The room was silent as the odd duo stared off against the princesses. Nopony said anything as they each tried to process what was going on. Sombra tried to hold a relaxed smile as he looked over at the princesses, though his eyes betrayed the facade he tried to put up. He was nervous, he was unprepared, he was vulnerable. His red irises looked left and right as he tried to think of possible ways out of this predicament. If a fight were to commence at this moment he would have nothing to defend himself on other than the theory of the 'live' command from before. He in fact, had no hard evidence that that even would work or if commands lasted this long. Sombra could, however, test it.
The command that brought him back to life was given at about the same time as the one to stay his hoof from the necromancer's sister. If he was unable to attack her, the 'live' command should still be valid. However, if he did attack and was able to do so, then not only would his only hope for surviving this battle be lost, but it would also be the trigger that sends the goddesses into an aggression against him. The risk was too high, then again, what else could he do?
The tension between the opposing forces began to build as Luna took notice of his hard eyes. She returned the gesture as she too began to plan out her next move. Carefully they both sketched out their next action and every action and reaction after that.
"H-How about some tea?" Rarity asked out meekly as she moved in between the two groups, trying to cut the tension away.
"Surely thou jests ." Luna responded as she took a step to the side to keep the stallion in view.
"That sounds delightful." Celestia said before any other could speak out. "The one you said was imported from Prance?" She asked out with a gentle smile.
"Sister!"
"Now now Luna, we're guests in this house. Let's just accept their hospitality."
"Yes, it would be rather rude to cause a scene." Sombra said as he began to make his way towards Rarity whom took a nervous step back when he came close. "For you, as requested from your sister." He finished as he passed the saddle with her stolen gems. Luna scoffed at his nonchalant behavior, all too eager to begin the fight but unwilling to make trouble for her friend.
"T-Thank you. Umm, Sweetie Belle, would you mind helping me set the table for our guests?"
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Sipping away at his warm tea, Sombra enjoyed his moment of peace even though on the other side of the table where he was sitting were mares capable of killing him and having reason to do so. Gently opening his eyes to look at them, he was met with a glare and a soft smile. Each expression belonging to Luna and Celestia respectively.
"We made cookies!" Sweetie Belle shouted out as she ran into the room with a tray balanced on her head. She trotted over to Sombra's side, though in her rush, tripped and the tray flew outwards with the baked goods each heading in their own direction. With little difficulty, Sombra used his magic to catch all of the falling objects and placing them neatly back on the tray which he put on the table. He did so with the same dexterity he had used when Sweetie Belle had thrown the chess board the previous night.
"You should be more careful." Sombra said as he took another sip from his drink, barely paying mind to the filly.
"Heheh, sorry."
"That was very quick of you." Celestia said as she clapped her hooves in appreciation of his actions. This sent a chill down Sombra's spine. Why was she acting so nice towards him? He had thought that what happened earlier was simply because she did not want to involve the filly and mare if he and the rest of the alicorns began to fight, but they had been alone for quite a while now. She had had the opportunity to initiate an assault against him, no doubt her sister wouldn't be against it; Luna was just itching to fight.
"A mere reflex." He responded, though it seemed his reply was ill taken by the Lunar Goddess who once again scoffed at him.
"Sister, remind Us again why we haven't simply done away with this stallion?" Luna asked as she took a drink of the tea in front of her, her eyes closed in annoyance of the entire situation.
"You would prefer to shoot first and ask questions later?" Sombra bickered back while he grabbed his cup with a hoof as he twisted his body to lean on his elbow to face away from the dark mare.
"We would prefer not to be in the presence of a stallion who took prisoner an entire civilization for his own personal delight. You're nothing more than a-"
"Tyrant?" He finished for her. "Isn't that the title you two gave me?" He asked as he continued to pay them no mind. "The Tyrant of the Frozen North. The Tyrant of the Crystal Empire who ruled with an iron hoof."
"A fitting title for one such as thyself."
