Song of the Unknown Soldier

Shade's POV

“Yippee-Kai-Yay mother fuckers.” I said as I spun my newly acquired sword and charged.

I slashed at the first Pegasus that tried to tackle me. His head hit the floor before his body did. Next a normal pony came at me and smacked the newly acquired sword out of my hands then landed a well placed kick to my chest that sent me stumbling backwards.

I recovered from it fairly quickly and reached inside my jacket for something, anything. What I found made my cold heart beat faster. I pulled out a short, about 1 ½ foot long, metal pipe attached to some wood and more metal. A sawed off shotgun.

As I pulled out my “universal translator”, the horse came back to do another charge. It was met with a swift spin kick to the snout and a gun barrel pointed at it’s face.

Soon to be dead soldier’s POV

As I came around for another charge at that, that beast, it spun around and kicked my snout, sending me reeling. after I fell to the ground I felt something cold pushed onto my forehead. I looked up the long rod of, whatever that thing was holding and looked deep into the cold, icy eyes of this beast. And then I heard a bang, then St. Pony was asking me why I should be let into heaven.

Shade’s POV

The soldier looked deep into my eyes. Then I pulled the trigger. Then it didn’t have eyes, or a head for that matter. I stood up and glanced around at the 5 ponies still left. 1 was shaking as it had an unsheathed sword pointed at me, 3 unicorns were trying to load their bows with their… magic… okay I can work with that. but the last one was the real problem, he had the orange Pegasus by the throat with a knife. Designate him, “next to die”. I smile and start a walk towards them, then the arrows started to fly.

I flinched and dove into the eaves of a building. Then I was behind all of the ponies in perfect position to snap the orange Pegasus's captor’s neck, how did I get there, WHO CARES!

But the knife still posed a threat. and a plan came to form in my mind. when he dropped his guard looking for where I had gone, I snuck up behind him and grabbed the arm that held the knife and pulled.

Scootaloo POV

Suddenly I felt the cold, weight of the knife lift off my neck, was my captor letting me go? Then I heard the telltale sound of bone breaking, so I looked back. What I saw made me admire this, thing, that was saving me. It had pulled the soldier’s arm back so far it broke then grabbed his head and twisted it, all before he could scream.

“Boo” he whispered in my ear as he blew past me and towards the soon to be dead ponies that were still looking for him.

Shade’s POV

That Pegasus was safe, good. Now it’s time to take out the trash.

“Just a question assholes,” I asked the soldiers while I twirl my shotgun, “how attached are you to your heads?”

As I stalk forward and the soldiers tremble in fear and try to ready their weapons and get assorted spells ready, I can feel a strange feeling inside me and dive forward. Right after I do that a magical blast roars over me, killing a pony that was about to fly away.

“NO FLEEING FROM THE BATTLE!” a unicorn roars from behind me, “KILL THIS COLT OF A DIAMOND DOG!”

“Oh look,” I say, “I think I found a captain.”

The soldier looks at me as I slowly turn to face him, her? Couldn’t tell, didn’t matter. As I looked back I saw a white unicorn who's horn was still steaming from the magical blast it had just unleashed. Even though the gold and purple armor I could still see the fear in his? her? eyes. A fear as old as life itself. Self- Preservation.

Captain's POV

As I looked into the beast’s eyes I saw something I had seen only in rebel commander Shining Armor’s eyes as he met his end at my hooves. Pain, insanity, loyalty, bloodlust, hunger, rage, death and war all rolled into one package. And it was directed at me. What I saw in it's eyes was a promise of hell and punishment for every life I had taken, every childhood I had ruined. I knew unless I did some quick thinking I would not survive the night.

In a situation as hopeless as this I did the thing any reasonable commander would do, "RETREAT!!!" I shouted to my troops as I teleported out of there as to report back to Empress Celestia what the hay just happened. At least that was the plan until I felt its hand grabbing my mane.

"Well lookie here," it said through a sort of mask covering it's mouth, "I think someone here knows what the smart thing to do is."

All I could do was stare into the eyes of this, this, BEAST as it spoke. It's voice calm and quiet, bit at the same time bordered on madness.

"What's your name?" it asked.

"B-B-Blueblood, P-P-Prince Blueblood" I stuttered

"Well then, P-P-Prince B-B-Blueblood, listen hard and listen well. I want to know why you attacked these civilians."

I shuddered at the words, "They are rebels and threats to the Holy Solar Empire. They must be put down."

"Heh, heh, heh," It laughed, "well then, an introduction is in order. I, am Shade and I want you to deliver a message for me."

"W-What message is t-that?"

"First things first, who is your leader?"

"E-E-Empress Celestia"

"Well than now onto the message."

"What is the message you want to tell her?"

Who said anything about telling her? You are the message." At these words the thing drew my sword out of its sheath and with one clean slice severed my head from their shoulders.

Random Pegasus POV

As I saw what was happening to the ever flankhole-ish "Ex-Prince" Blueblood all I could feel was respect. This thing had attacked and killed so many soldiers and sent even more running. As I saw it walk back from killing Blueblood, it reached for something at it's hip, a knife, and slowly slid it to me while the guards are still disbelief that their "prince" has been killed. I slowly reached out of my cage with my dirt brown wing and slide a dropped dagger over to me. A simple matter to pick the lock using my wings, the knife and a feather. As I slunk out of my cage I heard the beast talking and I glanced over to see it cornered by unicorns. I quickly rushed to get the crossbow and quiver listening to it use it's silver tongue to delay time.

Shade's POV

As I stood in front of a group of unicorns, all pointing glowing horns at me, I just laughed. Not the insane-laugh-at-death laugh, a good-hearted calm laugh. And than I spoke.

"So after killing your CO, why isn't anyone running? Am I not the scariest thing you have seen. If you answer no, you are lying."

"YOU HAVE MADE AN ENEMY OF THE HOLY SOLAR EMPIRE! PREPARE TO DIE" A unicorn shouted as it readied a spell.

"Well," I said, "You have made an enemy of me... Engage."

At that word the Dirt brown Pegasus that I saw grab a crossbow after picking the lock to his cage fired his crossbow, hitting the unicorn who shouted dead center in the forehead.

"Hey, look. A bicorn!" I shouted as I swung the sword, cleanly chopping a unicorn's head off. "Slicery, slice. Dicety, dice. STABBEDY STAB STAB STAB!" I screamed at them.

The orange Pegasus at my feet whimpered as I felt a presence surround us.

"Crap" I swore as more soldiers poured in around us. "We need to get out of here." I said while backing into the friendly Pegasus.

As I though that, a voice in my head told me to concentrate on the shadow realm, so, I did. And what would you know, all three of us blacked out.

???'s POV

"I walk a lonely road, the only one that I have... What, someone and somepony are coming here? Oh well might as well welcome them to the Shadowlands..."