Chapter 24:Loss And Love

It had been weeks since the reunion between three friends occurred, and Shining Armor had already been adjusted to his new role as the captain of the royal guard, many were thankful for the new captain. Unfortunately Heavy Weight was not one of those ponies, for he was growing ever more hateful of Shining with each passing day, the new captain was watching him and making studying itself a challenge for the colt. Shining Armor made sure to follow Heavy's every move through every corner of the castle, and by doing so, it sparked more than a few fights between the two.

It would always take Celestia or Twilight to break the two apart from each other, and it even required both of them to do so, Twilight herself noticed the sudden change the stallion and colt had with each other. It was shocking to see the two of them fighting with one another, but she would always be sure to keep the peace among the two, after all, she did care greatly for the both of them. On this day however, Twilight was about to learn just how much she truly cared for a special colt.

It was now late in the afternoon, Heavy and Twilight were now in the library reading a few books of interest, they once again sat across each other reading while Twilight could tell that Shining Armor was watching them from outside the library. She could see Heavy struggling to focus as he too could tell that Shining was watching them, and was becoming more irritated by the moment as he read. Twilight could tell that another fight was on its way and she was the one who would have to deal with it, but that didn't stop her from dreamily staring at Heavy as he read.

Heavy looked up at her and just smiled only slightly before getting serious and looking back to his book, that only made Twilight let out a dreamy sigh before Heavy suddenly made a flash of blue light go off. His look then became serious as a calendar suddenly appeared before him and his eyes widened before he then looked down to the floor in a sudden solemn look while closing up his book. This struck Twilight as out of the ordinary noticing that Heavy no longer had a desire to read, she was then able to shake off her day dreaming just as Heavy slowly got out of his seat.

"Hey Heavy...? Where are you going?"Twilight asked as she was getting out of her chair.

"I need to go somewhere Twilight, I'll...be back in a few hours..."Heavy said as his horn lit up.

Twilight watched as the colt calmly and casually made his way to the library exit as a bundle of colorful flowers appeared in a flash of light and were now in the levitational hold of Heavy Weight's magic. That was also marked as something out of the ordinary, what could Heavy Weight possibly want with a bundle of flowers in his possession, Twilight did not know. She then watched as Heavy disappeared out of the library only to be followed by Shining Armor, and Twilight already knew what was about to come.

Twilight let out a sigh and made for the door, in her haste she dropped her book as yelling was already commencing just outside the library, this only speed up her pace as she ran towards the sounds of yelling.

"Stop following me everywhere! Seriously you are so annoying!"The roars Heavy Weight sounded out as Twilight rounded the corner and saw them going at it.

"I'm not going anywhere Heavy, and I'm not about to let you off so you can do more harm to other ponies!"Shining said as he stood in the colt's way.

"Shining I'm warning you! Get the buck out of my WAY!"Heavy roared at Shining before suddenly shoving Shining Armor to the side."The only pony I have intention of doing harm to is you if you keep getting in my way!"

"Is that a threat you little MONSTER!?"Shining roared back before suddenly shoving Heavy in return.

"It ain't a threat...! BUT IT'S ABOUT TO BECOME A REALITY!"Heavy shouted as he suddenly dropped the flowers, pounced on Shining and began wrestling with him on the ground."CALL ME A MONSTER AGAIN! I DARE YOU! SAY IT AGAIN...!"

Twilight rushed to both of them as Heavy managed to get Shining into a head lock while Shining tried a few small jabs to the side to force Heavy off him, there were some guards not too far away, but even they did not know how to handle this mess. The filly then suddenly made her horn glow and suddenly made Shining Armor disappear from Heavy's grip, only for him to reappear right behind Heavy.

The colt spun around as did Shining Armor and were about to go at it again, but this time Twilight appeared in a flash of purple light right between the two of them, while she only had to stop Heavy with a gentle hoof, she had to stop Shining Armor with a flat square shield. Shining slammed his head against the purple shield and only cracked a bit before Shining stepped back and shook off the blow to see Twilight now talking down Heavy.

