//------------------------------// // Chapter 13: The Shadow Invasion: Part 3 // Story: Spiders and Loyalty: Maximum Shadows // by Alvaxerox //------------------------------// Canterlot City has now become a city of shadows. A kingdom. An empire. Everyone has been turned into the Nightmare Pony of Shadows's personal army. Every hero, villain, man, woman, child and animal in the city. But before the Nightmare Pony of Shadows takes his Shadows across the rest of Earth, he still wants revenge on Rainbow Dash and Spider-Tsundere for destroying his original twin from he was clone from back in limbo. Then he will go to Equestria and take his revenge on Princess Twilight Sparkle's friends and the Pillers for banishing his twin back into limbo. Especially Stygian. He sent his shadow forces with him to find the girls responsible and finally destroy them. So many shadows were all over the city. Wolf Spider, Rainbow Dash and Spider-Tsundere were in hiding to make sure they don't get spotted by the shadows. They were injured, weak, and depressed, Wolf Spider and Rainbow Dash won't give up on saving the city. But Spider-Tsundere is trying to be hopeful but she feels despair is taking over her emotions. Rainbow Dash quickly stop by her house to save her pet turtle Tank to brought a backpack to keep him safe in. Later, the 3 remaining heroes retreated to the sewers to avoid detection. But then Spider-Tsundere's phone rang. She noticed it looked to see who's calling. It was Celestia. "Hello... Principal- ugh, i mean Celestia?" She said. "Isabelle... Hurry... My house... I need your help..." The signal in the phone was weak. "Guys if looks like we're going to Celestia's house. She's our help." Spider-Tsundere said. "Okay. But we better hurry." Wolf Spider said. As they were walking to the closer to an exit of the sewers where it was safe. They were ambushed by Shadow Twilight Sparkle and she blasted them out if the sewers. They fell to the ground, and as they got up. The Nightmare Pony of Shadows appeared in front of them, laughing maniacally. "Spider-Tsundere... So predictable..." He said. "How did you find us." Spider-Tsundere asked. "Tira Stars is one of us. She knows everything about you... Isabelle Parker. And Applejack, Sunset Shimmer and even Twilight Sparkle a d her student knows too much about you Rainbow Dash, you may not be the one from Equestria, but you still share the same fate as her." The Nightmare Pony of Shadows said. "The darkness allows me to sense magic from a far distance. I would've let my forces bring you in, but I wanted to deal with you myself. The night may not last forever but that can arranged. The space stone has powered the darkness inside of me. Enhancing my power beyond Equestrian limits. Behold!" The nightmare pony of shadows shot his horn at the sky, covering it with a dark cloud that spread all over Canterlot City. "I now rule a city of everlasting darkness, an eternal night. With the moon as the only exception for light." The nightmare Pony of Shadows said as he laughs maniacally. "You'll never take us as Shadows!" Rainbow Dash said. The Nightmare Pony of Shadows maniacally laugh even more at what Rainbow Dash said to him. "The darkness and I have no intentions of spreading the shadows to you and Spider-Tsundere. Wolf Spider on the other hand, of course we will. But not you two." He said. "You destroy my twin, the Pony of Shadows. So we will utterly destroy you two!" He changed at the 3 heroes and Wolf Spider, Rainbow Dash and Spider-Tsundere went flying over the street and fell onto the sidewalk. "We're not letting you win!" Spider-Tsundere said. "Please... Let us... you Deluded humans..." The Nightmare Pony of Shadows said as he glows his horn and opened space portals teleporting his shadows to him. "You and your pathetic species lost this war before we even arrived on your realm. Revenge is all so satisfying." The shadows attacked Wolf Spider, Rainbow Dash and Spider-Tsundere. "Someone is feeling confident." Rainbow Dash said. "We won't let you win!" Spider-Tsundere said. "You fail this city. You failed your parents and after we're done with you... We will take over your home city next!" One of the shadows said. "No. I won't let you corrupt Neo-Tech City!" Spider-Tsundere said. But she was getting beaten after being thrown at a car and fell to the ground. "Tsundere!" Wolf Spider said as he rushed over to help her. But the other shadows stopped him and pinned him down. Rainbow Dash tried to get to her but she piled on by the shadows. One of the shadows slammed Spider-Tsundere to the ground and picked her up and held her in front of the shadow pony. "You never stood a chance Spider-Tsu- aaahhhkkk!" The Nightmare Pony of shadows was attacked by an impact web. And then one of shadows got hit by a girl in a pink soft suit as she kicks them. "Get down!" The girl said. The 3 heroes got down to the ground as the girl levitated the Shadows up in the air and slam them down