//------------------------------// // Arrival of a Hero // Story: Star Bolts // by Norwegian boy //------------------------------// “Man, it’s look at this train, it looks like is going to fall apart. Who designed this?” A pegasus pony was on his was to Ponyville on the local friendship express train from Manehattan, but for almost the entire train ride he has complained about the structure of the train and it have driven the other passenger’s crazy. The pegasus had light blue fur while his tail and mane was dark blue, he was red around his eyes. But was stood out the most was his cutie mark; He then stuck his head out the window. “And this speed.” When he came back in his mane was a mess that made the kids laugh a little. “It’s so slow, it’s feels like we are never going to reach Ponyville.” Then the conductor came up to him. “Sir, you have been complained the entire trip. You are bothering the other passengers, I’m asking you to stop complaining.” The pegasus looked around the carriages and the other passengers was giving him a look that said that they were not happy, he leaned back in seat and crossed his hoofs over his chest. “Fine, I’ll shut up.” The conductor nodded with a smile. “Thank you, just so you know. We are arriving in Ponyville soon.” The stallion was happy when he heard that. “About time.” The train finally arrived in Ponyville and the peagsus stallion step out from the carriages and looked around. “It’s been a while since I have been her, better stay clear of the farm or AJ would kill me.” He headed towards town. While he was walking through town he noticed something. “Where the hell is everyone? There’s almost no pony in the street.” He was right, last time he was in Ponyville there was many ponies in the street but now, now there was almost none. “Maybe Twilight knows.” He headed towards the library. When he arrived, he could see ‘were close’ sign on the door and the curtains was closed. “What’s going on?” He walked to one of the windows to see if he could see if Twilight was home. He manged to looked through one of them and he saw Twilight, she was cutting newspaper with a scissor and hanging to article up on a blackboard. He manged to read on word and that was Shadowbolts. “What the hell is she doing.” It was pretty dark in there and he manged to get a glimpse of her and it looked like she hadn’t taken a shower in weeks. He stepped away from the window. “This is just getting creepy, what the hell is going on in this town?” He decided to find her friends. He did know where to look so he just walked throw town if he could see them, then he came over a building that read. “Sugarcube corner.” When he saw the building, he didn’t know what to do. “Do I eat it or go in?” It looked like gingerbread house to him, he decided to go in. Well inside he looked around, it looked like a normal restaurant to him. Tables, chairs and cash register. “Looks okay.” He then noticed a yellow pegasus with purple mane sitting by one of table, it was the same one that hug him two months ago. It looked like she was waiting or someone. He then decided to eavesdrop on her, he saw a newspaper lying on the table behind her. “How convenient.” He put his bag down beside the table, sat down and stared to ‘read’ the newspaper. It didn’t take long before one of them showed up, it was the white unicorn, she walked over the pegasus. “Sorry am late Fluttershy, I was working on some dresses and lost track of time.” The unicorn sat down on one of the chairs by the table. “It’s okay Rarity, I haven’t been her long.” “That’s good, where’s Pinkie?” As soon as she said the name Pinkie appeared out of nowhere, she was sitting by the table. ‘That’s not creepy at all.’ Thought the stallion behind the newspaper. “Hi girls, I just got off work. So, how are things going with you two?” Pinkie asked her friends. “I’m doing fine Pinkie, I just finished my latest dresses. I can’t wait to show them to public.” Said Rarity. “I’m also doing fine, I have been busy with my animals.” Said Fluttershy. Pinkie smiled of that. “That’s good to hear.” Then her mood dropped. “What about Applejack, Dash and Twilight? Are they still ignoring us?” That got the stallion’s attention. “I’m afraid so Pinkie, Twilight has not yet left the library. The same goes with Dash, she hasn’t left her house. I have seen her by food but that’s it. Applejack has kept on working since Falco died, and that was two month ago.” That got Falco to look over the newspaper. ‘Is she missing me that much?’ He then looked back at paper and saw something that caught his attention. “The Shadowbolts strikes again. Three days ago the pegasus group Shadowbolts terrorized the city of Canterlot, making sure that they were in control of Equestria. The royal guard just watch as the group looted the stores in the town.” Falco frowned after reading that. ‘What the hell, there’s more.’ He kept on reading. “When the press asked princess Celestia what she intend to do with the threat she said that is under control.” He couldn’t believe what he was reading. “What bullshit.” He may have said that a little too loud. Rarity looked over to Falco. “Excuse me sir, do you have to speak that kind of language?” Falco slammed the newspaper on the table. “Mind your own businesses high and prissy, I have work to do.” He grabbed his bag and walked out leaving three shook ponies. When he was outside he looked around and just as before there were almost no ponies in the streets. “As least I know the reason.” He headed towards the library. “I bet that Twilight has the info of these Shadowbolts.” When he arrived at the library he looked closer at it. “Why didn’t I see that it was tree before? Oh well.” He went over to the door and knock, Twilight didn’t answer. He knocked again. “Nopony is home.” He raised an eyebrow of that answer. “If there’s nopony in there, why did you answer?” She didn’t answer. “Listen Twilight, I know you’re in there and I’m not leaving until you open the door.” Still no answer. “I’m coming in even if I have to huff and puff the door down.” Inside the library couldn’t help but question his method. “That makes absolute no sense at all, a normal pony can’t breathe that hard. There’s no way you can’t get in that way.” “Alright then, then I will do this the hard way.” She heard something hitting the door. “Okay, my rear legs aren’t strong enough to break the door. I should remember that, then I’ll use my shoulder.” Now she heard multiple bangs against her door, she stopped what she was doing and walked over to the door. “I don’t know who you are but would you please stop whatever you are doing.” “Not until you open this door.” Twilight couldn’t help but groan. ‘Better let him in before he hurt himself.’ She used her magic to open the door, then a blue pegasus flew in and crashed with one of the bookshelf’s. He landed upside down. “Victory.” Then a book land on him. “And ouch, that hurt.” Twilight just watch as the strange stallion got up, as he did that she couldn’t help that she had seen him somewhere before. When he was up she got a better looked at him. “Have I seen you before? You look familiar.” Falco brushed the dust of him. “You should, considering you got me arrested two months ago.” “Got you arrested two months ago?” Right now, she thought that this stallion was crazy then it dawned on her. She pointed a hoof at him. “Falco Lombardi, you are Falco Lombardi.” He bowed. “The one and only.” “That’s impossible, princess Luna said that you sacrifice yourself to save Canterlot, you can’t be alive. It’s not possible.” “What do you want me to say? That I came back because of magic? I don’t how I am alive. Look, that’s not why I am here, I’m here because I was hoping you know something about the Shadowbolts. When I was before I saw that you were hanging an article on a blackboard that read Shadowbolts, do you have any information about them?” “Not much.” She walked over to the blackboard and Falco followed her. “The only thing I know about them is that they are pegasus, they are wearing some kind of costume and that they appeared four weeks ago.” “You are right, that’s not much.” Then he felt Twilight poking him with her hoof. “May I ask what the hell you are doing?” “I just want to make sure that you are real.” He swapped away her hoof. “Well I am, what do I have to prove that I am real?” “What happened the first time I saw you?” She asked him. “The yellow pegasus, who names are Fluttershy hug me. And then I yell at her, are you happy now?” She nodded. “Not really, but you are Falco that’s for sure.” He couldn’t help but rolled his eyes. “That’s great, now that we have confirmed that I’m alive. Mind telling what happened after I died.” Twilight stared explained. “After you took down the enemy ship princess Celestia put an arrest order on princess Luna…” Falco cut her off. “Wait a minute, are you telling me that Celestia is trying to arrest her little sister?” Twilight just nodded. “What the hell is wrong with her?” “I don’t know, when I heard that I decide to stop being her student. After that she salvages what was left of the enemy ship, she even took the drone that Dash crashed into, I didn’t have time to study it probably.” “What about my ship? Did she fine my Arwing.” He asked. “I’m not sure but I don’t think so.” He nodded. “That’s good to hear.” He then tried to read the news article on the blackboard but it was difficult, it was pretty dark in the library. “I can’t read these articles, it’s too dark.” He went over to one of the windows. “I need light.” “No, wait.” It was too late, Falco pulled away the curtains. “That’s better, let there be light.” He turned around. “Now, back to the articles. Holy shit.” Now that he could see better he could see Twilight better. Her mane and tail was a mess and so was het fur, she had bags under her eyes but what stood out the most was her horn. It was broken in half, he could only see the base of it. “Twilight, what the hell happened to your horn?” “Ponyville was the first town these Shadowbolts attack, when they arrived they said that Equestria and this town belongs to their master, this didn’t Rainbow like so she attacked their leader. But she was faster than Rainbow and manged pin her to the ground, that made me so angry that I fire a beam at their leader, that was a mistake.” “The beam just bounced right off her, then somepony pin me to the ground. I tried to use my magic to get lose put the pony the was holding me keep pressure on my ribs so I couldn’t use my magic, then their leader punched Rainbow in the face knocking her out. She then walked over to me and said; ‘Equestria belongs to our master.’ Then she stepped on my horn so hard that it snapped off, the pain was too much so I passed out.” “When I woke up my friends had carried me inside except Rainbow, they told me after her defeat by the Shadowbolts leader she flew home and hasn’t come out since.” Falco couldn’t believe what he was hearing, Celestia has gone mad and are trying to arrest her sister, there’s a new threat to Equestria called the Shadowbolts and they are theorize the ponies who lives in the land. Then they broke the horn off a unicorn and humiliated Rainbow Dash. He stared to walked towards the door. “Where are you going?” She asked him. “I’m going to form a team and I’m going to stop the Shadowbolts but first I’m going to talk to Applejack.”