The Shadow Bolts: Glory to Luna!

Before we begin let me say that this is not a copy or plagiarism of Brambleberry’s Story of a Similar Subject This Story is set in a different time with different characters. So play nice in the Comments...........or The Shadow Bolt Legion will have a new List of Assassination’s to complete. Also I don't want any of this Luna/Celestia faction crap to be spammed here!

As She read the Transfer request Princess Luna felt something strange gnawing at the back of her skull that for some reason made her want to read the Document, which one of her assistant's would have normally handled, but she had an inner urge to read this unorthodox letter.

Royal Equestrian Armed Forces Transfer Request

Date of Request: November 12, 1002

Date of Acceptance: November 16, 1002

Name: Strike, Thunder

Height: 6, 8

Age: 25

Sex: Male Stallion

Rank: Lieutenant General Grade 8

Former Position of Duty:

Royal Equestrian Defense Force

Lieutenant General Thunder strike was in charge of Operations at The Experimental Changeling Weapons Development

Facility. He oversaw Day to Day operations there until he suffered an injury inflicted by one of the Changeling prisoners.

Rendering His Left eye blind and his face scarred. He was removed from his duties here after he was caught trying to exact revenge on the Changeling prisoner that cost him his eye.

Reassignment:

The Lieutenant General has requested to be part of the Royal Guard Force. His psych exam shows that he is extremely loyal to his superiors and would follow any orders given to him. He has also passed the entrance test and is overly qualified for this posting, and normally this request would have been rejected due to his previous "incident" but it was approved by a Higher Level Exec by the Codename of Sunburst.

Sunburst has stated that Lieutenant General Thunder Strike is to be promoted to Full General and shall be in charge of Luna's personal Security Force. He is under no circumstances to have any role in Celestia's Protection.

Sunburst has also stated that General Thunder Strike shall be allowed to choose three colonels to help him in his daily duties. He will have all of Luna's guards at his disposal and he will be given a spending budget to be assigned by Operative:

Stratos at a future date.

Received by: Operative: Phantasm

Approved by: Exec: Sunburst

Reviewed by: Operative: Sandstorm

As she read the document for the third time her mind went racing with thoughts. Who is Exec: Sunburst and why did they let this "Mad Pony" be our head of Security, When did everyone become so secretive, and Who was This Thunder Strike and where did his loyalties lie?

As these thoughts raced around she knew that her sister had something to do with this.

Soon she would get these answers and more from Tia at dinner tonight.

Lieutenant General Thunder Strike stepped off of the royal train that brought him to the wonderful city of Canterlot which would be his new home for as long as his assignment lasted. It was past sunset so no one was at the station except the ticket sales pony. He noticed he was the only passenger getting off at this station and when he saw the trio of shady looking ponies he instantly knew why he was the only one.

One of the Trio gave a simple wave of the hoof to the train and it sped off to its next stop. He slowly approached the trio noting that each was a Unicorn in a black suit and tie with some agent styled glasses obscuring their faces. The one who waved the train off simply said "That's far enough Mr. Strike".  Thunder strike stopped his advance and stared nervously at the strange trio all the while thinking to himself "Is this it am I going to the Dungeon, or am I being taken somewhere where I’ll never see the light of day again?" The Pony on the far right asked "Do you know why you have been transferred here Mr. Strike?" Thunder gave a Simple "Yes I'm here to serve as head of security for Princess Luna". The right pony threw him a packet of dossiers. "This is Princess Luna Study up a little bit before you meet her". Then the center pony finally spoke up and said "You have been given a second chance Mr. Strike and there are those who want to see you fail, but we are here to see you are successful in protecting Luna from any threats that present themselves". " If it proves we are wrong then we shall see to it that you will have never existed and no one will remember you or anything you've done for Equestria".The Left pony said as the trio turned away "We will be watching you Mr. Strike make sure not to disappoint us." All Thunder could muster was a "Who are you ponies?" The Center one Turned and answered "We are part of the Circle" Then Turned and Walked away into the night disappearing in to the shadows of the castle grounds.

