Andrew woke up to the sound of screeching train tracks, causing him to wake up abruptly and without warning. He managed to cause Twilight to jump, who laid her head on his lap as he slept. Andrew looked down at Twilight, confused. She could be seen with a blush on her face.

"Uh, I can explain!" She defended herself, causing Andrew to laugh.

"It's fine Twilight, no need to explain." Andrew shrugged, opening the door to let the lavender mare go through.

As Andrew started to converse with his conscience, Twilight was left confused with who he could be talking to. Out loud no less. He could be heard asking questions and replying to things that weren't even being asked. He was practically giving away his life story.

"Night Shade, what year was it when you died?"

"Ah, it was about 1476 if I remember correctly."

"Interesting." Andrew said to himself.

He then looked over to Twilight, in which she had a giant smile across her face. He hated to break it to her, but he needed to tell the truth. He knew why Celestia has called them over, not just because of the book, but for the sake of bringing another life back into existence.

"Twilight, do you have any idea what's going on?" Andrew asked seriously.

"Of course! We're going to show the princess that book you found!" She said happily. Andrew let out a heavy sigh. He stopped her right outside of the front gates, getting on one knee to get to eye level.

"No Twilight, that's only one of the reasons why we're here. You know that resurrection spell we found in this book?" Twilight nodded, "Well, it's going to be used on me, to bring back Night Shade."

"Didn't it say something about a fifty-fifty chance of dying too?" Twilight asked, only for Andrew to nod.

"That means I may not come back from this." Twilight was in total shock, almost to the point of being speechless.

"It's for the sake of Celestia, Twi. She saved our lives; it's only fair to give one. Though if I do live through this, and I don't know if I will, we'll go home with a new member to the party." Andrew patted her on the head, taking the book from her saddlebag.

"Twilight," Andrew looked back at her, "If I don't make it out of this, alive... I want you to tell everyone, that I'm sorry."

Andrew closed the gates to the castle, leaving Twilight outside, crying. She was then escorted to another room in the castle. She could not think about losing Andrew, nor would she feel okay about letting him do this without the permission of his friends or Rainbow Dash. If she found out that he died, she wouldn't forgive herself.

As Andrew wandered into the throne room, he was met by both Celestia and Luna, who were excited to see him, at the same time very serious of what was about to go down. Andrew held out the book, and Celestia flipped through to the page with the resurrection spell, but before her horn started to glow, she spoke. Andrew took his lucky pendant, and he held onto it tight.

"Are you sure you want to do this, Andrew? You do know what's at stake here?" He nodded.

"If it means to bring a family relative back from the dead, that actually wants to come back, then yes, I would gladly oblige." He said, smirking a little bit.

As Celestia's horn started to glow, her eyes were also starting to turn white. Andrew was on one knee, waiting for something to start happening. Though he didn't feel anything at first, it hit him like a hard rock. He could literally feel his own body feeling drained of energy, and it didn't stop there. He looked next to him, and he could see Night Shade's body, forming and eventually taking shape. He grunted in pain as it worsened, almost unbearable.

"Sister, should we stop?" Luna asked, Celestia was getting the same idea too.

"No! Keep going! I can do this!" Andrew said, moaning in agony. Though it hurt like hell, Andrew was one tough motherfucker, as the RIG on his back was dropping slower than the normal man, about a quarter of the speed it would have been dropping.

As the energy transfer completed, Andrew fell down to the ground, drained almost completely empty. Andrew felt the RIG on his back blink red, he was near death. He looked on over to Night Shade, who looked exactly like the way he did in his visions. An Alicorn that's pretty much all black,

Though he looked lifeless, he could feel a pulse, but it was faint. His horn started to glow, and used an adrenaline spell to keep his heart pumping, and rushed him to the infirmary.

Luckily, Death did not want Andrew today, as he made it through the spell. Though next time, he may not be as lucky. As Night Shade, in his new body, rushed Andrew to the infirmary, he was worried that he might not make it, because most of his life force has been taken from him. Though it should have been a glorious moment, it wasn't.

"Heh, so it did work..." Andrew coughed, looking at Night Shade.

"Yes, and I am grateful for your sacrifice, but save your energy." Andrew shut his eyes, and his vision began to blur.

He could barely make out anything, all he could hear were slurred words and sentences, and his vision was no better. Everything around him was pitch black, no light, and nothing anywhere. It was pure darkness. He could hear an evil laugh in the distance, and it did not sound friendly either.

"We meet again, Andrew." It said, catching his attention.

"W-Who are you? What do you want from me?" Andrew asked defensively.

"Why, it's Carmine. Who else could it be?" The Darkness said, in a provoking way.

"How are you still alive? I thought I killed you!" Andrew said through clenched teeth, angry.

"Night Shade didn't tell you everything, did he?" The Darkness could only be made out as a dust cloud, taking no real shape or form.

"In case you didn't know. When you revived Night Shade, you revived me in the process. You see, Night Shade created me. I'm his son." No matter how much Andrew wanted to deny it, it was close to impossible.

"No! This is impossible! Night Shade would never have kids! He even said so!" Andrew barked back, only to make the Darkness laugh.

"He disowned me, and so did Celestia, my mother. I was the one who created all things bad in the world, and I was eternally banished for it, banished into Darkness itself."

"No, you're nothing but shit! You're bullshitting me! Like you did last time!" Andrew retorted, making the Darkness stagger back.

"Ask Night Shade, he's been here the whole time..." Andrew looked off to the right, and really did see Night Shade, mute, but present.

"Is this true, Night Shade?" Andrew asked, expecting what he just heard to be right.

"No, it's not. He's lying to you. We never had a child, but the Darkness was once a pony, and that pony did cause major trouble." He advised, Andrew looked back at the Darkness, who could not keep in its laugh.

"It's all a lie, I just felt like messing with you!" It laughed hysterically, only for Andrew to get really worked up.

Andrew violently woke up, gasping for air. He looked around, and saw that he was in the infirmary.

"Must have just been a nightmare." He wiped the sweat off of his forehead.

He moaned as he sat up, trying not to injure himself even further. It was so quiet, you could hear the ticking of the wall clock, but faint voices could be heard outside the room. He pulled the I.V. cord out of his arm, taking a tissue and put it on the little wound, to stop the bleeding. He brought himself to the side of the bed, anxious of what will happen when he brings himself to his feet.

"I see you've woken up." Andrew looked up from the ground, and saw Night Shade.

"I see that the spell worked." He chuckled, patting him on the back.

"There's somepony that wants to see you." Night Shade used his magic to open up the door, and in came Twilight, the broken down, almost tragic to look at, Unicorn librarian of Ponyville.

"Look Twilight, I'm sor-" He was cut off by a quick hoof slap to the face, and hooves hurt more than hands do. His cheek was aching, and he could feel it bleeding by now.

"Are you crazy?! What were you thinking? Trying to risk your life, bringing back somepony from the past?!" She cried, Andrew sighed.

"You have any idea, what it's like being alone? Like truly, truly alone? I saw a chance to bring back a relative from the past, and I took it. Twilight, you wouldn't understand, you have your brother, and your parents. I... I have nothing." He explained, only to get hit in the face again by Twilight. She ran up to hug him, and he returned the embrace.

"Just don't do it again." She complained, and Andrew chuckled.

"You know I can't promise that."

Author's Notes:

Night Shade & Andrew shenanigans shall commence! I also put a few references in this chapter here and there, see if you can find them!