Everything was still, with all eyes focused on the new creature that Nightmare Moon revealed. No one said a word, no one made a move, the only thing active was Xavier's mind.

"Wow, good job Xavier, not even a day in a new world and your discovered by non-humans, be the cause of property damage, and find yourself in an apocalyptic situation. Not only that, but everyone is looking at you like a freak, but then again..." Xavier thought as these strange ponies looked at him. His brain only stopped when the one who revealed him spoke.

"Hmm, this is quite an interesting turn of events. What is something like you wandering around at night?" When she spoke, she moved closer to Xavier, who in response backed away slowly, afraid as to what she was going to do.

"Guards, seize them!" His attention was focused on the voice instead of Nightmare. "Only they know where the princess is!" After she said that, a bunch of ponies in armor approached, spears pointed in their direction. Seeing this, Xavier panicked even more, before Nightmare Moon summoned lightning bolts at them, knocking them out.

"Stay back, you foals!" She bellowed, as she turned into a plume of smoke. The cloud then shot out of the main door, with almost everyone on shock, the only ones being the rainbow haired mare and Twilight, the former shooting out the door in hopes to catch up. As the dust settled, Xavier looked out with a mixture of emotions as he thought to himself.

"Great, things have gotten out of hand, why did this have to happen to me? Why did this entire event happen the day I come here." Sighing to himself, he heard the sound of hooves moving fast out of the building. Looking at the sound, he saw non other than Twilight Sparkle running out, which got Xavier thinking. "Wait a minute, maybe she can help! I mean, she knew about this Nightmare Moon character before everyone else, maybe she knows something that can help me!" Giving a nod, he started to chase after her in hopes in finding answers.

Following Twilight, Xavier found himself in front of the tree from before, but this time he would enter instead of hiding behind it. Entering the tree, he learned that it wasn't a house, but a library, with hundreds of books lining the walls. Coming in, he looked around in amazement until a voice interrupted him.

"What!?" Looking towards the voice, he saw Twilight on the stairs with a look of fear and worry on her face. "What are you doing here? What even are you? Wait, are you sided with Nightmare Moon!?" Twilight spoke, horn lowered in an attempt to attack if provoked. Seeing this, Xavier put his arms up in hopes to lower her fears.

"Whoa woah whoa, calm down! I'm pretty sure I'm on your side, I just came here to see if you have any answers!"

Twilight didn't budge as she kept her gaze on him. "Oh really, then why were you at the window at town hall, spying?"

"Ok look, I did spy most of the day, but that was only to get answers about where I am Twilight!"

Hearing this, Xavier chuckled nervously and said, "I overheard your name, but if it'll make you more comfortable with me, I'll tell you my name. My name is Xavier."

After a few seconds of tense staring, Twilight finally lowered her guard. "Alright, fine, I'll trust you for now. Right now, I've got to find something that can lead me to the Elements of Harmony."

"What?" Turning around, both Twilight and Xavier saw the rainbow maned mare at the door. " What are the Elements of Harmony? And how did you know about Nightmare Moon in the first pace? Are you two spies?"

"Not again." Xavier thought to himself as the mare approached. She almost got in arms reach of him before the orange mare from before pulled her back, alongside the white, pink, and yellow mares.

"Simmer down Sally." the orange mare spoke. "They ain't spies, but they know what's going on, don't ya Twilight and... uh..."

Sighing, Xavier spoke, "Xavier, and I have no idea what's going on in the first place. I just woke up today in fact seeing a bunch of talking, multicolored ponies! I just came here to see if Twilight knows something"

"Right... ok then." She went as the pink pony started to giggle. "Xavier, hehehe, never heard that name before!" She soon was full on laughing on the floor.

"HEY, RUDE! Great, I guess I can put 'Being laughed at' to the list." He groaned, before turning to Twilight. "You were saying before they interrupted?"

Sighing, Twilight started to explain. " 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!"

"The Elements of Harmony: a Reference Guide," Looking over, everyone saw the pink pony looking at a certain book, involving the very things that were the topic of the night. Twilight ran over so fast, she knocked the mare over.

"Huh, go figure." Xavier started, "Well Twilight, read the book so we can find the elements, stop this tyrant, and finally allow me to get answers about where I am."

