"I know that this is fucked up but I kinda wish that Dark Heart wasn't born."

That was the one thing I thought that I wouldn't have to hear ever again, but there it was. A pony that I thought could potentially become friends with just wished I wasn't born, but what had made that statement even worse was that no of them said anything after that. The fact none of the other mares in that room said nothing is just as bad as them just out right saying that they agree with her.

"Dark Heart. . .are you alright?" I heard Nova say but was too much in shock to actually respond. I just continued to stand there with my hands right over the door knob to Fluttershy's cottage.

"Come on buddy just ignore what Rainbow said after all if it wasn't for you Fluttershy wouldn't even be alive right, they're all just ungrateful cunts." I managed to acknowledge what Shadow said, and you know what he's right. If it wasn't for me Fluttershy would have been nothing more than a bloody pile of organs and a nice hearty meal for those timberwolves if it hadn't been for me.

"You know what, you're right I don't even know why I even fucking care. It's not like I'm not use to this sort of rejection before. So what you do you guys say we go look for a new place to live; I would try going back to the cave but but considering that Celestia said that we were found because ponies are mining down there it won't do us much good." I don't know why but for some reason I keep wanting to just live caves for some weird reason, even in the amulet I had asked Nova to make me a nice cave just for me to sleep in. Maybe living in those crystal caves have something to do with that.

"Sounds like a plan to me, you planning on finding another cave then?" Fucker was reading my mind wasn't he.

"Yeah actually. It just feels natural now you know?" I could feel Shadow nodding his head inside of my head, and I know that sounds weird but considering the kind of pony I am that shouldn't be much of a surprise.

"Well that's fine with as well, I kinda miss living in the crystal caves too, it was nice having that kind of view everyday and it never got old." Nova added in.

"Well then it's settled we're going to find a new cave to live in; and this time I'm going to make sure that nopony just drops in on us unexpectedly this time." I say with a little too much determination.

"Well technically Nightmare Moon didn't drop in on us unexpectedly at the cave, you willing invited her in." Of course one of them would remind that I was the reason we dealt with that mess in the first place.

"Actually before we go searching for our new home, was is to become of Ember, are we just going to leave her here?" Shadow reminded me.

"Yeah, we're going to leave her here for now but as soon as her leg is all better I'm bringing her along with us. At least that way nopony has to worry about feeding for all that long considering that the two of us could hunting for food in the forest." Not that I actually care about that, but I don't need to be causing a mass hysteria in the town either 'cause that would cause more problems that could easily be avoided.

As I was walking down the path back to town, I heard somepony calling out to me, "Dark Heart where ya going!?" It sounded like Applejack and she didn't sound all that far from me, judging by how loud her shouting was, and so I turned around to find her running towards me and immediately taking up a scowl upon my features though she didn't spot it until she was almost right in front of me. It seemed whatever determination she had before she saw the scowl had vanished and she was fidgeting her legs from side to side very nervously and I actually took joy in making this strong mare act like a scolded filly without evening making a single movement or making a sound but it's obvious that she had come to find me for a reason and I had things that I needed to do so I decided to get things moving along.

"So what do you want Applejack? I got things I need to do and you're holding me up." I tried to hide the maliciousness in my voice but considering how she took a couple steps away from me means that I failed.

"A a a ah just wanted ta ask ya if yer gonna go and check up on the timberwolf?" She stuttered nervously. Man I must be look more intimidating than I thought.

"No, if Fluttershy is as good at taking care of animals as you all say she is then I'm confident that I don't to worry about Ember all that much; and besides I have to go find to the two of us a new if I'm going to be living here and start taking care of myself in this time." I really didn't want to be near her, or any of the other five mares right now, and I'm hoping that she gets that message and relays it to her friends should I end up blowing up in their face. Especially since I've been having a little trouble controlling my temper as of late and I really don't want another incident like back when I was ten, but made worse considering that now I have black magic and am substantially stronger now than I was back then.

"Uh. . . . who is Ember?" Applejack asked the incredibly stupid question.

"Really? Is she really asking that? I thought that she would've been able to figure that out right away, but I guess I gave this country bumpkin a too much credit." Shadow insulted Applejack, and knowing where this was going to lead I'm shutting down my connection to both him and Nova before they start up.

"The timberwolf Applejack, I decided to call her Ember since I decided to her I'm going to be keeping her after all and I figured that she needed a name instead of always referring to her as my timberwolf, or just 'her', to show her that I do plan on caring for her from now on. Now if you'll excuse me, as I said before I have a ton of things that I need to get done and I would like to find myself somewhere to stay at so that I'm not sleeping outside all the time, I would like to find it before nightfall." I wasn't going to even bother hiding the fact that just her presence here was aggravating me. I'm not sure if she suspected that I would've heard her and the others in the cottage, though the likely case was that they did see me as I was walking away and so Applejack probably does suspect that I did hear them. Even if that is the case though she sure isn't showing it.

