A Shadow of My Former Self

by A Normal Human

Rating: teen
Tags: Adventure, Crossover, Human
Length: 2357

So, I got transported to Equestria as a pony version of my favorite character. Oh yeah, shenanigans happen too. (WARNING: THESE CHAPTERS ARE ROUGH DRAFTS! WILL BE REVISED!)

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Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2016-04-30 02:42:46 UTC

The Bet

Turns out, after me and Gage had a talk, that Gage got here in the same way. He was out collecting wood, and the next thing he knows, he's enveloped in the same golden light and in Equestria.

"So, how do you think this happened?" Gagae asks, sadly. He was very down afterwards. Sure, Equestria is cool, but it doesn't have family.

"I feel like Celestia fucked up a spell. I mean, COME ON! Golden light that transports us to Equestria? It makes sense." I reply. I had mixed feelings towards the event.

"Anyways, nothing is gonna make sense if we don't get some sleep. It's been one helluva day. See you tomorrow." I point out.

"Good night." Gage responds.

The next day…

I get up, yawning.

"Well, look who's finally up. Spike already cooked breakfast. And DAMN, his pancakes are good." Gage informs me as I start doing a sit up. I found it a good way to crack my back. Although it was MUCH harder as a pony. I notice Gage seems in better spirits today.

"Well, thanks bro. What are you gonna do today?" Since we just got here, I had no idea what to do.

"I'm gonna try to find out what episode we're in. With any luck, it's one we've watched." 'Makes sense. We don't wanna cause a time paradox or something.'

When I get in the kitchen, I see Twilight sorting books in the library, even though Spike usually did.

"Hey Twilight Sprinkle! Got a minute?" 'Ah, damn. This is gonna be AWESOME.'

Twilight trots over to me, an annoyed look on her face.

"First of all, 'Shadow Spike', it's Twilight SPARKLE not sprinkle. And second, I have five minutes. So what do you want?" 'Oh, hell YES.'

"Anyways, Twinkle Sparkle, how do you pick things up?" I ask, a grin slowly creeping across my face.

"That's easy. You just hold them. Like this," she demonstrates  by grabbing a book off the shelf, even more annoyed that I got her name wrong again, and slightly confused at the odd question.

"Yeah, but how do you do it without claws, like Spike?" I ask. I can barely hold my laughter in.

"Well, it's because… well… I don't know." She states, a greatly flummoxed look on her face.

"Weeellll, think on it please. It's a question that's always bugged me." 'OHMYGODWHATHAVEIDONETHISISSOAWESOMEHAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHHA!' To me, this was one of the most exciting things I could have asked.

Twilight turns to leave, still wearing that flummoxed expression. As soon as I know she can't hear me, I burst into laughter. Spike and Gage come from the hallway. Apparently, they heard the whole thing.

"Bet you 100 bits she can't figure it out by Winter Wrap-Up without help." I say, hardly able to speak with all my laughing.

Spike and Gage, look at each other, then my extended hoof, and shake on it.

"You've got a deal." They all say in unison.

Tailing Twilight and The Plan

When Twilight left, I, playing a metric crap ton of Assassins Creed and trying to use that, and being a Pegasus, decided to tail her. I knew I had to watch out for Rainbow Dash though. I didn't want to get tackled like in a lot of fan fictions. Turns out, it was the beginning of the series. When Twilight visited Applejack's farm, I couldn't help but sneak an apple. They were GOOD. When Twilight went to Sugarcube corner, I feel like Pinkie Pie saw me from my vantage point in the window. My reason being, when she looked my way, after Twi left, she let out a happy gasp, a 'squee' and ran off. I really hope that isn't the case though. Although, when Twilight went to find Rarity, I lost her and couldn't find her again. Although I couldn't find Twilight again, I knew to head back to the library to get Gage and Kyle. I always thought that Nightmare Moon was a separate entity controlling Luna's body, like Venom from Spider-Man. So, when I got back to the library, I explained my plan to my friends…

"You want to KILL Nightmare Moon?!" Gage asked, clearly shocked at my intentions.

"Why do you want to kill Nightare Moon?" Gage demanded.

"Because if we don't she might come back much later in the series. And, think about it. If she managed to bring eternal night, it would kill off every pony."

