The Power

by ThelastPetrova

Rating: everyone
Tags: Twilight Sparkle, Main 6, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Alternate Universe, My Little Pony Comic, Romance, Original Character, Princess Cadance, Adventure, Princess Celestia
Length: 6406

A new villian to face. And news from the Crystal Empire to take in.

Equilibrio's life has been boring throughout its long life. He longs for his triumphs and battles, and more for the dark ones.

¿A new alicorn?

¿Goddess, queen or Princess?

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This story contains characters from the MLP comics, copyright: IDW Publishing.
And ... A totally new character and others, developed by me.

Published 2021-04-06 04:20:00 UTC
Last updated 2021-04-27 02:28:19 UTC

Foreword

Equilibrio was sitting on a rock at the top of a mountain, waiting for the exact moment when sunrise would arise. It had been 5000 years since the last time he saw any country pony.

He let out a tired sigh and turned his gaze to his Cuite Mark: it was a scale, one held a dark cloud, which represented the dark side of Equilibrio, and the other, maintained a huge smoke cloud of light, was the good side of Equilibrio. . She was on the edge, in balance.

For now.

She was self-controlled, but every time she glanced she remembered what it was like to talk to someone.

¡I missed all that!

But also the battles in which to win, and the most difficult.

The stories of her have been burned for centuries. There are no memories of her ...

She was the most powerful and loved alicorn, but also the most feared ...

One day, the new alicorn adored by Star Swirl the bearded, came to steal her love.

She became the new source of water in which the ponies drank, loved and respected her. Threw it away like it was nothing ...

When Equilibrio asked back for the love she offered her, they called her a monster and burned her life records.

Star Swirl didn't say anything, he didn't do anything!

Balance didn't want to fight the wizard he once called a friend, but he had no choice but to get away forever.

Until she got tired of living in hiding.

Some ponies were walking up the mountain, they were workers of the crops that were up there. Equilibro took one look and approached slowly, not wanting to be seen.

"Hey Fred, I still can't believe Princess Cadence wants the villains to come back" exclaimed a pony, her breath a mist of cold.

"No brother, remember that it is a deal. King Sombra has attacked the kingdom again, the princess only wants peace. But we both know that he will not do so, a new villain is approaching, according to Rock."

"¿S-a new villain?"

Equilibrio's curiosity sprang up, drawing closer.

"Yes, Duke Maniac. Rock knows many stories for being a wise old man. But he feels in his bones when something bad is going to happen. And this time, it is worse since Tirek returned and Queen Chysaris" he uttered.

Balance got even closer ...

"¡Duke Maniac! ¿Wh-who is that?" Fred asked awkwardly.

The pony laughed.

"My dear brother, legend has it that Duke Maniac is the enemy of our enemies. The worst villain that another pony could have seen, or see ... But don't worry, for sure Rock is just a crazy pony."

They both shrugged.

No, Balance knew not.

Duke Maniac had been a difficult match for her, he was so dark. Like the abyss. There was no hope for him ...

It took her to turn into his darkness to destroy him. But it cost a time of abyss.

A cold in the back ran through Balance, when a huge ball of ice hit his back. It fell to the ground and a great echo arose.

Two ponies approached to see what was happening, when they met the beautiful alicorn ...

"Oh, by old Rock!" yelled one of them.

"Now is when you mention it ?!" yelled his brother.

Balance looked up at them, trembling. She wanted to see the kingdom again, which led her to act. He staggered and fell to the ground as he attempted to get up, looking up at them in pain.

"Oh poor thing! We must get her to the Crystal Empire quickly!"

"No brother, remember that in the crystal empire there is no one! Only the princess and the villains, making a deal" replied the brother co

"Look at her brother! We can't leave her like this, it doesn't matter, we should take her or I'll tell mom that ..."

The puzzled pony nodded, raising Equilibrio to a large cart with snow, covered her with some blankets to camouflage her.

Equilibrio listened to the murmurs of the two of them, elicited a smile.

...oOOo...

