Equestria's Unexpected Hero

Ponyville Library

Twilight woke up from a pleasant dream she had, courtesy of Princess Luna. She got out of bed and went to the bathroom to freshen up. After that she changed into her clothing and went to see if Yasheen was awake. She left her room and approached Yasheen's room which was just down the hall from her room. She knocked on the door to there was no reply. She slowly opened the door, this was the first time she ever entered the room since Yasheen moved in a few days ago.

“Yasheen, its me Twilight, are you in here?” She said as entered the room.Nobody was there.

She scanned the room.It looked as if no one was living here.The bed was neatly made and there appeared to be a note on it.She picked it up and unfolded it.

Gone out, will meet at the station at 11:00

-Y.S

“I wonder what he’s doing right now?”She said out loud.

Ponyville blacksmith shop

Yasheen POV

“Ha there we go, not bad at all”I said as I twirled around the last sword I forged for the order.

I was at the shop since 7:00 forging twenty swords for this order me and Drop Forge got.He said he’ll do it but I convinced him otherwise.It was either he gives it to me or we duel for it and by the look on his face,he didn’t want to pick the latter.He left to order more materials for the shop while I was finishing the over.I placed the last sword in the crate and closed it.I then cleaned up the entire shop as quickly as I could.I then a note him saying that I have to go to Canterlot for an important meeting with the Princesses and left the shop to go to the train station. As I walked through Ponyville,I got waves and greetings from nearly everyone,all of which I happily returned.I arrived at the train station to see that all the mares were already there and waiting.I walked up to Twilight whose back was facing me.I threw my hands around her waist and pulled her in for a hug each made her Eep sound in surprise.

“Hey Twi,Sorry for keeping you mares waiting,I was just finishing some work at the forge”I said as I let go of Twilight who had a light blush.

“No problem Sugarcube,but if ya don’t mind me askin', Why were ya at my farm at five in the morning.”AJ said as she adjusted her hat.

My face turned from joyous to serious in a heartbeat, it was if AJ hit a switch on me.

“I wish not to speak about it and that’s the end of this discussion”I said with a hint of venom.

“Uhm Yasheen,there actually is something I need to do to you”Twilight said.

“What?”I replied.

“Well I want perform a spell onto you,this spell will change you into a pony but the race will be based on the amount of power your body has,is this ok with you?”Twilight asked in her sweet voice.

“I’m sure this is to avoid a panic within the capital, if so then go for it “I said as I stood there.

She nodded and closed her eyes,her horn began to glow in a purple aura followed by my body in the same aura.Then a bright flash happened. It was so great that I had to shield my eyes.When the flash ended,I opened my eyes to see the mares with big eyes and dropped jaws.

“Why are you all staring at me?”i asked as I looked at them.

Rarity then pulled out a mirror and handed it to me. When I saw my reflection, my eyes went wide.My eyes were larger than before,my nose was extended and completely changed. I still had a scar going over my left eye.Also I had fur all over my body,and it was black,plus I had a red mane and tail to match my eyes.I had a larger horn than Twilights poking through my mane so assumed I was a unicorn until I  flapped my wings which I still had, So I was confused as to which race I was a part of.

“Thanks Twilight, the spell seemed to have worked,now what race am I?”i asked as I handed Rarity her mirror back.

“Oh uhm well your actually one of the most powerful of races,and that is an Alicorn,which is a combination of all pony races.”She said as awed at me.

“So what am I some type of God?”I asked as I examined my own new form.

“In a sense we do worship the princesses who are Alicorns so I think people would assume that your royalty and possibly a God”She said

While we were talking,I saw Rarity walking back to us with tickets to Canterlot I assume in her hand.She came handed each of us a ticket,I saw that the ticket said VIP carriage.When we went to the carriage, I was surprised to see beds,mini fridges full of snacks and the whole cart looked extremely fancy.

“Well this is definitely the fancy life”I said which made everyone laughed.

“Well you get certain perks when being the elements of harmony”Dash said as she jumped on her bed and passed out.

“Well I don’t know about you guys, but I am going to my room now”I said as I entered my dorm as I thought.

It was a bit small but I wasn’t complaining, there was a bed,mirror,dressing table and private bathroom. I was greatly impressed, now I was given the chance to contemplate on the one thing that actually woke me up,something I now fear might come true.I sat on my bed and closed my eyes.

