//------------------------------// // The Four Elements // Story: Creative Vision // by isuckdotcom //------------------------------// The four elements-Water, Flame, Storms, and Nature. Or, as Celestia and Luna call them, Raina, Blazer, Thunderbeat, and Serenity. Those four ponies who controlled the most important things to maintain balance, were pratically not balanced at all. Raina was the born-leader, Blazer was the orderly king, Thunderbeat was the insecure and unstable one, and Serenity was the only sane one. Of course, as families go, they fought many times. Who controlled the most, who owned the most power, things like that. But there was one particular day they lost control... TWO MILLENIA AGO Storms rumbled throughout the skies, lightning hitting the course of land and sea. Rain controlled all, it seemed. A dark-grey colored alicorn with misty black hair stood, untouched. Angrily staring into the horizon, her flowing mane glistening with lightning. Her yellow eyes seemed to be burning into the ground, as her rain washed it away. "THUNDERBEAT!" A pony yelled above the wind. "PLEASE STOP!" The alicorn turned at the sound of her name. "What did you expect, sister? Everyone loves the sunny days, never the rainy, cold nights." The other pony thought, her green mane rapidly swaying in the wind. "It's not my fault! Destiny decides who you are, not I! Stop this storm, you are killing my element!" Thunderbeat laughed maniacally. "You honestly THINK I'll stop for the sake of your life? WRONG! This is my game now, and I'm about to win." Thunderbeat walked closer to Serenity. "In order for my triumph, you must lose." Thunderbeat coursed all the power she could through her veins, aiming the source to her gray hooves as the grew brighter. "And you lose now." Thunderbeat shot a wave of magic, electricity and power rushing to the sight of Serenity. But the wave stopped. Thunderbeat saw a glowing rainbow appearing from her sister. With the wave finally diminished, she saw the sight: The elements of harmony. "I never wanted to use these, Thunder. But you have given me no choice." "WHOA WHOA WHOA WAIT! SLOW DOWN!" Lyra cried. "This sounds an awful lot like the story of Nightmare Moon!" "Yes, it is very similar. But the reason why was Destiny. Destiny is an pony, not known to be mare or stallion. They decide what your future is based on your choices and thoughts. Luna and Thunderbeat are connected to Destiny-Both banished to terrible places for a millenia because of their jealousy." "That's...strange but cool." Bon Bon stated. "But more strange than cool, I guess." "Why exactly are we talking about this again?" Lyra asked. "You two were bored." Raina answered. "Oh, right...forgot that...guess I'm not bored anymore!" Suddenly, the three ponies heard an explosion outside the window. "HAHA! This feels so GOOD!" Rarity cried. Green magic filled her veins, corrupting her mind and power sources. Crystals adorned her hooves and ears, a golden crown atop her head. She shot a beam of magic at the ground, changing it to pure gold. Ponies rived in agony at the sight of it, the light nearly blinding them. "RARITY!" Twilight cried. "What in Equestria are you doing?" She said as she trotted to her side. Rarity shot her a smirk, her eyes filled with crazy sensation. "Why, I'm redecorating the place, that's all." "You DON'T want a repeat of the Inspiration spell! Nopony wants this! Stop this nonsense!" "Whatever do you mean, Twilight?" Twilight stepped back in shock. "The spell should have broken!" She thought. "Only when true words will you finally be set free, that's what the spell says! Why is it not working?" Twilight felt something cold and hard on her hooves. Suddenly, everything went dark. "What the-?" She said. She looked down at her hooves. There were golden hoofcuffs embedded with black crystals, smoking with electricity. "How did I get here?" She was in a dark, cold stone room with but a small window for light, partially covered with iron bars. She tried to use her magic to break out, but something was blocking her signal. Her horn had the same black crystals stuck in it, blocking the source of magic. Her wings seemed to be broken, feathers torn. "Rarity?" She cried with a raspy voice. "Where are you? Where am I?" "Up here, Twilight." Rarity's voice said. Twilight looked up at the barred stone window. Rarity's face was looking through the bars. "Miss me?" "How could I miss you if you were only gone for 2 seconds...?" Rarity laughed manically. "Oh, you silly filly! That wasn't 2 seconds. I have new spells, dear friend. I took over Equestria hours ago!" Many thoughts rushed through Twilight's mind. She was confused, stressed, and tired. How did she get here? What did Rarity mean? She needed to know. In the meantime, she rested on the stone floor. The hoofcuffs seemed to grow tighter at the moment. It was hard, but she finally fell asleep after it was well needed. Sunset Shimmer's vision blackened once again. Every so often, King Blazer would visit Sunset in what they called "The surreal world". The black became a heavenly, dreamy landscape, sparkling blue with stars shimmering about. She could float here, and do things she couldn't do in the normal world. King Blazer, in all his glory, appeared in front of the orange mare. "How's life?" He asked. Sunset thought. "Well...good, I guess." "It always is, Sunset. Have you practiced your new abilities?" "Yes! I've gotten quite good at them, in fact." "Prove it to me." Sunset smiled. She lifted up her horn from her crimson and yellow mane, bursting energy through the tip. Her teal magic aura grew brighter, emitting a flame. She waved her horn about, creating a heart image with the flame in front of her. More fire grew around her; she lifted it all up and made herself a flaming tiara. "You have grown quite fond of your power, Sunset Shimmer." King Blazer commented. The crown remained, but the other flames didn't. Sunset dusted off her coat pridefully but gracefully.