(Author's notes: Because I came up with this fanfic around the date of February 2012, I had to add concepts to it as season 2 aired on. However, it has reached its capacity, thus only the first two episodes of season 3 apply to this fic. To give you a time line as to how it applies to canon, this takes place one month after the Crystal Empire. Why did I stop it there? Well, you'll find out.)
Chapter 9: Establishing Power
Dark Fire sat in the completely trashed throne room, completely bored until Nightmare Moon returned. She had a look of pride and happiness on her face.
"What are you so happy about?" He asked as the painting behind him fell.
"Let's just say the sun will never rise again!" She commented.
"Well now that that's done, we get the exciting job of clean up duty." Dark Fire said sarcastically. "So I think you-"
"Thou is man if thy thinks we are going to do it." Nightmare Moon stated.
"Oh come on… I just took over this entire castle, give me a break!" Dark Fire shouted.
"Get somepony else to do it then."
Both of them went silent.
"That does remind me of something." Dark Fire recalled "Nightmare, retrieve Cadance from the rubble!"
She, without caring, used her magic to yank Cadence from the rubble. Meanwhile, Dark Fire lined up Luna's, Shining's, and Black Blade's unconscious bodies in a row. He then placed Cadance next to Luna.
"That's what I thought…"
"What is thy blabbering about?" Nightmare Moon demanded.
"When I fought every blasted pony in this castle, I infected them with a small dosage of pure hatred. Only those of royal blood are immune to it even if I tried to corrupt them… however there are exceptions to this rule." Dark Fire said, pointing to Black Blade. "He's one of those exceptions."
"What does thy imply from this?" Nightmare asked.
"That they have been through so much in their life that they have a natural form of hatred in their heart. Something I intend to use to my advantage."
"What shall we do while we wait?" She asked bored.
"Wake up all the guards, they will serve you loyally and without question. After that, keep an eye on these four." Dark Fire ordered.
"Fine, we shall awake the slaves from their slumber."
"Good, I will be back... I need to awake an old friend." Dark Fire stated before vanishing.
As soon as Dark Fire left, Nightmare Moon instantly sat down on the floor and pouted.
"We have Equestria in our hooves… and yet it's so boring."
In the castle's outer courtyard.
"It's been so long since I've seen you… I wonder what's changed?" Dark Fire asked as he walked through what used to be Celestia's garden.
As the rain turned into snow, the search continued. Passing by statue after statue of practically every creature imaginable, and even some pony war heroes, he finally found it.
"Such a cruel fate you have… to be locked in stone for eternity without a trial or second chance." Dark Fire whispered in sadness.
He then swiped his hoof in the air, causing all the snow and ice to fall off of the statue to show a stone draconequus.
"No more will I watch others suffer from the side lines… DISCORD, MY DEBT HAS NOW BEEN REPAID!" Dark Fire shouted as he shot red magic into the statue.
The statue glowed bright red as it slowly shattered into pieces. Eventually, it exploded in a bright flash of light.
"WWWWOOOOOOWWWW! Being in a stone can give you such a crick in the neck!" Discord shouted as he literally removed his head and spun it around 360 degrees before reattaching it back onto his shoulders.
Dark Fire was entirely confused by what he just witnessed. Shaking it off, he coughed extremely loudly.
"Who's there?" Discord said as he summoned a candy cane sword.
"You don't recognize me after all these years? You really are getting old."
"Night Shadow?" Discord asked in complete surprise.
"Its Dark Fire now and I have freed-"
"Night Shadow I missed you so much!" Discord said joyfully as he hugged Dark Fire and nearly popped his eyes out.
"B-but my n-name is…"
Discord then stopped suffocating Dark Fire and put him on his shoulder.
"I thought they locked you up for life or turned you into a coat hanger." He said, giving him a random chocolate bar.
"Nope, I'm still breathing, and how thoughtful of you." Dark Fire said in a little colt voice before eating the chocolate.
"So how's my favorite apprentice doing?" Discord asked as he rubbed Dark Fire's mane.
"But… I was your only apprentice, Discord." He said a bit confused.