"You better get him before I kill him Twilight...!"Heavy warned as he snorted at the stallion."I swear to Celestia I'm going to kill him!"

"Big talk coming from a monster Heavy!"Shining yelled from behind the shield as Heavy was about to jump at him again.

"Stop...! Both of you! Just stop...!"Twilight said as she gently pushed Heavy away and gave him back his flowers."Just go Heavy... Let me handle Shining Armor okay...?"

Heavy looked back with great anger before seeing a nervous and scared look on Twilight's face, finally Heavy took a deep breath and began to calm down as he took up his flowers from her. He then began to walk down the hall way once more while Twilight stuck with him and kept Shining Armor away from him, she stood between them and waited for Heavy to disappear down the hall way in a flash of blue light.

Once the ghost was clear, she then lowered her shield and stared down her brother who looked very surprise by not only her growing talent with magic, but how she had appeared to be siding with Heavy.

"Are you going to tell me what that was all about? He attacked first, so why were you helping him?!"Shining questioned while Twilight stuck her nose up at him.

"I don't know what you're talking about, he wasn't even doing anything until you started following him, you wanna tell what that's all about?!"Twilight questioned back to her brother.

"Twily, there are things you just can't understand about Heavy Weight, he has to be watched at all times,"Shining Armor said with a more calm tone.

"That's what you always say, but you don't tell me the truth! I thought you and me could tell each other everything,"Twilight argued back while Shining just let out a sigh.

"Twily, I can tell you're getting closer to him, and trust me when I say this, he's very bad news, I just want you to be safe and stay away from him, he may look amazing on the inside, but he's a monster in the inside..."Shining Armor said in a solemn tone while Twilight only got more upset.

"Then you obviously don't know Heavy... I do, what happened to you guys...? You both use to be friends..."Twilight said in a solemn and angry tone before turning around and suddenly heading down the hall.

"Where are you going...?"Shining asked as Twilight lit her horn up.

"I'm going to check on him...!"Twilight said as she disappeared in a flash of purple light.

After a moment, Twilight reappeared in a flash of light on the top of the stairs in the main hall and she had just gotten there in time to see Heavy at the bottom of the stairs and making his way to the door. He looked back to her, but he did not smile as he turned back and went to the door, she watched him open it as curiosity struck her, flowers and a sudden down mood when approached with what today was.

She quietly watched as Heavy opened the door and left the castle, that was Twilight's signal to go after him as she quickly rushed down the stairs, but was quiet as she could be. She almost fell down the steps, but was able to catch herself with a teleportation spell and disappear from the stairs before reappearing at the bottom of the stairs virtually unharmed.

She then made a run for the door that Heavy Weight left open and stopped right at the door before poking her head out the side and seeing Heavy suddenly heading for the golden gates that led out into the city. Now she was really interested, it is rare that Heavy Weight would ever leave the castle, and sometimes he would need the princesses consent before he was allowed to leave the castle, what he was up to was getting far more interesting for Twilight as she continued to follow.

She quietly made her way outside just in time to see Heavy opening the golden gate and slowly walking out into the city, she waited until he was almost off into the city before continuing on. She quietly rushed down the stairs and ran to the golden gates and was able to hold them open with her magic before they closed. She made it to the gates and made herself scarce as she passed by the golden gates before finally releasing them and allowing the gates to close again while she watched Heavy disappear into the city.

"Where are you going Heavy...?"Twilight asked herself before following his trail into the city."I guess there's only one way to find out."

She quickly ran into the city to pursue her friend further and quickly slowed down as she could once again see Heavy Weight walking slowly down the streets of the city. She hid behind everything she could find as she slowly stalked Heavy through the city, it was then that she noticed other ponies looking down at him with glares and looks of disgust as he kept his head lowered at them. This struck Twilight a bit as she wondered what kind of problem could the citizens of Canterlot have with Heavy when he was practically the most amazing colt around.

She shook the question to the side as she continued to covertly follow her friend down the streets, for well over an hour Twilight kept this up as they were reaching the end of the city. She was a bit weary from the full hour of stalking and spying, but her determination held strong as she continued to follow Heavy before he suddenly came to a stop at a small wreck that appeared to be a house at a certain time.

