Sunlight was in his room, looking at the ice and shadow elemental gems in front of him.
“Which one should i merge with first? He thought. Ice or Shadow?”
He picked the Ice gem, immediately, it started entering his body. Sunlight’s spirit left his body and appeared in the Ice realm.
“It’s cold, he said. And the Ice divine beast is supposed to be somewhere in that frozen wasteland. I wonder what he or she look like...I’m betting on a bear or a penguin. Now, let’s bait him...or her...”
Sunlight surrounded himself with an aura of fire and melted the ice around him. Soon enough, a silhouette manifested.
”You’ve got balls to use Aragon’s magic in my realm, boy, said a smooth feminine voice. I’ll shield you from the cold if you need, but stop using fire magic.”
Sunlight removed the fire barrier around him, expecting to feel the bitter cold again, but didn’t.
“What’s your name?” asked the hero.
A giant majestic looking Polar bear appeared to him.
“Totally called it” said Sunlight.
”My name is Ursa, said the beast. Empress of the cold, Queen of the Winter. You came here because you seek my power, is that right?”
“For what other reason would i come there? Asked Sunlight. I’ve never been fond of cold, i hate it, to be honest, but i need your power to face a powerful foe. I’ve already merged with 7 of the elemental beast: Aragon the fire dragon, Kami the lightning wolf, Maelstorm the aquatic Shark, Aeria the wind Eagle, Phyllia the jungle jaguar, Gaia the rock gorilla and Lux the light dragon...”
”If Lux and Aragon chose you to bear their power, then i know i can do the same” said Ursa.
“So, why do you hate Aragon so much? Asked Sunlight. Did you two had a story, by any chance?”
”Nothing like that, i assure you, answered Ursa. I just hate him because he is fire and i am ice. We are polar opposites, destined to clash with each other.”
“Fire and ice are polar opposites, sure, said Sunlight. But they revolve around one foundamental principle”
”What is it?” asked Ursa.
“Temperature, answered Sunlight. Simply put, heat is the result of a rise in temperature, while cold is the result of a drop in temperature. Fire is associated to heat, while Ice is associated to cold. Do you understand?”
”I do, she said. You’re right. I hereby accept to lend you my power! Use it as you please!!! Before you go, be careful about Noctara, the Shadow beast, when you’ll end up in his realm. She’s rather, slutty, try not to fall for her charms.”
“He’ll warm up to me, i can assure you! Said Sunlight. Do you know what she look like?”
“A snake, if i’m not mistaken” answered Ursa.
Sunlight opened his eyes and looked at the shadow gem.
“Only one left, he said. Let’s finish this.”
He touched the last gem and started merging with it. His spirit left his body and reappeared in a dark place.
”Well, as i expected, i can’t see a thing, he thought. It’s so dark, it could definitively use some lighting...”
Sunlight created a ball of light that illuminated a small area around him. He saw that he was next to a big lake. He put his hand in the water and removed it, then tasted a drop. It was surprisingly sweet.
“It’s good, he said. I was expecting the water to be poisoned or cursed, but it taste just like clear water, only a bit sweeter.”
”I would be careful not to drink too much of that water, said a seductive voice. You’re drinking my bath water.”
Sunlight looked further and saw the head of Noctara above the surface, staring at him with her serpentine eyes,
“Well, that explain the taste, he said, holding back from puking. I will make it short, i’m Sunlight Blaze, and i’m here to convince you to lend me your power.”
“You don’t strike to me as an evil person, said Noctara. I feel barely any darkness in your heart.”
“Well, i’m not a paragon of heroism, said Sunlight. Okay, i admit, I’m a talented, powerful, charming, intelligent, courageous, kind and well endowed individual. I have everything someone could ask for: Power, friends, family, money and beauty to name a few. It can be hard for others to see any flaws when they look at me, but i do have some. They’re what created Moonlight Frost, my doppleganger...”
”Life definitively smiled upon you, said Noctara. Are you interested in alternative timelines, by any chance?”
“Well, not really, he answered. I prefer not thinking about what my life or the life of my friends could have been if i made different choices.”
”Well, that’s too bad, she said. Because i could have shown you some...Like what if you and your sister never got separated at birth, what if you grew up together? Or what if the Mane 6 never influenced you into becoming a hero?”
“Nah, not interested, said Sunlight. Tell me your condition for lending me your power...”
“Well, said Noctara. I’m kinda horny right now.”
“No, i don’t like where this is going, said Sunlight. I’m out!!”
”You can’t leave without me giving you the permission” said Noctara.
“Have you seen our size difference? Asked Sunlight. How do you expect it to work out?”
“I just need someone to rub my genitals, she answered. I have no arms, so i can’t pleasure myself!! It’s horrible!!”
Sunlight took a deep breath and smiled.
“What you crave is not pleasure, he said. It’s affection you desire, i see it in your heart. That slutty attitude of yours is only a facade to hide a lonely heart. More than pleasure, you need a friend, someone who truly care about you...I can be that friend.”
