Inside Canterlot dungeon

There was a dark stallion unicorn named Sombra walking in the dungeon with a staff in his right hoof.

His small dragon pet Garble flew on a tiny cage.

"Here comes the master." Said Garble.

A stallion guard looked in front of him and saw Sombra. He sniffed the two stallions standing next to him in hoof cuffs, but he found nothing.

"You bring me the rough but never a diamond." Said Sombra.

The guard was a little nervous.

"Take them away." Said Sombra.

"Take them away." Said Garble.

"Move!" Said a guard as he pushed the stallions into their cells.

The guard gulped "My vizier, perhaps this diamond in the rough does not exist?" He suggested.

"He is out there." Said Sombra.

"But we've searched for months! I do not understand what could possibly be in that cave, that could help a stallion as great as you. You are already second only to sultan." Said the guard nervously.

"Second! Uh oh!" Said Garble.

Sombra turned around when he heard the guard say second.

"Who's in trouble now?" Said Garble.

"And you think second is enough?" Asked Sombra.

"Of course. You were not born to be a sultan."

The Sombra's eyes widened in anger.

"Not smart. Do you know what I had to do to get the power that I have?" He asked him, but he shook his head.

"The sacrifices that I have made, the bodies that I've burned?" Said Sombra, then he began approaching him and the stallion backed away slowly.

"The five years spent in the Crystal Empire jail? Ponies, need to understand that they will pay for underestimating me. Second is not enough! And it will never be enough! That's why I need the lamp, and why I no longer need you!" Said Sombra, then he pushed the stallion guard down the well.

"Ahhhhh!"

Canterlot

Thorax was bringing the mare to his home. He observed his surroundings and saw that the guards were not chasing them anymore.

"This way." Said Thorax.

Then they reached a wall.

"Oh. Where are we, exactly?" The mare asked.

"You'll see."

Then Thorax climbed onto a rope with Abu, and it made an activation noise, and long wooden steps came out of the side of a house which gave her a surprised expression.

"Oh, my." She gasped "Is this... Is this where you live?" She asked climbing up the steps.

"Yep." He told her. "Just me and Abu. Come and go as we please." He finished, as he and the mare walked through the door to his home.

After walking up some stairs, they made it to his home.

"Welcome to my humble... you'll see." Said Thorax as he turned a crank on the side and a large wooden roof was pulled up with green curtains.

The mare was truly amazed at his skills.

"You are quite the magician." Said the mare.

"Thank you." Said Thorax.

Then Thorax saw Abu putting his food in his small box "Abu, no, help!"

The mare walked up to the balcony of his home and saw a beautiful view of Canterlot.

"I can't believe..."

"What?" He asked.

The mare turned around and said "I can't believe we did that. That I did that. That we're alive! With the chase."

"Abu, tea?" Thorax asked looking down at him, but he slept on a pillow.

"Jumping buildings. That was incredible." The mare finished.

"Tea?" Thorax asked.

"Thank you. And thank you for getting me out of there. Thorax, isn't it?" She asked.

"You're welcome... uh."

"I'm... I'm Starlight."

"From the palace?" He assumed.

"How could you tell?" She asked.

"Well, only somepony from the palace could afford a bracelet like that. And that silk lining is imported too. It comes from the merchant boats, straight to the palace. But not to servants. At least, not most servants. Which means you are a hoofmaid to the princess." He said.

The mare was impressed that he knows all of that.

"Impressive." She said.

"You think that's impressive, you should see the kingdom from up there." He said pointing to an upstairs in his home, and Starlight turned around and looked at it. Then she walked up the stairs, and Thorax began making tea.

Once Starlight was up the second floor, she looked out of the window and saw the beautiful kingdom.

"Canterlot. It's so beautiful. I should get out more." She said.

"You should tell the princess to get out more." Said Thorax pouring tea into a cup. "The ponies haven't seen her in years." He finished.

"They won't let her." Starlight told him. "Ever since my... The queen was killed, the sultan's been afraid. So she's kept locked away."

"Seems everyponies been afraid since then. But the ponies of Canterlot had nothing to do with that. The ponies loved her." He said as he finished pouring tea into another cup.

"They did, didn't they?" She asked, then she accidentally made one of his stuffs fall on the ground which woke up Abu.

"Is this yours?" She asked holding the guitar.

"It's kind of borrowed." He chuckled, then he turned around.

Then Starlight played the guitar which caught Thorax's attention, he turned around and watched her play.

"My mother taught me that song." He said.

"Mine too." She told him.

"It's all I remember of her."

Then Starlight placed the guitar on the floor.

"And what about your father?" She asked.

"I lost them both when I was young.Been on my own ever since."

Starlight felt sorry for him.

Then Thorax walked up the stairs to her with the tea cups in his hoof.

"It's alright. It's just..."

"What?"

"It's a little sad. Having a monkey is the only parental authority in your life." He replied to her.

That made Starlight giggle.

Then a fly flew near Abu and he tried to grab it.

"We get by. Everyday I just think things will be different, but it never seems to change. It's just sometimes, I feel like I'm."

"Trapped." Starlight said.

The two of them were silent for a moment.

"Like you can't escape what you were born into?" She asked.

"Yes." He said as he nodded.

Then they heard a sound of a blow horn in the distance. And when they looked they saw a ship and four boats.

"Welcome Prince Bluehood!"

Starlight turned around and looked at Thorax and said "I have to get back to the palace." She said as she walked past him.

"Now?" He asked looking at her.

Author's Note

Another chapter finished! I hope you guys will enjoy it!