Chapter 2
Night Shade woke up one day, had breakfast and just lived in Ponyville. He has lived there for the past four weeks, getting along with his neighbor Fluttershy and her friends. He was at his back yard cutting off small branches from trees to make poles sticking out of a tree for his training. While working on his obstacle course Fluttershy along with Twilight Sparkle came to him with news. Night Shade immediately noticed them and jumped off a tree branch, he landed while rolling on the ground to soften his fall and appearing right in front of the 2 ponies.
"Hello girls, whats up?"
"Hello Night Shade, we were wondering if you want to hang out today." said Twilight
"Yes we want you to come....um...if you want....to" Followed Fluttershy
GOD shes so cute when shes shy!
"Uh...sure. why not? Lemme get my hat and we'll be off."
Night Shade got in his house and approached his chest, he took out a black hoodie and a coned shaped straw hat. He walked out wearing both. Twilight and Fluttershy both gave him a confused looked at his hat. Twilight was the first to ask as they walked along the path.
"Uh...Night Shade, whats that on your head?"
"oh this?" he pointed at his hat " it's my hat."
"It's uh...very unusual for a hat." said Fluttershy
"Oh well that explains it, I'm not from Equestria. I'm from Neighsia."
Twilight gasped in excitement. "Neighsia!? I heard that place is amazing, pink flowered trees and fierce warriors."
"Well your right about the pink flower trees, but that's only in Neighon, where I'm from."
"Well that's interesting, why did you move to Ponyville?" asked Twilight
"Change of scenery." Night Shade said with a flat tone.
"That's it?" Twilight asked
"Well my mother and father thought I should move out, since I couldn't go into a college or university, I wanted to live on my own, with my decision my parent's reaction was very surprising. They said I was growing up to be a great stallion and let me move to Equestria."
"Well isn't that a surprise. And what about that hat, what's it made of?"
"Well this hat is made from straw and woven into this shape of a cone to-" Night Shade looked at them, they were confused. "Eh... it's kinda like an umbrella hat but less colors and more shade."
"Ohhhhhhhhh" Twilight said in relief
Night shade noticed Fluttershy looking away from Night Shade and had a red blush on he face. He noticed right away and sprung into action."So, Fluttershy whats on your mind?"
"Oh...um...it's just...."
"Oh wow Night Shade, whats that on your right hoof?" Twilight interrupted
"Oh this" he brought up his hoof. "This..." he heavily sighed "This is a special tool I use."
"What kind of tool?
"Uh..." Night Shade hesitated. "A tool I use for climbing." Night shade stalled hiding away the blade part.
"Oh that's amazing."
Fluttershy walked over to Twilight and whispered. "Thank you Twilight, I just can't find myself to say it."
Twilight nodded in response"No problem Fluttershy." Twilight whispered back
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Later that day at Ponyville, Night Shade had gathered with Fluttershy and all of her friends at Sugar Cube Corner. They had lunch but Night Shade didn't eat much, too much sugar would be bad for him. They sat, chat and had a blast. Rainbow Dash leaned over to Night Shade with a mischievous look on her face.
"Hey Night Shade did you know one of us has a crush on you, by the way it's not me it's...." Twilight and Applejack both heard Rainbow about to blurt out and ruin their plan. Applejack wrapped a rope around Rainbow and Twilight chained her up with her magic and pulled her away. Night Shade looked around with confusion.
"Sooooooooo Rainbow just told me one of you mares like me, is that correct?"
Everypony just sat there silent, knowing not what to do. Night Shade sighed stood up and trotting away to leave but said before he left. "Hey it's okay, what happens, happens. Go ahead and confess, whatever the reason, I can understand. And I won't break your heart, I'll accept it to whoever here has the crush. See ya." he gave them all a wink and he left leaving everypony speechless Fluttershy most of all. All of her friends squeed and smiled at Fluttershy who just buried her face with her hooves, with a crimson color on her face.
"Fluttershy darling you have a chance. He will accept you, can't you tell him on your own." said Rarity
"I...well... I don't know how... can you girls help me...please?"
"Sure Fluttershy, I'll see if T and I can help arrange a date for you two at The Tea House." said Twilight
"Yea, you're dates gonna be radical, we'll make it the best date ever." said Rainbow
As Night Shade walked out he noticed that Celestia's sun was setting and Luna's moon was rising. "Guess it's that time of day ah? Guess I can still use what I learned back at Neighon" Night Shade ran directly towards a building, not stopping and climbed up using his hookblade and hoof to climb up the building till he reached the top. He ran around Ponyville traveling by rooftop with his hood up and a small mask covering his lower face to hide his identity. Nopony saw him, or even notice him, not even the pegasi of Ponyville could see Night Shade, he was a master of stealth and camouflage. It was night he watched Sugar Cube Corner as he saw his friends leave, he eyed on Fluttershy the most, something didn't feel right, Fluttershy was trotting quite fast. Night Shade could see a black pony following her, Fluttershy ran towards an alleyway, then boom dead end, she was trapped. Go figure huh?
