MY LITTLE PONY:
DIAMOND DREAMS
CHAPTER 1: NIGHTMARE MOON
SECTION 3: THE INVASION BEGINS
The majesty city of Canterlot, once peaceful with stallions and mares trotting along and business booming across various shops, is now under siege by the Shadowbolts, fallen pegasi who attempted to fight back Nightmare Moon, only to have fallen and lost their free will. They now serve Nightmare Moon in bringing the eternal night to Equestria, and with their commands from the fallen princess, the Shadowbolts terrorize every Earth Pony, Unicorn and remaining Pegasi into hiding. Many of the guards who serve Princess Celestia fight back, but the sheer number of Shadowbolts is too much for the Equestrian soldiers who stand as the last line of defense between the invading Bolts, and the Castle.
Will Diamond and Wanda Young arrived outside on a balcony of the castle, only to witness the horror the Shadowbolts were doing to Canterlot City. Shadowbolts to the left of them, to the right of them, and even above them. It was like a swarm of locust and both Wanda and Will were shocked.
"Wow. I don't believe it," Will said, still shocked from seeing the huge amount of Shadowbolts. "It's gonna take a miracle to clear the skies of these invaders."
Wanda looked on in despair, seeing the damage they were doing. "Yeah, no kidding Will. But where did they come from? Why are they attacking us?" she said.
It didn't take long for Twilight Sparkle to come up from the doorway behind them with Spike riding on her back.
"Those are the Shadowbolts." Twilight explained as Spike jumped off her back. "Nightmare Moon's elite squadron. A good portion of these foot soldiers were once the Wonderbolts, the best elite fliers of Equestria. It was a few days ago that the Wonderbolts tried to stop Nightmare Moon. But one lone pegasus, said to have been declared the first Shadowbolt, defeated the entire Wonderbolt squadron without breaking a sweat. With the Wonderbolts grounded, Nightmare Moon used her magic to convert them into Shadowbolts. It was then that the lone Shadowbolt who defeated them became the high commander. They say she goes under the name of Shadow Screech."
Even with the warning of Twilight Sparkle, both Wanda and Will were undeterred. Wanda rubbed her thumb against her nose and said "That sure sounds like a challenge. But I doubt me and Will will find it impossible. Difficult, but not impossible."
Will stood by and said "I agree. Besides, my good friend Wanda may be naive, but she fights hard like she's some powerful puff. And besides, what do these Shadowbolts think they are, a swarm of insects? And whoever this Shadow Screech is, I'm sure me and Wanda will take her out. Right Wanda?"
But before Wanda could answer, a flash of gray light nabbed Wanda and flew off, surprising Will, Twilight and Spike.
"Wanda?" Will said in a confused state while Twilight and Spike's jaws hung open in a state of shock. "Well that was completely uncalled for. Whoever did that didn't even bother to hit me."
Twilight didn't like Will's choice of words and called him out with "Will, are you crazy? Your girlfriend just got smacked by a Shadowbolt. And judging from the streak of color that said Shadowbolt emitted...I believe it was Shadow Screech."
"SHADOW SCREECH?" Those words would send Will flying under the curtains to hide. But it didn't come from Will, but Spike, who himself hid behind the curtains.
But it didn't matter for Twilight. She said to Will "Well regardless, your kind of tone sound very reckless and you need to think about what's going on with Wanda instead of picking a random fight."
Will was still undeterred and said "Oh really. I bet that Shadow Screech can't recognize a real fight. In fact, I bet she's coming back for me right about..."
But before he could finish, another Shadowbolt flew in out of nowhere and headbutt Will with enough force to send him flying into the wall. The collision causes Will to smash the wall and leave an imprint.
"WILL" Twilight yelled after seeing Will smash into the wall. She turned to the Wonderbolt and recognized the figure.
She had a orange mane and fur that showed was bright yellow, all while wearing a dark purple and black jumpsuit. To Twilight, she knew who the Shadowbolt was.
"You. You're Spitfire, the fallen leader of the Wonderbolts." Twilight said in horror.
Spitfire taunted her with "Correct. Unlike my past as a Wonderbolt, I feel like I have more adrenaline than ever. I can't say the same for your new monkey friend." as she pointed to Will, who was getting up from being chucked to the wall.
And boy is he angry, yet he still smiles. As he gets back up, he says to Spitfire "Call me a monkey will ya, cuz this Monkey is about to fight back."
Meanwhile, Wanda had just landed in a pile of grapefruit after getting smacked down by the Shadowbolt who attacked her. Or rather, Shadow Screech. While wearing the same jumpsuit that Spitfire wore, Shadow screech had a light-grey coat and a mane with three dark shades of grey.
