> Sombra's "Queen" > by Foxaholic > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Say hello to the Queen! > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~???, ???~ Owwww... My head hurts... Oh hey I'm conscious! So that means I'm still alive, right? Woooo! Pasta-Hallelujah! Wait... But that explosion should have killed me, since I was exactly in the place of the explosion when I pushed my assistant away... Hmm... Maybe I survived and became a mutant! Oh, that'd be awesome! Even if I became something like a slime, that'd still be great! Since I could probably change my form at wish! Am I too excited about something that could probably change my life for eternity? Nah, it's probably normal. I mean, I am not called a genius for nothing! How can a genius such as I not be excited?! Oh but my psychologist did tell me I'm batshit crazy, but when was he ever right? He even told me that I will be soon sent to a mental hospital, but here I still am, the greatest genius in the entire world! Hahaha! And I almost succeeded in accomplishing my thesis about humans being capable to morph into whatever they wish if they posses enough energy and mass! How was it called? Hmm... Oh! Metamorphosis! Yes! And if I am right this could be a giant breakthrough! Oh but, due to that silly assistant, who messed up and created an accident which caused quuuuiiiiite a big explosion, due to the gigantic concentration of mass in one place. What was he even trying to do? Recreate the Big Bang? Pff! That's just plain out silly! We don't even know if it actually happened! Many support it, but I still stand strong to my point that- Ah... I'm getting off topic again... Hmm... I wonder if I can open my eyes... Nope! Can't move either, which means that my body is the following. In a vegetative state, which would be horrible, and I wish they'd unplug my life support instantly. Paralyzed, which would still be horrible but it won't suck as much since I would still be able to proceed with my thesis. I could be in a coma, which is... Meh. I could also be dead... Nah... What else could have happened?... Hmm... Oh! I'm starting to be able to open my eyes! Wonderful! ~???, Sombra POV~ This is simply disgraceful! How can I have been defeated, AGAIN?! If only they didn't realize that I broke free from the prison so early! If only I was able to gather more strength... ARGH! I need to stop with all these stupid excuses! What I truly need is allies... Yes... Allies... But who? Hmm... There's Discord, but he's waaaay too annoying. And he'll probably put cotton candy clouds everywhere or some other stupid things that he likes! Chrysalis? No... No that'd be a bad idea... Like a REALLY bad idea. Tirek... I'm not stupid. So the only choice seems to be to try to summon someone to help me... That seems to be the only logical option... Yes... I'll do that... Here goes nothing... ~A giant magical summoning circle and explosion later~ That went horribly... *cough* The smoke is so annoying. I can't see if it succeeded or not... I quickly use a spell to clean the smoke by absorbing it into my horn... What? It could be useful later for my entrance... Oh? There's something there. Something white... As I look more carefully I notice the most beautiful mare I have ever seen in the entirety of my life. Her coat was pure white, just like her long beautiful mane, which was flowing in an nonexistent breeze. Her figure could only be described as godly, she had a body that would make even goddesses of beauty jealous, with a perfect hourglass figure. Her naked body was so beautiful that I just couldn't take my eyes off of her- Aaaaand I'm drooling... I should stop staring so much at her and see if she's alright. The moment I think that she slowly opens her eyes, revealing two giant glowing ruby orbs that looked like the life essence of the fire elemental lords. Oh she's looking at me... Uh oh... Her eyes kind of scare me... ~???, POV~ Ah... Where the hell am I? Everything is so dark~ Why is there a red glow coming from my eyes- Wait. There is a figure in all the darkness. Something, wearing some sort of armor, along with a crown and a cape that looked like the ones kings wear. It- or better said he, since the figure looked like a man's, had catlike red eyes, the white part of the eye was green instead, and his eyes had a purple flame like glow coming from them. Huh... I wonder why does he have the glow... Hmm... Oh I seem to be staring at him... Oh well. ~Sombra POV~ Alright... She's looking at me like the most adorable creature in the world... I wonder how it turned into this in less than a second after that scary look? ~???, POV~ Hmm... Something feels wrong... I look down and I see that my nose has changed into something that appears to be a muzzle... And I also appear to have gained some pure white fur and metallic white hair that seem to be flowing in an nonexistent breeze, the length seems to be the same as usual. Oh and I apparently have breasts now... And my dick is missing. Which means I have probably become a woman. Oh and I have a tail the same color as my hair. Cool. OH! Have I become a mutant?! Then I might still be somewhere ne- Oh wait... This... Thing in front of me doesn't look like a hologram, or a costume, so I'm 99.99% sure I'm either in the underworld, purgatory, or maybe... Just maybe... This might be another dimension! Oh that would be wonderful! Oh I should say something I've probably been sitting quie- Oh wait... Silly me! It's probably been only half a second due to how fast my brain is working. And they said I'm insane! HA! I should still say something to this creature. It's not polite to let others talk first, since he could be really useful. "Excuse me." Wow... My voice sounds reaaallly pretty. Neat. "My name is Shiro Hikari, would you please tell me who are you and where we are at the moment?" Aaaand his mouth is opening and closing without sound... *giggle* He doesn't look scary anymore. That's adorable, he got stunned by my beautiful voice. Oh? He is back to normal- Uh oh... I think he's angry... ~Sombra POV~ Alright... I did not expect that... Her voice is really pre- ARGH! NO! Enough with these stupid reactions! I am Sombra! The Shadow King! I will not let my mind be clouded by beauty! There must be a reason why she was summoned... "I am King Sombra! The true ruler of The Cristal Empire! I have summoned you to help me with reclaiming my empire, and regarding your last question, we are currently inside the shadow void, a special part of the void dedicated to me, The Shadow Emperor." She looks at me with widened eyes as a smile began slowly forming on her lips. "Oh, wonderful! Simply wonderful! A completely new world... All for me to mess with..." Then she broke into cute giggling right after she said that. "What?" I said dumbly. "Oh nothing, nothing! I was just talking to myself, nothing important." She said as she started looking herself over. "But wow... I sure as hell didn't expect such drastic changes! Especially to become a woman, but that is not important right now. Do you perhaps have some clothes? Being naked ins't one of my hobbies." What Shiro said made me quite surprised. I did not know the summoning could go into other dimensions, let alone change their body. But for now, let's get her some clothes, then we can discuss more important stuff. ~A day later, Shiro POV~ "Hmm... I know." I said right after he finished telling me the