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Nothing. No sound, no life form, not any color. There was only a black space. As black as the emptiness of the End.

Ender was confused. The last thing he remembered was that he had gotten drunk and that Twilight had apparently taken him to some room to rest.

But, this didn't make sense. One moment ago I was in Canterlot resting but the next moment I was here. Which confused him.

"Twilight? Celestia? Cadance? Girls?" Ender called her friends. But he got no answer. Which was starting to make him nervous.

But his thoughts disappeared, when a thunderous noise began to be heard throughout the void.

"Ender!" A powerful male voice yelled. Suddenly a large golden yellow figure appeared.

His body was surrounded by a golden aura. He was dressed in a brown T-shirt, gray pants. And a beard as black as coal. His eyes were like diamonds. And they were much brighter than the powerful rays of a beacon.

"W-who are you? Where am I?" Ender asked beginning to fear for his own life. Obviously this being seemed to be something of a god.

"Calm down Ender. Now listen. I don't have much time." Ender this time was silent to listen to what this being had to say.

"Listen to me carefully. Herobrine knows that you are here in Equestria. He has sent Alexbrine and his best soldiers to find you and destroy you. You must protect this world from Herobrine, especially your new friends. But don't worry, to help you, every day. I will send, a shulker box with supplies so that you can stock up. ”But suddenly, the voice started to choke and there started to be a lot of interference.

"Oh no, they are here. Ender, you must help your friends, right now, they are heading to a place in the arctic, known as The Crystal Empire! wake up!" The voice said before disappearing.

Ender was in shock, although he quickly recognized this being's voice. But it didn't take long, when it suddenly began to fade. To then disappear.

Canterlot, Equestria

"AH!" Ender awoke exalted and sweating furiously. Breathing hard.

"Notch ...". Ender whispered. Then a blue shulker appeared out of nowhere. Quickly Ender ran to the shulker and opened it. The Loot in this box was amazing and would definitely do the trick.

The shulker box contained: 4 enchanted golden apples, an enchanted iron armor with thorns and protection at the highest level, an enchanted iron sword, golden carrots, some ender pearls and finally the greatest treasure in the box. An enchanted diamond axe with an fire aspect

"Praise you Notch." Ender said as he donned his new iron armor and put these new items in his inventory.

"Quick I have to go." Ender ran out the door to his room. Ender needed to find Celestia, so that she could tell him where this 'crystal empire' was located.

Ender ran for about 5 minutes until he ran into Celestia. Which had an extremely worried look and had a scroll in her magical aura.

"Oh Ender, good morning, did you sleep well?" She said as she put her hoof on Ender's shoulder.

"Celestia, good to see you. Do you know where Twilight and the others are? They are in great danger, I urgently need to get to a place called 'the crystal empire'". Ender said still flustered and concerned for the well-being of his friends. He knew the atrocities Herobrine and his soldiers could do to their friends.

"And I thought that the return of King Sombra was already a threat in itself." Celestia whispered. Ender looked at her strangely. She then shook her head and her gaze turned serious.

"Ahem. Ender, what is this new threat you mentioned?" Celestia said calmly.

"Herobrine. He has sent his army to search for me. And I'm afraid they are heading towards them. I just want you to tell me where this crystal empire is." Ender said. Celestia thought about it for a moment. She trusted Ender and knew that he would do everything possible to protect his beloved niece and his student.

"Okay. Just follow a train made of crystal and you will reach the empire."

"Good, Thanks Celly." Ender then flew off to the train station. Celestia then smiled as she returned her gaze to the scroll she was holding in her magic. Until he noticed a small detail.

"Did he just call me, Celly?".

Artic

Ender's wings were completely frozen and there were even chunks of snow and ice hanging around the Enderdragon's body. He tried to keep warm by using his wings to repel the cold, but this did not work.

Not even his powerful enchanted iron armor could help him stay warm.

His legs flailed, his arms dangled like his wings. But he could not give up, Ender kept going, despite the adversities and the harsh environment, the Enderdragon would not give up easily.

Ender walked towards a snowy mountain and then after crossing it he looked outside again and was pleasantly surprised to see his 6 friends.

"Girls!".

Ender was about to receive them, until he began to feel an evil aura that pointed to approach his friends.

"Oh no". Ender ran toward them.

"Ha! And you all made fun of me for packing so many scarves." Ender listened to Rarity.

"I didn't say a word." Spike grunted with all the luggage on his back.

"Trying to impress the ladies, hehe good dragon." Ender chuckled softly, as he kept running towards them.

"Whoa! Hey! Come here ..." Spike said, dropping everything and trying to grab some scarves.

Ender ran with all his might, holding his diamond axe in his claw. But then I get a better glimpse of this new figure. And when he recognized him, his gaze changed to a frown as he put his axe in his inventory and stopped running towards them.

"Twilight!" Said the equine figure.

"Well, it seems my instincts were wrong."

"Shining Armor?" Twilight asked and they hugged.

"Twily! You did it! We better get moving. There are things in here that we really don't want to run into after dark." Shining said, this got Ender's attention. These creatures could be the threat Noch was referring to. Possibly mobs like zombies or Strays.

"What kind of things?" Fluthershy asked hiding behind her friends.

"Let's say the Empire ... is not the only thing that has returned." Armor said. Perhaps this could be that crystal empire.

13 minutes later

So, Ender decided to follow them stealthily.

He followed them through the blizzard, encountering no threat amid the extreme weather.

The only problem was the powder snow, Ender had to go through it with the help of leather boots, which prevented him from sinking into the snow. He also kept a reasonable distance from the girls. The wind was blowing toward him, which he didn't care as long as he didn't freeze his wings. Again.

"And what are those islands that float above us?" Twilight asked.

"Those? We don't know, they just floated in and they keep trying to penetrate the shield with some kind of weapon. And something keeps trying to get in here! We think it's the unicorn king who originally cursed the place." Armor said. Ender looked at the islands and quickly began to growl. These islands were Skyblocks with spawners on them to summon hostile mobs.

