Notice: Before reading this chapter, I'm mentioning a perspective change. Instead of being in Airborne's perspective, it changes to King Sombra's. Just as how you read in the previous chapters of Airborne's experiences, this will be the same with King Sombra. Now, let's begin!

King Sombra looked at the four flying creatures. He observed them by their looks and emotional expressions. He noticed Thorax the changeling, Ember the Dragon Lord, and Princesses Twilight Sparkle and Cadance. He laughed evilly as he used his magic to float in the air. The five were hovering over the damaged Crystal Palace. A storm brewed into the sky as Sombra's laugh commenced. Ember, Twilight, Thorax, and Cadance floated in a row as they kept their distance from the floating unicorn umbrum. "You four possess mighty power, but not enough for what is about to come," shouted Sombra. "You can not stop me! I've been preparing this enactment for a thousand years!"

Twilight Sparkle condemned in rage, "Cadance and I defeated you once! You were alone fighting off Spike, and you are alone again! What chance do you have against us?"

King Sombra's eyes narrowed as his vision focused on Twilight. "I remember you," he said. This time, he shouted, "You... You ruined everything!" He let off a mighty roar causing his body to be surrounded in a mystical aura. The aura was purple and black, dark and vicious. King Sombra's eyes widened as he launched himself at Twilight, who was tackled and forcefully pushed. Sombra and Twilight descend fast towards the ground; while Sombra pushed Twilight, he kicked her over and over again forcing her to lose focus and not teleport away. Ember and Cadance flew after the two as she saw that Sombra repeatedly kicked Twilight down until they came close to the ground. Ember blasted Sombra off of Twilight while Cadance flew to catch the falling alicorn. Sombra flew up looking down at the Alicorns and Dragon. Twilight was rescued by Cadance in time using her magic to catch Twilight. The 2 Alicorns were now close to the ground, and Ember flew toward Sombra as she breathed flames at the umbrum. Thorax, who was floating above the palace whole time, charged for a headbutt. The 2 attacks head for King Sombra, but the umbrum used his magic to forge a forcefield of raw magic. This caused both attacks to be blocked, as the flames made contact and spread around the forcefield, and Thorax's headbutt knocked him back in the air. Once the flames stopped on Sombra's forcefield, he then used his horn to lower the field and shoot crystals at Ember. Ember was flying towards the crystals and she dodged it by flying around them. Sombra cast more beams of dark crystal at the incoming dragon. Once she got close, she shouted at the top of her lungs and Sombra was blasted back horizontally. Once that happened, Thorax flew over to Sombra and headbutt him. Sombra was knocked down, fast heading to the ground. The umbrum caught himself by regaining his balance with magic and he looked up at everyone. He was directly above the ground, but he decided to land on it.

King Sombra spoke, "Not good enough." He grinned ominously. His horn glowed as the ground soon was shrouded in a gloomy cloud, extending from Sombra outward. It grew broad until no one could identify the vicious unicorn. Cadance, Twilight, Ember, and Thorax just float high into the air trying to maintain their distance away from the ground. They observed the thick smoke as well. They all were in a row in the air now. Twilight was being held by Cadance's magic orbiting her, but Cadance soon let her go once Twilight flapped her wings.

Twilight cautioned, "Don't get close to the smoke. He's plotting something."

The smoke grew thicker as it soon glowed purple in various areas. A whole city block was covered by the smoke, and the buildings and crystals it touched turned dark. With a singular flash, a brilliant beam of dark magic was shot at Cadance. Cadance dodged it by quickly flying backward and returning to her initial position. Twilight thought of a spell that could remove the dark smoke.

Cadance said, "This isn't so bad. He isn't capable of hitting us all-" Her sentence was cut short as various beams were fired from the smoke. They all had to evade and defend against the attacks. Cadance conveniently used her magic to form a forcefield around herself. Thorax was furthermore inside the forcefield. Twilight was using her magic for a forcefield and Ember was weaponizing her scepter strike the incoming attacks. They all fiercely defended themselves to a certain period. That was until Ember got struck first. She fell and got blasted more repeatedly as she continued falling toward the smoke.

