A Shadow’s Grave

by Pinkies Imagination

The Void

I hope you all get as many feels as I did while making it! Btw, It would be awesome if any of you could maybe somehow spread the word of this story? :D Because after showing it to my teacher... My class found out I was a brony, and were very accepting. I think I had actually changed them all into bronies -_- Funniest part? The last 20 mins of class we read my latest chapter, The shadow showdown. They all loved it. I'M SO HAPPY!

Chapter 32: The Void

Everyone but Celestia and Fluttershy were startled by my outbreak. Celestia was trying hard not to laugh, while Fluttershy was slowly advancing towards me. As I watched her walk closer, I had felt the most fear I have ever felt in a long time.

"S-Shy... I-I can e-e-exp-plain...." I stuttered out.

"I-" I was cut off when Shy launched towards me and stopped dead in front of my face as I was kneeling.

"NO! You DON'T! You never cared about me! About Scootaloo! About any of us!" She shouted to me while staring me in the eyes.

As I looked into her eyes painful memories came flooding back. "I-I... S-Shy... I-I..."

"Don't even try to explain! It was all just an act to get us to love you! Wasn't it! WASN'T IT!?" She shouted still staring into my eyes....

As I stared into her eyes I felt the world getting darker around me... I began to get tunnel vision as everything went black.

Ten years ago.... Age 10.... Earth (Third person perspective now)

As two brothers walked home from school one began looking anxious.

"Jack... I need to ask you something..." Chris said coming to a stop on the path leading to their house door.

"Yes Chris? Whats wrong?" Said Jack in a concerned tone.

"Well... I need to know... do you..." Chris paused and took a deep breath. "Do you believe me?" He asked looking up to his smaller brother in front of him.

Jack seemed a bit taken aback by the question. "Believe you, what do you mean?"

"I mean, about my nightmares... and what I am always saying about that man who haunts me...." Said Chris.

Jack though for a second before going up beside his older brother. "Chris... I'm not sure If I do or not... but know this, no matter what happens, I'll be there to help you through." Jack said draping his arm around Chris.

Chris smiled a little at that answer. "Thanks... that's good to know."

Jack nodded. "Alright, now lets get home." He said as they walked up to their house door.

11:55 pm

Chris tossed and turned in his bed as he had the same nightmare as he had every day for as long as he can remember, but this time, everything seemed so much more... real. Chris shot up in his bed and began trying to catch his breath. When He finally did he turned to his clock to see it was 12:00.

"*Groan*"

Chris got up and walked out of the room towards the kitchen. When he got there he opened the fridge.

"A good midnight snack should help me sleep." He said to himself.

As he closed the fridge door while holding a plate which had left over chicken on it he froze in place at a familiar voice.

"Hello again.... miss me?" It spoke.

Chris began looking around frantically as his eyes landed on a set of knives on a counter. He lurched forward and grabbed one and held it to himself.

"W-W-Whatever you w-want... p-p-please j-just do it and go away!" Chris shouted to no one.

"I was hoping you would say that..." As he finished that sentence there was a pained shout from upstairs.

Chris immediately forgot all other fears and just ran towards the noise. When he got to his brothers room, he froze. Chris took a deep breath ans slowly pushed the door open. Chris immediately froze in both fear, sadness, and disgust. In the middle of the room in a pile of his own blood lay his younger brother with multiple stab wounds in his chest. Chris dropped the knife and ran to his brother. He kneeled down and gently lifted his head to his lap.

"J-Jack... no... no I'm so sorry... I'm so sorry... this is all my fault..." Chris repeatted.

Jack lifted his right hand and put it on Chris's cheek. "It's alright brother... this is not your fault.... don't ever think that..." Said Jack weakly.

"I'm just sorry I didn't believe you before... this is gonna be a heck of a mess to clean up..." Said Jack looking at all the blood while chuckling slightly.

Chris held his brother tighter. "Y-Yea... we are gonna have a tough time getting the stains out..." Chris said hugging his brother.

"Yeah... j-just like when we all d-drank t-too much at the C-Christm-mas party..." Jack Stuttered out.

"Yup... mom was sure mad when she found us drinking... but we fixed that mess... and we will both fix this one too..." Chris said, Tears streaking down his cheeks.

"Yeah... but I think blood is a lot harder to..." Jack trailed off.

Chris pulled out of the hug to look into his brothers lifeless eyes. "Jack? Jack... please wake up... please..."

"You must forget how to love, only to hate..." Said a deep voice...

"In the end... your loved ones will always abandon you...."

The voice trailed off as the world became a blur and everything went black.

Present time, 19 Years old, Equestria (First person again)

As the memory ended and I regained my vision I saw I was laying on the ground curled up. I was shaking and I could see everyone was in a group a few feet away.

"Fluttershy! Why would you do that to him! Who knows what that might have done!" Said Twilight.

"It's fine Twilight, It was my fault for playing such a foolish joke on him..." Said Celestia.

"Look! He's awake!" Said Pinkie pie pointing to me.

Everyone flooded over to me and crowded around me. Fluttershy pulled me into a hug.

"Are you alright? I'm so sorry! Sometimes I can't control it..." She said on the verge of tears.

