Crystalline Terror

"zzzzzzzzz... zzzzzzzzzzzz.... zzzzzzzzzz..... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz....."

Butt raised into the air but covered by the blanket of the master bed, Sombra snored loudly, even as the sun's rays poked though the window and struck the cotton fiber.

Snickered came from the closet as a certain crystal dragoness had a string wrapped around her front right paw. Inside the closet with her was a equally giddy Leopold. "This is gonna be epic." He snickered.

"I know. i know. i know. oh, shh shh shh shh shh shh."

Aurora waited for the perfect moment, a moment where she can dump the bucket of water hanging over the top of Sombra's bed, tittering on the edge.

"Come on, come on, come on..."

Sombra yawned and flipped over, causing the blanket to fall off the bed, exposing his teenage body to the dragoness' evil trick. That was the opening Aurora wanted. "GOTCHA!!" She pulled on the string, causing the bucket to tip and fall.

The freezing cold water hit Sombra's chest, making him burst awake. The bucket fell on his manhood, making him howl in pain. Leopold and Aurora fell out of the closet, laughing their asses off.

"Un-pleasent." Sombra squeaked with his voice raised up several octaves. And he was having such a nice dream too. The dream was when he was run out and found this fortress. He fell out of bed and onto the floor, holding his manhood.

10 years have passed since Sombra was run out of Equestria and he found refuge in the castle located in the arctic north. 10 years since he met Leopold. 10 years since he met Aurora. 10 years since he found this fortress and became it's king.

10 long years...

Sombra has grown up a lot in those 10 years. His body and mind have matured as he was into his teenage years. His mane and tail grew much longer and his horn grew longer. To his surprise, it turned red and curved up. during these 10 years, Sombra improved on his shadow magic significantly. Now, he's able to summon shadows and grow them to ENORMOUS heights, to be as big as this castle or the one in Canterlot.

Aurora did some growing too. She grew from being a scardy-cat afraid of her own shadow to being a take charge, no nonsense Dragoness. She also became a gardener, creating several small gardens outside the castle. She enjoys the view of the blizzard raging outside the shield. It shows how much weather can change a location, and the castle and it's surrounding greens are proof of that. She also became.... un...... mm.... for lack of a better word, horny.

In fact, She and Sombra became friends with benefits. Hey, he's a teenager, she's....... the dragon equivalent of a teenager. They have urges. you know what that's like. You've been though puberty before.

And Leopold is... still Leopold.

Sombra yelped in pain as he put a ice pack down on his wounded pride. "Oh. Faust. it stings so much!" Sombra kept squealing until the stinging sensation went away.

"Oh, quit being a baby." Aurora said as she rifled though the fridge, trying to find a fresh can of soda pop. "Thanks for the pop run, by the way."

Several years ago, Sombra discovered how to teleport using his mastery over shadows. With it, he teleports to the nearest town, Baltimare, and 'procures' some non-essentials that they find that they miss. This includes a brand-spanking new Gbox game system and some games, and some various goodies such as chips, soda, and the like.

"Let's see how you feel when your sensitive parts hurt like there's no tomorrow." His voice had gotten deeper as the years progressed, yet his eyes still possess that same childlike innocence.

"Yeah yeah yeah, blah blah blah. 'I'm in pain.' Well, suck it up."

Sombra stuck his tongue out while going 'blah.' Aurora grabbed it and pulled it as hard as she could, making him yelp in pain. She pulled until she could pull no more then let it roll back into his mouth like a curtain.

Sombra fell back on the snap. "Why do you hurt me...?"

Aurora flew over him with a playful smile. "Because i care, that's why."

"You have a funny way of showing it."

Aurora rolled her eyes. she stepped down on Sombra's rear hooves, lifting him up like a rake. She gave him a quick peck on the cheek, making him blush. "Better?"

"A tiny bit." Sombra smoothly said. "I think i need another kiss to be sure."

Aurora smiled and gave him another peck.

