//------------------------------// // Chapter II // Story: My Little Pony - Equestria Boy II - Darkness of Sombra // by OliverSparkle //------------------------------// “Uhh uhh, hope you’re not too mad at me I hope, Twilight?” Star Swirl began to sweat uncontrollable as she never saw Twilight this anger before, even at him. “Not too mad at you?! NOT TOO MAD AT YOU?!?!” Twilight shouted at him with a furious look on her face. The others took a step back while Lightning ran underneath Silverstream and hugged her leg, they’ve never seen Twilight this furious before, especially in front of her idol. “I’m not just mad at you. I’m, FURIOUS AT YOU!!!!” Star Swirl got more scared of Twilight’s anger as she continued. “NOT ONLY HAVE YOU UNRELEASED THE MOST DANGEROUS THREAT OF EQUESTRIA THAT WE MANAGE TO GET RID OFF A LONG AGO, well it was Spike who defeated him actually, BUT YOU'VE ALSO DOOMED THE ENTRIE EQUESTRIA WITH THAT NIGHTMARE!!” Star Swirl was sweating even more at hearing what Twilight just said. “I-I-I, I just wanted to see if there was a way to bring Princess Amore back.” “BY UNLOCKING A BOX THAT WAS HOLDING SOMBRA’S SPIRIT?!?!” Twilight continued as she got close to Star Swirl’s face, making him even more scared than ever. “IF SHE WAS IN THERE WITH HIM, SHE WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU THAT YOU SHOULDN'T HAVE OPENED IT!!” She then moved away from his face as she finished her sentence. “This is the Pony of Shadows Return day all over again! Except, I’m Star Swirl the Bearded, and you’re Twilight Sparkle! And let’s head back to the castle so we can figure out to send Sombra back where he came from while I’m still mad at you!” She began to walk back to her castle as she then mumbled, “Thanks for dooming us all, Star Swirl.” The others looked at Twilight walking to the castle for a few seconds before Oliver turned to the girls and Spike before saying, “You know, I actually have to agree with Aunt Twilight on this. It was pretty stupid to ignore a warning when you’re trying to bring back a legendary pony, even if you really wanted to meet them for real.” He then began to walk back to the castle. “How true,” Applejack said, “How true.” The others nodded in agreement before walking back to the castle as well, Silverstream placed Lightning onto her back as she and her friends walked to the castle too. Stygian walked up to Star Swirl as he gave him an angry glare, “I told you she wouldn’t be happy with you. This was a stupid idea after all.” He and the other five pillars walked off to the castle leaving Star Swirl looking down in shame. He should have thought this through before opening the box, now it was his turn to feel ashamed for releasing an evil threat to Equestria. He then started to make his way to the castle. Everycreature were in the throne room, waiting for Twilight, Sunset, Starlight and Oliver as they were in the library trying to find a book that can send Sombra back to where he came from. Star Swirl was looking at the cutie map in shame while the others were talking to each other. “I sure hope Twilight will find a way to defeat Sombra,” said Ocellus as she now got scared, “I feel like he’s going to hunt my dreams forever now.” Mage Meadowbrook gently rubbed Ocellus’s head in comfort. “Don’t worry, little Changeling. I’m sure she will, she is the princess of Friendship after all. She found a way to save Equestria once before when we all returned along with...” She then spotted Lightning Twister who was hiding underneath Fluttershy. “Oh hello there, little one.” She walked towards Fluttershy while looking at Lightning with a smile on her face. “Is he yours, Fluttershy?” She asked kindly earning a nod from Fluttershy. “Mage, this is my son, Lightning Twister.” She then nuzzled Lightning, “Don’t be scared, sweetheart. This is Mage Meadowbrook, one the pillars of Equestria.” Lightning walked from underneath slowly as he saw Meadowbrook had a friendly smile on her face. “Hello,” she said softly before kneeling down to Lightning’s level, “My name is Mage Meadowbrook. Don’t scared, I won’t hurt you.” Lightning got a little closer to her before saying, “I’m Lightning Twister.” Meadowbrook smiled at him, “Nice to meet you, Lightning sweetie.” She then gently picked Lightning up with her left hoof as she held him gently