The Shadow Chronicles: Nightmare Reborn

Dark Wing pounded his hooves against the cold-damp stone walls of the prison cell he was in. His chains clattered against the stone floors giving anypony nearby a headache.

"Shut up in there!" yelled the prison guard from inside the warm guard house. Dark Wing stopped realizing his efforts are useless. At the other end of the hallway, and up the stairs a door creaked open. The muffled sounds of hoof steps carried down the stair case.

"Open the cell door on block forty nine." said a guard from inside the guard house. Another guard came out levitating keys in an orange glow. The keys locked in and creaked, signaling the door was opening. The air stood still and not a single word was uttered.

Dark Wing could hear the pony's breathing, as if it were down his back. Dark Wing felt a hoof on his shoulder blade.

"What do you want princess?" Dark Wing asked while gritting his teeth.

"Dark Wing I'm honestly sorry for what me and my sister inflicted upon you. Will you accept my apology?"
Dark Wing laughed and then sighed before giving his response.

"You really think that I'm going to accept that just because you asked. Well then you have another thing coming, and if you two were really sorry I'd be out of these cuffs and you're sister would be here to, now wouldn't she?!"
Celestia seemed appalled, but kept her regal form. "I understand." She put fourth.

"And what is it that you're sorry for, Huh?"
Celestia didn't respond and hung her head.

"Exactly, you don't have a single clue, you're not sorry. You just know that you did something wrong and don't want to deal with the guilt trip now do you?"

Celestia's horn glowed the magnificent yellow she adorned. The cuffs unhooked and Dark Wing landed on the ground.

"You're right I cant, so I'm preparing to make it up to you. Will you please come with me and my sister to the cobra kingdom?" She asked with a glum looking face.

"What makes you think that I should help you two out?"

"Just an offer, you don't have to accept it. But if you decide to, meet us at the gardens." she asked with a hopeful smile this time.

"Other than that you are free to go." Dark Wing looked out the cell door after brushing past the solar princess. He walked out and never looked back.

Dark Wing stepped out side to the warm air wrapping his cold and bruised body. He took in a breath letting the smell of morning flowers enter his nostrils. He walked further and further and before you know it he was in Canterlot's finer part of town. The smells, bread fresh coming out of the oven, flowers being sold, and detergent swarmed the air making it almost unbearable. Dark Wing continued on. He kept getting strange looks from by passers. His left eye was basically sealed tight and started to cake over with a dark scab. The same for his cheek, he looked like a bandit. Dark Wing glared at all the ponies who stared at him, so he didn't notice himself run right into the back end of a pony.

"Hey watch where you're going-" started a cyan mare.

"Oh my what happened to you're face dear?" A white unicorn mare asked with pity draining from her sweet voice.

Dark Wing stood there and didn't say a word. He knew who they were, but they didn't know him.

"Hey buddy you gunna answer?" The cyan mare questioned and folded her hooves while hovering in the air. Dark Wing shook his head. "No, sorry. My name is Dark Wing."

"Dark Wing?" A lavender unicorn asked popping her head up out of a basket. The unicorn turned looking Dark Wing strait in the eye, while her's seemed to be on fire. "How dare you assault the-" The all familiar raven swooped down and landed on Dark Wing's back.

"Easy my dear miss Sparkle, you have this all wrong."

"How so?!" she asked not even realizing the raven just spoke.

"Well my good friend here Dark Wing was tortured by your Princesses, for a crime he didn't even commit. So if you wanna get angry, you should really be angry at your teacher and her dearest sister."

"Hey I don't know who you are but you better watch it when you talk lies about the princesses!" exclaimed Rainbow dash.

"Ah yes Rainbow dash, element of loyalty. I was wondering when you'd pipe into this most creative argument. So if I was truly lying, how come miss Applejack hasn't caught on yet? Mm."

"I uhh- I dun no."

"That's what I thought so please cram it."

"What do you want Shadow?" Twilight said glaring at the smiling raven.

"My name isn't Shadow miss Sparkle. I am merely his servant. Any how's I must be on my way, Dark Wing You rest up and come to the gardens tomorrow and I will see you all tomorrow as well." The raven did a bow and took off into the air.

All the girls huffed off leaving Dark Wing alone. He shrugged and took off himself heading towards his home. The air stood still for his unusual trip home. But soon enough he made it to Cloudsdale and landed out side his home. He lifted a small piece of a cloud and revealed a key. He took it and opened his door. Inside pictures of his family hung across the walls. He came to a stop in front of his mother's picture and placed a hoof on it. "Don't worry I'll find you one day mom, I swear to it." He said thinking aloud. He continued his journey up the stairs and into his room. He threw himself on top of the bed, making a poof sound as he made contact. He fell almost immediately into a deep sleep.

Later that night Luna stood over her balcony and looked over her moon and then to cloudsdale. A scroll pooped up at Luna's face and she jumped back a bit. She levitated it and inspected it closely. Upon discovering it was from her sister she opened it.
Dear, Luna

Please come down to the gardens, I wish to speak with you.

Love, your sister Celestia.

Luna craned her neck back.

"That is most odd, Celestia- wait no I'm over thinking this way to much." She rolled the letter back up and placed it down on her dark brown mahogany desk and trotted out of her tower.

The raven stood perched on Shadow's stone head and looked over the dark land scape. The raven saw Luna coming out of the castle and heading this way. He swooped down to the grassy feild and morphed into Celestia.

"Luna over here." The raven shouted to Luna. Luna quickly teleported right infront of the imposter.

"You wanted to speak sister?"

"Yes, I do belive its about time we let Shadow free, dont you think?" Luna looked at Celestia with a puzzled look.

"Alright." she said with uncertainty. Luna's horn glowed blue and as well did Shadow's stone encased body.

"Luna NO!" came a shout across the garden and so did a yellow bolt of magic zoomed by and nailed the fake Celestia in the head. Luna stopped her spell and looked at the twitching body that kept changing forms at a very fast pace. She looked back at the pony who had shouted across the garden. Celestia stood there and clearly was angry. She marched right pass Luna. Her horn glowed with a bright yellow and picked up Shadow's statue.

"No sister stop!" Shouted Luna. Celestia dropped the statue back on the pedistal.

"Shadow why wont you get that you're better off inside there than any where else. No pony will accept you! To me your just a freak of nature that has no place in this world!" She fell to the ground and sobbed. Luna ran to her side and consouled Celestia.