Sitting on her throne, Celestia was checking on a stack of papers that she would use for her upcoming test for Twilight.

While her sister was standing on the balcony to the right side of the room, the door suddenly burst open, and in came a guard running up to his mistress.

"What is it?" The white alicorn asked in concern.

"Well, Princess," the guard started. "I have come to inform you, thatithas returned."

A gasp of shock. Celestia turned to the guards next to her. "Tell and bring me Princess Cadance and Shining Armor."

"Yes, your highness." As the guards stopped at the doors, they turned around. "And what of your son?"

"He needn't to know about this." Celestia replied finality.

"Of course, your highness." The guards resumed their run in contacting the new Prince and the Princess of Love about an empire's return.

Taking a scroll to her by magic, Celestia began writing on it. "Dear Twilight, I write this letter to inform you that something has returned. I'll speak of it in person when you arrives in Canterlot." She magically made the scroll vanish into thin air when she rolled it up.

So, it seems that it has returned, after well over a thousand years. Celestia was becoming worried. If the empire's return is true, thenhemust have returned as well.

Standing on his balcony with his two children, Moon got a good view of the sky and the land from afar of him.

"Dad?" Varin's voice caused him to look down on her.

"Yes, Varin?" Moon questioned her curiously.

"I think that grandma is keeping something from you." The female wyvern hybrid made his eyes go wide open. She would hide something from him? That's a cruel thing to do. He has every right to know.

"How did you manage to find out, dear daughter?" The human asked gently.

"I, let's just say, overheard what grandma said to her guards." Varin sheepishly gazed down to the floor. "I'm a terrible daughter, aren't?"

"Of course not." Moon smiled at her with gentleness. "I'm happy to have you tell me about this sudden turn of events. I'll go see what she's up to. You wait on the bed in our room, okay?" His children nodded in understanding.

Moon walked up to the door, opening it by the handle as he walked out while turning back to see his children getting on his bed for some sleep. He smiled as he gently closed the door to his room, walking down the hall to the throne room with a serious expression on his face.

If his mother has kept something from him, he will strictly tell her that he had every right to know about it.

After having informed Cadance and Shining about an lost empire's return, Celestia was getting ready to give Twilight her test to see if she's ready to become what the white alicorn has dreamt of with doing to her.

When she recalled all the letters that Twilight has sent to her, she knew she was ready to have one of the final tests to become one of them.

Coming in by the door, Twilight Sparkle saw Princess Luna give them some space.

"You wanted to see me?" The purple unicorn asked. "To give me a test?"

"Yes, Twilight Sparkle." Princess Celestia nodded. "There's something I want to show you." With much effort, the white alicorn shot a magic beam on the ground, revealing an peaceful empire image. "The Crystal Empire has returned."

"You want me to help to protect an entire Empire?" Twilight asked in shock. "I'm not sure I can handle that."

"You'll do fine, Twilight." Celestia's soft voice reassured the unicorn. "There's nothing to worry about. You-"

"Your friends will help you." A strict voice called from behind the unicorn. The two turned to the source of the voice in shock. They saw Moon, arms folded as he narrowed his eyes at Celestia with strictness. "Isn't that what you will say, oh dear mother?" Moon asked her in a strict voice.

Twilight's head hung down at the strict tone in his voice, not wanting to be in the crossfire to come.

"Son?!" Celestia was shocked. "How'd you know about this-?"

"My daughter told me." Moon interrupted her harshly. "You may not know about this, but she was stealthy enough to overheard you a while ago."

Facehoofing, Celestia groaned as she knew that Varin was a good listener. No doubt about it. She must had been eavesdropping at the doors while being hidden in the shadows.

"Alright. Fair enough." The alicorn said, nodding her head to her son. "I'll let you know about what has returned as well."

"It's about an lost empire, right?" Moon guessed quizzically.

"How-"

"Psychic abilities, remember?"

