The Guardians and Crystal were walking through Harmony City. "So, what do you guys wanna do?" Hiro asked everyone

"Oh, how about we show Crystal Equestria for the first time." Iris suggested.

"Yeah!" Everyone agreed and before Crystal knew it, she was yanked by Akari and was standing in front of the portal to Equestria. "Come on, you're gonna love it." Akari said before dragging Crystal through the portal, "Woah." The other Guardians leaped through the portal and were in Akari's parents' bedroom. Akari used her magic and teleported everyone to the outside of the castle.

Crystal was in awe at the pegasi, unicorns and earth ponies in Ponyville. "Woah... cool." she said. The Guardians smiled at her. "Isn't it?" Iris said.

"Akari? Iris, everyone?" The gang turned and saw Twilight and Flash. "What are you all doing here?" Twilight asked.

"We thought we'd show Crystal Equstria for the first time." Akari said.

"Yeah, you know like a small tour." Mai stated.

"Well, I guess that's alright, kids." Flash said. "You can give her a small tour but just Ponyville, alright?"

"Yes dad." Akari said. "Come on Crystal!" Crystal was dragged away for the third time. "Hey!"

Twilight and Flash laughed as the others raced after them. "Those kids are gonna make Crystal crazy." Flash said.

"Oh come now, honey. She'll be fine with them." Twilight said.

---

The Guardians gave Crystal a full tour of Ponyville, properly introducing her to the Mane 5 and their families. Crystal was a bit shy ut she did well with the introductions. Now they were all walking down the street together. "Ponyville is cool." Crystal said.

"You bet and one day we'll show you all of Equestria." Akari said. Crystal smiled, "I would like that." Just then, Twilight appeared in front of them but... something was different. "Um... Akari since when did your mom sparkle and glow?" Hiro asked.

"She.. never did this." Akari answered. The Twilight in front of them was sparkling and it looked crystally.

"Welcome...." it said sounding just like Twilight herself.

"Um... what are you doing here?" Iris asked.

"I am here to see Crystal Diamond." 'Twilight' said.

"Why?" Hiro asked.

"That I cannot reveal. Crystal Diamond follow me and you will see what I have for you." 'Twilight' said before walking away. The Guardians stared at Crystal, "I guess... I'll go then." and she began following 'Twilight'.

When she was gone, "Okay... now something smells fishy." Mai stated.

"That can't be Mom." Akari said and then gasped, "You don't think it's Chrysalis do you?"

"No way, Crystal beat her in battle remember?" Chi reminded. She was in her anthro form, which was a blue human.

"But we never found her body or a trace of her cause we were worried about getting Crystal to the hospital, remember." Iris said. Chi's eyes widened. "Oh right...." then all the Guardians screamed.

"What do we do?!" Gallant exclaimed.

"We have to gather everyone and follow Crystal before she get hurt." Iris informed. The Guardians nodded and went off to gather their friends and family to save Crystal.

---

Meanwhile, The Twilight Crystal was following led her through a large forest that was outside of Ponyville. Crystal didn't really like the thick vegetation blocking the sunlight and limiting her vision. "Um... Twilight... where exactly are we?" Crystal asked nervously.

"We are in the Forbidden Jungle." Twilight replied. "This is where we'll find what I wanted to show you."

"Um... what exactly are you gonna show me?" Crystal asked.

"I cannot reveal that answer, Crystal Diamond, just trust me." Twilight said. Crystal quietly whimpered and continued following the sparkling Twilight.

After a couple more hours of walking, the two of them came to the steps of a large temple. "A temple? Why are we here?" Crystal asked.

"This temple is where the item you seek lies but only you can past the traps and retrieve it." Twilight said.

"Why me?" Crystal asked.

"The traps are very dangerous and required a 'special' subject to make it through." Twilight said. Crystal gulped nervously. "But I know you will pass the trials ahead. Come along." Twilight spread her wings and flew up the stairs with Crystal hesitantly following. "I hope none of these traps are deadly."

The two came to the front entrance and saw a large door. The door has seven symbols on it. A star. A apple. A balloon. A butterfly. A Heart and a lightning bolt. "Hey.. these looks like my friends Element's of Harmony." Crystal realized.

"Yes.. this item is similar to the Elements of Harmony but it requires you to unlock it's powers." Twilight said. Twilight walked up to the door and simply placed her hoof on the door and it glowed brightly, sliding to the right. It opened and revealed a dark hallway. "Come.. this is where the adventure begins." Twilight said. Crystal landed on the ground and followed Twilight into the hallway.

