//------------------------------// // Sparkling abyss // Story: From man to mare: Chaotic convergence // by The Psychopath //------------------------------// The two ponies approached the bright glowing blue light that stood in reach but was still so far away. The closer they went, the faster the black serpent-like thing swirling around Silver went. Cyclon grew tired of this waiting and charged forward. Twilight tried to stop him, but it was too late. The serpent stopped and surrounded Cyclon in the blink of an eye. He struggled to get out of the grip of this weird thing. The longer it held him, the colder he became. An end of this serpent went closer to Cyclon's face. Upon this end formed two grey eyes with a red pupil. It seemed to have fun in squeezing and draining Cyclon. It completely ignored Twilight Sparkle, that it did not deem a threat. "Hey! Let go off him!" Twilight started to use spells against the black monstrosity, but these simply dissolved into it's being. "You know...Twilight...no rush...but I'm getting colder here." "I'm trying what I can!" "Why not try to use...your element?" "But I can't use it without the others! And we're inside of Silver's mind. I don't have it with me." You still possess it outside. echoed an unknown voice. "That's true. Hold on Cyclon, let me concentrate. I hope that it works without the others." Twilight lowered her head and started to concentrate deeply, all the while, Cyclon was becoming paler, and the creature turned its sights towards Twilight. The mare's head started to glow, the shape of her "crown" appearing on her head. The creature yelled and quickly let go of Cyclon. It started slithering quickly towards Twilight, but, before it could properly attack her, Twilight unleashed what looked like a star shaped beam at the creature. It writhed and screamed in pain while it's body started to burn and consume itself in what looked like orange flames. The beast did not die entirely, but rather, it fled into what looked like a swirling pink portal. The second it passed through, space seemed to render, causing it to flip directly from a vertical position to a horizontal one. Twilight sighed in relief. Using the element on her own was actually quite strenuous. She ran towards Cyclon, who was barely standing. "You okay now?" "Yeah. Yeah. I think I'll be alright. What about Silver?" "It looks like she isn't glowing anymore, but she's still floating in mid-air." "What?" Silver was indeed still floating in the air. She didn't seem to move, and her eyes were closed. But, the second Twilight moved her hoof by barely a pico-meter, Silver's eyes opened and she seemed to have magically faded right in front of the two ponies. She stared at them, her body unusually blue. "Silver? You okay? I hope that thing didn't do anything to you. I wouldn't be able forgive myself if anything bad happened." said Cyclon. Silver looked at him with a smile and tilted her head, but Twilight was skeptic. She wasn't sure, but she knew she had to ask: "You. You're the Giga Sparkle that the princesses destroyed." Silver lift an eyebrow at this remark. "What are you talking about Twilight? That's definitely Silver. Sure, she looks somewhat different, but that HAS to be her!" "Yes. The..." Twilight stopped immediately. That was supposed to be a secret. "Original Silver? I believe we have met before, young Twilight Sparkle, bearer of the element of magic, personal student of Celestia." "Wha-" "I believe you also wish to know how I, myself, know of this?" "Twilight, what is she talking about?" "That isn't Silver. That's a Giga Sparkle." "A what?" laughed Cyclon. The Giga Sparkle walked slowly around the two ponies, to get a better look at them. It stopped as soon as it's eyes connected with Cyclon's. It quickly started to talk while alternating between both ponies' eyes: "Just so you know, Cyclon Opal, I am the original Silver. The one you know does not come from this world, nor was she...yes...a pony. She was a creature that I shall not speak of right now." Cyclon couldn't help but aww and question the authenticity of the story. "That's a joke, right?" Twilight just looked at him with a saddened face. Cyclon understood that this was all true. "But, you were destroyed by the princesses' spell! I saw you dissolve right before my eyes!" "While that is true, I didn't exactly die. I'm a part of Silver's soul, and if you want to destroy me, you have to annihilate her existence. The spell the princesses used could have probably worked with my brethren, but I was never born in this world." "No. You were born on her's." said Cyclon. "Yes. I have learned a great deal of things thanks to the magic that flows in Equestria." "Wait...you learned from the magic?" "Of course! If I understood correctly, Giga Sparkles "read" the magic currents. I seemed to be able to do it inherently. All beings release magic from their bodies, even worlds that 'do not' have them." "One thing still bothers me. How exactly WERE you born?" asked Twilight. The Sparkle frowned slightly. She knew that she would have to tell the truth eventually, and it should be now. "Well, to tell you the truth, I was a stuffed pony toy that Silver had received when she was but five." "A stuffed animal?!" they both screamed. "Yes. I was her first and last present. I'm pretty sure you have understood, especially you Cyclon, but she had a miserable childhood. The only person that she ever appreciated in her life, and the only one who ever gave her any form of affection, was her grandfather." "Yeah. She told me about him and how he was. She also told me that they had a great relationship." "True. While she had a great affection for him, she had an equal amount for me. But, as the years passed, she grew more distant from her grandfather and his ever growing industry. She started to feel alone, and filled that hole