//------------------------------// // "You don't know who Daring Do is?!" // Story: Poetic Justice // by KingSombraTheTyrantRuler //------------------------------// Poetic Justice Written By KingSombraTheTyrantRuler Chapter Seven- "You don't know who Daring Do is?!" King Sombra's P.O.V: I had barely closed the door when I heard some hoofsteps. Turning around I saw a mare. Probably one of Sparklers friends. “Hello there,” I greeted her. Instead of replying she falls to the ground. My smile falls and is replaced with a look of horror. “Um…strange mare?” I nudge her. She doesn't move. “Oh shoot, I killed her! …If that mare is dead, then Twilight must be dead too! Oh Tartarus! Why am I cursed?!” My wails are so loud that the door opposite me opens and somepony comes out. I ignore them and continue wailing. “Tartarus! I hate myself!” The pony places their hoof onto my shoulder and in a soft, familiar voice says, “Sombra.” My head whips up to see none other than…Twilight Sparkle. I go pale and scream. Unfortunately my scream is that of a filly who has found a fruit fly on their ceiling. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!” Sparkler tilts her head to the side as I jump up and run away from her. I continue screaming. “AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! Get away from me you trespasser from the world of the undead!” I yell at her as she comes near me. Sparkler facehoofs before sighing and asking, “Now, what did you do, Sombra?” “I truly am cursed. First I kill two mares with my handsomeness and then a ghost of the former comes to mock me or even kill me and take me to the world of the undead as punishment for my crimes," I mutter to myself. “Sombra,” she laughs “you didn't kill me or Starlight. Starlight's just unconscious." “Really?” I dare to look at her. “Then why did you teleport away as soon as you saw me?” “Because I didn't want to admit to you that you were” she whispers, “handsome.” I look up at her blushing face. A blush also forms on me. “You- you think I look handsome like this?” She nods. I realize something. Scowling, I growl, “So, you didn't think I was handsome before?” Her blush is replaced by terror. “No, of course I thought you were handsome.” “You have ten seconds to hide, starting now. Ten…” She runs out of sight. “Nine…Eight…Seven…Six…Five, Four, Three, Two, One. I'm gonna find you, ready or not!” Now, where would Sparkler hide? The first place would most likely be the library, so I make my way there. I only have to walk to the section with Star Swirls‘ books, and there she is, hiding behind a stack of books. I sigh. “Really Sparkler, I expected better from you.” I use my new magic to knock the pile over and levitate her into the air. “At first I wasn't planning to punish you, but after seeing that terrible hiding spot? You've earned it.” I place Sparkler on a table, tie her to it so she can't get away… and begin tickling her non-stop. “Sombra what are you- hahaha stop! Stop!” Soon her protests are replaced by laughter and only when her face becomes red I stop and untie her. “Sparkler.” She stops gasping for breath upon seeing my displeased expression. “Even if I had tied you up, I didn't put a no-magic ring on your horn, so you could've simply teleported out of the ropes or done some other spell.” “I forgo-” “Forgot? Haven't you been a unicorn for your whole life?” Before she can reply I continue, “I'd say you deserve a punishment for this, what do you say Sparkler?” Her eyes go wide and she begins to back away. “No punishment please! I'll do anything!” I take a step closer and soon have her cornered. I grin mischievously. “Anything, you say?” She nods. “Anything!” I'm about to say something when we're interrupted by somepony snickering. “You two lovebirds should go get a room. Also, don't forget to invite me to the engagement ceremony.” I turn around to see a cyan pegasus with a rainbow mane…Hey, she's one of those Elements of Harmony, isn't she? “R-rainbow Dash!” Sparkler gasps, flustered. “How did you get in? And why are you here? I mean, it's good to see you but I'm pretty sure I was scheduled to do something with Starlight today. Speaking of which, I should go get her!” I hold Sparklers tail in my magical grip. “I don't think you should go yet Sparkler. After all, I don't know this pegasus,” I murmur into her ear. “I flew in through the window, duh,” Rainbow Dash rolls her eyes. “And I was gonna ask you for the latest copy of Daring Do, but since you two are too busy getting all lovey-dovey, I'll come back another day.” Sparkler holds the pegasus' tail with her magic. Good, she finally used her horn. “Hey, what's the big deal?! Why's everypony playing catch the tail all of a sudden?!” the mare shouts, tugging on her tail. “Rainbow! Let me introduce you two! This is-” Crystal Shard, Shard for short “Crystal Shard, Shard for short, and Shard, this is Rainbow Dash, Rainbow for short.” She releases her grip on Rainbow's tail and the pegasus flies down, extending a foreleg. “Hey Shard, nice to meet you.” “Same to you, Miss Rainbow,” I say in return, kissing her foreleg. She blushes. “Call me Rainbow, and there's no need to kiss my hoof since you're already taken.” “Taken? What do you mean by that?” “You know, you and Twi…” I gasp in mock offense. “Rainbow, I am not in a relationship with Twilight. I am merely a guest at her castle, quite similar to how Miss Glimmer is. I have come back from a journey in the Crystal Empire and since my old house was destroyed in a storm, Twilight was kind enough to let me stay here until I find a permanent house.” She rolls her eyes. “Yeah, totally convinced.” Before I can retaliate, Sparkler says, “I'm just gonna go now, okay?” and gallops out. Rainbow turns to me. “So, how long have you been here?” “Two months.” She shrugs. “Then you must know where Twi's secret stash of Daring Do books are!” I telepathically ask Sparkler where it is and she replies with Pull the third book from the right out of the fourth shelf of the Star Swirl collection and you'll be there. Don't mess anything up. Also, I want you to try and make friends with Rainbow. Ok, thank you for the help, adios. “Shard?” “Yes?” “You kinda spaced out there for a moment.” “I apologize, I was just remembering which shelf it was.” I go to the shelf Sparkler said and pull the book out. The bookcase is magically pulled up and a staircase is revealed. As we go down, I ask a question that I've had since 'Daring Do' was first said. "So... This 'Daring Do' series... What is it about and who is Daring Do? I mean, I assume she is the main character from the title, but-" The pegasus faces me, shocked. "You don't know who Daring Do is?!" she shouts. "Am I supposed to?" "Daring Do is only the most awesome, amazing and bravest pegasus ever!" "I thought that was you." "Well, I am awesome, and brave, but Daring Do?" Her eyes fill with stars. "She battles villains and even if that's what me and my friends do, we just use the Elements to make a rainbow and that's literally it. Daring Do goes on adventures to all these places and- I grew up reading stories about her- she's my idol." She pulls me to the nearest bookshelf and hoofs me a book. "This is the first book in the series." As I sit on a cushion and start reading, the pegasus flies to a high shelf and gets a book, before copying me.