Twilight yanked and pulled at the metal chain that was attached to the metal collar attached to her neck with her hands. She could use magic but with the null ring on her horn where was not used of that. She looked out of the window with crystal bars and saw nothing but white. The north storm was violent with lightning and cold, but never touched the city. She knew that some how King Sombra can control the north storm, she knew the crystal heart can do that but Sombra destroy it in front of her. She felt like Sombre's pet with being lock up.

Suddenly she herd some pony walking close to the her door. When the door open it was King Sombra in his armor. He smiled at her "My.." Sombra purred when he looked at her, "You look lovely in chains."

Twilight grunted before glaring dangerously at the tyrant. "As soon an I get outta here-!" Twilight yelped when she lost her balance and accidentally slipped onto the crystal floor. The dark king chuckled in amusement.

She's a tought mare. He thought to himself, as he continued to watch her fight with the chain. I've tried all of my nightmare spells, but none of them are strong enough to break her. It's no wonder she was able to last this long. I must try harder. She must see things my way...

Suddenly a idea came in his head Yes. He thought. I will should her what happen in canterlot, what I saw. He smiled with this plan. Umbrum's can show members to other, its why we where know as the ponies of truth and knowledge. He looked at Twilight. The only way I'm going to break her is to show her the truth. A pony like her loves books and knowledge.

He looked at Twilight, she was still yanking her chain and fell on her back in exhaustion. Sombra smiled "Shall we begin today's lesson." he said as his horn lit up but not violently.

Twilight rolled her eyes "Oh joy." she spat sarcastically.

Sombra looked at her "You don't have to be like this way if you just give up on Celesita and join me. She will on come for you. No pony is brave to go out in this weather, the only pony has survived this is the one you are looking at."

"Y-You don't know that!" She protested at king.

"Oh, I do know, Twilight Sparkle. Let me show up." Sombra use his magic on Twilight.

Her eyes glow white, she felt no pain but she saw what looked like a funeral. She saw her friends. family and the princess. They where crying. She saw the center and saw the portrait. The left portrait feature Her brother; grinning and dressed in his Canterlot Royal Guard armor. In the Middle one featured Princess Cadance; she was dressed in her royal attire. The one on the right featured her; she was wearing the same outfit she worn when she when to the empire.

Sombra ended the spell, he looked at Twilight. her eye where back to normal and tears came from them.

"No." She said softly. "That's not true."

"O, yes it is Twilight." Sombra said "And it's been a month sense have came back at took my home of my people."

"You.. enslave your people." Twilight said.

"No." Sombra said. "I am not those ponies that raped and killed my people in that war of the north!" He said angrily as he got close to her "I am not a crystal pony. I am a Umbrum, a pony of shadows. My people when my mother was a princess, her Father and Mother ruled the lands in peace and I have taken it back. From all of the crystal mountain, to the area you ponies call Rainbow Falls but it was call Crystal Falls. We umbrum's created this storm with is why the crystal ponies need that amalgamation of a weapon."

Twilight looked at the king in anger was in her eyes. "The royal guard will find you and kill you."

"I have not see any guards in the north." King Sombra said. "They will not find you, Twilight Sparkle. You will join my side as my apprentice," He grabbed her neck "and my Queen. Your so call 'friends' care not nothing for you. Neither does you beloved mentor, she thinks that you and your brother and your sister in-law and your 'friends' are just pawns in her little game. The only pony that can control the sun, moon, and stars was Celestia when her sister was on the moon."

"SHUT UP!" Twilight screamed and slapped the tyrant and quickly covered her ears. "Just SHUT the FUCK up already!"

Sombra snapped. "You shall NEVER show disrespect towards ME!!!!"

Suddenly the storm got strong outside, as you can here the lightning getting louder. Twilight tried to put up a brave face, but found that she was too frightened to more a single muscle. Instead she crawled away from the enrage king until she curled herself up against the corner of her cell. Pressing against the cold walls and shielding her face with her hands.

"I will break you, Twilight." Sombra vowed. His eyes flashing green as light purple smoke flow from the corners of his eyes. "And I will use any means necessary to do so" His horn glowed before he struck her with the nightmare spell.

