Songbird pushed open the door with her hooves and they all stepped inside. The room they were in was the throne room. There were torn banners and tapestries hanging from the walls.
Songbirds attention was on the two thrones, one was decorated with a yellow blanket and a picture of the sun, the other was blue and had a picture of the moon on the fabric. Songbird then looked up at the far wall. There was a portrait of her and her family. She was a baby, being held by her mother, while her aunt was standing over them, proud as punch. A single tear fell down her cheek and onto the floor. She had so many memories in this building, the clearest was the battle of Nightmare Moon.
"Sugarcube, are you alright?" asked Applejack.
"I'm fine, lets just find those elements." said Songbird, turning away from the portrait.
She led the ponies into the room where the elements were. Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Songbird got them down, while Pinkie counted them.
"Girls, there's only five! Where's the sixth!" she asked.
"From what I learned in my studies, when the five are present a spark will make the sixth element appear." said Songbird.
"What in the hay is that supposed to mean." asked Applejack.
"I have an idea, stand back, I don't know what will happen." said Twilight, firing up her horn.
"I'll help you, Twilight." said Songbird, also firing up her horn.
The other ponies left the room. "Come on y'all, they need ta concentrate." said Applejack, leading everypony outside.
Songbird and Twilight lit up their horns, engulfing the elements in their magic. But then a purple smoke swirled around them. Twilight and Songbird stopped the spell instantly as they tried to grab hold of the elements. The noise had alerted the others from outside. Songbird managed to get a grasp the Element of Generosity, Twilight grabbed hold of her tail. But when the other ponies came sprinting into the room, the Elements vanished, taking Twilight and Songbird with them. They panicked when they scanned the room top to bottom, trying to find them. Rarity looked out the window and saw a light coming from a tower window.
"Come on!" cried Applejack, leading the charge. Meanwhile Twilight and Songbird had been teleported to a tower room. They landed with a thud and looked up. There was Nightmare Moon, and she had the Elements! Twilight pawed the ground like a bull, Songbird did the same.
Nightmare Moon scoffed. "Your kidding right?"
"You're outnumbered Nightmare Moon, there's two of us and only one of you!" cried Twilight, charged up her horn.
Nightmare charged straight at the unicorn. But just as they were about to make contact. Twilight disappeared and reappeared next to the elements, having just done a teleportation spell.
Songbird did the same and joined her friend. "Just one spark, come on!" They pleaded.
Nightmare Moon turned herself into a purple smoke and reappeared in front of the mares. They managed to get the elements light up.
Nightmare Moon thought that they had activated the spark, but shockingly the elements fizzed and turned back to being docile.
"I don't understand! The spark didn't work!" Twilight cried.
"It should of worked!" agreed Songbird.
Nightmare Moon chuckled and stomped on the elements, shattering them into tiny shards of crystal. Songbird and Twilight felt like they had just been hit by a train as they watched there only weapon get destroyed in front of them.
Songbird held her best friend close to her side as they coward under the dark mares gaze. "Now you will never see your precious princess or sun again. The night will last, FOREVER!" She then broke into mechanical laughter.
Songbird and Twilights ears perked up when they heard the sound of voices coming from down the stairs. Suddenly they felt something in the both of them, it was the same feeling they had when they first became friends.
That's when they knew. "That's it! That's the spark!" Songbird whispered.
Twilight seemed to read her mind. "You think you can destroy the elements that easily. Well your wrong, because the spirits of the elements, ARE RIGHT HERE!" she cried.
"Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of Honesty;"
"Fluttershy, who tamed the manticore with her compassion, represents the spirit of Kindness;"
"Pinkie Pie, who taught us to laugh in the face of danger, represents the spirit of Laughter;"
"Rarity, who calmed a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift, represents the spirit of Generosity;"
"and Rainbow Dash, who could not abandon her friends for her own hearts desire, represents the spirit of Loyalty. The spirits of this five elements got us through all the challenges you threw at us." cried Twilight, behind her all five ponies were floating with pieces of crystals swirling around their necks.
"You still don't have the sixth element! The spark didn't work!" protested Nightmare Moon.
"But it did work, we felt it when we realised how happy we were to hear your voices, how much you mean to us, how much we care about you. The spark inside us united us all, that is why you are our Friends!" said Songbird and Twilight.
A bright flash of light appeared and a star shaped gem floated down to Twilight. The sixth element.
"You see Nightmare Moon, when the elements are united by the spark, it creates the sixth element." cried Songbird.
"The Element of Magic!" They all cried.
The shards of crystal turned into necklaces, except for the element of magic. That one turned into a crown.
Twilight opened her eyes and Songbird was shocked to see that they had turned white. Then a bright coloured rainbow exploded from the elements, the rainbow hit Nightmare Moon. The mares screams echoed threw the room as the elements transformed her. Then everything when black.
