The old tree by the outskirts was somewhat of a monument for me, the tree was one of the few places I just sit and relax at. The tree itself was an oddity that was long dead with twisted branches. Most trees in the empire where beautiful with crystal like leafs, but this one was ugly and out of place. Just like me. Chrysalis didnt understand what it meant to mea, but she enjoyed the peacefulness of it.

"It's been a while sense we came here." chrysalis looked up at the tree in surprise with ho big it had grown.

"I didnt know trees could grow when their dead." I let a little smile escape at her curiousity, which I found very cute.

"Well its not exactly dead, it just looks like it. No matter what happens though it stays standing, it may sound silly but its what I want....to stay standing no matter the pain that I endure." My face was serious about this and chrysalis looked at me with respectful glances.

"I understand, and no I dont find it silly. In fact I find it honorable that you have something to look up to....even if its a tree." She let a small smile escape. I blushed after relizing how stupid I must have sounded at telling her that my hero was a tree.

We spent a good hour just talking and hanging out by the tree, I then noticed something I had never seen before. In the distance was small opening to what looked like a cave.

"Hey chrysalis, do you see that?" I pointed my hoove at the opening, she turned and stared at it.

"No, not that I recall. You want to go see what it is?" I looked at her and nodded. The two of us began to walk towards it, completely ignoring the sky growing darker and the moon rising into it. The opening was small but we easily fit through it and found ourselves in a massive cave, that was normal except for one thing that made my heart stop. It was made entirely out of crystals.

"This is so beautiful..." chrysalis was mezmorized by the sparkling walls of crystals that I could not tear my eyes from.

"c....c...cry....crystalsssss." was all I could say in a very low voice. Chrysalis couldnt hear me alerted her gaze to a crystal that was completly black and letting of some kind of shadowy gas.

"Sombra..look at this one." I shook my head and turned to stare at the dark crystal that looked out of place. The crystal was calling me, it wanted me,and I wanted it. I couldnt stop myself from walking closer and closer to it. With each step my vision began to blur out everything except it. I heard nothing but the cries coming from the crystal.

"But...but you loved me!!!" I heard a mare scream that was followed with a very deep and frighting voice that growled "You only wanted my empire! I could care less about you! I hope you freeze in the cold of the outskirts!" The mare began to cry and I wanted to comfort her, her voice sounded so familiar. But the image was sketchy as all I could see was two dark forms, but then my vision became as bright as a thousand suns. "NOOOOOOOOOO, I AM A GOD! CELESTIA HEAR MY WORDS! YOU WILL SUFFER FOR THIS!" screamed the same deep voice I had hear seconds ago. The only other voice was that of a diffrent mare that was panting and slightly crying at the same time."

The next second I felt colder as saw the faint outlines of a small purple form and teal heart falling towards me, only to have a pink blur whisk by seconds later. Then my vision began to fill with a light blue and then darkness.

"SOMBRA! are you okay?" I opened my eyes and saw chrysalis looked down at me her eyes slightly watered. I looked around and saw I was still in the cave only now I was laying on the ground.

"You touched that crystal and started to scream. Then you fell down and passed out! I was....so worried that you were hurt." She hid her face behind her mane. I felt stronger for some reason and put my hoove around her.

"Im okay I just fainted. Why? I dont really know. But im okay, you dont need to worry about me." I smiled as she looked up at me with her eyes shimmering.

"Its almost sunrise...I...I stayed with you during the night. My father will be upset if we are any later...I feel he may already yell at me for our disapearance."

"Okay, lets go I dont want to be in here any longer." I smiled, hiding the fact that my entire being wanted to stay in here forever. The crystal felt good, like it was making me better. I walked her out of the cave and back to the castle.

Inside the castle Typho ran over to chrysalis and hugged her. Tears streaming down his left side of his face. "I..I thought something happened to you! you scared me so much.."

"Sombra passed out and I stayed by him to make sure he was okay...im sorry for worrying you."

"Well Im just glad your okay...and im glad sombra is okay too." he looked up at me with a face full of genuine concern and happiness. I grinned back and nodded to tell him thanks.

"Well chrysalis we need to go home for now...say your goodbyes, our carrage is ready." He reluctantly let go of her and rubbed the tears of his cheeks.

"Okay father." she turned and walked towards me.

"Thanks for staying with me. Ill miss you." I blushed while saying this.

"Its okay, Im going to miss you too." she gave me a hug and went outside to the carrage and waved as it took off. I waved back and then walked back inside.

"Mother glad to see you gave so much as to a care when I was gone."I looke up at Jade as she looked down at me with eyes full of dissapointment.

"I was hoping you had just left, but I guess that its just not my lucky day." she sighed.

"I know you want my sister to enherit the throne first,and not me. But honestly you dont need to wish for me to be dead. She can wait untill im done with it and then she can have it no problem. Sorry to say though that youll be long gone by that time." I walked off as I said this leavong her behind speechless at my words.

My mom does care about me, but she just doesnt want to show it. So I act like I dont care about her either and just let it stay at that. My sister is the the filly my mother wanted in the first plase. Ruby Cadence, was my little sister. She looked just like my mom but with pure white hair. At the moment she's just a filly and can barely walk, So I dont ever deal with her much.

I locked myself into my room and began to feel strange. My mind wanted me to go back. I also wanted to know what those visions meant. I could barely tell what was going on in them, but they made me feel scared of the future. Why? I dont know and thats what I intend to find out.

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