The Shadow of Equestria
Prologue
A Look Back At
Have you ever looked back at your life and wished that you could go back and right the wrongs that you made? That you could go back and stop yourself from saying something that causes you to lose a friend. Or that you could go back and say the right things in front of that girl you liked and actually get a date. For me, I think about that every day. How things could have been different if I had known what to do at that point? Would I have taken a different path and avoided all the conflict that I am currently involved in? Would I have made different choices about my life? Would there be something else I could be doing besides running and saving my life for one more measly day as they close in?
I can't help but think about that. How things could have been different. Things I could have done or said to stop all this violence, all this running, all of this death. But I doesn't matter now. As I write this letter, I am about to face my final opponent. I will not return and I know it. There's no point in fighting the inevitable.
I leave this letter in hopes that somebody will find it and truly know the turmoil that is my mental state. I wouldn't dare tell anybody, I would look weak. This question has plagued my mind for months now, I haven't even acknowledged it until just now. But the question is, if I could go back, would I right the wrongs?
No.
Though I question myself, I do not resent my action. I could care less what they think of me, what they call me, or what they do to me. I knew what I had to do and I did it, I did it for her like I promised I would. I will never go back on that promise and I will continue to avenge her.
It feels good to finally get this down on paper and out of my mind. I think I'll leave this at that library run by Twilight Sparkle. I know she will be sure to show this to all of her friends including the Princesses long after I am gone. So if you're reading this Celestia, I want you to know something.
I do not care what you do to me. You will never be able to fix what I have done no matter what you do or how hard you try. I did it because I promised that I would help her. She gave me purpose and I gave her my loyalty. Your Royal Guard was unable to stop what I did, even the regal royal sisters could not stop me. In the end, I was the one to end it all, not you, not your sister, not Shining Armor, not even the Element. I made the choice to find you and face you.
At that point you should have realized that your best was not good enough, it never will be.
-Zhane
I finished the letter and sat back in the chair I was currently sitting in. It had taken me a good two hours to write that damn letter. That was evident by the amount of crumbled up parchment paper that was laying in a pile right next to me. I didn't know it was going to be so hard to write that letter even though it was meant for the Princesses. I guess it's harder to write for someone that you hate rather than a loved one. I set down the quill that I had in my hand and looked out the window to my right. The sun had just begun to rise and with it dawned a new day.
I sighed, I didn't want to do this but if I didn't, they would continue to pursue me. Constantly chasing me until I get too tired to run anymore. I wasn't going out like that, too tired to defend myself. I wanted to go out like a man, to die fighting.
I looked back out the window, the dawn of this new day meant that I didn't have much time left until I had to confront them. I to find something to to till then but what? I looked back at the letter I had written and an idea pushed itself into my head. I immediately sprung up from the chair and looked around the crude-looking cabin I was currently held up in. I found some extra ink and a large stack of parchment paper. I knew what I was going to do till it was time, I was going to tell my story, from the very beginning to the end in excruciating detail.
I set the extra ink to my left side next to my quill and placed the stack of parchment to my right. There was more then enough there to fully capture every detail of my story. I slowly pulled the top sheet off the stack and placed it in front of me. I grabbed my quill, dipped the tip in the nearest inkwell and brought the tip of the quill to the parchment paper. Very neatly, I wrote the title.
The Shadow of Equestria
As I looked at the page, I noticed that the title took up most of the parchment paper. It looked good, almost as if I were writing a book that was going to be published. I laughed at my thought of professionalism, it's not like they'd read it anyway. I guess I was writing it for the sake of having it written down. I looked at the bottom of the paper and dipped my quill back in the inkwell.
By:
Zhane Black
I pushed the now complete title page over to the side and pulled another piece of parchment paper off of the stack. I paused momentarily before I began to write my story. The story about The Shadow of Equestria.
I am very excited to begin writing this story. Firstly, it will be the only first person story I have done up until this point. Secondly, I really like the idea of this story and the way I have the plot written down. This is just a little teaser until I actually start the story in the middle of Summer.
Enjoy!