Chapter 2: The Crystalling, Part 2
*Main theme*
The others gathered around the shattered remains of the Crystal Heart.
"Ah can't believe it!" Clay said with concern and horror. "There's no way we'll be able to do the ceremony with the heart shattered!"
"It would appear so, honey," said Applejack to her husband.
"So...now only can we not take part in a fabulous ancient ceremony," said Rarity, "but we're also about to be frozen solid!"
"But what about when King Sombra ruled the Crystal Empire and the Crystal Heart was missin'?" Applejack asked, "The city wasn't covered in snow then!"
"The Heart wasn't missing," said Twilight as Chase stood on the right and Cadance, Shining Armor, who was holding the baby with a fore-leg, approached from the left, "It was still in the castle. King Sombra had just hidden it."
"King Sombra knew of the Crystal Empire would be in danger if he had destroyed the Crystal Heart," said Chase, "So he kept it hidden so the heart could still protect the Empire but at the same time, hid it from the crystal ponies to destroy their hope."
"I'm afraid Twilight and Chase are correct," said Princess Celestia as she used her magic to hold up the curtain, "and the storm clouds are already forming."
Outside, dark ominous clouds were approaching as Billy used his magic to form a mist in order to check out the storm approaching. Then he noticed something that got him shocked.
"I can totally fly up there and bust those puppies! No problem!" Rainbow boasted and tried to take off when Celestia shut the curtain on her to prevent her from flying off.
"I wouldn't advise it, Rainbow Dash," said Princess Celestia, "Those storm clouds are not like the ones you know."
"Thus far north," Luna added, "the weather has a will of its own, and now it will grow stronger, enveloping everything in its path."
"Including the Crystal Empire!" Cadance remarked as Twilight and Chase stood beside her.
"And us along with it!" Twilight cringed as Pinkie held her and trembled fearfully. Sokka held his wife close as the latter looked very scared.
"Yeah, something tells me the storm is the least of our worries, everypony." Billy said, gaining everypony's attention.
"What are you talking about, Billy?" Chase asked with concern.
"I think we've got uninvited guests." Billy said, showing the magical mist as it showed Kai and the Quinkan riding on four Dragonquins, heading for the Crystal Empire.
"Kai." Chase said in concern.
"And he's got the Quinkan as well as four of the Dragonquins we sent back to the Netherwrold." Sunray added while pointing at the mist directly at the Quinkan and Kai.
"This can't be good." Santos said with concern as everypony else felt the same way.
With Kai bringing the Quinkan to the Crystal Empire, there's no telling what they'll do, especially if they get the baby's power.
(Scene changes)
Back at Sunburst's house, the awkward tension between the two ponies could still be felt. Spike was still searching Twilight's list for something to break the ice.
"There's gotta be somethin'..." Spike said aloud.
Meanwhile, Starlight and Sunburst were still facing each other. The former was standing while the latter was sitting on a stool near his desk.
"I know Princess Twilight and Master Chase are keen on the two of us rekindling our friendship," said Sunburst to Starlight, "but...it's been so long, I don't see how anything on that list is going to help."
"I know right?" Starlight replied. "It's not like there's some spell that would magically compel us to pick up where we left off."
"Well, actually, there's several," said Sunburst as he pulled a few books off some shelves with his magic, "Mistmane's Material Amity. Rockhoof's Rappart. Flash Prance's fellowship..." Starlight then walked up to him with a look that said she was joking.
"Ahem," said Sunburst once he came to realization, "But I-I get the feeling the princess isn't looking for a spell."
"Definitely not," said Starlight with a chuckle.
"Got it!" said Spike, now wrapped up in the list. ""it' says here: "And if all else fails, ask them to share an embarassing moment from their past, maybe even something they regret"!" The fact both Starlight and Sunburst's pupils shrunk and they both went rigid was a clear sign neither of them were liking the idea.
"Uh, I don't see how that would help," said Sunburst.
"Uh, yeah!" Starlight agreed while sweating as well. "We should just get out of your mane. It's pretty obvious this isn't going how Twilight hoped, and I'm sure you have plenty of important work to do..." Starlight said as she made her way out while dragging the wrapped up Spike.
"What?" Sunburst asked confused by her sudden departure before realizing it means he doesn't have to tell his secret as he pulled out another book and flipped through the pages. "Oh! Right, yes, heh-heh! Uh, no rest for the wizardly."
"Come on, Spike." Starlight told Spike as she dragged him outside and closed the door after her.
(Scene changes)
Back outside the castle, the storm clouds were continuing to close in on the city. Then a cold gust blew under the curtain.
"Brrr," said Chase as he and Twilight shivered.
"There must be a spell that can restore the Crystal Heart!" said Twilight. "And to stop Kai and his Quinkan soldiers from reaching the Empire!"
"Perhaps," said Celestia.
"But it isn't something that either of us know," said Luna.
"What about the Crystal Library?" Sokka suggested.
"Good thinking honey," said Fluttershy.
"The library here at the castle is nearly as extensive as the one in Canterlot," said Cadance as she walked over to Twilight and handed the baby to Shining Armor, "There's a good chance we can find something there!"
"Not unless five of us stop the Quinkan." Chase said with his eyes narrowed, shocking the others.
"What?" Clay asked in surprise.
"Chase, you can't be serious." Shining Armor added in concern.
"I am. I'm gonna take my team to help take on Kai and the Quinkan any means possible." Chase said with determination. "It's time the Elite Ninja rises again."
Everypony, except Chase's family, were concerned about this.
"Oh yeah! The Elite Ninja is back in the show!" Antonio said with excitement as Trini rolled her eyes in amusment.
"Are you sure you can do this, honey?" Twilight asked her husband with concern.
"Don't worry, Twilight. I'll be back for you and the others." Chase assured his wife gently. "I promise."
Twilight looked at her husband with worry and fear before she hugged him as well as giving him a quick kiss on the lips. Then they departed.
"Just come back safely." Twilight said with concern. "I can't lose you again."
"You won't." Chase assured.
Nyx walked up to her adoptive father and hugged him.
"Please come back, Daddy." Nyx said with tears trickling down her eyes.
"I will, sweetie." Chase said to his daughter, hugging her back before they broke it as he walks up to his parents. "Mom, Dad? Can I trust you guys to help them find something to fix the Crystal Heart until we get back?"
"We won't let the storm reach the empire." Santos answered his son's question firmly.
"We'll do whatever we can to help our family stop it." Jewel added.
Chase nodded before the three share a brief hug and broke it as the alicorn master turned to his Elite Ninja.
"Are you guys ready?" Chase asked.
"You kidding?" Antonio asked with a grin.
"We're ready as a team!" Sunray added with a smirk of his own.
"We're right beside you every step of the way." Jade said as she stood beside her older brother's side.
Nodding with a determined smile, Chase turned his attention to the mountains as the storm clouds were closing in on the empire.
"Then let's go stop the Quinkan." Chase said before he, Jade, Sunray, Antonio, and Trini rushed out, jumped on the rooftops of the crystal houses as they made their way to the mountains in order to stop Kai.
"While Chase and his team are busy, can you two hold off the storm?" Twilight asked the royal sisters.
"Yes, for a time, but even our magic will eventually succumb to the power of the Frozen North." Luna honestly answered but only briefly.
"We will do what we can, but you must hurry." Celestia firmly assured their best efforts to Twilight before she and her sister set off to do so by using their magic to zap away the dark clouds that were close by the castle as Twilight watches them set out to do so while hovering in the air before she landed.
