Chapter 13:The Night Of Tragedy

One Year Later

It had been one long and very hard year for Heavy Weight since his visit to the hospital, things had really began to change since that day, some of the changes were good, others weren't as much. Heavy's teachings under the watchful eye of Celestia had only intensified since that day, he was now training like crazy, in mind, body, and magic. He practiced with the guards every day in the late afternoon, and the rest of his time was devoted to exercising, studying in the library along side Sunset Shimmer, or personal teachings from the princess herself.

However not everything was set and stone and progressive for Heavy, more darker changes were happening for the colt, he was becoming more detached from ponies, especially sunset Shimmer, he even became a bit hostile towards her. His coat was no longer pearly white like the princesses, his coat was now a more dull white as if his fur was soaked from rain, but he didn't care. The circles around his eyes also seemed to be getting darker as he thought about the pain he was feeling, and the detachments he felt with other ponies.

The memory of his mother in such a weakened state was breaking the colt's heart, but now he was doing what he could to hardened his heart and take the pain for the sake of his dream, and it was worrying the princess greatly. Little did Heavy know however, tonight was going to be the ultimate change in his life, and it would truly be the day that love would all but die in the little colt.

It was now late in the afternoon, the sun was starting to set and with it, clouds were now being put together for a much needed down pour due to the many days of pure sunshine the city has had. For one little colt however, the sun or the rain that was to come was now the least of his worries, he felt he had more important things to do as he was now facing down an experienced Earth pony member of the royal guard.

In the training grounds of castle Canterlot, Heavy Weight was squaring off with a fully armored member of the royal guard, he stood firm and strong with minor scratches on his body as he stared down the guard hard with fire and a lot of fury in his darkening eyes. The guard had his sword drawn and his armor was scratched, but the guard stood his ground completely fearless as he readied himself for another attack against the colt.

Suddenly in the heat of the moment, the guard instantly lunges at Heavy with his sword held high going for a downward strike to hasten his victory, but Heavy was no fool to such an amateurish attack. He lit up his horn and immediately surrounded himself in a massive and dense ice blue shield just as the guard swung his sword down and and slammed the sharp end of the blade against the shield. The shield held it's own as well as the mind of the colt as he gritted his teeth and began to repel the guard.

The guard then saw that Heavy's shield was about to toss him and immediately jumped from the shield just in time as the shield made a sudden expansion, the guard landed on his hooves and suddenly swung one of his back hooves in the form of a round house kick. Heavy raised an eye brow before a dagger suddenly flew out of the horse shoe of the guard, Heavy had lowered his shield before noticing the dagger and immediately thought fast as he brought out a blue tentacle from right in front of him and thankfully caught the dagger just in time.

Suddenly as Heavy threw the dagger aside, he was then met with the charging head butt of the guard, but Heavy was not about to be intimidated as he lowered his head and decided to take this attack of the guard's head on. They both slammed heads together and to the guards surprise, Heavy held his own against him, they fought for control as Heavy then felt blood rushing down from his head, his head burned with pain as he winced at it slightly. The guard became a bit concern, but was then surprised as Heavy then suddenly grunted and growled as he magically enhanced his head and fought through the pain as he then began pushing the guard back.

Heavy then lowered his head and then immediately raised it up hitting the guard in the jaw with his horn, with the guard's head high in the air and reeling from the blow, he left his chest with nothing but golden to defend it, and not even that was going to save him. Heavy then empowered himself with his magic and felt his speed and strength increase ten fold, he then unleashed three swift hoofs to the chest that immediately chipped away at the armor with ease. The guard quickly pulled out his sword to stop him, but Heavy then suddenly performed a back flip in split second time and kicked the sword out of the guards hooves with both hind legs.

Heavy soared through the air and glowed in his ice blue aura like a shining star in the night as he came down for a hard landing, he stomped his hooves down on the sandy ground and kicked up sand as he prepared the next move. He then saw the flying sword coming back down to the ground and quickly caught it in his levitation and suddenly lit it a blaze with his blue flames, he then suddenly shot the sword at high speeds directly at the guard, the guard in response suddenly pulled out out an excess shielding from behind the back of his armor.