Upon reaching the entrance to the Crystal Empire, some guards stopped them. Balance could see everything through a tiny hole in the warm blanket that had been given to him.

"Long, the princess does not receive visitors" transmitted a guard.

"Uh, but ..." Fred muttered.

"She told us to bring her snow!" his brother interrupted awkwardly.

The guard hesitated, one of the brothers could be heard swallowing with difficulty, the echo of footsteps was heard. And how Equilibrio's smile met the icy air and the threatening gaze of the guard when he uncovered it.

The brothers huddled in place, beads of sweat and guilt.

The cell was narrow and dirty. Balance hated being locked up again, hated it ... The brothers remained intact on the ground, arguing. Equilibrio glanced at the guard, who was distracted, she prepared to cast the spell but was interrupted by someone's voice.

"¡It's unfair, unfair!"

Someone's husky, feminine voice was heard everywhere. The next thing that was heard was someone's outburst, some guards ran to find out what was happening, the brothers shrank even more.

Balance rolled his eyes and sat up.

"¿What was that brother ...? ¿Do you think the princess is still alive?" Fred spat, swallowing hard.

His brother, whose name was still unknown, hugged his brother by the shoulder and smiled warmly at him. Balance wondered how it felt that someone would love her like that.

"My brother, if the princess is not still alive. We will probably be slaves, but slaves of your difficulty in swallowing saliva every time a villain comes in front of us to give us orders" replied his brother with irony.

Balance giggled nervously, he liked the presence of the two brothers. She hadn't noticed that the two brothers were very similar, only their hair color differentiated them, Fred's was orange, and his brother's was dark green.

The coat color of the two brothers were orange, it was warm. Balance looked at his totally white and heavenly fur.

The doors opened, showing the princess ...

"Oh my princess! I am glad to hear that you are alive!" Fred was glad.

The princess gave a typical giggle, then her eyes fell on the alicorn.

"What are the names of the three of you?" he asked, his voice serene. But the princess's face resembled nerves, her hair was not shiny, and her eyes showed fear and exhaustion.

"I am Shager, and this is my brother Fred. She is ... Well we found her in the snow mountains, my princess. We did not want to cause glare" announced, Brother Shager.

The princess nodded wearily, and turned to the alicorn, she couldn't see much of her, due to the bars.

"I am Balance, princess."

The brothers jumped, but this time it was not out of fear. They had never heard a voice so beautiful, and so angelic. It was soft but at the same time like a fantasy tale, just a touch of thick and the most was like listening to a cascade of stories with the best endings.

Cadance wasn't interested in his voice this time, just who it was.

"¿Uhm, are you from around here Balance?" I ask.

"No."

It was his only answer.

"Well ... Join me" Candace indicated.

Balance's eyes widened immediately. See ... See ponies? New ponies, those of their time were ...

Balance didn't know what to do about it. Would the princess know who she really was?

Author's Note

Wow, unexpected. This is my first Story on this site, i hope you like it and well... Let's start. :twilightsheepish:

Chapter Two

The mouths of the three newcomers from the Crystal Empire fell off, if not for their mouths glued to their faces, they would literally be on the ground. The houses of the innocent ponies were upside down, the ground was made of mud with plum trees with evil faces sticking out of it. Later on almost the entire floor there was a kind of green vaba, or so it was believed by the sight.

A pegasus flew through the clouds, escaping from another creature in a bizarre way.

"By Celestia. ¿What's going on here ?!" screeched Fred, covering his face with his front hooves. Balance gave him a comforting look, seeing how the poor pony was going into a nervous breakdown, he placed his hoof on his right shoulder.

"Do not fear, I will not let either of you get hurt" he assured, giving a warm smile that could brighten up the catastrophic day they were living.

Shager made a sound with his throat.

"Uhm, we should hurry" he mentioned, pointing to some creatures that were approaching with clear intentions, and they weren't welcoming. One of them pounced on Shager, wanting to attack him mercilessly. Balance conjured a bubble of protection, it rumbled over the creatures, pushing them back.

