Twilight woke up to hear some strange sounds as well as Jon and Arin talking. When she went downstairs, she saw the grumps playing on the device they got yesterday. The device was all black with a insignia that has a P, an S, and a three. it was connected to a very flat, silver thing projecting images.
"What are you two doing" , asked Twilight.
"We're playing a video game called lollipop chainsaw. It's a game were you kill zombies as a cheerleader with a chainsaw" , said Arin
"Well, it sounds... like a lot of fun." After Twilight said that the cheerleader on the TV screen said,
"Killing zombies gives me total wood." Twilight gave a wide eyed look at the TV and after a few moments said,
"That human sounds very familiar. Were have I heard that voice before." Before Twilight could think about it more, Spike came down the stairs with a scroll in his claw. Twilight saw it and before Spike could explain what was on it, she grabbed it from him with her magic. After reading it for only a few seconds she let out a loud gasp and started to run around the library looking for books and packing them in a bag. Both Jon and Arin were just looking at her run around the library.
Eventually Arin Nudged Jon with his shoulder but he said nothing. Arin did it again only a little harder. Finally, he said...
"Ask her", said Arin.
"You ask her", said Jon as he pushed Arin a little. Then Arin pushed Jon back only a little harder so Jon retaliated with a even harder push. Then Arin jumped on Jon and caused a big fight. Twilight finally noticed and pulled them apart with her magic and said
"Will you two stop fighting and help me.", she said as she gave them both death stares. She put the two of them down. "I just got a letter from the princess and She wants me and the rest of my friends to come to canterlot and she want's to give me a test. And a test by the princess Is something I do not take likely, So I need to get ready. I'll Be to busy getting everything for the test so I need you two to get my friends". Twilight ran off again to keep looking for her books. Arin and Jon looked at each other and quietly decide to run off and get the rest of the mane six so they would not incur the wrath of the Purple destroyer.
"So, there's five of them, and only two of us... how can we do this.", said Arin.
"Easy we just go walk and try to find them.", stated Jon.
"Oh yea that makes sense." Just as they finished talking, they saw Rarity walking by.
"Or we could ask the marshmallow mare and save ourselves some time.", said Arin.
"You know what... your right, let's go.", said Jon as the two of them ran after Rarity.
"Marshmallow mare wait, we want to ask you something?", yelled out Jon.
"Oh hello you two. How can I Help you."
"Twilight Is having a episode and needs all of her friends to come as soon as possible. Can you help us round up the rest of Twilights friend?", said Arin.
"Of corse I'll help darlings. I was heading over to pinkie pies, I'll tell her know to go to Twilights. You two Sould go to Sweet apple acers, Applejack and Rainbow are having one of there barbaric competitions of skill."
"Were on it.", said Arin and Jon as they gave a salute and ran in opposite directions. After a couple of seconds they came back and looked at Rarity.
"It's that way.", she said as she pointed down a dusty road. The two Grumps ran down the road heading off to find applejack.
Some time later, the Grumps, Rainbow, and Applejack arrived back at the library to see Rarity and Pinkie standing in the middle of the tree library as Twilight continued to have a episode. She was running around as shot some quills towards spike as he put them in a bag.
"Is she she still having a episode?" asked Jon to pinkie pie.
"Yep, she has a tendency to do these kinda things every so often."
"That girl needs to get laid big time so she can calm down.", said Arin Jokingly.
"Yea seriously,l this girls a bigger nerves wreck waiting to happen then Tonayo. Do atleat he doesn't have to deal with shit like a giant globe chasing her or a alien invasion."
"Actually she's taking this pretty well, al thing considered.", said Applejack. Just then a bright light blinded the grumps as they felt themselves being chucked into the air and landing back on the hard wood floor. When they finally regained sight, the entire library was all discombobulated. It was as if the library was tossed into the air by a powerful force and crashed back down.
"Maybe we should just head to Canterlot.", said Rarity.
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The grumps were sitting on a bench while the rest of the man six were pacing around at the train yard. They were all waiting for Twilight to get back from her test. Jon was messing with his magic and using it to make a ball of energy and a mini wall. He started bouncing the ball off the wall back and forth.
"Hay Arin."
"Yeah."
"How long do tests usually last anyway."
"You went to school, you tell me."
"How has any of my actions in the past indicated that I went to school. If I was on grumps I would be telling everybody to stay in milk and drink there school, but we're not on grumps so I don't have to do that."
"Hey look, Twilights back", said Pinkie. As Jon tossed the ball as he was looking away it flung back and hit Arin in the face.