He raised it in front of him, but it was too late, just as the guard had pulled out his shield, the sword had already struck and stuck to the chest of his armor, but surprisingly it did not go through the armor and pierced his chest. It was then that the burning sword suddenly made his armor crack up before suddenly exploding into pieces of golden chunks, and now that he was no more defenseless, Heavy was about to seal the win.

He saw the guard raise his shield as if he was preparing for an attack, but Heavy had a plan to break that shield as he narrowed his sights on the shield and began to focus, then in that instant, blue flames erupt from the front of the shield and was quickly heating and softening up the shield. The guard felt his shield getting hot as sweat began to form on his head, he was barely able to look out from behind his shield and look pass the bright fire before he was able to see a magic beam coming.

The guard didn't have much time to react as the beam struck his weakened shield and blew it away leaving the guard completely vulnerable, and Heavy had taken complete advantage of that as he had came right behind the beam in the form of his comet charge. For a last resort the guard quickly pulled off his helmet and used it as his last line of defense, he then held it in front of him as another shield, but Heavy just smirked as he slammed head first against the shield indulged helmet.

The guard held his own knowing that a direct hit from the attack could prove potentially lethal if struck directly, but they both knew as they gave each other one last look, they knew something was about to give, and it wasn't one of them. The helmet suddenly cracked up like an egg and suddenly disintegrated against the dense blue magic, with the helmet gone, the guard no longer had any means of defense as he braced himself for what came next.

The guard braced himself as Heavy struck him directly in the chest, but thankfully as Heavy sent the guard flying, he had realized the guard had managed to soften his attack with the helmet and was spared a critical and dangerous blow as the guard slammed on his back and slowly got up. He barely struggled getting to his and was met with the sight of a now irritated Heavy Weight who was hoping that the last attack would have been the finisher, the colt then suddenly took off towards the guard once more with a magically charged hoof.

Seeing the fury in Heavy's eyes, and feeling the bruising and damage he had taken on, the guard knew that he was no longer able to match the colt, and decided there was only one last thing he could do now. The guard removed his left front horse shoe, dropped it and held it up making a sign of surrender as Heavy suddenly grind to a stop only an inch from the stallions face, the guard felt the wind and the power of the hoof blow across his face as he watched Heavy slowly lower his hoof.

"Why did you surrender...? You can still fight, why did you just give up?"Heavy questioned in confusion and irritation.

"There was no other means for me to fight, my weapons were fried and now I have no armor for protection, would you still fight even if you had no defenses or weapons to fight with? I do not have magic like you do, I'm more limited than you Heavy,"The guard explained while putting his horse shoe back on.

"I would never give up, that's no way to become the best,"Heavy said sternly and with great pride.

"Hmm... Interesting, not a lot of guards now a days share that kind of enthusiasm and bravery you do,"The guard said with an interested smile.

"Well if I have to I'll get them to be like that, I'll show them what real bravery and the will to never get up can do,"Heavy said in the same tone.

"Well now... I would love to see that, and I would have been honored if you were the captain of this place, just like your father was,"Guard said as he then walked off to leave the grounds.

Heavy let out a sigh of frustration, he looked up to the dark clouds that the Pegasus were putting together to make the storm that was to come, he then turned around to leave only to be met with the hoof clopping applause and the smiling face of Sunset Shimmer who was standing at the entrance and had watched his battle with the guard with admiration. He rolled his eyes at the happy filly as she raced to Heavy and getting ready to hug him for his valiant victory against the guard.

"Heavy Weight that was incredible...! You're really getting good with magic! How do you do all this?!"Sunset exclaimed excitedly as she approached the colt.

Suddenly as she reached out to hug him, Heavy growled in frustration at Sunset's surprise hugs, he quickly grabbed Sunset's left hoof and lifted her over his head and slammed her on her face. He then held her in an arm lock and held her down as she kicked and struggled against him.

"Sunset I'm getting tired of your surprise hugs, maybe instead of watching me you should worry about yourself, maybe you wouldn't fall for this basic move,"Heavy said as he gradually let her go and watched her scramble to her hooves.

"Sorry... I still just can't understand how you do it,"Sunset said trying to ignore the fact that her face was now sore.

"I told you before, you just need to apply yourself more, and yet you find it more prudent to just watch me... If you want to become princess one day, you need to stop chasing after me, and commit yourself to your own dream... I already have,"Heavy said as he calmly left the grounds, and leaving sunset to collect herself.

