Orangecream woke up and slowly got up.
“Ohhhh. What just
happened?,” Orangecream asked no one.
She seemed okay. But something about that Shadower made the Doctor curious. It was still there watching them. It didn’t even seem interested in hurting them. It just watched them until Orangecream fully stood up with Derpy’s help.
“Right then. Now you. What do you want with her?,” the Doctor asked the Shadower.
The Shadower seemed a lot softer than the last time he had seen it. Seemed to becoming more and more…. pony. it even looked down as if in pain. Then looked up and opened it’s
mouth but then….
“It’s a Shadower! Quick!
Zap the Celestia foraken thing!,” a stallion shouted seeing the Shadower to another stallion. The Shadower hissed in anger and then with zapped. It screamed in pain.
“Wait what?! What’s going on! Why isn’t it dieing! It should be dead! Why is it not dead!,” the stallion zapping it said.
In fact the Shadower was not dying. It just stood there screaming in agony. Derpy was whimpering.
“What’s going-AAAAAAAAAAAH!,” Orangecream said as she was suddenly also screaming in pain.
There was no other gun and the ray wasn’t anywhere near her.
“What!? What?!,” Splints said.
“It’s zapping them both! I don’t understand!,” the stallion that told the other stallion to shoot the Shadower said.
The Doctor quickly looked at one filly to the other.
“Their somehow connected!,” the Doctor said.
“Guys! Turn it off! Turn it off! Your gonna kill Orangecream!,” Winter screamed.
“It won’t turn off!,” the stallion said.
The Doctor turned on his
sonic screwdriver it distroyed the gun, ending the ray. Both fillies fell to the ground panting, and coughing, trying to recover from the extreme pain. The two got up at the
same time. Once they opened their eyes, their eyes had to adjust. The Shadower hissed angrily at the two ponies, making them drop their gun and run away. The Shadower looked back at Orangecream concerned. She was relieved when she saw her rubbing her head and disappeared.
“Orangecream are you alright?,” the Doctor asked concerned.
“Ya,”
She coughed.
“I’m fine,”
“What happened?,”
“I don’t know. I was just fine until that Shadower was getting zapped and then it felt like I was getting zapped too. Everything went white,” Orangecream said.
“Well it seemed you and that Shadower were somehow connected,” the Doctor said.
“What?,” Orangecream asked nervous.
“I wouldn’t panic just yet. If it was something to be concerned over I’m certain there would have been some negative side effects by now,” Tick Tock said.
“Oh okay. Good,” Orangecream said relieved.
“Anyway. It’s getting late. Are you three going to have any trouble getting home. With all the Shadowers coming out at night after all?,” Orangecream said.
“Well that may indeed make it a problem,” Tick Tock said.
“Well your welcome to stay at my house if need be. I have some spare bedrooms, it’s not too far from here,” Orangecream offered.
“What do you think Doctor?,” Derpy whispered.
“Well it might prove for the better actually. Whatever these Shadowers want their clearly focusing on her for it. We better stay close to her. Perhaps the next time we see that Shadower I can convince them to talk.,” the Doctor whispered back.
“Right then. Led the way Orangecream, Avante,” the Doctor said.
“See you two tomorrow,” Orangecream said to her friends,
“See you tomorrow Orangecream,” Winter said.
Splints waved and the two headed back home.
They reached Orangecream’s log cabin. Orangecream opened the door. It was a nice looking log cabin. Had everything, one would need in a home.
“Well, the kitchen is just that way. There are 2 bathrooms and 3 bedrooms upstairs and one bedroom downstairs. If you need anything just ask,” Orangecream said.
And with that the gang ate dinner. Orangecream had plenty of food. Way more than anyone could expect to have during a war. They ate some dandillion sandwiches that she had and all went to bed. Orangecream went in her own Bedroom. Tick Tock and Derpy went to bed in the two spare bedrooms upstair and the Doctor took the one downstairs.
The Doctor went hard to work trying to figure out what was going on with that Shadower. The bedroom had a lamp and Orangecream kept a well stocked book shelf in the house. One of those books was the same he was shown earlier.
The one where he saw Sour Fruit, he was looking at the same book.
“What were you?,” the Doctor asked the image of the baby filly.
The book began to glow. The letters begain to change, one line at a time
The only pony that ever took the Shadower’s side
Became
The Pony That Never Existed
“She couldn’t have been,” the Doctor said to himself.
This young pony was born the 991th year of Celestia’s rule. During the same time the Shadower began to attack pony kind. Instead of staying on the Pony’s side. This little foal became a traitor and started defending the Shadowers. She was taken to be killed. She was killed the 993th of Celestia’s Rule.
Became
This young pony was only given the name Sour Fruit by other ponies as a form of bullying for her actions. Her real name was never discovered. She was on the Shadower’s side for unknown reasons. She was taken to be executed but no pony ever found the body and no pony in the room could remember what had happened during the execution. The pony known as Sour Fruit was never seen or heard from again.
“She was,” the Doctor said.
Birth: April 17 9991
Decease: June 2 993
Became
Birth and Decease unknown.
“She couldn’t have been,” the Doctor said.
The book stopped glowing.
“She is a fake legend,” the Doctor said.
Meanwhile the Shadowers were having a meeting.
“I can’t take it any more. When is she coming back?!,” one Shadower said.
“Be patient,” the lead unicorn that had told the ponies to leave Orangecream said.
“Can’t we just rush it a little?,”
“No. We might damage the process. We wait for it to happen on it’s own,”
“Bring her back. We need to bring her back!,”
“I know! I know. It takes time for the connection to be completed,”
“How soon?,”
“Should be tomorrow morning. I’ll make sure she’s where she needs to be, when she need to be there,”
“Alright. I trust you. I just hope we can come up with a new plan after she comes back,”
“Oh trust me my friend. There’s a curious pony around that town. And once she comes back and we let him come to our territory. Some pony will finally understand what we’re trying to accomplish in this war,”