Ugghhh........my mind is still having a massive headache from a massive shocked to my brain. I felt something soft on the back of my head as I guessed already that I'm in my bed, home-
"How is he, doctor?" Twilight's voice was heard as I thought I just imagined that, consider it might be a headache.
"Well, the good news is that he's physical fine as for his mental, normal yet just have a mild concussion grade 1 so a few rest should help it probably 2 days or so." a doctor's voice was heard as I heard beeping noise from the right.
Wait, this isn't my bed, so does that means I'm at a hospital? Or......
"Thank you, doctor."
As if my mind starting to piece up the event, my eyelids begin to open a bit as my vision was blurry yet I see a familiar pony as my vision reached 20/20, I see Twilight standing along with the others.
"Shining Hazel! You okay!" Twilight smiled at me, feeling relief.
"Twilight, what- aggh!" I tried to sit up but Applejack came to me and push me down to rest.
"Easy, sugarcube, you got a mild concussion."
I sighed and laid back on the bed. I look around as my guess, I'm at Ponyville's hospital the one that Rainbow was at Read It and Weep It.
"Sorry, but what happened?" I asked.
"You and Golden were unconscious after that black thing just shot a lighting in the sky along with the other new ponies." Rarity said as she points as on the left, Golden was unconscious too.
"Is he going to be okay?"
Rainbow nodded "He got the same thing as you but not that serious."
Just then Golden stirred as his eyes opened.
"You okay?"
"Yeah, felt like my head got hammered by a train." he turned to me. "You?"
"I've been worst."
I sighed as we glanced at the girls.
"What was that thing?" Golden asked.
"We don't know, " Twilight replied "We'd never seen a dark entity before nor of any origins in Equestria history. I checked every book in the library but so far nothing not even the ones from Canterlot Library and the Crystal Empire."
That really confused me then again, consider that there are lots of things we don't know about Equestria and the tv series, books, and comics helped to expand the mythology. But this dark entity is something that we never saw.
Just then a door was opened, and a pony with a nurse hat and a cutie mark of a red plus walk in.
"Okay, girls. You better give them some time to rest." Nurse Redheart said as the girls nodded and walked out of the door.
"So how long we're going to be here?" I asked her as she checked the billboard.
"Well, from examining a mild concussion, I'll say two days until then. But just in case, I'll need to check to see if your memories are stable along with your thoughts."
We both nodded as she did a neurological examination from cognitive test to imaging tests on us. After a few hours, she examines the x-ray of our brain and nodded.
"Well, I don't see any blows from your brains, so I think you two are good. All you need is a rest and your brain should be healed."'
"Thank you, doctor," Golden said as she exited out and closed the door. We both laid down on the bed and stare at the ceiling.
"We better log out, Golden." I said, "My family is making my favorite shepherd's pie for dinner."
"Yeah, we have been out for too long."
We both nodded as we swiped our hooves and our pop out screen appeared but not what we're expected: a blank screen.
"Huh? That's wired." I said, "I don't see the logout screen."
"Maybe your computer takes the time to load up," Golden said.
"But I already made enough space for this game." I turned to him. "What about you?"
"The same too." Golden turned the screen as like mine, no logout button only a blank screen.
"Could it be a bug in the game?"
"Could be, I mean the game complete the alpha stage. Maybe the game developers were freaking out that they tried to get it fixed soon as possible. Try checked the Log out Back Up Option."
We both checked the Settings as we press our hooves at the Log out Back UP section. When the Virtual Reality GEARs were developed, the Hardware Games Inc put in a Log out setting it to prevent a live version of the incident from Sword Art Online. When we pressed it, it was the same as the regular logout button.
"What?! That can't be right." Golden tried to exit and pressed it again to only have the same result "How can the backup Log Out screen disappeared?"
I begin to think about as, despite my mind groaning in pain, I begin to piece the events that transpired.
"Golden do you remember that Warning screen at the party?"
"Yeah, what about-" his eyes widened as if he knew what I was thinking.
"If that dark entity did something to the sky, then-"
"-it disconnect our brains from the real world along with the log out backup options-"
"-and now, we're stuck in the game with no way out."
Everything around us become cold at this news. This is unreal. All of us, players are trapped. Trapped in an MMORPG with no way out.
