The reformed King?

by Ravenray

Party time!

Sombra was sleeping soundly in bed, his slumber was completely undisturbed, but of course the unicorn King wasn't that lucky so harsh reality decided to kick in as he heard an ear piercing scream from none other than Twilight Sparkle.

Sombra instinctually leaped out of bed and rushed out of the room, barging through the door with his shoulder only to find Spike on the other side of the door, he seemed to just about avoid the now broken door that collapsed to the floor "dragon what is the cause of the ridiculous scream? Are we under attack!?" Sombra asked as his head darted around, though everything seemed to be normal.

Spike's expression changed from stunned to somewhat confused before he responded "wait...I thought you were what caused Twilights screaming?"

The two were cut off as they heard Twilight scream once again "MAKE IT STOP!!!" Twilight pleaded and Sombra immediately rushed towards her room, leaving Spike wondering 'why's Sombra so serious about this? Why'd he care' if anything it almost seemed like he cared more than Spike did.

Sombra burst into the room "what's going on Twilight who's-!!...attacking?" Sombra's frantic panic changed into a dumbfounded stare as he saw a pink canon shooting tons of closed envelopes at a time, after each explosion the canon seemed to jump and thus changed direction, Sombra turned to see Twilight trying to stop the canon however before she got the chance to use her magic she once again had to dart out of the way in order to avoid the dreaded blast of the canon. Sombra from estimating the approximate force and weight of this lethal party machine noticed that where Twilight was going to land next seemed to be exactly where the canon would most likely fire next.

Out of instinct Sombra leapt forward and pushed Twilight out of the way falling on her in the process, the two turned to see the canon aimed directly at the two,mother braised themselves for impact however all that came out were puffs of air, indicating that the canons ammo was finally all gone, the two sighed in relief before the eyes locked with each other's causing Twilight to blush slightly before Sombra eventually got off of her "my apologies, after hearing that scream of yours I assumed that we were under attack by one of many possible attackers" He explained, before going around to inspect the envelopes.

Twilight was about to calmly except the apology till what the unicorn King just said sunk into her mind "wait..one of many attackers?" She asked, while she figured Sombra of course had enemies, he is Sombra after all the way he said it made it sound like it was a theory he had in his mind for a while and to Twilights amazement it actually was.

"Precisely, I made sure to make a list" Sombra explained before walking out of the room, less than a minute later returning with a scroll in his mouth which he unraveled, the scroll extended from one end of the room to the other and yet still it wasn't fully unraveled, there was every name under the sun and beyond, along with possible reasons for the attack and ways to deal with the attacker, Twilight searched through the names till coming across Shining Armour, under the 'reason' category it stated 'because he's an idiot' and under 'process of elimination' it stated 'remind him that he didn't get his wife's permission first' Twilight shot a glare at Sombra who just grinned in response "I'm sure that strategy would work, she clearly holds control on the relationship" he chuckled and Twilight just rolled her eyes.

Twilight then looked at the envelopes, each an everyone was in fact directed at Sombra. Twilight and Sombra each opened different letters and began to read allowed, both of them saying the following.

Dear grumpy pants, sorry about the canon and the many envelopes I just didn't know what kind of card you'd want for your invitation for your super duper important welcome party! So I decided to get you all of them! Please tell me which one is your favourite when you come over for your party at 8:00.

Ps: Hi Twilight!! Sorry for planting my party canon in your room Twilight, I didn't know which room Sombra was staying in and I didn't want to hurt poor spike!

Love Pinkie!

Twilight sighed with relief before slumping against the wall before her eyes burst open and her eyes darted to the clock in the corner of the room it was 7:30! Twilight immediately jumped up "we are going to be late!!" Twilight then picked Sombra up with her magic and began running down the hallway as Sombra struggled from annoyance ordering the "idiotic mare" as he called her to put him down immediately.

Twilight rushed into the kitchen and threw Sombra on one of the chairs, causing it to topple over along with the unicorn on it as well, Sombra got up and sat back down on the chair only to look over and see Spike struggling not to laugh at the unicorn kings entrance "don't test your luck dragon" Sombra warned as suddenly a plate of pancakes fell in front of him on the table along with another in from of Spike Twilight then rushed over and began eating as fast as she could till suddenly she was cut off by the words "you're over reacting" Twilight's head raised up with pancake crumbs littered around her mouth to see Sombra giving her a stern and serious look "you are acting like it is the end of the world, stop over reacting otherwise when everyone gets here you'll look like you belong in an asylum, which if you ask me isn't the best condition for the reformer of a tyrant" Sombra finished his word of advice with a low growl, showing his fangs through clenched teeth, clearly still annoyed by being hurled around via Twilight's magic.

