//------------------------------// // Chapter 5: Music Calms the Savage Rulers // Story: The Spirits of Hearth's Warming Eve // by JusSonic //------------------------------// Chapter 5: Music Calms the Savage Ghosts During the same time, we can see that a big fight happen where the figure and Psycho Pie battle and it look like a war zone, the figure was standing but a little hurt looking down at the down Psycho Pie (it was beating and is fading) and it says, "You gave me one Tartarus of a battle." "And you did as well for not being the real thing." The figure admits. They both look up and see the sky. "Can I tell you something before I fade away?" "And what would that be?" Psycho Pie grinned as you see her body begin to fade. She said, "If the real me ever comes...you best better be ready when that day comes. She will be hard to beat. She is not made of ice after all." "I know that...I will be ready." The figure said. She then looks to where her friends are. "Better get going, my friends need me." With that the figure heads off as the ice illusion watch on. Psycho Pie looks on as she almost fades, the fake says, "Good luck Pinkamena Diane Pie... and give the real me a fight fit to be in a book of great battles." She lets out a final mad laugh that sounded happy as her body was gone. ------------ Clover, Smart Cookie and Pansy lands in front of three strength-testing things. Puddinghead smirks devilishly as her arms turns into mallets and then she hits the gongs, sending them flying. "All right, I won a prize!" Puddinghead cheers madly. "Yeah, hope they won't come back!" Hurricane remarks in agreement. "You aren't getting rid of us that easily!" Pansy snaps as she and her friends recover, floating right in front of their bosses. "This lands right now. "Oh, now you decided to grow a back wing?" "She has for a long time." Clover said seriously to the mad rulers. "You have use great tricks but you all don't use them right." "We use them when dealing with traitors like you and the living ponies." Platinum remarks with a scoff, "As far as I'm concerned..." "Enough of this," Celestia snaps as she and the ponies appear near the ghost advisers and subordinate. "Right, we decree you end your civil war right now!" Luna snaps in agreement. "What? Oh, the alicorns who used to be little,." Hurricane remarks dryly, "Whatcha going to try to do? Try to cute us to death?" "Hey, hey! That's no fair! They have the right to be cute, like we do! Cute is everypony's right, cute is..." Pinkie was cut off as Puddinghead throws a metal plate on her mouth, silencing her. "Ugh, was I ever that annoying when I talk?!" Puddinghead ask with a groan to her rivals. "I mean, all I do was talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk, talk..." "We get the idea!" Hurricane snaps to Puddinghead in annoyance then turns to the good guys. "Looks like you got rid of the illusions." "And we're here to stop you." Twilight said sternly to Hurricane. "Yer illusions can't keep us busy fer long." Applejack remarks in determination. "As long as we have friendship, 'dat's enough fer us." Ben uses his magic to pull the metal plate off Pinkie's mouth, making her shout out, "That's right, you super duper meanie stubborn heads!" Chancellor Puddinghead makes a darkly comical aside glance and comments to the reader, "I can't believe she played me in the Hearth's Warming Eve episode. Then again, the author didn't think to give me another description so I am stuck as her, unfortunately." Pinkie comment, "Puddinghead's insanity has actually caused her to ironically develop a full awareness of her own fictional state. Neat!" "We will fight them all together like we did during the fight with Lorcan." Golden Heart said to the ponies with a nod. Both sides are preparing to fight one more. Platinum smirks to Twilight while saying, "Tell me, Twilight. When you were about to use to use your trinkets on Lorcan's gang, what did you have in store for Boris?" "I...I wanted to kill him." Twilight said in hesitation. "I knew you were capable of such cruel thoughts. Care to explain why you wished such a fate on a pony which was formerly one of us?" "Wait, how did you know that? Were you even there?" Nyx ask Platinum puzzled. "We were ghosts; we were around for a lot of time!" Hurricane snaps to Nyx in annoyance. "And yet you didn't know about my Triforce Element until now? Hypocrites," Ben remarks to Hurricane with a scoff. "Okay, maybe we miss a few details, but that doesn't mean that the unicorn head answered Platinum's question!" "Because he tried to kill Ben and wanted me, what Boris did to me disgust me to that point," Twilight explains to the mad rulers in frustration. "Twilight...you really wished a fate on Boris?" Celestia ask her student this question in surprise and concern. "...Yes." "Twilight, listen. Platinum is trying to use mind games to make you doubt yourself. Maybe you wish that fate on Boris but he was a monster who deserved such fate unless the former unicorn wase to redeem himself." Luna explains to Twilight in comfort. "Even if you wish cruel thoughts, they are unintended." "Yeah, you're right." Twilight said before turning to Platinium. "Nice try, Platinium, but you gotta do better than that." "Oh, I intend to." Platinum said as she, Hurricane and Puddinghead prepares for battle. With the Ice Ponies fighting off the citizens of Ponyville, this battle decided it. Even some of the fighters stop their fighting to see this. Puddinghead looks concerned as she mumbles, "The Hole is coming..." "Ew, please don't say anything about your coming hole." Spike said to Puddinghead in disgust. "Yeah, I'm getting sick just thinking about it." Phobos remarks in agreement and disgust. "Well then, come at us!" Pudidnghead exclaims. Dramatic piece of music begin to play. Pinkie grins as she said, "Alright! 