(Two and a half weeks later)

Welp. The news was out and equestria knows about Johnny and his family, there were some who doubted the news and didn't believe it but a few pictures and a couple of videos uploaded on the internet showing them at their welcome to equestria party and it managed to quell some of the doubt but some other citizens were more see to believe, Tyler and Vick were more happy because now they could take regular visits to ponyville via Tyler's car, as soon as Twilight saw it she immediately wanted to study it but was quickly shut down by Tyler, he's read enough fimfiction stories to know that Twilight has a tendency to take apart anything she 'studies' and Tyler didn't want her anywhere near his car out of fear that she would destroy it. Vicky also noticed that Tyler was hanging out with the Crusaders during their off time and she began to play a shipping game that would make Cadence proud, Johnny was still working on his latest two projects for Tyler and himself, he made a note to start a new one for Vick right after he was done with theirs. Tyler was having a snack at sugarcube corner with the Crusaders.

''Thanks for inviting me girls.'' Tyler said drinking his strawberry milkshake.

''Anytime dude, you've been cooped up in your house for over a full month.'' Scootaloo says

''And one week!'' Sweetie shouts getting stares from the other customers in the bakery. ''Sorry.'' She says with a small blush.

''So, anything new happen at home Tyler?'' Scootaloo asked.

''Yeah any new thingamajigs that we can see?'' Apple Bloom asked.

''Well, nothing new but there's still some stuff that we've yet to reveal.'' Tyler replies before taking another sip of his milkshake.

The four sat in silence enjoying their respective orders for five minutes till Sweetie Belle asked him a question that was worrying her since she and the Crusaders don't see him often.

''So Tyler, how's your arm?'' She asked with a small amount of worry.

Tyler looked at Sweetie before placing his shake down and spoke. ''Sweetie, my arm is fine, see.'' Tyler demonstrates by moving his right arm around. ''I can move it around, but I still can't do a lot of heavy lifting until the muscles are fully healed.'' He tells her.

The small group of friends were enjoying their time together telling jokes and sharing funny stories, they especially loved the story about his encounter on an aircraft, other patrons who were close enough to hear the story were laughing just as much as the Crusaders.

''*Snirk* So you're not allowed on aircraft anymore?'' Scootaloo said trying to hold in her laugh but was slowly failing.

''Oh no I'm still allowed on aircraft, just not that specific airline.'' Tyler says finishing his shake.

They continued hanging out until a Pegasus royal guard entered the bakery and walked up to their table.

''2nd lieutenant Valentine, you and your teams presence is required in Canterlot by order of the princess.''

''You know a please and thank you would be nice 💢.'' Tyler responds in an irritated tone.

''Just make sure you're there!'' The royal guard snaps and walks out the door.

''The fuck was that guys problem?''

(Ponyville park)

''Ok kids, what do you want to do?'' Vick said to the kids that she was watching while their parents relaxed and happily watched as their kids had fun with the young human in the park.

''Oh, oh! Can we try that Mickey mouse one?'' A small colt asked.

''Sure!'' Vick says picking up a long stick. ''Alright everypony, into formation!'' She exclaims as the children get into two vertical line formations. ''Alright lets get started!''

M-I-

''You human!'' A voice calls in a rude tone interrupting the song as it began.

Vick turns around to the source of the voice to see an angry looking day guard.

''Can I help you💢?'' Vick says with a glare.

''Princess Celestia demands you and your teams presence in Canterlot now!'' He tells her in a demanding tone.

''Children. Please go back to your parents, I need to teach this stallion a lesson about mouthing off at someone who clearly has a higher rank than him.'' She says cracking her knuckles.

''What, you think you can go up against me, a royal guard!'' He says arrogantly boasting.

''I think someone should teach you a lesson in respect.'' Vick says taking a muay thai stance.

''Ha! You call that a fighting stance, this will be easy!'' The guard says flaring his wings and rushing in without thinking.

''That's what you think, HYA!''

*POON*

The ponies in the surrounding area of the park didn't know whether shocked that a member of the royal guard would openly pick a fight with a young human female, or the fact that he was taken out in a single move.

''A-Are you kidding me, he went down with a single kick.'' Vick says with a poker face. ''That is so sad. Well, sorry to cut this short guys, the princess needs my family for something!'' She says waving bye to the kids.

''Awww.'' The fillies and colts said in unison.

''Don't worry kids, we can play again next time.'' Vick says reassuringly.

''You promise?'' A filly asked with puppy eyes.

''Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye.'' Vicky says doing the motions for the Pinkie promise then starts walking toward sugercube corner where her brother is.

