Three weeks had passed since Starlight had tried to destroy Equestria and tried to tamper with the very fabric of time since Twilight and Midnight convinced their friends to let her stay with them as Twilight and Midnight’s faithful student. Starlight even got a new mane style to change her appearance as she let her front bangs grow and they now curved beautifully around her horn.

In the morning, Starlight was trying to find the library Twilight and Midnight instructed her to, but she was having trouble finding her way around. “Okay. Library… Library… Where did they put the library?” She asked herself.

Starlight peeked on each side of the hallway, which all looked the same as she sighed. “This castle looked a lot smaller from the outside.” She muttered.

She then walked up to a door and opened it, but what she saw shocked her to find Spike in the bathroom brushing his teeth, wearing both a spa headband and a bath towel around his waist. “Morning, Starlight.” He greeted her casually with a mouth full of toothpaste.

“Whoops!” Starlight said in embarrassment and surprise, immediately closing the door and covering her eyes, “Sorry Spike. I guess I’m still trying to find my way around,” She apologized with a sheepish smile, “You wouldn’t happen to know which way the Library is, do you?” She asked.

“Next door on the left.” Spike answered, pointing to the left while poking out the door. Starlight shielded her eyes again and turned to see the door to the library.

“Oh, thanks,” Starlight said sheepishly, embarrassed she was off by one door. She then entered the room where she found Twilight and Midnight reading a scroll.

“Acceptance, mm-hmm,” Twilight read aloud as Midnight sighed. “Altruism, definitely.” She said before she noticed Starlight peeking in. “Starlight, good morning, come in!”

“Sorry, I’m late.” Starlight said as she entered.

“Got lost in the castle again?” Midnight asked with a small smirk.

“Yeah sorry, I got a little turned around,” Starlight apologized sheepishly as the two approached her, “I still can’t believe your letting me stay here. Even, after everything I did,” She said, looking down in guilt.

Midnight put a wing under her chin and tilted her head to him, “Hey, your my little sister, you’d always be welcome here,” He told her with a smile, “I never let the dark past define me, and neither should you,”

“The castle is your home now, and as far as being our pupil goes, we were just trying to figure out what your first friendship lessons should be!” Twilight said with a smile while heading over to the table.

“Twilight, didn’t she already past her first Friendship lesson?” Midnight questioned. “She is already heading to lesson four at the minimum.”

“Since when?” Twilight asked in surprise.

“Since she became part of the group.” Midnight reminded her with a brow. “Becoming a friend, apologizing, and spending time with friends, that’s three whole lessons,”

“Well, I’m currently working on Starlight’s fourth friendship lesson as we speak.” Twilight said while giving a smile.

“Oh, well, it looks like you’re really narrowing it down,” Starlight said with a smile as she look at the scroll.

“Oh, these are just the A’s.” Twilight said with a smirk, “After this, we move on to the B’s!” She continued as she gestured to a table filled with stacks of papers and scrolls and gave an exciting smile.

Starlight winced and have a brave forced smile while Midnight saw that she was feeling overwhelmed before he walked up to the stacks and just knocked them down to the floor, which Twilight gasped. “Midnight?! What are you doing?!”

“Twilight, I’m all for teaching Starlight, but let’s try and start slow with just three options.” Midnight told his marefriend, “I mean, for a rookie, this many lessons can be overwhelming. That’s probably the only way she’s not like you,” He commented.

Twilight and Starlight blinked in confusion, “Wait, what’s that supposed to mean?” Starlight asked.

“Well, for one thing Starlight, I can tell when you’re about to have a breakdown from this stack…” Midnight started while pointing from the stacks as Starlight gave a sheepish chuckle. “And while you are as powerful as Twilight and I, you don’t have her over-excitement and vast knowledge of friendship.”

“Hey,” Twilight said with a look while Starlight snickered.

“And for another, I think I may already have an idea what your next lesson should be,” Midnight said with a smile.

“Really?” The two mares said in surprise.

“After that whole time craziness, I looked into it and I found out an old friend of yours just moved to the Crystal Empire,” Midnight explained with a smile while holding up a lesson.

Starlight’s face went pale when she realized who he was talking about, “Sunburst?” She whispered to herself.

“Yeah.” Midnight nodded. “Twilight managed to reconcile with her old friends from Canterlot, so maybe this will be the next lesson for you to learn more about friendship by reuniting with your old friend.”

“You know, Midnight, that’s actually a great idea!” Twilight said with a wide smile. “And since we might be heading to the Crystal Empire for Shining and Cadance’s baby’s presentation, it will be killing two birds with one stone,” She said but unknown to them Starlight’s mind was racing with anxiety and panic.

Starlight hadn’t thought of Sunburst since she and Twilight dueled across Time and the memories of being abandoned by him and the fear of being rejected when he learned of what she had done all over a cutie mark filled her with dread as she clenched her eyes with tears forming in them while she started panting through teeth and nostrils.

“Star?” Midnight’s voice suddenly reached her as Starlight looked up to see Midnight and Twilight looking at her in concern, “Are you okay?” Midnight asked.

“W-Why do you ask?” Starlight asked her breath slowing down.

“You’re crying,” Twilight noted, pointing to her eyes.

“I-I’m fine. Just, need some air real quick.” Starlight assured as she cleared her eyes. “I’ll check in with the girls at the Throne Room. Call me when you’re ready.” She said before she walked out of the door.

Midnight raised a brow and used his magic to bring Starlight back inside, “Star, come on, it’s me. Now give me the truth,” He told his sister, “You’re scared of seeing Sunburst again, aren’t you?” He asked, Starlight wanted to deny it but couldn’t as she slumped a bit.

“Is it that obvious?” Starlight asked solemnly.

“I’m guessing you’re worried if you see him again and he finds out what you did during your,” Twilight coughed a bit, “Checkered history, he won’t call you his friend again,”

Starlight nodded as Midnight wrapped a wing around him, “I’m sure if Sunburst was your friend he wouldn’t care what you’ve done. Plus, from what you said he’s a geek about magic, I think he will be amazed by your magical skills, I mean Time Travel? Even Twilight could only travel back a week into the past when she was a unicorn.”

“It’s true, you’re magic is nothing to sneeze at,” Twilight added encouragingly, “And if Sunburst loves magic as much as you described I’m sure he’d love his best friend’s magic especially,”

Starlight blushed at the praise and at the idea of Sunburst geeking over her magic but she still didn’t look confident, “Still, Sunburst is probably some big important wizard right now and I still can’t find my way around this castle. You really think he’d have time for somepony like me?” She asked.

“We do and we’re not saying you have to go back to being friends right away, just drop in, catch up and when we leave, you can write letters to each other,” Midnight told her as he and Twilight stood next to her, “And if things do go south, you still got us,” He added with a smile.

“Thanks, guys,” Starlight as the three shared a hug.

“Now, why don’t we join the others in the Throne Room and see how our plans for our trip are coming?” Twilight suggested.

“Sounds good to me,” Midnight nodded in agreement.

Starlight nodded as well before giving a sheepish look, “Just one question: Which way is the Throne Room?” She asked the two as they sighed with smiles and eye roll.

In the Throne room, the members of the Heroic Fourteen, alongwith Flash Sentry who moved to castle under the Swords’ tutelage, “Look I’m telling, we should leave right now!” Blaze said stamping his hoof, “The train to the Empire takes way too long,”

“Yeah, we should leave ASAP! I don’t wanna miss that Crystalling.” Rainbow said in agreement as Twilight, Starlight and Midnight walked in.

“But um, shouldn’t we wait for the invitation?” Fluttershy asked while raising a hoof.

“Indeed, if we arrive prematurely it might stir up some unneeded fuss and bother,” Hydro pointed out.

“Frankly,” Applejack started. “I’m not exactly clear on all the customs and traditions of the Crystal Empire, especially when it comes to a Crystalling.”

“You’re not the only one, AJ.” Storm said, looking confused himself.

Starlight then walked with a curious look, “What’s a, Crystalling?” She asked.

“Uh that’s a good question that, we don’t have a good answer to,” Rocky said scratching his head.

“Yes, Princess Cadance and Shining Armor’s baby is due any day now, and we’re still not sure on all the details of this Crystalling,” Rarity said unsurely.

“Can’t be helped,” Flash suddenly spoke up, “The Empire was gone for thousands of years, so a lot of its culture’s on…the murky side of the history pool,” He said with a brow.

Sunset then spoke up, “But it’s not like we don’t know anything,” she said, looking to Starlight with a smile, “We know that the Crystalling involves the new baby,”

“And a Party!” Pinkie added with a bright smile, popping up next to Starlight.

“And the Crystal Heart,” Arbor added while next to Fluttershy who nodded.

“And a party!” Pinkie shouted again from behind them, making Fluttershy and Arbor flinch and the latter raised a wing over her face.

“And some kinda wild energy of the Empire,” Storm added, hovered over them.

“And… a par--” Pinkie tried to repeat while standing on the map.

“WE GOT IT, OKAY?!” Midnight roared, making Pinkie get flung backwards to her throne while shrinking a bit in fear from Midnight’s outburst.

“It’s not too hard to understand,” Spike said as he approached the table. “Most things in the Crystal Empire aren’t. Like how I’m a big hero there, for example.” He said as he showed a drawing of his statue and smirked cockily. Starlight looked puzzled while the others gave amused or unamused expressions.

“We told you to watch the ego, ya Scalebrain,” Blaze said as he gave Spike a flick to the face with his wing.

“Ow!” Spike grunted before he gave a sheepish look. “Plus, I’ve had to help Twilight do a lot of research on Crystallings.” He said as Twilight nodded and used her magic to bring up a vase with the Crystal Empire’s Design, and had a picture of two ponies and a newborn baby.

