“ENOUGH!!!” Sombra yelled as he jumped down with a loud thud. “I've had it up to here with this nonsense! I ask for your allegiance, but it seems you will not give it to me! If that's the case, then I will take it from all of you!” Sombra yelled as he marched towards them.
“What is that supposed to mean, Sombra?” Chrysalis asked, turning back to face the angry king.
“I challenge all three of you for your loyalty and your allegiance, AT ONCE!!” Sombra roared.
“HA! You are a fool Sombra! To have given me back some of my power before deciding to face me in battle, my are you stupid!” Tirek laughed as he turned back around to face Sombra.
“I fought hard for my title as queen, and I will not give up that title so easily!” Chrysalis yelled as she flew up in the air next to Tirek.
“Yeah! Plus, there's no way you can defeat all three of us at once!” Cozy Glow shouted, flying in the air, and putting her hooves up as if she were in a boxing match.
“(Evil Chuckle) We shall see.” Sombra replied as all four of them prepared for battle.
“CHARGE!” Cozy Glow yelled as all three of them charged at Sombra.
Sombra wasted no time as he fired a beam of magic at Cozy Glow, hitting her in the leg and causing her to crash on the ground. Sombra then jumped back as Chrysalis almost impaled him with her long horn. Chrysalis fired a beam of her own magic at Sombra, but he dodged it and fired a beam of his own magic at Tirek, hitting him in the face, temporarily stunning him. With Tirek stunned, Sombra focused his attention to Chrysalis who once again flew straight towards him. Sombra pounced back and the two locked horns, having an almost horn sword fight. However, with Sombra's horn being much smaller compared to Chrysalis's horn, Chrysalis had much more of an advantage in this duel. This wasn't a big problem however as Sombra kicked Chrysalis's leg to the side, causing her to lose her balance. Sombra jumped back and laughed as he used his magic to make his horn grow larger with crystals. Chrysalis hissed and flew back in, and the sword duel began again. As Sombra and Chrysalis engaged in their duel, Tirek had finally recovered from getting hit in the face. Tirek took aim and fired his beam of magic at the two dueling creatures. Sombra smiled at Chrysalis as he jumped into the shadows and disappeared. Chrysalis had no time to fly away, but she was able to dodge the blast, unfortunately the impact when the magic hit the wall behind her sent her flying into the wall on the other side of the castle.
Sombra reappeared next to where the beam had hit and quickly fired his magic at Tirek, who countered with his own magic. For a few moments, the two were locked in a magic duel as their beams of magic struggled to overpower the other. Tirek laughed as he watched Sombra struggle to hold him back. As Sombra continued to fight back, his ears were suddenly yanked back by Cozy Glow, who had recovered from getting hit. It was nothing that Sombra couldn't handle but it was rather annoying. As Cozy Glow was yanking Sombra's ears back, she turned and saw Chrysalis was about to attack. Seeing this, Cozy Glow flew out of range and waited for the inevitable. Sombra was suddenly hit in the side by Chrysalis's magic beam, causing him to lose his focus and allowing Tirek's magic to overpower him, causing Sombra to be hit and sent flying into the wall. As Sombra coughed, he looked up and saw the three of them staring down at him with smug looks on their faces.
“You really are a fool, King Sombra! Challenging all of us, what were you thinking!?” Tirek asked as he flexed.
“Say hello to the darkness that awaits you, Sombra.” Chrysalis said as her horn glowed with magic.
“Night, night, King Sombra!” Cozy Glow mocked as she rubbed her hooves together.
“Heh, heh, you are all quite formidable indeed. Now.... FACE YOUR FEARS!” Sombra yelled as his eyes glowed green while he stared into the eyes of Tirek, Chrysalis, and Cozy Glow.
“NO!!” all three of them cried as they were suddenly plagued by their fears.
