The antagonist for that season was Tirek, but I don't know...if he was following the Mane Six around the castle, wouldn't he have noticed Twilight Sparkle having Pegasus wings AND a unicorn horn, revealing herself to being an Alicorn, something that he wants? I could be totally wrong and whatnot and I most likely am.


This theory fits in with the other theorys and explains why these events happened


MY THERORY                                                 <br>It was stated somewhere that it wasn't just her jealosy that turned Luna into Nightmar Moon, there were also some dark creatures called the Nightmare Forces that took over her. I'm guessing, after she was banished to the moon, the Nightmare Forces formed into the Shadow Pony.

MY THERORY
It was stated somewhere that it wasn't just her jealosy that turned Luna into Nightmar Moon, there were also some dark creatures called the Nightmare Forces that took over her. I'm guessing, after she was banished to the moon, the Nightmare Forces formed into the Shadow Pony.


I think Granny's story is right.  The Pony of Shadows really is made up from some power either of or related to Nightmare Moon.  The comics explain that Nightmare Moon wasn't just Luna, but was actually a powerful entity who possessed Luna's body.  I can't count out-of-show sources as cannon (even the officially licensed ones), but this would explain why Luna remained after Nightmare Moon's defeat.  The entity was pushed out, leaving the weakened (both physically and magically speaking) Luna behind.  It very well could still be in the castle, trying to gather strength.


I dont think that Luna and Celly defeated Sombra before Discord...If one listen to Cellys speech about how they defeated Discord, it seems almost as if they werent from Equestria, but they were clearly not from the Crystal Empire as she stated that the empire was a mystery to her too. Also, in the Sombra Fiendship is magic comic (although I do not concider it canon since its pretty badly written) we clearly see Celestia being the leading princess (same position as today), which she didnt become untill after they had defeated Discord.  so the chronology is most likely Discord-Tirek-Sombra- Nightmare Moon.Its very complex, I wish that the show could give a proper chronology.

Also it was confirmed that Discord is not Starswirl the bearded. Dumb theory to begin with since so much proof goes against it to begin with. Also I doubt he would be the shadow pony, as seen in the comics he was not a dark and dreadful pony, rather quite a humorous one. He was also alive for quite some time after Lunas defeat, but I am not sure he would still be able to be a live since he is considered obscure pony history and he was a normal unicorn not an alicorn.

That pony of shadows, might actually be something totally different! I think that shadow might actually been what transformed Luna to begin with. It was confirmed that there was some sort of outside force that caused Nightmare Moon to be created.


I think it's A changeling because they could change into a pony that looks like the shadow pony. Or it could be a shadow bolt  because they came from Nightmare Moon's magic.


Well it was tirek, foreshadowing his return at the end of season 4. He has his yellow eyes, his hoodie, and all of that. But I do wonder if tirek or any villians will return again.

What do you think the real villian of season 5 will be? Starlight Glimmer was bad but she wasnt banished, which means

Are my u gonna make any season 5 videos I really like Starlight and I want to see any connection with t th e other villians if  there is one. Sorry I just saw season 5 ep 1 and 2 and I love it


Chrysalis. Here's why. She has a yellowish tint to her eyes, and her name could be swirling around, creating the appearance of a wizard hat. Also, we see her being thrown into the sky and not returning. She can FLY. It's not hard to wonder what happens to her afterwards.

Or it could be the "maisma", from a few theories and a comic, the dark magic that made Luna evil. Maybe it's an outer shell surrounding the real Luna, as we see that Nightmare Moon is larger than Luna. That darkness does seem to take the form of a pony, so maybe it haunts the castle.

Either of these theories seem to fit into the series for me, but what do you think?


