//------------------------------// // Ending // Story: Hidden by Shadows // by Authora97 //------------------------------// The Bearers slowly stood up, the two dragons’ eyes were swirling around from the sight. Smoke still rose from where Black Jay had been. What was there nopony could tell. The Princesses slowly stood, the power over the Elements had been so strong it brought them to their knees. The ex-humans looked at the smoke. Two of them beginning to question if their mother was still alright, the third so happy to see her greatest nightmare was gone that she could form no words. A part of her still wondering if he was actually gone. “Is he really gone?” The pink unicorn asked. “Thora, I think actually he is. We finally did it.” The purple pegasus told her. “We finally did it.” “Does anypony know what happened to him?” Twilight asked, feeling the effects of the Elements fade off. The three humans turned ponies shook their heads. Still the smallest bit unsure over it. One by one, the other five Bearers stood. “Rainbow Dash, Flutterwing, Fluttershy, could you maybe fly over the smoke.” They each looked at her with confusion, Fluttershy’s was more of fear, “Your flying to could blow away the smoke. We need to see what happened to him.” Flutterwing flew up first, flying in and out of the smoke to clear it up. Rainbow went next, taking a fearful Fluttershy with her. Within seconds, the smoke cleared and everypony could see the aftermath of the Elements of Harmony after their use on Black Jay. In the middle of what had to be a large burn mark, sat an unconscious earth pony stallion. His coat was a tealish blue. His mane was blood red and was cut short. His tail was the same color but longer. His cutiemark was of a blue jay flying over a black leaf. He looked a little shorter than Big Mac, and a little less muscular. “Woah.” Pipsqueak said. Her brown eyes simply stared at the stallion. “Didn’t expect it to do that.” “Me neither Acorn Pipsqueak.” Authora said, trying to mash her youngest sister’s two names together. All the ponies looked at each other, then the Princesses. “Tho what do we do with him?” Dandelion asked. “I do not know Young Dragon.” Princess Celestia said. “We should wait for him to wake up. We need to see if he still has any evil intent.” The three pegasi flew back to their friends, not really wanting to be near Black Jay when he woke up. After another moment and Jay had been left unmoving, Authora walked up to the stallion. “Jay... Jay... Jay it’s Abigail. Wake up.” The unicorn pleaded. A tear starting to burn in her eye. “Please Jay, wake up. I need you to wake up.” The tear came more into the view. “Jay if you don’t wake the fuck up I swear I will buck you in the face so hard you’ll look like the Hunchback from Notre Dame. Wake. Up.” Silence. “I warned him.” Abigail warned as she turned around, lifted her legs... *SMACK* The stallion was pushed back a few feet, the buck in the face causing his eyes to open. “GAW! WHAT THE HELL!” He cried out. “I warned you that if you didn’t wake up I’d buck you in the face. That’s what happens when you scare me like that!” Abigail yelled at him. The stallion looked his midnight blue his at the unicorn. “Abigail? You’re a horse.” He told her flatly. But fear edged on his words. “Unicorn pony. And the name is Authora, I wouldn’t look down if I were you.” She warned again, the ponies behind them shocked and confused. The stallion didn’t listen. He saw the blue hooves. “AW!” He screamed. “Warned you, you should really start listening to me.” She told him. “I’M A BLUE HORSE! HOW IN THE HELL IS THAT POSSIBLE!” He yelled. Abigail shrugged her dark pink shoulders. “I don’t know. You brought yourself here.” She pointed out. “Now, calm down or I’ll have to buck you again.” The stallion’s freaking out didn’t stop. He continued to go on and on about how he was a horse. “Applejack, could you do the honors?” Abigail asked the orange earth pony behind her. Applejack trotted up to the blue stallion. Bucked his face, causing him to flip over. “Could you stop doing that?” He groaned as he got back onto his hooves. “Only if you stop screaming about being a pony. I can tell me friend Rainbow Dash wants to get in your face and start asking about if you’re still evil.” Abigail explained. “So, how about you get up so we can explain ourselves before you screw things up worse than you already have?” The stallion only nodded, now in the shock phase of turning into a pony. The next five hours were spent in questioning. Jay explained that he had no memory of what he had been doing since he entered Equestria as well as the last two months on Earth. His thoughts clouded but he only remembered blood. Lots and lots of blood. None of it his. But, that part led to some angry and saddened tears by three fourths of the Stream Girls. Megan yelling at Abigail for not telling them about their mother. Then more yelling from Abigail about trying to give them hope, false hope, but hope nonetheless. The hardest explanation came next. The one where they explained they weren’t born ponies. They were humans, transported here because of what Jay did to their parents. Abigail had made a wish on what was called a Heart’s Desire Star. It granted her wish but at a price. It took her voice. Not immediately, it faded as they entered Ponyville to the point of Nonexistence. The Star had helped her escape and, because of her sacrifice to her family, gave her voice back. But the most memorable part of the whole thing was when Pinkie Pie, at the end of all the explaining, hugged the teenage unicorn. Saying she was forgiven because it was so sad to hear about all the bad things that happened to them. Fluttershy and Rarity hugged them next, including Skylar and Megan on the hug. Soon everypony except Spike the dragon and Jay were hugging. Authora, was happy to have her old friend back. Happy to be in a safe place where the ponies weren’t mad at her. Happy that she still had sisters to be with. Happy to be free from the shadow that had been over her since her father’s death.