'The Deep End' from Kingdom Hearts," The mare turns to the readers, "Last heard during the first Ansem fight." "Pinkie Pie, you are so random." Rainbow said as the final fight begins. "Cutie Mark Crusaders, ATTACK!" Nyx shouted as she, Phobos and their fellow Crusaders charged towards the evil ghosts along with the Mane 6, Ben and the others. "Hey, kiddies, wanna see a balloon trick?" Puddinghead ask madly as she held out a balloon, making them all stop. "What is she up to?" Rarity asks puzzled. "Okay, okay, this here is a doggie." Puddinghead said as she twists the balloon around to make a doggy. Then the ghost did the same thing, making another shape. "This here is a dinosaur..." The heroes and ghosts look puzzled then Puddinghead smirks evilly as she twist the balloon around while yelling, "And this..." The mare then made some sort of a machine, "...a machine gun; Ha ha ha ha!" The heroes yelp as the machine gun suddenly became real, firing gun shots right at them. "Look out!" Crashfire shouted as the heroes dodged the bullets. "Ha ha ha; run, run, you ponies, you can't stop me! I'm the Chancellor!" Puddinghead laughs madly; Spike jumps forward with his beam sword and hit the gun...causing it to explode with a pop, "Hey! You ruined my balloon!" "Now it's my turn to ruin you." Spike said sternly. "Not so fast, little dragon." Platinum said as she performs her illusion magic on Spike. The dragon gasps as he saw what appears to be his grandfather on the verge of death. "Grandpa, no," Spike exclaims as he kneels in the snows, horrified. "Looks like your fear that your old dragon man will go down." Platinum taunts Spike evilly. "Shame! Little lizards like you are so easily downtrodden!" "No! No!" Spike cried in horror as he started shedding tears. "Hey, leave him alone!" Clover yells out as she fires a blast at her former boss, making her jump away. Twilight quickly uses the disillusion spell to get rid of the illusion then picks up her adopted brother, comforting him while saying, "It's okay, Spike. Shhhh, it's not real. It's not real." "You're gonna regret that, you sadistic mule!" Crashfire shouted angrily at Platinum. A mule noise is heard, making Crashfire turn to the mule, apologizing, "No offense." "None taken," The mule said, "I agree about that so-called princess, of course." The founders float together and make a triangle like attack against Hurricane, Platinum and Puddinghead, almost hitting them. Celestia and Luna combine their attack as well. "Listen, this madness that corrupted you...it has got to stop." Celestia pleads to the mad rulers. "We must understand as to why you went at each other in the first place." "What's the better reason?!" Hurricane snaps to Celestia as she sends down icicles at the alicorn who got rid of them. "The Pegasi are born to rule this world. It's for everypony's good." "Right, same here only with unicorns," Platinum remarks dryly to the princess, "They may fly but at least we use magic to make it better!" "Who needs wings and magic?! Earth ponies are T-H-E-B-E-S-T!" Puddinghead remarks as she turns a rock into a dime and throws it at Luna...which didn't affect her. "You three tyrants are thinking black and white. That isn't how things are in Equestria anymore." Luna said to the rulers in pity and concern. "Megan and her human friends would've done their best to stop you if they were here." Pansy said in concern. "Oh, brother, there we go with her again. Maybe once this war is done, the unicorns will go to her world and take it over." Platinum said madly. "Yes, bring judgment to her species, for everyone's good to end their chaos and corruption." "You are a fool!" Rarity exclaims to Platinum angrily. "Not too long ago, another version of Celestia tried to turn the humans into ponies until we stopped her!" "Right, you're mad as she was." Rainbow remarks in agreement. "When did this happen?" Ben asks Twilight puzzled. "A while before Nyx was born." Twilight explains to Ben clearly. "If you're done boring us with the details, can we get on with the fighting, please?" Hurricane asked the opposing site in boredom, "I wanna get this civil war done, and pronto." "Fine, then." Clover said with a frown as the group stands together, ready for anything. Spike blinks as he saw something: a blue wormhole with his face in the middle. The dragon blinks as it disappears. "Nah; couldn't be." Spike mumbles to himself as he turns his attention back to the fight. "Listen, y'all, Clover, Pansy an' Ah know o' a trick 'dat could end 'dis; could yew keep these three busy until we pull it off?" Smart Cookie asks the living ponies in determination and hope. "Don't worry, Smart Cookie, y'all can count on us!" Tough Apple replied. The three good ghosts nod as they float upward. Rainbow fires blasts from her nunchuck gun, remarking, "All right, time to get Dasheresque!" "Ugh, how pathetic," Platinum remarks dryly as she send out an ice wave at Rainbow; Twilight uses her magic to pull her friend out of the way in time. "You want to go, eh? You wanna?" Pinkie snaps as she put on some boxing gloves. "Okay, Puddinghead, you and me! Let's go 3 rounds!" "Good!" Puddinghead, with boxing gloves of her own, exclaims as she fights off the pink pony. Applejack twirled her rope, tossing it at Hurricane and Platinum, catching them. The cowpony exclaims, "Yeehaw! Looks like Ah done can catch 'de ghosties." "Hardly," Hurricane remarks as she and Platinum floats right out. "Now taste lightning!" Hurricane send out a lightning bolt at Applejack but Ben jumps in, knocking it away with his new weapon. The Earth pony yells out, "Not to my friend, you ain't!" "Bring it on, Earth Filth!" Platinum shouted. Luna sends out her own lighting at Platinum, making the mad princess shriek. The Goddess of the Night booms, "You should've listened to us. Now you must pay the price." "Right as if I..." Platinum yelps as a knife almost got her. The unicorn ghost yells out, "Who the hay did that?!" Golden Heart said a familiar figure waving to him in the shadows before she disappear. The alicorn smiles and shakes his head. "That Pinkamena," Golden Heart said as he shots out fireballs right at Hurricane who uses her blizzard power to freeze them. The good ghosts glow as if they are about to do something great. Twilight quickly flies in at a barrier, hitting the bad ghosts in a game of pinball. "1000 points," Twilight giggles eagerly while dodging Platinum's ice powers. "Dang it, will you stop that?!" Platinum demands to Twilight angrily. "Never." Twilight said sternly. "Not as long as I'm still breathing." "Then we will make ya stop breathing." Hurricane snarls as she send out lightning at her but Ben knocks it back at her, hitting the ghost mare, "Ouch; why are you even defending her?!" "Looks like you really don't know, do you? Twilight Sparkle is my somepony!" Ben exclaims as he and Twilight held hooves. "A unicorn and Earth Filth together; revolting," Platinum shouted in disgust. How could a unicorn love an Earth pony? "You don't know true love." Twilight said with a smile. "Sometimes even ponies