or when it happened. It just did. I was out of the mist and through the word mountain pass when they collided, and then... well, I'm pretty sure there was this pony, a pony who looked like me! She had the same mane style, figure, and almost with the cutie mark. I remember her coat being the exact same color as mine, but maybe tinted a little paler. Her mane was six different shades of grey, matching her tail. And... her cutie mark, it was very similar, but it was a stormy black cloud raining, blood and shooting lightning. Maybe I was just insane, but I swear... where was I?

The place I wound up in was very dimly lit, with only few flaming candles lighting my path. The walls around me were completely stone, a few growing moss and vines around them. The floor was mud, wet, gooey, slimy mud. There was a rancid odor, no matter what I did, I couldn't find a way to block it from entering my nostrils. It was pretty awful, it must have been from the muddy ground... or the walls. I finally convinced myself enough to take a step forward, the mud creeping around my hooves with each step.

"Hello?" I called, "Anyone here?"

No pony answered, well duh! You don't find many ponies hanging in secret underground fortresses! I thought.

"Twilight? Fluttershy? AJ? Pinkie? Rarity? Spike?" I tried all at once. I don't know why, but something about this place gave me the creeps. Maybe it was the darkness, or maybe the smell, but something told me that I wasn't going to be leaving for a long time. Good thing I had my saddlebag with me.

...

With every step I took, the mud seemed to be getting thinner and thinner, until finally there were only bricks and stone. The problem was, the brick led one way, and the stone led the other. I didn't know where to turn, so I ended up choosing the bricks. It was like the whole wall changed with the floor. It was also seeming like the walls and floor were getting narrower, so I began to gallop as fast as possible. Thank Celestia, the pathway led to an enormous room.

There was a beautiful chandelier hanging from the top, the wide room was brightly lit. The floor was now a white marble, kind of like a dance floor. In the front of the room were two stairways, both leading up to a huge set of doors. In the middles of the room was a table, for dining? No, it looked more like what the cutie map was, except normal. It wasn't really a map, more of a table with six throne like chairs surrounding it, each with different cutie marks.

The largest one was a, uh, hexagram cutie mark. It was the color of blood, and it even had the detail of looking like it was dripping. The rest of the thrones were about the same size, there were white butterflies with chainsaws and blood spewing out of them. A knife inside of an apple with a smiley face, which was already very disturbing, but there was also, what looked like blood, spilling from the apple. A cracked, black diamond with, of course, blood creeping out the cracks. A few deflated balloons surrounding a, reasonably large cupcake, with the frosting being, you probably guessed it! Blood. And then there was the one, the one I thought I knew. The cloud with blood and lightning! What was this place! Why was I here! More importantly, how did I get here?!

I could feel my heart beating out of my chest, something about staring at all of those thrones filled me with the worst possible fear. That's when I heard the voices.

"Oh, don't worry about it, Pinkis!" A voice sounding oddly like Twilight spoke.

"I know. Cruella and Aline are very powerful, and don't even mention to Aline that I said that!" A voice replies, sounding similar to Pinkie Pie.

"Pretty soon Alda and Ruby will return from Ponyville, bearing the wonderful news that we have claimed it!" I recognized the voice, but what was her name? Terra? Tenry? Tenbrikis? Oh! Tenebris!

But, who were all the others she mentioned? She was obviously talking to a pony called Pinkis, but Cruella and Aline? Alda and Ruby? And whoever Alda and Ruby were, they were apparently attacking Ponyville!?

"HUH?!" I heard Pinkis's voice gasp. I had been so lost in all my thoughts, I had forgotten that they were heading straight towards this room!

