“The Crystal Empire is in King Sombra’s hands, and Princess Celestia and Luna are gone,” Princess Cadance announced to a room full of Canterlot nobility.
Several ponies fainted dead away, and many more gasped in shock, their jaws falling to the floor. Their princess, their perfect, immortal princess of the sun… was gone? They couldn’t believe it. They heard she was dealing with something of high importance and might not be seen again for quite a while, however, they weren’t expecting this. They weren’t expecting to hear that Sombra had returned, and certainly didn’t think that he could possibly win against their beloved princess…
“I urge you all to stay calm,” Cadance spoke with authority before they could ask questions and start to panic. “The bearers of the Elements of Harmony are currently working to stop him and bring back the princesses. As well, in the unlikely event the Elements are brought down, I have reason to believe that he will not be looking to conquer the whole of Equestria, and should be satisfied with the Crystal Empire.”
“Why would they lose?” somepony asked worriedly, barely able to keep himself calm. “Why wouldn’t he try and take over all of Equestria?”
“Unfortunately, I can’t disclose the answers to those questions,” the alicorn responded. “However, I ask you all once again to stay calm and rest assured that all is not lost. In the unlikely event that we do see him try to take over Canterlot and Equestria, we have preparations in place to assure his defeat and secure ourselves.”
Princess Cadance sat on Celestia’s large throne in the now empty room, staring blankly at both everything and nothing. It was almost surreal to her that she was here right now, and she was still processing everything that happened.
Celestia was gone. Luna was gone. She was almost certain that Twilight and her friends were gone, although she had yet to confirm that. She knew her husband, Shining Armor, didn’t stand a chance against Chrysalis, and with as cocky as the draconequus was, she was certain that the combination of Sombra and Radiant Hope would be enough to take down even Discord. If events played out the way she expected they would, she would be the sole ruler of Equestria, her daughter, Flurry Heart, being the sole heir.
Sure, she could try and take steps to defeat Sombra. She could check the archives for a spell to bring Celestia back from her banishment and defeat the stallion if she liked, but why would she do that? Celestia was out of her mind with rage, and that wasn’t something she particularly felt like dealing with. Besides, the former princess only brought it on herself. The immortal Princess of the Sun, the same one who had ruled Equestria for hundreds of generations, had gone completely insane just from interacting with one stallion. It was quite remarkable, the way she was able to let her emotions be affected and her judgment become clouded by him. To be fair though, Cadance had intentionally edged her on, expecting her darker side to come out. And it worked.
“This is my throne,” the Princess of Love, no, the Princess of Equestria, whispered to herself. “This is my throne.”
She still couldn’t believe what Celestia had done to her, or, what was planning on doing to her. She fully expected to see Twilight Sparkle take up a position of power, and could honestly say that she was happy to see it, too. She was the filly she helped guide over the years, and almost took some pride in the fact that she was moving up in the world. At least, until Celestia had announced that she would rule Equestria instead of her. It felt like a kick in the gut to her, after all she’d accomplished, after all she’d been through, to be relegated to the background by somepony who just became an alicorn. Somepony who was practically still a filly. Sure, she’d done a lot to help Equestria, but she wasn’t ready to lead Equestria. Twilight herself even admitted so, on several occasions. And yet, Celestia wouldn’t relent. She chose Twilight over the pony she raised.
And then Shining Armor had the nerve to say he agreed with her, to say that Twilight deserved to rule Equestria over his wife. Over his daughter! She made sure to raise that specific point with him, and yet he wouldn’t back down. “My little sister has worked hard and deserves to be ruler of Equestria,” he told her. He was saying that she deserved to lose out, that Flurry Heart deserved to lose out. They deserved to lose to somepony who didn’t even want it! That after all she'd been through, she still deserved to lose.
“This is my throne,” she told herself again with conviction. "This. Is. My. Throne."
Eventually, somehow, she found herself holding her sleeping daughter while walking slowly back and forth through Celestia’s bedroom. No, her bedroom. She walked back and forth across her bedroom holding her foal as the filly started to stir.
"Daddy?" Flurry Heart asked as she opened her tired eyes and briefly looked around.
