Chapter 11
Another wondrous day began with the rising of Celestia's sun over the town of Ponyville, the ponies were already up and about, except for two ponies who had celebrated a special night. In the library, Heavy Weight was now holding his newely made fiance in his forearms, last night he had propose to Twilight and thankfully she said yes. He now held her close and slept soundly without a care in the world, at least until Spike sprinted up the stairs with a very worried look and a letter in his claws."Twilight! Heavy! wake up quick! its a letter from the princess!"Spike exclaimed.
Heavy and Twilight were suddenly startled and both fell out of bed, they landed on on the floor and Heavy immediately got up."Spike! whats going on, you could have warned us or have been just a bit more quieter."Heavy said.
"No, its okay Heavy, things like this tend to happen all the time."Twilight reassured.
"Sorry guys, I didn't mean to startle you, It's just that their is a message here from the princess."Spike said.
"And what does Celestia want with us now, me and Twilight have plans at the moment."Heavy replied now a bit annoyed.
"Well...she said there's a crisis at the Crystal empire and she needs you and Twilight to come over immediately."Spike explained.
"What crisis Spike?"Twilight asked.
"And why does she need me for it?"Heavy asked.
"Well it says that that gryphon guy you fought, he was spotted and he stirred up a lot of trouble in the Crystal Empire."Spike said.
Heavy rolled his eyes, Twilight looked to Heavy and could tell that he was getting mad."Spike? why don't you go downstairs and get breakfast started, me and Heavy will be down shortly."Twilight asked of Spike.
"Okay."Spike said as he went down stairs, leaving Twilight to deal with Heavy.
Twilight then looked to Heavy, who just looked to her with annoyance, this worried Twilight greatly."Seriously, whats wrong, why are suddenly so cranky?"Twilight asked.
"Well I didn't expect to be woken up and be told that our former teacher needs us to take care of a pet servant of Dark Star, besides I was hoping that we could start making plans for our wedding."Heavy solemnly said.
"Heavy don't worry about it, I'm starting to wonder if your even Heavy Weight anymore, what happened to the Heavy that like to battle and beat down bad guys?"Twilight asked in a joking tone.
"I'm trying to kick that stallion to the side, he was very addictive and I don't want to get hooked on him again."Heavy joked back.
Twilight laughed at Heavy's joke."Good one Heavy, but seriously, we don't need to worry so much about this, we are just going to go to the Crystal empire and we're going to take down Dark Star's little servant and then we can go back home and prepare things for our wedding."Twilight nicely explained as she came in for a kiss.
"Okay."Heavy sighed as he kissed her.
With that they finally went downstairs for breakfast, their breakfast went nice and quietly other than the fact that Spike couldn't help but to say how happy he was for the fact that they were getting married. They quickly finished breakfast and were packing up to leave, suddenly there was a knock on the door and Twilight was at the door first. As she opened the door she was met by the smiling faces of her friends, they immediately rushed in and crowded her and began asking about the wedding plans.
"So Twilight? where ya gonna have it?"Apple Jack asked.
"We're gonna need a huge party to celebrate."Pinkie implied.
"Yeah, this wedding is going to be awesome!"Rainbow Dash exclaimed.
Before any more questions were asked, Heavy Weight appeared in front of them with the grim news."We don't know yet, we would have had time to plan with you girls, but Celestia needs us at the Crystal empire."Heavy explained.
"What! whatever for darling?"Rarity asked.
"Oh nothing, Its just Dark Stars little pet Gryphon is causing a bit of chaos at the empire, so we're going there to take care of the feather head for good."Heavy answered.
"But what about your wedding plans?"Fluttershy asked.
"We're just going to put them on hold for a bit till we're done at the Crystal Empire, then when we're done, we can get back to our wedding plans."Twilight said confidently.
"Well, If you say so."Apple Jack said.
"Well we better get going , good luck taking care that dumb Gryphon in the Empire."Rainbow Dash said.
"Don't worry, this shouldn't take long."Heavy said with a bit of a smile.
With that said, the couple left the house after a goodbye wave from their friends, their walk started of quietly and peaceful, then Twilight decided to break the silence."So...are you feeling better?"Twilight asked.