to the ground. Spider-Tsundere looked up at the girl in the pink suit. She had a white spider emblem on her chest. Rainbow Dash and Wolf Spider easily remembered who she was. "Twilight!" They said. "Alright the Spider-Girl is back!" "Wait so that's the Spider-Girl everyone keeps refering me to?" Spider-Tsundere said. "We'll ask questions later. Right now come with me if you want to live." Spider-Girl said. "Principal Celestia told me to find you 3 and bring you to her house in case you got ambushed." "Let's go girls!" Wolf Spider said. As Spider-Girl ponied up and levitated the 3 heroes with her magic, the Nightmare Pony of Shadows got up and saw them escaping. He growled in anger. "No! THEY'RE OURS!" The nightmare pony of Shadows shot dark magic in the air, but Wolf Spider got off the magic trail to stop the magic blast. "Midnight, what are you doing?" "Buying you some time! I'll catch up and meet you at Principal Celestia's house. Now go!" Wolf Spider said. Spider-Girl took Rainbow Dash and Spider-Tsundere away from the shadows as Wolf Spider stays behind to hold them off. Later... The girls made it to the house that Celestia and her sister Luna lives in. They opened the door. And they see a shadow carrying ice cream. "Ahhh! Shadow monster!" "No! Not a shadow! Not a shadow!" "Celestia!" Spider-Tsundere said a she took off her mask and ran to Celestia. "Isabelle!" Celestia said as she ran to they both have each other a hug. "So I'm guessing Principal Celestia knows this... Young kid." Spider-Girl said as she tool off your mask. "You missed a lot New York girl." Rainbow Dash said. "Thank goodness the shadows didn't got you. I thought you didn't received my message. And I see you met one of my students I told you about." Celestia said. "Isabelle, this is Twilight Sparkle, also known as, Spider-Girl. And Twilight, meet Isabelle Parker, AKA... Spider-Tsundere." "Isabelle... Parker?" Twilight noticed Isabelle's last name was the same as her boyfriend's. "No relations to Peter Parker." Rainbow Dash said. "So don't worry." "You really are Spider-Girl." Isabelle said. "And you look... Like the same age as Applebloom and her friends." "But I'm 13." Isabelle said. "Well it's nice to meet you Isabelle." Twilight said. "Principal Celestia told me all about you and that she needed my help back in Canterlot City against this... Shadow invasion. So I'm here to help. I also heard that other me is here, including Starlight Glimmer." "They both got infected by the Nightmare Pony of Shadows." Rainbow Dash said. "Yeah. And... He also infected all my friends... And my family." Isabelle said. "What happened?" Twilight asked. "It's like long story. But I'll make it short." Rainbow Dash said a she explains Isabelle and Celestia working on a shadow substance, Celestia getting suspended from CHS by Cinch, the Pony of shadows sending a beacon to his clone from limbo, invading earth, and wanting revenge on Isabelle and Rainbow Dash herself. "Whoa. So the Pony of Shadows had a clone. And that's how this invasion started?" Twilight asked as Rainbow Dash nodded. "Girls I know this is a tough reunion but I need you to come to my basement lab. I may have a solution." The 4 girls went down to the basement and they see a shadow in a big tube. It was roaring and snarling to get out. "Is that... Luna!" "Yeah. My sister got infected by the shadows so I but her in this tube to tried very hard to study the shadow substance. My online colleague Max Modell sent me some isotopes and charts to figure out a way to stop this invasion." Celestia said. "A way?" Isabelle asked. "What way?" "That brings us up to my second subject. Starlight Glimmer." Celestia shows that also has Shadow Starlight. "You got Starlight too?" Twilight asked. "Not only her, but my 3rd test subject. Isabelle." Celestia said. "Me?" Isabelle asked again. "What do you mean?" "When I was researching your achievements back in your home city a little while back and when to showed me what you really looked like before what you look like now. I found some online articles about how some genocidal twins dropped you into a vad of acid that made you into what you are. So I looked up what chemicals they used. And it seems your DNA acts like an anti body. I called Twilight back to Canterlot City since she is a science whiz to take a little of your blood to see if my research is true." Celestia explained. "If my guess is correct. Your blood may be out last best hope." "Really?" Isabelle said. "So you just need a blood sample from me?" "Yes." Celestia said. "Originally your other friends that became damages like you, you are the most rare cause you never lost will to let the corruption to control over you." Isabelle bit off a piece of her skin to show a little bit of blood. "Here, take it." Rainbow Dash ran upstairs to the bathroom to go puke cause she sees Isabelle's chewing her arm to get some blood out. Celestia took the blood sample and Twilight stayed to help analyze it with the shadow. "Isabelle, go upstairs. We'll let you know if we made any cracks at the theory Celestia made." Twilight said. Isabelle went upstairs and went to Celestia's bedroom. 