Master of Shadows

by Peace Bolt


Chapter I

As the smoke cleared and the colt come into view, Spike was between him and Twilight. The colt was in shock to say the least. As he look around the room. He lowered his sword and the sheth it.

"What are you doing? Who are you? Why do you have a sword?" The young dragon ask quickly with his eyes closed.

The colt looked like he was in a daizz just looking around the room the moving away from the two. He sit back on to his haunches and was dumbfounded.

"Th-that's what I'd like to know that to form you. I know the to be a dragon and the one behind you is a princess. I beg of the where am I?" He's hand began to move around and then he passed out there and then.

"Sp-Sp-Spike is he... dead?" Twilight said still shocked over the whole thing with the sword.

"I don't think so he just passed out." Spike walked over to the colt and poked him in the side. "Twilight he's still breathing what should we do with him?"

"I don't know but is that sword real or is it fake?" As Twilight got up on her hooves.

"Trust me it's real and really sharp to boot." One of his spikes was cut and on the floor next to the dragon.

~~~ Few hours later

"Umm... My heads killing me." The colt rolled over to find himself in a room with odd things around him. The only think he seen that he know what it was where a few books around him. Then heard somepony up to the door. 'I'm getting out of here.' He said to himself. Before the door open up he hide and waited for the right time to get out.

"TWILIGHT!!!!!" The dragon looked all around the room for the colt that was just there but now was gone.

Twilight ran to see what had happen. She turned the corner to the room and a black shadow flew passed her she looked around to see nopony there and Spike running up to her in a panic.

"He's gone! I when to see if he was doing okay, but there was nopony there!"

"We need to find him Spike. You go get the girls and I'll see if I can find him."

With a quick nodded the pair ran out the caslt. Twilight into town and Spike to get the others to help out. The purple aliron took to the sky a little shakily but well enough to take off and stay airborne.

~~Some roof-top in town.

The colt was sitting there and scouting the town out. This is a fine mess you got in to. He thought to himself. Well Shadow Blade what's the next move now? As he thought of what to do he seen a strike of rainbow colors fly by. A pegies. What are they doing here? Am I in the Cloud Clan's domain? He watch as the winged mare flew around and did trikes in the sky. She is good. I bet she would give Master Tie Ch a run for his money with that speed. But I think I could out run her with the shadow walk. He jumped up and off the roof. He hit the ground on all four hooves and darted off in a shadow like streak to the outskirts of town using the shadow walk technique.

~~~Back to Twilight

Twilight had just got to town hall after flying around Ponyville two times when she seen her friends and her aissent standing there as Rainbow Dash flew around and landed next to them.
"Thank you everypony for coming. We have a bit of a portable." Twilight said as she landed oddly. "As Spike told you what's going on and what happen?"

"He has Twi, so what do ya need us to do?" Said the country pony.

"Okay, lets split up and meet back here in an hour and see if we can find him."

"Darling what does the colt look like so we know who it is we'er looking for." Said Rarity.

"Right.... He has crimson eyes a sword on his back and a black mane." Twilight said calling back to what he look like. "Also he's wearing some weird close."

They all knew their mission and took off to look for the strange colt.

~~~ At the Lake outside of Ponyville

"Do ya'll think this is a little too overboard?" Said Apple Bloom who was looking at there new attempt to get there cutie marks. "Boat rowing might be ok if we had somepony watchin' us. Just in case we lose one of the ores."

"I'd expect that from Sweetie but you A.B., you know this is the last think we are going to try before saying no more water." Scootaloo snapped and throw the live jackets to the others.

"I'm with Apple Bloom on this one, Scoot. I mean it is the last thing on the list for the today, so let's just get it over with." Sweetie hung her head as she put on her jacket.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders had jump in the boat and had started rowing out into the lake as Shadow Blade arrived near a tree. He sit down and looked around and seen the three fillies rowing a boat in the lake. He watch as they played and splashed one another as they did the colt thought back to the days where he and his friend came out to the lake and played.

~~Warning sad past coming~~
Him and his two friends played in the boat his father give him this day nopony was with them as they rowed out one of his friends fall out of the boat and so did he. A few days later he woke up at home and was still alive but his other friend that had jumped in after the two wasn't so lucky. He had gotten cut and it was infected. He was really sick for a long time and passed away soon after that. After that day Shadow was sent to is grandfather's to train. His father had also give him something to remind him of that day. A cut in his ear, it wasn't on purpose mind you. It happen when his dad throw a vase and then him out of the hose. His father didn't mean for it to happen but it did. From then on Shadow Blade told himself if any of his friends passed away because of something that he had done then some part of him would to, and that cut was prof of his belief.
~~End of past~~

He snapped back as he heard the fillies crying for help one of them had gone overboard into the water. The life-jacket she was wearing wasn't new it was old and unsafe. It was no longer safe to wear and was taking on water. The little white filly was going under as he came to his hooves. "I'M COMING!!" He shouted as the ran to the water and then over it to the little filly. Picking her up in his magic and taking her to shore. The little filly was pasted out but breathing as he looked her over and then turned to pull the boat in with his magic.

After a little bit the young white filly was up and okay. Her friends there by her side and a strange colt looking out at the lake. Scootaloo and Apple Bloom hugged and nuzzled her.

"Sweetie your ok ? This guy came out of no where and safed you. I'm sorry that happen I didn't know the life-jacket was that bad." Scootaloo said with her head low and ear flatin.

"Are you the one that saved me Mister?" She held a hoof up to him.

"Yes little one I was. You know that was very dangers to go out on the lake without somepony here watching you, but just be thankful I was passing by." He then started to leave. "Fillies next time, have somepony here watching you."

"Wait!!!!" Sweetie Bell said grabbing his tail. "Please let me thank you with something. I bet my sister would really be happy to make you something anything to eat or wear for saving me. Just name it."

He turned to look at her. His crimson eyes meeting her emerald eyes. He could see that it was no point in saying no to her and then nodded. "Okay little one but first what's your's and your friends' names. I am Shadow Blade leader of the Shadow Clan."

"I'm Sweetie Bell and this is Scootaloo and Apple Bloom." She tilted her head. "What is a Shadow Clan? I've never heard of that be for."

"I bet he's some kind of ninja that has lost everything and is trying to find his clan that's lost to the winds." Scootaloo said laughing her head off.

"I would not laugh at something like that. For any ninja to lose their clan is like having no family or friends anymore." Shadow was cold and a bit to dark at the last bit.

"I'm sorry..... I didn't think of it like that." Scoot pawed at the ground.

"It's all right, you didn't know. Now little ones shall we go?" He put on a fake smile and bowed to the three.
Sweetie smiled and with her friends and started to her sister's house with Shadow falling them.