Walking seems like the only thing a poor soul can do when all those you know hate you and annoy you. Walking seems so calm but sad at the same time. Why does these things happen to those who do nothing wrong? Why act so rude to a friend who was with you from the start? Who may you ask when all turn against you? These are questions that a poor purple and green spiked dragon was asking himself. Walking to one place that may answer his question, and if they can't then who will?
Spike, our poor young and once loved dragon now walks a path to a tree that may answer one...NO two questions of his. On his way there for some odd but good reason, no meat eating animals haven't gotten to him. It’s as if they can feel his pain and don't even bother to attack him. Spike felt as though someone else was walking the same sad path as he was but this time there was a dark and hate filled feeling to it. Spike passed some flowers that bloomed near the stairs to the Elements as Spike was walking down to the Tree of Harmony. When he finally got near it, he stared at it for a moment with a hateful glare before speaking.
"I want to know what I really meant to do for my life but there's a few things I would like to get off my chest. Why...Why did you make my life a living hell?!!! Why have me work at a young age?!!! Why have me be the joke of every child abuse?" Spike took a moment to wait for a moment for a response but nothing. "But what I really want to ask... is why did you give them Keyblades?!!!" Spike finished with his angry filled questions with a calm but hate feeling question. The elements didn't say a word just stood there. Not even the elements themselves would speak to him. Rage built up inside him as he stares at the tree.
"You answer to so many others years ago, you were a god to all kind who cried for help but when one who needs your help the most...y-you just do nothing and watch as they suffer!!! What’s the use of harmony when those who need it the most can't have it! Why make a unicorn that can destroy the world with an old spell that can cause unknown mayhem to her loved ones and when she wins, she does learn from what it cause, she just goes out to learn more dark magic!!!!" Spike paused for a second waiting for a response but nothing.
"Why make her a princess when she can't do the simple things like make toast or even clean after herself!!! Why have her learn friendship with new friends and make her forget those who was her friend for years and have them live in the shadow of friendship past???!!!! Why have her and the others go out to hurt many just to learn a friendship lesson!!! I've been with her for years and I learn more things on friendship than they have!!!" again he waited for a response but again nothing. Spike began to get annoyed by the tree not responding.
"I have learned more serious lessons on friendship than they could EVER think!!! Why give favor to those who hurt others just to gain power??!!! Why those who show good will have to be treated like a slave to those who don't care!!!!" Spike yelled at the elements. If he looked behind him he would have seen a magic rainbow shield blocking the entrance keeping anyone from getting in or out.
"Why? What have I ever done to live this way? Why have me work for my whole life? Why have me treated like a punching bag for anyone to enjoy? Why have good things happen to me then have it taken away from me? Why have me live in everybody's shadow? Why have me live with someone who never even loved and trusted me?" Spike asked the tree again but the elements still did nothing. Spike was getting tired of this.
"Why won't you answer me!!!" Spike yelled at them.
Nothing.
Spike exhaled before speaking one last time.
"Here's my real question....Can you change your fate?" Spike said waiting for something to happen but sadly nothing. Spike exhaled some black smoke before closing his eyes, looked down, turned around and began to walk away. Unknown to him, his question was answered.
As the crystal ponies walked through the peaceful night, the crystal heart started to spin faster than it does before. Ponies began to notice it spinning faster and faster by the second, Princess Cadence and Shining Armor showed up at the scene, they had seen it spin fast before but not as fast as now. The two looked at it as it went faster to the point where ponies began to move away from it.
The crystal heart began to glow brighter than it ever did in crystal history. It soon shot a beam of light towards the frozen wasteland to Equestia past Celestia's castle and passed by the new Twilight's castle and into the Everfree forest. Back to the crystal rulers, they watched as the beam of light shot out of the core of the crystal heart. When the bream was passing by them, the whole kingdom began to glow as bright as the sun then a super loud 'bang' was heard. All the crystal ponies looked up to the night sky, a rainbow was shot out of the tip of the castle, usual everything would turn to crystal when this happen and a happy/ loving feeling goes throuh everypony's body but it was replaced by a bitter and hateful feeling. Cadence and Shining quickly teleported to Celestia.