Twilight let out a small gasp before quietly hiding behind a wagon and watching Heavy before he suddenly levitated a small flower from the bundle he held and placed it right in front of the wreck. He shook a bit before shaking his head and hiding some sort of frustration about the place.

"What is this place...? Why did you come here Heavy...?"Twilight asked herself quietly as she then noticed Heavy starting to walk off again."Oh...now where's he going...?"

Twilight quickly made her way out from her hiding spot and continued on as she followed her friend away from the wreck and was strangely going in the same direction as the city's exit gate. Twilight recognized the road they were taking and immediately raised more questions in her head as Heavy walked with his head still hung low, suddenly she noticed as she kept on Heavy's tail, a small tear had escaped his eyes and now laid before Twilight. She looked to it and suddenly felt herself get a little cold now knowing that Heavy was sad about something, and it only provoked her to follow him even closer.

After only a few minutes of spying, they finally came to the end of the city and they could both see the massive gate that led out of the city, Twilight quickly hid behind a small house and watched Heavy as he stopped right in front of the gate. He then suddenly lit up his horn and with a powerful flash of his magic, the massive gate swung up and open allowing the colt continue on while Twilight continued to follow now more confused about how he could actually leave the city just like that.

She stopped at the gate and watched Heavy travel down a dirt path outside of the city, she felt a bit nervous about leaving the safety of the city, but her desire to figure out what her friend was doing was even stronger. Finally she went for broke and stepped out of the city and followed Heavy down the dirt trail only for him to suddenly disappear of to the left of the mountain.

She raised an eye brow in confusion as she ran to the spot he last was before turning off and disappearing, she looked around and finally noticed a small and rigid path that circled around the mountain and gulped knowing it was her only shot to catching up to Heavy.

"Well... This is going to be fun, I hope whatever he's doing is so worth it...!"Twilight whispered to herself before finally getting on the path.

She slowly navigated herself through the path, but ran into bumps in the road that left bumps and scratches on her as she kept banging and slamming herself against the rigid rocks, not to mention the the holes and mini holes in the path. She almost slipped a few times and even tripped a few times on the bumpy and tricky road, never has Twilight wanted to discover a friends secret so much that she would get almost destroyed on a rough path just to learn a secret. Finally after a few minutes of endless pain and bumping against the mountain path, she came to an opening, and then she saw it, the place that made the path travel worth it.

Twilight now looked out towards an incredible and very beautiful plain that was secretly resting right behind the mountain all this time, flowers grew on the plain as it stretched for what looked like possibly a mile or more. She felt a mist hit her as she turned to her left and saw a water fall that actually appeared to be coming from the top of the mountains white peak. The mist of the water hit her face and made her feel refreshed as Twilight looked down and saw a large crystal clear pond where the water fall ended. To think that such a beautiful plain like this was leaving right under them this whole time, it was certainly a breath taking sight.

"Wow...! This place is very beautiful...! I can't believe Heavy knew about this place and never told me...!"Twilight said to herself before she was then reminded of what she came here for,"Oh my gosh...! Where is he... Oh...! There he is..."

Twilight looked to the front edge of the large pond and suddenly felt herself go cold with sudden emotion as she noticed Heavy Weight now standing in front of what looked to be a grave stone in front of the pond. Twilight put a hoof over her heart as she slowly made her way down to the plain and began to approach the colt slowly as the mystery began to wrap itself up. She felt a bit sick to her stomach as she now understood Heavy's intentions to this place, he was here to pay his respects to some pony.

Suddenly she began to get near her friend and quickly stopped cold as she heard quiet sobs that appeared to be coming from Heavy, and that's when she suddenly saw a picture of what looked like Heavy's mother Golden Heart. It was then that Twilight's heart began to break as she was putting a few mysteries to rest and was in complete disbelief at what was obvious, Golden Heart was dead... And this is her resting place.

"Oh my...gosh... Heavy...why didn't you tell me...?"Twilight said as shaky gasps left her body."Heavy... Oh my gosh... You... Lost your mother..."

