//------------------------------// // Chapter 7: The Elements of Harmony (S1E2) // Story: The Elemental Manipulation // by GalaxyEmpire //------------------------------// The Elements of Harmony Soon... It wasn't much longer until you all saw the ruins of an ancient castle in the distance. "There it is! The Castle of the Two Sisters! That's where the Elements of Harmony are!" Twilight excitedly and took off. "Sis! Wait for us!" Her brother called out and went after her with the other following behind. "We're almost there! Whoa!" Not looking at her below 'cause her nearly falls down a large gap with a rope bridge that is currently down but Leo quickly pulled her back. "Thanks." "You're welcome but please, Sis. Next time you shouldn't run off like that." He told her. "Now what do we do?" Pinkie asked. "Duh, leave it to me." Rainbow Dash flapped her wings to get up into the air. "Oh yeah!" The pink mare chuckled as Rainbow Dash flew down the gap to pick up the rope bridge and found it. She then lands on the other side of the gap with the rope bridge and is about to tie it up so that her friends could cross the gap when the purple mist that Steven mention about quickly flew underneath her and made a fog to appear. "Rainbow Dash..." Called out a mysterious female voice that made the pegasus look around before she went tie the bridge up. "Who's there?" She asked. "Rainbow Dash..." "I ain't scared of you. Show yourself!" "We've been eagerly awaiting the arrival of the best flyer in all of Equestria." Said the voice in a deviously persuasive tone. "Who?" She asked curiously. "Why you of course." "Really?! I mean, yeah me. Hey, would you mind telling the Wonderbolts that would ya?" Cause I've been trying to join them since forever." "No Rainbow Dash, we are not the Wonderbolts but somepony even better." Said the voice as a trio of Pegasus ponies emerged from the fog in fronts of Rainbow Dash. The trio of Pegasus ponies is two stallions and a mare in the middle of the trio wearing dark coloured flight suits and googles with a yellow lens with Cutie Mark that are skull with a wing. The mare one spoke. "We are the Shadowbolts, the greatest aerial team in the Everfree Forest and soon we'll be the greatest in all Equestria but first we need a leader." She said with a smirk as she strokes Rainbow's go. "The most magnificent-" "Yep." "Swiftest." "Yes." "Bravest flyer in all of Equestria." "Yes, it's all true." Rainbow Dash said with a smirk. "We...need you." "WOOHOO!" she shouted excitedly. "Sign me up! Just let me tie up this bridge real quick and we have a deal." This makes the Shadowbolts angry. "NO! It's them or us!" The mare barked. "Rainbow Dash, what's taking so long?" Twilight called out, only to see the Shadowbolts and gasped. "Oh no! Rainbow Dash!" And then, the Shadowbolts Mare's eyes glowed, creating a thick fog to try and drown the group out before the unicorn shouted. "Don't listen to them!" "Well? What's your choice?" On the other side, the ponies are standing quietly to hear what they conversation about but it seems like it doesn't work. For Leo, who was prepared the Wind form to blow off the fog so they can see them when suddenly everything around him when dark as a voice spoke. Don't do it... "Huh?" It's not your time yet... "What did you mean?" "Leo?" The lion came back to his sense, in front of him was Twilight who looking at him concerned. "Are you alright?" "Y-Yeah, don't worry about it." He said trying to hide the voice. "Well, okay then." The mare turned around to see the rainbow mare land back to their side of the gap. "Rainbow Dash!" "See? I'd never leave my friends hanging." She smiled. As they went across the bright, the group finally arrive at the Castle of the Two Sisters and entering it, the golden lion instantly felt two different energies, one that is filled with purely positive and the other filled with dark and cold energy. Leo has some call energy senses since his power uses his body energies to do the transformation or splitting himself when back before he was a little. "Girls, I feel something." He told the Mane 6 which makes them look at him. "What is it, Leo?" His sister asked. "I can sense two different energies." The other surprising while Twilight nodded. "Wait, you can sense energy?" Rarity asked. "Yes, he can. Even since this discovery, he could tell whether if the ponies or artefacts have good or bad magic in them to allow in Canterlot for safety." The princess protége explained. "Indeed and one of them have a purely positive energy which I'm sure is the Element of Harmony while the other one is dark and cold and it's at the top of the castle." "Dark and cold? What was it?" "I don't know, but I will check it out." Leo process to the next floor only got stop by Applejack voice. "Hold their sugar cube, ah don't certain this will go well." "I agree, what if you could get hurt or something?" Fluttershy asked worriedly. "Don't worry about me, just focusing on the task." He said as the cub ran off to the stairs before halt for a second to turn to his sister. "And Sis, please remember that you are not alone." Leo ascent to the top of the castle while Twilight thinks about what he said. "Are you gonna leave him just like that?" Rainbow Dash asked to the mare. "I have nothing to worry about him. After all, he can use his power." She looked at the where her brother when before searching the Element of Harmony with the other follows behind as she thought. 