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// The Light Place, The New Place 
// Story: Darkness 
// by SuperFandomBrony 
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	He was sleepy. He was tiered of the night, and he just wanted to sleep, wake up to his routine. Or try to at least, he just was so sleepy in the morning, wanting to go back to sleep. So sleepy. But now wasn't the time for sleep, now was the time to try his hardest. At what? Even he couldn't answer his own question. 
'Where am I?' he thought after awhile. He looked around and found nothing. He was in a plain of light, not darkness except his shadow. It was like there was nothing, he looked around at a bleak world, white. He walked ten steps, nothing changed. Twenty steps, nothing changed. "WHERE AM I," he shouted. Alone. 'What can I do?' he thought. He thought about what he had, nothing on his person was gone. What he could do, walk , sit down, or/and shout. And why he was in this mess, his own fault. So he sat down and felt something pressing his thigh.  He put his hand in his pocket and he still had his phone. It was all he had left, so he did the most reasonable thing. Played some music. He played "Lost In The Echo," by Linkin Park. He closed his eyes and listened to the song.
Soon a figure stood over him. "And who is this?" a voice asked. It was obviously a girl. He didn't bother to look, it was going to be his imagination anyway. "Answer me," the voice persisted, pushing something hard into his shoulder.
"Does it really mater?" he asked. He still didn't bother to look up, just to answer.
"It does very much to me." It answered back.
He decided that he should at least look at what is mind is doing to him. He looked up to see, A horse? No wait, it's a pony. "My name is D-D-Daniel." He was very surprised. A talking pony (that was very regal) that was blue, and had a tattoo on her flank. He jumped back.
"Calm down young one,"  she said in a soothing voice, "I am princess Luna of Canterlot, and if I may ask what happened, I haven't had a calling here in many of years.
Calming down, he replied "I made a sacrifice. It said, the myth said..." His voice trailed off.
Then a look of realization struck the mare's face, "Wait, are you human?"
"Yes," he replied. Not much other he could do.
"Stupid human, what did you sacrifice?! I thought this stopped a few millennia ago. I told them not to hurt themselves." Tears welled in her eyes, she seemed to care oh so much.
"My soul, it was, was. Going to be ripped apart, so I could, I could..." His voice trailed off again.
"Answer me foolish mortal," her voice boomed.
"IT WAS SO I COULD BE THE DARK!" he yelled back.
"What?" her voice was small.
"I was going to become the darkness, to ether do great good or great evil, I could hold myself up, save lives. I COULD HAVE HELPED!" Tears flew all around him and his shadow got larger. It rose from the ground at seem to kape itself on him.
"Oh my. I never offered that to the humans, and I don't know what did, you fell for an impersonation." She was very sad now. "Too late now, you have the powers, but your soul is fine, I think." Her horn flared up and his body was surrounded by a blue aura, "Your soul has been hurt, but it will be fine, but that wasn't because of any ritual, what happened young one?" Her voice was riddled with concerned.
"My friend, almost got hurt, because of this," more tears fell, "It was my fault." He felt the deepest form of remorse.
"It's OK, all will be OK, don't worry." she put a hoof on his shoulder.
"He looked up, then past her, "WHAT IS THAT!" he shouted. Luna turned around to see black. An all consuming abyss going towards them, fast.
"Hold on tight!" she yelled. He flung his arms around her and with a blast of magical energy, they was gone.



Back in the castle, Celestia had a cup of tea and was settling in for the night, when suddenly Luna and a human teleported into her room. Startled, she dropped her tea. "Luna, I told you..." she stopped when she saw the look on their faces. "Tell me what happened," she spoke to Luna.
"OK, Daniel, go out to the hall and go the door two door down, the one with two ponies with bat wings are guarding." She teleported away then came back, "It will be OK." He left and Luna put her attention on her sister. "It's a very long story."



A long story later
"And that is my half of the story," Luna finished.
"OK," Celestia replied, processing the information. "What shall we do with the boy?"
"There is no we about this, he is my authority, and I shall keep it that way," Luna replied.
"But sis---" Celestia tried to get in.
"No buts. I have made up my mind, now go to sleep, I will deal with him." With out another word, she left. As Luna entered her room, she saw that Daniel was sitting on her bed, just sitting there. He noticed her had looked at her, but still did nothing. "Let us get started," she stated.
"What," he replied.
"Look, you have these powers, I know you're confused but first thing we should do is get your abilities under control."
"OK," he stated. They worked hard, but made very little progress, he had little control of his powers, and when he raised a hand to make the darkness move, all the darkness did was sit there. 
"I have an idea," Luna said, she turned her attention to Daniel, and with a very complicated and powerful spell, she made a pony (without a soul). It was a teen, not a filly nut still not an adult. She then created a pocket dimension and put it there. She fell down out of exhaustion. "I'm fine, you have a pocket dimension now, use your magic to call on your new body." She wobbly stood to her hooves. He closed his eyes and a magic ring formed around him. He seemed to be coated in darkness. This dark form then tuned into a pony (unicorn). Then the darkness seem to fly off him, like bats. They fluttered away in a cluster, and there, kneeling, was a young unicorn.
He had a black main and tail with grey highlights. He had the most red eyes you would ever see. His cutie mark were white specs that were stars, if he didn't have a black body, you would see the sparks were half consumed with darkness. "There, you have a body, now try it."
He tried it again, and this time his horn glowed a red/black hybrid color. All the darkness in the room seemed to seem into the air and around his horn. He soon fainted and the darkness went back. 
Dazed, he got up "That was excellent," the princess cheered.
"You think so," he said, you couldn't see it, but he was blushing under his coat.
"Yes, now get some sleep." She offered him the couch next to the window. He got up and went to the couch, laid down, and slept, he had had a long day.