A Piece of Me

A shutter coursed through Luna's body and her wings twitched uncontrollably as she tried to regain her flight but with carrying the unconscious Twilight she couldn't get herself steadied and dropped to the earth hitting the ground pretty hard the battle gear protecting her from the fall as Twilight was flung into a nearby tree hitting the trunk and resting on the ground. A moan was heard as Twilight moved slowly and as she opened her eyes she saw Luna breathing heavily and she looked like she lost something dear to her.

"Princess Luna...? What happened? Where am I?" Twilight asked as she tried to get to her feet but from having all the magic drained out of her her body wouldn't cooperate.

"Sister...? Why can't I feel her? Why can't I feel Celestia???" Luna cried out as she started to go into a panic. Twilight crawled her way over to her and sat in front of her looking into her eyes.

"Luna! What's happened? Talk to me!" Twilight tried to get her under control as she stared into her eyes. It took a few moments but Luna finally regained her composure and shook her head back and forth as if trying to wake from a bad dream.

"Twilight, you're awake. Thank the heavens you are okay." she said as she also sat down feeling a bit drained herself from flying.

"I've been better," she replied as she let out a sigh. "Where are we? Can you tell me what happened?"

"We are are few hours flight from Ponyville. Something terrible has happened and I need to go back. I need to find my sister." Twilight suddenly looked worried and her thoughts cleared for a moment to reveal those tragic events that happened not so long ago.

"Oh no! Is Celestia okay? Please tell me she's alright."

"I think she is in trouble. Can you make it back safely?" Luna asked as she got to her hooves and stretched out her wings.

"After a short rest I should be able to start heading back. Let me come with you. I can help!" Twilight begged as she tried to stand but fell back onto her haunches.

"No, Twilight Sparkle. You can barely stand let alone fight. Head back home and wait for us there. Recover your strength for I fear the worst is yet to come." Luna ordered her as she took to the sky and headed back towards where the battle took place leaving Twilight in the now quiet of the forest as she laid down the memories of her friends laying dead all around her flooded back into her head as she broke down, tears streaming down her cheeks.

It only took Luna half the time to get back to where they rescued Twilight for she wasn't carrying that extra weight but she couldn't just leave her sister all alone to fight that monster. Hovering over the scene it took her only but a moment to assess the situation for the light of the full moon shone down upon the lifeless form of Celestia. Landing silently next to her sister, Luna's eyes filled with sorrow and hatred as they threatened to burst forth with tears as she knelt down next to Celestia's face.

"Forgive me, my sister. I should not have left your side..." Luna said softly as she gazed upon her frozen face and the look that death left in her eyes. Using her magic she closed her sister's eyes as she sat next to her cold body the pool of blood already soaked into the stone and dirt of the surrounding area.

"Well, well, well. Look who we have here?" Sombra's voice called out from the shadows. Quickly getting up on her hooves Luna searched the darkened areas to locate where his voice was coming from.

"Show yourself, fiend! Face me and I will show you a real nightmare!" Luna's voice was dripping with rage and every word she spoke was as clear as crystal.

"Don't be in such a hurry. There's plenty of time to play together. Celestia made that mistake and it brought her a quick end." Sombra let out a quiet laugh before continuing. "But I guess that's how she wanted it." Luna's quick eyes caught some movement in the shadows yet it seemed to melt into them.

"Your undoing comes swift. You will not leave this place alive!" Luna threatened as she casts a spell which lit up the area banishing all shadows. It was then she spotted him sitting in a broken chair and she turned to face him. "Only cowards hide behind the darkness."

"Then you must be the biggest coward of us all." Sombra taunted her as he got up and slowly walked towards her closing the distance between the two one step at a time. Luna just snorted at him as she got into her battle stance awaiting the first move. "You know your sister said almost those same words before I pierced her through. The question now is will you share the same fate as the almighty Celestia?" It was then that Luna shot a powerful beam of magic at him which Sombra easily avoided.

"I will finish you once and for all!" She screamed as she picked up the bloodied spear and attacked him with it. Sombra deflected it away as she continuously tried to cut, stab, slice, or just beat him with it as he advanced on her. Then suddenly as she went for another attack he teleported and reappeared right in front of her which caught her off guard, while at the same time casting an imprisonment spell around her which pinned her to the ground.