"Daddy's not here right now, sweetie," Cadance answered in a soothing sort of voice. "Daddy might not be coming back. But you don't need to worry about that. You just go back to sleep now."
"Daddy..." the foal sniffed out sadly as she closed her eyes again.
“It's going to be okay,” she whispered as she set her daughter back down. "Mommy did this all for you."
She really had done it, and quite successfully in fact. Making a pact with Sombra, fueling Celestia’s anger and hatred and pushing her to her emotional limit, creating a spell that Starswirl the Bearded would’ve been proud of… she really had outdone herself. For a little while, she was sure that Luna would discover what she was doing, but somehow, to her great fortune, she hadn’t. It was perfect. She had created a no lose situation for herself. If Twilight managed to defeat Sombra, she was certain she wouldn’t mind her ruling Equestria, and could explain that she was here making sure Canterlot was secure while she was doing that. If Discord defeated him and brought Luna back, she knew she'd be able to convince her to give her a position of power, and could simply wait for her to retire like she was planning on doing. If Sombra won, which was the most likely scenario to her, she knew he would be more obsessed with enacting revenge on the Crystal Empire than he would be in controlling Equestria. More importantly than that, Sombra wasn’t an alicorn. One day, he would grow old and die and that would be the end of him. By that time, Flurry Heart would be more than capable of running the Crystal Empire. And then, in however many thousand years, when she herself was ready to retire, she would leave running the whole of Equestria with her. It would be a storybook ending for Cadance, for both of them. With these things in mind, she made a mental note to announce that she and Sombra had come to "an agreement" about how he wouldn't try and take over Equestria. She knew many wouldn't like it, but would accept the outcome. She was an alicorn after all, as well as the Ruler of Equestria.
“Mommy did this all for you,” she whispered again, lying to her little filly.
"I swear if she lied to me, no one will be happy..." Alex growled.
Unless you plan to show that cadence was the reason Alex got pulled here in the first place just for her to take over the throne there will be more chapters. Because I love reading this but I also want shit explained
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Let me make sure I'm reading this correctly. If Cadance was the reason, 8-End should be fine. If Cadance wasn't the reason, there needs to be more?
Well that's a twist.
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Yes. Sorry if I sounded like a dick or something
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No, you didn't sound that way. You're fine.
And yes, I am directly stating that Cadance was the reason for Alex's being in Equestria.
Well Cadence have just dug herself a GRAVE!!!!!! If Alex or even Twilight found out Cadence's mess up plan and being a TOTAL BITCH to everypony. I be waiting to see her Karmic Retribution and DEATH!
This Cadance betrayed them for power is a great plot twist but... Alex accepting? I dont know
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Well that's F***** up. That means I NEVER reading that series ever! If I was there, I just beat the Crap out of the Evil Pony Bastards. And just shoot Silver myself, for being a Pathetic P****. And a TOTAL embarrassment to ALL Males everywhere! And giving him a Mercy Death. So he can be happy in the afterlife, and will probably get a BETTER life in his reincarnation.
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That's a very GOOD point. Plus, it makes Sombra being a BETTER PONY THAN Amore and Celestia!
The Mane Six, and Luna SHOULD think this.
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I rather have Alex give her the Karmic Punishment that she DESERVE!!!!
Oh
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would alex becoming an alicorn while cadence looses hers be along those lines as thats what i hope happens in the end. im at least hopeing for alex to be cleard of all charges and everyone to get talked to
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I prefer Cadence being dead, or brutality tortured in Tartarus. Since I'm a "No Mercy" type to very Horrible, and Traitorous Evil Bitches and Asshole People/Ponies. But, I like that option. 😈
Plus, the Main Six, Luna, and ESPECIALLY Celestia giving a HUGE APOLOGY to Alex! Alex could say he WAS a MLP Brony Fan, and that he now HATES them, and SHOULDN'T visit Earth ever! That should give their Guilt increased on a Thousand Fold!
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Well with you opening Pandoras Box because of this chapter, you either need to wrap it all up in 8-end, which would - by my estimate - take somewhere around at least 7k words, or explain what the hell is happening in smaller chapter in the chapters 9. You can't just "rush" the ending I think is the sentiment of shadow wolf, for a given value of rush.
