"I knew you would make it, my precious student" Celestia showed herself with all her dignity as she looked fondly at all the ponies in the place, although a little surprised by the only stallion.
'The harmony had already indicated that there would only be 6... it's not bad that there is a seventh' Celestia kept her thoughts while she tried to clear up her own internal doubts that she easily overcame with all her vast knowledge.
"But you told me it was just a legend" Twilight said as she remembered all those letters where Celestia indicated that they were just a tale of foals and she should focus on made friends in Ponyville.
"I told you to make friends because that was what it took to awaken the spark that was within you to have the magic that would defeat Nightmare Moon without the need to also destroy... my dear little sister, Luna"
"SISTER!!" Pinkie screamed in surprise as she spits out a drink that nearly hit Rarity which she blocked with the help of her magic, but she also had a similar but more dramatic reaction to almost fainting.
"Yes, my dear little sister, don’t worry my sister, I have forgiven you for a long time, but I do not know if you have forgiven yourself" Celestia leaned next to Luna who had been in total silence while she watched everyone in silence.
"Then... would you accept my friendship, go back to being sisters and being best friends" Celestia's voice was filled with a strong desire, but her self-control made it very difficult to notice... but not for a certain mare.
"Yes! I'm sorry, I missed you every day and that's what kept me sane in the Nightmare Moon torture!!" Luna's voice cracked a bit when she threw herself into a hug where she tried to regain all that time they were apart and also regain a sense of conformity and warmth from touching someone else.
"Princess Celestia, it's not that I want to bother you at your family reunion, but you could tell me which element could be beyond the known ones in this place since no other book talks about other elements or simply mentions them, they are an anomaly and I would like to know what that other element is and if it is Storm Flash who is the bearer of this unknown element" Twilight approached the two princesses with a bit of pity, who had regained their composure, but Twilight's curiosity made her be brave and ask to her Master who has always been able to answer all her questions.
"Okay, Twilight, I'm curious now too, but the only one who can tell us is my dear sister, so Luna, could you tell us what element it could be?" Celestia turned her gaze from her to Luna who was distracted for a moment when she remembered everything that happened a few moments ago.
"Actually, we're not entirely sure" All the ponies watched Luna with interest as she tried to find the words to explain.
"When we wanted to stop him to dominate the six elements, we decided to block the most dangerous intruder due to his inclination to combat like the ancient elite warriors of the Pegasus tribe, but even with our barrier in place, we could not stop him" Luna stopped. to get some air and hope everyone assimilates what she said.
Twilight now watched Flash with total intensity upon hearing that he forced his way through the barrier of an Alicorn, many questions formed in her mind, but she had no answers and that began to bother her.
The other girls were also amazed, but especially by the comparison of Flash and the Apex Brigade, a group of deadly Pegasi that made the other ponies fear the Pegasus army.
Celestia had a high-intensity internal argument upon discovering that a 'deviant' Pegasus escaped from her web and did not join the military.
"He only hit the barrier three times and each hit was as if he hit our horn with a mallet, then he came to us and we faced hoof-to-hoof combat because when we wanted to use magic on him, he just destroyed it because he wanted to, and when we wanted to put him to sleep, he denied us because he did not want to sleep, his great will prevented us from easily defeating him... Oh! We see"
"His element is Will! Now I understand! He was the only one who had the Will to face the Everfree Forest without fear, he explored alone, he faced Nightmare Moon alone and denied the magic on him because his own Will was greater than that of his rival so much that he can pose his Will in his magic with total control!!" Twilight's eyes widened in pleasure as she jumped a little as she found the answers to the questions in her mind that seemed more like a pop quiz to her.
But with the same speed she submerged herself with more questions about how a Pegasus can use magic without being a Unicorn among many other questions related to magic.
"That also explains how he supports doing these exercises every day, they are hellish, I tried to copy it when I was younger but I didn't last a week and he was only 12 years old!!" Dash yelled joining the moment, but the data she released piqued Celestia’s interest.
"At what level will you say his exercises were?" Celestia asked interested, she couldn't ask Flash since he was deep in his own thoughts.
"The madman performs Academy-level exercises since he is a foal and those are the words of his mother! No wonder he managed to do that ElectroBoom... an ElectroBoom is a Boom Sonico, but I call it that because it is cooler than what Pinkie called it before"
"HEY!!"
'That responds to my ability to continue and never stop, several times I saw the opportunity to lead a simple life where I would earn a lot of money with little effort and I could have several girlfriends with that of the harems, but I decided to follow my dream, I had... the will to be more and achieve much more than I thought I could imagine' The realization hit Flash when he accepted that perhaps he was a carrier of an Element, not one destined to emerge in this generation as harmony had been telling him but here he is... by his own Will he faced destiny and forced this result where his Element is accepted and known.
