//------------------------------// // Oath from the Shadows // Story: The Revenge of the Shadows // by YangSoulSplitted //------------------------------// It all started with those wretched ponies… Sombra, the greatest King of the Crystal Empire, was defeated not only once, but twice! First by the Great Sisters, the gave a fight and were strong opponents, but the second was by some pathetic ponies and their pet dragon! And nevertheless their leader is now a Princess! And to finish his humiliation, the descendant of an Amore was ruling now over them! Everpony have forgotten about his services in the past, what he meant for the Princesses, their story together had quite an interesting turn of events 2000 years ago, when Discord was defeated. Everypony was saying the same, and he was actually happy for Luna and Celestia, his dearest friends, they were powerful enough to beat Discord with the elements of harmony. “It wasn’t an easy task… but we did it, you can rest at peace, for Discord is long gone” said Celestia with a solemn tone, she was so beautiful in that moment, her mane wasn't rainbow-colored, it was pink but still flowing, and of course, she wasn't that tall, it seems that eternity does that to ponies when they have all that power, a week of celebration was held in honor of the two sisters, Celestia and Luna were crowned as Princesses and everything seemed to en happy, but Life has a heinous habit of ruin things just when they seems to be perfect, and that's what happened. Sombra was the Royal Advisor and Recruiter for new students for both, Celestia and Luna, until one day, a stranger came into the castle, claiming that he had one power that could make Celestia’s lose and would boost his and Luna's, and so, a big magic duel was held to prove the unicorn wrong, his name was Moonshadow. “Prepare to see that the power of Light is not the only one that can be powerful!” the duel lasted for long time, no one could tell if it was two or six hours, watching them fight was simply… mesmerizing. It ended up in a win for Celesia, but still, Moonshadow gave a big fight, so he became teacher on the “Night Arts” as he named them, Luna and Sombra joined his lessons and before they knew, he had power over the fears and hate on everyone’s hearts and Luna just boosted her powers over night and Moon, but also over dreams and nightmares, but he rose against Celestia, Sombra and Luna protected her and vanished Moonshadow to a place where he couldn’t hurt anyone… or so they thought… But it seems that his power had a price, most of his students became evil, so did Sombra and so did Luna… everypony got a punishment, he got vanished as well from his beloved Crystal Empire… but Luna didn’t, she got another chance… talking about favoritism… but no… he wouldn’t stand it… his horn was still around the Empire… and from the ashes he shall rise… but first… he would have to join forces, first, Chrysalis, and then Luna… He swore to the Darkness… He would get his revenge and he would help his fellow comrades to do so… or he shall die trying, this time, for good.