The Triumphant return of...King Sombra?

by Ednac

Rating: teen
Tags: Princess Celestia, Tragedy, Crystal Ponies, Slice of Life, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Dark, Sad, Romance, Princess Luna, King Sombra
Length: 3110

No pony is born evil, so that means King Sombra wasn't either, right?

(Sorry guys, but I'm on duty for two weeks this story will return IN TWO WEEKS OR LESS)
After being blasted out of the Crystal Empire, King Sombra awakes to find himself in his original state of mind before the incident. What made him so evil? The loss of a loved one. It drove him insane. He is now on an epic journey to find said loved one, but he doesn't remember who she is/was and if she remembers/forgives him for what happened. He fears the only way to find out is to get to the crystal heart, but he is banished. How will he ever accomplish this?

Published 2015-06-03 20:50:02 UTC
Last updated 2015-06-06 04:17:50 UTC

What have I done? CH. 1

Ednac

The triumphant return of King Sombra

Chapter 1 What have I done?

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“Come on Sombra, I’ll race you to the market!”

“I’m going to win!”

“In your dreams!”

They were just going out for a stroll today, and Sombra knew it would be a good day. But, something just wasn’t right. As they began the race Sombra swear he saw a purple-green snake racing with them, and BOY was he scared of snakes, but it disappeared. They were almost to the market now, but that’s odd. No one is here in the middle of the day? Usually the market district in the Empire was full in the middle of the day. He didn’t even see anyone when he was running out of the castle room with his lover. His father hadn’t said anything about staying inside today. He looked back at his lover, and OH CELESTIA! What is that? Some sort of purple-green embodiment of his lover with red eyes, and it looked furious

“Please, come back to me my love! Where are you? Don’t do this to me again!,” Sombra exclaimed.

“In your dreams,” it said

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Sombra woke up, and the first thing he saw was white, and nothing but. Everything was white and really quite warm. Man what a dream he had. He began struggling to move and try to get out of his white prison. At this point he was sure he was stuck in snow somewhere in the frozen north. A far ways from home he’d thought. Now he could see light as he was kicking his way out of his hole. What was he going to do? Now as he rises from the white cell. I’m in the middle of nowhere, and the closest city is the one I’m banished from… think Sombra think! Walk. Pick a direction and go. Or teleport? He eventually decided he would cast a spell to find out where to go, and from there begin the long trek. A trail of tears. He saw many places he could go, but he decided that maybe the best way to deal with this was to go speak to the new ruler of the Empire, but how? Well the spell said she was in Canterlot for now, so off Sombra went.

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After the passing of a few days, Sombra saw train tracks and then he eventually arrived at a small train side town, completely deprived of his energy, starving and cold. He arrived at the doorstep of a peculiar building called: The Horseshoe Crib. It was a small joint with a bar as a lobby and the upstairs was meant for lodging. He walked in to see a few sketchy ponies, and some were staring at him. He shrugged it off and went to the bartender.

“Can I have a room please?”

“Of course, and are you one of those ponies tryna see the Crystal Empire? We are expected a lot more business now since that King-“

“NO! I am not associated with the Crystal Empire at all!,” Sombra yelled, spitting mad.

“Uhm, alright, your room will be the first one with the door open upstairs…”

Sombra ran upstairs as tears began forming and slowly falling from his eyes. He quickly shut the door, surrendered to his bed and wept.

“What have I done?!” he exclaimed, “What has happened to me?”

He looked to the desk beside his bed. There was a newspaper there, and its headline was The reign of evil King Sombra is over! He laid back and tried to think of the times before this whole mess. A time before the Crystal Empire was even the Crystal Empire.

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“Sombra hmm? That’s a cool name. I like it,” she said

“Well I think your name is beautiful as well,” Sombra replied

“Aww, Thank you Sombra”

“Say, **********, are you free tomorrow?”

“Yes, but why d-do you ask Sombra?

“I was thinking th-that m-maybe you wanted to go out somewhere together?”

“Of course I would Sombra! Does this mean we are a thing now?,” she exclaimed

“I guess so.” He said

She transformed into a purple green mare with an angry expression and said: “Well, I WOULD NEVER WANT TO BE ASSOCIATED WITH SUCH AN EVIL DEVIOUS STALLION LIKE YOU! NEVER SPEAK TO ME AGAIN! YOU VILE SELFISH ASSHOLE!”

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AAAAAAAAAA!!” Sombra screamed as he heard a knocking on the door. The door soon opened to reveal the same bartender that was there last night

“Are you okay sir? You seemed to be having quite the nightmare, and when you came in it looked like you were havin' quite the rough day”

“Oh, Uhm, No! I mean, I’m fine!”

“Alright, well take care. Also, A round of drinks is on the house today to celebrate the Exile of King Sombra, so come on down.”

The bartender soon left and left Sombra there. Now they were celebrating that his evil had ended. Sombra didn’t know what to think. Should he celebrate that the evil is finally gone, or should he be sad that people hate him so much that they celebrate when he leaves? He started to question his plans and motives. He was good on motives, for nothing stops love, but how would this new ruler take to him? Well she was supposedly the princess of love, so she could understand right? He doesn’t really know .

