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div style="max-height: 999999px; padding-left: 10px; padding-top: 10px;"Chapter XXXI p style="max-height: 999999px;"strongHello, everyone./strongstrongGoldenponyboy is back with yet another installment of this story that has seemingly gone on forever. /strongstrongYou know, I've just compared the stats of this fic to those of the original /strongstrongemCrossback, /em/strongstrongand the views and favorites are nearly tripled. /strongstrongThanks Guys! /strongstrongNow… THE FIC IS THE THING!/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"The ponies looked around to make sure that everyone had made it through. Fleet Fire, Aerial Winds, Vague Blaze, Fluttershy, and Sleight O' Hoof had all made it back just as they should be, but there was another among them that hadn't been there the previous times./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Standing at about the same height as Luna would typically, the Pegasus spread his pure white wings to the sides, staring at them with ice blue eyes that complemented his dark blue mane. His hooves appeared to be made of the purest gold. This was Jack O' Trades' true form, the one he had developed from the potion of his own blood./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"He looked himself over with curiosity. "So… this is the Pegasus that Luna showed me in the Mirror… Luna!" His head snapped up quickly. "We need to get to the castle."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"They didn't ask his reasoning. They simply followed him up until he was right in front of the castle gates, were Sombra's black guards were positioned. The largest one strode up to him. "Who goes… wait. You're the master's grandson. How did you get here?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Grandfather left me behind, but I have magic of my own. Enough to do this!" He held one hoof up and forced all the guards to float in the air, dangling helplessly. "Where is Princess Luna?" He shook them with each word./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Why should we tell you?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""The other option is to murder you every way I know how. Slowly… painfully… tell me."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""You make a petty threat, you colt. Besides, Master Sombra is preparing for his wedding. It would be absolutely rude for you to ruin this for him. He has worked so hard."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Tell me now!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""No."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Shesbeingheldinthedungeonpleasejustdonthurtmeimtooyoungtodie!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Everypony stared at the one Stallion who had spoken. He dropped his head a little in shame as the largest one stared at him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Jack glared at the largest one for a moment before smiling wickedly. "Do you remember where she was previously imprisoned during her time as Nightmare Moon?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""The moon?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Hey Blaze."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Vague Blaze trotted up beside his friend. "Yeah?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Did you hear about the Equestria Space Program?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Oh?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""They are about to send the first ponies into orbit. In three... two... ONE!" With this last word, he sent them hurling into the air, faster than anything had ever flown previous. With this done Jack turned to the other ponies and glared at them fiercely. "You see what you guys can do about getting Luna out of the dungeon. Leave Sombra to me."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"He began to walk off when he felt something latch to his leg. "Let me come with you," Fleet said as she wrapped her front legs around his./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""I can't do that. You'll get hurt. Go with the others."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""I refuse. I'm going to help you."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Jack looked at the group of ponies around him before looking right at Sleight. "If she's coming, you are as well… Father."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""As you wish." Sleight gave a small smile as he bowed to this command./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Now, let's move!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Luna!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Princess?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""WOONA!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Fluttershy and Aerial shot strange looks at Blaze as when he said that. "I'm sorry. I couldn't pass up the chance to say that."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Could you try to be a little more serious, please?" Aerial asked with annoyance. "The fates of a few worlds are only at stake here!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""I know that. I'm just…"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Just what? Trying to make light of a heavy situation?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Um… guys?" Fluttershy tried to insert./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""No, I'm just trying have a little fun."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Um… I think I found-"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Have a little fun? That's kinda what got us into this mess."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""If you two could just-"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Yeah, this is all sort of your fault, isn't it?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""The Princess is in-"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""You really want to go there? I didn't know what I was doing. But at least I'm trying to make the situation right again."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""HEEEEEEEEEEYYY!" Aerial and Blaze, who were just inches away from each other, both looked at a blushing Fluttershy. "… sorry to… interrupt, but the Princess is in this one."