Shortly after Shadow's claim two members of the local guard showed up. They demanded to know what was going on.

Shadow gave a frustrated groan before taking a deep breath and turning to tear into the two. However before he could Twilight quick cast a silencing spell on her guard before the first word left his mouth.

Shadow didn't realize Twilight had cast the spell until several seconds had past and saw the guards looked confused.

'Looking confused is the opposite of what I want. What's going on?' Shadow wondered as he turned to look at Twilight and ask but when Twilight spoke it wasn't to him.

“Guards report to Princess Celestia and Cadance that somepony was stolen my crown and fled.” Twilight told the two as she looked at the mirror with worry. The two guards snapped to attention and gave salutes before leaving to carry out their orders.

Shadow was sitting with his head tilted back giving a silent scream as his forelegs and wings flayed about in angry and frustration.

“Twilight darling, I believe Shadow is attempting to grab your attention.” Rarity spoke up as she point over to the stallion.

Twilight head fell for a second before she brought it back up and took a relaxing breath before turning to face him.

“Yes, Shadow I cast a silencing spell on you before you could go into another rant. I don't see it being very useful at the moment.” Twilight informed Shadow believing she knew what he was trying to ask as he calmed down physically.

“The spell will fade in a couple of minutes by itself giving you a chance to calm down before the Princesses arrive.” She added looking at Shadow who was giving her an angry glare with crossed forelegs.

After a minute he uncrossed them as he started to feel the spill he had taken in his failed attempt to catch the thief.

His head started to head from the bouncing off the floor along with some of his joints from over extension. He gave a silent sigh as he stood up before launching himself into the air.

Once there he moved into a corner in the ceiling behind the magically mirror and readied himself to bounce on anypony that came through.

As he watched and waited the girls milled about talking among themselves on what had happened and what could happen.

After nearly fifteen minutes the two guards came back and walked to stand in front of Twilight and saluted.

“Princess Twilight, we've informed both Princess Cadence and Princess Celestia of the events that transpired. Princess Celestia told us to inform you that the matter will be discussed in the morning. Before breakfast a meeting will be held in the Throne Room. Until then she wishes you and your friends return to your rooms.” The unicorn guard told the new alicorn before dropping the salute.

As he did Shadow double bucked the wall behind him with another silent scream startling the eight below him with Fluttershy trying to hind behind Rainbow's mane.

Everypony else turned their heads and watched Shadow fly down from his corner and landed between Twilight and Applejack.

Confusion and anger clear on his face Shadow stared at the two guards with contempt as he pointed at the mirror behind him.

The two looked at Shadow with confusion tilting their heads to look behind Shadow.

“I don't understand it's a mirror, a magically mirror.” The earth stallion guard commented looking at Shadow.

His jaw clenched as his eyes widened with anger as he pointed at the two then the mirror with the same hoof before dropping it and standing at attention.

The two guards turned to each other and gave puzzled looks before shrugging.

“I love charades!” Pinkie cried at when she saw Shadow's actions with barely a second passing before before she started to shout out random possibilities as she jumped in place.

Shooting a quick sideways annoyed glace at the pink mare before repeating the actions again with the two guards repeating theirs.

As Shadow rolled his head in annoyance Applejack calmed Pinkie down telling her Shadow wasn't playing a game but trying to explain something important. Pinkie accepted the explanation but wasn't happy with it.

“Well, we'll be leaving now. We've got to get back to our patrols.” The unicorn stated as he tuned to leave with the earth stallion following.

Shadow reacted by standing on his back legs and throwing up his forelegs and flaring out his wings.

Fluttershy started to come out from Rainbow's mane but was stopped by a loud harsh scream of hate and frustration.

“-UUUCK!” Shadow was screaming our towards the ceiling. Everypony was surprised at the sudden scream.

Falling back on all fours Shadow gave a small clearing of his throat.

“Magic mirror! Guarding! Who!?” Shadow chopped out with a voice that seemed to be on the edge if a complete breakdown.

This time the look the two guards shared was one of fear with the unicorn gulping before looking at Shadow.

“Ah, no pony?” He offered with a question statement tone as he took a small stop back from the irate pegasus.

Shadow responded with taking a deep breath through his hostiles with closed eyes. When they opened the two guards guessed what they saw was enlightened madness.

“Fuck it. This place can burn. It's not your fault, just doing what you were told. Princess Twilight lets return to your room,” Shadow spoke calmly and evenly as he offered to let the Princess know they were leaving.

Twilight gave a nervous laugh as she looked over her friends with concern before walking to the side of Shadow.

“Don't worry girls, I'm sure the Princesses won't let anything bad happen before we meet in the morning.” Twilight told the girls with a reassuring smile before leaving with Shadow.

