Airy floated over to and sat right next to Fluttershy on the latter's bed, being careful as not to further hurt her broken body. She wondered if this was the right thing to do; tell Fluttershy all that she's done in the past. She wouldn't be happy. In fact, neither of them would be. However, after a bit more consideration, she let out a huge sigh and nodded.

"Are you ready, Fluttershy?" the crystfairy asked "This isn't a very happy story, and I did some pretty bad things..."

"I'm ready, Airy" the Pegasus nodded.

"Very well then, where do I begin?" she wondered "Why don't we start out in the beginning, when I wasn't as cruel as I was when you first met me..."

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10,000 Years Ago...

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On the plain of time and space, there existed a single, but very large, island. This island was covered in beautiful plains, dense forests and gigantic mountains, all filled with more fauna and flora than one could fathom, some beyond one's wildest dreams. However, no being was more sentient, or more mischievous, than the ruling species of the land: the crystfairies. They roamed the land for generations in villages across the island, but none was more lively than Aurora Village.

The town was made of hollowed trees and leaf bridges, the houses being the trees the bridges connecting them all. But most important fact of this village was that it was the birthplace of a certain white-haired fairy.

A 13-year-old Airy, still wearing her favourite white sundress, flew out of her home to meet up with her friends, a male crystfairy with short green hair and darker green pants, and a female crystfairy with messy red hair and a red dress. Their names were El and Nym, respectfully.

"El, Nym!" the white crystfairy called out "Good to see you two!"

"Airy!" El smiled before cracking a sarcastic joke "We've been waiting for weeks! What took you so long? Lemme guess... Reading again?"

"Oh, shut-up you!" Nym laughed "You know she loves reading" she turned to Airy and smiled kindly "Airy, continue doing what you think your passion is, okay?"

"Okay, Nym" she nodded "So, what're we gonna do today?"

"I was thinking about pulling a prank on the mayor again" the male crystfairy snickered "He's so gullible, I swear!"

"How're we gonna do it then?" Airy asked as curiosity overtook her.

"I dunno" her friend shrugged with a smile "We'll think about it along the way!"

"Sounds good" Nym nodded before making her way to the mayor's house "C'mon, you slowpokes!"

"Hey, you got a head start!" El laughed before hastily following his friend.

(Music Stop)

"Wait for me!" Airy called out. However, before she could go, something stopped her in her tracks. A presence she had never felt before flowed through her body like wind. It was a presence filled with darkness and hatred. The crystfairy couldn't believe it. She wanted to forget about it and go meet her friends, but something was stopping her.

"Who's there?" she asked the presence, hoping not to receive an answer. Unfortunately, lady luck was not on her side that day.

"Airy..." a rather unintelligible voice said, surprising the fairy a bit "Airy... Aid... Me..."

"Who even... What even..." she was so stricken with awe and fear that she couldn't finish her sentence.

"I am... I... am..." the voice finally faded from her mind as soon as El came back to check up on her.

"Airy? Are you okay?" he asked in a concerned tone "You kinda stopped for a sec."

(Music Stop)

"Um... Yeah, I'm okay..." she lied "So, did you think of a way to prank the mayor?"

"Yeah!" he nodded as the two flew off "I was thinking that we'd try and do the same thing as last time, only with a twist! Instead of putting water in the bucket, we could try and put paint in it instead, that way........"

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Present Day

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"You've truly lived that long?" Fluttershy asked "Oh, ten thousand years sounds painful. And what's this about being spoken to by a strange voice? That doesn't sound very nice..."

"It wasn't at first" Airy sighed "But then, became obsessed with the voice in my head. Ever since that day, I slowly began drifting away from my friends in order to study it. Day after day, I studied and studied but found nothing, and in consequence, I eventually lost my friends."

"That's terrible..." the shy mare hung her head and ears a bit.

"If only I ignored my lust for knowledge..." the fairy cursed at herself "Asmodeus, darn you... Anyway, I continued researching the voice until, three years later, I came across something very interesting..."

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9,997 Years Ago...

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"Airy, sweetie" the young crystfairy's mother called up "You've been cooped up in your room the entire day. Why not go out and play? Get some sun on your face?"

"Not now, mother" Airy, now 16 years of age, shouted down as nicely as she could, straying from her book on ancient voices "I'm just... I just want to do my own thing, okay?"

"Airy, your friends have left you, you know" her mother tried to convince her otherwise "Perhaps now is a good time to-"

"I said, not now!" the crystfairy's voice rose a bit. Her mother sighed before leaving her daughter to her own business. Airy rolled her eyes before going back to her book and turning the page. After skimming through that one, she moved to the next, then the next, and soon after the next. Finally, she closed the book and gave up, throwing the book away on the ground.

