Chapter 45 (Final) - Reunion
*Joshua’s P.O.V.*
The rainbow started pushing down on Sombra’s magic, and then it hit him and broke his horn to pieces.
“NOOO!!!” he yelled, “THIS CAN’T BE!!!”
“SOMBRA!!!” Mommy yelled, her eyes still white, “FOR KIDNAPPING MY SON, ATTEMPTING TO OVERTHROW THE CRYSTAL EMPIRE AND ALL OF EQUESTRIA, AND FOR ASSAULTING ME, A PRINCESS OF EQUESTRIA, I HEREBY IN THE NAME OF PRINCESS CELESTIA AND PRINCESS LUNA BANISH YOU TO THE PITS OF TARTARUS, WHERE YOU ARE TO LIVE OUT THE REST OF YOUR LIFE WITHOUT YOUR MAGIC!!!”
“CURSE YOU!!!” Sombra yelled. His body started turning white as he yelled out more. He then disappeared in white sparks. Mommy and her friends landed on the ground with their eyes back to normal. The crystal walls around me disappeared in white sparks too. Tears started pouring out of my eyes, but they were of happiness, as I ran over to Mommy.
“Mommy!!!” I cried. I jumped up to her as she opened her hooves out to me, and I wrapped my arms around her neck. She wrapped her hooves around my back and started rubbing it.
“Oh Joshua!” she said as she rubbed her cheek against mine, “Thank goodness your okay!” I felt tears coming out of Mommy’s eyes too as we hugged each other. We stayed hugging each other for a long time.
“Are ya feeling better sugarcube?” I heard Applejack ask me. I looked at her and nodded.
“I am now that Mommy’s here,” I said sniffling. I then felt Mommy put her lips on my cheek as she kissed me.
“Are you sure?” Mommy asked, “Sombra didn’t hurt you at all?”
“No Mommy,” I said, “He didn’t. Can we go back home? I want to see Nyx and Spike and the others.”
“Of course we can,” Mommy said. She stood up and kept her foreleg around me, and we started going out of the cave. After a while, we saw Trixie at the entrance.
“Trixie!” I said. Mommy put me down and I ran over and hugged Trixie. “Thank you! You helped Mommy and her friends save me!”
“You’re very welcome,” she said putting her foreleg on my shoulder, “I owed Twilight Sparkle this much after what happened before.”
“Trixie,” Mommy said, “This is much more than I could’ve asked for you. You helped us save Joshua. If there’s anything I can do...”
“There is one thing,” Trixie said, “Could you perhaps teach Trixie some of your magic tricks?”
“Of course Trixie,” Mom said nodding, “I’d be glad to.”
“Trixie thanks you Twilight Sparkle.”
“C’mon y’all,” Applejack said, “Shining and Cadance are probably waitin’ fer us.”
Mommy put me on her back and the eight of us went to the Crystal Empire. On the way there, Trixie told Mommy and her friends how she found me in the cave Sombra had me trapped inside. A few minutes later, we saw Aunt Cadance, Uncle Shining, and Cousin Guard waiting for near the castle.
“Joshua!” Aunt Cadance said running up to us. She picked me up off of Mom’s back and hugged me in her hooves and wings. “Thank goodness you’re alright!” After a little bit more hugging from her, Uncle Shining came up and hugged me too.
“You’re not hurt or anything buddy?” he asked.
“Sombra didn’t hit me or anything,” I said hugging him back.
“Thank goodness,” he said letting go. I then saw Guard crawling over to me with a big smile on his face.
“Hey Guard,” I said picking him up. He then wrapped his little hooves around my neck and hugged me. I wrapped my arms around him too and hugged him back. Just then I heard my stomach growl.
“Why don’t you all join us for lunch?” Cadance asked us. We all nodded our heads. I was really hungry.
“Cadance,” Mommy said, “Can you send a message to Spike and have him bring Nyx and her friends over?”
“Sure Twilight,” Aunt Cadance said, “I’ll let the guards know to be on the lookout for them.”
*Nyx’s P.O.V.*
It was almost noon and Twilight and the others still hadn’t come back. Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Twist, Dinky, Sparkler, and Derpy were at the library with me and Spike waiting. I was starting to get worried. What if Sombra had hurt Joshua? What if he hurt Twilight and her friends?! What if he already took Equestria for himself?!
