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// Chapter 6-The News of the Fall of the Crystal Empire 
// Story: Dystopia: Equestria 
// by Creativa-Artly01 
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A few days later, Twilight Sparkle gets a letter from the Crystal Empire detailing the Empire's fall to the cold weather as the heart had been shattered and thusly destroyed. "Dear Twilight," read the letter, "the Crystal Empire has fallen. The heart has been thusly and utterly destroyed. All the ponies are starving and freezing to death. Those that managed to survive, along with us, need a new home. Sincerely-your brother Shining C. Armor." 

Twilight looks at the letter in shock for a moment before writing back. "Sure you can come to Equestria," replies Twilight, "we are in the process of rebuilding, but at least we're not a frozen wasteland." She then sends the letter to him through a new letter sending spell she learned not long after Spike was killed. An hour later, Shining gets the letter and he packs up his remaining things, his wife, and daughter, and the other ponies and they all head off towards Equestria, where they arrive the next morning under a new sunrise. 

Twilight soon runs to greet them. "I'm so glad you made it safely!" she says as she embraces her brother, sister in law, and niece in a great big hug. 

"We are too, Twily," replies Shining.

"Indeed," replies Cadence. 

Twilight then leads her family and the remaining Crystal Ponies into her castle, where she provides them with hot soup, freshly baked muffins, and warm blankets. She then sits down and listens as Shining details everything. "It was horrible. A shock of lightning struck the kingdom, shattering the castle and with it, the heart. Once the heart was destroyed, the winter from outside came into the kingdom and covered everything, soon burying everything and killing several ponies from freezing to death and starvation. Once we knew all hope was lost of saving the Empire, we contacted you and asked you if we could come here." 

"I'm glad you survived," replies Twilight, "but I'm sorry for the loss of your kingdom." 

"It's okay, little sis," replies Shining. "How have things been here?" 

"Oh, not much. I put Daybreaker and Nightmare Moon behind bars. Their brother Star Streak is mad at them. The rest of the alicorns are now dead and their old town is in ruins. Ya know, not much," replies Twilight.

"Wow, we're not the only ones to have it rough, huh," replies Shining.

"That's for certain," replies Twilight. She then goes and gets another batch of hot soup and freshly baked muffins from the kitchen and brings them into the still freezing ponies. The ponies then happily down the muffins and soup. Twilight, on the other hoof, continues grabbing blankets and pillows out of a back room as the ponies aren't going to be leaving the castle any time soon because there aren't quite enough houses to home them yet.