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Harry Potter: The Seventh Element

by WriterPON3

Chapter 35: Chapter 34: Luna Eclipsed Part 1

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html>Harry Potter: The Seventh Element

Harry Potter: The Seventh Element

by WriterPON3


Chapters


  • 1. Chapter 1
  • 2. Chapter 2
  • 3. Chapter 3: Mare In The Moon Part 1
  • 4. Chapter 4: Mare In The Moon Part 2
  • 5. Chapter 5: The Best Night Ever
  • 6. How We Met
  • 7. Chapter 7: Over A Barrel
  • 8. Chapter 8: Griffon The Brush Off
  • 9. Chapter 9: Hearts and Hooves Day
  • 10. Chapter 10: Applejack's Dating?
  • 11. Chapter 11: Apple Family Reunion Part 1
  • 12. Chapter 12: Apple Family Reunion Part 2
  • 13. Mini Chapter: The Lesson of Truth
  • 14. Chptr 14: Royal Canterlot Wedding Part 1
  • 15. Chapter 15: Canterlot Wedding Part 2
  • 16. Chapter 16: Return of Harmony Part 1
  • 17. Chapter 17: Return of Harmony Part 2
  • 18. Chapter 18: Return of Harmony
  • 19. Chapter 19: The Aftermath Part 1
  • 20. Chapter 20: Aftermath Part 2
  • 21. Chapter 21: Baby Cakes
  • 22. Chapter 22: Wonderbolt Academy Part 1
  • 23. Chapter 23: Wonderbolt Academy Part 2
  • 24. Chapter 24:Wonderbolt Academy Part 3
  • 25. Chp 25 ADayInTheLifeOfAnAlicornPrince
  • 26. Ode To Brian
  • 27. Chapter 26: MMMMystery Part 1
  • 28. Chapter 27: MMMMystery Part 2
  • 29. Chapter 28: Dragon Quest Part 1
  • 30. Chapter 29: Dragon Quest Part 2
  • 31. Chapter 30: Dragon Quest Part 3
  • 32. Chapter 31 Bridle Gossip Part 1
  • 33. Chapter 32 Bridle Gossip Part 2
  • 34. Chapter 33: Bridle Gossip Part 3
  • 35. Chapter 34: Luna Eclipsed Part 1
  • 36. Chapter 35: Luna Eclipsed Part 2
  • 37. Chapter 36: Luna Eclipsed Part 3
  • 38. Chapter 37: The Father Part 1
  • 39. Chapter 38: The Father Part 2 (Ponies Ba
  • 40. Chapter 39: The Father Part 3
  • 41. Chapter 40: Be Brave and Flutter On 1
  • 42. Chapter 42: Be Brave And Flttr On Part 2
  • 43. Chapter 43: The Alicorn Flu Part 1
  • 44. Chapter 44: Alicorn Flu Part 2
  • 45. Chapter 45: Alicorn Hibernation
  • 1. Chapter 1

    This is a fic I want someone to adopt. I think it could blossom into a nice fic but I don't know enough about My Little Pony: FIM.

    Chapter 1: The Baby Alicorn

    "AVADA KEDAVRA!" A snake faced wizard shouted as he fully intended to end the life of this particular infant. Harry James Potter. He had been obssessed with finding this child ever since Severus had told him of the Prophecy given to Dumbledore by Sybil Trewlaney. But somethings wrong...His curse is hovering in front of the boy!

    BOOM!

    With a flash of pink energy, Harry James Potter vanished from Earth.

    Equestria. Apple Acres, Ponyville...Dusk...

    Applejack Apple phwewed as she finished bucking the last barrel of apples from the last tree of the day. The mare had been working all day alongside her older brother Big Macintosh and was exhausted.

    FLASH

    A flash of pink energy appeared on the farm.

    "Wha' th' hay?" Applejack asked outloud with genuine curiosity. She took off at a run toward the energy burst and ignored Granny Smith who had called her in for dinner. It was at the edge of their property. She came to halt at a basket. And gasped.

    In the basket was a green pony with pegasus wings and a horn. An Alicorn! He was green with a messy black mane and had the most beautiful green eyes.

    She saw a note.

    Applejack Apple

    This infant is not from Equestria by birth. But you are the Pony incarnation of his birth mother. Please take care of him

    Fate

    Applejack was confused. How could this adorable infant not be Equestrian by birth? She cooed at him as he tried to grab her nose with his hoofs. His basket had a name plate.

    "My name is Harry."

    She had already fallen in love with the infant.

    To Be Continued By Some nice Author?

    So that's the gidst of the plot. It was inspired by Harry Trotter by cornholio40 or whatever his name is that I'm too lazy to look up right now. Hopefully some nice author who is more knowledgable about MLP FIM will adopt this. You can rewrite the first chapter if you want but keep the following

    Baby Harry is turned into an Alicorn

    He grows up with Apple Bloom and the Cutie Mark Crusaders and calls Apple Bloom Auntie even though their the same age.

    Is kidnapped by Nightmare Moon and taught basics of magic before his mother and the other Mane 6 find him

    Gains his cutie mark after being named the brand new 7th Element of Harmony, Love, and banishes Nightmare Moon from Princess Luna forever.

    I really hope someone adopts this fic. I don't like seeing good plot bunnies go to waste. Like the fic Outaishi where Naruto is adopted by the King of Bear Country.

    2. Chapter 2

    I've decided to give this a shot since I found transcripts for the episodes on the FIM wiki. By the way, did you know HUB is playing the same episodes repeatedly all week? WTH? Anyway there's a couple of changes.

    Harry is no longer the same age as Applebloom. He's about two years younger but still in the same class as the CMC.

    Harry's Alicorn form is hidden by a spell that an elderly, kind unicorn put over him.

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    Chapter 2: Friendship is Magic Part 1

    "Once upon a time in the magical land of Equestria, there where two regal sisters who ruled together, and created harmony for all the land. To do this, the elder used her unicorn powers to raise the sun at dawn; the younger brought out the moon and the two sisters maintained balance for their kingdom and their subjects, all the different types of ponies. But as time went on, the younger sister became resentful. The ponies relished and played in the day her sister brought forth, but shunned and slept through the beautiful night she created for them. One fateful day, the younger unicorn refused to lower the moon to make way for the dawn. The elder sister tried to reason with her, but the bitterness in the young one's heart had transformed her into the wicked mare of darkness. Nightmare Moon. She vowed one day that she would shroud the land in eternal night. Reluctantly, the elder sister harnessed the most powerful magic known to Ponydom: The Elements of Harmony. Though incomplete, missing only one, a mysterious Seventh Element, the older sister used the six Elements in her possession to defeat her younger sister and banish her to the moon. The older sister took on responsibility for both the sun and the moon...

    "And Harmony has been maintained in Equestria evr' since." Finished Applejack to a young colt. He was small, green colored and had a messy black mane. And green eyes adults said looked into their very souls. Her son. Harry Trotter. She had changed the last name on the basket to fit a last name one might find on Equesria. He was the light of her life. She looked down at the six year old colt and smiled. He was asleep already. Doing housework with Granny Smith wore him out. It wasn't much, but he was too little to work out in the fields yet. So he did household chores with Granny Smith while the rest of the Apple family tended to their farm. He often ran errands for her as well. Ponyville was one of the safest towns in the country so there was no worried he would be ponienapped. At least, as long as his condition was kept secret. See, he wan't just a regular unicorn. He had WINGS! He was an Alicorn like Princess Celestia. And while she was sure the Princess would never hurt th' little one, she would fight flat tooth and hoof to keep him. One of the older unicorns in town had been kind enough to hid Harry's wings so they blended into his body with a handy hiding spell.

    "Goo'night sugarcube." Applejack whispered to the young colt. Giving him a quick kiss on his scar which made his ears twitch. She pulled his blanket over him and left their attic room.

    "Let the skyfall. Let it crumble..." She heard coming from downstairs along with the sounds of dishes being done. "We will stand tall and face it all together at Skyfall."

    "I thought I told Applebloom not to go see Skyfall. Or any James Hoof movies for that matter." Applejack said in confusion.

    Applejack was a big James Hoof fan. Applejack could blame their big brother Big Macintosh for that. He gave her the books he never got to reading and she loved them. She had read all of them at least twenty times and seen every movie. Much to Applejack's dismay. She thought those movies where too violent for fillies. Not to mention the scenes too young for foals under eighteen. Like when Hoof seduces the mares..

    "Applebloom!" She snapped at the younger mare who eeped and turned suddenly. "Did you go see Skyfall?"

    "No Applejack. I heard the song on...the radio! Yeah that's it, the radio!"

    Applejack wouldn't be fooled that easily. She had seen the movie to see if Applebloom could see this one. "Wasn' James and M's wedding the prettiest wedding you'd evr' seen?"

    "What? M and James didn't get married! M died!" Then she realised what she just said. "Oops." She layed her ears back and grinned cheekily.

    "Yer grounded." Applejack said. "No Clubhouse for a month."

    "Worth it." Applebloom said perkily before turning right back to the dishes.

    "In your loving arms hm hm me from harm. Put your head in my hand and let the Skyfaaalll." Applejack sighed, shook her head and left her little sister to her dishes.

    After overseeing all the evening chores, Applejack went back up to the attic she shared with her son and curled up in her own bed.

    To Be Continued...

    The scene with Skyfall just popped in my head while listening to Skyfall's theme. It kicks ass! Much better than Die Another Day! While I haven't seen Skyfall yet, I looked it up on Wikipedia.

    I tried other words with James name and it diddn't work out. So James Hoof he is ^^ He is a suave black colored Stallion with a dark colored mane and a cutie mark of hmm...I can't think of one. What should Jame's Hoof's cutie mark be? It can't be 007. And I don't think they have pistols on Equestria...

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    3. Chapter 3: Mare In The Moon Part 1

    A/N: Sorry this took so long. I've been coming up with ideas for trying to involve Harry in certain episodes. For instance, Apple Family Reunion will be about Harry's introduction to the rest of the Apple Family and his insecurities that they will not accept him because he is an alicorn (unicorn publically.) The reunion will be every 3 years instead of every 100 moons so when they are here for FIM Parts 1 and 2 is the 3 year mark. Applejack hid Harry when he was a baby and Applebloom was 2 and when he was 5 he was in Manehattan with Big Macintosh closing a land deal.

    A little bit about Harry's life in Ponyville...

    Harry goes to school with Applebloom and the CMC and the rest of their class (Including Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon unfortunately) and is friends with most of the class. Occasionally hanging out with all of them at different times. Including Snips and Snails. He usually bails them out of trouble they've gotten themselves in.

    Because of Harry's normally gentle nature most of their class is protective of their youngest classmate. Yes, even Snips and Snails. Their not bad ponies, just not very bright.

    Featherweight and Shady Daze are his best friends. Shady Daze is the Earth Pony foal who ran the presses in Ponyville Confidential and was promoted to staff photographer at the end when Featherweight was named the new Editor-In-Chief.

    Chapter 3: Friendship Is Magic Part 2

    It was the day before the Summer Sun Celebration. A purple unicorn and a baby dragon where making their way to Sweet Apple Acres to be sure everything was in order.

    "Yeehaw!" Applejack shouted as she took off at a run at a full apple tree. THUD. She swung her back legs to the tree and all the apples fell in the baskets surrounding it. But for some reason, one of the baskets was over full.

    "Wha' the hay?" The orange Earth Pony scratched her head for a moment before walking up to it. In the shadowy part of the pile, two green eyes blinked up at her before a young colt's head came up with a yawn.

    "Momma couldn't you have woken me up by shaking me?" Harry asked as he rubbed his eyes before jumping out of the apple bin.

    "Sorry sugarcube, that's what ya get fer napin' in the apple bins when yer uncle Macintosh takes 'em out to the trees." She ruffled his mane with her hooves. "Now go help Granny Smith with dinner.

    "Yes Momma." The secret Alicorn yawned and trotted off to their house. Just as the purple unicorn and baby dragon came onto the property.

    "Okay, it says here a pony called Applejack is in charge of the catering." The mare read from a checklist. She heard a "Yeehaw!" And saw An orange Earth Pony running towards another tree and swinging her back legs at it bucking it. Apples fell in bins surrounding the trees. Twilight sighed. "Let's get this over with.' She trotted up to the Earth Pony mare. "Good afternoon, I'm Twilight Sparkle-"

    "Well Howdy-doo Miss Twilight, a pleasure makin' your aquaintance. We here at Sweet Apple Acres love to make new friends."

    "Friends?" Twilight shock asked. "Actually I-"

    "So what can I do ya for?" The orange mare asked kindly.

    Twilight cleared her throat before speaking. "I come here from Canterlot to supervise the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration. And I'm looking for a pony called Applejack.

    "That's me. Good ol' reliable Applejack." Applejack introduced herself.

    "And your in charge of the catering?"

    "Yep. We sure as sugar are. Would you care to sample a bit?"

    Twilight's stomach grumbled quietly. "Well as long as it doesn't take long."

    Applejack got out a triangle. And rang it loudly. "SOUPS ON EVERYPONY!" She shouted loudly.

    Soon Twilight and Spike found themselves at a picnic table surrounded by Earth Ponies. And a unicorn?

    "Now why don't I introduce y'all to the Apple family?"

    "Uh, thanks but I really need to get going and-"

    But Applejack had already started. "This here's Apple Fritter." And a mare brought Twilight the food of her namesake. "This is Apple Bumpkin, Red Gala, Red Delicious, Golden Delicious, Caramel Apple, Apple Strudel, Apple Tart, Baked Apples, Apple Brioche, Apple Cinnamon Crisp," She took a deep breath before continuing as Twilight sampled the delicious apple based treats. "Big Macintosh," A large, red sltallion held up an apple, "Apple Bloom," She pointed to a Filly who was slightly larger than the unocorn in the crowd. "Granny Smith, yo Granny Smith! Wake up! We got guests!"

    The elderly mare grunted awake. "What's that? Soup's on? I'm a comin'." She got up and headed over to a large, floating pot. held in the air by the small unicorn with a messy, black colored mane and tail and a blue coat who apparently was practicing magic already.

    "And this here's mah son. Harry."

    "Son? But he's a-"

    "Adopted." Applejack whispered.

    "Oh. Right." Twilight felt stupid for not realizing. "Well I see the food situation's under control. So We'll just be going now."

    "Aren't you gonna stay for brunch?" The little filly called Applebloom asked.

    "Sorry, but we have a lot to do so..."

    All the Apple family let out a disappointed "Aww."

    Suddenly her stomach grumbled. "Okay."

    Then the family cheered. They loved to have guests.

    About two hours later Twilight and Spike where walking the streets of Ponyville. Spike patted his tummy. "Food's all taken care of. Next comes the weather."

    They heard little hooves trotting. And the little unicorn colt from Sweet Apple Acres came up. "Momma said I could walk you through town. I got somethin' to pick up at Miss Rarity's anyway and she's in charge of the decorations."

    "He's right." Spike said, checking the list. "A unicorn called Rarity is in charge of the decorating this year.

    "Besides, Spike broke my pie eating record. Two whole pies." He and Spike playfully glared at each other. Twilight rolled her eyes. Boys.

    "Okay, you can tag along." Twilight said to the younger unicorn. She felt something odd with his magic. Like something was being hidden. "But we're going to check on the weather pony first."

    "That'd be Rainbow Dash." Harry said. "But it looks like she's been practicing for the Wonderbolts again." He said as he noticed the clouds in the sky.

    "Right again." Spike said checking the list. "A Pegasi called Rainbow Dash is supposed to be keeping the clouds away.

    "Well she's obviously not doing a very good-"

    WHAM Twilight, Harry and Spike where slammed into a mud puddle by a Rainbow Colored blur.

    "Uh, 'scuse me?." The Rainbow maned pony laughed sheepishly. "Sorry Little guy. New Pony. Hang on, I'll get ya cleaned up."

    "Twilight and Spike groaned before There was suddenly a rain cloud over all three of them. They where suddenly soaked.

    "Oops." The pegasi laughed sheepishly again. "Guess I overdid it a little bit. Um...uh," She looked over at the foal and mare who where drenched. "I know, how about this? My very own, patented Rain-Blow Dry!".

    And suddenly The three where swept up in a rainbow colored tornado. In ten seconds the tornado stopped. She suddenly went into a fit of laughter. Her "Blow Dry" left Harry and Twilight's mane and tails all puffy. "Sorry." She laughed again.

    "I'm guessing your Rainbow Dash." Twilight said.

    "The one and only." Rainbow Dash said proudly."Why you heard of me?"

    "Nope. I heard you where supposed to keep the sky clear. I'm Twilight Sparkle. The Princess sent me to check on the preparations for the Summer Sun Celebration."

    "Yeah yeah, I'll do it in a snap after I'm done practicing."

    "For what?" Twilight asked forgetting about what Harry told her earlier.

    "The Wonderbolts! Their gonna perform at the Celebration tomorrow and I'm gonna show 'em my stuff!"

    "The Wonderbolts?" Twilight asked.

    "Yep." The Rainbow maned pegasi said proudly.

    "The GREATEST flyers in Equestria? I'd hardly think they would accept a pegasi who couldn't keep the sky clear for one measly day."

    "Hey!" Rainbow Dash said in an insulted tone. "I'd never leave Ponyville hanging! I could get this sky clear in ten seconds flat!"

    "Prove it." Twilight dared her.

    "Nice." Harry winked up at Twilight and gave her a elbow nudge. "When Miss Dash gets prideful she gets back on her tasks."

    "See?" Rainbow Dash came back as fast as 10 seconds. "Ten seconds flat. I told you I'd never leave Ponyville hangin'." She got a look at the bewildered Twilight. Then laughed again. "You should see the look on your face. Your a neat pony Twilight. Hope we get to hang out some more." She zoomed off with a RainBoom.

    "Wow. She's amazing!" Spike said in awe.

    "Rrgh" Twilight grunted. Harry giggled as he started toward Castle Boutique.

    "Wait! Its kinda pretty once you get used to it!" Spike protested as the two ponies wandered off.

    "Decorations." Spike checked the box on the list. Then got a good look at Rarity. "Beautiful."

    "Yes." Twilight agreed as she got a look at the decorations. "The decor is coming along quite nicely. This oughta be quick." Then noticed Spikes behavior. "Spike?" She asked with a raised eyebrow.

    "Don't worry. Miss Rarity's used to stallions willing to eat right off her hooves." Harry told Twilight. "She's got lotsa suitors in town. But she wants Sweetie Belle to grow up before considering marriage."

    A white coated mare with a blue mane and tail was levitating various decor to her. "No. No. Oh goodness no."

    Harry walked right up to her. "Hi Miss Rarity."

    "Hello Harry. I've got your saddlebag right...OH MY HEAVENS YOUR MANE!" She dropped the decorations at the horror show that was Harry's and Twilight's manes.

    "Two words. Rainbow Dash." Harry said with an irritated voice. "Please can you just fix it back to normal?"

    "Of course darling. Coming right up." She got out a brush, blow dryer and comb and went to work on Harry's mane and tail. Soon it was normal again. "There we are. Good as new."

    "Thank you."

    "No trouble. I wouldn't send you back to Applejack like that, she'd skin me alive."

    "Momma would probably just laugh her flank off." Harry protested. "Auntie Applebloom too."

    "Language." Rarity scolded. "Now, I've fixed your saddlebag. And enchanted it with an Unbreakable Expansion Charm. Meaning that no matter how many things you put in your saddlebag, it won't burst again. I've also fixed it with a charm that will make it stay the same size it is now and a Featherweight Charm."

    "Wow! Thank you Miss Rarity!" Harry said excitedly.

    "Wait, how'd he break it in the first place?" Twilight questioned.

    "Too many heavy books from the school library." Rarity said simply. "He's been studying magic for a year now. Reading anything he can get his hooves on. Speaking of which, here's a little number that could lighten Granny Smith's workload." She levitated him a copy of Household Cleaning Charms. Right into his Saddlebag which didn't expand like she promised.

    "Thank you Miss Rarity." Harry's face lit up.

    "And Sweetie Belle called an emergency meeting of the CMC. There all upstairs now."

    "Thank you Miss Rarity." Harry started upstairs. "Hope we can hang out again Spike!" He called back down and Spike waved bye.

    "Wait!" Twilight said. "What about payment?"

    "Oh I don't charge for little things like a ripped Saddlebag. And the extras are simple charms I could do in my sleep. Now, about your mane..."

    Two hours later...

    "Emeralds! What was I thinking! Let me get you some rubies!"

    "Quick!" Twilight pleaded with the baby dragon assisstant. "Before she decides to dye my coat a new color!" The two ran out of Castle Boutique.

    The meeting with Fluttershy went by pretty smoothly even though the shy pegasi mare barely spoke to her. Then she saw Spike.

    "Ooh! A baby dragon!" She said excitedly.

    She then followed them back to the library while Spike told her his life story. "Well I started out as this cute little purple and green egg..."

    They reached the library at night fall. "And that's the story of my life until now. Well...except for today. Ooh! Do you wanna hear about today?"

    Spike grunted as Twilight bounced him roughly and he had to hold on.

    "Aww wook at that. He's so sweepy he can't even keep his own bawance."

    "Poor thing." Fluttershy said kindly. "You simply must get into bed..."

    "Yes, yes, we'll get right on that. Well, g'night!" Twilight said and rudely slammed the door into Fluttershy's face.

    "Rude much?" Spike asked.

    "Sorry Spike, but I have to convince the Princess that Nightmare Moon is coming. And we're running out of time! I just need to be alone so I can study without a bunch of crazy ponies trying to make friends all the time. Now, where's that light?" She flicked the light switch.

    "SURPRISE!" Everypony in the room said. Even Harry was there next to Applejack. Suddenly a crazy pink ponie called Pinkie Pie went on one of her usual rants about how Twilight was new and if she was new then Pinkie didn't know her because she knew EVERYPONY in Ponyville.

    "Ooh, hot sauce." Spike said as he grabbed a bottle and a plate of muffins. After he poured hot sauce all over every muffin on his plate Pinkie took one and nummed it down.

    "What?" She asked to everypony who stared. "Its good."

    Several hours later, Twilight was in her new room and the library was bursting with disco music and the sounds of partying.

    "Hey Twilight, Pinkie Pie's starting "Pin the tail on the pony." Wanna play?" Spike asked as he waddled in with a lamp shade over his head,

    "NO! All the ponies in this town are crazy!" Do you know what time it is?" The sleep deprived mare demanded.

    "Its the eve of the Summer Sun Celebration. Everypony has to stay up or they'll miss the Princess raise the sun!" Spike said as if that explained everything away to her. "You really should lighten up Twilight, its a party!" Spike waddled back out into the mass of partying ponies.

    "Lighten up Twilight, its a party." Twilight mocked her beloved assisstant. "Ugh, and here I thought I'd have time to learn more about the Elements of Harmony. But, silly me, all this ridiculous "friend making" has kept me from itl" Legend has it that on the longest day of the thousandth year, the stars will aid her in her escape and she will bring about everlasting night. "I hope the Princess is right and its just an old poniestale..." Twilight said with concern.

    "Twilight come on!" Spike said eagerly. "Its time to watch the sunrise!" And everypony left the library eager to see their princess raise the sun.

    The entire town of Ponyville gathered at the center of the Celebratino at Mayor Mare's home.

    "Are you excited?" Pinkie Pie asked Twilight. "Cause I'm excited." She bounced. "I've never been so excited-well, except for the time that I saw you walking into town and I went," She took a deep gasp, "but I mean really, who can top that?"

    Mayor Mare walked onto her balcony to begin her speech. "Fillies and Gentlecolts, as mayor of Ponyvillle, it is my great honor to announce the beginning of the Summer Sun Celebration."

    The ponizens of Ponyville all cheered.

    "In just a few moments, our town will witness the magic of the sunrise, and celebrate this, the longest day of the year! And now, it is my great honor to introduce to you the ruler of our land, the very pony who gives us the sun and the moon each and every day, the good, the wise, the bringer of harmony to all of Equstria..."

    "Ready?" Fluttershy asked her birds.

    "Princess Celestia!" Mayor Mare said in panic.

    The ponizens began chattering quietly and nervously. Then the Mayor came back out.

    "This can't be good." Twilight said to Spike.

    "Remain calm everypony, there must be a reasonable explanation!"

    "Ooh! Ooh! I love guessing games!" Pinkie Pie said excitedly. "Is she hiding!"

    "She's gone!" Rarity explained to her friend.

    The Ponies all gasped as a very different alicorn came onto the balcony and Mayor Mare backed away in fright. This pony was just as big as Celestia. But dark and forboding.

    "Oh no...Nightmare Moon." Twilight gasped.

    "Oh my beloved subjects." Nightmare Moon began as she looked out into the crowd. Lingering on a young unicorn with a black mane and blue coat. "Its been so long since I've seen your precious, little sun-loving faces."

    "What did you do with our Princess?" Rainbow Dash demanded fluttering in the air ready to attack before Applejack pulled her down .

    "Woah nelly."

    "Does my crown no longer count now that I have been imprisoned for a thousand years? Did you not recall the legend? Did you not see the signs?" The evil alicorn demanded.

    "I did. And I know who you are. Your the Mare in the Moon. Nightmare Moon." Twilight spoke up in the crowd which turned toward her and gasped.

    Nightmare Moon chuckled. "Remember this day little ponies. For it was your last. From this moment forth, the night will last forever!" She declared then paused as she saw a magical pulse. The ponies all felt it too. And a young voice said "Move!" The crowd parted way and Nightmare Moon heard the sound of lots of birds chirping strangely. She looked out into the crowd and saw the young black maned unicorn she saw earlier with fury in his eyes and his horn sparkling with wild magic. But controlled at the same time. Concentrated onto his horn. It was black in color as well.

    Impressive control. The wicked mare of darkness thought.

    "Sugarcube what are you-" Applejack started before Harry padded his hooves Then bolted toward the balcony. The crowd parting way in shock. He jumped from poniy to pony even using Pegasi guards. Pointing his horn at Nightmare Moon.

    "Chidori!" He shouted preparing to ram the evil mare with his electrically powered horn. But he was caught in a magical bubble and brought up to Nightmare Moons face. The mare studying him.

    "You have very impressive control of your magic for one so young. Tell me little one, why do you hide your wings?"

    Harry's attack spell died down and his eyes widened and ears layed back. The crowd whispered among themselves.

    "But he's a unicorn. He doesn't have wings." Harry heard Pinkie Pie say.

    "You should not fear being different young one. Now. Display your wings proudly!" Her horn glowed a grisly black unliike Harry's color. Harry groaned in pain as the hiding spell was forcibly removed and his small wings revealed themselves to the entire town.

    "Its true!" A male pony gasped.

    "He's an alicorn!" Somepony Harry didn't know said excitedly.

    I knew he was hiding something. Twilight thought.

    "Well well. My dearest sister has her student. And now I have mine." Nightmare Moon said gleefully. She unfurled her wings with Harry still in the magic bubble and flew away with Harry's bubble following her.

    "MOMMY!" Harry shouted in terror. "MOMMY!"

    Applejack ran after the two as fast as her hooves would allow. Twirling her lasso intending on snatching her son from that evil mare's grip. She missed as Nightmare Moon flew higher. She saw Harry desperately trying to escape the light purple bubble.

    "MOMMY!" Harry shouted one last time before they disappeared into the night.

    "No." Applejack said as a tear slid down her cheek. Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy came up to comfort her. "I couldn't save him."

    To Be Continued...

    Yes I gave Harry the Chidori. I love it. Its my favorite Naruto jutsu. I had to give him some way of fighting the baddies.

    EDIT: With the Rewrite of Chapter 1 Posted and Harry's coat color changed I will be naming him as a Black maned, blue coated colt from now on.

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    4. Chapter 4: Mare In The Moon Part 2

    A/N: Chapter 5: The Best Night Ever, should be out Friday. I chose Best Night Ever because I despise Blueblood and want him out of the way early. It will focus on Harry's time at the Gala rather than the other Mane 6 because hello, the story is about him. Please leave a review!

    Chapter 4: Friendship if Magic Part 3

    Harry whimpered while Nightmare Moon flew into the Everfree Forest. His mother told him never to go in there. There where Manticores, Timber Wolves, Celestia knows what other kinds of creatures lurking in the dark. They flew for about an hour. Coming about a large crumbling castle.

    "A castle?" He asked curiously. He had never been this far into the forest before. Sure he had went inside a few yards once on a dare but that was it.

    "This castle used to be the capital of Equestria." Nightmare Moon told her new "student." "This forest once protected it. Apparently it still does to this day.

    They flew inside to the thrown room. When Nightmare Moon sat upon her "Beloved" sister's former throne she brought Harry up to her to study him.

    "Where did you come from?" She asked. "Even before Discord there where few Alicorns left in the world. "Those eyes...the eyes of my dear sister...the eyes...of...could you possibly be? No that's impossible." She scoffed at herself. "She can't come back. Discord said so himself. Despite being a Chaos spirit he knew his dimensional travel. But still...those eyes haunt me. The last time I saw her...she was about your size..."

    Harry's ears perked up. Celestia was fully grown when Nightmare Moon tried to usurp her throne. Who was she talking about.

    "Mommy found me at the gates of the farm." Harry interrupted Nightmare Moon's thoughts. "In a basket she said. With a flash of pink light."

    "Pink light? PINK LIGHT? Are you really her son?" Nightmare demanded. "My niece? Liliana?"

    The name on the note Mommy said...was Liliana...If she was Nightmare's niece...Harry thought. She was Princess Luna's niece...And that means...

    "Well well well, welcome home, Great Nephew."

    With Twilight and the other mares...

    Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie had joined Twilight on her quest to the Everfree forest.

    "Did you know Harry was an Alicorn?" Twilight asked Applejack.

    " 'course I did. was kinda hard to miss them wings when he was little." Applejack said in fond memory. "Now everypony knows." She said sadly.

    "Why keep it a secret?" Rarity asked as they hopped over a log. She was Harry's godmother as she and Applejack where best friends all throughout school.

    "Didn' want the Princess takin' him away." Applejack said simply. "We all love him like he was our own kin. In all our eyes, he is."

    "The Princess wouldn't take him away from a loving home." Rainbow insisted.

    "Didn't wanna take that chance." Applejack insisted. "A nice ol' unicorn in town hides his wings when Harry asks. At night he practices flying in secret."

    They passed many dangers. For instance, a cliff crumbled and sent Twilight sliding down almost over the edge. Applejack caught her and then TOLD HER TO LET GO! It turned out all right though, because Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy caught her. Then they came upon a raging river. The dragon who lived in it was upset because half of his mustache had been cut off of all things. Rarity cut off most of her tail and attatched it to his muzzle much to the joy of the woeful dragon. He then let the mares hop along his back to the other side. They then came across a Manticore. But he wasn't a bad chimera. He just had a thorn in his paw as Fluttershy showed them. After that they came upon some scary looking trees in the dark. Pinkie helped laugh their fears away. They finally came across a rope bridge leading to a crumbling castle. Rainbow Dash flew over to reattach the ropes and came across "The Shadowbolts." With the apparent alpha female wanting her to be their leader...but only if she didn't reattach the ropes. She refused, and the Shadowbolts disappeared as quickly as they appeared to her.

    "Let's go." Twilight said and she and the other mares ran across the bridge to the castle. Hopefully Harry would still be in one piece and not traumatized...

    "Again!" Nightmare ordered. She was having Harry go through his charging of his Chidori spell again and again. She claimed this would increase his magical power.

    Harry groaned and once again focused his magic onto his horn. It sparked to life faster this time. The light black electricity crackling like birds.

    "I will enjoy breaking your spirit dear nephew." Nightmare told him as she circled the foal. Watching him hold onto the Chidori as long as he could. "Then I will rebuild you. You will become the Commander of my Lunar Knights."

    They came across a shrine in the castle with 6 orbs. Each with a picture similar to the mare's Cutie Marks.

    "The Elements of Harmony!" Twilight said excitedly. "We've found them!" Then she saw the others going to the orb that had their Cutie Marks. "Careful! Careful!"

    "One, Two, Three, Four, Five...There's only six!"

    "Where's the seventh? Aren't there supposed to be seven?" Rainbow Dash asked.

    "When all seven are present, the spark from Magic will reveal it." Twilight said.

