Guardians of light

Chapter 1

"You have done well Shadow, years of training and you have already mastered your abilities," Silver said.

"Thank you Silver you were a great teacher but what do I do now,” I asked.

“You were wondering what transformed you, i suggest you should start there,” he responded. “And also Gold Birch will go with you,” he then added.

Gold Birch and I have gotten close over the years she was like a sister to me, even though she is a timberwolf. Gold Birch then came walking up to us.

“When do we leave,” she asked.

“Here this is for you Shadow,” Silver said then he went into the cave for a minute and came out with a vine about four feet long. “I noticed that you were always playing with vines and tying up the food you caught,” he said.

“Wow, thank you Silver I will treasure it,” I said as he gave me the vine.

“Now that vine is very tough not even a sword could cut through it,” Silver explained “and before you head out, there is one more thing I want you to do as a last lesson from me, the castle in which I found you has a secret in it, find it and you will have a chance at what life has to through at you.”

I was a bit confused on why he wanted me to find the secrete but I had to do as he requested it is a final lesson after all. “Sure I will go, come on Gold we need to get to the ruins,” I said motioning her to follow.

“Good bye Papa see you soon,” she said in a cracking voice.

“Oh Shadow, do you remember the howl I taught you as the first lesson ,” he asked.

“Yes I do, why,” I responded. I remember the lesson well. We were on the top of a mountain when we started that lesson and i was able to do it perfectly.

“If you are ever in trouble howl and I will be by your side,” he said.

“I will remember that, I will if I need help,” I said. Then with that we headed to the ruins of the old castle.

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As we were walking in the forest we heard strange noises, it wasn’t very scary considering I lived here for the majority of my life. It was dark and I couldn't really see, it was night after all.Hearing a squeal we headed towards the direction it came from. We entered into a clearing and saw a pegasus. Her coat was some light yellow color kind of reminded of vanilla, and her mane was light pink and blue eyes. She seemed scared.

“Um, excuse me miss are you OK,” I asked and then she squealed and ran behind a tree.

“Well that was interesting,” Gold said sarcastically.

“Don’t be rude,” I told her “miss are you ok, why did you run?”

She peeked out from behind the tree. Cautiously she troted closer to us. She had her eyes trained on Gold. I can understand the mistrust between the ponies and the timberwolves and she had every right to be scared.

“Oh she is harmless, she wont hurt you,” I said to her.She slowly started to come out from behind the tree.

“What’s your name,” I asked.

“Fluttershy,” she mumbled but normal ponies wouldn’t be able to understand what she said but with training and all I am able to hear things a lot better than them.

“Well it is a pleasure to meet you Fluttershy, are you lost,” I asked her.

She nodded and said “I was looking for my pet bunny, when it was time for supper he didn’t come when I called for him.” She seemed to start to get really worried.

“I am going to some ruins maybe we will find you pet bunny,” I said trying to cheer her up.

She then nodded in agreement to come along. Then we started to walk to the ruins to look for the bunny and do what i have been told.

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We were walking on the main path and then she asked “I’m sorry I did not ask for your name,” she said nervously.

“I’m Shadowfire, my friends call me Shadow,” I responded. A few minutes passed and i got the idea to start calling her pets name.

“Your pet bunny, what color is it anyway and what is it’s name,” I asked.

“His name is Angel and he is white,” she said.

“Maybe we should call him, might help him find us,” I said.

After a few minutes of calling Angel we finally found the ruins.We took a few minutes of looking around outside for him and no luck.

“Lets look in around in here maybe he went in and got got lost,” I said but she just stared at the entrance.

“This is were Nightmare Moon was turned back into Princess Luna,” she said. I honestly had no idea what she was talking about, though I have been literally raised by wolves.

“Do you want to wait out here…,“ but before I could finish the sentence she interrupted me.

"No, please don't leave me alone," she said with a scared look.

We went into the castle ruins and it was exactly as I remembered. Then tears started to come down my cheek.

Fluttershy looked at me. “Are you OK,” she asked.

“Yes old memories are coming back, lets try and find Angel and leave,” I said as I wiped away the tears.

I have to admit it hurt to be in the castle, the memories were painful and I still had nightmares of the incident. We went into the throne room to look around.

“Angel were are you,” Fluttershy yelled, it was a bit soft but audible enough to have an echo.

