Her body cried out for more as Twilight forced herself onto Sombra. He did not resist, allowing himself to be pushed back onto the bed. Straddling Sombra, Twilight finally broke the kiss and looked into his eyes

"Shall we begin?" he asked, his eyes flashing red.

Twilight nodded as she closed her eyes, expecting Sombra to return her gesture, instead she was met with a sharp blow directly to her face that sent her tumbling off the bed.

Slightly dazed, Twilight whirled to face Sombra. "How dare..."

Her jaw dropped in disbelief. Sitting on the bed was not Sombra but Princess Celestia.

"Pr...Princess?"

Celestia responded by blasting Twilight across the room. Twilight saw the wall rapidly approaching and quickly teleported to the floor. As soon as her hooves touched the floor, she fired a powerful beam of dark energy directly at Celestia. Her beam destroyed the bed and most of the wall behind it but Celestia easily evaded and retaliated with a beam of her own.

Twilight threw up a shield but the yellow beam easily pierced the shield, grazing her side as it did so.
"AAAAAAHHHG!!" she cried out in pain. Rolling to her left to avoid another beam, Twilight returned fire but Celestia easily deflected it with a wave of her hoof.

"This isn’t working!" thought Twilight as she switched to defensive tactics. "I need to find Sombra or..." She had to abandon her train of thought as Celestia unleashed a stream of fire that engulfed the room, casting the combatants in a lively orange glow.
Smoke and ash filled the room, obscuring Twilights vision. Holding her breath she tried to find Celestia amidst the flames and smoke but only saw the glint of yellow magic seconds before a spiraled beam pieced her left foreleg.

Twilight screamed as tremendous pain shot through her leg, causing her to lose her balance and slump to the floor. The edges of her vision showed signs of red as she looked up to see Celestia, with fire and smoke swirling around her, approaching. Twilight threw out her right leg and managed to pull herself off the ground only to have Celestia knock it out from under her, causing her to fall to her side.

Pain and hatred burned in Twilights eyes as she look up at her former mentor in the light of the fires burning around them.

"Well?!" Twilight screamed. "What are you waiting for?! Kill me! It’s what you wanted all along so do it! KILL ME!! KILL ME!!"

Celestia said nothing as she looked down on her former student.

"IM RIGHT HERE SO FINISH IT!!" Twilight screamed again.

Again Celestia said nothing, instead she pressed her left hoof down unto the hole in Twilight’s leg.

"AAAHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" she screamed as Celestia applied more pressure. Twilight tried to teleport away but each time she readied the spell, Celestia would apply greater pressure, breaking her concentration. With each failed attempt at escape her anger and hatred towards Celestia grew until finally Twilight gave into it completely.

A massive magical shockwave erupted from Twilight blowing Celestia back and obliterating what was left of the room. Twilight began to scream with fury as a magical vortex formed around her, lifting her several feet from the ground. Green and purple lightning began to arc from her body, impacting the floor below and several towers nearby. Her eyes filled with green energy and a purple aura flowed freely, joining the vortex around her.

Celestia recovered quickly from the shockwave and charged another spell to fire at Twilight, however before she could loose it the floor beneath her cracked and gave way, throwing her off.Spreading her wings, Celestia managed to stay airborne as the tower crumbled and was sucked into the ever growing vortex.

"I WILL END YOU!!!" screamed Twilight as she lashed out wildly with her magic.

Celestia easily evaded, weaving in and out of surrounding towers as they were destroy in her place.

Twilights mind was consumed by a primal rage. There was nothing else, yet in the farthest reaches of her mind a small spark of reasoning remained, and in this spark a voice spoke to her.

"The Heart....Take up the Heart..."

Twilight heard the voice and understood, her screams stopped as the tower housing The Crystal Heart crumbled, allowing the Heart to be swept up into the vortex. Celestia saw the Heart caught amongst the debris and made a dive for it. Seeing this, Twilight ignited her horn. Two massive clawed hands materialized from the blackness, grabbed Celestia and slammed her into the city below.

With a wicked grin, Twilights horn glowed with a greenish purple energy as a same color aura enveloped the Crystal Heart.

