An Alicorn's Shadow

     When Celestia opened her eyes she saw a shadow figure with eyes red as blood, it was standing over her.  The mysterious figure opened its mouth and said "Good morning, Mom!"

"Oh!  Did I forget to raise the sun."  Celestia said as she rose the sun.  "Good morning, Solly.  Why did you wake me up?" She said.

"I don't know how to use the stove."  He said.

Celestia slams her face into her pillow and mumbled "Get one of the chefs to cook for you."  Then a Royal guard walked into the room and informed Celestia that she had an important meeting with Count Ladrón de Sangre.  Celestia sighed and got up.  She walked over to her crown, amulet, and shoes to put them on.

"Moooom!  I'm still hungry!" Sol whined.

"Get him to the kitchen and tell one chefs to cook him breakfast, please."  Celestia said as she was trying to keep her cool.  Sol left with the Royal guard and walked towards the kitchen.

     "What I'm I going to do with him? He doesn't listen to anypony and I want him to learn something, but won't he sit still long enough for me to tell him anything."  She said as she walked towards the window.  "He barely even goes outside and even when he does, he always goes to that one spot and draws in the dirt. This meeting with Count Ladrón de Sangre is to important and he needs to stay out of the way." She says. "Wait! He could go to school, but which school?" She looks around her room seeing if there is a school away from Canterlot in the building archives. "There we go Ponyville has a school and its not too far from Canterlot or to close. Plus, it has a low crime rate. Sol will meet a lot of nice foals and become friends with them. He may even sit still long enough to learn something."  She quickly leaves the room to tell Sol the news.

     Celestia caught up with Sol and to tell him the news. "Solly guess what? Your going to a school in Ponyville isn't that exciting?!" Sol gave her a confused look.

"I already got your lunch packed!" A chef said with a giant grin on her face.

"I'll go get the royal chariot!" The guard said as he ran towards the door.

"But mommy I want to stay here!" Sol cried.

"But it will be fun, Solly!" She said with a smile.

He sat down and said "No! I'm not leaving!"

"Come on Solly don't be difficult." She said.

"I said no!" He said stubbornly.

"Alright then." She said calmly.

     17 minutes later, "NNNNNNNNNOOOOOOOOOO! I DON'T WANT TO GO SCHOOL!" Sol screamed as he was holding on to the door as tight as he could.

"Come on Solly it will be fun!" Celestia said as she was pulling Sol with her magic. She sighed and said "What will it take for you to let go of that door?"

"I want five scoops of ice cream for dessert!" Sol demanded.

"You'll get four scoops and nothing more!" She said.

"Deal!" He said while letting go of the door.

"Let's get going." She said.

As a few minutes went by and they finally reached there destination. "Here we are Solly. Ponyville Elementary!" She said. Celestia walked towards the door and knocked on it.

A mare with a brown mane, tale, and eyes. She had black slim glasses and a white collar with a black tie. Her cutie mark were three pencils. "Come on in,your highness." She said as she held the door opened.

"This is were you will be learning from now on, Sol." Celestia said.

"Take a seat right here, Sol." The Teacher said as she pointed to the desk in the back of the room.

"Bye Solly, I'll see you after school!" Celestia said as she was walking out the door.

     Several minutes later, everypony arrived for school and after taking attendants the Teacher said "Class! We have a new student today! Come on up!" Sol got up and walked nervously towards the front of the classroom. "Come on little one tell us your name." She said.

Sol took a deep breath and said "H-Hi my name is Sol Eclipse."

"That's a wonderful name for a colt, and in this class we say a little something about ourselves and the other students get to ask questions about you." She said.

"O.K." He said before taking another deep breath "I am 8 years old and the son of Princess Celestia. I also like to play around in the castle and play with the people who work for my mom."

"That is very interesting, now go sit at your spot and we'll begin the lesson." Sol walked back to his desk and sat down.

"Pssst?! Pssssst?!" A student whispered to Sol.

"What?!" Sol said silently.

He looked over to see a filly with a white coat and a purple mane and tail that starts straight but curls at the end. Her eyes were blue as the sea. Plus she had a horn. "If your really the son of the Princess, then where's your horn and wings and why aren't you at a private school in Canterlot?" She whispered.

"I don't know?" He mumbled.

"What was that?" She said.

"I..." Before Sol could say the sentence he was interrupted  by the teacher.

