The History of Crimson Shadow and the Origins of the Past

Wandering around for hours, we were finally come across by one of the ruler's of Equestria, Princess Luna. I do not remember much during that time because the whole situation of having my parents and race wiped out in front of my eyes put me in a state of madness and shock. Blacktail later told me that I was mumbling and incoherent most of the time. With him doing all the talking, he explained what had just happened to us, to the princess. She then brought us back to her home in Canterlot. It was there we met her older sister, Celestia, and a powerful royal adviser: a unicorn named Starswirl the Bearded.

With some discussion between the three of them, they all agreed to take us in and help us out. According to more of what I was told by Blacktail, my madness lasted for quite some time. Almost a whole year, in fact. I did not interact with many ponies, did not eat much, and when I slept, I had nightmares of watching my family and friends die over and over again. I suppose sometimes you just can't help but feel like things are slipping, things that were once cherished start to crumble and fall apart.

With some help from Luna, whom I later learned was the princess of the night, Blacktail was able to snap me out of my madness. This is when my memories restarted for me. I'll say this: losing memories is not easy. Amnesia is a terrible thing. I had forgotten all my old friends like Willow and my teacher Ra. I even forgot about my parents and my sister. I made new friends and family from this experience though, especially Princess Luna. I felt closer to her because she and I had more in common than I had with anypony else. I was a shadow pony after all and she was the princess of the night. She practically took me under her wing, treating me so nice and helping me along in my early years. Things were going so well for me.

Around the age thirteen, I think, I started hearing rumors about somepony calling himself King Sombra trying to conquer a kingdom in the north called the Crystal Empire. It could not be the same Sombra that helped me escape, could it? At that time I did not remember who he was, but I was the adventurous sort, much like many other ponies are at that age. I had to go see for myself. I was told not to go because it was too dangerous for me at such a young and magically undeveloped age.

I called shenanigans on that. Oddly enough....a rather strange pony came to the castle saying he was summoned by me. Huh...weird. I tried sneaking out a few times, never making it past the city walls. I was caught every single time. Eventually Starswirl had enough and put a spell around my room, preventing me from leaving until the situation was resolved. He said that I had to study and be educated for the future. He may have been an old coot...but he took care of me.