"That's why you're my favorite, so what have you been up to?" Discord asked again.
"Oh nothing much… just took over Equestria and stuff." Dark Fire said casually.
"Regained the throne I see, well shall we begin our reign of chaos?" He asked, excited.
"Not just yet… I believe you're forgetting somepony." Dark Fire said, pointing to a statue of a mare.
"Oh yeah, how could I forget about her." Discord said, mentally face palming.
"Like I said… you're getting old." Dark Fire teased.
The draconequus then snapped his fingers as the statue shattered before them. Inside was a mare with an ashy purple coat, scrunched ocean blue mane and tail with a red strip in the middle of both, and a falling star for a cutie mark. When she opened her crimson eyes, she shouted some choice words that shall not be repeated in this fan fiction.
"AND YOU CAN TAKE YOUR HORN AND SHOVE IT UP YOUR-!"
"Stardancer calm down, your free now!" Dark Fire said, attempting to calm her down.
"Huh… what?" She said, getting out of her rant. "Hey Discord… It's time for my payment and you're overdue by 5,000 years. I want bits this time… not candy!"
Discord simply rolled his eyes as a bag of bits landed in front of her. Dark Fire then leaped off of Discord to land in front of her.
"And hello Night Shadow." She said in a seducing tone as she searched through the bag.
"Knock it off Stardancer, I know we're just friends." Dark Fire stated.
"You're no fun." She pouted as she bent one of the bits in her mouth.
When she did that, she found out that it was chocolate and wrapped up to look like bits, thus getting a chocolatey surprise.
"Do you think this is funny?!" Stardancer yelled to Discord, who in return gave her the troll face.
"Oh Stardancer, you haven't changed a bit." Dark Fire said as he hugged her tightly.
"Hey watch the wings! They're still stiff from being in stone." She said, pushing him off.
"Look, if you want payment you need to follow me, Discord can teleport us back." Dark Fire said, trotting back to him.
"But I don't have a twitter account." Stardancer said frustrated.
Dark Fire let out a deep sigh before they were teleported back to the throne room.
Back at the throne room.
"We would also like a drink that's as strong as possible." Nightmare Moon ordered to the servants.
"Would you like anything else princess?" The servant asked eagerly.
"Yes… LEAVE OUR PRESENCE!" She shouted as they scrambled off in fear.
When she had the room to herself, Discord and the other's reappeared.
"You're telling me that your name is now Dark Fire, and you took over the palace by yourself?" Stardancer asked.
"Yes, are you impressed?" Dark Fire asked proudly.
"No, not really." She said bluntly.
"Discord!" Nightmare Moon yelled.
"Luna!" Discord responded back.
They both then teleported into each other's face for a standoff.
"DISCORD!"
"LUNA!"
"Stardancer!" She shouted, stealing the attention.
A red aura then enveloped both Nightmare Moon and Discord and pulled them away from each other.
"Both of you stop it! Discord, this is Nightmare Moon or Nightmare for short. She's the "evil" side of Luna, so she's on our team." Dark Fire said, introducing them. "And Nightmare, I'm pretty sure you know who Discord is… so be nice."
"Does thou realize what thy asks of us?" She complained.
"Stardancer and I are going to secure everything else… you two get to know each other better." Dark Fire ordered before grabbing Stardancer like a cardboard dummy and walking off.
A few moments passed in silence before Discord asked a question.
"Sooooo… do you like chocolate milk?"
After Dark Fire and Stardancer walked for about ten minutes, they reached their destination.
"So what do you say, you want a seat in power along with your friends?" Dark Fire offered.
"I could care less, just as long as I get paid." Stardancer pointed out.
Dark Fire only smiled as he extended his hoof to the left and fired an energy blast into the wall. Inside the wall was a huge room filled with all of the royal reserves of bits and countless gems.
"Work for me… and all of this and much more can be yours." Dark Fire declared, extending his hoof.
Stardancer was practically drooling at all the wealth she could obtain.
"As long as I'm paid, you have a deal." Stardancer said, shaking his hoof.