"But Princess Celestia said that they would send me here to find a way to protect the Empire! If the King Sombra cannot enter, then he must already be protected." Twilight said, as she looked fearfully at the Skyblocks.

"I knew it, my instincts never fail. Although Celestia made a big mistake sending them here. They have no chance against Herobrine's army."

Ender turned his gaze back to the Skyblocks and they were made of ... deepslate. Only one person uses this type of stone in their floating fortresses.

"Alexbrine" He said with a frown. Noch was right.

Suddenly, a howl echoed through the blizzard.

"I knew it". Ender said as he again took out his axe and a shield in his left claw.

"T-That's one of the things, isn't it?" Fluttershy asked, apparently looking at a large black mist coming towards them.

Ender looked behind him to see a black mist, and there was a horde of Strays in it!

"We have to get to the Crystal Empire! Now!" Armor exclaimed, suddenly the mist shot up and towards them.

Ender jumped back on his wings and then landed in front of Spike to protect him from these mobs.

"Ah. Ender!" He exclaimed in surprise.

"Hehe, sorry." He said when Shining rescued him, causing Spike to put the luggage down while Armor grabbed it with his magic.

One of the Stray fired a slow arrow at the enderdragon, but quickly covered himself with his shield.

"The enderdragon ?! Come! We have to tell Destiny!" Said one of the glacial skeletons and they all disappeared behind the mist, not before firing more arrows.

"So Destiny is with Alexbrine. This is more interesting." The dragon said before returning some arrows to the Strays.

"Cowards ..." he muttered. But suddenly the mist descended on them with murderous intent.

"Oh shit. EVERYONE RUN!" The dragon screamed and then released its characteristic purple fire breath, causing the mist to recede.

Then Ender started running too. He didn't feel like fighting the air.

"Come on!" Twilight said seeing the shield in the distance.

"We almost arrive." Armor said but skidded to a stop to attack this supposed King Sombra.

"What are you doing !? Are you a fucking suicide? Keep jogging, damn it!" Ender yelled as he ran past him, grabbing his tail as he did so.

"We will never leave it behind!" Shining argued.

"Arrgg!" Ender yelled and stopped, turning toward the mist.

"What-". Shining Armor started before what ...

Ender then roared and spat out his fire breath, the powerful fire breath sending the mist a good few yards on the other side.

"Here we go." The enderdragon said, but the thing in the mist growled and caught up with them again.

"Jajaja!" The thing laug.

"Oh, come on!". Ender yelled in frustration into the mist as he reached for Armor. Who then stopped when Ender got a little ahead of him.

"What the hell is he doing?" He whispered as he stopped as well. Shining fired a magic beam into the mist that simply dodged it, then began to come towards Shining, who charged another spell.

One of the remaining Strays managed to hit him with his bow in the face, knocking him unconscious. Which made Ender groan in annoyance.

Another Stray was about to kill him before Ender leapt into the mist with his iron sword in both claws.

"Ahhhh!" He screamed as he leapt into the mist with both claws on his sword and prepared to kill the glacial skeleton, he backed away, but Ender managed to stab him and then his remains fell to the ground. Ender kept his sword in his inventory. He then grabbed Armor, whose horn seemed to be littered with tiny black crystals.

"What-" he asked, a little dazed, as Ender took flight towards the shield.

"Don't question it." Ender whispered as they flew to the shield.

The enderdragon saw that the mist was about to ensnare them, so it took even more power with the help of its powerful wings.

"Ah!" Shining yelled as they flew.

"Oh!" He exclaimed when they landed. Ender crashed to the ground, as Armor landed on his hooves.

"That was close. Hello girls!" Ender said. Quickly the 6 mares and Spike pounced on Ender to hug him while thanking him for saving them. When the group hug ended, Applejack and Rainbow Dash helped lift the enderdragon off the ground.

"It's good to see you honey." Rarity said.

"Wow dude! You saved us again. I don't even want to imagine what would have happened to us if you hadn't shown up." Applejack said giving the dragon a playful nudge.

"Well, I think someone forgot to wake me up to get back in action." Ender said looking at Twilight. The unicorn mare blushed slightly in embarrassment.

"Oh! Hehe, sorry. You looked so cute sleeping, so I decided to leave you alone and not interrupt you." She said. Ender laughed as he stroked her mane. Which made Armor look at him with a frown.

"Don't apologize, Twilight ...". Ender said before noticing something.

"Wait a minute, did you say I looked cute sleeping?" Twilight blushed.

"NOT!". She said quickly. Making the dragon and the others present except Shining laug.

But the laughter ended when Twilight noticed the black crystals on her brother's horn.

"Oh no! Brilliant, your horn!" Twilight said worriedly to Shining Armor.

Suddenly, Ender slapped the samental across the face. Leaving a claw mark on his face.

"Oh!" He exclaimed in surprise.

"NEVER! Do something so stupid again or next time it won't be a slap!" He warned.

"What-" he asked, holding his helmet against his cheek that had a red claw imprinted on it.

"Putting yourself in danger! I don't care if you hate me or not, you have a duty to your wife and little sister. DON'T get them kill you! Don't do that again. Do you understand?" Ender asked, drawing smoke from his mouth.

"Yeah ... And I don't hate you, I just don't trust you." He said. Although Ender simply rolled his eyes and paid her no attention.

Shining tried to use his magic just to make his horn ache from the black crystals. Although the group continued with their walk.

"Amazing!" Pinkie exclaimed in wonder at the city before them. Ender was equally astonished, it looked like a city completely made of amethysts and diamonds.

5 minutes later. Crystal empire

"It's beautiful! Absolutely beautiful! There are no words!" Rarity said, muttering trying to find the right words.

"I have new decorating ideas." Ender said thinking of remodeling the mine he had at his base in the Overworld with his amethyst blocks.

"Focus, Rarity. We are here to help Twilight, not to admire the scenery." Applejack remembered.

"You're right. Let's go." Ender said with determination.

