The spark of redemption

"King Sombra? I thought he was dead. Actually I know he is dead, I saw him get destroyed by the crystal heart when he attacked the Crystal Empire." Captain Shield was confused, he could kinda see the mysterious stallion's resemblance to king Sombra, but Luna knew for sure it was him, she could feel it.

"So you were their." Luna, who was standing next to him, was forced by the pain of her wound to sit on the cold ground.

"With all do respect your highness, we should go back inside, it's to dangerous out here, and you need some reset. I can clearly see you're in pain."

"I appreciate your concern Captain, but i'm afraid I must see if it is him or not." Luna was still holding her side, which was wrapped in elastic bandages, under those bandages you could see the blood.

"Maybe you're right, it could be a citizen, or one of the guards." Captain Shield was thinking of all the possibilities of the identity of the mysterious stallion. The stallion was calling, although neither Luna nor the captain could make out what he was saying, they had to get closer. He was standing far from them. Luna and Captain Shield could barely see him, his overall dark color blended him in to the night.

"We must get closer." Luna said with determination, if he was who she though he was, she wanted to go to him.

"Hold on your highness, you said, lover? What did you mean by that?"

"What do you think Captain, you're smart, figure it out." Luna chuckled faintly under her breath, which was cold and full of sorrow.

"I can't believe it, the rumors were true, you did love king Sombra. Thats why you were their with him at the Crystal Empire. He was the one, and then he betrayed you." Captain Shield didn't believe those rumors at all, he though it was a bunch of made up crap, to tell why Luna was at the Crystal Empire when he attacked. Celestia wasn't their, so why was Luna? Well, now Royal Shield is tho only creature in the world besides Celestia who knows.

"We must not look into my personal past my faithful captain, we must tend only to the future. What remains of it that is." Luna slowly got up again. The pain wasn't as bad at that moment because she had rested her muscles at little. She now had some strength to start walking again.

"Ok, we must go back inside, I must treat you more. You're still seriously injured." Captain Shield had some sever concerns for her health, Luna was starting to turn pale.

Luna on the other hoof, completely ignored him and started walking towards the mysterious dark stallion in the distance, Captain Shield followed her. As she and Shield got closer and closer to were he stood, she could almost make out what he was trying to say.

"He's calling out, I can almost make out what he is saying." Captain Shield lifted his ear higher into the air, he had taken his helmet off, so he could treat Luna's wound.

"Can you make it our Captain?"

"Let me try. Ummm, maybe, Lum to me? Run to me? No, no, he is saying; come to me, yes thats it."

"Come to me, hmmmmm, I must go to him." Luna was drawn to him, but captain Shield didn't like it, it almost screamed a trap, but he couldn't stop Luna, she was just to determined.

"Your highness, I beseech you! You must come back inside! You're hurt, and it's dangerous out here."

"No captain, I...I have to go to him, I can't abandon him like this."

"I think I understand your feelings for King Sombra, but you must set that aside and worry about your own personal safety. You are the only princess still in one piece, besides we don't even know if that is King Sombra." Captain Shield grabbed Luna's shoulder. He just about forced her to stay. Luna responded by violently shoving his hoof off of her, and continued walking. Of course Luna was still hurt, so when she walked she walked slowly, and limped, so Captain Shield easily caught up to her.

But before Royal shield could grab Luna again, to keep her from blindly walking into this obvious trap, he tripped on a crack in the stone and hit his head right on a rock. It took about five minutes for Shield to wake up, and when he did, he was completely conflicted to see Luna gone. He searched everywhere, every building to every street corner, but the one place he did not check was the one place she and the other's were at, the palace itself.

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"Aagghh, uuuhhhh, mmmm." It was dark, really dark, Luna could barely see anything. To her vision it was some kind of small room, with a door in the front. The door had no handle, Luna tried using her magic to light up the room but she couldn't. For whatever reason no magic sparked from her horn, it was still attached in one piece, but wasn't working. She rose from where she rested, her front and back hooves were chained together, the chain was connected to the wall. With her magic she could've escaped those cuffs easily, but her magic ceased to exists.

She did have the ability to sit. She expected pain from her wound but to her surprise she barely felt any pain. It was more like a bee sting than a magic blast wound. She patted her wounded side, and saw that it had already began to form a scare. It had to be magic she thought, but what kind of magic could of healed her so efficiently and quickly? She knew it had to be dark magic, which made her shiver.

"Hello? Heeeelllllooooo? Anypony? Anything? Please?" The echo the bounced of the cell walls were loud and sort of obnoxious.

She knew no pony outside could her hear. At this point she guessed that the room she was in was protected by magic, that is the only explanation of why she can't use her magic. She looked around closer. She had limited range of movement but could walk a few steps in each direction before the chains attached to her hooves stopped her. In the darkness of the room, she tripped on a random rock just laying on the ground. Her head got a bit dizzy, but she regained full consciousness after a few moments.

When she looked back up she saw a pony standing out in front of her. He was facing away from Luna (who was still on the ground). He was just looking away, not at anything, but just away from Luna. He was tall, grey, and had a fairly muscular stature. He wore a red robe with silver armor on his legs.

"So-Sombra? Is that you?" As Luna looked even closer at the strange figure, she took a lucky guess at who it was.

