//------------------------------// // Magic Makes It All Complete // Story: Scorching Day, Chilling Night // by The REAL Mister Pkmn //------------------------------// The inside of the old Royal Palace was by far quite intimidating. There were multitudes of broken support pillars, and the floor that was covered in black bricks was in major disrepair. The walls were adorned with tattered banners, one bearing the Cutie Mark of their king, while two others had pictures of a stylized sun and moon respectively. There was a fourth, but it was tattered beyond recognition. Could it have bared the Cutie Mark of the long-lost Queen? The ceiling was crumbling, but it had seemed to stop mid-way, as if time itself had forsaken it. At the far side of the room was a door, which in its prime would’ve looked to be made of immaculate platinum. However, time had not been kind to it, covering it in a heavy layer of rust. The group went up to the door. Starlight frowned. “It’s definitely been rusted shut. How are we supposed to get into the room with the Elements?” Maestro cleared his throat, and lit his horn. “If you’d allow me, I’ll solve this little problem.” The group stepped back as his magic encased the door. He then touched the door, and the sight before them surprised them. The rust seemed to leap off the door and onto his coat, dulling it to a darker teal. After all the rust had abated from the door, it opened and the group went through. After they were successfully through the door, Maestro let go of his magic, causing the rust to suddenly jump back to the door with enough force to slam it shut. His coat was back to normal, but he looked a bit worse for wear. He chuckled. “Maybe I should’ve tapped into my extra magic stores, just to be safe.” The others didn’t know what to think of that, so they paid it no heed. They then looked at the room around them. Their jaws dropped at the sight before them. Burning Sun and Chilling Moon were battling it out, spell clashing with spell, burning sword meeting frosty lance. The room was evenly divided by the equal force of the fighting alicorns, making one side boiling hot while the other was chilling to the bone. However, there was a pony-wide strip between the two clashing sides that was room temperature. This strip led to a dias beyond the clashing alicorns which held six orb-like stones, one on each outstretched arm. Maestro gulped. “Well this certainly makes things a tad difficult.” Serenity spoke up. “A tad? Try near impossible! How are we supposed to get the Elements without getting frozen or burned to death?” However, as Maestro was about to answer, they saw a surge of magic come from both the quarreling alicorns, and lash out at the Elements at the exact same time. The pressure of being rapidly frozen and unfrozen in a split second caused the stones to break. Starlight screamed out. “No! How are we supposed to win now?” Burning Sun and Chilling Moon stopped the fight for a moment to regard the seven. Burning chuckled, and spoke. “Look at these poor fools. They came so far, only to fail now.” Chilling scoffed, and nodded reluctantly. “At least that’s one thing that we agree on, aside from the fact that only one of us is fit to rule.” Maestro stepped forward. “We haven’t failed! In fact, we’ve already won!” Burning seemed amused. “Oh? How so? Your precious Elements have been destroyed!” Maestro shook his head, scoffing at her ignorance. “You cannot destroy something that has no physical form. What you did do, is set them free, so that they could choose new vessels- the seven of us that stand before you now.” Chilling snarled. “You speak nonsense! Now perish!” As the beam of icy magic sailed through the air towards Maestro, the group thought he would move. However, he did not. Instead, at the very last moment, Thunder Blitz intercepted the blast, and a pillar of red light encompassed her. The spell faded away, leaving Thunder unscathed. Her body glowed red, and she spoke firmly. “Devotion! For I would not stand by and allow Starlight to be hurt!” Starlight looked to her friends, and realized what Maestro had meant. She knew now that the seven of them were the new bearers of the Elements. Shards of crystals swirled around her friends, one by one. Cherry stepped forward, an orange glow encompassing her body. “Honor! Because I ensured that my promise was fulfilled!” Burning’s eyes widened in realization. She could not allow this to happen! She shot beams of fire at the fools, but it garnered nothing. She took small comfort in the fact that her sister’s ice also seemed to have no effect. Crescendo brandished her baton in her hoof with a flourish, with a yellow glow about her as she spoke. “Compassion! I would soothe Mother Nature herself if it meant helping those I care for!” The Twins of Terror continued to attack, but to no avail. Was this the end? No! They would not accept it! Serenity fluttered her wings, and a green glow surrounded her. She spoke with confidence. “Charity! Would that I could give to all those who might need it!” The Twins poured more magic, trying all that they could to damage these somehow invincible ponies. They refused to believe that these mortals could possible best them! Berry jumped forward with a blue glow around her. She spoke cheerfully. “Humor! I know how to lighten the mood when others feel blue!” They refused. They would not be sealed away again! As they turned to leave however, Maestro appeared before them, a smug look on his face. He stepped off the throne he’d teleported onto, an indigo glow surrounding him. His voice was full of mirth. “Empowerment! Because no matter what, I would not allow my friends to give into despair!” The Twins looked at the six glowing ponies, and laughed together. Burning spoke out. “You only have six! You cannot hope to beat us without the seventh!” However, Starlight came forward. She was smiling. “You’re wrong. We do have the seventh Element!” A purple light descended from above, encompassing Starlight. She continued. “Magic! Because I felt my connections with these ponies grow over the course of my stay here, I will cherish them always!” The lights came together, and a rainbow beam was produced. Chilling managed a few last words before the beam hit. “But that makes no sense! How is it that you are the Element of Magic?” Starlight smiled. “Because the connections between ponies is the strongest magic of all!” Then, the Twins of Terror were engulfed in the rainbow light, and everything went white.