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// Shadows Chapter 5 
// Story: My Little Wolf 
// by Autobot Lancewing 
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Chapter 5

Lightning Thrash was in a cave chained to the wall. He was bruised on his hips, shoulders, and eye. He also had cuts and fractures. While some of those injuries resulted from his crash landing, a majority of them were the product of an interrogation. “I...still won’t...talk, ya know.”
The black wolf growled, and slapped Lightning. “You will talk. Now how is your pack’s security set up?”
“I told you, I don’t know!”
“Then I’m sure you want to take it up with my boss.”
“Does he have business cards?”
“A funny little omega, aren’t you?”
“I am not an omega…”
“Then what are you? Certainly not a Beta.”
“And obviously not an alpha. One more guess…”
“Lion chow…”
“Gamma. I am a gamma,” he said with a smirk.
“You’ll still be lion chow.”
“Meh, makes sense. I mean, lions would instantly spit you out.”
“Hey! I’ll have you know I’m very tasty!”
Lightning was now laughing. After the interrogator realized what had just happened, he smacks Lightning in his already fractured wing. Lightning yelps, immediately stopping the laughter. “I’ve just had about enough of you!”
Lightning panted. The pain was too great for him to handle; therefore, he collapsed. The interrogator suddenly bit Lightning’s neck.
“Ow!” Lightning yelped, “Can’t I get a break?”
“That was just for fun,” The interrogator sneered, a dab of blood dripping from his teeth. “Just be lucky that it didn’t kill you.”
“Yeah, yeah, yeah...” He panted.
“Enough!” A male voice called. The wolf immediately stopped and sat down in an upright position. The male walks in. He was grey and black with scars all over his body.
“Let me guess, you’re Sombra.”
“That is King Sombra to you,” he snarled.
“Ego much?” 
Sombra growled, causing Lightning to whimper.
Sombra chuckled, “You know your place. Good. I hope you behave around my new bride. She doesn’t take well to the likes of you.”
“And your bride is… Chrysalis?”
“Never heard of her.”
“Well there goes that theory.”
“Silence! I see that the interrogator has failed his job.” He looked at the wolf who was now cowering. “I’ll make sure to fix that behavior.”
“Good luck. I tricked him into saying that he’s tasty.”
“Shut up,” the interrogator barked.
“Be gone,” Sombra told the interrogator, “I’ll handle him.”
“As you command…” The wolf walked out, leaving Lightning and Sombra in the cave alone.
“Now...Shall we begin?” Sombra sneered.
******
Lancer was looking outside the den. He had finally recovered and was ready to begin searching for Luna and Twilight. However, Celestia mentioned that there was something that needed to be addressed. He began to sniff for his aunt while trying to sniff for Twilight and Luna. 
Bright Eyes asked, “Anything?”
“No,” Lancer replied, “We just have to wait. Aunt Celestia said that there could be a development in what happened to Luna.”
“Maybe she was sick.”
“I don’t know. If she were sick and didn’t want anyone to catch what she has, don’t you think she would let us know somehow?”
"Perhaps, but how?"
“She normally writes something on the ground.”
"Ok, but would it be some place?"
“It’s normally in a den away from the pack.”
"Hmm...should we try to find one?"
“I’m sure Dad checked all of them.”
"Hmm...Maybe we should look by the river, hunters like putting traps there for beavers, maybe she got caught."
“Maybe… I mean, if it happened to Twilight, it could happen to Mom.”
“Let’s go.”
“Let’s.”
They start to walk out, but they see Celestia walk up to the den, with other wolves behind her. “Uh...hi,” Lancer greeted.
“Hello, Lancer. I assume you’re feeling better?”
“I am.” He looks past her. “What’s with the wolves behind you.”
“WHAT?!?!” Celestia looked behind and saw the same black wolves. “This just ISN’T my day.”
“No it isn’t!” One of the wolves sneered.
Lancer and Bright Eyes quickly gathered that they were enemies and instantly got into a defensive stance. “Get into the den, Aunt Celestia, I’ll hold them off.”
“No! I can’t ask you to do that!”
“If something happens to you, who’ll lead us?”
“You’re not ready to fight.”
“Are we really doing this now?”
“Yes. Go into the den, Lancer.”
“But-”
“Now!” She barked.
Lancer glared at Celestia, and bolted towards the black wolf. 
“Lancer!” Celestia yelled, but Lancer tuned her out as he bolted towards the intruder.
The wolf jumped at Lancer, but Lancer spread his wings and used them to jump over the wolf before pinning him. The wolf tried to bite Lancer’s throat, but Lancer quickly slammed his jaw down on the black wolf, causing him to yelp. He squirmed but Lancer managed to hold him down.
“Who are you?!” He demanded.
The wolf looked at him, then spat on Lancer. 
Lancer barked and bared his teeth, moving in so close their muzzles nearly touched. “Who are you?” The black wolf asked, slyly.
“I am Lancer, son of Eclipse and Luna. So who are you?”
“My name is not important. All you need to know is that we are going to be your destruction.”
Lancer froze for a second, not sure how to proceed. The wolf just stared at him, no expression on his face. 
Suddenly, both of them were absorbed in a yellow glow, and moved away from each other.
“Lancer, that wolf isn’t real,” Celestia said.
“What?”
“None of these wolves are. They were created using a spell. See?” Celestia threw the wolf at a rock with her magic, and it instantly turned to dust.
“Who created them?”
“Spells such as this can only be accomplished with black magic, something that my sister once possessed.”
“Um… What do you mean?”
Celestia sighed, “Before your mother and father met, she was rebellious, wanting to lead the entire group all by herself, I told her several times that she couldn’t, but she wouldn’t listen. She…” Celestia paused, trying to hold back the tears, “While she was in a rage, she killed Shining Armor and Twilight Sparkle’s parents.”
Lancer’s eyes shot open as his jaw dropped. “She… what…?”
Celestia nodded, “They were both young; Twilight was still a pup. She doesn’t even remember them.”
Lancer shivered, his mother had killed someone? Someone close to a friend?! “Auntie...I-I need to lie down...I-” his stomach felt queasy, one of the two wolves he looked up to most in the world had-
BLEARGH!
Celestia jumped back when Lancer let loose the contents of his stomach! “I-I’m so-” 
BLEARGH!
Lancer froze, waiting to see if another wave was going to hit.
BLEARGH!
Yes, it did.
Lancer waited, hoping another wave wouldn’t hit. Finally he felt his stomach calm down, but he was shaking. “A-Aunt C-Celest-tia? I-I think I could use some wa-water.”
“Okay. Do you need me to go with you?”
“P-Please…”
Celestia gave Lancer a comforting nuzzle, before helping him make his way toward the nearby stream…
“O-One more th-thing…”
“I think it might be best if you leave that question to rest until you settle down.”
“O-Okay…”
******
Sombra backed away from the bruised and bleeding Lightning, “Now, THAT should keep you in line.”
“Sombra,” A feminine voice called.
Sombra turned to the source of the voice, a sinister smile spread across his face, “Hello, my love.”
“I trust the prisoner is under submission.”
“He won’t be going anywhere for a while, but he’s in line.”
“Good. Wouldn’t want anyone to cause an uprising now, would we?”
“No my darling, they need to learn respect,” Sombra glared at Lightning, who whimpered, backing away. “Anyway, why don’t you come in here and show him your face, Nightmare Moon.”
“With pleasure,” she said as she walked in.
Lightning stared at the new wolf. Her appearance and size said that she was Nightmare Moon, but her scent screamed…
“Luna!”