Darkness.
That was all she could see, she couldn’t even see her own hoof if she held it to her face, but as of right now, she couldn’t lift anything, even her own hoof. She wasn’t sure if her eyes were open or not, but she didn’t care about that right now. There was one question that was bothering her more than anything.
“Where am I?” She said, only to hear an echo.
Slowly, she started getting up, the floor was just as dark as the rest of the place, it was nothing but a black void. “What is this place?” She, said out loud. “How did I get here?” She tried her best to answer that question with her memory, but nothing could come to mind, the last thing she could remember was...was…
“Why can’t I remember?” These questions were starting to bother her, and they were making her slightly concerned. Did she have amnesia? No, she still remembered her life, her family and friends. Where are her friends? She remembered being with them a little while ago, she was also with….she knew it wasn’t just her friends, there was someone else there with them, or were there two ponies she was with.
As she finally stood on all fours she took a look around, trying to find some source of light. “Hello?” She was hoping for an answer, just some indication that she wasn’t alone in all of this darkness. With no response, she was starting to get scared. She was alone, none of her friends were around, it was just her and all of this darkness.
“Well well well, Its about time you woke up.” A voice! and it wasn’t hers. She was so happy to hear it, though that voice wasn’t very cheery, its tone was just as dark as this room, it almost reminded her of-
“Chain her.” The voice said in monotone. Almost instantly, she felt something cold and hard wrap around her neck and arms, she immediately struggled. She tried using her magic but something was blocking it off. “I’d suggest not to struggle, but I’m sure you’ll act just like the others.”
Others? What was this voice talking about. She had to get some answers, she started with the obvious one. “Who are you?” She yelled. Instantly her entire body was pulled forward, the chains around her neck and hooves hurt even more, and as she came to a stop she was blinded by some sort of white light.
“Hmm. If it isn’t the so called princess Twilight Sparkle.” The voice said sinisterly.
Twilight squinted her eyes, trying to get some sort of glimpse as to what was talking to her. “How do you know my name?” She asked.
“Oh come now, we both know that's not true.” Twilight couldn’t comprehend what this voice was talking about.
“What?” She said blankly. Her eyes were still trying to adjust to the light, but the darkness that had surrounded her before seemed to make it impossible.
“Dim the lights boys.” The voice seemed to ask to someone else, were there more here than just her and this voice?
“YeS sIr” an even more sinister voice said in response. Twilight was starting to panic, what was with these demonic voices, why was she here, and what was with the chains. The light dimmed down and Twilight could finally see.
She then wished she couldn't. She was stunned to see what was in front of her. It was a beast of abomination, it was the most horrifying thing she had seen, yet it still looked like a pony, it was standing on all fours, its skin was red all over, it was wearing a suit and tie with sunglasses covering his eyes, and on top of his head were a pair of horns, and as for its tail it was long and thin with a head of a spear shaped end, its wings looked like something a bat would have. That tail was swishing back and forth and the expressionless face was staring down on her, she could see her own scared face in the reflection of the glasses. The beast then gave a grin, showing its white teeth and fangs. “Now would probably be the perfect time to tell the truth.” It said.
Twilight was speechless. What was this creature, she had never seen a pony look like this, she had to ask. “W-who….What are you?”
The beast sighed. “I might as well answer that.” He walked up to her and stared at her. Twilight tried to move away, but the chains around her neck and wrists were making it difficult. “I go by many names,” It said. “the master of lies, the fallen angel, the dark one, now that ones my favorite, being dark is pretty cool.”
He continued talking and all the while Twilight started to get the picture. She knew what this beast truly was, but this thing was something that couldn't exist. This beast shouldn't even be talking to her, this thing was- “Or you can call me by my most famous name.” The creature interrupted her train of thought and took off his glasses, revealing his glowing yellow eyes. Twilight could see the small fire in the middle of his iris. He opened his mouth and said. “You can call me...The Devil.” He ended with an evil smile.
Twilight’s jaw dropped, she couldn’t believe it. She heard all about this creature in that forbidden book, and he shouldn't exist. “Theres no way you’re real!” She yelled. The devil just leaned back and laughed.
“Real?" He said. "Tell me changeling, just what is real?”
“Real is...changeling? What?” Did she hear that right?