"I don't know how long it will take to find the right spell," said Twilight to the others, "but you should tell the crowd outside to get somewhere warm!"
"And try not to mention the Crystal Heart," Cadance advised, "We don't want to start a panic."
"Are you sure hiding what happened is even a good idea, Cadance?" Clay asked in concern. You might have been too drowsy to remember, but the last time we tried to cover up a...situation with the Crystal Heart, these crystal ponies proved to be very persistent and stubborn..."
"Clay, we weren't prepared for that the last time," said Rainbow, "We've totally got this."
"Then you better get going," said Cadance.
"Yes, ma'am," said Applejack, "C'mon, girls, Clay, and Sokka!" Then she, Fluttershy, Sokka, Clay, and Rainbow headed on their way. Twilight watched them leave before she walked up to Billy, Nyx, Jewel, Santos, Cadance, Shining Armor, Pinkie, and Rarity.
"I'm gonna need all of your help," said Twilight the group, "the crystal library is enormous!"
"You can count on us, Twily!" said Shining Armor.
Then all of a sudden, the shocked everypony by suddenly teleporting right onto Pinkie's face.
"WAH!" Pinkie screamed as she pried the baby off and sent her flying.
"PINKIE, NO!" Santos and Jewel shouted in alarm.
Cadance and Shining Armor winced as the latter dived to catch the baby, but the baby teleported away before Shining Armor could catch her. Billy groaned loudly.
"She can teleport too?!" Billy said wearily, "What's next? She'll start talking?!"
"Oh Billy!" said Twilight annoyingly.
"Where'd she go?!" Shining Armor asked in a panic.
The others started searching around when they heard some distant baby giggling. Cadance did her best to focus on where the giggling was coming from.
"This way!" said Cadance shouted as the others followed after her.
(Scene changes)
The wind whipped around Chase's face as he continued to run, his team right alongside him. His face was filled with determination that he is willing to protect his family at any cost. He didn't know or care how he was going to stop the Quinkan after his battle with Zhao. All that mattered was that he will do everything in his path to save the Crystal Empire and his family.
As Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio kept running up the mountains while also jumping on the cliffs, they had just reached the top as the storm continued to get close to the Cyrstal Empire.
"Any sign of them?" Chase asked as they searched the area of the mountain.
"Nothing!" Sunray replied back.
"I got nothing either!" Jade replied back.
"This storm is stronger than ever. Kai could be anywhere with his army." Trini said with concern.
Chase wasn't going to lose hope.
"Don't give up yet. Just keep looking." Chase said, looking around the area with his eyes narrowed. "We can't let them get to the empire."
Then they heard muffled clanging sounds coming into their direction, making the five looked to see a figure walking to them with familiar blades scraping the ground. Emerging from the mist was Kai as he scraped the ground with his blades while twirling them.
Seeing the anthropomorphic yak, Chase and his family glared at Kai as he slowly walked a few more feet to them before he stopped.
"Well, looks like you really have survived Zhao's battle in the past." Kai said to Chase with a mocking smile.
Chase and his family glared at Kai even more.
"It takes more than a horrible future to kill me." Chase countered back with an angry look.
Kai chuckled amusingly.
"What are you doing here anyway, Kai?" Sunray demanded with an angry look.
"For what Master Zhao wants." Kai responded back as he swung his swords a bit before he gripped them by the handles with both his hands. "Princess Cadance and Shining Armor's baby daughter. We are going to take it's unstable magic so our master will use it to rebuild his army once more and take over the world."
Hearing this, Chase became shocked before he glared at him.
"You will not take my niece's magic." Chase growled dangerously.
"If you want her, you gotta go through us, bull boy!" Antonio added as he and his family lit their horns, stood on their hind legs, aura hands appearing on their front hooves, took out their weapons, and held them in fighting stances.
Kai smirked deviously.
"Well, let's see what you are made of." Kai said with a smirk as he placed the sword from his right hand on his belt and snapped his fingers.
With an answer to his word and the snap of his fingers, the Quinkan army jumped into view as the Dragonquins appeared while hovering in the air as they growl at the five ponies.
Chase, Jade, Sunray, Antonio, and Trini were shocked by this before they glared at the army with growls of their own.
"Take 'em down!" Chase shouted as he pointed at the army by the tip of his katana sword.
Antonio was the first to rush in as he leapt onto a bolder and double kicked two Protoquin soldiers to the ground.
A Pyroquin throws a handful of shurikens at Chase, who twirls his katana and knocks them all aside. He is then beset by several Protoquin soldiers at once. He manages to kick them all aside. One of them smashes into a rock. Sunray battles a trio of Pyroquin soldiers with his bo staff and knocks them to the ground.
Trini and Antonio battled a group of a Protoquin soldiers as they blocked, dodged, and back flipped the incoming attacks from the monsters. Then, with a spinning back kick of their own, they knocked out each of the Protoquin soldiers before Antonio performed a double pheonix kick to the last one standing.
Soon the army was down.
"Alright, Kai. Give it up!" Chase demanded. "You may have the Dragonquins at yourside, but your soldiers are still no match for us!"
Kai, however, smirked.
"Good thing I brought reinforcements." Kai replied back with a sneer.
In the mist a figure high kicked Antonio to the side, making him grunt in pain. This got his family's attention.
"Antonio!" Trini shouted as she rushed to her brother with concern before she looked around. "Who's there?"
The five ponies looked around with eyes opened before the figure punched Jade from behind as she yelped and fell on her stomach with a grunt.
"Jade!" Sunray shouted as he rushed to his older sister's aid.
Chase looked around cautiously with his swords held in his aura hands. Then the figure jumped on a tall rock, making Chase and his team turned to the one who attacked them. The figure jumped into view next to Kai and revealed himself to be Tai Lung as he smirked wickedly at the five ponies.
Chase and his family gasped in surprise at seeing the anthropomorphic snow leopard.
"What the?" Chase asked in shock.
"Good afternoon." Tai Lung greeted deviously. "I must say it's an honor to finally meet you and your family face to face, Chase Young."
Chase and his family continued to gaze at Tai Lung, unable to look away from the devious smirk the snow leopard had on his face he sent to the five ponies.
(Scene changes)
Back outside the snow was starting to fall as Spike and Starlight were walking down the street together. By now, Starlight was already upset.
"Well, Spike, looks like my biggest fears came true. I wouldn't be surprised if Twilight and Chase decide to give up on me entirely." Starlight lamented on her failure.
"Aw, it's not your fault." Spike said otherwise as he scratched the back of his head. I'm the one who said all we needed was this list." Spike said as he burnt the list seeing it as a lost cause. "
"It's not the list, Spike. Or you. Or Twilight and Chase. I'm the one Sunburst doesn't want to be friends with." Starlight says to make it clear she doesn't blame anypony but herself.
"I don't remember him saying he didn't want to be friends." Spike recalled as he shrugged his arms.
"He didn't have to say it." Starlight said as she looked aside and hung her head.
"Well, Twilight obviously thinks you're worth being friends with! And I do too! I mean she said herself from past experience!" Spike encouraged her with a hug.
"Thanks, Spike." Starlight gratefully told the young dragon. "At least I have two friends, even if one of them has dragon breath." She added with a wink as he tried to breath fire to surprisingly no avail.
