A statue of a strange being stood in the in the mist of the Everfree forest, buried in a chamber deep within the earth, Its long snake like body rearing itself back to brace itself for an inevitable doom. Its mouth gaped open in a scream of terror and its eyes wide open take in its last sight, a sight of six mares raising themselves to vanquish a formidable foe. Its conscience was still present, but sees nothing but darkness. It patiently waited for the right time to be reborn, the time to take its revenge on its six slayers and capture back that was rightfully his. It felt energy all of a sudden, an all familiar energy. Something that has awoken it the last time it was stoned…Chaos.

It was able to slightly clutch its yellow paw; a fresh breath of wind tickled its horn. When its dotted red pupils regain its colors, it realized what was happening, and HE couldn't be more happy feeling air brushing against its face. He never felt more alive; when the last bit of him was restored, he phased through the earth and soared to the sky. Laughing menacingly at his own luck.

"I'm free! I'M FREE! I AM FRRREEEEEEEE!"

There was only thing that dominated his mind; revenge. Revenge on everyone who has dominated and imprisoned him for so long. He flew straight for Canterlot, ready to give Princess Celestia a piece of his mind. He stopped for a second, seeing a shield covering the city.

"Well, this should be nothing." He said to himself in a deep majestic voice, "One prick of my talons and the bubble will pop like a stray balloon."

He couldn't have been more wrong when he touched it. A colorful electric shock swept him, punching him back several feet before knocking over a tree. He groaned in pain for a little while, but slowly levitated himself back up

"Well, the princess is not as stupid as I thought she was. Least she had enough sense to use the elements when that chaos rift took place."

That was going to be a problem. He remembered fighting Celestia and Luna a long time ago. They were too powerful to take head on, and he can only predict how much powerful they have become over time. Then he remembered Twilight and her goody-toody friends. Sure, he can have a little fun with them by spellbinding them and wreak a little havoc on their defenseless town, but that would only mean facing the two sisters again when they get word. He crafted himself a hammock by manipulating the fluffy clouds around him and rests himself, sipping glass from a strawberry shake. His mind paced itself to figure out what to do. He was about to take a little nap until he felt a presence. It was the same thing that freed him, but a fraction of it; he also felt someone wielding it...A light bulb lit above his head. He chunk his drink behind him, exploding into a fire-ball when it hit ground.

"Well, it looks like we have a visitor. I better give him a warm welcome."

The light bulb above his head dimmed suddenly. He grabbed it, observing the little wires inside, and decided to smack it into the ground. It slowly deflated until it was flat as a board.

Shadow's muscles began to twitch as he awakens from unconsciousness. Pain shot throughout his body with every movement he made. The Emerald he was holding began to sparkle, instantly soothing his aching muscles. He stood to his feet as soon as his strength returned. His eyes widen when he realized he wasn't in the space carrier. By looking around him, he realized he was on a hill-top. The moonlight shimmered a light blue ray; revealing the world around him. The stars above him twinkled as the crickets beneath him sang their soothing melodies. Anyone would have taken a date on a night like this…But Shadow wasn't impressed.

"Where am I?" He asked himself.

"Why, you're on the outskirts of Ponyvill." A deep majestic voice answered him, "Personally, not my favorite place, but it does offer some interesting characters."

Shadow frantically checked his surroundings, trying to find the source of the voice.

"I'm up here." Discord called to him.

Shadow then found peculiar looking cloud above him, shaped like a couch and a little fluffy stool beside it. He saw something putting a bowl of popcorn in a cloudy microwave. It was the most obscured looking figure he ever saw, something that he could have sworn he saw in a children's book. Discord brought his charade down to his level, greeting his new visitor by summoning a pink cloud with his eagle-like hand.

"Care to try some of my specially made cotton candy?" He offered him.

"Who are you and what do you want?" Shadow growled at him in his deep voice.

"Ohh, I've never met such a grumpy hedgehog!" Discord playfully remarked, "I can surely tell, you won't like this world too much."

