//------------------------------// // The Black Rose // Story: Shadows and Sunlight // by King Sombra Returns //------------------------------// Twilight woke up after falling alseep in the cave, she remeberd seeing King Sombra he was so... Handsome. No! She stoped herself she couldn't thinknlike that, even though she had helped her she had still blasted her sister and made everyone hate her. But then again they were the one's that betrayed her. She crept forgetting that they were the one's who started this, they had a banded her and forced everyone to hate her. It was there fault! Then why did the thought of leaving them bring a tear to her eye. She shook her head and stood up. She stretched and popped her joints when she looked around and saw she was alone. " Hello? Is anyone there?" She started walking around. Her hoofsteeps echoed in the dark cave as she wondered trying to find someone to talk to. She sighed and walked back to her sleeping area. She layed back down and tried to get some sleep. The Girls: The Elements of Harmony, Princess Cadence, and Shining Armor took the crystal train to get to Canterlot as quickly as possible to let Princess Celestia and Luna what had happened to Twilight. Rainbow had her forehead pressed agianst the window banging slightly and blaming herself for Twilight's dissaperance. ' why was I always so mean to her? Why couldn't I have been kind to her after her accsedent. I should have been a better friend! I'm not worthy of being the element of loyalty..' The thoughts went through her head while Cadence was being treated in the medical center of the train. " You must be more careful your highness... That magic was very weak in dark powers but it still none the less is dangerous, expescilly due to your family history!" Cadence looked at the Doctor with confusion. " I'm afraid I know not what you mean Doctor, as far as I rember I'm an orffan. " She said un known of her heritage. " Your Highness you should know of your connection to Princess Amore. " He insisted. " You mean the Crystal Princess that created the Crystal fair?" Shining asked knowing only little of the Empire's history, but enough to make him sound like he knew what he was talking about. " You are correct your highness!" The doctor said with a bright smile on his face. Shining himself looked shocked that he got something right. " Well well well, someone read the history books. " Cadence said winking at her husband. The Doctor quickly stoped the little scene the couple was going to put on. " The question I need answered is, who blasted you? I mean S-som... He is gone and the Umbrum are locked up, so who in Equestria would use Dark Magic against you, your highness?" He said looking calm as a cucumber. Both Cadence and Shining Armor lowers there heads as a grimm look passed acros there faces. Suddenly a voice broke the sudden silence, " We're Here!" Said Pinkie in a simi exisited voice. After Twilight had blasted Cadence and ran away her mane had gone slightly limp and her normal cheerful tine had gone dim. But she was in no way competly gone. Sombra: King Sombra slipped into the shadows watching the Princess carefully, waiting for the right time to come back to her aid. He saw Twilight go back to her sleeping place and drift off once again. He knew that if this was going to move as smoothly as it has so far he had to make sure nothing got in his way, even if that included seeing a old friend or two a visit. He slippped out of the Shadows and layed down next to Twilight, feeling a slight ache in his chest. He reminded him so much of both of them, but at the same time was like him. It was as if someone had cast a nightmare curse on him, and left him to rot in his sorrow. Princess Luna: To say that Princess Luna was slightly surprised at the arrival of The Elements, Cadence, and Shining Armor would be like saying Discord was a normal stallion that worked in a calm bank. Even Princess Luna did not take great pleasure in being awoken by the Elements she tried to hold her tounge at her disaproval, that was until Cadance mentioned being struck with Dark Magic in which Luna sat straight up and her sleepiness shattered. " What did you just say!?" She yelled in the Royal Canterlot voice and even when her elder sister put a hoof on her shoulder to calm her, Luna was all but calm. " If this is a prank or joke I will not stand for it, Twilight has no experance with this magic and should not know about it! If you are kidding with me Cadenza I will personally cut out your tounge! Dark Magic is forbidden and will never be used!" She yelled rage filling her at the very mention at Dark Magic. Suddenly in the silence of her rage the sarcastic, bitter, and hurt Rainbow spoke up. " Like you have any room to talk Ms. Eternal night!" She yelled glaring at the Princess of the Night. It was then that Celestia took motion seeing the hurt in her younger sister's eyes. " I think that is quite enough Rainbow Dash, I understand you are upset. We all are, but you must keep your anger under control. If Twilight has indeed tampered with this magic, we will try to being her back and show her reason." Celestia said calmly making the room settle in a peaceful quiet before Luna spoke up once more. " Cuse that plan worked so well with Starswirl didn't it?!" Luna huffed as Celestia's face clouded with hurt. "I-" She tried to say before Luna cut her off once more, " You what Tia!? Every time you try to 'help' everything fails. With Starswirl, me, and now Twilight!" She yelled increasing the look in her sisters face. And Luna felt.... Joy. She stoped and looked around as her pupils slightly narrowed. " T-tia... I.." Luna tried to say as she saw the weight for her actions. She looked at the shock on everyone's faces and tried to think of a way to explain her actions, she had not been feeling well since her last discussion with her sister. And she knew exactly who it was to blame. She was going to turn back into Nightmare Moon if she did not tread carefully. She looked once more at her Hurt sister before running out of the room full speed into her chambers, yelling at her guard through the door, " No one is to come to see me, not even Tia!" She yelled as she flopped on the bed looking into her moonlight vanity that she had gotten after her return. Her mane was slightly more transparent then normal, her teeth were pointed slightly, and her pupils were narrowed. That was a close one. A close one indeed. She closed her eyes and calmed herself down, her features returning to normal. " I'm glad that is all over, I can't let Tia know I'm having issues again. Not again." With those words she slides off the bed and Levitated the covers slightly off so she could get some more rest. As she layed her head against her pillow and closed her eyes she had no idea that in the shadows, one was waiting for the perfect time to strike. His time had arrived. Twilight: Twilight slowly stirred from her sleep to see a very elegant rose soon the floor, a wonderful Black Crystal rose. She knew exactly who has given her the rose as she looked at the messsage that was tied to the stem ' I will return soon, I have something to do. Get some rest My Dear. - Sombra' Twilight smiled holding the rose to her chest, falling asleep once more. Princess Luna: The Princess of the night woke up to rase the moon as she did each night and filled the sky with the stars. She smiled warmly, the night always brought her peace. It was not as bright and loud as her sisters. She sighed and retuned to her bed getting ready to Dreamwalk and chase away the monsters form under fillys and colt's beds. She looked at her pillow and noticed something she had seen before. A single crystal black rose with a note attached, she lit her horn and read the note as panic filled her. The note was emtey. There was nothing on it. But as soon as the Dark sinister voice spoke, she knew why. " Hello again Luna, it's been to long." Her body tensed as she spoke the only word her voice would let her croak out " S-Sombra..." She then heard the dark and cold errie laughter she had heard a thousand years before. That was the last thing Luna heard before her vision went black.