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// Prologue (Edited) 
// Story: Starlight and the son of Sombra 
// by Will Atkinson 
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Once upon a time, in the land of Equestria, there was a kingdom called the Crystal Empire. There, the Crystal ponies lived in harmony, but then, an evil pony named King Sombra took over the empire and enslaved the Crystal ponies until two princesses banished him from Equestria.

Over a thousand years later, however, he returned to reclaim his role as king of the Crystal Empire, but, thanks to six ponies and a baby dragon, Sombra was gone forever and the Crystal ponies were saved.

What they didn't know however was that Sombra had a child, and this is where our story begins, years after he was defeated.