“No, seriously, are you kidding me! For my sake, just….REALLY? You all lasted that long, you didn’t even touch me and now you’re all like this. ARE YOU KIDDIN’ ME!?”
Twilight and her friends could only look down at the half crystallized bodies and frown. “Well, you fought pretty dirty.” The pink one said.
Sombra rolled his eyes. “All I did was stand still while my crystal powers did the rest, I mean, come on! All I did was encase you in this stuff.” Sombra tapped the crystal structure, making sure it was actually keeping them in place. “You girls seriously can’t move?”
They looked away, not wanting to accept the answer, but they all knew it was true. This ten second fight was all for nothing, but that didn’t stop her from trying to break free “No...We...We can’t.” Twilight grunted while she closed her eyes, not wanting to believe any of this.
Sombra was in the same position; mentally, not physically. He couldn’t believe any of this either. “You can’t even use your magic?” Sombra faced Twilight and tapped her horn, not a single spurt of magic was coming out.
Twilight instantly shook her head away from him. “Get your hooves off me you...you...you!…”
“Me what?” Sombra backed up and raised an eye, actually wanting to hear what other insult this unicorn would give him.
Sombra was starting to see fire in her eyes, and her legs looked like they were trying to break free from the casing, yet it seemed they were still stronger than her. “You...You! YOU!...oh...what's the point…” Twilight hung her head again.
“‘What's the point?’ The point in what?” Sombra was starting to become more confused with this situation.
Twilight rolled her eyes. “Well, what do you think, Sombra? I’m talking about...THIS!” Twilight craned her head to her friends. “And that!” She looked over at her brother and sister-in-law, with Cadance holding onto her husband who was now encased in crystal along side her. “And especially that.” Twilight looked over at the crystal ponies, most of them terrified, and some simply tired to be sitting here for so long.
Sombra looked around as well, seeing that everything was, indeed, going as planned, or at least; it looked like it was. “So, what you’re saying is, what’s the point in trying if I..already…” Sombra was starting to look at the ground.
“Won…” Twilight said, looking at the ground as well. “Yes Sombra, it’s...it’s true...you...won…”
Almost everyone in the area gasped, except for Sombra and the still unconscious Shining. “Don’t say that, Twilight!” Cadance yelled while still cradling her husband. “W-we still have a cha-”
“Open your eyes Cadance!” Twilight yelled louder than she thought. “Can’t you see? HE WON; WE LOST! It’s over! We can’t move,” She strained to get out of the crystals, only having the same effect as before. “we can’t use magic,” She tried to flare up her horn, yet it was in the same condition her legs were in. “and he already proved friendship can’t beat everything…”
“But...but friendship always prevails…” Twilight’s pink colored friend said, with no confidence in her voice.
“How…” Twilight said coldly. “How will friendship save us this time, pinkie?”
The pink pony opened her mouth, only for her to close it seconds later after realizing she was right. “Exactly.” Twilight said, she turned to Sombra, who was still looking at the ground. “I hope you’re happy, Sombra. You have your kingdom back, and you’re holding the elements, my...my brother and sister…” Twilight closed her eyes, wanting to hold the tears that were coming, “A-and you even have t-the crystal ponies to help you...s-so go on...Do it.”
Sombra shook away his blank thoughts and looked at her in surprise. “D-do what?” Sombra had no idea what she meant.
“Oh you know...you will enslave all of us; take control and get as much power as you can from the crystals, then you’ll make your way to Canterlot to exact your revenge on the p-p-princesses, and once you rule over Equestria, you’ll...you’ll..” Twilight sniffed and started to calm down. “Um...w-what will you do once you conquer equestria?”
Sombra stepped back, never even thinking about any of this before hand, admittedly, he never would of thought he’d get this far. Sure, he thought he would get his hooves on the crystal, but, what after that?