He headed downstairs anyways thought that maybe the drinks and food might cheer him up. When he got there he saw a very… Ironic scene. The ponies in the bar were in line to throw darts at a picture of King Sombra. Sombra decided he might as well join in too to relieve some stress. One by one the line died and the ponies went back to their drinks. The bartender fetched the darts and handed them to Sombra. Sombra hesitated.

"Go on give it a try," the bartender said. He then glanced at the picture of King Sombra and back at Sombra. His expression changed drastically. "Are you....?", but Sombra was already out the door.

~~until next time~~

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Author's Note

This is relatively short chapter. It was a slow start and it needed to be done. I'm expecting alot from this story. Man i'm pretty sure i started just stopping adding commas in places teehee. I've got alot of plans here and i really want some feed back about if anyone wants to see a story like this. I know this chapter isn't the best, but the action starts right after!
:yay:
Also here is a little game: Most likely if you live in america i'm posting this at midnight. Am I an Insomniac or just live across the world? :pinkiecrazy:
Oh crap I have more to say, but I forgot what so... I'm sure it might come up in the comments if there are any LOL @_@

Selfish Ch.2

Ednac

The Triumphant Return Of King Sombra

Chapter 2 Selfish

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Where do I go? What can I do? There must be someplace of refuge nearby where they won't know who I am! Sombra was rounding the corner of a building as he was sneaking out of the railside town, but he stopped suddenly: “Yes, I’m sure it is the Evil King, I saw it with me own eyes,” a stallion exclaimed, “he must be stopped!”

“Right, I’ll send word to the Prince and Princess immediately.”

This was Sombra’s chance, they were both turned away and from here the last building was only half a football field away, and then train tracks to the next town. He made a mad man’s run for it. Unfortunately the building he was running from was the guard’s building and he was seen immediately.

“Hey! That’s him!”

The guard rushed at him, throwing a punch with his right hoof, but Sombra countered, swiped it away and then followed through with his left hoof into the guard’s neck. The guard fell to the snow ridden ground as Sombra channeled his energy and fired a small subduing magic energy blast at another guard that was just coming out of the guard building, an alarm now raised. Sombra ran across the gap and got to the next building, but when he rounded the corner he met guards. They were now in front and behind him, encircling him. It was only a moment before Sombra made his decision. Blast the stallions in front of him, and then teleport behind them and run. He felt his emotions channel to the tip of his horn and release, knocking over the guards in front of him as well as singing there fur. Unexpectedly that whole blast had done a doozy on him. He hadn’t used his normal legitimate magic in such a long time, and it was overwhelming and it took its toll on him. He had not time to think about it though, as he charged it up again, but to no avail. He just couldn’t for some reason. The guards behind him were almost to him, so he bucked. He bucked one back and could hear the cring worthy sound of stallion to wood to ground along with the groans of pain. Sombra really hadn’t tried bucking before, but he was sure that had done it. He hopped over the guards and began running. The guards were on his 6 and he knew they would follow him off a cliff. Why did they have to do this? He didn’t want to hurt anyone anymore. Hadn’t he done enough? He stopped suddenly and turned round’ and as if in a movie stood up on his hind legs and put his two front hooves out and the guards each took a blow to their faces. Sombra fled the scene, and followed a winter forest line next to the rails.

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“And we are sure this is truly King Sombra?”

“Yes ma’am, in all his glory and power. He subdued 8 guards, and ran off following the tracks.”

“Tell Shining Armor, he’ll know what to do,” Princess Cadance explained, “I shall talk to Celestia and Luna.”

Cadance didn’t know what to think of this. Wasn’t the King destroyed in the blast? If not, why is he seemingly running away from the Crystal Empire? She thought it might be best to tend to her newfound kingdom. The fact that Sombra was back in action so quickly had to mean something. Either it was a trained fake, or something very strong kept him going. From the reports it didn’t seem like his initial plan was to be hostile. The guards pursued him and he ran. This whole situation was getting more fortuitous by the second. She heard her door open, and she turned to greet her husband, Shining Armor.

“What do you think of this mess, Hun?” Cadance asked, “Something about it really bothers me.”

“I don’t know what to think of this either, but to be safe I dispatched guards to the areas around there, and they will search the area and find out what’s going on…”

“You couldn’t sound less sure Shining.”

“That’s because I’m not sure. There is no way to be.”

“I have to agree with that, but I do know that if Sombra is out lurking in the shadows of Equestria, then I need to be with my people,” Cadance said, quietly, “Alright Shining, I must talk to Celestia now”

The two lovers shared a quick kiss, knowing that they were most likely not going to see each other for a while after Cadance went back to the Empire made them both sad, but they had a new problem to stay aware of.

