*Turn webcam on*
Me: Hey everypony! It's Sunblast X and welcome back to the intro of Shadow Storm Adventures.
Me: In the last intro we had the lovable yet oh so hyperactive, Pinkie Pie.
Me: Unfortunately she messed with my computer and blew up half of my studio.
Robo-tron: Worry not, Sunblast. I can take care of this. *He scans a laser and in a few seconds the studio is back to normal*
Me: Thanks, Robo-tron. Anyway, now that the studio's fixed, let's bring in our Guest star for this intro.
Me: She's Celestia's student, the smartest one of the mane 7, and possibly the most powerful unicorn in all of Equestria since Starswirl the bearded. Please put it together for… Twilight Sparkle! *Press the transporter button and Twilight appears* *she then walks up next to me*
Twilight: Thanks for having me here, Sunblast. Although I don't think I'm the most powerful unicorn in all of Equestria.
Me: Says the girl who unlocked the Elements of Harmony, defeated Nightmare Moon, and can do shit-ton of spells. *She blushed with embarrassment*
Twilight: Anyway, I've been practicing my magic.
Me: We know, Twilight; we all know what you can do.
Twilight: Right…
Twilight: So I wanted to ask you, what's Shadow Storm's real special talent? *she asked me with a raised eyebrow*
Me: You know what it is, he already told you.
Twilight: Well I just can't and won't believe that that's his special talent. I won't!
Me: Fine, don't believe us. But if he proves you wrong I'm going to be laughing my ass off. *she just rolled her eyes*
Twilight: Since we're talking about him, can I ask you something?
Me: Go ahead.
Twilight: Can you make a Shadow Storm episode where Shadow doesn't get into life threatening situations and fight monsters that could kill him?
Me: Why?
Twilight: Well… because he's my friend… and I care about him.
Me: Sure, whatever you say, Twilight.
Twilight: Thanks. So, I saw a few intros ago that you beat up Rainbow Dash.
Me: Yeah, but I called it a draw. Let's me guess, you don't approve.
Twilight: Actually, I thought it was pretty funny.
Me: Really?
Twilight: Yeah, the other girls and I were laughing so hard.
Me: had a feeling that would be funny.
Twilight: Is it ok if I say it?
Me: say what?
Twilight: What you say at the end of each intro.
Me: Uhh… sure, be my guest.
Twilight: *Clears her throat* let's start the next episode of the story!
Episode 7: Boast Busters
-Shadow Storm's P.O.V-
It was morning. I had already eating breakfast and was in front of the entrance to the forest behind my house. I must've forgotten to mention that behind my house was a forest, but whatever. What I was doing was some training. I used my wings to hover in the air. I had my eyes set on the tree in front of me. I then charged at it with speed.
"Hiya!" I shouted as I kicked the tree, full force. I rebounded off of it and did some back flips in mid-air. I landed and then charged, doing multiple, rapid punches. I jumped in the air and roundhouse kicked the tree, breaking the bark of it a little. When I landed on the ground I felt a little pain in my right hind leg. "Ok, that kind of stung" I said, and the lightly smiled. "But that just proves this training is paying off. I'm getting stronger" I said to myself. I charged again and punched the tree, making leaves fall. I held my hoof in slight pain and winced a little, one eye closed. I noticed that there was a hoof mark where I punched the tree. I chuckled. "Let's see if it can take this…" I said. I flew up high and then charged.
-Moment's later-
I was walking through town with a smile on my face. I then saw the two colts known as Snip and Snails run pass me.
"Whoa, what's going on here?" I asked, wondering what they were so hyped up about.
"There's a new Unicorn In town who's putting on a magic show. Everypony in town's going to be there" Snips said, and they ran off again. New unicorn? Ok, this I have to see.
-At the magic show-
I had made it to this so called magic show and saw a huge crowd of ponies. I walked through the crowd so I could make it to the front. When got to the front I saw Rainbow, Rarity, Spike, Applejack, and Twilight.
"Hey Twilight, what's up?" I greeted Twilight.