The pink cloud in his hand suddenly thundered, soaking Discord's claw with water.

"Huh, now it was supposed to be dripping chocolate." Discord remarked disappointingly, chunking it away.

The microwave made a binging noice; He immediately hovered to it, grabbing the bowl inside. Shadow noticed that the popcorn in the bow popped into seeds.

"That doesn't make any sense." Shadow commented with a raised eyebrow.

"Why does it have to?" Discord answered him chuckling, "It's more fun when you don't expect it, now is it?"

Shadow already had bells going off in his head; having already worked for Eggman and met plenty of shady characters in his walk of life. This thing in front of him was definably one of those shady characters, and the strangest he ever met.

"I need to find my way." Shadow said to him walking away from him

"Now, wait a minute before you take off. I just thought I could talk to you; you know, become pales."

"I don't have time to make friends, now if you excuse me I need to get going."

He skid towards town, but stopped when Discord popped in front of him.

"But I really need your help. My Kingdom has been taken over by these two terrible tyrants and they set fire to my once beautiful kingdom."

"Well that's your problem, not mind."

Shadow was about to skid away again until Discord popped beside him, with paw and talons put together to beg.

"Oh, please. Help me Mr. Shadow!" Discord pleaded, "You're my only hope of recapturing my kingdom and freeing my poor citizens from enslavement!"

"I don't see anything on fire." Shadow sneered at him with an angry voice, ready to blast him with his emerald, "Do you?"

Discord hovered a little closer to him, "You just need to see things from my point of view."

Shadow felt something ting from the side of his head, making him disoriented and dizzy. What he saw next is something he would never forget. He saw the city below him on fire, dark and red clouds circling over it. Terrifying blood filled shrieks filled his ears and the smell of death nearly choked his lounges. He felt diseases crawling over him as the black smoke engulfed him. Shadow stepped back from the horrific sight, completely bewildered.

"Wha…What is this?!" Shadow asked in shock.

"Something I'm afraid that has to be fixed." Discord explained, grinning when he saw Shadow's petrified expression, "The two princesses, Celestia and Luna, have the five elements of harmony, which is responsible for keeping peace throughout the Kingdom. The two have abused it since they got their hooves on it and their using its' energy to shield their capital to keep out anybody bold enough to take them on. With that little diamond on your hand, you can pass the shield with ease; and save the lives of thousands, if not millions."
Shadow was still staring at the horrific sight. Discord put his paw and claws on his shoulders, lowing his head to his ear.

"It is your purpose. Is it not? To use your powers for the greater good?"

Without saying another word, Shadow skid off to Canterlot with a blistering sprint. With his Chaos Emerald shining in his hand, he disappeared in a burst of energy.

"Oh, this is so much fun!" Discord doubled back laughing, "Now I have a puppet to use that Emerald for me."

"This must be the shield Discord mentioned earlier." Shadow said to himself skidding along the concrete path with his jet like shoes.

Even though he was a still a good way from the bridge, tall white towers were already obscuring the view of the horizon behind it. Through Shadow's eyes, it was worse than he imagined. Just behind the dark-blue shield were mares and stallions pulling large carriages of bricks, their bodies shriveled up to the point of exposing their bones. One of the mares passed out, collapsing on the cold-unforgiving concrete. A little filly ran to her side, sobbing out loud when she felt her mother's head go limp; breathing out the last air of her life. Shadow didn't phase from the sight, but skidded straight to the bridge. They were countless of guards at the entrance, so Shadow teleported to the side of the entrance, just beyond the lake. His emerald sparkled when he came within hand's reach of the bubble.

I can feel the emerald charging its power, He thought examining it, Could it really…"

To put his theory to the test, he reached his hand out and touched the shield with his emerald. His eyes widen when it phased through like a hand through a waterfall. Boldly, he pressed the rest of his body through, reaching the other side without so much as a scratch. He saw the shield behind him regenerate itself, sealing the little gap the emerald has made. Most of the white and purple buildings he saw were either on fire or destroyed. He teleported himself to the side of a roof top to avoid being spotted by traveling guards, and scanned around as hard as he could, his vision being obscured from the smoke coming from the shops below. In reality, the ponies below were enjoying a peaceful night, although some whined about the shield around them obscuring the night sky.

