One morning as the sun rose from the sky, Peganyan and his father woke from their nest and gazed at the morning light rose from the horizon. Alinyan gets to gather burning materials to start on breakfast and notices energy that is presently close to his son. Peganyan stretched and went to the other room to prep for the day, they're were no toilets so he relieved himself in a bucket because it's dangerous to rush outside when one cannot fly and run with a full bladder, or how others line at the only working baths in the island.

A shady being woke up from the bed and as the young alicorn got his brush to straighten his blue mane, the shadow was sitting on the bucket he was done using, "Hey there, Peggy the Pessimist"

"WHA- what are you doing here!" Peganyan jumped as he saw the haunted being sitting there and Alinyan overheard his son in the bathroom

"Peganyan, use your inside voice" Alinyan went to check on his son but he saw the shadowy being giving him a smirk as he was doing his business

"Hello there, Pops" He uttered

"You have no domain over here! Go back to where you're from, Demon!" Alinyan yelled as Peganyan collected himself from what was going on

"How could you say that to your child? This boy here needs something interesting in his life, you were blinding him from what's awesome and letting the big cat get all the good stuff. That's what you wanted out of your kid?" The Shadow grumbled as Peganyan grew angry

"GO AWAY!" Peganyan yelled at the shadow and the shadow disappeared from view

"I'm glad we've got rid of it for now..." Alinyan sighed

"What do you mean, now?" Peganyan asked, "What's happening to me?"

"I can answer one important question to this Peganyan, that being is a shadow, shadows manifested whenever people hid their dark desires with the dark rumors manifesting outside from the strange being, you are growing up Peganyan, in your age, curiosity gets the hold of you and it will lead you off the path of reentering the promised land. Listen to me Peganyan, that shadow will lead you to unforeseen consequences if you follow him, it will do whatever it takes to convince you to join it. Whatever he asked, avoid it, walk away, don't listen, don't take his offer, and if it ignores all that, yell at it to make it go away for a while... If that makes you pure, it is working." Alinyan explained and told Peganyan advice as he feared a being haunting his son.

"but what if people saw me yelling at it?" Peganyan wandered

"Ignore their concern, they will think of horrible ways to harm you mentally. You will be fine as long as you follow me" Alinyan gave his son a comforting hug and sighed at what comes to his son.

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Peganyan: Age 12

Five years later, the shadow remains within Peganyan as it grows stronger through time. Citizens are largely concerned about their sanity in staying on the island for a long time. They pointed out Peganyan as the most concerned one because raccoons caught him shouting at nobody. They still bullied him for believing in false faith, and he continued to ignore help because offerings from the people were forbidden to accept.

Bronk was eying on Peganyan to catch one of his freakouts with "The Shadow", he was listening to his MP3 he kept from 5 years ago, listening to rap music from the late 2000s. Ice Salt was gazing at the alicorn feeling frustrated at something bothering him, "you wanna check it out?"

"But I have to charge this soon" Bronk showed the battery on the player

"it's only a few minutes, Quiver has requesting this to us, we have to examine him up close" Ice Salt explained to Bronk

"Alright, you try to add more juice in this" Bronk gave her his MP3 player

"Let's go" Ice Salt followed Bronk to the rust yard as Peganyan sat down to rest

"Hey, I gotta ask, what do you want for your birthday?" his shadow muttered

"I don't want anything" Peganyan answered while avoiding him

"Come on... you gotta want something awesome for your day man! Does it get boring out here?" He added

"I don't want anything new on my birthday, I like how I am becoming a teen, not looking forward to a new gift" Peganyan gathered dried clothes and heads home

"I can find you a new present, I can just go to the mainland and find a gift you would like" he smiled

"No. Nothing excites me in the mainland. We don't have money, we can't afford the fare, we don't need to go" Peganyan tried to shun the shadow but it kept trying to make eye contact to him

"Either way, when are you gonna leave this dump?" He said as it struck a nerve on Peganyan

"GET OUTTA HERE!" Peganyan yelled as the shadow fades away

The scream startled Ice Salt and Bronk, he heard tidbits of the conversation, Peganyan's birthday is next week and he's saying that he doesn't want anything from the mainland...

"Okay, I'm gonna report this to Quiver later, his condition is starting to alarm citizens here" Ice Salt wrote down the info as Bronk was paying attention to the fuming alicorn

"I wanna help taking notes" Bronk asked

"I appreciate for your help there, but you can't write" Ice Salt chuckled

"I wanna try, I like making doodles" Bronk laughed

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The city hall is filled with collected well-kept junk Arrowhead has stored, Ice Salt and Bronk entered and quickly send the info to Quiver

"Bronk, do you have the cable for the player?" Arrowhead argued

"Yes..." Bronk muttered

"I need it for my relaxing time and my last cable broke down on me!" Arrowhead yelled, "I need to borrow yours!"

"What!?" Bronk hides his MP3 player

"It's only for tonight, I will return to you tomorrow" Arrowhead explained

Bronk reluctantly gave him the cable defeated, cause he normally borrow things and never returned them...

"I want my Lotus Juice..." He sadly neighed

"I know... but this must end soon..." A soft meow was heard from the laundry chute, "you said Peganyan is suffering from a shadow, correct?"

"Yes Quiver, Peganyan is yelling at him like it's a demon or a stalker" Ice Salt reported

"I have a plan to topple Arrowhead's reign, all we need is his shadow's cooperation. If he is willing to help, Peganyan will need a wake up call to snap out of whatever he is on and I will soon stand at my new throne, and nobody will fight or steal from each other when I begin my reign. Let's go with phase 1, giving a taste of such luxury hiding away from our friend for years" the voice uttered as he explained

"You send these scraps to Quiver, Ice Salt. Bones have some nutrition" Arrowhead offered her a box of bones

"You betcha" Ice Salt agreed, "sorry about this Quiver"

"It's fine. It's food for the bugs and bugs are good for me anyway" Soon later they discussed the plan of what to do with Peganyan and his shadow, "If he wasn't lured into breaking this habit of his, we will convince the shadow to join in for Phase 2..."