The Empress of Flame

by Pathious


The Darkness of the Empress

Sunset opened her eyes to see Equestria floating in front of her again. She could hear the sound of Twilights voice.

"Sunset shimmer, wake up come on wake up~!" She was yelling rather loudly, to the point where Sunset had to cover her ears. This looked like her same dream, but where was the fire? Where was the demon?

"Helllllooooo is anypony here?" Sunset said a she could hear Twilight repeating herself, her voice becoming faint. Sunset began to walk

towards Equestria. A flash of light happened on the surface and then flame spread across the surface. She turned to run away from it. The mirror from the portal room was now floating in front of her. She could see the burning Equestria in the reflection. Sunsets eyes began to fill with tears. "I just don't want that, I don't" she fell down onto her plot now sitting on what was now the ground of the portal room she with her eyes buried in her front hooves. She felt a wing go around her. Sunset slowly raise her head looking at the mirror again. The demon pony sat on it plot by her. It huge red and black velvet like wing around her. The demon appeared to be crying with her.

"Oh Sunset, If only she could love you back." The demon said as it dark eyes kept looking at Sunset.

"What are you talking about? why cant you just leave me alone?" Sunset tried to move away from the demon. "Let go of me you demon~!" Sunset said as she couldn't move away all of the sudden.

"My name is not DEAMON!" the demon fades and then appears in front of Sunset. "It's Empress, Empress of flame." Empresses hooves started to glow in cyan "And you will be mine!"
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Sunsets eyes shot open, Her body sweaty body being held by Twilight. Sunsets breaths were shallow and choked.

"Sunset your awake~!" Twilight said as she wrapped her wings around her. "I was worried you had hurt yourself, you hit the ground petty hard. I hear it as I walked by" Twilight said putting a hoof on Sunsets head. Sunset groaned in pain, her body felt like it was on fire.

"Owwwwwwwwwwwwwww~ my head really hurts~!" Sunset said with a groan. "How long was I out?"

"Five minutes, you were out for five minutes." Twilight says with concern in her voice now. Hitting your head that hard was a very real risk of concussion or brain damage.

"It only felt like a couple seconds, Ughhhh I don't feel so good." Sunset put a hoof on her stomach as she continues to groan. Her headache was beginning to be the least painful thing.

"We should get you to be Sunny, You look like you could use it." Twilight said in a friendly tone of voice.

"I suppose your right Twilight, after a fall like that i need some rest...." she stopped talking remembering her dream. "Nope nevermind i don't need sleep, I don't want to sleep." Twiligh looked at sunset one of her own ears pin slightly in confusion.

"Sunset why did you change your mind so suddenly?" Twilight questioned in a confused tone of voice. She wasn't understanding how one could change their mind so quickly.

"Twilight I don't want to sleep, because if I sleep Empress is there." sunset said naming her dark side by name without thinking first.

"Who s Empress?" Twilight said as she slowly stood up now.

"You remember when I turned into that she demon in the human world Twilight. That was Empress, she keeps torturing me in my dreams." Sunset began to hyperventilate as she began to think about the dream.

"Sunset calm down your breathing to fast, I know who can help you with this dream." She says trying to bring some kind of closure to Sunset.

"Really~! you know somepony who can help?" Sunset was ecstatic to make these dreams stop

"Princess of the night Princess Luna, She can help you. All you have to do is dream." Twilight smiles and nuzzle Sunset on her soft amber cheek. Sunset blushed deeply and couldn't hold this back. Sunset quickly pressed her lips onto Twilights. They locked together, Twilights eyes widen for she was not ready for such action. Twilight made one huge mistake, she didn't know what to do and she slightly liked the kiss. So she didn't stop sunset. She slowly pulled away and panted slightly. Twilight made no notion to not wanting it, so sunset took that as Twilight did not mind it.

"S-sorry Twilight I wont do it again, I have been holding that back since I returned." she blushed deeper as she slowly gathered herself. wobbling slightly as she stood.

"It's fine, but we really should get you to sleep so Luna can help you." Twilight smiled as she tried to urge Sunset from kissing her again.

"your right., I want these dreams to end and this is the only way to do so it seems." Sunset was still blushing. "Could you help me to my room Twilight?" Sunset questioned for she wasn't sure she herself was really ready to be walking by herself.

"Of course I can." Twi smiles brighter. Sunset nodded as Twilight began to embrace her with a wing. Sunset sure felt secure in her embrace. Yet still she couldn't shake that deep hatred feeling she was feeling. Soon they did reach Sunsets room, that's when Sunny felt the most scared. She wanted to have the dreams stop, she just wished she didn't have to dream for it to end. Twilight slowly brought Sunny to the bed and helped her lay down. Fear was visible in Sunsets eyes. She could tell Twi wasn't the least bit concerned. Why should she be, all she knew was that Sunset was having bad dreams. Sunset kept her own cyan eyes locked onto the ceiling. She didn't want to look around before she drifted off. Sunsets eyes slowly closed and the world went black.
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Sunset opened er eyes to see Equestria before her once again.

"Empress I KNOW YOUR HERE!" Sunset was real tired of this dream, two years of this shit and she had enough. a ball of flame appeared infron of her, the ball slowly disapated and there stood Empress.

"You called?" she laughs the world behind empress lit on fire. "I was busy sorry i took so long."

"I have had enough, I want this to end~!" Sunset yelled confronting what she beleived was part of her dream.

"you can't stop what is a part of you!" Empress yells back as Luna suddenly appeared between them in a flash of light.

"Sunset this is what your scared of." Luna said calmly as she to thought empress was only part of the dream. Lunas horn glows in an attempt to evaporate empress like she does to get rid of fear in dreams as she confronts the dreamer. Thats when Lunas eyes widened as Empress still stood there. "Your not a dream" Lunas eyes shimmered with distress. "Sunset back up~!" Luna ordered Sunset to back away. Luna tried to wake Sunset up using magic but for some reason her magic asnt working here.

"She is mine!" Empress yelled as her large wings spread. Her wings were much bigger than lunas. Luna spread her own wings rather slowly.

"Sunset you have to wake up!" Luna said in her royal canterlot voice.

"Welcome to my nightmare~!" Empress turned to her human form of demon. she spread her arms and slowly brought her hands together creating a mass of fire and black magic between her hands. "Now get out!" Empress laughed as she threw the mas right at Luna. Luna barrel rolled to the right to dodge it. She rolled to the right and the space around them turned into the ball room of Canterlot castle. Sunset had to wake up before Luna got hurt.

"You will not succeed, now that you have foolishly showed that you are real we can find what it is you want and we can stop you." wisps of blue light began to rotate Around Luna as her horn glows. Luna shot a beam of magic right at Empress. Empress waves a hand and a cyan beam came out of her hand intercepting Luna's beam. The two beams locked together and were in a battle for which one would beat the other.

"You underestimate me Princess." Empress laughs as she thrusts her hand forward causing her beam to overpower Luna's. Luna went flying back hitting Sunset shimmer. The world around them began to move in slow motion as sunset woke up from the impact.
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Sunsets eye opened slowly as Luna now laid next to her. Lunas mane was smoking slightly.
"Princess Twilight Sparkle, we have worse problems then a dream." Luna said as she was shaking.