Shadow's POV

"We are glad to see you too." Ebony and Ivory said together. "As for how we are here, it is actually quite simple. Think back to what Twilight theorized about how you got here."

I closed my eyes and remembered everything she had told me. "Ok."

"Everything she said was true, except for the part about us not knowing. When we were hit by the laser, we remember everything from our past. We then used the last of our power, with a little extra from you, to transform you and send you here. But that kind of power had an unforeseen consequence.

We lost our bodies, and our soul went to the first safe place they could find. That was inside your subconscious. Now, we cannot escape here." They explained.

"How do you know what Twilight said to me?" I asked.

"We can see, hear, and feel whatever you do, whenever we want to." They replied.

"So, now you two are stalking me." I said jokingly.

Ebony and Ivory looked at each other before answering, "Pretty much."

"Well, at least you can't tell anybody about my personal life. But, enough about that. How do I return to consciousness?" I asked them.

"Simple, just ask us to. But first we have two more things for you." They answered. "First, which is pretty obvious, is you need to destroy that cyborg so you can prepare."

"Prepare for what?" I interrupted.

"We will explain that to you after you win. The second thing is…." They started.

Narrator's POV

Twilight still had her eyes closed when she heard it. It sounded as though somepony had just dropped a pile of bits on a metal floor. She opened her eyes and looked up at the cyborg. He had a very worried expression and several gashed had appeared on the robot's armor.

"What's happening to it?" Twilight asked only to get no verbal responses. Rainbow Dash just pointed a hoof at it. She looked back to it to see a black blur shoot across its chest with another gash forming behind it.

"WARNING. WARNING. MULTIPLE SYSTEN FAILURES DETECTED. RETREATING IS ADVISED," said a metallic voice coming from the driver's seat of the robot.

"What isss happening?" The cyborg asked clearly frustrated. "I need to get out for here."

The cyborg then pressed a few more buttons and a pair of rockets extended from its back. The rockets ignited, but fell of immediately after the black blur ran across them.

"You're not getting off this planet that easily." The blur said as it stopped in front of where the cyborg was sitting.

Hovering in front of the cyborg was a black dragon the size of a pony with dark blue spines running down his back and a pair of solid black wings flapping to keep him steady. The most noticeable things about him, however, were his dark red eyes and the horn atop his head.

"Is that Shadow?" Twilight exclaimed.

"That can't be him. Shadow is a pony, not a dragon." Rainbow Dash countered.

"I believe Twilight is right. His eyes are identical to Shadow's, and I have never seen a dragon with a unicorn horn," Celestia said as she watched the battle intensely.

The all turned back to the battle as a scream rang out around them. The dome had been torn off and the cyborg was being held upside down by an ankle.

"You will be punished for all the lives you have taken, and I will be the one to punish you." The dragon said as he raised his hand and a black spear appeared above the robot. He dropped his hand and the spear plunged into the robot, but instead of exploding like all of the others, it imploded and sucked the robot into another dimension.

"No doubt about it now, that has to be Shadow. He is the only one able to do that." Twilight said aloud.

"You won't be needing that after I'm through with you." Shadow said to the cyborg as a maniacal grin appeared on his face. "I'm going to enjoy this." He said and let the cyborg go.

The cyborg plummeted head first towards the ground only to be stopped mere inches from impact. "You really think I would let my fun end just like that." Shadow said still grinning.

"Pleassse ssspare me. I will do whatever you asssk me to, jussst don't hurt me." The cyborg said trying to cower in fear.

"Then destroy ever last robot you have." Shadow said to him as he let him fall to the ground.

"Ok, I'll do it." He said before pulling out the remote and pressing the button marked "Self Destruct." "There, all of my minionsss on gone. Now, keep your word and let me live."

"I never said that I would let you live." Shadow said pointing a claw at him.

"N, No, pleassse don't," he said as he curled into a ball and shut his eyes,

Shadow released his magic and created a barrier around the cyborg, trapping him. "I also never said that I would kill you. Honestly, what gave you that idea?" Shadow said as his expression returned to normal.

