Author's Note

I hope you guys have tissues because this chapter is going to be TRAGIC!!! and i mean tragic; i'm talking about Titanic tragic.

Innocent's Requiem

The giant bull Crystal Dragon opened it's flaming mouth, speeding and sounding like a rampaging locomotive. Sombra and Aurora struggled hard but they were thankfully able to close the steel door. The bull struck against solid bedrock. It was knocked out as it sled to down to the floor. The ceiling caved in and buried him under miles of rock.

The duo on the other side of the door didn't know that. They just heard a whole lot of noise and felt a lot of shaking. Once the shaking stopped, they caught their breath.

Sombra flipped around and bonked the back of his head on the door. "Holy shit, that was close..." he breathlessly said as he slid down. He noticed a small ember on his chest. He brushed it off. The ember had already singed his fur, but he's just glad it wasn't his life.

Aurora is not going to argue with that. "This was a very close shave. But what caused the Dragon to go berserk and kill everything down in that zoo and try to kill them too. It doesn't make sense. It didn't do anything before now. Why attack now?"

Sombra looked up and down her body. "I can think of one."

Aurora saw him looking at her then looked at herself. "Me?"

"Why not? You are the female of his species. I'm guessing he was waiting while he regained his strength. And boy, did he regain it."

"Well, he's in for a shock." Aurora said in anger. "I don't go 'down' that easily."

Sombra ain't gonna argue with that. "That you don't. but... that doesn't help us get out of here."

"Yeah..." He got up off the floor, exhaling deeply. "Come on. Leopold showed me all the exits to this place."

"I know. i was here too, remember?"

They walked off as the Bull rammed against the wall again. "GIVE UP ALREADY!!!" Sombra yelled. "Sheesh..."

The two of them walked into the hanger. The place, used by the former occupants for their ship, was big enough to house a a large ship as big as a library. It is barely a hanger now, though. now it's just a huge cave with metal doors, a HUGE metal gate, and bits of machinery lying about.

"I still can't get over how big this place really is." Aurora said in wonderment. "It's just so... huge. The last tenents must've had some pretty advanced tech to build this place."

"According to Leopold, they were. Did you forget what he said?"

"Yes yes yes. i forgot, so sue me." The ground shook as the Bull hit again. "Let's just focus on getting out of here. Fast."

Sombra looked around to find the exit to their predicament. "I think the back door is.... there."

Aurora spread her wings and took to the air. "Well, come on, let's go. Let's get the hell out of here." He galloped towards the exit but stopped after 3-4 steps. She noticed this and stopped. "What's wrong?"

"What will we do when we get out of here? We can't go to Equestria; i'm universally hated or feared there. And i'm sure that we'll be run out of every other kingdom and empire thanks to wanted posters and rumors. I'm a pariah everywhere i go."

She landed and patted him on the back. "Hey, you don't know that. Equestria's out, sure, but you can't be sure that all the other kingdoms and empires will do the same thing. She got in front of him and looked him in the eye. "you never know till you try."

Sombra looked at her with disdained eyes. "Are you sure?" She nodded in confidence. He sighed depressingly and got back up. "Alright. I trust you." He headed to the exit. Aurora smiled and flew after her boy toy.

The Bull rammed the wall a 10th time and this time felt some pain in his side. He growled in anger, furious that they might have a way out of the trap. Instead of focused on the wall all the time, he turned his attention upward, towards the ceiling. He may have a way out after all in order to claim his prize. He spread his wings and took to the air. It hissed as fire formed in his mouth, leaking out like slobber.

Begin Song:

Slice Open Destiny - Nobunaga the Fool soundtrack

In a remote part of the castle, not that far from the Olympic-sized pool, a brick was nudged out of place. The wall surrounding it shifted and opened up, revealing a secret passage way. Aurora and Sombra ran out, panting for dear life.

"My Faust, that was claustrophobic." Sombra panted.

Aurora licked her lips and looked back to the door as it closed. "Least we're out of cramped passageway number 84 and in the actual castle."

"Yeah yeah yeah." Sombra got up off the floor and cracked his back. "I'm just glad to be rid of the insane Dragon."