situation. "Really?" Sombra said in disbelief. "Oh believe me, it isn't that hard, it's quite simple actually. He... he... ha... ha... HA... HAHAHAA!" I said as I slowly broke into my usual fits of endless laughter, which made Sombra look quite creeped out. ~A month later, Cadence POV~ Great. Just great. Of course that something will happen just when me and Shiny go visit Twi... And to make matters worse, Sombra is back! AGAIN! Ugh... I want a break... "Twi, can you write a letter to the Princesses asking them for help with dealing with Sombra? Oh also can you bring your friends and the Elements of Harmony as well?" I asked my sister-in-law with a smile on my face. "O-Of course!" Said SparkleButt as she ran in a hurry. Ah... This is gonna be a pain... I'm gonna have to listen to that damn speech all over again... ~Next day, in front of the Cristal Empire, Cadence POV~ "I see quite a big lack o shadows and creepy crystals inside the Castle." Said Luna while chuckling. It was true, there seemed like nothing was wrong with it, you could say it even looked better than before. The guards were even smiling happily. As they escorted us to the throne room, passing trough the castle yards where the crystal ponies looked... Happy? Something is going on... I don't like this... "Princess, are you sure Sombra's back? It sure doesn't seem like it, and I'm pretty sure we got rid of him last time!" Said Rainbow Dash as she was flying lazily in the sky. "Yes Rainbow, I am sure that he is back. A cristal pony came running to me to tell me that. Maybe he brainwashed them to act like this. Anyway, don't let your guard down, we'll find out what's going on." I said with a serious expression as we entered the throne room, where we saw Sombra sitting on the throne, looking down, and next to him was a really beautiful white mare... I wanna murder her... HOW MANY GOD'S ASSES DO YOU HAVE TO KISS TO GET THAT KIND OF BODY?! HUH?!... Oh and she was screaming something at Sombra and stopped the moment she noticed us. "Sombra. You know what to do." The unknown mare said with a stern but beautiful voice. When she said those words, Sombra got up from his throne and as we all entered battle stances, he did something unthinkable. "I am sorry. I apologize for everything I've done, and ask of you, to open your hearts and please give me another chance. Another chance to be a good leader to the Cristal Ponies." """"""""""WHAT?!"""""""""" > You DON'T talk back to the Queen. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Greetings! It is I! The lovely Princess Luna! Last time, we found out that Sombra has come back! Again! Which is bad! I think... I kind of wanted to fight something though! But when we arrived and ready to fight him (I even had my favorite helmet on...), we found Sombra sitting on his throne looking down while a really pretty mare was screaming at him! But then, Sombra bowed to us and apologized! What a strange turn of events! If you wish to find out what happened next, read the next chapter! Your lovely Princess, Lulu! Is it alright like this? It was wonderful! Yeah it was awesome! It was alright... I would have done a better job though... *giggle* Thanks Tinyfin! Thanks Pinkie! Nyahahhahaha! Hehehehehehe! *pout* Don't worry Shiro, I haven't forgotten about you! *hug* Kyah! *blush* Don't hug me, you simple minded idiot! D'awww! That's so cute! Right, right? Shiro's the cutest! GAH! I hate you all! ~Sombra POV~ Hmm... Do I regret the summoning? Maybe. Do I take back what I thought about Shiro? Yup. Totally. Although I did expect her to be a little off, but I didn't expect her to go full on wrath god of punishment of others... I never in my long life have seen someone with such a colorful language and such powerful lungs. She went on screaming at me from the moment we met, all the while she helped me with taking back the throne and telling me the way we could probably get the empire back. I never in my life was glad to see Celestia come. At long last... The suffering of my ears is finally over. Now if only the pure burning agony from my ears will stop. Not to mention all the physical abuse along the verbal one. But now that I think about it... Maybe i wasn't all that bad- NO! I AM NOT A MASOCHIST! Ugh... I feel as hollow as Celestia when Luna ate all of Celestia's cakes right in front of her... ~Cadence POV~ Alright. This was a... surprise... I think I'm going to get along really well with that white lady. "Wait, wait, wait. Are you seriously apologizing?" Said Rainbow with a confused tone. "Yes, yes I am. I have seen the error of my ways. Shiro has shown me what being a true king is..." Sombra said all the while on the ground bowing to all of us. Then we all noticed how 'Shiro' was keeping him down with her hoof. “But why should we trust you? What reason do we have to even believe you aren’t lying?” Continued Rainbow with a growl. Shiro go up, stepping on Sombra, walked over to Rainbow, and made the most disturbing smile I’ve ever seen. “You don’t. You believe me. Not this idiot. Capiche?” She said all the while smiling, which startled the Element of Harmony, making her back off a little. “Was that a threat?” Said Luna with a stern voice. “A threat? Oh please, I couldn’t care less about this empire or those in it. Especially this stupid blockhead.” Shiro said while kicking Sombra again, making him grunt in pain. “Do you actually believe I’ll let this fuckhead rule this place alone? I’m here. so you don’t have to worry one bit.” “But how ca-” Started Rainbow before getting interrupted by Shiro. “You will. Because if you don’t, you’ll make me angry.” She said as she walked back to the throne. “And believe me... You don’t want to make me angry.” She said as she snapped her fingers and Sombra’s horn lit up and crystals appeared out of the ground surrounding her. Which almost impaled her, the sharp tips threatening to pierce her skin. “Don’t even think of trying anything. Since your life is in my hands.” She snapped her fingers and crystals appeared around all of us, in the same situation as around her, threatening to impale us.“ “Y-You wouldn’t d-do it...” Said Twilight while obviously looking scared. Sombra’s eyes were wide open as he tryied to say something but was interrupted before the words even left his muzzle. “I wouldn’t do it?” Shiro said while holding herself from laughing. “I WOULDN’T DO IT?! I WOULDN’T DO IT?!” After she said that she broke into what could only be called insane laughter. “YOU ACTUALLY THINK I WOULDN’T DO IT?! HILARIOUS! FUCKING HILARIOUS!” Her laughter turning into a creepy chuckle. “Watch this.” ~WARNING. QUITE EXAGGERATED AND UNNEEDED GORE AHEAD. IF YOU DON’T WANNA READ THAT SHIT SKIP TO THE NEXT THINGY LIKE THIS~ Opening her hand wide, she took the void black crystal and slammed it right between her middle and ring finger, cutting through skin and tendons like they were butter. The grotesque sound filled the room as blood started to rapidly come out covering both her hand and the crystal in a crimson color. In this interval of less then a second, I could see from the corner of my eyes the color of everyone’s face fading away. But she didn’t stop, she continued down her arm, tearing muscles and bone with a disgusting sound. However, her face was the worst thing out of this. She had an expression that you won’t even find in nightmares, an expression of pure insanity that even demons will get scared off. As she continued to cut her arm, the sides of it fell to the sides, offering a disgusting display of gore and blood. Slowly, a pool of blood appeared under her, and this happened in the span of a few seconds. Screams were heard but she didn’t stop. Cutting down to her elbow she continued, the sound of bone cracking and the sound of flesh splattering on the ground, luckily Sombra managed to stop her by making the crystal disappear in a cloud of black smoke, but it was obvious that she wanted to continue. ~Gore segment done. Would have been worse but then I’d have to put this story on mature, which I really don’t want to.