It is now official that Dustin or Shadow's sanity might be at stake but he realized that he can do just about anything.

Bloodmane's POV

I was sitting in my throne laughing. I knew that the second Blade brother wouldn't fail me.

"Your Highness!" cried one of my subjects running into the room. The tired Griffon could hardly catch his breath.

"What is it? Take your time and tell me what's wrong." I said trying to sound like a good ruler.

"Dancing Blade is dead. He murdered Shadow's wife."

"Oh no..."

"Oh no is right my lord! Here's the worst part. He knows it was you." I looked out a window to see the moon shinning on a pony standing out on a mountain top.

"Uh oh."

Shadow's POV

'I am so going to enjoy this.' I said in my head. I opened my wings and released the Rage mode from before. When I go in their I need to make sure I kill everyone that I want to kill. Only the ones involved. I don't want to cause a whole Deus Ex Machina event where the plot revolves around this one impossible problem that I end up stopping with an unlikely last minute event. No more of that.

"Hey Bloodmane!" I yelled. "I just want you to know that I have always loved you!"

"Really!" he yelled from his window.

"Gotcha!" I said in my best Celestia impersonation. Alright. Here goes. No more screwing around. Time to fly. I spread my wings out and jumped.

Meanwhile below

"Ms. Cheerilee." said Big Macintosh holding out a ring. "Will you marry me?"

"OH Yes! Yes I will!" They hugged then a griffon came out.

"Ponies aren't allowed her. Now I get to eat." He said looking at them. 3... 2... 'WWWEEEEEE!' They all heard. Then I landed on the griffon from above and crushed every bone in his body. I looked up at the two.

"Hello Cheerilee. Big Mac." I said.

"Hello Shadow." They both said. "We heard what happened. Are you okay?" They asked me. I showed them my face. I looked a lot like Twilight in 'Lesson Zero.' My ear twitched and my dilated eyes went crossways.

"Never better!" I said creepily before jumping into a shadow and appearing inside the town. I pulled my hood up and put on my goggles. I then contacted Watcher Dawn. "Dawn. Send me my new toys."

"I'm on it." I held my hooves out and two circlets appeared on my arm. The one on my left was in the way of my engagement bracelet which I forgot to take off so I ripped it off in rage. My hair was black and leaking shadows like ink blots in water from an octopus. "Now they should be linked to your brain pattern... now. Just think open and you will activate the blades."

"Alright." Uh... open oh strange blades. They did open showing 3 blades each going down my arm. They were like claws but you can't bend them and they are much more deadly. I wanted to make a lot of noise so I stabbed them in the wall of the tower and started climbing up. *CHINK* *CHINK* *CHINK*

In the tower

"Do you hear that sir?" asked one of the butlers. Everyone was listening to the CHINK noises made by yours truly. I got to the window and stopped making noise so everyone could go to the window. I took my mask off as well.

"Is a-anybody there?" asked the Prince.

"Nope!" I said while in the potted plant behind him. I took the plant off my head and walked to him with my creepy smile and continued to twitch.

"Shadow! You look terrible!"

"And you look great!" I twitched my head again. As my ear flapped I gave everyone a look with my crossways eyes like a chameleon. "Your going to look better when I rip off your fur and make a coat out of it. I think Kay might agree." I pulled out a griffon skull. "Yes I would agree Dustin. You should make me a coat..." I said in a fake accent and threw the skull. "Of course baby! I would do anything for you since your still alive HAHAHA!" I was the only one laughing.

"Your a looney." said one of the guest. I stopped laughing and gave him a dead stare. I got behind him before he could blink and sliced his head off.

"Stop this madness! None of this was suppose to happen Shadow! Please take mercy!" I held my arms up waited for his guards to come to me. Before they could grab me I summoned my blades and stabbed them both and killing them instantly.

"No can do. I have direct orders from Celestia herself to kill you." I walked over to him and held my hoof in the air. "This is for Kay and everyone else you killed you BITCH!" I yelled before cutting his head off. The other griffons got on the ground and began to pray me.

"Thank you for saving us brave Shadow!" said one of the butlers.

"Wait, you guys didn't ask to be here?" I stopped with the creepy look. It was starting to hurt.

"No. We were forced. Enslaved. Will you spare us?"

"Get out of here. I have no quarrel with you." I said to them. I then went to the comm system. Apparently every griffon was under control of this asshole. "Attention everyone! This is your favorite pony hero Shadow speaking. You are all free of the tyrant Bloodmane!" I could hear everyone cheer outside. It appears I have saved many lives today. At the cost of a few guards, and... Kay. But she's happier now with my brother. As much as I would want to complain I just don't care anymore. I lit up one of my last two cigarettes.

"Shadow. You did it." said Celestia, Luna, and Dawn teleporting in front of me.

"Aye. That I did." I sat down on the throne and just accepted everything that was happening.

"I understand what you're feeling Dustin. Both Luna and I felt lost when we lost our parents."

"Sorry to hear that."

"So are we but now isn't the time to be stuck in the past Shadow." Why can't they just stick to one name?

"This isn't the end! Tis only the beginning! Let's rejoice! Kay's sacrifice and all the others who died for this pointless cause will be remembered."

"Then we shall erect a monument in town. For ponies to see for centuries."

"I would like that very much." Dawn teleported us all to Canterlot. He then came to talk to me.

"Are you sure that your okay?" he asked worried.

"No. I'm not. But... I'll get over it."

"I kept count. You have one smoke left right?"

"I'm saving it for when another friend dies or I die."

"Let's hope its neither for a long time." We went outside of the castle doors and every pony withing miles was outside cheering for me. They only said "Shadow! Whoo!" or "Have my baby!" of course too soon. I then saw they had a party set up so I waited for them all to hush.

"Let's get this party started right!" I popped a bottle of champagne and sprayed it on most of them. I saw the party begin and I felt the stress of relief disappear from my shoulders. I then had a thought.

"Hey Celestia?"

"Yes Shadow."

"Since all of these guys were connected. Isn't that like a conspiracy or something like that which we should right down about."

"Yes! So it was all just one big organized crime?" asked Celestia.

"So this was just one case!" I told her. "How many more are like that?!"

"I wish I could tell you but you were right. This is only the beginning Shadow the hero." Alright. She hasn't said Dustin in a awhile. Shadow it is!

This is the end of Act 1. I have several more planned out. I know their was a tragedy last chapter but it all worked out. Except for Shadow. He kind of got stronger so theirs that!