"Uh, that's not dragon breath. It's freezing!" Spike corrected her as he looked around the snow that was falling around them.
"Oh, you're right! But I thought the Crystal Heart was supposed to keep the cold weather out." Starlight wondered how this is possible.
"It is... unless something's happened! Come on!" Spike agreed as they quickly headed on over to catch up on what happened at the palace.
(Scene changes)
Just before the platform where the Crystalling was going to take place. Rainbow, Applejack, Fluttershy, Clay, and Sokka were now before the crowds, trying to convince the ponies to leave.
"We're just saying that it might not be the best idea to stay outside," said Rainbow.
"I camped out all night for this spot!" said a mare named Tough Nut who was sitting on a beach chair, "I'm not about to just give it up!"
"You would if you knew about the heart," Sokka muttered under his breath.
"Shh!" said Fluttershy before trying to speak to the crowd, "Still, when you think about it, the view is just as good a little further back, like...inside your house?" The crystal ponies began to complain to each other.
"The Crystalling ceremony is one of our most sacred traditions!" said a stallion named Scouts Honor, "And when the foal is held before the Crystal Heart, I plan to be as close to the action as possible!"
"Honestly," Applejack replied, "I don't know if there's gonna be a Crystallin'. The truth is, the baby's an Alicorn and her magic's plum crazy, so you might not wanna be that close after all."
"A baby alicorn?" said another stallion named Tough Nut, "Wow, I can't wait to see that!"
"Oh, those little wings are probably so cute!" said Scouts Honor.
"I know, right?" another pony named Mustafa Combe added.
"Okay, what part of "the baby has crazy magic that could blast you to bits" is not being understood right now?" Clay asked, now starting to lose his patience.
"Look, I am a hundred percent sure that Crystalling isn't happening," said Rainbow. It was then a bright light appeared above them. Everypony looked up to see large magic beams firing from out of the castle.
"No Crystalling, huh?" Mustafa Combe remarked, "Then why are they staring the fireworks show?" The crystal ponies all cheered. Sokka face-hoofed himself loudly.
"I'm surrounded by dummies!" Sokka groaned as she buried his face into his hooves.
Rainbow face-hoofed herself as well before squatting down on the ground and covering her eyes. Fluttershy just patted Rainbow's and her husband's head sympathetically.
"Where's Chase when you need him?!" Clay asked with exasperation as Applejack held her husband with support.
(Scene changes)
At the Crystal Empire Castle's library; Twilight Sparkle, Princess Cadance, Santos, and Jewel were still finding the books about Crystal Heart. Shining Armor, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Billy, and Nyx were keeping an eye on the baby. It's proven difficult as the little foal was flying around the library. They are chasing after her from every section of library.
"Young filly...come back here!" Shining Armor shouted as he had just chased after the baby, who was just giggling happily as she flew across the foreground.
Pinkie and Rarity peeked out from the corners of opposite shelves. Waiting for a chance to cut the baby off and capture her.
"Come to your Auntie Pinkie Pie!" Pinkie then tried to bounce after the baby.
Twilight was just searching books as quickly as she could with Jewel and Santos doing the same with helping their daughter-in-law.
"Bridles Buck's Boat Chants." Twilight read outloud while looking at a cover of a book.
"Hayhoof's Intonement." Santos read outloud too.
"Mystic Maps and Mazes…" Jewel read outloud as well as Twilight threw her head back and groaned loudly. She then looked up at Cadance.
"Anything up there?" Twilight called out.
It was then the baby teleported behind the shelf Cadance was searching and continued to fly about.
"Not yet!" said Cadance, "I'm not even sure how these are organized!"
It was then the baby appeared before Cadance. Cadance smiled and went to grab her when...
ACHOO!
The baby fired another magic blast. Cadance ducked out of the way and it was heading for Santos, but then he reflected it with his magic.
"If Chase was here, he would settle the baby down." Santos said with concern as the baby flew circles around Twilight, "Her magic blasts are just too powerful."
"You can say that again, honey." Jewel said in agreement with her husband.
Shining Armor went chasing after the baby.
"Shining Armor, I thought you were taking care of the baby!" Cadance called out.
"I'm trying!" Shining Armor retorted as he turned a corner, "Billy, Nyx, give me a hoof over here!"
"Alright!" Billy replied, "I'm coming!"
"Same here!" Nyx shouted as she groaned in concern, "Come back here! Don't make cousin Nyx get you!"
She, Billy, and Shining Armor gave chase to the baby once again.
"Whoo!" the baby cheered as she teleported again and continued to fly about. It was then Rarity tried to cut her off by holding a net with her magic.
"Gotcha!" said Rarity, but the baby easily teleported around her and kept flying, "Oh! Or not..."
It was then Starlight and Spike entered the library. They were all shocked at what they were seeing as the baby flew across the fore-ground with Pinkie and Nyx chasing after her. Then another magic blast flew across the fore-ground as Shining Armor and Billy, now with a burnt mane, ran for their lives. Cadance was frantically tossing book after book to Twilight, Jewel, and Santos, who were frantically trying to read them as fast as they could. It was then the baby flew past Twilight as Pinkie continued the chase and they headed downstairs.
"Whoa!" Pinkie yelped as the baby made a tight turn and she slipped and crashed off-screen. She quickly recovered and continued the chase.
Spike hid behind Starlight when a blast came at them. The two friends had ducked just in time.
"What is going on?!" Starlight asked once she found it safe enough to stand up.
"You want the long or the short version?" Pinkie asked as the baby grabbed her hind leg and dragged her across from behind the two friends.
"Uh...short?" Starlight replied.
"The baby's an Alicorn and she accidentally destroyed the Crystal Heart," Pinkie explained quickly, "so Twilight and Cadance are looking for a spell to put it back together and save the Crystal Empire from turning into a giant wasteland of ice and snow."
That made Starlight cringe.
"Oh." Starlight said before she remembered something. "Wait. Where are Chase, Jade, Sunray, Antonio, and Trini?"
"Kai and the Quinkan are on their way here so Chase has taken the Elite Ninja to stop them." Billy explained, making Starlight and Spike cringed in surprise to hear the Quinkan coming to the Crystal Empire.
As the baby continued dragging Pinkie Pie; Shining Armor, Nyx and Billy surrounded them. As the trio jumped, the baby teleported while they knocked on Pinkie Pie and each other hard. They got knocked out hard.
As Princess Cadance continued searching, she gasped while levitating old book with golden crest.
"What about this?" Cadance asked as she brought the book over to Twilight, "Trotter's Tome of Reliquary?" Twilight took the book with her magic and began to search the pages before she smiled.
"I think this is it!" said Twilight excitedly as she showed Cadance, Jewel, and Santos a page from the book.
""Spell of Relic Reconstitution"!" Cadance read aloud, "I can't believe we found it!"
"This should help us restore the heart in no time!" Santos added.
"Then that means the snow storm will stop!" Jewel followed along with a smile.
"It's a good thing too," said Twilight as she held the book with her magic, "Without this, I don't know what we'd do!"
It was then the baby teleported into a stack of books just on the right of Twilight, knocked them over, and flew away.
Pinkie then chased after her and then finally dived at the baby and caught her. Suddenly...
ACHOO!
The baby fired another magic blast, which headed right for Rarity.
"Look out!" Santos shouted in alarm as Jewel cringed at the magic blast while Nyx hugged her grandmother with fright.