Groaning again, this time in a neutral way, Celestia gave another nod of her head as she began explaining. "The Crystal Empire, my son, has returned to us. It's an isolated area in the far north of the country. Many centuries ago, from where I was a little younger, me and my sister managed to defeat a tyrant away from the Empire, but he used some sort of spell to make it disappear from history, too. So, that's why you almost see nothing about it in the Archives."

"Is that all?" Moon raised an eyebrow in an non-surprised way.

"That's all there is to know about it, yes." His mother confirmed.

Looks like another adventure is on the horizon. Moon felt it like the back of his head. He always liked adventures, especially in the Dragon Lands when he should introduce himself to all the dragons in the place.

"Sorry, son." Celestia apologized. "But, I have strict orders for you not to go there. I don't want you to get possibly sick from the cold, as well. No more adventures for you."

"So, what?" Moon raised his voice. "Do you honestly think I care about the cold? I may be a cold-blooded dragon in my veins, but I have my fire to keep me warm. You can't keep something like that away from me. Not ever! Iwillgo with Twilight and her friends to the lost Empire. And that's final!"

"But, your evolution-" Twilight was cut off.

"So, what do I care?!" Moon's voice was higher this time. "Do you really think I care about my evolution anymore?! I can evolve like never before! I can do just about anything! So, I don't need you, mother, to tell me what to do! I'm an young adult, remember? I can go just about everywhere."

Shocked, both Twilight and Celestia shook out of her position as they shook their heads.

"Sorry." The latter apologized again. "But, you can't go there, my dear son. Not while I'm still alive, you'll never go out of this castle ever again."

"Do you really think I'll die after a hundred years?" Moon questioned her. "Sorry to say this, "mother", but my race of dragons are immortal beings. We can't die that easily."

After hearing he was immortal, Celestia felt guilty about it as she shook her head in finality.

"Sorry, son," she apologized for a final time. "But, you're not to leave these doors. Understood?" She narrowed her eyes at him, wanting to at least make him flinch. However, he didn't flinch. He just stood there, huffing as he turned to leave, not before telling her...

"Iamgoing there," the human responded as he neared the doors. "No matter how many guards you have to stop me, I'm going for an adventure. That's final. You hear me?!" He shouted the last line with a high voice, making the white alicorn flinch from the volume.

Smirking in victory, Moon left the throne room in rage as he stomped the ground to his room.

Sighing as he was now gone, Celestia turned to her pupil as the unicorn turned to face her.

"That was something I didn't expect to hear." Twilight sighed in despair. "I'm sorry, your majesty. But, I wasn't sure how he would react to these unexpected news.

Shaking her head, Celestia smiled a little to her pupil. "It's alright, Twilight. I expected my son to do that when he heard about this. In fact, I believed he would be angry with me. However, I won't let him leave the palace grounds for the once-long gone Crystal Empire. But, I'll be expecting him not to follow my orders to go. As he said a while ago, he had the ability to manipulate the shadows to his own means. But, that won't stop me from blocking him inside the palace."

"So, about the Crystal Empire, and my test?" Twilight got her mentor to her informing as she shook her head in realization, for the reason why she was here..

"You're right. Sorry." The alicorn apologized, getting back on the topic. "There's an lost Empire returned, as I said before, but an evil tyrant has also returned. So, I want you, Twilight Sparkle, to investigate and defend the Empire from him along with my niece and your brother."

"My brother's there?!" Twilight was shocked.

"Don't worry." Celestia soothed her pupil. "He's in good hooves. He won't be harmed by the tyrant."

Sighing in relief, Twilight nodded her head as the two walked to the throne room's doors, where Luna was awaiting them as Celestia smiled at her sister, who smiled back.

"Remember, Twilight." Celestia got her pupil's attention. "The time is near, so be ready to defend it at all cost. I want you to stop the evil tyrant at all cost, as well. There'll be nothing to worry about. You have friends that'll help you."

"Alright." Twilight nodded in determination, just as the doors closed in front of her as she headed back out to her friends, who waited for her to be done so they could get started with their trek to the Empire.

Sighing in depression, Moon stopped in front of his door, slowly opening it as he lowly closed it without making a sound. His children was still asleep, after all. So, he needed to be careful.

