"It looks right to me, but there's only one way to find out." Cadence commented, investigating the scroll that her sister in-law had presented to her. She really could only guess, as she only saw this once before. She had good faith in Twilight, though.

Twilight didn't have the absolute best of faith in this, but it's the best it could get. Not wasting a moment, she put all the power she could direct into her horn and aimed for the pedestal that the Crystal Heart once rested on, her magic starting to levitate the hundreds of glass shards scattered beneath the pedestal.

The shards took the vague shape of a heart once levitated a few feet into the air, still engulfed in the purple aura from the young Alicorn. Cadence winced and clenched her face, shooting off her own magic towards the glass shards, connecting the two magic beams. The shards started closing in on each other and slowly put together the Crystal Heart once more.

They could only assume this as a victory, seeing as while it was now once again the Crystal Heart they all knew and loved. Although the cracks from every single individual shard was clearly visible. This didn't phase the two Alicorns though, as they stared upon the heart with glee. Cadence felt a pang of pride towards her favorite sister in-law and Twilight couldn't help but internally commend herself on her genius memory.

The moment was short lived when heart started giving off a few shock waves of light, before shattering completely to the ground below. Twilight and Cadence could only stare in shock at the failure in front of them.

What now? This was the only thing that came even close to giving them an answer to fixing it!

Twilight moved a hoof to cover her mouth, before hanging her head low in shame. "The spell failed. I don't know what else to do." She stared at the ground for a few moment, truly wondering what could be done about this now.

How could this fail? If only we had kept the book safe before the baby had fired that spell... Oh, Twilight you careless filly! How are we supposed to save the Crystal Empire from the Frozen North now?! Without that book, we ca-

"An old student of mine believes he does."

Twilight's eyes shot up from the ground to see not only Princess Celestia, but all of her friends, Princess Luna and Shining Armor enter the large room from behind the curtains. The princesses had looked better, seeing as they were covered in ice from their battle with the weather. They undoubtedly put up a good fight to keep the harsh snow from the Frozen North at bay.

Coming up behind Celestia and Luna, was a pony Twilight had never seen before. It was an orange and white unicorn stallion, sporting a blue and turquoise cape littered with stars of different sizes, held together by a clasp at his chest. Balanced on his muzzle was a pair of rather large, round glasses. His mane was a shade of orange and brown, looking rather frazzled all the way down to the tip of his tail. To top it all off, he was sporting a rather long goatee, going as far down to almost cover the clasp holding his cape together.

Twilight suddenly recalled how Starlight mentioned her friend, Sunburst, lived here in the Empire. Starlight had previously told her that he was apowerful wizard and Twilight internally came to the conclusion that this stallion now heading her way was more than likely the one and only. More importantly, Celestia mentioned that this stallion held the answer to their current predicament, which only peaked Twilight's attention.

As the stallion came up to the pedestal, he inspected the glass shards on the ground, feeling pretty shocked now that he actually saw the Crystal Heart shattered for the first time since he was told about it. Hearing about it was one thing, but to actually see it.. It gave him some worry. However, he chalked it up. He had a plan after all, and there was no way he was going to wuss out. Starlight needed him to be brave. His... friend, needed him to be brave.

"The baby did this?!" He asked while darting his eyes from the glass pieces to the pedestal, in awe about how a newborn filly could have single-hoofedly shatter this powerful, ancient relic on her own. Despite the fact that the baby was an Alicorn, this was quite the feat.

Twilight frowned, firing up her magic to levitate the scroll containing her copy of the spell she had tried to recreate and presented it to Sunburst. "I tried putting it back together with-"

"-the spell of relic Reconstitution. That won't do it." Sunburst interrupted nonchalantly before she could finish, taking the scroll from her magic into his own and promptly crumpling the paper into a ball and tossing it off to the side. Twilight's eyes turned to pinpricks at this sudden change of events and the confidence of this unicorn.

"The Crystal Heart has been around for a millennia." Sunburst continued, lifting a book with his magical grasp from his saddlebags strapped on his back. Closing his bags once he retrieved his book, he quickly opened it and started flipping through the pages. "Restoring a relic like this is magic way beyond one spell. You'd need to combine it with something else, something unique to the relic itself," He continued, presenting the page of interest to Twilight. "something that strengthens it and provides it with power." He ushered, swirling his hoof as if waiting for Twilight to catch on.