"Hey, I don't see what the problem is. It just looks like another castle to me and that's it." Rainbow said.

"You clearly don't appreciate the fine arts." Rarity told him looking offended. Rainbow didn't seem to care so much about this.

"I don't understand it, it's beautiful and all but it's not that it's a big deal" said Ender looking at Rarity

"Perhaps." Twilight said when they entered the castle.

"You should see the buildings I have near my home." Twilight seemed to have listened in wonder. And with some strange glances at Ender.

The group entered the Throne Room and saw Princess Cadance on the throne. She looked downcast. He was sweating, his mane was a mess, and he had dark circles. This began to worry Ender about her well-being.

"Cadance!" Twilight exclaimed trotting up to her.

Seeing Twilight seemed to revitalize her and she jogged over to her with a tired smile. Both mares embraced.

"Sun, sun, ladybugs awake! Clap your hoofs and shake a little!" Both mares said and made the same movements that they did that day in the cave.

Ender smiled when he saw them, they looked like a couple of fillies playing with each other. And that moved him. But suddenly, Cadance's horn cracked and the shield flickered, Ender looked out the window and gulped, seeing the Skyblocks above them.

"One of these days we have to meet when the fate of Equestria is not at stake." She said, sighing.

"Agreed Your Majesty." The enderdragon bowed with a smile.

"Ender?" He asked with wide eyes.

"The only one, princess" he replied with a nod.

"Ender!" She exclaimed and hugged him. Ender was surprised at first, but then he smiled. Ender began patting Cadance with his wing on her back, which began to reassure her. He also started scratching his ears, which he also seemed to like. Cadance kept hugging him, which began to infuriate Shining.

"Easy princess, everything will be fine" Ender told her as she released him.

"T-thank you." Cadance said. Then Twilight walked over to both of them.

"Are you okay?" Twilight asked as the Princess's horn and shield bubbled up again.

"Cadance ...". Said the enderdragon noticing her fatigue, he was really worried about her.

"Hey! My wife doesn't need your help!" Shining Armor exclaimed. Ender raised his claws and backed away, growling at him.

"Shining." Princess Cadance said angrily.

"I'm sorry dear. Now, Cadance has been able to use her magic to spread love. That seems to be what protects her. But she hasn't slept, she barely eats. I want to help her, but my protection spell has been countered by the King Sombra. And those islands make it worse, Cadance can't expand his shield because of them. ”Armor explained.

"It's not just this Sombra out there." Said the dragon with a frown.

"What do you mean?" Princess Cadance asked.

The enderdragon sighed, walking towards the balcony. He put his claws behind his back and looked out over the city and the surrounding ponies.

"For many years I have been on a quest. To prevent Herobrine, a powerful evil entity, from conquering my home, called Craftia. I succeeded, but hardly and at a great price. But Herobrine escaped to the Nether and knew no more about him .. . up to now. It seems that he has set his sights here, in these realms. Equestria and the Empire. Ender explained.

"What?" Twilight asked in a shaky voice. As she approached him.

"Why? I don't know. But during my search I fought and killed several Herobrine monsters. And the most powerful ones. I weakened them for years. But they seem to have returned…. Despite what I did in the past." .He said.

"You ... did you kill them?" Applejack asked, all the girls backed off. Except Twilight and Cadance who were in shock.

"See? I knew we couldn't trust him! Oh, ow!" Shining exclaimed, trying to charge a spell but failing. Ender turned with an equally concerned look.

"No, they don't understand. Both in the Overworld, as in the Nether and the End, not everything is solved with 'Friendship Magic' and 'Forgiveness'. I have to fight to survive. Herobrine would do the opposite. They are not entirely wrong, I am ruthless on the battlefield when my enemies and I clash and blood flows. But I don't harm innocents. Ender explained again.

"So you kill because it's kill or be killed?" Rainbow asked.

"Exactly" He exclaimed.

"I guess that's okay, after all it's self defense." Said the Princess.

"What?." Armor said, he shut up. Not wanting to argue with his wife.

"These particular generals are named Destiny and Alexbrine. The former being my father Steve's sister and the latter being Herobrine's wife." He said.

"Are you killing your own aunt ?!" Rarity asked, horrified. Ender quickly explained so he wouldn't be alarmed.

"My father asked me to kill her last time, as he planned to summon a powerful monster called Wither. Now Destiny is back and I will. How about this? Destiny tried to kill my own father with a sword of gold". Ender said.

"She what?" Twilight asked in horror.

"How could she?" Cadance asked.

"Herobrine's followers are despicable. Destiny is an exceptionally ruthless general who stops at nothing to achieve her goal." He said, looking back at the outline of the Skyblocks that dominated the horizon beyond the shield.

"There will be hundreds of mobs on those islands, bent on conquering this Empire as a setting for their invasion of both Equestria and Craftia."

"What do we do? We can't fight all of them!" Armor exclaimed.

"No! I can! I must! It's my test to save the Crystal Empire." Twilight fought back.

"No. It is not possible this way. Celestia did not foresee the appearance of Herobrine's army." Ender said as he approached Twilight.

"You're right Ender. There's no way Twilight can take down those monsters on your own. Even with our help." Applejack said.

"She's right. But Twilight, you can save him from King Sombra. Besides, I'll help you. I won't let those bastards hurt you or another one of you." She resolved with determination, then Ender began patting Twilight on the shoulder to give her some confidence. She only smiled at him with a slight blush that the enderdragon didn't notice.

Fluttershy was hiding and crying behind her mane. This broke Ender's heart, causing him to come closer and with all the ease in the world speak to him in the gentlest way possible.

"Fluttershy, it's okay, I promise. As long as I live, I won't let you get hurt." Ender promised as he gently stroked her face. Which seemed to reassure her.

Suddenly, the princess's horn trembled again and she almost collapsed. Ender approached her to help her, but Armor stood in front of him and caught up with his wife.

"It's okay Shining Armor, I'm okay." She fired him.

