"So…what do you need me for, Sweetie Belle?" asked the little dragon.
"Well, my sister used a lot of gems to make a dress, and the client asked for more of the same dresses, but my sister ran out of gems to finish them, I want to surprise her and bring her gems so she can finish her order." She joyfully said the little filly.
"I see, so... a surprise... but why me?" asked the confused dragon.
"Because you're a dragon, so I thought you'd be very helpful in tracking down gems." Sweetie Belle said innocently.
"Well, maybe I can do something, but I'm not that good at tracking." Spike said as he continued walking with the wheelbarrow.
"My sister knows a spell to detect gems, but I can't do magic yet, so I can't help in this case." Sweetie Belle said sadly.
"Don't worry Sweetie Belle, your magic will come one day, but for now, I'll help you find gems so you can surprise your sister!" The little dragon exclaimed with joy, he wanted Sweetie Belle not to feel sad because of she lack of magic.
"Thank you very much Spike, we have to start, those gems won't get themselves!" She screamed the filly.
They were about to begin the search for the gem, but from the bushes some greedy eyes fixed their eyes on the dragon and the filly.
- At the same time in Canterlot -
"It's been days since I started, ¡¡¡and I haven't even skimmed the surface of the literary layers of this damn library!!!" The young princess exclaimed furiously as she continued reading, only with a small break to eat and sleep.
She hadn't given up, she was willing to find some way to help Shadow Sky, maybe out of good will, or just because she couldn't accept that Shadow Sky caused her fear, maybe pride, or just worry, a part of she told her. that Shadow is a good person, but another part repeated incessantly that he needed to tell his sister the situation, the conflict was great between his thoughts and emotions, but she decided to shut up and continue with his daily reading.
- At the same time in PonyVille -
"¡¡¡Here goes another one!!!" Sweetie Belle yelled excitedly as she tossed a gem at Spike.
"¡¡¡I got it!!!" Spike yelled happily.
"Wow, we've got quite a lot, look how many gems!" Sweetie Belle said as she looked at the large number of gems that were in the wheelbarrow.
"Yeah, we're a good team Sweetie Belle, at this rate we could collect enough gems for twice as many dresses...or eat some gems." Spike said as his mouth watered at the amount of gems he was looking at.
"Can you eat gems?" asked sweetie Belle puzzled.
"Yep, dragons have very strong and resistant jaws and teeth." Said the dragon clarifying his own nature.
"Well, in that case, for the help I'll give you some gems when we finish collecting all the missing gems." Sweetie Belle said.
"Great! Thanks Sweetie...Belle?..." Spike said as he looked at someone behind the filly.
"Spike? Are you…okay?…" Sweetie Belle said as she looked at someone behind the dragon.
- At the same time in Cantetlot -
"¡¡¡I think I found something!!!" Princess Luna thought excitedly.
"Ancient Interdimensional magic, ¡this has to be the book!" She exclaimed with joy.
"I have to report this to Shadow... although, I think I'll have to wait until nightfall, it's still very early... let's see, without rushing, I'll see what the book says first." The princess thought as she took a look at the book.
~• Page.1 - Ancient Interdimensional Magic •~
Chapter 1 - The knowledge of the wisest.
Ancient scriptures speak about the same thing, ancient ponies that in the past used dimensional magic for fun, although the only ones fit for this power were called "Wise", ancient ponies considered geniuses, they were called wise by the anecdotes they brought from their "travels", perhaps adventures, it is something that the current pony cannot know and will never know, the adventures of the ancient ponies will always be a mystery among the current civilization, we are in the year 784, and we have not discovered anything more than an ancient painting that was on a wall, we call it cave painting, and we can consider that this painting was there for more than two thousand years.
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"Wow, that's interesting, this will definitely help Shadow with his investigation." Luna thought, relieved to finally find something.
"Although the book looks a bit thin, it could be maybe 50 sheets in total, I don't think it's enough to cover the whole topic." Luna thought indignantly.
"Let's see, I only read one page, what will it say on the last page?" Luna said as she turned the pages until she reached the last one.
~• Page.65 - Ancient Interdimensional Magic •~
We can conclude with this first Volume that interdimensional magic is a mystery, but we are not so far from understanding
it, we are still capable of doing something similar, We study history, now we have to find a way to complete the formula that we keep deciphering to do the same as our ancestors.
"Book divided by Volumes, this book is Volume number 1, get the other 19 volumes to continue expanding your mind."
