The Dragon's Abyss

by DarklordAxel20

The Arrival

In the Center of Ponyville

It was a seemingly normal day for princess Twilight Sparkle, she spent time with her friends, went to the market, and even found a little time for herself, sure things were different ever since she became a princess, ponies often tried to give her the royal treatment no matter how much she detested it, yet she still managed as if she were a normal pony. After doing her daily routine, Twilight likes to stop and eat, today it was just her and her number one assistant, Spike, Twilight was enjoying a nice dandelion sandwich while Spike chose to eat some gems he brought with him. " Wow Twilight, today has been real peaceful, you only had to talk two ponies out of not giving you the royal treatment," his statement made her blush slightly, which in turn made the young dragon chuckle slightly.

Twilight, still blushing from slight embarrassment, turned her head away slightly from her adoptive brother, " Well, I can't help that I'd rather be treated like a normal pony than as a princess," she stated, What she said was indeed true, Twilight wasn't very fond of how her new "subjects" treated her, she was much more comfortable with just being plain old Twilight Sparkle, but this new life did have as many ups as it did downs, " Anyway Spike, since we've done everything for today I think we should start planning tomorrows schedule as soon as we get home," Spike couldn't help but groan, he didn't exactly like planning things out, he preferred letting things happen as they do instead of planning out each and every little event, but living with Twilight, he didn't exactly have a say in the matter. Twilight was about to start talking again when screams from near by filled her ears, " Scratch that Spike, sounds like trouble," Spike thanked Faust on the inside, whatever it was that was going on had just saved him from another night of tedious schedule planning.

Several ponies screamed and fled as the slightly injured dragon walked into Ponyvile, he wasn't large for dragon standards, but he didn't exactly look friendly, in fact the first pony that had attempted to speak to him received some form of threat. He growled out of annoyance as the ponies fled, " Fools, all of them," he grunts as he grabbed his injured side, it dripped blood and looked burnt. He was slightly surprised to see a pony running towards him for a change, " Well this is interesting," his attention had mostly turned towards the young dragon that sat on her back.

Upon hearing the screams, Twilight put Spike on her and ran as fast as her legs would take her as she ran towards the source of the screams. She arrived to see an empty street which confused her greatly, " What the hay is going on, just a second ago there were screams all over, and now there's not a soul to be seen," she said. Spike began to shake nervously and tapped Twilight on the back of the head and point, " What is it Spike I'm.....looking....oh," just a few yards away from her stood a dragon like creature that stood just as tall as princess Celestia, his skin was as black as charcoal, is eyes were as red as the very blood that poured out of his side, one of the strangest features on him were his horns, he had two on the back of his head, yes that seemed normal for dragon standards, but then there was a third horn that sat above his eyes in the middle like that of a unicorns. " Sweet Celestia, what am i looking at, he looks like a dragon, but hes much to small, and I don't think I've ever seen a dragon with features like those ," as she stayed stuck in her thoughts the dragon in question was slowly walking towards her, despite how desperately Spike was attempting to get her attention.

It didn't long for the dragon to reach Twilight, he easily towered over here despite being hunched over slightly in pain, " And who are you," he said in a slightly cold tone. She audibly gulped from the slight scare he gave her, he on the other hoof was looking her over very thoroughly, " Your an alicorn, how surprising....," he could feel anger welling up inside of him, but it was quickly replaced by pain as it shot through his entire body, he grudgingly looking at the bleeding spot on his side which he did his best to cover up with his wing.

The expression on Twilight's face quickly turned from fear into that of concern as she eyed his wound, whatever did that to him must have wanted him gone, " A..are you alright sir," she asked cautiously.

He looked slightly taken aback by her question, since he had woken up she was the first pony to not only not flee from him or try to attack him, but also to ask if he was OK, " I'm.....I do not know, this injury pains me greatly...ngh," he did his best to not show how much pain he was really in, but to no avail.

Twilight didn't hesitate in grabbing the dragons clawed foot with her hoof as she tried to lead him to her home, " Please come this way mister??," she realized she didn't know his name yet, and thought now would be a better time than any.

He wasted no time in answering, " Shade, Midnight Shade," he didn't say anything other than his name before going silent.

" Alright Shade, please come this way, I'll tend to that wound, perhaps there's a spell I can use...cause after everyponies reaction to you just a bit ago, I don't think the hospital would be the best place to take you, now hurry, before it gets infected," she tried her best to remain her calm demeanor by making small talk, this however proved pointless due to after saying his name, Shade would not speak another word. It wasn't until they reached the castle entrance that Twilight attempted talking to him again, " I know this isn't exactly time to ask this, but what are you,".