~ “Do you still think I wouldn’t just kill you all?” Shiro said while chuckling. “Oh and don’t think you won’t get a punishment for stopping the show early Sombra.” Sombra chose to remain silent. “Wh-Why would you do such a thing to yourself?!” Rarity, who was watching in horror along with the others, screamed in horror to the white mare. “Because it’s fun!” Shiro said with a short laugh. “Don’t you dare talk back to me without having the guts to lose your life.” Everyone just looked at each other with a feeling of death slowly making itself known, then Shiro spoke again. “Here’s a deal. Give me a month. To rule this along with Sombra. If you decide we are still wrong, then I will personally kill Sombra and myself, and give you both of our heads. How’s that, Princess of Love?” I swear that voice is just fucking with me. It’s like it’s both arousing and scary at the same time. But anyway, I know my answer. “Deal. But please don’t disappoint me.” I said with a smile before teleporting all of us away. > The Queen's Slave, and the Queen's 'reform' of the Crystal Empire. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Cadence POV, Canterlot Castle~ "Well... That sure was something! Now... How should we handle it?" I ask everyone cheerfully. "Shouldn't we just use the Elements of Harmony or the Crystal Heart on Sombra and that crazy white chick?" Ahh... Damn it Shiny... "No, honey, no. Sombra did apologize, and he was honest, might I add." I tell him with the all knowing smile I know he hates, his response being an annoyed groan. "Are you sure this is a good idea? I mean, in that time he could prepare an army of some sorts." Said Luna with a worried look on her face. "Although I do hope that Sombra changed, what Luna said is right. So why give them the chance to potentially do so?" Continued Celestia. "To be honest... I don't trust Sombra either. But... That mare... Shiro... I really want to see what she'll do." To be honest... Something about her really captivates me... Yes, even the part where she butchered her hand. "So why not give her a chance, if not Sombra?" ''If you say so... But couldn't she be just as dangerous, if not more than Sombra? That's also a posibility." I heard Twilight say while he was writing something down in a notebook "That's also a possibility, but, as you have learned from the incident with Zecora, you can't judge others based on first impressions." Twilight's answer was provided by Celestia. "Now any other questions?" Were my words, which were followed by a long questions and answers session which lasted the rest of the day. ~Sombra POV, Sombra's Bedroom~ Never... NEVER... IN MY LIFE... Have I ever thought that I would be in this situation... Here I am... The Great Emperor of Shadows... Naked and tied up in my own bedroom, with a sadistic mare in a god damn skintight black latex outfit whipping me... SHE'S BEEN DOING THIS SHIT FOR HOURS! IT'S ALREADY MIDNIGHT! MY BACK IS FULL OF BLOOD GOD DAMN IT! HOW CAN YOU CAUSE SO MUCH PAIN WITH ONLY A WHIP AND YOUR NAILS?! If she can inflict this much pain with only one hand I really don't wanna see what she can do with two... She doesn't even seem to be in pain for fuck's sake... All because I retracted the crystals because I didn't want her to cause too much damage... Maybe this isn't so bad after all though- ARG THIS MARE IS FUCKING WITH MY HEAD! I NEVER WAS LIKE THIS! If brother saw me like this he'll make fun of me for decades... I just hope Shiro doesn't find out he exists... I DON'T WANT HIM HERE! "UGH! GOD DAMN IT WOMAN STOP IT!" I scream when I get whipped in a particularly sensible and bloody place. To my annoyance I found myself getting choked by her stupid whip. "You know... In my world there was once a man who used to impale people through their ass, so be quiet unless you want me to do that to you." The sadistic mare said with an enchanting but scary looking smile. "Uuuhhh..." The rest of the night was filled with my pained screams and Shiro's laughter. ~Shiro POV~ "Yaaaaaaawwnn~ Well that was fun! But, sadly, that puts us a little behind schedule... Damn..." As I kept mumbling to myself I left Sombra's room after changing into a Nazi general uniform... What? Did you actually think I was gonna be a docile and tame ruler? PFFFF! After they take the bait and believe we want to rule peacefully, and we get all the necessary resources, we'll go full blitzkrieg on their asses. I should do something about my arm, it is quite an annoyance, although I bandaged it and stopped the bleeding right after they left and before I started the punishing of Sombra, I really should find a way to replace it. Oh and also I should go on with my thesis after the month I'll prove myself worthy as a ruler. Now then, time to look over the laws, change some, get rid of others and make new ones. Hmm... Should I try the Vlad Țepeş approach? No... That'd be bad... Although it will certainly create order, cutting ponies' hands off would really pass for that stupid "Love and Tolerate" creed the ponies have. "Hey! You!" I say to a random passing maid, who turns to me. "Yeah, you! Take me to the crystal guard's training grounds." She was around for a few seconds before I added a little blood lust to my voice. "Now." To which she panicked and started leading me to my destination. Now that I look around, I realize that the castle is quite beautiful. I didn't notice before because I was busy training the fuck out of Sombra. Ooooh the walls are really well made! Even with the use of magic it is still really impressive. I'm sure it took really good craftsmanship. Hmm in case of emergency we could use the crystals the castle is made of to attack with. Wait... Sombra's magic works with crystals, the doesn't that mean- Wow... He isn't as stupid as I though he would be... Nevermind that, what should I do with these pathetic excuse of soldiers? Oh I know! Time to remember the times I was training my scientists and the time I was a drill instructor for a special unit agents! Oh the good times! So I suppose while Sombra gets to deal with whatever the fuck problems he has, I'll make some papers detailing what he should do with the laws and the punishments. Oh I should make a Taco Friday or something like that to give them something good, maybe increase their happiness! It's always good to have happy people under your rule. Now now... I'm going to give these so called 'soldiers' a training that will be sure to haunt them for GENERATIONS! Fufufufufu... This will be reeaaaaally fun! For me, of course! I will make sure of that... He... He... He... HeheheheheHAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Woops... scared the living shit out of the maid... Heh... Cute... Now... Where was I? Oh yes... How to scar the soldiers for generations and make them perfect killing machines! So, first, there's