(1-1) But I Am In His Body
“This probably won’t end well for me,” I thought fearfully, taking a good look at myself as Twilight Sparkle stood gawking at me.
I was a pony. A pony with a gray coat and black mane, who seemed to be wearing a red cape. One who was stuck in a room with statues that looked a lot like me. One who stood nervously in front of the Princess of Friendship, the very pony who defeated Sombra. The pony who I now was.
The princess took a step back, and quickly made her way out of the room, sounding like she was going up a set of stairs. “Cadance!” she yelled. “Call Celestia and Luna!”
“This is bad,” I thought. “This is really, really bad.” I did not want to be Sombra. I wanted anything but. They killed him twice! I didn’t think they’d have any reservations about making it a third time. They might even use the old saying “the third time’s the charm”. I did not want it to be the charm. I did not want to be killed.
I heard a set of hoofsteps descending down to meet me. “I have to get out of here,” I thought frantically. Not that I knew how. I had no idea where I would go. Even if I did, it would only have been a matter of time before one of the princesses found me. So I stayed frozen where I was, seeing that it was my only real option. A few seconds later, Princess Cadance was down in the room with me, an angry and hateful expression painted on her face. If looks could kill, I’d have been dead right then and there.
“Well, well, well,” Cadance spat, “look who it is. You again.”
I took a step backward away from her. She looked like she wanted to end me herself, and I didn’t think the princesses would be troubled if she did so. “Please don’t hurt me,” I got out, a quiver in my voice.
She had the slightest bit of confusion on her face, like she wasn’t expecting that from me. That was good. That meant she might hold off killing me for a second at least.
“And why shouldn’t I?” she asked me through clenched teeth.
I stood staring at her, and I could feel myself becoming panicked, my breathing becoming faster. How did I end up in this situation? Not fifteen seconds ago, I was sitting at my desk, working. And now I was in Sombra’s body, standing terrified in front of a princess who I was sure wanted to kill me. One who could do so at any second.
“Well?” she asked, standing and waiting for my response.
I swallowed, starting, “I know how this looks, but I’m not Sombra.”
She took another step forward, and I took another step back. “Then who was it that enslaved the Crystal Empire and destroyed the Tree of Harmony?” she asked angrily. "Who was it that let the Crystal Empire vanish for a thousand years?"
“I- I know how this looks,” I told her again nervously, “but I’m not him. I don’t know how I ended up in his-”
Before I could finish, the other three princesses teleported into the room next to Cadance.
“What is he doing back here?” Celestia asked, seeming even more angry than Cadance, but somehow keeping a level voice.
“He claims he’s not Sombra,” Cadance explained.
“And he expects us to believe him?”
“Well if he’s not, he sure does look like him.”
“He does seem quite fearful of us.”
“And he should be.”
“What are we going to do with him?”
This was very bad. They didn’t believe me. Not that it was surprising. I wouldn’t have believed me if I were them. I almost didn’t believe that I was Sombra, either. I almost wanted to say that I’d just dozed off at work and was having a weird dream. A really weird dream that felt as real as possible.
“Twilight,” Celestia spoke, “go gather your friends. The three of us will hold him here.”
“I’m on it!” she told her seriously, running back up the stairs.
I felt myself tense up, my breathing becoming even faster. I was going to die. I was going to die. I knew there was nothing I was going to be able to do to convince them that I wasn’t Sombra. They weren’t going to hear it, and instead opt to gather the Mane Six and kill me without a second thought.
“Well,” Celestia asked, almost sarcastically, “since you’re not Sombra, tell us, what’s your next move?”
I knew what that was. My next move was to try and wake up. I had to assume that this was a dream. People didn't just randomly turn into ponies. They watched as I raised my leg and gently bit myself just above my hoof. When nothing happened, I bit a little bit harder. Then much harder. So hard that I bled. Nothing came of it except three slightly confused looks.
“What are you doing?” Luna asked.
"Trying to wake myself up," I told her in a shaky voice, seeing that I wasn't waking up.
She looked to her sister for an explanation. “It might be some sort of spell involving dark magic,” Celestia told her. “I’ve heard of some that require blood to activate.”
“Well, let’s make sure he doesn’t try to use anything,” Cadance said, taking another step forward, her horn lighting up.
“I’m not Sombra!” I told them desperately. “Please believe me! Give me a chance to prove it!” I knew I had to convince them right then that I wasn’t Sombra, or at least put enough doubt in their minds so they wouldn’t hurt me.
I watched as she positioned her back hooves a bit farther behind her, taking aim at me to hurt me. I couldn’t blame her. Sombra had enslaved thousands of ponies and tried to take over the Crystal Empire three times. The only problem was that I wasn’t him.
“Please!” I begged them. “Don’t do this!”
“Can I?” Cadance asked Celestia.
“Go ahead,” she told her, emotionless.
I watched as a beam of magic came flying towards me. “AH! I SURRENDER!” I screamed, closing my eyes and flinching, putting a hoof up to protect me in a moment of complete panic.
I expected pain to come the next moment, but nothing happened. I kept my eyes closed a few seconds longer, waiting for something to happen, then carefully opened them, both silently thankful and confused to see a forcefield protecting me.
