Hey everypony, here is a new chapter, a would like to give a shout out to a friend of mines, Andrew keeler, thanks for your support dude, anyway on with the story,
oh and i do not own my little pony capiesh? good
CHAPTER 1: MEMORY TRIGGER
Shadow woke up in the library. His sweater was covered in ash and so was his face. He made a big gasp and forced a cough. Shadow looked around as his eyes adjusted to his new surroundings. He was in the library. He sighs in relief.
"okay...it was all a dream...that's it...well as long as I am here let's see if I can find a good book and settle for the night" he looks outside and saw the moon rise. It was two floors like usual. He went to the second floor and looked around curiously. There were new curtains, some banners with the crystal heart.
"Huh, I guess the art class was in here, love the banner." he smiled a bit and went on looking at the books. He read the titles as he looked them over.
"let's see...spells for unicorns...flight for Pegasus...books on dolls...starswirled the bearded an autobiography...spell 101 and you...?" he looked over at the books he read and scratched his head. He was very confused. He thought for a moment.
"What the hell...what books did the librarian shipped in...aw well nothing better to do." he gives a shrug and takes out the book of spells of an angel. He needed some light to read. He found an old lantern, it had oil in it and a couple matches on the side.
"A bit old fashion bit comfortable for a little light, I got to get me one of these lanterns." he got a match and lights it up. He felt comfortable, but didn't let his guard down. He kept his hood on and began to read. The book talked about angel cures and wings, and also something about bonding with love. He laughed at that. He read a little "spell" that made anybody grow wings of an angel. He decided to have a little fun and pretend to cast a spell.
"When the darkness falls, light shall rise, for when the final angel flies, archangel's wings are cast upon me, so let it be." he had his hand out. Little did he know he was glowing white? Before he noticed himself the doors opened and shadow got scared and blew on the lantern. As the lantern went out so did his white glow. He hid behind the book case. His heart was pounding. He heard the sound of...hooves...what the...someone was coming up.
"*sighs* thy had a rough morning, thou will leave thy alone for now good sir." she was a pony. He couldn't believe it, there were talking ponies. She had wings and a horn; it looked like something out of the fairy tale. Her mane was waving and what appeared to be full of stars. He voice sounded familiar. She was talking to a pony in crystal armor. Like the pony itself almost see through.
"Of course, princess Luna." he walked down to the main floor and closed the door. I took a sharp breath. 'Vice principle Luna! A princes...you got to be kidding me!' he thought to himself. She turns on the lantern and saw the book open. She gasps and looked around. The princess knew somepony was in here. She looked over to the book case shadow was and began to looked around.
"Who is there, thy princess commands you to reveal yourself!" Luna looks around with narrow eyes. Shadow whimpers quietly but he didn't know the she had sensitive hearing. She levitated the book case where shadow was. Shadow made a run for it. He got down the stairs.
"STOP!" Luna shouted in a canterlot voice. The guards open the door but for a split second everything went slow for shadow. He threw himself over the guards and landed with a roll. As soon as he got up he broke into a dead run. More guards began to run after him. Shadow looked back for a moment and saw some guards running and some flew with vice principle Luna. He looked forward and kept on running. He came to the sharp turn. He jumped and landed his left foot on the wall and pushed forward and continues to run. Some of the guards running slammed into the wall but the flying ones turned fast and were in a hot pursuit.
"CELESTIA WE GOT AN INTRUDER!" princess Luna shouted and shadow kept on running. If she was calling celestial she meant principle celestial. He took more sharp turns but he was getting tired. A unicorn guard shot an energy ring and tied around shadow. He tumbled and fell. He passed by a sign that said "caution: wet floor." he slid too fast on the wet floor and hit a glass window. Shadow broke through and free fell. He didn't flinch. The ring looked like it was made from energy. Shadow hit the floor with a heavy thud. He felt his bones shattered. His breathing became short. He began to painfully crawl away. He saw a crystal heart floating in mid-air and saw it as a sign. He heard a gasp.