"A little bit, but just so you know, I am not going to feel comfortable around Celestia or that impulsive sister of hers, that princess Luna rubs me the wrong way."Heavy replied.
"Oh come on Heavy, that's just the knowledge you knew about Nightmare Moon talking."Twilight pointed out.
"Well...doesn't everypony feel uneasy around that mare?"Heavy desperately questioned.
"Oh come on Heavy, you just don't want to be around Celestia...you still haven't forgiven her have you?"Twilight solemnly said.
"If you were in the position that I was in back then, would you?"Heavy questioned in a low voice.
Twilight lowered her head in defeat and remained quiet as they made their way to the train station. They stood for only a few minutes before a Crystal train arrived, they boarded the train quickly and sat together in the first class cart. Hours seemed to feel like days for the couple, Twilight even chose to rest on Heavy as they relaxed for the time being on the train, thoughts began to race through Heavy's mind, ranging from their wedding, to what the Crystal Empire had in store to them. Finally after another hour of patiently waiting, he saw it on the horizon, the crystal empire gleamed with light that reflected off the Crystals of which it was made of, he gazed upon the Crystal palace that was taller and shined brighter than all the rest. Finally Heavy manage to snap out of his astonishment and gently shake Twilight awake."Twilight, wake up, we're here."Heavy said softly in her ear.
Twilight awoke haste fully with a yawned and rose from Heavy's belly were she rested."Oh, well that didn't take too long."she insinuated.
"Right."Heavy sarcastically replied.
The train finally came to a stop at the Crystal empire station and as the doors opened, the couple rushed out only to be overwhelmed by the sights, Heavy may have been here before, but he never actually manage too have a chance to really look around and see it. They decided to walk casually throught the city, they took in many of the sights, including all the crystal ponies that sparkled diamonds due to their crystal coats. As they continued down the road to the palace, they couldn't help but notice that the Crystal ponies were now bowing to them, Heavy raised an eyebrow in confusion as Twilight smiled at the kind gesture of the Crystal ponies.
"Heavy? whats wrong now?"Twilight asked.
"Why are they bowing to us?"Heavy asked back.
Twilight looked around and caught on to all the ponies bowing."Oh that, its just the whole princess title I have, subjects usaully bow to a member royalty, and you are engaged to a member of royalty, so to them your sort of like a prince."Twilight explained.
Heavy snickered at the thought, but then smiled solemnly."I don't think a royal title would suit me Twilight, I'm just not in to that royalty stuff, I think I'll just stick to being a fighter."Heavy responded.
Twilight just giggled at Heavy's little boast."Well okay then mister fighter, lets get moving then, we don't want to be late with our little meeting with the princesses...my prince."Twilight joked.
"Not funny Twilight."Heavy replied as he then walked to the palace with Twilight at his side.
Upon approaching the gate, they came upon two Crystal guards that stood from side to side of the door, as Heavy first approached, the guards instantly drew their spears and pointed them at Heavy. Heavy's look suddenly got intense as the guards kept their spears on him."Halt! who are you? and what is your business here?!"the guard demanded sternly.
Heavy looked at them with an intense look as he began to charge up his horn, Twilight saw this and quickly stood between Heavy and the guards."Guards! we are here because the princesses invited us, and for your information, Heavy Weight here is my fiance, so I would be careful who you point weapons at."Twilight warned.
The guards looked at each other with worried looks before looking back at Twilight."We are sorry princess, ever since the Gryphon creature attacked the palace, everypony has been on edge, and well...your fiance kinda of came off looking like an enemy."the guards explain.
"Well he is not the enemy,but he does have a bit of a temper and doesn't appreciate having spears pointed at him, so please let us pass."Twilight asked in a warning tone.
"Yes princess!"both guards replied as they moved Twilight and Heavy entered the palace Heavy shot one more glare at the guards before entering, they began walking through the Crystal palace halls and needless to say, Heavy enjoyed the sights. Finally they made it to the throne room doors, they waited as two more Crystal guards at the door began to open it, as the door opened Heavy and Twilight saw in the Crystal throne room, Celestia, Luna, Shining Armor and Cadence all talking together by the throne, Heavy immediately got tense as he saw Celestia, finally all four saw the couple.