“What’s the meaning of this, Luna?” Celestia asked in an even tone, keeping her eyes on me.
“He has given me an inkling of doubt.”
“He’s obviously lying to us,” Cadance told her, “trying to use the opportunity to take over the Crystal Empire again.”
“Maybe so,” she continued, “But I have never thought of Sombra as the type to surrender so quickly. Have you ever seen him give up without a fight?”
“He's trying to trick us. He saw what happened the last two times, and will obviously do anything to take what he thinks is his.”
“And I believe such. Still yet, he’s given me a sliver of doubt, and I cannot in good conscious allow him to be slain just yet.”
“He was killed twice! He should already have been slain! This time, I’m going to make sure it’s for good!”
“I cannot recommend you do that.”
“So what? Because he's making you doubt yourself we should forgive him? We should let him roam free?”
"I'm not suggesting that. I simply think we should investigate his claim. I've seen such things as he suggests happen before to other ponies."
"What do you think Celestia?"
I watched Princess Luna look to her sister, who stared at me expressionlessly. “It is up to you, Celestia. If you truly believe it should be done, I will not stop her again.”
Celestia looked like she wanted to say yes. Although her face was expressionless, I could tell she wanted me dead, and wanted to give the order. She seemed like she didn’t believe me in the slightest. The only thing causing her to falter was Luna.
I breathed hard, my muscles still tense as I waited for her answer. I was desperately hoping that she would hold off, but it seemed like she was edging towards the go-ahead.
After what felt like years, Celestia finally spoke. “Let's wait for the Elements of Harmony to see what they have to say.”
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They aren't actually DOING anything productive, just talking avout hiw he's evil and sgoukd kill him. There's no attempt to restrain him or anything. And why would just ASKING the EoH do anything? They wouldn't have the actual elements to do anything with.
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Well, they aren't trying to restrain him right now because he's remaining passive. Also, the Mane 6 stopped Sombra after he destroyed the tree of harmony, and Applejack is the element of Honesty.
Not a bad start but not great either I feel like the characters are rehearsing with little to no movement or feeling
Interesting concept. I like it. Let's see how this rolls.
I hope the this becomes as good as the other two somra good guy ones with human minds and you can finish it hope you don't dissappear like the other ones
An idea for him would be 'Sombra' struggling to even walk. Let alone knowing how to make any spells of any sort.
so just wondering will this incorporated the comic canon were celestial was in love with good sombra from another universe since that great idea to explore her reacting to this human sombra and and having conflicted feelings
Well this could be interesting, I take it the Mane 6 and Caddence would like to expend every effort in trying to make sure that he isn't sombra despite looking in fact being him, that will go well. I take it he will try to prove to them that he isn't even of this world by reciting all the MLP trivia that he knows and explain the whole phenomenon the t was MLP which would open an internally new can of worms which will overshadow his present predicament in their eyes. I wonder if Sombra's old evil buddies will try to get in contact and incriminate him even further in trying to jog his memory again? Oh better yet, in all the confusion, rumors an adultery relation with Caddence, or Twilight emerge in the population. Oh about every attempts he tried to fix things or use magic it always back fires. There is also the posibilty that they guy is also just a decoy to distract Equestria from the real Sombra preparing elsewhere or that he is planing to take his body back.
Again normally I don't really like possession stories, especially with cannon characters, but I am willing to give this a chance.
Please continue I am enjoying this greatly and would like to see how this progresses seeing as AJ is the living lie detector... and following that logic she has to see that he's not lying so this is going to be interesting.
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I completely agree with you, I seen many interesting stories on this line fade away to nothing and it been sad see them not continued for a long time now.
Hm, since it has been (sort of) proven that the Mane Six hold the Elements of Harmony's power in them, it would be interesting to see if Applejack's Element would possibly activate, or at least cause her to sense something is up.
It started off okay, but it felt quite rushed. If a recently defeated villain were to suddenly show up in front of Twilight, I doubt she up and leave him, even if it were to get the princesses. You fell short on writing the setting, and I want to know how Twilight managed to get all three princesses so quickly like that, especially Cadance, who apparently wasn't all the way at the Crystal Empire. Secondly, it doesn't make sense that Luna would start to doubt that the protagonist isn't the real Sombra, but Cadance and Celestia wouldn't and just go ahead and kill him so soon.
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I can see that, and I will readily admit that I'm unbearably bad at writing the first chapter of stories.
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I have no intention of abandoning this, and I can tell you seeing stories that are halfway complete just end out of the blue is frustrating.
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This will incorporate the comic, don't expect there to be love blooming between Sombra and Celestia
Interesting, not an original idea I've know at least two fics with this premise, they're dead now thou will your fic die as well like everything in this fandom?
Only issue I see is the murder boner you gave Cadence, like I get it he's pony Hitler but what sane person would kill Hitler on contact with bare hands in cold blood? Well apperently the Princess of love would, Luna and Celestia I could understand but still would question why haven't they simply killed Tirek, Discord, Cozy, Chrysalis when they had the chance?
Edit.
