Shadows of the Bloodmoon

by Shadowcorn

Chapter 7: Collision

“And? How was it?“, Spike asked when the Mane Six arrived in Twilights Castle.

“Huh. Not good.“, Twilight sighed.

“We basicly had him. Well almost. But this coward just had to run away. I can’t believe he really fought against the royal guards of the Chrystal Empire!“, Rainbow Dash said angered.

“I don’t think it was the same intruder from the Chrystal Empire.“, Twilight said.

Everypony looked at her. Twilight turned her head around towards her friends completly.

“What do ya mean? He did know the darkness spell and the ice-spell, didn’t he?“, Applejack said.

“Exactly. That’s why I think our enemy is some kind of gang, a cult or even a secret society. All three-“

“Wait a second: Three? Why do you think there are three, Darling?“

“Well at first it may seems a bit unclear. All three of them could use the darkness spell and at least two of them the ice-spell. But all of them have their diffrences, too: After the summon Cadance told me that her intruder, intruder 1, was as big as a normal pony. Our intruder, intruder 2, was nearly as big as Princess Celestia. I didn’t see any hight of the ‘shadow creature‘ in the night of the KE-insidence. But the ‘shadow creature‘ had red glowing eyes. No one of the intruders had some. Also everyone of them acted diffrently: The ‘shadow creature‘ moved with a mist and used its darkness immediatly after it was discovered. Intruder 1 fought before using the darkness. And intruder 2 escaped but didn’t use the darkness until we alicorns arrived. That’s evidence for more than two enemies. But I still can’t quite figure out their plan.“

“Do you have any idea?“, Fluttershy asked.

“Yes. I have a feeling. And since it was correct last time I will listen to what it says.“

“So what’s your plan?“, Spike asked.

“We will do a slumber party.“, Twilight answered with a self-confident facial expressions while the others looked at her confused.

It was night. A silent night. Only an owl sat on a tree branch. In the moonlight you could see a figure walking towards the tree castle. Under its hooves their was a dark mist absorbing every noise. The figure looked around. No pony was their. Then the horn of the figure glew. A hole opened itself in the wall and closed itself again after the figure entered the castle.The figure looked around again. And again no pony was to be seen. The intruder began walking down the floors looking for someone or something. While doing so he or she looked around as if he or she felt being watched. Finally she looked into a room and entered it. In the room their were big book shelfs. The intruder smiled. He went to the book shelf next to him or her and started reading the titels of the books. After two hours he found a book and put it into his bag. But when he started to continue his or her search he or she heard a voice behind him or her:

“I’m sorry but I’m afraid your book license expired. Please put it back. And afterwards please stand down and follow us quietly.“

The figure stand their stiff as a poker. Slowly he turned around. In front of him there were three ponys, an alicorn with a glowing horn, a unicorn and a soft looking pegasus. The figure looked around. Then his horn glew dark. Suddendly a beam hit the top of his horn and created a pink magical ball around it. The ball stopped the darkness from extending.

“No darkness this time!“, the alicorn called out and jumped towards the intruder in order to get him.

But the intruder jumped out of her way escaping into the corridor. Magical energy charges came out of the top of his horn.

“He tries to destroy the magical ball! Get him! Quick!“, the alicorn shouted out to the other ponys.

The three followed him. The figure ran around a corner. The three after him. Suddendly there was a light. The figure managed to destroy the ball. His horn glew dark again. Suddendly a pink pony appeard next to him and said:

“Hi, I‘m Pinkie Pie if you didn’t know it already. And I have a super important question for you: What are you doing?“

Starteled from Pinkie Pie the intruder jumped into the next room.

“Perfect. Now we have him. Everything goes according to plan.“, the alicorn said with a smile.

The intruder realized the same thing. He ran through the huge room, away from the door towards another door. Suddendly he heard something. It sounded like quick flying. A pony with a cowboy head landed before him with his back hooves towards him and angeled.

