The Fall of the Night

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

Chapter 7: Old Friends

Night Shadow looked at the fifty ponies who now followed him.  Among them he seen many ponies he knew and many ponies he practically never seen before.  What am I getting these ponies into?  Night Shadow thought to himself.

Lightning Fast walked up to where the black unicorn stood and told him, “Everypony is ready, sir.”

Night Shadow looked at the mare and told her in a monotone voice, “Okay, well it’s time to go.”  The black stallion started in a random direction.

Lightning Fast looked at her commander, and said in a confused voice, “Umm… sir, that’s the wrong direction.”  Night Shadow looked at her with an unamused expression and started walking in the direction of Manehatten.

-Canterlot Castle-

Star Shadow thought about his now orders Nightmare Moon had given him.

¬-Flashback 2 hours ago-

“Star Shadow,” Nightmare Moon to her subject as he awoke.  “You did a good job at killing Shining Armor, even though you lost the battle. But Wing Beat failed his duty to kill Night Shadow, the unicorn who now leads a rebellion against my kingdom.  According to my sources Wing Beat is now going to try to assassinate Night Shadow.”  Nightmare Moon said in a rather uncaring voice.

“I want you to do two things.  First off when Wing Beat leaves I want you to kill Winter Breeze, the only pony Wing Beat cares about, then I want you to kill Night Shadow before he becomes an actual threat.”  Nightmare Moon told him in a monotone voice.

Star Shadow looked at his leader with a smile on his face and said back, “Yes, your majesty, but for the assassination of Night Shadow, I’ll need few more ponies than just me.”

“Oh… who would you like to bring?”  Nightmare Moon asked the pegasus.

“Just a few old friends of mine…”  Star Shadow told her in an upbeat voice.

-Reality-

Star Shadow knocked on the old door.  He heard a voice from inside asking, “Who is it?”  Star Shadow recognized the voice as one of his old friends.

“It’s me, Star Shadow; I have some business we need to attend too, Nightfire.”  Star Shadow told his old friend in a rather happy voice.

Star Shadow heard a lock clink on the other side of the door, and then the door opened revealing a stallion earth pony with a dark red coat, a black mane, orange eyes, a cutie mark of a rather large knife, and a knife strapped to his side where he could reach it without much difficulty.  “What is this business you want me to take care of?”  Nightfire asked in a rather happy tone at getting a new assignment.

“Not you, I want me, you, and Midnight; we have a job to do.”  Star Shadow told his old friend with a sickening smile upon his face.

“All three of us… this must be a pretty big job.”  Nightfire said as he walked out of the door.  “What do we have to do?”

“Nothing too big… all we have to do is kill my little brother, who now leads a rebellion against Nightmare Moon.”  Star Shadow told Nightfire in an upbeat voice.

“Wait, I thought we killed him a couple months ago.”  Nightfire said with a puzzled look on his face.

“Apparently it didn’t do the trick; he lived, but we also have another target, one much easier.”  Star Shadow said.

“When Wing Beat leaves, we are to kill his marefriend, Winter Breeze.”  Star Shadow told him.

“Why is that?”  Nightfire asked with curiosity in his voice.

“Wing Beat failed his task, twice.”  Star Shadow continued with a smile on his face.  “He was supposed to kill Night Shadow.”  Nightfire’s expression turned into a beaming smile.

“Come on, let’s go to where Midnight lives.”  Nightfire said starting to walk away.

The two ponies started to walk to where Midnight lived.  As they approached Midnight’s house they saw Midnight walk out of the old house.  Midnight was a unicorn with a dark blue coat, a jet black mane with a dark blue stripe going through it.  Midnight looked at her old friends and asked, “What are you two doing here?”

“What two old friends can’t come over and visit?”  Nightfire asked in a playful voice.

Midnight scowled at her old friend and said in an unhappy voice, “When I see you two I know its business, so what do you want?”

“Well Nightmare Moon gave us an assignment.  We are to kill Winter Breeze, and my little brother, Night Shadow.”  Star Shadow told Midnight with excitement in his voice.

“I told you he wasn’t dead, but you didn’t listen to me…”  Midnight told them in a stern voice, “Men…”  She then mumbled.

“Well, will you join us?”  Nightfire asked hoping the mare would agree.  Star Shadow, knowing Nightfire still had a huge crush on her, chuckled.

“Sure, I guess.”  She said as Nightfire grinned in excitement.

“Yeah, the trio is back!”  Nightfire shouted in an excited voice.  The perfect assassination team was now assembled.

-Two days later-

“Bye, Winter.”  Wing Beat said to the mare he loved as he walked out the door.  Midnight, Star Shadow, and Nightfire waited outside in a bush waiting for Wing Beat to leave.  They saw him leave and Star Shadow thought to himself, Time to die, Winter Breeze.  A smile came to his face as he thought about what he would do.

The three ponies waited outside in the bush until Winter Breeze went to sleep.  As she entered her room Nightfire pulled out a match and set the house on fire.

-Inside the house-

Winter Breeze awoke to the smell of smoke.  She rolled out of her bed and went to the door and opened it and saw fire down her stairs.  “Ahhhh! Fire!”  She screamed in pure terror.  She ran to the window and saw it was fifteen feet to the ground.  If I jump I’ll be injured, but still alive.  Winter Breeze thought to herself.

She started to back up from the window.  When she got to the other side of the room she galloped to where the window was and jumped through it, breaking the window.  She landed with a loud thump, and two crunches.  “Ahhh!”  She screamed out in pain, she had broken her two front legs.

Star Shadow walked up to her, and smiled as he looked down at her.  “Well it seems that our little pony has jumped through her window, and hurt herself.”

“Please, Star Shadow, help me!”  She shouted out in pain from her broken legs.  Star Shadow then smiled.  What’s going on?  She thought to herself.

“Sorry, Winter Breeze, but we can’t do that.  You see if we did that it would displease Nightmare Moon greatly.”  Star Shadow told as he brought up his hoof with a sickening smile upon his face.

“No, I have served her well!  I’ve done nothing wrong!”  She shouted in fear of her life.

“But your little Wing Beat has.”  Star Shadow told her and she gasped.  Star Shadow brought down his hoof as hard as he could onto her neck killing her.

“Wing… Beat… I’m… sorry…” She said as her last words.  Star Shadow stood there and laughed at what he just done.

-Outside Canterlot-

Wing Beat felt something in his chest.  Something is wrong.  He thought himself as he started walking back towards Canterlot.

-Three days later, outside of Manehatten-

Night Shadow looked at the city’s gates as they approached.  They were now at Manehatten; his plan has begun.