''YOU DID WHAT!?'' Tyler screamed.

*POW*

''OW!'' Vick yelps.

''What were you thinking!?'' Tyler yells to his sister.

''What he started it, I just finished it, besides that guy was a jerk.'' Vick says puffing her cheeks and crossing her arms.

''*Sigh* You better hope this doesn't come back to bite us in the ass sis.'' Tyler says getting in his car with his sister taking the passenger seat.

It was one of those rare days where Johnny decides to relax and not do anything that didn't have to do with work, he decided to take a page from Tyler's book and not work so much and was in his living room reading the first volume of Harry Poter, he was on the forth chapter when he had heard the sound of Tyler's car pulling up into the garage.

''And hear I thought I would have the house to myself.'' Johnny says placing a book mark in and setting it on the nightstand next to him.

Johnny waited for Tyler and to his surprise Victoria to walk through the door before he spoke.

''Tyler what are you doing here? I thought you were going to spend the whole day with your three girlfriends, four if you count that rich girl.'' Johnny says with a smug face making Vick laugh hard.

''Knock it off asshole!!'' Tyler says with a red face. ''*Clears throat* Anyway Celestia has requested our presence in Canterlot, must be pretty important if she has requested all three of us.'' Tyler says. ''Also we might have some trouble in the near future.'' He says getting a raised brow from Johnny.

''What do you mean we might?'' Johnny said looking at him with an unamused stare.

''Ask Vicky.'' Tyler says looking at his sister.

''What did you do?'' Johnny asked with his tone matching his facial expression.

''I may or may not have knocked out a member of the royal guard.'' Vick said with a nervous smile.

''...''

''Johnny?'' Vick asked a little worried.

''Who threw the first punch?'' Johnny asked.

''W-What?'' Vick asked.

''I said who threw the first punch. Vitoria Valentine?'' Johnny asked in an stern tone.

Tyler knew all too often that when Johnny used his full name that he was in some serious trouble, which only happened when he failed to complete a task more than once, which would result in him doing one hundred push ups in under a minute and running a lap around the entire airfield in full combat gear.

T-The guard rushed me first a-and I responded by kicking him across the face!'' Vick said sweating a little.

Johnny's attitude did a complete one eighty and spoke. ''Oh! Then it was self defense.'' He says catching them both off guard.

''W-Wait. You're not mad?'' Vick asked.

''Don't get me wrong, if you had knocked out the guard for no reason I would have been pissed, but he came at you first so you're not in trouble.'' Johnny tells her.

''Oh thank god!'' Vick says breathing a sigh of relief.

''Now lets get ready, if the princess is requesting all three of us then it must be for a job of some sort, otherwise why bother asking for all three of us.''

''Yes sir!'' Both Tyler and Vick said with a salute.

The three mercs and Riley were all geared up in the same gear that they had at the royal reveal and also had six combat drones for backup and ready for take off in a Blackhawk helicopter.

''Alight guys, and gal. Lets go see what the princess has in store for us.'' Johnny says as he handles the controls and raises the helicopter and began their ride towards Canterlot.

''So, why do you think princess Celestia wants to talk to us Ty?'' Vick asked.

''Who knows, maybe it has something to do with this weird feeling that I've been having.'' Tyler tells her.

''What kind of feeling?'' Vick asks.

''Welp, I've been having this feeling like something important was going to happen.'' He tells her.

''Really? How long have you've been feeling this?'' Vick asked.

''Since we came back from Canterlot.'' He tells her.

''How come you didn't tells me?'' She asked.

''Didn't think it was important.'' Tyler tells her while checking his guns.

''Really. T.T'' She asked clearly unamused.

''Yes, now lets just enjoy the ride.'' He says watching the scenery.

(35 minutes later)

The guards in Canterlot have been notified on the arrival of the humans and Celestia had a area cleared specifically for their aircrafts, it wasn't long before a few guards spotted a flying aircraft that was completely black and had a skull insignia on its side.

''There's the aircraft, lets guide it to the landing platform.'' A royal guard says flying to intercept the craft.

''Yes sir!''

Johnny was flying his way toward the capital when he saw two Pegasi day guards waving him down and pointing toward a large open area for the castle courtyard.

''Alright guys we're landing in the castle courtyard, prepare for landing.'' Johnny says through his helmets com link.

As the helicopter touched down on the castle courtyard nearby guards, castle staff and nobles outside the gate watched as the metal aircraft slowly descended on the courtyard. The blade slowly began to spin less and less until they stopped moving altogether.

Johnny was the first to step out of the helicopter with Tyler, Victoria, Riley and a single combat drone following after while the rest stayed on the heli till they were ordered to move.