He quietly left the grounds and made his way to the castle, in the process Heavy decided that this was a good time to work on his book, with a wave and a bit of focus, Heavy gradually made his book appear in front of him along with a quill pen and began writing as he entered the castle. He looked upon the new page he was working on and it appeared to be somewhat of a drawing of Heavy, and the outline of another Heavy right next to the real one, Heavy smirked and chuckled as he knew this new spell he was making was definitely going to be one of his favorites.

He made his way through the main hall quietly and calmly as he wrote in his book making the details to the spell he was making, knowing that after a few test runs he did before, this spell was going to be a bit tricky to make. He made his way up the stairs of the hall and began walking down a hall way to get to his guest bedroom in the throne room, he made the few new adjustments of his spell in the process while lazily walking without even looking where he was going.

That soon caught up with him as Heavy then suddenly bumped into some pony and feel on his flank, he looked up in frustration before suddenly looking up at the worried face of princess Celestia, Heavy let out a sigh as he got to his hooves and bowed to her.

"Heavy...? You don't need to bow to me... I was just looking for you as a matter a fact,"Celestia said as she placed a hoof under his chin and knelt down to the colts level."Heavy... I'm starting to worry for you child, you are not the cheerful and happy little colt that walked into my home, you have changed since then..."

"I'm just trying to grow up fast princess... I want to grow stronger, and I learned that I have to grow up to get stronger, I don't have time for little foal stuff any more,"Heavy said as the princess stared into his eyes and let out a sigh.

"Just... Try not to grow up too fast Heavy, you are still a young colt yet, and I know this thing with your mother is bothering you, but you can't just forget about it and harden you're heart like this,"Celestia explains as Heavy looked down at the ground for a moment before looking back up at the princess.

"Thanks...I guess, now can I please go back to the guest room and study?"Heavy asked with a a dull tone.

"Of course Heavy, just remember... Try not to grow up to fast, I... Can't help but feel fond of you,"Celestia said as Heavy walked right by her and found his way to the throne room.

Heavy magically opened the big doors to the throne room and looked to his right, he saw the guest bed room and magically opened it as well, he then made his way over to the room and entered while shutting the door behind him. He then looked around the room, the bed was nice and big, he had his trusty old desk right by the window with a book that he was currently reading sitting there open. The room however had a thing for being quite dark, for it had only one window, and that meant only one source of light, but he did not care, it actually helped him remain calm and focus in such a peaceful place.

He slowly levitated his book and placed it on the bed as he then walked over to the desk, the colt made himself comfortable as he hopped up on the chair and pushed himself in for a magic as he began to read the book he was on. Heavy took one look out the window and saw the clouds just starting to form, he then turned back to the book and began reading, what he found was boring and yet informative, so he gave the details a sigh, but as he turned the page, he then noticed something of interest.

Heavy was now reading two pages that held the know how for not controlling magic, but for using magic to control nature, he looked to a picture of two unicorns that appeared to be manipulating lighting as well as even water, this officially made Heavy want to try it. He began to study the details and the know how on how to start, he thought the details were boring, but detail and careful coordination was needed when dealing with such magic, it took him a few weary minutes before he was finished reading, but now something caught up with Heavy.

He felt tired from his spar with the guard earlier, and the attention to details in his reading did not help either, Heavy let out a small yawn and took one last look through the window at the mounting clouds in the sky as his eyes got heavy. He managed to close his book and lay back in his chair as he shut his eyes and drifted off to sleep.

There was no dreaming, there was not one stir from the colt as he rested against the chair for hours now, there was no snoring and there wasn't even any movement, Heavy was quiet and resting peacefully with only one thing on his mind, his dream. His mind felt at ease as his ears suddenly twitched as thunder was being heard in the distance, but it only served as a soothing tune that helped him rest easily.

Finally Heavy's slumber was interrupted as he quickly awoke to the sound of knocking on the door, he snapped his eyes open and looked outside to see that the night had fallen upon the city and the storm was now beginning. He then looked to the door as he then was given three more knocks before he narrowed his sights on the door, he magically swung the door open and raised an eye brow as he saw princess Celestia and Sunset Shimmer standing at the door way and giving Heavy a sad look.

"What is it...? What's with all the looks?"Heavy asked with concern as he got off the chair and walked to them.