Should he enslave the ponies again? Try taking control of the whole world rather than just this kingdom? Should he destroy it afterwards? Would he still be alive after that? How long would he live with all of this, surely no one can live forever, even with all the crystals in the world he would still die some day.
“Uh...I..um, I...really don’t know.” Sombra scratched his neck, “I...uh...didn’t think I’d get this far, really, I just thought that getting the heart would solve everything, and now that I have it...I...hu...I seriously don’t know what to do…”
“R-really?” Twilight was surprised, as were the others.
“Well, I mean, I know I’m gonna be enslaving these ponies and probably mind controlling you and your friends, maybe even…actually, you know what?” Sombra turned around and walked up to Cadance and Shining. “Cadenza! wake up Shining up for me?”
Cadance froze. “W-why, What are you-”
“Just wake him up!” Sombra stomped his hoof, causing the ground to shake and making Shining wake up.
“Hu...What...D-did we win?” Shining looked around in a daze, hoping to see a now defeated Sombra laying on the ground in misery, but he saw the exact opposite. “W-what happened?”
“You lost and I won, now can you please make yourself look...well, like you’re surprised or something.”
“W-what? Cadance, what is he...why can’t I move?”
Cadance grimaced while Sombra tapped his hoof. “Any time now.”
Shining stood up and faced the king. “H-how did you win, me and my friends-”
“Were easily encased in the same material you are in," Sombra finished. "I’d say the name of the material, but I’d rather not.”
Cadance raised an eye. “Why?”
Shining started struggling. “Who cares! Sombra, you let us go or I’ll-”
“You’ll what? Struggle more and call me names,” Sombra stood next to him and wrapped an arm around his neck. “Listen, I hate to break it to you Shining, but it seems that I won this little battle of yours, so, if you would be so kind as to make yourself look presentable, then I can finally move on.”
“Move on with what!” Shining yelled, trying to swing a hoof at him again. “and what are you talking about?”
Cadance dropped her jaw once she realized what Sombra was talking about “Y-you're turning us into a statue?”
Shining and Sombra looked at her in surprise. “Wow,” Sombra let go of Shining and faced Cadance. “Your wife catches on quick Shining.”
“Y-you are a monster, w-why would you want to-”
“Oh please, I’m sure someone in this world has done the same thing.”
“Done what?” Shining snarled. “encased them into something so they can’t move anymore.”
Sombra shrugged. “I’m sure someone has.” Sombra glared at Twilight. “Your princess would know.”
Twilight realed back in shock. “H-how do you know she turned Discord into stone.”
Sombra tilted his head. “Who the heck is Discord, I was talking about me, encasing me in ice so I couldn’t move,” Sombra walked up to Twilight. “What, does your princess do that with every villian she meets? She just throws them away and waits to deal with them for another thousand years?”
Twilight thought about that while Sombra turned to the couple again. “All I’m saying is that I want that same feel, so if you two would be so kind.” Sombra stomped his hoof, causing the crystals to move up Shining’s and Cadances’ bodies.
“N-no don’t..don’t this!” Cadance cried, while looking around frantically, trying to think of some way out of this “S-Surely there's some good in you that doesn't want to-”
“Sorry sweetheart, but that died a long time ago. So long that I can’t even remember.”
“You can’t remember?”
“Um…” Sombra thought to himself for that second. “I think I remember...Back when I was young and free, I think I met some golden mare or something, after that I think I…” He looked up at his horn. “Was my horn always this red?” Sombra tapped his chin. “Did I stay underwater for too long at one point?" "Bah!" He said. "It doesn't matter." He tapped the ground again, making the crystals rise higher and higher to the top of Shining’s and Cadances’ heads.
The prince and princess hugged each other as the crystals made there way from their legs, to their body’s, to their necks. “W-wait...y-you can’t neerh...do...this.” Shining said while struggling.
“I can and I am,” Shining crossed his hooves and looked away. “I seriously don’t know what else to do right now other than this.”
