Humble Beginnings - The Elements and the Tree of Harmony

by EmilySkittles


Kindness is the Key

Suddenly, the friends saw the entrance to the dungeon slowly being opened.
It was just guards. From this point, the ponies were terrified.
"What will they do?" "Are they gonna punish us?" are some questions inside their minds.
Without saying a single word, the guards took everypony to special rooms depending on the pony's kind inside the castle. The ponies were confused, but not as much as Pansy and Hurricane. Hurricane always experienced life in a dungeon, but she never had this type of dungeon experience. The rooms had two hay beds and a bookshelf filled with books, nothing else. Clover was busy writing scrolls to her mentor, Star Swirl the Bearded. She was writing down letters to her recent experiences with her friends. Her letter read:
Dear Star Swirl the Bearded,
Today I have experienced magically things. But I need your help, my friends and I are stuck in the castle, the ones I met a few months ago. We were trapped in a dungeon ever since we left for the beautiful Everfree City. But, my wise mentor, I have weird feelings of strong magic every time I'm near with my friends. Also, Princess Platinum has been acting weird lately. Hope you respond.
Your faithful student,
Clover the Clever.
Clover signed her name and sent it using her magic and sighed. Cookie and Puddinghead was still planning escape plans, just in case something goes wrong. Hurricane and Pansy were just looking at the corner of the room, curious.
Pansy tapped Hurricane and asked, "Hey Hurricane, I got a question".
"What's the question the question, Pansy?", Hurricane replied.
"I was a little worried that we might not be able to find the rest of the harmony stones. I mean, I don't know if-"
"Hey Pansy, don't you worry, we will find the Elements of Harmony," Hurricane interrupted.
After so, the ponies smiled at each other and went back to being curious. The Queen was with Platinum, both were thinking what to do with the 5 ponies. The Queen sighed and looked outside, and noticed many dragons flying above. She realised it was the time of the Dragon Migration.
"Excuse me, Platinum, I got somewhere to go."
In a second, the Queen unfolded her wings and flew high enough to a dragon. She casted a spell to the dragon to follow her every will, then she went to the castle. Platinum was in shock with her new company.
"Do you like your new pet, Platinum?", the Queen joked.
Platinum just nodded with a shocked expression in her face.
"GUARDS! BRING THE PRISONERS BACK TO THE DUNGEON!!!" the Queen yelled.
In a flash, the ponies were in the dungeon, but it was different then the last time they were there.
There was a dragon who's roar echoed all over the dungeon. The dragon was charmed to gobble up the ponies by the Queen.
The ponies were dodging every bite it takes and was using force against the dragon. Despite the fact, Pansy had alot of experience of battle and using force, she just felt something inside of her that is saying that she needs to let it all out. She was resisting, but she just can't hold it, and she stopped resisting and letted it all out.
She flew to the dragon and said:
"Now, now, is that how you're suppose to act? I know you are big and scary dragon and all, but that is not an excuse to be mean to anypony!" Pansy corrected the dragon like a familiar yellow pony. The dragon snapped out of the charm and just looked shyly at Pansy and was embarrassed for his behaviour.
"Now, don't cry, we all make mistakes you know." Pansy said and smiled
Everypony just stood in shocked of what Pansy did, especially Clover. Out of nowhere, a pink gem levitates above Pansy with a bright pink aura. In a flash, the gem is now placed in a gold necklace.
"Wooaahh..." everypony said in shock.
"We're almost there everypony! We got 4 gems! But wait, what is my gem?" Clover exclaimed.
"I guess we gotta wait" Hurricane said.
The Queen realised her plan failed to remove the group. She was running out of ideas, but left all the good ones. She just did an evil grin while writing a letter to somepony that Platinum was familiar with.