the void

As a foal I always heard stories of great heroes who had suffered and received their "happy ending"... Just lies, white lies made for small foals and fillies to think that life is easy and "fair"... Just lies... I have lived my life with only misfortune, I wake up every morning and see myself in the mirror only to see the blood and the lives disappearing just in front my own eyes... I have seen towns being burnt down to ashes and piles of bodies on the sides of the roads... Equestria is falling in pieces, and no pony was even suspecting we were being attacked and a secret war versus something beyond the great wall, an ancient tribe of abominations... they feed out of love, like a mosquito of blood, draining a pony until he becomes an empty shell, but that's not the worst... the worst is their hunger, eating the flesh of those who they attack leaving a trail of bones and blood everywhere they go, bodies rotten on the sides, their flesh ripped off their bones and the wide grassland colored by the red of the spilled blood, the smell of death itself... this is my story, i'm the one who has been drowned in the darkness and has come back as a shadow, a mere silhouette... but my master found me, it showed me what magic is, and the pain slowly faded away.

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The motel room was really old and crappy... the smell was unbearable, it smelled like manure and old sweaty socks... it was rather small, there was only a bed and just down a really narrow aisle there was a door stained with who-knows-what, the door opened slowly with an annoying creek, one pegasus went trotting to his bed, the sheets were stained with small traces blood and many other things (maybe a biological hazard), every wall was stained, it look like the cleaning staff just quit and gave up on this bio hazard... a long time ago, the noise was really stressing... I think I don't need to describe what sounded like... but it was really loud.

"just one night" he whispered to himself while rubbing his eyes with his hooves "tomorrow I will go back to my cottage" he then took his eyes into the small envelope lying on his right, in the middle of his uncomfortable bed, he sighed and look up for a while "today is the day, the one you told me about" he was looking at his front with a blank stare "I hope that I'm ready for the fight..." he was interrupted by a loud noise coming from the outside.

"what the..." then a big BOOM, he rushed to the door and saw as the night was illuminated by a big fire going in a small building, it was a apartment complex just in front of the low class motel, he went running to the site, a lot of firecolts were trying to put off the fire, he could hear weak screaming... well a really weak screaming coming from the inside and could easily see why nopony tried to go inside, there were some gas tanks inside the building "maybe 3-4 minutes... buck!" he then, spreading his wings, and with a excited but nervous look on his face,a small drop of sweat dropped from his forehead and before it touched the ground he entered the burning building at full speed, they tried to stop him... but who could really beat the speed of his, a wonderbolt not only stubborn but hotheaded, plus if he is the captain of one of the elite squads, this means he needs to be faster than everypony on the outside.

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"HELLO!..." he was screaming as he evaded the blazing wooden beams that were falling to the burning ground, the two-story building was as hot as hell and the smoke made his eyes sting but he couldn't get distracted... he got to the second floor and could hear some murmuring so he rushed, he wasn't going to fail anypony anymore... not now not ever again... "come on! is there anypony there!?" he heard a faint scream coming from the room on his right, then with a really big kick the door crumbled, the first thing he saw was the flames raising above his head and the burning debris, he could distinguish two small silhouettes, maybe a mare and her filly, ones was on the ground, maybe she fainted or was lying on the ground, by the trembles he figured out he only had about 30 seconds.

He just stood there, the flames brought him some dark memories, he then heard ponies crying, screams of pain as the buildings were consumed by a green-dark color, he could hear the voices screaming at him, asking him why?... why couldn't he saved them he started crying, only to be awoken from his nightmare by a voice, a small filly "h-hello is there anypony there?... please i need help, mummy is bleeding and she can't wake up... please help us..." she started to cough from the smoke, he then knew what he needed to do, he passed trough the flames, they were burning his skin but the pain was nothing compared to his determination, he felt a warm feeling inside of him... or they were just the flames... either way, he wasn't going to leave them... not now not never, then he could see the small filly, it was a small pink unicorn with a mint blue mane and her mother, a brown mare with the same mane as her daughter, she was lying on the ground... alive, but really injured.

The filly stood there, she saw how he grabbed her mother with his right hoof than came to where she was and said " hang tight", he then grabbed her with his other hoof, he spread his wings and with a big kick he destroyed the whole wall... the whole roof begun to crumble and just when they were outside the whole building was covered in an intense fire, just a millisecond later the whole building exploded, covering the whole square with a rain of fire... the mare was able to open her eyes and see her savior, it was a pegasus, he was standing in two hooves, with one of his front hooves was was grabbing her from the waist, just like grabbing a small barrel, and in his other one she could see her small filly, grabbing tightly the hoof of the stallion, blood was flowing from his forehead and falling to the ground, the night was illuminated by the big sphere of blazing fire as his wings were extended to protect them from the falling debris and wore a smile to try to soothe them both.

"Are you okay?" said with a soothing tone.

"Y-Yes..." she said agitated "thank you..."

"you're welcome..." he said while putting her on the soft ground "see you around another time" he then started trotting slowly to the obscure horizon.

"W-Wait!" said trying to stop the stallion "aren't you injured? don't you need a doctor?"

"No..." he said in a low tone "don't worry they are just flesh wounds"

"Then..." she then got up and trow a small gaze to him "tell me... who are you"

"oh..." there was a deep silence, then a small breeze could be felt... he then looked up to the stars then on the horizon the sun could be seen showing his morning light, the silence was deep and somehow comforting.

"so?" she said raising a eyebrow in a confused manner "what's your name"

"you can call me..." then taking a deep breath and making a long sigh he responded "Night Shade... you can call me Night Shade" the mare stood there with her jaw dropped, she knew about him... everypony knew about him! he was a legend and there he was... flying to the horizon, she couldn't believe that she just met the only apprentice of general Solaris and Merlin... the greatest wizard of all the history, and the first one to master the great powers of magic being just a simple griffon.

Author's Note

This is not me, don't worry, this is another character that i made for this story, this is just a beginning of night shade... do you have any ideas how this story could be unfolded?... i do, and i hope you all like how it unfolds itself, i will try to make new updates every weekend, maybe some more in vacations...

so, hope you liked... if you do comment and give it a like or a thumb's up... i will try to reply the fastest i can... and don't worry, this story is just beginning!

and sorry if it looks like this, it's 12:00 am and i'm really tired, i will add more details as the series advances.