“You could sing a song!” Pinkie yelled happily.
Everyone raised an eye at her. “A song?” Twilight said. “Pinkie, I don’t think he can-”
Sombra stomped his hoof again, making the crystals stop at the base of the couples necks. “A song?" Sombra ran up to the pink pony. "You are absolutely right pink pony!” Sombra went out into the open and held a hoof to his chest. “I haven’t sung yet, and now would be the perfect time!” Sombra smiled and walked into the crowd, “Does anyone here know how to play an instrument, or at least can sing a chorus?”
The crowd went silent. “You can’t be serious…” Twilight said while shaking her head.
Sombra turned around and smiled. “Oh no, I am serious, Twilight. Everyone sings once in a while, and since I’m gonna rule after this, I might as well make the best of it, so…”
Sombra tapped his hoof again, causing a makeshift microphone stand made of crystal come out of the ground. He then cleared his horn and brought a microphone to his mouth. “Come on now,” His voice echoed from who knows where. “where’s my singers and players?” Sombra was too into this idea for a song that he forgot how none of the crystal ponies remembered much. Singing and playing instruments was one of them.
After a long time of silence, Sombra sighed and grabbed the stand. “Fine, I’ll sing my own song...Now let’s see here...uh...” Sombra tapped his hooves to get a rhythm going, even though he doesn’t have any idea what he would sing, he knows that this wouldn’t be too hard.
So, he took a deep breath, and started singing.
Oh gosh Sombra's such an idiot XD
He's going to kill himself at this rate...
Curse you, evil cliffhanger! (I say, ignoring the fact I like to end with them.)
If Sombra has the WORST singing voice, best pray to Faust that you can endure this amusing punishment. Even worse if he sings while wearing a sombrero and wielding maracas! AAAAGH, WHAT HAVE I DONE!?
It's a cute story, but beware that it doesn't drag on with the same joke too long.
People say I sound like other fanfic readers. Weird.
called it.
I hope somebody picks up hat phone, because I CALLED IT!
Five bucks says he sings Friday
Five more bucks says Pinkie says "IT'S TUESDAY, YOU MONSTER!!!"
Five more bucks says Sombra tells her to shut up and keeps singing
*Inhale*
FLUUUGEEEEL HOOOOOORN!!!!!!
OOH! I bet he'll rip off Chrysalis' "This day is going to be perfect" and the mane 6 will mention that it sounds familiar, then Sombra will get confused again...
Bet he sings and it comes out like a Benny Hill sketch.
Sombra: LET IT GO~ LET IT GO~!
Twilight: Why are you singing that?
Sombra: Because I'm gonna let loose with my crystal powers, and I'm not gonna let society hold me back any longer?
Twilight: ALL YOU USE IS CRYSTALS! And you're the king, nobody in society is above you! So why the hell are you singing like you're struggling?!
Sombra: Good point... Crystal Spike!
5016946 I find it funny that in this story she was his wife, the they remember who it is and tell him. So his just gets pissed because he hates her...
Sombra is singing...
Fuckin' Genius!
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I-I was gonna use that song...
and...
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T-that's a pretty nice voice...
and...
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I-I-I'll be sure not to do that...
and...
I'mgonnafaintnow
5017115 This was my exact same thought. That, or the Death, Death (devil, devil, devil, devil, evil, evil, evil, evil song). That one would be fun.
5017218
Ya want me to do chapter 2 and 3 next?
........ okay to be honest the story is starting to get a hell lot more annoying than funny right now. cause...... well they would lose but they can put up a fight against for goodness sake. so them just losing in ten seconds makes no damn sense to me.
also the regal sisters did a hell of a lot more to sombra than just seal him in ice. blasted him into shadows and threw him down a pit............
they can appear any time now i think. cause if there is one certainty is that he is weaker than the regal sisters, period.
... wow, Sombra. I hope you step on a nail.