"¡Run!" commanded the alicorn, the two brothers obeyed and the three entered the strange new Ponyville. Balance looked over his shoulder to find that the creatures were still chasing them without any difficulty. "¡Keep running! ¡Keep running until we get to somewhere safe!"

"¡¿Safe place?! ¡This place is the realm of chaos!" Shager exclaimed, stumbling over his words.

Balance motioned for them to keep running, until he saw the crystal castle at a long distance. A castle in the shape of a tree? He gestured to the two terrified brothers, pulled them closer, and with a simple portion of magic from his horn, they teleported to the castle gates.

Equilibrio did not hesitate to touch the door with his hoof, when noticing that it was open, he opened it completely; encountering more of that green vaba on the floors and walls that were once glowing.

The creatures were fast approaching, Balance pushed the two brothers into the castle and slammed the door on the creatures' faces.

"¿Should we keep going in? I'm sure it belongs to some princess ..." Fred murmured, his brother rolled his eyes hitting his forehead with his hoof.

"¡Brother, wake up! The Twilight Princess lives here, everyone knows it. She is the princess of friendship" Shager informed neutrally.

Balance could only roll his eyes, he really didn't know any of the new princesses. And she knew that no one knew her. It was an advantage that he could use to his advantage.

"I wonder what happened to Ponyville" Balanced whispered, seeing the walls full of that vaba.

"The deal."

A voice was heard from the darkness, from there came a tiny figure, it was a lilac dragon with green scales. Its wings were bent downward. Balance knew immediately that it was a baby dragon.

"¿A dragon?" Fred asked, staying behind his brother.

Balance took a step forward, seeing the dragon sob.

"¿What happened?".

The dragon wiped away his tears.

"T-they came back, they took Twilight and they are taking all the ponies. ¡They are massacring everything! Queen Chrysaris kidnapped Twilight and the others, and she did not come alone" exclaimed the dragon who was still sobbing.

It was not good news, Balance was sure that if the villains returned. He was coming back.

And it was his fear, everyone's fear. His dark soul, like the abyss, his eyes that took away the souls of others just by looking at him ...

Duke Maniac.

Balance didn't want to remember, didn't want to.

An imaginary fire showed in his eyes, seeing how he remembered the flames devouring the souls.

He shook his head and slammed his hoof to the ground, startled at the three presences.

"I will not allow him to come back! I will not, I will not ..." Balance broke into a sob, the three of them looked at her with fear and with a frown.

"¿What do you mean ... him?" Shager asked curiously.

Balance wiped away his tears, showing his firm stance again. The little dragon shrugged in place.

"Nobody remembers him, but I do. I have lived years under his torture. He was very powerful, since he had stolen the powers of the ancient draconequus, alicorns, sorcerers and dragons. He was a carrier of the element of Death. Until one day I faced him. to him, but ... It wasn't exactly me that day ... ".

The little dragon looked at her puzzled, he was not the only one.

"I became ... my 'evil' side." Balance didn't want to mention that her cutie mark meant that she was the balance of Good and Evil. And she needed to be in balance between her two parts.

The dragon gasped in horror, bringing its small claws to its mouth.

"¡Oh no! This reminds me too much of Nightmare moon."

Equilibrio raised an eyebrow. There was no time for questions.

"¡He's so adorable! ¿What's your name little one?" Fred exclaimed, grimacing sweetly. Shager struck his forehead with his hoof again.

The dragon didn't seem to like being called small.

"¿Excuse me? My name is Spike and a while ago I saved the Crystal Empire from the clutches of King Sombra." he answered something offended and proud at the same time. "Uhm, maybe I had some help ..." immediately his expression of pride faded.

Shager rolled his eyes at the dragon. "¿So the princess was kidnapped?" He turned to his brother, giving him a knowing look. "This tastes like an adventure."

Fred made a strange sound in his throat. Balance took a few steps forward, seeing more of what the castle was like inside, when he opened a door. He found six thrones. Each had a mark on it. She saw that the table was a map, she got even closer to him, seeing how the map was showing how the places were being attacked.

Spike settled next to her, climbing on one of the thrones and seeing better what was happening.

