Shadows in the dark

Chapter 14

Radiant Hope P.O.V
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"How will I find the parts of the black statue of Princess Amore" Radiant Hope frowned when she graved her hooves into the snow.
She kept on walking in the cold empire that once lived. Suddenly she saw a rock in the snow. It was one of the statue pieces on Amore.
"Maybe I can restore her..." Radiant Hope questioner herself in disbelief when she found 5 more statue prices. She put them into a bag and kept on walking in the cold.

King Sombras Castle

Sombra felt something shift in his arms. Moving slightly in their sleep while mumbling nonsense to themself. The gray stallion cracked an eye open halfway and lowered it down to look at the dark lavender alicorn curled up in his arms. Face buried deeply in his masculine chest; her soft, lilting voice was muffled as she murmured quietly in her sleep. Feeling satisfied that everything was fine, Sombra closed his eye and waited for sleep to claim him once again.

A full minute hadn't even past before he felt his mate shift in his hold once again. He opened both eyes this time and noticed that she was whimpering quietly to herself with a look of distress plastered on her face. Sombra focused his left ear and tried to decipher what she was mumbling to herself. Unfortunately, it was too muffled to even make out.

"Twilight..." he murmured, shaking the alicorn gently. "Twilight, love, wake up."

Twilight's whimpers grew louder and she shifted again unconsciously in his hold. Pulling her face away from his chest to reveal she was sweating. Beads of cold sweat trailed down her face as she started to hyperventilate softly.

Sombra cocked a "brow" up slightly before he realized she was having a nightmare. Something she hasn't had since she broke. He shook her a bit more. Gripping her shoulders firmly, but gently. "Twilight. Wake up." he said gruffly; still in his half-asleep state. He dug his hooves into the young alicorns shoulder. It was enough to cause her to stir from her sleep.

"Sombra?" she asked softly. Her eyes open halfway and droopy.

"You're awake." the king murmured before he gently nuzzled his mate.

Twilight smiled and nuzzled back. "I had a nightmare..." she said quietly. Sounding like filly talking to her parents after a nightmare. She snuggled closer to her king and pressed her face into his neck.

"What was it about, Twilight?" Sombra whispered, "Tell me."

Twilight gripped her husband's shoulders tightly and pulled away from his neck to face him. Dark violet eyes surrounded in green while whisps of purple smoke trailed from the corners. She narrowed them and spoke in a low, bitter whisper. "Them." she hissed. "My so-called 'friends' and 'family'."

Sombra's eyes narrowed as well before he proceeded to nibble Twilight's ear in an attempt to calm her. "What were they doing?" he asked while nibbling.

Twilight felt a chill as she felt him bite down on her ear lightly. Not enough to cause any pain, but enough to at least give her the shivers. "Hurting me." she said softly, "Like they've always done." The alicorn shot her head up and gave her husband an expression akin to a pleading one. "When can I kill them, Sombra?" she asked with a hint of impatience, "I want to punish them for what they did to me back in the Crystal Empire. I want them to feel the pain I've felt. I want to feel their warm blood on my hooves." she punctuated with a snarl.

"Patience, Twilight." Sombra simply replied as he bit down on his Queen's ear. Causing her to gasp and cling onto him. The dark stallion smiled and pressed a kiss to her lips before whispering, "You'll have your chance; just as I will have mine. You're not the only one who wants retribution."

"I know." Twilight sighed. Laying her head back on his chest and drawing small circles with her hoof. "You want the princesses to pay for trapping you in ice for a thousand years."