The Elementals: Watch the Shadows

The Crystal Empire a place filled with joy and cheer you might think but to me it is a living Tartorus, everyday I am bullied by all the other ponies my age, my sister, Flurry Heart ,tells me to ignore them but it is to hard for me to since all they see is a crippled Pegasus who cant fly with her wings. They all still think Cadence is actually my mother but she is not, I am just her assistant who schedules time for her to relax, but when I am not helping her I am reading a good book in my room or the library to get some peace and quiet. Reading has been a joy to me ever since I was young, all the other fillies avoided me so I found ways to be happy, you may think I do not have any friends but I do have friends but they live far away and I only see them when Equestria is in trouble. Oh, I forgot to introduce myself, I am Crystal Prism royal assistant to Cadence at least until that day the day everything changed.

I was reading in the library that whole day without a care in the world, reading Daring Do, a series Rainbow and Twilight got me hooked on as a fillie, for the well I lost count by then. I loved how vivid the descriptions were int he story and...sorry back on topic now. I was reading and then soon a guard came in panicked, I rolled my eyes thinking how useless the guards can be when they do not really help when Equestria is in trouble, they must not have the stamina.

"What happened this time, let me guess you need something or does Cadence need me?" I asked annoyed, I hated when others disturbed me while I am reading.

"Cadence needs you in the throne room, it is an emergency!" the guard said then rushed off in a hurry.

I knew what I should do, run, which I did since I am unable to fly with these useless wings that I have, and why must castles be labyrinths that seem to change all the time. I took many wrong turns here and there during my run, I was feeling faint and weaker then usual and soon everything went black.

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"Wake up Crystal, you should not were yourself out like that!" I heard a voice saying. I opened my eyes and saw that I was in the throne room and I got up, my head was pounding harder than a anvil, I groaned and saw Cadence looking worried, "Thank Celestia your awake, are you feeling okay?"

"No, my head is pounding, but I am here now so what did you want to tell me?"

"I think you are old enough to know now, who your mother is, her name was Dawning Prism and she died trying to save you, she left you with me to keep you safe, she was a princess of a missing kingdom, the Kingdom of Elements!"

"Wait, what?"

"It may be hard to believe but I think you will find more in this package she left me to give to you..." Cadence was cut of by a loud explosion outside,"Quickly you and the others are our only hope now, they have returned the umbrium has returned they are after you Crystal, go now!"

Against my will Cadence teleported all my belongings into my satchel bag along with the gift from my late mother and teloported me on the Friendship Express while I cried as I left the only family I knew behind.