this, then there's that and... "U-Umm... Y-Your m-majesty? W-We a-arrived a-at t-the t-training g-grounds..." My train of thought was interrupted by the maid announcing that we arrived at our destination. "Yeah yeah..." I tell her as I wave her off. "You can fuck off now." She quickly ran away... Am I being too mean to the staff? Ah fuck 'em! I'm the Queen, I do what I want. Sombra? He's my slave now. Did anyone actually believe he's still the king? He has to prove himself worthy if he wants power. Now, now... Let's see what kind of a state these guards are in. As I walk in, I see some guards sleeping, some playing cards and others just messing around like 5 year olds... Oh god this is gonna be hard... "Ahem." Completely ignored. "AHEM." Ignored again... Time to go full on drill sergeant. ~Third Person POV~ "Stand at ATTENTION!" All the guards fell off wherever they were sitting and looked at the one who startled them, all of them confused, for the mare to dash at them and punch three of them into the ground breaking quite a few ribs. "WHEN I SAY THAT, YOU JUMP TO IT! YOU SOW!" She then threw the ones who didn't get plummeted into the ground at those who were situated further, who somehow managed to dodge. "WHO TOLD YOU TO DODGE, YOU PIECE OF SHIT TWATS?! WORTHLESS POND SCUM LIKE YOU ARE ONLY SUITED TO BE MY PUNCHING BAGS." She then proceeded to beat the ever living shit out of them until the only one who remained was the captain, Obsidian Heart, who was at the moment under the psychotic mare. "Now... Repeat after me... I am a worthless bag of flesh and blood, who only knows how to march forward and stab at whatever is in front of it like the dumb fuckhead that I am..." The white mare's words were piercing his soul. Obsidian however, refused to admit it. "N-NEVER!" Which was followed by him getting punched in the face. "Say it." Obsidian was scared shitless and his face was bloody, but he still refused "N-NO!". His face was then introduced to the thing that most creatures stay upon, and have their houses built on. The ground. Repeatedly. "Say it." He could barely talk but was still being as stubborn as a honey badger. "N-Nyeu" Obsidian barely managed to say, his response being a kick in the dick with the force to break Mt. Fuji in half, making him squirm in pain. "Last chance. Say it." After a short squeak he finally gave in. "I yam uh wyorthulesh byag uhf fhlesh undh bluuhd, uwhuh...Gyuuuu..." Shiro rolled her eyes. "Whatever... Good enough... Now... I'll deal with the soldiers later... Now to deal with the rules!" She left the training grounds laughing. ~Sombra POV~ God... It hurts... At least I'm able to walk now... I heard that Shiro has been to the training grounds, so I went there. I saw what could only be called a massacre. All the guards were bloody and dying... What the fuck happened here?! After I send them all to the infirmary I left for the throne room, hearing that she went there. There, in the throne room, on the throne itself, is Shiro, ripping to pieces the papers which had laws on them... Are you... Fucking... KIDDING ME?! > The Crystal Paladins and their Goddess. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Obsidian Heart POV~ "C'MON LADIES! I DON'T CARE ABOUT YOUR MANICURE, MOVE! MOVE THOSE FAT ASSES OF YOURS YOU FUCKING MAGGOTS! I'LL MAKE A MAN OUT OF YOU, YOU FAT BRAINLESS HOLLOW HEADED MANGINAS!" I hear our Queens voice thunder through the fierce storm. All of us are wearing armor with strong cold resistance enchantments, which aren't doing us much good with the insufferable cold and the snow hitting our snouts. We are barely able to move through the horrible snow. To add salt to injury, our Queen is only wearing a normal suit-like uniform, which doesn't have any enchantments on it and she is handling herself even better than us, barely even noticing the cold. "C'MON ALREADY! CAN'T HANDLE A LITTLE COLD?! ALL THOSE ENCHANTMENTS DID YOU NOTHING BUT MAKE YOU WEAK! AFTER THIS ALL OF YOU WILL STAY OUTSIDE IN THE STORM NAKED! Tsk... From the time she arrived... She's been putting us through training worse than Tartarus... It's only been a week but everything in our bodies seems to want to shut down... My men are barely keeping up, their bodies burning like fel fire, the fire of the demons, that is said to burn everything. This hellish training has been filled with exercises all day, beatings, barely any food, and the last time we slept was the day after she massacred all of us and healed us with the painful but fast healing magic the medics learned from her... I still remember that day, we were all sleeping peacefully after the healing, when all of a sudden the sleeping quarters were blown up by some kind of weapon she had, all of us being awoken by the fire and pain. The worst thing about it was her face... She held the most disturbing smile I've seen, filled with nothing but malice, for the Crystal Heart's sake, her smile was worse than Sombra's terror! From then on, she never once hesitated at shooting us whenever we made a mistake. She almost executed a few of us for disagreeing with her. She did something to us in the first day of the training, some kind of potion she put inside us with a syringe, it made us able to become stronger 100 times faster than normal, but it also made us all experience pain millions of times worse than anything we've ever experienced. Then she proceeded to the 'secrecy' training, which was her torturing all of us so we are not to divulge any secrets to enemies if we are captured. Which might I add, was really painful. All of that was soon followed by more and more impossible training. We were currently heading for the top of a mountain, or so we were told. We are trying to climb the side of the mountain which is quite challenging, since everything is covered in ice and there are very few visible rocks for us to grab onto for support. To make things worse, our Queen seems to find it amusing to throw rocks and ice spikes at us from above us where she is currently situated. None of us have any idea how she's able to get them while climbing and constantly being ahead of us. The cold is getting worse as we climb higher, our bodies starting to freeze in place. Me and my soldiers are all about to be claimed by the embrace of death. The only thing keeping us from falling into its icy grip is pure will power. "ARE YOU ALL PROUD OF THIS?! YOU PATHETIC EXCUSES OF PONY RESOURCES! YOU DARE CALL YOURSELVES SOLDIERS?! WHAT WOULD YOUR ANCESTORS SAY ABOUT YOU NOW?! DO YOU THINK THEY WOULD BE PROUD?! As she spoke those words, a flame sparked in all of us... Our Ancestors, the founders... The great ones who made our once Great Empire... Even Sombra, with his reign of terror kept our Empire Strong... The great tales of fearless warriors that were told by our elders... Of Crystal Colossus, a giant crystal pony who fought with the Alicorns, nicknamed 'The Shield of The Empire'. Frock, 'The Plague Ruler', who managed to cure the plague and use it for the good of the empire. Eon, 'The King of The Crystals', with his crystal golems. Necro, 'The No Life King' and Sombra's brother who rules over the death and creator of the Necronomicon. And Sombra, 'The Shadow King' with his trickery and despicable tactics, who created the Grimoire. How could we scoop so low... So far from the greatness of our past... No... WE WILL NOT BE WEAK! WE SHALL ALL BE THE GREATEST OF THE GREAT! "AUUUUUU! HAU! HAU! HAU!" All