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// Entering the Crystal Palace 
// Story: Rainbow Dash and the Crystal Empire 
// by Rainbow Dash 55 
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"So...I guess the bond is embraced enough, huh?"
"Yeah." Lightning snuggled closer to him. "We passed the forcefield a while back."
"Good." Soarin landed in front of the front door of the castle, and placed Lightning on the ground. Are you sure we should be breaking-and-entering from the main entrance? Lightning tapped the beat of a song Soarin had heard of before, and the doors opened. Inside, there were a dozen palace guards, only they didn't look like the ones Soarin had seen before. These ones wore dark armor, and they matched their mane and tails.
"Uh, hi," Soarin began. "I'm here to see Rainbow Dash? She's--"
"It's him!", one of the guards exclaimed.
Then, all of the sudden, they pounced on Soarin, and one of them knocked him unconscious.