“Whenever a baby is born in the Crystal Empire, the parents bring it before the Crystal Heart,” Twilight explained as she turned the vase to show the father levitating a crystal shard, “They get the purest shard of Crystal they can and then pick a Crystaler, who will present the baby to everypony who comes to the occasion,” She went on as the vase showed another mare bowing before the parents before showing the baby to a gathered crowd.

“Hey, that’s us!” Volt pointed with a grin.

“Yes, don’t interrupt!” Twilight said with a look as Volt quieted down and she continued, showing them a picture of the baby under the Crystal Heart while shone brightly, “Then, they share the light and love they feel, feeding it to the crystal which then joins with the heart and increases its power,” She finished as the others were amazed by this, “And since this is a Royal Crystalling, the entire Empire will there. That hasn’t happened in millennia,” She added.

The others looked to each other smiling, now eager to see this Crystalling. Starlight however frowned in confusion, “Wait, what do you mean it increases the Crystal Heart’s Power?” She asked Twilight.

“The power it uses to protect the Empire, duh,” Storm said like it was obvious.

“Yeah, but from what?” Flash asked him.

The others started thinking before Midnight had a thought, “Wait, I just realized something. If King Sombra knew that the Crystal Heart was the only thing that could stop him, why did he hide at the top of the Castle?” He questioned.

“Huh, you’re right. If he really was that scared of somepony finding it, wouldn’t it be easier to destroy the Heart?” Rainbow added.

“Which means, either the Crystal Heart is so powerful Sombra couldn’t destroy it, or…” Sunset trailed off.

“He could destroy but chose not to,” Blaze finished while furrowing his brow, “Maybe Sombra kept the Heart to keep the Crystal ponies from getting out of the Empire,”

“Or, he was trying to keep something far worse from getting in,” Hydro added forbodingly.

“Something worse? L-Like, what?” Fluttershy trembled.

“What can be worse than an evil shadow unicorn king?” Storm questioned.

“I don’t know. But it had to be something pretty powerful if Sombra was afraid of it” Midnight theorized.

“We could probably ask Cadance and Shining when we-” Twilight stopped and gasped when she saw something flying by in a window, “Guys, to the balcony! Quick!” She cheered before racing off.

“What got her so jumpy so suddenly?” Starlight asked as they rushed up to the balcony where they saw Twilight leaning against the rail beaming brightly.

Flying towards them was a single, rather large snowflake, “Oh boy, looks the weather factory let some snowflakes loose again,” Storm said in concern.

“Oh, this is no ordinary Snowflake,” Twilight said as she caught the snowflake on her wing, revealing a folded letter that opened up to show an invitation with the Crystal Empire Royal Crest on it.

“It’s a Crystalling invitation!” Spike said with a wide smile as Twilight read it.

“It’s a girl! Shining Armor’s a father!” Twilight cheered before she then spoke in a proper tone. “I’m an aunt! Midnight’s an uncle!”

Midnight gave a good-natured chuckle while others smiled or cheered in excitement and joy, “Slowdown Twi, while you are definitely an aunt, we’re not married so your niece isn’t my niece.”

“Don’t care! You’re an uncle! Princess’s orders!” Twilight said excitedly before squealing and jumping at Midnight with a hug.

“Well, looks like our course is set,” Flash said with a smile.

“Yup, next stop, the Crystal Empire!” Midnight declared as the others cheered in agreement and headed out to get ready. Midnight stayed behind with Starlight who still looked worried, “Hey, if it makes you feel better, we can see the baby first then you can go and see Sunburst, deal?” He offered.

“Deal,” Starlight nodded with a smile as the two left to prepare for departure as well.

Soon, the group are on the train to the Crystal Empire, having agreed that the Waypoint might risk their gifts getting damaged. Starlight was still nervous about meeting Sunburst again while looking out the window while the girls were finishing the touches of their gifts and the boys relaxing next to them.

Rarity was busy stitching the final touch on a baby blanket, Fluttershy had a stuffed bunny, Sunset was polishing a music box, Applejack was just sitting quietly next to something with a white cloth, and Rainbow sitting behind her as she gave a loud yawn and stretched.

“Uh, Applejack, what is that?” Rainbow asked as she noticed the cloth-covered object.

“Oh, just a little somethin’ for the young’un,” Applejack said as she removed the cloth to show a hoof-crafted wooden cradle with a hoof-stitched blanket inside. The others smiled as they gathered around it. “Made from genuine Sweet Apple Acre trees. We make ‘em for all the Apples, and anypony related to Twilight is practically family.” She added, which made Twilight smile with gratitude.

“Aw, that’s sweet,” Sunset said with a smile.

“Yeah… it’s okay.” Rainbow started with a smug look. “But it’s no Cloudsdale mobile! Bam!” She exclaimed as she presented a mobile that had rainbows, clouds, and even lightning bolts dangling from it.

“Ooohh.” Both Pinkie and Rarity said in awed.

“Pretty.” Pinkie said as she tapped one of the dangling charms, making the shrink break and the charm fall and shattered and hit the floor. Rainbow glared while Pinkie just smiled apologetically.

“Perhaps you should stop touching things, Pinkie.” Volt advised.

“I’ll try.” Pinkie said.

“Well, a mobile is real nice…” Rocky said with a shrug. “As long as you have somethin’ to lay in so you can look at it.”

“Thanks, Rocky.” Applejack said with a smile before she was surprised when Rarity pulled out the blanket from the cradle and replaced it with the blanket she made.

“And it’s even better a fetching blanket to keep you warm.” Rarity said as Applejack just gave a smile.

“And a nice soft melody to fall asleep to,” Sunset said as she opened and played her music box as it played softly and happily.

“Wow, that’s actually a nice lullaby, Sunset,” Blaze said before he chuckled. “I think you put Volt and Pinkie to sleep.” He said as he gestured to the now-sleeping ponies.

Twilight gave a smile, “I’m sure Shining Armor and Cadance will love all our gifts,” She told them, “But I’m sure they’ll be even more happy we’ll be attending the Baby’s Crystalling and empowering the Crystal Heart,”

“Uh, guys? Empire ho!” Flash called as he pointed to the station and they came to a stop.

After waking Volt and Pinkie up, the group all disembark from the train, “Alright, first we meet the new baby, and then while the others work on their duties we-” Midnight tried to say before bumping heads with Shining Armor, who looked like he lost a lot of sleep. The stallions shook their heads and looked to each other, “Shining Armor?” Midnight said in surprise.

“Midnight…” Shining Armor said tiredly with a tired smile as he then turned to Starlight, but his vision was a bit whacked. “And Twilight… Good to see you.”

“Uh, Twilight’s over there,” Starlight said with an awkward look while pointing to her right where Twilight is.

“Oh, sorry,” Shining said slightly embarrassed, “You two are so similar I just thought,”

Twilight and Starlight looked at each other, “I don’t see it,” Twilight said with a brow.

“Same here,” Starlight said with a brow too.

Midnight snickered, “You two are actually a lot alike, you know that?” He commented to marefriend and sister.

“We are nothing alike!” Both Twilight and Starlight said in unison before their eyes widened as the others snickered.

“Oh, I don’t know. I see it.” Rainbow snickered.

“Perhaps if we,” Rarity said, pulling out a comb and brush.

Starlight got nervous, “Hey, wait what are you-?” She tried to ask before Rarity came over her, worked on her mane and when she was done, Starlight’s mane and tail looked just like Twilight’s.

“I give, Twi-n-lights,” Rarity quipped as she brought Starlight next to Twilight, who now looked like twins, while the others laughed.

Twilight turned and snickered at her student’s new look while Starlight looked at her dully, “That’s a good look for you, Starlight,” Twilight giggled.

“I prefer my own style, thank you very much.” Starlight said as she used her magic to get her mane and tail back to how it was.

“Heheh, best joke I heard all morning.” Shining Armor said with a tired smile and a small laugh.

Twilight then turned to Shining, “Still, why didn’t you tell us you were meeting us at the station?” She asked.

“Of course I did!” Shining replied tiredly and making goofy eyes and faces. “It’s me. Right here. Here I am. Why wouldn’t I come to meet my sister and future brother-in-law? Though we have met before, heh-heh.” He said while Rainbow giggled and Rocky looked amused.

The others all gave worried, confused, surprised, or amused looks. “Uh, are you alright, Shining?” Midnight asked with a brow while behind him Starlight and Blaze glanced to Fluttershy and Hydro amusedly while they raised brows and frowned.

“Never better, Midnight!” Shining reply, still looking mentally unstable. “Being a father is amazing! And wonderful, and amazing, and confusion, and amazing, but surprising too, you know? I mean, not that you or Twily would know that I know? You know?” He asked while giving a creepy smile with insanely large eyes.

Midnight felt creeped out before turning to Hydro. “Hydro, if you would.” He instructed, knowing what’s going through Shining.

“Of course old chap.” Hydro said as he then summoned a water blast and then he shot it at Shining Armor right in the face.

The stallion yelped and cried out as he shook his head, “Who?! What?! Where?! When?! Why?! How?! Baby-?!” Shining babbled before Twilight slapped him across the face, “Thank you, Twily,” He said, more calmly and rubbing his cheek.

“You’re welcome, BBBFF.” Twilight said with a smile.

“Hadn’t rested much, Armor?” Sunset asked with a grin.

“Sorry, I haven’t slept since Cadance had the baby,” Shining apologized, still looking tired, “Come to think of it, neither has she. Good thing Mom and Dad decided to come early so she and I could take a break,”

“Wait, they're here already?” Twilight asked in surprise.

“So are Celestia and Luna, after the birth we needed some answers from them,” Shining told them.

“Why? Is there something wrong with the baby?” Midnight asked as they all looked concerned.