'I believe him.' Meanwhile... Leo Sparkle finally reaches the top of the castle to see in front of him was a throne room seem to be. Though there are two of it with two different colours, the left one has all yellow and white with a banner have a white alicorn with a pink mane while the right side is the opposite of the light colour which is dark blue. There, was Nightmare Moon, sitting on that throne and she looking at him. "You again? Looks like you still have a gut to come here alone." The alicorn haughtiness in her voice. "Nightmare Moon? Why are you here?" He asked. "You think you and those foolish ponies can stop me from taking over Equestria? FOOL! I WILL DESTROY EVERYONE WHO DARES AGAINST ME AND MY EXTERNAL NIGHT!" "You know you don't have to do this, everyone needs the sun AND the moon to lives harmony and peace!" "You don't understand what I have gone through your creature! Everypony relished and played in the day that your foolish princess brought forth, but shunned and slept through my beautiful night! You think just because you enjoy playing in the daytime doesn't mean you have to sleep every day on the nighttime!" Leo try to say something but he can't, it's true that everyone sleep so there can replenish they energy so when the day comes, they can work well. The mare doesn't want to talk anymore as she fired a blast of dark magic at him which he quickly dodges to the left side. "I have enough! Now you will pay for what you did to me with insolence with your life!" She stands up from the throne as she got madness and anger ready to fight. The golden cub stands for his defensive states. Seems like talking would not working on her so maybe he can do something. 'Alright, I stall her until Sis and the other find the elements.' He thought. Nightmare Moon fired bolts of lighting at him as he transforms into his Elemental Form immediately. ELEMENTAL POWER!!! ELEMENT EARTH!!! Earth Barrier!!! He then punches the floor, making elevates ground levels rise to little taller than him with a shape of a half-sphere as the blast hit the impact which only left a hole in the wall, thankfully it didn't hit Leo. "My turn!" Earth's shouted, he punched the ground again as a middle-small-straight earth wave appeared on the surface as it heads to the dark alicorn which she flew to the air before the dirt raises from it to make a form of a spiky pillar. "FOAL! You think your pathetic attack can harm me!" She said as her horn glowed a brilliant cyan aura with light violet sparks and summoned a dark magic orb which she sent flying at the cub. ELEMENT WIND!!! Leo transforms to the Wind element. He lifts his right paw as a ball of wind gather together which he lunch to the orb that Nightmare has cast. Wind Gusts!!! The air from the sphere has enlarged to a blue tornado as the dark orb goes in, it stops and shacking before it switches to the opposite direction of the front. The orb sends back to the caster while she completely shocked by this as she in hurry, put on a magic barrier up to protect herself from her power. It hit as a black of smoking from the strike cover her vision for seeing the lion. She rapidly flaps her wings back and forth to make a little gust to clear out the smoke as she hears a shouted. The smoke from her surrounding seems to be getting to view a golden figure in the airborne as she hears a one clapping noise. ELEMENTAL... The view is clear and the dark alicorn can see the lion with a smile on his, though there's a three symbol in front of his paw, each of it has the same element logo that he used as he continues. TRIPLE... The tension getting high for the mare. Her vision was back as she fires a bolt of dark magic to Leo only to get block by a golden sparkling spinning circle with trio element in a tiny ring as he finishes the word. SPLIT!!! Leo goes through the circle to come out with the other of him as they charge to Nightmare Mare who's doing the same as well. Wind's started first by dividing her only to be dodge by her easily, while she laughed for missing, Lightning's dash on