She honestly didn't expect him to speak, but much to her surprise, he did, " I guess it's only fair I tell you, but first, get me inside," Twilight nodded and led him inside to a guess room where he climbed into bed and laid on his uninjured side.

As soon as he laid down she had went to searching through a book for healing spell," OK Shade, as soon as i start fixing you up i want you to explain who and what you are," she had quickly found a healing spell and combined that with her knowledge of first aid procedures, and began to work on healing his wound to the best of her ability.

Deep inside Shade was feeling rather angry at the fact an alicorn, the very thing that encased him in crystal, was tending to the wounds he got during his escape, but the anger soon left him as he began to lose himself in thought. He was slowly remembering how exactly he got the injury, he knew he had gotten it after being freed, but the rest was a blur after that.

Shade was getting closer and closer to the very ponies that found him, his eyes were still glowing that eerie blood red color, " I'll make this fast," he took a deep breath before spewing searing hot flames at the ponies, despite the fact Shining Armor's best attempt to shield them with a magical barrier, it proved pointless, as the stream of fire ripped right through the barrier, impacting the ground in front of the ponies, and erupting into a plume of searing hot flames.

Shining looked at the eruption as it cleared, and where a crowd of ponies once stood, was nothing but ash and scorched earth. Shining Armor could only look in horror at the heinous act, " How....how could you..YOU MONSTER!!!," he turned towards Shade, lowered his head and charged at him in a valiant effort to attack him. Although his attempt was in vain, as he was was only a foot away, he brushed aside by a swift smack from shades tail, knocking him to the ground with a loud thud.

After knocking Shining Armor to the ground, Shade turned towards the downed stallion and began to make his way towards him while chuckling, " I commend you on your bravery, but as it's always been, the brave ones always go down the fastest,". He let out a low growl as he reached him, " Don't worry, this will be as quick and painless as it was for those poor unfortunate souls, or perhaps, I'll make it slow and agonizing, it all depends," he make a short pause as he lifted his clawed foot into the air, " It all depends on my mood!!!!!!," he brought his foot down on the downed stallions leg, resulting in a loud snap. Shining Armor wanted to scream but when he opened his mouth to scream, nothing came out, Shade saw this and looked displeased, " No cries for mercy, pity," He made a swift turn, slamming his tail into the side of Shining's face in the process, knocking the prince unconscious. Shade turned back towards the unconscious stallion, he raised his claw into the air once more as he prepared to finish off, but before he could a bolt of magic passed by his head, " More pest,". He turned around to see that he was surrounded by guards, " It won't be like last time, besides, you don't have that infernal chain, your as harmless as infants to me," his eyes began to glow brighter along with his horn which had also began to glow a red aura, " Die,".

Princess Cadence had been looking at the mines from her castle balcony, she worried for her husbands safety whenever he went out,he was a brave and strong pony, but he could be reckless at times, "Shining, I just hope your OK,". As she was overlooking the location of the mines, a bright flash followed by an explosion occurred right where Shining was supposed to be, " Oh no!...Shining," she spread her wings, hopped over the balcony railing, and took flight towards the source of the explosion.

Shade looked around to see if any more guards were left before looking down at the still unconscious Shining Armor, " Feel privileged, I Spared you a quick death by shielding you from the explosion I caused, I could have just as easily blown you to pieces like I did those pest,". He stared at the unconscious body at his feet before swatting it away in disgust with his tail, " So fragile yet at the same time you never want to die...I'll spare you this time, just don't ever get in my way agi- AGH!!!," he was cut off mid sentence when he felt something stab into his side.

He looked to his side to see a pink alicorn with her horn impaled into him, " How dare you!!!," she charged up the magic in her horn with the intent to destroy the fiend that attacked her husband, " Disappear monster!!!!,". She fired the magical blast right into his impaled side, scorching the outer skin and launching him into a pile of stones, " Serves you right, beast," she exhaled before trotting over to her downed husband.

Upon being blown into the pile of stones, Shade placed his foot on is injury only to see blood pouring out, he began breathing deeply and growing as he tossed each and every stone off his body in one motion. He wanted to fight back and make this princess suffer, but he couldn't risk another injury, " This, is not over," he spread his wings, took off running as best as he could with his injured side and took off into the air before eventually leaving the princess of love's sight.

It wasn't until Twilight nudged his shoulder to get his attention, that he was stuck in thought, " Um, Shade, are you alright, I asked you a question,". He stared at the princess for a moment before nodding, " Good, I thought you were in pain, now as I was saying before, I want you to tell me who and what you are, if that's OK with you," she waited for him to reply, he was silent for a minute before finally speaking.

