After their failed attempt to return the Crystal Heart to the Empire, everyone was deciding to put up some defences around the School, just in case Sombra does attempt to attack. "There. Just in case Sombra thinks of coming back here." "Let's hope so. Otherwise, we'll be shattered and you all will be back in his control." Spinel replied to him, as they were placing up some defences.

Once they were done, Sunburst and Kongo looked at what would be the battlefield. "I seen many opponents attack this school, but I seen everyone has taken something seriously." "We have to do it. If we don't put up some defences, then all is lost, for both Equestria and you all." Sunburst replied, as Kongo wasn't going to let anything happen to everyone. "So about what you researched this far?"

"Oh yeah!" Sunburst then remembered as he brought back the book. "I didn't think it would be possible, but I wasn't looking in the other option!" He then goes back to the page about the Elements of Harmony. "I did look into the book and this corner of the page revealed something I didn't think was possible!" He then folded the pages corners, showing all the Elements of Harmony and in the middle, possibly being something reflective, shooting a Beam of light to the top of the book. "If the Elements still do exist in Twilight and her Friends, then this will help us all out!" "If your right about this, then I'll alert everyone about what is going to come towards the Future." Kongo replied as they walked away from him.

Once Defences were out, Shining, Spinel and the Mane 5 looked at the barricades, as the Anthro Ponies were looking a bit down. "I can feel the douts in your body. Something on your minds?" Spinel asked, as they then answered them. "Well, once Sombra brainwashed us into his army, we were scared about Twilight. But after seeing what is coming, we don't think we'll get to see her again." They then started to shed some tears from their eyes, as Spinel then reminded them about Twilight giving them back the Crystal Heart.

"Don't put much dout on yourselves. Your friend is fighting his Brainwash. When she does break it, we'll have the chance to take the battle towards him and free the Empire, get us back home and save a friend!" Once they said that, they all then huddled up around Spinel and went into a Group Hug. "Why is this happening to me?" "Just embrace it!" F;uttershy whispered to them, as Spinel just shook their head.

"Can everyone place come to the entrance please?" They then heard Thorax call out to them, which they did head down, only for Shining Armor to stop, feeling like he's hearing someone in his head.

At the Crystal Empire, Cadence was using her Magic to call out to him. "Can he hear you?" "Even if he still has feelings for me, then yes he can!" Sombra then smirked. "Tell him 'you better bring that heart to me, and you'll see your sister again!'" Sombra said, as Cadence used her Magic to do so.

Once he was given those Orders, Shining was about to head check the rooms, only to be seen by Spinel, Phos and Diamond. "Where are you heading off too? C'mon, Sunburst found out about some interesting stuff you need to hear about!" Shining decided to stay to hear what Sunburst learned about. He looked over the many heads of both Gemstones and Ponies.

"Do I have everyone's attention? As we were doing our parts, I found something interesting that you all have to see!" He then used his Magic to create a holographic image of the thing he learned from the book. "As you can see, once the Elements of Harmony are reflected off of something, it ends up as a Powerful beam of Magic that'll destroy even the dastardly of hearts." "That Spell? The Pillars never used it because it could destroy the evil. They had to banish the Sirens and the Pony of Shadows for their Crimes." Luna reminded Sunburst, as he knew that.

Shining knew he was waisting time. "I'm going to... check on Obsidian's weaponry if the Armor is ready. I won't be long!" He confirmed and lied to them as he went down a different hall, making Diamond concerned.

Once Shining was inside the Gemstones room, he looked around to find the Crystal Heart. He then spotted something shaped like a heart under a blanket. "Bingo!" He lifted it up, only to finding Whammy. "You know, when you were acting weird, this is what Bort would of felt." He then turned around, finding Diamond, with the Crystal Heart. "Finding about what?" "They knew you'll do this! Sure, we're the hope your looking for, but, you can speed up progress by giving him the Heart in exchange for your sister." Shining didn't think Diamond would of been smart, as he then tried to take the heart from them, only to end up taking out their weapons.

"You don't have to do this!" Diamond begged him, only for him to keep attacking. "I have too, for my sister!" Shining said, as he swung at Diamond's leg, shattering it. Once they were down, they dropped the Heart on to the floor. "No!" Shining then picked up the heart and escaped. "He's getting away with the heart!"

