View attachment 6368 "Princess Celestia! Princess Celestia!" Cried Twilight Sparkle, as she galloped down the grand hall of the Canterlot Palace.The Sun Princess was standing with her back turned, facing one of the stained glass windows. She blinked and darted her eyes at the coming Twilight. The purple little unicorn stopped and lowered her head in exhaust. She was holding a binder with her magic. Princess Celestia turned to her anxious student. She took the book from Twilight and started reading it."You really love your history." Said the Princess."But is this true?" Asked the student. "Could this be the reason that Sombra did all of this? I am not justifying his actions but it calls into order the ways of these crystal ponies.""My sister and I are also from that era." Interrupted Princess Celestia. "But I will read with you on this account. It is optimistic that you found a book of the Crystal Empires history"Twilight and Princess Celestia start reading the notes. It tells of the famed and mysterious past rulers of the Empire. The Crystal Monarchy.After Discord's stone imprisonment, some of the ponies in the young and unformed Equestria went their distant ways. Wanting to help the world free it's self from the remaining chaos, Celestia and Luna would transverse the lands within disarray. The former slaves within Discords gem mines migrated. They journeyed far, far North to rid themselves of anything magic and over bearing.They put their skills to good use. Being Earth ponies and miners, they were better adapted to the land then their normal land cousins. The area they chose for their new homeland was vast and cold. No trees, no rivers, just frozen. Luckily the settlers found caves. These caves had warming and emotion absorbing crystals that could be used for building. It took them decades without magic and flight but over time they built a grand Empire founded on the belief of Peace and Education. After cultivating these crystals, the mining ponies outer appearance became like that of the mineral. To outsiders and the rare visitor from another town, they were soon known as 'Crystal Ponies'.Their leaders were strong in body and in brain. The first Queen was a strong-willed and loving mare that took care of the youth in Discords mines. She birthed 3 colts. All but one of those colts died. That colt had a colt, who married a beautiful mare of the fields. She passed away in child-birth, leaving The King with a daughter. But not just any daughter. This was one few new fillies or colts that were truly born with the 'crystal' appearance. The citizens loved The Princess and dubbed her Quartzia Rose De Crystal of the Crystal Empire.The Crystal Princess.Unfortunately, like his ancestors before him, The King was starting to get failing health and at a relatively young age. The Princess would care for her father and help him to walk around their beautiful Empire. The ponies became nervous about this monarchs soon death. Not for the passing away of such a valued member of the Empire. But because The Princess herself was not like other ponies. Somewhere within the family of the Monarchy, they had Alicorn ancestry. Alicorns are the most powerful known type of pony with vast magic.She could not hide her wings or her long pointy horn. Quartzia grew among the ponies of the Empire and they loved her as a filly. But as she grew, so did their fears.Recorded accounts state that Quartzia Rose would try to treat her father pains. However, the nurse maids would shoo her away, fearing that her magic would hasten his death. The Palace guards walked far from her. The chefs would prepare too much food so that she would not ask them to cook within the Palace for days.The Alicorn Princess did so very much for her citizens. She opened the largest school known. Raised funding for the Library and even helped in the fields during harvest. It was at one harvest when things would go down hill for her even more.
