An Alicorn's Shadow

     Sol is just walking out of the school on a hot summers eve. "Why does school have to be such a pain in my flank?" Sol said. "Luckily its the last day of school. That means I can spend more time with my friends and not have to worry about homework or detention!"

    As Sol walked through Ponyville he waved to all the ponies he knew like he would normally do and they would always wave back. This has been going on since he rescued Rarity from the burning school house. He would always meet Derpy and his friends at Fry Bales. But for some reason Celestia was there with them. "Mom!"

"Oh hi, Solly!" When she said that he heard his friends snicker.

"MoOoOom! Stop embarrassing me in front of my friends!"

"Would you like me to call you Solly Poo instead?"

"NO!!" She giggled at the thought of calling him that and then sighed.

"I'm here for a reason, Solly." She said with a serious tone in her voice. "I'm sorry, Sol."

[Wait! Did she just call me Sol? That's not good.]

"But your not going to be able to stay in Ponyville during the summer."

"What!?" Sol said as he felt like somepony had just smashed his heart into pieces.

"Your going to a flight camp in Cloudsdale."

[Wait, I can get out of this.] "But mom I don't have wings. So I can't walk on clouds."

"I have a spell for that. We're leaving in an hour. That'll give you enough time to say your goodbyes. I'll pick you up later." She said as she trotted over to the chariot.

     "I can't believe I'm leaving, but I love this place." Sol said as he started to swell up in tears in mid sentence. Derpy got up and trotted over to Sol and gave him a hug. Rarity, Colgate, and Cheerile all did the same.

"I'm going to miss you." Bon Bon said. Everypony was shocked at what she said. She would always tease Sol, but she always made sure when its time to stop or when its ok to tease him. "I know that in the past I would tease you, but I did it to everyone of my friends and they would always leave. I was nicer to Derpy, Colgate and Cheerile would just ignore me, and Rarity would just except it. But you, I have called you so many names, made fun of you, and even pull pranks that were only funny to me. Know that I think about it, I was a bully to you and we're still friends. Why? Why would you still be friends with somepony who was so mean to you?"

Sol gently pushed everypony away and trotted over to Bon Bon. He put his hoof on her shoulder. "Forgive and forget." Sol then gave her a hug. "Your my friend Bon Bon and friends forgive each other. No matter how many times you make fun of me, you'll always be a fantastic friend in my heart." Bon Bon wrapped her arms around Sol and broke into tears.

"Sol?" Bon Bon said with a sniff.

"Yeah?" Bon Bon squeezed tighter.

"Your the most kindess, most bestess friend I've ever had. I'm going to miss you."

"Me too." Rarity said before walking to him and hugging him.

"Me three" Cheerile said before she hugged Bon Bon, Rarity, and Sol.

"Me four." Colgate said as she squeezed into the bunddle of ponies to hug Sol.

Derpy than galloped over and hugged him as tight as she could. "I'm going to miss you most of all." Derpy said with tears in her eyes. Derpy then looked at Sol and gave him a kiss.

"1...2...3...4...5...6...7...8...9...10...11...12...13...14...15...16...17...18...19...20." Bon Bon counted as they stopped.

Colgate continued with "You were supposed to stop 10 seconds ago." That's when they all broke out into laughter.

     An hour later, Sol and his friends all waited for Celestia to arrive. "Where is she?" Sol said.

"Maybe she's not coming?" Rarity pointed out.

"Or maybe she was kidnapped by changelings?!" Bon Bon shouted.

"That's very unlikely." Colgate argued.

"Maybe she was kidding?" Derpy said.

"She wasn't kidding, because she said my name instead of my baby name. She'll be here I know it." Sol then saw Celestia and yelled. "Look there she is!"

The chariot landed right in front of them. "You can say your goodbyes now." His friends all stood in a row side by side with a couple of feet separating them. Sol began to walk towards the chariot.

He stopped and turned to face Rarity. "Rarity, thank you for being my friend. You gave me amazing advice on how to style my mane and tail and telling me which color looks the best on me. You also taught me how to sew which was pretty cool."

"Thank you for saving me, I wouldn't be here if it wasn't for you. You're always there when I need you." Rarity then kissed him on the cheek. "Goodbye." Rarity said as she tried to hold back the tears.

