Chapter two: Maybe not so bad.
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Shadowmere and Rainbow walked back to the five waiting mares. Rainbow said as they got there, "Don't freak! He wont hurt anypony!" They walked into the campsite and the five mares stared.
Rainbow sighed. "Well don't just stare, say hi!"
When her friends were all silent, Twilight spoke up. "Hi... I'm sorry about that, but your kind of threatening looked and it scared us.." She sounded depressed. All of the other ponies nodded sadly. She then said, "Can I ask for your name?"
Shadowmere said, "I am Prince Shadowmere, son of Luna."
Everypony gasped and bowed, shocked.
Shadowmere said boredly, "Rise."
The mares rose and started yammering out sorrys.
Shadowmere waited patiently for them to stop. When they did, he said, "I forgive you, in one condition. You never say sorry and say thank you for not smiting you again. Well, at least about this."
All six mares agree'd to that. After they all exhanged greetings, they asked Shadowmere to stay at the champsite with them. Shadowmere was nocturnal, so he wasn't really tired, but he decided that it couldn't hurt, so he agree'd. As the mares crawled under there blankets, Shadowmere layed down off to the side.
Rainbow said, "You can share my blanket with me, if you want..."
Shadowmere shook his head. "No, I'm fine." He then shivered. "On the other hoof, I'm cold. So.. I'll take up your offer." He crawled under the blankets with Rainbow, but turned in the other direction so they were not facing eachother. Rainbow did the same. She looked at her friends.
Twilight raised her eyebrows at them.
Rainbow shrugged and mouthed, "What?"
Twilight just smirked and closed her eyes.
As the mane six slept, Shadowmere was pondering stuff only Shadowmere could understand.
Adventually, he fell asleep, listening to the soft snoring from the mare beside him.
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The mane six woke up in the morning. Well, besides Rainbow. She always slept in. As the other five packed up the camp site, Rainbow finally woke up. When she finally dragged herself off of the ground, she packed everything else up. When they were finished, they all looked to the still sleeping Shadowmere.
"Should we wake him?" Twilight asked.
Rainbow shook his head. "Can you teleport him to my house? I don't want to disturb him. I think he is nocturnal, so he should be asleep for awhile.. Right?"
Twilight nodded her head, "Yeah, but why YOUR house?"
Rainbow blushed. "Well, uh.. He would be less likely to be disturbed there." She said.
Twilight couldn't argue with that. "Alright then.." She teleported him onto Rainbows bed.
*Scene megashift! Now at the next night.*
Rainbow finished her work and went to her home. She almost forgot about Shadowmere and was suprised to see him still sleeping on her bed. She ate her late dinner and then cuddled up next to him. It was a smallish bed, so she had to in order to sleep in it comfortably.
Though it felt awkward, it also felt kind of right.
Soon after she fell asleep, Shadowmere awake to find himself cuddling with Rainbow Dash, in her bed, in her house... Yeah. He slowly climbed out, careful not to wake her.
He flew to the ground and began walking around, inspecting Ponyville. He wanted to learn to village, as it wasn't here when he was.
He came apon three fillies who were sneaking around, dressed in black clothes to hide themselves. Shadowmere walked up behind them and said quietly. "What are you doing?"
The three fillies froze, and slowly turned around. What they saw was a large alicorn that kind of looked like a younger, male version of Luna. That fact made them not run away at first sight. The lead one said, "Nothing... Who are you?"
Shadowmere smiled. He caught them red hoofed. "My name is Shadowmere. Who are you? And what is the REAL reason your out at this time?"
The lead one said, "Well.. I'm Scootaloo, this is Sweetie Belle, and this is Apple Bloom. And... We were sneaking around trying to see if our special talent was sneaking and infiltrating, whatever that means."
Shadowmere tilted his head slightly. "In other words, robbery?"
All three fillies looked at the ground.
"Robbery is a very bad thing, and should not be performed by anypony. I suggest you get that out of your head, and never attempt it again."
Scootaloo looked at him. "If we promise we wont, will you promise not to tell anypony?"
Shadowmere nodded. "Yes."
Scootaloo sighed then said, "I promise.." And the other two mumbled it as well.
He nodded. "Alright, then I promise I wont tell anypony. Now, why don't I take you three home?"
They nodded. They walked beside him as they lead him to Sweetie Belles house, were they are sleeping over. On the way, Sweetie Belle said, "You look like Princess Luna."
Shadowmere nodded. "Yes, I know. It would be strange if I didn't."
The girls looked at him, confused. "Why?" Apple Bloom said.
"Because, she is my mother." He said plainly.
The girls gasped, then proceeded to mug him with questions.
Shadowmere laughed, "Settle down little fillies. I'll answer your questions at a later date."
He used his magic to seal there mouths shut with magic tape for a few second, causing the fillies to giggle. When they arrived, Shadowmere said, "Now get to sleep, or I might have to go get Nightmare Moon." The fillies screamed quietly and ran into the house.
Shadowmere chuckled softly. He then continued to inspect Ponyville. When it became dawn, Shadowmere flew back to Rainbows and layed on the couch, waiting for her to wake.
Rainbow yawned and stretched. She crawled out of bed and sleepily walked downstairs. When she arrived at the bottom, she saw the prince sprawled out on her couch. He looked up and blinked in the sun light.
"Good night. I mean morning." He said sleepily.
"Good morning." She chuckled.
Shadowmere got up and stretched. "I need to head back to Canterlot.. I didn't want to leave before saying good bye."
"How thoughtful." Rainbow said. She walked over and gave him a hug. "I'll see you later though, right?"
Shadowmere hugged her back. "Yes, my mother and aunt are coming here soon, I will accompany them." He walked to the edge of the cloud, waved, then flew off.
Rainbow watched him go, feeling sad that he is leaving, even if only for a short while. The more she thought about it, the more she became confused about her own feelings...
