It was a nice afternoon for Twilight, as she was still reading her books.
''Spike have you cleaned the bookcases yet'' Twilight said , still focused on the book.
''Yes Twilight, I cleaned them twice today.'' Spike replied, a little annoyed that Twilight should ask about that. shortly after Twilight saw some green light out of the window, 'Its coming from the Everfree Forest, what in the world is going on out there' Twilight thought. ''Spike, I'm going out for a walk you can go to bed now if you like, it might be late when i get home'' said Twilight. ''okay Twilight have a nice walk'' said Spike.
Twilight walked to the edge of the Everfree forest, the green light still coming from within. 'what could it be' she thought and went into the forest, following the light as it got stronger with each step she took. The green light suddenly disappeared, as she came to a clearing. She saw a unicorn fall to the ground, once the unicorn hit the ground she walked over to take a look. When she saw he didn't moved, she quickly checked and was relieved that he was still breathing. She took him in her aura and walked home.
when she got through the door she could hear spike was asleep. She put down the unconscious unicorn on the couch and put a blanket over him, and went to bed.
Twilight woke up early because Spike shook her, ''Morning Spike'' said Twilight, ''There's a unicorn with many wounds sleeping on our couch'' said Spike. Twilight walked down stairs to see the wounds on the unicorn, he still didn't move, but still breathing. Twilight started to heal his wounds and checked for inner wounds, fortunately there was none.
Spike was making breakfast when Twilight come out to him, ''I found him in the Everfree and i thought it would be best if i took care of him until he gets better'' Twilight said.
She sat down and started eating, but was interrupted when she heard noise from the living room, a little after a dark green unicorn came out in the kitchen. He came straight to the table, when his legs gave way under him, ''are you alright mister...'' asked Twilight and looked at him nervously, ''yeah I'm fine for now thanks to you miss...'' the unicorn said, ''Twilight sparkle, Princess Twilight sparkle and your name...?'' asked Twilight, ''well Princess I'm Dark shadow, King Dark shadow to be right, but you can just call me Shadow'' he said, and only now Twilight saw that the unicorn was't an unicorn after all, but and Alicorn. 'he is an ALICORN well it was pretty dark last night' she thought.
''I'm fine now I just need to get my strength back and I'm good to go'' said Shadow ''I was fighting some unicorns, who wanted to invade Ponyville, but I had to stop them, so it might take some time to get my strength back''. ''well your welcome to stay here until you get your strength back'' said Twilight ''thank you dear but for now I just need help'' Shadow said.
Twilight helped him to the couch where Spike brought the breakfast and they started eating. When they where done Twilight asked: ''what would you like to do now?''
''well since you live in a library we could read some books'' he said, and took a book from the pile of books ''well i can see you like Starswirl the Bearded'' he said, ''well yeah who don't like him he is one of the best magicians that ever lived!'' Twilight said, ''well i have one book you don't have, because this one got lost over time, its in my castle in the Everfree forest, would you like to read it with me?'' he asked with a smile on his face.
''well yes I'll like to, tell me where it is and I'll bring it back here...'' she said ''well why don't we go to my castle and get it?, when we find it you can teleport us back here and we can read it together?'' Shadow asked, Twilight nodded and lit her horn, 2 seconds later they were facing the Everfree and Dark shadow start walking in, twilight followed him in and a few minutes later they found the castle.
''home sweet home'' he said, Twilight was surprised to see such a castle, with statues of Starswirl the Bearded and many other, they looked around and found the book, it was one BIG book ''well now we're here can't we just read it in the living room where I can start a fire'' he asked, Twilight looked around and was amazed by what she saw,''why not I like to see more of this castle at some point'' she said with a big smile, Shadow was glad to see this and walked to the living room, where the fireplace lit up in a matter of seconds, they walked over to the couch and started reading.
When it was about afternoon Twilight realized what time it was, ''oh no I forgot to tell Spike that we stayed here I need to tell him I'll be back in a bit'' she said before she teleported home, a few minutes later she was back with Spike on her back, ''I hope you don't mind Spike are here with us?'' she asked ''not at all I just go and make a room ready for him, I hope you don't mind sleeping with me tonight I only have one bed for us to share, btw there is something to eat in the refrigerator if your hungry I'll be back in a minute'' he said before he went out of the room, he came back a few minutes later and joined them in the kitchen for something to eat. When they were done Shadow showed Spike and Twilight the bedroom, ''this is where we'll be sleeping so I hope you'll get some good nights sleep, g'night Spike, g'night Princess Sparkle'' he said, Twilight blushed ''goodnight Spike, goodnight King Shadow'' she said before she lied down to sleep.