This COULD work. Starswirl could have been the shadow pony.<br>CONSPIRACY TIME! Discord was a Draconequus but (like zecora) knew a lot about pony magic. (and Tirek- this could explain how Discord knew who he was.) So he made himself look like a pony (later to become Starswirl) and did some awesome stuff to make him popular. Then he went back to his original form and got defeated. This also explains how the thing in S4 finale that happened when twilight got all the Alicorn magic was understood by Discord. This also fits in with the Alicorn-Draconequus war, and how Celestia, Luna and the (quote on quote) master of chaos himself became orphans. You should watch Ink rose's videoes abour the origins of chrysalis. It makes no difference if you don't. 1234567890

This COULD work. Starswirl could have been the shadow pony.
CONSPIRACY TIME! Discord was a Draconequus but (like zecora) knew a lot about pony magic. (and Tirek- this could explain how Discord knew who he was.) So he made himself look like a pony (later to become Starswirl) and did some awesome stuff to make him popular. Then he went back to his original form and got defeated. This also explains how the thing in S4 finale that happened when twilight got all the Alicorn magic was understood by Discord. This also fits in with the Alicorn-Draconequus war, and how Celestia, Luna and the (quote on quote) master of chaos himself became orphans. You should watch Ink rose's videoes abour the origins of chrysalis. It makes no difference if you don't. 1234567890


well some commenters here have already figured it out but I had this theory eversence the season 4 finally came out. the shadow pony is tirek. cause when tirek was smaller he had a hood


Maybe star swirled a bearded IS the shadow pony. When Luna got jealous of Celetia, maybe she was jealous of her even before. Like, i don't think Luna can get THAT jealous for just 1 day or year or something. Maybe she got jealoused a lot one time before her banishment and maybe asked star swirled a bearded for help. Maybe her jealousy was to much for his magic to get rid of entirely and maybe the only way was for him to suck it all of the negative energy from her into his heart. But unfortunately there was to much for his heart to handle and there was still some jealousy left in her


I know who the shadow pony is , as stated in this episode . Brony Notion stated that AJ said that the shadow pony was apart of Nightmare Moon so if u were to look up NightMare Moon you would see she was taken over by the Nightmare Fright which according Wikipedia its name is Larry due to her jealousy. Anyway it couldn't be tirek because he was never apart of Nightmare Moon. So in conclusion The Shadow Pony is Nightmare Fright aka Larry


The season 5 starter came out yesterday, for those who watched it. maybe, i don't know, maybe it was Starlight Glimmer... but then again, starlight never knew twilight when they went to go see the village.... i don;t have a good reason to back this up, but i have a feeling the shadow pony will be a part of season 5 in the future...


In the older generations of mlp the big villans got banished in that order so you know that the royal pony sisters never fought tierek but derpy and the doctor can time travel... The original derpy voice was lost and that's why she's mute... Mind blown


well, the left over dark magic from nightmare moon could have effected star swirl the bearded and made him the shadow pony. that may explain his disappearance.


I think the shadow pony is the being that influenced Luna to ultimately become Nightmare moon.


i think zakora because she wears a cloak and her eyes are yellow and it cant be Tricksy because she does not have yellow eyes<br>Also it could be star swirl the bearded because he wears a hat because  he does magic and his eyes are yellow when they glow in the dark

i think zakora because she wears a cloak and her eyes are yellow and it cant be Tricksy because she does not have yellow eyes
Also it could be star swirl the bearded because he wears a hat because  he does magic and his eyes are yellow when they glow in the dark


well I agree that Star Swirled could very well be the Shadow Pony after all their is evidance of it, but isn't night mare moon more of a dark spirit who takes over poines?


OMG! Maybe Discord made the timber wolfs, but they didn't get out of Ponyville because they can remake there self. But when Luna turned into Nightmare, one of the wolfs got more power, and got turned into a pony-timber wolf! And THATS who the pony of shadows are!


I get that Trixie has the same hat that looks likes she's the shadow pony, but I don't think she would go that far to be it.


I think that the "shadow" notion is some kind of an euphemism or artistic expression for someone being a GHOST, or at least a kind of IMMATERIAL form of existence, e.g. after being killed or dematerialized.

