Living Under the Equestrian Sunby Shawn820ChaptersChapter 1: The Last Resort?Chapter 2: "That's not just a problem."Chapter 3: "Welcome Back."Chapter 4: Shadow of DoubtChapter 1: The Last Resort?Living Under the Equestrian Sun Chapter: 1 The Last Resort? Show Timeframe: Season 1, Episode 2 Nightmare Moon was cornered. Fear began to enter her thoughts but was quickly diminished. She had a plan, there is no need to worry about it. It would work perfectly. The Elements of Harmony were charging, prepared to banish Nightmare and bring Celestia back. Something was off though, Nightmare Moon was laughing, laughing with such a force it sent chills down their spines. “HAHAHAahaha! I knew! I knew you would use the Elements of Harmony! To get rid of me is just the ticket to your own destruction! The second I am gone they show up. My magic is already imprinted upon the creatures! No matter how hard you try, you can’t get rid of them, even I know you don’t have what it takes to kill them!” Nightmare Moon spoke. The elements gave way to a bright light, blasting towards Nightmare Moon. Upon finishing that, Celestia had returned, and Luna was forgiven, but before they could leave, the ground where Nightmare Moon stood began to spark. The electricity sparked around the area, getting stronger. Just then, there was no more sparks, but instead a beam shot up into the sky a bit. The energy collected itself into a ball, a ball of black magic, and began to slowly condense itself. Then, just like that, it vanished. That... is where the rip began. The air itself cracked open, within the cracks held the endless, empty, black void. Screams began to exit out the portal, getting louder and louder, and then, it split, two voices could be heard, before they finally hit the floor with a thud, silencing them. There was two creatures, spread out on the stone slabs of the ruined castle floors. One was wearing what seemed to be a black jacket, angel wings faded on the back of it, blue jeans, black shoes, and what seemed to be a black fedora, sunglasses and goggles hanging around its neck. The other creature on the other hand, had a brown jacket with tan horizontal rows, blue jeans, grey shoes, earbuds that were knocked loose of its ears, it seemed to be taller than the other one, but the other one was bigger in mass. Before any of them could get any closer to the creatures, they began to groan in discomfort. “God.... Damn it....” The one wearing the black jacket said aloud. Slowly they began to get up and noticed each other. “Andrew... You alright, man?” The creature wearing the brown jacket, named Andrew, responded. “Yeah, or at least close enough to that... Stone floors tend to be painful Shawn...” Both Shawn and Andrew, now on there knees looked around something catching their eyes about the place. “Andrew, doesn’t this place seem... familiar?” Before Andrew could respond, a black aura began to shape over their hands. Slowly it creeped up containing their whole body in its power. Both of them, eyes wide in shock, quickly changed from their shocked behavior to that of pain. Both clutched their heads in pain, screaming loud, their agony could be heard in the ears of the Princesses and main six. Fluttershy could not stand to see anything in pain, even if it was unknown. She turned towards Celestia, her eyes showed that she was pleading for her to do something, and just like that Celestia nodded, not even taking a moment to think, charged her magic and released it upon the two creatures. The screams fell silent and as Celestia’s aura faded the creatures were on the ground, unconscious. Twilight was the first to recover from what was happening. “What happened to them?” Celestia’s eyes portrayed sorrow. “Nightmare Moon's magic was altering these creatures, from what I could tell, it was altering with their memories, blocking them.” “Why would she do that?” “We may know.” Luna spoke from the group. She walked up to the creatures, looking at them. “How would thy act, if thou had no memory of thine location, surrounded by things in which thou had no knowledge of?” Twilight stopped and thought about it. “Scared...” “Thus these creatures might have lashed out. Scared, alone, and had no knowledge of where it came from.” Luna was almost put to tears looking at the creatures that she had done this to. Celestia was studying the creatures, taking in details about them both. “We should move them.” Everypony present looked to Celestia, Rainbow Dash being the first to speak up. “What do you mean? I don’t want to question you Princess Celestia, but aren't they supposed to be evil?” Celestia looked at Rainbow Dash. “Yes, they were supposed to be, but I stopped whatever that was going to do that. You’re all just going to have to trust me on this.” Everypony accepted that, but they all still had one question, Twilight being the one to ask it. “Where should we move them to?” “Is there a house in Ponyville that is for sale? I am sure that you all wouldn’t want a creature you have no knowledge of in your homes.” Twilight thought about it for a minute. “Yeah, there is if I remember correctly.” Celestia smiled. “That’s good, I will take us there, but I will have to leave afterwards, there is something I need to get settled.” The home sat in the back of the town, with a fine layer of dust. The house itself was not furnished except for a couch that seemed to have been left behind, across from a fireplace. In the center of what seemed to be the living room, a light appeared and with a flash, The two princesses and the mane six were inside the room along with the two creatures. Celestia looked at the creatures one last time. “I have to go, but I will return when I have finished what needs to be done. I am sorry to ask for a favor so soon, but could you stay with them until I finish what needs to be done sister?” Luna nodded. “Tis no trouble.” Celestia looked to the main six. “If they are to awaken before I come back try to calm them down, no doubt they will be scared, but I am sure you all can handle it.” With a flash of light Celestia was gone. The room was replaced from its usual darkness by a flash of light, then a horn began to glow as the torches of the room lit up, one by one. Celestia walked down the dark hallway, the grey stone blocks being lit by only some torches. Eventually she reached the end of the hall, and at the end, was some statues. Her horn glowed once more and one of the statues began to glow with the same aura. Slowly cracks began to form over it, and at once, the stone shattered away. Celestia faced where the statue crumbled, the shadows still blocked the end of the hall. “They have arrived.” The shadows shifted, and a dark tone responded. “Really? Remarkable how much time flies...” “What should I do?” The shadow leaned forward. “I can not tell you, you have to do this on your own.” “What do you mean you can’t tell me? You have helped me numerous times before but why not now?” Celestia responded pleading just a bit. “I don’t know what to do.” “Celestia, you will know what to do when the time comes. You are just going to have to trust me on this.” Celestia’s head sunk. “But what if I fail?” The shadow chuckled back. “Trust me, you won’t.” Chapter 2: "That's not just a problem."Living Under the Equestrian Sun Chapter: 2 “That’s not just a problem.” Show Time frame: Day of Season 1 Episode 2 [end] Celestia was deep in thought, pacing back and forward. The shadow on the wall in the back of the room stood upon it’s podium, waiting. The shadows shifted. “Celestia.” She stopped her pacing and looked towards the shadow. “What is it?” “You don’t have a large sum of time before they awake. You know what you have to do.” Celestia looked towards the floor. “I know.” “Just remember one thing.” Celestia looked up and faced the shadow once more. The shadow leaned forward. “The Nightmare is NOTgoing to give up easily.” The shadow shifted back into its comfortable position. “Now, you