The Adventures of a Dark Duelist

          After about an hour of freaking out and avoiding Rarity, half an hour of anxiety, and considering hiding inside the dark mimic, Shadow had relieved enough stress to compensate for all of the things that have happened over the last few days. He was ready to start really helping out with rebuilding Canterlot. It was insanely difficult at first, because Rarity and Pinkie Pie almost blew his cover on the first day. Then there was the fact that the only ability he could use to move and rebuild things was Shadow Puppet. THEN there was the fact that Twilight wouldn't stop asking how his magic works. After about three hours straight of questions, he got tired of it.

        "TWILIGHT!" He stopped her mid sentence. "Look, I know you're having a lot of fun with your nerdgasm, but I have work to do and in all seriousness, I have no fucking clue how my abilities work." He said as he continued walking, his head turned toward her. "When I can answer your questions I will, but please leave me alone for now." She had a sheepish smile and a light blush.

      "Eheheh, yeah sorry about that. It's just that you're so uni-" she was interrupted by her bumping into someone, standing in front of them was an alabaster unicorn, wearing a white suit and had a girly ass mane.

      "Ugh, you filthy peasant! Watch where you're going, you clumsy oaf." Twilight could have sword she heard something snap next to her. Nightshade looked up, his horn faintly dimming the area around it.

      "Shut the fuck up and go cry about it, you self absorbed cross-dresser." Now she heard something snap in front of her, but she was too busy giggling to notice.

      "Why you insolent little wretch, do you know who I am?" Blueblood yelled.

      "No, and I don't care. So why is it you are talking and dressing like a colt, bitch?" Nightshade was really good at pushing the prince's buttons.

       "I am Prince Blueblood you miserable little cretin. I could have you arrested for merely looking at me like you are." He attempted to shout.

       "It's a good thing I don't give a fuck about titles. Anyway, Blueballs, you gave me enough time to perfect a cross between shadow possession and shadow puppetree."  He gestured towards the floor, where Blueblood saw their shadows connected, he tried to move, but he couldn't. Twilight could only stare at the ability.

       "What have you done to me demon?!" The spoiled brat screamed. The cloaked alicorn began to smirk.

       "I used shadow possession in order to take control of a living target. Normally this technique would require me to do what I want you to do myself, buuuut..." He forced the Prince to drop to a bow. "Using shadow puppetree, I don't need to."

       "Release me monster!" The royal douche commanded.

       "Oh I will... After you apologize to Twilight for bumping into her and yelling at her." Both the Prince's and Twilight's jaws dropped, Blueblood gave a grunt of defiance and struggled. "Wow you're a wimp, anyway, I'm in no rush we can just stay here until you apologize. Should I force you into more degrading positions to speed up the process, maybe make you kiss her hooves. Or maybe I should make you mess up your mare's mane and rip your suit." He then got a mischievous grin. "Or maybe have you do the pony pokee with Pinkie Pie in public." Twilight was now laughing hysterically at the thought of the self-absorbed Prince looking like or doing those things. The Prince, scared for his dignity, started apologizing frantically, and Nightshade released the possession.

      "I'll have you thrown in the dungeons for what you've done, GUARD!" Blueblood shrieked, a guard came running. "Arrest this peasant for assaulting me!" He shouted like a bitch. The guard looked at the concealed alicorn and removed his helmet.

       "Hey Nightshade, how ya doing?" It was the guard from the invasion.

       "Pretty good, the royal cocksucker is being a bitch." Night casually said.

       "Why you! I will have all three of you incarcerated!" Nightshade's attitude flipped, his horn glowed this time and all nearby shadows flowed into it, causing a pulse of darkness. Shadows started to form around all sides of him. Chains flowed from the shadows and wrapped around Blueblood, completely stopping his ability to move and speak. The guard and Twilight both stared at him in shock, the chains tightened to the point that muffled screams could be heard. Twilight ran in front of Nightshade, trying to break his concentration.

      She saw something. His eyes were a darker shade of black than his mane, energy flowed from them as the gaze less eyes stared blankly forward. She grabbed him by the shoulders and started shaking him. "Stop it! Stop please!" She shouted, and the chains stopped tightening, the darkness faded from his eyes. He looked at her for a second, before collapsing yet again.

      In Nightshade's unconsciousness a large dragon looked over him and sighed.