Sol then walked towards Cheerile and turned to face her. "Thank you for being the shoulder for me to cry on. You've always been the one to help me out, even if its more then you can handle. You also taught me how to be a responsible young colt."

"Try to make more friends. OK." Sol nodded and walked over to Colgate and turned to face her.

"Thank you for being the friend who cares about my safety. You also showed me that I have been brushing my teeth all wrong."

"Make sure you brush at least twice a day for two minutes."

Sol trotted to Bon Bon. "Bon Bon your still a fantastic friend and I hope our paths will someday cross once again."

"Me too. See you around, dork." Sol smiled at her and trotted to Derpy who was standing in front of the chariot.

"Derpy, you probably know what I'm going to say."

"I love you."

"I love you, too."

"Please, don't go."

"I have to Derpy, I'm sorry."

"Just swear. Swear you will come looking for me when you get out."

"I swear. Goodbye, Derpy." Sol then kissed her on the forehead goodbye. During the kiss Derpy shed a tear. Sol then hopped on to the chariot and yelled "Goodbye, Ponyville!" Before flying off in to the distance.

"I miss him already."

     Sol looked over the side of the chariot with a sad look in his eyes. Lost in his mind he found memories of his friends and started to cry. [Why? Why does it matter? What's so important about a flight camp? Does it have something to do with that day the school caught on fire? I'm still confused on how I became stronger than I was before. Rarity did say that may eyes turned white as snow, but what does that mean? She also said that I was more determined to get out of there and that I was more worried about her safety then my own. Derpy said I looked heroic when I smashed through the rubble so that's kinda cool.]

     "Solly, were here!" Celestia yelled.

Celestia casted the spell on Sol so that he can walk on clouds. "How long will the spell last?"

"All summer." Sol hopped out of the chariot. "Good luck, Solly!" She shouted and then sped off.

"Hello there little guy." Said a voice as sweet as cotton candy. Sol turns around to see a black colored Pegasus mare with brown eyes and a black mane and tail with a yellow stripe. Her mane style was long and straight with curves at the ends. Almost all of her mane covers her right ear. Her cutie mark was a grey cloud with a yellow lighting bolt. "You must be the new kid. I'm Midnight Strike and this is my partner Gothic Hooves." Sol looked at the pony next to her. She was a dark purple mare with red eyes and a full black mane and tail. The feathers on the bottom of her wings are black. Her eyes had black make up under them to make it look like she was crying. Her eyelashes were spiked. Her front two legs had two stockings.

"Nice to meet you two, my name is Sol Eclipse. As you my probably already know I am the son of Princess Celestia." Gothic then hides behind Midnight while quivering in fear. "What's wrong with her?"

"Oh she always get like this when there's new ponies. Gothic why don't you show Sol where he will be sleeping." Gothic nodded and motioned Sol to fallow her.

     When they reached the sleeping quarters, Gothic then showed Sol were he will be sleeping. The sleeping quarters were a long hallway with bunk beds all along the sides. As Gothic start to leave Sol pulled on her tail stopping her and forcing her to turn around.

"Hey, Gothic I just wanted to say thanks." Sol then leaned over to grab something out of his saddlebags. He pulled out a dark purple rose. "I was going to give this to a mare I love but I forgot about it, so I think you should have it. Lower your head." Sol put the rose in her mane next to her left ear. Sol pulled out a mirror from his saddlebags and gave it to her. "What do you think? Do you like it?" Gothic shook her head from left to right. "Oh." Sol sadly said.

Gothic hugged him when he was about to cry. "I love it. Thank you." Gothic said with a voice of a teenage mare. "You better get some rest you have a long day ahead of you. By the way the colt sleeping quarters are full so you'll be sleeping in the filly's sleeping quarters." Gothic started to heads towards the door.

"Goodnight, Gothic."

"Sleep tight, Sol."

