A/N: this if the final chapter for part 2, but do not fear, part 3 will be longer, so…let's do this.
Return of the Shadow League: chapter 9: the journey continues
(Twilight's dream)
When Twilight opened her eyes, she found it hard to focus, so she tried rubbing her eyes, luckily for her it worked, after her vision returned she looked around, and she saw that she was no longer in her tent, at the guardians camp.
She looked forward, and saw a strange green force field, surrounding her; she looked around, and found herself alone, she tried peering outside the strange orb, but only found, a pitch black room, filled only with light from the torches, barely creating enough light, to see.
Suddenly she heard a familiar cry, come from the center of the room, she turned her attention there, and saw a very tall figure, standing over a smaller one, at first she thought it was the Princess, due to its height, but when he turned to the side, her hopes were shattered, instead of the Princess, their stood a large pony, with a jet black coat, and a very dark blue mane, he cutie mark wasn't visible.
Suddenly the smaller pony came into view, and it revealed none other than Flame himself, full of cuts and bruises, she tried calling out to him, but nothing came out, suddenly the taller figure lifted the smaller one with his magic, and threw him hard at the wall, with enough force to break every bone in his body.
When he slammed into the wall, he cried out in pain, to her, it was the worst sound she ever heard, but not as hard as the next one, after he slid to the ground, his body fell limp, and didn't move afterwards, "Flame Nooo!" she cried out as tears spilled down her face.
Suddenly the taller figure turned his attention to her, and slowly approached her, Twilight sunk back in fear, as he came closer, "yes, Twilight Sparkle, no matter what you do, your beloved husband will die, and you can't stop it" it said as it stared down at her, with an evil glare.
Twilight couldn't control her emotions, the pain and fear became too much, she closed her eyes and screamed.
(Reality)
Twilight shot up straight in bed, with a cold sweat running down her face, she frantically looked around, and found herself, safe in her bed, she turned to her side, and found herself alone in the bed, Flame was nowhere to be seen, the terrible sight from her dream still remained in her head, she looked around, and saw the early morning light spilling thought the opening at the other end of the tent.
She slowly crawled out of bed, and wiped the sweat from her brow, she walked over to the entrance, and slowly opened it with her hoof, and the sun temporarily blinded her, she walked outside, and saw the soldiers, slowly packing up camp.
She slowly started walking around camp, looking for Flame, but he was nowhere in sight, she continued her search, until she saw Sky Breeze walking calmly, through the camp, at a brisk pace, so she decided to ask him.
When she cam up to him, she cleared her throat, trying to get his attention, he turned his attention to her with a warm smile on his face, one that she returned, "excuse me, have you seen my husband" she asked, hoping he knew.
He smiled and cleared his throat, "ah yes, your husband is over there talking with Silver" he said pointing over to Silver's tent, "I'm on my way there now, please follow me" he said, before he walked in front of her, it took a few minutes for Twilight to start following him.
As they approached the tent, they heard the sound of multiple voices, locked in conversation, Sky Breeze opened the tent, and walked inside, Twilight saw ponies she instantly recognized, she saw Silver with his wife and son, talking to Flame, and surprisingly Applejack.
When she fully walked in, they all turned to them, and smiled, "ah Twilight, glad you could join us" Silver said with a smile, Flame walked up to her, and kissed her on the forehead, "morning honey, how did you sleep" he asked, with a smile, Twilight decided not to tell them about the nightmare, "oh I slept fine, but why didn't you wake me up" she asked Flame, he smiled, in response.
"well, I noticed you were still fast asleep, and I thought you were still tired, from your training, so I let you sleep in a little" he said with a smile, she smiled at him, and turned her attention to Applejack, "hey Applejack, what are you doing here, and where are the other's" she asked, Applejack was about to answer, but Silver interrupted.
"She's here because, the next shrine on our path, is the shrine of honesty, it's hidden deep in the mountains, we need to make it to the mountain pass, by night fall, it will keep us one step ahead of Shadow's forces" he said walking in front of her.