Twilight was so engulfed in the little private lesson she was given by this unicorn, she felt like a little filly back in Celestia's School of Magic again. She had to take a few seconds to consider this, and to figure out just what the unicorn was trying to explain to her.

As soon as the realization hit, her face beamed. Of course! How could she have overseen this? She was so focused on trying out old spells after the book, that she never considered actually combining spells, let alone combining it with something like this! It might just be crazy enough to work!

"The Crystalling!" She finished for him. Thinking about it now, she could not believe she hadn't thought of this herself. Starlight was right, Sunburst must be a very wise and powerful wizard.

The other ponies in the room approached the pair. Cadence held her baby close to her, probably for the sake of not letting her go on another rampage through the castle. She shuddered at the thought of having to go through that again, and knowing their luck, her and Shining Armor would probably have to put up with stuff like that in the future given that their child turned out to be this powerful.

Sunburst was now smiling, feeling very confident about his plans, seeing that the Princess of Friendship herself seemed to be at a loss for words about what he was suggesting. "Combining that spell with the light and love of everypony gathered for the ceremony, together with..." He paused, heading over to Starlight to present the book to her. "..Sonambula's Weather Abjurations to clear away the snow and..." He paused again, seeing Starlight give a smile of approval before turning around to face the newly appointed parents of the Crystal Empire, and the offspring herself, levitating some scrolls before them and presenting them. "..A little Fledgeling's Forbearance for the parents." He chuckled to himself for the unintentional rhyme.

Shining Armor looked a little unsure when staring upon the scroll, mostly because all of this had become a little too much for him and his understanding of magic. This had always been his sisters department, after all. Cadence could only smile, now feeling much more confident about restoring their beloved relic.

Sunburst simply couldn't resist not saying hello to the little ball of adorable that was the baby, and went up to nuzzle her mane. The baby gave a content coo for his efforts, making Sunburst bite his lower lips by the amount of cuteness this little one was giving off. His smile lifted even more, and he looked up to Princess Cadence.

"That should curb the little one's power fluctuations." He finished before the baby grasped his muzzle, saying hello to her new friend. Sunburst could only smile at the affection and Cadence was not far behind.

"You must be Sunburst." Cadence started, closing her eyes and internally sighing in relief at this new development. To think they had such a powerful unicorn in their midst that they had never even heard talk about, with so much knowledge about things even her and her fellow princesses couldn't grasp, was beyond her. "Starlight said you were a powerful wizard."

"Oh, I'm no wizard." Sunburst said nonchalantly, shaking his hoof dismissively.

Everypony in the room gasped, with the exception of Celestia and Starlight, the former of which had a very hard mask to break, and the latter of which already knew this tidbit of information, yet all the same felt a little bad about it. She instead settled for a worried frown.

"But he studied magic his whole life! You should see his house!" Starlight ushered, not wanting anypony to get discouraged by this new information. Her eyes widened in every creeping worry. "and since nopony has any better ideas, what do we have to lose?" She finished, hoping that her smile would ease any doubt in the room, not realizing the smile she gave off would probably give a certain village the willies. Celestia could only smile at this, and nodded in agreement of the frantic unicorn.

However, no spirits were lost, so to speak. Cadence never lost her smile and as soon as her husband had snapped out of his stupor, he took hold of his child in his magical aura and switched the scroll in his grasp with Cadence. He was now finally able to say his piece. "I had planned on asking Twilight to be our Crystaller, but since it seems like she'll be busy..." He suggested, levitating the baby over to Sunburst, the object of levitation smiling all the way wanting to once again say hello to her new friend, and dropping her in the hooves of the orange stallion.

Sunburst felt at a loss for words. Not only was he graced with the honor of meeting the entire royal family of not only the Crystal Empire, but all of Equestria, and now they wanted him to be the Crystaller of their newborn child, a child that was the only pony in history that was actually born as an Alicorn?! This was almost too much for him, but he kept his composure as he smiled lovingly at the child now resting in his hooves, smiling up at him.

"I'd be honored."

The rest of the group could only smile at the scene before them, and Twilight was quick to cut to the chase, seeing as they had their master plan all laid out in front of them. "Well, what are we waiting for?"

At this, they all sprung into action. Everypony but Twilight, Luna, Celestia and Starlight galloped outside for the stage that had been set up and would be used for the Crystalling. The four powerful ponies each took position around the remains of the Crystal Heart, Twilight now feeling much more confident in their success.

This couldn't fail. It won't fail.

