The Shadow of a Marine

This is going to be a long night every pony is gathering in the main building in town. Lucky me I just finished my gun might as well bring it I feel a lot safer with one by my side.

Well then it seems every pony is here. Nothing is going to happen is what some ponies are saying. I beg to differ I sense a strong magic behind the curtains on the balcony. Something big is behind there.

Well look who it is the new pony might as well say hi. "Hey I'm Shadow I haven't had the pleasure of meeting you yet." I said.

She replied with, "Who me?"

"Yeah you. You are the new pony right? I just thought I might say hi and hope to get a little lucky tonight," I said while trying to crack a small joke.

She said with a little bit of a blush, "Well my name is Twilight Sparkles nice to meet you Shadow."

I said, "I may have been a little to blunt with my last joke but I do find you cuter than most ponies I have met."

She blushed a little more, "Oh stop that."

"As you wish how about we sit together of," I said but was cut off by a maniacal laugh. Oh god not again. I turned around not being able to finish and prepared for the worst. What I saw was a large pony that looked exactly like the night sky. I knew something was wrong from the moment I saw her.

I felt the blast coming before it was fired and I threw myself into it. I caught it just before it hit Twilight. It seared away the covering of my leg. I then rolled and returned fire with the same blast. It missed and hit the wall and it didn't explode which was nice for me.

Fuck my leg hurts. I then stood directly in front of Twilight, drew my gun and prepared to fire before that damn pony vanished. Never caught her name I was too busy going unconscious from the pain the last thing I heard before blacking out was from Twilight and she said, "We need to go rescue Celestia!"

I regained consciousness and I decided I needed to help. Since it seemed it was still night and I had been out for a full five hours.

I got suited up and trotted to the forest. I hate forests. I went through and found some weird things not much of notice. I came to the ruins of a castle. I guess they went in there. I kicked open the doors and trotted in. Upon looking around I noticed five shapes that looked to be tied up and a sixth that looked to be unconscious.

I got a little bit closer and was surprised to see Twilight laying on the floor out cold. I reached into my pack and grabbed an incense stick and light it. I stuck it right under her nose. Thankfully I grabbed the right one. She woke right up she was about to speak and I signaled to be quiet and I set to work on waking the rest up.

After that was done I started to head for the stairs when one of them said, "Thank you."

"No need. It seemed like you needed help." I replied. Only four of them knew my voice at that moment. The other two I didn’t know about.

Twilight then said, "Shadow I may need your help do you mind being bait?"

I laughed and said, "Sure what do you need me to do?"