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// Chapter 1 Corruption 
// Story: The Shadow Magic Swing 
// by A random pony oc 
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Twilight groaned as she woke up in darkness. She was confused why she was here or where she was. But a little part of her mind that even she can't access did remember. But back to the important stuff, Twilight was stuck in place for now and she needed to find a way to get back to her friends. She can tell Celestia and Luna about this later too. If she ever gets out of this place that is.

"No Twilight, get it together! You are not going to be stuck here forever..." she said. Then she realized she can just use her magic to teleport.

But then it failed.

Then she tried to fly away but it still didn't work. She only remembered this type of magic in the Crystal Empire when she was foolish enough not to check for traps and got stuck. She was thankful Spike forced himself to come. Without him, a whole empire would be lost because of her. What surrounded her was darkness, of course, but something felt off. A feeling of dark energy flooded the room as it washed over Twilight wave after wave. All of this reminded her of one villain.

Sombra.

"At last we meet again, princess." said a voice suddenly said. It sound like a echo of some sort but Twilight remembered it too well.

"Come out coward! Show your face!" she said. She tried to intimate him by taking a stance, but she only showed how weak she was by slipping and falling on her face.

"We're getting a move on I see." he said with enthusiasm. He suddenly showed himself, putting Twilight on edge. As his grin showed no good intentions, Twilight asked.

"What do you want anyways? Revenge or something?" she asked. Sombra didn't answer but instead he stomped his hoof on the ground and big black crystals shot up to Twilight, trapping her above them. 

"It's quite the opposite really. You'll be surprised when there's more to you than you know." he said all knowingly.

He readied his dark magic for what he about to do. This can go right or terribly wrong so he needed to concentrate. A black mist came from his horn that imprisoned Twilight. As it slowly bonded Twilight in a sphere as she tried to escape, she slowly lost consciousness for the last time. The sphere was so bright too, that Sombra had to cover his eyes.

As the light died down, he uncovered them only to see mist covering the supposed pony.

"Finally, I was so tired" said an voice so soothing. Sombra was surprised when all of his dark crystal got knocked over and shattered by...

"Servant?" he said. He did not know he summoned a monster instead of a slave. She looked like herself but instead of her usual eyes, they were total purple. She was basking in her dark aura that even gave Sombra shivers and chills.

"You're the one that freed me, right? Well let me introduce myself, I'm Mystia Shadowmend." she said. She closed her eyes and open the again to reveal her eyes flashed with hypnotic circles. 

"And I'm here to have my toll."