     Sol awoke to the sound of crying, he looked around to see where it was coming from. Sol got up and started walking towards the sound. The sound kept getting louder and louder. The crying was coming from the back of the hall. He then saw something on top of one of the bottom bed. When he got closer he saw that it was a little yellow filly with a pink mane and tail. Sol lifted his hoof to poke the filly. When he poked her, she lifted her head and turned to look at him. Sol notice that she's been crying her eyes out. He also notice that she had teal eyes. "Hi my name is—" Sol was cut off in mid sentence with a blood curdling scream. "Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa—" Sol shoved his hoof into her mouth. "Know I'm going to remove my hoof from your face and you have to promise not to scream." She nodded and Sol took his hoof away. "Know my name is Sol Eclipse and you are..."

Before she could say anything two voices said "Fluttershy! Fluttershy! Fluttershy can hardly fly!" She lowered her heard and started to tear up again. Sol turned around to see two colts. The first one had a caramel colored coat and a brown mane and tail, his eyes were emerald green. The second one had a brown coat with a dirty white mane and tail, his eyes were sky blue.

"Who are you two?"

"I'm Dumb-bell" said the brown colt. "And he's Hoops" Dumb-bell said as he pointed at the caramel colored colt.

"So, do you two know what her name is?"

"Who? You don't mean that little crying loser."

"Yes, her."

Dumb-bell smiled evilly at Hoops. "We'll tell you her name if you go make fun of her."

"What?! No!"

"We'll even tell you how to get the best tasting sweets around here and we can also help you get the best flying average in this camp."

"Well I do like sweets and I do want to show my mom how good I'm doing."

"Then go make fun of her."

Sol walked over to Fluttershy. "Hey, Fluttershy?" She lifted her head to look at him. Sol closed his eyes and took a deep breath. When he opened his eyes he saw the pain in her face. [Oh no. What am I going to do? I want sweets but I don't want to hurt her feelings. I want to prove to my mom that I don't need this camp. But is that really worth it? I'm going to have to pick one or the other.] Sol sighed. "Fluttershy! Fluttershy! Fluttershy is a cutie pie!" Sol said with a smile. Fluttershy started to blush.

"Huh?"

"And as for you two, if I ever see you make Fluttershy cry again. So help me I will obliterate you! You got that!" They nodded. "Now, LEAVE MY SIGHT!!" They both bolted out the door running as fast as they could. Sol took a deep breath and walked over to his bed and fell asleep.

     Fluttershy trotted to Sol and tried to wake him up. "Come on Derpy, just five more minutes!"

"Move Flutters, I got this!" The filly then through a bucket of ice cold water onto Sol. Sol woke up in a panic and fell off his bed.

"WHAT THE HAY, FLUTTERSHY?!" Fluttershy pointed to the sky blue filly with a rainbow mane and tail. She also had dark pink eyes.

"WHO IN TARTARUS ARE YOU!"

"I'm Rainbow Dash and you are..."

He sighed. "I'm Sol Eclipse."

"Wait! Are you the Sol Eclipse? The same Sol Eclipse who saved a filly from a burning building? That Sol Eclipse?"

"How do you know about that?"

"Who doesn't know?"

"That's just great." Sol said sarcastically. "Why did you wake me up?"

"Because your going to miss the Wonderbolt!"

"What's a Wonderbolt?"

"What!? You don't know who the Wonderbolts are! Have you been living under a rock or something?! The Wonderbolts are the most elite flyers in all of Equestria!"

"Ooh! You mean those pegesi who fly for my mom!"

"Very unlikely, unless your mom is Princess Celestia!" Rainbow Dash joked.

"Actually—"

Sol was interrupted by thethe buzzing on the intercom. "All Pegesi report to the training field."

"Come on, Sol! We gotta go!" Rainbow Dash grabbed Sol's hoof and galloped towards the door dragging Sol with her.

     Rainbow and Sol are galloping across the strip. "Come on, Sol! Pick up the pace!"

"Wouldn't it be easier to just fly over!?" Rainbow Dash stopped dead in her tracks. Sol caught up to her. "Rainbow? Are you ok? I know! Maybe a bit of flying might cheer you up? You can do a barrel roll!"

"I CAN'T FLY!" She screamed as she turned to face Sol.

Sol saw tears in her eyes and now realizing his mistake. So he tried to calm her down. "R-Rainbow I didn't—"

"OF COURSE YOU DIDN'T KNOW, NOPONY SHOULD EVER KNOW!"

