As the dark Alicorn looked around himself, he would verify that he was, indeed, in Tartarus. But how, and why, was the question. Every single time he had done that spell to move into the afterlife to see is loved ones, it had worked perfectly. How was this time any different?

"Confused my boy?" Satan asked as he gave a chuckle upon seeing Midnight glare at him.

"Somewhat, but I'm sure I'll figure it out in no time." He spat back. "So if you'll excuse me." He turned around only to stop as he almost ran into Satan whom reappeared in front of him quicker than he could blink.

"What's the rush? You don't think you're going to be leaving here, are you?" The dark prince of the underworld stated with a slight pout, then began to laugh maniacally once again. "Oh no, you're going to be here for a very long time indeed." He snickered.

"I doubt that." Midnight smirked as his horn lit up, making him vanish for a couple of seconds, then reappearing back in the same spot once again. "What the?!" He blinked, attempting to teleport once again only to end up in the same spot once more, letting out a growl of annoyance.

"I control what goes on down here, which includes your magic." Satan snorted out, starting to get bored with the situation.

"Really now? So my magic won't work?" Midnight asked giving an annoyed glare. Then how about this?" He grinned as he closed his eyes for a moment, feeling the chaos energy he had unknowingly siphoned from Discord earlier begin to course through him and into his horn, emitting a yellow glow.

The ground all around the two began to shake softly as stones began to slowly float up and away from it. Several large splits cracked the ground revealing the glowing lava beneath as Midnight continued channeling the magic from the God of Chaos.

"Well well well..... seems that Flame failed to mention this little tidbit when he was here." Satan sighed, waving his hand to halt the magic, only to fail. "What?!" He snapped in a fury as he waved a hand again only to fail. "What mockery is this that I......" He paused, moving back to a neutral position. "So it's true....." He hummed, floating silently around the Alicorn as he continued to glare back.

"What would be true?" Midnight asked as he glared back, halting his magic.

"An assumption I had, but don't worry, I'm still sure that I can hurt you in many other ways." Satan cackled madly as he bolted at the Alicorn, smashing his fist right into his face for what seemed like a clean hit, only to pass right through his body.

The dark Alicorn stood there blinking in a semi stunned defensive position. He had never seen anything move so fast in his life, much less fail at hitting him with what seemed like a fatal blow. Snapping back to reality, Midnight turned around quickly, igniting his horn and sending out a beam of magic toward Satan only for it to pass straight through him.

"It seems that you cannot hurt me either...." Satan trailed off upon seeing the beam travel straight through him. Standing, he quickly brushed his shoulders, sending small flicks of black smoke from them like dust. "So I guess that will leave us at a stale mate.... for a time." He grinned evilly. "Until such a time as I can properly welcome you into our little family down here, you are free to roam. Just remember this though. I may not be able to hurt you, but that doesn't mean anyone you meet will have the same ability. So don't ask questions that you know you shouldn't. Otherwise..." He trailed off, manifesting a random damned soul to within his grasp, quickly tearing the flesh from it and tossing it into a pool of liquid salt. Midnight stood there in horror upon hearing the screams of agony that the soul was wailing out before finally disappearing below the liquid.

"You're a sick and twisted monster." Midnight growled out as the mist from his eyes began to grown further and further upward.

"I know...." Satan sighed. "It's just one of my many charms." He snickered. "Until we meet again Alicorn!" He shouted as he vanished in a puff of smoke, his voice echoing all around Midnight. "Feel free to wander, I'm sure your little pep talks and votes of encouragement that the damned will one day be set free will ease their suffering." He continued to cackle, his voice vanishing into the echo that carried all the way through the dark Alicorn, making him fume even more.

As Midnight continued to stand there, he would begin to think about what had just transpired, along with what he could do to benefit his situation. That, however, would take some more testing with his Chaotic magic, along with finding some damned souls he wouldn't mind having tortured in his presence. The only problem though, was that Tartarus housed countless beings from countless species, worlds, and dimensions. Finding one such being would be like trying to pick out a single atom from an entire planet, and considering that Satan had some of his past enemies as his generals, this would make things near impossible to accomplish.