As if things can't get any worst, from the ceiling on top, we heard screaming and panic as the doctors tried to calm the new ponies but to no avail. We even see Twilight and her friends rushing in to help the doctors and tried to calm them.
Our mind is screaming despite the pain of the concussion.
This is the day we called this, the LOE incident.
I was scared. Scared at this. So as many players were too as my mind still in panic upon the news despite the screaming of the players and even the virtual ponies tried to calm them. I even heard spells were used to put them to sleep.
My mind kept repeating over and over at this. We're trapped. Trapped in the game. Just like all the players and Kirito himself were in Sword Art Online. This is a nightmare. Nightmare for players to be trapped like this. If this is one of sick addition from a game developer's trick to make us do the same thing as the series did, then I'm not laughing nor doing it. No one is or will do.
Because once trapped in the game, your life is on the line. One mistake can cost it and there's no turning back from it. No restart and no revives. Nothing. Game over and it's goodbye for real. Even with the safety procedures within the Virtual Reality GEARs, the dark entity destroyed it upon disconnecting our brains from the real world.
Upon after two days, the doctor said that now we are released to go as we walked out of the hospital as we glanced all of the new ponies heading out too as each of one of them have the same expression that we have: scared, worried, and afraid.
"I can't believe it, Golden." I said "We're trapped in a game. No way to log out of here and our mind is disconnect from our bodies."
Golden having the same expression as I do as I continued "And what's worst, we have no way of reporting the developers about this. The dark entity really disconnects our minds from our bodies."
I sat down and clutch my head, begin to teared up as the thought of never seeing my family. My mom, stepdad, CJ, Marc, Lana, my aunties and uncles, and even my friends back at home. I'll never see them again.
Golden saw this as he lowers down and gave a tissue which I sniffed at first but taken it and wiped all of it way.
"Better?" Golden asked as I nodded.
"Thanks, buddy," I said as I got back up to my hooves.
"Anytime, you helped me before, now I'll do the same for you."
We both chuckled upon remembering something from our fond memories. Whenever Golden is feeling upset or sad in FIMfiction, I do the best I can to help my friend. As a kid, I never thinking about my friends only my studies, but over time when I watched MLP Friendship is Magic series, it changed me as I treasured friendship so much, it became an important life to me.
"So any ideas what to do now?" Golden asked as I placed my hoof on my muzzle, thinking. To be honest, I always follow orders not making them yet I sometimes do only to keep anyone in line when doing stuff. My parents want me to be more independent and to make my own decisions when I became an adult.
But back to the topic, if we want to get out, we need to figure out how. My mind thinking of the dark entity and one of the possibility: defeating the dark entity to free our minds so we can log out. Only one problem is what is that dark entity? Why was it sealed beneath Equestria? And how we supposed to find it and defeat it?
"Shining Hazel, Golden Flare!" Spike's voice was heard as we turned to the young drake, he holds a scroll on his claw.
"What is it, Spike?" I asked.
"I got a message from Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, saying that you two should come with Twilight and the others!" He showed the scroll with a stamp of both Princess Celestia's and Princess Luna's cutie marks as Golden snatched it and we both read it, earning surprised as we kept skim through it. Why would Princess Celestia and Princess Luna wants us to come to Canterlot Castle with Twilight and her friends? We didn't meet the Royal Sisters.
"But why?" Golden asked.
"I don't know why Golden." Spike replied, "All I know is that you two were called for a reason by them so it's got to be important."
We both glanced at each other. If the princesses called us for a reason, maybe they may know something about the dark entity and how we can defeat it. Or even find a way to return our minds and other players back to our real bodies. It might worth a shot to go.
We turned to him as we nodded "All right, we better go now."
With that Spike headed back in, probably telling the others as a pop-up screen appeared:
New Quest - Head to the Canterlot Castle, meet with Princess Celestia and Princess Luna
Do you want to start the quest? Yes/No
We tapped Yes as the screen disappeared then we headed back in to wait for Twilight and the others prepared to go.
As we followed them to the train station, Twilight and the others paid their train tickets while we did the same with our bits (when you sign into Legends of Equestria and pre-order or buy it from retail stores, you start with 2,000 bits as a grand opening of the alpha stage), we headed inside the train as all of the ponies are in, we heard a whistle noise, meaning the train begin to leave in 5 minutes. As the door closed, the train begins to move towards Canterlot.
