Meanwhile, Akito and Estelle were meditating to contact Sombra. The light was out in their room and they had candles out as they were doing a special custom that they saw their Aunt Cherry do once. Soon enough, their minds were somewhere else.

They were then woke up in their minds as Ingrid appeared to be there herself.

"Hi, Ingrid; we were just about to meet our great-uncle." Akito smiled.

"I see," Ingrid replied. "What's his name?"

"Sombra." Estelle smiled.

"And there he is." Akito smiled as he pointed next to Ingrid.

Ingrid turned to see the unicorn stallion.

"Hello, Akito and Estelle." Sombra smirked to them.

Akito and Estelle laughed as they ran up to him and hugged him.

"It's so nice to see you again, Uncle Sombra; or should we call you Great-Uncle/Grunkle Sombra?" Akito asked.

"Eh, you can call me Uncle Sombra, it makes me feel younger." Sombra replied.

"Okay, Uncle Sombra." Akito and Estelle replied.

"Follow me!" Sombra smiled as it was like when Dipper and Mabel first came to the Mystery Shack with Stan.

"Lead the way." Akito smiled.

Sombra walked with them. Akito and Estelle looked around before looking to each other curiously and Estelle smiled.

"So, what are we learning today?" Estelle asked Sombra.

"What would you like to learn?" Sombra asked.

"Well, I'm curious about these crystal powers..." Akito replied. "One came when I was angry with that boy Edwin... He's so annoying and spoiled!"

"Ah, so looks like my surprise showed itself," Sombra smirked. "But don't worry, it's only dangerous when you're angry, sad, or just upset."

"Your surprise?" Akito asked. "Wait... Did you do something to me when I was born or something?"

"I unlocked your crystal power while you were asleep," Sombra said. "Now, this crystal power can actually be a good thing."

"Wow..." Akito and Estelle were amazed so far.

"Yep, and Estelle, you are next." Sombra said.

"Me?" Estelle smiled. "Ooh, what's my power?"

"The same as your brother, but you also have another one; do you know why you have that snowflake birth mark on your right hand?" Sombra asked.

"I have always wondered about that..." Estelle replied as she looked at the mentioned mark.

"Well, you have Christmas magic," Sombra said. "And it's all thanks to Rudolph."

"Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?" Akito and Estelle asked.

"Yep, him." Sombra nodded.

"I thought that was just a story..." Akito said. "Like Patch's story to the puppies about how he met someone called Olive the Other Reindeer who was another dog?"

"Nope, those stories are real and true." Sombra said.

"Aunt Cherry said she once heard of a Rudolph story where there was a bad woman known as Stormella." Akito said.

"Well, that's one of them," Sombra replied before hiding hatred at the mention of Cherry. "Though that one is a different story from the story of how your father met him."

"So, can you unlock my powers?" Estelle asked.

"Hmm... Let me see what I can do for my little princess." Sombra replied.

Estelle beamed and giggled out of excitement. The unicorn stallion's horn soon glowed and where two locks were soon unlocked from Estelle's body.

Estelle blinked and she didn't feel any different. "I don't feel any different." she told her uncle.

"Imagine up something." Sombra told her.

"Hmm..." Estelle hummed before she decided to think something up that was Christmas related and where a reindeer soon appeared first as a crystal and then became a real reindeer.

"It's a reindeer!" Akito cheered.

"Oh, she's as beautiful as Clarice." Estelle beamed.

"See? You can create your own illusions." Sombra said.

Akito and Estelle smiled to each other, this was going to make the Christmas show even better for the hotel.

"And you can do anything with these powers," Sombra said. "But you also have alchemy and I can teach you how to use them."

"What's alchemy?" Estelle asked.

"It's kind of like magic." Sombra said.

"Oh... Okay..." Estelle replied.

"I'm so proud of you both and I trust you to unleash your magic into the hotel." Sombra smirked.

"Oh, we sure will." Akito and Estelle smiled.

"I'm sure you will." Sombra nodded.

"Uncle Sombra, will everyone love the surprise if we help with our magic?" Estelle asked.

"Oh, I'm sure it'll change the hotel rating." Sombra hinted with a chuckle.

