//------------------------------// // Chapter 26: Midnight Confessions // Story: The Tale Of Shadow // by Enigmatic Brony //------------------------------// Chapter 26: Midnight time Confessions We have been travelling for roughly 10 hours now and the sun has gone to sleep and Princess Luna has taken her role of the day. The stars seemed to be much brighter in Cairncross than they were in PonyVille and the moon looked larger as well. We decided that Cairncross was the perfect little village to set up camp for the night. Applejack began unload her sleeping bag along with Dash’s and Vinyl Scratch decided to unpack hers as well and so did I. “Okay Sleeping bag unpacked” I say out loud looking at my unpacked sleeping bag “Some here” Says Vinyl “Hey Applejack would you mind hurrying up” yawns Dash “You know you’d be done faster if you actually did it yourself” says Applejack trying to unpack Dash’s sleeping bag “Agh, Im to tied to do it” Says Dash will releasing a massive yawn “You’re always tired” Remarks Applejack “Enough you two” I say before Dash was about to say something that probably would tick off Applejack, “Okay im going to get some fire wood…so you two play nice” “I’ll help you with that” says Vinyl trotting after me We venture into the woods on search for sizeable logs or sticks to use for the fire. “So Shadow, What did you and the fortune teller talk about?” ask Vinyl while looking around for wood “Nothing much” I lie trying to avoid eye contact with Vinyl “Come on I know it wasn’t nothing” smiles Vinyl “I really don’t wanna talk about it right now” I say trying to avoid this conversation “Shadow, you know they say it’s better to get something of your chest before it builds up inside and you just won’t tell any pony” says Vinyl more persistent then ever “There’s just no hope of dropping this subject is there” I smile to Vinyl “Nope, it’s the only way to find out what some ponies are hiding” Vinyl smiles back “How about I make a promise” “What kind of promise” says Vinyl with an interested look on her face “How about when we finish collecting some wood I promise to tell every pony what the fortune teller said” I say picking up a log of wood “Alright, Im going to hold you to that promise” We finish collecting the wood and head back to the camp site “We found some wood you guy” I say as I drop the wood in a pile on the floor “Finally it was getting cold out here” shivers Dash even though she is all covered up in her sleeping bag “I see you finally got your sleeping bag” I joke “Yeah no help from Rainbow Dash” remarks Applejack “Alright how about we get this fire started” I say walking over to the pile of logs, “Um… Okay how do you do this first” “Shadow you don’t know how to light a fire?” laughs Applejack “Nope never learned how to” I say “Here let me help” says Vinyl Vinyl’s horn begins to light up as with a purple aura and I hear the fire begin to crackle “And that’s how it’s done” says Vinyl “How did you do that” I say impressed by Vinyl “Just something I learnt along my travels” Boasts Vinyl “Agh” moans Dash getting closer to the fire “Now Shadow didn’t you have something you wanted to tell us” says Vinyl forcing me to confess what the fortune teller told me “Yeah I did didn’t I, Thanks for reminding me Vinyl” I say with a sarcastic look on my face “Thank me later” smiles Vinyl knowing exactly what she’s done “So what is it Shadow” says Dash interested all of a sudden “Well you guys know how I was talking to the fortune teller all alone this morning” I say noticing all the faces looking directly at me interested in each word I was about to say, “Well it seems we may have a little problem back at PonyVille” “What kind of little?” exclaims Applejack, “The kind of little, when Big Mac forgets to buck an apple tree?” “Or the kind of little were a Pegasus forgets a rain cloud?” adds Dash “Okay maybe a bigger problem than that” I say screwing up my face, “Well you see….” I take a minute to look around at each ponies face before I continue “Well… In a couple of days PonyVille is going to be under attack” I say waiting to be ambushed by millions of questions “What?” says Dash in shock “Are you saying that every pony in PonyVille is in danger” adds Applejack also in shock “Why didn’t you tell us when the fortune teller told you?” also adds Vinyl “Well that’s the thing the fortune teller told me that if we go back we won’t be able to save PonyVille” I say with a sad tone as I lower my head towards the ground, “She showed me the future of Equestria if we don’t stay away from PonyVille for a couple of days” “Why should we stay back…we need to go back and help any pony we can” says Dash sadly “You know I would but we just can’t, I have my Fiancé Rarity back in PonyVille…you think I haven’t questioned going back just to spend some more time together…But if we go back the whole of Equestria will be doomed” “So what are we going to do” says Vinyl with placing a hoof on my shoulder “Were going to go to New Yorke, get the dress, head back and save PonyVille” I say looking back up I notice Applejack beginning to pack up her stuff “Hey Applejack what are you doing?” I yell “Im going back to save PonyVille” she says stuffing her sleeping bag into her saddle bag “We can’t go back, not yet anyway” I say walking over to Applejack “Yeah, You might not be able to head back, but I sure as apples am” says Applejack strapping her bag to herself, “I gotta farm to help save” “Applejack wait” I yell The next thing we knew Applejack was racing back to PonyVille, hoping to save whatever acre she could. “Now who’s going to help me with my sleeping bag” huffs Dash “I don’t know” I say softly, “Well Applejacks gone, anyone else feel that they have to head back to PonyVille…if so speak now” “Shadow I trust that you are doing the right thing for everyone in Equestria” comforts Vinyl “what about you Dash?” I say looking at Dash I notice Dash fast asleep in her sleeping bag snoring like a baby “I guess she’s staying” I smile, “Hey Vinyl, We better get some sleep…It’s going to be a long day tomorrow” “Yeah it sure is” says Vinyl walking off to her sleeping bag I walk over to my sleeping bag and get inside of it and zip it up “Goodnight Shadow” Yawns Vinyl “Yeah goodnight Vinyl” I yawn ‘I hope Applejack knows what she’s doing and doesn’t get herself killed’ I think to myself I hear everything go quite except the rustling of the trees and the calls of the nocturnal birds…well until I hear Rainbow Dash do a massive snore.