Twilight smiled awkwardly while giggling slightly, mostly out of fear, then she picked out an important point from what Sombra said "wait...THE PARTIES HERE?!?!...wait, how do you know it's here?!" Twilight asked in a mix of curiosity and panic as she paced up and down the kitchen still eating her pancakes.

Sombra couldn't help but chuckle at the scene before him as he held his hoof to his chest out of a sense of pride "well if you actually took into account the pink insects strange nature you would have noticed the PPS on the back of the card, perhaps if you didn't rush everything and instead calmly assets the situation at hand you would notice these details, I hope you don't act like that towards your royal duties Twilight, I would be extremely disappointed" Sombra replied, it was hard to tell if he was mocking her or scolding her, or perhaps even a little bit of both.

Either way Twilight took the points to heart and looked down slightly after just being humbled by the unicorn King, he was most certainly right though, if Twilight had as much duties as Celestia, Luna or Cadence she would definitely crack under the pressure "...you're right, I'm..sorry Sombra, I guess I just wasn't th-"

"Oh you don't need to apologise I don't care enough to listen to you after all" Sombra smirked before trotting over to the sink and rinsing his plate along with Spike's who had left his on the table "as long as you don't hurl me around the place or wake me with a damn scream! Then I'm sure we'll be fine, now if you excuse me I'm going to go and make myself presentable" and with that Sombra stomped out of the room, leaving Spike and Twilight slightly surprised as Twilight made a mental note in her mind 'note to self, Sombra gets grumpy when woken up early'. As Sombra trot away Twilight realised how normal the unicorn King looked without his armour, it was almost weird....actually scratch that it was really really weird.

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Sombra trotted back to his room and walked to the door on the right hand side, he opened it and sighed with relief to find that yes there was a bathroom with a shower. Once Sombra finished having a nice warm shower he turned to his hair brush that was inside one of the cupboard in the bathroom, as he picked up his hair brush he began to contemplate, if things continued going as they were he'd have a massive advantage, he'd just need to continue giving off the illusion that he was slowly progressing till he figured out how to get his magic back, however that could potentially be impossible which really pissed off the King, if only there were guards to annoy, that could take his thoughts off his troubles, it was times like this he felt Shining Armour actually had a purpose in life, though perhaps he could entertain himself with Shining's vastly superior sister, that allowed an idea to spark in the Kings mind, just how would he exact his revenge, if he ever could that is, trap Luna in a nightmare where she must fight nightmare moon for all eternity, leave Cadence to suffer in a world of hate, remind Shining Armour how dumb he is, but then there was Celestia, oh how much she would suffer for daring to attempt to manipulate him, by the hands of her student no less, clearly the princess of the sun has become incompetent at her very very vey very old age while luckily for her kept her beautiful good looks. Sombra shuttered at the thought of Celestia with old age wrinkles, thank tarturace that was impossible.

Sombra then discovered a problem, how was he supposed to brush his mane, the other tasks were doable enough, however this felt impossible, he tried picking up the brush with his hoof however he could not Keith balanced enough to brush his mane properly, then there was the rest of his body that would be even more impossible to brush. Water still dripping from his body Sombra reluctantly left the room, sadly he had a plan which he truly didn't like.

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Twilight was calmly brushing her hair as she hummed softly, while at first the idea of the party taking place at the castle freaked the young alicorn to the bone she decided to take Sombra's advice and rethink the situation, not only did they have a decent length of time but on top of that she wouldn't need to worry about decorating, after all pinkie would do that in anyways, on top of that the pony the party was centred around (aka Sombra) was already there, everything seemed to be perfect, suddenly as if on cue Twilight heard knocking on her door, almost reluctant to open the door in fear that whatever was on the other side would send her into another panic attack, however slowly and carefully she made her way towards the door and found the sight to be absolutely not what she was expecting. Standing before her was the unicorn King completely drenched as if he had just come in from a storm, his face covered from his black mane as water droplets fell to the carpet floor, Twilight looked Sombra up and down slowly, his muscles clearly visible thanks to his now drenched state, Twilight felt all if her body heat flush to her face as she stared at him wide eyed.

