//------------------------------// // Utopia Part.4 // Story: The Ringmaster // by HKS //------------------------------// "Urgh...oh, this is bad..." Said Prodosia leaving the bathroom feeling sick. "Well you asked for it" Said Perci. "Now you just have to hope Luz doesn't find out." "Yeah, otherwise i'm doomed!" Said Efiáltis. Suddenly Prodosia's eyes widen. "He does have a point....." It was King Luz, with a evil grin on his face! Along side him, the walls were turning into dark crimson crystals. "My King please wait, i can expla..." Before Efiáltis could finish his sentence, he was impaled by a crystal underneath him. Before even letting out a scream in pain, he was impaled once again in the head. Dropping on the ground immediately. Prodosia and Perci stepped back terrified. "Luz..p-please calm down.." Said Perci "Calm down? i am calm. Also you can call me King Sombra now." Said Sombra chuckling. "Guards! throw these two on the catacombs!" Prodosia was strangely quiet through all of this, but her silent was cut out shortly after the guards started leading her to the catacombs. Not just the castle but the entire Kingdom seemed to be covered in crystals. Even the streets were covered. Everyone looked scared and helpless. "What is going on!?" Prodosia asked one of the guards, but there was no answer. A few minutes later they reached the catacombs, and were throw in a cell. "Prodosia!?" Said Midas, who was imprisoned on a cell beside them. "Midas!? why are you here!? what happened to Luz!?" Said Prodosia with tears running down her face. "I don kno either, it kinda just happened." Midas answered. "Luz was acting weird the hol way back, i'm no sure why." "You guys found out who the traitor was?" Perci asked. "It was...Jester, yes Perci ya husband." Midas answered. "WHAT!? That can't be true, why would he betray Luz!? they were such good friends...i-i don't understand....." Perci was freaking out. "*sigh* i don kno what's going on at all, everything just don make sense no more." Said Midas. As the room grows silent, Prodosia is no longer crying, she is just sitting at the corner of the cell, looking depressed. Perci was nervously walking back and forth. And Midas was just laying on the ground... Suddenly the silence is stopped by a large BOOM! "Come back here you coward!" Said Kira running after Jester in the castle's garden, above the catacombs. "What's the meaning of this?" Said Sombra rushing out of the castle. "Jester! he's running away come on!" Kira shouted. Sombra quickly started following Kira, once he finally catched up with him, he threw a energy blast at Jester. Hitting one of his legs. But he kept running. They started running upstairs at the mountain were the Oracle's home was. Sombra then launched another blast, this time it hit the ground in front of Jester, making he fall down the stairs. "Luz, please wait a minute my brother! i can explain!" Jester pleaded while struggling to get up. "Explain? there's no need for such thing anymore. Although i have to thank you, is thanks to you that my mind was opened for far greater things then this small piece of land that i once called a Kingdom." Said Sombra pointing at the relic in his chest. "I want much more know! and killing you just so happens to be one of those objectives." Sombra started laughing, and then Jester tried to shot a energy beam towards Sombra. But he was to slow, and he was blasted instead. 7 Months later.... Kira walked in the throne room. "The baby was just born Sombra." "I'll be there shortly, also you really should start calling me King." Said Sombra. "Keep dreaming, i'm only still he because i have no other options." Upon entering the catacombs, Sombra sees exactly what he was expecting. A blue alicorn baby, with a relic on his chest. Prodosia was holding him on her hooves. "What should we do with them my King?" One of the obstetrician mares asked. Without saying anything, Sombra looked ready to shoot a blast at both Prodosia and the baby. But then... "SOMBRA! there's a few guards on the gate calling for you!" Shouted Kira. "Tsk. Get rid of those two for me will ya?" Sombra said to the obstetrician. After Sombra left with Kira. "Take the baby and run away from here!" Said Prodosia. "Don't worry about me, j-just save the baby." The obstetrician reluctantly obeyed, and ran away from the Kingdom as fast as she could. Sombra caught onto what happened and sent Kira with some guards after the obstetrician. Minutes later she found herself in an old coal mine, with no idea on were to run she decided to hide the baby inside a mining cart. And continued to run away.