A mare raised by wolves as she was abandoned in the everfree at birth finds her true calling as a dreamwalker. Her role is to keep the nightmares at bay but will find and Learn life changing secrets for better or worse
Night Shadow a mare raised by wolves that was abandoned in the everfree at birth finds her true calling as a dreamwalker. This is a secret organisation under the duristiction of the Princess of the night. Her role is to keep the nightmares at bay with other ponies like herself but together they will find and Learn life changing secrets for better or worse.
This story is based off a rp so the other individual who gave me inspiration is called frogmyre please go check him out as well thanks this set before season 6 as well
A figure walked through the everfree undisturbed. The moon shone down brightly lighting the being on her way as the figure walked through the thick forrest hidden by the hood upon her head as she proceeded into a clearing with a tree stump in the middle illuminated by the moons majestic rays. The figure walked towards the stump carrying something in it's magic once hidden by the forrest, a basket hoof made as the delicate craftsmanship was obviously shown in the waves in the fibres that had been used to make it.
Then suddenly noise hit the forrest a low small chuckling of a foal coming from the basket. "Shhhhhhh night my dear foal.... It's OK mummy's.... Mummy will look after you!" the figure said placing the basket onto the stump looking at her filly inside. A small black as night pegasus foal with a bright green mane looked at her mummy with a face of pure happiness as she believed in her mother’s words and hugged her little dragon plushy toy and went back to sleep not noticing the hooded mare rushing away leaving her foal alone in the everfree.
Hours went by as little Night begat to stir in her sleep and woke with a sneeze as the young foal was exposed to the winter air. "Mumma.....!" she called out in fear as she would get no response from the clearing or anywhere "Mumma!" she tried again before hearing a slight growl from the treeline as a pack of wolves emerged from it.
"Midna did you here that?" the alpha asked as the noise of the foal perked his ears making him move towards Night his nose twitching slightly smelling the foals well let's just say waste. "Eugh what is that.... We may have found something the manticore left."
"Link you know we have to get back to the pack leave it and come on Alpha is already on edge with you after your empty-pawed hunt!" Midna said with a sigh as she began to walk away from the clearing as Link decided to investigate "So I am returning the food we caught now I'll let you hand some to you if you hurry!"
Suddenly Night began to coy slightly in fear of these wolves as she hid in her basket "Wait it's alive?" Link asked approaching the basket carefully as he peered in "Midna it's a pony cub!" he said seeing Night's tiny face and wings poking out from under her blanket which had her name hand sown upon it.
"Well bring it back Alpha would love that as a meal!" Midna joked with obvious sarcasm "Link we are not bringing it into the pack.... Alpha would flip!"
"I am not leaving the pony cub to die I'll even fight Alpha to keep her now come!" Link growled as he picked up the basket and heading for the Grove that the Wolf pack resigned.
The Grove was a small clearing with rocks forming natural dens into the contours of the groaned where cubs ran around fighting and playing on the soft mossy grass as their mothers smiled on proudly whilst their fathers kept watch. Link entering the Grove felt nervous upon seeing Alpha a big grey wolf who was the packs leader. His name wasn't Alpha but that is his title and if you called him anything but you was challenging him for his place. "LINK, MIDNA YOUR LATE!" he growled angrily snarling as he spotted the two young wolves.
"Oh I'm sorry Alpha the old castle bridge was broken so we had to track around the gorge..... We did send out a howl but it seems the message did not get heard!" Midna said with a bow apologising for their late return home.
"Fine I'll except your excuses young one just howl louder in future.... What have you brought the pack from your hunts!" Alpha said with a sigh as he looked at Link who was hiding the foal basket from the elder wolf "Link what are you hiding....!"
"Um well you see I smelt something so I uh tracked it and I found an abandoned basket information the clearing south of here and well there was a pony cub inside I thought that instead of letting it die.... We raise it as our own as.... As I've been cubless for years now and I didn't want an innocent to die !" Link said boldly as he stood tall and proud to his father staring him down questioningly "Please dad I'm the one who will raise her.... It's even a full moon it's a sign from luna it has to be I promise if it goes bad I'll..... Leave!"
Midna gasped at Link's proposal as did most of the other wolves in the pack who was listening all except Alpha. "I'm proud of you son you understand my words well.... A wolf isn't fur or claw but a heart of bravery power and wisdom!" Alpha chuckles pulling his son close and rubbing his head.
"I won't let you down dad..... I'll raise Night as the daughter I never was able to meet!" Link said with a smile to Midna who looked gobsmacked from the side as she wasn’t planned for this she expected Alpha to be against the plan.