top of her while holding a lightning blade from his mouth as he assaults Nightmare Moon to the bottom, getting back from her maniac laugh to got shock by the strike from the cub. She fell to the ground but got lunch back away to the dark thorn by Earth's using his earth power. The dark alicorn wreck the throne, hearing a low painful growl from her. The trio won't let there guard down just yet for the last time, did end well. A few coughing can be heard from her place as she got up slightly trembling because of the damage she takes. "Uh... We didn't hurt her a lot, right?" Wind asked worries but still simply smile. "We're not, Wind..." The yellow cub replies in a serious tone. "As you can see, she still standing. Meaning, she okay." 'What's going on? Why is so hard to win against these damn creatures? Wait... Didn't he come here with a group of mares if I remember correctly? Unless...' Nightmare Moon finally realised what happens. 'THAT DAMN CUB!!! He's distracting me so those mares can get their hoofs on the Elements of Harmony and use them against me! I WON'T ALLOW IT! I REFUSE TO ALLOW IT!' She cast an explosive spell to them but luckily Earth's bring up the Earth Barrier to protect them from the blast before the alicorn turning herself into a purple mist and flies. The lions opened the eyes to a blur thingy from the top to the mist heading to where he came from. "Oh no! She must have figured out we were distracting her! Come on, we got to get to the other fast!" Their nodded and rushed off to save their friends. Meanwhile, the Mane 6 view... During Leo fight Nightmare Moon, Twilight and the other found five of the six Elements of Harmony in the forms of stone orbs. The mare tries to focus her magic on the Five Elements to find the spark needed for the sixth element to appear. Then all of sudden, Nightmare Moon enters the room with a look of pure rage and uses her magic to send the Mane 6 flying away to the other side of the room and away from the Elements of Harmony. "I WILL NOT ALLOW ANYPONY TO USE THE ELEMENTS OF HARMONY AGAINST ME EVER AGAIN!" She yelled furiously and fired bolts of lightning at the stone orbs that are the elements, shattering them into pieces, shocking the ponies. "NO! THE ELEMENTS OF HARMONY!" She cried out as the dark alicorn began to laugh an evilly. "HAHAHAHA! YES! I DID IT! THEY ARE NO MORE! WITH THE ELEMENTS OF HARMONY DESTROYED, THE NIGHT WILL LAST FOR ALL ETERNITY AND I SHALL RULE EQUESTRIA FOREVER!" She declares and laughs evilly again. Twilight was about fall into despair until she remembers what her brother said earlier "You are not alone" and then she turned back to look at the other mares until her eyes widen in realization before she smiled. Then she stood and glared at Nightmare Moon with determination in her eyes. "You think you have destroyed the Elements of Harmony? You're wrong! For you see Nightmare Moon, the spirits of the elements are right here!" She declared back as the rest of the Mane 6 stood up next to her which shocked the alicorn. "W-What!?" Nightmare in fear in her voice as the shards of the orbs starts reacting and floating up into the air. "Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of Honesty." "Fluttershy, who tamed the manticore with compassion, represents the spirit of Kindness." "Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling 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 heart's desire, represents the spirit of Loyalty." Throughout the speech, every shard that represents the elements float towards the Mane 5 and surrounding them. "The spirit of these five ponies got us through every challenge you threw at us," Twilight said as Nightmare Moon stepped back in fear. "B-But you still don't have the sixth element! The spark didn't work!" She tried to hide her fear. "But it did work!" She continued to talk. "A different kind of spark. I felt in at the very moment I realised how happy I was to hear from you, to see you, how much I cared about you..." She turned to her friends for what she said as they all smiled. "The spark ignited inside me when I realised that all of you...are my friends!" She turned back to face Nightmare Moon. And then it happened... A bright light shines above, drawing everypony's attention to see the sixth Element of Harmony in its stone orb from which hovers above Twilight. "You see Nightmare Moon when the Elements are ignited by the spark that resides in the heart of us all, it creates the sixth element: the Element of Magic!" The shards glowed brightly and transformed into golden necklaces with gems resembling their respective owners' Cutie Mark and go around their respective owners' neck and the orb transformed into a tiara with a gem on top that resembles like Twilight's