Fluttershy lifts her hoof to her head. She felt rather dizzy. She felt the hoof of the unicorn leave her shoulder and saw Sombra begin to walk. Fluttershy said nothing as she looked around the room they were now in. It was odd, I looked kinda like a house.
The lights were out and there was dust on everything. Somethings looked rotten and everything looked rather old. No very old. Everything in this room looked as though they were at least a few centuries old. Though most looked like they were amazing back in their primal day now they just looked like old dusty objects that a hoarder would keep. From what she could tell it looked as if this was a living room. An old sofa sat against the wall. The sofa itself was covered in rips and tears.The wall paper behind it was faded and had several pieces missing. There was a rotten wooden coffee table Which color had faded gray. On it sat a lantern. She looked around and everything seemed old worn and rotten.
Fluttershy looked back at the stallion that had gone into another room. He returned a moment later with a newer looking broom and a few other cleaning objects. He placed them on the floor in front of Fluttershy who looked back up to him.
"Throw out the furniture, clean the rest and take down the wall paper. You can start in this room." He said as he left the house to go walk around outside.
Fluttershy watched as he went outside as he went to set up an old hammock between some trees. "Where are we?" Sombra looked back at her and let out a sigh. "First of all, I gave you an order. Second, a cabin, I owned it for ages before. Honestly, I am surprised it lasted. Now get cleaning. Tomorrow you get to go to the market and get new furniture." Fluttershy nodded and went back inside and begun to work on the room before her.
Did she get to go to the market? Maybe she could talk to some ponies and maybe even her friends! Maybe this won't be as awful as she thought it was. She thought about how her friends would handle seeing her after the scene at the Crystal empire. A wide smile on her face.
She held an old map in her hoof. She looked up at the rock Sombra had marked for her so she knew she was going in the right direction. She had to be careful, there was no road where she was and the wagon on her back was rotten to the core. She decried the first thing she would get is a new wagon. But Sombra had also made a list in which she was also to get. She continued down the dirt ground as she finally hit a dirt road. She followed the road east into a near by town.
She first went to the mail station and told the pegasus there that an urgent message was to be sent at once. And a unicorn came and cast a spell to send the message directly to Twilight. Fluttershy smiled and thanked the unicorn and pegasus. She then made her way into town dumping the old wagon and buying a new one with the money Sombra had given her.
She had begun to make her way to the sofa shop when she heard a loud pop in the town. She turned to see what was the cause of the noise only to be attacked.
Fluttershy fell to the ground with a scream as she realized the pink ball of fur lay crying on top of her. "Pinkie?" Fluttershy asked as she looked up at the overjoyed earth pony. Pinkie lifted her head from Fluttershy chest and let the tears fall as she laughed. "I was so scared we would never see you again." She said.
"We?"
And with that, she felt other ponies jump on top of her. She looked up after catching her breath to see all her friends even spike there to join her. SHe smiled and began to cry. She looked up and gave them a group hug. They only sat there for a moment. As each one began to stand up off of Fluttershy. She stood up and smiled at her friends. She walked back over to the wagon.
"Look as much as I love it that you all are here. I have a list of things to get for him. So umm if you like I would love some company. I don't have to be back until nightfall. But it still a bunch to get. If you guys want." She said as she went to pick up the list. However, a purple glow came from the list as Twilight brought the list up to her eyes. "This a lot of furniture, how will you pay?"
She quickly got her answer when she saw the large bag of bits in the back of the wagon. Twilight smiled and flattened her ears in embarrassment that she hadn't seen that before.
Fluttershy smiled in pride while her friends came with her to get the things on the list. They made their way to the store of lamps and grabbed 5 ceiling fans and 4 lamps. They had to make sure it was good enough for the king. While she knew the style of the house she also knew what he was interested in. She could tell that he looked for fancy things but it was modern times so she grabbed what she could. They went by several stores and by a place to eat where they had a lovely conversation. Twilights horn began to glow earlier around dinner and a scroll appears in front of her. Twilight looked at the scroll.
I know she is with you.
I am a patient stallion but it is time for her to come home.
She needs to also put it all in place before bed.
If you like you and your friends may join her till nightfall.
Fluttershy nodded and began to lead her friend up to the cabin. Dragging a wagon along the dirt was a lot easier while it was empty. She found the spot she had marked a place earlier for her to go off road. Applejack and Rainbow Dash had been very kind and took it off her and help pull and push it up the hills and through the woods.