I've taken a seat next to the window glancing at the scenery while the train moves while Golden took to the other side of the seat while the girls took their own seats on the train. As much as I love to watch the view, it didn't help me calm my worries, still occupied by my thoughts. As for Golden, he saw me felt uneasy as he came to my side.
"You're still thinking about it?" he asked as I nodded.
"It's just that while our minds are in the game, our bodies are disconnected from it. My parents probably worried about me so much that they called the ambulance and my body is in the hospital."
"I know what you mean, my body probably be at a hospital too." Golden replied "But what I'm worried is what would happen if they tried to remove the Virtual Reality GEARs from our head while our mind is in the game? Would we die too just like how the NerveGear were designed too if the helmet is removed while we're playing the game?"
I shook my head "No, unlike the NerveGear, the Virtual Reality GEARs don't have the powerful electromagnet which the Hardware Game Inc forbid to do so we won't have an issue of our brains be fried by high microwave density which they able to limit using safety protocols. But as the beta test proceed, they replace it with something that they do have a way of accessing the user's brain but they won't tell it what it is, probably because they don't want it to fall it into wrong hands nor want anyone to replicate it. So if they remove the helmet, it won't be a big issue but they do recommend for all people not to remove it to ensure that our consciousness will return to our body."
Golden sighed in relief as I return my gaze at the scenery as I guessed that we're getting closer to Canterlot soon, by the mountain ranges. Twilight notice us as she came to my side too.
"Shining Hazel, Golden Flare, is everything all right?"
I turned to her as I sighed "We're fine. Just lots of things in our thought."
"Is there something you want to talk about?" she sat down next to me as I lower my head. I don't want her to know what actually happened to us but seeing her concern look from her I might as well as just tell half of it.
"Well, I'm just worried about the new ponies. We heard them screaming and scared up top the hospital and I guess........we're scared about the dark entity too." As on the last words, my mind kept recording the last event as a hoof touch my shoulder and glanced at her.
"All of us too. We don't know why it was sealed up here, but we hope that Princess Celestia and Princess Luna might know what we're facing it, so don't worry, we are here for you two."
I gave a small smile at her. Despite her coded in data, at least, I felt a small relief from her. Hopefully, if we get out, I better thank the developers for creating such amazing NPCs.
"Thanks, Twilight."
She gave the same smile as we see the train stopped at the train station at Canterlot. We got out of the train and as we walking through to the Canterlot Plaza, most of the virtual wealthy or high society ponies giving surprised look at me along with other virtual ponies too. Guess that they never saw an alicorn stallion before.
"Say does this happened when you guys came here?" I asked.
"Not really, but then again, you're the first alicorn stallion to come here," Rainbow replied.
"I guess....."
"But it's not just you, Shining Hazel," Golden said, having an annoyed expression as I turned to him.
"What do you mean?" I asked as he points to his flank which my mind smack itself for forgetting about it when I came here before the incident: his lack of cutie mark.
"Oh." Then I turned to the high society ponies and glared at them, sharp as daggers of a dragon. If anyone of them tried to insult my best friend, I won't hesitated to stomp my hooves on their fancy stuff. All of them cringed a bit, got my message as they return to their daily basis though some insulting of my best friend in whispered.
I sighed when Rarity came to me. "Don't let them get to you and Golden. They're some good fancy ponies that I met when I came here. Surely after this, I can introduce to them and also a quick trip to the Canterlot Boutique." "
I nodded at her as we continue trek towards the castle.
Our eyes bulged big upon seeing the castle close up along with our jaws dropped down to the ground. Of all the castle, THIS. IS. THE. MOST. BEAUTIFUL. DESIGN. OF. GAMING. DESIGN. EVER! The texture, the elegant shapes, the essence based on the tv series, it was incredible. Words cannot explain to this amazing castle (which I said both Twilight's Castle and Canterlot's Castle were incredible).
Our jaws still dropped on the ground still intact as the girls giggled at our antic as Spike sighed then walked to us, snapping us back to normal.
"C'mon you two, we better get inside before your jaw dislodges that long."
