Chapter 7

Find The Crystal Heart

Princess Cadence had finally fainted and let down her force field that was protecting the crystal empire and now King Sombra was surrounding the empire.

"The Empire is under attack!" shouted Shining Armor.

When King Sombra got closer to the castle, something shot at King Sombra from the castle. King Sombra looked down and saw The Terminator standing outside the castle, pointing a military mini gun at him.

The Terminator began shooting at King Sombra, hitting him several times. It wasn't hurting him but it was weakening him and was starting to drive him out of the empire.

Then the Terminator dropped the mini gun and pulled out his M79 grenade launcher, he fired a grenade at King Sombra, blowing up a part of the cloud. The Terminator shot another grenade at King Sombra, blowing up another part of the cloud.

Now King Sombra was weak, he had no choice but to retreat.

When King Sombra was out of the perimeter of the empire, Neo activated his force field. The devices he put around the empire generated energy over the empire, creating a gigantic powerful force field. King Sombra tried to break through it but King Sombra couldn't get through no matter what he did.

Princess Cadence woke up for a second and saw the new force field, she said to Neo in a weak voice, "Oh thank you Neo, you're a wonderful boy. Thank you ever so much for protecting my empire." Then she passed out.

Neo patted Cadence's head and said, "You're welcome my princess, you can rest now. I won't let King Sombra invade the empire."

Shining Armor walked over to Neo and said, "I greatly appreciate everything you've done for us Neo. My wife and I can't thank you enough, but now I must go find the crystal heart."

"No, you stay here with Cadance," said Twilight. "She needs you, Shining Armor. I'll retrieve the Heart."

Twilight and Neo went back to the crystal faire to see how everything was going.

Rainbow Dash came over to them and said, "Neo, that's an awesome force field."

"Thanks Rainbow," he replied.

"I've been trying to figure out how I'm meant to pass Celestia's test," said Twilight. "Retrieving the Crystal Heart must be it. But there is something else you can do Rainbow."

"Name it."

"You and the rest of our friends have to keep the Faire going."

"What? With that thing moving into the Empire?"

"Don't worry Rainbow," said Neo. "King Sombra won't be able to break through my force field, at least for right now. Take a break from magic and let technology take over."

"Thank you Neo," said Twilight. "You see Rainbow, the whole purpose of the Crystal Faire is to lift the spirits of the Crystal Ponies so they can activate the Crystal Heart."

"Whatever you do Rainbow," said Neo. "You must never let them find out that King Sombra is trying to get it, and you also can't let them find out that the crystal heart that Twilight made is fake."

"You see Rainbow," said Twilight. "If the Crystal Ponies find out that King Sombra is trying to take over the Empire again, their spirits are gonna be anything but lifted. It won't matter if I find the Crystal Heart. They won't be able to make it work. You have to keep them happy here at the Faire."

Rainbow Dash grinned, "Keep the Faire going and the Crystal Ponies' spirits high. Done and done!"

"My Mortal Kombat warriors and my brother will do everything they can to keep the faire going," said Neo.

"Don't worry Neo, you're human friends and us will keep this faire going no matter what."

"Hold on, I have to go check my force field system."

Neo walked off and Twilight said, "I have to go retrieve the crystal heart. Princess Cadence and my brother are counting on me to find it and bring to them."

"Good luck Twilight, we believe in you."

Neo went over to the device that operates his force field and he pushed some buttons. The device made a loud static noise for a few minutes.

Then a hologram of a human man appeared and the man said, "This is a test for the emergency alert system. In the event of an emergency, this system will bring you important information. This test is now completed."

Then the hologram disappeared and the static stopped. The system was working normally.

Over in the crystal faire, Rarity was doing face paintings, Fluttershy was running a petting zoo, Pinkie Pie was selling cakes, cupcakes, candy and other sweets. Applejack was selling different food and Rainbow Dash was making sure everypony was having fun. The Mortal Kombat warriors were still playing music and dancing for the crystal ponies and the ponies were enjoying it so much.

Then Neo came around a corner and he stopped where he was. He saw Shirley Temple again, she was wearing a white dancing dress and a crown on her head just like before. She smiled at Neo and sang the same song she sang before ("My Country Tis' of Thee"). She danced as she sang to him, then she spun around like a ballerina and disappeared again.

Neo was surprised to see her again and now she disappeared again, he couldn't have imagined this again. Then Neo saw Twilight, he looked at her then back at the spot where he saw Shirley Temple, then back at Twilight.

Neo went over to Twilight and said, "Twilight, are you going to search for the crystal heart?"

"Yes, I know that's what Princess Celestia wants me to do. I must find the heart and bring it to Princess Cadence and Shining Armor."

"I'm coming with you."

"But I have to retrieve the crystal heart by myself."

"Twilight, you're my friend. You've done so much for me and friends never leave friends alone. As long as you are on a mission, wherever you go, I go."

"Okay you can come with me, but I must be the one to retrieve the crystal heart."

"You will, I'm gonna make sure you pass your test."

Then Spike came over to them and said, "I'm coming with you two."

"I don't know Spike, this might be too dangerous for you," said Neo.

"Please, I just wanna help you two."

"Very well, but I must be the one to retrieve the heart," said Twilight.

Then Spike got on Twilight's back and the 3 friends ran off to search for the crystal heart.

As they ran off, Spike said, "Where are we going exactly?"

"I think I might know where King Sombra hid the Crystal Heart," said Twilight.

"The castle?" asked Spike.

"Where else?" said Neo.

"The king would've been counting on the fact that nopony would dare come looking for it here," said Twilight. "They have been too afraid to even try."

"I hope you're right," said Spike.

"I know she's right," said Neo. "And we're gonna find it. We won't let the empire fall into the hooves of that son of a bitch."

Twilight and Spike gasped, but then twilight smiled mischievously and said, "That's the spirit, now let's go retrieve the crystal heart."

And the 3 friends ran towards the castle, hoping that they would find the crystal heart there."

End of chapter 7.