My Past Sins

My breath came out in puffs in the morning chill as i make my way to another day of being bullied and doing the same things in school as I’ve been doing for a week, the only enjoyable part of it was seeing my six friends, they aren’t what you expect, I mean they have the same build except they are covered in fur and some even have a horn or wings, the rulers have both. I arrive and bump into Rarity “Oh why hello darling, I trust your walk to school was good.”

I fall into step beside her and say “It was as good as a walk to school could possibly be.” With a simple goodbye before parting to get to my locker to get the books I need for the next two periods, as I close the lockers door the bell rings, and I’m off to science. In science I meet up Twilight, who I partner with for the experiment, which was easy considering I had the smartest person I’ve ever met helping me, which meant I had a lot of time to kill after finishing way before everyone else.The next period was math, which nothing really interesting happened. At break I met up with Applejack, who told that we would have to kick it up a notch to beat the cold or we could lose a lot of apples. My favorite part of the whole day was next, gym, which I had with my friend Rainbow, her and I competed in just about everything except flying as I don’t have any wings.

Today was sprints, which turned into me and Rainbow racing and arguing over who was faster. The teacher just laughed and told us to relax. After that was was History, where I thought about how normal this day was and that I needed something to change it up a bit, At lunch I got what I wished for, when I was called to the office. All that was waiting was a secretary who handed me a scroll. I head back to the table in the cafeteria where my friends are waiting for me, once I get there I open the scroll and almost drop it in surprise, my friends are talking to me but there words are drowned out by my thoughts, when I start to pay attention, Fluttershy asks if I’m ok quietly as usual. I notice that the scroll has disappeared and reappeared in Twilights. She looks at me in shock while saying “ you applied for an exchange?”

“Yes I did, I want to see as much of the world as I can.” I say as I look at each of my friends seeing looks of shock, sadness,anger, and a congratulations from Applejack. Rainbow is asking why I didn’t tell them, Fluttershy is hiding behind her hair letting her more outgoing friends speak for her, Pinkie jumps up and down in excitement saying something about a going away and congratulations party along with some other stuff but you can never understand her when she talks fast before she runs off to do Pinkie stuff, Rarity and Twilight just look at me before Twilight asks “Why did you apply for an exchange to Draconia, of all the choices why there?”

Before I heard the answer to her question i was jolted awake by being shaken and someone saying my name, the person turned out to be Luna as a blearily looked around slowly getting feeling back to my body. I notice how scared Luna looked and instantly assumed something had happened, which I pointed out.

“No, you were yelling in your sleep and I heard it from my tower, where I was filling out forms for taxes, and such but this seems more important. What seems to be bothering you, and don’t lie because you know I will just find out next time you sleep.” She says smirking and I know from experience that she has access to the dream world and very few people have ever been given permission from her to enter. That is just one of the many things that the princesses are capable of that mortals can only imagine how much magic it takes to complete. The one I still have trouble believing is that they move the sun and moon. I then begin to tell her about how I have started to relive my past after I finally moved on and have used it as motivation to be as good as can be for one as dark and cold as I am.

She hands me two scrolls one that was obviously a mission but the other one looked like it was a personal letter because it had no royal seal. I opened the odd one first which soon fell from my hands in shock. Luna picked up the letter and read it out loud.

“Dear Arawn,
I know that we parted ways saying things that hurt both of us. Having to live with the things I said, treating you the way I did partly out of jealousy, partly out of anger that you enjoyed Draconia more than you did Ponyville. You may never know how much you meant to all of us, how you would do anything to help any of us even if meant you got hurt trying, when you went into that burning building to save a colt you didn’t even know we all couldn’t believe anyone could be that brave or stupid. Now instead of have to watch out for falling apples when you helped Applejack on the farm you have to watch out for falling bombs, instead of listening to Fluttershy to sing along to bird song you are listening to people screaming. I can’t put everything I would like to in this letter, so I would like you to come to Ponyville, so would everyone else. I know that you will probably be busy but if you have the time me and the rest of the girls will be having a picnic tomorrow. I hope you come...

Sincerely, Twilight

Luna looks at the letter in shock and then me as I calmly open the scroll containing the latest mission. As I finish reading it Luna says that she will tell Celestia that I will be in Ponyville tomorrow and walks out shutting my door as she leaves.

I finally get out of my bed,a tangle of soft white sheets, dark blue blankets and pillows. Stretching my light blonde wings wishing that they were black like they were thanks to magic when I was in my uniform, that way they would reflect my heart.

I walk down the halls illuminated by the pale moonlight to where the rest of my team is. Laughter and warm light spills out from the door left ajar, hating myself for interrupting their happy times. I walk in saying sorry for interrupting. I then go on to explain that we are going to free some of our and Draconia’s soldiers from a prison camp.