"Are you sure that you don't want any help looking for-" Applejack was saying before I cut in.

"I already said that I wanted to go looking alone, or at least you shouldn't have gotten those hints. So if don't leave me to my devices right now I may not be as pressed to hide the severity of my discontent that I feel for you and the girls, you got that?" I know that my voice shift is a dead giveaway of said discontent, but I really wasn't in any sort of mood to deal with it right now and since Applejack had already nodded her head yes and zoomed back down the path to Fluttershy's.

"Did you really have to go about that situation so cruelly? I mean I know that you must feeling enraged over what we heard back at the cottage, but does that really warrant you to act so harshly towards any of them; especially since all she was doing was offering to help you." Nova asked, obviously trying to get through to my kinder, more sensible side and, of course, Shadow decided to step in.

"Are you kidding me Nova; I think that she got what she deserved. No pony in all their good consciousness would have said such a thing, or allow for such a phrase to be uttered without sort of retort, but yet Applejack and the rest of her friends said nothing to Rainbow Dash after she did. In fact if anything I think Dark Heart should have screwed with her mind and made her feel extremely guilty for it and even then it wouldn't have been enough to be considered as repayment for how badly they've hurt him." Shadow went off after hearing Nova's input on my actions.

I stepped into what I thought to be the center of town and saw ponies walking all over the place, going about their normal business, and none of them paying me any mind. Sure there were a few that peered in my direction, but none of the ponies that did looked as though they were afraid of me and instead were curious. I decided to walk up to the closest pony near me, an earth pony mare with a mulberry coat, two-toned pink mane, and green eyes, and she was wearing a white button-up blouse and black skirt that went down to her knees, and asked her where I could find the Mayor's office.

"The Mayor's office is just in that building," She pointed towards the tall building in the middle of the square with the spire on top. "Her office is just three floors up and the furthest door on the right." She instructed me on how to find the office.

"Okay, thank you, I really appreciate the help." I thanked her.

"You are very welcomed mister, but if I may ask, who are you because I don't think I've ever seen you in Ponyville before." The mulberry mare commented.

"Well that is because I just arrived in town yesterday and currently in search of a place to live which is why I need to talk to the mayor." I responded to her, though I know I've probably piqued her curiosity now.

"You're a new pony in town and Pinkie Pie hasn't thrown you a party yet; that's rather odd of her, I wonder if she's feeling alright. Well anyway, welcome to Ponyville, I hope you have a good time living here. Say, where are you planning on staying?" the mare asked. I don't know why I feel so compelled to tell her all of his, especially considering I was planning on going back to the kind of lifestyle of was living in a millenia ago, and yet I can't seem to want to tell this mare to just mind her own business.

"Well miss, um. . . ." I had yet to find out who this mare was and figured I'd asked in the most polite way I could manage.

"Oh my, please excuse my manners, my name is Cherilee and I'm the teacher at the Ponyville Schoolhouse." Cherilee introduced herself.

"Well hello Cherilee, I'm Dark Heart and at the current moment I have no job, but I'll most likely be getting one here soon." I said in ways of introduction.

"Yo, Dark Heart, we got things to do, remember?" Shadow said, interrupting my concentration on whatever Cherilee was saying.

"Shut it you ass, I don't want to hear you right now." I said; and judging by the way Cherilee was looking at me, I had said it out loud. "Sorry Cherilee, I wasn't talking to you. I have this annoying voice in my head that likes to be rude and talk whenever somepony is speaking to me and that comment was meant for him, sorry if you thought it was." I apologized, but I wasn't expecting to get off so easily though seeing as though that story isn't very believable amongst normal ponies.

"Oh. . well okay then. . . as long as you are telling the truth I'll accept your apology and out of curiousity, what was this voice of yours saying?" Cherilee accepted that apology a little too quickly and I don't know whether I should be worried or not, but I answered her either way.

"Oh nothing important, just reminding me that we had something that we were doing, and stuff like that. It isn't important though, Shadow is just being an ass, like usual." Not sure if I should have mentioned Shadow like that but what's the worst that could happen from simply uttering somepony's name.

"Shadow? Is that the name of this voice?" Cherilee asked perplexedly.

