My story begins before I even existed, the rulings of Prince Light and Prince Dark, two brothers of the glorious day and peaceful night. As small foals, the brothers were destined to keep balance in Equestria, and bring peace to the land. Light, an elegant alicorn of a beautiful golden coat, and a mane and tail of silvery white. With eyes bluer than the sky. Dark, a coat of dark silver with a mane and tail pure black as midnight, his eyes were as if painted a blood red, an alicorn. Prince Dark may have seemed vicious and cruel from his looks, but his personality would say otherwise. He was the most generous soul to walk among the ground; his smile was filled with gratitude, his heart flourished with love and passion. Not a single bit that he owned he wouldn't give to a poor, sickened pony. But, unfortunately, he was always called to be the second child of the royal era. Prince Light's looks didn't match with his personality either. He would always worry of the future to come, pacing and pacing, he would never give time to his brother, only to Equestria.
Years to come, and a beautiful princess from a far foreign land has come to Equestria to have met an acquaintance with its rulers. Prince dark had fallen in love with the young princess and became close friends. Once the princess had to leave to her foreign home, Prince Dark was filled with sorrow and had given here the only thing he had left. His diamond heart; brighter than the blue sky. It was the very last thing his mother gave to him before she passed away, he had cherished it his whole life, but it was the only thing he had left. As the princess left, tears fell from his blood red eyes; a small crack pierced through his diamond heart. The princes now adults, Light have learned to become fair and more patient with life and the ponys of Equestria.
But Dark… over the decades, he's changed... He became tired and frustrated with his brother, impatient, lonesome, and afraid. Afraid he'd become forgotten to his brother. Prince Light would always be beloved by his kingdom. While Prince Dark was always being told he was so selfish for no longer being generous to the poor. By now, Prince Dark was weary from the hatred engulfing him. So tired... Every time he would try to rest, nightmares would cloak him in pitch black. Wandering, every minute felt like an hour, and every hour felt like a year. Within the nightmares, he would find items scatted across the ground, and every time he picked up an item, visions would appear in front of his eyes. So finally, Dark would never sleep. He would make potions and concoctions within a burning cauldron, mixing and brewing away ingredients. He got better and better at magic and his physical skills, working day and night.
Cracks... His heart had cracked eight times through the years. The beautiful sky blue of the diamond heart was now blackened with hatred. His love and passion turned to dust, just like that, he felt like he'd be lost within the darkness... No hope. Until, the princess from the foreign land had arrived in Equestria once again. But this time, an alicorn. She had been gifted upon the leadership of her country and great power. She'd come to form a peace and alliance with Equestria. But for this to happen she must marry one of the princes. Dark was filled with joy at the site of the princess. But the princess had a great love for the prince Light's beauty and elegance, and so did Light have a compassion for the princess. So, the two were to be wedded to form an alliance with the two lands. By this news, Prince Dark's heart had cracked a gaping hole filled with anger. Except; he had not given up on hope, just yet.
On the day of the wedding, the two lands combined together for the great wedding, as the vows were said and the love shared; the husband and wife had kissed in there love. After the wedding, Prince Dark had tried to speak to the lovely wife to tell her who he was, but she had ignored him as if he was air... He had calmed his anger to walk back to the castle and stared into the clouds from the sky, looking into his reflection on the glass window sighing in distress. On the day of Prince Light's and Princess Shulkun's coronation, dark had decided to watch his brother's crowning of king. Dark had only smiled in a pretend way only to not show his jealousy. So now Light was pronounced king and Shulkun was pronounced queen, and together they made their country's one; Suddenly, Prince Dark's heart shattered into, ten obsidian shards that scattered all across Equestria. Dark's heart felt like it burned to ash. Prince Dark was now cold and heartless than ever before, and one that day he vowed to destroy Equestria into nothing but dust. Dark had stormed into his lair and poured all his most valuable potions into the cauldron and started to mix together a horrid curse, spending hours, days into this curse.
After perfecting this potion, he stored it in a impossible place to find. After years, King Light and Queen Shulkun had two children, naming them... Princess Celestia and the younger one, Princess Luna... Prince Dark was not fond of these two fillys, but he did have a plan to where they could be of use to him. Dark walked down to one of his lair and approached one of the bookshelves. He pulled out one of the books for it to reveal a hidden case with the cursed potion. He took the potion and drank only a tiny portion. A flash of light shone through his eyes giving him visions of the future lasting only for a few seconds. Dark grinned in a sinister way with a devious look in his blood red eyes. He approached the oldest one, Celestia, looking over her smaller sister in a small crib. Prince Dark looked over at the oldest catching her attention. Dark had told her of her future and what was to come to her sister if she did not kill Luna's true love. If she was not to kill him, he'd break her heart causing a horrid monster to arise from her. Dark had only twisted the truth to Celestia so he'd be able to destroy Equestria along with lots of patience and power. Celestia was going to make sure that her sister was not going to get hurt from this. Celestia had finally fallen asleep along with Luna.
The next night, Prince Dark had planned this night for a while, so he grabbed a kitchen knife from a drawer and had cast a spell on the guards to fall asleep. Meanwhile, Luna's cry awakens Queen Shulkun and forces her to put the child at rest. King Light now awoken, can no longer go back to sleep, so, instead he decides to look out into the midnight sky on the balcony. Prince Dark silently creeps into the room. Prince Dark approaches Light hiding the knife behind his back. Light turns back to see Dark approaching him," oh, what is it my brother?" questions Light. Dark answers in a question," well... I just wanted to ask a question, why is it that every pony is so selfish?" before Light can answer, Dark lunges toward him striking a knife straight into his heart. He answers for him," it's because of ME!" Dark rips out the knife from Light. Light has a blank expression on his face. As he lays dead with a pool of blood rising from his wound. Dark's face has a bloody smile stretching across to his checks. He quickly looks back to find queen Shulkun with terror on her face. She suddenly bursts though the hall collecting Luna and Celestia. She closely holds tight onto Luna with Celestia running behind. Prince dark slowly walks into his lair throwing his knife aside and pulling the book to reveal the cursed potion. He quickly grabs it and drinks the whole potion in one gulp. Banging on the lair's door gets louder as the door finally falls to the ground. Five guards rush in to see the prince smiling in a sinister way, as if he's happy... The next day Prince Dark was brought out to a raging crowd of ponys, screaming for his death. The executioner leads Dark to a hanging noose. Prince Dark knew his death was coming, but he was never scared of his death, he was finally happy... The executioner put the noose around his head and asked for any last words," you will never forget me. Cause I'll always be your nightmares." as the clock struck 12:00, a cursed magic flew across the sky, the cloud of night soared into the shadows... The nightmares...Prince Dark's body hung from the rope, dead, with a peaceful expression in his blood, Red. Eyes... But the story doesn't end just yet... It only begins.
Hope you like! This was my first fanfic. There will be more! 3
Chapter 2 coming soon :3