Twilight once again fired up her horn, shooting it at the glass shards on the ground before her, engulfing them in her purple aura. It happened just as it did before, the shards levitated into the air to form the shape of the late Crystal Heart, only with the visible lines and cracks still all over it. It took a lot of energy to preform this spell, as this was not only magic that would require them to fix this ancient relic that had protected an entire empire for more than a thousand years, but she wasn't feeling quite rested from her last attempt at restoring it not moments before.

Twilight groaned at the amount of energy she was calling forth to keep the shards in place between the spires connecting from the floor and the roof of the room, creating the small area that the heart would float between.

Both Celestia and Luna joined in on the action, coming to aid their fellow princess in her efforts to restore the heart, shooting off their own magic towards the floating heart. The yellow and blue magic connected, and the heart wobbled back and forth seemingly puzzled by the energy coming in from all directions. It started to glow from the amount of power entering it, and the ponies could feel the ground shake beneath them.

Giving one final look to the spell in the book she was given by her friend, Starlight could only hope for the best as the grit her teeth and shot off her own magic towards the heart.

Now, four beams of powerful magic was pounding on the heart from all sides, and the ground shook vigorously by the sheer force being concentrated into the small, concentrated space.

Outside, the citizens of the Crystal Empire stood loyally under the grand stage, awaiting their leaders instructions when Sunburst and the rest stepped forward, smiles on their faces, revealing the baby to the ponies of the empire for the very first time. The baby smiled towards the crowd and cave a content coo, resting in Sunburst's hooves. Cadence and Shining Armor leaned in to both plant a kiss on the baby's cheeks. The baby could only giggle in response, as it had absolutely no clue to what was actually going on around her.

The parents both fired up their horns, which connected at the tip of the baby's own horn. A beam of light shot out from the center of the magical connection, and the baby took a bright golden glow around her entire body and started levitating from Sunburst grasp.

The baby could only continue to giggle at this, seemingly having a really good time with everything that was happening. As she continued floating slowly upwards, Rarity came out form behind Cadence and presented a small casket to Sunburst, containing some very shiny and completely identical crystals. Not missing a beat, Sunburst picked the one to the far right with his magic, and turned to address the crowd below.

"Citizens! May I present the newest member of the Crystal Empire!" He exclaimed, pointing his hoof towards the child hovering above them, who was now shining brightly with a golden aura surrounding her. She smiled innocently towards all the ponies staring at her with awe before fully fluffing out her wings and giggling at the sight before her. At this point, nopony gave a flying feather about the awful snowstorm that was ongoing around them. They could no longer feel it. The warmth radiating from the events taking place before them completely shut out the cold.

From down below, everypony was smiling up at the child with awe adorning their faces, shouting their enjoyment at the spectacle, but the looks on the faces of the parents were of a completely different nature. Pride and love towards their little filly. Shining Armor almost had tears in his eyes, now the moment had truly hit... He was a father. He had a filly of his own, and here she was, becoming a part of the family. Words could not describe the feeling that hit him right then and there as he stared at his baby girl above.

From below, one of the ponies in the front of the crowd sporting a wild mustache and a red hat spoke up in joy. "She's beautiful! Oh, It's just so moving."

The pony turned to face his fellow citizens, sharing a look of understanding as they all turned silent, some with tears in their eyes, and bowed down low to the ground. Once their forelegs hit the ground, it gave off a blue light, like water flowing out from under them and enveloping the streets in it's beautiful shine. Quicker than the eye could follow, the light spread out over the entire empire, giving off shockwaves of magic while keeping It's light shining bright and strong.

Sunburst was smiling wide, levitating the gem in his magical grasp to the ground, as if dipping it into a pool. Like a sponge, the gem soaked up all of the magical blue light that was shining across the empire. Once it was filled to the brim with the magical lights, Sunburst quickly ran back inside to where the three princesses and one reformed unicorn were still firing their magic at the Crystal Heart. They were visibly exhausted at this point, and it didn't seem like they would last much longer.

Sunburst actually leapt into the air from behind Starlight, keeping the gem in his magical grip and while in the air, he dug it right into the center of the heart. The gem easily glided into the heart like a hot knife cutting into a block if butter. Once It entered, the heart gave off a mighty glow, enveloping it entirely in a pink light, shining almost too bright for the ponies around it to see. The four ponies assaulting the heart all dropped their barrage of magic, and stared intently at the heart as it slowly started spinning in place, quickly getting to a speed faster than they could follow.

Sunburst was on the ground under it, staring up at the heart in awe and hope, begging silently to himself for this to work.