Celestia was getting ready for bed when a bright light shot from the sky went right passed her room's window. Celestia rubbed her eyes to make sure she was still awake. She ran to her balcony, the light went straight to the Everfree.
'Why would it go...there.' she thought to herself.
As she was thinking to herself, her room door open and who entered was the moon princess Luna. She looked as if she saw a ghost, Luna ran over to her sister. Celestia can tell that something was troubling her. When Luna got near her the look in Luna's eyes were ones of confusion and worry.
"What's wrong, dear sister?" She said with a calm tone, Luna looked up at her older sister with a worried look.
"There was a bright light that pass by the throne room." Luna with a worried expression on her face. Celestia placed a hand on her shoulder, Luna relaxed but still seemed worried and a bit scared. Before any of them could do anything, a guard came into the room with a surprised expression on his face. The two sisters looked at him confused to why he came rushing in.
"Princess Celestia and Luna, Princess Cadence and Prince Shining have surprisingly arrived with some shocking news." The guard said. They two looked at each other confused but turned to the guard and thanked him for the news and walked to the throne room. When they reached the throne room, Cadence and Shining were waiting in the middle of the room for the princesses. When the two sisters entered the room, both rulers of the Crystal Empire bowed to the sun and moon princesses. After they got up Celestia asked why they are here?
"The crystal heart started to act weird and spin faster than anything before, after that it shot a beam of light far away into the sky.
Then the heart automatically charged and the whole empire began ti glow brighter than ever before." Cadence said to her aunts, she conitnued with the strange things that were happening. Both princesses had a look of shock and confusion, till they were told about the strange bitter and hatred feeling that was spreading across the Empire. Both princesses were about to say something till the stain glass window that showed Twilight and her friends started to act strange and by strange I mean 'STRANGE'. The glass windows started to glow bright and brighter by the second. When it was too bright to stare at they covered their eyes till it dimmer. After a few seconds later, the glass stopped glowing and when they looked at the stained glass, they were stunned by the charge of them.
Twilight and friends when they got the elements was changed to an tree house, the defeat of Discord was changed to a nightmare night pumpkin, Shining and Cadence's window changed to some kind of alien ship, Twilight becoming an Ailcorn charged to clock with roman numbers, the defeat of Sunset Shimmer was now a pirate, the defeat of Trek was a door with pink flowers, and Twilight's castle was changed to another castle but strange looking. The only one that hasn't charged was Spike and the crystal hearts...wait hearts?
Celestia and the others looked at each other with a confused look. They continued to ask questions about to themselves till a guard rushed in.
"Princess Celestia and Luna! The stained glass windows in the halls have changed!" said the guard. The princesses and prince rushed out to see more of these strange glass windows. All of them had something on them that was strange like a coin with a skull, a seashell, a mask, an acorn, a bear's paw print, and many...many more. Celestia then thought about that beam of light that shot right past the castle, did it do this and for what reason and why towards the Everfree? Celestia continued to think till a question came to mind.
'Isn't the Tree of Harmony in the Everfree?' Her brain said to her. Celestia eyes widen to the shock of what was going on. The others looked at her confused to why she seems so shocked.
"Dear sister is there something wrong?" Luna asked her. Tia turned to look at her sister not noticing that her horn began to glow. Luna must of known where to go.
"We need to get to the Tree of Harmony, fast." She said and with that they were gone.
"Twilight are you sure, you saw it happen?" Dash said flying above the others.
They were on their way to the Tree of Harmony because Twilight said she saw a light from the sky go straight into the Everfree for some reason. The others thought it was a shooting star but Twilight said it was bright and with her keeping them from falling back to sleep they had no choice but to go. With them were Twilight's former roommates Trixie and Chrysalis also joined in wondering about the light falling from the sky.
"So hows the library doing?" Twilight asked the two.
"As usual no one shows up and the dragon avoids talking to us. Nothing but the usual." said the former queen.
They all talked about anything that may have to do with the light in the sky but there's no leads.
"It better be something worth my time because I was dreaming about being in the Wonderbolts. We were about to do a super sonic rainboom that would go across the world." Dash said sounding a bit sleepy.
