//------------------------------// // The Crystal Empire saved // Story: The librarians and the cat of life // by Dragon Shimmer //------------------------------// The crystal ponies demand to show the crystal heart as Rainbow Dash and her friends are trying to stop them but they can't. Look at the wrapping heart, they know that this is just a fake one. When the crystal ponies are going to unwrap the heart, they hear something explore as all of them turn to the smoke. They see Sombra is flying away and an orange unicorn is chasing him. Sombra decides to land on the ground as Sunset stops.  Sombra breathes heavily and looks at the orange unicorn, "You... you are stronger than Celestia. Are you an alicorn?" "Nah," Sunset spins the staff, "I hate being a princess, honestly."  Sombra doesn't know what to do with this orange unicorn. Suddenly, a light in the sky is shining as everyone on the ground looks at it. Spike is grabbing the crystal heart and flying to the as the gray unicorn is trying to fly to him, but Sunset quickly grabs him and pushes him down. Sombra glares at her as he teleports in the air and changes into the black mist to fly to the purple dragon. Spike sees the mist and breathes fire at it, making the gray unicorn reveal his form and drop into the ground. The purple dragon sees Applejack waving her front hoof at the fake crystal heart. Spike quickly flies to them and puts the heart on the pedestal. Sombra is trying to get up and sees that the crystal heart is in the right place. "No," the gray unicorn flies to the heart but it is too late. The heart explodes and fires a laser at him as the gray unicorn is fading time by time, and gone.  The ponies are silenced as Sunset thumbs up to Spike, then the ponies cheer the purple dragon. Sunset looks at herself as she is now like a crystal pony. Amelia pokes at her mane and feels it still the same. The white cat lies more as the orange unicorn feels annoyed about this. Amelia comments, "I thought your mane would be tough as a crystal pony." "I don't know crystal ponies have a tough mane like crystal," Sunset huffs, "But anyway, why don't you help me in the fight?" "Because you can take him alone," Amelia yawns, "I don't want to influence much in this world." "Fair enough. Let me introduce some of my friends," Sunset starts walking to her friend as Amelia just lies there and enjoys the peaceful time. Coral Blade is reading the newspaper in her room as Snow Storm is just training in the room. Coral feels annoyed when the kirin does that. When the kirin is training, a knock on the door interrupts them. The kirin comes to open the door, they see a familiar Abbyssian standing and waves her paws. Breaker looks at the kirin and asks, "Eh, where is the captain of this station?" Snow Storm giggles at that while Coral huffs. Snow Storm points at the earth pony, "This is our captain, Coral Blade." "I see..." Breaker smiles, "Nice to meet you, captain. I think we just met each other in that purple dragon's training." "You guess right," Coral walks to the Abyssian and shakes her paw. Breaker feels her strong hoof as the captain gives her a smirk. Coral coughs, "So, what are you doing here?" "I came here to show our building, it's already done." Breaker rubs her cheek. "I need some signatures from you though."  "Oh... really," Coral tilts her head, "Let me see your paper," Breaker gives her a paper. Coral looks at the paper and sees that the guild master is Sunset Shimmer. The captain smiles, "Ah, I bet that Sunset doesn't know about this, right?" "You're right," Breaker smiles nervously, "So, is that the problem?" "Maybe..." Coral walks around, "But if you show me the building, I may sign this paper for you." "Oh," Breaker sighs in relief, "I'll lead the way," Snow Storm glares at her captain as the earth pony just drags her away. After a while, the Abyssian shows them the building. It is a large building with three floors. Coral admires the building while Breaker leads the way. When they come inside, the black minotaur with a black griffin as Snow Storm looks around it. The building is very large as Snow Storm feels amazed when they manage to build this kind of building. Coral pokes at the wall and sees that this is hard to break. Coral smiles, "What material did you make this wall?" "Concrete and stuff," Breaker points at the black griffin, "Her family knows how to build this thing, and Feather just learns from it," "I know it," Feather points at the wooden board, "We really need some secretaries to do these jobs." Breaker leads them to the second floor. There are many doors on this floor and the captain feels weird about this. The Abyssian explains, "Well... this is for someone who wants to have a talk without being disturbed. I need Sunset to do the silent spell."  "I see." Snow Storm looks around, "So, what does the third floor do?" "Top tier adventurer," Breaker waves her paws, "If you want to ask them to do something big, you have to talk to them and no one can disturb you." "So... you open any creatures can join this guild," Coral rubs her chin, "This is very dangerous because somepony will be lazy, or just join the guild to let others do their job," "Don't worry," Breaker points at the paper, "That's why I signed Sunset as the guild master. She will have some spells on it," Coral grins as she signs the paper. The Abyssian shakes her hoof, "Thank you."  "You're welcome," Coral grins, "Let's wait for that dragon to come back and we will break her."  "You got me," Coral and Breaker laugh out loud while Snow Storm just shakes her head. This is going to be fun. Twilight and her friends come back to Ponyville after saving the Crystal Empire, then they go back to their home to continue their work. When the librarians are walking to their home, Spike sees the big building and tells the girls to come there. Sunset just ignores it but Twilight drags the orange dragon to come. Sunset huffs and accepts to be dragged. When the librarians are coming close to the building, Breaker and Coral are sitting outside and talking about something. Breaker waves to them and yells, "HEY! Can you all come here for a while?" The librarians look at each other and come close to them. The Abyssian turns to the purple unicorn and asks, "Can you help me with something? A little spell will work." "Uh... sure,"  Twilight follows Breaker to come inside. Sunset and Spike sit down with Coral Blade and put their faces on the table. Coral gives them a smug, "Bet that someone is overworked." "To save something from Sombra," retorts Spike as Coral is shocked, "What!? Don't you believe us?" "No no no," Coral waves her hoof, " I am quite surprised when that gray unicorn is still alive." "I hate you, Celly," Sunset yells in the sky as many ponies are looking at her, but then they return to normal. The orange dragon just sighs in relief. The door is suddenly opened as Breaker invites them to go inside. When they go inside the building, they see a wide room inside. Sunset looks at it, "I'm impressed, honestly." "Yeah," Breaker gives the orange dragon a paper, "This will be more impressive for you," Sunset takes the paper and the dragon duo reads it. After a while, Sunset glares at her as the Abyssian smiles, "Impressed much?" "I don't remember that I agreed to be a guild master." Sunset looks at the paper and starts tearing it, "There you go, no guild will exist." "Oh," Breakers points at the room, "Twilight help me to multiply it, so you can tear it as many times as you want." Sunset doesn't know what to say as the purple dragon is laughing at her. Sunset pushes the purple dragon away while Twilight is walking around the second floor. Sunset turns to the purple unicorn, "Hey, why do you multiply this thing? You two plan this?" "Eh, no." Twilight shakes her head, "Breaker asked me if I can multiply it to make sure that she will never lose any papers, so I help her."  Breaker whistles while the orange dragon is glaring at her. Sunset takes a deep breath to calm herself down as the purple dragon stands up and asks, "So, what kind of guild of yours?" "Oh, an adventure guild." Breaker waves her paws, "I will allow any creature in any job allowed to join this guild." Sunset sighs and lies on the table as Bull and Feather grin. Twilight wonders, "So... I see many beers and wine in this guild. You have a bartender?" "Honest... no," Breaker sighs, "I am figuring out how to make money to hire a bartender. If a bartender joins this guild, I will so... Appreciated."  Spike looks at Sunset and asks, "And what will guild master do?" "Nothing," answers Breaker as the purple duo is surprised. The Abyssian continues, "Honestly, she will be our face if someone wants to challenge us. The others, just let us do." "Hey," Sunset glares at her, "If it is just like that, then why do you make me a guild master?" "Heh... At least you sign this paper," The Abyssian takes out the paper that has her signature as Sunset is surprised. Looking at her claw, she sees that her claw is covered by a white aura as Amelia is sitting on it. The cat turns back on her head as Sunset huffs. Breaker points at the cat, "Intelligent cat, I like that." "Thanks," Amelia smiles as all of them are surprised. Amelia grins, "Surprised?" "A little," comments Twilight as she is looking close to the cat, "How can we don't see you?" "Because you don't take attention," answers Amelia as she turns to Breaker. "You got her signature now." "I hate you, Amelia." Sunset glares at the white cat as the others just laugh. These things are coming smoothly for Breaker and others.  The librarians come back to their home as Sunset just lies on the sofa. When the purple duo is going to clean the house, a bluff from Spike as the letters come out. In the letter, Celestia celebrates them for saving the Crystal Empire as the librarian feels tired right now. Amelia lands on Spike's chest as she feels that the purple dragon has something familiar to her.