Chapter 19:The New Student
"Pull...!"Heavy Weight yelled as he stood in the training grounds once more with a royal guard.
The unicorn guard nodded to Heavy Weight before turning to a large rock in the grounds and began to lift it up, then with a powerful grunt and thrust of his head, the guard tossed the rock straight into the air as high as he could. Heavy watched as the rock made it good hundred feet into the air before it paused at the height of the toss and was about to start dropping like a shooting star, it was at that time that Heavy levitated a small rock right in front of him and suddenly managed to eat the rock whole.
The colt then began to concentrate as the ice blue aura on his horn flared up and grew brighter, Heavy then began to grit his teeth and focused on his belly as he felt the rock floating within him. It felt as if he had just ingested fir as he looked like he was going to be sick, but then he let out a smile as he opened his mouth to show a burning blue fire about to erupt from his mouth.
He quickly looked up at the descending large rock and narrowed his eyes at it, once he had found his target, he lifted his head up further and pointed his mouth at the rock as his mouth began to look like a blue volcano about to explode. Then at that moment a loud explosion went off as a massive blast came out of Heavy's mouth, it looked to be a massive comet like meteor like substance covered in a massive veil of blue fire and magic as the mass soared towards it's target.
The attack made a high pitch whistle like a missile as it closed in on the target of Heavy's choosing, it was then that Heavy smiled at what he had just managed to perfect as the attack struck the rock and suddenly exploded into nothing more than smaller rocks turning to ash. The fire went every where, but the colt made sure that him and the guard were in the clear before celebrating his perfection of yet another spell.
"Yes...! Chalk another spell up for the book baby!"Heavy celebrated as he and the guard shared a laugh.
It had been a few weeks since Sunset Shimmer's crazed attack on the castle as well as her sudden fleeing from the princess and her own sibling student, the guards had searched for the filly for two whole weeks before they finally had to give up on the search. Heavy felt a bit of pain and sadness for the loss of Sunset, after all he did believe that he was the cause of her insanity, he had lightened up just a bit since then and realized the burden of responsibility for his actions.
He especially felt very guilty for the princess herself, Celestia needed a bit of time to recover from the loss of her student, it felt as if a child had ran away from her and was now lost forever, and there was nothing she could do. Heavy did make some efforts to help Celestia cope with the loss of a student with such potential, and for the most part it actually helped her a bit, but the princess still felt a bit empty inside, she needed something to fill the void in her heart.
Seeing Heavy grow up so fast was also helpful, but seeing him learning and growing so fast was getting a bit old and needed something to get Heavy more full of spirit, it could be her motherly feelings for her students getting to her, but he needed something more than just training. He needed more of a hobby rather than aimless training, his spirit was strong, but absent of fun, he had friends in the guards, but he also needed some pony his own age to play with, they needed a new student and a friend for Heavy.
"That was pretty good there kid, I guess that's another spell going into the book,"The guard said as he approached the colt.
"You can count on that Stone, that makes my eighty first spell, nineteen more and I can finally finish the book..."Heavy said as he made a towel appear and began wiping sweat from his head.
"Yeah... You know things are a lot more peaceful and less tense now that Sunset Shimmer is gone, you really did us a good service taking that crazy filly down,"The guard known as Stone said while Heavy let out a sigh.
"Yeah... But I can't help but feel that her descent into madness was my fault, if I hadn't have been so hard and mean to her, maybe she wouldn't have gotten so desperate for power, and maybe princess Celestia wouldn't be so upset..."Heavy said in a bit of a solemn tone.
"Maybe... Don't get me wrong, it does pain me to see our fair princess upset over such a thing, but even the captain himself now respects you and agreed with your decision to humble Sunset,"Stone said as Heavy looked to him with another sigh.
"Perhaps... But still, I hope Celestia is doing better now, she seems to be recovering,"Heavy said as he made the towel disappear.
"I agree, all the same, every pony here has the utmost respect for you, and new recruits even look to you with inspiration for what you did,"Stone complimented as Heavy managed to give him a small smile.
"Thanks Stone... I guess all there is to do now is keep on going..."Heavy said before a voice interrupted them.