''Excuse me sir!'' A guard called getting his attention. ''I have been ordered to escort you and your team to the throne room.'' He says with a salute.

''Very well, lead the way soldier.'' Johnny says following the guard.

Tyler, Vick, Riley and the combat drone follow Johnny as they enter the castle, upon entering castle guards and castle maids stopped what they were doing and just stared.

''This will take some getting used to.'' Tyler says to his sister.

''I know right?'' Vick replies.

Walking through the castle Tyler and Vick were looking around taking in the scenery, every guard and maid that they passed would look at them awestruck faces, younger maids who were cleaning would wink at Tyler and lick their lips in a seductive way making him blush and Vick laugh a little at her brothers discomfort.

''Someone's popular.'' Vick says with a smug expression.

''Shut up!'' Tyler whispers. ''I don't need you giving me any distractions!''

''Both of you knock it off, or so help me I'll have you doing laps round the airfield for a whole day!'' Johnny whispers to them both making them quiet down.

The mercs make it to the throne room where both princesses Celestia and Luna are sitting on their throne chairs. Celestia was wearing an elegant white dress that hugged her frame in all the right places with her royal regalia while Luna was wearing her uniform with her tiara.

''Ah captain Phoenix, you and your team have arrived.'' Celestia says with a warm smile.

''Yes we have a matter of importance to discuss with thou.'' Luna says.

''Whatever it is must be pretty important if you're requesting my whole family here.'' Johnny said to the princesses.

''So what's the occasion princess?'' Vick asked.

''This morning we received the most wonderous news, prince Shinning Armor and his wife princess Cadence of the crystal empire had their foal today!'' Celestia tells them getting an exited look from Vicky.

''Their baby's been born?!'' Vicky exclaims with excitement getting looks from both princesses and her brothers. ''Sorry.'' She said with an embarrassed blush.

''That's alright Victoria, but as I was saying we would like to hire you and your team as extra security for the Crystalling.'' Celestia says confusing all three mercs.

''The Crystalling?'' Johnny said with a raised brow.

''What's the Crystalling princess?'' Vick asked.

Celestia's horn shined and levitated a blue vase with picture on it and began explaining. ''Whenever a baby is born in the Crystal empire the parents bring it before the crystal heart, they get the purest shard of crystal they could find, they pick a crystler to present the baby to everypony who comes, then they all share the light and joy they feel feeding it to the crystal joining it with the heart and increases its power.'' She finishes.

''Sounds important.'' Johnny says getting a shocked look from Vicky.

''Of course it's important, the crystal heart is an ancient relic that protects the crystal empire and the crystal ponies, without it the empire would be lost to the frozen north!'' Vick yells but then realizes who she's yelling at.

''We will address this at another time young lady, but until then we've more important matters to discuss.'' Johnny says looking back to the princesses. ''So what I'm getting from this, is a really important event and you want us to make sure that everyone's where they're supposed to be and make sure that no harm comes to the infant, and since this is a royal baby you're worried that something might happen. Am I correct?'' He finishes.

''Indeed captain, we hope that everything goes according to plan.'' Luna says to him.

''So who will be attending princess?'' Tyler asked.

''Us, Barbra, Starlight Glimmer, and the elements of harmony and since this is a royal crystalling the entire crystal empire.'' Celestia says.

Johnny writes down the names of the VIP's . ''So we'll be guarding a grand total of over fourteen VIP's with only eleven troops?'' He asked in a straightforward way.

''That isn't a problem for you is it?'' Celestia asked.

''Nope we've done a lot more with a lot less before.'' Johnny tells them. ''So, when do we start?'' He asked.

''You start immediately, here is a map to the crystal empire.'' Celestia says handing him a map.

Johnny looks over the map for a few minutes memorizing every detail and every location on the map, once he was done he handed the map to Tyler who folded the map and placed it in his pocket.

''Alright team lets move!''

''Yes sir!'' Tyler and Vick shouted with a salute.

The ride to the crystal empire was long and lengthy as they flew over Neigharga falls, passing Cloudsdale and over the moutains to the frozen north. Before they left, Celestia was kind enough to provide them with winter coats for their journey to the frozen north, Johnny could always tough-out the cold but the same could not be said for Tyler and Victoria who were more than happy to except the coats.

''So any of you two know what I'm looking for?!'' Johnny asked keeping the chopper steady in the blizzard.

''Yeah, just look for the bright lights of the crystal empire and the giant dome, shouldn't be that hard to miss!'' Tyler says over the coms.

