The Adventures of the Elementals

by AutoKnight01

Guidance of the Wind

I only own my OC’s and the plot.

Fifteen ponies and one baby dragon stood before the great god of wind Aeolus. All of them stood frozen too shocked to even think about doing anything. The only exception was Luna who wore a slight smile on her face. Aeolus was also sporting a friendly grin as he looked down to his viewers. He mostly kept his eyesight pointed at Typhoon and Fluttershy.

Finally the pegasus of wind moved. Instead of her normal bipedal bow, she leaned down and bowed down to her god like all Equestrians do with Celestia and Luna. Her five siblings followed suit one at a time. Soon enough, Twilight got the hint and bowed down herself, causing Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie, Fluttershy, and Rainbow to bow in that exact order. Spike, who was still on Twilight’s back, let his head hang down too. Then finally, Cadence, Luna, and Celestia bowed down to the god of wind as a sign of respect.

“My lord, Aeolus.” Typhoon mumbled. “I am not worthy.”

Aeolus chuckled and stepped down from his place to rest a hoof on Typhoon’s shoulder.

“Rise up, young mare. You do not need to stand on formality with me.”

His voice was gentle and soothing. Typhoon opened her eyes and rose up to her hooves to view her god right in front of her. As the rest of them rose up on their hooves, their expressions were all the same. Save for one dark blue princess.

Celestia was at a loss. She took one step forward and then she smiled as she walked up to Aeolus and gave him a friendly hug.

“Aeolus, my old friend, it’s good to see you again after so many millennia.”

“And you as well, Celestia. I must say, you haven’t aged a bit. And you seem taller.” Aeolus said back to the princess.

Celestia giggled a small bit before she spoke to him again.

“It’s good to see your humor is still intact after a good 25,000 years.” As happy as she was to see her old friend again, the princess of the sun was still very confused. “But I don’t understand. How are you here? I thought you were forever bound to the spiritual realm.”

“I can answer that, sister.” Luna stepped forward and walked to Aeolus’ side. “But first, there are some things that must be said to our young friends here.”

She gestured to the smaller ponies behind them who were now more confused than they had ever been in their entire lives. Nodding, Celestia stepped back and allowed Aeolus and Luna to speak. The alicorn of wind went first.

“First off, let me say how honored I am to be in the presence of the new bearers of harmony.” He gave a small bow to the six mares. “As well as your recent new friends.”

“The honor is ours to be in your presence, Lord Aeolus.” Terra humbly said.

Even though Terra was an earth mover and not wind, it was customary for all Alamantians to refer to each god as “Lord” whenever addressing or speaking of them. It was a sign of respect between the six tribes before the war broke out.

“Now, Celestia, you want to know how and why I am here. Let us start with how.” The god then spoke to everypony. “You see my little ponies, long ago, and I mean long LOOOONG ago, there was nothing here like what you are used to seeing there were no real cities with big tall buildings or any sort of technology. All that existed was nature. Lush land as far as the eye could see and beyond that. And the eight of us gods, myself, my five fellow elementals, Celestia and Luna watched over it and its residents. It was a peaceful time. So you with me so far?”

All of them nodded.

“Good. So after a good 5,000 years, a change was needed to be made. You see, not all of us could remain in the physical world.”

“Wait. Now you lost me.” Agua interrupted. “What do you mean by physical world?”

Luna was prepared to answer this question. Which she did.

“There are two planes of existence known to exist. But the only one the ponies and other species of the world are aware of is the one we are in now. The physical world. The other one is where Aeolus here and the other five elemental gods now reside. The spiritual realm.”

“Quite right.” Aeolus confirmed. “You see, in the golden age, us gods used our magic to bring heat, rain, wind, snow, and other forms of weather and nature throughout the world. But soon, we realized that we were pouring too much magic into it and it was starting to grow unstable.”

“I remember now.” Celestia of course remembered. She was there after all. “Had we gone on using that much magic at once, the world we worked so hard to create would be destroyed. In fact our very existence in the world was helping to cause that. So there was only one thing we could do. Some of us had to leave the physical world forever.”

