Dark and Light: Chapter 12

Twilight Sparkle's Sadness


Sorry this was later than expected...

I was planning to post this on Christmas morning,

but obviously, that didn't happen since my fanfiction crashed :(

Anyways, this chapter is kind of sad as well, so...

Deal with it! Mwahaha!

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Sorry, I had a LOT of sugar all day :P


Twilight stood in the center of Ponyville, along with Alpha, Comet, Aurora and Sonic, who were covered in dry blood and dirt from yesterday's fight before they were captured. "Wh-What do you mean by... he's not coming back?" Twilight asked and Sonic looked away towards the ground. He reached in his quills and then pulled out the inhibitor ring and gave it to the confused Twilight.

Comet put a hand on his shoulder before pulling him back gently and stepping forward. "What we mean by that is... well... He stayed to fight to let us escape..." He said, but Twilight stepped back away from them, clutching the ring and her whole body trembling as she started feeling dizzy. "NO! He can't be... Your lying!" She yelled before her heart broke and she ran away, biting her bottom lip to keep it from trembling as she reached her tree house and slammed the door behind her.

She ran to the library statue in the center of the room and looked up at it, then her knees buckled as she fell in front of it and she just lay there in silence for a few seconds before she began to sob quietly.


Bright entered her house and found it empty and dark. She gulped as she carefully lit a flame in the palm of her hand and looked around. "Mother?" She called as she looked up the stairs. "Father?"

Just then, the door opened and closed as the lights came on. Bright turned around and put the flame out when she saw Aurora and Sonic enter with their heads hung. "Mom? Did something happen?" Bright asked as she caught their attention and Sonic dashed forward, embracing Bright while Aurora was frozen to the spot.

"Bright? Is that you for real?" She asked as she slowly flew up to her, which was like Fluttershy flying as she landed beside her and tapped her shoulder, then, seeing that she was real, she hugged Bright tightly as they all group hugged and Bright looked confused. She pulled away from the hug and looked at both Aurora and Sonic.

"You guys look so sad, what happened?" She asked. But then she realized all of the blood and dirt on their fur and she gasped, her blue eye shrinking to a pea. "Did somebody beat you up?!" She asked as she covered her mouth with her hands looking surprised. "We heard from Tails that you went on a desperate rescue mission yesterday so we rushed over to the dead side of the forest as fast as we could, and what do we find? Injured changelings, some of them beat up and some knocked out, I don't know what you did to stir them up, but they ambushed us pretty badly." Sonic scolded, making Bright sigh.

"So, who exactly were you rescuing?" Aurora asked, sounding cautious. Bright glanced at both of them and then tensed up as she walked over to the door and opened it, making a clicking sound with her tongue as Dimmer, the strong looking changeling prince stroll in, looking calm. Aurora gasped as she growled and was about to leap at him like a tiger, but Sonic grabbed her arms and held her back.

"An enemy?! Sure, let the prince of the changelings just come into our house and spy on us!" Aurora yelled, causing Bright to wince and Dimmer look around the house. "Bright said that you were heroes, why do you live in such a small house?" He asked and Aurora snapped her jaws, her eyes bursting into flame. "Oh, we-" "Don't answer that!" Aurora interrupted Sonic, who looked surprised... and a little bit scared of her.

"Mom... please calm down..." Bright started and Aurora bared her teeth like a dog would, snarling with her eyes still lit with flame. "He was abused by his own mother, they called him a traitor and locked him away with nothing to drink or eat." Dimmer looked guilty at the word, eat. He was going to starve anyways, he checked his weight and he weighed 3 pounds less ever since he met Bright. He refused to eat her love, because it would make her weaker, and get rid of that amazing fire power.

Aurora listened to Bright, she looked normal, but just her eyes were narrowed in distrust.

"How do we know we can trust him?" Sonic asked.

"I can tell you how to bring down my mother, she has one weakness, and one weakness only." Dimmer said as Sonic and Aurora exchanged glances.


