Present

Shadowfall woke up from his sleep and got up and walked to the mouth of the cave to find three sleeping fillies and a burned out fire with the sun light peeking into the cave. He turned around and headed past the graves of his family and walked to the back of the cave where it came to a dead end. He approached the wall and put his paw on it while it emitted a red glow it soon turned green and the wall would move aside to reveal a room behind the wall. As he walked in the door would close behind him and the lights would turn on. He walked past the variety of equipment the laid scatter across the tables that littered the room. He came to a stop in front of another door.

"Access code C-7 0 0 4 2 6 6 G F F H Z A W, Omega Theta." Shadow said to the door as a ding was soon heard after.

"Access granted." a voice sounded off.

As the plates slide aside to reveal an armor set with scratches dents and scorch marks all over it. He picked up the helmet and pressed the button on the side making the visor close to find a crack on the visor as a memory flashed before him.

Obsidian Sea, six months before arrival

He stood there with his armor the visor covering his expression. He pressed the button on his helmet making the visor retract as this was it, the end game. Everything would come down to this. He stood on the platform of what was left of the base he created for the assault on the Volcanic Citadel. He could hear the army approaching and pressed the button on the side of his helmet making the visor cover his face. He readied his weapons and heard them all charge at him as he too charged as well and that's when the true battle started.

Present

He took a slow breath in and out before putting the helmet back and started to grab the other parts of his armor. Putting on his shoulder pads and noticed a light come to life on his shoulder watching as blue hexagons started to go down his foreleg as the rest of the armor would form itself. He went to a platform were mechanical arms put the chest plates on him. He remembered the speech he had given to the troops that wanted to fight against the Remnants and demons that plagued the land. As he got prepared he would here the speech in his head. Then with it the oath he swore to. As he spoke the oath with the speech he readied his weapons.

"From dust to dusk, from the ashes of the dawn. We keep life, but take it if we must, but not be given to fair punishment as we are the justice that justifies actions that can not be put into words. For we are the Demons, the angels, the heroes, and the villain's redemption and our deeds. The deeds done can be undone, but misdeeds can never be." He spoke as he placed the wrist blade on and activated it. As he continued.

"From the day of our deaths, till the day of life is resented, and the gods need not for us. We server only ourselves and what we serve is our self decisions to us and us alone." He said putting to final pieces of armor on.

"But until death be my end, till life guide me back to my grave, till the gods call for my corpse, till they walk me throw the storms of hellfire let my soul be my own and my own be my soul for it is my life as for it is incontrollable, unsustainable, unhindered, unnatural, and unbounded by laws of life freedom and death. This is my oath, my creation, my wish, and my request, as for I am the Sword; I am the shield, and I am the shadow that watches over the light." He finished as he went to the helmet and picked it up and spoke his final words. "and until death do us part our love shall flourish forever and let you not be thy evil nor by thy death: for I will follow where ever you lead me." He said putting on the helmet and the helmet began to glow and the lights on the armor glowed a blood red as the armor activated.

He then walked over to a tube where he saw a figure float in it as cables were hooked up to it.

"You will survive I will never leave you, not again. You saved me and now, it's my turn to save you." He said as he made his way to the door. as the lights turned off and the door closed.

??? P.O.V

I woke up my eyes fluttering open to see I was in a dark room. I was floating in a tube. Why could I not feel my legs. I looked at myself and saw something that horrified me as I let out a scream, but it made no sound as I was in some kind of liquid. After my little panic attack I noticed that my bottom half was missing. I looked behind me and saw I only had on of my wings. The other one was twisted at an odd angle. My Back legs had gotten light scorch marks at the base of where her legs used to be. My mind was racing with a million question. Where was I? Who am I? Why am I here? What happened to me? and a lot more questions that I would think of. I brought my only work appendage to my face and noticed that was what looked like a metal Skeleton paw, my paw. I flexed it and my claws extended and then retracted. As I brought my foreleg back in front of me I looked around and actually began to get scared.

