Hello everyone, here is the next chapter as I promised.
This one will show Crimson's dark nature and I hope you all are ready for what happens.
Please enjoy.
Chapter 25: Healing Hearts
Canterlot High
One week. It's been one week after what took place between Crimson, Lyra, and Sunset. Things have not been going well, but the one person who is hurting the most is Crimson.
He tried to call Lyra but her cell didn't answer and she didn't return any of his text messages, she was being serious about him not talking to her and that made Crimson feel even worse than before.
He himself was now consumed by darkness and negativity, his anger, hate, and despair were the only emotions he was feeling because every other emotion was pointless to him.
Today while he at his locker Trixie appeared to taunt him. "Well, well, if it isn't the ex-boyfriend." She said in a smug tone.
Crimson didn't answer as he was too busy checking on his stuff to listen.
"What? No response? I wouldn't blame you as things like this happen with young couples." She said with her tone unchanged.
Crimson remained silent before closing his locker and walking away from Trixie. "You're probably wondering how I know you and Lyra had a falling out? Well there is this rumor going around about it and I just want to know if you felt guilty for what you-" Trixie said before Crimson grabbed her shirt and pinned her to the lockers near them.
"Trixie, listen to me right now. You are going to leave me alone and you better do because if you both me again I swear to the heavens below that I will slay you with me Keyblade. Are we clear?" Crimson said to her with his demonic voice combined with anger.
Trixie was really scared by what was happening to her and the students around them was getting concerned by what Crimson was doing to her. "Yes, we're clear." She said with a scared tone before Crimson let her go.
As he was walking away his darkness began to flicker and everyone around him was getting really terrified of him, but Crimson didn't care at the least.
During class Miss Cheerilee was doing something a little different today. She picks out a student, she says a word and they need to say the first thing that comes to their mind.
"Oh, Crimson how about you go first." Cheerilee said while pointing at Crimson.
He got up and stood against the classroom before Cheerilee began. Okay, Crimson. Smile." She said.
"Anger." He replied.
Cheerilee got confused by why he chose that word, but she kept on going.
"Love." She said.
"Hurt." He said.
"Happy." She said.
"Hate." He said.
"Light." She said.
"Darkness." He said.
"Joy." She said nervously.
"Despair." He said.
Seeing how negative Crimson's words were Cheerilee asked him to take a seat as she was finished with him and had decided to pick a different person to come up.
Crimson's and Sonic's house
This afternoon when Crimson and Sonic got home they began a little sparring match. Sonic and Lucky didn't know what Crimson went through a week before and thought to ask him after the brawl was over.
"Brother, something is clearly wrong with you. What happened?" Sonic said as his and Crimson's Keyblades clashed.
Crimson didn't respond to what his brother say as they continued while Lucky watched, however Crimson was getting really rough with Sonic as his attacks were becoming brutal and raw.
Crimson blocked every attack Sonic placed on him before hitting him with deadly counterattacks. Crimson then rushed at his brother and endlessly attacked him and he was knocked into the ground.
Sonic struggled to get up, but when he saw his brother he noticed his darkness flickering and the emptiness inside. Crimson then began to scream into the air and the darkness around him began to appear, also his eyes were starting to flash as he was going to enter Berserk Mode.
Meanwhile in different locations, Sunset and Lyra were thinking about Crimson and were being comforted by their friends. However within a split second the girls felt a jolt pass through their heads and collapsed on the ground.
"Lyra!" Bon Bon said in shock. "Sunset!" The Mane Seven said in shock.
Both Lyra and Sunset were on their knees while grasping their throats as they were having trouble breathing. Not only that but their eyes were becoming soulless and they both had no idea what was happening while being really scared at the same time.
Back with Crimson he was letting the darkness consume him and for the first time in his life he wanted to go into Berserk Mode. Lucky saw this and quickly rushed over to Crimson to stop him.
"Crimson stop it, please don't give in to the darkness." She said, pleading to her son while placing her hands on his arms.
He didn't listen to her and continued on letting the darkness rise. "Brother, listen to what our mother is telling you. Calm down, please." Sonic said.
