//------------------------------// // Chapter 5: The Elements of Harmony. // Story: Into the Beginning: The Life of Writing Glory // by Chaos Phantasm //------------------------------// The Life of Writing Glory By Chaos Phantasm ===================================================================== Chapter 5 The Elements of Harmony ===================== Pegasi soldiers fly above the city of Crystaania dropping bombs of electricity upon the populance. Earthpony guards lead Civilians into shelters that go into the Ice Caves beneath the streets. Clover the Clever, and Star Swirl the bearded and Smart Cookie, lead castle staff, into Shelters made for royalty. Writing Glory carries Lemon Cake to the Shelters as the some of the castle corridors collapse around them. The Pegasi quickly circle back and another squadron drop bombs in their place. The Fausticorn looks up at the sky to see one of the bombs fall close to her; She catches it and launches it into the center of the Pegasus's, the electric shock causes their muscles to spasm and make them fall out of the sky, dead or in shock. Writing Glory leads Lemon into the shelter, following soon after. The bombings continue for hours. in that Time the Fausticorn had grown impatient and charges outside ignoring Clovers pleas for her to stay. Upon exiting, Writing Glory is greeted to a scene of gruesome bloodshed, Earthponies and Pegasi lie dead in a pool of their own blood. The Alicorn sees an Earthpony Filly about to be struck with a Pegasus sword but the Pegasus is shot with a Magical beam from Writing Glory and killed. "Quickly little one, into the Shelter with haste!" The filly is quickly lead into a shelter and to safety. An explosion occurs nearby gaining the Fausticorns attention. she flies to front gates where the sound came from to see Unicorns enter the city. Writing Glory destroys the bridge into the city blocking the invading army's entry. 3 Pegasi nose dive toward Writing Glory whom sees this and begins to fly fast away with the Pegasi in pursuit. the Alicorn leads the pegasi into a street that spreads out, center left and right, while Writing Glory takes the center the Pegasi split up. the main following Writing Glory, whistle the other two went separate ways. Writing Glory laughs but then see's the Pegasus following her. she looks to her left then right seeing the other two closing in. at the last second she launches herself skyward as the three pegasi smash into one another. Writing Glory takes a look and bursts into laughter, she lands and continues laughing, enemy pegasi who saw the three idiots fly into each other burst into laughter as well, so do the Earthpony soldiers who also saw. Writing Glory hears a voice in her head that sounds identical to Pinkie Pie's, she also see's an image of a blue Gleaming Balloon shaped gem in her mind. "Laughter" Writing Glory stops and looks around thinking sompony spoke. but nopony around her did. one of the Pegasus that were chasing the Fausticorn throws a spear at her which she narrowly dodges. in retaliation Writing Glory crushes them beneath a Crystal needle statue the Pegasi lay beneath. with that the battle continues but only for so long. Writing Glory flys skyward and neighs loudly and creates a blinding flash of light which then rains balls of fire upon the pegasi soldiers. they flee. Retreating back to cloudsdale. Princes Platinum stomps her hoof and growls. "Curses! i hope you don't waste this precious opportunity i am providing you, Hurricane, my magic will never be able to maintain this any longer then seven minutes" Princess Platinum starts chanting something in a language that is not the current Pony language, nor is it Zebra. then Writing Glory is put under a curse. she forcibly lowers the Sun and raises the Moon against her free will. after that Commander Hurricane commands a hoard of Dark bat winged pegasi to attack Crystaania. these Pegasi have sharp fangs, Yellow eyes. and a nasty blood lust. Earthpony guards Panic. "VAMPIRES!!!" The Surviving Earthpony guards prepare garlic necklaces and their Spears, aimed at the sky. The Vampire Pegasi land and begin their feeding as Princess Platinums guards creates a Magic bridge allowing the Unicorn army to storm the city, this however becomes problematic as the Vampires also turn their attention to both Earthpony and Unicorns alike. Writing Glory charges many Vampires and saves multiple earthponies. she