My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic -- Off The Record

by The King of Hearts

Hiding from the Darkness

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Hiding the Darkness
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Twilight fell back on her bed. The last few days had literally been the busiest of her entire life. It had started with her and her friends worrying sick about Alex. So, they decided to follow him to his world. That strange world with all that… definition. How could he ever be used to that?

Following that, they spent the night at his home, where they met Chet, Alex’s incredibly concerned uncle. He had made them all a little uncomfortable, but in the end, he was just looking out for Alex.

After leaving again, they were in the Wonderbolt Stadium. Alex went through time—somehow, and then came back to the present, where he finally confronted Rainbow Dash, and unleashed her dark side, Treachery, who he promptly defeated, and saved Rainbow Dash from becoming a Wonderbolt, for the second time.

Finally, there was the train ride home, the after-party, and Trixie’s arrival.

“Whew!” She said loudly, relishing in the silence, and relaxation she was currently experiencing, “I’m ready to sleep for a few days…”

Climbing under her blankets, Twilight exhaled happily as she closed her eyes, and snuggled up against her pillow.

She could tell. This was going to be a good night.

Of course, she had been wrong before.

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Trixie sat in the room Twilight had provided for her, torn on whether or not she should simply pack up and leave Ponyville. She had come here, offering the Alicorn Amulet to the ponies here, confident that it would be kept safe from the kinds of ponies that would look to abuse its power. But, her original plan, had been to move on, and keep trying her best to improve the lives of the ponies she came across.

But… something was drawing her in to this town. Some kind of unknown energy was pulling her toward Twilight and her friends.

Was it that chaotic magic? Was it the changeling they were living with? She couldn’t say.

As she lay there in contemplation, a pang of energy surged through the house. One of immense power that truly left her breathless.

“Where did that come from?” She said out loud, as she sat up from her bed, before feeling another pulse blast through the house, giving her a better baring on its source, “Upstairs…”

At this point, Trixie wasn’t sure if she should even be investigating. Obviously, the ponies in this town where going through some kind of metamorphosis, and for all she knew, this was perfectly normal.

However, instantly arguing that idea, another blast pulsed through the house, almost knocking her off her balance. It was certainly enough to convince her that she needed to go and see Twilight. Even if this was nothing, her host couldn’t get upset with her for investigating.

Slowly opening her door, Trixie looked across the hall, and saw that Alpha’s door was also open. He must have gone to investigate himself. This put her at ease somewhat, happy that she wouldn’t be the only one to barge in to the mare’s room.

Wasting no time, Trixie crossed the main section of the library, and then the kitchen, before reaching the stairs, and feeling another blast of energy blow past her.

“Why must these things always happen to Trixie?” The mare mumbled to herself, ignoring the usual care she took to avoid such third-pony references.

Without wasting another second, she dashed up the stairs, and came face-to-face with the wide open door, which revealed Alpha in his changeling form sitting up off the side of Twilights bed, with the mare lying across his legs, emitting some kind of energy while her eyes were clamped closed.

“Twilight?” Trixie said urgently, rushing in to the room, and addressing Alpha, “What’s wrong with her?”

Alpha only sighed as he looked at the mare in his arms.

“Tonight’s the worst I’ve ever seen her…” He said softly, as Twilight squirmed in his arms, before he sighed, “You weren’t supposed to see this.”

Twilight let out a pained shout, as she opened her eyes, and looked to Trixie.

“Oh Celestia…” Trixie gasped, as she made eye contact with the blood red glowing eyes, “W-what’s going on?”

Twilight’s face scrunched up as if she was going to cry, before she clamped her eyes closed again, and started to thrash in Alpha’s lap, while panting as if she had just run a marathon.

Casting a snare spell, Alpha held on to her shaking limbs, and managed to keep her from throwing herself off of her bed and on to the floor.

After a minute or so, Twilight finally calmed down, as her body seemed to relax a small amount.

“This has happened to her twice before this,” Alpha explained, looking up to Trixie with a sad expression, “She’ll go in to these… fits at night, as her entire body radiates chaotic energy. I don’t know if she’s facing her own dark side, or if it’s something different. But every time this happens… I come and sit with her until she can work through it.”

“That’s sweet of you,” Trixie said with a soft smile, calmed down now that Twilight was no longer having fits, “What does she think of these… episodes?”

“She doesn’t remember them… after all,” Alpha shook his head, as Trixie gave him a truly confused look, “She’ll become herself again in a few minutes, and will probably say a few words to us… But tomorrow, she’ll have no idea.”