Shining immediately raised his hooves, “No, no, don’t worry she’s perfectly fine but, well,” He trailed off, unsure what to say, “It’s a little complicated.” He said as they all looked even more confused.

“Meaning?” Starlight asked before they saw Shining had fallen asleep while standing up.

“Oh for,” Midnight said while rolling his eyes before getting an idea and taking a deep breath, “On your hooves, Manticore Meat!” He yelled like a commanding Officer as Shining woke right up.

“Sir, yes Sir!” Shining said while saluting like a soldier before realizing what happened, “Sorry, again,”

“Don’t worry, at least now I’ll know what being is going to be like someday,” Midnight told with a grin while sending a wink to Twilight who blushed and smiled a bit, “So, you were saying.”

Shining sighed and started walking away, “It, might be easier if I just show you,” He told them.

The Heroic 17 looked to each other before following after Shining to the Crystal Castle. “I’m sorry, Starlight. But I guess combining your first lesson with this visit wasn’t such a good idea.” Twilight apologized.

“Don’t be, Midnight and I were planning on seeing Sunburst after the baby,” Starlight assured her, “Besides, you’re an aunt and uncle now, that’s a little more important and absolutely terrifying reunion with your childhood best friend who may or may not hate you after learning you were cutiemarkhatingtimetravelingrevengecrazedpyschopathnowstudentofthePrincessofFriendship!” She said nervously while smiling.

“Yeah, she’s really not ready yet,” Midnight said dully, “But once we see the little filly we’ll head right over there, right?” He asked his sister.

Starlight nodded a bit hesitant and gave a smile, “Excellent, then let’s see the baby and get to Sunburst.” Twilight said as they kept walking.

As they were making their way to the Castle Nursery, Spike was filling Starlight in on how he managed to save the Crystal Empire, “And after Cadance caught me, we delivered the Crystal Heart back to pedestal and we used it’s magic to blast King Sombra into next week,” Spike finished explaining the story.

“Wow, that was actually pretty incredible,” Starlight admitted before turning to Twilight, “But considering you saw through Sombra’s illusions and found the Crystal Heart, you should be getting some of the honor too, Twilight,”

“Actually, at the door of fear, when I saw myself failing Celestia’s test and losing my place as her student, Sombra’s dark magic could’ve done something far worse to me,” Twilight explained with a small frown before turning it into a smile, “The only reason we managed to get passed it was because Spike’s voice called out to me and pulled me free. So Spike didn’t just save the Crystal Empire, he also saved my life,” She said pulling Spike into a hug and a loving nuzzle.

Spike gave a small chuckle from the nuzzle. “Ah, stop it.” He said bashfully.

From the door of the nursery came a silver unicorn mare with a white and purple mane and a cobalt blue and dark blue maned unicorn stallion. The mare turned to the group and smiled, “Twilight, You’re here!” She said happily as she came to Twilight and hugged her.

“Hi, mom.” Twilight said with a smile as she returned the hug before turning to the stallion. “Hi Dad.”

“It’s good to see you, Kiddo,” Twilight’s dad said with a smile as they broke away and he turned to Midnight, “And you must be Midnight Shadow,” he said, offering his hoof.

“Got that right, pleasure to meet you Mr. Sparkle, or is it, Mr. Armor?” Midnight asked, taking the older stallion’s hoof.

“Oh, it’s Armor but please, call me Nightlight,” Nightlight said with a smile.

“And I’m Twilight Velvet but please, just Velvet when my daughter is around,” Velvet said as she then came over to Midnight, “So, you’re Twiliy’s Coltfriend, hmm?” She asked as she took a look around Midnight, taking in his appearance.

“Nice strong athletic build, dark purple coat, wild black and gold mane, and that Scar giving off that bad colt feeling,” She noted before returning to in front of Midnight and smiled while turning to Twilight, “You take care of him sweetheart, this one’s a keeper,” She said with a wink.

“Mom!” Twilight said in embarrassment with a huge blush as the others chuckled at her teasing while Midnight was surprised by this.

“Um, thank you?” Midnight said unsure how to feel about that comment. “Uh, can we see the baby and the rest now?” He asked, wanting to move on.

“Sure thing.” Velvet said but she gave a concerned smile, “But we should warn, you might be in for quite the surprise when you see the little angel,” She warned.

“Come on, mom. I’ve met babies before I suspect this one won’t be any different,” Twilight said confidently.

Her brother and parents looked to each other before moving aside, “Alright, just don’t say we didn’t warn you,” Nightlight said as he opened the door and they walked in where the heroes saw Cadance, Luna, and Celestia at the baby’s bed while the Princess of Love is as frazzled as her husband.

Twilight and Midnight walked up to the bed and saw the baby sitting on the bed with a pastel pink coak with a purple and blue mane, a very long horn with big cute eyes while snuggling inside the blanket. The rest of the group smiled at her adoringly when suddenly the baby opened a pair of wings that were about as big as her body, shocking them as she cooed happily at the ponies.

“Wow…uh…impressive wingspan,” Midnight said, unsure what else to say while the baby sucked on her hoof which was admittedly very adorable.

“The baby is an Alicorn?!” Twilight exclaimed, finally finding her voice.

“It sure looks that way,” Cadance said with a tired smile.

“But-But-But-But I thought Alicorn wings had to be earned by accomplishing some great, princess-worthy deed!” Rarity said as Twilight nodded in agreement.

“A-hem?” Midnight cleared his throat as they turned to him, giving them a look as he raised one of his wings.

“Oh, I mean, Alicorn-worthy,” Rarity corrected with a sheepish look.

“Gender defense aside, I’m with Rarity,” Rocky spoke up, “How can a filly just be born with a horn and wings?” He questioned.

“The birth of an Alicorn is something Equestria hasn’t seen in thousands of years,” Celestia told them.

“It’s beyond even our understanding,” Luna added.

“That’s not very reassuring,” Fluttershy said in a hushed tone to the others.

“Wait, so this isn’t the first time you’ve seen an alicorn being born,” Blaze asked them, “Who was the last one?” He asked them.

Celestia glanced to Luna before making a quick look to Twilight who was distracted by the baby, “A story for another time perhaps. Still, even with her mother being an alicorn herself, the chance of the little one being born as one were very slim.”

“So, now you’ll have to worry about her flying around the place and unexpected magic bursts here and there,” Storm summarized.

“Good thing, Storm and I know all about Superstrong flying,” Rainbow said, doing a flip.

“And Midnight, Sunset, Starlight and I can help keep tabs on her magic,” Twilight offered as she tickled her niece with a wing, making her laugh.

Then, Twilight’s feather accidentally touched the baby’s nose, causing her to breathe in rapidly. Though they smiled, expecting a cute little sneeze, what they got was a huge yellow magic laser that blasted through the ceiling and the other floors up. A Single mare who barely dodged the laser, looked down with her mane scorched.

“Wow!” Midnight said in amazement as the heroes looked at the baby, shocked she just did that, “Now that’s powerful.” He complimented.

The baby just gave a cute yawn and fell asleep again. “It appears her magic is more powerful than a newborn alicorn should be,” Celestia said in surprise while rubbing the baby’s head.

“Wait what?” Spike said in confusion.

“When an alicorn is born, while their magic is indeed powerful this filly is beyond the normal level,” Celestia explained, “Some outside element must have amplified her magic,”

Sunset looked out the window to the Empire and got an idea, “Something like say, being born in the epicenter of Light and Love in Equestria?” She suggested.

The others got what Sunset is saying as they all turned to Cadance and Shining Armor, who got what they were thinking as they gave sheepish looks. “Uh, oops?” Shining asked with a sheepish smile.

“You think the Crystal Heart might’ve given the baby some of its power?” Cadance asked them.

“It’s possible,” Sunset shrugged.

“The crowds have already started to gather,” Luna said as she saw the Crystal Ponies gathering around.

“Wow, these ponies really love celebrities,” Starlight commented before Pinkie then blew a balloon and started floating.

“This Crystalling is gonna be some party!” Pinkie cheerfully said before the balloon popped and she landed on her flank.

“Do you think we should call it off?” Cadance asked Shining Armor with concern. “If the baby’s magic is so unpredictable we could risk getting somepony hurt,” She said while her daughter sucked on her hoof.

“Um, we’ve faced a lot worse than baby magic.” Rainbow confidently said.

“Extremely powerful baby magic.” Blaze corrected, looking up at the holes the baby left.

“I can’t imagine canceling such a beautiful and important ceremony over something so potentially adorable!” Rarity said as the others all gathered around the marshmallow mare and made general comments of agreement.

“In light of the little one’s abilities, this Crystalling might be more important than ever.” Celestia said as she looked at the baby and then at Cadance. “Perhaps you should address your subjects and remind them of that.”

Cadance nodded to her aunt before turning to her baby and kissed her forehead with a smile, “But first, let’s make you a little more presentable, shall we?” Velvet suggested to Cadance with a sympathetic smile.

“Don’t want the subjects to know you've been exhausted to the bone, get enough of that at home,” Nightlight said while giving Shining and Twilight a smirk.

“Dad!” Twilight said while Shining was too tired to even complain.

Cadance and Midnight snickered a bit before Cadance and Velvet walked out while Twilight walked up to her snoring brother.

“Shining Armor! Do you have everything you need for the ceremony?” Twilight asked her brother.

“Huh?” Shining asked before his eyes nearly popped out. “Oh, no! I still have to interview the honor guards, choose the purity crystal, and pick a crystaller!” He exclaimed as he rushed forward, prancing around frantically, and then sat down on the verge of a nervous breakdown.

“Well, I can see that nervous breakdowns run in Twilight’s family.” Storm joked with a small chuckle before Sunset nudged him to be quiet.

