Chapter 6: Visiting the tree of Harmony.
Spike thought that he was dreaming, or having a nightmare, because this was just too bad, Celestia was no more and King Sombra seemed unstoppable now, and he was in a different dimension with ponies that would possibly leave him to King Sombra. But this seemed bad, the ponies who took him weren't wearing the same suits as the wonderbolts and the guards, so, who were they?
"Sorry for being so straight-forwarded, but, who are you? Judging by your outfits, you aren't recruits for the wonderbolts or royal guards, so, what exactly is this?" Said Spike, the stallion just glared at him, but he decided to trust in Spike, after all, he was just a little dragon that probably wasn't important at all, right?
"Oh, you're right, we are not wonderbolts, nor royal guards, we are something kind of like a resistance, we believe that there are certain artifacts called the 'elements of harmony' that have the power to stop Sombra, but the forces of Celestia are just too proud on themselves to listen, so, we are currently working on a way to find them." Said the stallion, pulling a book called 'predictions and profecies', the stallion opened the book on an image that showed six gemstones, each one had a different color.
"Wait, I know where they are! but, you have to let me go to show you!" Said Spike.
"Ha! And what makes you think that we would let you go? you are just a random dragon that showed up without any warning." Said the stallion, still being stubborn.
"Look, I know you don't trust me, but you have to! exactly how much time have you spent searching for the elements?" The stallion just sighed and rolled his eyes. "Besides, King Sombra is the darkness itself, and I don't want that darkness to spread through all of Equestria, like Celestia said, we will stand if we are united, so, what do you say?" Said Spike.
The stallion called his right hoof mare, and they went to another room to talk, they stayed there for minutes, until they came out again: "Okay, you win, show us where the elements are, but, if you even think of betraying us, we will leave you to King Sombra's pity." Said the stallion coldly.
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It has been half an hour since they came out of Sugarcube Corner, in the light of day, Spike could observe the stallion in a better light, he had a turquese mane and a coat that was a combiation of orange and brown, he was a unicorn and he had a snail by cutie mark, if this was really him, the war certainly changed him.
They had approached the place where the tree was supposed to be, and, wouldn't you know it, the elements of harmony were still in the tree, which confused Spike, because in his universe, the princesses took the elements from the tree to defeat discord, and in this universe, they were still there, like nopony knew they existed at all.
But there was a small problem, only two of the elements were in the tree, the rest of the elements didn't even exist, was the book wrong? did they go somewhere else? Maybe this universe just had two elements of harmony, but that doesn't explain why the book showed six elements and not just two.
"Hmmm, at least we found them, I guess you were right." Said the stallion. " By the way, what is that?"
Spike turned to the right of the tree of harmony and saw what it looked like a door, but it looked like the door in the portal hallway that brought him here, that must be his exit portal, but there was no key to open the door and cross through the portal, besides, the fate of this world depended on the elements, so, the portal thing should come later.
"That is my way out of here, but that's not important now, just levitate the elements here and then we'll plan something to defeat King Sombra." Said Spike.
The stallion nodded and levitated down the elements, the first one looked like a spoon, and the other one looked like a snail. This was oddly specific, but they rolled with it, when they had the elements on their hooves, the stallion and the mare started glowing, all the other ponies, (except Spike, because he was a reptile and he could put on his cover for his eyes), covered their eyes, after a few seconds, the light turned off, and the ponies had some sort of necklaces around their necks, both were surprised by this, but they remained calm.
"What are those?" Spoke a pony from behind Spike.
"Those are the elements of harmony, but I'm not sure why are just two instead of six." Replied Spike.
"Whatever, just tell us how to use them and we'll stop King Sombra forever" Said the stallion.
"Well, it's not going to be easy, first, you have to be close to Sombra, but I don't know what's next."
"WHAT?! You said you knew everything about the elements!" Replied the stallion, furious with the little dragon.
"Technically, I said that I knew where they were, I haven't actually used them myself, you have to be an element to use them, and by the looks of it, you are the elements of this world!" Said Spike, sheepishly.
"See? I told you he couldn't be trusted! What would we do if we face King Sombra and suddenly we freeze up? Or if he casts that new spell he learned before we can even use them? And if we are the elements of harmony from this world, why don't we know how to use them? Fellas! Tie him up again!" Shouted the stallion. The ponies tied Spike up again.
"B-b-b-b-b-but I told you the location of the elements! You can't do this!" Said Spike, trying to save his life.
"I changed my mind, maybe some time alone with King Sombra will change you, just like war changed us all!" Replied the stallion, laughing after that.
"Seriously, this day just keeps on getting weirder and weirder." Spike thought.