The group was in a panic. Fluttershy had suddenly gone missing during that ultimate freak out just a minute ago. Now, the mane six (excluding fluttershy), and Celestia, all now were in a complete worry over what the heck happened to their friend. What's worse, Sombra's still going about in the castle, and they needed to find him and take him down too. Celestia tried to calm herself while the others around her continued to frantically search for any sign of Fluttershy, or anypony else for the matter. The alicorn princess turned back to the mane six, after scanning the ground for any clues.
"Enough panic everypony! Now's not the time for that." The mane six tried to relax, but it didn't work so well. Celestia's horn glowed for a second and then turned back.
"I found her location. You all have to find her..."
"But what about Sombra?" Twilight asked.
"...I will fight him. You just focus on finding Fluttershy, and meet me then, understood?" The others didn't had time to argue, and so, Celestia used her magic to reveal the pathway to where Fluttershy was located, and rushed off ahead to find Sombra while the mane six went to find fluttershy...all the while, that same danger kept his eye on them all...
The mane six, soon after the split up, quickly began on the path marked by Celestia, trying their best to relocate the poor pegasus. Among them all, Rainbow Dash was the most worried over her closest, lifelong friend, and what could of happened to her after all that...However, it didn't take long for the mane six to find out...
the path they were going through begun to open back up into a larger cavern: the same one Fluttershy had tumbled into earlier...the room didn't have anypony inside. No trace or evidence of anypony present inside. What happened to her? wasn't she in there?
"Fluttershy?" Rainbow called. There were only the sounds of echos being heard. The ponies began to look around the place, trying to find some sort of clue as to the condition of the yellow pegasus inside. She had to be somewhere...anywhere...
"Fluttershy! Fluttershy where are -"
"Is that you i hear?"
Everypony stopped when the voice was echoed through the cavern. The voice sounded much like fluttershy's voice, but it didn't sound much alive at all. In fact, it sounded more of a ghostly sigh than much else...then they heard footsteps.
"Fluttershy? are you -"
"Hush now. It's alright..."
The voice became more exact in terms of location, as the mane six turned off to one direction: a dark shadowy corner of the cavern. The footsteps became more prominent, as the body of fluttershy began to take shape...but Fluttershy didn't look like herself. Her chest had a large gouge on it, as if impaled, and her eyes pitch black, and dark fog oozed out of each one. Her friends froze in utter shock as their deceased, undead friend came into view. Rainbow was the most hurt, as she landed in front of the poor, poor pony...a tear ran down on her face, seeing what had happened...
"No...NO!...FLUTTERSHY!!" Rainbow hugged her friends corpse, the shock and sadness overwhelming her. But that was quickly replaced with anger, as she spun around.
"WHO'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?! SHOW YOURSELF!!" Rainbow demanded...her answer came far sooner than she expected it to...Just behind Fluttershy, that same fog began to manifest itself into a far too familiar unicorn shape, just behind her. The mane six were about to fight, but the shadowy figure was unable to be hit, as Twilight tried to blast it...It's eyes glowed in a all too familiar green colour tint, glaring down at all the ponies. They thought about attacking, but then, it suddenly spoke...
"...bow before the King..."
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Meanwhile, Celestia herself flew through the castle, looking for any signs of Sombra's presence during her flight around. Her dash through the halls lead her right for the main throne room, which she didn't waste anytime to barge in, battle ready.
"Sombra! Where are you?!" Celestia demanded...nothing. The alicorn examined her surroundings for any sort of trap or clue, but there didn't seem to be anything. The throne room didn't appear manipulated where a trap could be set down (except for the dark crystals, but thats about it). The alicorn began walking on ahead, keeping her eyes and ears wide open for any danger. Her senses peaked, Celestia caught the sound of breathing right behind her. And good thing too, because soon after jumping in the air, the opposition revealed himself, nearly skewing her with a dark crystal shot down from the ceiling! Sombra himself appeared before her, charging at her with all his strength, but Celestia easily dodged each one of his attempts. Sombra expected as much from the ruler of the world. Celestia too tried to attack with a barrage of magical weaponry, but Sombra was just as evasive as she was to his attacks, dodging each one due to his shadow form. Sombra tried his best to use his fear spell on Celestia, but that wasn't as easy as it sounded, as Celestia avoided staring right in his eyes during the fight. While the fight, at least to Sombra, was enjoyable, he had his limits, and his patience wore thin as the fight dragged onward.
"You just can't accept fate, can you?"
"Fate had no plans for you, Sombra!" Celestia charged right for him once more, but Sombra jumped out of the way, his back hooves slamming the back of Celestia's head. The alicorn slammed into the floor, as Sombra made a U turn back at her, horn ready to stab her. Celestia though spun around, reflected his assault with a whack of her wings, sending him tumbling towards the wall. The black unicorn landed on his hooves, but still slammed into the wall regardless of his recovery over the hit. Celestia aimed her horn right at Sombra, her wings spread, ready to attack the unicorn again, but Sombra didn't move...but instead, gave a grin after a bit of examination.
"Charge. I dare you."
Celestia wanted to, but she knew better than that. Though she didn't charge, she still kept her battle stance if Sombra did attack her. Sombra just stood up from his spot, looking Celestia directly in the eye. He couldn't use his spell on her yet, needing to get close enough, and he knew Celestia wouldn't give him that chance in this fight. Instead, Sombra horn glowed a red hue, as the crystals suddenly went wild, charging at her from all directions. Celestia took action, blasting the crystals out of existence as Sombra walked closer while she was distracted. Celestia did shot back at Sombra a number of times, but the crystals attacking her kept her off her guard from the unicorn. Sombra edged closer and closer as Celestia continued until he was right behind her... then it happened.
Sombra commanded a Crystal to charge behind Celestia, and of course, the alicorn spun around and shot it to dust. But suddenly, Sombra gripped her horn with his teeth, and in one yank, the horn was literally torn off!...torn off...Celestia couldn't believe what just happened to her. Falling to the floor, blood starting to pour from her head, Celestia looked to Sombra who had her horn gripped in his sharp teeth, holding it like a spear or a dagger. The alicorn tried to get up, but the crystals jabbed her wings down to the floor, making escape impossible for her. Sombra walked over to her, aiming the horn so it's directly pointed right at Celestia. The Alicorn princess struggled in her bind, but the crystals didn't budge, and since her horn was torn away, she couldn't perform any magic to help her escape...She was at the mercy...
"No! No! Sombra you don't understand what you've just done!"
Sombra pat out the horn, it now levitating in front of him as he continued to speak.
"I do understand, Celestia. With you out of the way, my rule will be legendary. Sombra: the sun slayer..."
"But we can't live without the sun!"
"Is that so? I was trapped in darkness for a century, and I'm still standing...Besides, wouldn't the world be doomed anyway, now that Luna's dead?"
"SILENCE!" Celestia bellowed, shaking the foundations of the castle. That didn't deter Sombra, however.
"Celestia, your reign had gone on long enough. You brought this upon yourself; banishing me in that icy tomb. You are a disgrace of a ruler."
With that, Sombra rotated the horn, aimed it right at her chest. Celestia tried again to get out, but the wound on her head was beginning to take it's toll on her, the amount of blood loss causing her to weaken. She could only see a blur of her once proud horn, aimed directly towards her open wound, like an arrow to it's target...she knew what was coming. And there was nothing left she could do...
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"Goodbye, Princess Celestia."
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