The Rise of an Alicorn's Destiny

by HMXTaylorLee


*Alternate/Original Ending* The Only Truth That Matters

After a lengthy explanation to the police, and presenting Blank Slate's satchel as evidence, Ponyville's finest saw fit to take Blank Slate in for at least some questioning. Under the rain surrounding the castle, Blank Slate's false wings fell away with their glue coming undone, and the cheap paints that he had used on himself also began to wash away. Underneath the coat of dark black and the mane of crimson was a simple brown earth pony, sporting a brown mane and a cutie mark depicting a broken quill. Blank Slate was thoroughly embarrassed, and lashed out at the officers that were dragging him to the carriage.

"Let me go, this isn't fair!" Blank Slate shouted, wriggling helplessly to try and escape. His red contacts fell out in the struggle, revealing a set of normal chocolate brown eyes. "This is why I don't pay my taxes! I'm not supporting you!" He was forced into the back seat, the door slamming, but doing little to mask his angry cries of protest.

"That sounded like a confession to me," the first officer said, stepping around the front of the carriage to his door.

"And neither of us are ordained," the second officer added as he opened his door. "Have a good evening, your highness. We'll call you if we need you!"

"Thank you!" Twilight called after them from the cobblestone path at the front of the castle as the carriage pulled away. The princess emitted a long and tired sigh. "What a day, huh, Spike?"

The dragon looked up at Twilight with disdain. "I'll say. And they had to take all of our mail? Even my comic?"

Twilight turned around, eager to finally get some sleep. "Don't worry, Spike. It's just until tomorrow after they document it as evidence."

At that moment, the bells in Ponyville's church began to ring at slow, steady intervals.

"Or later on today, I should say," she corrected herself with a laugh.

Spike held the door open for her, clicking his tongue. "You really shouldn't have sang that song, Twi."

Twilight stopped moving and gave the dragon a jokingly annoyed glare in the doorway. "Spike, taking stock in things like that is completely-"

At that moment, she was interrupted by an enormous explosion of noise. Strong winds blew out of nowhere, buffeting the two with innumerable specks of dirt and grass. A brilliant flash of white light appeared suddenly behind the princess, a steady dark red glow taking it's place soon after. Twilight turned her head to the source, and what was once Ponyville was now a massive crater in the ground, with a giant cloud of red smoke in the shape of a mushroom hovering above it.

"Oh no... oh no no no!" Twilight began to gallop towards the remains of her fair town, Spike left holding the door in shock, when suddenly a loud voice cracked the air.

"TWILIGHT SPARKLE!"

Out of the crater, a massive black and red blur erupted upwards into the cloud of red smoke. The smoke disappeared in a puff, accompanied by the loud sound of huge wings unfurling. Where the smoke once floated, there was now an alicorn. It was gargantuan, easily the size of several buildings. It's coat was pure black, silhouetted against the bright white moon behind it, and it's mane a deep red. Upon it's face, Twilight could see bright red eyes, glowing like the last embers of a dying fire, glaring directly at her.

"I offered you my love, Princess Twilight!" The male voice shouted. "I told you the consequences of what would happen were you to deny me! Yet, in your limitless cruelty and ignorance, you spurned my affections, and buried my love deep beneath the Earth, like the last remaining memory of a time gone by that you wish you could forget!"

Twilight felt Spike's shaky arms wrapping around her front legs.

A flaming red orb began to formed at the tip of the black alicorn's horn. "But I haven't forgotten, Princess Twilight, and now..." Like a comet, the fireball was launched towards a fear-stricken Twilight, who couldn't do anything but stare helplessly as it drew ever nearer.

"...LOVE IS IN BLOOM!"

A wall of flame engulfed Twilight's vision. She blinked slowly, holding her eyes closed, knowing that her time had come. With Spike whimpering into her side, she whispered her final words for all of Equestria to hear.

"Daniel Ingram."