Approximately six thousand years ago
Two princesses, one the ruler of the sun, the other the princess of the moon. Both heading for one destination, a cave at the tip of a mountain near their Canterlot home, inside the cave was the solar princess's prized pupil, also being her first pupil. Upon arriving at the mouth of the cave, they both stopped where when the lunar princess suddenly spoke to her sister, " Sister, dost thou think this beith a bad idea, he would most certainly become enraged at what we have to say,". The solar princess took in her sisters words, yet did not speak to acknowledge that she heard her.
" He is taking this too far, I do not wish to do this, but to protect our home I must, the tone in her voice was grave and dark," the expression on her face looked as if she were experiencing heartbreak and anger at the same time, as if conflicted on which one to feel.
The princess of the moon looked concerned for her sister ," Sister dearest, it does not have to be this way, we know that you possess this knowledge, ". She hugged her sister before they both turned back toward the mouth of the cave. " If thou ist ready sister, then so are we,". The solar princess simply nodded, her sister took a deep breath, they then both marched in, ready to do whatever deed it was they had to perform.
A dark figure sat in front of a table, hastily flipping through a book as he was stuck in his studies, he desperately searched for the last piece he was missing in his research, " I'm almost there,just a little more time,". His claw steadily, yet quickly flipped page after page, his eyes skimmed over each and every letter of each and every word. Upon finishing the book in a matter of seconds he tossed it aside and opened another one and quickly began flipping through it as he hunted the missing piece to the puzzle he was working with at the moment. His eyes lit up with joy upon flipping to a page, " That's it, I've founding the missing piece to this puzzle," he picked up a quill and began jotting it down in an old journal, but the moment he wrote down the last letter he dropped the quill he had in his claws grip, " So you've found me......I knew it would come down to this one day," . He turned towards the two princesses, although his face and head were shrouded by a cloak and hood, his glowing red eyes were still visible through the darkness that hid his identity.
The eldest princess stepped towards him, a glare forming on her face, " I did not wish for it to come to this, you've just become too big of a danger, and now your delving into dark arts such as necromancy, I cannot stand idly as this goes on, I am truly sorry, but this must end now," it was obvious that she was having a hard time speaking the words that were coming out of her mouth.
He began chuckling in a low, dark tone before letting out an outburst as anger and the feeling of betrayal welled up inside of him, " TOO BIG OF A DANGER!?!?!, You!, you dare call me a danger, after everything I have done for you and your precious ponies! the very ponies who looked at me as if I were a beast, who look at me for only my dragon side and not for my pony heart!!!," the princesses physically flinched from the outburst, they had expected him to experience anger, but not of this magnitude, " I don't even see why I helped them, oh I know why, because my dearest, Teacher!!!, not just my teacher, you were my best friend!!!!, you should know why I'm doing this!!!," his toothy maw was now visible from under the hood, his outburst only getting larger the angrier he became.
She turned her head away slightly, " And you know as well as I do, that once somepony is gone they can't be brought back!!,"at the moment, getting mad was one thing she couldn't do, part of her didn't want this, but another part told her that it was him or the ponies she so fiercely protects.
The hooded figure bared his teeth, heat poured from between the razors that filled his mouth, " You don't know that!! I've found the last piece of the puzzle that is reviving the dead!! then I'll prove you wrong!!!," they desperately wanted to talk him out of his angered rant, but it was clear that he was blinded by anger and betrayal. " You don't know anything that your talking about!!and then theres your little pet!!! I was your first student, Starswhirl is nothing compared to me!!! I practically wrote every scroll that litters that library!!! You've been planning this!! replacing me with that worm!!!, well I wont let you get the chance!!,". He opened his maw, and as he did a great heat poured out of it along with sparks that floated from the back of his throat. Both princesses eyes widened as they saw what was about to happen, he released a stream of fire, hot enough to turn solid stone into molten rock.
The two princesses swiftly jumped out of way as the burning stream just barely missed them and blasted out of the mouth of the cave, " Sister, we think it would be best to subdue him," the lunar princess inquired.
Celest closed her eyes and turned her head away, fighting back a tear as she nodded, " Very well, let us do this the-," she was cut off by the screams of her sister. She turned around to see her former student holding her sister down with both magic, and his claw to her throat, for that moment, all the regret left her body as he eyes began to glow white, " I gave you your last chance, I am sorry but I will not allow you too harm my sister!!!!," Her horn began to glow as her former student was lifted into the air, she watched as he struggled, growing ever more violent, although he didn't physically show it, she could see his inner sadness and pain, she wanted to help him so much, but could do little.
