Legend of the heart of Equestria- Tyrants fire.

Chapter 4: Sombra's Terror

Everyone turned around to see Sonata waking up. "This is a happy ending." Rarity cried. She grabbed the nearest tissue and wiped her eyes. Pinkie Pie could hardly hold her excitement. Like a lit fuse, it was only a matter of seconds before she was bouncing off the walls. Fluttershy let out a very quiet "yay." Adagio and Aria felt a warm smile on their faces knowing that Sonata was alright. "What's going on?" She asked with a confused look on her face. Adagio wiped some tears from her eyes. "It's nothing Sonata."

A few minutes later a couple of nurses came in the room. They were escorting someone in a wheelchair. She was as yellow as Adagio. Her hair stroked back with yellow and orange colors. Her eyes are orange. There was no doubt about it. It was Spitfire. The doctors escorted her to a spare bed. She looked like she had seen better days with a few casts and several deep cuts. The girls spent a few more minutes with Rainbow Dash and Sonata before heading home. Sunset turned to Twilight. "If you want, you are welcome to stay at my place for a while." She offered.

Twilight accepted the offer and walked home with Sunset Shimmer. Not knowing a shadow has been following them. Sombra peered through the rooftops, watching as Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle walked. With a smile on his face, he faded into shadow. "I can sense blood! I sense fear!" He hissed to himself as he lowered himself into a nearby alley. It was silent and dark. A perfect place for someone like Sombra to begin his plan. He shifted around the alleyway in search of victims until he he spotted a tasty morsel. A girl who was wearing blue blouse with a flower imprinted on it. Her purple air held up by a headband.

Aqua Blossom was walking home from a movie when she heard a strange noise coming from the alleyway. "H-Hello?" She asked. "Anyone here?" Another noise came up that scared her. It came from the garbage bin. Aqua walked slowly towards the bin and opened it when something rushed out of it. She fell to the ground in a fright. She turned around only to realize that it was just a cat. "Looks like there was nothing to worry about at all." She exhaled. She stood up only to turn to come face to face with Sombra.

Sombra smiled at his victim. "What do we have here? A lost kitten?" He wrapped his shadows slowly around Aqua who was frozen in fright. She had nothing to say. "I sense great fear in you and your heartbeat is music to my ears. Do not fret little one. When I am done, no one will notice you from the bones and sinew." He laughed manically as he enveloped the poor teenager in an inescapable dark embrace. There was a faint sound of chewing as Sombra feasted upon his victim. Once he was done, there was nothing but bones lying on the ground. "My strength grows." Sombra inspected himself as he slowly regained his flesh.

"My body is returning. But I must wait a few weeks until I go to the ultimate prize." His body was almost restored as only his head is what remains in shadow. He turned around as he had heard someone coming. "What could be so foolish as to try to confront me? Could it be you? Drifter?"

Drifter stood silent. His face hidden by a hood. "I find it you are almost to your full power?" He asked the murderer. Sombra picked the skull of the late Aqua Blossom and tossed it to him."See for yourself." Drifter caught the skull and examined it. Not a spec of meat or blood stain on the skull. It looks polished and clean. Drifter crushed the skull into dust. Sombra laughed. "I will relish the day when I become whole and crush those who had done this to me!" He clenched his fist to Drifter. "And those Sirens are the key piece to my plan. I think I will start on the blue one. I will wait a few weeks for her to recover enough to move around. No fun in hunting a Siren if she is stuck in bed."

Drifter remained unmoved as Sombra explained his plans. "What you do does not bother me, I am only here to ensure Destiny is fulfilled and I can safely assure that whether you succeed or fail is irrelevant. The end result will be the same." Sombra scowled at Drifter. "You may hide in your destiny, but I will become whole and once revenge is sought, this world will drown in shadow." Sombra faded into shadow and vanished. Drifter chuckled. "Sombra, if you'd only knew of the grand design. It has been planned out since the beginning."

Six weeks had flown by like it was an eternity for Sonata Dusk. Rainbow Dash was admitted out of the hospital a couple of weeks ago. She couldn't participate in sports for a while, but she was well enough to leave. Sonata no longer needed the machines since she had woken up and felt alone. Her injuries haven't yet healed enough, but at least she can walk around and not feel like a corpse on her death bed. Spitfire sat on her bed, deep in thought. Maybe I should talk to her? She thought but insisted not to. At least that what she was going to object if Spitfire hadn't broken the silence. "Nice friends you have."

Sonata sprang up, but not too fast as to prevent her wounds from aching. She turned to face Spitfire sitting on her bed. "I've seen them come in even when you were sleeping. I can tell that they care about you, even when I heard about how Rainbow Dash saved you. Gotta say, that girl keeps surprising me. She has been showing time after time qualities to be a true Wonderbolt. I know what had happened and I am sorry that I couldn't help. My team was dealing with a situation regarding an escaped convict when we heard what happened at the warehouse."

