Shadow Knight: An Untold Legend

Shadow was up as usual preparing his morning coffee. He had leftovers for breakfast and was out the door. He bumped into Rainbow and Twilight awake and ready for training. "Hello girls, Rainbow I need you to close your eyes. Twilight if you please guide her, we can reveal the armor to her." Shadow said before sipping the last of his coffee. "Oh boy this is so exciting!" Rainbow said with her eyes closed. "I know right? Alright Rainbow follow the sound of my voice." Twilight said. Shadow let them in and guided both Twilight and Rainbow Dash to the living room. "Ok almost there." Twilight said. "Ok Rainbow open your eyes." Shadow said. Rainbow opened her eye to pegasus armor, it was shiny, and angel like. The flank part of the armor had her cutie mark imbedded in it. Rainbow gasped and began to shake, "This.....is......so.....Awesome!" Rainbow said with excitement. "I knew you would love it." Shadow said. "Can I put it on?" Rainbow asked. "Of course your going to be wearing it, til you get use to its weight." Shadow said. Rainbow took each piece and strapped it on. Each piece felt a little heavy, but nothing she couldn't handle. She put the helm on and it slipped on perfectly. Once the armor was on she looked at her self in the mirror. "I hate to say this, but this cooler than the Wonderbolts' uniform." Rainbow said. "I have to ask are you going to wear your armor tonight?" Shadow looked at his black and crimson armor, it called to him as if to say. 'Just once more? For old time sake?' "I'm afraid not this year, I don't want to scare the little ones. Besides I already have a costume." Shadow said with a sly smile. "Thats great!" Twilight said. "Yes, but we better get going I know we don't have all the time in the world." Shadow said.

Rainbow went outside to practice her sword skills. Twilight on the other hoof had to sit with Shadow. "Alright the first rule of magic is control correct?" Shadow asked Twilight. "That's correct." Twilight replied. "Good, now I need you to study the first spell, with it you will be able to form a dagger. The key to this is to concentrate, have control, and use your imagination. Every unicorns magic blade is never the same." Shadow said. Twilight began studying the words, she looked up to notify Shadow she was ready. "Alright now I have a cutting board and a tomato, I want you to form your dagger and begin cutting the tomato." Shadow instructed. Twilight nodded and began to concentrate. She struggle, but didn't give up. She put all her might into it, but ended up with a flower. "Odd, that's never happened before. Here let me demonstrate." Shadow said. "Wait you can use magic?" Twilight said. "Yes, but you have to promise to not tell any one of this. I obtained this gift through the stone. Not even my friends knew of this." Shadow said. "Ok, I promise." Twilight said. Shadow began concentrating, his body began to be covered in a dark mist of some sort. His eyes turned white and he formed a dagger from the darkness. It was crooked, spiky and black. It floated to the tomato and sliced a paper thin slice. The dagger disappeared and Shadow was back to normal. Twilight was amazed and freighted by this. "This is why ever pony is afraid of me, they can feel this dark power I control. But I have always found a way to use it only for good." Shadow said to the dumbfounded unicorn. "I see, and I'm glad you know how to control it and why you want me to keep this secret." Twilight said. "Yes, now your turn." Shadow said in a soft tone.

Twilight shook herself back to a normal state and tried again. She concentrated, til she saw the dagger in her mind . It was more narrowed and curved. It glowed with purple magic and when it was over she sliced the tomato. "Great job. Nice and thin. Know, keep practicing til I come back ok?" Shadow said. "Ok." Twilight said while looking at the book. Shadow walked out to see Rainbow Dash still practicing. "How's the armor?" Shadow called out. "Great! It's kind of hard to fly though." Rainbow said. "That's normal, just flap your wings in place to get them use to the weight." Shadow said. Rainbow did as she was instructed and her wing felt soar, but began getting use to the weight. Shadow then walked back into check on Twilight. Shadow came to a odd site of almost all the tomatoes were sliced in to paper thin slices. "Whew. That took a lot out of me." Twilight said. "Oh your ready to move on to something a bit bigger." Shadow said while placing all the slices on a trays. Shadow then place the trays into the oven and let them bake. "Bigger how?" Twilight asked. "Your ready to form a short sword, but I think you deserve a break. Conjuring your first weapon is really stressful." Shadow said. "May I ask why you are baking the tomato slices?" Twilight questioned. "I'm make tomato chips." Shadow replied. "Homemade? That's a first." Twilight said. "Yep, keep an eye on the oven, for me please. I have to check on Rainbow Dash." Shadow said with a nervous tone.