"If you two are going start another make-out fest to where she'll be calling out some deity's name, you mind waiting till night?" Leopold said as he read a magazine. "It's bad enough that i have to hear it though the walls."

"Oh, shut up." they both said.

"Why don't you make me?"

Sombra obliged and messed with him using his shadow magic. Leopold yelped as he was picked up and moved around and around against his will. "Hey! Hey! Put me down! Put me down!" Sombra and Aurora chuckled.

Deep in the recesses of the castle basement, inside the former master's personal zoo, a large and crystalline menace slept. Ever since the female of his species arrived, he had been binding his time, waiting for the opportune moment to break out and claim the very fertile female dragoness for his own. He knows she is extremely fertile; he smells her pheromones.

Creepy, i know.

"YAAAH! HYAH!!!"

Spider-Pig fired a sludge of web hit a monstrous lizard creature in the face, blinding it for the moment. "Nice try, Dr. Colters, but we can get you help. We can find a cure to help you with this... lizard thing."

Lizard looks at his new form and smiles evilly. "Not a chance, Spider-Ham. I like this new power. It makes me feel... better. And i am not going back to having lost one hoof ever again! You made me lose it! now... let's see how you like it when you are missing a hoof! RAAAAH!"

Lizard attacked Spider-Ham, swiping a claw at him. the masked porker jumped away. He fired a string of web towards a nearby building and swung away, avoiding another attack.

The entire exchange took place on a screen that hovered above the floor. Sombra, Aurora, and Leopold watched as the battle unfolded. They checked out this new show out of curiosity and now they are huge fans. That's one of the amazing benefits of this screen; it can pick up TV signals. There's a lot of show's they like... although most intersect with each other, and they don't have a recorder. It can get pretty hectic, especially when Aurora's soaps come on.

"Oh, he's gonna become bacon this time." Leopold commented.

Sombra scoffed. "Please. nothing can kill him. Goblin couldn't. Doc Ock couldn't. trust me, Hammy is gonna get out of this in one piece."

".....un-huh. hmm.... well, whatever you say. Not."

Aurora rolled her eyes. "Oh brother. here we go again."

"You know who can't be killed? Luffy from One Bit. Guy takes a powerful blow to the chest; still alive!"

"WHAT?!" Sombra exclaimed. "No no no no. Master Stallion from Marelo can't be killed! He's got some of the best luck around."

Aurora rolled her eyes again. Whenver the boys get like this, it's always time to leave and go somewhere else far away while the boys duke it out. "Okay, boys. I'm gonna go and get some more popcorn. You two keep arguing about... boy stuff." She walked off towards the kitchen.

"As i was saying, Master Stallion cannot be killed, no matter how hard you try..."

"No, Luffy can dish out any and all punishment, and take a lot of damage too. Just watch. i'll find a episode of One Bit and show you."

"No no no no." Sombra took the remote and held it out of reach of Leopold. "If we're gonna change it, we're gonna put it on Colt Wars. not that One Bit crap." the shadow leopard jumped on the stallion and wrestled him for the remote.

Aurora reached the kitchen and began rifling though the cupboards, trying to find another bag of popcorn she can pop with her fire. "No. no. no. no. NO! Darn it. No popcorn. i can't believe that we ran out." She sat down and crossed her front paws in a huff. "Guess Leopold's gonna have to make a run to Baltimare."

She heard her stomach growl. She rested her head on a nearby trash bin and closed her eyes, rubbing it. "I know, i know. i know you are hungry too. I only wish Leopold didn't spill all the popcorn." She got up off the floor and headed back to the throne room. "Come on. maybe we can get your dead uncle to go on a food raid for your momma."

When she returned to the throne room, she saw the boys wrestling. She exhaled a disappointed sigh. "Brother..." She walked on over, hoping her presence would get their attention.

It did not.

When that didn't work, which she knew wouldn't work but just felt like it, she used per powers over crystals to separate them. "OY! If you two ladies are done nagging, Leopold needs to go into town and get some more popcorn. we're all out."