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"The two of them ran over to see that Luna was indeed in the cell that Fluttershy was standing by, but she was all battered up. Aerial found the keys hanging just a small distance away, fumbled with the lock for a moment, and then opened the door wide./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Doing so must have broken some spell on Luna, because she woke up the second the door opened. "Sister! Where- I must stop- I need to get-"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Calm down, your Highness." Blaze knelt down next to her, looking up at the other two with the dorkiest fanboy smile he could muster for a moment./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""But my Sister… She is… Sombra… Equestria is…"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Conserve your energy." Aerial knelt down as well. "Jack O' Trades is working on it."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"That only seemed to stir her on more. "He betrayed… trap… Sombra worked…"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"The three that came to rescue her understood only too well what was going on./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Jack was walking straight into a trap./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Jack, Fleet, and Sleight walked through the halls of the castle until they came right up to the doors leading to the throne room. It was here that Jack turned to the other two. "You two really should stay here. I need to take care of him alone."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""No." Fleet wrapped him in a tight hug. "You don't need to… I can… I just…"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Jack looked down at her for a moment. Then, he gently placed his lips on her quivering ones. "I will be fine. I'll be back."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""No… I…" She jumped back up to kiss him again. When she finally stopped, she said, "He sent me into the woods. You brought me back out again. I want to be at your side."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Jack looked into her eyes stone-faced for a moment before a smile came to his face. "Well, I suppose there's only one thing to do then." He looked up at Sleight and nodded./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Taking the cue, Sleight lifted Fleet into the air with his magic. "NO! PUT ME DOWN! JACK! JACK!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Take her back with the others. Help Luna if she needs to recover. I'll… end this."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""See you soon… either in this life or the next."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Sleight and Jack nodded to each other before Sleight took the screaming Fleet back down the hall as quickly as his legs could carry him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"When they were out of sight, Jack turned to look at the door. Sombra was on the other side. Sombra was given eternal life. Nothing could kill him. But there had to be a way to defeat him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Drawing a deep breath, Jack opened the door a crack, just in time to see the wedding of Sombra and Celestia playing out before the previous royal guard, all in chains and surrounded by more of Sombra's followers. He cast an invisibility spell upon himself before walking into the room./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""D-D-Do you, K-King Sombra, take P-P-Princess Cel-l-lestia to be your l-l-lawfully w-w-wed-d-d-ed w-wife?" A stuttering stallion asked as he looked at Sombra, quivering in his religious uniform./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""I do." Sombra, all dressed up in reds and blacks, gave a quick sincere-looking smile to Celestia, who was wasting the most beautiful rainbow garnment, adorned in all sorts of gems and jewels from across the kingdom, in marrying this beast./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""And d-d-do y-you, P-Princess Cel-l-l-l-lestia, take K-King S-S-S-Sombra, to b-be y-your lawf-f-fully-y wed-ded-d-d h-h-husba-a-and?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Celestia looked at Sombra with a look of utter disgust, who simply nodded quickly to the guards in chains, and the chains all tightened. With a sigh of defeat, Celestia dropped her head and said, "I d-"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"All of a sudden, there was a loud wail coming from behind the quivering stallion that was in charge of the ceremony. "W-W-W-What was th-th-that? S-S-S-Sombra… y-you didn't m-m-mention any… g-ghosts."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Ghosts are not really my thing." Sombra looked around the room with a smug grin. "I know you are here, Paul. Come out and enjoy the ceremony."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""I'm sorry," Jack said, throwing his voice around the room with each phrase. "I just get… so choked up at weddings. This is so beautiful. Well, the bride is anyway. I'm not too sure about the groom."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Such quick wit to be using on an immortal. Especially one you helped create."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""It's true that you are immortal. It's true that you can't die or be killed." With a swish of his wings, Jack ended the spell to make him visible again. His bright whiteness was such a glare in the dark room that all the other ponies had to cover their eyes. "But you can be destroyed."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Sombra took one look at his grandson and laughed. "Oh, so you have found a way to come back to this world?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""After you abandoned me."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""I left you a whole world to play with."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""One you were coming back for when you were good and ready in this one."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Sombra smirked at Jack. "Well played, Paul. Played like a violin, more like it. And there really isn't anything you can do. I'm just one step away from complete power in this entire world."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Who do you figure?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Sombra grabbed Celestia by the neck and smashed his lips to hers. When they came in contact, there was an explosion that broke all the windows in the room, knocked over everyone that was standing, and blew the quivering priest right out the room./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"As Sombra let Celestia go, he thrust her to the floor. "Thank you, my new wife, for giving me all of your magic."