My Little Pony, Friendship is Magic: Stallion Edition

by SuperPinkBrony12


Chapter 126: (Crystal) Heart Breaker

At last, it was time for the Crystalling to begin. Shining Armor felt much more confident now that he'd gotten some sleep, and had been groomed.

Right on cue, Cadence came trotting up to her husband, having finished speaking to the crowd that had gathered. "Everything going okay on your end?" She asked him.

Shining nodded. "I think we're ready. I've chosen the honor guard, picked out the purity crystal, and I know exactly who I want to be our crystaller for the ceremony. So, all we need now is..."

"The baby?" Cadence asked, raising an eyebrow.

Shining let out something of a gasp, before he hastily replied. "Oh, yes, yes, of course. I was... just testing you on that one."

"Where is Flurry anyway?" Cadence wondered aloud. "I hope she hasn't gotten lost."

But at that moment, Twilight, Pinkie Pie, and Braeburn all came trotting out, with Flurry safely in tow. "We're here. Sorry if we're a bit late, she absolutely despised taking a bath." Twilight apologized.

"She's a really strong flyer too!" Pinkie added. "Maybe even stronger than Pound Cake!"

"Well, at least we got her all tuckered out before the ceremony. Everythin' should be just fine." Braeburn smiled, as he carefully removed Flurry from Pinkie's grasp and let Twilight use her horn to float Flurry gently over to her parents.

But before anyone else could say or do anything, tears welled up inside Flurry and she began to cry! Perhaps due to her magical abilities, her cries echoed throughout the entire Crystal Empire, and everyone covered their ears! And that wasn't the only thing the crying was accomplishing.

Much to the horror of all present, cracks started to form in the Crystal Heart, and then it shattered into thousands of tiny pieces! Luckily, Flurry's cries ceased a moment later. But everyone took one look at the shattered Crystal Heart and gasped!

No one dared to say a word, until Applejack finally plucked up courage and nervously said. "I'm guessin' that's gonna make it harder to do the Crystallin'. Anypony bring any glue with 'em?"

Meanwhile, Soarin began to shiver. "Say, is it my imagination, or did it suddenly get colder?"

"I was afraid of this," Celestia ominously remarked. "The Crystal Heart is far more crucial to the safety of the Crystal Empire than any of you may realize."

"W-why is that?" Thunderlane gulped, also shivering.

"Remember how I said earlier that the Crystal Heart protects the empire?" Twilight asked, to which all her friends nodded. "Well, now you know what it protects the empire from. The clutches of the Frozen North. Without the Heart, the Crystal Empire's about to be buried in a massive blizzard!"

"Oh man, we're really in it now!" Soarin gulped.

Shining (still holding Flurry, who seemed both surprised and concerned about what had just happened) was just thinking to himself. "We've been in tight situations before, but nothing like this. I wonder if this time, our luck's run out?"