Hey guys, it's me again. I just want to apologize for the horrible chapter titles I've been coming up with. ._. They're so cheesy, right? Anyway, I hope you enjoy this chapter and leave a review if you do. Even if you don't, though, leave a review. PLLLLZZZZZZ? ;~; Nah, don't worry about it. You people must be busy and don't have time to leave at least A SENTENCE. e.e" Enjoy! – FrozenAgent47.


Luna stared at the scene in front of her with wide eyes, trying her best to keep her legs from trembling beneath her. A cloud of smoke filled the immediate area, causing the moon princess to cough violently. She stepped away and closed her eyes, waving away the smoke she could with her good hoof.

Explosions and screams echoed through the town as she recovered from her own magical attack. It wasn't long until the smoke cleared out, giving Luna a clear sight on the affects of her magic. She opened her eyes after she quit coughing; spotting nothing but a large crater in the ground that emitted a black smoke. The shadow-werewolf that just before threatened her life was nowhere to be found. "Still got it." She inwardly praised herself.

With a small satisfied smirk, Luna began to trot forward victoriously. "That's why you don't fool around with royalty…" She perked her chin up and closed her eyes in mild arrogance, preparing to assist Twilight and the others with the revival of the Crystal Heart. Unexpectedly, more shadow-werewolves crashed into the ground – three to be exact. They shook the ground with a thud and looked exactly to the moon princess. Saliva dripped from their mouths as the neared her; it was lunch time.

Luna winced slightly at the loud thud that they caused, but quickly readied herself for more battle. With a battle-ready grin, she stood in a defensive state, ignoring the fact that her injured hoof was still killing her. "Oh, bring it on…"


"Princess… Cadance?" Twilight asked silently as she stepped in the castle cautiously, her purple optics fixed on the limp alicorn in front of her. Her hooves clicked silently on the marble floor as she neared the sofa that Cadance was laying on. Rarity stayed behind at the door, ready to fight anything that neared the castle.

Princess Cadance was able to reply with a soft groan that made Twilight's heart skip a beat and her ears perk up. The small alicorn rushed over to her former foalsitter and sat next to the sofa, now raising her voice slightly, "Cadance!" A small smile was planted on her face as she looked towards Cadance, who had just rolled over to face her.

The Crystal Princess had spoken with a gruff, deathly voice, her eyes coat grayish. "Twilight… You must listen closely…" Twilight did as told and leaned in closer to her, listening her hardest to the next words she had to speak that were nearly whispers. Rarity closed the door to block out the loud explosions and screams that came from the empire outside, sniffling slightly at the scene that played out before her.

"The Crystal Heart… It can't… Be revived with friendship…" Cadance coughed and trembled slightly as she closed her eyes. It was obviously that she was going to give away any second, but she had to get the news to Twilight, it was the only way. "Only love… Can bring it back… There's only one reason… Blackheart destroyed the heart…" With those words, the alicorn began fading, her entire body dissolving into small hearts that fluttered into the air and disappeared. As she vanished, a whispering voice came from the air and echoed in only Twilight's ears, "Love…"

Saying nothing, Twilight dropped onto the ground and began sobbing. There was no need to explain why, for she just lost her mentor; her best friend; her big sister. As the small alicorn's cries echoed through the immense castle, Rarity stepped away from the door and placed her hoof on Twilight's shoulder.

"Darling, look at me," she said through tears. The white unicorn pulled on her friend's shoulder, speaking through gritted teeth as Twilight refused to make eye contact with her, "Twilight. Look at me."

Soon enough, she turned her head and stared Rarity in her light blue eyes, saying nothing at all. That was all she needed to begin what she had to say, "Don't be like this. Our friends are out there fighting for us and we simply cannot be here crying!" She meant these words, despite the fact that she too was shedding tears of her own.

"Rarity, you don't get it! I -"

"But I do, Twilight! You think life is just dresses and make up for me? It's not! You're not the only pony with feelings, okay?!"

Twilight looked to the floor in shame then; how dare she say that? Rarity took the alicorn's chin with her hoof and stared her deep in the eyes, "We're going to go out there and show those dirty mongrels who's the boss, correct?"

