The open sky welcomed the pegasi, it's warm air filled with excitement as Canterlot woke up to the spectacle of Cloudsdale's finest facing of Canterlot's newest arrival.

"Your good, kiddo." Dash said casually.

"Not bad yourself." Blaze retorted.

The two immediately shot towards the ground, pulling up so that they were parallel to the ground, then proceeded to weave through the city. They kept neck and neck... then Blaze heard his stomach growl and judging by the look on Dash's face, hers did too.

"DONUT JOE'S?" He called out over the wind as he narrowly avoided a taxi.

The cyan mare nodded and the two pulled a loop over a small group of buildings, then set down gently at the front door of Donut Joe's shop. Blaze opened the door, and held it for Dash... who cast him a sly wink as she entered.

Did she just... wink. He thought, trying to focus.

CRACK!!

Blaze felt a sharp pain cut into his back, now finding himself in a Griffon Kingdom prison camp. He gazed down at the massive cuffs holding his hooves close to the ground.

"Move it, whelp!" The warden screeched kicking him to the ground.

Blaze was SUPPOSED to secure a steady relationship between the Crystal Empire and the Griffon Kingdom, only to have one of his advisers actually be a Solar Empire spy. Selling him out for a petty amount of bits.

Blaze defiantly stood up to full height, a head and a half shorter than the griffon, and felt his magic start coursing through him. His father's magic, like any other unicorn, shrouded his horn in a sort of veil; Blaze's magic altered the color of his horn according to emotion... blood red, the color of fury.

The griffon laughed and raised his whip, then howled in agony as his legs exploded, coating the ground with blood.

Blaze walked over to him, watching as the crippled warrior beg for mercy... the one thing Blaze was lacking. Blaze then raised a back hoof, then proceeded to stomp.

CRUNCH!!

The griffons beak shattered.

CRUNCH!!

He felt the griffon's skull give slightly.

CRU-SPLAT!!!

Blaze looked down and smirked when he saw the griffon's skull had caved inward, causing blood to spray out onto the ground.

"BONEHEAD!!!"

Blaze found himself still holding the door... Rainbow Dash waving her hoof in front of his face.

"You okay?" She asked.

Blaze shook his head and took off once more, drastically picking up speed. He felt a piercing pain in his temples and he reached for a cloud... only to black out.

He woke up seconds later in a free fall, going into a panic as he tried to level out. His descent picked up speed and he became shrouded in the flames of his wing.

The last thing he saw... was the streets of Canterlot.

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Sombra was talking with the young Sultan about possible mares to marry when Rainbow Dash landed, sobbing.

"H-He's not b-breathing!" She screamed, fear filling every word.

There was a dreadful silence as everypony looked upon what she was carrying... the broken, limp form of Eternal Blaze.

Sombra decided that panicking wasn't the course of action and started barking orders.

"Celestia, slow down the bleeding. Wonderbolts, get him to his bed. Sandstorm, fetch an E.R. Unit. Luna, get Cadence."

He had already failed his son once... he would sooner be damned than to fail him again.

1000 years ago:

"AGAIN!!!" Sombra bellowed from his balcony, glaring down at the ponies in the arena.

Eternal Blaze, his damned fool of a son, claimed that he was no warrior and saw no sense in fighting. He sounded like his mother... like Celestia. Sombra told him that he was going to fight whether he wanted to or not, and put him in the arena

Sombra watched as his son failed to block an axe, and turned away. The cheering died down and Sombra felt something hit his ear, then clatter to the ground. Using his magic, he picked it up and found it was a part of a pony's jaw... with the flesh still attached. He turned towards the arena and saw his son ripping his opponent to shreds with no weapon, breaking bones and pulling out organs.

Maybe there WAS hope for his son...
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"Good show, son!" Sombra said, patting his son on the back.

Blaze simply grunted, staring at the ground.

Sombra sighed and noticed his son was shaking, tears falling from his face.

"Y-You... made me... kill him." Blaze growled. "His name was Ironside, a father of four fillies, husband of Tempest... he did no crime... he didn't even SPEAK... yet you had me kill him to... turn into you?"

Sombra was taken aback by the venom, the anguish, the HATRED... what was his son?

Author's Note

This took less time than the first... but I feel it really speaks volumes!