Heavenly Crusaders

A few weeks pass as he continues to put the final touches to his building plans when he starts to make a list of tools he needs along with materials. Fortunately, there are plenty of tools in the sanctuary that he can utilize, saying, "At least I know where to get the tools I need."

It takes a few more days until he is ready to start looking for where to find the stone he needs and turns to Applejack, asking, "Applejack, do you mind if I take off to go get some tools I need for building my new home?"

Shaking her head, Applejack says, "Not at all pardner, ya helped us mightily with getting the harvest in. Cider season is a few months away yet, will ya be needing to borrow our big wagon or the smaller wagon?"

Thinking it over, he then says, "Hmm...if you don't mind, I would like to borrow the smaller one. The smaller wagon might have enough room for everything I need to bring over from Canterlot."

Nodding her head, she says, "Not at all pardner, we consider ya as one of the family. Ya can find the smaller wagon out behind the barn, though the padded harness is on the wall beside the big doors."

Smiling at her, True says, "Thanks a lot for offering up your guest room, Applejack, it really means a lot to me."

Smiling as a light blush colors her cheeks, she says, "Don't think nuttin' of it pardner, ya help us out, we'll help ya out."

He then makes his way towards the barn to get the harness and moves it over his head, settling it against his shoulders as he heads around to hook himself up to the wagon. When he reaches the back of the barn, he looks inside to make sure nothing else is inside before laying his saddlebags over the top board at the front, then starts backing up between the poles and hooks himself up to it using his magic. Stepping forward, he makes his way around the barn and trots along the road to their home, calling out, "Thanks again, I'll try to be back by tonight or tomorrow!"

Applejack trots out of the house with a large basket, saying, "Hang on for a moment pardner, we can't let ya go on a trip without food. Take this basket along with ya for whenever ya need to stop and eat something."

Stopping the wagon, he looks back to see Applejack set her front hooves on a step and put the basket at the front, saying with a smile, "Thanks again for being so thoughtful, I'll be back before you realize I'm gone."

Stepping forth, she puts a foreleg over his neck and hugs him, saying, "Ya be careful out there, ya hear me pardner?"

Nodding his head, he hugs her back and says, "I always am."

Letting him be on his way, she pulls away and watches him trot on down the road until he is out of view, then turns and heads off to the next orchard to keep harvesting apples.

True Heart spends most of the day trotting towards Canterlot, stopping to eat dinner before continuing on, absently wondering if there is another entrance to the stronghold as he makes his way to the path up the mountain late in the day. By the time he gets to the main thoroughfare, the sun is setting as he decides to head to his grandfather's to ask about other entrances to the stronghold.

Hearing a knocking at his door, Thunder Magic gets out of his chair and opens the door to his humble abode, seeing True Heart outside his home with a small wagon on his lawn, saying, "Ah it is good to see you, come on inside lad."

Heading inside, he says, "Likewise, grandfather, how are things at the castle?"

Shaking his head, he sighs and says, "The princess hides it well, but she is in a tizzy at having lost track of you at Saddlem."

Cocking his head in confusion, he asks, "You both know about that?"

Thunder Magic chuckles and says, "Lad, all of the big cities have heard some version of the Sandstone Witches being defeated, though only I and the princess herself know that it was you. She, however saw a bright light shoot up into the night sky and raced to her telescope to see what it was, and saw you standing before them while casting an immensely strong spell. Every one who was awake that night saw the bright golden pillar, including me. Did you know that travelers report that the fountain that was once the town's center has been made larger and now sports a large statue depicting a mysterious unicorn stallion with large hooves facing down three small mares cowering in fear?"

Shaking his head, True Heart sighs and says, "After all I went through to remain anonymous..." He then turns to his grandfather, saying, "I turned away all rewards and gifts, along with giving no comments about who I was and asking them not to describe me to anyone..." He then huffs and asks, "Has anyone figured out that I was responsible for that?"

Chuckling, he says, "Not to worry lad, the villagers and Princess Celestia are being rather tight-lipped about anything regarding who it was that tricked the witches and defeated them, though I did hear a curious rumor about how four glimmering, white orbs rose into the sky. What was that all about?"

Letting out another sigh, he says, "Well I went to the ruined Castle of Two Sisters to see if it was really haunted and did what I could to set them free."

Thunder Magic nods his head and says, "Good on you, lad, now what brings you to Canterlot?"