Walking up to his balcony, Moon spotted Twilight on the streets, hearing her with his psychic abilities as she was singing a song, which was soothing to his ears as he heard her clearly from above her.

Smiling a bit, Moon summoned his wings as he was about to leave his children behind. He saw the Mane Six going to the train, getting inside it as the train made its way towards the Crystal Empire.

Hovering in the air, Moon quickly followed the train from behind it, to hide himself from the ponies inside of the train. So, he landed softly on top of the train, crouching low as he felt the wind in his face as he gritted his teeth.

With the train, it was going quite fast for a slow one. He respected it being a faster train so he could go to the Crystal Empire in no time at all. As the train stopped at the station of in the middle of nowhere, Moon hopped off from behind it as the Mane Six got out on the other side.

"Twily?" He heard Shining's voice from the other side.

"Shining Armor?!" Twilight squeaked in happiness, seeing her brother removing his goggles from his blue eyes.

"Twily! You're here!" Both siblings gave a hug, happy to see each other again.

"We'd better get moving." Moon heard Shining call from the harsh snowy wind. "There are things out here we really don't want to run into after dark."

Collective gulps.

"What kind of things?" Fluttershy's voice whispered in fear.

"Let's just say," Shining began dramatically. "That the Empire, isn't the only thing that's returned." The group left after that, going into the wild wind of snow while it was going to be dark soon.

Hovering above the train, Moon landed in front of the side of it as he began his own trek to the Empire, but walked slower as to not being seen by the ponies that were ahead of him in the wind.

Making his way through the harsh snow, Moon began thinking on what it would be like living out here.

It was lucky that he wouldn't want to live in a place like this. Ponyland is warmer than this. When he thought of this, he couldn't remember what his mother said about the tyrant that lived in the dark after an well over millennia. It must had been hard and harsh for it.

Stopping as he saw a dark silhouette of the tyrant, Moon vanished into the shadows as the dark being banged its head at the bubble shield that surrounded something.

"Crystals..."The being whispered darkly.

"Hm?" Moon whispered himself from his hiding place. The being roared after a few more bangs into the bubble shield, before disappearing in the dark night.

After seeing it leave, Moon revealed himself as he walked up to the bubble shield. He chuckled as he remembered what kind of weird protection spells the ponies uses. It must had been hard to live with a dark being close by in this place. That's for sure.

Knowing that the shield only held that being back, Moon began to wonder. Will it accept him as a good creature? Or will it not accept him when he goes into it? Well, only one way to find out, right?

Moon started to walk close to the bubble shield, going inside and was met with a beautiful scene. The whole city was made entirely out of crystal!

It must had been like heaven to live in a place like this.

"Interesting." Moon muttered to himself, walking in and out of the shield. "It seems that this shield identifies me as a good creature. That's a relief. However, while it identified me as a good one, the dark being couldn't get in. Why was that?" He wondered to himself, before shrugging as he made his way through the city to the palace to meet up with his cousin and in-law.

As he walked through the city, many of the citizens was scared of him, mostly because of his muscles. He chuckled to himself lowly, not wanting to scare them even more. When he got a few more meters in the streets, he was bounced on by a pink blur.

"Moony!" The pony, none other than Pinkie, cried. "What are you doing here? Oh, your mother is going to be soo mad. No worries. My parties will surely cheer you up afterwards."

Pushing the surprised Pinkie off of him, Moon chuckled again. "Although I get your craziness, I rather enjoys your parties. I might attend one. However, that will have to do after I make some amends with mother when I return to her as I broke her order of not to come."

"That's right you did." Another voice, presumably Twilight's, called to him. He looked over to see the rest of the Mane Six walking up to him, daggers in their eyes.

"What are you doing here, darling?" Rarity asked strictly. "This is no place for you. Plus, you got your evolution to worry about. From what Twilight told us, this "evolution process" only happens to your race of dragons. It would be wise to go back to your palace, young Prince."

Spoken like she was his mother.