"Dark Fire!" A guard shouted from across the hall. "The citizens of Canterlot are in an uproar, they're threatening to start a revolution!"
"Soldier, secure the main doors… I will deal with these snobs." Dark Fire said sinisterly as he vanished from the room.
Back in the throne room.
"You have any three's?" Discord asked Nightmare.
"Nope… does thou have any five's?" She asked back.
"You asked that already." Discord replied.
Dark Fire then appeared in the room in an explosion of fire.
"Discord, I need you to fix up the castle with your magic, Nightmare I need you…to… ARE YOU TWO PLAYING GO-FISH!" Dark Fire screamed.
"Does thou have a problem with it?" Nightmare asked, annoyed.
"I love Go-fish… aside from that, Nightmare, I need you to send a group of guards to retrieve Twilight's body. I will explain later, but first I need to stop an angry herd of snobs."
"They will not be guards though." Nightmare commented.
"Anything will do. She fell out of that window, I will be back later." Dark Fire said before teleporting.
"Excuse me Discord." Nightmare said, clearing her throat.
She then shouted in a language that created the sound of thunder outside. Five Pegasi then emerged from the shadows of the room.
"What is your bidding princess?" The leader of the group asked.
"Shadow Bolts, go out and find the one named Twilight Sparkle, and bring her to us!" She commanded in a booming tone.
"It will be done, princess." The leader of the pack declared before they flew out the window.
"So where were we?" She asked Discord, picking up her cards.
"I believe it's my turn." Discord responded.
"Ok, go ahead." She said confidently.
"Do you have three's, four's, seven's, and nine's?" He said with a grin.
Nightmare Moon then tossed her cards at Discord.
"Thou has looked at my cards! Thou is a cheater!"
Dark Fire reappeared on a balcony that overlooked a huge portion of land where the citizens of Canterlot gathered. The uproar of noise was mainly demands to what had happened in the past hours. Dark Fire then looked at a clock to determine that it was eight in the morning.
"Where are the princesses!?" One of the stallions said in the mix of the uproar.
"Why is the sun not raised!?" Another demanded.
"We can't live in these conditions!"
"We demand answers!"
"SILENCE!" Dark Fire boomed, causing everypony to quiet down. "For those of you who do not know of the news… your princesses are no more!" He announced.
A pandemonium of anger and fear spread over the crowd of ponies at the sentence, causing Dark Fire to boil in anger.
"ENOUGH! For centuries, the tyrants known as Celestia and Luna ruled over you with an iron hoof! Making you obey their rules without question, making you shiver at the sound of their name, making you cower in fear of their punishments! But no more… no more will you tremble at their sight, because you are now free from their influence and rule! No more shall you obey a monarchy without end, no more shall you feed a power hungry queen, NO MORE SHALL YOU LIVE LIKE SLAVES TO DICTATORS! It is time for change, a time for a new leader to take charge, under new rules. I will give you the freedoms you could only dream of before, and this can only happen under my democracy! What do you say ponies of Canterlot? You have been blind from the truth before, but now you will see what true freedom is! THROW DOWN YOUR SHACKLES EVERYPONY AND SEE THE WORLD FOR WHAT IT TRULY IS!"
Even after Dark Fire's speech, the citizens of Canterlot were still loyal to their old rulers. Thus they denied him in anger and rejected his promises.
"FOOLS! DO YOU NOT REALISE WHAT YOU'RE DENYING! IF I CAN'T MAKE YOU SEE THROUGH THE LIES YOUR LEADERS MADE YOU BELIEVE… THEN I WILL MAKE YOU!"
Dark Fire then extended his hoof forward, sending out a red, foggy wave of corruption and hatred that covered the crowd. As Dark Fire laughed maniacally, everypony's eye's flicked bright red before returning to normal. However, all of their coats lost brightness, turning them dark.
"You poor ponies… under such deception… but I will free you. I WILL FREE ALL OF YOU!"
