When two Demon God appears on Equestria, one thing is sure, the world will be tainted with corruption.
When a creature called Sokar appears on Equestria with his brother, the princesses and the mane six must prepare for the worst, or... the best? One thing is known, corruption will affect the princesses and their friends one way or another and they will succumb to it and they will be turned to darkness but it will be for good? Sometimes corruption isn't bad after all.
Contains: corruption, transformation, muscle growth, goo, macro, dark magic transformation
(English is not my first language, so expect grammar mistakes. You have been warned.)
Celestia has always been a kind ruler. With her sister Luna and her prodigy Twilight Sparkle, and with the help of her friends, she was able to maintain peace for a very long time. Her subjects could live happily and free without fear of being hurt.
Currently, nightfall becomes. Celestia lowered sun and after a while, the moon came out. Sighed with a relief of the work, the day made her tired. She wasn't surprised by that. Nobles could be sometimes a pain in the flank. At least some of them. Now she was watching Ponyville. At night, ponies started to go to bed at this point, just like her.
Despite being an alicorn and the Princess of the Sun, Celestia was simple ponie. She had a... very unhealthy taste for sweets and wine. But her body was able to maintain a very big amount of it. She also can forgive ponies if she wants, even if some think they don't deserve it. She liked also dancing and playing games like cheese.
''Ponyville looks very quiet at night'' Celestia said while preparing herself to bed.
''I would agree with you, my dear'' a voice said that surprised Celestia and made her look around her room.
"Who said that?" Celestia asked confused
For the moment, silence fell. After a while, a voice spoke up again. "I think you should already know that..."
Unknown to Celestia, a shadow appeared behind her. It was taller than her and looked like it was made of the black, living fire that glowed purple. His face had two eyes, where his left had pupil that looked like a circle with the dot in the middle. Where his mouth should be, there was a set of red tooth, shaped into a smile.
He moved his head close to her ear and whispered in a deep voice "Princess Celestia"
That caused her to jump and trip over. She clenched her chest and started breathing very fast, while the shadow creature chuckled at his sneak attack. "It seems that even after many years after our meeting you didn't change, my dear"
After calming herself down, Celestia looked at the creature with a frown on her face.
"Who are you and how did you get here?" She asks/demanded him to answer her question.
"Heh. I can't believe that you forget about me, after so many years" He chuckled.
"What you mean?" Celestia asked him.
"Do you remember when you and Star Swirl Bearded enter my realm by using the magical portal, that he created many years ago after you banished Luna to the moon? Does that ring the bell?" The creature asked with a serious tone in his voice.
Celestia closed her eyes and started to think about what he said to her now. Then images started to appear, showing her, her mentor and a beast made of black flames. Her eyes suddenly widened and looked at the creature with dread chilling her down to the spine.
"Sokar..." Celestia whispered the name of the creature while covering her mouth with her hoof. Sokar smile widened at the sight.
"You thought that I wouldn't be able to get here? Well, I hate to broke your hopes up, my dear." Sokar let out a malevolent laugh, that filled the air. Celestia collected herself and took a long breath and calmed her down.
"How did you get here? Star Swirl put a spell that blocked access to your world and from yours to ours, then how?" Celestia couldn't believe that someone like Sokar managed to get past through spell that her mentor created to block access for using portals like his.
"If I want to be honest with you, Equestria spells are a child play to me. Besides it doesn't matter that one of the entries is blocked, I will always find a way to get to many places with a snap of my fingers, Celestia." He explained to her with pride and joy that filled him right now, making Celestia's eyes widened at his answer. "But let's return to the main topic. I wanted to tell that I will soon appear in this world. It has been a very long time since I been here. My brother will come with me, Celestia."
"Your brother? I didn't saw him in your world Sokar." Celestia told him.
"That's because he preferred to stay behind the scenes like he always did before." Sokar sighed, knowing his brother too well.
"I see..." Celestia nodded at that.
"We both had an idea to visit your world, Celestia. A maybe became even friends. So, what will you say about that?" Sokar asked her, extending his clawed hand to her.
Celestia wasn't sure about this. On other hoofs it could be a trick, that would cause her to put the entire population at danger, on other hoofs he wasn't lying and he was honest with her. Decided to take a chance, she reached her hoof and shacked his hand. His smile widened even more and slightly opened.
"Excelent! Tomorrow we meet when you bring your sister, Twilight Sparkle with her friends and Princess Cadance with her husband and brother of Twilight, Shining Armor! Explain to them the situation and then... then we will appear! Don't disappoint us!" Sokar let out madman laughter before disappearing into the ground.
Celestia was relieved that Sokar left her. For now. She decided that was the best time to go to sleep. She wears off her boots, crown and her regalia and falls asleep on her bed. What she didn't know that a shadow with red eyes was watching her before disappearing into the darkness.
On the next day, Celestia was on her throne with her sister at her side. Before them stood Twilight Sparkle, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie Pie and Princess Cadance with Shining Armor at her side. All of them were worried because she brought them for reason unknown.
Celestia cleared her throat before speaking. "You probably wondering why I brought you here. I will explain all of now. Yesterday I was visited by the creature known as Sokar. He appeared in my room while I was preparing to sleep."
"Did he done something to you, Princess?" Twilight asked her teacher.
She shooked her head. "No not at all Twilight. He didn't hurt me. Although I was anxious when he was around me."
"How did he even get to your room sister? The guards should spot him sneaking into the castle." Luna asked curious about the intruder.
"He used magic to teleport to my room. He can manipulate fire which he is made of." Celestia answered her.
"Does that mean that he is a Fire Elemental? I read that each of the elements has creatures that represent them. Fire, Wind, Thunder, Water, Earth are the most common elements." Twilight explains to the group.
"I'm afraid that you wrong Twilight. The race that Sokar belongs to is a natural manipulator of fire. They are born with it." Celestia said to Twilight.
"You speak as you meet him before" Cadance spoke to Celestia.
"That's true Cadance. That wasn't the first time that we meet. The first time that I met him was after Luna was banished. Our mentor Star Swirl Bearded was creating a magical mirror that acted as a portal. He asked me to help him. I agreed. After we completed it, we tested it. When we crossed the mirror we found ourselves in his realm. It was a collection of floating rocks and islands. The sky was purple and when we looked down we saw bottomless pit. He immediately sensed our presence in his home. He appeared in his true form. He looked like a skull-like creature with sharp purple teeth and eyes sockets with only one eye on his left side. His hands weren't even connected to his shoulders, they were floating. He summoned his servants, created from unknown material that resembled rock. He told us that we shouldn't be there. We explain to him that we were testing a mirror that we created. It caught his attention. He recalled his minions and asked us many questions like who we are and where we came from and we did the same. He told that we could leave his realm but he promised us that he would appear in our world when the time comes. I was hoping that he wasn't speaking the truth. Star Swirl wanted to make sure that he won't come through, so he cast a spell on the mirror to block an entrance on Sokar's side, but it seems we underestimated him." Celestia said with a sigh at the end.
"You mean that he broke the spell that Starswirl himself cast in the mirror?" Twilight asked shocked that Sokar managed to get to their world.
"I'm afraid that is not the case. I speculate that the mirror was only the gateway we could use it to travel to his world, while he can freely create a portal, leading him to our world." Celestia answered Twilight.
"How powerful he is, sister? The magic that he used wasn't something that anyone could do." Luna asked her sister.
"He's a very powerful dark magic user from what I saw. He told me that he's immortal and he existed long before we two were born Luna. Each member of his race is a manifestation of certain aspects. Sokar is Aspect of Death and Madness." Celestia said shocking everyone in the throne room.
"Y-You mean that he is... Death itself?!" Twilight asked.
"Not exactly Twilight. Death existed before him but yes. He is Death incarnate. That grants him immortality. He's a God. A God that was betrayed by his brothers." Celestia said to Twilight, making everyone either surprised or shocked.
"Betrayed? By his family? Why?" Applejack asked.
"You see... The race where Sokar comes from was evil, at least their leaders. They wanted to gain control over other worlds but Sokar didn't agree with them. Raktul, Aspect of Tyranny, the main leader of them sent Sokar to the prison and tortured him for many decades. He went insane, because of the endless suffering and became Aspect of Madness in process. He promised that he will stop them even if that means sacrificing his own life. He saw what they could do. After some time he broke out from his prison, stronger then his former family and then hell broke out. A bloody fight started between but he wasn't alone in this. His brother Vrede, Aspect of Hatred and Osiris, Aspect of Prosperity helped him. Both of them were spies, helping Sokar preparing for the final battle. When it happened they defeated them. Osiris convinced their brothers that what they were doing was wrong and they join them, except Raktul. He was executed by Sokar and his essence was absorbed by Aspect of Madness. After that Osiris became the new main leader of their race. He wanted to give Sokar and Vrede a place in their world but they declined his offer saying that they wanted to help others in need. They weren't lying. They helped many people to this day." Celestia explained to everyone.
After hearing it, some were deep in their thoughts, others felt sadness for Sokar. Years being trapped in endless pain could break anyone. Luna remembered the time where she was trapped on the moon as Nightmare Moon. Her jealousy brought her to her downfall. 1000 years being locked on the moon nearly pushed her to the edge of insanity. She let out a single tear that fell to the ground. She quickly wiped her cheek with her hoof.
"Poor fella. No parties, no gifts, no friends. That is the saddest history that I heard." Pinkie Pie mane and tail feel down in sadness. Everyone deserved a party because without them they couldn't be happy.
"Being betrayed sucks, but being betrayed by your family, it's the worst betrayal of all of them." Rainbow Dash growled. Being the Element of Loyalty means to serve your friends and protect them with your life. What happened to Sokar hit her like a train.
"I can't believe that his own family would do this to him." Applejack whispered, trying to process everything she heard. For her family is the most important thing in the world. She would never betray them or her friends. Ever.