"Oh Heavy Weight...! Can I barrow you for the day?!"Came the voice of Celestia as Heavy and the guard turned to see the princess standing at the entrance of the grounds.
Heavy looked to the guard who just shrugged at him before bowing to the princess, Heavy turned back to the princess and slowly made his way to her as he then noticed a smile across the princesses face, something must be up is she's already bouncing back from Sunset's sudden departure.
"Uh... Sure princess Celestia, but what's going?"Heavy asked as he stood before the princess.
"Oh nothing, I just have a little trip I wish to take on, and the best part is that there's a surprise waiting in store for you,"Celestia said as she then turned to the guard that was still bowing to her."You may raise fair guard, continue on with your day."
"A surprise...? What kind of surprise princess?"Heavy asked while the guard rose to his hooves and carried on with training.
"Just come with me on my little trip and you will see,"Celestia said as she gestured to the golden gates as they opened.
"Um... Okay then, where are we going?"Heavy asked as the princess took the lead.
"That is also a surprise Heavy, you will have to wait until we get there,"Celestia said as her and a now very curious Heavy Weight walked out through the gates.
Heavy followed closely behind the princess as they left the castle and converged on the city of Canterlot, Celestia kept a straight and smiling face while Heavy Weight stared blankly at in front thinking about this sudden surprise the princess had for him. They soon entered the city and were now being watched and bowed to by humble citizens of Canterlot as they walked side by side, though Heavy was more preoccupied with the surprise still.
As they walked, Heavy curiosity was starting to fester and boil within him, it made him a bit irritated but it also made him anxious and even a bit eager, and the fact that they were heading some where else that was exciting was making it worse. He then looked at the citizens that were bowing to them and couldn't help but feel a bit embarrassed with all the attention he was getting, but Celestia just found it cute as she noticed Heavy stepping over to her legs to try and hide from any pony.
"Is there something wrong Heavy...?"Celestia said with a small giggle as the colt hid under her.
"Why are all of those ponies bowing to me? I can understand if they're bowing to you, but they keep bowing to me too,"Heavy said as they passed by a pair of ponies and received another unwanted bow.
"Well... It may be because of the fact that the story of you saving the castle a while back has spread through out the city, this must be just the citizens way of paying their respects to you, do you not like all the respect you have?"Celestia asked while Heavy thought for a moment.
"Well... Yeah, I do like the respect and all, but it's not like i want to get to know them all and be friends, I'm just more worried about my studies is all,"Heavy said as they moved through a crowd.
"Heavy... As much as I enjoy seeing a good student hard at work with his studies, it does not hurt to have a few friends and have a little fun in the process as well,"Celestia said as Heavy snapped his head up in protest.
"Hey...! I have friends, I got all the guards and such, and I have tons of fun when I'm training with the guards and such, what makes you think that I don't have fun and friends?"Heavy protested as Celestia let out a sigh and maintained a smaller smile.
"I'm not talking about royal guards here, I mean friends as in colts and fillies your age Heavy, children you can play with, laugh with, cry with, just... Children that you can share love and friendship with,"Celestia explained while Heavy let out a sigh as an old memory creep into his mind.
"Princess Celestia...? Not that I don't agree with you on that, but for one thing you saw how it worked out with Sunset Shimmer, I couldn't ever be her friend,"Heavy started as they both made it pass the crowd."And... It's just that... Last time I trusted a real friend of mine, he ended up stabbing me in the back because of an incident that happened between us."
"You speak of the colt that you had a heated argument with the day of your mother's funeral..."Celestia guessed as Heavy nodded to her in agreement.
"Yeah, I just don't feel like I can have friends like that again, they might just stab me in the back and hurt me again if I trust them,"Heavy admitted as Celestia smiled at their destination coming up after a half an hour of walking.
"Well now... I'm sure I can help make that trust come back to you soon, we have made it to our destination,"Celestia said as they both stopped for a moment to see what was laying in wait for them right in front of them.
What Heavy then saw was clearly a sight to behold, he was now at a place that he had not seen in quite some time, so many memories in such a short time of being here were flooding back into his mind as he let out a surprised gasp. He was now looking at none other than the Celestia's School For Gifted Unicorns, a place that shared quite a bit of memory for the colt as he remembered the things that had occurred here in his presence.
