My Little Pony: Equestria Girls-Crystal problem

After Twilight reached the train station, she sat down on a bench and wrote to Sunset Shimer saying that she could not help, but that Sombra, who she had told me about earlier, might be able to.

Finally, after 12:15, the train arrived and she boarded it. After a few minutes of waiting, the train set off for the Crystal Empire.

The train finally arrived at the Crystal Empire train station at 16.

But before she got off the train, she remembered that she could have asked Sunset for the pictures and brought them to the Crystal Empire to show the pictures to Sombra.

Without them, all she can tell about the crystals is what Sunset described to him.

After she got off the train, she met his brother, Shining Armour, who is on patrol with some guards.

"Hi, BBBFF!" said Twilight Sparkle to Shining Armour, her voice carrying the sound of joy at seeing her brother.

After hearing his sister's voice, he turned his head towards the voice and saw his sister waving at him.

Meanwhile, the guards bowed their heads and saluted Princess Twilight.

"Hi, sis!" said Shining Armour to his sister, joy and surprise audible in his voice.

He was happy to see his sister, but also surprised, not understanding why she had come to the Empire.

After his sister walked over to him and they hugged, the group finished their patrol and then headed towards the Crystal City.

As they walked, Shining Armour called to his sister.

"Sister, what brings you to the Crystal Empire?" he asked his sister.

'I haven't seen you since little Flurry was born!

"I came because I need Sombra's help!" replied Twilight.

"Why do you need Sombra's help?" asked Shining Armour with genuine curiosity.

"I think, brother, I'd better start at the beginning," Twilight began her explanation, "Do you remember the crystal mirror that Celestia had delivered to the Crystal Empire after Sombra's defeat? The crystal mirror that leads to another world?

"Of course I remember!" replied Shining Armour to his sister, "I was responsible for ensuring that the crystal mirror was safely transported to the Empire.

I also remember that at the time of your coronation, someone stole your crown and took it with them to the other world, where you followed them and retrieved it from the person who later became your friend. I think it's called Sunset. Afterwards there were minor skirmishes in that world, but I don't know much about those.

What's Sombra got to do with it, anyway?" he asked.

'Wait until the end,' said Twilight to her sister, 'So while my friends and I were here in the Empire for the Sky Tear incident, Sunset and her friends were participating in a tournament called the Friendship Games, where they were competing against their rival school, Crystal Prep Academy.

Well, something strange happened at the school yesterday that has to do with crystals, and since…

"...Sombra's powers revolve around crystals, maybe she can give us some answers!" -finished Twilight's sentence, Shining Armour chuckled, "Surely she can help!"

"I hope he can give us an answer to this strange event!" said Twilight hopefully, "Now we know that he can't recognize all crystals either!

Remember the incident at the birth of Flurry Heart. Then we learned that not only could Sombra not repair the crystal heart, but she couldn't even recognize the crystal that made up the crystal heart. Sombra, who was thought to recognize all crystals because of his dark magic, could not recognize a crystal.

And that is very strange!"

"Surely there must be a limit to his skill!" said Shining Armour, offering an explanation for this oddity, "by the way, if you ask me, Sombra was the last to head for the palace gardens after he finished his work. Probably, he could still be there!

"Thank you, brother," Twilight thanked him for the information, then remembered something.

Where is my sister-in-law, and sweet Flurry Heart? And Shinig Sea and Bright Spark?

"The last time Cadie was in the throne room, she and Sombra were signing a trade-related paper. You're probably looking out for Flurry Heart now. Shinimg Sea and Spark went to a parent-teacher conference to discuss class trip-related matters. They'll be there until at least 4:30.

"Thanks!" thanked Twilight, "before I meet Sombra, I'll say hi to Cadance and check on little Flurry Heart.

After that, they chatted about other things, including the upcoming festival, before parting ways at the Crystal Beacon heart.

Twilight approached her sister-in-law, and they greeted each other, and then she briefly explained to her why she had come to the Crystal Empire. Meanwhile, Shining Armour had returned, and the three of them discussed the crystal matter, and after seeing her niece, said goodbye and followed Sombra into the palace gardens to meet her.

In the palace garden, Sombra took a walk to clear her mind after a long paperwork.

In the dusky weather, the cool breeze helped a lot.

When Twilight found Sombra, she was standing in front of a statue of her foster father, looking up lovingly at her father's absent-minded gaze.

"Good evening, Sombra." He heard Sombra Twilight's voice, then jumped in a let startle as he flapped his wings.

He then turned and saw Twilight waving shyly at Sombra.

"Hello Miss Twilight!" greeted Sombra, happily.

"I'm sorry I scared you!" apologized Twilight after she walked up to Sombra and they shared a hug.

"Oh, no problem!" said Sombra in a calm voice, then continued, "By the way, if you don't mind me asking, what brings you to the Empire?"