*Tirek's Fear Realm*
Tirek woke up inside of a huge cage, with his arms and legs chained down. It seemed that nothing else existed except for himself and the cage he was trapped in. So far this wasn't too scary, Tirek was only unable to move, that's all.
“Ha! You really think this is what scares me, Sombra? Not being able to move my body!? You insult me! When I wake up from whatever this is, I'll crush you! You hear me!?” Tirek yelled.
No reply, just pure silence, until...
“HEY TIREK!” a voice called.
“Huh? Who goes there? Where are-OH NO! NOT YOU!” Tirek cried as he saw the familiar pink pony, Pinkie Pie.
“Heya Tirek! How've you been!? Did you miss me?” Pinkie Pie asked as she bounced in the air.
“Oh, go away! You're such an annoying miscreant!” Tirek yelled.
“No, I'm not, I'm a super-duper fun party pony!” a voice said as another Pinkie Pie appeared next to Tirek.
“Gah! Where did you come from!?” Tirek cried.
“Hi Tirek!”
“Hey Tirek!”
“Over here Tirek!”
“No, over here Tirek!”
“No! NO!” Tirek cried as more and more Pinkie Pie's began to spawn into the surrounding void.
“Hey everypony, who's ready to party!?” Pinkie Pie asked.
“I AM! I AM!” all of the Pinkie Pie's replied as they all converged in on Tirek.
“No! NOOOOOOO!!” Tirek cried as one of the Pinkie Pie's took out a cake and brought it closer and closer to his face.
Just before Tirek’s face was smashed into the cake, all of the Pinkie Pie’s began to disappear one by one. When Tirek was left by himself, the cage he was in suddenly disappeared as well, leaving only the chains to keep Tirek in place. As Tirek tried to break free from the chains, he heard a familiar voice call out to him.
“Tirek… how could you let yourself fall like this?”
Tirek immediately recognized the voice as belonging to his younger brother, Scorpan.
“Scorpan!? My pathetic excuse of a brother! Where are you!?” Tirek asked, looking around to find Scorpan.
“Brother, why could you not see the harmony and peace in friendship?” Scorpan asked as he appeared before Tirek.
“Don’t you dare lecture me! You’re just a weak and pathetic coward! You have no right to judge me!” Tirek yelled as he tried to lunge at his brother, with the chains holding him back.
“I only wanted to help you see the good in Equestria. The ponies were willing to welcome us with open hooves as their allies.” Scorpan said.
“You think I care about that stuff!? All I care about is power!” Tirek yelled, glaring at his brother. “I should have just made the journey by myself. I would have conquered Equestria and become more powerful than anyone!”
“You call me pathetic, but it is you who are pathetic, brother!” Scorpan said, showing some real anger.
“Don’t try to act all big and tough now! The only time you’ve ever shown any backbone was when you betrayed me and told the princesses to capture me!” Tirek yelled.
“I did what was right!” Scorpan yelled as he shed a tear for his brother. “I have stood up for you and protected you from father long enough! Goodbye, brother!” Scorpan yelled as he disappeared.
“That’s right! Run away you coward! That’s all you’ll ever be!” Tirek yelled into the void of emptiness.
Just then, a huge figure suddenly appeared before Tirek. This figure had a very similar appearance to Tirek, but it wasn’t Tirek, this was King Vorak, Tirek’s father. King Vorak looked furious as his eyes glowed red with pure spiteful rage. King Vorak was holding a large sword in his hand, which he was gripping tightly and firmly.
“Father?” Tirek asked before he was smacked across the face.
“Do not speak to me! You are a traitor to your whole family and tribe!” King Vorak yelled.
“(Spit) You do not scare me, father.” Tirek said, spitting out the blood in his mouth.
“I knew you’d betray us all one day! Ever since you were born, I could see that look of hunger and lust for power in your eye!” King Vorak yelled.
“Oh really? Then why didn’t you do anything about it, father?” Tirek asked with a mocking grin.
