Nightmare night passed without a hitch and time passed for the intrepid hero.
Whats intrepid mean?
......favored?
Oh right please continue then.
...OK now if there aren't anymore interruptions.
Michael check the calender in his room for the date. He had been marking the days he had been in this world and so far he had been there for over 2 months and he had only reunited with Crystal like 2 weeks ago. He sighed as he layed back on his bed getting his wings adjusted under him. He was about to dose off for a nap when he heard a belch from outside his door. He recognized it as Spikes mail fire...thing. "I thought he went with Twilight." He said quietly to himself. He got up and opened the door to see him standing there about to knock with out hand and a letter in the other....or in this case a scroll.
"Letter for us." Spike said holding the scroll up for him.
"Us?" Michael raised an eyebrow as he took the scroll and saw it was assigned to him and the elements including spike from the Princess. He unfurled it to find 2 letters one being specifically for him. He decided to read his first making sure to silent read it as it said private.
Dear Michael,
I hope you might be able to assist in a problem that has come up. We want to relay to you the information for this task before revealing it all to Twilight and the other girls. Do not show this letter to them...especially Twilight. We will tell her all she needs to know when you arrive by train later.-
Michael paused and looked at spike who was trying to peek. "Go get the girls and bring them back here." Spike looked at him and nodded before running off again. Michael walked back into his room and sat on his bed before continuing to read.
-We have just received word that the crystal empire has just revealed itself once again. It is as it sounds a city made of mostly crystal with magic flowing all around it. It was lost long ago by a tyrant known only as Sombra. He had taken the kingdom and enslaved the inhabitants. He it a unicorn who controlled dark magic and is said to consume crystal to extend his life. Me and my sister fought long and hard to defeat him but all we managed to do was banish him to the frozen north but before we did so he cursed the kingdom and made it disappear. Now that it has reappeared we plan to make safe the city. We have already sent Shining armor and my niece cadence to the city and i have received word that they have already erected a shield around the city and are fending off Sombra's assault. I request you to go ahead of the girls to the city and do whatever you can to defend the city from Sombra. i hope you will do this for us as a favor. You did save our lives and i regret that i must ask for more of you but you are a powerful asset. Please help us.
Celestia.
Michael thought for a moment before looking at the signature. Twilight had told him when she only put her name without the princess part it was a personal important letter. He took some time to think on what he was going to do and nodded after awhile. He took his letter and slid it into his pocket and moved downstairs in the library. He grabbed some supplies and placed the other letter on the table for the girls to see when they arrived and flew out the door making sure to close it behind him. He flew into the sky and used his magic to make his mental map. He had done this before when he was getting a lay of the land in Equestria one time.
He then found something on the map that was not there before in the north. He figured it was they crystal empire and flew off toward the empire.
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Within Canterlot.
"Are you sure this is wise sister?"
"He is there Guardian. We must have faith in his abilities Luna."
"Even if he has a bit of control of his powers are you sure he is up to the task. Sombra was a power adversary then he is still now."
"I'm positive he will succeed and do not worry. The Elements are right behind him."
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Being forced to land due to the snow storm Michael trudged on furling his wings around him like a cloak keeping him warm. He stopped using magic here due to the wild magic in the air. "I'm starting to regret letting Twilight dismantle my glider." He said to himself as he trudged through the snow.
He heard a strange noise in the air then like a wailing sound. He looked around him and kept a hand on his bow just in case. He felt the dark magic in the air then felt something on his shoulder. He turned quickly bow and arrow in hand pointing right at a white hair blue maned pony wearing winter gear. "WAIT!" The unicorn quickly raised a hoof to stop Michael as he moved the gear revealing himself. "Are you Michael?" He asked.
"Yeh. Who's asking?"
"My name is Shining armor. I was sent to keep an eye out for you. We need to move to the barrier before whatever dark force out here finds us." He said waving his hoof for Michael to follow. He lowered his bow and glanced around before following after Shining. They made it without a problem but Michael couldn't shake the feeling he was being watch and it wasn't by Shining.
As they made it passed the barrier he looked up at the city/Empire before him and he was amazed. I won't go into detail but lets just say.....shiny. Everything was crystal. "Whow."
"I know. I was the same way when we got here." Armor said as he came up beside Michael. "Come on. I'll lead you to the castle where my wife is." He said cause Michael to raise an eyebrow again.
"Why is that significant?"
"She is the one powering the barrier."
"Oh." He then followed after Armor.
They made there way through the streets and Michael noticed how empty it was. "Where is everypony?...wow...took awhile."
"What?"
"The pony puns are getting to me." Armor stopped for a moment and stared at him before shaking his head and looking around himself.
"I don't know why there is no one around. Most of the inhabitants are either scared that Sombra will return or just well...to depressed to talk....Come on." He said continuing on.
As they entered the castle and the main hall Michael noticed another Alicorn at the throne in the room. She was pink like Pinkie.....i know right? He hair color reminded him of Twilight's except slightly lighter and she looked weary. Armor immediately went to her side and nuzzled her.
"I'm back. Are you ok Dear."
"Heh if you call lack of sleep OK then i'm peachy...oooh." She held a hoof to her head as if in pain.
"Whats wrong?" Michael said coming forward.
"She is the only thing keeping Sombra out. Whenever he makes a move on the barrier it hurts her. she hasn't slept for days."
"I'm alright." Cadence said rubbing her head.
"She's not and she can't keep this up forever....wait a minute...wasn't Twily and the other supposed to be with you?"
"Twily?"
"I'm her brother. Its a nickname."
"Oh.....I am so using that against her. But yeah they were coming later." Shining nodded and walked past Michael.
"I'll go wait for them." He said before leaving.
Michael turned to Cadence who still looked weary. "Need any help?"
"It would be appreciated but i need the power of love to power the shield. Only my Shining can help."
"Well then your lucky I'm a spell binder."
"A what?" Candence looked confused now as Michael began to focus.
"Trust me." He said as he held his hand up and the tint of the shield began to turn blue instead of pink. Cadence started feeling the weight of the shield come off her and she looked at Michael in wonder. "Go rest. I can hold it for a bit." He said as Cadence smiled at him. she walked over and nuzzled his cheek gently.
"Thank you." She said before walking off. Michael felt a pulse in the shield and a howl in the distance. He rubbed his head and sat down cross legged.