Chapter 3: Vengeful Ponies, Vengeful Human
Noon the next day, having decided to fly through the night, the changelings and Princess arrived at the entrance to the hive. Cadence looked at the rather unassuming hole in the side of a hill that served as the hive's entrance." I take it you were going for a 'low-key' look when you were designing the entrance?", mentioned cadence. Green Mane answered cheerfully," No! We just never really bothered to change it." The group entered the cave to find it empty, side passages that the changelings usually used as their living quarters were empty, any belongings taken as well. Cadence looked around with apprehension and asked," Shouldn't there be somepony here?" Fang and his siblings were just as confused," There should be", began Green Mane," I don't know where they all are though." The changelings decided to go to the feeding hall and see if their siblings were just being fed. Upon arrival, however, they found their mother, Queen Chrysalis, waiting in the middle." Mother!", Yelled Fang from across the room," Where are our brothers and sisters?" She waited until they were closer to respond," They are hidden. I've told them to flee if my hopes go unfulfilled." She then faced Cadence and in a very formal tone, said," Welcome to our home Your Highness. I assume you're here to discuss my request?" Cadence smiled warmly and approached Chrysalis," Queen Chrysalis, you can relax. Your children explained everything and me and Shining Armor wish to help." Chrysalis glanced at Fang, and he nodded happily. Chrysalis looked back at Cadence and asked," Really? No compensation for the invasion or promise of servitude? You're going to help, just like that," Cadence nodded and to her and the changelings surprise, Chrysalis lunged forward and tackled Cadence while she hugged her crying out," Thank you! You have no idea how much this means to me! I swear that I will make it up to you in some way!" After letting up Cadence, Chrysalis motioned for the group follow her and with a smile she said," Let's introduce you to my children, shall we?"
A couple hours later, Chrysalis, Cadence, Fang, Green Mane, Leaf Wing, and Tunnel Borer were all on their way to the Crystal Empire. Cadence had given Chrysalis enough love magic to give all of her children a good meal before they left so Chrysalis was willing to leave them in the caves. The flight back to the empire was filled with conversation on how to organize a regular feeding of Chrysalis's children without having them come to the ponies every other day. They decided to discuss that idea more with Shining Armor when they landed.
Upon landing, they were greeted by Shining Armor himself." Hello dear", he began as he embraced Cadence," I take it things went well." Cadence smiled back at Chrysalis who was trying not to make eye contact with Shining Armor, and answered," Yes, we came to some conclusions, but we want to discuss some things with you first." Shining Armor smiled happily, but didn't last long as he remembered something." That reminds me. There might be some complications that we didn't think of." Chrysalis couldn't help but ask," What do you mean, complications?" She was answered by a voice coming from the entrance of the castle," I do believe he is referring to us." Chrysalis' blood froze as she heard that voice. She turned to see if her fears were true and nearly fainted at not only the sight of Celestia, ruler of the sun, but Luna, the ruler of the moon, and all six of the Elements of Harmony wearing their elements. She locked eyes with Celestia, who kept her voice emotionless as she said," Hello, Chrysalis."
Meanwhile, Sombra had just finished gorging on the negative emotions of the human race. He decided early on to cause some of his own anger and fear. In the process, he destroyed, killed, tortured, and mutilated the entire population of the planet. All, except for one single human.
Sombra dropped the corpse that he had just rained and turned the raging human he had been under some rubble. The young man was swearing, threatening and crying interchangeably, as he had watched Sombra killed his family. Sombra smiled as he thought of something particularly cruel to do to this human." Why are you still yelling?", Asked Sombra mockingly." I'll kill you!", screamed the human. Sombra tutted disapprovingly," No you won't. You couldn't do anything before your family died. What makes you think that anything will change?" This human quieted and glared at Sombra, with enough fury that Sombra was mildly surprised as he could feel the waves of it almost physically hit him. He just smiled wider as he said," What, are you mad at me? You're the one that failed to protect them. Don't blame me for their deaths...", Use the tendril of magic to poke the human in the chest,"... That was your fault." Sombra recoiled slightly as the waves of hate, anger, and sorrow simply stopped emanating from the human. The human in turn closed its eyes and went limp." Well then," began. Sombra," I guess I broke my toy. That's my cue to leave, I think." Then, using the same spell he used to get there, Sombra opened a hole back into his home world and stepped through." Ahhh...", He sighed," It's good to be back."
Back in the human world, Danny, the human Sombra had left alive, was waking up." The hell did he do to me?", he growled angrily. He looked around for the psycho creature that had tormented him, but only saw the scattered remains of his family. His heart jumped into his throat at the sight, but his sadness was quickly swapped with unrelenting rage at the creature that had done this to them." I'm going to kill him. I swear it.", he whispered to the ghosts of his family. He began to try and push the several ton chunk of concrete that had him pinned. When that failed, he slumped and yelled, "Dammit!" To his surprise, a purple haze issued from his body and surrounded him. He felt the urge to push the slab again, but before he could. The purple haze formed large hands and pried the slab up and off of him. Slowly, Danny stood up and watched the haze that surrounded him darken slightly and stick to his skin. He suddenly saw hundreds of images flashed before his mind's eye. Words and feelings followed each picture as what he felt was at least part of the creature's memories quickly flashed through his mind. Finally, an image that seemed to be a mirror flashed into his mind and stayed. The creature that had destroyed his world stared back at him and a single word came with it." Sombra", growled, Danny as he started to shake." I'm going to find you, I'm going to kill you! That is a promise!" Then, using the stolen memories, and he realizes Sombra had used the spell make a hole between dimensions. The spell Sombra had used took years to master." Nope.", Said Danny simply as he gathered some of the mist in his hand and willed it to make a point. There is a loud tearing noise as Danny forced the point into the remains of Sombra's spell. A hole big enough for a jetliner opened and Danny stepped through. He closed the hole and turned to the frozen wasteland he found himself in. He noticed movement from the side and looked to see a reflection of himself in the ice. He was mildly surprised to find that he didn't look like he remembered. Instead of his usual eyes, Danny saw two orbs of red with a small black dot in the middle. Swirling around his eyes as the purple haze that gave him a permanent look of anger."Heh.", He muttered to himself," I kind of like the red." Turning his attention back to the task at hand, Danny surveyed the frozen wastes looking for any trace of Sombra. Instead he saw a glow in the distance that he thought might be a city." I'll head there", he decided, not seeing any other options