"Now you know everything." Suddenly a voice that echoed through the hall caught everyone besides Celestia off guard. A black portal appeared behind them and from it emerged Sokar but under a different form. He was taller then Celestia. He was wearing a spiky armor with two spikes longer from the rest on his shoulders. His hair was dark and he wore his iconic eyes and smile. He wore a cloak around his hips that covered his legs that too were wearing armor.
"My own family... turn back on me and condemn me to the pits of hell. Only Vrede and Osiris remained at my side. Raktul tried to break me. To get information on anyone that worked with me, but I didn't speak a single word. It made him mad. All this pain I endured for the sake of my brothers that believed in our case. After I freed myself Hatred filled my mind and heart but I wasn't consumed by it because of my brothers that helped me. To this day Osiris with the rest of leaders leads our kind to the better future, free of Raktul tyranny. I forgive them a long time ago. I and Vrede remain in the Abyss, the realm where I meet Celestia and her mentor. So... that's it guess. By the way nice to meet you, everyone!" Sokar greeted them, extending his clawed hand.
Everyone was surprised by Sokar's behavior. They didn't think that he will be that colorful person, despite his past. Twilight shooked his hand nervously.
"I-It's honor to meet you Sokar, my name is-" Twilight spooked but she was cut by Sokar hand, covering her muzzle.
"-Twilight Sparkle. Princess of Friendship. The Element of Magic and apprentice of Princess Celestia. I heard about you a lot." Sokar ended for her, which surprised her. "I mean I heard that you helped many on your way to this point."
Twilight slightly blushed at his compliment. "Please, without my friend's help I wouldn't be here right now..."
Sokar chuckled at her reaction. "That's true. With your friends, you manage to overcome even the most challenging task. Never forget about them and they won't forget about you."
Twilight nodded her, like her friends. Pinkie Pie suddenly appeared behind Sokar's left shoulder which surprised him.
"Do you like party's, do you have friends, do you like surprises or cakes. I made the best cakes in Ponyville! Do you want me to bake some?" Pinkie asks in her casual sweet and child-like tone.
"Heh heh heh. I would like to but not right now little one. Maybe later." Sokar answered. He sweet dropping at her attitude. ' It seems that pink one can somehow break laws of reality. I have to remember that.'
"Oki Doki sir!" Pinkie answered reappearing next to Fluttershy.
"Speaking of surprises, my brother will arrive in three, two, one..." Sokar said and suddenly a new portal next to him opened. A man with red hair and red eyes came through. He was wearing a black and red t-shirt. He was wearing crimson red pants and red combat boots. His face looked like Sokar but with the minor changes and he was slightly shorter from him. He cracked his neck, making the sounds of cracking bones filled the air. "By the gods, I forget that doing that causes my neck to go numb. Hm?" He looked up seeing surprised group before him. "Oh. Forgive me about that. My name is Vrede and I am the brother of Sokar." He said while bowing his head.
"For the last time Vrede. Stop doing that. You scare whenever you doing that." Sokar growled at his brother while sending him a glare.
"Sorry about that bro, I forget about it, I promise that it won't happen again jeez, some people don't have a sense of humor, I suppose. " Vrede said slightly chuckling while Sokar sighed, rubbing his eyes.
"Anyways. It's nice to 'hand' you everyone!" Vrede joked, causing Sokar eye twitched at his brother pun.
"It's alright Vrede. Welcome to Ponyville." Twilight greeted brother.
"Ponyville? Hm..." Vrede thought before snapping his fingers and a calendar appeared next to him. He was flipping the pages before he stopped on the page showing October. "Say, if I remember correctly, in this month an event called 'Nightmare Night' am right?" He asked Celestia.
"Indeed. It will appear tomorrow. At night." Celestia answered brother.
"Mind if we join in your majesty?" Sokar asked with his smile growing widened on his smile.
"Of course. Everypony can attend." Celestia said.
"Excellent! It seems that we will have to prepare our costumes brother. See you soon!" Vrede happily said before he disappeared in black flames. Sokar chuckled at his brother enthusiast.
'He never changes' "See you tomorrow everyone!" Sokar bowed before he too disappeared, leaving the group to prepare for the most Darkest Nightmare Night.
The time of screams, candies, ponies in costumes and fun. The town was decorated with scary decorations like pumpkins, ghosts, spiders, bats, etc. This event was created based on the story of Nightmare Moon. They said that if you won't make a sacrifice in candies, she will devour you. Wearing a costume allowed to be safe from heir ravenous hunger.
Ponies were wearing costumes made by themselves. One ponie was wearing the costume of a mouse. Another costume of an apple. And another costume of a robot.
'Some of them are or good or average. I guess that what only stops you is your imagination.' Sokar thought while watching ponies. He too made a costume for himself. It was representing Fallen Angel. On his back, there was a pair of black wings. He used one of his most common abilities, transformation his body and clothes that he wore. He was wearing a black robe and under it was black slim armor. His eyes and mouth were normal to some degree. The sclera of his eyes was white and pupils purple.
He currently was walking towards Rarity home. He wanted to check on her. She didn't leave her boutique, which was strange. When he appeared, he knocked on the door twice and they were opened by Rarity sister, Sweetie Belle. She was wearing a pumpkin costume.
"Happy Nightmare Night!" Sweetie Belle greeted Sokar.
"Happy Nightmare Night, Sweetie Belle. Is Rarity still in her house?" Sokar asked her.
"Yeah. She still is. All this time is admiring the Moon in the sky. Don't know what's got into her." Sweetie Belle replied with the sigh.
"Can I come in?" Sokar asked her.
"Of course! Rarity friends are my friends!" She answered with a smile. The doors opened and Sweetie Belle led Sokar to the Rarity room. When they entered, they saw her watching the moon behind the window.
"Hi, Rarity." Sokar greeted Rarity.
"Hi, Sokar. Nice costume."
"Thanks, Rarity. And what is yours? A naked pony? That would be hilarious." Sokar joked.
"No. Something special." Rarity said, still admiring the moon. Sokar intrigued by that he looked at it and saw that the moon was starting to be covered by black, smoke shadows. Sokar now knew what she meant by that. 'So they decided to join the party. Let them. That night is getting interesting with each second passed.'
"What do you mean by that sister? And what does it do with the moon?" Sweetie Belle asked confused about it.
"Everything" Rarity said now with a much darker tone. She turned to them with a crazy smile on her face and which scarred her sister.
"Rarity... You're scaring me..." Sweetie Belle said with fear in her voice.
'Too bad that I didn't bring Popcorn with me." Sokar though sadly.
"You should be. It's gonna get even scarier than before hon. Prepare to witness the scariest Nightmare Night in your life!" Rarity said with dark delight in her voice. Soon the dark smoke started to envelop her body and then a dark voice spoke out. "My Queen. We are here. It's been so long since we were together. "
The smoke started to sink into her chest and horn. Her chest started to bulk up and swelling. She grew bigger than before. The coat turned from white to black like a sky. The back let out a popping sound and her cutie mark change from three crystals to a constellation.
Then she fell and hit the ground. Her legs started to gain more muscle and turn black. She watched her biceps becoming more buffed than before for her pleasure. Her eyes became more draconic, cold pale blue with glitter on them. Her neck grew longer and the muzzle started to push forward. Her teeth became much sharper. Horn became longer and spiral. Her mane became longer, multicolored with star-like glitters on it.
She nearly spits out the droll but she quickly covers her muzzle with her hanky."No. No droll. That wouldn't be ladylike."
"Rarity... is that still you?" Sweetie Belle asked with her jaw dropped to the ground.
'I thought that I saw everything. Guess I was wrong.' Sokar thought.
"It's still me Sweetie Belle and more." Nightmare Rarity said to her sister.
"Wow Rarity. You must be very tall like Celestia or even more. How did you do that?" Sweetie Belle started to get better on her sister which has drastically changed.
"Let me guess. You become the host to the Nightmare Forces I'm right?" Sokar asked smiling at Rarity.
"You guessed right darling. A long time ago I became a host for them. I promised them that they could come to visit The Nightmare Night but they need a host to manifest in this world. And well... Being their host has... benefits." Rarity explained to them. Suddenly a yellow cobra-like shadow appeared next to her and started to stroke her chin.
"Did you missed us, my Queen?" the shadow asked Rarity.
"You know, you don't have to call me like that Jerome." Rarity said to her servant. Then another shadow appeared on her side. He was all black and his eyes were red. His head had features of the bird. He looked at Sokar with a smile on his face. "Well hello there Sokar. It's been a long time since we saw each other."
"True, if I remember correctly it was... 10.000 years ago, Larry, it seems you changed with your brother, Jerome" Sokar answered to the Shadowfright.
"You know them, darling?" Rarity asked Sokar, surprised that Sokar knew the Nightmare Forces.
"Yes. We knew each other for a long time. I helped to emigrate to the darker side of the moon. They were dying. I couldn't let that happened. Because of my work and my brother their kind grew and become natural inhabitants of the moon." Sokar scratched his chin, remembering the time when he and his brother helped Shadowfright's.
"For that our kind thank you. Without your help, we could perish." Jerome said to his kind savior.
"It's nothing, Jerome." Sokar turned to the Rarity. "So, are we going or what?"
"One-moment dear." Rarity started using her cosmetics and when she finished she looked like she was wearing a costume of a skeleton. "Now then, shall we going?"
"Yes!" Sweetie Belle said to her sister jumping happily.
"I think we forgetting something." Sokar had a feeling of deja vu.
"You mean Spike? You're right. Did you saw him?" Rarity asked.