Twilight was having a hard time comprehending this. All of them were. It seemed to make no sense. They got the part about the nature and the land and all the magic being used but everything was too complicated. Seeing that they were very confused, Aeolus did his best to simplify.

“That brings us to the second world I told you about. The spiritual realm. It is the place where all gods, not just myself and my fellow elements, reside and watch over you ponies from afar. It is a pool of all knowledge and wisdom.”

“I do recall some small stories of that place.” Pyro spoke. “Master Ma told them when he was teaching me.”

Aeolus smiled once more directly at Pyro this time.

“So you are Pyro, the young ward of Hitashi. Agni has been watching you with great interest.”

Pyro bowed slightly again then looked over to the statue of his respective god of fire.

“Thank you.” He replied. “Is he by any chance going to be joining you here?”

“No. It will be just me you speak to.” Aeolus got back on track. “Any who, the spiritual realm is pretty much the divine center of the universe. But going there comes with a catch.”

“Once you enter, you can never leave.” Celestia had heard the legend. “Your life force becomes bound to the realm and if you leave, you perish. Now explain why you are here.”

Celestia was known greatly for her patience. However in this scenario, it was dwindling by the second due to her severe confusion. She wasn’t the only one. Everyone aside from Luna was wracking their brains trying to think. Typhoon was still in shock that her god was in front of her.

“Before I do, Celestia, I think it’s time the new bearers of harmony learned where their power came from.” Aeolus gestured towards the white alicorn.

She understood why. This was one thing she did know about and she thought it would be best to tell now.

“Very well.” She began to explain as everyone now looked upon her. “Twilight, aside from what you know about the elements of harmony, do you know how they first came to exist?”

That was a question the lavender mare was not expecting to be asked. She began to stutter thinking of something to say because she honestly didn’t have a solid answer. She just had her own theories of the matter.

“I don’t, your majesty. I just assumed you and Luna created them when you first fought Discord all those years ago.”

Celestia sighed and shook her head as Luna walked away from Aeolus and rejoined her sister at her side. She then spoke to Twilight.

“Oh Twilight, you are very far off. It is true my sister and I helped pour our power into the elements to empower them, but we are not their sole creators. If you want to meet one of the true masterminds behind the elements’ creation simply look behind you.”

She did just that along with the rest of her friends and looked upon Aeolus once more. Once they did, he nodded confirming what Luna said to be true.

“Wait what?” Cryo’s head began to hurt not only from the hard fall he took but also the confusion. “That doesn’t make sense. Aeolus is an elemental god. How could he have helped to create the elements of harmony?”

“I have to agree. God of wind. Elements of harmony. I’m sorry, Aunt Luna but that just doesn’t sit well.” Cadence agreed with the ice mover.

“It may sit however it wants with you but it’s the truth.” Celestia explained. “You see my little ponies, with six of the eight lords of the land leaving it meant that the world’s defenses would be drastically lowered. That’s why Discord never attacked us until after they left. Because with the power of nature gone, all he had to deal with was Luna and myself. But what he was unaware of was that before departing, Aeolus, along with his five elemental gods and goddesses left us a gift. They each took their greatest individual attribute and turned it into a weapon for my sister and I to carry. Aeolus used his kindness, Poseidon his generosity, Skaldi her laughter, Gaia her honestly, Agni his magic, and Cybelle her loyalty. Luna and I used our own magic over the sun and moon to energize them and they have proven useful ever since. After the creation of the elements, they left. And now here Aeolus stands before us not having aged a day.”

Aeolus chuckled at Celestia’s words as she herself gave a small giggle. Then she took a second to reflect back on what she just said. Her eyes widened a small bit and she looked into the eyes of her old aerokinetic friend.

“Now as I hear the words I just spoke, I think I now understand how it’s possible you are here.” She said.

“If that is so, would you care to explain?” the grey god asked.

The princess of the sun shook her head.