Harmony celebrated her new son, although a little grumpy, she rejoiced with her new boy who was able to overcome one of his challenges and now blesses him with a material symbol of his Element.
Flash, who was in a personal realization, was surrounded by lights of different shades of blue, with everyone watching in wonder and joy.
Flash stood in place in all his glory with a bit of static all over his fur that had been building up from his previous combat, but now in his chest area, there was a piece of golden armor with a gem in the shape of a Cloud and dark blue in color, the armor piece was engraved in the shape of flames.
"I guess I'm officially an Element Bearer" Flash commented a bit proud and confident as he understood himself a little more.
"This calls for a party!!" Pinkie yelled happily as she began to say all the arrangements that she would take for her party to match all the themes of the elements and the reunion of the princess sisters.
"Well, now with the catastrophe over,I must ask you my little ponies, if you could give me your elements so I can keep them in a safe place for when they are needed" Celestia asked politely as she looked at the 7 ponies.
"I will deliver it anyway, I don't see why to keep it, I am the seventh element, one that I do not know if it enhances the rainbow attack or I can only take the place of another element when this someone cannot participate" Flash delivered his Element without attachment, but his derogatory comment to him get a lot of looks... well all of them.
"My little pony, don't talk about yourself like that, I'm an Alicorn and that means I'm more in tune with Harmony and I can tell you that maybe your awakening as an element had to undergo some test since fate only required 6 but you are not an emergency substitute as you think, there are things that we cannot understand at this time, but later we will" Celestia spoke from her wisdom when remembering some old friends who had previously carried other elements.
Flash nodded understanding the message, but that didn't make the thought go out of his mind.
The girls surrendered the elements of her being Rarity the one who put up a little more resistance and it was symbolic since she gave it up in an instant, but her eyes did not stop observing the element of hers.
"Now I will take you back to Ponyville, it was already a lot of adventure for the rest of the day and we have an event to fulfill" Celestia commented as she carried her horn to prepare the spell.
Everyone gathered near her to facilitate teleportation.
"Uh... princess I want to go with you, I still have many things to talk about" Twilight commented on her refusal to return without the princess to Ponyville with the others, something that Celestia understood.
When they were all sent back, the town was previously filled with screams of fear with ponies running through all the streets, now they were quietly watching intensely the group of ponies that appeared in the main square of the town.
"Equestria has been saved and the Princess's sister has returned, we have an event to prepare and I have a party to do!!" Pinkie screamed euphorically at the top of her lungs with the town joining in joy with her.
Pinkie quickly took control of the place to guide the ponies to their positions as Twilight had them organized for the beginning of the solstice day, Rarity joined to control the decorations, Applejack went with the food stalls to qualify and organize them, Fluttershy went to gather her animal friends to welcome the Princesses, Rainbow and Flash cleared the sky again in less than 10 seconds.
Flash went back to the Everfree and cleared only the edge of the forest, a deep cleaning was only a hobby of his, his work was only in the perimeters of the forest that collided with those of Ponyville, but he wanted to enjoy the rest of the day so he just surf the woods looking for some crazy cloud but fun enough to use for the event.
It didn't take long for him to find one with inverted properties, a white cloud, which treated him like a unicorn or a Earth pony, until he placed his will on the cloud and eliminated the chaotic magic, he was able to manipulate the cloud, but without being able to touch it physically.
It was a slow process, but Flash took the cloud out of Everfree before the forest decided to change the properties of the cloud for fun, slowly Flash arrived at the town right where he had set aside a place a few days ago, Twilight tried to take the place away when he took charged on the matter, but she couldn't convince him to give in.
Now with his cloud and a paint equip, Flash got hoofed on the matter.
[1 Bit per Foal - Nimbus Chaotic: Cloud with Inverted magic properties, Tangible for all pony that is not a Pegasus]
[5 Bits for a Collector's Cloud Chunk or Souvenir]
[10 Bits if you don't have a Collector's Bottle]
Flash finished all stained with paint, but he proudly looked at his work that his teacher would give him an 8.8 in calligraphy even if he was not a Unicorn.
Flash cleaned himself with the help of a rain cloud and placed himself in his makeshift post where he is sitting on a normal cloud with some boxes on one side of him and the chaotic cloud on the other where a foal named Button was already playing on top of the cloud, he is a foal that can always be found in the town's arcades but that today are not acting according to him.
Soon more adults came to the playground to let their foals play and drain their almost infinite energies, some others played in the Flash cloud after they convinced their parents, while some other adults did not have children and only came for a chunk of the cloud as fanatic collectors that they are, or as a keepsake.
"Hoho! In the next year's convection I will be the envy of my friends" Said a Mare as she took 16 jars.
Flash had to force several clouds to combine with the Chaotic Cloud to restock his pantry for sale until at the end of the day he ran out of jars and a chaotic cloud that was already impossible to combine with other clouds without losing its magical properties.
That day Flash made more than two weeks of their salary together.