It was a normal day in the crystal kingdom the crystal ponies were minding their own business as usual until a crystal pony ran and looked panicked that's when the crystal ponies saw black shadow like smoke it was king Sombra as he took over the crystal kingdom princess Candace was protecting shining armor from king Sombra the crystal guards where taken over by king Sombra it was a very bad thing happening he probably wanted to have shining armor