Sombra was bored. Oh so bored. Not even Discord could alleviate the amount of boredom he felt. Ever since Wisdom had left over a week ago there had been nothing for him to do. He pestered Twilight and had been barred from the Library. He thought of breaking in but she had placed magic barriers that prevented him and only him from entering. The Lavender mare was simply insufferable.
He picked up a letter that Wisdom had left him.
Sombra,
While I'm gone I expect that you obey Twilight, She'll be the one who feeds you, shelters you, and cares for you. She'll also be in charge of your Chocolate intake. I don't want you getting pudgy. Any who, She'll be your god for the next year or so. When I get back I'll expect for you to have made some friends, the CMC are nice and they love pretty much Every Pony, and Gryphon. If you break their heart's, torment them, steal from them, or be cruel in any way shape or form to them I will personally handle your Execution. Love Ya!
Wisdom.
He sighed and set the Letter down. Her threat at the end was fairly straight forward. Wisdom confused him, she was a Gryphon who could use magic. She could crush anypony who stood in her way but opted to rarely use her magic. He often wondered if she was one of a kind and she had been born with some sort of defect that made magic necessary. He had found none. then there was the Magic using Pegasus, Scoota-something.
The Pegasus was the same as any other, Crude and boastful. She hovered around town barely drawing a second glance. He could barely detect a hint of Intelligence in her. Occasionally when they had spoken at Sugarcube Corner she'd shown some bravery. She ate a spider when Discord dared her, which was fairly disgusting.
He wondered if the Fillies Wisdom refered to as 'the CMC' where like, and if they used magic as well.
Sombra grinned and trotted toward the doors of the Palace. Twilight walked through and spotted him. "Are you going somewhere?"
"I was thinking of hanging out with the 'CMC'. Where can I find them?"
Twilight raised an eyebrow at him. "Wisdom trusts you around them?" He handed her the letter. She skimmed through. "Don't say she didn't warn you. They're probably at Sugarcube Corner around now, recovering from some tree-sap related incident. Here." She levitated some bits over to him. "Buy yourself something while you're there."
He took the bits and galloped out of the palace at full speed.
He looked around the shop and spotted three fillies sitting in a booth laughing. The sounds of laughter grated against his ears. he trotted over to them. "Hello."
the pegasus of the group grinned as he came closer. "Hey look! Girls, this is Sombra." Scoots announced merrily.
The pale yellow Earth pony looked at his flank and grinned, "He don't got a Cutie Mark!" Sombra winced as the Unicorn pulled him into the booth. He opened his mouth to argue but the Earth pony barreled on. "Ah'm Applebloom! that's Sweetie Belle, Ya' already met Scoots. We're the Cutie Mark Crusaders!"
He eyed them. "What?"
"We crusade for our Cutie Marks." The white Unicorn, Sweetie Belle, said.
"I'm still here but it's mostly for morale support." Scoots said happily. Sombra frowned, all this cheerfulness was making him sick. "Wisdom told me we could help reform you."
The three fillies looked at each other and grinned. "CUTIE MARK CRUSADERS: REFORMERS!!! YAY!"