“I should have strangled you when you came out of the womb!” King Vorak yelled as he smacked his son in the face again.
“Just you wait, father. One day, I will return to our homeland, and when I do, I will destroy everything and take over our kingdom! I will be unstoppable!” Tirek yelled.
“No, no you won’t.” King Vorak said as he started to use his own power to drain Tirek of all of his magic.
Once Tirek had been drained of all of his power, he went completely limp. Tirek tried to fight back, but he had nothing left to fight with. King Vorak then raised his sword up in the air. Tirek was terrified; not because he was about to be killed by his own father, but because he would never get the chance to prove himself to everyone in his kingdom. He would never get to take what was rightfully his or even get to payback his father for always belittling him.
“You are nothing! You’re a failure! You’re pathetic! You’ll never amount to anything! You’re just a weak pathetic mistake! That’s all you are, and that’s all you’ll ever be!” King Vorak yelled.
“NOOOO!!!!” Tirek yelled as King Vorak brought the sword down on him.
*Chrysalis's Fear Realm*
Chrysalis found herself falling into darkness until she landed on a soft grassy surface. When Chrysalis landed, she stood up and found herself in a field of beautiful flowers and plants. There were so many colors all around her that it was almost blinding. Chrysalis was definitely disgusted by this but not in any way afraid of this. Chrysalis scoffed at the idea that this was her worst fear, when she heard a very familiar voice of a traitor come from behind her.
“Hey there, Queen Chrysalis.” the voice of Thorax said from behind her.
“What!? (Gasp) YOU!” Chrysalis hissed as she turned around and glared at the changeling.
“It's so good to see you've arrived. We've all been waiting for you.” Thorax said with a cheery smile.
“We?” Chrysalis asked in confusion.
“That’s right. Come on out everyone! The queen is here!” Thorax called.
Suddenly, a bunch of beautiful changelings popped up out of the ground and smiled warmly at Chrysalis. The very sight of the reformed changelings disgusted Chrysalis to her very core.
“Traitors! All of you! I ought to kill every last one of you!” Chrysalis screamed as more and more changelings popped out.
“Aww don't talk like that, Chrysalis. Alright everyone, it's almost time! Let's show our queen some love!” Thorax said as all of the changelings began to make their way over to her.
“What!? No! Get away from me! Back off!” Chrysalis yelled as she fired beams of magic at the surrounding changelings.
Chrysalis was able to take down a few changelings, but because there were so many of them, it was impossible to take them all out. Not to mention that more and more of them kept popping up out of the ground. Soon enough, Chrysalis found herself being smothered by hugs. There were so many changelings hugging Chrysalis that she couldn't even break away from their grip. She tried to use magic but when she looked up at her horn, she saw it had been replaced by a beautiful flower. As Chrysalis kept getting smothered, the ground began to shake and then Thorax spoke up.
“It's time, he has arrived, keep the queen steady! He has arrived!” Thorax yelled.
Suddenly, the flowers surrounding Chrysalis all burned up in flames and the ground became hot like fire. No longer was Chrysalis in a field, she was now on a rocky terrain with lava and fire everywhere. The air was hot and uncomfortable. Smoke filled Chrysalis's lungs and smog attacked her eyes. Then, the ground opened up in front of Chrysalis and a huge dragon head came out of the ground. Chrysalis watched in horror as an enormous dragon fully emerged from the ground below. The dragon was at least ten times bigger than the palace of Canterlot itself. The dragon roared loudly and then looked down at Chrysalis. Then the dragon growled and opened its mouth. Chrysalis was horrified when she saw that the dragon was about to breathe its deadly fire. Chrysalis tried to break free, but the changelings were still holding her in place. Thorax gave Chrysalis one last smile as he faded away. The fire was about to come down.
“No! Stop! No! No! NOO!!!” Chrysalis screamed as the dragon finally breathed its fire.