The two of them engaged in conversation until night had fallen.

Sombra was standing at the entrance. "I've waited long enough. Time to enact my feast." He raised his hand and reached towards the Hospital. His gauntlet emitting a black fog that could render impossible for anyone to see through. The fog reached the generator and began dismantling the power, causing a hospital wide black out. Sombra made his way to the front, shattering glass that was in his way. The reception area was full of people in terror at the very sight of him. With a gesture of his hand, several blades were formed from his shadow. "Time for the feast." He snarled. The blades slashed the people in the area. Blood and body parts were sprayed across the room, changing it from white to red. Sombra used his shadows to feast on the flesh and as he did, he felt his own flesh growing back. "I am complete!" He yelled. "But I am not whole. Not yet." He examined his face.

His skin was a mixture of grey and black, his eyes glowed green and his hair burned black. His attire was that of a medieval king with black armor and a blood red cape flowing on his back. His gauntlets shown his razor sharp finger tips and bladed knuckles. His visage is so terrifying, that it gives the very demon lords down in Tartarus nightmares.

Sonata and Spitfire saw the lights go out. "What's going on? Is there a power outage?" Sonata asked, quivering in her sheets. Spitfire frowned. "No, something far worst. I've seen this kind of thing before and there is no doubt, he is here. Sombra is coming." Spitfire looked under her bed and grabbed a few guns. She also removed her bandages. "In case you were wondering, I was faking my injuries. Needed a way to get in without causing a panic. I ran through Sombra's notes where he used to be held and at the rate he's been going, he is looking for a feast, particularly human flesh." Spitfire tossed a pistol at Sonata but hit the sheets. "We need to get out of here, it's not safe for civilians."

Sonata slowly reached the gun and got out of bed. She has't completely healed so she would have trouble walking properly without feeling pain. Spitfire peered through the door to see if the coast was clear. She looked left and it was clear. She then looked right and quickly closed the door as she saw something black zoomed past, skewering anyone in its way. The two of them could hear the screams from in their room as people kept dying. Sonata went into a fettle position. It had to take some time for Spitfire to calm her down.

She heard a bang on the door. Knowing it as Sombra, she rushed Sonata into the bathroom and kept a crack opened to look through. She saw a shadow moving in the room. "I can smell you, Siren." He said. "Your power will feed my own and I shall reign over this world in eternal damnation." He inspected the beds but to no avail as they are empty. "You think yourself safe in here, but rest assured, I will take my time in this. Not like it would take long to find you." Sombra walked towards the bathroom. Spitfire quietly hid herself and Sonata in the tub and covered under a towel. When Sombra opened the door, he left as if he had't seen them.

"Sonata, do you know anything about what he was saying?" Spitfire asked. Sonata pondered. "He wants me. I'm a Siren." Spitfire gasped at the realization. "But why does he want a Siren like you?" Sonata shrugged. Spitfire was going to ask more questions but didn't feel like the time or place was appropriate for them and hurried out of the room. The hallway is a mess with blood and gore splattered across the walls and floors. "So, this is the guy you were looking for?" Sonata whispered. Spitfire nodded. "He broke out of prison few years back and we, the Wonderbolt national guard were sent here to find him since he is considered too dangerous for regular cops. We've been searching for the bastard for ten years, but every time we find a lead, there was nothing but blood and bones. We deduced as much as he goes to heavily populated areas. Areas where he can slaughter all he wants, but can still escape from us due to the chaos. He thrives on chaos and it seems something had him drawn here so I faked my injury to get myself here."

Sonata listened to the story while they look for a way out. They are on the third floor and need to get to the first floor as soon as possible. As they were looking for the exit, they heard a faint whisper. "Attack." Spitfire turned around to see a black hound. Knowing for a fact it was Sombra's shadow hound, she lead Sonata to the nearest room and opened fired on the hound. It charged as if it was ignoring the bullets and lunged itself on Spitfire. It's mouth chomping on her arm. Sonata looked back and anxiously aimed the pistol. She shut her eyes hoping she would hit and squeezed the trigger.

A loud bang was heard as Sonata opened her eyes. She hoped that she didn't accidentally shot Spitfire, but to her relief, the dog was nowhere to be seen, but it also meant that Sombra is closing in. Sonata dragged Spitfire into the room and closed the door. She turned Spitfire around and gasped in horror. Her arm was gone. As blood poured out of her missing arm, Spitfire woke up to see Sonata. "Nice shooting. For a rookie." She complimented. Sonata searched the room and found a flash light and shined it on Spitfire. She was not doing good. Her arm being gone was the least of her worries as a black flame envelops on the wound. "Listen, I need you to go on without me. I know Sombra's power all to well and it is too late for me." Sonata looked around the room for anything that can help, but all she could find that may help was a bottle of water. "That black thing is fire, right? Then if I poured this on it, then..." Sonata poured the water, but it only made it worst. Spitfire screamed. "No, Sonata. Water only makes black fire stronger. There is nothing you can do. Go, now. I will hold him off to give you time."