"Oh my, poor thing!" shadow turned to where the voice was and it was a pony, with wings and horns but she was pink. She looked at his with caring eyes. Almost like a mother worried. There was a white pony but he had a horn. It was glowing and fired a blue beam. It hit shadow and skidded to the base of the crystal heart.
"SHINING ARMOR WAS THAT NESSICARY!" she glared dangerously at the pony called shining armor.
"cadence sweetie, that thing could have been dangerous" he gave a dirty look to shadow. Shadow try to hold back had tears, but it was too much for him. He couldn't hide it anymore, he just couldn't. His hood fell to reveal his cut and bruised up face. Both gasp and the pony called cadence flew over to him and hugged him tightly. She saw no threat in him, just a sad broken heart and bones, he was a like a scared filly.
"There, there...its okay, nopony is going to hurt you." before she said anything else the doors burst open and came out a white pony with a wavy hair. Her hair color was green, light blue and purple. Luna was there with the guards. She landed beside the large white pony.
"Celestia, that was the thing that was in the library, guards take him away!" celestia and Luna looked at shadow. Shadow looked at cadence and she looked at his with worried eyes. She looked like his mother. As the guards came in a memory that he never wanted to relive was happening. He instantly hugged cadence and burst into tears.
"please I don't want to go back, I don't want to be away from my mommy, I lost her once, I can't lose her twice...mom, don't let them take me away again, please say no make them go away!" shadow cried hard. The guards stopped and everyone looked at him. Shining armor couldn't believe it. This...thing was so tough that after falling out of the castle he still had the strength to move on, a miracle he is still talking after the blast he fired, but now he is crying like a little filly. He saw the guards and looked at shadow, then it hit him, he was having a memory trigger. A memory trigger can be so powerful, it and influence a pony to their greatness, or it can break even the strongest, smartest, and most will soldier. Luna, celestia, and cadence didn't see a threat to him, just a scare thing. Cadence began wondered what made it so painful. She placed her horn on shadow's forehead and cast a spell. His memory floated above him so everyone could see, it was something no pony should ever go through.
A small version of shadow was on a couch with a woman that almost looked liked cadence was reading him a bed time story. The door broke down and some men came in. they came over to his mother and shadow. Shadow was dragged off the couch and was beat mercilessly. His mom was raped in front of him. The others were laughing and recording. Luna buried her head on celestia's chest and celestia hugged her. Some of the guards looked away in disgust, other guards just watch in horror. Shining armor stood there, just looking at it. Cadence looked at it and hugged shadow tight as he still was crying.
"Leave my mommy alone, don't hurt her!" young shadow said with so much rage. The men laughed and threw him to the kitchen. A knife fell in front of young shadow. He got the knife and came back. He charged at the guy raping his mother and stabbed him hard between the eyes. As he fell back one of the men came and broke his arm and leg. He was crying in pain. The man got young shadow and began to walk out the door. Another man got the knife that killed his men. He raised it up above shadow's mother. Shadow's mother looked at young shadow and smiled with tears. The blade fell and young shadows voice was heard.
"MOMMY!" the memory faded and it ended. One of the guards fell over and threw up. Shining armor couldn't make out a word. Shadow kept crying. The guards who were going to get him backed away. Cadence began to comfort shadow.
"Oh my...and he fell out the window...I hope he is okay..." Luna was now feeling guilty for chasing him.
"You couldn't have known little sister" celestia hugs Luna but she had also tears. She never had seen anything so cruel in all her years of ruling.
"...don't...don't let them...take me away mommy...I can't lose you...I love you mommy!" shadow kept muttering it over and over. The crystal heart began to glow
"I won't let them take you...I promised..." she kissed his forehead and nuzzles him. Cadence felt his heart shattered and destroyed beyond repair. An aurora of rainbow light came out of the crystal heart and engulfed shadow. Shadow felt something warm inside him. His bones began to heal and felt something come out of his back. He felt so sleepy. After the light faded shadow was asleep. He cried himself to sleep.