"But your sssmile, and what you sssaid…" The cyborg protested.

"All meant to scare you into doing whatever I wanted you to. If you are going to be killed for what you did, they will be the ones to decide that." Shadow said while pointing at the princesses.

Shadow then proceeded to walk over to the onlookers. As he walked towards them, his body slowly morphed back into the unicorn they all new.

"That was amazing." Rainbow Dash said when Shadow got over to them.

"I really liked watching that. It was almost as fun as being at one of my parties. But then you got squished and we were all sad. Then you changed and started winning again and that made us all happy. And then you dropped him and caught him right before he went kersplat and he wet himself." Pinkie Pie rambled on before busting out in a fit of laughter making us all smile.

"Yes, it was quite the drama if I do say so myself." Rarity chimed in.

"If I may interrupt your conversation?" Celestia asked.

"Oh, go right ahead Princess." Twilight said.

"Shadow, we would like to invite you and your new friends to come to Canterlot tomorrow for a celebration honoring you." Celestia said to Shadow.

"I don't know. I don't do so well in front of ponies I don't know." Shadow said embarrassingly.

"Don't worry about it, just come to the castle tomorrow afternoon." Celestia said reassuringly. "In the meantime, Luna and I will decide the cyborg's fate."

"Very well princesses." Shadow said letting down the barrier.

Celestia and Luna walked over to the cyborg and disappeared into a flash of light.

"Ok, Shadow, now you can explain everything." Twilight said giving him an inquisitive stare.

"Alright, but can it wait until we get back to Ponyville and get something to eat. I'm starving." Shadow said to which his stomach rumbled.

"Ok, but can we take your way back. I want another chance to study it." Twilight asked.

"Sure thing Twilight. Alright everypony walk this way." Shadow said leading the group towards Ponyville, only for all of them to disappear.

Ponyville

"Whoa, ah don't think ah could ever get used to that." Applejack said at the sudden change of scenery.

"I still don't understand how it's done, even though I've experienced it twice now." Twilight exclaimed.

Shadow chuckled at their comments, "Don't fret over it Twilight, you will catch on pretty quick. Now, where do we get something to eat?"

"I know. I know. We can all go to Sugarcube Corner." Pinkie Pie chimed in.

"Sounds like a bakery," Shadow said.

"That's because it is silly." Pinkie Pie said as she led the way.

They arrived a minute later and Pinkie Pie turned around and said, "Here we are. Now, let me make sure I have everything I need." At that she ran inside, not even bothering to turn on the lights. "Ok, come on in Shadow."

Shadow stepped inside and the lights turned on.

"SURPRISE!" everypony yelled, "Wait, where is he?"

"Well Pinkie Pie, I don't think you should try to throw him any more surprise parties." Twilight said to the sad Pinkie Pie. "You should invite him to a normal party next time."

"But, he Pinkie Pie promised me that he would come to one of my parties." Pinkie Pie said.

"It would take more than that to make me break a promise." Shadow said from behind her. "But Twilight is right, no more surprise parties for me."

"What about other parties?" Pinkie Pie asked him.

"As long as I know about them, they are fine." Shadow said.

Pinkie Pie even bigger than normal and said, "Well, let me show you around and introduce you to everypony."

"Ok, but to the snack table first." Shadow said back, and with that they walked off.

"It looks like he is starting to get over his fear." Rainbow Dash said to Twilight.

"It seems like it, but he won't be over it for tomorrow's celebration." Twilight said back.

"I was thinking about that, and I have an idea on what to do." Rainbow Dash said and then whispered her plan into Twilight's ear.

"That's perfect Rainbow Dash. I will go inform Celestia at once." Twilight said before rushing off.

By now, Pinkie Pie was introducing Shadow to everypony she could while Shadow was eating some of the cupcakes he had snagged from the table. It was clear that he was uncomfortable, but he was managing not to run away.

Later That Night

The party had disbanded after everypony helped clean up the mess. Shadow was walking down the street towards Twilight's house with five ponies in tow.

