The Shadow King

Nightmare Moon beat her wings and gave loud menacing laugh. She shot a bolt of energy at Celestia and laughed again as the white Alicorn screamed before falling to the ground. Her brilliant, reptilian, sapphire blue eyes opened in a flash. Her short, smooth, pure black fur provided the perfect background to make her blue eyes almost scary. Her soft, long, black feathers on her large wings captured the air perfectly to keep her aloft.

Suddenly, the tip of her horn glowed a deep, inky black, going completely unnoticed by Nightmare Moon. A large, inky black drop if dark magic formed on the tip of her horn and fell. The pure, concentrated dark magic shot towards the ground turning and flipping through the air. Upon contact with the ground, there was a brilliant flash of light that caught Nightmare's attention, as well as Celestia's, who had risen back up. The two Alicorns looked at each other before turning to the huge pillar of pure, dark energy towering high above them. The pillar of light began to collapse in on itself. There was an incredible burst of complete and ultimate power that over whelmed the two mares and even sucked the dark power out of Nightmare Moon, transforming her back into Princess Luna.

A pool of ink-like liquid formed below the two sisters. The center of the pool started to glow, pulsing like a heartbeat. A form started to rise from the pool. At the same time the amount of liquid shrank. A pure black stallion formed from the inky substance. He looked like any other stallion other than his horn and his mane. His long, black horn was curved and serrated on the top. As well as that, his horn faded into a blood red. His mane looked like ink, flowing down and drops coming off it and hitting the ground, creating bursts of smoke and sparks.

The two sisters looked at each other and flew down, landing beside the stallion. He looked up, his eyes glowing ruby red surrounded by green. His eyes narrowed and his lips peeled back to reveal bright, shiny white fangs like a dog's teeth. His horn became encased in bubbling, purple and green magic.

The sisters backed away from the evil being that was clearly not a pony. Suddenly, shadows from all around them sprang to life and took the form of shadow ponies. An evil grin spread across the stallion's face as his shadowy minions rushed towards the grounded mares. Luna gave a shrill scream and froze, her mind going blank with fear. A sudden blast of blinding, white hot light disintegrated the shadow ponies and blasted away the stallion's dark power, leaving him like a normal stallion. He looked up at the princess's and felt a wave of pure, undiluted rage. Purple smoke began to pour from his eyes and he spoke.

"I'll have my revenge, your Highness'. And remember this: You will not see me or hear me. I will have taken over another pony and forced that pony to submit to my will. And you will regret this day. I swear it, I SWEAR IT. !" The stallion disintegrated into shadow and disappeared. Luna stared at her older sister, whose horn was still encased in a shimmering, bright gold aura. Luna sent her sister a terrified look.

"Sister, this is not good."

A stallion stepped out of the library, turning to thank the librarian. His bright, ruby red eyes glowed against his pale gray fur. A smile spread across his lips and he headed home, levitating a bag of books in his bright, red aura. The young unicorn trotted through the sparkling, crystal streets of his home. Sombra lived in the Crystal Empire with his little brother, Moss. The tiny, five year old colt had come to live with his older brother when their parents died. Sombra turned down into an ally. A faint whispering caught his attention, scaring him. Sombra turned to see a strange stallion, pure black with a curved horn that faded into red. The strange unicorn's mane and tail looked as though it is was made of ink. Small drops fell off his mane and hit the ground, creating small jets of smoke.

The stallion's lips peeled back to reveal sharp fangs. There was a slight red tint on the sharp teeth, indicating that he'd been eating something with blood. A shiver ran down Sombra's spine at the sight of the blood. A forked tongue poked out from between the stallion's teeth and flicked over his lips. Sombra backed away from the strange pony, fear pumping through his body. An aura of purple and green encased the stallion's horn and his eyes turned green and red with purple smoke flowing out of the corners of his eyes. He kept backing Sombra into a corner, grinning. Sombra felt cold crystal on his flanks and instantly knew. He was trapped.

The stallion's grin widened and he came ever closer. Sombra felt frozen with fear as the strange stallion stopped mere inches away.

"I am the Shadow King. And you, my friend, are going to be my servant." A beam of dark magic shot out of his horn and hit Sombra's horn, encasing it in dark magic. Sombra's eyes shot wide open as his fur began to darken and his horn began to curve. Sombra felt immense pain rush through his forehead and jaws as sharp fangs sprouted from his jawbone. The strange stallion had begun to fade and as the transformation finished, a bolt of light shot into the air as a huge, cracking boom sounded. A piercing scream ripped out of Sombra's throat. The stallion collapsed, trembling, onto the cold crystal of the ally. His eyes opened a crack, allowing trails of purple smoke to flow out of the corners of his eyes. His ink black mane spread out over the road.

A tremor racked his body as the clopping of hooves reached his ears. Sombra got to his hooves and saw his little brother, along with some others, coming towards him, worry etched on their faces. Moss approached his trembling older brother, despite the urgings from the others to stay away from his brother. Sombra looked up at his brother, breathing heavily. Moss was beginning to get scared and started to back away from his older brother. Sombra started to growl at his brother, ignoring the other ponies. Moss began to tremble as his brother continued to advance.

Sombra's horn became encased in bubbling dark magic as he glared at his brother. A dark, shadowy mist surrounded the dark gray stallion. The mist began to swirl, continually getting faster until, with a huge BOOM, the mist swirled over the gathered ponies, killing all of them. Sombra grinned and heard a voice in his head.

"You are destined to rule the Crystal Empire. You are a the Shadow King."Sombra grinned and whipped his head back, laughing. Moss, who was the only one survived the misty blast, lay in a trembling ball inn front of his brother. Sombra looked down at the tiny colt in front of him and grinned. His fangs seemed to grow right in front of Moss. The tiny green colt froze as his brother lunged. Sombra buried his fangs in the tiny colt's back. Moss squealed as blood welled up and flowed down his back and sides. Sombra let go and let out a laugh as his little brother died at his hooves. The world would suffer for ignoring him. The world would suffer for the creation of a monster.

Afterwards, Sombra took over the Empire, only to be defeated by the princess'. When he was blasted by the Elements of Friendship and Harmony, he screamed out words that struck fear into their hearts.

"I WILL RETURN, CELESTIA! I SWEAR IT!"