of us screamed in a frenzy as we bolted off into the hellish training, to train trillions of times more than our great ancestors ever did! Our new Queen has showed us what we need to be... We aren't soldiers of the empire... WE ARE THE WRATH AND RAGE OF THE CRYSTAL EMPIRE! WE ARE ITS PRIDE, ITS STRENGTH! WE CANNOT AFFORD TO BE WEAK! "ALL HAIL THE QUEEN! HOOOOOOUUUU!" Our voices booming across the land, and for the first time, seeing our Queen's true smile, but not of malice, no... A proud smile, a smile that told us that we choose the right path! "That's the spirit! C'mon! Show the world that those words weren't empty!" Said our Queen, who's voice finally softened, announcing the start of even worse training; but this time, we were gladly accepting it! "LONG LIVE THE QUEEN!" All soldiers screamed with the entirety of their hearts who have became burning infernos! We're almost there... So close to our goal... But, sadly, it seems that lady luck has decided to that we deserve more punishment than we already received. An avalanche starts, and tons of snow and rocks start falling down. As we all stare at the cold and unforgiving rocky ice that falls, we hear our Queen's voice, as it's albe to pierce the air like the voice of angels coming from heaven. "Do not be afraid! Trust in yourselves! Do not look at it as death! It's nothing but a lie, it is not the door that will lead you in the grips of the underworld, it is the lovely embrace of a mother who wishes to protect her child! I repeat! Do not fear! Embrace it!" As we all hear those words, we give up on our senses and rationality, and listen to the advice that seemed like insanity. We all open our arms wide and welcome all that comes to us. But, instead of the painful feeling of ice piercing our bodies and rocks squashing us, we feel a warm fluffy material embrace all of us as we start falling down the mountain, the material, that did not seem like snow or even clouds, softened our fall, safely bringing us all to the ground. As we all start questioning the things Cadence told us about the laws of the world and such, a sigh that gives us all faith appears. Our Queen... No... Our Goddess slowly descends from the sky, with wings made out of pure light, the sky clearing, and the sun a soothing light appears behind her, making all of our hearts see the truth. The woman that we saw as The Devil itself, was actually a Goddess that showed pity on us and our weak forms, and decided to help us become the greatest of all, to help us all go down into history, not as nameless guards, but as the greatest soldiers that ever existed in the land of Equus! "Oh Goddess... Please bless us with divinity, as we are your messengers, and we shall show the entire world your magnificence! We all pledge ourselves to You, our Goddess!" I have seen the light... Our minds have been cleared... And we shall all praise Our Goddess as the one true God! All of us, one by one, starting with me, bow to Our Goddess, to Our beautiful Queen! ~Third person POV~ As all the crystal ponies bow to their newfound faith, they all fail to notice that the smile they thought to be of hope and pure good is one of pure malice and evil. Sombra appears as a shadow behind Shiro with a face of utter disbelief at what he has witnessed, as he saw the extent of what this mare would do to make her visions true... ~Before the avalanche, with Shiro~ Sombra was floating next to Shiro and keeping her just our of view of the crystal guards, as she sat on top of a dark crystal throwing ice and rocks down. "Sombra. Create an avalanche." Said the white mare. "Umm... What?" Asked the dark emperor with confusion. "Create an avalanche, but make it an illusion. Make it so they see rocks and ice, but in actuality it is made out of that material I showed you yesterday." "Alright... Anything else after that?" "Do the following. After they all fall to the ground make me float down softly and slowly, at the same time, create and illusion of wings made out of energy that is opposite of yours, of light energy. Also, create an white eerie glow behind me to imitate holiness. Understood?" The emperor, seemingly surprised by her answer, quickly nods and does what he is asked. ~Sombra's POV, a week later~ I can't believe it... She actually managed to make them believe she is a Goddess... They have all become so blinded by it that they are doing whatever she asks them immediately without any questions asked. Are these even the same ponies?! It's like all of them became the avatars of the god of war. They are all training like the end of the world is coming... What even is she? Nopony... No... No one would ever think of doing such a thing... Firstly, she broke their minds with the torture she called training, and then, in the face of what appeared to be death, she gave them hope, she made herself their hope... Alright... What the fuck is with that song out of nowhere? Aaaaaand they just started training even harder... The amount of testosteron in this place can make Celestia grow a majestic beard that would make even StarSwirl The Bearded jealous. How did she renamed the guards? Oh yeah, Crystal Paladins. Weird name. Are they... Dancing? Yup... They are dancing... Wow they are actually really good at it... "Shiro! Come here for a second!" As she notices me she quickly comes in front of me. "What do you want?" She said in an annoyed tone. "You know those laws you put up, right?" She nods. "Well there's been a little misunderstanding so I came to clarify it. It says that if you disagree with a law, or think you'd do a better job at ruling, and you can come up with enough good reasons why that's true, you can change the law or become the King/Queen if you are able to get the other citizen's favor. Considering the first part, are you able to refuse them even if they make true claims because it will favor a part of the population, and regarding the ruler part, can you refuse them because they have a criminal record or they appeared out of nowhere and they seem shady?" "Regarding the first question, yes you can refuse them, and since you will take care of this because I'll be busy with some stuff, I would really love it if you refused them. I hate it when some people get benefits for no reason~ Oh and about the second, they must not have a criminal record, if they do, and it's recent, refuse them before they start. They also have to bring a summary of themselves. Oh and they need to be citizens of the Crystal Empire to be able to do anything. Which I will remind you again, you need to reside here and have lived here for at least 3 years." "Alright. That's all I needed." I tell her before I walk away. I stop and turn around for a second. "Oh and your package has arrived." Then I left to do my duties. With every passing day, I start questioning if bringing her here and doing what she asks was a good idea... > The month's end. