//------------------------------// // Chapter 6: Showdown! // Story: Quest of the cool pony // by Eder the cool kid //------------------------------// “Where am I? What is this place?” ask Eder as he looked left and right, trying to find somepony to help him. As the red alicorn continued to examine where he was, he saw a crystal piece on the ground. “Huh?” He crouched down to pick it up. The piece shined for a brief second before the rest of the pieces were levitating one by one. They all surrounded Eder, and he realized what he was looking at. It was the very artifacts that protected Equestria with the magic of friendship… The Elements of Harmony. “Wow, they’re so beautiful.” Said Eder, and continued to watch the elements, showing projections of each pony from the Mane 6 that each one represented. Then another projection showed the night that Nightmare Moon found the secret arftifact of Equestria, the Element of Love, and that she used it’s power to destroy all the elements, so the Mane 6 couldn’t defeat her and Chrysalis.“So that means…” ”That means Equestria won’t be save anymore.” Said Nightmare Moon, finishing off Eder’s sentence as her & Chrysalis appeared behind him. The Mane 6 were frozen by Nightmare Moon and Chrysalis’ magic to prevent them from escaping. “So this is what you do?! You destroy those Elements by another element? What was the point of that?” ask Eder as he found out the horrible truth. “Because...” Said Chrysalis. “Those pesky ponies made more trouble on us in the past, so we are not going to make that mistake!” “Exactly, everthing was according to plan, and now Equestria will be ours forever!” said Nightmare Moon, and the two laugh with their accomplishment. The red alicorn was mad, seeing the state of the Mane 6. “You may be evil as I thought, you may want to put Equestria in danger, but there’s something you cannot and will not do; mess with my friends!” Eder used his magic attack against Nightmare Moon, but she protected herself with a magic shield. “Think you have a chance of winning against me?!” said Nightmare Moon as she used the same spell to attack Eder, fortunally, Eder dodged it! “I almost forgot that spell!” said the red alicorn “Shield Breaker.” And then, Nightmare Moon’s magic shield broke. “Well, he has some potential!” Nightmare Moon was ready to attack Eder again, but Chrysalis decides to fight by her side. “Have no fear. This time, 2 villains are better than 1 hero.” The red alicorn watched both villains, as they were preparing to fight him. “No fair, its 2 vs 1!” “Everything its fair!” said the two villains together. At this point, it was lucks choice to decide who wins. Eder battled against Nightmare and Chrysalis, spell after spell, doing whatever it took to at least lay a scratch on both villains. “He is good, very good!” said the changeling queen. “Do we at least have a chance of winning?” But Nightmare Moon knew that she would not fail, and she equipped the Element of Love. “Take this!” She attacked Eder right on by using the power of the element, leaving the red alicorn weak. “Ugn…I don’t feel…good.” Said Eder as he was tried to stay up, but Nightmare Moon held him with magic and throw him to Chrysalis. “You weak little fool, we are in control of Equestria!” Then the queen do the same like Nightmare Moon, and held the red alicorn with magic, making the weak hero watch the Mane 6 in their trapped state. “Look at your friends, watching how weak you are. And now Nightmare Moon beats you, with no one to save you!” said Chrysalis, and Nightmare Moon prepared to summon the eternal night. “And now, it’s time… the night… will last… FOREVER!” and then the two laughed together again, watching the kingdom perish from the hooves of Equestria’s two dangerous villains. Eder and the Mane 6 watch the sky, preparing for the worst to happen… but the Mane Six wasn’t looking upon the stars because they believed all was lost, they watched them because they believed there was hope… they were thinking of Star Blade. “The stars…” Said Rarity, as a tear came from her eye. “…they remind us our good friend.” Said Applejack, smiling and tearing up like Rarity. “We should have done a party for him… even if he wasn’t there.” Said Pinkie, getting sad. “You were the best friend Star Blade.” Said Fluttershy, tearing up with her friends. “I won’t forget the times we come.” Said Rainbow Dash, feeling brave even with a few tears falling. “Star Blade… I will never forget you… Don’t you ever forget me!” said Twilight, with more tears than her friends. “I want you back big brother, you are a true hero. Your friends need you… your family needs you … but I need you the most.” Said Eder. “Come back...” Then they could see something flash in the sky. It was coming directly where everyone was gathered. “What is that?” ask Nightmare Moon, looking at the star. “Look out!” Said Chrysalis as she moved away from the object with Nightmare Moon. The object crashed to where Eder and the Mane Six were trapped, freeing them. It was a sword with a star plaque near the handle, followed by a pony jumping behind the dust caused by the sword that crashed. Everyone coughed, and they saw the earth pony standing there. “Oh my” said Fluttershy. “OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSH IT CAN’T BE!!!!” said Pinkie Pie as she hopped with excitement. “Oh… my… Celestia.” Said Applejack, watching the pony. “But how can this be?” asked Rarity, looking confused. “Is that who I think it is?” ask Rainbow, as her jaw dropped with surprise. “My brother!” yell Eder with happiness. “It is… Star Blade…” said Twilight, as tears of joy ran down her face. “Star Blade?! But that’s impossible!” said