The group were following the sounds of battle and the destruction of property towards where Jasper and Nightmare Moon currently were.
“They sound close by! Everypony get ready!” shouted Solight.
“So, what’s the plan, Solight?” asked Melon.
The alicorn didn’t have one. “I don’t know. I was thinking that we grab Jasper and try to ask him if his plan can somehow work without the Element of Generosity,” they said.
“And if it doesn’t?” asked Cinna, worried.
“Then we’ll have to find another way to defeat Nightmare Moon,” answered Solight.
That did not inspire confidence in everyone, but it was the only plan that the group had.
“And if that doesn’t work, then I guess we’ll have to fight Nightmare Moon ourselves. Somehow,” thought Solight, determined.
Meanwhile
The sheep was currently engaged in battle in the air with the evil alicorn. This entire fight was to serve as a distraction as all Jasper had to do was distract her long enough for his friends to return. Right now, the sheep was almost about to run out of magic, even after conserving it by using attacking and defending spells that require less magic, including a healing spell for the damage he took. So, for now, Jasper could only use a few more spells before he needed to recharge. Luckily, the sheep’s opponent was getting tired as well thanks to her using a ton of magic and taking damage from his attacks.
“Just a little bit longer,” thought Jasper. “Let’s see you dodge this!”
The sheep’s staff started glowing with magic, and then his staff summoned out curved blades made out of magic, sending them at the evil alicorn.
She brought up a magic barrier to block Jasper’s magic attack. “Ha! Just surrender, and maybe I’ll let you serve my kingdom,” said the evil alicorn, overconfident.
Seeing as how his magic attack was over, Nightmare Moon brought down the barrier, which was her worst mistake. A blade of magic had appeared and created a small cut on the right side of the evil alicorn’s face, shocking her.
“You dare harm my visage?!” shouted the evil alicorn, angry.
The sheep grinned. “I do dare, actually,” he said.
Jasper suddenly vanished into thin air.
She looked around. “Where’d you go?! Come out and fight me!” demanded the evil alicorn.
“If you say so,” said Jasper, in an amused tone.
Nightmare Moon, realizing where the sheep’s voice was coming from, looked up. His right hind hoof was glowing with magic, which Jasper then brought down towards the evil alicorn. It was too late for her to create a barrier, dodge, or fly out of the way, so the evil alicorn ended up struck in the face with his hoof and sent flying and crashing into the ground. The sheep flew towards the crash site while keeping an eye on the unconscious Nightmare Moon. Once Jasper had landed at a distance away, he saw that the evil alicorn had three, deep claw scratch marks on the bridge of her nose, exactly where the sheep’s hoof had struck.
He was proud as it had made claw markings on the evil alicorn’s nose. “Yes! Teacher would be so proud of me,” thought Jasper, happy. The sheep had been practicing and working hard on his teacher’s technique, and it all paid off. “I can’t wait to tell him later that I mastered it.”
Jasper would’ve thought more, but then a familiar voice reached his ears.
“Jasper!” shouted a familiar voice.
Jasper turned around to see that all of his friends were heading right for him. Not only that, but they were also wearing the Elements of Harmony.
He felt glad that they all passed their tests and was about to say something, but the melon pony spoke first.
“Are you crazy?! How could you do that to us while you went off to fight Nightmare Moon by yourself?!” shouted Melon. Her expression betrayed concern.
The other had also felt the same way as Melon did.
He looked down at the ground. “I’m sorry. Someone needed to be the distraction while you all did your tests,” admitted the sheep. “If Nightmare Moon had continued with what she was doing and no one could stop her, the entire world would be in danger.”
Gentle Hope looked at Jasper with a look of disappointment. “But that doesn’t mean that you had to go and lie to us like that, Jasper. We were all very worried about you,” she said, in a concerned tone.