Then, just before the fire could scorch Chrysalis’s flesh, everything around her disappeared, leaving Chrysalis in an empty void of nothingness. Chrysalis looked around, trying to see if she could find anything in this vast emptiness. Eventually, Chrysalis ended up hearing a faint voice call out to her.
“Chrysalis… Chrysalis… Chrysalis…”
“What!? Who’s there!?” Chrysalis yelled, trying to see where the mysterious voice was coming from.
A figure started to appear before Chrysalis, taking on a form very similar to Chrysalis. Whoever this was, was obscured by the darkness, so Chrysalis couldn’t see who this strange creature was. However, when the voice spoke again, Chrysalis’s eyes went wide as she recognized the voice.
“Chrysalis… you have failed the changelings… you have failed your hive… you have failed me…”
“M-Mother…?” Chrysalis asked as the previous changeling queen emerged from the darkness.
“After everything you fought for to become queen… the things I taught you… all of this… and you allowed the hive to be poisoned by friendship… how could you?”
“NO! It wasn’t my fault! It was the pony, Starlight Glimmer! She corrupted my subjects! She infected the hive!” Chrysalis yelled.
“DO NOT MAKE EXCUSES! You shouldn’t have become queen… you’ve let us all down… you’ve killed us all…”
As Chrysalis’s mother said this, a group of other female changelings started to appear behind her. These were Chrysalis’s sisters, and they were all looking at her with expressions of pure hatred and anger.
“No! NOO!!” Chrysalis screamed as the changelings flew straight towards her, ready to sink their fangs into Chrysalis.
*Cozy Glow's Fear Realm*
“AHHH!” Cozy Glow screamed as she too found herself falling into darkness.
Cozy Glow fell for quite a bit until she finally landed on a soft fluffy surface. When Cozy Glow landed, she got up and saw that she had landed on the clouds. Cozy Glow looked around and saw that there was nothing around her except the blue sky and an endless sea of clouds.
“Hello? Hello!? Anypony here!?” Cozy Glow asked, no answer.
Not getting a response, Cozy Glow shrugged and decided to see if she could find anypony around. Cozy Glow flew for a few minutes before she suddenly crashed into something. Cozy Glow shook her head and looked up to see a door. That was it, just a single closed door. Not seeing anything else to interact with, Cozy Glow gently pushed the door open all the way. Inside, Cozy saw a room with nothing in it. Cozy Glow cautiously flew inside the room and then heard the door behind her slam shut. Cozy Glow turned to go back outside but the door was gone. Cozy Glow was trapped in a room with nothing in it. Then, a voice from behind startled her.
“Cozy Glow is that you?” the voice of a deep stallion asked.
Cozy Glow froze with fear when she recognized who that voice belonged to. Taking a deep breath, Cozy Glow turned around and saw that there was now a small couch in the center of the room and a small table and chair near the back of the room. A Pegasus mare sat down in the small chair near the back of the room, sipping a cup of tea. On the couch, there was a large stallion Pegasus who was glaring at Cozy Glow, a newspaper on the ground next to him.
“Oh, um, h-hi d-daddy.” Cozy Glow said nervously as she waved to her father. “Y-Yeah, it's me, Cozy Glow. How are you and mom-.”
“SHUT UP! DO YOU WANT TO EXPLAIN THIS!?” Cozy's father yelled as he held up his newspaper with his wing.
On the front page of the paper, there was a picture of Cozy Glow and the article described all of her evil actions and how she was the one who almost got rid of all the magic in Equestria.
“Oh! Well, I.... I can explain!” Cozy Glow cried as she fell to the floor, terrified.
“DON'T EVEN TRY TO! WHAT THE HELL WERE YOU THINKING!? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!? WHAT KIND OF MONSTER ARE YOU!?” Cozy's father yelled, making Cozy Glow shake in fear.
“B-But daddy, please! Let me explain! I was just-.”