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Cadence POV~ Well, well. The time allocated to Shiro is finally over. It is now time for us to decide if she and Sombra are able to rule a kingdom without the use of fear and such, mostly if they are able to change or not. I would lie if I said I wasn't curious about what she did with the kingdom. Oh I can't wait! As we are on our way, I take notice of everyone's state of mind. Celestia was showing a motherly smile as usual, trying to assure everyone that she has everything in control, but I know better than to believe something like that. She's probably just as worried as everyone else. Luna wasn't as good at hiding her emotions like her sister, she was obviously worried about what might have happened, but at the same time she was eager to have a fight. Same could be said about Rainbow Dash, that and the fact that the entire journey here was filled with her talking about how she'll kick Shiro's ass if she did something bad. Shiny was really worried and really showed it on his face, more worried about the residents of the crystal empire than anything. Twilight was worried that we'll have to fight with Sombra AND Shiro, and about Shiny of course. Applejack was really determined to do the right thing. Fluttershy was scared as usual. Pinkie Pie was bouncing up and down in an omnipresent sugar rush. And Rarity was just making an overly dramatic scene. Soon enough, we finally arrived at our destination, where, thankfully, no gigantic black crystals were covering any part of the castle, so that's a good thing. As we got closer we were greeted by a guard, well he does have a different armor, in it being covering his entire body, it has a grey color, I'm not sure what metal it was made of but it looks sturdy, it also had quite a few enchantments, a white cloth was covering his chest and back which had a black cross on it. He also had a shield with the same cross on it, along with a halberd. (Something similar to this minus the flail) "Oh Princesses, Elements! We have been waiting for you! Oh please come this way! Our Queen has been waiting for you! Come along now!" The 'guard' seemed really enthusiastic to see us, really happy too, so I guess that's a good sign, right? "Of course. Did something bad happen while Shiro was in control? Are there some problems?" I asked the guard with a smile. "Something bad to happen?" The guard seemed surprised. "Oh no! Quite the opposite really! Although I have to admit her retraining of us was really harsh at first, but it was only for us to become strong enough to protect our dear home by ourselves! She is like a goddess to all of us! All of the harsh and seemingly bad things she does are for our good! I have never felt this proud to be a guard in my life!" That seemed to confuse some of us, but also make us a little happy that they might have actually changed. Perhaps my assumption of her was right, and although she has quite a... weird personality, but she seems to be a good person. As we all start walking towards the castle itself, we all quietly look around our surroundings. The Crystal Ponies don't seem sad, depressed or anything; they actually look quite happy. Wait... Why is everypony eating tacos? "Umm... Excuse me, but why is everypony eating tacos?" I ask the guard about the mass taco eating. "Oh? It's Taco Friday! Free Tacos. Preeeeeeetty neat." The guard chuckled as he said those words. "*gasp* Oh my gosh! CAN I HAVE A TACO TOO?!" Said Pinkie as she teleported in front of the guard's face. "Sure." The guard then gave Pinkie a Taco which he pulled out of nowhere. "Yay!" ~5 minutes later~ "So... Can we enter the castle now?" I said while enjoying my taco. All of us stopped to eat tacos, because 'You have to eat tacos on Taco Friday' according to Pinkie. "Yeah, yeah. Come." Said the guard, who's name is Obsidian Heart, as he finished his taco. "Oh forgot to mention. I'm the captain of the Crystal Paladins. Third in command after our Queen and Sombra. A pleasure to meet you all." Obsidian said as he bows to us. "The Crystal Paladins?" Asked my dear Shiny who seemed confused. "Our Queen renamed us after the retraining. Forgot to mention that, apologizes. " "It's alright." Said Celestia reassuringly as we all got closer to the castle door. In front of the door, there were another two paladins armed with the same armors and shields as Obsidian, but with spears instead of a halberd. The moment they saw us they nodded and slowly opened the door and we all started walking towards the throne room. The castle didn't seem to have been put through any changes so far, so that's a good thing. I think. After long corridors and a lot of paladins, we finally got to the throne room. There, we saw Shiro, dressed in her usual purple dress that perfectly complimented her form, along with a necklace and her crown, which seems to be her regalia. Behind her, near the throne was Sombra, who was sitting in the shadows. "Welcome! I've been waiting for you all!" Said Shiro while getting up from the throne, all the while Sombra stepped out from the shadows. His voice sounding a little submissive. "Greetings..." "As we have agreed, we have given you a month to prove yourself." Said Celestia as she cleared her throat. "We have seen a few changes, mostly to the guards, and we haven't really seen anything bad so far, which I appreciate that, but I still have to ask that you tell us what changes you have made so far, and what are your plans for the future." "Changes? Oh, nothing much. Besides an entire reform of the Empire's military, I have also changed a few rules for the better. I... Mostly changed the rules concerning crime and punishment, in such a way that no crime shall go unpunished. Some of the punishments might seem... Harsh, but I assure you, it is all for the better. And about the future and my plans for it... Fu fu fu..." She stepped forward and opened her arms wide. "My goal in this, oh so mysterious life, is to create a utopia! A safe heaven for everyone who respects the law! I will create a perfect world..." "She's not lying." We all heard Luna say. "Why would I be lying? I got nothing to gain from it, but I have everything to lose." Said Shiro with a chuckle. "Trust me, I wouldn't want anything bad to happen to any of your precious little subjects." "Hmm... Well I suppose there's no problem with letting you dealing with the empire... What do you say, Cadence?" Celestia motherly voice spoke softly. "I'm fine with it, but I'll be staying here to supervise you. You don't mind that, do you?" I asked the white mare. I didn't mind them ruling the crystal empire as long as they don't do anything bad. And the good part is that I finally get a vacation, these duties are surprisingly tiring. "Of course not. Now, now, get going! We have a lot of things to work on!" Shiro said as she hushed the others out of the throne room. "C'mon, princess, we can't just give them the Crystal Empire!" We heard Rainbow say from behind the doors. "Cadence is fine with it, so why not?" Said Luna. "B-But-" Rainbow tried to say before getting cut off. "The princesses said it's fine, Rainbow. Let's go." The last word's where said by Twilight as they teleported away. As soon as they all teleported away Shiro sighed. "Phew... Finally the boring stuff is over~" She says as she looks at me. "Come luv, let me show you something you might like." She motions with her hand for me to follow her, which I do. Thankfully Sombra doesn't follow us, opting to go to his study room. As we both walked down the halls I noticed that the castle itself seemed a lot cleaner than usual, in the sense that all the staff was a lot more organized, like some kind of complicated machine, all of them doing their jobs perfectly with seemingly no mistakes, which I had to admit, was a little creepy. "I see you've done a lot of thing to improve the quality of the staff's work, which is surprising to say the least. And since you didn't mind me