He picked up the dossier and thought to himself this would be more than a simple assignment he would be protecting a princess one of two rulers of Equestria, and this mysterious "Circle" would be watching every move he made. He thought to himself "What have I gotten myself into?"

Luna walked to the main dining chamber of the castle after her duty of raising the moon was done. So those sun loving pony folk could sleep through her wonderful night! It infuriated her sometimes that no one was ever around to enjoy the night with her or even stay awake long enough to enjoy it. Her Older sister Celestia "Tia" for short was the co-ruler of Equestria and she raised the sun and lowered it each day. Luna sometimes had strange thoughts in the back off her mind that everyone hated her night because the day was so wonderful! Sometimes she was able to push these thought out of her head, but tonight with all that was going on she couldn't help but expand her feeling of sadness to that of envy which turned back to nothingness as she used her magic to open the giant ornamented dining chamber doors. "Hello Luna how did you sleep today?" "As good as any other night sister" Luna said this with slight bite directed towards her sister. "Is there something bothering you sister, you can tell me anything that's on your mind." "Well Sister we would appreciate if somepony would tell me when I was going to get a new Head of Security especially one with a history." "Oh I'm sorry about that Luna but it was in your best interest and I didn't think you would mind." As Luna sat down she noticed Tia had already started on the pastries without even touching any of the salad or fruit. She thought "Would Tia ever stop this appalling addiction to baked sweets within the next 500 years?" "Luna did you hear me?" Surprised she sputtered out "Yes sister and we are fine with your decision" knowing that she hated each word as it left her mouth. The dinner went on without much more conversation except the occasional compliment to the pastry chef. As soon as Luna was finished she excused herself and went to the throne room so she could see to the duties of the night. Tomorrow her new Head of Security would be ready to start work.

As she thought more and more about him she could feel the back of her skull begin to throb again with each throb she swore she could hear someone saying "Soon My Pet we shall have what we want most". She shook off the crazy notion of hearing voices in her head and sent one of her lunar guards to get her a cup of water with some headache medicine. When he returned she took the medicine but it had no effect and the voice simply stated "I am a part of you, there is no cure for me."

As soon as it said this the pain stopped and the voice didn't say another word for the rest of the night. So when she lowered the moon and Celestia raised the sun her duties were done until that night. So she deiced it was time for some sleep. As she passed the corridors leading to her bed chamber she saw the guards walking to their posts for the days and the early starter ponies that wanted to get a jump on their work today passing by. She thought "Why couldn't these same ponies have the same attitude towards her night that they had for Tia's day!" Soon she arrived at her bed chamber she used her almost spent magic to open the huge wooden and gold trimmed door. She closed it behind her and not even a second after the door was closed did she feel the pain at the back of her head explode into a million stampeding stallions. The Voice returned this time with a Sly and demanding tone. "My pet it is time for us to Stretch our wings, you may rest....for now!"

Luna struggled to stay conscious all the while shouting back at the voice. "Get out of my head you vile monster!"

This time the voice increased the pain so much Luna dropped like a potato sack. As she slowly lost consciousness the voice spoke to her one last time."Monster…I’m no Monster I’m just a part of you Luna." Luna pleaded with the voice "Please leave me alone." It said one last thing to her before she lost consciousness. "We aren't leaving so soon pet, we have so many plans for this place just rest now pet we shall handle our business while you do so." The Princess's form changed in a matter of minutes from a light blue mane, a thin young body, beautiful eyes, and a lovely smile to a dark blue mane, fangs, evil eyes, and a sinister smile. The new being stood up and gave an evil cackling that would have brought most stallions to their knees. "Finally I'm Free to conquer this world and its Inhabitants!"

"All shall soon know the Name of the Queen of the night Nightmare Moon!"

I Hope you guys enjoyed the Prologue to the Shadow Bolt series I will be writing. Stay tuned for updates.

Criticism is always accepted.

[Edit] Got rid of Spelling and Grammatical errors [Edit]