"I wonder why Twilight didn't come back to the party," Shadow said.

"Knowing her, she probably spent all this time cleaning her house or reading a book." Rarity said.

They arrived at her house a minute later. Shadow walked up to her door and knocked.

"Come in." Twilight said from inside.

They all proceeded to walk inside. Shadow could see that Rarity was right about her cleaning the entire house, but that wasn't all. She had brought out the extra pillows and used them as makeshift chairs. She also had a couple of notebooks next to her chair to take notes with.

"I guess you have been preparing to hear me explain everything." Shadow said to Twilight.

"Yes, I have been." Twilight confirmed, "Now, if you would be so kind, we can get started right now."

They all took a seat in the circle of chairs. Shadow started off by asking, "Twilight, do you have any spells that can give spirits temporary or permanent bodies?"

"Yes, why?" Twilight asked.

"I need you to manifest two spirits so that they can help me explain everything." Shadow answered.

"Do you know where they are exactly?" Twilight asked.

"Yes, they are currently trapped within my subconscious." Shadow replied.

"Well come over here so that I can cast the spell." Twilight instructed. Shadow did exactly as she said. "Now concentrate on them both and I will cast the spell."

Shadow closed his eyes and concentrated. "Ok, I'm ready."

Twilight released the spell and a flash of light blinded everypony. When it faded, there were to dragon sitting next to Shadow, one white and one black.

"What's with all the noise Twilight?" Spike said sleepily as he walked into the room. Spike stood a few feet into the room in awe at what lay before him. There were two other dragons there in the house, and these dragons actually looked friendly.

"Everypony, and Spike, I would like you to meet Ebony and Ivory." Shadow said pointing at the two. "You don't have to introduce yourselves; they know everything that has happened since I got here. So, what do you want us to explain?"

"How did you know what the robots were going to do before they did it?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"That's simple; they were using tactics that were widely known about on Earth, so it was easy to predict what they were going to do." Shadow answered, "Next question."

"How did you transform into a dragon?" Twilight asked.

This time, Ebony and Ivory answered in unison, "We merged our spirits with Shadow's to give him the strength needed to defeat that robot. The transformation was just a result of that."

"That's gonna take some gettin used to." Applejack said about how they speak.

"Any other questions?" Shadow asked.

To that, Fluttershy piped up, "Yes, can you tell us why you were in a coma, um, if that's ok with you?"

"Actually Fluttershy, I cannot. I don't have any idea why." Shadow answered.

"We do." Ebony and Ivory said, "Shadow was in a coma because his body had to recover from all of the changes it went through. That process took even longer because his body had lost all of its energy, magic, and most of his life force."

"So, transforming someone permanently takes that that much out of them?" Twilight asked.

"No, the cost of him being transformed was to give up our bodies, and it would have normally only take one day for him to recover." They answered.

"Then what exactly caused me to stay in the coma longer than normal?" Shadow asked the dragons.

"We used all of your energy to save as many people as we could from your planet, but they were suspended in a time flux so as to give you enough time to prepare for their arrival." They explained.

Shadow was in awe at this new information. "I won't be the only survivor from my planet. That is wonderful news. When will they be arriving?"

"That's the problem with time fluxes. We have no way of predicting when they will arrive." They answered.

"What is a time flux?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"A time flux a distortion in time itself that either moves slower our faster than normal. The survivors from earth are suspended in a time flux that is slowing time down." Shadow tried to explain to Rainbow Dash, but it was obvious that it wasn't working. "Think of it like this, they are being delayed on their way here."

"Oh, ok." Rainbow Dash said finally understanding.

"Any more questions?" Shadow asked once again. They just shook their heads.

"No, but I have to inform Celestia of what we learned here." Twilight said before writing a letter. "Spike, can you send this to Celestia?"

"Sure thing Twilight." Spike said taking the letter and breathing fire on it. The letter turned into ash and flew out a window.

"Are you ready for tomorrow, Shadow?" Twilight asked him.