The presences of the two brothers also arrived within the throne room. Suddenly, a dark smoke began to rise from a throne, a dragon's tail fell on the table, causing the four of them to gasp in horror. The dragon's tail began to move in a particular way, and in seconds a creature of many forms was with them.

"Sorry I'm late, I was busy with my tea time" he pronounced, and with a snap some teacups were shown floating in the air, he took a light drink, with one open eye fixed on the alicorn.

"¡Discord!". Yelled Spike.

"¡The god of chaos!"

Spike grunted. He crossed his arms and did not look again at the new being between them. Balance turned to being called Discord.

"¿A draconequus? I thought there were no more" she looked at him carefully, she knew they were beings not very ... destined to speak formally.

"What a coincidence, I thought the alicorns were locked up". he blurted out, all eyes turning to him in a menacing way, he literally shrunk into place. "Oops."

Balance couldn't help but feel his gaze fixed on her, knowing that the alicorns had been kidnapped. And she was the missing one of all. Discord approached slowly, showing a not very friendly smile.

"¿And who do we have here?" she asked, snapping her fingers and causing a magnifying glass to appear and take a closer look at her, Balance turned away from her.

"¡Don't you dare Discord! ¡We really thought you were reformed! Fluttershy must really be too sad ...". The dragon interrupted.

A part of Discord shrank, you could even see the guilt in his eyes.

"¡Well ... they thought wrong! I am Discordia, the god of chaos. No one can stop me." He uttered, raising his chest in a show of pride.

"She does."

Balance opened his mouth, seeing how Fred had spoken as if he knew it was true. Equilibrio wasn't entirely sure if she was still as in her old days, powerful.

"¡Ha!" Discordia laughed raising her arms in a tired way. Then he turned to her. "¿Who were you by the way?".

Balance let out a sigh.

"My name is..."

She was interrupted by a blast that shot her up to the wall, she saw for a second that something red lived on Discordia's neck, like a necklace ...

"¡Blah, blah, blah! I don't care about your name!"

The burst fired again. He listened as the two brothers and Spike called out his name in concern. Discord snapped his fingers and sent the two out of the castle of the princess of friendship. Equilibrio opened his eyes to find dirt under his hooves.

"¿Why are you doing this? The dragon mentioned that you had reformed" Balanced muttered, raising her eyes to his, Discordia approached and meditated for a few seconds, she opened her mouth and her necklace shone.

"I have no choice" he stated snapping his fingers and causing the two of them to appear in a room with a throne, the hallway had many portraits of heroic moments. Balance fell to the ground.

Her eyes were closing, she struggled so that this would not happen. The last thing she saw were several footsteps heading toward her.

Chapter Three

Balance opened her eyes, she was tired for a strange reason. He remembered the draconequus and the blast that took his strength away. And the necklace, the color, Balance felt that something was happening; and the necklace was involved. He tried to get up, it was an attempt in vain, when he turned his head he found that he was bound with chains. His neck was tight with a huge necklace. She was totally chained, she noticed that she was not alone.

Princess Cadance was also tied up, she was much more tired since she last saw her, then she guided her gaze to the other end of the dungeons, there was a lilac alicorn, with pink and purple streaks in her hair.

Balance wanted to use his magic, but nothing but sparks came from his horn.

"I recommend you not to fight, you will never get out of here. Never" was heard a voice echoing from the walls. "The more you try, the more you drain your energy, and in the end, you are left with nothing. The two princesses must tell you, from their own experience of course.

The voice laughed in a demonic way.

"¿Who are you? ¡Show yourself!" Balance roared, it was true, she was becoming more and more exhausted.

The voice kept laughing, until it came out of the darkness.

"I see we meet again" for once, Balance recognized the voice.

"Unfortunately".

The Shadow King raised an eyebrow wryly, stepped closer, and his figure was disguised behind bars.

"¿What is your magic?" he asked, it didn't sound like a friendly question. Balance chose not to respond.

King Sombra snorted under his breath.

"¡Answer back!".

