Tyrant No More.

Chapter 1. Sombras Rebirth

Blood flowed from my nose as I groggily walked away from the mass of horses that had followed me from the beginning of my journey. Each breath labored from bruises lining my torso. The roar of the crowd only seemed to get louder the further we went. A rotten fruit struck my side, unfortunately hitting a rather tender spot responsible for for one of my constant pains forcing me into taking a sudden breath causing me to stop limping to prevent from crying out. The tug on the chain connected to my collar making me step hard on my already injured foreleg earning a cry of pain. Buckling from the sudden shock I was given a moments rest only to once again have the chain tugged on, only harder. Finally bringing myself to my good hooves I resumed walking along the street lined with angry horses. Why they were angry with me I did not know.

While my current situation was the strangest by far, the moment I realized that I was not in my own body was a very close second. Having been confined to a small cell for many days hadn’t done much good for me in terms of figuring out how to walk nor had not being fed properly done much for my endurance.

How I made it this far was a mystery to me.

After being paraded around this city for what seemed like hours I was exhausted beyond measure. Despite the pain I was in, the fatigue was at the forefront of my mind, slightly helping dull the aches that racked this body.

Finally after all that had happened today we had made it to the end of the road, both literally and figuratively. Beneath the shadow of a grand palace that shined as bright as the Sun itself sat a large pillar of crystal, a seemingly favorite material of my captors.

My guard decided it would be a good time to yank on my chain one last time causing me to stumble on to my left side before attaching it to the pillar. Once it was secure he shot me one of the many hate filled glares I had received this day. Righting myself once again I looked at the crystal pillar now responsible for holding me till they decided what they were going to do with me. Finally having more than a moments pause in my trek from the cell I had found myself in when I had first awoken in this place. I felt that resting against it would be a welcome change. Even with this small pleasure I could not make myself completely comfortable, the filth that clung to my lower body constantly tugged at my fur. Along with the occasional rotten food that pelted the area around me the roar crowd had morphed into something akin to white noise, that was until a singular voice boomed, silencing them all. Had I been in better shape I may have been able to pay attention to what they were saying. I was however able to figure out that they were giving a speech, with what little detective skill I was able to muster I concluded that it was about me to some degree.

Taking a haggard breath that rattled with rough dampness. Bracing myself for the inevitable cough that hurt less than I expected it to I spit out some blood, the heavy taste of iron now flooding my mouth. Now each breath hurting that much more. A thought permeated the haze of all that was going on,

So this is how I die? In a world of psychotic horse things, chained to some rock… Well, if I am to die I will do so defiantly.

That last thought brought a small smile to my lips. With my resolve now restored I could feel the last of my adrenaline flow through this bodies veins empowering me with what little energy I had left. Managing to open my eyes enough to view the world around me was difficult to say the least but I managed. Seeing the myriad of color that was everything around me was nothing new to me. Having seen it everyday for some time from my crystal cell made sure of that. What was new though were the four horses sitting upon a raised platform two of which wore deep frowns and otherwise impassive looks. The third seemed nervous, very nervous. Constantly looking back and forth from me to the large white one. The fourth though held what was to be the most hate filled look I had seen all day. A look I had become very familiar with. With her visiting me once a day to simply stare at me through the crystal bars. I had learned from one of the guards calling out to her that she was Princess Cadenza. Upon seeing her only made my smile larger, she only responded by deepening her scowl. If this is the end for me then I would give her nothing.

A fifth horse I hadn’t seen before was calling out to the crowd. Its words seem to fill them all with more hate, hate they directed at me. Shortly after the last big cheer from the horses, the white horse giving the speech stepped down leaving the spot vacant. That was until the pink one, Princess Cadenza, stepped forward. I wanted to hear what she had to say so I focused hard to try and bring my hearing from muffled to somewhat audible. My ears twitched in an attempt to hear her better.

“Sombra, you are here today for your crimes against the Crystal Empire and its citizens. Since the Crystal Heart did not destroy you as we had thought, that shall be rectified with the Elements of Harmony.” At the last word of her sentence one of the horses from the platform made its way down to a small group of five others. These ones were different than the others though for they didn’t shine like them. In fact they looked normal or at least as normal as something around here could get. My musings were cut short though as the pink one spoke up once again. “Before your punishment is carried out do you have any last words?”

That actually caught me off guard. I was simply expecting whatever it was they were going to do to me to just happen. Thinking as fast as I could after being put on the spot like this I finally spoke up, “Y-yeah I do actually”. My throat while somewhat hydrated from the blood was quickly drying up but sudden short cough rectified that. Cadenza didn’t seem to happy that I had something to say but she brought this upon herself. Finally speaking up, “This has been the absolute worst vacation ever. I think I’ve experienced better customer service from calling EA! The food left a lot to be desired I mean haven’t you ever heard of salt! Furthermore, I think I piss better water than what you gave me! Now if we could hurry this up I’ve got important things to do today, schedules to keep and all that.” My little speech left my throat stinging with pain. I wasn’t able to help myself but chuckle as best I could when I saw there looks of confusion.

With my moment finished the pink pain in the ass yelled, “Enough! Princess Twilight cleanse our world of his taint.” Said individual looked back at her and nodded before looking at the others, each giving her a quick nod as well. With their silent agreement they each positioned themselves around the purple one known as Twilight. What happened next was really interesting. Each one of the six horses that were my apparent executioners started to glow a bright white while being lifted into the air by some invisible force. Shortly after a rainbow fired out from the center of them. Several thoughts passed through my mind at that point,

Really? Death by rainbow? Not exactly how I pictured going out. Watching as the means to my end came closer every moment. Man these horses sure love being flashy.

One last cough followed by some blood sticking to my lips the rainbow began to swirl around me. It didn’t hurt as I thought it would, it actually felt quite pleasant. A strange warmth enveloped me like a blanket but with a far greater softness than any cloth I have known. The pain began to fade and a comfortable tiredness took hold of me. I could have sworn that I was being hugged, more specifically being hugged by a woman. I could feel my head rest against her breast as her arms wrapped around my head, then things started to get dark. One last look before my eyes closed I could see someone with me. Then all went black.

Author's Note

Well what did you think? Bad for a first try or ok?