Fluttershy's Shadow
Prologue
This story takes place about 3 months after Fluttershy's encounter with a spirit. A very dark spirit by the name of Dark Reaper. Dark Reaper is one of Ponyville's most secluded secrets, one even said to be worse than Sapphire Blood.
The said spirit was said to have resurrected Fluttershy from her grave, only to turn her into his most loyal slave, to do his every whim, no matter how gruesome it was. Legend has it that it wasn't Rainbow Dash who killed Sapphire Blood in her sleep, but it was the evil Fluttershy who did so.
Chapter 1: The meeting
"Hi, I am the narrator.", said an unknown voice, "And I am here to tell you the tale of Dark Reaper. Of how she conned a spirit to do his bidding, of how the spirit reacted once she knew she was being tricked, of how she was finally removed from the spirit plain of Ponyville", the voice continued, "...........My name..........is Fluttershy.", the voice says as it takes off it's hood, "And this is my story!"
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One day........ One sad, gray-skied day, Fluttershy's spirit was trotting her way through some of the fields that she took care of many animals in.
Fluttershy sighs, "I wish I was still alive.", she says as she looks down.
She lays down on the grass, staring at a rabbit that she once knew. It was happily hopping it's way through some long grass, when, a fox jumps up suddenly, trying to eat the rabbit. Fluttershy's face turns white with panic. But before the fox could even swipe at the rabbit, a flash of pink kicked it to the side.
"How dare you!", a voice cries out from the other side of the grass, "Trying to hurt an innocent animal!", the voice yells as the fox withdraws away, whimpering.
Fluttershy knew that voice, it was Pinkie Pie's! Fluttershy hopped up and went to go say hi to her since they were both in the spirit plain of Ponyville. But she realized something. You can't physically attack anything in the spirit plain.
Fluttershy thinks to herself, "How is Pinkie Pie alive? She was killed by Sapphire Blood!"
She walks over near Pinkie and notices that she's a more solid pink than she was in the spirit plain.
"Maybe she can hear me!", Fluttershy deduces, "Hey Pinkie!", she yells.
Pinkie Pie hears Fluttershy's voice, "Fluttershy?", she says, tearing up, "Where are you?"
"She heard me!", Fluttershy thinks, "Over here! Right next to you!", she yells.
"Oh no.", Pinkie Pie whispers, "I'm hearing things again!", Pinkie Pie says, "I'm hearing my best friend's voice, even though she's dead!", she says, crying.
Fluttershy looks puzzled, "Damn, she's still torn up because I'm dead.", she says to herself, "No Pinkie! I'm still here, in the spirit plain!", Fluttershy yells.
Pinkie's ears perk up, "Fluttershy? Is that really you?", she asks.
"Yes!", Fluttershy says, "I'm right in front of you now!", she says as she reaches her ghostly hoof towards Pinkie's.
Pinkie Pie feels Fluttershy's hoof brush against hers. Because of this, she starts crying again. "I miss you, Fluttershy!", Pinkie cries out.
Fluttershy starts crying as well, "I miss you too, Pinkie Pie!"
The two cry for about 10 minutes.
As she's wiping her tears away, Fluttershy asks Pinkie Pie how she's alive.
"Oh, I'm alive because this girl I met in the spirit plain said he'd bring me back to life if I did him a favor.", Pinkie Pie says.
"Oh.", Fluttershy responds, "What was the favor?"
"To say some oath or something.......", Pinkie Pie says, dropping her words at the end.
"What's wrong?", Fluttershy asks, noticing her friend's sudden lack of interest.
"N-n-nothing.", Pinkie Pie says.
"It seems like you're losing control of your body or something!", Fluttershy says, starting to worry about her friend.
"I think so too!", Pinkie Pie says, twitching.
Pinkie Pie looks down and Fluttershy just stares at her, wondering what's going to happen next.
A couple of moments later. . . .
"Pi-Pinkie Pie?", Fluttershy studders, "A-aa-are you ok?"