Noctara laid her head on the ground, in front of Sunlight, in tears. He petted her head and looked her in the eyes.
“I find you beautiful, he said. You’re gorgeous, powerful, you are a queen, darling, my queen”
She licked him with her long tongue. Sunlight was surprised.
”If i had arms, she said, i would hug you so much. This was the closest thing to a hug i could do, with my size. I’ll lend you my power, little hero...”
“And i’ll lend you my body, said Sunlight. Wait, that came out wrong...”
Noctara laughed, and Sunlight too shortly after. The next moment, he woke up in his room. He got up and summoned small shadow tentacles from his hands.
“Okay, he thought. Now that i’ve merged with the 9 elemental gems completely, it mean that i should be able to bring back the Elemental God. But how am i suppose to do that?”
”The Original Gem was split up using a powerful spell the caster refered as Magic Fission, said Lux, inside his head. He casted it during the passage of the Brightstar Comet.”
“That comet only show in the sky once every 500 years, said Sunlight. It have the unique property to drastically weaken the power of magical artifacts and magic item, and drastically increase the power of magic spells. The last time it passed was 430 years ago, and i can’t wait seven whole decades!!”
“To be able to fuse the gems back together again, said Lux. You need to go at the Elemental Shrine, located deep in the Everfree forest. Then, we’ll dissociate from our respectives gems, because merging the gems while we’re still inside mean we will cease to exist. And let’s be honest, we don’t want to cease to exist.”
“Then what? Asked Sunlight. What will happen to me if you dissociate from the gems?”
”Well, to tell you the truth, said Aragon. We merged with the gems too. Before becoming master of the fire gem, i was a weak dragon that had been banned from my land. I came upon a charming unicorn that just gave the fire gem to me. Hungry, i ate the damn thing and i’ve woken up inside the fire gem. I believe it was the same for all the others.”
”I was a giant Roc, said Aeria. Before merging with the wind gem.”
”And i was a Timberwolf” said Kami.
”Me, i was a shark” said Maelstorm.
“As for me, said Gaia, i was a gorilla.”
”I was a Cobra” said Noctaris.
”I was a dragon to, said Lux. An old one at that!”
”I was a bear” said Ursa.
”And finally, said Phyllia, i was a panther”
“So, said Sunlight. You realize that dissociating from the gems will mean getting back to your original selves?”
”We know, said Lux. And we’re fine with that, trust me.”
”For now, said Noctara, let’s head to the Elemental Shrine!”
Sunlight left his room and kissed his mother before heading for the entrance door.
“Where are you going?” she asked.
“Oh, just in Equestria, he answered. To bring back an ultra powerful Elemental god that i’ll then merge with. A normal Tuesday, what?”
“It’s already the time?! Asked Sunset, eating a cake in the next room. Can i go with you?”
“Hum...Nope, he answered. This is something i have to do on my own.”
“Fine then, she said, disappointed. I have my own business to take care of anyway.”
Sunlight teleported in front of the C.H.S portal and entered in it. He reappeared on the other side and bumped face first into Flash Sentry. His lips accidentally touched Flash’s ones as they loudly fell on the floor. Sunlight immediately turned into a mare right before he could open his eyes.
“Oh...I’m so sorry, said Sunlight. Are you alright, Flash?”
“I’m fine, he answered. Wait, how do you know my name?”
“This is your name, really? Said female Sunlight, faking surprise. I called you by that name because you reminded me of someone...Uh... Looking really similar to you.”
“Well, you guessed right, said Flash Sentry. Flash’s my name, Serving the ladies, my game. Hum, can you get off me, please? I’m gonna get aroused if we stay in that position longer”
Sunlight looked around.
“Is that so? He/she said. Well, today is your lucky day, Flash. You’ll lose your virginity to a goddess”
“What make you think i’m a virgin?” asked Flash.
“You’re a royal guard, dude, answered she-Sunlight. Now shut up and fuck me like a rabbit...”
45 minutes later, Sunlight was walking outside the castle, smiling of satisfaction.
“I bet you’re dying to know what happened, he said, looking at the Fourth Wall. Well, the guy came 6 time, 6 time, can you believe it? You should see the mess he did. He fucked me in every hole nonstop, pounding me relentlessly, making me cum dozen of times. I’m sure he’s never going to forget about me after that...He he he...”
”I can see you’re a dirty slut too” said Noctara.
“That one was an exception, said Sunlight. I just really love him, a lot. I wouldn’t lower myself to a submissive whore for any other stallion.”
“Still, i’m surprised you can still be standing after that much pounding” she said.
Sunlight let out a sigh and headed for the Everfree forest. Once he was inside the woods, he let the elemental gems show him the way. After half an hour of walk, Sunlight arrived at the Elemental Shrine. He put down the barrier protecting it and walked in the center of the shrine. Aragon appeared to his sides, in his original form, followed by the other beasts, except Maelstorm.
“So, this is it, said Sunlight. This is what you guys really look like...Wait, where is Mael?”
”I can’t breath outside of water!! Said Maelstorm. Can you, i don’t know, dig a hole and fill it with water, for me?”