"That's the weird part. I didn't saw Twilight neither Spike while I was heading to you." Sokar answered, shrugging his shoulders. "Probably they still trying to choose their costume... I got an idea!" Suddenly Sokar opened a small rift surprising his friends. It showed the castle of Twilight. "It seems that Twilight and Spike currently are still in the castle. The spell I used often shows the place where the person I'm looking for is."
"If you planning to visit them, take this." Rarity showed Sokar a blue crystal that she was holding her magic grasp. Sokar took it and looked at it curious about it.
"What's that?" Sokar asked.
"That crystal is a gift for the Spike. He likes very much gems and crystal. When he asks you about it, tell that this is a gift from me." Rarity explained to him.
"I see. I was planning to get there anyway. Well then! See you later Rarity and happy Nightmare Night!" Sokar said before disappearing in a cloud of black flame. Rarity turned to his sister and said.
"Come on my Little Pumpkin!" She and Sweetie Belle opened the door and they left the boutique and started heading towards the village. "Let's make this night ours!"
Sokar reappeared right before Twilight castle. He looked at it and saw that it was made of crystals. And it was big. Big enough to house a small family with it. Sokar chuckled at its design. 'The one that made that place had a very little imagination but it's not my place to judge a book by its cover' He knocked the doors and after a second they have been opened by Spike who was surprised to see Sokar in his costume.
"Whoa! That's one of the hell costume men!"
"Thanks, Spike. Can I come in?"
"Of course!" He let Sokar in and he saw a pile of books. Many books were either on the ground or the table. He noticed Twilight walking around the circle.
"Hi, Twilight, what's wrong, you seem troubled" Sokar said catching her attention.
"Oh? Sorry about that. I'm trying to find a costume that would suit me and Spike but I couldn't find anything!" Twilight lowered her head in shame.
"That's sucks. I came right after visiting Rarity and she wanted me to give Spike this." Sokar pulled out of his pocket a crystal and showed it to Spike. "She said that's a gift for you, my friend."
"Really? Oh boy! Thanks, I appreciate it!" Spike took the crystal from Sokar's hands and in a second he swallowed it. Soon after his stomach started to let out growling noises which worried him, Twilight and made Sokar raised his eyebrow in curiosity. "Eee... I think is something is wrong with that gem..."
'Oh boy. That crystal must be magical. And now his body adapts to its power' Sokar thought to himself while Twilight approached Spike.
"What you mean Spike?" Twilight asks his assistant, worried about him.
"I starting to feel..." Spike suddenly started to grow. His muscle growth to the size of the trunk of free and hardened. He became taller than Celestia and even more. His chest exploded forward in power. Pecs and abs hardened and bulged. The tail became longer and spikes growth from it. Claws on hands and feet grew longer and sharper than before. Spike's jaw pushed forward and teeth grow sharper. Spikes grew in length along his spine and head. After the moment where Spike was standing, now stood a dragon bulging with power and strength that could crush anything and anyone in his way. "...hard?"
'Holly Molly... Things get interesting the more time I and my brother spends in this world. A little corruption won't hurt.'
"Spike are you okay!?" Twilight asked his friend that now was taller than a full-grown tree.
"I'm fine Twilight. But look at me now! I never felt so good in my life!" he flex his biceps that now looked like watermelons. Twilight turned to Sokar with a furious look on her face.
"What did you do to him?" She asked him sending a glare towards him.
"Heh heh heh you could say that was part of a greater game, Twilight" Sokar answered to her.
"What the hay was that supposed to mean? If you won't tell I will send you to Tartarus!" Twilight threatened him while frowning at him. Sokar looked at her with a devilish smile on his face and for the moment his eyes glowed purple.
"Let's just say that was a gift from the Queen. You will see her now, my dear."
"Queen? What Queen? Tell me now." Twilight was started to get impatient with Demon God when suddenly a voice spoke out.
"He meant me, Twilight" they looked to the source of the voice and they saw Queen Rarity, standing near the doors. Twilight and Spike were shocked, seeing her friend like that.
"Rarity? Is that you? You- you look huge!" Spike said while blushing at his lover's new form.
"Look who's talking my not-so-little Spikey-Wikey. You look like a hulking monster that could scare the entire town out of candys, my dear and I must admit you are looking good, even for a handsome guy like you, my dear," she complained to his new form. "After all you've always been one cute handsome dragon."
"You mean... You did this to me?" Spike pointed with his claws at his face.
"All of it with Sokar help. I thought with one big dragon could get many candies, then what an even bigger dragon get? Are you complaining?" Rarity explained and asked her lover.
"Not really..." he said flexing his big arm. Rarity turned to her friend and looked down, seeing that she was bigger from her. "I'm sorry for that Twilight. I wanted to give Spike one night where he could stand by my side and enjoying this event."
"It's fine Rarity. I understand that." Twilight accepted her apology and then she turned her head towards Sokar."I'm sorry for accusing you of doing that."
"It's alright Twilight. You had a reason for being angry at me." Sokar reasoned with her and he looked two love-birds. "Now that you have your costume Spike, you can enjoy this night with your Queen."
"You right. Thanks for helping Sokar. You're the best! See you later Twilight!" The two turned to the doors and left with Spike having a little problem getting through them. Sokar now turned to Twilight while she looked at him nervously.
"Now then. Now that we are alone we can talk about your costume... Twilight." For the moment his true form was revealed themselves. Twilight started to fell chills going down to her spine.
"W-W-What you mean by that?" Twilight started to get nervous around Sokar's presence as he circled her.
"I mean, I can help you become more powerful than ever before. Surely you remember the times where your friends were at danger because you haven't acquired power. The times you were facing alone the dangers while your friends had do deal with their problems when you were separated." Sokar stated before here face with cackle at the on his words.
Twilight wanted to protest but he was right. There were situations where she lacked the strength to help herself and her friends. A power that she needed in the direst situations. She looked at the ground, lowering her head in shame. "But power can corrupt. It's true what you said but I know that if I would go for a quest to get it I would become an empty husk, a monster."
"That is true. But in the right hands, you can change that. Even helping your friends. I know how it feels to watch the ones that you care about suffer from bad persons. Don't you want to change that?" Sokar asked her honestly.
Twilight hesitated for the moment. Deep inside her core, there was a lust for power. She always had it in her. Even after becoming an alicorn, she always wanted more and more. Though she knew that going this path would end for her and her friends very badly. But amongst that, the safety of her friends was the most important for her. "I do. I do want to keep my friends safe but..."
"You're afraid that you will lose yourself. I understand that. I learned from the experience, that no matter what will happens I won't forget about myself and my family. No matter the cost." Sokar placed his hand on her shoulder and she looked at him, smiling.
"Thanks. I learned when I was a filly, that you have to do things, that would make you look like a bad guy, to protect those close to you." Twilight said to him, catching him off guard but he wasn't showing his surprise. Sokar realized at this moment that she wasn't innocent as she was looking.
'Perhaps I was mistaken by her look. Her talent is Magic after all. Maybe she will handle Dark Magic very well.' "I agree with you on this. I too have done some things that made me look like a villain but it was a lesser evil. Sometimes you have made lesser evil to prevent greater, a darker one to rise and hunt the world."
For the moment, there was a silence between. Twilight decided to broke it. She turned to Sokar and asked him. "You told me that you will make me stronger. How?"
Sokar smiled at her question."That's a simple thing and the second reason why I wanted to talk with you. Do you remember the Pony of Shadows? The one that you, Starlight and the Pillars banished to limbo and freed Stygian from it?"
"I do remember him... wait. How do you know this?" Twilight asked Sokar suspicion about how he knows their adventure with Stygian.
"Well in this case..." Sokar back off from her and with a snap of his fingers, a dark purple bubble before him and with it was a black goo, swirling in every direction. "...why I will show you, my dear."
Twilight looked at the ooze with fascination. "What's is that?"
When she looked at it, the blob formed two milky eyes and looked at her. It hissed at her with a voice that she recognized "Hello, Princess."
Twilight eyes widened from the moment of realization who's voice belong to. "You! But... but how... we banished you into Limbo..."
Sokar let out a sinister laugh before speaking. "True, you and you're friends banished him, but not to Limbo, but into my realm, the Abyss. When he arrived I took him as a guest and he explained everything to me. Including how he was banished because of one misunderstood."
"What you mean? He manipulated Stygian and because of him they, along with the Pillars, were sent to Limbo!"
Sokar slightly growled, sending Twilight a glare to her. "You didn't let me finish and you already started to judge him. For me that's hypocrisy."
"Excuse me?" Twilight asked surprised, being caught off guard by him.
"Styx told me everything. He only wanted to help Stygian to gain the power to fight alongside the Pillars but Star Swirl in his arrogance fought him with the rest of the Pillars, leading to a battle that ended a banishment to the Limbo. Stygian and Styx's. You blame him for your idol being stuck but in reality, the blame belongs to him." Sokar said shocking Twilight and surprising Styx, he didn't think that will be defended. "So tell me, will you judge someone by someone else mistake? Or you will believe someone that is stuck in his old ways and full of arrogance?"
Twilight lowered her head in guilt, her mane fell, cowering her eyes. "...You're right... I'm sorry." She suddenly looked at Sokar, remembering that he said to the shadow by his name. "Wait. Styx? That his name?"
"Yes. You guessed right, my friend." Styx hissed to her calmly.
"Okay then. Now can you please tell me what are you? I never saw a life form like you Styx."
"Styx belongs to the symbiotic race of creatures called Shadows. They inhabited the darkest corners of the galaxy in your world. He was summoned by Stygian and that's how he ended up in your world."
"What? I thought that he was created by Stygian with the power of the artifacts of the Pillars!" Twilight said, shocked by the information that she received.
"You're wrong. Styx existed before you were born Twilight. Maybe even before the banishment of Nightmare Moon, I don't know. But what I know that he was the Old One or rather First Born. Those are extraordinarily rare members of them living in the world. They still exist to this day, hiding in the dark."