The sheep looked up. “Sorry about that, everyone. Also, I’m sorry that I couldn’t find anyone who represents Generosity,” he said. “I looked everywhere for the one I chose, and when I couldn’t find them, I went looking for the ones who were generous as well, but they were all gone.”
While Jasper was battling against Nightmare Moon, he had been looking around the town for the candidates for the Element of Generosity, but for some reason, they were all gone. Like, those specific ponies had disappeared like Rarity did.
Hearing that, the melon pony decided to bring up what Coconut Sunshine told her. “Jasper, I was told during my test that something or somepony might be interfering with your plan. Whoever or whatever it is, must’ve ponynapped them,” Melon informed.
Jasper groaned at the bad news. “I was really afraid of that. This is bad,” said the sheep. “Without the Element of Generosity and its wielder, the other Elements can’t and won’t work.”
That did not sound good to everyone.
The alicorn needed some information. “Wait. What are the qualities in order for somepony to wield the Element?” they asked, wondering.
He sighed. “In order to use the Element of Generosity, the wielder has to have a generous nature. They can be someone who likes to help others without needing to be asked,” Jasper informed. “They can also be someone who is willing to be generous just to help others out without wanting anything in return. That’s the kind of generous nature we need to wield the Element of Generosity.”
Hearing that, Solight looked at the others. “Quick. Do any of you know anypony else who fits this that Jasper may have overlooked?” they asked.
Everyone thought about all of the ponies they knew who might fit, but since the sheep did tell them that all of the candidates went missing. Then, one did come to mind for the pegasus mare.
“Jasper,” said Cinna.
Hearing his name being called, the sheep looked at her. “Yeah?” asked Jasper, confused.
The pegasus mare shook their head before smiling. “No, I wasn’t calling you. I just realized something,” said Cinna. “Those qualities you listed about the wielder, you fit them perfectly.”
The sheep was surprised. “What?” he asked.
Everyone, except Jasper, realized that the pegasus was right, and ended up agreeing with Cinna.
“She’s right, Jasper. Ever since you first came to Ponyville, there were times when you’ve been generous,” the psychiatrist pony informed. “You choose whenever you want to be generous, knowing that others can take care of their own stuff without needing anypony’s help. That’s what makes you generous and the perfect candidate.”
Banana Pie nodded. “Banan,” he agreed.
The others agreed as well.
Jasper was surprised. “I…I never thought about that about myself,” said the sheep. “I guess I was just too focused on trying to save Equus and hanging out with my friends that I never considered myself to be generous or a candidate for it.” He smiled at everyone. “Thanks.”
Suddenly, something appeared underneath the sheep’s collar, which was made out of a stretchy material. Jasper slid the collar down so it could be out of the way so he could see what had appeared around his neck.
Everyone was surprised to see the Element of Generosity, especially since it was shaped like a sheep rather than a Cutie Mark.
“I guess you finished your test. Whatever it was,” guessed the alicorn. It was now time to implement the sheep’s plan while the evil alicorn was still down as, from the looks of it, it was only a matter of time before she woke up. They looked at Jasper. “Now that we have all of the Elements together, what’s next, Jasper?”
He looked determined. “Now, we use them,” said the sheep.
Jasper placed his staff back into his cloak as it wasn’t needed anymore. The sheep concentrated a lot of his magic into a spell that he had created for this moment. After a few seconds, a magic circle appeared underneath the group as six different-colored magic circles inside a primary circle.
“Everyone, quickly go stand inside the colored circle that represents your Element. You’ll know by its color,” Jasper instructed.
Everyone went inside the circles.
“Now what?” asked the melon pony, confused.
Before he could answer her, everyone’s Elements started glowing, which caused the magic circle to start glowing as well and made everyone feel like some of their magic was being drained. Afterwards, the circle started spinning around fast as glowing lines came from the outside of the circle and to the center of the big circle and, in a bright flash of light, went into the chests of those in the circles. From them emerged a bright light converging into a ray of light that shot straight for Nightmare Moon. Nightmare Moon woke up to see the spell heading right for her.
