The Keys to Destruction
To whoever reads this I hope that our spell is successful. I would be overjoyed if there was someone left in my own time to read this because that would mean some of you have lived but I hope for the sake of all that have been lost already that this letter finds itself in the hooves of somepony a little further back.
Further back from what? Further back in time.
I know that you must think that this letter is some prank or written by a crazy pony but I beg you to please listen to me, if this letter has indeed reached the hooves of someone in the past then I’m sorry but you just became our one hope to stop the destruction that has been brought to Equestria by the events of the last few months.
It began when the Elements were lost to the Tree of Harmony in order to save Equestria from the rampaging vines called Plunder Seeds, an ancient and dangerous breed of sapient plant life which was thought to be extinct by scientists. I heard rumors that it was caused by Discord but I don’t know how true that is and frankly I don’t much care anymore, we have bigger problems.
The Tree offered it’s closest kept secret to the Element Bearers and the Princesses and they went to gather the six keys that supposedly would unlock that strange box and possibly bring forth a golden era.
That quest for the keys it turns out was a massive mistake; so much pain and heartache from our Princesses and the Element Bearers, so much danger that they were put through and so many standing against them as the news got out and many wanted to claim the keys for themselves. It was horrible, overnight Equestria had decayed into a kingdom of hatred and greed as everypony obsessed over those damned keys.
Soon the other kingdoms caught wind of what was happening and several of them saw their own opening to become the dominant force; the Griffon Kingdom, the Changeling Hive and Saddle Arabia, all jumped in and launched their own invasion and infiltration forces to claim those stupid keys that became the sole focus of so many ponies, so many who had forgone the Elements and what they represented in favor of what resided in that accursed box.
I would say I wish you could see what they were willing to do to each other in their endless pursuit but I think it would be more effective for you to see the greatest perpetrators of brutality and cruelty in their quest, not some shape shifting monster, not some some insane sorcerer or else another monster we could’ve simply identified, understood as evil and eradicated.
How do you justify even caring about the Elements of Harmony or following their principles anymore when the very people they chose to bear the Elements became the greatest monsters of our world?
I don’t know whether it was the Princesses who ordered them to be so brutal or whether it was them who began it and the Princesses simply had no issue with it but in the end it didn’t matter, both the Princesses and the Element Bearers began a brutal campaign of their own for the keys, beating information they needed out of anyone who might even vaguely know something and taking anything from their people that they wanted, using the quest for the keys to justify it.
Finally after who knows how many deaths, they opened the box.
I suppose it’s only fitting how things turned out in the end. The search for those keys had turned us into monsters. How appropriate that the use of them unleashed a monster on us.
Twilight Sparkle survived long enough to let us all know that what they had unleashed would not stop until it had brought about true, total harmony by wiping out anything that could potentially cause disharmony ever again.
She called it the Pony of Shadows.
We learned a bit more as time went, as we looked up the old legends in the few precious moments of peace we were able to claim as the creature ravaged the land. The Pony of Shadows has been watching Equestria for as long as Equestria itself has existed, waiting for it’s chance to eliminate our world which causes so much disharmony and disrupts the natural order.
It won’t ever stop. Nothing we do does anything but make it angry and everyday we lose more and more of our loved ones.
I beg of you, whoever you are who is reading this, please, take that box and seal it away again, destroy it, bury it, banish it but please, please, get rid of it. We can’t live like this, this can’t be how Equestria ends, it just can’t be, please, you need to.
I’ve lost everything here, ever since that box opened I’ve lost my wife, my children, all of my friends and my home. I know that soon I will lose my life too but I can’t go knowing that I didn’t at least try to save this world and the ponies who live here with my last effort after I already failed to protect them once.
I don’t care who you are even if you have never met the Princesses, you’re now Equestria’s last hope and for that I am truly sorry.
Begging for your help.
Doctor Time Turner-Hooves.
“Hey Twilight, what’s that you’ve got?” Rainbow Dash asked impatiently as the lavender alicorn examined the sealed letter that had appeared in front of her as they walked.
“Don’t know, it just appeared out of nowhere.” She frowned at the seal on the back of the envelope, a curious seal with an hourglass pressed into the wax.
