Three years after the crystal kingdom returned.
The pain, the pain I felt and gave were no match for each other. Basing the fact that I killed many to succeed they were all obstacles and I just overcame them. No evil in that now was there, but the way they looked at me, like I was a monster. If only they knew I did it not for me, but my people if only those wretched ponies knew.
I just wanted to feed my people, but of course no beings last forever when your dreams are being sucked from them. That is why I hid the kingdom away, the crystal ponies were strong, they rebelled at first, but as my people drained all their spirt to rebel, so did our chances of going unnoticed, because if a certain, moon goddess had not intervened, we may have not had to have hid. But I had to do something as she was closing in, so I cloaked us, so they wouldn't age and so we couldn't be found.
As this began the ponies had lots of spirt, they fought and we still overtook them, for a tired pony was no good. As so their spirt slowed all to it ended, I expected to have lots of deaths, but yet what I didn't expect, no one killed themselves I thought they were still rebellious, but no it was that no one cared they just took it like a punishment. After awhile I started to feel sorry for them. That's one reason I dropped the field, another weakness, I always made myself curse that word, but as I began to realize that it meant more, the more weakness I had.
I don't know how, but I had fallen for a pony. She was sweetheart, she loved everyone around her, she took the blame, she loved to make jokes, she loved the flowers, she felt as though this cruel world still had something left. While I adored her, she had changed, well after I made sure no one attacked her dreams. She began to soften, she looked hurt sometimes and I asked her multiple times what was the matter. She would sigh and put it off. Her people had given her a life and I realize I came along and took it. She had friends, parents, a world outside of mine. This gave me many thoughts.
I want her to be happy, but I don't want my people to go hungry. So I made my decision. I would withdraw from here and watch her to maake sure she was happy. As we were gone the ponies brightened up a lot and as I kept checking in, I saw her life change for the better, she was happiehappier, she had her friends, her family, her life back. Though I gave them their freedom they still subjected to rule, at first I wanted to over through them. But as I attacked I got view of her she looked as though she was going to cry. Her return of her family and I come to take it away again. No, I decided to withdraw at the last second my people saw this as a sign of weakness my position was imedently overruled, I still didn't go down without a fight. They still didn't want to execute me as I was still their ex-king, so banishment was it they pushed me into their world, the pony world. I started roaming the world. Not knowing who I was a king, a loner, a lover I didn't know but I did have to find her. She still lived in the crystal kingdom, maybe I could find her. My heart had been with me ever sense the world turned on me. I felt though I may have lost it at sometimes, but with the memory of her, how could I she was everything to me.
He came with me, Tarex, he must have still been loyal, he has been traveling with me since the Crystal Kingdom incedent. He has been with me every step of the way, and our life has not been promising. I told him he could go back to the new shadow kingdom, but he insisted to stay with me. I felt that he wanted something. I couldn't say what, but it was there. The things he did though, for me. I felt as though, we were friends, but how foolish I was to believe that. He cared not for me, but what I could do. He wanted power, just like the rest of them.
"Tarex, where are we?" I ask.
"Well, sir as you can see-" he motions towards the snow "we are right on the border of the Crystal Kingdom."
"Good, and as long as we are ponies we won't be detected right?" I ask.
"Yes, but sir, we would stick out like a sore hoof." He answered.
"Well, that will have to do for now." I said.
"Because, when I get there." I mumbled to myself." I'll save you and bring you with me."
After we entered the fields of the kingdom I expected to be blasted back out into the cold, most of the ponies didn't even notice me. They were busy with some kind of celebration, I guess Princess Cadenza's Birthday or something. Another thing I never understood about these ponies, was the celebration of when they entered this cruel and evil world.
"Tarex, what's going on?" I asked him.
"If I remember correctly, a paper posted about it in Bitstol that the Equestrian games were being held here. Sir, what do you think about it?" He asked.
"About what?" I ask him.
"The way they changed your kingdom." He said.
"It was never mine, I just borrowed it. And what's so bad about it, its bustling with life?" I questioned him.
"Oh, nothing." He looks off, lost in thought.
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As we arrive, I notice her outside attending the flowers in the window sill. Her crystal coat brings tears to my eyes. She was the perfect picture. She had a light-dark multi-colored mane. Her coat a lighter gray. Her cutie mark a pair of dark clouds with a silver line, she had the special talent of seeing the best in ponies. As we approached her she turned and smiled.
"Can I help you?" She asked.
"Ummmm, yes, but not here can we go inside." Tarex says.
"Oh, sure." She waves her hoof and I move to catch it.
"My lady" I say with her hoof in mine. I bow to her.
She blushes, "Oh dear, lets go inside." She says as she pulls away.
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She hits me with a pillow. "Why did you do that!? "She asks.
"Well, I love you. And I hope you still love me." I say.
"There is only one that I love and for all I know he dead. He was a dreamweaver. The king of dreamweavers. The only being who saw me for who I was, but I'm sorry my heart still loves him." She says.
"Just so happens"- I'm cut off
"We're very parched, do you mind we having a glass of water?" Tarex says.
"Of course" she says looking slightly confused.
As she trots off, "Don't you think she would be shocked to see you again? I mean you did enslave her people." He says.
"You may have a point, but what will I do?" I ask.
"Ask her on a date, she seems lonely enough." He says.
As she walks back in with a tray on her back. She levitates a glass to me.
"Thanks" I take a drink," so I was thinking. Would you go on a date with me? I know you have other feelings, but maybe give me a chance?" I ask.
"Ok, how does 7:00 on Friday sound?" She asks.
"Its a date!" I say.
"One more thing what's your name?" She asks.
"Styler" I say.
She smiles" Okay, cool." She says.
