Hundreds of miles away south of Equestria was a dark and lifeless land, nothing but dirt and ash blown by the wind. The rocky terrains were jagged, and the air was cold as death. It was the land where the dark army was formed. Underneath the land was a lair of fire. There lurked an evil warlock who was responsible for the destruction of towns and for the many deaths of innocent stallions, mares, colts and fillies. His name was Komodo; a vicious lizard with thick green and black scales, long razor sharp teeth, and bright red and yellow eyes. He was the creator of the army. He wore armor underneath his dark torn cloak. In the lair, he waved his hands around a floating orb. Streams of dark mist swirled around them as he spoke incantations of a dark language, only to be learned through black magic. Whispering the rare words, he looked into the orb and saw Ponyville.
"Find them…" Komodo whispered in a dark hiss. "Find any survivors who helped defeat my warriors…"
The orb glowed and revealed Sweet Apple Acres, then revealing a moving image of Yorkshire walking back to the barn.
"One of them…" He gritted his teeth and glared at the smiling knight. He slashed the orb with his sharp claws in a loud screech, making it disappear into mist. He turned away and walked to his stone throne. He sat down and growled. "How could a bunch of four legged creatures defeat my army of warriors…? My soldiers had everything… They had strength, agility, thirst for blood… I used up all of my magic to attempt to take over Equestria. Now I am weak." He stood up from his throne and walked around with many thoughts running through his head. "I will not be made a fool… I will not tolerate this defeat!" He wandered over to a large pit of spewing fire and stood over it. "I will soon regain my powers. When I do, I will once again do what it takes to take over the land they call Equestria. All of the ponies will be under my command; nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. The land will soon be dark and dead. But first, I need those knights out of the way." He strolled around the pit of fire with the gears turning in his head, forming a new plot. "I could send a couple of new warriors to do the job, but that would bring out suspicion from the others…" He continued to think of plans but found more flaws for minutes. He snapped his fingers, hatching an idea and grinned. "Everyone has a weakness. All I need to do is find a weakness from at least two of the knights and use it against them. But what are their weaknesses?" He pressed his hands together, closing his eyes. He moved them apart from each other creating a small glow in between his hands, beginning to whisper the dark language again.
The glow grew bigger, turning into another bright orb.
"Show me…" he whispered. "Show me the knights and the ones who have the weakest links."
The orb revealed all of the knights resting in the barn. It then showed images of Knighton and Yorkshire next, revealing them to have the strongest weaknesses.
He grinned and chuckled viciously. "Good, good. Now then, show me their weaknesses… show me what they fear to lose the most."
The orb lit once again. The glowing faded, revealing a yellow coated Pegasus mare and an Alicorn mare with a dark purple coat both sleeping in their own beds in their homes.
He laughed quietly revealing his teeth. "So… their loves for these mares are their weaknesses." He clapped his hands together making the orb disappear in mist. "All I have to do is to get my claws on those mares, bring them here and use them as bait. That will then lure the knights to come here. After that…" He slid his claw across his throat showing a sign of death. "Once the knights are out of the way, I will wait for my full powers to return and create a much bigger and stronger army! And then… Equestria will be mine…"