Rarity used a handheld mirror to deflect the magic blast, but now it was heading right for Shining Armor. He quickly used a magic shield to deflect the magic blast, but now it was heading for Starlight and Spike. But then it shot straight at Twilight's book, making the blast go right through the book.
Twilight gasped. Cadance, Jewel, and Santos winced.
"Oops," said Pinkie from the background.
"No!" Nyx shouted in alarm.
"That spell was the only thing we found in the whole library that was even close to what we needed!" Twilight said in a panic.
"I'm so sorry, Twilight!" said Starlight since it was her barrier that had sent the blast right at the book.
"It's not your fault, Starlight," said Twilight as she searched through the pages. "None of us were expecting any of this."
"Do you think you can remember the spell?" Princess Cadance asked in concern.
"I only read it through once!" Twilight protested. "And Chase has a good photographic memory."
"Well, if anypony can exactly remember something she read for the first time two minutes ago," Rarity said calmly and confidently, "it's you, Twilight."
"Yes, honey." Jewel agreed with Rarity as she turned to Twilight. "You have better intelligence than anypony we know in our family."
"Do you think you can buy Chase and the others enough time before Kai brings the Quinkan to the Empire?" Santos asked his daughter-in-law with confidence.
"I'll try." Twilight Sparkle said in concern as she looked through the holed book, "But I'm not sure how long it'll take."
It was then a cold wind blew inside the library from one of the holes the baby's magic blasts had caused. They could also see that dark clouds were coming in.
"Is quickly an option?" Pinkie asked nervously.
"I'll help if I can," said Cadance as she placed the baby on her back and then turned to her husband, "but we should evacuate the city just in case! You need to lead everypony to the train station before the tracks freeze over and the Quinkan get here!"
"We will," said Shining Armor and then looked at his wife, "but between you and Twilight, I'm sure you'll remember the spell as soon as Chase gets here with the rest of his family."
"I'll stay with Mom, just in case she needs help." Nyx said as she stood beside Twilight, making her smile at her daughter with appreciation.
Shining Armor then led Rarity, Billy, Santos, Jewel, and Pinkie out of the castle. Back inside, Twilight grabbed a sheet of paper.
"I only help this spell is the one we need," said Twilight worriedly as she began to write.
"Let's hope this is the spell we need." Nyx added.
"Is there anything I can do?" Starlight offered.
"I don't think so. I'm just sorry about your lesson." Twilight replied.
"Oh, that doesn't matter now. Sunburst and I don't have anything in common anyway." Starlight assured her it's not her fault. "He's a big important wizard! And I'm re-learning everything I ever thought I knew."
"Sunburst?" Cadance responded as she walked up to her. "I don't recognize the name, but if he's an important wizard, you should bring him here. Maybe he'll know what to do if the spell fails."
"Of course!" Starlight exclaimed as she remembered that and then ran off back to his house.
"You better go with her, Spike." Twilight instructed him who quickly follows after her while watching as Celestia and Luna start to struggle with holding off the storm.
(Scene changes)
Back in the mountains, Chase and his Elite Ninja were shocked to observe Tai Lung standing before them as the snow leopard stood beside Kai.
"Whoa." Chase said in shock before he glared at Tai Lung. "Get ready, guys. We got a new player."
The five ponies got into fighting stances as Tai Lung smirked at them wickedly.
"This should be entertaining." Tai Lung said, motioning one of his new enemies to charge at him with everything they got.
Antonio was the first to charge first with a battle cry, but then Tai Lung jumped over him and back kicked Antonio to the side as he yelped.
With a growl, Jade launched herself at the snow leopard. The fight was fast-paced, almost a blur as Jade threw everything she had at the snow leopard, punching and kicking at him with all her might as they exchanged blows. But Tai Lung blocked and redirected all of her strikes with lightning quick precision before he palm striked her to the ground.
While Antonio and Jade were fighting Tai Lung, Chase took Sunray, and Trini to fight Kai. Kai then turned and raised his jade chain swords to block several shuriken and kunai thrown at him by Sunray swinging his sword at the unicorn. Sunray quickly tucked his legs in, flipping over the blade mid-air before landing on the ground and drawing his staff. He then spun around, attempted to swat at Kai with his staff, but the yak knocked him away with his chains.
Kai then threw his chain swords at Trini, forcing her to duck before she leapt up into the air. She growledl as she came down, putting all of her strength into one hard kick towards his Kai. But then Kai high kicked her in the chest, sending her into a pile of snow.
Then Chase engaged Kai as the two exchanged blows, Chase delivering a kick to the yak's face and avoiding his blades, at one point grabbing one of Kai's blades and pinning it to the ground.
"I will not let you take my niece's magic to serve your master! And I will not let you destroy my grandfather's memory, Kai!" Chase growled with an angry glare.
"Why not?" Kai sneered. "He nearly destroyed my master's! And soon, your niece's magic will be of use to us."
Kai then double kicked Chase away as the alicorn master grunted in pain before he fell on his chest, groaning in pain.
Jade and Antonio came at Tai Lung with their weapons ready, but Tai Lung proved to quick for them as he elbowed Jade in the stomach before he palm striked her away. Then he back kicked Antonio aside, making them grunt in pain.
Suddenly, Chase caught Tai Lung off guard as he kicked the snow leopard at the back of his head, making him stagger back. Tai Lung quickly glared at Chase as the alicorn master positioned himself into a fighting stance.
"Clever boy. But cleverness only gets you so far." Tai Lung sneered as he unsheathed his claws from his paws with an evil smirk.
Tai Lung attempted to punch Chase, but he dodged everyone the snow leopard's attacks before he jumped flipped over the snow leopard, blocked a kick from Tai Lung, blocked a palm strike, sidestepped a blow, and back flipped away from a hard high kick.
Chase landed on the ground as he and Tai Lung glared at each other.
"So I guess Zhao has found a new goon to do his dirty work?" Chase guessed.
"Close." Tai Lung said with a smirk.
"What's your story?" Chase demanded.
"Has master Zhao not told you the story of Tai Lung yet? Well, if you want to hear it, I'll tell you." Tai Lung said deviously as he slowly approached Chase before he charged at him with full speed to land a devastating front kick, but Chase rolled out of the way as the snow leopard landed on his feet, glaring at the alicorn master as he glared back at Tai Lung.
"I was born in the Badlands with no home or family, but with a devious act of robbery and cunning. The locals were terrified by me as they said it gave me the advantage to steal every treasure there. Master Zhao recognised this as a skill for kung fu when all of the residents in Kludgetown feared me. I used that prejudice in my favor until I became Zhao's right hand. The Thievius Snow Leopard Assassin." Tai Lung explained before he knocked Chase aside with a devastating punch to the face, sending the alicorn master against a rock as he grunted in pain. "When Pakku Shisho and the rest of the White Lotus clan members came, they trapped me in a wretched block of ice, trapping me in this pitiful mountain range."
"I guess Pakku really had to stop you for causing harm in the outlands, Tai Lung." Chase said as he got back on his hooves with his family following in pursuit. "But it's gonna take more for you to stop us any way you can."
"Insult me all you want, Chase." Tai Lung sneered with a smirk. "But very soon, your friends and the rest of your family will share your fate."
"Not as long as he's got us with him!" Sunray protested with determination as he and the rest of his family stood beside Chase with confidence.