“Alright, take it easy,” Twilight said as she walked up to her brother. “Sunset, Pinkie, Blaze, Volt, and Midnight can stay with me and keep an eye on the baby!” She said as Pinkie just smiled and gave a squee as the baby clung onto the pink pony’s face and eyes as the baby giggled.

“Alright kid, you had your laugh now put the Earth pony down,” Midnight said as the baby looked to him with a curious smile, “Uh, why are you looking at me like that?” He asked before the baby squealed and latched onto his face, “GAH! What the?!” Midnight mumbled in surprise as he was completely blind while he shook his head and the baby laughed at the ride. “AAAH! BABY ON MY FACE! A LITTLE HELP HERE?!” He called out as he heard laughter.

“Oh, I think she likes you, Uncle Middy!” Rainbow laughed while clutching her stomach.

“I am so glad I didn’t miss this,” Starlight said with laughter.

“Oh, haha, very funny. Now, a little help here!?” Midnight questioned while pointing to the giggling baby as he try pulling her off. “This baby got Earth pony grip!”

“I got her.” Twilight said as she used her magic to get her niece off her coltfriend’s face but then she teleported and reappeared on Midnight again, “Hehe, I think she like being where she is,” she giggled.

Midnight sighed as the baby climbed on his head, “Do I look like a perch to you?” He asked before the baby leaned close and nuzzled him, “Oh thanks, that’s nice,” He chuckled at the cute gesture.

“Okay, now we just need to do the final preparations,” Blaze said before they heard thud sounds as they turned and saw Shining fast asleep as he snored.

“...baby…” Shining said in his sleep as he kept snoring while the others gave unamused expressions.

“That is if Shining would stay awake long enough to tell us.” Blaze muttered.

Twilight then turned to Starlight, “In the meantime, you should get to your reunion with Sunburst,” She said before handing a map, “Here’s his address, Spike can you go with her for support since Midnight’s a bit ‘busy’?” She asked her son while looking to Midnight who had the baby on his back.

“Okay, young filly. I’m just gonna gently get you…” Midnight started as he then pull on the baby to get her off, but was having trouble as he grunted. “Just… a bit… mo--WHOA!” He yelped as the baby snapped back into his face as he crashed into a wall while the others cringed. “We’re okay! I broke her fall!” He said with a groan as the baby laughed in excitement.

“Um, I don’t know, Twilight…” Starlight said uncertainty.

“It will be fine, Starlight.” Spike assured. “I’m sure it will be fine.”

Starlight was still a bit nervous before she nodded. “Well, okay.” She said and looked to Twilight, “Good luck with the Crystalling,” She told them.

“And good luck with Sunburst.” Twilight said as Starlight and Spike walked off out of the castle.

Outside, Spike and Starlight are walking towards a crystal house after following the address of Sunburst that Twilight gave them as Starlight slowly walked up to the door and knock on it when…

“Wait!” Spike called out.

“Huh? What?!” Starlight stuttered.

“Knocking on the door isn’t the next thing on the list!” Spike pointed out.

“Seriously?” Starlight asked in annoyance.

“I know Twilight can be a little nitpicky, but this is your first lesson as her and Mi--” Spike trailed off before he saw something that made him gave a weird look. “That’s odd.”

“What is it now?” Starlight questioned.

“Apparently, the list has a message here. It say, ‘P.S don’t follow any of Twilight’s steps and just go with your gut’,” Spike read the message.

It took them a moment before they realized who wrote it as they gave amusing smirks. “Midnight.” They said in unison with a chuckle.

“Hey, there’s another one.” Starlight said as she read another message. “‘P.S.S make sure to smack Spike in the head if he’s being snarky or annoyed and too overboard with Twilight’s lists’.”

“Aw, that’s nice of…” Spike said before he realized something. “Hey, wait a minute!” He exclaimed with a look as Starlight giggled.

“Thanks, Mid,” Starlight told herself, knowing that Midnight thought ahead and spared her the anxiety as she walked up to the door and knocked on it.

After a few moments, there was no reply before they heard the door slowly creaking open and a pony peeked out. Aside from being an adult, Sunburst looked the same except he now had a goatee, and glasses, and was wearing a star-patterned cloak on his back.

After peeking out and seeing Starlight, recognizing her mane and coat colors, Sunburst opened the door more, “Starlight?” Sunburst said in surprise.

“Hey, Sunburst,” Starlight waved with a shy smile until she was surprised when Sunburst moved quickly over to her and gave her a hug.

“Oh, I missed you,” Sunburst said with a happy smile.

Starlight was surprised by the hug and his words before it registered what he said and she hugged him back, “I missed you too,” She said.

“Well, Midnight was right. Just go along and not follow the list.” Spike commented while looking at the list before he saw another message that said ‘I told you so, Spike’ with a smirking face on it. “Okay, how did he do that?!” He questioned, wondering how Midnight knew these things so quickly.

Sunburst and Starlight then broke the hug. “My goodness, it’s been a long time! What, uh, what have you been up to?” Sunburst asked.

“Me? Oh! You know, some of this and some of that,” Starlight said, trying to find the right words. “Different… stuff. Right now, I’m sort of Twilight Sparkle new pupil.” She said as Sunburst was stunned.

“The Princess of Friendship?” Sunburst asked.

“Heh… yeah… that’s actually kind of why I’m here.” Starlight said. “I mean, I know you’re probably very busy.”

“What do you mean?” Sunburst asked blankly.

“Well, I figured after magic school, you’d go on to do important wizard work, but…” Starlight explained before taking a breath, “I was hoping…maybe we could catch up?” She asked with a smile and a blush.

Sunburst gave a light blush from that. “I-I think I’d like that.” He said before gesturing to her to come in. “Come on in! We have so much to talk about.” He said as Starlight and Spike smiled as they entered the house.

“So far so good,” Spike said to himself.

Back outside of the castle, Cadance was addressing the crowds with Celestia and Luna standing behind her. A curtain had been placed around outside the entrances to the Crystal Heart.

“Dearest citizens,” Cadance spoke up in a tired but amplified tone. “I’m sure you are all just thrilled and ready for this Crystalling as myself and Shining Armor.” She announced as the crowd all cheered in reply.

Shining watches nervously as his wife say her speech from behind the curtain as the others except for Sunset, Blaze, Pinkie, Volt, Midnight, and Twilight, watches from behind while Shining Armor started panicking. “I’m not ready!” He cried out as he breathed at an unsteady pace. He then flinched when he saw five royal guards standing before him.

“Look, you’re captain of the royal canterlot guard, just pick the best honor guard material,” Storm told him, holding two styled helmets.

“Right… right.” Shining said as he took the two helmets and then slapped them on the heads of the two random guards… backwards. The other royal guards just whimpered and backed away nervously.

“Not in a panicked way, you goof.” Storm said in annoyance.

Shining just looked down, “Sorry, Fatherhood is so much more stressful than I thought,” He said in regret.

“I can only imagine.” Fluttershy said in sympathetically.

“Since when, Flutters?” Rocky asked with a brow.

“I meant Parenthood,” Fluttershy elaborated.

Then Rarity arrived. “Now, I know choosing the crystal of purity is a very important decision.” She said as she held the case with several purified shards inside. “So, I have gone through the trouble of arranging them in order from incredibly pure to outrageously pure.”

“Um, Rarity, forgive me but don’t they all seem quite similar?” Hydro asked with a brow.

“Oh, well, to the untrained eye, perhaps.” Rarity said before she saw the look Hydro was giving her from that comment. “Uh… I mean… Um…”

“How about we just use this one,” Hydro suggested, picking up the third shard, “For the sake of Shining Armor’s sanity?” He added gesturing to the stallion.

“Are you sure? Because I would suggest…” Rarity tried to say before she saw Hydro giving her a smile, which made her sigh in defeat. “Very well… carry on.”

“Now, all we need is a Crystaller,” Rocky said to them. “I wonder how the others are doing with the baby?”

“Well. At least. She’s having. Fun!” Pinkie said optimistically while holding onto Midnight was being dragged by the horn by the baby’s grip.

“I! Can! See! That!” Midnight stated as Volt tried to hold onto Pinkie by the tail while the baby flew around, firing magic lasers and dragging them along.

Twilight, Sunset, and Blaze used their magic to block off each strike without causing any more damage to the room. “Guys! Hold her still!” Twilight exclaimed.

“You think we’re not trying?!” Volt questioned as they skidded across the ground before they dodged another laser.

“I am so not in a rush for motherhood after this!” Sunset stated.

“If she grows up, we’re gonna have a powerful alicorn running around!” Blaze added as they did their best to contain the blasts.

Back in Sunburst’s house, he and Starlight were sitting at a table while the former had given the latter a tea cup and pot. There was an awkward silence since neither pony was making the effort to speak to the other.

“So, the Black Knight is your brother?” Sunburst asked Starlight.

“Yeah. It was pretty shocking to me as well.” Starlight said with a sheepish smile. “My dad always said that I once had a brother, before he was lost when I was just a baby. But apparently, I found out that he is my brother.”

“Well, that’s great to hear,” Sunburst said with a smile. “I bet it was shocking to be related to a hero of Equestria.”

“Trust me. It took a bit of time to process.” Starlight said. “Hehe, crazy world, am I right?”

“Yeah. It sure is.” Sunburst said before he gave a frown. “But I don’t understand how you two managed to find each other. Did something happened to you after I left for magic school?”

“What?” Starlight spluttered before she tried to recompose herself and pour some tea into her cup. “No! I-I don’t see what that has to do with anything. W-Why would you ask? I mean, did something happen to you after you left for magic school?”

Sunburst seemed to be staring at the cup Starlight was cluelessly overflowing before he heard the question she asked and frozen.

“What? Um, no.” Sunburst said, trying to find the right word. “L-Like you said, I’m a…” He cleared his throat indefinitely. “...i-important wizard.” He said as Spike watched the scene unfold.