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Songbird shook everyone awake, they had all been knocked out by the blast. Each one of them, except Songbird was wearing a necklace with a gem cut to the shape of their cutie mark. "Look at your necklaces, they look just like your cutie marks." she said.
"Your right. And they're beautiful." said Rarity, she then looked behind her and saw..."My tail, I will never part with it again." she swooned.
"Ya know Twilight, I thought you were just spouting a lot a hooey, but I reckon we do represent the elements." said Applejack.
"Indeed you do." called a voice.
Everypony turned to see a white alicorn with a morning coloured mane and tail.
"Auntie Tia!" cried Songbird, rushing to her aunt.
"Princess Celestia." said Twilight, joining in on the hug.
"Songbird, my beautiful niece and Twilight, my faithful student. I'm so proud of the both of you." said the sun princess.
"But you told us that it was just an old pony tale." Twilight protested.
"I told you to make some friends with ponies who have different personalities than you. I saw the signs of Nightmare Moons return and I knew that only you girls who have the magic to defect her." explained Celestia.
There was a cough and everypony turned to see a dark blue alicorn with a night sky mane that seemed to defy gravity, just like Celestias. "Princess Luna," Celestia began.
The mare gasped.
"It has been a thousand years since I have seen you, time to put our differences behind us. We were meant to rule together little sister, besides some pony has missed you." Celestia motioned over to Songbird, who was standing there looking like she was about to cry.
"M-m-mommy, it is really you?" she asked, tears pouring out of her eyes.
She couldn't believe her eyes, after a thousand years of separation. She was finally seeing her mothers turquoise eyes again. Luna was stunned at how much her daughter had grown. She wasn't a little filly anymore, she was a grown mare. Luna looked away from her daughter in shame. She let that demon take over her and corrupt her mind, thus leaving her daughter without a mother.
She didn't get to see her grow up. Songbird wanted to see if her mother would remember their song, so she started singing. Everypony held their breath when they watched in silence.
Songbird: Constant as the stars, above,
Always know that you are loved,
And my love shining in you,
Will help you make your dreams,
Come true,
When she didn't get a response from her mother she looked away, saddened. Then everypony heard a faint voice that wasn't Songbirds. Songbird felt her eyes begin to water, her heart leapt as she recognised the voice.
Luna: A lamb lies down and rests its head,
Songbird joined in again with more feeling.
Songbird: On its mothers downy bed,
Luna: Dolphins play in the moonlights glow,
And butterfly dream of a violet rose,
Both: Dreams of a violet rose,
They linked arms and started to circle each other to the rhythm.
Luna: I'll cradle you in my arms tonight,
Songbird: As sun embraces the moonlight,
Both: The clouds will carry us off tonight,
Our dreams will run deep like the sea,
Our dreams will run deep like the sea,
Both: Constant as the stars, above,
Always know that you are loved,
And my love shining in you,
Will help you make your dreams,
Come true
Will help your dreams,
Come...true.....
Songbird couldn't hold back her joy. "You remember!" she cried, jumping into her mothers open arms and wings, Luna pulled her daughter into a life long hug, sobbing into her light blue mane.
She never wanted to be separated from her daughter again.
"Never let me go Mommy!" sobbed Songbird, sounding like filly again.
Luna felt her heart swell with a mothers love. "Never again, sweetie. Never again!"
Everypony sniffed as they watched the touching scene before them. They all knew that Songbird would never be empty anymore, now that she had her mother with her again.
Celestia pulled the two alicorns into an embrace. "Our family, whole again."
Luna looked up at her sister. "I'm so sorry, I missed you both so much." she cried.
The moon princess looked down at her daughter. "Songbird, please forgive me. I was jealous that the ponies loved the sun more than our beautiful night. I only wanted the best for you, if I had known the consequences of my doing, I wouldn't have become Nightmare Moon. But I'm so proud of you, you never gave up hope that you and I would reunite someday." she said.
"Hope is what got us this far, having faith in ourselves got us through the challenges of the Everfree Forest. I forgive you mommy." said Songbird.
Suddenly a bright light appeared in the room. From the light, a clear diamond necklace that matched the Elements of Harmony necklaces floated down into Songbirds hooves. The diamond was cut into a music note, matching Songbirds cutie mark. "What is it?" she asked.
"I think, it's a new Element of Harmony. An Element of Forgiveness." said Celestia.
"A seventh element! But there's nothing about a seventh, only a sixth." Songbird pointed out.
"That's because it has just been created. It is an event that Equestria has never seen before."
Celestia explained. "Sweet! A Songbird's got her own element." said Rainbow.
Luna took the necklace from her daughter and placed it around Songbirds neck. "It suits you."
Songbird looked down at the peace of jewellery around her neck. The necklace was silver, but in the same shape as the others and the diamond music note was sitting in the centre of the base. "It's beautiful."
Luna smiled. "Just like you, baby girl." she said.
Celestia smiled and turned to the other ponies. "Come on, let's go home."