Shao Kahn's Dungeon, Outworld

Within the cells of Shao Kahn's dungeon, Raiden was focusing on restoring his strength after all the torment he went through. Letting himself go into deep meditation, he was working on finding inner peace. But his meditation was interrupted when something slid on the ground in front of him. He opened his eyes and saw that it was Celestia's medallion, he turned looked to who threw it in seeing it was Quan Chi himself. "These ponies you tried to protect are truly something else..." he said to the fallen thunder god.

Raiden merely let out a small chuckle as he glared at the sorcerer. "I doubt you came here to commend me Quan Chi..." he responded to him.

"Not quite..." Quan said to him and kneeled down. "Because no matter how hard they fight... they will die. Along with their realm when Shao Kahn crosses over." the sorcerer explained only to quickly get on Raiden's badside as red lightning flows around th room. "Touched a nerve did I...?" he asked.

"If you or Shao Kahn so much as touch them... I will see to it that you both suffer as much as I have...!" Raiden threatened the white sorcerer despite being Shao's prisoner.

Chuckling at seeing his rage, Quan Chi stood up and backed away from the thunder god. "Raiden... when we're through with that realm, Equestria will be nothing but a memory for you. We destroyed your life once... and we will do it again. All you simply have to do... is watch..." he said to him and stepped out of the dungeon.

Rushing to the door as it closed, Raiden glared at the white sorcerer. "This isn't over sorcerer! If you harm any of them, I swear you will regret it!" he gave the sorcerer his last warning. But his words fell on deaf ears as Quan Chi walked away... but that will not stop Raiden from giving up. He planned to escape, and see Celestia again... but to his mind... how will she react to how he appears...?

Ponyville Train Station, Equestria

Seeing the train on its way to the station, Twilight smiled knowing who will be on the train. "She's almost here... I hope things worked out in Canterlot." she said as she looked to Liu Kang and Flash.

"I'm sure it will, Sindel is a strong warrior, and a wise queen. I have no doubt in my mind that she and Kitana accomplished a strategy to save Lord Raiden." Liu Kang said to her. He looked to the train and saw it stop before them, the doors opened and Kitana stepped out and looked to them with a smile.

Twilight smiled in return and rushed up to her. "Kitana!" she held her with her wings wrapped around her. "I'm so glad you're back."

Chuckling from it, Kitana returned the gesture. "I'm happy to see you too Twilight..." she said to her and looked to Liu Kang who approached them. "I'm even happy that you're here Liu..."

Liu Kang smiled in response and bowed to her. "Things have been quiet around here without you... though I can't say the same for Johnny who is currently staying at Pinkie's house." he mentioned to her.

"Least he's keeping busy..." Kitana pointed out and looked to Twilight. "Have you been keeping up with your training...?" she asked her.

"Yes... I even developed some new techniques that might help with my fighting style. I can show you back at the castle..." Twilight said to her as they walked together. "Of course, Flash and I have been keeping up with our training... Rainbow Dash is learning more from Sub-Zero... and she's been getting better with her lightning abilities." she explained.

"I found it amazing when we first learned about it. Our transfer here definitely had a strange affect on the ponies of this world." Liu Kang said to him.

"I'm still learning to keep control over my fire..." Flash said to them and shudders from another thought. "And I'm still trying to get Mileena off my mind..."

Kitana let out a chuckle and patted his shoulder. "Don't worry young Sentry... I doubt she will be coming any time soon." she said to him and looked to Twilight. "Now Princess Twilight, shall we continue your training...?" she asked her earning a nod from her as they left the train station.

"I can't wait to show you what techniques I developed while in your absence... I know this world has had no use for violence, but if Outworld is planning to invade Equestria... its like you said, we need to be prepared for everything." Twilight said to her.

"You're right Twilight... I look forward to seeing what you've come up with." said Kitana as the walked towards the training grounds near the Castle of Friendship. She took the chance to stretch after being on the train for so long... she turned to her student seeing her stretch. "You ready for this...?" she asked.

"Please Kitana... I was waiting for this since you left." Twilight took a stance preparing for kombat. Kitana smiled and put on her mask preparing to fight. Twilight smirked and charged at her mentor going for a strike, but Kitana avoided her attacks and flipped backwards in avoid her slide kick. Seeing it, Twilight charged again to land an attack... but Kitana caught her hoof before she could connect her attack. What she didn't anticipate though... is that Twilight grabbed hold of her arm and threw her over causing her to hit the ground. "Not bad right...?"

