Too young to die

I floated next to Twilight, not that I wanted to, but because she was forcing me to, we were heading towards the train station, when a golden chariot passed by, and landed near us. The guards didn't give me a second glance as I was still being held captive by Twilight. "Hey, uh, Twilight? You mind putting me down?" She blushed and quickly put me down. The chariot took off, heading straight for the town of Canterlot. The indigo night did little to ease my stress, what had she found? Was it something bad? Hopefully good, but... I quickly stopped those thoughts, they did no good.

Very soon we were nearing the magnificent, town on the mountain. On the ride there were a few bumps, which didn't scare Twilight as much as I thought they would, we touched down, to be greeted by a Royal escort, why though? No idea. They stomped through the street, their hooves making a depressing cackle on the paved road. We walked through the front doors of the castle, in the show they made the castle look insignificant, but up close and personal, it looked like something, that would cost a billion dollars. We walked through many halls until we met a large door, not a double door, just a single door.

They directed us inside, the first thing I noticed was the Princess, she was laying on a velvet red bed, a stone furnace in on corner of the room, a lush red carpet lay on the floor, and the corners were adorned with flashy gold poles, next to the bed was a glass screen door. "Justin, Twilight, please have a seat." There were 2 seats next to the bed, I took one, Twilight the other. "Justin, I am sorry to inform but, when the pony who did this, whoever it was, added your wings, they used a irreversible spell, so you're stuck with wings for the rest of your life." My mouth gaped open in shock, my mind still processing what she said, "B-b-but Princess, that's not bad news! That's great news!"

She gave me a queer look, "Justin, I still haven't tracked down the pony who did this, but, I will find who did this." I looked askance at her, "Do you have any insights on who it might be, Celestia?" She shook her head, electing a sigh from me, "So, when you say old magic, who would have access to it, and who would be powerful enough to cast such a spell?" She gave me a worried look, "That's what worries me, only an alicorn can cast the spell, it wouldn't be Princess Cadence, Princess Luna or I. I had already asked them, and I really doubt they would do it anyways, it wouldn't be changelings either, in fact, I don't recognize the pony who used the magic."

"May I have a look at the book?" She nodded and floated it over, it's title, Old magics, and other things It's author was, Dusk Star. I opened the book, "What page would the spell be on?" I asked, "Page 666" A look of forlorn crossed my features before settling, that was a weird page number. I flipped to 666, to find the entire page describing a certain spell, the other page, had the wings spell, combined well, it's what happened to me apparently. A thought hit me, this was all too convenient. something bigger must be going on.

'Ahhh, and with that you would be right...' I jumped, "Did you two hear that?" They both looked at me confused, "Wait, so you guys really didn't hear that?" 'No, need to worry, they can't hear us...' Celestia looked over me, "Justin, are you all right? You've gone pale." I shook my head, "Please tell me you guys can hear that!" They shook their heads, 'I don't see why you worry, in fact we can have some fun...'. I felt the blood drain from my face, this voice sounded so familiar, yet I couldn't place it, "Celestia, I think I'm goin-.." I fell off my chair, my forehead began to sweat, and sweet velvety blackness began to envelop me, "Justin? Justin! Somebody get a do-......."

My eyes shot open, a deep breath ensued, I sat straight up, my gaze slowly settled on Princess Celestia who was standing to my left. 'Aw, look who's bedridden, do you know who I am?' "Justin! Thank the gods your okay! What happened?" Before I could respond the voice spoke again, 'Well, do you?' I shook my head, "Get out of my head! WHO ARE YOU!?!?" I screamed, I brought legs to my chest, the voice just laughed, 'Why, I guess you don't remember me, I'm the one who brought you here after all, I am King Sombra, and I will use you as my instrument, in taking over this filthy place, after all, I never really did get revenge.'

"Princess Cel-estia! What a pleasure!" My voice morphed into his, I quickly tried to fight him, only to find he had complete control as of right now. Celestia watched in horror, as my face twisted into an evil grin, much unlike mine. "King Sombra! What are you doing back here? We banished you! And that means we can do it again!" She emphasized her point by stamping her hoof. I finally got control over my voice, "Celestia! Hel-p me!" My voice kept on morphing between mine and Sombra's.

