//------------------------------// // Entering the Empire // Story: Fear Strikes in Equestria // by Big Imagination E //------------------------------// After 2 hours of Kyle and Spike were talking about what Twilight could be prepared for. "So Kyle. What do you think Twilight is prepared for?" Spike said. "Beats me dragon dude. As far as im concerned she'll be needed all the help she can get." Kyle said. "Twilight!!" A voice said. The duo turned and saw Twilight's friends at the station as Applejack gave her a hug. "Did you pass?" Applejack said as Pinkie came in with her cannon. "Are we gonna celebrate your success with Princess Celestia?" Pinkie said as confetti came out but was stopped by Kyle as he placed it back in. "Hold on candy brain. Let's not get all crazy just yet." Kyle said as Pinkie was a little disappointed. "He's right. We're going to the Crystal Empire." Twilight said. But all her friends were confused. "Oh Rarity? Could you give Kyle something warm to wear?" Spike said. "Sure darling." Rarity said as she got a suitcase full of clothes. "Here. Try some of these on." Kyle looked at the stuff she had. But he always had an idea. He closed his eyes and put his fingers on his forehead which created purple rings as they landed on the clothes. Then they started morphing into a wrestling attire and came to Kyle put themselves on him. First the spiky gloves, then the sleeveless shirt, next the pants and boots, the belt and he looked at his new clothing. "Oh yeah baby! Now what is missing? Wait! I know!" Kyle said. He zapped a mask in there and morphed into a Luchador mask that was gray with purple stripes and was placed on his face. Then he grabbed a scarf and morphed into a purple cape with a hoodie as he placed it on him. Now he was ready. The ponies all looked surprised seeing his look. "Now that's what I'm talking about!! Let's go stop this Sombra douchebag!" Kyle said. The train chugged along til it arrived at Northern Equestria where the Crystal Empire was. Everypony hopped off the train worried seeing all the snow that was blowing around. Rarity was the only one not worried. "Ha! And you all made fun of me for having so many stars." Rarity said as Spike carried the luggage. "I didn't say a word." Spike said as he accidentally slipped and dropped the luggage. He went after the loose stuff. "Twilight!" A male voice said. "Shining Armor?" Twilight said as a male humanoid unicorn came out of the snow removing his mask. "Twily!! You made it!" Shining said as the two embraced each other. "We better get moving. There's things we don't wanna run into when it's dark." "What kind of things?" Fluttershy said. "Let's just say the Crystal Empire isn't the only thing that returned." Shining Armor said. That made everypony nervous when they heard that. "Ok Shining. But first I like you to meet someone who will help us." Twilight said. "Alright Twily. Who is it?" Shining said. Then the two crystal radios rose out of the ground and started playing music which startled everyone. Then the purple energy started forming into Kyle as well as his clothing appeared. Then he landed on the ground and did his entrance but Twilight twitched her eye again. He stopped the music and got rid of the crystal radios. "Must you do that every time?!" Twilight said. "Um yeah. Since it's only fair that your brother gets to see me in action." Kyle said. "So Twily. Who is he?" Shining said. "That's Kyle. He'll help us stop Sombra. And he has some electric power inside him." Twilight said. "Well the more the merrier. Let's go." Shining said. They were all walking to the Crystal Empire in the blizzard. But Kyle was the only one who wasn't cold. "Something keeps trying to get in! We think it's the unicorn king who originally cursed the place!" Shining said. "But Princess Celestia sent me to find a way to protect the empire! If King Sombra can't get in then it must already be protected!" Twilight said but got shocked by Kyle. "Oh put a sock in it smartass! Don't you think that maybe whatever's protecting the Crystal Empire now might not be strong enough to hold Sombra?!" Kyle said. Suddenly they all heard a noise from the distance and everyone was scared except Kyle. "It's one of the Pegasus isn't it?!" Fluttershy said. "No Fluttershy. That's Sombra!!" Kyle said. "We have to get to the Crystal Empire! Now!" Shining said. Then a dark shadow with green eyes came out scaring everyone. That was Sombra. Spike was scared too as Shining took him away from the shadow. Sombra started chasing them but our heroes saw a shining barrier meaning they are almost there! "Almost there!" Shining said. "Hey Shining! Let's slow this creep down!" Kyle said. "You read my mind dude!" Shining said as the two walked towards him. "Ok King Sombra. You think your pretty tough huh? Well let's see how you like it picking on someone your own size!" Kyle said. Then the medallion glowed and purple electricity surrounded him and transformed him into a giant gorilla. He jumped high and landed low releasing a roar. That made Sombra jump back a bit. But he charged at him when suddenly Shining blasted some magic at him. He was angry from that and covered Shining in shadow. With the girls and Spike they got in the barrier all safe from Sombra. "Everypony ok?" Twilight said as the others agreed. They we see Shining Armor and Kyle coming in. Kyle was ok but Shining had black crystals on his horn. Twilight was worried when she saw that. "Oh no. Shining. Your horn." Twilight said. "Sombra got him Twilight. He placed some kind of black crystals on his horn and now he can't do magic." Kyle said. Then everyone looked around at the scenery seeing the Crystal Empire was beautiful. "Sparktacular!!" Pinkie said. "Nice. Now let's see what the Crystal Empire has in store. Maybe it can help us stop Sombra." Kyle said. Then everyone walked to the Crystal Empire. Kyle may got lucky this time with Sombra but he needs to up his game to really beat him.