WARNING: If you're allergic or prone to rage at: Oc's, black ponies, overused memes, pairing, funny jokes, the color red, fourth wall breaking, minor violence, filler, and cake. Read at your own discretion… enjoy the fanfic.
Intro
'What went wrong back there with him? Why did I have to snap at him? Will we be able to bring him back? Will I ever be able to apologise to him?' These were the thoughts that were going on in Twilight Sparkle's mind as her and a dark figure, about a few inches shorter than Luna, were galloping next each other on a road in Ponyville.
She would have thought of more questions if it wasn't for the energy blast that exploded five feet in front of her. It was shot from one of the dark pegasus guards that were chasing them. In response to this act, the dark figure leaped into the air as if it was flying and spun around so that its back was facing away from the guards. It used a blinding blast of light that caused them to crash into several buildings. Twilight's objective to reach her library could now be achieved without much trouble from the guards, but she still had to hurry and get her friends out of town before the faint red pulse engulfed it.
Twilight rushed through the door of her home, only to see that all of her friends were right where she had left them. She attempted to form words, but was forced to take oxygen into her lungs from the long gallop she had just recently done. Everypony looked at her surprised as she stood in the doorway inhaling air faster than a vacuum cleaner. It wasn't until Applejack spoke up causing the silence to break.
"What's the matter sugercube, did it not go well?" Applejack asked.
"Yeah, it looks as if you ran a marathon." Rainbow Dash commented.
Twilight, still out of breath, attempted to make movements with her forelegs to indicate the approaching danger, but was not successful in this hoof-gestured movement.
"Ooo, is this a game where we all act crazy and random?" Pinkie pie asked, bouncing up and down. "I play this game ALL the time!" She yelled happily.
Twilight was now even more frustrated and started to point out of the window frantically on the second floor. Luckily for her, Fluttershy was the only one that noticed this and trotted up the stairs, heading towards it.
"Look darling, just take a deep breath and tell us what happened." Rarity said in her fancy tone.
"There's *pant* no time *pant* we need to *pant* get out NOW!" Twilight yelled, startling her friends.
"Um girls, there's a b-b-big scary red light heading towards us." Fluttershy said in a frightened tone.
Rainbow Dash heard this and flew to the window only to confirm the worst as she saw the incoming light.
"She's right, and there's also a red ball of..." Rainbow stopped and gasped. "Fluttershy, GET DOWN!" She yelled.
The explosion sent both of them to the first floor unharmed but dazed. Spike was also sent down to the first floor, unfortunately he crashed into a table. The dark figure then ran into the room and slammed the door. In the light, it was now apparent that the dark figure was not only a female pony, but an alicorn. She then signaled to Twilight that it was time to go.
"Ok, everypony stay close to me." Twilight said as she used her magic to teleport her and her friends out of her home and into the Everfree forest.
After they emerged from the light, they started galloping through the forest. Twilight used her horn as a light source to guide them through the dark wilderness. They ran until they could not breathe anymore and until… they were lost.
However, the dark alicorn had other plans besides standing around. She lead the others into an unfamiliar cave not seen by any of the mane six before. The cave was unlike any other witnessed by pony eyes. It was lit up by enchanted torches and lights that went down a hallway similar to that of a royal palace. It came to an end that revealed two black doors about fifty feet tall and thirty feet wide. It was then that Rainbow Dash asked Twilight the question that was on everypony's mind.
"Are you sure we can trust her? I mean she's all mysterious and stuff!"
The alicorn turned around and rolled her eyes at the small comment of suspicion.
"Well, she kind of saved my life back in Canterlot." Twilight said, glancing at Rainbow Dash.
"Wait… she did what now!?" Rainbow Dash asked in a shocked tone.
"I will explain later, just trust me on this." Twilight said in a calm voice.
The alicorn then stood in front of the door, staring at it for a good five seconds before shouting. It was a language unknown to any of them except to the lavender mare. The door glowing with a purple light, as a response to the alicorn's command, opened. As the door opened slowly, Twilight explained to the others that the language the alicorn used was ancient dragon tongue, which was long forgotten by ponies centuries ago. It was a language that she always wanted to learn for herself.
The alicorn then signaled everypony to follow her into the doorway. Once they followed her inside, they noticed a pale gray field surrounding another dark alicorn who was sleeping inside. The female alicorn slowly trotted towards the barrier and then placed both of her hooves onto it. Her horn then started to glow and her hooves were suddenly filled with power as she started to break the barrier.
"Ok girls, now you can ask me questions." Twilight said in a relieved manner.
"Well for starters, what the hay is goin' on?" Applejack demanded.
"Yeah, like those explosions that go BOOM and the jerky Pegasi!" Pinkie said in a curious and hyperactive tone.
"And that big scary red light." Fluttershy said timidly.
"And more importantly," Rarity spoke up. "Those two over there." She said pointing her right hoof at the two alicorns.
"And what about Night Shadow?" Rainbow Dash added.
"Okay, okay, one at a time." Twilight said as if she was about to be overrun with hundreds of questions. "I guess I should start from the very beginning."
Twilight then began to recap what had happened and how this entire mess started in the first place. "Okay... it all started like this." Twilight said, regretting the things she was about to explain.
(Sorry everypony about the bad sentence wording, I edited the best I could... if you have any advice or constructive criticism, let me know. Thank you)