"There's no point anymore. Darkness is my only salvation." Crimson replied with his demonic voice.
"No stop it Crimson! Now!" Lucky said with firmness in her voice while at the same time, a small sparkle of light emitted from her hand.
Hearing this Crimson dismissed his Keyblade, then his darkness began to disappear while his eyes stopped flashing, but they were still soulless.
Back with Lyra and Sunset, their eyes reverted back to normal and they were feeling better from what they just experienced. But the one question on their minds was what happened and why did it happen.
"Crimson, what's wrong? Why are you acting this way?" Lucky asked.
He didn't answer as he began to walk away. Lucky then helped Sonic up and began to worry for Crimson. They also believed that if this happens again then he'll never come back from it.
Canterlot High
The next day during lunch Crimson sat by himself while everyone else sat together. Sonic was with the Mane Seven and he asked them if everything was okay.
"No Sonic, it's not. Yesterday Sunset was choking and we all thought she was going to die, but then whatever she was going though suddenly stopped and she went back to normal." Twilight said, informing Sonic what Sunset went through.
"Lyra went through the same thing." Bon Bon said as she went up to everyone to tell them what happened to her.
"Well it may have something to do with my brother. Yesterday he was acting really rough on me while we were sparring and he was allowing his darkness to control him, consume his well being." Sonic said, telling the girls what happened.
"I believe it has something to do with him and Lyra having an argument." Bon Bon said.
"What do you mean?" Sonic asked curiously.
"Well, Lyra told me that Crimson cheated on her with Sunset. She slapped before walking off." Bon Bon said, explained what happened between Crimson and Lyra.
"What? My brother would never do that. I'm sure whatever happened was just a misunderstanding." Sonic said, believing that what his brother did was not true.
The Mane Seven agreed, so Pinkie thought it would be best to cheer him up by giving him a balloon. "Here ya go Crimson, one super happy balloon to help make all those bad feelings fade away." She said with a smile while appearing out of nowhere and giving Crimson the balloon.
"Are you now feeling better?" Pinkie asked.
Crimson looked at the balloon before popping it with his bare hands," Pinkie. Go Away." He said firmly.
Pinkie gasped that he popped her balloon, but at the same time she listened to him and went back over to her friends.
Rarity then went to him to try and cheer him up. "Darling we know you're upset, but why not just tell us what's wrong and maybe we can help you." She said kindly.
"Rarity. Piss off." he said quietly.
Rarity gasped a little before speaking, "What did you just say?"
"I said, piss...off!" He repeated so she could hear him.
"Crimson Nova!" Rarity said with a shocked tone.
"I don't want any help from anyone, just leave me alone and I'll pass." Crimson said before getting up and leaving the cafeteria.
Rarity went back with the others and she couldn't believe what Crimson said to her. At that moment Applejack got up and went after Crimson to give him a piece of her mind.
While walking through the hallways Crimson was met up by Applejack, "Crimson, what is your problem? That's not how we treat our friends. Now I don't know what's gotten into you, but you clearly need help right-" Applejack said before Crimson grabbed her shirt and pinned her against a wall like he did with Trixie yesterday.
"I don't need help from anyone! And I told you all to leave me alone." Crimson said with his demonic voice before letting Applejack go while she slid to the ground.
He then took her hat before placing it on her hand, "Ya'll best be leaving me be or you won't see the light of day." Crimson said with a southern accent before giving Applejack her hat back while walking off.
Clearly she knew something was bothering him and she got really scared by Crimson's voice change. But Applejack remained calm and hoped that whatever her friend is going through he needs desperate help.
Canterlot High: Playing fields
This afternoon when school was over Crimson went out to the fields and began doing some solo training. He used Football guard to practice his fighting, but near the end he ripped one apart with his bare hands.
Sunset saw everything that he did as she found him so that she could apologize before things got even worse then they already are. "Crimson." She said in a calm voice.
Crimson turned around and noticed Sunset, "What?" He said firmly as he was still mad for what happened and blamed her for his suffering.