can love, no matter what." "Okay, my mind just blew up." Puddinghead said as her head explodes literally before reforming. "Nice trick." Pinkie said with a grin. "Besides, Dinky's mother is Pegasus and she is a unicorn. The Cakes, who are Earth ponies, has an unicorn and a Pegasi for foals." Nyx said to the three ghosts with a frown. "Right, and Shining Armor, who is an unicorn, married an alicorn named Cadance." Rarity explains clearly. "This proves that true love can overcome the boundaries of species kind anyway of the week." Celestia explains to the mad rulers with a nod, "Along with friendship." "So go suck on that, you three Stooges!" Phobos laughs at the mad rulers with a mischievous grin. "WE WILL NOT!" The mad rulers exclaims furiously as they combine their attack. These three has had enough of the opposition and the cross species love that they're hearing. Time to end this. The mad ones fire an attack that is big right at the opposition. Spike yelps, "Yikes! I doubt we can block that." "Brace yourselves, everypony!" Golden Heart exclaims as he and the others brace themselves for the worst. Suddenly, a powerful blast cancels the rulers' one. To everyone's surprise, an artificial alicorn ghost flew down, saying in a combination of three familiar voices, "We're done, our friends. We will handle it from here." "Who dares negate the power of my Pegasus tribe?!" Hurricane shouted in rage. "Is that...Clover, Smart Cookie and Pansy?" Puddinghead ask confused by the newly arrival alicorn. "Yes, it's us. We merged together into this form, one trick we have learned over more than a thousand years in the afterlife." The alicorn ghost explains. "And it's one trick that you three have NOT learned because you have never been able to cooperate well enough to do so." "How dare you!" Platinum snapped in anger before she launched a magic blast at the ghost alicorn. The alicorn ghost blocks the attack and made an ice attack that grabs the ghosts then slams them to the ground. The others watch as she flew down and kicks them into the air. "WHEEEEE; Wait, I mean AAAAAARGH!" Puddinghead exclaims, randomly at first then got upset. "Looks like we're going to win this one," Big Macintosh said in observation at the battle. "Yes, but will it be enough?" Cheerilee ask Big Macintosh hopefully. "We can only hope." Big Macintosh said with a sigh. Hurricane, Platinum and Puddinghead yelp as they got covered in a cloud of sorts. The alicorn ghost glows while saying, "It's time to end this. This won't kill you but ends the darkness once and for all." "You can't do this. This can't end like this!" Platinum exclaims frantically. "End it, we shall. Forgive us." The fused alicorn ghost said as she fires a huge beam at their former bosses. Soon, a huge flash covers the area. A while later, all is clear, the living ponies got up, groaning a bit. Some of the ice ponies remain but it appears that the mad rulers are gone. Clover, Smart Cookie and Pansy, defused, pant a bit. "Wow; that took a lot out of us." Clover said in exhaustion. Even when she's dead, that attack was big. "Looks like we did it," Smart Cookie said with a nod. "We done beaten them." "Yes..." Pansy said in regret. She hate having to wipe out her former employer but it's for the best...of course, the true intention was to wipe out the darkness, but who knew that the attack would do even more than that? "They did it." Twilight said with a sigh of relief. "It looks like it's all over." "Wait, don't presume much yet." Celestia said with a concerned look on her face. "We have yet to know what's happening." "Come on! The rulers had fallen! We won, isn't that the matter?" Rainbow asks with a scoff, thinking that she and her friends has saved Hearth's Warming Eve. "But doesn't it seem strange: if Hurricane, Platinum and Puddinghead had fallen, wouldn't the ice ponies be gone by now?" Crashfire points out to his friend in concern. The Earth pony is right; the ice ponies should've dissolved if their leaders were gone; Then so... Suddenly a flash appears, making the ponies yelp. The three mad rulers have reappeared, safe and sound. Puddinghead exclaims furiously, "Okay, that's it! I am done playing nice!" "You, nice; hardly, more like being pathetic," Platinum exclaims to Puddinghead with a scoff, "and Hurr-no Brain isn't doing any better!' "WHAT DID YOU CALL ME?!" Hurricane asks Platinum furiously. "Looks like we gotta stop them, despite lack of energy, come on." Clover said as she, Smart Cookie and Pansy were forced into battle again, along with the living ponies. Now it was clear that neither side was winning or losing in the matter. The Tribe Rulers and their Ice Pony Troops were clashing against each other with icicle weapons or some piloting one of the Armory Machines that were stolen from Canterlot. The mayhem that was being caused was stirring up trouble, areas becoming wrecked, homes being destroyed, and for what? The Mane Six and any of their friends, even the Dragons of Equestria, were doing all they can to stop another war that involves the ponies of today for their own sakes, but this wouldn't happen if the Tribe Rulers of the three just have learned their lesson. As of now, even good spirits from the past were forced to stop their own a colleagues from repeating a mistake from 1000 years ago, but their alicorn attack has failed. Neither of the rulers was willing to cooperate because of a hatred that started so long, it may as well have been forgotten. It looked like nothing was going to stop all this useless fighting that was getting out of hand. "Bruvhmmm.../Booomwwivhmm…" Suddenly within the very skies and behind the stormy clouds, a loud guitar and sonic-boom noise was heard that sent off a giant sound-wave burst spreading over the entire conflict. "Brziziizvhmm/Trusgruvhmm…" Suddenly, the sound wave made contact with the machines, sparking them for a second before….they shut down completely. "Hugh! What the," Private Pansy responded off from her situation with Commander Hurricane to notice this. "How 'dat happen? 