> Black Heart > by Gloria Beezus Rose > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 1 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- A purple alicorn, with a neat navy blue mane with magenta and lavender stripes, walked down the hallway. She could hear her hooves echoing through the halls of her vast and grand castle. She had just gotten it after, the tree of harmony gave it to her. Princess Twilight Sparkle loved to live the lavish life. To her it was nice to have nothing to do all day, and just read books, but occasionally she did have something to do like when Equestria was threated or she had to do some political things which ranged from obscure to reasonable. Most of the time they were rather reasonable. The most unreasonable thing she had to do was to travel all the way to the Crystal Empire, where Princess Cadence Rules. Her brother was the captain of the Royal Guard and Princess Cadence was her fillyhood foal-sitter. All three of them knew each other more than they knew themselves. All she had to do was to unfurl a banner that welcomed the Delicates from the nearby lands that border Equestria.Twilight's sister; well her sister in law to be precise. She normally lived the quiet life with her friends. Anyway she was heading to her library to read some books she just got back from having an animal play date with her friends, Rarity, Rainbow dash, Fluttershy, Pinky Pie, and least but not last Apple Jack. She really didn't like play dates or going out to do stuff with her friends, it was really boring, most of the time. She would have rather stayed home. She had to go there though it would great to never go again. She turned the last corner and finally she was at the library, her favorite place to be, she took a big whiff of the air and she could smell that familiar scent of parchment and ink, it filled her nostrils of the memories of her old home which was long gone and destroyed, when she got her castle. Now she was tasked of finding a book to read from the vast library that she owned she had books from obscure to realistic; A to Z. Well this was going to be a difficult task she thought, but then she remembered the book, she could write to him they haven't talked in a while. She when to the end of the row of books she was in and she pulled a book and the what she was looking for appeared, if she was any slow in her reflexes the book would have hit the ground, a broke the spin she couldn't have someone repair it because the would find out about her secrets, that would be a very foolish and dangerous idea. She headed over to one of the desks in the center of the room grabbed a quill to write to him they haven't talked for quite some time now maybe a year or more. Though she liked him they really weren't friends she didn't like manny friends. Ironic fro the Princes of Friendship! Well, she walked over to her private library and when into in and locked the door behind her she wouldn't want anyone to find out about her secret. She would have to take care of them if they did and that would draw some suspicion to her and she didn't want any of that. Well there she sat down and she opened the book and took the quill she had now and then she wrote, "Are you there," In her beautiful cursive and then she had a reply, "Yes I am my dearest, how long has it been since we've last talked?". " She wrote back to him, " Long enuf for me to become Princess, how have you been though? Any new spell that you've created?" She wrote to him, getting a slow response back, from the King of Shadows well that's what she liked to call him. "Well, Princess we you've earned the title my dearest, I've been fine though I haven't made any new spells I quite that quite some time ago," He wrote, he hade a rather big crush on tWil.ight ever since she beat him in the Crystal Empire. This only crippled their friendship. "Well someday I'll be queen and you could come out of hiding and all your crimes against Equestria will be pardoned. That in the future, the far, far future. Being that me and you are eternal that future is not so far away, ion sad sometimes not being able to die," she wrote back to him, and then she heard a knock at the door of her library and wrote a quick, "Good Bye," Shut the book and unlocked the door, to see who knocked, she looked arounf=d and saw one of the fifteen guards that watched over her home. "Yes, what is it?" She asked, the guard with a hint of annoyance in her face, but he didn't notice. "Your friend Apple Jack wanted to know I Spike could help her with sorting the apples," The guard said notifying her of Apple's pure annoyance. "He can go," she said shutting the door and continuing with her book but then she decided to hide it in this room it would be safer because she can look this room and if anyone wants the lever book she had her secrets would be revealed. So she went over to her Star Swirl shelf and the