“It felt so real,I never had a nightmare before, it would seem that my Shadow wishes to come out and completely dominate this dimension”I thought as the nightmare plagued my mind.

Flashback: The Nightmare

“HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA, run all you want you ponies,I will enjoy hunting down every single last one of you!”Shadow as I like to call him now shouted while destroying Ponyville by blasting buildings with energy balls.

“Shadow stop this foolishness and give up!”I shouted at him as I landed several meters from him.

“Ah if it isn’t Yasheen ,what did I tell you,I told you that I would leave that prison of a body.Now that I’m free,I can inflict as much pain as I want on you and anyone else. And look who I have with me”He said as held up Twilight and Luna in a black aura that matched his hand.

I was frozen stiff,I could not move my body at all,it was if I was paralysed by some poison.I just stared at my dark side holding two unconscious ponies that I so suddenly hold dear to me.

“This is priceless, one of the most powerful people in this dimension and he is scared to lose some ponies that he only just met,come Has been ,come and save them”Shadow said in a mocking tone.

“Shadow,this is a fight between us,  not them,leave them out of this!”I yelled as I tried to move my body but still couldn’t.

“But this is just so much more fun,messing with your emotions,and I wanna see your face when I do this”He said as he drew a sword and held it against Luna’s neck and another poking Twilights back.

“Lower your blades Shadow and fight me”I said as I drew my blade.

He slowly moved the blade from Twilight and slowly slid the other blade off Luna’s neck.I sighed in relief but that was short lived as drove both swords through their  bodies and dropped them on the ground.I felt something lift off my shoulders but there was nothing.I raced to their bodies and just kneeled down in the center,Twilight was on my right and Luna on my left.I felt so useless, I couldn’t help them ,it was all my fault.I felt two hands touch my own.I followed them.One purple and one Navy blue.They both looked at me with smiles.That did it,that made me do something I haven’t done since I was a child,I cried.I pulled them slowly into a hug and looked up at Shadow with look that would scare the God of fear.I then slowly walked to Shadow and then like a burst of energy I jumped up and flew to him in lighting speed.I grabbed him by his clothes and threw him straight to the ground.my body got covered in a rapidly red flowing aura.

“YOU’RE DEAD”I screamed as I started rapidly blasting the place where I threw him.

I kept bomb barding the area until my anger cooled down enough,I then saw that he was just standing then with a his smug smile.I drew my sword and landed on the ground a few metres away from him.

“Well now this will be more interesting”He said as he rose from the ground.

Flashback End

I opened my eyes to see that Twilight was at my doorstep.I motioned her to come in.She nodded and walked in and closed the door.She came and sat next to me.

“Are you ok Yasheen?”She asked.

“Honestly I’m not sure anymore,I had a nightmare”I said

“What,but Princess Luna always keeps the nightmares away,why wouldn’t she do it for you?”She said

“Well lets just leave it at that”I said trying to avoid explaining the nightmare.

“Are you sure Yasheen, I’m here for you if you need me”She said as leaned against me.

The moment she touched me, my body’s temperature shot up and my mane and tail changed. It turned from red to purple but moved in a fire motion.It looked as if my hair was on fire but a purple fire.Twilight noticed my mane and screamed.I jumped at her sudden shock and looked around to see if there was any sort of problem.

“Yasheen your mane is on fire!”She yelled as she pointed to my mane.

“WHAT?!”I yelled.I quickly ran to the bathroom and looked in the mirror and came to see that my mane was a blazing violet colour,it wasn’t just my mane but also my tail.What made this all confusing was that it didn’t hurt at all but instead I felt a warm sensation from it.I just had one word to describe my appearance.

“So” I said as I looked at my reflection.

I placed my hand on it and tried to feel it,it felt warm but didn’t burn my hand instead there were flowing waves over my hand as I grazed my mane.

“Twilight,Yasheen,Are you both alright?”I heard Dash say as they entered my room

“I’m alright but Yasheen seems to have a reaction to the spell I placed on him” thought Twilight

“I’m okay as well”I said as I came out of the bathroom.

Rainbow Dash turned and looked at me , her jaw literally hit the ground and her wings sprung out wide.Twilight burst out with laughter.I was a confused as to her sudden burst with laughter so I just stared at them with the look of uncertainty.

“Whats wrong Dash, haven’t seen  a handsome stallion before?”Twilight asked in between snickers.