Twilight felt herself getting weak with overwhelming emotion as she listened to the colt's sobbing and watched him lower the bundle of flowers as they rested right in front of the grave stone. Twilight then listened as Heavy finally spoke in a shaky voice that was mixed with silent sobbing as he knelt down and allowed his tears to flow freely.

"Mom...? I-I'm here mom...I came...just like I promised..."Heavy said as he gestured to the flowers he laid down for her."I-I brought you some roses... I... I know they're your favorite ones..."

Twilight shook with sadness as she listened to the colt's whimpers and sobs, she felt tears stinging her eyes and threatening to leave them as she inched closer to him, and wanted to hold him, but she kept quiet and waited for him to continue on.

"H-Heavy..."Twilight said with a shaky voice.

"I'm... Getting really good... W-with magic now mom... I promised that...I was going to be the best... And I will...! J-just for you mom..."Heavy started again as he rested his head on the grave, "T-things...are getting a bit crazy at the castle... But I can manage... I... I don't know...If what you said was true... A-about me having you and dad inside me this whole time... But I would like to believe that..."

Heavy then looked to the stand that still had a picture of his mother and saw that it was still smiling at him, he then began to cry a little louder as he slowly turned his head back towards the grave stone.

"But... I wish you were still here mom... I'm alone... I can't take it... I'm not...strong enough... N-no matter what... I feel lost without you mom,"Heavy said as he finally put his head against the grave stone and began to cry freely."I wish I could have seen you one last time...! I miss you mom..."

Finally Heavy broke down and bowed before the grave stone as he whimpered and cried silently on the soft soil where she now laid buried, Twilight on the other hoof began to quietly cry in disbelief that such a good mare had passed. She had really like Heavy's mom, she thought Golden Heart was the sweetest mare in the world, and to know that she was now gone was almost unbelievable.

Finally Twilight couldn't stand it any longer, the pain Heavy was in was too much for her to bare any more, she gently reached out while trying to subdue her tears. She then gently touched Heavy Weight on the shoulder and held it gently yet firm as the colt slowly lifted his head up and rubbed at his eyes to stop the crying. As Heavy looked up, he looked to the grave stone and saw Twilight's reflection in it and slowly turned around to see Twilight crying as well.

He shook his head in disbelief as he tried to end the tears and be angry, but he felt too weak and soft with despair to be angry at her as she then released his shoulder.

"W-what are you doing here Twilight...?! How...did you even find this place...?"Heavy questioned while Twilight could barley hold back her sadness.

"I... I followed you all the way from the castle... I'm sorry I followed you...but I wanted to know where you were going..."Twilight said before she suddenly hugged Heavy and brushed against his cheek with her own."Heavy...? Why didn't you tell me you lost your mother...?"

"You didn't need to know okay...! You're not the one who lost the only family you ever had!"Heavy snapped before turning away from her.

"How did she die...?"Twilight asked with tears streaming down her cheeks.

"She died of some sort of disease, the doctors couldn't save her... And... I couldn't save her..."Heavy said with his head bowing to the grave while Twilight stood there in complete silence for a moment.

"Heavy...? I'm sorry... I...can't imagine what you must be feeling... And your right... I didn't... I've never lost family before... Let alone the only family...I ever had in my life,"Twilight said subduing her tears finally."But it still hurts... When I saw you in so much pain...! Knowing that you have..."

Heavy suddenly felt surprised at Twilight's words and turned back to her and wiped his tears away to look to Twilight as more tears found their way from Twilight's eyes.

"I... I can't imagine what kind of pain it must be... But I bet it's the worst, and I never thought that some pony so good could go through something so terrible,"Twilight said with a shaky voice again as she approached him."Heavy... I'm so sorry you have to hurt like this...!"

Twilight then suddenly buried her face into Heavy's chest and held him while Heavy was in disbelief that Twilight was actually crying and caring for him like this, he felt tears once again stinging his eyes as he then suddenly began hugging her back. He then felt the tears leaving his eyes as he finally began to open up to her for the very first time.

"Why...Twilight...? Why are you crying for me...? Why would you do something like that for me...?"Heavy asked before Twilight suddenly took up his hoof.

