The King Returns
The Crystal Heart fell, toppling towards the ground as Sombra dove after it. There was a flash of pink as Cadence was hurled to try and catch it. Sombra moved faster, the scenery blurring as he focused in on his target. He would not be denied his empire. Cadence reached it first, her magic catching the crystal. Twilight cheered from where she stood watching the events unfold below her. The cheer died in her throat though as she saw a lance of purple-green energy catch her sister-in-law in the back. Twilight could smell the burning feathers even from so far away. Cadence caught herself with the last vestige of her magic before she slammed into the hard ground. The mare was bruised, but alive. The air crackled with energy as the laugh of the dark lord, magically enhanced to boom all the louder, echoed through the packed streets. Hope died in the eyes of hundreds of onlookers as Sombra floated his prize above his head. If she had found the heart just minutes sooner, Twilight could have prevented this, but she didn’t. A dull ache built in Twilight’s chest as she realized she had failed.
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With his most powerful magic now fully returned to him, Sombra had made short work of brainwashing his former subjects back into submission. Eerie, emotionless helmets marked his new servants and the rest of the empire’s ponies were in chains. Lines of them marched towards their day’s tasks. Sombra had wasted no time in ordering the construction of a new war machine. Celestia would not stop at attempting to end his rule. Especially now that he had captured so many of her supposed best. Besides, his empire was still a bit small for his liking. Sombra stepped away from the open window he had been standing by to watch his renewed empire work, and he made his way over to his throne. The cold of the crystal should have been uncomfortable, but he had always found it a pleasant reminder of his glorious rule. With a booming voice that echoed through the empty hall, he called out.
“Bring me Celestia’s latest failure!” The great door to the throne room creaked open as a procession of four of his servants guided a unicorn forward. Her purple fur was tousled, her legs bound in chains that gave her just enough slack to awkwardly walk at the prodding of his servants. A solid silver ring tightly gripped her horn, disabling whatever magic she might have otherwise tried to use. Sombra recognized her and relaxed further in his throne.
“So, she is one of those that tried to stop me? Since you are bringing me here, I presume she was the leader.”
“Yes, my lord.” The voice from one of the enslaved mares was flat and emotionless. There was no real pony behind the words, just a puppet on a string now. “She was the one put in charge of finding the Crystal Heart and opposing your rule.”
“Was she now?” Sombra eyed up the mare with delight. To think that Celestia and Luna would send such a small and frail thing to try and stop him. They were fools, and they would pay for the attempt. Before that though, he thought to himself, he would teach their minion why resisting his rule was a mistake and have a little fun for himself while he was at it. “Come forward, slave.” He commanded. The look of hate in the mare’s eyes amused him, and he wasn’t surprised when she initially refused to move. With a wave of his hoof, two of the servants dragged Twilight forward. When she was thrown down in front of him, he leaned forward, looking over his new slave. She was attractive enough for what he had in mind. Sombra leaned back with a contented smile.
“You won’t get away with this.” Twilight spat. The mare tugged at the chains holding her hooves.
“I don’t see why not. You certainly aren’t in a position to resist me. Celestia and Luna were fools to think there was anything that could stop my return, let alone such a little thing like yourself. You were the main opposition to me reclaiming what was mine. What form of punishment would better suit you than to be lowered from an agent to the princesses to…my concubine. He saw the mare’s ears droop as the words sunk in.
“You’re disgusting!” There was a quiver in her voice now. No doubt she had expected a dungeon until being rescued. She likely hadn’t even considered this fate.
“No,” he finally replied to her, “I am the emperor. I get whatever I please.” Sombra’s horn glowed its sickly purple hue and Twilight felt her whole body lift slightly, the magic carrying her slowly towards the tyrant. She fought the pull, trying desperately to use her magic and thrashing her hooves, but it was all pointless and she knew all along it would be. Hatred and disgust filled her as she found herself in front of Sombra. His legs were spread, his gray cock slowly stiffening as she came closer.
“You can’t make me.”
“Can’t I? I could use my magic to force your body to do whatever I want. Tartarus! If I wanted, I could twist your mind into doing it willingly, a small piece of your consciousness still active and peering out of the windows of your eyes, screaming in helpless terror as you do everything I desired with a smile.” Twilight had seen firsthand how powerful his magic was and how it could toy with the mind. She felt a deep dread knowing that he was telling the truth. Sombra started to gently stroke himself on his large throne, smiling in that taunting way of his as he stared down at the helpless mare as she realized the extent of his power.