They charged at Tai Lung at full speed, but Tai Lung proved to be quicker. He uppercut Sunray away, spin kicked Jade to the ground, palm strike Trini to a pile snow, and performed a double phoenix kick at Antonio, sending him to the ground as they grunted in pain. Chase came at Tai Lung and threw a series of punches at the snow leopard, but he dodged everyone of the alicorn master's attacks.
"I expected more from the grandchildren of the great Darius Hisomi." Tai Lung mocked before he threw a few jabs to Chase's chest before he punched him in the chest, sending the alicorn master tumbling on his back as he grunted in pain and he landed on his chest.
Chase glared at Tai Lung.
(Scene changes)
By running very quickly, Starlight and Spike were able to quickly make their way back to Sunburst's house and briefly struggled to shut the door due to the heavy wind.
"Sunburst! Haven't you looked outside?!" Starlight told Sunburst who was currently reading his books.
"Snow?" Sunburst snapped to attention as he looked at his window and saw the dark clouds and heavy winds. "That's... not right. The Crystal Heart—" He said trying to make sense of it.
"Is gone! The baby – Shining Armor and Cadance's baby – it's an Alicorn!" Starlight quickly explained to her confused companion from the past.
"Really?" Sunburst asked as his glasses slide down slightly.
"Really!" Starlight confirmed. "And her magic is a little berserk, and well, I guess she destroyed the Heart! Kai and the Quinkan are on their way as well to get the baby! But Twilight thinks she can fix it and Princess Cadance thought you could help!" She rapidly explained the situation to him who widened his eyes at the mention they could use his help.
"Me?" Sunburst asked in surprise.
"Of course!" Starlight responded as she backs up into his bookshelf accidentally. "You're an important wizard in the Crystal Empire! It just makes sense!"
"Right... right... right right right." Sunburst awkwardly trailed away as he put away his books. "You know, I'd like to help, I-I really would. I-I just have so much, um, important wizard work to do around here." Sunburst declined as he randomly sort out multiple books on his bookshelf clearly trying to avoid something.
"Huh?!" Starlight and Spike reacted in astonishment.
(Scene changes)
Back outside, Fluttershy, Sokka, Clay, Rainbow, and Applejack were busy trying to convince the crowd outside the Crystalling stage to leave...and failing miserably.
"You can't stay here!" Applejack protested.
"Did I mention this was a Royal Crystalling?" Mustafa Combe replied, "When the Crystaller holds the one aloft, all of the Empire will share our joy and light, and the Crystal Heart will beat stronger than ever has before!"
"It really is a moving ceremony!" a pony named Scouts Honor replied, getting teary eyed.
"I really don't think it's going to happen," said Fluttershy. Sokka trembled in rage before he finally snapped.
"DO ANY OF YOU PONIES EVEN NOTICING THE ONCOMING STORM APPROACHING US RIGHT NOW!?" Sokka screamed as his own patience reached its limit, "WHAT MAKES YOU THINK THERE'S GONNA BE A CRYSTALLING WHEN THERE AN ONCOMING BLIZZARD FORMING OUT HERE?!" Sokka panted heavily as Fluttershy was just left in complete shock.
"Sokka!" Fluttershy exclaimed, "You never lose your temper and explode like that. It's...it's...attractive..." Fluttershy smirked.
"Fluttershy!" Rainbow, Clay, and Applejack retorted. The yellow Pegasus just smiled bashfully as he cheeks turned dark pink.
"But Sokka does have a point you guys," Rainbow complained as she shivered, "Come on, it's freezing out here!"
"Yeah, it ain't the brightest idea to just stay here any longer!" Clay added.
"Uh, this is the Crystal Empire," said Tough Nut as a matter of fact, "We've seen snow before."
"Not like this!" said Shining Armor as he, Jewel, Santos, and Billy appeared in the background.
"Oh, thank Celestia!" Sokka said with relief.
"Help is here at last!" Clay added.
"We don't have time to argue!" Shining Armor continued, "Princess Cadance has decided to evacuate the city!" The crowd gasped.
"But the Crysalling...!" Mustafa Combe tried to protest.
"I don't know if we'll ever have another Crystalling again!" Shining Armor replied, "The Crystal Heart...is shattered!"
"And the Quinkan are on their way here to invade us again!" Jewel added.
The crowd gasped again.
"It's not safe here!" Tough Nut said in a panic. Sokka just huffed and face-hoofed himself.
"That's what we've been tryin' to tell you!" Applejack remarked with a groan as Rainbow glared in the background. Nothing more was said before Shining Armor led the nine ponies and the rest of the crowd away from the castle.
(Scene changes)
Back inside Sunburst's home Starlight is now clearly taken aback and annoyed that Sunburst is refusing to help other's in a time of need.
"Sunburst, I know you're busy, but did you hear what I said?" Starlight told the unicorn more urgently than before.
"Oh, I heard you, but-but like I said, when you're an important wizard, the work just piles up." Sunburst simply replied not even looking at her.
"Sunburst!" Starlight shouted to get him to pay attention to her who sighs as he took off his glasses briefly to clean the lenses a little before putting them back on.
"Look, Starlight, I want to help. I do. But I can't. I wish I could." He responded with regret in his voice.
"What do you mean?!" Starlight asked as she placed a hoof on his shoulder.
"Fixing an ancient relic? I-I can't even come close to doing something like that!" He truthfully admits his abilities limit himself too.
"But I thought you were an important wizard!" Starlight brought up.
"Well, you were wrong, okay?! I'm not an important wizard! I'm not even a wizard at all!" Sunburst tearfully confessed as he ran off much to Starlight and Spike's shock before catching up with him in another room.
"I know it's hard for you to understand, but not all of us end up achieving greatness." Sunburst ashamedly tells Starlight as he looks away.
"What? Why wouldn't I understand that?" Starlight asked as she approached him.
"Really? You're the protégé of the Princess and Prince of Friendship! I don't think they pick just anypony for that!" Sunburst brought up saying that she's lucky to be under the tutelage of a princess and prince.
"Technically, she's more of a student than a protégé," Spike pointed out as he appeared from below the table.
Starlight glared at Spike, making him hide under the table in fear.
"Whatever. I'm sorry I'm not the big important wizard you were expecting." Sunburst grimly apologized.
"Sunburst, I don't care if you're a wizard or not. I'm just surprised. You always knew so much about magic. I mean, look at all these books!" Starlight tried to assure him it's no big deal and brought up the various books inside his house.
"Yeah, well, reading about magic is one thing, but you don't know what it was like at magic school! To know so much and not be able to do any of it!" Sunburst still lamented as he bitterly looked away in disappointment with himself as he slams a hoof on the table.
"Well, you don't know what it was like to be left behind!" Starlight retorted. "And then getting so bitter that you joined the Quinkan army to steal the cutie marks from an entire village so that you can hand them over to Zhao and then get defeated by Twilight, Chase, and their friends, so you travel through time to get back at them, but they beat you again. And need I mention Chase stops you from getting so angry and furious that you fight him until he gains the upperhoof to stop you! And teach you about friendship, but you're so terrified ponies will find out what you did that you can't make any friends!"
By the time, tears were pouring out of Starlight's eyes as she tried to wipe her eyes and bit her lip.
Sunburst was just staring at Starlight with his jaw hanging out and his glasses slid down his face.
"Did you really travel through time?" Sunburst said after a long silence.
Spike reappeared beside Starlight.
"See? I told you he'd be impressed," Spike remarked smugly.