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"There are 19 more volumes... dammit... ¡¡¡IT MEANS I NEED TO KEEP READING UNTIL I FIND ALL THE VOLUMES!!!" The young princess exclaimed furiously as her mental health deteriorated.
- At the same time in PonyVille -
"It's a quiet day... now that I think about it, I haven't seen Sweetie Belle all day..." Shadow said as he relaxed in the living room chair.
*Knock knock knock knock*
They knocked on the door with hysteria and force.
"I'm coming!" Shadow yelled as he headed for the door.
"Shadow, you have to help us!" AppleBloom said with concern and fear.
"What happen?" Shadow Sky asked, somewhat confused by AppleBloom's behavior.
"Some diamond dogs kidnapped Sweetie Belle!" Scootaloo said somewhat agitated and worried.
"... How do they know?" asked Shadow.
"We were in the library with Twilight so she could give us advice on activities to get our Cute Marks, but Spike came in very scared saying that the diamond dogs had taken Sweetie Belle." exclaimed AppleBloom still very scared.
"..." Shadow was starting to get a new feeling.
"Spike said they took her down some holes the diamond dogs had made." Scootaloo said.
"...ehem...girls, exactly where was she kidnapped from?" Shadow said dragging his teeth with a small smile that at first glance seemed to be carefree.
"...North of the Ville...about 1 kilometer away from the town clock-" Scootaloo said before a flash went off in front of she.
Shadow Sky had gone flying like lightning in the direction of the diamond dogs' hideout.
- 15 minutes ago -
"Hey little pony, you're going to help us with the gems, ¡¿you hear me?!" The diamond dog demanded with a threatening tone.
"... *Crying*" After the shock, the little filly began to cry uncontrollably.
"Perfect idiot, you made she cry." Said another diamond dog claiming him for the stupidity he did.
"Sorry, I didn't know she would cry." The diamond dog said with confusion.
"She's an girl, you idiot, she's obviously more sensitive." Exclaimed the smartest diamond dog.
"Okay, sorry about that kid, it's just that we need your help with something." He said trying to persuade the little filly to trust them.
"Help, *sniff*, with something?" Said the poor filly as she wiped away her tears.
"Yes, we need you to help us search for gems with your magic." Said the diamond dog with a calmer tone.
"Magic?, but I still can't do magic." Sweetie Belle said confused.
"...you can't... do magic?" asked the diamond dog with a lot of confusion.
"No, I still can't." Sweetie Belle said with a bit of nonchalance.
"Then how did you and that dragon get so many gems?" asked the diamond dog.
"Well, I'm not afraid of getting dirty, so I dug with the dragon until I found a good amount of gems." The little pony explained as she looked around her.
"Oh crap-" The diamond dog said before being interrupted by the voices of Rarity and her friends.
"Well, that's bad, we have to go, Now." The diamond dog said as he dragged Sweetie Belle somewhere they wouldn't find them.
"Hey, wait, ¡let me go!" Exclaim the angry little filly.
"We can't do that, you'll have to come with us-" The diamond dog said before a small tremor interrupted him.
"What was that?" asked the worried dog.
"¡THEY ARE THERE!" Rarity yelled with extreme fury.
"Alright girls, let's go!" Twilight said leading the group of 6 ponies.
"The game is over diamond dogs, their hounds were easily defeated." Said AppleJack trying to intimidate the dogs.
"Release my sister you ruffians!!!" She yelled in anger and hate the giant marshmallow.
- 2 minutes ago on the surface -
"This must be the place, but... all the holes are covered, there is no entrance." Shadow thought as he flew over the pitted terrain.
"Okay...if there's no entry...¡then I'll create one!" He said with a very serious face and with a feeling of extreme anger as he descended directly to the ground with great speed to break through the layers of earth.
- At the same time underground -
"Stop running, you won't be able to escape any wa-" Twilight said before being interrupted by a tremor.
"That tremor again, what are planning, damn ponys?" exclaimed the diamond dog angrily.
"We're not doing that." Pinkie Pie said confused.
"So, ¿what is-" the dog asked in confusion before being interrupted by a third, stronger tremor.
"They're getting stronger, what's wrong?" Twilight asked confused.
Everyone was quiet for a moment and the fourth tremor felt even stronger, until after the fifth tremor they became more frequent, until at one point there was tremor after tremor, one after another, the last tremor stronger than the last. before and each time it became louder.