Celestia smiled at the colt's shock as she too couldn't help but to admire her own personal school for she had memories of the place, especially the memory of when she first met Heavy Weight as a small colt. She saw Heavy Weight look to her with recognition and could tell that he had figured out where they were and why they were here, her talk of friendship was a hint and he had figured it out as they ventured towards the school.
"Celestia...? Are we going here to do what I think you're going to do?"Heavy asked as they came to the steps.
"Yes... We are at your old school Heavy, we're here to find you a new sibling student, and a new friend for you to play and learn with,"Celestia said as they marveled at the school for a moment.
"But why princess Celestia? We were doing just find when it was just the two of us,"Heavy said much to the princesses disagreement.
"Heavy, I didn't just want you to have a friend t play with, I couldn't help myself but to enjoy the time I had teaching two students who were both just like siblings to each other, in all fairness, I'm also doing this for myself as well as you, please try to understand,"Celestia said as they both began to walk up the stairs of the school.
"Well... If it makes you feel better, but I hope that this new student you pick is a lot better than Sunset, I want some pony that I know that can keep up with me, and maybe even be a challenge for me,"Heavy Weight said in an unamused tone.
"Trust me Heavy, I have a feeling that the student I will choose will prove to have your fighting spirit and your desire to achieve greatness, especially by your side,"Celestia said slyly while Heavy remained silent as they opened the door before them with magic.
Finally as they stepped into the school, Heavy was in a moment of nostalgia as he noticed that the entire place had not changed since he last stood within the halls, but the children around here certainly looked different as all eyes were now on them. He should have guessed that there would be more attention coming his way again as he did out there with the other ponies of the city, and he made sure to stay close to the princess as they began walking down the school's hallway.
As they walked down the halls they could hear the gossip that was going off about them, some of it referred to the princess and for the most part it all sounded like flattery and all kinds of confusion about her reason being here.
"Oh my Celestia...! It's the princess herself!"A colt whispered through the crowd.
"What's princess Celestia doing here? I can't remember the last time she visited the school,"A filly said as whispers sounded it.
"Oh my gosh, I bet she's here to find a new student, every pony brace yourselves, it could be one of us!"Another filly exclaimed before fainting.
Those last words made the crowd erupt into more excited conversations as Celestia and Heavy made their way through the crowd of students, Heavy did well to keep himself hidden from the rest of the crowd knowing the past he had here. However he couldn't hide his face from the teachers and students as Celestia kept waving and greeting them formally, and that's when the gossip started about him.
"So who's the kid the princess has with her...? I've never seen him before,"A filly whispered through the crowd.
"I bet that's one of her students, what is up with that kids eyes, there all dark and creepy looking,"A colt pointed out as a gasp then sounded much to Heavy's displeasure.
"Oh my Celestia...! It's that colt Heavy Weight,"Another colt exclaimed quietly.
"Heavy Weight?! Isn't he the colt that trashed the whole playground and pummeled a school bully at the age of six?"A filly asked as Heavy and Celestia manage to make their way through the big crowd.
"That would be him alright, I'm surprise the teachers didn't throw him out when they saw him, he's so lucky he's got the princess with him,"Another colt answered as some ponies began to glare at him.
Heavy did not enjoy the scorn he was getting from some of the colts and fillies, he was getting irritated and began glaring back at them with his icy blue eyes and watched as the crowd of students looked away from him in fear. His eyes made them fear the worse, it was almost as if his eyes could tear out their very soul if they were to look directly into Heavy's eyes, with the students in their place, Heavy turned back and smirked as they turned off into a new hall way.
They began down the new hall way and it was not long before Heavy noticed the room they were coming up on, it was the old classroom that Heavy partook in when he was still attending school, the memories he shared here were certainly a wonder and he did not mind if he was to see his old teacher again. Unfortunately as they were coming up on their destination, Celestia had some bad news to give him as they stopped at the door.
"Heavy Weight? Do you perhaps recognize this room by any chance?"Celestia asked as they looked to the door.