Notice how Celestia speaks about how King Sombra has been defeated and... turned into shadow. Then we see him in a form of a dark cloud of smoke or... well... the shadow, when he returns and attacks the Crystal Empire. The interesting thing is that he can actually materialize back into a solid Unicorn form when he wants to.

In a similar way, Nightmare Moon can dematerialize at will and turn into a purple haze of smoke, and materialize again when she wants to. I can already see a bold pattern here. Especially that Nightmare Moon is being mentioned in "Castlevania" in context of the Pony of Shadows, which, apparently, is some kind of a "lef-over Dark Magic" after Nightmare Moon has been banished to the Moon.

BUT! Recently we've got another piece of puzzle: in the "Bloom and Gloom" episode, where Apple Bloom encounters a spooky shadowy figure with shiny eyes. But then it turns out to be... HER OWN SHADOW!

So here's the theory: Shadow is a part of a pony's mind/soul/psyche (you name it) which represents their dark side. It can feed on negative emotions and grow stronger, if allowed, and it can sometimes take control over a pony. This might be what actually happened to Princess Luna (and that's why she is now helping Apple Bloom to deal with it instead of fall to it), and what happened to Sombra.Their own shadows (or dark sides) took control over them. It can happen to any pony.

The only piece I'm missing is the dematerialization thing: is it a sign of reaching some high level of magical abilities which allows you to dematerialize at will and turn into smoke? Or is it the other way around: when you are defeated and your material form is being taken from you / destroyed, then what's left is only your "shadow" (or ghost) which is not material, but you can try to restore your power and materialize again one day. (Somewhat similar to how Sauron in "The Lord of the Rings" has been defeated and lasted as just a "shadow" which then tried to restore his power again, by manipulating other creatures to work for him.) Maybe it's actually both.

@Bon Bon haha you're right actually, my bad

I hear people repeathing this all over the Internet, but unfortunately this is wrong. The Shadow Pony couldn't possibly be Tirek, because then he would know about Twilight Sparkle's existence all well (actually, about the whole Mane Six), and he wouldn't be surprised that there is a fourth Alicorn Princess in Equestria in the Season 4 finale.
So next time, think about it before you start repeating what other people say. They can be wrong as well, and by repeating after them, you just repeat the mistake, so you're wrong along with them.

I hear people repeathing this all over the Internet, but unfortunately this is *wrong*. The Shadow Pony couldn't possibly be Tirek, because then he would know about Twilight Sparkle's existence all well (actually, about the whole Mane Six), and he wouldn't be surprised that there is a fourth Alicorn Princess in Equestria in the Season 4 finale.
So next time, think about it before you start repeating what other people say. They can be wrong as well, and by repeating after them, you just repeat the mistake, so you're wrong along with them.


I kinda thought it looked like Starswhirl The Bearded, but Star seems too nice to be scaring ponies in the castle according to how much Twilight knows about him.


I think it's sombra because when he was banished he turned to shadow and at the end his horn fill into the ground and maybe created his own shadow in equestria<br>


I think when star swirl transformed some of his the spell was spirt became the pony of shadows because of when the cutie marks change twylights was uneffected so that would mean that the spell was never perfect so that's why twylight became a princess


I always kinda wondered what if StarSwirl went crazy or enraged somehow and turned on everyone else


I think i was star swirl the bearded because his transformation into discord might have been done Quickly or slowly,we don't know.also during that time star swirl the bearded might have been looking for answers for the spell that turned him into discord.


This is a bit off-topic but say that Celestia and Luna had never discovered the elements of harmony in the first place, and according to Celestia's speech in the Return of harmony: part 1, she said that only after discovering the elements did they defeat discord, so what if they hadn't would they still have been able to defeat discord? Would it have worked if they used their magic to turn ponies into shadow on discord? If so why didn't they? Which brings up another question is discord stronger than sombra?


