//------------------------------// // Season Four: Chapter Five: Mini Starlight Sunset shimmer arc Final: Ride to the final battle arc // Story: Project Harmony One. // by Megaskullmon //------------------------------// There are stories of those who came before. The Shadow, the Vorlons, and those first ones who all left the universe. There are stories where many of them didn’t leave and went to another universe. It’s never going to be the same again for them. Unless they start fighting each other again. Stories of these ships being seen have sprouted up over the years till nothing ever has been said.  Stories of these ships still linger only when it’s time for them to linger. One of these ships has been found on a planet no pony can get to. It’s a planet covered in a storm and a race of I think they’re called turtles are protecting the old ships. Written by Old pony to Twilight A world of hope, a world of humans I have gotten to know them as. I guess I have to get used to being on two legs and having no magic. I look around and see a turtle standing in the middle of the sidewalk while I walk home from school. “Sunset Shimmer?” I stopped in my tracks. I didn't think he was real. Till I got a good look at him. I was confused and suddenly the world changed from a dream to complete blackness. I was a pony again looking over at the turtle. “Forgive me for ruining your dreams of the past. But I must speak to you before you end up in the world where my species resides.” I was confused then I remembered it came back to me. I am no longer in the human world. I am now in the future. I tend to forget and dream of the past so I could see my old friends knowing they’re now all dead. “I am used to it.” The old turtle smiles. “Don’t act like that Miss Shimmer. I understand full well what you’re going through. I may be a species of the first ones in this universe. But we weren't always like this. Not till those from the other universe showed up and created the army of disharmony and Harmony.” I tilt my head and wait there didn’t use to be an army of those two things. Then what changed to cause it? “What do you mean?” The turtle sighs looking away. “Back then those two things were just a mindset or how those thoughts. Then so long ago two superpowers that recently lost a war in their universe somehow made it here. The wall of our universe got weakened from this. It's why Babylon Four or what you called Project Harmony made it here after getting hit by a powerful weapon. This was their first war together before the last war. These two factions, the Shadows, the Vorlons, most of them are dead, all that is left is their living ships.” Living ships? I watched the old reports from those humans. Not the humans I know but another universe of humans. It’s strange to me that there is another universe of humans. I took a deep breath feeling no air fill my lungs. “What do you mean by living ships?” The turtle softly chuckles. “My kind guard many of their dead ships. All I know is there is one ship of each still running. They’re so old they have been fighting each other ever since they came here. These vessels can speak, they can talk, they can feel. The shadow vessel helped form the Disharmony army from those feeling like it did. The Vorlon ship made Harmony fight those feelings.” I sigh deeply. “Forgive me if I find this hard to believe. I can’t believe these ships would still want to fight after all these years.” The turtle nods. “I don’t blame you for feeling that way. The two ships learned too late what they caused and now they’re used as symbols. I can tell you now though the Shadow Vessel is searching for the hope of your war between both sides.” The hope of both sides. I know forgiveness sometimes brings hope. Before I could fully linger on it the turtle put his webbed claw on my shoulder. “But before you see my species I must talk to you about your punishment like with Starlight she got with our Gaul friends. I will say you already went through yours. You lost everything you got the judgment many would feel you deserve even if you worked to forget what you did.” I took a deep breath. If what I went through is the universal idea of judgment then I went through it tenfold and I don’t wish to suffer any more of the universe's sense of humor or little jokes. It’s making me wonder if the universe hates those who try to fix their past or try to move on from the past to think of the future.  “The universe has a sense of humor. A sense of humor which likes to force expectations on us.” I glance at the turtle after those words.  “I don’t care much for this sense of humor it bothers. It bothers me that some god or powerful being is trying so hard to treat me like a joke.” The turtle nods. “I understand perfectly. Like many of my race are what you would consider immortal. My race can die and many things can happen to us. We used to never die and we were kept in check by birth rate. Then I guess the universe made us age but longer to the point most of us could live for 1000s of years.” I nod “I see it makes sense. So why are you coming to me in a dream?” The turtle sighs, shaking his head. “I understand you don’t seem to care much about what is going on. I am warning you about something. The elements have finally pushed the armies of both sides to finally come out in force out in the open. They have been searching for them for so long now they can’t wait. They’re now fighting each other. The counters are now searching for each of them. Rainbow Cloud is in danger. I will explain more when you get here.” I am now concerned I hear an alarm waking me up. I try to stay asleep so I can know more. I groan being forced to wake up from the dream. __________ The waking world and the moon of dead ships I am shaken awake by Starlight with her calling my name many times. I get up from my sleep and my eyes go wide seeing the junkyard of bleeding dead ships. The old ships of bodies from each side floating around. Vorlon suits the shadow bug creatures looking at the ships dead and just floating like they have been here for years. A large ship docks with us. It has a turtle shell made of metal and we get out and we walk onto what looks like a world ship. The turtle I saw in my dream comes up to us in a wheelchair. He is hooked up to many things and has IVs all over his body. I watch while fluids of water, food, and even his waste move from bags to another system. “Excuse me as I look like this. Let's just say the war didn’t end well for me. Those ships out there are what the Vorlons and Shadows used to fight in. Now before you ask we will fight with you to take on Disharmony and Harmony. There is something you need to understand though. When the fight goes worse back in the old universe that they came from. They destroyed other worlds.” I was confused about what they meant. The turtles turn on an old screen and we get to see the weapons. A dark cloud engulfs around leaving nothing but death. We finally get to see what the weapon is. Weird spikes going into the ground killing everything. Then the Vorlons have a planet destroyer. But the Harmony version is a ship that doesn’t only destroy the world it kills the star the world is. By absorbing the star and shooting heavy radiation into the planet. “You need to tell them they can no longer wait, they're fighting each other now and going after each other's power bases. Do you know what it means they will do Sunset? Go after every planet including your homeworld.” My eyes open wide seeing what the weapons would do to the worlds who work for either side. I know the world which is being attacked it’s one of the Diamond dog worlds. All dead, every single of them dead. Two worlds of the diamond dogs are gone. The turtle coughs hard. :” One last thing. As I told you the counters of the elements are searching for them. They know where Rainbow Cloud is and you need to warn her. They’re going to break her or try to at least.” I quickly tell Starlight to get back into the shuttle before we leave. I turn back to look at the turtles. “We will call you when the time is right.” The turtle nods. We finally leave and I quickly do what I can to second a message to Project Harmony. It’s going to be hard to even get to them. I smash my hoof on the console. “What's wrong?!” I look over to Starlight. “Don’t you get it?! They know where the Rainbow Cloud is.” Starlight's eyes open wide as she opens up her chest to try to bring out a com system. It's an old com system but it might work if we connect to the console. I do my best to jerry-rig it. I finally sent a message to the station. “Project Harmony come in!” A static voice comes over the coms.  “This is Project” Static “We read you.” I speak loudly into the mic. “You need to contact New Griffin Stone to warn Rainbow Cloud.” There is too much static and I fear the worst. _______________________ Rainbow Cloud I told my parents goodbye and kissed them. I got into my shuttle sighing wishing I could stay longer. I fly out of the Starport before I make it into space. Something hits my shuttle and I crash down to the forest below. My ship slides along the forest and I feel my body hurt and some broken bones while I get out of the shuttle groaning. When I get out of the shuttle I finally get to see what Disharmony looks like. They look like bugs and they vanish and return while they surround me. I look up into the sky seeing the ship. Fear fills me as it slowly drifts down a dark evil spider. As it comes down I hear screaming and screeching My world slowly gets darker as the ship gets closer and as disharmony itself gets closer all I see is darkness. I feel my ability to breathe slowly stop as it’s harder to breathe and all I can do is pass out from the pain and lack of air. I get one last look at the ship staring at it like its’ a nightmare. Like is laughing at me as it howls in a screech. To be continued in the next arc. The battle of the Elements and their counters. The first one is between Forgiveness and unforgiving.