Cutie Mark before settling on her head. The Elements of Harmony start to glow brightly as the Mane 6 start to float up into the air, getting ready to finish Nightmare Moon once and for all. "NOT ON MY WATCH!!!" She yelled furiously and quickly summoned two dark orbs as she sent it to them but got exploded instead by a two-lightning blade coming from behind her with a golden-yellow blur figure as well. "Not so fast!" Lightning land between the alicorn and the group while holding his blade with his right paw pointing at her. "YOU?! WHO ARE YOU?!" Next coming from her above was the blue lion with a grin on his face as he letting the air coming to his paw. Wind Gusts!!! The Aerokinesis punch the wind, creating a tornado toward the mare from below as it hit, she inside the twister so that she can't see the sight when suddenly the floor she stood from start to rumbling before trap her, covered by the earth. "WHAT IS THIS?!" Shouted the dark alicorn. "We Leo Sparkle!" Wind replied to her question. "And also! We are..." Earth continues the word as the trio says in together. THE ELEMENTAL MANIPULATION!!! The Mane 6 now have a rainbow aura surrounding them all and aimed at Nightmare Moon. Sending a powerful rainbow-coloured beam heading toward her while she tries to summon a magical barrier to protect herself but it was worthless as the beam smashes through the barrier. "NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" She screamed as the wave engulfed her and everything went white. Sometimes later... Sis... Sis.! "Sis!" The lavender eyes opened to see her brother, back to his regular form, face to face each other while the Mane 5 were back on the ground the same goes to her and began to stand back up. Rainbow Dash head was hurt a bit, Applejack asked if everyone alright while Rarity admiring her newly grown tail which had grown back. They're also checking on about the necklace on their neck which represents the elements that they possess which Fluttershy told about it. Twilight has a tiara, which makes Leo though she is a princess. After Applejack talk about how concerned they represent the elements of friendship when suddenly, a bright light appeared from a window as everyone to see the sun has finally risen and the light enters the room, changing into an alicorn mare. This alicorn mare has a light fuchsias grey coat, a light rainbow mane and tail (in the colours of light cerulean, light turquoise, very light cobalt blue and pale heliotrope), pale, light greyish magenta eyes and her Cutie Mark is a stylized sun. Realising who it is, the ponies bow except the siblings who run-up to her. "Princess Celestia!" "Celestia!" They joyfully while the big sister hugging the sun-theme princess who returned the hug while the cub stands next to her sister. "Twilight Sparkle, my faithful students, I knew you could do it." She smiled at her protége as she looks to the lion. "Is good to see you too, Leo." "Princess...you told me it was all an old ponytail...why?" "I told you that you needed to make some friends, nothing more. I saw the signs of Nightmare Moons return and I knew it was you that the magic inside to defeat her. But you could not unleash it until you let true friendship into your heart." She explained to her. Twilight looked at the other mares, she knew her teacher was right because, without friendship, she couldn't have stopped Nightmare Moon on her own. "Now if only another will as well." Celestia headed towards a familiar alicorn who is unconscious on the ground. Laying atop it amid shards of smoking metallic blue armour was a purplish-grey mare with a silver-blue mane and tail. Her cutie mark was a purple patch of the night with a crescent moon in the centre. The most striking features of the mare, however, were the wings and horn she bore. "Princess Luna." There was a collective gasp as the mare on the ground was named and a visible flinch from the second alicorn as she opened her eyes and looked up at the approaching white alicorn. "It has been a thousand years since I have seen you like this." She crouched in front of the short alicorn. "Time to put our differences behind us. We were meant to rule together little sister." "Sister?!" This cause a shocked for the rest of the other as she stood back up to say to her sister about accepting her friendship so there could be happy together. Of course, the younger alicorn quickly get up and ran to her to give a hug of reunion as their teardrop of happiness drip from their eyes. "I'm so sorry! I missed you so much, big sister." "I've missed you too..." From the background, Pinkie Pie cries as well with a napkin to clear off her tear before a burst out like a fountain. "Hey! Do you know what this calls for?" She stops crying immediately. "A