"Hmmm… Good point." Gage conceded.

"Now, here's the plan…"

Vanquishing the Nightmare and Escaping the City

I hovered outside the window, Gage on the opposite side of my window, watching the scene unfold before us. The Mane 6 were using the Elements of Harmony against Nightmare Moon. When the rainbow beam hit the figure of darkness, I saw the original host of the body emerge when the light stopped it's onslaught of friendship.

Luna had returned.

But, as with the plan we discussed, we were not to show ourselves. Instead, we followed whatever came from Luna. Which was, disturbingly, a purple shadow. Growling, I flew after it, and Gage followed suit when he saw me. It finally stopped at a ruined garden. "Come on out, Nightmare. We just want to meet you… face to face." I whispered in a menacing tone. I may be weird and creepy, but never that creepy. The Nightmare appeared before me after some hesitation, an alicorn of pure darkness.

"What do you want?!" It hissed. Clearly it was outraged at it's recent defeat. I finally couldn't stand it. Seeing how this thing ruined another ponies life. I started changing. My coat became the darkest black, my mane a bloodred, my eyes became red slits, and, for the cherry on top, my voice became distorted.

"YOUR DEATH!" I roared before charging it. It was taken by surprise as I pummelled it with hooves of darkness, and then flipped forwards while in the air, bringing by forelegs to it's skull. With a sickening crack, it exploded into light, enveloping us in that light. What followed was the most painful thing I had ever experienced. I felt like I was being melt down in lava, cooled in a mishapen way, and pounded on until a familiar but alien form came to me. From the screams of agony, I could tell that Gage were experiencing the same thing. The last thing I remember hearing was…

'Perfect...'

Later, at an unknown location…

"Rainbow, I think you hit it too hard." ??? scolded.

"No, I didn't. See? it's waking up!" ??? stated.

'Wha…'

The events from earlier come rushing back to me.

"GAGE!" I scream, worried for my friend. I try to move, only to discover that I can't move. Well, not for long anyways. metal chains were holding me, but I was too strong.

"How did it break those chains?!" ??? exclaims in shock.

'I gotta get outta here… but how?' Then, the voice from earlier speaks.

'Chaos Control, you fool!'

I didn't know who or what was in my head, but I didn't care. Instead, I said those wonderful words I knew all too well. Smirking, I yelled…

"CHAOS CONTROL!"

I felt a moment of lightness, then ground, and all my senses came rushing back to me. I was in a hallway, lit with torches.

'Alright, you got me out of here. Now what?'

'Cells 115 id where your friend is. Hurry up fool!"

Complying, I started running, before realizing I was hovering, but not with wings. Taking a quick moment to examine myself, I noticed something awesome and disturbing at the same time.

'Holy FUCK, I'M SHADOW THE HEDGEHOG!'

Unfortuantely, the guards were nearly on top of me when I stopped daydreaming. Trying to make use of his abilities, I shouted once more.

"CHAOS CONTROL!"

When I landed, I looked to see where I was.

'Cell 115. Perfect.'

A few minutes later, I found out that Gage had turned into Espio the Chameleon, but being red instead of pink, while his shoes were a dark red. The rest of the coloration was the same. We ran around, searching for an exit. I didn't use  Chaos Control because it tired me out. Eventually, the guards had us surrounded. I knew what I had to do before long.

"CHAOS CONTROL!"

I teleported us out to the streets of… Canterlot? Huh. Neat. I saw three sheets of conveniently placed metal. Grabbing one and tossing another to Gage, I leapt on, while my friend got the idea and did the same.

