Chapter 24
Heavy Weight was now down stairs on the couch in the living room, taking a nap with the magazine he was reading over his head, as he slept soundly he couldn't help but start to have bad dreams. These dreams appeared to be more like visions to him, he would see Celestia, Luna, Cadence and Shining Armor restrained and hung to the ceiling by black Crystals and brutally beaten, he would then see Dark Star and the black mist of some other pony with green eyes laughing at them as he turned to see the mirror that brought them to the human world, but before he could see more he suddenly woke up in a sweat and fear as he gripped his head to grasp what he just saw."What...the hay...was that? That could not have been a good sign,"Heavy said to himself as he caught his breath and wiped the sweat from his head. He then got up and went to the window and looked out it to see the sun setting, he then sensed Twilight and Sunset arriving back to the house and turned to the path and saw both them and their friends arriving to the house with sleeping bags and snacks in their arms, he smiled as he began to talk to them through their thoughts.
'Hey Heavy, I'm guessing you already know what this is about?"Twilight said a her and the girls approach the steps.
'Yeah...I think I can figure this out, look I don't think that now is the best time for this girls, I feel like we need to be alone for tonight,'Heavy thought as he approach the door and opened it, to see all the girls looking at him with worried looks.
"Oh come on...please Heavy, this going to be my last time in this world for awhile, at least let me enjoy it with my friends...and you,"Sunset begged with wide eyes, Heavy just looked at her solemnly and sighed.
"Oh...alright, I suppose we could have one more party before we go,"Heavy said in defeat.
"Wooooo hooooo!"the girls cheered as they suddenly rushed in and began to set up their sleeping bags in the living room, Heavy just sighed, gaining looks from Sunset and Twilight as they approached him and rubbed his shoulders.
"Heavy, is there something wrong?"Twilight asked.
"If there is...you can tell us,"Sunset added, Heavy just sighed at the girls concern and shook his head.
"Its nothing girls...I just had a bad dream earlier,"Heavy answered.
"A bad dream?...show us,"Twilight demanded as her and Sunset put their hands to his head, but Heavy suddenly started fighting.
"I'd rather not show you,"Heavy said turning his face from them.
"Heavy...please let us see,"Sunset pleaded as her and Twilight's minds struggled with Heavy's.
"I said no!"Heavy almost yelled as he forced himself away from them and went up the stairs to be alone, the girls were shocked and puzzled by Heavy's defiance as their friends came into the hall way with concerns for them.
"Is everything alright out here?"Rarity asked.
"Heavy ain't havin one of his tantrums again is he?"Apple Jack grimly asked.
"No...its not that...its just..."Sunset started.
"Heavy's hiding something from us, he's trying real hard to keep us out of his mind, he's worried about something, but he doesn't want us to know he's worried,"Twilight explained to the girls.
"So...what do you girls want to do about him?"Fluttershy asked fearfully.
"Well...now that Heavy knows something we can't ignore it, his little mystery will keep us going nuts all night, we need to find out what his little bad dream was,"Sunset explained.
"And how are you girls going to get the answer out of him, he's just going to get angry,"Rainbow Dash pointed out.
"We know...why don't we get dressed awhile and you girls just stay down here for a bit, me and Sunset are going to do something to get Heavy to talk and...it isn't going to be pretty,"Twilight grimly said while her and Sunset both frowned.
"Stay down here? on our last night together? not a chance!"Rainbow Dash said excitedly.
"I'm telling you girls, if you come up with us, things might get scary up there,"Twilight warned.
"Why do ya think that, you girls ain't going to fight with him are you?"Apple Jack asked.
"Not exactly, we may have to get forceful, but there won't be any violence,"Sunset answered.
"Ooh ooh, I wanna see what its like when the three of you fight, I'm not scared anymore,"Pinkie said excitedly.
"Trust us, if you girls go with us, you will be,"Twilight warned as her and Sunset went upstairs and were surprise to see the girls following them, the girls went upstairs and went to the bathroom to change into their pajamas. It only took a few minutes for the girls to emerge in their regular striped pajamas and walked to Sunset's room, as they entered, they saw Heavy with his jacket and boots off and sitting on the bed, reading a magazine. He looked up to see the girls and turned back to the magazine.
