-THE CRYSTAL EMPIRE-
Over a thousand years ago, before the banishment of Nightmare Moon, there was once an Empire that was ruled over by a heartless tyrant: King Sombra. This pony was a stallion unicorn and he was unlike any other that has ever lived. The thing is, was it even accurate to call him a unicorn pony?. Sure, he certainly looked like one, but what many don’t realize is that he was actually: An Umbrum.
The Crystal Empire looked as if any happiness that once existed within, died off from the very moment the umbrum tyrant made his claim. Ponies were chained against their will and forced into servitude. Those who didn’t bow to Sombra, died. If you were considered weak, you died. If you were unfortunately born with a disability, you died. The self proclaimed King would see to that personally. There was one act that he was well known for, something he possibly loved even more than conquering or killing: Breeding mares without mercy.
It’s about to be nightfall within The Empire as Luna’s moon starts to rise and Celestia’s star sets. The Tyrant king was currently within his bedchambers as various maids were attending to the room, cleaning behind every nook and cranny. Sombra was currently feeling impatient, and very annoyed.
“Where is she?!, your King demands to be pleasured!”
“P-please, your Majesty, we are preparing her as we speak.”
“Be quick about it!, I have many more mares to breed and give my seed to!. You should all be grateful to me, I am securing my line’s future rule. My bloodline shall last until the end of time. So declares the great, Sombra.”
The maid mares all nods understandably as they quickly finish up their cleaning and preparation for their King’s night activity.
“Aww, yes, Long live the King.”
“She’s ready, my lord.”
“Good, now bring her in-”, Sombra’s words were cut off as he gazes upon a beautiful unicorn mare, who now stands before him. Her fur is dark gray and her tail, along with her mane, are as white as the snow just outside of The Empire’s boundaries. Her pupils were a vibrant orange coloration, inhabiting beautiful eyes that could practically pierce through any stallion’s heart. It was really no surprise that she managed to silence King Sombra, the very moment he laid eyes on her. What was most interesting is her cutie mark, something that equally interested the umbrum king:
“Do you like what you see, my King?. [CHUCKLE] Judging by your reaction, I can see it clear as day. Both on your face, and, down there~”, The mare says seductively as she winks suggestively. Sombra finally snaps out of his shocked state, shakes his head, and beams a very vibrant smile.
“My word, you are a fine mare, the finest I’ve ever laid eyes on. Please, give me your name so that I know what to scream as you pleasure me.”
“Oooh~, a stallion with confidence. I love it, the rumors about you were true.”
“All pleasant, I hope.”
“Oh they are, you see... I’m not like other mares. You could say, I’m out of this world. Unlike other mares, I can see if a stallion knows how to show me a good time. Looking at you now, I’m quite impressed.”
“My naughty mare, you flatter me. You still have me at a disadvantage, what’s your name?”
“My apologies, you may call me: Calamitas.”
“[LAUGHTER] What a magnificent name, strong yet beautiful. I assume that has much to do with your cutie mark?”
“More than you know, my King. Oh!, before we begin... I’d like to give something to you.”, Calamitas then conjures up a circular object with a flat base, a rather unique: Snow Globe.
Calamitas then floats over the snow globe upon which Sombra takes it within his left front hoof, looking down upon the object with a small hint of confusion.
“The gesture is appreciated, but... What exactly is this thing?”
“Why it’s a snow globe, my King. Go on, give it a quick shake... Maybe then, I’ll shake something for you~”
“[CHUCKLE] If it lets us get down to business sooner, fine.”, Heeding the mare’s request, the umbrum shakes the aforementioned object. Within the snow globe, the makeshift snow begins to rain down upon the small plastic house held within. Suddenly, even The Empire begins to snow. Sombra notices this change but doesn’t pay it any mind, this was the cold north after all so surely-
“Wait... The Crystal Heart’s barrier shouldn’t allow even a spec of snowfall within the-”
“Hahahahahahaha!”, Calamitas lets out a long and drawn out series of laughter’s before they slowly die down and she recovers. “Oh you foolish, little, pony. Oh!, wait, umbrum.”
“You blasted succubus!, what did you just do?!”
“What I did?, oh no, it’s what you did. Well, have fun with The Frost Legion. Merry Christmas!, dumbass!”
“[GRRRRR] Rawr!”
[POOF]
[BOOM]
In a fit of rage, Sombra attempts to blast Calamitas with a beam of dark energy. Unfortunately for the umbrum, she was already long gone, vanishing without a trace.
