The Light of the Night

The blinding light eventually began to fade as her hazy vision began to clear. Sunset slowly lifted her eyelids adjusting to all the details before her. It was then that Sunset recognized that a familiar figure had plucked her lips against Sunset’s, except this was not the same Sunset as before. But instead, she now assumed her ‘Daydream Shimmer’ form, or at least as she would appear as an alicorn, as she slowly floated up to her feet.

“Nice of you to finally join the party,” The demon spoke sarcastically, brushing her lips.

“Demon?” Daydream Shimmer gasped, drawing back. “What did you just do?!”

“You’re seriously that stupid? I’ve been beating the emotional crap out of you trying to wake you, before having to resort to something I ‘knew’ would wake you up. You’re welcome by the way.”

“You… worrying about me?” Daydream Shimmer spoke slowly. “How unlike you. But as much as I’d rather talk about your motives and you just kissing a married woman, this is not the time or place to talk. Let’s focus on the real enemy.”

“Agreed!”

“Now, where’s Midnight Sparkle?”

“Just up ahead dealing with your princess friend; you can’t miss them.”

The demon pointed ahead and sure enough she was right. In Sunset’s absence, the battle raged on for what felt like an eternity, the landscape ignited with flashes of color as Princess Twilight Sparkle kept Midnight Sparkle on her toes. Their beams of magic swirled past each other, some exploding into one another on impact. Until eventually, the princess herself, for try as she might, found herself on the losing end of the fight. Midnight Sparkle relentlessly fired wave upon wave of her magical assault, refusing to relent.

Eventually, after most of her attacks were blown apart by the Princess, one burst finally pushed itself through and it was hurtling straight towards the now exhausted Princess.

“TWILIGHT!!!” Daydream shouted.

Unable to duck, Princess Twilight braced herself for impact. Until all of a sudden, an aura formed around her, and she disappeared before the blast struck. Confused, Midnight Sparkle turned and was shocked to see Sunset Shimmer return, in her super form, holding out her glowing hand as Princess Twilight reappeared beside her.

“YOU?!” Midnight pointed in shock.

“Miss me, Midnight Sparkle? I’m touched.”

Growling, Midnight Sparkle raises her arms with aim to attack. But before she could even fire another wave of her magic, a force struck her from behind and she screamed in pain. The demon version of Sunset used the distraction to strike first, sending Midnight Sparkle flying and skidding along the ground. The demoness quickly picked herself up, facing angrily towards the trio who now stood side-by-side.

“Seems the first act is finished. Now we move to the next stage!”

All-together, Princess Twilight Sparkle, Daydream Shimmer, and the Demon unleashed a combined attack toward Midnight Sparkle. The demoness lifted her arms, summoning a wall of dark magic that instantly caught and absorbed all of their attacks. Using that power, she focused the energy on Daydream Shimmer, who swiftly evaded the incoming attack.

Daydream Shimmer focused on any blind-sport Midnight left unguarded, forcing her to take up the defense while Princess Twilight recovered and joined in on the attack. Desperate, Midnight spawned two additional shadow versions of herself commanding them to attack while she stayed behind. The fake ‘Midnight Sparkles’ took the damage for her, leaving the real Midnight with just enough time to teleport.

Appearing from behind, she lifts her arms to swipe Daydream Shimmer. But before her arm could reach out, it was stopped by the grip of the Demon itself giving Daydream Shimmer enough time to counter with her own attack as Midnight screamed in agony.

<>

In the meantime, Starbeam Glitter slowly reappeared as the darkness surrounding her slowly began to crack open. Propping herself back on all four hooves, the Unicorn searched her environment seeking for an exit out of the darkness. It didn’t have to be a literal doorway, but she’d accept just about any means of escape to reunite with her family. And so, with her newfound freedom, Starlight Glimmer wandered around but thus far had no luck finding a way out.

After a period of searching in the dark, the little pony spots something from the corner of her eye. It resembled a glowing orb, emitting some form of magic unlike anything she’s ever seen. This was without question a first for Starbeam Glitter as her curiosity soon took the best of her.

“What is that?” She asked herself.

Slowly but cautiously, Starbeam Glitter approached the crackling orb as the magic aura zipped around it like electricity. Hesitantly, Starbeam reached out and made contact against the orb. All at once, like static electricity, the magic zapped her back and she reeled back shouting ‘Ow!’. And before she knew it, the orb started to glow before it exploded before her eyes like glass. The explosion itself was so bright, Starbeam had to shield her eyes for a brief moment.