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""What… how did..." Jack dashed over to help Celestia up, only to be thrust against the wall./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""No, I do not think you will be able to help your grandmother, Paul. She cannot even help herself."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""What did you do to her?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Sombra let out a ground-shaking roar of laughter. "The Prin- or should I say, Queen, was the most powerful being in all of Equestria. There was no one greater in magic or power. But there is a clause that has been in her family line for as long as it has run, even longer than Equestria itself./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""It was written that should there be no stallion born to take the throne, the power should go to the oldest daughter. However, once that daughter is married, that power," Sombra's back began to glow with a black light as a pair of large Alicorn wings sprouted from the sides. "… goes to her husband."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Jack watched in horror as Celestia shrunk down to the size of a normal Earth pony, losing her wings and horn. Even her mane became a solid gray instead of its normal rainbow hue./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Now, I must bid you adieu. Since you have come to this world, Paul, and have clearly betrayed me, I must go to the other world and rule there now. But don't worry. I shall have a special place for you."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"The other five ponies that had come with Jack plus Luna rushed into the room to see the horrors that lie within. Several of the guards that had been bound up had died from the magic burst from the sealing of vows. Several of the glass fixtures were shattered. But it was only when Luna dropped to her knees that every stopped./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Sister…" Luna dropped her head next to the limp body of Celestia./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Coughing a little, Celestia looked up at the group and said, "Sombra… other world. Jack… caught between… call… him…" After that, she fell unconscious again./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Fleet turned to Aerial and hung on him, crying for a moment before he pushed her off onto Blaze, who actually tried to comfort her./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""What did she mean by 'call him'?" Sleight asked Luna. "Call Jack?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""No…" Luna raised her head. I think she meant… emhim/em."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"strongChapter complete. /strongstrongOh, my Lanta, it has been a LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time since I have worked on this. /strongstrongHere is the next chapter of this incredible saga. /strongstrongI hope to actually get back into this after my unscheduled hiatus. /strongstrongSo please, RR AND ADIOS!/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"strongP.S. You can now find me on Youtube under the name Goldenponyboy Crossback. /strongstrongCheck me out on there and WR me to make the Goldenpony Army bigger and better. /strongstrongThank you for standing behind me, either with the stories or the videos. :)/strong/p
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div style="max-height: 999999px; padding-left: 10px; padding-top: 10px;"Chapter XXXI p style="max-height: 999999px;"strongHello, everyone./strongstrongGoldenponyboy is back with yet another installment of this story that has seemingly gone on forever. /strongstrongYou know, I've just compared the stats of this fic to those of the original /strongstrongemCrossback, /em/strongstrongand the views and favorites are nearly tripled. /strongstrongThanks Guys! /strongstrongNow… THE FIC IS THE THING!/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"The ponies looked around to make sure that everyone had made it through. Fleet Fire, Aerial Winds, Vague Blaze, Fluttershy, and Sleight O' Hoof had all made it back just as they should be, but there was another among them that hadn't been there the previous times./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Standing at about the same height as Luna would typically, the Pegasus spread his pure white wings to the sides, staring at them with ice blue eyes that complemented his dark blue mane. His hooves appeared to be made of the purest gold. This was Jack O' Trades' true form, the one he had developed from the potion of his own blood./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"He looked himself over with curiosity. "So… this is the Pegasus that Luna showed me in the Mirror… Luna!" His head snapped up quickly. "We need to get to the castle."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"They didn't ask his reasoning. They simply followed him up until he was right in front of the castle gates, were Sombra's black guards were positioned. The largest one strode up to him. "Who goes… wait. You're the master's grandson. How did you get here?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Grandfather left me behind, but I have magic of my own. Enough to do this!" He held one hoof up and forced all the guards to float in the air, dangling helplessly. "Where is Princess Luna?" He shook them with each word./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Why should we tell you?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""The other option is to murder you every way I know how. Slowly… painfully… tell me."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""You make a petty threat, you colt. Besides, Master Sombra is preparing for his wedding. It would be absolutely rude for you to ruin this for him. He has worked so hard."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Tell me now!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""No."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Shesbeingheldinthedungeonpleasejustdonthurtmeimtooyoungtodie!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Everypony stared at the one Stallion who had spoken. He dropped his head a little in shame as the largest one stared at him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Jack glared at the largest one for a moment before smiling wickedly. "Do you remember where she was previously imprisoned during her time as Nightmare Moon?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""The moon?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Hey Blaze."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Vague Blaze trotted up beside his friend. "Yeah?