King Sombra Loves Fluttershy!
Chapter 3: Locked In
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Locked In
Things were growing terribly loud in Canterlot. As walls and homes and castles were blanketed in scaffolding, able ponies took to their tools and began to reconstruct what they had lost. The city had moped for one night and two days, now was their time to pick up and fix what had been wrought by King Sombra, an artist of his own style. Princess Celestia grew ever more displeased with her castle. With each passing moment it turned into a louder, booming engine of noise and chaos. She resented keeping King Sombra there, and knew that moving him needed to occur immediately.
Princess Luna stood where her throne once was, watching as the endless hoards of ponies flowed in and out like a river, fixing the things that were damaged and replacing the things that were broken. To an extent, the princess was amused, as removing those nasty black crystals was a difficult task, and the under equipped ponies rendered it comical to watch. The broken open window behind the thrones allowed the harsh light of the sun to strike the floor and walls, annoyingly making things more difficult.
Princess Celestia stepped over to her sister, the two of them trotting somewhere else in the castle so that they could speak and effectively hear each others voices. Princess Luna knew what here sister would be going on about, and braced for the nonsense she did not want to hear. "He must be moved, today." She stood back some, the princess having braced herself for a rant rather than a plea. "Where will King Sombra be moved to?" Princess Celestia looked down at her hooves, hoping that her sister would not judge her idea and laugh at it. "He will be brought to Ponyville, where the element of kindness will heal him." Princes Luna stood in silence, enjoying the idea while at the same time not wanting to convey her enjoyment to Princess Celestia. "Tell me, what will keep him there? I know you are not so daft to think that upon his awakening, he will simply do as he is told." Princess Celestia's temple throbbed, she had not thought of how King Sombra would react to the arrangements she had prepared for him.
Later that same day, the stallion was transferred from the large and soft bed that he had been placed in to a smaller, stiffer cot, which would serve as his transportation while journeying to Ponyville. Princess Celestia traveled with him, Twilight Sparkle in the oversized chariot as well. "Twilight Sparkle, I once asked you to study protective enchantments, do you recall them?" The unicorn mare stopped what she had been doing to think, the chariot lurching beneath them as it took off, King Sombra groaned. His first noise in days. "O my, I fear the magic my sister has used to keep him asleep is weakening, we must hurry." With that, the stallions flew faster. Twilight Sparkle thought, almost in a frenzy as clouds passed beneath her and the harnesses of the guards rattled with their motions.
Twilight Sparkle's mind was awash with words that didn't quite go together. She tried to remember the lyrics to a long forgotten tune, but the mare failed at reassembling the melody in her mind. She tried speaking it, moving her lips. Her eyes rolled up into her head as if to watch her mind think. Soon, she stopped, the princess waiting. "I remember." She said, only half convinced that she was telling the truth. Princess Celestia smiled, glad and proud of her student.
The chariot came in for a gentle and sweeping landing just outside of Fluttershy's cottage. The animals about her home stirred and huffed happily in their direction, glad to be looking at something new for a change. The king was promptly unloaded. Then, a creamy-yellow pegasus mare glided over on her wings, stopping and bowing to the princess. "How nice to see you both, what can I..." Fluttershy stopped, her eyes wide open at the sight of King Sombra, lying on his side as he was carried past her. His upper lip twitched, revealing more of his teeth. Fluttershy went to gasp, but had managed to stuff her hoof in her mouth so that she didn't. The mare flew to the top of a tree, perching there like a branch that had broken off and died. Twilight Sparkle stepped closer to her friend, ushering her down slowly. "W-W-What's h-h-he do-o-o-ing her-e-e-e?" She begged, clutching onto her friend's leg and hiding her body, watching as the evil looking unicorn stallion was carried into her home. "Fluttershy, he's scary, I know, but..." Twilight Sparkle paused. "You need to help him." Fluttershy stood up some, wanting to understand what her friend was saying. "Fluttershy, you are the element of kindness, it is my belief that you can heal King Sombra. He is... good, somewhere in his heart I can feel it... I saw it." Fluttershy was touched by the princess' moving tale, tears brimming in her eyes at the thought of saving somepony. She nodded, taking a few steps back toward her home.
Twilight Sparkle began to whisper her incantation, a yellow orb generating above Fluttershy's cottage and the surrounding area, projecting over her animals and her grazing fields, her entire life kept safe in a bubble. The most delicate flower of all had been placed within a box, that box also containing the most crude and disliked stallion of all time. Twilight Sparkle hoped her friend would not be harmed. In that instant, the same feeling past through Fluttershy. She darted for her friend once more, the protective barrier stopping her. The mare pressed her cheek to the yellow glowing surface. "Pleasepleasepleasepleaseplease let me out!" Fluttershy cried, peering over her shoulder as if King Sombra would be standing there, hungrily eyeing her.
Inside of the cottage, King Sombra was waking up. He looked around, seeing that it was late afternoon at best. He groaned, touching the couch beneath his bottom and the blanket over him. He motioned to stand, instantly falling onto the floor, knocking over a lamp which fell with a crash. Bits of white plaster scattered , the thing rolling until it was pressed against the wall. He sighed, standing once more and keeping weight off of his left forehoof. "I must have... must have sprained it." He said quietly, testing it several times to assess the damage.
Outside, Fluttershy checked behind her once more, the crash echoing through her ears violently. She begged for release, but Twilight Sparkle and Princess Celestia were helpless. The enchantment had been cast, and there was no undoing it. "Twilight please..." Whispered Fluttershy, stopping when she heard the door to her cottage creek open. She looked behind her, seeing King Sombra leaning against her home, staring them down. He charged, practically limping at them. He rammed the yellow barker with his shoulder, doing it again and again in harsh smacks until he was tired. "Celestia!" He screamed, his red eyes fiery with rage. Fluttershy cowered away, not wanting to be a victim of his anger. The king tried to use his magic, but nothing happened. He chuckled, shaking his head. "Well played..." He said to the princess, the king looking over Twilight Sparkle and huffing, stepping away from the barrier and back to the cottage. As he turned, he tripped over Fluttershy, practically landing on top of her. He jumped back up, bouncing so he didn't push on his injured hoof. "Who are you?" He asked, looking her over. "I'm..." He rolled his eyes, limping back to the cottage before she could answer. The king closed the door behind him, sitting back down where he had first awoken. He tended to his hoof, setting it on a pillow and laying down to calm his nerves. "That clever mare... locking me in this... this place." He looked around, trying to dislike his venue. To his amazement, he was rather comfortable in the small cottage, finding its small size cozy.
Outside, Twilight Sparkle consoled her friend, leaving with the princess not long after. Fluttershy made her way slowly back to her cottage, peaking in the window to see what King Sombra was doing inside. She stood up on her back two legs, peeping in through the small, round, window. She saw him on her couch, staring down Angel. The bunny bounced closer to him, eventually jumping up onto the stallion's chest. His mouth moved, but Fluttershy couldn't hear what he was saying. She blushed, moving to the door and letting herself in. Fluttershy stepped over and watched him, the evil stallion seeming so at peace as he sat there and smiled happily.
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