Many years have passed…
A battle was fought before the fall of Equestria, with Hatred and Tirek’s power growing, the Elements of Harmony knew they need to stop them before it was too late.
Rainbow Dash slammed her hoof on the castle door, “HATRED! TIREK! COME OUT HERE YOU COWARDS!” She screamed.
The door opened, and out came a figure all too familiar to the elements, Lord Tirek. “Where is Hatred, Tirek?” Twilight asked. After Tirek cam a regular sized stallion looking figure in a dark cloak, covering his face, Hatred.
“This is hatred!? He doesn’t seem that powerful.”
“If you could feel his power like I can then you wouldn’t be saying that Rainbow…”
Hatred spoke, “What brings you here, Elements?”
“You know why we’re here!” Rainbow said, “To kick your butt!”
“You really think it will be that easy!?” Hatred laughed. It was a wicked, dark, and twisted laugh.
“Enough stallin’,” Apple Jack said, “Let’s get this over with.” The six friends started to glow, and transformed into their rainbowfied forms. The elements used their power to create a huge ray of magic and blasted it at Tirek.
Tirek countered the blast with one of his own, creating a collision. However, Tirek was still not strong enough, and was starting to lose. It seemed that the Elements had defeated Tirek and Hatred again.
Or so they thought.
“This is just pathetic!” Hatred blasted his own, smaller, ray of magic at the Elements. This small ray of magic caused the six to lose concentration, grow weak, and revert back to their normal forms.
“What… happened…?”
“Did you really think that would beat someone as powerful as me?” Hatred boasted, letting out his disturbing laugh again. “Friendship may be a powerful magic… But Hatred… Is the most powerful of all…”
“Y-You’re wrong…”
“Oh? Am I?” Hatred began to charge up another energy blast, aimed directly at Twilight.
“GET AWAY FROM HER!!!” Rainbow began to charge at Hatred with all of her speed, but what happened next, no pony could see coming.
Hatred redirected his aim at Rainbow Dash, firing a red beam that hit her directly… “No…” Twilight said, in place of Rainbow Dash, their beloved friend, was nothing… “What did you do to her?”
“She’s gone, don’t worry, you’ll be joining her soon.”
“YOU BASTARD!!!” Apple Jack lunged at Hatred, overcome with rage of her friends death.
“Apple Jack! NO!”
Apple Jack was gone in seconds…
“Well, it seems you all need to learn a lesson, how should I put this… How about… Dear Princess Twilight,” Hatred started charging up another beam of magic, “Today I learned,” Rarity was gone, “That when you try to stand up to the most powerful being in Equestria, nay, the universe,” Pinkie Pie had disappeared, “You lose everything you’ve ever loved…” Fluttershy, gone with the wind, “Your faithful new lord of Equestria,” he started charging one last beam, aimed at Twilight, “Lord Hatred…”
Twilight was to busy crying about her friends to realize what was going on she thought to herself, and it seemed that time slowed down. All of my friends, she thought, They’re all dead… Rainbow Dash, Apple Jack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy… They’re all gone. All because of that monster, Hatred… I don’t even know who he is… All I know is I hate him… This is my time, Hatred is going to kill me, at least I’ll be with my friends again…
Twilight! A new voice spoke, inside of Twilight’s own head.
What!? Who’s there!? A stallion with a long white beard and a blue cloak appeared in front of the Princess of Friendship, it was, Starswirl the Bearded!
Yes Twilight.
Am I dead?
No, I am merely a vision, but you soon will die.
Why are you here?
Because, there is still a way to stop Hatred, there are six young ponies still in ponyville. These six ponies will grow up to be the new Elements of Harmony and defeat Hatred.
How do I find them? Star swirl began to disappear, Starswirl? Starswirl! NO! I need you, how am I supposed to find them!? Starswirl! Starswirl disappeared, leaving Twilight alone again. I need to find those ponies, I can avenge my friends, defeat Hatred and Tirek… They can save the world… Twilight noticed that Hatred had fired his beam, death was moments away, But none of that will happen… Twilight started charging her own beam, and time started moving regularly again, “If I. Don’t. FIGHT BACK!” Twilight fired her beam and collided with Hatred.
The beams created an explosion that sent both of the ponies flying back. Hatred got up and noticed that the Princess had started to run away. “What are you doing!?” Stop her!” Tirek screamed.
“No need,” Hatred said, “I’ve done all I needed, destroyed everything she loves, struck fear into her heart. There’s no way she can stop us without her friends. Nothing can stop us now.”
* * *
Twilight flew back to ponyville, or what was left of ponyville. Her castle was toppled down, Fluttershy’s shack was destroyed leaving the animals homeless, Sweet Apple Acres was reduced to nothing but shriveled up trees, even the school house was destroyed, with the bell laying on the ground. “What did he mean?” Twilight asked herself, there can’t possibly be anypony left here, let alone six fillies.
Twilight began to walk away, until she heard voices, “Come on Sweetie Belle!” one of the voices said, “Keep trying!”
Apple Bloom? Sweetie Belle? Twilight thought.
“Well why isn’t Dinky helping!?” Sweetie Belle asked.
“She’s unconscious!” another voice said.
Scootaloo? Dinky?
“I’ll help you Sweetie Belle!” another voice said.
“What are you gonna do!? You don’t have a horn!” yet another voice said.
“Oh, right…”
Button Mash? Babs Seed? Twilight began to notice that there was a green aura surrounding the bell. She used her own magic to lift it up, revealing the six fillies trapped underneath.
“Hey I did it!” Sweetie Belle said, “Oh, wait…”
“Twilight you’re back!” Apple Bloom said, “We need help, Dinky’s unconscious!” Apple Bloom noticed an absence of five other ponies, “Where’s my sister?”
Twilight began to cry, she couldn’t bare to tell them about her friends death, but she had too, “They’re dead… They’re dead..”
The five were shocked to hear that only one survived of the six greatest heroes in Equestria, they all hugged Twilight and started to cry as well. That’s when Twilight realized something..
“You six… You’re the New Elements!” She said.
“Wh-what?” Societal said.
“The six of you are destined to find the Elements of Harmony and defeat Tirek and Hatred. As the New Elements of Harmony!”
“B-but how!?” Sweetie Belle asked, “We’re only fillies!”
“I know, but you’re Equestria’s only hope, it won’t happen now, you all need training, but in time, Hatred will fall, thanks to you…”
Twilight heard screeching, “Oh no…”
“What was that!?” Babs asked,
“Hatreds dark creatures, their evil killing machines! We need to get out of here!” Twilight teleported herself and the fillies to the cave where the, now destroyed, tree of harmony once lay. “We can stay here, I’ll train you until you’re ready.” Twilight created a magical barrier around the casam and sealed them in.
Dinky suddenly came too, “What happened? Where am I?” She asked, still dazed.
“Dinky,” Apple Bloom said, helping the unicorn up, “We’re about to go on a crazy adventure…”