Shadow of a Nightmare

Shadow of a Nightmare

CHAPTER 4- A Sword Story

{Rated M for Language and Mature content}

My eyes felt heavy, but a light slowly started to blind me. As I opened my eyes, my hoof shot up to block them. The light was Celestia’s sun, and it was shining through the window.

What happened last night?

My mind started to wonder, and then the moments before I awoke, wondered into my mind. I was hitting on Shadow, and she hit me… Wow she could punch. I started to work my jaw, only to find pain.

Looking around was the next thing on my list. That and get wasted. However, the easier of the two was first. Starting with the bed I was laying on, I hopped up and down. It was very nice and comfortable. It reminded me of the hospital bed that I use to sleep in... What painful memories. Next was the window itself. It was small and square, and a tree was blocking me from seeing anything. After that was the floor, roof, and walls. All made of wood, and all the same shade of brown. Then I noticed my sword in the corner.

Well its morning… Better get up and start the day!

I slowly stood up, and then stopped. My chest was not hurting. I ran my hoof down it only to find the stitching… nothing else. My scar was gone. Somehow it healed over night, that or it was many days later. My stitching had to go, even if Plasma didn’t approve. Thinking quickly, I walked over to my sword and pressed the stitches against the sharp blade. Luckily I didn’t cut myself. Now for the fun part… Unstitching the stitches.

ABOUT FUCKEN TIME!

I beamed in pleasure at the string on the floor. It took over ten minutes getting the thing out, and now I was overjoyed. Then I snapped back to reality, or… the reality that I awoken in. It was time to get up and move, but something was tugging at me. Before I left the room, I turned to my sword. It was then I knew was tugging me.

“Something about you…” As I approached, the sword changed color. It was purple before, and now it was green. “You’re…  alive.”

“It is good to see that thy is awake.” I reacted in the only way I knew. I dashed forward and grabbed my sword. Turning around, I soon realized that I was overreacting. It was Luna, her smile still beaming at me. “Good reaction time, but try not to… blast these new sayings… jump the bucket?”

“Jump the gun.” I corrected her. “Um… what day is it anyways?”

“Tomorrow.”  She joked. “So thee knows about the sword.”

“Very funny, now I have some questions about this sword.” I asked.

“Give it a name, and I’ll tell thee about it.”

“A name?” I was dumbfounded, but started to think. What name was I going to give…? I had no idea. Looking through my memory was the only thing left to do. My brother’s name was one idea. My old name was another. A name of someone I knew, or something funny. I started to look back to the time I learned Japanese. It was a hard language to write, but easy to speak. “Twin Kootetsu, it stands for steel.”

“I know that, I have thy memories.” She smiled. “Twin steel… or Twin Kootetsu… that is a good name.” The sword flashed pink. “She is happy about that name.”

“So it’s a she…” I smiled. “Luna… can I ask a question?”

“Thee just did.”

“Funny, but I need to know this. How did your entire soldier force, get to looking like they do now?

“Magic.” She replied, but her stomach started to growl. “Breakfast?”

“Lead the way.” I stated, before I grabbed Kootetsu and strapped her to my back.

As we walked down the hall, I soon realized what time it was. Six in the morning…. This was never a time I awoke at. I normally got out of bed around nine. “So… What do you think we should get?”

“Dinner leftovers.” I was shocked at her answer. If you think of a princess, you normally think of gourmet food. “If that is not to thy liking then…”

“No, it’s ok… I was only taken back at your answer.” My face was easy to read, and I knew it. “So what was for dinner last night?”

“This morning.” She corrected me. “We will be eating, like everypony else, leftovers. What we will be eating is unknown.”

“I see…” Life was going to be strange. Did I hate it? Hell no, this life was better than death. “So you used magic to make your ponies, super ponies.”

“If well trained, then yes.” She replied.

“What if you did that to me, knowing that I was originally human, I mean… would it even work?”

“Yes, but for thee… the effects would be unknown.” She replied. “Best not to try.”

“So tell me about Kootetsu.” I asked.

“She is a magical sword, that gets stronger as thee uses her.”

“So when I was fighting that Fire Elemental…”

“She now will use water magic, when you are fighting fire enemys.” As she said this, we rounded on the door to the Mess-Hall. I opened it for her. “Thanks.” As we entered the Mess Hall, we were hit by an explosion of chattering. Everypony was other having fun, or eating and drinking. “Morning!” Luna blurted out.

“Morning!!!” They all blurted back. “Princess!!!” I was taken back. The moral was practically overflowing. Hell even Luna was ‘overjoyed’.

“Now Everypony, This is Nightmare! He is the One That Crippled the Fire Elemental and Killed the Cyclopes!” Luna continued. The Mess Hall cheered once more. “One More Thing... Celestia is on her way…” Her voice slowly died as she spoke. So did the Mess Hall.

“Fuck…” One of the ponies said.

You have to be fucking me… these ponies are like the fuckers back home! What fun…

“Luna, are all your men jolly jackasses…?” I asked, in a whisper.

“When it comes to my sister… yes.” She replied. Her stomach growled again.

“Time to eat!” I stated happily. She nodded and we headed to the food station.

For the next twenty minutes, Luna and I ate oatmeal. It was rather flavorful and tasted like bananas. We also made small talk, and shared some jokes. She... more than me, and that is only because she knew ever thing I knew. Then something popped into my mind. “You know all about me, why not talk about yourself.” I said this without thinking.

“That is… a good idea.” Luna replied, after a moment of silents. “Then again, from the show, you know about me.”

“Still, all I know is the banishment part.” I pointed out. Then she started talking. Talking and talking... It was easy to fallow, but there was a lot of it. I learned about her, her family, and her, by mistake I should add, what she liked in a stallion. She soon realized her mistake. For a moment I was compared myself to the list that she game me. I only matched three of the twenty or so qualities.

“I am sorry thee learned about that…” She said, letting her head droop.

“Why are you sorry?” I asked. “That is nothing to be sad about. In fact, you should be happy.”

“Princess Luna.” Both Luna and I jumped, and turned to see it was a guard. “Celestia is only five minutes away.”

“Crap…” Luna said. This made the guard chuckle. “I thank thee for this information… Nightmare let’s go outside and greet her.”

I have a bad feeling about this...

Luna and I stood outside, as we watched the sky. It was hard to see, but there was a small black dot approaching. Both Luna and I stood still, only the surrounding made noise. It was easy to tell that Luna still… I was unable to continue this thought, because Celestia’s golden chariot landed.

“Sister, it is good to see you.” Luna started. “This is Nightmare.” I gulp.

“It is nice to see you Luna.” She turned to me. “And you Nightmare… It is nice to finally see you too.” She turned back to Luna. “Is that an Elemental Sword?! Why did you give it to him?” My sword flashed black, at Celestia’s tone.

“Sister, Let us talk inside.” She pleased. “Thee is making a scene…”

Authors note-

Sorry about his chapter not being up as fast as the others. My attention has been taken over by the “Fallout Equestria” story. Other then that I hope you enjoyed, but I do have some bad knew. My internet is going to be down and I… I don’t know when it will be up so… enjoy this and the next chapter will be up, when my internet come up.