Akito and Estelle at the Plaza

chapter 6

"This is going to be so exciting." Akito smiled.

"Yes, very much..." Sombra chuckled.

They continued to go further on until they got to a field of snow and a cave.

"Snow!" Akito's eyes widened.

"Yes..." Sombra smirked. "Do you like snow?"

"Well, it's fun to build a snowman, have snowball fights, and make Christmas angels..." Akito smiled at the fun in winter that children always had.

"This is where you'll learn about using your crystal powers," Sombra said. "And then I'll teach you how to use your magic to make things that the Fairy Godmother could do."

"I'm not gonna turn Dad's car into a pumpkin, am I?" Akito winced slightly in caution.

"No, no," Sombra chuckled. "Much more exciting magic than that..."

"Oh..." Akito smiled sheepishly. "Let's get started then, Uncle Sombra."

"Alright then, for this, you must concentrate." Sombra said.

Akito nodded. "Concentration is my middle name."

"No, it's not, it's Benjamin," Sombra smirked. "But I can see where you get your confidence in the family from."

Akito glanced at him for saying his true middle name, but then smiled again. "Yeah... Anyway, I'm ready, where do I start?"

"I'll show you." Sombra said.

"Yeah, what a better way to learn then see my teacher do it." Akito smiled.

"Why thank you." Sombra said. "Now, watch closely."

Akito nodded and paid close attention to the unicorn stallion's lesson. Sombra began to concentrate before he began to make dark crystals began to form on the ground.

"Ooh..." Akito's eyes widened.

Sombra smiled, satisfied with himself.

Akito began to do the same thing Sombra did and where as soon as he did that, crystal spikes began to form all around them.

"Very good." Sombra approved.

Akito chuckled. "What'd I tell ya?"

"You can also create anything you can imagine with this power." Sombra told him.

"Really?" Akito asked.

"Imagine what you desire the most and it'll become reality... Go ahead and give it a try." Sombra mentored.

Akito nodded before closing his eyes and imagining the love of his life even if he was at a young age. When he closed his eyes, he saw the vision of what he believed to be sheer beauty with her chocolate brown eyes, her silky and raven hair, those blacks and reds that she wore with hints of white. After imagining her for a short while, a crystal image of Emi appeared before becoming real. Akito opened his eyes and did a double take over what he had done and what just happened. The crystal Emi blinked, then smiled, and waved to Akito.

"Can you talk?" Akito asked.

"Hi!" Emi's clone said, unexpectedly loudly.

Akito winced. "Tone it down a little..."

"Hi." Emi's clone then said in a gentle and medium pitched voice.

"That's as close I'll get." Akito said.

Emi's clone smiled to him.

Akito walked up to the clone and hugged it and giggled. "Oh, she's warm..."