"She's not okay. She can't go on like this forever, and if her magic were to fade ... Well, you saw what's out there waiting for that to happen." Armor said.

"That is why we are here." Twilight said. Ender at this moment admired the determination of this mare.

"Well, with Cadance putting all his might into maintaining his spell, and me trying to look for signs of trouble in the Arctic, we haven't been able to gather much information from the Crystal Ponies." Shining explained.

"Crystal Ponies ?! Hahaha, are there Crystal Ponies ?! Um, ahem. Please continue." Rarity said, getting hysterical.

"... But we have to believe that one of them knows how we can protect the Empire without having to use Cadance's magic." Armor continued speaking.

"I hope it's easy ..." Ender murmured as he swallowed a lump in his throat.

"A research paper!" Twilight exclaimed, receiving somewhat puzzled looks from both Ender and Armor.

"Hey?" Armor and Ender said in sync.

"That should be part of my test Collecting Information from the Crystal Ponies and delivering it to you and Cadance! This will be great! I love research papers!" Twilight exclaimed.

"Yes, who doesn't?" Rainbow said sarcastically.

"Oh-oh-oh! Let me guess! Is it Spike? Nono, Fluttershy! Rarity?" Pinkie Pie asked picking up each of them while mentioning them. Although everyone ignored her.

"Don't worry, big brother. I'm very good at this kind of thing." Twilight reassured him.

"I hope so. I don't feel like facing a hundred Ravagers or a series of zombies." Ender said in a monotonous tone.

"We will do it!" Twilight exclaimed.

Twilight turned to leave, but came across a very familiar figure that Ender recognized.

"Hmmhmmhmm." A laugh came.

"Well, enderdragon, here we are." A voice came, Ender turned and saw nothing more and nothing less than Herobrine. Ender landed between the entity and Twilight with outstretched wings to protect her. Then, Ender gently grabbed Twilight and left her with her friends, who were terrified.

"Herobrine". Ender saluted nonchalantly. Trying to hide her horror and hatred for him.

"Greetings Ender. Long time no see. So, have you chosen your friends?" She asked, walking up to him and following Ender, turned her head to look at him. It was an astral projection caused by a beacon or a black amethyst.

"Don't even think about it, you heard it" exclaimed the enderdragon. Grunting and drawing his axe.

"Indeed. You may have stopped me before, but not this time." She said, walking towards Mane 6. She suddenly grabbed Twilight by the neck, who was horrified. Twilight began to cry and sob silently, as she began to gasp for air.

"What's wrong? Scared, my Little pony?" He asked with a smile. running a finger down her cheek, which made her shed a few tears and groan in dread. His friends were too terrified to do anything.

"Stay away from her!" Applejack then flinched at the sight of Herobrine's completely white eyes.

"As you wish." Herobrine chuckled. Twilight fell to the ground while gasping for air and her friends came to help her. Ender was extremely angry.

"Someday, ponys, if they are lucky and survive this day, will witness a fight between two demigods." Herobrine said, looking at them.

"Get away from Twilight and her friends!" Cadance threatened. Then he took an attacking position. Even though he was in no condition to even give this evil entity a fight.

"Princess, no ...". Ender said exchanging glances with Herobrine.

"Now. There is no need to get violent." He said sarcastically, raising his hands to her in surrender.

"Herobrine! Your fight is with me. Keep the ponies out of this." Ender said pointing at himself with his thumb and then at the ponies with his other claw. Herobrine approached him and surrounded him like a wolf would.

"Oh, I don't think so." He chuckled.

"And why not?" Ender asked.

"I thought about it a lot. You see, I need these worlds to act as a Kingdom of their own to exploit their valuable resources. These ponies possess very powerful magic, and being our slaves we would be unstoppable." He exclaimed.

"Solid plan. But you forget a big obstacle in your way." Shrugged.

"Which?" He ask.

"I". Ender responded by breathing smoke through his nose.

"It does not have to be this way". He said, holding out his hand.

"I would hate to see such potential, such wasted demigod power. We could achieve so much together." He smiled.

I'd rather burn my precious diamonds in lava. Besides, you don't know what's in store for that bitch Alexbrine. Ender whispered with a smile.

"Damn you insolent! I'll have your enderdragon head on my wall, just like your mother!" He exclaimed, raising his fist at him, causing everyone in the room to recoil except Ender.

He crossed his arms with a satisfied smile. He stopped and took a deep breath. "One day, you will regret seeing him born, you will have the same luck as your parents." He growled, going behind a pillar, disappearing.

"Who ... What was that? He felt so empty ... So hateful, not a shred of love in him ..." The princess shuddered.

"That. It was Herobrine. You just met a real demon face to face. Be thankful that they are all alive." Ender told the group. Then he uncrossed his arms and walked over to them. Twilight immediately burst into tears.

"His touch was so cold… like ice… it was-" she started before continuing to cry.

"Shh ... Okay, nothing will happen to you Twilight. I won't let him hurt you, I promise." Ender then began to caress her and hug her with his wings to calm her down. In the end, Twilight stopped crying and hugged Ender again, this time with no intention of letting go.

Ender, it broke his heart to see Twilight like this. It was the last straw, now he would end Herobrine once and for all. At the thought, Ender's eyes began to turn green. But it quickly disappeared when Ender shook his head and broke away from embracing Twilight.

"Well, with our determination strengthened ... Let's go!" Ender exclaimed, luckily they had all recovered. Except for Twilight who was still shaking in fear. She felt much more secure in Ender's strong arms.

"Oh, before we go ... Here princess, drink this." Ender told her and gave her a potion of strength, helping her drink it. The potion took effect and she quickly began to feel stronger and healed.

"Thanks, I feel better. It's pretty nice too." she smiled, licking her lips.

"Very good." The enderdragon said with a smile.

"Well girls, it's time to go" Ender exclaimed running off with the girls behind.

7 minutes later

Ender and the Main 6 broke up and began questioning the ponies. After 10 minutes of no luck, they finally gave up.

