//------------------------------// // Chapter 4:Heavy In School // Story: The Tale Of Heavy Weight // by Spirit Of Fantasy //------------------------------// Chapter 4:Heavy in school For a few hours now Heavy Weight sat in the front of the class as students marveled at him with more questions than answers, he did his best to ignore the unwanted attention as he listened to the words of Mrs Cloverstep while also concentrating on the book he was reading, the book informed Heavy about the basics of magic defense and offense, this only intrigued him as he felt his mind thinking freely and putting details and dozens of potential spells together, not just ones that he reads, but some that were even made from his own mind. "Alright class! Lets go over this again,"Cloverstep called out getting every pony's attention as she gestured to the chalk board."What are the two keys to creating the magical shield?" "Concentration and imagination of the shield surrounding you!"Heavy called out with a raised hoof. "That is correct Heavy Weight, concentration and imagination, and did you all know that with a strong imagination, you could open your mind to almost anything, but it is useless if your concentration is off."Mrs Cloverstep said gesturing to the chalk drawing of a unicorn using a magic shield. "Even make others disappear!"Called out the dark colt from earlier. "Perhaps... But making others disappear is a dark magic related spell Mr Dark Shine, and dark magic is illegal, I hope I will never see you toying with such magic,"Cloverstep said with slight irritation at the one known as Dark Shine. Heavy Weight just rolled his eyes at the dark colts comments as he went back to drawing more spell like designs, he smiled as he then completed a page with a complete design of a unicorn glowing entirely rather than just it's horn. He smirked as he looked at the design with interest and was thinking of trying it at recess, he then trailed to the regular page in the book about the basic magical beam that is used in combat and defense. He continued to smirk as he turned to a pencil on his desk and looked to see that no pony was watching, he then made his horn glow and suddenly blasted a small beam of blue magic with little effort, the minute the beam struck the pencil, it instantly turned to ash. Heavy felt proud, but he hated that he had to keep the beam to the bare minimum when he knew that it could be so much bigger, he let out a sigh as he turned back to his own pages as he was about to write some more before suddenly getting spooked by Mrs Cloverstep. "Heavy Weight...?! Is there something you would like to share with us? A drawing perhaps?"Cloverstep said as she approached him and looked down at the drawing."What is this exactly?" "It's something I'm making into a spell, you like it?"Heavy said as he slid the drawing towards the teacher. Cloverstep took the drawing and looked at it as the entire class came forward for a closer look, the drawing struck Cloverstep with great interest, the unicorn glowing with power by the magic of it's horn, the power and speed that is granted when used correctly, and the concentration it requires. Cloverstep was thoroughly impressed, this was indeed creative and new, Heavy was proving to have an imaginative mind, she smiled with interest as she gave it back to him and chuckled. "I see you are more than paying attention, concentration... Imagination... All of which can create many sorts of magic such as this,"Cloverstep said in a serious tone as her teaching became interesting and full of fire."For thousands of years unicorns have been creating spells that further pierced the secrets of Equestria, Star Swirl The Bearded was one of the greatest creators of magic, hundreds of spells were created by him, and he has dug further into Equestria than any pony else has ever seen." "So what you're saying is...that there could possibly be no limits of what magic we can do?!"A filly called out. "Yes my dear... In the end... There can be no limit to what you can do, and Heavy Weight's design for yet another spell has further proved it, there can be no limit to what you can do,"Cloverstep explained as she smiled proudly at Heavy."This particular design, what does it do Heavy?" "It strengthens the entire body of a unicorn, making them stronger, faster and even makes them see and hear better, but you have to concentrate real hard on your body and make the magic flow through your body the same way that it does in your horn,"Heavy explained as he focused on his paper. "You hope to be a fighter just like Mega Weight I assume,"Cloverstep guessed gaining a nod from Heavy."Then I wish you great luck on this journey, with a dream like that... I have no doubt that your iron will shall strengthen your magic with no end." Heavy smiled as Cloverstep turned back and decided to focus back on the subject at hoof, but before she could, the door swung open and a unicorn stallion entered the room, he looked around and saw Cloverstep. "Excuse me Mrs Cloverstep, could I speak with you for a bit?"The stallion asked. "Um... Of course Mr Magist."Cloverstep said before putting her chalk down and stepping out with the stallion. As Mrs Cloverstep stepped out and closed the door behind her, the room suddenly filled with gossip and many conversations, Heavy ignored them as he went back to drawing yet another spell, but little did he know of what was coming. In the back of the room, the colt known as Dark Shine was staring