//------------------------------// // 4 // Story: The Dark Truth // by KWave //------------------------------// **Canterlot** Princess Celestia was reading a letter when Luna and Cadence came into the room. “Good morning Celestia.” Said Cadence Celestia had an angry look on her face as she put the letter. “Sister? What’s wrong?” asked Luna “Discord has been captured…” said Celestia After she said that, Cadence and Luna were in shock. “How could that be? He is the lord of Chaos. He shouldn’t have been captured.” Said Luna “I wish I knew Luna. But now it’s time to act.” Said Celestia “Do you notice that Twilight isn’t here?” Luna turned her head and noticed… “I do not see Princess Twilight in this room sister.” Said Luna “If this person kidnapped Discord, there must be a reason for it. He might try and steal Discord’s magic and use it against us. I think it’s in our best interest to transfer our power to Twilight.” Said Celestia “But why?” asked Cadence “I understand that Twilight is under a lot of stress at this very moment. She has a lot of responsibility to accept now that she’s a princess, but one of them is to make a sacrifice in order to protect Equestria.” Said Celestia Celestia then sighed. “Cadence… I have been Twilight’s mentor for years. I have seen her potential since I visited her in Magic Kindergarten and saw what she could do at an early age that would normally take a Unicorn, years to perform. At this point, I have found a crisis I cannot stop…But I know that Twilight and her friends can stop this crisis and save Equestria once again.” “I understand Celestia.” Said Cadence “Then let’s go to the Tree of Harmony.” Said Celestia **Twilight’s house** Twilight had just received the books she requested from Princess Celestia on Star Swirl the Bearded and was busy looking through one of the books. There were three piles in total; each pile was 4 feet high and it was almost as tall as Twilight herself. ***Hours later*** Twilight had finished through 2 out of the 3 piles of books and was beginning to read the 3rd pile when Spike came in, yawning. “Hey Twilight.” Said Spike Spike was taken aback at the size of the piles of books Twilight was reading through and almost tripped over one of them before catching his balance. “That’s a lot of books eh Twilight?” “Yes, but it’s necessary in order to solve this problem.” Said Twilight “So what did you discover?” “I discovered that Star Swirl the Bearded’s spells were mainly focused on the concept of time. That’s rather interesting.” “How so?” asked Spike “It’s interesting because Zecora mentioned that when she tried to attack the creature, he was behind her before she finished her attack.” “Do you think that Star Swirl has returned?” “That’s impossible. If that was true, why did he return now? It doesn’t make any sense. Plus, Star Swirl did so much good for Equestria, why would he try and ruin the land he once served to protect?” asked Twilight Before they could continue their conversation, the door swung open, revealing Twilight’s friends. “Hey girls, what’s wrong?” “Twilight. Come outside!” shouted Rainbow Dash with worry in her voice. Twilight and Spike left the tree house to join their friends and were completely stunned. The Canterlot castle was gone; it was like it was never there in the first place. “Where did the castle go?” asked Spike “Um, Spike. Turn ya head.” Said Applejack Spike turned his head to the left and saw that the castle had crashed into Ponyville, and left a path of destruction in its wake. Some of the buildings were either on fire, or it completely collapsed, crushing some of the ponies inside. Twilight began to cry after seeing the destruction its wake. “This is horrible.” Her friends lowered their heads in sadness. It was silent for a few minutes before Twilight stopped crying and told her friends something. “Girls, let’s head to the Tree of Harmony. Maybe the clue to stopping this threat is there.” The Mane 6 ran off to the Everfree Forest, and upon reaching the Tree of Harmony they find Celestia, Luna and Cadence there waiting. “Princess Celestia? What are you doing here?” asked Fluttershy “Not important. Twilight, do you have the chest?” asked Celestia Twilight nodded her head and reached into her bag to pull out the chest. “Excellent.” “But Celestia, your castle.” Said Fluttershy “I saw the result Fluttershy, and that makes this decision all the more important.” Said Celestia “What decision?” The ground began to shake, resulting in some of the trees falling. “Twilight, open the chest.” “But I don’t know how to.” Said Twilight “Twilight, are you sure.” Said Applejack tossing her coin in the air The coin then transformed into a key and became inserted into the chest. “That’s it! Everyone, take out your items!” shouted Twilight Her friends reached into their bags and pulled out their respective items, which transformed into keys and inserted into the chest. The earthquake began to worsen. “Where’s the last key?” asked Luna “We need that key to act on my decision.” Said Celestia Fluttershy’s bag then began to glow. “What the?” said Fluttershy Fluttershy reached into her bag and pulled out a necklace. “This is the necklace Discord gave me before he left.” The necklace transformed into a key and flew to the last keyhole. “That clever Draconequus.” Said Luna “He had a feeling something might go wrong, and he came up with a plan just in case.” “Maybe so, but he indirectly saved Equestria.” Said Celestia “Now let’s open the chest.” Said Pinkie Pie “I don’t think so!” “AH!” shouted Cadence Princess Cadence collapsed on the floor. “What in the!” shouted Luna Princess Luna was the next to fall. “Impossible.” Said Celestia Princess Celestia was knocked into the Tree of Harmony and collapsed. “PRINCESS!” shouted the Mane 6 “At last, my plan is complete.” Said a mysterious figure The Mane 6 turned their heads and saw Discord in a comatose state, trapped in a large orange bubble. “Discord!” shouted Fluttershy “Show yourself!” shouted Twilight The ground began to shake once again, but this time, the shockwaves were strong enough to rip the Tree of Harmony out of the ground. “You stupid fillies. Did you honestly believe you saved Equestria! With your interactions, you guaranteed its destruction!’ The figure then teleported behind the Mane 6, and grabbed Celestia by the neck. “It’s time to put an end to the daughter of Solaris!” “Solaris?” asked Rainbow Dash “That’s Celestia and Luna’s father… How do you know him!” shouted Twilight The figure threw Celestia at the Mane 6, but they were able to dodge in time. He took off his brown cloak and revealed that he was a blue colored Unicorn with jade eyes and his Cutie Mark obscured. Twilight was stunned. “Wait, that’s!” shouted Twilight The figure then released Discord from his bubble, crashing into the ground below. “Star Swirl!”