'Dis your doing Clover?" Smart Cookie asked off from getting Chancellor Puddinghead in a neck bind. "That wasn't me." Clover the Clever responded from when she, Princess Platinum, and the whole spirits of a 1000 years ago cease themselves for this unexpected scenery. There was more noise being heard of something, 'jamming', more guitar playing that was being heard from above, and suddenly, the storm clouds were shifting to form a strange swirling vortex. Then suddenly, there was more guitar music being heard as lots of folks soon saw two spheres in the open vortex clearing. At first, it was like a bright orange sphere of the sun, but then from another bit was from a aqua light glow sphere of the moon, however…it was shown of them both being there. "What's happening?" Applejack asked off in not figuring out this entire show. "Is that the Sun & Moon…dancing?" Fluttershy asked off from pointing and questioning if what they saw…was real or just some illusion. "This is too weird!" Rainbow Dash quoted out in finding this…very odd. "Princess, what's happening?" Twilight asked the princess that was near her; surely Celestia could explain this, right? "The arrival of a friend Twilight and just in time," Celestia nods her head down with a smile suddenly as if knowing what is happening. "A friend," Rarity questioned with a raised eyebrow, who has arrived to help them? Suddenly, a figure in a shroud of cloak was seen within the dancing sun and moon spheres. More so, he was actually letting a glow of silver light and mist scatters his very being. Whoever this character was was getting the attention of the entire war and the sounds of music was getting louder and more into beat with each passing second. "Don't matter who this is, Ice Pegasus! Maneuver 12, Delta!" Commander Hurricane snaps off in seeing the show-off ally to the present time and issued a command to her ice troop fliers. "Forget it! His style shall be dealt with by my forces! Ice Unicorns, engage the target!" Princess Platinum declared off in not letting this Pegasus take the shot and wants her own ice magicians to tend to this. "No way; Ice Ponies of the Leftovers, get him!" Chancellor Puddinghead protest while telling her ground troops to attack which earn her stares from the latter two. "What? They were leftovers from the snow!" The spirit of the Pinkie Pie lookalike shrug off her shoulders to say this puzzled. "Heheheheheheeehhh…" Soon the Ice Ponies giggled with a creepy tone as they were swarming to take charge against the new foe. Many of the other ponies started to worry, all that army against one lonesome cloak figure, he didn't have a chance…or did he? "You maybe wild but I…." The figure slowly spoke with sounding very calm, very cool and very sure he was in no danger what-so-ever. "Am more….." As he was proclaiming this while circling his rug hooves in the air, like performing some 'art' at work. "Frususvhmmm…" Then the swinging of the cloth over hooves seems to shape a guitar and loud-speakers surrounding the being before… "WIIIIIILD," He yelled out loud in pronouncing who he is, and what he's got against this army. "BAM-PUVVHHMMM…" Then he struck the spiritual guitar hard that unleashed a strong 'boom' sound right off the magical load speakers towards…the ice enemies. "Waaaahhaaahhhaahhh….." The Ice Ponies made a sudden screeching scream when a force stopped them in their tracks, and this wasn't all. "Crackrisvhhmmm….." And without a warning notice, from the front, to the back, the Ice Ponies were all shattered to dust sparkling the skies. Now this really caught a lot of specters to pay attention, both living and the spirits could not believe what had just transpired here. "What the; No way!" Phobos yelped off in not believing this, one move and total 'KO' on the Ice Ponies like that? "He obliterated them all…with just one attack!" Spike responded in utter shock, how is this strange figure of their ally this strong? "That was the sound of his ability to heighten the force to shatter any glass, even ice." Luna explained with a knowledgeable tone in what had happened here was a wise decision to act with. "Wooh, just who is this guy?" Pinkie Pie asked off in not knowing to be impressed or surprise, or both, in who this new person is that came to aid them. "He's J.B., but his full name…is well known. Celestia spoke the first part in how the mysterious new figure doing the performance was known as B.J. but he had another name too. "Who?" The CMC asked from hearing this and became very curious to who this 'B.J.' person really is. "Hmm-hmm, that's a surprise little ones." Celestia hid a playful chuckle in sweetly telling the CMC that when B.J.'s real name is spoken, it'll surprise them all. And with that much said, the mysterious of who B.J. was really baffled many ponies' mind. "Ponies of days past and present," The figure known as J.B. spoke to get attention once more for all to bear witness. "It is time we stop from repeating a mistake of the past and not let what shackles us to fight…but to accept!" He was explaining that they should not have to fight one another because they are different but to accept that as who they are. "Through the things we believe in! Kindness! Truth! Generosity! Laughter! Loyalty! And the Magic that brings them together!" He proclaimed the things that can bring them all together, the very terms that make up the Elements of Harmony themselves. "Frusvhmm…" Then appearing from behind this guy's back are another spell-shocker of them being; the Elements of Harmony. "The Elements," Ben Mare responded surprise that this person had the six elements hovering around him. "When did he….?" He was so lost, how were the Elements of Harmony that work for the Mane Six in this unknown character's procession? "Okay! Let them show us the truth of our future!" J.B. proclaimed forth in waving his cloth rags up in wanting something to happen. "Frsusuvhmm…Truspvhmmm…" The elements swirl to dance around before vanishing from sight and appearing on the Mane Six. "Now; Let the Elements build a future by freeing the chains of our darkened past!" J.B. announced forth in which the spheres of the sun and moon were coming to a cross-road in the middle. "Sruvhmm…" Then without warning, the Elements that the Mane Six wore were glowing but so was Ben Mare's Triforce Cutie Mark. "What's happening?" Rarity asked in not understanding it how the Elements are being triggered without their will, but unlike the time with Lorcan, this was not 'dark evil' play, but more…'peaceful good' terms of it. "How are 'de Elements reacting wit' him?" Applejack asked from not figuring out how this B.J. was having the Elements react, even Ben's Triforce, the strongest of 3 merged Elements. "It's surprising even to me!