Moon rolled his eyes at her tone. "Oh, please, Rarity. What better way could keep me from coming? You know, I sneak on board the train to get here. I was on the roof while you were in the warmth of the train. You'd better be more careful when you're not looking at your surroundings, especially above you."

"Are ya saying ya followed us?" Applejack narrowed her eyes suspiciously. "I'd better get a word with ya mother when she comes."

"Like I'll let you do that." Moon threatened, narrowing his own eyes at the orange pony.

Huffing, the orange pony turned around.

"You'd better get back from where you came, Moon." Twilight said, gaining his harsh attention. "If you don't you'll get grounded for weeks."

"Like you're my mother, Twilight." Moon snarled at her, making her coil back in fear.

"Hey! No snarlin'!" Applejack shouted at him, turning back around. "And, for ya information, we're here for the unicorn's test. So, you'd better not interrupt it. You still have to worry about ya own test, remember?"

"What test?" Moon shrugged uncaringly. "I don't have to worry about small things like that. I had passed a test long ago. Two, almost three, years ago. I'm a Predator Hunter, that's a higher rank than your own tests are worth it."

Taking aback, Applejack stood her ground as she narrowed her eyes. "Oh, I'll get ya for that."

"Whatever." Moon rolled his eyes. "Now, if you're done, I have a cousin to visit." He shoved the ponies aside, to their shock as he walked to the palace, getting access to enter by the guards and entered the palace.

Walking to the throne room, Moon couldn't help but wonder how easy it was to get there. A straight line, no more than that.

When he entered the throne room, Moon was in shock. Standing at the throne itself, was his cousin Cadance, looking tired as ever. Her horn was glowing, presumably holding the bubble shield up with difficult efforts. Next to her was Shining Armor, his horn covered with dark crystals, with it being utterly useless now as he tried to perform a magic beam, to no avail.

Surprised by his visit, the two of them overcame in happiness to see the human as he walked up to them.

"Moon?" Shining called from his spot. "What are you doing here?"

"Just paying my cousin a visit." Moon replied honestly, hugging Cadance who hugged him back, feeling relived to see him.

"But, aren't you supposed to be at Canterlot only today?" Cadance asked him.

"Mother told you?"

"Of course she did!" Shining exclaimed, coming up from his sitting position. "When she told us that you were coming, despite against her will, we will make sure you get back as soon as possible by getting you there safely.

"But," Moon started. "An adventure like this? Pleease. It was most likely begging me to come. If I had heard about this sooner, I woul just had rushed to help you protect this empire from its tyrant."

"She told you?" Cadance asked in bewilderment. "How'd you manage to find out?"

"My daughter is very stealthy." Moon answered. "She, well, overheard "mother" with her plans on sending you two here. So, I came in the throne room and merely demanded her to let me come. When she did not let me go, I did it myself." He was being honest; he wouldn't lie to his cousin and brother-in-law.

"I see." Cadance breathed lowly, holding her horn's magic up still. "But, still, you shouldn't have-"

"I know I shouldn't had come." Moon cut her off sharply. "But, the adventure practically begged me to come to it. If you know me as much as my sister do, then you know I would always come on an possible adventure." He turned around. "If you have nothing moret o say, I'll wait on the streets."

"Wait!" Cadance made his head turn to look at her. "You're not planning on attacking the tyrant, are you?"

"You know me better than anyone does." Moon merely said, walking out of the room and headed to the exit of the palace.

As he sat on the ground floor near the bubble shield, Moon yawned widely as he glanced back to the city. He'd better hope Twilight will find that "Crystal Heart" thing before the tyrant does. He put all of his hopes on her. If she fails, he fails. They were mostly in sync with each other by their connection link.

Just then, the shield broke as the citizens began running around for their lives.

Sighing in exaggeration, Moon looked at the dark being that was coming in front of him, smiling evilly.

"Crystals...huh?"The being saw the human standing in front of it, looking as serious as it was."Hm. This is new."

"Hello." Moon greeted coldly. "You must be Sombra. Is that correct?"

"That's King Sombra to you, worm."Sombra yelled at him."And, yes, that's me. When I first sensed you, I knew you were different than the ponies."

