Chapter 3

Arrival at the Crystal Empire

Neo, the mane 6 and Spike were now on the Friendship Express train and it was taking them to the Crystal Empire. Neo played some music with his mind as they rode the train.

20 minutes later, the train dropped them off at the Frozen North, which was on the outskirts of the Crystal Empire. The ponies, Spike and Neo got off the train, they were each wearing a scarf and Neo was wearing a hoodie that Rarity had made for him that had the Mortal Kombat logo on it. They began walking towards the Crystal Empire through the cold.

As they were walking through the cold, they saw a white stallion ahead of them wearing a scarf and goggles. It was Shining Armor, Twilight's brother and Princess Cadence's husband.

They approached Shining Armor and he greeted them, Twilight was very happy to see her brother. Shining Armor even said hi to Neo, but Shining Armor said they had to get moving because there were things out there that they didn't want to run into after dark. He said that the Empire wasn't the only thing that has returned and the ponies knew what he meant.

As they were walking towards the Crystal Empire, Neo asked Shining Armor, "What's the hell's going on?"

"Something keeps trying to get in!" replied Shining Armor. "We think it's the unicorn king who originally cursed the place."

"But Princess Celestia said I was being sent here to find a way to protect the Empire!" said Twilight. "If King Sombra can't get in, then it must already be protected."

Suddenly, they heard a loud howl from behind them, they looked back and saw a gigantic black cloud floating above them,

"What the hell is that?" asked Neo in a horrified tone.

Fluttershy trembled, "Th-That's one of the things, isn't it?"

"Oh yeah," Shining Armor said in a nervous tone. "We have to get to the Crystal Empire! Now!"

The ponies, Shining Armor, Spike and Neo began running as fast as they could towards the Crystal Empire. Then King Sombra's face appeared on the black cloud and the black cloud began pursing them.

As they were running, Neo took out an HK MP5 SD 9mm machine gun and shot at King Sombra. Neo shot at King Sombra many times, it did slow down King Sombra but it wasn't hurting him very much.

As soon as they were almost to the empire, Shining Armor stopped and confronted King Sombra. As King Sombra surrounded Shining Armor, Shining Armor cast a spell that was keeping King Sombra from coming near them. King Sombra surrounded Shining Armor, but he kept his spell going for as long as he could.

Eventually, the ponies, Spike and Neo made it to the Crystal Empire. There was a gigantic blue bubble surrounding the empire, they assumed it was a force field that was keeping King Sombra from entering the empire. They passed through the force field and Shining Armor joined them.

Shining Armor was unharmed, but his horn was encrusted with small black crystals. He said he would be okay but the crystals in his horn was preventing him from casting any spells, so now he was unable to protect the empire.

The ponies, Shining Armor, Spike and Neo walked through the empty streets of the Crystal Empire. The streets around them were shiny and sparkling like crystals, Pinkie Pie even said the entire empire was "Sparkleriffic."

Then when they approached the castle. Rarity kept admiring the scenery, she just loved how everything shined and sparkled, it was like heaven for her. But Applejack told her that they were here to help Twilight, not admire the scenery.

Neo thought the Crystal Empire was a very beautiful place. He had never seen anyplace like it, but he was wondering why there were no ponies on the streets.

Then the ponies, Shining Armor, Spike and Neo entered the castle and began walking towards the throne room to see Princess Cadence and find out what they can do to help and protect the Crystal Empire.

End of chapter 3.