Suddenly, the floor underneath them shook and shuddered. The Bull was not giving up. Instead, he was digging his way up. "OH, GIVE UP!!!" Aurora yelled at the top of her lungs. "I"m already taken! I'm gonna be a mother, for pith's sake!"

Sombie was not expected that last part. She looked to Aurora in shock, who had just realized what she had said. "A mother? Aurora, you're... i'm... we're..."

The Dragoness' ears drooped. "I meant to tell you. I just found out myself several weeks ago." The ground underneath them shook again, more violently this time. That made her nervous and him angry. "How about this; we get out of here, and i'll tell you everything. deal?"

Sombra was still in shock, but he shook himself out of it and nodded. "Deal." The two made a beeline for the exit.

Elsewhere, in the arctic tundra, having been sent out by Aurora for some supplies to satisfy her cravings, Leopold sensed something was amiss. A loud terrifying roar echoing over the tundran wastes didn't exactly help either.

"Oh no..." He said with worry. "Don't tell me that thing got out!" He booked it back to the castle, moving as fast as a shadow can.

The renegade Unicorn and the weathered Dragoness ran as fast as they could though the castle, hoping the Bull dragon won't pop up anytime soon from the ground beneath their feet. It took them a while to notice, but they eventually felt that the monster wasn't causing the ground to quake anymore. They skidded to a halt and looked down at the floor.

"He isn't attacking anymore?" Sombra asked.

"Maybe he gave up." Aurora suggested.

No he did not.

The ground shot up from under them as the Dragon burst up from the floor, roaring as loudly as it could, with it's mouth bared wide and it's teeth flashing in what little sunlight there is. He lunged all the way up though the ground and crashed though the ceiling. Finally out in wide open skies, the Bull stretched his wings to it's maximum limit and flew as high as he could. It unexpectedly struck the shield, something he wasn't expecting. He turned his attention back down to the castle, towards the only two occupants.

The two of them saw the drake looking down at them, making Aurora gulp in fear. "Oh, crap."

Sombra turned and yelled, "RUUUUUUUN!!!" The two ran away from the hole in the ceiling as fast as they could, and just in time as a fireball came down from above, hitting where they were causing a huge explosion. The shockwave from the huge kaboom shattered all the glass and left a deep crater in the middle of the castle.

Fire rose up from where the fireball hit and emanated from walls. Sombra and Aurora had ducked for cover, almost being hit by a falling support beam that's aflame.

"Yeowza...!" Aurora exclaimed, looking up at the beam that almost hit them. "That almost hit us!"

Sombra gave her a stoic look. "Really?" He said sarcastically. "I didn't notice. i thought it was a giant bouquet of flowers!"

"You mind not being a prick? last i checked, we're fighting for our lives!!!"

The massive Bull Dragon slammed down into the ground with enough force to make walls crumble. It roared loudly, with enough force behind it to make stone crumble.

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Sombra and Aurora crawled out from under the beam and ran for their lives, running into a hallway too narrow for the beast to give chase. The Bull saw them run into the hallway. He leaped after them but was too late to stop them. He reached his paw in to grab them but they were too far in.

Sombra breathed a very intense sigh of relief while running. "OH, Thank Faust for thin! I like thin!" He looked back to Aurora, who had gotten a very mean scowl going. "Un....... but i think i can grow to like thick women as well."

"Nice try, Braniac."'

They ran into the main hall, where the chandeliers were starting to shake in a violent manner. Large, loud booms came from above, giving them the idea that the monster was walking on the roof. "Oh, he does not give up!"

That he does not. The roof gave in under his weight, letting him fall in. He crashed into the floor with enough force to make the walls crumble at his awesome might.

"Rrrrrg. he's not gonna let us go this easily, huh?" Sombra's horn began to glow. "Very well then! Looks like we have no choice but to fight!!" Aurora got into a battle stance.

The Bull Crystal Dragon roared loudly in defiance. these little gnats are gonna fight him? He's honestly eager to see how these little nothings will fight.

Fortunately, Sombra moved first. He used his shadow magic to manipulate the Dragon's shadow, bringing it to life. The Shadow of the Bull roared in the genuine articles face before headbutting it. The Bull roared and headbutted back.The shadow flew back and began flapping it's wings in the direction of the Bull, creating a large and powerful gust of wind.