"Miss Rarity, I told you yesterday that you can't talk while I'm teaching! I have no choice but to call your parents!"

Sol looked over to Rarity and saw that she look liked she was about to cry. Sol stood up and said "Wait! It wasn't her fault! It was mine. I didn't now that we couldn't speak while you were teaching and she was telling me to be quiet."

"What was so important that it couldn't wait after class?" She said.

"I ask what was her name and what she liked to do for fun. I also asked her if we could hang out during recess."

The teacher ask "Miss Rarity, is this true?"

"Yes, it is ma'am." She responded.

"Well then I think I owe you an apology and as for you Mister Eclipse I would like to see you after class."

     During recess, Sol walk over to the tree near the swing set and sat there in the shade with his head down. Then all of a sudden Sol felt a pain in his head.

He heard a voice saying "Why? Why did you help that mare?"

"Cause she needed help!" He said.

Then a shadowy figure appears from Sol's shadow. It was in the shape of a foal. Its fur was as black as Sol's, but it had different features. It had a sharp and pointy horn. It also had bat wings instead of bird wings. It's mane was pulled back as if it was flying at high speeds. It was black with a dark gray strip. Its ears were curved and pointy. Its teeth were sharp as knives. But what really scared Sol was Its eyes they were blood red and looked like the eyes of a cat.

"W-W-Who are you?" Sol said while he was scared out of his wits.

"Why I am the beast trapped inside a prison in your head. I'm Solar Flare and I am the evil who will one day destroy Equestria and wipe out everypony on this pitiful planet."

"W-Why would you do that?"

"Because they disserve it, they will be punished for what they have to me."

"What did they do to you?"

Solar sighed and said "A long time ago,*I'll write about this later* and that's why I don't trust anypony and why I'm alone."

"So you don't have a friend?"

"What did I just say?!"

"Actually, your wrong."

"What did you just say?!"

"I mean you've been with me since I was born right?"

"Yeah, and?"

"And you don't sound so bad, you were probably hanging around the wrong ponies. So I thought that me and you could be friends."

"You want to be friends with the worst pony who ever lived?"

"Yeah, you sound like fun!"

A smile can to Solar and said "OK, Sol I'll be your friend, but remember that I can only speak with you at certain times of the day." He then evaporates into thin air.

     "Sol! Sol! Sol!" Screamed a voice that came from behind him. He turned around and saw Rarity galloping towards him.

When she got to him, he said "Rarity why are you here?"

"Because I wanted to say thank you for taking the blame, but you didn't have to do that."

"Nonsense! I was just helping a pony in need." Sol then looked towards the tree.

"Sol, what's wrong?" She said worriedly.

"Nothing. Besides the fact that I got in trouble on my first day of school." Sol looked at Rarity then he looked at the ground to his right.

"I'm sorry that I got you in trouble, this all my fault I should have kept my mouth shut then non of this would have happen."

"Don't beat yourself up over this Rarity its fine I've been in trouble before. Besides this is nothing compared to what I have done before."

Sol stood up and looked at Rarity and she said "You want to come over to my house after school and have a sleep over?"

"What?! I mean sure. I'll just have to ask my mom before I can go."

"OK see you after school."

"Bye!"

     After she left, Sol let out a deep breath and fell on his back staring at the clouds. "I'm screwed."

Then Solar appeared. "What's so bad about it?"

"Well this is going to be my first sleep over! With a girl no less!"

"And what's so bad about that?"

"Its bad because I might make a fool out of myself, l don't think I should go."

"Nonsense you should totally go! You don't want to miss your first slumber party do you?!"

"Well no."

"Then stop complaining and start making new friends!"

"Your right Solar."

"Of course I am what kind of friend would I be if I wasn't? Well time for me to go. Bye."

"See ya."

     After school was over, everypony was surprised  to see Princess Celestia was standing in the school yard. Everypony stared as Sol trotted over to her. "Hi mom! How was the meeting?"

"It went well. How was your first day at school?"

"It was great I even made a new friend!"

"Really, what's their name?"

"Her name is Rarity!"

"That's wonderful Solly!" The crowd of foals behind them snickered. "Come on, we need to get home."

"Um mom?"

"Yes?"

"I was wondering if I could have a slumber party at Rarity's house tonight?"

"Of course you can. I'll just go home and pack your stuff." Celestia then hoped into the chariot and flew off.

Sol turned around to see four fillies in his face. "Aahh!" He screamed.