"Hey Shadow, what happened to you?" she asked me. I looked at my body and noticed I was a little dirty.
"Oh, I was doing some training" I told her. I then dusted myself off with my hooves and wings. "So what's going on here again?" I asked.
"A new unicorn is showing her magic" she said. I looked at the unicorn that was on the stage. She was a light blue unicorn with a lighter blue mane and tail. She also had purple eyes, a wand for a cutie mark, and she was wearing a purple cape and a wizard hat with stars on it. I had a curious look on my face.
"Come one come all! Watch the most talented unicorn in all of Equestria, the great and powerful Trixie!" she shouted. Ok, let's see what this girl can do. She used her magic to levitate a rope and do tricks with it. Moments later she finished with fireworks for some reason.
"Tsk! What a show off. Twilight's the bes—" Spike was cut off my Twilight literally zipping his mouth with her magic.
"He's got a point though, just because a unicorn can do some fancy magic, doesn't make her better than everypony else" Applejack said with an annoyed look on her face. I saw Twilight had a concerned look on her face. I raised an eyebrow. What's with her?
"Yeah, especially when you've got me being better than everypony else" Rainbow said in a cocky tone. We each gave her an annoyed look. "Uh, I mean BOO your magic stinks" she said, pretending like she didn't say what she said earlier. I rolled my eyes while shaking my head.
"Well, looks like we have some neigh sayers here" she said, saying the word 'neigh' with a whinny. "So, you think you can take Trixie on?" she asked. I looked at Twilight and saw she had a nervous look on her face. "Well? How about it little hayseed?" she asked, clearly talking about Applejack.
"Alright, I'll show ya what an earth pony can do" Applejack said, climbing up the stage.
"Give her hell, AJ!" I shouted, supporting her.
"Can yer fancy magic do this" she took out a rope and turned it to a lasso. She then hopped through it back and forth several times. She then spun it in the air, threw it, and pulled an apple off a tree, swallowing it in one bite. That certainly is impressive. "Top that" she said. Trixie simply smirked as she used her magic to grab the rope, spin Applejack, and tie the rope around her legs. She finished it off by putting an apple in her mouth. Applejack hopped off the stage in anger.
"You ok?" I asked untied the rope and took the apple out of her mouth.
"I'm fine. Thanks, Shadow Storm" she said.
"Alright, now it's my turn" Rainbow Dash said, flying up to Trixie.
"Oh really?" Trixie asked.
"Yeah! We don't need somepony showing off. That's my job" Rainbow said.
"Oh wow! Really? I never would've guessed!" I said with utter sarcasm.
"Of course you wouldn't have, Shadow Storm. You're not as awesome as me" she said, not getting the whole sarcasm thing.
"Just do the stupid trick already!" I said, not wanting to do with her crap.
"Check this out, Trixie" Rainbow said as she flew up into the sky. She flew to the windmill, spinning around it. She launched off of it flew fast to the skies. She did a back flip and flew through three clouds in a row, landing on the stage with a rainbow above her head. "They don't call me RAINBOW and DASH for nothing" she said, being her usual cocky self. I simply face hoofed. I saw Trixie use her magic to grab the rainbow and spin Rainbow Dash with it.
"You were saying?" Trixie said. Rainbow stopped spinning, but was dizzy.
"Ok, that was pretty good" Rainbow said in a dizzy tone. She was about to fall on top of me, but I stepped to the left and let her fall on face. I realize that was messed up, but it was too funny to pass up. I saw Spike rip the zipper off of his mouth.
"What we need is some real magic" Spike suggested.
"Somepony to give her a run for her money" Rainbow Dash added.
"A real unicorn to unicorn tussle" Applejack also added. I knew they were all talking about Twilight.
"Yeah, you can do it; we believe in you" I told Twilight with a smile, having confidence in her.
"Enough! I can take all you're hints, but there's no need to stoop to such antics" Rarity said, walking past us and on to the stage.
"Actually, we were talking about—"
"Shadow Storm, please, I know you were all talking about me" Rarity cut me off. "Applejack and Rainbow Dash may behave like ruffians, but Rarity promotes herself with elegance" she said with fanciness.