Shaking her head, Kitana smirked looking to her. "Not bad at all... what else you got...?" she asked as she managed to kick Twilight away and got back up. Twilight slid on the ground and stood in her fighting stance, Kitana charged at her and threw a few quick jabs. Twilght blocked her attacks and dodged her kick, and grabbed hold of her leg. "Well played... but you mustn't leave yourself open!" Kitana landed a few jabs against Twilight, and threw her other leg at her kicking her face causing her to fall to the ground. "Your enemies will always find a way to overpower you..."

Twilight rubbed her face from it and shook her head trying to break out of her daze. "Point taken..." she stood up but felt a major head rush as she got dizzy from Kitana's attack. "Wow... I knew you were tough, but I never thought that would make me dizzy..." she admitted to her.

"Give it a moment, it only lasts for a couple of seconds..." said Kitana as she gave Twilight a chance to gain her footing. Once she managed to set her head right and look to the Edenian Princess. "Right then..." she stances facing Twilight. "Again..." Twilight charged at her to attack her, Kitana however pulled out her fan blades and swept large gusts of wind causing Twilight to float in the air.

"WHOA! You didn't say anything about weapons!" Twilight exclaimed to her.

Kitana only smirked at her as she put the blades away. "Sometimes weapons will become necessary... even powers such as the one I just displayed. You can develop your own techniques, to outsmart your opponents to survive... but remember, all your attacks must be precise!" she went to strike her.

Twilight immediately dodged her attack and kicked her in the back. She used her magic to catch her from hitting the ground and pulled her back up to kick her away. Kitana rolled across the ground from it and landed against the edge of the training arena. "Bet you didn't see that coming..." she said to her.

Kitana shook her head from it and smiled as she got up. "Very well played Twilight, excellent form... but you overlooked one thing." she said to her. Twilight looked at her confused but looked down seeing one of her fan blades as it glowed blue. Her eyes widened as the handle of the blade smacked against her jaw in the form of an uppercut knocking her down to the ground. Kitana summoned it back to her and smirked. "Always mind your surroundings..."

Groaning from her surprise attack, Twilight shook her head and scowled. "That was a dirty trick..." she said to her but smirked. "But I have a few of my own..." she disappeared leaving Kitana to try and defend herself as she looked around for the young alicorn princess. While she wasn't looking, Twilight appeared behind her and struck her from behind and wrapped her arm around her neck throwing her over slamming her down on the ground.

Kitana struggled to break free and used her wings to throw her off. "I will admit, these wings are quite useful... minus when sleeping." she admitted to Twilight.

"Believe me, I know that all too well... when I first became a princess, I was having a hard time sleeping because they kept on opening up. Trust me, you'll get used to it..." Twilight said to her and went into her fighting stance. "Shall we continue...?" she asked her.

Kitana smiled and stood in her fighting stance. "Try to keep up..." the two princesses charged at each other and struck at one another, each attack being blocked by one another. Both Princesses being equal in both stamina and skill, they could easily be an unstoppable force to be reckoned with.

Off in a distance, Rainbow Dash and the others were watching as the fight went on. "Wow, look at those two... Kitana's got some great skill, but Twilight's keeping up with her like its no bit deal." she pointed out.

"I hear that... but don't you think they're kind of going overboard...?" Applejack asked her.

Jax meanwhile let out a small chuckle. "Believe me, Kitana knows how to keep a cool head... but Twilight as far as I know has years behind her. Besides, Kitana is 10,000 years old you know..." he reminded them.

"I've got to find out their secret to eternal youth..." Rarity muttered to herself only to get looks from everyone knowing that they heard her. "What? This beauty isn't going to last forever..." she said to them.

"Drama queen..." Sub-Zero muttered under his breath.

Rarity quickly got in his face giving him a glare. "Care to repeat that sir...?" she asked him.

"I don't know what you're talking about..." he denied it only to continue getting glared at.

Meanwhile, Kitana blocked another of Twilight's attacks and went to strike her with one of her fan blades. Twilight anticipated this and used her magic to make her blades vanish, she jabbed at her torso and flipped backwards landing a kick against her lower jaw and flapped her wings to charge and ram against the Edenian Princess' chest. Kitana let out a painful grunt and crashed against the ground outside of the arena. Twilight panted from exhaustion knowing she actually won. "Wow... that was... intense... but amazing!" she cheered out.

Getting up from the dirt, Kitana let out a small chuckle and looked to her. "Well done Twilight... you truly have gotten stronger since I've been gone." she said to her.

"Thanks... I modified most of your skills to my fighting style." she explained how she fought in the battle.

