Prologue: Twilight

In the plans of the crystal empire near the entrance was a head of a stallion and a head of a mare but in crystal both where impaled on pikes. They were Prince Shining Armor and Princes Cadance. Cadance head was still a face of horror as when see saw the King Sombra ripped off her husband's head off. Sombra turned Cadance in to crystals just like Amore and she shared the same fate, all was left was of Cadance was her head her body was thousands of shards. Shining Armor try to defeat the King of Shadows but he die, in fear. Fear for his wife. Fear for his sister, and her friends. For all of Equestria.

Three days later.

Twilight was crying. She feel alone and forgotten. She prayed that her friend are alright. She hope they will get Princess Celestia and Luna. She hope this was a nightmare, a dream but it was not. But she had 'that memory' of.. of her brother.

"Shinny.." she whimpered. Warm tears flow from her eye to her cheeks. The memories of King Sombra ripping her brothers head off his body with his magic and slamming it down on a pike came rushing back. "C.. Cadance." Another memory of her sister in-law and foalsitter being turn in to crystal by King Sombra with that flash of light then shader in pieces. It was a odd spell that Twilight questioned and how strong was King Sombra's hooves where if he can destroy a pony that was turn in to crystal by stomping the ground one of his hooves. But she refused they where dead. She wanted to go and hug the head of her brother. But she was locked in a dungeon tower, chained, and locked up.

The last of crystal ponies residents was gone since King Sombra came back and he is planning to open the shadow prison that is under the empire. Although he wanted to wait he had 'unfinished business to attend'. A mare that will not accept her defeat. A mare that cries on end to end only to sleep and then cry more. He mocking her on her defeat and how she shouldn't trust a dragon with the crystal heart. But today was different.

"Just kill me already... please." She begged to him.

King Sombra gave her a dark, sadistic laugh in reply. "Then we will miss out all the fun. After all. I have a special plans for you, Twilight Sparkle." He point at her when he said 'you'.

That sent a shiver down her spine, thinking about what he had planned in his mind for the future. All that mattered, thought, was her friends and spike where safe. She hoped they get to Princess Celestia and Luna. So they can end Sombra and rescue her.

"Princess Celestia will rescue me." Twilight said defiantly. Tears brimming her eyes.

"Sweet Twilight." Sombra crooned chillingly. "She's yet to even to show up, and I'm was surprise of that. When I first took the empire from Princess Amore, She came in minutes to inprison me. What makes you think she will come for you."

"Because I am her favorite student!" Twilight said proudly.

"Really now." Sombra mused. For a pony to be a student of Celestia's is meant that they are worthy. Possibly powerful. And now he knows that Celestia had more that one student. Sombra smiled. "Young mare." he chuckled. "I could teach you magic when my master showed me how to control the magic that my mother gave me. The magic I can teach you is far older of that alicorn."

Twilight Sparkle's eye widened with anger. "Don't you FUCKING dare insult the princess like that." she roared, "And I will never join you! I would rather die by your hands that betray the princess, and I don't think you master is powerful that the princess!!"

King Sombra had to should the last think that his master gave him when he died. But he was smiling of how angry she was. "My master was the great emperor of all he saw, Lord Grogar." He pull out Grogar's bell. "It still has his magic in it before he died. And it has your brother's and sister in-law's magic too."

Twilight was shaking in fear, she read about Grogar and he was dead for a long time. Sombra saw the defiance in her eye and a bit of fear. He sighed deeply. "Perhaps, we have a lot of training ahead of us." The King then grinned darkly. Sadisticly. "Let's see how long it will takes for a mare like you to break." His blood red crystal horn started to glow red at the tip and hands glow red too.

Twilight could only scream as she endured her worst nightmare over and over. Seeing the same disappointment look on Princess Celestia's face would forever embed itself in her mind. King Sombra enjoyed ever second of the younger unicorn's cries and suffers. He focused hard to break her will. Making the nightmare spell to seem more real. Twilight covered her head with her hands. Curling up on the cold, unforgiving floor and screamed at the top of her lungs while tears coursed down her face. King Sombra eventually stopped after a half-hour to rest.

"My.." he panted, "You're a strong mare. aren't you?"

Twilight weakly opened her eyes; both were puffy and red from the crying she's done. She slowly got on her hooves. "I... will... never break.. to.. you..." She said weakly, "P.. Princess... Celestia... will come for me.. and... end you. You'll see."

King Sombra smirked. He couldn't help but admire on her strong will. "I can assure you. She will never come to save you." He said as he got close to her "If your 'friends' can survive the north's terrain, that is."

"M-my friends will get to her! You'll see! Princess Celestia and the Royal Guard will come and stop you!"

"Mmm." King Sombra stared at the young mare. This was going to take much longer then he originally intended. He needed a pony will powerful magic to open shadow prison so his people can be free. It can't be a Royal Umbrum alone, it had to be a powerful unicorn or an Alicorn and a Royal Umbrum. "It appears I have a lot of work to do with you.." he murmured. He Then narrowed his crimson irises toward the young mare and grinned darkly. "Let us begin round two of your 'lessons', then." He chuckled as his blood red crystal horn started to glow red at the tip once more.

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Princess Celestia, nor her friends, never came, However

Author's Note

This is nearly the beginning to break pony.

This story is practically centered mostly between Twilight and Sombra.