"STARSHINE!"
Chrysalis rose from her chair with such great speed that the stone chair was knocked over backwards. Her words echoed off the walls of the brightly lit room. Sombra had risen as well, though both were unsure of what to do. "Chrysalis let's get out of here, now's our chance!"
Those were the words he had meant to say. We can finally escape this nightmare! She can't stop us! Those were the thoughts in his mind. However, when he opened his muzzle, very different words emerged. "Is she okay?"
Chrysalis ears picked up a familiar sound. BA-BUMP So, that was it, she was messing with them! She quickly lay her ear upon the form of Starshine. To her dismay, the form was ice-cold to the touch she has no heartbeat. Wait if she has no heart beat...then what was that sound just now? "She's...Sombra she's cold, the blood has stopped flowing...I can't hear her heart beat. I can't explain it, but I think she's dead!"
BA-BUMP the sound rang in her ears once more. There it is again! "Sombra did you hear that?"
Sombra stood there, unable to move, just staring at the form of the deceased princess. Those cuts weren't there just a few moments ago...ugh..why is my chest hurting? BA-BUMP "S-Sombra?"
Chrysalis's voice sounded muted and far off as Sombra slowly pieced together the mortifying scene before his eyes. our cuts are gone. BA-BUMP Reaching up a fore-hoof, Sombra grabbed his chest as it tightened. Ignoring the pain he slowly made his way over to the still, stone-cold body. Reaching out, he slowly ran his hoof across her wounds. This cut is in the same place as the one I had.. "Som-"
Again Chrysalis's words failed to reach him as he pointed at Starshine and in a whisper spoke. "Chrysalis, look."
Chrysalis turned her head to look at Starshine and that is when she saw it too. "Her horn is glowing."
BA-BUMP "Chrysalis...Do you think she healed us? By transferring the..the wounds inflicted upon us to-"
Turning his head to stare Chrysalis in the eyes, Sombra concluded. "Herself?"
Chrysalis couldn't believe her ears. Sombra's voice had changed; it wasn't arrogant like normal. It wasn't gravely or soulless. It was... It's just like it was when we first met. Those eyes, that voice. That almost considerate, sorrowful tone. BA-BUMP And where is that heartbeat coming from? Looking all around frantically, she blinked as the realization hit her. It's him! I don't understand! How is this possible?
***
Standing in the ethereal realm, Hazel's crimson fur was bristled, her wings were folded and her emerald eyes were surprisingly soft. She had been observing the scene happening within Tartarus, from the moment Sombra had sat down at the stone table. Her own voice was alien to her; it conveyed tolerance. "Are you sure about this?"
"They don't belong there, Hazy."
Hazel glanced down at her hooves where two unfurled scrolls lay. At the top of these scrolls were the names; King Sombra, Queen Chrysalis. Hazel's horn had stopped glowing after the crimson words of the two contracts had faded. Her mood should have been anger, or maybe annoyance. Instead, Hazel felt... Excited. I am told to nullify two, millennia old, soul contracts and I am excited about the idea. What have you done to me, Starshine? How did we even get to this point? As she stood there, she felt a smile creep onto her face, as she recalled the events that led to it.
***
Hazel had been laying in her bed, watching the Tirek situation on repeat again for the 70th time. She still couldn't believe it; Starshine had made this power hungry centaur come to his senses and even gave him a new beginning. Never in a million years and her time down here, would she ever have thought it was possible. Starshine was lying next to her, having been asleep for what felt like almost six days. Wonder when she'll get up... "Hazy, I need a favor."
A voice called out. "The biggest favor I could possibly ask."
It was Starshine's voice, who had just woken up and was now sitting next to her. Hazel had been worried for her, and now her first words were to ask her for a favor? It better not be for those two... "Starshine..." Hazel sighed a bit. "Why in the name of your gorgeous wings would I..."
Her voice slowed to a stop as she saw the worry on her partner's face. It seems that she's not talking about Sombra or Chrysalis, not with that kind of expression. "Hazy, this isn't for them..."
Starshine looked at the larger thestral in front of her in the eye as she whispered just audibly enough, "It's for you."
Have my ears deceived me? For me? What could she possibly give me? Huffing, Hazel turned around on her bed, laying her head on her pillow. She whispered to Starshine with a voice just loud enough to show that she was just slightly upset. "Help me? Sweetie, I am the all-powerful QUEEN of this realm. The only reason you're still living with me is that I told that goody two-shoes sister of mine I would allow it. I have the ability to get EVERYTHING I desire and the power of the underworld itself. I even have possession of YOU. What could you give me that I DON'T have?"
Hazel stared her in the eyes waiting for an answer, and unexpectedly, Starshine answered with a firm and proud voice. The single word that she said echoed in Hazel's ears. "Freedom."
Staring at her Hazel thought to herself. How infuriating! Faust's little 'chosen one' thinks she can manipulate me? Me of all creatures? Though I should be absolutely livid at this upstart, Can't help but admire her guts, though. How far will she take this little bluff of hers, I wonder? Adopting the face of an alicorn in shock and hesitation, she spoke; her voice wavering. "I-I don't understand, W-why would a welp like you c-c-care about one such as me?"
Grinning internally, Hazel's mind raced. I'll break her, just like I did my sister. After all, I was an alicorn once, and I know what buttons to push. Starshine's voice sounded genuinely warm and...loving? "Because no one is beyond redemption Hazy! Imagine if you could live amongst all living creatures with me, in the sunshine as well as the moon's glow!"
Now that is interesting, a fledgling thestral thinks she can appeal to my 'goodside'. Make me change my ways. How adorable, perhaps if I go along with her 'plan' I'll get a nice laugh out of it. "Alright, Starshine, tell me, what is your request?"
Smiling innocently as her mouth adopted a steely malicious grin that Hazel had to admit made her excited. "I request you completely disregard the Laws of Creation and royally screw over Faust by bringing Chrysalis and Sombra back to life while in Tartarus, by nullifying the soul contracts for both."
Hazel's eyes widened in absolute shock. Her calm demeanor became unraveled in the split second. Is this the same goody-goody my sister proclaimed the 'chosen one'? The calmness in her voice, her pleasant tone. It sounds like her, but disregarding Faust's Laws...that's not even a line I would attempt crossing. How curious. Narrowing her eyes of sparkling emerald in great interest, Hazel stared at her new bedmate. There's something different about her. "Alright Starshine, you have my attention-"
Her voice was dripping with excitement at the prospect of potential malice. "Tell me what you have in mind."
Nodding, Starshine began to explain her thoughts in great detail. Hazel had found herself feeling pride in Starshine. She clearly has thought this through. However, I hope this 'King Sombra' and his estranged fiancee 'Queen Chrysalis' are ready for this impending nightmare. "And then I drag them into the Underworld..."
After all, even I'm not this twisted. "After I 'die' and the blood stops spreading..."
Hazel laughed internally. I think I might actually have some fun with this one.