"¡I will not do it!" Balance got up and faced him, the chains heavy, but she wouldn't let anyone abduct her forever.

Sombra looked at her intently, then vanished into the shadows again. Balance fell to the ground, exhausted.

Balance made a bitter effort to get back up, but was stopped by the glow on her cutie mark. She turned her head to her, noticing how her darkness glowed brightly.

"Oh no...". Whisper. "No, no, no, no!

He.

Balance could feel his presence approaching, could see how he was fighting in his cave in the dark beyond. And the chain that held him broke.

Duke Maniac had been released.

Balance let out a sob, then leaned forward, lifting his chin into the air. The magic of his horn flashed, the chains snapping, exploding up to the walls and smashing them to pieces. The chain on his neck broke into two pieces, falling to the ground. Balance's wings unfolded, she had healed herself.

When he stepped on the ground, he saw the princesses again. She undid the chains and released them, saw how the violet princess opened her eyes.

"¡I have to go get my friends!" he spat, waking up fully.

"Go ahead, but help her first," Balance exclaimed, pointing at Cadance.

The alicorn nodded. Balance flew to find a way out, an iron door was what he was looking for. He bent his horn up to her and broke her, right away. She searched with her gaze for some presence, but was interrupted by a voice.

"¡Waiting!" the two princesses were coming after her.

"Good to see you again..." Cadance muttered, still exhausted. Balance nodded somewhat concerned about the state the princess was in.

"¡We have to look for the others!" ordered the other alicorn.

Equilibrio knew who it was.

"You must be the princess of friendship, Twilight. ¿Right?" he asked, determinedly. Twilight nodded lowering her ears with a sheepish smile.

Twilight's face changed expression, staring at a point in the room. Balance turned her head and a huge light warned her. The three princesses were trapped in a green vaba that made them wince in horror.

And there she was, Queen Chrysalis.

"Oh, what do we have here, two insolent princesses and a random one" his voice grew louder, he approached them; raising Twilight's chin wryly "You ..."

"¡You'll never get away with it, Chrysalis! ¡Princess Celestia-!" Twilight was interrupted by the queen's malevolent laugh, one that wasn't good news.

"¿Princess Celestia?" he repeated bitterly, taking a few steps back, "She and her 'little sister' will not be able to save you. None of you!

Chrysalis snorted walking up to the throne, Balance noticed that they were no longer in Ponyville. He remembered the two brothers and the little dragon. Chrysalis sat on Celestia's supposed throne, and stood tall with a wicked smile on her lips.

Twilight emitted a moan from when the vaba began to climb from her hooves to her waist, she tilted me everywhere; trying to get rid of the slimy thing. Cadance also kept pace with Twilight, leaning to either side wanting to break free from her grip. Equilibrio did not move, he realized that if he moved it would make the situation worse, he meditated for a few seconds, seeing how the vaba got stronger every time the princesses tried to get rid of her.

He would have to use magic.

But not with Queen Chrysalis present. He did not know if he was going to lock them back in the dungeons, or if he had a plan in mind to carry out with them. He could only use the plan that crossed his mind: cast a spell towards the throne, and immediately make a triple transport to Ponyville.

Balance softly cleared his throat, drawing the princesses' attention.

"Don't move, they'll get worse and the vaba will swallow them up." Balance suggested, keeping still and watching the princesses immediately obey her for survival. "I'll do a simple spell, but I need you to keep up with me.

Twilight and Cadance nodded determinedly, Balance bit her lip and focused on Chrysalis and the throne, seeing how the queen was distracted by one of her changelings. Balance narrowed his eyes and attacked.

Queen Chrysalis was thrown off by the blast that Balance sent. She made a spell again preparing for the transportation, but was interrupted by the sudden scream of the queen, she stepped out of the rubble that the power of Balance had caused, and walked with firm steps towards her.

Equilibrio's legs hit the ground, suddenly, Queen Chrysalis disappeared from his field of vision, a new figure was added.

He was no longer in the throne room, he was elsewhere. The flames were huge and hot, behind the flames came a huge and strong figure, especially dark; Duke Maniac.