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Sombra travelled a bit deeper into the forest to find a place to rest. The day was not yet high, but he already felt exhausted. Using his magic for some reason deprived him of energy. He eventually found a nice spot under a tree where he could lay down and rest. He plopped on the ground and curled up. Tears flowed freely down his face. He just couldn’t hold it in anymore.

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“Oh, Isn’t it everything I said it would be, Sombra?”

“You know, you’re right. I didn’t think anything could match the beauty of our home.”

“Look there is so much stuff, what do you want to do?”

“Let’s do a whole Canterlot tour!”

“Sombra, that sounds like a TERRIBLE IDEA!”

“Oh please no, not this again.”

She was a monster again! A purple green embodiment, and she was mad.

“You don’t think of others! You were so selfish when I was gone, what got into you?” She screamed, “I will never love you, and I can’t believe I ever thought I did!”

At this point she was advancing on Sombra, and Sombra was backing away. She lashed out at him, and smacked him down. He was already feeling devastated from the verbal annihilation he received. He turned and ran. No otherpony thought that this whole situation was weird, and they let it happen. A blast of purple-green magic went past his face. How was that possible? She wasn’t a unicorn. He continued galloping through Canterlot. Just as he exited the central market district it hit him. Literally. A burst of magic hit him, and hit him hard. He spun in their air and slid to a halt on the ground, now very hurt he looked at his right side, instead of fur there, now it was burnt flesh. A nasty looking wound, and a painful one at that. Then he looked up, and she, that thing was there.

“Is that what you do? Run away from your problems? The Sombra I thought I knew would never have done that.”

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Breathing heavily, Sombra tried to stand up, but he couldn’t for long because of an immense pain in his side. He let out a whimper as he fell to the ground. He looked at his side, and a nasty open wound returned his gaze. It was a bad burn with charred skin surrounding a large gash. The gash looked deep, and it burned exposed to air. He thought that it was just a dream. How did it affect him in the real world? Well now he had a new predicament: how to travel? He still needed to get to Canterlot, but by now they most know of him still being alive. Word travels fast with unicorn magic. The closest town he had would surely be hostile to him now. The best he could do was crawl to the train tracks. He began his crawl, using his front hooves and his back left hoof and not the right because he didn’t want to strain his right side all that much. He was about 50 yards into the forest, and he was making a slow pace of about 1 yard per 4 seconds. He eventually made his way and reached the edge of the forest. He crawled out of the tree line and ran into something. He looked up into the eyes of A royal guard.

“I’ve found him!”

“Wait please…”

The guard had him pinned now. He was definitely going to get a promotion. He’d probably lie about subduing Sombra anyways, so there was no point in trying. Soon he was surrounded by guardsan dbeing moved. He whimpered as his wound burned. Oh he really screwed up now. He thought he could try to teleport out of there control, so he charged up. His horn began glowing, until one of the guards spoke up, “Don’t even try, we have already put a block on your magic. You won’t get out of this.”

He tried anyways, but of course to no avail. He was stuck. They were going to treat him like a criminal, and there was nothing he could do. Although, this might get him to the queen faster, and maybe she’d be able to sort it out with her. He hoped he could.

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“They captured him?” Cadance said, astonished, “That must have been quite the feat.”

“Actually, the report says that they were met with no resistance, although he did try to teleport away. Also, he was found with a nasty wound on his side. I honestly don’t know what to think of it. It can’t possibly be a fake with a wound like what is described: almost his entire right side is deprived of fur, charred and a deep gash from his chest to his stomach.”

“I’m think it’s all part of some plan, but I can’t be sure. To be safe I shall have him imprisoned immediately, we cannot take any chances”

“That’s probably a good idea, It seems like he’s trying to get something to you, most likely to disable you or all of us.”

“How so?”

“In the report it says he is insistent on speaking to the Princess of Love.”

“Hmmm…”

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“I must speak to the Princess of Love, please I can explain!”

“For the last time no, scum like you doesn’t get anything you want. You don’t deserve it, so you’ll be welcomed to your inevitable prison.”

“Please…” Sombra pleaded, deprived of his voice. This is what he had feared would happen. They were going to lock him up and leave him until he dies. He was so misunderstood. Now he had a new job: escape. Escape with his wound. Think Sombra think…

~~~Until next time~~~

Author's Note

Please check my blog! Hey guys. WOW. That was intense. its a little under 2k and a little late to add to the story. I'm really gonna try to pump these out, but I have last minute things i'll have to deal with and there Is no stopping that.
Man Sombra is selfish isn't he? Oh man I left you guys in a tender spot. i'll get on that next chapter don't worry. I've been having another Insomnia spell. I've had now 7 hours of sleep since Monday. I've been listening to music and just staying up. I got a new humble pie vinyl with a cool picture book.
I've been listening to ToTo and Yes as well. and at some point I had been listening to 10 hour jazz loops. And yes, I went to work without any sleep. This is a problem I know. But I can't say no to this:

Well guys this story is looking like it will be 500k+ with a sequel so i need help. If interested, PM me. if you wanna do art PM me as well. Thanks for reading guys!