As Wanda got up, she saw the rogue Shadowbolt standing in front of her, showing off those mean eyes and smirk smile as if the pegasus was taunting her. Wanda smiled and said in a cheerful voice "Is that your idea of a party? Because it could use some balloons and a nice chocolate cake and..." only to be interrupted by Shadow Screech covering the human girl's mouth with her hoof.
She then said "You know you remind me a bit of a friend I knew who also happened to be cheerful like you, but also a bit of a loud mouth." She then removes her hoof from Wanda's mount before continuing with "Name's Shadow Screech. Got it memorized?"
Wanda replied with "Sure. But I'm not the one's who gonna remember that, silly."
That comment only made Shadow Screech put her hoof to her face in embarrassment. She then said "Somehow, I wish I hit that other monkey. But it doesn't matter. I think it's time I taught you that monkeys never WIN!" before raising her head at Wanda, as if she were preparing to attack. But Wanda was still talking her mind out as if she weren't paying attention to the threatening presence of the Shadowbolt.
Shadow Screech raised her wings in anticipation. The sound of her wing going up was so loud and fast, it caused Wanda to take notice. The Shadowbolt's wings started flapping really fast, going faster and faster until Shadow Screech took off, bolting towards Wanda with the intention of hitting her again and smashing her into a wall.
But, for some reason, she missed. Wanda managed to leap out of the way in time, causing Shadow Screech to smash into the wall herself. Wanda landed on her feet and smiled at Shadow Screech.
"Uhh, I think I'll pass on that date," she joked. "I already have one with someone else my type."
Shadow Screech was starting to look teed off. She got onto her feet and snorted air from her nostrils as she looks primed to charge again. Wanda looked to her right and noticed a metal staff next to her. Without warning, she picked up the staff before Shadow Screech charged her again. This time, as Shadow Screech was about to hit Wanda, she blocked the headbutt with the barrel of her staff. But push as hard as she might, she looks as if she were losing a pushing match.
"What's wrong, lost your steam already monkey girl?" Shadow Screech taunted Wanda.
"No, I'm just getting warmed up." Wanda replied as she push Shadow Screech to her right, causing the Shadowbolt to fly uncontrollably into a cart full of persimmon. Wanda laughed at Shadow Screech's misfortune as if it were the funniest thing on Equestria. That only made the rogue pegasus angry as she got up and faced Wanda.
"Oh you wanna do this the hard way? Well we're gonna do this the HARD WAY!" Shadow Screech said, raring to go again.
Back inside the castle, the chaos was already spreading within. Princess Celestia was galloping down the hallway with Rachel, Lisa, Gem and Suzie right behind her But they were already in danger. Three Shadowbolts were right on their tail, hoping to separate one of the four girls.
"Why is this happening, Princess Celestia?" Rachel asked as she frantically ran as hard as possible.
Princess Celestia replied with "This wasn't suppose to happen. Twilight's brother Shining Armor was suppose to be holding the barrier up with his magic. Something must have gone wrong."
Upon hearing the word 'magic,' something lit up in Rachel's eyes. She turned her head to Suzie and said "Suzie, can you hold those shadowbolts back?"
Suzie only nodded, stopped, and turned to face her pursuers, holding her hands out with Princess Celestia, Rachel, Lisa and Gem stopping to watch.
The three Shadowbolts looked like they were about to gain up on her, raring to headbutt her hard enough to knock her down. They sped up to land the perfect smack down towards Suzie and were in range to deliver a headbutt so powerful, it would cripple her and send her tumbling across the floor like a rag doll.
BLAM
What was suppose to be a direct attack...resulted in 3 Shadowbolts getting knocked back down and Suzie remaining still standing with her arms still held out. Princess Celestia was shocked to see what Suzie did to ward off the Shadowbolt pursuers.
Rachel, seeing that Princess Celestia was confused over what just happened, replied with "She's some sort of witch, but she uses her powers for two things. Communicating with spirits and fighting evil. Now come on, we gotta get to the one known as Shining Armor."
Rachel, Lisa, Gem and Suzie ran past Princess Celestia down the hallway. Princess Celestia, who was still surprised from what Suzie did, said to herself "Who knew humans were talented in magic? The ones I once met never even heard of it." before galloping in the direction the four human girls went.
Will was still holding his ground against Spitfire. The Shadowbolt was relentless in her attacks against the human boy, flying back and forth, hitting and sometimes missing Will with powerful impacts, and not seeming to tire. She rose back up to the sky and faced Will with a smirk.
"Give it up, chimp," Spitfire taunted. "I have the higher ground and you're nothing more than mere prey that's about to become a predator's dinner."
