The sky was a mixture of red and orange, due to the strong flames engulfing the cities and forests creating thick clouds of grey and black smoke blocking the sun.
He never liked the high temperatures but It was his fault even if he didn't remember doing It. Even in the top of the mountain was scorching, but the snow melted when the fire took possession of the air.

"Sooo..." A voice behind him. "How It was?"

"Amazing, but scary." Mane answered.

The hand under the steel gauntlet touched Mane's shoulder making him turn around and looked at his uncle with his green eyes surrounded in purple corrupted magic being washed along with the hot wind.

"You remind of me back in the years..." King Sombra commented while staring at him with the same effect on his red and green eyes.

"It was YOU!" Mane snarled with his finger pointed almost touching him. "You were the responsible for injecting that rage on me!"

"NO! It was Tirek!" Sombra argued. "Since you discovered your 'Crystal Sense' and the 'Shadow Body' power, we though It would be the best time to give you a help."

"You could have warned me! I almost killed a guy out there!" Mane gave a step in his direction.

"Hey, let's not get aggressive here. I can beat you right here and you know It!"

Mane turned his back to see Equestria in flames, and his expression changed slowly to fear.

"Tell me, uncle. Is this real..?"

"No! You're in one of your nightmares." Sombra answered with a laugh.

"Not that. I mean this!" Mane extended his arms in the direction of the fiery fields. "Can this actually happen by my own deeds?"

"Well, er..." The dead tyrant scratched his head. "No. Only Tirek could do this if nopony would stop him. And you aren't Tirek."

"Good. I can rest more relaxed then. Next time tell me what is about to happen before I almost punch somepony's brains out."

"All I can say is, you should make the ritual and have a talk with each one of them, and ask what they can help you with, and start training alone. My part is mostly made, you have the 'Crystal Sense' and part of the 'Shadow Body'. All I can do is give some advice." Sombra walked next to him to admire the landscape. "It's like being down there..."

"Hell is like this?" Mane asked.

"A bit like this, but way worse. Where the soul of the dead torment us from time to time but they are quickly dispatched. One thing is right though, all the scum you killed is awaiting for you there."

"Good!" Mane threw a punch at his other open hand. "If my place is reserved there, I get to kick their asses again."

"I hope It doesn't. The last thing I want It's you down there by my side." Sombra sighed a black cloud out of his mouth. "I deserve to be there, and those Four fools decided to help me in helping you and do a favor to this world of the living."

"Honestly uncle Sombra, I never understood how such evil characters can help somepony in doing the good."

"It's called learning the lesson, nephew..." Sombra patted Mane in the back, but something gave him a weird feeling, while he looked around as if he was being watched.

"Something wrong?" Mane asked.

"Yes. I... I gotta go! Chrysalis sent you a kiss!" Mane cringed while observing his uncle stepping to a cliff behind them. "See you! And remember what I told you!" Sombra turned on his 'Shadow Body' and flew down the bottomless chasm, leaving Mane speechless with his sudden leaving.

After some moments, a character in dark blue armor appeared in the sky and landed in front of Mane with It's wings spread, and It stood up from the landing pose and took off the helmet revealing her unmatched beauty.

"Mane!" Luna called while heading to him to give a hug, but she stopped when she noticed his eyes. "By all the stars..." She gasped when turned around to see her beloved reign in flames. The princess looked back at Mane which stood there without knowing what to say, while trying to chill down his body from the scorching wind. "You did this..?" Luna asked in shock.

"No..." Mane said calmly. "It always begins like this, and I'm always here on top of this mountain without an exit, to suffer the heat and see what my lack of control can do."

"It's the first time I see this nightmare of yours, but I didn't expect this!" Luna baffled in terror.

"Don't worry. I suffer in It too." Mane walked next to her, but she gave a step aside. "Besides cooking here without any way of leaving, I must see my place burn... and all those I love and care about, dead."

"Do you regret It..?" The princess asked with a glance of hope.

"A lot..." Mane sighed sadly. "From my three usual bad dreams, I think this is the most fucked up." He didn't mind to swear in front of a princess, knowing Luna was okay with It. "Because one mistake is one thing, and can lead to a new problem or a chain of events. But here, It's like I didn't gave time to make something else happen." Mane looked at the princess. "I have a guess why you're here."