"Link be a good dad to this cub and remember one day she will have to join her people again I can feel it! Promise me you will let her know where she's from!" Alpha said as he took link aside for a man on man talk.
"I promise dad on mum's grave I'll be the father you was to me!" Link promised looking down at night with a smile as he then picked her update in his maw by the scruff of her neck and taking her to begin her new life!
Several years past since that night link took in the little pegasus filly by the same name and it was smooth sailing. Oh boy let me tell you that never lasted because this young foal was impossible to predict as she was up before the first howl of the watch wolves returning to welcome them home before genuinely being a kid annoying the elders and fight with the cubs. However there was days that was special, days that was unique and baffling to the Wolf pack. It was the days when Night learned to fly with her wings and take off the highest rock before diving at any member of the pack as she used her wings to pull up just to scare the poor wolf.
Today was such day.
"Night are you sure about this Alpha has warned you about your flying and Is genuinely ready to snap!" a voice came behind the filly known as her best buddy snow that was the let's say runt of his litter and shuned just like night was until she began pranks on the elders but that wasn’t important what matters is this white cub would be there whenever night needes him. That is what mattered.
"My dear Snow don't worry Dad was cool about this one... Grandaddy Alpha listens to him most of the time." Night said spotting her target a young female wolf who was known as the pack's private princess because she got her way every time. But the little princess wasn’t anything of the sort she was a bitch, literally and figuratively, as she bullied the minority.
Night and her was bitter enemies as Night was her favourite to bully for obvious reasons. Well you probably can guess what happens between the two often but no matter in what scenario Night was the one punished. Even if she didn't retaliate so she made plans. Plans of revenge starting with a good old scare.
"Night please reconsider Princess is close with Alpha being his neice whilst you are usually in his bad books." snow said with a worried tone as he shook in place as Night got ready to jump the wolfess.
"Snow I'm doing this because she needs to learn respect we are a pack we work together not alone to survive her friends saw that and left her but yet she blames me for her attitude to them Pah..... So I'm going to teach a lesson!" Night said before diving down towards the unsuspecting pup.
"Oh no I better tell Link!" Snow sad heading towards links part of the grove as fast as his paws could go.
In hindsight Night should have known the moment she jumped there would have been consequences to her actions but well it is Night she didn't care. The foal jumped as Princess was directly below her and crashed into the young bitch who bullied everywolf she knew however landing on top of the bitch wasn't in the plan and princess let out a howl of pain alerting the pack!
"Oh damn that went Wrong!" night said with a panicked tone as Link and Midna came running with Snow being the first there.
"Damn it Night... Link I warned you this would happen." Midna growled at the young foal who ran into the woods out of fear of her adoptive parents.
"Night wait!" Link said chasing the young foal into the deep dark parts of the everfree forest as Midna took Princess and Snow back to the pack looking at Link running off after the disgrace.
Link searched for hours on little food he began to get tired and weak. "Night...... Please it's Papa.... I ain't mad just worried!" the Wolf called out before picking up Night's scent. "Night!" he shouted following his nose towards where he was smelling and ending up in a clearing which seemed very familiar to him. It was where he found the young foal all those years ago.
"I'm sorry dad..... Maybe they're right..... I don't belong to the pack..... I need to find my own kind." Night sobbed hearing her father's rustling coming from behind her looking around for him "I wish that one day you'll forgive me for this!"
"Night you do belong with the pack I raised you.... As if you was any other pup after what your kind did. Surely leaving will be harder to face than Alpha I'm sure because no matter you say or do.... I'll always be proud of you!" Link said embracing Night who suddenly stopped crying as a group of eyes had them surrounded.
"Papa?" Night asked as she notified him as the pack emerged from the thick treeline led by an enraged Alpha with a seriously injured Princess on his back as if she was bitten. Night also spotted Snow who had claw marks across his face from backing Night.
"Link your runt of a daughter hand her over now!" Alpha growled as Night hugged her father in fear.
"No...." Link said defiantly as he protected Night to the shock of the pack as Midna growled at him. "My daughter has done nothing wrong to harm the pack look at that bite Alpha it was wolf made she's being framed!" he declared making Snow back away slightly being the one who Midna made bite Princess.
"I DON'T CARE SHE'S NOT A WOLF AND I HAVE HAD IT WITH HER NOW MOVE OR DIE!" Alpha growled in rage as Princess was taken by her mother as she knew a fight was inevitable.
"Night.... Fly..... East of here is a pony town go there now!" Link growled forcefully as he charged at Alpha bitting the elder wolf before being attacked by the whole pack as Night flew away crying as her father was brutishly killed by his kin.