A few seconds after, the ponies visibly lost all doubt and grinned widely at what they saw. From the light enveloping the heart... came the Crystal Heart in all It's former glory. Fully repaired, not a crack to be seen. They had done it, it had worked. Sunburst was almost at the verge of turning into a mad-pony at the realization that had struck him then and there. He had just helped save the Crystal Empire!

Suddenly the heart exploded in a bright light and a ball of light erupted from it, enveloping all the ponies around it in a crystal glow. They all glanced down at themselves, examining their newly attained attire. Some of them had their manes done up in a bun and some had simply gained a more... stylish look to them.

Outside, the orb of light continued to spread, enveloping the rest of the ponies in the empire with the same crystal glow.
The baby was absolutely thrilled and could only giggle more as she looked down at herself, checking out her crystal-covered hooves. The citizens were overjoyed with the feeling that entered them, seeing that the power of the Crystal Heart had returned. Not only that, but as the glow continued, the empire was bathed in warmth, the snow and clouds dispersing completely from the warmth that was spreading, and once again banishing the Frozen North back to It's place behind the protective dome surrounding the empire.

Everypony in the city was dancing and bouncing around in joy from the feeling, and suddenly a large beam of all colors shot from the heart straight into the skies, creating a wonderful Aurora above the empire.

Shining Armor and Cadence now looked upon their child slowly sinking back down towards them and they both caught her in their hooves. Shining Armor's mane was done back without so much as a stray hair anywhere, looking quite slick. Cadence's mane was done up in different curls on the back of her head, strapped with a golden wire with some small feathers attached to it. They both smiled at their daughter and went in for a family hug.

An elder pony, standing next to the pony with the mustache in the crowd spoke up. "BEST. CRYSTALLING. EVER!"
The other ponies in the crowd nodded their agreement and just kept smiling at the baby in front of them.

Back inside, Twilight ran up to her brother to congratulate them both as they walked down the steps of the stage, and probably to spend some more time with her new niece. She could still hardly believe she was an aunt. Starlight walked up next to Sunburst as they both looked upon the happy family with smiles adorning their faces.

"For a pony who isn't great at magic, you did pretty well." Starlight smugly commented. Sunburst looked away shyly, silently thanking Starlight for believing in him. She really still cares about him. He had his doubts at first... but now they were all washed away. He felt quite happy about it. From behind him, he heard Princess Celestia speak up.

"Indeed." They saw her and Luna standing next to the now shimmering Crystal Heart, spinning at a regular pace in it's place between the two spires connecting from the floor and the roof. "I'm glad to see you've found a way to share your unique gift, Sunburst." Celestia stepped forward, raising her forehoof. "You may be more of a wizard than you think." She finished, pointing her hoof towards him as if to emphasize her point.

Both Starlight and Sunburst turned to each other simultaneously and just giggled, sharing this moment with each other.

"...aaaaaaaaaAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!"

They all stopped laughing, as all the ponies in the room could clearly hear the scream that filled the place. What in Equestria was going on outside?! Celestia's eyes widened at the sudden change, and wasted no time in galloping towards where the now horrified family stood and stared skyward at whatever was causing the commotion. Starlight and Sunburst followed suit.

"What is happening, Twilight?" Starlight exclaimed, galloping for the group who had now sprung into action and headed towards the commotion. Twilight only looked back for a second before running after everypony, making sure Starlight was within hearing range.

"Somepony is falling from the sky! We have to help!" Twilight shouted as they rushed past the crowd of ponies who now looked onto the events with horror etched in their faces. As soon as Starlight and Sunburst had exited the castle, they saw it.

Somepony or some..thing, was falling from the sky at a pretty high speed. She couldn't really tell what it was except that whatever it is, it sure was alive and kicking, if the screaming was any indication. She noticed that it was flailing about with it's legs, and something cylindrical was falling next to it, spinning like crazy. She noticed all of these details as she was sprinting towards where it would likely end up landing along with everypony else, as she absentmindedly fired up her horn, preparing for a spell she wasn't quite sure about using yet.

However, this seemed the best time to use it, as the situation was dire and the poor thing was now just a little ways away from it's swift end. She quickly recited the spell in her head before shouting it, aiming for the victim of gravity.

"NOLITE PROCIDENS!"

Author's Note

Just want to thank you all for the wonderfully positive response of the first chapter. Really inspired me to continue writing.

Now let us witness what happens next! The tie ins, the drama, the action!