A Bitter End & A New Beginning

Jayden

"So this is how it ends?"

Earlier that evening... He was running for his life. These guys he’s been having problems with for a while now are after him. His best friend went missing. A bullet flew over his head and he ducked. “This is what I get for trusting in others. If I had powers I would make them shake in fear… If only I had the power.” He thought to himself.

"Find his ass!! We gone get him, where are you!? Not so tough now huh!? you were always a lame!" The leader shouted

He hid behind a dumpster waiting for a opening to run. He’s been beefing with these guys for a while now, well the gang he was in is, he didn't want to live life like this, but he ended up doing so trying to fit in so he wouldn't be picked on, and have somewhere to belong, and to experience what it was like to be popular. So he joined a gang. Did gang related stuff, and regretted all of it.

Haha I tried being the nice cool guy, so I can get others out of trouble. but they saw that as being weak and didn't like me doing that kind of stuff. He reminisced

In that year alone he was betrayed by someone he called a brother, got played by a girl he was in love with, got on drugs, and did a lot of crazy shit in the pass couple of years.

2012 hits and the world goes mad, and rival gang starts black list hunting.

Haha my life always been a shit show. Why’d I ever think it could get any better? He thought to himself.

Jay saw that the group that was searching for him further down the road and bolts from behind the dumpster. They didn't notice him thanks to the noise from all the chaos. Jay looked back to see someone following him, and saw it was his best friend Nick.

"Nick!! I thought they got you!" Jay hugged Nick for a moment, and let go.

"Nah they didn't get me...I'm with them"

Jay eye's widen in shock and he gave him a powerful right hook and tried to run away, but didn't make it to far before he heard a loud noise, and felt a burning pain in his back. Jay hit the ground face first. Nick walked over and rolled him on his back with a kick. He looked Jay in the eyes.

“You know, I always disliked you bruh. I was only cool with you because of the homies, with yo lil friendly ass. I’ll give it to you, you got heart, anytime we went to go fight you were down to ride. But you never wanted to hit licks, you never was willing share yo bitch, but I still fucked her, her pussy was good to I see why you wanted to cuff her. Haha yo ass was in love too, and she was on my dick cause she was just a freak to be real with you. Anyway, you wanna know what I dislike about you the most?”

Jay didn’t reply, just starring back into his cold dark brown eyes.

“Its that weak nature of yours! Real talk bruh, you a bitch! You aint no real gangster! when it came to putting that real work in, you tried keeping your hands clean! Like you're better than us or something! I can’t believe Mark let that shit slide all the times you didn’t want to move work, or ride out on a nigga! But don’t worry, I already paid his ass a visit.”

Jay felt a cold shiver run down his spine at the words that escaped Nick's mouth. But the anger at what he just revealed wouldn’t let fear take control.

“Should have known you was a snake nigga.” Jay said in pain and anger.

He let off a couple of shots in jay's legs, arms, and shoulders, he looked at him with a angry smile.

“Bitch die slow.” Nick said before walking off.

"So this is how it ends?" He thought to himself.

He left Jay there to bleed out. Painfully slow, his vision went dark, and he could see the light. The next moment he was now in a dark room with a ball of light floating in the air.

"I'm dead..." Jay said out loud looking towards the ball of light.

"No, you're not dead yet, but you are dying."

"you're god.." Jay said in awe.

"You could say that, I'm a spark of a greater light, I’m here to offer you another chance at life, within a few of those like yourself, there is the power to hold greater power, and there is a realm that needs that power.”

"So, in exchange for my life you want me to save that realm?”

“Correct. Will you accept my offer?”

“…Sure. I have nothing to lose.”

“Then I will send you there now, it’s a world you might still be familiar with, but be warned the realm you are going to is very different from the others. The darkness there are infused with the demons and devils of that realm. I fear that the power I will bestow upon you will not be enough, so you must awaken the power that already sleeps within you.”

Shit, will I be alright? He thought to himself.

Without warning that ball of light burst into a brighter light engulfing him in it, he felt his thoughts become fuzzy, as he began to lose consciousness.

“May your heart be your guiding key…”

That was the last thing Jay heard before he blacked out.

***

“Ugh…The fuck.” Jay pushed himself up from off the ground to his knees, and held his head in his hand.

He then looked around and saw that he is surrounded by trees. He tried to stand but wobbled, and fell back to the ground, his hand landing in a puddle of something wet. He looked at his hand and was thankful it was water, but before he removed his hand from the puddle of water he saw his reflection, and was shocked, and surprised at what he saw starring back at him.

