> the Change of Harmony > by criana > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > The Escape > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- My mane flowing softly in the wind. The rain dripping on my head. My wings sore and tired, I had to sit down and rest for at least a few minutes. I sat under a big tree in the Everfree Forest. I only saw rain, puddles, mud, and trees. The wind started to blow harder against the leaves of the trees nearby. I heard sticks falling on the ground. It has been a year since I have seen my so called "friends". I couldn't remember much about them but their cutie marks, but I didn't want to remember any of them at all, and yet I still do. I felt small drops against my face as I began crying harder every moment. To my surprise, I found myself walking. I didn't know why, so I tried to stop, but I couldn't. I found this small path which led me to this very small hut. I saw what looked like a zebra. I knocked on her door, and she answered. "Who has come by? Why, it's Fluttershy!" She paused a moment. "Do you not remember me?" I had stopped crying but it still looked like I was still crying. I looked around and started to remember. "Zecora? Zecora! Oh, it was awful! The others were scaring me!" She looked at me puzzled. I told her everything. There had to be an explaination for this! " I went to Twilight's house and she answered the door and punched me in the face! Then Rainbow came and she played pranks on me and she brought the others to laugh at me and they kicked me a lot after that. I turned around before i ran into the Everfree Forest but then I heard someone like applejack say something like we do need you! So I turned around and Twilght kicked me! I didn't see AppleJack there so I turned around, but I shouldn't have turned around." I started crying again. " It's okay! But anyway, your "friends" have been saying you have been missing since last May! Let's take you back to Ponyville, to your real friends, it would be a thrill!" " Okay?.." She led me to her carraige which was powered by a motor. She rolled my window down and the wind flowed through my mane once more. Once we arrived in Ponyville, we knocked on Twilight's door to make make sure she wasnt evil still. Twilight answered the door and kicked Zecora. It was 15 minutes later when Zecora got knocked out. I wasn't watching because it was too scary but I knew what was happening. I quickly punched blood covered Twilight and brought Zecora home. I put her in her bed. 3 hours later, I Went back to Ponyville to collect the Elements of Harmony. Zecora was still asleep and it was 8:00 PM when I arrived in Ponyville. Twilight was sleeping just like everypony else in Equestria and so I went into her house and got the Elements of Harmony. I put Twilight's crown on her head, but nothing happened. She wasn't cursed by Discord or anything like that, and she still had her color, too. > Going to Canterlot > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I left for Canterlot around an hour ago at the train station. I have one more hour left until I can get there. The Elements of Harmony are with me, but they seem to have a shade of black on them. I dont notice any other differences besides the new shade of black, but this could be a problem a huge one! Zecora is with me on the train. I put on my Element and I feel unsafe and scared. Zecora identified these as the new "Elements of Harm". I wasn't one of them though. The new elements are: Lying, Rudeness, Disloyal, Overpowered, Selfishness, and Crying. We arrived in Canterlot and we walked to the castle to inform the princesses. I look around and no pony is there. I hear a very quiet sound, the sound of crying! I follow the sound into the library and look to the ground to see Princess Celestia on the floor with a book over her face, and Princess Luna crying while staring at her older sister on the floor. "What happened??" I asked. Zecora asked where the kitchen was so she could try and brew a potion for poor Princess Celestia. " Twilight Sparkle came in and told my sister to read a book she had cast a spell on. Not knowing, my sister looked at one word and fell to the ground. I noticed her breathing but it has been three days and she still hasn't woken up yet. I have had to raise the sun and the moon. I don't think she will wake up." Princess Luna told me. I looked at her mane to find pink stripes in her mane, just like what happened to Princess Celestia when she sent Luna to the moon. We heard a noise and quickly hid behind or under anything we could find. AJ worried as heck, rushes through the door. "Hello? Anypony in here? It's me, AppleJack!" We came out of our hiding places. "Phew. It's just you! Come to warn us about Twi-" Luna got didn't get to finish. "Yup! Zecora told me ya'll were in here so I came as fast as I could! And Luna, I'm so very sorry about what happened to Celestia! and she told me yesterday Fluttershy!" " Well I tried reading the book but I guess it only works on it's first victim. I have also tried to undo the spell, but only the one who cast it can undo it. We will force Twilight to undo the spell and then we will send her to another galaxy far away from here, but my daughter would have to do that. And she will never be allowed to return, amd those Elements of Harm will be turned back into the Elements of Harmony and we'll try to do something about the others, but nothing will work on Twilight. My daughter is a pegusus named Mine Disc she is a new Princess and will control the galaxies with her wings- the most powerful wings in all of Equestria!" I looked at this new Princess. She had two cutie marks, one a galaxy with a star on top- a star kind of like Twilight's- and a disc from a new videogame. She was friendly and