soon see's the Unicorns struggling and being devoured by the Vampires. Writing Glory Furrows her eyebrows and launches many Vampires away from the two armies. three Vampires break the archway into the city. blocking anymore reinforcements from entering the city and interrupting their feeding. Many Unicorn soldiers plead with their princess to save them but she and her remaining army return to mount Canter. Writing Glory see's this and furrows her eyebrows angrily. "Everypony listen to me. we must retreat. Into the Bunker. HURRY!" Both Unicorn and Earthpony soldiers obey and run into the Bunker, followed by Writing Glory. She pulls the door of the bunker shut. making it blend into the streets of Crystannia. however the Vampires lie in wait outside in front of the hide away. The Unicorns and Earthpony soldiers argue and yell at each other some of them getting into brief scuffles until Writing Glory stamps her hoof hard on the brick floor making a thundering sound and forcing the Unicorns and Earthponies apart. "All of you, cease your bickering and hear me! all of you are aware of our current predicament. and fighting amongst each other will not solve anything." Writing Glory walks slowly between the two groups as she speaks. "Instead of fighting one another. we should fight together, Unicorns; Your leader, Princess Platinum left you to die within these walls. I will not let that happen to you. Earthponies. you have been fighting the Unicorns for 4 months now and this fighting has only resulted in more and more loss of life then necessary. we must work together and Unite our nation not through war. but through friendship, Kindness, Loyalty, Honesty, Generosity, and Laughter. This war will only result in the destruction of this beautiful land." Writing Glory and the Unicorns and earthponies hear the sounds of ponies screaming as Vampires attack them. "if you want to help change this world for the better, Then sharpen your Horns. your Spears, arrows, and Swords. lets send those Vampires back to where they belong" A female unicorn guard approaches The Fausticorn. "But we have no magic left. those Vampires drained it all." Writing Glory smiles and Ignites her horn. "Then i shall give you half of my Magic," pink streams of Magic go to the Unicorn soldiers horns giving them some of their magic back. "Use it sparingly." The Voice that sounds just like Rarity's rings in Writing Glories head, she also see's an image of a purple diamond shaped gleaming gem in her mind. "Generosity" The Earthpony guards prepare their spears at the entrance of the trap door on one end, and on the other, the Unicorns have their heads lowered to charge, Writing Glory is doing the same. "Remember Everypony strike at their hearts." The vampires hiss and wait, they get closer and closer to the secret trap doors when the door fly open and the Unicorns and Earthponies neigh loudly and charge at the Vampires, impaling them in different places, but each spot that's impaled is near fatal or deathly fatal, Writing Glory leads the charge through the streets mowing down all Vampires in their Path, Many Unicorn and earthponie soldiers and taken and killed or turned however they don't last long as the army splits and Writing Glory takes on 3 dozens of Vamps. Killing them with excellent precision, Stabbing them in the heart with her needle sharp horn or crushing their skulls beneath her hooves. after the 1st dozen are killed she ignites her horn that is tipped with a Sun sphere which flashes brightly reducing any vamp nearby into ash. she then goes down the street towards the castle where Many ponies are hiding, including lemon Cake. She takes flight and flies to the fortress with haste. she Ashes the Vampires in the air and then crashes through a window on the top floor. and is greeted by ghouls. Non-virgin ponies who were bitten and sucked dry by a vampire. The young Alicorn puts them out of their misery and continues to the throne room where the vampires are draining every pony of their blood. "You, Unicorn with the Colt, Give it here Hahahaha" The Vampire hissed, it trys to grab Lemon Cake from Clover's hooves but the vampire is soon dispatched quickly by Writing Glory. "Leave these Ponies be!" She jumps at the main vampire and snaps it's neck turning it to ash. Clover covers Lemons eyes and ears before she closes her own. everypony else in the room that's alive and unharmed watch as the Alicorn