I'm finally over my Skyrim addiction. I reached level 52 and was just like 'Fuck it!' because I'm done. No more! I also need to get ready. Also it's April 14th. Meaning no new My little pony episode today! Damn you Hasbro. Damn you Royal Wedding.

I was in the center of Canterlot. All around me was businesses and people getting on with their averaged day lives. I couldn't hear anybody talk. They were moving at super slow speeds. The one thing that did catch my eye was a large pony with a hood over his head. He took it off and stared at me with blood red eyes.

"Hello Shadow."

"Ello!" I said back waving my hoof.

"Do you know who I am?" His coat was a pale gray and his hair was long and black.

"Not a clue!"

"Don't sound so smug. I'm the pony who will kill you."

"And why would you go and do that?"

"You killed my brother. I shall avenge him with blood. Remember me hero. I am Dancing Blade."

"Oh... I get it. I see what you did their."

"You think I am joking of killing you? Their is an art to killing don't ya know?"

"I do know. But I see swordplay as more of a... craft. Than an art anyways."

"Bold words from the man who hides in the dark." He said taking off. Well I finally get to have a dream and this asshole comes and ruins it. Well shit. "Listen close. I won't fight you first. I have an old acquaintance who wants to meet you."

"Who? WHO!"

"You work with her. Yesterday was a famous day for her." I don't understand. Yesterday was Nightmare night so... Luna! Nightmare Moon! SWEET TITS ASS FUCK! I need to wake up now!

I woke up in a room not familiar to me. I noticed I had a quilt with butterflies covering my body. The room was small and circular. Fluttershy's!

"Oh good your okay." said Forest coming up the stairs.

"I took another bad hit didn't I?"

"You bet. How did your body heal so quickly?"

"What do you mean?" I looked in the mirror. I had scars where the stitches were and my wing was fixed. "Oh dude! How long have I been sleeping!"

"12 hours."

"Alright. Guess my body is just strong then." Fluttershy walked up and looked at me.

"How did you heal so quickly?" she asked handing me a cup of tea.

"I don't know. Is that a good thing?"

"It can be. But you scarred and it looks really painful."

"It's okay. I was ugly to begin with. Now I just look cooler. Can you help me up?" Forest and Fluttershy quickly came to my side and pulled me out of the bed. Then Terra woke up.

"Mom dad. Is he okay?" asked the colt.

"He's fine son." said Forest.

"Wow! You look like a cool guy Shadow!" Even he knows who I am?! GAWD! I grabbed my suit and put it on.

"Thanks kid." I tried flying and my wings felt stronger than ever. "What did you do Shy? I feel ten times better!"

"I just gave you some home made medicine." She said with a blush. Forest then walked over to me and whispered in my ear.

"Hey Dusty. When's the wedding again?"

"Oh Shit! The wedding! What day is it?"

"It's Monday."

"Then we have 6 days. It's on Sunday!" I shall not get hurt 6 days before my wedding!

5 seconds later

"Ow!" I fell down the stairs.

"You alright?"

"No." I went outside and stretched my wings out. I can't help it that I fell. Didn't I just tell myself that I wasn't going to get hurt? Hmm.

"Be careful!" yelled Fluttershy as I took off. I need to get to the castle right now! I was flying faster than Rainbow Dash. I took me a while to see the black flames from behind me but no time to enjoy! I need to check on the princess! The castle is in my view. Good now I just need to...

"Ow!" I crashed into a force field on the outside of the castle. Their was a large gaping whole in the roof of it so I walked on the force field to look in it. I saw that Belle Blade I think his name was? Something with dancing. It was Dancing. I am so smart! Dawn was unconscious and so was Celestia. Dawn looked fine but Celestia was injured. He was talking to Nightmare Moon in Tia's throne. They both looked up at me.

"Their he is. Kill him Nightmare and I will honor our deal." He said. She licked her lips at me and took off in a charge.

"Oh shit!" She went through the field and held me in her arms. Every pony below began to panic.

"You are the Shadow I have heard off? You killed my friends brother?"

"I did. I suggest you stop this Luna."

"Hahaha! I am not Luna anymore!"

"You are! You are sweet little Luna and this nightmare stuff needs to end."

"Who are you?"

"I am Dustin Shafer."

"Your the human? I hope your blood taste sweet!" I saw her go for a bite so I punched her in the jaw. "Ow! Not a bad hit for someone as small as you."

"I'm sure you would like my blood. It's O- by the way." She was drooling. While she was distracted I got out of her arms and flew to the hole in the magic barrier so I could get my scythes. Before I did she closed it.

"Ah ah ah! No cheating!" She grabbed me and threw me into the ground.

"Ow!" I promised myself I wasn't going to get hurt anymore! I don't think I can hit a girl.

