Star Phantom: Ghost Stallion of Ponyville

The Spirit Realm, home to millions of spirits from all of time and space. The Green Spiral that formed the sky that surrounded the many floating islands and doors glowed a dark green. Sailing across the sky, on a magic powered bike, were two ponies, a mare and stallion, dressed in punk clothing. Behind them was an army of police spirits led by Walker.

“You ain’t gettin’ away from me, punks!”

“In your dreams old stallion!” The mare shouted, earning a glare from the ghostly warden. “Step on it Lucky!” The stallion driving the bike, now known as Lucky, used some more magic to power the bike. The large number 13 on the side glowed brightly as the bike sped up.

Ahead of the group, the huge Spirit Portal was starting to close. Lucky’s eyes narrowed, an idea forming in his head. Kitty caught on. “Lucky, no. Don’t use it!”

“We won’t make it if I don’t!”

“We’ll make it!” Kitty tried to argue as Lucky lifted up his hoof, a gold and green bracelet was wrapped around it.

“I ain’t taking that chance, Kitty.” The bracelet lit green, and a sense of dread filled the two riders. A shadow launched from Lucky, gunning it for the portal. The shadow latched itself onto the edges of the portal, trying to keep it open.

The couple were halfway through the portal when the shadow let go. Lucky made it through, but Kitty was not so fortunate. The portal closed around her, forcing her to fall off the bike. Lucky quickly stopped and turned to face her.

“Kitty!” The mare’s spectral form started to blur and fizzle, her face quenching in pain. “I’m so sorry!”

“L… Lucky, please.” Kitty turned to see the guards coming closer. “I’ll… be okay. Just, please… don’t forget me.” Her form disappeared back into the realm, becoming one with the green sky.

“Kitty, no!” Lucky collapsed to the ground, tears forming in his eyes. The portal fully closed, leaving the poor stallion alone with his shadow. Something soft landed around his neck. He removed it, and when he looked, there was Kitty’s scarf. “Kitty.” A determined look crossed his face as he clenched the scarf in his hooves. “I’ll get you back. I promise.”

Star Phantom in:

13

Feeling Lucky, Punk?

The City of Manehatten. One of the largest cities in Equestria. The streets were jam packed with ponies and carts going to and fro as pegasi filled the skies. One of the ponies on the ground was none other than StarShine Apple. Star looked in wonder at the sprawling metropolis before him. Skyscrapers that reached the clear blue above him, market carts on every corner, concrete streets, even the angry taxi cart pullers were a bit cool.

Star blinked away his amazement, remembering why he was here. Three days before, Luna showed up and asked for Star’s help. Ponies have been mysteriously disappearing. What the police knew was that it was only mares disappearing, and, from what an eyewitness reported, it was a living shadow that was taking them. Star readily accepted the mission, making sure he wouldn’t be needed for a few days at the farm.

He arrived at the hotel, the amount of fanciness was way beyond his pay grade. Ponies in rich clothing were piling into long carts, the elegantly dressed staff bustled about, carrying massive amounts of luggage to the rooms and carts of their guests.

Star walked up to the front desk, where a stallion in a tuxedo stood behind. The stallion raised an eyebrow at the simple pony in front of him, which made Star feel all the more out of place. “May I help you, sir?”

“Uh, yes. I had a reservation. Under, uh… Star.” The stallion pulled out a large book, opening up a whole mess of pages. He scanned them until the name appeared on the list.

“Ah yes.” He grabbed a key from the key box and handed it to Star. “Penthouse suite. Enjoy sir.” Star raised an eyebrow, but accepted the key. He went up the elevator to the top floor and saw the most amazing sight of all time.

A massive hotel room with a panoramic view of the city skyline. Fancy rugs, curtains, and furniture were an added bonus to the room. Star immediately dove onto the bed, sinking into the extremely soft mattress.

“Oh sweet. Thank you, Princess!”

Star enjoyed the accommodations for a few hours, the complimentary room service and sophisticated shower especially. But that came to an end as night came. Star Apple transformed into Star Phantom, and took off into the city.

“Now I know why they call it the ‘City That Never Sleeps.’” Star flew over the brightly lit city. In Ponyville, most, if not all the townsfolk would be asleep. Not here, Manehatten was just as busy as it was during the day. There was only one difference, everypony seemed afraid of their own shadow.

