A new Beginning !?...

With Tirek, imprisoned in Tartarus, and Scorpan away from Equestria, the life of the ponies had returned to normal. But something had happened in the Crystal Empire.

The queen had, recently, became ill, even alicorns became ill sometimes but this type of illness was different from the normal ones.

She had strange spots all over her body, sometimes she became unconscious, this kind of problem was disturbing the crystal ponies, they weren't ready to lose another member of the royalty. They weren't ready to be ruled by Sombra, they knew what his powers are capable of. They fear that he could do something catastrophic to the empire.

Sombra stepped inside of their bedroom and trotted towards her queen. He saw her body shacking and trembling. He decided to caress her body trying to comfort her, but he felt that her body was cold. It was normal she was sick but he never felt that kind of cold on her body, in the past days. He used his magic to heat up the room a little so she wouldn't have a cold body, he decided to leave her be and left their bedroom.

--Queen flashback--
She had recently rescued by her brother, from her undeserved punishment. She was unconscious all the time, until she finally opened her eyes, only to see that she was now on her bedroom.

"I see that you're finally awake." he said. "Are you alright? Did he hurted you?" he asked.

"Shieldmore, if dad discovers that you attacked him, he..." she said.

"Dad won't hurt you or me anymore." he said. "I will cast a spell around your bedroom, so if he would think of stepping inside of here, he will be punished." he said while charging his horn to cast the spell.

When he finished his spell, he looked over her and said.

"Here you go. He won't bother you anymore."

"Thank you." she said while giving him a hug.

"It was nothing at all." he said.

She leaned forward and gave him a kiss, his eyes went wide with her recent 'assault'. He slowly let himself go and accepted her embrace.

She return her head to it's previous position, and looked him in the eyes. She felt his silence and started to think that she messed things up. "Oh. Don't...be...Don't hate me. I.,..I..." she said while turning her head away from his eyes.

He looked at her and grabbed her chin so he could look her on the eyes. "I wouldn't hate you for this. That's the last thing that will make me hate you."

He leaned forward and gave her a kiss. She felt his essence again. This wasn't her brother. No, no, no. This was her knight, her savior. He had rescued her from an undeserved punishment.

After some moments they left each other embrace.

"It's a shame, that if father found out about this." he said. "What will happen to us?"

"Let's run away, just you and me, nopony to bother us about what is wrong or not. We don't choose to love the pony that we should love. We felt love for the pony that we should love." she said.

"But, I'm a... a... I'm different from the ponies. I..." he said

"Being different it's what makes you special to me. I don't want to lose this embrace ever again." she said

"Me...me.... neither. But we can't, you are an immortal being. And one day I will leave you all alone in this world." he said

"But...but... I got an idea. I will give up my immortality to be with you again in the after life." she said.

"What?" he asked. "Crystal we're not talking seriously, aren't you?" he continued. "Giving up your immortality to be with a normal being like me it's..."

"But, I will not find another pony like you around here." she said. "When I meet my future king, I will lose my immortality and my alicorn power. If you're still alive I'll wait until the day you're gone, if you die first I'll wait until my 30th birthday." she said.

He nodded. "I hope that won't make you unhappy."

"I'm happy with you and only you." she said.

He bowed himself and trotted towards her bedroom door. He slowly opened it and stepped through it, closing it in the next instant.

Suddenly she saw a bright light, and a scream was heard. It was her brother cries, she got off her bed and peeked through the door and what she saw in that moment, made her body shack in despair. Her brother was killed by his own father. 'Why? Why would you do that?' she thought.

She closed her bedroom door and rushed towards her bed, she laid on it and cried for the rest of the night.

When she felt a flashing light, between the shadows. She trotted towards it and found him. He's alive after all these years, he was alive. But something wasn't right, she couldn't get him, she tried and tried to run but she stood in the same place.'What is happening? Why can't I...?' she thought 'Am I dreaming?'.

She then let out a loud gasp, that alert her guards.

They rushed inside her bedroom, trying to find why the reason for her desperation.

"Queen. My queen, is everything, alright?" one of the guards asked.

"Nothing. I'm just feeling... sleepy." she said. "The time has come, wait for me. I'll be with you in any moment---"

She let her body fell backwards, when her back land on the soft bed, she felt her eyes closing, slowly, while everything became darker and darker, until everything was black. Suddenly the same figure, the same silhouette appeared near her. And once again she was happy. She had her knight again, her... her... lover. She couldn't be more happier than that.

'I finally, returned to you.' she said. 'Let us go, there's no time to lose. Lead the way, my Knight.'

She felt her brother, grabbing her body in a bride style and carrying her towards the source of light near them.

Finally, she had found her 'paradise'.

Sombra was devastated with the recent loss of the Crystal Empire, he didn't know what to do, so he sent a letter to Canterlot, asking for help before it's too late for them.