midnight descended into Ponyville, he felt that custom probably required him to eat, and decided he should probably try to fit in. Seeing an apple cart in the bustling town square, he headed over. His end destination was the orchard, intuition told him so, and who knew? Maybe he'd find himself a way to get in. Bonus, he thought, this is one cute mare. "I'll take an apple pie, please. And could you tell me about any work in the area?"
"Well, sure. We can always use help wit' the buckin' down at the farm. By the way, that's four bits."
Paying out the bits from the store he made sure to keep, he thought about the job the cart's mare had offered. Since the farm was his end destination anyways, it would make his real job easier. It was bad enough without having to sneak about too much. Doing some real helpful, work may feel good, Midnight told himself. If nothing else, it may ease some of the guilt. "Well, I think I'll take that job. When do I start?"
"You can start tommorow. Name's Applejack, by the way. What's yours?" Applejack inclined her head slightly, waiting for a response. Any new pony made her curious, especially a unicorn that looked this strange.
"Midnight Burn, but just call me Midnight, please. I guess I'll see you..." Before he could finish his sentence, or his pie, he felt a major impact on his right side. All he saw before blacking out was a small blue blur. And a rainbow?