Taking the book in her magic, Twilight began to read. "There are six Elements of Harmony, but only five are known, those being Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Honesty and Loyalty. The sixth is a complete mystery. It is said, the last known location of the five elements was in the ancient castle of the royal pony sisters. It is located in what is now the Everfree Forest." When Twilight said the last part, everyone but her and Xavier gasped in fear. Xavier just looked in confusion.

"Everfree forest? What's that?" He asked, wondering why everyone was so scared. The five looked at him like he was crazy. Looking around, he realized why. "Hey, remember, I know nothing about where I am, so you can't go off on me."

Hearing this, the orange pony explained. "The Everfree Forest just ain't natural around here. The plants grow..."

"And the clouds move..." the rainbow one began before all three said all together, "All on their own."

Twilight looked at them in fear, but Xavier looked at them like they were crazy. "Are you serious, they are scared of that? Why, that sounds like home to me." It wasn't until he realized something and asked, "Wait, this Everfree Forest wouldn't happen to be that creepy forest out of town, the one that seems to be pitch black despite it being the middle of the day?"

"The very one dear, why?" The white unicorn spoke, as Xavier groaned, knowing that that was the forest he wanted to enter the least. "Ok, not home at all, nevermind." He thought as he heard hooves moving towards the door. Looking, he saw Twilight heading out. Seeing this, he began to ask, "Hey wait, where are you going?"

"To the Everfree Forest." She answered. "Those Elements need to be found, no matter what."

"Now wait a moment," The orange mare began. "That forest is dangerous, so you'll need backup, so we'll go too."

"No can do, sugarcube. We sure ain't lettin' any friend of ours go into that creepy place alone. We're stickin' to you like caramel on a candy apple"

As everyone agreed and exited, the pink pony said, "Especially if there's candy apples in there. What? Those things are good."

Sighing, Twilight followed begrudgingly, with Xavier close behind. Noticing this, Twilight was confused. "Why are you coming, Weren't you scared too?"

"Yes, but I rather be in a dark, dank forest with people- er, ponies, than in a building alone when an evil tyrant is on the loose." He answered as they quickened their pace to catch up to the others.

Arriving at the forest, Xavier had doubts about all of this, but he knew that the only way out of this was in there, so he went in with everyone else. Along the way, he got introduced to the other five mares that came along. The orange mare was named Applejack, and she worked at an apple farm as her family did for generations, which impressed Xavier quite a bit. The white unicorn was named Rarity and she was known as Ponyville's resident dressmaker, which surprised him that ponies wear dresses, or clothes in general, but this was a different world.

Next was the rainbow maned pegasus who, ironically, was named Rainbow Dash. She was the captain of the weather team in Ponyville and says she is the fastest flier around, which made Xavier both impressed and confused, impressed with her skills and confused with the weather, but this was a different world again, so this was most likely the norm. The yellow pegasus was next, named Fluttershy. Her job involved taking care of the many animals that live in the area, Impressing Xavier with her ability.

Last but certainly not least was the pink pony, who was even more ironic than Rainbow's name, being Pinkie Pie. Her job was being the #1 party planner, throwing the best parties in town. Of course, Pinkie realized that since Xavier was new, she was going to throw a party for him, though he wasn't exactly thrilled, he never was good with parties and crowds, mostly crowds.

After everyone, or everypony as they like to say, was introduced, they were all walking single-file through the forest, with silence between them all until Twilight spoke up.

"And it ain't natural!" Applejack added. "This place don't work the same as the rest of Equestria!"

"Uh, you mean like the growing plants and stuff, cause that sounds alot like what I lived with for... seventeen years." Xavier said with confusion. "Honestly, the only thing that is getting to me is the darkness."

Everypony looked at him with shock as they walked, surprised that his world acted the same as the forest. Their shock was soon redirected though, as they heard a cracking and crumbling sound near them. Looking around, they saw nothing, at least until they felt the ground shake. At that moment, the ground fell away, with everyone except for Rainbow and Fluttershy sliding down the cliff. The two went in and saved Pinkie and Rarity, while Applejack managed to grab a root. Twilight wasn't so lucky, as she was hanging on by her hooves off the cliff edge. Xavier, however, got even unluckier, as he didn't manage to grab the ledge, falling until he managed to grab hold of a branch growing on the cliff, hanging on for dear life.