When she found the courage to drop her single hoof over her eyes, Starbeam peered ahead and was stunned by another strange sight. In place of where the orb floated over the ground, there appeared to be a stallion, a unicorn to be specific. He had a neatly smooth mane and tail with blue streaks, his horn segmented just like Starbeam’s, and the green irises in his eyes seem to glow as he turned toward her. He appeared to be a very regal unicorn wearing a light blue crown with a yellow gemstone in the center, along with matching shoes and collar, and a purple cape over his shoulders.

“Hello,” He spoke. “You must be the pony called Starbeam Glitter, are you not?”

“Yes… Yes, I am,” Starbeam nodded. “And you are?”

“… You must forgive me child, but I no longer have a name… nor do I even remember it. My true name has been lost for thousands upon thousands of years. But regardless, I am delighted to finally meet you at last. For I have heard much about you.”

Starbeam Glitter steadily approached the mysterious stallion for a closer look. With a better view of the stallion, while he seemed majestic she noticed he didn’t move apart from getting back on his feet. As if he were bound to this specific spot on the floor, marked by an unrecognizable symbol. And judging by the look on his face, he looked very tired like he hadn’t slept in months or even longer.

“What happened to you?” Starbeam asked gently.

“That… is a very long story, child,” The stallion answered sadly. “As much as time as I’d like to tell you of my story, Starbeam, I’m afraid I have none. My time on this plane grows shorter, but this much I can tell you. All that has happened… to you… and your family… is far bigger than anything you can ever imagine.”

“What do you mean?”

“Midnight Sparkle told you that her objective in life is to destroy ‘everything’ and forever alter the fate of reality itself. To harness the power needed to destroy ‘all’ of life as she pleases. But there’s more to the story than she has told you…

“For you see, there is another player in this game that you and everyone you know is forced to play. The true mastermind pulling the strings, a being that Midnight herself is fighting for control. Control that the ‘King of Darkness’ hopes to retain regardless whether Midnight Sparkle defeats her enemies… or not.”

“… The ‘King of Darkness’?” Starbeam questioned.

<>

Midnight Sparkle hit the ground with a heavy grunt, the overwhelming combination of Princess Twilight Sparkle and her allies have proven too much for Midnight to withstand. She laid upon the ground, struggling to push herself off as her wings flapped weakly. She looks up toward the Princess looming over her, a look of hate staring the toward the princess.

“Curse you, Princess Twilight!” Midnight Sparkle spat. “You’re just as annoying as the ‘human’ Twilight Sparkle!”

“It’s over now, Midnight Sparkle!” Princess Twilight declared, her horn glowing. “It’s time to finish you for—AAAH!!!”

All of a sudden, a stream of black energy swiped over Princess Twilight Sparkle knocking the ruler of Equestria off guard. The Princess hit the ground roughly as the two Sunset Shimmers looked on with shock.

“Twilight!” Daylight Shimmer shouted, hovering towards the Princess. “Are you all right?”

“I’m… I’m alright,” The Princess sighed weakly.

Suddenly, a deep bellowing chuckle echoed through the unknown landscape as everyone within the surrounding region looked around for the source. But no matter where they turned, they couldn’t find where the sinister laugh was coming from. All they could tell for sure it was close.

“Oh great!” The Demon muttered. “What now?!”

The only member of the group aside from Midnight Sparkle, who turned away, able to recognize the voice was the Princess herself. Despite the serious expression on her face, they can hear the ‘dread’ in her voice as she spoke.

“Of course… it all makes sense now. No wonder Midnight Sparkle is not like any of the enemies I’ve fought before… except… perhaps ‘one’…”

<>

Before her eyes, the stallion groaned in pain as the symbol he stood upon suddenly began to glow and emit an electrical surge. Starbeam Glitter looked on in shock, seeing a pony she just met enduring such a painful process.

“What’s going on?!” Starbeam asked, deeply concerned.

“… You know the saying, ‘Two side of the same coin’?” He grunted. “You see, there is another being to whom Midnight Sparkle is indebted to, a creature that I too am forced to be bound to… King Sombra.”

“King Sombra?”

