Twilight's POV
We had been in that library for hours and still had no idea what the tree meant, and how it fit with all of it.
"This is a waste of time!" Rainbow groaned.
"Cheer up Dashie! The Author wouldn't have sent us here if he didn't have anything for us to read!" Pinkie Pie chirped, bouncing around, as she does.
Ignoring Pinkie's words, I found a peculiar book on the shelf next to me. How to Break the Fourth Wall for Dummies. Feeling my need to organize kick in, I pulled it of the shelf. Only for said shelf to disappear.
"Whoa! Why didn't we find this earlier!" Rainbow exclaimed. Pinkie bounced up to look at the book Twilight had.
"Really Author?" Pinkie asked looking up at the air.
When nothing answered her, she groaned.
"Well hurry up! The suspense is killing me!" Pinkie replied to nothing.
I watched her curiously for a few moments before walking into this new room. Though it was old, I could tell it had been used. The old chair in the corner was well worn. Candle wax ran down the side of a side table. And on a shelf nearby was four books. I don't know why, but I was drawn to them.
The first book had a picture of a man on the front. All around him were plants and animals. One hand was outstretched, reaching to a tree, which seemed in mid blossom. The title of the book read: Life, the first being.
Opening it, I found that it was written in a language I couldn't decipher. Every page was the same as I turned them, until they stopped turning, against my will.
Then I noticed that the page the book landed on was readable. "Guys!" I called to Pinkie and Dash, "Come listen to this!"
Then I read the first book in a series of books that would change everything.
It was titled: Life
Once, there was nothing.
The universe was endless nothing. Black and Lifeless.
Then, a god was born.
Life, the first being in the universe.
Saddened by the void, Life created planets and suns, galaxies and universes. Endless and full of life.
Peace fell on all, but there was one who would put a stop to it.
"And then all the words become unintelligible." I say as a release a breath.
"But who stopped the peace? Who changed everything?" Rainbow asked as I picked up the second book.
Reading the cover, I said the only thing I could, "Death"
And so I opened the second book: Death
Death was Life's brother.
Together, the two created a cycle, one that would be everlasting.
But, Death would eventually want more. He saw into the future, and saw how there was chaos and war.
He wanted to put a stop to it, before it began.
"What happens next?" Rainbow asked.
"I don't know, but I think we need to read the third one." I answered, picking up the third book.
The First War.
Death had created a group of beings, ones that could defeat the Creators.
They were called the first Destroyers.
A war, far greater then anything Death had seen had begun, and life started to fail.
Life, in an attempt to stop the war, traveled to the end, to confront his brother.
But, upon arriving at the end, Life changed his plan. He sealed the end with six keys, and thrust his sword into Death.
But it was Life who fell. Death lost his body, but kept his immortality. Life became mortal, and hid.
No one knows where he went, only that a star went into supernova ten years later, and destroyed his temple.
"So, Life did something wrong, and lost his mortality. And Death lost his body. What does it mean?" I asked nopony in particular.
"Is there more?" Pinkie asked, bouncing around the room.
"Just the last tome I guess." I answered her, picking up the last book.
The Creators
Now, in the days that followed, the line of kings are as follows:
Vita, the first king.
Ra, the son of the first.
And Odin, the king of ages, spanning ten thousand years.
And thus does this account of the beginning end.
Always, the one who fell,
Vita.
"But, I don't understand," I sighed, closing the last tome, "What was the seal? Where was it? And what does that last line mean?"
"I don't know for sure Twilight, but now we have a better idea of things." Celestia answered me, causing me to look up and see that everypony had gathered.
"So, how do we proceed?" Luna asked, looking around the room.
"Perhaps I should start," Suavis said, "Vita is the human word for Life. So I guess Life wrote these."
"But, he said he fell, how?" Applejack asked.
Suavis sighed, "No one knows, if Life had said, it's been forgotten."
Rose then spoke up, "But if Life fell when he tried to kill Death, and Paradox is now Life, then we have to stop him from killing Prometheus!"
"Then it seems that we have a plan, stop Paradox from killing Prometheus." Celestia agreed.
"But the End, where do we find that?" Rarity asked, cringing at the dusty room.
"Six keys," I whispered, "Six. . . . Oh no."
"What is it?" Fluttershy asked.
"I think I know where the seal is." I said aloud, "Celestia, tell us what you felt at the tree of harmony!"
"I said I felt. . . oh my," Celestia gasped in realization.
"Life created the Tree to stop Death, the elements are the keys." I said realizing that my heart was beating faster, "It explains why Paradox's presence can be felt there."
"But, why does that matter?" Rainbow asked.
"Because," Suavis sighed, "If Paradox kills Prometheus, the Tree will shatter, and Death will be free."
"Then let's not waste another minute." Celestia said.
"Alright then, how do we leave?" Luna asked.
"Author? May I?" Pinkie asked no pony in particular, all while looking at the ceiling.
"Thank you author!" Pinkie squeed, "Alright guys, hang on!"
Then Pinkie did something that I can't really explain, and we found ourselves outside of the throne room of the Canterlot Palace.
it was now or never.