"Oh god, that was TOO close! I did NOT want my life to end like that." Xavier said as he heard Twilight and Applejack above him, as Applejack said something that made him worry.

"Now listen here. What I'm sayin' to you is the honest truth. Let go, and you'll be safe." Xavier was confused as to why Applejack was so determined to get Twilight to let go. He would have looked up, but there were leaves growing on the branch that was blocking his view. But as he was wondering, he heard a scream from Twilight, at least until it cut out. Xavier was worried, as he wondered if she landed, until he saw two pegasus holding her, so he let out a breath of relief as she was put down, with Applejack hopping down the cliff.

"See, I would never lie to a friend." Applejack stated. "I was being completely honest." Twilight looked at her with wonder in and regret in her eyes. "Yeah, I'm sorry for doubting you.

Xavier looked down and was happy, but something would make him happier. "Hey, not to let this moment die, but can someone get me down please?" Everypony looked at him with embarrassment as Rainbow went up and grabbed him and put him on the ground. "Thank you Rainbow." Xavier thanked as he turned to Applejack. "Hey Applejack, how did you know that Rainbow and Fluttershy were there? I was worried that you were just saving yourself."

Applejack looked at him and spoke, "Why would I do that? I would never say or do something like that! I had to be honest, or else something worse could have happened." With that, the seven continued forward, with the oddball out thinking to himself about what she said, both confused and impress at how honest she was.

"And once Pinkie and Rarity were saved, whoosh... me and Fluttershy loop-de-loop around and WHAM! Caught you right in the nick of time."

It was a while since the cliff incident and Rainbow was boasting about the entire event the entire time. This lead to a few of the group, mostly the ones that just meet her, to be slightly annoyed. Twilight took Rainbow's pause as an opportunity to quiet her down.

"Yes Rainbow, I was there." Twilight said giving her a deadpanned expression. "And I'm very grateful. But we need to-" Her sentence was cut off as a giant beast stomped the ground in front of them. "A manticore?!"

Everypony was surprised, but every human was beyond terrified, seeing as he never encountered one before, or even knew they existed. "A WHAT!? They exist here!?!?" He yelled, terrified for his life.

"Yes, but now's not the time, we have to get past it." Twilight answered as Xavier backed away. "Correction, you find a way past it, I have nothing I can do, good luck!"

Groaning, Twilight and the others looked at the beast, determined to get around it, all but one. As Xavier was backing away, he overheard Fluttershy trying to get them to stop. "Heh, Fluttershy, y-you ok?" Startled, Fluttershy looked at him with a calm face. "I-I need them to stop..." She spoke softly, so Xavier decided to help her out.

"Hey, Hey girls," The girls looked over at the two in confusion. "I think Fluttershy has a plan or something." Hearing this, they allowed the timid pony to approach, but not without worry as she came closer to the manticore. What surprised them though was the fact that the first thing that she did when she got close enough was nuzzle its paw.

"Whoa," Xavier looked at her in awe. "I know you guys said that she was good with animals, but that's more than just good, that is outright astonishing." Everypony gave their own affirmation as they look at her and the manticore, the latter showing her it's paw, revealing a large thorn lodged in it. "Yeesh, that look's painful..."

"Oh, you poor, poor little baby. Don't worry, this will only hurt for just a second." Fluttershy spoke softly. "Little?" Xavier thought, "That thing is a baby? How did she know?" Of course, his questions were stopped as he heard a roar, seeing Fluttershy in the grasp of the manticore. He was about to run up to her, but stopped when he saw the beast licking her affectionately, all the while she was praising it for being so brave. Seeing this, everyone calmed down and walked past, with both Twilight and Xavier stopping to see Fluttershy.

"How did you know about the thorn?" Twilight asked, confused as to how she could have even known that it was there in the first place.

