//------------------------------// // Chapter 1 // Story: Silver Arrow // by Blondlionezel //------------------------------// Chapter 1 Josh Edwards looked around the large, almost endless jungle, looking for a source of food. As he scouted around the large, tangled area, Josh Edwards spotted a group of wild hogs grazing on a small patch of grass. Josh Edwards pulled out a bow and a stone-tipped arrow and aimed it at the wild hogs. Suddenly, a loud, whoosing noise began to sound out as a helicopter began to fly towards Josh Edwards, who dodged the helicopter as it landed near him. "Who's there?!" Josh Edwards questioned the ponies in the helicopter, who exited out. "Josh? Is that you?" Princess Luna asked Josh Edwards. "Luna!" Josh Edwards exclaimed as he ran up and hugged Princess Luna. "I'm so glad you're safe, my boy..." Princess Luna cried tears of joy. As the two walked into the helicopter, Nurse Redheart went up to Josh Edwards and began to examine him. "Did you have any illnesses? What sort of plants did you eat? Did you get bit by any animals?" Nurse Redheart asked a barrage of questions to Josh Edwards. "I'm fine..." Josh Edwards sighed, trying to get some rest. A few hours later, Josh Edwards stepped through the helicopter, awaiting a large crowd of people of people, barraging him with questions, flash photography, and film-cameras in his face. "The media truly is a circus" Josh Edwards thought to himself as he walked towards his mansion, guided by a pair of guards. Inside was a grey and purple bat-pony mare, who looked at Josh Edwards with big, yellow eyes. "JOSHIE!" The bat-pony mare exclaimed happily as she ran up and bear-hugged Josh Edwards, "You have no idea how happy I am to see you again!" "I've missed you, Heartdance" Josh Edwards told Heartdance, shedding a tear in happiness. "And I've missed you too, Josh" Heartdance smiled. The next day, Josh Edwards began to come back to owning J-Corp, a mega-corporation that produced weapons for the Equestrian Army, vehicles such as cars and planes, and new innovations. Josh Edwards looked through a couple of newspapers, reading stories about pony-trafficking, foals going missing, and bad things in general. "I wish that newspapers would tell us a story that weren't completely negative" Josh Edwards sighed as he put the newspaper in the trash as he walked through the rows of desks, and noticed a mare crying. "What's wrong?" Josh Edwards asked the mare, who had a name tag which read Daisy Ivy. "My foal's gone missing!" Daisy Ivy cried as she tried to work. Josh Edwards put her hand on her shoulder to try and comfort her. "You can take the rest of the day, and tomorrow, if you want" Josh Edwards told Daisy Ivy. "Really? Thank you..." Daisy Ivy thanked Josh Edwards as she walked out, still crying a bit. "Could her missing foal be related to the pony-trafficking?" Josh Edwards asked himself as he walked to his office. "How has your day been?" Princess Luna asked Josh Edwards. "Do you think that the missing foals are related to the pony traffickers?" Josh Edwards asked but remembered he was being asked a question, "And I'm doing alright" "I don't know" Princess Luna answered honestly. "The police aren't doing anything about this, and I want to find out if the foals are being kidnapped" Josh Edwards stated. "I don't think it's wise for a CEO to take the law into his own hands" Princess Luna responded. "But if I won't, then who will?" Josh Edwards bluntly asked Princess Luna. Princess Luna looked down, trying to hold back tears. "Your father used to work on unconventional weapons and innovations, one of which included a suit used for battle" Princess Luna informed Josh Edwards, "He called it the Silver Arrow suit, and it would rely on a high-tech bow and a set of trick arrows" "May I see it?" Josh Edwards inquired. Princess Luna sighed and led Josh Edwards down to a door, which only scanned when Josh Edwards put his hand on the scanner. When the door opened, it revealed a long, spiraling staircase, which lead down to a cave, complete with old, dusty computers, and large tube holding a silver and blue costume worn by a mannequin the same size as Josh Edwards, which was made of synthetic leather. On its face was a silver, edged domino mask. "Your father used this cave to create new technologies that would change the world" Princess Luna explained to Josh Edwards. "Figures, since he never spent time with his family" Josh Edwards thought to himself. "Are you sure that you want to do this?" Princess Luna asked for Josh Edwards final decision. "Yes" Josh Edwards decided as Princess Luna pressed a button, revealing a glass box that contained a silver compound bow, a set of thirty trick arrows, and a quiver that could hold all of them. "Then...good luck" Princess Luna wished for Josh Edwards as he began to put on the suit... A few hours later, at a seedy building, a pair of thug ponies were beginning to start a deal. "I've got those foals, do you gots the money?" The first pony thug asked the second pony thug, along with a group of armed criminals. "Yeah, those foals will good slaves for the boss!" The second pony thug exclaimed as the sound of a car engine could be heard outside. "Who could dat be?" The first pony thug questioned as the armed criminals looked outside and found a grey and blue Pagani Huayra waiting for them outside. As the armed criminals began to approach the car, two net-launched popped out and trapped the armed thugs! Back inside the building, the two pony thugs were waiting for their armed criminals to return, but only found someone in a silver and blue suit, the Silver Arrow suit. "Who da heck are yous?" The first pony thug questioned the Silver Arrow, but got no answer. As the the two pulled out their guns, the Silver Arrow pulled out his bow and fired a pair of metal-arrows at their guns, destroying them! "Aw noes!" The second pony thug moaned as the Silver Arrow knocked them both out! The next morning, Josh Edwards was reading an article about how a bow and arrow wielding vigilante had stopped a group of pony-traffickers and returned the kidnapped foals to their parents. Princess Luna looked at Josh Edwards and smiled. "I see it went successfully" Princess Luna congratulated Josh Edwards. "It did, and I'm doing it again tomorrow night" John Edwards smiled. (To Be Continued)