should go now, so if you will.” It gestured to itself. Celestia nodded once more and proceeded to place her magic on the figure in the shadows, shifting it back into a statue. She looked into the statues eyes. “When I have finished, I will return.” Inside the house sat a lone princess of the night with the two creatures. Twilight and her friends had left some time ago, leaving her with the creatures and her thoughts. She studied the creatures, hoping they would wake up soon, because their face contorted with pain. In a flash of light, Celestia was in the room, Luna’s attention swapped to her sister. “Does thou know what we must do?” “Yes, I know what we must do sister, we have to go into their dreams. The Nightmare is trying to break them.” “Are you sure?” “Yes, I am positive that we need to do this. We will go together into each of their dreams.” Luna nodded. Together they charged their magic and focused on one of the creatures, the one wearing the black jacket. “Tia, there is something wrong...” “I noticed it too.” “Their dreams are... Connected?” “That might make it easier for us then. Let’s get this over with.” Luna nodded and once more they charged their magic. Soon the connection was made and they slowly drifted into their dream realm. Shawn and Andrew were walking through a hallway, the stone brick walls at their sides, and the red carpet at their feet. They looked down the hall to see some doors coming up, and the hallway ending. Andrew shook his head in disappointment. “Great another dead end.” Shawn looked to Andrew. “Well if you think about it, we got 3 doors to go through, perhaps one of them go somewhere.” “Yeah yeah yeah... I call the left door!” “I guess I’ll grab the right door then. We can go together on the front.” Andrew walked into the left room to reveal some desks, one was flipped onto its side and the drawers ripped out of it. After scanning the room for all of twenty seconds, he finished. “Nothing on this side!” On Shawns side, a fireplace was burning away at a log, a desk, and on top of the desk sat two pocket knifes, buried into the wood of the desk. “I got something over here!” Andrew walked into the room to have Shawn pass the metallic item to him. He studied it over, it was just a simple silver pocket knife. “Well it’s better than nothing.” “Let’s go, I didn’t see anything else in this room.” Shawn gestured the room behind him. They entered the hall once more but something was different. The part of the hallway they came from was covered in a darkness that was leeching forward, slowly, but it was heading their way. Shawn stepped forward, looking at the material. “This doesn’t look good...” “Thanks for pointing that out! I would have never guessed!” Shawn turned towards Andrew. “Don’t be such a smartass. I mean, look at the stuff. It is actually moving towards us!” Before Andrew could make a retort, the last room they haven’t checked yet flashed with light, the light exited the door into the hallway. Both of them turned around to face the door, it was closed. “What the...” Shawn turned around to face not just the shadows, but something removing itself from said shadows. “Uhhh.... Andrew! We got a problem!” “What could be so...” Andrew had fully turned around to see the shadows ripping themselves from the walls. “Ok, you’re wrong Shawn. That’s not just a problem, that’s a BIG FUCKING PROBLEM!” “Run to the door! Might not stop them but its at least going to slow them down!” Shawn shouted while turning around. Together they burst open the door and closed it behind them fast, what was in the room stopped them for a moment. Two humans stood there, both female, one was wearing a white shirt with a sun printed onto the back of it while the other wore a dark blue shirt, the symbol of the moon on the back. Both of them wore normal blue pants and black shoes. Shawn was leaning against the door holding it shut. “Who are you two? Andrew, go search the room for another way out!” The one wearing the white shirt stood forward. “I am Princess Celestia.” Then the one with the blue shirt stepped forward. “And I am Princess Luna.” Shawn was still leaning against the door. “I would walk over there and shake your hands but-” The door was hit, hard, Shawn held his ground against it though. “As you can see we are in a little bit of major trouble.” The Princesses seemed shaken for a second. “What was that?” Luna asked. “That-” Again he was cut off from the shadows slamming themselves against the door. “Is something, I don’t know what, but lets just say they might be something of living shadows. My name is Shawn, the other guy is Andrew.” Shawn looked behind them. “Andrew! Any form of escape from here?” “I think I might have one way, but you are not going to like it!” “Why is that?” “Do you enjoy jumping from window to window?” Shawn stared at Andrew for a moment. “You know we can’t do that. I am too fat to even try that and you... Well, you might be able to. Still though I don’t think our new friends here might enjoy that idea.” Shawn began to scan the room, spotting a desk, with locks holding it’s compartments shut, a open window and a door. “Why haven’t you tried the door?” Andrew scratched the back of his head. “Well it was a bit locked.” “Alright.. Tell you what, hand me that chair by the desk.” Andrew did as he said, when Shawn received the chair he placed it in front of the door, holding it shut. “It won’t last long, we need to move that desk over here.” With a combined effort Shawn and Andrew began to move the desk, slowly. Shawn turned towards the Princesses. “I don’t mean to ask a favor so soon, and from a princess at that, but... Could you give us a hand? That chair won’t hold them off long enough to get this desk there.” To support him, the chair began to slide from the strain of the door being pushed. Luna quickly stepped over to their side. “Tis no problem! We must make haste, less those creatures get in!” Celestia nodded and followed her sister and all of them began to push the desk faster. “Andrew, get ready to get that chair out of the way.” Andrew nodded, standing near the door with the chair in hand. “Now!” With quick movement they shoved the desk in the way blocking the door from opening. “God, I wonder how much that desk even weighed...” Shawn said, out of breath. Andrew looked to the locked door. “Well what now?” Shawn had his hands on his knees, trying to catch his breath. “Give me a minute.” Celestia and Luna on the other hand were in the other corner of the room. “Tia, why do we have their form? Why not our normal bodies?” “Well, it is their minds. If they have never seen us they wouldn’t be able to make the form of us, so their mind made us into this form to match us, how do you think they would react to us if we were still in our normal body?” Luna placed a hand on her jaw in thought. “True, that would be a problem.” Celestia opened her mouth to speak but a loud crack was heard as Shawn slammed his foot on the lock of the desk, breaking it. “Now that this is open, I wonder what was locked in here...” Shawn said aloud. He shuffled through the desk, looking for something useful. “Would you look at that!” He yelled out loud, pulling out a rectangle device, Black with a orange ring around it. Then he pulled out three more. “I wonder...” He pressed a button in the center of the item. It began to glow, and on the screen held a message from the mother of the one who owned the phone. Mom: Where are you? Come home as soon as possible, It’s getting dark. When he finished reading the message, the room went dark. He looked outside and noticed, It’s now midnight. Celestia and Luna seemed a bit panicked. Shawn removed his sunglasses and began to fiddle with the device in his hands. “Hold on...” He hit a button and a Light began to shine out of the back of it. He repeated the process with the others and handed everyone one. “Now I don’t think the phone has enough power to constantly stay on