"I didn't," Fluttershy responded, "Sometimes we all just need to be shown a little kindness.” As she continued forward, both Twilight and Xavier looked at her with awe, seeing as she just risked her life just to be kind to a giant, angry beast. Their looks of awe soon turned to looks of happiness as they realized that they have someone that is so kind, as they moved forward towards their destination.

"My eyes need a rest from all this icky muck." Her wish was granted as the forest suddenly got darker somehow. "Well, I didn't mean that literally."

"That ancient ruin could be right in front of our faces and we wouldn't even know it." Twilight said as they tried to move forward, though it was hard when they couldn't see well. That's when Xavier felt a chill go down his spine.

"Uh, girls?" He began to speak. "Do you all have a bad feeling, like, spine chilling bad?" The girls looked at him in confusion, only to see a terrifying sight right behind him. "Why are you all looking at me li- it's right behind me, isn't it?" With a fearful nod from the girls, he looked behind him to see a tree warped to have a terrifying face and branches that resembled claws. Xavier jumped away in fear, only to bump into another tree with similar traits. Looking around, they all realized they were surrounded by them, all looking directly at them. They all backed into each other in fear, screaming. Well, almost everyone, because Pinkie, for whatever reason, decided to go face-to-face to one of the trees and start laughing at it, making silly faces in the process.

"Pinkie, what are you doing? Run!" Twilight exclaimed, to which Pinkie only laughed.

When I was a little filly and the sun was going down….

The darkness and the shadows, they would make me frown...

I’d hide under my pillow
From what I thought I saw
But Granny Pie said that wasn’t the way
To deal with fears at all

“Then what is?!” Rainbow Dash demanded, the song irritating her, only for Pinkie to hop over next to her. She said.:

“Pinkie, you gotta stand up tall
Learn to face your fears
You’ll see that they can’t hurt you
Just laugh to make them disappear.”

When she laughed, the tree she was originally looking at made a cartoony poof, revealing an ordinary tree in place of the scary one. Seeing this, the girls decided to follow along.

So, giggle at the ghostly
Guffaw at the grossly
Crack up at the creepy
Whoop it up with the weepy
Chortle at the kooky
Snortle at the spooky

As each line was sung, one of the girls laughed at a tree, turning it from scary to ordinary like Pinkie, with all of them laughing at the last line. As this was happening, Pinkie finished up the song.

And tell that big dumb scary face to take a hike and leave you alone and if he thinks he can scare you then he's got another thing coming and the very idea of such a thing just makes you wanna... hahahaha... heh...

Laaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaauuuugh!

With the last verse sung, the rest of the trees turned back to old, barren trees, as everypony was on the floor laughing, with only one not, that being Xavier as he looked at everypony laughing like nothing happened, but he was mostly looking at Pinkie. "Huh, She must be either incredibly brave or crazy to have no fear, laugh at the scary things, and start singing in a forest. Although..." He took a brief moment to look around, "Her laughter saved us I guess. Laughter..."

Once everypony calmed down, they journey continued with Pinkie leading the way. As she was hopping though, she stopped abruptly, causing everypony to bump into her, with Xavier stopping just before he did as well as he was lagging behind slightly. Curious, he asked "Hey Pinkie, why'd you stop?" To which Pinkie pointed at a raging river with a current way to strong to cross. "Whoa... ok."

As they looked at the river, everypony heard a sorrowful crying, catching their attention as they moved towards the crying. When they approached, they were surprised to see a giant, purple sea serpent with orange hair to be the source of the crying, waving it's tail incredibly hard, causing the river to be as strong as it was.

"Excuse me sir, Why are you crying?" Twilight asked as they approached the serpent.

"Well, I don't know. I was just sitting here, minding my own business, when this tacky little cloud of purple smoke just whisked past me and tore half of my beloved moustache clean off," As he said that, he pointed to his mustache, showing that one side of it was cut down to a nub. "And now I look simply horrid." Crying out, he landed into the water, sending a big wave of water at the group, soaking them wet.

"Ugh, great, I can add 'getting drenched' to the list." Xavier deadpanned as he began to think. "Wait, Purple cloud, was that Nightmare Moon? What is she up to?" He was interrupted when he overheard Rarity.

" Why, of course it is." She started "How can you be so insensitive? Oh, just look at him. Such lovely luminescent scales."