Sol and Rainbow heard distance laughter "So you can't fly, huh." Sol recognizes that voice from anywhere. With more tears in her eyes then before, Rainbow looked behind Sol with horror. Sol turned around to see what she was starring at. He saw the two colts.

"I thought I told you two..."

"That was Fluttershy. You didn't say anything about Rainbow Crash."

"Well the same goes for her."

"You can't do that. You can only protect one or the other."

"Who said?"

"You can't guard two ponies at the same time."

Sol sighs. "Your right."

Sol started to walk away. "Sol!? What are you..."

"I'm sorry ,Rainbow."

Rainbow Dash looked in front of her to see the two colts standing over her. "If you can't fly, that means you can't fly away. Hoops hold her down." Hoops jumped on top of her. Holding her down by her four legs. "I guess you won't be needing these anymore." Dumb-bell stated to pull Rainbow's feathers out of her wings. Sol turned his head to look what was happening. He saw Hoops pining her down while Dumb-bell was pulling her feathers out by the mouth full. Sol's eyes turn into slits and didn't think anything of it. He turned around and galloped back at full speed. His knees snapped forward while he was galloping. When he got there he punched Hoops in the face with his hoof. Hoops flew sideways hitting Dumb-bell in the process. They rolled a few inches away from them. Hoops got up holding his mouth while blood was dripping from his hoof. Dumb-bell got up quickly and ran to Sol. Dumb-bell cocked his hoof back to punch him. He swings. Sol grabbed his hoof and pulled him forward. Sol put Dumb-bell's arm in front of him and pulled his knee up. Sol's knee broke Dumb-bell's arm the other way. Sol put his leg down and slammed his other leg into the already injured Dumb-bell's leg, breaking it. Dumb-bell fell to his knees in tears. Sol cocked his hoof back and looked into Dumb-bell's eyes and saw fear. Then he slammed his hoof into Dumb-bell's face as hard as he could. Sol heard Dumb-bell's skull breaking as his hoof made contact with Dumb-bell's face. Dumb-bell fell to the ground in a pool of his own blood. Sol looked at Hoops thinking he would do something. But Hoops was looking at his bloody friend in horror. Sol looked at Rainbow Dash and saw nothing but shear terror. Sol's eyes turned back to normal. Sol heard loud gasping behind him. When he looked to find the source he saw a group of foals and a few adults staring at him. Medical Pegesi ran over to Dumb-bell with a stretcher and carried him away. Sol watched as he saw one of the flight teachers carried Hoops away. Rainbow was also carried away.

Sol looked in front of him to see Midnight Strike standing over him.

"Sol, my office! Now!" Then walked away. Sol followed her.

     "WHAT IN THE HAY WERE YOU THINKING!?!?" YOU NOT ONLY BEAT UP TWO COLTS! BUT YOU ALMOST KILLED ONE OF THEM! WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO SAY FOR YOUR SELF!?!?"

Sol started to cry. "I was I was just..." Sol broke into tears. He couldn't say anything else.

Midnight passed the phone to him. "Here. Call your mother to come and pick you up." Sol pushed the phone back to her. She looked at him with confusion. "Aren't you going call your mother?" Sol shook his head. "So you're going to stay even after what you've done?" Sol nodded. Midnight sighed. "Fine you can stay but if you tell me why you did what you did?" Sol didn't say anything. He kept his head down. Still shaking. "Alright if your not going to tell me." She picked up the phone. "Then I'll call your mother." She started to put in the number.

"I was trying to protect her."

She turned around. "Trying to protect who?" She said as she put the phone back.

"Rainbow Dash, they were bullying her."

"Who was bullying her?"

"Hoops and Dumb-bell were pulling out her feathers and I just walked away leaving her open. They said I could either protect Fluttershy or Rainbow Dash but not both. So, I chose Fluttershy. I let them do that to her. But when I turned around. I just lost it. I ran at them without thinking twice. I didn't expect him to run at me. So I beat him up with the thought of killing him on my mind. The rest you already know. I didn't want hurt anypony that bad. I thought he was just going to walk off, I didn't know he would try and fight back. All I could see was blackness when he ran at me." Sol broke into tears again. "Please don't make me go back into the darkness. I'm scared of it. It won't stop. I can't control it. Every time the takes hold of me I become a monster Please don't let it take me away." Midnight got up and trotted around her desk.