"No need to take a guess. I almost fainted when my sister handed me the letter. I had to read a second time to check if It was true." Luna pointed her Moon Scythe at Mane to keep the distance. "Start explaining!" She demanded with a nervous look.

"Woa, calm down!" Mane lowered the weapon but the princess insisted in keeping It up in his direction. "I simply lost It! It came out of nowhere!"

"Why I don't believe in you?" She asked. "For what I read, It was like King Sombra, your dead uncle was coming back to life in a new body. Do you expect me to go easy on this? In fact, I felt an evil presence leaving this place before I arrived!"

Mane gulped with the pressure she was making. He didn't want to say the Five Devils started supporting him since he found his new powers, and that would mean a death sentence and losing Luna's friendship which both valuated since Mane was a foal.

"Well look around you!" Mane argued. "Look and tell me why are you surprised you feel an evil presence! I'm from the same bloodline of Sombra, and It wasn't my choice to be or have the 'Devil Blood'! You can choose your life, friends and other things, but you can't choose family or their own decisions!" He hoped she would buy It, even if It was true.

"Hmm..." Luna analyzed the scenario around them and he had a good point. She lowered the weapon and walked slowly towards him. "I like you and you know It. But if I must help my sister defend Equestria, I won't hesitate in going after you myself." Luna pointed a finger at him. "And remember! I know who are you... I know your fears... I know who you care about... I know of your actions... and I can enter in your sleep and make you suffer..." The slow tone made the colt shiver in pure terror of seeing the Night Princess like that.

"Okay..." Mane shivered. "Please don't hurt me more than what I already am..."

"Oh don't worry Mane Shaker, 'The Last Sombra'!" She mocked. "I wouldn't hurt you. I'll kill you if I must... fast and clean."

Luna turned around to fly away and leave Mane on his own, but she stopped dead in her tracks.

"You can choose your life, friends and other things, but you can't choose family"

Mane's saying echoed in her head. She turned around and Mane noticed tears forming in her blue eyes, and with a run she hugged him while he took It and stood still without knowing what to do.

"I'm so sorry." She cried in his shoulder. "I don't know what went through me."

"It's alright..." Mane patted her armored back. "If you think that's bad. Imagine having that fear and anger inside of you thousands of times multiplied, but you must contain It all."

"I think I get It now..." Luna looked at his green eyes still surrounded by the evil purple.

"Like I said. I lost It... There was so much going on in my head." Mane explained again.

"I won't blame you." She cleaned her tears. "You are just trying to do the right thing."

"I don't blame you either. It's your duty to rule Equestria along with your sister and defend It. I understand if one day we must fight each other, I just hope that day doesn't come..."

"Me neither." She was about to hug but noticed the coat of sweat covering his head, neck and arms. "Too hot in here don't you think?"

"Yes, I hate It here..."

Luna stepped back and with all her power, she summoned a cloud that grown in size in seconds, and what was a tiny cloud became a blizzard.
She managed to cover the entire place in a cold wind, slowing cooling down the air. The freezing storm slowly killed the flaming landscape, and the clouds of smoke covering the sky became grey. It calmed down and started snowing, covering the scorched scenario in white.

"I know how much you like the cold." Luna smiled while sweeping what was left of her tears.

"Yes... Pinkamena never saw snow. It's hard to believe. Guess living in a basement all those years only coming out to hunt for victims, attending her kills used to stop during winter..."

"I think you both should relax one of these times."

"What do you mean? There's a nation to clean."

"I mean, more you act, more close Shining Armor will be from you. You two should stop for a month or two and take a rest." The new white landscape inspired her. "I know! Why don't you take her to the Foal Mountains behind Canterlot during winter?"

"Good idea... maybe after we leave the Crystal Empire... if we end our business here alive without getting caught."

"I don't think Shining Armor and his troops will get that close of you after this morning." Luna commented in a sassy tone.

"True."

"Well, I gotta go. I wanted to check on you. I'm sorry for my words back there."

"It's alright like I said. I'll stay here... thinking about my life." Mane sat on a cold stone with a dusting of snow.

"Get well soon, and remember. Keep your control, or what you saw here may become a reality..."

With that, Princess Luna left through a void she opened with her magic. Mane melted a puddle of snow with his magic, and he looked into the watery mirror. His eyes were still the same, with the evil purple aura coming out of them, and he sighed in acceptance.

"Keep your control..."