I think it's the shadow forces feeding on the remains of nightmare moons hate that she left behind when she was banished...good idea if you ask me


the shadow pony is stars swirl well the remains of him and the reason of that could be that that is were discord was turned to stone but left his real form as a shadow to look after the place because that is were he lived.


It cant be starswirl the bearded cause you cant see the shadow of his beard... And it cant be trixie because the ends of the hats are different so im not really sure... But maybe its not even a hat maybe its a hood off a cloak?


who said that the shadow was the left over magic from nightmare moon? that shadow could have been a thief or a intruder...or star swirl the bearded


So I dont think starlight glimmer is the main villian of season 5, and if the shadow pony isnt tirek, than the shadow pony, whoever it is might be the villian is going to be at the season finale, but you never know, since starlight knows who twilight is now, so I dont know. For now I think it is tirek and starlight glimmer does not have anything to do with season 4. Sorry for spoilers from season 5 ep 1 and 2 if u havnt watched it I love it, mlp has cliff hangers, and everything I just said is a cliff hanger


Season 4 villain was some horse guy with antlers, I forgot his name and he steals magic from everyone and the alicorn magic, but twilight uses the power of friendship to stop this villain. Also I think Starswirl is a good choice for the shadow pony.

Terik is the name of the season 4 villan.


The Shadow Pony is Tirek. Though if your watching this before the season finale, you wouldn't know that.


The shadow pony is whatever kind of creature that ate off luna's jealousy of celestia it got so power full it took the shape of a pony but couldn't because physical making it the shadow pony and the reason it stayed and Luna was banished to the moon is because celestia only banished Luna or the creature was a week version of discord while his body was stone his soul was free feeding off Luna's jealousy and this aided his escape from the stone


What about Queen Chrysalis? She was a villain too, and was banished to the badlands as well. total Lion King reference btw. You should go into the details of that!


I just realized that if you watched the thing with Granny Smith running away from the wolves it happened with Apple jack when her hoof got caught in the rocks and spike had to help her but wouldn't Apple jacks hoof get hurt and like twisted? Why is she still able to run with it!?


maybe the shadow pony is a dark entity or part of an army like a traitor of the changling army and was banished because he was good
just thought of it
or it is possible that its (sorry 4 this)
star swirl the bearded
1 flaw against the theory is that i agree with u that star swirl the bearded is discord
but still possible
before the form of discord
he could have been the shadow pony and that part stayed within the castle


What if star swirled was never banished and that was just a cover up for his disappearance. What if Luna and Celestia knew star swirled IS discord and that's the true reason they let him be reformed. (This is just a random guess and yes I know that there are a lot of plot holes in this)


i think star swirl is still alive (this is my headconon theory) what if Luna and Celestia were raised by star swirl and never died because of Celestia and Luna were not able to control there magic and it leak out by accident and star swirl tried to stop it and he was hint and it keeps him alive...?


Hey Brony Nation I can agree with your theory but in the episode were you got the theory about Start Swirl the Bearded, In this episode at the end it states something like Pinkie Pie is the "Shadow Pony"  Or was she I have know idea how to explain the yellow eyes but Pinkie was wearing a cape or something when she was creeping along the castle.  Just another theory the "The Shadow pony" could just be wearing a strongly shaped cape!

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Maybe Granny Smith was right. Whan night-mare moon was banished not all of her dark magic. Maybe Star Swirl the bearded got zabed with night mare moons magic and it turned him evil and turned him into shadow and the night mare magic so he gets riped apart in the day and reforms in the night but he lost all of his memeries of being star swirl. This is what i think, how about you?


OMG I noticed something in the old my little pony the zebra guy was kinda like a servant to the ghost and the ghost fed on the ponies health discord is kind of like the zebra guys and teireck is kind of like the ghost which means what if that's when he was small killed star swirl the bearded and then the ghost pony was him?

Idk it's just my theory


Well after the suit season finale we know it was tierek Who was the pony of shadows of course when he was weak


pinkie pie is the shadow pony of course!:)<br>(if you see "castle mane-ia" pinkie pie was exactly like the pony of shadows)

pinkie pie is the shadow pony of course!:)
(if you see "castle mane-ia" pinkie pie was exactly like the pony of shadows)


I think the shadow one is Tirek.This is my thinking.


