//------------------------------// // Prince On The Run // Story: Another Bed Time Story // by Stonemonarch //------------------------------// Morning Crystal Empire Castle The bright yellow sun is shining. colorful birds are chirping, and crystallized citizens are happy. Nomina wakes up, a bit drowsy, she gets up and opens up her window to get a nice soft breeze from the north, she then looks to her closet and remembers. She opens it up and Onyx is completely spread out on the floor, the blanket not even on him anymore. "Onyx, wake up, Onyx its morning sleepy head." as Nomina said nudging her friends head with hers. "Hmmmmm? Oh morning Nomina." he said as he awoke, he looked around the closet and groaned a little. "Do I really have to get up?" Onyx groaned. "No you can stay asleep as your dad searches for you and will probably destroy the Crystal Empire, when he finds you." Onyx rolled his eyes and got out of his makeshift bed. He rubbed his neck and brushed off his cape. It was a bit dirty from his run last night. His fur a little sweaty from the heat in the closet and his mane a mess. Nomina hugged him like she does always, it wasn't short though, which Onyx didn't mind. She let go and walked into her room. Onyx followed. "So now what do we do?" Nomina looked at him and giggled. "It's morning silly, we eat breakfast, I'll go get you some, wait here." Nomina straightened her mane first and left through her door out into the hallway and left Onyx in her room. Onyx looked around Nomina's pink walled room and thought to himself. "Is this seriously how girly she is?" Onyx face hoofed at the sight of a Vinyl Scratch poster. "Octavia is better." Onyx chuckled to himself then heard footsteps, his fur stood on end and he instantly jumped back into the closet. He heard voices. "I don't know if you know yet, but Princess Nomina is apparently sneaking out at night and meeting up with that demon Prince Onyx from the Dark Mountains." Onyx got angry at that remark, he wasn't all bad. "Oh come on Willy, thats rude you don't even know, there is good in everyone, even if he is the son of King Sombra." Onyx calmed down and realized that guard wasn't all bad. "I don't know I have my suspicions." he heard the footsteps get quieter and came out of the closet. He took in a deep breath and waited for a while. Nomina eventually returned. "Here, the chefs made some vegetable omelets." Onyx's eyes went wide and instantly took the dish and stuffed his face wildly, it tasted amazingly to him for he didn't really eat well at Dark Mountains, mostly consisted of a variety of fruits, meats, and stale vegetables. "Oh my Celestia this tastes amazing Nomina, you eat like this all the time?" Nomina laughed and nodded. "Yes we do." "Well it tastes amazing.....hmmm?" When he finished he overheard footsteps outside,his ears perking up, Nomina quickly picked up on that and when they turned around, Princess Cadence and a few guards were standing in the door way. "Guards! Seize him!" Yelled Princess Cadence, and the two guards took Onyx and held him up by his hooves, he struggled to get free but the guards were to strong. "Mom tell them to let him go!" Princess Cadence looked at her daughter. "Nomina! Why would you harbor an evil presence such as him?" Eventually Shining Armor reached the room and walked in with a few guards, one held a pair of shackles. "Shackle him and bring him to the dungeon. The guards walked up to Onyx until Nomina blocked them. "Dad please don't, at least let Onyx explain himself!" Shining Armor looked at his daughter and sighed. "He better explain with detail, perfection, and the truth. Shining Armor made a motion towards the guards and they put Onyx down. Onyx brushed his dark fur off and regained his balance. Nomina ran up to him and wrap her hooves around him tightly. "Look, my dad is super angry at me and I needed a place to go, I'm not like him at all, when I was going to take the throne I was going to make peace with nearby kingdoms, I don't like being evil cause I don't get to make friends, besides your daughter, she was the only one to really see the good inside me and if she can do it, I hope you two really can." Shining Armor and Cadence took a look at him and let out a breath, they looked at Nomina who was holding him close. "If our daughter looks at you as a saint, then I guess we can to, we are sorry for being rude, but exactly what do you want us to do, were parents to and so is King Sombra." Onyx let out a breath and looked at Cadence and Shining Armor. "I was hoping you could make peace with my dad, or something of that nature, my dad really isn't all that bad, I know he tried to destroy the Crystal Empire, but hes still a loving father." Cadence and Shining Armor looked at one another again and noticed a dark cloud out the window. The cloud charged quickly over the Crystal Empire, when it let out thousands of Changelings came raining down onto the streets, the three Shadowbolts led the elite teams of Changelings, King Sombra stomping through the massive crowd of cowering citizens. Cadence, Shining Armor, Onyx, and Nomina all ran to the front foyer of the Castle, they were ransacking the city. "Oh Celestia save us." muttered Onyx under his breath. Shining Armor along with a few guards ran out into the city streets, Onyx followed in behind but Nomina grabbed his cape before he could. "What are you doing?" Nomina asked. "Stopping my father." Onyx knocked her hoof off his cape and ran into the streets. Nomina slammed her hoof into the ground and ran out as well. Cadence yelled at her daughter. "Where do you think your going?!" Nomina didn't answer she ran after her friend. She knew she couldn't let him do this by himself, she had to be there with him, all the way or not at all. Onyx was running through the main street, eventually Nomina caught up to him, he looked at her. "What are you doing?" Onyx asked surprisingly. "Onyx, I'm not letting you do this alone and I won't go back to the castle, I can't lose you and you can't lose me, I know, but with both of us." Onyx was surprised at Nomina, he had never seen her like this before. He took in a few breaths. "Alright then, shall we?" Nomina nodded at him and they both came to the street King Sombra was on, Sombra had one of the guards in a magic field in mid air. He dropped the guard and looked at his son. King Sombra's eyes filled with rage, but Onyx noticed something else, relief.