“Who in the name of Tartarus was that she devil?!, I will ring her neck the next time I-”
[SLAM]
Sombra’s words were cut of as his bedroom door is slammed open and a stallion crystal guardspony exclaims:
“My king!, we have urgent news!”
“What is it now?!”
“Enemies!, my King!. There are creatures of ice and snow closing in. They are truly strange, they look like somepony stacked three large snowballs onto each other. Some of them even has a red scarf, a hat, and a carrot for a nose. They wield such strange weapons-”
“Enough talk you fool!, get out there and handle it!”
“That’s just it, my King. These enemies have already taken down most of our army by firing their strange weapons.”
“[GRRRR] Go!, take all of the castle guards if you must!”
“Yes, my king!”, The guardspony salutes as he turns around and runs down the hallway.
“What is happening here?, who dares to attack the great Sombra?.”, Sombra looks down towards the snow globe which he still held within his hoof. “It was this blasted snow globe... I knew something was off when it started to snow within The Empire!, I foolishly brushed it off!”, Upon saying his exclamation, Sombra throws the snow globe out of an opened window with all of his might, exits his room, and trots down the hallway.
-THE CASTLE OF THE TWO ROYAL SISTERS-
A large force of royal guards which consisted of both the day and night shift ponies, and bat ponies, are currently assembled before a beautiful castle. The Castle was positioned within a mystical forest, wild in its very nature. Some could even say that this forest was rather, free.
Before the army of guardsponies, high above them and looking down upon the equines from a balcony were two royal equine figures. Two princesses, one dark and one light. One with the vibrant emblem of the sun sat upon her flank, the other with the emblem of a mysterious yet gleaming crescent moon. Princesses Luna and Princess Celestia. The white alicorn takes the initiative as she breaths deeply and exclaims in a powerful voice that nearly shakes the very forest around them:
“Our precious ponies!, the time has come to rid The Crystal Empire of the foul tyrant: Sombra!”
“Verily!, our sister speaketh the truth!. We shall cut down thy fore mentioned tyrant!, together!, we shall lead you all into battle!”
The royal declaration from the sisters causes their army to shout with praise and war cries:
“For the future of Equestria!”
“By the honor of the Princesses!”
“For princess Celestia!”
“For the Princess Of The Night!”
“Rawr!”
The two sisters watch on with content smiles as they both alight their horns and conjures up their armor.
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-THE CRYSTAL EMPIRE-
Sombra couldn’t believe what he was seeing, even though the truth was before his very eyes. Ponies were running for their lives in the streets of The Empire and some among them were badly injured, noticeably filled with holes from an unknown ranged weapon. Some even dropped dead before his very eyes. For the first time in Sombra’s reign, these ponies were not running from him, but from a foe unlike any other: Snowmen.
“What in the name of-”
“Stick em’ up, sonny. Do it now before I blow your brains out, ya see?”, A snowman holding a shotgun says as it aims the aforementioned weapon directly at Sombra’s head.
“How in the devil did you-”
“Now I a’int gonna tell you again sonny, stick em up!”
“You dare threaten me you foolish creatu-”
[BANG]
The shotgun is fired point blank which results in Sombra’s head being completely destroyed. A dark aura leaks out of the umbrum’s body as it falls limp to the floor. Satisfied with its work, the snowman turns around and begins to hop away as it says:
“Now to move on to the next-”
“You think you’ve finished me, snowbeast?”
The snowman was just about to hop once more until it instantly stops upon hearing those words. Suddenly, a green aura is slowly built up behind the snowman as it turns around slowly.
“[CHUCKLE] Be gone creature!”
[BOOM]
[SPLAT]
Snow splatters onto the crystalline street below Sombra’s hooves. He was about to celebrate his victory until the tyrant notices that he was being surrounded by these entities. Some were holding melee weapons while others wielded the exact same ranged weapon as the snowman he just destroyed. Sombra grits his teeth in anger and says:
“These things will not take my kingdom from me!, never!”, Gathering all of his magic, the umbrum conjures large pillars of blackened crystalline structures and sends them into multiple directions. He didn’t care one bit if he hit any ponies for as of this moment, he was entirely focused on fighting these beings comprised entirely of snow.