"I'm also impressed that Starlight didn't defeat the Master of Jiu Jitsu." Sunburst said. "Then again, Starlight did beat up three colts single-hoofed when we were foals."
Starlight just smiled sheepishly before she and Sunburst got out of their chairs.
"I'm sorry we lost touch," said Sunburst, "Maybe if I had reached out, you could have helped me out in magic school, and I could've helped you to..."
"...not become totally evil and join Zhao's side?" said Starlight bashfully as Sunburst smiled back. Starlight sighed, "Let's just say I know what it's like to have something you're not exactly proud of."
"Starlight, when you showed up thinking I was some big wizard...I'm sorry," said Sunburst, "I should've told you the truth."
"It's fine," said Starlight, "At least we worked it all out. I think Twilight and Chase would be proud of us."
"Well, if you ever want to tell them about it, we should probably leave now!" Spike remarked as he pointed to a window outside.
Starlight gasped in realization.
"I forgot to tell you!" Starlight said to Sunburst, "They're evacuating the city!"
She began to push the orange stallion forward as Spike nervously followed behind the mare.
"You need to get to the train station," Starlight instructed, "unless you've got a spell here that will drive back the Frozen North and fix the Crystal Heart so the baby can have her Crystalling?" Something then clicked into Sunburst's mind.
"The Crystalling...!" said Sunburst before he rushed back to his books, "Of course!" He quickly grabbed five books at once with his magic and started to search through the pages.
Starlight then smiled.
(Scene changes)
Back outside, the situation was growing worse by the minute. Celestia and Luna were starting to get coated in ice as they continued to try and fight the stormy weather.
"Push them back, my sister!" Celestia instructed her sister to up their power more as they find themselves covered by dark clouds seeing that this is now a losing battle as the many ponies are making their way to the train station.
"This way!" Shining Armor shouted as he, Jewel, and Santos lead the charge to the train station.
Suddenly one crystal pony slipped on the ice and crashed into a bank of snow. Fluttershy helped the crystal pony to her hooves and they went to catch up with the group. It was then a crystal filly tripped and was nearly ran over by some of the panicking ponies when Sokka swooped down just in time.
"Thanks, Sokka," said filly.
Sokka smiled as he set the filly closer to her parents before flying up a bit to make nopony else got tripped up or run over. Rainbow then tried to beat back some storm clouds herself.
"Ugh!" Rainbow groaned as her body and wings were covered in sheets of thick ice.
"Don't do that!" Clay called out, "The ice is so cold it could cause permanent damage to your wings!" Rainbow nodded before landing in front of the charging crowd.
"Just a little bit further, y'all!" said Applejack, "The station's just ahead!"
It was then the group saw Sunburst, with saddlebags on his back, along with Starlight and Spike.
The group stopped moving just as Celestia and Luna had arrived to join the charging crowd.
"We have to go back!" Starlight shouted.
"I know how to stop this!" Sunburst told the crowd. Luna looked rather uncertain as she glanced at Celestia, who had a knowing look on her face and smiled.
(Scene changes)
In the mountains things were still going from bad to worse for Chase and his team as Tai Lung was gaining the upper hoof. Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio were knocked out as Chase was the only one standing left in the fight.
Chase grunted in pain as he was thrown into a pile of rocks as Tai Lung leapt into the air and head dived toward the alicorn stallion as he reeled his fist back while taking aim at Chase.
But Chase rolled out of the way as Tai Lung punched the rock pile and the alicorn master got back on his hind legs with his horn lit as his aura hands appeared on his front hooves while positioning himself in a fighting stance.
"I must admit, Chase. Your grandfather taught you and your family well." Tai Lung commented with a smirk before he got into a fighting stance as he glared at Chase. "But he didn't teach you everything he knew."
"I'm just getting warmed up." Chase retorted with a glare. "There's no way I'm going down!"
Kai chuckled as he dished out his chain swords.
"Well, this should be amusing. Since when did you become a solo pony warrior, Chase?" Kai asked mockingly as Chase felt the hot anger he sent toward his enemies.
"Let's see what you are made of while you are still standing for your family." Tai Lung added before he and Kai jumped onto two of the four Dragonquins as the rest of the Quinkan soldiers joined them on the other two Dragonquins.
"Prepare for the invasion!" Kai shouted as he pointed the tip of his sword at the Crystal Empire.
"No!" Chase shouted as he watched Kai and Tai Lung riding the Dragonquins with the rest of the Quinkan army following behind them as they made their way to the Crystal Empire.
Chase was breathing heavily before he snarled in rage and anger before he lit his horn at full force before he flew in front of them and unleashed a powerful magic beam at the army to prevent them from reaching the empire.
"I will not let you monsters reach the empire and harm my family!" Chase shouted as he continued to fire his beam at Kai, Tai Lung, and the Quinkan.
"You barely have enough power to stop us. You can't possibly stop us alone!" Kai retorted with a mocking smirk, but then he was cut off guard when another magic blast hit the Dragonquin he and Tai Lung were on, forcing them back a bit.
"Lucky for him, he's not alone!" Jade said as she was the one who was blasting the beam at her enemies, joining Chase as she gave her older brother a determined and hopeful smile.
"And he never will!" Sunray added as he, Trini, and Antonio joined their family while all four of them gave Chase determined smiles.
Chase smiled back at them before they concentrated their magic blasts at the Dragonquins as they roared in pain while also trying to move forward to destroy the Crystal Empire, but to no avail as they kept on trying.
(Scene changes)
Back at the area where the shattered remains of the Crystal Heart were, Cadance was just pacing back and forth as Twilight continued to write. Nyx was looking after the baby by patting and tickling her happily.
"Uh, I think that's everything?" said Twilight, her tone not even that confident as Cadance walked up and looked the spell over.
"It looks right to me," said Cadance, "but...there's only one way to find out!"
Twilight then fired her magic at the shards. The shards then floated into the air, making a heart shape. Cadance then fired her magic at the floating shards to rebuild the Crystal Heart back together and it was restored. But two seconds later, the Crystal Heart then fell apart again, the shattered piece tinkling on the floor.
"The spell failed," said Twilight.
"So it's all over?" Nyx asked with concern as she held the baby.
"An old student of mine believes he does," said Celestia as she, Luna, Sunburst, Spike, Billy, Shining Armor, Jewel, Santos, and the rest of the Mane fourteen arrived.
Sunburst walked up and examined the shattered remains of the Crystal Heart.
"The baby did this?!" Sunburst remarked, still having a hard time trying to believe it.
"You have no idea." Billy replied as the baby just smiled innocently.
"I tried putting it back together with—" Twilight explained as she held up the book with her magic only for Sunburst to pull it with his magic and toss the book aside as he interrupted her.
"The spell of Relic Reconstitution. No, that won't do it." He said as he pulled out a book from his saddlebag. "The Crystal Heart's been around for millennia. Restoring a relic like this is way beyond one spell." He explained as he flipped through the pages to show Twilight the specific page he stopped at. "You need to combine it with something else. Something unique to the relic itself. Something that strengthens it and provides it with power...?" He told the alicorn as he grabs the book with her magic as she reads it and then gets an idea.
"The Crystalling!" Twilight exclaimed what they need to do to stop the blizzard and the Quinkan.
"But what about Chase?" Sokka asked with concern. "He and the rest of the Elite Ninja are still out there fighting off Kai and the Quinkan!"
