Who was I?

Outside the palace, several guards stood in front of the palace gates. They were ready to be called into action at anytime.

One of the guards soon saw a curious sight; a large group of crystal ponies headed towards the palace. "Hey Dewy, look at this." he said to his friend.

"What is it?" asked another guard, Dewy.

The guard pointed Dewy to the large crowd that was headed towards them. Dewy's eyes went wide as he quickly took out a megaphone. "For your safety, we recommend that you turn back and head home!" he barked to the crowd.

That just caused the crowd to pick up their pace towards them. "PLEASE DISPERSE!" he barked again, but the crowd of crystal ponies continued charging at them, they had angry looks on their faces.

"CLOSE THE GATES!" he ordered to the rest of the guards. "NOW!"

All the guards that were outside the palace gates quickly ran inside and locked the gate as soon as the angry mob of crystal ponies reached it. The entire gate bulged inwards slightly from the mass rush of angry ponies as the guards stood back away from it.

"What's going on here?!" Dewy addressed the crowd.

"WE WANT TO KILL THE PRETENDERS! WE WANT OUR FAKE RULERS' BODIES HUNG UP!" yelled a group of crystal ponies.

"Pretenders?!"

"KILL THE ALICORN! KILL THE CAPTAIN!" they started to chant. "WE WANT OUR RIGHTFUL RULER BACK!"

All the guards were wide eyed stunned.

"So what are you demanding from us Sombra?" asked Shining, his blood boiled that he was negotiating with a monster.

"For you and your wife to abdicate the throne for me and go into exile at a place far away as possible from here." answered Sombra.

"Is that all you want? The throne?" Shining expected more from him. "All of this just to get the throne back?"

"That, and to find a new Queen...yes, I want you two gone so that me and my new queen can take our rightful place as rulers of the crystal ponies." the shadow pony smirked.

"Me and Cadance will be willing to abdicate the throne but only if you agree to a Bill Of Rights written, drafted and enacted by the citizens of this kingdom."

"Only if you let me have my own harem of concubines...for those occasions that my queen is not physically around to satisfy me." he grinned.

Shining tried his best to keep his rage in check, but the thought of this monster having sex with his own baby sister made him sick to his stomach. He took a deep breath and mentally prepared himself for what he'll say next. "All right..you have a dea-"

"SHINING!" suddenly, Twilight bursts into the room. "CADANCE IS MISSING!" she exclaimed.

"What?!"

"Someone kidnapped her!" the lavender alicorn explained.

Shining turned to Sombra. "Did you have something to do with this?!"

"Surprisingly no." Sombra answered plainly.

Shining knew that Sombra would gladly brag and rub it in his face if he actually did. He turned to Twilight. "Who else would do this?"

"I don't know!" exclaimed the mare, she was worried for Cadance. "All I found was this cloak!" she showed her older brother the cloak she found.

The white stallion quickly figured out who it belonged to. "HER!"

The cream coated, red maned alicorn carried an unconscious Cadance on her back. "Don't worry, this exile is only until your child is old enough to face Sombra." she told her.

The red maned alicorn felt that her creation has outlived its usefulness...and only a foal conceived under the influence of the Crystal Heart can defeat him now. "Now where did she put that mirror?"

"HOLD STEADY MEN!" ordered Dewy as he and his guards tried to hold back the gate from busting open, from the sheer force of ponies pushing in, and from the shower of garbage and blunt objects being thrown over the gates and at the guards.

Strangely, the crowd suddenly stopped pushing in, instead, it retreated back slightly.

"Is it over?" asked on of the guards to Dewy.

The guards soon got their answer as they saw the crowd tie ropes to the buckled gate. "What are they up to now?"

The mob of crystal ponies parted away enough to reveal that the ropes were tied to a large group of stallions.

"Oh no..." Dewy was stunned. He quickly turned to his fellow guards. "All guards fall back inside! A siege is going to happen!" he loudly ordered. The guards did as told as they ran inside before the gates were pulled down. Dewy never though he would see the ponies actually overthrow their beloved monarchs.

"Shining," began Twilight who followed her brother. "what's happening? Who kidnapped Cadance!?"

"My creator...she's come here to defeat me." added Sombra who also tagged along.

"But what does that have to do with kidnapping Cadance?"

"For once my queen...I have no clue whatsoever." the thought of not being in control of a situation and fully knowing what is going on frightened him.

A guard ran up to the three. "Captain Shining! We have a problem!" he exclaimed.

"What is it?" asked Shining. More problems. Sombra smirked, he fully knew what was happening.

"The crystal ponies! They're revolting!" the guard explained. Suddenly, a nearby window shattered as a rock was thrown through it. They peaked out through the window to see a mass of angry crystal ponies, rioting in the palace grounds.

"WHAT DID YOU DO TO MY SUBJECTS SOMBRA!" snarled Shining as he used his magic to fully pin him to a nearby wall.

The shadow unicorn just laughed. "YOUR subjects? Oh please, they were never yours to begin with."

"SOMBRA! WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" asked a shocked Twilight.

"Just proving who is in control...now...who here is going to get a ruler. I want to know who the bigger stallion is." he grinned at Shining.

Twilight's brother couldn't take it anymore and started to throw a punch, but was suddenly interrupted by a large explosion, blowing everyone back.

Once the dust settles...a bright figure stood before them; Princess Celestia.

"Celestia?" said a confused Twilight. This Celestia was different, her coat was pure white, wore armor, and her mane was bright and on fire...a side that Twilight last saw at the vault in Canterlot when she got angry.

"WHERE'S SOMBRA?!" boomed the new Celestia.

Everyone got up and looked only to find Sombra gone. "He must've escaped!" reported Shining.

"We must find him!" said the determined alicorn of the sun.

"But we need to save Cadance first Celestia! She has been kidnapped!" added Twilight.

"Someone kidnapped Cadance?! WHO!" boomed the alicorn again.

"Another alicorn...claimed to be the one that created Sombra." explained the unicorn stallion.

The white alicorn placed the pieces together in her mind and suddenly came to a realization. Mistress Superior. "TWILIGHT!"

"Uh...yes...Celestia." Twilight was intimidated by this new Celestia.

"I want you to find and save Cadance as soon as you can!"

The lavender alicorn nodded in agreement...anything to save family.

"Shining, I want you to help my guards control the crowd."

"But what about Sombra?" asked a confused Shining.

"Leave...him...TO ME!" and with that, the princess teleported out in front of the sibling's eyes. Celestia will not fail this time.