"I love you daddy.... They'll pay!" Night said flying East as fast as she could.
Night continued to fly in the eastern direction her father's brutal death still vividly implanted into her mind but she knew if she landed Alpha and his pack would be tracking her she had to get to the pony town her father told her to flee to. She was alone, scared and cold as the winter winds litter her lonely heart and she kept wandering ‘was it love or fear of the cold that led us through the night?’ but soon in the darkness ahead she saw a light of some strange tree looking structure made of weird colour rocks and decided that must be what her father was on about and flew straight for it as fast as her weak little wings could take her.
Well, that was the plan at least as the young filly flew to just the outskirts of the forest before falling into a tree and landing with a thud outside a cottage.
“What was that?” A shy yellow pegasus mare asked herself dropping the food she was pouring out for her many pets causing one white bunny to pout and stomp his foot angrily at whatever made his pony servant drop his food. “Oh, I’m sorry angel I'll get you a fresh carrot after I check out what caused that noise outside.”
Fluttershy began to head to her door when outside the window she saw a black foal crumpled up on a patch of grass just outside the everfree forest. “Oh no!” she said dashing out with a first aid kit just in case the poor darling had any injuries that could be bandaged or plastered.
Night woke up a few minutes after her ‘landing’ lay down on a couch being surrounded by animals and strangely a yellow pegasus pony who was wrapping something around her leg “What…. What are you doing?” she asked her voice weak and groggy her vision slightly blurred with concussion and she had a thumping headache like someone was playing heavy metal in her brain “Where am I?”
“It’s ok little filly you had a nasty fall and luckily I found you as you have a bad leg that needed bandages!” Fluttershy explained as she continued to wrap the bandage around night’s leg “My name is Fluttershy if you wanted to know dear!”
“I… My name is….. My name is Night!” Night said as she tried to stand up but was held down by a gentle hoof of Fluttershy as she sat by the injured foal tending to her wounds with due care.
“Please stay still dear at least until I'm done otherwise it will not heal correctly and may leave a nasty scar!” Fluttershy said as she carried on her bandaging and making sure Night would be ok “I promise I'll be gentle ok!”
“Why are you… Helping me!” Night said with a sudden wolf like growl of pain as she felt the bandage tighten around her leg as Fluttershy tied it shocked by the growl.
“Little filly did you just… um, growl like a wolf!” Fluttershy asked as she was a little startled by the growl as the next sane pony would be as it wasn’t normal, well by her standards at least.
“Yeah, why you asking?” Night said as she felt it was the normal thing to do being raised by said canine group.
“Because I um… never heard of a wolf growling filly before!” Fluttershy said trying to stay kind yet try to find out why this adorable young precious filly was acting like a natural hunter. “Why do you do it?”
“I was found by my pack in that forest and they killed the one who raised me!” Night said with a sniffle as she was remembering the image of Link's death “And I flew away as he died!”
“Oh, I am sorry... For your loss Night dear I’m gonna go get my friend and see if she can come and help you dear to get settled in ponyville somewhere it’s ok she’s a princess so she’ll help you I'm sure!” Fluttershy said as she told her animals to keep an eye on Night as she was about to leave to find Twilight “Welcome to ponyville little Night!”
Chapter 4 meeting Twilight Sparkle... I mean princess Twilight Sparke
Night was stuck on the bed Fluttershy had left her on as she waited for the yellow pony to return with this ‘friend’ she had mentioned and was getting quite annoyed with one of Fluttershy’s many animals staring at her constantly “What do you want me to hunt you down fuzzball!” she shouted at the white rabbit known as Angel who at that moment decided to hop away “Yeah you better hop I’ve hunted a lot bigger than you toothpick!”
It was at this moment in time that Fluttershy re-entered with a purple pony with wings and a horn something Night had never seen on ponies, well she was the only ‘pony’ she knew of, the new pony stared at confused by the young foal staring back at her as if she’d never seen another pony before. “Hello young pony my name is Princess Twilight Sparkle and as my close friend Fluttershy tells me you fell out of the sky and into her little cottage… She also claims you told her you was raised by wolves in the everfree is this true?” the Princess asked as Night watched her studying her like a hunter would a new prey or threat studying her as she moved it was quite chilling for Twilight to see such a young filly stare at her like that.
“Yeah what’s wrong with that Purple pony with a horn?” Night said with a defensive tone thinking that she was the only type of pony never seeing a unicorn, alicorn or earth pony before she didn’t know what they were called. “
“Um nothing…. it’s just that I’ve never heard of a pony raised by wolves before it must’ve been hard and scary.” Twilight said with a shocked reaction to the foals response to her question and seemed to want to ask more. “Can you um tell me more about yourself miss?”