I need to get to the highest point of the city if I want to find the source of the shield. Shadow thought.

He teleported from tower to tower, escalating when the smoke cleared itself enough for him to see the buildings above. Before he knew it he found himself high above the carnage below, wrecked carriages and fire littered the streets. No doubt, he wanted whoever did this pay for this senseless destruction. When he reached to the top of a watch tower, the smoke began to clear. The taller buildings seemed untouched by the chaos below, still maintaining its' form and stark paint.

"Leave it to two tyrants to put themselves before the people." He hissed

He spotted a colorful wave of light emitting from the centermost part of the city, levitating to the sky and dispersing when it reached the bubble.

That has to be it. He thought

He saw an open window at the side of the tower and made a flying leap inside, making a flawless landing inside the dark room. The Chaos emerald he was holding began to glow; just bright enough for him to see in the darkness. He found himself in a storage room, boxes piled on top of each other.

"Hey! What are you doing here?!"

Shadow looked behind him and saw an armored stallion staring dead at him. In a flash of black blur, Shadow zipped right towards him, throwing a sucker punch to the exposed part of his forehead. He dropped to the floor instantly, knocking him out cold. Shadow found an opened door just beyond the unconscious guard, and he zipped himself out as fast as he could, closing the door just as quickly. The hallways were heavily decorated with metal suits and weapons; although it was never used for centuries. Before Shadow would go around a corner, he would peak his head around first to see if any guard was walking by. He was surprised how packed the building was with soldiers. Every part of the building had at least two white unicorns on duty. Navigating the castle would have been near to impossible if that emerald wasn't with him. He moved around the building undetected, looking for the room that held the six elements of harmony. Finally, after several minutes, he found a rather large cage door. Eight white unicorn guarded the entrance, four on each side with golden plated amour covering every inch of their body. That has to be it; there is no other reason the entrance would be so heavily guarded. He didn't see any alternate way in; the gated door was the only way in, and it looks inevitable to do this mission without a blood bath. He was about to ambush the guards with a chaos sphere until the gate opened suddenly, two figures walking out of the gate way. Thinking fast, he teleported to the ceiling; suspending himself between two tiles.

"Guards, Leave us." One of them commanded with a stern-female voice.

They saluted and departed from the floor. The two figures were more built than the guards, one of them was pure white, with a long horn on her head and a golden crown on top of it, beautiful feathered wings and a golden sun painted on her flank, her lightly colored tail and mane was flowing carelessly beside herself. A large diamond was incrested on her chest of her outfit, signifying her magisty. The other unicorn he saw was less built, dark-blue fur, resembling the night outside. She was wearing an outfit showing a crescent moon on her chest, and a moon surrounded by darkness on her flank.

"Do you think the shield might be unnecessary?" Luna asked her, "We could be stressing this over nothing."

"I'm not going to have another disaster befall upon us." Celestia answered, "If there's just a slight chance that a siege can befall over our kingdom, I want the elements of harmony properly secured to face our foe."

The darker pony frowned, obviously with something troubling on her mind.

"Our subjects are becoming worried. It pains me to see everyone in such a state of discomfort…Especially Twilight and her friends."

The white unicorn let out a deep sigh of dissatisfaction. She approached the dark unicorn, putting her hoof on her shoulder. She spoke with a deep and passionate voice.

"You have shown such love towards your subjects, dear sister. I'll leave the shield up until morning; if you're correct and nothing takes place, then my apologies to you and everyone in Equestia."

The dark unicorn sincerely smiled, "Thank you sister."

