Hidden by Shadows

by Authora97


Arrival

The violet unicorn walked into her library tree home with her green and purple reptile following close behind. The baby reptile was surrounded by a purple-pink haze, magic, and snoring loudly. Twilight had been caring him since he passed out ten minutes ago. There were rows upon rows of book all across the room, some even scattered on the floor from her research. She had asked her pet Owlicious to clean tem up but Twilight’s guess was the owl had other plans.

The loud snores of Spike reminded her of the night’s events. Twilight shook her head as she climbed up to her bedroom and placed the sleeping dragon in his bed and went off to bed herself.

"Let’s hope tomorrow was as exciting as today.” Twilight murmured sarcastically.

Pinkie Pie had decided to throw a surprise party for Rarity at her house. Rarity had just ended up in the biggest magazine Canterlot had to offer, SHIMMER, but when Rarity opened the door and the ponies yelled surprise, she began screaming and fainted.

Twilight remembered the five minutes after the fainting involved Fluttershy freaking out and nearly fainting herself, Pinkie Pie bouncing around cheering about the look of Rarity’s face and Rainbow Dash just plain laughing. Spike later ate most of the cake before passing out from sugar rush. It was then Twilight decided to leave with Spike.

Twilight tried to use her magic to put some of the books back but heard the clock chime eleven. She knew she had to get some sleep soon or else she'd be no better off than Spike in the morning. So she closed her deep purple eyes and waited for the lull of sleep to take over.


She had slept about an hour when it happened. Twilight felt a surge of magic. It wasn’t very strong but enough to wake her up. Twilight got up from her bed and ran to her window. She could see nothing from the view of her home. She knew something was out there.

And tomorrow, she would find out.


Dust clouds had just barely begun to fade as a mare arose from the floor. She shook the dust from her mane, slowly stretching her legs. She looked up at the new stars under the sky, completed mind-blown about her success. She barely believed that she had avoided him. She thought for sure she was a goner.

Looking down at her body, she couldn’t believe it.

She was a pony. She was a freakin’ pony.

Just please don’t make me blue. Any color but blue.

Abigail looked over and saw three figures. She had saved them. They survived with her.

“Guys, wake up.” She told them. Only the two larger figures stirred. Letting out a groan, Abigail walked over and slammed her hoof on a yellow tail.

The other pony shot up from the ground angrily, looking around and locking eyes with Abigail.

“Skylar, I did it!” Abigail shouted happily. Skylar groaned loudly.

“Gail why did you pull my hair!” She yelled.

“Before I explain why, look behind you.” Abigail said happily.

Not wanting to try and understand her sister’s logic, Skylar to one look behind her.

And screamed.

“A HORSE! GAIL YOU TURNED ME INTO A FREAKIN’ HORSE!” This got the third form to wake up.

“What happened?” She asked sleepily. “Are we dead?”

Abigail hugged her baby sister. “Meg, I saved us. I took us somewhere we could be safe.” She looked down at her sister and couldn’t stifle her laugh.

“What’s so fun-HAHAHA!” Skylar said as she discovered the form of her baby sister.

“You guys are so weird, WHAT THE HELL!” Megan was about as tall as a filly. Almost three feet tall. “Abigail what did you do to me?” She yelled.

Abigail wiped the tears from her eyes, her laughter finally calmed down.

“Megan, I saved us. That legend was true and I used it to bring us to Equestria. Yes, I know it’s Equestria because what other places have ponies that talk?” Abigail explained, still laughing at her sisters height.

The ponies stood there for a moment. Unsure of what to do. It was the yawning of the fourth figure that finally got conversations kicking again.

“You brought Overbite?” Megan annoyingly asked Abigail.

“Of course I brought her. I couldn’t just leave her there to fend for herself.” Abigail quickly explained.

“Gail, what happened to Mom?” Skylar asked quickly.

Abigail paused, she couldn’t tell her sisters what happened. She just couldn’t.

“Last I saw her was when we were running out of the apartment. Why?” She lied.

“She wasn’t here with us. I just assumed he got to her.” Skylar explained. Abigail felt a painful tug at her heart. It was her fault he came after them in the first place.

Abigail placed the sleeping baby on her back, trying to give her some comfort. She ventured into the dark forest a few feet away.

“Where are you going?” Skylar asked nervously.

“We need a place to sleep for the night. I don’t think Ponyville has any hotels open. This place gives me the creeps but it’s our only option.” Abigail told her sisters. “Just so you know, Luna probably can’t see what happens in the Everfree so we’ll be safe for the time being. Unless you both want to deal with the Queen of the Night?”

The ponies rode up to their sister with lightning fast speed.

“We hate when you do that.” Megan told her sister.

“That’s why I keep doing it Meg.” Abigail teased.

Megan scowled at her eldest sister, she did NOT like when her sister use mind games on her. No matter how hard she tried she could never out smart her sister when it came to stuff like this.

It was a nice place though. Warm, caring people err-ponies who protected their own. They would all be safe here. There was no chance of him coming after them. No chance of harm coming to them. Absolutely no chance.

But this was a fan fiction, so as Murphy’s Law stats.

Anything that can go wrong will go wrong. They just don’t know it yet.