A/N : The beginning is a bit vague but that's on purpose, were starting with our main character at the tender age of 4 years and 7 months old, be warned it might get dark and cruel given that our MC is barely a preschool kid but bare with me here okay.

Disclaimer: As always I don't own anything besides our MC,

Note:

(Hello there) Indicates words spoken in thoughts

"Hello there" indicates a person speaking out loud

LET'S BEGIN

CHAPTER 2 - The Fallen Eclipse

(???) POV

Everything feels cold

MONSTER!!!

Why can't I feel anything

HALFBREED FILTH!!!!

That's not quite right, I do feel something

KIIIILLLLLL HIIIIIMMM!!!!!

BUUUURRRNNN HIIIIMMMM!!!!!

Besides the cold I feel pain, but why?, why do I feel this, why won't it stop? Why,why,Why,WHY,WWWHHHYYYY!!!!!.

FOR THE CRIME AGAINST OUR HOLY PATRON I SENTENCE THEE TO ABLUTION, MAY THE ALICORN GODDESS OF LIGHT HAVE MERCY ON YOUR SOUL.

Ah now I remember, my sentence, for the crime of practicing forbidden magic.

It's funny, now that it's happened I don't feel anything, why? Shouldn't I feel angry right now?, why can't I fe–.

………….ah right the Ablution, supposedly it purges the dark taint from within, but I didn't have anything for it to purge, hence why I can't feel majority of my emotions, my very soul was burned and what remains are in Tatters.

"Oh the irony," in this moment the person speaking opened his eye his right to be specific, "Huh why can't I see from my left, ….. Ah right those guards the were in charge of keeping me imprisoned gouged it out because he didn't like that look on my face," we finally see the image of this worn out foal, his skin formerly pristine light tone was now covered in burns and bleeding lashes, the worst was on the left side of his face where his left eye used to be, "This is gonna take some getting used to, it's weird I should be feeling hurt, I should feel grief, I should be feeling despair, but I just can't bring myself to care."

We see our young colt lying on the ground the rain pouring over him, washing away the blood and grime, but miraculously his wounds were steaming, slowly but surely his wounds were closing bit by bit, and obviously he noticed, "That's…new?" The little colt sits up slowly, looking over his wounds, "Are you doing this?" He looks over a nearby puddle and see's his reflection but he doesn't see himself, but a different colt one that's covered with white bone like carapace with black markings, slightly clawed hands and feet, and two stubby horns at the side of his head.

(A/N:think the fully hollowfied zangetsu with tattered pants like Ichigo was and that his a 4 year old chibi fox ears and 1 fox tail, instead of the terrifying visage that is the Vasto Lorde form of zangetsu, oh and no hole at the chest.)

The white little colt nodded his head in acknowledgement to his answer.

(How ironic, they sentence me to an Ablution to purge the so called darkness inside me, only for said darkness ending up manifesting at the end of the Ablution and saves me from a repeat or something equally worse.)

"My name is Midnight, Midnight Angel, what's yours?", he asked only for the white colt to shake his head in a negative fashion, "What do you mean?" Midnight asked, the white colt started to point his finger at his throat and shake his head," you can't speak?" The white colt nodded, "Why, what happened?" he asked in worry, and the white colt simply pointed at him, "Me?" Midnight confused and worried that he might have been at fault for getting his savior hurt in the process, "I did this to you," the white colt shakes his head, then pointed to Midnight's throat again, Midnight confused starts to touch his throat with his hands and there he felt it, a thin line was on his throat but was nearly done healing, "This is…..(ah now I remember one of those guards clipped my vocal cords so I couldn't speak up in my defense).