for more than an hour or so. So we need to hurry. Point the light at the door.” Everyone complied and pointed their lights at the door. “Shawn, what are yo-” Celestia was cut off when Shawn slammed into the door, busting it open. A light shined into the room the others were in. Shawn could be heard from the other room. “Oooohhh. That is gonna hurt in the morning...” Luna walked through the doorway. “Is thou alright Shawn?” He rolled his shoulder. “Yeah, I just have a feeling I am going to feel that later...” The room was lit by a candle, surprisingly it let off a strong light. Shawn looked at his phone. “Alright everyone, hit the button on the center of your phone, turn off the light we don’t need it right now.” Upon studying the room he noticed it lead into another hallway, short but it was still a hallway. Only one door was there, at the end. “Well... At least we don’t have a ton of choices.” Shawn was walking ahead of the group, he placed his hand on the door and slowly pushed it open. What was ahead of him, he didn’t know, it was pitch black. Shawn groaned in disappointment. “Really? Well the light was short lived.” He clicked on his phone and held it in his right hand, taking out the pocket knife with his left. “I don’t trust this place.” Andrew looked into the room. “A dark room, yeah sure, I mean, what could possibly go wrong in a dark room with no windows or lights at all!” Shawn stopped dead in his tracks. “You had to say that didn’t you?” When he finished his sentence a screech resounded from the room. Luna jumped a foot into the air. “What in the name of the moon was that?!” Shawn shined his light into the room to reveal another human, chained and bloodied, It noticed the light and immediately took off towards them. It reached them within seconds, it reached its arm back to swing but Shawn responded faster throwing a punch. The punch collided with nothing as the creature vanished in smoke. “Oh god, damn poofers!” Celestia stared at where the creature was before. “How did it do that? I didn’t even see it charge its magic...” Andrew and Shawn both turned to Celestia. “What do you mean magic?” Celestia’s hands began to glow with a golden aura. “You know... This.” Andrew was staring at her hands. “How... Are you even doing that!?” “Can you not do magic?” Shawn looked to his hand. “No, but it would be neat to be able to.” The room began to slowly get brighter as a door on the other end of the room began to get brighter and brighter. Andrew slowly walked up to the door. “What’s on the other side of this door?” Shawn faced Andrew. “You expect me to know man? We lost the map ages ago.” Celestia and Luna were in the back of the room talking to each other. “What is that Tia?” Celestia looked to the door and back to her sister. “I think its the end, that creature, I could feel the Nightmares print on it. It was going to kill them.” “Then why didn’t it?” “I think it is because we were in quite a big group. It was only one thing.” Before Luna could possibly answer a flash of light blinded both of them. Celestia and Luna opened their eyes, they were back in the house and the creatures were still asleep. Celestia checked what the time was, it had only been half an hour. Luna was looking at the creatures. “Why haven't they awoken yet?” Celestia turned her attention towards Andrew and Shawn. “They should wake up soon.” “Sooner than you think Celestia.” Chapter 3: "Welcome Back."Living Under the Equestrian Sun Chapter 3: “Welcome Back.” Show Time Frame: Night of Season 1 Episode 2 [End] Shawn placed his hand on the edge of his sunglasses, pulling them off. His eyes were closed as he reached up with his other hand to rub them. “Your name is Celestia right? I remember your voice from my dream. I must have heard you speaking when I was asleep.” He kept his hand over his eyes; slowly he moved his hand down to his mouth as he produced a yawn. “Yes, my name is Celestia, and my sister’s name is Luna.” “Huh, I’ll be honest, I never heard of anyone with something even close to a name like that.” Celestia opened her mouth but was cut off by Shawn. “Wait a minute...” He opened his eyes to see Celestia and Luna. His eyes widening in shock. “What the hell?” “Tis the matter Shawn?” Asked Luna. Shawn sat there, his mouth agape trying to process what he just saw. “Di- Did you just speak?” “What is the problem with me speaking?” Luna began to sound irritated. Shawns breathing began to grow faster. “That... That’s not possible! Where am I?! What do you want with me?!” “Shawn! Shut UP! I am enjoying my nap.” Andrew spoke up as he curled into a ball on the floor. “Did your floor get even more comfy?” “Uhhh, Andrew... I need to know if I am going psychotic or not, tell me I am not just seeing this.” Andrew sat upright looking at Shawn. “I swear if you have been freaking out over-” He followed Shawn’s hand to see the princesses. Luna smiled slightly. “Uhh, Greetings?” Andrew turned once more towards Shawn. “...” “WHAT THE FUCK!” Andrew turned back to the princesses once more. “Who... What... How... Just, please.” Andrew sighed and placed a hand on his forehead. “Are you two ready to know what is going on?” Celestia asked the two. Shawn turned towards her. “No, but I don’t know how long it would take for me to be ready for this, so just say it.” “You’re kinda, stuck here...” Both of them stopped what they were doing and now stared back at the princess. “What do you mean stuck?” Celestia couldn’t look them in the eyes. “The Nightmare pulled you from your home dimension.” Shawn was standing now. “You can’t just send us back?” Celestia frowned. “Even if I tried to send you back, there is a problem.” He raised a brow. “And that would be?” “Your home dimension is corrupted. If you were to go back, it would most likely just send you back here.” Luna looked confused. “Sister, how would thou know this?” “Well, I’ve had assistance in the subject...” “What kind of assistance?” Andrew was standing now. “I am sorry to break up the family reunion but, you’re basically saying we’re stuck here...” Celestia nodded. Shawn and Andrew walked up to the window, being night they could see the stars in the sky so bright. Shawn pulled off his fedora, covering his mouth with his other hand. “Oh my god...” Andrew was just silent, staring out into the dark night. “I have things I have to attend very soon, can I trust you both to stay here in this house until the Elements of Harmony come by to talk to you? I will get the paperwork done that shows this is your house tomorrow.” Shawn nodded slowly. “Yeah... Yeah, not like we got anywhere else to go, right Andrew?” Shawn bumped Andrew with his elbow. “Yeah... Go ahead and do whatever.” With a flash of light Celestia and Luna were gone from the room. With another flash of light, the second time in one day for this dark tunnel of a room. The dark grey stone bricks lit up once more. Celestia took the lead and began to light the torches once more. “Before we head back to Canterlot I would like to introduce you to a friend.” “Who is your friend?” “Lets just say they helped me out for the past thousand years, they helped me try and cope through with missing you. I was told the day of your return, and that we would be reunited once more.” “Did they see the future?” “I guess you could call it that...” Celestia stopped and lit her horn revealing the statues at the end of the hall. Her horn grew brighter until the cracks one of the statues began to form and break out. A crack was heard from the shadow. “Back so soon?” Luna was in shock. “But... But, what?!” The shadow laughed a bit. “What? Didn’t expect to see me?” “How?!” “I can’t tell you, but you will learn over time. I take it you both dealt with the little problem the two had?” Celestia nodded. “Yes we helped them out.” The shadow nodded. “Good, this should make them trust you both more.” “Tia, what is going on? How is he-” She pointed towards the shadow. “Here?” “He isn’t the only