Lightning surrounded the dark unicorn as a red bubble appeared around him. Making a high pitched charging sound, Dark Fire enlarged the bubble to great proportions as he stood on his hind hooves. He was then enveloped in a black shadowy aura as his eyes went pure white. He screamed at the top of his lungs, causing the ground to shake, then a massive energy wave around him enveloped Canterlot in seconds. Dark Fire was completely out of power after this move.
"And that *pant*, my fellow viewers *pant*, is how to take over a country." He said with pride before slipping into unconsciousness.
"Twilight wake up, they will be on us soon!" The dark figure said telekinetically to Twilight.
Twilight slowly opened her eyes when she awoke.
"Am I… you know?" Twilight said to the figure.
"You are very much alive Twilight, but we must get you to safety. Can you teleport to Ponyville?" The figure asked.
"WHAT THE HAY IS THAT!?" Twilight screamed, pointing to the ever-approaching red wave.
"Twilight, if that wave hits you, all of Equestria is doomed, now focus!" She yelled, telekinetically.
"THERE THEY ARE!" One of the Shadow Bolts shouted.
"Hurry Twilight!" The figure shouted.
Twilight quickly teleported them to the first place she could think of… the outskirts of Ponyville. The Shadow Bolts quickly gathered to the location they teleported from.
"Where did they go?" One of them asked.
"They teleported you idiot! Quick follow me, I can only guess where Twilight went." The leader said before they all vanished into the darkness.
As soon as Twilight and the dark figure appeared, they began to gallop at a ridiculously fast pace.
'What went wrong back there with him? Why did I have to snap at him? Will we be able to bring him back? Will I ever be able to apologise to him?' These were the thoughts that were going on in Twilight Sparkle's mind as her and a dark figure, about a few inches shorter than Luna, were galloping next each other on a road in Ponyville.
She would have thought of more questions if it wasn't for the energy blast that exploded five feet in front of her. It was shot from one of the dark pegasus guards that were chasing them. In response to this act, the dark figure leaped into the air as if it was flying and spun around so that its back was facing away from the guards. It used a blinding blast of light that caused them to crash into several buildings. Twilight's objective to reach her library could now be achieved without much trouble from the guards, but she still had to hurry and get her friends out of town before the faint red pulse engulfed it.
Twilight rushed through the door of her home, only to see that all of her friends were right where she had left them. She attempted to form words, but was forced to take oxygen into her lungs from the long gallop she had just recently done. Everypony looked at her surprised as she stood in the doorway inhaling air faster than a vacuum cleaner. It wasn't until Applejack spoke up causing the silence to break.
"What's the matter sugercube, did it not go well?" Applejack asked.
"Yeah, it looks as if you ran a marathon." Rainbow Dash commented.
Twilight, still out of breath, attempted to make movements with her forelegs to indicate the approaching danger, but was not successful in this hoof-gestured movement.
"Ooo, is this a game where we all act crazy and random?" Pinkie pie asked, bouncing up and down. "I play this game ALL the time!" She yelled happily.
Twilight was now even more frustrated and started to point out of the window frantically on the second floor. Luckily for her, Fluttershy was the only one that noticed this and trotted up the stairs, heading towards it.
"Look darling, just take a deep breath and tell us what happened." Rarity said in her fancy tone.
"There's *pant* no time *pant* we need to *pant* get out NOW!" Twilight yelled, startling her friends.
"Um girls, there's a b-b-big scary red light heading towards us." Fluttershy said in a frightened tone.
Rainbow Dash heard this and flew to the window only to confirm the worst as she saw the incoming light.
"She's right, and there's also a red ball of..." Rainbow stopped and gasped. "Fluttershy, GET DOWN!" She yelled.
The explosion sent both of them to the first floor unharmed but dazed. Spike was also sent down to the first floor, unfortunately he crashed into a table. The dark figure then ran into the room and slammed the door. In the light, it was now apparent that the dark figure was not only a female pony, but an alicorn. She then signaled to Twilight that it was time to go.
"Ok, everypony stay close to me." Twilight said as she used her magic to teleport her and her friends out of her home and into the Everfree forest.
After they emerged from the light, they started galloping through the forest. Twilight used her horn as a light source to guide them through the dark wilderness. They ran until they could not breathe anymore and until… they were lost.