"Why didn't we just think of this in the first place?!" Aurora proclaimed over the sounds of the wind.

"Too much craziness!"

The Bull roared and fired a fireball at the shadow. it worked against the wind and hit, causing it to explode and disintegrate. As it dissolved, a larger version of Aurora's shadow came flying in, claws brandished for the kill. She swiped at the Bull, leaving a noticeable mark on it's cheek. The Bull snarled at the shadow beast, only to be quickly tail-whipped in the head.

The shadow Aurora was copying the moves of the real aurora, who was performing all the moves the shadow would later copy. The Shadow pinned the Bull down and sprayed Shadow Fire into it's face, leaving very real burns.

At the same time, Sombra powered up a magic spell that is sure to get rid of their pest problem once and for all.

The Bull overpowered the Shadow and flipped over backwards, taking the Shadow and pinning it on the floor. It inhaled and breathed a fireball that destroyed it. It then turned it's attention to the two nuisances.

Thankfully, Sombra's spell had just finished powering up. "You have caused us trouble for the last time, you annoying lizard!!!!!" He let loose a insane beam of pure energy light out of his horn. The beam tore though the floor, leaving a trail as it made a beeline towards the Drake. The Bull reacted and fired fireball after fireball towards the beam. The fireballs bounced off.

The beam hit, causing pain and untold devastation to it's body. It roared in pain as it faded away into nothingness. The beam blasted out of the large castle gates. A few seconds later, the beam stopped, leaving nothing but devastation and carnage in it's wake.

End Song.

Sombra panted heavily, exhausted by that unexpectedly powerful attack. But it is so worth it to finally be free from that annoying and destructive Bull.

Aurora ran past him, stopped 20 feet away, and spit to the wind. She wiped her mouth and shouted, "AND DON'T COME BACK!!" She panted and turned to Sombra, who looked at her with a mixture of shock, longing, and fatigue. She sighed, knowing the inevitable question. "I know what you are going to say..."

"Your... pregnant?"

"Well, we never used protection. Are you really surprised?"

"... I think the better question is, are you sure you want to do this? Motherhood, i mean?"

Aurora paused on her reply. "Honestly? I'm scared. I've never been a mother before, and you've never been a father. But at the same time, i'm excited. I mean, being a mother? That's a challenge in of itself. Plus, i'm kinda curious about what a Dragon/Pony hybrid will look like. ............... But, i'm not gonna force you into this. If need be, i'll give it up for adoption."

Sombra didn't reply right away. Instead, he just looked his ruined castle over. That Bull caused so much destruction in such a short amount of time. "We have a lot of repairs to make. I guess we can throw in a Nursery."

That made Aurora happily gasp. "Does... does that mean?"

He nodded. "Yep. We'll gonna be unwed teenage parents to the world's first Dragon/Pony hybrid."

All Joking aside, Aurora was happy that he wants to go though with this. So happy, she's crying tears of joy. "Sombra... thank you!"

He smiled and turned away. "Come on. We got a lot of reconstruction work to do."

"I know, and Sombra?" He turned back to her. The fire behind her made her scales glisten. It was almost like a trance. "I'm really glad you're the father. I can't imagine anyone else having a child with." Sombra smiled warmly and loverly to her. She smiled back in the same exact way. This feels like a fairy tale ending to a long tale of suffering and hardship. It feels like nothing can possible go wrong now that can ruin their perfect.

And then something goes wrong to ruin their perfect moment.

Blood splatted out in all directions as all Sombra could do was look on in stunned fear. The shocked Aurora, bitten down on her stomach by the Bull, who was horribly scarred by the beam, flailed her around like a ragdoll. After what felt like a pained eternity of that, the Bull bit down harder and flailed one last time. The front half of Aurora was sent flying into the only wall that wasn't destroyed while the back half was swallowed by the Bull.

"AURORA!!!!"

Sombra ran over to her side as fast as his legs could carry him. The Bull snarled and roared into the air, letting him go about his business.

He reached Aurora's bloodied and mangled body. Tears fell like a waterfall as he fell to his knees. Blood and Yolk seeped out of where Aurora was bitten in two. "No.... no no no......"

Using what strength she had left, Aurora weakly lifted her head and looked to her man as her vision started to turn to black. Seeing the tears fall from such a shocked expression meant only one thing.