"My eyes, I can't see shit", yelled out Arin as he fell over and off the bench.
"Oh man sorry about that. Just keep blinking and you should be fine." Arin got back up covering his eye. He gave Jon the look of death for a couple of seconds before the two of them ran over to where Twilight was.
"So Twilight, how did the test go.", said Rainbow.
"I think we need to have a twilight passed the test party", said pinkie as she whiled out a party cannon and fired it int the air.
"I'm afraid not yet pinkie.", said Twilight as the confetti went back into the cannon. "Where going to the crystal empire."
"That sound like a drug reference.", said Jon.
"Well I'll try anything once."
"Come on everypony, on the train." said Twilight as the group got on the train.
The train was traveling for a while until eventually the terrane was changing from grass filled planes to dark, snow filled tundra. There was also a powerful wind forming outside, kicking up all the snow and making things almost unseeable. Rarity used her magic to pull out her one of her bags of luggage and pulled out a pink and white scarf.
"Can I have one of those so I can stay warm", said Ego.
"Yea me too" , said Jon.
"Of corse darlings, I packed plenty" , She said as she pulled out two scarfs. she gave a green and red one to Jon and white one to Arin. The train came to a stop at the train station.
"Dame, these mooks build train tracks fast", said Jon.
"Actually there are some villages out there", said Twilight as she pointed to some buildings.
"Oh, they look nice"
"Sure the real-estate is good, but look at the location.", said Arin as him and Jon shared a laugh. After they finished laughing they noticed the man six leaving the train as spike was caring Rarities luggage. Jon and Arin hopped off the train an were hit my the harsh tundric weather. All of a sudden Spike dropped the luggage full of scarfs and they just covered Arin and Jon so much they looked like Mummies.
"Sorry guys. Here let me get that stuff off of you.", said Spike as he grabbed a small peace of scarf and pulled causing the scarfs to come off and to spin Arin around. He was dizzy afterwards but all the scarfs except the one he was wearing. "Alright now your turn Jon"
"NO, I want this stuff to stay on. it's safe and quilted" said Jon.
"Twily", said a voice in the snowy darkness. A white pony in a black scarf and eye guards came out of the darkness and took off the eye guards and was revealed to be shinning armor.
"Hey it's I forgot to learn your name", said Jon
"Oh right. Between the invasion and the wedding I never introduced myself to your... interesting friends Twilight. There will be time for that later tough. Sombras out there somewhere. We need to get back to the empire before it's not late."
"Then why are we still here, let's get going" said Rainbow.
"Arin?"
"Yeah Jon?
"I can't move, help me." Arin grabbed one of the scarfs and started pulling Jon like a statue. The group was trotting until they started hearing some moaning. Everypony was looking around until a mass of Smoke with two eyes. Jon jumped out of the scarfs and started running faster then he has ever ran before. The rest of the group followed him as the smoke was closing in on them.
"Go, I'll hold him off", said Shining as the smoke started to swallow him. The group kept running until they saw a barrier.
"Dive bomb", said Jon as he dove into the barrier. The rest of the group went in as well. When they went into it, all the snow was gone and it was bright and sunny. Arin was blinded by the change in light so he didn't see Jon on the ground and tripped over him. "OW, youtuber pileup. Can someone help us up?" Rainbow and applejack came over and helped Arin and Jon up. All of a sudden shining armor jumped trough the barrier and landed on the ground.
"Shining, your horn", said Twilight as she went up to shining and helped him up. He had black crystals on his horn.
"Oh buddy, you should get that checked out. Most humans that have stuff like that on there horn don't turn out to well", said Jon. After Shining recovered they all looked out to see a large town with a tower that was made out of crystals. "Holly shit that's a lot of meth."
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The group made there way to the throne room of the crystal tower. Every pony sees a obviously weak cadence.
"Cadence!", yelled out Twilight. Cadence saw Twilight and ran up to her and performed the sunshine dance.
"You know Arin, we need a friendship dance."
"No we don't."
"Yeah your right, besides me physique is not designed for dancing anyway."
"Don't say that man, you'r beautiful."
"Thank you. I can't say the same about you tough."
"Oh", said Arin as he pretended to look sad.
"Hay guys.", said Twilight as both of the grumps turned to her.
"Come on, it's time to investigate and see if anypony here remembers anything that can help us."
"Great idea. Me and Jon will go take the east street and ask all the crystal meth ponies. You all decide what your going to do." Before the rest of the mane six could say anything the two grumps ran off. They started going door to door asking if any of the crystal ponies knew anything, with the usual result of Arin actually trying to help while Jon would do general shenanigans and make the crystal ponies very uncomfortable. As they where walking Jon stopped in the middle of the street and looked at the palace. When Arin noticed Jon was no longer walking he went back to Jon.