A dark brown skin male with ruby eyes, short silver white dreads looked back at him with his mouth open with a look of shock. He brought his hand up to his face, making sure that this wasn't some kind of fucked up dream.

“Ahhhhh!" A loud scream boomed out of nowhere. Jay damn near jumped out of his skin.

“Should I run towards the voice or away from it?” Jay asked himself.

"Girls this way hurry!!"

“Damn it!” Jay shouted conflicted. He start running towards the voice to see what was going on, and maybe it would lead him out of this forest. As luck would have it he made it out of that forest.

What he saw when he made it out was terrifying. There are two small horse like beings standing up like a human would, shaking in fear. One was white with a light pink and purple mane, and the other one was yellow with a red mane and a pink bow. There was a bigger one standing in front of the two shaking like a leaf in a storm, arms stretched out as to shield them. This one was yellow with a long pink mane, and it had wings on it’s back. Their gaze was locked on the object of their terror. Jay eye's followed their gaze to find out what exactly were they looking at.

four horse shape shadows that stood on two legs with menacing yellow eyes stood not to far from the other horse like beings. One of them had its mouths open wide, it’s bottom jaw stretched low like something you would see in a horror movie, ready to devour whatever was underneath it. It was a small orange horse with a purple mane. Eye's filled with terror and tears.

Then it hits him, he loosely knows the world he has come to, only seeing six or seven episodes of the show, but that was enough to identify them. He had been transported into a anthropomorphic world of My Little Pony.

His body moved on it's own. Charging at the shadow like pony. He let out a cry, so that he can grab the attention of the shadows. Everyone looked his way and when he was close enough, he leaped at the shadow that had the orange pony held down. While in mid air a black and purple mist appeared in his hand, he felt the handle of something in his hands that made him feel energetic. Whatever it was he used it to knock that shadow off of the smaller one, it twitched on the ground letting out a demonic like screech.

He looked at what was in his hands, and it appears to be a black keyblade with a red handle. He looked back at the shadow like ponies. Understanding his situation he tighten his grip on the key like blade. He wants to run away, actually standing in front of a demon like shadow chilled him to the bone. The heartless that he knocked down flattened its self, moved a bit closer and rose up from out of it's own shadow, that looked more creepy in person than it did in the game.

He held the keyblade in front of himself ready for battle, he looked behind himself at the little pony who sat on the ground looking at him in shock, and something else he couldn’t identify.

“Run!” Jay shouted as he rushed forward, and blindly swung his keyblade in front of him, luckily one of the heartless had gotten closer while he was looking back at the small pony, close enough to take it’s head off. Black smoke erupted out of it’s neck as it fell down to the ground.

The heartless behind that one ran into him knocking him a feet back from where he stood, tackling him to the ground. Not being knew to fighting he quickly rolled over switching places with the heartless, and plunged his key blade into its throat. Black liquid came gurgling up out its mouth. He pulled his keyblade from it’s throat, but was then blasted forward by an impact to the back. He couldn’t even let out a scream because of the wind that was knocked out of him.

He went rolling forward a good three times before he stopped.

“AHHHHHH!!” The pain that came from his back caused him to let out a scream of agony, it felt worse then being shot. He quickly struggled to get up, and sharply looked in the direction of the heartless, which in doing so made him a bit dizzy, the left side of his vision red, but in just in enough time to see the heartless cross its arms in front of it making a X gesture, and quickly moving them apart back to it’s sides, sticking out his chest and shooting a black and pink orb the size of a basketball at him.

I must have been hit with that. He thought as he jumped to the side dodging that blast, and rushed forward as fast as he could which wasn’t much after taking that hit to the back. In his peripheral vision he saw all four ponies still standing there frozen as one of the heartless made its way towards them.

“WHY ARE YOU ALL STILL HERE!? HURRY UP AND RUN!!” He shouted as hard as he could, and switch targets to the one that was making it’s way towards them.

He put more power into his legs catching up, and tackling the heartless to the ground with his keyblade held in front of him running it through as they tumbled to the ground. When they stopped he looked up and saw the four ponies in the distance, he quickly looked back towards the heartless that was sure to be giving chase. But it was still in the same spot, but now in that X stance, it’s body seem to be shaking.

“Fuck!”