She's going to die.

"S-Sombra....... how bad is it.......?"'

He doesn't want her to be afraid in her final hour; he wants to give her some hope. "Y-y-you're going to be fine. You and our child; you both are going to be just fine."

Aurora looked away and lightly scoffed with a smile. "Tsh... you always were a bad liar... but........ i guess that's what i loved about you........" She rested her head on the cold floor and closed her eyes for the last time.

Sombra felt completely helpless and useless as he watched the only companion he had for years die right in front of him. He felt something die inside his heart. He grabbed Aurora's head and held it close to his heart as he cradled it. "no.... no no no no no no. no, this isn't happening. this isn't happening." He struggled to hold the tears and emotions back but it was no use: they burst out in a violent torrent signified by a single anguished cry to the sky.

"AURORAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

He continued to cradle her head, saying her name over and over.

Begin Song:

Eren's Berserk Theme - Attack on Titan soundtrack

He was snapped back to reality thanks to the roar of the monster that did this. That horrible thing took what was precious to him and destroyed his home. He's going to make that monster pay. He carefully and gingerly set Aurora's head down and slowly got up.

The Crystal Bull Dragon noticed him get up and scoffed with a snort. He turned to face him and get rid of the last nuisance. It prepared itself for a easy fight.

"You............ you took her from me." Darkness seeped out of his body and into the air, slowly covering him in a aura of death. "You took the only thing that mattered to me!" His tears flowed upward and turned into the purple wisps of fire coming out of the back of his eyes.

Aurora's blood and the yolk of their unborn child reached his hoofs and seeped into his body without his knowing. Pure power, fueled by his sadness and his rage, coursed though his entire body.

"I WILL END YOU!!!"

Suddenly, Dark Crystals shot out of the floor, systematically heading towards the beast. The Bull barely had time to react. The Dark Crystals speared though his legs and his wings, causing untold pain.

Sombra turned and slowly made his way to the monster with his head lowered. "I am going to tear you apart scale by scale, cell by cell, molecule by molecule until you are no more!!"

The Dark Crystal Spears spread the Bull's limps out in all directions until it gave the appearance of a Crucifixion. The Bull roared in agony, praying for the pain to stop.

"I will carve out your soul and make you watch as i devour it, leaving only your consciousness as a side so i can make you watch!"

Large, 100 foot crystalline wings painfully erupted from out of Sombra's back, but he didn't care. He no longer cares about anything anymore. To him, Pain is a afterthought; a feeling that's just there. A Crystal rose from the ground, carrying Sombra right into the beasts face.

Sombra used his hoof to pick the beasts head up and looked him in the eyes. The Dragon's eyes went wide in terror as he stared into Sombra's. All semblance of childlike innocence was long gone, and in it's place is pure hatred with no conscience to hold it back.

"I will send you to the darkest, deepest pits of despair and turmoil, from the likes of which there is no escape."

Thousands of Crystal Spears appeared in midair. they all launched towards the beast, piercing it's body. The Bull roared in pain and agony, wishing for it to end. A much larger and more deadly crystal appeared underneath. It rocketed upward, piercing the Bull in the stomach.

The Bull roared in pain as it was raised up into the air in such a painful and brutal manner. 200 feet into the air, it exploded in a violent torrent from where only red blood was left.

End Song.

Back in Equestria, Celestia screamed as she bolted upwards out of bed. She stopped screaming and panted in a cold sweat. Thunder boomed and lighting cracked outside, grabbing her attention. Something horrible has happened. A innocent soul has been extinguished and something more sinister was left in it's place.

The Crystal carrying Sombra lowered into the ground, placing him back on solid Terra Firma. The wings disappeared, as did the rest of the crystals. Hallowed breaths are the only thing that exited his mouth.

"Holy......" Sombra callously turned his head and saw Leopold hovering their with a stunned and horrified expression on his face. "M-my Lord Sombra..... what happened here....?"

".......................................... What happened?" He coldly and heartlessly said. He looked up to the sky. "Life... life happened..." The blood that was once the Bull rained down. Sombra closed his eyes and let it wash over him. The innocent, fun-loving, happy-go-lucky, cheerful Sombra is now gone.

and something much darker and sinister was left in it's place.