"What? Scared to get something caught in that rat's nest you call a mane?" Trixie insulted her.
"Oh. It. Is. On!" Rarity said with a serious tone, staring Trixie down. "A unicorn can't just have magic…"she started. She used her magic to take the curtains and wrap them around herself. "A unicorn must also have style and class" she finished and she was now wearing a blue dress with gold trims. Her mane was also no in the shape of a bee hive. Damn… just… damn. No wonder she's Ponyville's local fashion designer.
"Well, let's see how you like this" Trixie said and flashed her horn.
"What did she do to my hair? I know she did something to my hair!" Rarity said worried tone.
"Uh, nothing"
"Nothing's wrong"
"It's fine"
"It's green" Spike said which made us give him irritated looks. "What?" he asked.
"Oh my beautiful hair! Green is such an ugly color!" Rarity said running away in tears.
"Why I never" a random pony with actual green hair said. I then saw Spike run after her.
"And what about you, Pegasus boy?" I heard Trixie say. I turned around and looked at her in the eyes.
"Me?" I asked
"Yes. Can you do something that the great and powerful Trixie can't?" she asked me. I formed a serious expression and hopped on the stage. "Well?" she asked me. I sat on the stage, staring Trixie in the eyes. I put my hooves close to each other. I realized that this could be my chance to prove to Twilight that what I can do is real. But then I realized that I would just be showing off like Trixie. So I came to a decision.
"I'm not challenging you" I said simply.
"Oh really?" she asked.
"Yeah. As much as I want to help restore my friends' dignity, I have interest in fighting someone like you" I said while turning around. I saw Twilight lightly smile at me which made me smile back.
"Trixie's not surprised. You probably have nothing to prove your skills" she said while walking around me. "Although…" she said.
"What?" I asked. She gave me an interested look.
"You are kind of cute" she said to me as she ran her hoof through my mane. I raised an eyebrow. "How about you leave this one horse town and come with me. How about it, huh?" she suggested while placing her hoof under my chin, flirting with me. My serious face didn't diminish. I saw that Twilight had a worried look on her face.
"Sorry, Trixie, but I like my life here in Ponyville; all my friends are here and could never leave them for a boastful pony like you" I told her, pulling her away from me.
"You tell her, Shadow!" Rainbow said.
"Very well, but I will be keeping my eyes on you… umm…" she trailed off.
"Shadow Storm" I told her my name.
"Shadow Storm, cute name" she said, and then winked at me. I looked at her for a few seconds before getting off stage. Was that girl seriously just flirting with me? Granted I'm a handsome stallion. But seriously?
"That was very honorable of you, Shadow Storm" Applejack told me, placing a hoof on my shoulder.
"Yeah, very kind hearted" Rainbow added.
"Thanks guys" I said.
"Trixie has also defeated an Ursa Major" Trixie said. An Ursa Major? Is she really going with that?
"Ok, I'm out of here" I said as I took off to somewhere new, getting real tired of Trixie.
-An hour later at the park-
I was sitting on top ofthe hill at the park just sitting and looking at the clouds.
"Hey, Shadow" I heard a voice say. I turned my head to the left to see that it was my friend, Blitz.
"Oh, hey Blitz" I greeted him as he walked up the hill. He sat down next to me and we bumped hooves. "So what's been going on with you?" I asked him.
"Nothing much. I've just been doing my job at the construction crew" he said. "I finished my work early, so they gave me the rest of the day off" he added.
"Cool, and I see you got that metal tail of yours spray painted gold" I said, seeing his golden metal tail.
"Yeah, did it a few days ago" he said. "My boss said it came in real handy" he said. "He also said to watch out for storm clouds" he said giving nervous look. "But I'm not worried, I'm not afraid of lightning" he said with a confident smile.
"That's good" I said. Then a thought had cross my mind. "Hey, Blitz. There's a new unicorn in town and she's bragging about her abilities" I said.
"I know, she sounds like a total bitch" he said. "Also, I heard she was flirting with you" he said with a sly look.