A terrified gasp came from Equilibrio's lips, fear had gripped her. "No, no, no, I banished you ...". She murmured, suddenly the thin corner of Duke's lips changed to a confused expression.

Balance's eyes fluttered, watching the scene pass before his eyes. The figure of Duke was replaced by that of Chrysalis, who saw the alicorn with a frown and showing fangs. Equilibrio staggered to his feet, glancing at the princesses who were in it. Queen Chrysalis leapt up to the alicorn, defiantly. Equilibrio threw himself to one side, shaking off the queen by a miracle.

"¡Here!" Balance heard, seeing that the voice came from the princess of friendship.

Balance got back up and ran, his leg striding free of the sudden magic Chrysalis had tried to use, he heard a squeak of frustration on his part as he passed through the front door.

The three alicorns ran through the castle, looking for the one. They noticed that the guards were totally possessed by something or someone, the only question left in their minds was: ¿Had they also possessed the others?

¿How was it that so many villains were in Equestria? Balance wondered, she didn't know who it was, of course. He had spent a lot of time in the mountains, he had missed every adventure, every sunrise and sunset. From the distance I could sometimes see the full moon, but it was totally cloudy, only its brightness was visible.

Cadance used his magic to break the door, noticing that smug glances fell on them, they chose to use flight. The ponies were totally possessed, their eyes were green and gloomy, it seemed that there was no consciousness ...

When the three alicorns leapt into the air and raised their wings, the ponies tried to hold them back. A stallion unknown to Balance grabbed his hoof with no good intentions, Balance let out a screech from his throat and rocked back. He saw how Twilight was totally grabbed and thrown, Cadance was the only one who had freed herself.

Several mares and stallions came up to Balance, their wings doing their best not to fall off.

With his magic he ran some ponies, doing them no harm. Equilibrio felt sorry for those citizens, totally out of their consciousness, being manipulated at will.

She was waiting for the perfect moment for a new battle, it was not a friendly enough word, but Equilibrio longed for all her battles, and more for the dark ones.

No, she couldn't let his darkness affect her, she must control her thoughts.

"¡Twilight!" Cadance screeched in agony, trying to get closer to the princess. Balance shook his head and jerked free of the ponies. Seeing how the princess was being attacked by possessed ponies, she immediately cast a teleportation spell.

The princesses breathed a sigh of relief, Cadance slumped to the ground, totally exhausted. Twilight glanced at Cadance, then turned to Balance.

"Thanks". She uttered, Balance nodding politely. He looked at the sunset and then at the cave they were in, he supposed they were inside a great mountain, inside an abandoned cave. The view was amazing. Equilibrio looked back at the princesses. "I heard that the draconequus was reformed, a being of chaos. If it was really reformed, ¿why did it attack me?" He asked, in a firm tone full of intrigue.

Twilight sighed, then her lips moved.

"We really thought he was, especially Fluttershy, she really considered him her friend" the princess paused, the answer came, Twilight's gaze hardened. "Then a dark presence came to Ponyville, Queen Chrysalis, then Cadance discovered that King Sombra had returned to the Crystal Empire. Tirek also returned ... And it was all because of the failed deal."

"¿Failed deal?" Balance asked, adjusting pieces.

"Cadance begged for a peace treaty, harmony, love and friendship should reign in the Crystal Empire. She summoned King Sombra, the Empire's arch enemy, then Chrysalis, who posed as her on her own. wedding ... Then to Tirek. "Twilight looked at Cadance, who was already asleep exhaustedly on the floor, closed her eyes opening her mouth." She mentioned to Princess Celestia and Princess Luna that there was hope in them, I also believed her I supported her, but they betrayed us again.

"No one expected Discord to join them, when the villains joined forces to destroy us, my friends and I decided to use the magic of friendship against them, but no ... it didn't f-it worked ..." the princess's voice he cut himself off, Balance came over and put his helmet on her shoulder, comforting the princess. "Cadance mentioned bringing Grogar back, but when we saw that the three villains had turned against ... We had no choice but to evicting the Crystal Empire. We tried to do it with all of Equestria! evicting the ponies was best for their safety.

