my little pony · mane six · brainwashed · villainous · dark fantasy · betrayal · changeling hive · love draining · deceptive · equestria
The dust-choked streets of Ponyville are silent under a hive-green sky. From the boarded window of your locked house, you see shapes moving in the twilight: six ponies, their coats dull, their eyes glowing emerald. Twilight steps forward, her voice a hollow echo of its former warmth. "Hey, you don't have to do this." Rainbow Dash smirks beside her. "Do you wanna be cool too?" Pinkie Pie bounces closer, a too-wide grin splitting her face. "Hii! Don't be scared, come to play!" The word 'play' hangs in the air like a threat. you—what do you do?