“Wow, they are really bad at conversations.” Spike commented.

Later back at the Castle, Rarity was combing Shining’s mane as he was taking calming breaths as Cadance, Celestia and Luna walked in. “Okay, I chose the honor guard, picked the purity crystal, and I know exactly who want to be our crystaller…” Shining said calmly.

“Twilight, right?” Rocky guessed.

“Right, so now all we need is…” Shining said but was trailed off, trying to remember before Cadance gave a ‘really’ look.

“The baby?” Cadance asked as a matter of fact. Shining Armor whimpered since he didn’t remember where the baby was or that Twilight and her group were watching her.

“We’re here!” Twilight said as she and her group used their magic to contain the baby and Pinkie inside the magic bobble while Shining breathed a sigh of relief.

“She’s a really strong flyer!” Pinkie said as the baby continued to do loop-de-loops inside the bubble.

“Strong is not much of a tougher word to say.” Blaze said while rubbing his horn.

“Hey, better her than me.” Midnight stated with a smile.

Cadance then used her magic to separate the baby from Pinkie. Pinkie floated to Twilight’s group while the baby floated just above Cadance. She whimpered a bit over being separated from Pinkie as tears built up in her eyes, which Midnight noticed.

“Uh, guys…” Midnight muttered to them nervously. “This might be a good time to stand back,”

“Why?” Sunset asked.

Midnight then pointed to the baby whose face scrunched up in sadness, “Cause I think she’s about to-,”

“WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!’

The baby began to cry so loudly that her scream caused sonic waves. Everypony cringed at the loud volume and nearly thrown off their hooves. But even when it was over the worse came when the cries were so loud they caused the Crystal Heart to stop rotating, crack, and then shatter into thousands of pieces.

Everypony gasped in utter horrified shock as the baby innocently flew into her mother’s extended hoof while they all stared where the Heart once spun. They gathered around the shattered remains of the Crystal Heart before Blaze turned to them. “Um, I’m guessing the Crystalling not happening is the least of our problems?” He questioned in fear.

“And from the worst part, without the crystal Heart, the empire’s about to be buried under a mountain of ice and snow!” Twilight exclaimed as she looked out from the curtain and moved it aside to show a massive snowstorm rolling toward the main city from all sides. Everypony was worried except for one as the baby was too young to understand what she’d done as she just burbled innocently.

“I’m starting to understand why Sombra didn’t shatter the Heart before.” Storm muttered.

“Why does everytime we are about to have a nice celebration, something bad always happens?!” Midnight questioned in exasperation. “Can’t we just have one normal festivity or tradition for once?!”

“I believe that is unimportant right now, Midnight. The storm clouds are already forming.” Celestia said as she used her magic to hold the curtain.

“Storm and I can totally fly up there and bust those puppies! No problem!” Rainbow boasted as she tried to flew up, but Storm stopped her by grabbing her by the tail. “Ah! Hey! Storm, what are you doing?!”

“Hold up, Dash. Don’t you think it would be wise to listen to what the princesses are saying before charging straight in without a plan?” Storm questioned with a brow.

“Storm is correct, for those storm clouds are not like the ones you’re familiar with,” Celestia told them in concern.

“This far north the Weather has a will of its own,” Luna explained, “Now it will only grow stronger, enveloping everything in it’s path.”

“Along with the Crystal Empire,” Cadance said in worry while hugging her daughter.

“And all the ponies in it,” Twilight added.

“Including us!” Midnight finished as Pinkie hugged him tightly while trembling and the others looked to each other in worry, knowing that if they didn’t do something they and all in the Empire were doomed.

Back at Sunburst’s home, Starlight and Sunburst were still chatting, “I know Princess Twilight and Sir Midnight are keen on us rekindling our friendship but I have to admit, I’m curious about any new spells you may have learned,” Sunburst said while adjusting his glasses.

“I know, but there’s so much I learned already it’s hard to know where to start,” Starlight replied. “It’s not like there’s a some spell that would magically compel us to pick up where we left off.”

“Oh, actually there are several,” Sunburst countered, pulling out several spells,“ “Mismane’s Material Amity. Rockhoof’s Rappart. Flash Magnus’s fellowship…” He listed out before he turned and saw Starlight giving him a look, realizing that she was just joking. “Ahem…” He said sheepishly. “But I-I get the feeling they aren’t looking for a spell.”

“Definitely not.” Straight said with a smile.

Spike then came over to Starlight, “Maybe you should tell him the truth about ‘you know what’?” He suggested.

Starlight flinched as she got nervous again. “Truth? What truth?” Sunburst asked in confusion.

“Oh, nothing!” Starlight said with a nervous smile. “W-We should just get out of your mane. It’s pretty obvious this isn’t going how Twilight hoped, and I’m sure you have plenty of important work to do…” She said as she made her way out while dragging Spike with her magic.

“What?” Sunburst asked in confusion by her sudden departure before realizing she meant he and pulled out a book and read it. “Oh! Right, yes, heheh! Uh, no rest for the wizardly.” He said with a nervous smile.

“Come on, Spike,” Starlight said as they walked out the door while Starlight kept dragging Spike.

Back outside the castle, the storm clouds were continuing to close in on the city and the cold gust blew under the curtain as Twilight shivered before Midnight wrapped her in a wing to give her some warmth.

“So this is why Sombra didn’t destroy the Heart.” Storm said while shivering. “Who would want to rule a kingdom if it was buried in snow?” He sarcastically questioned.

“There must be a spell that can restore the Crystal Heart!” Twilight exclaimed while clutching Midnight’s wings.

“Perhaps.” Celestia said.

“But it isn’t something that either of us know.” Luna added.

“You two know every history and magic spells, especially dark magic, in Equestria but neither of you know how to restore a lost relic like the Crystal Heart?!” Blaze asked with a panicked look.

“I'm afraid the Crystal Empire's magic is still a mystery we have yet to unlock.” Celestia said with a grim tone.

“The library here at the castle is nearly as extensive as the one in Canterlot.” Cadance said as she walked over to Twilight and Midnight and handed the baby to Shining Armor. “There’s a good chance we can find something there.”

“But we need to block that storm somehow until the Heart is fixed.” Sunset said to them while gesturing to the storm and the shattered shards of the heart.

“We may be able to buy some time, but even our magic will eventually succumb to the power of the Frozen North.” Luna honestly answered.

“We’ll do what we can, but you must hurry.” Celestia firmly assured their best efforts before she and her sister set off to do so by using their magic to zap away the dark clouds that were close by the castle as the others watched them set out to do so.

“I don’t know how long it will take to find the right spell.” Twilight said to the others. “But you should tell the crowd outside to get somewhere warm!”

“And try not to mention the Crystal Heart,” Cadance advised. “We don’t want to start a panic.”

“Uh, Cadance, last time that happened from what the girls told us, there was already a panic when they thought the makeshift heart was real and look how that turned out.” Volt said with his hoof raised. “And that was before they found their Crystal Spirit.”

“Besides with how things are, Maybe it's best we-WHOA!” Blaze yelped as the wind suddenly increased in fury, blowing the curtains back as they shielded themselves against the freezing cold.

“If this is going to happen, I suggest we do it now!” Hydro told them as Twilight and Midnight closed the curtains.

“Alright, Rainbow, Applejack, Fluttershy, Storm, Rocky, Arbor and Flash, you try and get the crowd to cover, Pinkie, Volt, Blaze, Sunset Rarity and Hydro, you guys are with Me, Twilight, Cadance, Shining Armor,” The Baby the cooed while smiling, “Uh, yes you too, little girl, in finding the spell we need!”

“We weren't prepared for that the last time," Rainbow stated, "We've totally got this."

"Then you better get going," Cadance said.

“Yes ma’am.” Applejack saluted. “Come on, ya’ll.” She said as her team rushed out while Twilight watched them go as Midnight wrapped a wing around her as they walked up back to the others.

"I'm gonna need all of your help," said Twilight the group, "The crystal library is enormous!"

"You can count on us, Twily!" Shining Armor told his little sister.

Then all of a sudden, everypony was shocked when the baby suddenly teleported right onto Pinkie's face.

"WAH!" Pinkie screamed as she pried the baby off and sent her flying. “Oopsies!”

“PINKIE!” The others exclaimed as Shining Armor and Cadance panicked as Shining tried to catch his daughter, but she teleported away.

“Now where’d she go?!” Shining exclaimed before they heard laughing coming from inside.

“I have an idea,” Blaze said with a cringe.

“Oh, for Celestia’s sake,” Midnight moaned, dragging a hoof down his face, “Come on, let’s go get her before she breaks everything,” He told them before turning to Twilight, “And Twi, send a letter to Spike. We might need his and Starlight’s help,”

“Already on it,” Twilight said, writing a letter.

Back outside the snow was starting to fall as Spike and Starlight were walking down the street together. By now, Starlight was already upset.

"Well, Spike, looks like my biggest fears came true. I wouldn't be surprised if Twilight and Mindnight decide to give up on me entirely." Starlight lamented on her failure.

"Aw, it's not your fault." Spike said otherwise as he scratched the back of his head. I'm the one who said all we needed was this list." Spike said as he burnt the list seeing it as a lost cause. "

"It's not the list, Spike. Or you. Or Twilight and Midnight. I'm the one Sunburst doesn't want to be friends with." Starlight says to make it clear she doesn't blame anypony but herself.

"I don't remember him saying he didn't want to be friends." Spike recalled as he shrugged his arms.

"He didn't have to say it." Starlight said as she looked aside and hung her head.

"Well, Twilight obviously thinks you're worth being friends with! And I do too! I mean she said herself from past experience!" Spike encouraged her with a hug.