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Did you hear about the Equestria Space Program?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Oh?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""They are about to send the first ponies into orbit. In three... two... ONE!" With this last word, he sent them hurling into the air, faster than anything had ever flown previous. With this done Jack turned to the other ponies and glared at them fiercely. "You see what you guys can do about getting Luna out of the dungeon. Leave Sombra to me."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"He began to walk off when he felt something latch to his leg. "Let me come with you," Fleet said as she wrapped her front legs around his./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""I can't do that. You'll get hurt. Go with the others."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""I refuse. I'm going to help you."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Jack looked at the group of ponies around him before looking right at Sleight. "If she's coming, you are as well… Father."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""As you wish." Sleight gave a small smile as he bowed to this command./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Now, let's move!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Luna!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Princess?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""WOONA!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Fluttershy and Aerial shot strange looks at Blaze as when he said that. "I'm sorry. I couldn't pass up the chance to say that."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Could you try to be a little more serious, please?" Aerial asked with annoyance. "The fates of a few worlds are only at stake here!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""I know that. I'm just…"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Just what? Trying to make light of a heavy situation?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Um… guys?" Fluttershy tried to insert./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""No, I'm just trying have a little fun."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Um… I think I found-"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Have a little fun? That's kinda what got us into this mess."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""If you two could just-"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Yeah, this is all sort of your fault, isn't it?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""The Princess is in-"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""You really want to go there? I didn't know what I was doing. But at least I'm trying to make the situation right again."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""HEEEEEEEEEEYYY!" Aerial and Blaze, who were just inches away from each other, both looked at a blushing Fluttershy. "… sorry to… interrupt, but the Princess is in this one."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"The two of them ran over to see that Luna was indeed in the cell that Fluttershy was standing by, but she was all battered up. Aerial found the keys hanging just a small distance away, fumbled with the lock for a moment, and then opened the door wide./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Doing so must have broken some spell on Luna, because she woke up the second the door opened. "Sister! Where- I must stop- I need to get-"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Calm down, your Highness." Blaze knelt down next to her, looking up at the other two with the dorkiest fanboy smile he could muster for a moment./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""But my Sister… She is… Sombra… Equestria is…"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Conserve your energy." Aerial knelt down as well. "Jack O' Trades is working on it."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"That only seemed to stir her on more. "He betrayed… trap… Sombra worked…"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"The three that came to rescue her understood only too well what was going on./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Jack was walking straight into a trap./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Jack, Fleet, and Sleight walked through the halls of the castle until they came right up to the doors leading to the throne room. It was here that Jack turned to the other two. "You two really should stay here. I need to take care of him alone."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""No." Fleet wrapped him in a tight hug. "You don't need to… I can… I just…"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Jack looked down at her for a moment. Then, he gently placed his lips on her quivering ones. "I will be fine. I'll be back."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""No… I…" She jumped back up to kiss him again. When she finally stopped, she said, "He sent me into the woods. You brought me back out again. I want to be at your side."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Jack looked into her eyes stone-faced for a moment before a smile came to his face. "Well, I suppose there's only one thing to do then." He looked up at Sleight and nodded./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Taking the cue, Sleight lifted Fleet into the air with his magic. "NO! PUT ME DOWN! JACK! JACK!"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Take her back with the others. Help Luna if she needs to recover. I'll… end this."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""See you soon… either in this life or the next."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Sleight and Jack nodded to each other before Sleight took the screaming Fleet back down the hall as quickly as his legs could carry him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"When they were out of sight, Jack turned to look at the door. Sombra was on the other side. Sombra was given eternal life. Nothing could kill him. But there had to be a way to defeat him./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Drawing a deep breath, Jack opened the door a crack, just in time to see the wedding of Sombra and Celestia playing out before the previous royal guard, all in chains and surrounded by more of Sombra's followers. He cast an invisibility spell upon himself before walking into the room./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""D-D-Do you, K-King Sombra, take P-P-Princess Cel-l-lestia to be your l-l-lawfully w-w-wed-d-d-ed w-wife?" A stuttering stallion asked as he looked at Sombra, quivering in his religious uniform./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""I do." Sombra, all dressed up in reds and blacks, gave a quick sincere-looking smile to Celestia, who was wasting the most beautiful rainbow garnment, adorned in all sorts of gems and jewels from across the kingdom, in marrying this beast./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""And d-d-do y-you, P-Princess Cel-l-l-l-lestia, take K-King S-S-S-Sombra, to b-be y-your lawf-f-fully-y wed-ded-d-d h-h-husba-a-and?