//------------------------------// // Chapter 8 // Story: A Mothers Love 2: Nightmare In Equestria // by GunsNRoses365 //------------------------------// In Canterlot Castle Princess Celestia sat in the throne room with a sad look on her face. After she had gotten Twilight's letter, she had not responded because she was too worried that she and Luna's fears had come true. She feared that King Sombra had foalnapped Lightning and if she dared make one move, he would hurt the innocent little colt. She could only hope that Lightning was safe. She was about to turn in for the night until she heard a dark ominous laughter that made her very nervous. A large puff cloud of smoke entered the room and began to make two forms one large form and one small. When the smoke cleared for the first form. It revealed Lightning Twister who laid on the ground coughing violently. A huge smile grew on Celestia's face. "Lightning!" she shouted before running towards the little colt. However she was stopped by a huge bolt of Lightning from second cloud of smoke. The shot barely missed her as the smoke began to clear from the second form. The Princess of the sun then saw her worst fears appear in front of her, as the cloud formed King Sombra. Celestia face went from a smile to a glare of hatred. She snarled angrily as her horn began to glow. "King Sombra! Let that little colt go!" She yelled furiously. She was about to strike Sombra with her magic but the evil king lifted Lightning with his magic sent a small wave of lightning at the him shocking the scared colt. "AAAAAAH!" Lightning screamed before wailing in pain "Don't make another move, Celestia, or he dies." Sombra hissed with an evil glare on his face. The Princess had a look of fear on her face for the little colt. She would never forgive herself if she was the reason this innocent child got hurt anymore. Reluctantly, she lowered her horn and let her magic fade. King Sombra smiled and tossed Lightning aside as the little colt hit the the ground. He tried to run to the Sun Princess but Sombra made a magic chain around Lightning's body and hid locked him to a pillar. The now scared and restrained colt buried his head in his hooves and cried. Celestia looked at him sadly, she knew she couldn't go near him and comfort him. She turned her attention to her enemy and looked into his fiery eyes with a glare of pure anger. "Why did you foalnap that poor innocent child!?" She snapped harshly Sombra chuckled and said, "because this so called innocent child is the reason for my return." Celestia gasped and looked at Lightning who was shaking and crying in fear and guilt. "You used him to regain power, didn't you!?" Celestia hissed The evil unicorn gave her a wicked little smirk and said, "That's exactly what I did, Celestia, and thanks to him, I have regained all of my power and I'm even stronger than I was one thousand years ago." Celestia couldn't believe what she was hearing as King Sombra stepped towards the princess. "Now, I am here to exact my revenge and take what's mine." he said angrily Celestia shook her head and said coldly, "You will never have the Crystal Empire as long as my niece and her husband rule it." "I don't want just the crystal empire," Sombra quickly replied. "I want all of Equestria!" Celestia stepped towards the king and shook her head before getting nose to nose with him. She glared into his eyes and began speaking in a tone that would make Discord himself cringe. "I have ruled and protected Equestria for over a thousand years. I have made decisions that I regret to this day to protect my subjects so they can live in peace and harmony. I may not be as powerful as I once was, but as long as I'm still Princess you will never rule Equestria, and as long as I'm still standing you will never harm one of my subjects!" King Sombra chuckled and tool of his cape while replying,"I was hoping you would say that, Celestia, because I want you to go down fighting." Princess Celestia knew Sombra was challenging her. She looked at the still crying Lightning one more time before glaring at Sombra with her horn glowing. Getting into a battle stance, King Sombra smiled and said, "I'm going to enjoy, defeating you." Tears continued to flow down Lightning's cheeks as he watched on in terror as the two powerful ponies began their battle. Princess Celestia fired a shot of magic at King Sombra but he quickly dodged and fired at her. Celestia teleported out of the way and the second she reappeared she fired her magic once more hoping to catch Sombra off guard. But Sombra used his magic to create a large dark crystal in front of him. The crystal shattered into little pieces as it got full blast of Celestia's magic. Both combatants knew they were evenly matched. However, neither one of them gave up. Both Celestia and Sombra fired their magic at the time and they connected with one another much like what happened when Celestia fought Queen Chrysalis. Celestia tried to overpower King Sombra, but the evil king's magic was more powerful than hers. The magic beam began to come towards Celestia until it exploded and sent her flying into a wall. She landed beside Lightning Twister, but before she could get up, King Sombra fired a wave of lightning that struck both the princess and Lightning Twister. "AAAAAAH!" they both screamed. Lightning Twister started crying uncontrollably once more. The lightning felt like one of his fathers sharp hoof strike's whenever he hit him, this only brought back painful memories for the injured colt. Celestia tried to get to her feet but she didn't have the strength as she collapsed on the ground beside Lightning. Celestia knew she couldn't win, and she didn't want Lightning hurt anymore that he already was. Closing her eyes, she solemnly lowered her head in defeat. "Hahahahahahahahahahaha!" King Sombra laughed maniacally "I win!" The evil king created a magic chain around the body of the fallen princess connected it to the same pillar that Lightning's chain was connected to. "Nopony can defeat me, Not even the great, Princess Celestia." He said evilly "Now what shall I do with you, Celestia?" He asked with a smile on his face while stroking his chin with his hoof. "Should I turn you into shadow and banish you to the ice of the Arctic North like you did to me a thousand years ago?" The kings smile quickly disappeared he looked around for something. "Where's, Princess Luna?" he snapped angrily as he searched for the princess of the night. However, she was nowhere to be found. King Sombra's smile started to return as he looked back at his two captives. "I know what I'll do to you, Celestia," he said "I'll go find, Luna myself, bring her here and make both you and Lightning watch as I strike her down just like I did with you." King Sombra laughed evilly before disappearing in a cloud of black smoke. Celestia felt tears stain her cheeks. She knew Luna's painful memories would be used against her and King Sombra would defeat her just as easily. She feared for her sister's safety. However her thought's were interrupted by Lightning's crying. He was still hurting from the strike of lightning. He was also more scared than ever. Luckily the princess was close enough to Lightning to where she could comfort him. She moved herself over to the crying colt and place a gentle wing over him. she brought her head down and made a soft hushing sound in his ear. Lightning heard the Princesses sweet and gentle voice and snuggled up into her side while crying. The Princess gave Lightning a gentle kiss on the forehead and continued to make a soft hushing sound to him while she gently nuzzled him. Both were unaware that Princess Luna was outside the throne room and had seen everything that had happened. With a worried look on her face, she flew as fast as she could towards Ponyville.