"So do you know anything about a way to stop the King Sombra?" Ender asked a unicorn stallion.

"No, no, not me." Said the stallion.

"Hmm ..." Said the Dragon thinking. And he felt a kind of lock in the mind of this stallion and the other ponies, an endless darkness in his mind.

"Good ..." Ender said and walked away.

"Anything?" Dash asked, flying over Ender.

"No, and their minds are almost blank, except when they resurfaced. It's kind of weird." The enderdragon mused.

"Eh?" Rainbow asked.

"Ehh nothing." He replied.

"Sure ... I'm going here." Rainbow said and flew away.

Ender made his way over to Twilight, after having no luck on his own.

"Are you sure? Absolutely sure?" Twilight asked a another stallion.

"I'm sorry. I wish I could help you. But ... I can't seem to remember anything before the King Sombra came to power. And I don't want to remember anything about the time when he ruled us." He said and shuddered.

"King Sombra spell must be the reason their coats aren't crystal." Twilight watched. Whispering to Spike and Ender.

"Yeah, it seems to have sucked the joy, love and light out of them." Ender concluded.

"Have we really been gone a thousand years?" The Pony asked.

Twilight and Ender looked at each other wondering what to say.

"It feels like yesterday." Said a mare.

"I know how that feels ..." Ender told himself, remembering his first night of survival in the Overworld.

"If you think of something, even the smallest thing ..." Twilight said trying to get some information.

"Of course." The mare nodded and then left.

"Well that was a total failure." Spike concluded.

"Well, maybe the others are having better luck." Twilight said along with Ender and Spike with her.

"One can have hope." Ender said and flew to the roof of a building to see how the others were doing.

"A way to protect the Empire! Do you know something about it or what?" Rainbow asked flying.

"I wish I could help you. Really." The Pony said, turning to leave.

"Wait! You have to know something!" Rainbow exclaimed, blocking the pony.

"But ... I don't have any information." The pony insisted.

"Looks like he's playing bad cop." The enderdragon said, then set its gaze to the west. Where was, Fluthershy.

"Oh umm. Excuse me! Oh! Hi! Umm, I was just wondering. Oh, oh, okay, umm, everyone looks so busy." Fluttershy said, giggling nervously, as a large group of ponies ignored her. Which bothered Ender a little.

"Hehe. She can be as cute as an axolotl when it suits her." Ender chuckled. To then turn to the east.

"Time to gather information!" Pinkie said and put on some weird clothes that Ender didn't recognize. She was also wearing a tight black fur suit.

"It just feels like something's missing." Said a nearby pony.

"I know. It looks the same, but it doesn't feel the same." Said another.

"Because that is not it!" Pinkie interrupted.

"A spy!" One of them gasped, and they ran. Resulting in Pinkie screaming as she fell off the rope.

"A spy? How did they know? Ah! They must have noticed my night vision goggles. Ooh! Night vision!" She said. Ender laughed and turned north. And there was Rarity.

"Hm-hm-hmmm. And when you move your mane, it should just create a rainbow of colors. Oh! Wouldn't I just look like a magnificent mare? So brilliant!" Rarity said between giggles.

Then everyone gathered in the square.

"I have nothing so far." Rainbow sighed.

"Oh, me neither." Rarity said, not admitting that she hadn't even tried.

Fluthershy with an unusually serious expression approached Twilight before a costume was removed to reveal Pinkie Pie.

"My cover has been discovered. I repeat, my cover has been discovered!" Pinkie said quietly before running away.

"Ehh good." Twilight said.

Ender jumped off the roof, surprising everyone with the noise he made. Especially Twilight who would have a big blush on her face and was in awe.

"Nothing, their minds got no results." He reported as he got closer.

"Their minds?" Twilight asked confused. His blush was gone.

"Yes, my instincts tell me that something is blocking their minds and memories." The enderdragon said.

"Can you read minds?" Rainbow asked.

"No, but my instincts can do something similar." Ender said smiling.

"Cool." She said with a smile.

"Dragon!". Suddenly two loud and rumbling female voices were heard above them. They were none other than Destiny and Alexbrine. Her first with a gold armor and the second with a diamond armor.

"Eh? Me? What did I do ?!" Spike asked.

"You not me." Ender whispered as he growled.

"Oh." Spike said with a sigh of relief.

"Destiny Alexbrine! Nice of you to show up, bitches!" Ender yelled at both women who scoffed.

"WHY ARE YOU COOPERATING WITH THESE PONIES ?! COME OUT AND FIGHT AGAINST US!" Destiny screamed pulling out two gold swords.

"Something's wrong ... They wouldn't challenge me unless they had a trick up their sleeve ... They know how powerful I am, but do they want me to fighting?" Ender shook his head.

"WELL?!". Alexbrine asked.

"THEY WAITING, LADIES! PASS THE SHIELD FIRST AND YOU WILL SEE WHAT I CAN DO TO YOU!" Ender yelled smiling.

In that they used arrows and TNT launchers to try to destroy the shield. But without success. Then they returned to their respective Skyblocks.

"We need to find a way!" Twilight exclaimed panicking.

"And fast ...". Ender muttered, having for the good of both the empire and his friends.

"Sorry, Twilight. These crystal ponies seem to have some kind of collective amnesia or something. The only thing I could get out of them was something about a library." Applejack reported.

"A library? Well, why didn't you say so?" Twilight gasped.

"Uh ... I thought I just did." Applejack said, then gave them the instructions and they set off.

5 minutes later

The group opened the doors of the library.

"It's just ... I don't even know what ... There are no words." Twilight said in wonder at seeing the great library.

"Impressive collection of books". Ender said looking at the big bookstores.

"Ahem. Can I help you?" The librarian asked the group.

"Yes. We are looking for a book." Twilight said.

"Ehh Twilight, I think you need to be a little more specific." The enderdragon whispered.

"We have a lot of those." The librarian said as if to reinforce Ender's point.

"Yes. Really cool." Twilight said in amazement, Ender just looked at her strangely.