"Listen whatever's happening to you it's not good. You really need to talk to someone about this. I can't stand seeing you like this anymore." Sunset said, trying to reason with Crimson.
"I'm fine, I don't want to talk to anyone." Crimson said.
"Yes you do. I'm truly sorry for what happened, I didn't know how the outcome would turn out, but maybe it was best for me to tell you how I felt before all of this started." Sunset said, apologizing for her actions.
"I don't want your apology. Just leave me alone." Crimson said before he started to walk away.
Sunset grabbed his arm and told him that she and his friends can help him, he doesn't have to handle this alone. Crimson ignored that and told Sunset to let him go but she didn't, so in a instant Crimson turned around and slapped her hard in the face.
Doing this made Sunset stumble a little before she got on her knees and covered her face from where she was slapped. "I told you to leave me alone. I can take care of myself and what I am feeling will pass on it's own. I will never forgive what you did Sunset, and for that you're not my friend anymore." Crimson said firmly before he walked away to go home.
Sunset felt hurt from what he said. She began to cry afterwards and felt horrible for what had happened and wished things would change between her and Crimson. She didn't want to lose him, but she did listen and thought it was best to leave him alone for the time being.
Lucky's house
When Crimson got home his mother was in the living room and she had heard from Sonic about what he did today. She was not happy at all, in fact she was very disappointed in him while crossing her arms and looking at him with a firm expression.
"Crimson, you need to tell me what's wrong. Let me help you get over this because right now you are not acting like the boy I raised." She said firmly.
"How did you figure it out?" Crimson asked.
"Sonic told me that Lyra's friend Bon Bon had heard what happened from Lyra, but I want to hear it from you." Lucky explained.
Crimson remained silent as he didn't want to tell anyone about it, so in response to that Lucky sent him up to his room and told him that he was grounded for the rest of the night.
Crimson didn't care about that, in fact it meant that he was getting more alone time than ever. Meanwhile back downstairs Lucky used the house phone to call Celestia and talk to her about it.
Canterlot High
The next day Crimson was sent to the principle's office after third period, he had a theory that it was about what happened yesterday so he went along with it and walked there without making a second thought.
As he made it to the Principle's office he took a seat and was seating face to face with Celestia. "Crimson, we need to talk." She said with a strong tone.
"What about?" He replied.
"It's about your actions. Clearly something is wrong with you and it's my responsibility to understand what it is and fix it before it gets worse." She said explaining what the situation is.
"Whatever, it doesn't matter. There's nothing to talk about and nothing to say." Crimson said with a bad boy attitude.
"Listen young man, I am your principle and your mentor. You need to tell me what's wrong, you're hurting from the inside and the darkness inside of you is growing. Please tell me so I can help you." Celestia replied, convincing him to tell her what happened to him.
"No. I've told everyone this and they didn't listen so I'm gonna say it again. I DON'T WANT YOUR HELP, LEAVE ME ALONE AND I'LL LEAVE EVERYONE ELSE ALONE." Crimson said with his demonic voice and serious tone.
Celestia grew wide eyed and scared by what Crimson just said to her, even his darkness was now showing and she was getting terrified. Crimson then grabbed his book bag to get to class while slamming Celestia's door on the way out.
Celestia had never seen Crimson like this before except for the time when he and Sonic were going to destroy the world, but this time it's even worse. Taking in a sigh Celestia picked up her phone and began to call someone, the only person who could help Crimson.
Meanwhile at the end of the day during gym everyone was playing dodge ball. Rainbow dash was in the zone as she was taking out every person in her sights, but when it came to Crimson she was gonna have a problem.
Crimson dodged everyone ball thrown at him while Rainbow was calling him chicken for dodging and not taking a hit. When she threw her final ball Crimson caught it and threw it back with incredible force. Rainbow Dash didn't react enough to dodge it and when it impacted her it also sent her flying towards the wall from behind, she was okay but her head was bleeding a little and she had to go to the infirmary.
Afterschool when Crimson was walking out of the entrance doors he was met up by someone he hadn't seen for a while, Cadence.
"We need to talk Crimson." she said with firmness in her voice while crossing her arms.
