Chapter 6

The Crystal Faire

Neo, Spike and the mane 6 were out in the Crystal Empire preparing for the Crystal Faire. The ponies and Spike were setting things up for the faire while Neo was placing devices around the empire to generate the force field he promised he would set up for Princess Cadence so she could take down her force field and rest.

After the faire was set up, Twilight looked around at everything and said, "It looks amazing! I don't know how I could've done this without you! One last check to make sure everything is in place, and then the festivities can begin!"

"What's this thing for?" Applejack said, pointing at a statue with a cover over it.

"The last page of the book mentioned a Crystal Heart as the faire's centerpiece, so I used my magic to cut one out of a crystal block."

"Nice work, Twi. Think we're ready to get this faire up and runnin'?"

Neo came over to them and said, "Not quite."

Then Neo took a device out of his pocket and pushed a few buttons on it. Then suddenly, beams of light appeared (like in Star Trek) and several humans appeared, then the lights disappeared.

The ponies were stunned by what just happened, they thought it was amazing. One of the humans was Neo's brother Malachi. He greeted his brother and said it was nice to see him, the other humans were Mortal Kombat warriors that Neo asked Malachi to bring along to help the ponies with the crystal faire. The warriors were Kung Lao, Stryker, Raiden, Liu Kang, Johnny Cage, Scorpion, Sub-Zero, Noob Saibot, Cyrax, Kitana, Sheeva, Kabal, Reiko, Mileena, and Quan Chi.

Neo instructed Malachi and the warriors to help his friends, the mane 6 with the crystal faire by playing music and showing the crystal ponies how to have fun and show them a good time. Scorpion said that they are very good at showing a good time to anyone and they would be happy to help with the faire. The mane 6 were happy to know that Malachi and the warriors were going to help them out. Then Twilight decided that it was time to begin the faire and the warriors cheered.

Pinkie Pie began blowing a flugelhorn, Twilight was about to make an announcement but she couldn't because Pinkie Pie kept blowing her flugelhorn. Pinkie Pie stopped blowing her horn and said, "My bad."

Then Twilight cleared her throat and shouted, "Hear ye, hear ye! Princess Cadance and Prince Shining Armor do cordially invite you to attend the Crystal Faire!"

Crystal ponies came around and began coming to the faire. Malachi came around carrying an American flag and singing American matches such as, "The King Cotton March," "The Washington Post March, and "The Invincible Eagle." He also played the King Cotton March. He figured showing them American spirit and culture would bring them love and happiness.

"Come on in, y'all," said Applejack. "Got food and drinks thataway, games and crafts are thataway, Crystal Heart to the back near the Princess."

Some of the ponies got curious about the crystal heart statue that Twilight had set up at the faire. Rainbow Dash wondered what was with these ponies, they didn't seem to know anything about having fun.

Then Neo signaled the Mortal Kombat warriors to come around. They began playing music and they began dancing around the faire, showing the ponies a good time. ("Techno Syndrome 12'' Mix" by The Immortals)

The crystal ponies were surprised to see so many humans here, but they joined in the fun. Scorpion danced with a crystal pony, and during another song, Sheeve danced in front of a crystal pony and she gave the crystal pony a hug. The ponies were finally learning to have fun and they started remembering what life was life in the empire before King Sombra, some ponies were wondering if they had the crystal heart at the faire.

"Of course we have it!" said Rainbow Dash, "Can't have a Crystal Faire without the Crystal Heart, right?"

The librarian they met earlier came over and said, "Of course you can't. The whole purpose of the Crystal Faire is to lift the spirits of the Crystal Ponies, so the light within them can power the Crystal Heart, so that the Empire can be protected!"

Then the librarian gasped and said, "I do work at the library."

Rainbow Dash got nervous and said, "W-what's that about 'powering the heart'?"

"I just can't believe you found it. King Sombra said he'd hidden it away where we would never see it again! I only hope it will still be as powerful after all these years." Then the librarian went to eat a funnel cake.

Rainbow Dash went over to Twilight and Neo. Neo had finally finished setting up the devices that will generate the force field.

Rainbow Dash said to them in a nervous voice, "I think we've got a problem."

Neo and Twilight went to see Princess Cadence and Shining Armor.

"I didn't know it was an actual relic!" said Twilight, "The book didn't mention anything about the Crystal Ponies powering the Heart!"

Twilight looked through the book again, then she came across a page that had been torn out of the book.

"There was a page missing... How did I not notice?"

Princess Cadence smiled and said, "It's alright Twilight."

Then Cadence finally fainted, she could not longer hold up her force field.

Right when the force field vanished, a gigantic black cloud rushed towards the perimeter of the empire, it was moving closer towards the castle. King Sombra's face appeared on the cloud and he growled viciously, but Neo wasn't about to let King Sombra invade the empire.

End of chapter 6.