had a nice looking mane and a great singing voice. Luna told me instead of only 6 elements there will now be seven and the seventh element is... MUSIC! > AJ's Plan > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Mine Disc knew what to do. She had everything on a note in case this did happen, but when the terrible flood happened about 3 months ago, she lost the note and now she can't even remember anything on it except for avoiding the person who cast the spell." Luna told us. "She is thinking of another way but I don't think she can get this done in time!" Mine Disc was under a lot of pressure. "I CAN'T THINK OF ANYTHING TO DO!!! If only I hadn't lost that note I took when I was a filly." She felt shamed. "Don't worry Princess. It's alright, we just need the new Elements of Harmony and we already have four of them, me, you, Luna, and Fluttershy! We just need three more, Laugter, Loyalty, and Magic. And I know just who to call for those elements!" Said AJ, trying to make sure everypony's hopes got up just a little. " You can call me Disc, and who do you want to call? I can fly over and get them!" Said Disc as she streched out her wings and began to fly. She flew around in a circle twice, and then landed. " Woah! You can fly really fast! Faster than Rainbow Dash! Or now Rainbow Smash because she smashes pony's feelings." Fluttershy said to Disc. Disc said thank you and turned to AJ. "Okay, I want: Sunset Shimmer as the element of magic, Derpy Whooves as the element of loyalty, and Cheese as the element of laughter." Said AJ still thinking on what to do next. "Okay AJ!" said Disc as she flew away towards Cloudsdale. > The Change > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- "AJ? What are we gonna do while Disc is gone getting the new elements?" Asked Fluttershy wishing to do something productive. " We make the jewels, the golden necklaces and we pour some of our element into our gems and put them in the necklaces! That's what we'll do!" AJ replied. Disc flew with the wonderful breeze of fresh air she hadn't felt in years! Ever since she took flying lessons with her mother. She landed on this giant cloud which led to Cloudsdale. As she walked along the path she saw every male mare and mail colt looking for the lemon maned pegasus known as Derpy Whooves to most ponies. She heard something or somepony calling "Ditzy Doo?! Oh sorry Derpy Whooves?!" And she heard another faint voice. " But, sir, I just don't know what went wrong!" " Derpy Whooves, you know exactly what went wrong now go and fix it!" " I don't really know what happened, sir but I'll try and figure it out sir! I promise! I won't let you down!" "That's the good Derpy I know!" Disc flew down to Derpy and said " Hello, Derpy! I'm princess Luna's daughter, you may not know me but I am telling the truth! We need you at the castle now!" "Um.. okay Princess!" replied Derpy. Is somebody playing a very cruel joke on me? To make me think something really bad is going on here? Please.... DON'T HURT ME! Derpy thought to herself Derpy followed Disc to Ponyville and tried to find Cheese Sandwich and once they found him, they'd pick him up and leave for Canterlot to meet up with Sunset Shimmer. It was a very long way, especially when Derpy couldn't keep up with Disc and Disc had to slow down with the tall earthpony on her back and Derpy got even slower with the unicorn on her back. But, soon enough they made it to the castle, and were told what they needed to do. > The Reactions > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( Fluttershy's POV ) Derpy sat in awe, while watching Princess Luna raise the sun. She was wondering Why? What could have happened to Princess Celestia? How did Princess Luna react?! Derpy and the others had bowed to Luna when she turned around. When we all sat down, we sat around Princess Celestia. Luna tried to bring back Celestia. She had tried many spells, and yet Celestia hadn't waken up. Luna tried to listen to Celestia's heart beat, but it had slowley faded to one last small Thump and I noticed Luna started crying. No one had known what happened until Luna had announced in a quiet voice. "She's gone..." she said. "My last spell backfired, and the magic became too strong for her weak condition,.... there was nothing even I could have done." everypony had started looking down and sobbing. Once we all had stopped crying, we broke out into a song, a sad song. We all thought about you, thinking you'd never leave us, hoping that our lives would get better under your rule. No one knew, and no one yet knows, but you will be remembered forever... and in our hearts you'll live. We never thought your power could fade, and wished you'd stay but now you have to go, but don't worry, we know you're still here. No one knew, and no one yet knows, but you will be remembered forever... and in our hearts you'll live, and we will make you proud. Luna's action will be remembered forever, but not for her misake, for her great deed of love towards her sister and the fact she was sent to a better place. Now Luna is ruler and will raise the sun and the moon for as long as she lives. " but, we cannot stop creting new elements of harmony!" said Luna. " Her funeral will be... once this war is over between us and the Elements of Harm." I didn't think we could make it happen, but we got the new Elements of Harmony finished. We all put on our elements and I felt the energy of the new elements. The energy made me feel more powerful and kind again, and I didn't feel as glum as I had before this had all happened. > The Confession > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ( Mine Disc's POV ) ( bet you didn't see that coming did ya?) We started getting ready for the battle, and we were almost ready when something