The Shadow Chronicles: Nightmare Reborn

Twilight stood in her humble library cleaning and organizing her books. There was an unexpected knock at the front door. Twilight looked at the door. It was late at night and library hours were over, but she still proceeded to the door. Opening it she was surprised no one was there. However what she didn’t notice was a shadow moving underneath her hooves. Twilight closed the door and turned around and hit her muzzle on some pony’s chest. She jumped back on her butt and gasped. She stared into the eyes of Shadow himself. Her mouth hung agape.

“Shadow, How did you-” Twilight started.

“Not now miss Sparkle, You have so much to learn.” Shadow said looking at the vast amounts of books. He picked out a couple of books from the shelves and set them down on the small table in the center of the room.

“What is it that I must learn Shadow? What could you possibly teach me?”

“Miss Sparkle for the little time that I’ve known you I’ve never met someone so accepting. So I ask in kind, please put all and everything behind us so I may teach you.”

“What is it that we’re learning then?”

“History.”

“History? Just what history?”

“Has Celestia talked about the War of Bordeaux?”

“I don’t believe so.”

“Great we’ll get started.”
Shadow touched the center tome with alicorn magic. Soon the whole room was filled with a blinding light.

Twilight felt dazed, and very dizzy. She looked around and saw Shadow, well it wasn’t Shadow but was him. Gaining more of her vision back Twilight saw she was out in an open field, that was on the outskirts of the everfree forest. She looked at Shadow, who stood there adorned in black armor. His crimson cape blew in the wind. But he stared into the dark of the everfree. Soon there was yelling, yelling from fillies. On moments notice three young alicorns tumbled out of the everfree. They looked around but their gaze landed on Shadow.

The three alicorns continued their stare at the black alicorn. Then there was rustling in the bushes and out came a pearly white alicorn. He wore a red cape signifying he was royalty. His blonde mane draped over his eyes covered in sweat. His blue eyes glared, filled with hatred was aimed directly at Shadow. The three fillies retreated back towards the royal.

“Unbreba how did you get here, I thought you were dead.”

“Death works miracles king Ignis, I see you have run quite a ways only to meet your end.”

“Why have you done this Unbreba? To gain money, to gain power, what?” Ignis said pulling out a golden dagger. The blade glowed red.

“It’s a right cause so to speak.” At the instant black tethers grabbed the king and held him in place. The young alicorns ran off next to Twilight. They huddled together and sobbed. Twilight inspected them individually. One white with pink mane, one midnight blue with baby blue mane, and the other green with black mane.

“Celestia and Luna?” Twilight said quizzically. She looked back at king Ignis, only to see a white alicorn adorned in similar armor to what Shadow was wearing walk out of the forest. She looked at the king and snickered. She moved in a seductive way towards Shadow. She grinded up on his still body.

“Seems that I stole your, kill Unbreba.” She said flashing her eyelashes.

“Somnium. I believe you are being inappropriate.”

“So punish me.” She said with a wink.

“Don’t worry about me inflicting that towards you.” Shadow said leaving Somnium, and walking towards the king Ignis. Shadow unsheathed a black sword. The blade glowed cyan.

“Good bye Ignis.” Shadow said sliding the sword in a slow fashion making it extremely painful. Blood ran down the side of Ignis’ chest. Ignis gagged and coughed, soon he was dead. The black magical tethers blew up into dust, letting Ignis fall to the ground in lump.

Celestia stared at the body, Luna cried, and the green alicorn stood and charged. Celestia watched the green alicorn charge the two adults. Somnium saw this and dissipated from view.

The green alicorn rushed towards Shadow. The young alicorn was a mere foot away from reaching Shadow, then Somnium reappeared slicing the alicorn’s head off from the neck in one quick blow with a black battle axe. Blood spread across the field in a long stretch of line. Somnium smiled and looked at Shadow for approval. But Shadow had the opposite of that.