Sonata tried to object, but was falling on deaf ears. Spitfire knew what she was doing and was willing to die for it. Sonata gave up and ran as fast as she could, but Sombra caught up. "There you are, little Siren. Now comes the feast!" He started to enshroud her in shadow until he was shot by several bullets. "Hey! Psycho! You want a meal, I'm right here! One fresh Wonderbolt ready to dine on." Sombra looked at Spitfire and ignored Sonata which was a mistake on his end since Sonata used the chance to run like Tartarus out of the hospital. She saw a number of Wonderbolt National Guard vehicles outside and raced towards them. Soarin had gotten a call from Spitfire. "Is the blue girl out?" Soarin confirmed it. "Light it up. No more survivors. I am done..." The rest was static.

Soarin pointed out to everyone. "Alright everyone! Clear the area! This place is going down in flames!" Soarin shouted for everyone to get to safe distance before detonating the building. Sombra looked out of the window. "No! NO! YOU WILL NOT ESCAPE FROM ME! I AM THE DARKNESS THAT SHALL BLOT OUT THE SUN! I AM SOMBRA THE HELL LORD!" Soarin pressed the button and let loose dozens of explosions that engulfed the whole building in flames. Sombra ted to fight the fire, but failed as he falls into shadow, never to be seen again, save for his skull.

Sonata saw her friends standing across the street. "Goodness darling. We watched the whole thing on TV." Rarity said with a worried look on her face. "We were fearing the worst and we were about to get you until the Wonderbolts stepped in and ensured us that they have someone on the inside for the job. I am guessing that someone is Spitfire."

Rainbow Dash sped over to Soarin, wondering where Spitfire is. "Sorry Rainbow, Spitfire didn't make it." He patted her on the shoulder and signaled everyone to begin dousing the flames. Adagio Dazzle and Aria Blaze rushed alongside Sunset Shimmer and Twilight Sparkle. Sonata felt relieved that the nightmare of Sombra was over at last. Everyone was relieved that Sonata came out alive and Pinkie Pie suggested a "Sonata getting out of certain death at the hands of Sombra party" until Twilight's journal vibrated inside her bag. Twilight opened it.

Twilight,

Princess Celestia want you to come back to Equestria. She said it is an emergency in the highest order. I don't know what is going on, but whenever Princess Celestia says that an emergency is in the highest order, I don't question it. I will be putting the book back on the portal to get you home. Also, she said something about a grand summit or whatever that means.

Your #1 assistant,

Spike

"I am needed at Equestria for a summit and emergency." Twilight shouted. Adagio heard what she said. "A summit? You mean the ones where representatives of each of the four races resolve a grand threat? We should go." Twilight looked stern. "I'm sorry, but even though we are friends, what would stop you if I agree to take you, you won't trn your backs on me? And what races for the summit?"

Adagio face palmed. "We have changed our ways when we witness the magic of friendship all those weeks back. We need to go to Equestria because we are the last Sirens and it needs a Siren for the summit to work." What she spoke were true, but Twilight has no way of knowing if it was true. "Fine," She gave up. Adagio, Aria and Sonata followed Twilight. "Sunset, I want you to come with me. You should come back to Equestria." Sunset thought about it. "But Princess Celestia? How can I be sure I can face her again?"

Twilight put her hand on her shoulder. "I will be with you." Sunset smiled at her friend. "Can I count on all of you to watch over things while we are gone?" She asked. Everyone nodded. "Then take this. I may have been looking through Sunsets journal, but she let me hold on to it in case Spike wrote which in this case, now." She had given Sunsets journal to Rarity for safe keeping and left for the portal.

-meanwhile-

In the hives of Ritoulis, several changeling drones were digging for their queen. Chrysalis had sensed a power within and she will do anything to have it. "Your highness," One of the drones spoke. "We have found the door to which you seek." Chrysalis gave a chuckle and walked over to the door. It was black with green illuminated words surrounding a small hole. Chrysalis inserted her horn into the hole as the whole cave shook. The doors opened to reveal a large room with something sitting on a pedestal in front of what looks to be a throne. "Well, well. what do we have here?" Chrysalis illuminated the room to reveal hieroglyphics of the purpose of the room. "If only we'd translate these. We would know what the ancient Changelings did." Several drones agreed.

What drove Chrysalis's attention was the orb sitting on the pedestal. "I sense great power from this.  power that could only rival that of..." She paused in realization. "Of course, that's it. This room was tribute to our lord! Crytalis! And with this gem, I shall continue his work and rule all!" Chrysalis laughs echoed all over the hive.