The Hidden Princess of Equestria

The North Equestria, unlike its other half, was a place where the ponies living there, despite appearing living normal lives, were haunted by a great sadness and despair as they had their freedom restrained by the tyrannical laws of King Sombra. Even if they wanted to leave to South Equestria they couldn’t because Sombra had the border and the coast well-guarded.

The capital of the northern half of Equestria was the reflection of all that sadness. Crystal City was entirely made of crystal. In the past, it used to be so shining and bright, but that changed when King Sombra took over the north of Equestria and settled there. He stole all the light in the crystals, turning them dark.

A great amount of guards were guarding both the borders of the city and the castle, along with the streets, but the security was even tighter inside the castle. Some of the guards were completely loyal and devoted to their king, but others were forced to serve him in the army, having their hearts taken by Sombra and remaining under his control.

At that moment, Sombra was at his bedroom, but he wasn’t alone. Behind the curtains of his big canopy bed, he was having sex with a mare who had a pale, light grayish heliotrope coat with a purple and white star with two two-toned blue glimmering streams as Cutie Mark, moderate purple mane with lighter purple and pale light, grayish aquamarine highlights and moderate persian blue eyes. She was riding Sombra, while he was passing his hooves around her hips. That mare was Starlight Glimmer and was Sombra’s concubine, or at least one of them, being his favorite.

The moment came Sombra and Starlight got to their climax and then she let herself fall beside her king, with the two gasping. Looking to him with a smile, Starlight said to Sombra, while caressing his chest:

“My king, I have to say that was amazing, like always.”

But that caused him to drop a laugh and then reply:

“I know that, Starlight, I don’t need any compliments to say how amazing I am in bed.”

“Of course, my king, I’m sorry for my audacity” Starlight said.

“But this was really relaxing” Sombra said. “I was really needing something like this to charge out the energy.”

“Well, I’m very glad in serving my king as best as I can” Starlight told.

Seeing the way Starlight was insinuating to him, Sombra had the desire to have sex with her again, but before he could do anything, somepony knocked at his door. He grunted and then said, while getting up:

“Who dares to spoil my fun?”

He opened slitly the door, finding his captain of the guard, Thunder Night, who was a thestral with dark grey coat and yellow eyes with slit pupils.

“What?!” he asked coldly.

“I’m sorry to bother you, sir, but…” Thunder Night said.

“But what?” Sombra asked. “Spit it out, I don’t have time to waste.”

“The guards you asked me to send to Canterlot are back with the faun, my king” Thunder Night hasted to tell.

When hearing that, Sombra’s expression got calmer.

“They got her?” he asked.

“They are bringing her here as we speak.”

Sombra couldn’t believe he was inches from getting one step closer to know about her daughter. After he got to know about the prophecy that drove Celestia to turn against him and separate him from his own daughter for sixteen years, he tried to find that soothsayer and finally the time has come.

“Make sure they bring her to my throne room once they arrive” Sombra said.

“Yes, my king” Thunder Night replied, bowing his head respectfully and then departing.

Sombra got back inside, closing the door behind him and, using his magic, he started to dress up his armor.

“What’s wrong?” Starlight asked, confused by what Sombra was doing.

“I need to resolve something urgent now” he said, finishing putting his armor and heading to put his cloak.

“But I thought we would be together for the night” Starlight said.

“Get out” he said, finishing putting the cloak.

“What, but…”

“Get out! NOW!”

Not wanting to taste her king’s fury, Starlight hasted to stand up and heading to the exit of the room, getting out. The king went to his window, looking to the city that was below and then to the horizon, in direction of South Equestria.

“Very soon, Celestia, I will have our daughter by my side and she will become my heir and help me get back the rest of Equestria. We will make you suffer for everything you did.”

It was then that something caught his attention. He saw Rainbow Dash approaching the castle with her squad of guards who were escorting the soothsayer who had her hooves chained to not escape. An evil smile appeared on his face and then he advanced to the door, exiting the room.

Rainbow Dash and her squad arrived to the entrance of the castle, where Thunder Night was waiting. Smiling, Rainbow flew the remaining distance to him and then said:

“Hei, Thundy, miss me?”

And she kissed his lips, but he ended the kiss and told her:

“We don’t have time for that. The king is impatient to see the prisoner. Take her to the throne room.”

“Oh, I hate when you get like that, all work and no fun” Rainbow Dash replied.

They then got inside and headed to the throne room. It didn’t take long for Sombra appear at the top of the stairs to the throne in a mist of shadows and his look was to the soothsayer.

“My king, I brought you the soothsayer you asked me to get” Rainbow Dash said, while she and the others bowed to him.

Sombra didn’t reply to her, starting to get down the stairs and approaching the soothsayer. He was hoping to impose some fear in order to be easier to get what he wanted, but the dark king was surprised when the old faun didn’t seem bothered by his present.

“Leave us alone… now!” he ordered to his guards.

At first, they shared a confused look, but they have learned in the hard way to never question his orders, so they left.

“So, finally I found you” Sombra said to the soothsayer. “I have to say, it was not an easy task.”

“Let’s just say it was not the right time” the soothsayer replied. “But you can see that, as I let myself be captured, now is the right time.”

