The Day the Darkness Died

by lunabrony

Prologue

*THUD!*

The elongated legs of Queen Chrysalis slammed into the decorative tiles of Canterlot palace, as
the Matriarch of Darkness gave a victorious laugh.

"It's all over!" She announced with a wicked grin, clearly pleased with herself and how her
master plan had turned out. In a moment of desperation and completely out of alternatives,
Twilight Sparkle turned to her brother and his bride to be, who cowered nearby.

"Your spell! Perform your spell!" She urged.

Queen Chrysalis laughed with hysterical disbelief. "Your spell?" She mocked. "What good would
that do? My Changelings are free, I've already won!"

"No!" Shining Armor demanded, stomping his foreleg down in defiance. He wouldn't let it come to
that. He absolutely refused to accept that result. Not without one last fight. The migraine in
his skull was already reaching nearly unbearable levels, but he clenched his teeth despite the
pain and his horn lit in a fiery fury. But his constant vigilance combined with his weakened
state had left him unable to perform a defensive aura, and he hung his head in shame.

"I don't have the strength anymore. I can't do it..." He admitted. Hearing this, Cadance
immediately approached him, and pulled him into an embrace.

"My love will be your strength." She cooed.

Chrysalis made a face of disgust. "What a ridiculously lovely sentiment. Too bad it won't do you any good.
Any last words?"

Shining Armor glared at her with all the hate he possibly could. His horn glowed once more with
renewed vigor, coupled with what little strength Cadance could provide. Their horns began to
spark, leaving their enemy momentarily stunned.

"What is this foolishness?!" She demanded, taking several steps backwards.

The light from the horns of the two equines grew only brighter and stronger. It pulsed with its
own supernatural power, even by the standards of Twilight Sparkle. The purple unicorn in
question backed away, a motion seconded by her friends. All except for Pinkie Pie, of course,
who simply stood and stared at it. Applejack dragged her backwards by the tail.

"Git back here an quit lookin' at it b'fore ya blind yerself, Pinkie!" Applejack scolded.

The party pony merely snorted off the warning. "But it's so PRETTY!"

Chrysalis was less amused, and sputtered with useless objections. "Stop this! Stop this at
once!" The light only grew brighter at her protest, until a powerful shock wave of magic burst
forth. Those with pure hearts were left untouched, but the Queen of Darkness and her army were
not so lucky. "NO!" She screeched as she was blasted through a nearby window. "I'll get you for
this, Twilight Sparkle! JUST WAIT!"

Queen Chrysalis was vanquished, her army defeated. All was right in the world of Canterlot, and
a magnificent banquet followed a beautiful wedding. Order had been restored.

[ONE YEAR LATER]

The town of Ponyville was a peaceful place, although it had its fair share of trouble. Today,
however, the most troubling thing about it to a particular purple dragon was the large tome that
Twilight had asked him to retrieve, only to find it out of his reach. He wasn't the number one
assistant for nothing, however, and was determined to get it. The Library was, as would be
expected of a Library, completely full of shelves and books. There was a rolling ladder against
every wall, unneeded by a unicorn of Twilight's ability, but necessary for a baby dragon.

Spike stood on the top rung of the ladder, his claws reaching feverishly for EQUESTRIAN HISTORY
VOLUME 15. "Are you sure you need THIS one, Twilight?" He called to the unicorn who was studying
downstairs. Maybe he'd get lucky. Maybe she'd change her mind, or want a different book altogether.

Twilight was surrounded by a pile of novels, several more held in the air by her horn and
rotating in a slow circle around her head as she read eight of them at once. "Yes! My test is in
two weeks, and Princess Celestia hasn't told me what it will be on, you know that. Since I don't
know what book to read, I have to read all of them!" She was about to say more, but was cut off
by an enormous noise from upstairs. "Spike! What was that?"

The dragon poked his head out of the enormous shelf of books he'd knocked over, holding up his
prize victoriously. "Nothing, Twilight! Got it! Coming!" Note to self, clean up this mess before Twilight sees it.
Work for a number one assistant was never done.

Twilight shook her head in wonder, only to be distracted by the doorbell. Spike's voice called from
upstairs. "I got it!"

Twilight cut him off. "Never mind, Spike. I got it." She moved to the door, and opened it. "Can I help-" She was cut off by a yellow blur tackling her to the ground. The squeak of embarrassment was immediately recognizable. Twilight just smiled in expectation.

"Hello, Fluttershy. What's gotten you all riled up?"

"Twilight! Oh, gosh, it's terrible, it's horrible, it's awful, just awful!"

The unicorn sighed. "It's going to be very difficult to help you when you're sitting on my face,
Fluttershy. Slow down. Let me up. What's the problem?"

The pegasus squeaked and quickly removed herself. "Oh! I'm sorry. It's the Changelings, Twilight! They're
back!"

Twilight was instantly on her hooves, horn flaring with agitation. "Changelings, Fluttershy? Are you sure? Are you ABSOLUTELY sure?"

Fluttershy nodded meekly. "Uh-huh. One of them was in my house just this morning!"

The unicorn thrust forward, pinning her against the door. "How do I know YOU'RE the real Fluttershy, then?"

At this, between being interrogated and pinned against a door, the yellow pegasus burst into tears. "I don't... I mean... I am... at least I think I am... oh, I never should have left my cottage!" She sniffed. T

Twilight backed off, convinced, and stomped her hoof against the ground. "I'm sorry, I had to ask. Now come on. Let's go get some answers!"

Comments

[Mother3Forever]

Moar?

[Perteks]

Just delete that "one year earlier" its totally useless and it make that one year later instead of present time like jump 2 years ?

[lunabrony]

2461153 There will be more. I'm currently in production of Angels and Demons 2, pre preproduction of Angels and Demons 3, AND writing this on top of working 40 hours a week. It will come! I promise!

[lunabrony]

2462490 Your argument is accepted. It has been done.

[SuperChaosKG]

2463177

No it hasn't.

[Discord_Lexia]

Let's go get some answers!

"Let's go prakteece medicine!"

[justintym4fun]

Just a suggestion: you seem to use a lot of unnecessary line breaks. I don't know if you tried to make all the lines the same length for some reason, but it might make it easier to read if they were removed. Just a suggestion.