//------------------------------// // Dark Origins // Story: A Star Reborn // by burner181 //------------------------------// As Darkness was about to begin, he suppressed a chuckle seeing how Fizzy had grabbed Tux and was holding him like a stuffed animal. Darkness leaned back against his chair. “It was a long time ago.” ========================================================================================== Darkness looked into his mirror at his new armor and clasped on his cloak. “Who would have thought I would make it this far, a Moonshadow, and the first unicorn Dreamwarden?” He collected himself and headed to the training ground for his first day of training in a new unit. Upon his arrival at the training ground he only noticed one other pony on the field, their armor more decorated, indicating an officer. He came to attention in front of them “New Moon Darkness Shield, reporting for duty.” Now that he was closer he could tell that the officer before him was a mare. The mare looked at him then at a clipboard, “Here you are, Darkness Shield, and according to the report you were given the nickname, The Black Death during a raid on the Crimson Hive, care to explain that?” Darkness leaned his head down to collect his thoughts. “We went in with six squads, prior to leaving base I had charmed everypony's armor with an emergency shield that would activate if the pony was knocked unconscious.” The mare stopped him, “The reports we have state all of that, and then say you got separated from the squads, pick it up there.” He nodded, “I was working my way back to them and I felt an emergency shield activate so I started to pick up my pace, then my blood ran cold as I felt all of the emergency shields activate one after another in quick succession.” Darkness took a deep breath to calm himself. “When I finally caught up, the changelings were waiting for the shields to deactivate before setting them up to harvest.” The mare sees him take another deep breath understanding how bad the situation was. “After coming upon the scene, my vision went red and the changelings backed away from me, and it was then that I gave into my rage and the massacre begun.” the mare looked at him and mumbles something about a blood moon. “Ok new blood, you were one pony against an entire hive, and the reports say you wiped it out and got everypony back to base.” Darkness nodded “As you might know, my squad was referred to as the Black Wall, I have yet to find an attack that could get past my shields, and during that operation I learned to utilize them in different ways, as a weapon, or platforms to carry back the wounded.” Summoning up a shield shaped like a star, he started spinning it at high speeds and launched it at a training dummy embedding it. “That was not the first time we cleared a hive, but it was the first time I had to finish an operation alone.” Finished with his personal report, he stood at attention waiting for the mare. The mare nodded and put the clipboard away “Okay that answers all my questions. I am Midnight Wave, I will be your handler for the first few years of training with the Moonshadows.” She turned around and started walking towards the training grounds motioning for him to follow which he promptly followed. From there she proceeded to teach him about the more advanced gear they will be using and the skills he will be needing. Midnight laughed as he finished up a covert ops test. “I may have been wrong in which branch you belong in, maybe you belong in the Blue Moon branch with stealth like that.” Darkness shook his head. “Not a wise decision ma’am, yes I can do it when necessary but throughout that entire op, I was feeling myself getting more and more antsy, which at points delayed my responses to certain events.” Midnight nodded “Well you know your weaknesses better then anypony else, that’s all for today. Try to get some sleep but I doubt that will be happening for a long while, Dreamwarden.” Darkness saluted, looked at the time and then headed off to meet his Dreamwarden trainer. ********************************************************************************************* Headed to the room he was told to and going inside, he stumbled as he saw who was waiting for him. “Lady Luna, I arrived as instructed, are you here to introduce me to my instructor?” She gave a slight smirk. “That is correct, I am here to introduce your instructor yes.” As the appointed time came and went, he looked over at Luna, “Shall we get to training then?” Luna pouted, “Thou aren't fun,” but nodded and lead him to an office. “How did you know I was your trainer though?” Darkness smirked, “The rest of the dreamwardens, as I have been told, are thestrals, with me being the first unicorn, so they wouldn’t know the exact entricties of how a unicorn's magic works, and you have a habit of dramatic reveals Princess.” Luna gasped, “Well I never, Thou presumes too much by accusing us of being dramatic.” Darkness rolled his eyes, “As you say Princess,” eliciting a giggle from Luna. Luna smiled and gestured to a runic circle. “First things first, we must attune you to the dream realm, then ...” ========================================================================================== As Darkness finished his story he looked down at his starry-eyed daughter, “No more stories for today sweety, maybe another time” Fizzy nodded and hugged Tux tight. “Thank you Daddy.” Darkness called, “Now to start your magic training, come along daughter,” as he headed into another room. Fizzy and Tux quickly followed after him.