“What???!!No???!!!, I’ve seen plenty of handsome stallions!”Dash snapped back at Twilight.

“Mares,I don’t want arguing to be taking place within the confides of my room,now if you will allow me to get some rest before we each Canterlot, it would be greatly appreciated” I said as I laid down on my bed.

“Ok Yasheen,we’ll leave you alone to rest and I’ll come to wake you”Twilight said to which I acknowledged with a nod.

“Later Shadow” Dash said with a peace sign.

They left and I got some rest.Twilight came and woke me up.We off loaded our luggage and got an unexpected surprise at the train stop.

Canterlot

FLASH….FLASH

The entire group was bombarded by flashes of white light as well different questions.We couldn’t find a way past them,it was starting to get on their nerves.

“Twilight, can you teleport us to the front of the castle?” The black alicorn whispered to her.

“Yes I can but just make sure everypony is holding each other so I can teleport all of us”She whispered back to which I nodded.

Yasheen quickly grabbed Rarity and pulled her away from the cameras.He then quickly checked to see if they all were connected and nodded to Twilight.She nodded back and closed her eyes,her horn began to glow and in an instant all the flashes and annoying questions were gone. Instead they were in front of the castle. Twilight nearly fell but Yasheens quick instincts kicked and he caught Twilight.

“Yasheen,you can put me down now”Rarity said as she crossed her arms.

“Hehe,sorry” Yasheen said as he lowered his arm so she could stand.

“Twilight, you OK?”Yasheen asked as he held her.

“Yes I’m fine,just not used to teleporting so many ponies at once”She said as she stood up.

“Come on ponies, I wanna go before those journalists find”Dash said as she flew past the two solar guards.

“By all means ,let them come,I do not mind if they took a few a more of me”Rarity said as made a pose.

“I think they were trying to get picture of the black alicorn with flaming purple hair”Yasheen said as he walked past the guards who saluted as he past.

"Hey Yashie,the guards do think your royalty"Pinkie said as bounced in front of him.

"Why do you say that Pinkie?"Yasheen asked while he raised his eyebrow at the cute name.

"Because they saluted when you walked past them"Twilight said.

"Lets not jump to conclusions,They probably thought I was someone important but not royalty important"Yasheen said as he looked around the castle.

The castle looked marvellous,the white pristine walls with stone made columns and a red velvet carpet.They walked through one of the hallways towards the throne room until they heard a voice call out to one of them.

"Twilight!"A female voice called out.

Twilight turned and her smile grew to new lengths.She ran towards the direction of the voice.The voice was made by a pink Alicorn with royal regalia,she had light purple eyes and her mane and tail was violet with rose and pale gold streaks.

"Cadence!"She yelled back.

They did a little cute dance that made everyone apart from Yasheen and the white Stallion aww.

"Sunshine sunshine,ladybugs awake,clap your hands and do a little shake"They both said in unison as they did a little dance.

The white stallion had cerulean colour eyes,wore what appeared to be gold armor that covered his entire body but it comfortable.He had blue mane with dark blue streaks.He walked up to Yasheen and stared him in the eyes.

Everyone else just kept quiet and looked as the two stallions stared at each other.Then the white stallion said something to break the silence.

He extended his hand towards Yasheen and said"Shining Armor".

Yasheen took the hand and gave a little shake"Yasheen Shadow"He said back.

"Mares ,Me and Cadence would like to speak with Yasheen in private"He said

"Wait,Can you please change me back to normal Twi"Yasheen quickly said.

"Yeah sure"Twilight said as her horn glowed.

There was a flash by Yasheen and when the light died down enough,Yasheen was back to his original form.

"Haaaaa that's better"Yasheen said as he stretched out a bit.

"What are you?!"Cadence yelled as she hid behind her husband.

"Relax,If I wanted to hurt you then I would have and I recommend Shining that you stop moving your right hand towards your sword"Yasheen said as he saw him doing that action.

"What do you want?"Cadence asked with a but of fear but she moved next to her husband.

"Let us speak in private and since you are still a but fearful of me,Twilight"I called to her which she came to me.

I unhooked the sheath with my sword and handed it to her.

"Please keep it safe"I said to which she nodded.

The mares left leaving me and the couple.

"Right lead the way"I said

We walked along the halls in silence until we reached the castle garden which was well kept.There the couple sat on a bench while I leaned against a tree.

