Chapter 14

Sunset Shimmer was now leading Twilight Sparkle and Heavy Weight, her two former sibling students of Celestia, back to her home in the human town she resided in. She kept quiet for the longest time, but manage to look at the two of her friends, especially Heavy Weight. She hasn't seen Heavy since they were eleven, that time wasn't the best time for the two of them for Heavy was always a bit rough with her and was always scaring her when ever they trained together, Sunset hated his abuse, but secretly she really liked him.

"Sunset? are you feeling okay?"Twilight asked, interrupting Sunsets thoughts and gaze over Heavy Weight."

"Oh...I'm sorry, my mind just wondered a bit."Sunset said nervously.

"Right, so how about you focus your mind on where we are going and stop focusing on me."Heavy said, showing that he knew she was staring at him.

"Heavy, be nice, she's letting us stay at her house while we're here, and besides, she probably just missed you."Twilight scolded.

"No its alright, Its just been awhile since I've seen the two of you, tell me, how has Celestia been since I have last seen her?"Sunset asked curiously

Heavy just turned his head away and gave off an angry look while Twilight was more than happy to answer."She's been great, she really misses you believe it or not."Twilight answered.

"That's great, and what about you Heavy?"Sunset questioned, Heavy only kept his head away from her and stayed silent."Maybe some other time I guess?"

"Sure," Heavy simply replied."So tell me Sunset, why are you here, what made you leave Equestria?"

"Lets just say I have done things that I really wasn't proud of."Sunset said with a bit of a frown, Heavy said nothing else and gave her a sympathizing look as if he understood her.

"Well...that's in the past now, what matters is the future, Right?"Twilight questioned.

"Yeah,"both Heavy and Sunset said. They all continued to walk down the street without a single word, finall they came to a decent sized house that was blue with a red rood and four windows on the front of it.

"We're here!"Sunset said excitedly as her and her two friends looked over her home with fascination and impressed looks.

"Impressive, nice digs."Heavy commented.

"wow Sunset, your home is beautiful."Twilight complimented.

"Thanks, but don't ask how i got it, it was back in my less than admirable days."Sunset replied. Sunset then led the pair inside her home and took off her boots and walked around her house to show the couple the house, Twilight nudged Heavy as she took her shoes off before progressing further into the house, Heavy rolled his eyes and removed his boots before following the ladies through the house. They took in the houses inside view, they first looked around the hall way they were in, they saw the clean hard wood floor and trailed to the red staircase. Sunset then directed them to the living room that had a couch, a tv, a few tables with flowers in vases on them and a three large windows that had white see through curtains which had a perfect view of the sky and town, Heavy could feel the tranquility of this home and he was suddenly feeling calm and relaxed."So...I have two bedrooms, two bathrooms, If you guys want to stretch your legs and wings I've got plenty of space in the back yard since we are actually outside the town, I decided to invite some friends for tonight, trust me its going to be cool."Sunset explained happily as the couple looked around.

"Sunset, we are really grateful for your hospitality and believe me you have our deepest gratitude for it."Twilight nicely said with a hand over her chest symbolizing true gratitude.

"Yeah...thank you."Heavy said with a calm tone as he went to put his boots back on.

"Where you going?"Twilight asked.

"I'm going out to look for feather head, don't worry I'll be back soon...hopefully."Heavy said as he went out the door and took flight towards the town, leaving the two girls to with the house to themselves.

"Gee, he is still the stone cold adventurous type."Sunset commented.

"Well...he's not as bad as he was when we were little."Twilight added."So...what do you wanna do?"

"Well...I was thinking that since there are friends coming over, I think this would be the perfect night for a slumber party."Sunset answered, much to Twilight's delight.

"Ooh a slumber party, I love those things, I once had one with some friends of mine and it was quite the adventure."Twilight exclaimed.

"Then a slumber party it is."Sunset answered as she pulled out her phone and began to text all her friends.

"This is going to be so amazing!"Twilight thought excitedly.

