Shining Armour is prince of the Crystal Empire by virtue of matrimony with Princess Cadence. But is he really fit for the royal authority bestowed upon him, or is he just one of those lucky stallions who has the perks of marrying an alicorn princess?

Sombra returns to the Crystal Empire unexpectedly and retakes it, by weakening the will of the young unicorn prince and banishing him to the Frozen North, leaving his beloved Cadence and the Empire at the mercy of the dark king. Shining Armor now has to fight the king to regain his throne to the Empire and to prove to himself that the throne of the Crystal Empire is rightfully his.

rewrote the first chapters because I felt like it could improve more.