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Silent Shadow found Fluttershy sitting outside tending to her animals. He couldn't help but admire how beautiful she looked in the sunlight. He admired that even in the midst of Equestria's greatest war, there was still somepony with great innocence. He knew he liked her but he was to scared to admit to her. He found it funny how admitting his feelings to this mare scared him more than death itself. He moved closer to greet her.

"There you go Mr. Duck, all fixed up." She said sweetly. The duck quacked in approval and walked away towards the river. Shadow was right behind her.

"Fluttershy?" Shadow asked. Fluttershy screamed and ran behind a bush. Shadow figured he wasn't making any noise and Fluttershy probably didn't hear him so he accidently scared her.

"Fluttershy?" Shadow asked. She poked her head out of the bush still a little shaken up.

"Oh Shadow, it's just you." She said as she slowly walked out.

"I'm sorry, I didn't mean to scare you like that." He said with guilt.

"Oh it's okay." Fluttershy said. "I'm just still a little shaken up from what happened the other night.". Shadow couldn't imagine how scared Fluttershy must have been and he felt extremely sorry for her that she had to endure that whole ordeal. She began to roll into a ball and whimper at the horrid memories.

"Fluttershy?" He asked as he went and sat next to her.

"Oh I was so scared! I thought we were all going to die!" She cried. It broke Shadow's heart to see her like this so he tried to comfort her.

"It's okay, everypony was scared." He said.

"Skullcrusher and Soarin weren't. They walked right up to the big griffon without even stopping!" Fluttershy said.

"Well they're soldiers, it's their job." Shadow said.

"I could never go to war! How do you do it Shadow?" The pegasus asked. Shadow was stumped, he really didn't know how to answer.

"I don't know, you just get used to it after a while." Shadow said. He could tell Fluttershy was very scared and he knew how sensitive she was.

"Fluttershy?" He said.

"Yes?" She replied.

"I promise I'll never ever let anything happen to you." Shadow said. Fluttershy was speechless, nopony ever said anything like that to her before. She looked at the massive, strong, and kind stallion next to her. She felt so secure at his side. She had only known him for a couple weeks but she could feel something special with him. The two shared much in common, they were both kind, shy, and innocent in their own way. True Shadow had killed hundred of griffons but he was still pure at heart. He never killed or mistreated POW's and he never fought to kill, only to protect.

"Will you stay with me?" Fluttershy asked.

"Always." Shadow said. Fluttershy looked away and blushed at his comments.

The two of them spotted a beetle that had fallen on it's back and was having trouble getting up. Fluttershy squealed, taking care of animals was one thing but she was terrified of bugs. Instead of killing the insect like most ponies would, Shadow used his hoof to flip the beetle back on its feet.

"Go on little one." Shadow said as the beetle scurried away. Fluttershy had never met such a gentle pony before. Whenever any of her friends saw a bug they all freaked out and tried to get rid of it by squishing it.

"You let him go." Fluttershy said.

"Of course, I respect all life in Equestria. Even the insect has it's values." Shadow explained. Fluttershy was confused when he said that since Shadow had killed hundreds of griffons but then again, griffons were not from Equestria. The two of them went back inside and decided to settle down. Shadow was rather tired from all the adrenaline draining combat he had been in. He laid down on the floor and yawned.

"Oh my, you look tired." Fluttershy said as she went over and sat by him.

"Sorry I'm just-" Shadow said as he yawned loudly again. "Really tired from battle."

"It's okay I understand. Wouldn't you rather lay on a couch or a bed?" She asked.

"I don't think I'd fit." Shadow said.

"I'll get you some blankets." Fluttershy said as she pulled out at least a dozen sheets, pillow, and blankets. She laid them on the ground and Shadow rolled onto them.

"Thank you." He said dozing off. Fluttershy could see his half closed eyes and began to sing a lullaby to him.

"Hush now, quiet now.

It's time to lay your sleepy head,

Hush now, quiet now.

It's time to go to bed". Shadow drifted off to sleep as Fluttershy finished the lullaby. His mother used to sing it to him and his brothers when they were foals. She had such a soothing and beautiful voice. Once he was asleep, Fluttershy was going to go upstairs but she felt better when she was with Shadow. She came back downstairs and cuddled next to him. She too, soon fell asleep. On the other side of Ponyville, Solar Blitz was headed towards Sugarcube Corner. He knew Pinkie Pie must have shaken up from the whole incident the other night. He had seen plenty of death in his career but Pinkie was only a civilian and didn't deserve to go through all that. He wanted to bring her something but couldn't figure out what. He eventually settled on a bouquet of flowers with a box of chocolates and a get well soon card for her broken leg. He said hello to Mrs. Cake and he headed upstairs. He used his super hearing to see if she was crying or not but he didn't hear anything.

"She must be sleeping." Blitz said to himself as he opened the door and saw nothing.

"HIYA BLITZY!" Pinkie said as she popped out of nowhere. Blitz was startled and he fell backwards down the stairs.