“Why are you even commanding me then?” Twilight asked with a frightened quiver to her voice.
“Entertainment. As amusing as I find it to erase all of the resistance from a mind, to make somepony else mine, it isn’t quite as entertaining as the impotent rage and misery that this will inflict. Simply put, little filly, it’s more fun if you hate it.”
“You’re a monster.” Twilight couldn’t believe what she was hearing. Sombra just shrugged. He couldn’t really argue against that, but he also didn’t see the need to. His stroking had gotten his cock hard and twitching. The mare’s distressed face did a lot to make that happen too.
“Also, you would do well to remember that I have your friends at my mercy too little one, in case you needed more motivation. So, come over here and get your mouth to work.” The command wasn’t barked or yelled. Sombra had a calm confidence in his tone. Twilight didn’t have the option to refuse, and she knew that. Legs shaking and disgust building inside of her, Twilight closed what little distance there still was between herself and the tyrant. His cock twitched in anticipation when she was mere inches away.Twilight looked up at Sombra, at his red eyes and saw no hint of mercy. The idea alone of what he could do to her mind if she fought back haunted her thoughts. There would be time for resistance later. For now, there was only one thing to do.
“How do you want me to…?” Twilight started to ask.
“I’ll let you figure that out. It isn’t a good concubine that can’t discern her master’s wishes.” Sombra replied. He was toying with her, she realized. Reaching her hoof forward, twilight gently placed it against the base of his cock. When the tyrant had no response, she started to gently stroke it, more or less just petting the stallion’s shaft.
“I said use your mouth little one.” The growl boomed through the whole throne room. Twilight squeaked fearfully, and quickly took his head into her mouth. While the mare was familiar enough with what she needed to do in concept, due to how many trashy books she’d read in secret while in her old tower, she had never actually done any of the things that she’d read about. The tyrant’s cock was the first she had ever put in her mouth. To her surprise, the taste wasn’t unpleasant. Tracing her tongue around his head, she slowly got herself used to the texture. Sombra let out a low moan, disgusting the mare, but also letting her know that she was at least not making him angry with her.
Twilight forced herself to let the cock in deeper. Her tongue slid along his large shaft, the tip of it poking out of her lips as she moved further down, her mouth barely able to take him in. Finally, she reached the farthest she could comfortably go, about two inches from his base. Placing her hoof at the point her lips started, she used it as a measure so she knew where she could take this. Then, she slowly started to pull back, then push down again. Soon, she had a slow rhythm, bobbing her head as best she could. The sound of her own actions filled her with disgust, but she kept going. It was humiliating. Tears stung at her eyes and she softly sniffled, bringing up a hoof to wipe her cheek.
Sombra delighted in every moment of Twilight’s first blowjob. The poor bitch of a mare was trying her hardest to make him cum and he drank in the sight of her watery purple eyes and the sounds of misery she was serenading him with. Still, this was all a bit too tame for him.
“You are doing very well, little one. However, I think I am going to take over now.” He said. Twilight didn’t have time to wonder what he meant before she felt his hooves on the back of her head. She had just enough time to start screaming before he had shoved her down as hard as he could, her lips going past where her hoof had marked her limit. The cock shot to the back of her throat, the mare now loudly gagging as she struggled and choked. Her eyes bugged out, tears flowing much more freely as her hooves slapped at the stallions legs, the mare trying to force her way back up. Sombra let go of her and Twilight yanked herself free, a string of spittle snapping as she pulled her head loose. The mare was left gagging and gasping for air.
“You poor, stupid filly. You weren’t supposed to do that.” Sombra sounded more pleased than annoyed. His magic gripped Twilight’s head and pulled her close.
“Not like that.” Twilight managed. “Please, let me do it. I will do it for you. Just let me….” Sombra didn’t bother to let her finish, and with his magic forced her jaw open and yanked her down roughly on his cock once again. She screamed as she was pulled down before being muffled. As she tried to struggle, he used magic to force her body to be still. Twilight could no longer move anything but her eyes, which she used to look up at Sombra in unbridled panic as he forced her throat to take every inch of him in. Tears of fear, of humiliation, flowed freely as Twilight’s body was used.