He then tells his grandfather what he has been up to lately, mentioning that he has plans on putting down roots in Ponyville, saying, "I finished the designs a couple days ago and made a list of things I need to find and acquire, the vast majority of the tools I need are in the stronghold. Would it be possible to take a wagon down the steps by the statue?"

Shaking his head, he says, "Yes it is, but Princess Celestia is trying her best to find you, she has even told the castle guards to bring you to her the moment they spot you, it is too risky to go that way now."

Hanging his head in slight defeat, he asks, "Well then, is there another way in?"

Thinking it over for a moment, he nods and says, "There is, lad, but let me go grab something." Making his way to a bookshelf, he pulls on a book titled, 'The Passage of Time' and causes the whole shelf to pull back and slide into the wall.

Watching his grandfather curiously as he pulls out a thick scroll, he asks, "What is that grandfather?"

Putting the scroll down on the coffee table, he sets things off to the side, saying, "This is the only map we have that shows every chamber, hall that was ever part of our stronghold, it even shows the passages that lead to it." He unrolls it, saying, "There is only one other passage that leads into the stronghold, and it is at the base of the mountain a short distance from the path that heads up to the gates of Canterlot. I've never personally used it, but the map says that it is there."

Looking the map over, True Heart looks at his grandfather, asking, "Shall we go down there together and find it?"

Rolling the map back up, he grabs his saddlebags, saying, "Of course, lad, I am curious as to how it has held up after so many years."

When his grandfather tucks the map into his saddlebags, he heads outside and hooks himself up to the wagon and waits for his grandfather to join him, asking, "Would you care for a lift to the bottom to save yourself from all the walking we're going to have to do?"

Considering his thoughtfulness, he nods and says, "Thank you very much for offering, lad, time is slowly catching up to this old pony." Making his way to the back of the wagon, he opens the back gate and climbs up onto the bed then closes the gate behind him and puts the pins back in place. Turning around, he heads to the front and makes himself comfortable on the floor, saying, "Alright lad, down the mountain we go."

Pulling back out of his grandfather's yard, he returns to the street, saying, "If you're hungry, you can help yourself to what's left of the Apple Crumble that is in the basket."

Enticed by the offer, he opens the basket up to find a tin containing a couple slices of Apple Crumble and smells it eagerly, saying, "I love the apples that come from Sweet Apple Acres, one can really feel the love they put into their orchards. It is nice to be able to sample one of their dishes." Lifting a slice out of the tin and taking a bite, he closes his eyes blissfully as he happily chews the tasty treat, swallowing and saying, "Wow, you are a lucky stallion for getting to stay at a place with a mare that can cook this good, you would be an even luckier stallion if you tied the knot with one this talented."

As he heads back out of the gates, he turns to go down the path, saying, "I don't know if Applejack cooked that or if Granny Smith did, but I will make sure they both get your praise."

Making his way down the path now free of travelers due to it being night, he picks up the pace and trots down the path while using his horn to light the way and clear obstacles from his view.

Watching from inside the wagon, Thunder Magic watches his grandson trot a bit faster down the path, saying, "Make sure to be mindful with each step you take, for marble causes a pony to have to walk or trot slowly or risk sliding around."

Smiling as he keeps clearing the way forward, he says, "One thing I am confident in, grandpa, is how well my teachers taught me." He then goes into a gallop as he goes around a gentle curve.

Reaching the ground without incident, he gradually slows down to a trot in order to make a turn, saying, "Alright, grandpa, which way is it supposed to be, left or right?"

Pulling the map out after finishing the last piece of Apple Crumble, he lights his horn and looks at the map for a few moments, saying, "Turn right and follow the edge of the mountain's base until we reach a flat spot on the mountain, doesn't say anything else besides finding for that which we guard."

Turning right and following the mountain's base as closely as he can, he keeps his horn illuminated and looks for a flat spot. Once he has been following it for a few miles, he sees a slight cut into the mountain and heads toward it to see a pair of statues carved to look like alicorns on either side of a fairly large flat spot. Seeing some debris littering the ground, he clears it away and says, "I think this might be it, grandpa. Is there any clue as to how to find the door or even open it?"

After looking at the scribbled words barely legible, he smiles and chuckles, saying, "Yep, I found a translation here." Rolling the map up and returning it to his saddlebags, he gets back up and turns around. Facing the back gate, he opens it and climbs back down cautiously, closing the gate back up and returning the pins to their spot before making his way to the space, then says, "Pro gloria luminis, pugnamus ut pacem servemus."