"You fool! Do you think you can really stand against the most powerful unicorn in Equestria?" Sombra spat in her face as Luna tried to break free from the spell. "It's useless to struggle once I've got you in my trap. Not only does it confine you it also stops you from using your magic. You should have noticed that all your power amounts to nothing when you're going against someone who's stronger than you." Luna said nothing in reply for she knew he spoke the truth. There is no way she can escape now and it felt like all of her magic just left her body.

"Then finish me quickly! Come on, get it over with!" Luna snarled as she just glared up at him.

"Oh you would want that, wouldn't you? You see the problem with that is Celestia's death was to quick, to uneventful, but yours," he gave her a soft chuckle as he leaned in close to her as they almost touched muzzles, "yours will be long and satisfying." Luna's eyes widened with fear as he stood back up the evil in his eyes shining brightly as he levitated four large pieces of rubble over and above them. "I'll make you a deal, princess, the more you scream the quicker it will be!"

Sombra then flattened Luna to her belly with his magic as he spread all of her legs away from her torso and if on que he dropped all four pieces of rock at the same time on top of them breaking her front and back legs with a sickening crunch. Screams of pain rang off the walls while at the same time Sombra's laughter made for a vile harmony. Blood seeped out from the rocks as one of them rolled over revealing a shredded and flattened limb as he lifted it with his magic taking a look at it.

"Does it hurt?" He asked softly as he let her leg drop to the ground. Luna was breathing rapidly and her face was a few shades lighter as he slowly paced in front of her. "I have all night and I really hope you do to," he told her as he created a magical hammer out of thin air. "Shall I keep going?" Luna's vision blurred slightly as she did her best to put on a brave face which made Sombra smile brightly to her. "That's the spirit!" he called out as he slammed the hammer into her horn cracking it in half as another scream pierced the night sky.

"Oh dear, it didn't break off after the first hit. Hold on let me try this again." He told her as he slammed it against her horn once more sending it flying off into the darkness as blood flowed from the wound and down her face. "There we go. Much better wouldn't you say?" Sombra commented as the hammer disappeared. Luna's breathing started to slow down and it looked like she was on the edge of falling unconscious but Sombra had a plan for that as well.

"Here, drink this," he told her as he produced a small vial and forced it into her mouth. In only a few quick moments Luna was fully alert as the pain flooded her senses making her cry out once more.

"Please, end this..." she begged as she stared up at him.

"But we've only just begun, my dear Luna." Sombra replied as he conjured up another weapon. This time it was a small blade like one as he slowly made his way over to the body of Celestia. "I've always wondered what I would look like as an alicorn," he thought out loud as he started to lower the weapon to her body.

"No! Don't do it...please, I beg of you!" Luna cried out as the only thing she could do was watch as he began to cut off her left wing followed by her right. He levitated them against his armor and turned to show Luna, a look of curiosity in his eyes.

"What do you think? To big? To white? Hmm, maybe I'll just stick to being a unicorn," Sombra watched Luna's horrified face as he tossed her sister's wings back onto her lifeless body. "But you are right, we need to finish this soon. There's an alicorn with my name on it and I really shouldn't keep her waiting." He told Luna as he stepped back over to her picking up that same spear with his magic. "Poetic, no? Two princesses with the same spear. Be still my heart! Well actually your heart but who's counting!"

As Sombra raised the weapon above Luna a soft smile spread across her muzzle as she closed her eyes knowing that she would be joining her sister very soon. Sombra drove the bloodied blade down into her neck as she started to choke on her own blood until she took her last breath and fell still as a quietness swept through the area leaving the gray unicorn alone once again. Letting out a sigh of pleasure he walked back over to the chair he was sitting in and sat down wiping his forehead with a hoof.

"Now, Princess Twilight, let the hunt begin. You can not hide from me for I can see your every movement, know your every thought and when you are within my grasp once again I shall have true power!" Sombra's echoing laugh filled the quietness with a heavy malice as it seemed to reach the stars above as excitement filled him to his core and with a surge of magical energy he was gone and the hunt for Twilight Sparkle begins.