Her world went white.

Rainbow Dash stared out the train window, absently watching the snowy plains pass by. Several seats ahead and standing in the aisle was Captain Steadfast, waving a hoof in the air as he went over the mission details. The dozen guards Steadfast had managed to round up all had their eyes fixed on him as he rattled of orders.

"... Assessment. Rainbow Dash will be providing over watch while Private Jammers and I set up a field command. Sergeant Gewehr, you and Private Waffe will... “

Rainbow tuned him out. She knew what they needed her to do, if only it was what she wanted to do.

"I pray you’re alright..." thought Rainbow Dash as the train began to slow down.

"Ok boys this is it. Stick to the plan and report anything abnormal immediately."

"Sir, yes sir!" they yelled in unison.

The train screeched to a halt as they came into the station. Captain Steadfast opened the door to their compartment and stepped outside, followed by the other guards.

Rainbow Dash waited until the last guard exited the train before getting to her hooves and stepping outside into the cold wastes.

Shielding her eyes from the glare of the sun off the snow, Rainbow Dash saw the guards break off into seven teams of two and spread out in multiple directions. Taking to the sky, she quickly gained altitude. Soaring high above the clouds but making sure to stay several hundred yards away from the dome, per Luna's orders.

Passing over the very top of the dome, something below caught Rainbow Dashes eye. Hovering in place, Rainbow stared down at the dome and saw what appeared to be light shining faintly through the black crystal.

"Best tell the Captain about this."

With a powerful beat of her wings, Rainbow Dash regained speed and having spotted Captain Steadfast and Private Jammers, landed next to them.

Steadfast looked up from a small fold out table covered in parchment. "Find anything Rainbow Dash."

"Yeah, near the top of the dome I could see white light shining from the inside."

He furrowed his eyebrows. "Could you tell what was causing the light?"

Rainbow gave an exasperated sigh. "No, but..."

Steadfast raised a hoof. "I know what you’re going to say and the answer is no. We have our orders and we will follow them."

Rainbow Dash made as if to say something but stopped short when the ground began to tremble.

"Ca...ca....captain?" Private Jammers nervously stammered out.

"What in Tartarus...." Steadfast began.

The ground began to shake violently as their attention was drawn to the top of the crystal dome. The black crystals started to glow with a faint white light. Captain Steadfast was the first to act.

"EVERYPONY FALL BACK!" he shouted at the top of his lungs

Too late.

The top of the dome flashed brightly before exploding outward. Huge chunks of crystal, some larger than houses rained down on the surrounding area followed closely by razor sharp hail.

"GET CLOSE TO ME!" shouted Captain Steadfast as he quickly charged a spell. Rainbow Dash and Jammers did as they were told, huddling close to Steadfast as he threw up a multi-layer shield.

The larger pieces of crystal were blown farther out, missing them and the station completely but the razor hail fell freely on their position. They watched as the other guards were eviscerated by the hail, easily cutting through armor and bone. Steadfast’s face turned red as he strained to keep the shield up, while the razor hail continued to fall.

After several tense seconds, the rain of crystalized death ceased. With a sigh Steadfast dropped his shield.

Rainbow cast a worriedly glance to Steadfast before taking to the air. Ignoring Steadfast as he called out for her to stop.

"This is my chance." thought Rainbow Dash. "Hold on Twilight!"

She flew as fast as she could, rapidly gaining altitude. As she passed over the newly opened crystal dome she was greeted with a terrible sight.

The city itself was still covered in dense black fog while the Crystal Palace lay in ruins. The many beautiful towers were either completely destroyed or on the verge of collapse. Looking out over the dead city, Rainbows attention was drawn to a single spot of light, radiating out from a hole in the roof of the palace.

Throwing caution to the wind, Rainbow quickly dove down through the hole, landing in a large rotunda. There was nothing in the room save for several torches that were casting faint light across the floor, the same light that drew her attention.

Seeing nothing that could help her in her search, Rainbow Dash was about to take off again when an all too familiar voice stopped her dead.

"Hello Rainbow Dash."