"It's alright... I'm fine." I said a bit shaky.

Celestia walked up to me and bent down to eye level. "CJ... what happened... what did you see..." She said as Hecarim came up beside her.

'So he made it... good to know...'

I looked at Celestia as tears welled up in my eyes... "I-It was nothing important... come on... let's go home..."

Everyone stood up and helped me to my feet. When I got up I walked along side Fluttershy as we left the Castle. On the way there Fluttershy was looking anywhere but me. When I got to my house Fluttershy turned to me.

"Listen... I'm really sorry CJ..." She said almost about to cry again.

I bent down and pulled her into a hug. "I'm fine... really... now go home and get a good nights sleep, don't worry about me."

I broke the hug as she nodded. We gave each other a quick kiss and she flew into the air. She hesitated and turned to me. "If you ever need to talk to me, I'm always willing to listen." I nodded as she flew to her house.

I opened the unlocked door and walked upstairs. I got changed and went to the bed to see Scoots already laying there. I smiled and got into bed. As I did Scoots grabbed onto my neck and buried her face into my chest.

"I'm glad your home daddy..." She said softly.

I looked at her and smiled stroking her mane. "Me too... me too..."

I closed my eyes and almost immediately sleep took me in it's grasp.

Well? What did you all think? Let me know in the comments section! And yes, remember a long time ago when he said the shadow hurt his friend at age 10? Bet none of you expected it to be his BROTHER! MUA HAHAH! HAHA... ha... ha..... aw... now I went and made myself sad....

Comments

[derpyhuman]

Don't worry, some work in the Sarnian mines should make you feel better.

[Pinkies Imagination]

1638886 but im only 16

[derpyhuman]

1638890 *WOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO*
you are you 35. And on the blue team.

[Pinkies Imagination]

1638899

[derpyhuman]

1638903
Upset?

[Pinkies Imagination]

1639648 short.... but good
good.... but good...
short.... but fun!

[Pinkies Imagination]

1639648 wait... short? My usual chapter length is 1000-1700 words

[Regidar]

Again:

Tragedy, sad, comedy. All conflicting.

Downvote.

[Pinkies Imagination]

1639933 w/e Your opinion
My opinion is they work, take this story for example http://www.fimfiction.net/story/1975/The-Mystery-of-a-New-World

But whatever you want to vote for is your business, not mine, And I respect that

[Regidar]

1639949 Again, here is the snippet about tagging correctly:

What that means in simple terms is that a category is intended to indicate the overall theme of your story. Can a Tragedy have sad moments before the end? Yes. Yes it can. But, a Tragedy is a specific type of story, and a sad story is not by definition a tragedy.
Not all sad stories are tragedies. A tragedy necessitates a ray of hope in the end for the character to, literally, fail at. There MUST be something that motivates the character and gives them hope, and at the end the TRAGEDY is that they freaking fail at it, through circumstances outside of their control, or, more classically, their own folly.
If you have a story that is sad from beginning to end, you don’t have a tragedy. You have a sob story, otherwise known as “Sad”. IF the whole theme of your story is about dealing with some tragedy that happened at the beginning of it (or before), you DON’T put the Tragedy category on it. The Tragedy was but a moment that started the story. It was a plot device. The trigger. The rest of the story? That’s sad.
Conversely, a sad story can end on a good note, while a tragedy can’t. It can be bitter-sweet. But it can’t be happy.
If you need an extreme example that eeeeveryone knows, take “My Little Dashie”..
It’s NOT really ‘Sad’ category-wise. Why? Because, start: Guy is unhappy. Then: Meets RD and adopts her. Then: They are both happy. End: She gets taken away and he gets to live alone with memories that only he can possess of his time with a magical pony. (If you hadn’t read MLD, now you have.)
Sure, the ending makes you sad if your heart is made of, I dunno, uh, molten chocolate or something. But, it’s a Tragedy because RD is taken away from him and he cannot really do anything about it and therefore their happiness has ended.
If the whole thing had been a sad-fest, Celestia taking RD away would have only be slightly sadder but certainly not a tragedy.
So, repeat after me: I should not use the [Sad] and [Tragedy] categories together. I should NOT use the [Sad] and [Tragedy] categories together. I should not use the [Sad] and [Tragedy] categories together.
Good.
Now, the second one I will tackle is relatively simple and should really not be a problem if you stop to think about what you are doing: [Comedy] and [Sad].
Like I said before, the Category is used to indicate the overall theme of the story. NOT little moments of both. So, if your story is [Sad], yes, it can have some funny moments, but that doesn’t merit the whole story also being considered a comedy. And if your [Comedy] story has a few sad moments, it is still a comedy, not a [Sad] story.
So, repeat after me: I should not use the [Sad] and [Comedy] categories together. I should NOT use the [Sad] and [Comedy] categories together. I should not use the [Sad] and [Comedy] categories together.

I hope this helps.

[Lighting Ace]

Hmm, now did you introduced Jack, did you are planning to make a new evil appear and take the form of his brother? Perhaps Discord, will play him a little trick?, or even better, his daughter? (Discord daughter)

[Pinkies Imagination]

1641313 ?

[Slothic]

1641319 Congrats with school! USE DAT INSPIRATION