"Yeah, though he isn't just a voice, he's actually so much more than that but I wouldn't want to bore you with the details of the mess between the two of us." As much as I like being able to just talk to somepony for once I did to get going.

"Well I actually wouldn't mind hearing about the story of you and Shadow, but unfortunately I have things to do and must be going. Maybe you can tell me some other time, would that be okay with you?" Cherilee asked. Actually this was perfect because for a minute there I thought that I would have to come up with some kind of excuse and look like a dick later.

"Yeah sure that's okay with me. In fact I wouldn't mind having somepony to talk to that is actually going listen instead of make an idiotic gay joke about me. I mean seriously though you would think that two spirits that lives within your very soul would know your sexual orientation and-" I was about to go on a rant when I noticed Cheerilee's expression. "Heh, sorry I go on my rants sometimes without realizing it. It's just I've been kinda lonely for quite sometime now and it's just a relief to me to find somepony who's as interested in me as I am to them."

Oh that's quite alright Dark Heart I understand and thank you, I've never had anypony actually tell me that they were interested in me and as much as so greatly enjoy having you as company I'm sad to say that I must get going and I hope that we can spend some more time together." She said before heading off to wherever it was she had to go. I yelled out a farewell before I turned around to head into the Town Hall.

I walked in and saw that the first floor was a large open room. I spotted a balcony and a stage, but for some reason I couldn't spot any stairs anywhere, or even a door for that matter. I searched the room but still couldn't find anything; well I searched everywhere except the backstage area but I wasn't sure if that area was open access to the public, so I did the only thing I could think of to get to the next floor and jumped up onto the balcony. I went through the curtains into the next room and spotted two flights of stairs, one going down and that, upon closer inspection, led to the back of the stage, Well that figures, and the other led upstairs which was where I needed to go.

I went up the stairs, headed down to the end of the corridor, and went into the room on my right. I was greeted by the receptionist as I walked in. "Hello there sir, what can I do for you today?"

"I would like to see the mayor so I could get a map of the area surrounding Ponyville. I hope to find somewhere to live that's nearby like maybe somewhere in the Everfree, most preferably a cave of some sorts." I told her not wanting to waste anymore time than I already had. It was going to get dark soon and the Everfree forest gets incredibly more dangerous at night but that is more of an inconvenience for me if I have to traverse it during the night hours.

"Why in Equestria would you want to live in a cave in the Everfree forest when there are plenty of fully functioning homes in town?" I heard another mare say. I turned in the direction I heard the voice come from and spotted an older mare with beige colored fur with a gray mane and tail, she was wearing a coat that was the same color as her fur with a white shirt underneath it, along with a black skirt that went down to her knees. She was staring at me with her baby blue eyes through her glasses that were perched on her muzzle.

"I take it that you're the Mayor of Ponyville then?" I asked just in case this mare was just here to see the mayor as well.

"Why yes I am, my name is Mayor Mare but before we go on with introductions I would like to know why you want to find somewhere to live in the Everfree forest when there are so many dangers that live within its borders." Well at least she knows hows to get a point across.

"That danger is the exact reason I want to live in the forest, it would almost guarantee me the privacy I'd be looking for in any place that I call my home. You see I'm not exactly an ordinary pony and am very much able to survive within its confines without having to worry about too many issues besides making sure that none of its inhabitants ransack the place whenever I leave." I explained to her but judging by her expression she didn't seem to buy my story and looked suspicious of what I truly intend to do with any of the information she gives me.

"And what makes you sure that you are able to handle to hostile environment of such a place. Most ponies shake in fear just at the mention of it and yet you're telling me that you wouldn't have any troubles with those creatures trying to kill you?" The Mayor asked incredulously.

"But of course, otherwise I wouldn't be here asking you for a map and be out in town looking for a normal home, would I?" I retorted back.

"Well I am sorry sir but unfortunately we don't have any information on the landscape of the forest that would be of any assistance to you. If you have an idea of the kind of home you'd want I would suggest you go ask Twilight Sparkle, go and find Zecora, a zebra who does live out there but I'm not going to tell where exactly, or go out there to find it yourself. Those are the only options I can give you at the moment." Wow, you want to talk about being a bitch. She says all of that like I had done her some kind of wrong then just turns around and starts walking towards her desk.

"Wait, hold up, what the hell is up with the attitude. I just came here to see if you could offer some HEEEELP-" *RIP* *CRASH* Not sure what I tripped over, but I do know that it had caused my face to say hello to the floor of the Mayor's office. I picked myself off of the ground and had noticed that there was something soft clenched within my grasp but before I could even move my hands out of my face to see what it was I heard Shadow saying something to me, and he sounded scared.