"It's true! I'm hideous...!" The serpent wept, realizing his look was not complete without his mustache in one piece.

"I simply cannot let such a crime against fabulosity go uncorrected!" Rarity exclaimed, as she went and popped one of the serpent's scales out of the serpent.

Holding the scale out, Twilight was about to ask what she was doing, before watching Rarity swing the scale...

Right at her tail, leaving nothing more than a nub similar to the serpent's. Using her magic, Rarity took her cut off tail and levitated it towards the serpent's mustache, repairing it with it. Seeing this, the serpent was overjoyed to see it.

"Oh. It's fine, my dear. Short tails are in this season. Besides, it'll grow back." She said with a bit of hesitation.

Xavier looked at her with worry until Twilight saw something. "Look, the river!" looking at it, everyone saw that it was finally calm enough to cross. "Come on!" As she was crossing, however, the serpent's tail raised up, creating a bridge to cross over.

"Allow me." He said before he dove to finish the bridge, allowing everyone to cross. Once everyone was over, Xavier approached Rarity. "Hey Rarity, why'd you do that, you know hair takes a while to grow, right, especially that length?" He asked.

"I know dear," Rarity answered, "But I would rather give it away to someone else who sees it as more important than I do. I may be a fashionista, but you won't go far without being generous and open to everypony."

Listening, Xavier let that though simmer. "Generous, huh. Where have I heard that?"

A Little while later, they finally say their destination. In the distance, they saw a crumbling ruin, resembling a castle. Seeing it, Twilight started to run up to it, only to slip and almost fall into a giant chasm. If it wasn't for Rainbow grabbing her, she could have fallen in.

"What's with you and falling of cliffs today?" Rainbow joked as the other's looked across the chasm, seeing no way across.

"Now what?" Pinkie questioned as they looked around. That's when Xavier noticed two pegs coming out of the ground. Walking over, He saw two ropes attached, and upon closer examination, he realized that there was a bridge. Rainbow took notice and decided to take it up.

"Don't worry, I got this gang!" She exclaimed as she dove in to grab the bridge. While she went over to tie the bridge, Xavier remembered a certain item he picked up, so he decided to investigate it.

"No clue," Xavier admitted. "When I woke up, I found this thing next to me-" At that moment, Xavier's hand grazed something on the cap, which caused a very loud *Chink* sound to go off, startling both of them as Xavier dropped the item, only to realize it changed. Now where the "gear" was, a long blade about the length of Xavier's arm was extended, giving the image of a katana.

"Like I was saying, I don't know. I just woke up with it." Xavier explained as he looked over the sword. Upon closer inspection, he saw a little switch at the cap. Flicking it the other way, the blade retracted. He was about to go back to thinking, but he was interrupted by a very worried Twilight.

"Don't listen to them!" Going over, Xavier and Applejack were confused as to what was happening. Seeing them, Twilight began to explain. "We have a problem! There are pegasi over there that don't look friendly. they may be over there to stop Rain-" Her sentence was interrupted by the sound of wings flying close. Looking, they saw Rainbow over the bridge, up and secure. Seeing it, everyone cheered and proceeded to cross, while Xavier ran up to Rainbow.

Looking at him, Rainbow began to explain. "Some ponies called the Shadowbolts came up to me and said that if I ditched you guys, I could become their captain, leading them to greatness."

"Of course I did! I can never leave a friend behind, even if it means losing my chance at fame, cause what's a star without knowing you have somepony to fall on."

As Rainbow flew ahead, Xavier processed what she said. "Huh, for someone of her attitude, she is kinder and more loyal than I thought."

Upon entering the ruins, Xavier and the girls looked around in awe and admiration, for despite the fact that the place was falling apart, it was still beautiful. And situated in the middle of the room was a strange alter/statue that held a bunch of spheres on it. Seeing it, Twilight knew exactly what they were.

"The Elements of Harmony! We found them!" Hearing that, Fluttershy and Rainbow flew up and grabbed all of them and brought them down to the floor.

"One, two, three, four... there's only five!" As Pinkie counted, everyone began to worry as there were six elements, not five. "Where's the sixth?"