By the time Spike found Twilight, she was asleep under the table in her library that held up the statue in the middle. He sighed as he dragged her over to the sofa since he couldn't take her upstairs and covered her with a blanket. He was about to walk away until he turned around to look at her again and groaned. "Don't be so sad, Twilight. We all feel guilty enough, but you just make me feel worse." He said as he turns and walks up the stairs.

As the time dragged on by, it was midnight before you knew it and the grandfather clock froze right before it was about to chime the twelfth bell. Just then, a ball of white light appeared not far from Twilight, but it spun until it took the form of a similar hedgehog...

Glimpse.

He looked the same, but was glowing and shimmering with a white and ghostly light, like the fur of the crystal ponies. He opened his eyes, which were the same emerald green color, but they were the only thing not glowing, but did give off a warm radiance. Glimpse walked over to Twilight and shook her shoulder gently, but she rolled over with her back facing him. Glimpse started to look annoyed until he walked behind the sofa and shook it around, making rumbling noises as Twilight fell out, screaming, "earthquake!"

Glimpse laughed softly and walked into view, Twilight seeing him and rubbing her eyes, both of them growing wide at the sight of him again. "G-Glimpse?" She asked and he nodded once, giving her a thumbs-up. "Yo." He simply said. Twilight stood up, lifting a hoof to point at him, the enchanted, wondrous look on her face turning to a shocked look as she screamed, pointing. "OH MY CELESTIA, YOUR A FLUFFIN GHOST!" She screamed as she picked up a pillow and threw it at him, Glimpse looking surprised as he stepped back, dodging and then ducked to dodge another one.

"Would you stop it?!" He had time to say before a pillow hit him smack in the face, but he didn't move as the pillow stayed in place for a second before sliding off and hitting the floor with a thump, revealing the annoyed face of Glimpse. "I'm not a ghost, I'm a Christmas angel." He corrected softly, trying not to blow up.

"A-angel?" Twilight asked as Glimpse sighed, spreading his arms wide and expected a hug from her. Twilight did run at him, hugging him tightly as tears pricked her eyes. "Why did you leave us?" She asked, making Glimpse tighten his grip and then let go, looking into her eyes. "I swear, if I could, I would have came back, but my friends needed to survive, not me... I guess this is the fitting punishment for abandoning my own world..." He said as he kicked the ground, sending a puff of dust into the air.

Twilight shook her head. "Glimpse, I still don't understand, I-" She started, but Glimpse cut her off. "I know you might be mad at me... but, please... I need you to forgive me, or else I'll be trapped on earth as a lost spirit." He said and Twilight looked up at him with wet, teary eyes. "Just please... forgive me, not just for my sake, but for yours too." He said as his hand started fizzing away quite quickly, within 10 second, his arm was gone and his spines began fading, but more slowly as his other arm and legs also began to disappear.

"Glimpse?!" She asked, looking around as his face was all that was left. Twilight hesitated, and then leapt at him, hugging the air where his body would be, but then fell through behind him. Twilight looked back and saw that he smiled at her before his quills were gone and his muzzle faded as well. "Glimpse... I do forgive you... I'm sorry for feeling this way, I'll miss you so much." Twilight said as she began to cry. But then, randomly, out of nowhere, a beam of light shone down on him and his body began coming back, showing his smile again, which mended Twilight's heart of the sadness and grief.

When he was himself again, small white wings appeared feather-by-feather right above the spines on his back. "Thank you... Just, remember that I love you." He said before disappearing into the holy light, leaving Twilight alone in the cold, dark room as time began ticking again and the twelfth chime rang out.


How do you like them apples?

I worked hard on this chapter, although I did rush it at the end since I wanted to upload it before Christmas ended

OK, so Glimpse the hedgehog belongs to Glimpse the hedgehog

Also, CLIFFHANGER!

Mwahaha! Ok, peace out!


To Be Continued…

(MLP nor Sonic belongs to me)