one.” Celestia lit her horn up to reveal what was also in the shadows. “Gah, Celestia, warn me next time. A dark tunnel tends to leave my eyes adjusted to the darkness.” “Sorry.” “Now on to the next question. Luna, how do you feel?” Luna smiled. “I feel just fine. But what about you? Those bandages are a bit bloody.” The shadow shifted to look at the bandages that were wrapped around it. “I... I have had some encounters helping Celestia. I think I still have a burn from one of the situations in which Celestia and I had a... I guess a fight. Though it was one sided.” “One sided?” “I would not fight back.” “Why not? I am positive that you could do no harm to her.” The shadow chuckled its dark laugh. “I am stronger than you think. I also have some items that make things like that easy.” Luna was a bit intimidated by the shadow, its dark tone sent a chill down her spine. “Now onto more important matters. They don’t trust you fully yet. You both will have to earn their full trust in order to have them to help out and not try to run away.” Luna was a bit worried. “But what will they say when they figure out that I may have been the cause of them showing up here? What if I, or dare I say, both of us can not earn their trust?” The shadows laughter echoed through the hallway. “Trust me, it won’t be as hard as you think it will be.” “But what if we do fail?” The shadow looked towards Celestia. “Just like you... The same question, and I hold the same answer I said to your sister.” It turned towards Luna. “Trust me, you won’t.” “Now, I am sure you both have things to do, ponies to meet, or sleep to catch up on. I bid you both a good night, and also...” The shadow turned towards Luna. “Welcome back.” Chapter 4: Shadow of DoubtLiving Under the Equestrian Sun Chapter 4: A Shadow of Doubt Show Time Frame: Night/Early morning of Episode 3 Season 1 Shawn stared out the window, looking around the town in which they will have to call home. To think, ponies, apparently are the main species. The best part was Humans apparently didn't exist here. Shawn placed his hat back onto his head. Andrew was asleep on the couch. Shawn turned around and began to walk towards the wall on the opposite side of the room and sat down, leaning against the wall. “Just... great. A world, of ponies, unicorns and pegasus..ses...s....” He scratched the back of his head. “What the heck is the plural of that...” Shawn had a slight problem: Insomnia. He called it a slight problem because to him, he counted it as a way to think of new things and creations, sure he could never draw them nor could he draw to begin with. He reached into his pockets to find something to do, noticing something rectangular in his pocket. “My, phone?” He questioned while pulling it out. “Oh! Neat...” He said while quietly pushing the button on top to turn the screen on. Nothing happened. “Damn, out of charge. I swear it was bad enough, but to be dead now?” Andrew seem to grumble in his sleep, not in fear or pain or anything, more just annoyance. Andrew, getting annoyed by something. Shawn looked to his wrist, lifting the jackets sleeve to reveal a watch. I remembered to wear it? He shrugged, though something popped into his mind. Slowly he looked over to Andrew and looked at him, taking in details. Andrew was taller than Shawn, though he couldn’t remember precise height, Shawn stood around six foot or so. He noticed a slight, what he could call really, a outline around him. Shawn began to think, trying to remember details to make sure he didn’t forget anything. Andrew was 24 while Shawn was 22. They shared an apartment splitting the price. He shook his head then turned his attention towards the house. “There has to be a bathroom or something around here...” He explored the house looking through some doorways until he found out the house was a two story house. It looked as though it had seen no use in years; yet it remained standing strong. Eventually, Shawn found a bathroom with a mirror. Looking into the mirror he began to look at how altered he was. Surprisingly it wasn't that much in his eyes, he just seemed a little more, cartoonish... “Hmm...” He hummed while looking. He still wore his normal clothes, which mostly consisted of a black color. He was the least colorful of the two. He proceeded to use the bathroom. When he finished, he walked around some more, finding that the house had 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a kitchen, living room, and a basement. Before he could explore more, he felt a slight tugging at the back of his mind. Something was, he guessed, interacting with him at the moment. It, in fact, felt like three separate things. All three seemed tangible to him, but at the same time out of reach. He could literally feel them, but at the same time it was in his own mind. One felt cold, dark and relentless, causing him to try for the next. The second one felt cold again, but this was a calm cold. One of peace and just trying to reach it he felt slightly calmer. The last one was warm, comforting, it felt like it was drawing him in slightly. Sadly all were what he could say, ‘out of reach’. Shrugging he simply returned to the living room, his mind racing to think of the odd feeling. He slowly went to the wall again, slowly sliding down the wall into a spot he could sleep. Andrew on the other hand decided to turn over in his sleep, nearly falling off the couch. Time Frame: Unknown “How long did thou say this day is away?” a tall white alicorn asked the shadows to her right. Within the shadows, two figures began to shift. A deep tone responded back. “A thousand years I’m afraid.” “How do we know if thy words are correct, How do we know if we can trust thou?” She responded, some confusion and anger in her tone. One of the figures shrugged, a lighter tone decided to speak. “I don’t know Celestia, but all I know is that he keeps track of time. He most likely kept track of that so that should be right.” Celestia frowned. “As much as we would like to disagree with this, we will take thy word on the matter. As well as think thee for thy assistance in the, battle...” The shadow placed it appendage on her shoulder, the deep tone talking once more. “Trust me, she won’t be angry with you. It was not of her free will.” “Are you sure?” “Positive. I have seen it.” The shadow tapped it’s head. Celestia nodded. “If thou wants, you both may stay at the castle until...” she trailed off. “Celestia, you already know that we have well over a thousand years to wait. Our life spans don’t last long enough.” “If it does not last that long, what if I were to... stop it?” “What do you mean?” The deep tone questioned. At that moment the statue at the end of the dark hallway released its thoughts, a technical sleep state in which he used to distract his mind for long periods of time. For that thousand years he remained in a statue form alongside his friend. Though he was pulled out of stone, his partner wanted to stay in stone until the time came. It was lonely but he honored his friends request. During his time ‘awake’ he was able to see what the princesses were up to. Celestia was in day court, a bit of a bore, and Luna seemed to be going around the palace getting herself acquainted with everypony and learning about her new home. She seemed so cheerful, being back home and all, for now the sun was up and things have been going alright. If only he could watch through the eyes of the guests, no doubt having fun. Loud knocking on a door woke Andrew from his sleep. “Wha...” “I see you're finally awake.” Shawn responded from his position on the wall. “How long have you been awake?” He shrugged. “I dunno, couple hours?” Whoever was on the other side of the door continued to knock but this time they called out. “Hello? Are you awake in there? Celestia asked us to meet with you in the morning!” Shawn seemed tired but that was usual. Andrew proceeded to get up slowly going to the door. “Ready?” Shawn shrugged. “Might as well get it over with.” He said while sliding his sunglasses back on.
