Descent into Darkness

[James Knight]

Crackling energy coalsced along the horn of the Dark King who had once ruled the Crystal Empire. For regular Unicorns, such energy crackling and spiraling around the horn was the sign of a magic surge.  However unlike them, Sombra had his power under control. It was doing exactly what he wanted it to, just spiraling there and waiting for him to give it a direction to perform. Magic after all required "Power" and "Focus"  as well as "Drive" and a "Intent"  for the spell. His power was that of dark magic. His focus was that he was no longer going to allow himself to be as weak as he had been in the past. If mere bandits could bring him down then he had been pathetic to say the least, in the Endless Dunes. His Drive was his desire to achieve vengeance on Omni for stripping him of his powers he had trained his flank off for, and his intent? To become sstronger than h ever had been before. Such a goal was also tied into self-preservation. 

So far he had come up with a lot of new magical spells. Retaliatory Shield, Umbral Hammer, and several others besides. But all of them paled in comparison to the magic he was going to need if he was going to lash out at Omni. To do so he was going to have to do more than he wanted. What he needed to do in order to strike back was become a deity. Yet he lacked the power to ascend himself into an Alicorn yet. Sure he could probably conjure wings with magic, but he'd never tried it since he got here. He had his vehicle, after all and that should suffice for now. 

"What am I missing?"