Once Shining was out with the heart, Spinel and the Gemstones saw what he was about to do. "Shining, give us the heart!" Shining then sighed, as he then activated his Magic. "I'm sorry, but it's for the plan!" He then teleported away, just before the Gemstones could even grab him. "Dang it!"

Shining then teleported near the Crystal Spire, which he sighed and entered. Once he was in the throne room, he was looking up at Sombra and Cadence. "Honered to see your still ruling?" "I'm the real King of the Empire and I fear nothing!" Celestia then used her Magic to take the Crystal Heart and look at it. "It's real, my king!" "So, about my sister?" Sombra then looked at him and Twilight. "You retrieving the heart was your only reward! However, the deal has now extended; I now want Spinel and the Gemstones!" Shining was then concerned. "W-What? I thought you didn't fear anything?" "I don't, but they're a threat to me." Shining was then mad. "You know, if you don't care. This was a mistake." Just before he even leaves, he was then stopped by Gemstones that looked like they were Sombra's Crystals. "Your not going anywhere! You like my Gemstones? I made them myself." Shining was now in fear as Sombra just laughed.

Back at the School, everyone was shocked and mad about Shining's Detrayal. "That no-good! Just excellent! Grand!" Bort was that mad about what just happened as Spinel and Phos helped up Diamond. "I thought I could try to reason with him. Turns out I was wrong." "You were doing the right thing, but Shining isn't planning on seeing what we'll be facing next." Spinel said to them as Bort then yelled at them. "And because of you not even trying, we have lost our only way to get home and you haven't helped after you stole it!" Bort then started blaming Phos.

"ENOUGH!" They then heard Kongo get into it. "Yes, Shining may have betrayed us and We lost our hope, but that tells us a Lesson!" Bort then saw how scared they made Diamond and their fellows. "And If I ever catch you all ever Butt Heads at each other again, you all will be switching rolls around here!" Halite then started laughing after what Kongo said, making everyone look at them. "Sorry, but Kongo just said 'Butt Heads'!" The Gemstones were confused as they felt their heads. "My Head doesn't feel that butty?"

Just then, they got a Magical Hologram of Shining. "Well, look who's returned without facing us!" "I don't have much time, so listen up. Diamond, I should of listened to you. I shouldn't of given him the Heart. Spinel, Bort, Phos, you should of stopped me before I escaped. But I did hear some of his plan and where he's going next." They knew if they could get their first, they can beat him. "Where?" "Around the Train Station beyond the Empire!" Once he disappeared, they were thinking about what he just told them. "A Train Station?" "Somewhere where you wait for a train and it'll send you there!" "Thanks for explaining, but what if it's a trap?" Spinel thought, as Diamond and Phos also came into. "If it'll beat us to Sombra, then we have to take that risk!" Bort then came in, as Spinel saw they wanted to check. "Well, if you want to check if it's true, I'll also join in! We'll alert the girls if we see if it's true."

Back at Sombra's Palace, He let go of Shining since he was controlling him. "They don't seem they cordernated on what's really going on." Shining then looked back at the dark king. "Y-You have no idea what your facing!" "Why would I? Because they have no idea what they'll face!" As Shining was then mocked by Sombra and Cadence's laughter, he decided to try and make amends to the Gemstones he just detrayed.

Spinel, Bort, Diamond and Phos were checking out the Station, which was decommissioned after Sombra's return. "Whoever thought his influence could of went through out around the Empire?" "The Empire wasn't the start of it all. Maybe it's from another Kingdom or Empire?" Spinel reminded Phos, as they checked around the Station, which was also covered with Black Crystals. "No matter how many of these things I see, they give me bad omen." Bort replied to their fellow Gems, not realising more Crystals were growing.

Once they were done checking, they didn't know what Shining told them about was a trick. They then found something on the Table, which looked like a Crown. "Is that it? What do we do with it?" Diamond asked as they picked it up and placed it on their head, which nothing else happened. "That's our way to beat him?" "Not a way to beat him, try a Symbol of something else!" Spinel then revealed it to be the Crown of Princess Celestia. "If that was Celestia's Crown, then that would mean this is?" Just then, the Entire Station was then surrounded by Crystals, high enough for no Gemstone to escape from. Spinel looked into the Crystals, finding what was inside of them, as they then saw Bort about to break them using their Whip. "Bort, NO!"