“He might be behind the throne I will check, Gold keep her company while I do,”

I said. I walked up to the throne and noticed there was a button I pressed it and the room started to shake. Fluttershy squealed and held onto Gold for dear life. The throne and the floor around it then lifted a bit and split in half.

“Wonder were this leads,” I said.

“This is probably what Papa was talking about,” Gold said. She started to try and pry Fluttershy off of her.

“You might be right,” I said and looked at Fluttershy who had a confused look on her face.

“Who were you talking too,” she asked. She tilted her head a little and waited for a response.

“It’s a long story,” I amswered.

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Several minutes of walking down stairs and the we reached a door. When I opened it I saw something move. Fluttershy apparently saw it too.

“Angle is that you,” she asked.

Sadly it wasn't. When it came out, a dark creature was walking towards us. It was black and had red eyes and stood on two legs, I’d say it was about the size of a Minotaur, Fluttershy freaked out and hid behind me.

Keeping my eyes on the monster I said “Gold what ever happens do not let that thing hurt Fluttershy.”

“You got it,” she responded in a serious tone.

I walked up to the monster and it gave a stance of attack. I was ready for it to attack.

“Lets play,” I said while I pulled out my vine that Silver had given me.

It lunged at me and I quickly dodged. The monster then tried to throw a punch but I again dodged but it got a hold of my cloak and ripped it exposing my wings. The monster was obviously getting angry and so was I, the cloak was all I had to remember my father by. Then I used a spell that shoots light at an opponent, I learned it from Silver, then the beast seemed stunned so I lassoed the monster and tied its hands to its feet. The monster suddenly closed it’s eyes. Breathing heavily I looked a Fluttershy who was staring at me.

“So you are an alicorn,”she asked. She was obviously confused a bit.

“In a manner of speaking, yes," I replied.

Then she stepped from behind Gold and then a door opened behind me. Something white darted  and ran towards Fluttershy and she gasped. Then she was treated with a tackle hug from the white creature.

“Oh Angel I was so worried about you, don’t ever do that again,”she said happily.

“So that's Angel,” I said. After that I turned around and went into the room. It was small and had an old banner over a pedestal. The banner was white with a flame on it. On the pedestal there was a sheath and hilt to a sword. I went to the pedestal and saw a sheet of paper it read.

‘Dear Shadow, I knew from the start you would make it this far, the creature you fought was a creature of darkness. This weapon is a sword created from the realm of light. There are three realms, the realm of light, the realm of darkness and the realm in between. Earth is the realm in between the realms of light and darkness are still unknown but this weapon will help you in your fight against the darkness. This sword has a legend behind it. I'm sure it will be told to you soon. –sincerely Silver Spruce.

I grabbed the sheath and the hilt and to my surprise it had a blade come out of it and it glew brightly. I put it in its sheath and the light went away. Fluttershy ran into the room with a worried look on her face.

“What was that,” she asked. She noticed the sword in my hand.

“I honestly don’t know,” I said.

“Could you possibly walk me home if it isn't much trouble,” she asked shyly.

“Sure lets go,” I replied.

“But what about the monster…,” she asked and when she turned around the monster was gone. After that we walked out of the ruins and we were on our way out of the forest.

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We got to the end of the main path and I saw a cottage with bird houses in the front of it as well as a small river. “Well somepony likes animals,” Gold said.

“Stop being rude,” I said with a tone.

When we got to the door Fluttershy said “that sword, is it special?”

“Yes and I guess I owe you an explanation too,” I said.

We went into the cottage and I told her everything that happened to me.

“So you were a unicorn then this stallion tricked you and your sister to going to the castle ruins and he casted some spell to give you some kind of abilities and your parents intervened and you passed out then you awoke to a timberwolf and your cutiemark appeared,” Fluttershy asked to make sure she was on track, “and you had gained wings and you are able to communicate with the timberwolves?”

“Yes, and I need you to do me a favor, please keep this a secrete,” I said.

“I promise,” she replied.

“Now if you would excuse me I will have to go to my families vacation home,” I said.

A few minutes later I got to the town square and followed the road to my home. It didn't change much, looked the same to be honest. I went to the door and looked under the welcome mat and got the extra house key. I went inside and the interior didn't really look any different either. Gold started to sniff around to get a feel of the new area.

“Well time for bed,” I said. I started to stretch to get ready to go to my room.

I went to the room I was to sleep in when I first got here and I took off my cloak or what was left of it and put it on a desk in the room and slid the sword under my bed. Not five minutes after I lied down I went to sleep.