"Hey..."Heavy said without taking his eyes off the magazine.
"Hey Heavy...you don't mind if we have our slumber party in here do you?"Twilight asked.
"Not at all,"Heavy said blankly, while turning the page of the magazine. The girls set up their sleeping bags and sat together to talk with each other, finally after a few minutes, Twilight and Sunset nodded each other and signaled the girls and got up, they then walked over and joined Heavy in bed, gaining his attention."Umm girls, what are you two doing?"
"Oh nothing...we just wanted to get comfortable,"Sunset said as she snaked her hand onto his arm and began to hold his right arm as the girls gather together and watched with worry. Twilight mimicked her and held down his left arm, gaining a small struggle from Heavy as he sat up and gave them a serious look.
"Okay what are you two doing?"Heavy said in a stern voice.
"We wanna know what your dream was about, and we're not letting you go till you tell us,"Twilight said in a less of a playful mood.
"Girls let me go,"Heavy demanded while struggling, he then manage to sit up, only to for Twilight to get on top of him and straddle him, while she pinned him down. Sunset sat behind him and forced his head on to her lap and held his head in place."I said let me go!"
"Nope...not this time Heavy, I guess we're going to be doing this the hard way,"Twilight aid as she nodded to Sunset, while Sunset was using her magic to look into his mind. Finally Sunset accessed his mind and saw the bad dream and passed it on to Twilight, they both frown as Sunset and Twilight released Heavy and sat next to him as he panted with exhaustion and glared at the girls."Don't look at us like that Heavy, you know we were going to find out sooner or later."
"Yeah but why the buck would you do that! when I say no, I mean no! you had no right to invade my mind like that!"Heavy yelled as he got off the bed and went into the bathroom slamming the door behind him.
"HEAVY WEIGHT! there is no need to yell and start slamming stuff!"Twilight scolded behind the door.
"Heavy come on out and stop being so angry, so you saw Dark Star and all that stuff, it doesn't mean its really happening,"Sunset said sternly.
"I knew he was going to be angry,"Rainbow Dash whispered to the other girls who were a little scared of the outburst.
"Heavy...open the door...and come out now,"Twilight said sternly.
"For Celestia's sake, just open the door Heavy and stop being such a grouch,"Sunset added with the same stern tone. Finally Heavy opened the door and came out with his head bowed low and not looking at anyone, he then walked over to the bed and sat down with his arms crossed.
"Look...I didn't want you two to worry because I don't know if it was a dream or a vision...It just didn't feel like a good sign,"Heavy explained in a low voice.
"Well you don't need to hide these things from us Heavy, we can handle these things together...don't you trust us?"Sunset questioned, making Heavy sigh in defeat.
"Of course I do...I just don't...want you both to be in danger...I...I can't lose you two"Heavy said in a solemn tone. The girls gave him solemn looks and both gave him passionate kisses.
"When we're together, you will never lose us Heavy,"Twilight said in a soft voice. Both girls then kissed him on the head and turned to their friends who were smiling and relieved to see him calm once more."Now lets forget about all these worries and have a little fun...okay?"
"Okay..."Heavy breathed out in defeat as he and the girls sat down with the others.
"Glad to see ya cooled off partner,"Apple Jack said.
"Gee...thanks,"Heavy replied blankly.
"Alright girls...how about a nice game of truth or dare,"Pinkie suggested, gaining excited claps from the girls, Pinkie took that as a yes and the girls played a few rounds of truth or dare, at first all was boring, a few little secrets and a petty dare of Fluttershy to do a hand stand while drinking a bottle of chocolate milk, but then as it became Pinkie's turn, she had a devious plan for her friend Rainbow Dash."Alright then, I'm next...Rainbow Dash, truth or dare."
"Ah yeah, I'll take dare,"Rainbow said with complete confidence in herself.