"Stupid book!" she complained "That was the last one too! Now how am I supposed to learn about the-" she suddenly saw something slip out of the book's pages before flying over to have a look at it "Hmm? What's this? Some kind of note?"

Pulling it out, she saw that it was in fact a secret page of the book. It hadn't much on it, but it was more than enough for her. It spoke of someone called Ouroboros [Or-ob-er-us], a demon sealed away in the island for his power too great. Airy was greatly fascinated by the page, that she spent hours just looking at it.

"Ouroboros's goal was to reach the celestial realm..." she read it for the umpteenth time "In doing so, he would wreak havoc upon it and become a god. This is all so interesting... How come I never found this before? Too bad it's only the one page. There has to be more to it!"

Another few hours were wasted staring and inspecting the page until finally the fairy began to feel her eyes droop. She let out a soft yawn, signalling it was probably time to head off to bed. Putting the book, and more importantly the page, away under her pillow, she got into bed, brought over her leafy covers, flicked the light and went to sleep.

Downstairs, Airy's mother saw her light go out and sighed a small smile from her face. This smile was not a joyous one, however. This smile was filled with sadness and concern.

"She's heading down a dark path" she said to herself "I just hope I can bring her out before it's too late..."

(Music Stop)

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Present Day

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"Your mother deeply loved you, you know" Fluttershy sighed "She was only trying to do the best for you."

"You're right, and I should have listened to her that day" Airy nodded before a small tear ran down her cheek "That was the day I began my fall into utter chaos and darkness. It was a fall I thought I'd never awaken from. Of course, thanks to you and the crystal heart, my soul is clearing up."

"That's wonderful to hear, Airy" the Pegasus smiled.

"Now, the next part of my story happened fifteen years later, when I finally discovered something peculiar about the page" the crystfairy explained "This is the second worst part of the story, unfortunately..."

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9,982 Years Ago...

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Airy, now a grown woman of a fairy at 31-years-old, still obsessed about the mysterious voice she had in her head eighteen years ago. She studied both the book and the page endlessly in her own house, coming out only to eat something once in a while. No one even knew her anymore. She was but an enigma to everyone around her.

At long last, she decoded the page, revealing a map to Ouroboros. She couldn't have been more overjoyed, but her excitement had to wait as she heard a knocking at her door. Groaning, she got out of her seat and opened the door. Standing there was none other than the mayor of Aurora Village, with his large belly, fake yellow mustache, white pants and suit and a white top hat. He looked less than impressed.

"Airy, we have heard rumors that you are studying about the dark lord Ouroboros" he said in a fake English accent "It pains me to even say its name... nonetheless, if these rumors are true, we cannot have you meddling with that... thing. What if you reawaken it? It would doom every plant and animal on this island!"

"So?" Airy asked.

"S-SO?!" the mayor was taken aback "So you HAVE been studying it! Guards, take her away and lock her up!"

"Wait, what?" the female crystfairy questioned before two burly-looking fairies with sharp wings and silver armour on entered her home and slowly approached her. Taking her book with the page stuffed in it in her arms, she flew out the window to attempt to escape the guards.

"Get back here!" one of the guards shouted.

However, Airy would not let up. She continued flying hastily, doing her best to outrun the two chasing her. Eventually, thanks to the heavy armour the guards wore, they lost stamina and slowed down, allowing Airy to laugh a bit at their failures and escape.

"No good..." one of the guards huffed "She's too... fast..."

(Music Stop)

"Curses..." the mayor saw the entire thing and sighed to himself "She's gone... For now. We cannot allow her to continue what she's doing... Guards, round up the townsfolk! I wish to send a message to them."

"At once, sir!" one of the guards nodded before he and his partner flew off.

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Eventually, every single fairy in Aurora Village was present and standing in front of the mayor's stage. He looked over the crowd before nodding and taking out his microphone.

"Attention, everyone" he called out "As you may know, there have been some rumors spreading that a certain member of our community has been studying dark history. I come here to tell you that, unfortunately, these rumors are true."

A collective gasp was heard from the crowd before they began talking amongst themselves.

"Order, order..." the mayor shouted into his microphone again, getting everyone's attention and keeping them quiet "Now, as you know, the culprit is none other than Airy, the girl who went into hiding after seeing a rather interesting book on the dark one. She has fled and plans to reawaken the dark one to reign terror upon us once again!"

Another gasp resonated throughout the fairies.

"However, we will make sure this does not happen!" he continued "We will hunt her down, and then she will pay for her actions! She will not ruin our lives!"

