My Little Pony: Queen of Shadows

Twilight's P.O.V.

It'll be a few days before my friends come over to visit me. And so far, the progress I've made with Sombra seems to be going well. By the time the next meeting happens, I might be able to fully convince him to use his powers for the good of Equestria. The crystal ponies all relax around me while Sombra isn't lookiing. Today though, one of the ones Sombra used for the gem mines broke their leg.

"...Grr...can't believe one was so foolish..." Sombra said. "None of these darn crystal ponies ever studied medical practices." He added.

"Let me see what I can do." I said. "Between what you've been teaching me and my own studies of magic, I think I can do something." I said.

"If your planning on mending the broken leg, I've already amputated it." Sombra said. "So you won't be able to do anything." He added.

"No. I can still do something. It's a use for your dark magic I don't think you've considered." I said.

"Fine, I will let you try." Sombra said. He brought me to the pony in question. "I'm not holding my breath on this however." He added.

"Don't count me out so soon." I said and began working magic on the amputated leg. After a few moments of pain, I was able to restore the leg, good as new.

"What the..." The pony was able to walk around as if nothing had happened to them. "Wh-whoa...my leg! It's like I never broke it and lost it!" They said.

"Restoration...are you sure that's dark magic?" Sombra asked.

"Dark magic can do things normal magic cannot. That's something I've learnt from learning it from you." I said and then the crystal pony left the room. "Mending broken limbs and even restoring them completely is something I found can be done. Dark magic doesn't have to be just destructive, it can be used to do things such as restoring a pony's leg, wing, or even horn." I said.

"I see...then perhaps you can teach me some of these other uses just as much as I teach you about the ones I know." Sombra said.

"It'd be my pleasure." I said but a bright light engulfed me.

"TWILIGHT!" Sombra yelled out.

Sombra's P.O.V.

"TWILIGHT, CAN YOU HEAR ME?!" I called out to Twilight through the light again. Soon the light faded and Twilight re-emerged from it. Only something was different about her. It didn't take long for me to see what did change: She had wing now. Which only meant one thing. "Twilightt...your an Alicorn..." I said.

"Wh-what..." Twilight checked and sure enough, there they were. "...I'm going to need to hide these from my friends until the crystal heart is found." She added.

"Well...I meant to give you this during the meeting..." I said before levitating a purple cape to her. "...But seeing as you need to hide those wings until further notice, I might as well give it to you now." I said. Twilight suddenly hugged me.

"Oh thank you Sombra. I love it!" Twilight said before putting the cape on right away. "This is such a thoughtful gift. Thank you Sombra." She added with such a lovely smile. Her smile was enough thanks for me. I would do anything to have her smile like that.

Celestia's P.O.V.

I was dealing with Day Court when suddenly I felt a massive power surge coming from the crystal empire. Luna soon joined me.

"Sister, did thou feel that power?" Luna asked me.

"I did Luna..." I told my sister. "Which can only mean that it had to be Twilight. I had my doubts in regards to my student's plans to reform Sombra but now..." I said before tears of joy stains my eyes. "...I have no doubts that Twilight will be key to making Sombra see the good in ponies once again." I added.

"I feel the same as you do, sister." Luna said. "The stained glass window that follows once Sombra is reformed is one I think even I am looking forward too." She added.

Unknown P.O.V.

By Harmony...Twilight's ascension has occurred different then it did in my own timeline. But this is for the best. In fact, Twilight becoming an Alicorn sooner will actually will make the grand plan to save at least one timeline from ruin run much more smoothly. And from what I hear...Slade's arriving to the Crystal Empire to slay well...me...or at least past me.

"Sombra..." A female voice called out to me. I turned to see Starlight Glimmer. "We only have a few days left before we'll be forced back into the future. How are things so far?" She asked me.

"Ironically...things are looking up right now. Twilight's ascension has occurred early." I said before removing my cloak. "Which is a good sign. With any luck, convincing my past self to destroy the Umbra Crystal will be going smoothly. As I suspected it, Twilight was the key the whole time." I said to Starlight Glimmer.

"So...you think this timeline will be saved by what we are doing?" Starlight asked me.

"But of course Starlight. Everyone will be saved." I said before getting out the crystal empire. "My chance to save this timeline comes in a couple of days when Twilgiht's Friends in the past arrive. I will leave a note to my past self tonight to meet me here on this hill." I said. "...And that is when I will tell him that if he wants to save Twilgiht's life, he must destroy the Umbra Crystal and he'll need the help of Twilight and her Friends to power the crystal heart so that it can wipe out the Umbra Ghosts." I told Starlight.

"I can only hope you know what your doing." Starlight said.