Cadence, can you feel my hatred? Has anyone ever told you you're a sociopathic bitch? If not, let me be the first. By the way, I brought my scythes.
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Yes, I do plan on having 8-End to be a long chapter
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none suspectid the pretty pink pony princess with a daughter, husband and apparently is the princess of love to be this evil but maby it comes with the teritory as we now know what happend to sombra was done by another love princess.
Cadence is right when she says Twilight probably isn't ready to rule. And her reasons for being mad are understandable.
But are the risks she is taking to secure the throne worth it? Not so sure about that.
I’m sorry, WHAT?! I am NOT okay with this. If there’s only one chapter left, then you’d better make it the most satisfyingly karmic ending in the history of endings, because I am VERY pissed off right now.
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yea at this point if she is this good at what she is doing she needs to be violently depowerd maby by sombra if he can see what he is doing.
i do hope that at the end they dont just sweep this under the rug as she has caused pain and suffering to another being and should go down in history as an evil princess not a princess that was good and was corruptid as she was raised under celestia so if anything is the sorce of all evil then its celestia.
but yea at the end of the day im guessing we can both agree on a vaige outline of final things
cadnece: dead or other extream punishemnt
alex: accendid or powerd up
sombra: maby reformed or redemed
My opinion of Cadence in this story now:
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did you get in touch with a certain m.night, cause this twist came out of nowhere unless someone brought out an analysis machine and went over every chapter.
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I'll certainly try and make it so
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Punishment for Cadence? Yeah, but not extreme and most certanly not death, Celestia's incompetence needed to be rectified, and while i agree Cadence's ways are not good, they aren't irredeemably evil either.
Truth be told, the punishment for Cadence would need to be based on the future, would she actually be a good ruler? Her actions are very hard to judge in the short run. As the good that could come out of it would be in the long run.
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Your not the only one. I like for some Bad Karma to the Pony Assholes/Bitches right about now too!!!
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Loading up the BFG 9000 and 10000
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Please do.
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if cadnece turns into a nightmare version of herself it will be the second alicorn fall celestia caused
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Oh boy!
That does it, Celestia is the WORST Ruler in history! Being her making Stupid mistakes, her cocky arrogance and anger, and causing other Alicorns to become their "Corrupted Evil" selfs.
Is it a sign that the Alicorns, or the Princesses themselves are being horrible and pathetic Rulers, and SHOULDN'T rule in the first place?!
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well luna seems ok but but as with twilight they are both close to celestia and are unlikely to go against her fully if she is doing wrong. twilight wont because celestia is her mentor and luna wont because there is likely still nightmare moon discutions going round so going against her sister fully would be unwise for her.
so luna is good but needs to slap some sense into her sister
celestia needs to get slapped and made to see that she needs to change
twilight would move mountins for celsetia and the corruption of her step sister is the kick she needs to see that celestia is messing things up by accidnt but still causing stuff like this to happen.
but yea i hope alex gets something out of this mess as all he has got so far is pain.
if the story continues into another or after this is fixed then it would be interesting to see what alex does in equestira
neat
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Saying ¨fuck you¨ to the one who was supposed to get the throne, and giving it instead to someone who not only isn't ready to get it, but who also doesn't even WANT it....
Add to this the fact that Cadence have an heir, not Twilight, that is a very important thing to consider in a monarchy.
All of that while also saying ¨fuck you¨ to her sister Luna, whom will also have to retire after just coming back.. Celestia, you might have ruled for a thousand years, but not Luna.
And what about Prince Blueblood? He is also getting the short end of the stick, i'd like to see his opinion on the matter, maybe he has a few words to share with Cadence and Celestia?
Yeah no, with all that, i can't see Cadence as evil, just spiteful and with reasons.
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Well those "reasons" DOESN'T excuse her for her actions! And having a innocent Human like Alex get into the cross fire. And with Prince Blueblood, I don't know? It's just that MOST Stories depict him as a snob up royal bastard! So I doubt he will be the "right" candidate as the Main Ruler of Equestria.
wow. that was one hell of a plot twist! I'm really curious how the heck you're going to wrap everything up with just one more chapter. This is exciting! But also sad, just one chapter left? I feel you can add a lot more to this story :(
That basicly how i expect Cadance plans to end...