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I saw a ramp, and jumped off yelling "WOOHOO!" while doing a flip. The guards were chasing us, so I gave them incentive to stop. Namely, a few Chaos Spears. Unfortunately, it only made them more persistent. Probably at the display of my dangerous abilities. It reminded me of the scene in Sonic Generations where you were running away from that huge-ass truck. But instead of that truck, it was an army of pegasi, earth ponies, and unicorns. I decided to make them slow down. Well, make everything stop. Utilizing another Chaos Control ability, I froze time for everything except me, and Gage, who were trying to speed up. While the time stop was active, I jumped off my board, twisted, and threw a barrage of Chaos Spears at my enemies. Damn, Shadow was badass. Unfortunately, when the time stop wore off, I saw a familiar cyan pegasus hauling ass towards me. She was about to do the Sonic Rainboom, which I knew couldn't happen. It was the first season! As far as I could remember, it wasn't even mentioned! So, to prevent that from happening, I once again jumped off my board to homing attack her. It was the only solution I could think of. She fell out of the air, and did something reminiscent of a spin dash. Finally, I saw the cliff approaching. Much to my displeasure, I had to morph into my pegasus form, which, somehow, I knew how to. The pain wasn't as much this time, but it still hurt like a bitch.  I jumped off the cliff, flying VERY fast. Not sonic-fast, but fast nonetheless. I motioned for my friend to do the same, and did so, with Gage casting the spell that gave you wings. You know, the one where the wings melted like with Icarus, except with Rairty as Icarus? Yeah, apparently we knew lots of things we didn't know we knew. Eventually, we were flying into the last place we should be.

The Everfree Forest.

Settling and Startling Truths

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The Return of Discord; Part 1

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I'M A PONY?!

It was a normal day. Get up, go to school, have a few issues, (not too big) get home, and play video games. Well, that's what would usually happen. I ACTUALLY was outside. I never got a good look of the woods surrounding my house, so I finally decided to check them out.

"Rainbow Dash!" ??? yelled. (1)

'Who else out here is a brony?  I don't know of any others.' Deciding to investigate, I run towards the woods, the source of the noise. After about five minutes, I finally give up.

'Which way is out?' I start walking again, but not before my vision is obscured by a golden light.

'Uhhh… what the actual FUCK happened?' Putting my hand, I feel something off about it. Opening my eyes, I see, where a hand should have been, a hoof.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE HELL????!!!!!!!" I scream, very evidently startled by this. Trying to stand up, I find I can do it naturally. Examining the rest of my body, I find that I have a red spiked mane, black coat, and a red tail. The oddest part was a Chaos Emerald as my cutie mark. The red one, to be precise.

An Old Friend

After exploring Ponyville for a while, we start heading towards the library. I decided we should ask Twilight Sparkle if we could stay. Depending on when we landed, I decided if we were later into the series, we would tell her about what happened. If not, well, we simply wouldn't.

"Are you sure this is the right place?" Kyle asks. We were standing in front of the Ponyville library.

"Are you a brony?" I ask, irritated.

"No, but-"

"THEN SHUT UP, AND PONY THE BUCK UP." 'Damnit. Equestria is already limiting me to their language. Curse you magic.'

I knock, and Spike answers.

"Hello? Who are you?" Spike asks. I wish the little guy played more of a role in the show.

"I'm Black Spike, and this is Drakon. We were looking for a place to stay, and wondered if you knew a place?" I reply.

"Black Spike and Drakon, huh? Well, sure. In fact, Twilight might let you stay here." Spike closes the door and hollers up to Twilight.

"TWILIGHT! MORE PONIES LOOKING FOR A PLACE TO STAY!" 'More? Who else is staying here?' I thought, confused.

Spike opens the door and invites us in.

"Blankets are down the hall in the bookcase, to your left. Spare bedroom is on the right. If you need anything, gimme a shout. *yawn* I'm used to it." Spike informs us groggily.

Damn. Little guy must be tired. When we were out of earshot, Kyle spoke up.

"Black Spike and Drakon? Really? Are you that desperate for names?" Kyle asks.

"No, but we couldn't go by 'Kyle and Nick.' They don't have those types of names here."

When we were grabbing blankets, Kyle whispers in my ear, "Saga."

Getting the reference, I smack him across the face two times with my left wing, and punch him into the wall. Damn, wings are useful.

When we get into the spare room, we see a unicorn, with a flaming shuriken as his Cutie Mark, a red coat, and a white mane, looking as similar as you could get to an Assassin's Creed Hood. Curious, I ask him for his name.

"Hi, I'm Black Spike and this is Drakon. What's your name?"

The unicorn sadly sighs, "Gage."

I was in shock. Gage was my best friend, apart from Kyle. I tackle Gage at a speed that could have bruised him.

"GAGE!"

"…Nick?!"