"I'm here because I need your help with something, CRYSTAL matter!" explained Twilight the reason for her visit.

"My help? Crystal matter?" asked Sombra in surprise as she walked past Twilight in the palace gardens.

"I'm glad to help, but what crystal matter are you talking about?

"You ought to know a crystal." said Twilight, "I'll tell you something, a crystal that is midnight black, and it is formed by a light blue crystal oozing a midnight black liquid, which crystallizes out, which is also midnight black. And it spreads if you touch it.

"Wow, I've never seen anything like that before!" said Sombra in surprise, after listening to Twilight's description of the crystal, "No one's hurt, are they?" asked Sombra uneasily, but calmed down after seeing Twilight shake her head, "Well, I can't think of what kind of crystal it is, but if I could see it, I'd probably recognize it!"

"Well, that's going to be a bit of a problem, because unfortunately the crystals are gone!" explained Twilight sadly, before sighing, "but they took a picture of it!"

"I can't tell you much information from a photo unfortunately, but if I could see the crystal that this midnight black substance leaked out of, I could use the two pieces of information to determine the name of the crystal," Sombra explained, "where did this event even happen?

"At the Crystal Prep Academy, -Looking at Sombra's confused look, which was because she had never heard of a place with a similar name, Twilight began to explain, "I think it would be better if I started at the beginning.

On the day of my coronation, which, as you know, happened here in the Crystal Empire, a unicorn named Sunset Shimer, who used to be a disciple of Celestia, stole my crown, which is my own Harmony Element, and took it to another world!"

"Another world?!" asked Sombra in surprise, not knowing how this Sunset Shimer was able to travel between worlds, "How was this Sunset Shimer able to travel between worlds?"

"With the crystal mirror," Twilight began her explanation, and then continued, "It is a magical mirror that, that creates a connection between our world and the other world.

For a long time he was in Canterlot, and after we defeated you," she was silent, thinking that she had offended Sombra because of his past actions, but seeing his indulgent look, she continued, "he was here for a while, and then finally he was taken to my castle."

"A mirror that can connect between worlds?" frowned Sombra, "I've never heard of such a thing, but it's certainly a fascinating invention!

If I may ask, Who or whom made it?"

""Celestia told me that Bread Starswirl the Beard's mysterious master and someone else created it," Twilight answered the question, "And after I asked her why we didn't know the name of Starswirl's master, she said she couldn't remember for some reason. She's sure she's seen it before and knew its name, but other than that she doesn't remember anything about it!"

"That's very interesting! I wonder what could have caused it, and if it has anything to do with Thanatos and the Fursoans forgetting their history?" said Sombra, explaining her hypothesis, and then, a little shyly because she had disturbed Twilight, she said: Oh, sorry, we're a bit off the main topic! Go on!

"It's all right, I'm interested in this topic too!" reassured Sombra, and then Twilight started to tell her more about the main topic:

'Now, where was I? Ah, I've got it! After Celestia and Luna told me some information about the mirror, then me and Spike went through the mirror and into another world! Well, how shall I say, it looks a little different than our world. And then there's the weird transformation, which is the transformation of my body and Spike's body."

"What have you transformed into?" asked Sombra with childlike curiosity, "sorry to interrupt again, but I'm very interested in this subject!"

"Well, it's hard to answer that," Twilight replied as they started walking towards the palace, "There is no creature in Equestria, or all of Equus, that looks like this.

It would be easier if you could see them with your own eyes!"-seeing on Sombra's face that she understood this, she continued:

Here I met a few people who eventually became my friends, and with their help we stopped Sunset.

Sunset then confessed his sins and my friends I met there helped him to change."

Hearing this, a smile appeared on Sombra's face, for she was glad that friendship had healed the hearts of others.

Meanwhile, Twilight spoke the same way, "I returned to this world after 1 year, a few weeks before the War of the Sky Tears started, because they needed my help to defeat 3 Sirens, who we eventually defeated in a musical battle."

"HM, I've heard tales from my dad about 3 Sirens that Starswirl herself banished from Equestria to another world," Sombra recalled, "You're talking about these Sirens?"

Twilight nodded.

Seeing Twilight nod, Sombra asked:

"But how are they still alive?

Because as far as I know, a siren can live for 150-200, 300 years at the most, but it's been over 1000 years! So how have they survived for so long?"

"I think with those red crystals they wore around their necks, they kept themselves young! They were able to use their abilities because of them, since they can't even use their magical powers.

Those crystals probably contained a lot of energy, because after we destroyed those three crystals, they couldn't use their magic anymore".

"They must be Red Blood Moon crystals!

So far, I've only seen them in the Alicorn Amulet after examining it.