Shadow headed outside and Rainbow didn't seem to be any where insight. Then Shadow saw it in the distance, a barrier forming in the sky. Then suddenly a big blast if rainbow colored shock waves rippling the sky. "That didn't take too long." Shadow thought to himself. Rainbow then came in for a landing, to rest. "Like the air show?" Rainbow asked in her thick confidence. "I'm glad I told the smith to make your armor adaptable to sudden impacts. That performance could of ripped your armor clean off along with your coat." Shadow warned. Rainbow Dash gulped at the thought. "All right I think that enough for today, I have tomato chips baking in the oven if you like to stay for some?" Shadow afford. "Naw I need to get going a preform maintenance on my armor." Rainbow said. "Well, then you can't forget this." Shadow said while handing her a box. "This has everything you need to keep your armor in high quality. See you next time." Shadow said while heading inside. "Ok, goodbye." Rainbow replied.

Shadow walk back inside to see Twilight setting the trays down to let the tomato chips cool. " You didn't have to do that." Shadow replied in modesty "I know, but I felt it I should at least help out. After all, I'm interested on how this turned out." Twilight said while smiling. After finishing the chips, Twilight left for the library to continue for daily deeds. Shadow began thinking to himself, "I've got some great students." He then continued on the rest of the day, read or simply setting up next training sections. He began thinking about tonight, how it's going to be the best time of his life.

Later at dusk in Cantorlot, Luna was getting ready for her big event. She couldn't hardly wait, her smile was as big as the crescent moon. Celestia walked in to see how here sister was doing. "Ready for tonight? I hear that Ponyville is giving you a bigger welcome." Celestia said. "I was born ready and I can't believe it, this going to be better than last Nightmare Night." Luna said with glee. Celestia couldn't help but smile at her sister's happiness. "Well, I better leave you to get ready, besides this is the time of year that I do the paper work." Celestia said with a sigh. "It's alright sister, just think of it was your many ways you help Equestria." Luna said while trying to cheer here sister up. "Thank you my lovely sister, but it's time to set the sun." Celestia said with a smile.

The sun has set and night was upon Ponyville, The Mane Six and Spike were dressed in their costumes. Twilight was a Mage for a fiction tale called The Unicorn, she had a velvet robe and a jewel placed under her horn. Spike was a ghost, he took a pillow case and cut eye holes out of it. Applejack was a country music singer, she was caring a banjo along with her while wearing overalls. Rarity was a lady with a powdered wig as tall as she was. Fluttershy was a tree, this was also her first time to join the girls for Nightmare Night. Spending time with Starry made her more confident at night. Pinkie Pie was a plumber, she were a red hat, a red shirt and overalls. Last, but not least; Rainbow Dash was a knight as she should be. She was wearing the armor given to her by Shadow Knight. "I can't wait to see what Shadow Knight is going to be for Nightmare Night." Rainbow Dash said with excitement. "Oh don't worry, it suits him quite well." Rarity said. "Oh do you know?" Applejack asked. "Why I picked it out for him. He absolutely great at the part." Rarity. "Please tell me it's not a gentlemen with a suit and tie?" Rainbow groaned. "Oh no, you don't think I let him run around in a perfectly good wardrobe like that?" Rarity asked.

"So what is he going to be?" Spike asked. "You'll see." Rarity said. They reached the mansion with decorations all around the house. Twilight knocked on the door. The door opened and there stood Shadow Knight, in the costume he picked out from last night. "Hola, señoritas." Shadow said in a realistic Spanish accent. The group was stunted, to see such a terrific costume. "Wow! What or Who are you supposed to be?" Applejack said. "You can call me, The Masked Spanish Stallion!" Shadow Knight said while rearing upward. The light from the inside of the mansion gave Shadow's silhouette amazing effect. "Now, we go to the festival to meet the Princess. Rápido señoritas!" Shadow said with a pose. The group laughed and Twilight said, "You pull that off so well. Rarity your a genius!" "I have to agree, his could be in plays or something." Spike added. Shadow took off his hat and bowed, as the group laughed again. "Oh Shadow your full of it." Applejack said while grabbing her stomach. "Yeah, your like a one act pony, but a good one." Pinkie Pie said.

