“What do you mean you can’t wield the Elements?” Meadow Bliss asks, slightly confused.
“We mean we can’t wield the Elements without Twilight.” Fluttershy explains to her son.
“Well, this is just great.” Mutters Prism.
“But we think you guys are able to save Twilight.” Rainbow Dash said.
“How are we supposed to do that exactly? We don’t even know how the Element’s are supposed to work properly.” Ophelia said, gazing at her mother’s element that was around Rarity’s neck.
The girls and Spike, took off the Elements and handed them over to the children. “We will try to buy ya’ll some time take these here Elements and go to a safe room. We will try to hold whatever threat we can off.” Applejack said, handing HoneyCrisp her element.
The others handed each of the children their respective element. All except one; Harmonia.
“Where’s Harmonia?” Spike asks, surveying the destruction around them.
“We don’t know.” Cotton Berry said, slightly worried.
“Well if you happen to run into her, give her this.” Spike said, handing her Twilight’s element.
Prism grabs the element from Spike, leading the others to a safe room.
***
Harmonia walks through the hallways, conflicted, confused and scared. “I really need some time to myself.” The young draconequus thought to herself. Without thinking, she teleports herself outside of the castle.
Luna looked out the castle window, curiosity struck her. “Where is that filly going off to?” Luna thought to herself.
***
Harmonia made it to the edge of the woods of the Everfree Forest. “Ugh! I can't do this! I can’t do any of this! I'm no princess. Maybe my sister is better off being a better ruler than me…. She is next in line after all...” Harmonia mutters to herself, her ears flattened.
Small pebbles whizzed past the young princess. Harmonia was startled, she turned to her who could have fired that shot. “Have I got your attention?” Said a voice from behind her.
It was none other than Princess Luna.
“Princess Luna!” Harmonia asks, surprised by her visitor.
Luna walks over to her.“What are you doing out here young one?” Luna asked, her tone curious.
Harmonia sighs, her ears flattened. “I'm just doing some thinking…” she muttered to the Princess.
“Is that all?” Luna asks.
“No, my friends and family are in grave danger, you know this. But I don't know how you could help. Unless you know a spell or two that could stop my mom once and for all and save all of Equestria.” Harmonia mutters.
Luna waves a hoof, dismissing the young draconequus request. You don't need a magic spell or even my magic to save Equestria.” She explains.
“What you're looking for definitely can not be found out or even by magic. You are searching for what you need in the wrong place. What you need can only be found within you.” Luna explains.
“And that is?” Harmonia asks, slightly concerned and curious.
Luna puts a hoof on Harmonia's chest, smiling softly at her. “Have faith in your abilities and your friends.” she said, her tone going soft.
“That's just it! I just now started to be crowned Princess- or was before the event got crashed. How am I supposed to save Equestria? When I don't even know how to work the Elements of Harmony?” Harmonia asks, the feeling of doubt laced her voice.
***
Harmonia races though the damaged hallways, looking for her friends.
Prism and the rest of the children were coming from the opposite direction, racing toward Harmonia.
“Prism?” Harmonia asks, skidding to a stop.
“Harmonia!” Prism said, surprised to find his friend.
“Thank Celestia we found you!” He said, his tone sounding relieved.
“Here.” He hands Harmonia, the Element of Harmony.
The Element of Magic, her mother's element.
Harmonia looks down at the crown, before looking back up at Prism and the others.
“But-” Harmonia said, about to explain, but HoneyCrisp cuts her off.
“No time for chit chat. Let's go.” HoneyCrisp said.
Harmonia sighs and follows the group anyways.
***
Prism opens a door, ushering the group inside. “We should be safe here.” He mutters.
He then looks back to the group. “How are these elements supposed to work anyways?” Cotton Berry said, looking down at his mother's element.
“I'm not sure, but guys there's something I have to tell you. We also have another threat roaming around the castle and it's Queen Chrysalis.” Harmonia said, looking at the group.
The others gasped, except Confetti Pop. “Sis? How come you aren't surprised by this?” Cotton Berry asks his sister.
“Let's just say I've been knowing.” Confetti Pop said, her tone nonchalant.
“Seriously?!” Ophelia said, her tone rather unamused.
“What? The author wanted to add drama to the series.” Confetti Pop said.
“Well, I think she added enough.” Harmonia mutters.