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Celestia looked at Sombra with a look of utter disgust, who simply nodded quickly to the guards in chains, and the chains all tightened. With a sigh of defeat, Celestia dropped her head and said, "I d-"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"All of a sudden, there was a loud wail coming from behind the quivering stallion that was in charge of the ceremony. "W-W-W-What was th-th-that? S-S-S-Sombra… y-you didn't m-m-mention any… g-ghosts."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Ghosts are not really my thing." Sombra looked around the room with a smug grin. "I know you are here, Paul. Come out and enjoy the ceremony."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""I'm sorry," Jack said, throwing his voice around the room with each phrase. "I just get… so choked up at weddings. This is so beautiful. Well, the bride is anyway. I'm not too sure about the groom."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Such quick wit to be using on an immortal. Especially one you helped create."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""It's true that you are immortal. It's true that you can't die or be killed." With a swish of his wings, Jack ended the spell to make him visible again. His bright whiteness was such a glare in the dark room that all the other ponies had to cover their eyes. "But you can be destroyed."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Sombra took one look at his grandson and laughed. "Oh, so you have found a way to come back to this world?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""After you abandoned me."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""I left you a whole world to play with."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""One you were coming back for when you were good and ready in this one."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Sombra smirked at Jack. "Well played, Paul. Played like a violin, more like it. And there really isn't anything you can do. I'm just one step away from complete power in this entire world."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Who do you figure?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Sombra grabbed Celestia by the neck and smashed his lips to hers. When they came in contact, there was an explosion that broke all the windows in the room, knocked over everyone that was standing, and blew the quivering priest right out the room./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"As Sombra let Celestia go, he thrust her to the floor. "Thank you, my new wife, for giving me all of your magic."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""What… how did..." Jack dashed over to help Celestia up, only to be thrust against the wall./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""No, I do not think you will be able to help your grandmother, Paul. She cannot even help herself."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""What did you do to her?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Sombra let out a ground-shaking roar of laughter. "The Prin- or should I say, Queen, was the most powerful being in all of Equestria. There was no one greater in magic or power. But there is a clause that has been in her family line for as long as it has run, even longer than Equestria itself./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""It was written that should there be no stallion born to take the throne, the power should go to the oldest daughter. However, once that daughter is married, that power," Sombra's back began to glow with a black light as a pair of large Alicorn wings sprouted from the sides. "… goes to her husband."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Jack watched in horror as Celestia shrunk down to the size of a normal Earth pony, losing her wings and horn. Even her mane became a solid gray instead of its normal rainbow hue./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Now, I must bid you adieu. Since you have come to this world, Paul, and have clearly betrayed me, I must go to the other world and rule there now. But don't worry. I shall have a special place for you."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"The other five ponies that had come with Jack plus Luna rushed into the room to see the horrors that lie within. Several of the guards that had been bound up had died from the magic burst from the sealing of vows. Several of the glass fixtures were shattered. But it was only when Luna dropped to her knees that every stopped./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""Sister…" Luna dropped her head next to the limp body of Celestia./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Coughing a little, Celestia looked up at the group and said, "Sombra… other world. Jack… caught between… call… him…" After that, she fell unconscious again./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"Fleet turned to Aerial and hung on him, crying for a moment before he pushed her off onto Blaze, who actually tried to comfort her./p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""What did she mean by 'call him'?" Sleight asked Luna. "Call Jack?"/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;""No…" Luna raised her head. I think she meant… emhim/em."/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"strongChapter complete. /strongstrongOh, my Lanta, it has been a LOOOOOOOOOOOOONG time since I have worked on this. /strongstrongHere is the next chapter of this incredible saga. /strongstrongI hope to actually get back into this after my unscheduled hiatus. /strongstrongSo please, RR AND ADIOS!/strong/p
p style="max-height: 999999px;"strongP.S. You can now find me on Youtube under the name Goldenponyboy Crossback. /strongstrongCheck me out on there and WR me to make the Goldenpony Army bigger and better. /strongstrongThank you for standing behind me, either with the stories or the videos. :)/strong/p
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