    "What the hay is that supposed to mean?" Applejack asked the unicorn. "And where is MY SON?"

    "He has to be here in the castle." Twilight said. "And I'm not sure what it means but I have an idea...stand back."

    "Come on ya'll. She needs to concentrate." Applejack said as she left.

    "Let's go find Harry!" Rainbow Dash said.

    "Right." Rarity said firmly and followed them along with Pinkie Pie who bounced out of the room and Fluttershy.

    "Come on." Twilight said to herself with her horn aglow with magic and around the six Elements. "One Spark." Suddenly there appeared a purple tornado of magic which swept up the Elements of Harmony. She cried out in fear.

    The other mares, fearful for her safety, ran back to her calling "Twilight!" They saw her disappear.

    "Where'd she go?" Rainbow Dash demanded.

    Rarity looked out the window and saw a room with lights glowing. "There!" She pointed out the room.

    "Come on ya'll." Applejack said and all the mares ran/flew out to save Twilight and Harry.

    "Ugh." Twilight groaned as she appeared in the room where the Elements where taken. She then saw the Elements floating aroud Nightmare Moon and Harry cowering next to her glaring up at NMM.

    "Harry! Your safe!"

    "Twilight!" Harry said eagerly and tried to run before he was caught in NMM's bubble and re captured with an "Aww."

    "Hmmph." Twilight grunted before stamping one of her front hooves ready to charge NMM.

    "Your kidding." The older mare said in disbelief. "Your kidding right?"

    Twilight charged. Running as fast as she could toward Nightmare Moon. Nightmare Moon accepted her false "Challenge." And charged at her as well. Dropping Harry next to the Elements of Harmony who looked over at them curiously.

    Suddenly Twilight teleported herself. A new spell and one she wasn't good at yet. "Oooh." She said as she re stabilised herself at the Elements. She shook it off. "Just one spark. Just one spark." She said with her horn glowing again. The Elements all started glowing. Nightmare Moon suddenly appeared in front of her and smacked her back off the platform.

    "No." Nightmare Moon said in terror when the Elements started crackling with Magic. "NO!"

    Then the Elements magic died out...

    Twilight gasped in disbelief. "But...where's the Seventh Element?"

    Nightmare Moon laughed evilly. "You little foal! Thinking you could defeat me?" She destroyed the physical representations of the Elements. Which crumbled into pieces. "Now you will never see your princess, or your sun! The night shall last foreve!" She laughed maniacally.

    Suddenly Twilight heard the others. "Don't worry Twilight! We're here!" Pinkie's voice said.

    "Don't worry, we'll be there!" came from Applejack.

    "Mommy!" Harry ran to Applejack who caught him in an embrace.

    Twilight gasped in realization.When all six are present, the spark from Magic will reveal the Seventh."You think you can destroy the Elements of Harmony just like that?" She asked the now intrigued mare. "Well, your wrong. Cause the spirits of the Elements of Harmony are right here.

    "What?" Nightmare Moon asked in shock.

    Twilight continued her speech. "Applejack. Who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of Honesty."

    Harry watched in awe as four pieces came to hover around his mother.

    "Fluttershy, who tamed the Manticore with her compassion, represents the spirit of Kindness."

    Fluttershy rose into the air to accep her pieces which hovered around her.

    "Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of Laughter."

    Pinkie eagerly accepted her Element.

    "Rarity. Who calmed a sorrowful serpent with her meaningful gift, represents the spirit of Generosity!"

    Rarity glared at Nightmare Moon as her element hovered around her. The evil witch would pay for foalnapping her godson.

    "Rainbow Dash, who could not abandon her friends for her own hearts desire, represents the spirit of Loyalty!"

    Rainbow Dash flew into the air as her element surrounded her.

    "And I, who brought all of us together, who studied under Celestia herself, represent the element of...Magic!"

    Twilight stood her ground as her element started hovering around her body.

    Nightmare moon looked on in shock. "You still don't have the Seventh Element of Harmony. With six I will still return in a thousand years!"

    "The seventh Element of Harmony, is the only other pony in this room." Twilight said. "Harry is the Seventh Element of Harmony. Harry, who bravely charged you without fear of his own safety, who challenged you for the sake of others, represents the spirit...of Courage!"

    Harry looked around as four pieces started appearing by magic in the air and came to hover around his form.

    "The spirits of these six ponies got us through every challenge you threw at us." Twilight said as she glared at Nightmare Moon. "You will never see the dark of night again."

    "NOOoo!" Nightmare Moon said in terror as the magic in the room intensified around the Elements of Harmony. "Noooo!"

    The ponies eyes all started glowing as their Elements came together and sent a rainbow of light at Nightmare Moon.

    "Ow my head." Rainbow Dash saod as she stood up after Nightmare Moon vanished.

    "Everypony okay?" Applejack asked as she stood up too.

    Rarity squealed with delight as she saw her tail had grown back.

    "Rarity its so lovely." Fluttershy complimented the unicorn.

    "I know!" Rarity said eagerly. "I'll never part with it again."

    "No. Your necklace. It looks just like your Cutie Mark."

    Indeed, Rarity's Element had taken new form. In a necklace with her Cutie Mark as the representation."

    "What?" Rarity looked down. Then noticed Fluttershy's. "Ooh. So does yours."

    "Yay yay yay yay!" They all heard Harry say as he bounced around happily. "I finally got my Cutie Mark! Look!" He showed everyone his flank now had a Cutie Mark. It was a triangle with a circle inside and a line going from the tip of the triangle to the bottom of the triangle. "I have no idea what it means but I finally got my Cutie Mark!" His element had taken form of a tie rather than a necklace. And the representation of his element was now in the shape of his Cutie Mark.

    "Gee Twilight.." Applejack said after hugging her son and congratulating him. "I thought you were just spoutin' a lot of hooey. But I reckon we do represent the elements of friendship."

    "Indeed you do." Came the voice of the Sun Princess. Princess Celestia came through an open window as Dawn appeared in the sky.

    The mares all gasped while Harry got scared and hid behind a pillar. "Princess Celestia." They all bowed in respect.

    "Twilight Sparkle. My faithful student, I knew you could do it."

    "But..." Twilight started in confusion. "You told me it was an old ponies tale.

    Celestia shook her head. "I told you that you needed to make some friends. Nothing more. I saw the signs of Nightmare Moon's return and I knew it was you who had the magic to reveal the final Element of Harmony. Speaking of which..." She looked around and saw only six. "Where is the little one who represents the Seventh Element?"

    "He's over here Princess." Rainbow Dash said as she picked Harry up from his hiding place. She plopped him down.

    Celestia smiled as all the Elements where now present. "You could not unleash the Seventh element until you let true friendship into your heart. Now if only another will as well." She looked aroud and saw Luna hiding in a corner. "Princess Luna."

    Luna gasped and came out from her hiding place. The other mares noted how much smaller she was now.

    "It has been a thousand years since I've seen you like this. Time to put our differences aside and rule as we where meant to. Little sister."

    Everypony except Harry gasped. "Sister?"

    "I'm so sorry 'Tia! I missed you big sister!"

    "I've missed you too." Celestia said as she embraced the younger alicorn. "Now. There's only one other matter to attend to...A certain blue alicorn foal."

    Harry layed his ears back in fear as Celestia towered over him. She studied him and gasped. "You have my eyes." She said. "I never thought I'd ever get t meet any of her children. She embraced the little foal.

    "Grandma." Harry said. Eagerly accepting the embrace.

    "GRANDMA?" The ponies including Applejack all said in shock.

    "Applejack Apple." Celestia said after releasing her grandfoal. "I have no intention of taking my grandson from his loving home."

    "You mean it?" Applejack said in joy.

    "I truly mean it." Celestia said. "You have raised a fine son. I'm sure my daughter Liliana would be proud of the young colt he has become."

    Harry blushed at the praise.

    Pinkie blowed her nose from her crying at the joyful moment. "You know what this calls for? A PARTY!"

    Back in Ponyville the next day, Celestia herself had joined the celebrations. "Why so glum my faithful student? Are you not happy that your quest is complete and you can now resume your studies in Canterlot?"

    Twilight studied her new friends as they where having fun and dancing. "That's just it...Just when I finally make friends, I have to leave them." She says sadly.

    Celestia turned to Spike. "Spike. Take a note." Spike got out a quill and scroll. "I, Princess Celestia, do hereby decree that the unicorn Twilight Sparkle shall take on a new mission for Equestria. To continue to study the magic of friendship She must report to me her findings from her new home, in Ponyville."

    Everypony cheered for Ponyvilles new resident.

    "Oh thank you Princess!" Twilight said as she embraced her mentor. "I'll study harder than ever before."

    To Be Continued...

    And there's the finale to the Mare in the Moon arc. Hope I played everything out okay.

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    5. Chapter 5: The Best Night Ever

    A/N: The cousin Caramel mentioned is not Caramel Apple. Caramel is the pony from Winter Wrap Up who forgot his seeds. Poor guy. Tries his best I bet.

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    Chapter 5: The Best Night Ever

    "Harry Trotter-Apple!" Rarity shouted in the room the Mane 6 where in getting ready for the Grand Galloping Gala. Also Harry was supposed to be getting ready but at the moment, our colt wonder was hiding from the terror that was Rarity. "Come out right this instant young colt!"

    "NO!" Harry's voice rang through the room but the others could not pinpoint his location.

    "A Voice Throwing Spell." Twilight said. "Clever." She had curlers in her hair. They had let Harry hide for a while while they got ready but now he needed his bath and grooming.

    "He's always been like this on Bath Day." Applejack said as she looked for her son. "Usually takes two grown Stallions to hold him down. Even when he was little."

    "Your joking?" Rainbow Dash said from her "He's a little puny now! How much trouble could he have been when he was smaller?"

    "How about running through the town with suds all over his body shouting "NO BATH!" Till ya had to catch him and drop him back at the farm?" Applejack shot back.

    "I remember that. That was hilarious." Rainbow Dash laughe and the other mares giggled.

    "From then on we had Big Macintosh and Cousin Caramel hold him down while me and Granny Smith scrubbed him."

    "That was when I first met Featherweight and Shady Daze." Harry popped up from behind a couch with a grin remembering when the two colts had tried to hide him from Rainbow Dash. Then he realized what he had done. "Horseapples." He said and was caught in a Twilight Bubble by Twilight. "No fair." He said as he flapped his wings faster than a hummingbird. "I can't get out of these yet." His horn glowed his light black color of magic but the TB canclled it out with a weird noise like an elictrical mishap.

    Twilight brought him over to herself. "Exactly." She smiled at him before levitating him over to Rarity who was near the tub.

    "Harry I refuse to let the grandson of Princess Celestia greet her looking nothing short of three times his best." Rarity said to Harry's face. "Now. BATH TIME." She nodded over to Twilight who nodded back and moved him over to the bath tub full of suds and warm water. She released the bubble and Harry dropped right into the tub.

    "No fair." He said as he spat out sudsy water in an arc barely missing Rarity's hair. Which thankfully hadn't been done up yet. She and Twilight grabbed scrubbers and nodded at each other before grabbing onto the young colt and starting to scrub. "Get em off momma!" He pleaded with Applejack. "Please!"

    "Sorry sugarcube. But I'm agreein' with Rarity on this one." Applejack smiled at her son from under a hair blower.

    "And your not just meeting Princess Celestia." Twilight said as they scrubbed the squirming colt. "Your meeting members of the Royal Family. Ponies directly related to you by blood! You want to make a good first impression don't you?" She asked the now glaring Harry.

    "Somehow I don't think doing all this girly stuff to my mane, coat and tail will make a difference when they find out I was raised by the Apple family." Harry pointed out as Rarity pushed his head up to scrub under his muzzle and his neck.

    "I hate to say it, but sugarcube's gotta point." Applejack said. "Twilight didn't you say once that the big wig fancy unicorns in Canterlot think of us Earth Ponies as uncouth, cheap labor?"

    Pinkie looked over. "What's uncouth?"

    "Not pleasant, bad mannered." Applejack gave examples. Then Pinkie let out a loud burp from the cola she was drinking.. "Exactly." She said to the pink mare.

    Twilight laughed nervously. "Some unicorns do think that in Canterlot." She said sadly as she scrubbed Harry's dirty wings. "Unfortunately. But not all of us do. My godmother is an Earth Pony."

    "Come on...Let me in!" Spike said

    "Ok Spike hang on." Rainbow Dash said with her curlers still in her hair as she got out from under the hair dryer.

    "Are you insane? We're still getting dressed! And Harry's still being groomed!" Harry was out of the bath now and Twilight was attacking the colt with brush and comb at his mane.

    "Uh, Rarity, we don't normally wear clothes." Applejack pointed out.

    Rarity growled. "Fine. Sorry Spike." She said as she opened the door. "Some of us do have standards." She said as she went to help with Harry's tail and mane. Twilight moved to his coat.

    Spike laughed on his hind at the colt. "They finally caught you?" He asked. "Thirty minutes is a new record."

    "Laugh it up dragon boy." Harry snarled with gritted teeth. "Your next." That stopped Spike in his tracks. He turned to see Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy behind him.

    "Just get in the tub Spike. And nopony will be hurt." Rainbow Dash threatened.

    The nervous dragon hatchling obeyed immediately. He was a bit afraid of Rainbow Dash at times.

    Later everypony was in their dresses/tux.

    "Wow." Harry said as he looked at himself in the mirror. He was wearing a small tuexedo. woth small holes in the back for his wings. It was white. Rarity said it would compliment his black mane and tail and wings. "Just give me a top hat and monicle and call me KID!"

    "Three times your best darling." Rarity called from the door.

    The group heard Spike telling them about things he wanted to show them. And have a doughnut eating contest with Harry at Pony Joe's. "Let's go! Hya!" He flicked the reigns on cousin Caramel and Lucky Clover's backs.

    "Excuse me?" Caramel growled up at him.

    "Uh."

    "If you weren't friends with our neighbor Rarity, and my little brother Shady Daze wasn't one of Harry's best friends." Lucky Clover growled up at the dragon."

    "To Canterlot please." Spike asked politely.

    "That's better." Caramel snorted angrily. The two took off.

    "Wow. There it is!" Twilight said from the window of the carriage a few hours later.

    ( Best Night Ever Song, Harry: At the Gala, with Grandma, and all my birth family. I'm sure, their excited to meet me as I am to meet them. At the grand galloping gala.)

    "This is gonna be the best night ever! And cause we'll be here together!" Spike said eagerly. But the ponies all left him hurriedly. "Or not." Spike said sadly leaning his head to the side.

    "Grandma!" Harry said eagerly seeing Celestia greet other ponies as they entered the Gala. He bounded up to her eagerly. Many ponies wondering who this colt thought he was. Harry stopped at Celestia eagerly and his grandmother embraced him.

    "My little Prince. I've been looking forward to seeing you in formal attire. You look very handsome." She teased her grandson. "Are you ready to meet your descendatnts?"

    "I have descendants? How? I'm 8." Harry pointed out.

    "Eight years old you may be, but you are the firstborn foal of my oldest daughter. I have had several children over the mellinium but Lilliana was the fairest of them all. So kind and compassionate even as an infant." Celestia said in a loving tone. "Blueblood."

    "Yes Auntie 'tia. I'm here." An older unicorn male, many years old by the length and size of his horn. He had a white coat and blonde mane. He spoke in a self important tone that Harry did not like but brushed it off. This was his family after all.

    "Harry, this is Prince Blueblood. Your Eighth generation great nephew."

    "So Alicorn blood dies out after a few generations?" Harry asked his grandmother.

    "It will when other pony breeds are introduced to the bloodline." Celestia explained after waving in and saying hello to a pair of old friends of hers who tried to get a good look at Harry. "However before the Alicorn race was depleted the genetic traits of Alicorns where known to pop up every few generations."

    "Cousin Candance is a fine example." Blueblood suggested. "Her parents where a Pegasi and a unicorn. But both had Alicorn in their family histories. Their genes created Princess Mi Amor Candeza."

    "You've been studying your family history." Celestia said in an approved tone.

    "Of course Auntie 'Tia. I had to prepare in case young Harry had any questions." Blueblood bowed politely to his aunt. Harry heard Rarity squeal with excitement. She had a major crush on his eighth great nephew. "Come along. Stick with me and I'll tell you everything you must know about being part of the Royal Family."

    Harry eagerly followed Blueblood away from the entrance hall where everypony was trying to get a glimpse of the foal that Celestia had spoken so kindly to.

    Harry stuck with his nephew a good bit of the night. They finally came across his motherabout to set up her stand. He was kind of hungry and had three bits. Enough for a fritter. His favorite apple treat. "Hi mom." He trotted eagerly up to her.

    "Hey there sugarcube. Havin' fun?" Applejack asked her son.

    "Yep. Prince Blueblood gave me a tour of the castle away from the hustle and bustle of the gala! The library here is amazing! All this walking around the castle got me hungry. Apple Fritter please. He handed her the bits.

    "I got ya covered sugar cube." Applejack pushed him back his money and Harry popped his fritter into his mouth and chewed happily.

    "Howdy partner, ya hungry?" Applejack asked one of the Wonderbolts that Harry recognized as Soarin. He blushed. Soarin was his favorite.

    "As a horse." Soarin said eagerly.

    "Well what'll ya take? Apple, apple fritter, caramel apple, apple fries, apple strudel, candied apple?"

    "I'll take that big apple pie!" Soarin said eagerly.

    Woah. Those cost 50 bits a piece. Harry thought as Soarin took the pie and put the bits on the table.

    "Thank you kindly sir." Applejack said and Soarin started walking away.

    "Can I get an autograph?" Harry blurted out but he covered his mouth with his hoof. Embarrassed. Soarin turned suddenly and put down the pie with a small smile. He liked kids. And kids looked up to him with him being the youngest of the Wonderbolts at 15. Spitfire herself was in her early twenties and Soarin looked up to her like an older sister.

    "Harry, that's rude." Applejack scolded.

    "Sorry. Can I get an autograph please?" Harry pulled out an autograph book he hid in Applejack's portable stand when he learned about going to the gala.

    "When'd ya hide that there?" Applejack asked in shock.

    "This morning." Harry said eagerly. "I hope to get Spitfire's autograph too."

    Soarin thought this was cute so he took the autograph book and a levitated a quill to himself that he had on him at all times in case he was asked for one (As they all carried) and wrote his name in it. "Here." He hoofed the book back to Harry and they both felt a spark pass from between the book to each other. The spark surpsised both ponies and the book was dropped.

    What the heck was that? I didn't feel any magic from him. Soarin thought planning on asking Spitfire about it later. "Sorry about that." He picked the book back up in a hoof and handed it back to Harry. "Later little man." He said eagerly before picking up his pie and trotting put the small book in the pocket of his tuxedo. "Bye mom. See you later."

    "If you where hungry we simply could have gone to get some hor'duerves." Harry's ears perked up when he heard the distaste in his nephew's voice while he licked his lips clean.

    "No way. The Apple Family makes the best Apple Fritters in Equestria!" Harry said eagerly.

    "That may be but as part of the Royal Family you'll soon learn that we don't associate with certain types of ponies." Blueblood said as they walked away from Applejack's stand.

    "Alway's hungry after a show eh Soarin?" Spitfire asked her team mate.

    "Yeah." Soarin said eagerly then gasped as his pie started to fall.

    As Harry and Blueblood wandered into the hall with the food he heard Soarin shout "MY PIE!"

    A few minutes later the Wonderbolts came in. Rainbow Dash, Harry saw, was trying to get their attention.

    Guess Dash got her wish. But not in the way she expected...Harry thought as Blueblood sampled a goat cheese tartlet.

    "Sip this." Blueblood instructed levitating a wide glass with some crimson liquid.

    "What is it?" Harry asked. It smelled a bit fruitish. But rather harsh in something else.

    "Wine."

    "Hello? I'm underage?" Harry hissed at his nephew rejecting the wine.

    "I was sipping wine with relatives when I was nine years old. Its expected of all members of the Royal Family to be taught to recognize fine wines when tasted. This particular one is a rare delicacy from Saddle Arabia. Auntie 'Tia really pulled out all the stops with this Gala."

    Reluctantly, Harry took some of the alcoholic drink into his mouth. It turned to cotton. He spat it out "Gross! How can you drink this?" He said outloud.

    The rich ponies in the room all gasped at his outburst. Blueblood put a hoof over his face. "He's merely young. And an inexperienced wine won't happen again I assure you all." He pulled Harry from the table forcefully into a private corner.

    "By the way Spitfire." Soarin said after the spectacle. "That's the colt who wants to get your autograph.

    "I like his style. Not much of a wine drinker myself." Spitfire said with a chuckle. "All right I'm going."

    Blueblood back hoofed Harry in the muzzle. "You will not do that again." He hissed in Harry's face while his eyes trickled with tears but he firmly held them back with a glare. "My eighth great uncle you may be, but I am still older than you. You will not embarrass the Royal House of Celestia like that again. Do you understand?"

    Harry glared at him. "My Uncle Macintosh is a better Stallion than you." He hissed back. "He would never hit a colt or filly like that. And he was raised in a barnhouse!"

    "He's NOT YOUR UNCLE DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT YOU STUPID FOAL?" Blueblood demanded. "That is not your family and it never will be." He looked at Harry's other pocket and saw a photograph. "You think THIS is better than we are?" The enraged stallion demanded shoving the copy picture of Harry's first family reunion with him in front of the barn house with the Apple family "This is what they are in the foodchain!" He shouted before throwing the photograph on the floor and stomping it, ripping it up as he did so in front of everyone in the room. Even the Wonderbolts. Soarin was enraged. "Dirt beneath our hooves. He said coldly.

    Harry lowered his head to his now ruined treasure and started heaving. A sure sign he was about to cry.. Spitfire had heard everything Blueblood said and saw him back hoof the colt. She was saddened when Harry started to suddenly noticed even the band wasn't playing anymore. And everypony was staring at them.

    "Who the Tartarus do you think you are?" Spitfire demanded as Blueblood turned around. "Backhoofing a colt like that in public? Laying hand on a foal at all?! .And who are you to tell him that the Apples aren't his family? Newsflash assface, ever hear of ADOPTION? I WAS ADOPTED!"

    "This is a Royal Family Miss Spitfire. You have no-"

    "SHUT UP!" Spitfire said. "I've met members of the Royal House of Celestia before and NONE of them have behaved like you did tonight. You have probably DESTROYED this foal's dreams about his birth family! DO YOU UNDERSTAND?"

    This didn't even reach Blueblood's ears. He was merely flabbergasted why this pegasi thought she had the right to interfere in Royal Family matters.

    Spitfire looked down and saw the photo that the colt was crying over. "Come on little guy, let's get you to your mom."

    Harry sniffled as she lead him away from his asshole nephew. "Thank you Miss Spitfire." Ponies heard him say.

    "Anytime kid. Anytime." Spitfire said as they left the room.

    Blueblood had wisely made his escape while everypony was watching Spitfire and his uncle leave. He made his way to the garden and saw the unicorn from earlier coming toward him. "Hello. I am Prince Blueblood."

    "What the hay happened to him?" Applejack demanded as she saw Harry's bruised muzzle and tear soaked tux.

    "Blueblood back hoofed him after he spat out some wine."

    "Harry." Applejack said with narrowed eyes as Spitfire put her autograph in his "Get my rope. I'll hogtie that bastard and snip his apple sac!"

    "He also ruined my treasure." Harry sniffled.

    "Treasure?" Applejack asked in confusion.

    Spitfire sadly pulled out the remains of the family photo from her uniform. "He ripped this picture to pieces under his hoof. That's when the kid starrted crying. Here you go Harry. I wish we could have met under better conditions." She gave him his autograph book back and turned to leave.

    "Thank you Miss Spitfire."

    "Again, anytime kid."

    Applejack stared at the remains of Harry's first family photo. Picturing how to murder Blueblood slowly in her mind. Then shook her head. She had to calm her son down. "Don't worry sugarcube. This ain't the end of Equestria. We'll get ya another copy when we get home."

    "I'm sorry Mommy." Harry said sadly as they embraced.

    "Its alright sugarcube. Its alright."

    Harry stayed with Applejack as she waited...and waited...and waited...

    "!20th minute. No sale. This..ain't like I imagined." She looked down at Harry who had curled up next to her. He woke up suddenly and shuddered. "What's wrong sugarcube?" Then she looked and saw Rarity coming that way with Prince Blueblood. I really hope Rarity sees through this fella. "So what'll it be Rarity."

    "Two apple fritters please." Rarity said putting her bits on the table.

    "I got ya covered." Applejack said as she gave her the four bits back. I don't charge mah friends, but I really hope Blueblood gets whats...did he just spit out mah Fritters?!

    "Caramel apples, Apple fritters, apple FRIES?!" Blueblood said in shock. "My royal lips have touched common carnival fare!"

    "Hey! There's no need to goin' and insultin' my produce!"

    "I'm going to the buffet to get som hor'duerves." Blueblood said as he left Rarity and Applejack and Rarity shot her a look of apology before following him.

    "Well no wonder no one's buying my treats! Their filling up on that fancy scmancy food! I'll get a sale if its the last thing I do!"

    A few minutes later, Rarity had had enough of had used her as a shield when the cake sprung into the air after Pinkie did a "CAKE DIVE!" And got cake all over her fabulous Gala dress.

    "You have to be the most arrogant, selfish, bastard of a Prince I have ever met! The only thing royal about you is that you are a Royal PAIN!" She shouted at him at close range.

    "Ugh, stay back!" Blueblood ordered in fright. "I just had myself groomed!"

    "Afraid to get dirty?!" Rarity snarled then shook off the cake and it flew onto the "Prince" who fell on his back in fright.

    Harry, feeling braver now that his godmother had seen through Blueblood, went up to him while he was on his back and stared down at him.

    "Harry, how can you associate with this witch?" Blueblood. "You will leave Ponyville immediately and come to Canterlot." He ordered his 8th great uncle.

    "You know, momma told me swearin' is wrong. Unless you drop something heavy on your hoof." Harry said. "But in this case, PISS OFF!" Harry bucked him right in the eye and he fell over onto Rainbow Dash who couldn't handle the extra weight as she had the Celestia statue on her back after it fell. She accidentally sent the pillars surrounding the statue of Harry's grandmother tumbling one right after another like dominoes. Just as Twilight and Celestia entered the buffet hall to get something to eat. Twilight's mouth open in shock as well as Celestia's. She then saw Harry's bruised face and Blueblood's black eye. Making a mental note to punish him later.

    "Well it can't get any worse than this." Twilight said. All of a sudden a stampede of animals came through running away from Fluttershy who was looking like a crazed mare.

    "YOUR ALL GOING TO LOVE ME!" Fluttershy shouted angrily.

    Everypony panicked and ran around the palace.

    "Run." Celestia said to Twilight. Twilight whistled for everyone of her friends to follow her. Everypony followed Twilight out of the palace

    As they where running down the stairs one of Rarity's glass slippers came off.

    "Ooh Rarity your glass slipper!" Pinkie said eagerly. "Now your prince is sure to find you!"

    Rarity panicked and smashed it to pieces with her own hoof. "Let's go!" She grabbed Pinkie and ran.

    Everypony except Twilight ran into the carriage as she got to the drivers seat and commanded the reigns of their escorts to get them away.

    Pony Joe's Doughnut Shop

    "Hey Pony Joe, another doughnut." Spike demanded

    "Don't you think you've had enough?" An earth pony with a yellow coat asked.

    "Another doughnut!" Spike demanded loudly grasping his hot chocolate with marshmallows. "Extra Sprinkles!"

    He heard the door tinkle and Pony Joe saw Twilight walk in. "Twilight Sparkle. Ha ha, long time no see."

    "Hey how was the gala?" Spike asked as he turned around in his seat. "How was your best night ever?"

    And they all told him about their Gala. Pony Joe put up Prince Blueblood's picture with the words "BANNED FROM STORE" under it with a red circle and diagonal line across his face..

    "That sounds like the worst night ever!" Spike said after hearing about their night.

    "It was." Everypony agreed with some laughter. Harry was happy cause he got revenge on his "nephew."

    "I just hope Princess Celestia isn't upset with us for ruining the Gala."

    Suddenly the Princess walked in. "That was the best Grand Galloping Gala EVER!"

    Everypony looked confused. "Uh, pardon me princess." Twilight said. "But tonight was just awful!"

    "Oh Twilight, the Grand Galloping Gala is always awful!"

    "It is?" Twilight asked in shock.

    Celestia sat down next to Harry. "That is why I was so thrilled you were all attending. I was hoping you could liven things up a bit. And while the evening may not have gone as you planned, I'm sure you'll agree that in the end it didn't turn out to be so bad for this group of friends." She saw Harry's bruised muzzle. "If you want I could heal that right up." She offered.

    "No thanks Grandma, Uncle Macintosh says bruises build character." Harry said eagerly. " 'Specially if they heal naturally."

    "Your right Princess." Twilight said after a moment of thought. "Friends have a way of making even the worst of times into something pretty great."

    "Yeah." Rainbow Dash agreed. "Hanging out with your friends!"

    "Talking." Came from Fluttershy.

    "Laughing!" Pinkie Pie giggled.

    "You mean doing exactly what I wanted to do the whole time?" Spike asked.

    "Yes Spike, you where right."

    "As horrible as our night was..." Applejack started.

    "Being together has made it all better." Rarity continued.

    "In fact, it made tonight..." Harry started.

    "THE BEST NIGHT EVER!" Everypony including the Princess laughed at the groups antics.

    To Be Continued...

    A one shot with how Harry met Featherweight and Shady Daze will be posted early next week. Enjoy this second chapter in two days until then! I've worked on this for a week cause I wanted it to be a great chapter.

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    6. How We Met

    A/N: If you don't want spoilers on the future of Equestria or Harry's special somepony skip to the italics and the bold at the end of the story. How They Met, a side story to Harry Potter: The Seventh Element. Please Leave A Review

    How We Met

    A Side Story to Harry Potter: The Seventh Element

    "Papa?" Said a tiny unicorn female of Harry's color with Soarin's mane and eyes said to an older Harry one evening. "How did you meet Uncle Feartherweight and Uncle Shady?"

    "I've been curious myself on how you met those two." His husband Soarin said as he bounced thier youngest, a baby male alicorn the color of Soarin' with Harry's mane on his back. "You've always been close. And their getting on in years so they might not remember very well."

    It was true. He was 128, Soarin was 135 but they didn't look a day older than 30 and 37. Featherweight and Shady Daze where nearing the end of their lives at 130 years old a piece. Featherweight was named as Rainbow Dash's successor in the Wonderbolts and Shady Daze had gone on to be a famous photographer for Pogue magazine. The primier fashion magazine in Equestria. Harry and Soarin where given longevity due to his being a direct descendant of Celestia. Harry had been sad when his mother had passed on from old age, but her funeral was one of the grandest Ponyville had seen since the passing of Stinkin' Rich. Thousands of Ponies came from all over Equestria to pay their respects to the mare who raised their Crown Prince. Harry and Soarin had many children over the years. Harry was one of the most fertile submissive male Alicorns that Equestria had ever seen. Thanks to him (And Soarin's sex drive. The horny bastard) the Alicorn population was increasing once more due to the mixture of genes in the populace. Unfortunately, His "nephew" Prince Blueblood, was still around and still banned from Pony Joe's by the way, much to the ass's dismay, Pony Joe had told his successor to keep the "Banned" poster up and to instruct the next successor to do the same. Blueblood would never be allowed into Pony Joe's again and anypony who bought him doughnuts from his store would be banned for life. Blueblood would be around for around three hundred more years thanks to his longevity but Harry and Soarin would be around for at least three thousand.

    "Well baby girl, it all started one morning on the dreaded..."

    "Bath Day sugarcube." Applejack said at the breakfast table which made the young alicorn freeze up. Oh how he hated Bath took the opportunity of the frozen foal to grab him and take him outside while he was still squirmin'. "Easy partner. Are we gonna do this the easy way, or am I gonna have to get a cat tail switch?"

    Harry froze again. Anything he hated more than Bath Day was those danged Cat Tail switches. Those things hurt!

    Applejack dumped Harry uncerimoniously into the tub and grabbed a brush while Granny Smith brought out Applebloom and Big Macintosh came out to do his morning chores.

