The Tales of Daisy Claw and Rainbow Thunder

Daisy chiseled away at the boulder in front of her. It had been a long night and there were still many hours to go. Her fur was matted with sweat and grime. She had collected almost 150 jewels from the rocks that night, she was happy with her work.

Daisy chiseled the rock off the small emerald she just pulled out and tossed it into the wheel barrel with the rest of them. She then flew to the wheel barrel and brought it back to the house. Sometimes Daisy hated working alone at nights, but her mom had grown too used to the day to stay up all night like a normal batpony. She emptied the wheel barrel onto the large transport carriage, already filled with a little over two thousand of the precious gems. Her and Rainbow would have to move them in the morning.

Daisy put the wheel barrel up and then flew away from the farm, almost twenty miles, into the Everfree forest. She found her usual clearing and laid down on her back, looking up at the gorgeous night Luna made every cycle. Daisy smiled and basked in the moon's glow.

After an hour she stood up. It was time to practice. She braced herself like a bull was about to charge her and took a deep breathe. She let her head go limp and let the breathe out, closing her eyes. Out of the corners of her eyes a dark purple shadow,  akin to the glow of a unicorn using dark magic, leaked out, arching over her body. The shadows on the ground around her crawled up her legs and she was soon in a skintight blanket of shadows. Daisy concentrated and then her eyes shot open. She brought her hoof up in front of her face.

'Invisible. It worked... wait... IT WORKED!!!'

Daisy let out several batty squeals of excitment. She hadn't thought it would work, hadn't even thought she could get the shadows to wrap around her like she wanted.

'Now for the field test.'

Daisy smiled to herself and took off once more. She returned to the house and went outside her brother's room. She looked into the lock. She focused on a spot in the room and vanished in a poof of purple smoke, reappearing in the room with another poof of purple smoke. She smiled to herself as she looked to see she was still invisible. Not only were shadows useful, but they also made no noise.

She looked to her brother; peacefully asleep on his side, turned away from her. Daisy slowly walked up to the bed. Her brother had been hiding something from her and their parents for a few weeks now. Daisy wanted to find out what that was. She laid on her stomach and slowly reached a hoof under her bed. She felt around for almost a minute before she touched a small box. As soon as she did she felt a bolt of electricity shoot through her entire body. She let out a high pitched bat's squeal, just barely in the range for a pony to hear, and yanked her arm back. She lost control of the magic and saw Rainbow's ears twitch.

"Oooh buck me..." She muttered as Rainbow turned to face her from his bed.

Rainbow smiled at his sister, "How did I know you would try to get into that?"

Daisy glared at the smug pegasus and whispered loudly, "Come on, Rainbow, just tell me what's in the damn box!"

Rainbow sighed, "Fine, fine, But you have to swear on Luna that you won't tell mom and dad."

Daisy nodded, "Alright, just show me!"

Rainbow hesitated before climbing off his bed and pulling out the small box. Daisy realized that it wasn't actually that small, it was short but long, longer then your average pony by half a leg length. He opened it and showed the spear of a Celestial royal guard. Daisy looked at the letter on top of the blade as Rainbow pulled it out and handed it to her. It took her several minutes to decipher the runes. She didn't read often, and hadn't spent much time trying to learn her letters. It was unimportant at the farm. It read:

Dear Rainbow Thunder,

We have read your application letter to join the Celestial guards and we have found it acceptable. We find your determination and want to protect your country and princess amendable. We give you this training spear as your pass to enter the royal palace in two months for your boot camp. We hope to see you there.

Sincerely,

Captain Sharpspear: Celestial guard.