The Attack has been so sudden, Shadow never had a chance to defend himself the assasin had been through and to the point. Aiming at immobilising hitting both a wing and leg instantlly, pinning Shadow to the floor with small but effective sticks. Shadow knew what was supposed to happen now, once he could no longer move he was to be executed in a way to suffice the demon these ponies now worshiped. But it never happened, either that or being left to bleed to death on the ground was seen as a sufficent enough sacrifice to this pony. Either way, he had ran off leaving Shadow to lie there motionless and in constant pain. His dark smile still wedged into Shadow's mind as he trotted off happy with his accomplishment, knowing that in only a couple of hours Shadow would die from bleeding out.

It had only been an hour, but to Shadow this was a eternity. His entire body no longer functioned and he begun to pant, his shortness of breath causing sharp pains throughout. His right wing and left hindleg were no longer apart of him, all ffeeling from the stabbed areas were being given anylonger. He was slowly losing it, and he knew that at this rate he wouldn't have long. Moving his head slightly to his right, trying to get a better look at his impaled wing. He could see it was all the way though, and had even spiked through into the ground below. Such force.. I guess that is the demons magic at work. No pony should be able to shoot such a basic spike that hard.. Looking towards his left hindleg it was the same story, hope was now lost.

Attempting to remove the stake was now out of the question, and attempting to shout for help was no good either. Shadow may have been at the edge of the forest, but he was still to far away from anypony to ask for assistance. Tears began to form at his eyes, the small droplets slowly dripping down his soft midnight color coat. Stopping at his dark midnight mane, he was slowly losing his mind. He could only shed tears, his voice was lost to him as fear began to choke at his being the realisation that. He was going to die. The tears were no longer slow but forceful, streaming down his coat and finally past his mane. They beat down upon the earth below, making a small plop as they dropped. His mind was now lost to him, he had no feelings left in his body and the being he once was became a shell.

A once proud and gentle Colt, Shadow had become to love the life which he had taken. A small Cult known as the Everfree Tribe had taken him in as a small foal when he turned up in the forest, he had taken on the simple role of carrier. The tribe's main goal was a simple and noble one, to preserve the Everfree Forest's natural balance and refuse it to take the path of true evil. The tribe was split down into a select few groups, Unicorns were taken into the arts of deep elemental magic. A very strict and hard magic, mistakes were far to costly to make their training was very hard. They created potions, spirits, medicine and ancient spells which would hold the forest together and maintain it's balance. All things they created which may be spread or given to the forest were then given to the Pegasi, somepony like Shadow. They would take it were it was needed and use it as instructed. Earth ponies were the back bone who gathered food and water for the rest of the tribe, all living in harmony with each other.

That was at least, until the demon erupted. A spell gone wrong for the first time since the creation of the tribe, and boy did it go wrong. As the dust had settled after the spell erupted what could be seen in the middle was no stranger to Shadow, he knew a true demon when he saw one. Without a moments hesitation he had fled that day, he knew what would happen if he stayed. The screams and destruction behind him were more then clear, even after several minutes of flying. Tracing down a old friend he had explained the news, and recived instruction to find what were known as 'The Elements of Harmony and it's Users'. He had no time to ask questions as the demon was fast approaching. With his friends regards upon the matter Shadow had been sent out into the night, in search of a town known as Ponyville.

He had flown for over a day to reach the far end of the forest, Shadow had never been this far out before and know nothing about the land. It's emense size shocked Shadow as he finally saw the end in sight, reaching down to the floor of the forest he had intended to trott the rest of the way in order to gain some strength in case it was still longer towards the town. He had almost made it when the black pony had attacked him, and now he was here. Close to death and certain failure, the entire of Equestria doomed.

The sound of wings forced Shadow awake from his thoughts, they were faint but closing in. The thought that this must be either a new assasin or a helping hand were weighing around in his mind. He was out of options, he needed help and if it was another assasin what was the worst that could happen? Death was a fine release for Shadow right now. He had no way to say anything, his voice was still removed and he could not move. Think Shadow, think. There must be some way of telling them I am here.. but how! his mind forcing through memories in order to gain something to call this approching being with. But it was not needed.

