Luna and Sombra grow close as they write one another over the years. Their friendship eventually poisons both of them. When such powerful creatures have relationship problems, everypony suffers.
A short, two-part companion story to The Assumption of Applejack, though it may be read as a stand-alone. It is an attempt at classical tragedy, so beware that the tone of the two fics is as different as night and day.
Original image credit goes to baisre on Tumblr and ikonradx of DeviantArt. The blame for the awful Photoshop job goes to me.
Chapters (1)
Another consolation prize for the delay of AoAJ, this fic has been stuck in my mind for some time. I think I needed to write it out before I could get much done on the next chapters of The Assumption of Applejack. I am still working on it, harder than ever, but the words come slowly. In the meantime, 'enjoy' this tragic tale.
There will be a second and final chapter to this in the sometime future.
Also note, the capitalization is deliberate to reflect the time period.
Finally, tragedy is something new for me. Let me know how I'm doing so far and upvote if you like it. Thanks! You all rock.
Sweet jeebus that was painful to read.
I get that it's supposed to emulate letters, but the white-on-slightly darker white just makes it all blur together and you have to squint constantly in order to keep reading.
1716346 Eh, darn. Trust me though, it's waaay harder to read and make sense of it when it's not separated out like this. I just can't win.
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Well, if I set the reading settings under the Up/Down ratings to Light instead of Dark it's much easier to read.
1716398 Ooooh! I was wondering why it was so much of a problem for you.
That's terrible color choice on the programmer's part. 
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Normally it's much more comfortable for me to read as that, but occasionally there'll be a format where it just goes I BLIND YOU MWAHAHA.
Visual aesthetics aside, this was quite lovely.
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1716572 Thanks! It was a bit of a stretch for me, writing something sad.
1717010 I've been there...
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Hilarious image by the way. Thanks!
Oh, Sombra... Why u have to do that to Celly and Lulu???
Did you purposely made the title sound the The Shadow of the Colossus? It's not a bad title in the first place, it's just something I instantly noticed.
.....My feels.....
1717979 No, it was accidental. I tend to make a lot of accidental references.
I really should play that game...
1717725>>1718561 Yez, this is a feels story. If you've read AoAJ there's a little more context, but it actually makes the feels a bit worse. Don't worry though! AoAJ at least has a happy ending in store, and a lot of lols to go with the feels.
Was it supposed to be a twist that it is Celestia reading these letters and not an older Luna? Feels like there should be something there, but I didn't quite get it.
Props for making something of Sombra. Sad to see that it really doesn't take much to do better than canon for him
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Yeah, I could have done with some dialogue from our villain (who was smart enough to use an actual security system on his magic doodad) instead of... well any of the surprisingly bland (for the show) music numbers. Or the scene where Rainbow Dash basically bullies Fluttershy.
...Lunbra letter shipz?
...This is new...I like it.
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I'm sorry, I can't tell if I'm failing to connect with Luna and Sombra here because of the format you've chosen, or if I'm simply a cold hearted individual.
When you post the next chapter, I guess I'll find out.
1797434 Well, I'll admit that it's not my best work, and the format and tone were totally experimental for me. It resonated with me though.
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It felt very much like a twist that it was Celestia reading the letters. I was expecting Luna! In hindsight, I should've suspected something wrong with the phrase "Luna innocently, and Sombra hopefully".
CLASSIC Tragedy? I uh, think I hear my um, Laundry! Yes, my laundry calling telling me to put my mom into the hamper. Yeah...
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(Sorry. I'm sure it's well-written, but I don't like tragedies. Won't thumbs up or down, though, so no worries of my messing the count up. XD)
I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks that Sombra and Luna were lovers and that his fall was what set her on the path to becoming Nightmare Moon. A dark warning for all who are alicorns, methinks.
Immortality through the displacement of entropy. Interesting...
In any case, a great look into the past and what might have been. Sweet, tragic, and endearing. I look forward to seeing how it plays into In the Service of the Goddess.
night and day? i see what you did there!
Artfully done, but I object to stories where the quest for a cure for death is a vain-glorious pride that necessarily leads to corruption and downfall.
1869628 I know you! Also, if you'd rather see a cure-for-death story by me that doesn't involve any of that, try Friendship is Optimal: Twilight of the World. It's possibly my best work, and has drawn praise from really difficult to please individuals.
Sombra, Lord of the Friendzone.
I love this, you can see how slowly he is changing into what he is. I have to wonder if King Sombra will make a comeback in season 4.
Manly tears have been shed
Really well written, and I really like your version of Sombra. Not my headcanon but very internally consistent and sympathetic.
Fuck you Luna.
You did this.
I really enjoyed Celestia's 'love note' of warning to Sombra! I was all..... ohhhh snap.
I also love romantic tragedy, there's something about the deep feels that touches you more then any thing else.
I liked the letters.. it was a bit odd at first but telling a story through just letters must be immensely difficult. I liked the whole formality of royal corespondence and the paragraph long titles. :)
All and all, well done!
4443081 I tend to agree with this, and am sad to see this author, and his work, seemingly inert.