"I think it best your opponents not underestimate the strength of an Equestrian Princess." Kitana replied to her and sat down to rest. "That last attack almost knocked the wind out of me, I'm glad it wasn't a killing blow..." she exhaled a bit.

"Hope I didn't break any ribs..." Twilight said to her hoping that she didn't.

"Not to worry, I'll be alright... I'm sure there is a healing spell in your library that can help with my injuries." Kitana suggested to her.

Twilight smiled at hearing it and looked to the castle. "Kitana... you're living in the right place..." she said to her as her horn glowed and summoned the book she was talking about. "This has a lot of spells that can help with either injuries, or sickness... you can learn a lot from it."

Kitana smiled as she used her magic to take the book. "Thank you Twilight, you should rest up for now..." she said to her earning a nod from her. Twilight left to let Kitana tend to her injuries and look through the book, meanwhile Kitana looked behind her and saw Liu Kang who watched the fight. "What do you think...?" she asked him.

"She's making great progress... I will admit. She even proved too much of a challenge for Flash this time..." Liu Kang said to her.

She smiled at hearing it but looked to him as the smile faded. "But do you believe she can hold her own against Shao Kahn and his army...? From what we heard from Sub-Zero, he's gathering allies from this world." she said to him.

Liu Kang looked down knowing she has a point, with Shao Kahn gathering allies... things are going to get more difficult for them on their journey. But he turned to face her to give her an honest answer. "She can hold her own... I have faith in her and her friends. They may be ponies in this peaceful land, but they are strong and depend on each other for strength. That shows they can stop the forces of Outworld." Hearing this, Kitana nodded to him and looked out... hoping he is right.

Outworld, Throne Room

Sombra approached the throne while Shao Kahn was out, he sat down in it and chuckled feeling comfortable... but his moment out silence was interrupted. "That throne does not belong to you...!" said a mysterious voice. Sombra looked around only to see some emerge from the shadows. It was Nitara, the Vampire... she glared at the dark king knowing he wasn't as trusting as Chrysalis. "Vacate that throne, before I drain you of every last drop of your blood." she threatened him.

Sombra glared at the vampire and stood up. "I don't know who you think you are... but no one commands a king...!" she said to her showing his demonic fangs.

"You are no king... not even in Outworld. I know who you are... you were just a mere unicorn from that realm, and you gave yourself into darkness... resulting in the murder of a unicorn princess." Nitara said to him as she was slowly getting on his nerves. She smirked seeing it on his face. "Hit a nerve did I...?"

"SILENCE YOU WENCH!" Sombra went to blast him with his dark crystal, but a gun shot is heard as the bullet shattered the crystal.

Sombra looked to who it was, it was none other than Erron Black the Outlaw. He blew the smoke that was coming out of his handgun and glared at the dark king. "If you so much as touch my sugar bat, you'll be having another hole to breathe out of..." he threatened him as Nitara smirked hearing it.

Sombra glared as he summoned a dark crystal scythe. "You dare to threaten me like your little vampire who-" before Sombra could finish, the doors opened up and he saw Shao Kahn enter the room. "Shao Kahn..." he stepped away from the throne putting his scythe away.

Shao Kahn looked at him and scowled knowing what he was up to... but hid it to keep him from knowing. "What is going on in here...?" he asked them.

"Oh... nothing really, I was merely admiring your empire, and your allies were causing quite an argument." Sombra lied through his teeth.

"Why that no good sneaky snake in the-" before Erron could whip out his handgun, Nitara stopped him from doing so.

Shao Kahn scowled at the dark king knowing he had his own intentions in regards to his empire, but he'll plan a way to deal with him later. "Even so Sombra... I'm afraid your presence lies elsewhere. You are to return to Equestria... to kill Twilight Sparkle..." he said to him.

Hearing this and remembering the last time he encountered Twilight Sparkle... she ruined his plans for the Krystal Empire. His teeth grind together knowing what he will do to her. "Consider it done... Shao Kahn..." he said to him and disappeared from his sight... to accomplish his mission.

Seeing it, Nitara looked to her emperor and approached him. "My lord... you certain it is wise to let him go...?" she asked him.

"Do not think me a fool Nitara... I know what he is after, and he is not going to get it. If he fails in Equestria, it will be his punishment for trying to take my throne." Shao Kahn explained to her.

Catching on to what Shao Kahn said, Erron smirked behind his mask knowing what he was doing. "So... you're actually sending him to get his hindquarters kicked out of him, and come back to us in defeat to learn his lesson... clever." he admitted to the emperor holding his smirk.

"Yes... he may be a king, but I am Kahn of Outworld... if he so much as thinks I will surrender my throne to him. He is gravely mistaken..." Shao let out a dark chuckle as he sat down in his throne feeling amused.