My thoughts were interrupted from a gagging sound from Spike. He suddenly belched out a letter. He quickly opened it up and started to read it. As he did, his eyes grew wider and wider. After he finished, he rolled it back up and suddenly jumped up and cheered.
“YES!!!” he exclaimed.
“What is it Spike?!” Sweetie Belle asked.
“THEY SAVED HIM!!!” he said, “JOSHUA’S SAVED!!!”
We all started jumping around the library in happiness and relief! My little brother was okay! Dinky was no doubt the happiest of us all. She was crying tears of joy as she hugged Derpy and Sparkler.
“Come on everypony!” Spike said, “Cadance invited us all to the Crystal Empire to see him!”
“Let’s go then!” Apple Bloom said running out the door with us following her.
*Twilight’s P.O.V*
Cadance sent a letter to both Spike and Princess Celestia, telling her that Joshua was safe and Sombra was banished to Tartarus, no longer able to use magic. We were all in the dining hall having lunch. Joshua was glad to finally get some food in his stomach. He hadn’t eaten since lunch at school yesterday. Soon a guard came up to Cadance and whispered into her ear.
“Well, what are you waiting for?” she said, “Show them in!”
“Yes your majesty,” the guard said. He then left the dining hall.
“Show who in?” Joshua asked.
“Spike, Nyx, and your friends, sweetie,” she replied. Joshua smiled brightly at hearing that. A few moments later, the doors burst open.
“JOSHUA!!!” a chorus of voices called. Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, Scootaloo, Nyx, Spike, Dinky, and Twist came running in straight towards Joshua. Derpy and Sparkler were slowly walking in behind them.
“GUYS!” Joshua climbed out of his chair and ran towards them. They all met halfway in a big group hug with Joshua in the middle of it all. “I’m so glad to see you all again!” he said.
“And we’re glad you’re okay little brother!” Nyx said. The whole group broke apart, but Dinky moved closer to Joshua and put a hoof on his shoulder.
“I was worried that I’d never see you again Joshie,” she said with tears in her eyes.
“Me too Dinks,” Joshua said. The two of them hugged each other again. They stayed that way for a while. Just then, a flash of light emerged from the room and Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were standing there.
“Hello everypony,” Princess Celestia said, “I trust you all are doing well?”
“We are now Princess,” I said to her.
“Wonderful,” she replied. She then looked at Joshua. “Are you alright Joshua?” she asked.
“Yes Princess Celestia,” he said nodding, “It was very scary, but I’m okay now.”
“We are very glad to hear that,” Luna said.
We spent the rest of the day talking with each other. Celestia and Luna offered Trixie a great deal of thanks to her for leading me and my friends to Joshua. Cadance was glad to let us all stay in the Crystal Castle for the night. Joshua introduced Guard to the rest of his friends and spent the day playing together. That night after dinner, and after Celestia and Luna went back to Canterlot, we all went to bed.
In the middle of the night however, I woke up to the sound of some shuffling in my bed. Joshua was climbing out and walking over to the balcony where I told him I would adopt him many months ago. I got up and walked over to him.
“You okay Joshua?”
“I had a bad dream,” he said sniffling, “I dreamt that I was still Sombra’s prisoner. Before you found me, he said that you wouldn’t have let him take me if you loved me.”
“I do love you Joshua,” I said draping a wing over his back, “You shouldn’t let those words get to you. I loved you when I said I would adopt you, and I’ve always loved you since then. Sombra’s gone for good now and will never bother Equestria again.” We sat there in silence a bit more. A thought then came to mind as I looked at Joshua with his arm around my foreleg. “Hey Joshua,” I said to him. He looked up at me. “Would you like me to sing you to sleep?”
“Yes please,” he said.
I pulled him closer in and started singing.
(You’ll Be In My Heart by Phil Collins)
I heard a light snoring after I finished singing and looked down to see Joshua with his head resting against my foreleg with a smile on his face. I carefully lifted him up and flapped back over to the bed, where I lay him down gently.
“Goodnight Joshua,” I said draping a foreleg over him, “I love you.”
I felt Joshua snuggle closer to me.
“I love you too, Mommy,” he said smiling.
THE END