"You mean it might become six stars?" Akito asked.

"Maybe, let's just see on Christmas Eve, shall we?~" Sombra chuckled.

"Kids? Kids!" Mo's voice called out from the outside world.

"Sounds like Mom wants us." Akito said.

"See you two soon!" Sombra waved.

Akito and Estelle soon opened their eyes to see their mother.

"Kids, I think it's time we talk about your Uncle Sombra..." Mo said.

"We just spoke with him." Akito smiled.

"Yeah, and he showed me something cool!" Estelle added.

"Kids, this is very important." Atticus replied.

"And he told us about our new power called 'Alchemy'." Akito smiled.

"Guys, listen-" Atticus said.

"I made my own reindeer, she looked almost like Clarice!" Estelle beamed. "Oh, oh, and did you know that I have Christmas magic?"

"Akito, Estelle, listen, there's something we have to tell-" Mo tried.

"We're going to make this the greatest and most magical Christmas ever!" Akito and Estelle beamed.

"Will you kids just listen for five minutes?!" Atticus asked in a nearly sharp tone of voice like he was angry, but his kids weren't listening to him.

"Oops, sorry, Dad, what is it?" Akito asked.

Atticus sighed. "Listen, kids, this is very hard for us to tell you, but... Your Uncle Sombra... He isn't what he seems."

"What do you mean?" Estelle asked.

"Sombra is evil..." Mo replied. "He's terrorized us in our youth, especially whenever we would visit your aunts in Equestria."

"What? But he's helped us unlock our powers." Estelle frowned.

"That's what I wanted to tell you earlier." Mo told Atticus about earlier with what Akito had discovered against Edwin and Snubbull.

Atticus nodded to that as he took note of that. "Kids, I'm sorry, but Sombra can be pretty sneaky," he then said. "Especially when it would come to the Crystal Empire."

"Why's that?" Akito asked.

Atticus and Mo sighed, this was going to be a long and painful story for their twins.

"Well, kids, it all started a long time ago..." Atticus began. "You see, when I was born, I was born premature which usually isn't good for the baby or the mother, it could kill one of them or even both, and then..." he then told them about when he was born and around the years of his high school days when he began to notice his own crystal powers and the times he was in Equestria.

"Oh, my..." Estelle gulped.

"But... Uncle Sombra said he would help us..." Akito pouted.

"I'm sorry, but your Uncle Sombra can't be trusted." Mo frowned.

Akito and Estelle frowned to each other. Their whole lives felt like a bunch of lies.

"When did Uncle Sombra start contacting you?" Atticus asked.

"Sometime during when we were visiting Ash, Emi, and the others during the spell of the Unknown." Akito and Estelle replied.

"So, while you were on the train." Atticus said.

Akito and Estelle nodded.

"He said he noticed how similar we were as twins... Well, except for maybe our hair color." Estelle said.

"And he seemed so nice." Akito added.

"It can seem that way sometimes..." Atticus sighed.

"Like Bree and Sloan..." Estelle mumbled.

"So, then unlocking our powers was his way to earn our trust." Akito frowned.

"I'm sorry, kids, but promise us you won't use your new powers for the sake of the Plaza Hotel." Atticus said.

"We promise..." Akito and Estelle sighed.

"Now, let's get to bed." Mo smiled.

That night, Akito and Estelle lay down in their bed while staring up at the ceiling while Vincent and the others were fast asleep as they were excited to make the best Christmas in the hotel ever.

"Akito, I know we promised Mom and Dad we wouldn't use our new powers for the sake of the Plaza, but it's just so tempting." Estelle whispered to her twin brother.

"I know what you mean..." Akito whispered back to his twin sister. "I mean, you made your own reindeer, and I got to make my own kingdom once before the Ball last year."

"And with my Christmas magic, it could make the show so much better." Estelle whispered back.

"I hate to break promises with Mom and Dad, but I think we might have to." Akito replied.

"For Christmas... For the Plaza... For Eloise." Estelle agreed.

The two of them soon nodded before going to sleep.

When the next morning came, they decided to check on Eloise. When Nanny let them in the room, she reminded them to be quiet as Eloise was on the phone.