A few hours later the girls were sitting in the living room with blankets rolled out and snacks on the coffee table, they now wore two piece night gowns that were long tops and short bottoms, the gowns had ribbons lined up on their tops and see through sashes tied together like a thin layer of extra clothing around their gowns, Twilight's was purple while Sunsets was black. They were laughing and reminiscing about old times as students under the tutor of princess Celestia, but they left out all the things about their relationships with Heavy.

"Wait so the girls in your world really caught Celestia eating cake, oh man that must have been hard for them to stomach."Sunset said with laughter.

"They sure did, I honestly think that might have been punishment enough for those three,"Twilight replied."You know, I really like the gown you gave me, its very pretty."

"No problem, I even dare say that it looks...sexy."Sunset said with a sly smile making Twilight giggle and blush.

"Yeah, I think Heavy may like it too,"Twilight said much to Sunsets curiousness.

"Hey Twilight? Can I ask you something?"Sunset asked.

"Sure Sunset, you can ask me anything."Twilight replied.

"Well...are you and Heavy together?"She asked curiously.

"Well...yeah, we're together, why?"Twilight asked, now curious herself.

Sunset suddenly blushed and turned away in embarrassment upon learning of Twilight's relationship with Heavy."No reason."Sunset replied while hiding her face from Twilight in shame.

"Twilight suddenly put a hand to Sunsets shoulder and removed Sunsets hair from her face."You really like him too, don't you?"Twilight questioned. Sunset turned to Twilight who just smiled at her and rubbed her shoulder for support.

"Yes, I really do, he's just so interesting, he is so talented with magic, and I could see that he went through so much pain in his life that...I just want to hold him, and show him that I care, not to mention he is handsome, but you and him must be married by now, Right?"Sunset sadly asked.

"Actually Sunset...we're not, our wedding needed to be postpone until we had dealt with Dark Stars pet."Twilight replied.

"Oh, well I'm happy for you two, really I am, I hope i didn't offend you with what i said."Sunset said with honesty.

Twilight frowned at Sunset who sat there and looked down with shame and defeat, Twilight then smiled."You know...It's not too late, we may be engaged, but it doesn't mean its not too late for you to be with Heavy."Twilight offered much to Sunset's surprise.

"Y-You mean you wouldn't mind?"Sunset asked fearfully.

"Of course not, herding is perfectly legal in places like ponyville and Canterlot, and I would be honored to be herd mates with you."Twilight replied in the nicest voice.

"But...the problem is...I don't think he likes me."Sunset retorted.

"Don't be so sure Sunset,"Twilight said as she took a pretzel from one of the snack bowls on the table."Heavy may have fooled everyone else, but he didn't fool me, he may have been angry with you cause he thought you couldn't defend yourself...but he was also worried for you, he actually was worried that you were hurt, trust me, some where under that heart of stone...he has feelings for you, just like he does for me."

"You really think so?"Sunset questioned.

"I know so."Twilight answered.

"Oh thank you Twilight, thank you so much!"Sunset exclaimed as she hugged Twilight.

"Think nothing of it sunset, honestly...I fell for him for the same exact reasons,"Twilight said as they broke from the hug and laughed together."You know...I do know a way you could appeal to Heavy."

"Really how?"Sunset asked excitedly.

"Well...Heavy seems to really be into a lot of magical things, he really was interested in me when he saw that i was no amateur when it came to magic, just show Heavy your skills and magic and maybe he will start to like you, spar with him a little too if you want, that usually works."Twilight explained to Sunset.

"Got it, thanks for the advice Twilight."Sunset said already formulating a plan for tomorrow.

"No problem."Twilight answered back. Suddenly the girls heard knocking at the door and they immediately got up and jumped with excitement, knowing exactly who was at the door. They both rushed to the door and Sunset was the one that opened it, the visitors were none other than their friends already in their pajamas and carrying their sleeping bags, they all had normal looking pajamas that matched their skin color, all except for Rarity who wore a royal purple gown that looked a bit like Twilight and Sunset's gowns, only longer.

"Hey Twilight, hi Sunset"the girls all said as they entered the house.

"My my girls, I think you both look rather dashing in those gowns,"Rarity commented.

"Thanks,"Both Twilight and Sunset replied.