Heavy...? It's... Your mother, she wants to see you..."Celestia said in a solemn tone as the colt felt a familiar fear rising in him.

"I'm so sorry Heavy..."Sunset said in a shaky voice, making things much worse.

"Why...? Why would you say...?"Heavy asked before he finally had enough.

"Heavy listened to me... You knew it was only a matter of time, please... Just listened to me for just a minute..."Celestia begged but to avail.

In that instant Heavy no longer wanted to listen and lit up his horn with blue magic, he then began covering himself in the same sphere of magic he has seen his mother and the princess use on many different occasions. He got one last glimpse at Celestia's face full of worry and sadness before he was finally completely covered in the sphere, he then began to focus as he then began traveling through his own little teleportation tunnel. He did not time to be happy that he got the spell down, now his mother was his greatest concern at this time as he went through the ice blue tunnel of magic.

Heavy then took a deep breathe in as he came out of the magical tunnel as suddenly reappeared outside the castle and on the streets of the city, he heard the thunder of the storm clouds rumble as he panted while taking one look back to the castle. He then turned back to the streets of the city and immediately took off down the street passing a few ponies as he frantically made his way to the hospital.

"GET OUT OF MY WAY!"Heavy shouted as he shoved through many different ponies that were rushing to avoid the storm, he never felt so scared in his life.

He raced by many buildings and ponies, there was nothing more important to him than his mother at this point, he had even cast his dream to the side as he turned off into the next street, and as he did, Heavy then accidentally slammed into a familiar face while another yelped in shock at the collision. He fell to his flank and immediately scrambled back to his hooves before staring angrily at the one who ran into him, he then forgo about his anger and was stricken with shock as he was now looking at two old friends, Shining Armor, and Twilight Sparkle.

"Heavy...? Is that you?"Twilight said as she helped Shining to his hooves.

"Twilight...? Shining?"Heavy said in frantic confusion.

"Oh my Celestia it is him...! Hey Heavy, It's been awhile since we last saw you, what have you been up to, you gotten bigger since I last saw you,"Shining said as he noticed that Heavy was a bit bigger than a normal colt at the age of seven.

"I...uh... It's good to see you two, look I really gotta go..."Heavy said frantically before a conversation could brew.

"Go...? But... We haven't seen you in a long time, don't you wanna hang out for a bit...?"Twilight asked with a sad look.

"No...! I have to leave now!"Heavy said loudly before pushing pass Shining and Twilight as he took off down the street.

"What was that all about Shining? Why doesn't he want to see us?"Twilight asked out of confusion as they watched Heavy leave.

"I don't know, but he sounded like something bad was happening... Come on! Let's follow him,"Shining said as Twilight lit up a little bit.

Both the brother and sister then ran after Heavy, but they made sure to keep their distance so he would not see them, however the two siblings were too busy trying to follow Heavy that they did not realize that some pony else was following. It was an old enemy of theirs and now thanks to Twilight and Shining's actions, this old enemy had finally found the one that humiliated him and beat him in front of all the students in the school, the one, the only... Dark Shine.

Heavy Weight on the other hoof had no time or the patience to notice himself being followed as he finally made it to the Canterlot hospital, seeing the hospital only made Heavy go faster and made it harder for his friends to keep up with him. Fear was mounting for him, the thunder of the clouds crashed as he felt a drop of rain hit his muzzle, but it proved not to deter him as he made it inside the hospital.

Shining Armor and Twilight immediately stopped just as they got to the hospital door and looked up at the entire building before looking back at the door, as much as they wanted to continue, they could not dare enter a public place without a parent or special business. The siblings then decided to wait outside, but remain under the cover of the building as it started to rain, they could not figure everything out with what was going on with their friend, but what they did realize was that there was serious business in that building Heavy needed to attend to, and boy was serious.

Heavy was now standing in the lobby of the hospital, he quickly looked all around him before quickly making his way to the lobby desk, he then looked up and got the lobbyist attention.

"Excuse me Miss, I'm here to see my mom Golden Heart,"Heavy said as he saw a mare poke her head out from the desk and looked down to see the worried colt.

"Oh... Oh my goodness... Um... Of course Heavy Weight, go right up... She's waiting for you..."The lobbyist said in a solemn tone, making the colt worry even more.