This crystal is similar to the midnight sea crystal, that is, only in that it can store large amounts of energy, but much more, but it cannot store memory!" explained Sombra as they entered the palace and sat down at a table.

Twilight was surprised to hear the words Alicorn Amulet, but she waited for Sombra to finish speaking, and when he had finished, she asked him:

"Does this crystal make the wearer evil?

And while we're at it, why didn't Celestia and Luna destroy this item?" asked Twilight, puzzled, not understanding why the princesses would leave such an evil artifact in one piece.

"I'm sure that's not why its user turned evil, because this crystal is only used for energy storage and nothing else.

Vagyisa crystal only works as a source of energy for the amulet.

The answer to your other question is that unfortunately they cannot destroy the amulet because it is surrounded by some kind of powerful energy field that prevents it from even being scratched.

Whoever made it was probably a genius, I mean evil genius if the evil transformation is built right into it.

After trying to destroy it and disconnect its energy field, but since neither worked, Celestia put it under powerful spells.

Where, she didn't tell me!"

"I hope no one ever uses that evil amulet!" said Twilight hopefully, and then continued:

"Going back to the main theme, during the time we were busy with the sky tear war, Sunset and her friends got to know my other-worldly self.

Well, he used to be a student at Crystal Prep Academy, but he transferred to Canterlot High School, where my other-world friends go.

Well, suddenly that's all I can say! Do you have any questions?"

"Yes, when are we going?" asked Sombra.

"When are we going?" asked Twilight, surprised, "so you'll help me?"

"Of course, you are my friend and I can see that this is very important to you!

And I'll be honest, I'm quite curious about that world! But, I hope that this world is not like the other one where that shadow thing attacked me!" shuddered Sombra, thinking back to the horrible place where she and Luna had been forcibly dragged.

"No need to worry about that, it's a much safer world!" replied Twilight in a soothing tone

Thank you so much for helping me!" she said with a delightful smile on her face!

"As I said, that's what friends are for!" said Sombra in a kind voice and stood up from the table as she said:

"I'll be right back, I just have to discuss this matter with Cadance and Shining, and..."

"No need," Twilight interrupted Sombra, "I've already spoken to them about it, and they said you can go if you want, and it's fine if you're going to do it tomorrow, but come back on the day of the festival."

"Oh, thank you!" thanked Twilight, Sombra, "but I'll say goodbye to them anyway."

Sombra then went off to find Cadance and Shining Armour, and after they met, asked them if they were sure it was okay to be away for now, but they repeated what Twilight had said, and just told her to have a good time and good luck, and then said goodbye to them.

He then went to his room, meeting his wife and daughter who had just returned.

Around Sea's neck was the same necklace that Sombra had given him when they went to the theatre during the war.

Sombra gave Sea a kiss in greeting and then hugged his daughter.

Afterwards, Sombra told them all about why Twilight Sparkle had come to see her.

Sea, after hearing from her husband that the other world was safer, said to him, "Go ahead, but take care of yourself and return to the festival on time!”

She then packed her bags, and before leaving to take the train back to Ponyville with Twilight, Sea and Sombra shared a goodbye kiss, while Spark poked Sombra's nose and said his usual "Boop!

Then Twilight said goodbye to them, and together they left for the train station.

They finally boarded the train at 5pm and the train left for Ponyville.

While they were travelling to Ponyville, Twilight took out her log. Seeing this, Sombra asked her what the log is for.

Twilight explained that she could use the log to communicate with Sunset Shimer.

As they travel, Twilight and Sombra begin to talk, and Twilight recounts the strange event that happens every 50 years at the Crystal Prep Academy at midnight. She also mentions that this event will happen today in their world.

"But then why did they tell you so late?" asked Sombra, puzzled, "It's only 4 o'clock at midnight!

"Oh, I forgot to tell you something!" she thought of something Twilight had said:

"There's a time dilation between the two worlds!"-before Sombra could ask what time dilation meant, he quickly explained, -basically, compared to our world, time passes half as fast in the other world!

But this time dilation is not permanent! After 30 moons (30 months), the time between the two worlds will pass at a 1:1 ratio, for 3 days."

"Is there any explanation?" asked Sombra with genuine curiosity.

""Unfortunately, there is not, but I hope that one day we will get an answer to this curiosity, because I am curious about it too!" declared Twilight.

They spent the next hour on the train talking about various topics.

Finally, at 9 pm, the train arrived in Ponyville.

After getting off the train, they headed to Twilight's castle, which they reached in 10 minutes.

As they entered the castle, Sombra yawned and Twilight told her to get at least 8 hours of sleep.

For, after asking Sunset what time it was in their world, she replied that it was 12:30, and that, according to the time of this world, it was 9:00.

After this Twilight showed Sombra the room where she could sleep in peace, and then they said good-bye and wished each other good-night, and Sombra went to bed in his room.