//------------------------------// // Destruction // Story: Hour of Twilight // by Shining Moonlight //------------------------------// "Quick!! Get more water!!" A white coated earth pony screamed as he was throwing bucket after bucket of water at one of the burning houses. A couple of pegasi shot into the air to comeback seconds later with rain clouds. As the rain poured down on the burning houses the fire died. Seconds later the fire returned, only this time the fire was the color of green and purple.. The rain kept pouring and pouring but the fire only became stronger. Eventually the fire spread to the rest of the small town and soon they all heard a horrifying scream. "My wife!!" A Green coated and blue maned unicorn cried out as he started rushing towards the house where the scream had come from, many more ponies following. As they kicked open the door the fire inside died away to reveal a young pegasus with a cyan coat and purple mane lying on the ground with two baby foals lying in her arms. The unicorn fell to his knees in front of his family and whispered. "Flitter..." All three of them were covered in burn marks and one of the foals, a blue coated colt, had a bloody mark on his forehead, as if someone had taken a knife and carved the shape of.... "The dark crystal..." A mare whispered terrified. Her voice echoed through the room and as she gazed around the room her eyes fell upon a spot in a corner where a small red light was glowing. As the other followed her gaze everyone of them stepped back except the unicorn who still sat beside his wife grieving. A pony appeared from the shadows and one of the stallions dragged the unicorn outside where all other ponies where gathered as the town had burned down and now laid in ruins. As the pony stepped out onto the porch of the now only standing house everypony stared at her. The mare had a lavender coat and a dark blue mane with highlights of dark purple and pink. She had a long horn which was glowing. The aura was blood red and as they looked closer they noticed she had wings as well. "She's a Princess!! She's come to save us!" A young filly cried out and some ponies started cheering only to stop when the mare opened her eyes. Instead of a creamy white her eyes were a glowing green and her pupils were dark red. Purple smoke made from pure power flowed through the corner of her eyes. She took a step forward, and another until she stood in front of the green unicorn. She opened her mouth to reveal fangs and spoke. "What is your name unicorn?" Her voice was icy and confident. When he didn't speak she flared her wings out and lifted the young filly that had cheered her arrival in her aura. "Speak up! Or I will kill this young filly in front of her parents!!" She hissed. The unicorn stood up and held his head high. "I am Green Jewel." He said, his voice deep with pain. As the filly started to tremble and shake he added. "Let her go! You have what you wanted!" The princess knelt down so that she was eye level with him. "Well then...." She said in a mild tone that startled Green Jewel. Then she stood up and addressed the whole crowd. " This filly... She's got strong potential I see... I will be fair to her.... I will not kill her.... until she's watched her parents burn!" They all gasped and two ponies, a mare and stallion stepped forward. "We won't let you kill our daughter!" The stallion boomed with his strong voice. The Princess laughed and black smoke gathered at her feet. "Oh and who will stop me?" She said and shot her magic at the couple. As the smoke cleared, they were chained to two poles on a scene. She shot her magic again and they started burning in the same green and purple smoke as the houses burned in. The filly screamed and tears streamed through her eyes as the couple screamed in terror and pain.The horrifying screams went on and on until there was nothing left of the filly's parents. The mare once again turned to the crowd. "I am the Queen of the Shadows, I am the Queen of Darkness." She chanted. The crowd chanted along until she had enough and sent a blast of purple mist through the town square. Everypony shrieked as dark assassins appeared out of the mist. The assassins swiftly slashed the throats of all ponies except Green Jewel's. As she walked up to Green Jewel he lifted his head. She slashed the throat of the filly and dropped her to the ground. She knelt down beside Green Jewel and whispered into his ear."and this is the hour of twilight..." She then stomped her hoof on his head, breaking his skull. She ordered her assassins to move the bodies to the center of the square. When they were done, the Princess along with her dark assassins disappeared into the night. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "Good morning Princess Sparkle." Twilight simply nodded at the guard outside her door and went straight for the garden. She passed many ponies who greeted her but the alicorn was busy and just nodded as a greeting. As she entered the garden of her castle she breathed in the sweet scent of roses and lavender. She went past all the rows of flower bushes until she came to a large fountain. In the middle of the fountain was a statue of Twilight herself. She waded through the fountain water and stomped three times on the white marble and said "Aperi" Immediately a hidden staircase opened and she looked around to see if anypony saw her before disappearing into the underground room. The room was very dark and as Twilight lit her horn, the lavender aura shot into the roof and lit a big lamp so that the whole room was filled with light. The staircase disappeared as she stepped onto the cold stone floor. She went through the room passing a stand with a dark crown with the symbol of The Dark Crystal carved into the center of the crown. She passed many similar stands until she reached a large one. Inside was a large dark crystal. As she lifted the glass with dark magic the crystal started to glow. "Almost there my beloved King of Nightmares..." She whispered.