So, there we were, scrambling through the library for anything to repair that stupid trinket while Luna and Celestia did their best to hold of the quickly encroaching winter.
Now, they are both hot, one of them more literal than the other, but there was simply no way they would be able to hold of the snowstorm for long, especially as the snowstorm seemed to be have its non-existent mind on making up for lost time.
“Fucking damn it! I’m an author! The Alicorn of fucking Stories! How can I not find a book in a library!?” I exclaimed and threw a book on farming to the side, “To the dungeon with the librarian! What sort of fucked up organizing system is this!?”
Sunset ducked out of the way of the flying book, “Stop that!”
“…Sorry,” I sighed before ducking out of the way as the Baby of Doom flied past, chased by Pinkie Pie, “At least bring her out of here before she burns the place down!”
“I’m trying!” Pinkie yelled in response before scrambling out of view, taking the corner.
“Aaah!”
Crash!
Pop!
The Baby of Doom teleported in and I turned towards her,
“Okay, that’s it you little terror. Naptime.”
Before she could fly away, I tapped my horn against hers and caught her in my magic as she fell asleep, dropping towards the floor.
Letting out a sigh, I pulled her closer, “It’s a wonder how something this cute can be that dangerous,” I commented and rubbed my eyes, “Keep looking, Sunny. I’ll see if I can’t find Cadance and we can put her to bed or something.”
Sunset nodded, “We’ll find a way to fix this.”
“Yeah, hopefully. Or we have to evacuate the Crystal Empire before the tracks freeze over,” I said and looked over at her, “Let’s not have it come to that.”
She nodded in turn, looking determined, “It won’t.”
The Baby of Doom wouldn’t be waking up for quite a while, but I still put a bubble of silence around her as I made my way towards the reading area in search for her mother. Last thing we needed would be for somepony to wake her up right now and wreck the place.
I glanced down at her and sighed, shaking my head, “If you are this bad as a baby, I wouldn’t want to be your parents when you get to being a teenager,” I told her quietly before rounding the corner.
Spotting Cadence and Twilight by the table, flipping through books I walked up to them, “I think you lost this?” I told Cadence and floated her baby over to her, “She’s asleep in a sound barrier. Just… put her to bed or something?”
Cadence looked up from her book before she smiled and took her in her magic, “You caught her.”
“Yep.”
Getting up, Cadence cooed at the little terror, “I’ll go put her to bed as we get everything ready.”
As she left, I looked over at Twilight, “Any luck?”
“No,” she sighed and turned the next page before she gasped, “Yes!... wait, no. No, nothing yet. What if there isn’t anything here!”
I shook my head and pulled the closest book closer and opened it, “No idea. I sure hope not. But if we don’t find it soon, we have to start the evacuation or it’ll be too late.”
Twilights ears flattened against her head before she nodded and kept looking, moving around the table to move back among the shelves.
Okay. Okay.
We can figure this out. Or rather, Twilight should be able to figure this thing out. Alicorn of magic and all that.
“Twilight?” I asked as she returned with another section of books, “Can’t you just… kind of magic it together?”
“Huh?” she asked as she put the books down, “We are looking for a spell for it.”
I shook my head, “No, I mean… alicorn of magic. Shouldn’t you be able to just… tell magic what you want it to do?”
She shook her head and sat back down, “Don’t work like that, I could explain it but it would take more time than we have. In short, that’s what spells do and while I in theory could make one for it, just like any other unicorn, it would likely be months or more likely years of work for something this complex.”
“…Makes sense, thanks,” I sighed and returned to my book. It was about magical artifacts and archeology so at least there was a chance there would be something in this one.
But even so, things just felt very… hopeless.
Turning the page, I froze as a horrible idea hit me. The Crystal Heart had not only been keeping the Crystal Empire safe, it had also been feeding the changelings. Without it, they would have a deficit of love again.
Shit, shit, shit! That’s all kinds of bad! If they had to choose between going back to feeding on ponies large scale or starving to death, I know which I would have picked if I were they!
This was all kinds of fucking bad!
Who knew what other horrible consequences that could come from this too that I just couldn’t see right now. That’s it, we had to fix this thing, there simply wasn’t another option.
“I got it! This is it!” Twilight exclaimed and jumped from her seat, holding a rather ornate looking book, “This might work!”
Yes!
The purple alicorn looked surprised and almost dropped the book when I hugged her tight.
crisis averted
SHIP SHIP SHIP SHIP SHIPS EVERYWHERE
Are these hints of Twilight still being a little bit into Page that I'm smelling?
Oh shit! I forgot all about the changelings!
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Now, now, these are exclusive territorial waters. Stand by for shipping inspection.
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Who owns said waters?
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The New Lunar Rebooklet.
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When I posted some chapters ago, that Page will make this Cristal Heart Crisis easier, I get downvoted. And I was right, Page's Power of Common Sense is superior to anything other.
Baby of Doom™, now available from Hasbro.
Nice chapter Hiver, as always. I'm somehow curious about changeling's reaction regarding this crisis. They almost lost main source of food.
And what's with Chrysalis? I know she want to fully put upholding Pony-Changeling's relations on her heir, but still. It's a really long time, when we heard anything about her last time.
Page just nyquil'd Flurry. gg
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last I recall, her new princess went back and told her to bug off and she said something akin to "Atta girl!"
Looks like Sunburst isn't going to be there to save the day or to be the crytaler.
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Please, it's Luna we're talking about here. She'd look forward to the threesome.
Most monsters/villains/species thoughts after messing with the ponies.
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4some? Sunset is twilight's partner after all.
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Nah, they are too bros for that. They would hoof bump while railing their mates in the same bed, though.
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In before revealed that sunset secretly has a thing for page.
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But if twilight wanted a child to raise with sunset it might be a better idea to knock up sunset because then it wouldn't be an alicorn child, just a unicorn child.
In addition it would make great baseline data.
The Engrish is strong with this one.
Seriously Hiver, do some editing before posting. I saw three errors in the first two paragraphs alone and quickly gave up on trying to copy them all to a comment because this chapter is so riddled with them. I get that editing your own work is never the most reliable thing, but this looks like you didn't even try.
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Imagine if the other ships are decoys and they are all on the same ship.
Wonder what the name of the ship would be?
Tatical BoD incoming!
Good chappie! Twilight and Page will save the day this time!
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And said about these blighters:
Wanted to find the scene with Mr. Mulch's "cute little feller" line but it doesn't exsist outside of the movie as far as I can find. Closest I could get was either the capture scene or "Reg! Me teeth!".
Teen Flurryheart:" How was i as a foal? "
Everyone start to get a thousand yard look or starts crying...
I just realized the crystal empire is just one big frostpunk game
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Well damn, you just discovered the origins of the CE, before they made the heart, they sent a kid to the boilers everytime they had a giant snowstorm
Page foal will be so mutch worse!
Both will be Alicorns!
Happy Page is snuggly Page. Time to spread the news to Queen Chrysalis ~♡
They should really research the replication of the Crystal Heart, once it's gone, there is not simply 'carry on'. They need to replicate this technology/ magic!