Yeah, Shadow is back everypony. I couldn't stay away from writing for too long as ideas just keep popping into my head.
On a side note, I still have not received any OC's from people, so I was forced to create another of my own. Come on people, I need your OC's so that my story can go on. Details about giving me OC's can be found on my profile.
Disclaimer: I do not own any MLP characters besides my two current OC's. All others belong to Lauren Faust and Hasbro.
Narrator's POV
It has been one year since Shadow had defeated the robot invaders, but he has yet to see or hear of any new ponies showing up. He had spent the last year doing odd jobs around town to earn some extra bits and to help out.
He had spent an entire week with Applejack and Big Macintosh, her older brother, to help with Applebuck Season. It was hard work, but it was well worth it at the end to see how happy they were once all of the apples had been harvested.
Shadow had also made the mistake of helping out Pinkie Pie make cakes when she got a surge of extra orders. Never again he promised himself. He screwed up so many times trying to make cupcakes, that even Pinkie Pie lost her cheery expression. He ended up following her around cleaning up after her or getting her what she needed.
Of all the stuff he had done over the past year, his personal favorite was participating in Nightmare Night. It is a holiday that is very similar to Halloween, which was his favorite Earth holiday. Shadow used his special teleportation skills to appear behind random ponies at random times to scare them. This was made even scarier by his demonic red eyes. Ponies would run from him screaming and he would laugh. He then left in search for his next victim. Nopony was safe from him, not even Rainbow Dash, who had the unpleasant experience of having Shadow appear on her back while she was in mid-flight.
His personal favorite to scare though was Twilight. He ended up scaring her so many times, that she had Spike ride on her back and watch behind her incase Shadow tried to scare her again. The only ponies who were not scared by his antics were Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie. He refused to scare Fluttershy out of respect, but Pinkie Pie could always sense when he was about to appear, much to Shadow's disappointment. Shadow even scared the princesses when they appeared, but was promptly captured by the royal guards and forced to apologize.
Overall, Shadow had a wonderful year. He had met everypony in Ponyville, and knew them all by name. He had gone to a few of Pinkie Pie's parties and actually enjoyed them now that he was comfortable around everypony.
Other than that, Shadow spent his time studying magic spells that Twilight had taught him, or patrolling the outskirts of Everfree Forest in search of the survivors from Earth.
Present Time
Shadow was walking along the Everfree Forest like he always did. He wasn't expecting to see anything out of the ordinary. He had walked the entire length of the tree line, and was turning around when a flash of light just inside the forest caught his eye. Shadow stepped cautiously into the forest to check it out.
Lying on the ground in front of him was a red pegasus with a black and yellow striped mane. Shadow slowed approached the unconscious pony so as not to startle him or her. He shook the pegasus gently at first and then more violently to wake it up.
The pony's eyes fluttered open to reveal them to be a bright green. The pegasus looked around obviously confused to where it was.
"Where am I?" she asked aloud, not expected an answer.
"You are in Everfree Forest near the town of Ponyville." Shadow answered.
The pegasus glanced around to find the source of the voice, but she only saw a black pony.
"I could have sworn someone just answered me." She said aloud again.
"I did." Shadow said as he stepped up next to her.
"Ahh!" She screamed and tried to run away.
Shadow lifted her up with magic and said, "There's nothing to be afraid of. I'm here to help you. Now, I'm going to set you down and I would like you to follow me." Shadow set her down and she made no move to run again.
"Where are you going to take me?" She asked.
"To my school." Shadow answered. "I will explain everything there."
Shadow started walking off with the pegasus trying to follow, but she fell down every few steps.
"Here, let me help you." Shadow said as he lifted her onto his back with magic.
"Thank you." She said. "How did you do that?"
"Do what?" Shadow asked back.
"Lift me off the ground." She stated.
"Oh, that's easy. I'm a unicorn, so I can use magic." Shadow answered. "Well, we're here."
"Shadow's School For Transformed Humans." She said reading the name on the side of the building. "So, I'm not the only human who was brought here?"
"No, you are the second." Shadow said as he walked inside.
Shadow then walked into the first room on his right. The inside of the room had been lined with foam.
"What's with all the foam?" The pegasus asked.
"To protect you when you fall." Shadow said as he set her down on the foam. "This is where I will be training you how to walk, talk, and act like a pony."
"Why would I want to be like a pony?" She asked.
"Because you will be spending the rest of your life here in Equestria." Shadow replied.
"What? Why?" She asked in shock.
"Because Earth is gone. You have been given a second chance at life here, so you need to be able to fit in." Shadow said as he started to walk away. "Oh, and I wouldn't go outside if I were you."
"Why not?" She said with a defiant attitude.
"Trust me; you aren't prepared for that much attention so soon." Shadow answered. "I'll be back in a moment. Why don't you try to get the hang of walking while I'm out." He said before disappearing into thin air.