Jay yelled in distress, and jumped up to his feet, the heartless pushed out it’s chest shooting out a bigger, and faster ball of black and pink energy. He couldn’t move his injured body fast enough to dodge it, he yanked his keyblade out of the dead heartless, raised it above his head, and once the blast of dark energy was close enough, he swung down at it. The impact alone was enough to make him scream in pain, but he gritted his teeth as the ball of energy pushed him back. His feet leaving drag marks in the dirt as he was being pushed back, the further he got, the weaker the ball became until it disappeared. Jay fell to his knees out of breath, and from being tired.

The heartless looked like it was going to fade away, the way its body moved, its shoulders moving up and down with its mouth open made it looked like it was out of breath as well. It sunk into the ground into it’s own shadow, and moved in the opposite direction, until Jay couldn’t see it anymore.

He moved his aching body back into the forests, not wanting to just sit in the opening like a sitting duck.

“Fuck… I couldn’t be sent here with cheat codes?” Jay complained to himself as he painfully wobbled his way to find a river to clean his wounds.

***

Rarity

The door swung open giving Rarity a bit of a fright, she was then tackled by her little sister Sweetiebell with Applebloom and Scootaloo behind her.

"What has gotten into you darling?" Rarity asked.

"Those shadow ponies that have been showing up attacked us!" Sweetiebell said frantically.

"My word! Are you all alright!?”

Fluttershy walked through the door out of breath.

"Fluttershy, what happened out there!?"

"We were being attacked by those shadow ponies and then this odd stallion fully dress in clothes came out of nowhere and saved us." Fluttershy said.

Rarity then looked behind the three to see if anypony was there. "Where is this odd stallion that you speak of?" Rarity asked.

"Fighting off the shadow ponies! He needs help! He got hurt fending them off so that we could get away." fluttershy said with a panicked tone.

Rarity nodded her head in agreement. "Let us go gather our friends, and help this brave stallion" Rarity said.

"Okay I'll go find rainbow dash" fluttershy said as she was leaving.

"You girls stay here okay? we'll be right back. Rarity announced.

"Okay.." The three said all together.

Rarity then ran out of the boutique to notify twilight " I hope we are not too late" She said worriedly.

Jayden

“Wha!?”

Jay fell out of the tree he climbed up yesterday to sleep in.

“Whaa!!”

He shouted as he hit the ground hard on his back.

“Holy fuck!! That hurts!” He shouted in pain.

Grunting, He got up off the ground, and began looking around to make sure he didn’t draw any attention with that fuck up.

“Right, I’m getting the hell out of this forest.”

He made his way to a nearby river to drink, and wash the blood off of himself. He noticed that most of the minor bruises were gone.

Now done, he made his way out of the forest, he begin to reflect on yesterday's event’s.

When I killed those heartless they didn’t release a heart, why? He pondered thinking back on the battle.

“Oh right, how did I summon that keyblade?”

He swung his right hand around thinking about that black keyblade, nothing happened, so he put more force in his swings, and concentrated hard on the black keyblade in his minds eye. He kept at it for awhile as he walked.

He sucked his teeth in frustration, What am I missing? He thought aggravated. He stopped concentrating on the keyblade. Instead of thinking about how he did it yesterday. He decided to think about the game, remembering all the little details about the keyblade, and story. As he thought to himself while occasionally looking out for heartless. He stopped in his tracks and face palmed.

“The power comes from the heart!” He said out loud to himself.

Remembering the emotions he felt that day he concentrated those feelings into his hand. Fear and the rush to survive. Dark purple light sparked from his hand that formed a weirdly shaped key.

He held it up to the sky examining the weapon. It was different from the keyblades that were in the game. The weapon he held in his hand really put the “Blade” in keyblade. It’s a flat blade in the shape of a pointed key, the entire blade is black, and the handles are a crimson red.

“Why did I have to get the one that looks like it’s the key to Satan's bed room?” Jay complained out loud.

He gave it a few swings, it was really light as if he was holding a plastic sword. If he remember correctly this keyblade doesn’t have a name. As a matter of fact not much is known about this one. Well I only played kingdoms hearts one, so I can’t be to sure. He thought to himself.

“Fire!...Ice!..Wind…Thunder!” He shouted swinging his keyblade, and nothing happened.

“Shit, seem like I can’t use magic.” He shrugged.

Okay, since I have a keyblade, and there are heartless in this world means that there’s a door that needs to be locked to keep the darkness from getting in. He thought about his objective.

“Right, all I need to do is find the keyhole then I’m off to the next world right?” He asked no one in particular. The nearest town would be that place where the show takes place.

“What was it called again?” He pondered, loosening his grip on the keyblade, and his emotional hold on it, the keyblade vanished.

