Battle of Crystal Hill

Sombra was overlooking the Crystal Empire the next morning from the crystal tower's balcony. Could you even call it that? It was more like a fortress...Eh, thought for a later time.

Guards and citizens alike milled about. All panicking or walking toward the plaza as armored guards herded them toward the city. The snow if yesterday had melted, Sombra had decided that it was much too cold this far north and had instructed the pegasai teams to clear it out to a summer like feel.

They had warned that all the weather was pushed from south in Equestria up here, the storms needed to be put somewhere right? Sombra did not agree, he sent them south again.

"If I'm to remove the crystal heart I can't have a snow storm going 24/7." He had said.

Today was the day he would announce that they were to be slaves of industry and crystals, he would hide the heart away directly after, no doubt they would follow him as long as he removed the hope it would save them.

"Captain Soaring Dash!" Sombra boomed with his magically augmented voice to the captain, feeling a twing of energy shift in his mind unusually when using his power. The captain was currently directing her guards to herd the crowd. "I told you to make the left district go down the side road there y- Oh! Yes sir!" She exclaimed, going over to the dark tinted lord, her wings beating. "Whatdaya need boss?" Sombra almost simply removed her wings as punishment for being so formal, but decided against it. Her attitude would lift his mood if he was ever feeling bored with his new position. "We need to get this moving, I don't have all day to make a speech about total domination. As dark as it is, I have other things to do."

The entity now controlling Sombra worked as a realist, if the worst is possible, it will happen. But with its power it didn't need to worry about that right?

"Hey! Did you hear me?" Soaring said with a small frown. "We are ready for the whole deal with the speech. But don't expect them to be too happy with a forced takeover by one man who very much literally scared the royal guard into submission."

Sombra eyed her a moment "Do I look like I care about the reaction? Nevermind, don't answer that." He looked down at all the eyes of the ponies, some he recognized from yesterday, the ones that had fled to the building he now stood on. "Glorious ponies of the empire. I, Sombra, have taken your nobles and courts from this place. You will serve me as your only true ruler. Resistance is futile." He took a breath, watching the mildly shocked eyes of the crowd. "I am not a Sombra you may have known prior, I am a entirely different entity, the old is dead, gone." A lie, but a lie that the ponies took as true, some in the crowd began weeping. Obviously relatives or friends. Good, that's what this Sombra wanted right?

"You will partake in the production of crystals and the such from now on. In retur-" "Wait!" A rather tired looking Pale Hoof guard shouted as he flew in from the north. He was quickly grabbed by he fellow guards mid flight and held there in the air to catch his breath to speak. "M-monsters!" He breathed out before passing out.

Sombra's speech was cut short.

Location: Crystal Towe-Castle, thinge...Bah

"Speak soldier! What monsters?" Soaring was questioning the rather flustered and out of breath male pegasus. He opened his mouth to speak "Black demons! T-they had all blue eyes! Fangs! H-holes in their hoofs and horns, and....Wings! Wings like a dragon fly!" Soaring looked at him a moment before quietly saying "Calm down, that doesn't sound like anything currently documented. Have you had any mind altering spells cast on you lately?" He looked horrified. "I'm not crazy! No, they were real! They were very numerous. It's a black wave the likes I've never seen before. They didn't see me, but I'm sure they are heading this way from the north."

Sombra took that moment to step in, his eyes flashing red. "You speak of a pony being with both wings and a horn? But not a alicorn, a creature resembling a....Vampony?" The guard thought for a moment. "No, like a...bug? No, they seemed sentient. I know I say a monarch of some kind when I was flying back." Sombra's eyes widened. "How long did you fly for? How far are they?" The pegasus quickly held up his hooves "Don't worry too much, they were on foot, I flew at least 4 days with huge rests. They are two or three weeks walk away."

Sombra looked at the pony with a thoughtful frown. "Two weeks." He muttered under his breath. His mind was spinning with thoughts of a massive army on the way to his newfound plot of land. How would he handle something like that? He was not all powerful, he had the guards but their numbers were so few that it would be impossible to make a difference. What of the crystal heart, should he tear it out then try to hold off the wave? Keep it in? What to do...

"Yo, Sombra, second time today." Miss Dash exclaimed, bringing him back to reality. He cleared his throat, looking around and finding all eyes on him. "Stop looking at me, I'm just...Stop please." with that he trotted off to the throne and sat. "Everyone get out, I need to think, keep the citizenry in the city." The pegasus guard who had been flying stepped forward however. "Exactly who are you?" Soaring quickly scooped him up on her back "Shush! I'll explain in the barracks you little fool."

After they had all been off, save two sentinels on either side of the throne he began to think over the possibilities of working with or without the support of the citizens. Should he really enslave them now? With this possible threat? That's when the corner of his mind still holding his old self came out, speaking into the corrupted's consciousness. "Do you really need to enslave them? Do you think it's necessary? Let me free, this power is mine! I worked long for it, you can't just take m-" That's all it got out, this new Sombra was obviously displeased. "Don't talk to me you fool, you sold yourself to me with this spell." He muttered, barely heard by the two guards, who exchanged looks.

This new ruler was strange, why did captain Dash say we need to follow him?

AND THEN EVERYONE DIED FROM MY BAD WRITING AGAIN, YEAHHHHHHHHHHH