Waking to sounds of hospital machines beeping and making drip-drop noises, Phoenix was in a slight amount of pain. His eyes were still closed. They were closed because he was trying to recall any memories of last night. He remembered Twilight shouting something, and now he was there, he was confused.
"Are you awake?" Somepony asked.
"Yeah, how'd you know?"
"Saw your eyes shift, plus your wings are moving." She answered.
"Hey Twilight." He sighed, opening his eyes to a stream of colors. "What happened last night?"
"Last night?" She asked. "You've been out for about three days."
"Damn..." Phoenix said. "Really?"
"I don't lie to my friends." She said flatly. "Unless its for a party or something. That's not the point however. How did you know we had powers?" She asked. "Though we gave back our elements to the Tree of Harmony."
"Must of had a little left over. Power is easy to sense here, so that's how I saw it. Plus I know a little Latin."
"Well, however you got us to use a spell like that, it was still quite amazing how you saved Princess Luna."
Twilight walked over to Phoenix's bed, and sat in a chair that lay next to it. She moved around until she was comfortable where she sat.
"I must say it was amazing. The energy released is still effecting Ponyville. Everypony is still really nice to each other, and..."
"And?" He asked.
"It even effected me. I haven't ever felt like being extremely nice to anypony. I was sort of like Rarity. I was so generous it was almost sickening."
Phoenix laughed for a moment. He wiped a tear from his eye. "Really? Like Rarity? That's actually funny Twi." He said.
Phoenix saw how Twilight looked. With his enhanced sight, allowing him to see more colors, he could see that she was blushing. He frowned, and turned on his bed to see her better.
"But, because I wasn't there makes it funny." He finished. "What happened?"
"Ponies got worried when they saw you and Luna lying on the ground. They couldn't tell if you were alive or not until a doctor said you were." She answered. "You worried everypony, even me."
Phoenix was flattered that she was worried about him, but he was still not used to being a pony. Meaning that he wasn't thinking about falling in love. He sighed, rolling back over to his back, staring at the ceiling.
"Sorry, at least everypony is safe, and wasn't harmed." He said. "Though that isn't entirely true."
"What do you mean? Luna is safe now! Who could be hurt?"
"Not hurt, destroyed." He said. "I am not your Phoenix."
Twilight gasped. "WHAT?!"
"Calm down, I can't move an inch from this bed without falling over in exhaustion." He said.
"What happened to Phoenix?!"
"He's sleeping, the power was too much, and he used it all and then some. Don't worry, he'll be up before I can even do a spell."
Twilight was worried. Phoenix wasn't there, she had been talking to another in place of his body. A different mind if anything at all.
"So, he has-"
"Two souls, his own, and mine. He owns the body however. See we were supposed to be twins, but I died while I was still forming inside our mother's womb. I had enough energy to fly into his, creating a psychopath." He laughed. "You should go..."
"Why?" Twilight asked worried.
"The change is different here. You saw him change right? The evil flew inside, and energy needs to be released. Even I can't handle this energy for long. Your Princess Luna, she had more evil inside of her, locked away, but there nonetheless. When Phoenix, my brother of light, purified her heart, the evil inside of her had its own energy, I just gave it a kick start to awaken it. It had used a quite of bit of energy already, but even here you should know what the Law of Conservation of Energy is, correct?"
"Yes, energy cannot be created or destroyed." Twilight answered. "So, when you change, what'll happen?"
"Dunno, hard to tell. He released light, I may release darkness."
"I'll stay then, I want to be the first pony he sees."
Rintik smiled for a moment before he jerked back. His body thrashed about until a beam of black energy shot out from his chest, and into the sky through the roof. Twilight watched the event take place right next to Phoenix. She sat in shock, and fear as a demonic scream wailed from his mouth. Pain, anger, and sadness is what it felt like to Twilight. Watching his eyes grow lighter.
After about five minuets the dark beam dissipated from his chest, and he laid there, unmoving. Twilight ran up to him, and cried. Machines stopped beeping, and so did his breathing. She looked at his lifeless corpse, and heard the room door open. Four doctors ran in there, and pushed her out of the way.
"CLEAR!" One yelled as he shocked his chest with magic.
"No pulse!"
"CLEAR!"
Over, and over again they did this until one doctor stopped the other. He shook his head low, and the others took off their hats.
"We'll give you an hour Princess Twilight." Doctor Doctor said, leaving the room with the others.
Twilight walked back up to Phoenix's body, tears flowing like tiny streams down her face. Phoenix was dead, and Twilight thought he looked too young to die. The door opened again, and there stood princess Luna.
She walked up next to Twilight, still standing with her tears dropping onto the floor.
"Is he?" She asked softly.
"Y-yes..." Twilight struggled to respond. "He's dead."
"This is my fault Twilight, if you need to blame any-"
"No blaming is needed." Phoenix said, machines coming to life.
The princesses gasped in shear shock, and joy. Twilight however shook it off, and slapped him in the face.
"OW! Fuck that hurt!" He shouted.
"DON'T EVER WORRY ME LIKE THAT AGAIN!" She shouted back. "Or else I will-"
"Will what?" He asked with a smile. 'Kill me? I just died, and you're saying you're going to kill me?"
"Don't put words into my mouth asshole!"
"Twilight, is that language really necessary?" Luna asked.
"Yes!" She hissed. "I don't like being worried! Didn't Celestia tell you about the day that had no lesson? I got so worried that I nearly went crazy over it."
Phoenix chuckled. "Crazy over a missing assignment?"
"It's a big deal if you're a book worm like Twilight, when Celestia is your teacher." Luna smiled. "I'm glad that I hadn't caused you to kill yourself to save me. I thank you for the act. My heart feels much lighter now."