"What can I say?" Moon questioned. "The world is full of surprises, right?"

"That's right."Sombra sneered coldly."Tell me. What kind?"

"Huh?" Moon spluttered out in confusion.

"What kind of an slave will you be if I take back my Empire?"Sombra clarified."Do you want to become a guard's slave, or be my servant? Either will work."

"So, you just met me," Moon started. "And, already you plan on making me a slave?"

"That's right."Sombra replied unkindly."The weak must serve the strong. The stronger I am, the better the land of ponies will fall"

"Sorry to say this." Moon said emotionally. "But..." He transformed into his dragon form, taking an attack stance. "I'm notWEAK!" He flew straight for the head of Sombra's shadow, punching it hard in the nose, causing the shadowed pony to stagger back.

"You dare attack your better?"Sombra threatened with a sneer.

"Yes." The two-legged dragon replied. "I dare!" He fired an fireball at the shadow, only making it flinch slightly.

Having enough of this game, Sombra fired dark magic at the daring dragon, who dodged every single beam of dark magic as it smirked deviously, firing another fireball at Sombra, hitting him directly in the face. This made the shadow pony only angrier as its horn glowed with a dark green colour, firing another round of dark magic at the dragon, who dodged them again with little to no effort.

Continuing with firing the beams at the dragon, Sombra's anger only grew as the dragon was evading every one of his attacks. He's fast, he'll admit that. He may be of an worthy servant when he takes back the Crystal Empire.

Flying up to the face, Moon kicked Sombra in the nose, causing him to fall back as his horn lit up with another dark green aura as he fired another round of dark magic at the dragon. However, like before, Moon made evasion maneuvers to dodge the attacks by Sombra, who was growing even more angry at each dodge movements from the dragon. With the dragon stopping in front of him, Sombra prepared to finish it with a strong beam of dark magic, hitting it slightly on the stomach, causing it to fall to a knee.

Grunting, Moon stood back up as he had relieved his strength with anFire Upability. He glowed a redder colour than he did the other times he used the ability. Testing it, the dragon made its way towards Sombra, who managed to block him with a dark magic shield, barely surviving from the hit by the dragon. It was strong, he'll admit that.

Smirking evilly, Sombra's horn lit up with dark magic as he created at least four dark crystals around them, sealing the dragon in his upper hand ring of play.

"What's this?" Moon wondered to himself, before shrugging carelessly. He began running towards Sombra at a fast rate because of his active ability, surprising the shadow pony greatly as the dragon made a punching contact with the face, causing Sombra to stagger back to the crystal wall behind him.

Moon fired a consecutively fireball attack at the shadowed Sombra, hitting his then-managed shield that quickly appeared around the dark pony. Moon stopped the attack once he heard the shield breaking into pieces, going straight for the shadow pony at a fast rate, hitting him directly in the dark stomach of the shadow around the pony, causing the dark King to stagger back again.

"You're strong, I'll admit."Sombra began speaking.

"I've trained for the last eight years for one of these moments." Moon revealed uncaringly.

"I see."Sombra mused in dark humour."In that case, would you like to be a guard trainer to new recruits once I've taken back what's rightfully mine?"

"The answer is the same." Moon replied. "No." He charged for the dark King, hitting him in the face, making him stagger back again. With an evil growl, Sombra's horn lit up with dark magic as he fired an dark green magic beam at the dragon, but the dragon dodged the beam effortlessly, making the dark King angrier every second that's being wasted.

The dark King's horn was still glowing with dark magic, as he fired an consecutively attack at the dragon, managing to hit it a few times when it wasn't moving from its spot. Smirking triumphantly, Sombra continued with his attack on the dragon, who dodged a lot of the attacks but was hit a few times, making him cry out in pain as the pain was some of the most painful ones he'd received. This dark King was strong; no doubt about it.

The dragon, recovering from the attacks, fired an fire breath at the dark King, who made an dark shield to appear around him, deflecting the attack from the dragon. Growling angrily, Moon charged at the dark shield, scratching it while kicking it with his feet and claws.