Heavy then let out a sigh as he lit up his horn again and focused on the floor he needed to focus on, he quickly covered himself in an orb of magic as he then disappeared from the lobby and was heading towards the third floor. In a split second of going through the tunnel, Heavy instantly reappeared in front of his mother's hospital room on the third floor, he quickly took a gulp before pushing the door open slowly.

Upon opening the door he saw his mother resting in her hospital bed with everything covered up but her face, he could hear the heart monitor going as well as the breathing machine as he quietly entered the room and shut the door behind him. He slowly began approaching his mother as it hurt his heart to see his mother in such a state, tears streamed down his cheek, his whole body quivered with cold pain as he made it to his mother's side and crawled up onto her bed.

"Mom...? I'm here mom... It's me... Heavy..."Heavy said while Golden Heart did not move, it didn't even sound like she was breathing."Mom...?! Are you okay...?! Please talk to me..."

Heavy's begging was finally answered as Golden Heart let out a deep and labored breathe, she then opened her eyes and slowly looked around the room, she then saw Heavy Weight right at her side with tears in his eyes, and to the colts surprise, she smiled at him.

"Heavy...? Oh Heavy... My baby, I'm so glad you came son,"Golden Heart said in the weakest voice ever."Oh... Look at you Heavy... You're growing up awfully fast there son..."

"Mom...? Why did you need to talk to me again, is there something wrong?"Heavy asked as he snuggled against his mother.

"Heavy... It's time... I... can't go on any longer,"Golden Heart said as Heavy felt something die inside of him.

"Mom... No...! Mom please... Don't go..."Heavy begged as he began sobbing against his mother.

"I'm sorry son... I never wanted you to have to endure this... But now... You have to be strong now son, for me... And your father,"Golden Heart said as she nuzzled her son's cheek.

"But mom... I... I won't have any pony, I'll have nothing without you..."Heavy cried as the tears flow freely from his eyes.

"Heavy... Don't forget... You still have your dream, and that dream...is something you wish to make come true... You have many of your father's virtues including his courage, and his determination, if you remain on this path, there will be nothing you cannot do..."Golden Heart explained with some weak coughing.

"I... I understand... B-but how can I go on if you're not going to be with me...?"Heavy asked out of grief and pure despair.

"I'll always be with you... I'll be right here... In your heart... always..."Golden Heart said as she weakly placed a hoof to her son's chest."Your father's with you as well, I believe that ever since his death, his spirit has been in you this whole time."

"My dad...is inside me...? You... Really think he is?"Heavy asked as he placed his hoof on his mother's.

"I do... And from now on... I'll always be with you as well, you will now carry the spirits of us both in your heart,"Golden Heart said before turning away and looking up at the ceiling as tears suddenly streamed from her face."Mega... I've done all I could do... Our son is on his way now, please watch over him when I cannot."

"Mom...? What is it now...? Mom...?!"Heavy said in response while Golden continued to stare at the ceiling.

"I'm so proud of you Heavy... I was so happy to be your mother... Thank you for being born to me... Thank you son... Thank you so much...Heavy Weight..."Golden Heart as she sobbed and felt herself fading into the after life."Good bye my son... I love you... So...much...Heavy..."

It was in that very moment as Heavy looked at his mother with fear, he felt his mother's hoof go limp in his own, he watched as her smile slowly faded and her head slowly hit the pillow as if she had lost consciousness. Then suddenly as Heavy then heard the heart monitor flat line, he now knew for certain... Golden Heart had died...

"Mom...? MOM...? Mom please talk to me...! Mom...!"Heavy said as he was on the verge of breaking down, he quickly tried to shake her awake to no avail."Mom... Please... Mom... No... No... NO...!"

Heavy then exploded in a raw display of emotional pain as he broke down upon his mother's peaceful yet lifeless body, he felt completely destroyed, he felt helpless and could not control his crying. He now laid there next to his mother, not wanting to be disturbed, not wanting to move, not caring or noticing his eyes taking on an even darker shade of grey, and most of all he didn't even notice as his old enemy had watched this tragic event from the door way and walked away with a wicked grin on his face.

OKAY... NOW THAT WAS A CHAPTER THAT WAS HARD TO MAKE, HOPE YOU ALL ENJOYED IT, AND TO THE ONES THAT HAVE SEEN THE ORIGINAL, YOU ALL KNOW WHAT COMES NEXT.