My Little Pony: Queen of Shadows

Sombra's P.O.V.

After a little bit of silence, Pinkie Pie spoke up again. "Okay, NOW you can continue." She said.

"Pinkie Pie you are so random!" Rainbow Dash said.

"Tell me something I don't know." Pinkie Pie said in the most happiest tone ever. Obviously it'd be hard to break the element of laughter.

"You all mean a great deal to Twilight...and talking with you all has only made it clear to me just how much you five mean to her." I said. "I may not know where the Crystal Heart is, but I suppose giving up this empire to ensure that none of you ever have to deal with the kind of loss I have will more then make up for it." I added.

"Wow, that's nice of you Sombra. And so very kind." Fluttershy said. Ah there's her element poking through.

"Besides, I can see now you are all important to keeping the real villains that would dare cause massive grief to others at bay." I said. "And I would sooner sacrifice my own life, then have one of you sacrifice yours." I said.

"Sombra..." Twlight said.

"I've made my decision...when the crystal heart is found, I plan on heading back to ponyville with all of you." I said. Twilight hugged me.

"Thank you...thank you so much..." Twilight said.

"In fact, why don't you all stay the night? I do believe arrangements can be made." Sombra said.

"You know Sombra...your kind of awesome." Rainbow Dash said.

Present Sombra's P.O.V.

That night, I did as the note instructed and arrived at the hill in question, finding a mysterious pony hiding his idenity.

"Are you X perhaps?" I asked them. bluntly

"No. I am not the one you seek in that front." The figure said. That voice...what the...

"Your voice...why do you sound like..." The figure revealed himself to be a grown up version of the way I looked as a young colt.

"I'm from the future...the far future." My obvious future self said. "Or at least, a future that will come to be if you don't do exactly as I tell you to." He added. I noticed he had the crystal heart.

"Your the one who took the crystal heart?" I questioned. My future self nodded.

"For good reason. To stop your future from turning out like mine did, I had to do what was necessary to change the past. Even if my own will remain unchanged," My future self said. "Because the way the future turns out if you don't do exactly as I tell you, then everyone in the world will die, including Twilight and her friends." He added. The news shocked me to my core.

"Then tell me...what do I need to do?" I asked my future self.

"You've already unknowingly started the process: Twilght and her friends believe you can do some good in this world. And you still can. The crystal heart when it releases it's power should not kill you when you do what needs to be done to stop the future I come from from happening before it's too late." My future self said.

"So then what is it? What do we need to do that requires the Crystal Heart?" I asked.

"First, you need to destroy the Umbra Crystal so that the Umbra Ghosts within will be released. Then, using the love of the crystal empire combined with the friendship of Twilight and her friends, you must vaporize the Umbra Ghosts." My future self said.

"Those beasts...they were sealed within the crystal for a reason. Why should I willingly release them?" I asked. "Unless...oh no..." I realized why my future self told me to do this now.

"That's right. If you don't do this now, then in the far future the Umbra Crystal will shatter on it's own because the ghosts will grow too strong to be contained by it. This is the earliest point in time where it would begin to lose it's hold on the Umbra Ghosts. In other words, this is when they are at their weakest. And you don't have to mention the whole meeting your future self from a timeline where the crystal did break. I'm sure you can tell them that you can stop the Umbra Ghosts from ever becoming a threat that you'll need to deal with by nipping your problem in the bud tomorrow. But do it after breakfast." My future self said. He handed me the Crystal Heart and started to glow. "...My time's run out..." He said.

"Huh?" I asked.

"With help from a pupil of Twilight Sparkle who you'll eventually meet in the future, I was able to change the past to this degree. Sure there were some unforseen events that occurred, but the spell that's keeping me and that student in the past is wearing off. Just remember: Stop the Umbra Ghosts with the help of the Elements and the Empire itself. Only then can you save everyone." My future self said before he suddenly faded away.

"...I won't let myself down..." I said and left with the crystal heart in tow.

Future Sombra's P.O.V.

Me and Starlight arrived back in our timeline, the timeline where I would've failed to do as I told myself to do.

"It's all up to you, my past self..." I said as the Umbra Ghosts began closing in on me and Starlight Glimmer. "It's all up to you to stop this from happening to yourself..." I said.

Third Person P.O.V.

Back in the present time, the tree of harmony began glowing much more brightly, as if sensing the act that would take place; ready to protect Sombra from the Crystal Heart's magics.