The evil alicorn tried to dodge or teleport away, but it was too late as she was engulfed by the light. “Noooooo!!!” shouted Nightmare Moon.
There was a small explosion where the evil alicorn was, creating a dust cloud. As for the magic circle, it slowed down before it stopped spinning and disappeared. Everyone, except the sheep, were surprised as the plan succeeded, that Nightmare Moon was defeated, and that the sun rose up into the sky.
She sighed in relief. “Phew. We did it, everypony,” cheered Cinna. “We saved Equestria!”
The unicorn stallion held up a hoof at the pegasus. “Banan!” he said.
Seeing that Banana Pie wanted a high-hoof, Cinna gave him one.
“At least our troubles are over,” said Melon, in a relieved tone.
Suddenly, a voice sounded off.
“SOLIGHT SPARKCLIPSE!!” shouted an angry, male voice.
That surprised everyone. As for Solight, they tensed up in fear as the alicorn recognized the voice. The group looked up to see the alicorn stallion from the celebration flying towards them, and with him were the guards and Princess Celestia herself, both alicorns did not look happy as they were nearing. The guards were trapped thanks to the evil alicorn’s spell, but with Nightmare Moon defeated, her spell was instantly released, allowing them to meet up with the alicorns.
Solight groaned. “And mine has only just started,” said the alicorn, in a despairing tone.
The mysterious stallion, the sun princess, and the guards had landed in front of the group. The two alicorns were looking at Solight with looks that were a cross between angry and disappointment.
“H-hello, Princess Celestia. Grandpa,” said the alicorn with a fearful tone. “I am in so much trouble right now.”
Before either one could say anything to Solight, an unfamiliar, female voice sounded off from the dust cloud that was dissipating.
“Where am I?” asked the female voice.
Princess Celestia and the alicorn’s grandfather stopped as the two instantly recognized the voice. They turned around towards the dust cloud, as once it was gone, in the evil alicorn’s place was a female alicorn, who even had the same scars on her nose as Nightmare Moon did from the sheep’s attack. The two were in shock.
“...Luna?” asked the sun princess, surprised.
The female alicorn was stunned. “Big sister? Big brother?” answered Luna. “Is that you?”
Everypony, save Jasper and the mysterious stallion, including the ponies who had come out of their houses after seeing that the battle was over, were shocked to find out that the female alicorn was the little sister of both Princess Celestia and Solight’s grandfather.
As for Jasper, the sheep had brought out an ornamental box with an intricate pattern on it out from underneath his cloak. “Time to put the Elements away until next time,” thought Jasper. The sheep placed the Element of Generosity into the box, and then went to collect everyone else’s Elements as well. The sheep was wincing as the healing spell he had used multiple times was one that healed only the injuries, but not the pain from the injuries themselves.
Meanwhile, after a while of staring, Princess Celestia galloped over to her little sister and hugged the female alicorn, happy to see Luna.
“Luna, it’s so good to see you again!” cried out Princess Celestia.
“Big sister!” cried out the female alicorn.
The two alicorns cried as they were having a happy reunion.
Cinna was the first to snap out of her shock. “Wait. So, Nightmare Moon was actually Celestia and Solar’s Grandfather’s little sister?” questioned the pegasus. “Also, if we used the Elements on Nightmare Moon, then how is she back?”
Jasper levitated the Element of Kindness from around Cinna’s neck and put it into the box. “To answer your first question, yes. Her name is Princess Luna, and she rules over Equestria during the night,” he informed.
The alicorn was both shocked and surprised at the revelation. “Wait. You knew that about her?” asked Solight.
“Why are you so shocked, Solight? It was obvious that the legend was talking about Princess Celestia, your grandfather, and Princess Luna themselves,” answered the sheep.