They all whipped their tears and began the journey back to Ponyville for the festival. Everyone was in costumes, from mummies to common farm animals. But of course every pony stopped and stared at The Masked Spanish Staillon. "Wow, your costume is drawing a lot of attention. A lot of female attention." Fluttershy said while watching some of the mares faint at the sight of Shadow. "Still say you should of worn your armor." Rainbow Dash said. "But, what about the little ponies? They might run in terror if he had that armor on." Applejack said. "Yeah besides let's not worry about that, lets go have fun!" Spike said while running over to one of the festival games. The group spilt up to go find a game to play or food to eat. The music was jammin and every pony was rocking out to Vinyl Scratch.

When suddenly the music stopped, and Vinyl turned on the mic. "Hello Ponyville! I hope every pony is having fun, cause we are about to kick things up a notch, but first let me introduce. An Alicorn that traveled the path of darkness, but returned to the light, she rules the night and rises the moon. She is the destroyer of nightmares and the reason we are all here. Give it up for Princess Llllllllllllllluuuuuuuuuuuuunnnnnnnna!" The curtains drew back and smoke rolled out off the stage. A silhouette appeared it walked forward, Princess Luna had arrived. With mic wrapped in magic, she began her speech. "Hello Ponyville, I'm glad to see you all again. I know your glad to see me. I made these arrangements so that I can show you that, it's not all about the scaring, but to have fun!" The crowd cheered,as music started to play.

Princess Luna walked off stage to join the other ponies in the fun and games. When she saw, Shadow Knight in his costume. She walked over and tapped him on the shoulder. "Having fun?" Luna asked loudly. "Sí, your highness. I kind of lost the others, but I'm sure we'll run into them." Shadow said with equal loudness. "I'm guessing your The Masked Spanish Stallion?" Luna question. "Right again your majesty, so how's life in Cantrolot?" Shadow asked. "Great in fact, I was hoping you stop by sometime. I'm sure Celestia would love to have a chat with you." Luna said. "I'll think about it, besides I still have two students to train." Shadow said. "I understand, well enough chatting lets hit the games." Luna said while pointing to a spider toss. "Right behind you, your highness."

Both Princess Luna and Shadow Knight began enjoying themselves, with games and fun activities. Afterwards they both decided to head for the food court to recharge. They both chose the apple fritters and cola, they look at each other and laughed. While enjoying their selection, Shadow stopped eating and looked around. "Is there something wrong?" Luna asked. "I feel like I'm being watched." Shadow said. "Maybe it's the Nightmare Night Goosebumps." Luna said while making a ghostly noise. "No, it's that pony over there she was staring at me." Shadow said while looking back. Luna turned around to see a pink and light blue earth pony standing next to the funnel cake wagon. "Oh, it's Lotus and Aloe."Luna said. "The Spa ponies?" Shadow questioned. "Yes and oh, it's Aloe who is staring at you. She looks little love struck." Luna said. "Oh boy." Shadow said while rolling his eyes. "What's wrong?" Luna asked. "Well, I already promised Moonblade I return to her." "Oh I see, poor Aloe is really needs a stallion." Luna said with a sigh.

Shadow looked around to see a stallion in a ninja costume. Shadow grinned as he began to scheme. "Shadow, what are you think?" Luna asked, even though she probably already knew. "I think Aloe will get a stallion." Shadow said while pointing Princess Luna to the ninja pony. "Ooh. So what's your plan?" Luna asked with a devious smile. Shadow whispered the plan into her ear. She giggled and nodded in agreement. Shadow began walking toward the stallion; as he moved Aloe couldn't help, but follow. Shadow felt her presents and walked passed the ninja stallion. He secretly weakened one of the beams on the nearest tent. As Aloe walked by, it broke causing it to fall toward Aloe. The ninja pony saw this and jumped into action and saved Aloe's life.

Aloe looked into the ninja's eyes and he did the same. They both blushed and began talking. "Well done, Shadow Knight. A bit over dramatic, but effective." Luna said. "What can I say, I know how to make things happen." Shadow said. "Hey it's Shadow with Luna." a voice said behind them. It was Rarity and Twilight, "I was wondering when you guys show up? Where's the rest?" Shadow asked. "Around. So having a good time?" Rarity asked. "Oh yes we, just saw a ninja pony save Aloe from a tent beam from crushing her." Luna said. "Really? And every pony is ok?" Twilight asked. "Yes, in fact I think Aloe is going to like her new ninja friend." Shadow said with a wink. "Aww, how romantic." Rarity said.