Sombra chuckled as he took one last sip of his tea, emptying the cup and placing it back on the table as he threw a glance at Luna. "I never said it wasn't fitting. I am a Tyrant. I am evil and cruel. I am daunting and savage in my ways. I am King Sombra." The dark stallion said as a malicious smile spread across his lips, a white flash crossing his eyes.
Sombra was taunting her. He felt no remorse for his past actions and even accepted his title of Tyrant. It boiled at Luna's blood as she glared at his cheeky smile. She simply couldn't take it anymore. At the end of her patience, Luna spread her wings and with a strong flap lifted herself up before launching a bolt of energy at Sombra.
The stallion saw the attack coming and as he sat in place he felt a surge of energy. It was like the warning the curse sent him from before, only this time it didn't stun or hurt him, it energized him. Luna meant to take Sombra's life and the spell he was under was reacting against it. He wasn't allowed to die. His eyes burned in purple flames as his felt his dark magic grow inside of him. He quickly jumped off his seat and got on all fours before readying himself to pounce but something stopped him.
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"Do you think this was a good idea?" Rarity asked as she placed freshly made sandwiches onto a tray. Looking over at her friend was getting ready some more tea, she flopped down her ears as she waited for a response.
"What? Having Princess Luna and Princess Celestia here? Of course it is! They'll know how to undo the spell and have Sombra back in the afterlife in no time." Twilight said with a smile as she walked over to the white mare and nudged her to up her spirits. "Don't you think so?"
"Yeah, but you saw them just a moment ago. It looked like they were ready to rip each other's throats. I really don't want Sweetie Belle to be here if they fight."
"I doubt Princess Celestia would let any harm come to her, besides, even if they do start a fight, Sweetie Belle could stop Sombra dead in his tracks!" Twilight said before realizing what she had said exactly. She cleared her throat as placed a hoof to her muzzle. "No pun intended."
"I guess you're right. Still, I don't like this situation at-"
"Become my shadow!"
A voice echoed out from the room over, causing the two mares to pause their conversation. Sharing a glance at one another, they quickly ran to the room where the Princesses and Sombra had been drinking their tea only to find Luna staring off....against Sweetie Belle.
"What trickery is this?" Luna asked out as she looked over at the filly who was standing her ground against the Goddess.
"Don't hurt Mister Sombra!" Sweetie Belle shouted out as she leaned down in an offensive stance, though it was more like a kitten facing off against a lion.
"Not to hurt- Filly, Doth thou understand who that stallion truly is? He is Sombra, the Tyrant of the Frozen North and barbaric dictator of the Crystal Empire!" Luna tried to reason with her, though it didn't seem to be working. Sweetie Belle didn't let up from her stance.
"Sweetie Belle!" Rarity called out as she ran over to her sister and hugged her. "What happened?" Doing her best to breath under the suffocating embrace of her sister, Sweetie Belle responded.
"Princess Luna was about to hurt Mister Sombra! I made him turn into my shadow before she could do it though."
"How is that even possible! What kind of sorcery hath Sombra placed upon thee, child?" The dark alicorn asked out as she looked her over.
"Haven't you figured it out yet Luna" Celestia said as she took one last sip from her tea. Gently putting the cup down on the table, she looked over at her sister with a gentle smile. "Sombra is bound to her by a spell."
"What!?" Luna asked out in shock. "What doth thy mean? What hath Sombra done?!"
"It...wasn't Sombra who did anything." Twilight said as she slowly stepped towards her fellow Princesses. "Sweetie Belle bound him to her shadow. How she managed to do so is beyond me, but I was hoping that perhaps you knew of how to break this spell. "
Celestia finally stood up from the table to get closer to Sweetie. With a soft smile she spoke to her. "Would you mind calling Sombra back out again?"
"S-Sure." Sweetie Belle said as she began to lower her guard. Celestia's smile brought a sense of serene stillness that gave her a sort of peace. "As long as Princess Luna doesn't try to hurt him again!"
Looking over at her sister, Celestia waited for her to reply. Though first rather against it, she finally gave in with a sigh.
"Fine. We shall stay our magic for now."