"We are looking for a history book. Something that could tell us how the Empire could have protected itself from danger in its day." Applejack explained instead of Twilight.

"Yes, this is something important, very important." Ender added.

"So! Yes. Of course. History, history ... Ah, yes. Here it is" Said the librarian. All the girls smiled but noticed her pause.

"What is, where, exactly?" Twilight asked looking at the pile of books.

"I ... I can't remember. I'm not sure I work here." Said the Pony.

"It's a prank!" Yelled Ender. His eyes turned green. Then he tensed and hit the wall, cracking it. This scared everyone, especially Twilight. Which was shocked to see Ender's emerald green eyes.

"Are you OK?" Twilight asked, moving a little closer. Hearing the purple unicorn's voice, Ender calmed down. And his eyes turned purple again.

"I'm fine, just ... I'm fine." Ender said as he regained his composure and took a breath.

"We'll just take a look around us. I'm sure we can find it on our own." Twilight tried to comfort Ender. Putting a hoof on his back, the enderdragon quikly whirled around, causing her to recoil in fear. He sighed and calmed down, relaxing his muscles.

"Let me know if you find something." The librarian said as they looked around.

"Good ..." Ender said, sighing again and running his claws over his face as he began to search for the book.

The enderdragon flipped through the books, composing the information for each one. Whereas Rainbow and Applejack came up with a cool method where Applejack pushes the ladder on wheels and Rainbow tosses all the books in the row into a pile.

"You seem to have some problems" Herobrine asked suddenly, stepping out of a pile of books. There were piles of books around Ender.

"Fuck off". Ender replied without looking at him, reading a few books at a time.

"Ender, you must realize this is a lost cause. These ponies are already dead. They have only false hopes." He said.

"They have an advantage, and that advantage is me." He said still reading the books.

"Oh really??" I ask.

"Yes. And you won't hurt these Ponies. Especially, the purple mare. I'll see to it that kill you if you try." He said rolling his eyes, Herobrine was already starting to get angry.

"We'll see." He said, walking away.

"Damned demon." Ender responded to the air.

"Did you find something, Ender?" Twilight asked, taking a step around the dragon's pile of books.

"I'm, not sorry." Ender said looking at Twilight.

"Who were you talking to?" Twilight asked. At this Ender shuddered.

"Oh, uhhh nobody, just me and my thoughts." Ender said, Twilight knew she was lying.

"You're sure?" She asked, Ender didn't look at her and nodded. Twilight knew he was lying anyway, but didn't push him.

"Other than that, sorry, I haven't had any luck." Ender informed him, trying to change the subject.

"Okay. Keep looking everyone!" Twilight screamed and they all started up.

2 minutes later

"No no no no no." Ender repeated, examining books lying on the pile. Pinkie was jumping high, grabbing books from the shelves. Rarity was getting tired and Spike was still trying to impress her by reading many more books.

10 minutes of reading later

"Uh, is anyone else starting to think this is a waste of time?" Applejack asked.

"It's never a lost cause, Applejack!" Ender exclaimed somewhat tired and throwing a fist in the air.

"No, no, no, no, no ..." Twilight said as well as she got up from her place.

Ender then put his claw on a book at the same time that Twilight grabbed it with her hoof.

"Ladies first." Ender said. Twilight was surprised and then blushed slightly. To take the book with its magic.

"Yes, this is it! 'History of the Crystal Empire'. I just hope it has the answers we need." She said. Twilight gave it to Ender, and he read it in seconds. Finally Ender smiled and the group headed for the Palace.

"This page looks promising. And it is much easier to read than to understand the language at the enchantment table." Ender said, turning the book with the pages open.

"How do you know? You haven't even read it!" Applejack exclaimed in surprise.

"Yes, I did. The enderdragon's mind is vastly sharper and faster than the average mobs in my world. Or Ponies so to speak. We can absorb information from a book in a matter of seconds." Ender said proudly.

Suddenly Twilght's face lit up.

"If that is!" She exclaimed as they entered the castle.

"Hehe clever girl." Ender chuckled as they approached the prince and princess.

"A 'Crystal Fair'! According to this book, it was established by Princess Amore and became her most important tradition. The Fair was held every year to 'renew the spirit of love and unity in the Empire so that they could protect it. 'My friends and I could put it together. Everything we need to know is in the book! Thanks to Ender we know! Twilight exclaimed smiling. Ender just blushed a purple blush and smirked.

"You seem to have a habit of saving our lives." Cadance smiled at him. Ender only blushed even more as he shrugged.

"I got used to saving lives in villages, many years ago." Ender laughed.

"That sounds promising enough. But how do we know he's not setting us up?" Shining asked. Ender's blush was replaced by low growls, and smoke billowing from his jaws.

"Because I hate Herobrine's monsters as much as you do. And those mobs are working with Sombra. Our goal is mutual. Even if we disagreed, which we don't, I'd take your side above them."Ender said growl, which scared the mares present except for the stallion.

"Arrrgg". He relented.

"Great! We'll get started right away. Come on, you two, we've got a Crystal Fair to put together!" Twilight yelled at Spike and Ender. The three of them headed to a meeting with the girls and started singing again. Ender didn't care and, in fact, the enderdragon had already gotten used to it.

As they prepared things, they used Ender's unholy strength to their advantage by causing him to stand up and hurl for the heavy objects.

After about 20 minutes, everything was ready.

"Phew!" Ender exclaimed and wiped some sweat from his forehead.

"It looks amazing! I don't know how I could have done it without you guys!" Twilight exclaimed.

"It's nothing, Twilight." Ender said smiling.

"Let's make sure everything is in place so the festivities can begin!" Twilight exclaimed again.

"Err, what is this for?" Applejack asked, touching a kind of heart that looked like it was made of diamond.

"The last page of the book mentions a certain Crystal Heart as the centerpiece of the Fair, so I used my magic to cut one out of a crystal block." Twilight said and showed the heart.

"Good work, Twi. I think we are ready to start this fair." Applejack said.