"As ready as I'll ever be." He answered.

"Ok girls, it's time to for you to leave. We need to be ready for the celebration tomorrow." Twilight said to the others.

They all said their goodbyes and left.

"Good night Shadow, Ebony, and Ivory." Twilight and Spike said before going upstairs.

"Good night." Shadow, Ebony, and Ivory replied before the two dragons returned to Shadow's subconscious. Shadow then laid down and went to sleep.

The Next Day at Canterlot Castle

Twilight and her friends were standing next to Celestia and Luna getting the final preparations done for the celebration. In front of them, hundreds of ponies had gathered at the Princesses' request to celebrate the victory over the robot invaders.

"Do you have everything ready Twilight?" Celestia asked.

"Yes princess." Twilight answered.

Celestia turned to everypony and said, "Everypony, we need you to be absolutely silent during this celebration. My faithful student Twilight here has cast a spell over you all to prevent Shadow from seeing you. We had to do this because he is frightened of being around a lot of ponies he doesn't know. So I repeat, be absolutely silent."

"Alright Shadow, you may come in now." Luna said with a magically enhanced voice after lowering the spell the prevented eavesdropping.

Shadow walked in warily and looked around, half expecting another surprise party or a lot of ponies he didn't know. He saw nopony except the princesses, his friends, and a few guards. He regained his composure and strode confidently up to the princesses and bowed.

"You may rise Shadow." Celestia said to which Shadow rose. "For acts of bravery, strength, and kindness, and for saving all of Equestria, I present to you this necklace."

Celestia brought a necklace over to Shadow that bore a striking resemblance to the Elements of Harmony that Twilight and the others used. It was a gold medallion on a gold chain, but on the front of the medallion were gems in the shape of his cutie mark.

"This necklace was specially crafted just for you. It doesn't hold any special powers like the Elements of Harmony, but the gems in it were modified so that you can store extra magic for later use." Celestia explained.

"Thank you Princesses," Shadow said while bowing again.

"You're welcome." They said together.

"Now that the threat to Equestria is over, what do you plan to do?" Celestia asked.

"I was thinking about starting a secondary school in Ponyville to teach the survivors from Earth how to function normally in this society when they arrive." Shadow answered.

Celestia and Luna whispered to each other before Celestia answered, "That is a wonderful idea. You have our blessings on this endeavor."

"If you don't mind me asking, whatever happened to the cyborg?" Shadow asked.

"We erased his memory and banished him to the moon." Luna said with some discomfort.

Sensing this, Celestia changed the topic, "Shadow, we would like to send some construction workers with you so that we can get your new house and school finished as soon as possible."

"Thank you Princesses," Shadow said again.

Cheers erupted from behind Shadow. He turned to see hundreds of ponies behind him that weren't there earlier. He freaked and disappeared into thin air. Celestia and Luna looked at each other with concern.

"Don't worry Princesses, he will be fine." Twilight said to comfort them. Behind Twilight, her friends were all laughing at what they had just witnessed, with the exception of Fluttershy.

Two Weeks Later on The Outskirts of Ponyville

"It's finally complete." Shadow said while looking at the newly completed school.

It was a fairly small school, as he wasn't expecting to have too many survivors to appear at the same time. Shadow walked inside and looked around. There were only eight doors in the hallway. Four of the doors were classrooms, two were bathrooms, one was a cafeteria, and the last one was Shadow's personal office. Shadow entered his office and went straight to the only book in the entire room.

It was completely blank except for a small section at the top of the very first page. It read:

Human Name: Patrick

Equestria Name: Shadow

Race: Unicorn

Location: Ponyville

"Now the wait begins." Shadow said as he left to go to his new home.

I would like to thank everypony for reading my story, and yes there will be another.

I need some OC's from people who are willing to give them. I will not accept any alicorns, and you must include a lot of information about them so that they can be correctly portrayed. If you want, you can also give them a human name for the book.

Final disclaimer: I do not own any MLP stuff other than my own OC and this story. Everything else is property of Hasbro.