However, the dark alicorn had other plans besides standing around. She lead the others into an unfamiliar cave not seen by any of the mane six before. The cave was unlike any other witnessed by pony eyes. It was lit up by enchanted torches and lights that went down a hallway similar to that of a royal palace. It came to an end that revealed two black doors about fifty feet tall and thirty feet wide. It was then that Rainbow Dash asked Twilight the question that was on everypony's mind.
"Are you sure we can trust her? I mean she's all mysterious and stuff!"
The alicorn turned around and rolled her eyes at the small comment of suspicion.
"Well, she kind of saved my life back in Canterlot." Twilight said, glancing at Rainbow Dash.
"Wait… she did what now!?" Rainbow Dash asked in a shocked tone.
"I will explain later, just trust me on this." Twilight said in a calm voice.
The alicorn then stood in front of the door, staring at it for a good five seconds before shouting. It was a language unknown to any of them except to the lavender mare. The door glowing with a purple light, as a response to the alicorn's command, opened. As the door opened slowly, Twilight explained to the others that the language the alicorn used was ancient dragon tongue, which was long forgotten by ponies centuries ago. It was a language that she always wanted to learn for herself.
The alicorn then signaled everypony to follow her into the doorway. Once they followed her inside, they noticed a pale gray field surrounding another dark alicorn who was sleeping inside. The female alicorn slowly trotted towards the barrier and then placed both of her hooves onto it. Her horn then started to glow and her hooves were suddenly filled with power as she started to break the barrier.
"Ok girls, now you can ask me questions." Twilight said in a relieved manner.
"Well for starters, what the hay is goin' on?" Applejack demanded.
"Yeah, like those explosions that go BOOM and the jerky Pegasi!" Pinkie said in a curious and hyperactive tone.
"And that big scary red light." Fluttershy said timidly.
"And more importantly," Rarity spoke up. "Those two over there." She said pointing her right hoof at the two alicorns.
"And what about Night Shadow?" Rainbow Dash added.
"Okay, okay, one at a time." Twilight said as if she was about to be overrun with hundreds of questions. "I guess I should start from the very beginning."
Twilight then began to recap what had happened and how this entire mess started in the first place. "Okay... it all started like this." Twilight said, regretting the things she was about to explain.
After however long it took you to get here later.
"And that's what happened." Twilight said, completely ashamed of herself.
"I liked how you talked about the parts you weren't there for." Pinkie said in a joyful tone.
"So you're tellin' me that when you got mad at Night Shadow, it was all just a big misunderstandin'?" Applejack asked.
"Yes, now he's calling himself Dark Fire and ruling Equestria!" Twilight said, dropping her gaze to the ground.
"The title, 'Prince of Darkness,' does sound cool." Rainbow admitted.
Everypony then gave Rainbow a disgusted look.
"What, I can't have my own opinion?"
"I never got to apologise to him… this is all my fault!" Twilight said as tears fell.
"It's not your fault Twilight." Fluttershy said, hugging her.
"Then whose fault is it?" Twilight said, crying into Fluttershy's shoulder.
Nopony knew how to respond to her comment. Nevertheless, it was then that the alicorn shattered the barrier around the other alicorn.
"You must forgive me for not talking this entire time, but I swore not to speak until my brother was freed from his prison." She said calmly.
"So you two are related, but then how come you look almost exactly like Princess Luna?" Twilight asked confused.
"It was a coincidence, and the fact that she adopted me centuries ago along with my brother. I guess I took on her features."
The alicorn then stood up to stretch his wings. Everypony, except the other alicorn, was a bit intimidated by the fact that he had wings and a tail that belonged to a dragon. His wings, along with his feathers and tail, were black and silver. He had the same eye, mane, tail, and coat color as his sister. In fact, they were twins. The only difference between him and her were the gray splotches on his fur instead of Luna's light blue ones and the cutie mark of a willow tree.
"Sister, I thought mother was supposed to free me from this prison." He said in a deep accent.
"She was… if it wasn't for the fact that she was taken prisoner."