His eyes began glowing, instead of glowing white his eyes became a blood red, and along with his eyes, the horn that sat on the middle of his head began glowing with a red aura, " I will not let you throw me aside like trash!!!!," he pushed his way out of her grasp with his own blast of magic before leaping towards her. She jumped out of the way, but not before his claws could scathe her cheek, leaving a cut, it wasn't a big cut, but she knew it was enough to scar, " What's the matter teacher, not going as easily as you imagined!!," *his horn began to glow again before he fired a blood red bolt of magic at her that hit just a few feet away from her hooves.
She gritted her teeth, " I never said this twas to be easy," she fired a stream of magic right at his, which was promptly met with his own magic. " I should have expected this, I did in fact teach him almost everything I know of, and he was always practicing, " she could feel her body being forced back by his magic, but it wasn't the pain that he wished to inflict on her that bothered her, it was the pain that he was inflicting on himself just to hurt her, it wasn't hard to tell that he had not slept in a number of days and his magic capabilities were weary due to his lack of sleep. Her eyes widened as she felt herself being forced back further, he had started walking towards her while continuing this magical clash.
Using every bit of strength he had inside of him, he pushed forward, getting closer and closer to the princess that he had once called his teacher, " I trusted you!!,". He turned his eyes towards where Luna had been laying to see she was gone, " Damn, I'll deal with her once I finish this traitor!!,".
Luna on the other hoof, had quickly fled back to the base of the mountain where soldier after soldier had been waiting. She trotted up to the captain of the squad, " Follow quickly, our sister needs us," the captain nodded and saluted before marching up the mountain with his troops. Luna looked at the top of the mountain, the clash was visible even from the base of the mountain, " Please sister, beith safe," she took flight to assist her older sibling, going a fast as her wings would go.
Celestia's former student let out a vicious roar that practically shook the very ground they stood on, " IT'S OVER!!!!!," he shouted ferociously as he let out a massive blast of magic that rapidly over powered Celestia's. Her knees trembled as she try her best to hold the blast off, " It's futile to try and fend yourself just give in!!!,". It seemed that this was the end for the solar princess, until a blast of magic struck the dragon in the back, making him drop his guard, and opening a window of opportunity for Celestia to gain the upper hoof. He clenched his teeth together with anger, " Who dares to interfere!!!," he turned to see the Lunar princess who flew to her sisters side.
" Twas us foul beast, we shall put an end to you with the help of our sister," Luna said with a strong glare on her face.
His eyes widened as he clenched his teeth before letting out another earth shaking roar, " I!!!!!! AM!!!!!! NO!!!!!!!!! BEAST!!!!!!!!!!! ," not only did the blast of magic that came from his horn grow in power, but he also released a stream of fire towards both princesses.
Celestia looked at her sister and nodded, they then put their horns together and fired an even larger beam of magic, clashing with the dragon hybrids own blast, meeting it smack in the middle. " Now!!!," Celestia shouted, and as soon as she shouted, an enchanted chain was thrown around the enraged drake.
He roared and fought against the restraints around him, and in the process he began loosing the struggle between him and the princesses. He turned his head towards the soldiers holding the chain and opened his mouth as he prepared to burn them to a crisp, " I will burn anyone who interferes leaving nothing but ashes!!!," he barely had the flame out of his mouth before something stopped him.
" Luna, now!!," The beam of magic from their horns grew in size and strength as it rushed towards him. Celestia closed her eyes and mumbled to herself just before the magic hit him, " Forgive me, I cannot kill you, so I must imprison you, farewell,".
" No!!!, I will not allow this!!!! I cannot lo-Agh!!!," his body was quickly overtaken by the magic blast, he had expected it to destroy his body, but instead his body had started to become covered in crystal. Tears of anger and pain formed in his eyes, " This isn't the end Celestia!!!, this is just the beginning...," they listened as his last words turn into silence as he became encased in the crystal prison.
A tear fell from Celestia's face, she couldn't even face the crystal he was in, " Take him to the Crystal Empire, he shall remain there for the rest of his days...,"
Present Day, Crystal Empire Crystal Mines
An archaeological dig site had been set up in the mines of the Crystal empire, several archaeologist had flocked from far and wide to excavate the rich historical site in search for historical items that had been lost in time. For their safety, the Crystal Empire royal guards had been assigned the task of protecting the archaeologist from things like thieves, troublemakers, and even monsters if that's what they ran into there, and the stallion in charge of this task is none other than prince Shining Armor himself.
The search had already proved fruitful, as many artifacts and rare gemstones had already been dug up within the first few hours. Shining Armor had been trotting through the tunnels that had been dug in order to search, a part of him enjoyed the enthusiasm that each and every pony there had been showing, even the guards seemed excited to see what would be dug up next, " If only Twilight were here, she'd really enjoy this sort of thing ," he sighed as the thought had entered his head. He was quickly dragged from his thoughts when one of the guards had ran up to him.