"I dare you to..."Pinkie looked around to find something to use on Rainbow, finally her sights landed on Heavy and a wicked smirk grew on Pinkie's face."I dare you...to take a direct punch in the stomach...by Heavy Weight."
The girls all gasped at the dare and looked at Rainbow who just gulped and slowly looked to Heavy who kept his eyes closed as if he was meditating."Um...I...it doesn't look like he wants to do it so...find something else,"Rainbow frantically said, before Heavy suddenly got up and smirked.
"I never said I didn't want to do it,"Heavy said as he scrunged his fist up and popped his knuckles while smirking.
"Heavy...be nice to her,"Sunset said in a worried tone.
"I will,"Heavy said while popping his knuckles some more, the girls looked on with excitement as Pinkie smiled wickedly.
"You hear that Rainbow, he wants to do it, what are you chicken,"Pinkie teased while making chicken sounds.
"No I'm not a chicken!...I can totally take a hit,"Rainbow said with bravery and a cocky tone as she turned to Heavy, put her hands behind her head like an arrested person and gave a pouty look."Whacha waiting for? give me your best shot big guy,"Rainbow demanded as she closed her eyes to brace for impact. Heavy smirked as he reared back his right fist and enjoyed Rainbows last fearful peek as she closed them again and shook in fear, finally he unleashed a mighty right fist and struck Rainbow directly in the gut, the wind instantly went out of her lungs and she dropped to the ground in and writhe in excruciating pain and began to cough roughly. She rolled around and moaned in pain as the girls gathered around her and helped her to her feet, but she then collapsed again and chose to crawl to her sleeping bag and chose to sleep off the pain, but Heavy chose to do the right thing and put a hand over her stomach and magically heal her stomach. While he healed her, the girls looked at the big black and purple bruise on her stomach as it slowly disappeared, and cringed in mental pain of the blow, finally Apple Jack broke the silence.
"I think we can safely say that Rainbow won the game, how about we all just enjoy some snacks,"Apple Jack suggested shaking a bag of chips.
"Yeah...I could use...some chips...or some fruit punch,"Rainbow Dash panted out as she slowly got up and took a small bottle full of punch.
"Sorry about that,"Heavy said as he watched Rainbow still struggle to lay down while her stomach still felt sore.
"Ah don't worry about it, I'll admit...really overstep my bounds on that dare,"Rainbow admitted as she laid back gently and chugged some punch.
"Your not the only one who oversteps bounds, I really should have known better than to fight with the girls on anything,"Heavy joked back, making everyone laugh at his joke. Suddenly he felt weak and weary and yawned, he then moved up on the bed and laid back, catching the attention of the girls.
"Heavy?...are you feeling alright?"Twilight asked with concern.
"I don't sense a fever or ailment, but his body looks like its just about to give in and fall asleep, when is the last time you slept?"Sunset questioned.
"Maybe a couple days...since these weird dreams started happening,"Heavy answered quietly as he began to close his eyes uncontrollably.
"Then maybe its time you went to bed Heavy...we got a big day tomorrow...and you need your rest,"Sunset said in a soft and peaceful voice as she put a cover over him while he fell asleep.
"And here's something to help you have a few good dreams for a change,"Twilight said a she leaned over the bed and gave him a very passionate kiss, before leaving him to his slumber. The girls then moved back to the floor with their friends and smiled.
"So...is he alright?"Rarity asked.
"He's fine, he was just very tired...turns out he hasn't slept in days thanks to those pesky nightmares he was having,"Sunset explained.
"But he'll be fine now...he's resting peacefully now,"Twilight said.
"Well that's good to know, cause now we can get back to partying!"Pinke said as she started up the music and danced, the girls got excited and began to dance as well, but not before Twilight and Sunset turned to their love that was sleeping soundly and smiled.
"Sweet dreams...Heavy Weight...our love,"Both girls said in unison as they went to dance the rest of the night away.
