Sombra was never a normal pony, he was clearly not a crystal pony, but that’s okay! To you atleast. He was still struggling with referring to himself and basic communication. He was an orphan found outside the crystal empire..like everyone else in the orphanage.

It’s recess, and Sombra wants to socialize! He sees a trio of other foals and goes over to them.

“Greetings, friends! Can Sombra play too?”

These were the mean girls of the orphanage…of course, they talk about him.

Pink foal: “I don’t know why he talks like that. Why do they keep him here? He’s not even a crystal pony…”

Light blue foal: “I don’t know what he is..he doesn’t even have his cutie mark.”

The foals all turn around

Pink foal: “Get away, Sombrero. We don’t want anyone to see us with the weird pony.”

Light blue foal: “Yeah, they might think we’re weird like you.”

Sombra sits down in shame, kicking the grass with a huff. You feel bad for him, you should go over.