To the Faithfullest Follower of our Dark Lord Mörk, and our current leader, Black Heart,

We are glad to announce that we have succeeded in capturing our First Attempt, Civviq Writer, along with a unicorn, an alicorn, a dragon, a unidragon and surprisingly, a changeling.

We have also captured Wing Noir and his father, Aile Noir. He has betrayed our ways. We need proper punishment.

We are requesting your presence when we bring all of them to the Cave. We shall turn Civviq over last.

Your faithful servant,

Leader of the Second Division

Head Mare of Alpha 1

Supervisor of Actions

Betelgeuse

It was dark. But I felt the quill, I felt my book. So I wrote.

I wrote, and wrote. They were silly little things you don't need to know.

The day was nice, the night was cool.

The wind blew softly trough the meadows, shaking the colorful flowers awake and bathing them in morning dew.

Where are my friends.

Was Wing all right.
Is there a way out of here.

It was still so dark. I couldn't even see the glow of my horn on my quill. I could hear somepony whispering. More ponies.

"...is the next…"

"…why are you…"

"Aile, the traitor, and his son…"

"…good team…"

What are they going to do? I don't understand…

"…hey, the quill is moving… Why is it moving?
"That filly is awake. Put her back to sleep."

I smell… something strange… oh…

To Betelgeuse,

Leader of the Second Division,

Head Mare of Alpha 1,

Supervisor of Actions,

We are pleased with your findings. You will be rewarded.

I will arrive as soon as possible to prepare the ritual.

Kind regards,

Black Heart

Current Leader

Loyal Servant of our Dark Lord Mörk

Ah! I'm awake, I'm awake. I have no idea where the hay my quill is, so maybe I'm making some mistakes, because I have no idea what I'm writing down, but I try to make it as clear as possible so there you have it.

Anyway. I'm in some sort of dark cave. The only light came from the middle of the cave. Some sort of low, white statue stood there that emitted the light. At eye-height, there was a gem. It was black, pitch-black, and seemed to swallow the little light there was.

There was a slight rustle around me. I saw several silhouettes of ponies – but I didn't recognize any of them. Some of them looked kinda weird, but I couldn't see their faces. They were whispering things I couldn't understand, but it was low and rhythmic and they were all the same. As my eyes adjusted to the dark, I saw that their heads were hung low and their eyes were closed. They were concentrating on something, I think… but what?

What is happening? Why are they standing like that? Why… why… I just want to get out of here. Yes! I have to get out of here! But how?

I tried to move, but I couldn't. My hooves were bound and I was tied to a stalagmite. I tried to undo the knot. It was a really complicated knot and I couldn't really see it, but I could do it. I know I can. I – I have to get out of here and save the others!

A rustle in the back of the cave made the chanting ponies hold their breath. They were looking to the back of the cave in an almost childish expectation.

I held my breath in fear.

A big, night-blue stallion emerged from the back. His eyes were almost totally black and he was grinning devilishly. He strode right to me.

"Well, well, well. What do we have here."

He held his head up high as he examined me. I whimpered and shrunk, turning my head away from his piercing gaze. He chuckled.

"Poor, little filly. So… alone." He said, mocking, and chuckled again. The others followed.

He raised a hoof and everyone was quiet.

"Alone… and afraid… Afraid of the dark…" he hissed. "But you don't have to be afraid of the dark. The dark is your friend. It keeps things hidden, things that cannot see daylight." He looked up, smiling devilishly. He nodded to one of the ponies, who disappeared to the back.

"Now… We will let you see that darkness isn't something to be afraid of…" He smirked.

"No… It's something much more… beautiful… more terrible… than you can imagine."

A loud cheering erupted from the ponies around me. They stomped their hooves and threw their heads back in delight.

And from the shadows… He emerged.

His coat was so black, it seemed to drain all the light away. His mane and tail almost seemed alive, like flames, but they were black as well.

But the worst was, that he had no face.

It was him, it was the one from my nightmares! He was the one who had caused all this, all of this!

And… And he was standing right in front of me!

I was terrified - I screamed and started to cry. He didn't open his mouth, but I could hear him laugh as if he were standing next to me. His dark voice shook my body, so much that it hurt. I tried to get out, I tried with my magic to untie the knot, I tried to cut the ropes, but in my panic I just pulled the knots tighter.

I looked back at him, even though every smidge of me screamed not to. His eyes seemed to get more intense – and a surge of magic rushed through my veins, scattering the ropes. He laughed even harder as I fell on the cold ground, too shocked to move. I couldn't tear my gaze away, I just laid there, unable to move.

You can run, but there's no way you get away from me.

I screamed again and tried to back away. Nopony stopped me as I slowly backed away from the group, into the dark. Finally, I looked away, turned around and ran.

I ran, and ran, and ran, but the dark of the cave never seemed to end. The light of my horn gave just enough light that I could see where I was going. Soon, I was lost. All the while Mörk's laughter rang in my ears, never going away.

Pain roared through my hooves and flamed through my body. I fell down, numb with fear to get up.

I shut my eyes and grit my teeth; I had to keep going, I had to find my friends. I got up and continued, ignoring the pain of Mörks laughter in my ears. I ran again, but this time I saw a faint light in the end of the tunnel. With my hopes renewed I ran faster, and faster, expecting to see daylight, but no.

I was back in the cave with Mörk. Or rather, I never left it.

I cautiously stepped back, my knees buckling in fear, my eyes wide as saucers. His laughter ran through my veins once more.

You cannot escape me, you foal. Nopony can.

"No! My friends will come to save me!" I screamed at him. He only laughed once more.

Your friends will not come.

"Liar!" I yelled.

Oh, I'm not lying. See for yourself.

At once, the light of the statue became brighter, bright enough to see the faces of the ones standing alongside the cave.

Warpath, Enerjack, Swift Spry. Carbon and Snipit. Shadowflame and Aile Noir, even Wing.

And all of their eyes were black.

I´m still kinda finding times to write, you know, life ´n´ stuff. But the next will come soon! I´m sorry to keep you waiting for so long.