Pinkie Pie's head shoots out from the position it had been in for a good 3 minutes, "Yes, Ghostshy!", Pinkie Pie says quickly, "I haven't felt this good in my life!"
"Ghostshy?", Fluttershy says, puzzled, "My name's Fluttershy, Pinkie."
"I know.", Pinkie Pie says, "But you're a ghost, a spirit, so I came up with a new nickname for you!"
"Oh.", Fluttershy says, "Hey, what's wrong with your eyes, Pinkie Pie?"
"My name's not Pinkie Pie anymore!", she shouts, "My name's Dark Reaper now!"
"Dark Reaper?", Fluttershy says, getting scared.
Pinkie Pie, or Dark Reaper, as she wanted to be called, says, "I really don't think you'd like my eyes if you saw them right now."
"Come on!", Fluttershy says, "Lemme see!"
"Fine.", Dark Reaper says, "As you wish......." Dark Reaper opens her eyes. She had made Pinkie Pie's pupils blood red in color. Dark Reaper puts on an evil smile, showing two razor-sharp incisor teeth, which shined in the sunlight, which looked blood-red in color on her teeth.
Fluttershy screams and runs in the opposite direction, only to have Dark Reaper follow on hot pursuit.
"How the hell could that happen to Pinkie Pie?!?", Fluttershy asks herself.
Seeming as if she could hear everything, Dark Reaper yells, "She took the oath, Fluttershy! That's why!", she yells, "You're next!"
"Oh hell!", Fluttershy says as she sees Dark Reaper gaining on her.
Fluttershy starts to run faster, but it doesn't seem to have any effect.
Fluttershy looks behind her to see Pinkie Pie's possessed body changing dimensions!
"How the hell are you-", Fluttershy stops herself mid-question. She knew why.
With Dark Reaper now in the ghost-plain, it was possible for her to injure Fluttershy.
With Dark Reaper hot on her trail, Fluttershy tried losing her in some dense brush. But that only seemed to make matters worse.
As Fluttershy made her way to the other side of the brush, Pinkie Pie's possessed body (Dark Reaper) slammed to the ground right in front of her, causing the ground around her to creak. Fluttershy pulled to an immediate stop, not wanting to crash right into Dark Reaper.
Fluttershy looks at Dark Reaper and asks, "Why are you hurting my best friend like this?"
"Because she took the oath.", Dark Reaper responds.
"Any other reason why?", Fluttershy asks with a cross look on her face.
"Because I needed a living body to possess, so that I could reach the living-plain.",
Dark Reaper says.
"Well........ can you please release her?", Fluttershy asks, "You got what you wanted."
Dark Reaper sighs, "With one condition I can release Pinkie Pie back to the spirit-plain."
"Anything.", Fluttershy says, desperately.
"Ok.", Dark Reaper precedes, "My only wish is that you be my friend. I've never had a friend before, that's why I am the way you see me now.", Dark Reaper says, "All black with demon wings.", she says, dropping her head.
Fluttershy hesitates, "Why me?", she asks gently.
"Because.", Dark Reaper snaps, "You're right here, why can't I ask you first?"
"Oh.", Fluttershy realizes, "I guess..........", Fluttershy says, perplexed.
"Splendid!!!", Dark Reaper yells, "Hold on, I'll be right back!"
Dark Reaper releases Pinkie Pie back into the spirit plain and runs off behind some trees.
Fluttershy helps Pinkie Pie up. "Where am I?", Pinkie Pie asks.
"Back in the spirit-plain.", Fluttershy says in conjunction with a soft-sounding voice that neither remember hearing earlier.
Fluttershy looks up to find a light blue and white unicorn looking at her and Pinkie Pie.
"Who are you?", Fluttershy asks.
"My name, is Light Reaper.", she says, "Dark Reaper's alter-ego. Her "nicer" side, if you will."
"Oh.", Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie both say.
"Yeah.", Light Reaper says as she turns towards Fluttershy, "Thank you for saying you'd be my friend.", she tells Fluttershy.
"Oh, no problem!", Fluttershy says, unknowing of the danger she's put herself, as well as Ponyville, into.