Sweetie Belle wasn't fully convinced about it, but she decided to adhere to the request of having Sombra back out. After all, if things got messy again she could just recall him to her shadow.
"Sombra, come out." She said softly. At once her shadow moved away from her as it jumped out and took the shape of a tall stallion. Landing rather roughly on the ground, Sombra was cast back out in the mid-pouncing position he had been in before forced to the filly's shadow and finally finished the landing.
Stretching out his back to pop some bones, Sombra looked over to the Sun Goddess who was still holding a smile towards him. "How did you figure all of that out so fast?" He asked before taking a few steps towards her.
"When you two first appeared I noticed Sweetie Belle was without a shadow. That, and you two gave off the same magic that I've seen countless times before."
"What kind of magic?" Rarity asked.
"The kind of magic ponies use when they try to revive fallen loved ones. The magic of Necromancy."
"I'm not a Necromancer!" Sweetie Belle shouted out as she felt the attention go to her.
"And how, pray tell, doth thou even know what that is? Actually, a better question is how thou managed to use Necromancy in the first place."
"Like I said, we don't know how it happened. Sweetie Belle said she read a book from my library, but I don't have anything like that in my collection so there's no way I could even have given her the wrong book." Twilight said as she tried to clear things up, but it only brought up more questions. She was about to talk again when she noticed her former teacher raise her hoof, a gesture to hold a moment.
"Sweetie Belle, would you mind telling me what it was that you did before Sombra became bound to you?"
"I was reading Twilight's book."
"And what else? Surely you had to have said something out loud."
Placing a hoof to her chin, the filly began to think about what it was she had done action by action. "Well, I didn't say anything, but I did sing."
"Sing?"
"Yeah! The book said that doing something that calms you down before you talk helps with public speaking! So I sang a song."
"What song was it? What were the lyrics?"
"I uh, don't remember. I sorta made it up as I went along." She replied with a light blush.
"Art thou saying thou simply sang out the chant to a powerful spell by mistake?"
"Yeah?"
"She's telling the truth." A voice said, quickly making everypony turn to look at Sombra who had made his way back to the table and poured himself more tea. "I remember hearing a song. It was hypnotic in nature, but it called out to me."
"My, you're rather nonchalant about the situation you're in." Celestia said in what anypony would say was a teasing manner.
"I could say the same thing about you." Sombra scoffed. "You have an old adversary in front of you. A stallion who had 'tortured millions of ponies' to 'achieve his evil goals'. Yet you talk as if you were talking to an old friend."
"Would you rather I fight you head on again?"
"It would make more sense if you did." Sombra said as a smile crept on him. One he did his best to hide. His theory was proven correct, and had it not been for the filly calling him to her shadow, he might have done quite a number on the Lunar Princess. If they were to begin another battle, no doubt he would be able to escape, if not win altogether.
"Become my shadow!" Sweetie Belle shouted out again. With an annoyed face, Sombra was once more forced into darkness that trailed its way to her. "Stop trying to hurt him!"
Oye! What do you think you're doing filly?
Sombra's voice echoed in Sweetie Belle's head. It was a side effect of him being her shadow that she had forgotten about.
"I'm making sure they don't hurt you!" The filly shouted out, causing all the mares around her to look at her in confusion.
I require no protection. Let me out so I may face them.
"No way. It's Princess Luna and Princess Celestia we're talking about here. They'll hurt you pretty badly!"
"Sweetie Belle?" Rarity asked out, concerned for her sister's sanity.
First off, it was your sister and her friends that killed me. The Royal Sisters only managed to banish me when we fought. Secondly, do you really think, I would let myself die so easily? What do you think of me?!
"Wait, so you fought against the Princesses and survived? Wow! You're really strong." Sweetie Belle said out loud with a grin. Those around her were finally starting to piece everything together.
"Sweetie, are you talking to Sombra?" Twilight asked.
"Huh? Yeah. When he's my shadow, I can hear his thoughts in my head." The filly responded with a smile, oblivious to the indications of such a thing. Quietly they all looked at one another as they studied the filly.