"What the hell is going on-" Twilight asked before a large cave-in erupted from the ceiling of the cave.
At that moment, Shadow Sky appeared leaving behind him a trail of destruction and rubble.
"Wow... how lucky I am, to fall exactly where you were... damn flea-ridden dogs." Shadow said as he gave off anger right down to her pores.
"Hey Doug, w-what do we do?" The diamond dog said as he watched as Shadow Sky slowly approached them.
"He's just a kid, he's not going to be able to do anything." Doug said nonchalantly.
"The hole in the ceiling doesn't say the same thing, besides, I can see death in his eyes, his face is totally serious, ¡¡¡I don't think he's a normal kid!!!" Said the diamond dog in a panic.
"Agh, alright... ¡¡¡get him you hounds!!!" Doug yelled, luring three hounds to go after Shadow.
"¡¡¡Watch out Shadow!!!" Shouted Sweetie Belle worried about what she was going to happen to her.
The first hound attacked Shadow with an air attack, Shadow only moved a little to the side of her, so that when he landed the hound would just hit her in the face, sending the hound through the entire cave.
The second hound attacked going straight for Shadow's face with an attack of his claws, Shadow paused for a moment and as the hound's claw approached, Shadow stopped it very easily by holding the hound's paw, ending up hitting him directly. in the jaw that would knock the hound out instantly.
The third one took advantage of the attack of the two previous hounds to attack from behind, he rushed directly at Shadow with a claw attack from behind, but Shadow without even turning around launched a kick that would send the hound flying, falling at the feet of the main six.
The hounds were defeated, and Shadow continued to walk calmly in the direction of the diamond dogs.
"W-what the hell?" Said the diamond dog fearfully.
"R-r-remember how you said you could see death in his eyes?" Doug asked stammering as he trembled in fear.
"Y-yes." The diamond dog said as he trembled in fear.
"I think I can see it too." Doug said fearfully.
While the mane six continued to watch in extreme confusion and amazement, Shadow continued to approach the trio of diamond dogs who continued to slowly back away.
"Okay!, ok!, you win!, we'll return your pony, just... stop moving forward!" Doug said as he released Sweetie Belle gently.
Shadow Sky stopped while he continued to look at them with contempt and hatred, with a serious face that no one knew of Shadow.
"Okay, see, the pony is free, now... back off kid!" Doug exclaimed hoping Shadow would leave them alone.
"...Sweetie Belle...behind me please." Shadow said, in the emptiest voice he has, giving Sweetie Belle an instruction.
"Y-Y-YES SIR!!!" Sweetie Belle said as she ran straight to her sister.
"Okay, your girlfriend is with the other ponies, now we're going to-" Doug said before Shadow punched him square in the face.
Shadow had gone flying again like lightning to hit Doug in the face, the other diamond dog could only watch as his friend flew towards the other end of the cave.
"¡¡¡Doug!!!" Shouted the diamond dog worried about his wounded friend.
"¡¡¡¿What's wrong with you?!!!, ¡¡¡We released your girlfriend!!!, ¡¡¡¿Why did you do that?!!!" The diamond dog exclaimed angrily.
"Kidnapping is not something that can be forgiven..." Shadow said as he looked at the diamond dog out of the corner of his eye, he still had the same face, empty eyes and a straight face.
"Wait, we won't go back to-" The diamond dog said before Shadow punched him in the stomach causing him to crash into the wall.
Shadow was moving very fast, the diamond dogs couldn't see him when he hit them.
"Hey… wait, just calm down a bit kid." Said the third diamond dog very afraid.
"Well... until you decide to talk..." Shadow said with the same dark tone of voice.
The third diamond dog had not spoken until that moment.
"Well... I will defend myself, ¡¡¡so I won't leave it so easy for you!!!" He yelled as he ran to attack Shadow.
"You know doggy, this is...so easy." Shadow said, as he flew up like lightning again to strike him from above and neutralize him on the spot.
Everything was clear, the hounds defeated and the diamond dogs "punished", Shadow began to approach the main six quickly, there was only one thing left.
"¡¿ARE YOU OKAY SWEETIE BELLE?!" Shadow asked as he held Sweetie Belle's chin in search of any physical injury or aggression.
"Y-yes, I'm fine... but... are you okay?" Sweetie Belle asked with a lot of confusion.
"Well...yes, why wouldn't I be?" Shadow asked confused.