Also how do you update less than once per week?
Either you update once or more per week or you don't, there's no trying, you do or you don't.
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If you need any help I'll happily lend a hoof
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On Celestia and Cadance's immense and immediately hatred of Sombra, that matter will be investigated (although they did already kill him twice before while letting literally every other villian live)
On less than once a week updates: If I update every 8 days, that would be updating less than once a week
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i wouldn't but it could causes her to be more hostile since it be constant reminder what she lost anyway i look forward where you take the story, i always loved this kind of story ever since the fics unfortunately i am the king and hail to the king
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First time was the crystal heart, second time the power of the elements, both time it was Twilight and her friends and both time they had no control over it and both times it was out of desperation.
That's as far away as you can get from killing someone in cold blood.
And again if that's thier mentality why not kill the other villains when the chance was given?
YEEESSSS~! Another human in Sombra fic!(That sounded wrong...) We need more of these!
Her names Cadance, not Candance, though that would be a fun Phineas and Ferb crossover name...
Wait, so, you didn’t get inspiration from Hail To The King?
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i loved hail to the king it was really good its stats speak for its self. sad that there is only 4 chapters and the author is dead someone needs to adopt the fic.
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Oopsie doopsie. Will get that fixed.
And I can't say I've read "Hail to the King".
Although, I did (am) reading "Shadow of a Doubt" which is why I even started reading Sombra comics
Can't wait to see where this goes.
i am already hungry for more. thanks for this story my guy :)
This chapter felt rushed, and how Luna, Celestia and cadence acted, i really doubt they would react like that, and Twilight? If sombra were to just pop into existence infront of her I don't think she would just high tail it out of there even if it was to (somehow) get the other three princesses, other then that I liked this, and look forward to next chapter because human sombra stories can be pretty good if done right
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You really should read Hail to the King though. It’s one of my all time favorite stories on this site and I’ve been here consistently since season 2 of mlp first came out! It’s funny as all hell and portrayed very well.
Oh yeah! You've certainly dug your story claws into me. Very interested into seeing what will happen next.
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Hail To The King is a very fun story. I definitely recommend reading it, even if it will forever remain incomplete.
You have my attention.
Me, "What the buck? Ah crap. I'm Sombra. Ugh, why couldn't I have gotten randomly shoved into Discord? That woulda been awesome! Well, guess I better get on with this. Ah-hem... BLARGLE!! CRYSSSSSTALLLLSSSS!!! RARG!! SSSSSLAVESSSSSS!! Did I do that right?"
Twilight, Shining, Cadance, and Spike all just stand there with blank expressions as 'Sombra' stomps around on two hooves making weird growling noises and stumbling into walls.
"I don't think he's actually Sombra," Spike backhandedly whispers to the others.
Looking forward to the next chapter
I imagine Dash and AJ will likely vote to hang him high.
A non-evil Sombra would get all the mares.
https://www.fimfiction.net/story/374058/unfortunately-i-am-the-king-of-equestria
This unfinished story has a similar beginning, although with Sombras victory instead of defeat. I really liked it, and have high hopes for yours as well!
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There is also this unfinished story.
- MLP: FiM
- Comedy
A human soul is stuffed into King Sombra's body. Having no idea what's going on, and thinking he is in some kind of coma, he just casually strolls into the Crystal Empire.I'm excited to see how this story plays with such a concept!
Need MOAR
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The whole genre is one I'm personally a fan of, yet the stories never seem to get finished - something I find to be a bit of a bummer.
Hey, it's what I like to read about too.
Hehe, here we go!
Let's see where the rabbit hole leads to.
Unless you're referencing a comic I haven't read I'm pretty sure Sombra didn't destroy the Tree of Harmony nor was the Tree ever destroyed.
Subdued by Discord's vine things, yes, but not destroyed.
Congrats on the feature!
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Season 9, my friend.....
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If only you knew how bad Season 9 really was.
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That was my second thought after I had already posted the comment.
At the time of writing, I'm still on S8 just after the episode with Maud's boyfriend (I was a little upset she didn't say coltfriend, not gonna lie...)
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I stand corrected
there's just something about king sombra stories that draw me to them, while knowing that they never reach completion.
The only one that was completed that I can recall is the one with Sombero.
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Ah. Yeah. A lotta ish went down in Season 9....
Honestly reminds me of Hail To The king.
Great opening although to make it believable that "I" am not Sombra "I" would break down and cry in complete sorrow and fear while cowering like a foal. I look forward to your next chapter when and if it comes out
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The thing is that if you fake it, it won't help you as i'm sure they will easily see it through your lies.
The best thing to do is to act truthfull to yourself, not prove to them that you are a liar aka probably Sombra.
Besides, not everybody is able to just fall down in tears as they wish.
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No i was being serious i would indeed cry like a little foal if the three god ponies wanted me dead because i am trapped in the villian's body and i know i'm not the villian. I would break down crying as a foal and probably mess myself. I wasn't giving the author the idea to fake cry. I would genuinely cry with how scared I'd be
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honestly, I don't think season 9 was bad at all.
Now if you ask me about a season I dislike, it is season 8.