Looking down at the camp dark except for the fires in the towers surrounding the camp. Each tower holding one or two guards who will be replaced by the next shift. Thats when we will strike, no worries of the dead being discovered. The one bump in the plan is taking care of the rest of the guards who will either be in the mess getting food or sleeping in the barracks. I have planned for Shadow to go and take care of the barracks, she is very good at taking people down silently with either a knife to the throat or a arrow to the heart. Me and Echo will head for the mess while Moonbeam and Sunshine go free the prisoners.

Looking down into the mess from a roof access they carelessly left unlocked, I get what looked like a small rock from a pouch strapped to my side, it’s actually a rock but it’s imbued with a spell that whenever it’s tapped twice by me and thrown it creates a smoke screen after a few seconds. Dropping one down creates a panic which makes it easy for Echo and I to jump down unnoticed. Many people think that swordplay is elegant and beautiful, which may be true but here in the battle with the screams of death, blood, and smoke it is anything but. Another body falls to my feet it’s head a few feet away, I look up to see a monster of a griffon who must stand at least 6 feet tall wielding a massive broadsword that he swings as if it weighs nothing promising nothing but death if you get in his way. As our swords meet time seems to slow down, everything seems clearer. Backflipping to avoid being sliced in half a million different possible ways to kill him, from quick painless ones to agonizingly slow ones go through my head. Getting a cut on my arm and leg I get inside his guard and cut off his left hand, blood spraying everywhere, the light flashing off the drops, in a word breathtaking. he crumples to the ground crying out in agony, before his body slumps to the blood soaked floor, wiping my blade off on his shirt before walking out.

I walk out to find dragons and ponies walking to where they will be picked up and transported to the capital, escorted by my team and led by moonbeam, who’s doing a fantastic job as usual. The rest of my team talk to people who ask them questions like “Are you the Shadow Legion?” or “Did the five of you really kill all of those guards?” Many of them either seem to think that we are invincible or are lying. We aren't invincible but because of the insane amount of training we went through, we are force to be reckoned with but can still be taken down or captured, which would be worse than death as we will receive no aid from Equestria and be branded traitors if they were asked for ransom, basically you’re screwed if you get caught.

The airship that was used to transport everyone flags were tattered, the paint faded and chipped, all in all it looked as if it shouldn't be flying.It finally arrived at the capital just as the sun was rising, five blacks shapes flying towards the castle. After giving my report to the princesses over a meal and quickly grabbing a change of clothes, stuffing them in a bag, I was back in the air my destination Ponyville.

Looking at it from a hill a bit away from the town, it still looked the same as when I left the quaint houses surrounding the village center where merchants sell everything under the sun, at the edge of the town a sprawling apple orchard where some of the best apples you will ever taste are grown, there is also whitetail woods and the Everfree forest, which many people fear and avoid going near it, apart from Fluttershy whose house is near the edge so she can care for any injured animal that might need help.

Landing in front of Twilight's library I open the door to see no one, deciding to wait I start browsing the books lined up on the shelves. I turn when I hear footsteps, which belong to a dragon that looks to be in his teens. When he sees me he grabs a broom beside the door he came out of, yelling “Stay away you monster!”. Seeing the broom handle coming towards me my military training kicks into gear. Hitting the broom away and out of his grasp I simultaneously sweep his legs out from under him and grab the knife strapped to my leg. Pressing the knife to his neck “Really you’re going to assault a captain in the equestrian military?”. He starts to stammer a reply before I’m blasted off him by a ball of magic sent by none other than Twilight herself “Stay away from him you monster!”. I guess I do look like a monster straight from hell itself because of the magic in my uniform. It causes my appearance to change to make myself scarier, which are fangs and my eyes turn blood red.

I stand up and see a hole with burnt edges where the magic hit me, before looking back at Twilight and taking off my hood “He’s a little a young for you don’t you think Twilight?” A smirk on my face. She gasps “You actually showed up but why are you covered in blood?”

“I just finished up my latest assignment, so I’m free till tonight, but really who is this ignorant dragon?”giving him a look”I have never met a dragon who would try to harm someone close to the royal family.”

“Spike has lived with me most of his life, he helps me around the library.” helping him off the floor and dusting off his clothes.

“Does he at least know draconian? Wait never mind I’m hungry so it can wait. I will change then we can head to where ever you want.”. That said I took my ruined jacket and shirt off before pulling out the clothes I brought with me stopping when I hear twilight gasp, probably from seeing all the scars and wounds I have all over my body. Putting a white shirt on then the leather jacket I got from a friend. Slinging the strap of my sword's scabbard across my chest so my sword is resting on my back, Twilight and I walk in silence outside.”So where are we going?” Twilight doesn't reply, probably thinking about how messed up my body is. I just follow her in an awkward silence until we reach the house of the person who used to be my best friend but because of all that's happened, she won’t even look at me...