Dusk Shine: Twilight's less successful twin brother

Dusk Shine, also known as the twin brother of Element of Magic and Equestria Princess Twilight Sparkle, and the younger brother of the prince of the Crystal Empire Shining Armor, was now wandering alone in the forest.

All their lives with Twilight, they were almost a complete reflection of each other: the same interests, the same hobbies, the same knowledge, and even the same reserve of magical powers. However, overnight everything changed. On the night when Nightmoon returned, Twilight made five new good friends and defeated the villainess, while Dusk... helped mayor prevent panic in Ponyville.

When it was over, Dusk was, without a doubt, happy for his twin. However. At dawn that day, an unpleasant thought crept into his head: now his sister was one step ahead of him.

As the years passed, Elements of Harmony became entangled in new adventures and with each new adventure, Dusk's role became more and more background and insignificant, while his sister and her friends became more and more famous. The heroines of Equestria.

And then Twilight became an alicorn.

It's hard to describe the envy he felt that day. He, too was a student of Celestia. He too faced villains. He was also friends with her friends. But only she got the wings. Along with the title of princess.

Quite a long time has passed since then, and Dusk thought that time heals. But... today he realized that the time that had passed was not enough. A small quarrel at the Friendship School due to an error in the schedule was what broke the dam, and Dusk poured out all the accumulated emotions on Twilight over the years. And then he just left. And the further he went, the more ashamed he became of the words he said and the feelings he felt. The feeling of shame was especially strong when Dusk recalled that the door to the office was open during the quarrel, and most likely the students heard him.

“Eh, what a fool I am.”

Lost in his thoughts, he did not notice how he found himself in a rather distant part of the forest. In front of a strange cave that he did not remember. And he studied the forest quite well, especially after the opening of the Friendship school, when safe routes for excursions were created.

“It looks strange... and interesting.”

This cave was one large crystal carved in the cave, which was very similar to the crystal that made up his sister's castle or the Harmony Tree, which could not but fuel Dusk's interest.

After going inside, Dusk noticed a path leading deeper into the cave. Deciding that the path should lead him to something interesting, he followed it without hesitation. He wandered through the long corridors of the cave, going down further and further until he reached the very end of the cave. When he saw that a long crystal root was sticking out of the wall, emitting a strange magical aura.

"What do we have here?" Dusk asked, examining the root.