" As I told you before, my name is Midnight Shade, I.....I am a dragon and unicorn hybrid, a crossbreed to some others, I was born to a farmer are who had an affair with a dragon as it was passing by her hometown on the annual dragon migration," he did his best not to tell her the whole truth, while still giving her his honest answer. Twilight had a fascinated look on her face, she always wondered if ponies and dragons could have offspring, ever since Spike first developed his crush on Rarity. " Upon being hatched I lived a rather normal life for living on a farm, of course there was the occasional pony calling me an abomination, it wasn't until I was a young foal that I learned of my magical powers, I started small, the basic spells, as I grew I moved on from my small farmland home and moved onto bigger lands, and as i grew, so did my magical prowess, I started developing spells of my own, I also delved into other arts, such as science, and alchemy,".

This is what peaked Twilight's curiosity about Shade, " You created spells?!, fascinating, and you say your a scientist and alchemist,", she couldn't help but smile, for once there was another pony, well not exactly a pony, but still another pony that shared interest with her.

Shade looked beyond Twilight, past the open door out of the room, and eyed multiple bookshelves in the hallway of the castle, it reminded him of the bookshelves he had in his old home, " I'm also a prominent reader as well, why I remember in my old home I had a library so large it was twice the size of my own living space," despite the fact it was an alicorn he was speaking too, the one race of ponies he had vowed to destroy while he was imprisoned, something about the princess before him peaked his interest, there was something about her that made him not want to destroy her.

Twilight however thought something else about the dragon she had patched up, " You may be the most amazing pony to every wander into Ponyville, I am princess Twilight Sparkle, and it is a pleasure to meet you," Twilight heard somepony laughing behind her, she turned to see Spike sitting in the door way, snickering at Twilight, " Please pardon me for one moment Shade,". She went over to Spike, picked him up with her magic and carried him out into the hall and shut the door behind them, " What do you think your doing Spike, what did i tell you about eavesdropping?!,".

Spike could tell that Twilight was peeved but he was still laughing to much to react properly, it wasn't till Twilight dropped him out of her magical grip that he stopped laughing. " OK, sheesh I'm sorry, it's just that's really funny,".

She didn't exactly understand what Spike found so funny, " What are you talking about, what's funny," she was slightly irritated at this point.

" You honestly don't know, oh cmon Twilight, hes basically another you, both really good at magic both like different studies, and both of you are total nerds when it comes to books, I also think you got a crush on him," he began snickering again much to Twilight's dismay.

Twilight however was now blushing at this point, " Wha?!?, thats...thats not true Spike, besides I only just met him, and so what if he has things in common with me, it just means I finally have someone like myself to talk with and this might even possibly help me further understand new forms of magic,". The more she spoke about Shade the more toned out she seemed as if she were getting lost in thought, only to be snapped right out of it by the sound of Spike's laughing. She got frustrated again before thinking of something quickly, " Well Spike, I thought you'd be really interested in him, not only is he a dragon that could teach you more about being a dragon, but hes also a dragon and unicorn hybrid, meaning," Spike ws furiously blushing as he put his hand over Twilight's mouth to silence her.

" Don't say it out loud, what if somepony is listening, and fine you win hes an interesting dragon..pony...thing..guy...hes interesting OK," now it was Twilight's turn to chuckle, which made Spike blush even more.

" Well romeo, why don't we go back in there and get more acquainted with our guest, who knows, he might stick around," Spike gave a quick nod and walked towards the door with Twilight. They were about to enter the room when Spike burped up a scroll, " A letter, whose it from," She picked the note up and looked at the stamp on it, " It's from the Crystal empire, It's more than likely a note from Cadence and my big brother," She opened up the letter with excitement, similar to that of a filly or foal opening a gift on hearth's warming eve, but when she read the letter, her eyes widened, and her mouth hung open in shock.

Author's Note:

Hey there ladies and gentlecolts, I hope you enjoy this new chapter, I had a bit difficulty, I had originally intended on releasing this yesterday along with the first chapter, but technical difficulties occurred and it all got deleted, so I had to rewrite the whole thing. Anyway, I appreciate any positive feedback you guys and gals give, I really love that everyone is enjoying it so far. Thanks everyone a bunch and I'll see you all next chapter

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[ShadowEonEclipseChaos]

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PLEASE!

[DarklordAxel20]

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You've got it, I'm in the middle of the next chapter already . sorry about replying later than I should have, I was unable to get on when you posted this reply, but I will be putting the next chapter out, before the end of the day hopefully.

[ShadowEonEclipseChaos]

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A thousand & One thanks

[DarklordAxel20]

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You are quite welcome.