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// Chapter 6 
// Story: Maybe for the last... 
// by Fat1thatyoulove 
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Chapter 6 – ...Right

"...How about now Spike?" Twilight's horn holds the purple glow as she waits for the little dragon to stop rubbing his chin and speak up.

"hmmm...maybe a little more to the left."

Rainbow gives a huff as she points to the stone heart on the library table, "Who cares if the stupid heart is a little lopsided? Cadence can only hold that spell for a few more hours, we need this thing to be fully started by now."

You shift your eyes to the window as you look over the low blue dome surrounding the city, the last hour or so you have noticed the color changing but truthfully you have been suppressing any thoughts about it as you help out with setting up and looking over the hoofing book with Twilight.

The lavender mare shakes her head as she quickly talks, "No exceptions." She sticks her tongue out a little as her soft purple eyes squint to the stone. The light purple glow to her horn picks up a little in color as part of the carved out stone heart begins to glow.

The magical chime is low as you watch the side of the carving grind away.

"There." Twilight drops her horn as she looks over the heart.

"Finally, Rarity keeps complaining about not having a centerpiece to the fair." Rainbow trots herself over to the freshly carved heart as she speaks up again, "We're going to put it under the castle right?"

Twilight nods her head as she floats the book over to her, "Yes...I think thats where it goes."

"You want me to carry it?" You look over the cyan mare as you move a little closer to the table.

She gives a light laugh as she takes herself off the ground, "Fat chance! I don't want you falling with this thing."

You shrug the comment off as you levitate the hoofing book from the table, It’s not like I would carry it.

Rainbow gives a smirk as she looks back to Twilight, "Alright this is it right? Because these ponies are already starting to get their coats shine back."

You and Twilight blink at her a little confused as she speaks up for you both, "They have?"

Rainbow struggles a little to hold onto the heart as she talks, "Ya, they are even starting to talk about the fair from the pa...-"

The cyan mare's voice is cut off as the door to the library swings open. It wasn't thrown open but seeing as how you're the only four in the whole building the door shoots a small echo through the library.

You look over the crystal pony as she sways her head around the building like she has never even been in here before. You can tell that its the same mare that Twilight did the memory spell to, but the ponies coat has shed from of the blurry coloring from before.

The mare's now blue crystal eyes focus on your positions as she breaks into a full gallop in a happy voice, "I was told you would be here!"

Her hooves clap against the hard floor but the sound gives more of a sound of glass hitting glass then regular hooves. The ponies voice is still very loud and happy as she breaks herself in front of you all, "W-we can't believe you found the crystal heart! All of us were so sure that Sombra has hidden it away forever!"

You squint at the pony with the same confused look as the other ponies around you as you think, why would Sombra take away a center piece? All it is, is for show?

Twilight speaks up for the group as she gives a little giggle, "Well thank you. We were hoping this heart would be fitting for the festival."

The mare loses her smile a little as she looks over the stone Rainbow holds, "B-but this is no Crystal heart?"

You all give each other a look as Twilight again speaks up, "Well no, there were no loose crystals a...-"

The pony's coat takes on a darker dull shade as her eyes sharpen to the stone, "Y-you could not find the crystal heart?"

Rainbow lets out a laugh as she sets the heart back to the table, "Come on, this thing is still pretty cool right? No reason to not have fun right?"

The pony's mouth quivers as her bright crystal eyes start to shift a little, her voice starts up in a loud scream but the scream is not just a regular yell it carries a ear tingling screech to it, "S-sombra is going to take his revenge! Sombra is going to return Som-..."

Her whaling is brought to an end as Rainbow shoves her hoof to the pony's mouth, "Whoa! What are you talking about?!"

The pony backs up from the cyan mare as she talks in a still panicked tone, "Th-the crystal heart is no stone...It is a powerful  weapon of harmony!"

You and Twilight quickly bring your faces to each other in a bit of shock and confusion. Rainbow follows your lead as her and Spike look to Twilight, "Hey Twi, i-is that true?"

The lavender mare is quick as she takes the book to her hooves, "I...I didn't see anything on it..." She flips through the pages as she turns it back to the page that she got her information from. She rolls her hoof over the page as she talks a loud, "All it says is that a crystal heart stood in the center of the festival..." She stops her voice as she flips the page...

You stare at the page unable to see what shes stopped at, "What? What?"

Her voice is low as she takes herself to her hooves with the book floating in front of her, "Theres a missing page!"
She flops the book down as she talks in a high pitched voice, "How could I have not seen a page missing!"

You hold your mouth open for a moment as you shift your eyes to the hoofing book on the table...your heart pounds a little as you look to the low glowing dome outside.

Twilight quickly closes the book as she brings her stern eyes to the crystal pony, "Where did Sombra hide the heart?!"

The crystal pony quivers her head in a shake as her eyes widen, "N...no one know..."

Rainbow's tomboyish voice calls out in a spiked tone to the mare as she talks, "What do you mean you don't know, you're telling me nopony looked for it!?"

The crystal mare's lips quiver to the tone as she talks, "A-anypony that went for it never came back..."

The little purple dragon that has been biting at his claws speaks up in a slightly fear drenched voice, "Twilight...are we going to be ok?"

You speak up as you stand from the table, "Where going to be fine Spike." You swallow back your thoughts as you bring your sure face to Twilight, "We're going back to Violet today."

Twilight closes her mouth as she gives a slow nod, her eyes are slightly shifty at the heavy words but she holds her voice as she talks back to the mare, "What do you know about where it might be?"

The pony shifts her eyes around the room trying hard to think, "I...the only thing any pony knows is the old saying..."

"What is it!" Rainbow quickly shifts her head between the pony and the door as she waits.

"...All we know is that to find the heart you must stand up to a wordless apparition of pure distress..."

Rainbow's voice quickly picks up as she talks, "That doesn't help!"

"Rainbow..." The cyan mare turns to Twilight as she holds her mouth shut. Twilight nods to the pony as she talks, "Thank you for your help." Twilight turns herself back to Rainbow as she talks, "We have to keep everypony thinking there celebrating got it?"

Rainbow nods her head as she talks in a low voice, "What are you going to do?"

Twilight starts herself up in a fast trot as you and Spike follow after her, "There might be something in the castle, just keep everypony in a good mood...we just need some time."

You follow the lavender mare out of the door and down the stairs in a quickening gallop as you try your best at holding your thoughts at bay. Your attempts at holding your gaze from the fading dome are lost as you turn yourself back to the dimly light dome. You swallow hard as you continue down the road, where coming home Violet I promise you that....

End of chapter 6