"Because... I care about you Heavy... You were my best friend, and a friend should always help a friend in need...! Especially a friend like you..."Twilight said as she lifted her head away from his chest and looked into his ice blue eyes.

"But Twilight... I don't deserve friends, you may not believe it, but your brother is right, I'm...a monster,"Heavy said before suddenly releasing Twilight and turning back to the grave stone without looking to his friend.

"What do you mean...? You're not a monster...!"Twilight said in stubborn defiance with Heavy's belief,"Why would you even say that about yourself?!"

"Because... Do you remember Dark Shine...?"Heavy questioned as he turned back to her.

"Yes... He disappeared or ran away, no pony ever knew which,"Twilight replied with confusion.

"Well... He didn't run away or disappear,"Heavy said with a blank looked while Twilight widened her eyes in disbelief,"He's dead... Dark Shine is dead because... I killed him..."

"What...! No... You couldn't have, That can't be true, you would never do that Heavy!"Twilight said in disbelief.

"Well I did! He dared to mock my mother, he spied on me all that time, and he tried to kill you and Shining Armor, so... I lost control and... I went nuts and... I killed him..."Heavy said in sudden frustration as he looked to the ground.

"Heavy... Why didn't you tell me...?"Twilight asked in a quiet tone while still processing the whole secret that was now revealed.

"Because... You would have stopped being my friend, just like Shining Armor did, that's why we fight, he's protecting you from me, because I'm a murdering monster!"Heavy yelled in anger at himself.

"Heavy... You're not a monster... And I would never stop being your friend... What Dark Shine did sealed his own fate, the princess has told me that much about some evil creatures of Equestria,"Twilight said as she took up his hoof again."For all you know... You could have saved Equestria from an evil pony in the future... And who knows what he would have done to us or you."

Heavy looked back to Twilight in disbelief as she suddenly managed to make a small smile appear on her face as the sun began to set and glowed it's orange light upon both of them up and made both of their manes sparkle.

"What...! But...why...? Why would you still want to care for me when you know I'm a killer...?"Heavy said as he felt Twilight's hoof caress his own.

"Because... I... I love you Heavy..."Twilight suddenly said as Heavy froze instantly at those three words.

"What...did you just say...Twilight...?"Heavy said in disbelief.

"I said I love you Heavy Weight, I love as more than just a friend... I love you as in... I want...to be with you, I...think... From the day I met you, I always wanted to be with you Heavy, That's why I was so interested in you,"Twilight said before placing a hoof on Heavy's chest."You're so talented and so strong, you're everything I now aspired to be."

"Twilight... I...don't know... What to say, I Think... I've had...feelings for you too... I just never knew what they were... At least... until now-"Heavy started before suddenly being cut off by Twilight releasing his hoof and placing a hoof on his cheek.

They both suddenly blushed as they stared into each others eyes that glittered with the orange setting sun that made the water fall sparkle as if it was magical itself, it was then that Twilight suddenly moved her head towards Heavy who in return did the same. They felt their lips tremble as their blush got brighter and more red, their lips trembled as they were nearing each other, and that's when it happened.

Their lips suddenly came together and they began to share a passionate kiss in the sun's orange light, it even appeared that a joyful tear had left the picture of Golden Heart's eye, but it could have just been the mist from the waterfall. For a solid moment the the filly and colt shared a long kiss with each other that felt as if it was connecting them. One that made them feel overwhelmed with much emotion and feelings that they felt could consume them, but in the good way.

Finally after a moment more, they slowly parted their lips from one another and looked back into each others eyes before smiling at each other, it was then that Twilight let out a giggle as they both then nuzzled.

"I... I love you too... Twilight Sparkle,"Heavy said as Twilight then shared a hug with him before turning back to Golden Heart's grave.

"Come on... Let's pay one last bit of respect to her before we go,"Twilight suggested as Heavy turned to his mother's grave.

"Okay... Twilight..."Heavy said in agreement.