5017138 Pfft, If he does rip off chrysalis' song, that will make my day.
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I don't know why I'm still hurting myself.
........n o seriously this is annoying now. mostly cause celestia and luna would have already arrived.
me saying they would kick his ass was only half joke. from what we know about celestia, she was always waiting by the sidelines and ready to fight. and she and luna were more powerful than him when they were only fillies. just htink how much more powerful they are than him now.
This song could work out, especially with his voice.
5016752 clearly you, and mostly likely the author, do not understand we have a highly magical unicorn, a sub sonic pegasus, and a extra strong earth pony here. they might lose but it would have been after smacking him around for a while.
seriously, they managed to wrestle with two alternate corrupt regal sisters for goodness sake. and sombra is not on regal sister levels of power, if his aiblities make him a larger threat than his powers otherwise would allow.
5017362 Give them a moment. It's only been, what, a few minutes since Sombra won? Not even?
I'd like to hear him sing My Evil Plan to Save the World
5016870 It's King Sombrero!
5017397 then again him grabbing the cryswtal could ahve been counter by an immediate sub sonic hoof to the face.......
5016870 That would be the perfect moment for Celestia and Luna to swoop in.
That Tale of One Shadow reference
The comedy in this story's making me think of a mix between Megamind and Venture Bros.
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Do et
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KVg_nes1AoE&list=UU0qwmBqCwY0H9bpUohxxg7w
Trying to read some stories and sorry if my voice isn't the best for voice acting.
Still though, hope you give my reading a chance
5017623
You should link the video to the author notes of chapter 1.
A villain finally won! (my first reaction):
Okay now that we got that out of the way. I villain finally won.LOL
I love Pinkie's battle strategy here. When every possible avenue for victory is exhausted, change sides.
5015641 I figured the carapace had something to do with supporting the magic as well as the horn, probably some kind of matrix of nodes to better support all the subtle detail needed to imitate a pony.
5014743 This post just made my day, and you know exactly why.
Oh god, here it comes,
I shall enslave you all...with the power of music!
5017437 Spellcheck is your friend.
This is getting weird lol...
does he invent screamo or metal music
5017378 Do you understand what a comedy is? Because insulting this based on the celestial sisters not showing up and kicking his flank is just rediculous.
Besides, what have they done in the past when evil strikes?
5018141 mainly cause an extra powerful unicorn, a sub sonic pegasus, and an extra storng earth pony were just swatted aside. the intended joke was that they would never have stood a chance against any of the evulz before without the elements.............. reality of the situation is that the series, before sombra, has subverted the idea they would be helpless. even if they would lose they would be capable of causing the enemy quite a bit of grief, least short of discord.
the joke does not work cause they have proven themselves capable of fighting. now if they had never fought before, then the joke would ahve worked because it showed that they relied too much on the deus ex machina and without it they were helpless......... as i said subverted.
it is difficult to make a joke about a subverted thing.
5017342 You know that in that particular gif, her face never actually touches the desk? Just her hair...
5017218 Fansquee much lately?
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First one I found that looped, too lazy to look for something else.
5018141 also the jab at friendship. friendship can also allow an organized attack and, as said, subsonic pegasus, extra storng unicorn, and extra strong earth pony.
and pinkie pie, mistress of distraction. if anyone can make you look away long enough to get overwhelmed, its pinkie pie.
in other words, there are no reasons for this to occur. sombra not knowing what to do is funny. him somehow overpowering them despite them having exceptional individuals and the jabs at the themes of the show kinda ruin it.
This is gonna be funny and awkward, isn't it. Can't wait for more!
5017950 The cryyyystals are aliiiive with the sound of muuuuusic!
Sing it with me!
GRAAAAAH!
SLAAAVES SLAAAAAAAAVES!
CRYSTALS SLA-SLA-SLAAAVES!
CRYSTAL SLAVES SLAVING CRYSTAL SLAAAAVES!@!