Chapter 1: The Last Resort?Living Under the Equestrian Sun Chapter: 1 The Last Resort? Show Timeframe: Season 1, Episode 2 Nightmare Moon was cornered. Fear began to enter her thoughts but was quickly diminished. She had a plan, there is no need to worry about it. It would work perfectly. The Elements of Harmony were charging, prepared to banish Nightmare and bring Celestia back. Something was off though, Nightmare Moon was laughing, laughing with such a force it sent chills down their spines. “HAHAHAahaha! I knew! I knew you would use the Elements of Harmony! To get rid of me is just the ticket to your own destruction! The second I am gone they show up. My magic is already imprinted upon the creatures! No matter how hard you try, you can’t get rid of them, even I know you don’t have what it takes to kill them!” Nightmare Moon spoke. The elements gave way to a bright light, blasting towards Nightmare Moon. Upon finishing that, Celestia had returned, and Luna was forgiven, but before they could leave, the ground where Nightmare Moon stood began to spark. The electricity sparked around the area, getting stronger. Just then, there was no more sparks, but instead a beam shot up into the sky a bit. The energy collected itself into a ball, a ball of black magic, and began to slowly condense itself. Then, just like that, it vanished. That... is where the rip began. The air itself cracked open, within the cracks held the endless, empty, black void. Screams began to exit out the portal, getting louder and louder, and then, it split, two voices could be heard, before they finally hit the floor with a thud, silencing them. There was two creatures, spread out on the stone slabs of the ruined castle floors. One was wearing what seemed to be a black jacket, angel wings faded on the back of it, blue jeans, black shoes, and what seemed to be a black fedora, sunglasses and goggles hanging around its neck. The other creature on the other hand, had a brown jacket with tan horizontal rows, blue jeans, grey shoes, earbuds that were knocked loose of its ears, it seemed to be taller than the other one, but the other one was bigger in mass. Before any of them could get any closer to the creatures, they began to groan in discomfort. “God.... Damn it....” The one wearing the black jacket said aloud. Slowly they began to get up and noticed each other. “Andrew... You alright, man?” The creature wearing the brown jacket, named Andrew, responded. “Yeah, or at least close enough to that... Stone floors tend to be painful Shawn...” Both Shawn and Andrew, now on there knees looked around something catching their eyes about the place. “Andrew, doesn’t this place seem... familiar?” Before Andrew could respond, a black aura began to shape over their hands. Slowly it creeped up containing their whole body in its power. Both of them, eyes wide in shock, quickly changed from their shocked behavior to that of pain. Both clutched their heads in pain, screaming loud, their agony could be heard in the ears of the Princesses and main six. Fluttershy could not stand to see anything in pain, even if it was unknown. She turned towards Celestia, her eyes showed that she was pleading for her to do something, and just like that Celestia nodded, not even taking a moment to think, charged her magic and released it upon the two creatures. The screams fell silent and as Celestia’s aura faded the creatures were on the ground, unconscious. Twilight was the first to recover from what was happening. “What happened to them?” Celestia’s eyes portrayed sorrow. “Nightmare Moon's magic was altering these creatures, from what I could tell, it was altering with their memories, blocking them.” “Why would she do that?” “We may know.” Luna spoke from the group. She walked up to the creatures, looking at them. “How would thy act, if thou had no memory of thine location, surrounded by things in which thou had no knowledge of?” Twilight stopped and thought about it. “Scared...” “Thus these creatures might have lashed out. Scared, alone, and had no knowledge of where it came from.” Luna was almost put to tears looking at the creatures that she had done this to. Celestia was studying the creatures, taking in details about them both. “We should move them.” Everypony present looked to Celestia, Rainbow Dash being the first to speak up. “What do you mean? I don’t want to question you Princess Celestia, but aren't they supposed to be evil?” Celestia looked at Rainbow Dash. “Yes, they were supposed to be, but I stopped whatever that was going to do that. You’re all just going to have to trust me on this.” Everypony accepted that, but they all still had one question, Twilight being the one to ask it. “Where should we move them to?” “Is there a house in Ponyville that is for sale? I am sure that you all wouldn’t want a creature you have no knowledge of in your homes.” Twilight thought about it for a minute. “Yeah, there is if I remember correctly.” Celestia smiled. “That’s good, I will take us there, but I will have to leave afterwards, there is something I need to get settled.” The home sat in the back of the town, with a fine layer of dust. The house itself was not furnished except for a couch that seemed to have been left behind, across from a fireplace. In the center of what seemed to be the living room, a light appeared and with a flash, The two princesses and the mane six were inside the room along with the two creatures. Celestia looked at the creatures one last time. “I have to go, but I will return when I have finished what needs to be done. I am sorry to ask for a favor so soon, but could you stay with them until I finish what needs to be done sister?” Luna nodded. “Tis no trouble.” Celestia looked to the main six. “If they are to awaken before I come back try to calm them down, no doubt they will be scared, but I am sure you all can handle it.” With a flash of light Celestia was gone. The room was replaced from its usual darkness by a flash of light, then a horn began to glow as the torches of the room lit up, one by one. Celestia walked down the dark hallway, the grey stone blocks being lit by only some torches. Eventually she reached the end of the hall, and at the end, was some statues. Her horn glowed once more and one of the statues began to glow with the same aura. Slowly cracks began to form over it, and at once, the stone shattered away. Celestia faced where the statue crumbled, the shadows still blocked the end of the hall. “They have arrived.” The shadows shifted, and a dark tone responded. “Really? Remarkable how much time flies...” “What should I do?” The shadow leaned forward. “I can not tell you, you have to do this on your own.” “What do you mean you can’t tell me? You have helped me numerous times before but why not now?” Celestia responded pleading just a bit. “I don’t know what to do.” “Celestia, you will know what to do when the time comes. You are just going to have to trust me on this.” Celestia’s head sunk. “But what if I fail?” The shadow chuckled back. “Trust me, you won’t.”