before the other pillars walked to them. “Aw look at you, aren’t you little cutie?” Sombambula said as she began to tickle Lightning’s belly with her hoof which made him giggle, “You’re a little cutie.” “Isn’t he adorable?” Stygian asked as he smiled at the little colt. “Fluttershy’s a mother now? Awesome!” Flash Magnus said happily. “Tell me Fluttershy,” said Sombambula, “What made you wanna become a mother to this sweet little cutie?” “Well, it’s a long story actually,” began Fluttershy as she told the pillars what happened. After fifty minutes of telling the story, the pillars looked at Lightning, whose still in Meadowbrook’s hoof, as sad looks grew on their faces. They felt real bad for what Lightning had been through. “Oh my poor dear,” Mistmane said in sadness, “I’m so sorry.” “Yeah kid,” Flash said as he flew towards him, “You really didn’t deserve what your father did to you before Fluttershy adopted you.” “It’s okay,” replied Lightning, “I feel a lot safer now that I got a new momma and a new family that loves me like my friends do.” “Good,” said Stygian. Just then, the doors opened as Twilight, Sunset, Starlight and Oliver came into the room with not so happy looks on their faces. “Ugh! It’s no good everycreature,” said Twilight, “We couldn’t find any book that can help us defeat Sombra, we tried looking in every book there was in the library.” “But no luck from any,” added Sunset Shimmer. “But there’s got to a way to defeat him,” said Applejack, “We can’t just let him be out there somewhere while we try to find a way to stop him.” “You’re right Applejack,” Starlight said, “There has to be a way. If only there was somepony who has the right book that has the answer to this problem.” Spike was rubbing his chin trying to think as well, “Not somepony,” he said before he thought of something as he let out a smile and snapped his claw fingers, “But someCAT.” Twilight suddenly knew who Spike was talking about. “Capper! Spike, you’re a genius! He had a book that has information about the hippogriffs when Storm King attacked Canterlot, so I bet that he has also got a book that can help us defeat Sombra.” As she said those words, Rarity started acting like a drama queen. “Oh not that town again! We were nearly sold to that naked mole thanks to him! There’s no way I’m going back there! Never!” “But Rarity, what about the danger of Equestria?” Pinkie asked in a sad tone. “She’s right Rarity,” said Rainbow as she flew towards her, “If we don’t this, Sombra wins and everypony will suffer to his terrible nightmares. We have no other choice, it’s either go to Klugetown to see if Capper has that book, or let everypony be doomed.” “And besides,” added Applejack, “We got to do this together. We need all the help we can get.” “Dress making pony needs to help us!” Yona said. Rarity let out a sigh, there was no way out of this. “Alright fine, I’ll come. But this is the last time I’m going there!” “Great! Let’s get to it,” said Stygian. “To Klugetown!” Said Spike. “But how would we get there?” Rainbow asked, “It’s way too far from here, and there’s no telling what Sombra has planned! It’ll be too late for us to stop him once we get there!” “Leave that to me,” Oliver said as he stepped in, “Thanks to my friend, John Constantine. I’m able to teleport us all there without asking the princesses to help us since teleporting more than two ponies or creatures can be hard for one pony to do.” The others nodded in agreement as Star Swirl stood near Twilight. “You have a really smart and clever nephew, Twilight.” He formed a smile to her, but she gave him an angry look before turning her head round and closed her eyes. “Glad you notice,” she said still not looking at him. This made Star Swirl more sad and guilty. “Are you sure you can do it, Oliver?” Asked Sandbar, “Cos I’m a bit worried that you might hurt one of us and you when you do the teleport spell.” Gallus nodded in agreement. Oliver looked at Sandbar with a smile before saying, “Trust me. I’m Oliver Sparkle.” The ponies and creatures all gathered round Oliver as he began to say the teleport spell words in a different language while his horn was glowing black ink grasp. After finishing the spell words, he raised his head up as the magic grasp lit up and made everycreature in the room vanished to Klugetown.