Jewel Wing ran and ran. She entered the Everfree Forest, and yet continued on.
"you can stop and catch your breath now, my little pony." the voice said.
"I can't believe I'm hearing voices!" Jewel Wing thought out loud. She talked to get self when nopony else was around quiet often.
She heard a light chuckle. "trust me, filly. You aren't going crazy. My name is Princess Celestia. You don't have long so just let me explain. 1 thousand years ago, two Alicorn princesses ruled together in Harmony. One was Princess Luna, the other was her sister, me. I brought the day and she brought the night. Eventually she grew jealous of my day. Her jealousy grew deeper and darker until it consumed her. She transformed into that monster that you saw earlier. She attacked me and I was forced to use the Elements of Harmony against her. The result was banishing her to the moon for a thousand years. Now she's back and she plans to bring eternal night. I would have stayed to battle her, but I must protect my sun. If her moon eclipses it too long, I and my sun shall simply disappear. Fate has decided that you should be Equestria's savior. I left a mental link open with you so that I can guide you. You must go to my old castle and retrieve the Elements of Harmony. Use them to free my sister, and I will return."
"But what about your student? Surely she could do this better than I could!" Jewel Wing protested.
"I thought she would be the one to bear the Elements as well. When I first met her, I felt a strange…sensation. I fly the Elements loosen from my grasp. Several years later I lost all control of them. I suspect that it may have been your birthday. I need you to move now. Nightmare Moon can't see through the spell cast on you, but talking to me sends out what appears to be a golden light to her. Only call on me if it is necessary, little one."
"But…"
"GO!"
The command startled Jewel Wing, and she obeyed. She ran as fast as she could. Finally, she saw the ruins of a castle.
"FOOL! THOU HAST FAILED! CELESTIA WAS FOOLISH IN CHOOSING AN EVERYDAY FOAL TO TAKE THE ELEMENTS! NOW THOU SHALT DIE!" The ground shook under the force of Nightmare Moon's voice.
"No! I will not fail Equestria! I won't fail Celestia or Luna either! And I'm not an average pegusus!" Jewel Wing shouted back.
"WHAT?! NO! THOU CANST ROUSE THEM! I CAN'T LOSE!" Nightmare shouted. Six stones blasts through a wall and started floating around Jewel Wing. Nightmare Moon fell from the sky in fear.
Jewel Wing felt a light surround her. She watched as her disguise was stripped away, leaving her in her true form. Her coat was not one color, but all the colors at the same time. Her mane and tail always appeared to be the opposite of her coat, but her wings were even more amazing. Instead of plain feathers, some of the feathers were replaced with gems that bent easily, as if the were actual feathers.
Jewel Wings eyes were white from the elements of Harmony. In a desperate attempt to escape, Nightmare Moon teleported to Ponyville. To her dismay, Jewel Wing appeared just a few feet away.
"MY NAME IS JEWEL WING! I BEAR THE ELEMENTS OF HARMONY, AND I BANISH YOU, NIGHTMARE MOON, AND RETURN PRINCESS CELESTIA AND PRINCESS LUNA!" Her voice was amplified several times as she said this. The Elements' rainbow struck Nightmare Moon. A bright flash blinded everypony, and when they could see again, they were shocked. Where Nightmare Moon had been now laid a dark blue Alicorn, and holding her was Princess Celestia.
"Princess! Get away from that monster, and I'll teach her a lesson for messing with you!" Spitfire snorted.
"I appreciate your loyalty, Spitfire, but Nightmare Moon is gone. I present to you Princes Luna! My a sister and rightful ruler of the night." Celestia said with pride in her voice.
Luna awoke to the sound of cheering. She was completely baffled about why. Then she noticed dark blue and black armor shattered around herself. The third thing she noticed was being held by her sister.
"I'm sorry." She choked out before she burst into tears.
"Hush, Lulu. That is all in the past. Listen, they are cheering for their long-lost princess." Celestia said.
Luna blushed and half hid behind Celestia's wing. Then she noticed a filly laying on the ground with the Elements of Harmony strewn around her.
"Tis this the filly that saved us?" Luna asked.
Celestia nodded before moving towards the motionless form.
"Jewel Wing? Can you hear me?" Celestia said cautiously. She was frightened by the thought that she may have been responsible for this pony's death.
"Princess Luna?" She asked tiredly.
"She's safe, thanks to you." Celestia replied, quite relieved.
"Princess Celestia, I don't feel so great." Jewel Wing said as she looked at their monarch.
"That's because you just used an amazing amount of magic. For the first time, your reaction to magic was quite amazing." Celestia looked curiously at the filly that had now moved to a sitting position.
"Princess, I'm a freak." Jewel Wing stated while tears rolled down her cheeks.
"No. Not a freak. Your appearance doesn't make you a freak! You look quite beautiful." Luna spoke up.
"That's not what makes me a freak." Jewel sighed as she prepared to show just how different she was. "This is why."
The ponies stared in shock as the jewels in her wings glowed, and several pebbles floated off of the road.
"Oh my…" was all Celestia could say.