"Tom Sales and Johnny Castuciano"@en . . "The Crystal Empire - Part 1"@en . "[[Category:Season episodes]]"@zh . "[[Category:Season episodes]] The Crystal Empire - Part 1 is the first episode of the third season of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and the fifty-third episode overall. It is the first half of a two-part episode. In this episode, a curse that caused an empire to vanish for a thousand years has finally ended. Princess Celestia orders Twilight Sparkle and her friends to help defend the newly awakened Empire against King Sombra, the evil unicorn who had cursed the empire.__TOC__"@en . "[[Category:Season episodes]]"@zh . . "The Crystal Empire - Part 1"@zh . . . . . . . . . . "Tom Sales \u548C Johnny Castuciano"@zh . . "2012-11-10"^^ . . . . . . . . . "[[Category:Season episodes]] The Crystal Empire - Part 1 is the first episode of the third season of My Little Pony Friendship is Magic and the fifty-third episode overall. It is the first half of a two-part episode. In this episode, a curse that caused an empire to vanish for a thousand years has finally ended. Princess Celestia orders Twilight Sparkle and her friends to help defend the newly awakened Empire against King Sombra, the evil unicorn who had cursed the empire.__TOC__"@en . . . .