Traces of a Hidden Shadow

by Teotle


Hidden Shadow of the Past (part 2)

"Teotle?" Sombra asked. "Why do you think you had that flash of memory just now? Did it not feel like you were there, taking the beating yourself? Remember, Nyx had the same memories as Luna when she became Nightmare Moon."

Teotle looked up at Sombra with disbelief and said, "No, no way."

Sombra pointed a hoof at Teotle and said, "You are Shadowflame reincarnated. The thing is, however, you are only a fragment of his soul, the last good fragment."

"That's impossible." Teotle protested, but finding it difficult to believe his own words. "Why would my father allow his good part to be born again?"

"It was a small gamble, yes, but there was only one seventh of a chance that you would be the strongest among your siblings." said Sombra.

"Your father was hoping that he would be rid of you once the fighting started among his children, but as you know, that didn't happen."

"So if Shadowflame was Luna's son, in fact, that makes her my grandmother?"

"No." Sombra replied. Luna is not even related to you. She abandoned you a thousand years ago. She lost the right to call you son."

"You're wrong." Teotle argued.

"Why was your love for her not enough to make her happy?" Sombra remarked. "She does not love you enough to stop herself from striving or more. She thought of you as second best."

"Shut up!" Teotle yelled angrily.

"Teotle..." said Sombra. "I want you to know something, we're not so different, you and I."

Teotle then asked, "What?"

"You and I both can control dark magic, we both have the power to command legions, and we have a connection that you are not fully aware of. Give me the Arc, let me have its power so that i can have a body again. Together, with the power of the Arc, we can do great things. Let me be your friend, your brother, your father."

Teotle stood silent for a long time. He was stunned by what was being offered to him. It was true, Luna did betray him in the past, and she kept their history together a secret from him all this time, and yet... "I have parents." said Teotle. "Their names were Frost and Crimson Arrow. I love them, my siblings, my friends, and Luna, my grandmother. I will not let you win this fight, nor any other fight ever."

With that, the desert began to fade away, like when a person wakes up from a bad dream. Teotle snapped back into reality and looked at Nyx and Day Dreamer, who were still under Sombra's spell. He put his paws in both their heads and concentrated on channeling his spirit energy to break the spell. As time went by, their nightmares were at an end. They both got up slowly as they processed what they envisioned and what was really going on around them.

"You kids ok in there?" Applejack asked, who had noticed the sudden movement from behind the crystal wall separating her from them. "What happened?"

"It's ok, Applejack." Teotle replied. "We're free from Sombra's dark magic."

"That was messed up." Day Dreamer said. "I'm not even going to ask what you guys saw."

"We'll discuss this later." said Teotle.
Just then, they heard a boom coming from outside the building. Someone was trying to get inside Town Hall. After a few more times of hearing the noise, Teotle's brothers and sisters finally came through one of the walls.

"I told you we were missing the door." Coma snapped.

"So what?' Brimstone asked.

"It's easier to fix a door than a heavy load bearing wall." Coma answered.

"Guys?" Teotle asked, trying to listen for their voices. "How did you get here?"

"We got Scarlet's letter." Fracture replied, shoving Brimstone and Coma out of the way. "Now we're here to help." She then gave Ulcer a pat on the back and told him, "Go get em tiger."

"With pleasure." Ulcer said, raisin his wooden club and charging at the crystal barrier. He swung his club with full force and made the wall shatter to pieces. "There you go, you're free."

"Thanks buddy." Teotle said back, giving Ulcer a fist bump.

"Not so fast!" Sombra shouted still hovering in the air with the Arc in his magic. "You have not won yet! "I gave you a choice, Teotle, a choice to rule by my side. You would have been a good son, but not is the end of days and I am the reaper."

"I don't think so!' said Scarlet, signaling for Ill Heart and Empty Heart to make their move.

The twins had their daggers connected to Applebloom and Scootaloo's potato battery with metal wire to conduct all the dark magic all six of them poured into it. They jabbed at Teotle from both sides and said, "We submit." The dark magic then moved from the potato battery and into Teotle's body, allowing him to have all the power of Shadowflame.

Normally, this would cause Shadowflame to posses any of his children, but then again, Teotle had what the others never achieved. Teotle had the power to resist, and since not all of Shadowflames fragments were snide, his spirit was incomplete. Frost took the final piece to Shadowflames soul away and Crimson Arrow when he was possessing Scarlet, this gave Teotle the advantage of control over his evil self.

Teotle's body began to radiate with black fire, but it didn't burn, it just surrounded him like armor. He then took out his sword from it sheath, and swiftly swung at Sombra. He however, evaded Teotle's attack, and blasted him with magic, sending him across he room.

"Teotle!" Nyx called out in terror for her friend.

Sombra charged at Teotle and pinned him to the wall. He then used his magic to rip Teotle's bionic leg out of its socket and throw it to the ground. "You are nothing but an abandoned toy made for a princess who has out groan you." He said.

"NO!" Luna shouted, knocking Sombra to the floor, away from her grandson. "it doesn't matter if he's my son or not, I love him now as much as I did all those years ago, you wiggling worm."

Sombra tried to get to his hooves, but Teotle was quicker. He decked Sombra in his gritted teeth, forcing him back on the ground. He then
held Sombtra there and shouted to the Arc saying, "Voice command authorization requested!"

The Arc then began to resist Sombra's control by using a secret protocol that Teotle installed in it's memory. It then said, "Voice command authorized, Teotle."

"What?" Sombra asked. "No, wait!"

Teotle told the Arc, "Initiate deconstruction sequence."