Julius Sombra

It had only been nearly three days since my father and I had overthrown and murdered Princess Amore, seizing control of the Crystal Empire. Little did I know that the actions that we had caused would bring about severe consequences, although my father didn't seem to care. In fact, part of me was still wondering whether I should just follow along with my father or to simply back away from everything that I had ever done with him.

"It shouldn't be long now, Julius," laughed my father, as he readied his sword. "Once the Royal Sisters are disposed of, then Equestria is ours for the taking."

"Uh, uh, yes father," I replied brandishing my sword reluctantly. "I'm delighted that I will be the heir to the Equestrian throne when all is said and done."

"And you should be delighted," he remarked. "Because in nearly three days, we have made the Crystal Empire into the model kingdom for what we expect all of Equestria to follow. For you see, after the sisters are disposed of, their hides will don these halls as a reminder of the poison that once covered our land."

My father then turned over to several of his highest ranking warriors for some last minute instructions.

"Are you all aware of what needs to be done?" he asked and the soldiers replied in unison that they did through the masks that they were wearing. "Excellent, my warriors. For today will be the final piece of the ultimate plan to conquer Equestria. Some of you may die, but it is a sacrifice that I am willing to make. Half of you back me up and the other half will back up Prince Julius."

Doing as they were told, the group split up and my warriors joined me on the other side of the throne room.

"Julius, I want you to take on Luna and I will deal with Celestia," he ordered.

"As you say, father," I replied, with my eyes now focused on the doors to the throne room, nervously taking a gulp in my throat as I drew out my sword.

…

Outside the castle, Celestia and Luna clad in their respective armors, stood outside the now black crystalled Crystal Empire. Unbeknownst to my father and me, they were alone and not flanked by any soldiers. But, my father was somewhat wise to act accordingly placing a force field around the empire to prevent non-Crystal Unicorns, Earth ponies and Pegasus ponies from entering, but not Alicorns.

"Coward," sneered Luna as she and Celestia looked at the castle. "Rolled up in his fortress like a tomb along with his son, who murdered Amore."

"Our ground forces can't advance beyond his Crystal Field," said Celestia, her eyes glancing over to Luna. "And you know what he can do with his magic. Princess Amore was not able to escape it, nor fend off the pony who murdered her, Prince Julius. We only need a small window of attack and the Elements of Harmony should give us enough strength to overpower the Sombra's and their respective forces."

Luna was not convinced by this and let out a small huff.

"What's wrong?" Celestia asked. "Don't you agree with the plan?"

"Hypothetically speaking," answered Luna, looking back at Celestia. "Should the elements fail to stop him…"

"…Hypothetically speaking," interrupted Celestia, holding out her spear and pointing it towards the castle. "We are prepared just in case the elements fail us."

"Indeed," chuckled Luna, a smile coming onto her face. "They both not know of what forces they are tampering with. Let us not stay their end further."

…

Taking to the air, the royal sisters flew towards the castle as we watched from the throne room windows. For a moment, I saw my father licking his lips, the actions of a cold blooded murderer pony who had a lust for both blood and flesh.

"This is it, Julius," he cried. "Prepare to attack!"

So, we prepared for battle, thinking that they would be coming through the throne room doors. Then suddenly, we heard the windows smashing and before we could act, the princesses activated a spell that sent our warriors flying back against the wall, the force of the hits knocking many of them out.

But, my father wasn't frightened in any way. In fact, he was not showing any fear to the princesses.

"If that's the way you want it," he chuckled and directed all of his attention to Celestia, using a spell to raise the floor he was standing on up towards Celestia. "Finish them, Julius!"

"Stop right where you are, Julius!" barked Luna, her sword pointed right at my throat. "You are under arrest for the murder of Princess Amore!"

But, I wasn't going to back down that easily as I charged right at Luna and the Princess of Night put up a worthy fight against me. Meanwhile, Celestia had managed to dodge my father's attack on her and began her assault on him. The battle was on: me and my father versus Celestia and Luna.