Chapter 2: "That's not just a problem."Living Under the Equestrian Sun Chapter: 2 “That’s not just a problem.” Show Time frame: Day of Season 1 Episode 2 [end] Celestia was deep in thought, pacing back and forward. The shadow on the wall in the back of the room stood upon it’s podium, waiting. The shadows shifted. “Celestia.” She stopped her pacing and looked towards the shadow. “What is it?” “You don’t have a large sum of time before they awake. You know what you have to do.” Celestia looked towards the floor. “I know.” “Just remember one thing.” Celestia looked up and faced the shadow once more. The shadow leaned forward. “The Nightmare is NOTgoing to give up easily.” The shadow shifted back into its comfortable position. “Now, you should go now, so if you will.” It gestured to itself. Celestia nodded once more and proceeded to place her magic on the figure in the shadows, shifting it back into a statue. She looked into the statues eyes. “When I have finished, I will return.” Inside the house sat a lone princess of the night with the two creatures. Twilight and her friends had left some time ago, leaving her with the creatures and her thoughts. She studied the creatures, hoping they would wake up soon, because their face contorted with pain. In a flash of light, Celestia was in the room, Luna’s attention swapped to her sister. “Does thou know what we must do?” “Yes, I know what we must do sister, we have to go into their dreams. The Nightmare is trying to break them.” “Are you sure?” “Yes, I am positive that we need to do this. We will go together into each of their dreams.” Luna nodded. Together they charged their magic and focused on one of the creatures, the one wearing the black jacket. “Tia, there is something wrong...” “I noticed it too.” “Their dreams are... Connected?” “That might make it easier for us then. Let’s get this over with.” Luna nodded and once more they charged their magic. Soon the connection was made and they slowly drifted into their dream realm. Shawn and Andrew were walking through a hallway, the stone brick walls at their sides, and the red carpet at their feet. They looked down the hall to see some doors coming up, and the hallway ending. Andrew shook his head in disappointment. “Great another dead end.” Shawn looked to Andrew. “Well if you think about it, we got 3 doors to go through, perhaps one of them go somewhere.” “Yeah yeah yeah... I call the left door!” “I guess I’ll grab the right door then. We can go together on the front.” Andrew walked into the left room to reveal some desks, one was flipped onto its side and the drawers ripped out of it. After scanning the room for all of twenty seconds, he finished. “Nothing on this side!” On Shawns side, a fireplace was burning away at a log, a desk, and on top of the desk sat two pocket knifes, buried into the wood of the desk. “I got something over here!” Andrew walked into the room to have Shawn pass the metallic item to him. He studied it over, it was just a simple silver pocket knife. “Well it’s better than nothing.” “Let’s go, I didn’t see anything else in this room.” Shawn gestured the room behind him. They entered the hall once more but something was different. The part of the hallway they came from was covered in a darkness that was leeching forward, slowly, but it was heading their way. Shawn stepped forward, looking at the material. “This doesn’t look good...” “Thanks for pointing that out! I would have never guessed!” Shawn turned towards Andrew. “Don’t be such a smartass. I mean, look at the stuff. It is actually moving towards us!” Before Andrew could make a retort, the last room they haven’t checked yet flashed with light, the light exited the door into the hallway. Both of them turned around to face the door, it was closed. “What the...” Shawn turned around to face not just the shadows, but something removing itself from said shadows. “Uhhh.... Andrew! We got a problem!” “What could be so...” Andrew had fully turned around to see the shadows ripping themselves from the walls. “Ok, you’re wrong Shawn. That’s not just a problem, that’s a BIG FUCKING PROBLEM!” “Run to the door! Might not stop them but its at least going to slow them down!” Shawn shouted while turning around. Together they burst open the door and closed it behind them fast, what was in the room stopped them for a moment. Two humans stood there, both female, one was wearing a white shirt with a sun printed onto the back of it while the other wore a dark blue shirt, the symbol of the moon on the back. Both of them wore normal blue pants and black shoes. Shawn was leaning against the door holding it shut. “Who are you two? Andrew, go search the room for another way out!” The one wearing the white shirt stood forward. “I am Princess Celestia.” Then the one with the blue shirt stepped forward. “And I am Princess Luna.” Shawn was still leaning against the door. “I would walk over there and shake your hands but-” The door was hit, hard, Shawn held his ground against it though. “As you can see we are in a little bit of major trouble.” The Princesses seemed shaken for a second. “What was that?” Luna asked. “That-” Again he was cut off from the shadows slamming themselves against the door. “Is something, I don’t know what, but lets just say they might be something of living shadows. My name is Shawn, the other guy is Andrew.” Shawn looked behind them. “Andrew! Any form of escape from here?” “I think I might have one way, but you are not going to like it!” “Why is that?” “Do you enjoy jumping from window to window?” Shawn stared at Andrew for a moment. “You know we can’t do that. I am too fat to even try that and you... Well, you might be able to. Still though I don’t think our new friends here might enjoy that idea.” Shawn began to scan the room, spotting a desk, with locks holding it’s compartments shut, a open window and a door. “Why haven’t you tried the door?” Andrew scratched the back of his head. “Well it was a bit locked.” “Alright.. Tell you what, hand me that chair by the desk.” Andrew did as he said, when Shawn received the chair he placed it in front of the door, holding it shut. “It won’t last long, we need to move that desk over here.” With a combined effort Shawn and Andrew began to move the desk, slowly. Shawn turned towards the Princesses. “I don’t mean to ask a favor so soon, and from a princess at that, but... Could you give us a hand? That chair won’t hold them off long enough to get this desk there.” To support him, the chair began to slide from the strain of the door being pushed. Luna quickly stepped over to their side. “Tis no problem! We must make haste, less those creatures get in!” Celestia nodded and followed her sister and all of them began to push the desk faster. “Andrew, get ready to get that chair out of the way.” Andrew nodded, standing near the door with the chair in hand. “Now!” With quick movement they shoved the desk in the way blocking the door from opening. “God, I wonder how much that desk even weighed...” Shawn said, out of breath. Andrew looked to the locked door. “Well what now?” Shawn had his hands on his knees, trying to catch his breath. “Give me a minute.” Celestia and Luna on the other hand were in the other corner of the room. “Tia, why do we have their form? Why not our normal bodies?” “Well, it is their minds. If they have never seen us they wouldn’t be able to make the form of us, so their mind made us into this form to match us, how do you think they would react to us if we were still in our normal body?” Luna placed a hand on her jaw in thought. “True, that would be a problem.” Celestia opened her mouth to speak but a loud crack was heard as Shawn slammed his foot on the lock of the desk, breaking it. “Now that this is open, I wonder what was locked in here...” Shawn said aloud. He shuffled through the desk, looking for something useful. “Would you look at that!” He yelled out loud, pulling out a rectangle device, Black with a orange ring around it. Then he pulled out three more. “I wonder...” He pressed a button in the center of the item. It began to glow, and on the screen held a message from the mother of the one who owned the phone. Mom: Where are you? Come home as soon as possible, It’s getting dark. When he finished reading the message, the room went dark. He looked outside and noticed, It’s now midnight. Celestia and Luna seemed a bit panicked. Shawn removed his sunglasses and began to fiddle with the device in his hands. “Hold on...” He hit a button and a Light began to shine out of the back of it. He repeated the process with the others and handed everyone one. “Now I don’t think the phone has enough power to constantly stay on for more than an hour or so. So we need to hurry. Point the light at the