Who was I?

It was another beautiful day in the Crystal Empire, the sun was rising, many of the crystal ponies where chained up as they were escorted to the crystal mines.

King Sombra watched all of this from his balcony, with a sinister grin on his face. He then turned back to see one of his many concubines sleeping peacefully on his bed, as usual.

"Hehe...it's great to be king." he gloated to himself. He had everything, immense wealth, power, influence and subjects who feared him. Plus, he gets the one thing he loved more than anything in the world; crystals.

After a few minutes of watching his enslaved subjects head towards their work, Sombra headed off to his gym for his usual morning cardio routine. All those years of squats, mountain climbers, treadmills and stair climbers have really improved his physique, and he sometimes couldn't help but check himself in the mirror.

Just after he finished his cardio workout, he went to his private shower room and began showering himself.

"Uh...your Majesty." said one of his loyal guards as he entered the shower room to his the king washing himself. All royal business can be conducted anywhere and everywhere. So it is no surprise to the guard that they're doing this in the shower. At one point they did royal business while Sombra was doing anal to one of his concubines. The guard was impressed by Sombra's multitasking skills when it comes to that.

"What is it?" Sombra asked as he scrubbed himself in the shower.

"You have a message from the royal sisters of Canterlot." he reported. "What should we do in response?"

Sombra took the note with his message and began reading it.

Dear HM Sombra, King of the Crystal Empire,

We thought it would be kind of us to warn you that there will be consequences brought upon you if you don't agree to steps that will emancipate your subjects from their bonds of servitude. You must realize that public opinion across ALL kingdoms and nations in the world is highly critical of your harsh and iron hoofed rule. So we warn you, if you do NOT emancipate your subjects by your jubilee, we CAN and WILL use force against you.

Signed, HRH Celestia & HRH Luna, Co-Princess of Equestria.

"So...what should we do sir?" asked the guard again.

"Jack!" laughed Sombra as he crumbled up the note and threw it at the guard, hitting him square in the face. All the guard could do was bow and leave his king to his shower.

"Those meddling sisters don't have the teats to defeat me." he boasted as he finished up his shower.

"Are you sure you don't want me to come to take care of you?" asked Shining to a crystal portal that has Cadance on the other side. Powered by Cadance's magic, this was an instant form of communication between Canterlot and the Crystal Empire since Cadance because Princess.

"I'm sure Shining...I can get through this. But I have more urgent matters to worry about at the moment." assured Cadance to her husband.

"Like what exactly?"

"The fact that my subjects are demanding answers and the fact they're beginning to suspect that Sombra is indeed back. Speaking of which, did you find any trace of him yet?"

"Nothing...we haven't been able to track him down. Luna could sense that he is indeed alive, but he's nowhere to be found." Shining explained the situation.

Cadance started feeling nauseous again. "Oh damn...they call this morning sickness yet it happens ALL the time. I have to go now. Be safe my love!" Cadance gave a kiss.

"The same." Shining did the same.

The portal turned off and the room was quiet.

It is night, and outside, hiding in the bushes beneath Twilight's balcony, both Fluttershy and Rarity are waiting.

"Are you sure what we're doing is okay?" asked a nervous Fluttershy.

"Of course darling, we're just doing out duty as friends to make sure she's safe. You said that she just flew off and left and came back a little better, we're here to make sure that she's okay." explained Rarity.

Just as Rarity said that, they saw Twilight fly out of her chambers, with saddlebags on her, into the sky. Rarity immediately got on Fluttershy's back and held on. "Fly Fluttershy, fly!" she ordered. Fluttershy reluctantly did as told and flew off after Twilight.

Kage was patiently waiting by the pond to meet up with Twilight again. He couldn't help but feel at east when talking to her, and she promised to help him get his memory back.

"I'm here...sorry for being a little tardy." apologized Twilight as she landed next to him.

"Oh...that's okay." looked at the saddlebags. "What you got in there?" he asked, curious.

"Some flower sandwiches." Twilight took out some sandwiches with her magic and gave one to Kage.

"Thanks." he said as he began eating.

"So, how was your day?" asked the princess.

"It went good, I got a job as a model now."

"Oh really?" Twilight smiled. "Who would've guess?" being a little sarcastic.

Kage couldn't help but give a small chuckle. "How about you? How was your day?"

"Tedious and routine filled as always. Life of a Princess never ends." she explained in a slightly playful tone.

"Tell me Twilight....why would a princess like you, go all the way here to talk to a random stallion like me? Don't you have friends and an entourage?" asked Kage.

"Well...in actuality, I find you interesting." she admitted.

"Really? How so?" Kage blushed slightly.

"Well...I kind of see you as a puzzle needing to be cracked. What, with your lack of memory and the fact that you don't know who you are...I find it kind of hard to resist." she stated.

"So...you're not attracted to my body at all?" he playfully joked.

Twilight just blushed. "Hey! I'm not THAT kind of mare that just lifts up her tail and shows off her goods at the sight of a nice piece of stallion!" she exclaimed, embarrassed. "Besides, they need to at LEAST be an intellectual match for me to even CONSIDER giving my time of day to him."

"Oh...so you have standards?" he playfully joked. "Fine...question; 27, 57, 67 and 77, which one of these is a prime number?"

"67! What is the smallest number that is evenly divisible by 1 through 10?"

"2520!" Kage had no idea how he knew that. "What is the shortest word in the Equestrian language to contain all of the vowels?"

"Depends on how obscure you want it, you have Sequoia, eulogia, and for the really obscure, louea." Twilight answered matter-of-factly. "H2O autumn?"

"Waterfall."

"13579U?"

"The odds are against you!"

"I have an eye but cannot see. I'm faster than any stallion alive and have no limbs. What am I?"

Kage just gave a confidant grin. "Tornado."

"How do you know all of this?"

"I have no idea."

A hushed silence falls between them as they just stared at each other.

"You earned my time of day." stated Twilight. "Congratulations." she smiled, still staring at him.

The space between their snouts began to narrow as they got closer together. They closed their eyes as their faces grew closer for kiss.

"STOP RIGHT THERE PERVERT!" yelled a voice.

Both Kage and Twilight turned to see Rarity jump out of the bushes. Fluttershy, slowly walking out, embarrassed. An awkward silence fell between them.

"Uh...I can explain." stated a nervous and blushing Twilight. "What was I thinking, trying to kiss him when I barely know him! Bad Twilight, bad!"

"What was I thinking?!" thought Kage.

The four of them just awkwardly stared at each other.

TO BE CONTINUED...