The white unicorn began to walk back towards her bed room. When the darker unicorn walk back into the chamber, Shadow silently dropped to the floor and crept right behind her, just inches away from her majestic night-like tale to make sure of himself that the gate will close with him passed it. He teleported behind a statue to safely see the room. It was a huge-ballroom sized room, and no doubly, the elements stood prompted on a pillar in the center of it, with the crown hovering in front of the other five elements, emitting a beam of colorful waves through a small hole in the dome-shaped ceiling. As soon as the dark unicorn had her back turned, Shadow made a mad dash for the crown; leaping high enough to land on the white pillar they rested on. The crown was floating right in front of him, and as soon as he grabbed the base of it, a loud-deep boom echoed throughout the room. The dark unicorn spun around and saw a figure holding the element of magic in its hands. The light beneath him prevented the dark pony from getting a good glimpse of him

"Who are you!?" The dark unicorn demanded as her horn began to charge with magic.

She saw his sharp-cold eyes staring down at her. She had his only exit blocked, and he knew she had him cornered. The gate re-opened as her sister galloped beside her, followed by dozens of highly ranked guards; their horns began to charge.

"If you come down quietly, we won't hurt you." The white unicorn called to him, "Drop the crown and surrender."

He stretched his hand holding the Chaos emerald, ready to charge up and slay the very rulers that have caused so much pain to so many ponies in Discord's kingdom. Something was wrong, though. He didn't feel any power surging through him. He quickly observed the emerald he was holding; it didn't glow like it should.

What's going on? He thought frantically, why has the emerald lost its power?

"I am aggressing you!" The white unicorn called to him, her whole horn glowing white, "Drop the crown or suffer the consequences!"

Shadow quickly observed the crown he was holding. The star on top of it was glowing, and he felt a strange energy comming from it. At that moment, he realized what was happening. The crown was somehow neutralizing the power of the Chaos emerald. Shadow stared back at his oppressors with vengeful eyes; he was not going to be captured alive. He had a duty to fulfill.

"This is your last chance!" The dark unicorn called to him.

With eyes taking dead aim at the white princess, he chucked the crown straight into the air. His emerald began to shine again. He leaped up and pointed the emerald at her.

"CHAOS BLAST!"

A ray of yellow energy shot from his hands. The white Princess summoned a quick shield just in time to block the attack. Smoke covered them as the dark unicorn fired a pitch back lighting volt at her target. She couldn't tell if she hit him, but the next thing she heard was her sister screaming out in pain and the sound of a body hitting the floor. The guards opened fired, but had no visibility to hit their target. When the smoke cleared, she saw a bright energy shard stuck on her sister's upper leg. The lightning volt she summoned created a big hole on the wall, and her target was nowhere to be found, alone with the crown. The dark unicorn ran to her sister's aid.

"N-No Luna." The white princess told her with blood pouring out from her wound, staining her white coated fur, "You must get the crown. The fate of Equestia depends on it!"

With a quick nod, Luna flew through gaping hole she created while the guards galloped to her aid. She scanned around in the darkness and just caught her target skidding through the street, heading straight for the gate. She teleported in front of him, ready to hit him again with a black lightning bolt. Right before she was about to fire he began wall jumping from building from building to avoid the strike, escalating until he landed on a roof top, and skidded in the opposite direction. The volt left a big smoking hole on the side of a shopping corner, mares and stallions began screaming and running in every direction in a state of panic.

She flew right alone his direction and quickly caught up with him, flying below him. She charged her horn with magic; Instead of a lighting volt, she began firing an endless stream of blue energy spheres at him. He dodged every shot as he skipped alone the roof tops, eventually grinding on a rail that took him to higher elevation. Luna tried not to hit any of the buildings as she tried to hit her elusive target, but some of the orbs found themselves crashing against the roof tops above, exploding on impact. Ponies around her were already taking cover under anything they can find, realizing they were coming under attack.