OMG OMG OMG I know its Zecora! On the episode where all the ponies get cursed by the flowers. When she comes into town her eyes are yellow AND she wears a cloak (The hat might not be a hat and it might be a cloak) TOP THAT!


It have to be terek because for one he was the first one to get banished two they show terek in a hoody which shows the same thing as the shadow three they did say he got lose when serberis let his post in season 3 and and he had no strength hence he making an apperense in season 4 but it have a down side he would of realize that twilight is a princess tho so


i know that she didn't get banished (i don't think) but it kind of looked like zecora with her hood on!


I dont think the shadow pony wouldbe anything solid because if it was a solid whole pony the eyes  of the pony wouldnt be shown in the shadow so it must be a real shadow not a solid pony so it cant be zecora<br>


I still think it's zecora because she has yellow eyes when she is wearing her huddie yellow eyes showed maybe she used to be evil.


No I was wrong. The shadow pony is LUNA. The evidence is clear. The Jornal said she liked the traps, also the hood matches the one she wore on nightmare night! I paused the ep. So I could compare the shadow pony to other ponies. I tried: Starswirl, Trixie, Tirek, Zecora, and Luna and Luna's hood matches! Her eyes don't... maybe it was a harvest moon casting a yellowish light on her eyes. But the hood matches!<br>


Maybe when star swirl cast the spell he trend into discord and samthing happend as he changed he saw a shadow of himself and It said something it said that he will hont the castle of the two sisters and was known as the shadow pony discord eventually forgot about it


I do not have any theories, but if it was star swirl the bearded twilight would not look up to him so much


But if the Shadow Pony was Starswirl, then Discord can't be him!


He's definitely not the Pony of Shadows OR Discord


Star swirled passed away so he couldn't have possibly be the shadow pony.☀🌑


I have 2 answers, the shadow pony could be Star Swirl . Or it could be Pinkie Pie....

I have 2 answers, the shadow pony could be *Star Swirl* . Or it could be *Pinkie Pie*....


In this part of mlp it said "it takes the form of the pony of shadows" it goes with star swirl la bearded very we'll because he was in the shadow the shadow of not havering friends I get this from magical mist a cure in the last seen celestia states that twilight used here friends to fix a spell with star swirl la bearded could not because I believe he was in the shadow of not having any friends


I agree with FrostTheFox. But. Take note that Tirek does NOT have yellow eyes or wears a hat. He usually wears a cloak, so now I'm more leaning to Star Swirl being the shadow pony after I watched the video.

@Sarah Breton Tirek's eyes glow yellow sometimes. And I'm leaning towards the 'hat' being the top of his cloak


The shadow pony is Tirek at his weakest form


You know twilight was also dressed up as star swirl the bearded yes I know that twilight was scared too but once twilight and the others well except rainbow dash pranked rainbow dash her self you never know that twilight is just getting her game up!!


well i think star swirl the breaded is not the shawdow pony because it could be somone drifent and if the shadow pony is evil that makes no sense of star swirled the breaded being evil because star swirled the breaded is good after all


i think that discord is S.S.B. i think that he was turned into discord when he use the spell that swithched the main six's cutie marks. because he dident have freinds the spell went wronge. that would explain why that was the last spell in the book.<br> [[sorry about spelling]]

i think that discord is S.S.B. i think that he was turned into discord when he use the spell that swithched the main six's cutie marks. because he dident have freinds the spell went wronge. that would explain why that was the last spell in the book.
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well.... star swirl could be the shadow pony but what if when star swirl was being born maybe his he banished his own darkness and that darkness was too weak to be a real pony so it became a shadow P.S my name is Ellie not patrick that's my dad's name


I think that the shadow pony is just a shadow of bygone dark magic but not from any known force. I mean like, leftover magic can take forms if it is left to grow. in clone wars S6E... I think the 2nd to last one, yoda confronts his dark side that he had ignored. what if something like that happened to one of the main 6!!!!! don, don, DON!!!! shadow pony! but if this was true, then there be more than one shadow pony. oh.  each one would be a fear of every pony... EVERY PONY!!!! so every pony would have a dark side that took shape in their worst nightmare. Luna has a lot of work to do!! please tell me if this theory is a sensible one!!


