Sir Discord stood in front of the Crystal Castle and stared at the buildings around it. A proud smile formed on his face as he remembered how he had fixed those buildings and saved the ponies from the fire the previous day. Now, waiting for his wife inside the Castle would...

"DISCORD!"

Discord heard the voice of his wife calling him from afar. He glanced to the source of the sound, and the scene caused his eyes to pop out of his face and his lower jaw to drop to the ground. Galloping towards him from afar were Celestia, Luna, Trixie, and Twilight and her friends. But someone else was with them, too. Sombra lay unconscious across Celestia and Luna's backs.

"You...You have Sombra with you!" Discord exclaimed, as the group arrived in front of him.

"Yes, Captain Obvious! It's Sombra with us," Applejack replied sarcastically. "Now, could ya please help us get him into some hospital or somethin'?!"

"Oh, we don't need a hospital. There's a medical room inside the Castle, with nurses and all. Come on." Discord flicked his fingers, and they all disappeared in a flash of white light.

After about ten minutes of sitting there, Celestia began to get more and more worried.

Sombra lay unconscious on the bed, Celestia was sitting by his bed's left side, her hoof beside his. Everyone else was gathered around the bed inside the big medical room, but only a short distance from the bed to give Sombra sufficient space to breathe. Trixie and Luna had some bandages on their bodies. Celestia had retrieved her crown, and the only apparent damage she had was her dented regalia, for the sudden flow of power had cured most of her wounds, leaving only scratches.

It's true that Sombra had no apparent injuries, but Celestia simply couldn't stand watching his motionless body. Every passing moment was burning her from the inside.

"What if..."

"Princess Celestia, there's no need to get so worried like that," Twilight cut Celestia off. "We used Rainbow Power, not some war weapon."

"Yeah. I'm totally sure he's fine...I hope so," Applejack said.

Twilight gave Applejack a light frown. "You're not helping!" she whispered to her.

"Rainbow Power wasn't the war weapon. I was the war weapon. If he doesn't wake up, I will never forgive myself." Celestia began to cry quietly.

"No, Tia, you weren't a weapon. You had to fight. It was the only way to save him," Luna reassured.

"Besides, Rainbow Power cured our wounds, so I'm sure it did the same to Sombra," Rainbow Dash added.

"But, what if Rainbow Power works differently here, too?" Celestia asked, turning to them.

Trixie sighed. "Please, Celestia, I told you he'll be fine! Even the nurses told us he'll be fine."

"But...but..."

Celestia felt something warm on top of her foreleg. She immediately stopped talking and froze in her place, a shiver shot its way down her spine. Even before turning to see her foreleg, her wide eyes expressed outright shock. She turned her head slowly to the bed to see him, smiling with slightly opened eyes, placing his foreleg of top of hers.

"Ce..Celestia? My sweet Celestia? I've been waiting for you!" he said playfully.

She couldn't believe her eyes at first. It was him? Finally? Only one day ago she had cried because she thought she would never see him again, and now, there he was? Talking to her? His foreleg on top of hers?

Celestia's eyes released two torrents of tears. Her lower lip quivered in what seemed like an attempt to form words, but she couldn't from anything. She quickly wrapped her forelegs around him and hugged him tightly, crying to his shoulder.

"Oh, Sombra! I missed you so so much!" Celestia said between her cries.

Sombra wrapped his forelegs around her and patted her on the back gently, crying as well. "I missed you too, Celestia. It's okay. We're together now."

Everyone's eyes flooded with tears of joy upon the scene, especially Rarity and Fluttershy, who hugged each other and cried. While Pinkie let out two waterfalls of tears from her eyes.

"I...I...This is too much, even for me!" Rainbow Dash said, before she burst into tears as well.

"That's okay, sugarcube. Come over here." Applejack wrapped her left foreleg around Rainbow's shoulder, as she covered her face with her stetson to hide her own tears.

Celestia was lost in the moment. She didn't care about anything but the warmth of the embrace. The feeling of her love, Sombra, finally with her, finally wrapped between her hooves. She was there with him, but her heart was soaring in the sky with his. But still, she didn't kiss him in front of everyone. She wasn't Princess Trixie, after all. She was...

SMOOOOOOOCH!

She was even worse than Princess Trixie.