"We were considered as gods among our species. I don't know how many are left out there, but I know that not many. We are the rarest type amongst Shadows. When I heard the call, I was curious. After Stygian told me everything, I wanted to help him. But his master believed that I took control over Stygian's body and mind, so he with others fought against us. Then that old fool cast us with the rest of the Pillars to Limbo. Years being trapped there affected my mind and you saw the effects of it." Styx explained to Twilight with a hint of shame and regret in his voice.
Twilight felt sad for Styx. She couldn't believe that here icon would be so harsh, let alone sent someone to the place where no one could ever return. It was a fate worse than death.
"If you allow me to bond with you, I'll give you the strength to help ponies and your friends. You will still be in control of yourself and I won't influence your thoughts. What do you say?" Styx offered her a proposition that was hard to refuse.
Twilight hesitated for the moment. She was suspicious about it. It sounded perfect. Too perfect for her. Decided to take a chance she deeply sighed before speaking to Styx. "I agree on one condition. If you try something funny I will rip you off and send you to the deepest pit of Tartarus! Got it?!"
He slightly chuckled at the alicorn's behavior before giving her an answer. "Deal." Then he looked at Sokar, who gave him a nod and a bubble around the Shadow disappeared, making him land on the ground and after that, he started to crawl to Twilight and when he reached her, the ooze started to engulf her from hoofs to head.
Her body started to grow bigger and more muscular. The muscle on the legs and body pushed forward and grew in a matter of seconds. The mane and tail became a mass of flowing dark purple mist. The same mist appeared at the back of her legs. Eyes turned white and looked like patches. The horn grew longer and looked like a blade. Feathers on her wings turn to the membrane and looked like bat wings. Finally, on her chest appeared the symbol, similar to the one that Stygian had when he was bonded with Styx.
Twilight opened her eyes and the first thing that she felt was a wave of magic that coursed through her new form. It sent a way of pleasure across her body and mind. She smiled at that, revealing the sharp fangs that could tear anything with its grasp. She noticed that she was now bigger, even from Stygian when he was wearing the Old One, and notice that the library became too small for her. She looked down and saw Sokar with a smile on his face.
With the snap of his fingers, Sokar created a big mirror out of thin air. Twilight saw her reflection and was delighted with it.
"Amazing!" Twilight said with the mix of her voice that was dominating and Styx's. "In my life, I never fell so strong, so powerful, so-"
Good? That is a common feeling when someone bonds with our race. Said the voice inside Twilight's mind that belonged to Styx.
You can talk like that?
Of course I can. After all, I'm part of you now. Remember?
Do you think that I don't hear you two chatting there? Said an amused voice that surprised both them and they recognized that was Sokar's voice. You that I'm here right?
You can speak telepathically? Twilight was surprised at that.
Of course I can and I can read your mind, my dear. I must say that are some things in your brain that picked my curiosity. Sokar said in a mischievous tone.
"Hey! Buck off from that!" Twilight said angrily at Sokar, who was smiling at her. "Using mind magic like that is breaking rules of private on one who was under it!"
"Yeah right. Like you allowing Styx reading yours..." Sokar said to both of them making Twilight slightly blush under the goo.
"That is different..." Twilight said nervously and that made Sokar laugh, making her face turn crimson red.
"You mean that you two are in a relationship. I wonder what Cadance could tell about it. Maybe she could give to both of you some advice Hahahahahahahaha!" He couldn't stop laughing and after some time he finally managed to calm himself down. "Okay... Ha... Okay. *coughing* Now then. How are you two gonna pass that door?"
"That's simple." Their body suddenly started to melt and became a big mass of goo and with that, they slithered through the door. Before their body left they formed their head and looked at Sokar. "Are you coming?"
Sokar was shocked and surprised that Twilight managed to do that without training but he wasn't showing her that "Sure. Let's go."
After they left the castle, Twilight returned to her earlier form and they started to go through Ponyville while Sokar watching his chin, thinking about what happened. 'First, Twilight has bonded to Shadows that are masters of Dark Magic, especially the Old Ones. And now, she starting to learn the basics of her new abilities. Corruption started to affect her in a good way. After all, I became an Aspect of Madness, which makes Corruption part of it. I wonder if Celestia and Luna will embrace it. That would be interesting. The Goddess of the Sun and the Goddess of the Moon embrace the Darkness within. Only a few managed to do that but I confident that they will succeed, like Twilight.'
"It seems that you started to pull your strings, Sokar." Said the voice that made him turn around. He saw Luna standing a few meters away from him in the black cloak. In her hands, she was holding a scythe.
"You're wearing a Grim Reaper costume, Luna. Tired of being Nightmare Moon every time?" Sokar asked her.
"You can say that. I decided to wear something different and for the sake of the subjects." Luna answered.
"I see. You said earlier said that I pulled my strings. Is that good thing or bad thing in your opinion?" Sokar wanted to make sure that he can trust her on this topic.
"Good. Even I can see that someone like Styx is no monster inside. Like me, he was misunderstood. And because of that, he suffered." Luna cleared her through before continuing. "The world is not black and white, but for the most ponies sadly it is."
"So you know the concept of balance. Light cannot exist without Darkness and Darkness can't exist without light." Sokar said, confirming his suspicion about her. "The World is a mixture of grey. Not everything is Good and Evil. It's a matter of perspective. Our own choices and decisions make us who we are. We follow a path either to the twilight or to the dawn." Sokar said to her.
Luna smiled at his words. "Your words bring wisdom. Not everypony knows about. Most of them want a simple life, where they can peacefully enjoy their lives. But that has caused an imbalance in Equestria. Chaos and Order are conflicted with each other. Celestia and I saw that after defeating Discord. That was one of the reasons why he conquered our home. But he failed to realize that he too dangered the balance."
Sokar slightly chuckled at that. "He lost himself in the process. And now he was reformed by her friend Fluttershy."
"Indeed. He redeemed himself." Luna said before starting leaving Sokar alone. "Now you have to excuse me, I must enjoy the night while it lasts. Oh, and the last thing, my sister wants you to talk with you. I don't what is about but I can already see that is something serious. Later Sokar." Luna waved her hoof before leaving.
'Something serious huh?' Sokar looked at the Canterlot and then he sensed a dark essence. The same one he felt many years ago from the creature that was Hell Incarnate.
'Him? Here?! How?!' Sokar was shocked that he was in this world. 'That means one thing. Celestia is his vessel.'
"That's the same thing I thought about." Said the voice that belonged to Vrede, who too, was wearing the costume. His suit was resembling a necromancer. Shoulder and chest were made of bones. A long clock at his back with the hoodie.
Currently, he had his hands hide in his pockets. "I too had a feeling that this night won't be boring."
"Tell me about it. I'll go to Canterlot. During my visit make sure that you won't pissed of anyone. Got it?" Sokar asked his brother, knowing he would do something like that.
"Okay, okay, jeez. You don't have to worry about it. I will keep in check my comedy. For now." Vrede answered his brother, who slightly growled at it before disappearing in the black cloud of fire. He turned away, noticing Twilight in her new form, holding in hands, a bucket, full of sweets.
Celestia was watching everything that was going in the Ponyville from her balcony. What she saw surprised her. First Sokar and Vrede costumes. Secondly Rarity becoming the Queen of Nightmare Forces and Spike sudden growth. Thirdly the return of Styx and Twilight bonding with her. She was proud of her and worried that the power she required will overwhelm her, but she believed her abilities and Sokar. After she told Luna to give a message to Sokar, she was waiting for him. Sooner or later he would arrive.
This is a mistake, Celestia. Hissed in Celestia's head deep voice, that she was starting to hear a long time ago but she was ignoring it.
I've been hiding this for too long. They deserve to know. Celestia answered it. Beside, Sokar, and Vrede would sense you sooner or later.
It will bring us nothing but trouble.
No, it won't. Why are you so afraid that I will tell them about you?
Because it will only bring you pain. Everyone will turn away from you. You will become the object of search or worse, you will become a monster in their eyes. But if you use my power, they will respect you, love you. Only if you embrace my gift.
I don't know if I'm ready for that. I'll decide when I talk to Sokar. And only then. Celestia said to the voice which responded in a growl. Soon they heard knocking to the door and someone said behind them. "Are you there Celestia? You wanted to see me."
"You can come in." She responded to it and soon Sokar went through them seeing Celestia with a worrying look.
"Something happened Celestia? You sound like it did." Sokar asked the princess.
"It's... complicated. I wanted you to keep that as a secret. You and your brother are the only ones that I can trust." Celestia said to Sokar who raised his eyebrow, curious about that.
"Okay... So what's about it?" Sokar asker her, though knowing what she meant.
"It would be better that I show you." From Celestia back sprouted two long serpent heads with sharp fangs, both of them were glowing from red to purple and demonic tentacle hands. Her eyes started to glow with a deep yellow color. At her side, a purple-black portal opened and from it appeared an imp-like creature, wearing rugs on him.
"Elo monkey! Long time no see you mate!" The imp said in a British accent.
"I could say the same about you Darkling." Sokar greeted his old friend.
"I see you know each other," Celestia said in an amused voice.
"Yep. The same I could say about your little friend. I know that you hear me Darkness." Sokar said to one of the serpent heads.
"I never thought that we will meet again, Sokar." The Darkness hissed through the head to Sokar who smiled at him.
"Same here, old friend, many decades have passed since we saw each other and if I remember correctly it was... 10.000 years ago, I don't know. My memory is not serving me right now." Sokar said to him, scratching his chin.
"You knew I was his host?" Celestia said, slightly surprised by that. "From when?"
"From the moment I sensed dark essence seeping from the castle, back at the Ponyville. Even a child could guess that." Sokar answered her.