"Oh, did we scare you?" Said the last filly.

"No! I was just uuuuhhhhh. OK you scared me. Who are you four even?"

"I'm Bon Bon, nice to meet you." Said the first filly.

"I'm Colgate, and I think you should brush your teeth more often." Said the second filly.

"I'm Cheerile." Said the third filly.

"And you are?"

"I'm Derpy!"

"That's cool and all but what's your name?"

"I'm Derpy!" She repeated.

"I know your derpy but what's your name?!"

"Its Derpy!"

"What's derpy?! Are you saying I'm derpy?!"

"No! Derpy!" She pointed to herself.

"Is that all you say?"

"No! My name is Derpy Hooves!"

"Oooooohhhhh. Your name is Derpy."

"Yeah!"

"OK, sorry."

"Its fine it happens a lot more than you think."

"Now that we got that out of the way, all four of us can go to Rarity's house and have that slumber party!" Said Bon Bon.

"Wait!? Your going over to Rarity's for a slumber party?"

"Of course we are! Were her friends why wouldn't we?"

"Well..."

Colgate then said "Bon Bon we are going to be late!"

"Bye Sol!" Sol waves goodbye.

     After an hour went by, Sol finally made it to Rarity's house. He took a deep breath and said "Here goes nothing."

He rang the doorbell and waited for somepony to answer it. To his surprise Rarity's father answered the door. "Can I help you?"

"Um. I'm here for the slumber party."

"One moment." He closed the door. Sol put his ear up to the door and heard the conversation between Rarity's mother and father. "Honey! There's a colt a the door!"

"Why is he here?"

"He's here for Rarity's slumber party and I think Rarity invited him over!"

"Awww! Our little girl is growing up so fast. Today's its boys tomorrow she'll be taking your wagon."

"I still think he's bad news!"

"Let him in!"

"Fine! But if he either breaks her heart, gets her pregnant, or she runs off with him I'm going to beat the living shit out of him!" Sol takes his head away from the door. "Come in. Rarity's room is upstairs, down the hall, and the first door on your right."

"Thank you, Sir." Sol then walked up the stairs, went down the hall, and looked at the first door on his right. He walked to it and took another deep breath. Then he knocked on the door.

     Sol again waited for somepony to answer the door. The door opened and Sol saw Rarity. "Solly!" She screamed as she pulled him in. "Girls. This is my friend Sol and I'm sure you met Bon Bon, Colgate, Cheerile, and Derpy!"

"Yes I have!"

"Hey Sol!" Said Bon Bon "Your just in time to play Truth or Dare!"

"What!? No!"

"Come on Sol, unless your too chicken to play?"

Sol looked at Bon Bon with his game face and said. "Bring it on!" Sol walked over and sat in the circle.

"OK I go first! Said Bon Bon "Derpy truth or dare?"

"Truth!"

"Who is the most best looking Colt you ran into in Ponyville?"

Derpy's face turned pinkish red color. "Can you ask another question?"

"Sorry Derpy she can't give you another question those are the rules." Colgate exclaimed.

Derpy's face turned even more red. She took a deep breath and then said. "Sol Eclipse!" Her face turned red as a tomato. She looked at Sol and saw that his face was more red than hers.

"C-C-Can please move on?" Sol suggested with a studding in his voice.

"OK, Derpy It's your turn."

"F-Fine, Colgate truth or dare?"

"Dare!"

"I dare you too brush your teeth with mud." Colgate got up, walked out the door and came back with a cup of mud. She sat down and dip her toothbrush in the cup. She then took the toothbrush out, stuck it in her mouth and started brushing her teeth with it. "Hey Colgate how does it tastes?" Sol said with an evil smile.

"It tastes like dirt, what do think it tastes like!?" Colgate got up and walked over to the bathroom and spits the dirt out before cleaning her mouth with the sink. Then walked back over and sat down. "Alright, my turn. Derpy truth or dare?"

"Dare."

"I dare you too kiss Sol for 10 seconds on the lips!"

Derpy's face turned red and Sol's did, too. She got up and walked over to Sol and sat next to him. She lifted her head up, turned to face Sol, and went in for the kiss. Sol backed his head away from hers.

Sol then thought to himself. [Oh no no no no no no no no no no no no no no. Maybe if I keep my head back. Everypony is staring at me. I didn't want to like a fool and certainly don't want to look like a coward. Come on Sol grow some guts and just kiss her! Colgate I'm going to kill you for this!] He then pulled his head forward, closed his eyes, and waited.