    "NO BATH!" Harry shouted as he jumped up with suds all over his body. He ran down the path to the gates. "NO BATH!"

    "He's already at the gates!" Applejack said in dismay as he made his way past the gates into Ponyville. "He's gone!"

    Granny Smith and Applebloom giggled like little girls. "He reminds me of Big Macintosh when he was that age. It took your daddy AND yer Uncle Chocolate to hold him down to get his bath."

    Applejack looked up and saw what she was hoping to see "Yo Rainbow Dash!" She whistled for her friend to notice her. Luckily the mare did as she was moving some rainclouds over to Ponyville. She flew down to level with Applejack.

    "What's up AJ? Need something? A rain cloud for your crops maybe? Its been a while since you guys got some rain."

    "Maybe later. Its Bath Day and Harry just took off with suds all over his body into Ponyville!"

    She fell on her back in the air and laughed. "That's priceless! So what do you want me to do?"

    "I need ya to get him back here for his bath! Why else would I call ya down here while yer workin'?"

    "No prob AJ, I'll have him back in Ten second's flat!" The eager pegasi declared before taking off into Ponyville at top speed.

    Applejack sighed. "He only got into Ponyville a few moments ago. How far could he have gone?"

    Ponyville...

    "NO BATH!" Ponies of all kinds where staring at the colt as he ran through the town with suds all over his body. This colt was the talk of the town lately as someone had seen him at Sweet Apple Acres being treated like he was family. But he was a unicorn. "NO BATH!"

    At the playground two pony colts had dug a small ditch in the sand area with a bucket and where rolling a ball to each other. These two colts where a pegasi named Featherweight, named cause he was so small when he was born, and Shady Daze. An earth pony. They heard somepony shout "NO BATH!" And looked to see a younger unicorn colt come running to the sand area.

    "Hi." Said Shady Daze shyly.

    "No bath!" Harry whined. "No bath!" He looked around suspiciously "Followed!"

    The two colts nodded in understanding. All colts hated bath day. "Bucket!" Featherweight said pointing to a rather big bucket that was big enough to hide a small foal. And Harry was pretty small. They looked over at Harry who nodded eagerly. Harry got into the ditch with them and they put the bucket over the sudsy colt after dumping all the sand out of it. They then started playing catch to avoid suspicion of a Rainbow maned pegasi who came trotting up to them.

    Hmm...Rainbow Dash thought. A trail of suds leading up to the sandbox...Do they really think I'm stupid?"

    "Have youi two colts seen a foal a little smaller than you, covered in suds and shouting "No Bath?" She asked the two who stopped playing catch with the rubber ball.

    Both nodded.

    "Great! Where is he?"

    Both colts pointed to the left.

    "Then why is the trail leading right to that bucket?"

    "Jig up!" Harry said in a slightly babyish voice. Standing up while still in the bucket. "Run!" All three colts jumped out of the ditch and ran. Unfortunately Harry ran right into the slide and fell down making the bucket fall right on top of him.

    "Noes!" Featherweight said as Rainbow Dash laughed while picking up the bucket by the handle and taking off into the air. Harry poked his head out of the tub and sadly waved to his new friends as he was flown away. His mommy told him never to show his wings in town. Or he'd get taken away. So even though he was starting to learn how to fly, he didn't wanna get taken away from his family...His new friends waved sadly back at him as the Rainbow maned pegasi took him away...

    "Ready to go squirt? Hey, where's your bucket?" Lucky Clover asked Shady Daze who was still waving at his new friend. "Huh?" He saw a young colt with suds on his head being taken away by air and understood what had happened.

    "New friend!" Shady said excitedly to his older brother.

    "New friend!" Featherweight said eagerly to his older brother Namby Pamby.

    Sweet Apple Acres...

    "Got to the playground faster than I thought." Rainbow Dash said to Applejack. "I'll be back with that rain storm this afternoon A.J. Gotta get back to work. The lake needs some water today cause ducks are planning on playing in the water."

    "Thank's Dash!" Applejack called while Harry hid in the bucket. "Now you listen here." She looked inside the bucket and saw the little alicorn trying to be smaller. "Yer gonna get yer bath understood? Then yer uncle Macintosh is gonna take you in the barn and give ya ten switches with a Cat Tail for causin' all this trouble."

    "Eeyup." Big Macintosh nodded in agreement as he came over with Caramel. The young adult standing on the opposite side that Macintosh stood over at the tub. Caramel had come over to help his cousin with the apple buckin' while Appllejack gave Applebloom and Granny Smith their baths. Granny Smith may be her grandmother, but she couldn't exactly bathe herslf without some assisstance anymore. So she took her baths on the little one's bath day.

    Applejack picked Harry up by the scruff of his mane and held him over the tub before dropping him in. Big Macintosh and Caramel closed in so he couldn't escape again while Ganny Smith and Applejack grabbed brushes. Harry whined as they approached him from north and south and closed his eyes as he dreaded cleaning tools descended onto his fur...

    "And that's how I met Featherweight and Shady Daze. I played in the park with them alot till we started school. Then we where like your great auntie Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo." The godmothers of three of his girls and four of his boys including the little one on Soarin right now. They where getting on in years themselves...The only one of the mane six left was Twilight. And she now ran the Canterlot library after moving away from Ponyville to move on from the deaths of her friends. There where now statues of all seven of the Elements of Harmony when they where young in the town square. Shining Armor, the godfather of his unborn child, was still looking like as young and youthful as he did when he and Candence got married. It was breaking his heart seeing his LSBFF aging like she was. But he didn't let that stop him from seeing her.

    His children where now giggling. They enjoyed hearing stories about his foalhood.

    "Didn't that switch hurt?" Asked the third youngest. A young pegasi boy who took after his father in looks, but had Harry's eyes.

    "Nah. Your great uncle Macintosh was a bit of a softy when it came to me. Me being the first nephew he had an all, but when he was really mad at me, he really let me have it." Harry said remembering a time he lied about something that lead to something worse. His behind still stung from time to time remembering that whipping.

    Soarin whispered something into Harry's ear that made Harry blush in front of his children. "Pevert." Harry hissed quietly while Soarin laughed and rubbed his mate's pregnant belly. Yes they had another little one in the oven. Harry's fertile time for bearing young was nearly over for the year.

    "Bedtime don't you think hun?" Soarin asked his mate.

    "Aww. But i brought cheesy corn." Harry said holding out a large family size bag of his favorite cheese flavored popcorn snack. His cravings made him put it in their cart at the grocer earlier that night.

    His foals all cheered. At least the ones who could cheer.

    "Fine. I'll put the baby to bed and you two pick out a movie to watch with me and papa ok?" Soarin ruffled his foals manes. He bounced the baby who giggled all the way upstairs while their children raided the movie cabinet.

    "Black Dream! Black Dream!" The two said eagerly.

    Ah. I remebmer this. Harry said as he saw the pied piper like Poupelin on the back. I wonder how Peruru is doing lately. I hope I see him soon. This particular movie was based on an adventure he had with his mother and the other Elements of Harmony. A director pony got hold of the story and asked their permission to make it into a childrens movie.

    As Soarin came back down stairs, he saw a movie starting to play and his mate and foals enjoying their bedtime snack. He smiled. Life was perfect.

    To Be Continued...

    And so that's how Harry met Featherweight and Shady Daze. And I hope those of you who read the future of Equestria enjoyed it. Working on Apple Family Reunion next. And the next chapter of Emerald Lightning should be up shortly.

    Soarin and Harry have a grand total of thirty children including the three seen here in the chapter. Those are full grown and have their own families now. Ten Pegasi, Twelve Unicorns, and 5 Alicorns. Harry and Soarin love each and every one of them.

    Yes I will be planning a side story based on the Sailor Moon Super S movie. I saw it on youtube after about ten years from losing the video tape! I love the 3 o'clock fairy flute music!

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    7. Chapter 7: Over A Barrel

    A/N: I WAS going to do Apple Family Reunion, but I thought I should introduce Braeburn before that. As well as start Harry's friendship with Little Strongheart. Please Leave A Review

    Btw, My fave MLP: FIM episodes are

    1. Apple Family Reunion

    2. Royal Canterlot Wedding 1 & 2

    3. Return of Harmony 1 & 2 (I love Discord)

    4: Over A Barrell (Braeburn's my second favorite Apple family Stallioin. My first favorite Apple stallion is Big Macintosh)

    5. Best Night Ever (I like the song Best Night Ever)

    6. Keep Calm And Flutter On (Discord's good now YAY!)

    End of extra long A/N...

    Summary: Harry and his mother Applejack are taking a trip to the new western settlement of Appleoosa. They bring with them their friends, and a tree for their relatives apple orchard. But conflict with a tribe of buffallo might ruin this fun trip...

    Chapter 6: Over A Barrell

    " An' that's when the yellow birdie thought to herself, 'Hmm. My favorite little tree isn't such a little tree anymore.' So she sang her song, big an' strong. An' they all lived happily ever after. The...End."

    "Applejack!" Applejack snapped the storybook shut and saw Rarity in the car as well. "Were you reading a bed time story to an...apple tree? Harry I could understand because he's still a foal, but a tree?"

    Applejack got a bit nervous. "Heh...uh...Well ya know, bein' replanted in a whole new place is very upsettin' for a tree...an' Bloomberg here is one of my favorites." She started petting "Bloomberg" as if the tree where a pet and praising it.

    "No fair Applejack! You've got a luxurious, private sleeper car for a tree, while I am crowded and cramped in the same car with all the other ponies. How am I supposed to get my beauty sleep?!"

    Applejack put a blanket spotted with apples over Bloomberg. "But Bloomberg's the whole reason we're makin' this trrp! He needs his rest so we can give him as a gift to my relatives in Appleloosa."

    Rarity Hmmphed. "You talk about it as if its your baby or something." Indeed, Applejack hadn't talked like this since Harry was a baby.

    "Who you callin' a baby?" Applejack snapped at her friend. "Bloomberg's no baby!" She then started cooing at the apple tree. "Don't wet widdle Rarity make you all saddy-waddy. Bloomberg's a big and strong apple tree. Yes, he is. A-coochie-coochie-coo-coo-coo!

    Later that night, their friends where too excited to sleep.

    "For crying out loud in the morning!" Rarity sighed and put a pillow over her other ear.

    "I can't wait!" Fluttershy said excitedly.

    "Yeah, yeah!" Rainbow Dash agreed excitedly.

    Harry groaned and turned his head up from his bed. "Do you guys miind? I was up early practicing fire spells with Spike helping him fire roast those snacks your all eating. I'M POOPED!"

    "Uh, speaking of which, some of these popcorn kernels didn't get popped." Rainbow Dash said to the colt.

    Harry sighed. "Fine." He charged his magic in his horn which released black colored flames at the popcorn leaving them burned and inedible and Rainbow Dash looking a bit disappointed. "Goodnight." Harry said grumpily as he turned over pulling his blanket back over on himself.

    Twilight chuckled nervously. "Maybe its time we all got a little shut-eye. We've got a big day ahead of us tomorrow."

    Harry felt relieved when everyone said goodnight. Then mentally growled when Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie started talking again. Something about Fluttershy being a tree. Then Twilight joined and asked Rainbow Dash if she said Fluttershy was a tree.

    "I'd like to be a tree." Fluttershy joined in the conversation.

    "Oh for Pete's sake!" Harry shouted and huffed as he walked to the private car and slammed the door after saying "Goodnight!"

    "Well that was huffy." Twilight said semi amused.

    "Huffy the magic dragon." Flutershy said remembering the fire.

    All the mares except Rarity giggled again. "WILL YOU ALL BE QUIET NOW PLEASE?!" Rarity demandedin her mud pack and cucumbers which scared the other mares into finally being quiet.

    "THANK YOU!"

    Harry trotted over to the bed and sleepily crawled into it with the tree. "Sorry Bloomberg. I tend to snore a bit. Drives Applebloom crazy sometimes. He e yawned and turned over with his back toward the tree. "Goodnight." He said to the tree as he started snoring softly.

    The next morning the mares decided to let their youngest Element sleep in since he was grumpy yesterday. Then all of a sudden...

    "Who get's what now? Huh?" Rainbow Dash jerked awake as she fell out of bed after their car was hit by buffalo.

    "Ooh. A buffalo stampede!" Twilight said excitedly as they all gathered around a window.

    "I just love their accessories." Rarity said as she admired the feathers on the one of each buffalo's ears. Females had two, males had two big ones with a small feather in between.

    One of the buffalo came up to the earth pony in the lead of the pony's pulling the train. And rammed him from the side. The brown coated stallioin headbutted him and they sped up after another rammed the car the mane 6 where in.

    The mares all screamed in fear as they where tossed about the car. Harry on the other hoof, was still fast asleep as the bed he was sharing with Bloomberg slid about the private car.

    Suddenly, one of the females jumped on top of a male and stood perfectly still.

    "Ooo neato! Now their doing tricks!" Pinkie said as the fourth and final buffalo, a smaller tan buffalo female stood on top. "O oh oh! Now do a backflip!" Suddenly the youngest female jumped onto the train and headed in the direction of the private car. "Or just jump."

    "Something tells me this ISN'T a circus act." Rainbow Dash said before flying out the car and into the air. "Hey there. Where ya going in such a hurry?" She said to the young buffalo female woh gasped. She merely ran at Dash who flew up to avoid her. She flew along the train after her. "Wow. Your pretty quick for someone so...bulky. No offense." She flew up and landed in front of the buffalo. "I just wanna know-" She flew up again as the young female was prepared to run over her. "HEY!" Rainbow Dash flew ahead of her again. "I'm talking to y-"

    The young female suddenly hurled herself into the air doing some magnificent somersaults.

    "Woah." Rainbow Dash said in an impressed tone. She ran after the younger female as she figured out where she was headed. Bloomberg's car. But just before the private car, she jumped down making Dash distracted. "Hu-Ooof!" She flew smack into a post. The buffalo girl looked out at her from the side and blew her a raspberry. Then, she unhooked the car from the train with her mouth and whistled for her comrades to leave. The ponies pulling the train where curious as to why they where leaving, but sped up a bit in case they came back.

    The Elements all ran to the back car. Shocked to see the private car gone.

    "They got Bloomberg!" Twilight said in shock.

    Suddenly Harry's scared face appeared in the window. "HELP!" He shouted. Terrified of what these buffalo might do to an alicorn.

    "And my son!" Applejack said a terrified tone.

    Rainbow Dash shook her head and saw the private car being herded the opposite direction by the buffalo herd with the young female on top of it.

    "MOMMA!" She heard Harry's terrified voice from the car.

    "Foal Napping Harry! I'll show her!" Rainbow Dash growled in anger and flew off to follow the herd.

    The train arrived in Appleloosa at about 2 in the afternoon. The mares of the Elements that where on the train still all hurried off. They where greeted by an eager looking, pale yellow earth pony stallion.

    "Howdy there. Welcome to A-a-a-ppeloosa!" The stallion said as he raised his front legs in eagerness.

    :"Listen Cousin Braeburn, we got a big problem he-" Applejack started.

    "Cousin Applejack where are your manners? You have yet to introduce me to your compadres!"

    "Somethin' terrible happened!" Applejack tried to get her cousin to listen.

    "Terrible is right. Your train arrived seven minutes late. That gives you seven minutes less to enjoy all the delights and pleasures of A-a-appleloosa!" He took them an a tour of the settlement. "Boggles the mind that we settler ponies built all this in just the past year don't it?" He asked the worried mares. "We got all the finest comforts. Like horsedrawn carriages." He pointed over to a carriage that was being pulled by a dark colored pony in a cowboy hat.

    "Okay, your turn now." He said to the blue colored pony who was wearing a large sombrero.

    "Aww, we just switched."

    "And horse drawn, horsedrawn carriages." Braeburn pointed over to ponies drawing scenes from the town.

    Meanwhile...

    Harry was terrified. The buffalo where slowing down now. They would come inside any moment. He got in front of Bloomberg and...tried to look formidable.

    The door of the car kicked in. And a buffalo came inside. "Huh?" He said in confusion. "What are you doing in here?"

    "Your not getting Bloomberg!" Harry snarled at the buffalo with a glare of death.

    "Just give us the tree and you won't be harmed." Another buffalo male said as he joined his comrade.

    Harry merely glared again and concentrated on his horn. Soon it sparked to life. The black electricity of his Chidori charging power prepared to kill if necessary.

    "Chidori." He growled. He stomped one hoof prepared to charge.

    "What is going on here?" A deep voice demanded. "Why isn't the tree out of the car yet?" A buffalo older and larger than the two in front of Harry squeezed past them into the car. Harry layed his ears back and his Chidori died down.

    He gulped timidly. The Element of Courage he may be, he still got scared of buffalo far older and stronger than he was.

    "I don't care who you are." He snarled up to the buffalo wearing a full head dress of feathers. He must be the leader. He thought. "I'm not letting you hurt a defenseless tree!"

    Something familiar about him. The leader buffalo thought. "Are you per chance related to Princess Celestia?" The male asked the young colt.

    "What do you want from Grandma?" Harry snarled. "Ransom or something?"

    "We have no use for bits." The leader waved his hoof. "Bring him back to the camp." He ordered the two in the car.

    "Yes Chief Thunderhooves." The male on the left said. "Come on you."

    "Wait! How do you-" Harry blacked out as they knocked him unconcious.

    Back in Appleloosa...

    "Uh...yes cuz?" Braeburn asked after Applejack hollered his name loudly.

    "We have a huge problem. Some of our friends are missin'! MY SON is missing!"

    "You have a son?" Braeburn asked with intrest. "Whose the lucky stallion?"

    "Not...important..." Applejack hissed at him.

    "A stampede of buffalo." Fluttershy told Braeburn at which his eye started twitching.

    "They took Harry!" Rarity said in worry.

    "Rainbow Dash went after them!" Twilight added.

    "We can't find Pinkie Pie." Fluttershy said.

    "And we had a tree we where gonna bring for your orchard, but the buffalo's took it. Along with my son!"

    "Did you say...buffalo?" Braeburn asked calmly.

    "Yes." All the mares said. Braeburn sighed.

    "Them buffalo. They want us settler ponies to take all the trees you see here off this land. We put all this hard work into feeding our town, our families, our foals! And now they want us to move this orchard? T'aint fair." He said sadly.

    The four mares all looked out at the orchard sadly.

    Rainbow Dash had followed the herd to the area she was hiding. "I'll show that bufallo. No one tricks Rainbow Dash and gets away with it!" She winced as her face twinged in pain.

    "BOO!" Pinkie Pie surprised Rainbow Dash so much that she flew into the air and landed on her back in fright.

    "Pinkie Pie!" She shouted.

    "Whoops! Ya caught me! Looks like I messed with you and didn't get away with it either. Your good!"

    "Pinkie Pie! I'm trying to save Harry!"

    "Oh my gosh so am I!" Pinkie said eagerly.

    "AND THE MORE OF US THERE ARE OUT HERE THE ARE BETTER CHANCES OF US GETTING-" She stopped as angry buffalo surrounded them. "Caught." She said nervously. "Run Pinkie." She said as she got ready to fight. "I'll hold them off. Save yourself!"

    The buffalo started charging when a familiar young voice shouted "STOP!"

    The buffalo all suddenly stopped and a path was parted between them. Through the dust Rainbow Dash and Pinkie could see a young pony. "Dash, Pinkie. Hi!" Harry said eagerly with a headband on his head like the buffalo where wearing.

    "Harry?" Rainbow Dash asked in confusion. Wondering why he was wearing feathers too.

    "Its okay. I know those mares. Their cool." Harry said to the tan buffalo on his right.

    "If you say so Harry." The young male said as he held up his hoof and Harry clopped it with his own. "Catch ya later bro." The male said as the buffalo that surrounded them ran off.

    Later that night, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie sat with Harry at a fire.

    "Turns out they took me by mistake. They feel really bad about it." Harry told the older mares. "Fortunately for me, the Chief and Grandma are old friends."

    "Why do you have the feathers?" Pinkie asked eagerly after coming up from her bowl of mashed cactus.

    "The Chief was so moved by my compassion for all living things, he let me join their tribe." Harry said eagerly after slurping his cactus bowl clean. "I even have my own tribal name. Little Braveheart!" The same young buffalo female from earlier came up to Harry with a bowl of water. "And this is my new friend Little Strongheart."

    "You!" Rainbow Dash growled.

    "You!" Little Bravehert gasped.

    "That's it. Let's bail!" Rainbow Dash said preparing to leave.

    "Please accept my apologies for what happened on the train." Little Strongheart pleaded. "We didn't want anybody to be hurt."

    "Yeah right." Rainbow Dash scoffed the apology.

    "We only wanted the tree. Those settler ponies have overtaken the land and planted an apple orchard all over it. Because of their thoughtlessness we can no longer run over our traditional stampeding grounds.

    "Huh?" Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie looked a bit confused.

    "I think its time they met Chief Thunderhooves." Harry said to Little Strongheart who nodded in agreement.

    "Our herd has stampeded over this land for many generations." Chief Thunderhooves began his tale to Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie. "My father stampeded over these grounds. And his father before him. And his father before him." And his father before him. And his father-"

    "I think they get the idea chief." Little Strongheart said stopping the leader of her herd from an infinite loop.

    "Hmmph." Chief Thunderhooves grunted. "It is a sacred tradition to run the path every year. But this year, these...settler ponies...these, " Thunderhooves started snorting angrily, "Appleloosans!" He was starting to get furious before Little Strongheart calmed him down.

    "They planted the apple treess all over it without our permission."

    "Well that's not very nice. Right Rainbow Dash?" Pinkie Pie asked her flying friend.

    "Hmph." Was Rainbow Dash's reply.

    "The ponies refuse to move their trees. Because of this we're stuck here, and it isn't fair!"

    Harry turned to his fellow Element of Harmony. "See Rainbow Dash? They had a good reason to take B-"

    "Huh-ah, I'll say they had a good reason!" Rainbow Dash shouted startling all the buffalo. Come on! We have some Settler ponies to talk too!"

    The tribe cheered.

    The next morning, Twilight, Applejack, Fluttershy, Rarity and Braeburn where preparing to rescue Harry, Rainbow Dash and Applejack.

    "Ow!" Rarity groaned as Applejack pulled the strap of her bag roughly over her back. "Gently please!"

    "Sorry Rarity. But my son and our friends are out there and we have ta' be ready for a long hike into buffalo territory if we're gonna save 'em!" She turned to the others. "Let's go!"

    They didn't get very far till...

    "Hi guys!" Pinkie Pie said eagerly.

    "Pinkie!" Fluttershy flew into the mare and landed on top of her. "We're so glad your safe!"

    "Momma!" Harry said as they rushed to greet their friends. Applejack embraced her son thankful he was safe.

    "How did you escape the buffalo?" Twilight asked the Pegasi, Earth Pony and alicorn.

    "We didn't." Pinkie said simply.

    "We promised the buffalo a chance to talk." Rainbow Dash explained while Rarity marvled over Harry's new head band. ("Those feathers are exquisite!")

    "Oh yeah, About what?" Applejack asked after releasing Harry who whistled and Little Strongheart waved over at them nervously before starting to draw with her hooves in the dirt.

    "We brought my new friend Little Strongheart to explain why why the Appleloosan why they should move the apple orchard." Harry said eagerly to his mother who frowned. Harry was sidin' with the people who foal napped him?!

    "That informaton would be quite helpful. Hey little guy, I'm yer cousin Braeburn. You must be the son Applejack mentioned. "He extended his hoof which Harry clopped in return. "Pleased to meet y-"

    "That's weird." Applejack hissed which surprised and shocked Harry because normally his mother was quite civil. Unless ya pissed her off. " 'Cause my cousin Braeburn here wants to explain to the buffalo why they should let the apple trees stay."

    "That would be a useful thing to-" Little Strongheart started before Harry interrupted her.

    "The land is theirs! Grandma created this area from a huge empty forest so the buffalo could have a place to roam! She gave it to them over a thousand years ago! You planted the trees not knowing that." Harry explained thinking that would settle everything. "Now ya just gotta move 'em

    "Well...eheh." Braeburn said nervously realizing just who Harry was talking about after seeing his wings and horn.

    "Your family busted their rumps with the other settlers plantin these trees!" Applejack snapped at her infidelic son. "An' now yer sayin' they should bust their rumps again just 'cause the buffalo won't stampede someplace else?"

    "Just plant the trees somewhere else!" Harry raised his voice to match his mothers so she could hear him. Apparently his message wasn't getting through.

    "Where?!" Applejack demanded. "Its the only flatland around here!"

    "The buffalo had it first!" Harry snarled at his mother. "MY GRANDMOTHER GAVE IT TO THEM!"

    "The settler ponies need it to LIVE!" Applejack put her head against Harry's and they where at a stand off in anger.

    "Applejack!" Rarity said in shock. She had never seen the two fight before in all the time Harry had lived in Ponyville

    "THAT'S IT! YER GROUNDED MISTER!"

    "MOMMA, I love you, but with all due respect; SHUT UP!" Harry shouted. Making all the ponies present and Little Strongheart herself gasp. He had never been like that with Applejack before. "Since I found out my Grandma was Priness Celestia, I've always considered myself an Apple first, and a Royal Family member second. But this time momma, I'm ashamed to be an Apple." He declared much to the shock of his mother. Braeburn understood though. Applejack was being a bit of an ass...

    ""QUIET!" Twilight shouted. Everypony and Little Strongheart looked over to her. "Look...both the settlers and the buffalo have good reasons to use this land. There must be somthing we can do!"

    "I know!" Pinkie Pie said eagerly.

    The next day, the buffalo and all the Appleloosans gathered at the theater built in the middle of the town square. Pinkie Pie sang a song about coming together and sharing the land. But unfortunately, she did it dressed up in harlot's clothing...Chief Thunderhooves and Sherrif Silver Star where very embarrassed.

    "It appears that we have come to an agreement." Thunderhooves said to Harry who was next to Little Strongheart who sat next to the chief.

    "We have." Silver Star agreed.

    "That was the worst performance we have ever seen."

    "Teh...Abso-tively!"

    "The time for action...is upon us!" Thunderhooves declared to his tribe. The buffalo cheered in agreement. Harry and Little Strongheart looked at each other nervously.

    "Our stampede will start at high noon tomorrow. And if the orchard is still there, we will flatten it. AND the entire town of Appleloosa!"

    The Appleloosan's and the Elements all gasped in shock. "This is so not good." Twilight said in fear/

    "But Chief!" Harry said to his grandmother's old friend.

    "Little Braveheart." Thunderhooves spoke to Harry using his tribal name. "I respect you and your grandmother greatly. Your respect and compassion for all living things has moved my heart like nothing has in a very long time. But you must decide. Either your with us. Or THEM." He glared at the Appleloosans.

    "An' we Appleloosan's say you'd better bring yer best, 'cause we'll be ready and waitin' !"

    "But Sheriff!" Braeburn protested.

    The rest of the day was spent getting ready for the stamped for the buffalos, buy stomping hooves, getting psyched, sharpening horns, etc. And for the Appleloosans,..baking pies...preparing defenses and bucking apples in case they actually tore down the orchard.

    "I wan' my kin ta' have what they need to live, but a storm's brewin' here!" Applejack pleaded to her friends for help. "And I don't like the look of it.

    "Hey, where's Harry?" Pinkie Pie asked. He wasn't with them in the room they where staying.

    Where Harry had been pacing earlier, was an open window with the breeze blowing the curtains.

    "He was just, oh that little!" Applejack snarled. "He betrayed us!"

    "Applejack he's your son!" Twilight said in shock.

    "Well, we'll know when tomorrow comes." Applejack said sadly. "One way, or the other." The mare finished as she stomped over to the door. "Come on ya'll, we gotta talk some sense into these ponies."

    Later that night, sharpening of horns was still going on. Buffalo where also headbutting each other. Harry had made it to the buffalo's campsite.

    "Isn't there anyway to stop this?" Harry pleaded with Little Strongheart.

    "Unless the settlers remove those trees, I do not think so." The older than Harry female said sadly.

    "Chief please." Harry said before bed time. "I know you don't want to do this. Grandma wouldn't want you to do this!"

    "They have taken our land. What yould you have me do Little Braveheart? Sometimes a man has to choose between what is right, and what is easy." Thunderhooves said as he put two lines of war paint on his cheeks before pushing Harry the white bowl. Harry hung his head sadly and put a line of white paint on each cheek.

    "Its never too late to think of SOMETHING." Rainbow Dash insisted as she watched Harry put the paint on with his hooves.

    "At noon." Thunderhooves said to Harry sadly. "It will have already been too late..."

    "I don't believe this." Applejack said in shock as she saw her son in warpaint standing with Chief Thunderhooves. "He's really with 'em. Mah own son!"

    "Applejack what do you expect? You where being totally unreasonable with him!" Twilight said to her friend. "He has to protect the decrees his Celestia made!"

    The clock suddenly started gonging. 1, 2, 3...

    "Come on, come on...think think think think!" Rainbow Dash hit herself in the head lightly trying to think of something.

    The Appleloosans prepared to fight. The Buffalo stomped their hooves. 9, 10, 11...12.

    Harry gave one last pleading look to Thunderhooves. The old chief sighed sadly.

    "He's not gonna do it." Rainbow Dash said in surprise.

    "Oh thank you baby." Applejack said to her son though he couldn't hear her.

    Suddenly...Pinkie Pie screwed the ceasefire up by singing. "You gotta share, you gotta care...Its the right thing to do."

    This instantly angered the chief. "CHAAAAARGE!" He roared angrily. The Buffalo suddenly charged and shockingly, Harry went with them. Charging up his Chidori to destroy something with his anger that Pinkie Pie screwed everything up.

    "Chidori!" He shouted after his fellow tribe members tore through the first line of defense and broke the flag pole with the Appleloosan flag with their stampeding. He charged at a hay pile with two stallions behind it that weren't Apple family members. He hit something hard and along with the hay, an anvil was sent flying into the air with a large crater in it with the two stallions who shouted in fear as they where thrown through a building window.

    Harry clopped hooves with the same tan buffalo from earlier and the two ran opposite directions. "Chidori Sharp Spear!" He unleashed a new attack he had been working on and a spear of black lightning shot out of a normal Chidori and cut through several apple pies thrown at his fellow tribe members. Not knowing if they where poisoned or not, Harry avoided getting any pies thrown at him while he helped the tribe destroy Appleloosa.

    One of the mares hiding up high jumped through a window onto a buffalo's back. The buffalo tried to buck her off. Another tan one had a pie thrown at him. He couldn't see since it hit his face. He ran into the clock tower and broke it. All the Appleloosans and Buffalo scattered. Chief Thunderhooves was now furious. He spied Sheriff Silver Star throwing pies behind hay bales. He narrowed his eyes and charged.

    Sheriff Silver Star reached for another pie when he saw Thunderhooves coming. He had none left. So, he decided to do the honorable thing. Accept defeat. He stood up, put his hat to his chest, and waited for Thunderhooves to ram him.

    But suddenly, a pie was thrown. And it hit Chief Thunderhooves...

    "Noooooo!" Harry shouted causing everypony and buffalo to stop fighting. They all saw the chief not moving. One of the buffalo grabbed a mare nearby and sobbed into her shoulder. Applejack came over to her son and put a hoof on his shoulder while he cried into her neck.

    Silver Star bowed his head thinking too that the worst had happened. All the fighting and destruction had stopped in fact...But then...

    A drop of Apple Pie fell onto Thunderhooves' tongue. Suddenly he got up, and slurped his face clean of the delicious treat. "YUM!" He said eagerly. "I have an idea!"

    Over the next few days, the buffalo and ponies worked together starting to build Appleloosa back up. "We will allow the apple orchard to stay as long as we can run through it and get a share of its fruit. And more of those delicious Apple pies."

    When the buffalo stampeded through the next week, several Appleloosans gathered at the end of the orchard with bushels of apples, and apple pies to give to the herd. As tribute for letting them continue to use the land.

    "Bloomberg." Applejack said to the now replanted tree. "This is yer special day! Momma's so proud of you!" she cooed as she tickled and petted the tree

    Dear Grandma,

    Friendship is a wonderous and powerful force of nature. Even the worst of enemies can become the best of friends. You need understanding and compromise. You've got to share. You've got to care-"

    "HEY! That's what I said!" Pinkie Pie said as she read Harry's letter to his grandmother...