"Oh. I guess you're right." Celestia shook her head, focusing on the main topic. "Either way. I wanted to show that to my sister, but I don't know how will react at that." Celestia admitted to him.
"I understood that. But hiding things like this will only push your friends away from you." Sokar said to Celestia.
"I know but... This power, this... Darkness. My sister has suffered because of our mistake and to this day, she still has nightmare's about the time when her jealousy drove her nearly mad. I'm afraid that she will suffer more when she will see me like it." Celestia said to him.
"Celestia. Listen to me. It doesn't matter what happened in the past. What's done is done. We must move forward and learn from our mistakes. To make a better future. Don't let it control you." Sokar cheered her and that made her feel a little better.
"Oh. I'm gonna cry." Darkness teased at that and both of them send him a glare. "What?"
"You know how to ruin the moment, don't you?" Sokar deadpanned to the Darkness. He sighted before they looked at each other. "So how long are his host, if can ask that?"
"To be honest, from the moment when Twilight received her castle. I was walking in my garden on the night when I heard him. I felt the pain coming from my back and it made fall to my knees. Soon those serpents and tentacles appeared from me. I was scared back then and I tried to rip them off from me but it didn't work. From there it whispers to me, promising me to give power but every time I ignore it. I heard him whenever I'm alone. It droves me crazy! Luna becomes worried about and gets suspicious." Celestia explained to Sokar everything that was happening in the past.
"Hm..." Sokar was tapping his chin before speaking. "You're afraid of it. Why?"
"Because I'm afraid that I lose myself. Having too much power can corrupt ponies. Including us Sokar. Deep inside there is lust. But not ordinary lust. I'm afraid that If I follow the path to gain it, I will become nothing than a hollow shell of myself." Celestia confessed to him.
So she too has the same craving as Twilight. I already know how to help her. "You fight against it. It's not the first time I saw something like that. People I've met had the same problem as you, Celestia. And I don't blame you for that. Everypony has a part inside that makes them craving for strength. Tell you what. It can be used for good my dear." Sokar said to her.
"What you mean?" Celestia asked him confused about it.
"The world is a mixture of Light and Darkness but sometimes too much Light creates an even more dreadful Darkness. People forget that the Light begets the Darkness and without each other, they cannot exist. Sadly only a few persons like me know about that. Darkness consumes everything true, but it hides many beautiful things and sometimes can give us strength beyond our imagination. I experienced that. When I was young, I dedicated myself to learn and harnessed both the Light and Dark arts of magic. Darkness is not bad after all. It's the people that wield it makes it look like that. I decided to use it for the Good and help people, not just for my gain. Just like you." Sokar explained to her.
"He's right. Think about it. With my power, you will become a God. Give you a strength that everyone can only dream off. What's your answer Princess or should say, Goddess?" Darkness encouraged her.
Celestia bit her lips and thought about it. The power started to seduce her and thinking about it alone, sent a way of pleasure across her body. Maybe Sokar was right? Maybe she should embrace the dark and became a Goddess? But what about her subjects, her sister and her student? She decided to thought about it later, as she made her decision. "I accept it."
The Darkness smiled widely and Sokar backed off slightly to enjoy the show. The serpent heads bit her shoulders and Celestia fell to her knees, letting out a moan full of sexual pleasure. The heads started pumping a purple liquid into her veins and her body started to change. Her muscles started to grow on her entire body. Her muscles pushed forward, fueling with power and muscles. Her entire coat was turned black as her mane and tail. Teeth in her muzzle turned into sharp fangs that could shred meat in pieces.
After the transformation was complete, the heads drew back and her wounds were instantly healed by Darkness. Breathing quickly and tiredly, Celestia stand up, taller than before, and looked at her body. The strength was coursing her new form and she was enjoying every second that passed. She flexed her biceps which looked like bowling balls.
"This is incredible. I fell the power, coursing through my body." Celestia admitted to Sokar.
"That's perks of being the Darkness host m' lady but, you have to rest now. The process took out a lot from you." Darkling said to Celestia.
"You're right. I feel tired right now. I will go to sleep now. Sokar..."
"You don't have to tell me. I'm leaving." Sokar said and started heading towards the balcony and decide to use his wings for once. He jumped from it and sprouted them and begin to fly towards Ponyville to see what happened during his absence.
Celestia sighed with relief. She grabbed the blanket and lay down to the bed, hearing it made cracking sounds under the pressure of her new body but she didn't mind. She closed her eyes and on her face, a smile appeared.
The flight was a nice changed from constantly teleporting from one place to another for Sokar. Breathing fresh air, he released it. Looking down he saw his brother with Twilight at his side.
'Damn. It looks like a party has started without me.' Sokar thought. He started going down but slowly to not cause panic among ponies. He landed right before them, making them jump in surprise, mostly Twilight.
"Hello there!" Sokar greeted them.
"Sokar what the hell! You nearly give me having a heart attack!" Twilight scolded for that.
"Heh. Sorry about that. I couldn't stop myself from that. It was a perfect opportunity." Sokar told her.
"C'mon Twilight, you must admit, it was funny!" Vrede cheerfully said.
"No, it wasn't!"
"Yes, it was!"
During their argument, they didn't notice a black cloud coming towards, with a certain pony on it. When it was above Sokar, the pony who was at it, shook the cloud and made it rain on him, making his body wet. The group was surprised at that. Sokar blinked few times in confusion before lowering his head, making his hair cover his eyes. Soon they heard laughter coming from the cloud, which belonged to Rainbow Dash who was wearing a Shadowbolt costume.
"Rainbow Dash! That was mean! You ruined his costume!" Twilight scolded her for doing that.
"Don't be like that egghead! It was fun! Right Sokar?" Dash looked at him who still was having his head lowered before answering.
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Dash face turned pale and in with a blink she flew in the other direction. Twilight and Vrede sweet dropped at that and their face was in the color of light blue.
"I forget to mention, that my brother is taking pranks sometimes too serious. When he gets like that, you better pray he won't run after you." Vrede whispered to Twilight, covering his left side of the face with his hand.
"Pointed taken." Twilight agreed on that. Soon after that, Sokar has taken a few deep breaths before calming himself down. "I think you overdid it Sokar..." Twilight added.
"She deserved that. Now my mood went out of the window." Sokar sadly said.
"Don't be so dramatic brother. The night is still young. There is still time for fun!" His brother cherries him and he slightly grins at that.
"Heh. You're right. But that has to wait. I need to talk with Luna. It's important." Sokar said.
"I agree with that." Said Luna which she was behind him.
"Jesus Christ. You can give someone a heart attack by doing that." Sokar deadpanned.
"A habit I guess. Come on, let's talk in private." Luna said walking towards a dark alley with Sokar at her side, who waved his hand at the two. When they been alone, Luna looked at Sokar with a serious look at her face.
"Now then. Does my sister is okay?" Luna asked him. Sokar sighed knowing that will be a long talk.
"You can say that. Before I continue I want to ask something. Does your sister have been acting strange or out of order. I forget to ask you about that." Sokar confessed to her.
"Well... She was, as you described, acting strangely. When I was passing her room, I heard her scream. Peering through the doorways, I noticed her. It looked like she was talking to someone. It worried me. I decided to look into her dreams to see what was going on and I regretted it. Something ... dark has trapped me in her dream, deprived me of control over the dreams. It called himself the Darkness. He said that if I entered her mind again, he would kill me. Since then, I am afraid for my sister that this creature wants to use her for an evil purpose." Luna explained to him.
So she decided to look into her dreams? Bad move. Sokar thought before saying. "That was a stupid thing to do Luna. The Darkness is overprotective about his host. Entering her mind was like a death wish."
"You sound like you knew this creature, Sokar, what is that monster? In my life, I never meet being of that power." Luna said.
"I knew that you said that. I tell everything but you have to keep that as secret got it?" Sokar warned her and Luna nodded at that. Sighed before speaking, Sokar told her everything about the Darkness, it's history and it's own war against Angelus, his counterpart, and how long was it lasted, leaving Luna shocked.
"Then we must stop him before it will cause harm to someone!" Luna shouted and started leaving but Sokar grabbed her by the wing.
"Whoa! Do you want to end you're life so badly?" Sokar asked her.
"I won't be standing still when that monster will harm my sister!" Luna declared.
"I know that your worried but blind charge will only end your life. Besides the Darkness, it's not evil as you may think."
"What you mean?" Luna asked Sokar.
"Darkness wasn't and never he was evil. The one that you should be afraid of is Angelus. My race was born at the same time as them and that let us watch them. Over time, Angelus wanted to coat the world with her light but the Darkness said that doing that would bring the end to the universe. Since then the war was started between them and me with Vrede took a side with Darkness. After her demise, the Darkness disappeared from our radar, but we knew that he decided to choose a vessel in mortal's world." Sokar explained to her.
"So that's means that my sister is safe?" Luna was unsure about this.
"Yep. You don't have to worry about her monkey." Darkling said appearing from the shadows.
"And who are you?" Luna asked the imp who was sitting on the trash can.
"My name is Darkling m' lady. Servent of Darkness and his host." Darkling waved his hand.
"You mean my sister? How long have you been spying on us?", asked Luna him.
"Long enough to know that you're are at the good side. Your friend can help with many things and I won't lie about that." Darkling assured her.
"I see. You said that the Angelus meet her end Sokar. How?" Luna asked him.
"We couldn't kill her because it would cause the end of the world. So we trapped her in the artifact called 'The Prism of Brothers'. It was constructed to hold the Sister of Light inside it for eternity. I hidden it in the placed where no one will ever find it and only I knew where is it." Sokar said to Luna.
"Alright then." Luna sighed before speaking further. "Now that my sister is host to him now what?"
"Your sister started to control over the power the Darkness gave her and started to change her body but not the mind, so don't worry. Celestia is still the same as you know her before. Her power will over time increase but not until she will start to devour hearts." Sokar said to her.