"Oh, Mother, I love it!" Eloise beamed as she was wearing a new hat. "I absolutely do!"

Akito and Estelle waved to Eloise. Eloise waved back while Nanny smiled as she talked with her mother.

"Where's Aunt Darla now?" Estelle whispered to Nanny.

"The Mediterranean, I believe." Nanny whispered back.

"Ooh." Akito whispered.

Emily landed on the window sill and soon ate some Ramon noodles offered to her. Nanny shivered from the cold since the window was open and she soon shut it after Emily flew off.

"I'm so glad you're coming, Mother!" Eloise beamed on the phone. "But I'm not telling you who the special secret surprise guest is~"

The Fudo twins already knew who she was referring to.

'Can't I at least have a hint, honey?~' Darla asked on the other line.

"Well, he's got rosy red cheeks, and I big of a belly," Eloise giggled. "And when he laughs a lot, it looks like a bowl of jelly."

'Anything else?' Darla replied.

"Sorry, but that's all I'm going to say," Eloise told her mother. "I don't want to ruin the surprise. See you in... Four days, three hours, and 17 minutes!"

'See you soon, Eloise.' Darla smiled.

Eloise smiled and then hung up on her mother and came to her cousins with her new hat. "Do you love my new hat?" she then posed like a fashion model.

"It sure is fashionable." Estelle smiled.

"What kind of hat is it?" Felicity asked. "I think I've seen it in Maxim magazine my mother borrowed from your mother."

"It's called a cartwheel hat," Eloise replied before sitting down on the couch to see what else was in the box before seeing a silver heart-shaped locket with white swirls like shell patterns in it with her name on it and on the back it said 'With Love, Daddy'. "It comes with its own ear puffs."

"Ooh." Vincent smiled.

"Eloise, did you really ask Santa to come to the show?" Nanny asked her charge as she set down a bowl of noodles.

"Who told you? That's supposed to be a secret!" Eloise replied before glaring to her cousins in accusation, but they shrugged as they didn't tell her.

"Eloise, you honestly can't expect Santa to come to your show." Nanny frowned as she joined her on the couch.

"Oh, we have a feeling we will." Estelle smiled.

"But Santa is a very busy, busy, busy man," Nanny replied. "Especially on Christmas Eve. He has to bring presents for girls and boys all over the world. I'm sorry, children, but I don't think he will be able to preform in the show."

"Not unless he came here by Christmas magic." Estelle smiled.

"And besides, it's the only thing I asked for," Eloise added. "You see, I wrote Santa, and I told him I didn't want any presents this year. I told him the only thing that I truly want, with all my heart, is for him to be here. Not just for me, but for everyone. How could Santa disappoint everyone?" she soon looked like she was going to cry since Nanny didn't believe in Santa coming to the hotel.

"Don't worry, Eloise; Santa will come." Akito assured her.

"Maybe, maybe, maybe." Nanny replied.

"Do you really think so?" Eloise asked.

"He will." Akito and Estelle promised.

"Yay!" Eloise smiled.

Later on, there was a buzz at the door.

"Who could that be?" Felicity asked.

Eloise opened the door, but no one was there but a pile of wreaths, but smiled as there was a tag.

"'Merry Christmas from Matteus'." Ditto read aloud.

"Aw!" Felicity smiled.

"I think he likes you~" Misdreavus smirked to Eloise.

"Maybe." Eloise blushed.

Matteus collected his hat and smiled back to Eloise before he dashed down the hallway.

"So, shall we meet everyone in the Grand Ballroom?" Eloise suggested as she collected the wreaths.

"Any room for one more?" A voice asked and everyone looked to see Jenny as she carried Oliver in her arms.

"Oh, but of course." Eloise smiled.

Jenny smiled back.

"You came!" Vincent beamed.

"Yeah, I was thinking about what you said," Jenny replied as they went to the elevator together. "I'm sorry, Vincent, I guess I just didn't know what I was thinking."

"It's okay." Vincent smiled.

"This is exciting," Oliver was thrilled. "Christmas in New York is so awesome."

"Totally." Snow White smiled.