Chapter- 2: King Sombra’s diary part 1.
Cadence opens the diary and starts reading- “Sombra, it was the only word I could remember when they found me.”
Twilight interrupts- “When they found him? Who?”
Cadence continues reading- “The crystal guard said I was alone, out in the wastes, just north of the empire. They asked me where my family was, but I couldn’t tell them. All I could say to them was this one word, Sombra. So, they made it my name. And that is how I, the king of all monsters, named myself.
Not having any family to return a lost colt to, the crystal guard took me to Chestnut Falls Orphanage. I was years behind my classmates, they all knew about things I had never even heard of. Saying their words, felt like chewing peanut brittle, like my mouth wasn’t supposed to say them. But I was a quick learner, and Ms. Chestnut Falls would always help me when I couldn’t understand the homework. Sadly, the same could not be said for others. In my youth, there was only one other young pony who was kind to me. Her name was Radiant Hope, and she was the most amazing pony I’ve ever met. She was a bit weird, but I enjoyed it. She had the greatest imagination. Soon, Hope and I became the closest of friends.
I sat next to her in every class. We had our own language that we wrote notes in. A secret little code, all our own. The other ponies still laughed at us, but as long as we had each other, we didn’t care. The others wouldn’t let us play their games, so we made up our own games, where only we knew the rules. Or I thought I did. Sometimes, only she knew the rules. And all that year, every time we got any jewels, we put them in our dragon bank.”