writing Glory fights the Vampires and drives them outside. The false night spell begins to wear off and the sun reverts to where it is. causing the vampires to turn to ash. Later on the Earthpony soldiers and Unicorn Soldiers thank eachother and shake hooves to signify that they were no longer enemy's. Writing Glory watches with a smile but looks down, groaning weakly in pain. "Mama!" Lemon runs to Writing Glory's side. "I-I'll be okay, it's nothing major..." she starts sweating and panting heavily. "You look sick. You weren't bitten were you??" "I'll be fine Clover...." The Alicorn takes a moment then looks back up at Clover the Clever after looking down moments before. "Yes... i was bitten..." She shows the bite on her front left leg to Clover and Star Swirl the bearded, the bite is already infected. "That looks bad, we need to create an antidote fast, or you will become just like the very creatures you were fighting." "How long has she got Mr Star Swirl? i don't want my mother to become a monster " Lemon Nuzzles Writing Glory. "Eight days, going on by how red the wound is.." Star Swirl the bearded sighs and starts extracting Venom from corpses, and some of the Fausticorns blood to produce a cure. the Fausticorn hears a voice that sounds undeniably the same as Applejacks in her mind, whistle also seeing an orange apple shaped Gem in her mind. "Honesty" Writing Glory passes out and is soon taken to a bed where she can rest. ~~~ The Fausticorn has been sleeping for 2 days, getting worse and worse. Lemon Cake has refused to leave his adoptive mothers side. Star Swirl the bearded had started producing an antidote which was only five days away from completion. Clover the Clever assisted in rebuilding the city despite the probability of another attack. Private Pansy and many many more Pegasus defectors have left Cloudsdale and arrive in Crystannia where they are treated with hostility. Chancellor Puddinghead and Clover the Clever greet Private Pansy with open hooves. The Private has brought with her, some herbs that can cure Vampirism faster. Clover the Clever takes this to Star Swirl the Bearded. Writing Glory opens her now Yellow eyes and looks outside to see the Pegasi. she then gets out of bed and walks outside into the sunlight. she doesn't burn up but merely suffers minor sunburns, her eyes are sensitive to the light and makes her squint, her coat has also gone darker. The Fausticorn approaches the Pegasi weakly. "W-what..a-are you...doing...h..here?" Writing Glory struggles to keep balance. Unicorn's help her keep balance, while Smart Cookie explains. "They are a group of Pegasi who claim to have defected from Commander Hurricanes government. With all due respect Writing Glory, i suggest we decline their offer to join our army, the Pegasi have created far too much damage to be forgiven." Private Pansy looks down sadly. "P-please don't kick us out..i-if we return to cloudsdale we will be arrested and executed...." Writing Glory looks at the Pegasi, and cannot let that happen to them. "They will not go, they will stay here. we cannot become a nation if we are unable to get along...." The Fausticorn coughs and her teeth sharpen. "They... w-will.....s...stay..." she collapses passing out at the same time. The Fausticorn hears Fluttershy's voice in her mind, as well as an image of a Pink butterfly shaped gleaming Gem in her mind. "Kindness" Writing Glory wakes up another three days later, looking much more like a Vampire then ever. "She's still curable, she needs to drink blood if she is to complete her transformation." Star Swirl the bearded fills a needle with the Antidote. "She's awake... should i tell her?" "Don't get too close to her Clover..." Clover goes to Writing Glory, "You're going to be good as new soon my friend but i need to tell you this before you pass out again, The Pegasi, Earthponies, and Unicorns have gone to the Plains of Center for a final battle... Chancellor Puddinghead and Private pansy left to fight also. if you are to be our future Princess... now is when we need you..." Clover the Clever backs away as Star Swirl the bearded injects the antidote into the Alicorns neck, causing severe pain but also putting her to sleep again. Writing Glory then wakes up within a dark space, with Dark matter surrounding her. she is also surrounded by the faces of her enemys and friends. "Where am i??" "You are here... but you do not know where" The