"Taken by whom!?" He shouted, giving of a strong magical presence.
"Night Shadow." She responded.
"Night Shadow… I thought he was loyal to us." He said, dropping his guard.
"He was loyal to Nightmare Moon, not Luna."
There was a short pause between the two.
"Then I'm going to save mother." He said determined.
"Ummm, may I explain what's happened?" Twilight said nervous.
He stared at her in an aggressive manner before turning to his sister.
"Why have you brought strangers into this forbidden landmark?" He said aggressively.
"She and her five friends are the bearers of the Elements of Harmony, you should listen to them." She demanded.
He was taken aback by the statement.
"I'm sorry about that… as you can imagine, being in a prison for 1,000 years can make anypony cranky. My name is Enderpearl, and my sister's name is Endershine." He said, changing his tone.
"Is that a Minecraft reference?!" Pinkie shouted, hopping to and fro.
The two alicorns stared at her confused until Twilight regained their attention.
"Ok, Night Shadow has taken over Equestria, but he's now calling himself Dark Fire. I suspect that he's in Night Shadow's body."
"It's worse than I thought. I remember Nightmare Moon trying to control that form, it's practically impossible."
"That's another thing… Nightmare Moon has returned." Twilight declared.
Everypony gasped.
"What about Luna and Celestia?" Enderpearl said worried.
"Nightmare Moon was extracted from Princess Luna; they are now two separate beings. As for Princess Celestia… I don't know." Twilight said in a depressing tone.
Endershine nodded to her brother when he looked at her, giving him permission.
"I will try to explain as much as I can about ourselves. 1,000 years ago, my sister and I lived happily among the ponies of Equestria, but that's when Nightmare Moon appeared. Even though her promise of power and control was strong, my sister was able to resist it. I, on the other hoof, was not so lucky. I joined Nightmare Moon's rebellion not because I wanted to, but because I was mentally forced to.
When she found out that it worked on me, she tried her cruel trick on others. Night Shadow was one of them, and even though we were friends under the control of Nightmare, I could still see the pain of loss in his heart. He explained to me one day that he had voices in his head that pulled him in all sorts of different crazy paths in life. However, it was worse than that… his darker self was always pulling him away from anything good that could benefit his life. And Nightmare Moon wanted to control that power for herself.
He has three alter egos: his neutral self, which you all know, his evil self… no explanation necessary, and his good self that I think nopony has ever seen.
Fluttershy hid behind her mane, feeling special to be the only pony to even witness Night Shadow's good form.
"Aside from this, all of you should get some rest, you're going to need it." Enderpearl suggested.
"The cave is protected with an anti-magic barrier, the hatred wave that Dark Fire created can't penetrate it, so you have nothing to worry about."
Back in Canterlot.
"You ordered all the prisoners free…why?" The newly corrupted guard asked.
Dark Fire was sitting on the newly repaired throne. Thanks to Discord, there was no clean up duty involved.
"They were enemies of Celestia and Luna, so I offered them freedom if they joined my cause, and they became Shadow Guards." Dark Fire informed him.
"Is that the name for your new army?" Another guard asked.
"Yes… I will soon require all of Celestia's royal guards to dye themselves dark gray, Nightmare will decide if she will keep the color of her guard though."
"Lord Fire, we obtained a rebellious prisoner from sector zero." A guard announced, walking in.
"Good work soldier, bring him in." Dark Fire ordered.
"Well that's just it sir, we can't tell, it keeps changing." The guard said a bit nervous.
"Nothing to worry about, just bring it in."
Not too long afterward, two guards brought in a green pegasus with royal clothing.
"Untie me this instant… I am royalty and I demand you let me go!" The pegasus ordered.
"Guards, leave us." Dark Fire said calmly.
As the guards let the throne room, silence fell on the two of them.
"You can drop the act now… you're not fooling me."
"Who are you, I don't remember you!" The pegasus demanded.
"I am Dark Fire; I have said this name so many times that it must bore people now. I am the new ruler of Equestria, so now tell me who you are." He said kindly.
"I am a queen of a far away land and I demand you to release me!" She said angrily.
