It took Sombra exactly two seconds to take in the situation and decide what to do.
The first half a second, he gauged the room around him. He didn’t particularly like what he saw, although he decided that it could have been worse. Staring at him was Princess Luna, Princess Cadance, Prince Shining Armor, and Princess Twilight Sparkle. Notably absent was Princess Celestia, but that wasn’t that large of a surprise. Celestia was very predictable, which he counted on and used to his advantage. That other being had likely denied accusations of what he’d done and drove her to insanity, which Sombra expected to happen. She was always quite an emotional princess. He knew she hated him almost as much as he hated her, and was glad for her absence. With her being gone, half the battle had already been won.
In the next half a second, he held eye contact with Luna, and realized that the second half of the battle still had to be fought. Her eyes showed that she already knew he was faking when he said that nothing happened. He wouldn’t be able to get away with convincing her that he still wasn’t who he said he was, and it limited his options for what to do next greatly. But that wasn't to his detriment. It simply solidified what he had wanted to do anyway
In the following second, he met Radiant Hope’s gaze. They had known each other for years, and knew each other well at that, so it only took a second of eye contact for the two to say everything they needed to say. In that eye contact, they briefly told each other of the danger of staying here, and made a quick plan about what they should do and how to proceed.
And then, after those two seconds were over, Sombra acted.
Luna was speaking truthfully in her promise of not hurting him unless he attacked or tried to escape, and because of that, she was just a hair too late in defending herself from Sombra. She could see what spell he was casting, and was a moment away from stopping it when he turned her into stone. It was a spell he alone knew, which was why he used it. He knew it wasn't something they'd be able to easily undo. The next moment, he fell out of the bed and onto the floor in agony, the pain coming from his use of the spell and what that fool had done. It turned out to be lucky for him though, because the instant later, Princess Cadance violently shot the space he’d been laying in, taking out the bed and the wall behind it, some pieces of rubble hitting the ponies in the room.
“Hope!” he yelled, but she already knew what he was asking. The moment before Cadance and Shining Armor’s next shot could hit him, the two teleported away.
The Princess of Love wore an angry look, growling for a few seconds before stamping a hoof hard to the ground and letting out a scream of rage.
“ARRRGGGHH! I KNEW IT!" she got out. "LUNA'S SUCH AN IDIOT!"
Twilight frowned at what Cadance had said, not liking that she was speaking badly of the blue alicorn. However, instead of commenting on this, she simply whispered, "It looks like Princess Celestia might have been right all along…"
"Of course she was right! She's always right! She's Celestia! And now Sombra's escaped and Luna got herself turned into stone because she didn't listen to her sister!" The Princess of Love growled lowly for a few seconds, then let out another scream.
"Cadance, calm down!" Shining Armor told his wife. "What are we going to do?"
She closed her eyes and took several breaths to gather herself somewhat. "A plan," she thought. "A plan is what we need. You're in charge now and it's likely all of Equestria is counting on you to think of something. We need a plan..." She thought of what to do for a few seconds before speaking again. "Shining!" she snapped, her husband jumping back in surprise as she turned towards him. "Get to the Crystal Heart now and make sure it's still there. If it is, guard it. If not, put the Crystal Empire on lockdown, and make sure to guard Chrysalis's cell."
"On it," he responded, and quickly teleported away.
“Twilight,” Cadance snapped, “I need you to gather your friends and get back here as quickly as possible. There’s a high likelihood that they already took the Crystal Heart, and it might be up to you and your friends to stop him.”
"Okay! Um, what are you going to do?” the Princess of Friendship asked.
“I don’t know yet, but I think I have an idea. I need to get to Canterlot.”
were going to demote the crystal princess for being a child
I just hope that the truth comes out and candy butt learns there really was a difference between sombra and not-sombra. I get the feeling that even if that happens, it's a long time coming...
So they're all too stupid to realize it was something Radiant Hope did? It figures none of them would, or maybe they're just so obsessed with murder they don't care.