''Welp, we better find it soon otherwise we won't in the air much longer from the blizzard stalling the engines.'' Johnny tells them.

Vick was looking around for only a couple of seconds before she could see a faint light northeast of the blizzard. ''Johnny 2-Oclock!'' Vick says pointing towards the faint light. Johnny looks to his right and sees the light off in the distance and proceeds steer the chopper toward the light, as he got closer to the light Johnny could see the outline of the giant dome that was shielding the city from the cold, an amazing spectacle enjoyed by both Tyler and his sister but as the were half way to the dome Johnny heard the helicopters engine failure lights going off.

''Aw hell no, hang on guys this is going to be a close call!'' Johnny shouts as pushes the controls down tilting the nose the chopper and increasing its speed, more lights began to go off signaling that they were getting closer to engine failure.

''Come on baby, come on!'' Johnny shouted as he got closer and closer to the dome it was by sheer luck that they made it into the dome before the engines went into critical engine failure resulting in them crashing. ''Thank god.'' Johnny says with a sigh of relief and eased up on the controls a bit, the warning lights were still going off and Johnny didn't know how much longer his chopper would stay airborn for, he could only hope it would hold out long enough for them to reach the city.

The crystal guard were on the lookout for the mercs arrival as per prince Shinning Armors orders, though he was really drowsy the guards were able to somewhat understand him, that and princess Mi Amore Cadenza who was just as tired as the prince was able to give the orders more clearly.

''What are we supposed to be looking for Onyx?'' A crystal guard mare asked her partner.

''We're suppose to be on the lookout for a group of mercenaries that princess Celestia sent as extra security, that's what we're looking for Light Breeze.'' Onyx Tells his partner.

''Ugh! Is the princess sure about using mercenaries as extra security for the crystalling? I mean are we sure that we can trust them? What's to say that they won't turn their backs on us, you heard how mercenaries are, just a bunch of greedy money grabbers.'' Light Breeze says voicing her opinion on mercenaries.

''I don't know Light, I've been hearing some crazy rumors about these guys, like how these mercenaries have humans in their ranks and that their technology is something to behold.'' Onyx tells her.

''Human? Humans haven't been seen in thousands of years, what makes you think those rumors are true?'' Light asked.

''...''

''Onyx?'' Light Breeze asked getting no response. ''Onyx are you ok?'' She asked as her partner just stared with his mouth slightly open. She looked in the direction that he was looking in to see a strange black aircraft fly towards the crystal empire castle.

''I.. I think those were the mercenaries Light.'' Onyx said still looking at the strange craft.

''T-Then we better go g-guide them in.'' Light says flying off to intercept them.

''Hey Johnny we got company on our left side!'' Tyler says over his coms.

''Yeah I see'em.'' Johnny replies keeping his eyes on the warning lights. ''We better land this thing fast, there's probably a lot of ice build up on the propeller blades.'' He says.

''I think they going to guide us to where we're supposed to go.'' Vick says watching the guards wave them over.

''Alright lets go.'' Johnny says following the two guards to their designated landing site.

As they flew over the empire Tyler and Vick could see small outlines of the citizens of the crystal empire looking up at them, some were even pointing and others tried to fly closer only to be blocked off the some of the crystal guard.

''I hope this turns out alright.'' Vick voiced with concern.

Following the guards Tyler looked and saw that Shinning Armor and princess Cadence looking at them from the balcony with awe. Following the guard escort the mercs were brought to the side of the castle where five more guards were waiting for them.

''Alright guys look alive!'' Johnny says as he began his decent.

Tyler and Victoria Were checking their weapons and gear to see if anything was out of place, their guns were on safety and they had all of their ammo and their equipment was working properly. They waited until the helicopter was completely shut down before exiting the helicopter, upon exiting Tyler and Vick could see the guards visibly tense up from the sight of the drones and their helmets including Johnny's.

''Greetings captain!'' A voice calls getting Johnny's attention, Johnny looked to see a crystal earth pony mare who was 5'8 with a dull purple coat and a mane that was a lighter shade, from what Johnny could see he could tell that she had a similar build to AppleJack. ''I'm captain Crystal column, here to personally welcome you and your team to the crystal empire.'' She said holding out her hand in a formal greeting.

Johnny reached out and grasped her hand and gave it a firm shake. ''No need to waste time on us, just tell us what we need to do.'' He says with his helmets voice Augmentation catching her and the guard around them by surprise.

''Straight to the point eh, I like that, alright follow me I will take you to the prince and the princess.'' Colum says leading them into the castle.

(Throne room)

''C-Cadence did you see that!?'' Shinning Armor asked his wife.