"Devour hearts!? Do you mean that MY sister has to eat the hearts of living beings to strengthen herself? Are you crazy!?" Luna exclaimed at Sokar's faces.
"Calm down yourself. The Everfree Forest will be a perfect place for that. Did you though that I won't think about it?" Sokar calmed her down a little.
"If that's the case then I can accept it. But if I hear about the killed ponies with their hearts ripped away, I will personly end your life. Do you understand me?" Luna threatened him, which make him slightly chuckle.
"I understand. You don't have to worry about that, my dear. I got it under control." Sokar responded to her.
"I hope you're right, otherwise you will feel my wrath, I can assure that no one has experienced before. You can be the first one." Luna said before leaving Sokar and Darkling alone in the alley.
"She's sure can make a speech with an attitude like that mate. I would watch out if was you because you might have made her your enemy, and that would pissed off her sister, Twilight and her friends." Darkling said to Sokar.
"Don't worry my friend. With the right training, she will master the power within her in no time." Sokar assured Darkling before too leaving the alley with him the only person in there before he disappeared into the shadows.
When the night started to end with Nightmare Night, everyone started to get back home. Including Twilight who was yawing out of exhaustion. Twilight allowed Spike to sleep the night in Rarity home. When she was near the doors of the castle, she saw that they didn't fit. Sighing on that she turned herself into a mass of black goo and crawled across the walls to the balcony of her room and her bed, revealing her true form now more muscular and bigger earlier.
Then she was pulled to the dream by something or... someone. She felt like someone was shaking her. Twilight tiredly opened her eyes and saw Styx in his gooey form. She raised her head, confused about that.
"Styx? Is that you?" Twilight asked him.
"Yes, it is. I was afraid that you won't wake up." Styx said, concerned about her.
Twilight stood up and looked around her. The place where she was now, was dark. An endless abyss was extending and extending with no end. There were no lights. The only thing that was dominating here was the shadows. There was no sky nor stars, only darkness around them. Like stars, on the night, they were glowing with a faint light that looked that it could be extinguished at any moment.
"What is this place?" Twilight was concerned about it.
"It's the deepest corner of your mind, my dear star." Someone said in the voice that Twilight could recognize anywhere in the world.
"Show yourself, Nightmare! I know that you are here!" Twilight shouted to the darkness around her.
Nightmare giggled before speaking "Nothing can hide from you, doesn't?" Then from the ground appeared a black and purple goo that formed two blue eyes and mouth on it. "How long was it since we saw each other, ah yes. When your friends and you interrupted our plan bringing the Eternal Night."
"What do you want?" Twilight demanded.
"I wanted to congratulate you. Not only you have accepted Styx's offered but also become a friend to this... demon." Nightmare said with a growl at the end of her sentence, "If I want to be honest I never saw an entity like him or his brother in my existence."
"How do you know him?" Twilight asked.
"Curious aren't you? Why won't you ask him instead? You can stop hiding, I see you hiding in the dark, demon." Nightmare said looking at her left side, confusing Twilight and Styx. Then black flames sprouted from the ground and formed a shadow figure, who was Sokar himself.
"You know how to ruin a surprise don't you?", Sokar deadpanned at her, "You don't have a sense of humor."
"Says the one that scared the mare because of one tiny prank." Nightmare added and he growled at that.
"Wait a second. How do you know each other?", asked Twilight who was confused about the whole situation.
"When I was asleep I sensed her presence in my dreams and after we meet, we had a chit-chat between us if you can say that and I must say it was an interesting talk because she told me many curious things and I bet you want to know them, don't you?" Sokar answered the lavender alicorn who nodded.
"Very well... Nightmare Forces have chosen Luna as their host because of her jealousy towards Celestia. Ponies started to praise her and loved her but that left her blind towards her sister's pain, anger, hatred. That's when Nightmare Forces offered her becoming Nightmare Moon but she wasn't under their influence. She rebelled against her sister out of her sheer will. After the Elements returned Luna to her true form, Nightmare was left alone in the deepest corners of the Dream World. For many years she was watching everything, trapped between dreams and reality. That's when she saw my dream. At first, I wanted to punish her for invading my privacy but she told me that she wanted to ask me for help. I listened to her story and agreed with her. The plan was to find a willing host. Luna wasn't an option so that leaves you, my dear."
"That is why I came here Twilight. I wanted to give you the power of Nightmare Pony. Unlike Luna, I don't want to bring Eternal Night. Instead, I want to help you. I will stand at your side no matter what happens. I can assure that you will be in charge. So... what do you say about it?" Nightmare asked the alicorn.
Twilight thought about the offer. It could be a trick that Nightmare set up for her. She didn't want to put Equestria or her friends in danger because of one small mistake. Or making the same one as Luna did. She looked at Sokar who nodded and later at Styx who too nodded. Taking a deep breath she said, "I say that I believe you Nightmare. I accept."
"Very good.", Nightmare said and looking at the shadow, "Sokar if you would-"
"Of course. I'm already disappearing." and with that Sokar left them alone in black smoke. She turned to Twilight and started moving towards her, first coating her legs, then her body and finally her head causing her to scream in pain and everything turned black.
Twilight gasped for air as she felt like something was crushing her chest. Sweat was forming at her forehead from stress and panic. She thought it was a nightmare. She rubbed her eyes with her hoof, but when she looked at them, she saw that they were black. Looking at her body, which too was black. Panicking, she quickly got out of bed and saw herself in the mirror. Her reflection made her gasp in shock.
She looked like Nightmare Moon but with changes. Her mane tail was black purple and her eyes were dark amethyst. The same could be said about her coat now from purple was changed to black. Unlike Moon, her body was even more buffed from the agile body of Luna or her own. She also was wearing a similar armor that the princess wore except that it was the color as her draconic eyes.
Twilight watched her new body from every angle, admiring and savor every moment watching it. She smiled, revealing sharp teeth in her mouth. 'If I would show like that, everyone would be scared because of 'Nightmare Moon returned'' Twilight thought facetiously.
The door of her room suddenly opened showing Vrede "Hello Twilight! How you do-" He stopped at his tracks when he saw Twilight in her new body. She turned to him and for a moment they looked at each other. Vrede closed doors after that but Twilight opened them, furious at him.
"WHY ARE YOU ACTING AS NOTHING HAPPENED!!!" She shouted, using the Royal Voice for the first time that echoed through halls of the castle, making Vrede scream and fall on the ground.
"Jesus Christ! Do you want me to lose my hearing?!" Vrede said, getting up and clenching his left ear.
"Didn't you know that you should knock the door before entering?", she asked him.
"Of course I was! I just didn't know that you were already on your legs!", he answered her.
"Then don't forget next time when you want to enter someone's room. Got it!?" Twilight said to him.
"Okay, okay! Jeez. You mares always make a fuss about everything." Vrede joked, making Twilight glare at him. Suddenly they heard someone vomiting and it sounds crossed through entire halls. Vrede sweet drop knowing who belonged to.
"Holy fuck. I didn't think that it would be more serious than I thought."
"Who was that?", Twilight asked him.
"It's my brother. He ate a huge amount of candy and now he has a stomach ache and started to vomit in the bathroom." Vrede explained. Both of them started to walk towards the source of sound until they reached the station bathroom. Vrede has knocked the entrance twice before saying "Are you, okay brother?"
"I FELL LIKE I'M THROWING UP MY STOMACH! *Bleee*" Sokar said before again started to vomit. After a while, he left the bathroom looking like he gut up his guts. "I regret everything..."
Shortly Vrede entered the bathroom, leaving the two outside alone. "So how are feeling Twilight? Any change in magic?" Sokar asked her.
"To be honest I-" Suddenly they heard Vrede started to puke but this time it could think from the sound that he had worse.
"REALLY!? YOU TOO!?" Sokar facepalmed himself. Physically and mentally.
"SHUT THE FUCK UP! Maintaining it was worse than puking right now!" Vrede said before continuing to puke.
"*Sigh* Anyway I want to repeat my question Twilight. How are you feeling?" Sokar asked her.
"Better than ever. The only negative side effect would be if Princesses or my friends saw me like that." Twilight stated.
"That is understandable. For that I recommend you to stay at the castle until we found a way to explain to them." Sokar said.
"I think that would be the best idea for now. After all, I will have time to learn to control my new powers. I don't want to repeat a situation that I had in the past." Twilight said remembering her first Flare at the exam in the school.
"It's fine. I'll gonna take a walk through Ponyville while my brother is puking. I need to collect my thoughts." he said to her and she nodded at that. With a blink, he disappeared and appeared before the castle and started to walk, thinking about what has happened. He sat on the bench and get deep into his thoughts.
'Okay. First Twilight has bonded to the Old One, now she has become a Nightmare Pony. Sooner or later her friends will found that out. Rainbow Dash probably already gets suspicious and Rarity is too a Nightmare Pony and that allows her to detect other Nightmare Ponies as well. Celestia and Luna too will detect that. Damn, so little time to plan everything. I have to play my cards right if I want to keep Twilight out of Nobles. They'll probably start to say things that aren't true and because of that, the public will be against Twilight. *Sigh* I never liked politician and that one of the reasons why.' Sokar thought to himself. Then he heard someone approaching from behind him. He ignored it until he turned around and saw Rainbow Dash, holding in her hoofs a baseball bat. She panicked and hidden it behind and started to grin at him.
"What you doing with that bat, Dash?" Sokar asked her, raising his eyebrow.
"Oh. Hehe. I wanted to ask you if you want to play Baseball with me." Dash said innocently to him.
Sokar already knew she was lying through her teeth. She was sweating and started to get nervous like a person who lied. To be sure about it, he read her mind using telepathy and saw images of Twilight friends and two Royal Sisters. He already knew what they were up too.
