the equestrian brotherhood
prologue the start of it all
The memories of her past flooded her mind but the wails of her son were important, Blueflame was a single parent trying to provide enough for her new born son she had to work three jobs to make enough for him but his formula was running low so she steps out while he's asleep to get him more. Blue and her son lived in the city of Manehatten a city where everyone knew you she was walking down the street until she was ambushed but men in brown robes.
"Where's the boy?!" One said as they grabbed her Blue struck him in the nuts and ran and fast as she can until they caught her and knocked her out.
"Find the boy and then kill him no Assassins shall be born" the leader said Blues eye's shot open when she heard that they planned to kill her child. she Squrmed as the three were sent the leader places a rag over her mouth causing her to faint.
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The brown robed men picked the lock to Blues home and entered to find the child fast asleep one drew his knife to end him quickly and quietly as he reached the crib the Babys eyes opened and he began to cry which soon was acopcompanyed by the sound of metal. The guards stormed in the house to see darkness a female guard approaches the crib to see the child crying causing her to gasp.
"Captain there's a baby here!" She says he approaches the crib and looks down at him the child tries to hide himself with his hands.
"Where's the mother?" He says Quietly the female guard picks the baby up ad reads the name on the crib.
"Shadow Magic" she says out loud the child begins to sniff for a second wave of tears but she beings to comfort him "Hey shh shh its OK I'm not gonna hurt you" she holds him close and the captain orders her to take him to princess Celestia.
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The female guard runs as fast as she can holding Shadow close protecting him from the rain she makes it to the castle. Princess Celestia was sitting apon the throne as the female runs in almost out of breath.
"Princess Celestia! Princess Celestia!" The guard yell Celestia looks up and see Shadow who was tucked close to the guard.
"What is the meaning of this Rose thorn?" She says Rose Explains that he's from Manehatten and he was found alone Celestia motions her to hand him over. "Give him here I shall look after him." Rose places Shadow in Celestials arm's she knew that he would be one of the seven and also the one to lead them.
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Months have turned into years Blue was taken to a island in the west windies sea she was taken to a brothel as she over hears guards talk about Shadow she was devestated. Shadow her only son killed at three months old she looked to see other women there forced to work like her.
"My baby....my poor defenceless child." She curls herself up into a ball and crys she is soon covered with a blanket she looks up and is greeted by the smile of a woman her age sitting beside her Blue sits up and gets her surrounding's she's in a cell the bars are old.
"Your not like the others that they bring." The female says to Blue. " Your Equestrian...no?" The accent was normal where they where Flame just nodded.
"My baby I..need to get to him he must be crying." Blue begins to hyperventilati but the female calms her down
"Easy miss i'm sure he's safe they say they killed the children to break the mothers heart." From what Blue did not know she was right.
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Shadow was training he kept his eye's on it all the time and he was the adopted son of princess Celestia so he got by with some stuff of city crime. Shadow would spy on princess cadence and a little girl at the park Cadence knew of him but she knew he was harmless, soon he would return to training but sooner his journey began it would be all in tact.
Shadow trained with his master over and over on his technecs Shadow pushed himself to greater limits he was able to climb on walls and onto roofs he was, jumping to roof to roof and jump into hay bales Celestia thought he was ready to begin what was to come was hard but he would not fail. Celestia called Shadow out to the garden one night see her out there brought back memories of when he was little she would carry him around the gardens at night.
"Shadow your old enough to know the truth know your mother was taken by enemies of Equestria. I had you train with these skills for a reason."
Celestia pulls a foot on the statue of three girls and a staircase is show they walk down and there hung Seven muilti colored robes all equiped with wepions.
"Where are we? What is this place." Shadow asked Celestia walks over to the robes
"This is the Assassins sanctuary you new home hung before you are the robes of seven assassins you are one of the seven the leader. Celestia walks over and takes up a bracer and walks over and straps it to Shadows arm.
"The Hidden Blade a tool that the order has used for years it is yours. Now young assassin what will you do first.?"
Shadow existens the blade see it the shine of it hide its sharp point he thrusts it into a wooden beam
"I'm gonna find and kill the ones who took my mother." Shadow then throws on one of the robes they were black as the midnight sky.
Shadow then steps out of the sanctuary and jumps on a horse returning to the place it all began a city he once called......home