''How could I not, that's the extra security that aunty hired!?'' Cadence exclaimed.

''Looks like the guys are here.'' Rainbow said catching them off guard.

''Wait you girls know them?'' Shinning asked the girls who were present.

''Yeah we know them, we threw a party for them about month ago!'' Pinkie exclaimed. ''We're also friends with three of them!''

''Who exactly are they?'' Cadence asked then twilight spoke.

Twilight begins to explain who the mercenaries are and the how they rescued three residents of ponyville, they were completely shocked to find out that they were human beings Twilight even showed her proof by fishing out her phone and showing them Johnny's performance at the party, Cadence loved the song while Shinning was still in shock that they were humans he would always read stories about them when he was a colt, their tails of adventure were the very thing the drove him to join the royal guard in the first place, but then Twilight explained Tyler's past and both Shinning and Cadence couldn't believe the amount of pain he had endured.

''H-How can somepony be so cruel.'' Cadence asked with tears in her eyes.

''Who would do that to their own foal?'' Shinning asked in disbelief.

''I know it's sad but Tyler's life is better and not all humans are like his father or the mercy gang.'' Twilight tells them.

''Still though, starting his guard training at the age of seven and the fact that his brother fought through a hundred and thirty two gang members single handedly is unheard of, he must be some fighter.'' Shinning says paying attention to every detail of the story.

''Excuse me princess Cadence, prince Shinning Armor?'' A voice called, Cadence and Shinning Armor looked to see captain Crystal Colum.

''I have brought our special guests, they're waiting outside.'' Colum says with a salute.

''Bring them in.'' Cadence says wanting to meet them.

''Yes I would like to meet these mercenaries.'' Shinning tells the captain.

''Yes your highness.'' Colum said opening the door revealing the mercs, their dog, and the seven combat drone that were with them all armed with different weapons that looked like they were made from steel and plastic but what frightened them the most was the appearance of their helmets which had the appearance of a skull.

Johnny and his team entered the throne room where the elements, Starlight, Barb, both the prince and princess of the crystal empire who looked like they both could use a nap, and Celestia and Luna.

''Captain, I trust your flight was enjoyable?'' Celestia asked.

Johnny just turned his head toward Celestia with a tired expression but everyone couldn't tell because of his helmet and then he spoke.

''Do you have any idea how hard it is to navigate a helicopter through a snowstorm while making sure the engines don't stall?'' He asked with his voice making both Shinning and Cadence jump a bit.

''I see, I apologize for the trouble you had getting here.'' Celestia says in a apologetic tone.

Johnny just sighed and told her not to worry about it.

''So where's the baby?'' Vick asked with an excited tone but her helmet making her voice sound distorted.

''Why do you want to see Flurry Heart?'' Cadence asked with unease.

''I love new born babies!'' Vick says with excitement. ''Don't worry, I'll take my helmet of so I don't scare the poor thing.'' She tells her.

''Sergeant you know we don't take our helmets off during jobs.'' Johnny tells her.

''Oh come on it's just us, plus all of equestria know what we look like already from the Canterlot reveal. Plus I doubt you'd want to be responsible for making a newborn cry because you didn't want to take off your helmet.'' Vick states.

Johnny thought about it for a sec before he realized that Victoria was right, he didn't like making kids cry, he's done it a few time over the years and he absolutely hated it, the look of fear they would give him because of his helmet. A strict reminder of what he now is.

''*Sigh* Alright you got a point.'' Johnny says deactivating his helmet.

''That's the spirit!'' Vick says doing the same.

''Oh what the hell.'' Tyler said removing his the regular way.

''That never gets old.'' Rainbow says looking at the metal collars.

Shinning and Cadence were in complete awe as they were in the presence of real life human beings, they had read and heard stories about them, Cadence had always loved the stories where the human knight would rescue the fair maiden from the Hydra and lived happily ever after.

''Hello. I'm captain Johnathan Grey Phoenix, founder and leader of the Punisher Squad Mercenary company, we're a private military organization that's dedicated to helping those in distress.'' Johnny tells them.

''Wow! That's pretty impressive!'' Cadence says with surprise.

''What do you and company specialize in?'' Shinning asked him.

''We specialize in disaster relief, hostage rescue, explosive ordinance disposal, espionage, and counter terrorism.'' Johnny tells them leaving them wide eyed. ''We also do body guarding jobs if the situation calls for it, so we pretty much got this thing covered, nothing's interrupting this event with us on the job.'' He says in a serious tone.

