Sorry for the long wait everypony. I couldn't post anything because my "friend" stole my flash drive with all of my drafts on it. I finally managed to get it back. So I hope you all enjoy this next exciting chapter.

"What are you talking about?" I demanded.

"I'm saying, you will NEVER find Mom and Dad!" Nightshade shouted.

"What is that supposed to mean?" I said, my frustration growing.

"It means that they're gone! Forever!" she shouted, "They're gone because of me! I couldn't control myself and- and…" With that she burst into tears, "WAAAAAH! It's-it's all my-my fault! I hurt th-th-them, just l-l-like I almost hur-hurt you! WAAAH!"

"Shay?" I said calmly, walking over to wrap my wing around her, "What are you talking about? What's wrong?"

"I-I couldn't control myself, something m-made me hurt th-them. They're g-gone because of me-hee-hee!" she wailed, tears streaming down her face.

"Here, how 'bout I take you to my room in Celestia's castle and we can talk about it?" I offered, noticing that Sunbeam and Snowglider had vanished.

"O-okay," Nightshade sniffled. Together, we walked back to the tower. I led her inside, past Sunbeam and Snowglider, and into my room. I shut the door with my magic and turned to Nightshade, who was still crying.

"Okay, now how 'bout we start from the beginning?" I said calmly.

"Mm-kay," she replied weakly, "Well, one night when we were about ten, Mom and Dad took me with them to Manehattan, leaving you behind. There they bought a hotel room and left me all alone. While I grew up, I began to hate them for taking away my sister. When I finally grew old enough, I left Manehattan and travelled to Canterlot to look for you but you were already gone. In my anger, I set fire to our house and fled Canterlot. I travelled to Fillydelphia, where I started my search for you, Mom, and Dad. I travelled all over Equestria and finally found Mom and Dad in Saddlerabia…"

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Nightshade walked up to a house wearing a black cloak with fury burning in her eyes. She pounded on the front door, which opened a few moments later.

"Hello, how may I help you?" Mom said as she answered the door. Nightshade shoved Mom back, then entered the house and shut the door behind her. Mom stumbled before falling to the floor.

"HOW COULD YOU DO THIS TO ME AND NOT CARE! You left me all alone!" Nightshade yelled, her eyes gleamed purple for a second before returning to normal. She started to charge her horn with magic. When Mom tried to get back up, Nightshade knocked her back down, "You have no idea what I went through! I had nopony to help me when I was bullied, I had no friends, and because of you, I DON'T EVEN HAVE MY SISTER!"

"Lily? Is everything…" Dad froze on the stairs when he saw Mom. "Who are you and what have you done to my Lily?" he demanded, a look of rage on his face. Nightshade threw off her cloak and hit him in the flank with a blast of magic. Dad crumpled on the steps, Nightshade then move Dad next to Mom and created a magical cage around them. Then Nightshade used her magic to make the fire grow, causing it to spill out of the fireplace and spread. Then, she turned and raced out of the house to watch as it burned with Mom and Dad still inside…

END FLASHBACK

"… I don't know what came over me. I was just going to talk to them and the next thing I know, I was watching as the fireponies tried to put out the blaze," Nightshade explained, fresh tears rolling down her cheeks, "It's my fault they're gone."

"Shay… I… I don't know what to say," I replied on the verge of crying too.

"It's alright if you're mad at me," she whimpered.

"I'm not mad at you because it's wasn't your fault, I responded, "You had no control over your actions."

"But I started the fire," she sniffled.

"And that wasn't your decision, something made you and I think it was magic," I declared.

"Really?" Nightshade replied weakly.

"Yes. In fact I think I'll call that evil you, Shadow!" I exclaimed, trying to sound menacing but my voice squeaked causing Nightshade to laugh.

"I think that name is perfect," she said, sounding a little better.

"Well that's good," I said in fake relief, "Because I spent forever coming up with it." Nightshade just glared at me before we both burst out laughing. "It's good to have you back Shay."

"It's good to be back," she replied. We both jumped when we heard a knock on the door.

"Hey, Dawn? You alright in there?" Sunbeam's voice came through the door.

"Oh, I'm fine," I said as I opened the door, "I was just talking with my sister." I nodded to Nightshade, who walked up to Sunbeam and extended a wing in greeting.

"Hello, I'm Nightshade but you can call me Shay." The grey alicorn said kindly. Sunbeam hesitated before shaking Nightshade's wing.

"Um… hi I'm Sunbeam but you can call me Sunny," Sunbeam said nervously.

"Nice to meet you," Nightshade replied. Suddenly, Snowglider burst into the room and threw a scroll at me. It hit me in the face before I could catch it.

"You need to read that," she said, out of breath. I unroll the paper and started reading.

"Dawnfrost and Nightshade. We will be at our old home and would like you to come," I read aloud, "Please hurry. We have a lot to talk about. Signed Shadowlily and Winterbreeze. Wait, what in Equestria is going on? First Shay tells me that our parents are gone and now we have a message telling us they're alive and that they want to talk to us."

"I don't know Dawn," Snowglider said, "Either they're ghosts or it's the fact that I found this taped to the front door and saw a light grey unicorn running away from the tower."

"That sounds like Mom!" I exclaimed, jumping around like a little filly.

"Indeed it does," Nightshade remarked coldly before shaking her head and giving me an apologetic look.

"You guys should go and see them," Sunbeam said kindly.

"Alright," I replied before dragging Nightshade with me. We dashed all the way to our old home and looked around but there was nopony to be found.

"Hello Dawn. Shay. We're glad you came," said a soft voice behind us. Me and Nightshade whirled around and I gasped when I saw Mom. I rushed over and wrapped my fore-hooves around her in a hug.

"Mom! You're okay! I've missed you so-" I started but was cut off by a yelp behind me. I spun around to see Nightshade thrashing on the ground before she went rigid. She stood up and glared at Mom with a look of fury, her eyes flashed purple. Nightshade had become Shadow! Shadow shot a burst of magic at Mom, I barely managed to jump in front of her and throw up a shield to block it. Then I dropped my shield and used the charge attack I used back in the caves. I hit Shadow hard and sent her flying into a wall where she collapsed to the ground.

I walked over to her, ready to fight but noticed the fury was replaced with despair. There were tears in her eyes and she was silently crying. I knelt down and wrapped a wing around her, then jumped when another wing was laid over mine. I looked over Nightshade and saw Dad sitting on her other side.

"It's okay Shay, everything will be alright," he said calmly.

"No it's not!" Nightshade cried out before taking off into the sky. I tried to chase after her but Dad held me back. I just collapsed defeated because I had just lost my sister…

Sorry for all of the flashbacks, I'm trying to give you guys bits and pieces of the characters' backstories to make the story more interesting. So let me know how I'm doing with that.

Well that's all for this chapter!

So remember to let me know what you think, and I'll see all you guys in the next chapter!