Crystal Empire, Equestria

Back in Equestria, in the magnificent land of the Crystal Empire... Princess Cadance was caressing her belly knowing that she was with child. Her husband Shining Armor walked in to check on her. "How's the baby...?" he asked her as he wrapped his arms around her.

Cadance smiled feeling his arms around her and looked to him. "The baby's fine Shining... she did kick a few times, but it wasn't serious..." she assured him.

Shining Armor smiled at hearing it and kissed her cheek. "She's probably eager to meet her parents for the first time." he suggested.

She giggled at hearing it and looked to him. "What makes you so certain it will be a she...?" Cadance asked him.

"Well, its a possibility..." Shining said to her and smirked. "Besides... I'm sure Twily would love to have a niece." he smiled at her.

Cadance could only smile knowing he could be right... suddenly she heard something outside and looked out the window. "What's happening...?" she asked as she and Shining Armor went to check on the Empire. But what shocked them most... was that the barrier around the empire was shattered in a miraculous and devastating way. The Crystal Ponies panicked in fear of what was happening, even the rulers were shocked of what happened. "How... could this happen...? Nothing could break the barrier..."

Suddenly, clopping hooves were heard as they turned around and saw Sombra entering the throne room. Their eyes widened as Sombra grinned evilly at them. "Princess Mi Amore Cadenza... how long has it been since you last saw my face...?" he asked the alicorn princess only to see her shaking in fear.

Cadance tried to stay brave as she looked at the tyrant. "Sombra... how could you be alive...? You were destroyed...!" she exclaimed to him.

Appearing beside Sombra, was Noob Saibot as he emerged from the shadows. "Not everything remains dead forever... the Aether kept him alive, and each time I died... I was reborn...!" he chuckled beside his partner.

"And now that we are here... we need you two for an important task. That being... your sister coming here...!" Sombra chuckled darkly as Shining Armor's and Cadance's eyes widened in horror knowing that they were after their sister. They knew that the had the full intention... of killing Twilight.

Ponyville, Equestria

Kitana healed up her injuries with the help of the spell book Twilight gave to her, just as she put the book back into the library... flames shot from Spike's mouth as a scroll materialized from the flames. He opened it and his eyes widened from what he read. "TWILIGHT!!!" he cried out.

Right on cue, Twilight teleported into the library and approached. "Spike, what is it?" she asked him.

"It's bad... it is major league bad! I just got a letter from your brother and Princess Cadance... the Crystal Empire is under attack!" he exclaimed to her to where she was shocked to hear of it.

"The Crystal Empire...? Is this another part of Equestria...?" Sonya asked them.

"Yes... the Crystal Empire is in the frozen north, pretty far from where we are now. My brother and my sister in law rule the Empire, and live amongst the Crystal Ponies who live there. The Empire was once ruled by a tyrant named King Sombra... who enslaved the Crystal Ponies for his own selfish needs..." Twilight explained to them and looked to Spike. "But who's attacking the Empire...?" she asked him.

"That's just it, the ones attacking it are King Sombra and Noob Saibot!" Spike cried out earning shocked looks from everyone.

"For Celestia's sake! How did Sombra come back?! And what is that creep Noob Saibot doing with him?!" Applejack asked her.

Jax approached once he hear it. "Don't know, but why would Noob help this Sombra guy out with attacking your sisters alma mater, Twilight?" he asked her.

"The Crystal Heart... its what protects the Empire from Sombra's dark magic. But with Noob Saibot being able to break it down to help him only makes matters worse." Twilight explained to him and looked to the others. "I have reason to believe that this is a trap, but my family is out there and I can't let them suffer by their hooves."

"They won't..." Liu Kang walked up to her. "We will help you save them..."

Kitana approached her and touched her shoulder. "We all will..." she smiled at her student. Twilight smiled in return knowing that they won't stand idle while Sombra and Noob Saibot threatens her family. "I do believe that taking the train is out of the question... it will be too long, and innocents will get hurt during that time... but I may have a faster method."

"Oh...? And what method would that be...?" Rarity asked her.

Sonya quickly picked up where she was going with this and approached her. "Portals... you mean to open one by means without Raiden. Our only chance in crossing between realms, how do you plan on pulling off this stunt Kitana? Even you can't open one big enough to transport us through." she said to her.

"Actually, given my new form... I may be able to open one. But Equestrian magic is still new to me, I will need Twilight's assistance in creating one large enough to get us all through." she turned to her feeling eager. "Will you help me Twilight...? I can't open this portal with the magic I have..." she asked her for her assistance. Eager herself... Twilight nodded to Kitana and walked with her to the center of the library.