Shinning and Cadence were completely stunned at how many things that they specialized in, not even the royal guard could do half of that stuff they could do disaster relief fairly easy but hostage rescue has proven time and time again to be a task all on its own even something as petty as a bandit raid or protecting a small town is something that most in the guard would prefer.

''Hi, I'm Sergeant Major Victoria Valentine.'' Vick says holding her hand out to Cadence to which she happily shook with formality.

''A pleasure to meet you miss Valentine.'' Cadence says with a smile.

''Hello I'm 2nd lieutenant Tyler Valent- *Hurk!*'' Tyler says but is interrupted when Cadence rushes forward and holds him in a tight hug and holding his head in her chest causing him to drop his helmet. (Man he just can't seem to get a break.)

''I'm so sorry you had to endure so much pain at such a young age!'' Cadence says with a few tears in her eyes.

''Mmmphh!'' Came the muffled scream from Tyler.

The rest of the girls just laugh at his dilemma including his sister who was holding her sides while Johnny let out a few chuckles.

''Man he just can't seem to get a break.'' Wrath says as he and Johnny wait for Cadence to stop smothering him.

''Hey Cadence maybe you should let him go now, he's looking a little blue.'' Shinning say pointing to the lieutenant who was stiff as a board.

''Oh my gosh!'' Cadence says and drops Tyler who falls on his but gasping for air.

''*Inhale, exhale* What is it with mares and suffocating me with your boobs.'' Tyler says making the girls laugh.

''I take it this has happened before?'' Shinning asked with an amused smirk.

Tyler looks to Shinning with an unamused expression before answering. ''Yeah by four mares, all of which are in this room, listen can we just move on and just do what we came here to do?'' Tyler says with an annoyed tone making the girls snicker a bit.

''While I do find this amusing I agree with Tyler, we're burning daylight and all of us have a job to do, plus I myself would like to see the baby too if you would allow it.'' Johnny said in a polite tone.

''My, My how polite, of course you can see Flurry Heart, just be careful around her she gets excited easily.'' Cadence said taking them to the babies room. Approaching the babies room Cadence stopped them before entering. ''Now what you're about to see has never happened in a thousand years in equestria so it might be a bit of a shock.'' She says warning them.

''What is the baby a different species or something?'' Tyler asked in a joking manner.

''Lets go with or something.'' Shinning murmured.

Tyler and Vick were completely shocked to find out that the baby was an alicorn, though Johnny found the infant to be a little unusual he still found it to be cute, He was even more shocked when the baby sneezed a magic blast strong enough to blow a hole through the next five floors above them and for the first time in a long time Johnny found himself slightly afraid at the thought of being hit by something like that. After all was said and done the mercs were assigned to their posts, Johnny was assigned to protecting Shinning Armor, Vick was assigned to protect Flurry Heart (because she begged), two combat drones were assigned to Cadence, and Tyler was assigned to Starlight and Barb while the rest were with the mane 6, the princesses declined the protection as they did not need it but the thought was appreciated.

(Tyler)

Tyler was walking with Barb and Starlight while Barb was talking about how they were going to get Starlight to reconnect with her old childhood friend Sunburst, Tyler decided to leave his helmet off as to not scare the locals and leave a bad impression on the citizens of the crystal empire, he got some strange looks from some of the crystal ponies and even some of the foals but he paid them no mind as he continued to follow them.

''Is that you Barb?'' Starlight asked in fake surprise getting Barbs attention.

''Oh yep, it sure is, now according to the list Sunburst's house is-''

''Why is there a statue of you in the crystal empire?'' Starlight asked but before Barb could give her a response a crystal pony mare beat her to it.

''Because Barb the great and glorious saved all of us from king Sombra!'' Said a cream coated crystal mare with a light rose colored mane wearing a white roman style toga.

''And then again during the equestria games!'' Said a mare with a lavender coat and a two tone orange colored mane wearing the same thing as the other mare.

''Really!'' Starlight said in mock surprise.

''Really! Big fan.'' Said a stallion with a orange coat and blue mane wearing some modern clothing that consisted of a pair of jeans and a blue t-shirt.

''Uuh when were you going to tell me about this?'' Starlight asked with genuine surprise.

''Nah it's no big deal.'' Barb said with a small blush.

''IT MOST CERTANLY IS!'' Replied a group of ponies scaring the life out of Tyler and Starlight.

''That's it we're not going anywhere until I get the whole story!'' Starlight says levitating two chairs and two boxes of popcorn having Tyler sit next to her as ponies gather around to hear the story.

(30 mins later)

''And that's how we found the crystal heart, defeated king Sombra, and saved the crystal empire.'' Barb finishes getting cheers from the foals.