At that moment, she could feel her hope jump up instantly. They can do this! They can do this! But, of course, she needed a plan. Twilight sat up and rubbed the tears from her eyes. "Right," she answered Rarity's question, a slight smirk on her face. "Okay, here's what we're going to – wait… Where's Pinkie Pie?"

The two looked around, confused as to where their always-jumpy friend went in the 'battlefield'.


"Ta-daa!" Pinkie Pie said as she finished her 6th encore she had thrown out for the crowd of shadow-werewolves and other shadow creatures. A large smile crossed her face as she panted hard, dropping her cane and top hat she held in her hooves. She knew she was pushing on her luck dancing for a crowd of pony-hungry, evil-only beasts brought to life by a being of pure hatred, but what the hoof, she didn't care; it was fun!

When she expected a roar of anger and evil, Pinkie Pie's eyes went wide as she received the exact opposite. The entire crowd in front of her suddenly burst into applause, clapping their paws and claws and many other appendages. With wide blue eyes, the pink Earth pony took a humble bow and waved out to her fans, "Thank you all so much! You're the greatest!"

Roses were being thrown at her feet as she dropped onto her knees in tears of joy. She never had a crowd like this. "I love you all!" Some of the creatures even hopped up on the stage and picked her up, chanting her name.

"Pinkie Pie! Pinkie Pie! Pinkie Pie!"

Pinkie looked down at the creatures carrying her and saw that the shadows that clung to their bodies began to fade. She suddenly began to see that they weren't created by Sombra, they were controlled by him, and she just changed that. The werewolves' fur changed back to its natural brown and their eyes went back to normal as well. All of the other creatures, including dragons and griffins as well as other ponies also began to gain their normal appearances. "Hey… You guys aren't evil after all, huh?"

The dragon below her took her into his arms, "Not at all, Pinkie." Everyone else behind him agreed. "It was a long time ago, before King Sombra settled here; he came to all of our lands and took over our lives with his evil magic."

Pinkie popped out of his grasp and landed on her hind legs, a Rambo jacket hanging loosely over her form then. "How evil! You guys ready to get payback?" Though the pink earth pony was always playful, she was absolutely serious at that moment. Wait, Pinkie Pie – serious?

Only weird glances and concerned mumbles came from the crowd in front of her. They were all obviously scared to fight the pony that made them the bad things they were. It was disappointing, yes, but Pinkie Pie had a world to save; she couldn't wait for a group of fearful monsters to make their decision whether to fight Sombra and save Equestria or not. With a grumble, she tossed off her jacket and got on all fours. She seemed like she was going to say something until a feminine screech shot into the air. It was Rainbow. With no hesitation, Pinkie tossed the immediate situation aside and rushed to the town square, where she heard the scream come from. "I'm coming Rainbow!" A trail of confetti followed her there.


"Ah!" Rainbow Dash yelled in pain as she crashed into the wall of a nearby house, a loud thud echoing through the town square. The light blue pegasus dropped onto the ground with a groan, squirming slowly on the cold concrete.

With no hesitation, Applejack ran over to her with wide eyes and yelled, "Rainbow!" The orange earth pony helped her up quickly and looked back to Sir Blackheart, who was preparing to attack his next victim, Nightfall.

Nightfall looked up to the dark alicorn with a smirk, his purple eyes sparkling with spirit. "So, you're the 'almighty' Sir Blackheart, huh?"

The alicorn chuckled slightly and looked down at the colt, nodding his head arrogantly, "I am. And you're Nightfall, correct?"

"H-How –"

"Being asleep still has its sense of consciousness, you know… But that's beside the point; I want to explain how your doom is inevitable from this point on!" Blackheart spread his wings and took off not too high in the air. He pointed a hoof at Shining Armor, who was lying on the ground near Rainbow Dash and Applejack, "As I told him; even if you did place the spell on me, Nightfall, I would've escaped anyway."

The colt angrily replied with two words, "You're bluffing!"

"Am I?" With another evil chuckle, he began to explain why he was 'unstoppable' now. "While I was asleep, I had a dream, but it was no dream about escaping and controlling Equestria like the last nine centuries. No, I was visited by a being of chaos; a goddess of chaos."

