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// Eclipse, A Mysterious Unicorn 
// Story: Rainbow's Quest 
// by Rainbow Spectrum 
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It was a dark night in Ponyville. It sounded as if the whole town was alseep, but one pony was wide awake. She stood in a dark alley between two abandoned buildings. She had no expression, no fear, no anger, no sadness, just blank. The strange thing was that she had a little black doll encased in her aura of magic. It had big X's for eyes, and a big toothy grin. She stood there, as if deep in thought, she was leaning against the building on the right, and her legs where crossed.

"Why are we standing out here?" A feminine voice said.

"To wait." The pony replied.

"Wait for what?" A male voice asked.

He got no answer, only her ignoring him in response.



Here, let me get some things cleared up for you. This strange pony, is Eclipse. She is a pitch black unicorn, with loose strands of red and purple hair falling limp over her neck and shoulders. The doll she holds is Nightbeam, it's a smarty pants doll she has from her childhood. Nightbeam was possessed by a demon, but Eclipse had befriended it. The demon allowed Eclipse to hear three different voices in her head, Starglow, Darklight and Shadow. She can also hear Nightbeam in her head, and listens to him way more than she should. 

Her parents were afraid of Eclipse, even Celestia, which is why her family abandoned her, only leaving her with her smarty pants doll and a necklace with a little star charm on it. She quickly took in a lot about street smarts, leading her to what she is now. Now, back to the story.



Eclipse still stood there, waiting. Eyes darting back and forth, but she still had that flat expression. Finally, hoofsteps aproached around the corner. A brown earth pony with slicked back jet black hair walked past the alley, and threw the sack of trash that was formerly on his shoulder, into a trash can. He turned back around, and noticed Eclipse. He jumped and scurried away, past the alley. 

Eclipse's eye twitched, and she grunted. Eclipse got annoyed very easily, but she was so used to it, that she didn't care anymore. She turned around and walked out the other side of the alley, hoping to get back home. But that's not always possible when you have three annoying voices always in your head.

"I thought we were waiting?" Darklight asked.

"We should of killed him when we had the chance." Starglow complained.

"Listen, we might be criminal, but we're not muderers!" Shadow added.

Eclipse listened to it the whole way home, trying to ignore it. Sadly, that didn't happen, especially since they're right inside her head. She pushed open the door to her house, making an eerie creaking noise as it moved.

"Well what makes you say that!" Starglow asked.

"Because, I'm the reasonable one!" Shadow exclaimed.

Eclipse closed her eyes, once more trying to ignore it, "Would you cut that out!" It was rare for Eclipse to say more than a couple words at the same time. She wasn't shy, she just wasn't very talkative, and she liked being alone, so she didn't have much experience when it came to being social.

All three voices quieted down when Eclipse yelled at them. They didn't think it was possible for Eclipse to show she was angry. If you could even call that angry, she had kept her face straight, she had only raised her voice, but that was not something Eclipse was known to do. She was perfectly monotone, but that was something that she had had all her life.

"I still thought we were waiting." Darklight said.

"Yeah, even though we don't know what she's waiting for." Starglow answered.

"Well, you never know with Eclipse, you never know." Shadow said.

And that was true. No matter how hard you try, you never know with Eclipse. Whatever secrets she may be hiding, whatever evil schemes, would be a mystery for the rest of your life. Until the unthinkable happens.