To think near the End it Was Cadence that was acting like the villain this time is in a sense refreshing, but also dangerous. The alicorn of Love can be beloved or feared.and with what she did could be a one way trip to Tartarus for life if Luna or Celestia find out. Twilight might get confused and pissy if she learns the truth as well.
Hope to read MOAR soon!!!
I see, so what has been bugging me was revealed. Several hints has been shown something was wrong with Cadance but not sure why. I am looking forward to seeing how s**t hit the fan later.
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We don't even know what alex is at this point, and even Sombra and Cadence might not be sure themselves. Any action against him are completely nulified if he does not even exist.
And even if he did, people being caught in the crossfire is just the reality of conflict, you can't just cower and do nothing because you fear crossfire, or else your ennemies will just laugh at you and take over everything.
Blueblood being a snuck up bastard is a fandom thing exaggerating his show personality by treating his actions unfairly in favor of Rarity despite the fact that she was acting like a gold-digging bitch. Anyway i'm derailling on that, point is, Blueblood's position should put him much above Twilight when it comes to getting the crown, and him not even being mentionned is an enormous fuck you.
Her (Cadence's) actions are not as bad as you seems to think they are, Justice cannot exist if no one knows how to use a sword. By that i mean that Celestia's actions have consequences, and Cadence is in a position that makes it very understandable for her to react, aka to enact the consequence.
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Alex is a REAL Person/Human, hello! And "him" being just an "Imaginary Friend" or a "Spilt Personality" of Sombra sounds FRICKIN Stupid!!!!
I mean Alex knows about Normal Human things like the MLP Show, Fandom, Earth and America!!!! And there was the Doctor/Psychologist section. I DON'T think it's all "made up" in Sombra's mind or Radiant Hope's magic. I mean, How the hell can Sombra know all of this IF Alex wasn't "real" in the first place!I
Plus, Radiant Hope is just saying BULLSHIT CRAP! I don't think she can just projecting a "Spilt Personality" inside Sombra's mind. NOT even Cadence, Celestia, or any other pony either.
Besides, Even IF Alex is "fake", HOW can he learn stuff that only a REAL HUMAN would know!!! Everypony DOESN'T know about Earth's basic stuff, America 🇺🇸, or the MLP: Friendship Is Magic Show/Fandom anyway, unlike Alex!
It's official, Alex is REAL, and a REAL HUMAN!!! Plus, I DON'T like the Ponies to get away with there bullshit! And it WON'T be "nulified", since there's a GOOD POSSIBLE reason that Alex is Real Person!!!
For Blueblood, he wasn't even in the story for some reason. So he is possibly irreverent or unimportant in the story.
For Cadence, why do you think it's not that bad! Sure, I get that Celestia's imprisonment is her own fault. BUT, Cadence provoked Celestia to being more Angered in the first place. And HOW is this "justice" when Luna, Twilight, Shining Armor, and the Mane Five are still in trouble. And let's not forget that of the REAL Sombra, Radiant Hope, ( and possibly Chrysalis) are still in play here.
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The way the multiverse works completely nulifies the importance of what Alex knows or not (Anything he can invent will always exist somewhere, that is not knowledge, that is just how the multiverse is)
And disregarding all of this, Cadence does not live in our world, she have ZERO proof of those, you should learn to put yourself in a character's perspective before judging them on actions based on things they can't know.
Being in this story or not changes nothing, Blueblood exists in-universe, so being mentionned or not Blueblood is both a valid argument and a victim of Celestia's shit.
Celestia reapt what she sow, Luna didn't deserve it, Shining Armor was a bitch to his wife and his kid in favor of a sister who didn't even want the crown, Twilight didn't deserve it, and the main 5 didn't deserve it either.
For all of those who didn't deserve it, remember that their current fates are in no way permanent, Cadence can just secure her hold on the throne, and then negociate a prisonner thansfer with Sombra and be done with it.
