Empire of Darkness

"So, Cozy Glow, Lord Tirek, and Queen Chrysalis were also freed? And you want to be rid of them all?" Twilight asked King Sombra.

"If there are no objections to that." King Sombra said.

"King Sombra, a moment." Apple Bloom spoke up.

"Go ahead..." King Sombra said.

"Cozy Glow may have tricked us, but we still kind her to be one of us." Sweetie Belle said.

"We were wondering perhaps...sparing her? Let her be with us? We'll keep an eye on her, we promise." Scootaloo said.

"What brought this on Scoots?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Like you have mentioned, I'm not exactly sure if she can be trusted; even if brainwashed." Twilight admitted.

"We'll convince her! I know we will! Besides...if she's good..." Scootaloo shook her head. "A-anyways, you can just let us look after her until she proves one way or the other." She added.

"Hrr...I'm just not sure." King Sombra said.

"You do realize that if me and King Sombra agree on this, that puts you in charge of her 100%. Got that?" Twilight said.

"Yes Queen Twilight." Apple Bloom said.

"No take backs either. If you can't handle her, then she'll be killed. Do I make myself clear?" King Sombra asked.

"We'll be having Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon help; it can't be that hard for five dark alicorns to keep a lid on the one can it?" Sweetie Belle asked.

"It is Cozy Glow, but you raise a good point." Twilight said.

"Perhaps, but I won't be making her a dark alicorn. Not unless she willingly submits to my will." King Sombra said. "And only then. Until then, you better hope the five of you can handle her." He added.

"You got it!" The CMC all said at once.

"Now as for this Grogar character, any idea how to lure him out? The other three are pretty easy." Twilight said.

"We'll worry about that later." Sombra said.

"Hmm? A letter? For me?" Chrysalis said. "...Huh? A letter from my hive? Welcoming me back? Wait...why?" She asked.

"Well talk about miss lucky pants. You should go see what's up with that." Cozy Glow said.

"How rude child!" Chrysalis said. "But your right none the less, this requires my immediate attention. If Grogar comes back, tell him that something majorily important has come up." She added before leaving. She was heading for the swamp when suddenly something jumped her. When Chrysalis looked at her attacker, she gasped. "...It...can't be..." She said.

"Hello Chrysalis." Shining Armor said, grinning. He was now a Dark Alicorn just like his sister. "I've been meaning to do this to you ever since you kidnapped me, my wife, and my child." He said. All that came out of Chrysalis's mouth then and there were screams of pure pain.

"My brother wishes to see me? Now? After all these years?" Tirek said as he got a letter from his brother.

"A-at least your family still cares about you somehow. Even after you've gone all evil. Plus, well...at least your brother is willing to see you. Look, I know you and he had problems in the past, but...maybe just this once...instead of seeing him as a traitor, you should see him as a brother. Family is...something you shouldn't take for granted if you have it." Cozy Glow said.

"What do you know about family?" Tirek asked.

"Family is...something you should not get rid of, I'll just say that much." Cozy Glow said. "I just wish mine would take me back..." She added.

"What was that?" Tirek asked.

"Nothing. Just go. Go run to your brother. And even if it's not like you, give him a hug. In fact make that two; tell him the other one is from me." Cozy Glow said. "And if you can...come find me. I'll probably jolt after a while more here. Go see what I can do now that I'm free." She added.

"Your probably going to want to avoid breaking laws." Tirek said. "Or being spotted." He added.

"I'll come up with some kind of plan...just go already. Don't worry about me." Cozy Glow said.

"Meh..." Tirek said and left. But if he had stuck around, he could've heard Cozy Glow start crying.

"...It's not fair...It's not fair...it's not fair..." Cozy Glow said. "I'm all alone again. No family...no friends...I'm all alone all over again..." She said before she began to sob relentlessly.

There was someone watching her break down.

"...Queen Twilight's gonna flip when she hears about this..." A female voice said; their voice barely above a whisper.

Meanwhile, Tirek would never find his brother, instead, Queen Twilight personally executed him herself.

"It's just not fair..." Cozy Glow said as she began packing things to go off. "But at least they have families to go to now. Unlike me. After I was born a Pegasus over a unicorn, my parents disowned me! The first moment that they could, they dropped me off at that adoption place and never wanted to see me for the rest of their lives! I got adopted by two pegesi eventully, and when I was six years old, they told me that I was adopted. I managed to find my real parents and they...they told me everything! So I wanted nothing to do with them or my adopted parents so I fled. I fled as far as I could." Cozy Glow said. "And now...now I have nothing again..." Cozy Glow said as she began to break down.

"Oh...Oh Cozy Glow..." The spying female said; her voice still barely a whisper. "Queen Twilight needs to hear this..." She added.

"WHAT?!" Twilight's voice was loud, and Sombra felt like his ears were going to burst from his wife using the patented royal Canterlot voice.

"MY EARS!" Somba shouted as he was right next to his wife.

"She didn't even know I was there the whole time but...I swear that's what she said." Scootaloo said.

"Oh my..." Twilight said. "That changes things..." She added.

"Let me guess, you were going to use the same ruse on her as the other two?" Sombra asked.

"Yes but...I can't now. Not like this." Twilight said.

"I'll write her a personal letter. Maybe that could work instead." Scootaloo said.

"That could work, yes." Twilight said. Scootaloo nodded and left.

"...Gee...wish we had known THAT sooner." Rainbow Dash said.

"Tell me about it." Twilight said.