"I see, I think I can see where your going with this," Midnight figured the white colt is stuck with the reflected form that he had when he was still grievously wounded, "Can't you heal yourself?" he asked in worry, but the white colt only shrugs his shoulder seemingly nonchalant as if his reflected wounds don't bother him, "Ok, as long as your not bothered by it" obviously bothered by the situation, but again the white colt doesn't seem to care, "What's your name?" he asked trying to distract himself from his worry, but to his astonishment the white colt just shake's his head, "Oh right you just manifested a while ago, ….. I guess I could give you a name" suddenly more attentive and a touch bit excited, "how about White," the White colt gives him a blank look, "Ok guess not, how about Weiss," again the white colt gives him a blank look, " Ok you sure are picky, hmmmm……. I Got It!!" Looking to have had an Epiphany, his reaction getting an excited look from the white colt, "Your name shall be hence forth Ivory, what do you think, pretty good right," the white colt frozen from the sheer disappointment starts to shake "Ivory? What's wrong?" Not knowing what was going on with his friend he was caught off guard when the white colt suddenly jumped out of his reflection and started to hit him with his balled fists, "Gah!!! Wait stop!!! Alright!! Alright!!!! I'll Change It!!!!."

After that debacle, Midnight finally took a look at his surroundings, he was in the middle of a rain forest, wet all around and dark givin that it was evening, "I guess we should find some shelter," as midnight stood up his bicorn friend dove into his shadow, surprised by this he choose not to comment given that his companion came out of his reflection before, and so the unlikely duo set forth in search of a place to rest preferably someplace dry, after 3 hours of trudging through the foliage, they found a big hollowed out tree which they used as a temporary shelter and settled in for the night.

(Dreamscape)

"How, just HOW COULD YOU BE BETTER ME!!!!!"

"I SHOULD BE THE BETTER ONE!!!!

NOT YOU!!!

AND YET YOU SUCCEED WHERE I DON'T!!!!!"

(Everything was blurry but I could hear her screaming at me blaming me for trying, I didn't mean to overshadow her, I just wanted Mother to look at me like the way she does when looking at my sister's, I never would have thought that she would go this far just to prove she was better.)

"YOU CAN'T BE BETTER THAN ME!!!, YOU JUST CAN'T!!, I WON'T LET YOU!!!!!."

(We're still young, we had just started learning the basics of magic 7 months ago, we took to magic like a fish to water, we felt it in all kinds of ways, like it was simply flowing through us like it was a part of us…. No like we were a part of it, When you casted your first spell it was an accident, an joyful occasion given you were so impatient to get your birthday cake, it simply flew through the air towards you, if Mother didn't stop it you would have been covered in it instead of enjoying it, the look on her face said It all, she was proud of you and so happy, I just wanted her to look at me with the same look, was that so bad.)

"WHEN I FINISH THIS RITUAL, I WILL TAME THE GREATEST OF SUMMONS, THE LIKES OF NO PONY HAS EVER SEEN!!!, AND WHEN I TAME THE MOST POWERFUL OF SPIRITS, MOTHER WILL ONLY HAVE EYES FOR ME!!!!"

I watch as a dark spiritual being took form behind her, being contracted to a spirit was a sign of power, status, prestige and honor among our kind, and they varied like all creature's, the most common spirits are those of nature, next spirits of Elements, then spirits of Magic, and then there was two, the most powerful of them all The Divine spirits, specifically beings that were blessed by our Deities and the last kind of spirits were just as powerful if not more, the Conceptual spirits, not much is known about them, but in all of history only 4 have been confirmed, these are the spirits that bless us, what I'm seeing now was NOT a Spirit, no this being was part of the race that seduced the Bicorns on the path of destruction and Death, this being was a DEMON.

(In my pursuit in gaining our mother's acknowledgement, I didn't realize what I was putting you through, I never thought that you would ever think that I was taking our mother away from you, I'm sorry, I should have realized that every time that I did better in our studies, mother's face would lose ale positive hints and settle for blank almost cold looks, it devastated me and I often wondered what I did to make her hate me so much, was it because I was born with fox features along with my hooves and horn, I had a fox tail and ears, I often wondered if I was just a mistake so I pursued our mother's acknowledgement and I yearned for her love and affection, I didn't realize that in doing so, I lost my twin sister's love and care, the one that was with me from the very beginning, the one who supported me when no one else did, the one who loved me when I had no one, I Am So Sorry for my foolishness sweet sister, I'll make this right.)

