Julius Sombra

When I killed Princess Amore, I thought that my actions would go unnoticed. However, when you kill a high ranking figure, your actions DO NOT go unnoticed. At the time, Celestia and Luna had been living in the Castle of the Two Sisters, before Luna went mad and Celestia had to banish her to the moon. While Luna did her duties of guarding the night, Celestia was fast asleep in her quarters only to be awakened by the sounds of loud knocking at her door.

"I'm coming, I'm coming," she muttered, getting out of bed and slowly making her way towards the doors of her bedroom. "What is the meaning of this?"

Opening the door, Celestia was greeted by one of her younger sisters' night guards.

"I apologize for disturbing you, your highness," he replied, handing Celestia a piece of paper with a report on it. "But, there has been a terrible murder."

Hearing the word "murder" had always made Celestia feel very much furious as I recall. I can't imagine what her actions were when she heard this. However, I had very good reason that was out of rage

"What happened?" she demanded, stamping her left front hoof on the floor.

"It's Princess Amore," answered the guard. "She has been killed by an assassin using a sword."

"Did you identify the assassin and what is the situation in the Crystal Empire?" asked Celestia, furiously. "Tell me now, damn it!"

"Your highness, we don't know who or what was responsible," stammered the guard, nervously. "All we know is that the assassin was last seen with several ponies clad in black armor."

"Then, it must be the work of Sombra," Celestia remarked in a hushed and angry voice. "I knew that it was only a matter of time before he would pull something like this."

Now, if you were probably wondering why Celestia would guess my father so easily, here is the answer: a couple of months earlier, Celestia and Luna paid a visit to the Crystal Empire and it was during this visit that they noticed the behavior and ambitions that my father was trying to impose. Both royal sisters had their feelings of suspicion against my father and even against me.

"I want Princess Luna notified of this as well," she ordered to the guard. "When I find who is responsible, they will suffer the full law of Equestria upon them. Go and do not let anyone who is suspecting of what happened to escape! Is that clear?"

"At once, your highness," the guard answered and in a fit of rage, Celestia donned her royal accessories and made her way down to the throne room, flashing lights of magic from her horn to summon any of her soldiers who were already awake as she walked.

"There has been murder!" she shouted, trying to let anypony hear what she was calling out. "Princess Amore of the Crystal Empire has been assassinated by Sombra and his forces!"

Almost immediately, about 15 of Celestia's soldiers entered the throne room, some still attempting to don their armor while others struggled to wake up.

"What do you mean that Princess Amore's been murdered, your highness?" muttered one of the guards. "It could be somepony ordered by Sombra or this is a rumor!"

"It is no rumor, Captain Spearhead," replied Celestia, holding out the note for them all to see. "The leader of the Crystal Empire has been murdered and I want whoever is responsible brought to this castle in chains! You will all leave at once, is that understood?"

Although they would rather not do what they did, the soldiers nevertheless agreed to heed their princesses' call. It didn't matter if they worked the day shift, this was an attack on Equestria and nopony was going take anything in a relaxed manner.

…

Meanwhile, myself and the rest of my father's warriors had just made our way back to the Crystal Empire with Amore's dead body in tow. My father was already sitting on the throne, having been donned with a flowing red robe and a crown made entirely of black steel.

"Well done, my son," he laughed, getting down from the throne to have a look at the dead Crystal Princess. "I've always known that you would one day carry out the will of our family. Now, did you leave anypony alive along the roads?"

"No, father," I replied. "Not one of her guards is alive. The civil war is over and you are the victor."

All my father could do was let out a small chuckle of amusement upon hearing this and stroked my chin.

"This is your victory as much as mine," he remarked as he looked down at the dead body before turning back towards me and the warriors. "And the body of this empire's former leader is living proof of that victory you have earned, Julius. Now is the time to relish that victory by stripping the Crystal Ponies of the love they had for Amore. They will now have a new ruler to look up to…me. Go now and find whoever will pledge their loyalty to me in exchange for their lives. Those who refuse will be put to death. Now, carry out my orders!"

…

Heeding my father's call, we left the throne room and in a matter of minutes, we were already on the move, going into houses and dragging anypony not giving their loyalty to my father out into the streets to be killed. I didn't know it at the time, but seeing the screams and cries of families being torn apart was all but satisfying to me.

"Put them in the wagon," I said to a pair of soldiers hauling an older couple loyal to Amore into a wagon. Giving the old couple a sneer, I went over to see a young stallion being pulled out of his home. "Is the house secured of any Amore loyalists?"

"Yes, Julius," answered the warrior.

"Where is Amore, our leader?" snarled the stallion. "Tell me or…"

But, his attempt to plea for answers was quickly silenced when I struck him across the face with my hoof.

"Princess Amore is dead, just as you soon will be," I hissed, icily. "Get him out of here!"

…

For the rest of the night, I could only watch as my father's reign over the Crystal Empire began. Those who weren't loyal to my father were put to death and those were forced to declare their loyalty to my father were chained up and in addition, forced to become slaves.

At that moment, before the sun would rise along with the crowing of the rooster, we saw the flag of the Crystal Empire, the only reminder of the dead Princess Amore.

"Corporal!" I called to a Corporal pony, overseeing the forming of a new chain gang. "Take down that flag and burn it. My father will not allow it to fly now that Amore is dead! Is that clear?"

"Yes, your highness," said the Corporal and doing as he was told, he took down the flagpole and like a tall tree, the flagpole fell on its side. I could only watch as the flag was ripped and torn to shreds. Then, I looked back up to my father, laughing loudly and who felt on top of the world now that the Crystal Empire was his to rule.

…

Little did I know however that not far from the borders, a young female pony had escaped the persecutions and was making her way along the road out of the Crystal Empire.

"Over there!" shouted one of Celestia's ground soldiers upon seeing the wounded mare fall to the ground. "She's hurt! Help her out! Get the medic over here."

The medic came over and bent down next to the mare, examining for any possible injuries that were considered serious or worse.

"She's hurt really badly," said the medic. "I want her brought back to the Castle of the Two Sisters for immediate medical treatment!"

"Sombra, he's done it, he's done it," whispered the mare, tears forming in the corner's of her eyes. "He made the threat and now…"

This caused the guards to stop what they were doing.

"What did you say?" asked a guard. "What did you say, young filly?"

"Sombra, he's done it, he's done it," the mare whispered again, before falling unconscious. "He's killed our leader, our beloved Princess Amore."

"What do we do?" asked another guard. "Do we return to…?"

"I want ten of you to start looking for the assassins," said the doctor. "You five will assist me in bringing this wounded pony back now!"

Just then, a dark blue alicorn pony flanked by several of the night guards saw what was happening and landed before the guards.

"Sombra and his forces have overthrown Princess Amore, Princess Luna," the doctor said to the dark blue alicorn. "This mare says that she…"

"Let me take her," interrupted Luna, bending down for the soldiers to place the injured pony on her back. "My sister and I will want to speak with her once she regains consciousness. The rest of you find any other ponies who might still be alive."

With the injured mare on her back, Luna took to the air and made her way back to the Castle of the Two Sisters. Soon, the mare would open her eyes and reveal the horrors of what me and my father had done…