//------------------------------// // Chapter VI // Story: Master of Shadows // by Peace Bolt //------------------------------// All of Twilight's friends had come to the castle and where sitting in there thrones. They look at one another as Twilight walked in. "Sorry girls I didn't want to just interrupt everything you was doing, but this we need to talk about." said Twilight as she nodded to Spike how was holding a book. "You all know that Shadow Blade is form the past.. It seems that he's not just form the past. He's a fairy tail and from this book." "What th hay are ya saying, Twi? Is it a bad thing he's here, or do we need him to go?" Applejack said bluntly. "Ya'll know he's with my sis and her friends. I just want to know right now before we get to far into this here." "Now wait one min Applejack. He's been nothing but a sweet heart to the girls seance his been here and you know it." spat Rarity. She seemed a bit mad at the fact that she was attacking Shadow. She knew he was trying to fit in and at lest he was watching the girls when nopony else could keep up with them. Twilight looked over her friends and said loudly. She was trying to think of a way to tell them why he was a problem and how to go about helping him or go with plan B. She took a deep breath. "I don't know if he is or isn't right now. All I know is that I don't want him to find out about this, but at this time we need him to know what's going on and that this Great Shadow was all made up." "What about a great now?" Rainbow asked thinking back to what Shadow was teaching the girls. "Sorry, Its in this book of old plays. It tells of a evil shadow that wanted to take over the world and was defended by Shadow Blade and the Three clans of old." She took the book in her magic and slowly flowed it around for the others to see. "Shadow sealed the shadow with in him and was sealed away too. The clans are know as Shadow, Cloud, and Light. I also find another summoning spell. It looks like the one Shadow came form but it has a mark of a cloud on it. I don't know if I should use it or if this is the same think. I looked the spell over. The spell can not be undone by just me. I would need the help form all of you to do it and I don't know how anyways." "Well then I see we are at an in-pass." chimed Rarity. "Looks like. I want to tell him but only if he's here and we can keep him here." "I know how to do that." Rainbow jump to the air flew over to Twilight."I know how he does that Shadow Walk thing. All we have to do is have no shadows on the ground he can get to. He can't use his own so we'er luck there." "What are you talking about Rainbow?" Twilight asked confused. "Its the way he moves form here to there but only on a shadow. He can use it but only if its not his. He was showing the girls how to do it, Sweetie got it right the first time out and Apple bloom almost did it same with Scoot's." As the clay pony looked around she know all but one was with her in understanding what was going on. So we just need him to be in a room with no shadows and no way out? Twilight ponder to herself. "Rainbow you go get him and have him come here, Applejack you do have your rope with you right?" "Sure as surge pie Ah do." "Uuoo Surge pie?" "Later Pinkie. Now when he gets here I'll put up a light spell to have no shadows anywhere. If he tries to make a brake for it Applejack you get him and hold him here. Rarity I need you to help me keep the doors and closed." She finished. "Why not just have me say put by just asking. If I really want to I could have just knocked you all out before any of you moved." The six friends looked around the room not seeing who had said that. The shock of the ponies in the room was soon broken by Shadow laughing. "Come now do you think so little of me to not just hear you out? I have my code that I live by." Shadow said standing a top a bookshelf. "I'll just sit here I would like to know what's been going on and why you all are acting off. The little dragon being the real reason I know something was off." "So all we had to do was ask?" Twilight asked. "No. Lady Rarity could have ordered me to stay and I would not move at all. Her or Lady Sweetie Bell." "Okay them. Shadow Blade I want you to stay and not harm anyone here, hear what we have to say and.. Tell me, how did you get in here?" The others want to know that too by the looks of their faces. As Shadow looked around the room he saw the other summoning spell. "I'll tell you if you don't use that spell there. What Lady Dash did tell you about my Shadow walk right I can use it to go to and from as I wish." "Lady Dash?!" Rainbow yield. "Yes, I've been here from the start. As such as I over header I don't belie you at all. But..." Shadow was now fixed on the spell that had clouds on it. "But what Shadow?" Twilight asked sadly. "But I've been looking over your books and your history and haven't found one thing about my past in them. The history here is of not a King but Two priestess. There is no Kings I could find." He was looking again at the spell. Twilight cot him this time looking at it. "You know whom is in this don't you." Shadow about fell off and looked to the ground. "Yes, She is the leader of the Cloud Clan and I was betrothed to.... By my father." "So you don't want to have her as your ball and chain." Dash said flat out. Shadow sat down with his back up on the wall as the the others glared at Dash. "Stop she is right....... I didn't want to but that's not it. If you let her out then just kiss all the love ones you have good bye. She was a mare no other mare dared look at wrong or what was hers with want." As he sat there no one said anything. It wasn't until the CMC came running in did anypony say something. "Hey girls right now isn't a good time we need to talk to Shadow and other stuff. Could you wait just a little bit and you can have him back." Rarity said to them. "Okay." They said as a group and off they when. Twilight shout the door behind them. She looked up to Shadow as he was getting up and jumped down and walked around the room. "Your not trying to leave are you?" Twilight asked. "I've already told you, I'm going to hear you out but I'll brake out of here right now if you don't put this where nopony can find it." Shadow had the spell wrapped in his old shirt. "Okay then." Twilight toke the shirt with her magic to Spike. "Spike take this some where and hide it. Not here in town but out of town where nopony will find it." Spike gave a solute and took the shirt with the spell and ran off. "Now what do you wish of me ladies?"