Seeing how this was getting ridiculous and knowing that there was no other way, Crimson sighed before agreeing to go with her to talk.
Crystal Prep Academy
Going with her to Crystal Prep Crimson and Cadence sat together in a empty room with a table and two chairs. Shining Armor was there too, he was blocking the door to make sure Crimson wouldn't leave under any circumstances.
"Okay. You need to tell someone what's wrong Crimson, please talk to me." Cadence asked.
Crimson remained silent before Cadence spoke again. "What your going through has gone far enough. You aren't acting the same way you were before and I can't accept that. Please honey, I can't help you unless you let me." She said while placing one of her hands on Crimson's.
Crimson took a deep breath, when he did his darkness flickered a little but at the same time it began to return inside of him. Not only that but his eyes were reverted back to normal. "Okay. Okay, I'll tell you." He said in a calm but sad tone. Cadence was relieved after she heard that, then she began to listen to what was bothering Crimson.
"It started a week ago, after me and Sonic came back from our journey. When I woke up from my nap I got a call from Lyra as she wanted to talk to me about something. I went over to her house and we talked, she asked me if I had feelings for Sunset and I told her that I only cared about her as a friend. Lyra accepted that and she also wanted to talk to me about sex, she wanted to do it with me because while I was gone she had a void in her heart and I wanted to heal it. I was nervous about it, but Lyra and I took it slow. We did use protection if you're asking, then the next morning we were both happy to have shared our love together. In the afternoon when I was finished with a month of homework Sunset wanted to talk to me about something, she confessed her true feelings to me and that she loved me. I was very surprised about this, in fact before Lyra I did have deep feelings for Sunset, but it was already too late. I told her about my poem I originally wrote for her and she liked it, then we shared a hug before she kissed me. I pushed her away and asked what she was doing, but before an explanation was told Lyra walked in on us and saw what happened. She saw it from a different angle though and I wanted to tell her that it was a misunderstanding but instead she slapped me in the face and said that she didn't want to talk to me. That was when I only relied on darkness now, only it can heal my pain and only it can help me forget weak emotions." Crimson said, finally explaining what had happened to him to someone.
Cadence and Shining Armor were very surprised by this. "Wow, that's rough." Shining Armor said with sympathy. "Crimson, I am very sorry for what you when through, but being a jerk and relying on darkness is not going to help you. You've lost the light within you and I'm only telling you to go find it again. Light can heal your pain, darkness only makes it worse, understand?" Cadence said with her sweet voice.
Thinking back at everything he did made Crimson feel horrible about himself, he then began to develop tears in his eyes before Cadence went up to him and they shared a loving hug.
She also kissed his forehead and told him that everything is okay and that it wasn't his fault. Then after breaking up their hug Crimson smiled at her and Shining Armor, in fact it was the first time he had smiled in a while. "Thank you Cadence, thank you for helping me." He said kindly to her.
"You're welcome, now go and heal the hearts that are broken." She said.
"I will, also you're like another mother to me." Crimson said warmly before leaving Crystal Prep.
Cadence smiled lovingly when he said that, in fact she did act a little motherly to him and Sonic while they attended at the academy, but she'll never stop doing that and she's a good person to have helped someone who needed her.
Lyra's House
Crimson ran through the sidewalk to get to Lyra so he could finally talk to her and heal her heart. Along the way he went to each of his friends houses to apologize as well.
At Pinkie's he said he was sorry and she easily accepted it, however she also told him that he owes her a dollar for a balloon. "What? But you've got tons of them." Crimson said, believing that this was a rip off.
"Actually it was one of my favorites Crimson." She replied with a blank expression.
He gave her a the dollar and went to the next person, Rarity.
At her house Rarity didn't believe his apology and was still mad at him for swearing at her, so Crimson had to beg for her forgiveness and he got on his knees and pleaded.
Rarity found that embarrassing and quickly forgave him before anything else came up. The two then shared a warm hug before Rarity kissed his cheek as a bonus. He smiled at her and was happy to have her forgiveness, afterwards he went to the next house.
