The Fall of the Night

Disclaimer: I do not own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Star Shadow, and any character originally from MLP.  All I own is this idea, and my OCs.

Chapter 3: New Friends

“So Night Shadow, are ya goin’ ta cept my offer ta stay at my barn?”  Applejack asked hoping her new friend would accept her offer.

“Umm… sure, I guess.”  Night Shadow told Applejack still unsure that he should trust his new friends.  The three ponies walked to Sweet Apple Acres, so Night Shadow could stay in Applejack’s family’s barn.

When the three ponies walked into the barn it was completely dark, after the three walked into the barn lights turned on and they heard many ponies shout out, “WELCOME TO PONYVILLE!”  with a happiness in their voices; something that was rare ever since Nightmare Moon took the throne.

A bright pink mare with a pink mane bounced up to Night Shadow and said in a really happy voice, “Hi, I’m Pinkie Pie!  What’s your name?  Where are you from?  What brings you to Ponyville?”  Pinkie Pie sure is one odd pony… Night Shadow thought while Pinkie shook his hoof way too fast.

“Pinkie, this is our new friend, Night Shadow.  He’s been through a lot… please don’t ask him so many questions.”  Twilight told Pinkie Pie with a frown on her face.  “Night Shadow this is our friend Pinkie Pie, come on I’ll show you our other friends” More friends huh…

Night Shadow, Twilight, Applejack, and Pinkie Pie walked through the crowd of ponies until they saw three new ponies.  A pony with a cyan coat and rainbow colored mane walked up to Night Shadow and said, “Hi, I’m Rainbow Dash, the fastest flier in all of Equestria.”  Rainbow Dash said in raspy voice shaking his hoof.  This one is a little over confident in her abilities.

“I’m Night Shadow it’s nice to meet you too.”  Night Shadow still had a frown on his face unsure on what to do with so many friends…

“Hello darling, I am Rarity. It’s a pleasure to meet you.”  Said a white pony with a neatly brushed purple mane, with a smile on her face.  She sounds like one of the nobles from Canterlot…

“Umm… hello… I’m… Fluttershy…  It’s umm… nice to meet you.”  Said a yellow mare with a light pink mane told Night Shadow in a timid voice.

Can I trust these four I’ve just met… they do seem nice like Twilight and Applejack were… but Wing Beat was nice until about two months ago.

“So umm… Night Shadow what brings to Ponyville…?  If you don’t mind me asking.”  Fluttershy asked Night Shadow in a quiet timid voice with a look of curiosity on her face.

Night Shadow had a troubled face on and tears in his eyes after she had asked that question.  “Oh, I’m so sorry I didn’t mean to upset you… is it really that bad?”  Fluttershy asked.

“It’s okay Fluttershy… my past just brings up painful memories.”  Night Shadow told the yellow mare with a sad look on his face.

“Cheer up silly, it’s a party!”  Pinkie Pie told Night Shadow trying to cheer him up, and it worked.

“You’re right, Pinkie, thanks.”  Night Shadow told his new friend with a small smile on his face.

The ponies partied into the night, having a good time laughing, dancing and playing games.  Is this what it’s like having friends?

-Canterlot Dungeons-

Shining Armor looked out of his cell at the guards outside.  “Did you here?  There’s going to be an assault on Ponyville.”  One of the guards said to another.  WHAT!?  Ponyville is going to be attacked.  Thought Shining Armor in shock, Twilight’s there… I have to warn her somehow, but first off how do I get out of this cell?

“Yeah I heard, it’s supposed to happen in three days, right?”  The other guard asked the first one.

“No it’s going to be in four days.  The army still needs time to prepare themselves.”  The other guard replied to his coworker.  I’ve got it… I need to act like something is happening to me and then I can take out the guard and get out of here. Shining Armor thought to himself.

Shining Armor shouted, “Help!  I’m injured!”  Holding one of his legs to act like he was truly injured.

“Hey, you want to go help him?”  The first guard asked to the other, not really wanting to help the stallion.

“Sure I guess…”  The other guard started to walk to the cell where Shining Armor acted to be hurt.  When the guard got there he looked into the cell and asked, “What’s wrong, kid?”

“I… I think I broke my leg!”  Shining Armor shouted out in ‘pain’.

“Okay, stay there let me have a closer look.”  The guard unlocked the cell and started to walk into the cell, this guard clearly wasn’t the brightest of the bunch.  As the guard walked in Shining Armor bucked the stallion in the face knocking the guard out cold.

“Well that was easier than I expected…”  Shining Armor whispered to himself.  The white unicorn stole the keys from the unconscious guard and he closed the cell and locked it.  Luckily before he was posted commander of the guard he was a dungeon guard, so he knew the dungeons like the back of his hoof.

Shining Armor quickly found the way out and into the cold night air.  Now here comes the hard part… getting out of Canterlot and getting to Ponyville in enough time to warn everypony.

-One Day Later-

Shining Armor looked at the rather large town that was called Ponyville, as he began walking towards it.  Finally… he thought to himself.  When he got to the town he seen ponies working like they would everyday… thanks to the letters Twilight sent him he knew where Twilight lived at, in the library.

