Chapter 10: Return Home

When everyone opened their eyes again there was bits of, something, everywhere. Hanging off the walls, some metal pieces had managed to get stuck in the solid crystal floor. As everypony's eyes moved up to look at Twilight they all froze, even Celestia. Twilight had sprouted wings similar to Sombra's and was now flying high above them, staring intently at the large black circle on the floor. A piece of whatever was on the walls started to slide down, and she zapped it, replacing it with a smaller black circle than the one on the floor.

"Twilight Sp-" Celestia began to say before jumping back to avoid a shot from Twilight. Everypony looked at the newest black circle, and they finally realized what was all over the walls, and them...

"AAAAAAA!" Rarity screamed, jumping up on her hind legs while rubbing her mane furiously with her fore hooves, "Ew, ew, ew, ew! GROSS!" Rarity ended up smearing Sombra all throughout her hair, pushing even the iron willed Rainbow Dash for beyond her limits, the whole room erupting into gagging sounds and the foulest stench in the world. It took Rarity a few minutes to realize what was going on, but she was quick to join in on the festivities. Twilight watched from up high, holding a muted laugh as she tried to hold her own vomit in, a strange feeling in her stomach pushing her over the edge. As everypony else came back from their vomiting fit she hit the floor with a loud, and wet, thud.

"Twilight!" Pinkie screamed, running forwards to see if Twilight was okay, but she ended up slipping on the vomit and smacked right into Celestia's flank.

"We need to get her to Canterlot!" Celestia said, her face blushing slightly from Pinkie hitting her. She looked over the Shining Armor who was now covered in blood and vomit, almost making her vomit again, but she managed to order him to the city to try and calm the masses so she could announce peace. After a few minutes the sounds of fighting finished and Celestia cleared her throat, just as the field medics arrived.

"I am happy to announce that as of now, the Crystal Empire is free again, and will be protected under me and my sister's rule for all time!" Celestia announced, the entire Empire replying with a cheer as they threw down their arms and armor, hugging those they had been fighting only minutes before.

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Twilight woke up on the Frienship Express in an empty car, except for the bed she was laying in, and only vaguely remembering what had happened after her friends showed up. She could only remember up to when Celestia and Somb-

"Ah!" Twilight said quickly when she felt pain coming from her stomach, alerting everypony to the fact that she was awake now.

"Revenge..."

"Revenge?" Twilight whispered to herself as Shining Armor came running into the cart, at her bedside in seconds.

"Twily, are you okay?" Shining Armor asked quickly while he looked her over, checking for any cuts or bruises. Twilight stared at him for a few seconds before realizing who it was. In her mind she thought this was all one of Sombra's tricks to keep her magic strong, giving her a false sense of security, but this felt real.

"Shining Armor?" Twilight asked as tears started to flow freely out of her eyes, just in time for Shining Armor to pull her into a hug. While the hugged Celestia and Luna entered the cart, giving the siblings a moment to be together before asking Shining Armor to leave. After another quick hug he left Twilight alone to talk with the princesses.

"So, Twilight..." Celestia began to say, but for the first time since Luna's change into Nightmare Moon she was speechless. She had never been in this situation before, never has one of her own students been tricked by dark magic. How should she tell Twilight what she did was wrong? Should she punish her for it? What if-

"I'm sorry princesses..." Twilight said sadly, looking up only for a moment at the two of them before looking back at the floor, "I failed you, I failed everypony"

"Twilight, it was all just a misunderstanding, you were tricked by Sombra's magic" Luna said reassuringly, but was ignored by Twilight.

"I did such horrible things on my own freewill..." Twilight cried, the memories coming to haunt her now that she's out of the Empire, "I locked up my friends, I treated Spike like a slave, I hurt other ponies..." Celestia and Luna shared a worried look as Twilight broke down completely. They let her cry until she couldn't cry anymore, and then tried to continue the conversation.

"Twilight, your friends don't hate you for what you did, they know what happened" Celestia said calmly, but a wave of a hoof from Twilight dismissed her statement.

"You and the Elements saved me from Nightmare Moon, and all of the world from Discord" Luna said with a smile, "There's no reason for anypony to look at you any differently now then they did before you left"

"I USED DARK MAGIC!" Twilight screamed, making Celestia and Luna take a step back, "I broke the rules and used dark magic to try and beat Sombra, and in the end he still beat me!" Twilight started to get up, her eyes changing to reflect the hatred she had for herself, but she snapped out of it when she heard a familiar voice in her head.

"Kill them, get revenge on them for leaving you to rot in the Empire!"

"Sombra?" Twilight asked, looking around before coming to realize where it came from. When it finally clicked she felt a sharp pain in the side, causing her to fall to the ground in agonizing pain. Celestia and Luna immediately picked her up and put her on the bed, shouting for Shining Armor to get into the cart.

"Where are the medical officers?" Celestia asked quickly while Luna attempted to help Twilight relax.

"They're a few carts back, they'd never get up here until the next stop" Shining Armor said slowly as he tried to look behind Celestia to see what was wrong, but Celestia's waving mane and tail were blocking him.

"Celestia, it feels like Sombra's inside me and trying to get out" Twilight grunted through the pain, giving Celestia the final piece of the puzzle.

"Twilight, did you ever have intercourse with Sombra?" Celestia asked quickly, receiving a weird look from Luna until she figured it out as well. Twilight thought about it for a minute before slowly nodding her head. Celestia turned to Shining Armor, but he was gone. Just as she got ready to yell for him he came back with Applejack and Fluttershy in tow.

"Let them see her, they'll know what to do" Shining Armor said slowly as the two mares hovered over Twilight, quickly checking her over for any signs as to what was going on. When Applejack's examination brought her to between Twilight's hind legs she saw something that worried her, and she told Fluttershy to put her ear on Twilight's belly, which was oddly large considering the amount of food she was given. When Fluttershy let out a quiet eep Applejack knew what it was that was causing Twilight so much pain.

"Princesses, Shining Armor..." Applejack said, gulping before finishing her sentence, "Twilight is pregnant"