"Thanks, Spike." Starlight gratefully told the young dragon. "At least I have two friends, even if one of them has dragon breath." She added with a wink as Spike raised a brow and breathed out as he could see his breath.

"Uh, that's not dragon breath. It's freezing!" Spike corrected her as he looked around the snow that was falling around them.

"Oh, you're right! But I thought the Crystal Heart was supposed to keep the cold weather out." Starlight stated, wondering how this is possible.

Spike’s cheeks then puffed up before he belched out a letter, “A message from Twilight?” He said, taking the letter and his eyes widened, “Oh boy, she told me that if we’ve seen the snow it’s because the Crystal was just few minutes ago destroyed by the Baby!” He read in shock.

“What?!” Starlight exclaimed.

“She, Midnight and the others are searching for a way to restore it but they’ll need our help!” Spike explained.

“Well, let’s go!” Starlight said as she placed Spike on her back as the two rushed off.

Just before the platform where the Crystalling was going to take place. Rainbow, Applejack, Fluttershy, Storm, Rocky, Arbor and Flash were now before the crowds, trying to convince the ponies to leave. “Look ponies, we know you’ve all been waiting eagerly for the Crystaling but,” Storm trailed, not sure how to break the news.

"We're just saying that it might not be the best idea to stay outside," Rainbow told them.

"I camped out all night for this spot!" said a mare named Tough Nut who was sitting on a beach chair, "I'm not about to just give it up!"

"You would if you knew about the heart," Rocky muttered under his breath.

"Shh!" Fluttershy shushed before trying to speak to the crowd, "Still, when you think about it, the view is just as good a little further back, like...inside your house?" she suggested The crystal ponies began to complain to each other.

"The Crystalling ceremony is one of our most sacred traditions!" a stallion named Scouts Honor said, "And when the foal is held before the Crystal Heart, I plan to be as close to the action as possible!"

"Honestly," Applejack replied, "I don't know if there's gonna be a Crystallin'. The truth is, the baby's an Alicorn and her magic's plum crazy, so you might not wanna be that close after all."

“Because one stray laser from her is enough to ruin anypony’s day,” Arbor added.

"A baby alicorn?" said another stallion named Tough Nut, "Wow, I can't wait to see that!"

"Oh, those little wings are probably so cute!" said Scouts Honor.

"I know, right?" another pony named Mustafa Combe added.

"Look everypony, I am a hundred percent sure that Crystalling isn't happening," Flash told them, right before a bright light appeared above them. Everypony looked up to see large magic lasers firing from out of the castle.

"No Crystalling, huh?" Mustafa Combe remarked, "Then why they staring at the fireworks show?" The crystal ponies all cheered.

“Oh, you gotta be kidding me!” Flash moaned ruffling his mane in frustration.

Rainbow face-hoofed herself as well before squatting down on the ground and covering her eyes. Fluttershy just patted Rainbow's in sympathy.

“How stupid are these ponies?” Storm questioned with a look.

At the Crystal Empire Castle's library; Twilight Sparkle, Cadance, Midnight, Sunset and Blaze were still finding the books about Crystal Heart. Shining Armor, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Volt, and Hydro were keeping an eye on the baby. It proved difficult as the little foal was flying around the library. They are chasing after her from every section of the library.

"Young filly...come back here!" Shining Armor shouted as he and his father had just chased after the baby, who was just giggling happily as she flew across the foreground.

Pinkie and Volt peeked out from the corners of opposite shelves. Waiting for a chance to cut the baby off and capture her. “There she is!” Volt pointed.

"Come to your Auntie Pinkie Pie!" Pinkie then tried to bounce after the baby.

Twilight was just searching books as quickly as she could with her mother, Sunset and Midnight doing the same, "Bridles Buck's Boat Chants." Velvet read out loud while looking at the cover of a book.

"Hayhoof's Intonement." Sunset read out loud too.

"Mystic Maps and Mazes…" Midnight read out loud as well. “Why do you even have this?”

aTwilight threw her head back and groaned loudly, "Anything up there?" Twilight called out to her sister-in-law who was searching the shelves.

"Not yet!" Cadance answered, pulling out books quickly, "I'm not even sure how these are organized!"

It was then the baby appeared before Cadance. Cadance smiled and went to grab her daughter when...

ACHOO!

The baby sneezed and fired another magic blast. Cadance ducked out of the way and it was heading for Sunset.

“Whoa!” Sunset yelped as she ducked under the laser as the baby flew away, “Guys, I thought you said you were watching the baby!” Sunset told the others.

“We were! But apparently watching and holding onto are two completely different things!” Blaze shouted as soared after the filly with Shining Armor behind her.

“You’re telling me!” Shining cried as they chased after the filly.

“Whoo!" the baby cheered as she teleported again and continued to fly about. It was then Rarity tried to cut her off by holding a net with her magic.

"Gotcha!" Rarity called with a smirk, but the baby easily teleported around her and kept flying as she got the net on Blaze’s head instead, "Oh! Or not..." She said in embarrassment.

Blaze gave her a look. “Seriously? A net? How’s a net supposed to stop a magic alicorn filly, Rarity?” He questioned.

“It seemed like a good idea at the time.” Rarity said with a sheepish look before Blaze calmly took the net and snapped it in half with a dull look as he tossed it away. “You know, that wasn’t mine.”

“I got her! I got her!” Night Light called chasing after the baby, before there was a magic laser and Night Light was running away from her, “I don’t got her! I don’t got her!” He yelled in panic.

Just then, Starlight and Spike came in as they saw the chaos Pinkie continued the chase and they headed downstairs.

"Whoa!" Pinkie yelped as the baby made a tight turn and she slipped and crashed off-screen. She quickly recovered and continued the chase.

Spike hid behind Starlight when a blast came at them. The two friends had ducked just in time.

"What is going on?!" Starlight asked once she found it safe enough to stand up.

"You want the long or the short version?" Pinkie asked as the baby grabbed her hind leg and dragged her across from behind the two friends.

"Uh...short?" Starlight replied.

"The baby's an Alicorn and she accidentally destroyed the Crystal Heart," Pinkie explained quickly, "so Twilight and Cadance are looking for a spell to put it back together and save the Crystal Empire from turning into a giant wasteland of ice and snow."

That made Starlight blink in surprise. "Oh." Starlight said in worry.

“Don’t worry! We got this!” Volt assured as the baby continued dragging Pinkie Pie. Shining Armor, Volt, and Blaze surrounded them. As the trio jumped, the baby teleported while they knocked on Pinkie Pie and each other hard and fell to the floor with their eyes spinning.

As Princess Cadance continued searching, she gasped while levitating old book with golden crest.

"What about this?" Cadance asked as she brought the book over to Twilight, "Trotter's Tome of Reliquary?" Twilight took the book with her magic and began to search the pages before she smiled.

"I think this is it!" said Twilight excitedly as she showed the others the page.

“Spell of Relic Recostuition!” Sunset read with a bright smile, “Bingo!” She cheered.

"This should help us restore the heart in no time!" Midnight said with a smirk.

“I can’t believe we found it!” Velvet said, clapping her hooves.

"It's a good thing too," Twilight said in relief as she held the book with her magic, "Without this, I don't know what we'd do!"

It was then the baby teleported into a stack of books just on the right of Twilight, knocked them over, and flew away. Pinkie then chased after her and then finally dived at the baby and caught her. Before of course. The Baby gave a sneeze and fired another magic blast, which headed right for Blaze and Volt.

"Incoming!" Blaze shouted in alarm as Volt used an Electro shield to deflect the laser but rebounded it to Rariry. Rarity used a handheld mirror to deflect the magic blast, but now it was heading right for Shining Armor. He quickly used a magic shield to deflect the magic blast, but now it was heading for Starlight and Spike. But then it shot straight at Twilight's book, making the blast go right through the book.

Twilight gasped in horror while the others looked through the whole group with cringes, “Oh, you gotta be pulling my tail here!” Midnight moaned in exasperation.

"Oops," said Pinkie from the background.

"That spell was the only thing we found in the whole library that was even close to what we needed!" Twilight said in a panic.

"I'm so sorry, Twilight!" Starlight cried in guilt, walking up to Twilight.

"It's not your fault, Star," Twilight sighed as she searched through the destroyed pages. "None of us were expecting any of this."

"Do you think you can remember the spell?" Velvet asked in concern.

"I only read it through once!" Twilight retorted.

"Well, if anypony can exactly remember something she read for the first time two minutes ago," Rarity said calmly and confidently, "it's you, Twilight."

“Rarity’s right, you got this,” Spike said with a wink.

"I'll try." Twilight Sparkle said in concern as she looked through the holed book, "But I'm not sure how long it'll take."

It was then a cold wind blew inside the library from one of the holes the baby's magic blasts had caused. They could also see that dark clouds were coming in.

"Is in the next five minutes an option?" Pinkie asked nervously.

“Not if she’s got light speed.” Midnight said with a brow.

"I'll help if I can," Cadance said as she placed the baby on her back and then turned to her husband, "but we should evacuate the city just in case! You need to lead everypony to the train station before the tracks freeze over.”

“My fire can help defrost the tracks but we gotta move, fast!” Blaze told them.

"We will," Shining Armor said and then looked at his wife, "but between you and Twilight, I'm sure you'll remember the spell.”

“I’ll stay and see if I can help her.” Midnight said as he turn to Twilight. “I’m an expert at magic too, so I’ll be more help here than out there.” He added as Twilight gave him a warm smile.

Shining Armor then led the others out of the castle. Back inside, Twilight grabbed a sheet of paper.

"I only help this spell is the one we need," Twilight said worriedly as she began to write.

“We’ll get it.” Midnight assured her. “We will.”

"Is there anything I can do?" Starlight offered.

"I don't think so. I'm just sorry about your lesson." Twilight replied.