Star swirl = MAGICAL SPELLS MADE BY HIMSELF!!!!!!!!!!!!


I think that the evidence for it being Star Swirl Is CRYSTAL CLEAR! XD


Discord would have been banished first because i remember princess luna and princess celestia saying that they first showed themselfs to ponys when they defetied discord and somber came after discord


I think it's clover the clever. I don't have a proper theory or evidence, but the shadow pony looks like they've got a hooded cape, which we know clover had. And he could have had yellow eyes. AND WHO SAID THE SHADOW PONY IS DEFINITELY EVIL!!!!!

I just rewatched 'A Hearths Warming Eve' and I have a proper theory!!! So clover the clever was the one who mainly created the magic of friendship, and the mane six have lots of it inside of them. He might have been a little evil, because he wanted what he made back. Which is why he was really near them at the end of the episode. He wanted to take back what was rightfully his. Case closed. It's clover the clever.


I think I'm going to agree with FrostTheFox because Twilight Sparkle read a book of legends and tirek and tirek"s brother was apart of the book of legends and in the book Princess Luna was in the picture also ther"s still no Element of Harmony and what I mean book of legends is a book legends!!!


You stated in another episode that DISCORD is starswirl. Now Shadow pony is?!?


I don't think star swirl is the shadow pony because if you can see it's head doses"t mach up either so there is my proof!


So...Astro who is Discord returned back to his form?


what happened to starsworld because in all 4 seasons they say that there is only books and spells and also he vanished the sirens does that have something to do with the shadow pony?


sorry to bust your theories but if it was tirek surely he would've know there was a 4th princess ... again sorry


I don't think it is star swirl because when Was star swirl ever evil it just does not prove that he is the shadow pony


I think king sombra is the shadow pony. BECAUSE he was gifted but when LUNA and celestia defeted him just BECAUSE you could not see the ELEMENTS does not mean they did not use them


What do you mean starswirl got banished?  I was under the impression he disappeared


tirek was put in jail,not banished into shadow


What if it is a pony that was not revealed in the show yet?

Who is the shadow pony??!!! We may never know!!!


FYI she was not banished she isn't really even evil no spoilers but for 5 but for 4 yep I'm pretty sure your right


you know the witch hat it might be the shadow of a hood pulled up too right


Wait, if the Pony looks like Star Swirl, but Twilight sparkle dressed up like him.


Look up a story call dusk Dawn because the story connect to your theory about the pony being defeat by celetai


If granny was correct, then it could be the nightmare forces.


I think that Star Swirled turned into Sombra....


Maybe nightmares magic is what helped corrupt star swirled into discord


@The Brony Notion I think your right but what about the nightmare rarity comic they said that something was controlling luna


Um... The shadow pony is alicorn that says Trixie promised something to him and one more thing The shadow pony have some red details and all other villains don't... Mystery


Hold up your missing some villians your missing tirek and chrysalis


I think that tirak is the shadow pony because do you reamber when tirak waked up to the pony he had the cirle with the hat and he has yellow eyes<br>


Not watching this, but is Luna the shadow pony?


