//------------------------------// // Chapter 9: Time of Stories, Curses and Revelations! // Story: Attack on Titan: Friendship is Freedom // by Gidano90 //------------------------------// "What?!" the ponies exclaimed at Elias's statement. "What do you mean it happened exactly a year ago?" Rainbow Dash asked Incredulous. "Exactly what I said, this event we just saw happened a year ago." Elias answered. "But you are sure?" Applejack asked, unable to make sense of what she had just seen. "Yes, I'm sure, I remember exactly this event because it happened the day after the accident." Elias said as he looked at the dimensional window. "What incident?" Fluttershy asked. "The day before the hand-to-hand training session we saw, we cadets practiced with our three-dimensional movement devices, and I made a mistake with a maneuver that caused the scar I now wear on my face." Elias said as he placed his hand on the cheek marked by the scar. "In fact, if you saw, I still had the dressing on my face when I faced Eren." "But this does not explain how there are two Elly!" said Pinkie. "So, should not we see Elly's world without Elly inside?" "Pinkie is right, maybe there was a mistake during the spell?" Rarity asked. "Otherwise I do not know how to explain this strange event." Despite the confusion that reigned supreme at that moment among those present, Princess Celestia remained strangely calm, as if she knew something, as if she understood what had happened and that she expected something like that would have happened. Twilight and Sunset were the first to notice this strange attitude of their mentor. "Princess Celestia, do you have any idea what happened?" Twilight asked. "It looks like you expected something like that to happen." Sunset said. "Did you know from the beginning that this would happen?" After Sunset asked the question, everyone's attention focused on Celestia. But the latter, despite being the center of attention, did not lose the calm in the least and said: "Let's say that rather than expecting this unfolding of events, I have confirmed some doubts." "What do you mean?" Elias asked. "Tell me Elias..." Celestia began as she closed the window and held out her gaze to the cadet. "Can you give me the confirmation that it was you who shattered the amulet of the alicorn?" "Yes..." Elias replied, confused by the question that the monarch of Equestria had asked him. "But what does this have to do with what we've seen?" "See young Elias, the amulet of the alicorn was an ancient magical artifact created by Scarlett Storm after she lost the right to hold the Elements of Harmony." "Scarlett created the amulet?!" Sunset and Twilight exclaimed shocked. "Scarlett was a holder of the Elements of Harmony?!" The Pony group shocked. "But the Elements can not be used only by those who represent its virtues?" Elias asked. "Because I honestly have not seen any of the virtues that represent the elements in Scarlett." "Initially the seven Elements of Harmony were magical artifacts that could only be used by those who possessed exceptional magical power, but over time they evolved, and became what they are now. And because of their evolution, Scarlett was not more able to use them. " "But how did Scarlett primarily have the Elements?" Rarity asked "Remember that before I had mentioned a terrible dark force that threatened to bring Equestria into oblivion?" Celestia asked, receiving a sign of confirmation from those present. "Well, at the time only four ponies had the power to master the powerful magic, those four ponies were me, my sister Luna, Starswirl and Scarlett." Elias and the ponies were shocked to hear Scarlett's name. "So you're saying that Scarlett was once on the good side?" A stupefied Elias asked. "Not exactly, you see Scarlett joining the battle only for personal interest. After all, how could she conquer Equestria if it was destroyed by an external force? After we repelled the darkness, the elements underwent an evolution: Two Elements became the representation of Magic and the others became the representation of Laughter, Generosity, Kindness, Honesty and Loyalty. " Celestia said as she remembered with horror the period when Equestria was about to be destroyed. "And then what happened?" Twilight asked. "Starswirl set off on a journey to try and figure out what the origin of the threat was that almost destroyed Equestria, so he entrusted the Elements to me and Luna, and from that journey he never returned, we never knew what happened to him." Celestia said with a heart full of sadness for the unknown fate of her old and dear friend. "And what happened to Scarlett instead?" Sunset asked. "Scarlett can no longer rely on the Elements of Harmony, since now they were no longer simple magic instruments but shields to defend the peace and harmony of Equestria, she decided to find something alternative to the Elements in order to satisfy their desires." "And that something was the amulet of the alicorn, right?" Elias asked. "Exactly" "But I still can not figure out what the amulet has to do with what happened before." "Now I'll explain." Scarlett no longer had the elements on her side, she decided to create a new artifact that could have countered anything, and that artifact was just the amulet of the alicorn.I do not know how she managed to create it, but she did so that no physical or magical force could destroy it. " "Wait a minute, if the amulet you said was indestructible, how did I destroy it so easily?" Elias asked. "The curse." Celestia answered. "The curse?" All present asked confused by the response of the monarch. "See, when I confronted Scarlett I knew immediately that the artifact would be a source of enormous misfortunes, and being indestructible, I attempted a dangerous magic in the hope that it could help me to destroy the amulet. The luck was on my side, and I discovered that the weakness of the artifact were the curses, so I decided that the amulet could be destroyed by the will of a noble soul. But Scarlett succeeded in altering the curse. " "Alter?" Sunset asked. "Why did not Scarlett try to cancel it?" "Because once a curse has been cast, it can only be undone by the person who threw the curse, so Scarlett using her alicorn magic altered the curse: The amulet could be destroyed by a noble soul, but this must have belonged to a world, and at a different time. " "So I destroyed the amulet because I come from a different world, but I still do not understand... wait a moment...!" Elias at one point understood everything. He understood why he had succeeded in destroying the amulet, but above all, he had understood that... "I have not only traveled to another world, but I have also done..." "Exactly, Elias... At the same time you also did a time trip, a journey that took you back a year." Meanwhile in an unknown part of Equestria Hidden in a very deep cave, in an undefined point of Equestria, was the statue of Scarlett Storm. Since she had been "taken", Scarlett, still in petrified form, had been deposited in this mysterious hiding place. Shortly after the snake-eye alicorn arrived, another figure appeared. Not much was seen, since it was hidden in the shadows of the shelter. The only certain things were that the mysterious creature was a pony, male, and taller than Scarlett. "Scarlett, Scarlett, Scarlett." The mysterious figure began. "You possessed great potential, a magical power to envy even the princesses, but your stupidity, your idiocy, your impatience cost you not only victory but you've even lost forever the amulet you were so proud of . " The pony said as he turned around the petrified tyrant. "How much potential wasted, so much power, in a pathetic and useless creature like you, but do not fear my dear, I know how not to waste your power You are not able to express your magic at best, so I will take it." With these words, from Scarlett's stone body came out all the magic she possessed, and slowly entered the body of the mystery pony. "Ahhh, Very good! How much energy! How much power! And to think that a useless and pathetic being like you possessed such a magic ... but now it is useless to talk about it ... I think this is the moment of goodbyes." The mysterious figure with his magic made a mighty war hammer appear. "Bye bye Scarlett Storm." And after these words the mighty hammer, guided by the magic of the mysterious pony, violently hit the statue of Scarlett Storm, reducing it to a pile of rubble. "Well, Scarlett is settled in. It's a pity that the amulet was lost, it would have saved me a lot of time. Patience, it will mean that I will have to use the longest method. After all, the victory goes to those who can wait." And the mysterious figure began to laugh. His laughter, which would have made the blood freeze even to the most fearless of the heroes, echoed throughout the cave like thunder in a storm. A storm that predicted disasters.