It was the next morning at the house of Sunset Shimmer and everyone was still fast asleep, the girls were sleeping soundly in their sleeping bags, while Sunset and Twilight were cuddled up with Heavy Weight under the covers, finally Sunset was the first one to wake up. She yawned and stretched before turning to her stallion and herd mate, both Twilight and Heavy then suddenly awoke and saw Sunset smiling at them and they quickly yawned before getting out of bed."Well...this is it, after so long here...I'm going back to Equestria,"Sunset said with a small smile while packing her things and changing her clothes without disturbing the girls.
"Don't worry, when we get back...I won't let anything bad happen to you, Celestia wouldn't dare try to take you away while I'm around,"Heavy said with determination, while helping her put on her old leather jacket. Heavy and Twilight then began to get dress while their friends finally stirred and awoke with yawns, Rarity was the first to open her eyes and got the sight of Heavy in nothing but his boxers and blushed while pulling the covers over her eyes in embarrassment.
"Oh my goodness!...I am so sorry, I didn't mean to-"Rarity started before getting cut off.
"Its okay Rarity, we should have went to the bathroom,"Twilight admitted with embarrassment as she scratched her head while Heavy just blushed and covered himself up, suddenly the girls were getting up and rubbing their eyes, but before they could all look around Rarity frantically did her best to shield their eyes.
"Girls advert you eyes Heavy only has his underwear on!"Rarity warned while Heavy struggled to get his pants on, only making the other girls laugh.
"Its alright now, he's dressed now,"Sunset announced, giving Rarity the signal to uncover the girls eyes, but they still got an eye full seeing Heavy's toned body while he was putting a shirt on.
"Hoooo weee, I like to know where you work out big guy,"Apple Jack complimented.
"Totally, I want a body like that,"Rainbow Dash added.
"Easy ladies, remember who he belongs to,"Rarity informed, Heavy and his girls just laughed before changing to solemn looks.
"Well girls...this is it, we're all going home to Equestria,"Twilight said, gaining sad looks from the girls.
"Oh girls...we're all going to miss you,"Rarity said trying not to cry as she hugged all three of them.
"Hey...we promised we would come back and visit...and we always keep our promises,"Sunset said while holding Rarity tighter than anyone else.
"Can...can we at least follow you three as far as the portal,"Fluttershy said through quiet sobs.
"Of course you all can,"Heavy answered for the girls while giving off a serious look."Well...lets not waste any more time, lets go."
Wasting no more time, Heavy, Twilight, Sunset and the girls left the room with some things packed, the girls followed closely behind the herd as they descended down the stairs and almost went out the door, but Heavy quickly stopped as he almost forgot one thing. He turned back and went inside quickly and it took him only a minute to emerge from the house with the urn containing the ashes of Golden Heart wrapped up in his arms, the girls smiled at him as he got in the front of the big group and lead them on to the portal. For almost an hour they walked silently to the school, all of which began to get sadder as they neared the school, finally as they came to the school grounds, they then saw that the principle and vice principle were waiting for them right by the statue where the portal was, as they came to the statue they could see that both woman appeared to be sad."Well...I guess we'll be seeing all three of you,"principle Celestia said as she hugged Twilight and Sunset, allowing a tear to roll down her cheek. As she switched the girls to her sister for more hugs, Celestia walked to Heavy and to his surprise, she hugged him as well."Promise me you'll take good care of Sunset."
"Of course I will, besides we promised to visit any chance we had,"Heavy answered as Celestia's hug broke.
"Heavy Weight...I know we have had issues in the past, and I admit I may have been offensive and sensitive to you and the things you had been through with your Celestia, but please forgive me, I only had the best intentions for my students at heart,"Celestia explained solemnly.
"I...understand, you only cared about the well fare of your students, and I seemed to be quite threatening to them...I'm use to that,"Heavy replied solemnly.
"But now I can see that you are a good um...stallion,"Celestia complimented.
"Thanks...Celestia...and...I forgive you,"Heavy said with a smile as he saw the girls finally break their hug with the vice principle and joined Heavy at his side, now satisfied, the principle and vice principle slowly went back inside, leaving Heavy and the girls to say one last goodbye to their friends.