Laughing evilly, Sombra hit the attacking dragon hard in the stomach with an dark magic beam from his horn, causing it to fall straight to the ground hard. Groaning in pain, Moon stood back up as he glared heatedly at Sombra, firing an consecutively fireball attack, but the dark King created another shield to defend himself from the attack. The shield stood its ground from a few more fireballs, but it eventually broke with a strong force that shocked the dark King.

This dragon was on an whole other level than an normal unicorn, that's for sure.

In response to that silent phrase, Moon continued to fire his fire breath at the dark King, causing him to roar out in great pain. This fire breath was stronger than the last one. This dragon was nothing to play around with.

With that silent statement in mind, Sombra fired dark magic beams at the dragon, but it dodged the attacks by flying around the crystal cube they were in. Tiring from dodging a lot of magic beams, Moon tried to assault Sombra from behind, but he knew the dragon was trying to do something like that. So, the dark King turned around, facing the red dragon as his horn lit up with dark magic as he fired an magic beam at the dragon,hitting it hard in the stomach, causing it to roar in pain by the harsh hit.

Shaking the attack off, Moon fired fireballs at Sombra, hitting him a few times before an magic shield appeared around the evil unicorn. Gritting his teeth in anger, Moon charged recklessly at the shield, with the evil unicorn King prompting to stop this long-lasted fight no more. Sombra fired an surprise attack on the dragon from behind the shield, hitting him to make him fly back to the wall behind it, while falling to the ground in pain.

Smirking in dark triumph, Sombra moved forward to the then fallen dragon. Shockingly, the dragon shot its eyes wide open and fired an fire breath at the dark unicorn, burning him as the dark King roared in great pain.

Victory near, Moon charged at Sombra in a careless manner, prompting the unicorn King to fire at him with dark magic, stopping the dragon in its tracks with a shocked face. The fighting wasn't over, however, as Sombra began torturing the dragon with dark electricity from his horns, causing a loud scream to come out of the dragon. Something was similar to this, that's for sure.

Smiling evilly, Sombra stopped the torture as the dragon faced the ground with a hung down head, as though it was dead.

Curious to its body, the dark King spoke darkly,"It looks like you were never truly a match to me. Oh well. I hoped that you were going to entertain me more. But, it seems to me that you were nothing more than a weakling."

At that last word, Moon's head shot with an enraged roar from his muzzle, shocking the King greatly as the eyes of the dragon was glowing a darker colour as the red scales changed into black ones, with the eyes changing from bluish-yellow to blood-red.

Dark Virin growled evilly at Sombra, speaking darkly,"So, you think I'm a "weakling", do you? Well, for your information, I am not. I'm stronger than you are. I shall prove it."With the dark unicorn creating a shield for a test of the dark dragon's strength, Dark Virin accepted the challenge as he let loose an dark fireball at shield, breaking it with little effort, shocking the King.

"It seems you weren't kidding about being strong."Sombra mused darkly."However, this fight ends now."He summoned dark electricity from his now-lit up horn, prompting it to torture the dark dragon like with the real red one.

Not going to let that happen, Dark Virin created a dark fire shield around him as the dark electricity hit the shield, but it didn't break through it, to Sombra's mere surprise. Getting tired of this fight, Sombra shattered the crystal cube with his dark magic, now free to do just about anything to the citizens.

Deciding to defend the innocence, Dark Virin charged to stop Sombra from retaking the Crystal Empire, hitting him hard in the visible face from the shadow around the unicorn, sending him back a few meters to the outside world. Getting back inside the Empire's territory, Sombra fired fired an dark magic beam at Dark Virin, causing little to no damage to the dark dragon, who smirked evilly all of a sudden.

"What's so funny?"Sombra dared to ask.

"This."Dark Virin fired an dark fire breath at the dark King, engulfing him in flames as he roared out in pain as it could be heard all over the territory. Stopping the attack, the dark dragon smiled in evil victory. However, it suddenly froze as the real form was fighting from the inside."No, you fool!"