    To Be Continued...

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    8. Chapter 8: Griffon The Brush Off

    Chapter 8: Griffon The Brush Off

    AN: Implied shipping between Gilda and Rainbow Dash. High T for kissing and use of the word "Bitch."

    I know I said Ponyville Confidential was next but I had such a good plot with this episode that I had to write it out before I lost it. I will be doing Hearts and Hooves day next as next week is the real Hearts and Hooves Day ^^

    And also, I'm acting as if the Grand Galloping Gala is the finale of Summer of sorts. This means of course Harry's birthday has passed and is nine now. But the Gala was before his birthday.

    Summary: After advice on how to deal with bullies works with Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon, Harry starts looking to Gilda as a role model. Rainbow Dash sees the problem, when Harry starts imitating her agressive behavior at school.

    The previous day was fun. Pinkie and Rainbow Dash went on a pranking spree through their circle of friends. Minus Fluttershy at Pinkie's request because the Bearer of Kindness was so sensitive. They painted Sweet Apple Acres apples with brilliantly colored designs. They rang Rarity's doorbell and ran off, scared Spike so bad that they gave him the hiccups, replaced Twilight's ink pot with dissappearing ink. They tried to prank Harry, but somehow, the devious 9 year old Bearer of Courage was one step ahead of them. They ended up with syrup and feathers all over themselves in the barn.

    "Maybe your just jealous." Twilight suggested to Pinkie as the pink mare told Twilight about how mean the new Griffon in town treated her.

    "Yep. Green with envy. Or in your case, pink with envy." Spike agreed with his mother figure/best friend as he picked up a book and started reading where he left off. .

    Despite her better judgement, Pinkie agreed to give the griffon another chance.

    Gilda the griffon was one cool cat...or lioneagle. She hated the weak and the lame. That was why she had found herself the best friend of Rainbow Dash at Junior Speedsters Camp when they where kids. Ugh! She would never get that dumb chant out of her head! Why oh why did they make those poor children say it EVERY morning and evening?! She was exploring the town her friend lived in. A quaint, humble little village called Ponyville. Nothing special really. But, trust her friend Rainbow Dash to find something she liked about it. Quaint was cool these days somehow. She came across the local schoolhouse.

    Isn't that the little colt that lives with Dash's earth pony friend that lives on that farm? Gilda asked herself as he was ganged up on by two fillies. One a purple coated unicorn and the other a grey maned/silver coated unicorn.

    "Leave me alone!" The colt insisted.

    "You gonna make us? Your so called friends aren't around now." The purple unicorn mocked as she pushed him to the silver coated one. The silver coated filly pushed him into a big mud puddle. Embarrased, the colt blushed in righteous fury.

    "You better bring me your lunch money tomorrow." The purple unicorn threatened. "Or this will be a daily punishment small fry." She and the little bitch that was her lacky cackled. "Come on Silver Spoon. Its almost snack time at home."

    "Your just gonna let them push you around like that?" Harry heard a new adult voice ask. He looked up and saw a griffon female.

    "Their dads are the richest ponies in Ponyville. What choice do I have?" Harry asked as he got up and shook the mud off his coat. He walked out of the mud puddle. "Are you a griffon? Wow! I've never met a griffon before!" The young colt said eagerly.

    Gilda smirked. He just needed a little guidance is all. "It doesn't matter who has the most money. In the real world, only the strongest survive." Gilda told the little winged unicorn. "You gotta be more agressive kid. Show those two whose the real alpha." She let out a loud squawk/roar. "Get in their faces and hurt them before they hurt you." She walked around him. "What's your name runt?"

    "Uh...Harry."

    "Come with me." Gilda said. "If you want to learn how to deal with bullies...

    The next day...

    Gilda watched the runt's next interaction with his two bullies at recess.

    "If you two think I'm going to let you push me around my whole life you've got another. Thing. COMING!" Harry finally shouted causing the two to unknowingly fall backwards in the same mud puddle. The entire class laughed at the two fillies.

    "Well. That's a job well done." Gilda smirked to herself. "Well done Gilda. You've changed another life. Woah. I know I told him to act like the alpha male, but that was new." After his little performance Harry had grabbed his earth pony friend and kissed him.

    "Uh, what was that for?" Shady Daze asked his younger friend unsure of how to react.

    "I had a crush on you a while back. Just wanted to see if it went anywhere." Harry said simply to his two friends. "Look at it this way, you got the Crown Prince's first kiss." Harry reminded Featherweight and Shady Daze of his heritage before turning to go back into the school house. Luckily it was after everyone was inside.

    Shady Daze and Featherweight stared after their friend. Not sure they where liking this new, aggressive Harry...

    Over the next couple of days, everypony started noticing a big change in Harry's behavior. He was getting more and more aggressive. And more defiant. He even glared Big Macintosh into submission. The normally strong earth pony unsure of how to react to his nephew's new behavior.

    "I'm telling ya somethin's up with him." Applejack said to the other Elements of Harmony. "He's almost acting like a bully. I don't know what to do with him. And it all started when that griffon friend of yers came to town Dash." Applejack said to Rainbow Dash.

    "Gilda." The rainbow maned pegasi started. "Do you know anything about this?" The griffon rolled her eyes.

    "Of course. I just gave him a little afternoon course on how to be a real alpha. Commanding respect from others by demanding their submission and if that doesn't work." She put one curled up paw into another. "Force their submission. Fortunately it seems all his little school friends are smarter than I thought. It helped him deal with Dildo Train and Silver Slut anyway."

    Fluttershy and a few others blushed at the language the griffoness used.

    "Look that might be fine for griffons. But Harry's a pony." Twilight reminded Gilda. "And not only that, he's the Princess Celestia's grandcolt. He can't act like a total-"

    "A total what?" Came a nasty toned young male voice. The elements and griffoness looked to the door to see Harry standing in the doorframe.

    "Oh. Hi son." Applejack said nervously. The young alicorn looked around at the nervous mares.

    "Go on Twilight. Finish. A total what?" The now mean spirited colt demanded.

    Twilight gulped. "Asshat." She finished nervously.

    "Hmph. I thought so. So even my fellow Elements of Harmony don't like Alpha Harry huh?" The other foals at school had been avoiding Harry all day. Even his two best friends. "I don't need you guys. Gilda?" Harry asked as he turned to leave. The griffoness smirked and walked ahead of him as she was his alpha. "See ya 'round." Gilda smirked at the Mane 6 before the two slammed the door on their way out.

    Rainbow Dash fumed.

    "How can one afternoon turn Harry from that sweet little colt he used to be to...that?" Rarity asked.

    "You've never dealt with bullies before." Applejack reminded Rarity. "Everypony in school respected you after that play. Remember? But yer right. This ain't Harry. I'll drag him back kickin' and screaming if I have to."

    "No Applejack." Rainbow Dash said. The other mares turned to the pegasi. "If anyone's going to get Harry out from Gilda's claws. Its going to be me." She ran out the door of the library.

    She found Gilda at a meadow just outside Ponyville. Harry was doing laps in the air.

    "All right. Now twenty wing ups!" Gilda ordered. "Oh. Hi Dash. Finally decided to ditch those losers?"

    "No. We want our Harry back. Not this bully you created." Rainbow Dash demanded in the air. Pointing to Harry.

    "Huh. Interesting. Front and Center!" Gilda ordered and Harry swooped down stopping his wing ups saluting Gilda. "Do you want to go back to the bullied weakling you where?"

    "No ma'am!" Harry insisted.

    "Sorry Dashie. He's mine." Gilda smirked.

    "Then how about a race?" Rainbow Dash suggested. "Suicide Gorge. Its just outisde Ponyville that way." She pointed the opposite direction she came. "If I win, you leave Ponyville and never come back." She glared.

    "Uh huh, and if I win?" The griffoness asked.

    "If you win...you can train Harry however you want."

    "And, you leave Ponyville instead." Gilda hissed evilly.

    This caused Harry's ears to fall back. What? Rainbow Dash leave? But Ponyville is her home.

    "Fine." Rainbow Dash glared at her former friend. "Tomorrow. Noon."

    "Its a date." Gilda smirked. Reminding the mare of their former relationship making her blush.

    That night Harry paced in his room. He didn't want Rainbow Dash to leave. But he didn't want to be a target for Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon either. Then it hit him.

    Knock Knock Knock..."Uncle Macintosh?" Said a small voice that the stallion knew well. Harry when he was in trouble.

    "Come on in." The red earth pony said. " A'hm just finishing up some figures." He put his calculator aside and his numbers notebook that had the farms finance information and put it in a drawer of his desk. "Now, what's the problem? I'm assuming its with how you've been acting out the past couple of days." He asked the pitiful looking colt who looked incredibly guilty.

    "Rainbow Dash bet Gilda on a race." Harry said. "If Rainbow Dash wins, Gilda leaves Ponyville forever. But if Gilda wins..."

    "She gits you and Dash leaves Ponyville." Big Mac finished. He sighed. Harry really got himself deep this time.

    "I don't know what to do." Harry panicked. "I don't wanna be a target for bullies but all my friends have abandoned me, I don't think anypony can stop the race a-" Macintosh put a hoof in front of Harry's mouth.

    "I've been watchin'. And personally, I don't think yer friends abandoned you. I think you just pushed them away with all this alpha pucky." The red coated stallion said as he tried to calm his panicking nephew. "As for yer momma and her group, Applejack told me you left with Gilda saying you didn't need them. Now I know you don't really mean that."

    Harry's ears laid back and he looked down in shame. "No. I don't."

    "Good. That means we're one step to fixin' this mess you made. Now. Where are they racin' ?"

    Harry suddenly looked nervous. "Suicide Gorge."

    "Oh dear Celestia." Macintosh said in shock. His wheat stick falling out of his mouth. "We gotta get Applejack now. Hopefully we can stop this race before somepony gets hurt. As fer you. When this is all over, you and me are goin' out to the barn."

    Harry looked down in shame again. "Yes sir." He said as he followed his uncle to his mother's room...

    Noon the next day...

    Rainbow Dash looked nervously over the gorge's ledge. Their race was simple. Down the gorge, through it's rough terrain, and up the other side and back wins. Many pegasi have been hurt or killed racing along this gorge.

    "What's wrong Dashie?" Gilda said in a mockingly affectionate tone. "Scared?"

    "N-no." Rainbow Dash said. "Just thinking about how I'm gonna kick your tail feathers out of Ponyville an-" She was shocked as Gilda kissed her. Her tongue slipping past her lips briefly. "What was that?!"

    "Kiss for good luck." Gilda chuckled darkly. "You'll need it." She wasn't nervous. Griffon's where tough. Much more tougher than the walking glue sticks that ponies where anyway. "3 2 1 go?"

    "Fine." Rainbow Dash agreed. Spitting to get the taste of Gilda out of her mouth. "3."

    "2." Gilda said.

    "1." They both said together

    "STOP!" They both perked up as they heard Harry shout toward them. "You don't have to do this Rainbow Dash! I'm done with Gilda!"

    "WHAT?" Gilda growled.

    "You've done nothing but cause me problems since you filled my head with this alpha crap. I'm done with you!" Harry spat at Gilda's feet.

    "You did this didn't you?" Gilda demanded as she glared at the rainbow haired mare. Grabbing Rainbow Dash. "You little bitch." She crushed a part of Dash's right wing in her claw causing the Bearer of Loyalty to cry out in pain and then threw Rainbow Dash off of the gorge cliff.

    "Rainbow Dash!" The Elements of Harmony all shouted before Fluttershy stepped up and raced down the gorge to save her friend.

    Oh no you don't. Gilda thought maliciously as she spread her wings preparing to go after Fluttershy.

    "SHARP SPEAR!" A spear of black electricity missed her by inches.

    "What the?" Gilda looked around to see Harry glaring at her. His Chidori flaring.

    "The next one won' miss." He warned. "And will be aimed for your head!"

    Gilda tried to run, but was surrounded. Applejack stomped ready to charge. Rarity and Twilight's horns glowed with magical power. Pinkie looked uncharistically furious with the griffoness and stomped as well. Smoke flaring from her nostrils in fury.

    "Fine. I don't need this lame town." Gilda said in anger before spreading her wings and taking off.

    "And if you ever show your face in Ponyville you'll get fried!" Harry threatened up at her .

    "Bite me!" She called back as she soared off.

    The next day in Rainbow Dash's hospital room...

    "Rainbow Dash, I'm really sorry about Gilda." Harry apologized as he and the mane 6 "I was just tired of being a target."

    "Its okay kid. I understand. I was bullied in flight school back in Cloudsdale. It isn't easy." The rainbow maned mare assured him. "But as long as you have friends that care. It doesn't really matter. Why don't you sit with the others?" She asked as the rest of the mane 6 where all with their rumps on a cushion.

    "Uh...no thanks I'll stand." Harry said with a blush. His behind glowing beat red.

    To Be Continued...

    Well. I believe a lot of this chapter is original in plot. And I'm pretty sure I'm not the only GildaRainbowDash shipper out there. There was a lot more to them than being just friends I think. Its like Sirius and Remus in Harry Potter. A lot of fandom members took that relationship and worked it into something. Pony fans will undoubtedly to the same with Gilda and Rainbow Dash.

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    9. Chapter 9: Hearts and Hooves Day

    A/N: Happy Hearts and Hooves Day Everypony.

    I have a new OC pony. Joyful Noise. He is mentioned and described in an A/N in my new Drabble fic Raised By Cakes. If you want to use him in a fic please give me credit.

    Harry is 9 and Soarin is 15 still for a few more months but the two have no romantic feelings for each other yet and would not act this way toward each other without influence of the Love Poison. Rest assured nothing explecit happens.

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    Summary: Big Macintosh and Miss Cherilee hit it off the second time they meet without the Love Potion the Cutie Mark Crusaders provided. Unfortunately, Harry and Soarin of the Wonderbolts come across the potion thinking it is a nice fruit punch provided by the previous two. Hilarity ensues as the CMC and Mane 6 with Big Mac and Cherilee try to keep the two apart long enough for the effects to wear off...

    Chapter 9: Hearts And Hooves Day

    "Now up and give me 20 laps around the farm!" Soarin ordered after Harry finished his current set of Wing Ups. Harry rose into the air higher and flew away to start flying around Sweet Apple Acres.

    Soarin had been reqruited by Princess Celestia herself to teach her grandcolt how to fly properly. When he asked why him and not Spitfire, who had far more experience teaching colts and fillies than he did, well...

    "Oh, I have a little hunch my grandson would prefer you to teach him over other members of your team." Celestia chuckled with a knowing twinkle in her eye.

    What was that twinkle? Soarin asked himself as he watched Harry's progress with his 20 laps while in his Wonderbolt uniform. Harry finally came to a stop and caught his breath. "Five minutes." Soarin said. Genuinely impressed. "Not bad. Your improving."

    "Thank *gasp* you *gasp* Sir!." Harry said, saluting Soarin as best he could while gasping for air.

    "At ease squirt. Your not a cadet. At least not yet." The blue maned pegasi smirked at the colt's lit up face. "But keep this pace up and you might become a candidate for early graduation from Wonderbolt Academy."

    Harry's grin would remind Applejack of Winona after she found out where her family hid the stash of dog biscuits.

    "Let's take a break." The pegasi suggested. He took off his Wonderbolt uniform and stashed it in his saddlebag. Joining Harry walking up a hill that overlooked Sweet Apple Acres. A very nice view and a relaxing breeze guaranteed. "Do you ever wish you where raised in Canterlot?" Soarin asked curiously as they walked.

    "With that snob of a nephew of mine?" Harry asked in a bewildered tone. "No way! I'd probably wind up in the Royal Canterlot Guard boot camp!"

    "I'm surprised Blueblood hasn't already been shipped off. He's such a jackass." Soarin joked with his young friend as they laughed at the snobbish unicorn mentioned.

    "OMC it's Soarin of the Wonderbolts!" Came the voice of an eager filly as the duo reached the top of the hill. ]

    Soarin looked around and saw the local school teacher and Harry's uncle walkind away from a picnic blanket and what looked like a pitcher of fruit punch.

    With the Cutie Mark Crusaders...

    "What's a Wonderbolt doing in Ponyville?" Scootaloo demanded.

    "Sis said that Princess Celestia hired Soarin to be Harry's flight instructor. I thought she was jokin'." Applebloom explained.

    "Maybe Harry wants to join the Wonderbolts someday." Sweetie Belle suggested.

    "No, that's Rainbow Dash remember, Harry's never shown any interest in becoming a Wonderbolt. Just their shows." Scootaloo reminded her two filly friends.

    "This punch looks yummy. I'll have to thank Uncle Macintosh and Miss C. Later." Came Harry's voice to the 3 fillies horror.

    The 3 fillies gasped and heard the clinking of glasses. "To friendship." Harry toasted.

    "Friendship." Soarin agreed.

    "NO!" The 3 fillies shouted too late. The alicorn and pegasi downed the love potion they created.

    "But their both colts!" Sweetie Belle said. "How would that even work out?!"

    "Uh...well..." Applebloom said nervously. She had accidentally seen a...for lack of a proper term, "cow orgy" last mating season. She had even seen a bull mounting another bull when all the females where taken and both had no partners. That was when Applejack had talked to her about the birds and the bees of foal making.

    "On second thought, never mind." The unicorn filly shook her head. "Bad thoughts! Bad thoughts."

    "Their...cuddling..." Scootaloo said in disdain.

    "Schmoopsy whoopsy teddy bear." Harry cooed as their necks embraced.

    "Schmoopsy moopsy pudding pie." Soarin cooed as he kissed Harry's ear."

    "Yuck." Sweetie Belle said in clear grossed outedness.

    "We need help." Applebloom said as Harry and Soarin walked into Ponyville together.

    A short while later...

    "YOU DID WHAT?!" Applejack shouted in the library making everypony outside look toward it. Including a earth pony with a hourglass cutie mark who had hearts hovering over his head at the sound of Applejack's voice.

    "We didn't mean to hurt anypony." Sweetie Belle insisted.

    "We just wanted to set up big brother with Miss Cherilee." Applebloom added.

    "They did seem rather insistant that we get together." Cherilee admitted.

    "Eeyup." The only stallion in the room agreed with his new marefriend.

    "Uh, girls, what exactly did you put in this potion?" Twilight asked in a worried tone as she looked at the page the fillies said they found the potion. "I've never seen a love potion quite this shade of purple."

    "Morning Dew." Sweetie Belle said.

    "Rainbow Dust." Scootaloo added.

    "And thre drops of Sunshine." Applebloom finished.

    "Oh no!" Twilight gasped.

    "How bad is it?" Rarity asked.

    "You 3 didn't make a love POTION, you made a Love POISON!"

    Everypony gasped except Big Macintosh who had blinked in shock. He knew what Love Poisons where. And they weren't good.

    "...What's a love poison?" Pinkie Pie asked.

    "A love poison is far more powerful and dangerous than a love potion." Twilight explained as she read the details of the two seperate potions. "While a love potion merely expands love between two ponies who already have feelings for the other, a love POISON intensifies those feelings to dangerous levels. To the point where they never want to stop staring into the others eyes. It was named a love poison because a Prince long ago gave this mixture to a Princess he loved by mistake instead of a love potion, and the two got lost in each other's eyes-"

    "Aww, how romanti-"

    "I'm not finished yet." Twilight interrupted Rarity. "They got so lost in each other's eyes that they neglected their respective Royal Duties and their empires fell completely apart!"

    Everypony suddenly donned a nervous expression.

    "So?" Sweretie Belle asked. "Harry and Soarin don't run empires."

    "No, but they still got responsibilities!" Applebloom reminded her friend. "If Harry keeps starin' at Soarin, Granny Smith'll be broken down from all the extra chores he's supposed to do!"

    She imagines dozens of brooms, mops and buckets burying Granny Smith.

    "And if Soarin can't help the Wonderbolts." Rainbow Dash said in shock.

    She imagines the Wonderbolts fighting a rampaging dragon which is beating them.

    "WHERE IS SOARIN?" Spitfire demanded before being slashed out of the air by the dragon's tail.

    "Ponyville could be flattened by a rampaging dragon!" The rainbow maned mare panicked.

    In both fantasy's, Harry and Soarin where staring at each other's eyes. with heart's as pupils.

    "We should probably see how bad the situation is." Cherille suggested to everypony else's agreement.

    About ten minutes later, they found Harry and Soarin. They followed the two to Sugarcube Corner.

    "You take the first sip Teddy Bear." Harry cooed over to Soarin. A cupcake milkshake in a heart shaped glass in honor of Hearts and Hooves Day sat between them on the table.

    "No, you take the first sip Apple Pie." Soarin cooed back.

    "This can't get more disturbing." Cherilee said as she and Big Macintosh watched fromt he window. She was clearly icking out over the scene.

    "Nnope." Macintosh agreed. He had never seen his nephew act quite like this before. He never wanted to again. Harry had had a small crush on his little friend Shady Daze a couple years ago, but it had passed.

    "No you." Harry said, pushing the straw toward Soarin.

    "No you." Soarin said, repeating the action but to Harry.

    Both adults made grossed out expressions and left the window to report their findings.

    "How bad is it?" Applejack asked a short trip back to the library later.

    "Its pretty bad." Cherilee said.

    "Eeyup." Big Macintosh agreed before shuddering. "AJ, if I ever act like that, buck me in the face."

    With the CMC upstairs...

    "I feel guilty." Sweetie Belle said.

    "I feel worse." Scootaloo added.

    "I feel doubly guilty." Applebloom said. "Harry's my nephew! I'm supposed to look out for him!" "

    "There's a cure!" They heard Twilight say. "We just need to keep Harry and Soarin apart for at least...one hour."

    "Should be easy enough." Applejack said. "We'll just say we need Harry's help back at the farm and lock him in the barn or somethin'."

    "Eeyup." Big Macintosh nodded in agreement with his little sister.

    "And we can help with Soarin." Spitfire said. Rainbow Dash had flown as fast as she could to Wonderbolt Academy and explained the situation to her. She and another Wonderbolt stallion where awaiting orders.

    "No problem." The stallion agreed with a smile.

    "Then let's do it." Applejack said with a grin.

    "Harry!" Applebloom called over to Harry who was cuddling on a bench with his "Teddy Bear." "Harry!"

    "What?!" Harry hissed at his aunt. Applebloom looked slightly taken aback.

    "We need you back at the farm. There's an emergency! Applejack's hurt!"

    "Momma's hurt?" Harry gasped. "Teddy, I don't wanna go." Harry said as he leaned into Soarin."

    "Oh brother." Sweetie Belle groaned.

    "Soarin, Wonderbolt Emergency in Cloudsdale." Spitfire said sharply to the young stallion. "Time to move out."

    The two looked at each other longingly and left with their groups.

    "So what happens when they find out these emergency's are fake?" Sweetie Belle asked.

    "Let's hope they don't." Applebloom said.

    "Mommy's in the barn? What happened?!" Harry demanded in a panicky voice.

    "She fell off a hay bale and broke her leg." Applebloom said casually.

    "Mommy!" Harry yelled running into the barn.

    "Now!"

    Big Macintosh and Applejack slammed the barn door's shut and Big Macintosh sat in front of them.

    "Mommy's not in here!"

    "This is fer your own good." Big Macintosh said through the doors.

    "Uncle Macintosh?" There was a brief shove. "OPEN THIS BARN DOOR!"

    "Nnope." The red stallion said firnly. Pushing his back against the door.

    "OPEN THIS DOOR RIGHT NOW! I WANT MY TEDDY BEAR!" Harry said hitting the door rapidly with his hooves.

    "Sorry sugarcube, but its for your own good." Applejack said through the door next to Big Macintosh.

    "Mommy?" Harry asked in confusion. "Mommy help! Uncle Macintosh is keeping me from my Teddy!"

    "Is he serious? Teddy Bear?" Applejack asked her big brother.

    "Eeyup." Big Macintosh replied with a sweatdrop.

    BANG. The doors surged slightly.

    "Aww dang. His Earth Pony strength is comin' in." Applejack said in alarm. She sat in front with her brother. Hoping to reinforce the door.

    Cloudsdale Wonderbolts Police Department Interrogation Unit...

    "So what's the emergency? Are we interrogating a suspect or something?" Soarin' asked as Spitfire led him into an interrogation room.

    "Nope." Spitfire said before slamming the door and locking it with magic.

    "Its a trap!" Soarin said. "Spitfire! Open this door right now!"

    "This is for your own good kid. We're not letting you throw your career away!"

    "LET ME OUT RIGHT NOW!" Soarin bucked at the door. "Sweetie Pie!" He bucked again.

    "Ugh." The unnamed stallion said. "He's really got the hots for that kid doesn't he?"

    "Sweetie Pie!" Soarin called from the room in disdain.

    "Eeyup." Spitfire agreed. "Just sit tight. one hour and it'll all be over."

    An 55 minutes later...

    "He's been quiet." Applejack commented. Harry had stopped trying to escape about forty five minutes later.

    "Too quiet." Big Macintosh agreed.

    "You guys do remember that I've got unicorn magic right?" Came Harry's voice from inside. Both Earth Pony's perked up.

    "Oh my Celestia." Applejack said in a stunned voice. A magical aura surrounded the side of the barn and Harry walked through it.

    "Sweetie Pie!" Came Soarin's voice from Ponyville.

    "Teddy Bear!" Harry shouted as he ran towards Soarin's voice.

    "Come on big brother." Applejack said as she ran after her son.

    "Eeyup." Big Macintosh said with a nod and ran after his nephew with her to stop him.

    "Sweeie Pie!" Soarin said eagerly as he saw Harry.

    "Teddy Bear!" Harry cried happily as he ran toward the older colt. They jumped into each other's embrace, over a pit...

    WHAM

    Ding...ding...ding...ding...It was four o'clock. One hour had passed.

    The Mane 6, CMC, Big Mac and Cherilee looked down into the pit.

    "Cutie Mark Crusaders Pit diggers!" Applebloom said eagerly.

    "Nice job girls." Cherilee praised the 3 fillies. "That might just have saved them."

    "Ohh. My head." Harry groaned. "Where are we?" Harry asked Soarin.

    "I think...we're in a pit." Soarin said. He looked up and saw the ponies staring at them.

    "Momma, why are Soarin and I at the bottom of a pit?" Harry asked Applejack.

    "Applebloom will explain." Applejack said sternly with a look at her little sister.

    "You may have drunk what you thought was fruit punch, that was supposed to be a love potion, but turned out to be a love poison." Sweetie Belle said down to Harry and Soarin.

    "We're sorry Harry, you and Soarin weren't supposed to drink it. We just wanted to set up Big Brother with Miss Cherilee." Applebloom said.

    "You drank it by mistake and may have grossed out half of Ponyville with your over eager happiness with each other." Scootaloo added.

    "We're sorry." All 3 said at the same time.

    Harry and Soarin looked at each other. "We'll forgive you." Soarin told the 3 fillies. "And you'll all do Harry's chores at Sweet Apple Acres for one week. Does that sound fair to you Harry?" He asked his student.

    "Eeyup." Harry smiled.

    The adult ponies all phwewed. The crisis was over.

    Three days later, Scootaloo, Sweetie Belle and Applebloom where each given a mop, broom or sponge. See, Harry helped Granny Smith with the Housework since she was getting on in years. He swept the downstairs, mopped the kitchen, and cleaned the counters.

    "Hows it going?" Soarin asked.

    "Well we won't be giving anypony any love potions OR poisons anytime soon." Sweetie Belle said.

    "Soarin's taking me to see The Hobbit." Harry said eagerly.

    "Don't wait up." Soarin teased as the two left the 3 fillies to their shock.

    "NOOOoooo!" The 3 filllies shouted thinking they where still under the effect of the love poison not seeing Harry wink at Soarin after he said that.

    To Be Continued...

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    10. Chapter 10: Applejack's Dating?

    A/N: If you reread chapter 9, there's a clue as to what I planned on doing with Applejack. Hope you don't mind a filler chapter. Please Leave A Review.

    Summary: Applejack's been spending a lot of time in town lately. Harry wants to get to the bottom of this. How will he handle the fact that his mother is dating?

    Chapter 10: Applejack's Dating?

    "Hi Uncle Macintosh." Harry said one evening as the big red stallion was putting the plow away for the night. "Seen momma around?"

    "Nnope." The stallion said. "She left the farm about four."

    "Left?" Harry asked. "Weird. Momma's been going out in the evening a lot lately."

    Aww dang. Big Macintosh thought. AJ didn't want him to know unless it turned serious.

    "I know, I'll get Applebloom to help!" Harry said excitedly. "By Uncle Macintosh." The alicorn foal said as he flew off in search of his slightly older aunt.

    "Aww dang." Big Mac said. "I hope AJ won't be too mad at me."

    Harry wandered through town for a while trying to find either his mom or Applebloom. He found his mother first. In a window at Sugarcube Corner. With an UNKNOWN STALLION!

    "What?" Harry asked as he watched his mother laugh with the tan coated, brown maned stallion. Then hold hooves with him across the table...

    MLP THEME BREAK...

    Harry walked into Sugarcube Corner. Applejack saw him and winced. "Aww shoot. I knew he'd find out sooner or later." She said to the stallion who turned to smile at Harry who glared a little right back. "Sugarcube." Applejack said to her son. "This is Time Turner." She introduced the stallion.

    "Nice to meet you." Harry said through gritted teeth. Why was his mother with this unknown stallion? Possibly he was a pervert! Harry noted his Cutie Mark was in the shape of an Hourglass with sand in it.

    "And you said he probably wouldn't take it well." Time Turner smiled at his Marefriend.

    "Son, we've been dating for a couple of months now." Applejack revealed to Harry.

    Dating? What does that mean? Harry wondered.

    "What that means is, he's my Coltfriend." Applejack explained to her son holding Time Turner's hoof.

    Harry's eyes widened. "COLTFRIEND?!" He teleported out to Suicide Gorge He screamed in frustration so loudly it echoed for several minutes. Making several creatures peek out of hiding places.

    He teleported to Sweet Apple Acres.

    "Harry? Big Mac said you where looking for me?" Applebloom asked as Harry stomped up the stairs. When he got to his and his mother's room he sat on his twin bed and sadly looked down. Remembering the talk he had with Big Macintosh when he got back.

    "Comes a time in every mare's life when she wants a mate." The older stallion explained to his nephew. "Tain' t nothin' ya did wrong. She just wants a family. Now I want you to promise me you won't give this fella a hard time just cause he's datin' yer momma. Promise me?" Big Macintosh looked down.

    "Yes Uncle Macintosh." Harry said sadly. "I promise." Then he started up the stairs.

    (Insert heart breaking ballad about how Harry feels that if Applejack and Time Turner actually become a couple she'll forget about him. And if they have foals then he'll be pushed aside. Until he won't be able to take it any more and has to be sent away to Canterlot to his grandmother.)

    Harry narrowed his eyes and looked up. "I have to break this up."...

    BREAK

    Harry tiptoed behind the twosome couple as they walked down to the lake for a picnic.

    "You fell like we're being followed?" Time Turner turned back and Harry ducked into the bushes.

    "Doesn't look like it." Applejack said as she too looked back as well. Hmm...I smell shenanigans, but I'll let it slide as long as if its not too bad...She thought. Harry had been pretty upset when she told him she had a beau.

    Time Turner put their picnic basket down and got the blanket out of the basket. Applejack helped him unfold it on the grass. Harry sneaked up and got out their tasty, delicious apple pie, and replaced it...with a mud pie. Literal mud pie. He put mud and worms into a pie crust. He cackled darkly and put the mud pie in the apple pie's place.

    After a tasty lunch of daisy sandwhich, hay chips and cider from Sweet Apple Acres, it was time for the piece de resistance. The Apple Family's world famous Apple Pie.

    "PFFFFTTTT!" TimeTurner spat out the first bite.

    "Hey!" Applejack protested as bits and crumbs got in her mane. "That's a special Apple Family recipe! What the hay is wrong with you?" Applejack demanded.

    "Worms!" Time Turner said showing her his pie piece. Applejack took a close look. Earth Worms where wiggling around in gooey muck.

    "Its a mud pie." Applejack said as she checked the pie. I knew I smelled Shenanigans. She thought to herself.