"Sweetie Belle, would you mind bringing Sombra back out again?" Celestia asked.
"No! You'll try to hurt him again."
Ay por el amor de dios.
Quickly Sweetie's shadow began to move on its own as it converged out of the ground. Pulling himself from the ground, Sombra came to his hooves as he forced his body to obey him. "Stop asking the filly, I am capable of coming out on my own."
"What?! Since when!?" Sweetie Belle shouted out in surprise.
"Since always." He said as he dusted himself off.
"Then why did you never do it before?"
"Never felt the need to." Sombra responded back in a quick back and forth that was rather strange to see. After all, who would have guessed that the all powerful dark lord would be bickering with a filly.
"Well perhaps you can shed some more light into the situation." Celestia said as she stepped close, an action that Sombra disliked greatly and it showed in his face and reluctance to respond immediately. "How did you come to be bound to Sweetie Belle. This isn't the normal revival most ponies go for."
"I don't remember."
"Most likely a lie, sister."
"I do not lie." Sombra responded quickly as he glared at Luna. "I may be a Tyrant, but I'm no liar. Or have you forgotten the letter I wrote?"
"Letter?" The mares asked out.
"You mean the one you wrote to Canterlot when you were King?"
"If We recall correctly, thou hath spoken of us possessing something thou wanted and if we did not give it to thee, thou would take it by force."
"I do not beat around the bush Princess, but instead of a simple response letter, I am greeted by an army at my door step."
"Thou had threatened us! Luckily we caught thou at a time when thy army was nowhere to be seen."
"Oh they were to be seen. They were in the mines." Sombra said as he gestured with his hoof, not really coming to an understanding at how he sounded at the moment.
"You put your army in the mines?!" Twilight asked out, immediately imagining the guards from the Crystal Empire having to work in the mines.
"We were behind schedule as it was! We needed to excavate as many crystals as we could in order to survive the winter that was to come."
"You lived in Frozen North." Rarity spoke out. "It's always winter!"
"You clearly haven't seen a winter in the Empire then."
"So wait. Are you saying that you willingly fought us and our army on your own?" The Sun Goddess asked.
"I had no choice. The empire would not have survived otherwise. Not that it mattered it seems. Your goal was to 'relieve' of my position as King. Luckily I managed to place the Empire at a standstill while I was banished, saving it from starvation."
"Thou speak as if thou were a savior." Luna said as she sent a hateful look in Sombra's direction. He responded in kind and they were once again in a rather lethal staring contest. The dark stallion's eyes began to spark in flames as his guard was suddenly raised by the curse he was under. The Princess had killing intent in her gaze, powering him. It was exactly what he wanted.
"Cookie?" Sweetie Belle asked as she jumped between the two clashing forces with a tray balanced on her head again. Both of them were taken by surprise at her antics and took a step back. "Take one Mister Sombra." She said with an innocent smile.
Bound to follow her instructions, Sombra used his magic to levitate a cookie and take a quick bite out of it in frustration. Again she had interrupted his plans to use the curse to his advantage.
"W-We'll take one too." Luna said as she tried to move away from the tense atmosphere she had created, but as she reached for the trey, Sweetie Belle moved it out of reach.
"No! You keep trying to hurt Mister Sombra!" Sweetie Belle said as she took a stand beside Sombra who couldn't help but smile at having somepony at his defense, even if it was just a filly. It was definitely nice to be able to smirk at the expression Luna was making for being rejected a cookie to take.
"W-What!? Such a thing is uncalled for!"
"You can have one if you apologize." The filly said with her chest out, the same expression she had given when she had demanded the same action from Sombra.
"Thou wishes for Us to apologize to a Tyrant?!"
"You were at fault here Luna." Celestia said with a giggle.
"Not thee as well!" Luna shouted out, her face red in frustration. "Thou would act the same way if thy mind was not filled with memories of thine past lover."
In a fraction of a second Celestia calm demeanor was turned into a flustered one as she turned blood red at the face. "H-H-H-He has nothing to do with anything!"