Next was Applejack, however when he got to her house Big Macintosh was there and he was not happy see him. But gladly Applejack was there and she accepted his apology when he told her, plus she told him that the next time he takes her hat she's gonna tie him in some rope. Crimson promised to never do that again and the two shared a fist bump before he went to Rainbow Dash.
At her house Rainbow Dash seemly forgave him, but then she kneed him in the stomach as payback for what happened during gym. He did deserve that, but afterwards they shared a hug before he left to see Sunset.
At her house Crimson apologized deeply for what he said to her and for slapping her as well. She found it a little hard to believe it, but then she forgave him and they shared a tight warm hug. Crimson also asked if she would come with him to Lyra's house so that they can settle the situation, she agreed and the two were off to the final house.
When they got to Lyra's house Bon Bon answered the door and she was really happy to see Crimson, but got curious on why Sunset was with him. "Hi Bon Bon,. Is Lyra home?" He asked.
"She is. She's in her room. I'll come with you because this needs to end." Bon Bon asked before Crimson nodded.
Sunset stayed in the living room while both Crimson and Bon Bon went upstairs to see Lyra. "Lyra, someone's here to see you." Bon Bon said while knocking on her door.
Lyra answered it and saw Crimson with Bon Bon, "What's he doing here?" She said with a glare.
"He's here to talk to you. And the both of you are going to settle this right now." Bon Bon said firmly while pushing Crimson into Lyra's room and shutting the door.
Standing against each other Lyra went to go sit on her bed while waiting for Crimson to speak, "Well, what do you want?" She said while crossing her arms.
"I came to talk to you Lyra, please listen because what you saw was a complete misunderstanding." Crimson said honestly.
Giving him a chance Lyra allowed Crimson to explain. "You see, you saw me and Sunset at a different angle and it made you think that I kissed her when really she kissed me. She confessed her true feelings to me and I accepted them but I couldn't be with her because I'm with you, a spark happened and that made Sunset kiss me." He said with complete honesty.
Hearing his calm tone made Lyra think about it, but she still didn't believe him. So at that point Crimson only one option left, "Lyra, I'm afraid there's only one way I can make you happy again." He said with a frown.
"And what might that be?" Lyra asked curiously.
"I'm breaking up with you." Crimson said, feeling slight pain in his heart from saying that.
"What?" Lyra replied with shock.
"I'm sorry Lyra, really I am, but I don't want to see you upset or see you cry anymore. Breaking up with you is my only option left, it's the only way to help you and it's for the best." Crimson said as was walking over to the door.
At that moment Lyra jumped off from her bed and hugged Crimson from behind while crying softly in his back. "Crimson, you're an idiot." She said.
Crimson turned around after Lyra broke the hug and wondered what she was talking about. "One fight and one misunderstanding is not gonna make me stop loving you. I believe you now and breaking up with me won't heal me, it'll make my pain even worse. That's why I called you an idiot, I love you dummy and nothing will ever change that." She said with tears falling from her face as she was smiling.
Crimson returned her smile before they shared a loving hug. They both missed each other very much and they both promise to never let this happen again. Afterwards they went downstairs where Bon Bon and Sunset were, Lyra felt a little off seeing Sunset but she got over it and gave her a small smile.
"Are you too okay?" Sunset asked with concern.
"We are. We're still together and it'll stay that way until the end of time." Lyra said while looking at Crimson and kissing his cheek.
Sunset smiled at them both and was very happy to see them happy. Then Crimson went over to Bon Bon and gave her a musical sheet while asking her if she knew how to play the piano since Lyra has one right next to them.
Bon Bon nodded and looked at what Crimson had written on it, she smiled at him before accepting his offer to play it. Sunset got up and both her and Lyra wondered what Crimson and Bon Bon were going to do next.
"This is a song you both need to hear, and I hope at the end of it we can accept each other." Crimson said warmly before going over to Bon Bon asking her to begin.
Crimson: Why don't you talk to each other.
Why don't you talk to each other, just give it a try.
Why don't you talk about what happened. I know you're trying to avoid it but I don't why.
