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// The Vi Iuba 
// Story: The Dawn of Viribus 
// by BardBronyPony 
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The powers of harmony were weakening. Without Princess Luna, the powers of the elements were weak and could not withstand the the power of Tantibus Lunær. Princess Celestia knew she would not be able to hold off without Princess Luna for long. One way, she thought, that would be able to defeat Tantibus Lunær for eternity would be to spark the elements with a new council known as the Vi Iubia, or the Mane 6, that would rule over Equestria in peace and tranquility. In order to find the perfect ponies for the Vi Iubia, ponies will have to have the characteristics of honesty, kindness, laughter, generosity, loyalty, and the ability of the Regnum.
Princess Celestia first looks for one of the ability of Regnum. One day, at a Magic school, in Canterlot, one little filly named Twilight Sparkle was testing for an exam to enter the Magic school, however something was about to happen that would change her life forever. Her objective was to hatch a purple dragon egg. At first, she was unable to open the egg, but then an explosion to the North had erupted. The explosion caused Twilight Sparkle to wield forth her true strengths that lay within her gifted self. However, it got out of control, causing mayhem. Princess Celestia saw promise within this little gifted filly and soon had chosen her as the leader of the Vi Iubia.
Princess Celestia began searching for the other five candidates of the Vi Iubia. One of those candidates was the cause of the explosion, or the Rainboom. Rainbow Dash was her name. Soon after the next candidates would be AppleJack, Fluttershy, Rarity, and Pinkie Pie, who soon became the friends of the leader of the Vi Iubia. Princess Celestia knew she had chosen the ones who would become the council of the Vi Iubia. However, they would have to face an evil formed by the disharmony that existed during formation of the Consilium. Discord was his name. Not a pony, but a Draconequus was formed by this disharmony. After the formation of the Consilium, the Draconequus was the animal of the Umbra which scoured the land and brought destruction. After the defeat of the Consilium, Princess Celestia sealed it within stone to be imprisoned for many years. However, after the corruption brought upon Princess Luna by Tantibus Lunær, the stone cage soon became weakened. Princess Celestia knew it would not last, so she gathered the Vi Iubia and assigned them the objective of using their powers to seal Discord back within the cage in which he belonged.
Discord had, however, taken the Elements of Harmony and challenged the Vi Iubia. He challenged them to complete a maze to find the Elements. The Vi Iubia wandered through the maze, five of the Vi Iubia tricked my Discord and put into a trance by his powers. All hope seemed to be lost for Twilight Sparkle felt that everything was hopeless. However, she now knew how to defeat Discord. She used the power of friendship of the elements to bring back the Vi Iubia and defeat Discord. As she removed the Vi Iubia from their trance, they prepared for their final battle against Discord. They then wielded the elements and, with the power of the elements, froze Discord into stone. Princess Celestia now knew that the Vi Iubia were ready to fight an even bigger evil to come; they were to soon fight the banished rulers of the Consilium.