//------------------------------// // Chapter 5: A Mother's Hope Fullfilled // Story: The Tale Of Heavy Weight // by Spirit Of Fantasy //------------------------------// Chapter 5:A Mother's Hope fulfilled It was finally the end of Heavy Weight's first day at the Celestia's School For Gifted Unicorns and Heavy could not be more excited than he was now, during recess he had worked a little bit more on the magic spell he was creating from scratch. Finally after a few tests on the school's jungle gym, he had finally gotten the entire spell down and could not have felt a stronger magical force coursing through his body. It may have cost him the school's jungle gym, but he had now created one of his very own spells and he could not wait to show it to his mother. The schools bell had rung and the doors responded by swinging open revealing Heavy Weight as the first student out of the school, but that was then short lived as a parade of unicorns suddenly flooded out of the school, leaving Heavy trapped in a sea of unicorns. Thankfully the crowd soon dispersed as all the students were making for their homes, Heavy looked around and let out a sigh of relief as he then departed down the schools steps to go home as well. Just as he did step off the stairs with a proud look on his face, he was suddenly stopped by the calls of an all too familiar fan of his. "Heavy Weight...! Wait up...!"Called the all too familiar small voice. Heavy let out a deep sigh before smiling and shaking his head in the fact that he just couldn't shake her, he turned around and could see Twilight Sparkle waving to him before racing down the stairs. She quickly hopped off the last stair and was now face to face with Heavy as she smiled at him with admiration. "Hey... Uh... Shouldn't you be with Shining Armor?"Heavy asked before Twilight let out a giggle. "He said I could catch up to you to talk before we had to go."Twilight said as she let out a sigh. "Oh... Okay then... So... What did you wanna talk about?"Heavy asked feeling a bit nervous. "I just wanted to know... Are we friends?"Twilight suddenly asked sending Heavy into a mental state of confusion. "Well I... I suppose we are... I mean you seem really nice and such, so I guess we are."Heavy said with a nervous chuckle "Really...?! Oh that is so good to hear!"Twilight exclaimed as she suddenly wrapped her small hooves around him and gave Heavy a big hug. Heavy began turning bright red as the little filly held him in her arms, all this sudden attention was making him feel a bit funny inside, but he managed to fight through the embarrassment he was feeling about this and began to hug her back. Finally after a solid minute of hugging, Twilight finally released him from her grip and stood there while Heavy quickly started to collect himself. He then looked back to her and saw that she was still smiling, he then decided to smile back at her as they both began chuckling nervously. "So... Do you think we could you know... Hang out again some time, maybe teach me how to do that super cool spell you did out in the play ground."Twilight suggested. "Um... Sure, but don't expect me to go easy on you, doing things the easy way is never the way to succeed."Heavy explained as he gained a frantic nod from Twilight. "Okay, I can do that."Twilight simply said. "Okay then, maybe tomorrow during recess I will show how to do it, but we'll need to find something else to use for testing since we or the school no longer has the jungle gym..."Heavy said with embarrassment as he scratched at his mane. "Well... Accidents happen, but it was totally worth it to see that new spell work, what did it feel like with all that magic?"Twilight asked. "It felt... Amazing, I felt almost unstoppable, like I could do anything."Heavy explained feeling a bit flattered. "Oh Heavy...!"Another familiar voice suddenly called out. Both Heavy and Twilight quickly turned to see none other than Golden Heart standing only ten feet from them smiling at both of them, Heavy instantly lit up with a big smile as he quickly rushed to his mother and jumped right into her arms. "Mom...! You will not believe the day I just had! I've learned so much!"Heavy exclaimed as he snuggled against his mothers chest. "I imagine so, oh and who's your little friend Heavy?"Golden Heart asked as she noticed Twilight smiling at them. "Hi... My name is Twilight Sparkle."Twilight said while Golden Heart gently let Heavy down. "It's nice to meet you Twilight Sparkle, my name is Golden Heart, I'm Heavy's mom... Aren't you a cute little filly."Golden Heart complimented while Heavy looked away with embarrassment. "It's nice to meet you to Mrs Golden Heart, me and Heavy just became friends!"Twilight said proudly as she smirked at the embarrassed Heavy. "Really...? Well I'm very glad to hear that my little Heavy is