As I finished wallowing in my guilt, I gathered my magic and disrupted the summoning when she had her eyes closed while focusing on the ritual circle and venting her emotions on me, her eyes flew wide open when she felt the disturbance in the flow of magic and they widened in horror as she witnessed the effect of my actions.

"NOOO!!! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!!!

IT TOOK ME SO MUCH TIME AND PREPARATION TO LURE THAT SPIRIT HERE AND YOU RUINED IT GAAAAAHHHHHH!!!!!!"

I stood there with my hands on my knees, heaving for air, tired and spent I could not stop her onslaught of magical bullets coming my way, they hurt some bruised my body while a couple of them pierced through my body.

All of the sudden, the barrage stopped,I stood there barely conscious bleeding from several places of my body, I looked up with great effort and saw my twin sister looking at me in horror at what she had done, I saw my twin and looked at her properly this time and I saw it her hair once a golden platinum hue was now a pale blonde shade and her skin paler than it ever was before almost sickly, it was then that I realized that my sister would not have gone this far for something so petty like jealousy, no she was always upfront with me when something bothered her, I came to the realization that the DEMON before must have been slowly corrupting her from within, given the fact she's regaining a bit of her color back now that she's in the right mind.

"M,m, midnight I, I'm sorry I, I didn't mean it I,I,I."

As she apologized profusely, I felt the magic in the air, maybe it was because of my critical state that I felt so much more than I should have,I wouldn't know but right then and there I felt so many signature's coming our way, I couldn't let anyone see her like this, so, I did what any older twin would have done for their other half.

"You can hate me if you want to."

She stilled at my words and became eerily quiet with her eyes wide with tears in them, while I continued to limp towards her.

"You can curse me, damn my name from here on out."

As I said those words I used my new found senses and controlled all the tainted magic, absorbing every bit of it even the wisp's of it that clung to her.

"I would deserve everything that you would throw at me, given that I didn't cherish you the way that you cherished me."

When I finished absorbing all the taint and fully cleanse my sister I had already arrived in front of her, I couldn't lift my left arm given it's torn up state, having been pierced in 3 different joints, while I lifted my right and wrapped it around her head, I pull her forehead against my own, our horns touching for the first and last time.

"But know this, no matter what happens next, no matter what path you choose to take, regardless of the outcome, know that I Will Always Love You."

She stood there in shock, as she registered my words, tears flowing down her eyes, I didn't give her a chance to reply, I casted a spell to put her to sleep and teleport her to her room, under normal circumstances anypony worth their salt would have felt the spells actualizing, but given the remaining signature of the ruined ritual circle, no one could have known that there were any other pony there.

Thus the guards that felt the disturbance burst through the doors as I fell on my knees, they surrounded me with their swords pointed at me, then I felt some pony walk beside me, when I strained myself to look up I saw my eldest sister Luvianna Angel, Alicorn of Purity, she looked at the ruined circle in front of us and then she casted her eyes on me.

"Midnight, what happened."

Her voice soft as a whisper, might as well been a Bolt of lightning in the silence that engulfed the room.

We started at one another for a solid minute, before I looked down on my knees, refusing to elaborate.

She took a breath and sighed, "Restrain him but do not harm him, get a healer for his wounds." One of the guards spoke up and said, "But princess, it's a clear cut case, Prince Midnight was practicing Demonic Arts, that is Forbidden and a Crime punishable by dea–" absruptly Luvianna turned a glared silencing the guard immediately as the other guards held their breath never having witnessed the Alicorn of Purity looking at anypony negatively before, "The Temple of Light can Punish Those who are Guilty ONLY because my Mother, YOUR Queen Allows it, She will be the one to cast judgment on MY Brother, YOUR Prince, Do I make my self Clear My Little Ponies," the way she said it brooked no other answer than, "YES YOUR HIGHNESS!!!" All the guards took a knee to show their loyalty and Acknowledgement of Luvianna's choice on the Matter, she spared me a glance and whispered oh so quietly that only the two of us heard, "for your sake, I hope you speak the truth little brother." for the first time in my short life I felt concern and worry from her, I could not help but feel hope that everything will be alright but then again that was just wishful thinking, before anyone can say anything I started to lose my sight of things and I found myself falling and then came darkness.