with rage, anger, sadness...and me. Even though those feelings filled up her soul, I filled another." "Then that thing that attacked me was-" "The creature that represents her negative emotions. Yes. It has no mind of its own, however, and just follows its instincts." Twilight started to think here. How did the Sparkle get its own mind when the negative emotions did not? "You seem troubled Twilight. Wondering how I got my own soul and the serpent did not?" "How did you...?" "The flow of magic. I haven't finished my story yet, however." "Then please, go on. I want to know every bit about her and how to...um...help her." said Cyclon who started to silence himself near the end. Twilight stayed oblivious to this, but the Sparkle knew exactly why he was acting like this. "Then I shall. As I said, I was part of Silver's soul, but, I was the part she coveted. The part that held her hopes that the world wasn't as dark and cruel as she saw it. The hopes that she would actually find a friend somewhere, and as her life became darker and sinister, her hopes grew at the same time as her fury. When she grew around the age of sixteen, that is when I took shape and mind. I learned much about her, and how bad she felt. I decided to put my plans into motion as I grew ever more within her soul, pushing the negative emotions as far away as possible." "But why sixteen in particular?" asked Twilight. "That...is a story I shall never speak of." Twilight pouted. "I had learned from the tiny bit of magic flowing here that there was a weakness between two worlds, and that second world called out to me. I felt so much positive energies flowing from it. I thought that I could get her to the mountains near her cabin to be able to create the portal. I couldn't interact with the outside world, but luckily, she was tricked into thinking that something interesting was going to happen at a certain spot." "Then why was she turned into you?" asked Twilight. The Spark rubbed the back of its head with uncertainty written all over it's face. "I...I don't know. That was not at all part of my plans. I honestly do not know what...or who did that, but it was not in my plans." "An accident?" asked Cyclon. "Not at that point. My magics weren't fully developed. It wasn't me. Besides, my control over her body is slowly dissipating, and her mind is starting to crumble. We can go to where she is right now." "Yes, that would be the best thing to do." said Cyclon. Twilight nodded and followed the Sparkle who led the way with a gesture of her strange hoof. The world really was starting to crumble. The black walls started to twist and churn. Several variants of colors and shapes started to form here and there. While Cyclon and Twilight stayed close to each other and watched in horror as the mind of the Silver they know started to dissolve. The Sparkle simply continued to smile and opened a portal through the dissolving black shroud. A round, orange and red portal appeared with an equally shaped colored hallway on the other side. The Sparkle invited the two ponies into the corridor. They hesitated at first, but the Sparkle insisted. Just by moving its head was it capable of convincing them. In this room, many veins of red and orange ebbed and jolted throughout the room. On the sides of the room were "memories". However, inside them, were not ponies, but strange, very tall creatures. They were bipedal and the only amount of hair or fur that they seemed to have, were present on their heads or their faces. They were viewed from the perspective of...Silver? It was hard to tell. There was so much violence and negativity emanating from them that it was impossible that they were Silver's memories. Cyclon just had to ask: "Say...who do these memories belong to?" The Sparkle cringed but continued her path forward. "Memories modified by Silver to become more of her keepsakes. They are versions of her negative memories going good for her." "That is...very disturbing." "That is how it is. For some, life is hard and death is soothing, but those who choose the path of death are cowards who do not face their troubled past and present. Ah! We are here...and so is it." Further down the path was a room just like the corridor, but sounds of crying could be heard. This was the Silver the two ponies knew, but she was sitting in the middle of a pool of negativity with those creatures popping out of them like wraiths. Her times in Equestria softened her up, as some might say. The serpent was much larger now for some reason, and it seemed fully healed. "What? But I thought I destroyed that thing." said Twilight. The sparkle rolled it's eyes. "Like me, it is part of Silver's soul. It cannot be destroyed, only weakened. By the way. If you want to learn more about me, I suggest that you help Silver. I will be able to communicate with you both once this is over." "I'll destroy that serpent." roared Cyclon. The Sparkle stopped him. "No. Only Twilight can wound it. Besides, I think that there has formed some type of connection between you two. I think that YOU would be a better choice for savior than a friend." Twilight stared at Cyclon and the Sparkle in a confused manner. Cyclon had apparently turned as red as the environment around him. "Enough of that. We have to save Silver! And I'll want my answers after all of this." said Twilight. The Sparkle nodded and kept it's smirk on its face. Twilight ran towards the black serpent and started to strike it with diverse spells all while avoiding it's attacks. It seems that Twilight was capable of damaging it without the element of magic anymore, much to the loathing of the beast. Cyclon felt fear and adrenaline rush through his body as he saw those things torture and insult poor Silver. The Sparkle put a hoof on his right shoulder and nodded. He nodded back, and galloped towards the pool of wraiths.