Main 6 quickly ran into the throne room of the Crystal Kingdom. On the big shiny throne sat princess Cadence. She was really weakened, she had dark circles under her eyes and she gently asleep. Next to her in a deep sleep was Shining Armor. Princess of friendship had to grunt loudly, than her sister in law raised her heavy eyelids. After that she realized that her guests had arrived, she straightened quickly on the throne.
"You are here!" she tried to sound enthusiastic. She want to go to Twilight and make their greeting, but in then fainted off balance.
"Are you alright, Cadence?" young alicorn run to her and try to help her stand up. "Spike give me your letter. You please me to fast come to your Kingdom. What's happen?"
"Oh... Twilight..." princess sigh "I'm not sure, that you believe me, but in our castle is ghost.
"GHOST?!" everypony cry loud
"Don't be ridiculous, ghosts aren't real" Twilight say softly
"I think the same way as you. But from a few nights something is walk around and in the castle. My guards told me, that King Sombra return. They say that he was released himself a few pony. But when I searched castle I can't see nopony around. He showed only at night." she sigh "I decided to searched him with your brother. At last we find him. He was set here, on my throne." She turned her back to the girls, and the face of the said place "However... there was something different at him. Your brother want to catch him, but when he was next to him, he wasn't can ever touch him. The King was... translucent, absent, as if he unaware of our presence. He lasted so long while. Than he stand and go out through the closed door."
"Maybe you just image this situation? It's not that I'm saying you're lying..." Twilight say quickly
"My husband and all of guards and servants image this too?"
"All of..."
Cadence nodded. From this moment Shining Armor woke up.
"Oh, Twili..." he shook his head "Welcome my little sister. You told her already?" the prince look after his wife, she nod "At the beginning we think that somepony cast some spell on us. We called for every our magician. Everypony of them said the same: nothing wrong is here or even evil spell. They think, that nothing happen here.
"That's why I want you to come here" Cadence say quickly "You and your friend. Please, check what is happening here. Whatever it was be, but I think that this is a ghost, from day to day it getting worst.
"I think you want to say 'from night to night' princess" Pinkie Pie say
"Yes, exactly. On the day we have many things on our head, and we can't sleep at night. He show himself more and more, objects stars falling, guardians start to panic. And everypony by lack of sleep they are touchy."
The main 6 decided together stay at night. Moon was high on the sky, his gentle rays penetrate through stained glass windows in the throne room Crystal Kingdom. Ponys walk slowly in the long corridor.
"For me any ghost aren't scarey! When I meet him I'll kick his astral butt and I'll send him to the place from he come here!" Rainbow Dash shout loud and she stars to fight with air
"Cadence certainly image this." Twilight roll her eyes "Something like ghost aren't real.
"Oh yeah? Say the same this ghost." Pinkie opened the door to the throne room. Girls sow sitting on the throne King Sombra. He have half-closed eyes, chin propped his hoof, black hair fell freely along the body, and the red eyes were staring at an unspecified point.
"GHOST!" Fluttershy scream and quickly hide her behind Rarity, the white unicorn was so scare, she can't even talk.
The princess of friendship didn't want to admit it, but even her shivered of fear, when she saw her old enemy in front of her. Especially that she haven't beaten him alone. If there wasn't be Spike, her little dragon assistant, perhaps she lost her fight. Involuntarily she backed up.
-Ra-Rainbow... - Applejack say quietly -Yo-You say that yo-you k-kick h-his...
Blue one woke up from the trance. She boasted so much before. She decided to attack the sitting monarch. Miserably, she flew by him and slammed her head on the wall and then falling limply to the feet of the ruler. He even wasn't moved. If I must say true, he wasn't even know about her plan to attack him. Like he even wasn't see her. He just turned his head to the another side. He was sad, or he looks like he was sad.
"Rainbow Dash, you silly mare..." girls hear familiar voice and in one second in frond of the throne, back to them, appeared Discord scratching his chin. "Don't even say me, that you want to kick ghost butt. You can the same way fight with your own shadow." rolled his eyes and he teleport beside Fluttershy. She still was terrifying. Discord took her in his arms and dandle her like a baby. When she feel him, she gently open her eyes and violently took over his neck. He just hug her thigh. As if he wanted to calm her down.
"My, my. He won't hurt you. He even didn't know that he is dead."
"He's dead?" Twilight scream
"I through, that you smarter, princess." the last word he say with a sarcasm "He was a ruler of this kingdom. He was lived here but now he won't. Because that good work, right? Destroy evil? But destroy something is a part of evil. Than good witch destroy evil is evil doing something evil!"
"Oh Discord you aren't a philosopher, so stop talking about nonsense. Just tell us what's happen here!" Applejack was weary angry
"Did I ever must know everything? It's simple situation. we need to exorcism on him. Do you know, my little pony, how to do it?”
Girls didn't say anything, just look at themselves. In the same time, Discord wiped with a claw away a tear of terror, which ran own on Fluttershy's cheek. Than he go to the throne. When he was closer, the hooves on his neck getting hug him stronger.
-My little sweet beloved Fluttershy. He didn't hurt you. I'm here, you know? In any case I'll protect you. By the way, ghosts aren't really scarey. You didn't kill him." He stroked her mane and even if for little second she starts feel better she hug him twice more stronger than before when she hear that King Sombra breathing."That everything must be always on my head? Twilight, could you cast a spell on this crystal above throne? You know... like you did this last time."
"But why?" princess was still in shock
"Listen to me, princess. Ghost isn't that thing what some stupid occult ponys are think. I the Master of Chaos must learn you about that?" he rolled his eyes "This is him, or... exactly, what is left of him. His awareness of being alive pony, he won't agreed whit this.... with that whatever it is on the other site. We must connect contact with him, and tell him softly, that he must go. We can't do this without go to his mind."
Twilight swallowed. In point of fact, Discord was good and even that incident with Tireck made that princess Twilight Sparkle trust Discord more. She gathered the magic strength, she remember the spell that she learn from princess Celestia. A few seconds leather a green and purple ray shot from her horn straight into the crystal. The shadow was everywhere, blocked even light of moonlight in that room. Between Discord and ponies open big hole in the ground.
"And now, you pones stay here I'll go there. Dear Fluttershy, do you want to come with me?" he look at quiet mare who hug him with all her streangh. She gently denied but in fact she didn't release him from her hug. "Brilliant!" She couldn't say anything, because he teleport they
the bottom of the hole. There was only stares and old door. He open it without scare and went inside.
In the same time, King Sombra disappear.
"What's now?" say Rarity
"Can we trust him?" Rainbow Dash starts pat herself on the head
"We haven't got another way. We must stay and wait." say Twilight
