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Chapter Six: The Grand Galloping Gala Part Two

Fluttershy walked with Inkwell into the main ballroom her mind going back to what her darker side said. About Midnight Sun and Aqua Star. 'Is she dead, is that why he prefers to lock himself up inside the house? What if my cruel side was just being mean, but his reaction... why was my cruel side picking on Inkwell and him not being my knight in shining armor?' thought the yellow pegasus glancing towards Inkwell who was approached by two mares. One a sage green earth pony with gold eyes and a yellow and dark yellow mane. The other was pale blue unicorn with green eyes and a red mane.

"Inkwell! Good to see that you are here." pale blue mare greeted and Inkwell winced backing away. "I need to talk to you."

"T-The new chapter will be done this week I promise!" the author explained quickly. "I was just gathering inspiration from the gardens and I have an idea for what I'm going to write!"

"The deadline for the new chapter has been moved." the red maned mare replied blinking with a bored expression on her face causing him to sigh. "We need it in three days."

"What? Why?" cried Inkwell crashing down at the green eyed mare's feet looking up at her. "Spirit! Why?"

"Because the publishers need that last chapter because they put out posters with the wrong date and refuse to admit their mistake." sighed Spirit shaking her head. "And then they dumped the news on me and as your editor I have to tell you!"

"Oh my." breathed Fluttershy before walking over to Inkwell and help him up. "Is there nothing you can do?"

"My hooves are tied, it wasn't my fault they got his and Astral Pen's dates mixed up." the editor explained looking at Fluttershy. "She was suppose to turn her chapter in today but I pushed for three. I'm just glad that I can still intimidate them."

"You are really scary some of the time." the author mumbled earning a raised eyebrow from Spirit. "Nothing!"

"Hi Inkwell are you going to be attending this years writer's convention?" Astral Pen asked looking at her fellow writer. "I hear they are going to be announcing the best selling book."

"Yeah I don't know." Inkwell replied as a grape colored unicorn walked up. "Uh who's this?"

"This is my colt friend from Seaddle, Grape." Astral introduced before looking at him before her stomach growled. "I think we should go get something to eat."

"Fluttershy!" called Twilight running up. "We heard you scream. What happened?"

Fluttershy was about to explain when a scream pierced the air. The crowd rushed into the main ballroom only to find a swirling black mist in the center and black crystal growing from it's shadow. Celestia stood there her light shining to keep the darkness away.

"Princess Celestia what an honor it is." laughed a deep voice as the mist took the form of Sombra. "Too long it has been since I have seen you and your sister in person. One thousand years has been too long a time to wait."

"You are a fool for revealing yourself to me." Celestia countered her purple eyes narrowing shooting a blast towards the shadow which vanished. Sombra appeared again right next to her saying. "Oh dear Princess of the Sun, you can not banish me when I am in this form. A shadow will always be with you, no matter how hard you try to get rid of it."

"What are you doing here?" demanded Luna taking a step forward, Cadence launching a spell at the shadow to move him away from the Princess of the Sun.

"To give you a head start." the dark unicorn king laughed appearing next to Twilight who reeled back in surprise. "In three months time I will return to claim what is rightfully mine. I will be willing to fight for it, but will you be willing to allow your subjects to fight your battles. Or will you face them alone as you did with Tirek?"

"You will not risk everything just to warn us. What are you planning?" the white alicorn inquired in a defensive position. Sombra grinned as he replied. "I will allow a little bit of hope before I snuff it out. And your precious elements will not be able to aid you in this!"

Celestia launched another spell and the unicorn king was ready. A black mist shot out from Sombra's mane and was about to wrap around Fluttershy but Inkwell got in the way. The tan unicorn yelped as he was dragged in front of Sombra causing a gasp from the surrounding ponies. As the spell was about to hit Inkwell stopped when a chain wrapped around him yanking him to the side. Midnight Sun glared at his darker side who just gave him a bored look.

"I am not a cruel king. I will give you a vision of what is to come." Sombra said before vanishing, the crystals surrounding him glowed before bubble as dark creatures exited them. They were dark red with horns, a triangular face, and glowing golden eyes. Shadow wolves snarled as they soon exited the crystals followed by dragons, six pairs of glowing eyes watched from the shadows. Ponies screamed as they ran around as the unicorn king laughed.

"ENOUGH!" yelled Celestia slamming her hooves against the ground along side Cadence and Luna. Their horns glowed and the crystals surrounding them shattered falling to the ground.

"Find him!" ordered the white alicorn princess as the guards rushed out the door. "Everypony calm down!"

"But Princess whatever shall we do?" asked a white unicorn with a blue mane wearing a monocle. Celestia thought for a moment before saying calmly. "We will prepare for war."

Rarity fainted in the background into the arms of Applejack.

"Do we really have the military force to do such a thing?" the stallion from before asked curiously.

"I'm afraid not." sighed Celestia shaking her head and the recently awakened Rarity fainted again. "And even the four of us will not be able to defeat this army alone. I have no right to ask this of you but will you take up the sword to defend our land from a mighty foe?"

The crowd began to murmur as Applejack listened closely listened before saying. "I think we all agree that we will be doing whatever it takes to defend our home."

"Thank you everypony." Luna said looking at her sister. "But we don't have the numbers to train every stallion in Equestria. Not in time."

"Well what did they do with the Griffon War? How did they prepare for that?" Cadence asked confused as the ponies began to talk amongst themselves.

"They were already fighting the monsters from the Everfree Forest." Celestia explained as she looked at them. "And the unicorns still having their cores. But now there is no hope for the cores."

"I wouldn't be to sure about that." Twilight responded as she and the princesses looked confused. "I met three stallions in Ponyville teaching the Cutie Mark Crusaders how to unlock their cores. Their names were Arcane, Seed, and..."

"Sky." finished Celestia before sighing before she turned around. "Yes I heard about them from an old friend of mine. Star Swirl the Bearded, which means if those children have found their cores it means all hope may not be lost. Though I have to wonder how they are able to appear, they died long ago."

"We can always ask them, but for right now I think we should have the ponies trained either in their own town in the practice of military until we find out how to contact them." Luna explained looking at Twilight who nodded. "We are going to need to find as many allies as we can. King Sombra won't stop until he has enslaved us all. Do you think you will be up to this task Twilight?"

"Of course." the violet alicorn replied with a bow before looking at her friends. "All we have to do is find ponies or other creatures willing to help us. That isn't going to be hard at all."

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