“I SAID SHUT UP!!! YOU'RE A MONSTER! I HAVE NO DAUGHTER! NOW COME HERE YOU LITTLE MONSTER!” Cozy's father yelled as he got up and approached her.
“N-No! Wait! Please! I'm sorry! M-Mommy!” Cozy Glow cried, desperately crying out to her mother, who just turned away. “Please! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'm sorry! S-Sombra! Sombra help me! Please!” Cozy Glow cried as her father raised his hoof in the air, ready to hit her.
*Back to Physical World*
“(Evil Laugh) Oh, such amazing fears! HYAH!” Sombra roared as he then used his magic to raise a bunch of crystals from the ground.
Sombra then threw all of the crystals at the trio, causing them all to slam into the wall behind them, knocking them all out of their nightmares. Tirek, Chrysalis and Cozy Glow were all shook by their fears, but they remembered what they had just been doing. Tirek and Chrysalis growled at Sombra, who stared back at them with a smug look. Cozy Glow, however, no longer had any fight left in her, she was too afraid to even move.
“You're going to pay for that!” Tirek yelled as he clenched his fists tightly.
“I hope you're ready to die, Sombra!” Chrysalis yelled as they both went back into battle.
“(Evil Chuckle) Come at me then!” Sombra yelled as he too went back into battle.
Tirek charged at Sombra and tried to punch him over and over. Sombra kept on jumping and weaving out of the way of every punch. Sombra jumped up and fired a beam of magic at Tirek's face, knocking him back a bit and stunning him. Chrysalis quickly flew to Sombra and swiped her horn at him. Sombra ducked under the swing and blasted Chrysalis in the chest with his magic, knocking her into the ceiling. Tirek managed to catch Sombra off guard as he grabbed him by his back hooves and then slammed him on the ground hard. Tirek laughed as he kept on slamming Sombra onto the ground. This lasted for a few moments before Sombra used his magic to summon a crystal and threw it at Tirek's face, causing Tirek to drop Sombra. Chrysalis didn't let Sombra rest as she landed on his back and wrapped her legs around his neck, trying to choke him. Sombra coughed as Chrysalis's grip tightened around his neck. Sombra then used his magic to summon a large wall of crystals behind him. Sombra then slammed himself into the wall, crushing Chrysalis against the wall. Chrysalis shrieked in pain as she released her grip and fell to the floor.
“Close one Chrysalis, very close.” Sombra said before he focused back to Tirek.
Tirek grabbed a piece of the castle wall and tossed it at Sombra. Sombra stopped the attack with his magic and then tossed it back to Tirek, trying to hit him in the face. Tirek did not let this happen as he merely just punched the crystal, smashing it to pieces. Two large orbs began to form on Tirek's hands and Sombra prepared himself as Tirek fired his magic at him. Sombra used his horn to fire two separate beams of magic at oncoming magic beams. For a few moments, the two beams of magic tried to overpower each other until Sombra's eyes glowed brightly. As Tirek was trying to overpower Sombra, he felt his legs get crystalized to the ground. Tirek looked down and saw Sombra had basically glued him to the ground. Tirek did not let this distract him as his magic quickly overpowered Sombra's. Sombra quickly jumped out of the way, preventing any damage from being done. Sombra smiled as he used his magic to make his horn larger with crystals, then he began to charge towards Tirek, ready to stab him. Tirek struggled to pull himself free but just before Sombra made it to him, Tirek managed to yank his legs out of the ground and then kicked Sombra in the face, sending him flying into the wall.
