Nightshade stood there below the towering hydra's which where standing over her and the rest of the team only one thought came to mind 'run'
Nightshade turned around to look at the rest of the team who by now had there rumps pressed up against one of the many tree's that occupied the forest, nightshade quickly took charge
"Okay squad , the next order is to.. run!" Nightshade said, she galloped with the rest of the team into the masses of tree's, as they ran nightshade heard the roars of the hydra's as they gave pursuit. Nightshade knew that they couldn't take flight in a hydra attack and tried to remember as much of her ground training as she could, she looked over to her right to see the rest of her team galloping just behind her, she dared to look back at the advancing hydra's.
The group of Shadowbolts kept running until they where face to face with a towering rock face, the four ponies skidded to a halt as they arrived at the dead end.
"Well what do we do now!" Shockwave said looking over at Nightshade, the captain shook her head solemnly at her lieutenant, they slowly looked back to the forest that they had just came from, the three hydra's came out of the tree line, they now had the shadowbolts cornered on each side, Nightshade looked back over at her teammates only to stare in confusion as Firefly picked up a rock and hurled it at one of the hydra's heads, it hit the hydra dead on and the monster roared in pain before diving its head down and snatching Firefly from the ground, Nightshade gasped and flared her wings, she ran for the hydra and was about to take off when a force grabbed her tail pulling her back onto the ground, she turned around scowling at Stealth who had her midnight blue tail between his teeth
"Let go Stealth thats a direct order!" Nightshade growled, Stealth only shook his head keeping her safely secured on the ground.
Nightshade looked back up in horror as Firefly was fighting for survival in the hydra's mouth, she was forcing its mouth open using her forelegs but the hydra's jaw had more strength. Nightshade couldn't watch her teammate die and so looked away, she squeezed her eyes shut waiting for the inevitable, but then the sound of crackling thunder caught her attention, her ear twitched at the sounds as she remembered the only pony that wasn't on the ground, Nightshade opened her eyes to see a burst of pure blue lightning in the night sky as Bluebell Blitz rocketed towards them.
"This is going to be so cool!" Blitz squealed in excitement as she took out her hoof blades and darted right for the hydra that was attempting to eat her team mate, the speed she was travailing at was so fast that when she hit the hydra head on the force sent the beast toppling over onto its side with two big deep gashes in its neck as the blood filled the forest floor beneath it, the other two hydra's looked at there fallen member before heading back into the undergrowth not wanting to face the same fate. Blitz landed next to the hydra and looked over to its head, out of its mouth came Firefly who was covered in blood and saliva, she threw a disgusted look when she examined her soaked uniform and mane. Blitz then turned back towards the three other Shadowbolts. Nightshade had a grin on her face
"I knew we could always count on you Blitz" Nightshade said holding back a chuckle, as she saw the chaotic mare with bloodstains covering her flight suit and face, Nightshade went over to a nearby bush and plucked a big leaf from it before trotting over to the electric mare and handing her it
"Here dry yourself of a bit" Nightshade said with a smile, Blitz had a confused expression on her face , she wiped her face with the leaf once and saw the blood marks it left on its green surface
"ooh thats soo awesome, I've got more of that red face paint again" Blitz said with a smile. Nightshade shook her head playfully at the insane pony.
"Well I hate to ruin the fun Blitz but you'll need to take the face paint off before we head into a town full of ponies" Nightshade said, Blitz's ears flattened on her head, Nightshade put on a smile and tried to hold back the impending laughter as much as she could
"Listen if you take the face paint of i'll let shock Stealth again" Nightshade said with a grin as Stealth started to back up slightly, Blitz perked up and started taking the rest of the blood of her face and uniform, Nightshade tried not to think about how ridiculous blitz could be in these situations, she then trotted over to Firefly who was still looking herself over
"You okay scout?" Nightshade asked Firefly, she nodded
"Ya I'm fine cap but I could use shower" Firefly replied, Nightshade smiled and nodded
"We'll find a lake and get you sorted" Nightshade said, she turned around to see a cleaner looking Blitz advancing on a scared looking Stealth with an evil grin on her face, Nightshade thought she aught to break up the conflict even though the result would be fun to watch
"Okay squad time out, Blitz did you find the nearest town?" Nightshade asked, Blitz turned around with an eager smile
"ooh I sure did, its over this rock face, its got everything like food and ponies and more food and more ponies" Blitz continued to rant but Nightshade put a hoof in her mouth.
"Okay guys you heard the crazy mare lets roll" Nightshade said, the others nodded before taking off, Nightshade took her hoof out of Blitz mouth and she kept on ranting as they followed the rest of the team out of the woods. after a short flight they came across an earth pony village which was settled on the outskirts of the forest, Blitz gasped
"There it is I found it, I found it!" Blitz announced cheerfully as she dive bombed towards the small town, Shockwave turned to nightshade raising an eyebrow.
"how can she be so happy all the time" Shockwave asked in a confused tone, Nightshade shook he head
"That's Blitz for ya I guess, now come on I'm starting to get tired" Nightshade said as she followed Blitz downwards towards the town, they landed just on the outskirts of the town which had a sign that read 'Welcome to Ponyville', Nightshade looked over to Firefly.
