Twilight closed her eyes as she felt the wind through her mane. Her friends needed her now more than ever and the best way to help them was to stay focused. She opened her eyes and saw that the one holding Fluttershy had taken a step forward. Twilight readied her Keyblade. The Shadow raised its fist and brought it down quickly; much faster than the one in her dream. But Twilight was still ready for it and managed to dodge right out of the way. She staggered a bit when she glanced over edge and realized two things: One, that she was in the eye of the storm, and two, that the storm had literally ripped a chunk of land that used to be Fluttershy’s yard and was now floating in mid air.
Twilight yelled out in surprise. She then felt the air get knocked out of her as the Shadow back handed her. Twilight flew a few feet before slamming into what was left of Fluttershy’s home. Twilight shook her head in a daze before glancing behind her and seeing the only the front wall of Fluttershy’s home remained. The rest seemed to have fallen away. Twilight grunted a bit before looking back the Shadow. It appeared to be silently watching her or in deep thought. Due to lack of facial expressions, Twilight was unsure what it was thinking. Twilight readied her Keyblade before charging at it. She swung her Keyblade at its legs but it bounced off.
This seemed to still grab the attention of the Shadow as it brought its free hand up. Making a fist, it struck the ground, but this time it went through it. It remained there in that position for a few seconds. Twilight wondered if perhaps it was stuck. Remembering her dream, she decided its only weak spot must be its head. Twilight ran over and began swing it at the creatures head. This time her Keyblade seemed to do damage as she found it easier to continue swinging her Keyblade without having the recoil. The creature soon quickly lifted up its head after Twilight got some good swings in. It brought its arm up out of the ground, and apparently a strange ball of energy along with it.
It threw up the ball into the air while Twilight watched it fly up.
Upon looking up, Twilight noticed that there was something different about this storm: a big ball of energy twice the size of Ponyville now hung above her. Twilight stared in horror as she saw it was slowly pulling chunks of Ponyville into it. Twilight began to wonder how the stretch of land she was standing on was still floating, when the small sphere dispersed, raining down little balls of dark energy. Twilight felt one hit her, it was hot and burned hotter than anything she had ever touched before. Twilight yelled out in pain and ran for cover. She set down her Keyblade and used her telekinesis to pull off what was left of Fluttershy’s door. She then held it above her as the burning balls continued to rain down.
Twilight could feel the heat through the door as a few fell on it but at least it was better than getting hit directly. Twilight let out a sigh of relief as the last few balls fell. She then looked up and saw that the Shadow had its free hand opened just a few feet off the ground. Twilight watched in amazement as the ground below its hand began to bubble before transforming into some kind a dark puddle. It then brought the unconscious Fluttershy over to the dark puddle. Twilight realized that it was going to drop her into it. Twilight looked up at the door she was using as a shield a minute ago before staring at the things arm. She concentrated then threw it as hard as she could the creature’s hand that was currently holding Fluttershy, but it seemed to just bounce off without any effect.
Twilight cried out in desperation, “Stop!”
The creature paid her no heed as his hand carrying Fluttershy reached the spot over the puddle. It then opened its hand and Fluttershy fell. Twilight rushed forward as she landed. Twilight reached out with her hoof as Fluttershy began to sink into the puddle. Twilight grabbed at Fluttershy’s leg and pulled. But it didn’t seem to work as she continued to sink. Twilight reached out with her telekinesis and pulled with all her might, but this too, did not seem to work. Twilight felt sweat roll down her face as she tried over and over to free Fluttershy but it was all in vain.
As Fluttershy’s face disappeared under the dark puddle, it began to dissipate. Soon, it was like the puddle never existed in the first place. Twilight put her hoof over where Fluttershy and the puddle had been. She felt her tears begin to flow freely as she shouted at the ground, “Fluttershy!”
Twilight shook her head before yelling out in rage. She could practically feel heat building up in her head. She picked up her Keyblade glanced up at the Shadow.
“If only I could use my magic.” She muttered to herself, “Even just a bit. Anything! I just want to FIRE something!” Twilight felt the heat release from her head as a fire ball launched itself from her Keyblade into the Shadow’s face. The creature staggered back in surprise, covering its face.
Twilight looked on in shock, “What? Ok, that works. Now how did I do that?”
Twilight pointed her Keyblade as she tried to concentrate. But nothing came. “Common, I just need a bit of FIRE.” Yet again, Twilight felt heat gathering in her head before another fire ball was thrown from her blade. The creature had just taken his hands off, only to be met with a face full of fire yet again. The other Shadows only stood and watched as their brother continued to stagger back in what Twilight hoped was in pain. It continued to step back until it lost its footing and tumbled over the edge.
Twilight drew a sigh of relief. She then glanced to her right just into time to see that her Library was being pulled toward her by the storm. Twilight's eyes grew wide as she braced herself as the library crashed into the floating island. Twilight fell over as the shock wave reverberated throughout the land she was standing on. The other two Shadows lost their footing as well and feel over, tumbling over the side. The storm immediately swept out from under them and carried them towards the swirling energy above. Twilight could watch in horror as her friends disappeared into it.
“Noooooo!” she screamed into the wind. She continued to watch the sphere for a few moments. Then she then heard a loud crack behind her. She turned around and watched as the storm tore at what was left of her library. Twilight soon found herself unable to stand and had to grab unto a nearby fence just to keep from getting blown away by the storm. She watched as the tree that she had come to call home, get torn from its roots and lifted into the orb of dark energy. All that remained was her basement, though that too seemed to be mostly gone as well.
Everything except a strange door she did not recall ever seeing before. It appeared to be made of wood and resembled the one from her dream. Only this one had no knob or handles, just one big keyhole. Twilight felt her Keyblade being drawn towards it. She let her Keyblade point in the direction as a beam of light shot from it. Before it could make it, the door was suddenly ripped from where it had been. The beam continued onward before completely disappearing.
Twilight watched as the storm swung it around her before colliding with some other debris. The door then split into several pieces before being sucked into the orb above her.
Twilight glanced around her; tears had begun to fall from her face again. Everything she had ever loved was gone: her friends, her home, even Ponyville, had all been taken away. What had started out as just some bad dreams, had turned into a nightmare, and this time she knew she wasn’t going to be waking up from this one.
Twilight bowed her head in sorrow. She closed her eyes as she mourned for what she had lost, but in doing so, failed to notice that the fence was slowly breaking away from the ground. Before Twilight even realized what was happening, the fence came loose. Twilight felt herself being lifted high into the air. She screamed in terror as she was quickly sucked up into the orb. She soon felt like she was being tossed around in a river that went in all directions. She at this point, had given up on screaming as she felt her mind become cloudy. She then slowly closed her eyes and blacked out.
***
On top of a large hill overlooking some castle ruins, stood a stallion wearing a brown cape and hood. It was night time out but the moon was full. He watched as a blue comet appeared in the sky as a storm quickly went past. It didn’t even rain. It just appeared out of nowhere, dropped the blue comet, then left. How strange, the stallion thought to himself. This can only mean one thing. I knew this day would someday come, but I didn’t think it would happen so soon.
“Well,” he said out loud, “Time to go meet the new Keyblade master.” He chuckled to himself as he made his way over to where it appeared the comet was going to land.