terrible had happened. I saw this green magic and black ponies all around. They had fly wings and really small horns- almost like a filly unicorn. They had holes in their bodies, and they looked like they were growing sharp teeth. One came at me, and really close to my side, so I hit it with my wing. It flew up, seeing my wing strike and then, when I turned around I saw their "Queen". The green magic was coming from that tall pony who ruled these creatures. My mother told me about them once, I think they were called... Err... what was it? I gave up remembering it and moved toward my mother. "Mom?! What are these things???" Mother replied to me "These creatures are called Changelings. I had created one named Auntaumbra but my sister had sent her away, and afterwards proved she was strong and created more of them like herself- but smaller. She had made them call her Queen Chrisalis and they respected her. But this Queen doesn't look like her, maybe it is a new colony or a new Queen." "But Mother.... the Queen one looks kind of like Twilight Sparkle! The student who used to visit us all the time, and who we are suppose to fight... against?" I replied to my Mother looking up to see Twilight staring right into my eyes and then once she started talking, I noticed the castle was falling apart and heard screams of pain out in Canterlot. I hit her with my wing when she got to my Mother. "LET GO OF HER!" I screamed at Twilight. She turned to me again and hit me with her horn. "Hahaha, and that is coming from the weak daughter of Luna hey? The so-called "alicorn" without a horn? You are WEAK! WEAK I TELL YOU" AND YOU WILL NEVER BE AS POWERFUL AS EVEN FLUTTERSHY!" She started telling me. I was already insecure enough, nopony even knew. I had no friends, or even a pony to spend some time with. I was also very sad that I was born differently, I was born with a terrible condition. I was born with a crooked and broken horn and the doctor had the cut it off to do surgery on my bones so the could work better and properly. I didn't have a noticeable scar, so I told everypony I met (who was pretty much nopony) my fake story. But I couldn't handle this, I stared back at this pony and cried. I put on my element, and felt a burst of energy. I noticed something comic out of my head. It was blue, my favorite color! I looked at it and it was a horn! Everyone stared with excitement except for the changelings of course. Then, the remaining evil ponies jumped through the window. I saw Rarity, my fashion favorite! I read about her in magazines that my Mother had brought home. But she looked different, like her mane and tail were black and she had red eyes with blood everywhere! I was scared and slowly backed away. I tried to use my magic and nothing happened. My Mother told me I could use my magic, because I didn't have any. I wasn't born with it! I was happy 'cuz I didn't wntthat thing on my head anymore. It was really hard to see above me. I ran up and stabbed my horn into the Queen of the changelings when she wasn't looking, and she was bloody on her side and blood was dripping from my horn. There was no point in trying to use my magic because I didn't have any. She died with the last words of "NO, I COULDNT HAVE BEEN KILLED BY THE UNPOWERFUL ONE! NOOOOO..." I replied saying that I knew I was too smart for her. I was safe from her but what we needed to do after was the hardest part. "How do we get all of these changelings out of here? And what will we do about the destruction of Equestria? The Queen of those creatures wasn't killed by magic so they are still here!" said AJ. "I know what to! Are you thinking what I'm thinking Sunset Shimmer?" replied Luna "Yes I sure am!" replied Sunset Shimmer > The New Life > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- (Sunset Shimmer's POV) We ran into a castle that was apparently ruins. It wasn't Celestia and Luna's old castle. It seemed like a Star-Swirl themed kinda thing. There was a legend that there were two trees. Not just ordinary trees, but special ones. The one proven to be real was the Tree of Harmony. The other tree is call the Tree of Magic, a tree that has the ability to do something that has never been done before. Kill any pony or ponies you want. It can do a lot more things just not as violent. It was suppose to be in Star-Swirl's castle We were walking in the forest. This was definitely it. The blue, white, and yellow on the walls- or what used to be walls- could help make it clear to you, that this was it. We walked into a small room, or shed now because the rest of the castle was gone. It was his magic room. We saw so many items. Potions, cauldrons, bottles of water, and ...blood? We opened a closet and saw a green wig. We tugged on it and out fell the body of his student. Clover? Clover the Clever? Something's going on here, and it is not good. I used my magic to take her dead body out of the bloody closet. We noticed something shiny and saw an old, rusty, bloody saw. We looked at Clover and noticed a long cut along her back. She couldn't have done that to herself. We knew the only person who could have done that to her was... STAR SWIRL! He wasn't as great as ponies made him seem. Was he? Luckily, Luna had thread. She sewed Clover's wounded skin back together. I knew some back to life spells that i tried on Celestia, but didn't work on her, but she was under a spell. Clover I could cast the spell on, so I did. And when I did, we heard this ear piercing scream. (Clover's POV) I screamed as I waited for my teacher to kill me. I opened my eyes to realize, I'm not with my teacher."Where am I?" I manage to get out. I see some other ponies standing in front of me. 'Where am I? Am I Dead? What year is it?' I had so many and almost too many to ask.