//------------------------------// // Chapter 10 - Nightmares and Revelations // Story: My Little Strawhat // by edwinflores428 //------------------------------// “Yes, this’ll do nicely” said the dark unicorn just hours after he had banished their former leader to who knows where. “However, this is still not enough, I’ll need more slaves and hate.” Said Sombra “Now, who hates those element bearers more than anything?” as he closed his eyes and focused seeing all of Equestria before his mind. By the time he had reached Las Pegasus, something caught his eye, a griffon, down on her luck, beaten, alone, and full of hate. “perfect” “Stupid, good for nothing…..ponies” said the broken griffon as she lays back on the alley on a wall. All she ever heard in Rainbow Dash’s new friends stealing the spotlight, saving Equestria countless times all while her former best friend never given a second thought about her. “Do you hate them?” said a voice in the shadows. The griffon looked around “What’s it to you!?” “You want revenge on them, for stealing you former friend” Sombra’s eyes appear before her “Hmph..yeah I do…you’re Sombra aren’t you? I heard you died” she said. “A…minor setback…I can give you power, only if you give yourself to me girl…” Sombra offered. “The name’s Gilda…” she thought about it, wondering what can she do with such power. “Deal” and in that moment the shadows swallowed her up and just like the Changelings, claws and fangs grew, her body became surrounded by a dark aura, her eyes became blood red and her overall size doubled. “The power…it feels..so good!!” yelled a changed Gilda. “Excellent…now let’s find some new recruits shall we?” Sombra askes his new general. “Let’s” Gilda smiles. The following week was spent converting ponies and monsters to join Sombra’s army. Those who joined were due to ponies who felt betrayed or angry at the princess and others. His army grew to that of not only Changelings, but Griffons, a dragon, manticores, and of course the former prince Blueblood who was promised power and a seat in the new order of Sombra. He even revived the Shadowbolts using remnants of Nightmare Moon’s armor he had stolen. And like all creatures that have converted to Sombra, they all grew in height and power, developed fangs and claws and were surrounded by Sombra’s dark magic. Looking before his new army, alongside with his generals: Gilda, Blueblood, Flim & Flam, a few nobles and the Shadowbolt captain being Lightning Dust (who wanted to get back at Dash for ruining her Wonderbolt dream); He gave a mighty roar and descends into maniacal laughter. Just them a light blue unicorn awakes from her nightmare…. “Why, why am I having such nightmares!?” she changes her face to determination “I need to go to Ponyville” She dons her cap and cape and runs towards the down. “But will the others still accept me?” as she questions herself At the same time, Chrysalis has reawakened from her slumber. Weakened by the blood loss, she's bed ridden but alive as well as her unborn child. “You …. Saved me…” she asked as she turned to Chopper, the ship’s doctor. “Of course, it’s my duty as a doctor to help those in need. Now for your pregnancy condition…may I ask who is the father?” Chopper inquired. Chrysalis merely looked down in silence with tears forming in her eyes “I’ve made a horrible mistake…that costed me my entire kingdom.” Celestia soon walks in “I see you’re awake Chrysalis…mind explaining why we found you in such a state?” Chrysalis continued to look down “Are you here to gloat on my pitiful state Celestia….or are you here to punish me?” “Chrysalis…what did you do?” Celestia inquired. The rest of the ponies entered the room with Luffy following Nami in his arms. Chrysalis was now openly crying at this point. “We were dying….how would feel to have to see your own subjects die of hunger almost every single day? What would you do Celestia?” Celestia remained silent. “He was our only hope of surviving as a species…and he turned them into true monsters, no longer pure changelings….” “The father of your child..” Twilight inquired. “Yes…… I’ve gathered his pieces that were scattered across the world….and used his ...er.. nether regions…to artificially impregnate myself. He was supposed to lead us to survival…..King Sombra” Cadence and Shining Armor froze…the monster that they’ve supposedly defeated almost a year ago at the Crystal Empire. How can she revive such a monster? As Shining Armor thought; he was about to lunge at Chrysalis and punish her right then and there despite her condition and in front of the princesses. But he was restrained by his wife, but no doubt she was feeling the same thing. “But then he betrayed me…called us weak and spineless since we fed on love!” Chrysalis was now openly crying at this point “If anything he is a true demon! He nearly killed me and he never let gave me the chance to explain that I bear his child! And before he attacked me…I was afraid, scared for my own life and when I realized what I had done... it was too late…..I’m sorry! *sniffs* I’m so sorry!!” The ponies couldn’t help but feel pity and fear. Pity for the fallen queen that had lost everything and fear for the demon tyrant returning for a second round against Equestria. Rainbow Dash merely asked “What are we going to do now?” “Easy!” yelled Luffy as everyone’s heads turned to the captain of the ship. “We’ll kick his ass like we do for all the people we faced!!” XXXXX On the edge of the Everfree forest, a zebra is attacked by Sombra’s mutated changelings. Wounded she sees the changelings taking only one item: a small chest. A regular pony would thing that chest is meaningless but she knew better. That chest contained one of the most evil and powerful magical amulets in Equestria which nearly lead the enslavement of Ponyville: The Alicorn amulet. The changelings soon flew off with the chest in hoof with a weaken Zecora bruised but alive. In other part of the forest, the mysterious man finds himself fighting against a pack of timber-wolves. After deafeating 2 of them with powerful kicks, he finds himself running for his life! “Where are all these wood dogs coming from!?” he says running. One of the timber-wolves soon attacks and grazes his face, nearly taking off his eye. But instead of his eye, it took off….something else…. “MY MASCARA!!!”