Did no one watch the full episode? There was no shadow pony, just pinkie pie


Yes he is discord he was banished then ha returned as discord because he was banished with magic maybe the magic took over his mind and he used his own magic to turn himself into discord witch makes it clear that after Sombra was banished discord "Star Swirl the Bearded" returned. That's only my opinion. Does anypony fallow

also he was banished from using dark magic and using it for "Chaos"! Does that mean anything to you please Brony Notion reply if this means something


WAIT READ THIS!!!!! So. Just look at Zecora's eye color. See? So. It's blue right? But, her shadow shows a yellow eye... Soooo... Nightmare moon has a blue eye too soooo she can be the shadow pony, even she has a yellow eyed shadow. :D


But the shadow pony looks like a mare not a stallion


I think it is LORD TIREK 'cause he has yellow eyes and wore a cape hood thing hoof bump


Look at mlp history, the did use the elements of Sombra, and Discord.


Maybe star swirl did some illegal magic. That's probably why he was banished.


Discord is STARSWIRL the bearded<br>(I think)

Discord is STARSWIRL the bearded
(I think)


and,if it was Star Swirl that means the shadow pony is DISCORD,because you said Discord IS Star Swirl


AHEM,GOOD TEORY!<br>BUT,DID U NOW TRIXIA AND ZECORA AREN'T BANISHED PONIES!AND TIREK CAN'T BE THE  SHADOW PONY JUST HE ISN'T A PONY,MAN!

AHEM,GOOD TEORY!
BUT,DID U NOW TRIXIA AND ZECORA AREN'T BANISHED PONIES!AND TIREK CAN'T BE THE  SHADOW PONY JUST HE ISN'T A PONY,MAN!

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i think star swirl was banished because of the spell he made that changes pony's cutie marks or he was banished because he created the alicorn amulet


I'm afraid that your villain pattern is wrong, because you said that Lord Tirek, aka the villain of Season 4, came before the threat of Sombra, Discord and Nightmare Moon, but if he came before Discord, how does he known about him then? Heck, he even said that he was legend to him.

@Jean Dutra I think it goes like this: Princess Celestia and Princess Luna lived had normal lives before his threat, then they used the Elements of Harmony to turn him to stone and become princesses (Note: Maybe they became Alicorns not long before his threat but only proved themselves worthy after defeating him), then they adopted a baby pegasus named Cadance and after "freeing" the Crystal Empire from King Sombra she became a third princess, then Tirek showed up, and it makes sense for Tirek to come after Sombra, because that explains how did he know about the third princess.<br>Here's the possible real pattern:DiscordKing SombraTirekNightmare Moon

@Jean Dutra I think it goes like this: Princess Celestia and Princess Luna lived had normal lives before his threat, then they used the Elements of Harmony to turn him to stone and become princesses (Note: Maybe they became Alicorns not long before his threat but only proved themselves worthy after defeating him), then they adopted a baby pegasus named Cadance and after "freeing" the Crystal Empire from King Sombra she became a third princess, then Tirek showed up, and it makes sense for Tirek to come after Sombra, because that explains how did he know about the third princess.
Here's the possible real pattern:DiscordKing SombraTirekNightmare Moon


i think starswirle it about time we me this pony since hes mentioned so much and it all adds up


i think the shadow pony is.......celestia


I think it is  a royal gard checking on twilight sparkle


Well wouldn't it be teirek, because at the beaging of the season finale of season 5 when teirek was weak he had a hood just like that and he has yellow eyes just like those eyes, so wouldn't be teirek!!!#:) $$<br>                                                                                ==

Well wouldn't it be teirek, because at the beaging of the season finale of season 5 when teirek was weak he had a hood just like that and he has yellow eyes just like those eyes, so wouldn't be teirek!!!#:) $$
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Its a nightmare force the thing that over luna if you look at a picture of them you will see its eyes are yellow just like the shadow pony and he is going to feed on everbodys hate


I think he is the show pony. But maybe.😉


I know ho the shadow pony is! Thrixe  i'll explan the stuff later


It dont look like a witch hat. It looks like a hood or a potatoe sack.


Maybe the answer is where nopony wishes to go.....THE OLD GENERATIONS!!!!!