For a second there was nothing but silence and darkness but then it happened, everything that came afterwards, came in a rush, the trial, the sentence, arguments happening all around me, then my mother speaking towards me in the coldest tone I have ever heard from her and then everything shifted again, the waiting, the torture the cold creeping towards me and finally my punishment the ABLUTION. A Magical Beating performed by 3,5 or 7 Punisher's, the way it happens is that they take their magic and forge a wall of pure magic that will project their magical pressure towards the criminal, the more Punishers there are the graver the charge.

In my case I was sentenced to be subjected to all 7 Punishers, it would supposedly beat the Wickedness out of said Criminal, but honestly it's more an execution than a beating given that no one has ever came out of an Ablution in the same way ever again the lucky ones die a quick death, the unlucky ones live through the experience but ultimately there mind and soul are completely damaged beyond repair and will never be able to function properly ever Again.

I can't decide whether I'm lucky that I'm still functioning and still capable of thought, but that doesn't mean I came out of it unscathed, I don't remember much on who I was or those around me, the only ones I remember if only a vague image of them are my Eldest sister Luvianna and my young twin sister Seraphim, but even then My only memory of them was that moment where everything went to HELL.

(End of dream)

(Midnight's POV)

I sat up abruptly taking large labored breaths, it took a while for me to pull myself together, slowly my white companion came from the shadows and started to pat me on the back as I tried my best to calm down, another hour of heavy breathing I was able to calm down, I took one last big breath and exhaled, "Thanks bud, I don't know what I would do without you," as I started getting up to go out of the hallowed tree I heard an ominous whistle in the air, I cautiously peeked out of the tree, the area was damp and a light mist was settling down in the area, I couldn't see anything or anypony but the whistling continued, I slowly walked out and stood in the middle of the clearing, the whistling kept getting louder and mor pronounced, to the point that it felt like it was coming from…..!!

(General POV)

The two young foals, one black and the other white slowly but surely turned their heads behind them, from where they came from, just behind them a mere step of the way, a tall hooded bicorn stood whistling the ominous tune and continued to do so as the two colts looked up to him in a wide surprised manner, finally after an eternity of ominous tension,(which was just a minute in total) the hooded bicorn spoke and said, " Well, well, well, if it isn't the little Fallen Angel, hmm, in the flesh." The hooded bicorn looked directly at the two colts or more specifically Midnight, and showed his Ivory skin along with his silver hair and blood red eyes, not knowing what else to say, midnight simply said, "Um yeah, hey," the hooded bicorn looked almost Amused as he heard the 4 year olds reply, but nevertheless he replied in an curious undertone, "There's the scars of the Ablution, the Bicorn spirit that manifested due to self sacrifice and of course, the navy blue hair turned pitch black locks with white tips due to the stress that was caused by IMMEASURABLE PAIN!!!, My compliments to your mental fortitude heh,heh,hmmm," thoroughly weirded out by the bicorn that was slowly leaning over them as he talked and was now just above them as well as in front of his face with this wide smile that showed his pointed teeth, he looked to his side and whispered, "You gonna help me out of here or what," he asked his white bone covered friend who simply looked at him with a blank look and then proceeded to jump back into his shadow, "Thank you for the assist Ivory," Midnight said sarcastically, looking to the hooded bicorn, he saw the Stallion looking way to amused at their exchange, Midnight clears his throat and said, "ahh yeah, good to meet you too mister," very disturbed and very concerned that he was about to die, or worse, be sold to slavery, surprisingly he wasn't feeling scared, no, fear was far from what he was feeling at this moment, but before he could continue his train of thought, "Hey, I Don't Always do This, but do you mind taking a walk with me, Been looking for you the Whole Day, Midnight Angel."