one on simple fire magic would be the new leaver. Now every time she left this room she would have to lock it for safety. After she hid the book she walked out of her private library locking it and then she wondered around the library looking for another book to read, as she looked around she found the newest "Daring Doo" book called the "End of the World". She took the book and walked over to the desk she borrowed the Quill from put the quill back nd then she sat down and read. She got to around chapter four until she felt a little sleep and she got up to see what time it was she looked at the nearest clock to her and it was ten o clock, that was her bedtime, so she got up and then she walked to her room then she slept. > a2 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- She woke up in the morning to the smell of pancakes, muffins and another variety of pastries. She got up fro her bed and meandered her way into the bathroom to shower, and get ready, for the day. While she was in the bathroom Pinkie Pie was downstairs making breakfast for Twilight because Spike wasn't there, he was at apple jacks sorting apples fro the rest of the day. SHe quickly made her way into the kitchen where she found Pinkie 1just the way she should be making her breakfast. That's the thing her friend is best at doing! That is exact what ponies should be doing server her, after all she's royalty! "Hello, Twilight!" Pinkie said with her usual enthusiasm, "How's one of my favorite best friends!" she said practically jumping up and down. "Pinkie, everyone is your favorite best friend," she said a little snidely," Whats for breakfast?" she added while sitting down in the table, without food. "Well, we have muffins and fritters and um, pastries! I also made eggs and bacon!" she said evidently forgetting Twilight's rude remark to her, she has such a short memory span Twilight thought. They sat and ate breakfast for around twenty minutes until Twilight reminded that it was time for Pinkie to go to work. AS soon as Pinkie Pie left she made her way over to her private library and she took her book; she had her ink and quill and wrote. "Sombra, I have a rather silly Question to ask?" she wrote down giving Sombra time to reply but he took to long so she continued with her question, "Do you l-" Twilight heard a rushed knock at her door and came quickly to answer it. "Princess Twilight Celestia wants to talk to you evidently!" Her said rather panicked, "Follow me!" he said before trotting of, Twilight stayed as close as possible to the guard, when they stopped they were in the courtroom of the palace, and Celestia sat on the throne. "Celestia! what the emergency!" Twilight said frantically well more or less faking her franticness. "Gaurd you have your leave," Celestia commanded barely hiding the anger in her voice, sh got as soon as the guard left and said "After all we've done for you why would, you of all ponies betrayed us?" She said half rendered and half sad. "So you know," Twilight said her voice now cold and contemplating, she decided the best thing for her to do was run as far away as possible. as soon as Celestia when to open her mouth she ran as fast as she could she weaved through the hallways. There she saw the exit and she bust through it and there were ponies busy shopping and buying things but the all stopped when the notice her running as fast as she could being followed by Celestia. Then Twilight spread her wings and with two powerful flaps she was of sh flew as fast but Celestia catch up to her. Celestia shot Twilight with some magic; down she went spiraling and land she landed straight on a fruit seller cart inside the ponyVille market. She was out cold, lying on the rubble. "Were am I?" Twilight said while waking up in a strange foreign place. She got up and looked around in a dazed confusion of where she was. She slow looked around to see if there was any light though wasn't any light she could see her hooves perfectly clear. What is this place, she thought with total curiosity. "Your unconscious lying in marketplace," a voice said with a sickly echo would have scared any normal pony, as soon as these words were said they an increase in the melancholy atmosphere increases as Twilight found herself right in front of the King of Monsters, Sombra. Why are you here?" Twilight asked, kinda disappointed, she plastered an annoyed expression on her face to show more disapprovement. "Well, I saw your right got cut off and well it worried me so yeah," he said getting nervous and sweaty while blushing heavily. "whatever I don't care just save me," Twilight said she hade no liking for Sombra all she liked about him was how servile he was to her, just when she finished her sentce Sobra apeared in front of her seamingly lifless body. > Take 4 > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Redoing to story for a 4th time.... Hope you enjoy!