“And you don’t tell her?” Trixie asked, almost creeped out that he would keep something like this to himself, “She should know it’s happening!”

“Look at her face.” Alpha said simply, as Trixie looked down to the mare’s terrible expression, “She looks like she’s experiencing something so painful, that she can’t even bring herself to cry.”

“Well, yes… but—“

“And by what Discord told us, this is going to get worse with the transformation of each of her friends.” Alpha continued, as Trixie listened carefully, not taking her eyes off of Twilight, “She’s going to hear about this soon… but I’d rather she not be a ball of stress about it every day until it finally forces it’s way in to her life. Honestly… I care about Twilight a lot. And it would be the beginning of something very painful for her.”

Trixie grimaced. He clearly cared for the mare, but hiding it wasn’t the answer. He was misguided.

“Do you mind if I take a look at her?” Trixie asked, her curiosity burning at this point, “I’ve never seen anything like this in my life… and maybe I could help her out.”

“Well… If you think you could,” Alpha nodded, as Trixie slowly made her way over to the two of them.

Not saying a word, she started by simply inspecting Twilight. The mare was still obviously in some kind of pain… but Trixie moved past that quickly. It was a symptom. She needed the sickness.

Recalling a powerful mind reading spell that had helped her a few times in the past, Trixie pooled her magic in her horn, and slowly crossed it with Twilight’s own.

Everything went black.

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Trixie snapped open her eyes, as she found herself on an empty road, in a town she couldn’t identify. The sun was just setting, and everything around her was being plunged in to darkness. It was terrifying.

The wind howled past her face, and blew her mane in all sorts of directions, including in front of her eyes.

Quickly brushing her hoof through her hair, Trixie freed up her field of view, and was instantly greeted with the mare she had just tried to help, Twilight.

She stood in front of her, with a twisted and toothy smile. Both of her eyes were open wider than Trixie had ever seen on anypony before. She was almost shocked that they didn’t fall out of her head.

Dark ribbons of energy were flowing out of her body, and slowly making their way to the intruder, as she took a couple of cautionary steps backward.

“Why… Did you come here?!” She said twisting her head as she spoke, while blinking each eye individually, “I’m not R̮̪̱̉̅ͦ̈̚͟e͍̱͎ͧa̝̝̳͙̦̼͐̎̓̒ͅd̂ͤy ̡̙̯̫͎Ỵ̲̟ͨͮ͋̈́̂́ET.”

Trixie recoiled as the twisted Twilight's head ripped to the side so hard it snapped, before looking back to her, with her head hanging much lower to the ground, and her speech riddled with whispers she couldn't begin to comprehend.

“I-I came to help you!” Trixie said, her heart pounding loud enough for both of them to hear, “What are you doing to her?”

The twisted Twilight laughed loudly, before abruptly stopping, and switching to a tone of arrogance.

“I’m filling her with my majesty!” She said, her tone instantly moving to anger, “Perhaps I should S̶̺̲̟͎ͨ͌ḧ̜͈̠́͂̄̾͊ͮow you my majesty as well!”

Once again, Twilight's head ripped to the side with her distorted speech, as a large piece of skin on her neck split, and started to gush down her chest.

Suddenly, the dark ribbons of energy ripped toward Trixie, and started being absorbed in to her body.

Trixie felt herself catch fire as the energy began to course through her body. Was this the pain Twilight was feeling right now? She hoped to Celestia that it was only her who had to feel this much pain…

“You will not meddle in my plans again, you arrogant b̪͛̂ͮ̅̆i̼̻̜̠̱̣͕͌̏tch ̤ͫ͝B̲͈̙̻̖͉̱̽͆i̴̦ͨͩ̿̍̽̇̐t̨͎̜͔̫͔ͨ̿̚c̷͈̳͉̍͊h̟̠̰̭̩̔ͯ͗ͨͥ ̺̝̘͉̙͈͒ͣͭ̅͊͐͘Ḃ͕͈͈̘̠͟ITC̡͔͉ͪH͚̟͇ͭ͝,” The twisted Twilight spat, instantly snapping her head forward and smiling in a way that could only make your heart freeze, “I’ll just take away your magic for a few… years! Then you’ll see how i̤͙͍̰̠̘ͥ̓t̶ͭͫ̆̓ͬ is to live like a normal pony!”