"Dark Heart, bro, I suggest you drop what's in your hand and start running like right now." I heard Shadow say with a very clear tone of being scared shitless.

"What in tartarus are you talking ab-" I looked to see that I was holding a torn piece of the Mayor's top in my hands and immediately knew what Shadow was talking about now. "Oh no...... please don't tell me this is what I think it is." I couldn't believe it and so turned my gaze towards the Mayor that everything that the front of her top was covering was now laid bare in front of me, including her now exposed bust. Though that wasn't the only thing I noticed though; what I also noticed was that the Mayor now had the look of death on her face and was directing it towards me."Uh. . . l l l listen. . I didn't mean to- I started to say but was cut off as her desk went flying up and over my head.

"Dark Heart now would be a good time to GET THE FUCK OUT OF HERE!!!!" Shadow shouted which knocked me out of my trance and I proceeded to bail as fast as I can out of there with the Mayor hot on my tail.

"GET BACK HERE YOU DAMN PERVERT! WHEN I GET MY HANDS ON YOU YOU'RE GOING TO WISH THAT YOU WERE DEAD!!" Not sure if mares always get this angry when something happens, but I do find it to be a bit extreme considering it was an accident. Right now though I didn't think about it much since I was trying to make sure that I live to see another day, and keep the ability to have kids one day, maybe. . . . .probably. . . . . . . oh shut up it could happen, well anyway where was I. . . oh right I was running for my life from a psychotic mare that's trying tear me to shreds, or ripped of my dick either one is not something I want happening to me.

I decided that running on two legs like a normal pony wasn't going to do considering that Mayor Mare had already came close to snagging me by the tail and so decided that it would be a better idea to go feral and run on my hands and feet, not hands and knees, feet. Finally I started to put distance between us since this chase started and I quickly made my ways to exit town hall, only to find my path quickly obscured by three fillies walking in.

Oh fuck me. I thought as I manage to redirect my path before I ended crashing into them, though it's not like it mattered since as soon as they saw me running they quickly went back outside. Misfortune didn't end for me there, because after they had left I think that they had told everypony that was near the Town Hall the ruckus that was being caused inside as more ponies started barring up the door as a crowd of the residents of Ponyville came filing in to watch. Some, especially the mares, quickly took note that to front of the Mayor's top had been torn off and they tried to help her capture me.

I could have escaped already but I don't think blowing a hole through the wall and causing some much damage will get me any popularity points amongst the ponies Ponyville. "I really don't see why you're worrying about that considering that this has without a doubt given you a bad rep. anyway." Shadow pointed out, and you know what I believe he is right. I'm already off to bad start so why not as least allow myself to have a little fun while I'm in this mess eh?

"Alright then Shadow, I"ll get of this your way then." I said as I summoned my dark magic, along with Cursed and Blessing, and got myself ready to become a one stallion demolition crew. I made sure to keep the mares off my ass as I charged my magic through my blades to take out the wall with one shot though I didn't have to wait all that long as I was drawing power from the negative emotions that the ponies around me were projecting directly at me. "Nova could you tell me where's the smallest grouping of ponies is so that I know where I should blast a hole into the wall without harming that many bystanders." I asked Nova but she didn't answer. "Nova, please don't tell me you've turned on me too. You know damn well that what happened in there was an accident and nothing more." Still didn't get a response.

"I'd say to just forget it and pick a spot to demolish otherwise you can considered yourself royally screwed." Shadow said and as much as I don't like it I have to agree with him.

*Sigh*"Alright fine I guess I really have no other choice." I said defeatedly as I latched my blades to the chains that were magically attached to the gauntlets on my arms. I looked around the area to see which segment of the interior of the Town Hall was the most crowded with mares seeing as though that is probably the least occupied, hence the likely place for me to escape. As soon as I did I used my link with the gauntlets to extend the chains without having to toss out my weapons first and when they reached a good two and a half yards I grabbed ahold of Cursed and Blessing and tossed them towards the wall above the mares with them spinning around like a saw blade and dark magic flowing through them. I was about to be caught when I felt the chain finally tighten up and that I could tug on them without any sort of give; I used the link again to retract the chain and caused myself to be propelled up and out Town Hall just before anypony could latch on to me.

"That was a close, really really close, and I am making sure that I never go through that again." I said panting heavily from having to dodge all of the ponies that were there, which appeared to be almost the entire goddess damn town.

"Um, bro, I don't think you're out of the woods yet." I heard say Shadow say.

"What the hell are, OH SHIT!" I'm definitely not out of the woods yets, wait a minute woods, that's it that's how I could stop this."Hey Shadow what do you say we go and finally find us a home?" I said with a growing smirk.