Approaching, Twilight began to think out loud. "The book said: When the five are present, a spark will cause the sixth element to be revealed"

"I'm not sure, but I have an idea. Stand back. I don't know what will happen." Twilight began to channel her magic at the elements. The girls backed out of the ruins, but Xavier hung back a bit, worried that something else would happen. That's when he felt it, a strange yet eerie breeze came into the ruins. Looking back at Twilight, he saw a large, black cloud swirling in front of Twilight, which she looked like she was about to jump in. When he saw this, he immediately ran over to her in hopes in saving her, at least until he saw a flash.

Opening his eyes again, he realized that he was in a different place alongside Twilight. That's when they heard laughter, and when they looked forward, they saw none other than Nightmare Moon standing over the Elements of Harmony with a smug look on her face. Xavier was terrified at the thought of what she would do to them, but at that moment, he had an idea. It was quite possibly the stupidest ides he had in his entire lifetime, maybe for the rest of his life too, but it was an idea.

"Twilight, can you reach the elements?" He whispered to her, to which she nodded hesitantly. "Then get there, I'll hold her off." Before she could argue, Xavier told her, "Don't argue please, you are the only one who knows how to finish this, so do it please." Hesitantly, Twilight raised up with her horn glowing, looking to ram Nightmare Moon, to which she looked unimpressed.

"You're kidding. You're kidding, right?" She asked unamused, to which the duo looked at her with determination, so Nightmare also lowered her horn. Soon, the two sides were running at each other, both with different plans. At the last second though, a bright flash was created, blinding Nightmare for a second before she felt something on her horn. When she looked, she saw Xavier with his newly found sword blocking her horn, with one hand on the hilt and the other on the on the blade. realizing what was going on, she looked backwards to see Twilight over the elements. She reacted quickly by turning into smoke and racing over to her, catching Xavier off guard and making him lose balance, falling. When he looked up, he saw Twilight flying at him, to which she slammed right into him.

"No, NO!" The two heard Nightmare Moon in a panic, and when they looked up, they saw the Elements glowing, so they both were happy that it worked. At least until they stopped. "But... where's the sixth Element?!" Twilight questioned as Nightmare Moon laughed as she raised her front hooves. Stomping them down, the Elements shattered like glass, leaving nothing but shards, and expressions of lost hope on Twilight and Xavier.

"You little foal! Thinking you could defeat me? Now you will never see your princess, or your sun! The night will last forever!" Nightmare Moon laughed, as the duo looked with shattered hope, at least until they heard some familiar voices approaching.

"You think you can destroy The Elements of Harmony just like that?" Twilight began. "Well, you're wrong, because the spirits of The Elements of Harmony are right here!"

Standing behind them, Xavier was confused. "Huh, what do you mean? The elements are over-" As he spoke, he saw the shards of the elements shaking, confusing both him and Nightmare.

"Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of... honesty!" When Twilight said that, Shards began to surround Applejack.

"Fluttershy, who tamed the manticore with her compassion, represents the spirit of... kindness!" The same thing happened to Fluttershy, who looked a little afraid, but happy.

"Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of... laughter!" As the shards surrounded her, she smiled from ear to ear.

"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!" The two were already surrounded when she said it, with looks of calm and confidence respectively. "The spirits of these five ponies got us through every challenge you threw at us."

"You You still don't have the sixth Element!" Nightmare Moon tried to break their spirits. "The spark didn't work!"

“But it did… a different kind of spark!” Twilight corrected as she faced them, Xavier included, all of them smiling. “I felt it the very moment I realized how happy I was to hear you, to see you, how much I cared about you… The Spark ignited inside me! When I realized that you all… are my friends!”

Suddenly, a light was scene above the group. looking up, they saw another orb above them, knowing it was the sixth and final element.

"You see, Nightmare Moon, when those elements are ignited by...the spark that resides in the heart of us all, it summons the final element! The Element of....Magic!"

As she said that line, the six began to glow extremely bright, blinding Xavier so much that he had to cover his eyes, the only thing he heard was Nightmare Moon crying out before things went dead quiet.