other voice echos as the Fausticorn looks around. She runs towards a light that just appeared and is suddenly stopped, she screams in pain and she shakes her head as a loud ringing pierces her ears. "Why would you sacrifice yourself to save some Soldiers, even enemy ones that would have killed you. you also gave them magic so they may help when they could have easily destroyed you!!!" "I-i was s-showing... G-Generosity....!" The Fausticorn's pain is ceased when the light disappears. she see's another and goes to it unable to turn away, it's as though she is being pulled toward it. she steps into it and the pain starts all over again but much worse, making her neigh and scream. "You let Pegasi within the walls of Crystaania when they could have been tricking you, why would you do something so reckless" "I-i Showed them... k-kindness... it was the right thing to do... arrgh!!!" the light disappears again, Writing Glory falls to her knee's and takes a deep breath breathing deeply and trying her best to stop her pain, she wipes a tear from her eye and looks around to see a blue light around her, Princess Platinum, Clover the Clever, and Chancellor Puddinghead are also standing around the confused and hurt Alicorn, staring at her as though she was a traitor. They begin to speak in unison. "Where does your loyalty lie? is it with the Earthponies?! The Unicorns?!" Writing Glory looks at Clover the clever who is the only one who seems saddened, she speaks in a gentle soothing voice that sounds afraid to lose her best friend. "Or with Equestria...?" Writing Glory closes her eyes, stands and takes a deep breath and speaks. "My Loyalty lies with my nation, my ponies. My World. i pledge no allegiance to anypony other then my subjects. i will defend them from everything dangerous, from themselves, and from myself if necessary. I am Princess Writing Glory of Equestria!!" The dream shatters. she is then taken to a grassy field with a Large lake and mountains, she looks up and see's a rainbow stream followed by a Rainboom that reveals a Red gleaming lightning bolt shaped Gem, followed by Rainbow Dashes voice. "Loyalty" Writing Glory wakes up runs off to find Star Swirl the Bearded, she finds him in the Arcane room. "Star Swirl the Bearded, i have a Proposition you'd be most interested in." she smiles and Star Swirl the Bearded stops what he's doing and smiles at the Fausticorn. Later in the meeting room, Writing Glory explains her plan for a Crown capable of physically and magically using The Elements of Harmony. "Although the elements are there it will require a sixth Element to activate and use it's power. without this crucial Element, the Elements of Harmony will be useless." "And what Element do you plan?" Star Swirl the bearded looks at the Design of the crown, it has a Star like design in the center of it with with different Gems in the shapes of the main Elements on the Crowns design. "Magic. Magic is the last Element. the gems would need to be soaked in a pool of powerful Magic, and with the right emotions that go into the crafting of these gems, the Magic will come to life." Clover the Clever also looks at the plans. "And if this Magic should fall into the wrong hands?" "They will never be able to use it, The Elements of Harmony can only be used by somepony who has friends, friends that would be by your side always. Friendship is Magic." Within hours work on this crown begins. with Writing Glory and Clover the Clever over seeing it's creation. Regal gold is used for the main Crown, but different colored gems are used for the designs of the elements, each gem is crafted and shaped flawlessly. within Hours the crown is complete. all that is left to do is to take it to where the Magic is strongest, and to let the crown absorb the magic, allowing The Elements of Harmony to become real. ~~~ The Earthpony army and the Unicorn and Pegasi defector meet Princess Platinums Unicorn army at the foot of Mount canter. they stood there for a moment, in place and without a single movement, until it starts raining. the armies then Charge at one another starting the bloodiest battle in Equestria History. Princess Platinum watches the battle from afar. Chancellor Puddinghead and Private Pansy fight on with their soldiers killing as many as they can. on the summit of Mount Canter Writing Glory arrives with the Crown but is greeted by a heavily armored Unicorn and Pagasi soldiers, they