“This is the only time I will do this for you. If you make me take over again, I will take over every piece of you forever. Next time, this is how deep you go, and I don’t care if you can’t breathe while doing it. You get to breathe when I say you do, you get to stop when I say you do, and you go as far down as you can. Now get ready, I am about to cum. Swallow every drop, or I will take away everything that makes you who you are and you will help me train one of your friends instead.” He said. The horror Twilight felt was the greatest of her entire life. She sobbed and gagged as she was forced to take the stallion’s full length. She was unable to answer him, but Sombra knew she understood.
Twilight’s mouth was warm and welcoming to Sombra as he continued to use it. It never grew tiring for him to play with his defeated opponents and this one had been particularly bothersome. So, it felt that much more enjoyable to make her pay for even trying to stop him. Her tears fell to his cold, crystal floor, slowly pooling together. He hadn’t lied to her, he was close, and looking deep into her scared, purple eyes, he was finally thrown over the edge.
Twilight felt his cock twitch in her mouth and knew what was coming. His magic slammed her head down as far as she could go onto his cock and held her there. Cum shot out into her throat, making her cough and gag even harder, but she forced herself to keep it all down and to swallow all of it. Twilight had wondered what cum would taste like, but she had no time to even think about that as she desperately sucked it all down until the stallion had finished riding out his orgasm. Finally, he released her head. Twilight pulled herself free once again and sucked as much air in as she could her by now deep sobbing making it harder to get air back in her lungs.
“There, that was a good concubine. Next time, we shall try teaching you some more skills for your new life here.” Sombra dismissively waved in a shooing motion. “Now get out of my sight. The guards at the door will know what to do with you.
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The dungeon of the crystal castle was one of the most dismal places that Twilight had ever seen. There was sunlight shining dimly through both the noxious black clouds in the sky and through the thin crystal grate that acted as her window, but it was all absorbed by the dark purple walls. Twilight was hundreds of hooves in the air, but felt as though she was deep underground, in some old and forgotten place. Somewhere, in this same dungeon, her friends were imprisoned as well. She hadn’t seen any of them since her capture, and unless she did something soon or Celestia managed to save her, Twilight suspected that she wouldn’t see them ever again. That was too much for her to bear. She would have to do something.
With the ring on her horn, Twilight had no access to the magic that she had spent her entire life cultivating. Without the ability to talk with her friends, she had no access to the asset that had gotten her through every other catastrophe she’d experienced since Celestia had sent her to Ponyville. She would need to think of something new, something that Sombra wouldn’t expect.
A concubine, a whore; it was all Sombra saw her as. She shivered as she imagined what he had in store for her the next time he decided to toy with her. As filthy as she felt, she also knew she had no escape from her torment yet. She would likely have to do whatever vile thing he wanted to use her for, at least for now. The sooner she thought of a way out of this, the fewer times she would need to debase herself for him. What little light there was slowly thinned as day turned to night, with Twilight still no closer to thinking of a way out of her predicament. Sleep took her when she wasn’t expecting it, and Twilight spent her first night in the Crystal Empire curled up on a cold floor.
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Before the mare had realized it, it was the dawn of a new day. She wasn’t roused by the light of morning, since the increasingly black clouds outside blocked it, but rather by the door of her prison being thrown open. Two of the mind controlled servants of Sombra stormed in and grabbed her while she was still only half conscious. As her mind snapped awake, she understood what she was being taken for and before she even realized what she was doing, she screamed in a desperate panic. The guards ignored her and dragged her through dark hall after dark hall. They finally reached a door that she didn’t recognize and one of them stepped forward to gently knock. A voice boomed from inside.
“Enter.” It was Sombra. The door was slowly pushed open and Twilight realized that this was Sombra’s solar. There was a surprisingly modest table of molded glass engraved with dazzling patterns in the center, adorned with food and drink. A very tired looking king sat at the head of that table. When he saw Twilight, he smiled coldly. “Ah, the concubine. Good, good. Toss her in, then you may leave.” The guards did as they were instructed and threw Twilight into the room, the doors closing behind her before she could get back on her hooves. Even with nopony holding her, Twilight was well aware that she was in no position to escape, not with Sombra watching her. So, she just stood and did her best to present herself with some modicum of dignity. Sombra, with a swirl of magic, set out a breakfast for himself on the table.
“Are you just going to stand there?” Sombra asked. Twilight shivered fearfully.
