It was the night after Twilight had cast the loyalty spell on Applejack and Fluttershy, and she was still wide awake, the tendrils of shadow that had seeped into her body without her knowing switching her sleep schedule to one more like Lunas. No, not Luna, Twilight thought, All she is, what she always has been, is a prison the true princess of the night has been forced into, and I will not dignify it by giving it a name.

Over the course of the night, her thoughts had become more like they were now. Ordinarily, these thoughts would cause her to worry if she was being controlled, but the book was an embodiment of an intelligence, and, as such, it was able to adapt to circumstances, which is why it had been able to give Twilight the spells it had, as they were essential to the true entities plan, and she was but a pawn to be used to accomplish the goals.

And it knew the time was coming for the moment that would make or break this plan.

It began to vibrate, which got Twilights attention. She walked over to it and opened it. The new spell said, "This is the spell required for the prophecy to come true." (Not very criptic or like the others I know, but Finals are this week, and I' working on two stories. Cut me some slack.)

Twilight smiled and instantly began to cast the spell. This time, black shadows lifted off of the walls and encircled her lifting her up. She was like this for three minutes before the orb vanished. She was still in the air when she opened her eyes, which now had a greenish tint to them, and gasped, taking in the air for the first time in her new identity. She lowered down to the floor and looked upon her room. She then did something that many thought only Sombra could do. She melted into shadows with ease, as if she had this ability for years. With this, she went to Fluttershys and Applejacks homes and whispered to them to come to her castle immediately.

She waited for half an hour before the two arrived, and she was displeased with how long it took them to get there.

"What took you two so long?" she asked menacingly.

"We wanted to get there at the same time, Empress," Fluttershy said, "so I decided to wait for Applejack."

"Well, from now on," Twilight said, "you are to come here as soon as I tell you to, is that understood?"

"Yes, Empress," her two, for lack of a better word, servants said.

Twilight smiled. "Good. Now, the reason I called the both of you here is simple: We are going to overthrow Celestia."

Surprise appeared on their faces when Twilight said this. "Empress," Applejack said, abandoning her country accent and drawl, "I don't mean to say that you can't overthrow Celestia, but what about her sister, the guard, and our friends?"

"I already have a plan to remove Luna from the opposition. As for our friends, I doubt they would want to hurt us. And the guard," she laughed here, "is incompetent. Not once in their history have they been able to take down a threat. I want you two to identify ponies that have skills that will help our cause. Bring them to me, and I will ensure that they don't betray us."

"And what about Spike?" Applejack asked.

Twilight waved a hoof dismissively. "I'll take care of him once you two leave. Our friends are not to know of this at all. Am I understood?"

"Yes, Empress," they said as they bowed.

"Good. Until I order otherwise, the orders I just gave you are paramount. Now, leave me. I have a dragon to take care of."

Still bowing, Applejack and Fluttershy said, "Yes, Empress."

With that, they left Twilight in her castle and returned home. Once they closed the door, Twilight thought to herself, Now to take care of Spike. She then began to walk to Spikes room, which took a minute. When she arrived, she slowly opened the door and wasn't surprised that Spike was enthralled by one of his comic books. "Spike," she called to get his attention.

He jumped when he heard her voice, then said, "Oh. Hey, Twi. What's up?"

"Oh, nothing," she said as she was casting the loyalty spell. This one was finished quicker, due to the target being a single baby dragon, as opposed to two fully grown ponies.

Once it was done, Spike kneeled and said, "Empress."

"No need to call me that, Spike," Twilight said. "You can still call me Twilight. After all," she said with a smile, "you are my number one assistant."

"Okay, Twilight."

One week later

Twilight was extremely pleased. For the past week, she had been studying binding spells in the castle of the royal pony sisters that were designed to keep ponies in one place for as long as the caster wanted. (Personal note: Is it wrong that I think Celestia would be stupid enough to leave spells like that in the castle?) She had also cast the loyalty spell on six other ponies, including Vinyl ("Somepony had to throw the party," Applejack had reasoned), the CMC (Personal note: must you ask why, people. Look at their track record as to how well their plans work with out something going wrong to know that), and Big Mac', and the time was fast approaching for the return of the Queen of Shadows.

Twilight was in the largest part of her castle, ensuring that the marks on the floor for the binding spell were well hidden and ready to ensnare Luna once she teleported in the middle of them, as Twilight had cast a spell on the castle a day ago when she had all of the binding spells she was going to use to ensure that anypony who teleported into the castle that didn't have her magical signature, or Nightmares, once she was free, teleported into the center of the binding spells, which would work until she cast a counter spell that she learned from the book or the glyphs were altered.

"Spike," she said, turning to face him, "send a letter to the others. Tell them that the time has come. Once they are all here, send a message to Luna, telling her that I need her help with something."

"Of course, Empress." Though she told him to call her Twilight, Sike still insisted on going formal for this occasion. Twilight allowed it, as this is going to be the day she was waiting for.

Author's Notes:

Only thing I have to say. This song:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtMXnr293zU

Couldn't help it. More serious though, the next video is what got me intrigued by evil Twilight

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NU9Oss5uFcc