As True Heart watches the wall for movement, he hears a slow rumble as he sees lines appearing along the top and bottom. The two doors are then connected by a vertical line between two stone doors as they swing inward, large and wide enough for Applejack's large wagon to pass through and have room to spare. Turning to his grandfather, he says, "You will have to tell me that phrase before I go back to Ponyville, let's continue on and see how this old passage held up to time."

Making their way into the passage ahead, the elderly pony tries one of the torches fastened to the wall and it is the other that causes the doors to close. Continuing through the passage, they find it in remarkably good condition and only have to move a few rocks out of the way to continue ahead.

It takes a fair amount of walking and moving debris out of the way, but they do reach the end of the long tunnel and discover that another sconce on the wall opens the doors before them. Once they enter the room, they are both surprised to find a few wagons of various sizes are left inside.

As True approaches the wagons, gems around the room come to life and illuminate the space. Looking closer at the wagons, he sees that their wheels have slightly ornate spokes. Noticing that they have a red cross with flared ends running across the entire wheel with white between the inside corners of the cross and stopping at the flared edges of it, having two spokes on opposite sides painted silver and two more running perpendicular to it painted gold, he turns to his uncle and says, "Each of these wagons is marked with the crosses some of our shields bore."

Seeing the wagons marked that way makes Thunder Magic smile and nod, saying, "Yes lad, I believe that is how the ponies recognized our order in the old days, you should take one of these with you when you go back to Ponyville to build your home. Now you go gather the tools you need so you can be on your way, I will continue exploring rooms long forgotten and start cleaning them up as you find what all you need. I will be sure to help the others cleanup these newly rediscovered rooms when I have time."

When Thunder Magic pulls another sconce that opens a door into the side of a wide corridor, he chuckles and says, "I never thought that they would put a door there of all places, this must have been where they loaded and unloaded supplies and such."

True pulls his wagon past the doors and into the corridor, then parks it along one side to unhook himself from it. Once he unhooks, he makes his way to the crafting room to grab the first few things he needs. Making several trips back and forth to the wagon and the tool shelves, he eventually grabs all of what he needs there and recalls that he wanted to bless the place, saying softly, "Dear, are you able to step onto consecrated ground or be inside a holy place?"

Smiling at hearing that, Lillith says from her sanctuary, "Of course I can dear, you don't have to worry about me bursting into flames and burning to death while sleeping next to you in our holy home. Besides, If I felt anything at all, it would only be a pleasurable tingle to me just like holy water is, I'm your twisted and kinky little demon wife, you know."

Nodding at that, he feels relieved and then heads to where the holy blessing books are kept and grabs several of them that he will need for when he builds his home, then carries them over to his saddlebags and stores them inside. Going back over his list, he notices he forgot to grab a few and heads back to grab them, adding them to the growing stockpile inside his wagon before checking over his list again. Once he sees that he has it all, he wanders around to find his grandfather, finding him standing inside a small storage room, and asks him, "What did you find in here, grandpa?"

Thunder Magic looks around and smiles, saying, "Take a look around and see for yourself, lad."

True Heart enters the room and looks around to see a room full of collars that go around a pony's neck and other equipment, each of them bearing fine silver detailing along with a symbol in clear view. In plain sight lies the small, white debossed shield on the upper sides of the collars having a white background with a red cross having flared ends on each end inside it as the main focus of the image . Not all of them are collars, however, some of them are full harnesses like they had back in the time he fought alongside his brothers. Nostalgia hits him as he walks up to one of the harnesses and runs his hoof over it with a slight smile on his face, turning to his grandfather and asking, "Think you could help size me up for one of these harnesses, grandfather?"

Grinning as he makes his way towards one of the stands, he says, "Would a cardinal take a dump in the woods?" Looking over the harnesses, he says, "Since you're still growing, you are going to need to change sizes once it becomes too small. The same thing goes for the collars as well, so we might as well get you two of each so you are prepared. There are also strings of bells that can be clipped onto the harness and collar, would you want some of them too for Hearth's Warming?"

Nodding his head with a smile, he says, "Would there happen to be any hoofshoes?"

Shaking his head, he says, "Unfortunately, there aren't because each member is buried with theirs and the new members have to forge their own when their 18, along with making their own armor, weapon of choice, shield, and of course, cloak. As you grow bigger, you will have to remelt your shoes down to resize them if they become too small, the same goes for adding to your armor as well as your cloak if you make it while young. Since you are almost at the age, let me get you a few books about what you will need to know for all that."