Everyone widened their eyes at the scene of Celestia and Sombra making out. They forgot about their tears of joy and began to clear their throats and step back slowly towards the room's door.

"I think we should leave...now!" Twilight said.

"Of course we should leave! Let's give them some space," Rarity agreed.

Everyone exited the room quickly and closed the door behind them.

Celestia was indulged in the moment. She finally made it. She had always longed for sharing this moment with him. She truly felt like her heart was soaring in the sky with his. She had finally healed her heart's sore. They both lost track of time. After about a minute, they broke the kiss.

"Ha! I like to see you cheering up like that." Sombra wiped Celestia's tears.

Celestia gave him a teary smile. "I just...I just can't believe you're right here in front of me! You have no idea what I suffered after you got corrupted by the dark magic."

"Everything is fine now, and that's what's important. Let's forget the pain of the past."

"What about your injuries?"

Sombra eyed his body. "Injuries? I have no injuries. Actually, I have never felt better! I feel I can gallop like a horse right now!"

Celestia giggled.

"There you are! Oh, I so missed that angelic smile." Sombra caressed Celestia's cheek with his foreleg.

"I love you, Sombra."

"I love you too." Sombra eyed his body again, this time focusing on the white coat that was the only thing he wore. "What happened to my armor?"

"You mean you don't remember what happened?"

"I remember everything before the uppercut you gave me, then a blinding rainbow that I believe came from the Elements of Harmony. That punch was enough to mess up my memory!"

Celestia blushed and smiled sheepishly. "Hehe! Well, about your armor, I kinda destroyed it...or maybe it was more like I disintegrated it. The point is, your armor is no more!"

Sombra laughed. "You're more bad flank than I remember, Celestia!"

"Thanks!" Celestia grinned.

"Well, let's get out of here and let them know that our little lovely scene has ended."

"But, are you sure you can trot?"

"I told you I'm fine!" Sombra stepped off the bed and trotted towards the door with Celestia by his side.

Outside the room, everyone was pacing back and forth, waiting for the royal lovers to finish their private meeting.

"Do you think they're still...you know?" Trixie whispered in Rarity's ear.

"I don't think so. They would've died of lack of air if they were still...," Rarity whispered back.

"We're sorry for the sudden scene," Sombra said as he and Celestia trotted out of the room.

"King Sombra! You can trot!" Trixie smiled widely.

"Sure I can."

"Welcome back, Sombrero!" Discord gave Sombra a short, friendly hug.

Sombra laughed. "Glad to be back, Dizzy!"

"Sombrero?! Dizzy?!" Rainbow Dash and Applejack covered their mouths to silence their laughs.

"It's been a long time, Sombra. We're so thankful for having you back," Luna said.

"Thank you all for saving me. I almost killed you all, but you didn't give up." Sombra turned to Twilight and her friends. "And a special thanks to you. Once again you saved the day!"

The Elements of Harmony smiled proudly.

"It's our duty," Twilight said.

"Oh, and Spike here saved the Crystal Empire!" Rarity pointed at Spike; he blushed.

"Really?! Now that's a story I wanna hear," Sombra said.

A Unicorn mare in a nurse uniform trotted towards them, with a checklist and a pencil in her magic grasp.

"Oh, King Sombra!" The mare bowed. "I was just about to tell you that you're completely fine and you can leave whenever you want, but I can see you're already trotting around."

"Yeah, I'm fine. I'm leaving right now."

Twilight glanced at the nurse and widened her eyes in shock. "S...Sunset Shimmer?!"

The red-and-yellow-maned nurse raised an eyebrow at Twilight. "H-How did you know my name?!"

"I...I..."

"It's written on your chest!" Spike pointed at a card at the nurse's chest that read 'Sunset Shimmer'.

The nurse, or Sunset Shimmer, glanced at the card and chuckled. "Oh, of course! Silly me! I always forget that I'm wearing my name on my chest." Sunset turned around and trotted away happily. "I wish you all a good day!"

"Sunset in this world is a nurse? Who would've thought?!" Applejack said.

"She trots like a party pony! She has the potential to become a party pony!" Pinkie said excitedly.

"Luna, I made a decision," Sombra called Luna's attention. "This Equestria doesn't need me anymore. You see? This world has you and your sister, has Chrysalis, has Trixie and Discord...I can trust Equestria in your hooves. I have nothing to do here." He glanced at Celestia. "But in another Equestria, I have to stay with somepony."

