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Many know of the evil King Sombra, how he took over the Crystal Empire and enslaved the crystal ponies, how he was banished to the frozen north and used his dark magic to make the Crystal Empire vanish into thin air for 1,000 years, and how he returned but was defeated by a certain lavender unicorn and her young dragon friend.

But very few know of his origins, what he was like before his rise to power. How he was once kind, selfless, and loving. How he fell in love with a crystal pony by the name of Amber Leaf and held her close to his heart. Or how he made one mistake and caused everything he knew and loved to be taken away.

Here we shall discover the true story of King Sombra, and see his return to the Empire and see him correct the mistake he made so long ago and hopefully regain the love of the pony he held so dear, lost in shadow.....


Note: This story is heavily based off of StasySolitude's animation "A Tale of One Shadow". The idea belongs to HER, not me, so please give her the credit she deserves. I don't take credit for it. Also this is my 1st time writing a fanfic and I'm doing this by myself, so please don't be to harsh if you don't like it. And also, any positive feedback and/or ideas or input you guys and girls could give would be greatly appreciated. Tags may change as the story get updated.

MLP belongs to Hasbro
"A Tale of One Shadow" belongs to StasySolitude
Cover Image belongs to AlicjaSpring

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This story is a sequel to Windigo Storm


This story is part of the Crystal Note AU that starts with Crystal Note - Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres!.
It is not necessary to read any of the previous stories, but there will be referrals to ponies and events from them. If you want to get a good background for this story, I recommend you read Legacy of the Crusaders and Windigo Storm.

The story takes place during the events of Where life leads us and some characters from this story will be mentioned. You can read this story on it's own, but if you like to learn more about Crystal Note's Crystal Empire and its inhabitants, you'll find a collection of shorter story arcs if you follow the link.
This story started as a chapter of Where life leads us, but it soon grew so big that I decided it deserved to stand on its own.


A decade ago, the legendary Crystal Empire had reappeared, and with it its inhabitants, the crystal ponies. After recovering their memories and driving out the last remains of the evil king Sombra, Princess Cadance took the throne and guided her new citizens through many years of grief, healing and rebuilding.

Now, a new generation crystal ponies is growing up and the trauma of war and misery starts to fade. It is time for the crystal ponies to move on, and for the Crystal Empire to start growing once more. For this task, Princess Cadance asked for help from their southern neighbours, the Kingdom of Equestria.

One of the ponies who followed her call is Radiant Beam, a unicorn researcher from the Royal Institute of Magic in Canterlot. This is the story of her journey into the frozen north.

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This story is a sequel to One Last Mission


Sombra needs to complete only one last mission before he gets to retire once and for all and live out the rest of his day with his family.

The mission was simple: get in, secure the crystal heart, and subdue the earth pony princess. Seemed easy enough.

However, a mission of this sort done outside of Celestia's supervision is bound to have complications.

Sombra might should have waited for Celestia to dismiss him as a result of old age.

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Golden Wheat, a simple baker from the Crystal Empire sets out on a trip to see how the world has changed in the thousand years of their absence.

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The Diamond Dogs make life very hard and oppressing for the Crystal Ponies, until Rarity strolls into the empire.....

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Fluttershy goes through many oddities as she first touches the ground, and even after they never retreat. Try as much as she might, nothing ever will be normal. She though so, at least; a certain soul visiting her might just make her realize why it all happens this way. Why was she shy even in the sky? Why is she so aggressive from time to time, and then whimpering in fear? Why does she have things popping up every 2 minutes, it seems, when she is alone? She shall find out soon.

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In the beginning, there was nothing...

...but in the end, something magical happened.


This was just a small project that I worked on for school. We were tasked to create a story that was based on creation. (For example: How God created the world)

It's not supposed to be a masterpiece as the assignment was to create a Creation Story.

Since I used the wonderful world of MLP I decided to add it here. Hoped you enjoy it.

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Before the civil war between Celestia and Luna and during the time of the great and powerful Crystal Empire, the frozen tundra of Northern Equestria was a place of hardship and struggle. The actions of an avaricious unicorn leave one of the villages in ashes and a foal orphaned. One pegasus by the name of Shadowscare begins a journey to redeem himself and protect the innocent life of the foal left in his possession. Rising tensions and dangers will be faced on his path, and eventually he must face the decision of what truly means the most to him in this world.

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Darkness.

Darkness is how many stories begin their adventure. It is a sad truth one must recognize when we talk about mine.

I am commonly known to be the Evil Tyrant. Former Scholar and King of the crystal empire.

People under my rule and the peers before me had suffered the might from my hand and for many years. From forced labor and slavery like laws, I dragged the kingdom through despair.

Hope seemed to spark when the princesses from the south came to liberate it from my rule. How dreadfully naive of them to think that it would work. Even though I was defeated, the kingdom was set with a spell for such a result.

Something that my old mentor Star Field was fiddling with. He used it as a means to escape my grasp. Time Travel if I'm not mistaken. Though advance as the spell was, no one could go back in time, only forward.

Most of the soldiers under my control was inside, biding their time until that happened, though I would not be surprised if some were left, or if some from their army became stowaway's.

No matter, my defeat was severe, and I was turned into a shadow-being known as a "shade".

Though that was supposed to be my death, since I can't die normally anymore, I have to be killed by other means.

Means that the princesses didn't have during the time, so they did the next best thing and forced me into an ice prison in a mountain somewhere.

I couldn't stop them if I tried, but that was no concern of mine then. I waited to have my magic grow once more, and while I could have broken out of the ice prison later, I waited for the empire to return before I did.

To be honest, those were torturous days. Waiting for something over one thousand years with no one to talk to will strain your sanity. I'm surprised I had any left.

But as the fool that I was, I stared at the empire when it came back. And just a moment later as it came, so did the pink bubble protecting it.

Yes, I spaced out.

My rage came and snapped me out of it. I then started going after the empire, whaling on the shield as best as I could for days on end.

While I did taunt the Head Guard whenever he showed himself. I let, what during the time I thought was commoners, run into the empire. That was the best mistake I ever made.

They managed to help the empire and retrieve the crystal heart. Passing through whatever traps I had set. Regardless of what anyone thinks, even I would have to make applause for them.

Though I will admit that it was extremely close, even I thought I would have won that day. It was thanks to the Head Guard's Powerful toss that the new Ruler was able to change the outcome.

When the princess took possession of the heart, she channeled its magic force directly at me.

And so would be my second defeat, Destroying me in a magical induced explosion.

Yet I am still not dead.

Nor am I wishing for revenge.

I am honestly grateful, as the dark magic I have no longer possesses me into doing evil deeds that I once did.

Though I wish to atone for my sins, I could not go back to the empire.

I knew that my mistakes would not be fixed if I did. At best I would be held in the dungeon, at worst I would be banished to the moon.

But I am getting ahead of myself.

Let us start with my first awakening.


So I've been mulling over way to many fic's and I thought "why not?" and make my own?

I have no idea how to write Descriptions to mirror my story.

Another Sombra Fic! Woow. Everyone is human, so its (hopefully) easier for me.

I hope its good for your standards cause I have no Idea what I'm doing.

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This story is a sequel to Son-In-Law of Discord


Ever since the defeat of King Sombra a thousand years ago, Charming Thunder dreamed of leaving the cathedral at the Crystal Empire and wonders what it is like outside for the first time. Until he met a certain unicorn gypsy that changed his life during the Crystal Fair.


Reminder: Songs belong to Disney's The Hunchback of Notre Dame

Flowing Scarf and Silver Shield owned by grl6p

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