Daybreak (rebooted)

Two months had passed since the events Shadow had with Arynnae. Two whole months since he gave up the best thing in his entire life. And not a single day went by where he forgot about her.

He could have said anything. He could have told her exactly what was wrong, why he cried.

Why he told her to leave.

But instead, he chose to throw her away. Maybe it was for the best, his mind kept telling him, but his heart told him he didn't just screw up. He fucked up. He fucked up because he let her go, he fucked up because she cared a lot more than just his simple looks or fame. And he fucked up because he took her heart in his hooves and tore it to shreds.

She told him she loved him and it didn't make a damn difference. And he was definitely began paying the price as soon as his day began.

"Order number 15 for Shadow Rift!" Said a stallion behind the counter, placing a coffee in front of him, "Have a great day Mister Rift!" He said with a smile.

"Thanks..." He said with a fake smile, taking his coffee off the counter and rolling his eyes as he exited the coffee shop and back out into the cold air of a rainy day in Ponyville. Another day in Ponyville, he thought to himself as he opened his umbrella, a large lightning bolt hitting it directly and zapping every part of his body. "Oh... Sorry Mister Rift!" A grey Pegasus with a blonde mane said, flying down to him and picking him up in her hooves. "Believe me when I say I've endured a lot worse than a little lightning." He said, slightly irritated at the mare's unbalanced aim as she helped him back to his hooves. "I know. And I'm very sorry about your shows... You used to be a great daredevil. I hope to see you performing again." The mare said, giving him a large smile as her cheeks went red.

"Yeah, me too." He said after letting out a sigh and continued trotting along. Some time had passed since his last show a month or so ago when he lost any will to perform. He stated clearly that he was going to take a break, but after the second week had passed on without a show, Ponies thought he'd never perform again. To be honest to himself, he actually missed doing it all. Sure it was getting boring doing the same thing every other week, but it brought in money and gave him the chance to earn money by doing what he loved.

And meet somepony he would eventually love and then throw out...

Without any money being made, Shadow Rift's stash of bits slowly began to dwindle. He was taking into account all of the things he had to pay in his mind, and after a quick little estimation, he learned he had about two more months worth of money to pay rent and food. And to think he took advantage of money at one point in his life. It's true what they say, money goes by fast.

Eventually making it to his destination, Shadow Rift knocked on the door three times, awaiting for somepony to answer. "Hello, who is-" said a earth stallion a little taller than Shadow by a few inches in a deep British accent. "Hello there, I'm Sha-"

"I know exactly who you are..." The stallion said, punching Shadow under his head and onto the ground, causing him to grunt as he collided. "You have one hell of a nerve showing yourself here." He said, standing over Shadow and looking him down. "You have no idea how many times I've-" he was cut off as the stallion picked Shadow up into the air with both his hooves.

"You dare come here after what you did!?" He said, striking Shadow once on his left cheek, filling his mouth with the taste of blood.

"No! I'm here t-t-to apologize!" He said, gasping for air and gripping the Stallions large arms. "Liar!" He screamed at Shadow, sending more Boulder like strikes into his cheeks and causing the taste of blood to become real blood dripping from his maw. The stallion, content with the brutality he caused Shadow's face, threw him into the wall of the house, shattering a couple of ribs in Shadow's body as he impacted it. "That.... It....?" He said weakly as he attempted to rise to his hooves.

"Osiris stop!!" Said a familiar voice, making him stop dead in his tracks. "Isn't he the one who-"

"Yes he is! What in the name of Celestia have you done to him?!" Said Arynnae as she attempted to help Shadow to his hooves. "Nothing I didn't deserve" Shadow said, spitting his blood out onto the floor with an attempted smile as his vision became more dark. "Hey.... Who turned out.... The......"

"Shadow!"

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As Arynnae applied the last of the bandages, her emotions for Shadow had suddenly become disoriented. True she was happy that he had returned and concerned that he was brutally beaten by Osiris, but on the other hoof, he did crush her heart and scream at her. She wanted him to be here, but not in the state he is now.

"Shadow..." She said, placing a hoof on his chest as he laid on her loveseat, gently beginning to make her way into the spot under him. She had missed the feeling of laying under Rift over the two months that had passed, part of her began wishing he would take her hoof up in his own and begin to kiss it like before before making his way to her lips with his own.