Bort then shattered the Crystals, as they then looked at them. "What? I'm freeing us." "Correction, you made it worst! This wasn't a plan to beat Sombra, this was a Trap!" They were all then Confused, as a Hand and Arm then smashed through the Crystals, getting their attention. More Hands and Arms came from the cracks as it then brought in Weapons too. Phos, Bort and Diamond couldn't believe what they were looking at, being their own kind, but in Sombra's Crystals. "S-Spinel?" They were then greeted by Commander Celestia, who was the head of the ambush. "Missed me? I think you won't after we're done with you!"

The Gemstones were then ready to fight, but still didn't know the Crystal's Hardness. "Corruptous, Capture and Destroy them!" "Run!" Spinel ordered as they all ran away from them, as the Corruptous did too. Phos then started to think about their name. "Corruptous? That's their name?" "Maybe a good name out of it, because that Sombra's Magic corrupts but also tieing into our name, Lustrous!" "We don't have time to explain or ask, but what are their Hardness?" Just then, Phos tripped over some harden snow, making the others trip over them. They then handed inside of a Minecart and it got onto the tracks. Celestia looked at the Gemstones then escaping, only to see they didn't know where they were going. "After them! I love a challenge!"

The Gemstones then found themselves on a track and didn't know where they were going or how to control the cart. "Anyone know how this thing even works?" The Gemstones then looked at Phos, who was clueless on what was happening, being it was their fault. Just then, they didn't realise the Corruptous were still after them and were grabbing the Cart by the sides. Just before one of then could grab Diamond, Spinel then shattered their arm, which got destroyed easily. "So they're not that Hard after all!" Bort then shattered another, seeing they weren't that Difficult to destroy.

As they destroyed many Corruptous, Celestia then flew in the middle of the tracks, as the Gemstones were coming towards her quickly. "Gain way!" She was about to attack, only to be punched by her own crown, still being held by Phos. They were surprised to land a single punch on something. "I GOT HER! Did you guys see that?!" They didn't think they would been that excited to hit anything, as they travelled away. Celestia looked back, wondering what just happened, finding her crown infront of her. "M-My crown?" As she looked at it, she felt like she snapped out of her trance, remembering who she really is.

The Gemstones were still heading somewhere, as they then saw some thick vines in the middle of the track. "What is that?" Diamond asked, as the cart then hit it, making the Gemstones fly out of it and falling into a thick pit of Vines, only to be saved by Blue Magical Aura. "If this... Shining?" "Hate to say it, but I can just hug him right about now, not before I murder him for getting us into this mess!" They were then levitated into a carriage, as the Mane 5 were in it, no Shining Armor. "And of Course he's too scared to show his face!" They were then introduced to a Smaller Magical Hologram of Shining.

"Greetings Gemstones, I know you have some words to tell me right about now." "You got that right!" Bort threatened, as Fluttershy then squirmed. "But I just want to say that wasn't me who set the trap. Sombra was controlling me, but I have a plan. I overheard him and Cadence doing a Wedding at Canterlot Palace, where it all started." He then showed a Magic map of Canterlot and Ponyville, which made the Mane 5 a little upset, seeing they're Hometown now almost in ruin. "And to you all, I'm sorry for what I put you up against. If I was telling you this in real life, I mean it. I want you all to make this right, and I wish you all the luck I have!" Once he disappeared, the Gemstones were unsure.

Applejack looked at the Gems. "Oh c'mon, even if we were brainwashed, you all came into our lives and saved us. And now, it's our turn to help you!" "Yeah! Who cares about what Sombra wants from you for!" "Even if I see you all are gorgous, you all fight with Style!" Rarity confessed to them. "If we do make it out of this, I'll make you all the Biggest party you all ever had!" "Y-Yeah." The Gemstones then smiled, knowing they won't give up on Equestria and not on helping them get home. "You all have good hearts, and if you want to help us get home and get your home back, we'll help out as much as we can!" They were happy to hear they're in, as the Carriage, powered by Magic, then headed to Ponyville to crash a Wedding.