//------------------------------// // Chapter 10 // Story: A Mothers Love 2: Nightmare In Equestria // by GunsNRoses365 //------------------------------// Outside the castle of Canterlot, the main six followed Princess Luna to the secret underground passage she was talking about. Stopping in front of a wall, The princess of the night used her magic against the wall. At first nothing happened, until a strange design flowed across the wall and then it began to split, revealing the secret passage. Princess Luna smirked in victory before looking at the group of ponies behind her, "King Sombra must be asleep by now, lets go through the passage and head for the throne room." She said before going into the passage. The rest of the group looked at each other and nodded their heads in agreement before entering the passage with the wall closing behind them. After about five minutes of going through the dark torch lit passageway they soon reached a dead end and Luna once more used her magic to open the path which lead right to the entrance to throne room. The six friends looked around one corner and Luna looked around the other before anyone exited the passage. When everyone believe that the coat was clear, the group stepped out and headed for the throne room doors. Princess Luna kept her glowing ready to fight if something happened. Pinkie Pie quietly pushed the door open and Fluttershy quickly and quietly flew inside. She looked all around the throne room until she saw two figures by the throne that made her smile with glee. One was Princess Celestia and the other made her smile even larger and made tears flow down her face. "Lightning!" she shouted with glee as she flew towards her son. Lightning heard her voice and towards her direction as a smile grew on his face. "M-Momma!" He shouted with happiness as he ran towards her only to be held back by his magical restraint. Princess Luna and Twilight ran into the room as well the rest of the group and both the princess and the unicorn saw the trapped Celestia. "Celestia!" both Twilight and Luna shouted at the same time before heading there direction followed by everyone else. Fluttershy was about to reach Lightning, until the she was bounced back by a magical force field. Everyone saw this and stopped Where they were. The door to the throne room were suddenly slammed shut with magic and Everyone looked back to see king Sombra staring at them with a look of anger on his face. "This is as far you go!" he snapped as fiery red eyes flared. He had been waiting for them the entire time. Fluttershy tried to attack king Sombra for hurting her son, but she was held back by Rainbow Dash who knew that she couldn't take the powerful tyrant alone. Everyone else got into a battle position, ready to fight King Sombra, but Sombra teleported over to Lightning and his horn began to glow at the frightened child. "I warned Celestia and now I'll warn all of you," he began. "If you dare attack me, I end this brat's life." The look in Sombra's eyes and the fear in Lightning's eyes told the group that Sombra wasn't lying. Everyone stood down as Luna stepped forward. "How could you threaten the life of an innocent child!?" she snapped angrily. Sombra smiled and replied, "because I know none of you would ever forgive yourselves if something did happen to this child." Fluttershy was in a rage as she began yelling at the usurper king. "How dare you! How dare you hurt my son! How dare you take him away from me and use him as your shield. If you touch one hair on his head Sombra, I will bucking destroy you!" Everyone looked at Fluttershy in complete shock. The look in her eyes and the power in her voice told made everyone uncomfortable. They knew she was acting purely on the rage of a mother. King Sombra however chuckled in amusement. "The love of a mother, how sweet." He mocked before using his magic to snatch the elements of harmony off of the necks of the main six. He levitated them over his head with his magic as he spoke. "It's over you blasted ponies. You all know that your powerless against me without the elements. You also know that you are powerless against me, Luna. Your sister fell to me in a matter of minutes and you know you would fall just as easily as she did. I wanted to destroy all of you here and now, but I have decided to do something else. I will take Equestria and destroy everyone and everything you know and love, and I plan to make you all watch before throwing each and every one of you in the dungeons for eternity." Everyone was at a lost for words as they imagined heard King Sombra's plan. Tears fell down their eyes as they thought of everyone they cared about suffering at the hooves of King Sombra. Fluttershy looked at her son helplessly and let her tears flow free as she imagined what would happen to him after Sombra was finished with his takeover. Celestia, hearing everything, looked down in sadness, knowing she had no power to stop King Sombra because of her defeat and his magical restraint. Sombra smiled victoriously over his defeated enemies before looking at Lightning. The little colt trembled and whimpered in fear of his captor. Suddenly Sombra used his magic to free Lightning from his restraint. However the little colt dared did not move an inch, in fear of being hurt by King Sombra's magic. The evil king grinned menacingly at Lightning and stroked his mane. "I owe all of this to you, my boy." he said venomously "You helped me regain my power, you helped me defeat my enemies, and now you helped me secure my place as the true ruler of Equestria. However there is one last thing that needs to