Shadowkin felt the air rush past his ears as he fell, he measured the time he fell.
"3......2......1....and FLIP! "
He adjusted his weight as he flipped in mid air, so that his stomach was facing the ground. He could see the darkness below. 'Perfect' He thought. He quickly concentrated on a nearby shadow, willing his being forward, just like his father had shown him. He came to an abrupt halt as he hit the ground, crouched and rolled. He looked back to where he jumped, there was the balcony four hundred feet above him.
"Damn I'm good."
He turned to study his surroundings. Trees. The dense foliage would provide excellent cover for him, should patrols and search parties arrive to look for him. He picked a random direction and set off. He walked for hours, stopping only to make sure he wasn't being followed. He looked ahead, the trees were starting to thin out, there was a mass behind them, but he couldn't see it yet.
He parted the final bushes, his eyes claiming their prize. A Castle, an old, very old, Castle.
"Meh, sun will be up soon, need a place to rest."
The sun would be up, he wouldn't be able to hide greatly, so any patrols would easily spot him.
So he would need to hide. He soon came to a rickity old bridge, it didn't look like it would support his weight.
He simply Shadow-phased to the other side, the Castle gates, or what was left of them appeared in his sight.
He shoved one aside and walked into the darkness. His vision cut through the lack of light, illuminating everything in a dull blue. He could hear water dripping. Pushing aside a low hanging vine, he saw a pool of water. But what else he saw made him hide in the shadows above the pool.
Several pony like shapes walked around the pool, he noticed one was bigger than the rest, and had holes in its legs. This was a first contact situation, he would answer it with the same thing he always does.
Violence.
Or at least it's threat.
He shadow phased behind one of the ponies, grabbed it by it's throat and hugged it close to it's chest.
The rest of the ponies turned and gasped.
"If you so much as try to tell Celestia i'm here, I'll kill all of you."