Author's Note

hey, viewer, this Jamie and I welcome to my collab story each hard rule means a pov change from my oc shadow which is my user pic to comet crimson's oc

hope you enjoy

chapter 1

It was a sunny day, only a few clouds littered the sky. Comet was trotting down a small path surrounded by small, grassy hills, a few trees scattered here and there, humming to himself. A sparrow was happily singing a tune in one of the trees while a few bunnies were munching on some grass or just simply enjoying the sunlight.

The gray unicorn had a cyan mane with matching tail, both being in an order only he understood, ‘organized chaos’ he used to call it. They were also a bit longer than the average stallions. His cutie mark was a book with black leather binding with a summoning circle depicted on it. He wore brown, well-used saddlebags that had seen better days if they had had a different color it was beyond recognition.

Inside the saddlebags were mostly common things like food, bits, a blanket and some other personal items. Namely a Necronomicon. Comet was as many referred to as a dark mage, he practiced the studies of magic that society condemned and was by a long shot from ordinary. While he didn’t hide his talent, he didn’t talk much about it. Many simply dismissed it as a talent for magic, which wasn’t a lie, he just didn’t correct them.

What Comet didn’t notice however was a pair of sapphire eyes watching him from a distance. Studying the individual carefully moving in like a serpent the eyes moved slowly as they stalked Comet down the trail. The owner of the eyes was glad for there was long grass in the hill that she could blend into edging closer to this unexpecting unicorn.

Shadow, or Princess Shadow if you will, was a hooves on ‘ling. While she had a harder time when mistakes happened, there were much less of them then she did it herself. Right now she was stalking her latest pray, a unicorn. Aside from the unusual color scheme, and the longer than an average mane and tail length, he was seemingly ordinary.

But Shadow knew better, there was something about the stallion, she just couldn’t put her hoof on it. But the itch in the back of her mind told her that something was amiss, that there was something special about him.

It drove her mad, she hated not being in control, to be out of the loop.

That was going to change soon, oh yes. She would find out and when she did when she did she would… Uh… Arg! I hate this! Why can’t things go the way I want them to!? Taking a few deep breaths to calm her nerves, she sighed. Can’t afford to lose further control now, remember Shadow, don’t let your emotions get the best of you.

Her azure eyes watched her pray, them being the only motion her body showed. The pony had yet to notice anything. And I’m planning to keep it that way. She waited for him to walk past her, but just five meters away, he stopped.

He was grinning. She was gritting her teeth. You have to be kidding me…

“Ah, this will be perfect,” His deep voice reached Shadow’s ears, causing them to twitch. He moved to the tree planted on the opposite side of the road from where Shadow was hiding. He had his back towards her only for a minute before he once again turned towards the road again. Shadow cursed under her breath, realizing that she might have to wait for a while.

Comet was laying on his blanket under a tree that was only a couple of meters away from the road. First, he had been intent on simply relax and listen to his surroundings. After an hour or so, he had the feeling of being watched but dismissed it in favor of his books. One was a journal where he kept tabs on how many supplies he had left, but also wrote down his thoughts. Munching down a slice of bread with cheese, lettuce and, more importantly, turkey, he wrote down to see if he couldn’t try to get more meat as he was running out. Most ponies would never even consider eating meat, but Comet wasn’t ‘most ponies’. Where others might not even spare a glance towards something, Comet would find out as much as he could about it. Hmm, I have to see if I can’t meet some Gryphon tradespony, hopefully, they’re willing to sell some of their meat, it’s pretty hard to get some inside Equestria.

After eating he got his other book, his spell book. He read and re-read some spells multiple times, making sure that he got everything right, but never actually casting any spell. During the whole time, he kept his ears perked, still having the feeling of being watched.

Sleep threatened to claim his consciousness as the sun settled. He had pulled out a second cott wrapping himself in its warmth. Normally they wouldn’t keep the warmth during the night, but Comet had enchanted both the one he was laying on and the one he had wrapped around himself, both offering much more protection from the cold than normally. Barely able to keep his eyes open anymore, he put back the book in the bags and instead pulled out a pillow. Sleep claimed him moments later.