Suddenly, a scream came from the stage as black mist began pouring out. From the mist appeared King Sombra. "Cccitizensss of Ponyville, witnessss the power of true of King Sombra!" He said while crystal beings began to take shape. "How dare you ruin my holiday! What makes you think I would put up with this !" Luna yelled. King Sombra commanded his soldiers to attack, Luna summoned two blades and began shredding through them all. She reached King Sombra and attacked, but King Sombra in cased her in a crystal barrier that frozen her in place. "Princess Luna!" Shadow yelled. King Sombra turned his attention to creating more crystals. "Hey! Crystal freak!" Shadow yelled while drawing his sword. King Sombra turned to him and yelled, "Bite your tongue, you simpleton or you might regret it." He then summoned more crystal soldiers and commanded then to attack. Shadow cut through them all. He stood there and said, "Im waiting." The Crystal King became frustrated. "If it's a fight you want than you came to the right king." He said with angry. He drew his crystal sword , it was long, jagged, and black.

Shadow gave him a deathly stare and charged him. Sombra swung his sword at Shadow, cause Shadow to be knocked back. King Sombra charged and was about to attack, Shadow looked around to see only Twilight and Rarity standing there. "Run!" He yelled to them. Twilight grabbed Rarity and bolted, Shadow was knocked with another blow causing him to fly back. He landed on his side with thud. "You fool, you can't save them there already mine." The evil king said, then he caused crystals to knock Twilight and Rarity back. They were knocked out and helpless, Shadow couldn't do anything. The blow from Sombra's sword made him weak. King Sombra walked toward Twilight and said, "Well well well. If it isn't Celestia's student. Twilight Sparkle, don't worry your unicorn head now. I'll just chop it off!" King Sombra said while raising his blade.

He swung it down, but it never reached Twilight. Something was causing it to stop, King Sombra turned to see Shadow using his magic to hold it back. "Don't you touch her!" Shadow yelled in a demonic voice. He yanked the sword back, causing Sombra to head in the same direction. He was caught with a hoof to the face, making him fly toward the stage. Shadow was enraged and was causing the ground around him to shake as he drew more power. King Sombra was angry and surprised. "It's impossible!" King Sombra said in a shaky voice. Shadow was covered in pitch black mist and only his white eyes glowed in the darkness. King Sombra shook some courage into himself and said. "You found a second wind colt? I knew you were powerful, but this is better than I could of hoped for. Join me and we can take this town by hurricane." Shadow stared at him, and then vanished. "Ha! Coward!" King Sombra yelled. "I decline your offer" a voice said behind him, then he felt a some pony buck him. It was Shadow, he bucked Sombra again and set him flying.

He vanished again, Twilight shook herself out of shock and woke up Rarity. "Rarity we need to get going and help Shadow!" Twilight said. "Yeah, we need to get the others and help Shadow." Rarity said in agreement with Twilight. They ran to find their friends. Shadow reappeared in the field he and Rainbow Dash were in. He walked toward a crater in the field and said, "You caused pain to the ponies of The Crystal Empire. You ruled with a ruthless grip and never cared about there well being." King Sombra groaned and stared at Shadow's eyes. The king's legs were broken and his armor was stripped from his body. "You may no longer rule over The Empire, but your evil deeds follow you." Shadow added as he lifted The broken king into the air. "What I don't get is why wallets into Ponyville, why capture Princess Luna, and...worst of all piss me off!" Shadow said with constricting him with darkness.

King Sombra wined in pain, and said "Who are you?" Shadow looked at him and said, "Im Shadow Knight, your worst nightmare." With an angry roar and a scream came from Sombra as Shadow ripped King Sombra in two, he roared with anger again. Twilight and friends were in the distance they watched it all. The power and the rage, that was inside Shadow Knight. "Dear Celestia." Twilight said in a shaky voice. Shadow finally claimed down and began walking back to Princess Luna. Rainbow walked next to Shadow and asked, "What was that all about?" "Rainbow, Princess Luna is free and needs time to rest. Fill her in on what happened, I have someone to see." Shadow then ran to his house, while Rainbow and friends went to aid Princess Luna.