"I've missed you..." She said weakly as she nuzzle herself under his chin, tears beginning to form in her eyes. "Please... I want you.... I need you..." She said, kissing him along his jaw line. "I still love you..."

Suddenly, Shadow Rift began to stir, making Arynnae jump off of his chest and watch him attempt to get up on his own. As he opened his eyes, Shadow held his shoulder, now fully bandaged, and looked around the room before him, stopping at Arynnae and weakly smiling. "Is this your room?" He asked, slightly stronger than his smile.

"Yes it is..." She replied as Shadow continued looking around the room. Various posters laid strewn across every part of her room, some of them posters based on books, some on plays and a few posters on Shadow Rift's flight shows, making his smile return. "What did you come here for?" Arynnae asked curiously, Shadow's smile falling slightly as he looked back at her, "I came here to explain why I flipped out... And that I'm sorry for what happened." He said, getting to his hooves and trotting over to Arynnae. "You need to leave Shadow Rift..." She said, placing a hoof on his chest to impede him from getting any closer.

"What?"

"I said you need to leave Shadow Rift."

"But I-"

"Now..." It hurt Arynnae to do it, and she desperately wanted to jump into his arms. But she knew she wanted to play hard. Especially after what he did. I forgive you, she thought to herself.

Looking at her slightly confused, but mostly hurt, Shadow Rift's head hung low as he made his way to her door, exiting her bedroom and making his way to her houses door, opening it as he took flight into the rainy night sky. She smiled to herself as she went to her drawers, opening it and finding her pink collar and matching pink socks.

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As he entered his door, Shadow's feeling of sadness continued to set in. He really did go above and beyond anything he had ever done when it came to screwing up, and what's worse was the fact that the mare actually stated she loved him, and he almost felt the same way.

At least she'll be safe, he thought as he grabbed a cup of water, quickly downing it and refilling it before hearing a knock at his door. Setting his cup down on the table before making it to his door. "Who is-" he said as he opened the door, seeing a blond mare with blue eyes and a white coat, a pink collar around her neck and a pair of matching pink socks, her left arm gripping her right arm

"Uh... Hi... Arynnae... Come-" he was cut off as Arynnae's lips pressed against his as she pushed into him, causing him to back up into the couch and lay there, placing his hooves along her back and on her head as he pushed her into a deeper kiss. "Y-Y-You c-c-came?" Shadow said breathlessly, "w-why? I-I thought... You wanted... N-Nothing to do... With me."

Arynnae, now blushing a pink tint, giggled as she pressed herself closer to Shadow, feeling every rhythmic heart beat and smiling as she did. "Yes I did... I did it so that way my brother wouldn't suspect anything."

"And he didn't suspect anything when you left looking like this?" Shadow said, lifting her hoof up and examining her sock covered legs, making Arynnae giggle. "Please do it again. I missed you kissing my hoof..." She said shyly as her blush continued to darken.

"Well..." Shadow said, gripping her collar and pulling her up, his face mere inches from her own. "I would..." Slowly his hoof began to travel down her back, reaching her plot and firmly squeezing it, making Arynnae let out a moan as he did so. "But I think you may want a little more than just a couple of kisses..." He said, a devilish smile on his face as he half lidded his eyes.

"Sh- Shadow... J-Just do iiiiiiit...!" Arynnae's sentence dissolved into a sexually groan as she felt Shadow's thick colthood enter her, a feeling she missed for such a long time. "Sh-Shadow... It... It feels so... Good..." She said, looking at him with a wanting look, her walls tightening around Shadow's colthood. "Still as tight as ever, aren't you?" Shadow said slyly as he progressed, slowly pumping in and out of Arynnae, making her gasp with every pump and leaving her begging for more as she looked up at Shadow with the same wanting look he had missed. "M-M-More Shadow! MORE!!!!" She screamed, making Shadow pick up in pace as he continued his pumping in and out of her as she continued her moans and screams of delight.

"Yes yes yes yes yes!!!! YES!!!!!" She screamed, pressing her lips up against Shadow's, opening his mouth to allow her tongue entrance. As her tongue slid down his throat, he took the opportunity to grab the ring on her collar, pulling her into a deeper kiss as his own tongue ran down her throat as well. After a few more seconds of her kissing and moaning in his mouth, Shadow eventually realized that she had begun grinding against him, taking up as much of him as possible as her mare juices began dripping down along his length, making it easier for him to slide in and out of her.