attack her but miss. They are dispatched by Clover the Clever who was riding with the Fausticorn. "Quickly Clover, we must charge the Elements of Harmony before it's too late" A bolt of lightning strikes the mountain top starting a fire within the Monastery. Writing Glory grabs the crown and hurries to the Pool of Magic however the Fausticorn is stopped by Commander Hurricane. "Thought you could charge your petty little Powers eh? i knew this stream of magic was useful for something." He kicks Writing Glory away from the crown and picks it up. "The Crown!!" Clover charges at Commander hurricane only to be slapped in the face by the Pegasus. she falls tot he floor. "Naughty Naughty, can't have you standing in our way. whatever you have planned, it'll never succeed. WE WIN!!" Commander Hurricane begins laughing, Writing Glory neighs loudly and uses magic to break the Commander front right leg, forcing him to drop the crown into the Pool. "arrgh!!!! no!!" The Commander pulls a knife on the Alicorn only to be knocked out by Clover. The magical stream of energy pulsates, sending waves downward into the pool where the crown is giving the power it needs, the Magic it absorbs travels into the Gems giving them the power they needed, The crown rises in the beam and awaits the Pony that will wear it. down below the battle rages on, Princess Platinum and Chancellor Pudding head had been clashing for an unknown set of hours. the shock. The Magic stream at the top of the mountain suddenly explodes sending shock waves into the battle field halting the battle completely and starting a fire sending smoke into the air. When the smoke clears, the fires go out, and standing in front of Princess Platinum, is non other then Writing Glory herself. though she was different. She is sporting a long flowing, Regal mane and tail similar to that of Celestia and Luna's though it is Red. The Fausticorns eyes glowed white and on her head, rests her crown containing the legendary, Elements of Harmony. "Princess Platinum, hear me. i am Princess Writing Glory. your ruler." "How dare you! nopony rules me, only i rule over me and the rest of these whelps!!" "You are a false Princess, unworthy of this grand title. you are a Tyrant and a Brat. for damaging this land. harming the ponies that wish to live in Harmony without war. I TAKE YOUR POWER!!!" the Elements flash and Princess Platinum loses her regal dress, her crown, and her horn. "You will stand trial for your crimes Platinum. i will not execute you as that is not our way. instead you will reflect on what you have done all your life, and when i feel you have been punished. I will restore your power and set you free." Platinum tears up and begins crying as Unicorn soldiers take her away. the Fausticorn looks around for Chancellor Pudding head, She walks around the battle field for almost a minute until, Private Pansy and Clover the Clever call the Princess over to the. "What's the mat...." The Fausticorn steps slowly, she stares at the the Pony lying deceased before her eyes. the pony was Chancellor Puddinghead. Killed in battle by former Princes Platinum. Private Pansy and Clover the Clever have a moment of Silence as does Writing Glory whom sheds tears. "Farewell... Chancellor....." 2 months later and Writing Glory is over seeing the creation of her kingdom. a city being built into the side of Mount Canter, and a Castle. Everypony has decided to call this grand Kingdom. Canterlot. Writing Glory has taken a liking to that name. she looks at her official and only Royal Adviser, Clover the Clever, whom has been turned into an Alicorn so she may forever serve Writing Glory. "Clover, I've been meaning to ask... but why do you refer to this land as, Equestria?" "Because. it was the name Platinum, Smart Cookie, Private Pansy, Hurricane, Chancellor Pudinghead and i decided on upon coming here. but seeing as how you are Princess, you may change the name." Writing Glory smiles and nudges Clover the Clever playfully. "Equestria will do just fine." Lemon looks up at his mother. "Mother, your crown has 6 Gems, i know 5 of them are for the main elements... but what does that star like one mean?" Writing Glory nuzzles the little Colt. "It means..." An image of the Element of Magic appears in Writing Glories mind as she and Twilight utter it's true name in Unison. "Friendship" =====================================================================