"Combining that spell with the light and love of everypony," said Sunburst as he gave Starlight a book, "together with Somnambula's Weather Abjuration to clear away the snow..." He then handed a scroll to Cadance and Shining Armor, whom the former was now holding the baby, "and a little Fledgling's Forbearance for the parents. That should curb the little one's power fluctuations." He gave the baby a little tickle. The baby giggled happily in reply.
"You must be Sunburst," said Cadance, "Starlight said you were a powerful wizard."
"Oh, I'm not wizard," said Sunburst plainly. Everypony except for Celestia, Starlight, Spike, and Rainbow gasped.
"What?" Rainbow exclaimed as Starlight and Spike winced and looked at each other.
"But he studied magic his whole life!" said Starlight, "You should see his house! And since nopony else has any better ideas, what do we have to lose?! And Chase and the rest of his family are still out there fighting off Kai and the Quinkan!"
Shining Armor and Cadance exchanged looks and then gave each other a nod. Shining Armor then held the baby with his magic and walked up to Sunburst.
"I had planned on asking Twilight to be our Crystaller," said Shining Armor, "But since it seems like she'll be busy..." He then handed the baby to Sunburst.
"I'd be honored!" said Sunburst as the baby giggled happily. Sunburst then remembered something.
"Oh! One last thing! We're gonna need all of the magic if we want to get rid of the Quinkan from coming here since Prince Chase and his team are out there keeping those monsters busy." Sunburst finished.
Everypony looked at one another before they nodded in agreement as Santos turned to Sunburst with a determined smile.
"If it's to have all of our family back together again, then we better make this happen." Santos said with a firm and determined look.
"Well, what are we waiting for?!" said Twilight. Everypony minus, Starlight, Santos, Jewel, Twilight, Luna, Celestia, and Nyx rushed out of the curtain.
Twilight then fired her magic to bring the shards back together into a heart. But she was already straining as she struggled to keep it together. Celestia and Luna then fired their own magic blasts to help Twilight, but even with three alicorns, they were all struggling to keep the shards together. Jewel, Santos, and Nyx followed in pursuit to help the three alicorns.
Outside, Sunburst went to start the Crystalling. The baby just laughed as Cadance and Shining Armor kissed her cheeks and then tapped their horns against the baby's. The baby's body then glowed brightly as she hovered into the air. Rarity then held the case of purity shards and Sunburst grabbed one.
"Citizens!" Sunburst announced proudly, "May I present the newest member of the Crystal Empire!" The baby then opened her wings and glowed brighter than ever. The crowd began to cheer.
"She's beautiful," said Mustafa Combe.
"Oh! It's just so moving!" said Scouts Honor as he got teary eyed at the sight.
The crystal ponies began to bow down, making the ground beneath them to start glowing. Sunburst then tapped the purity shard against the ground, absorbing all the love and hope into it. He then rushed inside of the curtain.
Then Sunburst jumped into the air and went to jam the purity shard into the air. As the shard was directly above the Crystal Heart, a bright light flashed in the room giving every pony crystallized coats of fur and manes. Twilight, Starlight, and Sunburst found their manes all bundled up in a formal and fancy manner and then the rest of the ponies standing at the stage as the burst put an end to the never ending winter storm as everypony cheered that the day has been saved again.
(Scene changes)
In the mountains, Chase and his team continued to hold the Quinkan back with their magic beams as Kai swung his swords a bit.
"I grow tired of this!" Kai said annoyingly. "Now you will all-"
He was then cut off when he noticed the bright wave of love magic heading their way, making Kai and Tai Lung widden their eyes in shock. Chase and his team saw this before they smirked at each other as they continued to fire their magic blasts at their enemies
"No!" They shouted together before and the rest of their army were thrown away from the love magic wave as it also pushed the storm away. At the same time, the wave turned Chase, Jade, Sunray, Antonio, and Trini into crystal ponies.
The five ponies looked at their bodies in surprise before they smiled at each other, knowing Twilight and their friends did it.
Chase, Jade, Sunray, Trini, and Antonio then quickly made their way back to the empire while jumping and running down the hill to join the ceremony.
(Scene changes)
Back at the Crystal Empire, the crowds and the rest of the Mane fourteen cheered. The baby then floated down to her parents, who both nuzzled her lovingly.
"Best Crystalling ever!" said Tough Nut as the surrounding ponies nodded in agreement.
That's when Chase and the rest of his family arrived just in time.
"Guys!" Chase shouted to his family and friends, making them turn to him and his team with happy and relieved smiles.
"Chase!" Shining Armor, Cadance, Billy, and the rest of the mane fourteen called out to him in relief. The baby giggled happily to see her family back together again.
Chase, Trini, Jade, Sunray, and Antonio quickly went up to their friends as they all shared one big happy hug.
Then Chase walked past the curtain to see his parents.
"Mom! Dad!" Chase shouted as Jewel and Santos came up to him and hugged him with relief.
"Oh, Chase!" Jewel said with a teary smile as tears fell from her face. "We were so worried about you."
"Are you alright, Chase?" Santos asked his son once he and Jewel broke the hug as they looked at their son with concern.
"Yeah, Dad." Chase as Trini, Antonio, Jade, and Sunray joined him. "We all are. The Quinkan and Kai are blown off."
Jade and Sunray hugged their parents as they hugged them with relief.
Twilight running up to her husband.
"Chase!" Twilight shouted with joy and happiness.
"Twilight!" Chase said as they shared a loving hug and a kiss.
"I was so worried about you." Twilight said as a few tears fell down from her face.
"Don't worry, honey." Chase assured his wife. "I'm okay. We all are."
Nyx joined the hug as she hugged her adoptive father, making him return it with a smile.
"You did good today, honey." Twilight said with a proud smile. "I'm so proud of you for defending the empire."
"And you have proven to be a great leader to your Elite Ninja." Said Celestia and she and Luna walked up to Chase. "I am very proud of you, my faithful student."
"Thanks, Celestia." Chase said with a smile.
It was then the rest of the group had returned and Twilight, Chase, Jade, Nyx, Sunray, Trini, Antonio, Jewel, and Santos had rushed up to chat with them. And the group had plenty of congrats to Chase and his team for the success of defending the empire from the Quinkan.
"For a pony who isn't great at magic," said Starlight to Sunburst, "you did pretty well."
"Indeed," said Celestia as she walked up to the two ponies, "I'm glad you've found a way to share your unique gift, Sunburst. You may be more of a wizard than you think." Sunburst and Starlight just smiled at each other.
(Scene changes)
Later that day, the Mane fourteen, Spike, Jewel, Santos, Billy, Antonio, and Trini were at the train station with Shining Armor, Cadance, Sunburst, and the baby. The group was getting ready to leave when Twilight Velvet and Night Light arrived.
"You would not believe the crazy weather that delayed our train," said Night Light, "Came out of nowhere!"
"But it was all worth it to see this peaceful little angel!" said Twilight Velvet as she walked up and saw the now sleeping baby in Shining Armor's fore-leg, "Awww, so sweet! Come meet your grandmare!" The baby just giggled happily.
"Yeah, peaceful now, anyway," said Applejack discreetly to everypony minus Starlight.
"You can say that again, honey," said Clay.
"I suppose that spell really did the trick!" said Twilight.
Suddenly, the baby started to inhale as if she were gonna sneeze!
"AAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" Screamed the girls, Clay, and Sokka, minus Chase and his family, as they ducked for cover.