"Say? where in the world is Heavy Weight, I'd thought that big boy would be around here somewhere."Apple Jack asked as she looked around for Heavy.

"Oh, he's went out to look for that Gryphon from earlier, he really gets into his work a lot, don't worry, he should be back in a few hours,"Twilight reassured the group.

"So are you girls ready for an awesome night!?"Rainbow Dash asked loudly as she threw her sleeping bag on the floor in the living room and jumped up just to land belly first on it.

"We sure are."Twilight and Sunset answered.

"Great! because I got the soda pop and the music,"Pinkie announced as the rest of the girls placed their sleeping bags in the living room and prepared for a wild slumber party.

For a few hours the girls celebrated with plenty of soda to fill them with energy and plenty of pillow fighting as Twilight learned from her book, once the pillows were out, they laughed and told a bunch of jokes, unfortunately Twilight's Equestrian jokes did not make much sense to them, but they laughed anyway. Finally Pinkie turned on the music and the girls got up and danced, Twilight as usual began to dance in the pony way, but soon the girls decided to join in the strange pony dancing. Next thing they did was enjoy delicious smores and all the snacks that Sunset had laid out for everyone, needless to say, most of the snacks didn't last against Pinkie Pie, It only took the girls a few minutes to devour everything in sight. Finally they ended the night with some story telling, ranging from what Twilight's world was like, to all the things the girls have done since Twilight's last departure.

"Wait, so there are pony versions of us in your world?"Apple Jack questioned.

"There sure are and even still they are all my best friends...just like all of you are,"Twilight answered.

"Wow, soooo awesome!"Rainbow Dash said as she then thought of what she would be like as a pony.

"Um Twilight? I don't mean to ask this but, could you tell us about Heavy Weight, he's just a really interesting guy and everyone at school has been talking about him."Fluttershy said.

"Well...I guess it wouldn't hurt to tell you girls,"Twilight said as she cleared her throat and prepared to explain."Well for starters, me and him are currently engaged, but we had to postpone our wedding so we could take care of the invader of your world."
All the girls gasped at this bit of surprising info."Wow, congratulations Twilight, Heavy certainly does seem like quite the stud, and he definitely looks like he is well mannered."Rarity complimented.

"Yeah, but he looks like he's got himself a bit of a temper."Apple Jack added.

"He does look a little bit scary, especially with those eyes."Fluttershy said.

"Well I'll give it to you girls, he actually does have a bit of a bad temper, but trust me, he would never hurt me, I'm actually the one who usually helps him get out of his nasty tantrums he may have from time to time.

"That sounds like dangerous game your playing with Twilight,"Apple Jack said.

"He's not that bad anymore, he's really changed over the time."Twilight said.
Apple Jack was about to say something else, but Sunset beat her to it."So even you had to deal with Heavy's abuse when you were young too?"Sunset asked solemnly.

"Well...yeah kind of, you too?"Twilight asked back.

"Yeah, and to be honest...I'll never forget the last days I had with him before i ran away,"Sunset said as she went deep into her thoughts."It was back when I was a little filly, me and Heavy had sort of a distant relationship, he barley ever noticed me at times. Sometimes, I would go hard with the guards whenever he was around just to get his attention, but the most I ever got out of him was a quick glance."Then one day when we were six, he changed, for one thing he actually did train with me, but he was rough and hard on me without any remorse, half the time Celestia had to step in and hold Heavy back because she feared he may kill me."He was also really mean about things too, whenever I made a grave mistake, he sure made me realize it, he would call me names and resort to kicking me when I was down when he knew I wasn't trying my best."

"Sounds like he was quite the bully,"Rarity pointed out.

"In a way he was, but then a few years later, I started performing darker forms of magic, I was...starting to become obsessed with trying to get strong enough to beat Heavy, but many of the times he caught me, he just laughed me off saying that what I was doing is cowardily and wouldn't work ever."Sunset picked back up."Finally when we were eleven, I had finally had enough and resented Celestia and chose to run away...I said bad things to her face and even tried to fight her, but I knew I stood no chance."Heavy on the other hoof just stood there laughing at me while I lashed out at Celestia and he said something that always stuck with me when I was leaving in shame, "Whatever, good riddance weakling. After those words, I snapped and charged after Heavy, but he saw me coming and he kicked me so hard in the face, I was sent flying through the wall of Canterlot and landed right outside of the city."Once I finally gotten up, I left Canterlot for good, shamed, angry and now...beaten."

