I ran. I ran as fast as my legs could carry me. Apparently breaking the magic hold of Luna was extremely shocking, so it took awhile for anypony to realize I was escaping. By the time they had begun moving, I had run into the hedge maze. I didn't really think it would stop them from coming, but it was my best shot. I didn't hear them start running after me, but I heard Luna tell the guards to get Celestia.

She must not want to risk fighting me. I guess she doesn't know the extent of my power. It made sense, I wouldn't want to charge after a mostly unknown creature with mostly unknown powers either. I grinned at my luck, and delved further into the maze. Then I realized how easy it would be for them to simply fly over and find me. I focused the little bit of Luna magic I had and tried to conceal myself. I felt the magic rush through me, and I looked down at myself. I somehow made myself invisible, including my cloth, but using the magic caused me extreme pain. I staggered and began breathing heavily, but I was mostly ok. It was a really wierd feeling, I felt so powerful with the magic, but so hurt after I used it. I decided to drain the magic out of myself, risking losing the invisibility. I felt the magic flow out of me, and I sighed in relief. It felt great to not have that much pure power inside you. To my suprise, the invisibility spell held, so I was still concealed from the pegasi guards that had begun flying over the maze. I sat there a few minutes, watching the guards search. Then, a warm snout bumped into my shoulder.

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Dark Sharky had been close enough to see what had happened to his good duplicate. He grinned evilly as Sharky ran into the maze.

If I kill my counterpart and bring his body to Luna, I'll be able to pretend I'M the original and win her favor once more! He cheered mentally. As Luna left to go get her sister, Dark Sharky released Steel's magic and snuck towards the maze entrance. He walked in and started searching, hoping to run into himself. Instead, a wolf ran down a path in front of him, not pausing for a second to realize Dark Sharky was there. Dark Sharky recognzed the wolf as the one that attacked him in the boutique. He growled quietly and scowled. He began to follow after the wolf, but stopped as he heard familiar voices following the wolf. He ducked in to a nearby hedge and waited. Soon enough, he saw seven familiar ponies trotting down the same path the wolf had taken. Ah, my good counterpart's TV show friends! He thought to himself. He laughed at the unsuspecting company. He knew he had to find and kill his counterpart, but the evil in him was too strong to allow him to ignore this chance. He started slowly following the 7 ponies, absorbing Twilight's magic as he walked.

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"I can't believe he did this..." Twilight mumbled to her friends. "Why does he keep leaving me?... us..." Nopony acted like they noticed her slip up.

"It's just his nature." Stormy said. "He did the same thing while we fought the manticore. Instead of letting me get up and help him fight, he kept the manticore on himself and didn't let it near me. The one time it got to me I had thrown myself at it." The girls nodded.

"That does sound like our Sharky. He wouldn't even let me cook in my own house!" Rarity added. Twilight nodded at her.

"Me either. He said something about it being ridiculous that mares were expected to cook." They all gave her looks of confusion.

"But... that's just how things work..." Fluttershy mumbled.

"That's what I said!" Twilight exclaimed. "He still didn't listen. He was really upset by the idea of a mare cooking and cleaning because it was expected..."

"Whew... That's good!" Rainbow Dash laughed. Everypony but Stormy looked at her with confusion.

"An why does that matter ta you?" Applejack asked. Rainbow Dash blushed.

"N-no r-reason..." She stuttered out. The oher looked like they were gonna ask more questions, but Pinkie beat them to the punch.

"I'm sure she's just happy that Sharky sticks up for us mares! He's real nice and always works really hard and stuff. You'd really like having him as a worker on your farm AJ, he's always working and he--" She was silenced by Stormy's hoof.

"They get it, Pinkie. Sharky's nice. I seem to hear that all the time from you girls." Stormy sounded a little bitter.

"What's wrong Stormy, you sound upset..." Fluttershy asked.

"Nothing, I'm just a little mad that instead of saving my new best friend, you're all here discussing how nice he is." The girls all jumped as they realized Fang was leaving them behind. They had been slowing down to talk.