"Well, you punched a hole in the ceiling, beat up three hounds, and beat those three diamond hounds like they were nothing... regardless of your face... it was scary." Sweetie Belle said as she pointed to the trail of destruction Shadow made in the fight.
"Well…I think I overdid it a bit." Shadow said as he turned to see the destruction he did.
"S-shadow... I think you can let go of my cheeks now." Said Sweetie Belle as she started to blush.
"Oh, ¡I'm sorry!" As he blushed, Shadow removed his paws from Sweetie Belle's face.
"B-but are you sure you're okay? Didn't they do anything to you?" Shadow asked worried.
"Calm down, they didn't do anything to me, I'm in one piece hehe." Sweetie Belle said with the intention of calming Shadow down.
"...okay, we need to get out of here." He sighed calmly, Shadow could now rest knowing that they hadn't done anything to Sweetie Belle.
"Wh-wh-what the hell was that?!!!" Twilight asked very upset.
"That doesn't matter anymore, we have to get out of here." Shadow said nonchalantly.
"Well, you'll have to explain it to me by getting out of here." Twilight exclaimed.
The others were still perplexed by what happened.
- At the same time in Canterlot -
"Okay, I think it's time to stop, I've read enough for today." Princess Luna said as she continued to read books like crazy.
"I guess I get something useful, I have to take this book to Shadow, at least until she finds the other volumes." The young princess thought as she went up the stairs to rest in her room.
- At the same time in PonyVille -
"So martial arts?" Twilight asked.
"Yes, in my kingdom I trained for a long time, it is normal that those dogs have not been a challenge." explained Shadow.
"I see..." Twilight said confused.
"Wow, ¡that was amazing! You have to train with me sometime Shadow." Rainbow Dash said excitedly.
"Sure Rainbow, no problem haha." Shadow said cheerfully.
They managed to get out of the cave safely, although Twilight was not completely convinced by Shadow's answer, maybe martial arts would have been useful in such a situation... but taking diamond dogs flying with a single blow was... unreal.
- At the same time in Canterlot -
"Good afternoon Luna, anything interesting today?" Celestia asked she younger sister.
"Nothing really new, just more books on black magic, mystical stories, etc., nothing important." sighed Princess Luna.
"I see...well, I left pancakes in your room, eat something." Princess Celestia said as she left the place.
"Good night sister." Princess Luna said, wishing she older sister a nice night.
"Now, I have to give this book to Shadow Sky, maybe he's already asleep." The young princess thought.
Princess Luna tried to enter Shadow's dream, but he wasn't asleep yet, meanwhile Shadow Sky and Sweetie Belle were eating a late-night pizza.
After 2 hours Shadow had come home, he very tired went to his room to rest.
- In Shadow Sky's dream -
"Until you finally fall asleep." exclaimed Princess Luna.
"Oh, princess... what are you doing here?" asked Shadow.
"Well, I come to inform you of a discovery I made, but why did it take you so long to fall asleep?" Princess Luna asked angrily.
"Well... there were some problems today, so I had to attend to them." Shadow said.
"Well...okay, I found a book that can help you get out of here." Said the princess.
"Really?!, what's his name?" The young foal asked anxiously.
"It's called Ancient Interdimension Magic, it has very important information."
"Great, that's the title of a book that focuses on what I'm looking for, thank you very much princess!" Shadow said with a lot of emotion.
"The small problem is that it is divided by volumes, there are 20 in total and I only found the first one, so I need to keep looking, they talk about a formula to execute a portal, but it is only mentioned in the first volume, I suspect that the formula is found by the last volumes, the first volume only talks about the history of interdimensional travel." The princess explained somewhat disappointed.
"Don't worry princess, this is much better than nothing, at least it's a book that specifically talks about interdimensional travel, it's very helpful, even if I still can't see the formula." Shadow said excitedly.
"...very good little one, I'll keep looking." Princess Luna said more calmly.
"Thank you very much princess, for everything you do for me." Shadow said expressing gratitude and appreciation.
"Alright, I have to go, if I find anything else I'll let you know." Said Luna.
"Goodbye Princess."
Shadow woke up as usual at 6 in the morning, but when he turned to see his nightstand he found the book that Princess Luna had given him.
"It's Saturday, I have nothing to do..." Shadow thought as he made the book with magic.
"Let's see, Chapter 1…" he said as he flipped through the book.
It was more comfortable to read using unicorn magic, so he transformed into a unicorn and began to read.