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Meanwhile, Korra, Mako and the others were rushing through the same exact forest trying to find Crystal and 'Twilight'. "Are you kids sure this me was glowing?" Twilight asked.

"Yes, and it sounded just like you." Akari said. "it's gotta be Chrysalis."

"But why would Chrysalis be glowing? Changelings do not glow." Rainbow stated.

"We'll have to find that out when we find Crystal and this other me." Twilight said.

"I hope she's alright." Gallant said, galloping beside his mother.

"I'm sure she's fine honey." Starlight added.

"Yeah and if Chrysalis hurts her, I'll squash her like the bug she is." Discord said, floating near everyone who were surprised to see him. "Discord, what are you doing here?" Iris asked.

"Oh nothing just wanted to join this rescue mission." Discord said. He made a sparkling Crystal next to him. "Of our little hero, Crystal Diamond."

"Well if this Twilight is really Chrysalis, we'll need all the power we can get." Iris said. "Now let's keep moving."

"Why would Chrysalis take her here in the first place?" Chi couldn't help but ask.

"Well there's a temple here but it's too dangerous to go into." Korra said.

"Why?" Iris asked.

"Because the temple traps are too dangerous for anypony or bender to get through without a map. It's like a death trap!" Korra stated. The Guardians gulped, worried even more about Crystal. If she by any chance went into the temple...

"Well that's bad news, because that sparkling Twilight took Crystal into the exact Temple of Harmony your talking about." Discord said.

"WHAT?!" The Guardians cried before dashing ahead. "Kids wait!" Mako cried but it was too late.

Mako sighed, "When it comes to that girl I swear their like Asmai and Bolin."

"Hey!" Asami and Bolin exclaimed , feeling insulted.

"He's referring to your protective instincts." Discord stated.

"Oh... okay." Asami and Bolin said in unison.

---

Crystal and Twilight carefully walked through the temple with Crystal lighting her horn to help her see. "Are you sure this is safe?" Crystal asked nervously with a gulp.

"You shall be fine." Twilight said. Suddenly, a block sank under Crystal's foot and the whole hallway began to rumble. "That can't be good." Crystal whimpered. Suddenly a large boulder came rolling down the hallway, "Oh man.." Crystal whimpered. She ran away with the boulder right behind her. She looked behind her and whimpered at the boulder. "If I can't outrun it.. I'll have to stop it... I hope it doesn't crush me." Crystal skidded to a stop and held out her hands. The Boulder slammed into her and her feet skidded across the ground as the she tried to stop the boulder. "Ugh... ughhh." she grunted. Her hands suddenly glowed orange and the boulder came to a skidding halt in the hallway. Crystal's hands stopped glowing and she panted before landing on her behind. "Ugh... that... was tiring."

Twilight appeared next to her. "Well done, Crystal... you've passed the first temple trap."

"Yeah... ughh." she groaned.

"Come on, there are more along this route." Twilight stomped her hoof and a secret passage appeared. "Woah..." Twilight walked down the passage and Crystal followed her and the passage door closed.

---

Meanwhile, the Guardians and the other heroes made it to the Temple of Harmony.. and saw the large door. "We have to get inside, but how?" Korra said.

"Hey this door has the same symbols as our Element of Harmony." Iris realized. Iris touched the door and a glowing line trailed from her hand and to the heart picture. The other guardians caught on and placed their hands on the door and their glowing lines trailed to their respective symbols and the door glowed and slide to the right, opening and revealing a dark hallway with a large boulder in it?

"Something tells me Crystal was here." Discord said. Everyone gave him a deadpanned stare.

---

Crystal and Twilight exited the secret passage and came to a large room with two doors on the end. The room was covered with dead flowers and crystals on the floor and the walls. "Okay... hello? Anyone here?" Crystal called out. Suddenly, one of the doors opened and something large came out of it... it was a chimera! A creature with a cat's body but it had the head of a tiger, snake and goat and a snake's tail.

"Lunchtime... I'm hungry." The tiger head hissed. Crystal gulped as the large chimera approached her. Crystal looked for something to defend herself with but she couldn't find anything. Crystal gulped and reluctantly lit her horn. The chimera pounced and Crystal leaped to the side, causing it to crash onto the ground. "N-Nice hybrid.. nice hybrid." Crystal said. The chimera growled and lunged towards her, Crystal leaped into the air and blasted the chimera making it roar in pain and fall on the ground. It's eyes glowed red like blood, making Crystal gasped.