    "I don't know what your trying to pull AJ." Time Turner said in slight anger. "But I got food poisoning once from a bad cupcake. Its not something I'd care to repeat. If your trying to poison me, we're through."

    "YES." Harry pumped a leg in a victorious way. Bye bye stranger!

    "Time Turner!" Applejack protested as Time Turner stomped away angrily.

    Later that night, Harry went up to bed. How did he get away with the mud pie incident you may ask? Well it has to do with a simple cloning spell. A pony who uses this spell can be in two places at once. So while Applejack and Time Turner went on their date, Harry was seen with Granny Smith in the house doing chores. He happily jumped the last two steps and bounded to his and his mom's room. He heard...sniffling. Was his mom crying? He opened the door slowly. Sure enough. Applejack was on her bed. Harry walked up to her and saw that she was holding a picture of her and Time Turner together.

    "Momma?" Harry asked in confusion.

    "I liked him sugarcube." Applejack sniffled. "A lot. Now I didn't put that mud pie in the basket. I know I didn't." She said sadly. "Do you have any idea who did?" She asked.

    Feeling akward about lying to his mother, the Element of Honesty, Harry backed away. He didn't mean to make his mother cry. He just wanted her attention again. "I just forgot...I promised Shady Daze and Featherweight...a study date! Yeah that's it! A study date! Bye!" He ran back downstairs and out the door. Intent on finding Time Turner and setting things straight. Harry ran through Ponyville trying to find the tan Earth Pony.

    "Miss Mayor!" Harry ran up to her. She usually had an idea where somepony was. "Have you seen a earth pony called Time Turner around?" He asked the older mare.

    The older mare thought for a moment. "You could try the clock tower." She pointed to the center of town. "Its been a little off lately and I just commissioned him to fix it."

    "Thank you Mayor!" Harry called back as he ran off.

    Harry found Time Turner with a visor on his head and screwdriver in hoof tweaking a few things in several gears. He looked up and saw Harry.

    "What do you want?" He asked before turning back to his gears.

    "Momma's sad. I don't like seeing her sad." Harry said simply. "It wasn't momma that put that mud pie in your basket." He confessed.

    "And how would you know? You weren't there remember?" Time Turner asked in confusion. "Three ponies saw you doing chores with Granny Smith."

    "Spell." Harry said simply. "I followed you and swapped the pies." He said guiltily rubbing his left front leg with his right front leg.

    "You did? Why?" Time Turner asked.

    "Jealousy I guess?" Harry shrugged. "You where taking up a lot of Mom's evening time. Sometime's she'd get home after I was already asleep. And I missed her!" He finally admitted.

    "I guess we did go out alot these past two months." Time Turner admitted. A lot had happened in town too. Many fairs and movies in the movie house and carnivals. He took AJ to every one of them. "Here's the deal." He said. "I'll let up on taking AJ out so much, in return you give me a chance. Capiche?" He asked with his screwdriver pointing at Harry.

    "Colt Scouts honor!" Harry saluted Time Turner.

    And both kept to their promises. Time Turner begged AJ to take him back. under realization that if he hurt her, all bets where off between him and Harry and the colt would retaliate at full and greater force. But for now? Who knows what the future could bring...

    Two Years Later...

    Harry closes a photograph book after looking at several memorable moments. Birthdays, fishing trips, Parents Day at school, But this special book was of him and Time Turner. The books title? Me and My Dad.

    To Be Continued...

    After a good two week writers block, I finally finished Chapter 10. Chapter 11 will be Apple Family Reunion and then chapter 12 and 13 will be Crystal Empire where more of Harry's family's tragic past will be revealed and a secret about King Sombra and Celestia. Stay Tuned!

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    11. Chapter 11: Apple Family Reunion Part 1

    Chapter 11: Apple Family Reunion Part 1

    A/N: I'm breaking this up into two parts. The first deals with a little turbulence in Harry and Applejack's relationship as mother and son. The second half deals with the Reunion itself.

    Last Quick A/ N here: This takes place before The Best Night Ever, but after Bad Seed and FIM Parts one and two. And Over A Barrel because Braeburn is in it. I'm not sure I'll do Bad Seed.

    "Heh, found 'em!" Applejack called down from their "Attic" in their barn. She tugged them to the edge of the area and tossed them down to Granny Smith. The dust tickling her nose.

    "Achoo!" The old mare sneezed. "Why thank you Applejack. I can't believe its been almost 3 years since our last family Reunion."

    "Well, you have been talking about it since then." Applejack said nervously. See for every family reunion since Harry lived with them, she had come up with a reason not to let him be noticed. His first Reunion when he was three he was pushed off to Rarity cause she needed help in the Boutique designing foals dress clothes. Harry spent an unhappy day modeling tuxes...and even an occasional dress much to his dismay. Rarity said he had the figure of a young filly back then. But now he was a growing colt and couldn't model filly dresses which he thanked whatever deity existed for it. The last Reunion not only Harry, but Big Macintosh missed it. See they where selling land to this sneaky dealer who had a reputation of ripping off his customers. And well...

    "Twenty thousand!" Harry said to the older stallion. "Its forty acres!"

    "Its practically mud! Ten thousand!"

    "You'll sell it for twice this to some major corporation! Twenty!"

    "Ten thousand!"

    "Twenty Thousand!"

    Big Macintosh watched the two back and forth like a tennis match.

    "Its practically mud!" Harry said sneakily. "I won't take less than ten!"

    "I'll sell it for twice this to a major corporation for land developement! I won't give you more than twenty thousand Bits!"

    "Deal." Harry said w ith a smirk holding out his hoof. The two shook hoofs.

    "I'll go draw up the paperwork now." The stallion with a Bit symbol ripped in half Cutie Mark said. And Sneaky Deal left to draft the paperwork. The unicorn not noticing Harry and Big Macintosh about to crack up laughing.

    "Harry! How are them RSVPs comin' along?" Granny Smith called back to Harry who had several invitations on a hay bale. "Who's showing their muzzle at the Reunion?"

    "Everypony!" Harry said excitedly. It would be his first reunion EVER! And he got to meet EVERYPONY! Or course, he already met most of the Apples from Appleloosa.

    "Everypony?" Granny Smith said in shock. She turned to Applejack. "Feathers on a goat." She turned back to the littlest of their bushel. "Are ya sure?"

    "Well, I got RSVPs from Apples from Yonder Hill, Hollow Shades, Galloping Gorge."

    As Harry listed all the places Granny Smith looked on in shock. Not EVERYPONY ever made it before. "Foal Mountain, Apples from Fillydelphia, Talltale Town and all the Apples from Appleloosa! Yay! Cousin Braeburns coming!" Harry said excitedly. Braeburn was his favorite cousin like Babs was Appleblooms.

    "Guh?" Granny Smith said in shock.

    "And let's not forget. MANEHATTAN!" Applebloom, who was helping Harry sort the invitations. "Babs is coming!" She joined Harry in bouncing around excitedly.

    "I think we're gonna need a bigger Cider trough..." Granny Smith said nervously.

    ^Theme Song Break^

    Applejack loved her son, she really did. But she was also worried about what the family might think of her being a single mother. The Apple family being more conservative in the ways of foal rearing and all. So as the foursome of Applejack, Granny Smith, Applebloom and Harry sat at the table, the mare was trying to find yet another way to worm her way out of introducing him to the Apples. Though she knew she had to do it sometime.

    "Shoot, looks like the family's done grown ten fold since our last reunion." Granny Smith said as she saw all the invitations in the wheelbarrow that Big Macintosh brought in. "I'm gonna be plum busier than a worm in a rotten tomater trying to get everything ready."

    "Well I could always help out Granny." Applejack offered. Grateful for a distraction.

    "Me too!" Applebloom said.

    "Eeyup."

    "Yer too young." Applejack said before Harry could offer to help too."

    "Apple Bloom's two years older than I am!" Harry protested.

    "No." Applejack said sternly.

    "Well I sure would appreciate that young'un." The old mare said gratefully. "Granny's a little bit rusty in the Gitty Ups since the last time all the Apples got together."

    She said this as she pulled her wrinkly skin up. Showing what she looked like when she was younger.

    "You may be a tad old Granny." Applejack said as Harry pouted lightly. "But yer still as full of spark and fiesty as ev-"

    "Who you callin' old?" Granny Smith snapped getting in Applejack's face.

    "Uh." Applejack said nervously. "I just meant, why don't you let me take over puttin' the Reunion together this time around? That way all you have to worry about is enjoying yourself."

    Granny Smith thought for a moment. "All right young'un, you got yerself a deal." She put a hoof to Applejack's chest. "Your in charge."

    "You just tell me what the Reunion needs." Applejack put a forleg around her grandmother. "And I'll take care of the rest."

    "I'll do better than that. I'll show ya what it needs."

    Later that night, Applejack, Granny Smith, Apple Bloom and Harry where all sitting around a photo album Granny Smith had brought out. The three females where on the couch. Harry stood behind Granny Smith looking over her shoulder at the pictures.

    "We've been hosting these Reunions here at Sweet Apple Acres every three years since we first planted roots here in Ponyville."

    "Hey, who's that?" Applebloom asked pointing to a young filly with a stirrer in her muzzle standing over a cauldron of something.

    "Well that'd be yer Great Auntie Applesauce when she was just about yer age." Granny Smith explained in fond memory. "Now she used to go by another name but everypony started calling her Applesauce after her teeth fell out while she was making Apple Jam." She pointed out at two photo's of an older Applesauce with another showing her teeth in a cauldron of Jam. "Yeah. Never did find them teeth in all those jars."

    "That's you Granny." Apple Bloom pointed to a group photo of Granny Smith when she was a filly surrounded by filly cousins and gathered around a quilt.

    "Sure is. Apple family's been working on that old quilt since our first reunion..." Granny Smith remembered the moment fondly.

    "I can do it." Young Granny Smith said eagerly taking a piece of fabric and putting it close to the quilt before taking a needle and thread into her muzzle. Unfortunately for her, she neglected to knot the end of the thread and when she finished...

    "Oh...fingle fangle." Young Granny Smith said irritably. The other filly cousins giggled.

    "Well, nopony told me ya actually had to knot the end of the thread first." Granny Smith said to the giglgling Harry and Apple Bloom.

    "So I need new quilting materials. Fabric, needles, thread." Applejack noted to herself. "You've really been working on that quilt since the first reunion?"

    "Sure have. Don't think we'll ever finish that dogone thing." Granny Smith said eagerly.

    "Hey. What's going on here?" Harry asked the old mare pointing to a picture of two ponies over several cooking pots.

    "Well ya know how us Apples enjoy a good Fritter..."

    Half Baked Apples was bringing a fresh baked plate of Apple Fritters to a table where one Apple Family stallion with a bushy red mane, cowboy hat with an Apple symbole on the brim and an orange coat eagerly awaited them. He stupidly did not wait for them to cool off.

    "Hot hot hot!" The stallion said. His mouth hot with cooking oil that hadn't cooled off. He rushed over to a cider barrel, stuck his head in and sucked in as much cool cider as he could.

    Half Baked shook his head. Then turned back, but the fritters where gone! "Hey! Where'd all them Apple Fritters go?" There was a small burp. Half Baked looked down ans saw a toddler filly. "And who might you be little one?"

    "I'm Applejack!" Baby Applejack said eagerly. Then burped again. "More Apple Fritter?" She asked.

    Half Baked Apples smiled at his niece.

    "That was how we found out that yer Momma had the appetite of a full grown stallion." Granny Smith smiled as she elbowed Applejack while Harry and Apple Bloom giggled some more.

    "Course that wasn't the only time that happened." Granny Smith said as she pulled out a photo behind the photo of baby Applejack. It was of Harry!

    "I don't remember this being mentioned." Applejack said to Granny Smith who laughed.

    Granny Smith was frantic. Little Harry had somehow escaped. She spied Half Baked cooking Apple Fritters with his wife.

    Younger Braeburn this time put a hot fritter into his mouth...These Apple stallions love Apple Fritters...hot or cold.

    "Hot hot hot! Cider cider cider!" Braeburn muffled with a mouthful of hot fritter. He stuck his head in a cider barrel. His teenage mane completely soaked.

    "Hmm...this seems familiar." Half Baked said rubbing his chin. He turned. The fritters where gone! "Hey! Where'd all them Apple Fritters go?" A small burp came from below. "I knew this seemed familiar." The growing older stallion said with a smile. He lowered his head with a smile and gasped lightly. It wasn't an earth pony! It was a baby unicorn with WINGS!"

    "And who are you little one?" Half Baked asked the young colt. He could just tell. It came with age.

    "I'm Hawwy." The baby said eagerly with another small burp. "Whewe Mommy?"

    "There you are young'un." Granny Smith sighed as she saw Harry under the Table with Half Baked ("Gwammy!") "Aww. Don't this remind ya of the time?"

    "Sure does." Half Baked said in fond memory.

    "FLASH." Granny had brought out the camera.

    "This'll be our little secret young'un." Granny Smith said later that evening as she tucked the picture of Harry and Half Baked behind the picture of Applejack and Half Baked. Harry was sleeping off those fritters now next to her. Curled up as Applejack and Big Macintosh where putting things away.

    "Better get twice as much honey and flour then. 60 buckets of apples. Wood for the fire. Cooking oil."

    "Well stick an apple in mah mouth and roast my rump! This sure brings back memories" Granny Smith said looking at a picture of herself and Apple Rose. "You know how Braeburn and Babs are your favorite cousins? She asked the two youngest of their bushel. "Well Apple Rose is mine. We entered the seven legged race every reunion."

    "We're gonna win this time cousin!" Young Apple Rose said eagerly as she and Young Granny Smith worked together to move.

    "You bet yer hot diggity deirere we are!" YGS agreed eagerly. They started off just fine. But soon...They fell right on their flanks. The two fillies laughed it off.

    "We never won a single one of those races." Granny Smith said fondly.

    "The races. We'll need cloth ties...a finish line. Not much to a Seven Legged Race." Applejack said as she started pacing back and forth.

    "And finally there's the big family photo." Granny Smith said pointing to several photos of the Apple family. Small at first, but eventually got bigger as time went by. Harry noticed Apple Bloom in one where she was very young.

    "Where am I?" Harry asked. Pointing to said picture. "I remember the blue coated pony." He pointed to the older Half Baked Apples. Unfortunately he and his wife both passed on last year. But Harry was no where to be found in the picture. Even little baby foals where in this picture.

    "Ugh." Granny Smith said uncomfortably. "Applejack will explain." She said sadly.

    Harry looked to his mother. She looked nervous. "Are you ashamed of me?" He asked. Looking down to the floor. "You made sure I was never at any reunion." He had started noticing when he and his uncle went to make that land deal last Reunion. He noticed ponies in stage coaches heading toward the farm as he and Big Macintosh left Ponyville for Canterlot.

    "I told ya he'd figure it out one day A.J." Big Macintosh glared at Applejack. "Now ya can't avoid it anymore."

    Applejack rubbed the back of her head nervously. "I ain't ashamed of ya. Heck I'm proud as any momma could be of her foal. But ya gotta understand that the Apple family's got very...traditional ideals as to rearing foals." She started to explain. "Most mares of our family don't approve of single mothers."

    Harry got down and trotted around to the front of the couch. "That's why I've felt insecure about what you feel about me?!" Harry said angrily to his mother which shocked the other three ponies. "Your worried about your reputation?!"

    "What? No I was just-" Applejack protested but it fell on angry, deaf ears. Harry stomped upstairs.

    "Oh dear." Granny Smith said nervously. "That foals angrier than a cat gettin' a bath."

    "Eeyup." Big Macintosh agreed simply. He had never seen Harry that mad.

    Applejack just sat there. What had she just done?

    Later...Everypony was getting ready for sleep. Harry was packing a suitcase.

    Knock knock knock.

    "Go away." Harry said angrily. His horn glowing as several magic books shrunk and packed themselves in his suit case. He levitated his suit case into his saddlebag. The door opened to reveal Applejack.

    "Where ya goin' ?" The upset mother asked her foal.

    "Canterlot. At least I know Grandma loves me. You won't have to worry about your reputation being ruined." He hissed angrily. Applejack winced. He was really mad.

    "Come sit with me." Applejack said patting a spot next to her on Harry's bed.

    Harry glared. Applejack glared right back. Harry looked down in submission. "Fine." He sat his flank on the spot and looked away from his "Mother."

    "I want ya ta know I understand why yer mad at me." Applejack said.

    "No you don't." Harry said sadly. "You just think you do."

    "Whaddya mean?" Applejack asked.

    "Come on Momma. The Apple Family is EARTH Ponies. LOOK AT ME." Harry said. His wings and horn. "I'm a freak in a family of Earth ponies." His eyes started tearing up. "Who wouldn't be ashamed of a FREAK like me?"

    "Oh sugarcube." Applejack said realizing why Harry was so upset. She pulled him into a one armed hug. He cried into her shoulder. "Is that what this is all about? Why you think I'm ashamed of you and all? I told ya before I ain't ashamed of ya. You've accomplished more than any foal your age has. I just." She rubbed the back of her head again. "Never quite figured out how to explain how I got a foal with no father."

    Harry sniffled. "I would think, "I found him at the gates of the farm in a basket," would be enough." He sniffled.

    "Then that's what I'll say." Applajack said hugging her son again. "I'm so sorry sugarcube. I never meant for you to fell like I was ashamed of ya."

    She hugged him till he fell asleep. She set his saddlebag down and covered him up as Apple Bloom came in.

    "Wha't goin' on?" Apple Bloom asked seeing the saddlebag on the floor packed.

    "Everything's all right Apple Bloom. Go to sleep." She said before closing their door.

    To Be Continued...

    There ya go. A bit of relationship developement. Plus you got to see Baby Alicorn Harry! I hope you enjoyed part 1! As I said earlier Part 2 deals with the Reunion itself. And I WILL be doing Raise This Barn. I love it. Its catchy. Plus I plan on including Harry in a couple of scenes. I really hope you enjoy that too!

    By the way, I now have a youtoube downloader that lets me play videos I've downloaded in Airplane mode on my Smartphone so I don't use data! I've downloaded several episodes including Baby Cakes so I plan on updating Raised By Cakes soon.

    Next "Episode" after Apple Family Reunion is Wonderbolt Academy. Celestia wants Harry to observe different types of Military Training in Equestria. So Harry tags along with Rainbow Dash when she goes to the Wonderbolt Academy.

    Please Leave me a review. Or Baby Alicorn Harry will be sad.

    12. Chapter 12: Apple Family Reunion Part 2

    Chapter 12: Apple Family Reunion Part 2 (The Reunion)

    A/N: And here's the reunion! Harry will meet some of his colt cousins and hang out with some older ones too. CoughBraeburnCough And a certain Seed finally makes her appearance! Please Leave a Review! And VONDON whatever your name is, STOP SPAMMING ME WITH GUEST REVIEWS! NOT COOL!

    COCK A DOODLE DOO! The Rooster crowed signaling morning had come.

    "Rise and shine!" Applejack pulled Harry's covers off and the colt woke with a jolt.

    "Huh, what?" He asked in sleepiness. Rubbing his eyes.

    "We don't have much time if ya wanna help."

    "But you said I was...okay!" Harry said eagerly jumping out of bed and following his momma out to the farm while Granny Smith started breakfast.

    The apple young'uns all got to the task of bucking apples. Harry's first Apple bucking! He eagerly kicked a full tree repeatedly and lots of apples fell into the buckets surrounding it. Filling them up.

    "Yep. Your Earth Pony strength is definitely comin' in." Applejack said proudly.

    "Eeyup."

    "Nicely done." Apple Bloom agreed and the two clapped hooves.

    After bucking several more trees each, the four where called into breakfast by Granny Smith.

    Harry went into town with Applejack to Rarity's to get the supplies. Applejack had a big cart, him a little one for later when they where getting all that honey. Rarity gladly supplied them with ribbons and cloth. But before they left She levitated a ribbon to Applejack's cart and tied it around two cloth spools.

    Next they got the honey from Pinkie Pie at Sugarcube corner. Applebloom had joined them. Pinkie poured honey straight from hives into a big barrel in Harry's cart. Then had some herself before burping and watching a fly fly out of her mouth.

    "Don't forget the glitter!" She called down and threw down a bucket of glitter...which covered Harry's body completely so now he had Applejack's color coat. He coughed and sparkly dust flew out of his mouth. Applebloom and his mother giggled at his predicament.

    As Big Macintosh layed out firewood in a nice big pile, Harry brought over a raincloud with his pegasi magic (Rainbow Dash had been teaching him in her spare time) And eagerly bounced on it letting the rain fill the buckets his mother had laid out. Also soaking Applejack. After shaking her body free of water, a swift lightning bolt struck her and left her looking burnt and smoking. Harry hid sheepishly behind the cloud as his momma glared at him.

    And finally, after getting the cooking pots on their respective wooden places, Applejack clicked Spike like a lighter, and soon enough the baby dragon let loose an emerald flame that ignited the wood.

    A fluttering Harry attached a rope with triangle shaped colorful cloth across it to the other apple pole as he called them at the gates of Sweet Apple Acres. He fluttered back down to his family.

    "That oughta do it." Applejack said eagerly.

    "And just in time too." Granny Smith added.

    Various "Whoo" and "Yahoos" where called out as wagons of all shapes and sizes approached, even a balloon arrived at the Reunion site.

    Out of one wagon popped out two young fillies and a colt foal. Who looked a lot like Big Macintosh. And along with them...

    "Apple Rose!" Granny Smith embraced her favorite cousin in a sisterly hug.

    "This is more exciting than when it rained frogs!" Said one mare as various relatives greeted those they where close too. Two older colts greeted each other with a signature hoofshake.

    "Howdy'all." Applejack greeted her family through a voice amplifier. "Welcome to the Apple Family Reunion!"

    Various Hoots and Hollers of eagerness.

    "I just want ya all to know that I got a real busy day planned for ya'll. But first, I got somepony to introduce to everyone."

    The Apples all gaped as a little colt fluttered down onto the stage next to Applejack. He was smaller than Applebloom, but bigger than the foals that where brought with Apple Rose. He had WINGS AND A HORN! That was what surprised most.

    "About 9 years ago, somepony left this lil' fella at the gates of Sweet Apple Acres in a basket." She put a leg around Harry. "We took him in and well, long story short, meet my son." She said. "Harry. Let's give him a big Apple Family Welcome."

    And what a welcome Harry got indeed. Whistles, hoof stomping and more!

    "All right, well first off." Harry hopped down and joined a group of foals his size as Applejack started talking about the day. But before that looked around for Apple Bloom who was sure to find Babs first. "We got a Obstacle Course for the young'uns."

    She saw Harry eagerly talking to various cousins his age.

    "And Frittering and Quilting for the not so young'uns."

    A mother and father nodded to each other eagerly.

    "Hope ya'll enjoy it! Cause there's lots more to come!"

    The Apple Family all cheered. Eager to get started.

    "Where is she?" Apple Bloom asked herself. Then she looked around and saw her blowing her pink mane up. "Babs!" She said eagerly.

    "Cuz!" Babs said eagerly and the two embraced.

    "I know it hadn't been that long since we've seen each other, but it felt like forever!" The two said the last bit at the same time.

    "Babs!" Harry said eagerly galloping toward her and skidding to a halt. "Check it out!" He showed her his flank.

    "Ya got yer Cutie Mark! Awesome!" Babs said encouragingly.

    "I stil don't have the dangdest idea what it means though." The grandson of Celestia said as he rubbed his head in confusion. The triangle shaped Cutie Mark was a mystery to him and his grandmother indeed. Though she swore she had seen that symbol somewhere before.

    "See ya later!" Harry ran off with another Red coated/blonde maned colt that reminded him of his uncle.

    "I can't wait to tell ya about my new school!" Babs said.

    "I can't wait to hear all about it!" Apple Bloom said eagerly as they started walking away.

    "Jeepers! Where do I start, so first day-" Babs started.

    "Babs! Glad to see ya could make it!"

    "What? And miss out on spending time with mah favorite cousin? Forget about it!" Babs said in her Manehattanish way blowing her mane up out of her eyes again.

    "Why don't ya'll head out to the obstacle course?" Applejack started pushing the two foals toward it with her head.

    "We kinda wanna catch up a lil' bit first." Apple Bloom protested.

    "Don't you worry, there'll be plenty of time for family bondin' when yer racing against your other cousins." Applejack said eagerly.

    The two fillies knew this wouldn't end well...

    "All right, ya'll ready to race?"

    First race was Apple Bloom and Babs, Harry and his new Red coated Macintosh look alike friend, and two other fillies.

    "Woah! Is that the finish line? Its like a mile away or somethin'!" Babs protested pointing to a far away hill.

    Actually a mile and a half. Harry thought. If only my new friend had wings too!

    "Actually, that's just the mark that ends the first half of the race." Applejack said as if it was obvious.

    "There's more?" Apple Bloom asked.

    "Much more. Trust me. I've put something together you are never gonna forget. After the seven legged race, yer gonna wanna hurry on back here. Where you'll be bobbing for apples!: Applejack put her head in the bucket of cider with apples floating and came up with three apples. She dropped ate them. "Then yer gonna run around these here trees 50 times till yer real good and dizzy, then you'll jump these big wooden hurdles and then in the final lap of the course, you'll balance these plates while saying "Papy pony picked a pack of pirickly plump nuggets over and over and over again. Last pony standing wins."

    The foals all looked at her incredulously. "Seriously?" Apple Bloom asked.

    "Is your mom nuts?" Harry's new friend asked him.

    "No, just over eager." Harry said in apology.

    "Come on ya'll! Let's start making some memories!" She shot a starting pistol into the air.

    The foals took off. Harry and his new favorite cousin his age tripped a few feet away, but got right back up and went on.

    "Looking good everypony!" Applejack said after Apple Bloom and Babs only finished a quarter of the way and growled in frustration. "Better go check on the quilt."

    The two younger, but still elderly mares where admiring Applesauce's shiny dentures.

    "How long ya had them new chompers auntie Applesauce?"

    "A lady never reveals the true age of her teeth." Applesauce put a hoof to her chest while Granny Smith giggled and Apple Rose rolled her eyes.

    "Don't you roll your eyes at me Apple Rose! And don't think I don't remember what you two did to my parasol, six Reunions ago!"

    The two cousins giggled like litttle fillies. "We was just using it to help break open that Pinata!"

    More giggling.

    "Applejack, delightful to see ya dear." Applesauce greeted her great niece. "Your son is adorable. Are you gonna join us in some quilting?"

    "Sorry auntie Applesauce. I'm am busy busy busy." Applejack made her way to the table. "But you should get started!"

    "We couldn't find our rocking chairs." Granny Smith explained.

    "I got rid of 'em to make room for these." Applejack unveiled the family's new gas powered sewing machines. "This years the year ya'll are gonna finally finish that quilt."

    "Finish it?" Apple Rose asked. Applejack didn't seem to realize that finishing the quilt wasn't the most important thing to the mares of the family.

    Applejack pulled the cord and the machines roared to life.

    Granny Smith put her hooves over her ears. They where so loud!

    Applesauce's dentures chattered out of her mouth. She pushed them back in sheepishly.

    "Won't that be excitin'?" Applejack asked.

    "What's that?" Apple Rose asked.

    "I said, won't that be excitin'?" She said the last part after flipping the switch off and the machines died down a bit with the noise.

    Apple Rose and Granny Smith looked at each other with Applesauce between them.

    "I suppose, though I have been told that too much excitement can be bad for this youthful complexion of mine."

    "Oh." Apple Rose rolled her eyes again making her way to the sewing table.

    Granny Smith giggled again. Also making her way to the table with the other two mares. They pulled the rip cords and got started.

    "That's the spirit!" Applejack said eagerly over the loudness of the machines.

    "What'd she say?" Granny Smith asked Apple Rose.

    "What?"

    "Good gracious." Granny Smith waved her cousin off. They had gotten old!

    "Golden Delicious? He's racin' with his cousins I think!"

    Granny Smith shook her head sadly and focused on her quilting.

    Back at the foals race, the foals where finally at the dizzy trees.

    "How'r Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle?"

    "Their doing great!" Apple Bloom said. She groaned and rolled her eyes funny.

    "What's wrong?" Babs asked her cousin.

    "So dizzy." Apple Bloom finally fell down.

    Babs groaned as she stopped to make sure Apple Bloom was okay...

    At the Baking area, Big Macintosh took a fresh fritter out of the oil. After dropping it on a plate, he inhaled its delicious aroma. After looking around sneakily, he scarfed it down just before Applejack showed up. He grinned at her with his ears down sheepishly and whistled innocently.

    The mares molding the fruit treats where talking about their foals. "My Apple Tart may be a baby but he sure is a hoot and half." One mare said.

    Then Applejack reminded them that they where an assembly line. "Gotta keep the assembly line moving gals! We want every Apple here to get a taste of the best fritters in Equestria!"

    "Papy Ponie picked a pack of prickle plump nuggets!" The foals where in the final part of the race.

    "Any blank flanks at your new school?"

    "Two." Babs replied.

    "Papy Ponie picked a pack of prickly plump nuggets!"

    "Do they wanna be Crusaders?"

    "Totally!" Babs said.

    "I can't feel my tongue." Harry said to his new friend.

    "Me neither." Apple Bloom said to her psuedo nephew

    "What's wrong with momma?" Harry mumbled with his tongue out.

    "I don't know." Apple Bloom replied.

    "All right Apples! Break!" Applejack said finally at around noon. Everypony collapsed in exhaustion.

    "Finally." Apple Bloom said. Harry curled up next to his colt cousin for a short was still a smaller foal after all.

    "Almost forgot! Gotta catch some memories for Granny's album!" Applejack made her way up to the camera. After snapping a photo of the curled up HArry next to his new friend, she looked around to the other areas of the race. "Nothing there." She said, moving on to the quilting area. "Or there..." She looked over to the baking area. "Or there...Come on Applejack, you gotta kick this thing up a notch."

    "I get that my big sis wants this to be a super awesome reunion, but that was ridiculous." Apple Bloom said to Babs.

    "I thought we'd never get a minute to just hang out." Babs agreed.

    "And yer minute's up!" The two looked up from the hay bale they where hiding behind. Applejack had found them. "Your fellow Apples are waiting for you to join 'em!"

    "Applejack!" Apple Bloom protested. "I haven't had any time with Babs! We where so busy with that obstacle course that Babs and I didn't get any chance to talk!"

    "There'll be plenty of time for talking with Babs on the Hay ride.

    "Hay ride?" Babs asked nervously.

    A few couple of hours later ponies where lining up for the nice, relacing Hay Ride they where expecting...

    "Step right up everypony and take a seat, and leave the driving to these fine stallions." Applejack gestured to two train pullers she hired on her own expense. "Now I know you all have been working hard making some awesome memories. And near the end of every Reunion, the Apple Family takes nice, relaxing Hay Ride around the farm."

    One stallion colt not yet an adult put his hooves behind his head in relaxation. Harry and his new friend clapped hooves next to Big Macintosh.

    "Which is why I decided to step things up a teeny tiny bit to make things just a bit more excitin'"

    "Oh no." Harry muttered.

    "So let's get this show on the road! Giddy' up!" Applejack slammed the back of the cart closed and bucked it. The two stallions took off at a fast pace.

    Harry nearly flew out of the cart but his new friend caught him and pulled him back down after bumping a large rock in the way. Applesauce's dentures chattered right out of her mouth, flew into the air, and chomped Big Macintosh's nose. She mumbled an un-understandable apology and accepted her dentures back from the large, red stallion.

    "Where in the world does that girl have us headed? The West orchard?" Granny Smith asked.

    Harry stood up on the cart with Big Macintosh on his back. "Eeyup." Harry said. He had picked up some things from his uncle you see.

    "What? I was jokin'!" Granny Smith said in protest. "Why we haven't tended those fields since all the trees went and got filled up with-" She gasped.

    Applejack spied the cart coming. She bucked a tree. Colorful fruit bats of every color of the rainbow flew in a Rainbow arc.

    The Apples in the cart ooed and awwed.

    "Wowza. I've never seen a real Fruit bat before!" Babs said to Apple Bloom eagerly.

    Then something unexpected happened. A strawberry fruit bat spied an Apple in Applesauces's hat. He licked his lips, and dove. Along with the other fruit bats.

