Redemption: original

Twilight looked through the papers on her desk one last time before sighing in content. Today was looking pretty good, Sombra was showing signs of improvement, no monsters were attacking the city and she was going to be able to hangout with all her friends without her royal duties interfering. She just hoped that Rarity's lunch with Sombra went better then the lunch at the castle. The sound of her office door being slowly freaked open brought Twilight back to the present as Fluttershy walked in. "Hey Fluttershy. Sombra, Spike, and Rarity here yet?" She asked smiling at her good friend.

Fluttershy seemed to hesitate before speaking. "Well... No... But I actually wanted to talk to you about Sombra..."

Twilight's ears perked up. Perhaps Sombra had talked to her about something. The purple analytical mare couldn't help but be intrigued by any information about the secretive stallion. "Oh?" She responded readying a quill and paper for notes.

"Yeah..." Fluttershy took a deep breath to calm herself down and spoke slightly more sure of herself. "You know the five stages of greif?"

Twilight nodded. "Yeah, denial, anger, depression, bargaining, and acceptance." She listed them out from memory to prove the fact.

Fluttershy looked down and shifted uncomfortably. She always hated being the center of attention. "Well... They can also be used as the five stages of Reformation... And I think Sombra is still on denial..."

Twilight paused from her notes and looked at Fluttershy confused. "What do you mean? I would have thought he was on the bargaining stage."

"Well... I thought that to....but ... I had thought I had reformed Discord as well, but he was only in denial and believed that he could take Equestria and kept plotting. He moved into the anger stage when he helped Tirek steal near everypony's magic. Discord had entered the depression stage when Tirek had taken his magic and made him realize his wrongs. After that he made a whole lot of deals with Celestia for what jokes he could play and how many. Then a year ago he stopped breaking his deals and seemed much happier throwing occasional jokes... I think Sombra believes that he can still take back the Crystal Empire... He's just really patient...  And calculative, like you... If I were to guess he probably is still plotting to take the Crystal Empire back." Fluttershy made her case and looked at Twilight not knowing exactly what to expect from her.

Twilight seemed to have some difficulty processing all that Fluttershy had said and just stared wide eyed at her. "We haven't even seen the worst of this yet..."

Fluttershy shook her head. "We have to prepare to either stop his plan or stop an attempt at invading the Crystal Empire."

Twilight thought for a second. "Based on other villains, if he wants to take the empire back, he will need an army, to get himself at peak condition, and he will want an ace up his sleave. I'm guessing he will consider his new found immortality as his ace up his sleave."

Fluttery's eyes went wide, "He also earned several thousand bits from working around town... And he... Talked about finding some mercenaries a while back... But because he can't use magic even without a repressor we should still be okay."

Twilight slammed her chin down onto her desk. "Except that I have been working with him to get his magic back and we actually had some success. You wouldn't happen to know where those bits are would you?" Fluttershy shook her head no in embarrassment, and Twilight buried her face in her hooves.

Suddenly Rarity and Spike walked in. "We are back Darling."

Twilight removed her hooves and noticed the lack of a certain gray stallion. "Where's Sombra?"

Spike pointed in the direction of the kitchen. "He discovered the magic of coffee, and is down stairs with a big bag of coffee grinds making another pot."

Meanwhile in the study

Pinkie kept muttering to herself. "Black diamond?... No. Somber diamond?... No. Sombrarity?... Yes! Awwwww. Cute poshy foals." Pinkie squeezed her face and squeeled to herself. She added the new ship to her list. Currently Sombrarity was tied with Twibra, but she felt like she was forgetting something. Suddenly it came to her. "Sombrashy!" She stood up and cheered on her hind legs, and then she thought about what Sombrashy foals would look like.

Meanwhile in the kitchen

Sombra poured a steaming cup of coffee from his first self made pot. He carefully carried the mug to the table and sat down ready to relax. Suddenly a mass of Pink grabbed his shoulders and pushed him back to the point that he was at the verge of sending him and the chair to the floor.

"You will have babies with Fluttershy."

Sombra stared into the very close blue eyes of pinkie and was both confused and terrified. "Woah! What!?!"

"You and Fluttershy's foals would be the cutest things ever, and my foal needs play mates."  Pinkie said rapidly, barely slow enough for Sombra to understand.

"Uhhhhh.... I don't know if I could... Or if she would want..." Sombra said nervously having no idea what he to do about the crazy pink mare.

"Say it." Her voice seemed to grow distorted and menacing. "Do it. Do it now."

Sombra realizing there was no way out tried to appease her. "...I will have foals with Fluttershy?..."

Pinkie then jumped into the air, her hooves flailing in celebration, and sent Sombra tumbling to the ground. "Yay!" She then grabbed Sombra's coffee and took a sip. After a few smacks she declared "Needs mustard. Well see you around Sombrero, I have to pee."

Sombra watched as she happily hopped away wondering: 'what the Buck just happened?!'