Phoenix smiled weakly. "That's great, but evil can still find its way back into your heart."
Luna walked up close to him. She tilted her head downward, and started to whisper into his ear.
"How do you retain such memories of your past, so that they may shape your future?" Luna asked.
"It's a punishment princess." He replied. "I haft to remember my actions so that they may haunt me until I die for the fourth time."
"So three more times?" Twilight asked. "You've got three more lives!"
"I've actually died twice, so two." He corrected. "Let me tell you a story where I'm from."
The princesses moved to separate chairs, both next to each other, and Phoenix started to tell his story.
It was a long time ago, in the 1200's. Phoenix was a brother of a family of lords and ladies who ruled, and protected the lands. He was thirty years old, and was thinking on starting a family. However doing this was hard for him, because he had to find a wife in which was a witch. His brother, and sisters made it well aware to him that he could not fall in love to a mortal. The cause would be half breeds, that was a crime for his family.
Two years after that he met a mortal who saved his life by stealing the blade he was going to kill himself with. No witch was willing to marry a lord witch who had a mastery for pyromancy. She had talked to him a great deal before they fell in love. She, like everyone in the kingdom, knew he was a witch, but didn't care. Phoenix had the wisdom of a dragon, and had a gentle heart like a deer.
After four years he married her, and that's when his brother and sister caught word of his wife's blood. Enraged they stole her in the middle of the night, and tied Phoenix to his bed. Slowly they started to rip his wife's body apart like they were picking apples. One by one, each time she screamed in pain, as Phoenix laid on his bed, crying.
When it was all over, Phoenix was untied, but he said one thing before he slaughtered his siblings. "I vow to this day, and forever more that witches will decide whom they fall in love with. Mortal or not. To start this vow, I shall kill each of you with the very elements you control." After he made his vow, he cut the windpipe out of Lady of the Aer's neck. Then he drowned his other sister in red wine so that she could not be healed by water. Lastly he looked into his brother's eyes, Lord Earthmaker. He shook his head before burning his brother until nothing but ash remained. Only he was burned because his brother was the one who ripped his wife's head off. He wanted his brother to suffer, and suffer more than anything that could of been painful in a life time.
When Twilight, and Luna heard this, they looked at each other with pure shock. Twilight looked more afaid than shocked.
"Did....did you love her that much?" Twilight asked.
Phoenix nodded as he sighed. "Yes, and it haunts me everyday. A curse I shall forever hold until the summerlands welcome me."
"I-I think I should report back to my sister. She needs to know I'm alright." Luna said. "I need to see if she's alright. Before I was completely taken I saw myself attack her."
"Luna, if you need anypony to help your case, I'll defend you." Phoenix offered.
Luna bowed. "I thank you Phoenix, but I'm sure my sister will forgive me. I'm sure she knows I wasn't in control of myself."
"Bye princess!" Twilight said.
Celestia woke up as the finishing repairs on the walls she crashed through, were under way. She sat up in her bed with an unwelcoming headache. She coughed a few times, and flopped her head back onto her cloud pillow. Last night was a blur to her, and what Cadence said to her, was starting to effect her. It was beyond what she could do, so Cadence making Luna attack her was out of the question. Nevertheless she still threatened her. If she had to worry about anypony, it would be Phoenix, and not Cadence.
She sighed heavily when her director of treasury walked into her room. She picked him up with her magic, and brought him close to her face.
"Not in the mood to deal with anything. If you value your life, you will leave post haste!" She hissed quietly.
"Yes, your magisty!" He said, running out the room door, closing it behind him.
Celestia could remember how the attack went down, almost too well.
"So princess as where we stand right now, Equestria is slowly sinking in funds. If we open up another mine, and a couple farms, it will be able to support our growing population."
"How will that do anything to help us? We don't do manual mine labor anymore, and you know this!" Celestia barked.
In the silence of the Equestrian counsel meeting, one mare raised her hoof. Celestia looked over and nodded.
"Does anypony besides me hear any laughing?" She asked.
"What do you mean?" Celestia asked. Before she was answered the wall blasted inward. Ponies screamed as they ran out of the room, running for the explosion that luckily didn't hurt anypony. A dark figure stood in the hole in the wall, laughing. "No!" Celestia shouted as a bolt of magic shot her in the chest, causing her to fly back through the wall.
"THE NIGHT....WILL LAST......FOREVER!!" Luna shouted.
Celestia got up in time to miss another bolt, sure to kill her.
"Luna! Please! Stop this!" She begged.
Luna dashed forward, uppercutting Celestia in the face. This made Celestia fly back through the wall. She screamed in pain, though it mostly sounded like she was crying. She was, and had every reason to cry. She didn't want to lose her sister again to the darkness that swallowed her soul into nothingness.
The rest was all but a blur as Luna picked up Celestia, and threw her through four more walls until she stopped.
Celestia felt a tear run down her face, remembering, that's what made her think of Phoenix. He was going to be attacked, but if he died, then how come she woke up? She jumped out of her bed, and ran to the balcony where her sister stood, smiling. Celestia was over come with joy, and happiness. She bolted up to her, and hugged her tightly.
"Don't ever worry me like that!" Celestia cried. "I lost you once, I had to wait a thousand years before I could see you again."
"Phoenix saved me, thank him. Thank him one thousand times. Each time for every year I could of been up there." Luna ordered. "With his help, I no longer feel the darkness that once lived deep in my heart, locked away."
"I will give him my own version of thanking him." Celestia said. "No normal thanks will do."
"Way to a stallion's heart is though-"
"His dick..."