Derpy turned to look a Colgate "I think might be having..." She turns towards Sol. "....second thoug *mmf* Derpy then closed her eyes slowly.

Bon Bon counts. "1...,2...,3...4,...5,...,6...,7...,8...,9...,10!...,11?...,12?...,13?...,14?...,15?...,16?..."

Rarity then elbows Sol in the rib. "Ow! What!?"

"Your time ended 7 seconds ago."

"I think this is a great time to stop. Besides its getting pretty late. I think we should get ready and go to bed"

     That night Derpy woke up, "Sol? Are you sleeping?"

"I was."

"Oh sorry."

"Its fine."

"I was wondering." She got up and laid down next to the window were Sol was.

Sol sat up."Yeah!"

"Did you mean it?"

"Mean what?"

"Did you mean to kiss me?"

"Yeah of course it wouldn't be a kiss if I didn't."

"So does this mean you like me?"

"Yes."

"I mean like like me like me?"

"Yes Derpy, I do love you."

She looked at Sol and said "What did you say?"

"I love you."

"But a prince like you and a loser like me. It would never work out."

"Derpy your not a loser your just special in your own way."

"Nopony ever said that to me before. Hey Sol can I sleep here tonight?"

"Sure." Derpy scooted towards Sol and lied down. Sol laid down and rolled on to his side. He grabbed his pillow and cuddled with it. Derpy turn over to see this and she moved the pillow then she laid down where the pillow was. Before Derpy feel asleep she said "I love you, Sol."

Sol then kissed her on the head and said "I love you, too, Derpy." Before falling asleep.

     The next morning, Sol woke up with Derpy still in his arms. Sol looked out the window to see what time it was. "Oh look its 7:*yawn*53." Before nuzzling with Derpy, again. "WAIT! Its 7:5*sun moves*4! Oh no we're going to be late for school!"

"Sol, why are yelling?" Derpy questioned.

"Derpy! We have to wake everypony up!"

"Why?"

"Because we're going to be late for school! Wait, where are they? They left without us!" Sol quickly picked up Derpy and told her to get dressed. A few minutes of complaining and whining later, they got dressed and galloped towards the school. Sol and Derpy made it to the school, sort of. "Come on Derpy school is right over the hill." Sol says gasping for air.

"Sol look!"

"Is that smoke?" Derpy galloped to the gray cloud of ash, while Sol followed behind. When Derpy reached the top of the hill. She stopped in her tracks as she seen the horror that the school has been under. When

Sol caught up he saw that Derpy was in total shock. "Derpy what's wrong?" Sol said in a calm voice. Sol heard sirens of a firewagon, then looked to find the sound and saw that the school was engulfed in flames. "Derpy come on let's go back to Rarity's house and talk about this when we get there. OK?"

"OK."

Then all of a sudden Sol heard a scream coming from the school.

"Sol, what is it?"

"Didn't you hear that?"

"Hear what?" Sol then quickly galloped down the hill and towards the the school.

"Sol! What are you doing?!"

"What the hay are doing, foal!? Don't go in there!" Said a Firepony. Sol galloped though the door and hit one of the beams holding the door up and it collapsed.

Derpy was following Sol but was stopped by one of the fire ponies. "But what about him?!"

"We can't get in there. All we can do is hope that he'll make it out."

While inside Sol looked for where the screaming came from. "Hello!? Is there anypony in here!? Hello!?" Sol heard a faint voice over the roaring flames.

"Over here!" The voice said with weak tone. Sol looked around.

"Can you say that again!?"

"Over here!" Sol looked in the corner and saw a pile of support beams.

"Hold on I'm coming!" Sol yelled. When Sol got there he saw alight Greg mare with a purple curled mane under the support beams.

"Rarity!?"

"Sol!? What are you doing here?!"

"I'm here to save you!" Sol clamped on to the support beams and lifted with all his might, but sadly it wasn't enough.

"Sol get out of here and leave me here! Your more important then I am."

"No!"

"What!?"