Heavy down like a hawk, he didn't like how a colt half his age made him look like a fool and show him off in front of the whole class. The hatred he now had for Heavy was boiling within him as he gritted his teeth and finally decided to get up and show Heavy who was boss. The minute he rose from his seat, the other students immediately went silent and looked to him as he started walking through the rows of seats, his dark stare made all the colts and fillies tremble like leaves with each step he took. His red eyes were fixed upon Heavy, his pride feeling slightly bruised by Heavy showing him off earlier, It ate away at him as he approached Heavy as his shadow was over him, but Heavy didn't even bother to look up, he knew who it was, and he was not afraid. "So...squirt, do you think just because you can do a few tricks means you can suddenly become the boss around here?"Dark questioned without getting an answer from an annoyed Heavy Weight."Hey squirt! I'm talking to you!" Heavy let out an annoyed sigh as he stared right into the eyes of the angry colt and stretched out a smirk. "No... I don't think that, but obviously your stupid enough to think that a few harsh words makes you the boss, which it doesn't,"Heavy boldly said as the class let out a big gasp. "Oh really...?! Listen here little squirt, I run this school, I'm the best unicorn in this entire school, and I will not let some special little colt stand in my way, so do yourself a favor and quit while your ahead or else!"Dark warned as he got right in Heavy's face. "I'm not afraid of you! You think cause your special like every pony else in here means that you can act any way you want, well just so you know, you don't look all that special to me, you are nothing!"Heavy said as shock and fury stretched across his face. "Do you have a death wish or something?! Because you are asking for it!"Dark yelled as his horn lit up red and he raised a hoof to Heavy. "Please... Whatever you want to do to me is nothing compared to what I'm going to do to you if you even think about doing that!"Heavy growled as his horn lit up and they both began butting heads. It was then that their moment was ruined by the sound of a magically turning door knob, Dark Shine looked back and let out a fearful gasp as he scrambled to get back to his seat, he even tripped and landed on his face before frantically making it back to his seat. Heavy giggled at how frantic and fearful Dark was and stuck his tongue out at the dark colt as the class stared at him with amazement at his bravery in dealing with a bully. "Coward..."Heavy said to himself as Mrs Cloverstep suddenly came back into the class. "Alright class! I have returned, and unfortunately because of that interruption we are out of time and we must report to lunch. There will be no home work tonight so enjoy your free night!"Cloverstep said with a deep sigh. With that said, the entire class including Heavy Weight all cheered as they all began to get out of their seats and rushed to get out of class, Heavy walked more calmly as he collected his things including his new magical project and trotted for the door. He then looked back and saw Dark Shine slowly getting out of his seat while glaring at him with hidden fury, Heavy ignored him and stuck up his nose as he left Cloverstep's room with a proud smile. He happily trotted through the hall ways with more confidence in himself as he followed the crowd of class mates to get to the schools cafeteria, he didn't have to walk far before suddenly coming into a bigger crowd of students as they all flooded the massive cafeteria. He quickly began pushing his way discretely through the crowd and was granted a fast and easy line to pick up his lunch. He didn't need to go very far before picking up a daisy sandwich, a carton of milk and celery sticks dipped in peanut butter. Heavy levitated his tray and carried it out of the lunch line, he then looked around for a table to sit in, he walked through the cafeteria in search of a table to eat at, but it had appeared that no pony wanted him to sit with them, but that's when he got a familiar call. "Hey Heavy! You wanna sit with us?!"Called out an all too familiar voice. Heavy's ears perked up as he turned and smiled as he saw Twilight Sparkle and Shining Armor both sitting at a round table and waving to him, he returned the favor by waving back at them and trotting over to join them. Twilight let out an excited gasp as she jumped up and down on her seat with excitement, Heavy then proceeded to sit between his both friends and began eating while Twilight continued to happily stare at him with admiration. "So... How good are you with magic?"Twilight asked. "I'm...good enough, but I still hope to get better,"Heavy said nervously while Twilight giggled at him. "Sorry about that, Twily really loves magic, and when she meets talented unicorns she just wants to know as much about magic from that unicorn as she can,"Shining explained with a chuckle. "It's alright, I don't mind answering a few questions,"Heavy said as he chuckled back before turning to Twilight. "So what kind of magic can you do?"Twilight asked excitedly. "Well... I already know how to make magic shields, can also levitate things, and I just learned the basic magic beam,"Heavy said as he looked to one of his celery sticks. He then decided to show them as he smirked before levitating the celery stick with his magic, he began to concentrate as his horn glowed brighter and began