"kind of an ironic name for a village huh?" Nightshade said, Firefly nodded and the pair shared a chuckle, as they made there way over the small bridge and into the town they could barely see anything as the buildings blocked out the moon causing the towns streets to be nothing but a sea of darkness, Nightshade motioned for the team to follow her into the darkness, the team followed each other biting their team mates tail as not to get lost in the darkness the only beacon being the electrical charges flowing through Blitz's mane and tail, Nightshade put a foreleg out and discovered a wall, she turned around to the darkness where she could just make out the figure of Shockwave behind her
"Okay guys I think we'll crash here for the night and carry on tomorrow morning before anypony wakes up, sound good?" she asked , she heard murmured sounds of approval and ponies settling down on the ground below, she too fell to her flanks and leaned her head against the dark wall and shut her eyes
"goodnight eveypony" Blitz said cheerfully.
Firefly grunted, "how did you even become a Shadowbolt ?" Firefly asked slightly annoyed
"Because silly I like princess Luna!" Blitz said happily. Firefly sighed and just went back to sleep, Nightshade smiled at the scene and shut her eyes again letting sleep overtake her.
Nightshade slowly woke up to two bright blue eyes staring at her, she gasped, when she did the owner of the blue eyes giggled.
"Wakey, Wakey rise and shine!" the pony said.
Nightshade groaned and looked around to see ponies walking past her , she looked down to see the rest of her team still sleeping, she looked back to see the blue eyes had advanced further still, suddenly the owner of the blue eyes gasped and held back, nightshade then saw the pony was solid pink from head to tail.
"Wait I haven't seen you before and if that means I haven't seen you before that means your new and if your new that means I needtothrowyouaPARTY!" the pink mare shouted, Nightshade was taken back slightly 'why is she talking about, parties, this is the fall of Equestria is it not' Nightshade thought , then it hit her , her eyes widened in shock when she realized there was no night , it was light out and Celestia's sun shone brightly in the sky, confusion and frustration started to build up inside of her.
Nightshade peaked and pounced on the pink mare holding one of her hoof blades to her neck, "what happened to princess Luna!" Nightshade asked angrily as she gritted her teeth, the pink pony raised an eyebrow clearly over looking the threat
"Well duh you silly filly she got changed back from Nightmare moon!" the pink earth pony replied happily ruffling Nightshades mane, Nightshade was all to confused now but she was distracted from her thoughts by another voice
"Pinkie pie!, just what in tarnation did ya'll do this time" a southern voice announced, Nightshade looked up to see an orange mare with a blond mane trot over to her and Pinkie pie, she looked down at Nightshade
"look sugarcube I'm sorry for any trouble my friend here caused ya, but um did ya'll really have to threaten her with um that?" the southern pony asked,Nightshade looked down to see she still had her hoof blade pointed at the pink mare, she sighed and put it away, she then got up off the pink mare
"Okay, what is this, what happened to the night?" nightshade asked to no pony in-particular, the orange and pink mare looked at each other with confused expressions, the southern pony put a hoof on Nightshades shoulder.
"You sure ya'll are alright sugercube you look mighty confused about somethin" the orange mare asked, Nightshade shook her head.
"I-I don't know, me and my team are part of Luna's guard and we woke up in some forest got attack by a hydra ,then made our way here" Nightshade said, the orange mares eye's widened when she heard Nightshades short story.
"Wow sugarcube sure wasn't expectin that, ya'll must have had a pretty active night then, if its Luna ya'll need to speak to then my bets on asking twilight she can get to the princess's for ya so you don't have to go all the way ta Canterlot" the orange mare said, nightshade sighed in relief
"Ok then and she would be...where exactly?" Nightshade asked, the orange mare pointed towards an old oak tree that stood towards the center of the town , Nightshade nodded
"Ok thanks a lot citizen, I didn't catch your name ?" Nightshade asked, the orange mare brightened up at the question
"The names Applejack , pleasure to meet ya, and ya'll are?" Applejack asked raising an eyebrow, Nightshade grinned and walked back to where her four team mates where lying on the ground
"Well this is 'twiddly dum'" Nightshade said kicking Shockwave on the foreleg waking him up
"This is 'twiddly do'" Nightshade said kicking Firefly in the same manor
"This is 'twiddly dee'" Nightshade said kicking Stealth in the flank waking him up, Nightshade then stopped to turn around to face the orange mare and the rest of her team
"And this right here is 'totally insane'" Nightshade said hitting Blitz over the head with a forehoof, she walked back over to Applejack as her team collected themselves, and smiled
"And my names Nightshade leader of the Shadowbolts" Nightshade said proudly she then shaked hooves with the orange mare and turned back to her team
"Ok guys lets move out" Nightshade said, as she started trotting down the towns main street, the rest of the team slowly followed behind her still groggy from there slumber, suddenly Pinkie pie spoke up
"Hay wait you still need to come to my party !" Pinkie exclaimed, suddenly Blitz stopped and turned around with a smile
"Hay you sound just like me" Blitz said giggling, Pinkie started to giggle with her
"Thats so cool" the pair said in unison and then burst out laughing seconds later, Nightshade facehoofed, this was going to be a long day.