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// Chapter 6 
// Story: Elements of Shadow: Shadows Rise 
// by RainbowSkunk 
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 Flutterblade walked down the streets of Ponyville. She looked at a pony. She grinned.

"Um, excuse me?" she asked, pretending to be shy. "Can you help me move some things out of my cottage?"

"Of course, Fluttershy." the mare answered in a sweet voice. 

The two walked to the cottage. "So, where's the stuff you need moving?" the mare asked. Before she knew it, the pony was knocked out by Flutterblade. 

The mare woke up, strapped to a table. "Wh-where am I?" she asked. "Is anypony here?" 

She looked to see Flutterblade come out from the shadows.

"Oh, Fluttershy! Can you help me out here?" the pony asked.

"Fluttershy? Oh no, Fluttershy is long gone. I'm Flutterblade. Welcome to your doom." Flutterblade explained.

She took something off a wall of sharp tools. She strapped something on her front hoof. At the end looked as if there were claws.

"Fluttershy, I mean blade, what are you doing?" the mare asked.

"Oh, just my favorite passing time." Flutterblade answered. She walked over too the table, her claws making a clink sound each step.

"Just relax." Flutterblade said. "This will only hurt a lot." The mare gulped. Flutterblade lifted the hoof with the claw, and scratched the pony, cutting the skin. Blood ushed everywhere. Flutterblade opened up the chest of the pony, revealing her guts. 

Minutes pasted, but the pony finally died. Flutterblade picked up a hoof that fell to the ground. She used a pin to pin it on a board. She smiled. "I'm going to have a lot of fun!" she said to herself.

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Fluttershy woke up in her mind. "Huh?" she wondered.  She saw a shadow. She screamed.

"Don't worry," the shadow responded, "I'm you!" 

Fluttershy calmed down. The shadow grinned. Suddenly, Fluttershy was tied up!

"Hey! Why did you do that!?" Fluttershy asked.

"Just because I'm you doesn't mean I act like you." the shadow answered.

"Why are you here? What happened to my friends?" Fluttershy asked.

"Well, you see, us shadow ponies have never gotten to be REAL ponies. Everypony else always runs away. They hate us! But when we found out how to control others, we waited for you to become upset and weak. After that, we could easily take over. It was easy, Twilight was upset because Celestia got angry at her, Pinkie was upset because everypony ignored her parties, Rainbow was upset because everypony was bored of her flying, Applejack was upset because there was an apple shortage, Rarity was upset because her clothes weren't as good as before, and you were upset because you couldn't be tough." the shadow explained. "And now, Equestia is doomed!" 

The shadow walked off laughing. Fluttershy started to cry.

"I don't want this to happen!" she told herself. "Not to me, not to my friends, not to anypony!" She looked down at the ground, tears coming from her eyes.