"Geez, he sounds like a real punk, why would he ever be this way with others, he must have been a real "monster!"Rainbow blurted out.

"Rainbow, will you please not call him that, I hate it when the word is used to describe Heavy and Heavy hates it even more,"Twilight said sternly with a bit of anger in her tone as well. It was then that Sunset put a hand on Twilight's shoulder to calm her down.

"sorry Twilight, I didn't know that word was sensitive to you guys,"Rainbow said trying to keep the peace.

"It's alright, lets just not use that word okay,"Twilight said now completely calm.

"You obviously got to know him better then anyone or any pony ever did, could you tell us about your time with him,"Sunset asked ambitiously.

"I guess so, but I'll warn you, my childhood with Heavy also ended badly,"Twilight said solemnly as she began to explain.
"It all started when I was five, I attended magical kindergarten at the magic academy and boy was I nervous, after a shaky start to the school, I stopped to get something to eat and well...that's when I met him."Heavy might have been a little taller than me, but I didn't mind, I heard about the things he could do and how popular he was getting, so basically I idolized him."We talked and he just played it off cool and treated me like a mere acquaintance, believe it or not, he didn't even have those dark eyes that he has now, his eyes actually looked innocent and beautiful,"Twilight said now blushing.

"Easy there sugar cube, don't be getting lost in your dreams on us now."apple Jack joked.

"Oh, sorry about that."Twilight apologized as she continued."Any way, one day me, my brother and Heavy were enjoying lunch and well, that's when I ran into him...Dark Shine, the enemy we now knew as Dark Star."

"Wait, so this big bad and evil pony you guys are fighting? you two grew up with that guy?!"Rainbow yelled out in shock.

"Yeah, back then he was nothing more than a simple bully, he picked on colts and fillies that were weaker than himself, since he was twelve and I was six, he thought I would be easy to mess around with. "So he kicks my food out of my hoofs and shoves me around calling me names and I couldn't do anything, but tell him to leave me alone, which of course didn't work."That's when Heavy stood up for me and called Dark out, on top of that, my brother also stood up and by doing so Dark challenged both boys to a fight at recess, being the fighters that both boys were, they accepted. At recess the fight was getting started up, my brother went first against Dark and it looked like my brother was actually going to win, but Dark pulled a dirty move and ended up beating my brother and for his amusement he began to beat my brother viciously."Twilight explained grimly.

"What a meanie mean pants,"Pinkie said as she sipped some more soda.

"I agree, this boy or colt, was definitely a cowardly monster,"Rarity added, Twilight to everyone's surprised didn't get angry when that one word came out.

"Yeah he was, but believe me girls, Heavy didn't let Dark get away with it,"Twilight said with a smile."When Heavy watched my brother getting hurt while he was down, Heavy finally lost it, he attacked Dark and to everypony's surprise, he won, but Heavy wasn't done with Dark, colts and fillies watched helplessly as Heavy began beating down Dark till Dark unmercifully, we all even began to think that Heavy wasn't going to stop till he killed Dark. Luckily before anymore harm was done, Heavy's mom managed to pull him off and hold him till he was able to calm down."
The girls to Twilight's surprise began to applaud and cheer for Heavy's actions to a bully and this made Twilight giggle."Now that's what I'm talking about, that is how you handle a bully,"Rainbow said excitedly.

