Rainbow in the Dark
Cloudsdale, otherwise known as the City in the Sky. This place is home to hundreds (possibly thousands) of Pegasus ponies. This place is also home and the origins for all the weather throughout Equestria. Inside the weather center, a Pegasus was experimenting with some very radioactive chemicals with the hopes of creating a device that constructs snowflakes all by itself.
"And it is finally finished!" The pony said, heading on outside to try it out.
Outside, a huge gust of wind blew through, stripping the new chemical concoction away from the Pegasus, sending it tumbling down to Earth.
"Why does this always happen to me!?"
Down in the skies above Ponyville, an athletic, cerulean Pegasus was busy flying in the sky, as part of an exercise training.
"Aw, sweet!" The Pegasus shouted. "A new record!"
A little pink Earth pony shouted into the sky as the cerulean Pegasus flew on by.
"Way to go, Rainbow Dash!" They said.
Rainbow Dash heard the call and called back out to the pink pony.
"Thanks, Pinkie Pie!" Rainbow Dash replied, hurriedly flying away.
Rainbow Dash loved flying in the sky; the adrenaline, the wind flowing through her rainbow colored mane, the speed. All of this made her feel so alive. Suddenly, a little test tube hit Rainbow Dash in the forehead, shattering and spreading out all throughout Rainbow Dash's body.
"Ow!" Rainbow Dash screeched, rubbing her head while preparing to land.
A few moments later, her hooves touched base. Rainbow Dash rubbed her head a bit more, noticing that she wasn't touching her head anymore. She pulled her hoof away from her head, noticing that it wasn't there!
"Okay, I'm officially freaked out about this!" Rainbow Dash shouted.
She looked at the rest of her body, noticing that she was completely invisible. A moment later, she reappeared fully.
"This. Is. So..." Rainbow Dash paused for a dramatic effect. "AWESOME!"
Rainbow Dash went to go fly back to Ponyville so she could show her friends. While flying, she noticed a dramatic increase in her speed. Rainbow colored flames appeared behind her, marking where she had been. Rainbow Dash looked back and noticed the flames, admiring the flames behind her.
I wonder what other new things I can do, she thought to herself.
She touched her hooves down on the ground, just outside of the Everfree Forest. Standing firmly on the ground, Rainbow Dash concentrated very hard. She tried to do something else, but was having no luck. Sighing, she opened her eyes, and out popped some laser rays. Rainbow Dash was in awe at all these new powers she got, and to think that they all came to her after she got hit in the head!
Man, Rainbow Dash told herself, Twilight and the others aren't going to believe this!
She flew off at light speed towards Twilight's home, arriving in less than a second. She knocked on the door, breaking it off by accident. Twilight shot a mean look at Rainbow Dash, who looked just as surprised as she was.
"Rainbow Dash!" Twilight shrieked. "What's the matter with you!?"
Rainbow Dash gazed blankly at Twilight, still not believing what she just did.
"Well?" Twilight impatiently asked.
Rainbow Dash shook her head vigorously, snapping her out of the trance she was in.
"Umm, I-I didn't mean to, Twilight!" She exclaimed.
"Care to explain then?" Twilight replied.
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you." Rainbow Dash answered back.
"Oh, really?" Twilight said. "Try me."
Rainbow Dash sighed, then slowly began telling Twilight what had happened within the last hour or so. Twilight appeared intrigued by what she was hearing, listening closely to every single detail. When Rainbow Dash finished her story, Twilight curiously asked if she could see her new powers, of which Rainbow Dash politely agreed to do so.
The two ponies stepped outside and made their way over towards the outskirts of the Everfree Forest. Once the two got there, Rainbow Dash showed Twilight her invisibility powers, as well as her laser eyes and her incredible speed.
Twilight watched in awe as she gazed upon her friend, witnessing her new powers. When Rainbow Dash finally landed and placed her hooves back on the ground, Twilight spoke out.
"That's really amazing, Rainbow Dash!" She started.
"Thanks, Twilight." Rainbow Dash replied.
"Now," continued Twilight, "you know that with great power comes great responsibility. You should only use your powers for good, never evil!"
"No need to worry!" Rainbow Dash assured Twilight.
Rainbow Dash flew back to her cloud home after a long day of getting used to her new powers. She placed herself atop the bed in her room and flickered off the light, falling soundly asleep almost instantly. Unfortunately, Rainbow Dash wasn't used to her new powers yet, and had turned invisible during the night, phasing her through her bed, the floor, and, eventually, the ground.
The next morning, Rainbow Dash woke up under the ground. She was so startled, she blasted through the ground as if it were made of paper, setting many a things ablaze. Without noticing, she had reached the exosphere, the outermost region in the Earth's atmosphere; any further, she'd be in outer space!
"Whoa!" Rainbow Dash shouted, quickly flying back down to Earth.
She bolted back down to Earth in a jiffy, leaving behind a flaming sonic rainboom. The ponies frolicking around in Ponyville saw the flaming rainboom and were fearful of it. Within a few seconds, they all saw Rainbow Dash whizzing on by. They figured this monstrosity came from her and started booing her and throwing trash at her.