"Well...your visit was fun while it lasted, I hope we get to see each other again,"Apple Jack said with her hat off giving them her greatest honesty.
"Will miss you..."Fluttershy said quietly.
"You guys better visit soon, I'll come after you if you don't,"Rainbow Dash said, making Heavy and the girls chuckle.
"I'll be waiting for the three of you,"Pinkie said as she was already laying out a picnic to wait.
"Please do come again, it was such a treat seeing all of you,"Rarity closed out while tearing up.
"We will..."Heavy answered solemnly as they approached the portal, Twilight was first to approach it and put her hand through it and verified that the portal was open as she saw her hoof through it, as she went to step through, Heavy suddenly felt a cold blast of air travel around him and through him, he then began to feel a very dark presence coming from the portal. suddenly he began to see something coming to the portal, something sharp. Sensing this danger, Heavy suddenly speeded to the portal and shoved Twilight out of the path way in the nick of time, only to get his gut pierced completely through by a large high speed chunk of sharp Crystal flying through the portal, as the crystal carried him away and pinned him twenty feet from the portal and making him spew up blood in sharp excruciating pain, he had dropped his mothers urn, and the urn landed in the dark hand of a human Dark Star as he came through the portal and held the jar in excitement as all the girls looked on in sudden horror for Heavy and Dark Star's appearance.
"HEAAAVVVY WEIIIIGGHT!"Twilight and Sunset screamed with blood curdling screams as they watched their fiance struggle with the crystal that was through his gut in horror, while Dark laughed maniacally to himself.
"At last...AT LAST!"Dark roared as he pulled the lid off the jar and dug his hand around like a kid in a cookie jar, finally he gripped what he was after and took it out of the jar and threw the urn to the side spilling the ashes every where, wielding the horn of king Sombra in his hand, he placed it on his head and smiling as the horn melded with him and gave him a rush of new found power."At last...I have everything i need to rule Equestria!"
"Yes...and now that we have the horn...we must go back to the empire and do exactly what I told you to do,"The voice of king Sombra said wickedly as Dark watched Heavy slowly remove the crystal from his stomach and chuckled at his pain.
"Oh very well...but only because i know that Heavy will soon die from his wound...I just know it,"Dark coldly said as he went back through the portal, but not before grinning at the girls who glared at him with tears in their eyes."Have fun trying to save him ladies."
"DARK STARRRRR! YOU COWARD!"Twilight screamed as Dark disappeared through the portal. The girls then turned and ran with fear and tears to their downed fiance as he manage to remove the large crystal from his gut, but still coughed up blood while more blood leaked from the large hole in his gut."Heavy...are you okay... please tell us your okay."
Heavy saw all the girls panicking and crying with fear and did his best to ignore the mortal wound he had and speak with them."Girls...its okay...I...we just...need to get back to...Equestria,"Heavy breathed out through labored breathing as the girls struggled to get him on his feet.
"But your wound...we have to-"Sunset was suddenly cut off from Heavy.
"No...too much...at stake...the wound...will take to much time...to heal, we must go...now!"Heavy grunted as he gripped his wound in pain and saw the blood gushing from it. As the girls carried him to the portal, Sunset turned to see the spilled ashes of Golden Heart and quickly levitated the ashes back in the jar, put the lid back on and levitated the jar back into her arms, all three of them then turned to their human friends who looked on in horror at the events they just witnessed.
"Girls...we have to go, we have to stop Dark Star, just remember...you will always be our best friends,"Twilight said with a small smile.
"Go girls...save your world...and don't you dare lose,"Apple Jack said as he hugged Twilight and Sunset one last time."Good bye girls."
"Good bye..."Twilight said.
"Good bye..."Sunset also said. With their good byes said and done the girls dragged Heavy over to the portal before going through it with only one mission on their mind."Save Equestria."
THE FINAL BATTLE BEGINS NOW, WE'LL THE TRIO BE ENOUGH TO STOP
BOTH DARK STAR AND KING SOMBRA, STAY TUNE TO FIND OUT.