She was about to answer, until the Lieutenant burst into the tent, obviously out of breath, surprising all of them, "my lord" he said, trying to catch his breath, Silver walked up to him, "calm down Lieutenant, breath and tell what it is you need" Silver said calmly, the Lieutenant, sat there catching his breath.
Shortly after that, he regained his posture, and looked at all the ponies in the tent staring at them, he turned back to Silver, who was patiently waiting for the report, "sir, we have news, Shadow Blaze has launched his first attack" he said, with a sorrowful look, when he did, Silver's smile completely disappeared, and was replaced, with a look of anger.
"What! Where?" Silver said slowly, beads of sweat glided down the Lieutenant's face, as Silver stared him in the eyes, the room fell completely silent, "p-PonyVille sir" he said with a nervous voice, when he did, Silver turned to Twilight and Flame, when she heard it, Twilight raised a hoof up to her mouth, to stifle a gasp.
Silver sighed sadly, and turned back to the nervous soldier, "thank you Lieutenant, you can leave now" Silver said as he turned away, and walked over to his desk, and put his hooves on the surface, instead of speaking the Lieutenant, just nodded and hurried out of the tent.
After he left, a thick silence fell over all of them, as they turned their attention, to Silver, who had his head down, obviously lost in thought, Sapphire tried to approach him, but suddenly he pushed everything off the desk in a fit of rage, "shit!" he yelled as he tore everything off the desk, and it flew to the side.
He sat there, breathing heavily, when his wife walked up, and put a hoof on his shoulder, he looked over at her, and saw the gentle look on her face, but this time it didn't work, he looked away and lightly brushed her hoof off, and walked out of the tent, with his head down, followed by Sapphire and Comet, leaving only Twilight, Flame, Applejack and Sky Breeze, he sighed and turned to them, "I'm so sorry, whenever something goes wrong, Silver puts all the blame on himself, anyway, I suggest you break the news to your friends" he said before he walked out.
Twilight had the faintest hint of tears in her eyes, after hearing the news, she looked up at Flame, who shared her sorrow, without saying a word, and they all walked out.
(Later that day…)
Twilight and Flame had no choice but to break the news to their friends, and their reactions, only made them feel worse, so they spent the next hour packing their supplies, when Silver came out, from his tent, followed by Sapphire, he stopped in the middle of camp, and cleared his throat, loud enough for the whole camp to hear, they all stopped and looked at him.
"soldiers, I want this camp cleaned up, and I want us moving in one hour, we make for the mountain pass" he said, before excusing everpony back to their work, he then walked up to Twilight and Flame, with a sorrowful look.
"I'm sorry if you had any family members in PonyVille, but I can assure you, we will stop Shadow Blaze, before he can strike again, I hope you are ready, we have a long journey ahead of us" he said, before he turned away, and went back to his tent to pack his supplies.
An hour after Silver gave his orders, and camp was packed up, and was leaving camp, their next destination, was the pass, which led through the mountains and to the shrine of honesty, all though they didn't know it, they were being followed by two separate groups, one that wanted to destroy them, and one who has yet to reveal their intentions.
(Outskirts of ponyVille)
A small group of ponies, stood and watched the peaceful town, burn to the ground, as they watched the destruction before them, one of them turned to their leader, "we are in way over our heads this time Dark Star" the pony said, looking at the leader.
The leader removed his hood, but did not turn to face him, "aren't we always, and besides, Flame needs our help, he just doesn't know it" he said as he turned around, and started walking into the Everfree forest, when he realized he want being followed, he turned around, and cleared his throat, catching their attention, "come on, they are days ahead of us, and we need to catch them" he said, as he continued walking.
The other's hesitated, but turned and followed the leader, into the forest, and vanished into the darkness.
TO BE CONTINUED IN PART 3
A/N: well that's it for this story, don't worry, the adventure will continue in the next part, can Twilight and her friends, defeat Shadow Blaze, or will they be caught by the gathering storm, that approaches, come back next time to find out.