Chronicles of a Shadow
Chapter one: it begins; part one
In a land covered in snow and ice a lone figure stood out of place as it trudges along the frozen mountain side. He limps to the cold with the occasional sneeze. As he reaches the mountain top he noticed something. Three native tribes stand separate from each other. The figure removes his hood revealing the lone assassin Shadow Sword. As he looks over the land he noticed three semi-thriving civilizations but not united. He stood there in thought until.
"I know what to do in this situation, I will unite the three tribes; from the frost and cold come to me spirits of ice." As he finished his incantation six windingos came to him. "Go forth with your might and force these ponies to unite." As he gave the order the spirits left post haste. "In retrospect this may come back and haunt me in my dreams."
He crafted a chair from the ice and rock from the mountain. He sat and watches the windingos work. He gave a somewhat sadistic smile as the refugees from each tribe gather to a single area. The one thing he did not calculate is where they were headed. Their destination was the small clearing below him. He now just wondered why he didn't walk down there. As soon he was meters away he saw the windingos drive the indigenous locals into the cave nearby. He blended with the shadows and imitates a cave wall. He watches as the three different leaders argue about their respective cave territory.
"Your hoof is invading my territory!"
"No my territory crosses yours!"
The more they argue the more they are in cased in ice. Shadow Sword hung his head in shame because he believes he killed off an entire species but when he looked up again he noticed that the other three is not freezing to death, instead they are becoming friends. The more they laughed and interact with each other; the warmth freed the other three from their ice tombs and melted their icy hearts. As they waited for the frozen door to melt they played, sang and told stories. The windingos disappeared the more they sang. As soon the door melted they walked out of the cave. When they were a few feet from the cave entrance Shadow Sword appeared in front of them and said.
"You seem to prove me right." They stood there with their mouths agape as he continue to speak. "I've sent the windingos to unite your tribes to be one, you can thank me later." With that he disappeared in a cloud of smoke. In the shadows he waits and waits until he can truly reveal his existence.
(A few centuries later)
Celestia and Luna play with each other near their castle until a Celestia saw a dark figure limp past them in the forest. Celestia walked over in curiosity. She was not prepared for the sight she currently sees. Shadow Sword lay back against a tree preventing his own blood spill out. He quickly takes notice of the pony in front of him.
"Stay back or I'll...aggg."
"Please let me help you."
"Unless you know a healing spell I'm beyond your help" Shadow said in a cold tone.
She looked at him for a few seconds debating whether to help him or not. She finally came to a conclusion. She lit her horn and bathes the wounded assassin in magic. He is then lifted to the air by a ball of light and the orb of mystical energy exploded in a blinding flash. Shadow Sword now gently falls to the ground by the residual magic under him. Celestia walks over and poked Shadow's arm with her hoof. The moment her hoof touches him Shadow Sword sat back up.
"My scar it's healed, thank you."
"Please don't mention it" Celestia squeed.
"This is a dept that can't be easily repaid; I'm at your service."
"Wow my first subject."
"Indeed; what is your first command?"
"Bake me and my sister a huge cake."
"Very well" Shadow Sword responded with gusto.
He snapped his fingers and his suit became a chef's outfit complete with hat. He walked towards their castle and began to bake them a large cake. Luna saw the obedient assassin walked into the castle. She turns to see her sister walking from the direction Shadow Sword came from.
"Sister who was that entering our castle?"
"Our first servant and I told him to bake us a cake."
"Really" Luna asked.
"Yes."
As soon she said that Shadow Sword walked out of the castle with a cake as tall as the castle itself. The whole cake is being carried to them by Shadow Sword's magic. The cake is a huge round cake with smaller layers on top of the other. It's glazed with vanilla icing with small chocolate pools on each layer complete with wafer diving boards. Celestia and Luna sat there with their mouths so wide open a bird could build a nest in them. The only thing that rang in their minds is when Shadow Sword said.
"Dig in."
They spread their wings wide or as wide small foal princesses could and started eating the cake from the top. Shadow Sword spread his wing and began a leisurely flew to the top of the castle sized cake. He smiles at the two foals having the time of their life on a single cake. He glides down to a tree and began his grueling task to build a hut for him to live.
(17 centuries prior to the return of Nightmare Moon)
Shadow Sword sits in his desk with a computer he was given by Achilles to report every few centuries. Instead of contacting the kind king he is working on a project. Next to his desk is a cloning tube he stole from the cloning facilities in Kamino. In the tube is a small gray male foal unicorn void of a mind of his own. On the desk is a tray that reads DNA. He collected some samples while he was doing his medical rounds in a nearby town. He was on the verge of completing his project. The last piece of completion is to extract a fraction of his mind into the body. Celestia stands at his door and written on a piece of paper is the words 'Project Sibling in progress.' This put Celestia in a curious state and entered the hut of her servant. She stood in awe as Shadow is being surrounded by bolts of electricity. She galloped towards the former assassin. She took hold of him ignoring the painful electricity and pulled him out of the chair. The action she caused created an explosion is soot and dust. The two cough and swats the dust out of the air until they hear a sound of a baby foal snoring. Shadow walked over and gentle picked up his project and said.
"Welcome to this world Wicked Paint; my little brother."
(The day Twilight came to Ponyvile)
In a small clearing surrounded by the trees of the Ever free Forest two figures spar. One of the figures is Shadow Sword in Royal Guard armor specially designed for him. The other is Wicked Paint. Wicked Paint grew for a year every century. The rest of the 99 years he slept in cry-stasis. His hair Black with red stripes and his cutie mark is a brush with pallet. He was taught by Shadow Sword to use his magic to transform from pony form to reaper form. Shadow Sword spars with twin chain kamas while Wicked spar with his spear. Shadow swings his left kama at Wicked but was blocked by the body of the spear. Before they could continue Shadow notice a chariot coming from Canterlot and towards the nearby town.
"What is it brother" Wicked asked.
"I sense a strong element of harmony" Shadow replied.
"What do we do?"
"We wait for night fall."
So the two brothers waited until nightfall. They walked in the town hall and blended with the crowd. The both of them in pony forms. Shadow took a form of a pegasus pony while Wicked in his original form. They ignore the speech the mayor was giving until they heard a sinister laugh.
"Ha ha ha; does thou miss me." Soon a dark shroud took form on the pedestal where Celestia was supposed to stand and raise the sun. The shroud soon revealed Nightmare Moon. "Your true princess have returned."
Most of the ponies in the room is either filled with fear to move or have fled from the hall. The rest who stayed in the hall were most of the background ponies plus the mane 6 along with the two brothers. Before the mayor ordered the guards to attack Shadow Sword step forward.
"Nightmare Moon, it has been a long time isn't it." He then took his original biped form and continued. "Has it already been a thousand years and you've changed a bit."
"And you haven't changed once."
"You do know I have to stop you again."
"And fail again?"
"Then its die trying."
With that Shadow pulled out his staff and leaped at the pedestal bringing his cane down in a devastating strike, but Nightmare Moon transformed into a cloud of dark purple smoke and fled to the forest. He followed the Nightmarish mare into the forest. Twilight ran to the library to find facts about the elements of harmony with Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy, and Wicked Paint following behind.