King Sombra's castle dungeons

In one of the sections of King Sombra's dungeon, Thorax, Twilight, Twilight's friends, Princess Celestia, Luna, Cadence, Shining Armor, the changelings and the ponies were all being enslaved by King Sombra's guards and are now working in the mines.

The changelings and ponies were mining endlessly and were very enervated by some of the guards. The Princesses were pushing mine carts, Shining Armor was pushing large boulders with all of his might, and Thorax, Twilight and her friends were endless and tirelessly moving large rocks around the mine.

Twilight lifted one and accidentally tripped down and bruised her hoof.

"Ahh!" Twilight winced in pain, she then looked down on her hooves and saw a scratch mark.

"Twily!" Thorax said as he ran to Twilight's aid. "What's wrong?" He asked.

Twilight then slowly turned around and looked at her husband with a pained expression.

"Thory, my hoof." Twilight winced with a tear rolling down her right cheek.

Thorax then looked down on her hoof and saw that she had a scratch mark on her. He then grabbed her hoof and said "Okay, hold still."

Thorax then activated his horn and a glow developed on Twilight's bruised hoof. After five seconds, the glowing stopped and the bruise disappeared.

"Thank you Thorax." Twilight smiled.

"Your welcome Twily." Thorax said as he and his wife shared a tender kiss. They then released and laughed.

"Thorax."

"Yes?"

"Can you scratch away everything I said during the breakfast the last two days and sleep with me once we escape?" Twilight asked quietly.

"Of course." Thorax replied with a smile "I can forget about the past event like rubbing something off a chalk board." He finished.

Twilight smiled and nuzzled her husband and Thorax nuzzled back.

Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack and Pinkie Pie were all looking at Thorax and Twilight with smiles on their faces.

"What a lovely couple those two are." All of them said in unison.

The gleeful and passionate moment soon came to a conclusion when two guards walked up to king Thorax and Queen Twilight and coerced them into going back to work. The two couple bregrudingly stood back up and instigated their work again leaving everypony disconsolated and fatigued.

The sun shined on the grassy hill, Alistair and Narcissa were both snuggling comfortably while embracing each other. Then the sunlight shined directly at Alistair's face which made him wake up. He moaned and opened his eyes, he then sat up and yawned delightfully. He then looked down on his left and saw Narcissa sleeping with a restful expression.

"She's so cute when she sleeps." Alistair said with a smile. Then Narcissa woke up, she slowly opened her eyes and saw Alistair which made her smile.

"Morning Narcissy."

Narcissa giggled at the nickname that Alistair gave her.

"Good morning Ali." She said. After that, she sat up and stretched her hooves and wings.

"So, what do we do now?" She asked.

"Let's go back into the cave and reunite with master Ip man first, then we can start to make our way to King Sombra's castle."

"Okay." Narcissa said with a nod.

Both of them then stood up and turned around, after that, they walked back to the cave.

Once Alistair and Narcissa both made it back to the cave, Alistair called Ip man.

"Master Ip man." Alistair called, but then, he heard the sound of coughing.

"Is something wrong with Ip man?" Narcissa asked looking at Alistair.

"I don't know." He replied with a shrug "Let's check it out." He said as he and Narcissa walked into the cave and made a right turn. They then saw Ip man covering his mouth with a cigarette on his left hand.

"Mister Ip man?" Narcissa called him.

When Ip man heard Narcissa's voice, he tilted his head to the left and saw Alistair and Narcissa starring at him with scandalized expressions.

Ip man then threw away the cigarette and waved at his two new pupils.

"Hello there Alistair." Ip man waved at him "Hello there Narcissa." Ip man waved at her.

"Why were you smoking that cigarette that you humans always use?" Alistair asked "It's bad for your health." He told him.

"Yeah." Narcissa agreed.

Ip man chuckled and said "Well, many people like me li-" Ip man wasn't able to finish his sentence when he coughed again.

"Are you okay?" Alistair and Narcissa asked in unison.

Ip man then sighed and began to tell them what was going on with him.

"You two, the reason why I'm very slow and showing some coughing symptoms is because-"

"Because of what?" Alistair and Narcissa asked in unison again.

Ip man took a deep breath.

"I have cancer."

Alistair and Narcissa both gasped in horror when they heard that.

"Oh my." Alistair said traumatized.

"How did this happen to you?" Narcissa asked.

"It's a very long story." Ip man told them with a shake of his head, he then stood up "It's normal for me, because I am very old right now."

Alistair tried to say something but Ip man cut him off.

"Alistair, would you mind leading me to King Sombra's castle?" Ip man asked.

Alistair then sighed and said "Okay, follow me."

He then turned around and walked out of the cave and began to direct Ip man and Narcissa to King Sombra's castle.

After walking for ten minutes, they have finally arrived at the entrance of King Sombra's castle.

"Here we are." Alistair told them.

"That was a lot of uphill and downhills." Narcissa said exhausted.

Ip man took a quick glance at the castle and saw that it was not scary at all.

"I'd at least expect something a little more scary but-"

"What?" Alistair asked.

"Eh nothing." Ip man said with shrug.

"Let's go in already, I want to quickly rescue my mommy and daddy as well as my pony subjects." Narcissa told them.

Alistair nodded and stepped in front of the doors of the castle with Ip man and Narcissa behind him.

"Alright, get ready guys." Alistair said as he activated his horn.

"I'm ready." Narcissa said spreading her wings.

"I'm always prepared for a fight." Ip man said getting into a stance.

"Okay." Alistair said with a nod. After that, he pushed the two doors opened and entered with Narcissa and Ip man behind him.

Author's Note

Another chapter finished! I hope you all enjoyed it!