//------------------------------// // Searching For Harmony // Story: Diamond Heart // by Wayofthepen //------------------------------// "So, Spade. How do we get down there? It took us a while to get here, and we don't have that long." I looked over the mane 5, who had just left with Shadow. She's giving me the same feeling as Spade, a small amount of resentment. I turned back to Spade to find him spreading his wings out. "Two things come to my mind. One, you're insane. Two, sure you can handle it?" I finished my sentence with another smirk. "Just grab my back legs." He scoffed at me. I did as I was told and he zoomed off. Man, flying like this was pretty startling, especially when it feels like you were going about 100 miles per hour. I couldn't tell how much time went by, but it felt like seconds when Ponyville came into view. "When I say drop, you drop." I looked up at him, and then back to the ground. We flew over the town square, filled with decorations and pony's alike. When they saw us flying in, they all stared in fear. "Drop." I let go, not realizing I did it. I really hope that he knows what he's doing. I landed in front of a small group of three ponies, all of which looked extremely scared. I just shrugged and looked around for Spade. I heard a voice, more like a soft whisper. "I'll be back, stay here." I gave a nod towards the voice, who I guessed was Spade. I walked over to the fountain and just sat against it, waiting for my 'partner' to get back. I heard the sound of tiny hoofsteps approaching me and turned my head. There trotted Scootaloo in her costume, dressed as a wonderbolt. I couldn't help but smile at this. "Hey, nice costume." She hastened her steps towards me. "Really?" I gave her a nod as I heard another pair of hooves coming my way. I saw a cloaked figure stand before me, but the scent wreaked of alicorn. Spade. "Come on, we have work to do." I said my goodbyes to Scootaloo as she was joined by her friends. We started walking in a random direction. "I have zoned in on one of the elements. Can you keep up?" I made sure the guitar/sword was locked tightly, and that the button was covered. I will need to name that thing sooner or later. After getting on all fours, Spade shot forward with me racing to keep up with him. After many twists and turns, we came upon a small pathway surrounded by bushes and trees. "Through here." He said, not even looking at me. "You're quite the conversationalist, now aren't you? Anyway, this just leaves two more." I stated as we started down the path. After many tree branches hitting my arms and face, we came across a stone Nightmare Moon statue. "And I thought she was evil looking inside Bumble." I started sniffing around while Spade was using magic. "It's here somewhere..." By the time he said this, I had already checked the area around the statue. I walked to it's front and looked into her eyes. It was like staring into the void, but a glitter caught my eye. Looking up, I gained a smile, which Spade picked up on. "What?" I pointed towards the statue's horn. Right on top of her head sat Twilight's tiara. Spade used his magic once more to bring it down, and put it inside his satchel. "One down, two to go." I let out a groan, knowing that this wouldn't be easy. When we started walking back, I decided to ask him a serious question. "What's your problem with Diamond Dogs?" He stopped in his tracks, looking like he was drifting off. I saw him shake a little, before grasping reality. "Nevermind, let's just focus on the task, who knows how much time we have left." He closed his eyes for a moment, gaining the same expression that Celestia had. When his eyes opened, his pace quickened as he told me how much time was left. "It's been ten minutes so far, and they already have one of the elements as well. Maybe I should have brought some of them with us..." A dim light was coming from his hood, most likely from his horn. "You think? Either way, Nightmare Moon is kind of like Discord when you think about it. Discord made you think outside the box when you should really look inside of it...Wait a second...Spade, go look for the third one." I didn't give him a chance to respond before getting on all fours, charging away to the library. - - - - - - - The library doors were shut and locked, so I decided to knock. I heard no response, so I took out a claw and tried to pick the lock. Hearing a small click, the door slid open and I walked in. "Nice place." I thought aloud while walking down the rows of books. I started reading labels at random, looking for one of two things. One, the reference guide or two, the element in general. I searched under R to find nothing but a romance book laying open, but I left it and went to E for the book on the elements. After looking at twenty books, I found it. Flipping through a bunch of pages, I found a note stuck inside one of the pages. "You are so predictable. Right house, wrong book." I'm sooo going to hurt her. I threw the book to the ground and started tearing through the library. Checked in the basement, nothing. Checked in the bedroom, nothing. Checked everywhere in the main room, nothing! I was so frustrated I just fell backwards on one of the bookshelves. I felt something, well, two things, hit me in the head. Looking down, I saw that romance guide and the element of kindness. Again, so going to murder her. As I stashed the element inside my pocket, I heard a sound at the doorway. I turned to see Spade and...Rainbow Dash? I got to my paws and took her off his back as an instinct. "Come on, we don't have much time left." I nodded and followed him out. I tightened my grip around Rainbow Dash's...Waist, I guess, and we took off towards Canterlot. - - - - - - - We touched down safely, more or less for me, and ran inside the throne room. The others were already there with their elements. "Give them to Celestia, she will take it from there." I took the elements that Spade had and rushed over to Celestia. She gave me a nod of approval and began her spell. Shadow and Spade trotted towards each other and began another small chat, actually speaking for a change. After a few minutes, I thought I heard a maniacal laughter, only to have my suspicions proved true. Nightmare Moon had returned to us, yet again.