After Keynan started playing Somepony To Love, I went to meet up with Chrysalis. I trotted as fast as I could as to not be stopped by one of my subjects, but also as casually as I could as to not seem weird. When I finally got close enough to see Chrysi, I stopped completely and started trotting slower. I didn't get a good look at her, but I was able to see that she was wearing a dark blue dress with black twirls and loops sewn into it. Definitely a strange outfit, but Chrysi was able to pull it off.

As I got closer, I could see Starswirl in his normal, light blue with bells, cape and hat. I could also make out the young colt talking to Chrysi, he was at least wearing a proper suit. The unicorn had a white jacket and a white bow tie. His coat was gray and his horn still had some red to it. I made a mental note to ask him about that later. But, before I could, I was right next to Chrysi.

"Hey," I said, just to break the ice.

"Oh, hey Luna," Chrysalis said with a grin and a hug. She continued, "This is Sombra, Starswirl's new apprentice!"

I looked at Starswirl in a questioning manner, "When did you..."

"I met him at BookCon! Since he is such a great magician already, I offered him an opportunity to train with me to become an even greater one," he said to me.

"Okay, when did you and Chrysi meet?"

This time, Chrysalis answered my question, stating, "Luna, with how many times I've been over, you should be shocked if I didn't meet him."

"Alright, point taken," I said to Chrysi before switching my attention to the grey unicorn in front of me. "Nice to meet you... Sombra, is it? I am Princess Luna, the princess of the night," I said to him bringing my hoof out, expecting a hesitant hoofshake. Most ponies get nervous when meeting me for their first time.

To my surprise, he shook my hoof without any hesitation, stating, "Nice to meet you princess! And yes, my name is Sombra!"

As he did so, he was looking me square into the eyes and smiled. Throughout the entire conversation the four of us would have, he would never stop beaming. Sombra just gave off a sense of confidence, like the kind salesponies would have, except his felt real. That's a feeling I so rarely ever felt about myself. I was actually jealous of how much confidence he had.

Throughout the rest of the Gala, the four of us stayed together, only ever leaving to get some punch. Though I talked to all of them a fair amount, I spoke to Sombra the most.

I'd ask questions like, "Why did you agree to go with Starswirl?" And he'd answer with, "Because I was a big fan of his, so I jumped at the opportunity to work with him." Not once did he show a hint of un-assurance or quit showing his pearly whites. Until...

Nearing the end of the Gala, I thought I've ran out of questions, then I realized that I completely forgot one. So I bluntly ask Sombra, "What's with your horn?"

His smile began to dim as he answered back, with a squeak in his voice, "W-What?"

I was starting to feel bad, it seemed as though his horn was a sensitive spot for him. So, I rebutted, "Your horn has a red mark on it when the rest of you is gray, is there any story to that? If it's a sensitive topic, you don't have to-"

"No, no, it's fine. I-It's... just a... birthmark," he said, not only interrupting me, but with all the hesitance I wouldn't think Sombra would ever have. I felt like he was lying to me, but if it's something he'd rather not talk about, I wouldn't want to bring it up again.

As the Gala was ending, our quartet spread out into different pathways. Chrysalis left with her mother, Symfore, and went back to the Chrystal Empire. Starswirl took Sombra back to his place, where I'd assume Sombra would be staying until he could get a nice place of his own to live in.

And I went upstairs to my bedroom, passing Celestia on the way. She asked me, "Did you have a nice time?"

I replied with, "Yeah!" I yawned before continuing, "I'm going to sleep,"

"Okay, just make sure to wake up early to lower the moon in the morning."

I yell back, "Okay," as I enter my room. As soon as my head hits the pillow, I'm in dreamland. I couldn't believe I was this tired, I didn't feel this tired moments ago. I guess that's what talking to the three most interesting ponies in Equestria will do to you.

Normally, when I dream, I dream of either my parents, Celestia, or Chrysalis, with the occasional sweets dream. This time, it was about Sombra. He was turned around as to not face me and was engulfed in blackness, except for his horn. That was covered in red. Since I've learned how to enter other's dreams, I've been able to control and remember mine a lot easier. So, I trot up to him and tap him on the shoulder. He turns around quickly and I could see his smile, but this was different. He looked evil. I could also see a set of fangs on him and he looked very mad. He jumped out at me in mere milliseconds. I jump back right before he would hit my face.

I woke up just before I would fall on my flank in the dream-world to find that I did fall to the ground in the real-world. As soon as I woke up, I heard my sister banging on the door for me to get up so I could lower the moon. After I do so, I fix myself some coffee, head back into my room, put on a Breezies album, and try my best to forget that horrific nightmare.

Author's Note

Just to remind everyone, I'm still looking for a singer for a special song I'm working on for this story. Just so you know...

Anyways, Sombra was always someone who was going to play a big role in the story. The big problems I had was how was I going to introduce him & what his personality was going to be. His personality came naturally as I was writing, but his introduction took me a while to come up with. Originally, he was going to show up near the end of Luna's piano training (for reasons I can't explain without spoilers), but I decided against it because I really needed something for this chapter. So, I came up with Chrysalis already meeting him while Luna was upstairs. I came up with this late in the making of the last chapter, so the fact that Luna stayed upstairs & that Starswirl was held up at a convention was complete luck. Trust me, I'm thankful!

Then there's the band from the last chapter, there was going to be another character that I'd bring in this chapter named Apple Pie. She was basically going to be this story's Pinkie Pie & was going to be (& technically still is) the drummer of the band. I got rid of her because I saw no use in her other than me wanting to write Pinkie Pie. I'd be fun! Maybe, if I can find some use for her, I'll introduce her at the next Gala.

I'd also like to mention that Worlds Apart was rejected from the LGBT group, this is a message to them... FUCK YOU! Unless you either still enjoy this story, change your mind, or realize that this is a joke & that it shouldn't be taken seriously even though I'm sure many will. I just find it strange because no other group has said no & the mane character is a lesbian (even I, the writer, am apart of the LGBT community). Eh, it's something interesting to talk about... I guess.

By the way, I don't know why this chapter's so short, even for this story. I honestly thought this was going to be one of the longer ones. Probably because I'm better with comedy than drama, & this one's dramatic. All of the longer chapters are much more on the comedic side, guess that's what you might get if you let a comedian be dramatic.

And since I'm sure I'll get a ton of complaints about this, no, I did not mention the stars or moons on Starswirl's cape & hat when describing him. I didn't mention them because they don't exist in this story. They should be mentioned at some point, but only when I can figure out when & how.

And this is a paragraph to Matthew from 52 Yangma, I got rid of everything for this chapter I wrote in front of you because they pertained to Apple Pie & I already explained why she's not in this story! Well, technically, she is, but she doesn't play a big role.

Also, since this week is spring break, I'll probably come out with another chapter by the end of it since I'll have a lot more time to write.

Alright, this should be the last of the author's notes. So, thank you for reading, I hope you enjoyed. If you did, make sure to like, comment, & follow. If you didn't, 1: why are you reading this, 2: tell me how to improve, & 3: do all that anyways. Make sure to subscribe to my YouTube channel, you know, the other thing that takes up way too damn much of my time ( youtube.com/reviewinme ). See you next chapter!