"Do you need any help sir- Wait, Wild?" Lucian asked. Lucian constructed his library a few years after Twilight became an alicorn princess. "Hey Wild! I haven't seen you since we defeated the Horde of Darkness together. Those were the days."
"Let's not bring up those days please. That was a bad time for me. Do you remember what they did to my family?" Wild asked in reply to him. His eyes scanned over the shelves. 'The Pegasus's Guide to Increasing Flight Speed', 'The Unicorn's Guide to Unlocking Locks'. What strange books.
"Oh, yeah... sorry. But you know it wasn't a much better time for me. We did almost lose you to the darkness and I did almost lose my life. Anyway, sorry for bringing it up... I should've remembered... Need any help?" Lucian desperately tried to change the subject.
"Yeah, do you have any books on powerful spells?" Wild asked him.
"They'll be in the back. I haven't put them up yet, but, I'll let you go right through to the backroom. Let me get the keys." Lucian replied.
A few minutes later Wild walked in the backroom. It was small and dark, but probably held a million books. Lucian reached to the wall, desperately trying to flip the light switch. "When you get done looking, turn off the light. I gotta get back to the main desk. Hope you find what you want."
"Thanks Lucian. You always were a good friend." He looked up and down the columns of books until his eyes rested on a certain book. The insignia on its spine caught his attention. He stared at it as if in a trance before snatching it up. He flicked the light switch off and immediately walked off.
He approached the front desk. As Lucian scanned the book he asked a random question. "So what brought you to Ponyville? Last I heard from Rebecca, you left for Canterlot to get training? Did you get the training? Or not?"
"Oh, no pony would train me so I came back a few months ago. Twilight has been training me. She's become a great friend in the process." He replies.
"Ah yes, Twilight... Kinda had a thing for her before but I got over it when I met my wife."
"Wife? When did you get married? And to who?"
"Silva. You remember her. When we were colts she stalked you."
Wild shuddered. He never hated her but, he surely didn't like her. "You married her?"
"She thought you died man. Nobody has seen you in years. Last recorded activity of you was five years ago, around the time we stopped the horde!"
"Well, I have THAT going for me. Do me a favor. You never saw me."
"O-ok.. Well, here's your book."
Wild took the book and placed it in his bag. Thanking Lucian, he leaves the library, heading towards his home.
A blue unicorn makes his way back to his lab. The stallion has dark eyes that can instill fear into the bravest of ponies. Looking through the crowded streets of Ponyville, he saw a face he thought he'd never see before. "Wild...? Is that you...?" The stallion clambered through the streets to the dark stallion. "Wild!" he yelled through the streets. By the time the corrupt unicorn turned, the blue stallion was directly behind him. Upon turning, the corrupt pony fell over.
"And you are...? Wait... Chrono? How did you find me?" Wild asked the blue stallion, known as Chrono.
"Well, I saw you trotting through the streets! I couldn't believe it was you!" Chrono said in excitement. He hadn't seen his friend in five years, since the three of them defeated the horde and he had very much missed his friend.
"Listen, can you leave me alone. Or at least let's move somewhere private to talk."
"Fine, let's go. To your house then?"
"Yeah. Follow. And after all this is over, tell nopony I'm alive,"
"Uhhh... Alright..."
The two made haste for Wild's house, Chrono eyeing the book that the case halfway holds, intrigued as to why his old friend would choose such a book.
After a seemingly short walk, the two arrive in a run down, abandoned shack on the outskirts of town. Presumably he moved in to hide his existence. Wild opened the door and rushed Chrono inside.
"Would you like some tea or something?" Wild asked his guest.
"No, but why'd you get this book?" Chrono looks at the book closely, before grabbing it and flipping through the pages. "It's full of strange spells and junk, ooh, like this one!"
Chrono read off what sounded like gibberish to untrained ears, but Wild knew it all to well. What he didn't know was Chrono was facing him. Upon finishing the line, Chrono's horn looses a blast, which hits Wild. His host falls to the ground, not moving and seemingly lifeless. Chrono backs away. Scared by what just happened... What he just did, he breaks down in front of his friend's body. He sobs at how fast all this happened. Just reunited with his friend then he kills him with an unknown spell. Or so he thought. Wild awoke a few minutes later. Walking into his living room to slap Chrono, he noticed his shadow doesn't follow.
"What the hell..."
Chrono looks up to see his friend. His eyes light up like a bulb, happy to see his friend is still breathing. Looking behind him however caused his eyes to dim. Fear took over his face as he saw the shadow of his friend where he fell. A pony-esque being arose from the shadow.
"Oh how it's nice to be free. Do you know what it's like to be the shadow of a pony? It's not fun, you know." the dark entity said. He circled the two before wrapping his forearm around Wild's neck. "Yes, you know who I am, don't you. You know I'm the reason you tried to stay out of existence. And what, is my name, Wild. I must have a name if I want to revive the horde. You know they won't follow a nameless leader."
"D-Darkb-blithe..." the scared stallion said.
"What was that, Wild? I couldn't understand you!"
"Darkblithe..." he said quietly.
"Come by me again? I can't hear you at all!"
"DARKBLITHE!" the stallion yelled, loud enough for the ponies in Ponyville to hear.
"Ah yes. That's a fine name! I like it." Darkblithe drops the stallion and kicks his ribs. He approaches Chrono. He stares into the eyes of the blue stallion. A smirk forms across Darkblithe's face and he pushes Chrono into the wall, throwing his hoof into his chest. A sharp, searing pain shoots through Chrono's chest as he feels two or three ribs break. Darkblithe releases his hold and Chrono falls on the ground. "Oh how the mighty have fallen. If you'll excuse me, I have an army to revive."
The two lie on the floor, writhing in pain as the dark stallion walks out of the shack.