"What?!" Leopold shouted. "Impossible. i only got that...... 4 weeks agooooo......." He lowered his head in shame. "Okay. i'm going." He begrudgingly left for the exit, disappointed that he has to go out in the cold again.

"And get some oranges this time! I have a craving for them!"

"STUFF IT!"

Aurora closed her eyes and giggled. Sombra looked to her oddly. "What cravings?"

She had been dropping hints all month about her body's changes but he still hasn't picked up on it. guess it's true what they say; teenage boys think about only one thing. She's pissed that she is the one who introduced him to the fun time in bed. "Oh... nothing. just felt like oranges lately."

"Oh. Well.... okay then."

Aurora chuckled and ran her tail across the bottom of his neck. "that's un... not the only thing i have a craving for." She said seductively. Sombra blushed fiercely. He gulped nervously as Aurora took her tail out. "I'm in the mood for something black, sweet, gentle, and is big."

"A ba ba ba. bababbabbababababaabbabababbbbbb"

Aurora chuckled seductively yet again. She stopped in front of him and looking into his eyes with a longing. "Yes, big boy... now please hurry. i'm not sure how long i'll be having this urging for long."

*Gunshot*

Sombra shot towards the master bedroom, leaving a trail of dust behind him. Aurora chuckled again and spread her wings. "I have him wrapped around my tail." She flew after him with a smirk.

The giant Crystal Dragon sensed that this is the time to move. It will claim the female for his own or die trying. He moved his tail to the lock. the tip morphed into a key shaped for that particular lock. He put it in and turned. The lock came loose and the cell opened.

He will claim his female. But first... it must feed. And loe and behold, there's a swarm of other animals down here, ripe for the picking. He opened his mouth and bared his hungry teeth before lunging towards the nearest animal.

The master's bed's blanket was tossed onto the floor in a filthy manner. one of the posts on the bed, holding up the part that can hold a bug net, was cracked. the silk net that surrounded the bed was ripped. The mattress was horribly ripped as well. and the two occupants of the bed rested under the sheets.

Both Sombra and Aurora panted very heavily after spending 4 hours.... eh... calling out to Faust. Yes... yes... calling out to Faust. that's my story and i'm sticking-- ah, who am i kidding? They did it. Yep. they did it.

"Oh my........" Aurora breathlessly exhaled. She had been trying to regain her breath for over 10 minutes. "That was... that was..."

"the most intense we ever did it? oh... hell yeah." Sombra smiled, feeling like a man.

Aurora saw that and rolled her eyes, though she's surprised she has the strength to do it. "Yeah... i wouldn't be surprised it... i got pregnant from all that."

Sombra laughed softly. "Pregnant. yeah right. There's never been a pony-dragon hybrid and there never will be. It's... physically impossible. How would the two genes meet? Besides, i'm not father material."

Aurora felt disappointed and a bit depressed. "o-oh... i-i see." She rubbed her stomach with her left paw. Regardless, she still has to tell him. "Listen, Sombra... i have--"

Suddenly, the entire room shook violently, causing the bed to shake, something it's very familiar too. And it wasn't the room, but the whole castle too. The shaking went away as quickly as it started.

"Was that a earthquake?" A shocked Aurora gasped.

"Impossible. we never had any." Sombra said. Guess that's why the previous owners built the place here. "Better go see how the animals are doing." He slid out of bed and grabbed his ruler's cape with his magic. He made it out of the blanket the leopards gave him when he was a colt. "You ok to walk?"

"Yeah, i think i can." She slid out of bed too, but when her feet hit the floor, they turned to jelly. "W-whoa." She blushed embarrassingly. "Hehe. i think i'll stick to flying."

Leopold groaned with a growl as he made his way though the freezing cold. He may be a shadow, but he still feels things. "Ugh... i'm gonna hit that girl when i get back."

The elevator descended down into the basement of the castle fortress. When that earthquake hit, they were worried about the animals down there in the 'zoo' established by the previous owners.

"I hope they're all okay." Aurora said, worried for the animals she had been caring for.