    "Ahh!" Applesauce ducked and everypony ducked continuously as the bats flew down after the fruit. The stallions pulling the cart turned to avoid the bats and headed for the barnhouse...

    "Everypony!" Apple Bloom said. "Jump out!"

    Big Macintosh grabbed Harry in his mouth by the scruff of his neck and jumped off with the rest.

    The barnhouse crashed down when the cart hit it. Applejack hid her face in her hat.

    "Ruined." Applejack said later. "Everything is ruined. I'm sorry granny."

    "Oh its all right child." Granny put a hoof on Applejack's shoulder.

    "But its not all right. The barnhouse, and all my plans for the perfect family reunion are completely destroyed!"

    "Maybe that's a good thing." Apple Bloom suggested.

    "How can that possibly be a good thing!" Applejack snapped.

    "Applejack you had us caught up in the doing we didn't have time to enjoy the company of who we was doing it with." Granny Smith explained to her oldest grandaughter.

    "Really?"

    Various ponies in the family uttered agreeings including Braeburn.

    "Tcht. Oh Granny Smith, here you put me in charge of making great memories and the only thing ponies will remember, is that this was the worst Reunion we've ever had."

    "Come on Applejack. Everypony's still here ain't they? And we still got plenty of time to make good memories. You just gotta give ponies time to make 'em." Granny Smith elbowed her good naturedly.

    "The Family Photo!" Applejack said eagerly. "Guess we can't take it in front of the barn this year." Then she got an idea. "Unless...Everypony! I got one more activity!"

    "Applejack..." Granny Smith warned.

    "Trust me Granny. This time everypony's gonna remember this for all the right reasons."

    Tap tap tap tap. Music started playing. "Wooohoo!" Applejack shouted eagerly.

    "Raise this barn, raise this barn! Together we can raise this bar 4." Braeburn, the orange maned Stallion mentioned in the first Applejack memory and two mares perked up. Then Applejack twirled Granny Smith. Time moved to reveal Granny in a hard hat working together with family. "Up up up, tiwrl them beams. Hammer those joints, work in teams. Turn around quick by the right elbow. Grab a new partner here we go." Big Macintosh with two other large stallions and Braeburn nosed some beams up to be tied to the Barnhouse. The orange maned stallion grabbed some nails tossed to him. Harry and Apple Bloom walked towards Apple Rose and big Macintosh respectively and danced together.

    "Yeah!" The Apple Family cheered. A nice view showed all Apples dancing with partners.

    "Come on Apple Family! Let's get to it! Wooohooo!"

    "Raise this barn, raise this barn. 1 2 3 4." Braeburn let Harry hold on to his neck while grabbing the rope with his muzzle as Braeburn pulled back. "Together we can raise this barn! 1 2 3 4!" Harry let go first, then the other Stallions. "Finish the frame, recycling wood, working hard yer doing good." A pig and rooster where seen dancing as well. "Turn around quick by the right elbow, grab a new partner here we go!" Braeburn and a red coated female bowed to each other before starting to saw wood. "YEAH!" The red coated female started backing up showing off her flank in an old timey corset dress.

    "Raise this barn, raise this barn!" Apple jack sang as wood was hauled into the air behind her. " together we can raise this barn! 1 2 3 4!"

    "Come on Apples! Get'r done!" She called up to stallions working on the actual barn house and not just cutting wood. The Apple stallions all waved.

    "Look at us we're family." Apple Bloom sang as she and Babs pushed a sander back and forth. "Working together thankfully!" Applejack sang in relief. "We Apples we are proud to say, stick together the pony way!" The sisters sang the last part together.

    "Bow to yer partner, circle to the right." The same orange maned stallion from earlier bowed to a mare before rearing up on hind legs and circling. "Get down if your scared of heights." Applejack sang to a stallion hanging on to a high beam for dear life before he swung upside down. "Forward back and twirl around this barn's gonna be the best in town." Apple Song spun Granny Smith around and dipped her.

    "Yeehaw! Atta girl!" Applejack said to the two while Apple Song looked at her funny.

    "All right!" Harry said riding a bull carrying a cart of supplies. "Let's get to it!"

    Raise this barn, raise this barn! Together we can raise this barn! 1 2 3 4! Applejack, Harry and Granny Smith appeared carrying paint. Paint buckets where plopped down in front of groups. The groups got brushes in their muzzles.

    "Take yer brushes Young and old! Together paint it bright and bold! Turn around quick by the right elbow! Grab a new partner here we go!" Everypony started painting the new and improved barnhouse. And soon it was as if nothing had happened but a new paint job.

    We raised this barn we raised this barn. Yes we did. Together we sure raised this barn. Yes we did. Being together counts the most! We all came here from coast to coast. All we need to strive to be..is part of the Apple Family! Everypony admired their work as they stood around just being a family.

    Applejack set the timer on the camera and quickly rushed over. She made it just in time. Harry stood in between Big Macintosh and Granny Smith in this years photo. "Yeah!"

    Soon it was almost time to leave. Harry said goodbye to his new favorite cousin his own age and the two did their hoof shake as he left with his own family. Granny Smite spooked Applesauce so her teeth flew out of her mouth into Apple Rose's hooves. The 3 grandmothers all laughed.

    "I can't wait for the next Reunion." Apple Bloom said eagerly.

    "Me neither." Babs agreed.

    "I mean, we obviously have to get together before then!"

    "Obviously."

    "Well ya did it Applejack. Ya put on a Reunion everypony will remember." Granny Smith said to Applejack who was washing various plates and dishes and silverware.

    "Just had a couple minor hiccups along the way." Applejack agreed.

    "Yeah." Granny Smith chuckled. "Just a couple." She winked.

    That night,

    "Ho ho that's a good one." Granny Smith chuckled. Apple Bloom and Harry giggled too.

    Dear Princess Celestia,

    The small family was looking a photos of the day. Including one of Harry and his new friend holding up a trophy Harry won for winning the Fritter Eating Contest. He had one heck of a sweet tooth. Apple Bloom and Babs hanging out, Applejack hugging Braeburn with one leg while he had a hammer in his mouth.

    Today I learned a great lesson about Family. Which if ya think about it, is really the first group of friends you ever make! Turns out, that when your with folks you care about. you don't have to do much to make the time memorable!

    Granny Smith and Apple Bloom giggled at a picture of Harry with Braeburn's hat over his head engulfing it. Braeburn next to him grinning.

    The simplest of activities can take on a whole lot of meaning! And you'll find that you'll remember the who, long after you've forgotten the what.

    There was a picture of Granny Smith and Apple Song, a picture of Apple Bloom, Harry and Big Macintosh and finally, a picture of Applejack, Granny Smith, Apple Rose and Applesauce with the finished quilt.

    Your humble subject,

    Applejack.

    Harry fluttered down from the air where he was hovering next to his mother and cuddled up to her as the family continued to look at photos.

    Outside, two comets flew overhead, with two, slightly smaller ones following them...

    End of Apple Family Reunion.

    To Be Continued...

    Next! Royal Canterlot Wedding! Harry is finally going to meet his cousin Cadance! But why is she acting this way? This is the way Twilight described his cousin...And why is her magic green?

    A/N: Sorry for the long wait. I had a family emergency to take care of and I lost my muse for a while but its back!

    btw, the endings of Canterlot Wedding and Crystal Empire are already written! This book will end with Crystal Empire. The next book will start the Hogwarts Years! Years 1-3!

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    13. Mini Chapter: The Lesson of Truth

    Mini Chapter: The Lesson of Truth

    Summary: A short, funny chapter about telling friends how you really feel. Enjoy while waiting for Canterlot Wedding. Please Leave a Review.

    "Applejack darling could you possibly catsit Opalesence for me while I'm out of town visiting relatives? Thank you bye!" Rarity said as she practically shoved said feline down onto the floor along with all her things and left in a hurry.

    "Rarity...Oh. I guess so." Applejack said as she watched Rarity rush to the train station. "What the heck. How much trouble could one animal be?"

    A Few Days Later...

    A terror. That's what she is. Applejack thought with various scratches here and there. Opalesence is an absolute terror. Is she a cat or a demon?

    "AJ." Came an angry sounding Big Macintosh.

    "What'd she do now Big Mac?" Applejack asked.

    "That danged cat soiled on my horseshoes." He threw the bag down and AJ sure enough smelled the now familiar stink of cat feces and the amonia urine.

    "AJ. That damned cat scratched up my antique rocking chair! Where's my skinner?!" Granny Smith came into the kitchen.

    "Applejack." Came the sound of Applebloom. "Is she in here?" The filly asked timidly peeking into the kitchen.

    "Hey, where is Opalesence?" Applejack asked as they haven't seen her all morning.

    The earth pony's all suspiciously looked around. Then came Harry's voice.

    "She's up here in our room! If I stop petting her, she'll bite me!" Her son called down making them look up.

    "AJ that cat has to go!" Granny Smith demanded.

    "Eeyup." Big Macintosh agreed.

    "Its like having a bomb strapped to my bed!" Harry called down again making them look up again.

    "I uh...gotta go. Crusader meeting. Bye!" Applebloom said nervously and before AJ could stop her she dashed out the door.

    "I have to go to the bathroom." Harry called down again.

    "REEEOW!" And loud screeching and hissing was heard.

    "OW!" Came Harry's voice.

    Big Macintosh grabbed an aluminum baseball bat in his muzzle and ran up the stairs.

    Applejack put her hat on her face in shame. If only she'd told Rarity she didn't care for cats.

    Dear Princess Celestia,

    Sometimes the truth can be hard to tell. Especially to a friend.

    "Oh come now she couldn't have been that bad." Rarity said as she was handed a frizzled Opalesence roughly.

    Granny Smith is seen putting anti bacterial ointment on a rather big gash that Opalesence gave Harry that mornig. Harry glared death daggers at the feline.

    "Get her out before we kill her." Applejack said to Rarity. "Leave her with Fluttershy next time. She knows animals better." And with that she slammed the door in Rarity's shocked face.

    But the truth should always be told. Even if it hurts. Cause the truth will always set you free.

    Your humble subject,

    Applejack.

    The Apple family celebrated the Demon Cat's departure that evening with plenty of fresh apple cider.

    End of Mini Chapter

    To Be Continued...

    Just a little funny chapter i thought of while watching King of The Hill. Hope you all enjoyed.

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    14. Chptr 14: Royal Canterlot Wedding Part 1

    A/N: This arc's ending was written while I had writers block for Apple Family Reunion. Hope you enjoy it! And before you review saying why wasn't it focused on Twilight when the real episode was remember this fanfic is about HARRY. Not the other Elements of Harmony. The ending will be very satisfying. Please Leave a Review!

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    Chapter 13: Royal Canterlot Wedding Part 1

    "I can't believe Shiny's getting married!" Harry said eagerly. Since he met the Royal Guard Captain the first time he went to visit his grandma after the Nightmare Moon revival the two had been close. Shining Armor had always wanted a little brother. Not that he loved Twilight any less.

    The Elements of Harmony where on their way to Canterlot. Each one of them had been asked to help in the wedding in some way. Applejack of course was preparing the treats and baking the wedding cake, Pinkie Pie was helping plan the reception, Rarity was designing the bride to be's Wedding Gown, Fluttershy was asked to help organize birds to sing at the wedding, Rainbow Dash of course was asked to perform a Sonic Rainboom at the wedding ("BEST WEDDING EVER!") Harry was asked to be the Ring Bearer and help plan Shining Armor's bachelor party ("Momma, what's a Bachelor Party?) And of course, Twilight was supervising everything.

    "I can't believe I had to get an invitation to know about it." Twilight was peeved off. She was his sister for Celestia's sake! His LSBFF!

    Harry hid behind his mom a bit. Twilight could be scary when mad. Or when she went insane during "Lesson Zero" as their group now called it. When she charmed her Smarty Pants doll (Which was still missing by the way) and almost half of Ponyville went nuts over the thing. Starting with him and Applebloom and the other Crusaders. He shuddered remembering how the four of them fought over the old doll.

    Its mine I want it! I want it!" Harry shouted kicking Applebloom in the back of the head to get to it.

    "No its mine!" Sweetie Belle declared pulling it out of Harry's grasp with her muzzle. "Her mane!"

    "I need it!" Scootaloo shouted bowling into the three.

    And that was what got the proverbial ball rolling.

    "Shining's probably just busy Twilight." Harry suggested as they departed the train. "He is the Captain of the Royal Canterlot Guard after all. He's probably organizing the security for the wedding."

    His suggestion fell to deaf ears as Twilight stomped over in the direction of the castle.

    "Come along we've got work to do." Rarity said to the others as they left the two ponies to their own devices.

    "ACHOO!" Pinkie Pie sneezed out confetti to a shocked Applejack.

    "Please don't do anything that gets us in trouble." Harry silently begged Twilight as their friends and his mom left for the castle another way. He followed Twilight.

    They soon came upon a bridge. A stallion in a large helmet was directing others carrying spears and various weaponry.

    "I've got something to say to you mister." Twilight said as she trotted up to the bridge. The other soldiers aimed their weapons at the two.

    "Stand down." Harry ordered unfurling his wings. Though he was young he knew he had some authority over the Guard as his grandmother did being her direct descendant and all. The guards obeyed and saluted him.

    "Your highness." They greeted.

    Harry groaned. Every time he came the servants and guards called him "Your highness" or "Your Majesty." Even though he wasn't officially an announced heir yet.

    "Twily." Shining Armor said happily, removing his helmet and smiling down at the two. "Hey kiddo." He greeted Harry with a noogie on his mane making the younger male growl in frustration to get out of Shining's grasp. "Oh I've missed you kid." Shining Armor said to his little sister. "How was the train ride?" He held out a hoof.

    "How dare you not tell me in person that you where getting married?!" Twilight said in anger and hurt. "I'm your sister for pony's sake!"

    "Its...not my fault." Shining Armor said. "Princess Celestia has requested a major increase in security. Didn't you see all the guards at the train station?"

    Now that you mention it...Harry thought as his big brother figure went on about the security. We did pass through a barrier of some kind. And even then there where six guards waiting for us when we got off the train.

    "Yeah, there's a big wedding coming up. Maybe you heard about it?" Twilight snapped at Shining before trotting a few feet away.

    "It has nothing to do with the wedding. A major threat has been made against Canterlot, but no one knows who's responsible. "Princess Celestia asked that I provide additional protection. He looked right into her eyes as Harry came over. "This, you need to see."

    Shining Armor stood back and closed his eyes in intense concentration. An intense, pink magical aura erupted from his horn. A brilliant magical burst surged from his horn full of protective energy and it was aimed up at the bubble surrounding Canterlot.

    "The burden of keeping Canterlot safe rests squarely on my shoulders." Shining Armor told the two younger ponies as they walked. "Being focused on the task at hand is my top priority."

    "Told ya so." Harry said as Twilight looked down and blew her a childish raspberry. Twilight rolled her eyes and walked on with the other two.

    "Okay okay I get it." Twilight said to her older brother. You've got a big job protecting Canterlot with a force field only you can conjure up." The mare looked over the bridge as Harry was skipping on a hopskotch field drawn by foals earlier that day. "But how could you not tell me about something as big as your wedding?"She looked up at him pitifully. "Am I not that important to you anymore?"

    "Hey, you'll always be important to me. Your my little sister." Shining Armor said as he put a hoof beneath her chin. "But I can understand if you don't want to be my Best Mare anymore." He looked away with a slight smirk.

    Twilight's eyes widened. "You want ME to be your Best Mare?"

    "Well...yeah." Shining eloquantly replied.

    "I'd be honored to be your Best Mare." Twilight bowed at her big brother. "But I'm still pretty ticked that your marrying somepony I dont' even know!" She snapped poking Shining Armor's chest. "When did you even meet this "Princess Mi Amore Candenza?" She demanded.

    "I've been wondering that too. You've never written about her." Harry popped up suddenly making Twilight "Eep."

    "Harry don't do that." She scolded. "Its bad enough when Pinkie Pie does it."

    Shining Armor chuckled. "Twilight, Princess Mi Amore Candenza is Cadance." The Stallion informed his little sister. "Your old foal sitter."

    Twilight was confused for a minute but Harry's eyes widened with excitement and he started bouncing around. "Cadance? You mean THE Cadance?" She asked. "As in, "The Best Foal Sitter in all the history of Foal Sitters."

    "Heheh, you tell me. She was your Foal Sitter." Shining Armor said good naturedly.

    "And also my cousin!" Harry reminded her as he bounced around excitedly. "Twilight we're gonna be family!" He said eagerly.

    "Cadance is the most wonderful pony in all of Equestria! "She's beautiful, kind, caring." Twilight went on about remembering times with Cadance when she was a little filly. "What other ponies can just spread love wherever they go? I only know of one!" She said eagerly.

    Soon she was bouncing around with Harry saying "Your marrying Cadance." Until...

    "I hope I'm not interrupting anything important." A pink coated alicorn mare came out onto the bridge.

    "Cadance!" Twilight said eagerly. "Sunshine sunshine ladybugs awake!" She started the nursery rhyme Cadance had taught her when she was little. "Clap your hooves and do a little shake!"

    Cadance looked at her oddly. "What are you doing?"

    This caused Harry to stop bouncing and look at the new mare weirdly. According to stories from Twilight and her family the two where very close when she was a filly. Shouldn't she know the ladybug song?

    "Cadance its me! Twilight!" Twilight said to the confused alicorn.

    "Uhuh." Cadance brushed her aside to stand beside her fiance. Shining Armor put her leg around her. Twilight brushed the greeting off as pre wedding jitters.

    "I've got to get back to my station." Shining Armor said to the two ponies in front of them. "But Cadance will be checking in on all of you to see how things are going. Right dear?"

    "Absolutely." Cadance said with a kind smile.

    "Okay sure!" Twilight said eagerly. Just happy that she and Cadance and Harry where going to be family. She eagerly left to get started on the organization. "Bye big brother! See you later!"

    "Wanna come along kiddo?" Shining asked Harry as he started to leave. "I'll introduce you to some of my subordinates."

    "Uh...okay sure." Harry said less than eager as they left Cadance on the bridge. "Bye cousin." He said to Cadance as they left.

    "Goodbye...cousin." Cadance chuckled darkly as her eyes started glowing green.

    Later in the afternoon, Twilight and Harry where with his mom in the kitchen. The earth pony mare balancing on a ladder. "Cake."

    "Check." Twilight smiled adding a check to her list.

    "Nevermelting Ice Sculpture." Harry said after adding his "Nevermelt" spell to the sculpture."

    "Check." Nicely done by the way." She added. Referring to his spellwork.

    "Best darn mini apple tarts ya ever tasted." She shoved one into Twilights mouth and threw one to Harry who munched on it happily. His moms apple treats where the best!

    "Mmm." Twilight said with a perky smile. "Check!"

    "Yummy." Came from Harry as he slipped under the table and raised a hoof quietly to swipe another.

    "Nosiree." Applejack smacked his hoof away from the tasty apple yummies. "These are fer the weddin'." She pulled Harry out from under the table by his ear.

    "Ow ow ow ok momma I'm sorry!"

    "Howdy Princess!" Applejack greeted Cadance as she smacked Harry's hoof away again.

    Harry rubbed the back of his head sheepishly as his older cousin looked at him sternly.

    "Please. Call me Princess Mi Amore Candenza."

    Harry rolled his eyes as his mom re-greeted her.

    "Ya come to check out and see what's on the menu for your big day?" Applejack asked the

    "I have." Cadance said with a false smile. Twilight was busy re-reading the check list. Harry saw her with a "I'd rather be anywhere but here doing this" look." He raised his eyebrow. Shouldn't a bride to be be a little more...excited? Nervous? He didn't know. But he could tell something was fishy.

    He watched his mom grab a tray of tarts with her mouth and turned it over where Cadance could see. Cadance levitated a tart. Her horn lit up green.

    GREEN? Harry thought. He looked over to Twilight. Her head still in the list. On page seven hundred something. When she brought her face out of the list again her horn had stopped glowing. Hmm. Harry rubbed his chin as Cadance said "Delicious." She layed her ears back. "I love love love them!"

    Harry looked over to Twilight for an explanation. "Probably just nervous." She said to the foal.

    "Aw shucks." Applejack said. "Why don't ya take a few to go." She handed up with her hooves a brown paper bag with a few inside. "I know how you brides to be can be. So buzy you forget to put a little something in yer bellies." Harry watched everyone get back to work as Cadance approached the the door...and threw the bag in the trash!

    "No one throws away my momma's treats like that and gets away with it." Harry growled. Pausing on his way out to fish out the bag and take it with him.

    "Auntie Rarity you should have seen the way she acted!" Harry said as he paced around the room. "Please." He mocked. "Call me Princess Mi Amore Candenza." He huffed. "She's nothing like she is in the stories Twilight and Shiny tell me about."

    "Oh darling shush, she's probably just nervous about the wedding. She is royalty you know."

    "I'm Royalty too. But I don't go about going "Please. Call me Prince Harry the Bravehearted." He mimicked Cadance again. "I don't know when she changed after she stopped foal sitting Twilight but boy did she ever!"

    "Again darling, she's probably just nervous. Someday your going to be married to the mare or stallion of your dreams too and will be just as nervous as she is." The unicorn designer reminded her godson.

    "I hope when I get married I don't act like that. If I ever did that Momma would buck my face. Especially if I threw out the mini apple tarts she worked on for hours just for me." He snapped at Rarity holding up a brown paper bag in front of her. vy magic. It was slightly damp on the bottom but Harry protected the precious treats with magic. He levitated the bag over to him and munched the last one before crunching the bag up and tossing it in the garbage.

    "Harry you shouldn't eat food you found in the trash. Not only is it downright disgusting its unheygenic and not fitting of your status as royalty." Rarity scolded her godson. "And your starting to sound like a spoiled brat pining for attention. Almost like that Blue-" Harry interrupted her by getting in her face. Something he rarely did with anypony but when Blueblood was mentioned...all bets where off.

    "I AM NOTHING LIKE BLUEBLOOD." Harry didn't need to shout. Rarity got the message clear as a bell.

    "Did I hear someone say my name?" Harry turned and saw his cousin come in with her bridesmaides.

    "Princess!" Rarity rushed over in front of her. "Thank you for letting me have the honor of being part of such a momentous occasion." She bowed in front of Cadance who looked down on her with indifference.

    This only made Harry steam. Here his godmother was showing her the utmost respect. Something even his grandmother respected back. And she was looking down on her?! Steam was literally coming out of Harry's ears he was so mad.

    "Is the dress ready?" She asked. Trotting over to the mannekins Rarity was supplied.

    "Of course. I've been designing it since I was given the assignment. I think you'll be pleased with the results!" She showed the Princess one of her most beautiful works.

    Cadance looked on it with indifference. Again. "I was hoping for something with a little more beading and a longer drape." She looked over the bridesmaids dresses. "And these should be a different color.

    "I think their lovely." The mare on the far left said.

    "Me too." The middle one agreed.

    "I love them." The last agreed as well.

    Cadance looked behind her at them with a glare. "Make them a different color." She demanded. She and the bridesmaids left.

    "Gee." Harry said as she left. Shocked again at her behavior. "Maybe she should have been named Princess DemandyPants." Harry said disdainfully.

    "Off you go. I have revisions to make." Rarity waved her godson off with a hoof.

    From his position in the reception hall Harry had a good view of his grandmother on her balcony with her telescope keeping an eye out for any threats.

    "Okay so we've been over the games." Pinkie Pie grabbed the dice and shook them before letting them fly with a big smile. "And the dances." She put on "Chicken Dance." music."Oh I think this going to be the most perfect reception ever!" She said happily bouncing over to the bride to be. "Don't you?"

    "Perfect." Cadance said with a look. "If we where celebrating a six year old's birthday."

    "Oh thank you!" Pinkie Pie said happily as she bounced along after her.

    Harry glared after Cadance as the two left. Making his way to the apartment like home the six mares had been given for their stay he saw his auntie Luna come into the bubble. "Rest my sister. As always I will guard the night."

    "Auntie Luna seems to be doing well." Harry said with a smile as he saw his grandma leave her sister.

    Then he told his fellow Elements of Harmony his impression of Cadance...

    "Cadance is an absolute Gem!" Rarity disagreed.

    "But she was so demanding!" Harry Protested.

    "Of course she was. Why shouldn't she expect the best on her Wedding Day?" Twilight asked after going over the list again for the umpteenth time.

    "Momma did you know that after Cadance said she just "love love loved" your mini tarts she tossed the tarts you worked on so hard just for there to be extra in the trash when she left the kitchen this afternoon?" Harry asked his mother.

    "Oh shoot sugarcube she was probably just trying to spare my feelings." Applejack waved it off.

    "Well at least they didn't go to waste. And no she wasn't. She was being fake and totally insincere" Harry protested with raised front hooves.

    "Whaddya mean they didn't go to waste?"

    Applejack's question was ignored when Fluttershy said "She did raise her voice at one of my birds during rehearsals."

    "Aha!" Harry said pointing a hoof at Fluttershy. "See! Rude!" Harry folded his hooved across his belly.

    "But...he was singing really off key." The pink maned pegasus said. The bird screeched horribly. Harry covered his ears.

    "Pinkie Pie you had to have noticed how Cadance treated y-" Harry started before he noticed Twilight and Pinkie playing with the figuries that went on the cake.

    "Rainbow Dash." Harry turned to his best female friend. "You've noticed how mean she is right?"

    "Sorry kid. I've been too busy prepping for my Sonic Rainbow to notice Cadance's bad attitude." The rainbow maned tompony said as she folded her wings repeatedly.

    Harry growled in anger and left the mares to thier wedding planning.

    Shining Armor was busy trying on his wedding tux and adding his favorite uncle's medallion.

    Knock knock knock knock

    "Harry!" He said eagerly. "Come on in kiddo. Shiny's looking pretty good. Don't ya think? He puffed out his chest. "Hey, everything okay?" He noticed Harry looking kinda down.

    "Shiny, we need to talk." Harry said seriously. "I think your making a big-"

    "Ahem." Harry stopped talking and turned back to see Cadance glaring down at him.

    "Oh uh...hi sweetie." Shining Armor said.

    "She sure has a way of sneaking up on people." Harry muttered darkly as the mare approached.

    "Could I speak to you for a moment dear?" The mare asked before turning and walking back upstairs.

    Better she what she wants." Shining Armor said to Harry before leaving the foal and following his fiance.

    Harry soon heard muttered arguing.

    "Please not with Harry right outside." Shining Armor begged.

    "Just listen to me." Harry heard Cadance say.

    "I am listening."

    "I thought I made it perfectly clear I didn't want you to wear that." Cadance said sharply to Harry's big brother figure as he peeked through the door.

    "But this was my favorite uncles."

    "And?"

    "And I think I should wear it."

    Cadance scoffed. "Are you disagreeing with me?"

    "I guess...I am." Harry heard a weird noise and saw a spark before seeing Shining Armor start struggling. with something.

    "Oh dear. Are you getting another one of your headaches?" Harry saw Cadance's horn glow green and cast a spell on Shining Armor's head that made his eyes swirl with dizzyness.

    "Feeling better?" Cadance said with a smug expression.

    "Mhmm." Shining Armor shook his head yes as he stood dizzily.

    Harry's eyes widened. "She's just not rude and insincere! She's downright evil!" The alicorn foal turned and ran as the couple where coming out before Cadance could cast whatever compliance spell she was casting over Shining Armor himself as well.

    "Harry!" Shining Armor called out to the foal who was running off.

    "Let him go." Cadance said as she started cuddling up to her husband to be.

    "Huh...it sounded like he had something else to tell me." Shining muttered.

    To Be Continued...

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    15. Chapter 15: Canterlot Wedding Part 2

    Chapter 14: Royal Canterlot Wedding Part 2 (Canterlot Wedding Finale)

    Drip...drip...drip...Harry sniffled his tears as he laid on all fours in a damp cave deep beneath Canerlot. Where his grandma and momma would never find him. How did he end up here you might ask? Well see he had been banished from Shining Armor and Cadance's wedding. By Shining Armor himself.

    "In fact, since your no longer our ring bearer. Why don't you just not come to the wedding at all?" The angry stallion said to the alicorn foal who only had the best intentions at heart.

    Afterwards, Harry had tried to apologize to his "cousin." She turned out to be a Changeling!

    Harry gasped as a dark looking spell flew at him from the insectoid pony hybrid's mangled horn at him in a weird X shape that grew as it flew toward him. It struck his chest. He lay there on the throne room floor bleeding heavily.

    "Momma." He gasped as he took labored breaths. "Help me." He begged for Applejack or someone to come in and see.

    "I'm not your Momma deary." Came the creatures voice. She cakled evilly.

    "Grandma won't let you get away with this." Harry said weakly. "Grandma, Shiny and Auntie Lulu will found out. You'll never win."

    "Oh sweeite, I've already won. You see by denying your claims as simple childish games and Celestia accepting that claim I've already proven I can fool even the mighty Princess of the Sun!" The insectoid hybrid unveiled her holey wings and Harry heard insect noises. "My changling will invade Canterlot and feast on the love of its citizens! And there's nothing a pitiful foal like yourself can do about it. Who knows, perhaps when your older I'll choose you for my Royal Harem. Your are quite the cutie." Chrysalis kissed his cheek before her horn glowed again and Harry was swallowed up by flames.

    Is she seriously flirting with a nine year old foal? Harry asked his mind as he felt the creatures tongue through his cheek. Creepy.

    "So much for Big Brother, Best Friend Forever." Harry sniffled sadly. "I'll probably be dead before they find me." The alicorn foal dropped his head. "Its hopeless."

    "Where there is love, there is always hope." Came a soft, familiar in sound but not tone voice. Harry turned around weeakly and looked up to see Cadance! The pink alicorn mare looked like she'd been through the wringer. Her mane stuck out in odd places.

    "Cadance?" He asked. He raised an eyebrow. "Sunshine?" He started.

    "Sunshine." Cadance smiled down at her young cousin.

    "Ladybugs awake." The two rhymed together. "Clap your hooves and do a little shake." The two laughed and Harry tackle hugged her, but then he hissed after he got up and put a hoof to his chest.

    "Ow." The foal whimpered in pain. "That stings."

    "Your bleeding." Cadance said putting her hooves on the wound to try to put pressure on it.

    "Chrysalis." Harry said sadly. "I apologized thinking she was you then she showed herself. OW ow ow ow that hurts." His eyes watered with tears.

    Cadance's horn glowed. The bleeding slowed to a trickle. "That should fix it temporarily. Try not to strain yourself." The pink mare said kindly.

    "Thank you cousin." Harry said giving her a hug. "But how are we gonna get out of here?" He asked. "We've got to stop her!"

    The pink mare looked around and spotted a loose gem. Getting an idea she threw it into the cave. It echoed downward. She motioned for Harry to follow her as she ran. Harry ran as fast as he could to catch up with her. The two ran for a good long while before finally coming across a mine shaft. With a mine cart still attatched! Picking up a loose Sapphire of considerable size ("Spike'll love this") and putting it in his saddlebag, (Which he had the sense to bring when he went to apologize because he intended on going back to Ponyville alone if she didn't accept his apology,) Harry climbed on Cadance as they slid down a swirling mine track and at the end, it gave Cadance enough of a lift off to get her wings open! The two flew up to the light they saw and found a ledge. They looked around.

    "There!" Harry said pointing upward to a opening in the cave roof.

    "Your not going anywhere." Three mares said in zombiefied tones. The three bridesmaids that Chrysalis regected came upon them with glowing green eyes.

    At the Wedding...

    "Princess Cadance and Shining Armor." Celestia said to her "niece" and soon to be nephew in law. "It is my pleasure to pronounce you-"

    "STOP!"

    Everypony turned to see the disheveled looking Crown Prince in the doorway.

    The mares of the Elements of Harmony all performed various gestures of embarassement. Then did a double take.

    Everypony gasped as Harry stepped into the light and his injuries come with it. Blood dripping onto the red carpet of Celestia's throne room. Celestia gasped in shock. Noticing his weak appearance and labored breathing.

    "You." Fake Cadance hissed. Celestia looked at her reproachfully. Fake Cadance started some crocodile tears. "Why are you so insistent on ruining my special dayt?!"

    "Because its not your special day." Came a familiar voice to gasps of the crowd. Who took in the real Cadance's disheveled appearance. "Its mine." She stood in front of her younger cousin protectively from this evil witch. .

