THE MYSTERY OF SOULMATCH
Hello everypony! My name is Aaron, and this is my first ever fanfic so i'm really excited. I hope you all will enjoy this story. I would like to encourage you to read Lucky Shot's and Checkmate's fanfics as well.. Well, without further ado, away we go with the Mystery of SoulMatch! Enjoy!
Chapter One: I Won't Let You Hurt Him!
" Please wait outside, sire.", said the doctor, " We will inform you when the baby is born. " Shining Armor walked towards the door with a feeling of reluctance. He exited the room, gently shut the door behind him, and began to pace back and forth feeling nervous and frantic simultaneously. He began talking to himself , thinking of what this child would be. " Will it be a Changeling child? I could never live with myself with a child of the species i was sworn to fight, but if it's a Unicorn child, i could easily escape from this terrible Hive that i was brought to in captivity." He started pacing even faster, but remained calm and collected. " I need a plan just in case it is a unicorn child like me.", he thought to himself, "I know that she will try and destroy it if it is, so i will shield it and lift it to me with my magic, then i'll run with my child as far from here as i can."
He suddenly stopped pacing. He knew what he had to do to survive with the child. The next question he began to ask was if the child would be Unicorn or Changeling. He looked toward the moonlight piercing through the walls of the hive, and began to walk towards the light. When he reached the wall he began to plead sincerely to the moon as tears began to cry tears of desperation, saying, "Princess Luna, if you can hear me, I ask you that this child be like me, a Unicorn. I also ask you that this child will be strong and willing to protect everything he holds dear to him. Please, Princess, let him be like me." He then heard the door to the room. and turned his head over to see what was going on. The chief doctor was exiting the room and began to take off his lab coat as Shining Armor bolted toward him. "Well, how did it go?," Shining Armor asked anxiously, " what is the child?" The doctor sighed deeply and replied with a sense of fear and a look that seemed afraid to even mention what it is, "Well, my lord, i can clearly state that it is a foal, but i can also guarantee you that it is not what the Queen will want." The words that came out of the doctor's mouth surprised Shining Armor. He quickly headed for the room, opened the door, and went inside. simultaneously he began to think, "Has Luna heard my plea? is it really a Unicorn child?" He looked into the room and saw the child laying in an inclined bed, swaddled up in blankets. It indeed was a Unicorn foal. Both his body and horn were charcoal gray and had both white and blue stripes in his mane and tail. His eyes were what struck Shining Armor the most. The child's eyes were that of a Changeling, these eyes pierced into his eyes with a strange, but powerful magic. Shining Armor then knew this foal would be special. He knew, that with the proper training, he might bring down the Changelings once and for all. Just as he was about to step closer to the child, Queen Chrysalis entered the room. She portrayed the face of confidence and victory. "Well, how is my newly born prince doing doctor?" She walked forward to take a glance at the foal, everypony moved out of the way because they knew she would disapprove it. She saw the foal, and she became angry instantly. "The eyes are mine, but his body is yours, Shining Armor. Why is his body not of my kind?" Shining Armor did not reply to her question, he remained firm and calm. " I asked you a question.," exclaimed Chrysalis, " Why is our son not Changeling fully?" Shining Armor suddenly answered the question strongly, saying, " Because of my magic. It's because of my magic that his body is that of a Unicorn. It looks like you didn't get what you wanted now." Chrysalis became even more angry after that answer. She glared at the foal with intent to kill. She screamed at the top of her lungs, and raised her horn to eradicate the child.
She went to slash him but she was pushed back by a shield created by Shining Armor enveloping the foal. She turned back to Shining Armor with an evil glare. "
I won't let you hurt my son!," yelled Shining Armor, "he is my son, and i must
protect him. Even if it kills me, i will put my life on the line for him!" She stood up and laughed at Shining Armor and exclaimed, " Do you honestly think that this
foal can beat me? He will be gone by the night's end." Shining Armor took the
foal and darted out of the room, and immediately began to run towards the gates of the Hive. " Stop him! He's heading for the gates! Close the gates!" She
ordered. Guards were beginning to pour out of the rooms of the Hives, and began
to gain on Shining Armor. He ran faster and faster to try to lose the guards. " Almost to the gates. Come on! Just a little farther!" He kept running, each step
closer to the gate. The gates were suddenly closing, and Shining Armor had only
this chance to save his son from the wrath of Chrysalis. he began to push himself to go faster and faster. He soon only had a small gap to run through, but he
took the chance and jumped. He had timed just right and made it through the
hole just before they shut.
Chrysalis stomped her hoof in anger and disappointment. "Darn it!. They got away! Now i lost my chance of having a prince of my own." Shining Armor kept
running and running with his son, still in the shield he created. " I know not what
makes you special, but you have a soul that will become strong and firm like me, therefore your name, your real name, will be SoulMatch.," he said to the foal, "It
is a fitting name for a pony that has a soul like mine." Shining Armor
stopped for a brief moment to catch his breath from escaping the Hive. he lowered SoulMatch to the ground, released the spell, and looked at SoulMatch. " I can't
believe that my son is the pony that can take down the Changeling race
once and for all. I need to hide him somewhere that not even Chrysalis will expect to find him." He then realized what he needed to do, " I need to send
SoulMatch back in time."