(6-4) And I Return
I felt a nerve in my neck pinch. Then, absolute agony engulfed my entire being. It was just for a few moments, threatening to make me blackout, before the agony concentrated on my head. It was a pounding pain, like someone was hitting it with a hammer over and over again. I instinctively placed my hands on my head, making the nerve in my neck pinch further, and carefully lay it down on the desk in front of me.
“Oh, my head…” I moaned, then angrily asked, “Why did you make me do that? Nothing even happ-”
I suddenly stopped talking, lifting my head to take a slow look around me. It was the same old East Building of the office I worked in. It was no different now that it was before, the people in it sitting in the same desks they always sat in, filing paperwork and taking calls and whatnot. It wasn’t that interesting of a scene.
I stared wide eyed at what was around me, taking in the view with disbelieving eyes. After how bad the last week or so of my life had been, I didn’t think I’d actually be here again. I was fully prepared to stay in Equestria for the rest of my life, however short it would have been. It certainly wasn’t going to be years, that much was certain. I was going to make sure it wasn't. And I was right about that. I just didn’t expect that mare, Radiant Hope, to be able to do anything.
I wondered what Celestia, Cadance, and Applejack thought now that I’d proved them wrong. And then I decided that I didn’t care since I’d never have to see them again because I wasn’t Sombra!
I started to laugh. It was a laugh that started off as a chuckle but quickly morphed into something manic. I was filled with relief, anger, happiness, and complete disbelief all at the same time. I had no idea what happened or what I did, or who was in Sombra’s body now and what they were dealing with, but I didn’t care because I wasn’t there!
“Fuck you!” I announced while laughing, directing my words at Celestia, at all of the ponies who doubted me and wanted me dead. “Fuck! You! I told you I wasn’t lying! Ha! Ha-ow. Ow, ow, ow…”
My head was pounding, and I could feel the nerve in my neck pinching harder, but I kept laughing in relief, until my laughter turned into tears. I was crying out of relief, now that there was no longer any pressure on me and I didn't have to constantly feel hate radiate off of those two princesses, Celestia and Cadance. That was the worst week of my whole life, ever. I was never going to watch that terrible TV show that showed those awful creatures ever again.
“Ah, ow, ow, ow…” I moaned, getting out of my chair and laying on the floor as curious and surprised people around me got up to check on me. “Oh, my head and neck are hurting so bad…” I said, laughing a little before stopping because of the pain. “Oh, I am so happy,” I got out, feeling the nerve pinch even harder against my neck before I passed out.
“How are you feeling?” Doctor Marks asked me.
“I am so terrified,” I told him truthfully, my voice shaking slightly as I rubbed at the pinched nerve on my neck.
I met with him once before after the incident, since my work offered to pay for twelve free therapy sessions after my outburst. The first time I just talked about how relieved I was and explained what happened to me, along with things about my normal life and family. It wasn’t really productive, but it was free, so I didn’t care. Besides, I really wanted to tell someone about what happened to me.
And then, the day before the second session, a thought occurred to me.
“Can you tell me what you’re afraid of?” he asked.
“I’m afraid of going back,” I told him, still rubbing the spot on my neck. “I nearly gave myself a panic attack yesterday just thinking about it.”
“Why do you think you’ll experience what you did again?” he asked.
I made note of that word, experienced. He didn’t believe me. I knew he thought I was delusional. To be fair, though, maybe I was. The hospital I went to when I passed out said I was dehydrated, and that that could cause hallucinations. I was kind of hoping it was a hallucination, too. I didn't want it to have been real, and would rather have just believed I went crazy for a few minutes. I didn’t really have any evidence to say I wasn’t crazy. None except for this awful feeling pinched nerve.
“Because it happened before, and I don’t know why! What if it happens again? I don’t want to deal with all of that again!”
Doctor Marks looked into my eyes, thinking of how to respond. After a moment though, he answered. “Well, your hospital said you were dehydrated, which is what caused the hallucination, but let’s assume for a second it wasn’t because of dehydration, okay?”