       "Really? Really Sam? Three times in two days. Whatever we can get to your training now. You discovered one of your abilities on your own." Rainbow Dark said.

       "Oh, you mean shadow possession?" The dragon face-clawed.

       "No. The royal sisters have an ability known as royal fury. Twilight is the key to elemental fury. And you wield Dark Fury. Unlike the others, you will be exhausted by using it at first. But it will enhance your other abilities to near god-like levels. I suggest you avoid using it unless necessary."

       "God-like? But I barely even started hurting that Prince."

       "That's because you only absorbed a few shadows. If you were to absorb a large amount, then release it later you would release enough strengh to rotate the sun or moon yourself." The dragon paused. "Would you like to practice your shadow puppet skill."

      "Yeah, let's get started." His shadow streamed in all directions.

       "Sentry, I need you to go get one of the Princesses. I'm not sure if he should be moved." She said as she gestured to the passed out alicorn and the still chained prince.

      "Right, I will be right back." He said before galloping off. Twilight stared at the alicorn and asked aloud.

      "What was that, I've never seen anypony's eyes do that but mine." Before long, Celestia and Luna, along with the elements arrived at the scene. Luna, Rarity, and Rainbow couldn't help but laugh at the stuck up snob.

      "What in Tartarus happened here?!" Celestia bellowed. "Why is my nephew chained up and what happened to Nightshade?" She asked as they removed the cloak, revealing the wings and which seemed to be burnt a the tip. Her mind raced and she immediately attempted to unravel the binds on Blueblood, but to no avail. "Twilight start explaining now!"

     Twilight was scared, Celestia had never raised her voice to anypony before. "We, we were walking down the hall. We were talking and I didn't watch where I was going. Blueblood and I ran into eachother, he started yelling at me, and when Nightshade defended me they got into a verbal fight. That was a distraction though, Nightshade was linking their shadows as it progressed, taking control of Blueblood's physical body. Nightshade made him bow to me and told him that if he didn't apologize he would force him to do... A few funny things." It was difficult to surpress a giggle. "Finally Blueblood apologized and Nightshade let him go, he called his guard and told him to arrest Night. They seemed to have known eachother because they started talking, that made your nephew mad. He said he was going to have all three of us incarcerated, Night... He just snapped." She paused for a second. "He seemed to absorb the darkness then summoned these chains, they bound Blueblood as you see now, only they started out mug looser. They kept tightening so I jumped in front of Night to get him to stop, I succeeded but... Princess, his eyes when he summoned the chains, they were like mine at the exam. Only..."

"Only what Twilight?" Rarity asked, stepping into the conversations.

"His eyes were black, they were glowing black. As if somepony had taken away the moon and all the stars from the night sky." Twilight shuddered a little bit and all of them gasped as Nightshade started to stir.

        "Huh, what?" The waking Alicorn asked before staring at Blueblood. "He's still chained up? I should probably take care of that, but if he even talks I'm putting one back on his mouth." His horn glowed and the chains turned into shadows and proceeded back into his horn. This Prince opened his mouth but quickly shut it. He ran off before his pride would escalate the scene any further.

       "What was that?" Twilight asked, trying to make sense of the situation

       "That was Dark Fury. It is my technique, and in all seriousness, I'm still angry so I'm going to go for a walk." Before anypony could object he faded and slipstreamed through the darkness. Twilight was too busy wondering what he meant, she looked up to Celestia, she and Luna had gone wide eyed.

      "He has a fury?" She spoke barely audible.

      "Princess what's  wrong?" Asked the unicorn.

      "I'm sorry my student, but my sister and I must discuss this in private." She spoke quickly before walking off.

      "But- ugh! Girls, what do you think?" Twilight asked the group of mix-emotioned mares.

      "Uh, Ah don't know Twi. Ah can't believe he would assault royalty. Then again, we didn't quite learn anythin' 'bout 'em other than those things he summons." AJ pointed out.

      "I don't think he's a meany, but he was acting kinda mean." Pinkie stated.

      "Are you two nuts! Night was completely calm up until Blueblood threatened Twilight, we should be thanking him for saving her." Rainbow shouted.

      "And that moral less prince should be thankin Twilight for saving him. That self absorbed pompous egotistical UGH! I just wish I could've seen it." Rarity added. Fluttershy stayed quiet.

