Forgotten

by milesprower06

Harmony

Sunny stared dumbfounded at the father she had only seen in photographs for the past five years as her mind struggled to make sense of the situation she found herself in.

"You... You can't be real," Sunny said, half-confidently. "You're not my dad."

The semi-transparent Argyle smiled gently at her and shook his head in confirmation.

"You choose what you see, not me. Argyle Starshine was always the embodiment of harmony to you, Sunny Starscout."

Sunny took a deep breath.

"So, what are you, some kind of spirit?"

Argyle nodded once.

"What is this place?" Sunny asked.

"A nexus; one of several places around Equestria that is so closely connected to the magical energies of Aetherius that you could reach out and touch it, given enough effort, though certainly while risking your corporeal form," Argyle told her.

"You knew the Guardians of Harmony?"

The spirit nodded again, turning to the six pillars that were still glowing around the center of the room.

"Charity, optimism, integrity, compassion, devotion, leadership, laughter, generosity, loyalty, kindness, honesty... The core tenets of harmony have gone by many names in the eras that have passed. Princess Twilight learned about these, and then spread them as far and wide as she could. Although, I cannot tell you how long it has been since her reign, because I honestly do not know. I do know I have been asleep for quite a long time, the world above no doubt looks quite different."

"The castle above is the only structure left standing. The town? Ponyville? It's long gone. It's nothing but forest out there now," Sunny told the spirit.

"An extension of my energies. No doubt the supernatural forest had quite some time to grow and expand unopposed before it too had its magic fade away."

"How... How many have there been? Since... The fall? Ponies like my dad?" Sunny asked.

"Not many, but they have been scattered throughout the countless years since Princess Twilight's reign. Think of it like waking up for barely a moment in the middle of the night. That is how it felt. That is how I knew there were still creatures who sought harmony."

"It's... It's so frightening. So much unity, and still, Equestria was fractured," Sunny said.

"Change is constant throughout the eons, Sunny. Just as the sun sets, it will surely rise again. Argyle may have known that restoring Equestria's unity would not be possible by one pony, or one generation, so he pointed you in the right direction. I hope you are proud of your father, Sunny Starscout, because he is undoubtedly proud of you. He may have shown you the path, but you and your friends are the ones who had to continue walking it without him. You are the dawn of a new day in Equestria."

Sunny smiled at the spirit.

"Remember, Sunny, gathering and preserving relics and tales of the past is a noble pursuit, but don't focus on it so much that you lose sight of the here and now."

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Zipp frantically followed the rope deeper into the caves, the crystals faintly glowing as she passed them. As she was royalty, she didn't set foot in here without Zoom and Thunder right on her tail. She followed the rope until it came to a light source She peered over the ledge of an archway, and saw Sunny standing in a large chamber several feet below, among six glowing pillars.

"Sunny!" She called, and her friend looked up at her, and she made her way down the stairs.

"Sorry I was taking so long," Sunny apologized.

"Yeah, I was starting to get a little worried. But hey, another amazing find!" Zipp said, taking a look around.

"There's a spirit in here, Zipp. Of Harmony. It said this place is an aetherial nexus, a concentrated source of magical energy. The spirit has been asleep for a long time, but our actions to reunite Equestria have started to wake it up!"

Zipp looked around at the chamber as Sunny began to take pictures with her phone.

"I know Izzy is already working on the model of the castle up there, but maybe she'd like to do this too." The earth pony said.

"Did it say anything to you, the spirit?" Zipp asked.

Sunny nodded, turning back to her friend.

"That if we stay true to ourselves, there is no limit to what we can do for Equestria."

Comments

[Cyana Flame]

[DreadedCandiru2]

There are also always going to be jerks who just don't get it. I'm looking at you, Dio Brando.

[Melody Song]

Ooh

[milesprower06]

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Trying and failing to see what this comment has to do with anything in this chapter.

[Blue-Bolt]

I wonder if Spike is still out there somewhere?

[Yoshifan30]

"You choose what you see, not me. Argyle Starshine was always the embodiment of harmony to you, Sunny Starscout."

Wow I can't believe it is the tree of Harmony spirit 😳

[Yoshifan30]

"An extension of my energies. No doubt the supernatural forest had quite some time to grow and expand unopposed before it too had its magic fade away."

I'm guessing the everfree forest consume Ponyville that's kind of sad

[Yoshifan30]

Wow so it is the tree of Harmony since the magic has returned I'm sure the tree of Harmony also returned as well and I did like the conversation between the tree of Harmony and sunny and apparently the everfree forest over grown Ponyville in the process again it's kind of sad wow I wonder what's going to happen next guess we'll find out next time

[ponyrule1995]

YESSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!

[Comickook]

Absolutely appreciated the dialogue in this chapter. Yeah, appreciated the Tree of Harmony explaining a few things about the way things have worked with it over the course of time (and, yeah, the forest eventually overtaking Ponyville was sad, but semi-expected). Also liked Sunny relaying the Spirit's message back to Zipp about how if they work together, stay true to themselves and inspire enough others, they and Equestria in general can accomplish A LOT.

Simply emotional chapter. And certainly looking forward to more of this.

[Valiant Charge]

United We Stand, now and forever.

[Johnny B Mediocre]

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[jimbojames]

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In truth, Divided We Fall

[Nova Star Sparkle]

Is it just my imagination, or why did the Spirit enumerate all six of the old names of the elements, but only five of the new ones. (the one we all know)

Just curious. Maybe it's just an error in writing 😁

[milesprower06]

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Not an error. I just never could wrap my head around "magic" being a pillar of friendship. I much prefer Celestia's olden title of leadership.

[MikiStenbeck]

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you think it's Fallout Equestria on the other side? o.o

[Nova Star Sparkle]

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Fine with me. I was just wondering. Keep it up, the story is very good :)

[Mitril]

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If magic bullshit is eliminated then everything should be alright

Remember that in that version of earth, magic from Equestria was the real trouble maker

[Xanderfox]

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Assuming that world didn't have magic of its own and that Equestria magic could be returned. Sunset and her friends more likely "tamed" the wild magic than eliminate it.

[EaglesFan1127]

"How... How many have their been?

I believe you meant, “there?”

[milesprower06]

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Thank you! Fixed!

[Snowdrifter]

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Worse.

"We are such happy flowers
And we'll sing for hours and hours..."

[ScisetShimmerEvan]

"Charity, optimism, integrity, compassion, devotion, leadership, laughter, generosity, loyalty, kindness, honesty... The core tenets of harmony have gone by many names in the eras that have passed. Princess Twilight learned about these, and then spread them as far and wide as she could. Although, I cannot tell you how long it has been since her reign, because I honestly do not know. I do know I have been asleep for quite a long time, the world above no doubt looks quite different."

Yep, as well as the pony tribes as well.

[milesprower06]

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Glad you're enjoying and commenting! Thanks for reading!

[ScisetShimmerEvan]

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Np.