The countless crystal ponies stand motionless, their heads encased in armored helmets, rows upon rows of rigid posture and vacant staring.
They line the walls of the city, and they line the streets of the city, and the line the walls of the castle - outside, and in.
The throne room is no exception - countless stock-still bodies line the room, encasing the three remaining ponies in an impenetrable wall of flesh and metal. Two of these ponies lie on the ground, metal cuffs and collars anchoring them to the floor beside each other. One of them sits on a throne of black crystal, laughing like he’d never laughed before.
“Fools! The lot of you!” He shouts, a sudden anger in his voice, the mirth of his laughter draining like infection from a wound. “What did I tell you? Underestimate Sombra and pay the price.” Sombra growls, sliding down off of his throne. He begins to stalk circles around the white stallion and the pink mare, glaring at them. He stops in front of them, staring them in the faces.
“The other Alicorns are all held frozen in my prisons, kept alive ONLY by my grace and goodwill.” Sombra speaks softly, until suddenly he shouts, his teeth bared. He collects himself again, and clears his throat. He stares Shining Armor in the eyes. “Including your precious baby girl.”
He lets that threat hang in the air. He sees Shining Armor, straining at his bonds, unable to move at all. And he sees Cadence, beautiful and serene, face locked in an expression of dawning fear, body as still as that of the ponies she once ruled.
Sombra stares at her, and licks his lips. With his magic, he plucks a stone off the ground, and encases it in black crystal, the same as he did the Alicorns. “Now, I’m sure you can understand, I can’t let Celestia or Luna out. Twilight Sparkle, too, is too much of a threat to be allowed to walk MY city. But your little girl - with a little...modification, well. She might be allowed to live free. And, of course, with a simple twitch-” He lights his horn, just barely, crushing the stone to powder within its crystal prison, “-I can simply make them not a problem anymore.” Sombra stares Cadence in the eyes as he speaks, a grin creeping over his features.
“So, with that in mind, I expect you to be polite, courteous, and to treat your King like the royalty he is.”
Cadence and Shining Armor stare at Sombra, eyes wide, at a loss for words.
Sombra’s eye twitches. “That means GROVEL BEFORE YOUR BETTERS!” He shouts in an explosion of rage, the crystals making up his throne expanding into sharp points, rapidly growing upwards and breaking through the ceiling of the castle.
The former royalty of the crystal empire glance at each other, fear in their eyes, and - unable to bend at the knee due to the cuffs that hold their legs still and studded to the floor - hang their heads deep and low. Cadence begins to shake lightly, her feathers quivering. Her breathing comes through in hitched, half-sobs, as do her words. “Please, p-please, we’ll do anything. Just let our baby girl be safe. I’ll...I’ll do anything, if you keep her safe. Please.”
Sombra’s grin is as wicked as it is wide as he watches the Princess stoop and beg. He watches her face shake, a look of broken fear etched into her features. He begins to slowly, leisurely walk circles around them again, once, twice around - and he stops just behind Cadence. “Well, dear. I can think of a few…uses, for a beautiful Princess such as yourself.” He says, lifting her tail in his magic. He sees her muscles tense to the point of trembling, and snorts out a puff of hot air against her nethers.
“That broken horn of yours is rather unsightly, but I’m such a kind, good-natured stallion that I’m willing to overlook your imperfections.” Sombra purrs, rubbing his nose against her until he forces her lower lips to part.
Shining Armor starts to yell, but is quickly silenced by a rough kick in the ribs from one of the Crystal Ponies.
“Please, Shining, don’t make this any harder…” Cadence whispers, her eyes clenched tight. Sombra chuckles against her, licking across her clit with a dry tongue. She grimaces at the unpleasant sensation, and he frowns against her. “Well, we can’t have that, can we? I like my concubines to scream out their desire for me.” He lowers his head until the sharp point of his horn presses uncomfortably against the skin just below her clit. Her soft whimper quickly becomes a gasp as she feels the electric tingle of magic pass through her - first, an overwhelming feeling of sensation, then a rush of wetness from within. Her womb swells just slightly, and she is suddenly acutely aware of the sensation of a Stallion behind her. He sniffs deeply of her as he lifts his head back up, panting hot breaths onto her winking clit.
Cadence is in heat.