“Guess I’ll just follow this dirt road.” He put both of his hands in his pocket, and started walking. He notice that the color of the sky is a early morning blue, and figured that he must have slept that whole evening and night after his first battle.

***

Twilight Sparkle

“Twilight, every since you got back you haven't gotten any sleep. I’m worried that you’ll make yourself sick.”

The baby dragon spoke while picking up the books that was tossed around the library.

“I’m fine spike, I’ll get some sleep once I’ve figured out how this stallion was able to destroy a shadeneh on his own. It takes five high class royal mages to take out one. Even the princesses have trouble taking out these shadow like creatures!!” Twilight exclaimed.

“And that weapon fluttershy, said he used during the fight. It must be some kind of artifact from the age before discord. Don’t you see spike there’s so much I don’t know.” Twilight said breathlessly, her mane a mess.

“Have you looked in the mirror lately!?”

Spike set down the books he was holding and marched over to the window, and pushed the curtains apart, and sunlight filled the room causing Twilight to shut her eye’s and reel back in pain.

“It’s 1pm and you got back at 6pm right before dark. Get some rest already.”

Twilight slowly opened her eyes and sighed. “You’re right spike, I’ll get some sleep. Right after I send princess celestia a letter about the event’s of yesterday.”

Spike pulled out a scroll and dabbing a quill on his tongue ready to jot down whatever twilight is about to say.

***

Jayden

“Where the fuck am I? Did I go the wrong way? Damn it, Ain’t this bout a bitch! Should I keep going forward or head back?”

He complained to himself out loud. He stood there lost in thought contemplating on his choices, the sounds of the background becoming white noise. He stood there for awhile lost in thought.

“GET DOWN NOW!!” A voice boomed from behind him. He turned around to see what, or who was it only to be tackled to the ground.

He opened his eyes to see a pare of light blue eyes staring angrily at him. A pony with a butter yellow coat, and a mane two toned. On one side a light pink, and on the other a dark blue. Her mane reminded him of cotton candy.

“WHAT WERE YOU THINKING JUST STANDING THERE LIKE AN IDIOT!? DON’T YOU KNOW THESE ROADS ARE DANGEROUS!?”

From the tone of voice this pony must be female. Although, he could be wrong. Her eye’s darted from side to side, then she pulled herself off him, and stood up.

“Great, we’re surrounded, stay behind me, I’ll protect you!”

This pony had a rope tide around her hips, with a brown carrying bag. From her side she drew a short blade. He noticed that she has on a short plain black shirt, but that was all, she didn’t have on anything below. She held her blade at the ready. Her knees were knocking, and her blade unsteady.

He followed her gaze to see that there are five heartless surrounding them. He turned his back towards her, so that they were standing back to back.

“Are you any good with that blade?” He asked her.

“Most likely better than you.” She rebutted

“Good.” He summoned his keyblade readying himself for battle.

She glanced at his keyblade out of the corner of her eye, and quickly turned her attention back to the heartless in front of her. Time felt like it was slowed. The air reverberated with the growls of these heartless. Once one charged in, they all began there assault. Moving forward he held his keyblade like a samurai would charging into battle. Three came at him each keeping pace with each other, they simultaneously jumped at him mouth agape, and swinging there claws, he dived rolled under them, his body ached all over, but he wasn’t new to this type of stress on his body.

He bolted forward plunging his keyblade in the middle one’s back, and out it’s chest. He noticed that stabbing through the heartless felt as easy as cutting into butter as he pulled out his keyblade as quickly as possible. The heartless to his left turned around sharply, and dove at him with incredible power and speed. He couldn’t react in time, so he pointed his keyblade forward as the heartless slammed into him.

“AHHHH!” He yelled as he landed on his sore back.

The heartless didn’t move, and Jay knew that he didn’t have the time to catch his breath, and pushed the slowly disappearing heartless off of him leaving his keyblade in it’s body. He looked towards the other heartless.

“Oooh!, you bitch! I knew it!!” He yelled at the heartless the had its arm cross, he started running around the heartless looking stupid doing so as he inched closer and closer trying to keep it's aim off, as the heartless shuffled in that X pose trying to target him. It pushed out it’s chest once it thought Jay was in range. Jay hurriedly jumped to it’s side before the heartless could finish the motion, he summoned his keyblade swung, and the heartless head went flying as the body still continued the motion, but the ball of dark energy did not shoot out.

