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// Part: Two - Dark Party 
// Story: Dark Party 
// by AviatorShade 
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	This cleared out plain opened up to a night sky that illuminated all and blackened the trees. Pinkie sat at the table awaiting Shade's arrival. Had it been Pinkie's intention all along for this and not the large party she planned? And how did the sky darken so fast? 
She wore a purple dress; a purple dress that resembled Shade's very own mane. Her mane had no puff and laid flat as if she lost her definition. The look on her face was alluring as it was lit up by the candles that stood at the center of the table. Her eyes called to him and with that he moved closer to her with no caution even though he felt something was wrong. Why would we meet in a dark location as the Everfree Forest?
Before Shade could get sweeped up into Pinkie's beautiful stare he understood that this stare wasn't her own. He pushed away ,” This isn't you Pinkie. Who are you?”
Then the seductive smile that laid on her face diminished. Her stare was different than before. She looked down in a depressive sulk and began to shake, “Why can't you love me? Why can't you love me?!” She rose her head in an angered stare. She lunged at him and knocked him down, and then he knew it was another pony in entirely. 
“Your not Pinkie,” said Shade with a hint of shock.
She hide her face again. And then the laughter was heard again but this time it was given a face. It was a Draconequus. It was the being known as Discord; a Chimera with a head of a horse-like pony, with a deer antler on the right, a goat of the left, one long fang, different sized pupils, a snake tongue, a donkey mane, and a goat beard. The rest of his body consisted of a right paw of a lion, the left talon of an eagle, the right leg of a lizard, the left hoof of a deer, the right wing of a bat, the left wing of a Pegasus, and a red dragon-like tail with a white tail tuft. “Mhm, aren't you smarter than I have assumed,” the beast spoke with a smile, “the name's Discord, I can at least hope you have heard of me, and yes, I was the one who changed the sky and helped poor Pinkamena here confess her feelings in such a romantic scene,” Discord finished with a snicker.
“Wait?! Pinkamena?” Shade was confused until it changed to being intrigued. He smiled.
“Why can't you love me?! I saw the way you looked at her. That is me, too. Should I show you my pain?” Pinkamena wore a twisted smile with an angered stare. She pulled out a knife, still on top of Shade holding him pinned to her whim, and began caressing it along his body.
Then Shade began to laugh in a sense of nostalgia and then said in a shy tone, “ Of course I love you, I love you both. How can I not love what completes you? You are both the same pony. I must love you both.”
She was not convinced and still had an angered appearance but still had tears in her eyes. “Then prove it!” 
Discord floated above and snapped his fingers. The snap caused a reaction and twisted the terrain and trees to a corrupted shape. Pinkamena flew back and faded into the darkness.
“Now you will play my game for my life,” shouted Pinkamena from the darkness. 
Shade then stood and got his bearings. The twisted land started with a trip into black briers that wrapped itself around the table that stood in front of him and created a dark tunnel. The sky was barely visible now but the moon did break through slivers in the brier walls. He moved forward into the darkness following what little light he had. Briers caught onto his vest and tie causing fabric tears and cuts on his face. Blood was now moving slowly down his face.	
Pain was inevitable in this fight for love but if he wanted Pinkie he had to have Pinkamena as well. Then the tunnel came to an end and he began to drop. He was caught off guard and didn't expect the fall. A cliff awaited him at the end, he held on to the end as platforms crossed his path. This game Pinkamena had planned now was a platformer and below him was certain doom for all it was was lava. He thought to fly but the briers were still wrapping the space enclosing it. 
“Holy shit!” Shade's heart began to race. This was now just a sick game. He made a leap from where he held grip and roughly landed on one of the moving platforms. 
All that was heard in the distance was the sadistic laughs from Pinkamena and Discord as Shade continued his pursuit. He was terrified but pushed through leaping toward another platform. Looking down was not the best choice in this situation as for the lava boiling could ignite panic attacks in any pony, so for his heart felt like it was exploding out of his chest.
“Oh, looks like he's having trouble. He maybe running out of steam. My Pinkamena Sense tells me he may need a cupcake,” Pinkamena said clearly being sarcastic while she ate a cupcake with the knife she caressed on Shade earlier. Discord then got a kick out of the joke.
Shade was nearing the end of this trial. Was love really worth dieing? He wasn't going to give up. The heat brought sweat that poured down, and the blood on his face hardened. He could see there in the distance was the throne that Pinkamena sat. Discord was at her side chuckling to her dark sense of humor. When he leapt off the last platform he was nearly there. It was a matter of footsteps to ending this nightmare. But then he felt faint. Was he over worked or was this a trick or test, too? And then he succumbed to darkness.
The eyes were heavy and his body was stiff, he awoke to a dark room where there was nothing but the floor and many pink balloons that covered the checkered patterned floor. Then he heard his name being called. It was Pinkie's heavenly, cheerful voice; that would bring a smile to his face. He stood and pushed his way through the many balloons. Was this a dream? It felt so real. Was it all a dream? And am I still dreaming?
He continued. The balloons screeched against the other balloons as he pushed further and further into this delusion. She still called for him. When he arrived at her position she had her back turned. It was clearly at trap. But he pushed forth for he couldn't leave her. She turned around. She was fine and her mane was puffed. It was Pinkie. She was back. In that moment, he couldn't help but plant a kiss on her. But wait a moment, it didn't feel right. He pushed away and say she was merely a puppet and there was strings attached. At the end of the strings was Discord.
“Bwhahaha! I can't believe you fell for that. Man, you do know how to play the part though,” Discord played around.
Before Shade could get a word out Pinkamena flung him around so that he was facing her and stabbed her knife deep into him. Blood gushed everywhere and before he died he saw his heart in her hoof and said, “ Wasn't that sweet? I love you.”
He may have been delirious but with his final words, he pushed out, he spoke, “ I love you, too.” 
Then Shade awoke again but now alive and now back where he began. He was back at the table. Nothing was wrong all was right. The briers were gone and the night sky was visible and the candles were lit. Pinkamena hung over him but not with a sadistic anything but with a smile of joy. “Thank you, all I ever wanted was someone to care for me and not completely fear me.”
“It's my pleasure. You may be another part of Pinkie, but to me your still her. Nothing will change what I feel for you. I love you, Pinkamena, as much as I love Pinkie. And besides that was a spectacular time I had today. It was quite the adventure,” he said with a smile while deeply looking into her eyes.
She teared up and leaned into him and gave him a passionate kiss. He had tamed the beast. “Now get up. We have a party to go to, okie dokie lokie?”

-The End-