Once he has two collars and harnesses, he carefully adds them to his pile so that they don't get tangled. Placing the books into his saddlebags, he heads back to where he got the collars and harnesses and grabs a couple freestanding empty harness stands and lays them into the small wagon, which is now starting to become overfull. Chuckling as he sees the wagon, he looks down to see that there is a place to tow another wagon behind it and heads to where the other wagons are and asks his grandfather, "I wonder which one I should take along."

Thunder Magic looks around and says, "Remember that you are still growing, so grab one that isn't too hard after you find out how much you are going to have to work to pull the fully loaded wagon in the corridor."

Nodding his head, True Heart says, "Right, that is a really good idea." then makes his way to the wagon parked in the corridor and hooks himself up to it. Once he is hooked up, he tries to take a step forward, but to no avail as the wagon doesn't budge. Continuing to add strength until the wheels finally roll forward, he ends up using a little more than half his strength to make it turn.

When he returns to the other room where the wagons are stored, it takes just as much effort to stop the wagon. Using some long blocks to help keep the wagon from rolling forward, he places them in front of the back wheels before unhooking himself. Letting out a sigh, he says, "If it was that tricky to slow and come to a stop, I might need your help getting down the curving downward path, grandfather."

With a chuckle, he looks at his grandson and picks out a wagon a fair bit larger than the one he brought, saying, "Not a problem, grandson, not a problem." Making his way over to the wagon, he looks around it to see that there are a bunch of tongues hanging on the wall and finds a couple different ones, and asks, "Do you have a style preference for the pole styles?"

Nodding his head, he says, "Double bends if you can find one."

Seeing one just off to his left, Thunder Magic grabs it and takes it off the wall, then sets it into the wagon he picked and grabs a hitch to tow the wagon behind another. Taking it off the wall, he carries it to the front of the wagon before pulling out the pins and sliding the back of the hitch into place, then slides the pins back into place and secures them. With that part done, he removes the hitch pin and sets it behind the other wagon's rear hitch, using his magic to lift the other wagons towing hitch up and guide it ahead. Turning the wagon, he maneuvers it into place behind the other and grabs the hitch pin with his mouth and drops it into place before putting the keeper back on it. Knowing that he will need spare wheels, he heads over to the other side and compares sizes a bit before putting two front ones and two back ones in the back. Heading over to the wagon, he checks the front box for tools and nods at seeing what is needed, saying, "Alright, there are tools for changing a broken wheel along with a flat tarp and a tarp for others to keep out of the weather inside. There are rods tied to the sides for putting the other cover on if needed, I even put in a change of two front and back wheels."

With a nod, he hooks himself up to the smaller, front wagon, saying, "Alright, let's take our leave then." and starts towards the doors out, pulling lightly on one of the sconces until one of them clicks and makes the doors open up with a groan.

Following his grandson down, he occasionally has to provide some stopping power with his magic after True Heart is trying to keep the corridor ahead illuminated. Making it down after a couple of hours, he watches as the doors open when True pulls the correct sconce.

Letting out a relieved sigh, he lets the weight push him forward and trots out of the corridor. Making a left turn, he keeps trotting until he returns to the road and stops. Looking over to see his grandfather beside him, he smiles and says, "Thank you for everything, grandpa. Will you be okay to get back on your own?"

Thunder Magic nods, saying, "Of course I will, a bit of walking up a gradual incline like this is good exercise, now you best head back to Ponyville. I'm sure your friends will be glad to have you back."

Nodding his head, he smiles and starts heading back, saying, "Once I finish building my home, I will buy you a ticket to Ponyville so you can see it for yourself."

With a smile, he watches his grandson head down the road at a walk, saying, "I sure hope it doesn't disappoint, lad!" then chuckles and makes his way up the winding path to Canterlot.

Having been letting himself catch his breath while walking for a good half-hour, he slowly works himself into a trot, then to a canter while using his horn to light the way. When he gets tired, he slows down to a walk for a break. Deciding to keep walking as he isn't in a big hurry to get back, especially since everyone will still be sleeping if he canters some of the way there.

It is mid-morning when Applejack hears a creaking and rumbling noise coming up the driveway, making her set down her barrel of apples to see who it is. Once she sees that it is True, her smile widens and trots toward him as she spots him pulling a second wagon behind it. Noticing that it is larger than the one he's pulling, she whistles and says, "Hoo-ee ya have a mighty load there giving that small wagon a workout, do ya need a hand in unloading?"

