//------------------------------// // Prologue // Story: The Darkness in our Souls // by Black Light //------------------------------// /* Please note because of story circumstances I will be switching between Shadowmere’s view and a Third-Person view. This is my first fic so I would highly appreciate any advice anyone can give me on how to improve my writing. For now please try and enjoy this story. */ 3rd Person If you were to walk down the streets of Manehattan, you would notice a very surprising lack of ponies. All the alleys, all the restaurants, all the apartments and houses all of them dark. No pony seemed to be home tonight. However as you look towards the south entrance you would see a large group of ponies on one side of the gate. Some ponies holding torches, and others holding large metal pipes and other makeshift weapons. On the other side of the gate all you would see was a blob of black with a speck of white on its back. As you look closer you would see this blob of black was another pony. Standing slightly taller than all the other ponies he has a coat and mane of pure black, but if you looked at him he would appear to be like any other unicorn except for two features. The first being his apparent lack of a cutie mark despite his age. The second being the two bumps on both sides of his body. Upon closer examination you would see then to be two black wings that blend perfectly with his coat. We see his ears laid back and his head drooped clearly in sadness. 1st Person All around me were ponies shouting. I had given up trying to hear specific insults over the roar of the crown. Some with looks of hate, others with looks of fear. I didn’t need to look at them to know this though. I could sense those feelings coming from them anyway. “Shadowmere....” I looked up at this word said by one of the few ponies that I actually gotten to know here before this moment. “What is it Rocky Road?” I quietly responded. “Why? Why did you do it?” “You think I wanted to. I feel terrible about this. I’m begging you please try to forgive me.” “...I can’t do that. There are five ponies in the hospital probably traumatized for the rest of their life because of this” The brown pony silently responded. “...Shadowmere you were my friend, but you are too dangerous you need to leave.” “I understand. Thank you being my friend at least. Your ice-cream was always the best.” And with that I turned to leave. Hoping that some day I would be able to return and ask for their forgiveness. “Shadowmere wait...” I turned around just in time to see Rocky toss a tub at me that I caught with my magic “...For the little one while your traveling.” I looked closely at the tub. It was one pint of Rocky Road ice-cream, the young stallion’s most popular flavor. “Thanks Rocky I’m sure she will love it.” I said with a slight grin as I turned back around and continued my journey. I had just reached the edge of the forest path when the white ball on my back said to me. “That makes fourteen.” “What do you mean?” I responded. “That’s the fourteenth town you’ve been thrown out of” It replied. “Oh come on, I’m sure your exaggerating Skies” I said as I turned my neck around to see the loving soft smile of the young white pegasus riding on my back. Bright Skies was my sister; she had a white coat and a yellow mane and tail. Her cutie mark was a smiling face within a sun. “Nope, this was town number fourteen. One more and I win our bet.” Bright Skies jokingly said. “Okay now your just trying to mess with me aren’t you” I responded. “Maybe” she said right back to me with a childish voice. “That’s it I’m going to get you for that” I called back playfully. “Only if you can catch me” she said quickly, jumping from my back and taking to the skies. “Count on it!” I shouted up at her. Spreading my own wings and taking off after her. We spent the next few minutes flying through the night sky. I could have easily caught up to her, but I decided to let her have her fun. She has helped me through so much. She deserves some fun now and then. After a couple more minutes of flight I could see her starting to get tired, so I caught up to her and said “ lets go back down and set up camp, Okay?” “But I’m not tired I can still....” she started to say before she was cut off by a loud yawn that escaped her. “Right, you’re still wide awake. I completely believe you” I said with a voice filled with sarcasm. “Fine, we can go set up camp, but only because you look like you could use the rest.” She responded back. “Alright let’s go down and get some sleep. We have a long journey ahead of us.” I said through a yawn. “Where are we going next big brother?” my little sister questioned. “Well” I said with a wide smile. “That all depends on where this road takes us.” As I landed I started to use my magic to clear the area taking any fallen tree branches and putting then in a small pile before lighting them with a small spark. I checked all my supplies making sure the spell I put on the ice-cream was still keeping it cold. And with that I laid down near the fire and closed my eyes preparing for sleep to overtake me, but not before I felt the light pressure on my side indicating that Skies was laying nest to me using my chest as her pillow. As I was about to fall asleep I kept thinking “Will this next town be any different? Will we be run out again?” I banished these thoughts from my head as I felt sleep start to creep over me, and I braced my mind knowing that the nightmares were about to start. Those nightmares that show me horrible fears that are not my own, Those nightmares that represent my greatest strength and my greatest weakness. /* I hope you all enjoyed this prologue of Shadowmere’s story. This is my first Fic and if you have any suggestions or complaints about the story please do tell me. I want to try and make this a great story so I would appreciate any thing you have to say about it. Now I’m signing off. Good night Equestria. Well until next time. ~Black Light */