“Why do you want to know your kind did kind of leave me in the forest with just this as evidence to know I was abandoned as a cub!” Night said throwing a small dragon Plushy as twilight, the one she was left with all those years ago. “That with a note was the only thing my father found me with… And he’s dead now because I messed up.”
“Oh dear, that sounds… Horrible.” Fluttershy gasped as she looked at a stunned Twilight and back to forth from the two other ponies in the room Night looking annoyed at the situation and tried to get up landing on her broken hoof toppling to the floor landing on her face. In an instant Fluttershy being the kind pony, she is got to her aid helping the foal up and setting her back on the bed to Night’s dismay of course.
Since then Twilight continued to Question Night about her life and as she was grounded by her hoof and wing she couldn’t escape so she made it fun explaining in detail of when she went hunting making a certain yellow pegasus sad and squeamish with the purple alicorn looking on in shock and horror at the thought of a young foal tearing a bunnies neck off with her teeth and tearing it’s flesh raw from the bone. It was brutal, unponylike and cause for concern but it was just like flying nature and that disturbed the princess as she never heard anything like this in all the history the of Equestria never once has a pony eat meat and even then described the killing as ‘best hunt she had yet’ as if there was more to come. Fluttershy would need better fences just to keep her animals safe.
“Ok miss Night… I’ve got to go tend to my library and for Fluttershy’s sake I think it'll be best if you stay with me.” Twilight said helping Night to her feet and supporting her with her magic.
“Gah careful with me you purple barbarian.” Night exclaimed as she was moved her wing and hoof stinging like a thousand wasps hitting at once on each of the injured limbs as she felt the pressure on them building up.
“If you didn’t resist my help as much it wouldn’t hurt as much as your pushing against the magic…” Twilight said with a sigh picking her off the ground and placing the filly on her back “Just don’t wriggle and you’ll be ok!”
“Just don’t drop me, Princess!” Night said with a grumble hating the princess’s guts for dare trying to hold her prisoner against her own will if she broke a foot she’d usually walk until it healed by itself not get someone to carry her like some selfish pup she knew.
“Don’t worry Night I shall not…” Twilight said carrying the foal out of the cottage waving goodbye to Fluttershy as she began to trek into ponyville. The walk was silent most of the way Night refusing to talk to the Princess of friendship when she tried to engage in conversation with the foal to find out anything at all about her except from her name and the wolf raising thing. Night on the other hoof didn’t play ball and either stayed silent or say some rude remark.
When the two got to the golden oaks library which was a confusing thing for Night. Like seriously how can a tree be a home, tree, and library all in one that would confuse anyone with a logical brain because if the tree grew your house would be ruined. The thought was weird, illogical and strange but this ‘pony princess’ seemed to like it.
“So welcome to the golden oaks library the home of the second most varied but most organised book collection in Equestria…. At least I hope it is.” Twilight said with an awkward look on her face as Night was just staring around awkwardly as she studied the room “I guess you’ve um never read a book huh.”
“Nope I’m guessing these pieces of paper bound in a good hide is a ‘book’ as you called it… seems like a waste of paper in my opinion.” Night said with a simple shrug as she spotted spike getting into a defensive stance “You allow a dragon in here? ARE YOU STUPID!”
“Whoa calm down Night dear it’s ok to spike’s my friend,” Twilight said as she tried to calm night due to her putting strain on her leg.
“I’ll just go organize upstairs,” Spike said apprehensively a little worried by the foals sudden fear of him. Fear was more like anger as Night watched him staring daggers at him as he left the room making his scales chill as if her stare was actually chilling.
“If you are going to stay here you need to tell me why you just flipped out like that.” Twilight asked genuine worry appearing in her tone as Night shook her head as if refusing to speak. The filly stood up slightly faltering on her bad leg but it seemed by some way or another to be healing faster a lot faster than a normal pony. Her eye’s was closed. This intrigued Twilight but if she wasn’t worried about her dislike of Spike she would probably have been inquiring it, by inquiring I mean studying it writing seventy seven essays on the subject and then study some more.
Then Night spoke opening her eyes that went white all white over “Let us go then!” she shouted as if she was being attacked. Then the white faded and she came to her senses running out of the library and toward the nearby smoky mountain somehow taking flight again flying up to a cave and hiding inside. “What was that… What am I?” she said breathing heavily as if in a panicked state… Then she passed out.