Back in the real world, Midnights body awoke from the spell that he had just cast only moments ago. The being looked around, taking in his surroundings, giving an evil grin as realization took hold.

"So I'm back amongst the living eh?" Flame thought to himself as he paused, staring silently at the White Alicorn that lay in the bed at his side.

"Seems as if I have a little playmate as well." He inwardly chuckled as he turned over, pulling himself fully underneath the blankets and spooning the sun Goddess next to him.

"Mmmm, Midnight?" Celestia hummed, feeling him wrap himself around her lovingly, only to pause slightly upon feeling his hoof brush against her flank.

"Yes dear, it's me. Go back to sleep, everything's fine." He attempted to reassure her.

Celestia suddenly became far more aware as a rush of adrenaline hit her. "Midnight never says that." She thought to herself as she slowly began to turn over to face the dark Alicorn beside her.

Upon turning over however, she was greeted with a warm smile, and something else she had hoped she would never see again. Two yellow eyes with red pupils staring back at her through a fake smile. To hide her surprise she quickly gave a yawn, snuggling into the stallion for a second before slowly pulling herself up from the bed.

"Where are you headed?" He asked, giving a slight hint of reluctance in letting her go.

"I need to use the restroom silly." She tittered. "I'll be back momentarily, keep my spot warm for me." She purred out as she trotted to the restroom on the far side of the room.

"Will do my dear." He chuckled.

As he watched the Sun Goddess head into the bathroom, he lay back in bed giving a smirk. sprawling out on the bed.

"Oh yea, soon as she gets back, I'm getting laid....." He trailed off as he looked straight up and into a large mirror above the bed, noticing that one thing was off about what he saw.

"SHIT!" He yelled as he bolted from the bed and straight toward the bathroom, crashing through the door and quickly looking around as his horn began to glow. "SON OF A BITCH!" He yelled out in a fury as he quickly turned, bolting toward the balcony and crashing through the glass doors, taking flight into the night sky.

"Just as quickly as I get here, I go and fuck up!" He groaned out, trying to make as much distance between himself and the castle as possible.

*A minute prior*

As Celestia closed the door to the bathroom, she quickly pulled magic into her horn, stealth teleporting into Starlights room and plucking him from his bed, and causing the three Wonderbolts that were sitting by, playing cards, to jump from the sudden intrusion.

"Your majesty?" Lightning Dust quickly asked, coming to her side.

"Notify the guard, and spread the word quickly. Code Flame." She stated in haste as her horn lit up again, quickly teleporting herself and her son from the room.

Lightning Dust stood there in shock for a moment as she took a second to remember what the code meant. Once she had, she quickly turned, nodding to the other members of her group as she bolted out the door and down the hall, shouting the code out as she went along upon seeing any guards that were within earshot.

"Hey Dust, what's up? What's code Flame mean?" Fleet Foot quickly asked as they rounded a corner.

"Do you remember when the King split into two ponies?" She asked, seeing her friend nod. "It means the evil version of the king is back, and I don't think he came for tea and crumpets." She growled as the three of them continued flying through the castle at break neck speeds, yelling out the code word as they went.

Within minutes, the guard had been alerted, and every single pony within the caste were now on high alert. Having Midnights evil half return was something that they all had hoped would never come to light. Although Midnight, when the first occurrence had come to pass, had reversed time to the point before the battle, thereby eliminating any memories of the event from the ponies who were within Canterlot at the time. He would tell the story after some time, and make preparations in such a case as his evil twin would return, or her himself would turn into him, hence, not being able to protect the kingdom himself.

The only problem that they would face now, would be in locating the dark Alicorn, so that they could capture him, and try to remedy the situation. What they couldn't do though, was kill him. Killing Flame, would, in essence, kill Midnight as well. But how were they going to capture him? What steps would they need to take in order to do so? Only time would tell, as their strengths, weaknesses, tempers, and fears, would all be put to the test.