Chapter 11

As I charged at the princess I suddenly felt like I was floating. I looked down and saw that a purple aura had lifted me off the ground, keeping me from running at the princess. A loud growl came from my throat and I spread my wings. I shot towards the princess again only using my wings this time since they weren't under a spell.

"NI!" shouted all the girls. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" All I did was roar in reply. Celestia had backed up from me and was trying to decide what spell to use on me when I suddenly gained speed on her. Her horn flashed brightly and I was suspended in air inside of a gold tinted bubble. Twilight ran up to the magic bubble and started yelling at me.

"NI! Talk to me! What's going on!?" I lashed out at her but was stopped by the bubble. Celestia put a hoof in front of Twilight to keep her from getting too close. "This isn't you Ni!"

"Please Night Wing, don't…" Celestia was interrupted by a thunderous voice emanating from my mouth.

"SILENCE CELESTIA! YOU HAVE BROUGHT NOTHING BUT PAIN UPON THE LORD OF CHAOS. FOR THAT YOU SHALL DIE!" Red lightning began arcing of off my wings and my eyes started to glow white with red electricity sparking around them and I simply floated out of the bubble menacingly. Rainbow Dash flew at me trying to bash me with her hind legs but I simply flicked my wing at her; sending her into the wall. Twilight tried to put another barrier between me and the princess but again I floated through it with no effort. Celestia began backing up again trying to figure out a way to subdue me without hurting me. As she backed up she passed Fluttershy who was shaking horribly and rooted to the spot where she was sitting. Celestia cast an invisibility spell on herself and moved around me. As I scanned the area for her I taunted her. "So the great Princess of the sun must use such cowardly tactics to best me. HA! Some great ruler you…" my gaze stopped on Fluttershy's shaking form and I moved towards her. "Why so scared little one? Do I make you afraid?" I said in a mocking tone. Her eyes watered up and she started shaking violently.

"N-N-N-N-N-Ni…?" She asked stuttering heavily. "Are y-y-you s-s-still in there…?"

"The Pony you know as Night Wing is my vessel for my rage to do with as I see fit little one," I replied with a voice that was not my own. Fluttershy broke down at that point and curled up in a little ball and cried into her forelegs. Seeing her like that caused me to become angry. The real me, not whatever was controlling me, and I lashed out inside my brain. My body convulsed in the air as the opposing personalities clashed inside and magical energies fought against each other. Everypony that saw this only could see my body losing control of itself as my wings contorted out of their normal shape into unnatural angles. I let out a blood-curdling scream and a wave of dark magic and electricity exploded from me. The last thing I saw as I lost consciousness was Twilight running up to me and yelling. A dull throb came into my head and whispered in a dark growl:

"You have failed me…"

I opened my eyes slowly and tried to move but pain kept me from doing anything. I felt cold, and slightly wet; 'good,' I thought. 'At least I'm not dead.' As I shifted slightly I noticed the ground was hard and uneven, probably made of stone. I moved my head to the right and saw bars across what looked like an opening. I groaned to myself, 'great. I'm in a dungeon.' I felt something tap me on shoulder rather roughly, sending a fresh wave of pain through my body.

"You awake meat?" asked a gravelly voice. I only managed to groan in pain. The voice laughed. "Seems like you tried to kill the princess from what I heard. Nice job." He gave my back a thump and I winced.

"Can you not touch me right now mister…?" I choked out as I tried to get up. The voice chuckled again and helped me up roughly.

"My bad, I forgot you were fucked up so bad." I coughed a little and finally stood up. As my eyes adjusted to the dim lighting I saw the outline of the pony who was speaking to me. Then I realized it wasn't an outline at all; the pony was just as black as I was. From what I could tell he had a black coat and gray streaks in his mane and tail. He also seemed to be a Pegasus. "So what's your name?"

"Night Wing," I coughed out.

"I'm Shadow Flash," he said proudly. "Wanna know what I'm in for?" I nodded my head slowly, not really sure if I wanted to know.