A purple pony, looking disturbingly like Twilight, emerged through the hallway, that I noticed, was on the right side of the large room. Her mane was in the exact same style, and the colors would have been the same, but her highlights were... more saturated? Instead of a hot pink color, it was blood red, matching the one in her tail, and the color of her eyes, which had an evil look to them. Her other highlight was also much darker, maybe a dark blue-violet. I don't know, but it was weird. Her coat also looked a little darker than Twilight's. Her cutie mark was another that I had seen among the thrones, the pentagram. Next to her was... no. The pony standing next to her was awfully similar to Pinkie Pie though. Her mane was straight, matching her tail, Pinkie's is usually bubbly. Her body was more of a hot pink, than pig pink. And her mane and tail were definitely a cherry red. Her eyes, were the same color as Pinkie's, but they looked sad, like she was going to cry, but also stern, like she was a captain of some sorts. Her cutie mark, was the one of deflated balloons surrounding a bloody cupcake.

"What do we have here?" Tenebris sung, "A pony who fell into our labyrinth?"

"Wha-" I couldn't speak, I was choking on my own words.

"Rainbowdash was it? What an utterly REPULSIVE name! All you ponies have the most DISGUSTING names! WHO NAMES THEIR CHILD FLUTTERSHY? HAHA! ITS RIDICULOUS! When I take rule of Equestria, I shall be sure to change everyponys' names!" She chided.

"Hey! I think everypony has a lovely name! Especially Fluttershy! If you don't think that's cool, you don't deserve to be ruler! And you won't succeed!" I exploded.

"Oh? And, why is that?" She raised an eyebrow.

"Because my friends and I will stop you!" I smiled proudly.

"What a lovely, but absolutely ridiculous sentiment!" She laughed, where had I heard that before?

"Chrysalis?" I questioned.

"Hmm? You are aware of the Queen of Changelings?" She seemed surprised.

"Well, yeah, I mean they attacked Can-" I started.

"It doesn't matter to me, but I'll just kill you now, and since you've entertained me for a bit, I'll make it a quick one!" She giggled.

"Wait, huh?!" It must have sounded really dumb, but I could barely process what was happening.

Before I knew what was going, Tenebris's horn glowed, black. It was dark magic. Her eyes weren't just red anymore, the were... glowing!

"Now, just stay still! Hehe!" It sounded like there was another voice, or maybe three more voices coming out of Tenebris's mouth, but one thing was for sure, they were all evil!

I took off as fast as I could. Flying through the room. Where could I go?! This room was huge, but I needed to get out! Twi- No, Tenebris's horn began to glow brighter and brighter, well, as bright as black can get. Finally, I realized, I could just go back where I came from... or not.

The door that I hall that I had came into this room in, was now completely, a solid wall.

"How?!" Was all I managed to say.

"You know, Tenebris, maybe we could actually use the, uh, Elements of Harmony." The pink one finally spoke. Her voice was Pinkie's, but very monotone, there wasn't any range, just speaking.

Luckily, for me, Tenebris lowered her horn, and her voice went back to normal.

"What do you suggest, Pinkis?" Tenebris raised an eyebrow at her unenthusiastic comrade.

"Well, all I'm saying is that, if we can take their elements, their harmony, won't that make us like a million times stronger?" She asked, still with no "voice."

"Uh, technically yes, but, we don't really need that power, we're fine. We can take control of Equestria without extra power." Tenebris reasoned.

While they were arguing, I began to crawl towards the hall behind them.

"But what if we do need that power, to have it, you'd probably be stronger than all the elements of harmony, all the princesses, Chrysalis, Discord, and Sombra all together." Pinkis replied, with no enthusiasm.

Tenebris's eyes glistened with excitement, "That is also true! Even if they did manage to free Discord, and the princesses, they would still not be as powerful as me! Pinkis! Quickly, deliver new instructions for Cruella and Aline."

"Right away ma'am." She obeyed.

"As for you, you're coming with me-" She glanced in my direction, but I was already fleeing.

I heard blasts behind me, but I didn't look. I didn't know where I was going, I was back in the labyrinth, without any directions. Finally, a glowing force field appeared in front of me, it was completely impassable, I was trapped.

"As I SAID," Tenebris's voice boomed from down the hall, "YOU'RE COMING WITH ME!"

Her horn began to glow again, a bit different from last time, but I knew I was done for. There was absolutely nothing I could do, until a flash of pink and yellow flew past my eyes, and Tenebris was on the ground, obviously stunned from the sudden attack... and honestly so was I.

"Fluttershy?!"