“No. I think it should come from you. Go on.” She insisted. “But only if you are ABSOLUTLEY sure your theory is correct.”

Aeolus nodded as once again, the twelve smaller ponies turned around and faced his front.

“Okay. So if binding yourself to this spirit realm or whatever means connecting your life force to it and you can never leave, then how come you’re here and not dying?” Rainbow Dash asked.

“You want the answer to that? Well here it is. Prepare yourselves.” Aeolus chuckled. “The reason I am standing here, right in front of you, is because of those two mares.”

He gestured his hoof to Typhoon, then Fluttershy.

“Us?” Fluttershy muttered. “What did we do?”

“Oh why my dear, you were born. And you carry with you my element of kindness just as Typhoon carries my power over the wind.”

“We pretty much got that already but what the hay does any of that have to do with you?” Applejack sternly asked.

“It is how we said we would return. We would one day see this world again but through different sets of eyes. Fluttershy and Typhoon are how I see, they are how I walk, how I breathe, how I now reside in this world without actually being here myself.”

Some pieces were starting to come together. But they still were having trouble piecing in the whole picture.

“I…I know I have always been a strong aerokinetic. Not to boast or anything but I’m still not understanding.” Typhoon muttered.

“Well…I suppose…I’ve sometimes been too kind…for my own good. Even before I became an element of harmony.” Fluttershy added.

“Oh but Fluttershy, just as Typhoon has always had the power of wind, you have always carried the element of kindness inside you, since the first second you were alive. It just took you a while to finally receive the full power that came with it.” Aeolus said to her.

They were still unable to decipher it. Frustrated, Aeolus wasted no more time and just flat out told them.

“Oh haven’t you figured it out yet? The two of you are both halves of me, reborn into this world as two separate entities.”

And just like a ton of bricks falling on their heads, it finally made sense.

“Fluttershy and Typhoon….are reincarnated from you?” Pyro nearly asked.

Aeolus flapped his wings and smiled at him.

“YES! YES! YES! Finally somepony else gets it! Yes Pyro you are correct. Fluttershy and Typhoon here do not simply carry powers similar to my own. They carry my powers exactly. My very essence flows through both of their veins. Fluttershy has my deep kindness and Typhoon moves the wind so gracefully just like the kindness can be sometimes. And if you thought that was a shocker, then get this. The rest of you, the other elements, you’re all reincarnated from your respective gods too. Harmony and nature alike! Learn to put them both together like my two little ponies did not too long ago in that battle and you will possess our power. The very power of the gods themselves.”

He could have been a bit gentler instead of the way he laid it on them. He seemed way too excited. Celestia and Luna were thinking the same and that they should have eased into it instead of just blurting it out in a lecture.

Slowly, Applejack walked away from the rest of the group and two statues over lay her haunches in front of the statue of Gaia. A few seconds later, Terra joined her and the others each looked upon their respective gods.

“Ah...Ah came from HER?” she muttered not believing it.

“We both did.” Terra whispered. You have the honesty. I got the earth.”

“This is so AWESOME!”

That little burst of excitement came from the cyan pegasus who was squeezing Gem and a tight hug.

“Gem do you know what this means?” she asked.

“Your already enormous ego just swelled up to gigantic proportions?” Gem replied.

“No! Well….yeah maybe. But that’s not the point!” the cyan pegasus seemed to be enjoying this a little too much. “Gem, you and me are goddesses! How cool is that?!”

“It actually sounds like a very big responsibility. One I don’t think we’re ready for.” Gem honestly responded.

Rainbow Dash scoffed as Pinkie Pie was hopping up and down also excited.

“Ooooohhhh! Does this mean we’re all gonna grow wings and horns?! Cause that would be super duper awesome! Then we could all fly around and use magic and do all sorts of cool things together. Oh! Cryo! You and I can create an epic snowball fight whenever we want! Even in the blazing summer! How cool would that be?! Cryo?.....Cryo are you okay?”

