A Piece of Me

"You were foolish to believe that I would have been so easily defeated." Sombra snickered as he stood over the defeated princess, a magical barrier surrounding her the only thing that kept them apart. "You are probably asking yourself how this all came to be so let me enlighten you, your highness." He added mockingly as he slowly walked around her barrier her eyes glaring at him with a blazing intensity that could melt any block of ice.

"You see it all started back a few years ago when I was able to return along with the Crystal Kingdom. It was unfortunate that you had to show up with your so called friends and yet it wasn't you that defeated me." Sombra grinned down at her as he completed his circle and now stared down at Twilight. "That moment was all I needed to place my essence within you as you were trapped atop the Crystal Palace. From there on all I had to do was gather my strength yet I did not expect you to become an alicorn which in turn helped me, so thank you."

"We have defeated you once! We will do so again!" Twilight spat back as she shakily got to her hooves her legs feeling weak with the lack of strength and the exhaustion of the battle. Blood dripped from her muzzle as she stood proud before him her magic slowly draining as she kept the barrier up.

"We?" Sombra echoed as he looked around him waving a hoof to the devastation before them and the bodies of five ponies laying scattered about. "There is no we, Princess Twilight. There is only you left and you don't have the power left to defeat me. I took that power with me along with your friends. It is just you and me that's left now. Even the sisters can't stop me!" Sombra laughed as he banged a hoof against her barrier.

Twilight's eyes drifted from one of her best friends to the next, each laying lifeless on the ground, one even crushed by some of the rubble only one of her legs visible from beneath it. The pain of seeing every one of her friends was unbearable and it just broke her heart into a thousand pieces. As tears flowed from her eyes she placed them back on Sombra as he laughed at her despair still banging away on the barrier that surrounds her.

"You will pay for what you have done!" Twilight screamed as she tried to gather up more magic from deep within her.

"I payed the price long ago and now it's time for me to collect," Sombra replied as he took a few steps back and grabbed the broken body of Rarity and slammed it against the shield, pressing her now blood red coat against it. Twilight gasped as she took a step back into the far side of the barrier bumping up against it.

"Save me, Twilight!" He moved her mouth with his magic as he pressed her body against the shield. Sombra just laughed hysterically as he tossed her body to the side as he started to charge his own magic into his horn. "So what's it going to be Twilight? You can't keep that up forever and very soon now I'll be reborn into a world where my dreams will be made reality!" Sombra's laughter echoed throughout the ruined building they were in and into the night sky towards the stars above.

"Celestia! Luna! Please, help me!" Twilight desperately cried out looking up into the heavens.

"Ahahahaha!" Sombra continued to laugh. "Oh you cling to their name as if they would drop out of the sky and save you. Your despair, it's delicious!" He licked his lips as he stepped up to the barrier and placed both front hooves on it, his face only inches away as his eyes filled with lust for power and malice.

Fear started to replace the pain as her magic flickered slightly the barrier fading slightly before going back to normal. Twilight could feel its icy grip starting to slowly wrap around her heart as all she could do is stare at the unicorn before her. She knew she didn't have much more magic left in her and sat down against the far side her breathing ever increasing as she started to frantically look for a way out.

"It's a pity really," Sombra went on, "to see one like yourself fall to such a disgrace. You're a princess. Act like one. At least die with some dignity!" He mocked her as he placed his hooves back on the ground his horn glowing with magic, waiting patiently for his moment to strike.

"Please..." Twilight cried to him.

"What's that?"

"Please..." She repeated as she cried knowing that any moment her magic will fail.

"Please what?" Sombra cocked his head slightly as he narrowed his eyes at her.

"I don't want to suffer any more. Please make it quick," Twilight begged him as her magic flickered once more as the barrier started to become less visible.

"Well it's the least I could do for you since you did help bring me back to glory and with your death I shall have all my power returned to me." Sombra grinned as he watched her magic slowly fade, Twilight's horn glowing less and less untill it gave out one last spark and the barrier dissipated. As Sombra slowly stepped over to her he asked her one final question. "Any last requests?"