Arriving back at her room Twilight tried to close the door but Shadow stopped it with a hoof.

“Oh no, I've already missed up once tonight and I'm not going to let it happen again,” Shadow explained as he pushed open the door and walked into the room, “I'll be staying here to prevent anypony else from getting in.” Shadow ended with as he closed the door.

“You have a pleasant rest Princess, you too Spike.” Shadow offered as he lied down against the door before giving a defeated sigh.

Twilight was startled and a bit embarrassed that Shadow was going to sleeping in the room with her but by the time she realized it wasn't such a big deal and went to return the offer she saw Shadow had already passed out.

Twilight was a little uneasy on how quickly he had fallen asleep but gave a smile to see he was able to get some sleep.

She made a mental note to talk to him about his actions earlier for later as she turned and got back into bed and again struggled to get comfortable with her new wings.

Shadow woke with a startle and jerky movements as he tried to catch his breath.

His eyes darted around the room in a frenzy as he got to his hooves. Once on them he quickly calmed down and took several deep breaths as he wiped the sweat from his brow.

He saw he hadn't woken up Twilight or Spike and gave small nod before he sat down leaning up against the door.

Shadow noticed that the sun still wasn't up and no light was coming into the room. He didn't know why but he knew he wouldn't be able to go back to sleep.

Shadow was fortunate that he only had to wait an hour before the morning light started to enter the room. He easily sat through the silence with ease using his experience from his time in the desert and Badlands.

Twilight slowly woke and took her time sitting up. When she did her heart skipped a beat when see saw a pony leaning against the door, She quickly remembered it was Shadow and stopped her panic from forming.

Before she could ask how long he had been up and greet him Shadow spoke up.

“Morning Princess, great bed head it looks great on you.” Shadow greeted her and explained with a tired humor filled tone and smile.

Twilight gave a gasp as she fell back on her pillow and failed to straighten or flatten her mane in embarrassment. She stop herself when she heard Shadow lightly chuckle at her expense.

“Relax Princess, I wasn't making fun of you. I honestly meant it but given your reaction you disapprove.” He calmly explained holding up his hooves.

Twilight gave a smile when she heard the honesty and sat back up. As she opened her mouth to speak and thank him Shadow interrupted her again.

“Now that you're up I can finally go take a leak.” He flatly remarked as he stood up.

Twilight shock was clear on any that would see her face but Shadow didn't as he was walking through the door to the hall. Twilight groaned as she feel back once again and covered her eyes.

“Meet you in the Throne Room.” Shadow informed his princess as the door closed behind from Twilight's magic.

When the time came for the meeting Shadow was the last to arrive as he had once again gotten lost in the unfamiliar castle.

No pony present gave a positive reaction when he walked into the room.

Giving one final disapproving look at Shadow Celestia began to explain what had happened and what see knew. As she spoke the Solar Princess lead the group back towards the room with the magically

Shadow struggled to keep his mouth shut as Celestia spoke and all the idiocy he found within.

When they arrived Princess Luna explained the nature of the mirror causing Shadow's outrage to swell.

With the three older alicorns explaining their expectations for Twilight and her blind acceptance of it Shadow had a momentary red out.

It cleared in time for him to hear that Celestia wouldn't be allowing anypony to accompany Twilight through the portal. After Luna explained the time constraint of going through the portal and the results of not making it back in time, Shadow snapped and jumped into the air.

“I'm going to have ta stop you rrright there.” Shadow Spoke up with a calm collected and smooth tone as he landed in front of Twilight.

“Am I understanding correctly that you knew this Sunset Summer was on the other side of this portal, could return at any time, and did nothing?” Shadow continued before he was interrupted as he look at Celestia with undisguised contempt.

Shadow paused long enough to take a breath before he went on and prevent being spoke over.

“On top of that you knew she had become a bit of a bitch and didn't post guards?” He asked causing several gasps or groans from the gathered mares.

“Now because of your failures, you're sending off a Bearer of an Element of Harmony, an alicorn Princess, and most importantly my boss off on a half thought up plan?” Shadow pointed out and asked with a quick tilt of his head back towards the mirror.

Shadow didn't know if it was Luna or Cadence that gave a nervous shuffle of her wings and hooves as he ended his question.

Before any of the Princesses spoke up Shadow kept going.

“So I've got two questions for you. Do you even military and are you drunk?” Shadow asked with mockery and confusion.

The look on Celestia's face was priceless as she failed to hide her surprise from Shadow at his accusations.

He was also saw Rarity and Fluttershy faint while the other Elements were stunned in disbelieve as he heard Luna gave a small laughing snort she cut off.

