Fear...
Darkness...
All he felt was agony and terror. Somehow, he knew he deserved it, and that this could be his punishment. twenty years before he was forced into his shadow form, then another thousand before he even tried to move again. Then he lost. One burst of energy was all it took to destroy him. Everypony else thought he was gone forever, even himself. What will happen when he's given another chance to live? Will he be able to right past wrongs? Or is it simply easier to revert to the dark?