"Twily! Heavy! its good to see you both here."Shining Armor exclaimed as he rushed to hug Twilight. He then looked to Heavy who smiled a bit and hoof bumped with Shining."And whats been going on with you Heavy? have you been taking care of my sister?"Shining questioned.
"Yes I have, everything has been pretty quiet in Ponyville, at least until your recent letter."Heavy replied.
"Yes well, what ever the case, their is a reason we called you all here."Princess Luna said as her, Celestia and Cadence approached.
"So whats this about that Gryphon servant of Dark Star being here?"Twilight asked as she broke from Shining's hug.
"Well as of three hours ago the issue with this dark servant has gotten a bit more complicated."Celestia replied.
"Well?...can you explain? we want to get this over with, in case you didn't know, me and Twilight kinda had plans that we were hoping to make."Heavy asked with a bit of annoyance in his voice.
"Well sorry to interrupt your...plans, but there is a bigger problem at hoof that we need the two of you for, so your...plans will have to wait."Luna said earning herself a tense glare from Heavy.
"Wait, what plans? whats the occasion?"Cadence kindly asked.
Twilight began to gently drag her hoof on the floor and giggled excitedly."Well...as of last night me and Heavy are engaged!"Twilight said excitedly.
Everypony was in shock by this info, all except for Heavy and Twilight who stood together smiling proudly, finally Cadence manage to find her voice."Twilight...that's great news! I'm so happy for you!"Cadence exclaimed as she hugged Twilight and shared a laugh with her.
"You two are getting married? I didn't think you were actually going to propose to her Heavy."Shining said in shock.
"Well, I tend to be serious when it comes to things like that."Heavy said proudly.
"Well...I guess I should have seen it coming sooner or later."Shining said as he then shared a laugh with Heavy.
Luna began to get impatient with everypony and finally decided to break up the little social circle."Well, as nice as that is, we have an emergency that needs solving at the moment and we can't afford any piety plans of yours to get in a way."Luna said breaking up all the conversations.
As everypony else stopped to listen, Heavy just glared at Luna for her rude comments, Celestia then stood forward."I am happy for you and Twilight Heavy, but right now we need you and her for this."Celestia said in a serious tone.
"So...whats the big deal, its just a pet of Dark Star, what is so complicated about this mission here?!"Heavy asked now getting irritated.
"If you would calm yourself and follow us, we shall explain and even show you the complications of this issue."Luna replied.
As the princesses walked out of the throne room, Heavy gave a big snort at Luna and Celestia before following them, Everypony else started feeling the tension between Heavy and the princesses and followed closely behind him. They didn't need to walk far before Twilight realized where they were going, she then began to rush Heavy into going faster, with Heavy confused, Twilight pushed Heavy into a room, all that appeared to be in the room was a tall oval shaped mirror, as Everypony entered the room, Twilight had her head bowed in fear."Don't tell me...he went through the mirror didn't he?"Twilight guessed.
Both princesses looked at each other and slowly nodded in response to Twilight's question, Heavy looked around in confusion before finally questioning the whole thing."Wait...I don't understand what do you mean he went through the mirror? what is going on here?"Heavy asked.
"Well, it all started this morning when we first arrived at the Crystal Empire."Luna said as they all began to explain.
THE FLASH BACK
Crystal Empire
Celestia and Luna had arrived on their chariots and were coming in for a landing at the front of the palace, as their chariots landed, Cadence and Shining Armor emerged from the palace and descended down the stairs to greet the royal sisters."Aunt Celestia, Aunt Luna, It is always a pleasure to see you two here at the empire, please allow us to treat you to breakfast."Cadence greeted.
"It is an honor to see you again Princesses, our servants will help you with your luggage."Shining added.
"It always a pleasure see the two of you happy together Cadence and Shining Armor and we appreciate the hospitality."Luna answered as she levitated their luggage to two servants.
All four ponies then walked into the palace and walked through the halls of the palace, they began to take in the sights. Finally they entered the dining hall, where food was already laid out for all to enjoy, they all sat down and enjoyed the breakfast buffet, they all ate quietly and happily until Cadence chose to break the silence."So how have things in Canterlot been?"Cadence asked.