Confetti sticks her tongue out playfully. “Well now since we have two major problems to deal with, I think we need to come up with a different plan.” HoneyCrisp said.
“How about we free Harmonia's dad first? Maybe he will know how to deal with Aunt Twilight.” Meadow Bliss said.
“And you see how that worked out. She turned him to stone!” Ophelia said, her tone rather dramatic.
“Okay new plan. We can go free my dad, then we can save my mom, after that we go find Queen Chrysalis.” Harmonia said, hatching her own plan.
“Great idea, Harmonia. Okay let's go!” Prism said, standing up from his position and leaving the room.
Harmonia blushed at the comment as she followed behind the others.
***
HoneyCrisp leads the group down the hallway, they each peer their heads around the corner to make sure the coast is clear. “Okay, all clear.” HoneyCrisp whispers.
They each made their way over to Discord's statue, eyeing her father's statue sent chills down her spine. How could her mother do something like this?
She knew that he never wanted to be revert back to stone, but here he was a thousand years later, this time by her own mother.
Harmonia sighs. “Okay, let's do this.” Harmonia mutters.
The children gather in a crescent circle around Discord's statue.
They closed their eyes, all focusing on Discord's statue.
Thirty minutes passed, nothing happened. “Isn't there supposed to be rainbows and super cool lasers that happen?” Prism asks, looking around.
“Yes, but I don't understand?” Harmonia said, equally confused.
Harmonia shook the feeling of doubt away. “Come on, we have to try again.” Harmonia said, her tone rather pleading and determined.
Harmonia tried once again, this time their focus fully on the statue.
“Come on, just one spark.” Harmonia thought to herself.
Just then, a small spark comes from the small group of children.
That small spark created a rainbow, one full of hope, love, light and most important of all: Friendship.
There was an explosion of bright white light, which threw the children backwards. They finally regained consciousness. “Did it work?” HoneyCrisp asks.
“Ugh! My head.” Mutters Discord.
“Uncle Discord! You're okay!” Beams Confetti Pop, her voice rather cheerful.
“What happened?” He asks.
“Dad? Daddy!” Harmonia squeals, she throws herself at him, wrapping her claw and paw around him.
Tears aligned her eyes. “I've missed you.” She softly whispers.
Discord was taken aback by his daughters comments and hugs her in response.
“Uh guys? Not to ruin the heartwarming moment, but we've still got to save Aunt Twilight and stop Queen Chrysalis.” Cotton Berry said.
“Wait? When did Bug Queen even get here?” Discord asks, confused.
“Long story.” Ophelia mutters.
“Right. Now we have to save mom before-” Harmonia said, but Meadow Bliss cuts her off.
“Guys? Why do the Elements look… dull?” Meadow Bliss, asked.
The rest of the children look down at their element. Meadow Bliss was right, they were dull even to go as far as say: lifeless.
“What? I don't understand.” Harmonia mumbles. She looks back up at her friends, their expressions went from worried to fearful in five seconds flat.
Discord, on the other hand, has a look of anguish scrawled on his face. His eyes glowed, as he growled at the mare.
“She's right behind me, isn't she?” Harmonia said, her tone unamused.
Harmonia turns around to come face to face with her mother, who just smirks at her.
“I'll be taking these.” Twilight says, her tone sickly sweet. She grabs ahold of the elements in her aura.
“Well...those elements aren't coming back…” Confetti Pop Mutters.
“WE REALIZE THAT CONFETTI!” Harmonia shouts in disbelief.
Twilight then laughs, wickedly. “Oh, you naive child. Do you not know what happens when you encounter dark magic with the Elements of Harmony?” she asks, still holding them in her aura.
Harmonia furrowed her eyebrows, thinking, but came up with nothing. “You seriously don't know?” she gawked.
“Well I'm 99.9% sure you didn't teach me that.” Harmonia huffs.
“Fine! I'll give you the answer: they become dull and lifeless.” She snaps.
“And since they are not of use anymore,” Twilight smirks.
She throws the Elements of Harmony in the air, cackling then raises her front hooves and smashes the Elements.
“No!” Harmonia cries out.
They gawked at what just happened.
“But, the Elements-” Ophelia mutters.
“What? You thought they were unbreakable even after they got turned into precious jewelry?” Twilight asks, her tone venomous.
The children said nothing, just gazed down at the elements.