"Is that so… changeling." Dark Fire smirked.
He then placed his hoof under the Pegasus's chin and removed the disguise that she had on with his magic. He then bound the changeling with magic so she couldn't escape.
"My my… what wonderful cheese legs you have my changeling queen." He ridiculed as he circled her.
"What do you want, royal trash!" She said, angrily.
"Your loyalty and army, I know how changelings work, you feed off of love to survive. Me and my friends will give you just that… if you deny, you will find that all of Equestria is under my influence of hatred. Hate is the opposite of love changeling; you won't stand a chance out there on your own if you reject this offer. Think about it, your kingdom would be reestablished to its full glory with you being their queen, and all it takes is one hoofshake." Dark Fire said extending his hoof.
"What makes me think that you won't betray me?" She asked, doubtfully.
"Please changeling… if I wanted you destroyed, we wouldn't be talking." Dark Fire said, keeping his hoof in the air. "You have ten seconds to decide your fate…"
"Okay, okay I accept." She said shaking his hoof.
"So what is your name changeling?"
"Chrysallis… why?" She asked a bit worried.
"Just for introduction…" He wrote on a letter before it vanished.
Instantly confetti from absolutely nowhere shot in all directions, nearly giving Chrysallis a heart attack. When things couldn't get any louder, a crowd of stallions came in and put a leash around her neck and carried her off into the break room.
"Have fun my little changeling!" Dark Fire waved. "You'll get to party later Dark Fire… you just need to revive one more ally."
In an underground room in the castle.
"Apparently you were once king of an empire." Dark Fire said as he filtered more magic into a crystal. "But like all of us… you were defeated by the tyrants."
Dark Fire stood in a circular room that had an inner circle for summoning creatures from other worlds. In the summoning circle was a huge illuminated symbol that stood for whatever was to be summoned. It could be changed with a switch next to Dark Fire. He then conjured a book with magic.
"To summon a being from the shadow realm, you must first apply the symbol of shadows into the summoning table." Dark Fire read aloud.
He then shot a beam of magic into the switch, causing it to change symbols.
"Then, implement the creature you wish to summon."
He once again shot magic into the switch.
"Then summon the being using the language blah blah blah I get it!" He said tossing the book.
Dark Fire then stood at the foot of the summoning circle and placed his hooves in the desired spots in the floor.
"AB UMBRA EST SCRIPTOR TE DISCEDENTE HUIUS MUNDI, UMBRA EST SCRIPTOR REUERTERIS! REDIRE AS VITAM CUM REGNO VESTRO MORTALI CORPORE ET ANIMA AD NOVUM REGEM UOBIS!"
A lightning bolt then striked the summoning table, filling the room with black smoke. When it cleared, it revealed a heavily armored unicorn with a red cape.
"It's time to wake up Sombra… you've slept for quite long enough."
"It's King Sombra to you." He stated angrily.
"Don't make me laugh… your kingdom fell and you still call yourself a ruler." Dark Fire mocked.
Sombra then tried to grab Dark Fire by the throat, but ended up crashing into a table.
"I give you your physical body back and the ability to use words other than, 'slaves' and this is how you thank me? No wonder your performance was horrible in season three."
Sombra, having enough of it, appeared in front of Dark Fire only to get roundhouse kicked across the muzzle, sliding across the summoning table. Dark Fire then applied his hoof onto the back of his head.
"Watch your words carefully, Sombra, for I brought you back into this world and I can easily rip you out of it again. This would have been a lot easier if you were more willing to listen, but now I'm going to demand from you. You will obey my every command and give me your loyalty or be forced back into the shadow realm. In exchange, you will be given back your crystal empire and treated like royalty in Equestria. In my opinion it's a win win situation, so I would take it before I change my mind!" Dark Fire demanded.
Giving Sombra no other choice, he accepted his offer… forming an ever-growing alliance of evil to rule Equestra forever.
(One last thing: Stardancer belongs to one of my best friends, thus, she is not mine. Thank you.)
(Edit: Forgot to mention, Enderpearl and Endershine belong to another friend.)