Sombra shook his head as he got back up, just before Chrysalis pounced on him. Sombra then found himself on his back with Chrysalis on top of him. Chrysalis then let out a loud his as her horn glowed, but before Chrysalis could use any magic, Sombra headbutted her hard in the face, causing her to fall over. Chrysalis quickly managed to recover as she tried to bite at Sombra, who just swatted her in the face with his hoof. Chrysalis wouldn't give up as she tried to impale Sombra with her horn. Sombra did not let this happen as he used his magic to stop her in her tracks and slam her head onto the ground. Sombra quickly looked back up and his eyes widened when he saw that Tirek was about to drain his magic. Sombra thought quickly as he grabbed Chrysalis and held her in front of him, causing Tirek to drain her of her own magic. After Tirek had his fill, Sombra threw Chrysalis to the side, she wasn't going to be a threat anymore. Tirek laughed as he grew with power and prepared to fire his deadly blast at Sombra.
“(Evil Laugh) Well, it was inevitable that those two would be defeated so easily! But you'll never defeat me, Sombra!” Tirek yelled as he fired his magic.
Sombra didn't have any time to dodge as the magic exploded, covering him in a cloud of smoke.
“YES! HA! HA! I WIN! YOU WERE A FOOL, SOMBRA! I WIN! I WIN! I WI-Huh!? Where'd you go!?” Tirek cried as he saw that Sombra's body was nowhere to be found.
“Watch your shadow!” Sombra's voice said from below Tirek.
Before Tirek could do anything Sombra jumped out of his shadow, appearing in his large cloud of shadow and smoke form. Sombra roared at Tirek and then pounced at him. Sombra wrapped himself around Tirek like a snake, still in his shadow form. As Tirek struggled to get Sombra off of his body, Sombra bit down on the side of Tirek's neck, causing him to yell in pain. As Sombra kept biting, he used his magic to make shadow hands pull Tirek's legs from underneath him, causing Tirek to fall onto his side. As soon as Tirek hit the ground, Sombra went back to his pony form and started to slam his armored hooves onto Tirek's face. Tirek was just about to attack again, but Sombra used his magic to summon a large crystal and then slammed it down onto Tirek's face so hard that it shattered to pieces. The impact from the slam caused Tirek to seemingly fall unconscious.
With Tirek out of the fight, Sombra stood up and turned around to face Cozy Glow, who had just sat against the wall, unable to move as she was still traumatized by her fears. Sombra glared at the filly as he started to menacingly walk towards her. When Sombra reached Cozy Glow, he used his magic to lift her in the air, holding her in front of his face, glaring into her eyes. Cozy Glow couldn't say anything as Sombra carried her over to where Tirek and Chrysalis were laying. Sombra then looked into Cozy Glow's eyes and raised his hoof.
“N-No! Please don't!” Cozy Glow begged, but it was no good.
Sombra punched Cozy Glow hard in the face, sending her crashing into wall, landing in between Chrysalis and Tirek. As Cozy Glow hit the floor, there was a loud crack.
“O-Ow! My wing!” Cozy Glow cried as she felt immense pain in her right wing.
Sombra just glared at the trio who were laid out on the ground, all defeated and exhausted from their fight. Sombra then yelled out loud as he used his magic to cause a bunch of shadowy hands to come out of the trio's shadows and hold them down to the ground. Sombra then made the hands wrap around their throats, choking all three of them. As the three creatures were being choked by their own shadows, Sombra snarled as he spoke down to them.
“I ought to kill all three of you right now! However, ... I am feeling a bit merciful at the moment. So, I will give all of you One. Last. Chance.” Sombra said as he walked over to Tirek. “Tirek, what was it that you said about me? That I'm a foolish king? You know, that really hurt me. However, I can forgive your little insults.... if you pledge your allegiance to me.... Well?” Sombra asked, waiting for an answer.
“(Choke) Y-Yeah... (Cough) S-Sure.” Tirek said, not really being interested in pledging allegiance to Sombra, despite the threat of being choked to death.
“What was that!?” Sombra asked as he tightened his grip, causing Tirek's entire body to writhe and squirm.
“(Choke) (Cough) Y-YES! (Cough) I WILL! I SWEAR!” Tirek gasped out, coughing heavily as his body was getting desperate for air.