"Exactly." Ender nodded with a smile.

They then entered the palace again and told Shining Armor and Cadance that everything was ready. But when Cadance went to move she staggered a bit and Ender put his claw on her back to hold her steady.

"Woah! Look out, princess! You want me to..." Ender began, before being interrupted.

"Got you, Cady." Shining said, pulling his wife towards him hard so that she will lean on him.

At this Ender just growled angrily at him, so that they then went out onto the balcony.

Down in the square. Pinkie honked a horn attracting the attention of all the other ponies

"Listen everyone..." Twilight began before Pinkie honked her horn again, cutting her off.

Pinkie again interrupted Twilight with the bugle. Then Ender charged his breath of fire and completely burned the bugle. And the others stared at Pinkie with not very funny looks.

"Hehe my fault." She said. Twilight just rolled her eyes and spoke again.

"Ahem. Everyone listen, listen! Princess Cadance and Prince Shining Armor cordially invite you to attend the Crystal Fair!" Twilight exclaimed.

"Filled with sweets, gifts and traditional games from the crystal empire!" Ender added next to Twilight. At this, the ponies perked up and became normal, but not quite as crystalline.

Rainbow, Applejack Twilight and Ender hit their hooves or in Ender's case their fists in celebration.

"Thank for all. Especially to you Ender." Applejack thanked, putting Ender his hat. Ender just smiled as he arranged his hat.

"Hehe okay." Ender said. He then flew from to the square to watch over the festivities.

"Come in, all of you. I have food and drinks that are there, games and crafts are here, and the crystal heart in the back near the Princess." Applejack explained to the Ponies.

"Did she say ... Crystal Heart?" Asked a Pony.

"We totally made it right? They must be feeling a lot of love and unity right now! Are you going to eat something huh? What are you thinking? Crystal Empire Blackberry Pie? Maybe some crystalline corn on the cob! " Pinkie said.

"What happened these ponies ?!" Pinkie asked as she chased a pony around the Fair.

Ender was sitting on a stool. The enderdragon then took out his crafting table so he could craft new tools. In the end, he had a lot of iron left over, so he spent it on an iron pickaxe, an anvil, and 4 iron blocks.

Ender then looked up from his crafting table to hear some ponies talking to each other.

"Seeing all this, I feel like I'm starting to remember. I remember things from before King Sombra." Said a Pony.

"I also." Said another.

"That is good." Ender whispered to himself.

"The Crystal Heart!" One of them gasped and turned crystal clear.

"Do you think they really have it?" Asked one.

"Of course we do! You can't have a Crystal Fair without the Crystal Heart, right?" Rainbow asked.

"Yes, you are right Rainbow!" The enderdragon said, putting his crafting table in his inventory.

"Of course you can't. The purpose of the Crystal Fair is to lift the spirits of the Crystal Ponies, so that the light within them can feed the Crystal Heart, so that the Empire can be protected! And furthermore , I work in the library! "The librarian gasped in realization, turning crystal clear too.

Suddenly Ender went from happy to confused.

"W-what is that 'boost the heart'?" Rainbow asked as Applejack approached.

"Yes, what do you think it means?" The dragon asked, quickly getting up from the stool.

"I can't believe you found it. The King Sombra said he hid it where we would never see it again! I just hope it's still so powerful after all these years! Mm, funnel cake!" The librarian said.

Instantly, Rainbow and Ender looked at each other worriedly and they both ran towards Twilight, covering the Heart and making sure no pony got close.

"Rainbow, Ender. What are you doing?" Twilight asked confused.

"I think we have a problem." Rainbow said.

"Yeah, a big, damn problem. Let me look at the book, Twilight." The unicorn handed him the book and Ender flipped through it.

"Oh shit!" Exclaimed the dragon.

"What?" Twilight asked worryingly.

"Throw me in the lava. I'm a fucking idiot ... One page is missing!" Ender yelled with the claw to his face, handing the book to Twilight.

"What?!" Twilight asked and also leafed through the book. "He is right!" She said.

"We are screwed. We are screwed. We are screwed!" Exclaimed the dragon hitting his head each time with his claw as he said it. They quickly ran to the balcony to report to Shining and Cadance.

"I didn't know it was a real relic! The book doesn't mention anything about the Crystal Ponies that feed the Heart! There was a page missing ... How could I not figure it out ?!" Twilight exclaimed.

"It's not your fault Twilight, I should have known earlier. Endermitas." Ender cursed putting his claw on her back. To which Twilight just gave a worried smile.

"You could have ripped out the page before Twily had the book!" Shining accused, pointing at Ender with his hoof. At this, Ender began to spit purple smoke from both his jaws and his nose. And his eyes again turned green.

"And bring the damn mobs on us at the same time ?!" Ender paused, he was sick of this damn unicorn, it was time to put him in his place.

"You know what? I'm sick of your lies. I'm not your enemy. Do you want to know who the enemy is? It's the damn Herobrine and his army outside! Don't you believe me? Go out there and meet them! I'm sure it does! They'll love ripping your limbs off! " Ender yelled. The smoke was quickly replaced by flames of purple fire from Ender's mouth. Which indicated that he was preparing to attack. A scared Twilight approached and stood between her brother and his friend.

"Please Ender, stop fighting!" Twilight yelled with tears in her eyes. She was sweating and shivering with fear, the green eyes of the dragon gave her chills, she certainly preferred it with her beautiful purple eyes.

But Ender just pushed her.

"Tell this fucking horse to fuck off his fucking accusations! I'll prove my loyalty! The moment the mobs break through the shield I'll tear them apart! How about this? I'll bring you Destiny's head personally! !" The enderdragon said almost roaring. Pushing Twilight away. Which fell to the ground, luckily Cadance went to help her.

"Shh ... It's okay, Twilight." The princess comforted Twilight who was crying and shaking in fear.

But then Princess Cadance collapsed, Ender reacted quickly and caught her in his arms.

"Cadance!" Ender exclaimed still with green eyes. Concerned for her well-being.