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed from not being so sure, but this was more than any surprise that she could ever think up. "Princess Celestia, Princess Luna, who is J.B., really?" Fluttershy asked the two princesses nearby in who their 'friend' here really is if he's able to do all this. "He is one that holds an Element special to him." Luna nods with a serious motion in what B.J. is is something with an element like the others here. "Another Element," Rainbow Dash repeated off shock to hear this, what could this element be? "What is it…" Twilight Sparkle asked from wanting to know; what was this B.J. person's element that responds so positive to the other Elements? "It is…Music." Celestia finished with a proud smile while looking up at the show about to start here. But while this was going on, the tribe rulers were becoming annoyed. Bad enough this new guy shows up, stops the stolen Machines of War from the Armory, completely shatters their Ice Ponies to dust and is planning to put a stop to their hatred of each other. "I ain't about to let some newby cut our awaited war to be stopped!" Commander Hurricane snarled off with a shook left hoof in not about to take this lying down. "He'll pay for this, no matter who he is! Unicorn or otherwise," Princess Platinum exclaimed with a stern expression to make who's cutting their plan of war off pay for this. "Then let's go get him right now!" Chancellor Puddinghead suggested with a frown face in why they are talking, instead of going to solve the problem by force, naturally. Then the three spirits dodged away their former allied spirits to go after J.B., the one that's trying to keep them from fighting. "No wait! Stop this!" Private Pansy tried to stop the Tribe Rulers from leaving them. "Yew can't settle it, not 'dis way." Smart Cookie tried to snap some sense into the stubborn spirits, all these years and they still haven't changed. "You'll only bring more misery to yourselves!" Clover The Clever tried to speak some reason, but neither Princess Platinum nor the other two spirit rulers were paying much attention. Soon the revengeful spirits were coming closer to the source that dare stop them in their bickering war. J.B. saw this from behind the hood that cover his face, but he did something unexpected; his muzzle mouth just smiled. "Relax and enjoy the show." J.B. spoke in holding his arm rags out in wanting to help settle the commotion without flinching. Suddenly, the Mane Six and Ben Mare's eyes turn white before…a strong rainbow was shot from their combined Elements upwards! The rainbow from the Elements soon raced to make first contact with J.B. before the 3 tribe spirits could. "Prsuvhmmm…" And the impact soon created a bright rainbow barrier that spread over his reign, even making his attackers get stop in their tracks. "Gaaaaughh…." Princess Platinum, Chancellor Puddinghead and Commander Hurricane were shot off into the skies. Then without warning, the cloak around J.B. started to magically vanish away in a rainbow light to reveal his appearance. It was a stallion unicorn with white/silver coating, shade-aqua silver mane and tail with some sparkle dust, and emerald eyes. He has a very mid-physically built body to allow him to be active, and by view alone, does have a handsome face for Mares to go wild to fall for him. On his flank was a Cutie Mark with musical notes on a tan-orange bandana and next to it were rocks that looked to be rolling to the musical beat. Then another twist, the cloak's disappearance replaced it with other cloths he worn, wearing a dark gray vest, a red bandana around his neck along with a gold chain with letters 'J' & 'B' on it. His mane was cut short to look pointy and flowing backwards like the wind and his tail just flows out naturally. He wore two hoof golden bands on the front hooves with circle marks showing the words 'Music' & 'Rock' on from left to right. He wore a stylist black belt with golden ovals crossing around, plus it's used to hold a guitar. He even has a spare contact of red spec. sunglasses to shield his eyes or just now, rest them on his forehead. Soon as if by a magical summoning, brings out a crimson & pink guitar forged from fine materials before playing a beat opening number. This appearance and this alone, he was known as the one, and ONLY… "AHHHHHHH; ITS JOHNNY BROCK," Golden Harvest screamed out loud in holding her hooves to her face in exclaiming with over-filled joy, in recognizing who J.B. is. "The Rock-Star Traveling Sensation himself!" Noteworthy exclaimed off with wide eye shock in not believing this, but it's true, J.B. is a famous Rock-Star Idol! "He's Super Famous!" Derpy spoke off to look at another of their friend in knowing this 'Johnny Brock', is well famous in the music business. "WE LOVE YOU, JOHNNY!" Lyra shouted out at the top of her lungs to wave and let the revealed J.B., now known as Johnny Brock know of this fact. In fact, the voices and cheers were just kept coming until almost a lot of ponies were chatting the name; more so the mares than the stallions, but they all love the guy apparently. "Okay…what's going on?" Spike asked from seeing all the commotion going around is…kinda whacky. "Apparently, young mares going gaga over hunky-super rockstar celebrity and now hero of this picture," Phobos exclaimed to shrug off in seeing how many of the females are pretty much going crazy for this one pony in particular. "You hoo; Johnny; Can ya see me, I'm an old fan!" A voice that got the two little dragons to turn and see Granny Smith was acting like a young mare going head over heels for a popular celebrity. "Especially the old mares falling for this guy too," Phobos rolled his eyes from seeing how much even Granny Smith was acting weird, even more so than usual. "My word…we're in the presence of someone…fabulously famous! Ah, Johnny Brock," Rarity had almost gasp in being completely shock and gasp in overjoyed-reaction; this was almost too much for one excited mare to realize…they have an idol in Equestria. "Oh boy," Spike slap his forehead in seeing even Rarity is falling head over heels for a pretty face. Didn't she learn a lesson about not judging a book by the cover like from Prince Blueblood? "Chin up Spike, he might not be all bad if he's helping us," Ben Mare spoke in trying to have the baby dragon not judge this new stallion too quickly. Soon, the one known as J.B., now revealed as Johnny Brock, plays a first key strike on his guitar. "I call this little number…Stay with me!" The musician unicorn announced the name of the song he'll