“Looks like you won't be saving anypony else today.” Twilight sneers before walking off.
Prism looks to his friends. “So much for welding those Elements.” He said.
Discord looks at from the broken Elements, to his daughter and her friends, to his ex-wife, who was cackling hysterical. Proud of her success and that she finally won.
So she thought.
Discord eyes started to glow red, as he growls ready to pounce on Twilight.
Before he knew it, he pinned her to the ground. “You really think you won?” Discord asks, his tone low and threatening.
Twilight then smirks at him, a look so sick and twisted that it could give somepony the nightmares. She then blasts Discord off of her, but he goes back to attacking her once again.
Harmonia and her friends looked at each other, eyes widened before looking back at the scene before them.
Discord and Twilight both blasted magic at each other, Discord dodging Twilight's attacks as he fires back at her. “You really think you can stop me?” Twilight sneers, firing dark magic at Discord.
The two kept pinning each other down, all the way to the throne room.
Harmonia and the gain follows the duo into the throne room, but quickly comes to a stop.
Shadow creatures.
“Do these guys ever give it a rest?” Prism groans.
Confetti Pop sighs. “Time to pull out the party canon.” She said, her tone unamused.
“Sis. You love your party canon.” Cotton Berry said, blasts one of the shadow creatures.
“You're right, I do! It's just that I am getting really tired and annoyed with fighting these creatures.” Confetti Pop said, pulling the string to her canon as confetti blasts the shadow into evaporating smoke.
“You're not the only one, darling.” Ophelia said, blasting two of the shadows with her horn.
Her back was against Harmonia, who was continuing to blast three more. “We have to get to the throne room.” Harmonia said, firing her magic at the shadow creatures.
“But how? These goons are blocking our path and we’re outnumbered.” Meadow Bliss said.
Suddenly a beam of greyish violet magic shot through one of the shadows.
“Go! We will handle it from here.” Trixie said.
“Miss. Trixie?!” HoneyCrisp said, slightly shocked that a regular unicorn could do something like that.
“Go now!” Starlight said, blasting a shadow creature from behind Trixie.
They then race after Twilight.
***
Harmonia and the others race through the castle of Canterlot, trying their best to avoid broken shards of glass from the stain glass windows.
“We have to stay on alert Sombra or even my mom could be anywhere.” Harmonia warned.
Without paying much attention, Harmonia collides into Crystal and Mystic. “What do you think you're doing?” Crystal asked.
“I’m looking for my mother. What are you doing here?” Harmonia questions.
“I’m looking for my sister.” Crystal explains.
“Well while we are here why don’t we search for both of them together?” HoneyCrisp suggested.
“Why would we want to do that?” Crystal asked, her muzzle scrunched.
“Because it’s what friends do, they help each other. Don’t you have any friends?” Cotton Berry said.
“That’s none of your concern! However just because I’m following you does not make us friends.” Crystal said, following Harmonia friends.
***
The hallways of Canterlot were eerily quiet, too quiet.
“You know I think the only reason you asked me to come along with you guys is because you miss us.” Mystic teases.
“Oh please don’t flatter yourself.” Harmonia scoffs.
“Besides I can easily turn you both into something far worse other than your horrible personality you already have.” Harmonia said her tone was nonchalant.
“I happen to have a great personality.” Mystic beamed.
Harmonia arches an eyebrow. “Says who?” She asked.
“Okay, how about we not do this.” HoneyCrisp suggests.
“What? We’re just celebrating our differences. Isn’t that right Harmony.” Crystal said, poking out her bottom lip.
Prism notices some royal guards in the west wing, staring directly at them all under Sombra spell and guarded in his armor.
Prism can hear the slow scrapping of the swords being dragged. “I believe we are being challenged.” Mutters Prism to Harmonia.
“Prism shut up.” Harmonia said, putting her paw to the side while continuing to look at Crystal and Mystic.
Harmonia rolled her eyes. “Since when has that ever happened? You’ve made my life miserable since I was five. And now we are pre-teens and you still continue to act like a five year old!” Harmonia shot back.
“Look this is clearly not going to work so why don’t we just split up.” Mystic suggested.
“That makes absolutely no sense, if my mom finds you or King Sombra then both of you will be under their spell.” Harmonia said.
Without paying much attention as the guards were getting closer.
“Girls! We have a situation!” Meadow Bliss shouts.