1 hours later... Rainbow Dash reverted back to her normal form, as she woke from after sleeping on the couch. It was still dark out cause of the dark clouds. She went downstairs to see if the 'eggheads' made a breakthrough. She sees Twilight and Celestia sleeping as the two shadows were were growling. Rainbow Dash sees the analysis on the computer. And it showed... A positive. "No way." She sees that Isabelle's blood, counteracted the shadows. She is immune. "Twilight, Celestia wake up." But they didn't hear her cause they had earmuffs so they won't hear the shadows screaming. So she used her speed and took them off. And both Celestia and Twilight woke up feeling jumpscared as the shadows continued their roaring. They turned their heads to face Rainbow Dash as they see that Isabelle's blood is capable of counteracting the shadow. "This is incredible. Celestia, you were right." Twilight said. "Now that's left is to get to observatory to get the right space equipment we need to create an anti shadow to cure the shadows." Celestia said. "Let's go tell Isabelle the good news." Rainbow Dash said. So they ran upstairs and they see Isabelle on Celestia's bed crying while sleeping. "Isabelle?" Rainbow Dash asked. "What's wrong?" "We can't stop the shadows. They won, and we lost..." Isabelle sadly said. "I failed everyone. I failed my friends, my family, my city. The shadow pony said he'll spread the darkness into Neo-Tech and if I can't stop him... I don't know what will!" "But Isabelle, we figured out the formula. Now we can alter your blood sample into an antibody substance to create an anti shadow and save Canterlot City." Celestia said. "No. My altered blood will only make it worse. What if you were wrong." Isabelle said. "it could make the Pony of Shadows stronger. Or turn him and his shadows into mindless parasites that crave nothing but destruction. I tried to hold on to hope. My after seeing the shadows take over my parents... A long time ago. My mom went missing. And for a few years my dad and I thought she was dead. And my aunt Lindsay, she lived in Paris, but she was a supervillain called the Shinobi Spider, when she found out who I was, she got shot by the villain she was working for. And she died in my hands. I lost my aunt and I lost parents. And I lost my best friends and even my boyfriend to the darkness, I thought by destorying the space stone, i could've stop the invasion and saved everyone, but it all backfired when that shadow pony put the space stone back together again. I don't want to do this anymore. I'm want my mom and dad back." Isabelle was crying even more. "I got no hope left in me... All I got... Is despair, depression... How can I be a hero and save the world... When I'm scared?" She asked as she closes her tear filled eyes. Twilight wanted to walk up to her and talk but Celestia shook her head at her and let herself and Rainbow Dash walk up to her to talk. "Isabelle. It's okay to be scared. I get scared all the time when my friends and I are taking on magical supervillains like Sunset, Gaia Everfree and Kavitor." Rainbow Dash said. "But you can't left fear consume your self worth, or even your heart. Even if you deny it. There is always gonna be hope in your heart. And that hope gives you courage. Especially when your working together with friends and family. Don't like fear and despair control your way of life. Let it go, have faith, there is always hope. And I know your parents will want you to get back up and fight for what's right. Not let fear and despair haunt you forever." Celestia said. Isabelle give Celestia a hug and Rainbow Dash joins in the hug. All for sudden Wolf Spider burst through the window, covered in blood. He was weak. "Midnight! What happened?" Rainbow Dash said. Midnight was coughing out blood as he was trying to talk. "I got jumped... I tried finding some survivors... And they cornered me..." "Rest on my sister's bed. I'll give you. I have a first aid kit." Celestia said as rests Midnight on Luna's bed and ran to get the kit. "You know... This is giving weird deja vu... Back at the fall formal." Midnight said. "Don't remind us." Rainbow Dash said. "I wasn't there." Twilight said. "I was still at Crystal Prep." Midnight whispered in Isabelle's ear "...what would Ishi do?" "Ishi...?" Isabelle said in startled reaction. "I.... remember." "Wait... You know Ishi?" Midnight asked. It would seem that the cosmic waves cause Isabelle to have new memories. It seems Ishimuro has become part of her earth like Canterlot City. "Yeah. I know him. I pretended to date him before I became like this. He wanted to make the girl her really loves jealous. But after the whole incident with the friendship games..." 