"Where am I?" I said as the water or whatever I was In muffled my voice.

Shadowfall exited the facility and went to the grave with the helmet and pulled something from the back of the helmet. It was a chip of sorts. He plugged it in the back of his helmet. He saw data being stored in his helmet. He went to the mouth of the cave and found a group of ponies and the three fillies from last night he hid behind the rocks and listened in on their conversation.

"I have it hard to believe that a dragon saved ya'll from them Timberwolves." The tall orange pony said as it scolded the yellow one.

"But Apple Jack we ain't lien, it's true. A dragon did save us." the yellow one said to the bigger one known as Apple Jack.

"He was probably saving you kids for a morning snack." a blue flying horse said as she looked down at them.

"Rainbow Dash is right girls. This dragon probably saved you guys just to only eat you. They are carnivorous." the purple one said as it had a horn and wings, Which confused Shadowfall.

'Maybe they are just a rare breed'. Shadow thought to himself.

The one called Rainbow Dash then spoke again.

"If this dragon saved you guys then where is he?" she asked so he went to the back of the cave and jumped to the ceiling and hung there using the armor on his wings to make him seem invisible, but it was just his armor that made his see through. He covered himself with his wings as he could not see anything which was good. He soon pushed a button on his wrist and the armored webbing on his wings would soon allow him to see what is going on outside of his makeshift hiding spot. As he watched the Fillies and the mares walk to where his graves were of his families.

"He was right here when we went to sleep. We swear." The white filly said as the three's gazes went down.

The blue one known as Rainbow Dash went over to the helmet and picked it up and looked at it trying to as if the answer was in or on the helmet.

"This is just a piece of junk." she said as she threw it behind her. That was one of her biggest mistakes as it made Shadowfall snap and reveal himself as he dived bombed Rainbow Dash to the ground growling right up in her face. Only to throw her up against a wall, but not too hard though so not to hurt her only daze her.

Everypony in the room gasped at the sight of him. His helmet had formed itself and he walked over to the helmet and put it back on it's make shift pedestal. As he finished he snapped back around and grabbed the winged pony by her wing and immediately slammed her into the ground again. The glowing blood red metal wing's webbing on his right wing began to pulse rapidly. As his fury grew exponentially.

"I aught SNAP your neck here and now for what you just did." Shadowfall said as he snarled in her face.

He felt something hit him and turned to see that it was the purple one. He punched her in the gut making her yelp in pain before throwing her to just in front of the rest of their friends.

"IF ANY OF YOU DISRESPECT THIS PLACE AGAIN I WILL HAVE YOU GUTS DECORATING MY WALLS!" Shadow screamed at them.

He started to step forwards towards them until three fillies jumped in front of him.

"NO!"

"STOP!" The three fillies said which made Shadowfall stop in his tracks.

"Please don't hurt them they didn't know." The white one said.

"That doesn't matter you don't go into people's caves and touch everything." he said with murderous intent in his voice and eyes.

"Yeah, how they supposed ta know that ya live here if ya never been with anypony before?" The yellow one said stepping closer to him.

"I am sure if they knew what those were they would have left them alone." the orange one said getting closer to him as she laid a hoof on his metal foreleg which made him pause and a memory struck him.

Warfang, during the Dark Master's rule

"You need to rest." A dragoness said as she put her paw on Shadowfall pushing him down.

"No, I won't I have been through worse." Shadow said trying to get past her.

"Does getting stabbed by a claymore to the chest count as normal to you?" She asked with a deadpanned expression.

"It's more of an occasional thing." Shadow said as she finally let him go and allowed him to sit up while he let out a grunt of irritation more than pain.

"Well I better go put this in the record." She said, but when she looked at him she saw the rage building in his eyes as he starred at the makeshift bed he sat on. She put her paw on his foreleg and nuzzled him which made him snap out of his enraged state. He looked down at her as he noticed she was hugging him. She had a white scales with a black underbelly with emerald eyes. He called her Oreo for reasons, but he never knew her real name only that she preferred being called that.