Nightmare Moon. “Hello. Miss me?” Said Blade as he grabbed his sword and put it away. “So… you are that Shepherd of Fire Nightmare Moon was mentioning huh?” ask Chrysalis, but then, she saw that Star Blade have the element, and tell to Nightmare. “He has the Element you mentioned before. Destroy it before it’s too late!” “Ohh your pathetic fool, you should never have come here. This time, I will defeat your brother, AND I WILL DEFEAT YOU!” said Nightmare, aiming the Element of Love to the Element of Leadership. “I don’t think so.” Said Star Blade as he used magic from the Element to disable the Element of Love’s power. “What are you waiting for, destroy it!” yelled Chrysalis. Nightmare Moon kept trying to use it’s power, yet she couldn’t. “I can’t. It’s like it’s empty. Eder then had an idea. He went up to the two while they were distracted and used his magic to grab the Element of Love. “Hey, what are you doing?! Give that back!” yelled Nightmare Moon trying to take it back, but Eder took the element and ran to his brother, standing next of him. “Hey look, I have the element now.” “Give me back that element!” said Nightmare Moon. “Get him, Chrysalis!” and the queen changeling was going to get Eder, but he was protected by the Element of Love, and pushed Chrysalis back to Nightmare Moon. “What was that?” ask Dash. “Eder, you are the element of love!” said Twilight. “Me? The one who hold this element?” ask Eder, as he watched the float around him. “Yes. You were meant to use that Element, I knew it would happen. That’s why I sent you. Now repair the elements!” Said Star Blade as Eder used the power of the element to repair the others that were destroyed by Nightmare Moon. “Now put them back on the Tree!” So Eder used his magic to put all the Elements back on the Tree. “Yeehaw! The Elements are good as new!” said Applejack. “And I know who did do it” said Rarity, and look at Nightmare and Chrysalis. “No! We planned this, all this time we thought we would finally succeed. Yet we were stopped by the Shepherd of Fire?!!” yelled Nightmare Moon. “That’s not fair!!” said Chrysalis, as angry as Nightmare Moon. “Oh I’m not the one to stop you…” Said Star Blade. ”And also… Everthing is fair. Finish it bro.” Eder used his magic to lift the Element of Love up, and it’s power linked with the Element of Leadership and the others on the Tree. “By the power of these sacred’s jewels, I will finish both of you two, and you won’t dare to conquer this world. Because I’m Eder the cool pony… I AM THE HERO OF EQUESTRIA, AND WILL BE HERE TO SAVE EVERYONE THAT LIVES HERE!” said the heroic alicorn, and then all the elements power was sent to the Element of Love and the Element of Leadership as it destroyed the two villains. “NO!!! THIS WILL NOT LAST! I WILL COME BACK AGAIN AND I WILL DESTROY ALL OF YOU!!! I WILL COME BACK! I WILL COME BACK! I WILL COME BACK!!!” yelled Nightmare Moon as she was . “THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING!!! I thought we could win, yet in the end a red alicorn beat us!” yelled Chrysalis as the power of friendship disappeared with Chrysalis, and leaving Nightmare Moon in her normal state as Princess Luna. “Eder, you did it!” said Twilight, happy as he ran up to Eder. Pinkie tackled Eder, giving him a very tight hug, and Eder returned the favor. “Wow, Eder. That was… spectacular! You were great out there like your brother!” Rarity watching Star Blade, happy to see him back. “But how did you come back Star?” said Dash. “I had a little help from an old friend of the past.” Said Star Blade as he took out a large piece of paper and showed it to everyone. “He sends his regards.” It was a painting of Star Blade with Star Swirl the Bearded, and four other ponies. Twilight was astonished with the painting, and was happy with the red alicorn. “Well Eder, I honestly can’t think of any other way to congratulate you.” But Eder looked at the element as it floated around him. “But… why do I harness this element’s power?” “Because you were destined to harness it. You showed love and tolerance with the Mane 6, and everypony in Ponyville. You even cared about everyone when the town was attacked.” Said Star Blade as he patted Eder’s back. “Thanks bro.” Said Eder as he hugged his brother. Princess Luna then woke up, looking as confused as ever. “W-What in the name of Equestria is going on?” “Ah, rise and shine Luna. You’re looking fine as usual.” Said Star Blade as he stopped hugging Eder. Princess Luna gasped from who he heard. “Star Blade! Is that you?” “That’s the Shepherd of Fire to you, and of course it’s me!” said Star Blade as he walked up to Luna. “Well it has been a while hasn’t it?” asked Luna as she got back on her hooves. “Indeed it has.” Said Star Blade. “Oh, one more thing Star Blade.” Said Twilight as him and Eder stopped hugging. “What is it?” asked Star Blade. Twilight then slapped Star Blade on the face, feeling a little ticked off. “Ow! What was that for?” asked Star Blade, looking confused. Twilight then came up to Star Blade and kissed him on the lips, surprising him. Everyone just looked at the two. “Ooooooh” said Pinkie Pie. “Heh heh, somepony’s in love.” Said Rainbow Dash as she chuckled a little. “That somepony is my brother.” Said Eder as he smiled at his brother. “Don’t you ever leave us again, and maybe I won’t do that again.” Said Twilight as she broke the kiss. “Do what? The slapping or the kissing?” asked Star Blade as he smirked at Twilight. Twilight playfully pushed Star Blade as she spoke, “Oh shut up you.” “Anyway, we better go back to Ponyville.” Said Dash, and then the Mane 6, Eder, Star Blade, and Princess Luna were teleported back to Ponyville.