Sombra said nothing as he merely loosened the grip on Tirek's neck before he walked over to Chrysalis.
“Chrysalis.... I ought to break you in half! Give me one reason why I shouldn't kill you!” Sombra yelled as he stared into Chrysalis's eyes, tightening his grip.
“(Choke) Because... I will be loyal to you! (Cough) A-And if I fail you again (Cough) I will allow myself to be killed!” Chrysalis gasped.
“(Evil Chuckle) But what if I don't want to kill you for your failures?” Sombra asked.
“Then (Cough) you can.... torture me!” Chrysalis gasped.
“(Evil Chuckle) Oh, I will Chrysalis. I will drown you in your fears! I will plunge you into darkness! And then I will send you into death's cold embrace! It would be wise not to fail me from now on.... do you understand!?” Sombra yelled as he stomped his hoof right next to Chrysalis's face, making her flinch.
“Y-Yes!” Chrysalis cried.
Sombra, once again, said nothing as he moved back over to Cozy Glow.
“And you, Cozy Glow.” Sombra said as he glared down at the filly. “Your fear is quite intriguing, I must say. We wouldn't want to go tell your father what you've been up to, now would we?”
“(Choke) N-No! (Cough) I swear I'll always be loyal to you, King Sombra! (Cough) Just please don't tell my dad!” Cozy Glow begged as tears began to fall from her eyes.
“(Evil Chuckle) Good, because if you ever think about betraying me, I will make sure you spend the rest of your miserable life facing your father's wrath. Do I make myself clear?” Sombra asked.
“Y-Yes, King Sombra!” Cozy Glow cried.
“Good. It seems all three of you have learned your lesson.” Sombra said as he released the trio from their shadows. “Tirek, give Chrysalis back her magic, now.” Sombra ordered.
Tirek did not say a word or utter a single complaint as he did as he was told. Tirek quickly stood up and gave Chrysalis back her magic. Once Chrysalis's magic was restored, Sombra nodded and spoke up to the three.
“Very good, now.... bow to your master.... BOW TO YOUR MASTER!” Sombra yelled as Tirek, Chrysalis, and Cozy Glow got up and bowed to Sombra.
“All hail, King Sombra! King of Equestria!” The three villains recited as Sombra laughed and laughed before he stopped laughing completely.
“I will give all of you a few days to think about your actions! I have important business to attend to.” Sombra said as he began to make his way towards the exit of the castle. “Oh, and if none of you are here when I get back, I will make your nightmares become a reality. Don't test me. Farewell (Evil Chuckle)!” Sombra said as he laughed and left the castle.
As Sombra left the castle, Tirek, Chrysalis, and Cozy Glow all stared at each other. They were all terrified about who their master was and what he was capable of doing. Rather than focusing on the threat of Sombra, they all tried to focus on getting revenge on Twilight Sparkle and her friends. This made them feel a little better, though only a little bit.
Meanwhile...
Sombra had walked through the forest for quite a bit until he found a rather nice open area to enact his plan. Being satisfied with the sight, Sombra then wandered into the woods and collected some sticks with his magic. After Sombra had gotten enough sticks, he walked back over to the open area. Sombra then carefully laid out the sticks in a nice pile and then used his magic to light a fire. Once the fire roared nicely, Sombra used his magic to turn the fire into a shade of green, purple, and red. Then, Sombra spoke to the fire.
“I am here.” Sombra said as he stared into the fire.
I take it those three fools have agreed to be loyal to you
“Yes, they have all sworn loyalty to me. Everything is going according to plan.” Sombra said.
Good, you may have your fun, but don't forget who you're doing this for...
“Of course, I won't forget. Once my plan is finished, I will make sure everything is ready for your arrival.” Sombra said.
Wonderful, it makes me happy that you haven't lost sight of your true destiny... I know you will make me proud...
“Yes, I will make you proud.... just you wait.... mother....” Sombra said as he bowed to the fire.