He removed the Element of Magic from around the alicorn’s neck and placed it into the box as well. Jasper removed something from the box that the sheep had placed into his cloak, and then Jasper locked it, causing multiple magic circles to appear for a few seconds before disappearing.
The sheep raised an eyebrow. “I thought you knew the entire time?” he asked.
Solight thought back about what they read about the legend and realized that Jasper was right. There were some obvious clues in the legend now that the alicorn thought about it. Hearing that made Solight feel a bit sorry for both their mentor and grandfather.
The alicorn chuckled. “Oh. Yeah,” they said. “I was just surprised that you knew about it too as well.” Solight lied.
Unfortunately for the alicorn, he wasn’t fooled. “Uh-huh. Sure,” said Jasper, in an unbelieving tone. The sheep decided to continue on what he was originally talking about. “Anyway, as for your other question, Cinna. I designed the Elements, when used together, to use one of six settings. These six settings can affect what the magic circle does to the one who is blasted. For example, while in the Generous setting, it had completely separated Princess Luna from Nightmare Moon, who was sent somewhere where she won’t be a threat to the world anymore. Thus, Princess Luna is back with her siblings.”
The pegasus mare nodded, understanding. “By the way, why are you putting away our Elements into that box?” she asked, curious. “Since Nightmare Moon is defeated, I’m locking them and putting them away somewhere safe until they’re needed again,” answered the sheep.
The pegasus did agree with that decision, and she wasn’t the only one.
“I have to agree with you, Jasper. We might need them again later one day,” said Gentle Hope.
The others would’ve said more, but then Solight called out to their grandfather, attracting the group’s attention. “Grandpa, are you okay? You’ve been staring at them for quite some time,” said the alicorn, concerned.
The alicorn stallion turned around, revealing to the group that he was crying. Then, the next thing the group knew, they were all somehow being given a crushing hug by Solight’s grandfather.
“Augh!” groaned the melon pony.
The unicorn stallion tried to escape from the hug but couldn’t as he was trapped. “Banan!” shouted Banana Pie.
“How is he crushing us like this?!” questioned Cinna.
She groaned. “Must be his…alicorn strength,” answered the psychiatrist pony.
The alicorn groaned from the hug as well. Solight still hasn’t gotten used to their grandfather’s crushing hugs. “Nope, Grandpa’s part-dragon. So, he’s using his dragon strength to hug us,” Solight informed.
That shocked the others, hearing that they’re being crushed by the alicorn’s grandfather’s dragon strength.
Meanwhile, as for Jasper. Being given a crushing hug while in pain, was really hurting the sheep. “Aaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhh!!! Make it stop!” he thought. “Make it stop!” If this hug continued on for a little while longer, the sheep was going to end up passing out soon. “Please, let this hug end!”
Luckily, the alicorn had enough of the hug. “Grandpa! Grandpa!” they shouted. “Please let us go! You’re hurting us!”
Hearing that, snapped the alicorn stallion out of it, and then he let them all go, causing the group to fall to the ground, relieved that Solight’s grandfather stopped hugging them. The group all got off of the ground and stretched out their bodies, except Jasper, who was waiting for the increased pain to subside.
He wiped away his tears. “Sorry about that. I’m just so happy that my little sister is back thanks to you all,” said the alicorn stallion. “Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Draco Eclipse, and I’m the grandfather of Solight if you couldn’t tell since his wings are gone.” He then looked at Solight, both interested and curious, but was also looking at the alicorn with an expression that promised punishment later, scaring them. “Speaking of, where are your wings? Did you hide them with magic?”
Solight gulped and had pointed a hoof at the sheep. “Uh, actually. It was thanks to my new friend, Jasper,” they informed. “His invention, the ‘Fool’s Cream’, made my wings vanish. They’re still there, it’s just that they can’t be seen or felt since it only fools everyone, except the one who applied it, which was Jasper himself. Luckily, it can be removed with water. He’s also the one who created the Elements and is the one who got me here to Ponyville in an instant without having to travel.”