be done, Lightning, and your going to do it." Sombra levitated Fluttershy's element of harmony over to Lightning and dropped in front of him. "Smash it, Lightning!" Sombra snapped harshly Lightning gasped and looked at the king for a second and then at his mother. "b-but if I d-do that?" He stuttered nervously "Yes," Sombra quickly replied "If you destroy one element of harmony, the others will be useless and nothing will be able to stop me, not even the magic of the princesses combined." Sombra then broke into a fit of maniacal laughter. Everyone at this point was completely scared stiff at how far, King Sombra was willing to go to take Equestria. Lightning's fear and guilt were starting to get the best of him as his family looked at him in fear. The looks on their faces begged him no to destroy the element. Lightning didn't want to destroy it either, but if he didn't he knew that Sombra would make him suffer and then make his family suffer. Letting out a long shaky sigh and tears in his eyes, Lightning knew what he had to do. "No!" Everyone gasped in shock at the young colts response as the smile on King Sombra's face quickly turned into a glare of anger. "What did you say?" he hissed at Lightning. Lightning shook a little bit at the tone of Sombra's voice but kept his ground. I said, no! I won't destroy my Momma's element!" he snapped at King Sombra with a tear filled glare on his face. Sombra charged at the little colt and got nose to nose with him. "You dare defy me, you little brat?" He snapped angrily Lightning wanted to back down, but instead, he continued to be brave and stand up to the king. "I won't do it! I won't hurt my Momma or my family, you big bully! I love them all too much to hurt them!" Lightning then slapped the element away from him and it landed in front of Celestia. Fluttershy closed her eyes and let a single tear fall down her cheek. She was very proud of her son. King Sombra however was far from happy. Stepping away from Lightning and with an enraged look in his his horn began to spark. "Very well then, you little vermin," he hissed "If you will not destroy the element, then...you...will...die!" With that said he began to shoot his wave of lightning at Lightning Twister. "LIGHTNING!!!" everyone shouted in terror. Lightning howled in pain as he was being electrocuted. He began to shake and wobble as King Sombra got closer. The pain only became worse the more Lightning screamed. He eventually fell over as Sombra continued to electrocute the defenseless colt. Everyone watched in terror as Sombra electrocuted Lightning unmercifully. Suddenly King Sombra's magic began to weaken much to the kings shock. He tried to use as much power as possible but it was to no avail. His magic continued to fade until Lightning was no longer being electrocuted. "W-What happened to my magic?" King Sombra asked in a state of confusion. As those words left his mouth Celestia's magical restraint and the force field between him and the main six and Luna faded away. Before he could react Celestia restrained his legs with her magic and handed the elements of harmony back to the main six. "What are you doing!?" Sombra shouted Nopony answered as they all stood together. Celestia and Luna's horns began to glow and the main six began to activate their elements of harmony. "What!? No! Stop!" Sombra yelled at the top of his lungs when he realized what was about to happen. The Magic of both the princesses and the elements combined into a large wave of light that was aimed directly at King Sombra. The wave of light flew at King Sombra and engulfed him. Sombra looked down in terror and saw his body beginning to crack much like it did when he was destroyed by the crystal heart. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" he yelled until his body completely exploded from the light. Once the light faded, everypony saw there was nothing left where King Sombra stood except a shadowy puff of smoke that slowly faded away into nothing. The main six and the princesses smiled at each other knowing that King Sombra was truly dead this time. Fluttershy however ran over to her son and saw that he was unconscious. "Lightning, wake up sweetheart, please." She said as she gently nudged him hoping he would wake. However nothing happened as he continued to lay motionless on the ground. Tears spilled from her eyes as she laid down beside him. "Oh, please, Lightning, please don't be dead. Please my baby boy, please." She begged as she cried over her sons unconscious body. Her friends all circled around her and stroked her and let their tears flow free as well fearing that they were too late to save Lightning. Suddenly they heard a small groaning sound. Looking down they saw Lightning's eyes began to open. A huge smile grew on everyone's faces when they saw Lightning's eyes open. Fluttershy's tears continued to spill as she smiled and nuzzled her son. "M-Mo-M-M-A." Lightning said weakly before passing out. Now scared stiff, Fluttershy quickly put her ear over her sons chest and let out a huge sigh of relief, Lightning's breathing and his heartbeat were normal he had just passed out. Princess Celestia stepped and tapped on Fluttershy's shoulder. "We had best take him to the castles medical ward." She said softly "I'll have one of our doctors come and look at him." Everyone nodded their heads in as Fluttershy gently picked up Lightning and cradled him close to her soft warm chest. The group followed the Princesses to the medical ward in complete silence. Everyone smiled in relief knowing that the danger was over and both Equestria and Lightning were safe.