“You’re sick.” Shadow said brushing past her and taking off into the air. Somnium’s eye twitched and she lay down on the open field. She stared at the decapitated head.

Soon enough Twilight was back in the white filled void. Shadow stood over her this time without any armor on.

“Shadow, I don’t understand.”

“Perfectly understandable miss Sparkle. I show this to you so you may understand why Celestia and even Luna have such a hatred towards me.”

“So is that the only reason why?”

“No. There’s more...”

The world started to appear. Twilight was looking over an edge high up. She backed away immediately. Twilight stood up properly and went back to the edge. From way up the tower she could tell that there was fighting. Red and green streaks of light crossed each other making a spectacular light show. The grey streets was littered with craters, bodies, and smut. Taking in more of the scene Twilight saw grand architecture. Tall towers touching the skies floated off elevated platforms.

“Wow” Twilight said. A green light caught her eye. A giant green ball of fire screeched across the sky. The fireball hit one of the tall towers in the distance. The tower was knocked off and crumbled on itself creating a giant dust bowl that filled the lower part of the city. The light streaks continued through the dust.

“We need to discuss this Unbreba.” Twilight turned around to see Shadow and a Charcoal grey Alicorn walk into the room. The new alicorn seemed to be a commander or someone with a high rank. His cape slid across the smooth stone.

“Obitus, our forces are held up at Stipendium hall and the third Pugna force has been wiped out.” said Somnium landing on the outside deck. She walked into the room looking at the two alicorns.

“Thank you for the update commander, report to general Vindicta for further orders.”

“As your will Obitus.” Somnium said with a deep bow, she took off into the distance where the tower fell.

“Now Unbreba, we must discuss my entitlement to the throne after this war.”

“Obitus, the war is not looking in our favor. We have all major cities throughout Pacem, but there are only three soldiers stationed at each town, and our main force is back here. Yet clearly we are losing this fight.”

“Right you are Unbreba, but I have a trick in my pockets.”

“What trick may that be sir?”

“Exedo.”

“Exedo? You can’t be serious. It’ll kill everything in sight.”

“Yes. But I have struck a deal with him. If he defeats the empire here at Pacem city, he will have free will in the eastern hemisphere of the continent.”

“What of the two sisters?”

“What about them?”

“Nothing. It would be a shame as new high king that you can’t set an example of them by personal execution.”

“I suppose that we find them.”

“No need.” answered a voice coming from behind them. Celestia stood tall and proud wielding a golden spear. Luna glided down and stood next to her sister and unsheathed a golden sword. The sisters prepared them for a spar. Celestia gave a death glare towards Shadow. Luna stared at Obitus with no emotion. A third alicorn landed with a heavy thud behind the two sisters.

“Celestia, Luna, I told you not to take this…” The alicorn stopped and stared at the two rebel alicorn leaders. Shadow saw the alicorn’s hesitation and grabbed him with magic. Shadow choked the leader until he passed out. Once he did, Shadow threw the officer off the edge of the balcony. Celestia charged powering up the spear’s magic and shoved the spear into the stone floor. The floor started to crack until the whole room was cracking up. Then rumbles, the tower began to fall. Obitus tackled Luna and they fell off the side off the building. Celestia grabbed the spear. She swung it hitting Shadow in the face.

Shadow dissipated as soon as the spear touched him. Now he was no where to be seen. The tower continued to crumble, and Celestia dived out. She watched the tower fall, crushing everything beneath it’s wake. Celestia looked for her sister but instead found a giant beast moving behind the hills. She watched the creature rise up and give a battle cry which shook the whole city. It dived down devouring the empire’s army. Celestia watched it kill her friends, so she rushed off to the great beast.

Twilight’s vision faded back to the white spectrum. Twilight was back in her library, and looked around. Her eyes landed on a rolled scroll with a crimson tie on the floor. She examined it and she opened the message. She read: Dear miss Sparkle, I hope I opened your vision about the world around you now. See you in the following week.