//------------------------------// // Forging Fate // Story: The Keeper of the keys // by Moonghost //------------------------------// “Now,Can we get a move on? We have forging to……” Dodge trailed off as just would a moment for Twilight was made of smoke and shadows. “Twilight what magic are you most proficient in?” Dodge asked suspecting she knew the answer. “Well, I’m Equally profession to normal types, why do you ask?” Twilight asked. “Have tried specialized Magic types, and if so which was the easiest?“ Dodge asked. “Ahem yes, Umbramancy, but that bad magic, right?“ Twilight said. “Oh Celestia, Celestia, Dear Stupid Celestia, No Twilight Shadow Magic is not bad by nature, dangerous yes, but bad or evil no, for instance did you know you and many other ponies use shadow magic all the time?” Dodge said. “What, no we don’t!!!” Twilight Blurted out. “Oh, but, you do, after all the teleportation spell’s roots are in shadow magic.“ Dodge said “But....but....I?“ Twilight stammered. “No need to worry, but we will be needing a very special individual, before we can continue, okay?“ Dodge said as she shoves her hand into her own shadow and pulled out a very old and love worn looking spell book. “What’s that?“ Twilight asked. Mhaaa, Oh this, this is the book of cera et sanguis, and that’s all you need to know “But…I” Twilight stuttered. “Trust me Twilight you do not want to know that’s in this book, now can you please Calm down?” Dodge said in a way that Brooke no argument. “Can I at least know who you are summoning?” Twilight asked. “Your Father if I do it right, so, you might want to hide behind something, The summoning process isn’t exactly gentle.” Dodge said as she made a small circle with one of Twilight’s hair inside it with a larger circle filled with Dodge’s Mercury-like blood. “Why do you want to know who my father is?“ Twilight asked. “Just a hunch.” Dodge said as she grabbed a small candle made of sunshine, and Lit the blood circle. The flame instantly was extinguished and a stallion was in the center of the circle. “No, that’s impossible, S-S-S-Sombra, he can’t be my f-f-f-father.“ Twilight said. “Umbra? We Thought you were lose when...Umbra what’s wrong?, Oh the armor you never really like it, I can fix that.” Sombra Said the armor disappearing, and Sombra Leaving Sombra in a black shirt, blue shorts, and sandals. “ there better?” Sombra said. “Twilight may I introduce Sombra Sparkle, your real father.“ Dodge said to which Twilight fainted. “You owe me 50 Jade Sombra. “Dodge, I’m glad you find my little shadow, but why is she so scare of me?” Sombra said. “I suspect manipulation by Celestia as well as a memory erasing spell, all the while thinking her self clean, because no one knows, but we know, and we will never. Now let’s get this ghastly illusion off of her. Sombra I do need your key.”Dodge said. “Hmm,Very well.“ Sombra said, as he shoved his hand into his shadow, and removing his hand holding the key from his shadow and gave it to Dodge. “Dodge, I……” “I know, I mess her to, she was a good pony, but, a greater friend.” Dodge said, as she put the key in her crown. “Now, Let us go chat with Celestia, shall we?” Dodge said, as she will shadow of the Canterlot throne room door into existence and opened it into the throne room, and when through it. “Celestia, we need to talk.” Dodge said. “Who are you to make demands to the princess?