"It must be a spell."

The chimera growled and stalked towards her. "I gotta cure it." she gulped nervously. "I hope this doesn't kill me." Crystal charged the chimera whom roared at her. She pounced and landed on the chimera's back. The chimera roared and tried to buck her off like a raging bull. Crystal grunted as he lit her horn and her hand suddenly glowed in a mixture of pink, purple and red and touched her horn to the chimera's back. The chimera stopped and it glowed white as well as the room and in an instant the whole room was filled with beautiful flowers; roses, dandelions, and many more and the crystals were glowing brightly, no longer dim like before.

As for the chimera....

Crystal got off of it's back and the chimera stared at her.... with soft yellow eyes. The tiger head purred and nuzzled Crystal as if saying, 'Thank you'.

"Your welcome." Crystal said. The chimera nodded and walked back towards the door it came from which opened and closed behind it.

Twilight came forth, "Well done, Crystal Diamond."

"Hehe, thanks." Crystal said.

The second door opened. "Forward Crystal." Twilight said as she walked through the door with Crystal following her.

---

The gang were now walking through the main hallway. After Korra punched the boulder to pieces, unblocking the path, everyone entered the temple in search for Crystal.

"Crystal.. where are you?" Pinkie and Hiro called.

"Umm... Hiro I don't think you're gonna find her that way." Mai deadpanned.

"It was worth a shot." Pinkie grumbled.

Iris and Akari were looking high and low for any clues as to where Crystal could have gone. "Oh, where is she?" Iris said.

Korra placed a hand on her back, "Easy sweetie, we'll find her. I promise."

Twilight nuzzled Akari, "Korra's right. We won't leave until we find Crystal." Suddenly, they all entered a large room that had pictures of the moon on the wall. "Okay... this is a weird room." Hiro commented.

"Thank you.. I adore the deigns." a voice came. Everyone tensed up and got into fighting stances. A small cloud of blue shadows appeared and when it took shape, everyone gasped in horror. "You?!" Iris exclaimed in horror.

"Yes, Princess Iris, I have returned. Hahahah!" the figure said.

---

Meanwhile, Crystal walked into another room. This room looked pretty bland. There weren't any doors. They're were not any marks on the walls. Just stone pillars holding up the ceiling. In the middle of the room was a large circular area. Crystal flew over it and saw that it was in the shape of a dragon.. a Night Fury to be exact.

Crystal landed. "Hello? Anyone here?" she called.

Suddenly, the ground began to glow green and something burst out of the floor. When the dust cleared, the figure revealed itself to be. "Queen Chrysalis?!"

"Yes little girl. I have returned and I'm here for revenge!" Chrysalis said. She launched a beam of her magic at Crystal who deflected it with her horn. "What's your problem?"

"My problem is that you ruined my whole plan! With you and your friendship nonsense, I'll never find enough love for myself!" Chrysalis blasted Crystal and she crashed into the wall. "You don't have to steal love to sustain yourself." Crystal called.

"Yes I do. It's the only way we changelings can survive." Chrysalis said. Crystal groaned as she got up and saw Chrysalis approaching her with her horn ready to blast her into smithereens.

"But maybe... maybe... maybe I can find you another way to survive." Chrysalis froze.

"What?" Chrysalis asked.

"Maybe I can find you a new way to sustain yourself?" Crystal proposed.

Chrysalis stared at her for a moment and.... she canceled her magic. "Do you really think you can help me? After... everything I did to you?" Crystal walked up to her and smiled, "Of course. Everyone deserves a second chance. Even changelings." Chrysalis only stared at Crystal before she smiled at her.

Suddenly, an evil laugh broke through the air. Chrysalis and Crystal jumped at the sound and a cage with The Mane 6, Team Avatar, Discord and Crystal's friends inside appeared out of nowhere! "Everyone?!" Crystal cried as she ran over to them. Iris and Akari saw her and gasped, "Crystal wait!" Iris cried. Suddenly a cluster of shadows came out of the ground and blocked Crystals' path. The shadows formed a familiar tall mare. Crystal recognized the mare. Her friends told her about her. The mare whom wanted to bring eternal night to Equestria aka the Mare in the Moon aka...

"Nightmare Moon?!"

