Celestia and Luna stared at the crystal with shock while Discord was laughing like a madman. “Hahaha, oh my, that’s rich! I knew you were cold hearted, brother, but I didn’t think you had turned as cold as stone, hahaha!” Aurora grimaced. Though she had missed Sombra in a way, she still felt annoyed at his presence, mainly because of how he always made her feel useless.

“Well now I don’t feel guilty about you two fighting him, or about the incident at the Crystal Empire.” Aurora muttered half-heartedly to her sisters. Astra was just confused, but she had been busy fighting with Stella for control of her body at the time. Thankfully, Aurora had found a solution for that.

“What did you do to my empire?” The red crystal glowed. Apparently the soul in it couldn’t see the beings around it.

Aurora looked to each of the ponies who were now looking worried, some were more disgusted though, at the crystal. Aurora rolled her eyes and whispered to Twilight, “What you were fighting was his shadow mixed in with the Nightmare King, Darkheart, and that’s who was destroyed. Sombra had been forced out of his body and into a crystal before he was known as the tyrant king. We can free him from the crystal, but I was wondering if you’d be kind enough to help me with that?”

“Why? I mean, if what you’re saying is true, are you sure he won’t act just like the Nightmare King?” She whispered back with concern.

“Well at least you’re asking the right questions… I feel it’s my fault he’s stuck like this though because I had disappeared and I didn’t leave a note of any kind…”

Twilight scrunched up her face in confusion. “What does that have to do with anything? Were you lovers or something?”

“I don’t think Celestia would like me to say, as there has obviously been a lack in informing anyone of the relations of the whole royal family.” Aurora grimaced.

Celestia looked at her and nodded slowly. “You might as well tell her…”

Aurora rolled her eyes once more. “Our family history isn’t as bad as you all like to act. We’re just too vulnerable to curses. Frankly, I like Celestia’s curse the best.” She grinned mischievously. “It’s all in her head.”

“I wasn’t cursed…” Celestia muttered as she turned to look at her youngest sister.

“Yeah, you were, you just don’t realize it because no one cast the curse on you.” Aurora smirked. She then lit her horn. “Well, I might as well start the extracting spell to release Sombra.” She tapped the crystal and was surprised to find that Twilight and the others with magic were helping her. It took only a minute to release Sombra’s soul from the crystal.
Sombra’s unicorn form was similar to that of a normal unicorn with a grey coat and horn, with a red crystal cutie mark and a black mane. He opened his eyes and seemed to glare at Aurora for a second before calming himself down. His red eyes were now normal looking and no longer seemed to pose danger. He took in a breath of air. “Thank you.”

Celestia and Luna looked at him nervously while Discord finally stopped laughing. Hope walked towards the edge of their little campsite and noticed the stars glowing and the moon shining down on her for dramatic lighting.

“You really think this is a ghost story, don’t you?” She chuckled as everypony sat down. “Well it’s not. I am Aurora Hope, the last daughter of Dark and Light Matter.” All the ponies sat around the campfire, along with Discord and his daughter. “Long ago, before the Nightmares and the Changelings arrived here, before the three tribes came to Equestria, there were two powerful Alicorns named Dark Matter and Light Matter. They had created this world supposedly and all its shadows and form. They fell in love and had three sets of twins. The first set was a set of boys, Sombra…” She nodded her head towards the weakened unicorn who looked away slightly annoyed at her. “… and a pony named Discordias.” At this Discord blushed and turned his head away slightly. The others were confused, save for the royal sisters. “With order, there is chaos, and vice versa. Though born a normal unicorn like his brother, Discordias always dabbled in chaotic magic. Unfortunately that led to a curse being placed on him by accident by his own brother. Sombra had gotten jealous one day of his twin’s magic and the small fact that he had already gotten his cutie mark, and cast a crystal curse on him. The crystal curse enveloped the pony and trapped him inside with his own chaotic magic to sustain him. Sombra hated himself for cursing his brother for the next fifty years until his brother finally emerged as…” She paused a moment and glanced at Discord. He nodded slowly. She took a deep breath and continued. “…as Discord…” Everypony but the royal sisters gasped and looked at Discord and Sombra while the two turned their heads away. Aurora took a deep breath and continued the story. “Eventually Discord managed to control enough of his magic to regain his pony form, though it was still a bit twisted. Two hundred years after they were born, another set of twins were born. This set was a set of princesses named Celestial Light and Astrana Compassion. About twenty years after they were born and they were still fillies, they were playing in the royal gardens. Astrana noticed something though and got in the way of a curse that was about to hit her sister. The result of the curse sits before you, though, when I was born, I thought she looked quite elegant, and honestly, I still think that.” She smirked as her sister blushed. “Three hundred years later is when the last of the twins were born. First came Lunar Night, or Princess Luna as you know her, and then came me. I am the youngest by an hour.” She took a moment to collect her thoughts once more. “Sombra’s curse was what took over his original body and made him the tyrant king of the Crystal Empire.” Sombra’s eyes widened at this in shock. He hadn’t known that. “Discord’s curse was that of being forced into his own chaos for too long, leaving him, as you would all call it, a little on the crazy side.” Discord blushed a little and noticed Screwball had fallen asleep in his lap. “Luna was cursed by the nightmare controlling Sombra during the battle and became Nightmare Moon. Astra was cursed by the Nightmare Queen herself and found herself sharing a body with the princess of Nightmares.” Stella turned her head away at this. “Celestia’s curse was to watch as each of us fell under a curse, one by one, so she chose to hide the fact that we were all cursed by trying to make everyone forget about us.” Aurora ended her story.

“Wait…” Celestia looked at her youngest sister with confusion. “What was your curse?” Aurora chuckled a little at that.

“Let’s just say my horn wasn’t always black and leave it at that. Besides, there’s no evil in me now and the being who shared the curse with me is free to choose her own life.” At this, Diana turned her head and turned into a Changeling right in front of the others. “She doesn’t hurt ponies and is one of the gentlest of her kind. Never underestimate a changeling though, especially when she has someone to protect.” Diana looked back at Aurora’s smiling face. She grimaced and then yawned. “Bed, everypony! I want to move out before Celestia moves the sun, and I don’t plan on waking you myself.” Everypony took it as a sign to get to sleep if they didn’t want to be left behind.

Author's Note

Mwuahahaha, oh man, that's rich, haha, well now you know my little family history, oh and you'll find out how Blue Blood and Cadence fit in eventually, though I allow you to guess. Have fun reading this hahahaha oh man, Celestia's reaction was priceless by the way hehe. You should have seen her. I don't think I've ever seen her so scared before hahaha