2 years ago... a few weeks Before the start of Spiders and Magic Equestria began... Isabelle, her aunt Lindsay and her father Ken were getting on the next flight to Neo-Tech, Japan. But before she went crossed the line. Ishimuro arrived. "Ishi? What are you doing here?" She asked. "I can to say goodbye." Ishimuro said. "But I thought you wanted to spend time with Sayori." Isabelle said. "Izzy. I'm sorry I made you go through that pretend to be my girlfriend scheme to get Sayori to like me. I was foolish. Vice Principal Cadence gave me some advice and said I should be myself." Ishimuro said. "You deserve someone you like." "Thanks Ishi. But I'm kinda scared of leaving this city. It's pretty nice." Isabelle said. "Well I'm gonna stick around here for awhile. But maybe I'll transfer back to Japan and we can see each other again. But Isabelle, don't let fear control your life. I know your a cool, sweet, innocent, young lady, don't let anyone change who you are. No matter happens, always remember who you really are. You will always be my best friend." Ishimuro said. "So long Izzy." "Goodbye Ishi." Isabelle as she gives Ishimuro a hug. And then walked to her plane as Ishimuro waves goodbye. Present day. "Ishimuro told me that no matter what happens to me, I should remember who I am." Isabelle said. "My story may not have a happy beginning. But that does not change what I am. What I do after, defines me." Isabelle remembers what has happened to her for the few months. Meeting the superhero Ladybug, and Kid Arachnid, teaming up with a bunch of spider Superheroes. Defeating a supervillain name Mayura and Saving the multiverse, defeating her arch enemies, the Goblin Twins. Reuniting with her mother. She snaps back to reality, and now has hope again. Celestia, Midnight, Rainbow and Twilight saw her motivated come back. "So who are you then?" Rainbow Dash asked. "I am Isabelle Reiko Parker, daughter of the Police Commissioner Ken Parker and the Spider-Guardain Penelope Parker. I am... The Miraculous Spider-Tsundere, Successor to Ladybug." Isabelle said with pride. "Twilight, stay here and tend to Wolf Spider's wounds. His healing factor should help. Once he's healed up. Meet us that the observatory uphill." "Loud and clear Spider-Tsundere." Twilight said. "Good luck Parker." Midnight Wolf said. "Rainbow Dash, Celestia, let's go save the world!" Spider-Tsundere said. Celestia held into Isabelle as she uses one of Twilight's web shooters to web swing past the shadows. While Rainbow Dash borrows the spider bracelet and transforms into Spider-Tsundere to carry the tubes that held Shadow Luna and Shadow Starlight Glimmer. "The space observatory just almost close. It's just up that hill." Isabelle said. "Oh no..." Celestia said as she looks upon the view of the city to see the destruction the shadows have cause. "I've been cooped up in my basement lab for too long... I didn't see what the city has become..." She got down on her knees, thinking it's her fault. "All of because of me... Because of my Equestrian experiments." "I've just been there Celestia. It's not your fault." Isabelle said as she puts her hand on Celestia's shoulder. "There's no way you could've known this. Coming we can still change all this." Celestia got back up and held onto to Isabelle as she webs swings again and Rainbow Dash follows. "NO!" Celestia cried out. The observatory's equipments are destoryed. "Without the equipment, there is now no way to process an anti shadow." Isabelle took back her bracelet from Rainbow Dash and transformed into back into Spider-Tsundere again. "Maybe we can salvage some of these parts." But some of the objects broke into pieces easily. "Or not.". "There has to be another way right?" Rainbow Dash asked. But Celestia shook her head. "Damn it!" Rainbow Dash yelled out as she kicks a piece of scrap metal. "Can things get any worse!?" Just then a blue green portal opened. "Uh oh... I was just kidding." Spider-Tsundere and Celestia saw the portals opening and the Nightmare Pony of Shadows with a maniacal laughter coming out. "There you are... Shadow slayers!" The shadow princess Twilight, shadow Applejack, and Shadow Wallflower popped out of the portals too. "Well that's just great." Rainbow Dash said. Shadow Luna and Shadow Starlight laughed in joy. But Celestia kept them aside as she got her baseball bat ready. "How did you find us?" Spider-Tsundere asked. "Tira Stars's upgrades on the darkness enchantments allowed me to track you. Modern technology is new to the darkness and I." The Nightmare Pony of Shadows said. "And I like it!" "Yeah, so does the hero the technology belongs too." Spider-Tsundere said as Rainbow Dash got into a fighting stance. "We are the darkness... We are the shadows. This is our nature... You cannot blame us....but we can blame you! For destorying the Pony of Shadows." The Nightmare Pony of Shadows was altering it's body as he continues to talk. "Our true kin. Our twin, our brother, our FAMILY!!!" The final battle begins... To be concluded...