staying here, I suppose you don't mind if I relax a little do you?" I asked her. "Thank you for your compliment, luv. And no, I don't mind. Relax all you want luv, but please try not to make our work harder." She answered with a smile. "Alright then... What are your current plans?" I ask, hoping she might reveal something to me. "Oh nothing much. Just getting some of my... *ahem* friends over here, and a certain pony's relative." She says as she opens to massive doors and enters. "Friends? Who?" I ask as I follow her inside the weird room. "Don't worry, luv. You'll see them in time, soon hopefully... Really soon..." Shiro said as the door closed behind us. > How to Summon "Monsters" Shiro Style. > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ~Shiro POV~ I guided our little princess of love into my lab, which is... Let's just say it's way bigger on the inside. The place was filled with ancient books and old chests filled with all kinds of materials. "Umm... What is this place?" I hear our little princess say. "This is my lab. Why I brought you here? Well I'd like to borrow a little bit of your magic ." I ask while smiling. "My magic? What for?" She asked while raising an eyebrow. "I told you didn't I?" I say with a laugh. "I want to get my friends here, and I can't do it without your help." "Can't Sombra help you with it? Why do you need me?" I scowl at that. "Well I suppose he's too incompetent for that and has 'better things to do'." I say in a mocking tone to which she giggled. "Besides, I'm sure you are more competent at magic than him. Am I right?" I ask with a smile. "I-I would not say that." She looks down blushing while saying that. "So, will you help me or do I have to wait for Mr. Sombrero?" "I suppose I could help... Sure, why not?" "Wonderful!" I say happily while pulling out a paint brush and a bucket of a substance that looked like blood. I got on the ground and started painting a rune. "Is that... Blood?" I heard Cadance ask while looking a little shocked. "No. It's a mixture of Sombra's magic infused crystal powder, dragon bone marrow and some phoenix feathers. Along with a lot more things." I said absentmindedly while focusing on finishing the rune. "Umm... Why does it look like that?" Cadance asked seeming really worried. "Dunno. Sombra told me about it. Said he found it in a really old book when he was younger. He told me that it brings whatever you desire to you. I think. That's how he got me here at least." I shrug. "Wait... What do you mean? Now that you mention it, where did you come from exactly?" She asked me while tilting her head and getting closer with a curious, if not dangerous, look on her face. "Oh... I didn't tell you all, did I?" I laugh awkwardly while trying to hide my panic. I shouldn't have told her that... Damn I got too relaxed... "Sombra got me here with this thing right here. He just wanted help or something like that. It was by pure chance that I got here. I'll tell you about it later." "Hmm... Fine." Cadance said, seeming satisfied with my answer. "Alright, all I need you to do is pour magic in this the moment I get the tokens ready. Also I want you to not think about ANYTHING besides the flow of magic. Because if you do, you might combine people or something." She gulps at that but I ignore it and continue talking while I put some things inside the rune: a hawk plushy, a wolf plushy and a small knight plushy. "Alright. You can go ahead and activate it." I signal her as she lights her horn and starts pouring her magic into the red rune. The rune surges with power, causing Cadance to stagger from the magic drain. She looked really surprised at the gigantic drain, turning to me with a worried expression. "Keep going. Just a little more." I tell her with a smile. It seems to have worked since she looked back and got back to pouring the magic. After around a few minutes the rune flares to life, while Cadance started falling from magic exhaustion. I expected that so I managed to catch her in time. Hey, no reason to damage my most valuable possession. The fire-like magic surge from the rune died down and three shadows were standing in front of me. Just as Cadance regained her composure the smoke from the magic cleared and we could see the three of them clearly. One of them was a tall tanned man with what looked like an athletic build, but I knew better than that. His body was beyond human, and although appearing suited for running more than fighting, if you see his body you'll realize the moronic amount of muscle he possessed. He had long pink hair and light blue eyes. For some reason he seems to lack all his body hair... How do I know that? You'll find out later. He had a grin that seemed to split his face in half, along with eyes filled with hunger and blood lust. He was dressed in a long black cloak, a simple white shirt, light blue jeans and black combat boots. His name was Fenrir Barghest, also known as The Bloody Death. And across his neck was a necklace of with a wolf head that made all those who saw it cower letting them know who's coming. The second one was a light skinned man. He was taller than most, but didn't even compare to Fenrir's height. Unlike the previous man, his athletic build wasn't an illusion hiding true strength, but a true one. He had short brown hair and sharp yellow eyes reminiscent of the ones belonging to a bird of prey. His faced was masked by a hawk mask that looked way too real. He was wearing a a brown leather jacket, black pants and some brown combat boots. His name was Hawk Anderson, he goes by the name Hungry Hawk. The last one was way smaller than the others. He was short, with a cute childish face, and his body was what you could call petite. He had pure midnight hair with shining purple eyes. His skin was as pale as snow, giving the impression that he lived in a closed off room his entire life. Which he did. Most of it anyway. He was quite young for what he did, a teenager. But his results are incredible, so I don't really mind. He wore a white shirt with black overalls along with some black sport shoes. His name was Sanya Ezhil. He didn't have any nickname of sorts. He's kinda sad about it. "Welcome! Are the three of you ready for work once again? Of course you are! Move it." I say with a smile they are all familiar with as I put my hat back on and left out the door followed by them. Cadance quickly running after us. > Fenrir Barghest > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fenrir... He's been my first toy, and still keeps being one of my favorite ones. I still remember how I found him. I was walking through the slums to try and find suitable people for my project. So far I've been disappointed for the lack of interesting scum, the usual garbage. Here were some who attacked me, but they all got a bullet in their head, they stopped attacking when I finished killing 10 of them. Just when I was about to leave and go find another place for potential toys, I saw him. A small boy, around the age of 12, he was really short and thin, probably due to not eating enough. But what really caught my eyes were, quite ironically, his eyes. They had a certain shine in them, one I could not resist, the shine of a monster hidden deep beneath infinite doors and under endless chains. Even better, it seemed ready to break free, all it needed was a little push, which I was more than happy to provide. I seem to have gained his attention, in quite a