"Maybe. If you start to say the truth, Dash.", Sokar frowned at her, "If you wanted to ask me to play with me you wouldn't sneak at me like that and you would be confident about it. You wanted to knock to me out, don't lie to me. I know already the truth."
"What? But how?" Dash said to him, shocked about it.
"I have my ways. You can go back to the princesses to tell them that I will talk with them like a normal person." Sokar said to her and she nodded. Dash went up, leaving a rainbow trace behind her. Sokar sighed and teleported to the room he learned from Dash memories. It was a room inside Canterlot. He was sitting between the columns against the wall. He looked down and saw the princesses and the rest of the Elements. Celestia was in her normal, same as Rarity but with changes. Celestia was slightly taller and buffed, same as Rarity. He saw Luna walking around the circle, nervously.
"Calm down sister. I'm sure Rainbow Dash will return with him safely." Celestia suddenly said, trying to calm her sister.
"That's what worries me. If he sensed her intentions, he could kill her." Luna said.
"You don't have to worry about her, your majesty." Applejack said. "Ah' bet she will return with him in the blink of the eye."
And just like she said, Dash has entered the room with a terrified expression, making everyone worried.
"What has happened, darling? You look like you saw a ghost." Rarity stated.
"It's not good guys! Not very, very good! We all screwed!" Dash panicked in front of her friends and that meant not good news.
"Dash, calm down and tell us what happened, and where is Sokar? Why you didn't- oh no..." Luna already knew that meant when with her sister, they sensed powerful dark magic in the room. "He's here..."
A mad like laughter was heard in the room. The group looked up and to their misery, they saw Sokar laughing holding his sides. "Excellent Luna! Excellent! I was wondering when you'll notice me." He said before jumping off and landed on the ground leaving a few cracks from his landing. "Now..." His eyes started to glow and a transparent black fire appeared above his head. "Will you tell me why you wanted to knock me out or do I have to get the answer myself?"
There was silence. Luna cleared her throat before speaking, "It's a very serious case Sokar. We are afraid that the old enemy has returned. We didn't want to cause panic among civilians, so... We thought about the safest way to bring you here."
"And the stupidest idea. Doing something like that can be negatively received by the second person. But if that's so serious as you say then I can understand that." Sokar replied with a sigh, slightly calming himself and the flames disappeared from his head. "So... who do you have in mind?" he asked, already knowing who she meant.
"It's a Nightmare Moon," Luna said, confirming Sokar suspicions, "While I was watching over the dreams of ponies, I sensed dark magic inside the Dream World. Following the source I found her, invading your dream. I wanted to stop her from spreading her influence upon you but I wasn't able to because of the barrier around the dream. I tried to break through it but to no valid. Then her presence disappeared from your dream but the barrier remained. What you were doing with her back then?"
"We talked. She told me many interesting things. Like that, she is part of you, Luna.", Sokar grinned and continued, "Also it wasn't the influence of Nightmare Force that caused your rebellion against Celestia, it was your own choice. No matter how much you want to decline it you won't change the past, we can only move on and live with consequences." He said walking towards and placing her hand on her shoulder.
"...You're right. After I was freed, every night I dreamed about what happened that night. But my sister is always at my side and helps me with that and Twilight. With their help, I overcome my fears. I don't know what would I do without them." Luna said, making everyone smile at her. Sokar chuckled at that.
"Friends are a precious thing in our life. Don't ever forget about that." Sokar said.
"I won't Sokar, thank you." Luna said. He then starts to scratch his chin before deciding to talk.
"Returning to the main point, I explain everything, so hold tight." Sokar then started explaining to everyone about what happened during Nightmare Night and what happened in Dream World. About Styx and Moon and they bonded to Twilight, leaving their jaw dropped to the ground. The first that shacked from the shock was Applejack.
"Are you sure you can trust them sugercub?" She asked him, worried about her friend.
"I read their mind and they weren't lying. I assure you that they are not evil anymore. Besides, you can see for yourself, if you don't believe me." Sokar said to the group. Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rarity nodded and left the room leaving the sisters and Sokar alone. Sokar looked at Celestia and said, "It seems that you both want to ask me something. I'm all ears." Sokar summoned a chair and sat at him, tapping his fingers at its arm.
"Yes, there is something that we want you to ask from you Sokar," Celestia said before sitting with her sister at the chairs under them. "and that must something only between us, your brother, Twilight and her friends."
"So what is it?" Sokar asked.
"Well..." Luna started and said something that will change their lives forever.
"So... Let me ask you first. Why do you want ME to teach BOTH of you Dark Magic?" Sokar asked them, observing them and tapping his fingers on his chair.
"Well..." Celestia started "Before we became a Princesses, we always wanted to learn something new. Magic was always our best topic. We always liked to learn new spells. The illusion was my favorite as I remember when I pranked my sister sometimes." Luna groaned at that. She remembered when her sister used to prank her sometimes with a fake chair or bed.
"Heh. The illusion is not an easy arcane to master.", Sokar looked away at the younger ones, "What about you Luna? What your favorite type of magic?"
"Shadow magic. I found a few books about that magic but they were very rare and hard to find. I started to learn it and I discovered that I'm a natural wielder of that type of magic." Luna said.
"Shadow magic huh? One of the hard to master type of magic too and only a few manage it." Sokar commented.
"We also want to surpass its reputation. We want to use it for Good, not Evil, as it were in the past.", Celestia said, "Magic itself it's not evil. It's the way that has been used in the past."
"True indeed.", Sokar grinned, "Dark Magic has a grim and infamous reputation but it can do many amazing things. Such a shame it's like that. You see that and you want to change that and that's something that I approve. Very well. I'll teach you Dark Magic but first, we need to find books about it. And I already know where to find them. In the Crystal Empire."
"Crystal Empire? Why there?" Luna asked him.
"I know what you mean Sokar. In the past, the Crystal Empire was controlled by Sombra, a unicorn with a heart black as night. He was a powerful Dark Magic-user and even after we defeat him, he cast a curse and Empire disappeared. He could leave a few books about the dark arts of magic." Celestia said.
"Sombra huh? It seems that he was defeated again but how?" Sokar asked.
"By the Crystal Heart. An artifact that was hidden by Sombra, so no one could use it against him. The Heart protects the city from the frozen winds of the North. It's empowered by love and light of everypony inside the city." Celestia explained.
'Artifact that is fueled by love and happiness of ponies huh? If it's true what Celestia said then I need to create a defense system, if someone will plan to destroy or steal it.'"That's all that I need. I will on my way now. You can send a latter the Princess Cadance and Prince Armor about my arrival. And don't tell them about teaching both of you Dark Magic. I don't want them to freak out." Sokar said before getting up from his chair.
"I understood. I write that you will appear in Crystal Empire Sokar. Good luck with your trip." Celestia said with a sincere smile. Sokar nodded and left the room and start heading towards the train station.
Sokar was currently sitting in his seat while the express was heading towards the Empire. He watched through the window how the environment looked like. He saw how the weather changed. From calm and colorful place to snowy and cold. Sokar snorted and started leaving the express when it stopped at his destination. When he left, Sokar saw Cadance and Shining Armor.
"Your majesty." Sokar bowed his head, placing his hand on the chest.
"We don't have to be formal, Sokar," Cadence said. "We aren't in the public after all."
"I know but I don't want to be disrespectful Cadence. The others don't take that lightly." Sokar said.
"It's understandable Sokar. Some ponies don't take kindly about disrespecting them." Cadence explained.
"That's true. Either way, Princess Celestia send a letter to you. I assume that you receive it?" Sokar asked the princess.
"Yes, we did. At first, we were skeptical about that, but since Princess Celestia trust you then we should trust her." Shining said.
"Excellent. That makes things easier. We should go now. It would be strange to stand here like a tree." Sokar said and with the couple, they start to go towards the tower. Sokar examined it and he saw that under it, at the pedestal was a crystal-shaped heart. Sokar could sense raw and powerful magic pulsing inside it, that could destroy anything evil.
"I assume that is the famous Crystal Heart?" He asked the alicorn of love.
"Yes, it is. The treasure of our Empire. Without its power, the entire city would turn into a wasteland." Cadence explained to him. Without notice of The Princess and Shining Armor, Sokar created from his own shadow, three smaller ones and send them to the columns that supported the towers.
Later they found themselves before a throne and above it was a crystal. Sokar could sense that it was radiating with dark magic. Sokar turned to the alicorn and said "Celestia told me that Twilight found the Heart through the hidden staircase. It's that true?"
"Yes. After Sombra defeat, we tried to reach it but it could be only opened using Dark Magic. I tried myself to do that but it always ended with a hornache." Cadence said, rubbing her own horn. "It always makes me uncomfortable when I tried to use it."
"Hm. How this hidden passage is unlocked if I may ask?" Sokar asked the couple.
"Twilight said that she had to aim at that crystal with Dark Magic above the throne and the passage is revealed to you. Why are you asking?" Shining said, getting feeling that something will happen.
"I recommend you to stand back," Sokar said to them. "I don't want to something happen to both of you."
Before they could ask him what he meant, Sokar's eyes turned green and a dim purple mist started to leak from them. He fired from his hand a black and green beam at the crystal. It cast a dark shadow and revealed hidden stairs leading down. Sokar clenched his fist and release it, creating a small purple glowing orb that lightened the stairs. He sighed making his eyes return. Sokar looked at the duo and saw their expression filled with shock and fear.
"It's done." He simply said.
"Sokar... was that a-"
"Yes, Cadence. It was Dark Magic that I used. It comes handy with situations like that." Sokar replied.
"But... how did you use with that ease. When I used it, my horn was aching after that." Cadence said incredulously.