Tensing after hearing the bicorn's words, he prepared to run when he felt it, the mist seemed to clear for a moment and Midnight took advantage of it and used whatever magic he had recovered to reinforce his hooves and kicked off the ground and run as fast as he could, then he heard the bicorns voice behind him echoing around the area saying, "Go Ahead, Run For It, Makes it More Fun For Me, RAAAGHHHH!!!," Midnight hearing this forced his magic even more in his hooves running as fast as possible, he crossed a small clearing, covered in various rock formations, he hid behind one as he started to hear that ominous whistle, the fur on his tail and ears started to stand up and tense, his heterochromia eyes turning into slits as he heard the bicorn enter the clearing while stopping his whistling, as he walked with his arms at his back he spoke softly, "I Can tell The Character of a pony, by The Sound Of Their Heartbeat, Usually when I Approach," He starts to clap his hands mimicking a Heartbeat, "I Can Almost… Dance to the beat" his clapping starts to pick up, but then starts to slow down to a crawl, "Strange That Yours, is So Steady," then he smirks in excitement, "How Interesting" Midnight could practically feel the wide smile across the bicorns face, Midnight stilled for a moment and jumped to the side as the rock he was hiding behind was sliced in 2 from above, he looked and saw the Bicorn wielding twin Circular Sickle's covered in glowing silver engravings, "Excellent Reaction Time, I wonder Can Your Body Keep up With your Perception."

As he said this he starts to attack Midnight, slicing him bit by bit on his arms, his legs, his body, his back and face, just after a solid minute, Midnight was covered in Cuts and caked with his own Blood, his vision dimming and his hooves wobbly, he could do nothing but evade and hope that he'll pull through this moment.

After a Couple more minutes, he started to react faster, his vision sharpening and began to predict the Bicorns movements, he didn't realize that they were fighting for so long that the sun started to rise, he only noticed when the bicorn disengaged from the fight all the while kicking him in the chest, he felt his ribcage rattle after being hit, instead of falling, he rolled backwards and immediately stood up,"Bueno, Muy Bien" The bicorn said with a satisfied look, Midnight though confused and still quite tense.

"What?"

"Here I thought you'd succumb like all the rest, but you surprised me little Angel, even when you only had your instincts to fall back on, even then you barely kept up in the fight, you didn't fall to despair nor desperation, you impress me young colt," The bicorn said with a satisfied look, he put his hand inside his cloak and pulled out a worn out compass, "here kid, your gonna need this." He lightly tossed it to Midnight and said colt was surprised over this development that the compass bounced up after hitting his head, after he fumbled with his hands he finally caught it.

He looked at it curiously then looked to the bicorn and he saw him walking away,"Hey wait, that's it?, what was all that about then,???" He said utterly confused at the bicorns actions.

"My gift, to you, for going beyond my expectations Boy, whether or not you stay the same after the end of the road will decide if you're worthy of a second chance at life in my book, A word of advice trust your instincts kid they'll rarely lead you astray."

"Wait!, I have questions, who are you, what was the point of this and what did I do that justifies such a reaction."

" He he hmm, in reverse order, Nothing, Satisfying my Curiosity and finally."

"Mortem"

"Huh???"

"My name, it's Mortem, we'll meet again at the end of the path you walk on, oh and another thing, think of a good name for your bicorn spirit, otherwise he might just hold it against you and as for the compass it doesn't point to north like most, but points to what you Desire the most."

"Enjoy your life and hopefully you live a long fulfilling one."

The was the last thing he heard after Mortem disappeared into the mist.

……

……

……

"What just happened???."

Completely lost at what just transpired, he didn't notice that on his back a mark appeared and had an Ethereal Glow to it, the mark looking like the moon covering the sun, a mark that signified a cosmic balance, a presentation of light being overshadowed by darkness or the darkness protecting the light, that mark on his back represented him in such a way that he'll only realize in an important turn in his life.

As for what the mark was, it could be simply known as an Eclipse.

A/N:

Coming in strong aren't I, just the second chapter and our MC already met The Bicorn of Death, who knows, maybe he won't be the only deity he cross paths with, but until then.

Stay Tuned.