"How the hell did you hear about that?" I asked him.
"I heard it random ponies talking about it" he told me. Damn, news travels fast in this town. "So who did she beat?" he asked me.
"Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash" I told him.
"Rainbow Dash? HA! I wish I could've been there to see that!" he said with an amused look and then started laughing. Ok, I'll admit, it was pretty funny how she embarrassed them. Blitz then stopped laughing after a few seconds. "By the way, I was flying past your house and noticed a tree was busted in half" he said.
"Yeah, I was doing some training" I told him.
"That was you? Damn!" Blitz said, impressed.
"Yeah" I said.
"I wonder how much damage my tail can do. I mean, sure I sliced off a hydra's head, but I want to see what else this thing can do" he said, looking at his tail.
"Come by my house sometime, we can train together" I offered.
"Sounds like a plan" he agreed. Then, something else crossed my mind.
"By the way, the girls and I are having a picnic in a few days. Wanna join?" I asked.
"Sure, what time?" he asked.
"Early in the afternoon" I told him.
"Alright, I'll be there. It'll be nice to get to know your friends" he said. I smiled.
"The great and powerful Trixie does not reveal her secrets" we heard a voice say. We stood up and looked down the hill. We saw that it was Snips and Snails talking to Trixie.
"It's Snips and Snails" I said.
"But are they doing with Trixie?" Blitz asked. We glanced at each other and nodded, knowing we had to know what was going on. We flew down the hill and landed at the bottom.
"Go get Trixie more lemonade" she told them. The boys ran to get more lemonade, but they were stopped by us.
"Hold on boys, what are you doing?" I asked them.
"We're getting the G and PT a—"
"The what?!" we asked them in unison.
"The great and powerful Trixie" Snips said. "We're getting her more lemonade" he said.
"Why?" Blitz asked him.
"Because she's the most powerful unicorn in all of Equestria!" Snips said.
"Yeah, she even defeated an ursa major" Snails said.
"And you two actually believe that?" I asked them with a raised eyebrow.
"Yeah" they said in unison. Blitz and I face hoofed and sighed. Do these two share a brain or something?
"Well, see ya" Snips said as they ran off.
"Blitz, follow them and make sure they don't do anything stupid" I told him.
"It's Snips and Snails, they always do something stupid" he said.
"Yeah, I know" I said as he flew off to follow them. I turned my head to see Trixie looking at me. "What?" I asked.
"You change your mind about challenging me?" she asked with an arrogant smile.
"No, like I said, I'm interested in challenging somepony like you" I said, and then took off into the sky. I decided to head to Twilight's house.
-Twilight's house-
"Twilight, you're the only one who can take her on" I told Twilight.
"No, Shadow Storm, I can't. If I do I would be no better than Trixie. I'd be showing off" she told me.
"It's not showing off if you're doing it to help your friends" I said.
"So don't you do it? Why don't you take her on?" she asked me.
"Because 1. I'm not a unicorn, and 2. Even if I did challenge her I would have no way to challenge her… unless…" I trailed off.
"I still don't believe that that's your special talent" she said to me.
"And I keep telling you that it is my special talent… I just choose not to use it most of the time" I told her.
"But how is it that a pegasus can—"
"Look, are you going to challenge her or not?" I interrupted her with a question. We stared at each other.
-With Snips and Snails (Blitz's P.O.V)-
I was flying in the sky, following Snips and Snails, making sure they didn't do anything stupid. However, knowing these two, they probably would do something stupid eventually. I stood on a cloud and watched them closely.
"Hey! I've got an idea. How about we go and find an Ursa Major, bring it back to Ponyville, and have Trixie slay it" I heard Snips say.
"Yeah" Snails added and they ran into the forest.
"And there's their stupidity right there" I said to myself with a sarcastic tone. I hopped of the cloud and followed them into the forest.
-The forest-
I was walking through the forest. I was pretty dark, which meant it was most likely nighttime.
