The Shadow Tales: Before the Shadow War

Time stood still as the two shadows stood and stared at each other as Sharp's swords were glistening in the darkness while Spell's spell circles were crackling and glowing with an intense arcane might as the two slowly moved around knowing that if one of them were to back then they would lose and the other would succeed. The silence between these two dark entities would go on for hours until Sharp broke the silence as he said

"Spell think long and hard about what you are going to do. Is it really worth this? Are you seriously going to put the very lives of all the shadows at stake to accomplish your goal? Are you that mad to reveal us to the world just to do what you want?" As Sharp raised his blades ready to charge Spell if necessary

"Yes, I truly think its worth it why it must be achieved. I swore on my life that I would leave this place to search for them, to find those things that the shadows lack, I swore an oath that I would check out those one of a kind mare flanks I mean you have to agree with me I mean those things are glorious. Just compare them to our females' and wow do they just blow you away." Spell said as if he had walked upon a glorious revelation while Sharp merely facepalmed as a sweat drop falls down the back of his head anime style

"I can't believe I'm having this sort of conversation with you Spell I thought after the first 50 attempts you'd learn that this is a stupid and terrible idea that would doom our very species to either enslavement or extinction." Sharp said in a tired tone as he rubbed his eyes from Spell's inability to understand their current situation but when he looked up he let out an annoyed and exasperated sigh as he saw no signs of the smaller shadow anywhere.

But as Sharp was about to jump through the portal after Spell he experienced intense pain as his body was engulfed by fire as the spell also caused the portal to close and as Sharp laid on the ground recovering from his injuries he telepathically communicated a message to the others to intercept Spell and hopefully stop him before he does something incredibly stupid and poorly thought out like the last 50 times he did something like this.

Meanwhile, Spell was running for it and after a few moments of running and looking around to see if any shadow had followed him he sighed and laid down on the soft grass beneath him. He took a deep breath taking in the natural and fresh air around him as he stared up at the night sky as stars twinkled around him as he saw constellations dance across the sky. After an hour of stargazing and wonder Spell finally got onto his hooves and was ready to explore this new world he's heard so much about as he sees a nearby village up ahead and when he reached the outer limits of the village he saw a sign that read "Welcome to the town of Shimmer Mist"

Spell smiled as he was excited for this might be the moment he meets creatures with flanks he could imagine on the level of a goddess. Spell stayed under the cover of the shadows that the trees were giving off as Spell could see a figure walk behind its home and walk through its garden. As Spell walked closer to this figure he could see that based on its features being similar to a shadow female that this figure in front of him is a pony female as he snuck up behind the unsuspecting female. Of course in most situations staring at somepony from the behind without alerting them could warrant for some undesirable behavior so with this in mind Spell walked up to the female from behind and when he was close enough tapped her on the back and said "Hello nice evening ma'am may I admire your admirable assets called a flank?"

Now the mare did what any mare would have done in this situation and proceeded to scream and smash a hoe right into Spell's face as an audible crack could be heard as Spell fell to the ground as he yells saying "Hey stop that you're supposed to be happy and blushing that I a downright stunning shadow asked nicely to admire your features" but this fell on deaf ears as the mare completely panicked as she smacked the garden tool against the poor shadow. This abuse continued on for about half an hour before Spell did a simple roll and grabbed the tool and threw it behind his shoulder and then tackled the mare to the ground cover her mouth before the screaming could wake up any more ponies and cause any unneeded trouble. Spell then dragged her into her home as he felt that any pony looking at this would take this the wrong way as he dragged her into the living room and into a chair as he said "Look stop screaming and I'll answer anything question you have and I won't do anything to you and if you want proof well you're just going to have to trust me at this point." The mare seeing no other option at the moment relented as she gave a nod and Spell swiftly uncovered her mouth allowing her to speak as she looks at Spell afraid as she asked "What are you? A monster and if you are one please don't eat me." as the mare whimpered in her chair.

Spell simply rolls his crimson eyes and says "No I'm not a monster and I would definitely not try to eat you I mean sorry for the insult you don't look tasty at all unless we're talking about a different type of eating are we?" The mare simply shook her head many thoughts going through her mind as she was with some creature who was obviously flirting with her poorly and looked like a monster ripped out of some horror story.

Spell simply sighed as he stared at the shaking mare as he saw this as a wasted opportunity as this was one of the few times he could leave the shadowlands with the search party still scrambling to respond after his attempt to explore the world of these pony creatures who's vibrant colors were blindingly positive compared to his previously dark life under the ground. But alas Spell's train of thought was interrupted as his ears twitch as he heard sounds farther then a pony could hear as the sound of the earth being pounded could be heard and in an instant Spell's eyes widened as he knew only one shadow who could make the earth tremble. In an instant he immediately got and grabbed the mare who was still panicking and ended up panicking further as she was being pushed throughout the woods as she says in a frightened tone "W-What's happening? W-What are we running from?" She keeps her voice down afraid this Spell would eat or even kill her if she spoke loudly.

Spell for the most part would stay quiet till he reached a clearing where he looked around frantically before dropping to the ground and huffing as he was exhausted and nervous. Eventually Spell gets up and looks at the mare with a scared and terrified look and says "Look I know you have a lot of questions right now but due to our most unfavorable of situations I think I only have enough time to tell you we are being hunted by a beast of a behemoth and I believe he actually will tear us apart if he catches us so it would be in our best interest to stay quiet or else we are going to be dead."

Silence fills the air as Spell worried looked at the mare to see if she was alright but instead what he saw was a face that looked like it peered into the darkest pits of death as Spell could hear heavy and aggressive breathing right behind his as cold air flows down his back sending chills down his spine. Spell petrified simply uttered a sentence and these were "He is right behind me isn't he?" As Spell said that a deafening roar could be heard behind him as Spell felt his blood turn icy from hearing that roar as he felt the shadow grip his torso slowly crushing it.