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Yes, Twilight and Shining understand this. We just haven't gotten that far yet
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or make it weird for her by having the mc go into her body insted
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Shining Armor not being stupid and bloodthirsty? From how things have gone that's pretty hard to believe. Even if he isn't in favor of murder like Celestia, its hard to believe he wouldn't just jump on this as the excuse he was desperately seeking for to kill Alex.
Say, what DID they do with Celestia? Did they actually banish her like NMM or just put her under some flimsy house arrest?
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Can't spoil
so their not even considering radiant hope screwed them over and are assuming Sombra was playing them from the start?
technically Celestia were right and that's the worst time of smug bastard type of right you can be.
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To Crystal Duchess?
You’d think all the princess’s would have thought to get petrification wards by this point.
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Their perception of Radiant Hope is Sombra's accomplice, which is correct. She was always screwing them over to help Sombra.
I still wonder if 'the human' is a seperate being or not. Perhaps a alternative human version of him without dark magic and less evil in his life? At this point everything is open...
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She and Celestia.
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Maybe next chapter?
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Since Sombra had magical contact with Luna the Moon Princess would have more sence/change to get him transfered.
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Agreed. Literally the most effectivly anti Alicorn spell up to now...
Nothing is making sense here. What happened to the humane? Did he just kill himself, or did he just trade places with King Sombra? If the later, where they one and the same or on different realms or something?
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he got sent back home while sombra got his body back
You'd think Cadance or Shining would have been maintaining an anti-teleport field. That little series of events went waaay to smoothly. Is Murphy nearby?
Here's to hoping our hapless human figures something out soon enough...
Keep going! ;)
If Alex ever gets back into Sombra's body while Luna is still in stone... Boy, he's not going to have a good time.
Yeahhhh.... I know it’s only my reader’s perspective allowing me to know the whole story, but, why would he wait to fight back until the moment he was injured, Caddy?
Both of them have brains the size of a peanut
Discord even said that it wasn't Sombra at the beginning
Like I hope Sombra will kill Cadence, he would do a big favor for the Empire to not be ruled by that moron
She said it herself that they would attack if Sombra did something
How the fuck Luna has enough time to see the attack, be stoned and they still didn't fucking shoot him. How fast was Sombra rolling from the bed in pain to not ge shoot?
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I agree with them being a bit dumb and biased, but uhhh...
...Killing Cadance is a bit overboard, no?
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She has to be removed from the throne if she is that stupid
What do you think is the other way?
Banishment ?
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Stripping her of her title (or retraining)?
Seriously, why is killing her the only choice?
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Wasn't this story in his perspective?
This is what rage foresees when confronted with cunning.
Let's see what else stupidity will reply.
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Because there probably wouldn't be another way that would work?
She wouldn't just give up the throne just like that on her own
Other alicorns wouldn't support stripping her of her title and her, will be overprotective husband controls the military
...Fuck, now I actually have to wait for more.
FUCK.
Oh no
Oh shoot! Another problem..
Keep it up!
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yes. now the story is from sombra's POV
So they are both one and the same??? sorry i'm slow when it comes to fics like this. took me forever to understand the Rainbow Dash one awhile back.
Great, a trigger happy princess who thinks shes in right.
I truly hope that both her and celestia realize the're more bloodthirsty than sombra right now.
Shit is going south real fast, and I have no idea what's going to happen or if Alex will return or not
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Even with amnnesia you generally retain a big part of your personality.
Him being only amnesiac would have ended poorly for him in almost every scenario.
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Good...that's all I got to say about it.
This is what I think of Princess Cadence....
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Furthermore, I hope she falls into her dark side form like Celestia too. That 528% Royal Bitch!
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Anime eyes contact speaking.
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Stoning is magic
Oh, yes! I love villains! Sombra, you're just amazing! I really hope that he and his girlfriend will end up making fools of everyone. And yes, I really hope that this man will not return to the plot anymore, he is an absolutely vile, disgusting character who only spoils the plot.