“Yes… It is through him that she had just enough power to exist as her own being, as one and the same,” The stallion explained. “But, unlike Midnight Sparkle… it is Sombra himself who feeds upon the suffering of others through his hosts, that being Midnight. Because he is all shadow and Midnight only a manifestation of her creator’s mind, he’s been seeking a ‘living’ body of sorts in order to keep feeding on the wants and needs of his victims.

“But because a host can only take so much, Sombra seeks a new host to control based either on those with a trace of evil or those who have reached the breaking point emotionally. In the case of Midnight, he’s been feeding off her desires and convinced ‘her’ that she’s the one in control. When the truth of the matter is she was brought to life to serve as a perfect puppet for him to manipulate.”

<>

In the meantime, as Starbeam Glitter was seeking answers, Princess Twilight and the others were having troubles of their own. All at once, through the dark walls a pair of glowing eyes sprouted in the dark. The darkness itself appeared to peel off from the wall, approaching the stunned group as it slowly took form.

Before their eyes, a dark gray unicorn appeared with a black spiky mane and tail. Its horn was curved, smooth, sharp at the tip, and gradients an aura of dark gray-and-red. He smiled as his sharp teeth, with two visible fangs, gleamed as he stared upon them with red irises while a purple mist emanated around the eyes. He wore silver armor upon his legs and neck, a crown with horn-like points upon his head, and a red cape covering his flank. An ancient being and old foe of Princess Twilight Sparkle once upon a time.

“King Sombra!” Princess Twilight Sparkle glared.

“Surprised to see me, Twilight Sparkle?” King Sombra spoke, his voice echoing. “I’ve been looking forward to this reunion for quite some time. When we met before, I was in my weaken state, without the means to prevent that cursed diamond heart from assuming my full power. And I must admit that second time I completely underestimated you just when it seems I’ve won. Each time, it takes forever to complete the resurrection process, but now… thanks to your little ‘friend’s’ offer, to merge our powers as one, now I’ve returned stronger than ever! And this time, you don’t have you whole crew out to stop me.”

“I should’ve known it was you, Sombra!” Twilight frowned. “What’s your end goal? Why go through all of this?”

“’Why’? Such a foalish question. In the shadows, I control everything including bringing back everything lost in time. If not for her assistance, I’d be nothing more than a mere shadowing linger without purpose. Deprived of everything I rightfully deserve. That being said, I couldn’t just control her right away. She was far stronger than me. One fatal mistake, that’s all it takes, and she would’ve destroyed me. No… I needed to gain her trust first and foremost.”

“You manipulated her,” Twilight confirmed, turning back toward Midnight.

But Midnight Sparkle didn’t even acknowledge the look on the Princess’ face. Though if she had, she would’ve seen that the Princess was not looking upon Midnight Sparkle with hate. But that once more, she staring at her in pity seeing the clarity of Midnight’s predicament.

“Such excellent puppets,” King Sombra continued. “That the one thing that drove Midnight Sparkle this far is the chance to be her own identity. Just as ‘Starbeam Glitter’ sought to be her own self. But that’s all they are, just shadows, made by creatures like you and I princess to manipulate the way we please because they are forever bound to us.”

King Sombra slowly turned toward Midnight Sparkle, who only looked toward the Umbrum creature with a scornful gaze.

“Speaking of which…” King Sombra smiled.

<>

Starbeam Glitter could only watch helplessly as the mysterious Stallion groaned in pain, as if his very life-force were being absorbed by the energy stemming from the glowing symbol beneath him. Starbeam couldn’t take any step closer, for the energy ignited proved too dangerous to make contact. Just then, a bright glow caught her gaze and Starbeam turned to the side.

In a matter of seconds, another figure appeared in the shadowy realm. A very familiar demoness, bent upon the ground, staring down before the surface. Seeing her very presence made Starbeam gasp.

“Midnight!” Starbeam yelled.

The demoness looked up; her hate-filled gaze stared a hole through the spirit that was Starbeam Glitter.

“Starbeam… Glitter…”

<>

Seconds passed since King Sombra forced Midnight Sparkle to disappear, the demoness vanishing beneath the shadows that had warped around her. Now there King Sombra stood, taking a stand against the three heroes single-handedly and his confidence never faltered.

“Now, since you’re all warmed up, Princess Twilight,” King Sombra smiled. “The time has come to finally finish where we left off!”