She went over to comfort him like a mother would with her child. "Sssshhhh. Don't worry. I won't let the darkness take you. Your not going anywhere." Sol gave her a hug and she did the same in return. "Sssshhhh. Its ok. I will keep the darkness away. I will protect you from it." Sol squeezed tighter.

"Thank you."

"Sol?"

"Yeah?"

"Do you want to sleep in my room tonight?"

"Mmhm.... Midnight?"

"Yes?"

"Can I stay in your room longer than tonight?"

"Ok, Sol you can stay with me until you get over your fear."

"Thank you."

     That night, Sol and Midnight were walking down a hall. "Were here." She said as she took the keys out of her pocket. She then unlocks the door and opens it up. Sol could see a small room with a bed in the middle of it. There were two nightstands next to the bed. And on those two nightstands there were lamps and on one of them there was an alarm clock. "I don't have another bed, so you'll be sleeping on my bed with me." Sol walked over to the bed and got on it. He then wrapped himself in a blanket and tried to go to sleep. Midnight walked over to her bed and got in it. She rolled over to Sol and puts her arm around him and held him close. Sol fell asleep in her arms. "Goodnight, Sol."

     Sol woke up at seven in the morning. "Uuggh. What was that? Are those hoof steps and voices?" Sol listened closer. "Rainbow?" He said.

"I can fly!"

"Rainbow!" Sol jumped out of the bed and slammed through the door.

Midnight woke with a fright. "Sol, where are you going?! Sol!?" She galloped after him.

Sol galloped down the hall waking everypony up. Sol slammed though the front door and galloped toward the runway. One of the night guards saw him heading towards the edge and ran after him. Sol saw Rainbow jump off the edge and he ran as fast as he can.

But the guard caught him before he could jump. "Gotcha! Know let's get you back to your sleeping quarters." As the guard carries Sol away from the edge he knew that he had failed. But then Sol heard a faint yelp coming from the edge and bit the guard's wing, tearing off some feathers. The guard dropped him, giving Sol a small window of escape. Sol then bolted towards the edge and leap off the edge. Sol saw Rainbow yards away from him and dived after her. He caught up to Rainbow and grabbed a hold of her.

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

"I'm here to save you!"

"You have a parachute?"

"Um, about that."

"YOU DON'T HAVE A PARACHUTE! WHAT KIND OF RESCUER ARE YOU!?"

"I'm sorry." He whimpered.

"YOUR SORRY! YOUR SORRY! WE'RE GOING TO DIE, AND ALL YOU HAVE TO SAY IS "I'M SORRY"! BECAUSE OF YOU I'M NEVER GOING TO BECOME A WONDERBOLT!" Rainbow broke down. "I don't want to die. I'm going to die, alone."

Sol flew in and took her in to an embrace. "Your not going to die, alone."

Rainbow clutches Sol. "Thank you."

     Sol squeezed tighter and tighter. "Sol, what's wrong?" Sol then started to cry out in pain. Rainbow saw bumps on his back getting bigger. The bumps ripped through Sol skin. Sol screamed as loud as he can, to cope with the pain he's under. They were wings made out of bone. Then muscle started to grow from Sol's body to the tip of his wings. The skin and feathers did the same. Sol stopped screaming. When Sol open his eyes they were white as a cloud. "Sol are you ok?" Sol then pulled his wings back and went shot towards the ground. "Sol what are you doing?!" Sol slowly puts his hoof in front of them. Rainbow noticed electricity forming in his hoof. Then air started to form in front off his hoof. "Is that the sound barrier?" Then Sol shot forward leaving behind a giant black expanding circle and a black streak. Sol pulled up before hitting the ground and flying an inch away from it. Sol dropped her before pasting out and crashing into the side of a mountain.

     Sol slowly opened his eyes and heard the sound of a heart monitor. He looked to his left and saw Rainbow Dash sitting on a chair. "Rainbow?"

"Sol?"

"Rainboahhh!"

Rainbow jump out of her chair and ran over to him. "Sol! Lay back down! You need to rest!"

He looked at her and saw something in his peripheral. "Is that a cutie mark I see?"

"Huh? Oh yeah! I got it two weeks ago!"

