Sombra's tale

   I didn't know where I was going or why I raced past the orphanage that was now my home, before I knew it I was at the gates of the crystal palace. I ran toward's it but, two guards stopped me. "State your business," one of them said glaring at me suspiciously, I felt a surge of ... something, at the time I wasn't sure what it was but, it felt like anger but ... more terrible.

   I glared at him coldly," I'm going to the library, or is that against the law as well?" I said sarcastically, in a barley concealed mocking tone. The guard was silent, he awkwardly apologized and opens the door and let me in without a word. I raced into the library and began to write note's so fast I actually ripped the paper. "Shit!" I growled as I used my horn to mend the page I was writing on, I rolled up the scroll and raced out with it hovering after me. I was doing something that had never been done before, something radical , something bold, something that lead to my ultimate demise.

   I was standing in the open crystal plain's not far from the empire, my chest heaving, I felt like somepony had placed a block of cement on my chest, making it harder and harder for me to breath my ribs felt like they were about to snap at any time. I let out a roar of rage, "DAMN YOU STARSWIRL!" My scream echoed for miles.My vision turned green ( yes green, what? you were expecting red?) my horn felt like it was one fire, as if somepony had wrapped a white-hot wire around my horn. I closed my eyes and, I focused my magic into a beam that I used to blast the bronze crystal's growing out of the ground, except the beam wasn't my usual red, but purple and black,. Once the beam hit the floor it caused the ground to shake. Then, the ground where my beam had hit cracked and three giant meter long crystal's erupted from the ground, I stared in shock of what I had done. Then, a sudden burst of rage overcame me, I couldn't explain it but, I felt angry. Not at Starswirl or anypony, I just ..... felt angry for no reason. "DAMN IT!!" I roared blasting more and more places with the strange magic, soon a good ten meters was covered with these crystal's.

  It still wasn't enough, "DAMN DRACONEQUUS!" I roared at the top of my lungs, sending a beam of that 'dark magic' into the heaven's, but it wasn't like the aura that erupted from my horn earlier, it was dark purple, and it was more like smoke than the regular magical aura, the clear sunny blue skies of the Crystal Empire turned black by the clouds that had suddenly appeared to block the sunlight, they spun to make a twenty-meter cyclone  above me. Lightning bolt shot out from the sides blasting the bronze crystals to ashes's If I can destroy that draconequus, no KILL it. I can bring back everyone my family ... my friends ... ( I'll admit it, I went a little crazy there, but only a little! Now, shut up and read the damned story.) my horn felt like it was on fire, burning with hate ... I stumbled way feeling weak and some what drowsy, resting on a large bronze crystal protruding from the ground. It was about five meter tall and four meter's wide, jagged at the edges it looked like a giant spear head. I leaned on the base of it,breathing heavily, my lungs felt like they were on fire! I drew a ragged, hoarse breath, and glanced at the base of it. I gazed at my reflection in numb shock, My horn lost it's circular pattern and turned into a smooth grey foot-long spear tipped with what appeared to be blood. It had curved slightly and only at the tip, the dark smoke-like aura was still trailing from it  like steam or dry ice, ( how do I know about dry ice? Long story, shut up and and pay attention!)

       Power seemed to be flowing from my horn, the power pumped alongside my blood filling every organ with magic, except unlike the friendship magic it filled me with anger, hate, and a strange desire to laugh. I felt like killing everypony in the crystal empire, just for fun! The magic was filling me, driving out all positive thoughts and emotions leaving me with only hate, greed envy, and ... well, you get the point. I turned away shocked and confused, but then my confusion gave way to senseless rage. It seemed to pump from my heart, the world was spinning my head felt like it was on fire. Memories raced in front of me I had never felt so enraged. Without thinking I smashed  my hoof into the hundred pound's bolder,( well actually it was a ten-meter-tall bronze crystal that was protruding from a rift in the ground.) crack  a crack appeared on the side facing me. Unsatisfied I turned and kicked it with my back-leg's using all my power, the bolder tilted and fell over.

     I glanced around and saw, to my surprise, that the bronze crystals around me had also turned inky-black. A circle of black crystals surrounded me, still spreading as if some one had spilled black ink on it, spreading like the ink would on a page. An evil smirk appeared on my usually angry face, I had no idea I had just pushed my deeper into an abyss in which I could never return from....

Listen to me reliving my childhood, pft, at this rate I'll turn out like my sentimental brother! I really don't see the point in continuing, most of you ponies with just end the story here saying, "well that's it, we all know how it ends he goes loony, then Celestia and Luna kick his tail and banish him to the frozen north!" Well, believe me when I say, that's not true at all ... *(No it isn't Tierk, shut up and let me finish!)***