“Okay…”
“You said you were sucked into this world for an unknown reason, correct?”
“I have ideas for why or how, but none that I’d be able to prevent from happening again.”
“Okay, but you said you knew how to get out, didn’t you? You said there were strings inside of you that were tied up and you had to untangle yourself.”
“Well, I mostly did nothing, but yes.”
“I want you to imagine those strings as your grasp on the real world. The more worked up and stressed out you get, the more those ‘strings’ become tangled, and the more you’ll lose your grasp on reality.”
“You think I have anxiety issues and hallucinated, and that’s what happened to me?” I asked skeptically.
He took a breath and answered, “I do. I think you were stressed out from the work you do, and had an anxiety or panic attack, and that, coupled with dehydration, is what set off your 'transportation' to this 'world'. The threats of death you faced in this world could be viewed as how you feel your life might fall apart if you don't keep pushing yourself.”
I didn’t believe him, but it was a theory. I didn't feel as though my life would fall apart before, but it might have been some unconscious feeling inside me. It made sense, and was much better than just saying it was all real and that I could go back at any moment. I wanted to believe him, and would have taken anything over the knowledge that it was real. “So what do I do?”
“Well, whenever you start to feel stressed, you have to remember to take a breath and gather yourself. You can't bottle it up and let it fester. If you were older, it could have been a heart attack you had then. You can’t let it continue to grow without taking a moment to calm down. When it starts to bubble up, take a moment to breathe and count to ten. Give yourself time to relax.”
I gave him a look that was a mix between a scowl and worry. That didn't sound like that good of a plan to me. “Is there anything else I can do?”
“Well, I can prescribe you anxiety medication if you think you need it,” he offered.
“Yes, please,” I answered, then let out a startled cry as a wave of pain washed over my body for a moment.
"How often does that happen?" Doctor Marks asked, concerned.
I took a couple of breaths before answering. "So far, a few times a day," I told him, closing my eyes and rubbing my neck.
"Let me also write you something for that, to take as needed."
A pinched nerve in his neck, and then absolute agony as he let out a scream. That fool completely broke the string rather than loosen and untie it like he should have. He hoped that being got to suffer for doing that, at least momentarily, for breaking the string and putting himself in agony. Sombra quickly caught the broken piece inside of him before it could float away. He would tie it back on later, but not right now. Right now, he was in a great deal of pain, almost the worst imaginable.
“Nothing happened!” he shouted angrily to the room, pretending to still be Alex. "I'm still here!"
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oh, i think i get it. poor guy
Daaaaaaaannng. So this is how it goes. I feel real sorry for the ponies now. Welp, let's see what happens next.
so is he back home or dreaming im confused?
Im sooo confused right now... Any theorys Fandome?
I dont have anything that sound to solid
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What?
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i dont think our human is back, i think he is just in his own psyche and Sombra was also in a form of mental prison now they switched
I think ponies should notice that this is now Sombra
Sombra can hide his lies but can't act so different and probably has too much pride to act like Alex
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Plus the fact Luna can read his mind and if he puts up a mental shield it would alert her so he's fucked
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That makes a lot more sense.
HERE WE GO!
Neck is still pinching, that ain't normal.
A week has passed in the dream? Hopefully he tries to make nothing happen again soon...
Keep going! ;)
well, looks like Alex's screwed. and pretty sure Sombra doesn't have enough pride to watch his body make a fool of itself when learning magic so undoing that knot probably woke up sombra from deep within himself.
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Who's Justin?
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momentary distraction caused me to mistake Alex for Justin, but Alex's still screwed.
Two minds, one body. Double grand theft me. Crapbaskets.
Huh. Have to wonder what the plan was to begin with.
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A good question that will have a good answer
I kind of wonder what actually happened in the beginning of this story because this kind of binding is not the usual one I understand.