"Mah gosh yer right Stormy!" Applejack gasped. "We better get goin'!" They all took off after Fang. Little did they know that their discussion had alerted Evil Sharky to their presence.

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"FANG you're ok!" I exclaimed. Fang had pressed his muzzle against my shoulder, and he looked a little shocked to have hit something. He looked around confusedly, searching for the source of the voice no doubt. "I'm right in front of you boy!" I whispered to him. His eyes locked on my location, but it was obvious he was still confused. I sighed. "Fang, I'm invisible. You won't be able to see me, so don't hurt yourself looking." He nodded in my general direction, then started looking around like he lost something. "I told you not to look for me Fang." I said with exasperation. He shook his head in my direction, and continued to look around. He started walking off in the direction he had come from, so I stood up and followed him.

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Dark Sharky snuck up on the company. When he was close enough, he knocked Twilight out with her own magic.

"Twilight!?" One of the mares yelled as she fell to the ground. Dark Sharky wrapped his yellow aura around them and forced them to the ground.

"Well, well, well. Look who we have here!" Dark Sharky laughed. The group tried to look at him, but they couldn't move their bodies. He walked in front of them. "Let's see if I can remember you all... hmmmm..." He walked over to RD. "Ah! You're the worthless piece of trash that had the audacity to ask me out!" He laughed in her face. She struggled against the magic, but couldn't do anything. Rainbow Dash started crying. She knew it wasn't really Sharky, but the words stung like he had said them. "Ugh, tears." Dark Sharky hissed in disgust. He gave Rainbow Dash a sharp blow to the back of her head, knocking her out. "All better!" He shouted gleefully. He then stood back up and walked over to Stormy. "Ah, the wise friend of my goody twin. You kicked me in the balls if I remember correctly!" Stormy didn't flinch, he just crouched there motionless, returning Dark Sharky's glare. Somehow he managed to talk.

"When I get out of here, you're dead." He stated calmly, it was obviously strained though.

"Good thing you won't be waking up again hmm?" Dark Sharky returned.

"I'm not asleep." Stormy said confusedly. Dark Sharky stood up and smashed Stormy's face with a kick. Stormy went out like a light.

"Sleep tight!" Dark Sharky laughed. He stood and walked over to Applejack. "You never did anything to me, but I'm an asshole, soooo" He whacked Applejack in the head like he had Rainbow Dash, but Applejack didn't go out. "Ooooh, a tough on are we? My mistake!" He stood, lifted his leg and brought his heel down on the back of her head. Applejack went out this time. "Good." He turned to the last two concious ponies. "You and her are best friends, right?" He asked Rarity while pointing to Fluttershy. He released his hold on Rarity's head, and she slowly shook her head yes. Dark Sharky gave her an evil grin. "Then I think I'll keep you concious so you can watch me take her!!" He laughed and started walking towards Fluttershy. Then a thought occured to him.

Wait, I knocked 4 out and left 2 awake... but there were 7... He began looking around quickly. He turned his attention back to Rarity and released the magic holding her mouth.

"Where did the pink one go?" He asked.

"Buck you!" Rarity yelled at him. He clicked his tounge at her.

"That wasn't very ladylike, now was is?" He re-restrained her and continued to look around. That's when a full-grown wolf tackled him.

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"Luna!" One of the guards came rushing back to his princess.

"Yes? Hath thou found Sharky?" Luna asked. The guard shook his head.

"No princess, he has disappered, but your sister's student and her friends are in the hedge maze!" The guard reported.

"Curses..." She groaned. Sharky had escaped. Why was Twilight here though? "Take us to our sibling's student." She commanded. The guard nodded and flew off towards the maze with Luna in tow.

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I hadn't gotten there in time to see him hurt my friends, but I did get there as he beat Fang against the ground using magic. I was enraged, but I kept my head. I was invisible, so I knew I could easily sneak up on him. I was almost to him, when he started trying to magically rip off Fang's tail. Then I lost it and threw a haymaker at his face.