It was a Pegasus, a pale yellow one with a light pink tail and mane. She had on her back some small birds, one with a bandaged wing, she was also carrying some saddlebags small ones but they seemed to be filled. One of the birds on her back had seen Shadow and begun a flustered flapping and squaking, attempting to bring Fluttershy's attention towards the lying Pegasus down below here. As she looked down towards were this bird was flustering about, the horror attacked her at once. A sharp gasp escaped her mouth and without a moments hesitation she began to work on helping him.

"Quick, fly back to Ponyville and get as many ponies as possible to fly back with you" She instructs to one of her birds. Taking off at once, this bird takes the trip back towards Ponyville. She decends at once, landing with a soft thump right beside Shadow. "omygodnessomygoodnessomygoodness" She repeats after taking in the full extent of his wounds. "This is really bad" She removes her saddlebags at once, opening both sides to reveal medical bandages. She had been out helping some small animals when she had found him, thankful to have suck equipment with her.

"Fluttershy! Were are you!" A new voice had appeared, it haden't taken long for that bird to get someone. Zipping over the trees above Shadow and Fluttershy was a light blue pony with a rainbow mane and tail, spotting her friend in the blink of an eye she was landed beside her. "WOAH! What in the hay happened to this guy?" Shock racing through her system, she had expected to find Fluttershy stuck in a bush or something. Not some colt bleeding to death in front of her.

"Thank goodness Rainbow Dash, can you fly and get Applejack and Big Macintosh. I'll need them to help, they were not far away when I was flying over here. Then get Twilight to the hospital so we can treat him straight away." Hey voice so soft, but also so clear and instructive. With a salute of her right hoof Dash waste's no time, and before Shadow could follow was already on her way out of the forest.

It had taken five minutes for Applejack and Big Macintosh to reach the area were he lay, during that time Fluttershy had the wounds washed and wrapped. She had worked quick and with a delicate touch, making sure to reduce the pain as much as possible. As AJ and Big Mac approched the area the shock hit them fast, Big Macintosh looked close to being sick instantlly.

"What in tarnation happened here Fluttershy?" Applejack says, the shock more then apparent in her voice.

"I don't know, but I don't have time to figure that out. Quick I need you two to hold him down for me, I need to get these spikes out right away so we can get him to the hospital. Applejack can you hold his head, and can you hold his body" She says looking towards the pair, they move without hesitation. Holding him as firm as they could, but nothing could brace them for the sheer force that was now pinning against them. Without taking any time Fluttershy had grasped the spike in Shadow's right wing and yanked it out at once, muttering her apologies as she pulled.

The force that had awoken within Shadow was large, he was pushing with all his might to turn and attack at this new pain. He could see nothing but red and was using every ounce of strength in him to fight back, Big Macintosh was at first holding back but now had no choice but to apply every bit of weight and strength upon Shadow. His nostrils blasting out pure rage, and his hooves digging into the earth trying to push up. After a few minutes of this Shadow eventually wore out and colapsed once again, he was begining to pass out now darkness in his vision he had wasted to much strength and now time was even shorter. His head hit the earth with a thud and at last Shadow was lost to his body, he was unconcious and his breathing had grown faster and heavier.

"ohmygoodness we need to get him out of here now. Hold him again, I need to get this other spike." Once again wasting no time, she removed the last spike. This time to no resistance, as Shadow was out of it. With a flurry of dust, Dash landed not to far away and jumped over to were the others were. Before she could even speak Fluttershy was once again ordering her around. "Thank goodness, Dash do you think you can fly him to the hospital? He's out of time now, I don't know if he will make it" Dash didn't even answer, but instead in one fluid motion had Shadow upon her back. The fastest pony in all of Equestria now had a challange ahead of her, to get this pony to the hospital in 10 seconds flat.

Licking her lips Dash took that challange she had made and shot off into the sky at speed, gone in a blink of the eyes. Fluttershy and the others breathed a short sigh of relief knowing that, no matter how crazy Dash maybe, she would get him there in one piece and in no time at all. As the others were able to at last relax they knew that it wasn't over just yet, once he got the hospital it was all down to the medical team and Twilights extensive knowledge of magic to save his life. Fluttershy repacked her saddlebags, but before she could plalce them on her back Applejack had taken them instead.

"I think you've been through enough today, let's get back to town." She says smiling, the tiredness was all to aparent on Fluttershy. She had been taken by shock and was acting only on instinct, and it had slowly eaten away at her. Now that she was relaxed the weakness was more then showing. Following the others at a walking pace towards the town, she said a few muffled prayers towards Shadow.