The Pledge

   "Hello Light Source."

"Hello Cloudy White."

Cloudy White took a seat on the mahogany table across from Light Source. They were in a room with golden yellow lights illuminating form the low ceiling, which gave it a calm, warm feel. Background noise was of the sound of portals, weapons, and beams being used on badge-colored dummies.

Cloudy White was of a cloudy white fur color, had a light blue mane, and frequently bore mechanical wings that he built himself. Light Source was a bright yellow unicorn with a cuite mark of a light bulb.

"You brought me here bearing good news?" said Cloudy White, raising an eyebrow.

"Good news is an understatement, what I found might be the break we were looking for."

"Well, I'm eager to know what you've found."

"Dark magic. We can stop lying on our flyers that we've found dark magic when we really haven't."

"Where? Where did you find it?"

"A scout told me that near some barren grassy plains, there is a surge of dark magic. Obviously he can't harvest it because he doesn't have the capacity too, but I know you can."

"I can indeed. What other information did this scout find?"

"He said that there was a mere trace of anti-magic. Just a trace, but it exists."

"Very good. Our flyers have been out for days now. Somepony's bound to find this place, and they'll get bored of wind magic soon enough. They always want more."

"But can you blame them?"

"Hmm?"

"Magic is a very interesting subject. Why wouldn't they want more ways than just regular magic?"

"I don't appreciate this behavior Light Source. You're defending ponies with that mindset, and that's what we want to avoid."

"Don't talk to me like that. I'm the leader, you're not."

"Fine."

"Good. Now that that's out of the way, we can continue talking about dark---

"Did I ever tell you about Lemon Clover?" interrupted Cloudy White.

"Who?"

"Lemon Clover. He was a student here, learning wind magic. Amazing he was, being able to solidify wind and do all sorts of things. He had his own magic show too."

"Cute."

"He also found a surge of anti-magic once. Now he's trapped in an alternate dimension where his skin boils."

Silence came from Light Source.

"I'll go get that dark magic for you now. Goodbye." said Cloudy White, grinning at Light Source as he left the room.

When he left the room, Light Source grinned with a much wider smile.

The door swung open again.

But the pony on the other side wasn't anypony Light Source knew.

It was a light blue mare with a strange hat, holding a map with arrows all over it.

"I did it. I spent eight days and I found your stupid location, now give the Great and Powerful Trixie her magic!"

The room went silent. Anypony shooting the beams at the dummies stopped and stared directly at Trixie.

"You deciphered it?" said Light Source.

"Yes."

"Well then. Our first audition has arrived."

"Audition? I thought that finding this place was the audition."

"Oh no," said Light Source, putting his nose an inch away from Trixie's, "We haven't even scratched the surface."

***

Cloudy White soared through the grassy plains. It was good weather as the air brushed against his face and mechanical wings, ones that he built himself.

In the corner of his eye, he saw a black pegasus flying dangerously near him.

"Hey! You're flying too close!" screamed Cloudy White over the current of the air.

To his left, he saw another black pegasus, almost identical to the one on his right, flying just as close.

"What's going on here? Who's doing this!"

"I am."

"What?"

Cloudy White looked up and saw that the clear sky was being blocked by a shadowy figure directly above him.

"Who the heck are you?"

"I'm just an old friend."

Immediately, Cloudy felt his mechanical wings vibrate. His face turned pale as they stopped working. The two black shadowy pegasi propelled him up with their bodies.

The figure who was on top of him descended from the air and was now in full view of Cloudy. It didn't take him long to realize who it was.

"S--S--S---Sombra?"

"Yes."

"H--H--How!"

"That should be the least of your worries."

"What do you mean!"

"Well, as you may guess, I'm not in a particularly good mood. And you have some 'information' that I need. Information about anti-magic."

The two pegasi carrying him dropped him until he was inches away from the ground before carrying him again.

"AH! ALRIGHT! We can work this out, just--- AH!"

They threw him up into the air and tossed him dangerously near the ground.

"You see Cloudy, we have a plan set in motion, and I have no interest in postponing it. This anti-magic is a strong force indeed. I hope you will begin to understand the gravity of the situation when we 'interrogate' you."

"What would you want with anti-magic? What're you even going to do me? What's this plan you're talking about? Who's involved in this!"

"You should be conserving your fear, Mister White. There's a lot to do to you."

The two pegasi carried him and tossed him as they flew to their destination while Cloudy was still screaming.