"I would say that sounds like a good idea." He said immediately catching on to what I was planning. Though I knew I had to do something that probably will lead the residents of Ponyville to fear me, but it had to be done if I wanted to get out of here and so with my mind made up I started gathering up more of my dark magic and it started to surround me as I changed into my Darkness Form.

There we go, that should help navigate through town without taking the risk of corning myself somewhere like a dumbass. I thought while I was heading to the Everfree Forest. I was just about to enter it but then suddenly I found that I was levitating a few feet off the ground and noticed that my entire body was surrounded in a magenta aura. "Damnit Twilight, put me down!" I shouted out knowing exactly who had caught me and I was growing concerned as the pack of mares was closing in. Though when nothing changed I resided myself to my faith as they were now on top of me.

"Come on Dark Heart, do something. I know you have a way out of a situation like this so just put into[action already."/color] Shadow tried to persuade me, knowing full well that I could easily just cancel out Twilight's magic, but I wasn't because I knew that it would hurt her, and although I would very much like considering what happened over at Fluttershy's I'm not the type to just go after revenge for stupid reasons, and besides I know they'll end doing something that makes me blow up in their faces and so I choose to play the waiting game on that ordeal. Though now is not the time to worry about that, no now is the time to worry about being able to live till tomorrow and with the way things were that may not be possible anymore.

"Well I guess I had good run even if it was short one." I said as my eyes closed and the last thing I would see would be to angry faces of the residents of Ponyville. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ."Okay, what the fuck? Aren't I suppose to be dead right about now, or at least in excruciating pain." I said as I opened my eyes to find myself staring directing into the blue eyes of the Mayor who looked to be as confused as I was, but that was until I noticed that she and others were also surrounded in the same magenta aura that had ensnared me.

"Well it would appear that Twilight has saved your ass. . . . you pervert." Nova finally says disapprovingly.

"Nova you know damn well that I'm no pervert and that what happened was a complete accident, shit you can read my mind so I know that something is up with you. Besides you can call me a pervert considering that you don't even wear clothes and that 'heavenly light' doesn't excuse you from that and neither does the fact that you live in the Heart of Light where only me, you, and Shadow can enter." I scolded her as I knew that she knew that I had ripped off the Mayor's shirt by accident.

"So you mind telling us why every mare in Ponyville is chasing. . . and why is the front of the Mayor's shirt missing?" Twilight asked from below me.

"It's not really any of your business, but since I know that I can't get out of this without hurting anypony I guess I'll tell you but you're going to have to put me down first." I bargained seeing as though I wasn't trying to be a complete asshole.

"And how do we know that you're not going to run as soon as you're no longer in my magic?" I her ask.

"You don't but if want to hear anything you're going to have to trust me now won't you?" I said undeterred by her glare.

"That's where you're wrong Dark Heart. I could just let the Mayor go and she could tell us what happened." She argued back.

"Yeah I guess you could but then that would lead you to judge me on unfair pretenses considering that you would only have one side of the story and not the other and that wouldn't be very fair now would it?" I said smugly knowing that whatever she choose to do my next actions would be then considered justified.

"I guess I have no choice do I?" Twilight asked rather than stated.

"Not if you actually want to do the right thing." Was all I had as my response and with that she put me down back on the ground and I dusted myself off.

"Okay, well a deal is a deal, I'll tell what's going on. After my encounter with Applejack I headed into town to find Town Hall and get a map of the topography of the Everfree Forest so that I could a new cave to live in and-" I was about to get to the part when I ripped off the Mayor's shirt but Rarity interrupted me.

"What!? Why in heavens name would you want to live in some filthy cave,and in the Everfree none the less?" Rarity asked concerned about my choice of living quarters.

"Hey don't knock it till you try it. Yes I thought the same way you did but then after having to live in one after I ran away from, I've come to appreciate that lies within them and so I'm adamant making another one my new home." I stated proudly.

"But that was when you thought the princesses were after you and had to hide. Not that is not the case anymore and can live in a normal house here in town." Rainbow Dash interjected.

"Look my reasons for wanting to live in a cave are. . . . . complicated, I wouldn't expect any of you to understand; after all none of you have gone through I've had to go through and I'm still only 19-years old." That finally shut up their any protest they would have against this decision, but I decided that since I was interrupted when I was about to explain why the entire was after me that I would add in a little more for my amusement later on. "Besides I need a place to hide since these mares want to rip me apart for tearing off the Mayor's top by accident and don't seem to want to listen to reason when I try to tell them that is was nothing than an accident." I would have stayed to laugh to their reaction to that, but I also had to go should the shock from that cause Twilight's magic to become unstable and release the mares in the grasp of her magic, but I really wanted to stay. . . . it was really a difficult decision but in the end I had to give it up to to want to live and so I ran into the forest in search of my new home. Only a few feet into its boundaries I had heard the sound of the group of mares groaning in pain as I figured Twilight had finally set them free.