He glanced over to see how that pony was fairing. She was barely dodging the attacks of the heartless, once she saw an opening she would slash at them, but the wounds she would inflict would instantly heal, she would cut it in half, half way decapitated, cut it from shoulders to hip, what ever she did, it would heal almost instantly. The heartless narrowly missed her, she looked frantic as she did her best to survive.

Shit! She won’t last long. Jay thought worriedly. He watched as he caught his breath. He took off running towards the fight, blind siding one of the heartless running full force into it, impaling it, and rolling on the ground with Jay on top when they stopped.

He looked back at the pony, and she glanced his way for a moment, and turn her attention to the last standing heartless. The pony now only having one heartless to deal with, she calmed down considerably, dodging the on coming strikes of the heartless with ease, her movements are fluid, countering each strike with her own. Black mist leaking from the heartless, some of the wounds she has been inflicting were not healing as fast as they were before.

It’s getting weaker…

He continued to watch the fight, no, it was more like a dance, and she’s taking the lead, stringing the heartless along wherever she wanted. The heartless movements were getting slower and slower. While this pony was recovering her breath. With so many cuts on the heartless it looked like she was being followed by a cloud of smoke. The heartless stopped giving chase and just stood there for a moment slowly fading away until a gust of wind took it away.

She walked towards Jayden, sheathing her sword. She looked down and she eyed his keyblade for a moment.

“Is that an artifact? You work for the A.M.A don’t you? She asked.

“I didn’t think the princess would reinstate such a secretive agency that was already under suspicion.”

He raised his keyblade giving it a once over then looked at her with a raised brow.

“umm, what?” He said a bit confused.

Did they have keyblades in this world at some point of time and now called them artifacts? And the fuck is a A.M.A? He thought.

She was silent for a moment. Her eyes searching his as if she was going through pages of his soul.

“It’s fine I use to work for the agency. My name is special agent sweetie drops, code 1 5 5 sunrise. But I now go by the cover name of bonbon. You have an artifact, all artifacts are kept in the castle vault. And only the most skilled and trust worthy agent is authorized to have one. Conclusion, you’re A.M.A, and you were waiting for me. So what’s the mission?” She said with her hooves crossed and a smug look on her face.

She doesn’t seem to be freaked out by my appearance, are there more humans in this world? He thought.

“Sorry. But I'm not A.M.A or whatever, I’m not even from around here. I’m lost, and was just trying to get to the nearest town.”
He explained.

“And as for this. He held his keyblade up a bit releasing his emotional hold on it causing it to disappear. “Something I’m not willing to talk about.”

Her eyes went wide as dinner plates seeing his weapon disappear. “So…you’re just some stallion that got lost, and so happen to have some kind of weapon that can easily destroy the shadeneh?” She asked with a bit of skepticism, and a raised brow.

Is that what their calling the heartless? He thought.

“Pretty much.” He replied.

“By the way, why are you here if it’s so dangerous?” He asked Curious for a number of reasons.

She was quiet for a moment giving him that look again. “I’m looking for the missing ponies.”

“Missing ponies?” He questioned.

“You haven’t heard?”

“No, again I’m not from around here.”

“..... A couple of months ago the shadeneh appeared in Equestria. A month ago after their appearance near ponyville some ponies started going missing. There have been reports of ponies going missing in other towns and city’s as well. I believe that the shadeneh have been taking ponies captive for some reason, and now that I’ve seen them with my own eyes I believe that their base of operations is somewhere near ponyville.”

“You don’t think the ponies that went missing are dead?” He asked.

“DON’T SAY THAT! DON’T EVER SAY THAT!!” Bonbon shouted.

“I’ll find them… I have to find them.” Her tone dropping dramatically, looking towards the ground. “That weapon of yours, what is it?”

“No comment.”

Best to keep everything a secret for now. He thought.

She raised a brow at that. “That weapon, was it made to fight the shadeneh specifically?”

“No comment.”

“Hmm, I see. Do you work for any of the princesses?”

“No. I’m just a wanderer, I serve no kingdom nor do I answer to anyone.” He answered truthfully.

“Ponyville is the nearest town around this area, and I’m headed there, so let’s go together. It’ll be safer that way.” She reasoned.

“Sure, why not.” They began their walk towards ponyville on high alert.

“What’s your name?” Bonbon asked.

“Jayden Highway.”

“That’s a very strange name.”

“If you say so.” He said dismissively.