"He hath everything to do with it! Why else would thou be so calm to see Sombra? Thine mind is plagued with 'lovey dovey' memories!"
The two sisters began to bicker with one another in a 'lovingly' sister way, leaving Sombra and Sweetie Belle rather confused with the situation. The mares to their side soon began to undertsand what Luna had meant and their faces shined as they recalled a small detail in one of their adventures.
"Oh right, Celestia fell in love with an alternate version of King Sombra." Twilight said as she smacked one hoof against the other in realization.
"Don't say that in front of him!" Celestia shouted as she tried to cover Twilight's muzzle, but it was too late, Sombra and for that matter, Sweetie Belle had heard.
"Really!?" The filly squeaked out. "Princess Celestia likes Mister Sombra?!"
"N-N-N-No! It was an alternate version of Sombra!" The Sun Goddess tried to explain, but there was no reasoning with the filly.
"So do you like her back?" Sweetie asked as he nudged one of Sombra's hooves. His only response was to look away in annoyance and take another bite of his cookie.
"Ha. Me fall for one of the mares who tried to murder me? Nonesense."
Celestia remained motionless as she heard him speak. She wasn't sure how to take it. Whether to be happy that he didn't seem to take interest in her little secret, or sad that she was rejected so quickly by a version of her former lover. The snickering at her back by her sister was of no consolation either.
"Quiet Luna! This is all your fault!"
"We are not to blame that thou art not capable of captivating King Sombra." She teased back.
With a heavy sigh, Sombra took a step towards the filly as he began to shift his physical form into darkness. "Call me when their petty feud is over." He said as he returned to Sweetie Belle as her shadow. The filly, of course, paid little mind to his words as she looked over in a giggle fit at the Royal Sisters.
Dumbfounded, Twilight and Rarity stood still as they too looked over at the situation. This was certainly not what they imagined would happen when the Princesses arrived. Sighing, Rarity lowered her head as annoyance took hold of her.
"I'll go make more tea..."
Too early in the morning, too tired, that was fucking hilarious.
Is that a shipping I smell? Could it be?
I don't think it's a shipping...in the comics Celestia really did love an alternate version of Sombra.
Onl one word can describe the atmosphere of this chapter:
Sombra dont give a hoof about your alternate Lovelife, Can He or can he not get da cookies?
I have no complaints, except one. There was one spot you missed a paragraph!
I think it would have been best to put a Paragraph in so we know when Sweetie and When Sombra is talking.
Other than that, Perfect as far as I can see!
Keep up the amazing work Note! You rock!
placing them neatly back on the trey | "tray" should be there I think, had it right the first time mentioning it.
Rarity asked as she placed freshly made sandwiches onto a trey. | the fact that "trey" has been used twice makes me think I might be wrong for thinking it's "tray"
but as she reached for the trey | really starting to think I'm wrong about this, you use "tray" the first time and "trey" every other time after.
"We made cookies!" Sweetie Belle shouted out as she ran into the room with a tray balanced on her head. | Put this one here more for my benefit than anything else.
Another great chapter but the "tray vs trey" thing made me confused.
I wonder what artefact Sombra wanted. I imagine that things will be interesting with him knowing Celestia's crush on his other self. Keep up the good work.
Luckely we caught thou
1. Luckily. Unless this was on purpose but even then, I don't think they spelt it that way back then.
Also, the Trey - Tray mistake mentioned by Aerigim just before me.
You have a few errors here and there, but I'm too tired at the moment to point them out. I just wanted to say that I continue to love the way you write Sweetie Bell. She's sweet, innocent and adorably naive.
Hilarious!
Although I'm not sure if I like the the comics reference. I mean, yeah I like it and was funny, but not everyone read the comics.
Anyway, it was a great chapter. Keep going!
The eternal debate of rightepousness. Is it truly Sombra who, his actions notwithstanding, remains the tyrant of these lands?
So,
you falter on that road.
You come to doubt the truth you once found inevitable.