I was already deep in the forest, looking for Celestia's and Luna's old castle for I knew of a cave nearby that would be suitable for me and Ember to live in and not have to worry all that much about the creatures of the Everfree just wondering in when we weren't around. I passed through a wall of vegetation and wounded up in a small clearing with a bridge over a canyon, and beyond that ridge was their castle. There it is, now I just gotta head east of it and I should be there. I thought as I was already heading towards the direction I desired to go.

It didn't take long before I found the cave I had remembered being here; only a few miles from the castle which means that it'll be easy to find my way back home whenever I leave, especially for extended periods of time. I got to work making up anything I knew I would need to make this place feel homely to me. I started with making the beds for me, which was a nice little hammock, and a bed for Ember, which I made from leaves from the trees along with anything else that was soft and I knew wasn't going to cause any sorts of reaction from either of us. After that I made a place to store the food, two separate areas: one to hold to hold fruits and vegetables and another one to hold in the flesh from any of the animals that we hunted, I had enchanted it so that the area within the meat storage was always cold so as to keep the meat from rotting. There were other things that needed to be made but while building the meat storage I was reminded that I needed to sate my craving before it started to have any adverse effects on me.

I was now out hunting when I spotted a deer, "Well that should do nicely for sating your bloodlust for now, shouldn't it?" Shadow asked.

"Yeah but I wish I didn't have to have these cravings." I said still wondering why to draconic part of my Darkness Form was effecting the way it was.

"We know Dark Heart but you know that with power that you have in your possession that there's going to be a few drawbacks to it." Nova said sympathizing with me.

"I know but I just wish that this craving was directed more towards the need to eat gems instead of other creatures, though I guess it make sense that I crave meat considering that in order for my body to be able to go the hardships of my training and combat, I'm going to need the protein from the flesh of others in order for that to happen without any serious consequences later on." I might not have wanted to do this but I understood perfectly why it had to be done. I guess I just I needed to say it out loud to make sure that I really was justified in doing this; it turns out that I was, but it doesn't mean that I have to enjoy it. Though there was no telling how my opinion of that would change once I sunk my fangs into the flesh of another for the first ever.

With the internal debating over I made move and went after the deer, it saw me coming and bailed in the opposite direction though it didn't get very far thanks to my abnormal speed. I was glad I was already in my Darkness Form which meant I had no trouble tearing out its throat when I caught it and was surprised to see that I enjoyed the taste of its blood more than I thought I would. "Holy crap, this taste way better than I thought it would." I yelled out as I took another bite out of my lunch.

"Well it seems like you're definitely your meal there but is it doing its job of sating your craving for flesh?" Shadow asked me as I still chowing down but I stopped for a second to give a proper answer.

"Yeah it is actually and I'm glad it is but I think I may turn into a carnivore if this is what they taste whenever they feast on another living creature." I know that sounds like I'm being corrupted by this but in actuality this is doing quite the opposite. I don't know why but this making feel better than I have been for the last millennia, I almost feel the same warmth inside me that I use to feel whenever my parents would comfort me after a hard day at school when I was little.

"I'm fine with that as long as you don't turn into a savage cannibal. Last thing any of us need is for the princesses to freak out and think that you have been corrupted by your dark power and try to get it out of you, or worse." Nova said not sounding the least bit worried about that last part.

With my stomach full and my craving gone I headed back to the cave seeing as it was starting to get dark and I wanted to rest on the hammock that recided in my home, and all the while I was still in my Darkness Form; for some reason I felt like I needed to remain in it. I didn't pay the feeling any mind though seeing as it wasn't the feeling I got whenever something was going to happen.

I made it back and found that everything had been untouched. "Good I least I know that I can leave without coming home to something sleeping in here." I said to myself as I laid down in the hammock and let sleeps embrace overtake me.

I looked around the spatial plane that I seem to have been dumped in looking for anything of significance but could find nothing.

"Well this is definitely a welcoming chase of scenery compared to what's been going through your mind for the last one-thousand and six years." I turned around in the direction I thought I heard Nova's voice come from and low and behold there she was along with Shadow.

"Well I see that you two are here as well, but why am I not in the midst of a nightmare like I have been for most of my life?" I didn't have to wait long for an answer to be heard but it didn't come from any one of us.