“I can’t believe a weapon like that exists. You were able to take down multiple shadeneh almost without any effort. I’ve never seen a weapon like that before. I don’t think it’s an enchanted weapon, if it was it would have been mass produced by now. So, it must be an artifact of some kind. The question is, how did you get your hooves on it?”

“Hooves?” He repeated the word.

With a hoof she pointed at his hands. He realized that she didn’t have any, and wonder how the hell did she hold onto her sword.

“Uh, oh. These are called hands.” He raised both hands up, and wiggled his fingers.

She cringed a bit, but quickly got back on subject. “I doubt you have that weapon just for protection. Are you hunting the shadeneh?” She asked looking deep within his soul.

I’ll bite, she seem determined to get something out of me. He thought.

“In a sense, yes.”

She was quiet for awhile as they made their way to ponyville. “Highway, help me find the missing ponies, and I’ll help you hunt whatever it is you’re looking for.” She bargained with determination in her voice.

She looks desperate, maybe I can use her. He thought on it for awhile as they walked.

“Sure, only if you secure me a place to stay, and food to eat.” He bargained.

“…..deal.” she agreed.

“Good.”

Best not tell her what really happens to a person when they are attack by a heartless, or I’ll lose out on free meals. He thought.

***

Celestia

“Luna, we’ve been over this, you can’t blame yourself.” Celestia spoke worriedly as she rushed to catch up with her sister down the castle hall, her white dress fluttering as she moved.

Luna Sharply turned around her matching midnight blue dress danced in the air as she did.

“But it’s because of me that the shadeneh has grown rampid, when I returned I brought back that darkness as Nightmare Moon. Even after a thousand year’s I still couldn’t overcome the darkness, and had to be save by your apprentice, and the elements of harmony.” Luna held herself tightly.

“Even now, I can feel it out there, blacking the hearts of many. Sister I feel that a heavy blanket is about to cover all of Equestria, and its all because of me.” Luna spoke weakly.

Celestia quickly embraced her sister afraid she might disappear, afraid that she might be crushed by the burden she carries, afraid that the “Nightmare” would return for her sister. The element’s of harmony had freed her from Nightmare Moon, but it hadn’t destroyed it.

“Luna, we will overcome this together. There’s no need to bear this alone, I’m here for you.”

“If they didn’t hate me a thousand years ago, surly they do now.”

Luna shudder as she remember returning as Nightmare Moon, and how the shadeneh crawled out of her shadow and began attacking ponies. She pulled herself away from Celestia, disgusted with herself. She didn’t want to taint her sister.

“No! They know that you were not in control, there have been many incidents like yours since you have been gone, but unfortunately, those ponies that were touched by the darkness would go mad, a shadeneh would appear, and ponies would die, including the host.” Celestia said mournfully.

“Luna, you know as I do that the darkness didn’t originate from you.”

“BUT IT WAS I WHO LET IT IN!!” She yelled using her canterlot voice.

“…I’m sorry. Celestia, I would see this stallion brought in from ponyville, how is he fairing?”

“Mr. Cake…it has a strong grip on him, our mages and doctors have been doing their best to keep him stable, but every passing day the darkness inside of him grows even stronger, he’s unable to form coherent sentences, the only word he seems to speak is the name of his wife.”

“Isn’t she one of the ponies that went missing?”

“Yes. They were attacked by the shadeneh, from what he could give us at the time there was more than one of them. There have been more than one sightings of multiple shadeneh around ponyville, we believe he saw something out of the ordinary, and not something induced by shock. Report’s says he spoke of creatures shrouded in darkness, and not ponies made up of darkness.”

“Couldn’t he just be confused?”

“I doubt that, Mr. Cake was well informed, he would constantly attend town meetings, and participate, and orchestrate many events, he also saw the shadeneh when nightmare moon returned, so I’m sure he could tell the difference.”

“losing your special somepony like that does things to the mind.” Luna inputted.

“There’s something else, a letter from Twilight. One of her friends were attacked by multiple shadeneh.”

“Gods!” Luna gasped.

“No need to worry Luna, she was saved by a unknown stallion, in her letter she say that this stallion that resembles a minotaur defeated all of them with a single hoof.”

“Impossible!” Luna said in disbelief.

“Yes, I thought the same, we will soon find out once twilight, and her friends find this stallion. Let us go, and visit Mr. Cake, and after that let us calm ourselves with tea and cake.” Celestia said smiling.

“Yes…that…does sounds pleasing.” Luna responded, and the two walked away hoof in hoof.

To be continued.

Heavy Key Reverb

by Yacob24shots

A Bitter End & A New Beginning