In an instance, King Sombra fired his strongest magic toward the sky piercing the heavens itself. The sky began to rumble, as suddenly the bits of magic began to ran down towards the group like sharp bits of hail. Princess Twilight and the Demon used their magic barriers to block the oncoming attacks, as Sombra’s magic exploded against their shields. Even Daydream Shimmer had to use her magic to swipe away the bolts of magic hurled towards her.

“Sunset, in front of you!” The Demon shouted.

Daydream Shimmer swiftly turned and blocked an incoming attack with her own magic. There in front of her, Sombra’s shadowy army appeared and their horns glowed with a black aura. Three of them tried to lunge toward Daydream, only for the Demon to sweep over the creatures and decapitate them back into bursts of darkness. Just as they got together, the Demon and Sunset found themselves surrounded as more Sombra clones appeared chuckling in a sinister manner.

“Time to erase the darkness!” Daydream Shimmer.

“Now that I can agree!” The Demon approved.

Shouting out, the Sombra clones charged toward the pair as another group tried to lunge from above the two Sunsets. Thinking quickly, Daydream Shimmer used her magic to teleport the pair out of the way causing the shadows to crash into each other and explode. Just as a set of Sombras reformed, the Demon blasted a fire spell towards the shadows, propelling the group away. In the meantime, Daydream swiped her aura to slice one Sombra clone burning him with great ease.

Another Sombra appeared behind them, but Sunset was quick to evade a swipe and decked the clone with a fierce uppercut. Yet for every Sombra that disappeared, the shadows continued to multiply showing no signs of slowing down. Neither Sunset nor the Demon showed concern for their predicament, their fierce determination as plain as the nose on their face. The shadows pressed on with the attack, while the Demon blocked, and Sunset charged her power to wipe out the ever-growing presence of the shadows themselves.

<>

In the dark realm, oblivious of everything happening outside, Starbeam Glitter’s attention was toward Midnight Sparkle. As she slowly stepped closer toward the demoness, she could plainly see there was more to Midnight’s sudden appearance. For just like the stallion, she too was bound to the floor by the very same symbol and all she can do is glare at Starbeam.

“Midnight…” Starbeam spoke softly.

However, Midnight Sparkle growled as the symbol beneath her charged and sent the unicorn flying back preventing her from getting close. Yet the kinetic charge from the symbol seemed to hurt Midnight Sparkle much more than it did towards Starbeam. The stallion can only watch helplessly, as Starbeam Glitter forced herself to stand up never taking her eyes off Midnight.

“Even in death, you just don’t know when to stay down!” Midnight Sparkle growled.

“M-Midnight, I know you’re mad,” Starbeam spoke calmly. “You have every right to be. But look around you! See what you’ve suddenly become! Is this really what you want?”

Midnight Sparkle didn’t answer right away, not even acknowledging the stallion in a similar predicament as her. But whether she knew of his involvement with Sombra as well, it did not matter to her. For a lengthy period of silence, she just glared toward Starbeam Glitter without even uttering a single word.

“… Why do you even care?” Midnight spoke, breaking the silence. “Nobody out there truly cares about me. It’s just as I said, I only exist through ‘my’ Twilight’s repressed anger. Only to be erased when I’m not wanted. I never even asked to exist in the first place; I was forced into it because ‘she’ wanted to understand magic. Just as ‘you’ only exist to give her wife a daughter.”

“Midnight…”

“Yet you got to exist because ‘you’ are their angel. While I… I am nothing more than a villain… heh… that’s fine with me. I may not understand my purpose to exist, if only to serve as a fault for your mother’s frustration. But you have no right to stand before me, alive or dead!”

Midnight Sparkle’s anger grew, as her aura turned stronger while Starbeam Glitter kept her stance.

“WHY WON’T YOU JUST DISAPPEAR?!?!”

A stream of fireballs flew over Midnight Sparkle, hurdling towards Starbeam Glitter. But she did not back away, nor did she dodge the assault. She merely conjured an aura to block the barrage of purple fire before they can hit her.

“Midnight, stop!” The stallion shouted. “Do you really believe King Sombra was ever helping you? This is all for his well-being; a means to rebuild hid empire. He’s just using you, the same way he did to me!”

“SHUT UP!!!” Midnight Sparkle shouted. “You think I don’t know? But I knew… I knew what I was getting into the very day we made our agreement!”