"Well Dark Heart, that would be my doing though it's not permanent and will last as long as I am here." Luna said as I turned around to meet her gaze just a ways away from us.

"Hello Luna, it's nice to see you again so soon." I greeted her.

"I could say the same. . . . Tell me how are you faring so far in todays world?" Luna asked.

Oh how she is going to love to hear this. I thought as I recalled the last 36 hours. "Well Luna I'm doing fine despite the complications that I've already ran into." I told her knowing that I'd be able to peak her interest even further.

"We figured there would be we are still learning how to adapt to certain aspects of the lives our subjects have now." She stated.

"My complications isn't that at all." That earned me a confused look from Luna, so i continued on to clarify. "You see I haven't had the chance to even learn about the daily lives of these ponies. No my complications are the same as they were back all those years ago. . . . . in a way." I wonder what she had to say about today's events once I tell her.

"What do you mean in a way, I thought that Twilight and her friends were helping you make friends and show ponies that you are not a threat to them, even with your dark magic." Sounds as though was worried about how things already were but I was still going to tell her about my day.

"And that is part of the problem, they aren't in fact they don't seem to want anything to with me. Shortly after leaving your and Celestia's castle and boarding a train, I told the girls a little about myself but it seem that they didn't like the fact that I'm now carnivorous." I was going to continue but, as I expected, Luna interrupted me.

"Wait a minute, you're a carnivore now, how did you gain such a sudden change in your dietary needs." Luna asked which was swiftly intercepted by Nova.

"We aren't sure how it happened exactly, but what we all think is that the dragon half of Dark Heart's Darkness form has fused into his genetic code and that in turn has given him some of the attributes of a dragon, such as their carnivorous diet and the ability to breath fire. So now he needs to eat meat or else his cravings could get out of control and would cause him to go from carnivore to cannibal pretty quickly." Nova explained to Princess Luna.

"That's quite the inconvenience, I hope that it doesn't come to that. Have you managed to satisfy that craving already?" She asked worriedly.

"Yeah, but that's at the bottom of things that have already gone wrong for me. After we got to Ponyville I left them behind and found a place to turn in for the night under a tree, and nice job with your night by the way Luna." I complimented and for a moment I could have sworn I spotted a blush on her cheeks.

"T-Thank you Dark Heart. Tell me what happened with today that has gotten you believing that you are being treated as you were back in the past?" Luna accepted my compliment shyly but then turned her expression into a curious one as she had gotten over it.

"For one I woke a little later than I usually would and I woke up to the sound of Fluttershy screaming. I went to see what had happened to see that she had been captured by a pack of timberwolves, one of whom I kept and is currently being taken care of by her as we speak. After defeating the pack and the girls had finally shown up to help Fluttershy and I made the decision to take the timberwolf I decided to keep as a pet over to her cottage but I didn't go right away because I was conversing with these two." I pointed my thumbs behind me towards Shadow and Nova. "And when that was finished I went over to check up on Ember but when I did I over a conversation that they were having in Fluttershy's cottage." I stopped to calm myself down a bit as I realised that I was baring my fangs and tightly clenching my fist.

"What did they say that has you so upset Dark Heart?" I saw that she was anxious to hear what I had heard and I also a little anger flicker in her eyes as though she already had an idea of what they said.

"I heard Rainbow dash say that she wished that I had never been born." Judging by the shocked expression on her face, she was not expecting anything like that, but I wasn't quite finished yet. "And the thing that made that all the more worse was that none of them say anything in the form of protest, not even Pinkie Pie and she was the only one that said that she wanted to befriend me, despite what her friends thought of me. Then just shortly after that I went to the town hall to see if they had any maps of the Everfree Forest so that I can find a nice little cave to call my new home; and before you say anything, I was planning on living in a cave no matter what had happened today." I said before she could say that that wasn't a necessary action to do because of them.

"I met up with the mayor to get any maps the may have had and though she told me they didn't have anything regarding the Everfree that ponies didn't already know, she still eyed me suspiciously as though I had some dastardly plan I was cooking and wouldn't direct me to anypony who knew the Everfree forest well enough to give the info I was looking for." I said barely able to hold back from laughing as I thought to this afternoon.

"I'm sorry to hear that, but I'd hope you found a place to call your home, but judging by the grin and the fact that you're trying holding back from laughing I suspect that there is more to this story that you're waiting to tell me, aren't you?" Yep, I knew that I wasn't hiding it very well, but it would Shadow is as I saw that he was perfectly calm though I could feel that he wanted to just burst right then and there on the inside.

