Redemption: original

Chapter 9

Celestia approached one of the few places she hoped she would never return to, the mountain tomb of the Girdangul. As she came near she noted the state of disrepair the tomb had fallen into. The stairs that lead up to it had half crumbled away, it would have been very difficult for her to get up to it if she did not have wings. However her blood ran cold when she looked at the condition of the iron gate that sealed the stone entrance, or rather that once sealed the entrance. The gate looked as though some unstoppable force had ripped it open in a blast of power, from the inside. Celestia walked inside and lit her horn to cast away the darkness within the halls. She carefully climbed down a steep slope that lead into the main chamber of the tomb. Originally it had been the main mine shaft for a crystal mine worked by many of Sombra's slaves but after his original defeat it was put to a more important use. Celestia knew the layout of the tomb very well, it was very simplistic. The mine shaft had been divided into four sections, one on top of the other, at each section was a balcony and two small alcoves, except the bottom section which had only one alcove. Celestia could already see what she feared most with even from the entrance of the shaft. Before her the first alcove's grated iron door had been blown open much from inside the alcove. She moved towards the alcove and went inside the small dank room. Inside a stone sarcophagus sat with its lid smashed to pieces. Celestia approached closer still. Although all signs suggested that its contents had left, she had to make sure. She needed to know if he truly lived again. Suddenly she heard a step behind her, and turned around a blast of magic charged to strike her opponent. Luna stood at the door way wincing at the light of Celestia's horn. Celestia sighed "Oh it’s just you." the princess of the day calmly said mainly to herself.

Luna shifted nervously looking at her sister. "Why am I here Tia?"

"Trust me Luna; I would not have called you here without good reason."

"This is not a nice place to meet."

Celestia's look of relief was replaced with a far more serious one. "No. It is not."

Luna backed out of the small room so he sister could exit and peered at the markings above the entry way to the alcove. The largest of the markings was the symbol for the element of magic, below it were many ruins intertwined with spells of sealing. "These are dark spells, Tia. Old and full of hate... Who's buried here?" Celestia exited the room and looked at her sister, a brooding look stretched across her face.

With a sigh Celestia responded. "If he had a name, then it has long since been lost.... He would have been known only, as a servant of evil. One of a number,-" Celestia looked down into the mine shaft the light of he horn revealing similar rooms as the one they had exited, each with their door blown open from the inside. "One of six."

In the Canterlot war room one hour later.

Luna paced in font of her elder sister. "Why now Tia? I don't understand."

"The Amulet Wraiths have been summoned. There is little to not understand." Celestia took a sip of tea, as she silently thought of how to deal with this threat.

Luna stopped in front of her sister. "But it cannot be Sombra. He was destroyed years ago."

Celestia looked up from her tea and stared Luna in the eyes. "Who said he was destroyed?.... The six only answer to one master. We've been blind Luna, and in our blindness our enemy has returned... He is summoning his servants.... Sombra walks among us!"

Meanwhile in Ponyville

Twilight stared at Sombra completely confused. "Yeah.... Fluttershy, I have no idea what he is saying."

Sombra walked over to a nearby wall and repeatedly slammed his forehead against it in frustration.