For the next hour the two newly made mare friend and colt friend stood at attention and gave one last bit of respect to the beloved mother, and this time, Heavy had some pony there for him that he knew he could count on. When the last bit of respect was finished, Heavy and Twilight decided to both look to the setting sun for a little bit before finally deciding to leave the special place.

The walk back was bumpy and rough, but now Twilight had some pony she could count on to help her navigate the rough path and was able to get through the path with the help of her new colt friend. Together they then began to walk back to the city, Twilight rested her head on Heavy's shoulder as they made for the city gate, Twilight could not have been in a better mood nor could she smile more than she was smiling right now. Her and Heavy Weight were actually together, she now knew so much about him, everything she learned about him, it was all too worth it just for her to share this moment with him.

Suddenly as the gate was opened up by the magic of Heavy Weight, they were both given the surprise of princess Celestia and captain Shining Armor waiting for them both at the entrance to the Armor had noticed that Twilight had her head was resting right on Heavy's shoulder and widened his eyes with disbelief, and above all, fear, but that only made Heavy smirk as Twilight lifted her head up just in time for them to stop before the princess.

"Are you two alright? I was getting worried for both of you, where in Equestria did the two of you go?"Celestia asked worriedly as she touched Heavy's cheek with a hoof to check him for any injuries or problems.

"We went to the special place, you know what today is,"Heavy answered to the princess as she did nod in realization.

"Twily! What happened to you? Where did you get all these scratches?!"Shining questioned looking at all the scratches on Twilight's body."You had something to do with this didn't you?!"

"That's enough captain! So... You took her to the special place did you? Well that was awfully sweet of you Heavy..."Celestia said as her and Shining Armor noticed that they were holding hooves now."It's starting to get late, perhaps you should be getting home to your parents Twilight."

"Actually... I wanted to know if I could... Sleep over with Heavy for the night, just to keep him company,"Twilight suggested as she looked to Heavy with a dreamy smile while Celestia chuckled to herself, for she knew what was going on.

"That is completely out of the question Twily, mom and dad are going to be worried where you are, you can't just stay the night with-"Shining said before being cut off.

"I will send the parents a message saying that she can for the night, but the real decision is not yours to make, it is Heavy who will decide,"Celestia said gesturing to Heavy who just smiled back at Twilight.

"Yeah... You can stay the night with me, what's the worst that could happen?"Heavy asked as they held onto each other's hooves gently.

"Very Well, I will message the parents right away and tell them that Twilight will be staying the night with us,"Celestia said as the two students started walking right by the two adults.

"But princess I-"Shining Armor started before being cut off.

"Bye Shining! Have a nice evening!"Heavy called to the captain while shaking his flank at the captain in a form of mockery before him and Twilight suddenly disappeared in a flash of light.

Suddenly in a flash of light, Twilight and Heavy reappeared all the way back in the castle and were even in Heavy's bedroom for that fact, Heavy had obviously improved greatly if he was able to teleport that far away. They looked to the bed where Heavy slept and looked to each other before Heavy took the lead with Twilight right by his side. The sun had almost set as the room began to get darker with each passing moment, but the only thing this new couple was focused on was each other.

Heavy was the first to make it to the bed as he crawled onto the bed and walked to the head of the bed only to be followed by Twilight who jumped up just in time for Heavy to lay down and look out the window at the setting sun. He was then joined by Twilight who crawled up right next to him and suddenly wrapped her hooves around Heavy and brought her head against his chest.

They both looked to each other and nuzzled before Twilight decided to go for one more kiss, and she got it as they shared a small and gentle kiss with each other. Twilight then snuggled in against Heavy as the colt wrapped his fore arms around Twilight and felt himself starting to fall asleep.

"I love you Heavy..."Twilight whispered before she suddenly fell asleep in his arms.

"I love you to... Twilight,"Heavy said before finally falling asleep with her.

NOW THAT'S HOW IT SHOULD HAVE ALL WENT DOWN FOR THAT CHAPTER, AND GUESS WHAT, THERE'S NOT TOO MUCH LEFT NOW SEVERAL CHAPTERS ARE LEFT AND I COULDN'T BE MORE EXCITED. NEXT TIME! GETTING OUT OF CONTROL.