"Please ,Tia! I need thou to help me!" Luna cried, running through the throne room where Princess Celestia was waiting.

The Solar princess looked up at her sister. Her expression was one Luna had never seen. It scared her.

Fear.

It was a look so foreign for Tia it startled the young princess. ' Why would Tia be scared? She's never scared.' She thought.

"What is the matter Sister?" Celestia asked in her regal tone, obviously trying to hold down her trembling voice.

Luna was too concerned to worry about that fact. She lifted Illusion Flight off her back and sat her on the floor. Celestia gasped, her professional gaze gone. Luna watched in wonder as Celestia examined her wounds. The elder sister narrowed her eyes at a few unnatural burns.

Celestia stood up and faced her sister. Luna's worried gaze crossed her sister's urgent one.

" I need you to bring me three magically skilled unicorns here for me. I need them for a particularly powerful spell. And bring Sombra as well. I believe you went through his trials today?" The Princess said.

"This is true. And he passed, but honestly, this isn't the time to discuss princes! I think we both know this is not normal magic.." Luna said, her voice fading of as her thought drifted away from reality.

Celestia's ears flopped to the sides of her face. She had feared Luna would sense the dark magic. Tia had never wanted Luna to be involved with it. Ever since the unicorn Velvet Fire had attacked her with it. Or when that same mare corrupted her sister.

"Just do it! I must find out what happened to Illusion Flight and I can't do that until you do as I say." Tia said, her hooves lightly gripping Luna's face.

Luna backed away slowly, frightened by her sister. She wasn't used to Celestia being so off the edge. So....Weak.

' So, you see your sister for who she is. A COWARD. " An all too familiar voice said in Luna's head.

"Did you not hear me? If you want your, no, our friend helped do as I say." Tia ordered.

Luna quickly rushed out of the room, her tail leaving a slight, blue, blur behind her.

" This is the dark times Discord told me of, isn't it? Why? Why is Luna involved?" Tia said to herself. A tear rolled down her cheek.

As it fell, a pair of blue eyes stared viciously at the princess.

Sombra was walking to his room, he had made a quick stop to the kitchen to have a snack. Of course, Chips Delight gave him a cookie. Again. But, who could blame her? The snack was quite delicious. He even saved one for Luna. He had planned to ask if she would be his special somepony for hearts and hooves day coming up. The cookie was even heart- shaped, chummy for him, but the message would get through. Once he got to the two doorways, he walked up to Wub Step. Sombra had become friends with the pegasus guard. He even gave him a nickname.

"Hey there ChumChum! How ya doing?" Sombra said, munching on a cookie.

"Not much." He chuckled upon spotting the heart cookie. " What's that for? And where did you get it?"

"Oh! Chips Delight made it for me! Along with these tasty sweets!" Sombra said, revealing a bag of cookies.

Wub Step wasn't too impressed. In fact, his happy nature was changed into a jealous rage.

"C-Chips Delight gave that to YOU?!" He replied.

"Whoa! Calm down. It wasn't like that! She made them cause I asked her to. This one," Sombra gestured to the heart cookie," is for Luna." He said defensively. Suddenly, The grey stallion had a sly grin on his face.

"Wait? You? and........ the- the-" Sombra couldn't even finish his sentence as he burst into laughter on the floor. " Oh boy! This. IS. GOOD!! I gotta tell her!"

'ChumChum's' jaw dropped." Y-you wouldn't."

"Nah." Sombra paused." You will! Come on, Come on, lets go!"

"Oh No! I'm not gonna do that. If you wanna go do something crazy, do it yourse-" He was cut off by Princess Luna running in.

"Sombra! Come with me!" Luna paused and looked at Wub Step. ' Eh. Why not?' she said to herself. "You too!"

"Wait! Luna! I have someth-" He began, but she was already gone.

Wub Step put a hoof on his shoulder.

"It'll be okay. Maybe later?" He said trotting off.

Sombra went in his room. Put his bag of sweets down and took the heart cookie out and placed it on his desk. He frowned. He had been so sure that this was the time, that this was when he would confess his love for her. And she had ignored him.

' That is just prove she doesn't love you.' The voice taunted. Sombra closed his eyes.

"Be quiet!" He said.

' You don't deserve her. You don't love her!' It continued.

"I SAID BE QUIET!" He said.

Opening his eyes he saw that the precious cookie he got for Luna was crushed between his hooves. He stared at it his heart aching. He wanted to fix it. But lacked the love in his heart to cast the spell. The amount of hatred though, that was different. His magic reached out to the shattered snack, its black aura merging it back together. Until, it looked exactly like it was.

"Well! That was a perfect display of Dark Magic Sombra!" A voice said.

He turned around. It was an elderly unicorn. Velvet Fire.

"Velvet Fire! My deals off! I know you forced me into it! Leave me out of this." He said.

"Oh stop worrying about that. That's what I was here about. I don't need you anymore. So, id get going before somepony sees you with the enemy." She said, disappearing.

Sombra looked towards the door. She was right. He should go. As he walked out of the room, he looked at the heart cookie.

'For Luna...' He thought and trotted off.

Author's Note

Two chapters in one week? Yay!!! Hope you like it. Poor Little Sombra...

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