Harmonia, Crystal and Mystic stop bickering long enough to pay attention to what Meadow and Prism was warning them about.
“Where did the guards come from?!” Mystic questions, her tone laced with fear.
“Who cares! Maybe if you three weren’t bickering like foals we could have already found Flurry Heart and Aunt Twilight.” Cotton Berry states.
“We’re surrounded! There’s no way we will get through them.” Prism states.
“And look! They are all under Sombra’s spell.” Ophelia notices, as the guards in circle them.
“Then it looks like we are going to need these.” Confetti Pop said, tossing spare swords to her friends.
Swords clashed and clanged with the under spelled guard ponies.
Harmonia and the others watched as the guards fell in a pile on the floor, slumped over unconscious.
“I can’t believe we just did that!” Crystal said, her tone overly excited.
Harmonia and Crystal smile at each other, before quickly turning into a scowl of disgust.
“Now come on we have to get to the throne room!” Cotton Berry said.
***
Twilight blasts Discord, sending him into Celestia’s throne, which was cracking bit by bit. “Tia is going to need a new throne after this.” Discord mutters to himself.
“She’s going to need a new husband once I’m done with you!” Twilight shouts, firing a blast at Discord.
He ducks and lunges after Twilight, but Twilight quickly grabs him in her dark aura. “You’re not winning that easily.” Sneers Twilight.
Harmonia and the others got to the throne room, surveying the massive damage. From dents to cracks and broken glass, the throne room was a massive wreck. “Looks like Princess Celestia and Luna are going to need a new throne room after this.” Mutters Confetti Pop.
“Look!” Meadow Bliss said, pointing his hoof in the direction of Aunt Twilight and Discord.
Trixie, Illusion, Mystic, Tempest, Starlight, the Mane 5, the Princesses’ and Shining all gather into the damaged throne room. Celestia and Luna looked at the damage and wreckage before them.
“Twilight! Enough is enough! Please spare their lives; they have done nothing to hurt you. Let them be! I’m the one you want! Just please spare their lives.” Celestia explains, while tears pricked the corner of her eyes as she saw what her former student had become and she couldn’t help but know that all of this was their fault.
Twilight slowly trots to her, she grit her teeth and gave her a sinister look, Twilight responds, her voice different from before.
“It's a-all, your f-fault...” She couldn’t control herself, as she let out a loud and angry yell so long, the glass started cracking and shattering, her anger overwhelming her and the walls rattled once again.
Celestia’s ears folded downward from all the yelling. “I know I’m the one to blame. Believe me if I could go back and rewrite the past I would.” she said.
“Well it’s too late now!” Luna pipes up, her tone blunt.
“But what’s done is done and I can only say I’m sorry.” Celestia said.
“You think “I’m sorry” is going to fix what you two have done?!” Twilight shouts. Twilight’s eyes are now bloodshot red, she ignites her horn and the magic aimed towards the chandeliers, the chains that hold them started separating, falling towards the two sisters.
“Everything you’ve created, everything you’ve taught me, will go down with you!” She said as she brings the chandeliers down at them, she ignites her horn again, this time aiming her magic at the columns that supported the broken ceiling, she starts crumbling them and the column debris starts falling on them too.
“Killing you will be satisfying...” She said, her eyes having the purple mist coming out of it.
Luna looks above quickly avoiding most of the debris, she tries to suppress Twilight's anger by reasoning with the madly enraged Alicorn, Twilight didn’t listen as she let her intense anger build up.
Luna stumbled a little but kept her stance, she focused on Twilight, thinking of what to do next.
“Twilight! You don’t have to do this! Believe me when I say that. This is only King Sombra’s doing.” Celestia said.
Luna looks at Twilight, a desperate look in her eyes. “Twilight. Please listen to my sister.” Luna said, trying her best to reason with the alicorn who held a devious and psychotic look in her eyes.
Celestia looks on in horror, as she watched her sister be in prison in a crystal cage by Twilight and the window being shattered as she sent Luna out of it. “Luna!” Celestia screams, but she didn’t have time to wallow in hurt at the moment, she then looks back at Twilight with a pissed off expression displayed on her face.
“Twilight this has gone far enough! Sombra is messing with your head, we’ve dealt with this before I know you can resist!” Celestia said, she started charging at Twilight and Twilight crashed into a pillar, Twilight was buried in a lot of heavy crystal rubble and debris.
