//------------------------------// // Songs of Dread // Story: Redemption of a Monster // by Raven Shadow //------------------------------// Luna had no choice other than trust this "good" Sombra as the dark Sombra hunted her. She ducked below a low hanging door way as Sombra led her to safety. "Just a little further princess, and then you will be safe." "What about you?" "If I leave then HE will kill everything just for his own pleasure." "I see." "Listen to me Luna, should I ever fail grant me two last rites." "Of course." "Tell Celestia I'm sorry for giving into that shade's power. And you will be the one to end my suffering." "I promise you those, but better beat that monster." The floor shook by a massive explosion too close for comfort. Flames threatening to engulf entire world of Sombra's mind. "Go!" ------ Luna woke to the sound of a thousand voices singing. This song was unlike any she ever heard. She slowly walked towards her window. Down below the palace were over ten thousand guards marching, all chating the lyrics to this dreadful tune. " I've got the reach and the teeth of a killin’ machine, with a need to bleed you when the light goes green, best believe, I’m in a zone to be, from my Yin to my Yang to my Yang Tze. Put a grin on my chin, come to me, ‘cuz I’ll win, I’m one-of-a-kind and I’ll bring death to the place you’re about to be: another river of blood runnin’ under my feet. Forged in a fire lit long ago, stand next to me, you’ll never stand alone. I’m last to leave, but the first to go, Lord, make me dead before you make me old. I feed on the fear of the devil inside of the enemy faces in my sights: aim with the hand, shoot with the mind, kill with a heart like arctic ice I am a Soldier and I’m marching on, I am a warrior and this is my song I bask in the glow of the rising war, lay waste to the ground of an enemy shore, wade through the blood spilled on the floor, and if another one stands I’ll kill some more. Bullet in the breech and a fire in me, like a cigarette thrown to gasoline, if death don’t bring you fear I swear you'll fear these marching feet. Come to the nightmare, come to me, deep down in the dark where the devil be, in the maw with the jaws and the razor teeth, where the brimstone burns and the angel weeps. Call to the gods if I cross your path and my silhouette hangs like a body bag; hope is a moment now long past, the shadow of death is the one I cast. I am a Soldier I’m marching on, I am a warrior and this is my song my eyes are steel and my gaze is long, I am a warrior and this is my song Now I live lean and I mean to inflict the grief, and the least of me's still out of your reach. The killing machine’s gonna do the deed, until the river runs dry and my last breath leaves. Chin in the air with a head held high, I’ll stand in the path of the enemy line. Feel no fear, know my pride: for Faust and Country I’ll end your life. I am a Soldier I’m marching on, I am a warrior and this is my song" The lyrics struck a chord with her, would be what it would it come to?No she had seen the true Sombra, not the creature he became. She would have him cleansed of that demonic personality. ----- "You let her go!" "Yes I did! There was a time when we believed in the good of others! But you are so twisted with hatred that you could never be at peace." "Peace is for weak! I gained so much with my glorious crusade against those who would harm me." "Glorious? That was omnicide! Every single soul was your play thing, there was no happiness from the conquered lands. You never cared about those you stole from!" "They would not have given us a second glance anyway. Yet you side with them!" The black tendrils swung into the helpless form of the prince, his body flew through the walls of his mind. He could fall to the beast, he had to win. For Celestia's sake. ------ Sombra awoke to find Twilight checking his heart rate as well many other of his vitals. She kept checking her notes on her desk, trying to find something Sombra wasn't aware of. "Fluttershy, you said he bit his tounge clean off earlier?" "Yes. I still have it in a bag if you need to see it." "I might have too, his body is unlike anything I've ever seen before. His cells divide seventy-five times faster than a normal pony. I can't quite put my finger on it but there is something in his blood that speeds the healing factor." Twilight said with her eyes scanning all her books for any clue to this anomaly. "Okay four books about magical healing, these might give some light to this situation." "Um Twilight, he's awake." Fluttershy whispered to her friend as Twilight continued her search. "What? Oh Sombra uh did you have a nice nap?" The smile clearly show signs of nervousness. Sombra studied her as she did him not long before. Her features showed him a hint of fear, such delicious fear. It radiated from her so subtly, tiny waves of it soaked into the air. "Nap? Oh it was very peaceful, but I did have a strange dream. Luna and I ran from... Me." "That does sound strange. Oh Sombra I wanted to asked you if you would like to go to the Grand Galloping Gala with my friends and me?" "They still have that? I thought that would have been disbanded long ago. Where will it be held?" "Canterlot like it does every year." "They hold it every year? I would be sick if I had to cater the event. But I will be able to see Celestia, I wonder if she let's her hair down." "Uh Sombra its always down." Shadow replied stepping inside the room. "Its a figure of speech."