“ a foolish solar guard demanded. “Who am I, Hahahaha, Celestia, listen to this fool.” Dodge said, as she laughed. “Who am I? I‘m the reason this stupid, idiotic fool of a pony, you call a princess, now shut up and be quiet.” Dodge said. “How dare you, call her—“ “I said, be QUIET!!! Now Celestia, why do you?: ponynapped from, mind wipe, murder, curse, imprisons, and lie, about The Crystal Empire? I'm sure we’re all just DYING to know?” Dodge said. “I do not know what you are talking about, I didn’t do any of that, and unless you have evidence, you should leave.” Celestia said emotionlessly. “Oh, but I do have evidence, Sombra wrote testimony, that Twilight is the true heir of the crystal empire, and my own eye witness testimony of your crimes. Now are you going to come quietly or will force be required?” Dodge said, resting her hand on her saber. “Dodge this is foolish!!!” Celestia yelled. “No, What was foolish is you think you were right in doing what you did.” Dodge said, as she pulled her saber out of its sheath on her back, and shadows of the great beasts crawl, sneak, slither, and fly from Dodge shadow. “But what you did was wrong, You murdered half of the native umbrums, trapped the other half  below their own kingdom by cursing an entire race.” Dodge said, as the shadows solidify into: a hydra, a bone wolf, a basilisk, and a Roc. “And then you had the gall to fill the kingdom you just stole, and your oh so perfect ponies.” Dodge said the last word dropping with disgust. “Now, Celestia I’m only saying this once, we can do this the easy way or the painful way, your choice.” Dodge said. “You do know this is treason?” Celestia said, as summoned her armour and her weapon daystar a sword made of magic and killer of millions of innocent races. “Painful way, it is than.” Dodge said, as she lunges towards Celestia. Celestia sidesteps the attack, and tries to cut Dodge’s sword arm out. Dodge dodges and cuts off Celestia’s left wing. “ come now Celestia surely you can do better than that?” Dodge mocks, as she cuts Celestia’s remaining wing out. “Dodge this is madness! I have not—“ Celestia is cut off by Dodge cutting her horn off. “Don’t you talk to me about madness, after you locked your own sister on the moon, because she didn’t agree with you in causing genocide to all the other sentient races on Equis!!!” Dodge said. “Dodge, please stop, I’m—”  “Don’t you say you’re sorry, cause I know you’re not.” Dodge said, holding Celestia to sword point. “Now you are going to have three seconds to tell  me why I shouldn’t drape you to Tartarus.” Dodge said. “Well,I—”  “Times up” Dodge said, as she cut open a portal to Tartarus, and shoved Celestia through, and then closed it. “Hmm, Come on sombra let’s go back to my house.” Dodge said, cutting open a portal to Keyhouse.  “What the hell, Lucas, what are you thinking?” Dodge yelled at a mirror she was looking at. “Dodge,you know Celestia had murdered millions, and you did nothing, we both know that can’t stand.” said a voice from the mirror. “That doesn’t excuse trying to murder her, she is necessary, sombra please don’t try to stop me.” Dodge said, as she pulled out a dagger. “What are you doing?!” Sombra said. “Oh, silly me, I should probably take off all my weapons.” Dodge said, as she took off her crown, followed by her locket, and saber. “ Oh before I die,  crush the head on the top of that mirror I was holding,please.” Dodge said, before stabbing herself in the heart. “DODGE!!! d-d-don’t  worry I’ll I’ll save you.” Sombra said start to try to help Dodge. “NO!!! You need to break the skull on the mirror. I will be fine, but, you don’t break that skull then you won’t be, please, as a friend just break the skull for me.” Dodge said, smiling even as she began to bleed out on the floor. “But”  No but, just do it, please, for me” Dodge said. “Okay” Sombra said, summoning his scythe and completely destroying the skull with one stroke. “Okay Dodge now—” There on the ground laid nothing, but a black silk dress with a oily gray stain. “WhAt WrOnG sOmBrA¿?” A voice said from above the dress. Sombra looked and saw a large ornate key covered with yellow cat-like eyes, The largest one staring with concern at Sombra. “Dodge?” Sombra said. “YeP tHaT’s Me, Wait a minute Hmmhm, sorry about that, but, yes it’s me, man has it been awhile since I haven’t been outside a host . I must say it’s quite nice. And before you ask me how am I still alive? Well I told you I would be fine and I am. my host on the other hand is quite dead. Now, let’s get to work.” Dodge said, followed by a clapping noise.