"Yes... This is Mrs Cloverstep's old classroom In use to have, does this mean I'll be able to see her again?"Heavy asked back as Celestia suddenly shook her head.
"No... She was actually fired from her job when she was helping me support your innocence to the fight you had here awhile back, the other staff didn't take kindly to a teacher siding with a quote on quote violent student,"Celestia said as she let out a sigh before smiling and turning to the colt."Do me a favor Heavy, just stay here for a bit so I kind find you a new student, I'll call you in so you can meet her when I have found her."
Heavy just gave the princess a small nod and stood at the side of the door before raising an eye brow at the fact that the princess just referred to the new student as a her, it appeared that Celestia already knew that this student was also going to be a filly. He watched as Celestia magically opened the door and stepped inside leaving Heavy to wait in the hall way completely exposed to anything that could be waiting for him, he stood there and took a deep breathe in and out as he waited patiently.
For several minutes he stood there at the entrance waiting patiently with his eyes closed and for the first time in a long time, his mind felt peaceful and undisturbed, but that was all soon forgotten as he heard a group of hooves coming his way. He snapped his eyes open to see a group of fillies and colts approaching him in a mob form, he smirked and even chuckled as if he knew this was going to happen and stood tall as the mob approached him and all stood only a few feet from Heavy as they voiced their complaints.
"So what are you doing back here in our school, was destroying our playground not enough for you?"A filly called out as Heavy narrowed his sights on the mob.
"We're here for a new student that I can hopefully have a bit of fun with, nothing more..."Heavy said in a low yet menacing voice.
"You think you can just stand there like you own this place or something, why did the princess bring you here?"A colt questioned.
"Seriously what is up with that colt's eyes?"Another colt questioned to the group.
"Please... I don't mean to boast, but this whole school is below me now a days, now is there something I can help you weak little foals with?"Heavy taunted as he started to get tense at the mystery of the crowds intentions.
"We don't want you in our school! You destroy half the place last time you were here, why don't you leave and go rot with your mom some where,"A colt suddenly called out much to Heavy's displeasure.
"And just what are you weak, pathetic babies going to do about it if I don't, until my new sibling student is with us, I'm not going anywhere,"Heavy said as his horn suddenly began to glow.
"That would be where I come in tough guy..."A large completely brown colt with no cutie mark said as he emerged from the crowd and stood as tall as Heavy.
"Ha...! This had better be a joke, this colts a total blank flank for crying out loud...!"Heavy announced as he struck a nerve.
"What did you just call me you little monster...!"The colt foolishly said as he struck Heavy's nerves with the m word.
"I called you a blank flank...! Now would you like to repeat what you just said to me you little blank flank, I would love to hear it again and find out if you get to keep your tongue again,"Heavy warned as he butt heads with the colt.
"You heard me you black eye make up wearing freak... Monster!"The colt antagonized and quickly payed the price.
Heavy suddenly let out a sharp growl as he then suddenly delivered a hard right hoof to the colt's jaw and sent him slamming into a line of lockers, the crowd of fillies and colts scattered and were now scared as they watched Heavy start to glow entirely. He slowly walked towards the colt as he got up and held his jaw and felt blood leaking from it, but it only angered the colt even more as he took a defensive position against the furious Heavy Weight.
"Call me a monster one more time...! I dare you!"Heavy said as he approached the colt.
Seeing an opening, the colt quickly reared back a left hoof and struck Heavy across the face as hard as he could and immediately felt a pain in his hoof for hitting Heavy to hard, he was then given a surprise as Heavy was barely moved by the attack as he slowly turned his head back to look at the colt. Heavy chuckled at the colt before spitting right on the colts cheek and suddenly lifting the colt in the air with his levitation spell, he made sure to shut the colts mouth with a magic zipper before taking the colt for a ride.
Heavy slammed his opponent into a line of lockers denting them in the process as the scattered crowed looked on in horror, obviously the plan was not going according to there plan as their newest tough colt was now being beaten senseless by the enemy. Heavy continued slamming the colt against the lockers denting them up a bit before slamming and rubbing the colt like a sponge all over the floor to add insult to injury, his attacker tried to let out screams of pain, but they were muffled by the zipper Heavy put on him, he was now at Heavy's mercy.