You might not believe it. You might not believe...it.
But you've got a lot in common, you really do.
While singing Crimson took Lyra's and Sunset's hands and connected them together. when he did the two looked at each other while developing tears in their eyes.
You both love me and I love both of you.
In that moment Sunset and Lyra took a deep breath and began talking to each other.
"Lyra, I understand if you hate me for what I did." Sunset said with a frown. "I don't hate you." Lyra replied. "But...I knew how you felt about Crimson and I ruined your relationship." Sunset said, explaining what she did. "That's not the problem." Lyra said, admitting that something else was bothering her. "Then... What was?" Sunset asked curiously. "You love him too, don't you?" Lyra asked. Sunset nodded. "I heard you sing about him and I thought you liked him too. I never said anything because I thought you would tell me yourself or that it'll pass, but I guess I was wrong." Lyra said, telling Sunset how she knew she liked Crimson as well. "I did after I saved him from the darkness in his heart." Sunset said, telling her how she fell in love with Crimson. "I'd figured as much. Plus I think Crimson doesn't know much about how relationships work." Lyra said with a grin. "I think that too, but there is one good thing about him." Sunset said. "He has a big heart." Both Lyra and Sunset said in unison before smiling at each other.
I know you both need it.
I know you both need...it.
Someone who knows what you're going through.
You might not believe it. You might not believe...it.
But you've got in common, you really do.
You both love me and I love both of you.
You both love me and I love both of you.
After finishing the song Lyra and Sunset were touched by every word Crimson said, then they both hugged him tightly. They then broke it before Crimson looked at Lyra, "Lyra, with your permission I want to heal Sunset's heart if that's okay?" He asked.
Lyra thought about it before she went wide eyed to what he meant and gave him a simple nod, "Sure, I'll allow it only once." She said.
Sunset had no idea what Crimson meant, but he asked he if he can heal her heart and Sunset nodded before Crimson kissed her. Sunset went wide eyed from this, but then she closed them and began kissing back while a single tear fell from her eye, she was really happy now.
Lyra and Bon Bon looked at them and smiled warmly, then after ten seconds the two broke the kiss before smiling at each other. "Better now?" Crimson asked. "I am. Thank you." Sunset said warmly.
"Now that that's taken care of, maybe you and Lyra can be friends if you can give it a chance." Crimson asked.
"I don't mind that. What about you Lyra?" Sunset asked.
"Sure." She said before she gave Sunset a small hug.
After they broke it Crimson had one little surprise for them, but they'll have to do it at his house to make it work. Not sure what he was talking about Lyra and Sunset accepted his surprise and the three of them went straight to his house.
Crimson's and Sonic's house
Arriving at his house the girls were getting a little unsure on what Crimson wanted to show them, but they both agreed to see what it was first before judging it. Lucky saw the three of them when they came in and was very happy that her son got better, she and Crimson shared a hug before going upstairs.
Stepping into his room Crimson explained to the girls that he and them are going to sleep together. "Uh Crimson, I don't feel comfortable with what you're going through." Sunset said while rubbing her arm.
"No I mean we're actually sleeping together. You two sleep next to me while our hands are intertwined and I can take you to the Station of Destiny." Crimson said, explaining his surprise.
"Oh, umm sure that sounds...great." Lyra said, know understanding what he was talking about.
Nodding to what she said Crimson sat on the carpet floor while his girlfriend and his closest friend sat next to him, they then laid down while their hands were intertwined and fell into a deep slumber.
Station of Destiny
Lyra and Sunset were diving through a dark ocean below, then after five minutes they both landed on a large circle stained glass window that had images of themselves connected to Crimson.
"Hello girls, welcome to my station. Do you like it?" Crimson said as he suddenly appeared. from nowhere.
"Wow, it's very impressive Crimson. So what should we do now?" Lyra asked.
"Let's just talk." Crimson suggested with a kind voice.
Hearing that made that Lyra and Sunset smile warmly at him, then the three of them began talking to each other using different topics.
End of Chapter 25.
The song used in this chapter is called Both of You from Steven Universe, I do not own it.
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