Sombra let out a long sigh before mumbling "I need your help.."

While Twilight could have used this as an opportunity for revenge after his insults to her earlier however the unicorn King was already at risk now of getting a cold "of course! Quickly come in" Twilight replied as Sombra trotted inside the room with his head down, this was truly humiliating.

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After a few short minutes this was definitely not humiliating, Sombra was sitting on a chair with his head back as Twilight brushed and dried his mane, her soft touch was so relaxing, he felt as if he could fall asleep, with every soft stroke it felt as if he was in some kind of heaven, how could this made come from the same family as her failure of a brother "I'm sorry I didn't take this into account earlier Sombra, I mean I doubt you really ever needed to use anything but magic to carry things around" and on top of all that her voice was so soothing in his ear, everything was so perf-wait why was he thinking this? Why was he thinking any of this, it was wrong.

As Sombra snapped himself back into reality he replied "agreed, it was indeed very troublesome, though I much prefer being here without my magic than being locked away in the shadows for over a thousand years" Sombra replied while he was going back into his relaxed state more and more by the second.

BOOOOOOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!

The two Royal ponies immediately leaped up at the sudden large explosion, they both gasped with shock before looking to the exit of the room "are we under attack?! Who is it now?! STATIS REPO-" Sombra cut himself off when he felt a hoof rest on his shoulder and turned to see Twilight smiling at him.

Twilight couldn't help but giggle slightly at Sombra's reaction, it felt like he may actually be a fun pony to be around "relax Sombra, that's just Pinkie, I guess it's eight already" the two turned their heads to the clock in her room and saw it was indeed 8 "here I'll go down and greet everyone while you finish getting ready ok?" Twilight explained before leaving the room.

Sombra just stood there for a few seconds, no one was that calm around him ever, maybe Celestia however Sombra always had the theory that was all an act and that Celestia was some kind of war Lord, however with Twilight her smile and laugh were definitely 100% genuine, it was almost nice to see something other then fear for a change. Sombra got out of his thoughts, deciding not to think of it any further and headed back to his room to finish getting ready, it was his party so he'd most likely be the centre of attention, so he had to be prepared.

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As Twilight went down the halls she heard more and more blasts from the party canon, it sounded like a war was going on in her very castle, Twilight could only smile however as she entered the main room and saw Pinkie setting up the final decorations for the party, cupcakes, cookies, balloons crystals and many more littered the castle in a random but at the same time organised manner, it was quite impressive, Twilight continued to look around and saw the rest of her friends trotting towards her, Rainbow dash, Apple Jack, Fluttershy, Rarity, Starlight, Tempest....wait "TEMPEST?!" Twilight quickly rushed over and hugged her friend tightly who reeled back slightly in surprise "it's so good to see you!!" Twilight gleamed.

Tempest was slightly taken aback from the surprise hug as she lightly brushed Twilight off "it's good to see you as well Twilight, I was near by and Pinkie told me about this party for a new friend of yours, speaking of which, where is he?" Tempest asked as she began to glance around until she spotted the unicorn King who was currently grinning at Tempest. Tempest immediately jumped in front of Twilight and pointed her broken horn at the unicorn King as sparks began to come from her horn "Everyone stay behind me! I'll deal with this monster!" Tempest warned with a growl.

Surprisingly Sombra seemed to be enjoying this with a massive grin as he slowly stepped down the stare case "my my aren't you very jumpy, how's about you use that brain of yours or lack their of to think about what's going on" Sombra mocked seeming to enjoy every second of this.

Tempest had enough of this and was about to fire a full powered blast at the unicorn King, that was until Twilight got between them "Tempest wait! Sombra is....well..he's the friend this is for" Twilight smiled awkwardly as Tempest's jaw dropped from shock.

She looked at Sombra and back to Twilight, then to Sombra and back to Twilight, she did this a few more times before she was about to speak again until she was cut off by Sombra "So now that you know who I am and I know who you are Tempest still party can finally begin" Sombra announced before he picked up a piece of cake and proceeded to eat it before wandering off.