Twilight's House
Shadow appeared outside of Twilight's house. He knocked on the door and was answered with, "Coming."
A moment later, Spike opened the door. "Hello Shadow, what brings you here today?"
"I need to speak with you and Twilight." Shadow answered.
"Ok then, come on in and I will get her for you." Spike said as he walked back and yelled for Twilight.
Twilight walked into the room and saw Shadow. "Hello Shadow, it's nice of you to use the door for once."
Shadow chuckled, "Well, I'm here to tell you that the first of the humans has appeared."
"That's great news. Let me inform Celestia of this development and then we can go meet them." Twilight said before scribbling down a note and handing it to Spike who sent it on its way in a puff of green fire. "Ok, we're ready."
They all started to walk towards the door, but before they reached it, they appeared inside of the foam lined classroom.
"Warn me before you do that." Twilight said annoyed.
Shadow looked around, but the pegasus was nowhere to be found.
"She didn't listen to me. I just hope we can get to her before Pinkie Pie does." Shadow said as they all walked off in search of the pegasus.
It didn't take them long to find her. All they had to do was follow the sound a Pinkie Pie's voice. As it turns out, the pegasus hadn't made it far before she was cornered by Pinkie Pie and subjected to a series of never ending questions.
"Pinkie Pie, leave her alone." Twilight shouted.
"What about my Welcome to Ponyville party?" Pinkie Pie asked.
"That can wait, but first she needs to come back to the school with us." Shadow answered.
Shadow gestured to the pegasus to get her to follow, which she did. They had only taken a few steps, before Shadow winked to Twilight and they all disappeared.
Shadow's School
They reappeared in a different classroom. This one didn't have the foam lining. Instead, it had row after row of desks in it like a tradition classroom.
"I warned you not to go outside." Shadow said to the pegasus.
"I'm sorry." She said with a guilty look on her face. "But thank you for saving me from that pink pony."
"You're welcome. Now, before we teach you any more about life here, let us introduce ourselves." Shadow said. "I'm Shadow, and I run this school."
"I'm Twilight Sparkle and I run the library. I'm also the personal student of Princess Celestia." Twilight said proudly.
"And I'm Spike. I am Twilight's number one assistant." Spike said from Twilight's back.
The pegasus looked at them nervously before saying, "I'm Melissa Mildred."
A flash of light from behind the Melissa startled her. "I'm Princess Celestia and it is wonderful to meet another survivor from Earth."
Everypony bowed to the princess, except for the Melissa. Shadow caught this and made her bow with magic.
"You may rise." Celestia said to which they all did and Shadow released his magic.
"As for you," Celestia said to Melissa, "You should know that your human names are not normal here, so will be given a new name."
Celestia bent over and touched her horn to Melissa's forehead and concentrated the magic into the tip of her horn. Melissa was scared, but she didn't move. After a few moments, Celestia removed her horn and announced, "From this day forward, you shall be known as Sky Sear."
"Wait, what did you just do, and why don't I have a say in this matter." Sky Sear protested.
"I used a spell to reveal your true name. As for why you don't get to decide, your name usually coincides with your special talent. Take Shadow here for example. He is unnaturally good at moving around without being seen, although he did choose his own name, it fits him well." Celestia explained.
"Wait, you chose your own name? So that must mean that you are from Earth as well." Sky Sear asked.
"Yes, I am." Shadow answered, "But we never knew each other."
"I must be going now." Celestia said. "Keep me informed about any new ponies showing up."
Celestia then vanished in a flash of light.
"Before we continue, let me record this in my book." Shadow said as he magically pulled a book out of the saddle that Rarity had made him, although his katanas were no longer attached.
"Let me see here. Human name: Melissa Mildred. Pony name: Sky Sear. Race: Pegasus." Shadow mumbled as he filled in the blanks.
"I'm a pegasus?" Sky Sear said as she turned to look at her wings. "Does this mean you will teach me how to fly as well?"
"No, I won't be teaching you how to fly." Shadow said as he levitated a full body mirror over to Sky Sear. "Now you can get a proper look at yourself."
"Why won't you teach me how to fly?" Sky Sear asked as she looked herself over.
"I'm a unicorn, which means I don't have wings. But, after I finished teaching you here, I will send you off to flight school to learn how to fly." Shadow replied.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you." She said as ran over to hug Shadow.
Shadow levitated the mirror back over to the far wall where it belonged. "Now, we will begin our first lesson. How to talk like a pony."
Shadow then proceeded to tell her how to talk correctly.
Author's Notes
It feels good to be back.
As a future note, this story will be showing less of Shadow and more of the human-turned-ponies until a special OC arrives.
I will thank those of you who are willing to let me use your OC's in advance, and I will give credit to those who created them.
Until next time.