Trixie was quivering as the fire engulfed her body, spreading across every inch of her skin… every nerve in her stomach, and chest. She wasn’t capable of a coherent thought. It was as if her own power was being set ablaze, and charring everything within her.

”Rest…” A voice whisped in Trixie’s ear, as the pain vanished, and she collapsed on the street.

The twisted Twilight scowled, “What have y̶̟͍̞̙̖̬̣͗̏̒o̱̠̤̖̦͈ͣȕ͈̪͖̫͉̠̓̑͂ͬ͛̚ done?! Who said t͓̬̎ͭ͞ȟͮͣ̂at̝͔̞̦͎̯͓̋͋̊̚̕?!”

A dim light appeared where Trixie had just been standing, as the faint outline of a pale yellow unicorn appeared in front of the dark mare.

”Me.”

The dark mare grunted at the blindingly bright ghost protecting the mare on the ground.

”My name is humility… And you have no place hurting this mare,” She said in the softest, yet firmest voice either of them had ever heard, ”Leave us be.”

Pointing her horn at the shadow, a bright light exploded out the end of her horn, and lit whatever dark corner of Twilight’s mind they were in so much, that the dark side of the mare shattered under the force of the power.

"I͇̼̜̒ͨ̈ͦ͗ ̦̘̾͑ͥ͊ͪͭͬẄ̳̺́I̱̗̩͕͉͚̾̀̀̇͆L̼̯̘̠̥͖̇ͪͦL͛̚ ̡̰͚̼̑̐̉ͯͭ́B̻͚̜̰ͯ̓̐͊É̵͇͍̲̉͊ ͫ B̛̻̤̭͙̦̞Ą̳͓͖̙C͚͉͓̱̭̈͝K̟̻̹͕̮̋͑̉̒̾̿ ͚͝F̡̳̖̻̳̫̫ͣ̍Ǒ̜̩͍͔͙̞ͮͭ̔̚Ŗ͕̺̘͒̀ ͇̗͈͍ͥ̓͋͜---!"

The shattered remains of the twisted mare were burned to pieces before she could finish her threat.

And suddenly, there was silence. Beautiful, comfortable, silence.

Looking up, Trixie felt her eyes well with tears at the mare standing before her.

”I’ll always be here for you, Trixie.”

”Always, Trixie.”

”Trixie.”

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“…Trixie.”

“Trixie!” Alpha shouted, as the mare slowly opened her eyes, and looked up at the stallion above her.

“W-wait—Aurora!’ Trixie shouted, sitting up and colliding her head with Alpha’s, sending him backward.

“Ow!” Alpha said, falling back on to the floor, landing on his butt, “What did you do to Twilight?”

Instantly coming to her senses, Trixie looked to the bed, where Twilight now rested, her dark episode clearly passed.

“I… I don’t know,” Trixie said, looking to the panicked changeling and sighing, “I was trying to read her thoughts, but I got sucked in.”

“And that light?” Alpha asked, standing up and returning to Twilights side, “It got rid of all the darkness in her eyes. Would you be able to do that again?”

“I have no clue.” Trixie said quickly, joining Alpha to look over Twilight’s unconscious body, “But I saw inside her head. And she needs to know what’s happening. Now.”

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Comments

[Spiritus Arcane]

Ha, Twilight's dark side is actually evil! Called it!

[SageBrony07]

Wow. Epic twist. Who is Humility?, Aurora?, and Psycho Twilight? Great chapter. I thought one of the others would have to face their darkside next, but this is intense. Great job. I can't wait to read what happens next. Great job.

[An Old Chrysalis Simp]

I see it now, twilight represent all the good magic can do, be it helpig her friends or defendi.g others, but her dark side represents all the ad it can do, luke causing insanity and pain.

[Brandon Sky]

Trixie cannot comprehend the form of Dark Twilight's attack!

[recentteen14]

5252282 Good thing Humility was praying, or else that could have ended worse...

[Booster Spice]

Dark Twilight is what Chaotic Evil truely is?

[pahnazd]

Hot damn, Twi really needs to know that.. preferably a few days ago
That is definitely going to be an interesting confrontation if her dark side is truly malicious.

[Super-Brony12]

Holy shit. What the buck did I just read!? Chaotic Twilight scares me...truly. That was one intense chapter!

~ Super-Brony12

[jmaster234]

I sense that a certain someone has been reading some Z͚̭ͤ͗͐̿̈͛͋̇̑a̠̱̱͌̀̂̉ͨͨͬl̘͍̄͛ͬ̔͋͗̊̚̚͟g̤̖̗̲̠͌̎̈̔̄̾̏͡ơ̮̥̰̫͕͎̇̽͛ Creepypasta's, am I right?

