As Sombra created an army in Ponyville with his future queen Twilight, the Shadowbolts were helping Scootaloo out with actually flying.

...Though considering there were three former wonderbolts helping out the formerely crippled Pegasus, that really didn't take too long at all.

"Woo! Go Scoots!" Apple Bloom said.

"Looks like King Sombra really did allow her the ability to fly." Diamond Tiara said. "Kind of wish she didn't need magic to do it; but still, it is nice she's having her dream come true now." She added.

"Ah doubt it was just magic that caused this. Sure her crippled nature is gone now, but that wouldn't have made her able to fly out of nowhere." Apple Bloom said.

"I guess your right. And I can say that I'm happy she's getting her dream come true here." Diamond Tiara said. Apple Bloom was looking around. "If your worried about my mother hearing me say stuff like that, she's gonna have to answer to King Sombra. Getting real fed up with her to be honest." Diamond Tiara added.

"Ah wonder how long it'll take others to find out something you've been hiding from her." Apple Bloom said.

"Probably not long if you drop hints like that. Not that I care, that's just part of your charm." Diamond Tiara said.

"Ah can't help it. It's just so easy to want to tell everyone." Apple Bloom said.

"Well can we wait until after King Sombra takes over Equestria? It'd be safe to announce it to them then." Diamond Tiara said.

"Agreed. Ya always do have good plans Diamond." Apple Bloom said.

"It compliments how smart you are Bloom." Diamond Tiara said. Apple Bloom just smiled.

Meanwhile, in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Rich.

"...Why do I have the sneaking suspecious my daughter is a lesbian?" Spoiled Rich asked to no one in particular.

"Wait a second AB, are you and Diamond Tiara...secretly dating?!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed.

"Guess it didn't take Sweetie Belle long to figure it out." Apple Bloom said.

"How long has this been going on Diamond Tiara?" Silver Spoon asked.

"Ever since the Crusaders got their cutie marks." Diamond Tiara said.

"...Okay now I'm not as upset." Silver Spoon said.

"We've been keeping it on the downlow in case mother found out. Though if she tried anything after doing so, daddy would most likely divorce her because of it." Diamond Tiara said.

"Eh? Why do you think he'd do that?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"Hello, ah'm part of the Apple Family at Sweet Apple Acres and granddaughter of Anny Smith." Apple Bloom said. "Better known as Granny Smith." She added.

"That makes sense." Silver Spoon said.

Scootaloo meanwhile was pratically an ace flier by the time the conversation ended.

"Think King Sombra will agree, your in the Shadowbolts." Spitfire said.

"Way to go Scoots." Rainbow Dash said.

"Thanks Dash." Scootaloo said.

"...Why do I feel like we missed something?" Soarin asked.

"It's good to hear you've progressed so well so quickly." Sombra said.

"I guess I still had the tips Rainbow Dash was giving me back when I really was trying to fly stuck with me." Scootaloo said.

"That's a good thing. Now, what's this about Apple Bloom and Diamond Tiara dating?" Sombra asked.

"Please don't make us split up King Sombra." Apple Bloom said.

"Wasn't going to, but this is the first time I've heard of two mares being in love with the same sex." Sombra said.

"Gee, you obviously didn't get why Lyra and Bon Bon were in bed together then." Twilight said.

"Wait THAT'S why they were in bed together? You mean they were..." Sombra's eyes went wide as his voice trailed off.

"...Ah think you just broke 'im." Apple Bloom said.

"I'm going to need process this later. For now, we march to Canterlot." King Sombra said.

"I'm afraid you will do no such thing." A male voice said. Suddenly Prince Blueblood was there.

"Blueblood." Twilight said, poised to attack.

"You really think you can stop me?" King Sombra said.

"Of course I do. I got back up." Prince Blueblood said and clopped his feet. But nothing happened so he tried again. "...Okay that's not right. Where are those assasins at?" Prince Blueblood asked. Suddenly a sword came out of nowhere and just barely missed the prince before suddenly a young Pegasus stallion in a mech suit showed up to collect the sword.

"I'm afraid your assassins won't be showing up." The Pegasus Stallion said.

"What...who are you?!" Prince Blueblood asked.

"My name is Shade. And I'm afraid this is where you die." The Pegasus Stallion said.

"If you kill me, you'll be an enemy of the crown." Prince Blueblood said.

"I'm afraid that's where your wrong. I'm simply doing my job and preserving history. Your not even supposed to be here, let alone have an army of assassins. So now I have to fix the mess you've created." Shade said. "And don't even try to escape the likes of me. You won't get far." He added.

"That's what you think." Prince Blueblood tried to use his magic to teleport away but then suddenly his head was cleanly slicced right off by Shade at blinding speeds.

"Damn he's fast." Rainbow Dash said.

"Just who are you, really?" Sombra asked.

"Be thankful you surviving is critical to your Equestria's history. Otherwise I would spare you no mercy." Shade said before he mysteriously was teleported away somewhere.

"Where did he just go?" Sombra asked.

"No idea, but we shouldn't waste time here." Twilight said.

Author's Note

DiamondBloom/AppleTiara ship ftw!