//------------------------------// // The Hidden Element (Part 2) // Story: Chevalier // by TheFlyingHippogriff //------------------------------// My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Chevalier Chapter 6- The Hidden Element (Part 2) I came to Twilight Sparkle's house to tell her about the clue I found, but she was already on it, "I noticed that too, Countess, it looks like tip of something, like a seal of some kind," Twilight Sparkle stated, "I think we need to get my friends in on this, we're going to need their help if we are to find what we are looking for," said Twilight Sparkle. I gave a salute, and went to the houses of all our friends, and told them to meet us at Twilight Sparkle's house, "I thank you all for coming ladies," Twilight greeted, "We have gathered you here to help us find the greatest magical discovery in the history of Equestria, a discovery not of gold or jewels but of a power to protect this land that we all hold dear to our hearts," I continued, "Twilight Sparkle and I have been investigating this for days now, what we know comes only from a riddle found on a hidden page from one of Twilight Sparkle's ancient texts," The piece of paper was passed to each of the ponies gathered. Each of them read out loud a line from the ancient riddle. "The Last will come as a light in the dark," Rarity read "The Last will come from one who bares the cutie mark," read Applejack, "From the Beak of Ra, and the Tail of Nephthys," said Pinkie Pie, struggling on the last word, "The Last will come in a time of great crisis," said Rainbow Dash, "what do they mean by 'The Last'?" "That was the first thing we figured out, Rainbow Dash, what we are looking for is the Seventh Element of Harmony," replied Twilight Sparkle. All five of Twilight Sparkle's friends gasped, "thanks to my recent visit to the Cantorlot Royal Archives, we have a heading, the other place we can look is in the archives of the Crystal Kingdom, call it a hunch, but I think we just might find what we are looking for there," she stated, and with that we were on our way to Princess Cadence and the majestic Crystal Kingdom. "How can there be a Seventh Element, of Harmony? Everypony knows there are Six Elements," said Rainbow Dash "Twilight is right though, if anypony took all of this time to hide this secret, that must mean that it is real," said Rarity as Rainbow Dash and I acted as scouts for any dangers hidden on the trails, "what could the hidden element possibly be? That's the question," Rarity pondered to herself, walking behind Applejack and Fluttershy. After hours of traveling on the trails, it was nearly nightfall when we entered the Crystal Kingdom. Princess Cadence knew we were coming, and we bowed to her as a show of respect. "I have been expecting you all, so tell me what brings you to my kingdom at such a late hour?" Cadence asked us. "We are looking for anything you may have on the Seventh Element of Harmony, anything helps," said Twilight Sparkle. I expected Princess Cadence to laugh at us, and look at us like we are all a bunch of lunatics. Instead, she showed us to a vault hidden behind a bookshelf. It was then that I figured out just how much of an extent the ancient ponies of the past went to keep this secret hidden from the wrong hooves. It was not a whole piece of the missing page, but a small corner of the missing piece of the paper. "Hmm...I am starting to see a pattern here, if I am not mistaken," I said with a thought in my head, thinking this search was far from over, "if this is one piece of the missing piece of the text, and if this is the kingdom in the north, then there is a missing piece in the south of Equestria, one in the east and one in the west," I suggested Twilight Sparkle and her friends. Twilight Sparkle nodded, and her friends seemed to be in agreement. This felt like something out of the Daring Do stories that I read as a hatchling. I pulled out a map of Equestria, "Here we are, now if we trace our pattern out we will know which routes we have to take to find the missing pieces, look if the first piece is in the Crystal Kingdom, that means there is one in Cantorlot, one in Griffonstone, and one in Appaloosa," Twilight Sparkle concluded. We now had one piece of the now three missing pieces left to find, "Rainbow Dash, you and Wilhelmina will go to Griffonstone, Applejack you and Fluttershy will go to Appaloosa, Rarity and I will look in Cantorlot," "What about me?" asked Pinkie Pie "You and Spike are going to search Ponyville, leave no stone unturned," I instructed to her, "I hope you know what you're doing, Twilight Sparkle, there are some things in this world that are best kept as secrets," Princess Cadence forewarned, but I had my questions as well about this matter. How is it that there exists a Seventh Element when the Six have worked just as well in fending off any evil that came their way? Princess Cadence smiled lightly, and handed us the missing piece, "I hope you ladies find what you're looking for, you never know who is going to want to get their hooves on this," "There's somethin' I don't get, how can their be a Seventh Element when we do just fine with six?" Applejack asked as we left, "It is interesting that you say that, because I was thinking about that as well, I am thinking the Seventh maybe something that brings all Six Elements together," I replied to her question, "it is just a thought though, now we have separate headings, and we best be quick about it, Princess Cadence maybe right about others wanting this, come now Rainbow Dash we must be off now," I advised friend. I wanted to be a better friend to Rainbow Dash than Gilda was. The fact I am half-pony can help with this social matter. When we arrived at the Griffonstone Library, "Humph griffons, they know only of greed," I scoffed, and started searching with Rainbow Dash's help. Book by book and page by page, we searched the entire library for hours, but nothing came up from the dust nor any of the old pages. I heard Rainbow Dash groan and bellyache, until I started searching the books on the tables. We did not find anything, but city guards were soon on our hooves, "wing it, Rainbow Dash!" I said and she and I bolted out Griffonstone, "I wonder if the others had better luck than us?" Rainbow Dash asked sarcastically "Maybe...maybe not," I replied, then it occurred to me. When I was a hatchling, I was given a lance from the king that belonged to my late mother. King William the Noblewing and my mother Countess Anne-Marie were both members of the King's Swords before she fell in battle against the Crystal Kingdom. I still have her lance, and it was the last lance I used in the jousting tournament, the one I used to defeat Gilda. It was then that it occurred to me, "Rainbow Dash, I know where the Griffonstone piece is," I told her, "Well then let's go back," Rainbow Dash suggested, "No, it is not in Griffonstone, Rainbow Dash," I replied, "we best talk to the others and make sure they have their pieces," Rainbow Dash nodded and we headed back to Ponyville to check in with the others. Applejack and Fluttershy found their missing piece in Appaloosa, and Rarity and Twilight Sparkle found their missing piece in Cantorlot. Rainbow Dash and I were the came out empty hoofed. Pinkie Pie and Spike did not find anything in Ponyville. The last of the puzzle maybe much closer than one might think.