And how does Sombra exoect someone with zero experience with maguc to do anything? And it looks like Radiant Hope wasn't really trying to fix things, just fuck someone over. She killed Alex and put Sombra in control, so now everybody is going to think Alex evil and kill Sombra along with Alex. If he does get back control of the body everybody is going to hate him, AGAIN. Not like they ever stopped.
Uh oh. Uh oh. That's not going to be good.
The series finale was wonderful and everyone loved it!
(does not reflect my opinions on the finale)
Also, I'm sure Doctor Marks' name is purely coincidental and foreboding of nothing!
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Dominius had a good theory: Alex was never in our reality, and is a split personality stuck in Sombra in its own subconscious. Something occurred causing the two to switch. Because one is unaware of the other, which would be the human version, Alex doesn’t know what’s happening. Sombra being highly intelligent noticed Alex take control and understood what happened immediately. If that’s not Dominius’ theory, then he can claim it if he wants because it sounds like a great concept.
Well, scrap.
So, to be clear, real Sombra was just under the surface, aware of what Alex was doing?
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Damn! Remind me of another universe theory a few years back... Great stuff! Thanks
Yeesh, Radiant is cruel. Try growing without magic nor even know it was real for your entire life than having to do a spell that likely complicated and only for those's who special talent it is. Even if she's in a bad state of mind yeesh man...
Damn... I was hoping for more of a story than a one-shot scenario. With the exception of instead of being a single chapter it being a multi-chapter medium length story.
It feels like those one-shot stories with one chapter because it doesn't really build up a story to me at least. It more or less just makes a scenario and then the story plays through that scenario and the end of the scenario(in this case would be human goes home, Sombra is free, then something happens) the story ends.
It's like A Moment of Peace but a different scenario and not a single chapter oneshot. None the less, it's a story I enjoy and look forwards to reading.
If this was how you wanted your story to be built/seen then you did an excellent job despite the surprise I got when I realize it wouldn't be a normal story such as others where the Main Character lives life and deals with the problems of life weather it be a small town soon to be a growing Equestria being attack and having to stop it(Reference to this) or a more slice of life everyday living.
Of course, this comment is useless if I misunderstood, "We're in the end game now" for meaning the story is near its end instead of something else.
Anyways that's how I feel. It's a great story and I can wait to continue reading this story. It's quite unique.
Well... Sombra is back... Just great... Wonder what he is planning...
Oooh boy. But to be clear sombra is back in his own body or in Alex human body?
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Day breaker is a Nightmare.
I think some kind of magical incident shattered Sombra as Alex entered his body, thus Sombra was unable to take control due to being so weak that Alex was forcing Sombra down subconsciously. I don't think Alex is actually back home, I think he is in a sort of coma. Since Alex is in a "coma" Sombra is able to take control again.
So is Sombre pretending to be Alex in Sombras body or??
Fuuuuck. Imagine being Celestia now and coming back to see in the end it was still sombra...
I hope they find out that Alex is actually gone and Sombra is back in his real body.
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No, she is a Daymare
AH HA! So Sombra kidnapped some random dude and placed his soul in him... I'm assuming his plan was to kidnap some random being's soul, put in his body, trick Equestria's princesses and heroes, then untangle the knot and backstab them all... This is the most convoluted and dumbest plan ever, Sombra, you are an idiot and there could have been easier ways to do a similar situation like this - like an amnesia spell with a timer or something...
Meh....good riddance. At this point I no longer care much for Alex. But I do wonder how the real Sombra is going to deal the situation the human fool left him with. ......Whatever he's a smart umbrum unicorn and master in the art of dark magic, he'll be fine. All things considered.
Where were the curious people when he was moaning in pain, talking, laughing maniacally and swearing at no one?
Alex has been a prick longer enough for me to not really care about him.
Oooh damn, my dude Sombra finally back.
Believe
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If he was that smart, we would not be defeat by spike the great that time.
Sombra, handsome! Come on, drag the rink! In general, I imagine the happiness that Radiant Hope will have now when she sees that her Sombra has returned, but pretends that she failed and it's still Alex. Damn, it would be just a mega epic if this sweet couple would have spent everything on the result!