weird way, may I add, since I heard him mumble the word "Angel". Hmm... I could use this... Ahem, as I was saying. He was staring at me as I said the following: "Aww... Poor little thing... You've lived a hard life, haven't you? How about this, you come with me and I'll take care of you, and in return, you'll help me with a little something. How about it?" I say with an innocent smile and offering him my hand. He looked at me dumbfounded like I broke his entire view of the world, but then slowly reached out and grabbed my hand. I smiled, called my ride and quickly got out of there to start the experiments, all the while we were on the road, the child was staring at me with big eyes, just like one would look at a saint. Soon after we arrived at my castle, I took him into the lab and started my experiments. He was an obedient boy, but I could notice that the reason for that was not as simple as gratitude. Something a little disturbing, but certainly manageable. On another note, the experiments were a success! Who would have thought that if you [This data has been redacted due to a high risk of unwanted 'accidents' that might result in the public display of the experiments and methods used, I am sorry for the inconvenience.]. And the results were simply astonishing! It's way beyond my expectations, the strength, endurance and resistance have sky rocketed! Although there are a few side effects which consist of, but are not limited to: Homicidal tendencies, really aggressive behavior, enhancement of desires, entering a state of blood lust which makes the subject go on a killing spree, and many more! For some reason he became really attached to me, but I'm 99.99% sure that it wasn't a side effect of the experiments. He seems to have developed a kind of... Attraction to me. An obsession of sorts, if I might add. An excessive one at that, later on forcing me to give him rewards... And I don't mean food or more stuff to kill, no no no I mean... How can I say this without sounding like a degenerate... Oh yeah. Affairs... Yeah that'll do. At first I was a little bit annoyed, but I realized that this could work in my favor and went with it. And what would you know? He only listens to what I tell him without any questions asked. Even when I asked him to butcher one of the other test subjects who he became really good friends with, he did it happily! Simply wonderful! Well after a lot more 'upgrades' to him he became a monster, all in my command... Which proved to be way beyond my expectations in regards to his performance. In the great war that broke out, all we had to do to win a fight was put him there! Although we still needed other soldiers, which were quickly provided to me by another 'toy' of mine. He stuck with me until the day I disappeared, which I later found that he went on a killing spree the moment he noticed I was gone due to his anger. Good boy... > Hawk Anderson > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hungry Hawk, Bird of Prey, Hunter, poacher, assassin, emotionless bastard, and many more. Those were just a few of the names related to the man with the name Hawk Anderson. Out of those directly under my command, he was the most collected and calm, not including me of course, although as mentioned in one of the names he gets called, he has apparently no emotions, some say that he just has a mask on his face and hides his true emotions, but I know better. He really does not feel anything, but I think that he does feel emotions, but really rarely. Now, about how I met him. It was at the start of the war, we were winning, but was getting a little annoying, since their general was being stubborn and fixed on giving us a hard time winning. Something surprising happened though, all the important people in the enemy lines suddenly got their heads blown cleanly off, forcing the enemy to surrender faster than expected. After the fight was over, the one responsible for that came forward, presented himself as Hawk Anderson and calmly asked to join us. The look in his eyes, that reminded me of the eyes of a bird of prey, made me accept his offer on the spot. And as expected, he proved to be quite useful. Although there were certain incidents, but that is besides he point. I learned about him more later on, whenever I had time. Apparently he was a hunter, and used to live deep in a forest and came out once a month to sell materials and buy necessities. He was also known for being able to sit still without moving for weeks on end, along with him having an inhuman accuracy made him the perfect sniper. I did not interact with him much, he was a really professional man, without interacting with anyone at all, unless I asked for him to come, when needing to relay me information or when being tasked with missions and asking questions related to them. Because of that, I didn't interact much with him, he just did his job, no questions asked. I didn't mind it, was quite pleasant. I know his type. The ones who care more about winning and surviving than anything else, so I don't have to worry about him. Besides, everything always goes exactly as I want it to. From what I heard, when I disappeared he just went back to his life before the war. A hunter will always be a hunter, no matter the prey, from beasts to men, everything's the same in his eyes. In the eyes of the Hawk. > Sanya Ezhil > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sanya. I've found the little guy in an apartment surrounded by pizza boxes and soda bottles which covered the entirety of the floor. He was sitting at his computer working on some sketches for what would end up being the worlds' first mecha. He was what you could call a NEET, and still is, so when I took him in he was really happy to do his things while I had my servants give him food and whatever he asked. And for some reason he was thinking of me as his big brother... I don't really know why he started that, but that isn't really important. Soon after, I've convinced him to actually start working on building the mechas he kept designing. And guess what? He succeeded not long after he started the project. With me providing him with materials and other engineers to help with his projects. Soon enough, his mechas became used by most if not all of my troops in the war. His obsession with video games did not stop at all, and whenever he didn't update the design of a mecha, he was sitting closed up in his room and playing games day and night. His NEET behaviors never actually stopping, from time to time seeing those habits appear from time to time. I do remember that time when he met Fenrir. He was hiding behind me staring at Fenrir, while he was growling and making holes in the ground and walls out of anger. That is until I smacked both of them over the head and made them actually talk with each other. Later I found Fenrir jumping and smashing into walls and the floor following a lazer Sanya was point in random directions. It was quite entertaining to watch. Then there was that time Sanya met Hawk. They had a staring contest. They looked like they were about to stare a hole inside the others head. Then they nodded to each other and went back to doing what they were doing before, Hawk going back to cleaning his weapons and Sanya jumping on my back. When I've disappeared he did the most normal thing for him. That being locking himself back in his room and living there... Can't say I didn't expect that.