"You see it was a complete accident, but the Mayor didn't seem to see that way or want to listen to me, or even let me apologize for doing so." I was going to lead her on for a bit and try to get her imagination running.

"What did you Dark Heart?" Luna said narrowing her eyes at me and getting a mischievous look upon her features.

"Well you see I was trying to walk up to the Mayor so that I could try and convince her that I wasn't up to anything, but I tripped over something and. . . . . well." Luna's eyes went as wide as dinner plates, but she kept that mischievous look on her face, and she stood like that for a few seconds before she said anything.

"Oh. . . . no, Dark Heart tell me you didn't." Luna said already knowing the answer but wanting me to say otherwise, though her tone would also suggest that she finds it as funny as me.

"Unfortunately for me I did and now every mare in Ponyville sees me as some sleaze bag pervert who goes around ripping off mares' shirts, but I still find the whole ordeal hilarious and-" I was yet again by Luna but this time it was her laughing fit that I couldn't help but join in on.

We were both on the ground laughing our flanks off for what felt like an hour before either one of us were able to calm down long enough to stand back up and took a little longer for us to compose ourselves. All the while Shadow and Nova were just staring at us with bemused expressions plastered on their faces.

"You know Dark Heart, if you ever decide to actually give dating a shot, I think you and Luna would make an excellent couple. The two of you have a lot more in common than you know and it seems that your personalities would compliment each other perfectly." With Nova's statement I turned to her with a deadpan look, but Luna on the hand seemed to have given Nova the look that she was looking for.

I sighed as I rubbed the bridge between my eyes before looking at her and saying, "Nova you know that I will eventually get the point in my life where I'll worry finding love and the rest of that jazz, but when I do Luna will not be an option." I quickly regretted just blurting that out and turned to see Luna's downcast expression and quickly added to my statement, "Don't think that I don't think that I don't you to be beautiful Luna it's just that you are a very, and I do mean very, close friend that if we were to start dating that it would end up feeling awkward for the both of us, you know what I mean?" I asked her hoping that she took what I said to heart.

She said nothing for a while and twiddle with her fingers nervously until finally speaking up "Yes I guess you would be right on that Dark Heart and I appreciate you calling me beautiful, but I think it's about time I leave. There are other ponies that may need my help. I'm sorry that I can't get rid of nightmares permanently Dark Heart, it pains me to see my greatest friend and ally in pain in a place that is meant to help alleviate the stress of their day to day lives." She said sympathetically.

"It's alright Luna, at least you tried your hardest to help, plus I've had a thousand years to get use to them especially since you weren't here for just about all of it. I do appreciate that you stopped by to check up on me though." I thanked her as she started to vanish and the spacial plain started to become darker.

"You are welcome Dark Heart, and before I go my sister wanted me to inform you that we will be in Ponyville in two weeks." And with that she was gone but yet the nightmares hadn't returned.

"If you're wondering why your nightmares haven't started up it's because the two of us are still here and we figured that we would do some training seeing as things have gotten rather frantic in just the past 36 hours since you were released." Shadow spoke in a voice that was unusually serious for him.

"What exactly are you talking about?" I asked confused as to the sudden serious that overtook the atmosphere around us.

"Dark Heart, with how things have turned, you're severely lagging in unlocking not only the power that lies within me and the Heart of Light but also the power that lies within you and shadow. There is so much more that you can do and compared to that you haven't even scratched the surface of what you're truly capable of, but that isn't really your fault seeing as most of that hidden power can only be discovered out there, during whatever adventures you're liable to have in this world of ours." Nova explained and cleared up most of my confusion.

"Well if I can only discover in there, then what are we going to be doing in here?" They glanced at one another before turning to face me again.

"These new abilities of yours will most likely become a hassle when you first obtain them, so me and Nova decided that it would most likely be a good idea if we used your dreams to help you train to be able to use some of the things that you may get and make sure that you're not stumbling all over yourself to get their basic functions working." Huh, I can actually deal with that, plus it would give me an idea of what sort of powers and abilities that these two believe that I may have.

"Well alright then, how about we get started then. Never know when I might get these new powers of mine." I said earning a face splitting grin from the two of them which in turn caused a grin to form as well as I could imagine what these two have in store for me for our new training regimen.

Author's Notes:

Sorry for those expecting some kind of outburst from Dark Heart at the cottage, but it just didn't seem like the right time for something like that right now. I rather have it blow up in their faces later than sooner; building up that tension you know.

And in the part where Dark Heart is running for his life, imagine him running like Sabertooth in X-men Origins: Wolverine.