They laughed as they reached the cabin and Fluttershy froze in place as she saw Angel running toward her. Tears rolled down her face as she dropped and held the small rabbit while a lot of other animals gathered around her. She looked up at her friends thinking they had something to do with this only to see they were as shocked as she was.
"Like I said my dear, I am no monster." Came a voice from above her. She looked up and saw Sombra. "I knew you were an animal person when birds started help you swept yesterday. rather impressive I must say. I looked you up and saw your animal home and a simple trick brought them here."
Fluttershy looked up at the unicorn and let go of the bunny and hugged the stallion. Sombra stood shocked by her action and looked to the other ponies around him for help. But they all stood just as shocked and dumbfounded as he. Sombra put his hoof between him and her and pushed her off.
"Thank you," Fluttershy said excitedly picking up the rabbit again.
"A slave works harder when they have something to work for. For instance, right now, I want the furniture moved into the house. In return, the rabbit will sleep with you. If you can not complete this task then it may sleep outside with the other animals. I get you are an animal person but I do not want anypony messing up my home. So you may take the large room at the end of the hall. That will be your chambers. Any animals you care to keep inside must stay in there. I do not care what you do with it but the rest of the house is to go to my liking. You saw my old way of arrangement and my likings. Do it now."
Fluttershy nodded and began to work. She and her friends began to unload and move furniture in. Rarity helped arrange the furniture and set up a fresh coat of paint on the walls. She nodded in approvement while the other place different furniture in its place. They finished most of the house to the liking of Sombra. Once done they went to work on the Fluttershy's room. It really was big, like a second masters bedroom. The whole house itself was large but this room was at least as big at her cottage back home. They got to work and set up a nice bed and a fresh coat of paint. The sun began to set when the ponies heard whistling from the hall. They turned and looked back at Sombra.
" Well, my ladies, it was lovely seeing you, we must do this again. but for right now i is time for you all to go. Fluttershy you may grab some of your animals however that bear can not sleep in the house. I don't want to find any dropping from any of them. Understand?"
Fluttershy nodded and turned to her friends. "Promise you will come visit?" She asked looking at the ponies before her. Symbolically they all stood and raised one hoof. "Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." They all said as they finished with their hooves over their right eye. Sombra chuckled at their small game and left the room.
Sombra went and sat down in his new and fresh bedroom. He had never thought to set a room up like this before but he did enjoy it. The bed was in the center of the room instead of against the wall. But with how big the room was that suited it. It was a round bed with a tall over hang with curtains. he looked around and saw a grand ceiling light. He had been gone for thousand years and didn't know much of the new technology Fluttershy's friends installed into his home. The ceiling light had crystals hanging around it and light inside the crystals let off a nice glow to the room. A tall dresser and a long one stood side by side. He would add some of his own personal touches in time. Perhaps some pictures or a calendar. He removed his cap and placed it on the chair at the desk. He walked over to his bed and lay on his back on the edge.
He never told somepony but he loved animals, almost as much as Fluttershy. Ponies were cruel and awful but animals never judged you on how dark you looked, or the fact you never got a cutie mark. He looked down at his blank flank and let out a sigh. He closed his eyes for some rest and drifted into slumber.
"Come on guys I told you I am too special. I just have this weird thing."
"Face it Sombra! You are and forever will be a blank flank."
A small unicorn was pushed across the hard crystal path. His own crystal coloring for his coat was beginning to fade as he watched these ponies bully him. Sombra tried to pull himself up only to get a kick in the chest. "Blank flanks don't get a place in Equestria!" Said one of the Colts that stood over him. Sombra began to cry as these two Crystal ponies began to laugh their way as they dragged him by the tail. Sombra let out a yelp on the playground looking around to the other ponies for help. He cried as the other fillies in colts stood cheering on the two bullies. Some others watch only in shock not knowing what to do. The unicorn colt that was dragging him pulled Sombra into the magical cage the school uses for misbehaving ponies. He flipped Sombra in the cage and locked the door.
Sombra got up and ran to the side of the cage trying to reach out for the key. "Silly colt you don't learn. Every pony gets a cutie mark! If you don't get one then you are not a pony. You are an animal. And animals belong in a cage at the zoo!" The colts laughed as they brought a muzzle into the cage wrapping it around Sombra.
Sombra cried as all the ponies laughed at his embarrassment. He put his head between his hoof and thought to himself.
'One day these ponies will pay for their actions. They will all pay.'