Opening his eyes, He looked around to see nothing. After a bit of looking, he saw the girls on one side of the room, lying down motionless. "Oh no!" He muttered as he ran over to Twilight. "Don't be dead, please!" His please were answered as he heard groaning from all of them. Letting out a breath of relief, he began to wake them up. Soon, they woke up, wondering what happened.

"You won." They all turned to Xavier, confused. "You girls saved the day from Nightmare Moon." The group felt both relief and pride from him saying that, at least until they heard a gasp of shock from Rarity. "Are you ok Rarity?"

“I know!” Rarity said as she waved her tail, which was restored to its full length and same beautiful style. “I'll never part with it again!”

“No, your necklace,” Fluttershy pointed out. “The jewel looks just like your cutie-mark.”

When Rarity looked, she saw the jewel was indeed shaped like one of the jewels of her cutie-mark, colored the same purple as her mane.
“So does yours!”

“Lookit mine, lookit mine!” Pinkie hopped over, revealing her jewel to be a blue balloon, Applejack’s was an orange apple with a green leaf.

"Cutie mark? What's that?" Xavier asked, as his curiosity came back in full force.

"Cutie marks are the pictures on our flanks Xavier." Twilight explained. "Though I'm confused as to why that is."

"Maybe because you were right," Applejack started, "I reckon you were right when you said we were reprehensive of these elements."

"Indeed it was." Hearing a voice, everyone turned to the window, to which they were greeted with the bright light of the sun. Coming out of the sun was a light, and from it came a new pony. This pony was similar to Nightmare Moon in the sense of body shape, wings and a horn, and a regal presence, though there were differences. Her coat was white with a hint of pink, her mane and tail was colored like a rainbow, and she didn't have the teeth or eyes of her. When she came, everypony bowed down, while Xavier looked at her with awe and amazement. At least, until he felt himself forced onto his knees by magic.

Giggling, Celestia spoke with a voice as regal as her appearance. "It's ok Twilight, he is new to Equestria after all." Blushing, Twilight let Xavier stand to face the new pony. "Greetings, I am Princess Celestia, and I welcome you to Equestria."

Bowing, Xavier responded, "T-thank you your ma-majesty. I-i am Xavier, my l-lady. I swear I d-didn't mean any harm in c-coming here."

Chuckling at his act, she turned to Twilight. "You did well, my faithful student. I knew you could do it.

Twilight became confused with her praise. "But I thought you said that the Mare On The Moon was just an old pony tale."

""I told you that you need to make some friends, nothing more. I saw the signs of Nightmare Moon's return, and I knew it was you who had the magic inside to defeat her. But you could not unleash it until you let true friendship into your heart." She turned to Xavier, "And it seems more than ponies as friends it seems." Xavier became shocked at her and everypony.

"Y-you guys see me as your friend?" Xavier asked, to which he was met with kind smiles and nods from them.

"Now if another would as well." As Celestia spoke, she walked over to the place that Nightmare Moon was defeated. When everyone looked, they say a smaller alicorn there. She had the same coat as Nightmare, but her mane was a normal blue, not flowing or anything. "Princess Luna."

Hearing the name, the new alicorn, now known as Luna, looked up and gasped. Seeing Celestia come closer to her made her scared for what was going to happen, as Celestia spoke. "It has been a thousand years since I’ve seen you like this. It's time to put our differences behind us. We were meant to rule together, little sister.”

"Sister?" Everypony said in the back surprised, learning that their ruler had a sister.

Celestia stood in front of Luna, hoof outstretched. “Won’t you accept my friendship?”

Everyone was in anticipation, hopeful that Luna would accept. Soon, Luna got up with tears in her eyes and ran up to Celestia. "I’m so sorry! I missed you so much, big sister!"

"I missed you too!" Watching them, Xavier was reminded of something, or someone in particular. Remembering that, he frowned and shed a tear. At least until heard crying and turned to Pinkie crying literal waterfalls out of her eyes.

"Hey, you know what this calls for?" She said excited, stopping the tears in an instant. "A party!"

"Wait, what?" Xavier questioned as Pinkie reached out and began to drag him over to the door. "Hey, wait a minute! Am I even allowed to come?" Everypony looked at him confused, so he gestured to himself. "I'm not exactly pony to you."

