Together forever? Pt.3
Shadow didn't know where he was, nor did he care. He just needed to be far away from his mess. Pinkie started it, but shadow handled it poorly. He felt so bad. Even now, as he was running/skating through the snow, tears were still running down his face, into the snow. Shadow's expression was blank, but his tears said it all. the harsh wind and snow only made him feel worse. He now saw in front of him a huge, black, cloud. Shadow halted his steps. Through it all, he noticed a large crystal, the same color as the cloud. Suddenly, the part of ground where he stood seemed to cave in. Something was dragging him down. He yelled and blacked out.
When he awoke, he was inside a cave full of snow crystals. He lay on what seemed to be a small blanket. He rose slowly, looking around. All was quiet. He could have not landed here on his own. Someone had saved him. He started to get up when he felt a presence. He heard a whisper. "Is he dangerous?" One voice asked. "oh no, not at all. He is a friend of twilight's." This new voice was slightly royal-like, and sounded quite tired. "you know I can hear you." Shadow muttered.
"oh."
A pony-bug like creature stepped forward from the shadows. beside him was cadence, twilight's sister-in-law and the princess of love. "do not worry shadow. He won't harm you." Shadow bowed to her. he stood up and started talking. "3 questions. Why am I here, what was that black cloud," he pointed to the creature. "and who are you?" the being hesitant, but decided to speak up. "I'm thorax, leader of the changelings." "changelings?" shadow questioned. "A while ago, thorax and his hive defeated the evil queen chrysails. She wanted to drain equestria of all love. What she didn't realize was that her and the hive could create their own love and spread it around. sadly, she didn't want to change and ran off. " cadence explained it all to shadow. He nodded. "what about that cloud? And this whole place?"
"this place used to be the crystal empire. But an evil pony, known as king Sombra, has taken over." Thorax looked up. "twilght, her friends, and I killed him off, but... somepony resurrected him. I believe that sombra has joined up with another villain to conquer equestria for that reason. " Cadence stepped closer to shadow. "This May seem like a stretch, but... I think it was chrysails." Shadow closed his eyes with frustration.
After some more exposition...
"so, you managed to escape the empire before he attacked, we are about to get invaded by two great powers and the only thing that can stop them is the main 6, but they are all torn apart right now?" shadow was finding a way out the crystal cave with cadence and thorax. "yep. That sums it up." " why did you come up here though?" Thorax asked. Shadow's face fell. He frowned and looked down. "well... I..."
"you and pinkie got into a fight. she said something first, then you did." Cadence interrupted. Shadow looked up in surprise. "I felt that, you know. I also felt weak. I almost passed out. But that only happens when king sombra is around. So... I think... pinkie was being mined controlled." Shadow's eyes winded. "What?...but... So... I..." His eyes started to tear up. He fell to the floor. cadence sat next to him and lifted his hand with her hoof. "it's ok. We can still fix this." shadow sniffed. He moved his hand away. "no. I can't. not after what I said. She will never forgive me. " Shadow noticed they had finially made it to an opening out into nothingness. "the only thing I can do now is fight this evil away. That will be my last duty to everypony." He began to walk out of the cave. "And Pinkie Pie." thorax grew concerned. "wait!.." "let him go. He's made his choice." Cadence put a hoof on his back. They watched as he walked into the snow and wind. "both will find each other at the right time."
A week later...
The citizens of canterlot were enjoying a nice, sunny day. What they didn't know was that chrysails and sombra were approaching fast...
I hope you liked this part of this little mini-series! What's going to happen next? You'll just have to keep reading... when the next part comes out. I promise you, it will be worth it, so bare with me here.
Write you later!
(also, happy Easter to those who celebrate it!)