Chapter 2 - the dark book
Twilight woke up early, but didn't want to get out of bed, it was comfortable just to lie down. She could feel something warm on her back, she turned her head and saw Shadow had a hoof around her. She didn't want to wake him up, so she tried to remove the hoof from her body, but by doing that she woke him up.
''morning Princess'' he said and realized where his hoof was, he quickly took his hoof away and allowed Twilight to get up, ''morning Shadow, did you sleep well'' she asked looking at him with an unsure look, ''yes indeed I have, i haven't slept this well in many years tho'' he said with a smile ''what 'bout you?''
''well yeah i slept well, but you didn't have to put your hoof around me tho'' she said looking around for Spike, ''where's Spike, SPIKE where could he be'' she asked.
''his probably in the kitchen, but we can look after him, he cant be far away after all'' he said, they got out of bed and started looking for Spike, they started with the library and ended with the kitchen where they found Spike making breakfast, ''morning, you two did you sleep well'' Spike asked, Twilight hugged Spike ''we have been looking all over for you'' said Twilight, they sat down and begun eating, Twilight looked into Shadow's eye and suddenly she saw green instead of the normal white and red where the blue iris was, ''what happened to your eyes?'' Twilight asked, looking a little worried, ''what do you mean with what happened to your eyes?'' Shadow asked surprised, didn't know what she meant, ''well your eyes are green and there is leaking purple mist from them how can that be?'' Twilight asked, a little nerves for what would happen now, ''oh that, I'm using dark magic, but only to good purpose trust me, only for good, but its getting harder to stay good when the dark is pushing'' he said, looking at Twilight and there was something about her that made him happy, something he could not explain, ''well as long its for good purpose its okay i guess, but i still keep an eye on you tho '' she said, with a serious look.
''I'm beginning to like you Princess something about make me comfortable, around you i feel good, can we be Friends, Princess?'' Shadow asked, walking over to her and sat down to look at her and waited on his answer, ''yes we can be friends, if you promise not to harm my friends and family, then yes we can be friends'' she said, Shadow pulled her in and hugged her tight, ''Thank you'' he said with tears dripping from his eyes, but it wasn't just tears, it was happy tears, ''hey don't forget me, I want a hug too, ya know'' said Spike and joined them in a big hug, ''speaking of dark magic i have a book you'll like'' Shadow said and walked in to the library, just to come back 'bout 10 minutes later with a book, ''this is a book 'bout dark magic that I've been studied for as long as i remember, would you like to study with me for some time today?'' he asked, he looked at Twilight with the lifeless eyes, Twilight nodded ''yes I'll like to'' she said, which made Shadow smile ''everything is going as planed'' a voice said, Shadow looked around and see where the voice come from, ''did you hear that, Princess?'' he asked with a nervous voice, Twilight looked at him with a questioning look, ''heard what?'' Twilight asked, Shadow was relieved that Twilight didn't hear it, ''oh nothing i just thought i heard something'' he said, he spread his wings and flew up in one of the towers, Twilight followed with Spike on her back, when they arrived Shadow lighted the fireplace, lay down on the floor with the book and waited, when Twilight got comfortable they started reading, after a few chapters they stop, ''do you wanna practice or just read?'' Dark Shadow asked, ''do you mean you wanna help me train in dark magic? but what if i lose control...?'' she replied with a sad face, ''then I'll help you gain control, plus out here no pony else is around'' he said waiting for his answer, ''I'll like to learn dark magic with you'' she said ''but im not sure we should do it today tho'' her voice sounding a little unsure ''well we could just read today and start training tomorrow if you like'' he said looking at her, and she looked at him, ''OK we'll do it tomorrow but tonight i wanna sleep at home, but your welcome to use the couch if you decide to join us'' she said with a smile, ''I'll love to'' he said he placed the book in his saddlebag and they flew off.
When they arrived at the library it was already afternoon, they walked in and begun finding what they needed, after a few minutes they lay down and started reading, they stopped a few hours later to get some late night snacks, when they were done they Twilight was tired, ''well looks like its time for me to hit the hay cya tomorrow'' she said and walked up stairs, Shadow lay down and tried to sleep, but after a hour without any sleep he walked up stairs, ''Twilight'' he whispered, Twilight turned her head to look at him, ''i cant sleep, can i sleep with you?'' he asked, Twilight moved a little further in and allowed him some space, he crawled under the covers and turned his head, ''thank you'' he whispered and gave Twilight a kiss on the cheek making her blush, ''g'night my Princess'' he said smiling all over his face, ''g'night my king'' she said before the dreams took over.
