Long ago in the land of Equestira, before even the time of Celestia’s rule, there lived a pony named Armon. Armon was just a farming pony, simply trying to live in the land. There was nothing special about him and he had no aspirations in life other than to run the farm. And one day maybe find a mare.
One day however, he found a pony on the side of the road. He wasn’t hurt, but he needed help. Armon discovered however that the pony he found was a God.
Before Celestia came into power, the land was ruled by six Gods. Elan, Mortem, Cosmos, Bore, and Savas. Each ruled a particular aspect of power with Elan, the Goddess of Life, being the overall ruler. But Mortem, the God of death, was angry at the other Gods. He felt that the other Gods were given luxury jobs and that he was cursed to be always working while the others did almost nothing.
Mortem wished to become the new ruler of the Gods with his best friend Savas, the God of war, at his side to rule the mortal world. But Savas, loyal to the other Gods, choose to refuse and to tell Elan of Mortem’s plan. Mortem however stopped Savas and casted him into the mortal world, trapping him there.
Savas, realizing that in the mortal he would be unable to stop Mortem, tried to recruit the help of Armon. But Armon refused, stating that he was nothing but a farm pony and he would be of no help.
However Luz, Armon’s life long friend, overheard their conversation and volunteered to go in Armon’s place. Seeing that she was adamant in going, Armon accepted the task in helping Savas. Luz however, against Armon’s wishes, tagged along to help.
Their journey was a long and difficult one. Armon had to accept and beat every test the Gods designed to create a new God from the mortal world. However, at the final test, Mortem interfered and killed Luz. Armon saddened by this wished to trade his life to give Luz her’s back. Elise, seeing that Armon was so quick to give up his life for a friend, gave Armon her power.
With Elise’s power, Armon became a demigod. Seeking to stop Mortem, and to have his revenge for killing Luz, Armon sought out Mortem to end him.
Their fight lasted for three days with no clear winner. On the third day however, Armon realized that Mortem couldn’t be defeated. With the power of the dead behind him, Mortem could never be defeated in battle. With no other choice, Armon had to seal Mortem away.
Using his demigod powers, Armon created a door between Mortem’s world of Tartarus and the mortal world. To make sure that Mortem could never leave, he sealed the door trapping him within with Mortem.
Before he sealed the door, Armon split his powers into the five elements from the Gods he got powers from to ensure peace in the world. Saying goodbye to the world, Armon sealed the door to Tartarus.
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“And that Twilight, is where the Elements come from.” said Celestia.
Celestia and Twilight was sitting in the tearoom of the Canterlot Castle. While normally Celestia was extremely busy with her duties, she always set aside at least one day to talk to her student. Sometimes Luna would join them but she was usually asleep.
On that particular day, Twilight was researching on the Elements only to find that there was no written record on where they came from. Curious, she asked Celestia to see if she knew.
“Wow, that was one of the most incredible stories I’ve ever heard!” said Twilight. “But princess, there’s something I don’t understand.”
“Oh, what’s that Twilight?” asked Celestia.
“If Armon only made five of the Elements of Harmony, where did my element one come from?” asked Twilight.
Celestia only sat in silence to her question. For the first time in a long time, she had no answer to Twilight’s questions. Where did the sixth element come from?
“You know Twilight, I actually don’t know.” said a voice.
Celestia never even considered where that sixth element came from. Sure Twilight’s spark of friendship created it’s physical form, but where did that power come from? The only pony that can make the elements was Armon. But he’s been long dead. He gave up his immortality to make the elements. But it was the only real explanation on how the new element was created.
Armon was still alive.