Confused by its now struggle, Sombra raised an visible eyebrow as he watched in faint amusement as the dark dragon changed back into a red dragon, panting for breath on the ground below the shadow pony.

However, as they were having a glaring contest, a rainbow blur landed beside the red dragon, standing proudly as the dragon looked at her in confusion.

"Rainbow?" The dragon said in surprise. "What are you doing here? It's too dangerous."

"So, what?" Rainbow shook her head. "I'm not going to let you die on me because I've promised our friends to protect you from the evil King." Moon shrugged carelessly, glad to have a partner now.

However, just as he was about to make a move, Moon felt a heat coming from his very being as he was now glowing a red colour.

"Is something wrong?"

"It...It..." Moon then shouted loudly. "IT FEELS LIKE MY BODY'S BEING TORN FROM THE INSIDE!" He screamed as his body glows a more clear red colour, as the ground began shaking violently, causing all of the citizens to cower in fear from the tremble.

Roaring out in pain, Moon heard the ground to crack right open as lava was now beginning to surround his body. His evolution was happening. Right here. Right in front of everypony's eyes.

Continuing to roar out in a loud pain, Moon was engulfed by a rock as he was floating in the air while inside the lava within the rock.

Watching the process happening in front of them, the gang couldn't believe their eyes.

In all of their years of living, they've never seen anything quite like this before. Their Prince, Moon, was evolving in front of them, in the middle of an fight with the dark unicorn King.

Applejack whistled, impressed. "Reckon. I've never seen something like this before."

"Yeah." Her friends agreed, with Fluttershy cowering behind Rarity from the rock.

Within the lave of the rock that was floating above the Crystal Empire, Moon began opening one bluish-yellow eye as he began to crack the rock right open with an arm, with doing this to the whole rock as he had stopped his evolution process.

Hovering in the sky above the Crystal Empire, was an forty meters tall dragon. It was red like before, its wings on its back. However, there were a few metallic parts of the wings, like they were made from steel, but not quite. The wings were still the same as before, but with a few difference with each wing. The right wing was with an steel formation on the tip of it, while the right had nothing on it except the tip of it.

The belly of the dragon was now a white slender colour. It had white stripes above the slender part of the belly. Its tail was sharper than ever before. Its scythe was longer, more than twenty meters in length. Its spikes was also sharper and longer than how they were before.

Gaping up at the tall dragon, Rainbow whistled in amazement. "Wow. Never before had I realize that you would evolve now." She said, impressed.

"It's different, I know." The tall dragon replied. "But, I'm still the same Moon as I was before, but I am stronger than ever before." Just then, Sombra sensed something from the palace.

"NO!"He roared."The Crystal Heart's mine!"But, Moon was in front of him."Back off, worm!"The dark unicorn snarled.

"Always say something nice, Sombra." Moon growled with a snarl at the dark King. A strange colourful light began forming from behind him. Moon smiled a little with his muzzle, before opening it wide, with fire forming inside it. "Let's see. I know.V Strike Attack!" The ball of fire was shot towards Sombra, who screamed frightfully as both the light was shattering him to pieces while the larger fireball caused him to explode into a million pieces, gone for good.

Rainbow cheered for their victory against Sombra. "Good job, Moon! You did it!"

"No, Rainbow Dash." Moon transformed back into his human form as he landed on the ground, turning to go to the palace. "Wedid it. We all had a part in this, especially Twilight."

"So," Rainbow started. "You think you'll do good now and listen to us?"

"Yes." Moon replied. "After the evolution, I'm starting to feel more relieved now. Just don't say this to mother, please."

"Oh, really?" A third voice joined the conversation, making the two froze in place.

"...She's right behind me, isn't she?" Moon asked his friend, who nodded after seeing behind her.Element of Loyalty, man.

He was engulfed in a golden aura, turning around and came face-to-face with an angry Celestia.

"Hey, mom." He greeted her nervously. "You're not angry at me, are you?" With a single nod, the white alicorn levitated him on her back for a ride and began flying to the palace from the air.

I'm so dead.Moon thought frighteningly.