//------------------------------// // The Summer Sun Celebration Part 3, The Strange Stallion // Story: The Power Of Harmony: Lunar Prince // by TheUnicornWriter //------------------------------// "Night Sky!" Nightmare Moon said, as memories from hundreds of years ago, of a colt with a dark blue coat, a black spikey mane and tail with a white streak going through them, and the eyes were what stood out the most, those baby blue eyes filled with hope, passion, courage, and love eyes that once looked at her like that but all she saw in those shiny blue eyes was fear, fear of her. The crowd was silent when she said his name, Night Sky himself was terrified. Out of the blue Nightmare Moon swept down, snatched Night Sky and flew off to her old home in the EverFree Forest. Six mares plus a baby dragon screamed out his name as Nightmare Moon foalnapped him. Rainbow tried to take chase after her but was not fast enough. "How did she knew about Night Sky?" Rainbow muttered herself. Rainbow soon noticed a certain lavender mare running off in the direction of the Golden Oak, Rainbow decide to follow her and see what was going on. When Twilight was inside she putted Spike to bed and started looking for something that could tell her where the Elements of Harmony would be. "Elements, Elements, where is it! Ugh! How can I defeat Nightmare Moon without the elements of Harmony!" Twilight shouted, as she started to chuck books off the shelves. Rainbow Dash flew up to Twilight and backed her into the wall. "And just what are the Elements of Harmony? And How did you know about Nightmare Moon, huh? Are you a spy? If so, what does Nightmare Moon want with Night Sky?" Rainbow questioned the now panicking lavender mare, but was soon pulled back when Applejack pulled on her tail. "Simmer down, Sally" the farmer pony told the stunt flyer. "But she sure knows what's going on, don't ya', Twilight?" Applejack asked Twilight as Pinkie, Rarity and Fluttershy came in. "I read all about the prediction of Nightmare Moon, some mysterious objects called the Elements of Harmony are the only things that can stop her, but I don't know what they are, where to find them; I don't even know what they do! But I might have a clue as to why she might want Night Sky" Twilight said to them as she continued to look for a book about the Elements of Harmony. But stopped and looked at a certain pink pony when she said something. "The Elements Of Harmony: A Reference Guide" Pinkie read the title of a book on the book case. Twilight ran over to pinkie, took the book off the book case, read the title, and looked at Pinkie Pie in complete disbelief. "How did you find it!?" Twilight asked her, wondering how Pinkie found it around about in a minute, where it took her almost an hour and still couldn't find it. "It was under "E"!" Pinkie sang the sentence as she hopped towards where the others were standing. "Oh" Twilight said, Twilight looked completely ashamed of herself for not looking there when it should of been the first place she looked. "There are seven Elements of Harmony, but only six are known: Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Honesty, Hope and Loyalty. The seventh is a complete mystery. It is said, the last known location of the six elements was in the ancient castle of the royal pony sisters. It is located in what is now..." Twilight began, as the six magically appeared outside the EverFree Forest. "The EverFree Forest" the six mares shouted out the name of the forest that they were standing outside of. Pinkie started to bounce down the path that went inside the forest, and the hyper mare shouted "Whee! Let's go!" everypony expect Twilight started to follow the pink mare inside. But Twilight stopped them by saying "Not so fast" She stood in front of the five mares and began to talk. "Look, I appreciate the offer, but I'd really rather do this on my own" with that said Twilight turned around and began to walk off into the forest. Twilight stopped and looked at them when Applejack began to protest. "No can do, sugarcube" The farmer pony protest "We sure ain't lettin' any friend of ours go into that creepy place alone" Applejack said with confidence "We're stickin' to you like caramel on a candy apple" the orange earth pony stated as she walked into the forest. The other four gave a nod of agreement and followed Applejack into the Forest. "Especially if there's candy apples in there" Pinkie said happily which caused everpony to look at her for a second "What? Those things are good" the random mare said as she bounced past Twilight, who sighed in defeat and entered the forest with the rest of the group. The six mare's were walking through the EverFree Forest. "So, none of you have been in here before?" Twilight asked the other five. "Ugh, heavens no! Just look at it - it's dreadful" Rarity complained. " And it ain't natural, folks say it don't work the same as Equestria" Applejack stated. "What's that supposed to mean?" Twilight asked wanting to know what Applejack meant. Rainbow appeared in front of the group, crouched down and crawling towards them. "Nopony knows. You know why?" Rainbow said in a sort of sinister way. "Rainbow, quit it" Applejack said, starting annoyed by Rainbow trying to scare everypony. The group had stopped at a cliff. "'cause everypony who's ever come in has never come out!" Rainbow said, the ground bellow them was broken off and everypony started to fall, except from Fluttershy and Rainbow, thanks to their wings. "Fluttershy! Quick!" Rainbow told Fluttershy as she flew to catch the others. "Oh my goodness, oh my goodness" Fluttershy said, as she joined Rainbow. "Hold on! I'm a-comin'!" Applejack shouted to Twilight, who was just hanging onto the edge when she skid to a stop in front of her and graded her front hooves. "Applejack! What do I do?" Twilight asked, completely scared that she might die. "Let go" Applejack said to Twilight, completely sure in what she just said. "Are you crazy?" Twilight shouted at Applejack, thinking that the earth pony has lost it. "No I ain't, I promise you'll be safe" Applejack promised to the lavender unicorn. "That's not true!" Twilight said not believing what Applejack just said. "Now listen here. What I'm sayin' to you is the honest truth. Let go, and you'll be safe" Applejack said to Twilight. Twilight then let go, Applejack had expected for Fluttershy to catch Twilight since she was right under her but what she didn't expect was a red blur shooting out of a bush and snatching Twilight out of the air and bring her to the ground. Applejack made her way down to the ground and saw what caught Twilight. Twilight was right in front of a strange looking Pegasus stallion. He was about the same height as Twilight, had the same build as Rainbow but was more boyish and so thin that you could just barely make his rids. His coat was a bright red, but his mane and tail were an even brighter red which both had a streak of bright orange going through it, his eyes were orange slits, his wings were red and orange, the feathers orange and the rest was the same shade of red as his coat, and his cutie mark was a golden phoenix with it's wings spread. The stallion looked like an phoenix but as a pony. Twilight looked up at the stallion and screamed when she saw her eyes, Twilight ran towards her friends who had the same expression on their face as she has on hers all but one: Fluttershy. "Monster!" Twilight shouted along with the rest expect from Fluttershy. The odd looking Pegasus seemed hurt by their words and was about to walk away when a yellow hoof tapped on his shoulder. The stallion turned around to see Fluttershy smiling at him. "Fluttershy, darling what are you doing, it's gonna kill you!" Rarity warned her animal loving friend. "Rarity he's not gonna kill me" Fluttershy reassured her friend when she looked but at her. Fluttershy look back at the stallion and asked him a question "What's your name?" The stallion gave a small smile at her, seeming like he had forgotten how to smile and said "My name is Ember Phoenix" his voice sound young and a little bit arrogant but also kind and gentle at the same time.