"Yeah, me too." Sombra said. "I wonder how this earthquake shook them up."

"I hope they aren't too shaken up."

The elevator reached the bottom. The doors opened up and the two headed for the exit. "We'll see when we get there." They reached the entrance to the 'zoo' and went inside. What they saw when they entered made them sick to their stomachs.

The entire floor was covered in blood. Every animal in the place was brutally killed and torn apart in a violent and gruesome manner. Not one animal is alive, and if they are, they'll be dead soon anyways.

"Oh my Faust...." Sombra gasped.

Aurora held her mouth in horror. "What... could've done this?"

The answer came when slobber fell from above, hitting the spot between them. They both jumped at the suddenness of the slobbers appearance. They then stiffened in fear and looked up to the ceiling. What they saw made their faces drain of all color.

Begin Song:

Escape - Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes soundtrack

Above them, clenching to the wall, was the Crystal Dragon, the bull. Hanging from his teeth are the remains of one of the animals. It swallowed the rest of it's meal and hissed. His mate has finally arrived and he will have her.

"Sombra...." Aurora asked in shivering fear.

"Y-yeah....?"

"I-is that the... giant C-C-Crystal D-Dragon that was locked up here?"

"Y-yep. and he does't look happy. If anything, he's still hungry."

"That's what i thought."

They looked at each other and got the same idea. "RUN!!!!" They ran back for the elevator. The Dragon fired down a fireball. it hit in front of the elevator, creating a wall of flame that blocked access. Sombra and Aurora screeched to a halt, turned the other way, and ran for their lives.

The Dragon spread it's wings. Finally... after what felt like an eternity, He will have her! Giving them a ample headstart; he likes the thrill of the hunt, He pushed off the wall and flew after them.

"THAT THING IS GOING TO KILL US!!!" Aurora bellowed.

"I NOTICED THAT!" Sombra yelled back.

The Dragon flew over them, creating enough wind to pick them up and send them flying forward a few feet. Their feet touched the ground and they kept on running.

"Do we even have a exit stragety?" Aurora pleaded.

Sombra thought back to all the times he came down here. "Yes, there is. There's a door at the back. Leads to what i think is a hanger. We can get out there."

"A Hanger?"

"Someplace they use to store ships; don't ask me, i didn't build this place."

The Dragon came around for another pass. this time, it's mouth was open and a fireball appeared in it. It reared it's head back and fired it towards the pony.

Sombra noticed it and shouted, "OH CRA------"

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Sorry... screen seems to be flaring up. I knew i should've upgraded the cameras, but noooooo. the executive decided to not to, saying these cameras are good enough. i swear...

there we go. we got another in the air. Hopefully our heroes aren't shish-kaboped.

*back to the show*

Soot covered his body, Sombra ran out of the 18th fireball. He thought Aurora was going to distract him. Not the best at what she says, apparently. It doesn't matter. He reached the emergency exit. He hit it with his shoulder, busting it open. He turned and called out, "AURORA!!! IT'S OPEN!!! HURRY UP AND GET OVER HERE!!!"

Aurora heard him and spun around a stone pillar. The giant dragon hit the same pillar, sending it crashing into the floor. "Finally! some breathing room!" She cheered. The Dragon burst up and ran for her on his hind legs.

"Oh, Come ON!!!" She flapped her wings as hard as she could. She kept up faster then the Drake, which is good.

Knowing he won't catch her in time, the bull powered up another fireball and launched it towards the exit. Aurora dove for the exit, the fireball right on her heels. She reached out for Sombra and he reached out to her. The---

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oh god dammit!!! Ugh... sorry folks. we're gonna have to upgrade the equipment for next episode. sorry about this. ugh... this is the last time we buy used.

oh right, how did it turn out? Um... well, they made it though the door and Sombra closed it just in time, but not before he got a burn on his chest. nothing horrible; singed fur, that's all.

i swear that next episode won't be like this. in fact, it will be a bit epic and... well, something bad will happen. now, if you will excuse me, i'm going to go fire our cheapskate producer.