Once upon a time, there was a King who's heart was as black as night. He ruled the Crystal Empire with an iron hoof. He was soon punished by the Princess of the Night, who then turned him into a savage beast, and banished him from Equestria. His only way of return and forgiveness, is for him to truly discover the meaning of love and friendship, and earn another's love in return before the end of Princess Celestia's one thousandth year.But who could ever learn to befriend a beast?(This is an alternative story of King Sombra set to the tale of 'Beauty and the Beast'.)