*Crack* He stumbled backwards and dropped a whimpering Fang into the ground.

"OW! WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?!" He shrieked. I didn't answer, but slowly crept around him. He started looking around for his assulter. I crept up and punched him in the gut. He doubled over and his breath left him. He blasted a beam of magic in the direction of the blow. It hit me in the chest and blasted me back about 15 feet. The magic outlined my form. "Ah, my good twin here to save the day!" Dark Sharky cackled. "Clever trick there, invisibility." He blasted more magic at where I had fallen, but I rolled out of the way. My chest felt burned, but I don't think I was bleeding. He kept blasting magic at the area I had fallen in, but I had already rolled to my feet and started running behind him. I got right behind him, but when I got near him he whirled around and hammer-armed me in the side of the head. I grunted an stumbled into the hedge by my side, but I didn't fall. He laughed. "Did you really think you could beat me? I'm so much more powerful than you. Give up!" He taunted. He began charging another magic blast, but he didn't realize he had released his hold on my friends. A blue aura wrapped itself around his legs and pulled them out from under him. He face-planted into the dirt.

"Take that you brute!" Rarity cried.

"Grrr. I guess I'll have to even the playing field..." Dark Sharky growled. He focused on Rarity and knocked her out like he had Twilight. While he was distracted, I cleared my head of the ringing that had accompanied Dark Sharky's blow. I stood over him as he lay on the ground, and I stomped on his head. I managed to make contact, but he refocused his aura and flipped me backwards. I managed to land on my feet.

Cool, magic backflip! I thought to myself. I looked back to Dark Sharky as he jumped back to his feet.

"Face it, you can't fight what you can't see!" I yelled at him. I jumped to the side expectantly, and dodge the magic bolt he threw at my voice. Fang managed to get back up, and he attacked evil me again. Fang was surrounded by a yellow aura, and flung away, just like Luna had thrown him.

"I've got you!" Fluttershy shouted. She flew up and caught Fang. They both continued to fly backward, but Fluttershy was slowing them down greatly. I ran up to evil me and kicked his shin.

"OW!" He yelled. He hopped on one leg, holding his injury. I took the oppritunity to uppercut him in his chin. He screamed through his teeth and sent out another blast of magic. The blast caught me in my right shoulder, and it dropped to my side lamely. I was running out of options fast. "THAT'S IT! I'M GONNA EVEN THIS OUT!" Dark Sharky screamed. He sent out a wave of magic, but I don't think it effected me at all. "HA! THE INVISIBILITY IS GONE!" He cheered. I looked down at my hands, but I still couldn't see them. When I looked up, Dark Sharky was whirling around, looking for me I guess. I knew I couldn't keep fighting like this, but I had an idea.

"The magic is Luna's, Twilight's magic could never disperse this spell!" I taunted him. He blasted magic at me again, weaponized this time, but I sidestepped and he missed. "You'll never be better then me! Even if you copied Luna or Celestia you couldn't disperse this spell!" I continued. He got mad and blasted uncontrollably. I managed to dodge a few, but I took some blasts to my chest and left arm. "There's only one being here stronger than those two, and you don't have the strength to use his power!" I jeered. My evil clone got an evil smile and stopped blasting.

"We'll see about that!" He laughed. He took off into the hedge maze, and I let him run. Pinkie Pie came out of nowhere with her party cannon.

"I'LL GET YOU YOU BIG--" She stopped midsentence. "NO! I LET HIM GET AWAY!" She wailed.

"No, I got rid of him." I interrupted her.

"AHHH GHOST!" She screamed. She turned her cannon towards me.

"NO I'M NOT A GHOST! I'M JUST INVISIBLE!" I yelled at her, not eager to take a cake to the face again.

"Oh, ok. What did you do?" She asked. I sighed.

"I've either solved our problem, or released a mad god."