What an interesting twist, vary settle yet very effected. Though the execution could have fared a bit better, it also justifiable in a sense. In the show, Twilight actually became the ruler of Equestria and there is a chance that Cadence may have a grudge against Celestia and her reasons, some evidence could be inflected in the fall of sunset shimmer and some other non-canon fiction. Hopefully, once I Am Not Sombra is finished, I really hope that this concept could be fully utilized like a different timeline and or alt. universe where Cadence rules over the country. Now that would be interesting and there will be questions, who will be the new element holders, what's happening to the kingdom, is the relationship of both Mother and Daughter be, and what conflict's that they pursue in this hypothetical scenario.
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For the Multiverse thing. WHAT do you mean by that?! Even though I know about the Multiverse Theory. I'm still confused by it, since it is HUGE concept. With different Timelines, Alternate Universes/Worlds/Dimensions, etc..
For Cadence, I NEVER said Cadence was in our world, or heard about Earth. I said that Alex is a REAL Human being. And I DON'T care about her perspective, what she's doing is bad ( despite her reasons). And I see A LOT of Commenters agree that she is a manipulating Bitch. And she should have DESERVED some Karmic Punishment! And Alex FINALLY getting his Justice of Vengeance.
For Bluebood. Okay then, IF Blueblood is still an important candidate on whose the rightful Leader of Equestria. WHY didn't the author themselves reveal him or involve him in the past chapters? Plus, I don't think Cadence want to "Share" the leadership with Blueblood anyway.
Now with the others. Twilight didn't want it anyway, her Friends somewhat agree with her. And Celestia DOES DESERVE her Punishment. But for Shining Armor? He is just trying to be a GOOD Brother. And you are just being too harsh on Shining. I don't see him being a "Bad Father" to Flurry Heart.
For Cadence, he could have just said an counterargument to Cadence like this: "Why would you want to Rule the ENTIRE Land of Equestria, when we already RULE the Crystal Empire ourselves. PLUS, ruling a bigger Kingdom than the Crystal Empire sounds A LOT OF HARD WORK!!! And more Paperwork to file." I just think Cadence is being a Greedy Bitch and just want more Power of a leader.
And why do you think Luna DIDN'T deserve it either? Didn't you say earlier that Luna shouldn't retire, because she didn't rule the kingdom that long ( Because of her Corruption of Nightmare Moon and Imprisonment on the Moon.) like Celestia did. Luna DOESN'T have a GOOD excuse to give up her crown unlike Celestia.
Finally, this one is the my main concern. Because, what you said sounds a little ridiculous. WHY would you think Cadence want to make a deal with the REAL Sombra, of all Ponies! In fact, WHY would you think Sombra wants to cooperate with his enemies in the first place.
Think about it. Sombra is an Evil and greedy Tyrant, and he is NOT the type to just give up and call it a truce with Cadence and others. Besides, King Sombra ( and Radiant Hope) are THIS close of winning.
Celestia is already gone. Discord is defeated. Mane Six, Spike, and Luna are his prisoners. Shining Armor is probably captured by Chrysalis. ONLY Cadence and Flurry Heart remain. WHAT'S stopping Sombra from finishing the job and just CONQUERING the Entire Land of Equestria, instead of just the Crystal Empire. He already tried to do it in the Season 9 first two episodes.
Sombra will say something like this. Sombra: "Why rule one little Empire ( Crystal Empire) , when I could rule the an ENTIRE Continent ( Equestria)!!!"
I mean come on! Cadence is just being very Gullible to trust a VILLAINS word to NOT attack Equestria anymore. And there is one thing you forget, What about Queen Chrysalis? I doubt she wants to give up her evil ways, and to make a deal with Cadence either.
And earlier you said Cadence can just wait for Sombra to die of Old Age. That sounds like Stupid Thinking on Cadence's part. Sombra is NOT stupid. He can just use his Dark Magic or Shadow Magic to give himself Immortality or something. Or FIND a way to make himself a Alicorn. If Twilight found a way, WHY can't Sombra find and use Starswirl's Notes as well?! He could have just make a "New" form of Magic like Twilight did ( But using Dark Magic). And he can "earn" his Wings and immortality in his own twisted way.