It didn’t take long to find the library of Ponyville, as he walked in Twilight saw him and shouted, “Shining Armor, I thought you were in the dungeons of Canterlot… how did you escape!”

He was also happy to see his little sister, but his face grew serious when he remembered what the two guards were talking about.  “Twilight, it a long story, but the important thing is, is that Nightmare Moon is planning on attacking Ponyville in three days from now.”

“WHAT!?”  Twilight asked in a shocked voice at what Shining Armor had said.

“It’s true Twilight Ponyville is going to be attacked by Nightmare Moon’s army… but we can still fight!”  Shining Armor told Twilight with confidence.

“We need to call a meeting immediately.”  Twilight told to Shining Armor.  The two unicorns set out to city hall so they could talk to the mayor about the threat to Ponyville.   When they walked into city hall they saw the mayor’s secretary behind a good sized desk.  “How may I help you?”  Asked the secretary.

Shining Armor was the first one to speak.  “We need to see the mayor, it’s a an emergency.”

The secretary could tell that the stallion wasn’t lying and told him, “Yes sir, she will see you right away.”  The secretary then left into another room and came out about ten minutes later and told the two unicorns, “The mayor is in there, and she wants to see you immediately.”

With that said the two unicorns walked into the mayor’s office.  “What is this emergency?”  The mayor asked with a worried expression on her face.

“Nightmare Moon is preparing to attack Ponyville.”  Shining Armor told the mayor with an unemotional look on his face, while the mayor gasped in shock at the news.  “We need to fight back against Nightmare Moon, I heard that she will attack in three days from now, but we also need to have a town meeting so we can warn everypony of this attack.”

“Okay, we will have a town meeting; meet me here in two hours.”  The mayor told Shining Armor and Twilight, who was silent through the whole meeting with the mayor letting her older brother speak.

“Okay, I’ll see you then.”  Shining Armor said to the mayor as he and Twilight walked out of the mayor’s office.

-2 Hours Later-

Outside city hall everypony from Ponyville, including Night Shadow, stood waiting for the mayor to begin the meeting.  The mayor, Twilight, and Shining Armor walked out of city hall looking at the crowd with grim faces.  “Citizens of Ponyville,” Shining Armor said to the crowd of ponies.  “I hate to say this, but Ponyville will be attacked in three days by Nightmare Moon.”

The ponies in the crowd gasped at the horrible news, a few of them even fainted.  “We must fight back!”  Shining Armor shouted in confidence. “We will not let Nightmare Moon destroy our homes and kill our families!”

“YEAH!” Shouted most of the ponies in the crowd.

“But, first we must plan a strategy to stop the forces Nightmare Moon is sending at us!”  Shining Armor continued his speech.  “First we need six groups, two of unicorns, two of pegasi, and two of earth ponies.  Then we will need a leader for each group, I will lead one of the unicorn groups, but we still need more!  Any volunteers?”

“I’ll lead the other unicorn group!”  Shouted out Night Shadow who was in the back of the crowd.  “Even though I’m not from here I don’t want to see your homes get destroyed and anyway I owe Nightmare Moon a little payback!”

“Twilight, do you think he’d be a good leader for the other group?”  Shining Armor asked Twilight in a whisper.

“Yes, he deserves the slot.”  Twilight whispered back to her older brother.

“Okay then come on up here!”  Shining Armor shouted to the unicorn he had never met before.  Night Shadow walked onto the stage and Shining Armor said, “I’m Shining Armor, what is your name?”

“Night Shadow!”  Shouted the black unicorn for everypony to hear.

“Night Shadow, you shall lead the other unicorn group, lead it well!  Any other volunteers to lead the other groups?”  Shining Armor again shouted into the crowd.

“I’ll lead one of the pegasus groups!”  Shouted Rainbow Dash.

The leaders were then chosen by Shining Armor, and Twilight.  After about an hour all six leaders stood on the stage.  “The six leaders are, for the unicorns Shining Armor, and Night Shadow, for the pegasi Rainbow Dash and Thunder Cloud, and for the earth ponies Applejack and Caramel.  These are the six commanders of the Battle of Ponyville!”  The mayor shouted in enthusiasm.

“YAY!”  The crowd shouted at the commanders of the Battle of Ponyville.

-The Canterlot Castle-

Star Shadow walked into the throne room where Nightmare Moon sat on her throne.  “Good Star Shadow you’re here, as you’ve probably heard about Shining Armor escaping from the dungeons.”  Nightmare Moon said to the other commander of her army.

“Yes… I’ve heard about it.”  Star Shadow told his new leader not completely knowing what she wants.

“Well I believe he went to Ponyville to warn his ‘friends’ of the attack.  I want you to go with Wing Beat to Ponyville.”  Nightmare Moon told her subject.

“Yes, as you command, your majesty.”  Star Shadow said as he bowed to Nightmare Moon.

“But I want you to do something else.  I want you to personally kill Shining Armor.”  Nightmare Moon said with a twisted smile on her face, “Oh, and one more thing since Shining Armor escaped I want the assault done one day earlier.”

Star Shadow looked at his mistress with a beaming smile on his face and said, “Shining Armor will die at my hoof, him and my brother will.”  Star Shadow started to laugh with a huge smile on his face.