A cheer of joy and anger exploded from the crowd. The mayor cheered along with his people before they scattered and prepared for combat. Little did they know that a certain white crystfairy was watching over them.

"So I'm an outcast now?" Airy shook her head "You will pay for this dearly..."

(Music Stop)

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Present Day

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"And so began the hunt for me" Airy finished that chapter of her story "I was discarded as nothing more than an outcast, and all I had left was Ouroboros. So, I tracked him down."

"And did you find him?" Fluttershy asked.

"Yes, unfortunately" the fairy nodded "It took an entire year, but I finally found out where Ouroboros was sleeping; in a large crater in the plains on the other side of the island's mountains. This was my darkest moment..."

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9,981 Years Ago...

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Airy, now covered in dirt and her dress ripped a bit, trekked across the island, carefully evading her village and any others that may have received word of her betrayal. She didn't care how many were against her; she was close, she had to be. Finally, after an entire year searching and running, she found it. The crater where Ouroboros slept. She was overjoyed, but alas, she didn't have much time to celebrate.

The crystfairy flew over the crater and looked down into the darkness. She breathed in the power emanating from, and in doing so she felt like a god. Without question, she delve into the crater and explored around.

"There must be something here detailing Ouroboros" she spoke to herself as she searched the area "Surely there-"

"Airy..." a familiar and unintelligible voice "Come to me... Airy..."

"Ouroboros..." Airy gasped.

"If you aid me, you shall receive powers beyond belief" tempted the dark lord "You will be able to exact revenge upon those who discarded you as nothing more than a betrayer of their kind."

"Exact... revenge..." the crystfairy should have been disgusted that she was being told about power to destroy her people, but instead, she relished the thought "Yes... That sounds nice... Just tell me where you are and I'll dig you up."

"I am located beneath you" Ouroboros explained "There is a switch near you. Only those of pure dark hearts will be able to activate it.

"But... What if my heart isn't dark enough?" she asked.

"AIRY!!" shouted the angry voice of the mayor as he and his troop of nearly 10,000 crystfairies flew into the crater "You have disobeyed our rules and evaded us for far too long! We should kill you right here, but I'm willing to make a deal with you."

"Oh yeah?" Airy shouted back "And what exactly would that be?"

"If you leave this behind and never speak of it again, we'll give you your life back" he explained "The only reason you lost it was because of that damn sealed monster! You can live with us again, just please, don't destroy our lives."

Airy was taken aback. They actually held out a hand of friendship towards her? After all they did to her? No, she wouldn't have any of it. Before Ouroboros could intervene and persuade her to join him, she flared her wings up in aggression.

"A-Airy!" Nym came out from the crowd, still wearing her favourite red dress "You don't have to do this! We can go back to being friends again!"

"Just please, Airy!" El flew next to his now wife, still in his green pants "Don't do this..."

"You two..." Airy sighed "You left me and never accepted my ideas. We could have learned together, but you just had to get married and abandon me! So you know what?" she backed up and hit something stone-like, cracking a smile "You can all go to hell."

The moment she finished her sentence, she was enveloped in a dark aura which sexploded from the switch and slowly began to transform her. Once the darkness vanished, standing in the place of Airy was a large and hideously fat larval monster with eight arms and eight legs, small wings on its back, long white hair and two red gems in its chest and belly.

"I am Airy, demon born of darkness and servant to Lord Ouroboros" the creature said in a dark but at least understandable tone "His lordship comes. Bow down, mortals!"

"Airy, what have you become?!" the mayor was in full fear from the sight of Airy's new form.

"She's shown her true colours now" El said somberly. Just then, a giant beast emerged from the shadows. It's lower body had tentacles as legs, with it's upper body having a horn on its head and four exoskeleton-like arms, as well as a royal frill on its neck. This was Ouroboros, the destroyer of worlds and seeker of the celestial realm.

"Now, Lord Ouroboros, allow me to destroy this island and exact my revenge!" Airy cackled.

"You are granted permission" the dark lord spoke. The once crystfairy cackled again before raising her arms in the air and summoning a giant ball of energy down upon the land. The entire crystfairy race watched in horror as their lives, their home, came to an end.

"So this is how it will end, hmm?" Nym sighed "A rather boring way to move on, no?"

"What are you talking about, Nym?" El asked.

(Music Stop)

"This..." she whispered before becoming a ball of light "This will utterly destroy our species, but at the very least, Ouroboros will be sealed again, and peace can return to this island."

"I'm with you" the male crystfairy smiled and nodded before he too became a ball of light "Ouroboros will not destroy this world and reach the celestial realm! Not when I'm alive!"