"Oh, that doesn't matter now. Sunburst and I don't have anything in common anyway." Starlight assured her it's not her fault. "He's a big important wizard! And I'm re-learning everything I ever thought I knew."

"Sunburst?" Cadance responded as she walked up to her. "I don't recognize the name, but if he's an important wizard, you should bring him here. Maybe he'll know what to do if the spell fails."

"Of course!" Starlight exclaimed as she remembered that and then ran off back to his house.

"You better go with her, Spike." Twilight instructed him who quickly follows after her while watching as Celestia and Luna start to struggle with holding off the storm.

By running very quickly, Starlight and Spike were able to quickly make their way back to Sunburst's house and briefly struggled to shut the door due to the heavy wind.

"Sunburst! Haven't you looked outside?!" Starlight told Sunburst who was currently reading his books.

"Snow?" Sunburst snapped to attention as he looked at his window and saw the dark clouds and heavy winds. "That's... not right. The Crystal Heart—" He said trying to make sense of it.

"Is gone! The baby – Shining Armor and Cadance's baby – it's an Alicorn!" Starlight quickly explained to her confused companion from the past.

"Really?" Sunburst asked as his glasses slide down slightly.

"Really!" Starlight confirmed. "And her magic is a little berserk, and well, I guess she destroyed the Heart! Kai and the Quinkan are on their way as well to get the baby! But Twilight thinks she can fix it and Princess Cadance thought you could help!" She rapidly explained the situation to him who widened his eyes at the mention they could use his help.

"Me?" Sunburst asked in surprise.

"Of course!" Starlight responded as she backs up into his bookshelf accidentally. "You're an important wizard in the Crystal Empire! It just makes sense!"

"Right... right... right right right." Sunburst awkwardly trailed away as he put away his books. "You know, I'd like to help, I-I really would. I-I just have so much, um, important wizard work to do around here." Sunburst declined as he randomly sort out multiple books on his bookshelf clearly trying to avoid something.

"Huh?!" Starlight and Spike reacted in astonishment.

Back outside, Fluttershy, Rainbow, Applejack, Storm, Rocky, Arbro and Flash were still failing to get the Crystal Ponies to move..and failing miserably.

"You can't stay here!" Applejack protested.

"Did I mention this was a Royal Crystalling?" Mustafa Combe replied, "When the Crystaller holds the one aloft, all of the Empire will share our joy and light, and the Crystal Heart will beat stronger than ever has before!"

"It really is a moving ceremony!”Scouts Honor replied, getting teary eyed.

"I really don't think it's going to happen," Fluttershy said with a frown.

“Fluttershy!" Rainbow, Storm, and Applejack retorted. The yellow Pegasus just smiled bashfully as her cheeks turned dark pink.

“Seriously! Have ya’ll not seen the Weather!” Rocky exclaimed while pointing to the air.

"Uh, this is the Crystal Empire," Tough Nut said as a matter of fact, "We've seen snow before."

"Not like this!" said Shining Armor as he and his group appeared in the background."We don't have time to argue! Princess Cadance has decided to evacuate the city!" The crowd gasped.

"But the Crysalling...!" Mustafa Combe tried to protest.

"I don't know if we'll ever have another Crystalling again!" Shining Armor replied, "The Crystal Heart...is shattered!" He said seriously.

The crowd gasped again, "It's not safe here!" Tough Nut said in a panic.

"That's what we've been tryin' to tell you!" Applejack remarked with a groan as Rainbow glared in the background. Nothing more was said before Shining Armor led the nine ponies and the rest of the crowd away from the castle.

Back inside Sunburst's home Starlight is now clearly taken aback and annoyed that Sunburst is refusing to help others in a time of need.

"Sunburst, I know you're busy, but did you hear what I said?" Starlight told the unicorn more urgently.

"Oh, I heard you, but-but like I said, when you're an important wizard, the work just piles up." Sunburst simply replied not even looking at her.

"Sunburst!" Starlight shouted to get him to pay attention to her who sighs as he took off his glasses briefly to clean the lenses a little before putting them back on.

"Look, Starlight, I want to help. I do. But I can't. I wish I could." He responded with regret in his voice.

"What do you mean?!" Starlight asked as she placed a hoof on his shoulder.

"Fixing an ancient relic? I-I can't even come close to doing something like that!" He truthfully admits his abilities limit himself too.

"But I thought you were an important wizard!" Starlight brought up.

"Well, you were wrong, okay?! I'm not an important wizard! I'm not even a wizard at all!" Sunburst tearfully confessed as he ran off much to Starlight and Spike's shock before catching up with him in another room.

"I know it's hard for you to understand, but not all of us end up achieving greatness." Sunburst ashamedly tells Starlight as he looks away.

"What? Why wouldn't I understand that?" Starlight asked as she approached him.

"Really? You're the protégé of the Princess and Prince of Friendship! I don't think they pick just anypony for that!" Sunburst brought up saying that she's lucky to be under the tutelage of a princess and prince.

"Technically, she's more of a student than a protégé," Spike pointed out as he appeared from below the table.

Starlight glared at Spike, making him hide under the table in fear.

"Whatever. I'm sorry I'm not the big important wizard you were expecting." Sunburst grimly apologized.

"Sunburst, I don't care if you're a wizard or not. I'm just surprised. You always knew so much about magic. I mean, look at all these books!" Starlight tried to assure him it's no big deal and brought up the various books inside his house.

"Yeah, well, reading about magic is one thing, but you don't know what it was like at magic school! To know so much and not be able to do any of it!" Sunburst lamented as he bitterly looked away in disappointment with himself as he slams a hoof on the table.

Starlight looked at her old friend in shock before she looked away while clenching her eyes and glaring at Sunburst, "Well, you don't know what it was like to be left behind!" Starlight retorted. "And then getting so bitter that you steal the cutie marks from an entire village and then get defeated by Twilight and her friends, so you travel through time to get back at them, but they beat you again. And need I remind you that I found my long lost brother, that I thought died along with my mother who was a filly. And teach you about friendship, but you're so terrified ponies will find out what you did that you can't make any friends!" she screamed out as tears were pouring out of her eyes as she tried to wipe them away and bit her lip.

Sunburst was just staring at Starlight with his jaw hanging out and his glasses slid down his face. "Did you really travel through time?" Sunburst said after a bit of silence silence.

Spike reappeared beside Starlight. "See? I told you he'd be impressed," Spike remarked smugly while Starlight blushed in embarrassment.

Sunburst got out of their chairs. "I'm sorry we lost touch," He said, "Maybe if I had reached out, you could have helped me out in magic school, and I could've helped you to..."

"...not become totally evil?" Starlight said bashfully as Sunburst smiled back. Starlight sighed, "Let's just say I know what it's like to have something you're not exactly proud of."

"Starlight, when you showed up thinking I was some big wizard...I'm sorry," Sunburst said, "I should've told you the truth."

"It's fine," Starlight assured, "At least we worked it all out. I think Twilight and Midnight would be proud of us." She said with a smile.

"Well, if you ever want to tell them about it, we should probably leave now!" Spike remarked as he pointed to a window outside.

Starlight gasped in realization."I forgot to tell you!" Starlight said to Sunburst, "They're evacuating the city!"

She began to push the orange stallion forward as Spike nervously followed behind the mare.
"You need to get to the train station," Starlight instructed, "unless you've got a spell here that will drive back the Frozen North and fix the Crystal Heart so the baby can have her Crystalling?" Something then clicked into Sunburst's mind.

"The Crystalling...!" said Sunburst before he rushed back to his books, "Of course!" He quickly grabbed five books at once with his magic and started to search through the pages.

Starlight then smiled, seeing her old friend had a plan.

Back outside, the situation was growing worse by the minute. Celestia and Luna were starting to get coated in ice as they continued to try and fight the stormy weather.

"Push them back, my sister!" Celestia instructed her sister to up their power more as they find themselves covered by dark clouds seeing that this is now a losing battle as the many ponies are making their way to the train station.

"This way!" Shining Armor shouted as he led the charge to the train station.

Suddenly one crystal pony slipped on the ice and crashed into a bank of snow. Fluttershy helped the crystal pony to her hooves and they went to catch up with the group. Storm and Rainbow flew around to take out the clouds, but they were getting ice and snow in their wings, forcing them to go to ground level as they ran with the others.

Blaze was by Sunset as he used his powers to heat up the temperature around them, which he strained a bit as he try to fight the cold. “Blaze, save your strength! You can’t beat a cold storm!” Sunset cried out.

"Just a little bit further, y'all!" Applejack said, "The station's just ahead!"

It was then the group saw Sunburst, with saddlebags on his back, along with Starlight and Spike.

The group stopped moving just as Celestia and Luna had arrived to join the charging crowd.

"We have to go back!" Starlight shouted.

"I know how to stop this!" Sunburst told the crowd. Luna looked rather uncertain as she glanced at Celestia, who had a knowing look on her face and smiled.

Back at the area where the shattered remains of the Crystal Heart were, Cadance was just pacing back and forth as Twilight continued to write. Midnight decided to look after the baby as he held her close as she gave him a curious look, “Don’t worry kid. You’re Auntie’s got this,” Midnight assured as he looked to Twilight.

"Uh, I think that's everything?" Twilight said, her tone not even that confident as Cadance walked up and looked the spell over.

"It looks right to me," Cadance said, looking at the spell, "but...there's only one way to find out!"

Twilight then fired her magic at the shards. The shards then floated into the air, making a heart shape. Cadance then fired her magic at the floating shards to rebuild the Crystal Heart back together and it was restored. But two seconds later, the Crystal Heart then fell apart again, the shattered piece tinkling on the floor.

"The spell failed," Twilight said hopelessly.

“But why?” Midnight wondered.