"They have been nice, everything has been calm and quiet."Celestia answered."I also see that things have been calm and peaceful here at the empire, even after that monster attack you had."
"Yeah well...such things could be repaired."Shining said as he rubbed the back of his head.
"Yes...we really owe Heavy Weight for destroying that monster."Cadence added.
Celestia was suddenly hit with thoughts at the mention of Heavy's name."I understand that a few weeks ago you and your parents visited Ponyville to see Twilight and Heavy, tell me...how have they been?"Celestia asked.
"They've been great, it got a little with heated dad at first, but it didn't get ugly or anything and they worked it out."Shining answered with a chuckle.
"That's good, I'm glad to hear he is doing much better now a days."Celestia said, Luna on the other hoof just snorted and made a cranky face at the mention of Heavy Weight, Celestia saw this and looked at her with a questioning look."Do you have something you wish to say sister?"
"It's nothing...I just don't really like this Heavy Weight of yours sister."Luna said shocking everypony else at the table.
"What do you mean aunt Luna, how do you not like this pony, If you ask me. I think he is quite the fearsome and mighty pony."Cadence implied.
"That's the problem...he is a very violent and obviously a very disturbed pony, do you forget that he almost killed you sister?"Luna questioned.
Celestia didn't like Luna bringing up the whole fight thing that happened between them and Heavy, then she realized, Luna obviously didn't forget it, she then smiled."Luna...are you sure you are not just saying these things just because you can't forget about Heavy beating you with one shot?"Celestia joked as she made everypony laugh except for Luna who just sat their frowning. They all finally decided to get back to eating, but they were suddenly interrupted by a guard bursting through the doors.
"Your majesties! we have an intruder in the palace!"the guard exclaimed.
Everypony suddenly stood up in shock and outrage at the intrusion"Who would have the guts to break into our home, when there are four members of royalty here."Cadence asked in a serious tone.
"The culprit appears to be a strange black Gryphon with red eyes your majesty, we have him caged in the upper hallways, but we can't hold him off for long."the guard warned.
"Wait, WHAT! you gotta be kidding me, not him again."Shining exclaimed.
"Shining Armor, do you know this assailant?"Celestia questioned,
"Yes princess, he is a servant to the dark Alicorn known as Dark Star, Heavy and Twilight manage to defeat him and destroy the other followers when we last saw him."Shining explained.
"Then we must stop him before he achieves whatever goal he has come here to do."Luna suggested as she was first to run out of the dining hall.
"Lets go."Celestia said as she then left with Shining and Cadence right behind her.
They all raced up to the upper levels of the palace and finally came to the a door that was being held shut by a crowd of guards, they all seemed to be worried, but they continued to stay strong as they held the showing up, the guards bowed to the members of royalty who stood tall as they came to asses the situation. "Is he still in there?"Shining asked.
"Yes sir, but he stopped trying to get out a few minutes ago, I fear he may be looking for something in that hall way."The guard grimly explained.
"Move aside guard, we will enter and bring down this culprit ourselves."Luna ordered.
The guards obliged and moved away from the door, Celestia then opened the door and was the first to look down the hallway before Luna charged passed her and began looking around. They all began walking down the hallway as the door closed behind them, they started by looking in all the rooms that were lined up at the side of the hall, but so far they found nothing. Suddenly Celestia got a cold chill down her spine and she felt the air get heavy and cold, she then realized what she was feeling, "Dark Magic". Celestia raced down the hall with the others on her tail as she felt out the source of the dark magic, finally her senses led her to a specific door that they already knew where it led, "Oh no."Celestia said in fear as she kicked the door open. As they rushed in the room, they saw none other than the Gryphon servant and to their horror, none other than Dark Star who turned to smile at their arrival.
"Hello everypony, its nice to see all your bright and shining, horrified faces."Dark said with a sick grin.
"You must be Dark Star."Celestia answered.
"Yes well, not that you would remember me but I once went by another name, but the thing is...Dark Shine died long ago thanks to Heavy."Dark replied with a solemn frown.