    "What?" "Cadance" said in shock. "But how did you escape my Bridesmaids?"

    Harry and Cadance smirked at each other.

    "We can't hurt them." Harry muttered to Cadance. "Their hypnotized or something. What do we do?"

    Cadance looked down. She saw a bouquet. Getting an idea, she magically grasped it and twirled it around in the bridesmaids faces getting their attention.

    "I want it!" Said the bridesmaids all together as she tossed it away.

    "I don't understand." Twilight said looking back and forth between the two Cadance's. "How can there be two Cadances? And what happened to Harry?!"

    "She's a Changeling." Cadance explained to the crowd. "She takes the form of a pony somebody loves and feeds off of their love for them. She kidnapped me, tossed me in some lost mines, attacked Harry and did the same to him too so he couldn't reveal her."

    "Cadance's" eyes glowed green in anger as did her horn. She was enveloped in a tower of sickeningly green light. When it vanished, a grotesque insectoid equine like being was in her place. She lauged wickedly.

    "Right you are Princess." The Changeling sneered. "And as Queen of the Changelings, its my duty to find food for my subjects." She explained to the crowd at large. "Equestria has more love than any land I've ever encountered." She monologued as she descended the small staircase. "My subjects will be able to devour so much of it that we'll gain more power than we have ever dreamed of!"

    "They'll never get the chance." Harry hissed at the evil Changeling. "Big brother's protection spell will keep them out."

    The large Changeling Queen chuckled at the foal's naievite'. "Oh I don't know about that. Isn't that right dear?" She charged up her sickly green magical aura around her horn and Shining Armor nodded going "Mhmm."

    Cadance started galloping toward her beloved but Chrysalis stopped her in her tracks. "Ah ah ah. Wouldn't want to go back to the caves would you?" She sneered. Cadance backed off reluctantly. Harry slowly made his way to her side. She used her magic to slow the bleeding again.

    "That's the second time. I can't do it anymore." Cadance warned her cousin.

    "Ever since I took your place, I've been feeding off of Shining Armor's love for you. Every minute he grows weaker. And so does his spell." She said with glee in her voice. "Even now my minions are chipping away at it!" She giggled evilly.

    Outside an army of Changelings where hurling themselves at Shining Armor's protective bubble.

    Chrysalis cackled. "He may not be my husband," She brought Shining Armor's head closer to her with a hoof. "But he is under my total control now."

    Cadance gasped in horror.

    "I plan to feed off of every last drop of his love for you. And when that happens." Chrysalis cackled as she pictured Shining Armor turning into a Changeling King.

    Twilight gasped in horror. She couldn't lose her BBBFF!

    "And I'm sorry to say, he is unable to perform his duties as Captain of the Royal Canterlot Guard."

    "Not my Shining Armor!" Cadance said extending a hoof toward her hypnotized love.

    "Soon, my Changeling Army will break through!" Chrysalis said in excitement. "First we take Canterlot, then ALL of Equestria!" She rose into the air and laughed evilly.

    "NO." Said Celestia from behind Chrysalis. "You won't." She came forward. "You may have made it impossible for Shining Armor to perform his spell, but now that you have so foolishly revealed yourself, I can protect my subjects, and my grandfoal, from YOU!" Celestia rose into the air majestically as her horn glowed with the power of the sunlight.

    Harry gasped in awe at his grandmother's power. He had never seen her in action before.

    Celestia fired the sun beam at the Changeling Queen. Chrysalis fired her own beam back with a " NO!" She grunted and forced more power into her spell with another panicked "NO!" And in everypony's surprise, was overpowering their Princess's! Celestia's eyes widened in shock as she was struck by the sickly green beam.

    The ponies gasped.

    "GRANDMA!" Harry shouted and ran over to her side as she lay on her actual side. Her horn slightly burnt from using the sun's power. Her horn crackled with power. Her crown laying beside her.

    "Princess Celestia!" Twilight shouted in fear of her mentor's life. She and the other Elements of Harmony rushed to the Sun Princess's side as well. Applejack hugged her son who winced.

    "Shining Armor's love for you was stronger than I thought." Chrysalis said with glee. "Consuming it has made me even more powerful than Celestia!"

    "My little Prince." Celestia groaned weakly to her grandson. "I am sorry for dismissing your claims. She fooled us all."

    Harry cried over his grandmother as she nuzzled him in apology.

    "The Elements of Harmony." She told the group. "You must get to them. And use their power to defeat the Queen!"

    Twilight and the other mares flung their dresses into the air and ran outside. Rarity however...stayed behind and caught them gently.

    "Rarity!" The group called. Rarity blushed and put her most respectable works down gently and galloped away. Tossing her own gown gently aside as well.

    Chrysalis laughed evilly. "You can run! But you can't hide!"

    Twilight looked up and saw the Changeling Army. Chipping away at Shining Armor's barrier like Chrysalis said. After a bit, a crack formed. And the Changelings dove all together at the barrier, and it dissolved.

    They zoomed into Canterlot immediately and started attacking the populace.

    "Go! Go!" Harry shouted as Changelings zoomed after them. "Chidori Sharp Spear!" He shouted sending his black lightning spear at the horde. "Sharp Spear! Sharp Spear! Sharp Spear!" He sent three more and followed his fellow Elements.

    In front of the building where the Elements where kept, they encountered a whole entire horde of Changelings. A few licking their lips.

    "Looks like we're gonna have to do this the hard way. Rainbow Dash punched her right hoof with her left. She moved forward...only to be confronted by Rainbow Dash! An exact look alike of herself was right in front of her! After a few silly movements, the Changeling pushed her back.

    "How did she?" Rainbow Dash asked in shock.

    The horde then transformed themselves into copies of the seven ponies. Noticably all of the Harry clones where all healthy, uninjured and right next to the Applejack clones.

    "Their Changelings remember?" Twilight said to Rainbow Dash.

    "THEIR CHANGELINGS REMEMBER?" A group of Twilights said to Rainbow Dash.

    "Don't let them distract you. We have to get to the Elemetns of Harmony." Twilight reminded the group.

    And they rose to fight the Changelings. Or in Fluttershy's case, trick them into leaving her alone. A group of three came up to her with intimidating glares never seen on the Real Fluttershy's face. She mimicked them and mimed some fighting punches. The trio of Changeling Fluttershy's left her alone. The pink maned pegasi phwewed anmd turned only to run into more Changelings. Of Rainbow Dash. Only one of them was the real Rainbow Dash! She kicked and punched the others aside and helped Fluttershy up with a friendly smile.

    Applejack and Harry where back to back in an army of Applejacks.

    Wait a minute. He ain't injured! Applejack realized and when the Changeling saw the look on her face, it changed into her jumped. She dodeged. "Okay this is just gettin' weird."

    Twilight saw the pile of Applejacks and zapped them one after another off of her and right back into their real forms. Soon she had one in her magical grasp.

    "Real me! Real me!' Applejack said to Twilight. Applejack phwewed as she set her down.

    Harry flew into the air and clones of him followed. The alicorn copies intending on him being their lunch. He changed direction, changed again and slammed into the lead Changeling's back of his neck. It sent him hurling into the ground as a changeling.

    "You guys may be able to mimick my looks and voice." Harry said.

    "YOU GUYS MAYBE ABLE TO MIMICK MY LOOKS AND VOICE." The group repeated.

    "But how about magic?" Harry asked with a smirk.

    "BUT HOW ABOUT...HUH?" The group looked at each other in confusion. Harry spread his wings and his feathers crackled with light black electricity.

    "Chidori Feather Barrage!" The wings relased feathers at the group of Changelings before him. As the feathers made contact, ZAP! The changelings where fried!

    "Fried Changelings...I'd rather have an apple fritter." Harry said with a raspberry at the group. He then went to help Fluttershy who was being ganged up on again.

    Pinkie Pie was face to face with a Changeling. It morphed into Rarity first. Then Rainbowdash, then Fluttershy. In typical Pinkie fashion she giggled. "Do me do me!" She bounced eagerly.

    The Changeling Fluttershy rolled its eyes and changed into a perfect copy of Pinkie Pie complete with happiness.

    She grabbed Harry who had just walked by and revved up his black lightning like a gattling gun. Zap zap zap zap! It was hurled at Changelings left and right leaving them fried. Smoke coming off of one as it stumbled around and collapsed.

    Smack Slam Smack BOP Smack Slam Smack Smack Bop!

    Soon they defeated the Changeling horde. and ran inside...only to encounter another horde of changelings. The group gathered around their youngest because he ws still injured as the Changelings closed in.

    Celestia awoke. She opened her eyes slowly. She was imprisoned inside a cocoon! She saw Changelings sneering at her from outside the monstrous prison that had the power to turn Ponies into Changelings by force.

    "You won't get away with this!" Cadance declared to Chrysalis. "Twilight and her friends will-"

    They turned to see Twilight and the other Elements of Harmony being escorted into the throne room by Changelings.

    "I only see six. Where's? Celestia wondered.

    Harry's form came into view as he was thrown into Chrysalis's sight. The girls gasped. They didn't see where the two Changelings that had him took him.

    "Ahh. Looks like my subjects had themselves a little snack." Chrysalis chackled seeing the bite marks on the foals neck. Harry was bleeding heavily from his wound again and wheezing. "Looks like I'll have a new member of the horde very soon. All he needs, is a little love." She made her way toward the fallen alicorn prince.

    "Not my baby! please not my baby! I'll do anything!" Applejack pleaded as Chrysalis came closer.

    Harry's eyes flung open as he was thrown into memory. His eyes going out of focus in terror. Applejack's voice warping as she cried "ANYTHING!" As Chrysalis loomed ever closer to begin his transformation.

    "Not Harry! Please not Harry!"

    "Stand aside. Stand aside you silly girl!"

    "Please not Harry! I'll do anything!"

    "You realize the reception's been cancled don't you?" Chrysalis said to the mares. "Go." She ordered. "Feed!" She declared. The Changelings fled the throne room and left for the city.

    Chrysalis cackled. "Its funny really, this foal was suspicious of my behavior all along." She picked him up gently. "Too bad the rest of you where too caught up in your wedding fever to listen to him."

    "I. I can still stop you." Harry groaned weakly. Inspired by his birth mother's sacrifice for him. He was back. Some of the color was back in his coat. And his color was coming back! The love he has for his friends, mother and grandma empowering him and replenishing him. "I have...spells." He collapsed after Chrysalis laid him down gently. Intending on finishing the job and turning him.

    "Your Chidori you mean? I know all about your little arsenal of lightning based spells you pathetic foal." Chrysalis chuckled darkly."This day has been just perfect, the kind of day of which I've dreamed since I was small." The Changeling Queen sang as she watched her Changelings attack Canterlot citizens. The Mane 6 glared at her. Furious after what she did to their youngest Element of Harmony who was still bleeding on the palace floor. "Everypony I'll soon control. Every Stallion, Mare and Foal! Who says a girl can't really have it all?"

    Twilight crawled up to Cadance and zapped her free. "Quick." She said. "Go to him while you still have the chance."

    Cadance ran over to her beloved Shining Armor. She held his face gently. He was still hypnotized. Hugging him, her horn sparked with magic. And released a heart. The heart floated to Shining Armor's forehead and popped inside. It released him from the hypnosis.

    "Guh. Huh?" Shining Armor said as he was coming too. "Is the wedding over?"

    "Actually." Harry groaned. "I'm not done yet." He stood shakily.

    "Stay down sugarcube. Yer losin' a lot a' blood there." Applejack rushed to his side.

    "Shield of...The Mother." He mumbled.

    What's this? Chrysalis asked herself. His magic is changing. From offensive...to...

    "I REJECT!" He shouted. A pink colored five pointed star shaped shield rushed at Chrysalis while spinning and sent her flying from the castle out the door. But not out of Canterlot.

    "Wow. How'd you do that?" Twilight asked the injured foal eagerly as the other Elements of Harmony came up to him to help him up.

    "Since I met big brother Shiny I've been trying to work on defensive magic as well as offensive." Harry said with labored breaths. "We only needed time."

    "Shining Armor." Celestia pleaded. "Your Barrier Spell. Please."

    "I'm not sure...I have the strength." Shining Armor said as his horn gave off a pathetic pink sparkle.

    Cadance walked up next to her husband to be. "My love will give you strength." They nuzzled. Then crossed horns.

    As promised by Cadance, her love for her husband increased his magical power. A arc of magical power connected the two loved ones. Wonderous radiant magical aura surrounded the pair and they opened their eyes. Smiling at each other with pure love in their hearts. The two rose as the power grew. The Elements of Harmony watched in awe. The two became one magical power inside the aura in the shape of a heart. Shining Armor's and Cadance's spell hurled all Changelings back to wherever they flew out of. A pink/purple shield bubble surrounded Canterlot.

    The Mane 6 mares and Harry cheered. Harry somewhat weakly. He wobbled as he stood again. His vision blurry.

    "Sugarcube?" His mothers voice asked. Her voice a little distorted. He was losing too much blood. Chrysalis's curse did a number on him.

    "Sugarcube!" Applejack panicked as Harry collapsed to the ground. "Wake up! Please wake up baby! This isn't funny!"

    "He's lost too much blood." Cadance said. Rushing to her cousin's side. "Aunt Celly we need to get him to the hospital now!"

    "Right." Celestia agreed. Worried for her favorite grandfoal.

    "Nurse Redheart!" "Cadance said as the gourney carrying Harry hurried through Canterlot General Hospital. "We need the surgical room now!"

    "You can't just barge in my hospital without...is that who I think it is?"

    "Yes. And the young Crown Prince has lost a great amount of blood from a dark magic curse from the Changeling Queen. We need blood now!"

    "What's his blood type?"

    "Type O."

    "Good. You get prepared do heal. I'll prepare the transfusion. All right ladies! We have a Royal Family Emergency!" Nurse Redheart declared to her staff. Not only mares, but she was like a military officer the way she trained her medical ponies.

    Many Hours Later...

    The Mane 6 Mares where waiting in the waiting room. Celestia had to rush back to the castle when the media found out about the Crown Princes condition.

    "Is it true the Crown Prince is in critical condition at Canterlot General?" A female reporter pony asked the Princess of the Sun.

    "Unfortunately yes. Harry defended Princess Candeza from the Changeling Queen with no regards for his own only that, after he was gravely injured, heavily bleeding, he banished Chrysalis from the Palace with his own protective spell. For this I honor him with this window." She motioned to a new stained glass window in the palace showing a young, dark alicorn foal with a pink star banishing the Changeling Queen out the door of the palace. "And it was then that Cadenza and her husband to be banished the Changlings back to the depths from wence they came with thier love. For this, I honor them also with a new window." The reporter ponies saw a second new window with the Love Princess and Captain Shining Armor floating in the air with crossed horns banishing the Changelings from Canterlot.

    "How's he doing?" Shining Armor asked as he came in.

    "We don't know. They've been in there for hours." Twilight told her big brother. "Applejack's been such a nervous wreck. She finally passed out about an hour ago.

    PING. The lit sign saying Surgery was in progress faded. From the double doors came Nurse Redheart and Cadence.

    "How's my baby?" Applejack asked. Suddenly awake.

    "He'll survive." Nurse Redheart finally revealed.

    The mares all cheered. Pinkie was already planning a "Get well soon" party in her head.

    "What about the Dark Magic though?" Twilight asked.

    "Unfortunately Twilight, Dark Magic wounds never fade. He'll have a scar for the rest of his life." Cadace told the mares.

    That statement was bugging Twilight. Harry had two scars now. So how did he get the one on his forehead? And what made it such an odd shape?

    "I would also suggest some therapy." Nurse Redheart said. "Some ponies after life or death situations tend to have continuous stress over it."

    "I've seen that in some of my fellow soldiers." Shining Armor said sadly. "Its really sad. And can be very dangerous."

    Medical Ponies wheeled out Harry's gourney so his friends and family could see him before they took him to his room at the hospital. The blood was gone from his coat. And he was all stitched up. The wound in a large, slightly warped X pattern on his chest. He was unconcious.

    "Fortunately, he remained unconcious through the entire operation." Nurse Redheart added worriedly. "If he doesn't come out of it soon we'll need to hook him to..."

    Harry moved lightly. Then yawned. "That was a good nap. Dash was right about clouds." But then he fell asleep again.

    "Or he was just in a deep sleep." The nurse pony sweat dropped. The mares and nursing staff laughed.

    "I'm not surprised. He spent an enormous amount of energy fighting off Chrysalis." Shining Armor chuckled. "Sleep up kid. You've earned it." He said to the snoozing foal.

    A few days later...

    Wedding Music...Play!

    The Cutie Mark Crusaders came bouncing in spreading flowers around the throne room. Cadance and Shining Armor came trotting up to Celestia side by side.

    Harry followed shortly after. Cameras flashing as the Crown Prince rarely visited Canterlot and he was kind of a semi celebrity now. Many reporters had been thrown out of Canterlot General by Nurse Redheart and her staff. The Press getting plenty of pictures of the Prince's new battle scar. Harry cautiously walked up to his family with the rings floating ahead of him on a pillow. He wobbled slightly but his grandmother caught him with her magic.

    "The rings please?" Celestia asked her grandfoal. Harry eagerly levitated them up to her. She presented them to Cadance and Shining Armor.

    Usual Wedding Yada Yada

    "I now pronounce you Mare and Colt." Celestia declared.

    The two embraced. The crowd cheered.

    At the Wedding Reception, Harry and Twilight sang a duet "Come Fly With Me" by Twinkle Toes. An old favorite of Cadance's (According to Twilight)

    Before long, the cake and sweets had been eaten (Quite a bit by Celestia and Harry, who had inherited his grandmother's sweet tooth) and Shining and Cadance had left for their honeymoon.

    "Ugh. Never again." Harry groaned from Applejack's back.

    "Keep telling yerself that sugarcube." Applejack said. Knowing full well that it would happen again. He binged on apple sweets a lot at home. The Reunion was a fine example of his inherited sweet tooth when he won the eating contest for foals his age.

    The Mares laughed at their youngest Element.

    "But just wait for the Bachelor Party I'm planning!" Harry said semi eagerly. Rubbing his poor tummy. "Momma. What's a Bachelor Party?"

    Even Applejack laughed at his innocence.

    To Be Continued...

    The comics where vague but Chrysalis told Twilight she planned on draining her and then having Twilight drain her friends. So that gave me the impression that Changelings are similar to vampires. So when a ponie's love is completely drained, they become a changeling. Or they have to be Turned by a sire. Or possibly by those cocoons. Scary if you think about it.

    Yes I gave Harry Celestia's sweet tooth. By the way, read The Glaring Gafes of Gabby Gums. its a funny ficlet that portray's Featherweight's apology to Equestria for Gabby Gums. Rebuking some articles, but sadly confirming others. One is Celestia eating forty cakes. Quite a sweet tooth the Sun Princess has.

    Yes. Twinkle Toes is Frank Sinatra ponified. NO ONE IS SAFE FROM PONIFICATION! MUAHAHAHA! Pulls lever on what resembles a roboticizer from Sonic. The light's flash and the machine spins and when its done, Frank Sinatra is a unicorn pony.

    Please leave a review! I worked really hard on this two parter!

    16. Chapter 16: Return of Harmony Part 1

    A/N: Have any of you Bronies and Pegasisters heard Apples To The Core yet? If not, GO CHECK IT OUT! I think its like the Apple Family Anthem or something like that. It was in the Comicon sneak peak of FIM season 4. There's also gonna be a superhero dream episode (From context) And apparently Twilight will witness Luna's transformation into Nightmare Moon from the eyes of Celestia (From Context) And Pinkie Pie's family comes to Ponyville in one episode!

    Season 4 premiers November 23rd only on The Hub.

    I have a plot challenge for you. Be warned it is Femmslash between Gilda and Rainbow Dash but it is a HP xover. Harry is turned into a baby pegasus and Gilda finds him and raises him in the Griffon Empire. He goes with her to Ponyville to socialize with his own kind as his "Grandpa" put it. Griffon the Brush off goes a bit differently. Gilda's father should be the leader of the Empire.

    So that's my challenge. Harry should be the CMC's age or a bit younger. But not Pumpkin and Pound's age.

    I couldn't say no to that sneaky Draconequess

    Return of Harmony Part 1

    Summary: While Harry and his class tour the Royal Gardens in Canterlot, Chaos and Disharmony erupt in the form of an old enemy of Celestia and Luna. Discord Returns. And its discovered that Harry takes more after his Auntie Lulu than everypony first thought...

    Chapter 16: Return of Harmony Part 1

    "How come the runt gets his own private suite when we get common guest rooms?" Diamond Tiara demanded as the class of foals walked through the gardens.

    "Because Diamond Tiara, Harry is Princess Celestia's grandfoal. He always has a private suite for when he comes to visit his grandmother."

    "Be grateful your staying in the palace at all. If it where up to me she'd be in the mud with the pigs." Harry said to Applebloom who giggled. "Ungrateful little bi-"

    "What did he say?" Diamond Tiara snapped at the two as she passed.

    "Nothing." The two said together.

    "Now I want to start our field trip with a tour of the world famous Canterlot Sculpture Garden." Cheerilee said as the foals followed their teacher They came across a statue of a pegasi, earth and unicorn pony fillies. "This one represents Friendship." She lead them to a large statue of a pony holding the Equestrian flag. "This one represents Victory."

    "How cool would it be to have that for a Cutie Mark?" Scootaloo asked her three friends as they left the statue.

    Harry lagged behind a bit as he saw what the next statue was. He was hoping they wouldn't come to him.

    "Now this is a very interesting statue. What do you notice about it?" Cheerilee asked as she pointed a leg at the towering statue of a mixed up creature.

    "Its got an Eagle Claw!" Applebloom said.

    "And a lion paw!" Scootaloo added.

    "And a snakes tail!" Sweetie Belle said eagerly.

    "This creature is called a Draconequess. "He has the head of a pony and a body made up of all sorts of things. What do you think that represents?" She asked.

    "What's going on? You okay?" Shady Daze noticed their cowering friend. Strange because he was the Element of Courage. Featherweight came over.

    "Confusion!" Applebloom guessed.

    "Evil!" Sweetie Belle pushed the earth pony out of the way.

    "Chaos!"

    "Its Discord." Said a timid voice. The class looked to see Harry cowering between Featherweight and Shady Daze. "The Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony. Long ago. He ruled the land of Equestria in an eternal state of chaos. Grandma and auntie Lulu saw how miserable all the pony races where, and overthrew him with the known Elements of Harmony. They turned him into stone and ruled the land together for fifteen hundred years until Auntie Lulu became Nightmare Moon."

    "Yeah right." Diamond Tiara scoffed. "Its just a statue. This isn't real. If it was real, where are all the other Draconequess?"

    "The story was concocted for the history books." The class returned to pay attention to their resident alicorn. "The real reason Grandma and Lulu turned Discord to stone, was because he abducted her firstborn foal. Princess Liliana."

    Even Cheerilee wasn't aware of this. Of course, most weren't aware of the true reason for the Battle of Discord.

    "He took her from Grandma in the dead of night when she was asleep. And threw her into an alternate dimension. There she grew up. And at Sweet Apple Acres many years later...a foal appeared at the gates of the farm in a basket. The Apple Family adopted that foal."

    Cheerilee gasped and held a hoof to her took the other foals a few moments to realize what their youngest classmate was talking about.

    "That foal was me." Harry said as he walked away. "Miss Cheerilee I'm going back to grandma's."

    "Of course. I'm sorry to have forced this on you." The pink coated mare apologized sincerely. "Featherweight, Shady Daze, would you make sure he gets to the castle safely?"

    The two nodded and walked next to their mutual friend on opposite sides of him.

    My Little Pony...My Little Pony...

    "Get back here! you darn varmit cloud! Rainbow Dash is counting on me to help her!" Harry said as he chased after a cloud. He was a bit stronger than most foals due to his alicornness. So he helped out the weather ponies on occasion by moving clouds. He dashed to the cloud and...splat. "Eew! What is this?!" He was covered in something pink and sticky. He took a sample bite and chewed. "Cotton Candy?"

    Rainbow Dash had caught a cloud too. And it rumbled. "Hey!" The rainbow maned pegasi said to the cloud. "Its not supposed to rain until tomorrow! You can't just!" Then it started pouring. But not water. "You just did." She grumbled.

    "Rainbow Dash!" She heard Harry's voice. "Help I'm stuck!":

    "What the?" She saw her little buddy stuck in a cloud covered in the cloud itself.

    At Sweet Apple Acres...

    "HEY! I DIDN'T TELL YOU TO GO ANYWHERE!" Applejack heard her son's voice from the sky as he chased another cloud. Rainbow Dashed chased another onto Sweet Apple Acres. Applejack was husking corn.

    "Rainbow Dash, what's going on with this rain? I mean...chocolate milk? I mean...chocolate milk rain?"

    "There's crazy weather all over Equestria!" Rainbow Dash said as Harry gave up chasing the cloud and fluttered back to earth.

    "Its weird. Cloudsdale is being hit with a major cola storm right now." Harry said to his Earth Pony mother. "You should see it. Ponies leaving buckets outside to catch the cola!"

    "Yeah but don't worry." Rainbow Dash reassured Applejack. "I'm not leaving you guys until we got total control of Ponyville."

    Suddenly, the corn crop started turning into popcorn!

    "Why would you wanna stop this?" Pinkie Pie asked as she bounced from popcorn pile to popcorn pile.

    Harry took a sample of the popcorn. "Cheese!" He said. It was his favorite cheese flavored popcorn. He dove in. Ate a path way to the top and licked his lips as his head popped out. "Mmm."

    "I heard about your troubles Applejack and came to see if I could do anything to help." Rarity said from under a fancy umbrella/rain ensemble. "Without getting dirty." She added. "Or wet...or out from under my umbrella."

    Applejack rolled her eyes. Typical Rarity.

    The Apples on the apple trees suddenly grew gigantic and too heavy. The trees slumped over.

    "Woah those are the biggest apples I've ever seen!" Harry said innocently.

    Little animals started eating the apples.

    "Fluttershy, do something!" Applejack panicked. "These critters are eatin' my produce!"

    "Um...now you know you shouldn't-" Fluttershy gasped as the little animals grew giraffe legs. "No." Fluttershy said with wide eyes. "That's not possible! I-I must be seeing things!"

    Twilight came onto the seen floating a book in front of her face and Spike by her side. "Don't worry everyone. I've learned a new spell that will fix everything!" Her horn sparked with magical power. She lowered it and aimed it at the scene carefully. From her came a burst of Radiant light that flew over Sweet Apple Acres. But nothing changed.

    "My Failsafe Spell...failed!" Twilight said disbelievingly. "What do we do now?" She asked the baby dragon looking down at him.

    "Uh...give up?" Spike suggested.

    "Come now Spike, Twilight will come up with something." Rarity said giving Twilight her umbrella saddle.

    "Hmm...I got it!" The lavendar mare said eagerly. "Rainbow Dash, Harry, can you two corral all those clouds into one corner of the sky?"

    As soon as Harry got his together he left so Rainbow Dash could keep them together.

    "Applejack, I need you to bring those storm clouds down to earth." Twilight said.

    Applejack twirled her lasso and lassoed the group of cotton candy clouds.

    "Hey!" Pinkie said in disappointment as she was enjoying being under a chocolate milk rain cotton candy cloud. "What happened?"

    Twilight whispered into Fluttershy's ear. Fluttershy eagerly nodded. "OH dear. I hope none of the animals see any of these delicious chocolate milk rain cotton candy clouds. I'd hate to have to share them."

    "You and me both sister." Pinkie said from the cloud as she ate some of it. The animals shoved her aside. "Hey!"

    "Heh, and when your done with that feel free to have some popcorn for Deessert." Applejack said with a chuckle.

    "See Spike? There's no problem we can't overcome if we all work together." Twilight said to the baby dragon who inhaled and then belched as a letter came out in a burst of emerald fire.

    Twilight levitated the letter and unrolled it. She gasped. "Come on guys. The Princess needs us in Canterlot right away."

    "Grandma's twice in one week! Yay!" Harry said eagerly as he ran to catch up with his friends.

    "Princess Celestia. We came as fast as we could." Twilight said as the seven entered Canterlot Tower.

    The Princess told them the history tale of how they defeated Discord.

    "All right Princess!" Rainbow Dash said eagerly.

    "I thought the spell we cast on him would keep him contained forever. But since Luna and I are no longer connected to the Elements, the spell has been broken! I need you to weild the Elements once again and defeat Discord! Before he thrusts all of Equestria into an Eternal state of Chaos!"

    "But why us?" Twilight started. "Why don't you-"

    "Hey look! We're famous!" Pinkie Pie said seeing the window honoring their defeat of Nightmare Moon.

    "You seven showed the true potential of the Elements and used their powers to defeat a mighty foe." Celestia explained as six of the seven admired the window. Harry hung back with his grandmother. "Although Luna and I are no longer connected to the Elements." She told Harry. "It is you seven who now control their it is you who must defeat Discord!" She declared with her wings unfurled in all their glory.

    "Hold on a second!" Pinkie Pie said as Twilight was about to accept their task. "Eternal Chaos comes with CHOCOLATE MILK RAIN you guys. CHOCOLATE MILK RAIN!"

    "Don't listen to her Princess." Twilight said to her mentor. "Of course we'll help stop Discord."

    Celestia led the Seven Elements to the actual Tower itself. Where the Elements where kept. She insterted her horn into a lock and it glowed with radiant magical power.

    "You can keep the Elements, I'll take that case!" Rarity said eagerly as she saw the jeweled case.

    "You can stop Discord...with these."

    The Elements of Harmony where gone!

    Celestia gasped and dropped the box in horror.

    "Oh well, if you guys need me I'll be outside in the rain puddles with a giant swizzle straw." Pinkie said eagerly.

    "That box is protected by a spell only I can break. This doesn't make any sense." Celestia said as she paced trying to figure out what happened to the most powerful magical artifacts in Equestria.

    "Make sense? Oh, what fun is there in making sense?" Said a deep accented voice with a dark chuckle.

    "Discord." Growled Celestia. "Show yourself!" She demanded in an authorative tone Harry had never heard her use. At least not while he was around. She looked aroud for wherever Discord was hiding. "Stay behind me." She said to Harry in an order and deadly serious tone. Harry obeyed his grandmother and kept behind her.

    "Did you miss me Celestia?" Discord asked as his voice echoed around the room mysteriously.

    She found a miniature looking Discord figure in one of her windows.

    "I missed you." The figure came to life in an animated fashion. It moved over to another window and laid back on an O shape in the window. "Its quite lonely being encased in stone. But you wouldn't know that would you because I don't turn ponies to stone!" He said angrily. He knocked on the O to prove his point.

    "Enough! What have you done with the Elements of Harmony?!" The Sun Princess demanded.

    "Oh I just borrowed them for a teensy little while." Discord said as if he didn't even care. He snapped his fingers and the Elements in the window dissappeared from their part in the window.

    "You'll never get away with this Discord." Celestia growled angrily at the Draconequiess.

    "Oh I've forgotten how grim you can be Celestia." Discord said as he checked out the claws on his lion arm in the window. "Its really quite boring."

    "HEY!" Rainbow Dash shouted. "NOPONY INSULTS THE PRINCESS!" She flew at the window and smacked into it after Discord disappeared from i t momentarily. "Oh. You must be Rainbow Dash. Famed for her loyalty. The Element of Harmony you represent." Discord said in a larger figure of himself.

    "That's right!" Rainbow Dash huffed. "I'll ALWAYS be loyal to the Princess!"

    We'll see about that." Discord chuckled.

    "I can't believe we're waisting our time talking to a tacky window." Rarity scoffed as she turned away from one.

    "The beautiful Rarity. Representing the Element of Generosity if I'm not mistaken." Discord reappeared in the window Rarity was in front of.

    "So ya know who we are, big deal." Applejack said to Discord in the window. She didn't like this fella one bit. He creeped her out.

    "You seem to know our strengths and weaknesses too." Harry said quietly from behind his grandmother. Very frightened by Discord's power.