"Well who else do you think it could possibly be? You know, for one of the most powerful ponies in the world, you fell right into just about every single one of our traps. Now we have all that we wanted. The princesses and the Crystal Heart in our possession. The entire city of the Crystal Empire, and Equestria's ruler in a state of never ending confusion." Sombra's tone was deep and aggressive, he turned towards Luna, revealing his face once again to her.

"H-h-how is that possible, I-I saw you get destroyed, how do you even have a physical form?" Luna was both confused and conflicted, but somewhere in her was the feeling of happiness. The stallion she loves and cared about deeply was alive and in good condition, but he didn't seem to have the loving affection he once had for Luna.

"I'm surprised you actually care, but to be honest I have no idea. Chrysalis will not tell me, she says it is a secret." The doors to the room opened, green light came from the doorway.

"Chrysalis?" Luna couldn't believe Sombra had actually been in league with Chrysalis.

"Oh Luna, your affection for your friends is your weakness, stupid princess." Chrysalis appeared from the doorway, walking in to the room. Sombra turned and walked towards her.

"Luna, you've met my new, better, more beautiful, and powerful companion Queen Chrysalis." Sombra stood next to Chrysalis. Chrysalis put her right leg around Sombra, embracing him.

"S-Sombra? I-I, what?" Luna stopped mid-sentence when Sombra's and Chrysalis' lips collided in a deep, long, and warm kiss. Luna, who was laying on the ground, was overwhelmed by the all the feelings in her. Her heart was broken, her whole body was shaking, and she could barely walk straight. Chrysalis was the first to speak after the kiss.

"Mmmmm, you have a delicious mouth my dear, can't wait for more." Chrysalis stared right into Sombra's dark and scary red eyes.

"And I can't wait to give you more my dear." Sombra nuzzled Chrysalis, Sombra made sure that Luna was watching every single minute of this, he wanted to see Luna's heart shatter, and he wanted to see her drown in her sorrow.

"Sombra dear, why don't you go now, I need some time alone with our royal guest."

"Why of course my dear Chrysalis." Sombra turned and walked out the door, he shut it behind him, but did not lock it.

"You wont get away with this Chrysalis! We will stop you! We have before, and will again!"

"Who? I have Twilight Sparkle, the pink royal bitch Cadance, and her beastly husband Shining Armor. Not to mention the crystal heart, Crystal Empire, and hundreds of other ponies in my custody. Now tell me again, will you stop me?" Chrysalis walked towards Luna who was still beaten down on the floor.

"I-I hate you." Were the only words Luna could make up.

"Aw, well i'm glade you do. You know, at first when I heard the rumors that King Sombra was dating the princess of the night, I though it as just a bunch of class A bullshit, like everything else that comes from your subjects. Now though, I have your precious stallion in my hoofs, and he is quit the strong and handsome gentlecolt." Chrysalis walked even closer to Luna, she lowered her head so it was at eye line with Luna's.

"You will not touch him!" Luna tried her best to make up that right words to say.

"I already have, especially in bed, delicious." Chrysalis licked her lips, Luna started to tear.

"N-no, you couldn't have. W-where is your egg then?"

"I can choose when I want, and when I don't want an egg, just one of the many benefits of being Queen of the Changeling hive." Chrysalis started to rube Luna's right cheek, which made Luna snarl.

"But how?"

"How what? How is Sombra not dead? Well thats because he never really died." Chrysalis backed away from Luna, who was still laying on the ground.

"What do you mean?" Luna lifted her head from the ground, tears were starting to form from her blue eyes.

"Enough of that. I have a plan, and it does involve you. Which is why your are not with the others right now. Oh and by the way your friends are being drained of their magic and being sucked for love as we speak, and with that group, it's like a Changeling all you can eat buffet."

"What was that, strange rock, in place of the crystal heart?" Luna tried to stand up but all she managed to do was to sit straight up.

"Oh nothing, just some ancient artifact. It's why Sombra can walk here in the Crystal Empire without being destroyed. It's what I use for magic, I also use it to drain magic from my victims. It has many powers, and lots of magic...........dark magic. They say it's older than Celestia, and ten times more powerful than all of your magic combined, I call it the magi stone, but it's official name is different, and I have no idea what it is, but I don't care."

"But, w-what does all this have to do with me?" Luna rested her head back down on the cold ground again.

"Oh yes I was hoping you would ask that. Do you know what else this stone can do for me?"

"What?" Luna's voice was soft, and weak, she was frightened of what Chrysalis was about to say.

"The stone can tell me if something is true or not. No lie is safe, no secret can be covered. Not even your secret Luna." Chrysalis walked back towards Luna once again.

"What secret? I have no idea what you're talking about." Luna was secretly getting nervous. Could Chrysalis know? Is that even logically possible? I mean, no pony, not even Celestia knew, right? Wrong?

"I know you're pregnant Luna, you're carrying Sombra's foal. You two shared a bed, and gifted me a powerful pupil in the future."

"Gifted you? It's MY foal Chrysalis, not your's, not Sombra's, not anymore, mine." Luna was as aggressive as ever, she wasn't going to let Chrysalis harm her future unborn foal.

"Oh I don't think so. That's the only reason why you're here. We will just have to wait for him or her, to be born. Then we will kill you, your friends, and Equestria will be mine. Then I..........will............kill...........Sombra." Chrysalis smiled, and chuckled, but only a little.