Author's Note

I will focus on this story for a few chapters.

I hope you will like this story :)

Prologue

Pink hippogriff just watched as her limbs turned into icicles, and she herself in the ice sculpture. Unable to cry out for help, she groaned, hoping that somepony from outside would hear her…

Nopony heard her.

She was in a state of a strong Hypothermia, In which the body tries to defend itself, by expelling internal body heat. This wasn't helping the dying Hippogriff.

Silverstream, losing hope of rescue, for the last time emitted heat, falling asleep in the position in which she began to freeze.

She closed her eyes.

"Are you sure it's a hippogriff?" A gray pony with a noble dressing asked while looking at the solid ice in front of him

"Well ... I have never seen a pegasus with a beak and feathers" A smaller pony in a scientist's costume answered.

"Seemingly similar to the hippogriff but …" The gray pony began to study the ice block from close up. "You have to defrost her so that I can be sure."

The scientist pony bowed, and gave the sign to the ponies who controlled the crane. After lifting and temporary embarrassment, the crane began to lower the ice cube into the hot water tank

"Be careful ... you do not want to hurt her, do you?"

"Of course not my king..." scientist bowed again "This is my job to keep Crystal Empire in cleanliness and order"

After a few minutes of bathing in a hot water reservoir, the crane removed instead of the ice cube, a beautiful unconscious being that was placed in front of Sombra.

"She is … beautiful … " King Sombra came closer and touched her wet mane, and he checked her pulse.

"SHE IS BREATHING … SHE NEEDS A DOCTOR!" he gasped.

Silverstream opened her eyes, and looked around. She was connected to life support machines and drip. The room she was in, was white like an mental hospital room, but it had furniture for her age. On her beak she wore a oxygen mask.

"MY KING ... THE HIPPOGRIFF IS AWAKE … "

She quickly looked around and closed her eyes. Some seconds later she opened them to see a small radio in the corner of her "room". She could not believe it. She was scared of the usual radio …

She chuckled to herself.

Her smile disappeared when she saw that the door to the room began to open, and in them she saw somepony's figure. She was too weak to protect herself, so she covered her eyes with claws.

"You should rest little one. You are still too weak after your "hibernation" "

He came closer revealing his appearance. He wore a purple robe, He had green eyes, gray coat, black mane with blue streaks. blue horseshoes and blue crown with yellow crystal.

She recognized him.

It was Sombra … King of shadows and former tyrant of crystal ponieś. But he looked completely different. There was a beautiful, milky white smile in the place of the terrifying fangs, and a plain horn in the place of a red curved peg.

Despite his friendly appearance, the pink hippogriff panicked and tried to fly away as soon as possible. Farthest from him. She knew from books how he treated his subordinates and what he did with them.

"Don't be afraid of me … I'm not gonna hurt you …" he tried to calm her down, but when he get closer, she screamed, but she began to cry, when she felt his touch on her claw.

"Shhh … Shhh … Twilight and Cadence told me so much about you … But I keep forgetting one thing … What is your name?" he removed mask from her beak

Silverstream was silent and looked at him with nervousness in her eyes.

"Come on ... Do not be ashamed" he smiled.

"S-Silverstream … is … my name" she said something for the first time after 1000 years.

"What a beautiful name … " he chuckled.

"M-my parents?" she began to organize her thoughts more "W-WHERE ARE MY PARENTS???"

Sombra's smile turned to sadness.

"T-they are ..." he looked on the floor. "m-making a s-surprise f-for you" he closed his eyes in shame. "I know you like surprises … right?"

"Really?!" she smiled. "They are doing s-something f-for me? … But today is not my birthday" she thought.

"Silverstream … You must rest now … I'll see you later " he stepped back to exit.

"O-ok" she smiled and closed her eyes. she still did not trust him, but she wondered, what her parents bought to her.

"W-what I just said to her!?" A gray nervous pony was walking through the corridor of his castle. His servant followed him

"You just lied to her my king" the servant answered

"I would break her heart if I told her the whole truth about hippogriffs" he cried. "She would hate me for that"

"That wasn't your fault my king … Your instincts were working like that … not you … " the servant tried to cheer him up, despite the things he has done in the past.

"My evil side was a blood thirsty monster, that I had in my organism" he covered his eyes and he curled up in the middle of the corridor

"If I tell her the truth … she will became very angry reflection of her good side. That will create hatred" he sighed and got up, and went to the Queen Novo's monument under which was written.

"GONE, BUT NEVER FORGOTTEN"

"She was a good leader, she always tried to protect her race, which she always tried to give something for it, and protect them from extinction, she was also an old friend of Celestia … she would sacrifice everything from her life just to develop her descendants." Sombra said.

"M-my king?"

"Y-yes"

"How much time has passed since Hippogriff Queen's death?"

"I'm not sure … I was reformed after defeating Hippogriffs, 100 years before Twilight Sparkle marrying Thorax, and 500 years before Celestia defeating Cozy Glow. I think it happened 1000 years ago" he thought

"W-What do you mean, by saying "after defeating Hippogriffs"?" the servant asked with fear in his voice.

King Sombra sighed.

"B-Because … I killed Novo and other Hippogriffs." he looked back at the monument, with sadness.