The guards bowed and closed the cell door as the King exited, walking to another. They opened it and he entered. Sombra smiled upon seeing the state of the former Captain of the Royal Guards. "You look pathetic," he laughed.

The chained unicorn looked up upon hearing the King's voice and said in a voice filled with venom, "I hate you."

"I know that," Sombra replied. "Now, why are you crying like a little foal? Miss your pathetic alicorn?" he laughed.

Shining's hooves clenched in anger. "Don't you dare talk about Cadance like that," he hissed.

"Ah, so her name is Cadance," the corrupted unicorn says in understanding. "I see. She must be related to Amore, because of how easily I was able to kill her. You know, I loved that part when the crystal went through her heart. Do you know why? Because of all the delicious blood that came from it."

Shining growled. "Grrrrrrrr..." He was too angry to even care about who this Amore was.

"What happened? You wanted her blood?" Sombra mockingly asked. "Or did you want the honor of killing an alicorn?"

"Grrrrr..."

"Want to see her dead body with the hole in it?"

"Grrrrrr..."

"Is that a yes?" Sombra asked. He laughed, "I'll say it is. Guards, bring the dead alicorn in," he shouted, and less than a minute later, two guards entered with a dead body. They bowed and left. "Look at it," the King told Shining, who had his eyes shut. "I said LOOK AT IT!"

Sombra's shout was enough to make Shining open his eyes and jump. He looked down, not wanting to see Sombra, and regretted it. "C-cadance..." he whimpered. "C-cadance..."

"You are so pathetic," the King mocked him. "Crying over a dead body. She's dead and cold; she's gone. Why cry over her?"

Sombra laughed, and then put a hoof under Shining's chin, forcing the stallion to look into his eyes. His horn began to glow, and before the white stallion could do so much as look away, he was under the spell.

Shining Armor was standing on the Crystal Castle's balcony, watching as King Sombra got closer to Spike with each passing second. He put Cadance on his back, showing her what was happening.

She spread her wings, and he threw her, hoping she would be able to catch both Spike, and the Heart in time. But just as she was about to catch it, Sombra did, and his crystal impaled her and Spike. Their blood slid down, covering the crystal.

"Cadance!" Shining cried, unable to believe that his wife had been killed. "Cadance!"

Shining lay on the floor of the cell, crying and screaming his dead wife's name. The King laughed, taking pleasure in the former Prince's pain. "You're useless," he began. "Completely useless. If you hadn't thrown your mare into the sky like some sort of sports equipment, then she wouldn't be dead. Your hooves are covered in her blood, and you are responsible for her murder. You couldn't even do anything apart from crying, because you're useless."

And then without warning, his horn began to glow.

Shining Armor smiled at his wife as they lay together in bed. "I love you, Cadance," he said.

Cadance smiled at him, but instead of saying that she loves him too, she growled, "I hate you, Shining Armor." She spat his name as if it were a bad taste in her mouth.

"C-cadance? Why do you hate me?" Shining asked, wondering why his wife had said that. His eyes widened. "You aren't Chrysalis, are you?"

Cadance laughed. "Of course I'm not Chrysalis." Her tone was cold as ice; emotionless.

"T-then why did you say that you h-hate me?" Shining stuttered, scared.

"Because of you I was killed!" Cadance snapped. "If you hadn't thrown me into the air, then I would still be alive. You were just useless, standing there and watching as I flew closer to Sombra, hoping that I would be able to catch the Crystal Heart in time."

"C-cadance," Shining began, "I-I didn't think that-"

He was cut off as Cadance rose into the air, eyes glowing as bright as the sun, with her wings spread out. Her voice sounded like that of a monster's as she growled, "You didn't think that? You didn't think that?! I don't care what you thought; you got me killed! And now I'm going to take my revenge. If I'm dead, you should be dead too."

"Cadance, please listen to me," Shining pleaded, but it was no use. Cadance's horn began to glow, and she blasted Shining with a spell, killing him on the spot.

"No," Shining whimpered, curled up into a ball. "No." Tears rolled down his face, and Sombra licked them off, loving the taste.

"Look at you, crying pathetically over only two nightmares. You were lots of fun, Shining Armor. I'll be sure to visit you again."

Before he left, he said, "And in case you don't know, you can keep your mare's dead body. After all, it is a gift. Sweet dreams, little colt."

And with that, he was gone, laughing to himself.

Meanwhile, in Canterlot...

"Princess Celestia!" The doors to the throne room were suddenly thrown open as a guard rushed in.

He took a while to catch his breath as the Sun Monarch looked up from her paperwork and asked, "What is the matter? Has Twilight returned?"

"Your Highness-" the guard took a couple more breaths. "Twilight Sparkle has not returned, but her friends have. They are injured and say that- that King Sombra has successfully taken over the Crystal Empire, and has also kept Miss Sparkle and Captain Armor as his prisoners."

Princess Celestia gasped. "You- I- This can't be true!" She walks up to the guard and shakes him. "Please, don't tell me that this is true."

The guard bows his head and says, "I'm sorry Princess, but it's true. I'm sorry."

The Princess releases her grasp on the guard and collapses.

The guard is frozen in shock, not knowing what to do as he watches his Princess sob.

Suddenly Celestia stands, all trace of crying gone from her face. "Take me to Twilight's friends, if what you say is true."

"That monster!" Celestia screams. "I will destroy him!" She smashes a vase against the wall as she shouts, "I will fucking kill him! And once he's dead, I'll cut his heart out and eat it!"

The mane five and the guards are unsure of what to do as Celestia is going through a fit of anger.

Celestia continues screaming things and as she does, her mane and tail catch on fire.

"Princess!" A unicorn guard rushes forward and casts a water spell on Celestia, trying to put out the fire...

Shining is a cute pony. I don't think he'll be killed here.

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