Ḩ̶̈ͬ͒͌̏̒̍̽ͮ̇̆͛̽̂̅ͤ̈́̚͜͠͏̙̳̜̥͉̲̰̙̱̫̤̖̗̖ͅe̸̢̫̱̩̠̥̥͒ͩ̍ͭͬ̒̚̕͜ ̷͚̭̯͙̬̳̀͋̍͑̏̾͜͠ͅc̸ͯͫ͒̆̈̑̉ͮ̓̀̿̉ͮ̾͏̳͎̫̰͉͕̬̦͖͖̮͎̯ͅͅǫ̠͍̻͔̤͔̺̦͓̜͚̠̱̻̲ͨ͑͐̌ͧ̾̀́̚m͍̲͇̤̹͈̬̰͓͓̦ͩ̏̐ͪ̋ͮ̏̊͒ͤ͘͝e̤̰͕̟̭͎ͮ̃ͥ͛ͩ̈̀̒̅ͭ͜s̴̺̣̤͖̻̩͇̳̠̣͕͉̼ͭ̓̈́͌̊ͬ̆ͭͣ̔ͪ́͢͡

[WezaQ]

I̮̫͚̝̲̮͍̭̫̞̞͆̒̉ͣ̾́͌̓̂̑̽̃̌ͨ̊ͥ̆̽ ̪̯͔̖̍͂ͭͩ̉ͤ̋̊ͪ͛̅̐̚l̮̹̭͇̼̲̤̠̘͎̩̣̘̦͕̰ͩͨͬ̆̈́̐̌̊ͯͦͩ̊̀ͣͅï̘̯̮̗͇̲͒͛͐̓̾͂͗̔ͬͭ̾́k̘̻̜̗̳̖̟̰̥̜̦̙͖ͩ̋͒̃̏ͅe͖̥̠͚̯͍͓̝͔̻ͨͩ͊ͨ̑͋̏̚ ̟͕̪̈̽͒̇ͫ͂ͬ̄̉ͫ͂ͦ͋͒ͥ̄ͅZ̯̖͍̱͖̬̘͓̬̾̂̂̄̎ͤͨa̬͓̠̭̞̦̞̗̮͇͈̹͍̬͕̘͋ͫͫ͐͌ͯ̽ͬ͐̋ͯ̉̾͒̓̌̍̎ͅl̯͚̫̻̙̱̙ͫ̎͛̑̈̐̀ͬͮ͊ͦ̂go.

[The King of Hearts]

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5260911

I̦̦͘t̸̢͓͞ ̴̧̞͡t̵͉͈͍̭̣a̷̶̘̼̟̝̰̼̫̝̱k̷̙̯̗̝̫̙̰̖ȩ̶͏̯̣̙̞̝̣̮̣ś̞̣̝̦̺̺̬͢ ͍̬a̫̺͕ ̴͚͚̀͞l̯̙̥̥͝ͅo̭̠̣̰t͏͔̬̭͡ ̹̯̙̟̹̱͈͓̀͜t̡̫̱̜͈̤ǫ̞̦̠̠̹͎̞̥ ̨̰͇͎̹̕m̷̺̼̘̹̠a̷͈̤̦̭͓̜͔̗͢k͞͏̤̳̕é̶͉͎͓͕̩͍̬͉̫ ̨̤̺̞̱̜̰̰ͅa̸҉̲͚̬ ̢̡̺͙̫̳s̸̙͕͈̠͍̮̫͖͝t̵̜̟̘̝̗e̖̭̺̜̮̟͕͚w̸

[Galaxy Knight]

So Twilight's inner chaos is trying to corrupt her maliciously, Trixie was able to summon some her own emotional form form (Humility being the opposite if arrogance) and it reminded her of Aurora. Why are the best stories always so complicated?

[Exanime32]

giving her a better baring on its source,

Wrong form of the word there. The proper one would be "bearing". "Baring" would be used as a verb, for example, "She stripped off her shirt, baring her breasts for all the world to see."

[tsaukpaetra]

Mwahahaa !

[Midknight Defender]

and saved Rainbow Dash from becoming a Wonderbolt, for the second time.

A fate worse than death, most truly!

Indeed, had he not saved her, she may have wound up in a full body cast, drinking through a straw!!