Luna stood high above the town of Ponyville, her eyes searching the town for any sign of her son.
'He has to be here, I can feel it' She thought silently to herself. Ever since she had learned that her son was alive, she felt a knot form in her chest, the closer she was, the more it slackened, and she was close.
She continued scanning the town, her eyes sweeping over the town, until she saw movement.
A small shadow, barely notable, at least until it took the shape of a bipedal figure. The figure walked through the town, stopping at corners, and blending into the shadows. He apparently didn't care if the pony's saw him, as many did, and backed away quickly. Their eyes darting from side to side in panic.
Luna knew her son was a murderer. She knew he knew nothing about her. She knew only one thing about him...
He was hellbent on revenge.
Luna closed her eyes as tears started to surface. She did not know how he would react. But he had to know she was there for him.
Luna's horn glowed and in a flash of light she was gone.
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Shadow stalked through the town, anypony who so much as started to scream was quickly silenced by a malevolent glare. They knew not to mess with him, not if they valued their lives.
He continued through the town, noticing he was attracting a lot of attention, he needed to leave.
He focused his attention back to the road, only to see the members of the Apple Family barricading it.
An orange mare stood in front of the group, flanked by a large red Stallion and a White unicorn, with a purple mane.
"Ahl'right! This is as far as yah go! A murderer like you, needs to be put down, or imprisoned!"
The orange mare's forcefulness surprised shadow, this one had courage. But he was confident she lacked the skill to back it.
The red Stallion by her side rose his hoof and shook it.
"Why Ah'm gonna beat yah to a pulp!"
Shadow laughed, his bellowing causing their ears to flatten in anger. These ponies thought they could take him? He killed fifty-eight guards, and he won out against them, except for when he got shot.
He raised his hand and pointed it at the Stallion.
"You got a lot of guts. Too bad I've got to rip'em out of you!"
The Stallion reared back and charged, jumping into the air when he neared enough, his hooves outstretched for a tackle.
Shadow simply ducked, the stallion soared over his head. Shadow turned, smiling at the Stallion's primitive excuse for fighting.
"Pitiful...You do realize, I could have counterattacked several ways, most of them ending with you being decapitated?"
"You keep yer darn fancy words to yourself!"
The stallion charged again, his head hung low for a rib shattering ram.
Shadow rushed to meet this attack head on, before they impacted, Shadow jumped and rolled onto the stallions back, wrapped his arms around his neck, and pulled.
The Stallion bucked and kicked, growing more desperate to get him off, as his air supply lessened.
After about a minute, The stallion fell to the ground, gasping for air.
Shadow hopped off the enormous Stallion, his eye's a malevolent black, his smile turned into one of pure insanity as he whispered into the Stallion's ear.
"You lose."
Shadow stood over him, his boot raised high to perform the killing blow.
He was just about to bring it down, when a flash of light flooded his vision and a burst of magic knocked him off his feet, and pinned him to the ground.
"ENOUGH! CEASE THIS FOOLERY AT ONCE!"
Everypony stared at The princess, unsure of what to do, they immediately started calling for justice.
Calling Shadow a murderer, a spy, and an abomination. Twilight, Rainbow, and Pinkie pie soon arrived.
Twilight's face still wet from tears.
Shadow laughed as he heard the taunts. They tickled him, such stupidity, such such ignorance.
"You call me a monster, yet you serve one!"
Applejack smacked shadow across the face, spitting on him as she did so.
"Don't you dare call Celestia a Monster, you freak! What'd she ever do to you!?"
Shadow laughed again, this time louder, with his voice ringed with malice.
"She never told you? My, my, my...Even I would remember what that bitch did to me."
Shadow was slammed on the ground, the wind was knocked out of him and he went into a coughing fit.
Luna's eyes were full of fury and her teeth were grinding against each other.
"Don't you dare talk about her that way!"
Shadow spat directly in her face.
"Make me bitch."
Luna slammed Shadow on the ground again, this time several pops could be heard coming from his back.
"Don't you dare talk to your mother that way!"
Everypony went silent, the entire crowd was shocked. Twilight stopped crying, Pinkie cocked her head in confusion, Applejack's jaw dropped, Rarity fainted, Rainbow dash just stared blankly. One word echoing through their heads.
"Mother?"
Shadow seemed shocked, his eyebrow was raised and his face was plastered with bewilderment.
"You think yourself my mother? Really? Then why didn't you stop Celestia from leaving me to die, I mean c'mon! You didn't stop her from leaving your child to die in the wastes?"
Luna hung her head as tears started to flow. She started to sob.
"To my everlasting shame, I did not."
Twilight was shocked, the monster, the....thing, she had saved, was...........Royalty?
"Wait....you mean....this thing is your son?"
"Yes......He is."
"And what Celestia did is true?"
More sobs came from luna as she buried her face in her hooves.
"Yes....It is."
Applejack seemed like she was in deep thought, her hoof tracing her chin.
"Can't say I blame her. Look at what he's done."
Applejack was immediately tackled by Rainbow dash, her face seething with anger,
"BECAUSE OF WHAT SHE DID! I'D WANT REVENGE TOO!"
Rarity (after recovering from her faint and asking a few bystander's what was going on.) rolled her eyes, and shook her hoof in an elegant manner.
"Well, I do say Applejack darling, Rainbow does have a point."
Twilight had stopped crying, her head was hung low.
"I don't care what she did, she's still my teacher."
Fluttershy was balling her eyes out, her tears leaving her cream colored coat wet and tear stained,
"But, it's so sad! Killing a baby just isn't nice."
Pinkie Pies mane was deflated, and tears welled up in her eyes.
"What Celestia did was really mean, and she even took his eye's."
Shadow smiled, his grin showing off his canines. He pointed to the mare's who sided with him, and beckoned them closer. When they were close he told Luna to cut the magic, which surprisingly, she did.
When he was free, he wrapped his arms around them, and looked out into the crowd as he started to teleport himself back to the hive.
"I'll be back."