"So what do wish to know about your feelings towards my sister?"Shining said with an angry look.

"I wish to know what they are and since Luna told me that you are an expert in such cases,she said that I should speak with you"I said while pointing at Cadence.

"While it would depend but since the Aunt Luna said that you do not know what love is,lemme try and explain it to you"She said.

30 minutes later

"So what you are saying is that I developed a romantic feeling for Twilight?"I asked while I looked at them.

"Yes You have"Cadence said.

"Then what about Luna?"I asked to which I got confused looks.

"What about Aunt Luna?"Cadence asked.

"I also seem to feel the same for her as I do towards Twilight and I should mention that she also kissed my cheek in my dream that she came to"I said which caused both of them to go wide eyed.

"Uhm..well..I'm not quite sure about that one"Cadence hesitantly said.

"Hmm well I think the best course of action is to not dwell on such emotions and just leave it,what do you think?"I said as I stood up from the grass.

Cadence was about to say something but Shining stopped her and spoke.

"I agree with the action,Let us take you to see The princesses"Shining said as he stood up.

I left the garden and waited a few minutes before they joined with me and guided me to the throne room where we could see the 6 mares and Twilight holding my sword.

"Thanks Twilight"I said as I took my blade and strapped it onto my back avoiding my wings.

"No problem,no lets go see the Princesses,I hope they ain't busy"Twilight said as she checked herself to look presentable.

The guards at the door looked at me with a curious look.I just stared back at them.Rarity noticed this.

"Don't worry Yasheen,they wont hurt you because they were told by Princess Luna that they will have an unusual guest"She said which made me smile.

"Its not me who should worry,its them"I said which made the guards flinch.

I pulled up my hoddie as we entered the throne room.I kept my head down as we walked and bowed.

"Rise my little ponies"A voice said in a calming and soothing tone.

We all rises up and Twilight spoke up.

"Hello Princess Celestia"Twilight said.

"Hello my faithful student and ah Cadence and Shining Armor,Good to see all of you"Princess Celestia said.

"Hello Auntie,where is Aunt Luna?"Cadence asked which made me lift my head just a little bit.

"She is currently resting now but will join us later,She was really excited today,something about meeting her friend she said and who is this hiding under his hood"Celestia said as she approached me.

"Oh I almost forgot that is Yasheen Shadow"Twilight said.

"You have nothing to fear Mr. Shadow,I will not harm you"Celestia said.

I slowly lifted my hands up to my hoodie and pulled down quickly and looked at Celestia who was exactly my height.She was a white Alicorn as I recently learned,she wore yellow regalia and a white dress. I saw that she had magenta eyes and that they had a fear look on them.She jumped from me and called her guards which came at lighting speed.

"What do require Princess?"The guard said.

"Arrest him"She said as she pointed at me.

My eyes widened at the statement and so did the rest of the ponies also.The guards nodded and started to surround me,there was 10 of them and they had yellow armor and spears and shields.I just looked at them and then looked at the Princess.One of the guards charged at me and pointed his spear straight at me.I just moved my head and then grabbed the spear and threw the guard into the wall.The others looked at me and all charged at the same time.I charged up my Ki and did a small aura blast which launched all the guards in to the walls around the throne surprisingly not hitting any of the windows.I then faced Celestia to see that she had a hand out to me as if she threw something to me.I looked down to see a sword piercing my stomach and blood dripping from it.I then looked at the girls who had shocked looks.I didn't see that Celestia his me with a spell that launched my body out the castle and knocked me out.

Some time later

"Uhh my head"I said as I tried to move my arms but I couldn't.I looked to see that my hands and feet were stuck to the wall by some sticky substance.I tried to move but it was futile.I looked down to see that my stomach was bandaged up .

"Ah so your awake"a voice echoed through the room.

"Who are you and where am I?"I asked as I looked around.

"uh uh uh only I will ask the questions"The voice said

"Hm ok but can I at least move"I asked

"I'll grant you that request"The voice said.The stuff around my hands and feet were covered in a green aura before cracking and breaking.

"Thanks for that and bandaging me up"I said as I moved around the room looking for any door or window.

"I recommend you rest up as you will need it"The voice said.

"For what"I asked but no response.

"Well that just happened"I said as I laid on the hard rock like floor and slowly went to sleep.