"Killed." Sombra gasped.

"Our foal."

The room froze in shock.

Sombra swooped down to the mess, and poked it with a hoof. Chrysalis bit her lip, eyes watering up with tears.

"You killed her!" She whispered, stepping up next to Sombra.

The couple stared in horror at the mess of shell and ooze that used to be an egg.

"I...I..I didn't know!" Luna stammered, taking a step back.

"YOU ARE A KILLER!" Chrysalis screeched, turning around and flying up. "YOU KILLED OUR FRIEND AND OUR CHILD!" She lit her horn, and blasted magic at her.

A yellow shield popped up around Luna right before the spell hit her. Celestia stood shakily to her feet, and gave Chrysalis a pitiful look. "She had know idea Chrysalis. No one did."

Chrysalis narrowed her eyes, and shot another beam of power down, pelting the room with magic. "PONIES ARE THE TRUE MONSTERS HERE! THEY CARE NOTHING ABOUT OTHER CREATURES!" She let out a long bray, and everyone in the room grabbed their ears to drown out the noise.

Changeling's suddenly zipped into the room, glaring angrily at the ponies. "GET THEM!" Chrysalis roared, pointing a hoof at Luna and the others.

The changeling's caught all the mares in seconds, scissoring their wings furiously, and hissing in their faces.

"Take them to the dungeons." Sombra commanded, turning away from his offspring, and looking to the ground.

The bugs nodded, and several of them dragged the mares out of the room, and down the hall.

"I'm so sorry Sombra!" Chrysalis sobbed into the stallion's shoulder.

Sombra patted her comfortingly on the back, and pressed his muzzle into her neck. "It's okay. We had no idea that those fools would show up and kill little Furia."

A changeling guard walked up to them. "Your majesties, are you ready to see Tirek and Furia? Their viewing is starting soon."

Cozy Glow nodded. "Bring them to us."

The changeling called up a couple more of it's kind and an umbrum, and they flew out of the room.

"I want to finish those fools off!" Chrysalis choked.

Sombra placed his hoof onto her back, and stroked her. "Hush my little Chrissy." He cooed. "When the time is right."

A couple of minutes later, the door popped open again. Cozy squirmed in her throne as one large and one small casket were pushed into the room.

"Your majesties." The umbrum greeted, opening them.

A lump of shells and yolk in one, and bloody carnage in the other made Chrysalis burst into more tears. Cozy flew down to inspect her dead friend.

Cozy sniffled, and stroked the carnage of Tirek, silently mourning his death. The scene of his last moments played over and over in her mind, never ceasing. Chrysalis and Sombra descended their thrones, and looked over their dead child's remains with grief.

Cozy turned away, and fluttered out of the room. She couldn't bear seeing the horrible remains of her friend any more. She let her wings take control, and they led her to the gardens. She let out a breath that felt like it had been held ever since Tirek let go of her hoof, and sat onto a crystal bench.

The garden's were decorated with shadowy flowers and crystal's, as this specific one was Sombra's. She bust into tears.

"I miss you Tirek!" She whimpered, picking a crystalline rose, and twirling it around her good hoof. Her other one was bandaged up on a sling, making it difficult to walk.

A sudden blue pulsing caught her attention. She looked over the dark garden, and spotted something very peculiar. a large fraction of the garden had the flowers growing as normal plants. A blue light shone in the centre of it, pulsing faintly.

She fluttered over to the mysterious glowing object, and gasped at what she saw. The Crystal Heart! She dropped the crystal rose, and picked up the Heart with her good hoof, stumbling for a long minute.

When she finally held it in her possession, she felt warmth elope her. Her dislocated shoulder snapped back into place, and all the cuts and bruises she had earned during the fight vanished, leaving a delightful tingling sensation. She sighed in content, and hugged the heart to her chest, fluttering out of the gardens, and into the sky.

'I can help with your problem!' The Heart seemed to say. 'Just hold on to me, and we can fix this big mess!'

Cozy looked at it, and a sudden idea popped into her head. It was a dangerous one, but it might just work...

Sombra glowered at the sound of hooves approaching his room. He did not want company right now. Before the creature could enter his room, he shoved the windows open and flew out.

He hadn't bothered to deconstruct his wings ever since his child had been demolished. Sombra shuttered at the memory, and soared up into the sky, almost ignoring the Wendigo that glared daggers at him.

"Go to hell." He snapped when one of them opened it's mouths to speak. "I don't feel like talking."

He flew past them, the rough winds blowing into his thick fur and tousling his mane. He looked down at the dead ground beneath him, actually missing it's once beautiful shine. He spotted Cozy flying back to the palace, a blue object in her hooves. He decided to avoid her, and soared silently downwards, into a forest.

The forest was a dense thicket with small wood chips, moss and dirt covering the ground. The trees were aged with a beautiful green moss, and vibrant leaves. Grass patches littered the floor of the woods, adding to it's stunning beauty.

Sombra had always been a nemophilist. His love for woods was an immense passion. He swooped down near a creek, and folded his shadowy wings. The creek bubbled eagerly, begging him to come and take a drink. Sombra ignored it, however, and settled down on the grassy floor.

He closed his eyes, and took a deep breath, inhaling the glorious scent of outside. A couple of deer bounded into the opening, playing a small game of tag. They ignored Sombra, leaping over him as if he was a rock or a log, and danced joyfully around the small clearing.

Irritated by this, he bared his canines and growled threateningly, making them shudder and bolt as far away from him as they could.

Sombra let out a weary sigh, and lay his head onto the soft grass. 'I'm getting too old for this kind of grief.' He thought miserably.

Chrysalis lay on her bed, staring emptily out at the wall opposing her. Her heart was torn more than it should've been. She eyed a clock on the wall, and it read 7:34 pm. The sky darkened slowly, the dystopia outside lost in the snow. She closed her eyes and choked back another sob. Sombra had wanted a foal so bad, and it died when it was still in it's egg! She wished she could've gone back in time to save it, but there was no use. She burrowed her muzzle into the mattress, and let out a short sob.

"Why does this have to be my life?" She demanded the dresser in the corner of the room.

It wasn't ordinary that Chrysalis spoke to non-living everyday objects, she was insane after all.

The dresser did not move of course, nor did it speak. It was a dresser after all.

Chrysalis groaned, and shot magic at it, shattering it into a million splinters of wood.

"YOUR MAJESTY!" A drone shrieked, slamming her door open.

"Knock you nitwit!" She snapped, looking up to him.

"My apologizes, but...The captives have escaped, again."

"WHAT?!"

Chrysalis sat up and bolted out of the room, and down different halls, the drone following quickly after. Sure enough, the black door was no more, just a giant gaping hole in the wall.

Chrysalis zoomed down the staircase, and into the jail section. All the cage doors were torn off their hinges, or gone missing completely. She growled angrily, and turned back towards the changeling guard with fire in her eyes.

"You. Idiot." She hissed between gritted teeth.

"Actually, I was coming back to shift with the other guards...Your m-majesty."

"We need to find them. Now."

Author's Note

OOF! That was hard to type. I'm running out of ideas. Feel free to PM me any suggestions that might make the story more interesting. Again, I am surprised at the amount of people who read this book.