The war between the umbrum King and the mysterious snowmen carries on as Sombra continues to blast and smash away at the snowmen. He’d fire off a beam of magic, melting a few snowmen in the process, while also levitating a large chunk of his dark crystals, slamming it down upon the snowmen. The snow entities also landed fatal blows of their own as they continue to hop towards the umbrum in a large hoard. Snowmen would stab, shoot, and even throw a powerful snowball projectile at Sombra. His only saving grace was the fact that his body wasn’t like any normal pony’s, it was as if he were made entirely of shadows. Unfortunately, unlike the snowmen he still had one fatal weakness: Fatigue. His magic reserves were running low from having to fight against a near endless hoard of these snowmen while they seemed to lack such a weakness. They never stopped coming, it mattered not how many of them would fall before Sombra, they would just keep coming. For every snowman that fell it felt as is twenty more took its place.
“T-this... Is not... Possible. There’s no end to these blasted things...”, Sombra says tiredly as he tries to catch his breath. “I am not a coward... But... I must retreat...”, Gritting his teeth in what seemed to be a combination of pain and fatigue, the umbrum turns into a shadow and phases into the crystalline foundation below him. Vanishing before the snowmen in the process.
The night goes on as the snowmen continue to destroy The crystal Empire, tearing it apart by every means available to them. Ponies were still leaving the Empire in droves as they flee from their home, now plagued by this ravenous army... This legion of eternal frost.
Sombra reappears on a nearby cliff which overlooked his once grand kingdom, which was currently still being overrun by the frost legion. He could only stare on in disbelief as his fatigue causes him to drop onto the snow. Before the world around him goes black, the umbrum says:
“Why?... How could I fail?. I’ve faced the two sisters, the living goddesses... I’ve conquered an empire... Nopony could ever challenge me.”, Suddenly, there before Sombra’s very eyes was a certain object that laid before him, mocking him with its presence. His eyes widen as he recognizes the object: The Snow Globe.
“N...noooo...”, Finally, the tyrant king give in to unconsciousness.
[POOF]
“Well, you put up a good fight... I guess. I’m bored now, I was hoping I’d see something more entertaining but I guess that’s-”, Suddenly, a portal opens up behind this entity which cuts off their words in the process and another voice joins in:
“Calamitas, are you done playing with ponies yet?”
“Yeah, yeah, real funny. I guess I’m done here, let’s go back, Yharim.”
-CRYSTAL EMPIRE OUTSKIRTS-
It was now morning as Celestia’s star begins to rise above The Empire. The alicorn sisters decided to scout ahead of their army as they fly towards The Crystal Empire. Soon, they draw near their destination but are shocked to see a certain umbrum sitting down on his flank upon a cliff, which they happened to be flying over. Spotting their foe, the royal sisters nods their heads and descends towards the tyrant king.
“Sombra!, today thou meet thy end, foul cretin!” - Luna.
“Surrender yourself, Sombra. We will only ask you once.” - celestia.
“I surrender, Princesses. You may have The Crystal Empire... Whatever is left of it, that is.”
“W-wait, what?. Does this have anything to do with the ponies we found running away?” - Celestia.
“Celestia... Luna... There are forces out there that are beyond my own comprehension. Creatures that I have come to fear, even more than you two.”, Sombra then points a hoof towards the snow globe, still laying in the same spot as it was all night. “I surrender to you both on one condition: You must seal that abomination away, swear to never use it. You always go on and on about how much you love your ponies, Celestia... Now prove it. If you’ve seen what that... Thing... Is capable of, you’d fear it just as I do. That fear changes your outlook on things. Do not be mistaken, I am not surrendering to you, not exactly. I am surrendering to that thing, you two are just the best option I have to contain it.”
The sisters were simply in utter disbelief and shock. Had they not caught themselves, both of their mouth’s would’ve dropped upon hearing Sombra’s surrender. The sun Princess suddenly gets an idea as she says:
“Sombra, we accept your terms. However, with your permission, I would like to look into your mind.”
“If you think that’ll help you then fine.”
“Sister, art thou sure this is wise?, he could be tricking us...”
“Sombra is absolutely fearful of that object, Luna. Despite him being one of our greatest enemies, if he fears this thing... I wish to see why. I want to know what we’ll be up against should anypony ever foolishly activate this... Thing.”, Upon saying those words, Celestia’s horn is surrounded by a golden aura upon which she taps it against sombra’s own horn. Her eyes shoot wide open and her body buckles down to the snow covered ground. The sun princess begins to shake in utter fear as she could barely say:
“So... Much... Destruction... D-death... Everywhere...”
“Sister?, what hath thou seen?. By our mother and father, you’re trembling awfully!.”
“She’s seen what I’ve seen, Princess. She witnessed death, she witnessed endless destruction, she witnessed... The Frost Legion.”
The End.
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