"But that doesn't matter right? so what are you doing here?"Shining asked as he prepared for a fight.
Dark just chuckled at this action."Oh its not what I'm doing here, Its what he's doing here."Dark said as he teleported away after gesturing to his servant.
The Gryphon laughed as all eyes were on him."Well...while master Dark Star is planning to take over this world I might as well rule this other world i hear of that rests on the other side of this mirror, so farewell fools."the Gryphon said as he suddenly jumped through the mirror.
Shining tried to stop him, but the Gryphon was already gone before he could reach him. Celestia looked seriously at the mirror before turning to the others."What do we do now? should we not go after him?"Cadence questioned.
"No...we don't know anything about the other world."Luna started.
"But Twilight Sparkle does, we will need her and Heavy's help to stop this creature from controlling the other world." Celestia finished.
Luna frowned at the mention of Heavy Weight once again."Sister? why do we need his help with this mess, Twilight is more than capable of handling this Gryphon."Luna argued.
"Now Luna, your doubt and your sudden distaste for him is duly noted, but Heavy has proven himself to be one of the greatest fighters of Equestria sister, plus I am sure he would want the honor of ending one of Dark's servants."Celestia argued back.
"But-"Luna stated
"No buts Luna, Shining Armor will you please write a message to Twilight and Heavy?"Celestia asked.
"Yes princess."Shining answered as he left the room.
As everypony else began to leave Celestia took one last glimpse at the mirror with one special thought in the back of her head."Sunset Shimmer, please...just stall the dark servant as long as you can until help arrives...please."Celestia said to herself as she left the room.
END FLASHBACK
As Celestia finish explaining, Heavy and Twilight looked at each other with serious looks before turning to Celestia."So let me get this straight, the Gryphon broke in thanks to Dark Star, and is now in some other dimension doing who knows what and you guys need us to go through and end him."Heavy said in a short answer.
"Yes Heavy, I'm sure Sunset Shimmer may be able to hold him off, but I fear that the enemy could do terrible things if she fails."Celestia grimly stated.
Heavy only chuckled at the mention of Sunsets name."Alright fine, we will go over to this new world and destroy the Gryphon pet, but only cause I know Sunset won't be able to."Heavy said with a bit of a chuckle.
"Heavy? I didn't know that you knew her."Twilight questioned.
"Well i did and honestly, she was the most pathetic pony I ever knew, always making magic potions, always looking for charms and magic crowns just to get stronger, rather than train vigorously like i did, I couldn't have asked for a more stuck up and weaker Unicorn than her."Heavy explained.
"Well...the whole charms and crown searching certainly sounds familiar."Twilight thought.
"But she was a good student Heavy, don't you remember what i said before? you shouldn't say things like that about your sibling student"Celestia questioned.
"Celestia? For one thing, she is a former student just like i am to you, and second, when have I ever listened to you?"Heavy questioned.
"Well now, before this conversation turns nasty we need to know, are you going to go or not?"Luna impatiently asked.
"I all ready said yes, don't get you wings in a bind princess."Heavy answered gaining a glare from Luna.
Twilight then put a hoof on his right forearm and smiled."Don't worry Heavy, I'll make sure to take care of you on the other side."she said.
"I know you will."Heavy replied with a smile. They both then turned to the mirror and took deep breaths, as they prepared to jump, Celestia stopped them.
"Wait a minute you two."Celestia said as she then began to cast a spell on them, when the spell was over she explained what she had just did."Don't worry, I learned of how Twilight couldn't use her magic in the other world before, this time, i have cast a spell that will allow you two to use your magic in the other dimension without a problem."Celestia reassured.
"Thank you princess."Twilight replied while Heavy just gave her a quick both turned back to the mirror and finally went through the mirror disappearing without a trace, leaving the other members of royalty to their thoughts.
"Good luck...Heavy and Twilight."they all thought as they laid down to wait.
THAT'S RIGHT ITS TIME FOR ADVENTURES IN EQUESTRIA
GIRLS, OLD RIVALS WILL MEET, BATTLES WILL BE WAGED
AND A TEMPORARY RETURN OF A CHARACTER FROM THE HEAVY WEIGHT
STORY.