I'm Sorry Sombra

"Embrace me, and I shall embrace you, but strike me down, and there shall be a reckoning."

I told myself I would never revisit land, that I was done with this world, that I had finally defeated the demons that once ruled them, but here I was, treading across the frigid tundra of Northern Equestria.  My feet seemed to grow slightly heavier with every foot step I took, not enough for me to notice it, but just another factor that was slowly breaking my body.  The heels of my feet dragged across the carpet of snow as my shins plowed right through it's dense fortified bulkhead.  It seemed the wind was taking every opportunity it could to pry my clothing from my body, though my cape flickered violently behind me, whipping back at the wind and tugging at my throat, I knew it was secure to me, along with my hood, robe, and my other winter apparel.

Northern Equestria was a starved wasteland which would explain why virtually nopony lived up here, but it would take much more than whatever storms mother nature could conjure to break my resolve at this stage.  The land threw it's ice shards into my face, but with my eyes closed the whole time, it had no effect on my vision.  For this purpose, I had no need of my actual vision, but with eyes closed and mind open, I could see a land burning with energy.  Only those trained to see past reality could see the world I did, the way it truly was.  The energy I sought after just up ahead in the distance, burning a different color and style than all other energies.  This was simply the way I saw things, not for what they were, but the aura locked away within them.

Normally, I would never have gone to such lengths for just one pony, but I made him a promise, and since I was a being of honor, I sought to keep that promise.  He did his part flawlessly, and he deserved to be rewarded accordingly, still, I felt a sort of disappointment deep inside, given his history I thought I would see a much more violent approach, regardless, it showed me that Twilight remembered me, she remembered everything.  I suddenly stopped and began to recall that event, 25 years ago, how it impacted me, how I changed, and the monster that I slayed.  The guilt seemed to return, clumping in my lungs, I tried to repress those memories as much as I could, I still felt convicted about that time.  Swallowing my guilt, I let out one long and very much overdue sigh, my breath came out as a plume of smoke in the howling winds.

Once done, I began once again along my path, I just had to venture over one more snow covered hill before I reached my target.  I was nervous in a way, afraid of what I might find, I wasn't sure if I would trigger some sort of event to make him whole again just by touching it, and if that was the case, what if he was upset?  It didn't matter ultimately, he agreed to it, I'm just doing my part.  After reaching the peak of the hill, I looked down the slope and saw a bright energy radiating off the horn from about 1 foot below the snow, it's energy flickered like a white fire, Sombra's essence was still alive.  Making my way down the slope, I began planning what I would say to him, I could just be professional and just give him his end of the deal then leave, but I felt more had to be said, plus, I'm sure he would have much to say after such an event.

I was now no more than three feet away from the horn.  Breaking my meditation, I opened my eyes for a moment to peek at the actual area I was viewing, just as I suspected, the horn was already buried in the snow, not very far down though.  The snow was still blinding, so I quickly closed my eyes to view once more a dark landscape with the only source of energy around for miles being the horn I now stood in front of.  I reached down, and pierced the snow blanket with my hand, reaching down until I finally came in contact with the horn.  Once I reached it, I quickly grasped it in my hand and brought it back up above the rapidly packing ice.  I held it up close to my face, it was still very warm, most likely because of the energy still locked away within it.  Turning it over and to it's side I inspected every angle of it, it didn't yet react with my energy, which meant I was safe for now. However, now I had to find a safe place to bring him back, I couldn't rightfully do it in a blizzard.  I reached down to unlatch a pocket sewn into my robe, and I stored the horn within for safe keeping, resealed the pocket, and directed my attention to another task, finding shelter.

The only energy I was able to sense on the entire trip here was the cold of the snow and of course the energy from Sombra's horn, seldom did I ever detect any other sort of energy, which meant we were smack in the middle of a wasteland.  I grumbled to myself beneath the blistering wind, the first time I had spoken in hours, and complained,

"Of all the places it had to go..."  It was times like this I wished I hadn't relinquished my power, if I still had it, teleporting anywhere on the entire planet would have been as simple as snapping my fingers.  However, deep inside I am proud of myself for that choice, it was evident that I wasn't responsible enough to handle god like powers like those, Equestria was my personal reminder of that.  I focused my mind sharply, remembering the task at hand was to find shelter, my circle of vision seemed to pass through that of the snow, and stretch out for just a few more miles than before.  Searching all around me, I tried to pick up on the faintest trace of energy that could be coming from any kind of shelter, heat from a fire, wood from a house, any sort of living creature.  Finally, something jumped out at me, it was very faint, but I recognized it.  It was a stretch, but it was the energy of attachment, it looked like a spark to me, green.  Energy given off by emotions is not an uncommon thing to detect, but at least I knew I was going somewhere that wasn't in a field of snow.

I faced the direction of the green spark, let out another sigh, and grumbled once again to myself,

"I'm getting too old for this..."

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