//------------------------------// // [Chapter One: Awakening] // Story: Tale of the Shadow Pony // by AtomicShockwave //------------------------------// A cyan pony with a bright and colorful rainbow mane is walking beside a pony with a bubblegum pink mane and a light yellow coat. The cyan one is known as Rainbow Dash, as the yellow pony is known as Fluttershy, the two of the ponies are both mares. "Please... I don't want to go without ANY of my friends and you're the only one that can come... You just have to sit in the crowd a cheer.. It's no big deal!" Rainbow Dash said. "But it IS a big deal! How about... Derpy? She'll be alot more helpful then me..." Fluttershy responded. "Come on Fluttershy! It'll be easy!" Rainbow Dash said as Fluttershy let out a sigh. "But... I... ACK!! OOF!" Fluttershy exclaimed as she tripped over something on the trail and upon further inspection... it was a body, It was the midnight black pony, and he was laying in his own blood. Fluttershy screamed and began to cry. "Ugh.... Hnn..." The midnight pony muttered as he tried pushing himself up. "Hey! D-don't move!" Rainbow Dash said as he crashed down and fainted. Rainbow Dash did her best to pick him up. "Fluttershy! Pull it together and lets go!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed as she flew towards the nearest medical facility. Fluttershy did her best to keep up, but arrived shortly after Rainbow Dash did. "Somepony! Anypony! Help! NOW!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed as she carried the blood dripping pony in. The nurse at the front desk immediately called for a doctor. "We need a doctor and an ICU prep'd STAT, we have a pony who is losing alot of blood that is caused by a large gash on his side" Seconds later a doctor and two nurses appeared with a gurney and Rainbow Dash gently set him upon it. The nurses rushed the injured pony to his ICU room and the doctor walked up to the two ponies. "Thank you very much for bringing him here. If you'd like you can wait for him outside the room. "I-is he gonna be ok...?" Fluttershy said in a shaky voice. "He'll be just fine, don't you worry." The doctor said back. "So Doctor, what kind of award do I get for saving this pony?" Rainbow Dash said with a smug look. "That can wait, the pony needs my help." The doctor said rolling his eyes as he headed to the ICU room to tend to the midnight pony. A good two hours passed as the doctor returned. "Come with me..." He said guiding them to the ICU room. As they entered they saw the pony laying there with his eyes closed and his hoof resting on his wound. "Here are the two ponies who brought you here..." The doctor said showing the two ponies. Slowly, the midnight pony opened his eyes, and nodded. "Do you have any clue who he is...?" The doctor asked the two ponies. "No clue... I haven't seen him since today..." Rainbow Dash said as Fluttershy nodded along. "Well, he has yet to say anything... I can't get his name to check if he's registered with any places outside of Ponyville... Can you... Maybe talk to him...?" The doctor requested. Rainbow Dash paused and nodded. The doctor left the room and the yellow pony took a seat next to the midnight pony. "Fluttershy..." Rainbow Dash said as Fluttershy smiled. "Hey... S-So... What did you do to hurt yourself so bad...?" Fluttershy asked. The midnight pony didn't respond. "Alright... Well... What's your name?" Fluttershy then asked. "What's it to you?" The pony said in a rude and somewhat raspy voice. "W-W-well... I w-wanna know what I should call you. Everypony has a name. Mine is F-Fluttershy and this is my friend Rainbow Dash.." Fluttershy said softly. "My name is none of your concern." The pony said. "Alright! Now listen here-" "Listen to what!?" The midnight pony growled, cutting Rainbow Dash off. Rainbow looked a bit surprised but then grit her teeth and pulled Fluttershy aside. The midnight pony noticed that he was connected to an IV. The two ponies started whispering to each other and the pony used this to his advantage. Taking the IV out and gritting his teeth. The pony got himself out of the hospital bed and nearly fell over. "Hey! What are you doing??" Rainbow Dash said concerned and surprised. "I need to use the restroom... if you'd excuse me..." The pony eased himself up with a limp and made his way out of the room. The two ponies sat patiently waiting until they noticed that behind the privacy curtain that was all the way to the right... was a private bathroom for the hospital room. "Shit..." Rainbow Dash said as she rushed out of the room. The doctor returned to see only Fluttershy remain. "What happened to the patient and your friend??" The doctor said in confusion with a bit of anger. Fluttershy yelped and gave no response as she ran out of the room. "Dammit!!" The doctor yelled out "Please! Come back!" The doctor yelled as Fluttershy rushed out of the hospital. {The story will now take place in "The Pony's" POV unless said otherwise} I snuck out of the hospital while withstanding the damage I was in as the girl at the front desk was occupied due to talking with a co-worker. (Maybe if I find a library or something of the sort, I can shed some light on what's going on) I thought to myself. "Hey! You!" I said to a nearby pony to get their attention. "Yes, sir?" The pony said in response. "Where's the library of this town?" I said back. The pony simply replied by pointing his hoof at a large red tree, with a sign at it's base that read: 'The Golden Oak Library' I nodded and slowly but surely headed to the tree. I knocked at the large red door given at the tree's base. "SPIIIIIIIIKKKKKKKKKKKKKEEEEEEEEEEE!!!" A female voice yelled. "I'm going I'm going..." A young sounding male voice said in response. The door slowly opened and there sat a small purple and green dragon with deep jade eyes. This dragon is known as Spike and is a loyal friend and assistant of Twilight and Twlight is a studious pony who is a unicorn and studies several magical spells and their history. The dragon looked me up and down as he noticed my condition. "You're hurt!" "I'm fine... I need to research some things." I said as I entered on my own. "Umm Ok..." The dragon said in response. "Hey Twilight! Somepony needs some help here" The dragon yelled into the next room. Out walked a pony of lavender with a deep purple main with a violet and pink stripe within it, with the tail to follow. "Hello. What do you need?" Said the pony who could of course be Twilight. "Research... I need to research..." I said to her. "Alright. What do you need to research?" "Some... historia of the land... possibly some documents that could explain who I am... and well... Amnesia..." I said to Twilight. "Amnesia?? Did you lose your memory?" She said as I followed up with a simple nod. "How did that happen?" Twilight said. "I can't remember..." I said rudely. "Right... sorry..." Twilight said as she turned to Spike. "Spike, could you help find those things for him as I finish up upstairs?" Spike rolls his eyes and nods as he accepts Twilight's order and goes to search for the requested items. Soon enough Spike comes back with 4 books: 1 explaining the historia of the land as asked, another explaining the land itself, 1 on Amnesia and another is basically a National Census on recorded ponies. I nod and take the books and go over to a nearby empty desk to start reading. "You're welcome!" Spike says as he walks out. I shrug and read more. The books told me of Equestria, the home continent of mainly ponies but many other intelligent and civilized types alone, the causes of Amnesia and one way to help retrieve memories in an easy way is to hold mementos of my past. As for the National Census... I found nothing. I nod and get up with a sigh and leave the books on the desk. I go to exit the house with a bit of disappointment. "I'm leaving now!" I open the door to see the pony known as Twilight standing before me... covered in debris... "W-what the fu..." [End Of Chapter]