The truth behind the Tree of Harmony

by May I Cut In


Love backfiring (Chap 3)

~Back in the crystal empire~

"And we spent the next few days trying to get rid of him. From freezing him, banishment to Tartarus, petrification which even included us trying to use a cockatrice and sending it to the moon. The last attempt resulted in me having to spend an entire day trying to bring Luna back from the moon when the spell was deflected back to her." Celestia recounted. The lunar princess flinching upon hearing the part of the accidental banishment to the moon.

"Tis wan't a pleasant experience thank you." Luna replied.

"Could I give it a go?" Cadence asked. "I like to try my way."

"What's your plan my niece?" Celestia asked.

"Well, I noted that my aunts had been using all sorts of direct spells on it. But what if were to manipulate him instead of trying to overpower?" she suggested. And with that she outlined her idea, a smile playing on their lips as they realise Cadence plan could maybe work. After her plan was outlined, they were determined to put it into action. Only one small problem existed. They had no idea where that human is or what was he doing.

~Meanwhile~

Garvey stood on top of the hills near the Everfree forest. Having send the bearers to another bunch of different settlements across, he had some free time. He looked at the clear skies around him enjoying how that there wasn't a single raincloud in sight. Of course being stuck in that Tree of Harmony as the ponies called it gave him quite some power. Mostly in creating a perfect world.

He turned towards the Everfree Forest. With a slight disapproval, he noted the black clouds over the tree horizons. Even with the little concept of time while stuck in the tree, Garvey remembered how the Everfree forest was unusually stubborn to his attempts to control the weather. But now that he was free, he could directly manipulate the weather. Preston raised his hand at the offending cloud and concentrated. The amber glow appeared around his hand and the clouds. With a poof, the clouds disappeared, revealing a clear sky.

"Good. It won't be raining today!" he said to himself, admiring his work. A slight twitch went through him. It seems that there is another disturbance in harmony over at Cloudsdale. Where's that bearer called Rainbow Dash? Preston though to himself. He dusted the dirt from his coat and focused on a teleportation spell. This skill comes pretty handy for finding themhe noted to himself before disappearing in a flash of light.

~Back at the the Crystal Empire~

"So, any ideas as to where could that Preston Garvey be?" Luna asked. The 3 princesses were just looking at each other, each of them having no idea for the problem they faced.

"Aunt? How did you and Aunt Luna know that Garvey will be at the Crystal Empire earlier today?" Cadence asked.

"It was a stroke of luck. We were able to find Twilight Sparkle trying to run from the creature. So we followed her trail. It was too bad that it got to her first." Celestia answered.

"I don't think it would be easy to find that creature again. The bearers are scattered everywhere across Equestria. It's not like there would be a giant beacon alerting us to where they are." Luna said, her patience starting to snap after days of frustration. It was then, a loud boom was heard. The sound made the 3 princesses turn towards the windows. Out of it, they could see a giant wave of rainbow spreading across the sky.

"I think we may have found where that creature may be." Celestia said. Finally breaking the silence. No word was needed as the 3 princesses took flight towards the source of that Rainbow explosion.

......

"Oh Rainbow Dash!" Preston Garvey said while knocking on the door that led to her bathroom. "There's a settlement that needs your help."

"No! Enough please! I don't want to do anymore of those quests again!" Rainbow Dash shouted through the door. The cyan pegasus had hastily pushed a stack of drawers and used it to block the door in a vain attempt to keep Preston Garvey out.

"Oh Little Pony. Let me come in." Garvey said.

Rainbow Dash shouted: "Never! Not by my mane I will let you in!"

"Then I guess I'll have to shoot my way in." Garvey said. Pulling out his musket, he started to crank it and aimed the gun at the door. A laser came out, blasting a few chunks of the reinforced cloud door away. He reloaded his gun and shot the door again and again.

Rainbow Dash flinched in fear when she heard the laser musket being fired. She was also a little scared upon seeing parts of the door disintegrate under the laser beams. (Ok, she was really scared). The hole in the wall grew bigger as more and more of the door was destroyed. By the time Preston Garvey stopped firing the musket, Rainbow Dash was genuinely afraid. She was even more spooked when Garvey stuck his head through the large gap in the broken door and said: "There's another settlement that needs your help. Here, I'll mark it on the table map."

Rainbow Dash punched Garvey in the face, Garvey backing off in response to the sudden attack. He pulled out his musket and shot the door's lock off. The remaining half of the door swung open, revealing Rainbow Dash. Preston focused his magic, trapping Rainbow Dash before she could fly off (and cause another sonic boom). But before he could teleport both of them away, he felt a wave of emotions flowing through him.

......

"So your plan is to use your love magic on that creature to change it's feelings and influence it's decisions?" Luna asked. "How are you sure this would work."

"Well I was thinking, since this creature you say is passive and all you have been using were direct spells. I feel that we should try some indirect spells." Cadence said while looking at Preston Garvey whom was currently under her signature love spell. "So far it seems to be working." True to the love princess's word, Preston Garvey was still stuck in his position as the spell worked it's way on him. Cadence finished casting the spell.

"If all goes well, it should stop bugging the bearers with the quests." Candace said. Their metaphoric fingers were crossed as the creature finally got his bearings again. Preston Garvey shook his head to clear his head. He saw the three princesses standing at in the room.

"Hello Mi Amore Cadenza, nice to see you babe. But Rainbow Dash and I must get going. That settlement won't wait." and with that said, Garvey teleported out the room along with a unwilling Rainbow Dash. After a while, a bewildered and slightly blushing Cadence asked: "Did he just called me babe?". This earned a snicker from the other princesses.