Amber Leaf cried as she dug in the mines, searching for crystals. Amber used to be King Sombra's mate until that little Twilight Twinkle, or whatever her name is, hopped along and ruined everything. A tear slid down Amber's cheek. She was just being overly dramatic. It's not Twilight's fault she's together with Sombra. It's not Twilight's fault that Amber has to suffer being in the mines, digging for days...
"Hey! Keep digging! King Sombra wanted his crystals a long time ago! Move it!" One of the guards shouted. Amber had had just about enough of this crap. She didn't want to be down here any longer. She wanted to talk to Sombra about this arrangement, in person! "Excuse me...sir..." Amber Leaf started. The armed stallion turned to face Amber. "Whatdya want?" The guard replied. "Could I please talk to King Sombra?" She asked politely. She stared at the guard with big pleading eyes, just begging him to go get King Sombra. "He's busy with his wife right now. Keep working, you dumb Crystal Pony!" Amber looked shocked at what that stallion had just said to her. Dumb Crystal Pony?! Amber had asked nicely, and she wasn't going to ask nicely again. That guard had just pulled the last straw! "Excuse me, sir! First of all, Crystal Ponies are not dumb! Second of all, I don't care if King Sombra is busy or not! Tell him that Amber Leaf wants to speak to him... NOW!" Amber Leaf neared the young stallion and furrowed her eyebrows. The guard put up his spear, daring Amber to come any closer. "GO!" Amber yelled. The guard put down his spear and ran off. That's more like it. Amber thought to herself.
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Amber stood in front of King Sombra and Queen Twilight Terror. She bowed her head. "Your majesties..." She noticed that Twilight's eyes glowed a green color. She stood up proud and tall, showing to Twilight that she was not afraid of her. Twilight's eyes went back to normal and her gaze seemed to soften a bit. That's right, Twilight. Back off. "What do you want Ms. Leaf? Where are my crystals?! You interrupted me and Twilight's time!" Amber quivered at the sound of Sombra's voice. She still stood tall and responded, "I came here to ask you a question..." Amber was quite surprised that Sombra had even let her talk to him. He doesn't usually let Crystal Ponies in "his castle". Maybe he does still have feelings for me after all... Little Amber thought. "About the mining and stuff, I was wondering if I, we, could..." Her voice trailed off before she could finish her sentence. She thought about what she was going to say. She thought about how Sombra would react to her question. What he might do to her if she asked such a stupid question. But she said it anyway. "I was wondering if we could stop the mining... Just for today! We're really tired and-" King Sombra's laughs cut her off. Twilight furrowed her eyebrows and her eyes glowed green again, but this time with the purple smoke as well. She snarled at her. "Amber Leaf, you little naive pony, you will never stop mining. Not until I'm satisfied with the amount of crystals that I have! Which reminds me... GO MINE!" He yelled. Amber felt tears well up. She couldn't believe that her ex-boyfriend would make her do this. Then again, it has been years since they were together. Maybe he didn't still have feelings for her after all... Amber noticed that Twilight was snickering at her. She wiped her tears and galloped out of Cadence's old castle. "Oh Sombra, what have you turned into?"