be singing out here and now. "Oh-oh; is it by Hoobastank?" Pinkie Pie was waving up her left hoof to ask a question out of random on what the song might be related to. "You know it, Pinkie!" Johnny Brock pointed down to give a response to Pinkie Pie that her Fourth Wall Break moment was dead on. "OH! He knows me!" Pinkie Pie yelped for joy in seeing Johnny knows her. "What kinda name puts together a Hooba and Stank?" Rainbow Dash asked off a bit mind puzzled by the whole thing. "Maybe it means a Hobo 'dat Stank," Tough Apple spoke off from the side-lines in overhearing the subject. "Somehow, Ah doubt 'dat cousin." Applejack shook her head in disagreeing with what her cousin was thinking there. "Look, he's about to do something." Fluttershy pointed back in witnessing something strange being done by Johnny Brock. "And the 3 tribe rulers are recovering." Twilight pointed out in concern, whatever this Johnny guy's got, better hopefully stop the 3 Tribe Rulers from causing anymore harm to Equestria over their silly war argument. As Princess Platinum, Commander Hurricane, and Chancellor Puddinghead recovered, Johnny Brock was already done with the quiet warm up before…He picked up a beat which transformed the air-space around him into a scenery which made many freeze. The spirits were suddenly glowing to change into…flesh, and the other ponies saw they were observing what looked like…Equestria's past. It was flashing across their eyes, and then…Johnny Brock began…to sing a voice that match perfectly with this theme. (Not to mention, he sounded just like the real Hoobastank band themselves) Johnny Brock: You've felt Unloved Before The singer spoke from where the 3 Tribe Rulers stood. You've felt Unwanted The magical scene shows an image of the past of Commander Hurricane, Chancellor Puddinghead and Princess Platinum were still in their icy frozen states from days of old. You're tried To Close the Door on A Past The 3 Tribe Rulers looked to each other, seeing what became of their states when the Wendigos froze them to be as cold…as their hearts. In which you're Haunted. Even the spirits of Private Pansy, Smart Cookie, and even Clover the Clever seem to sadden their faces in looking…at their once called friends. I Don't Know How to Make It Right The scene shows flashes of flashbacks of when the three spirits of the Rulers were saved from the same fate…when they learn to stop hating. I Don't Know How to Change it The scene shows the three give a sorry bow to the Tribe Rulers, seeing that they can't free hearts that cannot melt the hatred that remains frozen in place…by Wendigo magic. I Just Know It Wasn't Your Fault Soon we see the spirits seeing this, and within a quick peek, there were some….invisible frozen chains that were tighten around the 3 Tribe Rulers. So Just Let Me Say This. Then the scenery changes to where Johnny Brock reappears before the spirits of a 1000 years ago. And soon, the stallion picks up the beat with his guitar. You Can Go Back If You Want to I Will Be Right There Behind You Soon the scene was spiraling around like starry skies that were falling meteors. Johnny was declaring that if they lived in the past, he be there to aid them. Step By Step, Patiently Then in another step moment, imagines of the stallion appeared around the Tribe Spirits like mirrors…trying to reach them. Give Us Time Stay With Me. Chancellor Puddinghead, Commander Hurricane, and Princess Platinum yelp backwards, but suddenly yelped in feeling something hold them from going or leaving…the ice chains. The Past Is a Memory The 3 Tribes tried to fight free, but saw from the magic mirrors of…their past memory. The Future's A Mystery (Other Voice: The Future's A Mystery) Then the images of the past was flashing to show images of the future…ponies of all tribes getting along. Even Private Pansy, Smart Cookie, and Clover the Clever were helping to aid in a new beginning. [Where we'll be going What Will we be But from seeing the new images, the three ponies that worked with their rulers, tried to look up in the new sky in thought… As Long As it's You and Me Within the clouds, they each thought of their respectful Ruler and friend; Private Pansy for Commander Hurricane, Smart Cookie for Chancellor Puddinghead, and Clover the Clever for Princess Platinum. You Can Go Back If You Want To I Will Be Right There Behind You Soon the mirror imagines of the pass were rotating in a fast link around the 3 tribes. They suddenly were seeing that not only had change came that their argumental war ended, but they were still remembered…not forgotten from their cold hearts. Step By Step, Patiently Soon, Johnny appears behind the three spirits and popping off on and off. Give Us Time Stay With Me. Then as the stallion vanished from sight, his magical music was coming into contact with the ice chains on the 3 tribes that were heating them. There Is Nowhere Left To Run To Commander Hurricane tried to rush after the guy, but felt still a tug from the chains. Nothing That We Couldn't Get Through Even Chancellor Puddinghead and Princess Platinum were struggling to follow their ruler associate as the icy chains tried to keep them held tight. Step By Step, Patiently Give Us Time Then without knowing it, the three Tribe Rulers each lent a hoof to help the other pull themselves against an invisible force keeping them from leaving…or escaping. Stay with Me Then as Johnny Brock played, he suddenly gave a smile and nodded to the 3 good spirits to go to the tribe rulers much to their puzzlement. Stay with Me Soon while the tribe rulers struggled, they were suddenly shown…a hoof. Stay With Me Stay With Me (Other Voice: I Promise I'll Be There) Commander Hurricane looked up to see Private Pansy smiling to help here. Chancellor Puddinghead saw Smart Cookie also offering her a helping hoof. And even the astounded Princess Platinum gasped in seeing Clover the Clever…offer a hoof aid. The tribe rulers were confused; they were at war and disagreed to the whole 'be friends with each other' yet their own...closest friends, still wants to help them after everything. You Can Go Back If You Want To Johnny was playing a slow start in speaking if the spirits still want to go back…to what they were or not. I Will Be Right There The stallion sang forth as he soon was picking up the beat where his mussy was soaring across the starry sky display. Step By Step, Patiently As the spirits still stared eye to eye, the tribe rulers didn't