Sombra walked up the long stone staircase quietly, a passed out Flurry on his back. After playing chase for a good hour, the filly decided they should play a game of hide and seek, for she was getting tired from all the running and flying.
_-()-_
“Young one where are yo-“ He was saying, before he saw something that did not surprise him, but still caught him off guard.
Flurry Heart had curled up against a warm fire crystal, and had passed out. Sombra swore that it was one of the cutest things he has ever seen in his life.
He facehoofed, he was the king of shadows and crystals for Faust’s sake! How did he find some small filly cute?! He looked back at the filly snoring on the ground, and sighed in defeat. She was adorable. No way around it.
He watched her sleep for a moment. He then remembered that she needed to get to bed for two reasons. One being that if her parents could not find her, both him and Flurry would be in trouble, and two, the floor did not look all that comfortable.
He gently nuzzled the little filly to try to wake her. She opened her eyes sleepily looking up at the large grey blob towering over her.
“What?...” She said groggily.
“You need to go to-“ He began to say, before the filly laid her head back down, as her snoring once again filled the room.
“Really?” He said mockingly.
“Come on, let’s get you to bed young one.” He said softly, before using his magic to lift the sleeping Flurry off of the floor and on to his back.
Flurry felt weightless in her dream, before she felt like she was being placed on a squishy fuzzy and warm surface. She nuzzled into her new bed, finding it comforting, before her dreamscape took over her mind once again.
_-()-_
He slowly pushed open the steel door, trying to stay as quiet as possible. He did not want to get them caught, nor did he want to wake the filly. His hoof steps echoed through the large crystal halls as navigated through them. He remembered when those halls were his.
He sighed at the memory. He then started thinking about when he was banished by the crystal heart, and trapped in the caves below the castle.
After escaping his thousand-year banishment he tried to enslave the ponies of the crystal empire again, only to be banished once again in the same day.
He was imprisoned in his cage for three more years before something happened.
_-()-_
Sombra was pacing through his large crystalline cave. His crystal shackles jingled as he navigated throughout the colourful cave system.
“This place is going to be my tomb…” He thought bitterly as he walked.
He suddenly found himself at a dead end… again.
“I’m never going to escape this place am I!?” He yelled in frustration, as he banged his head on a particularly large ice crystal that jutted from the ground next to him.
He pressed his head against the cool object as his temper cooled off. Attempting to remove his head before it froze on to the large Crystal, he realized it was too late.
“Oh Great! What else could possibly go wrong!?” He nearly yelled in anger.
As he attempted to summon a heat spell to get his face unfrozen from the stupid rock, a splitting pain erupted from his horn.
“Oh buck me!” he shouted in annoyance and anger
His horn had also froze to the thing.
Placing his hooves on either side of his head, he pushed against the shiny piece of rock, attempting to remove his head from this situation.
BANG!
A large shattering noise shook the cave instantly, peeling his now shocked face from the rock.
He fell onto his back in shock. He looked up at a partially large lava crystal that was hanging above him. The room was still shaking violently from whatever was happening. Looking at the crystal above, his eyes widened in horror as the thing suddenly broke free from the high ceiling.
“AHHH!!!” He screamed, as he shot up and started running from his impending doom. He barely escaped being crushed by the thing, its heat singing the end of his black smoky tail… which caught on fire.
“Why me!” He screamed, as he ran from the tidal wave of spewing hot lava that was trailing behind him. More lava crystals fell in to the river of boiling hot death, seeming to want to join in on this deadly game of chase.
He suddenly found a small opening into much smaller cavern. He dove into the small hole, using his magic to drag rocks behind him, so the lava would not follow. He slid uncontrollably for a long distance, for he was still panicked.
That was until he made contact.
Ding!
He went face first into a steel door. If sompony was on the other side, they would have seen an indent of a really unhappy and unamused ponies face.
_-()-_
Flinching at the memory, Sombra brought his hoof to his muzzle, rubbing it apologetically at the abuse it had gone through.
He looked around and realized something, as a familiar feeling hit him.
“Aaand I’m lost.” He said quietly, before facehoofing.
All the halls looked the same to him. At least when he ruled, he had signs and directions so his soldiers and slaves would not get lost. He was such a benevolent ruler, or so he thought.
He turned his head back to Flurry. He did not want to wake her up as ask her for directions. She looked so peaceful as she slept.
He smiled. He remembered how terrifying she was when he first saw her. He shivered at the memory. No filly, not even an alicorn filly should look like that. Ever.
Her baby self and her present self were stark contrasts of each other.
How could such a nightmare inducing baby turn into such a cute and gentle filly? He asked himself.
He remembered when he first laid eyes on her…
So Creepy!