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Cadence is cool but she definitely needed more lore and character building that she didn’t get in the show because she was made so last minute to sell toys. Also I was weirded out how she’s meant to rule the crystal empire yet she wasn’t a crystal pony herself, just a figurehead for princess celestia. In this Au a baby orphan Cadence is taken in by a crystal earth pony couple in the crystal empire. She’s spent her childhood in the empire before it disappeared due to king sombra.During her time in the empire she always felt a a strong connection to the crystal heart. When she was alone again she spent her teens traveling around equestria solving love problems. When she defeats Prismia she’s taken notice by empress Luna and is taken under her wing. Cadence becomes a student of empress Luna and is taken to Canterlot to train. Cadence accidentally summons princess Amore, and she tells her everything about the crystal empire,the crystal heart,and king sombra. Cadence finds out she’s a descendent of princess Amore, which explains why she felt such a strong connection to the crystal heart.She’s tasked with trying to take back the crystal empire, and gets more help from princess Amore. She was able to defeat king sombra and later ascends and becomes a princess. Later she would help empress Luna and empress Celestia rekindled. Then she has her coronation and is crowned empress of the crystal empire. The path of Ascension varies from creature to creature .When she ascends she’s not gifted a horn,she’s still remains a Pegasus, but she does gain Alicorn level power. She only gets a horn somewhat when she gets a power boost from the crystal heart. When she gets that boost a transparent magical crystal horn manifest from the top of her head and disappears when her power is drained.Her daughter flurry Heart will be able to do the sa me thing when she later ascends.

Note:Cadence and twilight don’t become Alicorn s in this AU just like Lauren Faust intended. any creature is capable of magic and that having a horn merely means that you'd have an easier time learning it.Cadence is a crystal pony,which makes her mother of the crystal ponies.Cadence crystal form is inspired by the twinkle eyed ponies from gen 1