"AH! OW! OW! AHH! OUCH!" He said as he hit each stair. Pinkie just stared there in awe.

"BLITZY! Are you okay?" She asked.

"I'm okay!" He said as he came back upstairs. He had landed on the flowers during his fall and they had been destroyed but the chocolates were somehow still intact. "I got this for you."

"Really? For me?" Pinkie said as Blitz handed her the chocolates. She opened her mouth and quickly swallowed all the treats. He was happy to see she was back to her old self. He admired her for pulling through so much and still keeping that goofy smile on her face.

"How's your leg?" Blitz asked.

"Oh its okay." Pinkie said looking at her back leg. Blitz still felt guilty about what happened.

"It was all your fault!" A voice in Blitz's head said. "You can't save her! You will kill her!".

"NO!" Blitz screamed. Pinkie looked at him weird.

"Are you okay Blitzy? She asked puzzled.

"Yeah I uh just remembered I lost a bet with Autumn." Blitz said. He was confused to what that voice was but he didn't like it. It said he would kill Pinkie, he would never hurt her!

"Well thats not very fun!" She said frowning. "I know what will cheer you up!"

"What?" Blitz asked as Pinkie gave him a quick hug. She was right, it did cheer him up.

"Thanks Pinkie, I needed that." Blitz said as the two sat there and exchanged jokes and funny stories for hours until they called it a night.

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"Kill them, you know you want too."

"You are built for nothing else."

"Kill them"

"Kill them now". Big Mac had gotten scared and tired of these voice so he left his house to go some cider at the pub. Skullcrusher was there so if anything happened then he could protect his sister. He entered and saw Autumn chugging down cider as well. His eyes were baggy and dark from lack of sleep and his mane was ruffled and dirty.

"Hey." Big Mac said.

"Sup." Autumn replied.

"You hearin the voices too?" Big Mac asked.

"You bet, they keep telling to do all these awful things! I don't like it!" Autumn said smashing the mug. Autumn was in a very bad mood, he hadn't slept because of the voices and he was frustrated with all the death occuring around him.

"Just calm down." Big Mac said as he noticed other ponies staring at Autumn.

"Calm down? CALM DOWN!" Autumn said getting out of his chair. "DON'T TELL ME TO CALM DOWN!"

"Come on Autumn yer makin a scene." Big Mac said trying to calm Autumn down before he hurt somepony.

"OH SHUT UP!" Autumn yelled. "You think I'm making a scene? How about you walking around and dating Nightmare Moon?"

"Alright listen up! Ah don't know why yer acting like this but ah don't like it! Come on ah'm taking you home!" Big Mac said as he grabbed Autumn by the hoof. Big Mac looked up to see Autumn's other hoof smash into his face and knocked him back several feet.

"Dont you touch me farmboy!" Autumn said.

"Oh thats how you wanna dance huh?" Big Mac said. "FINE!". He said as he launched himself at Autumn and slammed Autumn's head into the table. Autumn responded by pulling a stool out of the ground and smacking Big Mac in the face with it. The two exchanged blows as they destroyed the building. They were using everything they could find as a weapon. Both of their pupils were beginning to shrink as they tried to kill each other. Autumn went to punch Big Mac but the red stallion dodged it and Autumn's blow struck a four foot thick concrete beam and shattered it to pieces. The fight had woken up everypony in Ponyville and they were all gathering around to see the fight. Applejack and Rarity were both up with their sisters and saw what was taking place. They were horrified when Big Mac landed on top of Autumn in front of them and he tried to bite out Autumn's throat. This was no simple fight, they were legit trying to kill each other!

"I'll KILL you!" Autumn growled in a disturbing new voice. Rarity and Sweetie Belle froze when they heard that.

"Rarity?" Sweetie whimpered. "Why is he doing this?"

"I don't know Sweetie." Rarity said as she closed her sister's eyes and looked away. "SOMEPONY PLEASE STOP THEM!"

"AH'LL RIP YOUR HEAD OFF!" Big Mac yelled as he made anther run at Autumn. Applejack was shocked to see her brother so violent. Applebloom began crying.

"BIG MAC PLEASE STOP!" She cried.

"AUTUMN! STOP THIS RIGHT NOW!" Rarity ordered but neither of the stallions took any notice.

"Skullcrusher! Do something!" Applejack cried. Skullcrusher ran in to the middle to stop them but was shortly knocked ten feet away from a stray blow. Autumn and Big Mac made a final run when somepony grabbed the back of their manes. They were both hoisted into the air and there heads were smashed into each other. They were than dropped, they looked up to see an enraged Deadeye looking down on them.

"Nothing to see here! Everypony just go back home." Deadeye said. He went to the pub's owner and gave him a thousand bits. "That should pay for the damages, I apologize for my soldiers behavior." Deadeye grabbed the two semi-conscious stallions by their manes and brought them to a secluded location to yell at them.

You can probably notice the lack of effort I put into this chapter but I am so damn tired! Next chapters will be much longer and darker MWAHAHAHA. R&R!

"My only regret is that I have but one life to give for my country." - Nathan Hale.