"Twily ..." Shining started, reaching for her, but backed away from his friends. On the other hand, Cadance was getting worse.

"Princess!?" The enderdragon said. shaking she. But the shield began to dissipate.

"No, no, no! Come on! Please wake up! Cadance! Come on! Please!" Ender exclaimed, brushing hair back from her face so he could look into her eyes and see if she was okay.

"I can't ... Wait ..." He said, but he was very weak.

"Oh, thanks, Noch ... No, don't move ... Shhh, that's fine. Just rest ... I'll take care of this!" Ender exclaimed about to pull out his axe and shield again, as he held she up.

Suddenly, Shining charged and stabbed Ender with his horn in the side while the dragon was distracted. Ender hit the balcony railing with his back. Then the purple blood will flow from the wound that Shining had made.

Applejack and Rainbow gasped at that.

"Now you really pissed me off!" Then Ender roared so loudly that the nearby castle walls cracked. Then he got up and sharpened his claws.

"Keep your treacherous claws away from my wife! What did you do to her ?!" Armor asked, preparing to attack him again.

"Shining!" Twilight exclaimed in horror.

"He did something to Cadance! Look at her!" The Scream.

"She just passed out!" The enderdragon exclaimed. Suddenly he approached him again and punched him, sending him sideways, causing him to slam against the railing.

"Ah!" Shining exclaimed in pain, shaking his head.

He snorted and scraped the ground with his hoof, preparing another charge.

"Bring it." Ender said, Shining ran towards him and Ender kicked Shining, sending him flying backwards. Ender then roared and pounded his muscles like he was a gorilla. As a sign of defiance.

"No! Ender, please stop fighting!" Twilight exclaimed. Ender simply growled at her and yelled at her, driving her back.

"Stay out of this Twilight!" Yelled Ender. Rubbing the wound that had been inflicted on him, while Armor prepared another attack.

Armor run to him again, screaming as he did so.

Ender slid his claws down his neck and lifted him now, then Ender led him to the railing and prepared to throw him and kill him.

"Do you like heights?" Ender asked in a sinister voice.

"Ahhh!" The Scream. Looking over the edge.

"Say hi to Lick and the other mobs I killed, for me!" Ender screamed. He was going to throw it away before someone grabbed him around the waist. Ender turned to the fountain and saw Twilight crying as she grabbed hold of him in a feeble attempt to stop him.

"Ender ... please don't fight any more. I beg you." Twilight said as she cried and tightened her grip on him. Ender remembered where he was and what he was doing. The enderdragon turned, its eyes turning purple again, and it slammed Armor to the ground. Ender then knelt down and put his wings on Twilight's back, hugging her to comfort her and also wiping her tears with his claws.

"He's joined Sombra and Herobrine! He's on their side!" Shining screamed, wiping the blood from his mouth.

"No, he hasn't! You started this at the wedding! Ender hasn't done anything to deserve it!" Twilight yelled at him, as she broke away from the hug and placed a hoof on the shoulder of the enderdragon who was still in shock.

"Yes, what is your problem? He has been helping us from the beginning. We have no reason not to trust him." Applejack said, her and Twilight intervening between Armor and Ender.

"What the heck man? Ender has been nothing but nice. He sure lost his temper before, but I don't blame him! You may be Twilight's older brother, but now you're acting like her little brother." Rainbow said and flew off, landing next to Applejack.

"But ..." Shining began, realizing that he was outnumbered.

"No! Stop this right now, Shining! He saved our lives and that wasn't enough for you. He even saved your life there. What more do you want from him? You attacked him for nothing. I don't know if I want to be there, With a stallion that does that, Cadance said, leaping to Ender's defense.

"No! Cady ..." he started.

"No. Keep it. He just tried to help me and you assaulted him." She said. He could see she was angry.

"If it You wasn't my husband, I'd have you arrested." She warned. At this point, Ender had already healed from his wound, thanks to his regenerative blood.

"I just don't trust him. And that's not going to change." Armor stomped on his helmet. In an attempt to get his wife to help him.

"Why?" Twilight asked. Helping to lift the fallen enderdragon.

"Didn't you hear him and that 'Herobrine' talking? They were talking like old friends!" Accused.

"It's something we do to calm down and not destroy anything, that's how we both control ourselves."

"I think you are lying." Shining snorted.

"Well, just don't believe me. And if you ever try again, wife or no wife, sister or no sister, I'll rip out every part of your body." Ender warned as he approached him.

"Is that a threat?" He asked, narrowing her eyes at him as he did the same and their faces came closer.

"Shining! Stop ... Now ..." Cadance muttered. Ender pulled away from Armor and caught the princess again when she collapsed.

"Your Majesty ..." He said, more concerned for her than for Shining attacking him.

"Cadance?!" Twilight yelled in alarm.

Suddenly, a howl was heard in the Arctic and the black mist approached.

"Oh shit...". Ender said looking up from Cadance, seeing the Skyblocks starting to take up positions to block anyone who will try to flee the empire. They were hovering just above the ground, creating a blockade around the Empire, and they came closer with the mist.

Further, in the Arctic, various mobs were deployed, including zombies, pillagers, ravagers, creepers, among others. They were splitting across the other end of the Skyblocks into the snow, landing half a mile out of town.

"They're huge ..." Twilight said. She Scared and backsliding. Ender was the only one with his determined look on his scaly face.

He saw their defenses igniting, and Destiny and Alexbrine led the great army.

"We could be in trouble." Ender concluded.

Author's Note

Hello everybody. We have a new chapter, which was honestly one of the hardest things to write and the longest I've ever written for a story.

By the way, I'll explain at once why Ender's eyes turn green when he's angry.

The green eyes refer to the eyes of both the endermans and the enderdragon in the early versions of the game. Since these in the first Minecraft betas were green instead of purple, as they are today. Interestingly, when the enderdragon's eyes were green, it was much more aggressive.

It was a small explanation, for those who do not know much about the game or those who were wondering why their eyes turn green.