//------------------------------// // Sombra // Story: A different fate, but the same element // by Storyreader21 //------------------------------// A few minutes before on the barrier to Equestria A beam of golden magic flew from Celestia's horn, only for a beam of black magic to erupt from Sombra's horn to counter it while a elsewhere on the battle field Luna, Cadence, and shining armor blasted several of Sombra's army back, and all four wondering why Sombra attacked now with his army when usually he tries to break the barrier alone. Unfortunately the sheer numbers could overload it, and thus they had to fight. Not alone of course. The former element bearers had eventually joined the army for different reasons. Applejack and Rarity to focus on something when their sisters disappeared, Fluttershy because she couldn't stand others getting hurt, so became a battlefield medic to heal the injured ponies before they die, Rainbow Dash, because she couldn't stand not helping any longer, and Pinkie Pie because of reasons of her own that they all decided it was better not to ask after the last one to ask had to be sent to a mental hospital when he tried to understand the reason. As the fighting continued there was suddenly a large energy release that got everyone's attention as a glowing barrier spread across the land from the Crystal Heart stopping long before reaching the army, but the energy continuing out and freeing the crystal ponies from the mind control by destroying the mind control crystal helmets, causing them to stop fighting. "Impossible!" Sombra cried. "I had the Crystal Heart hidden where none of the Crystal Ponies could find it." "Well it's a good thing we're not Crystal Ponies then." A voice said causing everyone to look around. "Whose there?" Sombra demanded. "Show yourself." "Very well." The voice said as with a shimmer Pandora revealed herself between Sombra and the Equestrians. "The names Pandora." "A female Discord!" The Equestrians said backing up, as another shimmer appeared next to Pandora. "My name is Bark Wing." Bark Wing said with a lupine grin. "A talking Timberwolf with wings?" Princess Luna questioned as another shimmer revealed a familiar filly. "Ma names Apple Bloom." She said. "Bloom!" Applejack said trying to get to her(both because she missed her, and to get her away from Pandora and Bark Wing, due to believing them to be dangerous) only to be stopped by an invisible barrier as another familiar filly appeared in yet another shimmer. "My name is Sweetie Bell." The filly said. "Sweetie!" Rarity said trying to get to her for the same reason as Applejack, but being stopped as well as a familiar looking flying filly appeared to Rainbow Dash's shock. "I'm Scootaloo." Scootaloo said with a grin. "Scoots!" Rainbow Dash said as she was also stopped, as a pegasus filly that for some reason was very familiar to all of them, but they couldn't figure out why, until she spoke. "And my name is Twilight Sparkle." The filly said to the Equestrians shock as they recognized the voice. "TWILIGHT!!!" They cried being stopped by the barrier, as Sombra looked confused. "Isn't that a unicorn name?" Sombra asked, before getting mad. "And how dare you free the Crystal Empire." "I was a unicorn until a changeling pretending to be Princess Celestia when I was left alone cast a spell to turn me into a pegasus before casting the banishment spell on me." Twilight said to the others shock, and guilt at remembering how they abandoned Twilight. "As for freeing the Crystal Empire after we found a way to stop you we couldn't just stand by." "You six are just children." Sombra scoffed. "You are no threat to me." Only for the six to grin, as gems they were wearing started to glow, with the Equestrians thinking they looked really really familiar, with only Celestia and Luna recognizing them at first, but being too shocked to respond, but all the Equestrians being shocked as they spoke, especially the former element bearers. "Laughter." Pandora said. "Loyalty." Bark Wing said. "Generosity." Apple Bloom said. "Kindness." Sweetie Bell said. "Honesty." Scootaloo said. "And Magic makes it all complete." Twilight added as Sombra finally recognized the items that defeated him so long ago. "Impossible!" Sombra cried as they started to glow and float. "You don't even have a horn to use magic." "Dont you know?" Twilight cheeked. "Friendship is Magic." With that the crusaders sent the Friendship Rainbow Laser at Sombra as he tried and failed to escape as he was sent to Tarturus.