Draco looked at the sheep, impressed. “You’re quite creative and experienced in magic for a sheep. You must’ve learned a lot from whoever taught you magic?” he said.
Jasper smiled. “Yeah. My teacher taught me a lot about different things, including magic,” he said.
The alicorn stallion smiled. “He must’ve been a great teacher. In any case, I thank you for creating these ‘Elements’,” said Draco. “Without them, we would’ve had to banish my sister once more.” he bowed. “I thank you for saving her.”
“You’re welcome, but they’re known as the ‘Elements of Friendship’, or something like that. Might work on the name a bit or just keep it like that,” said the sheep. He was still deciding on their name. Jasper then shook his head, not wanting to take all of the credit for what happened. “Also, it wasn’t just me, but I had help from my friends. They’re the ones who also helped save both the world and Princess Luna as well. They all went through their tests and came out with their Elements. If it wasn’t for them, I don’t think Princess Luna would be here.”
Solight’s grandfather rose up and smiled again. “I see. Well, you are quite right about that,” he said. “Without all of you, Equestria would’ve been doomed to eternal night. And with my little sister back, it’s like she never left, though we’re going to have to catch her up on everything that has happened since she was gone.”
She smiled. “It was nothing. We just wanted to save everypony, including Equestria,” said Melon. “Though, we are happy to have saved Princess Luna as well.”
Gentle Hope nodded, agreeing. “Melon’s right. After all, family is important,” said the psychiatrist pony.
The unicorn stallion nodded. “Banan,” he said.
She smiled. “Yeah,” said Cinna.
“Nevertheless, thank you,” said Draco. “Also, Solight?” The alicorn stallion looked at the alicorn with a serious expression. “Sorry, my foal, but you’re grounded from reading for four months as punishment for going against Celestia’s orders, even if you did it to save Equestria from Nightmare Moon.”
The moment that Solight heard that they were unable to read books for four months, the alicorn’s eyes shrinked in shock. They were silent for a few seconds before…
“NOOOOOOOOO!!!” shouted the alicorn.
That surprised everyone, except Solight’s grandfather.
“And you can tell Spike that he’s grounded too and can’t read comic books for two weeks as well,” continued Draco. He had the feeling that Spike was going to react the same way as well.
Once they had calmed down, the alicorn nodded and sported a saddened expression. “Yes, grandpa,” said Solight.
Seeing as how Jasper’s friends never once reacted to the revelation about Solight’s grandfather being an alicorn and that the alicorn themself had wings, that let the sheep know that they all knew somehow and that there was only one way that they could’ve found out.
“Solight told them. I guess I’ll talk to them about it once the celebration is back on the way,” thought Jasper. “But first, I should fix the damages done by the battle.”
He crouched down slowly towards the ground as the sheep’s body was in pain. Then, Jasper placed his other hoof on the ground, and emitted magic from that hoof, which caused glowing, green-colored lines to appear all over Ponyville to form magic circles, surprising everyone. They were even more surprised as everything that was damaged in the battle was suddenly starting to repair itself.
Meanwhile
The two hooded figures had been watching everything from a distance.
“Looks like you can release them now that Nightmare Moon has been defeated,” said the pony-shaped robed figure.
The tall, robed figure nodded. “Good thing, too. Now we can both finally go back home,” they said. “And don’t forget to remove the spell on them before we leave.”
“Yeah. Sure,” said the wise voice.
A few seconds later, Rarity and the missing ponies, including a few others, had all reappeared in the same place, confused about what was going on. As for the two robed figures, they had disappeared once more.
Meanwhile with Everyone Else
After a while, the damage was repaired like the battle never happened and all magic traces had vanished.
Draco looked at the sheep, who was lifting himself off of the ground. “How did you do that?” asked Solight’s grandfather, still surprised.
