//------------------------------// // Chapter 4: Changing Destinies // Story: Book 1:Changing Patterns // by natis120 //------------------------------// "You did what?!" The mare yelled in frustration. "Cloud Puff, I am ashamed of you!" "I'm sorry Rainbow Dash..." Cloud Puff said with a frown, "I'm a loser." She said hanging her head. " No your not!" A while pegasus stallion besides Rainbow said. "Yes I am dad..." Cloud Puff muttered, sniffling and walking to the door, ready to go to her home. The white stallion stepped forward, ready to scold Cloud Puff for her foolish behavior, but a cyan hand stopped him. "Let her go, Soarin." Rainbow Dash said. "I'll deal with her." She walked to her daughter by the door. "Deep breaths, Ivy, deep breaths." Sugar Rush said in a soothing voice to Poison Ivy, who was leaning against her. She took one shaky breath and sighed. "I-i'm s-scared..." Poison Ivy said in a low shuddery tone. A gasp echoed through the kitchen as Twilight quickly ran towards Poison Ivy and Sugar Rush. "What happened here?!" Twilight demanded to know. Sugar glanced at Ivy and then looked at Twilight, who wore a worried expression. "Ivy and Cloud Puff got into a fight and then this happened." She motioned to the shaking mare leaning against her. Twilight thought for a moment and then looked at Poison Ivy, her eyes showed fear. She sat next to her and signaled for Sugar Rush to let them alone for a moment. Sugar Rush got up and walked out of the kitchen. Twilight looked at the shivering mare besides her and frowned. "Poison Ivy, what is going on?" She asked softly while wrapping a wing around Ivy. "The voices...they haunt me..." Poison Ivy said shakily. For once, Twilight was confused. She had never heard of anything like it. "What voices?" She asked, leaning closer. "The voices inside my head...they make me do things..." Ivy said in a whisper. " Things I don't want to do..." She continued. Twilight was now very confused. Voices? That haunt? She was confused alright... "What do they say?" She asked. "Things...horrible things I don't want to do...but I do them anyways...sometimes." Ivy replied. "What do you mean sometimes?" Twilight asked in confusion. "I do not want to do those things, but my body is forced to by my mind...I try to stop it but end up just...modifying them!" Ivy exclaimed, lifting her head and waving her hands in the air dramatically. Twilight's eyes widened in shock. "You can fight commands from your mind?!" She asked in surprise. "I...guess..." Ivy shrugged. "Ivy, this is amazing!" Twilight exclaimed while getting up so fast, she pulled Poison Ivy with her. "You might be the first pony in history to control your mind!" She continued to shout, with a huge smile. Poison Ivy managed to free herself from Twilight's wing and said "I feel dizzy..." before falling to the floor with a loud thunk. The last thing Poison Ivy heard before going unconscious was a shriek and a call for help from Twilight. The world around her went black... Poison Ivy slowly opened her eyes. Everything around her was black, a tall, pure black figure was standing in the the middle of it all. She got up as quickly as she could, "Princess Luna!" Ivy called to the figure feared by all, Nightmare Moon! The grand alicorn turned around completely, looking at Ivy with a fanged grin. "We have been expecting you, Poison Ivy!" Nightmare Moon said in a loud booming voice. Poison Ivy growled under her breath, "Why did you call me here?!" She said through gritted teeth. Nightmare Moon laughed her sinister laugh. "Getting ahead of ourselves aren't we?" She wickedly said. "Why did you call me here!?!" Poison Ivy repeated, this time louder. "Hm, quite an impatient one of I do say so my self." Nightmare said as she glanced at the enraged young changeling. "Anyways, I called you here so you could get a message to your pathetic little pony friends..." Poison Ivy was not know for having patience, "That is?" She asked. "The shadows will rise and they shall rule over Equestria once more!" Nightmare Moon yelled. And as those words were said Poison Ivy awake from her nightmare. Beep...Beep...Beep... That was all that could be heard in the hospital room where Poison Ivy lay motionlessly on the bed. Everypony had their eyes on the three princesses that were present. Luna, that was sleeping soundly on a chair, Celestia, who stood next to Poison Ivy's hospital bed, and Twilight, who was looking at Ivy from a chair with tear stained cheeks. Suddenly, Poison Ivy and Princess Luna awoke at the same time. Both were panting and sweating. "Nightmare Moon is back!" They both said in unison. Celestia and Twilight were both taken back by their words. "Ivy!" Twilight cried, while running up to the young mare in the bed and hugging her. "I was so worried, I thought we lost you!" "Nightmare Moon is coming..." Ivy simply said. "And she told me give you guys this message..." She took a deep breath and continued, "The shadows will rise and they shall rule over Equestria once more." She let it all out in a sentence just like Nightmare did. "It is true..." Everypony turned to look at Princess Luna, who was frowning and wore a sad look on her face. "Nightmare Moon is going to try to take over Equestria once more." She sighted, "And she is going to use Poison Ivy and I to do it..." She finished with a shake of her head. "We must be left alone..." Luna said. "Until the dark magic within us is calm enough." She finished. Celestia looked at Luna and then at Ivy, They both look awfully tired she thought and then nodded. "Rest, both of you..." She said, "Now come along everypony, we must leave them to rest." She walked out of the hospital room with the rest close behind and her former student besides her. "Celestia, what is going to happen with Poison Ivy and Princess Luna?" Twilight asked. Celestia rubbed her temples and sighed. "When it comes to dark magic, it is best to ask Luna. But she is not available, so I will answer your question. Poison Ivy is no ordinary changeling, her father, King Sombra, was evil. And her mother, Queen Chrysalis, is evil too. So when they mated and had Poison Ivy, they both transferred some of their dark magic to her. That magic takes time and practice to control. It's illusion magic." She said. Twilight's eyes were the size of pin pricks, illusion magic was a type of forbidden magic.