Basic History of Equestria

The Crystal Empire is one of beauty and ravishment and one with popularity with tourists. It sparkled with the very gems and crystals it was made up out of and shined a brilliant radiance of admiration. It had its own train and was one of power. one does not earn the name of empire for nothing. The ponies themselves glistened with the glow of their blessing from one of the kings who ruled long ago in the kingdoms early stages. This blessing made their coats themselves shine with the same radiance of crystals and gems and was passed down every since to other generations of little colts and fillies. The kingdom harvested gems from mines and was the leader producer of fine things. They where the symbol of envy of the unicorn tribes and kingdoms and was greatly adored and one of the few kingdoms in which a king was more of a titled than princess simply. The king however was one of mystery. If a pony were to ask whether or not a crystal pony if they themselves have saw their own king they will probably be looked upon in confusion. The king never came out of the castle that stood in the center of the kingdom and for any discussion or debate or any political reason sent his trusty representatives. This was frowned upon greatly by the meeting of kingdom rulers and leaders at councils as it was looked upon as a failed duty as a ruler. The crystal ponies themselves didn't seem to be bothered with it though and continued on with their daily lives. Celebrations were few and any type of royal speech and such was not cared.  The kingdom has not seen trouble since the start of its founding and did not believe trouble would come any time soon. For now they could be carefree and indulge in whatever they did best.

Celestia and Luna never did see the king in person during their trip in uniting the kingdoms from this land and far away lands. The journey had been tiring and it was a shame that one of the kingdoms that was one of the very first ones they united didn't even allow them to see the king. Celestia had thoroughly been wondering if the king had important royal duties or just wanted to be left alone. For Luna however she just labeled him as antisocial and left it alone. Celestia had even sent letters more than once to king hoping for a direct response but with no luck. It was always if not sent back with it signed by one of his representatives. Celestia decided to use her royal privileges as ruler of the land and decided to go there herself. She even went and bought Luna who was very much not wanting to attend as she could care less. Celestia and Luna arrived at the Crystal Empire and was greeted by sparkling streets and fanfare. A hotel was ready for them and so was other staying necessities. Celestia didn't surprise appearances and in doing such sent a letter to the kingdom itself to be prepared for their arrival. Little did she know however that her arrival was to be met with the very pony who she wanted to see. She was greeted by one of the royal assistants and was led into the crystal castles waiting room. The pony told them reluctantly to wait and trotted off into what seemed like the kings bedroom. Luna wasn't pleased that as a princess she had to wait but

Celestia calmed her sister of her impatience. Eventually it paid off. Out came the king himself. He was not simply a pegasus, he was not simply a unicorn, he was certainly not just an earth pony but was an alicorn like herself and her sister. Next, by his very side he had a grey coated black maned unicorn colt. Obviously a teenager and was quite shy. The king gestured to him and the sisters to introduce himself. He walked up to them-Luna not so amused-and bowed down.

"Hello, my name is Sombra and I am an apprentice of the king."

The king invited the two princesses to a feast and talked about all sorts of matter with them with Sombra sitting next to him. Sombra was a small foal when the king found him living in an orphanage of young ponies. Orphaned and abandoned he took him in and trained him in magic and other spells and such. He was to inherit the kingdom and everything with it and the king sought to make him a great wizard like Star Swirl. He saw within sombra the makings of a great leader and took him to be raised in the Crystal empire. The king never had an easy time socializing and preferred to spend his time alone in silence. He was an alicorn and outlived any other pony. Perhaps it was the fear of loss that kept him from finding a mate. An heir was never pressed upon unless the ruler didn't live to be centuries of years old. After all, when you had a king who seemingly lived forever in the public eye, why an heir? But all that will change. A new representative was recruited when the other had gotten sick and was having a hard time recovering. She was a unicorn by the name of Ms. Mi Amore. An odd name around these parts but was nonetheless accepted. The king and her became close despite her tendency to talk a bit too much and her clumsiness at times and grew closer.  She was frowned upon around the castle despite her good looks and was usually kept away from helping as she knew she would probably mess up on something. The king didn't take long for him to enjoy her company and before long big news was announced. For what seemed like the very first time the king appeared in public on the balcony of the castle with Sombra on his right and Ms. Mi Amore on his left standing by his side. Mi Amore was now married to the king and was expecting a filly. All the kingdom was overjoyed except one. Sombra was no longer to inherit the kingdom but become a royal teacher and leader to his newborn daughter. Sombra was to inherit the kingdom but now that hope was gone. He had put up a good act to cover up his jealously and had even asked the king why he did such a thing as to bring that 'thing' of his into the world when the new princess was finally born. Sombra received less attention from the king as most of the royal courts and visitors was too busy fighting over to see the new baby which had helped the king go out into the sun more now. Sombra continued to practice his magic and spells in silence. His anger being no more than tolerated by him.