Johnny watched as both their horns began to glow, surrounded by a powerful aura. "Ohhh yeah, something's happening alright..." he muttered as he watched only to get an elbow from Sonya. The two Alicorn Princesses focused all their magical power into creating a portal to the Crystal Empire, with enough concentration and focus... they succeeded in making a portal large enough for them to pass through.

"They did it..." Flash muttered as he was amazed from what he saw.

Twilight smiled from seeing it and turned to the others. "Come on everyone, lets get moving..." she said to them. The Earth Defenders and the Main Six nodded to her and approached the portal slowly entering it, praying that the Elder Gods watch over them as they head for the Crystal Empire.

Crystal Empire

Upon arriving in the Empire, the Earth Realm Defenders looked upon the empire seeing it in all its beauty. "Look at this place... its like looking at Heaven..." Jax pointed out as he looked at the crystal buildings.

"With a hint of Hell along side it." Sub-Zero pointed towards the castle spire in the center of the empire. "This place is transforming to King Sombra's liking..."

"Remind you of anyone...?" Scorpion asked him sarcastically.

Fluttershy looked around sensing something wasn't right. "Where is everyone...?" she asked as she looked around.

"You're right Fluttershy, its like we walked into a ghost town..." Applejack looked around seeing no one in town.

Liu Kang looked around and turned to Cyrax. "Cyrax, can you see anyone on your radar...?" he asked him.

Cyrax checked his radar to check for any life signs, he looked around trying to find who might be around. "I'm getting several signs of life... but there's something odd... they seem to be moving very fast." he said to them. Hearing this, they looked around hearing fast hoofsteps as it went around them. Jax heard it and looked around knowing who it was, he swung his bionic arm and slammed it against the attackers face.

Grunting from it, the attacker revealed himself as Kabal. He stood up and looked to them smirking behind his mask. "Well... isn't this a surprise...? The Defenders of Earth Realm, all ponies and I can enjoy ripping them apart..." he let out a chuckle.

"Hey, another cyber Lin Kuei! Why didn't you guys tell us?!" Pinkie asked them.

"Don't let the mask fool you sweetheart... I'm all flesh, burnt flesh...!" Kabal said to her as he used his magic to pull out his hook swords. "And you're on my kill list..."

"Oh yeah...? Eat this chuckle nuts!" Rainbow Dash blasted lightning at him, but Kabal avoided her attacks with his superior speed and dashed at her and rammed her against one of the buildings.

"Rainbow Dash!" Applejack cried out and turned to Kabal with a glare. "That does it!" she was about to attack, but Twilight got in he way before she could make the next attack. "Twi, what are you doing?!" she asked her.

"Let me handle this Applejack, I have a pretty good idea how to beat him." Twilight said to her and looked to Kabal.

"Ohhh, I'm shaking in my custom leather boots... but as for your friends..." Kabal let out a whistle calling out the hypnotized Crystal Ponies. Their eyes widened seeing it as the Crystal Ponies charged at them to keep them occupied. "Now its just the two of us Princess... hope you're ready to take on a member of the Black Dragon... because you're in for a world of hurt." he charged at her to strike her with his hook swords. But Twilight quickly formed a pair of fan blades similar to Kitana's, but were half shapes of her six pronged star cutie mark. She managed to block Kabal's attack and strikes at him to block his attacks and leaps kicking him in the face hearing him grunt from her attack. He shook his head from it and looked to her smirking behind his mask. "Not bad Princess... but in a fight like this..." he dashed at her and hooked one of her hooves tripping her over. "Anything goes..."

Twilight groaned from it and shook her head and got back up. "Come on Twilight, focus on his weak points... that's if he has any..." she turned to him and went into her fighting stance. Kabal grinned and dashed towards her about to lop her head off... but Twilight teleported escaping his strike and appeared above him. She blasted him down with her magic getting him to slow down as she landed on the ground.

Kabal groaned from the attack and got up as he fixed his neck from the attack and turned to her. "Lucky shot princess... but its gonna take a lot more than that to take me out..." he threw one of his hook swords at her legs to trip her over, but Twilight blocked the attack and threw it back at him only for him to dodge as the blade as it pierced into the wall of a crystal building. He looked to her surprised knowing that she was not playing around. "Well... guess you're filled with all sorts of surprises." he said to her.