With Twilight's magic closing our jaws back in, we shook our heads getting to the focus on the important matter as we followed them inside the castle's interior. As I said before in Twilight's Castle, it looks incredible like the one from both The Best Night Ever and Make Friends But Keep Discord. While we continue walking the corridor towards the throne room, we glanced at the stained glass windows of Twilight and her friends faced against previous foes a year ago. From defeating Nightmare Moon, Discord (which everyone knows that he's reformed from Keep Calm and Flutter on), King Sombra, Twilight's accession into an alicorn, and defeating Lord Tierk, all of them were in a correct chronological order. As we made to the throne room, the guards open the door as we enter inside, both of our eyes widened with our mouth agape: from the throne room, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna were waiting for us along with guards talking to Shining Armor.
We saw majestic feel in the tv series but to actually get the chance to meet them in person- I mean ponies- is incredible. From their respective manes, glowing with pure energies of the day and night along with their regal looks that hold compassion, kindness, regalness, and wisdom, I don't have to say this again about the castle and the ponies that the game developer did.
"Princess Twilight and her pleasant friends." Princess Celestia greeted them "I'm so happy to see all of you safe."
"Princess Celestia!" Twilight happily called her as the sun princess and the night princess descends from their throne and gave her former student a hug. Golden and I smiled at this tender moment. "It's so good to see you again."
"The same for you as well."
After broke their hugs, Twilight came to Luna side and gave her a hug too. "Princess Luna, good to see you again."
"The pleasure is all mine, Twilight. It's good to see you again too." Luna said.
After their tender moment, she glanced at us along with Princess Celestia too.
"Oh right, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna, this is Shining Hazel and Golden Flare, our new friends." Twilight introduced to us as the two princesses walking towards us.
"So you must be Shining Hazel and Golden Flare?" Princess Celestia asked as we nodded.
"Uh, it's an honor to meet you, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna." I quickly bowed down upon realization as well as my friend too as both giggled at this.
"No need to bow down, you two." Princess Luna said, "Though I'm surprised that there's an alicorn prince, even though there's no record of it in the Canterlot Library."
I scratched my mane in embarrassment. Guess that surprise thing happens when things are least expected even to things that we know of reality.
Golden then tried to get to the topic at hand- I mean hoof. "So you two said that you want us to see us?" both of them nodded "But why do you need us? Does it has to do with that dark entity?"
Both nodded as they turned to Twilight and her friends who're walking towards them. "I was wonder about that too. What is that dark entity? Why it was sealed in Equestria?"
"That answer lies in the Ancient Story, Twilight." Princess Celestia said as the virtual ponies widened their eyes while we were confused at this.
"Wait you mean, the one about the 'Goddess of Creation'?" all of us (except the princesses) glanced at her "But you told me everything about the ancient story when I was a filly."
Princess Celestia nodded "Yes but this is something that was forgotten when I told you before because whenever it was true or not that it was such thing existed."
"Um, Twilight, what's the Ancient Story you mention?" I asked.
"It's a story about a first alicorn, known to all ponies as the Ancient Creation, The First, or the Goddess of Creation. She's the one who created Equestria and we came in the image of her and how Chaos is born and Harmony too." Twilight explained as we widened our eyes. A first alicorn created Equestria and Chaos and Harmony was born from it? That's something came out of a bible book that I read.
Rarity nodded"My parents told me about it when I was a little filly."
"The same when I was filly too," Fluttershy said.
"Me too!" Pinkie said.
"Same here!" Applejack said.
"Yeah, I couldn't forget that," Rainbow said.
"Me too." Starlight said as Spike nodded too.
"Everypony knows about the Ancient Story. It's part of Equestria history that's been around for generations. Don't your parents told you about it?"
We both looked at each other as we shook our head.
"To be honest, we might not know about it cause our parents didn't tell the story about it when we're foals."
Princess Luna nodded "It's best that we told you the story to you two."
All of us nodded as Princess Celestia begin to speak "Long ago when there is nothing but darkness, a being of light was born. It was the Ancient Creator to be born out of non-existence. With her magic, she created our world, Equus and filled it with life. Upon creation of it, it was filled with chaotic so she created laws to passed down to us. Laws that would reign and help us to live in Equus. These truths that we hold our hearts are her marks, created fundamental of principles and time, space, physics, all her work begin a new world, laws of science and magic that govern our being. She called it Honesty.