On the ground below, a pink unicorn mare with a black mane was walking down the street, obviously strutting her stuff in view of every stallion in within eyesight of her. What she didn’t realize was that a certain punk stallion was paying special attention to her. Lucky walked up to the mare, the scarf hidden behind his back.

“Excuse me, miss…”

“Not Interested.” The mare tried to walk away, but stopped when the scarf was wrapped around her neck. Her eyes began to slightly glow red. She turned back to Lucky, a seductive smile on her face. “But I can be, Mare Malcriada.”

“A beautiful name for a beautiful mare.” The punk stallion kissed her hoof, making Mare blush. “So, wanna take a ride on my bike?”

“Oh yes, I would love to.” The two walked over to the bike, just as Star flies over head.

The halfa’s ghost sense goes off, making him stop and look around. He looked down to see the two heading off on their motorcycle, followed by an unusual shadow. Unlike a normal shadow, this one seems detached from its owner.

“Okay, strange enough for me.” He fired a ray at the shadow, not expecting much to happen. What he didn’t expect was the shadow to let out a scream and take off into the air away from the “couple”.

The two looked up to see Star going after the shadow, Lucky growled. “Stupid ghost kid.” He muttered before accelerating. This wasn’t missed by Star, he charged toward them, the shadow right behind him. The halfa flew right beside them.

“Pull over punk!”

“Get lost kid!” Lucky shouted as he tried to speed up and avoid the hundreds of carts in the streets. Mare clinged onto the punk stallion for dear life as the bike went at impossible speeds.

“Let me off! This speed is going to ruin my hair!” Mare exclaimed, her high pitch whining made both stallions cringe in annoyance. Star was then tackled by the shadow, his body slamming into the pavement. Carts swerved to avoid him as he left a trench in the street.

All eyes turned to face the half ghost as he skidded to a halt. For once, the city of Manehatten stopped.

Star groaned as he blinked away the spots in his vision. He looked around to see a massive crowd of people surrounding him. They stared at him in awe and fear, most of them didn’t even notice the police officers trying to get through. Star then noticed the few officers that did get through the crowd surround him.

“Hey buddy, nice stunt.” One said. Star flashed a nervous grin, not really knowing how to take the compliment.

“Too bad we gotta take ya downtown, bub.” Another growled. Star’s eyes widened.

“Wait, you can’t!”

“Just watch us, bub!” The officer pulled out his baton and pair of handcuffs, and rushed the halfa. Star simply turned intangible, allowing the officer to simply pass through him. The officers and crowd watched in shock.

“Look, I don’t have time for this. A mare was kidnapped and I need to find her!” Star took off before the officers could do anything else. In moments, he was several blocks away. The police sergeant on the scene activated his radio.

“Attention all units! Suspect on the run!”

Two pegasi patrol officers listened in to the report.

“Be on the lookout for a black and white flying earth pony! Be aware, suspect has the ability to walk through solid objects!”

The two laughed at the report. ‘There’s no way. Think the sarge finally lost it?”

“I think he’s been reading his kids too many ghost stories.”

“Now that’s a laugh. Ghosts don’t exist.” At that moment, a black and white earth pony phased through the wall of a building and turned to fly down the street. The two pegasi continued to fly at a relaxed pace, despite the looks on their faces.

“Uh, did you see that?”

“I think I did, but I wish I didn’t.”

One of them grabbed his radio. “All units! Suspect spotted doing 100 on Main Street!”

Star quickly spotted Lucky on his motorcycle, he could see that Mare was reluctantly clinging onto the biker for dear life. He dove down to street level and quickly caught up to the bike. Lucky’s eyes widened when he saw the halfa.

“You again?!” Their attention was turned when several police pegasi appeared behind them.

“Both of you, pull over!” One shouted into a megaphone.

“Seriously dude? You brought the cops?!” Lucky shouted.

“Hey, I didn’t want them here either!” Star defended before firing a blast at the biker. He ducked and swerved the bike into an alley. Star quickly followed, his hooves burning with ecto energy. The alleyway was dark, and he was forced to stop before he crashed into something he couldn’t see.