"I learned from the best.... which is more than I can say for you Kabal." Twilight said to him as he charged at her again and went to strike her. She blocked his attacks and kicked his knee causing him to grunt in pain as she kneed him in his torso and threw him over her shoulder landing him on the ground. She went to hit him while he was still down, but he managed to block it and kick her away from him. He got back up and charged at her leaping into the air throwing a punch at her. Quickly reacting, Twilight grabbed his arm and blasted him with her magic. She summoned her fan blades and struck at him leaving several deep cuts into his body. She vanished and appeared behind him and slicing at his back and teleported in front of him landing a powerful blast against his chest causing him to fall down to the ground writhing in agony.

He groaned from her attack almost as if he was burnt by Kintaro again. "Alright... now you've really gone and made me angry...!" he got back up and dashed at her throw fast and powerful jabs at her. Twilight struggled to keep up and block his attacks, but everywhere she looked she was getting beat up by Kabal. So she needed to quickly rely on her magic to get him to stay still, her horn glowed as she managed to catch Kabal dead in his tracks. "Hey! What the...?!" he struggled to break free.

Gasping to catch her breath, Twilight glared at him knowing he went too far. "You know... sometimes it pays to have magic, if you know how to properly use it!" she swung Kabal and slammed him against a building and dropped his body onto the ground.

Kabal groaned from what she did to him as he laid on the ground. "That... is the last time I mess with a pony that can easily whoop my ass...!" he grunted in pain as he remained on the ground knowing he won't be able to move.

"Next time you won't be so lucky..." Twilight said to her and looked to the others. "Guys, I'm heading for the castle! Think you can handle this without me?!" she asked them.

Kitana blocked a Crystal Ponies attack and turned to her. "Don't worry about us! Just go!" she yelled to her. Twilight nodded to her and ran straight for the castle, not know what awaited her inside the spire itself.

Crystal Spire, Throne Room

Upon reaching the throne room, Twilight looked around seeing the entire room surrounded in dark crystals. Knowing that Sombra is purely relentless in his ambition to take over. "Nice to see how you decorated the place Sombra...!" she called him out looking around for the mad king.

Speak of him, and he shall appear. Sombra revealed himself upon the dark throne and grinned at her. "So nice of you to join me Princess Twilight." he said to her. His cheerfulness was only shared with a glare from the princess. "Oh...? Why the glare...? I thought you'd be happy to be here to save your family..."

She glared at him as her horn glowed. "Where. Are. They?!" she demanded to know where her brother and sister-in-law were.

"Ohhh... they could be in the dungeon, the top of the spire, or right behind you..." Sombra grinned as a shadow appeared behind Twilight.

She sensed it and immediately turned around only to get smacked towards a wall, she crashed against it and fell to the ground and looked to her attacker as her eyes widened. "Shining Armor...?" she asked in disbelief.

The older brother was wearing dark armor as he revealed his eyes showing they were dead white. "Shining Armor isn't here at the moment... you will have to die in order for him to be free..." said a dark twisted voice coming out of Shining's mouth.

Her eyes widened realizing that Noob Saibot was controlling him, she glared and looked towards Sombra. "You monster... you better release him or so help me-"

"You'll what...? Kill me...?" Sombra let out a dark chuckle. "Please princess... it is against your nature to take a life." he said to her and looked to Noob Saibot. "Noob... you are welcome to hurt her, but I want the pleasure of killing her myself." he said to him.

"With pleasure...!" Noob Saibot said to him and looked to Twilight. "You certainly are a foolish ruler to stand against us... always trying to defend the lives of others. That is what makes you weak in a fight... I will see to it that your brother murders you with his own hooves...!" he went to hit her.

Suddenly when he wasn't looking, Flash snuck up on him and kicked him away. He hit the ground and looked seeing the castle guard and glared at him. Flash returned the glare as he approached Twilight and helped her stand up from the ground. "You didn't think I was gonna let you face them alone did you...?" he asked her.

Twilight smiled at him and looked to Noob with a glare. "Hang in there Shining Armor... I'll get you out of there. I just hope you'll forgive me for what me and Flash Sentry are about to do." she stood in her fighting stance alongside Flash in a tag team match against Noob Saibot. The possessed pony grinned and charged at them summoning a crescent moon blade and when to strike them. Flash dodged its sharp edge and pointed tip to keep himself from getting cut. Twilight blocked his blade with her fan blades and swung her left leg knocking the blade out of his hooves as Flash kicked it towards a wall to keep him disarmed.

Seeing it, Noob glared at the two ponies and summoned a shadow clone to attack Flash. But Twilight wasn't going to let it happen as she used her magic to destroy the clone and charged at the dark pony landing a few punches against his rib cage. Flash joined the assault landing a hard punch against his face, causing him to stumble. Noob shook his head and saw him strike again only to dodge it and smacked him away, forcing him to fall away and went to strike him down. Twilight snared his arm with her magic and slammed him on the floor. "Last chance Noob, let my brother go!" she exclaimed.