While the planet possessed the laws, it was still in the path of destruction. On the next day, The Ancient Creator gifted the world her loving spirit as her compassion and empathy filtered it and reformed it. All the natural disasters were subsided and calmed itself after turbulent birth and filled the life with warmth. She called it Kindness.
With that, the First Beasts were born in the world, mindless and directionless, only living the primal instinct. The third day, The Ancient Creator found the greatest of them and touched their hearts, seeking to give them the greater life. She grants art, music, dance, and taught them happiness and joy as the first beasts intend to create instead of destroying. She called it Laughter.
While the First Beasts have the smiles and warmth around the planet, they were still struggling to live.On the fourth day, The Ancient Creator created two great orbs in forms of fire and stone while parted the clouds, in hope to pacify the First Beasts so they may live in peace. She gave them the power of light, that all shadows retreat and known to ponies and beings alike no fear of them. The beasts came together and basking the light and exchange tokens of goodwill. She called it Generosity.
On the fifth day, The Ancient Creator descends into the planet for the first time. Upon her touch on the highest point of the mountains, a grand fortress of white and gold spread around, spires and towers rising into the air. All of the gathered beasts saw the fortress as The Ancient Creator looked at them and said that it was her that created all they saw today. All of the beasts bowed down and thankful for the gifts that she gave. She called it Loyalty.
While the First beasts live in peace, The Ancient Creator felt lonely and sought children in the image of herself. So on the sixth day, she cast her feathers, horn, and life and use her magic to create us, children, from her hoof shavings Earth Pony with powers that preserve land and nature, horns created unicorns, studious, noble, and intelligent user of magic, and from the feathers, the pegasus that are masters of the skies. With the ponies created, friendship and love spread across the planet.
While the three ponies tribe live in peace, the First Beasts were relentless, griffons share the skies with pegasus, zebras were outdone by unicorns, and dragons losing migration to earth ponies. As a result, the First Beasts believe that The Ancient Creator was favored more of her own children and shunned them. Even when she tried to reason and pleaded to return, the First Beasts didn't and departed from her.
Anger and sadness hurt The Ancient Creator as a result of her tears came to the planet, chaos is born. The chaos ravaged the three ponies homelands, maelstrom and thunderstorm clash across the skies, volcanoes, and mountains erupted, and tsunamis crashed into the land. Realize what the First Beasts had done, they formed an alliance with the three pony tribes to stem the chaos. Yet, their effort was in vain as the chaos begin to create its own being in the form of the first only draconequus."
Our eyes widened as she mentions one draconequus that we are too familiar with it.
Discord........
"With chaos spread, disharmony is formed as it caused anger and hatred towards every pony tribes. It continues to spread endlessly until it gave birth to another being that brings endless winter. Realize the cause of her mistake, The Ancient Creator shut herself away from everypony. Without her, the ponies begin to struggle to survive from the endless chaos.
And yet, The Ancient Creator sought to correct her mistake so she created from the shards of sun and moon and filled them with life. Thus, she created the first two alicorns in hope to bring harmony back."
Princess Celestia and Princess Luna........my mind realizes at this story.
"And yet, they did. With her magic, she crafted the essence of her gift into six crystals to allow the first two alicorns to subsided the chaos. But they also need the ponies to united once more as the voice of the ponies untied, ending the chaos. With the chaos subsided, The Ancient Creator uses her last magic to hid herself into the essence of the stars, promising the ponies to bring harmony to all creatures she created."
With the story ended, we were surprised yet amazed. This is much like the bible book that all humans know when they're young. The Ancient Creator, Equus, Chaos, Harmony, everything. It's too much to take it all in.
But there's one thing that's still missing.
"But what it have to do with the dark entity?" I asked as Twilight and her friends nodded.
Princess Luna replied "This dark entity is you can say the darkness of Equestria. The Ancient Creator is the light but in order to have balance, a shadow in the form of chaos and disharmony far beyond than the first draconequus. Nopony knows what it is only that it doesn't have a form. So they called it The Void. The Void spread darkness in the planet, bring destruction upon the planet and deprived all life in the planet. Even with the six crystals, The Void remained unstoppable and continue to wake its destruction. The Ancient Creator notices the planet's dying moments, use her magic to crafted six new crystals in the form of Valor, Hope, Wisdom, Sincerity, Charity, and Light. These new crystals combine with the first crystals created Knights, ponies that are the essence of the respective crystals. A war raged across Equestria as facing The Void, the Knights fought in a dangerous battle between light and darkness. However, so as long as The Void was filled with the darkness of chaos and disharmony, it cannot be destroyed. In the last act, the Knights use their powers to sealed it away, encasing it in a harmonic prison where it would sleep for a thousand years and hidden on the planet, never to be seen again."