Sombra woke up late at night unable to go asleep and made his way to the royal library. There he stumbled upon a book with a fuzzy title and begun to read it's contents. They where spells, forbidden spells that no pony should even attempt to subdue. the crystal library contained a great amount of dark magic books. Sombra tested the spells and found them easy to wield. The things he was allowed to do with these types were greater than average spells. He loved the new found power that surged through him and with that he would sneak into the library every night and find more books like it. A forbidden drug that continued to eat at his heart until there was nothing left but evil. Sombra wished to prove to his beloved king that he will be able to live up to a higher expectation. So after that day he continued on, practicing the forbidden magic in hopes of proving that it can be tamed but it will soon be futile.

The day was sunny but it was filled with darkness. Today the kingdom was to celebrate the first birthday of the princess but instead they would be celebrating the kings death. The king was found lying dead in his room. He was old looking and looked as if he hadn't eaten in years. His crystal coat gone and he was one of grey. His powers had been drained and with that so did his life. The princess and queen was led into the bottom quarters of the castle until safety could be assured by the guards. Mi Amore held her little filly tight as she could hear the commotion. Sombra was gone too and with that started the days of a reign that no one would forget.

Sombra walked towards the balcony of the castle. He had knocked out most of the guards who had dared tried to stop him and killed the king. Adding insult to injury, he even wore the kings regal robe in sinister pride. he was completely unrecognizable. He had the kings royal robe on and metal clad regalia and shoes. His pupil was that of a sickly purple and green fumes poured from both his eyes. He announced his reign in a harsh tone and with that a curse. He stood up and his horn, red tipped and sharpened glowed with the power of dark magic and blasted the crystal heart. The artifact that kept the kingdom peaceful and calm. A gift from the 'ancient ones' when they discovered the amount of love the ponies had in this part of the land. It was now infected and tainted with hatred. The castle was encased in dark magic and black crystals. The ponies where bland and no longer sparkled. The skies where of that of crimson red. The ponies stared and saw their hooves become connected by the magical chains that wrapped around their hooves and neck. They where now slaves and subjects of the new king. While all of this happened, in the safety of the castles underground quarters, laid a mother doing her best to keep her little filly from crying. Sombra had forced the work of mining dark crystals and was seeking the target he wanted most....the kings daughter. He himself wanted to seek her out and kill her personally. Get rid of the mother first and later the precious child. But all will soon fall out of plan. Two princesses had heard word of his corruption.

Celestia and Luna were approached by two representatives who had stated that Sombra had taken control of the kingdom and killed off the royal family. They managed to escape the massacre that Sombra had caused. Celestia and Luna was outraged and tears of sadness filled their eyes. Luna could not stomach what they were saying and turned her head in horror. They needed to catch him off guard and defend the ponies and the kingdom and free Sombras hold. Celestia and Luna arrived at the kingdom late at night and confronted Sombra. Anger filled the elder sisters eyes when she laid eyes on the kings dead body. Laying there, still in is room with little movement. Celestia and Luna fought him as best as they could but Sombra knew all to well the power of the sisters combined. Especially with the Elements of Harmony in their hooves. Before the battle, in which Sombra was very much expecting, he casted a spell that encased the entire kingdom. When the princesses thought that they were about to win, hey watched in horror as the kingdom vanished before their eyes. Only the wicked laughter of the king could be heard in the shadows promising to return as Celestia and Luna stood at the spot at which they fought. Snow falling harshly down and blanketing were the once glorious kingdom once laid. They had lost. Lost everything. The kingdom, it's ponies, and even the very princess they had grew to admire. It all was now gone. Celestia nudged at her sister who laid on the ground bleeding. She had been injured by the dark magic and Celestia cried on top of her wounds. There was nothing they could do but go back home and enjoy the calm silence of their despair.

All was gone but a single mother who had used her precious magic to protect her and her filly. The dark magic was eating away at her health but she pulled up the strength to leave the snowy north and carried her filly on her back as she struggled to walk. She came across a path in a forest and heard the sounds of nearby hooves. She lifted up her filly calmly and gently placed her on the path the two ponies near by was walking. The ponies saw her and wondered were she came from. Without hesitation the colt and mare earth pony picked her up and carried her way home. The mother smiled happy to know that her filly will be loved and cared for and shut her eyes which will never open again.