"I say...! Put that student down immediately Mr Heavy Weight! This is your first and only warning!"A unicorn stallion yelled as he made his way through the crowd.
Heavy only brought the colt down to look at him face to face before turning to the stallion only to see him as a teacher of the school, Heavy then gave the stallion a smirk before suddenly flashing a light of blue at the teacher. When the light was gone a zipper formed across the stallions mouth and quickly zipped the teacher's mouth shut, he muffled and tried to voice his outrage, but his muffles only amused Heavy Weight.
"Do me a favor and shut up, you got no authority or room to speak to me now, and as for you!"Heavy said as he brought the colt closer to his face."Do me a favor and get lost, you're all worthless and weak compared to me, the last student who tried something like this almost died after he fought me, so do your self a favor and beat before I kill you where you stand little colt, now beat it!"
With that said, Heavy Weight moved the colt away from him before suddenly delivering a round house buck to the colts gut and sending him flying down the hall before slamming into another line of lockers. He then turned to the rest of the crowd who looked on in shock at Heavy's performance while Heavy voiced his challenge.
"And that goes for the rest of you! If there's any pony else who wants a piece of me, bring it on and prepare to pay the price, if not, then all of you get lost before I lose my patience!"Heavy warned as the crowd of students gradually began to disperse.
While the crowd began to disperse, Heavy felt a feeling of accomplishment and pride in his win over the colt as well as the lesson he taught to the rest of the students as he happily walked back to the door. He once again found himself standing there now more proud as he watched the student walk through the halls and not daring to look at him this time, now Heavy could feel a bit more peaceful without frowns and furrowed brows peering down on him.
More minutes passed on and Heavy continued to wait quietly, he was now laying on his belly and performing a new Technic he made that seemed to help him stay calm and peaceful at mind as he held his hooves together in front of him and meditated with a small blue flame in both of his hooves. Not only did this meditation Technic instill a feeling of peace, but it also brought Heavy a feeling of power and the will to dominate all, this helped him get through troubling times when his anger would reach a boiling point.
Heavy then suddenly snapped his eyes open and made the flame disappear before rising to his hooves just in time for the door to the class room to open, he turned and looked to the door only to see the princess herself poking her head out the room to see him, and she looked quite excited.
"Heavy Weight...! You can come in now,I have found you a new sibling student and I think you're going to like who it is,"Celestia said in a cheerful tone as Heavy raised an eye brow before walking into the room.
As the colt made his way into the room, another wave of nostalgia moved him a bit as he remember his old classroom so, the teachings of Mrs Cloverstep were so memorable to him, even if it was for two days. He looked upon the faces of many different fillies and colts that were now seated in the desks before turning to a new teacher that now tutored the class, but what he really was interested in was this new student of Celestia.
"Heavy...? Would you like to introduce yourself to every pony here, this was your old classroom after all,"Celestia pointed out as Heavy gradually did so as he walked to the front of the classroom.
"Hello...! My name... Is Heavy Weight, and I was once a student of this very classroom that you sit in now, and this class has much to teach you all,"Heavy started as his look got serious and a little intimidating for the students."I myself have a dream that I hope to fulfill one day, and you can all have one too that can be fulfilled if you apply yourself and work as hard as you can to make the dream come true, but for now, which one of you has been granted the privilege of being my new sibling student?"
"*gasp*...! Oh my gosh, Heavy Weight!"Came the voice of a very old friend.
Suddenly Heavy was then tackled by a flash of purple as he crashed to the floor only to be smothered with a tight hug and a nuzzle to the cheek from none other than his oldest friend Twilight Sparkle. She still looked the same only a little bigger and even had a cutie mark of a six pointed purple star that was surrounded by five small white stars, Heavy had no choice but to let the filly finish her hug before she finally released him from her grip and scrambled to his hooves.
"Twilight...? Is that you? I mean... You grew up a lot and... You got your cutie mark, and... You actually made it to this class,"Heavy said in confusion and conflict at the mere sight of seeing his little filly friend after so long.