“Midnight, I understand why you feel the need to do this! As an ‘Umbrum’ you feel like a lost cause; a nobody! I succumbed to my destiny, locking myself in my own cold world thinking no pony could save me. That all those foals used to tease me, excluding me from every social activity. When I decided to embrace my own destiny, drawing myself to a place where a pony such as I can be fixed, I took that chance and sacrificed my own mortality.”

“Shut up…”

“Then you came along, Midnight, merging yourself with the Sombra the same way as I. That I may not have been the original ‘Sombra’ who brought him to life, but a part of his power of another time and place. We’ve become his tools; you’ve become another tool.”

“I said shut up!”

“I understand why you feel the need to do this! We’re the same; we want to exist even though none of us are real! That you wanted your own body, even though Sombra would still keep me around even if you did accomplish you goal!”

“SHUT UP! SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT… UP!!!!”

Midnight Sparkle cried out in frustration; unlike the way she had ever been used to. Midnight’s aura glowed as she glared toward the stallion, an alternate copy of the King Sombra that came before.

“… You dare try to persuade me with an ‘inspiring’ speech?! ‘We’re the same’? NO! I am nothing like you! You didn’t come to this world by mistake; I did! You had your chance to live, it’s my turn!!!”

Midnight Sparkle lunged a fireball towards the stallion, who braced himself for impact. But then, Starbeam Glitter, who had been watching them argue the whole time, slid by, and took the brunt of the magic with her own body as a shield. Starbeam grunted in pain, as the stallion looked on with worry.

“Midnight, please stop!” Starbeam begged. “There’s always a better way! I want to understand—”

“NO! You can ‘never’ understand, Little Star! The only reason you were around is because Twilight and Sunset needed—no, they ‘wanted’ you so they can forget about me! I existed because of a human girl’s desire for knowledge because nothing was ever enough for her! I don’t get to exist because I’m just a fragment of someone else’s story!

“If I must kill EVERY pony who gets to be what I don’t, especially a stallion who already threw his life away… so be it! I am every nightmare a Pony can ever have; I am a human’s worst fear come true! And my spirit is not going to rest until I… become… WHOLE!!!”

Crying out in fierce rage, the symbol beneath Midnight’s feet glowed as if it were overwhelmed with dark power. Until the very image keeping Midnight literally on her feet exploded beneath her, the demoness freed of her restraints. Growling out, she flew towards Starbeam Glitter, her clawed hand raised, charging towards the little pony with every intent to kill.

<>

Back on the battlefield, Sunset and the Demon had just finished off the remainder of Sombra’s shadow clones. The very last Sombra clone cried out in agony, as his spirit was dissolved by the flames of the Sunsets’ combined attack. They stood their ground, fainting from exhaustion after exerting nearly all their power trying to fight off the shadows.

“That’s the last one…” The Demon sighed. “Piece of cake.”

Just as the Demon said that, Daydream Shimmer turned as the fight continued between her mentor, Princess Twilight, and King Sombra. While Sunset and the Demon were busy, the two fought their own battle firing a barrage of magic towards each other. In the heat of the moment, the fight was drawing to a close whereas Princess Twilight was feeling swamped King Sombra didn’t even seem to be breaking a sweat.

“You don’t look too good, princess,” King Sombra spoke mockingly. “Without your friends, you always were weak. Just like the ‘other’ Twilight Sparkle.”

Princess Twilight Sparkle merely frowned, as her horn glowed weakly. And yet still charging just enough magic to prove she wasn’t on her last legs yet. All the while Sombra released a devilish laugh as if seeing the Princess continuing to fight was all so amusing to the Lord of Shadows.

“No matter… you won’t live long enough to regret it. Once you’re gone, every known Twilight Sparkle in the multiverse will die. Then once I’ve taken out ALL the princesses in Equestria, including your precious little niece, I shall regain an empire that was mine ages ago!”

“Over my dead body, Sombra!” Princess Twilight warned.

“That can be arranged… NOW, PERISH!!!”

King Sombra, his aura charged, fired a devastating blast toward the Princess who was too weak to dodge.

“TWILIGHT, NO!!!”

Daydream Shimmer quickly teleported in front of Princess Twilight, who looked on in shock as her student was about to take the killing blow once again.

<>

Meanwhile, in the darkness, Midnight Sparkle stood over Starbeam Glitter with eyes wide and her pupils tiny as pinpricks. The demoness gasped breathlessly as she slowly looked down. Hit directly in the chest, a tiny hole emerged as Starbeam’s glowing horn began to fade and the little pony looked on tearfully. It didn’t take long to realize what would happen next, as Midnight could feel her body began to crumble.