"I'm going to enjoy killing you. You're putting up more of a fight than Tia did."

"Did you kill her?"

"I'm saving her for last. Next I'll kill that hot little redhead you love so much."

"Oh no you don't!" I grabbed her by the hoof and broke it. She screamed when she saw the bone sticking out.

"AAAAHHHH!!! How dare you hurt me! The future ruler! You're suppose to serve us Shadow!"

"In that case." I got in front of her and put both my forearms into her chest. "I quit!" I pulled my arms both left and right separating NM from Luna. She was a large bone horse made out of shadows similar to my Rage mode.

"You quit?" asked Luna on my left holding her head. I went over to her and looked at her hoof. It wasn't broken. It was for Nightmare though.

"I didn't mean it." I told her. I saw Nightmare rolling on the floor holding her hoof in pain. "This time we can kill the Nightmare."

"How dare you! No pony is this powerful!" Nightmare said looking up to me. I stood on two legs and put my right one on the back off her skull.

"I'm not a pony!" I yelled curb stomping her. When her skull shattered she screamed and the rest of her body engulfed in flames. After a minute of burning all that stood was a Black soul with flames emitting from it. I wrapped a paper baggie around it and hung it from my side.

"I don't want to touch it." I told Luna. "Might catch yer crazy." She was extremely happy.

"You did it! You stopped the Nightmare for real! She's not coming back?"

"She might. I'm going to take the soul to Celestia to see... what... I... Oh no! Celestia!" I took off for the castle. I got in the throne room and held the bleeding alicorn in my hooves. "Come on stay with me!" I looked back to see Luna. "Luna get every medic you can! Hurry!" She took off and I put my ear against her chest. She had a small heartbeat but it slowly went away. "No!" I put my hooves on her chest and began CPR. After enough time Dawn woke up.

"Ugh... Dustin? Where is the Nightmare?!"

"I stopped it! Come on Tia!" I stopped pressing on her chest. I cocked her head back and took a deep breath before putting air in her lungs. "*Pffh Pffh* Wake up! *Deep breath.* *Pffh Pffh*"

"*cough cough*" Celestia woke up. She tried to move but I stopped her.

"Breath in and breath out. Take it easy princess. Help is on the way."

"You stopped my sister?"

"Better. I separated the nightmare from her." I held the baggie in front of her. "I got her soul!"

"Luna's?!"

"What? No I sent her to get you some medical aid. This is all that's left of Nightmare Moon. Since we can't destroy her we lock up the soul." I threw it in the metal safe behind a painting of Prince Blueblood. I hate that kid. Why would you want a painting of the smug bastard? "Dawn cast a spell on this safe so nothing gets in or out." He did as was told and put a orange box around the safe. I pulled the painting back down.

"Dustin you saved me again." said Celestia. "How can I make it up to you?"

"You can help with the marriage. It's on Sunday by the way."

"We shall have it *cough cough* here at the castle! It will be a royal wedding."

"If it's not too much to ask. Now get some rest. NM did a good number on ya." She closed her eyes and let sleep cover her like a blanket. So I wrapped my vest around her and stopped the bleeding from the claw wound on her ribs. The wounds were bad but they won't scar. Good.

"Dawn. I need your help." He quickly ran up to me. "Find out as much as you can about Dancing Blade. He's the pony responsible for this."

"Blade? Is he related to Singing?"

"Yes. Brothers. And he wants revenge."

"Alright. I saw how hard it is for you to keep up with the scythes. I have new weapons in production." He handed me a drawing of what he was talking about. "They wrap around your arms like that Stasis module you had. We link it up to your brain waves and when you think it, they deploy two blades on each arm similar to claws."

"These are awesome! And they look easier to conceal than scythes."

"Do we keep the scythes?"

"Yes. I might need them."

"Yay! I mean. Yes sir." He walked away happily. I saw some lipstick on his neck. I sneaked up on him when he was unaware and I smelled it. Yep. Apples.

"Do you like bucking apples?" I asked him.

"It's a good side job. Big Mac is a handful though."

"Hehehe... No Dawn. I mean Bucking Apples. As in Applejack and yo-"

"Oh Celestia! Oh jeez. How do you know this?"

"You left some signs of rough play on your neck." He wiped the mark away and ran into the offices. I grabbed a bucket and made a cement mix. I picked up as many blocks as I could and climbed up some scaffolding where I began to repair the wall.

"Princess!" Yelled a few medical ponies. They picked her up on a stretcher.

"Be careful!" I yelled.

"And why didn't you do anything to help?!" yelled the nurse.

"Hmm. Jeez. I don't know." I went back to fixing the wall. Then they left taking Tia with them and some other ponies ran in.