Cryo didn’t hear a single word his partner said. All he did was look up at the statue of Skaldi with a deadpan expression. Then he looked at his own flank to view his cutie mark. The symbol of ice. He knew from the second he got it that he was different. All six of them did. Most ponies in Alamante have cutie marks somewhat resembling fire or something else. Fireballs, twisters, whirlpools, things like that. Never before have there been ponies with the symbols of the elements themselves.

“I can’t be a god. That’s just way too much pressure and glory. I don’t want any of that.” The stallion of ice backed up.

“Me neither.” Applejack shared Cryo’s feelings. “Ah don’t wanna be some sorta goddess. Ah just wanna live mah life the way Ah’ve been livin’ it. Just as a normal pony workin’ on mah apple orchard.”

“With the occasional use of the elements of harmony to save the world.” Twilight added.

“Exactly.” Applejack responded.

Celestia looked pleadingly at the alicorn stallion.

“Aeolus, there has to be something you can do.” She spoke mostly in concern for Twilight. “These ponies although strong, you must see that they aren’t ready for that much of a change in their lives.”

She once again looked at Twilight who now had her head hung down. Pyro didn’t notice because he was looking up at the head of Agni’s statue. Then he heard a sob come from her. Then he looked at her and saw her eyes leaking.

“Twilight…why are you crying?” he murmured.

Sniffling, Twilight went over to Cadence and hugged her tight.

“Cadence I beg of you. PLEASE don’t tell Shining Armor about any of this. Please.”

That was why. She was terrified. She saw how Shining Armor treated her Alamantian friends. If he knew that Twilight was reincarnated from the god of fire that Pyro worshipped, she didn’t even want to think about what would happen. He might write her off as his sister or even worse.

Understanding her fear, Cadence hugged Twilight back and gently cradled her.

“You don’t need to worry, Twilight. I won’t tell him a thing.” She assured the young mare.

Twilight’s crying eased up, but she was still frightened of her brother now. Seeing that, Cadence looked up at the god of wind.

“You are one of the strongest beings to ever live. Can’t you just…take the power back?” she asked.

Frowning, Aeolus shook his head as the other elements grouped together again all curious to hear the answer.

“No. I’m afraid I can’t. What's done is done."

That was all he said on the matter. Sniffling, Twilight wiped her eyes and noticed Pyro looking at her with a sad look of his own.

"Twilight, I'm so sorry. I didn't know about any of this." he said.

The lavender mare walked up to her partner and gave him a gentle hug.

"It's not your fault, Pyro. None of this is your fault." After one more sniff, Twilight's eyes were dry. "And yes. This news is huge and it may take a while to process but as long as we all stay in this together, we should be fine. We just have to stay calm is all. And try to stay away from my brother as much as we can."

All of them agreed to that. With all twelve of them thinking as one, they were bound to come up with something. The four alicorns witnessing the event smiled at them.

"I see you have raised her well, Celestia." Aeolus commented.

"Perhaps." She replied. "But she is still young and has much to learn. I know she'll bloom into a great mare."

"Hold on a second." Terra had a thought. "May I ask a question?" she directed it towards Aeolus.

"Of course, my dear."

"Good. Now. You said that Discord, Nightmare Moon, and many other enemies of yours only attacked AFTER the six element gods left the physical world. Right?"

The wind god nodded.

"So....why weren't we born sooner?" the geokinetic had a good question. "I mean if there were big fights back in the day we could have made things easier."

Aeolus sighed understanding her curiosity. He knew the answer and explained.

“Because back in those days, my dear Terra, the world was in its medieval stage. Some ponies were still terrified at the notion of there being ponies with both wings and horns on a single body. The world just wasn’t ready to see six ponies who could use their minds alone to move the elements. So we devised a plan to make them ready. A way to ease the world into the idea of such power existing. It took a while but I think we succeeded. Would any of you care to take a guess of what that plan was?”

“Alamante.”

Gem didn’t even need a second to think. She was as smart as everypony claimed her to be.

“The country of Alamante itself. That was your plan. That meteor that gave us all our powers, you really did knock it into us on purpose. Didn’t you?”

