The Shadow of Equestria

by Shadow96

Chapter 1: Of Cakes and Shadows

It was a beautiful night over Equestria. The moon was full, the stars shined bright. The princess could be proud of what she has done. Although not everyone could admire the sky that night. A certain brick-red earth pony, with a sword as a cutie mark, was standing on top of the walls of Castle Stonestein. And to it's most displeasure, it was raining. We could hear him, yes it was a stallion, whispering about the weather. Though I will not write what he has spoken.

It was the middle of the night and he had to patrol this goddess damned castle. He was slowly getting hungry, but he knew there wouldn't be a change till 2 o'clock. Ok. What worst could happen if he ran to the general kitchen and back. He was sure he could do it in ten seconds flat. There was a slight moment of hesitation, thoughts like, what would happen if I get caught run through his mind, but they were stopped by a growl of bis stomach. Then he ran away. At the place he just left the shadows started moving. It was quiet, just a faint hint of something giggling, which stopped slowly as one of the shadows disappeared.

The stallion was already getting to the doorknob of the kitchen, when he heard a sigh. He turned around just to see a light brown pegasus with a dark brown mane. He smiled. "Hey Cookie! Wouldn't expect you here at this hour" The brown mare looked at him with resignation in her eyes. "Shouldn't you be guarding right now. I tell you, someday you'll get it all thrown back at you. A freaking big bundle of karma. I guess you are here... For food? I'll get something ready." The stallion didn't even had time to nod, she was in the kitchen already. When he followed her in, she was serving some cake to a small table in the middle of the room. "You know Cookie, I don't know how I could have lived without you. " he said giving her a hug. They released each other and the stallion got started at eating the cake. She smiled as she saw he liked it. "Well, Cutie, you probably would have starved to death on your patrols. And I would have a lot more sweets for myself."

The Shadow stopped shortly at the kitchen door. Mhm, cake. It W
wondered when it ate cake the last time. It was probably just after Hearths and Hooves Day last year. From itself, to itself. Best present ever. It had to remember to get some cake on the way back.

After getting himself full, Cut Deep returned to his post. Nothing has happened, for the rest of his change.

Cookie stayed a while in the kitchen after Cut went out. She cleaned up after the quick cake making. She was tired, so she left some of the mess there. Ok, well, most of the mess. At least it looked 20% cleaner now. She started going to her room, but At the door of the kitchen something caught her eye. She turned around and took a good. It was the cake. Or better to say, the lack of it. Cut has left a giant piece of it lying on the table, and she was sure she didn't throw it away. Wasting food was not ok for her. But there where it should have been she observed a lack of cake. She went up to the table. Then she heard a quiet voice. "Shhhh... I'm sorry, but I have to do this." She felt a little sting at the side and then her whole world turned black.