''Tells the one about the equestria games!'' Asked a cream coated filly with a jade mane wearing a white dress.

''Oh, as much as I love telling stories about my younger days and heroic deeds, Starlight and I have an important lesion to do by order of the princess of friendship!'' Barb tells them getting sad looks from the fillies and colts, Starlight got a nervous look on her face and tried to stall her.

''Aw come on Barb, I want to hear about the equestria games too.'' She says biting her bottom lip a bit.

Barb was finishing signing an autograph for a filly before speaking. ''I know you're nervous about seeing Sunburst Starlight, but you need to deal with your fears by facing them and not putting them off.'' Barb says pointing to the part of the list that says what she said.

''Man Twilight sure is thorough when it comes to these list.'' Tyler says getting up from his chair and stretching his legs.

''You have no idea.'' Barb says rolling up the list.

Starlight grunts and throws her empty box of popcorn in a trashcan and begins to follow Barb to Sunburst's house.

(5 mins later)

The three arrive at a small crystal house with a orange roof.

''This must be his house.'' Tyler said checking his surroundings.

''It is, it has the same address on the list.'' Barb said looking at the list.

Starlight looks at the door with a nervous look on her face, in front of her the door to her childhood friends house, he was most likely some important wizard after graduating Celestia's school for gifted unicorns and she was just a former villain now student to the very princess she tried to ruin. Starlight took a deep breath before reaching out with her hand to knock on the door but was stopped by Barb telling her that that's not the next thing on the list.

''Seriously?'' Starlight asked with annoyance.

''Look I know Twilight can be a bit nitpicky, but this is your first lesson as her pupil and it's important that we do this right.'' Barb states.

''Fine, what's the next thing on the list?'' Starlight asked.

''Oh this'll be good.'' Tyler says with a small chuckle getting a small glare from Barb. ''Continue.'' He says looking away with a smile.

''*Clears throat* Before the see each other make sure to highlight the importance of the meeting.'' Barb reads aloud.

''Uh Barb, I think we can skip that part.'' Tyler says wanting to do something else besides just standing outside. Barb then begins to explain the importance of the meeting and how the whole plan could go south and that she might taking a huge step backwards instead of forward and saying she might not learn anything about friendship at all then emphasizes how her whole future could depend on this moment.

Starlight look like she was going to pass out from fear and nervousness, now she didn't know if she could do this.

''Um Barb.'' Tyler says pointing to Starlight getting a nervous smile from Barb.

''Oops, it seems I made this worse.'' Barb says nervously.

''You think.'' Tyler says in an obvious tone. ''Look Starlight just take a deep breath and push through this, I know you can and so does Barb.'' He says reassuring her.

Starlight did as he told and took three deep breaths and calmed down almost immediately ''Hey you're right I do feel a lot better now, thanks!'' She said with a friendly smile.

Starlight turned to the door and knocked three times and waited for a response, after a couple of seconds the door slowly opened.

''Sunburst?'' Starlight called.

After a couple of seconds a orange stallion with rounded glasses an orange mane and goatee answered the door, he was wearing a white casual blouse and brown pants complete with a wizards cloak.

''Yes, what can I do for you?'' He asked.

''It's, it's me Starlight, we used to be friends.'' Starlight says hesitantly.

''O-Oh of course, Starlight uum my goodness it's been a long time. What'd, what have you been up to?'' He asked.

''Oh you know, some of this, some of that, different stuff.'' Starlight says with a nervous look. ''Right now I'm sort of Twilight Sparkle's new pupil.'' She tells him.

''The princess of friendship!?'' He asked with genuine surprise.

''Yeah that's actually kinda why I'm here. I mean you're probably very busy.'' Starlight says to him.

''What do you mean?'' Sunburst asked clearly confused.

''Well, I figured after magic school you'd go on to do important wizard work but.'' Starlight says.

''Oh. No-Yes um yes, yes that's me, really busy with lots of wizarding, stuff.'' Sunburst says nervously and Tyler looking unconvinced. ''Right, well um good to see you.'' He says closing his door leaving the three outside in an awkward silence.

''Huh, maybe we've should've skipped highlighting the importance of the meeting after all.'' Barb says looking at Starlight.

''That definitely could've gone better that's for sure.'' Tyler says.

''Welp, I guess that's that!'' Starlight says walking back to the castle only to be blocked by both Barb and Tyler.

''Starlight come on, we have to at least explain what Twilight wants.'' Barb says stopping her from leaving.

''She's right Starlight, if you don't work things out with this Sunburst guy you're going to end up regretting it for the rest of your life.'' Tyler tells her.