I stood up, as I did a group of Royal guards charged in, trying to find out what the problem was...

(One of the guard's POV)

My ears perked up to the sound of a scream, and the voice of... no! NO! He couldn't be back! I charged towards the door, along with a couple of my combat buddies, I kicked in the door, to see the human standing, his skin instead of it's regular tan, was a deep gray, his hair was red, his sadistic grin put me off guard, he lunged and grabbed my throat, the last thing I heard was a crunch...

(Justin's POV)

I lunged forward, catching the guard, off guard and snapped his neck, I felt dumb-struck at what my own hand did, but King Sombra just laughed and roundhouse kicked another one. I mentally closed my eyes, I didn't want to see it, but I still felt it. "Justin! If you're still in there, FIGHT BACK! Don't let him take control!" Celestia shouted, Sombra cackled madly, I watched as the hand that was about to grab the Princess, turn tan, I pulled back fighting with all my will. But he regained control, but not enough, I forced the hand down as it kept on reaching out towards the Princess.

I tripped myself, just to keep Sombra from doing any harm to the Princess, she finally grabbed me with magic, and slammed me against the wall. Rendering me unconscious.

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I was floating in a black void, Sombra, in his ponified form, trotted up to me, 'Well, why did you ruin the fun we were having? Really, you are a party pooper.' I closed my eyes, preventing tears from coming out, "THAT WAS NOT FUN! YOU MADE ME KILL! Why did you make me do this?" I fell to my knees staring at my hands, as my chest constricted and I felt a pain growing there. 'To answer your question, with a question, would you have wanted to die?' I looked up, the tears now flowing, "What do you mean?"

He showed me the car crash, 'In this world you're dead, if it wasn't for me, you'd be in the afterlife right now. But I'm giving you another chance at living, but I also did this to take over this god-forsaken place as you call it.' I stood up, "So this whole time you've been in my conscious? Then how come I hear you now?" He laughed, 'Oh, that was because you had to be within range of the spell tome, I had manifested myself there, once you picked it up I transferred to you!' He kept on with his maddening chuckle. "So what do you really want to do with me?" I hated asking because I already knew the answer, 'Kill the pony population or enslave them, and have some fun time with your beloved Princess, if you know what I mean.' I scoffed, "Go to hell!" He chuckled, 'Ta Ta! Can't go to hell if your already there!' With that he disappeared and my vision began to brighten.

I heard the familiar sound of a heartbeat monitor, I slowly cracked open my eyes, emitting a groan. Princess Luna hover over me, my favorite pony in the whole show, was standing over me! "Princess Luna?" I asked weakly, Celestia trotted up to the bed, and stared down at me, "Justin, the voice you heard was King Sombra, he was the one who sent you here, and gave you wings." My fazed mind took that as a joke, "Heh, Red-bull gives you wings!" With that I promptly fell back unconscious.

I awoke to what I thought was a few hours later, from my perfect view out of the window I could see it was night, Princess Luna was in the corner, drawing something with a quill, a few paper balls surrounded her, along with an inkwell. She seemed to be intent on perfecting whatever she was drawing, "Luna, what are you drawing?" She jumped, spilling the inkwell, "Oh! Your awake, I was drawing the sun." Imagine this in black and white, you got your picture

She seemed rather proud of her picture, "Looks nice, also what happened?" She kicked at the ground before answering, "Princess Celestia, slammed you against the wall, which is why you have a broken arm, leg, wing, and hand. She also wanted me to check over you while it's still night, she said she'll be here in the day.." What she said was proven wrong as Princess Celestia, teleported in, "Justin! Are you okay? Did King Sombra effect you?" It was then I noticed half my body was in a cast.

"No, but I can tell you did," She blushed, "And Sombra has been quiet this entire time." A voice filled the room, 'I'm still in your body, but now I can speak with things outside of it. Now, be-' Celestia cut him off, "Sombra! Why are you doing this? Tell us!" His chuckle filled the room, 'It will all be explained in good time, I would just like to say, my mission to get revenge and possibly as a bonus, rule Equestria...'