“Where…where am I supposed to be?” Twilight asked, terrified about the answer.
“Here,” He said, gesturing to the opposite side of the table, “Eating.” Sombra finished with an amused snort. Twilight moved forward uncertainly. There was a spot made up at the end of the table opposite Sombra. It was modest, a small bowl of oats and fruit, but Twilight couldn’t shake the thought that she was being tricked somehow. “If you don’t want any,” Sombra chimed in, using his magic to dig through a bowl for choice bits of fruit, “I can always have you thrown back in your cell.” Pulling out a raspberry, he tossed it in his mouth, his eyes never even rising to meet Twilight.
While still uncertain of what to think, Twilight was hungry. She hadn’t eaten since the train ride to the Empire, and that was more than a full day ago. With some hesitation, she sat down and began to slowly eat, her eyes watching the King closely. Sombra, for his part, didn’t seem to notice or care. As she ate, Twilight looked around the solar. It was the first time she had seen a castle’s living quarters that weren’t Celestia’s. There were carvings in the walls of crystal, all depicting Sombra’s rise to power or his brief tenure as ruler before the Empire disappeared, but it wasn’t much fancier than what Celestia had. It seemed even Sombra liked his personal spaces to be simple. Before she even realized what had happened, Twilight had finished eating. The empty bowl stared back up at her as her stomach growled loudly.
“If you are still hungry, I can get you more food. After you are done working, or course.”
“Working?” Twilight asked, her nervousness returning in full.
“Of course. You don’t think I’d invite my concubine up to my morning meal just for snack and a chat, do you?” Sombra finally looked up to meet her eyes, the red glare digging into her soul. “I like a little entertainment with my meals.” He pointed beneath the table. “So get down there.” After what had happened the last time, Twilight knew she couldn’t afford to make him angry. Her ears drooped and she had to fight the desire to start crying, but she ducked under the table, crawling low until she was at his feet.
Sombra bit into an apple as he felt the mare’s mouth wrap around his cock. With the clear crystal of the table, he could see every little expression the poor thing made as she slowly started to pleasure him. It was delightful. Her tongue ran along his shaft from the base to the head before swirling. Then, she took him into her mouth in full again, hilting this time. He could tell from the sounds of her choking that it was deeply unpleasant. Good. Someday, when he had won more thoroughly and when his new concubine was more broken in, he enjoyed the idea of showing Celestia what had become of her former agent. Sombra had learned from his interrogations of her friends that Twilight was, more than just a servant, the princess’s own apprentice. That made it all the more wonderful it watch and feel as Twilight became little more than a mouth to pleasure him, at least in his eyes.
“Very good. You are doing very good.” Sombra purred. He heard a soft sniffle, and could see Twilight’s eyes shift to look down, the mare trying to hide her shame. Suddenly, Sombra’s meal seemed less important. He could always finish it later if he still desired. For now, he had something else that was far more delicious to sink his teeth into. “Stop.” He commanded.
“D…Did I do something wrong?” The mare asked, fright clear in her voice.
“No, you are doing fine. Stop anyway.” Twilight pulled his cock out of her mouth, her hoof shaking. If she was doing fine, why was she being told to stop. He hadn’t cum yet. Maybe he wanted to….
“You…you want to….”
“Try out the rest of you, yes. Get out from under the table.” He growled. When Twilight hesitated he shouted, “Now!” With a scared squeak, the mare scurried out from below the crystal and into the middle of the floor.
“Please,” Twilight’s heart hammered. From the moment he’d called her a concubine she’d known this was coming but she’d hoped it wouldn’t be for a while. “I can use my mouth. I won’t mess it up like last time, I promise.”
“As entertaining as it is to hear you beg, I am going to decline. I’ve wanted to test that little body of yours out since I first saw you, and a mare’s mouth is only one of her assets. Now, bend over, and don’t make me raise my voice this time, concubine.” Sombra’s eyes were dangerous. He wasn’t angry, Twilight could tell, but he wasn’t taking no for an answer either. Twilight’s legs shook and her lips quivered as she started crying.
“Y…Yes, Sombra.”
“Master.” The king corrected.