"But we were late ..."

The princess sobbed, then tears came to her sweet eyes, totally exhausted.

"Don't give up, the hope Cadance saw may still be there, despite their dark souls." Balancing stammered, the princess wiped away her tears and smiled
determinedly.

"I will not do it".

... oOOo ...

The night had fallen like a shooting star, the princesses slept away from the cold, totally tired. Equilibrio stayed awake, admiring the night and its stars. He put his head on his hooves, still seeing them.

He tried to get some sleep, what little he could did nothing about it. She was still tired, maintaining a slight headache due to nerves.

She closed her eyes again, and sleep overcame her.

His dream was more of a nightmare, the water was under his feet, the more he walked the more he was in the dark, and the light was slowly moving away. A soft melody passed her ear, giving her soft strokes, then the strokes became soft scratches.

Balance leapt to the side as a dark figure approached her.

"We will see each other again soon ..."

Author's Note

I would not know whether to say that the name of the 'protagonist' is Balance or Equilibrio (I finish in Spanish)

NOTE: Knowing that you like my story is great. :twilightsmile:

Chapter One

Balance's footsteps echoed down the hall like a muffled echo. She looked up at the crystals, noted that there was nothing that did not have traces of crystal. Nothing had changed. She looked at the princess and her hair colors, she did not remember that the last princess she saw in the Empire had those colors ...

"I'm sorry you had to go through the dungeons first. It's just me, the guards, and the Crystal Heart. And the deal hasn't been closed, and I'm looking forward to it being over once and for all." The princess uttered with a sigh, Balance raised an eyebrow.

¿The deal? She had overheard the brothers' conversation, and Balance was sure she had heard of a deal.

"¿Why would the Crystal Empire need a deal?" He asked, he had thought it out loud.

Cadance lowered his head, then rested his gaze on the front door to the throne.

"King Sombra has returned."

Equilibrio rolled his eyes immediately, ¿who was he?

"And he has not returned alone, more villains came to stay and fight" continued Cadance.

They entered the royal hall, Balance guided his gaze to the throne, missing the one he once had and was destroyed. She shook her head surreptitiously, pulling memories out of her head that will be hard to forget.

"Chrysaris has been fighting in Ponyville, and so has Tirek. ¡They are uniting! I fear to know that they maintain an army, an army of souls" Cadance commented, sitting on his throne with a frown, Balance kept his lips closed.

Balance knew what he meant by army of souls. It turns out that he investigated for years in a fairly old book that at one point, a rambling usurper made an army with souls in pain, his hatred was so great that he made the dead come back to life, but with the thought of 'winning the throne for her beloved king. '

Balance opened his mouth to speak, but was interrupted by an evil laugh that echoed off the walls. Cadance rose from his throne showing a defiant posture. Equilibrio turned his head to find a stallion with dark gray fur and terrifying armor, what most caught his attention were the color of his eyes.

"¡Long Sombra King! ¡The Crystal Empire will never feel your hooves on it again!" The princess threatened with a firm all.

Balance remained intact in place. She could feel the dark magic emanating from him, it made her carry back her memories.

"Who would say that the princess of love threatened like that." The stallion commented wryly, taking steps forward. It showed its fangs and lunged towards the princess, she instantly protected herself with a shield. Balance was out of the fight, they hadn't even noticed her there. A piece of glass fell on his hooves.

Black crystals peeked out of the ground, they were huge and pointed. Balance fell to the side, hitting his back with something. From the corner of his eye he saw how the princess was being cornered by the stallion. Balance was quick to get up off the ground and break the crystals with ease, the turquoise magic coming out of his horn easily breaking the crystals made with dark magic.

"¡Balance, no!" Cadance yelled, seeing the alicorn approach with the intention of helping. The Sombra King noticed the presence of the other alicorn and cast a spell with black crystals.

Equilibrio let out a gasp and threw herself aside as the crystals approached her from the ground. He closed his eyes in dread and when he opened them he breathed a sigh of relief. With his magic he stopped the crystal, making his strength present.