      "Do ya think we should go after 'im?" AJ asked, even Rainbow shook her head.

      "He needs some space."

    Nightshade was walking through Canterlot, it was evidently clear that he was angry, even though his body language didn't show it. He was just radiating it, until he started hearing music nearby.

         "Get your camera, come on zoom in!

          Cuz your favorite mare's a human, ME!" He could see the singer now, a mint green unicorn he had seen various times online.

         "That is whoooooooo I'll BEEEEEEEEEEEE! Anthropology shhh." He seemed to be the only one nearby

         "So, a pony that knows about humans huh?" He asked, which startled the mare and she turned to greet him.

         "Oh great, you aren't going to make fun of my for believing in humans too are you?" She asked with clear annoyance, until something clicked. "Wait you said knows, not believes in."

         "Yes, anyway you are crazy for believing in them without evidence, but not crazy for believing in them. I've met a few of them and I control one that use o be human." Her eyes widened and she started speaking at an impossible speed, he stopped her by shoving a hoof in her mouth. "Before you drive me even further up the wall than I already am, let me show you something." He absorbed the nearby shadows but used their energy directly, so as to not trigger another fury. An orb of darkness formed in front of the two. "Do not get scared by his name, but I introduce you to one of my oldest friends, the Vampire Lord." Her eyes widened in fear, then excitement as she saw the cloaked biped with seafoam colored hair. Her jaw completely dropped when she saw the biped kneel to the strange black pony.

      "Master Nightshade." It spoke to the cloaked alicorn. Nightshade had a playful grin.

      "Rise old friend." He spoke with as much authority as he could, to Lyra he sounded like a kind Blueblood. "I want you to answer any and all questions this young mare has. I also hope to be meeting her again, so I wish for you to look after her. If you are in the presence of strangers I want you to fade into the shadows, understood?"

     "Yes master. Rainbow Dark Dragon told me as much." He then looked to the unicorn for a moment. "If you are going to be spending more time with her then it should be fine for you to remove your cloak around her." Nightshade facehoofed as he realized he still had it on, he took it off and tosses it to the vampire, who put it in a pocket of his own.

      "You're an ALICORN?!" She screamed louder than he would have liked.

      "Yeah." He said as he regained his hearing. "If Celestia and Luna are the masters of night and day, then I am the master of all that resides in the dark, but you can call my Nightshade."

      "Any more surprises you have for me?" She asked with a grin.

     "Actually yes, he's-" the vampire was cut off by a quick glare. "Got a few, but none that he would like to disclose at this moment." He stopped for a second. "Master are you sure you wouldn't like my wife to watch over and associate with the mare, it would seem like the right decision." Nightshade just chuckled for a second.

    "Keep this up and I'm gonna have to make you my advisor." He said before drawing in a breath. 'I need to try summoning without using the shadows, otherwise I'll never get stronger. He focused more of his own darkness and directed it outwards. In mere moments another biped stood similar yet softer facial features to the first one and a long purple dress.

      "Master Nightshade, I know what to do, Rainbow Dark Dragon instructed me moments before I was summoned." She said before walking beside the unicorn.

     "Uh sorry but who's this Rainbow Dark Dragon?" She asked. "Oh I'm Lyra by the way."

     "He's my strongest subject, at the moment he is more powerful than me, maybe he has always been." Nightshade said philosophically. "Anyway Lyra, I must get going make sure she stays out of trouble okay."

    "I won't get in any trouble!" The mare shouted.

    "I wasn't talkin abou you." He said just before he and the vampire lord faded into darkness and streamed back towards the palace.

         "Sister what are we going to do?!" Shouted Luna.

         "I don't know Lulu, we know he is good as he protected you and my student. But he is clearly short tempered, and with a fury that he could trigger so effortlessly...." She trailed off.

        "Sister, he entrusted to us a secret that he trusted to us completely. He put this much faith in us and-"

      "What was the secret?!" Celestia asked a little too forcefully.

      "Sister, if we told you we would be violating the sanctity of-" she was cut off again.

     "He is a threat he cannot be holding secrets from us, please, I must know if I am to let him live here." There was a strong silence.

      "Tia, he- he is not of this world."

      "What?" She asked.

      "He was human, turned pony."