He groaned as he struggled. "Not a chance!" he got free and punched her side and kicked her in the face. She hit the ground as Noob went to blast her, but Flash shot a fireball at his face causing him to scream in pain of it. Noob glared at him and sent another shadow clone to strike attack him. Flash blocked the clones attacks and surrounded his hoof with fire and punched it through the face and charged at Noob.

The Dark Ninja blocked his attacks as he tried to kill him, but Flash followed Liu Kang's training and dodged his attacks and punched against his weak points causing him to get weaker. "Twilight, now's our chance!" he called out to her as she got up and glared at Noob.

Twilight struck him in the face as Flash punched at his sides making him grow weaker as his hold over Shining Armor starts to break. "Let. My. Brother. GO!!!" she swung a strong right hook and landed a hard uppercut against his jaw. As it happened, Noob screamed as he shot out of Shining Armor's body and hit the ground unconscious. Meanwhile, Shining Armor groaned as he started to fall down for Twilight to catch him. "I got you brother..." she said to him.

He groaned a bit and looked to her. "Twilight... did you have to hit me that hard...?" he asked her.

Twilight smiled a bit and held him. "Sorry BBBF... but I had to get him out somehow..." she said to him.

He smiled but remembered and looked to Flash. "Flash... Princess Cadance is still locked up in the dungeon, you and I will go there while Twilight deals with Sombra..." he said to him as Flash nodded in response helping him up. Shining Armor focused every bit of his magic to teleport to where Cadance is.

Seeing it, Twilight slowly turned her attention towards Sombra who watched the whole fight. Seeing her glare, Sombra sighed as he stood up from the throne. "Oh well... like they say, you want something done right, do it yourself..." he summoned a dark crystal scythe and looked at it. "Hope you're ready to die Princess Twilight..." he looked towards her. "Because these will be your last moments...!"

Twilight glared at him and stood in her fighting position. "I wouldn't count me out just yet..." she said to him as she dodged an attack from him and avoided his weapons sharp edge. Sombra snarled as he went to decapitate her head, but she slid underneath his blade and flipped towards him landing a kick against his chest fracturing a few ribs. Sombra let out a painful cry feeling it and glared going for a killing strike towards her side, Twilight however anticipated this and twirled along the scythe and landed a strong left hook against Sombra's jaw causing it to dislocated. Sombra stumbled back and shook his head, he looked to Twilight and quickly put his jaw back before it became permanent. Twilight smirked at him seeing it happen and stood ready.

"Not a bad style child... but I will not be bested by you again! The Crystal Empire is mine Twilight Sparkle!" Sombra roared out and charged at her with his scythe. Twilight looked towards him and watched he swung his scythe only to counter it with her fan blades. She took the two and shattered his scythe.

She glared at him as magic flowed around her, she blasted Sombra in the chest and charged at him. She leaped into the air and kicked his chest shattering his ribcage, struck him with her fan blades and teleported behind him forcing the blades to return to her with Sombra still attached to them as she lifted him off his hooves and slammed him down on the ground shattering his neck. He groaned from it as Twilight got up from the ground. "The empire will never be yours... it belongs to Princess Cadance... the best ruler that ever lived." she said to him.

Panting from the pain he was feeling, Sombra glared at her. "I killed one ruler of the Crystal Empire... I will kill another even if I must go through you!" he formed crystal claws around his hooves and struck at her. She panicked from seeing them and dodged them to keep him from leaving deep cuts in her skin. But one of his claws managed to cut her arm, causing her to yelp as she held it looked to him. He let out a dark chuckle as he slowly approached her. "Any last words Twilight...?!" he asked her.

Panting exhausted and from the pain she felt in her arm, Twilight looked up noticing Kitana behind him and smirked looks to him. "I have much to say... you're a terrible ruler, you are not fit to be king, and you will die in the shadow of a great pony!" she exclaimed to him getting on his last nerve. Sombra snarled raising his claws to kill her, but before he could... Kitana threw her fan blades at his hooves piercing his arms causing him to scream in agony. Twilight smirked and powered all her magic into her horn and blasted him away seeing him crash against the wall. Sombra writhed in pain from where he was blasted, Twilight scowled at him as Kitana approached her.

Seeing it, Kitana turned to her student and smiled touching her shoulder. "Well done Twilight..." she said to her earning a smile from her student.