Aeolus smiled at the young plasma elemental.

“Young Gem, your brain is indeed as Cybelle told me it was. Bright and always open to detail.”

Gem blushed and looked away. Taking a compliment from a god was almost too much for her.

“You are correct, Gem. We looked down from the spiritual realm and we saw the potential it had. We figured this was our chance to give the world back the power that had been lost for centuries. So we knocked that meteor off course and enchanted it with our elemental powers. All it needed was for somepony to touch it to activate it."

"We already owe Rocksteady so much." Agua remembered the history lesson Cryo gave.

"Yes. We had to ease our powers back into the world as slow and steady as we possibly could. Until finally we could begin our reincarnation process. With us gone, the six of us had to leave our talents in the bodies of others."

All of them nodded understanding. But then Aeolus said something else.

“Well ALMOST all of it was gone. Luna remained behind after all.”

And once again the confusion rushed back to them as Luna shot a nasty look at the god of wind.

“What? What did I say?” he asked oblivious.

“What do you mean by, ‘Luna remained behind’?” Rarity wondered.

Now he understood the nasty look the princess of the night was giving him. He was blabbing about something he most likely wasn’t supposed to blab about in the first place. It was still unclear as to what he was talking about.

“By the gusts of the highest peak, Luna! It’s only been 30,000 years! And she’s your sister! You swore to me in secret that you would tell her!”

“Tell me what?!” Celestia was finally starting to get fed up.

“Well…I um…oh to Tartarus with it all.”

Luna looked behind her at the small body of water running through the room. With a sigh, she slipped her hooves out of her shoes and walked barehooved into the small creek. After she took another deep breath, she stood bipedal in a perfect stance and looked at Celestia.

“Sister, I am so sorry I never told you this before. But I was afraid of what you would say.”

Finally Luna performed what she was referring to. She raised her hooves up out to the sides and two orbs of water rose up. Celestia gave a small gasp and looked at Luna’s horn. It wasn’t glowing which meant this wasn’t magic. She then looked down at Agua and saw that his eyes were just as wide as her own. Meaning that he wasn’t doing a thing.

Princess Luna was using hydrokinesis.

To show her talent more, the princess of the night swayed her hooves along with her whole body making it look like she was performing an elegant dance of some sort and the water was her partner. The two orbs turned into four small streams and they floated around the bodies and heads of the other ponies in front of her. Aeolus was the only one there smiling at her.

After she was done, Luna guided the water under her control back into the creek and walked back towards them with four wet hooves. Not wanting to ruin the insides of her shoes, Luna made them teleport out of sight and back to her chambers. Celestia still looked at her sister with an expression of shock.

“I have had this power my entire life.” She explained. “Poseidon wasn’t the only spirit of water. He kept the seas calm, and when I raised and lowered the moon every night, I did the same with the tides. And I still do it.”

They were all shocked of course. Out of all of them though, there were two who were more surprised than the rest. Celestia for only now figuring out a secret Luna has kept from her for many centuries, and Agua for realizing he was in the presence of maybe not his god Poseidon, but a real living goddess and master of water nonetheless.

“Why did you not tell me this?” Celestia asked her younger sibling.

“I had my reasons.”

“And those would be?”

“Um…I’m sorry to interrupt, but Typhoon and Fluttershy’s power can only keep me here for so long and I have just a few more things left to say. After that, you can say what you want.” Aeolus was serious.

Nodding to her friend, Luna walked to Celestia’s side and allowed Aeolus to speak. But Luna could tell by the look on her older sister's face that she had not heard the end of this.

“You must listen carefully my little ponies. I have come here not only to reveal to you what you are but also to convey a message from my brothers and sisters. The threat known as Nightmare Moon is powerful and there is only one way for you to defeat her. You must bring your respective elements of harmony and nature together just like they were back in the old times. Only then will you truly possess the power of the gods.”