Another moan escaped her mouth as Shadow gave yet another firm squeeze, her heart pounding against his chest faster and faster. Letting out one last large moan, Arynnae let her fluids rush forth from her marehood, causing Shadow's groin and couch to become drenched in her fluids. As normal, she closed her eyes and lulled her head down Shadow's lips. As she did so, Shadow pulled out of marehood, an audible pop being heard as he moved under her stomach and finished all over her, groaning as his seed was released from its prison that was his body.

The two conducted their tradition of taking a few minutes to catch each other's breaths, Arynnae's hind leg socks now covered in her juices. "Arynnae..." Shadow said, trying to grab her attention and open her eyes.

"Y...yes Shadow..." She said, clearly weak and barely beginning to stir. "I'm sorry... I'm sorry I freaked out on you like that..."

"Why did you?"

Shadow sighed, "Look... I have my reasons, but I just can't tell you right now. Just know that I've felt horrible since then"

Arynnae as well let out a sigh as she tightened a hoof on his chest. "You have felt terrible enough to not have a performance for a month or so..."

"You knew?"

"Everypony knew Shadow. Your not a very small celebrity after all..."

He smiled as he looked down at her, chuckling slightly. "Yeah your right..."

The silence went on as a question rolled into Shadow's mind. "Did you mean it?"

"What?"

"I've been thinking about it a lot recently. It's probably the thing that stuck with me as time went on. You told me the night I... You know... Kicked you out... That you loved me. I wanted to know if you meant it..."

Shadow's question seemed to completely draw the silence from Arynnae as she laid on Shadow's chest, staring away from him and biting her hoof, contemplating whether or not to tell him the truth. She wanted to tell him that she did love him, that he was all that ran through her mind, and that he was the one thing she needed. But if she did, she risked a relationship with him, and what happened if he didn't feel the same way?!

Taking in a deep breath of air, Arynnae looked back up at Shadow, a dreamy smile on her face with a pair of half lidded eyes.

"Shadow Rift..." She began, blushing as she continued on, "I know we only began a type of relationship a day or so before the, eh, 'event', but you meant more to me than you could possibly imagine." She said, tears now welling in her eyes as she continued, "You meant more to me than life itself. Yes Shadow Rift, I did mean it when I said I love you... I still love you with all my heart. It may be fast for us, but I don't care."

Her tears now began streaming down her face as she continued, still smiling despite the odds. "I love you Shadow Rift..." Grabbing her in his hooves, Shadow buried himself in Arynnae's golden mane, smelling the vanilla that came off of it as her tears began going down his shoulder. "Arynnae..." He said, looking back into her ready eyes, thinking to himself how he could possibly respond to what she just told him, "I don't know how to respond to that, other than..." He said, lowering himself and placing a tender kiss on her lips, "I love you too."

Shadow Rift's sight was blurred by Arynnae's white face making contact with his, tears rushing down her face as she continued to kiss him all over his face. "Thank you!!" She would say after every kiss, right around the eighth kiss he simply placed his hooves on her cheeks, pulling her into a deep and passionate kiss as the rain went on.

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Flying into the bedroom with her in his arms, Shadow Rift and Arynnae laughed as they impacted the bed with a light force. "Gentle now Shadow!" She said playfully, "You don't want to get too injured after what Osiris had done."

"Eh, Screw it! It's going to take a lot more than a couple of hits to get me down..." He said, laying a kiss on her lips and taking her hoof in his own.

"So you missed me doing this huh?" He said, laying a kiss on her hoof and making her giggle as she nodded. "Alright, let me go take care of my mane real quick and then I will get to it."

"Come now Shadow... Your mane looks fine with all its reds and blacks..." She said as she gripped his hoof as he took flight from the bed. "Sorry... I swear I'll be fast!" He said, flying quickly into the bathroom and grabbing a comb, looking himself in the mirror as he brushed his mane out. Eventually managing to bring it to his former glory, he took one last look at himself in the mirror, smiling slyly at himself before the image in the mirror turned to a black mist with two green and red eyes smiling back at him.

"Wrong decision Mister Rift... She will meet her end soon enough!" Said the mist. Still smiling slyly at the mist, he spit at the image, making it look at him with shock before quickly turning back to hatred. "Try me you son of a bitch..." He said, smiling at the form intimidatingly, "I'll be ready..."