"¡Princess!". Balanced yelled, drawing the attention of both of them. King Sombra turned his head to meet the new alicorn again, gave her a grim look, and lunged toward her. Balance rolled on the ground, striking one of its beautiful wings on the glass floor. She was forced to face her face with Sombra from the ground, he placed his two front hooves on either side of Equilibrio's head.

"¿What do we have here?" He muttered coldly to her, Equilibro lost his breath trying not to lose control. The Sombra King snorted as Cadance staggered off the ground.

Equilibrio made a gesture and struck a hoof of the king who was before her, he snorted releasing it.

Before Cadance wanted to face his enemy again, he turned into a shadow and took off as dark and fast as possible. But first, he murmured that he would return for his Empire.

"I know he just left, but he will be back in a short time. ¿Hours? ¿Weeks? I've been like this for a week, I no longer feel the strength to beat him. And I miss my husband and daughter" stammered the princess with melancholy, he sat down on the throne with weary strides.

Balance I wait for him to finish speaking.

"I can see that you fight for your kingdom, but even the alicorns need to rest" Balance did not want to name her name, but what was left of another to mention her. "And Princess Celestia ... is she aware of this villain's return?

Cadance nodded with his eyes closed, then a weak smile settled on his lips.

"I just met you and I feel like you are one of us" she uttered, Balance did not reply "¿May I ask you why you are an alicorn?

Balance didn't know what to answer, assuming she was born an alicorn.

"I was born an alicorn."

Cadance widened his tired eyes, smiling admiringly.

"¡My daughter was born like this too!".

Balance smiled as he sat on the ground and examined his injured wing. He felt a stab of pain in his left wing that prevented him from stretching it. He swept his long, heavenly white hair to the side, seeing better that his wing was somewhat purple.

"You should go, the Empire is not safe. I will order the two stallions removed from the dungeons. Nice meeting you, Balance." The princess hinted, lifting her chin showing a firm posture.

Balance frowned in concern.

... oOOo ...

Equilibrio saw from afar the figures of the two brothers, he also saw how they were arguing awkwardly. The princess in a gentle gesture gave them a trip on the train to Ponyville, Balance did not want to leave the Crystal Empire so easily knowing that an ancient villain was back, and not alone.

"¡Oh, lady with the beautiful voice! ¡You are alive!" Hello Fred, his brother rolled his eyes as he entered the train.

Equilibrio smiled, but his smile slowly faded as he felt the cold on his fur, he looked up at the dark sky that was looming.

She entered the train and sat near the two brothers, she noticed that their confused gazes were on her.

"¿What was his name like?" Shager asked with a frown, her brother laughed, she raised an eyebrow.

"Balance, my name is Balance."

The two brothers ignored her.

"¡I'd say call it warm snow!" Fred mentioned, Balance lowered his ears.

"¿What kind of a name would that be?" Shager snapped, frowning.

Fred shrugged, guiding his gaze to the wounded wing of the alicorn.

"¿What happened to you on your delicate wing?" he asked cautiously, rolling his eyes.

Balance lowered his gaze to her.

"A certain King Sombra threw me to the ground."

The two brothers jumped out of their seats, hugging each other.

"¿Y-did you say king ...Sombra?" Fred muttered in dread.

"Yes, he also wanted to attack the princess. But he vanished like a shadow ...".

The few passengers on the train ran as far as they could from Equilibrio and his talk with the two scared brothers.

"Normally, his name is not mentioned in the Empire. It brings back horrible memories of his rule in the Crystal Empire." Shager exclaimed, calming his trembling brother.

Balance pursed his lips. It was still strange to him all the new things that have happened over the years, he could not deny it either. She was intact in the mountains for quite a while.

She clung to the 'new threat' thought she was weak, not totally strong. I could not feel cold, nor heat. But spending time in the mountains had made her somewhat weak.

Equilibrio looked up at the window, he hadn't noticed how long he was inside his thoughts. The first thing he saw was the new Ponyville.

And also the chaos that was in him.