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// Chapter One: Sombra's Return 
// Story: The Redemption of King Sombra 
// by DrewCarriker6231993 
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Chapter One: Sombra's Return
Much time has passed since King Sombra's defeat. His body may have been destroyed but his spirit lived in the shadows. Humiliated, and desperate he fed on the darkness in the villains' hearts until his powers were fully restored and created a new body. "I live!" He looked around and found himself standing on a mountain seeing the land where the ponies lived hundreds of miles away. He felt different, but he couldn't explain it. "What happened to me?" he asked himself. "Why do I feel the need to go away and not return?" He sat there and thought, and thought until he remembered the day he was turned to crystal and shattered to pieces. "I could get my revenge on the Crystal Empire right now, but what good would that do?" he looked down at his hooves. "Humiliation? Remorse? I can't remember the last time I felt like this...." He looks around and sees that he is on a deserted island and decides to explore. He soon realized that he was the only living thing on the island. "Perfect..." He came back to the mountain and began charging his horn with dark magic. In a few moments the mountain was turned into a castle of stone. The castle looked grim and gloomy; a place where spooks would hang out. He walked inside and made a throne room similar to the throne room back in Crystal Empire, but only gloomy. He then used his magic to bring in four large boulders as big as him. His horn glowed as he began creating statues out of the lifeless stone: he first created what appeared to be a male pony in spiked armor and bat wings; his second statue appeared to be a female pony with bat wings; and with the other two he made unicorn versions of the first two. They looked almost alive, almost. "My new servants, awaken!" he yelled as his eyes turned green. The statues began to crack and then out came new ponies. The unicorn and Pegasus knights were dark blue; their armor were black; their eyes yellow; their manes and tails light blue; and the pegasus' wings were just as black as his armor. The females were dark green; they manes and tail were black; their eyes were red; and the female Pegasus' wings were dark red. They all looked at King Sombra. 
"Master...." they said in unison as they walked up to him and bowed, "How may we serve you?"
"Find the Mirror Pool underneath Everfree Forest. Multiply as much as you desire and come back here..." King Sombra ordered. 
"Yes master!" the knights and servants all said before they left the room. Hours later, the castle was being guarded by the Pegasus and Unicorn Knights. The females were given the jobs cooking, cleaning, and other chores. King Sombra sat in his new throne as one of the female unicorns bowed down and handed her king a plate of food. A female Pegasus filled a glass with grape juice and presented it to him. King Sombra used his telekinesis to take the glass cup and plate of food. After he has eaten he walked up a stairs to the highest room in the castle that had a crystal ball he created to look at the world from his castle. He looked out the window at the land miles away. He looked up at the night sky and sighed.
"They will never forgive me.... I must live in isolation...." A female unicorn came into the room with a blue robe in the air. 
"Master, your bed is ready...." King Sombra took the robe with his magic and followed her to his room. Sombra opened the door and walked in. The room had really big windows, bookshelves filled up, a desk with a mirror, and a king sized bed. "If you need anything, you may call us..." the unicorn bowed and left. Sombra dressed in his bed robe, got under the covers, and laid his head on the pillows. He laid there looking out the window, watching the moon move across the star filled night sky. Soon he drifted off to sleep.