For when good is no longer pure white,
how can you know if you are just
or simply a shade of a blissful future;
that the dream you dream this night rings true?
That the light you see may flicker,
and your guilt find no rest in that flesh.
You may be deluded.
Awaiting further releases.
to
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if
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O amor deus.
[Use Latin. Since there's no way he'd know Spanish, but they did have Latin and Latin is the language learned by royalty, scholars, and the elite in ancient times after the fall of Rome.]
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as she
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What's this about an Alternate Sombra?
5122263 The official comic had a mirror world thing going on, you can go to yayponies to read it.
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I dislike comic references where people automatically assume that other's have read the comics. Personally, I dislike the artwork, the story lines that I've heard of so far aren't interesting enough to get me to read them, and I don't want to have to invest money, time or effort to see an inside reference.
It'd be cooler if we could get a A/N note about who he was / a little info on him for those of us who want to read the fic, but are adverse to the comics. As for Mirror World thing. So the EoH are Elements of Disharmony and the villians are good guys? Or are the villains the Element Bearer's over there?
5122357 From what I remember Sombra was not corrupted by dark magic and it turns out Celestia and Luna were the villains. Sombra was also greatly focused on defensive magic that allowed him to protect his city from the two till they got bored and left. Don't really remember much more than that. Yes, the villains that did make an appearance were hero's if you feel like reading them ad can find them it's chapters 18 through 20, just remember I haven't gotten around to finishing reading it.
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I might give it a look. Thanks for the heads up and the info .
The bickering between Celestia and Luna about Mirror Sombra had me laughing. Thanks for this chapter.
This was a really well done scene.
Good chapter! As always!
oh my this could get very interesting.
if Celestia and Luna (reluctantly) allows Sombra to live and he becomes a good bad guy maybe Celestia and Sombra might become in love.........
um wait since Sombra is bound by Sweetie Belle's shadow an if Tia and Him becomes acouple in the future (maybe) wouldn't that mean Sweetie Belle ane Tia becomes a couple
Threesome ahem
oh what did Sombra say before reappearing from Sweetie's shadow?
5122263 for me the spanish kinda does make since
YESH! The referenced the comics!!!!!!!
So does that mean this is set in the comic universe?
I love how Sombra cursed in Spanish Never thought you'd bring up Mirror Sombra in this chapter.
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How? You have a descendant of Unicorn Royalty who never moved down past Stalliongrad / the north. Spanish is a Mediterranean Language descended from Latin in the 4th Century, in the Iberian Peninsula after the fall of Rome. A location far from the northern wastes. And at a time period way before the Fall of the Crystal Empire [even if it was a little over a thousand years ago, it still a point in history that Spanish wouldn't have been a thing. Since most ponies had either English or Latin based names].
Sombra's name is of Latin origin, as is a lot of the Crystal Empire ponies [even Luna and Celestia are Latin]. Thus him knowing and speaking Latin makes more sense. Since culturally he wouldn't be around to learn Spanish, he wouldn't be around a place that is more closely resembling Spain, or Spanish speaking countries, and as Royalty he would've learned Latin as one of many languages.
But Spanish wouldn't have been one of them. And as a member of Unicorn Royalty it doesn't make sense for him to use a language that a) didn't exist, b) didn't have the same historical significance to unicorns as Latin would've, and c) even if he did learn it after being summoned it doesn't make sense for Sweetie Belle or the other Ponyvillians to have learned a language that has no importance to Equestria [since we don't see any Latino oriented names / ponies in canon. Thus no pony who'd be speaking it enough for it to be taught in the schools].
5122663 Hhhmm.....
Never thought about it that way.
Considering I did take latin
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This is AWESOME!!!
Seriously, great chapter. :D
And I know it probably wont happen but maybe Celestia could somehow wins Sombra's heart?
I can understand how that'd never happen, what with them banishing him at some point, but I always love seeing a little romance in stories.
Let's say Sweetie gets trapped in an age spell and stuff Happens. #Lotsofluff please??