Trotting his way to the barn, he stops a short ways to the side, saying with a tired breath, "If ya wouldn't mind, hills are a real bear with a load like this heh. Have room for a spare set of wheels and a towing hitch until I can find a place for them?"

Chuckling and nodding her head, she says, "Oh I'm sure they are, pardner. We definitely do have room, where did ya find the bigger wagon yer towing?"

Unhooking from the borrowed wagon, he moves to the back and removes the keeper from the hitch pin, saying, "I got this from my family's private storage. Pulling the hitch pin out, he slides the hitch off just far enough to return the pin and keeper before heading to the back of the towing hitch. Pulling the pins holding it in place, he uses his magic to lift the hitch up and guide it out from between the two wagons. Setting it aside to put away later, he heads to the side and lifts one of the wheels out and sets it aside, saying, "Here's one of the wheels, think you could handle it?"

Stepping against the backside of the wheel, she begins guiding it to the barn, saying, "This is easier than coring an apple!" Setting it against the front corner opposite of where the harness and collars are kept, she returns for another, saying, "Alright, hand me the other back wheel pardner so that they're in the same spot."

It takes no time at all to get all four wheels out of the wagon as True Heart helps Applejack move the towing hitch into the same corner as the wheels when Applebloom and Big Mac offer to help unpack as True Heart says, "Alright, let's get this into the other wagon after I set the other poles out so I can hook them up when this one's empty."

After setting the other hitch out, he takes a little time to set the harness stands out to place the two harnesses on them along with the collars. Opening the back gate of his wagon, he watches as Applebloom hops up into the back with no problem, saying, "Glad you had no problems getting into the back, Ab."

As they help take things out of the back and set them into the larger wagon, Applejack notices that each of the four wagon wheels have the same pattern of silver spokes perpendicular to gold spokes with red lines between each gold and silver spoke pairing. The + has flared edges painted on the whole wheel, including the center, which is surrounded by white between the red + and the red flared ends of the symbol, asking, "Hey, what is with the painted pattern on each of the wheels, is that some sort of icon or something?"

Chuckling, he nods and levitates another item over to Applebloom, saying, "Yeah, it is a newer version of my family's sign of purpose."

As her baby sister moves things around, Applejack looks the wagon over, saying, "Wow, I can't believe how old this wagon is and still in this good of shape, must have been well loved and cared for."

Nodding as he moves the last thing over to his wagon, he pulls the basket out and hands it to Applejack, saying, "I'm sure it must have, but my grandpa had to use his magic to keep it from pushing me down the twisting corridor and smushing me into the door from how heavy this was. Sorry for putting your wagon through such a troublesome test, Applejack. If it needs any repairs, let me know and I'll cover the cost."

Without missing a beat, Big Mac shakes his head with a smile and says, "NNOPE!"

Smiling and setting the empty basket down, she says, "I'm with my brother on this, ya don't need to worry about it cause we repair our own wagons. Besides, it is due for a little maintenance anyhow. How was the food?"

Hopping out of the wagon, he closes the back gate and returns the pins, then turns to Applejack and says, "Awesome as always, in my grandpa's own words after taking his first bite from that Apple Crumble... Wow, you are a lucky stallion for getting to stay at a place with a mare that can cook this good, you would be an even luckier stallion if you tied the knot with one this talented."

Big Mac nudges his sister's shoulder suggestively while wagging his eyebrows, as if to say, 'Looks like my little sis may yet find a good stallion.'

Catching the shit-eating grin on his face makes her blush deepen as she picks up the basket with her nose and heads back towards the house, saying while waving her tail back and forth dismissively, "Ah'm not sure if ah'm as good as Granny, as she was the one who baked that Apple Crumble."

Wanting to tease her a bit, he calls after her, "OH, in that case, perhaps I could introduce my grandpa to your grandma!"

His smirk widens as he catches his sister stumble and almost fall flat on her face before racing into the house, causing him to chuckle and turns to True Heart, looking him over and saying, "Ya look tired, need me to return the small wagon to its spot?"

Shaking his head, True Heart says, "I can handle it after it tried to push me into a wall so many times, thanks anyway for offering." then makes his way between the poles of the now-empty wagon and hooks himself back up to it, then heads for the barn to drop it off.