"An old student of mine believes he has the solution," said Celestia as she, Luna, Sunburst, Spike, Shining Armor, and the others came in to them.

Sunburst walked up and examined the shattered remains of the Crystal Heart.

"The baby did this?!" Sunburst remarked, still having a hard time trying to believe it.

“Yeah, go figure.” Midnight shrugged.

"I tried putting it back together with—" Twilight explained as she held up the book with her magic only for Sunburst to pull it with his magic and toss the book aside as he interrupted her.

"The spell of Relic Reconstitution. No, that won't do it." He said as he pulled out a book from his saddlebag. "The Crystal Heart's been around for millennia. Restoring a relic like this is way beyond one spell." He explained as he flipped through the pages to show Twilight the specific page he stopped at. "You need to combine it with something else. Something unique to the relic itself. Something that strengthens it and provides it with power...?" He told the alicorn as he grabs the book with her magic as she reads it and then gets an idea.

"The Crystalling!" Twilight exclaimed what they needed to do to stop the blizzard.

"Combining that spell with the light and love of everypony," said Sunburst as he gave Starlight a book, "together with Somnambula's Weather Abjuration to clear away the snow..." He then handed a scroll to Cadance and Shining Armor, whom the former was now holding the baby, "and a little Fledgling's Forbearance for the parents. That should curb the little one's power fluctuations." He gave the baby a little tickle as the baby giggled happily in reply.

“Okay, I can see why Starlight calls you a big Important Wizard.” Midnight said, feeling impressed by Sunburst’s knowledge.

"Oh, I'm not a wizard," said Sunburst plainly. Everypony except for Celestia, Starlight, Spike, and Rainbow gasped.

"What?" Rainbow exclaimed as Starlight and Spike winced and looked at each other.”

“You’re not a what?!” Sunset exclaimed with a look. “But you went to the same school as me and Twilight!”

“Maybe he’s not a wizard but he studied magic his whole life!" Starlight said, "You should see his house! And since nopony else has any better ideas, what do we have to lose?!”

“She does have a valid point.” Hydro said with a shrug.

Shining Armor and Cadance exchanged looks and then gave each other a nod. Shining Armor then held the baby with his magic and walked up to Sunburst.

"I had planned on asking Twilight to be our Crystaller,"Shining Armor said, "But since it seems like she'll be busy..." He then handed the baby to Sunburst.

"I'd be honored!" said Sunburst as the baby giggled happily as the baby played with Sunburst’s glasses.

Suddenly the Blizzard got stronger, “Um, ponies! We might wanna hurry!” Midnight stated.

"Well, what are we waiting for?!" Twilight called out. Everypony minus Starlight, Midnight, Twilight, Luna, and Celestia rushed out of the curtain.

Twilight then fired her magic to bring the shards back together into a heart. But she was already straining as she struggled to keep it together. Midnight, Celestia and Luna then fired their own magic blasts to help Twilight, but even with four alicorns, they were all struggling to keep the shards together.

Starlight then added her own magic into the mix but even with her it was just barely able to keep the heart together

Outside, Sunburst went to start the Crystalling. The baby just laughed as Cadance and Shining Armor kissed her cheeks and then tapped their horns against the baby's. The baby's body then glowed brightly as she hovered into the air. Rarity then held the case of purity shards and Sunburst grabbed one.

"Citizens!" Sunburst announced proudly, "May I present the newest member of the Crystal Empire!" The baby then opened her wings and glowed brighter than ever. The crowd began to cheer.

"She's beautiful," Mustafa Combe said.

"Oh! It's just so moving!" Scouts Honor saidas he got teary eyed at the sight.

The crystal ponies began to bow down, making the ground beneath them to start glowing. Sunburst then tapped the purity shard against the ground, absorbing all the love and hope into it. He then rushed inside of the curtain.

Then Sunburst jumped into the air and went to jam the purity shard into the air. As the shard was directly above the Crystal Heart, a bright light flashed in the room giving every pony crystallized coats of fur and manes.

Twilight, Midnight, Starlight, and Sunburst found their manes all fancied up in a formal and fancy styles and then the rest of the ponies standing at the stage as the burst put an end to the never-ending winter storm as everypony cheered that the day had been saved again.

“Whoa,” Midnight said in surprise while looking at himself.

“The Crystal Empire has the power to give other Ponies crystal appearances,” Twilight explained as she smiled with a blush, “You’re looking pretty sharp,”

“Heh, you look pretty, lovely yourself,” Midnight said with a grin, which made Twilight giggled at the compliment.

The crowds and the rest of the heroes cheered. The baby then floated down to her parents, who both nuzzled her lovingly.

"Best Crystalling ever!" Tough Nut said as the surrounding ponies nodded in agreement as the heroes return back stage while Starlight and Sunburst watched.

"For a pony who isn't great at magic," Starlight said to Sunburst, "you did pretty well." She added with a smile.

"Indeed,"Celestia said as she walked up to the two ponies, "I'm glad you've found a way to share your unique gift, Sunburst. You may be more of a wizard than you think." Sunburst and Starlight just smiled at each other.

Later, everyone gathered at the Train station, to leave, “And to think all this madness happened because of this peaceful little angel,” Velvet cooed, tickling the baby.

“She is a troublesome and cute filly.” Night Shine said with a smile.

"Awww, so sweet! Come meet your grandmare!" Velvet cooed as the baby just giggled happily.

"Yeah, peaceful now, anyway," Applejack said discreetly to everypony minus Starlight.

“You can say that again.” Rocky added.

"I suppose that spell really did the trick!" Twilight said with a smile when suddenly, the baby started to inhale as if she was gonna sneeze again.

“Nonononono! Not again!” Midnight said in panic.

“Hit the deck!” Volt cried out as he and the others screamed as they duck for cover.

The baby just gave a normal sneeze. No massive magic blasts whatsoever. The heroes came out of hiding and sighed in relief .

Shining Armor and Cadance flinched but were relieved to see there was no more overpowered magic. “We have Sunburst to thank for that." Shining said to them with a smile.

"I hope he takes his role as Crystaller seriously," Cadance said, "Something tells me the baby will need a pony like him to look for magical advice."

“Cadance dear, aren’t we going to name the poor little dear or we going to spend the rest of her life calling her ‘the baby’?” Velvet asked, magically levitating her granddaughter to her.

“Come to think of it, you never did tell us what her name is.” Blaze realized.

Cadance and Shining Armor smiled at each other. "We were thinking..."Flurry Heart"," Cadance answered.

"You know, to remember the occasion," said Shining Armor as he looked at the heroes.

“Why, a wonderful name.” Hydro said with a smile.

“And I don’t think anyopony is gonna forget today for a long time,” Sunset said with a grin.

“I think it's lovely," said Twilight as she kissed Flurry Heart, making the baby giggle happily.

The two families joined their family and friends on the train. Starlight Glimmer and Sunburst had one last time for chat and moment before they departed.

"Well, I think you're the Crystal Empire's big important wizard," Starlight Glimmer commented, "whether you like it or not."

Sunburst blushed, "I don't know if I'll have time for any wizarding. I'm a crystaller now. That's a big responsibility."

"I can't think of anypony more qualified. Just... promise you'll stay in touch?

"Hm, like I'd ever lose touch with my oldest friend."

Both Starlight Glimmer and Sunburst gave each other a passionate hug before they departed. Twilight Sparkle saw everything from the train's window, and she even gave disappointed and guilty looks. Spike and Midnight notice it.

"What's wrong, Twilight?" Spike asked.

"What's on your mind, Twi?” Midnight asked next.

"I don't know," Twilight Sparkle said in concern, "I think I have a lot to learn about being a teacher."

“What are you talking about?” Spike asked. “Your lesson went perfectly. Starlight and Sunburst got over their past and rekindle their friendship.” He said with a smile.

"No thanks to me," Twilight said, "I know a lot happened. I just wish I could've given my pupil the attention she deserves."

It was then Starlight entered the train coach. Starlight took a seat across from Fluttershy and Arbor.

"Well, I know she needed to be put on the right path," Spike admitted calmly as he smiled, "But giving her the space to make her own decisions worked pretty well. Isn't that how Celestia taught you?”

"You know, I never thought about it!" Twilight said with a smile, "But I guess it is!"

"Maybe you're a better teacher than you thought," Spike said with a smile. “And not the only one.”

Twilight turned to Midnight who gave her a wink and pulled her into a wing hug which she returned before they looked back and exchanged a smile with Starlight. It was then the train pulled away from the station so the heroes could finally head for home. Though as they rode away, a black figure was seen flying towards the Empire.

“Ngh… I hate to be doing this. But… Ugh… Maybe the love that is protecting the empire should be enough to sustain me.” The Changeling said with a painful look as green silvia was dripping from his fanged maw while he hissed out with a serpentine-like tongue as he landed outside the borders. “Keep it together, Thorax. Maybe it will work. Just try and disguise yourself so the ponies don’t freak.” He said as he then suddenly changed into a crystal stallion as he then quickly entered the kingdom, blending in with the crowd as he walked among the ponies.

Author's Note

Here it is, the Next Chapter of Age of the Alicorns.

Again sorry for the wait. But it's here now.

As you can see, I decided to add Night Light and Velvet earlier on in this chapter, so that they could meet Midnight. Also, did any of you noticed that Celestia's notion on the birth of an Alicorn was different? this idea will be explored further down the line.

Also, a bit of Starburst shipping in this and Midnight pretty much dialing back on Twilight overly preparedness for his little sister.

Next Time, we take this story into an Original Chapter featuring our Favorite Trio of Troublemakers, though I will let you know ahead of time, in this version they have not yet achieved their destiny as I wish to do some of my favorite episodes from Season 5 in this Story, and...When they do achieve it, they won't be the only ones.

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