“Yes M…Mas….” Twilight broke down sobbing, unable to make the word out fully as she struggled to speak. Instead, she just leaned forward with her butt in the air. There was no escaping this, not without her friends paying for it. She buried her face in her forhooves and tried to shut the world out. She heard him step behind her and her breathing grew faster. There was a pressure against her virgin folds and she felt like she was going to panic. When he finally pressed into her, the pressure wasn’t as bad as she was expecting, and despite his large size, it only hurt a little, but feeling her virginity being stolen from her, Twilight’s mouth fell open and the room was filled with her low, miserable cry.
“That’s a good filly.” Somebra purred, stroking her cutie mark softly, his cock pressing in until it hilted. Just keep making noises like that, and this will be over quickly. Now, hold still.” He said, then began thrusting into the mare, his hips noisily slapping into hers. Twilight’s face rocked into her hooves as her whole body was moved by the powerful stallion’s practiced movements. Twilight had read so many books about romance and sex, had so many fantasies about what her first time would be like. All those dreams and fantasies died as Sombra took advantage of his prisoner. The mare’s scared shaking just increased the friction he felt as he fucked her. “How does it feel?” He asked.
“It…It hurts a bit.” Twilight managed, barely able to speak through her sobs.
“That’s it?” Sombra asked with a sinister smile. Twilight just pitifully nodded. “That’s good. Concubines don’t deserve to feel pleasure. That is for me, and me alone.” Sombra thrust into her harder. Twilight began to move her own hips as well, trying her best to just speed the whole miserable thing up as much as she could. Sombra laughed as he kept going, his balls slapping against her body, his cock gripped tightly by her unwilling walls. All those years of being gone, he was glad he had such a treat waiting for him to return. The purple mare was perfect as a concubine.
Twilight hated every second of it. His cock thrust in and out of her unprepared body, stinging as it did, and her legs were growing sore from holding bother her own butt up as well as Sombra’s added wait. She whimpered as he stroked her cutie mark, metally begging him to stop, but biting her tongue before saying something that might get her or her friends into trouble. The tyrant’s hips began to shake and his thrusts grew uneven and Twilight understood what was coming. The feeling when he finally started to cum and a warmth entered her was too much. A horrid thought entered her mind as she realized that even if she escaped from her captor, there was a good chance that by the time she did, she would be pregnant. Twilight sobbed louder as she was filled with Sombra’s cum, the tyrant just moaning louder. Finally, he pulled out of her, sticky cum leaking out from her now emptied hole and onto the cold floor.
“Is it…o…over?” Twilight asked, face drenched in tears as she stood up on shaking legs.
“For now. I will be seeing you for dinner as well, and after dinner, of course.” Sombra replied, making the mare choke back a scared sob. “For now, I will have some guards clean you up, then as promised, get you some more food. There is nothing sexy about an underweight slave, so keep your body looking good. Your friends depend on how good of a job you do, after all.”
“Yes…, master.” Twilight said, staring at the floor. Sombra growled in delight just hearing the words.
“Much as I would love to take you again right now, I do have business to do today. A newly conquered empire is not an easy thing to run after all. For now,” He turned to the door and called loudly, “Servants!” Two brainwashed guards pushed in through the door. Sombra continued, “Take my concubine to get cleaned up and get her more of a meal. Then take her back to her…room. She can wait for me there.” He walked forwards and took her chin in his hoof. “Try not to pine for me too much while I work. We shall see each other again soon enough.” Taking his hoof away, he sat himself down at the table and resumed eating, picking through for the best morsels again. The guards grabbed Twilight under either of her forehooves and pulled her out of the solar. Twilight breathed the faintest sigh of relief once the door closed behind her. She was done for now. Thinking on what was going to happen to her later that same day made her skin crawl, but she at least had time to recompose herself. She let the guards take her to a large bath chamber. She felt like she needed to scrub every inch of herself. Twilight quietly wondered if she would ever truly feel clean again.
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With the afternoon sun still shining through the crystal grate of her prison, Twilight let herself calm down from the morning’s hardship. Her body still shook and she knew the fur around her eyes was probably still matted with tears, but that wasn’t important now. She was alone, and she was no more determined than ever to escape. It was impossible to tell how long it would be before Celestia was able to rescue her, assuming she would even be able to do so. There had to be something that Twilight could do to break free and maybe even stop Sombra completely. The light outside hit the crystal grating of her ‘window’ as she paced the small space, hitting her in the eye. Annoyed, Twilight moved her head and turned to glare at the shaped crystal. Then, it hit her. She knew what she could do.