All of us were shocked at this. I heard of The Void from Cardfight Vanguard series but this Void is created from the essence of chaos and disharmony. And those Knights, we know that the first crystals were the gifts in the form of the Elements of Harmony but we didn't know that there were six other ones.
"What happened to the Knights?" Golden asked.
"Nopony knows for sure. After sealing The Void away, they disappeared with only the first six crystals left. As for the other six, we don't know what happened to them."
"And now, for the thousand years, it was free from its eternal slumber." Princess Luna said.
All of us were worried at this. It's bad enough that we're stuck in the game but an ancient enemy from an Equestria past is free. Who knows what The Void would do if Equestria is in danger. Then again, it could be a bug or a virus in the game so it makes sense that we need to find it and destroy so we can get the hay out of here.
"So what do we do now?" Rainbow asked.
"Until we can figure out what we can do, we wait." Princess Celestia said as the girls sighed while we looked down and nodded.
"In the meanwhile, would you girls please excuse us? We would like to speak with Shining Hazel and Golden Flare alone." Princess Celestia said as the girls nodded as all of them left the throne room along with the Royal Guards too, leaving us with the Royal Sisters.
"So is there you want to speak with us, your majesty?" I asked as Princess Luna giggled.
"You don't to speak in formality Shining Hazel, or rather, Roland Cabral?" My eyes widened in shocked upon hearing my real name. Princess Luna, the Princess of the Moon, and NPC program and a fictional cartoon character, knows my real name?! How can that be?! This is an MMORPG Virtual Reality Game!
"Uh, Roland Cabral? Who's that?" I asked nervously.
"You don't have to worried about it, Roland. Especially your friend, Devin." Even Golden was shocked upon hearing his real name.
"Wait, how in the hay do you know about our real names?!" Golden asked exclaimed.
"Why, I told them about it, you two." a voice was heard as we look around as a bright flash, a familiar draconequess appeared with a vacation shirt and oddly, a Goofy hat. This is the Spirit of Chaos, Discord, a reformed villain and now Fluttershy's best friend.
"You must be, Discord, the Spirit of Chaos!" I said. "The one that causes mayhem in Ponyville and now reformed."
"Yep, somepony's being doing his homework upon seeing the stained glass window." he said as he appeared behind us "So an A+ for you two!" he gave a Discord sticker and place on our forehead. And that what's hit us which we did not see that coming, whatever if it's canon or not, he might have knowledge about everything. But we don't know if that's intention because the game developer trying to make sure not to make an NPC of Discord too much like his tv counterpart.
"So then how did you know our real name?" Golden asked.
"Well, while I at home just snuggle with my bed, I detect some strange anomalies coming at Ponyville as I came here, new ponies came out of nowhere and begin filling up the town. As that wasn't enough, an ancient evil entity known as The Void appeared and causing unbalance of chaos and harmony."
"Wait, there's a balance of it?" I asked.
"Well yeah, like a two side of the coin along with light and darkness, there is chaos and harmony. You can't have one without the other and if the balance is shifted to favor the other well you get the idea."
We both glanced at each other worried. If The Void is somehow shifting the balance, then we don't want to know what happen.
"But you didn't give us an answer of how the hay you know our real name? An NPC like you can't know that." I said, trying to surpass my annoyance.
"Tsk, tsk, you two. There's something that you two along with other new ponies don't even realize the truth. But why spoiled it, it's better if you two figure out yourselves. But in order to that, you need to figure out a riddle."
"A riddle?" Golden asked.
"'In order to face the truth, the one that binds you will unbound you upon understanding.'"
As my emotion begin to rise, I take a deep sighed and let my anger flood my mind for while before disappeared.
"So you want us to figure out ourselves upon figuring out our riddle?" I asked as he nodded "All right, fine."
Golden sighed as Discord clapping his paws.
"Discord told us about and it would be wise if you two figure out yourselves. As much as we want to, he states that every truth can either lead to an understanding or destruction upon which you choose." Princess Celestia said as we nodded in understanding.