“But how are we supposed to do that?” Twilight asked. “When Fluttershy and Typhoon put their power together, it was just a fluke. And none of us know how to put our elements together. Tell us how. Aeo..Lord Aeolus.”

She was quick to remember her respect for Alamantian culture. But the god of wind shook his head.

“I’m afraid I cannot do that. That is for you to discover yourselves. I must not interfere with you discovering your new talents.”

“But you’re a god. If anyone can help us surely it’s you. Please help us!” Fluttershy sounded as if she was begging.

“My young child,” Aeolus gently rested a hoof on Fluttershy’s shoulder. “I would not have bestowed this power upon you and Typhoon if I didn’t think you were capable of handling it. Have faith in me. Have faith in your friends. Have faith in Typhoon. And most of all have faith in yourself. I have no doubt in my mind that you can uncover the secret. I understand that I may have just dropped a heavy burden on all of you, but your past experiences have proven to us that you are all strong enough to endure.”

It started off slow and began to pick up speed, but a whirlwind surrounded Aeolus and grew stronger. His wings spread out and he began to float upwards in between the statues of Agni and Skaldi.

“Wait! Where are you going?!” Typhoon cried and ran forward.

“My time in this realm has run out. I must return to the spiritual realm.” Her god answered.

“But…but I have so many more questions! I didn’t even ask you about my telepathy! I need to know where eet came from! LORD AEOLUS! WHAT AM I?!?!?!?!”

All she received was a small smile and a few more words.

“In time, Typhoon. In time.”

The wind spun to its strongest point making the god of wind no longer visible. Everypony shielded their eyes to protect them from the flying dirt. When they no longer felt the air pushing against their faces, they looked up once again to no longer see Aeolus in his physical form. He was now the giant statue again.

Typhoon’s head hung down and a tear ran down her cheek. Her partner approached and put a hoof around her back to soothe her.

“It’ll be okay, Typhoon." that was all she could think to say.

She didn't believe it herself but Typhoon gave Fluttershy a nod and walked back to her friends.

"You gonna be okay, sis?" Terra asked.

"Yeah. I'll be fine, Terra. Lets...let's just get out of here."

That was just what they did. After they reached the top of the staircase leading down into the chamber, Terra and Agua performed the same routine they used to get behind the giant waterfall. Agua split the fall in two down the middle and Terra made a path of ground rise up for all of them to walk on. After all of them were safely clear of the waterfall, Agua released his grip on it and swam underneath it.

After he crawled out of the water, Agua stood beside Rarity as they all talked.

"So what do we do now?" Cryo asked.

"I don't know." Pyro answered. "But right now, I think it would be best for all of us to get some rest. We had a pretty big day today."

That was something all of them could agree upon.

"Actually, Luna and I will be staying up for a while in my chambers." The princess of the sun shot a glare at Luna. "I think we have some things to talk about."

Luna looked away partially ashamed of herself. She did regret not telling Celestia about her power over water earlier but she didn't regret at all not telling her about her secret meetings with their old elemental friends. She was only able to communicate with one of them. And he told her to keep it a secret. Which she respected. But Celestia was right. Now was the time to talk.

Gem gave a yawn. It was also time for them to sleep.

"I'm beat. And I didn't mean to include a pun in that." the purple unicorn began to feel her eyes get heavy.

Cadence smiled and gestured forward.

"Follow me, I'll show all of you to your rooms for the night."

One walk to the castle later and everyone found themselves walking in different directions with their respective partners. They bid each other good night and walked off the a separate part of the castle. About thirty minutes later, Cadence walked to her wing of the place and saw that Shining Armor was asleep on the sofa. With a heavy sigh, she went to her bedroom and took off her shoes, neckwear, and crown.

She climbed into her bed that she usually shares with her beloved and looked out her window. Doing so, she took notice of a dim light coming from the left side of it. Curious to know where that was coming from, she threw the covers off herself and walked to the window. She saw something coming from the window where Twilight, Spike, and Pyro were sleeping. A familiar streak of fire came out of the open window and rested down on the roof of the same tower.

"What are you up to, old friend?"