"What happened?", said Sombra, getting to his hooves. After a few hard blinks, he regains his vision. Looking again, he sees that the mare standing before him couldn't possibly be Celestia. Her mane, normally blue, green, and pink, was now a deep orange. Her body now had a orange hue to it, and her eyes were now a fiery, magma red.

"It worked, Sombra.", said Celestia, with a devious gleam in her eye. "You can stop pretending now."

"What exactly worked, Tia?", said Sombra in confusion. He was not often confused. It was a new feeling to him. He did not like it.

"Like I said Sombra, Celesta is gone. Your plan worked. The evil has corrupted me, just like you intended. And to think she bought that thing about you not wanting to see her crying." Then it clicked in Sombra's head. Tia got in the way, thought Sombra, The dark magic must have hit her. Damn it! What to do?

"Right. Just checking to see if the magic transferred properly." said Sombra, "I obviously couldn't continue if Celestia was still in the picture. What are you called again?"

"Solaris, Queen of the Sun and all that it's light touches." replied Solaris, "Of course you are Sombra. Now, I wouldn't normally do this, but how would you like to work together? When we conquer, you can have half of Equestria. What do you say? All I need you to do is help me defeat my sister."

"Half of Equestria? Alright Solaris. You got yourself a deal." said Sombra with a devious grin. "Let's go. I don't know how to get out." For the first time, he got a good look around his prison. He realised it wasn't as bad as he thought from the cell. The room was clean, more or less. It was large (as far as prison cells go). It even had a window. What was that thing I read about? Sombra asked himself, Perceptive reality, was it? I need to do some research when I get out. "Let's go get Luna" said Sombra.

Solaris lead him up the long flight of stairs. What an asset, she thought to herself, He will be a powerful ally. Our rule will go on for eternity! "Here we are." she said aloud. She opened the secret door and led Sombra to the throne room, where she knew Luna would be.

Through the immaculately clean corridors of Canterlot Castle, they walked. After they reached the grand doors leading into the throne room, Solaris stopped. She closed her eyes, inhaled deeply and said, "Only Luna is in there. We should be able to take her without her alerting all of the guards in the castle."

"How could you possibly know that? Unless security changed, no X-ray or magic sensory is possible within the walls of the castle" questioned Sombra.

"The Sun." answered Solaris. "I can see whatever the sunlight touches. As long as the sun is up, I will be able to find her. Anymore questions? No? Good. let's go" And with that she opened up the doors to the throne room. "Stay behind me" whispered Solaris. Sombra fell back a couple of steps and let himself get blocked by Solaris. Together, they walk into the throne room. Inside, her sister was sitting on a mat, her eyes closed, meditating.

"Hello, sister" said Solaris in her most sing-songy voice. "What'cha doin?"

"Oh, I am just meditating." Luna replied, dropping the Royal We, which is only used for meetings nowadays. "What's up with you?" Then she opened her eyes and saw her sisters new look. "Is that what you were in such a rush for? To dye your mane?" she asked, "I wasn't aware you cared enough about your mane to alter. What's the occasion?" said Luna jokingly.

"I thought it time to find a suitor." said Solaris sarcastically, "Why, again, do you care Loony? Afraid that this will make me look that much better than you?"

"Relax, sis, I was joking. I was just commenting on your new mane. And don't call me that. It brings up bad memories from school."

"What, you mean when the kids called you Loony Luna?" said Solaris, her voice filled with malicious intent. "Or when you were called a stupid little blank-flank who will never be as good as her sister?"

"I don't remember that last one." said Luna, angrily. Why is she saying this?, she wondered.

"Oh you wouldn't remember." said Solaris, "I never said that one to your face."

"What is wrong with you today?" questioned Luna, "Why are you picking on me like this? This just like the Magic Academy."

"I'm not picking on you." shot Solaris, "I'm merely stating facts. Don't pretend like these are lies. You know, in your heart, that this is true."