"In the meanwhile, it's best if you two go to your friends. They should be waiting for you in the courtyard. If anything that the girls will ask you, tell them that I'll be assigned for you two to stay with your friends. Golden you'll be staying with Pinkie Pie while working at the Sugarcube Corner and Shining Hazel, judging by how Twilight told me about your magical difficulties, it would be wise for you to stay at her castle so she and Starlight can help you. But don't mention your real names until you figure out Discord's riddle."
We both nodded as we walked out of the throne room.
"So any idea what Princess Celestia and Princess Luna want with Shining Hazel and Golden Flare?" Rainbow asked as Twilight shook her head.
"I don't know but it's got to be important for them." she replied.
"Consider that this Void thing came out of the ground of Equestria, she must think of them to assist us in stopping it." Rarity said as the girls nodded.
"But I don't get it," Applejack said, "we all know there are only six Elements of Harmony so why there's no record of those other Elements?"
"Like Princess Celestia said, it was lost when the Knights disappeared after sealing The Void so it makes sense that nopony found it in ancient history," Twilight said.
"But one thing, how are we going to stop it?" Spike said as the girls thinking about it.
While walking to the courtyard, our minds still occupied upon the information in our head. The Ancient Creator, Equus, The Void, The Knights, the Lost Elements, and now Discord's riddle upon knowing our real name including Princess Celestia and Princess Luna. Just what's going on with this game?
Golden turned to me and shook out of my deep thought "You're still thinking about it?"
"Yeah, it's a lot to take it all in," I said.
"I know what you mean, but just take it slowly." Golden console me "You don't want to fried your brain upon doing that."
I gave a chuckled as my thoughts of worries subsided for now.
"So your real name is Roland?" Golden asked as I nodded "Pretty interesting name."
"Thanks, I got after my grandfather......." I looked down sadly as he senses my sadness.
"I'm sorry about it."
"It's fine. I got over it." he nodded at me.
"So your real name is Devin?" I asked as he nodded too.
"Yep."
"Sweet name."
"Thanks."
"But I still don't get how Discord knows our real name? No NPC can program like that." I wondered.
"I was wondering about it too, but unless we figure out the truth, then I doubt he'll tell us sooner." Golden replied "In the meanwhile, we should at least say in our pony names for now on? We don't want to let anypony knows about it."
I nodded as we made to the courtyard, our friends are talking to each other.
"Hey, guys!" I called as the girls walking towards us.
"Hey, so any idea what Princess Celestia and Princess Luna want to talk you about?" Twilight asked.
"Well, she said that until we can figure out what to do now, we were assigned to stayed with you two," Golden replied.
"For me, I'll be staying with Pinkie at the Sugarcube Corner so I can work with you. As for Shining Hazel, he'll be staying in your castle so you two can help with his magical difficulties."
The girls were surprised at this but nodded in understanding as we headed to the train station.
"Are you sure it's wise for them to let them find the truth, Discord?" Princess Celestia asked.
"I'm certain so, besides unless they can figure out my riddle, then their true powers won't be awakened. And besides, it'll be up to them to find the other four to do the same." Discord said.
"But how we know that they'll find them and unlock their true powers?" Princess Luna said.
"Time will tell, dear Lulu. Time will tell."
QUEST COMPETE!
HEAD TO CANTERLOT TO MEET WITH PRINCESS CELESTIA AND PRINCESS LUNA
EXP - 400
BITS - 1,000
LEVEL UP!
SHINING HAZEL :
LV: 15
ATK - 650 + 5
DEF - 650 + 5
SPEED - 500 + 5
AGILITY - 600 + 5
MAGIC - 750 + 5
GOLDEN FLARE :
Lv: 15
ATK - 650 + 5
DEF - 500 + 5
SPEED - 600 + 5
AGILITY - 650 +5
MAGIC - 300 + 5
NEW SKILLS -
SHINING HAZEL - PROTECTOR: ABLE TO INCREASE ALL ALLIES' DEFENSE BY +100 FOR SIX TURNS
GOLDEN FLARE - HELPING HOOF: INCREASE ALL ALLIES' STATUS BY + 100 UNTIL THE END OF BATTLE
Opening - Cynthia no Hikari (Air Eoi) (From Sword Art Online - Lost Song)