While I had an advantage against Luna, managing to push her against a wall, Celestia had a slight advantage on my father who also managed to push her against the other wall, but Celestia was not going to go down that easily and pushed the rock formation away towards my father. When he did see that his own attack was being reflected at him, my father activated a spell that made him disappear in a cloud of smoke.

"Show yourself, coward!" Celestia yelled, only for my father to chuckle evilly through the clouds. He advanced towards her and Celestia retorted by using her spear as a defense, at one point sticking her spear into my father. "It's no use, Sombra. Yield!"

But, my father wasn't taking Celestia seriously.

"So…much…hatred," he laughed, picking up the axe he was using and advancing towards Celestia. "You speak of cowardice and yet, you have forgotten whose domain you are in."

Celestia didn't care and she retorted by swinging her spear at my father, attempting to strike him.

…

At the same time, I was beginning to gain the edge against Luna, using my hooves more than my weapons.

"Why did you have to do it?" panted Luna, feeling slightly pained from our fight. "Why did you kill Princess Amore?"

"Because it's my destiny," I replied, not wanting to go into detail and attempting to strike my sword at Luna. "I am the son of a king who will make Equestria a much better land to live in. I've learned this much, take what you can when you can."

"Then you've learned nothing!" snapped Luna and she used her sword to strike at my chest, causing me to screech in pain. "You will never rule in Equestria, Julius! Nor you nor your father! For if you want to live, then you will surrender to me!"

Part of me wanted to surrender, but surrendering would mean disappointing my father. So I didn't and instead kept right on fighting.

"Do you fear me?" laughed Sombra as he toyed around with Celestia's emotions. "I can see your fear of me right in your eyes. Bow to me and I can end your nightmares right now."

"Silence, you cur!" shouted Celestia, firing a blast of magic from her horn right at my father, sending him flying against the throne room. But, even after being flown against the wall, my father was showing no fear. "You will surrender to me!"

Growling with a small grin on his face, my father charged at Celestia who activated a shield to protect herself and the force of the shield sent my father backwards onto the floor. At that moment, I saw that my father was in danger and ran over to help him, only for Celestia to notice me and push me back onto the floor, further causing me more pain in my chest. I tried to get up, but Luna had me subdued with a magic force field of hers that kept me pinned down to the floor.

"You have left us with no choice, Sombra!" said Celestia as six diamonds came out of the blue and surrounded both Celestia and Luna who activated their horns. "By our command, you are hereby banished from the Crystal Empire forever!"

All I could do at that moment was watched helplessly as my father's body was turned to shadow, leaving only his eyes, nose and mouth. With one final growl he disappeared, but not before chanting a spell that not even I could understand.

"It's all over, Prince Julius," said Celestia, sternly and pointing her spear at my throat. "You are hereby under arrest for the murder of Princess Amore and for being an accomplice to your father in the murder of hundreds of Crystal Ponies!"

I merely said nothing at this as Luna lifted the force field containing me off of the floor and the bruised and beaten royal sisters took me away from my home, thus ending the rule of my father. However, once they took me across the borders, there was a rumbling sound and both sisters turned to see the Crystal Empire disappear before their eyes.

"What have you done?!" demanded Celestia.

"It's not what I have done, Celestia," I answered meekly. "It's what my father has done. For if he can't have the Crystal Empire, then neither can Equestria!"

Snarling, the princesses merely turned away from the now disappeared empire and made their way back to their castle.

…

Three days later, I was brought before the courts and all the evidence was condemning in my actions of both me and my father.

"Prince Julius Sombra I," said the presiding judge as Celestia and Luna watched on their thrones. "You are hereby found guilty of nearly 500 counts of murder, including that of the Crystal Empire's previous leader, Princess Amore. We, the presiding judges of this court, hereby sentence you to life imprisonment without the possibility of parole in Tartarus prison."

With the sound of the gavel banging, I was led from the courts and immediately transported to Tartarus prison to begin my life imprisonment.

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But, if you were wondering if this was the end of my story, then you are dead wrong. For this is only the beginning of what is to come…