making friends,"Golden Heart chirped before turning to her son. "Mom...!"Heavy said as he started to blush. "Calm down Heavy, there's nothing wrong about admitting that you like some pony,"Golden Heart said as Twilight began to giggle at him. "Oh come on mom...! Can we go now before I die of embarrassment?!"Heavy said as he could not stand any more of his mother's embarrassing words. "Well... Alright then Heavy, it was nice meeting you Twilight, I'm sure he will see you again tomorrow."Golden Heart said as she walked over and stood at Heavy's side. "Okay... Bye Heavy! See you tomorrow!"Twilight called out as Heavy and his mom began to depart for home. "Bye Twilight...! I'll see you and Shining Armor tomorrow!"He called out before having to go faster just to keep up with his mom. With that said, Heavy and Golden Heart were now walking down the streets of Canterlot once more, the walk was calm and quiet as they noticed the sun beginning to set for the city, but Golden Heart had different plans rather than just a small walk home. For many minutes they spent their time walking in complete silence as the buildings around them began to get smaller the more they traveled down town, Heavy felt ambitious and was dying to show what he learned today, but Golden Heart was being secretive about something. It was then that they passed by the recently repaired concession stands and the owners themselves as they stared down the mother and son. Heavy and Golden Heart just ignored the stallions as they disappeared out of sight and were finally coming up on their little house, Heavy felt his chance to show off his new moves dwindling as they were approaching their house. It was then that Golden Heart instantly made a sharp turn away from their house and was suddenly moving to the city's main gates, Heavy raised an eye brow at his moms mysterious move, but continued to follow her as they came upon the main gate. "Um...mom? Where are we going?"Heavy asked. "Just wait and see Heavy, you'll know as soon as we see it."Golden Heart said as they came to the gate. As they stood there at the gate, Heavy then noticed as his mother lit up her horn and began to concentrate on the massive gate, It was then that Heavy widened his eyes in astonishment as the massive gate became surrounded in a dark blue aura and was slowly being lift up. Golden Heart concentrated hard as the gate slowly opened up for both of them, she then released her magic hold on the gate and casually walked through the gate, but stopped when she noticed that Heavy was still standing there. "Well come on then, our special place isn't that much further."Golden Heart chirped as she continued on. "Wait...! We're going to the special place?!"Heavy exclaimed as a smile stretched across his face. "That's right sweetie, you and I are going to the special place, and we're going to see just what you've learned, and still remember what I've taught you."Golden Heart said as Heavy rushed to her side and trotted happily by her side. "This is going to be so cool!"Heavy said as they made a sharp left onto a rough and bumpy path. As they walked on the path, It began to get more narrow with each step, but Heavy and Golden Heart have been on this road many times before and knew the path inside and out. They quickly made their way through a few bushes and managed to squeeze by a few sharp rocks before finally coming to the special place. Heavy unleashed the biggest and most strongest smile as he marveled at a massive plain that was just right behind the mountain, the plain stretched out for many miles and even had a large lake with a waterfall. For the pass two years since his magic first began to rise, this was the spot where him and his mother would practice and learn the skills that his father knew from his days as the captain of the royal guard. Heavy found himself lost in nostalgia, but was quickly snapped out of it when he noticed his mom leaping forward and began running across the massive plain, she then stopped when she was just about in the middle of the plain. Heavy saw her waiting for him and did the same as he made a small hop forward before sprinting across the plain, he ran as fast as he could on his tiny legs as he was about to meet up with his mom. Suddenly Heavy began to feel the ground shake under his hooves and stopped completely, he quickly began looking around for the source of the tremors, It was then that he noticed his mom smiling at him and her horn was glowing brightly. Now that he knew where the source of the earthquake was coming from, now he needed to wait and see exactly what his mother was doing. It was then that the ground exploded around him, he felt his nerves start to fire up as he waited to see the dust of the explosions clear, and when the dust cleared, he was now staring down about eight ponies that