Author's Note

Happy 4th of July everyone! Now I do apologize if some characters don't seem to be themselves at some moments, I've stopped watching the show ever since the end of season 6. Plus I got a bit lazy at times, so things might not make any sense at all. Disclaimer: I am in no way, shape, or form that good of a writer. So nothing I make is going to be perfect. With that said, hope you guys enjoy part 1 of episode 2! :)

Ep.2: A Dark Crystal Pt.1

"So let me get this straight." I confirm with five of The Mane Six, Shining Armor, Spike, and Princess Cadence. "We're in a world known as Equestria, and this empire is known as The Crystal Empire."

"We're the first of our kind you have seen in this world." My ghost adds. "And there are dark forces here as well, sounds like back home."

"That just about sums it up, sugar cube!" Applejack says. "Stuff like changelings, Nightmare Moon, Tirek, Sombra, but those are long gone by now."

"You mentioned you're a "hunter" correct?" Shining Armor asks. I nod. "What are your tactics for defending a city?"

"Well, I mainly sit in the back and snipe Fallen." I explain. "Sometimes some Hive come up, but they're easy to take out."

"You take care of stuff like "Fallen" and "Hive" back home?" Rainbow Dash asks. "What do you do that with? Sounds cool!"

"I would usually do it with a sniper rifle, but I never leave home without my Hawkmoon." I say, twirling my Hawkmoon around like the Last Word hand cannon. "This baby's never failed me in the past."

"I have to say, it looks rather nice, darling." Rarity comments. "Your weapon is themed after an eagle? That's very unique indeed!"

"Um, you mentioned something about you being an "exo" by chance?" Fluttershy asked quietly. "May I ask, um, what might that be?"

"That's my... actually it's best if I show you." I say, putting my hands on my helmet to take it off. My ghost quickly replies with:

"Exos are a type of human that were manufactured in a "Golden Age" back home, there's also Awoken and Humans and-"

I cut him off with:

"Ok let's not overload them with that type of info, ghost."

"No no, please continue!" Twilight said. "This is the first time you're in this world, it's amazing to be document this!"

I just noticed that Spike was writing down as much as he could on a piece of parchment.

"Why isn't SHE writing this down instead of HIM?" I thought to myself.

As soon as I was about to ask her that, I get cut off by Shining Armor saying: "That's my sister for ya! Always the one to keep everything in check!"

 I cross my arms, looking over to the balcony. I could see some storm clouds coming in, some very dark ones. While my ghost is talking with Twilight, I quickly blurt out:

"Anyone else notice those clouds out there?"

Rainbow Dash mentioned that the weather here is controlled by weather ponies, which me and my ghost found to be interesting.

"Hey, today was suppose to have a clear sky!" Rainbow Dash says, her wings extending. "I'm heading over there to find out what's going on!"

She takes off towards the clouds, everyone still talking amongst themselves.

"Excuse me, but do you mind if I bring some friends here?" Princess Cadence asks me politely. "They would be honored to meet you!"

"Um... sure?" I reply weirdly. I think to myself: "Great, more ponies to meet, I wonder what else this world has to offer."

"Great! I will write them a letter now!" She said.

I start to feel uneasy after a loud thundering sound rocks the room. I don't know how I manage to do stuff like this, but I quickly blink to the balcony and catch an incoming Rainbow Dash. I go sliding across the floor, and thanks to Twilight's reaction to my blink, she teleports everyone out of the way. I land into the throne with a loud thud, and in my arms, a seared and injured Rainbow Dash. Now, I didn't feel injured thanks to my armor, but I'm not so sure about this steaming pony in my lap right now.

"What happened?" Shining Armor asks worriedly. "Are you two ok???"

"I'm ok, I've had worse." I say, putting my hand on my head and shaking. "I don't think this one is though."

Rainbow Dash moans in pain, then says:

"That's... no... ordinary... storm cloud..."

Shining Armor lifts her up off of my lap with his magic as she falls unconscious. My ghost looks at the incoming storm clouds, saying:

"I'm getting some dark readings from that cloud, I don't know about you guys, but I'm also getting a familiar vibe from it."

I stand up, asking Shining Armor:

"Can you get her some medical attention?"

"I'll have some paramedics keep her stable, I'll also let the guards know that something's on the way!"

"Guardian, we should probably intercept whatever is coming this way." My ghost says. "It'll be like defending the city back home!"

"Except it's actually going to be interesting this time." I say. "Alright, let's do it!"

"I'll come with you, I want to help." Twilight says. "I'm getting a familiar vibe from this, too."

"Applejack, Rarity, will you help me with evacuating everypony in the empire to a safer location?" Cadence asks them. "We don't want another repeat of the Sombra incident."

"You know the answer to that!" Applejack shouts with pride. "Come on Rarity, let's round everypony up!"

"Hm, as you wish, my dear." Rarity says, walking down the hallway. "Come now, we mustn't waste any time."

"Fluttershy, can you come with me to help Rainbow Dash?" Shining Armor asks her. "She will need someone she knows best to be there for her when she wakes up."

"Ok." Fluttershy says, shifting her attention to me and Twilight. "Oh, and be careful you two."

"We will." Twilight and I say in sync.

My ghost then shouts:

"Alright everyone, let's move!"

He disappears, Applejack and Rarity rush down the hallway along with Shining Armor, Fluttershy, and a trailing Rainbow Dash, and Twilight teleports me and her to the ground, where we then start rushing towards the storm as fast as we can.

We make it to the edge of the empire, but the storm clouds don't look to be any better then when seen from afar. Red lights could be seen from the valley ahead, they also look very familiar as well. I pull out my Devil's Dawn sniper rifle, and I scope in to see what the lights were all about. As soon as I get a good visual, the barrage of lights turn purple, and from the lights, looks to be Shanks covered with purple crystals, Dregs with two crystals poking out from where their second set of arms would be, then Vandals with purple crystals protruding from their backs, then Captains with a purple crystals protruding from foreheads, then Servitors with tiny crystals growing from their surfaces.

"How did the fallen get here?" My ghost asks frightenedly. "They aren't suppose to be here!"

I take out my knife, and I stab a Stealth Vandal that tries to come up from behind me. It's cloaking device malfunctions as it falls to the ground, dead. Twilight flinches, asking:
"What was that???"

I reply with:

"That was a Vandal, a type of fallen trooper. Looks as though they carried over to this world, too."

"But how?" She asks. "Did they come through the same way you did?"

"Probably." I reply. "There's more where that came from."

Putting my sniper rifle away, I pull out my Hawkmoon, telling Twilight:

"Duck!"

She quickly moves out of the way of an incoming Stealth Vandal's attack, it's cloaking system deactivating with a loud sizzle. This gives me the chance to pop a round into it's head. The soul escapes from it's body, and the corpse falls to the ground. The storm gets closer, and so does the mass of purple lights that have just appeared. We look over to the lights, seeing something completely out of the ordinary. Out of the massive purple glow, there were two sets of green lights. I pull my sniper rifle back out and scope in to take a look at what the source is. I quickly unscope when the green glow disappears.

"Uh... you saw that too, right?" Twilight asks.

I nod, looking away from the purple light show. I notice a gigantic black mass stand over Twilight, so I start to back up.

"Is something wrong?" She asks nervously.

I lift my Hawkmoon to aim at the ominous green eyes that are looking down at her. Twilight quickly notices what I was looking at, and slowly looks behind her. "Hello there, my subjects." King Sombra says.

[To be continued]