Thorax screamed, "Ember" as she continued falling into the darkness. Soon enough, the dragon entered the dark abyss of the black fog, being concealed by it. The beams of raw magic energy, initially blasting at the group, stopped. The two alicorns that were floating high in the air had let down their forcefields. Thorax flew out of it looking down at the black fog. His anger rose, and therefore, his aggression spiked. With such rage, he flew down with great speed.

Twilight cried out to the descendant changeling, "Thorax! Don't do it!"

Thorax did not listen. He transformed into a phoenix and blasted the sky with rays of light. The light illuminated the dark fog brushing some of it away. Ember was revealed to have fallen to the ground. Thorax turned back to normal landing on the ground. He consoled his wife. "Are you alright?" he pleaded. "Say something, honey. Please, tell me." He was scared. The fear built up inside making him shake, but his rage also rose. King Sombra removed the entire fog itself and laughed evilly. "You don't know the power I have at my disposal," he pridefully exclaimed. His voice echoed powerfully in the field. "You fail to perceive who you're messing with. I'm a powerful unicorn of the shadows. You're a changeling. What more can you do that just that burst of light?"

Thorax looked at King Sombra in anguish while holding his wife. He flew back up slowly because of how heavy his wife was to him. Once the changeling reached a good distance in the air, Ember spoke weakly to Thorax. "Honey..." she said. Sombra just observed Ember and laughed. "I... I..." Ember continued. "I... am..."

Thorax hovered in the air, neither descending or rising. "What is it, Ember?" he asked her with worry.

Ember's eyes completely turned black. "I will kill you!" She broke free of Thorax's grip and striking him down with a swift jab. She flew down to grapple one of his legs before he hit the ground only to throw her husband back into the air and blast flames at the changeling. Thorax was knocked straight into the castle with a large crash. Cadance flew down and tried to blast Ember with a magical beam, but Ember breathed intense flames at Cadance's attack. The attacks were equalized as they collided into a massive explosion. King Sombra floated upward and blasted Cadance. Cadance didn't notice Sombra's attack, so she was utterly harmed. Once the alicorn crashed to the ground, Twilight rushed toward Sombra blasting at him. However, Ember had breathed flames at Twilight's attack, neutralizing it before Sombra was hit. Twilight stopped flying at Sombra and hovered in the air. She merely looked at Ember and Sombra.

"Good job, my slave!" King Sombra said to Ember. "Now, finish them off."

Ember didn't notice this, but her staff was on the ground. She looked at the staff, then back at Twilight, then at King Sombra, then Twilight again. "Yes, my King." Ember flew at Twilight and threw a jab. Twilight teleported a few feet away from Ember and blasted at her. Ember turned around and breathed flames at the blast causing an explosion. There was a large puff of smoke, and the 2 flew to each other and fought in claw-to-hoof combat. Twilight managed to knock Ember back with a spiraling kick causing the blue dragon to fall. She eventually flew away from the scene fleeing the battle.

King Sombra looked at Ember saying, "You failed me." His tone became hostile, now screaming as he said, "After her!"

Ember then flew toward Twilight as they ran away. King Sombra approached Cadance and utilized his horn on her. A spell was cast on her head forcing her into hypnosis. King Sombra watched as Cadance rose with eyes turning completely black. The alicorn looked at King Sombra and said, "How may I serve you, my King?"

Sombra responded with, "Give me your alicorn magic."

Cadance nodded while shrouding herself in an energy field. She formed an energy barrier around her that swirled into her horn. She looked at King Sombra. "Here you go, your majesty." She blasted the king with the alicorn magic transferring it all to her. The king was shrouded entirely in pink magic. The power flowed in and out of the umbrum as if it were a rushing wave surrounding him. Sombra was filled with Cadance's magic; the pink alicorn laid on the ground exhausted looking at her master.