Soon enough, the rest of the crystfairies across the land became balls of light as well. The surface of the island lit up like the night sky and continued glowing a beautiful light. Finally, the lights formed into a much larger ball light above the crater, but more accurately, Airy and Ouroboros.

"What's this?" Ouroboros questioned "That light... It is the light that sealed me away many millennia ago. Could it be these creatures are the living personifications of this light? Impossible!"

"Lord Ouroboros, we must flee!" Airy called out "You will be sealed again!"

"But now, you are by my side" he spoke as he stare right at his new underling "You will survive the light, for you are not powerful enough to be vanquished by it. When this is done, speak to me and I shall give you your misson."

"Yes, Lord Ouroboros..." the crystfairy-turned-demon nodded before being enveloped in the light.

"Airy, if your heart is still in there, I promise that I'll find a way to save you!" Nym and El, along with every single crystfairy said at the exact same time "And if not me, then someone else. You will be saved!"

(Music Stop)

The light finally exploded, knocking the island from its orbit in the passage of dimensions and sending it tumbling down onto a green world of water and land. After falling a bit longer, the continent landed firmly in the water with a gigantic splash of water, the surface emerging from the waves. By now, the crater sealing Ouroboros had vanished, leaving a lush hillside and Airy in her original form.

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"Ugh... L-Lord... Ouroboros?" Airy questioned after awakening from her sleep.

"I am here, Airy" he spoke "However, I have been confined to a different dimension. In order to revive me, you must link all 100,000 dimensions together to unlock the seal and advance me- no, us, to the celestial realm."

"Oh, Lord Ouroboros!" the fairy nodded "You are most kind! I shall get to it right away!"

"However, to do so, you must awaken the four crystals of each world" Ouroboros explained "This is a feat you cannot do alone. You must manipulate those whom have not been born yet to awaken them for you, then destroy them. It will be a long and grueling task, taking thousands of years. But you must do it."

"Of course, my lord!" Airy smiled before taking off "But how would I be able to live that long to aid you?"

"With my last breath, you have been given the gift eternal life" the dark lord explained "You will have an eternity to do your job, but until the world comes to fruition, perhaps you can familiarize yourself with this world in order to complete your job faster."

"By your command, my lord!" the crystfairy bowed before she flew off to complete her task, completely naive to what other plans her 'lord' had in store for her.

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Present Day

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"Airy... That's..." Fluttershy was at a loss for words. After hearing Airy complete her story, she couldn't find words to speak. Was she supposed to feel disappointed that the fairy destroyed her own species and home, or happy she was freed from darkness's embrace after all these years.

"I know" the crystfairy nodded "I'm not proud of what I did, but I was young and stupid, and so obsessed with a little voice I heard in my head as a child..."

"Um... If I may ask..." the Pegasus wondered nervously "But, um... What did you do afterwards?"

"Afterwards?" Airy questioned before sighing "Afterwards, I manipulated each group of the same people from each dimension. When they knew to much about me and my power, I'd use it to kill them and move onto the next set of heroes. It was disgusting... but admittedly effective. This continued until I finally did link all the worlds together. All that was left was the heroes' disposal, but I made them too strong and they eventually defeated me. Ouroboros then took my power and sent me here. I hope those heroes managed to defeat him... He deserves it after everything he's done to me."

"Airy..." Fluttershy spoke up again.

"So, I told you everything... Now what do you see me as?" the fairy asked "A murderer? A demon?"

"A lonely soul..." the Pegasus honestly answered.

"Wait, what?"

"Your heart has become lonely after all this time, Airy" she explained "I don't care what happened in the past, so long as you've learned you lesson and won't ever do it again. You're always welcome here, Airy."

"Y-You really forgive me?" Airy was shocked by Fluttershy's apology.

"I think everyone deserves a second chance" the cream yellow mare smiled "Your race only did what they did to protect you. And now, their wish has finally been answered. Let's not waste it, okay?"

"I... I..." the crystfairy couldn't hold it in and began sobbing. Fluttershy smiled warmly and lightly hugged her patient as not to hurt her further. They stayed like that for a few more moments before separating.

"Thank you, Fluttershy..." Airy smiled as tears dripped down her cheeks "I promise I'll make this worthwhile. I promise..."

Author's Notes:

This was sad... I'm sorry for this if this made you cry, but this had to be done. But hey, now you know about Airy's origins! Yay! Sorta...

If you're wondering where our main villain went off to, don't worry; he'll make an appearance in the next chapter, along with someone, or something, else. Who or what? You'll just have to wait and see...

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