"NO PLEASE STAY AWAY!!!" Begged Fluttershy
"Gimme all your bits and I'll leave you unharmed" the pony said as he approached her. He pulled out a knife and grabbed her hoof.
"NO PLEASE" Fluttershy begged. She escaped the mugger's grasped and bucked him HARD in the face sending him flying against a couple of trash cans. Suddenly 2 more ponies appeared with the mugger, they both had knifes in the hooves. They both approached Fluttershy. She hid her face behind her hooves, Night Shade couldn't stand for this.
Night Shade jumped off the roof popping out his blade from his vambrace landing on top of one of the ponies stabbing them in the neck. The other pony approached Night Shade swinging his knife at him, Night shade blocked it with his left hoof and stabbed his face through his skull with his blade pushing his head against the ground with his hoof. The pony that Fluttershy bucked stood in shock at what just happened. He tried to flew but Night Shade pointed out his hoof and fire blew out of his vambrace making a 'BANG' sound from his hooves. The Pony laid there on the ground, bleeding and suffering from the pain he went through. Night Shade approached the suffering mugger.
"So killing his your answer for money huh? What you've done was wrong but nopony deserves to have what you did to poor Fluttershy. Tell me why did you do this, are you a pup or just a poor Rokudenashi trying to control life and greed."
"Buck You" the mugger said
"May your foul roads lead you to not to suffer, but to find your own world and peace within." Night Shade said as he stabbed his neck and closed his eyes saying "Yasuraka ni nemuru." in his language. Night Shade turned around to leave but found that Fluttershy was staring at him in shock.
Fluttershy just stared, she didn't know who this mysterious hero or murderer was but he looked familiar. Night Shade quickly galloped towards a building, climbed off and ran away. Fluttershy flew up and yelled out "WAIT WHO ARE YOU?"Night Shade turned around and screamed.
"I"M THE SILENT SHADOW"" Fluttershy heard from a distance, then poof he was gone. Other ponies ran outside responding to the bang and found Fluttershy with the three dead bodies.
Night Shade had arrived to his house, he walked inside and took off his hood mask. He popped out his blade and cleaned it with a cloth to prevent it from rusting. Night Shade heavily sighed "Just like old times." he said and he went to bed.
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The next morning arrived. A knock was made on Night Shade's door, he opened it to see that there was a gray mare with a blond mane holding a box in front of him, it was Ditzy Doo. "Ahh ohaiyou gozaimasu Ditzy. What brings you here."
"Special delivery." she handed him the box "Please sign here." she said as she held out a clipboard, Night Shade happily signed it. He also saw another pony fly by throwing a newspaper, Night Shade caught it with his mouth and waved goodbye to the newspaper colt. Inside he put the box and newspaper on his table, the box was small and taped, he cut it open only to find a note and a small pink leaved tree. Night Shade retrieved the note, it said
To my Shō otōto this is your aniki Raiuchi. I am wondering how you are in Equestria. Mother and Father are missing you very much and proud of you that you moved to live your life. We thought you might have gotten homesick. So if you are, we have you a small Sakura tree. Your Aniki - Raiuchi.
PS- If you need help, I have a dragon friend and a changeling in the Badlands who is like Us. His name is Scales, and he has a nick name like us, the dragon is referred to as the The Night Stalker, and the changeling is referred to as Camouflage. I told them about you and they remember who you are, if you ever need his help blow this whistle and they'll come right away.
Night Shade felt a small tear come from his eye he took the sakura tree and newspaper out to his front yard. He dug a small hole and planted his Sakura tree. Night Shade was relaxed and sat down on a bench in his front yard reading the newspaper. His eyes widened as he saw the front article, The Silent Shadow.
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Last night, 3 ponies were found dead in an alleyway. They were known as a notorious gang called The Pack. 2 were stabbed while one had an unusual wound on his chest which is still to be yet confirmed. The murderer was claimed to be a hero by the wittiness who was being attacked by The Pack.
he said his same was "The Silent Shadow" according to our wittiness. The hero was claimed to have a weapon that pops out of one's hooves. The hero was also described to have a black hoodie and face mask to cover his identity. Unlike Mare Do Well, this hero is would also be considered a villain. Ponies think him as a bad guy do to killing The Pack, with no reasoning skills or anything. Our wittiness has also said that he killed them without hesitation, and can also travel by the rooftops of Ponyville. Stay tune for more upcoming events.
Night Shade gave a small grin and said "Just like old times" he repeated as he crumbled up the news paper and trotted to Ponyville. "Hopefully it doesn't happen again but, just in case, I'll keep wearing it." he said as he trotted off back to Ponyville.