see their icy chains were trying to free them over…or so it was believed. Give Us Time Stay With Me. The tribe rulers' own allies, their friends, waited for them to take their hooves to step out of the cool…and into the warmth they are in. There Is Nowhere Left To Run To "WRUOOAAAAUGHH…" Without warning, suddenly, a ghostly and translucent horse of grayish cerulean and pale cyan eyes was emerging from the cold breeze behind the tribe rulers…trying to take them. Nothing That We Couldn't Get Through All viewers watched in seeing the beast of legends as if trying to keep its control on the icy frosts of the tribe rulers and their hearts from escaping its power. Step By Step, Patiently But in a sudden and unexpected show of a change…each tribe ruler reached to take the hoof offered to them. Give Us Time Stay With Me. And then in an instant showing, each tribe ruler managed to take a hoof hold of their 'friends' offer to help. And suddenly, the magical music swirled around the holds that symbol…the warmth of friendship. Stay With Me "Bruhaharaaaughh…." Suddenly, the Wendigo that came into being…was being pushed back and vanishing from the warmth that reached over to it' side. Stay With Me (Stay with Me.) And then to add another twist, as Johnny Brock was singing, his music was warming up the tension of the entire area, and then without a word…the icy chains that bind the 3 Tribe Rulers began to melt, including around their hearts. The storm of the blizzard that tried to freeze the land was settling, becoming calmer with each minute. And now the musician ended with a gentle guitar play before finally coming to a finish stop…now, to end his song. Once the song had reached its end, a lot of ponies that were the spectating crowds all cheered loudly and stomping their hooves in response for the show. "Ugh, wha…wha, what happened to us?" Commander Hurricane rubbed her head that was feeling very strange all of a sudden? "Dear me, I felt as if something kept me bind and hard to move around." Princess Platinum rubbed her neck while getting a feeling of herself, like it's been stiff this whole time. "Yeah, now I feel all wobbly and such, but at the same time…a little loose!" Chancellor Puddinghead exclaimed from feeling like something is off about her, yet at the same time rejoice for it? Soon Smart Cookie, Clover the Clever, and Private Pansy were still near the 3 Tribe Rulers in observing their 'strange' new behavior. Many of the other pony spectator viewers watched what was happening in concern, would the 3 tribe rulers start revolting again to get back to starting another war? But the moment each spirit from either a Unicorn, Pegasus, even an Earth Pony, looked at the other….something happened. The Tribe Rulers were showing….friendly, honest to peaceful, express emotions…for the first time since they've been around. "Oh, Smart Cookie; Where have you've been, silly?" Chancellor Puddinghead responded with a cheeky smile at seeing someone she knew. "Um, begin' yer pardon, what now?" Smart Cookie responded responded a bit off and puzzled to see her leader of their old tribe act this way, even for her. "Hay Private Pansy, how's it hanging," Commander Hurricane spoke with a go-getter attitude of a positive note while shaking the private's hoof. "Um…fine, I guess." Private Pansy responded a bit shaken, but not stirred, this behavior of her commander was…strange to her. "Clover, oh, would you be a dear and help me up?" Princess Platinum spoke off with a gentle manner before asking to be brought to her standing. "Um, okay…you….feeling alright? All of you?" Clover the Clever asked off a bit oddly as she, Cookie and Pansy lifted the 3 Tribe Rulers up to stand before them; what just happened to them? "I should say so." Princess Platinum responded off to say this message of what has happened was the tribe rulers are nothing but fine. "For some reason, what hatred I had of Pegasus Ponies, and, dearest me, bad-mouthing Earth Ponies, I feel so…dreadful." Princess Platinum spoke in utter shock in realizing, the terrible, horrible things she's said and done this whole time. "Yeah well…I somehow feel bad about raising a hoof to clobber you, and your unicorns. And anypony else here." Commander Hurricane rubbed the back of her head in feeling kinda sorry about what's happened too. "Oh, and I wanna say that I'm sorry that during the last meeting, I hit your each with a bench chair and pointed at the other to blame it on the unsuspecting ruler." Chancellor Puddinghead announced off in shame that she did something terrible to the other two tribe rulers and blame it on the other when they weren't looking. "That was you?" Both Hurricane and Princess Platinum both looked to the chancellor in shock, they once blamed the other for that crazy stunt in the past. "Yeah, heh, sorry," Chancellor Puddinghead cheekily and sheepishly apologized for that mistake in the past, which to her surprise, the other tribe rulers just smiled and shook their heads…like it was okay. "Okay, what's going on now?" Spike questioned from seeing this and yet not believing it. First, the three tribe rulers were trying to cause distrust then planned on starting a war, and now they're acting weirdly friendly suddenly? "You mean besides that the three ghosts of the tribes past that came to start a war are now acting all nice? Got me," Phobos was pointing out all the stops on what was happening before them before shrugging off the subject in being clueless himself. "I would believe you must know this by now." Celestia suddenly spoke up in front of the Mane Six and their friends here. "The Elements of Harmony have helped free them from the chains of hatred." The princess of the Sun exclaimed that through the Elements have freed the tribe rulers of 'chains' that have binds their hatred. "The Chains of Hatred," Most of the Mane Six responded off in never hearing of such a subject of this discussion. "It was something that, if by magic effect, can cause unseen chains to bind one's heart." Luna explained the motion of the subject on what topic it plays, "Like it did mine so long ago." She held her right hoof to her chest, emphasizing with deep sorrow in recalling…the times being Nightmare Moon made her hate everything and wanting to gain Eternal Night. "Wow; that must really sting there." Nyx spoke in feeling very sympathetic towards Luna, the two that have connections to Nightmare Moon, know all but to well on such a subject. "And it