Chapter 34 – Now you see it
Sparky's hooves have clapped down the crystal halls a little faster than the normal pony, but the stallions smaller build allows his speed to go slightly unnoticed by the few crystal guard ponies that trot past him ever so often.
But as the stallion's eyes meet to his destination he begins to slow his trot down. As the door comes to hoof reach he knocks to it, the echo of his hoof to the guest hall brings Sombra's figure next to him as the dark stallion's figure looms over him.
It only takes Violet a moment to come to the door but as she opens the door the friendly smile she had for who ever was at the door. The smile doesn't stay as friendly though as Violet looks over the stallion and begins her hooves up to her friend.
However the mare's motions don't get to roll through as Sombra's horn sparks up, (Stallion...I apologize for this, but I require something you do not have pegasus). Sparky's eyes turn a bright green as he pushes himself inside with his wings spread out with slight greenish dark mist under them that steam from his wings.
Violet's eyes go wide to the glowing stallion's wings as she watches the stallion quickly closing the door behind him as he holds his glowing eyes to the mare.
To the stallion's emotionless face Violet sparks her horn up, but doesn't know what to do to her friend.
The lapse in her thinking is quickly taken over as the bolt of Sombra’s magic that was building to him is sent to the light purple mare.
The bolt strikes against Violet but there's no pain as the mare's perked up ears go limp and she takes on a dazed stare.
Sparky guides the mare to sit on the bed as his still glowing wings start to flap a little, which send the greenish dark mist a little around them.
Violet's eyes become heavy as the room around her turns into a swirl of color.
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The outside world holds it's glow to the lay of the land as the lavish green fields and colorful wild flowers almost sparkle to life in the sun's light.
You've forced your mind to ease a little as the bright blueish shine of the Crystal Empire's castle has started to come into view down the rails. You still have a decent amount of time before you arrive but the idea of the large bluish crystal castle not being orange or something has brought a little peace to your mind.
You repeat a slight mantra to yourself as you continue to ease your thoughts, get Violet and Spike, tell Princess Do-Nothing that Discord and a hive of changelings are most likely going to take over Equestria and then get back to Ponyville and Twilight....Ya...Just another Fucking day. You blow out again as you rub your hoof to your head as you think over the blueish castle in the distance, at least nothings happening in the Crystal Empire.
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(Miles away)
"Mare...Open your eyes, this spell was no different than that of your own."
The echoy voice shoots Violet's eyes open as she jerks her head up from where it hung towards the floor, however as she looks over the two stallions that stand in front of her she jumps up as she quickly sparks her horn up in a confused and slightly scared motion.
Sombra holds his eyes unamused to the mare's actions as the large dark stallion continues to hold his strong stance.
The light orange pegasus takes a hoof forward as he speaks up, "Are you-..."
"Don't come any closer." Violet's tomboyish voice comes as a slight shock to her but she holds her own as she looks between the two stallions.
However before she can bring her voice backup Sombra's echo runs around the room, "Do not hold your horn to me mare, your magic will have no affect on me and it will not break this hold." A smile comes over Sombra’s unmoving lips as he continues, "It would however cause massive pain to your friend."
Violet blinks hard to the words as she swings her head between Sombra and Sparky, "W-what's going on?"
"A few nights ago you tasked your friend with breaking into the white one's room..." Sombra cocks his head with a sly smile as his echo continues, "This stallion's fears about being caught and for the area he would be returning to later that night caused my remnants to awaken. I have leached myself onto your friend, and have been draining him of his magic, which a pegasus does not have a lot of. If I were to continue my current course of action your friend would die in my process of regeneration..." The dark stallion's smile fades as he continues, "...But he has fulfilled his duties to me well...And I now offer you a chance. There is an agreement I have made this day, an agreement which will not be halted. I now ask you a very simple question to which I already know the answer. You will take me into your body, I will use your magic and reconstruct myself into the plane of Equestria."
"Speak fast mare, for there is not much time. Now will you accept what you have caused and end it..." The purple wisp from the stallion's eyes trials out as he smiles, "Or not?"
Violet blinks to the words as the mare's blue horn slowly starts to fade from sight.
To her expression Sparky speaks up as he turns himself to Sombra, "You promised me that no pony would be hurt."
The insubordinate stallion's strong words turns Sombra’s head as he holds an emotionless face to the stallion, "There will be no harm, my magic from the mare when leaving her body will have the same reaction a higher level spell would bring..." Sombra turns his bright eyes to Violet as he nods, "...It is experience mare."
Violet shakes her head as her emotion starts to build to the stallion's question, but she keeps her cool as she speaks up, "What agreement!"
A new found smile comes over Sombra’s face as he looks over the light purple mare, "It feels good doesn't it...To voice your emotions, to not bottle them up or push them to the back of your mind."
Violet holds her head up high as the young mare shakes a little, "Ya, it does." Her horn starts to glow a bright green as she speaks up, "Now...Sombra answer my question."
"Your persistence is both annoying and intriguing, very well." Sombra cracks a smirk across his face as he speaks up, "I seek the Crystal Heart, for what I want to do with it is now my thoughts only. Trust me and your friend lives, reject me and your friend dies...And I may turn my attention to those you care for once I have-..."
Sombra’s words are cut off as a bolt of bright green magic shoots towards where he stands. His figure turns into a puff of smoke as his echoy laugh rings around the room, "AH! I thought your magic was familiar...I see you are nothing more than a puppet for the white one..." Sombra’s figure reappears in the same spot as his bright eyes hold to Violet, "Now...Violet, last offer help me?"
Violet holds her eyes tightly to the stallion even if her spells didn't affect him the shaking mare holds her own as she speaks up, "Why would I help you take over Equestria!?"
The tomboyish voice runs to Sombra’s ears as the stallion brings his strong stance back up, "Time waits for nopony, and the longer you with hold the closer your friend gets to his demise, now trust me Violet!"
Sparky swallows hard as he speaks up, "Violet...you don't have to-..."
"Shut up Sparky..." Violet's horn starts to fade for a moment as the young mare is finally forced to look to her friend.
The mare's mouth quivers to a silence as she looks the stallion over, "I-..How can I trust you?" Violet's voice takes on a low defeated tone as she turns her gaze back to Sombra's unflinching eyes.
Sombra’s unflinching eyes are still pinned to the light purple mare as he speaks up, "Words are cheap...I believe you would understand what I mean by this. To trust me is to not believed nothing of what you have been told."
"What does that even mean!" Violet's annoyance to the comment comes out as she holds a hard stare to the dark stallion.
The dark stallion nods his head as he smiles, "I knew you wouldn't have understood...And I thank you." Sombra's eyes lose their glow as he continues, "I'm sorry Violet, but your choice is irrelevant, because I will not let the actions of the deceitful run rampant...Prepare yourself Violet, for my magic is alluring and it will change you if you can not fight it."
Sombra's reddish horn sparks up in a black and green bubbly magic as he finishes his comment quickly before Violet can protest, "Sparky, watch after your mare."
The room around the three ponies starts to become a blur as Violet's focus her mind to a powerful bolt of magic, but it doesn't get to come from the mare's horn as her eyes quickly close.
End of chapter 34