"Haha!" she laughed. "That's right little girl."

Crystal growled. "Let my friends and family go right now!"

Nightmare Moon laughed, "I'll let them go but it will cost you."

"What do you want?" Crystal said narrowing her eyes.

Nightmare Moon chuckled, "I'll release your friends and family... if you give me your magic." The gang gasped in shock.

"Crystal, don't give it to her!" Iris exclaimed.

"Don't do it, Crystal!" Hiro added.

"Don't give the big meanie your magic!" Pinkie cried. Crystal looked at her friends and family, "I want an answer and I want it now, girl." Nightmare Moon demanded, spreading her wings, showing her seriousness. Crystal stared at the floor before a rainbow stripe appeared over her eyes which widened a little. She knew what she had to do...

She stared at Nightmare Moon and said... "I will give you my magic... in exchange for my family."

Everyone gasped in horror. Nightmare Moon laughed. "Excellent." she hissed. She lit her horn and she used her magic to make the cage disappear. Then she turned to Crystal, "Now your turn..." she hissed. She used her magic and Crystal felt a strong and painful tug on the tip of her horn. Her magic was forming a small ball with many colors over Nightmare Moon instead of going straight into her body.

When the stealing was completed, Crystal fell to the ground with her eyes tinted gray and feeling very weak. Chyrsalis gasped and helped Crystal to her feet. Nightmare Moon looked at Crystal and Chrysalis before saying... "Well done, Crystal.."

"HUH?!" Everyone exclaimed. Nightmare Moon glowed brightly before it changed back into the sparkling Twilight. "The Sparkling Twilight was Nightmare Moon?!" Pinkie exclaimed.

Astral Twilight returned Crystal her magic and she felt a lot better. Then she turned to the large group. "I am not Nightmare Moon." she said.

"Okay sparkling... me. What do you want with Crystal?" Twilight interrogated.

"I am mean her no harm. I simply brought her here to give her something." Astral Twilight then hovered in the air and six gemstones appeared before her. "The Element of Harmony?!" Iris exclaimed. They looked like the Element but they were different.

The gemstones were an orange shovel, a purple flower, a white book, a pink blindfold, a blue shield, a yellow mask. They all floated around her. "Not quite. These are reflections of the Elements of Harmony which Crystal represents Strength, Healing, Bravery, Beauty, Hope and Sorcery." Astral Twilight brought the six gemstones together and they all connected and formed one long center of a golden sword which was magically placed in Crystal's hands.

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"Woah... thank you but... who are you?" Crystal asked.

"Wait.. you knew about the Elements... and Crystal too." Akari gasped and exclaimed. "You're the Tree of Harmony!"

Astral Twilight nodded and everyone was amazed. "The Tree of Harmony changed into a sparkling version of Twilight to talk to Crystal? ... Did I miss something in History?" Chi asked.

"Like all living things I change as I grow. As I have grown so have my abilities." Astral Twilight stated.

"So what was with all of the tests?" Crystal asked.

"The test were to allow me to see if you truly represent the reflections of the Elements of Harmony." Astral Twilight stated. "And you passed everyone with flying colors."

Crystal nodded. "You should all be very proud of Crystal. She's a very special girl and she'll have a very important role to play in the future." Astral Twilight said.

"Are you sure?" Crystal asked.

"I am positive. I will keep an eye on you and see your progress. Farewell until then." Astral Twilight became a bright flash and everyone found themselves in Iris castle. "Woah... that is one strange tree." Mako stated.

"But something tells me that the Tree of Harmony has something planned for Crystal, we just don't know what." Korra said.

"That's for sure mom." Iris stated. Crystal looked at her sword which shined in the light. Everyone looked at Crystal with great pride. There was one thing they knew for sure. There was more to Crystal than meets the eye.

---

The next day, Crystal was in the castle library reading up on some types of bending and magic types. As she was reading, she began to think to herself. As far as she knows, she had the magic to control the Elements of Nature but could she bend them like all her friends? That never really came to mind before but now she was learning about the different types of bending and it made her curious.

Korra and Mako came into the library, "There you Crystal. Iris was looking for you."

"Oh... hi.. um.. Korra, Mako?" Crystal started.

"Yes Crystal?" Korra asked.

"Do you think I can bend the elements like you and the others?" Crystal asked. Korra and Mako stared at each other in surprise. "Huh.... we never really thought about that before." Mako said.