"Give me one good reason not to hit you right now." responded Luna. Despite the breathing techniques she was using, her body was filling with rage.

"I invite you to try, Loony Luna." struck Solaris. With every word, she knew she was tipping Luna over the edge. "What was that rhyme they said in school? Oh, right" said Solaris with a sly grin

"Don't you dare sister!" shouted Luna

"Loony, Loony, Loony

Born with a silver spoon-y,

right in her mouth

when things go south

We'll send her to the Moon-y." said Solaris mockingly.

"Solaris we don't have time for this." said Sombra, stepping out from behind Solaris. "Hurry up and kill her. I'll be waiting outside."

"Sombra?!" shouted Luna in outrage, "You're behind all of this! When I get my hooves on you!" Luna locked eyes with Sombra and saw him… wink?

"Finish up here Solaris. I'll be waiting", said Sombra. He turned around and started for the door.

"I've always wanted to show you my power Loony." said Solaris. "You never could beat me. Let's see just how far you've come. Now, let's g-"

BOOM!

Solaris fell to the ground, unconscious. Standing behind her, his horn steaming, was Sombra. "Run." he says, gesturing for Luna to come with him. "We need the Elements of Harmony. Where are they?" They trot through the corridors at a brisk pace.

"We don't have them anymore." replied Luna "They are in Twilight Sparkle's possession. And you can't have them."

"I can't use them anyway." said Sombra irritably, "I need to get this Twilight Sparkle to help defeat Solaris. That's your sister by the way."

"Why should I trust you?" said Luna, suspiciously. "It's your fault Tia is like this."

"Well, for one I saved your life. Secondly, It's not completely my fault. Don't ask about it until we are on our way to…Where does Twilight Sparkle live?"

"Ponyville." replied Luna, unaware as to why she was even still talking to him.

"Then Ponyville it is then. We don't have much time. Solaris will be waking up any second.", he said, crossing the bridge that connected the castle to the city.

"There are the Pods" said Luna. The Pods are specified locations for unicorns to teleport from the castle to the Pods. Once they were in the city, they could teleport to Ponyville.

"Let's go!" screamed Sombra. He grabbed Luna by the hoof and thought of Canterlot, imagining every detail he could recollect. His horn began to glow dark blue and after a few seconds…

POP!

Luna and Sombra where surrounded by a burst of blue aura and a second later, they were in Canterlot. "Here Luna, you can take it from here." said Sombra, "After so long without using real magic, I am out of shape."

Rolling her eyes, Luna grabbed Sombra's hoof and focused on Ponyville, everything about it, the smell, the feel of the air anything she could remember and…

POP!

They were covered in a lighter blue light this time and when they looked up, they were in front of a huge tree, with windows and balconies and a large door. Sombra ran up, twirled around, and bucked the door down. Together, he and Luna rushed in.

"Do not worry Twilight." called Luna, "It's just me. Please come down here. We need your help."

"And shift too, we have to get moving" yelled Sombra. Twilight walked down her stairs.

"Spike! Shining!" she called over her shoulder. "Wake up! The princess needs us!" Turning her attention to Luna, she asks, "What do you need from me?" Then noticing the pony next to her she screams. "Ahhhh! Sombra!" screamed Twilight.

"Relax Twilight Sparkle. I do not want to fight. We need to move. All of Ponyville. To the other side of the planet. Now!." said Sombra.

"I can't do that!" screamed Twilight.

"Don't worry Twilight." said Luna. "We will help." Luna pointed her horn to the middle of the library. "Come on Twilight." Twilight, sensing the urgency in the princesses' voice, she pointed her horn as well. Their horns began to glow their respective colors of blue and purple.

"We don't have enough power!" said Twilight.

"Honestly! You ponies are hopeless!" said Sombra and he added his own magic to the mix. The library and all of Ponyville was covered in white light. The town started to fade and…

POP!

"Way to join us Starswirl." said Luna

"Starswirl?!" said Twilight in surprise