Rainbow Dash was hurt by these acts of vigilance and flew away as quickly as she could. In an effort to release some stress, she flew up to the moon's surface, wanting to be alone with her thoughts. She found a crater and sat at the edge of it, kicking some small pebbles into the crater for some kind of amusement. Sighing, Rainbow Dash looked up at the planet Earth. She sighed once more before finally saying something.
"Why'd they do that?" She asked, wanting to receive an answer to it.
She waited for some time before realizing that she was all alone here. Then, she started continuing on.
"If that's the way they'll treat me, then why don't I return the favor?" She said, flying back to Earth to teach the ponies who just shunned her a lesson.
Within minutes, Rainbow Dash arrived back in Ponyville. The ponies who lined up along the streets gave Rainbow Dash the cold shoulder, thus forcing Rainbow Dash to take immediate action.
"You brought this on yourselves, everypony!" Rainbow Dash screamed, releasing some laser beams from her eyes and hooves.
The beams struck several buildings, completely obliterating them as if they were nothing. Rainbow Dash then aimed her laser beams towards actual ponies, successfully hitting them and vaporizing them. Everypony in the immediate area took evasive action, running for their dear lives as they tried escaping Rainbow Dash's wrath.
"You've brought this on yourselves, everypony!" Rainbow Dash screamed again.
Meanwhile, at the Golden Oaks Library, Twilight could see all the destruction Rainbow Dash was causing. Alarmed, she called for Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Applejack, and Rarity to come as quickly as possible. All agreed to come, and did so in only a matter of minutes. Twilight shut the curtains and quickly turned and faced her friends.
"Rarity," she started, "do you still have the Mare Do Well costumes for us?"
"But, of course!" Rarity replied.
"Why do we need 'em?" Applejack asked.
"We need to stop Rainbow Dash from destroying Ponyville." Twilight answered back.
"Then we simply must hurry!" Rarity assured.
Back in Ponyville, Rainbow Dash quickly desecrated the town square. Well, most of Ponyville, to be exact, had been desecrated. Suddenly, an ominous black smoke appeared in front of Rainbow Dash, dragging her attention away from the cold hearts of Ponyville's citizens. A short while later, she heard an evil laugh.
"Who's there!?" Rainbow Dash demanded. "Show yourself!"
"Oh, come now, Rainbow Dash!" A familiar voice replied.
Rainbow Dash turned around and noticed that, flying right in front of her, the voice was that of Discord's.
"What do you want?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"You obviously gained some new powers, that is quite obvious." Discord replied. "How would you like to use them for evil!"
"What? I'd never do anything like that!" Rainbow Dash shouted.
Rainbow Dash looked down at the destruction she caused. Discord saw a tear running down the side of Rainbow Dash's face. He flew over and held his head right next to Rainbow's head.
"Twilight told me that with great power, comes great responsibility." Rainbow Dash softly said, but loud enough for Discord to hear. "She told me to use my powers for good, never evil..."
"After the way they treated you?" Discord ominously asked. "Why should you use your powers for good when they don't accept you?"
Suddenly, the Mysterious Mare Do Well appeared and started talking to Rainbow Dash.
"Rainbow Dash!" Mare Do Well shouted. "Don't listen to him!"
Rainbow Dash turned around and saw Mare Do Well. She turned back around and faced Discord.
"Evil is the way, Rainbow Dash. Forget your Element of Loyalty if they weren't loyal to you."
"Good mares finish first, Rainbow Dash! Evil is not the way!"
Rainbow Dash shut her eyes tightly and held her ears close to her, trying to come up with an answer; a way to choose. Was it good? Or should it be evil?
"Evil, Rainbow Dash!"
"No, Rainbow! Good!"
"Evil!"
"Good!"
"Stop it!" Rainbow Dash shrieked. "All of you!"
"So what's it gonna be, Rainbow Dash?" Discord asked.
Rainbow Dash turned and faced Mare Do Well and sighed.
"I'm sorry, Twilight," Rainbow Dash said.
She then faced Discord and went over towards him.
"Let's go." Rainbow Dash said as she grinned evilly.
"Rainbow Dash!" Twilight shouted, removing her mask. "Don't you do this!"
But it was too late as Rainbow Dash disappeared, closely followed by Discord. Before leaving, Discord turned and teased Twilight.
"Evil always wins in the end!"
And with that, Discord disappeared with Rainbow Dash into an alternate dimension. Twilight stared vaguely at the portal as it closed. A tear shed from her eye as she witnessed one of her closest friends cross over to the dark side.
"Rainbow Dash..."
(A/N: Well? How'd you enjoy part 1? This, believe it or not, was extremely difficult to write. The hardest part was trying to write Rainbow Dash becoming evil and using her new powers for evil purposes. In the next part, this story will probably (most likely) become a crossover. I'll keep it a surprise what this will be crossed with. Coming to the end of this seemingly long author's note, please be sure to check out my friends twindragonsX1, Pizzema1334, and Nobody Else Has This Name. They are really good authors with really good stories in their inventories. Well, I'll be seeing you in Part 2!)