Applejack whispered to Rainbow Dash, who she held up with her foreleg around her, "Now would be a good time for Twilight 'ta show up… Who's this 'goddess' of chaos he's talkin' about?" Dash replied silently with a shrug, her eyes shut tight in pain.

Nightfall shared the same expression as the mares to his right, "Who?!"

"You'll find out soon enough…" He said with an evil tone, now finishing his story of his rebirth, "She came to me and told me that she'd bring me back if I took Equestria for her until she arrives. What she doesn't know is that I'm unstoppable now, and when she makes it here, I'll be the true ruler!"

"So, really, you started off as an underdog?" Nightfall asked teasingly, placing himself in a battle stance. A dark purple aura surrounded his horn as he stared into the evil alicorn's eyes.

All of a sudden, Blackheart launched his form towards the colt, a dark red aura covering his entire form as he shot at him like an arrow. With wide eyes, the colt jumped to the right in attempt to dodge the attack.

A wave of smoke flew into the air as well as debris from the concrete ground. Nightfall tumbled over to the right, a sharp pain jolting through his side. With tightly closed eyes, the colt used his magic to stop him from sliding against the ground. Seeing how he was hurt while he attempted to dodge the attack, he could only wonder what would've happened if he hadn't moved at all. He trembled at the thought of certain death.

The smoke soon cleared out, revealing Blackheart holding his pendant in the air with his magic. It was emitting a vibrant scarlet, for its power was growing stronger and stronger. As he chuckled some, he began stepping towards the three ponies who attempted to defeat him after he took down the Crystal Prince. "And this is what you get from fighting against somepony you'll never be able to defeat!" From what everypony could see, his sentence was true; his victory was becoming clearer and clearer. "It's over…"

"Not on my watch!"

"Hm?" The evil alicorn turned around to find a pony he never expected to be alive. Fluttershy stood there, her head high and her light blue eyes full of strength. Blackheart let out a loud laugh, "HAH! Really?! The weakest link in all of Equestria telling me what's what; that's hilarious!" Obviously not taking the yellow pegasus seriously, he looked away and began laughing harder.

His joy was cut off once more by another one of the Mane Six, "But it's true, I bet you!" Pinkie Pie said as the skidded to a stop next to Fluttershy. Before the moment could get any more serious, she let out a quick giggle and said, "Hehee! That rhymed."

Sighing loudly, Blackheart stomped a hoof on the ground, "Oh, come on! Must you really interrupt my moments?!"

"Well, it's necessary, so I guess so!" Pinkie said back with power, stomping her hoof on the ground too.

"Okay, fine, let's get this over with…" The alicorn said as he looked to her with a dull expression.

Pinkie Pie gestured Applejack and Rainbow Dash to join the battle with her hoof. Even though they were tired and battle-worn, they both made their way over to their friends and stood in front of Blackheart. The alicorn looked upon all of them and questioned why they were all lining up for certain doom. Nightfall, who was still in excruciating pain, stood up as well and limped over to the others. "If you're going to fight one of us; you're going to fight all of us…"

"Oh? Really?" Blackheart placed his pendant on his neck again, preparing to fight once more.

"Really!" another voice from behind him said. As he turned around to see who in their right mind would cut in on his moment once more, a hoof slammed into his cheek. The alicorn stumbled over in pain, groaning as his attacker landed on the ground silently.

The others hollered happily to Blackheart's attacker, "Twilight!"

She smiled and gave a quick wave to them before she looked to her left and saw Shining Armor, who was lying motionlessly on the ground. With wide eyes, she ran over to him, tears welling up in her eyes again. As Rarity entered the scene, the others rushed over to them, ignoring Blackheart completely. The white unicorn instantly followed.

Seeing that he wasn't moving, Twilight placed her hooves on her brother's chest and fought the tears that threatened to escape her eyes. She wasn't ready to lose anypony else! Not so soon! "Shining Armor, wake up! Please don't leave me!"

As if on cue, the stallion's eyes opened wide as he came to consciousness. He let out a cry of fear as he jolted upwards, yelling the one name that came to his mind first. "Twily!"

She pushed down on him gently and looked him in his eyes, speaking calmly. "I'm here, Shining Armor. Don't worry, I'm okay." Everypony around them sighed in relief.