"Alright, where are those two?" I asked myself under my breath. Up ahead I saw a flickering light from a cave. I got closer and saw the two boys. I slowly crept up behind them. I then tapped them on the back, which made them scream. "Shh!" I shushed them. "What in Equestria are you to doing in an ursa major cave?" I whispered.
"We were trying to bring an ursa major to Trixie so she can slay it and prove how great she is" Snips told me in a whisper.
"That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard! I have half a mind to—"
"Blitz?" Snips asked me.
"Run" I said.
"Why?" they asked me.
"Oh, I don't know, maybe because there's a GIANT URSA MAJOR BEHIND YOU!" I shouted with sarcasm, pointing to the now awake Ursa Major. It roared which made the boys scream for their lives. I decided to fly away. The boys were ahead of me and the Ursa Major was behind me. Luckily, I had a plan. "Alright tail, let's see what you can do" I said to my tail. I gained speed and swung my metal tail around, slashing down the trees in front of me. Thankfully this tactic helped slow the Ursa Major down. However, it wouldn't last long because it was able to smash the trees with its paws. "Well, that barely worked" I said and flew faster. But what I didn't except it to do was follow us all the way to Ponyville. "Aw, crap" I said.
-Twilight's house (Shadow's P.O.V)-
"Look Shadow, I appreciate your attempts to try and get me to fight Trixie, but I just can't" Twilight told me. I then walked up to her and placed my right hoof under chin with a smile.
"Twilight, you're the smartest, most talented unicorn I know. You shouldn't let our friends' judgment of Trixie make you think they'll think the same thing about you. Your magic is what makes you who you are" I told her. She smiled at me.
"Thank you, Shadow Storm" she said as she nuzzled me under my neck, and I nuzzled her back. She pulled away with a smile. "Maybe you're right, maybe I should—" she was cut off by a roar in the distance. The roar made the ground shake.
"What the hell was that?!" I asked. We ran out of the house and saw that it was an Ursa Major. Wait a second! That looks too small to be an Ursa Major. It roared again. I saw Blitz run up to us. "What happened?" I asked him.
"Dumb and dumber here accidentally woke up an Ursa Major!" he said, referring to Snips and Snails.
"Don't worry, Trixie can stop it" Snips said.
"I can't… nopony's ever defeated an Ursa Major before. I only said I did to sound impressive" Trixie said.
"WHAT?" Snips and Snails said in shocked unison. Really? You're really surprised that she made all that stuff up?
"She's right, nopony can defeat an Ursa Major… but I think I have an idea" Twilight said. "Shadow, can you try to distract it for me?" she asked me.
"I thought you'd never ask" I said with a determined look. "Let's see if my training paid off" I said. I took of fast. I charged and punched the Ursa Major under its chin. He growled and attempted to slash me with his paw, but I quickly grabbed it. "Have a nice trip…" I threw him over my body. "See you next fall!" I slammed him on his back on to the ground. I then landed in front of Twilight.
"Shadow, that was a bit much don't you think?" Twilight asked me.
"Nah, not really" I said. "Gah!" I said as I was hit in the body by the Ursa Major's paw, which slammed me into a building. "That's it! You're toast!" I said. I flew off the building and charged at the Ursa. Once I was close I punched it in the cheek. It roared. It was about to swipe me, but I flew out of its range just in time. I also thought of something that might work. If I could around its body, I could probably make it dizzy. But it's a little big for me to do it alone. "Blitz, care to help me distract an Ursa Major?" I asked with a sly smile.
"Let's do it!" he said, flying up beside me. We charged and flew in a circle around the Ursa's body. It tried to hit us, but we were too quick for it to do so. Speaking of quick, we flew faster and faster around it and at some point its body became wobbly and it was dizzy. We stopped flying and I looked over to Twilight.
"Ok Twilight, do what you've got to do" I told her. She nodded and lit her horn up. She focused hard and lifted the water tower, draining the water from it. She then moved the empty water tower into a barn and filled it with milk I'm guessing. Finally she got a giant funnel put it on the tower to make it look like a bottle. She then lifted the unconscious Ursa with her magic and levitated it back into the Everfree forest. She cancelled her magic and Blitz and I landed from flight, with me walking up to Twilight. "Nice job, Twilight" I said to her, being impressed.