"Uh Jon, are you okay."
"I just realized that it looks like where in France."
"What the fuck are you talking about."
"Look at the palace, it looks like the Eiffel tower, except made of meth... and shiny."
"Oh shit, it does look like the Eiffel tower."
"Dude does that not freak you out in the tinniest bit. These ponies ether came to our world and told us of there architectural ways, meaning all modern cutler came from these creatures with a possible thumbs. There is also the possibility that we are standing on the renames of a future where humanity is wiped out and we are replaced with horses of higher intelligence that have learned to use technology to both achieve flight and to have magic like powers.", Jon said while Arin gave him the most are you serious look he can muster while drinking a milkshake.
"... or it could just be a giant coincidence.", said Arin while giving a shrug.
"Or it could just be a giant coincidence. You know in hindsight that seems like the more plausible option." The two grumps started to laugh until a purple blur passed them by. the rest of the mane six passed them by with applejack stoping to tell the grumps what's happening.
"Come on you two, one of the crystal ponies said there's a library here and Twilight thinks it may have answers we're looking for."
"Alright then, lead the way reverse cowgirl." said Jon as the two grumps followed Applejack and Arin tossed his milkshake in the air. the grumps and Applejack arrived at the library just as the rest of the mane six where looking around the library. Applejack ran off to start looking as did the grumps. the Two of them where looking at the titles of every book in the library. After a while Jon turned to Arin and said,
"Do you know what where looking for."
"No, just keep pretending that your looking and hopefully the others will find it."
"Good idea man, I don't want to read a fucking book anyway."
"Everypony, I found something.", said Twilight. The rest of the mane six and the grumps rushed over to Twilight. The book was about the history of the empire. "This should tell us what we need to know about Sombra and hopefully how to defeat him."
After reading the book for what felt like hours, the mane six and the grumps believed they found the answer on how to stop Sombra. Apparently the empire had a festival called the crystal fair. The fair would rase the spirits of the ponies and there happy spirits would defend the empire from darkness. So the mane six set out to set up the fair while the grumps would be general dumb asses like Jon mummifying himself with a flag and Arin Getting a armor helmet stuck on his head. But eventually the fair was built and they where ready to start the fair. Arin Saw Twilight setting up a heart statue.
"What's with the heart?"
"The book said something about a heart in the center of town so I made this one from a rock."
"Seven out of ten, needs more Explosions, IGN.", said Jontron as Twilight looked at him with a look of confusion. As the fair was underway the ponies changed from depressed to very happy as they where enjoying the food and activities.
"You know, if conventions and parties where this effective at curing depression, that would solve so much problems in the world.", said Jon.
"I can't remember the last time I was this happy. With all the ponies this happy the crystal heart will be able to help us again.", said the librarian from earlier.
"Wait what crystal heart. I taught there was just a heart under the crystal french tower."
"There is, the happy spirits of the crystal ponies are needed in order to power the heart in order to repel evil. I'm surprised you where able to find it, I taught it was lost years a ago. Mmm, funnel cake." The grumps both looked at each other with pure terror and ran as fast as they could to Twilight who was near the statue. As they where running Jon ran into a stall and came out covered in powered sugar and licked it off. The Two of them made it to the statue and Arin covered it with a cloth.
"What are you two doing?" said Twilight aggravated.
"Book smart, we fucked up!" yelled Jon.
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Jon, Arin, and Twilight where all in front of Shining armor and Cadence who was looking Even more tired by the second.
"I don't understand I looked over this book so many times how could I have missed something.", said Twilight as she was looking over the book. As she was looking she got all the way to the last page and noticed that the last page was gone.
"Oh no, the last page is missing."
"That's bad right?", said Jon.
"Being oblivious as always Jon.", said Arin
"Do you even know what's going on?", said Jon in a aggravated way.
"No but at least it Don't admit it."
"Guys this is serious!", exclaimed Twilight "Without the last page in the book we don't know where the heart is, and without the heart we have nothing to stop Sombra and Cadence can't keep the light and love up forever." Just as Twilight said that, Cadence Collapsed and her magic shield in the distance slowly faded away. The large cloud of Darkness that the ponies encountered earlier manifested itself and was slowly moving towards the empire. A giant face with a red horn appeared with a giant evil grin.
"Oh no.", said Twilight very worried.
"Welp, let's get looting.", said Jon as he ran back into the palace and was seen running off with shining armors guard suit.