Twilight just looked up at him, tears flowing from her eyes, a small smile upon her muzzle as she gave him an answer. "Let me join my friends."

"So be it!" Charging the magic in his horn to it's maximum, Sombra grinned wickedly as he released it all at Twilight, a bright light followed instantly by a huge explosion which shook the entire area and as the dust settled the only sound that was heard was his laughter as he stared down at the crater that was made.

"What's so funny?" A familiar voice said from up above him. Quickly gazing his eyes up Sombra noticed that Celestia was standing tall on one of the broken pillars the seriousness in her eyes shown as bright as the sun. Sombra then noticed another pony standing not to far behind her and he let out a growl of rage and hatred. Luna had the unconscious Twilight on her back as she started to take to the night skies above.

"You're not going anywhere!" Sombra yelled and fired a beam of magic at Luna. Celestia acted quickly and shielded herself as she moved in front of it blocking the blast before calling back to her sister.

"Get Twilight out of her, Luna! I'll take care of Sombra."

"Are you sure, sister?"

"Yes, now get going!" Celestia landed about twenty feet from him and Sombra now noticed she was wearing her battle gear and a slow smile spread across his muzzle.

"I'm getting a feeling of dejavu," he said as he composed himself.

"This ends once and for all, Sombra," Celestia promised.

"Didn't you say that the last time we met?" Sombra mocked her. It was then that Celestia noticed the bodies of Twilight's friends and her eyes widened slightly before resting back on him.

"How could you do something like this?"

"It actually wasn't that hard really. That Twilight sure has a lot of power inside her. To bad she will never be able to use it now that her friends are gone." Sombra laughed once more as Celestia clenched her jaw and launched herself at Sombra but the unicorn was quicker and saw the attack coming. Using a teleportation spell he easily avoided her and reappeared on the other side of the room.

"Well now what's the rush? We don't want to end the fun so soon, do we?" Sombra's words pierced Celestia as she turned around and started to gather up her magic before releasing it at him in a gigantic blast. "Fine, I guess you just want to get things over with." Sombra said as he stepped towards her into the blast, a powerful shield around him protecting him from her magic. Screaming with rage Celestia put even more power into her blast it becoming twice as big and ten times as strong which actually made him stop in his tracks.

"I can not fail again. Not this time!" Celestia said as she continued to release her magic at him. Sombra's grin was slowly being replaced with a look of worry as his shield started to crack under the pressure of her magic.

"What?" He growled as he tried to keep his shield up. "That's not possible! You don't even have the Elements any more." Sombra's shield started to crack all over and was being weakened by the second as Celestia concentrated all her magical energy into her spell.

"DIIIIIEEEEE!" Celestia screamed as she unleashed every bit of her magic tearing through the rest of his barrier and engulfing Sombra as he disappeared into her beam, screams of agony were drowned out as Celestia fell to her knees when her spell finally ended. Panting heavily she looked to where he was and saw nothing was left. There was a good size hole in the broken wall and the nearby forest was now missing a line of trees in the shape of her magical beam.

Sitting up Celestia tried to catch her breath as she looked up into the sky. "We finally did it Luna. That's the last we'll ever see of Sombra."

"It sure is!" Sombra cried out as a nearby spear flew through the air and pierced Celestia's heart as she fell to her side, eyes wide with shock as he made his way over to her. "That was a close one. Almost had me there for a second." He told her as he stood over Celestia as she gasps for air.

"But...how...?" She coughed blood as Sombra pulled the spear out of her chest with his magic and hovered it over her. The wound pumping blood out with each beat of her heart.

"You can ask Twilight when she meets you soon enough. It's all thanks to her."

"T-Twilight...?" Celestia echoed as her eyes started to glaze over, her breathing becoming slower and slower as her wound made her majestic white coat a deep crimson color. Sombra tossed the spear to the ground as he watched her take her last few final breaths before Princess Celestia remained still, her eyes frozen with a look of failure and despair as Sombra continuously laughed into the night.