"Thanks" she said
"Twilight" a voice said. We looked over to the crowd and saw that it was Spike. "That was amazing! You stop that beast with your magic" he said with enthusiasm.
"Thanks Spike" she said.
"And you, Shadow Storm. You were able to distract that thing! That was awesome!" he said to me with equal enthusiasm.
"Thanks, but I didn't do it by myself" I said, referring to Blitz. I then turned my head to the left and saw Trixie with a shocked look on her face. "Trixie?" I asked her.
"Y-You… you three… stopped and Ursa Major…" she said in complete shock.
"That wasn't an Ursa Major. It was an Ursa Minor" Twilight told her.
"I was wondering why it looked so small" I said, now knowing why the Ursa was so small. It was a baby.
"And it wasn't rampaging, it was just cranky because someone woke it up" Twilight said, referring to Snips and Snails as we all glared at them.
"Wait, then what does an UrsaMajor look like?" Spike asked with a nervous look.
"Five times bigger and more ferocious" I told him. Twilight and the others gave me raised eyebrows. "What? You're not the only one who does research" I told her.
"Well, you may have vanquished an Ursa Minor, but you'll never be as amazing as the Great and Powerful Trixie!" Trixie said, and then threw a smoke bomb to the ground, running a way.
"Why that little…" Rainbow said.
"Let it go, Dash" I told her, stopping her from flying after Trixie.
"Yeah, maybe someday she'll learn her lesson" Twilight added.
"Speaking of which" I started. "Looks like two colts need to be punished" I said, turning to Snips and Snails. They gave me nervous looks. "What do you think, Twilight?" I asked her rhetorically.
"Well, first they should clean up the messed made" She told me. "Second… what do you think Spike? Number twenty five?" she asked Spike. Number twenty five? I remember Twilight telling me she was practicing spells earlier today before I went to talking to her about Trixie, but what's number twenty five? Her horn glowed and a few seconds Spike, Snips and Snails all had mustaches. That's what it does? Just how exactly is that useful? Well, besides getting into adult places of course. "By the way girls, sorry about showing off with the Ursa Minor back there. I just didn't want to be like Trixie and be a show off" Twilight said in an apologetic tone to the other girls.
"Whatever do you mean, darling?" Rarity asked.
"Your magic is what makes you who you are, sugarcube" Applejack told her
"Yeah, Trixie's just a loud mouth" Rainbow said. I gave her an annoyed and unamused look. Rainbow Dash, you are not one to talk.
"That's what I've been trying to tell her this whole time" Spike said.
"You're right, thank you" Twilight said, both to Spike and the girls. I smiled at this.
-The next day-
The next morning I was in Twilight's house talking to her, when Spike showed up.
"So, finally admitted you're the best at magic?" he asked her.
"Yeah… but I'm not bragging" she said with a confident smile. "By the way, Shadow Storm… thanks" she thanked me with a grateful smile.
"For what?" I asked her.
"For believing in me. For believing that I can do anything" she told me. I smiled.
"Hm. No problem, Twilight. It's like I said. I'll always have your back, no matter what" I told her, and then she nuzzled my face. "So Spike, how did the whole mustache thing go with Rarity?" I asked after Twilight pulled away.
"She didn't buy it" he told us. I patted him on the back. "Wait, how did you know what I was trying to do with the mustache?" he asked.
"I asked Twilight what you wanted a mustache for and she told me" I said.
"Oh… well if this didn't work, then maybe a goatee will" he said. Twilight and I looked at each other then started laughing. The two of us then headed for the door. "What? What's so funny? You guys…" he said before both of us left and headed out for a new day, probably leaving Spike confused.
Me: And so ends this episode. See you all next time on episode 8 of: Shadow Storm Adventures.
Disclaimer: I own nothing of MLP except for the Shadow Storm episodes and Shadow Storm himself. Everything else belongs to Lauren Faust and Hasbro.
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