With Celestia's one visible eye narrowing she went to lay into Shadow.

“Hold that thought.” Shadow stated holding up his hoof, stopping Celestia again from being ordered to do something by the lowly former Solar Guard sergeant.

With all the strength he could muster from his tired muscles, he jumped backwards and used his wings to assist with the action.

Shadow was pleased with the the results he got as he passed through the mirror unhindered. He wasn't pleased with the results of his results.

The next several seconds were the most confusing, brightly colored, swirly, and stretchy he'd experienced.

Soon Shadow found himself roughly sliding across a hard surface staring upwards.

He saw a night sky that wasn't the one he would stare at as a colt when he stopped.

The stars still visibly were foreign and misplaced. From the edge of his vision he could see the, while a sun's light appearing he thought.

With a long slow blink the guard went to get himself to his hooves, however pain whited out his vision.

To Shadow it felt like every hangover he'd ever experienced decided to have a reunion inside his skull.

By the time he realized what was going on the pain vanished as quickly as it appeared.

With another long blink he spoke.

“Well that sucked.” He spoke to the sky before taking a deep breath. For several seconds he lied there staring into the stars as process what just occurred before he heard hoof steps approach him.

Shadow didn't other to look for the source as he started to realize nearly his entire body felt wrong. Before he could explore the cause he heard the steps stop above him.

It was several seconds before he heard a voice speak to him, a voice that stroke confusion and fear in him.

“Ah, excuse me Sir but are you alright?” The voice asked with concern and a small amount of fear.

Shadow could feel his heart start to pound in his chest as he gave a blank blink quickly thinking.

“Yeah, just finished the craziest trip in my life and thought I'd relax a little by looking at the stars.” He told the voice as he gave a shrug of his shoulders.

“Oh, was it a long trip?”

“Probly the longest one in my life and the worst part is I still have to return.”

“I'm sorry. What brought you here?”

“Work. I'm here to do some recon before my boss shows up.”

“Why would your boss need you to do 'recon' at my high school?” The female voice asked puzzled at the use of the word recon.

'High school...?' Shadow thought as he narrowed his eyes and brow.

“Sister what's the delay?!” A second annoyed voice he knew cut through the night followed by more hoof steps.

'Dear Harmony no.'

“I found this gentlemen here laying on the ground and was concerned.” The first voice told the second before giving a recap.

While that happened panic started to creep into his mind as he moved to stand. When Shadow started to move the movements felt both right and wrong at the same time.

When he finished the action of standing he found himself on two legs staring at gray colored flesh, not coat.

To make matters worse it wasn't a hoof he was staring at but a appendage that looked like a minotaur's hand, past which was where he guessed was the exit to the portal.

'Must not panic... I'll do that later.' He quickly thought to himself as he asked the voices a question.

“Quick question, five is the normal amount of ah, digits right?”

“Of course, why do you ask?” Inquired the second voice with confusion and some concern. Shadow shrugged as he spoke.

“Just wanted to make sure I'm not seeing things from my long trip.”

“Just where are you from?” The second voice asked with increasing annoyance followed by a tapping sound.

“I'm not at liberty to discuss that ma'am.” Shadow replied as he turned around to finally see the source of the voices.

His eyes widened in surprise when he saw the two figures in front of him. They weren't any species that Shadow had ever seen and now knew for a fact he wasn't he Equestria any more.

In addition he was struck by how familiar they appeared. The two seemed to be the local versions of his former boss and her sister.

The two must have picked up on the surprise and ask for the course of it with concern and annoyance.

“Ah, I'm surprised on how similar your hair styles are to a pair of sisters I know back home, oh! And how eerily similar your voices are.” Shadow told the two doppelgangers with a shrug and upturning of his hands.

'But they're not the Celestia and Luna you know and you know what that means?' Other Shadow jumped in with and asked.

'Ah, no?' Shadow asked in confusion.

'They don't break any of your rules for happy fun time...' Other Shadow supplied with a knowing tone that gave Shadow no doubt there was a smile with it. Soon a smile of bless and contentment grew on Shadow's face.

“What's with the smile?” Ask this version of Celestia.

Shadow didn't stop his smile as he spoke with a tone that reflected his facial display.

:”Just imagining how fun and satisfying it would be to have a three way with the two of you.”

Author's Notes:

Let me assure that this isn't turning into a clop fic, Shadow's just an idiot.

Thank you once again for stopping in and giving your time. I'm having a blast with this story and I'm hoping that you are also. I'm hoping to see you back next chapter.

Not sure how i managed to do this honestly. I struggled to pull myself away from the new Fallout to get this done on time. Since I got off work Tuesday I've dropped 42 hours into it.