King Sombra was not killed after "The Crystal Empire". You cannot kill that which isn't alive, after all. Instead he was reduced to a mere shadow of what he once was, barely clinging to life. But now, months after the Crystal Heart nearly destroyed him, Sombra is back for vengeance upon the ponies who thwarted him. Focusing his wrath on Twilight Sparkle, the Shadows King leaves Twilight with precious little time to solve the mystery of the mysterious force terrorizing Ponyville... And making her friends disappear, one by one...

Sombra failed. His precious Crystal Empire was taken away from him. But he may have found the key to getting it back in the form of a unicorn foal with great magical potential.

20 years later he and his allies are ready to execute their plan to take over Equestria and the Crystal Empire. But their scheme hinges on a marriage between the heirs of Sombra and Chrysalis. Princess Pumpkin Patch has been groomed her whole life to be the crystal queen, but when she meets a spunky farmfilly she begins to make her own plans. Love in a life that's held nothing but hate could be the only thing that can stop Sombra's Crystal Gambit.

Immortality sounds nice, doesn't it?

You can live forever, never age, or at least never get really old. Lots of ponies would jump at the chance to be immortal, but immortality comes with a great price.

And nopony in the world could even imagine all that Princess Celestia has gone through. Nopony has experienced as many losses, or endured as much as the Equestrian Princess. In this story, we review Princess Celestia's life before her long, remarkable rule.

After witnessing Applejack's courage and bravery, somepony decides she wants to be just like AJ.