“Well worry about it later, right now we have history to make.” Rarity chided her as she pushed past Twilight. “We went through a lot to make this moment happen and I for one am not about to wait a second longer.”
“Yeah, you’re right.” Twilight agreed and tucked the letter into her saddlebag as she rifled through it. “There’ll be plenty of time later once we finally open this chest.” She assured herself as they pulled out their respective keys.
“Time to finally unravel the mystery of the Tree of Harmony girls.” Twilight announced as they all inserted their keys into the mysterious blue box that they now would finally unlock. “This could be a whole new age for Equestria.”
With those words they turned the keys as one.
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oh Twilight... you never were one to listen to random pieces of paper that tell you to do things- oh wait. you do. all the time. so why stop now? are you bipolar? I think that's it. Lesson Zero was a warning, people.
and as for the story... I liked it. I would think this would be more fit for a longer, multi-chapter story chronicling more about what went wrong as the Elements went about getting the keys. but as it is, I enjoyed it.
Well they're screwed
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Probably could do but I already have multiple ongoing stories, just wanted to give this concept a whirl.
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oh I understand completely. and like I said, it's fine as is.
Well that was... interesting... I like it.
What came from the box sounds awfully familiar, but I can't remember what it is.
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The idea was that it was the Pony of Shadows from episode 3 gaining a physical form.
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Yeah I know that, but I was referring to the idea that the Pony of Shadows would not stop until it had brought about true, total harmony by wiping out anything that could potentially cause disharmony ever again.
I'm sure that I've heard something similar before, but not in a fic. But I just can't remember where, and was recently.
So awesome... Hoping that you did not fall asleep with a prophetic dream last night as your inspiration.
On a better note, yay doctor!
Damn it Twilight!
Wow....just wow.
Twilight, you dumb bitch.
Is the pony of shadows similar to the snow horese from the play?
The Pony of Shadows is similar to the ultimate weapon from Pokemon X/Y. Once unlocked/used, it will destroy everything to end the disharmony and create a new world.
3575618 You mean the Windegoes?
3575824 Yeah, them. I forgot their name.
Daaaaaaaammmmnnnnn.
This was dark and incredibly good.
~Skeeter The Lurker
And le shite hits ze fan.
I just... what? No. Just... no. Why couldn't Doctor Whooves go back in time to take the chest to another spot. He can take minutes to write, but not a second to go back in time?
The more I think about this, the more my brain hurts. Unless you explained everything in the story, then ignore me. I'm extremely sleep-deprived. 
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You'll notice that I never said Doctor Whooves had a Tardis in this story.
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That sounds like something out of Doctor Who or Spider-Man, or something like that, with a lot of recurring big-time villains.
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I've seen a lot of things that use the idea, couldn't tell you which one I got the idea from but almost certainly it was from something I watched/read/played recently.
Heh, for a second I thought the box held the Triforce or something like that. I mean that's how the story for it goes anyway.
Reminds me of RainbowBob's Discord story where Twilight uses a reforming spell on him.
3577687 Ok. That was me acting like a stupid person. You'll be surprised at just a few hours lack of sleep can affect your mental skills. I live in Australia, so my time might be different to yours (depending on where you live).
3575797 ... why did you bring pokemon into this perfectly good story?!
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I was merely pointing out a similarity.
I'm sorry, I didn't mean to cause offense
Twilight, Rarity, Applejack, Flutter shy, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash DONT OPEN THE BOX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! DESTROY IT
Glad i finally decided to give this a read and it was worth it. Never would have thought of this concept. Puts my idea to shame. anyway, good job and continue writing,mate.
Makes sense. In canon, the keys were found by the element bearers coming to understand the elements in a way that enriched their lives and the lives of others. Thus, the keys the obtained were manifestation of that realization, and they unlocked the gentler force of harmony. But had they attained the keys through cruelty, they might unlock something just as vile as what spawned those keys. An interesting, if horrific possibility.
Though it also makes me wonder what made the bearers like that. Did the pursuit reveal them for monsters, or did the greed of the rest of Equestria force them to become monsters? After all, they might have thought they'd release Harmony to the people and end their greed and violence, thus justifying their own need for violence.
Went back in time to the wrong timeline eh?
I definitely sense a time loop.