Celestia smiled.

"Do you mean..." Luna started.

"Yes. I'm leaving this Equestria today. Sorry, Luna. Sorry, Trixie and Discord. I promise to visit. I can never forget you or forget the ponies of this world. Me and Celestia will keep visiting. I just had to choose how I want to live, had to choose my future."

"It's okay, Sombrero," Discord said with a teary smile. "We understand your decision."

"We can't stand in the way of your happiness, Sombra," Trixie said.

"Well then, let's prepare to catch up with the next train to Cantrlot," Luna said.

"But, what about the Dazzlings' show?! It's only few days later," Trixie said.

"I don't want to leave my sister alone any longer. I have to go back to her. She must be so worried right now," Celestia replied.

"Don't worry. We'll try to visit you to attend the Dazzlings' show," Twilight said.

Trixie's face lightened up. "That would be great! Please, do visit."

"Now, you all forgot something important. I don't think I can go back to Canterlot wearing this..." Sombra pointed at his white coat.

"Oh, don't worry. I have cloths that will make you look like a king again." Discord turned to Celestia. "And for your damaged regalia, just give it to me..." Discord took off Celestia's regalia; Celestia blushed and covered her chest. Discord's hand glowed with the regalia in its grasp, and a few seconds later, the regalia looked new as if it had never been damaged. "Here..." Discord gave the regalia back to Celestia.

"He's really great at fixing jewelry, isn't he?!" Trixie said.

"Indeed. But please, Discord, next time you want to take any piece of somepony's cloths, warn them!" Celestia placed the regalia back on her chest.

"Hehe! Sure. Now, come on, Sombra, let's get you dressed." With that, Discord escorted Sombra to give him new cloths.

Later

On the way to the train station, the group of three Princesses, a king, five ponies and a dragon tried to ignore some of the ponies' strange looks. But most of the ponies were very surprised and happy to see Sombra again. Whenever the ponies saw him, they would bow and cheer for the return of the king.

Finally, after about ten minutes of trotting between the cheering ponies, the group arrived at the train station and watched as the train stopped and ponies began to trot inside and outside of it.

Celestia and Sombra never left each other. They were side by side all the way to the train station and never moved away from each other.

Celestia and Sombra waited until all the others entered the train, then Sombra took Celestia's foreleg in his as they trotted together towards the train door, staring at each other's eyes instead of staring forward.

BUMP!

Instead of passing through the door, Sombra's face collided with the train, for they both weren't paying attention to what was in front of them. Celestia giggled as he rubbed his face in pain. He then took a step back and let Celestia enter the train first, before he hopped inside the train after her.

In the train, everyone sat down in the same formation they sat in on their way to the Crystal Empire, only this time, Celestia didn't sit down alone. She had her love, Sombra, to sit with. As the train departed the station, Celestia nuzzled Sombra's cheek, before she rested her head on his shoulder and closed her eyes. Sombra smiled and rested his head on top of hers, closing his eyes as well. On the way to Canterlot, Celestia told Sombra about everything that had changed, including Rainbow Power and Twilight's castle.

When they arrived at the Canterlot train station...

BUMP!

Once again, Celestia and Sombra forgot to look forward as they exited the train, causing Celestia's face to collide with a window right next to the door. They both laughed, then Sombra allowed Celestia to exit the train before him.

Very soon, the group arrived at the gates of Canterlot Castle. And of course, on the way to there, they had been met with ponies cheering for the return of their loved king, oblivious to the fact that he was just about to leave.

The guards bowed for their long lost king, as the group entered the castle, unprepared for the surprise waiting for them inside.

As they stood in front of the throne, Twilight and her friends gasped and widened their eyes in shock. The alternate Celestia was no where to be seen. Instead, there was a purple Unicorn mare with purple and blue mane. She was laying on her back on the floor right in front of the throne, with her hind legs rested on the throne's stairs.

"Sta...Starlight Glimmer?!" Twilight exclaimed in utter shock.

Starlight turned to them, flipped to lay on her stomach and stamped her forelegs on the ground lightly, a wide grin on her face.

"Princess Twilight! You're finally here!"

Author's Note

Thanks to Izanagi for editing this chapter.
Also, here's a bonus...

Art by Miranda Laufeyson. Source.