door.” Everyone complied and pointed their lights at the door. “Shawn, what are yo-” Celestia was cut off when Shawn slammed into the door, busting it open. A light shined into the room the others were in. Shawn could be heard from the other room. “Oooohhh. That is gonna hurt in the morning...” Luna walked through the doorway. “Is thou alright Shawn?” He rolled his shoulder. “Yeah, I just have a feeling I am going to feel that later...” The room was lit by a candle, surprisingly it let off a strong light. Shawn looked at his phone. “Alright everyone, hit the button on the center of your phone, turn off the light we don’t need it right now.” Upon studying the room he noticed it lead into another hallway, short but it was still a hallway. Only one door was there, at the end. “Well... At least we don’t have a ton of choices.” Shawn was walking ahead of the group, he placed his hand on the door and slowly pushed it open. What was ahead of him, he didn’t know, it was pitch black. Shawn groaned in disappointment. “Really? Well the light was short lived.” He clicked on his phone and held it in his right hand, taking out the pocket knife with his left. “I don’t trust this place.” Andrew looked into the room. “A dark room, yeah sure, I mean, what could possibly go wrong in a dark room with no windows or lights at all!” Shawn stopped dead in his tracks. “You had to say that didn’t you?” When he finished his sentence a screech resounded from the room. Luna jumped a foot into the air. “What in the name of the moon was that?!” Shawn shined his light into the room to reveal another human, chained and bloodied, It noticed the light and immediately took off towards them. It reached them within seconds, it reached its arm back to swing but Shawn responded faster throwing a punch. The punch collided with nothing as the creature vanished in smoke. “Oh god, damn poofers!” Celestia stared at where the creature was before. “How did it do that? I didn’t even see it charge its magic...” Andrew and Shawn both turned to Celestia. “What do you mean magic?” Celestia’s hands began to glow with a golden aura. “You know... This.” Andrew was staring at her hands. “How... Are you even doing that!?” “Can you not do magic?” Shawn looked to his hand. “No, but it would be neat to be able to.” The room began to slowly get brighter as a door on the other end of the room began to get brighter and brighter. Andrew slowly walked up to the door. “What’s on the other side of this door?” Shawn faced Andrew. “You expect me to know man? We lost the map ages ago.” Celestia and Luna were in the back of the room talking to each other. “What is that Tia?” Celestia looked to the door and back to her sister. “I think its the end, that creature, I could feel the Nightmares print on it. It was going to kill them.” “Then why didn’t it?” “I think it is because we were in quite a big group. It was only one thing.” Before Luna could possibly answer a flash of light blinded both of them. Celestia and Luna opened their eyes, they were back in the house and the creatures were still asleep. Celestia checked what the time was, it had only been half an hour. Luna was looking at the creatures. “Why haven't they awoken yet?” Celestia turned her attention towards Andrew and Shawn. “They should wake up soon.” “Sooner than you think Celestia.”
Chapter 3: "Welcome Back."Living Under the Equestrian Sun Chapter 3: “Welcome Back.” Show Time Frame: Night of Season 1 Episode 2 [End] Shawn placed his hand on the edge of his sunglasses, pulling them off. His eyes were closed as he reached up with his other hand to rub them. “Your name is Celestia right? I remember your voice from my dream. I must have heard you speaking when I was asleep.” He kept his hand over his eyes; slowly he moved his hand down to his mouth as he produced a yawn. “Yes, my name is Celestia, and my sister’s name is Luna.” “Huh, I’ll be honest, I never heard of anyone with something even close to a name like that.” Celestia opened her mouth but was cut off by Shawn. “Wait a minute...” He opened his eyes to see Celestia and Luna. His eyes widening in shock. “What the hell?” “Tis the matter Shawn?” Asked Luna. Shawn sat there, his mouth agape trying to process what he just saw. “Di- Did you just speak?” “What is the problem with me speaking?” Luna began to sound irritated. Shawns breathing began to grow faster. “That... That’s not possible! Where am I?! What do you want with me?!” “Shawn! Shut UP! I am enjoying my nap.” Andrew spoke up as he curled into a ball on the floor. “Did your floor get even more comfy?” “Uhhh, Andrew... I need to know if I am going psychotic or not, tell me I am not just seeing this.” Andrew sat upright looking at Shawn. “I swear if you have been freaking out over-” He followed Shawn’s hand to see the princesses. Luna smiled slightly. “Uhh, Greetings?” Andrew turned once more towards Shawn. “...” “WHAT THE FUCK!” Andrew turned back to the princesses once more. “Who... What... How... Just, please.” Andrew sighed and placed a hand on his forehead. “Are you two ready to know what is going on?” Celestia asked the two. Shawn turned towards her. “No, but I don’t know how long it would take for me to be ready for this, so just say it.” “You’re kinda, stuck here...” Both of them stopped what they were doing and now stared back at the princess. “What do you mean stuck?” Celestia couldn’t look them in the eyes. “The Nightmare pulled you from your home dimension.” Shawn was standing now. “You can’t just send us back?” Celestia frowned. “Even if I tried to send you back, there is a problem.” He raised a brow. “And that would be?” “Your home dimension is corrupted. If you were to go back, it would most likely just send you back here.” Luna looked confused. “Sister, how would thou know this?” “Well, I’ve had assistance in the subject...” “What kind of assistance?” Andrew was standing now. “I am sorry to break up the family reunion but, you’re basically saying we’re stuck here...” Celestia nodded. Shawn and Andrew walked up to the window, being night they could see the stars in the sky so bright. Shawn pulled off his fedora, covering his mouth with his other hand. “Oh my god...” Andrew was just silent, staring out into the dark night. “I have things I have to attend very soon, can I trust you both to stay here in this house until the Elements of Harmony come by to talk to you? I will get the paperwork done that shows this is your house tomorrow.” Shawn nodded slowly. “Yeah... Yeah, not like we got anywhere else to go, right Andrew?” Shawn bumped Andrew with his elbow. “Yeah... Go ahead and do whatever.” With a flash of light Celestia and Luna were gone from the room. With another flash of light, the second time in one day for this dark tunnel of a room. The dark grey stone bricks lit up once more. Celestia took the lead and began to light the torches once more. “Before we head back to Canterlot I would like to introduce you to a friend.” “Who is your friend?” “Lets just say they helped me out for the past thousand years, they helped me try and cope through with missing you. I was told the day of your return, and that we would be reunited once more.” “Did they see the future?” “I guess you could call it that...” Celestia stopped and lit her horn revealing the statues at the end of the hall. Her horn grew brighter until the cracks one of the statues began to form and break out. A crack was heard from the shadow. “Back so soon?” Luna was in shock. “But... But, what?!” The shadow laughed a bit. “What? Didn’t expect to see me?” “How?!” “I can’t tell you, but you will learn over time. I take it you both dealt with the little problem the two had?” Celestia nodded. “Yes we helped them out.” The shadow nodded. “Good, this should make them trust you both more.” “Tia, what is going on? How is he-” She pointed towards the shadow. “Here?” “He isn’t the only one.” Celestia lit her horn up to reveal what was also in the