"Wait!? Two weeks ago? How long have I've been out?"

"You've been out for three months."

"WHAT!"

"Sol please calm down. Its not good for you if you raise your blood pressure after you come out of a coma."

"Where's Derpy?"

"Derpy isn't here anymore. She moved to Manehattan a month ago."

"Did she at least say goodbye?"

"Yes, before she was moving, sorry Sol."

"So, she broke up with me?"

"She said that a long distance relationship wouldn't work."

"Thank you for telling me. But what about Cheerile?"

"She moved to Fillydelphia."

"How's Colgate doing?"

"She in Baltimare."

"Rarity?"

"Still in Ponyville and she got cutie mark as well."

"And Bon Bon?"

"Same thing."

"That's good."

"You have really good friends."

"I know. They're the best!"

"You can visit them, after you get out of the hospital."

"Oh! How's Fluttershy?"

"She lives in Ponyville now and she also had a cutie mark ."

Sol's face turned from joy to worry. "Did Dumb-bell recover?"

"Yes. The doctors said that you were in worse shape then he was."

"And you? How have you been doing?"

"I've hoped that you weren't dead. When they recovered your body from the mountain, they put you in a Medical wagon. I told them I wanted to be by your side. When we got to the hospital they put you on a stretcher and rolled you to this room and your heart stopped. Sol, you died. I was scared. I was so scared that I would never see you, again. When they said you were gone I just walk over to your body and lost it. I slammed my hooves on your chest as hard as I could. When I heard the monitor beeped I never felt so happy to see somepony was going to be ok."

Sol grasps onto her by the hoof and smiled."Did you cry?" Sol joked.

Rainbow's face flushes with a pink tinge and said. "Yes, I did."

"Cry baby."

"Sol?"

"Hmm?"

"I think you forgot something?"

"What did I forget?"

"This." Rainbow got closer to Sol and closed her eyes. Then her lips met with his.

[Is she?]

{yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes!}

Sol put his hoof on her head and was going to pull her away, but instead gently pushes her closer. [Huh?! I've never notice how soft her mane is.]

{He so wants me.}

[Wait! I want to try something that Rarity told me about.]

Sol used his tounge to wrap around hers. {What is he doing with his...} Her wings shot up in to the air. {Oh baby!}

[Thank you, Rarity!] Sol lifted his hoof and puts it against to her cheek. He then tilts his head to the right and putting his free hoof on her back.

[Didn't my mom say something about being to young for this. Oh well! Its not like she wants to sleep with me or anything.]

{I wonder what he would say if I told him that I'm ready for him?}

[Luckily mom told me about the birds and the bees.]

{Didn't dad also say that fillies my age can't get pregnant}

[Does she have a wingboner?] {Is he feeling up my wingboner?}

[Buck! I hope she doesn't get the wrong idea?]

{Dad said that means he wants to be more than best friends.}

[This is the longest I've ever kissed anypony before. Do they usually go on for this long?]

{I'm getting a bit hungry. I wonder if he'll ask me out? At least then I'll get some grub.}

[She is cute and funny. But I don't know yet. I think I might ask her out.]

{I knew he was a great kisser. I just hope he doesn't find out that this is my first kiss.}

[This is definitely her first kiss.]

{Wait a second! He's a Prince! He can get me to train with the Wonderbolts! Why didn't I think of this before? Its probably because of... His Ruby red eyes.}

[I wish this moment...]

{...could last forever. But sadly it can't because I'm suppose to be home in an hour and visiting hours are almost over.} Rainbow pulled her head away from Sol's. "Listen Sol I wish I can stay, but I need to get home."

"Ok. I'll see you tomorrow then." Rainbow walks to the door and opens it.

"Hey Rainbow?"

"Yeah?"

"I was wondering if you like to go out sometime?"

"Sure. And Sol?"

"Hmm?"

"Thanks. You know, for saving me."

Sol smiled and said. "No problem."

"Goodnight, angel of darkness."

"Goodnight, Dashie." Rainbow then closed the door. "Wow, new wings and a new friend, who's a filly. This was the best summer ever! Except for the part where I was out for three months. Hmmm? "Angel of darkness" I feel like I've heard that somewhere before?"