EMPIRE CRYSTAL
I had just received a letter from celestia and I was flying to canterlot on my skeletal dragon and I told my army to be on standby even the undead soldiers and when I reached canterlot celestia looked ready for a fight but when she saw me she calmed down as I landed and dismounted the dragon and she walked over to me.
"I'm glad your here we need to talk now." She said as we walked inside.
"I need your help the crystal empire has returned I know you don't know what that is but I will give you the short version, about a little more than a thousand years ago the empire was taken over by a evil unicorn wielding dark magic and he used his magic to create a army of crystal monsters and enslave the city it was only after Luna and I fought him the empire disappeared and now with its returned Sombra had returned as well cadence is already their protecting it and I want you to help her." She said.
"Ok I will head their and my army is already on standby and I have been using my power to create undead and with undead manticores I have a decent calvary and don't worry about us hunting manticore we are able to create undead without the use of bodies so their population will not decrease." I said as she nodded and I jumped on my dragon and sent a message to my army to head north and as I flew I noticed Twilight and the others getting off the train and heading towards the castle and I continued to fly north.
1 hour later
I was flying through the icy north to get to the crystal empire it wasn't easy to find it through all the snow but I found it and started to descend into the city and I passed through some kind of shield and I landed on the outskirts of the city and dismounted and entered the city and jumped on the roof to get to the castle and entered through a balcony and saw Cadence sitting on the throne she had her hair was three different colors yellow pink and purple and she looked exhausted as she sat on the throne and I stepped inside. "Hey Cadence Celestia sent me to help you." I said and she looked up and smiled as she looked at me and got up from the throne and came over to hug me.
"I'm glad you're here." She said coughing.
"You ok?" I asked concerned.
"Holding the shield up is draining me." She said and I started to funnel my magic into her and she moaned as she began to look better and more rested.
"What did you do?" She asked shocked as she looked at herself.
"I funneled some of magic into you it seems it worked." I said as she looked at herself.
And I looked outside to see the color of the shield changed a bit it now had traces of green in it and I received a message from a scout saying that the girls and spike got off the train nearby and I rushed to my dragon and mounted it and flew off to the train station and landed near them and the dragon flew back to the city.
"Hey girls we need to move." I said as they were about to say something then they say a large shadow moving towards us. "Get to the city now!" I yelled and they ran and they shadow chased us and I stopped at the edge of the shield and they entered and I drew frostmourne and charged it with dark magic as magic sparked off it. "Dark magic attack" I said as a slash of dark magic went hurtling towards it and when it made contact it exploded and the shadow screeched in pain as it fled and I entered the shield and they girls were already heading towards the castle and I followed them.
I arrived after the girls and spike got to the throne room and meet up with Cadence. "Hey Talion did you know Cadence was my old foal sitter." Twilight said.
"No i didn't." I said as the girls were having fun and now it was time to get to business.
"Now then how do we beat Sombra?" I asked and Twilight took out a book from her bage.
"Legend say that the crystal heart can destroy him but no one knows where it is." and as she said that I heard a noise outside and walked out to the balcony and saw the shadow was forming a body as he stood a far distance from the shield he had a black mane and grey fur and he was wearing steel armor and wielding a longsword made of darkstone and I could feel the dark magic he was channeling in his fist as he plunged it into the snow and I saw the monsters Celestia told me about emerging from the snow and pulled themselves out and they stood at about 8 feet tall as they approached the shield and started to punch it. It wasn't causing much damaged but it would not hold forever and I heard a horn from the east and the monsters turned towards it and formed ranks as the manticore calvary lined up from on top of a hill I saw the liches my captains were riding some of them the rest were being ridden by undead spearmen and swordsmen and archers were lining up behind them both undead and the armor archers drew their bows and the monsters started to advance through the snow as the manticore riders charged and the archers fired the arrows were faster than the manticores and the arrows made contact with the monster with little effect as the manticore riders made contact and took a few of them out as the rest of my army charged over the hill and sombra was still trying to get in and Twilight and the others ran off to find the heart.
My army was at a stalemate with the monsters and sombra continued to attack the shield and he punched a hole in the shield as he rushed in and the hole closed and we and cadence were ready to fight as he reached the castle and he smiled.
"You don't stand a chance against me." He said as he drew his sword and charged and I blocked it with frostmourne and Cadence stayed behind since she was not experienced in combat so it was up to me to fight him as I pushed him back and I swung my sword as a wave of ice and frost was sent hurtling towards sombra and he lifted his sword over his head and swund it down as the wave was cut in half and he was unharmed and he shot a beam of dark magic towards me and I intercepted it with a magic shield and sparks of magic went overwhere destroying building and the ponies were screaming and running for their lives as we fought and I felt a hand on my back and saw Cadence giving me her magic.
"Cadence no if you give me your magic the shield will fall!" I yelled but she did not listen as she looked pale and the shield started to fade and she passed out on the ground and the shield
around the city vanished and the elder liches were quick to react as they approached the city and started to create undead to keep the crystal monsters out it was taxing on them but many of the royal guard were supplying them with magic and they took turns doing it so they can regenerate magic even if it is only a little and a few lines of death knights were formed to keep them out not only did they match them in height they had great defensive and offensive capabilities with their huge shields and swords as they formed a shield wall but the monsters were more focused on my army than the city but with the shield down it good to know there are troops protecting the city and I felt Cadences magic kick in and my shield overpowered sombras beam as it shot forward knocking him off his feet and into a building as I dropped the shield and lifted frostmourne as he stepped out of the now collapsed building.
"Not bad." He said spitting out some black blood from his mouth. "Now the real fight begins." He said as the battle renewed and we charged each other and meet in the middle as our blades collided and our magic lashed out at each other destroying our nearby surroundings.
Captain of royal guard POV
We were being pushed back without the liches we have been losing troops and we can't replenish them without them and I destroyed another minster and another one took his place as I fought and I saw a few death knights running to aid us from the city.
'The liches must have finished reinforcing the city and now are send undead that's good no we have a better chance' I thought as I was knocked away by another monster and a death knight caught me and set me down as a few pieces of metal fell off me. 'But were still in a tough spot' I thought as I joined the fight.
Talion POV
Me and Sombra were still fighting it out and i noticed Cadence woke up and was watching us even thought she was exhausted and couldn't stand and I sent another wave of ice at Sombra as she shot it with a magic beam and I teleported out of the way and It hit a building and as I was distracted by the exploding building Sombra stabbed his sword into my side and I jumped away from him and I put my hand on the place that was stabbed and I was bleeding and my vision was starting to go hazy and he approached me but he was struck behind by a beam from Cadence as he turned his attention to her as he teleported in front of her and was lifting his sword in the air and then everything seemed to be slowing down as I heard my own heart beating slower and slower but I couldn't give up as I fought the unconscious and I forced myself to stay awake and I felt something deep inside me and it was felt amazing and it was surfacing as I felt a rush of magic gather inside me and I could feel it giving me strength.