Guess i should start at the beginning.
Name’s Alex, and your probably wondering how i ended up in Equestria in the first place. Well..
To put it simply, and bluntly, i died.
During open heart surgery no less, which was happening to SAVE my life.
which is pretty freakin ironic when you think about it.
turns out those ghost hunting shows were right, your spirit really does hang around in a location where you passed.
though i didnt stick around.
what i thought was the light aka heaven opened behind me and, not really having any other options, walked into it.
turns out it was kinda like heaven, or at least, some version of it, anyhow.
Turns out, i was in Equestria, at least thats what Celestia told me.
And thats when my new life began.
I mean sure ive read Harry Potter but, even those books dont compare to this!
Of course, due to me being basically an alien species, Celestia thought it best for me to be in the castle, for both the ponies and my own safety.
I did have to agree, i really didnt feel like dying again.
Still, it wasnt too bad.
I mean sure, Luna was having trouble intergrating back into society after her 1000 year banishment, luckily me and celestia were there to help her.
Well..mostly Celestia. As i was still asjusting to equestria as well.
So we were basically her students in that regard.
Like twilight was, who is now currently in Ponyville, that village below the city in the valley.
Even though she absolutely did not want to go.
Celestia gave her a gentle push in the right direction as it were, and i tried to help.
which ended with me accidentally getting launched through a window, unfortunately landing on a few passing guard ponies in the process.
But thats a story for a whole other time.
Anywho.
It was a sunny morning as the sun rose up from the horizon, a signal to everpony that it was time to start a new day, well, almost everypony.
Did i mention i wasnt a morning person?
Yeah, well im not. At. All.
“Ugh..just five more minutes..” i groaned out, covering my face with the blanket.
I then felt the blanket being pulled off me by magic, which annoyed me even more.
“Why cant you let me sleep?” I asked.
“Cause you sleep till noon. Up and at em, Alexander.” Celestia said.
“You can call me Alex, ya know.” i said, getting up and slipping on a pair of shorts and a shirt.
“I could, yes.” She said.
“Then would you?” I asked.
“Nope.” She answered.
I sighed and got up, slipping on clothes and heading to the dining hall, where breakfast was already on the table.
I sat down next to Celestia and began to grab food and put it onto my plate.
“I never knew humans had such big appetites.” She said.
“Not all of us do, but i sure do!” I said, and began to dig in.
She chuckled before starting to eat herself.
At that moment, the doors opened and three ponies stepped in.
I already knew two of them.
Luna and her midnight blue fur and hair, same as celestia only representing night rather than day, it fit pretty well overall.
She tended to be the more quiet one of the two of them, didnt mean she wasnt as capable.
And then there was Blueblood.
He was the epitomy of spoiled, to put it lightly and he was just a jerk in general.
Yeah if you couldnt tell, i dont like him very much.
As for the third..ive never seen him before now, he of course must live here, but i guess he just doesnt leave his room much.
Something seemed off about him, however, as if he was missing something.
Still the most striking feature was his eyes, as they were a emerald like green color, unlike Celestia’s magenta or Luna’s deep blue.
It was interesting.
Luna sat down across from me, Blueblood right next to her, and the unknown one next to me.
It was then i smelled something, and it wasnt the food either.
It was like i was spice shop, cinnamon, ginger, cayenne and more all hit me, and i wondered where or who it came from.
Thats when i realized it was coming from the stallion sitting next to me.
I found it abit odd but i didnt question it, i mean actual magic existed here so..
We continued eating, Celestia and Luna discussing what i assumed was politics and other things, blueblood had finished already and left to..do whatever it was he does, and the mystery stallion was still eating, but it took me a moment to realize that he was taking tiny glances at me.
I wanted to ask what he was doing, but i figured that probably wouldnt help the situation.
It wasnt until the stallion left that i was alone with Celestia and Luna, and now i figured id ask some questions.
“Who was that stallion? I havent seen him before.” I asked.
“Oh, that was Sombra, Alexander. He’s been living here for a quite a while, ever since i found him and was able get him back to health.” Celestia answered.
“When was this?” I asked.
“A long time ago, way before you came here.” Luna answered.
“Well..can i get the whole story?” I asked.
Luna looked to Celestia, who nodded.
A long time ago, in a kingdom known as the crystal empire, a young mare named Amore ruled, spreading love and joy through out it, and everyone in equestria shared in it as well.
Though, one stallion did not feel such love and joy, and his name was Sombra, the son of unknown parents, but from what we know, his parents were always on business trips, so he was watched by their next door neighbors.
He was a studious colt, always looking for new knowledge on anything he could get his hooves on, and Queen Amore took him as her pupil. As he grew, his thirst for knowledge did as well, and he wanted to learn more forbidden magic, but Amore was firm in her decision of refusing.
He soon left the empire and went off into the wilds of Equestria, some believing he’d never return.
Years passed, and the Crystal Empire flourished.
Then, one day, Sombra returned and soon went to Queen Amore, to show her what he had learned on his travels.
But she only saw him as a monster of the stallion she once knew, and as a result he-
“He killed her?” I asked.
Celestia nodded in response before continuing.
And thats when he took over as ruler of the Empire, turning the citizens into his slaves and even taking control of them to become his soldiers.
If no one stopped him, then he’d take over all of equestria.
So we did.
We were able to banish him, though before we did he placed a curse on the kingdom, making it disappear, and should it ever return, he would as well.
But something else happened, something we werent aware of until we found him.
He had been split in two, not literally but more..spiritually, as it were.
“So he became like..Yin and Yang?” I asked.
“We do not know what that means.” Luna answered.
“Like good and evil, essentially.” I said.
Luna nodded in understanding, before she took over.
His evil, or his shadow, had been seperated from his physical form, and had become banished in the frozen north, as for his physical self, it ended up in the Cave of Harmony, trapped within crystal, but still alive..somehow.
Our sister had felt a sort of magic emenating from that cave that wasnt what normally came from there, and thats when she found him.
We still do not know how he ended up there or who put him in the crystal, but when he finally woke up, he apologized profusely for what he had done and he has been living here ever since.
I was stunned to say the least. I mean, i didn’t how to describe what i was feeling.
“We’ve been trying to encourage him to make friends but he’s been stubborn, to say the least.” Celestia said.
“Maybe i can try? I mean it’ll give me something to do since im kinda stuck here.” I asked.
“Hmm..we believe you can try, but as our sister has said, he is a stubborn one, alexander.” Luna answered.
“Well i’ll fight stubborness with stubborness!” I said, heading out of the room.
“How long so you think it’ll take he’ll fail?” Celestia asked.
“We give it a week, tops.” Luna answered.