were completely made of rock. A fiery pit began to grow in Heavy as he noticed the rock ponies surrounded in his mother's dark blue aura, he turned to her and gave her a confident smile as he got into a defensive position. "Alright Heavy! Do you remember this exercise?!"Golden called out. "Yes mom...! First exercise! Avoid and evade!"Heavy said in the tone of a little soldier. "That's correct son! Now show me how well you can avoid and evade!"Golden Heart commanded. At that moment, Golden Heart unleashed her rock ponies upon Heavy and made them charge at Heavy like real ponies. On rock pony out ran all the others and threw the first hoof at Heavy, but Heavy managed to side step and miss the rock hard hoof by mere inches. He then turned back to see another one rock pony lunging for him, and quickly rolled under the pony and just barely managed to miss hitting the pony's tail as it smashed to pieces upon impact with the ground. Two more showed up as they threw punches left and right that missed their target as Heavy bobbed and weaved, and spun to dodge the attacks, but was then suddenly blind sighted by a rock pony bucking him in the side of the cheek. He flew back and grinded in the ground before quickly getting back up to see that he had a small scratch on his cheek, this upset him greatly. "Heavy...! Are you alright son?!"Golden Heart called out of concern for her son. Heavy took this moment to catch his breathe before seeing two rock pony's charge at him from both sides, he looked at both of them and quickly came up with a plan, now was the time to show his mom one of his newest moves. He let out a deep sigh before quickly lighting u his horn and focusing his magic into his back hooves, he began to feel his hooves tremble as magic began to surround them in an ice blue aura. Heavy remained focused while his mother looked on with interest at this new trick her son was performing, she could feel the density and heavy air of his magic hit her face as magic began to build in his hooves. Finally at that moment, Heavy snapped his eyes open and with a powerful leap, the ground exploded into a mass of bright blue magic as Heavy found himself high in the air, he looked down and watched as the two rock ponies slammed together. One of them was completely smashed to pieces while the other only had a chipped ear. Heavy at that time had then narrowed his sights on the surviving rock pony and suddenly shocked his mother even more by focusing his magic into his front right hoof, he grit his teeth as he descended towards the pony like a speeding bullet. Golden Heart quickly thought fast and made the pony open it's rocky jaws open up and suddenly spit out a rapid fire of small rocks at the colt. Heavy saw this and quickly unleashed his right hoof ready to strike the rock pony, the rocks then made contact, but were suddenly being disintegrated as they made contact with Heavy's hoof. Golden Heart began frantically gathering more rock ponies to join the rapid fire attack, but even with their combined force, Heavy smashed through their attacks as he closed in on the group. And at that moment... Heavy threw his glowing right hoof at the first rock pony and in an instant, smashed completely through the pony and slammed his hoof through the ground as the entire land erupted around him, sending rock ponies flying Heart watched with astonishment as all but one rock pony was now demolished and laying on the ground in pieces. In all the kicked up dust, Golden Heart quickly summoned three more rock ponies and immediately ordered them to attack Heavy, but Heavy was now seeing fire as he quickly threw another right hoof and smashed through on pony's head. another rock pony suddenly tried to attack Heavy from behind, but Heavy's heighten senses kicked in and in a flash of blinding speed turned his head and bucked the pony with both his legs, smashing it to pieces instantly. Heavy then heard another rock pony attacking him from the front and suddenly raised a hoof and blocked the incoming rock hoof instantly. Heavy then let out a hard snort and swung both his legs around in the form of a round house kick and knocked the fake pony's head, kicking up more dust in the process. The dust quickly dissipated to show a glowing Heavy Weight that was now completely surrounded in an ice blue aura as he glared at the last remaining rock pony. Golden Heart lit up and an overjoyed smile grew on her face as she felt the intense power of her son, his horn glowed brightly as he pointed the tip of his horn at the last remaining rock pony. Two more rock ponies suddenly burst from the ground on each side and then quickly went on the attack, but were thwarted by Heavy raising a shield and smashing them to pieces on contact. "GRRRRRRRAAAAAAAAAGH! I WILL BE THE GREATEST UNICORN IN EQUESTRIA NO MATTER