"Ya know that's really smart words coming from an herbivore." Will taunted back. Without warning, Spitfire dove downwards towards Will, as if she were to dive bomb into him and knock the wind out of his sails. But before she could land an impact, Will jumped towards a wall and leaped off, allowing him to barely dodge Spitfire's ramming attack. She was able to recover fast and turn towards Will.
"Impressive," Spitfire said, flickering her hair in the wind with one swift turn of her head. "Not one grounded being could dodge that, especially a monkey like you. But enough games, it's time this monkey got the spanking of his life." She then whistled into the air.
Without warning, two of Spitfire's Shadowbolt crew struck Will from behind, forcing him down on his knees. Then they both grabbed his arms and pinned them to his back, preventing him from breaking free. Will was at a major disadvantage here. He can't move at all and the grip of both Shadowbolts were strong. Trapped like a rat.
"And now monkey boy, you will learn to respect our Princess Nightmare Moon." Spitfire said as she dove downwards again, aiming to hit Will with another powerful headbutt. Will looked up, seeing the pegasi inch closer and closer. He knew one thing, if he got hit by that headbutt, his lights are out and he's most likely gonna end up captured by the Shadowbolts and given to this...Nightmare Moon.
"Boy am I hating this day or what?" Will said to himself. But even the low volume of his voice caught the ears of the two shadowbolts holding him down. They proceeded to laugh and taunt Will as if he were deserving of it.
"There's nothing you can do, you deformed orangutan," One of them said. "You'll be lucky if they recruit you into the Shadowbolts, if you make it out of this."
"Then consider it my lucky DAY!" Will replied as he, without warning, raised his left foot up and kicked the Shadowbolt on his left side in the front right leg, causing the dark pegasus to lose his grip on Will and agonize in pain. Will didn't waste time attack the other Shadowbolt by also kicking him in the leg area. With that Shadowbolt also wincing in pain, he lost his grip of Will. The human boy was free. But Spitfire was about to hit him.
"You wasted all that time trying to break free? It's futile, monkey boy," Spitfire taunted as she closed in further and further on Will, about to strike him down.
But, at the last second, Will ran towards Spitfire and, just as she was about to hit him, slid under the pegasi, missing her by a few inches. By the time Spitfire realized that she had missed Will and was about to crash into the other 2 Shadowbolts, still in pain over Will's surprise attack, it was too little, too late.
CRASH!
Spitfire has crashed into the two Shadowbolts. The impact covered the area in a dust cloud. Will covered his eyes to make sure he doesn't go blind. When the cloud faded from the impact, Will looked forward to see that Spitfire and the two Shadowbolts were knocked out. It was tough, but he did it.
"Monkeys 1. Shadowbolts zippo," Will said with a smile on his face. It was good for him to defeat those 3 pegasi. "Maybe next time, you'd think twice before clashing with a monkey."
But without warning, Wanda passed by Will, yelling "Greasy mane, greasy mane, greasy mane," Right behind her, Shadow Screech was in pursuit, and boy was she in a bad mood. "DON'T MAKE FUN OF MY MANE YOU STUPID BABOON!" The rogue pegasi yelled as she flew past Will, paying no attention to the human male. Will was definitely confused.
"Ugh. Wanda," Will said to himself. "Sometimes you are more reckless than I am." Without warning, he ran off in the distance to run after Wanda and Shadow Screech, hoping to catch up to them.
Wanda was already running at top speed. But she knew she couldn't outrun Shadow Screech, the fastest Shadowbolt in all of Equestria. Why was the pegasi chasing Wanda? Early ago, she found out that Shadow Screech was very prideful of her own mane and prefers to Dress in Style. So she thought it'd be funny to poke fun at Shadow Screech's mane. That may have been a bad idea as Shadow Screech lost her temper and is now charging after Wanda, hoping to ram right into her and knock her out cold.
Behind her and Shadow Screech, Will was running at top speed along the side. He was able to pass by Shadow Screech, who was rather confused by his ability to run, before catching up to Wanda.
"Wanda, what are you doing? Will yelled. "You're suppose to knock out this Shadow Bolt, not play 'Keep Away.'"
Wanda only responded with "I thought calling her names would be perfect. Then I found out she's sensitive to her own mane. So I rolled with that." Confused, Will stopped running, allowing Wanda to run off and Shadow Screech to bypass him while he just looked on, completely puzzled.
"She is gonna get herself hurt over this," Will said to himself. As he said that, he heard a gallop come up behind him. It was Twilight Sparkle with Spike riding on her back.
As she approached Will, Twilight yelled out "Will, are you okay?"
Will replied with "Yeah. I'm fine. But I can't say the same for Wanda right now."
Twilight looked shocked as she heard those words come out of Will's mouth. "What do you mean you can't say the same for Wanda?" Twilight said.
But Will only replied with "Simple. She's playing chicken with a Shadowbolt."
End Part 3