''Ugh!'' Starlight groans and approaches the door again. *Knock, knock, knock, knock*

The door opens again and Starlight smiles nervously before she kindly asked if she and her friends could come in to talk.

(Johnny)

Johnny was really reconsidering his decision assigning himself to being Shinning's bodyguard, right now he was watching the prince have a nervous break down about the crystalling event, from choosing the honor guard, selecting the purity crystal, and choosing a crystaler, it was a sad scene to look at, a prince and a former captain of the royal guard reduced to a bumbling mess.

''God I hope the others are having better luck than I am.'' Johnny says watching Rarity try to calm him down.

(Victoria)

Vick thought watching a baby was going to be a simple task, but now she knows that she was mistaken as she is currently dodging magic beams while Pinkie is holding on to Flurry and Twilight was keeping the babies magic blasts from causing any damage to the castle.

''How can something so adorable be so deadly?!'' Vick asked hiding behind a toy box.

''Pinkie hold her still!'' Twilight shouts.

''I'm tryiiiiiinnnng!'' Pinkie screams scrapping her hooves across the floor.

(Tyler)

''Wow it's like Skyrim in here!'' Tyler says in amazement.

''Like what?'' Barb asked.

''It's an RPG game I play a lot during my off time.'' Tyler tells her.

''Oh, is it any fun?'' She asked out of curiosity.

''Very, now lets see if this plays out like its supposed to.'' Tyler says turning his attention to Starlight and Sunburst who were sitting awkwardly in the dinning room.

''So, the princess of friendship wants you and I to be friends again?'' Sunburst asked.

''Heh I know, weird right.'' Starlight says smiling.

''Huh I don't understand, did something happen to you after I left for magic school?'' Sunburst asked surprising Starlight.

''What-No!'' Starlight shouts then grabs the teapot and begins to poor more tea into her cup. ''I don't see what that has to do with anything, heh why would you even ask that?'' Starlight says as her cup overflows with tea while avoiding the question. ''I-I mean did something happen to you after you left for magic school?'' She said placing the teapot down with a nervous smile.

''W-What uh n-no, l-like you said, *clears throat* I'm a i-important w-wizard.'' Sunburst says nervously fixing his glasses.

In the next room Tyler and were watching the nervous couple try and mend their previous friendship but only end up failing.

''Man this is going downhill fast, it's obvious they're both hiding something from each other.'' Tyler whispers to Barb.

''I'm sure there's something on Twilight's list that can help out here!'' Barb says looking over the list .

(Johnny)

''That's it man, just breath in, and out. In, and out.'' Johnny says petting his back while Rarity fixes his mane. The door on other side of the room opened to reveal Cadence, the combat drone, Celestia, and Luna. Shinning feeling better walked over to his wife with a smile.

''Ok, I've chosen the honor guard, picked the purity crystal, and I know exactly who I want to be our crystaler, so all we need is?'' Shinning says thinking a bit.

''The baby?'' Cadence said catching Shinning off guard.

''We're here!'' Called a voice.

Everyone looked to the door to see Twilight holding Flurry Heart with Pinkie in a magic bubble with Vick following behind them.

''She's a really strong flyer.'' Pinkie stated in the magic bubble while holding onto the baby who was giggling with joy.

''I'll say, and her magic is crazy.'' Vick says looking tired.

Cadence took hold of her baby in her magic and separated her from Pinkie Flurry reached out to Pinkie, as Pinkie's hooves touched the floor Flurry's eye began to water.

''Uh no.'' Johnny says looking at Flurry.

''WHAAAAAAAA!'' Flurry let out a loud wail so loud that it sent out sound waves through the air visible enough to see and causing everyone to cover their ears.

''Jesus, that baby's got a pair of lungs.'' Johnny says rubbing his ears.

*CRACK!*

Everyone looked to see cracks forming on the surface of the crystal heart.

''Oh no, nonononono!'' Vick franticly repeated over and over.

Before anyone could say anything else the heart shattered into small shards on the floor while Flurry floated down into her mothers arms.

''That, can't be good.'' Johnny says.

''I'm guessing that's gonna make it hard to do the crystalling?'' AppleJack says walkingover to the shards.

''It's worst than that, without the heart the crystal empire's about to be buried under a mountain of ice and snow!'' Twilight says worriedly moving the curtain revealing the moving storm clouds.

''Well shit.'' Johnny says.

''Starting to regret not taking the coat now smart guy!'' Wrath says in a mocking tone.

I know that some of the story is out of order but bear with me on this one guys, I've been having a rough couple of weeks.

P.s. Russians will be in part two.