At that moment, Flash, Shining Armor and Princess Cadance rushed into the room seeing them. Cadance smiled at he sister in law and rushed to her holding her. Twilight returned the gesture holding her and smiles. "I was so worried about you..." Twilight said to her as she let go of Cadance.

Her sister in law smiled at her knowing what she went through. "You did what you had to in order to save us... I couldn't be anymore prouder." she said to her and looked to Kitana. "Are you by chance...?" she asked her.

Kitana nodded to her and bowed to her. "I am Princess Kitana of Edenia, its an honor to finally meet you Princess Cadance." she said to her and stood up. "And might I say... your sister here wasn't lying when she said you were the most beautiful mare in this realm." she said to her with a smile.

"Thank you, I'm even lucky to have Twilight as a sister and Shining Armor as my husband..." Cadance smiled at her but looked seeing Sombra getting back up causing her eyes to widen. "Look out!" she tried to form a protective barrier, but Sombra moved faster than her magic. But suddenly... a three pronged boomerang flew towards Sombra cutting off his crimson curved horn causing him to scream out in pain as his scythe shattered.

Kitana looked to who threw the boomerang, and her eyes widened but she smiled seeing who it was. It was Jade, her best friend and trusted ally. In the form of a unicorn... Jade caught the boomerang and glared at Sombra for what he tried to do. "Hurt Kitana... and you will answer to me you filth!" she exclaimed.

Sombra writhed from the pain he felt and used what little magic he could use to vanish and escape. Kitana turned to Jade and held her showing that she missed her. "Jade... I was worried you didn't make it to this realm." she said to her.

Jade held her and let go looking to her. "I'm sorry I was distant Kitana... but when I arrived in this frozen tundra, I discovered the empire when it was being overrun. So I rushed to the spire as fast as I could... that's when I found you here with this young one fighting a dark unicorn." she explained to her.

Smiling from her explanation, Kitana touched her shoulder and nodded to her. "Its quite alright Jade... what matters now is that you're here. We have so much to talk about..." she said to her as both she and Jade let out a soft chuckle. Twilight saw quite a unique sisterly relationship between the two of them and smiled knowing that there will be much to talk about when they get back to Ponyville.

Shao Kahn's Throne Room, Outworld

Back in Outworld, Sombra was crying out in agony as his body slowly healed with the power of the aether within him. He panted exhausted as he looked straight towards Shao Kahn with a glare figuring out what he did. "You set me up! You didn't want the princess dead, you just wanted to be a personal punching bag!" he yelled at him.

Chuckling at him, Shao Kahn laid back with a smirk. "I had to discipline you... do not think for a second that you could try to take my throne without me knowing! I have eyes everywhere Sombra... in Outworld, you are no king... or a Kahn, you are but a pawn." he pointed out to him with a glare.

Sombra hissed as he was about to attack, but a large hand grabbed his shoulder earning his attention as his eyes widen in shock seeing who it was. A powerful centaur, Tirek... back in all his glory as he snorted with a glare. "If you so much as have a problem with that Sombra, you can take it up with me...!" he growled.

"Tirek?! How?!! You were locked away in Tartarus!" Sombra exclaimed to him.

"Was..." Tirek chuckled at him crossing his arms. "You see, Shang Tsung and Chrysalis paid me a little visit I my prison cell. They gave me an offer I found too satisfying to turn down. Believe me Sombra... I don't like Shao as much as anyone, but he is a far greater ruler than you will ever be." he chuckled earning a smirk from the emperor.

"So you see Sombra, anything you try... will only fail." Shao stood up from his throne glaring at him. "If you so much as try to betray me... I will have your heart crushed in my bear hands...!" he growled at him showing that he meant every word of it.

Sombra's hands shook a bit but her held his glare at the Emperor but looked away and left the throne room. Chrysalis watched him and turned to the emperor. "Shall I have him watched sire...?" she asked him.

"No... he's learned his lesson. And I enjoyed watching every minute of his suffering." Shao Kahn smirked as he began to laugh along with his other allies. But Sombra... was far from amused, he was going to plan a way to get back at Shao Kahn for this humiliation, and he will enjoy every second of it.

Author's Note

Hey guys, sorry for the long wait... but I was having a major writers block. To the point I can't focus... but I decided to work on this to get it out of the way. Sorry there are no images at the moment, but I will find a way to do that later. I hope you guys enjoy the chapter as much as I enjoyed making it. Just please don't bash on me when you read it, I really can't take criticism.
The next chapter will be Jade's chapter, and I am still working on who the ponies will learn from in regards to the Earthrealm Protectors.

Enjoy the chapter.