Chapter10: A New Master
Dark Meta Knight was conflicted, on the one hand, he could get a new master to terrorize and conquer worlds like he and his old Master Dark Mind always wanted to, but on the other if he did he wouldn’t be able to return to the Mirror World.
“What do you think about Sombra Flamberge?” he asked
“I don’t like that creepy thing!” Flamberge said in her usual aggressive fiery tone “he said he would help us if we helped him get back his kingdom so I’m not sure what else we should do”.
They reached back where they started as they saw five silhouettes coming towards them, the Squeaks had returned, Dark Meta Knight ran through the blazing cold to meet them and saw that they had a lot of extra things to carry.
“What happened?” Dark Meta Knight asked his partner
“We found out what the place is and did some sneaking around,” said Daroach with a sigh breath as helped Storrow set down another chest
“what is it known as?” Dark Meta Knight asked.
“It's called the crystal empire, its inhabitants are very equine and there are far more guards than I expected around the caste,” Daroach said
“Hmmm, where did you get all this stuff?” Dark meta knight asked while glancing at Doc un tractor beaming some extra chests from his ufo
“we may or may not have stolen a cheese-ton of goods from the marketplace and I also stole a heart that's was on a spire in the center of the city under the castle,” Daroach said with a nervous look
“WHAT!! you stole from them and took something that could possibly be special to them!” Flamberge yelled Storro nodded while he chewed an apple.
“This is intriguing, show me this heart that they seem to hold so dear?” Dark Meta Knight asked
Darroch opened the chest he carried revealing a shining light blue heat made of pure crystal, the amount of magic power he sensed it carried was massive almost enough to rival his counterpart’s Galaxia at full power. Meta Knight, the one who’s sword matched his and the power it carried was more than enough to be the strongest out of the group his counterpart had ventured with to stop a creature made of societal limits and harsh rule, Tabuu. Or at least that's what he heard happened when the third gathering of the great SMASH tournament happened.
“I wonder what Sombra will think of that?” Dark Meta Knight thought as he explained what he and Flamberge had found
“should we show that heart to him?” he asked Flamberge
“might as well, we're not even sure what that thing does,” Flamberge said.
He and Flamberge lead Daroach and the squeaks back to Sombra, they found him in the crack of ice again, and through the hole again he peered out at them and his smoky eyes appeared
“so soon to return strange masked one?”Sombra asked, “have you considered my offer?”
“We have found something that we think you may give us clarification on,” Dark Meta Knight said
Daroach handed him the heart and he showed it to Sombra
“ahhhh!” Sombra said in surprise as his eyes widened Dark Meta Knight assumed he took a step back.
“That is the weapon those pitiful sisters used to seal me with,” Sombra said with a disgusted venom sound to his words
“Could we use it to free you possibly?” Dark Meta Knight said with curiosity.
“Yes, but I don’t know how to use it,” Sombra said
“well jamblast it all!” Flamberge yelled “if you can’t use it, just slam it into something and hope it works!” she grabbed the crystal heart from me and chucked it at the crack in the ice, it stuck in and gittered like an arrow.
“I bet you a bite of strawberry shortcake that nothing happens,” Daroach said with pride
“I'll take that bet!” said Flamberge
Suddenly the heart began to glow and the crack widened substantially and Sombra began to climb out, what emerged was a form Dark Meta Knight had guessed Sombra would look like after he had talked to Darroch about this place's inhabitants. The form was equine and Dark, silver amour was on the front of his hooves, a purple and red cape blustered in the icy wind, pure darkness covered his stomach strangely concealing something most likely, and a blood-red spike-like horn protruding from his forehead. Flamberge motioned with her floating hand for Daroach to pay up “eh eh” she said
“uhhh fine,” Darroch said in defeat while frowning
he handed over the piece of strawberry shortcake for Flamberge to take a bite
“mmmm tasty!” Flamberge said as she chewed the bite of cake she’d taken.
Daroach put the rest of the cake back in the refrigerated diamond chest as Dark Meta Knight walked forward to Sombra and… bowed to him?
“Like my old master, your dark power far exceeds mine” Dark Meta Knight said “I pledge my allegiance to you,” he said as Sombra eyed him surprised and confused.
“I didn’t expect you to wish for such power so soon masked one” Sombra said “but in the current state I’m in I’ll make an exception”.
“Thank you,” Dark Meta Knight said, “my last master was defeated by one I begrudgingly worked with for a time” “I hope you will not suffer a similar fate”.
“Shall we begin my plan then?” Sombra asked
“yes master” Dark Meta Knight replied
“now that we have the crystal heart things should be much easier,” Sombra said.
They began to trudge through the snow towards the crystal empire, while his new apprentice wasn’t looking he took the time to corrupt flamberge and the squeaks before turning forward, and on the outskirts of the empire Dark Meta Knight whispered
“if its an empire you want, then it an empire you will get master!”
he charged forward mirror Galaxia drawn, his scar turned red as it began to bleed as if it had just been cut, blood running down the front of his mask, his wingspan opened up as he took to the skies, and his tattered cape floated perpetually in the snowstorm, Darkness swept over the crystal empire that day.