In the Chrystal Empire Guarding Filly did a round. When she passed the medic station she noticed something: Flash Sentry had awaken. Happily Guarding Filly entered the room.

“Sir! Are you okay again?“

“A bit shaky on the hooves but that’s not important! I have to speak to the princess and prince immediatly! I have important information about the identity of our enemy!“

“No going further here.“, the pony with the cowboyhut said and kicked the intruder against his chin.

The intruder was thrown back but did a role in the air to land on his hooves. He rose his horn again. But this time he didn’t mange to activate his spell. A blue pegasus landed in front of him and punched him in the face. He reeled backwards. When the world around him began stabalizing again he noticed that he was surrounded. But this time he didn’t even try to use his black light but used a magical blast instead.

“You asked for us?“, Cadance asked.

“Yes, your majesty! We have to stop every fighting and pursuit of the intruder immediatly!“, Flash Sentry called out in panic.

The intruder got tackeled by the blue pegasus.

“Why?“, Cadance asked confused.

The intruder got up again. Suddendly he noticed how the earth pony with the cowboy head had a piece of his cape between her teeth.

“That’s because of the intruder himself!“, Flash continued telling to the royal coupple.

“Well, it’s time to see who or what is under this.“, the alicorn said.

The cowboy pony pulled away the cape.

“And the intruder is a…“, the alicorn started.

“The intruder is…“, Flash Sentry began.

The eyes of everypony wided themself when they saw what was behind the cape. Everypony shouted out confused and suprised:

“…AN ALICORN!“

“IMPOSSIBLE!“, both the ponys present in Ponyville and the Chrystal Empire shouted out.

The intruder used the confusion to blast a hole into the wall behind him and to jump outside afterwards. But to his misfortune he found himself surrounded by the Canterlot Royal Guard and the two princesses. They were suprised to see a yellow male alicorn without mane or Cutie Mark, too. Some of them looked confused to the princesses who hesitated for a short time. Then Princess Celestia called out for the intruder:

“Who ever you are: You are under arrest! Stand down or we are forced to force you to stand down!“

The Mane Six arrived in front of the castle. Afraid the alicorn turned around with wide opened eyes. Every speer was pointed towards him. They began closing in. But then, suddendly something even more unbelievable happened: A tunnel made out of light opened itself out of thin air above the alicorn. It glew nearly as bright as a star.

“The mysterious light!“, Twilight thought.

Something dark felt out of the tunnel on the yellow alicorn. Dark mist softed out of the middle when the thing hit the ground. The ponys present looked at a mountain made out of a dark mist. Suddendly something consisting out of mist seperated itself from the mountain and formed a big head of a unicorn. After it stopped forming a pair of red eyes began glowing and a dark voice said:

“Ponys, listen to me! I am Shadowcorn! I will warn you only this one time: Don’t you dare continue standing in our way! Or we will have to clear said way!“

“Big words for a pony hiding behind a mist!“, Rainbow Dash called out.

An ice-beam came out of the mist and froze her.

“I don’t care who you are! You are under arrest, too! Surrender! Now!“, Prinzessin Luna shouted.

Every unicorn guard and all the princesses shot with magical blasts at the mist but they went through it and exit it on the other side.

“As you wish. Feel my power.“, Shadowcorn said.

His horn glew dark blue. A big ball came out of the top of his horn. It floded in the air above Shadowcorn. For a moment nothing happend. Then suddendly hundreds of magical blasts came out of the ball bombarding the ponys present. With every blast the ball became smaller until it vanished completly after a minute. The entire royal guard, the princesses and the Mane Six laid on the ground defeated. They weren’t hit by the blasts themself but they were powerful enough to create explosions throwing them around like a playball. Only Celestia managed to raise her head.

“That was just a small piece of my power. I hope you learned your lesson. The bloodmoon will rise in three days. Don’t you dare trying to interfere into our justified revenge.“, Shadowcorn threatened them.

The mountain made out of mist jumped into the tunnel which closed itself afterwards.