Who was I?

Sombra was furious.

He looked down from his balcony to see his guards get over run by the Princess' own guards. His men tried to fight them off as best they could in the name of protecting their dear King Sombra, but the Princess' own royal guards had more powerful magic and better weapons.

"I guess it's time to make my escape." he growled to himself as he trotted off.

At the same time, the royal sisters made their way inside the Crystal palace. "I'll check his chambers and the dungeon, you check everywhere else Luna." Celestia instructed to her sister.

Luna silently agreed before she went off on her search.

Celestia made her way up the stairs to Sombra's chambers. She blew open the door with her magic only to find nopony there, Sombra is gone.

"The dungeons then." she mumbled before she used her magic to teleport her there.

The princess found herself in the dungeons, only to see that she's now in front of a large wooden door. The sign on top of it read:

Here lies thy worst fears
Thou art been warned.

"Another one of Sombra's tricks I assume." she mumbled to herself before opening the door.

Inside, in front of her, was her biggest fear. "Huh...just as I thought...he knows what my worst fear is." she said without much emotion, as if she was expecting to see what she was seeing all along.

Suddenly, the princess is engulfed by a shadow and suddenly found herself in Sombra's throne room. "What the?"

Celestia turned around to see Sombra himself, in his shadow form.

"Your reign of terror ends today Sombra!" she angrily spat.

"NEVER!" Sombra roared.

"Then you leave me no choice!" spat Celestia as she shot a beam of magic at Sombra.

Cadance immediately called an emergency meeting with her advisers. She knew she should be in bed due to her morning sickness, but the Crystal Empire always takes top priority.

"The citizens are demanding answers Your Highness." stated her Minister of Internal Affairs. "Many of them demanding to know why they periodically loose their crystal like shimmer."

"And tell them that it's because the Crystal Heart is now shadow crystal colored?" snapped Cadance, a little moody. "They'll correctly assume that it's because Sombra is back! And last time I checked, many Crystal ponies still tremble at the mere mention of his name. I do NOT want to start a panic!"

"But what do you want us to say? Your subjects adore you and all, which means they'll get even more angrier when they find out they have been lied to by you." explained the Finance Minister.

Cadance suddenly found herself stuck. On the one hoof, she can tell her subjects that Sombra is back, which means large scale panic and lose of credibility since SHE was the one who announced that Sombra was dead and never coming back in the first place. But on the other, she could keep up appearances and lie to her subjects. Which will only make things worse.

She suddenly began to feel queasy again as she bolted out the room so she could reach the nearest bathroom.

Her advisers look on with concern.

At Canterlot, Kage was standing in front of Photo Finish's photography studio. He reluctantly walked inside see that not only was Photo Finish herself there, but a high class and fancy looking mare was with her.

"Here's the stallion I was telling you about Miss Shores...he's perfect for the photo shoot!" Photo Finish exclaimed as she dragged Kage to meet her current client.

"Miss Shores this is..."

"Kage." completed the stallion.

"Kage, this is the one and only Sapphire Shores!" introduced the photographer.

"My, my, my...you are perfect." smiled Sapphire Shores.

Kage looked into her eyes, and could tell that she's thinking about things, dirty things, dirty things involving him. The fancy mare then walked around the stallion checking him out. "Oh yes...he'll be PERFECT for today." she grinned.

"Great...now let us create some magic!" instructed Photo Finish.

Next thing Kage knew, he was in a suit and tie while Sapphire Shores was in a fancy blue dress. For the photo shoot, Kage was supposed to be a suave spy while Sapphire Shores was his love interest. This shoot was going to be part of a series of promotional photos to promote Sapphire Shores' latest tour.

"You look PERFECT together! So much chemistry! I love it!" swooned Photo Finish as she took the photos.

Kage couldn't help but feel like the singer is genuinely flirting with him, not just acting for the shoot. From winking, to brushing up against him, to brushing her tail under his chin. For some reason, some force within his mind is telling him to accept the flirting and do it back.

And so the stallion did just that, flirt back. From nuzzling her cheek, to nipping at her neck.

"Great! Now you two passionately kiss to wrap it up!" passionately instructed the photographer.

Sapphire smiled and did as told, as she grabbed the stallion and brought him to a passionate kiss.

"And I am spent! Good work you two!" celebrated Photo Finish.

"Thank you. That was a great shoot." the singer said with confidence. She then took Kage off to the side and whispered into his ear. "I am free to have in my dressing room. But you better think quick, because this offer only lasts for the next 10 minutes...starting back when I said 'Thank you'." she whispered. She then seductively walked off, sashaying her hips.

Kage didn't know what to think. "Fuck her like the slut she is!" screamed a dark strange voice in his head. Suddenly, dirty thoughts started running through his head and smiled.

"So what do you think? Do you think the Princess is fit to continue her duties for the time being? Especially with this crisis going on?" said a voice.

"I'm not sure...we shouldn't even be talking about this! It feels like we're planning a coup or something."

"A LEGAL coup! A temporary coup until either Cadance is fit to rule again or the crisis is over, whichever comes last. And we need at least two-thirds majority of all the advisers present to do this."

"Still...I think it is too soon to talk about such thing. We should wait until public opinion seriously turns against her before vote on this issue."

"Fine...we'll give her five days...but if she doesn't get any better, public opinion about her falls or we still haven't found Sombra, we, the Royal Advisers of the Crystal Empire, will vote to temporarily declare Princess Cadance unfit to rule."

"Here! Here!" all the advisers chanted.

"Meeting adjourned."

TO BE CONTINUED...