“Oh for Faust sake will you just drop the act. You know, you’re not the first to do this, you creatures are really crafty, i’ll admit, but you need to understand that doing this.” He pointed at her. “is something that can ruin the entire death cycle. So just drop it.”
“D-drop what?” Twilight squeaked.
The devils eyes started to literally erupt in flames, Twilight could almost feel the heat coming from them. “The disguise you bug. Drop. It. NOW!” He ended with a stomp to a ground, Twilight then saw a green fire surround her. Her heart was pounding, how will she explain that shes a pony, or alicorn in this case.
“I’m not a changeling, I swear!” She yelled. The ring of fire started getting closer to her, Twilight looked around for a way out, but with chains keeping her in place, she was trapped.
“Oh...We’ll see about that you pathetic excuse for a...hu?” The fire immediately died down, making the devil look at her in confusion. “H-how...that...that makes no…Hold on.” He lit the ring of fire again but it had the same result. Twilight looked back and forth worriedly. What was this devil trying to do? After five attempts he sat down and scratched his head. “What is wrong with this spell, it should've totally revealed you by now….unless” He scratched his chin, unable to think of just what to do.
“Y-you need to-” Twilight tried to talk but a yank on the chain stopped her.
“qUiEt!” A voice yelled at her.
“Hey now!” The devil yelled. “Be careful ya imp.” He looked very seriously at Twilight. “She could be the real deal.” Twilight heard gasps around her. “Now take them off!” Her chains dropped and the collar and shackles came off of her. Twilight looked around in astonishment. What was going on?
“What are you-”
“Not now mare, I need to see if this isn't some sort of trick.” The devil put his hoof into his suit and pulled out some flat object that Twilight had never seen before, he then tapped it and held it to his ear. “Yeah...Yeah its me...I know I’m not supposed to talk to you but...but...but...Will you just hear me out….Oh for Faust sake will you just….Yes I will say your name in vain cause this is important.”
Twilight just stared at him, who was he talking to. “Uh...Devil?”
The devil held up a hoof, signaling for her to be quiet. “Not now princess, I’m talkin’ with the big mare upstairs.”
“Who?” Twilight asked.
The devil just turned back to his flat object and continued talking. “I’m sorry what? I was talking to the mare….Her names Twilight….Twilight Sparkle….yes the Twilight Sparkle….I don’t know, you tell me that...What….Season what now….that makes no sense, I thought we were on season f- WHAT!? Why did that happen.”
Twilight was getting concerned, this creature was either talking to himself, or that strange thing he’s holding had a voice that was talking back to him. “How did she….yes I know the file was brought to me….I burned it….Hey hey hey! Calm down, I still have a copy...No I didn't read it….Because I knew it was a fake...Because a princess like her isn't supposed to die, aren't they immortal or something anyway.”
DIE?! Did she hear that right? Twilight almost fell to the floor, was she… “Devil...Is that true!?”
“She’s not...ugh...hold on big F. What did you say?”
“Am...am I…” Twilight gulped “Dead?”
The devil looked at her blankly. “Yeah, you are, now will you be quiet for a bit...I’m still talkin’ to the Faust-er”
It was at that moment that Twilight fainted to the floor. The devil noticed, rolled his eyes, and continued talking through his flat phone. “Hu?...Yeah, she fainted...Well how was she supposed to take it...well how did she die anyway...battle?....resurrection of whom?....Return of the night? What does that even mean….well I’ll admit, that is a nice way to end it, but she’s supposed to be with you...yes I know you’re angry about me not reading the file, but its really not my...well actually it is, b-but I can fix it...I just need to get the file and make sure all of this is true, then I can bring her to you, okay...wait, what?..NO! Nopony has enough power to do that. NOPONY! Yes I will talk in my demonic voice because you know I hate it when they do that...because its stupid when shows do that….look….No don’t worry, I’ll take her with me and show her around while i’m at it, then I can get the file and bring her to you, okay….okay bye...what...oh...uh...yeah...I, uh….IloveyoutoMissFaust.”
The devil then hung up the phone and rubbed his temples. “Man, she sounds just like my mother.” He then rolled his rolled his yellow eyes. “Oh yeah, that right.” He looked over at Twilight. Then he put on his glasses and looked around in the darkness, immediately, four pairs of glowing red eyes looked at him. The devil sighed. “Welp, come on boys...we got a princess to give a tour to.”