The Fall of the Night

Disclaimer: I do not own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Star Shadow, Serenity, and any original characters from the show.  All I own is this idea and my OCs.

Chapter 12: Reinforcements

It had been days since Star Shadow had attacked the rebels in Manehatten, Night Shadow was worried for his scouts haven’t found a trace of the whereabouts of his older brother’s presence.  The black unicorn had a lot on his mind, as he walked into the hospital that Wing Beat was currently in.  He was continuously thinking about the whereabouts of Star Shadow, how he was going to get a bigger army, so he could take on the Nightmare, but the biggest thing on his mind was his friend’s health.

Night Shadow walked through the doors of the hospital and was greeted by a white unicorn mare, who Night Shadow assumed was a nurse.  “Welcome, to the Manehatten hospital, how may I help you?”  She said in a pleasant tone.

Night Shadow looked at her with a small smile on his face and asked her, “May I please see Wing Beat, he should be in room 2-5.”  The nurse nodded and motioned Night Shadow to follow her.  The two unicorns went up the stairs to the second level of the building, and entered Wing Beat’s room.

Wing Beat was laying on one of the hospital’s beds with a heart monitor connected to him, and it was beating steadily.  Good, Night Shadow thought to himself, he’s still doing well.  Night Shadow trotted up to the bedside and asked his friend, “So, is the hospital as boring as you thought it would be?”

Wing Beat looked at his friend with a straight face.  “Yeah, it’s the funnest thing that I’ve ever been to.”  Wing Beat said in sarcasm, while Night Shadow let out a small chuckle.

“On a more serious matter, when did the doctors say you can be released?”  Night Shadow asked the green pegasus in a more serious voice.

“Well, the doctor said I’ll be able to be released in three more days, but I can’t do anything too strenuous for about a week, so, in other words, I won’t be able to help you in battles for about a week.  We can only hope that Star Shadow won’t attack for another week or two.”  Wing Beat told the black unicorn, in a more depressed voice for he didn’t want to stay in the hospital for another minute.

The two friends talked for hours, having a good time.  If only Night Shadow knew that this would be one of the few happy moments he will have for years.

-Canterlot-

Star Shadow bowed to his mistress as he entered the throne room of the Canterlot Castle.  “Welcome back, Star Shadow, I’m guessing that your endeavors were successful.”  Nightmare Moon asked her loyal subject in a rather pleased tone.

“No, the rebellion is not yet crushed, we have failed.”  Star Shadow winced at what he had just said, for he thought his mistress would punish him for failing his duty.  “We need more ponies to be successful, my brother has gotten more ponies than I had thought he would be able to get.”

Nightmare Moon looked at her subject with a disappointed face.  “Well, Star Shadow, I guess I can lend you the ponies you need, but do not fail me like Wing Beat did, there will be consequences if you fail again.”  Nightmare Moon told Star Shadow unhappily.

“Yes, my lady.  I promise that Night Shadow and his rebellion will be crushed.  I am sorry for failing you this one time, it will not happen again.”  Star Shadow told Nightmare Moon, hoping he won’t fail again as he had recently.  “For this assignment I’ll need a few hundred more ponies on my side, it will not be easy taking Manehatten.”

“You will be given three-hundred ponies for this.  Do NOT fail me, I do not want my armies more weakened from this battle, they are weak enough from the Battle of Ponyville.”  Nightmare Moon told her subject in a regal voice.

“Yes, I will not fail.”  Star Shadow simply stated after he started to back out of the throne room.

-Two Days Later-

Midnight and Nightfire were waiting patiently for Star Shadow’s return.  Star Shadow walked up to the mouth of the cave, and began to walk into the cave.  “Nightfire, Midnight, I have the reinforcements.  The battle will be beginning soon.”

Nightfire and Midnight began to walk towards the sound of Star Shadow’s voice, and they quickly found him.  “You got the reinforcements?”  Midnight asked in her calm voice, surprised that he had returned already.

“Yup, they all are waiting near Manehatten, but still out of sight, hopefully the rebels will not be able to find them, I don’t want the battle to start without me.”  Star Shadow smirked at this thought, but he then continued, “Did anything of importance happen while I was away?”

Nightfire and Midnight shook their heads at the same time.  “Nothing really, just a few scouting parties being sent out,” Nightfire assured Star Shadow.

The three ponies began to walk where the army of loyalists was at.  Hoping that they will not fail again, hoping that they would win this battle and live to tell the tale to future generations.

-Manehatten-

The messenger pegasus flew through the city of Manehatten, determined to find Night Shadow, and, if not him, Serenity to deliver the message that a large force of ponies has been gathered little more than three miles away from the city.

The pegasus quickly flew down to the city hall and began to run into the building at his full speed.  The pony ran through the halls of the city hall, going from room to room looking for the leaders of the rebellion.

After long last he found Night Shadow, Serenity, and the other leaders of the rebellion in a meeting discussing their next move.  “Sirs!  I have a message from southern scouting party!”  The messenger shouted in a rush.

The ponies in the meeting quickly turned their undivided attention to the pegasus.  “What is it?”  Night Shadow asked the pegasus in a hurried voice.

“It’s the enemy!  They’ve gathered a small army there, we believe they are going to attack!”  The pegasus shouted in a rush.

“Thank you for bringing this to my attention… err… what’s your name?”  Night Shadow asked embarrassed at his lack of knowledge.

“Rush, sir!”  The pegasus told the black unicorn in a rush.

“Thank you Rush, go tell the everypony to get ready for a battle,” Night Shadow commanded.

“No wait, if we can do the large teleportation spell to Canterlot, we could take the city,” Serenity told the group of ponies, “Their armies will be weakened for a bulk of them will be here trying to take this city.  If we can strike at Nightmare Moon now, then we should.”  The ponies around the room took this information in slowly, thinking about it.

“What will happen to the noncombatants here?”  Twilight asked, afraid on what would happen to the ponies here that had nothing to do with the rebellion.

“They might be taken into custody, but they won’t be killed.  They will surrender the city to the leader of the army out there, and meanwhile we can take Canterlot, defeating the Nightmare in the process.”  Serenity explained to the ponies in the room.

The ponies in the room began to nod their heads, thinking that Serenity’s plan would go through and would most likely succeed in taking Canterlot.

“We’ll do it,” Night Shadow simply stated, accepting the idea.  “Rush,” Night Shadow told the pegasus messenger, “Go get everypony in the City Square, we’re about to go to Canterlot.”  Rush saluted his leader and flew off.

“Now then, everypony, we have a city to take and a leader to defeat,” Night Shadow told the ponies in the room as he began to walk away from the meeting, to prepare for the taking of Canterlot.