The guard hastily saluted to the prince before speaking, " Your highness, one of the researchers here has unearthed something that you won't believe, I could tell you myself but you wouldn't believe me, please sire follow me," he quickly ran back to where he was, this time with a curious prince following him.
" You've peaked my curiosity, now where is this find?," as Shining finished his question the guard came to a halt in front of him and slowly pointed his hoof towards what he had been speaking about. Shining's gaze followed the stallion's hoof, he couldn't believe what he was looking at, at first glance it looks like a rather large crystal, but further inspections shows that there is something or somepony in there. He wasted no time in shouting out an order to everyone in his location, " I want every able body pony to help get that thing out of that crystal!! that's an order now hurry!,". The unicorns there secured the giant gem with chains to prevent it from falling, the earth ponies and pegasi there helped in unearthing the rest of the crystal by chipping away at the stone wall that held the gem.
It took a total of thirty ponies, prince Shining Armor included, to get the crystal free, and carry it out of the mines, and upon finally setting it down one of the archaeologist pointed something out to the prince, there was a large crack on the crystal that appears to travel all the way through. Shining Armor, three guards, and many researchers stepped near the crystal which was still chained up at the moment, until something made them want to back away, the eyes of the creature that was inside the crystal, were glowing a dark deep red, and whatever was in there, didn't seem too happy that he was in there , " Everypony, stand back, who knows whats in there," Shining said with obvious worry in his voice.
" Where am I, I can hear voices, out there ," the creature within the crystal opened is eyes and looked beyond his crystalline sarcophagus, where he saw ponies in armor, and chains, " No, not again, they will not hold me here!!! ,". His eyes began to glow as he struggled from the inside of the crystal prison, the more he struggled the weaker the crystals hold over him became, and soon his horn began to glow, and in a bright red flash, the crystal that held him burst open, and in that moment one thought went through his head, " I'm,....I'm free ,". He sat up and a toothy grin appeared on his face, " I'm free!!!!!!!, And you'll never seal me away again!!!," he then turned towards his spectators, " And I think I'll start repaying the world by ridding those who sealed me away, a dark grin formed on his face as he stood up and slowly walked towards the ponies around him, both Shining Armor and the guards stood their ground, prepared for whatever this beast was.
Meanwhile inside of Canterlot castle, Inside of Celestia's sleeping chamber
After a day of restlessness and constant political meetings, the princess of the sun would prefer to delve into a nice long nap, although this time the nap would not be very nice. Although it didn't happen often, nightmares would plague her mind, this was one of those occasions.
Celestia had been enjoying a nice peaceful day in the Canterlot gardens, she enjoyed the serene feeling the garden had and how it brought peace to her mind. " Such a wonderful day, no meetings, not papers to look over, just peaceful time to myself and this lovely garden," she said as she lowered her head to sniff a flower, she closed her eyes as she inhaled the flowers sweet scent, but instead of a sweet aroma, the flower gave off a scent similar to brimstone. She then opened her eyes and looked at her surroundings, everything had turned from a beautiful serene garden, to a burning field of slag and ash, ad in the center of the field stood a silhouette of what seemed like an alicorn, but its wings were reptilian in shape, and the figure had two more horns on the back of its head, its tail swung slowly, back and forth. A sense of dread filled her body as she stared at the figure, then, it slowly began to turn towards her, and the first thing she noticed were the blood red eyes it adorned, she began to shiver from just looking at them, " Whose there, speak now or face the consequences," she demanded as she tried to stay strong.
The figure began to chuckle darkly, " How could you forget little me, why you taught me everything I know and more," a look of great fear covered Celestia's face, and for some reason she felt as helpless as a mere filly. The figures shape and body became much more clearer the closer he got to her, the silhouette was no longer a shadowy shape, it was in fact her former and very first student. He bared his teeth the closer he got, " What's the matter...princess!, I didn't give you the goodbye kiss I promised you, its the least i can do for sealing me away for all these years".
Celestia found herself against a wall, " Stay back!, it can't be you, I sealed you inside of a crystal," she was quivering more and more the closer he got, a malicious grin grew on his face as his exposed teeth got closer to her neck.
" I know, but now I'm free, and now let me give you a little love bite," he drew his head, his jaws opened wide and swung towards her, clamping shut around her neck, she fell silent as the pain slowly filled her body and as her blood left her neck. He then looked at her with somber eyes, " Goodnight my dearest teacher, I've always loved you,".
Celestia woke in a panic, tear running from her eyes, she put her hoof on her neck to assure that it was only a bad dream. She looked down at her bed to see that it had been soaked in tears, " Faust have mercy on us all if he were to ever escape....," she got out of her bed and left for her throne room where she would think over the dream to see if it meant something.