Sorry for such a long delay, the last line in the last chapter (if you can even remember the last chapter) said "not knowing what would happen next" was added in because I had no idea what to do next. In fact I still have no clue what this chapter is going to be about but sailorlyoko4life made a review telling me to continue so here it is...

Equestria and the New Crystal Empire were now officially at war. Princess Celestia knew that she had to start fighting back. As she and Luna discussed the plans, while Discord was playing pranks on the guards, the dark king Sombra was thinking over plans of his own. Chrysalis was dying without any love to feed on, but she had a plan. If her Changelings could King Sombra, she could take over again and rule her way. The only problem was that her children were also weak and almost useless. They used most of what was left their energy attacking Ponyville. Her only option, other than begging for mercy from Celestia, was to influence the slaves to rebel. The slave's quarters were in the basement of the castle. It was surprisingly big but with all the slaves housed down there it was crowded. Before Chrysalis walked in she used as much magic as she could salvage to transform into a light blue female unicorn with a minty green mane and a nice voice that was nothing like her own creepy voice. She walked in and almost felt sorry for the slaves. She saw children who were without parents and saw some weeping over their family members who they will never see again. Chrysalis started to think that the slaves were to emotionally drained to fight. "Everypony listen up! If we work together we can defeat King Sombra and be free again?"

"But what about Chrysalis and the Changelings?" asked somepony.

"I know for a fact that they won't try to harm us."

"How do you know?" asked somepony else.

"The king wants to spread fear and hatred. The Changelings need love."

"But we don't have anything to fight with," said the first pony.

Chrysalis didn't think that through. She tried to think of something they can use but it was useless. Even though the ponies greatly outnumbered Sombra they still didn't have a chance. She could get some of her Changelings to find weapons but Sombra would get suspicious. But then she finally thought of something. "You can use the pickaxes you use to mine. Sombra always comes down to the mines to watch us work. When he comes down tomorrow, we'll take him by surprise!"

The ponies looked at each other and murmured. They stopped and started cheering. Tomorrow they were going to be free.

While things were starting to look up in the Crystal Empire, the exact opposite was happening in Ponyville. Friends were without friends and family members were missing. Lyra played her harp (or whatever it is) as she thought about Bon Bon being gone gone (sorry, couldn't resist putting a little rhyme/joke there). Derpy was looking for her daughter Dinky, hoping that she wasn't taken away. "It's just like a thousand years ago," said Celestia from the balcony of the castle. Even from there she could see them crying.

"Well I think we should do something," said Discord who was relaxing on a small couch made of apples. He picked out an apple and started eating it as Luna walked in.

"Sister, the solar and lunar guards are ready to attack," she said.

Celestia didn't respond. She knew that Sombra wouldn't be defeated as easily as he was last time. The first time he came was the worse though. That war lasted for what seemed like after his first defeat he was still causing pain. "Luna, you want to defeat Sombra, right?"

"Of course. I won't let what happened last time happen again."

"Are you sure? He might try to use you again."

"Don't worry, Tia"

"I just don't want you hurt."

"Pardon my interruption," said Discord, "But what are you two talking about?"

I know it kind of ends in an odd place (and it's kind of short) but I need to look something up before I continue

Sincerely your not so faithful writer,

J0SMAT