“I placed giant magic circles throughout all of Ponyville. There are magic circles for repairing the town, placing a barrier, etc., you name it,” answered Jasper. “And I made them in different ways so that they won’t conflict with one another because of the overlaying magic circles.”
The alicorn’s grandfather snapped out of his shock “Can you teach me and Solight how to do it?” asked Draco.
Jasper thought about it before making a decision. “Are you free sometime next week?” he asked.
Solight’s grandfather nodded. “Yeah. I can make plans for next week,” confirmed the alicorn stallion. “And you’ll be coming along with me to the lessons as well.”
The alicorn nodded, feeling overjoyed that they’re going to learn something new about magic.
“So, these are my saviors?” asked a female voice.
Everyone looked over to see the sun princess and Princess Luna trotted over to them.
Draco nodded. “Yes, Luna. My grandfoal Solight and their friends saved you with their ‘Elements’,” answered the alicorn stallion.
The night princess gasped as she looked at Solight. “You have a grandfoal? Does that make me a grandaunt?” asked Luna.
He nodded. “Yes. I’ll tell you about it later once we’re back at the palace,” said the alicorn stallion. “For now, I’d like you to say hi to Solight and their friends.”
The night princess started introducing herself to everyone while thanking the group. Meanwhile, the sheep had looked and saw that Princess Celestia’s eyes were on him and on no one else. It seemed like those eyes were full of suspicion towards Jasper. After a few seconds she looked at the box in the sheep’s hooves.
“Jasper?” called out the alicorn.
Jasper snapped out of his thoughts as the sheep noticed everyone was staring at him. “Oh, sorry. I was thinking ‘why has this mare been staring at me and at my box for some reason?’,” the sheep informed, looking at the sun princess. “So, Princess Celestia. Why ARE you staring at me and my box?”
Everyone looked at her.
“Is that the box that contains those things that cured my sister?” asked Princess Celestia, wondering.
Jasper was confused on why she was asking about the Elements. “Yeah? The Elements are locked up inside of it, but why are you ask–” he said, but was then interrupted.
The sun princess’ horn glowed with magic as her magic aura surrounded the sheep’s box, which was then starting to be pulled out of Jasper’s grip.
He held on tight to the box, understanding what Princess Celestia was trying to do. “Hey! Quit it!” demanded the sheep.
That had attracted the others’ attention, seeing that the sun princess is trying to steal Jasper’s box.
Draco frowned. “Sis, leave Jasper alone. He just helped bring us our sister back,” he said, upset. But Princess Celestia wasn’t listening and continued, which only made the alicorn stallion even more upset. “Stop being so unreasonable just because you don’t trust him.”
As for the sheep, he tried to hold on even more, but with Jasper’s body screaming in pain, it was hard to hold on and it ended up slipping out of his hooves. The sheep fell to the ground on his back, which was a very bad thing to do.
Jasper was writhing around on the ground, silently screaming in pain with tears in his eyes. Inside of his mind, the sheep was screaming out loud. “AAAAAHHHHH!!! WHY?!” thought Jasper, screaming. He would’ve used magic to heal the pain, but currently, the sheep didn’t have enough magic left as he had used up a ton of it on the fight and repairing part of the town that was destroyed.
Jasper’s friends, seeing him writhing around on the ground, became worried about the sheep. Meanwhile, Draco was now angry at the sun princess who had teleported Jasper’s box away in her magic, sending it to the castle.
“THAT’S HOW YOU WANT TO TREAT THE SHEEP THAT HAD THE PLAN TO SAVE OUR SISTER!?” shouted the alicorn stallion. “Give Jasper his stuff back and apologize!”
Princess Celestia only looked at him with a calm expression. “It's better if they’re with me for safekeeping since the ones who are wielding them are my ponies,” she answered.
“But Jasper’s the one who made them! So, they belong to him!” shouted Draco.
While the alicorn stallion was yelling at his older sister, and Princess Luna was watching, the sheep was levitated onto Banana Pie’s back by Solight’s magic as Jasper’s friends were planning to take him to the hospital.