Twilight didn't pay any attention to her, Twilight just kept on going towards the path of the stair. Twilight tried to think of what could have caused this. Tirek trying to escape again if so, why the light? Why not darkness or maybe it's a new enemy who has the power over the light or maybe it's another gift from the elements? There are many ways this could be a good thing or a bad thing.
The others were too into their own thoughts to not notice the stairway. Twilight stopped to go down but was pushed by her friends who didn't see her there. Twilight started to tumble down but lucky she remembered that she had magic, so she teleported herself to the bottom of the stairway. When she got down there she was meet with the goddesses of the sun and moon.
"Princess Celestia and Luna? What are you two doing here?" She asked the goddesses but before they could answer two more surprises showed up.
"Cadence? And Shining Armor? What are you two doing here with Celestia?" she asked them questionably.
The four looked at her with a confused look and before they could answer, the others finally came down and noticed the prince and princesses. They all bowed to their other rulers, Celestia nodded but turn her glaze to the shield. She looked at it with wonder and curiosity, it was a wall of a light that seem to be keeping something out...or in. They all looked at the barrier and questioned to why it was here. They heard someone yell but not sure what it is, it seem to be an agruement going on. Twilight tried to look through it with magic but to no avail. Questions were brought up by the minute, after a while there was a scream coming from inside the barrier.
"What the heck was that?" Shining said wondering who that was from inside. They all looked at it with curiosity.
After awhile the shield barrier began to fade and standing in the middle was Spike. It was hard to see him because of the cave blocking the light of the moon, the only way they could tell that it was Spike was his green spikes on his head.
"Spike? How-What are you doing here?" Twilight asked holding back hatred in her voice. Spike didn't respond just stood there not moving.
"Spike, how did you get here? You were asleep when I came down to the basement to check on you." Trixie said to him but nothing. He just stood there not moving almost dead like.
All twelve waited for the dragon to respond but nothing. He just stood there not moving at all, six of them had a scared and worried expression on their face while the other half had a creeped out expression. Dash walked over to him but the moment she walked in the cave, she was thrown back by a bream of light from the elements. They all gasped as Dash fell on her back hard to the ground.
"What was that?!! Did the elements just shot me?!!" Dash said getting up from the ground.
"Ya, I think they did but why?" Pinkie said making them all question the matter at hand. Each one of them tried to get near Spike but the moment any of them entered, they would be thrown back by the light shot from the elements. It seems that the elements need Spike for something and doesn't want anyone to disturb them.
"What the heck is going on with the Elements of Harmony? Why do they keep shooting at us every time we get near Spike?"
Shining armor said. After he spoke Fluttershy moved slowly towards Spike while everypony else was yelling for her to go back. Fluttershy moved closer and closer to Spike, as she walked over to him she noticed that his clothes were different. It seems to be white and black, and he had a necklace on. Fluttershy lifted her hand out to reach for Spike.
"Spike? Are you okay?" She asked him.
Before she could do anything else the shield that opened was now closing, her friends and princesses ran to stop the closing barrier. Fluttershy looked at the now closed cave entrance, tears ran down her face as the magical shield closed. She quickly turned to Spike and looked at him in the eyes. His once emerald green eyes were now very gray and lifeless. Fluttershy shake him but nothing. She then shake him some more, but in the end nothing, Spike just stared into nothingness. Fluttershy pulled Spike into a motherly hug hoping it would snap him out of this strange trance. She began to sob feeling the ever growing darkness trapping the two in the dark cave. Fluttershy opened her eyes to look at the tree and with a low gasp she noticed that the elements were missing.
'Where could they have gone?' she thought to herself as she held Spike closer to her. Spike didn't respond to anything, Fluttershy began to worry even more.
"Spike? Spike?" she said to him trying to get an answer but nothing.
Spike's mouth began to move but no sound came out of it. Fluttershy tried to hear it by moving closer to his mouth but still nothing. Losing hope, she began to sing but was stopped when six bright lights surround her and Spike. Fluttershy closed her eyes to block the bright light. Once it calmed down, she reopened her eyes and gave a surprise gasped. The elements were right in front of her.
Fluttershy began to move her mouth to say something but no words came out.
"Now what do we have here?" the element of magic said in a calm tone.