The Quest for Inner Peace

by InnerWisdom


Chapter VI: The Journey- Day Three

The next morning, the ponies awoke to find a buffet of food including vegetables, fruits, sweets, and apple cider. They began to feast when AppleJack asked “Who made all of this, this cider is delicious!” Everyone continued to feast when Rarity found that there were plates of food with all their names on them. They all began to walk towards the plates of food, but before they could even touch the plates I stepped forward from my tent and said “I hope you all enjoy the food, I made it all myself, I even took the liberty to make the apple cider.”

They all walked up to the plates and carried it to the foldable table. Twilight had a plate that contained a plentiful amount of vegetables and fruits. She even had a strawberry shortcake on her plate. Rainbow Dash had a plate that contained a plentiful amount of sweets and Apple Cider. Fluttershy had a plate of Vegetables. Rarity had a plate that was decorated with doilies and linen. She had Vegetables and fruits along with eggs. AppleJack had a plate of everything and Apple Cider. Pinky Pie had a plate of sweets and Apple Cider. Rocket, Peachy, and Tick Tock had plates that had everything including Apple Cider.

After breakfast the ponies began their journey. We continued up the road till we reached a small hut in the middle of the forest. I started to walk toward the door. I didn’t know what I would find but I knew that this hut shouldn’t have been here. I knocked and the door fell off and then bats flew out of the hut and several of the ponies including Tick Tock started tripping out. I walked in and found several chests. I didn’t know which chest it was but I knew that it had to be one of them.

Rocket and Twilight Walked in and said “So did you find it?” and before I replied I said “Don’t move, the floors been rigged with spikes!”

Then I said “we need to float above the floor and make sure that we don’t trip the spikes!”

Rocket due to his achievements and Lessons with Twilight was already a pegasus but none of viewers know this yet. . .until now. We all floated above the floor and opened each chest, one at a time.

After several empty chests, we found the last chest which when we opened it contained a clue. The Clue said “Those who are wise and Knowledgeable will find the Element of Knowledge in themselves .” It also said “Once the wise have found Knowledge within themselves. . .the Element of Knowledge will appear.”

Everypony looked at me and said “You just have to look from within. The element is within your grasp.”

I saw a loose piece of wood on the ceiling and used it to put myself upside down. I went into a deep meditation and after a few moments, I started to shine and then rays of light started to shoot out from my body. Then a massive bright explosion occurred. When the light cleared, everypony ran to the shack to find me but before they could even start pulling planks of wood off of me, I flew out of the rubble with the Element of Knowledge around my neck.

All of them looked at the element as it shined with its green and yellow gem. I looked up at them and said “I am happy to announce, I am now in control of the element of Knowledge. I say, we should go and look for the other three elements. A few of you still haven’t discovered your Inner Peace, but I hope to change that. AppleJack, Rarity, Peachy Keen, Tick Tock, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Twilight Sparkle all will find your Inner Peace amongst this quest.”

We started to head back to PonyVille when Twilight pulled me aside and said “I apologize for doubting you. I would like to accompany you on your quest. . .we all would.” I looked at my friends and then looked back at her “I would like nothing more than to have you accompany us especially since you still have to find your Inner Peace.”

I then looked at all my friends and said “I want to say thank you for helping me find this (Holds the element in hoove), this would not have been possible without your support and our friendships.”

We all had a big group hug. We continued walking and before we got more than 20 feet, Rocket pulled me aside and told me something very personal “Wisdom! If I told you something very personal about my feelings for some pony, would you keep it between us?”

I looked at him and said “My friend and student, I keep everything confidential and make sure that the advice you're given is the best of the best. What seems to be bothering you?”

He looked at me and said “ I think I have feelings for Twilight and I don’t know how I should express myself to her. What would you do?”

I said “I would honestly just let her know. I think you and her would make a cute couple. If you aren’t feeling up to the challenge then you should take slow and cautionary steps.”

He walked away with a smile of confidence and we continued to walk back to Ponyville. After several hours of walking we reached the hole that was made in the forest and so we flew as many of the ponies out and when we reached ponyville. . .we were welcomed back by the fine ponies. We had an amazing dinner and we were having a great time.

I headed back to my temple and when I arrived I walked into the meditation room and began focusing my spiritual energy on finding the best way to find the other elements: Drama, Care, and Courage. After several moments I started to see the locations and then I left the room and I went to my study to begin marking their locations. I then headed back to Ponyville to party with my friends.