Spoylar teerek is next from twilights cingdom<br>


It is starswirl look at the evidence the hat and the misteriouse appearance and they hav  talked about him in the series it's kinda ovios but I'm not entirely sure if they are some spelling mistakes please forgive  me 🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐑


It can't be star swirl. Star swirl was banned from Equestria no? Obviously if your banned there would be some kind if guard keeping you out. Plus if it was star swirl then there would be no shadow pony for the Discord theory and if he wasn't discord he'd be long dead. I believe it's somepony else. It in fact could be Trixie or perhaps a zebra like Zecora....or a descendent of star swirl. This is all based on loose logic and hunches. But I think it would make sense. It could also be one of the mane six...? Again all loosely based and a bad theory but its all I got.

@ActionReplay Could too. EVERYPONY ESCAPED AND STARSWIRL IS A BRILLIANT UNICORN SO WHY WOULDN'T HE ESCAPE?


Maby discord is Stars swerls abirded but discords shado split


My sister says why is the thing we see talking not your face.<br>


Let's take a look at all yellow eye ponies Discord kinda but TIREK has yellow glowing eyes!


They put the villains in... TARTARUS?! Who put Greece in MLP?

@Judy Webb greek mythology has always been in mlp since season 1...even the very first episode of mlp


Star Swirl the Bearded is Discord.
the END.
-.-


i thank the Shadow Pony is queen chrysalis thank abuot it she is a changeling and any pony can were a hat or it mite be the diamond dogs I know that they are not ponys but they can be trend to ponys by magic


maby its not stare swirl abearded but one of his creations because sines wen twily cast his unfinished spell it did a bad thing so wile making a spell to make him not lonely it created his shadow self that was evil but wen he cast it it seamed like nothing happened like in magic mystery cure wen twily cast starswirl aberdeds spell to here it seamed like nothing hapend but something did


de friggen shadow pone ish discord remember shapeshifting

I HAVE A LIGHTER AND IT SHOOTS FIRE BALLS (runner rockers)


Omg I know is us it its trixe
Cuse you can tell the she has a hat and reamerber in a season she was evil its trixe!


maby wene luna was banished to the moon there must have bin a thing making her be evil or something becuse idk if luna would have done that maby there is a group of evil shadow ponies there maby moon shadows jest saying jk idk really why


i realy don't know 0,0 Is there a bad pony in season 4??

+TheShadowedWolf AJ I don't exactly know what difference it will make, but I'm sticking to my theory of it being Queen Chrysalis in the form of starswirl, and to answer your question to who would love starswirl it would probably be Celestia and Luna

+My pony xD it could  be Queen Chrysalis in the form of Starswirl the bearded years after she was defeated by Princess Cadence and Shining Armor in A Canterlot Wedding

@GoldenApple TV ... I don't tink its Tirek

Its not actually a pony, its that guy who kept taking all the unicorn, pegasus, and earth pony magic and skills for more power. And yes, he was before any of the previous villians.

Uhh i want to ask what.I can translate this video in Dutch please.Because  this is really interested!!!


It's pinkie pie see the episode guys it's pinkie


Les think about it woa't if the shadow pony is Luna kid and woa't if the thing tat garneie smith wuz just it shadow .


well sorry pony lovers but i have an app and i have seen the s4 fanialy and it is way diffrent to what you ppl think


The shadow pony might  be a mix  of bad king zombra and good king zombra

@Artsy Wings but then again it could be star swirled, Tirek, or any pony else, but we need MORE EVIDENCE.

@doodle shine She has been her since the FIRST MLP and that was before Celestia and Luna and remember her design was originally yellow and white (but she was a Pegasus) I'm just taking a guess

What? Why? You know what, please explain...


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Well I think that starswrld the bearded  was baneshd be case he did show up in rain bow rocks and broke the sirens Cears .BTW thay sang horrible


Well I think as sone as the trias for mason star swerd's sadowe wose laft be hind and a now Sade wos made sowe it code<br> Be the sadowe

Well I think as sone as the trias for mason star swerd's sadowe wose laft be hind and a now Sade wos made sowe it code
 Be the sadowe