WHAT!"Heavy shouted as he suddenly blasted a massive ice blue beam from his horn. Golden Heart's eyes widened as she quickly jumped out of the way, leaving her last fake pony in the path of the massive attack, she watched as the beam instantly overwhelmed and incinerated the rock pony as it then travel through the air. Golden Heart continued to watch as the massive magic beam suddenly soared high into the air and began to close in on another mountain. The anticipation of the beams power made her sweat bullets, she felt her legs tingle with excitement as the beam had then made contact with the mountain. Suddenly she felt a massive explosion shake the entire plain around her as Heavy's attack hit the mountain and made the entire thing explode in a massive wave of smoke, blue flames and massive force. The force of the explosion almost knocked Golden Heart off her hooves as it suddenly blew away the clouds in the sky, a bright blue light then took place where the mountain once stood and glittered like a shining star as it slowly began to dim. Trying to collect her thought's, Golden Heart looked back to her son to see him panting heavily while still surrounded in the ice blue aura, the power was still very much immense and she knew she needed to be careful. "Easy now Heavy, It's all over, and you have done far more than enough."Golden Heart said containing her happiness as Heavy started to calm down. "So... Did I do good mom?"Heavy said before he stopped glowing and dropped to his knees. It was then that Heavy found himself scooped up into his mom's arms and being cradled as he could just barely see his mother smiling at him, he returned the favor by smiling back at her and starting to feel a little sleepy. "You did more than good Heavy, you are going to be the greatest unicorn in the world, but for now... Sleep my son... Sleep,"Golden Heart said softly as she watched her son fall asleep, leaving her to her thoughts,"Oh thank Celestia...! I knew he was special, I just knew it! I just didn't know how special...!" Golden Heart let out a happy sigh as she looked back to the completely destroyed mountain, almost nothing had remained of it except for the giant cloud of dust that surrounded the spot where the mountain once stood. She then looked back to the sleeping Heavy Weight and brushed a hoof through his mane. She then decided that now was the time to go home, Golden quickly lit up her horn and made a large white orb surround her and Heavy, she then closed her eyes and concentrated as she felt herself and Heavy suddenly teleport away from the plains. In a flash of bright white and blue magic, Golden Heart suddenly found themselves in Heavy Weight's bedroom, Golden Heart felt glad to be back as she turned to her son before laying him on his bed. She then tucked him in and gave him a small kiss on the fore head before quietly leaving his bedroom, allowing Heavy to sleep to his heart's content. She gently tip hoof down the wooden steps before coming into the living room, the joy she was feeling right now was indescribable, this was the dream her husband hoped that their son would have, and to see her son already doing great things was filling her with pride. Golden Heart let out a sigh before suddenly turning to a picture of her and Mega Weight, she gently picked up the picture and smiled at it before gently putting it back down. "Oh Mega Weight. If only you could see our son, you would be so proud of him. He's going to be the greatest unicorn in all of Equestria, just like you hoped."Golden Heart said as a tear streamed down her cheek. Suddenly she felt her stomach tighten up in pain as she let out a few hard coughs into her arm, she felt her body weaken as she fell to her knees, she coughed a few more times before finally seeing a chance to stand once more. She quickly got to her hooves and was breathing heavily and irregularly as she started tasting something in her mouth, she soon got a horrible surprise as she looked down to her fore arm and saw a few drops of blood smeared over her fore arm. Golden Heart gasp in horror as she quickly rushed into the kitchen and turned on the sink, she then proceeded to wash the blood from her fore arm and even filling her mouth in a panic to clear out the blood in her mouth. She gargled and spit into the sink to reveal more blood coming from her mouth, she felt her body grow cold as this sudden illness felt so sudden and out of the blue. "Oh my gosh...! I... I need to get this checked out immediately! Whatever this is... It can't be good..."Golden Heart said as she felt her breathing becoming more strange. She casually but fearfully walked away from the sink and trotted into her room and closed the door behind her so she could make a letter to the family doctor and go to bed early so she could be ready for tomorrow morning.