Whether she had meant for this or not, death was coming toward Midnight Sparkle as for once Starbeam Glitter attacked the monster out of self-defense. Yet she did not cry out nor did she break into tears of agony. She merely smiled towards Starbeam, so contently and accepting even.

“Heh-heh… in the end… I make the same mistake… just like ten years ago…” Midnight gasped, between breaths. “I've underestimated you, little star... But don’t think this means I’ve lost…”

Just as Midnight Sparkle spoke, the landscape around the pair began to crack as thin lines formed against the darkness breaching the area with bright light. But Starbeam paid no attention to what was happening around her, but rather her attention remain on Midnight, who’s body was starting to fade as the hole in her chest slowly grew.

“As long as you… and your mother… remain alive in some degree… assuming ‘he’ doesn’t finish you and your family… I’ll be back… I ALWAYS come back…”

Starbeam Glitter didn’t argue nor spoke a single syllable, she just looked on toward Midnight Sparkle. Watching as the creature that’s plagued herself and her family with painful nightmares slowly drift out of sight. A final gasp of air escapes Midnight Sparkle, as she looked up towards the cracking dome.

“… But dying is such a…”

BOOM!!!

Midnight Sparkle never got to finish before her body exploded and every trace of her magic dissolved in the air and every trace of Midnight’s presence vanished within a matter of seconds.

<>

Before the final blow was struck, Sombra’s attack vanished midway and merely brushed against Daydream Shimmer without causing even a scratch. All at once, King Sombra gasped as he felt his body act up, shaking uncontrollably. The umbrum-unicorn hunched over, clutching his head as an agonizing stab of pain pierced against him.

“What?!” King Sombra gasped. “What’s happening to me?!”

The Demon joined up with Daydream Shimmer, as Princess Twilight Sparkle gathered herself back onto her hooves. She joins the two Sunsets as they stare toward the quivering King Sombra.

“Now it’s our turn, Sombra!” Princess Twilight declared. “All together, girls!”

Nodding their heads, the two Sunset Shimmers take a battle stance and charge their auras. Then Princess Twilight Sparkle charges her own aura and fires a beam toward Sombra, as the stream flies along the combined magic from the two Sunset Shimmers. Together, they formed one wave of intense power as it rushed toward King Sombra and pierced him through the middle, as his face widened with a deathly gasp.

<>

Starbeam Glitter could suddenly feel the magic absorb back into her body, and her strength seemed to return. Just then, she turns toward the side as the symbol beneath the stallion broke and his body started to fade. Yet he wasn’t the only one, as Starbeam lifted her hoof to find that she too was fading.

“Wh-What’s happening?” Starbeam asked nervously.

“… Midnight Sparkle has been defeated,” The stallion gasped. “She was all that held me in this miserable place; all that kept King Sombra himself intact. Without either of us, if we can’t exist, King Sombra loses another body. Go home now Starbeam, defeat the Umbrum for me, and for all the Sombras that came before. And please… live your life, make the most of it… and don’t ever be like me…”

Starbeam Glitter nodded sadly, watching the stallion disappear as his existence became no more. However, deep down she would promise herself that this stallion’s death would not be in vain that no longer was her mission to live just to save herself nor her family. But to avenge a stallion who lost himself to the darkness, the same as all the stallions that ever lived. This she promised herself before she too disappeared, only she would return and make it in time to help her family.

<>

In the midst of it all, King Sombra’s body in the mortal world began to deteriorate. His horn could no longer generate any of the magic he held before as his power started to slip through his own grip.

“His powers are dwindling,” Daydream Shimmer observed.

“Midnight Sparkle…” The demon spoke. “She’s been defeated, I no longer feel her presence. Without her, King Sombra cannot maintain his presence in the mortal world.”

Princes Twilight Sparkle nodded, even as she watched King Sombra struggled to get back onto his feet. Even as his own body flickered back and forth, his eyes grew increasingly darker and his gaze more fearsome than before. A roar escaped his lips, as if he had one last ace up his sleeve.

"It SeeMs tHAt My HoST hAS BeEN kiLLed. NO MAtter! I StILL haVE mORE THaN ENOugh POWeR tO KILl yOU aND REgAIn a BODy! LET'S SEE HOW LONG THAT'LL LAST!!!"