She ran quickly away from the castle, while Sombra was busy laughing she had enough time to run down all the stairs and to the front door. The guards at the door stopped her, and she heard Sombra’s footsteps follow behind her.
“Guys you know who I am, please let me go!” She hissed at the guards. The guards sighed then opened the door for her.
“We wish you the best of luck, Calliope” They replied. Luckily they were also crystal ponies, but they knew they were going to be punished for what they did. Calliope was already halfway down the main road passing by all the chained ponies before she realized that she was not being chased. She hid by the side of a house to catch her breath. Then she stretched her wings and prepared them for flight. I thought he would have a whole army looking for me by now, she thought to herself. Then instantly another thought came into her head, I must warn the resistance ponies! Quickly she took to the sky but as soon as she started flying her eyes began to hurt. Tears starting flowing out from the pain, then suddenly all the pain went away. She blinked a few times and rubbed her eyes. That was weird… Maybe its best if I don't fly. She looked back at the castle then from there she looked towards where Sombra had pointed. She had heard of the resistance, and that had given her some hope, the song she was playing for Sombra was actually a song that insulted Sombra created by herself, but she never sang the words to it for obvious reasons. It was time to begin her journey, she quickly ran to her old house to grab a bag of supplies then hurried off to the resistance’s camp.
The journey there couldn't be that difficult, she just had to stay in the shadows of the buildings and keep away from the guards. Simple enough right? Thats what she told herself the second she began walking, she had to convince herself to not just hide in her house. She passed by a few houses, recalling the ponies who used to live in them. Sombra had made this deep staircase in front of his throne so he could count his slaves every night as they climbed down to their chambers, since he didn't want them living in houses where they could plot against him. She shivered at the thought, she once saw him count them as they went down. Some of the ponies would be crying or shaking in fear as they went down into the dark depths. How could one pony hurt so many others and enjoy it? Quickly she cleared her mind and began to focus on the task at hand, she had to get to the resistance and warn them right away, her trot became a gallop and soon she was speeding down the empty streets of the Crystal Empire.
She reached the end of the street before realizing that she was stuck, a chain of ponies were heading her way with some guards behind them, she froze then turned around only to see the same sight again. Oh no what am I going to do?? She let out a quiet whimper and hid in the shadow of the nearest building, covering her eyes with her hooves and wings. The sound of the chains dragging on the streets was such a terrible sound and it pained her to listen to it. Then she heard a whip followed by a yelp from a filly. She winced, everything was so terrible, what had happened to their once peaceful city? A tear went down her cheek as she laid there in terror. Soon the streets were clear again and she managed to not get spotted. Maybe I should try flying again, then I would be able to hide in the storm clouds and make it there unnoticed. She looked up above her and the perfect sized cloud was right there, quickly she flew up into the cloud and suddenly the pain was back, it seized her vision and it took all her willpower to not make a sound. Slowly the pain was becoming even more intense so she had to move quickly. She had the resistance base in view before entering the cloud so all she had to do was head towards there as fast as possible. In that short distance there, she experienced more pain than most ponies would feel in a lifetime, but nevertheless she made it and collapsed from the cloud onto the top of the closest building, which happened to be the resistance base. Then she let her tears flow and began to cry herself to sleep.
Calliope woke up to the sound of a strange voice that she had never heard before, her eyes snapped open and she found herself face to face to a dark colored stallion. He looked down at her then suddenly began to fumble backwards by surprise. Then he ran out the door yelling “traitor!!” She sat up, dazed, then she looked around and noticed that she was in some sort of room on a bed. She slowly picked herself off the bed and began to walk around until suddenly a group of ponies barged down the door.
“Dont move an inch traitor!” The pony in the front said.
She looked at all of them, they were all wearing some sort of mask that covered their entire face. Then she remembered that they were talking to her.
“..Wait you mean me..?” She quietly asked. They grunted which she assumed meant yes.
“Im not a traitor! Im here to warn you guys about what Sombra is going to do!” She was beginning to sweat.
“Likely story, pony.” Said the one in the front who seemed to be the leader, then he continued, “Sombra probably told you his plan, himself.”
She stuttered and backed up a bit until she felt her tail hit the back wall.
“He did tell me! But I'm not working for him or anything!” She was practically screaming now. “You have to believe me!”
None of the ponies seemed moved, she wasn't sure of what to do now, they clearly didn't believe her and that could possibly cost her, her life. Her eyes darted around then suddenly she stopped when she saw herself in the mirror, her stomach began to turn and she instantly felt very sick and upset, she began to cry, and then gave her body up for the ponies at the door.