"Yeah... I don't know about that but there's one way we can find out if you can bend the elements." Korra said.

Soon, the two of them were outside with Iris and Crystal. Korra and Crystal were standing near a small lake. "Now try to do what I do, alright?" Korra asked, looking at Crystal. Crystal nodded and watched as Korra moved her hands, making the water stir and rise up a little. Crystal held her hands out the water and concentrated hard. The water began to move a little bit but suddenly Crystal cried out in pain and fell down holding her head.

"Crystal!" Korra cried. Iris and Mako gasped and ran over. Crystal groaned and held her head. "I think I blew one of my brain cells." she groaned.

"Easy, Crystal." Iris said.

"Maybe we should try with Airbending first?" Korra suggested.

"Right." Mako said. Soon, Korra was showing Crystal some simple Airbending moves and wanted Crystal to do the same thing but whenever Crystal tried to copy her, it ended with her getting a splitting headache. The same happened with Earth and Firebending.

Now Crystal was laying in bed with an ice pack on her head. "Ugh... my aching head." she groaned. Hiro and the others were in her room with her. "Just take it easy, Crystal." Mai stated.

"Gee, wonder why you can't do any bending?" Chi asked.

"Chi, we don't know that for sure." Nori scolded. Chi held up her hands, "Alright, alright."

Crystal groaned, "Just face it, I'll never be able to bend like you guys. I'll just be relying on my magic for the rest of my life."

"Crystal, don't say that." Iris reassured. "I'm sure you'll be able to bend in no time."

Crystal sighed, "Yeah right." Crystal covered herself with her covers. "Can be alone now?"

Iris sighed, "Alright.." Iris and the others walked out of her room and were met with Korra and Mako. "How is she?" Korra asked.

"She's down in the dumps." Akari stated.

Korra sighed, "Poor girl. Wish we knew what was wrong."

"Maybe she'll be better by tomorrow." Mako reassured.

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The Next Day...

"YIKES?!" Iris cried. Iris, Korra and Mako were sitting at the table for a nice breakfast when Crystal came in with her hair extremely messy, bags under her eyes and miserable look on her face. Iris flinched at the sight of her, "Umm... you okay there Crystal?" Iris asked gently.

"Ehh..." Crystal went over to the toaster and placed two pieces of toast inside. Korra, Mako and Iris were behind her looking at each other. Soon the toast was done and Crystal levitated the pieces of toast onto a plate. "Um... don't you um... wanna get dressed Crystal?" Mako asked.

"... No thanks... there's no point." Crystal said in a sad tone then she walked away from them.

"Oh dear... this no bending thing is really getting to her." Iris said with a worried tone.

"That's for sure." Korra said in the same tone. "You better go check on her, dear."

Iris nodded and went to Crystal's room and opened the door. She found Crystal laying in bed with her dragons nearby looking at her with concern.

"She's a blue as a blue jay." Iris said. "This no bending thing must be really hard on her."

"I've never seen her this sad before." Korra said. "There's gotta be something to cheer her up."

"Well why don't you ask a certain stone dragon if she can bed or not." a voice said and that's when Discord appeared.

"Discord? What are you doing here?" Iris asked.

"Oh, I couldn't help but overhear a certain friend of ours is having trouble bending the elements like her friends, here." Discord said. "So I thought maybe a certain Sentinel Dragon knows if Crystal can bend the elements or not."

"That's actually a great idea.. but how are we gonna find the Sentinel?" Akari asked.

"No need." The Sentinel flew int through the window and fluttered onto the floor.

"Sentinel!" Mai asked.

"Wow, he's good with timing." Hiro said.

"I heard your concerns about your friend and I do have an answer as to why she cannot bend the Elements."

Crystal shot up in bed, now surprised and interested. "You do?!" she exclaimed.

"Yes... you cannot bend the Elements like your friends yet. And the reason being is that you haven't unlocked that ability yet, young one."

"Unlocked it? So I have to unlock the ability to bend the Elements? How?" Crystal asked.

"That is something you will have to find on your own, my young student." Crystal sighed. Iris and the others came to her side, "Don't worry buddy, you'll unlock your bending before you know it." Mai stated.

"Yeah and then Pinkie and I will have a 'Congratulations on your new ability' Party!" Hiro exclaimed. "Yeah!" Crystal smiled at her friends and hugged them. "Thanks you guys." The Sentinel and Discord smiled at the gang of friends.

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