Chapter-11: A telepathic conversation.
Twilight runs to her library and gets the book. Then she teleports to her room. She opens the book and finds the spell. After reading it, she casts the spell on Sombra’s horn and a cloud of smoke appeared. For a moment, Twilight was afraid that she had done something wrong, but her panic went as soon as she saw Sombra stepping out of the cloud of smoke, and off her table. She looks at him and sees a few changes from the last time she saw him. Sombra’s horn was like a normal unicorn, he still had his armor, crown and cape. His eyes are green instead of red, and the only thing that showed that he wasn’t a normal unicorn was that he didn’t have a cutie mark. Sombra sees Twilight’s expression and then conjures a mirror out of thin air and looks at himself. He nearly drops the mirror in shock. He says to himself- “I look like a normal unicorn.” After saying that, he casts the spell to create a telepathic link between him and Twilight and says to her through the link- “How do you like my new appearance?”
Twilight says through the link- “You look exactly like a normal unicorn, without a cutie mark.”
They continue talking through the link.
Sombra asks her- “Why are ponies so happy when they get a cutie mark?”
Twilight answers- “Because, when a pony gets his or her cutie mark, it means that they have found their special talent. For example, my cutie mark is sparks. So, it means that my special talent is magic.”
Sombra asks- “How did you get your cutie mark?”
Twilight answers- “When I was a filly, my dream was to be in Celestia’s School For Gifted Unicorns. I was so happy when I was let in. But to be in there, I had to pass the test. I read a lot about using magic, magic spells and stuff like that. But it was a bit hard to use. The test was to hatch a dragon egg using magic. I tried and tried but it was too hard. Just as I was about to give up, I saw a rainbow and felt a sudden wave of magic. The magic connected with mine, and I hatched the egg, turned my parents into plants, and nearly destroyed the castle. It was like I lost control of my magic. And then Princess Celestia came and put my magic back into control, and when I looked at my flank, I had my cutie mark. Princess Celestia said that I could be her personal student because of my talent, and that’s how I got my cutie mark.”
Sombra sighs- “You are so lucky to have a cutie mark. At least you never got bullied for not having a cutie mark.”
Twilight notices Sombra’s sadness about him not having a cutie mark, so she asks him- “Do you like reading books?”
Sombra is surprised by the sudden change of topic and says- “Yes.”
Twilight says- “Then let’s go to the library!”
Twilight takes Sombra to her library and they start reading books. Sombra looks at all the books and says- “It’s been a long time since I last stepped into a library, or held a book in my hooves. You are very kind to let me read your books.”
Twilight replies- “That’s what friends do! You can read as many books as you want, just put them back in their places after you finish reading them.”
Sombra walks to a bookshelf and gets a book. He sits in a corner of the library and starts reading the book. After he reads the book and puts it in its place, Sombra looks at the wall. He touches it with his hoof and feels a warmth coming from the crystal. He says to himself- “This wall is made of crystal!”
Sombra is about to get a piece of crystal off the wall, and then he remembers that this is Twilight’s castle, and that it wasn’t his castle. So, he decides to conjure some crystals out of thin air. To avoid filling the library with crystals, Sombra conjures crystals that are small enough to fit in his hoof. He feels the warmth of the crystal and conjures more. He keeps doing that until his hoofs are full of crystals. Lost in the warmth, Sombra falls asleep in his pile of crystals.
Twilight finishes reading her book and sees Sombra sleeping. She thinks to herself- “He is looks so cute when he sleeps.” After a while, she hears Sombra saying things in his sleep. She thought- “Maybe he’s just having a really good dream.”
Sombra starts acting like somepony else was there. She hears him saying- “How could you not tell me? I deserved to know, and you knew, and you kept it from me this whole time. You knew what I was. I bet you just made that Crystal Heart to destroy me.”
Twilight gets worried when Sombra crystallizes the flower in front of him, and wakes him up. She says- “Sombra, wake up. It’s just a bad dream, wake up.”
Sombra says sleepily- “Hope? Is that you?”
Twilight says- “It’s me, Twilight. Wake up.”
Sombra says- “Hope?”
Twilight conjures an alarm clock and sets the alarm to 05: 17 PM. The alarm rings loudly and Sombra wakes up. He jumps awake and sees Twilight with the clock in her hoof. He asks- “Did you have to wake me up with an alarm clock of all things?”
Twilight asks- “Why not?”
Sombra says- “I hate alarms.”
Twilight says- “I’ll remember that next time.”
Sombra sees the crystallized flower and asks- “Who crystallized the flower?”
Twilight replies- “You did.”
Sombra says- “But I don’t remember doing it.”
Twilight explains- “That’s because you did it in your sleep.”
Sombra says- “Oh.”
Twilight exclaims- “I’ve never seen anypony do magic in their sleep!”
Sombra says- “This isn’t my first time. I usually do it when I have nightmares.”
Twilight says- “I think you were having a nightmare. You were saying things in your sleep.”
Sombra tells Twilight- “I have nightmares every time I sleep. They’re all about the night I got my powers.”
Twilight asks Sombra- “Every time you sleep?”
Sombra answers- “Yes. From the night I ran into my destiny, I’ve been having nightmares.”
Twilight is about to say something, but Sombra puts his hoof over her mouth and says- “You won’t be able to cure me of my nightmares, so don’t try.”
Sombra moves his hoof and Twilight says- “If you get too many nightmares, then I will.”
Sombra uses his magic to pick his crystals up and put them on the table. He conjures more crystals, and doesn’t stop until the table is covered. Twilight asks him- “Could you show me how to conjure crystals?”
Sombra replies- “Ok.”
Sombra conjures a crystal and tells Twilight- “To conjure a crystal, you have to concentrate your thoughts on the crystals color, shape and size. Then you have to concentrate on making it real, and you’ll get a crystal.”
Twilight tries, and after 10 minutes, she conjures a crystal. She asks Sombra- “How can you do it so quickly and easily?”
Sombra answers- “I’ve been practicing for years. At first it took me 3 minutes, and as time passed, I could do it in a second. If you keep practicing, then you’ll be able to do it in a second too.”
Twilight says- “Ok.”
Twilight practices and practices. When she’s done, its night, and the library is full of crystals. Sombra is sitting on the crystals with a smile on his face, as he holds some crystals. Twilight says- “It takes me 5 minutes to conjure a crystal, and I’ve been practicing for so long!”
Sombra hears her and says- “It will take some time to be able to do it as quick as me.”
Twilight sighs and looks at the clock. She says- “Its 12:00 AM! We’d better sleep now!”
Twilight takes Sombra to a room and tells him to sleep. After that, she goes to her own room and sleeps.