By the time he returns the borrowed harness to its place on the wall in the barn and returns to the wagon, he sees that Big Mac and Applebloom have finished putting the other hitch on and smiles, saying, "I could have handled that, but thank you." He then looks at the two stands with the harnesses and collars on them, he grabs the smaller collar with his magic first and looks it over before putting it on and fastening the buckles.

Applebloom looks at the strange shield on the front and sides of the collar, being white with a red cross having flared ends across it, asking curiously, "Is that the older version of your family's sign of purpose?"

Knowing what she is looking at, he nods his head, saying, "It is the original symbol indeed, though it is from over a millennia ago and it has, unfortunately, been lost to the history books." With a smile, he says, "Well, I should get these other harnesses over to Rarity's so they stay out of the rain planned for today and put the tarp on it to keep the tools dry."

Nodding his head, he says, "See ya next week." then turns to his baby sister and says, "C'mon Applebloom."

Backing between the poles, he hooks the chains to the single tree and then uses his left hoof to lift the poles off the ground to attach the straps to them. Looking everything over, he sees nothing wrong and then starts walking forward to feel his wagon creak and start to roll with him, noticing right away that it takes less effort to pull. Turning around in front of the barn, he looks up in the sky to see pegasi start moving clouds into the sky already, saying, "It would be best to hurry as much as I can before it starts raining."

As Rarity pins a piece to another outfit, she hears a knock on the door and calls out, "I'm open darling, come on in!" When the knocking persists, she groans in frustration and gets up with a frown, saying, "UGH some ponies need to stop being so spoiled..." Reaching the door, she opens it with an unimpressed frown that turns upside down when she sees True Heart at her door, pulling a wagon behind him, saying, "I was wondering when you were going to return from your trip to Canterlot, darling. I was wondering why you were knocking, do you need a place to keep your wagon dry?"

Smiling, he says, "If it won't be a bother for the best fashion-conscious mare in Ponyville, though I do have a couple leather harnesses and collars I would like to keep out of the weather. I have stands for them to sit on, so they can be tucked in a corner out of sight."

Nodding her head, she says, "It is no bother at all, I am happy to lend a helping hoof to my friends. Let me have those harness stands first because it should start raining soon."

Unhooking himself from the wagon quickly, he makes his way to the steps and climbs up. Seeing the two stands, he pulls one out and sets it down by the door, along with the other one shortly after. With the stands spaced out a little, he picks up one of the harnesses and lays it over the stand, saying, "I think that is the smaller one, but let me check it against the other one."

She looks at the antique harness with a scrutinizing eye, then glances at the other one he pulls out, saying, "That's the small one dear, the body is shorter."

With a chuckle, he says, "Oh, okay then, I have the other one on the wrong stand." After Rarity moves it to the other stand for him, he sets it on the proper stand and sees the difference. Pulling out the big collar, he sets it on the large harness, saying, "That's it, I'll see you over by your wagon shed."

Taking one harness inside, she sets it in the spacious back room then returns for the other and trots outside to help make room for the larger wagon. When she gets to her shed, she opens the doors and asks, "The wagon is a bit heavy for me to lift alone, would you mind lending me a hoof?"

Nodding and turning his head to grab the wagon with his magic along with Rarity's and lifts it up with her, asking, "You guide it to where you need to, I'll manage the lifting."

Standing in front of her wagon, she moves it as far as she can but sees a box in the way and drops her spell, saying, "Ugh, that box is always in the way..." then returns her magic to the wagon and guides it over even farther, saying, "Go ahead and set it down, dear, I hope that is enough room for your wagon."

Looking at her, True Heart says, "Alright, you will have to use your eye for detail to guide me into position."

It takes thirty minutes to squeeze the larger wagon into the shelter as Rarity sighs, saying, "I'm sorry, but it's too long with the poles, dear."

Nodding his head, he says, "Then it is a good thing that the front is detachable, isn't it."

Her eyes widen as she says in disbelief, "They detach nowadays! I need to upgrade my wagon...I've had it since I started out."

True Heart pulls the pins and then grabs the poles with his magic and takes it off the wagon, returning the pins to the holes on the wagon before lifting the poles up and setting them in back of the wagon, saying, "There, that should give you enough room to close the doors."

Rarity smiles widely as she gets an idea, saying, "IDEA!" then closes the doors and secures them before trotting back into her boutique, calling back, "Come along, I'll need help once I finish drawing the designs up!"

He follows her inside to help her out as he feels the first raindrop hit his coat, closing the door as thunder rumbles in the distance, saying with relief, "Whew, we finished just in time."