The halfa used his ecto energy to bring some light, and, to his shock, the alley was empty. No sign of the biker or the mare. Police lights lit up the alley, as both sides were cut off by officers and their carts.

“Attention ghostly pony! You are surrounded. Surrender immediately!” The chief of police shouted into his megaphone. Star just floated there, completely confused.

“What?” In an instant, his vision was consumed by darkness. In the perspective of the police, the shadows of the alley jumped out and consumed the stallion before they could blink.

The chief growled before turning to his aide. “Contact the GIW, tell them we have spirits in Manehatten.”

Star’s vision slowly returned, the dark blurs faded as the environment became more clear. He wiped his head around to gain a better sense of his location. It was a dark room, tools and motorcycle parts lay everywhere. “A motorcycle shop?” He muttered. His musings were interrupted by a loud scream. His head whipped in the direction he heard it from.

It was a door with a massive chain wrapped around it. He reached over to grab it, only for a hand to shoot from the chain and wrap around his hoof. The chain then grew teeth and growled. Star tried desperately to release his hoof, so the chain obliged him by throwing him into the ceiling. After hitting the roof, Star slammed onto the cement floor.

“Ow.” The chain unwrapped itself and revealed it’s true form, the shadow from before. “Jeez, can you just leave me alone.” Star fired a blast at the shadow, which it easily dodged. He rapidly fired as the shadow flew around the room.

Inside the other room, Lucky was standing over an unconscious Mare, now wearing clothes that matched his Kitty’s. Her body began to glow bright white, and began to transform. Her fur turned pale gray, her mane began to split and turn green. Her body lifts up, and in a flash of light, Mare Malcriada was replaced by Kitty. Her eyes open, and a loving smile forms on her face.

“Lucky.”

“Kitty.” The two embrace and kiss passionately.

“Would you stay still!?” Star fired another blast into a blocked out window. The window shatters, unleashing a ray of light into the room. The shadow was caught in it, screaming as the light touched it. It cringed away from the light, smoke emitting from where it was touched by light.

Star raised an eyebrow, then his eyes widened in realization. He fired several more blasts, breaking the other windows in the room. Rays of light shined into the room, forcing the shadow to dodged them all. “Not enough. Star muttered, then he looked up. Light could be faintly seen through the blockage, a sunroof. He aimed up and fired. The shadow charged at him, claws and teeth sharp. The window exploded, letting in the sunshine. The entire roof was engulfed in light. The shadow screeched and hissed in pain as it disintegrated into dust.

Inside the other room, Kitty screamed in pain as her body began to fade. “L-L-Lucky… I don’t… feel so good.”

“Kitty! It’ll be okay. I got you! Hold on!” Lucky kneeled down next to Kitty, and tried to work his magic. When nothing happened, he began to panic. “No. No no no no no! Kitty! I’m so sorry!”

“Lucky, it’s okay. I love you.” Kitty’s image faded, leaving a still unconscious Mare in her place.

“Kitty. Please. No.” Lucky roared in anger and turned toward the door. A second later, Star phased through the door.

“Times up, punk.” Star said, pulling out the thermos.

“You. You destroyed my shadow, ruined my powers. I’ll destroy you!” Lucky charged at the halfa, who simply pointed the thermos forward and pressed the button. The biker was instantly sucked into the small device, and trapped once the lid was closed. Star sighed, then checked on Mare Malcriada. She was okay, just exhausted from whatever was done to her. Star looked at the thermos with a look of pity. When the shadow was destroyed, he was able to hear inside. When he would get back to Ponyville, he had something to arrange.

Lucky opened his eyes slowly. He looked around to see that he was back in the Spirit Realm. He groaned, thinking about how he failed. “I’m so sorry Kitty. I should’ve tried harder.”

“Well don’t try too hard.” Lucky’s eyes widened and shifted over to the source of that voice. There was Kitty, sitting on his bike. A sly look on her face.

“Kitty!” He rushes up to his girl, and the two embrace. “Where? How?” Kitty just smiled, and got on the bike.

“Ask questions later. Let’s ride.” Lucky smiled, and got on the bike. Kitty wrapped her hooves around his waist as the bike started up. The crazy couple sped off into the Realm, unaware of Star watching them with a small smile on his face.

“Have fun, you two.” With that done, he flew off through the Portal, heading back home for a good night’s rest.