Shadow looked to see if he lost his pursuer; and found her hot on his tail as she soared through the air. This would have been a lot easier if he could draw energy from his emerald. She charged her horn again, ready to fire a small powerful beam at him this time. This will slice him in half if it hits, but he left her no other choice, he has to be stopped from escaping with the crown. She teleported behind him and waited for the right time to use it as he hopped back down to the ground, skidding with long stokes as he hits top speed. She struggled to keep up with him as she glides alone the ground. She saw her chance when he took a leap through the air in front of her, about to zip in another direction. There was no way he could dodge her in midair, the beam was sure to hit him. She fired, a small-red laser shooting from her horn. Shadow looked behind him and realized he was in trouble. The beam was going right for him, and he had no time to dodge it. Out of instinct, he swung his emerald right in front of the beam as fast as he could, just in time to block the beam. What happened next was simply unbelievable to both of them.

The beam, instead of going right though as Shadow predicted, ricashaed wildly to the side. The beam sliced through small buildings beneath him, loud crashing noises erupted throughout Canterlot as the crumbling buildings collapsed to the ground in a cloud of smoke. When the beam vanished, he zipped to a roof top and took off, hopping from roof to roof. Anger built inside of Luna, hearing screams of terror below as her subjects took cover from the crumbling buildings. This hedgehog wasn't just a thief, he was mad! Shadow continued to skid as fast as he could while Luna fired bolt after bolt at him. Her horn began to sore from the amount of stress she has put on it

Finally, it came to a head. Shadow continued to skid until he found himself at the very edge of Canterlot, out of land and out of luck. Luna landed a meter from him, with her horn charged for the last time. She was panting heavily, completely exhausted.

"Now I have you!" She screamed at him with her Royal Canterlot voice, "You will finally pay for what you've done to this Kingdom!"

Shadow stared back at her, his beaming eyes piercing into her soul.

"It will be you who will pay, princess…" He said in his deep-rough voice, "This Kingdom will return to the hands it rightfully belonged."

At that, he stretched out his hands…and jumped back first off the cliff. He felt cool air breeze behind him as his dark and red spikes flow in front of him. Luna dived right for him, with wings fully expanded and accelerating to him with her whole horn glowing. This was going to end; rather he dies from her dark-lightning volt electrocuting him or hitting the unforgiving ground beneath him. She was ready to fire, ready to save her Kingdom.

Shadow chunk the crown under him and teleported right before the bolt hit him. She looked in every direction beneath her, her target nowhere to be found. The crown was left free-falling towards earth, and she made a desperate dive for it. Suddenly, she felt something land on her thigh. She looked back and saw the hedgehog summoning an energy shard, and began stabbing her flank repeatingly with it, trickles of blood spitting out of her wound with every lunge. She screamed in pain as she felt an unbearable burning sensation fire inside her leg. This was too much! She realized she was going to die if she stuck with him as they sped closer to the earth. With no other option, she channeled the rest of her strength to her horn and disappeared in a puff of magic. Shadow then realized how close he was hitting the ground. He tried to put his feet in front of him so that his jet books could hover him, and did so just in time. He slowed down somewhat, but toppled over when he hit the ground.

Seconds turned into minutes. Shadow never ran for his life like that before; surely, these two rulers were a force to be recognized. Bruised, he raised his head, seeing that the crown was right in front of his face. After a minute, he staggered up and grabbed it by the base. With one last look at the burning city, he slowly skidded into the cover of night.

author's notes

I never realized how many people were already reading this story right after I published it. All I have to say is, yikes!

I know every reader is aware by now that I have never majored in any English class. If you are bothered by this, than my apologies. I'm trying everything to make this as full proof as I can.

Now, if you find this exciting. Just wait! I have plenty of tricks up my sleaves that you keep you over the edge...And wait you must. I haven't began on the next chapter yet, and I'm going to need a little time to get it done. I'm going to say...November 13. I'm going to try my best to meet that dead line, and I would hate to leave any of you dissapointed.

Until then...Brohoof, peace out, high five, and all of that good stuff...And don't forget to leave a comment on your way out. I need to know if this sucks or not.