Sunlight obeyed and made a small pond for Maelstorm. The shark immediately appeared and jumped in it.
“Much better” said the shark.
“You can still talk?” said Sunlight
“Yes, and no, answered Phyllia. Even if we dissociated from our gems, we still have some of their magic left inside us. Our special bound allow us and you to communicate normally, understand each other.”
“Now, let’s proceed to the ritual! Said Lux. You see those 9 pillars around you? They all have a different symbol on them.”
“This pillar have a flame symbol on it, said Sunlight. This one have a lightningbolt, and that one, a water drop, this one, a snowflake, that one a Sun, this one a Crescent Moon, there is a leaf on this one, a cloud on that other one and finally, a boulder...It’s obvious each of them represent an element. Fire, Thunder, Water, Ice, Light, Shadow, Nature, Air and Earth.”
Sunlight instinctively set his right hand ablaze, then touched the flame pillar. The pillar started shaking and crumbled.
“That’s okay, said Aragon. Those pillars act as seals. Keep going, son!!”
Sunlight then turned his right hand into a taser and touched the Ligthning symbol. Shortly after, the pillar crumbled down as well. He continued that way until all 9 pillars were destroyed. The shrine started shaking violently and Sunlight was pulled down in the middle of it, unable to stop. Once he was at the center, the gems left his body and circled around him, then merged together. The newly formed gem entered in the ground and the earth started shaking violently. From it came out a massive tree similar to the Tree of Harmony. The difference was that it was composed of all 9 elements at once, plus having 9 branches instead of the Tree of Harmony’s 6. At the extremity of each of those branches, were embedded each of the 9 elemental gems. An etheral being suddenly showed up to Sunlight, looking exactly like him.
“What your ancestors have tried to do for thousands of years and failed, said the being. You are the one that finally succeeded at bringing me back. I waited so long!! Thank you, Sunlight Blaze.”
“Wait, said Sunlight. I don’t understand...”
Sunlight disappeared in front of his beast friends. He reappeared in another dimension, at the sides of the tree’s avatar. This one told Sunlight that he brought him to the afterlife, then proceed to share it’s memories through multiple magic screens, with Sunlight. This is how the hero learned that his first ancestor tried to take the power of the Tree of Elements for nefarious purposes, and when he failed to do so, used a forbidden spell to destroy it. The elemental gems were scattered, and chose 9 beasts as their guardian. Their task was to protect their magic power from being used again by ill-intentioned creatures again. His ancestor, all tried to get their hands on them, for selfish or selfless reasons, only to fail. His father, however, did something different: He decided to look for the gems to bring the Tree of Elements back. He was only able to found one, the fire gem, and gained the friendship of it’s guardian, Aragon. Finally, Sunlight learned that his dad convinced Aragon to save his son’s life by sharing a small part of it’s life force with him, giving the baby the ability to absorb heat. Everything else was stuff he already knew.
“Now that you know everything, said the Tree of Elements. I have one last thing for you, a gift for bringing me back. "
Sunlight was brought back in the living world, in front of the Tree of Elements. He felt something new inside him and when he looked at his body, he noticed that wings had appeared on his back.
“Oh my god!! Said Sunlight. I’m an Alicorn!! Awesome!”
“This is my present to you, said the magic tree. Glad you like your new form...”
“I can’t believe you took away my ability to cast elemental magic!!” said Sunlight
“A small price to pay” said the Tree of Elements.
“Yeah, right, said Sunlight. And how am i supposed to use magic in the human world?”
“The answer is around your neck” said the magic tree.
“My spiked necklace? Asked Sunlight, removing it. You enchanted it?”
“Yes, since it is a part of you, said the magic tree’s avatar. It works the same as your friends’ magical geodes, allowing you to cast magic spells in any world you go, even those without magic.”
“So, it’s a magical artifact, now, said Sunlight. Is there a condition to using it? Or a drawback?”
“Glad you asked! Said the tree. No, and yes, it does have one small flaw: The necklace is a magic battery, meaning there is a finite amount of magic you can draw from it at once. But no need to worry!! You just expose it to sunlight to recharge it. The more intense the sunlight, the faster it replenish itself. The moonlight also replenishes it, but less effectively than sunlight does.”
Twilight appeared behind him, exhausted.
“Oh, hi princess!!” said Sunlight.
“So, this is the source of the magic i detected, she said. Incredible, it look just like the Tree of Harmony!!”
“I am the Tree of Elements, said pseudo-Sunlight. I’m not as powerful as the Tree of Harmony, but my power is still something not to be messed with.”
“Why did you take Sunlight’s appearance, though?” asked Twilight.
“Because he’s the one who brought me back, answered the tree. By doing so, he proved himself worthy of becoming an Alicorn.”
“Tell me everything!! Said Twilight. I want to know everything about you!!”
“Well, said Sunlight. It’s time for me to return to Canterlot. Goodbye, everyone!”
Sunlight teleported back to Canterlot, entered in the castle, then the room where the portal leading to C.H.S was located and passed through it.