King Sombra used his magic to hold up Cadance. He spoke, "Thank you, my slave. You've served your king for the first and last time." King Sombra used his newly given magic to tear a rift into the ground. The ground opened up with a large, gaping entrance with a deep cavern. Sombra maliciously smiled at the alicorn, and soon, he dropped her into the cavern. "This is your new prison, forever." The alicorn's body was dropped lifelessly into the cavern. Cadance eventually disappeared from sight. King Sombra closed the trench causing Cadance to be sealed inside.

Eventually, the umbrum made his way to the throne room. It was shattered, obliterated even. Thorax was unconscious on a collapsed throne until he woke up hearing the footsteps of the approaching horse. King Sombra walked from the entrance of the room towards the changeling king. Thorax looked at Sombra walking to him. Slowly, he stood up in agonizing pain. He released bits of groaning and moaning trying to stand up. Once fully standing, he was directly facing King Sombra. "You... hurt my family... and my friends..." the changeling stated weakly. "You can't... get away... with this!" With a rush of fury, he charged at King Sombra with his gaping horns. He got close to Sombra for a headbutt. "Take this!" he said while delivering a blow. King Sombra merely skid a few feet backward. He trotted up to Thorax and just looked at him in the eyes.

"Fear," Sombra said. "Anger. Resentment. Doubt. Pain. Agony. Cadance's magic is powerful indeed. I can feel your emotions entirely now."

Thorax kicked Sombra back with his front hooves this time. "I will never forgive you!" he shouted.

King Sombra was knocked back a few feet once again and trotted to Thorax's position again. "Hatred. Bloodlust. I'm breaking you, aren't I?"

Thorax smacked King Sombra's face with his horns. It was a sharp swing to the king's face, but King Sombra's head only turned from the impact. With the horn's on Sombra's face, the dark umbrum turned his head to completely face Thorax. "Hopelessness. Yes, that emotion is correct," Sombra said. Thorax took steps back. He looked at the umbrum first in fear, then in confidence.

Thorax shouted with rage, "I will turn into a... a phoenix again! You're a unicorn of the shadows, right? You hate light! Maybe a bear... that will do it!" Soon, his words turned to despair. "There's... there's many things that can stop you... many. I don't know. Maybe-"

King Sombra cut off Thorax by swiftly and magnificently speeding to him and delivering a powerful blast of magic to the face. "Nothing!" the dark unicorn shouted as Thorax was knocked into the ceiling, blasted into it causing indents, and he fell crashing to the floor. He landed on the shattered throne. Sombra walked to Thorax's lying body. "You're not dead, are you?"

Thorax painfully spoke, "No..." Thorax didn't open his eyes nor did he look up.

"Do you yield?" asked the umbrum.

"Never..." Thorax responded.

"Do you want to die?" King Sombra said charging a blast on his horn.

"Please... Don't do this," pleaded the changeling.

King Sombra stopped his blast from charging. "Then you must give me your changeling king's powers. You possess a power stronger than the rest, so give it to me."

Thorax looked at King Sombra. "You're keeping me alive to take my powers?" He quivered on his imaginations of what would happen to him if he stayed alive. Thorax's mind flooded with thoughts of possible torment, torture, persecution, and misery. He imagined himself being chained and forcefully wounded. "I..." he began to speak. "I will not." And through all of those imaginations, he pushed past his fear with those words. "My son will live to see me again. You must take control of me if you want my powers. I will never give them up to you."

King Sombra smiled. "Very well then." He bowed his horn to Thorax's forehead. He cast a control spell on him forcing the changeling to submit forcefully to Thorax. His eyes also turned black, even on the eyeballs. "You are now my slave. Give me your changeling magic." Thorax bowed his horns to King Sombra's standing body. Changeling magic was held in his horns until it was shot at Sombra. The umbrum felt a powerful rush of energy enveloping him. "Good. Now, you are of no use to me... Wait. You are actually. I sense that you have more to serve."