seems that from Wendigo magic caused some 'Chains of Wendigo Binding' to chain the 3 Tribe Rulers." Celestia explained this with a serious thought, that the cold spirits that froze the Tribe Rulers made the chains hold their hate and kept them from ever going into the afterlife. "This allowed the three to continue to let off hatred while it feed Wendigo spirits that created the chains. But it's now over, the chains are broken and at last, hatred is furtherest from their hearts….thanks to you all." The princess smiled on the last parts spoken, thanks to the Mane Six and their friends, the cold hearts of the 3 Tribe Rulers…has finally been melted away. "We're glad to have helped mom, and how is it that your friend is a known celebrity?" Ben Mare responded in thanking his mother for the compliment, but he's more interested in how Celestia, knows another famous celebrity like Johnny Brock. "It's because, like Spell Nexus, he was another student of mine long ago." Celestia honestly explained the connection she has to some she calls J.B. because he was another student she taught like with Spell Nexus. "No way; Seriously," Rainbow Dash exclaimed in shock to hear this for the first time around. "'Dat singer was 'yer' student?" Applejack asked off in not believing this for a fact either. "Yes, but like every pony is different in their own way, Little Johnny was both talented for magic as he has a passion for music. It was the first time that I've seen somepony bring the two in sync; he has quite a good heart." Celestia nods while explaining how the popular stallion has such a knack talent for his own ability. "Both Spell Nexus and Johnny Brock are of one of the Highest Level Unicorns to perform such strong spells." The princess stated another surprising fact that came to a surprise to the rest. "Wait a second. They are?" Twilight Sparkle exclaimed in hearing this right, both her old teacher and this rock star are high-level unicorns in the magic department. "I recall Trixie doing an Age Spell when Twilight couldn't and you're saying…those ponies are in that rank?" Rarity suddenly remembered this quote as something that happened to them a while back. "Does that mean they can perform like a Duplication Spell, oh, what about a spell to change our gender? Oh-oh, wait I got it, a One-Pony Band Playing Ten Instruments!" Pinkie Pie was asking off a bunch of strange and bizarre questions on what spells the special high-level unicorns can do. "Pinkie, I think that last spell was mostly you." Fluttershy spoke to her friend in recalling, the pink pony once did that one made-up spell. "Oh yeah, that's right." Pinkie Pie smiled to perkily reply in recalling that she can perform ten instruments at once. "Indeed, such spells are for advance Unicorns, and Twilight here is an expectation. As well as my son, Ben Mare. And someday soon, little Nyx too," Celestia spoke with a smile while looking down to both Twilight Sparkle and Ben Mare, stating a possibility for the two, even Nyx has a shot when the time comes. "Really," Twilight and Ben, even an excited Nyx asked off with somehow, liking that idea very much. "Excuse us." The other ponies were taken out of their thought and discussion at this time to se…the six spirits of the 3 tribes hover over to them. "But I believe we all have something to say. Don't we?" Clover the Clever spoke once more, getting the attention before looking to Princess Platinum in wanting her and the other tribe rulers to take this stand now. "Come honey, let it out." Smart Cookie gave a bit of a jab to Chancellor Puddinghead to let it out now. "It's okay Commander, just let what you feel be heard." Private Pansy spoke kindly to Commander Hurricane, who seems a bit unsure. "We're sorry." All three Tribe Rulers responded with a bow of their heads in apologizing at this moment. By many of the others' surprise, these three spirits were sorry for the trouble that they cause. "Listen, we're not entirely sure how it happened or why we started to fight and hate each other." Commander Hurricane rub the back of her head in feeling, what they did, they don't know how it all happened. "Precisely and worst was that we never learned our lesson…not even when we were still alive." Princess Platinum spoke humbly in admitting a fact that took them so long to learn, a 1000 years to be precise. "We missed out on a lot of stuff, a good life were we could have been more like friends than enemies." Chancellor Puddinghead sadly exclaim in admitting how they could have lived much better if they put away their petty prides and open up. "Gosh, maybe it doesn't have 'ta be all bad." Apple Bloom spoke in trying to help cheer up these spirits. "Maybe, if you like…you can stick around to enjoy the Hearth's Warming Festival!" Sweetie Belle spoke with a smile in suggesting an idea for the spirits here. "Yeah, the first one you can celebrate, together with friends, and in the first 1000 years." Scootaloo spoke with a wide smile in thinking, they can take this moment to help the tribe rulers enjoy the festivities they missed out for so long. "Well sister, shall we use this as a chance to patch up all this and let bygones be bygones?" Luna looked to Celestia, wondering what she had to say about this idea. Celestia looked from her subjects, the Mane Six and their group, to the tribe ponies of old, and gave an answer. "I believe even those that now see the light can be given the chance to enjoy what we have to celebrate for." Celestia smiled to say that there is no reason why they cannot enjoy such an event with more friends. "With your spirits free of what held you here, it wouldn't be grateful to see the three original tribe members stay around before leaving us." The princess of the Sun believes that the 3 separate tribe pony spirits should stick around to enjoy what they have to offer before returning to the afterlife after all. "That means one thing all in particular. LET THE PARTY CONTINUE!" Pinkie Pie responded off firstly in what this meant, and then shouted out like a cheer in what they can do…have a party for the Hearth's Warming Eve Event. "Yeaaaahhhh," A lot of ponies cheered in liking that idea all the more as more action was happening for the known 'Fire Warmth of Friendship' that lit their hearts. With everything of disaster finally settled, they can get back to enjoy the holiday and with the tribe spirits of the past to join them, it sounded crazy for sure; but who's to say no to this?