shadows. “Gah, Celestia, warn me next time. A dark tunnel tends to leave my eyes adjusted to the darkness.” “Sorry.” “Now on to the next question. Luna, how do you feel?” Luna smiled. “I feel just fine. But what about you? Those bandages are a bit bloody.” The shadow shifted to look at the bandages that were wrapped around it. “I... I have had some encounters helping Celestia. I think I still have a burn from one of the situations in which Celestia and I had a... I guess a fight. Though it was one sided.” “One sided?” “I would not fight back.” “Why not? I am positive that you could do no harm to her.” The shadow chuckled its dark laugh. “I am stronger than you think. I also have some items that make things like that easy.” Luna was a bit intimidated by the shadow, its dark tone sent a chill down her spine. “Now onto more important matters. They don’t trust you fully yet. You both will have to earn their full trust in order to have them to help out and not try to run away.” Luna was a bit worried. “But what will they say when they figure out that I may have been the cause of them showing up here? What if I, or dare I say, both of us can not earn their trust?” The shadows laughter echoed through the hallway. “Trust me, it won’t be as hard as you think it will be.” “But what if we do fail?” The shadow looked towards Celestia. “Just like you... The same question, and I hold the same answer I said to your sister.” It turned towards Luna. “Trust me, you won’t.” “Now, I am sure you both have things to do, ponies to meet, or sleep to catch up on. I bid you both a good night, and also...” The shadow turned towards Luna. “Welcome back.”
Chapter 4: Shadow of DoubtLiving Under the Equestrian Sun Chapter 4: A Shadow of Doubt Show Time Frame: Night/Early morning of Episode 3 Season 1 Shawn stared out the window, looking around the town in which they will have to call home. To think, ponies, apparently are the main species. The best part was Humans apparently didn't exist here. Shawn placed his hat back onto his head. Andrew was asleep on the couch. Shawn turned around and began to walk towards the wall on the opposite side of the room and sat down, leaning against the wall. “Just... great. A world, of ponies, unicorns and pegasus..ses...s....” He scratched the back of his head. “What the heck is the plural of that...” Shawn had a slight problem: Insomnia. He called it a slight problem because to him, he counted it as a way to think of new things and creations, sure he could never draw them nor could he draw to begin with. He reached into his pockets to find something to do, noticing something rectangular in his pocket. “My, phone?” He questioned while pulling it out. “Oh! Neat...” He said while quietly pushing the button on top to turn the screen on. Nothing happened. “Damn, out of charge. I swear it was bad enough, but to be dead now?” Andrew seem to grumble in his sleep, not in fear or pain or anything, more just annoyance. Andrew, getting annoyed by something. Shawn looked to his wrist, lifting the jackets sleeve to reveal a watch. I remembered to wear it? He shrugged, though something popped into his mind. Slowly he looked over to Andrew and looked at him, taking in details. Andrew was taller than Shawn, though he couldn’t remember precise height, Shawn stood around six foot or so. He noticed a slight, what he could call really, a outline around him. Shawn began to think, trying to remember details to make sure he didn’t forget anything. Andrew was 24 while Shawn was 22. They shared an apartment splitting the price. He shook his head then turned his attention towards the house. “There has to be a bathroom or something around here...” He explored the house looking through some doorways until he found out the house was a two story house. It looked as though it had seen no use in years; yet it remained standing strong. Eventually, Shawn found a bathroom with a mirror. Looking into the mirror he began to look at how altered he was. Surprisingly it wasn't that much in his eyes, he just seemed a little more, cartoonish... “Hmm...” He hummed while looking. He still wore his normal clothes, which mostly consisted of a black color. He was the least colorful of the two. He proceeded to use the bathroom. When he finished, he walked around some more, finding that the house had 3 bedrooms, 3 bathrooms, a kitchen, living room, and a basement. Before he could explore more, he felt a slight tugging at the back of his mind. Something was, he guessed, interacting with him at the moment. It, in fact, felt like three separate things. All three seemed tangible to him, but at the same time out of reach. He could literally feel them, but at the same time it was in his own mind. One felt cold, dark and relentless, causing him to try for the next. The second one felt cold again, but this was a calm cold. One of peace and just trying to reach it he felt slightly calmer. The last one was warm, comforting, it felt like it was drawing him in slightly. Sadly all were what he could say, ‘out of reach’. Shrugging he simply returned to the living room, his mind racing to think of the odd feeling. He slowly went to the wall again, slowly sliding down the wall into a spot he could sleep. Andrew on the other hand decided to turn over in his sleep, nearly falling off the couch. Time Frame: Unknown “How long did thou say this day is away?” a tall white alicorn asked the shadows to her right. Within the shadows, two figures began to shift. A deep tone responded back. “A thousand years I’m afraid.” “How do we know if thy words are correct, How do we know if we can trust thou?” She responded, some confusion and anger in her tone. One of the figures shrugged, a lighter tone decided to speak. “I don’t know Celestia, but all I know is that he keeps track of time. He most likely kept track of that so that should be right.” Celestia frowned. “As much as we would like to disagree with this, we will take thy word on the matter. As well as think thee for thy assistance in the, battle...” The shadow placed it appendage on her shoulder, the deep tone talking once more. “Trust me, she won’t be angry with you. It was not of her free will.” “Are you sure?” “Positive. I have seen it.” The shadow tapped it’s head. Celestia nodded. “If thou wants, you both may stay at the castle until...” she trailed off. “Celestia, you already know that we have well over a thousand years to wait. Our life spans don’t last long enough.” “If it does not last that long, what if I were to... stop it?” “What do you mean?” The deep tone questioned. At that moment the statue at the end of the dark hallway released its thoughts, a technical sleep state in which he used to distract his mind for long periods of time. For that thousand years he remained in a statue form alongside his friend. Though he was pulled out of stone, his partner wanted to stay in stone until the time came. It was lonely but he honored his friends request. During his time ‘awake’ he was able to see what the princesses were up to. Celestia was in day court, a bit of a bore, and Luna seemed to be going around the palace getting herself acquainted with everypony and learning about her new home. She seemed so cheerful, being back home and all, for now the sun was up and things have been going alright. If only he could watch through the eyes of the guests, no doubt having fun. Loud knocking on a door woke Andrew from his sleep. “Wha...” “I see you're finally awake.” Shawn responded from his position on the wall. “How long have you been awake?” He shrugged. “I dunno, couple hours?” Whoever was on the other side of the door continued to knock but this time they called out. “Hello? Are you awake in there? Celestia asked us to meet with you in the morning!” Shawn seemed tired but that was usual. Andrew proceeded to get up slowly going to the door. “Ready?” Shawn shrugged. “Might as well get it over with.” He said while sliding his sunglasses back on.