"Well I…" he was cut off by the sound of clopping hooves and a slight jingle of keys. "Quick, get back on the floor!" he whispered harshly and pushed me over. I landed on my apparently broken wing and I let out a small yelp. A guard made his way over to the cell door and slid two trays under the door with his magic.

"Dinner time," he said roughly. "And you have a guest coming down so behave."

"Yes dear," said Shadow sarcastically. The guard glared at him and moved away as we took our trays. More clopping hooves could be heard and several silhouettes made their way down a staircase about 30 hooves from the door to my cell. As they got closer I saw that they were the mane six, minus Rarity and Fluttershy. I hid myself with my wings in shame as they came to the door. Shadow gave a whistle when he saw them and went straight up to the door. "Hot damn aren't you a fine bunch of mares. You my fanmares finally come to see me?" he asked leering at their flanks.

"We are here to see Night Wing, is he there?" Said Twilight, not seeming to be phased by Shadow's inappropriate behavior.

"He might be. I'll tell if you let me rut that flank right now," pointing at Rainbow Dash. Rainbow's eyes widened and then became an angry scowl. She rushed to the door and glared at Shadow.

"And why the FUCK would I let you creep?" she said angrily.

"Because you simply can't resist my charms," he said seductively and kissed her through the bars. Rainbow was so shocked that she just stood there for a second while he finished and backed his head away. "Mmm you taste good…" he was cut off mid-sentence as she grabbed his head through the bars and slammed his face against the door. It reverberated through the dungeon and I glanced up from under my wings. He fell backwards and laughed.

"Ooo feisty, I like it," he said, his voice dripping with lust. Twilight got mad and picked Shadow up with her magic and slammed him into a wall; knocking him out.

"Now that that's taken care of… Ni? You in there?" she said gently.

"Go away…! I don't want to hurt you…"

"Little late for that," said Rainbow nursing her bruised wing from when I threw her.

"Rainbow! Not now!" said Applejack. "Sugarcube? Please come over here so we can see ya." I grudgingly got up and made my way to the door. My head was drooped so low that my nose would brush against the ground every once in a while. "Aw Ni, c'mon. Look at us." I slowly brought my head up and my tears started flowing freely.

"I messed up didn't I?" I managed to say as my throat closed up.

"Oh Ni, c'mere," said AJ as she reached through the door and pulled me against it in a makeshift hug. The other girls tried to squeeze in too but the door was only so big. As they let go my tears did not stop and I just looked at them pathetically.

"What happened Ni? Why did you go ballistic?" asked Pinkie who was more serious than I had ever seen her.

"I don't know… it felt like something took over my body and was using it like a puppet…" Twilight seemed to stiffen at my words but didn't say anything. "I felt so powerless… and then when I made Fluttershy so scared, I got so mad at whatever was controlling me that I broke from its control and got my body back. I hurt all over…"

"That's cuz whatever went on inside ya made yer body do all kinds a weird things," said Applejack. "Yer wings completely broke all out of shape… it was the nastiest thing I ever saw."

"Yeah," said Rainbow. "Twilight had to put you in a magic coma just to set your wings back into shape." I winced at the thought of my wings being completely broken but that explained why they hurt so much.

"When can I get out…?" I asked. They all looked at each other worriedly and Twilight answered.

"Celestia is running some investigations right now into how this could have happened." I let out an involuntary growl at the mention of Celestia's name and I covered my mouth in shock. All the girls looked at me in strange expression.

"I didn't do that. It just came out when you said her name…!" Twilight seemed to examine me closely with a pensive expression on her face.

"Maybe whoever created you made it so that whenever Princess Cel- I mean she- is mentioned that you have a negative response to her. That's why when you saw her in person it triggered your attack function and let the evil control you." I nodded my head in agreement.

"But wait, I remember having a mother," I said. "I grew up with her until I was about six years old… that was real, I know it." She looked at me soothingly.

