Body wrapped in shadows I storm through Fillydelphia.
One pony, braver than the rest, rushes me. I stare coldly at him before forming a blunt end to the shadows and throwing him to one side where he crashes through the side of a house. I snort and turn away. They all shrink back in terror, cowards. I sneer and whip the shadow around in the air before bringing it crashing down on the statue of the mayor. The stone crumbles under the oppressing weight and shards of stone splinter outward causing the others to duck out of the way. Fashioning a spike out of another shadow I send it hurtling towards the nearby shop where it smashes through the window and causes a pony to run shrieking out of the door. I twist the shadow upwards and bring it crashing up through the roof and back down leaving it a broken mess. I need everyone to hear what I have to say. I turn to them, all of them on the floor, begging, pleading.
I despise cowards.
"Listen now and listen well. I am now your lord. You will be my slaves. There are no exceptions. Do this or I will crush you. Do you understand?" At this I allowed the shadows covering my body to grow threatening spikes. I always covered my body in shadows. It's hard to be feared when you're an earth pony who is a dull grey with a white mane and silver eyes. You look far too innocent, which is perfect for undercover. This is a conquest however and so I stay hidden.
"Does anypony have a problem with that?" I growl threateningly. If any rebel now this is the perfect chance for a public performance. So far there was a small group in Manehatten who tried to stop me. They're still in hospital, no point in wasting good workers.
"We do!" A small voice rang out across the crowd. I gave a satisfied grunt. Excellent, some more with a back bone. And a girl no less! She will make an excellent worker, once I've crushed this attitude.
"Very well, please come forward; let's see how long you last." A great shadow loomed up behind me hanging threateningly over the crowd. Six ponies come up each very different to the other. There is a lavender unicorn at the front and fanning out to either side are an orange earth pony, yellow pegasus, another white unicorn, a pink earth pony and a blue pegasus. Each of them had a strange amulet around their neck except for the purple one who had a strange crown…thingy on her head.
"Shadow, your reign of terror is at an end. We're here to stop you." The shadow wavered, how did they know my name? No matter, they will soon fall to my overpowering darkness. I raised up waves of shadow and sent them sweeping across the ground where they erupted into sharp points forcing them to jump out of the way in separate directions. A purple blast of magic came out from the left, exploding against my armour. I stamped my hoof and a pillar of shadow burst from the ground ripping through the fake image of the purple unicorn. As I turned around to look for where she is I felt a mighty kick from behind which sent me tumbling forwards. I saw a flash of orange running away before I saw a large cannon being placed in front of me. I ducked just in the nick of time as confetti and streamers exploded outwards where my face used to be. This was just pathetic, what was wrong with me? And where did these strange ponies come from. Just as I was thinking this something shot past leaving a rainbow of colours behind. I felt a breeze behind me and as I turned I was hit by a rainbow uppercut and I was sent flying, I felt the shadows weaken exposing one eye. I landed with a crash in a large pile of cloth which turned blue with magic and wrapped around me. I pushed and used shadows to cut myself a way out before peering through a hole with one eye exposed straight into the eyes of another pony. Those eyes…I can't…move.
They dominated my universe, I felt small and insignificant. They froze me in my place. An hour passed, or was it minutes?
She turned away and I could breathe again. What was that, I had no control over myself? I was completely helpless. Enough is enough. Surrounding my body in twisting shadows I tore through the fabric and stood on the grass. I repaired the shadow over my eye and looked by though the shadow to see them all gathered together. Snarling I poured shadows down my hoofs creating claws of wicked sharpness. I snorted and jumped at them, they would suffer my wrath!
A blast of light sent me hurtling backwards. I looked up from the dirt to see them floating in the air eyes glowing with power and a rainbow swirl around them. What was going on, what where was all this power coming from. A great rush of power and the rainbow shot into the air before coming down at me. I raised a powerful shield of darkness but it cracked and broke under the sheer strength of the rainbow. It swooped down and picked me up in a whirlwind of light. I snarled and swiped this way and that but there was no stopping it. The darkness began to leak from my body and I squirmed as pleasant warmth spread through my conscience. My vision shattered and split in two as I felt myself being pulled away. I gave a cry and pulled myself away, only a thin layer of shadows protecting my identity. I formed two spikey wings of darkness before carrying myself labouredly away.
Gasping for breath I crashed through trees and hit the ground landing in a small puddle of mud. I pulled myself out and shook as I walked away. My vision began fizzle and I dragged myself under an overhang and into the cave before collapsing into a heap on the floor. My hoof felt broken and I whipped the sharpened shadows around the cave cutting into the stone in rage. I was falling away, whatever their strange power had done it was washing away all my hate and anger.
I smiled bitterly. I had lost.
Another splinter appeared in my vision and all I could hear was a faint whining sound as I collapsed into the rubble.
Dammit…