My Little Pony: Queen of Shadows

Sombra and Twilight were enjoying the nice fall season as things began to cool down for winter.

"...So your saying that when spring time rolls around, no magic at all will be used to usher it in?" Sombra asked as the two were with Fluttershy and Discord having a nice fall picnic.

"Ponyville was founded by earth ponies, but not to worry, after last year I already have a plan in place on how to organize the situation." Twilight said.

"Yeah um...before Twilight came around, Spring would always come late to ponyville. And when it looked like it would arrive late again last year, Twilight used her whole thing of being organized to actually allow us to fix the problems that usually crop up." Fluttershy said. "But um...not before actually trying to do everything else first besides you know...the flying stuff. She wasn't an alicorn at that point." She added.

"Are you sure you don't want me to simply wisk it away?" Discord asked.

"Yes. And please don't try and make things chaotic during Winter Wrap Up day would you please? It's important that we do this the right way and without incident. I promise you though, the day after you and I can go have some controlled chaotic fun in the Everfree Forest." Fluttershy said.

"Deal." Discord said.

"And if I hear of any incident that occurs, your getting a dark magic blast to the face." Sombra said. Suddenly something was happening in Cloudsdale. "...What's going on up there?" Sombra asked. Twilight's eyes went wide.

"Brace yourselves everyone...WINTER IS COMING!" Twilight shouted.

"I thought it was already coming." Discord brought up.

"IT'S COMING EARLY!" Twilight yelled.

"SAY WHAT?!" Sombra exclaimed. But before he had any time to get an answer, suddenly a wave of snow was envoloping Ponyville.

"...Rainbow Dash has a what now?" Sombra asked; the entirity of Ponyville was now covered in snow.

"She has a pet tortoise and they hibernate during the winter. When Rainbow Dash found this out, she went through the usual stages of grief: Denail followed by anger, then Bargening. I'm guessing our early winter was a result of Rainbow Dash trying to stop winter from coming because she's grown quite attached to her pet, who she named Tank." Twilight explained.

"It's just one season right? She'll have Tank back when Spring time rolls around." Sombra said.

"...You don't know Rainbow Dash very well do you, Sombra?" Twilight asked. "Knowing her, she probably had all kinds of winter based activities in mind to spend time with Tank, not knowing this information beforehand." She added.

"...Oof..." Sombra said. "Yeah I guess I can understand that much. Should we check on her?" Sombra asked.

"Sure." Twilight said.

Later on, after Rainbow Dash finally accepted that Tank would hibernate through winter, Sombra put a hoof on Rainbow Dash after she read to him for a bit.

"Don't be too broken up over this. At the very least you'll get to see him again once Springtime comes. It's not like he's going to be gone forever." Sombra said. That actually cheered Rainbow Dash up.

"Your right. I guess it is better then him dying. I really do wish I could've done some of the stuff I had planned to do with the pet I've grown to love." Rainbow Dash said.

"There are things I wish I could've done with Radiant Hope, but Twilight has allowed me to continue to do those things. Maybe you should ask Fluttershy if there's an animal of hers you can look after during winter time. It wouldn't be the same as Tank sure, but at least you'd have some form of pet to look after." Sombra said.

"...Your right. Why are you so good at this stuff anyways? You really do know how grief feels don't you?" Rainbow Dash asked. "I may have had some reservations still, but after a talk like that Sombra, I think I can consider you one of my friends. So...I guess I forgive you about the whole Crystal Empire thing." She added.

"It was nothing." Sombra said. He went back to Twilight.

"Looks like somepony just made a connection with Rainbow Dash." Twilight said. "I think she'll finally start hanging out with you from here on out. And that's good. I was really hoping all of my friends would sign off on us being together." She added.

"Never underestimate me." Sombra said with a smile.

While the rest of wintertime was uneventful, the words of Sombra struck a cord with Rainbow Dash that day. Which made what Twilight wanted to ask Sombra about when Summertime arrived all the more important. That day sealed the deal for Twilight, she was now more then certain that she and Sombra were meant to be together forever.

...

High above the mortal plane, looking down on her descendent and Sombra from above, the ghost of Radiant Hope let a single tear fall down her cheek.

"...Twilight Sparkle...thank you for choosing the right thing..." Radiant Hope's ghost said before it went off to rejoining the other souls in paradise.