“You think you’re funny, don’t you?” Sombra asked, while circling the soothsayer. “Do you know who you’re talking to?”

“Of course I do” she replied. “I would be a complete ignorant, if I didn’t. But make no mistake, Your Highness, you don’t intimidate, because I know you’re not going to hurt.”

“And why is that? You were the reason why Celestia did what she did sixteen years ago, the reason why I don’t have my daughter by my side.”

“I believe you’re confusing everything. What’s reasonable, as you need to blame somepony else and you can’t blame yourself. But I need to tell that I only warned Queen Celestia about a dark future that would fell upon Equestria. She didn’t believed in me. It was only when she saw your dark side that she decided to do it. So, logically, you’re the one to be blamed for what happened.”

That caused to Sombra to go to the front of the soothsayer quickly and grab her neck with his hoof.

“Don’t you dare to anger me, old goat” Sombra grunted. “You have no idea what I can do when I get triggered.”

“I know perfectly what you can do” the soothsayer replied, with the breath she was able to take. “But I also know that you won’t hurt me because I’m the best chance you have to find your daughter.”

There was a silence, where the two of them stared each other. And so Sombra let the soothsayer go who then fell on her knees.

“You’re right” the king said. “You are my best chance. And you will start by telling me the same prophecy that you told to my ex-wife.”

After recovering, the soothsayer rose up and told:

“But of course, Your Highness. If you allow me, I will take my things.”

She then took her bowl, where she put the same ingredients she used when she made the prophecy to Celestia. Igniting the match, the soothsayer lightened the ingredients up, making the smoke rise in the air.

“A unicorn king, loved by his subjects and family…” the soothsayer said, while the smoke took the form of a unicorn with a crown, similar to Sombra “… has a deep darkness forming in his heart, coming from his desire to better protect the ones he love.”

And black smoke covered the unicorn king.

“A war will divide the land in two…” the soothsayer continued, while the imaged of the broken Equestria appeared. “…and, in the next years, nothing will exist besides fear, sadness… and hate.”

“So that’s the reason why Celestia sent me away” Sombra said. “She was a fool. If only she wasn’t so weak and coward, maybe we would still be together… with our daughter.”

“If that happened, do you think the happiness that would come from it would be real?” the soothsayer. “Queen Celestia has a good heart and wouldn’t be able to see any innocents to suffer under her reign.”

That caused Sombra to give a hard look to her, but not being able to intimidate her.

“But this is not all the prophecy, right?” Sombra said. “I bet you told Celestia how to end this war with her victory.”

“I did, but I believe you won’t like what I have to say” the soothsayer.

“I don’t care” the dark king replied. “If there’s a way for my dear ex-wife to defeat me, I want to know how so I can stop it once and for all.”

The soothsayer took her moment and then proceeded:

“But, in the middle of all that darkness, there is a light…”

A light full of love and capable of illuminating the darkness that was surrounding it made itself be noted in the smoke.

“That light will be the hope of Equestria and the only thing to be able to stop the darkness upon Equestria” the soothsayer continued.

“Where is that light?” Sombra asked.

“Is closer than you think” the faun answered.

“And who or what is it? Tell me! I have to know!”

“That light… was sired by the dark king and will be his ruin and there is nothing he can do to destroy it, because he won’t want to do it.”

And the smoke returned to the bowl, ending the prophecy. King Sombra stood quiet on his place.

“So… if I understood correctly… my daughter is the only one who can defeat me…”

It was then that a chuckle started to get out of his mouth, followed by a wicked laugh. When he stopped, he said:

“That’s why she sent her away… Clever, Celestia, very clever. But I won’t let you have your way. If my daughter is the only who can defeat me, then I’ll make sure she will come to my side, just like I had always planned.”

“That will be a very hard task” the soothsayer replied. “If Queen Celestia did everything right, then the young princess was raised to be a young mare with a gentle heart.”

Sombra looked at her from the corner of the eye and then called:

“Guards!”

Almost immediately, the doors opened and two guards appeared.

“Take the soothsayer to a dungeon and place her things in a safe room” Sombra said.

They prepared to conduct the soothsayer to the exit of the throne room when their king told them:

“Ah, and tell Starlight to be at my room. I want her ready for me as soon as my get their.”

And they got out. When they did, Sombra went to his throne, sitting there for a while and thinking about his daughter.

“Don’t worry, my little princess, daddy is going to find you and you can be certain that we will be happy together” he said.

After that, he exited the throne room and went to his room. When he entered it, he found, just as he had requested, Starlight, next to his bed.

“My king…” she said, bowing her head. “I thought you wouldn’t want my services for today, after…”

“I changed my mind” Sombra replied, while taking off his cloak and armor. “Besides, this meeting has been very fruitful. I need to celebrate that.”

And having said that, he advanced to Starlight and threw her to the bed, falling then over her and starting to kiss her neck in a rough way.

After being put in her cell, the soothsayer placed herself in a meditating position and then closed her eyes. Remaining like that for a moment, she opened them suddenly, while they were shining in a golden color for a brief moment, and said:

“I see a dark future ahead. I just hope you can make the right decision in the end, young princess, or else Equestria will be completely submerged in the shadow of your father.”