"Do not worry my friend." He heard Celestia speak, "I will explain your situation to them. I'm sure that they will accept you young Xavier." Looking at her, Xavier felt a bit calmer as he spoke. "Ok, I guess. I guess I'll try"

Xavier was currently on a stage with his new friends and the princesses with the entire town looking at them, him mostly. Soon, Celestia spoke.

"Citizens of Ponyville..." She spoke with a calming power. "I come to speak with you about the recent events that have transpired here. Firstly, I would like to thank everypony on this stage for defeating Nightmare Moon and returning my beloved sister, Princess Luna. Secondly..." She turned to Xavier, "I would like to introduce Xavier, a new friend here to Equestria. He means no harm to anypony, and would like to speak to you."

Taking the stage, he spoke. "H-hello everypony, like the princess said, I am Xavier. I know I may seem different and you may be worried about my presence, but I truly mean no harm to you. In fact, if it wasn't for Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow, Pinkie, or Fluttershy, I wouldn't be here, so I am willing to give my life to them. I just hope you will accept me as well..." He trailed off at the end, thinking that they would never accept him. At least until he heard the sounds of cheering and hooves clapping. Looking around, he saw all of Ponyville cheering at him, his friends included. When he realized that they all would really accept him, he found himself doing something he didn't do since coming here, or for years in fact.

When the party became full swing, he was on the sidelines, not exactly comfortable with crowds. Even so, he was feeling great, until he overheard a certain unicorn and alicorn.

"Why so glum, my faithful student? Are you not happy that your quest is complete and that you can return to your studies in Canterlot?"

"That's just it…" Twilight responded. "Just when I learned how wonderful it is to have friends…I have to leave them…"

"Wait, you don't live here Twilight?" Xavier asked, as Twilight only shook her head in response. Seeing this, Celestia began to speak.

"Spike, take a note, please." With that, the lizard that Xavier saw before came up with a paper and quill in hand. "I, Princess Celestia, hereby decree that the unicorn Twilight Sparkle shall take on a new journey for Equestria. She must continue to study the magic of friendship. She must report to me her findings from her new home in Ponyville!"

Hearing this, her pony friends surrounded her in joy. "Oh thank you, Princess Celestia! I'll study harder than ever before!" She looked over and saw that Xavier wasn't a part of it, so she used her magic to bring him over, much to his shock. Though that shock became happiness as he smiled softly.

Later, he was seated at a table enjoying some alone time. The party was fine, he just enjoyed being alone alot. His peace was interrupted as he heard hoof steps.

"Well young Xavier, how is Equestria, to your liking?" When he looked, he saw Celestia over him.

"W-well, yeah. Everyone- er, everypony is kind and accepting, and it is beautiful, so I can't complain." He spoke with a smile.

Smiling, Celestia began to talk to him. "So, young Xavier, tell me about yourself, after all, you are anew species here in Equestria."

Sighing, Xavier began. "Well, I'm known as a human and I come from a place called earth. Though I have no idea as to how I got here in the first place. The last thing I can remember is waking up near the Evrefree Forest with the sword that I found next to me."

"Honestly, not really... I don't want to get into detail, but I don't exactly need to go home, not like there is anything there for me." Xavier explained, quieter around the ending.

When Celestia heard him, she was worried, but she decided not to press him on details, so she dropped the topic. "Well, as long as you are in Equestria, I'm sure Twilight and her friends will make it worth it."

"Thanks, but that does remind me. Where am I going to live? I don't exactly have a home."

"You can leave that to me." Turning, he saw the mayor come closer to them. "I know just the place."

Leading him over, he was shocked to see that the mayor lead him over to a very large house. "You mean you're giving me this house? It's so big, you don't have to..."

"Nonsense!" The mayor interrupted. "Consider this my apology for trying to capture you."

"And a welcome present from us." Turning, he was once again surprised to see his new friends behind him, as Twilight spoke. "We talked to the mayor to see if she could arrange a place for you to live in, so she did."

Xavier was confused, so he asked, "But what about you Twilight? where are you going to live?"

With that, Xavier looked at the house in front of him and smiled. "Maybe this won't be so bad after all..."

The Impact of Humans on Ponies

by the koopanater

The Elements of Harmony