Sup guys, Lighting Wolf here, back with another story, this one about Mlp, I'm surprised no one has made many stories about the movie yet, so this maybe the First Movie story and first story about Tempest, enjoy! Enjoy the 1100-word chapter. I don't own Mlp, Lauren Faust and Hasbro do.
(Cantorlot, Royal Castle, upper towers, Midnight. Three weeks before events of MLP movie.)
"So, I heard that their planning for a massive party in a month." One of the two Royal Guards patrolled the upper levels of the castle.
"Yeah, I also heard almost everyone is coming to the party, let's hope nothing go wrong." One of the guards said.
"Yeah, but then those Shadow Knight guys would come, Iron Hilt." Iron Hilt laughed as he spoke up.
"Yeah, you know, I heard those guys are only knighted every 50 years by Princess Celstria and Princess Luna themselves, Steel Shield."
"It's 52 years, those extra two years are spent looking for and then training the Knight for missions of the most importance and for serving as elite military soldiers and powerful protectors of the kingdom."
Both guards turned to see a stallion with black fur and a red mane, to the guards, it was clear he was a unicorn and had a flaming shield and sword, both on the military style jacket and on his flank. What surprised both guards were the scar over his left eye, he, however, was not blind and the guards also could see part of a scar on his stomach and face on his check.
"Relax, I am not going to attack you… Merely correcting your info on the order of Shadow Knights…. As it is wrong." Steel Shield and Iron Hilt pointed their swords at him as the Unicorn laughed.
"Explain yourself." Iron Hilt growled out as the Unicorn looked at them with deep purple eyes.
"I'm Sabre… Or most people call me by my first name since it's a bit longer then that… How about I just say I was interested in your story about the order of Shadow Knights… As wrong as it is." Steel Shield snorted.
"Ok, then why don't you fill in the blanks, Sabre?" Sabre nodded as his horn lit up with dark red magic as images flashed in front of him.
"The Order of the Shadow Knights dates back to 150 years after Celstria banished her sister Luna to the moon. After realizing that she alone couldn't protect the kingdom from its powerful enemies, a warrior by the name of Bronze Spear came before her with an idea to create the knights as a group of highly trained, highly skilled soldiers to work for the kingdom directly. A team which was five in number. An idea that proved effective after a small army of Griffins raided the kingdom before the 5 knights drove them off."
Sabre paused to catch his breath before speaking. A magic image showed the fully black armored soldiers fighting a small army of hundreds of griffins before the bird like creatures flew off, wounded heavily but alive, the leader's eyes started at them with glowing blue eyes on his helmet.
"After that, the princess saw the benefit of such a secret group of soldiers and from that point on, every 50 years a new knight would be chosen with four additional knights serving as his replacements/backup."
The spell showed a group of said warriors kneeling, their weapons in front of them as Celstria knighted them.
"And ever since that Celstria and later Luna, have commissioned a new group of knights either after a knight falls in battle or the present group becomes too old to handle their jobs, with the old knights training them for duty as soldiers and warriors for the kingdom."
The spell showed a group of knights training in spells, stealth, marksmanship and hoof to hoof combat, all the while wearing dark black armor that covered their entire bodies.
The guards were amazed before the spell ended as the magic receded into Sabre's body who shook his head before speaking again.
"So now you know about the history of the order of the elite soldiers in the kingdom that dates back hundreds of years ago…. Now I apologize for bugging you." Sabre turned to leave before he heard a shout.
"Captain, we apologize for threatening you, sir!" Sabre blinked before looked at the shoulders of his jacket which the moonlight showed a little of a captain symbol on the shoulders of the jacket.
"At ease, guards, I'm not on duty." The guards looked at a symbol on Sabre's jacket pocket that looked like a black and red phoenix in armor with a pair of crossed swords under it.
"Your…. One of those Shadow Knights…." Sabre looked at the symbol before grabbing both guards with his magic before pulling them to his face as he sighed.
"Yes, I am. But I want you both to listen to me, the Shadow Knights are a secret order of soldiers, I only told you about them because I thought both of you thought of them as a fairy tale…. You are both not to speak a word of this to anyone… Understand, guards?"
Steel Shield and Iron Hilt nodded as Sabre lowered them to the ground as Sabre looked them in the eye before turning and letting them walk out of the corridor as Iron Hilt looked over his shoulder only to see Sabre had seemingly melted into the shadow. The guard blinked before beginning to resume to his patrol.
(Cantorlot, lower levels.)
Sabre continued to walk through the corridors, part of which Celstria had said 'were under construction' but Sabre knew the truth.
'It's been 10 years since I was made a knight…. Why does Princess have to throw another party? I love our kingdom to, I wouldn't go through the trials to become a knight if I didn't.' Sabre sighed as more thoughts flashed through his head.
'Our kingdom has been attacked over 4 times in the past few years… And Celstria wouldn't let me fight because she thought her pupil could handle it…. Our ruler is very cryptic when it comes to any war or military operation it seems…'
Sabre thought as he walked towards his quarters, and began to think back to his past.
Author notes
Ok, I know this chapter was awkward and all that, I am not the best at first chapters, next one won't be as awkward. These first few chapters will be set before the movie and then into the movie. Next chapter will be next Friday and will explain Sabre's background. Until then, lighting wolf out!