Twilight screamed from the agonizing pain that now coursed throughout her body. She was now enduring the same nightmare she's been having ever since her capture.

Princess Celesita with her white dress had a face that looked grim. She shook her head and looked away from her. Clearly disappointed by her failure. Twilight collapsed onto the carpeted floor and crying heavily. "You call yourself my student?" Celsetia scoffed as she narrowed her eyes at her. "Hmph. Some excuse for a student who can't do even one thing right."

"Princess! Please come back! I'm sorry! I'll try harder next time! I promise! Please don't leave me!"

Twilight wailed on the floor. Frantically crying out to someone who wasn't really there. Sombra grinned at his current results and forced more power into the spell. Hoping to add more effect in on the spell. Twilight suddenly screamed in sheer horror.

"No, Please! Princess Celestia! Please don't kick me out! I'll will try harder! Just give me another chance!"

Celestia narrowed her eyes in anger at Twilight and said, "No more chances, Twilight Sparkle! You are nearby no longer my student! I told you it was your final test and you failed it! You aren't even close to being worthy enough! I made my mistake even choosing you when I saw you the first day! You are weak! Useless! You're nothing but a useless filly! I can all was get another student!"

"NOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!" Twilight screamed in despair as tears proceeded to flow from her closed eyes. She shot out her hands in a desperate attempt to reach for the alicorn that wasn't really there to begin with. Everything felt so real that Twilight was trouble defining if this is just another one of Sombre's tricks, or if this is the real deal. It was messing with her mind severely.

Sombra knew he was getting close to break her. He can feel the fear, loneliness, and despair from her. Soon he would have her by his side. He stated to at her she was beautiful to his eyes, strong, and the element of magic. The mere thought of just touching her sent a shiver down his spine. He wanted to get this done so she may be by his side.

...

A month has past.

Twilight had never felt so alone before in her life. She had lost a large amount of weight during her capture. Refusing to eat any food offered to her. It was only until Sombra threatened to force feed her that she decided to at least eat a bit of food. Her eyes were red from the crying she's endured during her secessions with Sombra. Dark rings formed underneath her eyes form lack of sleep.

You just won't accept it. Won't you?" Sombra sighed after a secession. Twilight layed on the floor. She looked at the tyrant with wet, tearful eyes.

"Why?" she asked, her voice now hoarse form all the screaming she's done during each secession. "Why me? Why do you do this to me. What did I do to deserve this?" More importantly, why hasn't Celestia come to save her?

Sombra approached the fallen mare and, to her surprise, gently brushed his hand against her long unkept mane. "I do this for your own good, Twilight." He said fondly as he continued to caress her. "You refuse to listen. You refuse to believe that Celestia and your friends have abandoned you for good."

Twilight looked at him and viciously ripped away form his gentle caresses and crawled back a few feet. "No.. you can torture me as long as you like... But I know Celesita has not given up on me. She'll never give up on me she loves me. She and my friends."

Something clicked in Sombra's head 'Yes her friends' he thought to himself. With a smirked evilly to himself. "Well, That's something a failure would say."

This caught Twilight's attention and she perked her ears up. "W-what are you saying?" she asked weakly.

Sombra smiled. "Think about it Celestia told you to find a way to protect the empire. That's what I got from your memories and I only looked at the ones what befit me."

Twilight remember what Celestia said 'In the end, it must be you, and you alone.' She was in a blank stare, she failed Celesita. Sombra was right. "Yes." she said. She looked at Sombra. "She said, In the end, it must be you...." Tears formed form her eyes "and you alone."

"Well. Clearly you have failed." Sombra said.

"I...I... Don't understand." She whimpered.

Sombra sighed deeply and thought to himself. 'One last time I know that she is closed. Just one more. I want her to just join, this sickens me.' He just needed one more of the secession that this will all be over. This time make her believe it's real. He casted the spell on Twilight screamed. It wasn't long until she found herself in a familiar situation.

Twilight found herself surrounded by her friends and family. Eveypony she knew in person. They were all giving her hateful and disappointed looks. Even Spike!

"Why, Twily?" Shining Amor asked coldly, "Why did you let me and Cadance die?"