to flow even faster. It was then that he blasted a beam of magic at the celery stick and instantly made it burst into blue flames, the celery quickly disintegrated into ash as Twilight and Shining stared at the spectacle with amazement. "Wow...! That was amazing!"Twilight said as she was on the edge of her seat. "Yeah, but I know I can make the blast a lot bigger, but I'm just not exactly in the right place to be doing that,"Heavy said as he scratched at his mane with embarrassment. "Yeah but still I gotta say...! I wasn't able to do that trick until I got my cutie mark, you really are something special,"Shining Armor said completely impressed with Heavy. "Thanks, but that pails in comparison with a spell that I'm actually creating,"Heavy said as he pulled out a paper with the drawing of the new spell he was making. "Ooh! You're making your own spell, that sounds so... amazing!"Twilight said as they both looked it over. "Wow...! What is it exactly?"Shining Armor asked. "It looks like a unicorn gaining power from his magic,"Twilight said out of curiosity. "That's exactly what it is, I got the idea that maybe a unicorn could not only focus magic through the horn, but maybe unicorns could also focus it through their whole body, If used correctly, It could very well increase a unicorns speed, strength, endurance, and their senses ten fold,"Heavy Weight explained as he went through the process of the spell. "That sounds amazing, if some pony could perform a magical enhancement spell like that, there's know telling what it could mean for new unicorns,"Shining Armor said with fascination. "Yeah...! You think you can do it?!"Twilight asked with more excitement. "Well... I haven't tried it out just yet, and I don't want to risk it going horribly wrong,"Heavy said nervously. "Heavy...? To be honest with you, I would really like to see you actually make this spell, is there anything you could test it out on?"Shining asked as he looked around for something to use as a test subject. Feeling flattered by the fact that a colt twice his age wanted to see a new spell be made by him, Heavy too began to look around for something to use, and that's when his sights set on Shining's empty lunch tray. He smirked as he then levitated the tray up and held it together with both of his hooves, Shining at that time had then looked back to see Heavy with his empty tray and watched carefully as Heavy began to concentrate. Shining and Twilight then watched closely as Heavy then began to concentrate even harder, it was then that all there eyes lit up with excitement as Heavy's arms began to glow ice blue, he began to feel incredible strength coursing through his arms as Heavy then proceeded to start bending the tray. To all of their surprise, rather than merely bend, the minute Heavy began applying pressure, the tray instantly shattered into pieces as his two hooves slammed together. The resulting explosion of the tray spooked all three of them a bit while also gaining the undivided attention of half the students in the cafeteria, as all eyes descended upon the trio, Heavy smiled nervously and dipped down in his chair a bit. Twilight and Shining Armor on the other hoof were too busy feeling overwhelmed by Heavy sort of actually performing a new spell that he had just made up, but Heavy knew that their needed to be some... Slight improvements. "Whoops...! Uh... Maybe I should work on my touch a bit huh...?"He questioned to his two new friends. "Yeah... Maybe a little bit, but still... In a way... You just created a brand new spell, and not just any spell, It's like some sort of enhancement spell,"Shining said with great astonishment. "It was amazing! You're probably going to become one of the greatest unicorns of all time!"Twilight exclaimed as she almost jumped right out of her seat. "Well... Thanks Twilight,"Heavy said as he started to blush a bit from Twilight's comment. Suddenly their moment was quickly interrupted by the slamming of a tray and quickly turned to see a colt crying over his spilled food and drink, and right next to him was none other than Dark Shine who was laughing at the crying colt. "Ha! What's wrong?! You eat much fatty?! Hey think of it this way, at least you don't need to worry about getting fatter than you already are!"Dark Shine insulted before suddenly shoving the colt to the ground, which only made the colt cry even more. Now satisfied with what he did, Dark trotted off leaving the colt to wallow in self pity while he went to get his own food, he was however unaware that he was being watched by Heavy, Shining Armor and Twilight as they all glared at the bully. Seeing what Dark was doing to other students made his blood boil with desire to see karma come his way, but luckily he managed to contain himself before turning to Shining Armor for answers. "So Shining...? You wanna tell me who that jerk is?"Heavy asked. "He looks like nothing but a big bully!"Twilight pointed out. "He is... His name is Dark Shine, he's some punk who talks big, but he doesn't really look all that big,"Shining said as he narrowed his glare at Dark."I think one of these days... I'm going to teach that punk a lesson he won't soon forget." "And if you don't... I will."Heavy said as his sights narrowed to the dark colt. "Heavy... I would love to see you pound that bully into the dirt."Shining said as he smiled back at Heavy. "And I would love to see you do the same."Heavy said as they all went back to eating lunch as friends.