“I’d like an Alicorn child of my own, you know. Somepony that could rule by my side, ensure my lineage holds strong…” He purrs against her, savoring each unintentional wink he feels against his lips. He licks her again, gathering the musky liquid filled with fertile possibility, and feels his erection twitch against his stomach.
Nonchalantly, Sombra rears up and mounts her, his hooves pressing uncomfortably into the joints where her wings meet her back. His cock twitches, rubbing up over her clit and against her hole, a slow rhythm that drives her body mad with the urge to press back against him, to force it inside.
She lowers her head to the ground in shame, pressing her forehooves against the sides of her muzzle. Her cunt was far from exclusive - she had taken many stallions and mares into her and Shining’s bed, several while he watched or joined in, and she had never felt dirty or ashamed. Love, after all, was her specialty - she didn’t believe in exclusivity. And Shining was just fine with that.
Now, though, she finds her whole soul screaming out. No, it says, this isn’t our Shining, this isn’t right! Her body twitches with electric sensation, and she can’t stop herself from moaning as he slowly begins to press his massive cockhead into her.
“Much bigger than your worthless husband, aren’t I?” Sombra says, slowly pressing forward, inch by inch sliding inside. She can feel the bumps along the ridge of his head, sliding along her walls and lighting up every nerve they touch. She gasps and groans, then bites her lip to hold it in.
The king does not appreciate that.
Quickly, he slams the rest of the way in - forcing a thickness and length she’s far from used to crashing into her cervix with force. She screams, causing Shining to flinch and close his eyes.
“Beg your king for his cock!” Sombra yells, wrapping his magic around her mane and pulling until Cadence’s neck is as far back as her chained collar will allow, the cold metal edge digging into her skin. “Beg your king for more, tell me how much better it is! Make me believe you love it or I’ll crush her like a fly!” He yells, tugging harder and harder until he sees blood drip down her neck from where the collar digs through her fur and skin.
“Fuck!” Cadence yells, overcome first by pain, and then an intense, painful pleasure as he starts to pound her ruthlessly. “Please, Your Highness, please, my King! Fuck! Fuck me like your broodmare!” Tears stream down her face. She has to get through this. She doesn’t have to enjoy it, but she can’t help that anyway. She focuses on trying to make him cum faster, gripping her muscles down on his cock and squeezing with all her might. "Ah! Ah, fuck, your cock is my-ah!-my king, your highness!"
Sombra grins, letting a little bit of pressure off of her neck. He knows well that positive reinforcement mixed with a healthy amount of punishment - and a hefty amount of fear - makes a docile, well-behaved slave. “Good pet.” He growls into her ear, nipping at it. Tears roll down her cheeks, and snot pools on her lip.
“Y-your cock is my king! Ihh, ahh, it’s the best I’ve ever had! Mmgh!” Cadence continues to try and please him, focusing so hard on not moving her ears away from his painful bites that her orgasm sneaks up on her, the merciless pounding of his wide, flaring cockhead against her cervix driving her physical ecstasy high enough the beat out her mental distress. She lets out a wordless shriek as she feels all this pleasure slam into her, and it grows only louder as she feels his teeth pierce into her ear.
His hips grind to a halt, his massive flare pressed as deep inside of her as it will go. Each twitch sends electricity up Cadences spine, and floods her insides with thick, virile seed.
They stand together a moments, both still. Sombra’s face relaxes into a satisfied grin. The only sound is the soft, hushed whimpers of Cadence, trying and failing not to cry.
Sombra dismounts, and the moment is over. The guardponies begin to move, changing the royal couple’s restraints over to something more mobile.
“Take her to the dungeons, but leave him here. Once I eat my dinner I’m going to enjoy making sure he can never sully my broodmare with his worthless seed again.”
“No!” Cadence gasps, before quickly snapping her mouth shut and looking back down. Her tears fall freely as she is walked away, but Sombra decides to grant her mercy on this one. Pregnant Mares are rather hormonal, after all.
Shining Armor stands stock still, resolutely staring at his hooves. His jaw is set, and his face betrays no emotion.
“Aww, the little prince thinks he’s brave! How cute.” Sombra purrs, laughing.
“We’ll be seeing how brave you are soon enough…”
Author's Note
Just a quick little thing. Trying very hard to get back into writing. :)