"It's great to see you too Heavy, It's been so long, and you changed too, I mean... You're big, and what's with the eye make up?"Twilight said wiping at his eyes thinking he had make up on.
"It's not make up Twilight..."Heavy said while grabbing her hoof with his own and removing her hoof from his eyes.
"Oh... Any way, this is so amazing to see you again, I can't wait to start my studies with you,"Twilight said with excitement while Heavy raised an eye brow once more.
"Uh... What do you mean by that?"Heavy asked as Celestia then walked to both of them.
"Heavy... Twilight Sparkle is going to be your new sibling student now, she has shown me that there is much more to her than meets the eye, I see great talent where I did not see it before, and there is no other that I believe that can keep up with you other than her,"Celestia explained as Heavy looked to a happy and excited Twilight.
"Really...? Well what do you know Twilight, you actually became a student of the princess after all, maybe you are worth my while after all,"Heavy said out of respect at Twilight fulfilling her promise to him.
"Yes...! That means we can learn together, and hang out together like old times, and maybe you can even show me what you've learned since the last time we saw each other,"Twilight frantically said with excitement.
"Indeed it does, so how would you like to come with us to the castle and see where you will be staying part of your days?"Celestia chimed in while Twilight let out an excited gasp and viciously nodded her head."Then it's decided my new student, and thank you for showing me such a fine student."
"Any time princess Celestia, and I wish you the greatest of luck with you and your new sibling student Twilight Sparkle, you're going to need it,"The teacher said before shooting Heavy a dirty look.
Heavy just exchanged a dirty look back to the teacher and was filled with a bit of disappointment that Mrs Cloverstep was replaced by such a tool of a teacher, to Heavy Cloverstep was probably the nicest teacher he could hope for.
"Come on Heavy! The princess is gonna leave without us...!"Twilight said as she snapped the colt out of his stare match by grabbing his hoof and dragging him out of the classroom.
"So... How did you get picked out to be Celestia's new student?"Heavy asked while trying to fight the filly's grip.
"Oh my gosh...! Thanks for reminding me,"Twilight said before poking her head back in the classroom to see a hatched baby dragon and quickly teleported it away to her home."I managed to hatch a baby dragon from it's egg, I'm gonna call him Spike when I get home."
"Really...? I guess that's pretty impressive,"Heavy said as Twilight then took up his hoof once more.
They both began following the princess as they left the classroom, while Heavy was walking calmly and casually with his eyes closed, he then couldn't help but open them again to see Twilight hopping and bouncing around him with excitement. To actually see his greatest little fan more grown up after all this time was certainly a surprise for him, she was older and a bit more mature, but she still had that naive wit about her, but this time it seemed to amuse Heavy a bit. He even started to think and notice how much she had actually grown since he last saw her, he dared to even think she was actually cute.
As they all made their way down the hall way, Twilight couldn't help but notice the new array of looks they were getting from the students of the school, but it only took a quick glare from Heavy Weight to make them avert their eyes from them. She noticed this quick changed but then got a new sight to look at as she then noticed a colt with no cutie mark that she knew of that was now covered in bandages and immediately backed away from them as Heavy smirked at him.
"What's with Cocoa over there, I've never seen that bully so scared before,"Twilight said much to Heavy's interest.
"Oh really... So he's a bully huh? Let's just say he got a taste of what I did to the last bully of this school,"Heavy said in a boasting tone before getting a giggle out of Twilight.
"You're still the same old Heavy Weight I know, thanks for teaching him a lesson, he's been a real jerk to me lately,"Twilight said as she then brushed up against Heavy.
"Uh... No problem Twilight, and... It's good to see you again,"Heavy said with a bit of a nervous tone and a bit of blush.
"No problem Heavy... It's nice to finally see you too... I missed you Heavy,"Twilight said as they followed their teacher out of the school.
TWILIGHT HAS RETURNED, NOW FOR A TOUR OF THE CASTLE AND SOME REMINISCING BEFORE TWILIGHT HAS A LITTLE FUN WITH HEAVY, AND BECOMES THE NEWEST MEMBER OF HEAVY'S TRAINING GROUNDS.