"Yeah well as good as it was to see that bully get what was coming to him, Heavy was the one who got in trouble,"Twilight started grimly again."At first we thought that he was going to get expelled, but instead he got chosen to become Celestia's student, I was happy for him and all, but then I didn't get to see him for the longest time, at least until a few years later."I was twelve now and was on the verge of graduating the school for gifted unicorns, all I needed to do was hatch a baby dragon egg and I would pass the test and graduate. "When I managed to do it, princess Celestia showed up and told me that she was willing to take me under her wing and teach me everything I could know, that's when...I saw him again."Heavy was more grown up and he definitely looked stronger since the last time I saw him, I was so happy to see him again I just jumped right on him and hugged him as tight as I could, I was so excited that me and him were going to be sibling students."At first he was real rough on me, but eventually I began to progress and he actually looked like he was impressed with me himself."

"I don't mean to interrupt, but what happened to him? I remember when he left I saw a scar down his right eye, did you have something to do with that?"Sunset questioned.

"Actually I did, but to tell you the answer, I need to take us to what happened that turned him cold and resentful,"Twilight said as she took a deep and slightly painful breath before explaining."One day, when me and Heavy were training together, we started to get really rough with each other, but we didn't care, our competitive spirit was burning and we wanted to test out our limits that time around."Then suddenly, my brother attacked Heavy and pinned him to the ground, he thought Heavy was hurting me and he chose not to listen to what I had to say, then he did the unthinkable, he struck Heavy across the face."After that strike, Heavy once again lost his temper and viciously beat my brother to a bloody pulp, he would have killed him If I hadn't jumped in and shoved Heavy off him and begged him to stop."But Celestia got to Heavy first and carried him off, once I made sure my brother was ok, I followed Celestia and asked what she was going to do with him, all she said was,"something I really don't want to do."

"So...what did she do to him?"Fluttershy asked now a little scared.

Twilight frowned as she continued."She turned Heavy into a prisoner, many of the pony's of Canterlot treated him like he was a...a...a."

"Monster?"Sunset finished for her.

"Yeah...a monster."Twilight replied as she started getting sad."He remained in his room most of the time and was watched over twenty four seven by royal guards."Whenever he was allowed out, he needed to be supervised by guards and sometimes Celestia, there were even times that he would need to be chained up in case he had a tantrum."Finally after two whole years of this imprisonment, he chose to run away and find his own path, but I selfishly stood in his way...I didn't wanna lose the one friend I truly had at that time, so...we fought."

"You tried your luck against Heavy?"sunset guested.

"Yeah, at first we both exchanged blow by blow, then he began to over power me and started to beat me, but then I suddenly felt this power rise from my body like fire, I didn't know I had such powers at the time."With that power I really started to beat Heavy down, each blow more devastating than the last, at that moment I had Heavy backed into a corner,I thought I was actually going to win."But when I thought I was about to finish him...that's when it happened."

"What happened?!"all the girls asked ambitiously.

"That's when he went from unicorn...to alicorn."Twilight said as she remembered the last moments of her battle with Heavy."The tables quickly turned and all I could think of was one last all out attack, I use every bit of strength i could, but it wasn't enough and he beat me, he then ran away."I was a wreck for awhile, from that day on I cut off all ties to friendship, I only desired to learn about magic and how I could improved, so one day...I could bring him back, but now I don't need to worry any more...he came back to me."

All the girls were overwhelmed with emotion, especially Sunset Shimmer, who had no idea of the things Heavy had suffered through in her absence. All the girls became sadden by the story, but Twilight manage to pick their spirits up with one last bit of good news."But those times of our lives are over now, Heavy is back with me and all i see now is triumph and love in our life's now, maybe even for others in the future."Twilight finished as she turned to look at Sunset Shimmer slyly and raise a can of soda in the air for a round of cheer. They all rose their drinks and gave a round of cheers for a bright future.

Suddenly the door opened and with it Heavy Weight appeared gaining the attention of all the girls, he first put his leather jacket on a coat rack and once again kicked off his boots only to turn and be surprised by all the people in the living room."Whats going on here?"He questioned.

"We all decided to have a little slumber party Heavy, do you wanna join?"Twilight asked excitedly.

"Heavy rose an eyebrow and looked to the girls who were smiling kindly to him, he then turned to Twilight who was smiling at him with a hopeful look, he then sighed."Oh...alright."he answered.
All the girls cheered as Heavy walked in to join them for some fun knowing that the real fun was just beginning.

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