"Ni, those memories could have been implanted in your brain. We have no idea what is real when it comes to you." My eyes began to water up again.

"You mean… my whole life… is a lie…?" She shook her head and placed her hoof on my cheek.

"I didn't say that Ni, I'm just saying we don't know." I stood there thinking about all the wonderful memories that I had of my mother. Her smile, her laugh, the way she taught me kindness. It was too real to be fake. Right…? I sighed deeply trying to control my emotions and decided to move on.

"So what's going to happen to me?"

"Well I talked with Cel… mrrrgg. HER, and we decided the best course of action would be to take you back to Ponyville. There's no chance that she'll come unless we have found out what made you go crazy." I nodded my head and started feeling better about the situation. "Guard? We are taking this prisoner." The guard came over and unlocked the door so I could step out. Once the door was closed again I felt someone tap me on my back. When I turned around it was Shadow with the most insane grin on his mouth and a strange look in his eyes.

"See you later Night Wing," he said in a voice that reminded me of the voice that had spoken in my mind. I nodded nervously at him and left.

During the train ride back I felt very awkward sitting in the cart while everypony was sitting elsewhere. Rarity and Fluttershy weren't even in the same cart as I was. Feeling rather dejected I laid myself on the floor and tried to curl my wings around me like I had always done when I wanted to be completely alone. Pain shot through my wings however and I decided to just lay there. Once we got off the train and headed back to Ponyville proper, Pinkie came over to me and brushed her side against mine gently.

"Hey Ni," she said quietly. I thought her voice sounded so sweet and soft when she wasn't yelling or being loud.

"Hey Pinkie," I said back trying to sound friendly.

"I know you just went though something terrible and all. And Fluttershy probably doesn't want to have you over right now. So I was wondering if maybe… you'd wanna stay over at my place…?" She sounded so unsure of herself for that moment and I mistook her for Fluttershy.

"Sure Pinkie Pie, that sounds like a good idea." A smile crept onto her face and her eyes became half-lidded.

"Ni, smile for me?"

"I don't know Pinkie… I don't feel all that happy right now."

"C'mon Ni, all I need is a smile." Her voice was so quiet and pleading that I instantly wanted her to feel better so I thought of something happy and I smiled as brightly as I could. Her entire demeanor changed and her grin became giant again.

"Thank you Ni, I'll get my place ready. You go get your saddlebag." I nodded and she took off with a slight spring to her step. As soon as she was gone however I realized that my bag was at Fluttershy's cottage. 'I'll ask rainbow Dash,' I thought. I trotted over to her as we made our way through town and tried to get her attention.

"Hey Rainbow?" I asked.

"What do you want Ni?" she asked haughtily. I recoiled a bit at her tone.

"Are you mad at me Rainbow?" I asked.

"No way Ni, whatever gave you that impression?" she answered sarcastically.

"Rainbow I'm sorry I hit you back there. I wasn't in control of my body when I did that…" she silenced me with a piercing glare.

"Yeah, I've heard that one before…"

"Rainbow Dash! He is not HIM," said Applejack overhearing us. "Now come off him before ah do something drastic." Rainbow Dash's gaze fell to the ground and she mumbled something incoherently. Suddenly she ran off and jumped into the sky. I watched her go with sadness eating away at my heart.

"I did something wrong again didn't I…" Applejack came over and hit a part of me that wasn't broken.

"Oh hush Ni, you come off that too. She's just dealing with some issues from the past," said AJ.

"What happened with her?" I asked. The farm pony looked away and sighed.

"Ah'll let her tell you when she's ready." I nodded and looked down.

"Hey AJ?"

"Yes Sugarcube?"

"Do you think that you can get my saddlebag from Fluttershy's place? I'm staying at Pinkie's tonight." She nodded her head.

"That's prolly fer the best," she said tipping her hat. I'll bring it by later."

About half an hour later I walked up the stairs in Sugarcube Corner up to Pinkie's loft/apartment. I knocked on the door and Pinkie quickly answered.