"So this is were you guys work?" asked Kay. I looked back and saw her with Twilight and Rainbow Dash.

"Just about." I said.

"You going to fix that entire wall by yourself?" asked Rainbow Dash.

"I'm going to try."

"Dustin!" yelled Twilight. "What happened exactly?"

"Well Celestia is on her way to the hospital. I separated the Nightmare from Luna and hid the soul someplace safe."

"Soul?"

"I killed the Nightmare." They all gasped.

"Without the elements?"

"Yep. All it took was one good stomp to the noggin and POOF!"

"Yeah right." said Rainbow Dash. "Have any proof?" I held my arms out and pointed to the large hole in the ceiling.

"Is this not good enough for you?" I flew to the safe. "Dawn. Field." He lowered it and I reached in pulling out a bag. I opened it and let the soul free.

"How dare you Shadow! You take away the princess's body, you kill me, and you put my soul in a paper bag?!"

"Yep!" I wrapped it back up and put it inside the safe. "Dawn." He put the spell back on it and I pulled the painting down. "Anymore questions?" I asked the ladies who all had their jaws touching the floor.

"Well..." started Rainbow Dash. "Fine you win. Come on ladies let's not hang with Scarred and Deadly over here!"

"Oi!" I yelled at her.

"Let's go!"

"But I have so many more questions!" said Twilight. Rainbow Dash pushed her away. Kay gave me a satisfied look.

"Good job. You saved us all again."

"That I did." I put another brick on the wall.

"Want some help with that?" Well... she is a unicorn.

"I would love that Kay." She climbed up the scaffolding and we began to work in a synchronous pattern. We fixed the entire left side in 12 minutes. We moved to the right and kept on working. After a while I flew up and began to work on the ceiling in which she would send me cement or bricks. We finished quicker than hiring a construction crew.

"Too bad we can't get the windows." said Kay. "They really made this room stand out."

"Your right. We can't fix stained glass windows can we?"

"We can but we don't know what order they go in or in what shape the pieces are."

"Then I guess we have nothing to do." Dawn walked out of the office.

"Guys?! You fixed the room! How!"

"Teamwork!" We put our hooves in the air dramatically.

"Nice. Dustin you did all the files too?"

"I did. Since I had to work yesterday."

"Sorry about that bro." He said scratching the back of his head. Hey... I would take some time off If I was bucking some apples too. If you know what I mean. Those trees won't kick themselves you know!

"No problem. I'm taking a break. Be back tonight for work."

"Alright. Bye Shadow." He said as Kay and I walked out the door.

"Kay... We are going to have our wedding here at the castle on Sunday. How does that sound?"

"That is amazing! How did you do that?!"

"Celestia owes me since I saved her life today. She said we should have it here."

"Great! I need to get my dress ready!" She took off running.

"Right! I need... a suit... oh my god I don't have one. Where's Rarity when you need her?" I looked around and saw the unicorn drinking a cup of tea. I ran up to her.

"Rarity! I need you assistance!"

"And how may I help you today, Shadow?"

"I want you to make me a suit for my wedding."

"You want me to make it? *Gasp* Oh boy! Thank you!"

"Kay needs help as well." I winked at her. She new why I was talking to Rarity. I know because she got away from a wedding store that was right in front of her. "Since we are having it at the castle I can't just go in my work suit. Can I?"

"Oh my! This is going to be big! Does this mean I'm invited?"

"Of course! Your a friend after all."

"And after everything we did to you... You still trust us as friends."

"Yeah! I've been through worse. Like this one time I was on this game show called 'Total Blackout.' I was chased around by big thugs with Night vision goggles and I ate bugs. I also was tied to a rope and flung across the room a few times."

"That sounds awful!"

"It was fun though. Anyways... yes! You are my friend." She jumped up and gave me a surprise hug. I lightly patted her on the back. "There there."

"Where is Kay? I must talk to her about this!" She took off in a dust storm leaving me to eat her dust.

"What have I done?" I said to myself watching the excited fashion expert hunt down my to-be wife. Then a waiter walked up.

"May I get you a coffee while you wait sir?"

"Huh? Oh yes! Black, two sugars and creamer please." He gave me a seat and took off. "Hmm... I need to stop this Dancing Blade before he ruins my big day." The waiter came back out giving me my coffee. "Oh thank you good sir!" I took it and began to sip. He just waited there holding his hoof out.

"What?" I asked him. "Oh... Here is a 20 bit tip. Will that do?" I don't know how much to give him.

"Thanks a lot good sir! You are most generous!" I looked around and saw a rich family give a waiter 1 bit. Did I give him too much? I don't feel like I did. He was a good waiter after all. *sip* and he got my coffee just right!