"I know what your thinking." she whispered to him making him feel guilty, but he was hiding it. "My only question is why?" she asked him as they sat there she hugging him.

"Oreo...I..I.." Shadow Stuttered he couldn't bring himself to say it and she could feel it.

"You what Shadow? What is it?" she asked her emerald eyes meeting his glowing red slited pupils.

"I..I love you." He said as she just smiled.

"We have been together for almost three years and it took you that long to say it?" she said letting out a light chuckle.

"I have I just can't...." He was cut off by her kissing him.

Present

He soon snapped out of it his wing pulsing normally as it was. He was still in the cave. The orange filly still had her forehoof on him as he sat down. He soon came back to it and spoke in his usual strict tone.

"I will let it slide just this once, BUT if it happens again know this my mercy will be out the window fast than you can break the sound barrier 15 times over. Got it?" Shadow said with gritted teeth. They all nodded their heads in agreement except of course the one called Rainbow Dash which is currently unconscious.

"Well then now that that is out of the way mind tellin' us your name sugar cube, because I don't wanna just keep calling ya dragon." The Orange pony asked.

He grumbled in irritation before he thought of something.

"I will only if you tell me yours." He said with defiance. That's when he noticed the purple one speak up and walk forward.

"Well my name is Twilight Sparkle and these are my friends Apple Jack," She said gesturing to the Orange pony with the hat on her head. "This is Rainbow Dash," which was the unconscious one on the rocky hard floor. "Then there is Rarity, Fluttershy, and...." She paused when she noticed that one of them was missing. "Where is Pinkie Pie?" she asked in question looking around.

"Twi, I may know the answer to that?" the yellow filly said. "She said something about a new creature coming to ponyville soon or something like that and something about exposition, plot, and character development. Whatever that means?" The yellow filly said in confusion.

"Well when you meet Pinkie Pie, Sugar Cube, whatever weird stuff she does just tell yourself it's just Pinkie being Pinkie. It will save you the headaches." Apple Jack said.

"Now I do believe you owe us a name darling." The white one called Rarity said.

Shadow reached up for his helmet and undid the clamps that kept it attached to his armor and took it off revealing his face to everyone which made all of them gasp except the CMC. His face had many scares and his eyes were a blood red that gave off a soft glow as he spoke.

"My name is Shadowfall."

Author's Note

READ PLEASE THIS FIRST PART IT BE IMPORTANT

If it was not obvious how hard I worked on this Chap This took a lot of brain power because of how I wanted the main six to meet Shadowfall I thought this was the best option to do, but that option came with a price. My brain cells are on empty. SO I am putting this story on hold not because I am thinking of the story its because that this chap took a lot of my brain power and I am going to think how to move on from here so I am not one of the authors that just leave it on hold and never touches it again. I will come back so this is on hold will last up to about 3-5 days at most I will be making chapters

Again don't worry this story is not on hold because I am tired of it and want people to think I am thinking on it when I am really not. I am just trying to find where all my brain cells went. I really got to buy a jar for those. The day for my next Chapter release will be on 9/5 - 9/7/2020. What you thought I was going to say something like 2022. pft no thats when my Animation project trailer comes out ha such bafoons. Wait...I said that last part out loud. Uh oh...

This chap was supposed to be longer than what is is the plan was for it to be 5-8k words at most the least was 4k words. But due to some of it revealing too much....Information I removed it for story telling reasons.

This is I will only say this. This chap is important in ways that will not be on the surface. As my friend who also likes to make up stories once said clears throat

"At times to tell a good story you must leave holes in a plot so that they can be filled in by those who pick up the shovel and do the digging to find the true details that were the buried treasure beneath all of the simple details of the dirt and grass."

He sucked at saying stuff like this, but it makes sense when you think about it really hard. Like I mean really hard. Also he is an idiot

FYI i did this while writing an essay for Hamlet. and yes I am that amazing. LOL I am just saying that so you think I am.