“You can’t keep me here forever...YOU KNOW THAT!” Twilight’s anger builds up even more.
“I’m gonna come out of here...and PAINT THE WHOLE WALLS WITH YOUR BLOOD!” She escapes pushing the debris towards them, the debris hits the other columns and brings some of the ceiling down, the moonlight shining at them, Twilight yells creating fire all around them, she even creates a little shockwave along with it.
“Mom! Please stop!” Harmonia cries out, but her sound is faint and nopony hears her desperation cries to stop.
“Listening to you two is just a waste of my time, soon every pony will know what kind of tyrant you are!” She said as she ignited her horn, grabbing Celestia and teleports Luna from the cage and holding them both in her dark aura.
She slams the two to the broken down walls, revealing the environment outside of the throne room, the dome shaped throne room was at the brink of collapsing but Twilight never cared, she wanted revenge.
“Please Twilight, listen to us, we’re here to help you, just let go of the anger!” Luna yelled, trying her best to snap Twilight out of it as she struggled.
Discord stood up quickly, and slammed Twilight onto a wall, making her lose her magical hold on the two sisters.
Twilight looks at Discord, her eyes narrowed. “What do you think you’re doing?!” She sneers, she slowly ignites her horn, ready to fire as she lets out a haughty laugh.
“You don’t get it do you? What you two did hurt more than anything! I will never forgive you for it and for that you must pay!” Twilight bears her teeth. She slowly charges her horn, with a demonic look in her eyes at Discord.
Harmonia and the others watched in fear as Twilight drained Discord, leaving him almost powerless.
“Mom! Don’t!” Harmonia screams, without thought she lungs herself at her mother, knocking Twilight to the ground.
Twilight aura releases Discord from her grip.
Harmonia quickly conjoined a shielding spell that could protect herself and Discord.
“Harmony! What do you think you're doing?!” Discord asks.
“I’m trying to save you duh.” Harmonia explains staying the obvious.
“You’re going to get hurt. Move out of the way!” Discord said.
Twilight let out a laugh, a sicking look was in her eyes. “Oh! You want to play? Then let’s play!” She sneers.
“Mom, listen to yourself! This isn’t you! The real Twilight Sparkle will never hold a grudge against those who oppose her!” Harmonia teared up, charging her magic once more, aiming at her own mother.
“I just want my mom back, I just want my mom back to me...” She cried a little, charging up her magic to the fullest.
“I loved you, even if you're down in the dumps, I loved you even if you changed!” Harmonia yelled, tears streaming down her cheeks, as she blasted Twilight, sending her to the main seat of the throne room, the big smoke covered the impact, Harmonia painted, looking at the damage she had caused.
Discord looks at Harmonia with awe and concern, he didn’t know what to do, but looked at how her daughter was so independent, that she could stand on her own 4 hooves.
Celestia and Luna were down on the ground, landing painfully to their sides, they looked around them as if the throne room was about to collapse on them all.
“This was my fight to bear…” Celestia said, standing up carefully, but failed to do so as she sprained her front hoof.
Luna quickly stood up, helping her sister.
“You keep pushing yourself to the limit, sister, rest for awhile.” Luna said as she helped her sister up, they looked at Harmonia, still painting from the magic she discharged.
Harmonia fires a beam at her mother. “You know you should really work on your aim!” Twilight sneers, firing a blast.
Harmonia then holds up another shield, but time her shield was fizzling, slowly evaporating. “What the?” Harmonia said, confused why her spell was backfiring.
Twilight laughs at her daughter’s failed attempt to protect herself.
“Twilight,” mutters Celestia, sad to see what her former student and friend has become.
Twilight looks at the group. A satisfied, but twisted smirk played on her lips. “You really are a bunch of fools! Thinking you could stop me,” she sneers, giving a sarcastic laughter. “Well you are sadly mistaken.” She sneers.
“Just so you know you know you ponies have a new ruler you will obey and respect now!” Twilight’s eyes narrowed.
A light cough could be heard from behind Twilight. “Make those two new rulers.” Sombra said, his tone nonchalant as he walks up beside Twilight.
“Oh hey look it’s that villain we forgot about for half a scene.” Confetti points out.
A deathly glare made by both Twilight and Sombra sent chills down everypony’s spines.
They were truly done for.