PARTY!!!" And with that, Princess Celestia used her magic to transport everyone back to Ponyville as the trial is finally over. Ponyville... Leo, the Mane 6 and the Princesses returned to Ponyville and soon enough, the citizens of Ponyville began to celebrate the return of the princesses. Many were surprised and shocked by the appearance of Princess Luna who they learned is truly Princess Celestia's younger sister and was Nightmare Moon but Celestia was able to clear things up by explaining how Twilight and the other obtained the Elements of Harmony and used them to erase Nightmare Moon and bring Luna back to normal. Everypony cheered for them and called them heroes for saving both Equestria and Princess Luna and speaking of the Princess of the Night. Everypony welcomed her back with open arms and accepted her as a princess like Celestia, even two young Pegasus foals gave her a flower wreath which she accepts with tears of joy and a smile while Leo smiled that everything went well. Well... Not everything, the lion was at the back of her sister since he doesn't like being in the crowd much like this one. While everypony cheer for the Mane 6 and the princesses, he thought back from the bridge, before he was about to use the Wind form. 'That weird voice... Where does it come from? Can anyone hear it too or just one of my imagination?' It's that long until his little brother came in, a glimpse of eyes of joy in him as he ran toward him to give a hug to his other sibling. "Leo! Guess what? Princess Celestia has assigned us for the next quest." The golden took a surprise all of the sudden. "And that is?" "Well not us but for Twilight though..." The drake chuckled. "She says that Twilight needs to continue to study the magic of friendship in our new home, Ponyville!" "Really?! Pawesome!!!" The lion jump in excited. "Yeah, now come on!" Spike then grab his brother paws and pull it while walk. "Let's enjoyed this party!" ... .... ..... Meanwhile, while seeing the boys was getting in the festivity. The sun goddess walked up to the near of the drinking table where Twilight was there to do a discussion about something. "Twilight." "Yes, Princess?" "There's something I would like to talk about Leo." She asked with a serious look. "About his power right?" "What power?" Pinkie Pie step in so does the other mane. "Leo, Elemental power." The unicorn replied. "Yes, and if what my research was corrected..." The princess sighed. "Leo has still some of the potentials in him that haven't been unlocked yet." This makes Twilight surprised. "Wait, you mean to say is that..." "Leo Sparkle can get more than three elements right now." Celestia finished, making the Mane 5 shocked while her protége seems eager about it. "This is great! He must be thrilled to hear this!" Just about the lavender mare trot off, her mentor move front. "Now now, Twilight. I know you want to study about it but you have to worry about him." "Why?" "Think about it, if he can control more of the power, how does he feel the very amount of energies in his body. He will be scared of it because of how much dangerous this could be. It not only him but he would hurt ponies he loves one, his family and friends he cares so much. He lucky to be just a cub but eventually he will grow up and will know how much big responsibility to take care of those power he holds. Do you really what your brother to face all of that kind like that?" Princess Celestia explained and seeing the shocked from her student's. "No! I don't wanna that happens to him!" She stomped her hoof. "Then please, for Leo own good, keeps this as a secret between seven of us." She glanced to the Mane 5 which they give a nodded to her. "Also, I explain to Luna as well." Twilight thought for a second, sure she loves to research about Leo power but what cost? Making him more dangerous than ever? He's already a lion that eats meat while surrounded by a bunch of prey! Not to mention, almost being eating by him when she was a filly but got save by her father. Looks like she won't have a choice. "Alright, it was a secret then." She agreed to the Princess. ... .... ..... That's all he can hear. Spike was with Leo while having some chit-chat with Lyra but he then told them he wants to get some water from the table that has been set only to get this information from the Princess of the Sun about his brother. Though he hind under the table so they couldn't see him. The dragon was quite stunned for this. Does his brother have the power to manipulate other elements? That's cool to him but when the alicorn talked about his brother would scare of it. 'Leo can get more, eh?' He thought to make a recall of what happened. "Well, he doesn't show any new thing for now...but I will keep on eyes on him.