As the party continued Twilight was getting more and more concerned, Tempest and Sombra seemed to settle things with glares from a distance but besides that Sombra was secluding himself from everyone else, sitting in one of the far corners eating cake, sure he seemed fine but he wasn't going to be reformed like this, sure he wasn't too bad but was that due to lack of magic or cause he was actually being reformed, Twilight felt that most likely it was the former and once Sombra got his magic back he'd probably do as he promised and try to kill everyone! There was no way Twilight was going to let that happen and so she marched right over to Sombra who had some cake crumbs on the side of his mouth, he quickly swallowed the slice he was eating and wiped the crumbs off his face with a napkin before turning to Twilight "my my princess I must admit I wasn't expecting this party to be this interesting, I suppose miss pinkie truly has a talent for this besides it just being plastered on her flank" Sombra commented as he glanced around at the decorations, it was good to see that the unicorn King could indeed appreciate a good party, something Twilight would need to add onto her list of 'facts about Sombra'

Twilight giggled softly before nodding in agreement "yes I can definitely agree on that, though I was wondering if you could do me a favour?" Twilight asked slightly shyly as she rubbed her hoof awkwardly.

Sombra's face turned from a curious look into a grin as he leaned forward and whispered into Twilight's ear "if you are asking me if you wanna go off and have some private fun I think we should wait till everyone else leaves, then we can have all the fun you wa-"

Sombra was cut off due to a hoof to the face "ew no! Not even close! Look... I think you should apologise to Tempest, now yes I think she should apologise as well however I think this would be an important part of your reformation if you do this and...if you do...tomorrow we can do....whatever you want" Twilight purposed "as long as you apologise to Tempest, interact kindly with everyone and thank Pinkie once the party is over....deal?" Twilight asked before raising a hoof to Sombra.

The unicorn King pondered the offer for a moment, he didn't really have anything to lose besides having to interact with those of lower status, but if he got to do whatever he wanted the next day that surely tipped the scales into this offer seeming reasonable. Once Sombra had finished weighing out his options he took Twilight's hoof and they shook on agreement, Sombra had a big grin on his face while Twilight looked very nervous, unsure if this was truly a good idea or if she merely just sealed her doom against the unicorn King.

Without a word King Sombra began to walk towards Twilights other friends as Twilight followed close behind. Tempest glared at Sombra as he walked up to them, however the unicorn King just had a wide smirk on his face before bowing his head slightly to her "my apologies for my behaviour earlier and I hope you can forgive me" he apologised, a hint of sarcasm in his tone though for the most part it seemed genuine.

Everyone looked at the two with wide eyes of surprise, Tempest blushed slightly in embarrassment due to all the eyes locked on her, she then let out a deep sigh before responding to the unicorn King "thank you Sombra and..I'm sorry as well for attacking you immediately, I guess I just feared you were coming for Twilight, though Pinkie has told me about what happened and if this helps" Tempest then tapped on her broken horn "I know what it's like for a part of you to be taken away as well"

Tempest smiled and Sombra couldn't help but smile slightly as well, that thought did indeed help him a bit "are you two gonna kiss already? Cause if you are I don't wanna see it" the two unicorns eyes widened and they turned to the source of the sound to see Spike.

The two unicorns began to scold and threaten the baby dragon while everyone else just laughed at the weird turn of events. For the rest of the party however everything seemed to work fine, Sombra interacted with everypony (with as little as possible that is) and there were no further problems, as the party came to a close Sombra decided to complete the next part of his agreement and trotted up to Pinkie who seemed to magically be sucking all the decorations back into her party canon "Ms Pinkie Pie, I would like to thank you for this magnificent celebration of my arrival, I hope to come to more parties in the future, however could you keep it to one card invitation instead of...all of them?"

Pinkie smiled widely at the words of praise and forcefully shook the unicorns kings hoof to the point he could feel his body being lifted slightly off the ground "okey dokey lokey!! Well I should be going now! By everypony!!" With that Pinkie Pie dashed off in an instant while Sombra tried to explain to himself how did she do that?

The party was now over and everyone was taking their leave, meanwhile the pressure of the situation Sombra put himself in was beginning to dawn on him, while yes he got to decide what they did for one day if he didn't play his cards right Twilight may attempt to get revenge on him the day after, it was clear to him now, he needed a plan, fast.

Author's Note:

Thanks everyone once again for your support! I hope this chapter was enjoyable! 👍🏻