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                   Born from the Shadows                   
                   -by Covet Dreamdrop-                    
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       Chapter 1 - The Foal Created from the Shadows       
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Chapter 1 - The Foal Created from the Shadows
The icy winds of the frozen north ravaged the
landscape with all its might as the white blanket
of snow grew more layers upon itself. The mountain
tops gave an intimidating stance as they withstood
the elemental forces... Somewhat.
On one of the mountain tops, a single cave crafted by
the elements stood in a typically eerily fashion.
However, known to none, the cave held a Unicorn
whose heart was black with shadows. His name
was King Sombra, or rather; the king of Shadows.
The king, who lived in the cold cave, beared a
blood tipped horn. Amongst his face, two
devilish eyes with a purple mist emitting from
them housed in the king's head. On his body,
he wore a royal red and white cotton sewed
cape and on his legs he wore steel plates
that started from halfway down and fastened
themselves as they covered the bottom of
his hoofs. His mane and tail were both
shadow black as they both were in a
comfortable position for the King.
The king, after being struck by the Crystal heart,
managed to reunite his body. However, he
was weak; Only having the power to ward off the
iced winds for the time being as he restored his
power little by little. Luckily, Sombra also had
enough power to create his own bed, table and
chair out of thin air; combining the air with the
shadow magic.
For as long as he reunited himself from the previous
damaged state he was in, the King kept on pacing
up and down the narrow fit of the cave. He was trying
to figure out a way to break back into the Empire
without detection but no possible ideas came to
mind... Until he looked at a photo album of himself
when he was younger that he managed to retrieve
from his orphanage home.
"Damn crystal ponies... Having their faire and their
love..." Sombra grunted as he looked through the
many pictures of his younger self. "Everypony...
Called me names... And said i was weird..." He
remarked as he looked at one of the pictures
more closely. "A foal... Could that be the answer
to sneaking in...? Surely not... But the guards
may allow the foal in if they didn't know the
origin of the... Foal." he thought to himself as
he flipped through the pages of the book.
After many comments of darkness and
finally closing the book, the king lingered
on the idea of the foal. On one hoof,
it would allow him to keep track of the Empire
and allow himself to have a backup body incase
his fell in battle by transferring his spirit from
one body to another. On the other hoof however,
a Foal would be an inconvinience and without
enough power, would not be able to sustain both
him and the foal and make it back to his cave
alone with enough strength left. Sombra thought
more and more until he finally decided to go
Along with the idea.
"This will be an... Interesting... Experience for
me..." Sombra thought as his horn became
crowded with his shadow magic. More and
more magic built up and eventually began
to shake the ground due to the power
and force of the magic. Sombra focused
all the power he had into creating his
little weapon. The foal started materializing
and soon it was complete... At a price.
Sombra had used up most of his dark magic
and energy and reverted back to his shadow
form. "This is an interesting outcome..."
Sombra said to himself as he looked at his
creation.
As he inspected the foal he had created, he noticed
a sort of family resemblance. Also, he noticed he was
a colt so Sombra was satisfies. Many the mane, tail and
body Shade along with an aqua strip included in the
mane and tail, which also had darker tones of blue
on the sides. The foal had a normal horn, unlike
the king himself. So he was satisfied with that
since his plane would most likely work. He looked
into his son's eyes, he could see they were lime green;
one shade lighter than his own. Overall, Sombra was
pleased with himself. Even if he had no body for a
while.
as Sombra continued inspecting his new son, the foal
gave a shudder and a loud cry as he felt the icy
winds floating in. The king knew what he had to do,
it wasn't a matter of love though; he needed to
ensure the foal even got to the empire alive! Quickly,
Sombra grabbed his new son and wrapped him in
his fathers darkness to keep him warm and fled
out of the cave. For sombra, traversing the north
wasn't that cold. But the foal found it a bit
different. Even though his son was in a warm place,
the foal still had a vulnerability to the cold and
screamed as he felt the icy breath of the north
overtook him.
Sombra raced towards the empire as he maintained
his son and kept him warm. He was on the edge of
the crystal empire's magic barrier. However he knew
he wouldn't be able to enter. So he managed to echo his
son's screams into the ears of every crystal guard.
after a few seconds, all of the crystal guard swarmed
the barrier edge and noticed the baby colt. They
grabbed the baby colt and marched towards the
Crystal empire hospital.
Sombra had done it. He successfully got the guards
to retrieve his son. As he raced back to his cave
however though, his body started reforming.
as soon as his horn came back and he entered
the cave he lived inside, he warded off the winds
again and sat down.
"Now to wait..." Sombra thought to himself
as he sat on his wooden planked bed with
very little warmth. "Very soon..."