“I do not need to go to the hospital. I’m perfectly fine,” argued the sheep. Jasper just wanted to celebrate with his friends. “Let’s just continue the celebration.”
The melon pony only raised an eyebrow and poked at the sheep with a hoof, which caused Jasper to wince from the pain.
That only made Cinna frown. “See? You’re not fine!” argued the pegasus mare. “You’re going to the hospital, and that’s final!”
As for Gentle Hope, she gave the sheep a concerned look. “You need to care more about your health. You may be fine with no injury, but the pain is still there,” said the psychiatrist pony. “You need to see a doctor about that.”
Jasper was going to argue back, but when he saw the concerned looks on their faces, the sheep became silent.
“Fine,” muttered Jasper.
They looked at Draco. “Grandpa, me and my friends are going to take Jasper to the hospital, so we’ll be back to attend the celebration later,” the alicorn informed.
The alicorn stallion was interrupted from yelling at the sun princess. “Okay. Hope your friend feels better,” he said, concerned.
Solight nodded. “We should be after he gets a quick check-up,” they said.
Before the group could leave, they were interrupted.
She trotted over to the group. “I should go too. I need to get my injuries checked out,” said the night princess. Princess Luna quickly trotted over to them as she just wanted to be away from the yelling.
“Sure. The more, the merrier,” said Cinna, happily.
The group continued on their way in the direction of the hospital while the alicorn stallion continued where he left off on, yelling at Princess Celestia.
Few Minutes Later
After being taken to the hospital and examined by the doctors, and also arguing about attending the celebration, the sheep’s friends allowed Jasper to attend after convincing them that once he has enough magic, which can be replenished after eating enough food, the sheep can just heal himself of the pain. So, they were all now attending the celebration. It seemed that after Draco finished yelling at the sun princess, the two had made an announcement to all of the ponies about the evil alicorn actually being their little sister, Princess Luna, and that the Lunar Guards Division and the Night Court were returning since the night princess was back.
“We were both thinking that maybe staying here in Ponyville with our new friends might be fun, and since Golden Oak Library has a vacancy, we were also thinking of moving in there as well, and I could get a job as the Librarian. I mean, if that’s okay with you, grandpa?” asked Solight. The older alicorn pondered the concept. “Hmm…Fine, you two can stay, but you’re both still grounded,” answered Draco. “Also, if you’re going to be living here, then you both need to start moving your stuff out of the tower and into the library. You’ll also need to find room for your pet Winter Frost to live there as well.”
The alicorn and the young dragon both nodded. Then, Jasper showed up riding on the unicorn stallion’s back.
“And don’t forget about your friends in Canterlot. You two need to inform them before you move out,” the sheep said. Jasper looked down at Banana Pie. “Isn’t that right, Banana Pie?”
The unicorn stallion nodded. “Banan,” he said.
Solight realized that the two were right. “Thanks for reminding me. It’d be bad if we didn’t tell our friends back in Canterlot that we were moving out,” they said. “Thanks, you two.”
The sheep smiled. “No problem,” he said.
Meanwhile, Princess Celestia trotted over to the five and cleared her throat to gain the group’s attention. “Ah-hem,” said the sun princess.
It worked as everyone’s attention was grabbed as they all looked at her.
“I need to talk to my student-guard privately, if you don’t mind?” Princess Celestia informed.
The alicorn stallion continued to look at the sun princess for a few more seconds before turning to look at Spike, Jasper, and Banana Pie. “Come on, you three,” he said. Draco trotted away while the others followed after.
The sheep was watching Princess Celestia from the corner of his eye. Something about her didn’t sit right with Jasper, other than the fact that she took his box containing the Elements inside. Speaking of which.
“Did she say when she’ll give me the box back?” asked the sheep, hopeful.
He smiled. “I ‘convinced’ her to send it back to you once we’re back at the palace,” answered Draco.