"That's simple. Your mind was calm when you cast it. Dark Magic feeds off from the negative emotions like wrath, which is first to invoke and the easiest one. When you try to use with a calm mind, the magic causes to inflict pain to the caster instead. You already experience that yourself." Sokar said before looking back at the stairs. "Come on. We don't have all day to do that." With that, he started to going down with Cadence and Shining behind him. When they reach the bottom, they found the door that gave Twilight so much trouble. Sokar opened them and instead of the tower, they found a desk, a globe, and a few bookcases, filled with books that were about the arts of Dark Magic.
"I think we found Sombra's private chamber." Sokar looked at the desk and on it was another book. Sokar took it and examined.
"What's that book?" Shining asked him.
"By the look of it looks like a diary. Sombra diary." Sokar said before opening the journal. "Maybe there will be answers about why he became a monster." Sokar started to read the diary of the King. How he lived in the orphanage, how he met Radiant Hope and how they spend time with each other. Hope was his only friend and Sokar knew already that was leading.
Soon he found that they looked at the Crystal Heart because it could show the destiny of those that look at it. Radiant Hope's destiny was to become a princess but Sombra's fate was darker and malevolent. It happened during the Crystal Flare, a celebration that was intended to show Love and Unity of the Crystal Empire and protect it from the harm. Year after year Sombra's body was becoming weaker, but Hope was always at his side no matter what. The day came, where Sombra was started to fade from existence. Hope tried to use her magic to heal her friend and then... a miracle appeared.
Hope healed Sombra and gained her cutie and with that gained by the sisters the opportunity for study by their side. Sombra ran from the city, hoping to escape from his destiny... but he didn't know that he was running forward it. Soon he found out a blood-red crystal and from it... a creature whispered towards him. It belonged to his mother, Rabia. She told him about his origins, about his people Umbrum, and that his destiny was too free them from the prison made of ground. Rabia unlocked his son a true power and send him to Empire for a mission. To steal a Crystal Heart. When he was about to leave with the Heart, the previous princess of love, Princess Amora stopped him. She said that she knew everything about him. His race, his destiny and yet she didn't tell him.
Sombra fury knew no limit when he turned her into crystal statue. Unfortunately, Hope came to him. Probably was searching for him and when she saw Princess Amora as a statue, she tried to use her magic to help her while telling Sombra to run away. He told that he won't run any longer and he would make everypony paid for that they have done to both of them, he even offered to become Queen. Hope declined the offer, being more concerned about the princess. At that moment Sombra shattered Amora and that broke Hope's heart. He let her leave the Crystal Empire because he still cared about her to the end. Hope contacted the sisters in the hope to 'save' him. And that means by destroying him. He enslaved the entire city to dig deep to the ground to free his kind. It was written that he would not let them save Crystal Ponies by creating a curse that hid the Crystal Empire for thousands of years of suffering.
Shining and Cadence were shocked when they read this journal. Sokar could feel sorrow and empathy towards the tyrant but he also could feel a wave of endless anger towards his mother. She used her son, her flesh and blood and manipulate him to free a race born of deception and hate for petty revenge. He made a mental note to rip limb by limb from her when he met her personally.
Sokar closed the book and finally said "I think that's all. He wrote the last part before sisters banished him to Frozen North."
"To think that's happened to him... no wonder that he became like that." Cadence sadly said.
"No one is born as a monster. They became a monster when they went through a situation like that. Darkness is like poison. If you won't control it, it will control you and transform you into the freak like in the Sombra case." Sokar said.
Cadence looked nervously around and ask him. "What gonna do now?"
"I will look around. I bet Sombra left a few books worth the attention. You can leave if you don't feel well." Sokar said to them.
"I think I will. This place starts to give me creeps." Cadence and Shining moved towards the door and they left Sokar alone, leaving him within the room. He put the journal back where it was before taking a final glance at this. He sighed and walked towards one of the bookcases and started to search the one that will be most useful.
'It looks like Sombra collected books that were describing his race. He probably wanted to discover its origins but they were stopped when he was banished. That description fits Twilight, she too has a library full of books, so I shouldn't comment that.' Sokar thought before taking a dark book and opened it. He found that it contains most of the spells that he wanted to find. Opening a rift, he put it and closed it and started to look further.
Then he sensed a powerful dark magic signature behind and he knew who's belonged to. Deciding to ignore for the surprise, he continued his search. Soon a dark shadow rose from the darkness, with green eyes and curved red horn it looked at the newcomer with the curiosity. Moving forward with a grin on his shadow face, he moved his shadow tentacle towards Sokar's head.
Unknown to him, Sokar grinned and turned around, catching the creature off guard. "Stealth is not your strong side as it seems my friend. You have to try harder than that to sneak to the person like me."
"You knew that was here. Since when?" The Shadow asked him.
"From the moment that you used your magic. Even if you tried to hide your presence, I already sensed you before I enter this room, Sombra." Sokar replied and surprising him yet again.
Sombra raised his metaphorical eyebrow at him and shook his head. "I'm impressed. You have found me, even when I hid my presence. You're not just a newcomer isn't that right?" Sombra slightly chuckled in his amusement. "To access my room you had to use Dark Magic. I can already tell that by looking into your eyes."
Sokar smiled from ear to ear at the king's deduction. "Perceptive aren't you? I can already tell that you're not the monster as those ponies describe you, don't you agree with me?" He chuckled and his eyes narrowed at the book before looking back at the shadow.
"You got me there. I saw you and those two, reading my private diary. You saw my fall and how my mother warped my mind and manipulate me to steal the Crystal Heart but I only did that for my friend. I wanted to make every Crystal Ponies pay for everything that they did to me. But I never wanted to hurt her nor I wanted to enslave her. I let her go and she told the sisters about me." Sombra shook his head at the memory of them. "When I took control over the Crystal Empire I hesitated about freeing my people. I knew what they were. Monsters feed on the pain, anger, hatred, and agony of every living being on this planet! If I would release them I would become a king of the wasteland or become their food."
"You choose lesser evil then. I understood that. In my life, I too had to make lesser evil to prevent a darker and more sinister to rise. It wasn't easy but it was necessary." Sokar remembered the times where he had given the same choice as Sombra. He shook his head and started to scratch his chin. "Either way, what brings you here Sombra? What you gonna do now that you returned."
"I was curious about why you are here." Sombra looked at his desk. "This place contained my secrets and knowledge from my race. I have found the books that were marked with my people's magic, so it was only a matter of time before someone decides to seek them out."
"You will be surprised at that. Celestia and Luna wanted me to teach them Dark Magic. I was shocked when they told me that." Sokar honestly said.
Sombra let out a burst of small laughter before regaining his composure. "How mighty have fallen. I never thought that they will fall that deep!"
"I wouldn't say that. They want to surpass their grim reputation and show ponies that can be used for a better purpose." Sokar explained to Sombra.
"Is that so?" Sombra thought for a moment before saying, "Ironic. The princess of the sun and moon decided to learn dark arts of Dark Magic. I don't know if I should be proud or amused."
Sokar chuckled at his comment. "Tell me about it. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Sokar but you probably know that already. I don't come from this world as you suspect." Sokar bowed his head. "It looks that the only that allows you to remain here is your horn if I guess correctly."
"Indeed. It's the only thing that was left from my body. After when the Heart nearly killed me, I sealed my mind inside it and overt time I started to regain my power. Slowly but still. The only thing that traps me here is that I don't have my body." Sombra said. "If you want to help, I recommend that we should do that in a different place. I don't want to cause panic among the Crystal Ponies."
"You're right. It will be better if we do that in a different area. But for now, let's get you out of this place. I suppose you could hide in your horn and put illusion on it." Sokar said to Sombra.
He thought about this idea and after some time he said, "That plan can work. I can already tell that you are a strategist, my friend."
Sokar chuckled at that. "Fight many wars and you will learn one or two things."
Sombra's shadow started to sink into his horn and transformed into a blood crystal. Sokar grabbed it and hid inside his pocket. Before leaving he took few books and put them in the rift. He left the room and head back to the Princess. When he left, he saw both Shining and Cadence standing next to the entrance.
"I guess you waited for me?" Sokar asked.
"Have you find what you looked for?" Shining said to him.
Sokar nodded his head. "I did. I will leave now. I need to return to sisters, it's important." He moved his hand and with his finger started to rip a rift into a reality and created a portal. Sokar looked at them before entering, "If you wondering what is it's my own to travel from one place to another. It's faster from the train." The rift has closed, leaving the royal family alone in the tower.
The end of the rift opened in the Canterlot right before to the doors where Celestia and Luna were. Before opening, he sensed six magic signature beside the sisters. His eyes flashed and he saw through the walls the Elements and Twilight within the room. Canceling his spell, he entered the room and saw Twilight, still in her new form, sitting between her friends.
"It looks that a lot happened here," Sokar said. "Twilight told you everything I presume."
"Yup. When she told us about it, we were pretty worried but now Ah can see that she got everything under control." Applejack said.
"I'm sorry for worrying you guys," Twilight said in guilt. "I didn't want to freak you out."
"It's alright darling." Rarity put her hoof on her shoulder. "You only wanted to protect us but don't forget that we can to protect you."
Twilight chuckled at her friend. "You're right. The reason I started to learn new magic was to protect you."
"We understood that Twilight," Celestia said with a grin and turned to Sokar. "I think we should told them now Sokar."
"I suppose it is the right time," Sokar said. "I was curious when you wanted to tell them."
"What you mean Princess?" RD asked in confusion.
"I think I will tell from the beginning." Sokar sat the chair and scratch his chin. "Now. Where do I start?"
I announcing that I will be doing the rewrite of this story because I find out that some part of the story doesn't hold together. It's an utter mess if I want to be honest with you guys. That's why I decided to rewrite it! Don't worry though! The old story will remain in my stories.