"C'mon in Ni." I walked in and looked around at the sparse furniture.

"Where will I be sleeping?" I asked noticing that she didn't even have a sofa.

"In my bed silly," she responded, not quite as cheerfully as normal but still very cheerful. My eyes widened a bit and looked at her.

"What about you?"

"Oh I'll be fine, I'm gonna sleep in the tub." I looked at her like she was crazy.

"What if the showerhead leaks and you drown? Besides it'll be all cold and uncomfortable," I reasoned. "No you have your bed, I'll sleep on the floor." She gasped in mock disdain and started dragging me to her bed.

"You are my guest tonight Ni, and I will not have one of my guests sleep on the floor. You take the bed."

"No you," I said.

"No you," she said.

"No. YOU."

"Fine, we will share the bed," she said smirking slightly.

"Fine!" I said. Then I realized what she just did and I glared at her in mock anger. "You did that on purpose didn't you…"

"Mayyybe," she answered innocently as she batted her eyelashes with her lips set into a playful smirk. I shook my head and sighed as I got onto the bed. She followed me up and lay down next to me. My back was towards her and she began to rub my side with one of her hooves while being careful not to touch my broken wings. I sighed contently and then she began scratching in between my wings. I shuddered in pleasure as she scratched and she giggled softly.

"You pegasi always do that when I scratch here," she said as she continued to scratch and rub my back. "Why is that?"

"I guess it's because we can't really get there often so when somepony does it feels amazing." She hummed a little tune for a while and switched to massaging my back and where my wings met my body. After a while she stopped and pushed her body against mine and draped her right legs over my side. She gave a little squeeze and continued to hold me.

"Wanna know a secret Ni?" she whispered into my ear. Her warm, sweet smelling breath tickled my ear and made me melt against her. I nodded my head in silent reply. "I've never had a colt in my bed with me before." I raised an eyebrow.

"Never?"

"Nope. I guess colts didn't like me enough to do anything with me." I turned over so I was facing her and looked straight into her beautiful blue eyes.

"They were idiots apparently," I said and she blushed a dark shade of red across her pink muzzle. She didn't even blink. "You are a great mare Pinkie; I don't see why anypony wouldn't like you enough to love you."

"I can get too hyper…" she said solemnly. "Certain ponies get put off, or even scared by it sometimes." I kissed the end of her nose and her eyes got big.

"Pinkie, everypony has issues. Yours happens to be your energy. I like your energy; it's great to see you because you're always so damn cheerful all the time." I chuckled as she gave one of the cutest giggles. "Sometimes you can get of hand yes but you can learn to control it. I'm sure with practice you can be the right amount of cheeriness for the right moment." She searched my eyes for a moment and the replied.

"Could you help me with that Ni? Like telling me when it's too much? My friends won't do it because they are afraid they'll hurt my feelings." I nodded my head and wrapped my left foreleg around her barrel.

"Sure Pinkie, if you want my help you've got it." I pulled her closer and we both held each other with her face under my chin. Her breathing against my chest felt good and I kissed the top of her head. She kissed my chest in return and held me tighter.

"Good night Ni."

"Good night Pinkie."

Author's note: hello everypony, hopefully i didn't make you all too mad about the long wait. i got lazy and Team Fortress got a new game type that is AWESOME. lol but that's no excuse for you guys. i'll try to get these out sooner but as you probably have noticed, the chapters are a bit longer nowadays. lol anyways, hope you enjoy the chapter. if anyone wants to meet up on steam or team fortress let me know and we'll link up. also, please go check out my other story Angels 20. it hasnt gotten much attention and i would just ask that you give it a chance. also, i don't remember if i told you guys this or not (if i did i'm sorry for repaeting myself) but this story has about 8,000 hits on it. 8,000 hits you guys. that's a retarded amount of people checking out my crap story. lol i just wanted to say thanks to all of you who are following my story, you guys make this stuff worthwhile. well i'll quit yammering now. don't forget to review if possible and i'll see you next chapter.

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