"I-I didn't think.." Twilight struggled to speak.

"If it wasn't for you my husband and I won't be die by Sombra." Cadance hissed, "I should have drowned you when you where just a foal."

"Cadance, please!"

"It was a mistake ever meeting you, Twi!" Rainbow Dash snapped harshly. "All you've ever done was get us into dangerous situations that could kill us!"

"Yeah!" the others agreed in unison.

"Dash...Applejack...Rare...Fluttershy..Pinkie..."

"Hmph! You only see me as a slave, like Sombra! You just used me as an excuse to become Princess Celestia's student! Some mother you are!" Spike snapped bitterly.

"That's not true, Spike!" Twilight cried. 'Not Spike, anypony but Spike.

"You are a terrible excuse for a student!" Celesita said cruelly. Glaring hatefully at the frightened unicorn. "I had better students that you! Equestria is better off without you!"

Twilight gasped in sheer horror. Did she really just say that? Celestia of all ponies!?

"It's your fault that Cadanes and I are fucking dead!" Shining Armor yelled. Causing Twilight to recoil back in fear.

Twilight sudddenly felt something hit her. She fell to the ground. Bleeding from a wound in her face. She couldn't over and gasped when she saw Rainbow Dash standing in a attacking position. "That's for almost getting us killed all the time!" she hissed

"D-Dash..." Twilight felt the tears finally fall. "I-I thought we were best friends..."

"YOU HAVE NO FRIENDS." the five said in unison.

"No..NO!!" Twilight screamed in sheer denial. "This can't be happening!"

"You are just a tool in my game." Celesita said. "I released Nightmare Moon so I can have the elements." Celestia looked at Luna "Shall we get rid her, sister." Luna looked at Celestia. "I couldn't agree more, sister."

"No.." Twilight whispered.

The group started to approach her. All with a deadly look in their eyes. Celestia and Luna had a sinister grin on there face.

"NO...stop...please... STOOOOOP!!!"

Twilight try to shield herself she had no one to help. She knew Sombra was still there.

"Sombra!!! Help me, please!!" She begged for him to stop.

Sombra enter to the nightmare spell. He saw Twilight surrounded by the group as they where ready to beat her. Sombra cast a spell and destroy the group. With that Twilight was back in her cell. She placed her hands on her face, covering her eyes and cried. Sombra smiled softly and approached the broken unicorn. He finally broken her. Just like he wanted. He was surprised that she called out his name. Know he had to help her; he sat beside Twilight before removing his warm cape and placing it on her. Twilight snuggled at the soft, comforting fabric. The first comforting thing she felt since her capture. She then felt the steel collar on her neck fall off and his the ground.

She looked at Sombra and hug him. Sombra was surprise of that and then pulled her in his embrace. "Sweet Twilight.." He said softly. "Now do you believe me? The one you once saw as your friends, betrayed you. Because of Celesita and Luna. They care nothing for you. They've abandoned you."

Twilight whimpered loudly and pressed herself even closer to him. Sombra smiled and gently caressed her mane. "Don't worry, my dear. I'll never be like them. I will always be with you no matter what. I'm your only real friend."

Twilight sniffled and her loud sobs had been reduced into nothing but broken whimpers. Eventually, she gave in to exhaustion and fell asleep right in Sombra's arms. Wrapping in his warm, cozy cape. King Sombra smiled and gently brush his lips near her horn and pick her up. It would be long road to recovery for her. But all she needed was some food and rest on a comfy bed. And luckily for him, he knew just the bed to use. But he said to him self he will not take advantage of her.

Sombra looked at Grogar's bell and smiled. He was going to use it on him self but when he found Twilight, he will give the magic inside of it to her when she is ready. He was looking forward to the next step of his plan.

Author's Note

"Pareidolia" - A psychological phenomenon in which the mind responds to a stimulus, usually an image or a sound, by perceiving a familiar pattern where none exists.

I put my head canon theory of the Crystal Empire in the past before the crystal ponies

And she has been there for 2 months and now she is broken.

Sorry Twilight but I rather have you torture psychologically that physically. And no, Sombra's not going to take advantage of her . Sombra is good when he loves a mare he will let her decide that if you know what I mean. -.-