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What i mean is that him ¨knowing¨ about our world can just be a fluke, If i were to make up a story to the president to pretend i am an alien, my story would be true in another world, perhaps even in that other world there would be a fanfiction story of me talking about them. And it woudn't change the fact that i am telling bullshit.
Calling for her death is an enormous overreaction, especially considering her reasons, not only that, when judging someone, you need to take things into perspectives, yes, there is objective truth, but objective truth does not apply to the ¨is Alex real?¨ situation when judging her morality.
Whatever, the Author probably just didn't think about him, it doesn't change that he's fucked by Celestia thought.
As a monarch, fucking up your children's heritage is a HUGE fuckery. ¨Be a good brother¨? By pushing your sister to do something she does not want?
First part makes sense, second part is assumptions, maybe Cadence made lots of plans for Equestria and now they're fucked? Whatever, still does not change that being denied the helm of a world power at the last minute for retarded reasons is reason enough to be mad.
? What? Yeah Luna does not deserve punishment, i don't see the point of that part.
Why? Because she ALREADY made a deal with him perhaps? As is written in the story?
Read above, if he already made a deal, then it means he is at least talkable.
Because of whatever reasons Cadence have to believe he won't.
Read above, you are making assumptions.
Chrysalis is already imprisonned though, and while Sombra is, for us, a villain from a show, to Cadence he is a living being from her world with his own thoughts and ambitions, not sure how i should be wording it, but to try: Him trying to conquer Equestria is not set in stone, give him reasons not to and he wont.
What the hell are you talking about? I never said that, CADENCE said that in the story. To expand on what she does say however, yeah that is indeed stupid thinking.... unless she knows something about the Umbrum that we don't.
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Well I still think Alex is a Real Human being, and he wasn't saying Bullcrap flukes. BUT, let's just say he is "Fake" all along. Then HOW can the REAL Sombra, Radiant Hope make a Artificial Human Character like "Alex", and learn about Earth and our Human culture. And how can "Alex" have emotions, and the MLP Fandom, and Earth. I doubt he can make a "made up" story on the fly.
For Luna, I didn't say punishment. I met that Luna should have kept her Royal title.
Sucks for being Blueblood I guess.
Chrysalis is imprisoned. Oh.
Okay my mistake on the last one. I read the chapter and thought you respond to it, my bad. Nevertheless, Sombra COULD make himself Immortal. And still wants to Rule the Crystal Empire. I mean, Umbrums might have some type of immortality like the Alicorns or something.
But, I also thought he wants to expand his land, and Rule everything as well. Plus, I DOUBT Luna, Twilight and the others (once they are free), are gonna let Cadence make a deal with a Villain like Sombra. And just let Sombra and Radiant Heart walk away, after everything they have done. And rule the Crystal Empire with an Iron Fist. And probably enslave the Crystal Ponies too. Which is very BAD!
I personally don't think that Cadence's Deal will work anyway. Because Sombra has almost won anyway, and could have just take and rule the Entire Continent if he wanted. And Both Sombra and Alex DON'T LIKE and Despise Cadence. So I don't think they want to make a truce with somepony like her.
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As i told you, he does not need to learn about Earth and shit, he just need to have a complex spell that enable him to have lots of imagination. He spill a bullshit story, and it just happens that it makes sense for us due to everything (that includes us) existing in the multiverse.
Magic makes it very easy to give emotions to a construct, especially if the construct shares your brain aka what gives you emotions in the first place.
I agree that Luna should have kept her royal title, but you answered to me talking about her not deserving a bad fate through Cadence's schemes.
As for the gang accepting a deal with Sombra, i can see them accepting a ceacefire with reluctance, after all, if your ennemy won, yet accepted to free you, there are lots of chances that you'll just take what you get and fuck off.
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The only thing I'm responding to is the Umbrum thing. They're not aging or dying for the same reason Radiant Hope didn't age or die while she was with them in their prison for a thousand years. They aren't immortal.
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Hi other me!
It’s almost like Cadence isn’t aware that when the chips are down alicorns tend to lose.
Oh F you Cadence