"I'm not going to leave you here to die! Nopony's dying on my watch! I'm not going to give up! I'm going to keep trying even if it kills me!" Rarity looked at Sol and gave a smile of hope. Then Sol's eyes turned white as snow. A light appeared from his chest and a glowing stream of light came out. The stream rapped around Sol's hooves and disappear into thin air. Sol then started to lift the support beams and held them up with one hoof and  grabbed Rarity with the other. Sol then pulled her out and dropped the support beams. Sol's eyes stopped glowing white. Then he stood on his hind leg, snapped his knees forward, and begun to walk. Rarity was surprised that he could walk like this.

Sol saw the front door was blocked and Rarity said with fear in her voice "How will we get out know?" Sol took a few steps back and bolted toward the door. He turned and slammed the rubble with his shoulder. He busted through and rolled along the ground. Losing grib of Rarity in the process.

Sol could hear faint voices. "Hey, kid are you OK?" One of the Fireponies said.

"This one over here is still alive!" Another said.

"We need immediate medical evac here know!" Boomed the Firepony in front of him.

"Listen kid your going to be OK. Just stay awake." Sol turned his head right and saw the burning school. He turned his head to the left and saw Derpy in tears. He then saw total darkness when he blacked out suddenly.

    Sol woke up in a room of nothing but cosmic dust. He was standing on an invisible floor and there was nothing for miles. "Where am I?"

"Hello again, Sol." Says a deep voice behind him.

"Oh Solar, its just you. You scared me you know. Solar why are you getting closer?" Without warning Solar jumped at Sol with his mouth opened. Sol woke up again. "That was odd. Wait! Why am I in Ponyville?" Sol then heard a scream of terror. He ran towards the sound and saw what was going on.

"Sol what's wrong? Did I do something to anger you?" Said Cheerile with terror in her voice. Then Solar jumped at her and started to bite. He bit into Cheerile's front right leg. He ripped chunks of fur and flesh off. Cheerile headbutts him in the face and started to limp away. Solar licks his lips with his tounge to taste the blood of his new found prey. The slits of his eyes widened. He looked at her and got up on his hind legs and snapped his knees forward. Sol galloped to them and tried to tackle Solar but he went right through him. Sol then ran at Cheerile and blocked her with his body. Sol closed his eyes and waited for the pain that he was about to endear. Solar then charged at them, opened his mouth, and went for a bite. When Sol opened his eyes, he saw that Solar's head was in his chest. When he took a step to the side, he saw what Solar did. He was clamping onto Cheerile's neck. Sol watched in horror as he heard her scream in pain. Sol started to cry as he heard a crack and the screaming stop. He saw as Solar let go of her and the lifeless body that was once Cheerile hits the floor. Solar then started to bite and tear her stomach open when he did, he feasted on her insides. Sol couldn't do anything but just stand there and watch as his friend was being devoured.

     Sol once again woke up. He saw a young unicorn stallion with fur of an orange color, a brown mane and tail, and blue eyes. He was wearing a white lab coat and a stethoscope. "Oh good, your awake." He said "My name is Dr.Stable."

"Where I'm I?"

"Your in the hospital. You gave us quite the scare their."

"Where's Rarity? What happen to her?"

"She's fine. She was let out of the hospital a week ago."

"How long have I've been here?"

"A couple of months."

Sol then closed his eyes and saw Derpy on the day the school was on fire. He quickly opened his eyes and shot up. "Where's Derpy?!" Sol shouted. He felt a tight squeeze on his hoof and he looked to see what was the problem. He saw a grey Pegasus filly with a blonde mane and tail. He then laid back down and shook his hoof. Derpy woke up to a black figure with red eyes it opened its mouth and said "Good morning, Derpy." Derpy looked at him and she sheds a tear. "Derpy are you O–" Sol was cut off in mid sentence when Derpy locked lips with him. Derpy backed away and hugged him.

"Please don't ever do that to me, again. I thought you were dead." Derpy squeezed tighter. "Why would you do that!? Are you trying to kill yourself!?" Derpy broke into tears.

Sol then wrapped his arms around her and stroked her mane. Sol started to speak in a calming voice. "Shhhhh. Its ok. I'm fine. I'll be out of here in a few days. Just go home, your parents are probably worried about you."

"Ok." Derpy says with a sniff. She then left the room without saying anything else.

     That night in the hospital, Sol was staying up late to read.

"I can't believe that they have books here."

Sol looked up from his book to see Dr Stable. "Time for all foals to get some sleep. Goodnight, Sol."

"Goodnight." Sol put down the book on the side table beside his bed. He then laid down and closed his eyes.

A voice then said "One down, two too go. Goodnight my Angel of Darkness."