"Poor little guy..." shining armor said with sadness but with respect
"He...he is strong...but...so fragile at the same time...why?" Luna looked at shadow.
"because he has been strong for far too long, but when he knew his soft heart couldn't take in anymore pain, he turned away from friendship and everything, to not only be safe, but for nopony to ask about it...guards!" she looked at the guards and the guards snapped attention.
"Please show our...guest to a guest room. Please. He needs rest." cadence said it like a mother would. The guards nodded and they levitated him. The princesses and shining armor followed them to the guest room. They put shadow in the guest room next to cadence and shining armor's room. Cadence insisted in case he woke up frighten she could comfort him. Celestia looked at cadence and nodded. They put him in bed and left. Celestia went to bed and so did Luna.
"Honey, it's late, let's go to bed" shining armor looked at cadence.
"Okay sweetie, just give me a moment." cadence kissed him goodnight and shining armor went to the room. Cadence looked at shadow that was sleeping soundly. She smiles and kisses him on the forehead. Shadow began to smile in his sleep. As cadence was leaving she heard some from shadow that warmed her heart to the core.
"Good night mom...I love you..." shadow said in his sleep.
"I...I love you too, now get some sleep." cadence replied in a soft motherly voice. She closed the door with her aura and went into her room.
"Honey, what happened?" shining armor was already in bed. He looked at cadence with a worried look.
"Just went and comfort him, he seems so lonely, so afraid, I never seen anything like this, I just hope he sleeps well" cadence looked at shining armor
"Don't get too attached to hi-" shining armor was cut off by a stern looked by cadence
"Would you like to endure what he just endured and live it to the core of your heart? For that memory! IT'S NOT FAIR!" she looked very crossed and shining armor felt small. Her expression softens. "He needs a mother, shiny . . . I . . . I can't bear to see someone so heartbroken." she gets into bed and nuzzles him.
"Let us get some rest, maybe tomorrow he will feel better" he nuzzled her back. The said there goodnight and drifted off to sleep.
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"Sister...what do you sense in him." Luna looked at celestia.
"Well...I sense somepony who wants to die but doesn't't have the heart to take his own life. I sense so much sadness and that many of his kind have hatred for him because of something. I am so sicken by the cruelty he endure." celestia sighs and looks outside.
"THOU SHALL FEEL THY FULL ROYAL FURRY FOR HURTING THIS MUCH TO HIM; I WILL PERSONALLY MAKE THEM SUFFER!" Luna's eyes turned white and glowed. She began to grow in so much and rage. Celestia put a hoof on her shoulder and Luna calmed down. She looked at her sister with tears. "Sis...I'm sorry...I'm just so angry at them...no pony should ever endure like that...and I chased him. Made him fall off the crystal castle and damage him more..." celestia hugged Luna.
"I know how you feel Lulu. But now all we can do is comfort him till we help him return to where he belongs. I will personally make sure that he is sent back safe and sound." celestia stroke her sisters starry mane. Luna looked at celestia and wiped away her tears.
"Um...hey sis..." Luna looked nervous.
"Yes Lulu, what is it?" celestia noticed Luna was nervous.
"Can...um...can I sleep with you sis...ever since I saw his memory, I'm just imagine myself in that situation...and ... " she couldn't't finished the sentence.
"Of course dear sister, I'm always here for you no matter what," celestia got on the bed and lays down. Luna goes and lies down next to her. She went under the covers. Celestia's horn glows and the lights went out. Luna nuzzles her sister.
"Good night, sister." Luna yawned and rested her head on the pillow.
"Good night, sister dear" she looks outside and sighs. "Good night, brave and fragile colt." she rested her head on the pillow and fell asleep. The night was silent, almost like music playing.