"Wh-What happened? Where are we? Where's Cadance?!" The stallion instantly hopped onto all four of his hooves and looked around the destroyed town square. His blue eyes stopped on the one who caused it all. "Blackheart…" Anger suddenly filled his stomach as he saw the still-stumbling alicorn. He pushed past the others and stared up at the alicorn who was recovering from the kick he received from Twilight.

Blackheart stood straight and stared down to Shining Armor, "Oh, you're still alive?" He let his hoof from drop his cheek and spoke with an unimpressed tone.

"Alive and ready to bring you down, Blackheart," the stallion replied with a cloud of steam rushing out of his nose.

Though he was hiding it, the evil alicorn was wondering how the Crystal Prince was still standing with no means of injury or pain. "Well, let's finish our battle, prince…" He prepared himself for battle again as he set his horn aflame with his magic aura.

Within the background of the soon-coming fight, Twilight looked around to her friends around her and realized something that would've changed the course of everything at that moment. They could finally use the Elements of Harmony to fix the Crystal – Wait…

"Only love… Can bring it back… There's only one reason… Blackheart destroyed the heart… Love…"

Twilight's heart dropped. How in the hoof was she going to find love?! It made no sense! There had to be a way… Something… Maybe – BOOM!

Her thoughts were cut off by the sound of Shining Armor's hoof slamming against Sir Blackheart's magical shield. With wide eyes, she switched her gaze to the two fighting stallions. Shining Armor had scowled towards the alicorn as he landed on the ground. After what seemed like hours, they both rushed at each other again, blocking and dodging each other's powerful attacks. The Crystal Prince seemed as if he were straining every muscle in his body while Blackheart was simply playing along with the battle he was sure to win.

There was only one thing Twilight could think of doing to defeat Blackheart, and even that she was unsure if it was going to work. "Girls, it's time to use the Elements of Harmony."

Rarity cut in, attempting to remind the purple alicorn what Cadance said, "But, Twilight –"

"I know Rarity, but we have only one choice for now. Girls; formation!" the alicorn hollered out demandingly.

They all did as told, standing in their line with their Elements of Harmony at the ready. Nightfall stepped out of the way and simply watched them work their magic. With Twilight standing in front of the others, she began to start the 'spark'. As she did so, she yelled out to her brother, "Shining Armor!"

The white unicorn backed away and dodged Blackheart's attack, looking back to his younger sister for a brief moment. "Yeah?!" He winced slightly at the feeling of debris hitting his coat from the evil alicorn's attack.

"Get out of the way!"

With no hesitation, the stallion jumped away from another one of Blackheart's attacks. The evil alicorn looked away from Shining Armor and pulled his hoof from the ground, changing his dark glare to the Mane Six, who were suddenly swallowed up by a bright, multicolored aura. "What's this?" He raised an eyebrow as he turned his form to the floating ponies in front of him.

The Elements of Harmony shot a blast of magic towards him, an earsplitting screech echoing through all of Northern Equestria. Before Blackheart could move a muscle, the magic slammed against him, sending a wave of total destruction in all directions. A bright light blinded everypony and everything in the Crystal Empire as the Mane Six's magic inevitably defeated Sir Blackheart… Or did it?


CLIFFHANGER! Sorry guys, I just had to do it. e.e" Anywho (I use that word a lot, don't I?); this is going to get big and amazing and confusing and fast-paced and so much more after this chapter! Thanks for checking out this chapter guys and I really hope that you enjoyed it. I'm giving out cookies to my faithful fans now, so be sure to be awesome and you get cookies! :D

Okay, now it's time to get down to real business; I feel like I'm making this story too dark for MLP. Do you guys feel the same way? I really hope not. That's the last thing I want this story to be. Grimdark – ugh. All I'm trying to do is make it seem like sh*t's hitting the fan for Equestria. :c

Oh, and I can bet you're a bit angry at me for 'killing off' Cadance. Well, that's where you're all wrong. I'll just leave it at that. *Chuckles mischievously* Once again, thanks for checking this chapter out and I hope you can keep supporting me with your awesomeness! Yes, you guys are awesome! :3 – FrozenAgent47.