The baby just gave a normal sneeze. No massive magic blasts whatsoever. Even Shining Armor and Cadance had flinched but were relieved to see there was no more overpowered magic. The rest of the group also came out of hiding and sighed in relief as well. Chase and his family were the only ones unaffected by this.
"Well, it looks like the baby's unstable magic is finally gone for good." Chase said with a smile.
"You got that right, Chase." Shining Armor agreed with his brother-in-law with a smile. "We have Sunburst to thank for that."
"I hope he takes his role as Crystaller seriously," said Cadance, "something tells me the baby will need a pony like him to look for magical advice."
"Well, I just hope he doesn't get too overwhelmed with his new position." Chase said with a chuckle with the rest of his family and friends.
The baby giggled happily as she hovered over to Chase and nuzzled his cheek.
"Oh, looks like she'll be looking up to you, Chase." Cadance said. She seems to have fallen in love with you."
Chase just chuckled as he put the baby into his fore-leg. The baby then gave Chase a kiss on the cheek, making a kissing sound as she did so. The others awed as Twilight Velvet took the baby.
"Cadance, darling, aren't we gonna name the poor little dear?" Twilight Velvet asked, "Or are we gonna spend our entire visit just calling her "the baby"?" Cadance and Shining Armor smiled to each other.
"We were thinking..."Flurry Heart"," said Cadance.
"You know, to remember the occasion," said Shining Armor as he looked at the Mane fourteen, Spike, Jade, Sunray, Antonio, Jewel, Santos, Billy, and Nyx.
"Aw... That is so cute..." Nyx commented happily.
"Oh, goodness, how could anypony forget?" said Rarity.
"I think it's lovely," said Twilight as she kissed Flurry Heart, making the baby giggle happily.
"How are you doing, Chase?" Twilight Velvet asked curiously, "Feeling any better?" For the record, both Twilight's parent's had heard of Chase's fight with Zhao in the past.
"Yeah, I'm doing fine, Twilight Velvet." Chase said with a smile. "And it looks like little Flurry is helping me to stay cheerful too."
Twilight Velvet chuckled.
"I do hope Cadance was able to help talk with you as well to forget about your little adventure, too. Right?" Twilight Velvet asked.
Chase and Cadance exchanged smiles with each other as they laughed together. Everypony else laughed and the thirteen ponies, Jewel, Santos, and Spike headed to the train.
"Hey, Chase!" Shining Armor called out to Chase, gaining his brother-in-law's attention. "Trini and Antonio asked us if they could come to help you, Jade, and Sunray for any other Quinkan problems that might happen." Antonio and Trini joined Shining Armor's side as they gave Chase a smile. "Do you think that would be okay?"
Chase looked at his older cousins before he smiled at Shining Armor.
"As long as they stay out of trouble, I'm fine with it." Chase said as Trini and Antonio hugged their younger cousin with happy smiles as he returned it.
Then the three joined their family and friends on the train. Starlight Glimmer and Sunburst had one last time for chat and moment before they departed.
"Well, I think you're the Crystal Empire's big important wizard," Starlight Glimmer commented, "whether you like it or not."
Sunburst blushed, "I don't know if I'll have time for any wizarding. I'm a crystaller now. That's a big responsibility."
"I can't think of anypony more qualified. Just... promise you'll stay in touch?
"Hm, like I'd ever lose touch with my oldest friend."
Both Starlight Glimmer and Sunburst gave each other a passionate hug before they departed. Twilight Sparkle saw everything from the train's window, and she even given disappointed and guilty looks. The family noticed it.
"What's wrong, Twilight?" said Spike.
"What's on your mind, honey?" Chase asked.
"I don't know," Twilight Sparkle said in concern, "I think I have a lot to learn about being a teacher."
"What are you talking about?" Nyx asked in shock and concern, "Your lesson went perfectly! Starlight and Sunburst got over their past and rekindled their friendship!"
"Yeah, everything's alright at the end. You should be proud of it." Sunray added since he and Jade heard the commotion.
"No thanks to me," said Twilight, "I know alot happened. I just wish I could've given my pupil the attention she deserves."
It was then Starlight entered the train coach. Starlight took a seat across from Fluttershy and Sokka.
"Well, I know she needed to be put on the right path," Spike admitted calmly. He smiled, "but giving her the space to make her own decisions worked pretty well. Isn't that how Celestia taught you and Chase?"
Twilight and Chase looked at each other and smiled.
"You know, I never thought about it!" said Twilight, "But I guess it is!"
"Maybe you're a better teacher than you thought," said Spike, "and I do mean the both of you."
The royal couple smiled in reply before they looked back and exchanged a smile with Starlight. It was then the train pulled away from the station so the now Mane sixteen, Spike, Jewel, and Santos could finally head for home.
Unknown to them, high in the mountains a Dragonquin was watching the train leave the Crystal Empire as it growled menacingly before it disappeared into a cave underground.
(Scene changes)
Watching the orb in the Well of Shade, Zhao was watching everything that had transpired, even observing one of his Dragonquins hiding in the mountains. While he was mad that they weren't able to get Flurry Heart's magic, he was pleased to see one of his trained Quinkan beasts to hide in the shadows to buy himself some time.
Kai and Tai Lung came into the throne room as they bowed in respect to Zhao.
"Chase has driven us away from the Crystal Empire and one of our Dragonquins are hiding underground in a cave." Kai reported.
"I already know." Zhao said firmly with a glare he shot at the orb watching the train leave.
"We'll find a way to stop soon enough or he will sure to foil our plans again!" Kai continued with a glare.
"Now, don't rush in, Kai." Zhao said calmly as he approached Kai and Tai Lung. "We at least have one of our Dragonquins hiding in the Crystal Mountains. While we still have not retrieved the baby alicorn's magic, we still have more work to get the rarest artifacts and get the magic from them."
Kai and Tai Lung bowed to Zhao in respect as the leader of the Quinkan turned his full attention to them.
"We must not let any more of those ponies get in my way to take over Equestria again." Zhao said with a firm look. "Chase may have delayed our plans one to many times already, but I will make sure that he will not interfere with us again. That is why I am entrusting you two to work together to get rid of him so I can flood the world with the Sanzu River."
"Don't worry, Master Zhao." Kai assured his master. "We will stop Chase Young, his family, and his friends from interfering with us. And destroy them."
"I am already prepared to eliminate those pathetic ponies, as well." Tai Lung said in agreement. "And when we find them, we'll make them bow to you at your feet at full force."
Zhao nodded in approval.
"Then the time has come for you to rise again, Tai Lung." Zhao said as he used his magic to summon a long pair of twin snake eye tactical two tone dragon samurai katana swords and held them in his hands. "The time for the Thievius Snow Leopard Assassin to make a comeback."
Tai Lung was in awe to see the katana swords before he smirked delightfully and deviously as Zhao handed them to his snow leopard pupil. Tai Lung took them and strapped them to his back before he bowed to his master in respect.
"Now, prepare our army. I want no mistakes to happen to our honor." Zhao said directly to the two as Kai and Tai Lung bowed in reply before they went off to prepare the Quinkan army for their next plan.
Zhao smirked deviously as he walked up to his throne chair and sat on it.
"Once all of the magic contained within the artifacts around the world are brought to me, I will soon put an end to Chase Young, Twilight Sparkle, their family, and the rest of their friends for good. And when they are out of the way, there will be nothing left to stop us this time."
Zhao chuckled sinisterly as the screen faded to black.
