A/N: A slight edit was made to a part of this chapter. For those who have read this chapter already, you'll probably see it.
Crystal Empire, 12:30 P.M.
"Finally, we're off of that train! I thought it would never end." Naruto said out loud, as to which Applejack wrapped her foreleg around his neck. "Well now that it's over, we can focus on the task on hand." Twilight looked around them, wondering if anypony was or would be eavesdropping on their conversation amongst the mass of ponies. She soon threw that thought out of her head, and told the three to gather around.
"So before we arrived, I decided who would go with who. Apple Jack, you alright being with Naruto?" She had a small smirk on her face and nodded her head swiftly. "You bet, Twilight. No need to worry about me when we're together." Sasuke glanced over at the purple mare next to him, then looked back the two in front of him. "Then I suppose I'm with Twilight. And I suggest we meet back here or the front of the station at the end of the day." All four ponies agreed to that, and they were about to set off in different directions when Sasuke said to his friend, "Naruto, if you find out anything, make sure to come and find us so we can decide on what to do, alright?"
"No problem Sasuke." Naruto replied with a grin on his face, then he watched his pale friend wander off into the crowd with Twilight beside him. Applejack trotted up beside him and watched the two disappear as well. "Ah've noticed how you're concerned about your friend." Naruto faced Applejack, and replied back to her statement. "Because I am. He's never been one to open up to others. I'm hoping that this place will help bring out the side of Sasuke that not many have gotten to see before." Applejack placed a hoof upon his shoulder, and said reassuringly "Don't worry Naruto. If there's anypony that can get him to open up, it'll be Twilight." Naruto sighed in defeat and nodded his head. "If you say so AJ." Then his attitude switched back to it's normal happy self. "Now lets go! We have some ponies to go rescue!"
A guard ran up to the throne room inside of the Crystal Palace, where Sombra was residing, musing over the fact that it's been several years since the downfall of Equestria, and him and his allies rise to power. Then the guard bowed before Sombra and spoke. "My lord, we've discovered two large power sources just arriving at the Crystal Empire." Sombra looked down at him with a smug look upon his face, and said "Then go check it out." The guard, still bowing responded "We did, my lord. And it's two unknown ponies. And they were both Alicorns. They also had to of the six Elements of Harmony with them. One of them being Twilight Sparkle."
Sombra's eyes widened and he growled dangerously. "Two Alicorns? And two Elements? All together at the same time? This could be extremely troublesome if not dealt with immediately." He thought over what to do, then smiled as an idea came to mind. "Send out our new "guest". She'll be more than capable to deal with them with my influence spread inside of her mind. If not, then she'll be a waste of my time, as well as the Empire's resources for keeping her here." "Understood, my lord." The guard stood up and exited the throne room, then headed to another part of the Palace to tell Sombra's newest "soldier" about her objective.
Said guard opened the door he was in front of, and entered. "At attention. King Sombra has a new order for you." Th unknown pony turned around to face the guard, and her teal blue eyes stared deep into the guards own eyes, almost as if she were staring into his soul. This made the guard somewhat nervous, but it didn't last long as she spoke to him. "What does the King require of me now?"
Authors Note: Please, PLEASE forgive me for not posting this earlier. *Cowers in fear* Writer's block is an ABSOLUTE BITCH to deal with! Also, note that this is a shorter chapter than what the others are like. My goal is to make these much longer, but I wanted to post this chapter to try and get rid of the writers block, and to let you all know that I haven't forgotten about this.
Also, kudos to anyone who can guess who the mystery figure is. You also get a free cookie!
Anyways, onto the responses!
deathpie22: Thank you for the support. Also I'll try to find a place to input your OC in this.
Drakon45: I know these are short. I try to make them as long as possible.
cursedsage95: Who knows? They might get together, they might not. Though the couples won't start forming until a good majority of the Elements are rescued along with Celestia, Luna, and Cadance.
Yulia Millenni: I'm glad you liked that scene. I want to try and make this not so serious at times, but also make things seem somewhat realistic about the characters and their feelings.