Jasper felt relieved. “Oh. Good,” he said. “Thanks.”
The alicorn stallion smiled. “It was nothing,” said Draco.
Once the four were far away enough to not hear their conversation, Princess Celestia started her chat with the alicorn.
The sun princess smiled. “I heard that you wanted to move to Ponyville in order to be with your new friends?” she asked.
“Yes, your highness. I’ve made some friends here in Ponyville and I want to stay with them,” confirmed Solight.
Princess Celestia nodded, smiling. “Friendship is very important, but that’s not what I wanted to talk to you about, Solight. I need you to keep an eye on your…friend, and to send me reports of what he’s been doing,” the sun princess instructed. “If he’s done anything like create something like a magical artifact, spell, or weapon, is even doing or saying anything suspicious, or done anything important, you let me know. And don’t let my little brother and sister find out. Okay?”
She knows that if Draco finds out, then Princess Celestia will be in trouble. As for the night princess, from what Princess Celestia could see from the corner of her eye, she was sporting some bandages around on her nose and cheek, happily chatting with the alicorn stallion, the sheep, the unicorn stallion, and the others. Princess Celestia knows that her little sister is feeling indebted to the five, plus Jasper, for freeing the night princess.
As for the alicorn, this made them feel conflicted as she wanted Solight to spy on the sheep and keep it from both Grandpa Draco and Princess Luna. On the one hoof, they can’t disobey an order from Princess Celestia since Solight is both a guard and her student, but on the other hoof, the alicorn doesn't want to betray their friend. In the end, Solight made their decision. “Um…Sure?” said the alicorn with a poorly hidden uncertainty.
The sun princess smiled. “Good. If anypony asks, tell them that you’ve been sending friendship reports to me,” she advised. “Now, go to your friends so that no one’s suspicious.”
Solight only nodded slightly, and then the alicorn trotted towards their friends. The alicorn was going to bring up some things that Jasper had said and done back then, but in the end, decided not to inform Princess Celestia and just keep it to themself.
Gentle Hope noticed Solight trotting over to the group, and smiled. “Solight, your grandpa told us the news about how you and Spike are moving to Ponyville. He even told us that you decided to become Ponyville’s new librarian,” she said. “You should inform Mayor Mare about you moving into the library and becoming the librarian.”
They nodded. “Sure, thing,” said Solight.
As for Cinna, the amount of those in the group and around the pegasus mare was making her worried, but the pegasus mare had pushed through her discomfort and smiled. “Welcome to Ponyville, you two. It’s great to have you two move here,” said Cinna.
He nodded, agreeing with them, smiling. “They’re right. I have a feeling that more and more interesting stuff is going to be happening in Ponyville with you and Spike around, Solight,” said the sheep.
The alicorn and the young dragon smiled back in response.
“I wonder how Nightmare Moon is adjusting to her new life? I hope she likes it,” thought Jasper.
What he didn’t tell his friends is that the Elements themselves have some special settings that can be changed, and each of the six options have different effects on the receiver of their magic. The Elements were set in the Generosity setting, whose function is to give a brand new life to those who are blasted and ‘destroyed’ by the Elements. For now, the sheep would tell them later. Right now, Jasper had to apologize to his friends and then eat.
Meanwhile in Another Universe
At somepony’s house was an alicorn filly sitting at a table, drawing something on a piece of paper with a crayon.
“Nyx! It’s almost time for school,” called out a colt’s voice. “We’re going to be late by the time we get there. Hurry up, or I’m leaving without you.”
He was only joking as the colt was trying to get her to hurry up for school before they were actually late. Nyx got worried, so she put down the crayon and left the table. While galloping over in the direction of his voice, the alicorn filly’s horn glowed as a backpack was being levitated behind her in Nyx’s magic.
“Hey! Wait for me!” she shouted, worried.
The colt only laughed in response as the alicorn filly galloped towards him.