Man, we need more future interactions between Celestia and Sombra in this story, eh.
5122585 "Oh for the love of god."
1. Was the spanish really necessary? I mean Sombra isnt Hispanic.
2. For the love of god? Who would be god in this chapter if you called Celestia the sun goddess.
3. I am not sure if the comic series is cannon but i like that you added it in.
4. I liked the chapter alot good job.
I laugh at this chapter. It be great.
Gotta love Celestia's unflappable serenity, and gotta love it even more after she was good and flapped.
Also, I'm really enjoying the portrayal of Sombra, feels very lawful evil. Yeah, he was working his population hard in the mines, but he was trying to keep the whole empire from starving. I'm really curious about the artifact he mentioned.
Loved this update. The little things here just are magical. And really, you nail sweetie bell so right. And thats a challenge.
What is Sombra's actual status. Is he fully alive or in some state of undeath? Considering that he can eat and drink implies that he is 'alive' but his theory that the bond between him and Sweetie Belle is keeping him alive means that he is forbidden to die until his service is ended. But such things are more common when binding demons, not raising the dead. The most common undead are zombies and skeletons, which are simply corpses reanimated by dark magic, which are essentially automatons whereas Sombra remembers his past life and retains his personality. Based on this I guess that he's akin to a vampire, without the need to drink blood, or akin to the ringwraiths from the LOTR. What do you guys think.
Well, Sombra's already died for his crimes. His sentence has been paid. What reason is there to kill him twice?
I don't want him to die I just want to know what he is. Aside from being a Dark Lord of Evil and Darkness. Which is awesome btw.
Lawful evil. A king who became a tyrant in order to protect his kingdom. Nice depiction of Sombra. Wonder when Celestia will put two and two together and realise she has a chance with this Sombra after all.
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You mean like when anyone references anything, ever? Should all references to things that you personally don't feel like reading/watching/playing be relegated to the Author's Notes? No, just because you personally did not read the comics doesn't mean nobody else did and won't appreciate the reference. I'm sorry if this comes off as agressive or ill-mannered as I meant no offence.
The awkward has reached Cloudsdale Anthem levels.
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That's the thing though it's about context. People who read the fics have at least seen the shows. Or are fans of the cartoon series [even if they haven't watched past a certain Season]. It's something that's literally a youtube link away. With a storyline, artwork, and everything that's readily available. The problem and what I'm griping about is this.
If you're going to reference something that's not canon. Don't assume that people are going understand just what the hell you're talking about. And do the decency of saying "Hey all of you who never read the comics. That little thing about Mirror Sombra was from the comics when Tia went into the mirror world."
It's common courteous. Since not everyone is going to get a reference to something that's not part of the show. And if it's a toss out that's not going to be gone into in any detail. Give a freaking A/N so that others can be a part of the story reference. Otherwise it's rather retarded to expect everyone to say, to understand something that has no real reference point in the show itself.
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PS: And it's nothing against the people who like the comic books. I'm glad they have something they should enjoy. But if it's something that not's something that everyone would get. And it's not something that's going to be explained in any degree past a shout out. Then it's only fair that it's mentioned so that everyone can get what the hell is being talked about.
There's a big gap between what happens in the show, or the movies [one form of medium], and another that only comprises a small portion of the fanbase [rather than the show which everyone has seen to one degree or another. Which is a commonality which the readers share.].
spoke to
Such a funny chapter
I'm going to take a wild guess and say that what Sombra wanted out of Canterlot was Cadence. The empire had likely fallen to a frigid wasteland that dictated Sombra's use of a police state without her to maintain the shield.
5122357 Well, if you want to read the comics (without paying), I know a site that hosts them online. I'll send you a PM if you're interested.
This chapter was AWESOME and funny as hell
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Being able to read them for free would be good. Thank you.
5122585 duuuuuude! that is all sorts of wrong!
Is this fic somewhat canon to The Chase, or you just use that part of Celestia in love with an alternate Sombra from it? other things, very good chapter and wonderful story, it totally deserve its likes