    "Yes Harry Potter." Discord chuckled darkly. "And yours is the one that binds all the elements together along with the Element of Magic represented by Twilight Sparkle. Courage. Without the Courage to stand up and use their Elements, they would fall. You remind me so much of your adorable mother." He chuckled darkly. "Fluttershy's is kindness and Pinkie Pie's is a personal favourite of mine. Laughter." He laughed and giggled as Pinkie Pie started to as well. He was dancing on Twilight's head in the window.

    "Pinkie!" Twilight said reproachfully.

    "He's dancing on your head!" Pinkie Pie continued to giggle.

    The window shattered as a ray of sunlight hit it.

    The Elements gasped. "Princess." Twilight muttered. She had never seen her mentor this furious.

    "He's never met Applejack before." Pinkie Pie said in confusion. Remembering what Discord said about Harry's mother.

    "Oh you mean the Princess never told you how little baby Harry came to Sweet Apple Acres. Hardly a surprise. You always liked to keep your secrets Celestia." Discord chuckled.

    He remembered taking his niece from her crib. How dare Celestia take his lands and add them to her new country? They where given to him by father! So he could continue his chaotic practices in peace! She took his land, he took her daugher.

    "Discord I was a young and foalish ruler a thousand years ago. You had no right to take it out on her! No right to steal my daughter!" Celestia hissed to another window representation.

    "Steal your daughter Princess?" Twilight asked. Harry looked up to his grandmother.

    Celestia sighed sadly. "A thousand years ago," She began her tale and told the Elements of Harmony the story of how Discord stole her daughter Liliana, Harry's mother, in the dead of night from her crib. Right from the King and Queen's room no less! She told them how she searched high and low for the Chaos Spirit for months finally finding him, but not her daughter.

    "Discord had thrown my Lily into an altenate dimension. Never to be seen again. After my husband disappeared I felt I was no longer fit to be titled Queen and took the mantle of Princess in its steed." She sighed sadly.

    Harry stared up at his grandmother. So that was why his mother was wherever she was? And it was all his fault. Discord. Harry growled angrily at the cackling Spirit of Disharmony and Chaos.

    "Stop Stalling Discord. What have you done with the Elements of Harmony." Celestia demanded. The mares all watched the animated figure.

    "Oh so boring Celestia. Really? Fifteen hundred years apart and that's all you want to know? Fine I'll tell you, but I'll only tell you my way." The figure pointed a paw pad at his chest.

    "To retrieve your missing Elements, just make sense of this change of events. Twists and turns are my Master plan, then find your Elements back where you began." The Chaos Spirit said as he shifted all over the room. At the end he chuckled darkly and seemingly disappeared.

    "And just to give you some insentive to find them." Came Discord's voice.

    Celestia's eyes widened. She had left her grandfoal unguarded! She turned to see the floor beneath Her grandfoal ripple as if it where quicksand.

    "I'm sinking!" Harry shouted in terror. "Momma!" He reached for Applejack who was at the edge of the quicksand floor. He was halfway gone already "Momma!" He said one more time as A lion's paw pulled him down all the way.

    "WHERE HAST THOU TAKEN HIM VILE CREATURE?!" Celestia demanded in the Royal Canterlot Voce in complete and utter rage.

    The mares where slightly afraid of the Princess fury.

    "W-w-what's that Twilgiht?" Fluttershy asked timidly as she stared up at the furious princess.

    "Its...the Royal Canterlot Voice. I've never heard her use it before." The lavendar mare said nervously.

    "Oh don't worry he's perfectly safe. Its time for some quality time with Old Uncle Discord." Discord chuckled darkly. "Bye bye."

    Somewhere in Canterlot...

    Harry appeared in a flash of light.

    "Momma?" He asked the dark place. "Where are you? Momma?"

    "Hello little nephew." Said the voice of a now familiar Draconequess.

    "Discord." Harry growled. He charged up his Chidori and sent it into the darkness in a sharp spear. "Sharp Spear!" He heard glass shattering.

    "Oh come now dear nephew, what did I ever do to deserve that?" Came the indignant voice of Discord. Harry moved into the darkness.

    "Your getting warmer." Discord teased. "Warmer." Harry moved further in.

    "Boo." Harry froze and turned to find two eyeballs floating in mid air staring at him.

    Harry let out a squeal and flew into the air in fright.

    The lights where turned on. Harry was in a mirrored room. The floor, walls and even the door where made up of mirrors One was cracked into six pieces.

    Discord laughed. "You should have seen the look on your face." He laughed in a mirror.

    "Let me out of here!" Harry snarled at the draconequess.

    "Your free to leave anytime you want little pony." Discord laughed darkly. "The door's unlocked. But be warned where it leads you, you may not like what you see."

    "Screw this. I'm outta here." Harry said. Not noticing that the door was embelmed with his Cutie Mark for the door knob. "What?"

    Harry was back in Ponyville. Chaos free. More specifically, in front of the Ponyville Orphanage.

    "Git goin'." Said a male voice. Harry turned to see his family. More specifically, Big Macintosh, Granny Smith, Applebloom and his Momma."

    "I don't understand." Harry said. "What am I doing in front of the orphanage?"

    "Yew've been nothin' but trouble since you came. Now git in there!" Big Macintosh.

    "Momma?" Harry pleaded to the angry looking Applejack.

    "I ain't yer Momma no more ya little varmit. I wish I never was. GIT IN THAT ORPHANAGE OR I'LL BUCK YOU SO HARD YOUR GRANDCHILDREN WILL FEEL IT!"

    "Applebloom?" Harry begged his adopted aunt. She hmmphed and turned her nose up at him. "Granny?" He edged closer to his adopted great grandma.

    "Get away from me you little freak!" The old mare snapped as he tried to get closer. Harry recoiled. "It ain't natural. Unicorn horn, pegasus wings AND earth pony strength? I cast you out of the Apple Family! Never come back to Sweet Apple Acres!"

    "Wha? But. I don't understand." Harry said as the Apple Family turned their backs on him and walked away from him. "What did I do wrong?"

    In Ponyville, the Element of Courage suddenly cracked. It reached the middle of the tie.

    "Oh its nothing you did wrong my dear little nephew. Its how they really feel."

    "What? Your lying!" Harry said firmly. "Momma loves me! All of them do!"

    "Then why did they leave you at this orphanage? Why did Honest Applejack lie to her family about you for the first nine years of your life? She's ashamed of you."

    "That's not true." Harry said.

    "I just don't want them to know." Came Applejack's voice to Big Macintosh. Harry and Discord where in the past. Must have been a few months after he was adopted.

    "AJ he's gonna figure it out eventually when he get's older." Came the voice of Harry's uncle. Harry saw his little self fluttering around his head before snuggling into his back.

    "I don't care. They can't know. Nopony can know about him. We gotta hide his wings somehow."

    Harry's ears laid back. He went gray.

    In Ponyville, the crack grew...

    "She is ashamed of me." Gray Harry said. Then he got angry. His scar started glowing a grisly green. "She lied to me." He said angrily. "All my life! Liar! Nopony loves me."

    "What's this?" Discord asked. The foal rose into the air and dark magic surrounded him. Sickly blue beams arced out of the orb

    In the Castle...

    Princess Luna rushed to her sisters side. Having felt something she hadn't in a thousand years. "Sister." She said fearfully. "I fear that-"

    "I know Luna. I have felt it too." Celestia said mournfully. She lowered her head and a tear fell to the floor.

    "Have we lost him?" Luna asked with tear streaked eyes.

    "Not yet. There is still hope." Celestia said as she stared out into Canterlot. "Twilight. You must stop him!"

    Back with Discord and Harry...

    "Harry?" Discord asked in genuine worry. He hadn't expected this. He just assumed his nephew would react the same as his mother and friends did.

    "Harry is no longer here." Said a dark voice. "I am...Nightmare Spectre."

    The Element of Courage snapped in two. It was broken...

    To Be Continued...

    Here's part one of Return of Harmony. Nightmare Spectre is Harry corrupted by anger and the dark magic of the Horcrux in his body.

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    17. Chapter 17: Return of Harmony Part 2

    A/N: As much as I enjoy writing Discord, I need to deal with Nightmare Spectre.

    Another Challenge for you: Harry is sent to Equestria (Post Discord's reform) and adopted by the newly coronated Princess Twilight. Discord is a designated foal sitter to try to give him some responsibility since Cadance is busy running the Crystal Empire. Spike is very protective of the infant and tries to get Discord in trouble with various shenanigans. Would like this to be a drabble series. Harry should be human in this.

    I would love to see more Harry raised in Equestria fics. Here are some recommendations:

    Flim and Flam

    Shining Armor (Before he starts dating Cadance so as to create "New Mom" looming tension

    Trixie

    The Cakes (I've lost inspiration for my Raised By Cakes series) He should be a unicorn.

    Gilda (with Harry as a pegasus, Gilda's father should be the Emperor of the Griffon Empire) should be GildaDash

    Soarin and Spitfire (with Harry as a unicorn foal. Soarin and Spitfire retire from the Wonderbolts and move to Ponyville)

    Celestia (From infancy as a unicorn foal after the AK)

    Luna on the moon as Nightmare Moon from infancy as an alicorn with similarities to her. He should be a foal when she is released from the moon.

    If any of these strike your fancy PM me and let me know your working on them. Have fun! I sure am!

    Spoilers for those who haven't seen the Comicon preview of Season 4 where Twilight sees Luna become Nightmare Moon.

    The chapter kicks off AFTER Discord is returned to his stony prison.

    One last note, Nightmare Spectre will have armor similar to the Jaden as the Supreme King from Yugioh Gx.

    Chapter 17: The Return of Harmony Part 2 (Nightmare Spectre)

    Summary: With Discord now stone again the Elements must deal with another threat. This time closer to home...

    The Elements of Harmony mares all cheered as Equestria returned to normal. Since the Element of Courage hadn't been discovered when the Princess's first turned Discord to Stone,

    "But how did we do it Twi?" Applejack asked the unicorn. "How did we do it without Courage?"

    "What Discord said earlier made me realize that though Harry is the LIVING representation of Courage, just as you and I and all of our friends are the living embodiments of our Elements of Harmony, the Courage flows through all of us. Without the Courage to stand up for Kindness, Loyalty, Generosity, Laughter, Honesty and Magic, the Elements of Harmony would just be useless trinkets." Twilight said motioning to their.

    "Hey! What happened to Harry's Element?!" Rainbow Dash shouted as she looked in the book of the Elements.

    The mares all gathered around. The Element of Courage had lost its light and color. And it had snapped in two.

    "Well done My little ponies." Came the voice of Princess Celestia. "But I am afraid I have dire news."

    "More dire than this freak?" Rainbow Dash asked gesturing to the now stone Discord.

    "Even more dire than Discord. Touch either one of us My Little Ponies. Be warned you will not like what you are about to see..." Celestia held out a hoof as well as Luna. Three of the mares held onto each Princess.

    They where suddenly in a vast hallway. Filled with rows upon rows of doors from the floor up. Each leading into the subconcious of a pony.

    "Hey! My name is on this door!" Pinkie Pie said eagerly. Her door was covered in party decorations and sweet treats.

    "Mines right here!" Applejack said. Hers being covered in Apples and farm equipment.

    "All our doors are close together." Twilight noted. Her door resembled a book cover. Representing her love of knowledge. Rarity's was covered in lustrous pearls and glittering diamonds and precious gemstones. Fluttershy's had animals and Rainbow Dash's had animations of Sonic Rainbooms. However...there was one doorway that had a single green lightning bolt on it. Its surrounding cracks where filled with a dark aura. Did something happen to their youngest Element? Is this why his Element broke?

    "This is the Hallway of The Dream Guardian." Luna said as the group traveled down the hallway. With these doors the Guardian of Dreams accesses each pony's subconcious to monitor their dreams and nightmares."

    "Is this your job Luna?" Twilight asked timidly.

    "Luna chuckled. "Fear not Twilight Sparkle. No harm can come to thou whilst I am with thee in these chamvbers."

    "Your majesty, not that I'm complaining or anythin' about ya bringin' us here but...where's my baby?"

    Celestia lowered her head. "This is why we are here. Luna?" She gestured for her sister to continue.

    Luna nodded grimly and walked over to Harry's door. "Normally, Harry's door is this simple lightning bolt of green. However since yesterday it has become a dark and forboding door filled with anxiety, hatred and self loathing."

    "The same way Luna's door was when she was possessed by Nightmare Moon." Celestia told the Elements of Harmony who all gasped.

    "Are you say-" Twilght sputtered. "W-w-how is that possi-Didn't we?"

    "You indeed destroyed the spirit of Nightmare Moon Twilight Sparkle." Celestia told her faithful student. "However the darkness that dwelled within Luna is in all of those who possess Alicorn blood. In this way our line is a blessing, and a curse. If one where to say, "snap" as the young ponies say nowadays, the alicorn would go into a catastrophic, destructive rage."

    "Nightmare Moon." Twilight said in understanding. "Then...no it can't be. This has to be a mistake."

    "His last thoughts as Harry will explain everything." Celestia said as she entered the doorway after Luna opened it.

    "Twi I really don't like where this is goin'." Applejack said, very disturbed by the history of alicorns lesson they just recieved.

    "I don't either, but we have no choice." Twilight followed her teacher into the darkness of Harry's subconciousness. The rest followed. Fluttershy stopped.

    "You guys really seem to have this down and that seems awfully dark EEP!" The pink maned mare cried out as Rainbow Dash's hoof grabbed her and pulled her inside the darkness forcefully.

    The group was suddenly in a dark dimension full of hanging mirrors.

    "I have to say, Our beloved nephew's subconsious is one of the most..interesting I have ever visited." Luna stated "Its not normally like this."

    "What's his mind normally like?" Twilight asked with genuine interest.

    "Normally our nephew's dreamscape/subconcious is full of life, love and happiness. You raised a fine son Applejack. However I have not been in here since the door changed."

    "Interesting...yeah right. More like creepy. Did Discord do this to him?" Rainbow Dash asked.

    "Impossible. Discord can only corrupt, not possess." Celestia told her little ponies. "Though it is possible that whatever Discord tried to corrupt him with caused him to "snap."

    "I must say though these are fabulous mirrors." Rarity flicked her mane in one.

    "Aren't you gonna come play with us today? You seem a lot better."

    "That's Sweetie Belle." Rarity said in shock. The group gathered around to see the mirror. It showed a younger Sweetie Belle, the same age Harry is now, Harry was 6. He had bandages wrapped around his middle.

    "No that's okay. I'm gonna rest so I can get better!" Harry said semi eagerly with his ears down. "Ow." He rubbed his middle.

    "Wow your lucky you only got cracked ribs. Isn't your uncle Macintosh like Super Strong and everything?"

    "Yeah. I'm lucky I didn't get killed by the buck I got." Harry said with a slight grin. "Ow." He cringed visibly again."

    "I remember this. Harry had gotten bucked accidentally by Big Macintosh. He wanted to help buck apples." Rarity said.

    "Cover story. His wings where growin'." Applejack said.

    Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash winced as did Luna and Celestia.

    "Why would that hurt?" Pinkie Pie asked.

    "When a pegasi's wings begin to grow its very painful because they grow rather quickly in a few days. Unlike poor Scootaloo, who's wings are stunted in grow." Luna explained.

    Scootaloo in the memory hmmed as she rubbed her chin as the Crusaders all left. There was something fishy about this. Oh well she'd figure it out later.

    "See you at dinner." Harry said to Applebloom. Then he curled up on his bed and let a tear fall. "Ow." He groaned. "Why am I such a FREAK?"

    The word echoed through Harry's mind. "Freak, freak, freak, freak."

    The mirror cracked all throughout and shattered into light.

    "You made him hide his wings Applejack?" Celestia asked.

    "We didn't want you to take him away from us Princess." Applejack said in shame. "I guess it affected him more than I thought. "Of course...that's not all I did." She said hanging her head.

    "Uncle Macintosh why does Momma send me away every three years?" A younger Harry asked the larger Stallion. "She did this around this time three years ago."

    "Cause she wants you to meet auntie and uncle Orange this time." The large stallion said as he strolled casually with the cart carrying the six year old foal Harry. "Since we gotta work a land deal in Manehattan, now would be the perfect time to introduce ya."

    "This was when Harry and Mac went to Manehattan to close out a land deal with Sneaky Deal." Applejack said. "It was the Apple Family Reunion. Every one until this past one I sent him away somewhere."

    "So when you sent him to help me model dresses you where...hiding him from your RELATIVES?"

    "Harry had that exact same reaction when he figured it out." Applejack said with her head lowered. "You gotta understand the Apple family has VERY conservative views on foal rearing. Most mares don't approve of single mothers. Male or female mothers. I was afraid of being ostracized from the family for being single during his foalhood."

    "And in turn you ostracized him. Two wrongs don't make a right Applejack Apple." Celestia said sternly. She was disappointed in the Element of Honesty.

    "I know. And I'm ashamed of how I treated him. No wonder he felt like a freak." Applejack said in understanding.

    "At least I get to meet somepony related to the Apple Family." Young Harry said to himself as he curled up in the cart.

    "At least the visit went well. Auntie and Uncle Orange dote on him like they did me and Big Macintosh when we where his age and still do with Applebloom. They adore him." Applejack said calmly. "That still don't excuse what I-"

    "Hey! There he is!" Pinkie Pie said as she looked down. Harry was indeed down

    "Discord showed me the truth." Said Harry to nopony sadly. His eyes where bloodshot and dialated. "Nopony loves me. My family lied to me my entire life." He said in despair.

    "That'x not true sugarcube! Discord's a big liar!"

    "Yeah! Don't listen to that monster!" Rainbow Dash said trying to encourage the foal.

    "Now Discords ruined the friendships of the Elements of Harmony. Now I'm alone. I'm all alone"

    "No never! Your never alone!" Twilight tried to get his attention.

    Applejack's heart was breaking seeing her foal like this. She wanted to strangle Discord with her bare hooves!

    "Of course your alone. Everypony's alone." Came a dark insidious voice similar to Harry's that made everypony gasp as a dark pony figure in evil looking armor stared down at the alicorn foal from several mirrors. "So what if your friends are gone and your family lied to you? You can't change the past. You can only look to the future! Equestria is yours for the taking! But you have to truly want it! And in order to take it you need power! Accept my power, and nothing will stand in your way!"

    The Elements and Princesses watched in horror as Harry rose into the air with dark magic circling around him. Celestia having a flash back of when Luna became Nightmare Moon before her very eyes.

    "There can be only ONE Princess of Equestria! And that Princess is ME!" Celestia watched in horror as Luna rose into the air encircled with dark magic...

    "No." She pleaded. "Not my grandbaby. Please not again."

    "I am..."Nightmare Spectre."

    Nightmare Spectre's eyes opened and magic surged around him in the form of intense wind. The mares screamed as they and the Princesses where all hurled out of Harry's subconcious.

    "Momma!" Applejack heard before the door closed forcefully. They watched as the door was suddenly chained from the inside.

    "That is very powerful magic. Nopony in existance can block a Dream Door from my entrance." Luna said in shock. "This Nightmare Spectre knows what he is doing."

    "He's still in there!" Applejack said in panic pounding on the door with her hooves. "My baby is still in there! I heard him!"

    "Applejack you saw what happened! Harry' s Nightmare Spectre now!" Rainbow Dash said as she tried to pull her friend away from the door before she got hurt.

    "NO! He needs me! He called out to me! He's scared!" Applejack said as she bucked the door hard. It shook then hurled her away and electrified itself. Harry's signature black electricity surging around the door.

    "Its just as I feared." Celestia said. "My Little Pony's, if you cannot return my grandfoal back to himself, you may have an impossible task."

    "Impossible task?" Twilight asked in confusioni, very disturbed by what she just saw happen in their youngest Element's mind.

    "For the good of Equestria, if you cannot return Harry to normal, you must send him to the Moon."

    To Be Continued...

    Read the A/N before the chapter if you haven't already.

    Part 3 will be the Finale of Return of Harmony

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    18. Chapter 18: Return of Harmony

    Chapter 18: Return of Harmony Part 3

    Chapter rated High T

    Summary: The Elements of Harmony have never been used on another Element bearer before. Find out what happens!

    The Ponizens of Ponyville where all getting back to their daily lives. Shops where reopening, birds where singing, and a hulking armored figure was landing in the middle of town?"

    "Whose that?"

    "What's with the get up?"

    "Mommy I can't see!" Said a foal who wasn't in school yet.

    "This shall be the perfect location to build my new Empire." The armored pony declared with a distorted voice somewhat familiar to the students of Ponyville's school. The students gasped when the figure turned toward them.

    "What the hay?" Applebloom gasped in shock. It was her little nephew! Only he wasn't so little anymore. He was taller now. At least as tall as a full grown non alicorn pony. He was wearing black spiky armor around his body.

    The armored pony raised his front hooves and slammed them to the ground. Black and crimson magical energy surged from his sharp horn as his eyes glowed a sickly green. The citizens shrieked in terror as a dark castle was created not far from Sweet Apple Acres.

    "Now looke here sonny!" Nightmare Spectre froze as he heard that familiar elderly voice. An angry Granny Smith came trotting up to him bravely. "You can't just waltz right in here and declare this your kingdom! When Princess Celestia finds AHH!" The Aged mare cried out in fear as she was levitated by Crimson black aura.

    "Granny!" Big Macintosh Snorted angrily as he prepared to charge this monster. He ran as fast as he could toward him. Until those cold, dead eyes turned toward him angrily and he too floated into the air.

    "And just for good measure." The figure said as Applebloom's class came out into the open.

    "No!" Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo tried to grab and hold onto Applebloom but the new pony's magic was too strong.

    "The Apple Family has defired the will of your new Emperor!" The monster that had come to town declared in a royal tone. "You are all now my subjects! Bow before me or you will meet the same fate as them!" He looked in the air at the floating Apple Family in rage.

    One by one, all the Ponizens bowed before the self titled "Emperor."

    "I am your new Emperor. Nightmare Spectre!" The pony revealed his name at last. The ponies all gasped as he revealed his wings. There was only one Alicorn in Ponyville.

    Featherweight and Shady Daze couldn't believe that this monster was their little buddy. What happened to him?

    On the road to Ponyville...

    "I don't think I can do this Twil." Applejack said as they camped out for the night. A fire roared as most of the mares where asleep. Rarity grumbled about sleeping outside. "Sending my baby to that cold, lonely place for a thousand years? And what's worse, we'll all be gone when he gets back to normal if that happens!"

    "I know." Twilight said in pained thought. She had had a troubling conversatioin with Luna about what happened when she realized her loved ones, few though there where, where dead and buried long ago. The mare had been devastated according to her mentor. "I don't want that to happen either. That's why we have to get him back! No matter what, we will not send him to the moon unless there is no other choice!"

    "K. I'll keep watch...what the heck is that?!" Applejack just noticed a tall, dark and ominous castle in the distance.

    "If Nightmare Spectre is anything like Nightmare Moon, its probably a castle." Twilight guessed.

    "Uh...Twi, how are we gonna sneak in?" The orange mare asked.

    "I have no clue..."

    The next morning, their new Emperor has not come out of his new castle. The ponizens where all gathered around to hear him give his first speech. Nightmare Spectre appeared on the balcony as the Elements of Harmony snuck their way to the back of the crowd.

    "My subjects, as punishment for defying my will, the Apple Family has been sentenced to a hundred years in my dungeons." He glared out to the crowd who gasped.

    "Oh that little! When this is over he is SO grouded." Applejack hissed.

    "Applejack." Twilight said reproachfully. "That's not Harry remember?"

    "Right. Gotta remember that." Applejack huffed angrily and patted the ground with a hoof eager to give Nightmare Spectre a good bucking.

    "Nightmare Spectre!" Said a challenging voice. Spectre looked out into the crowd to see his quote unquote "firends" and quote unquote "Mother."

    "Oh look everypony, its the Liar, the grump, the hoarder, the bully the deserter and the quitter." Spectre snarled seeing the ponies he hated most.

    "We're here to fight for Harry!" Twilight Sparkle declared with the Element of Magic on her head. The others had their Elements on as well.

    "He's safe and sound in our mind where nopony can hurt him ever again. Why In the name of Darkness would I give him up to you?" Nightmare Spectre hissed to the mare who dared to defy his will. "Discord showed him the truth. His mind broke and now I am in charge!"

    So its a defensive mechanism as well. Twilight thought with horror. Harry's just a foal. A powerful foal but still just a foal! And what Discord did and showed to him, declaring everything he knew a lie, he couldn't deal with everything going on around him! He snapped just like the Princess said!

    "AJ what the buck is going on?" Time Turner hissed to his marefriend. "Is that Harry or not?"

    "I'll Explain later, But no its not him. Not exactly." Applejack said to her colfriend. "Go hide in the crowd. He might get you too."

    "I love you AJ." Time Turner kissed her muzzle suddenly and then all of the sudden a black and crimson lightning spear broke them apart. The crowd of ponies panicked and fled into Ponyville. Back to their homes and the schoolhouses to hide.

    "Stay away from her." Hissed Spectre. His eyes green for a moment before he shook his head Why do I care about who kisses that mare? Spectre thought in his mind. Could my control be? No. He is locked away safe. This is MY mind now.

    "Oh he doesn't like that does he?" Applejack asked her friends rubbing her chin. "I got an idea." She whispered into Time Turners ear and his ears perked up and his face turned red. Then Twilight giggled as she whispered her plan to her.

    "Go for it." Twilight said encouragingly.

    "So ya don't like a little bitty kiss huh?" Applejack asked Nightmare Spectre. "How about this?" She wrapped her front limbs around Time Turner and the two started heavily making out. Complete with petting and tongues. "I love you Timey." She cooed.

    "MY little Apple Sweet." Time Turner said as the two continued to make out. Spectre grew enraged. His eyes Emerald Green again. "STAY AWAY FROM MY MOMMA!" Came Harry's normal voice as he leaped off the balcony and landed in front of the two. He was Harry in Spectre's body now. His power was now Harry's levels.

    "NOW!" Spectre was in control again as he heard it. He was surrounded by the Mares of the Elements of Harmony. Their Elements glowed brightly and emitted pulses of magic as they rose into the air.

    "NO! NO NOOOOOOOOOO!" Spectre shouted in terror as the Element Rainbow minus Black hit him and sent his spirit back into Harry's subconcious. Never to see the light of day again. However the Elements weren't done...

    When the Elements where done, the castle suddenly dissapated into dark vapor. The Apple Family safe and sound. They ran up to Applejack.

    "Granny! Big brother! Applebloom! I'm so grateful your all safe!"

    "AJ! What the Buck happened?" Time Turner demanded as she calmed down after hugging all three of her family members that where in the dungeons.

    Applejack then explained about all that happened the first couple of days, including Discords mental torture of the youngest of their little bushel.

    "Why that no good-!" From Granny Smith

    "That big dumb-!" Applebloom said

    Big Macintosh snorted angrily. Aside from AJ he was the second most protective of his nephew.

    Then they all heard it. Baby crying. From inside the armor that was left behind. The only thing not made by Spectres magic.

    "Did you guys hear that too?" Applejack asked. It sounded very familiar.

    Then came babyish whimpering as the armor floated on its own.

    "GHOST!" Shouted Pinkie Pie.

    "What the hay is going on here?" Applejack asked. The armor plateing that covered Spectre's back came toward her when it heard her voice. Getting the idea she held onto it anlowered it to the ground. "Sugarcube?" She asked. "You in here?"

    "Yay!" Came a baby's voice as he clung onto Applejack's nose. When she lifted her muzzle out of the armor, everypony gasped.

    Harry was now a baby again. Baby Harry giggled as he clung onto his mother's muzzle.

    To be continued...

    Next Chapter will be a little Short. "Aftermath" The mares take baby Harry to Canterlot after he is De Aged back into a baby by the Elements of Harmony.

    19. Chapter 19: The Aftermath Part 1

    Chapter 19: Aftermath Part 1

    Summary: Following a full check up with Nurse Redheart, Applejack takes Baby Harry to see his friends at school before taking him to Canterlot with the girls.

    "Oose a cutie wutie wittle awicorn baby? You are. Yes you are." Nurse Redheart cooed to the infant alicorn who was giggling as she tickled his tummy. She then turned to Applejack and Time Turner who was there to support the two as hopefully in the future they would be his wife and son.

    "So how is he Nurse?" Applejack asked. "Anything wrong?"

    "Other than the fact that he is the cutest little baby alicorn I've ever SEEN. Well...he's the only baby alicorn I've ever seen but still." The Nurse then cleared her throat. "He's in perfect health. Aside from the scars."

    "Scars?" Applejack asked.

    "He still has his scar from Chrysalis. Look. Come on baby. Open your tummy to mommy." Nurse Redheart cooed above Harry who giggled again and showed his little tummy. Indeed, there was the oddly shapen X figure across his small chest.

    "Do you think he still remembers things from the present?" Time Turner asked.

    "Well, there's one way to find out. Most baby's I've shown pictures of Changelings too are curious and try to eat the picture thinking it is food." The Nurse brought a picture of a changeling around. Then showed it too Harry.

    He started crying in terror. Luckily the table was reincorced with a barrier so he baby's couldn't fall while the Nurse was away from them. He clawed at the barrier trying to get away from the scary bug thing.

    "There there sugarcube." Applejack rushed to baby Harry's side and cuddled him as he hid in her chest from the scary picture.

    "I guess that answers that question." Redheart hastily put the picture away as the baby shuddered. She suddenly showed him a watermelon lollipop and he squealed with delight as she put it in his mouth and he started suckling on it.

    "If you wish to test things further with this I don't recommend scary things." Nurse Redheart told Applejack. "Try to show him friends and family. Birthdays, Hearths Warming Eves, things like that. I don't know If he'll return to his normal age, or age naturally from here on out. I'd consult Princess Celestia or Luna on that." The nurse told Applejack.

    "Thank ya Nurse Redheart." Applejack said as Time Turner put Harry in the baby carrier on her chest.

    "Bring the little cutie back anytime!" Redheart waved them as they left the hospital.

    "So what are ya gonna do AJ?" Time Turner asked

    "Take him to his grandma. Maybe she can help." Applejack said. "I'm gonna round up the girls and leave tomorrow morning. I think I'll go show his class why he's not there though.

    "All right, I love you Apple Sweet."

    "I love you Timey Wimey." Applejack said as the brown coated stallion put his muzzle to hers.

    Harry's Mind...

    This sucks. The 9 turned 1 year old pouted in his mind as he suckled on his lolly. "I've got the mind of a 9 year old but the emotions and skills of an infant and...Are they seriously doing THAT above ME? Baby Harry pulled out his lolly and pouted angrily. He phlegmed and spat at Time Turner.

    "What the-?" The two broke apart as Time Turner felt the loogie hock.

    Baby Harry was sucking on his lolly glaring at Time Turner.

    Applejack laughed. "I guess he still don't like that."

    Don't mess with my momma. Especially not in front of ME! Baby Harry glared up at Time Turner.

    "See ya later babe." Time Turner gave her a kiss on the cheek and left the two, chuckling as he walked back to his workshop.

    "Come on sugarcube, let's go see yer little friends huh?"

    Yay!

    Baby Harry squealed happily as he finished his lolly and Applejack popped the paper stick in the trash.

    At the schoolhouse, the lesson was interrupted by a knock on the double door. Miss Cheerilee stopped the lesson. "Oh hello Applejack, come to get Harry's homework?" She asked figuring he would be absent for a while recovering from the Nightmare Spectre Incident as it was now known in Ponyville.

    "No Miss Cheerilee, I just brought somepony by to see everyone." Applejack said.

    "She actually brought him? Why?" Sweetie Belle asked. Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo knew about Harry's situation.

    "Well then come on in-" She gasped. "Oh you are so adorable!" She cooed at somepony that the students couldn't see. "Whose a cutie baby alicorn?" Cherilee cooed and the students heard a baby's giggling.

    "No way." Snails said.

    "This I gotta see!" Snips said and the students rushed to the door.

    "All right everypony stay back so Applejack can bring him in."

    The students stepped back to give Applejack some room as Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon shoved their way front. "Move it! We wanna see the baby!"

    The students gasped too as they saw him. There was only one pony they all knew with that coat and Mane.

    "No way! Peppermint Twist gasped.

    "How is that possible?" A random student asked.

    "CUTIE!" Said one female foal.

    I don't know these ponies...Baby Harry thought with increased worry Why did Mommy bring me here? I'm scared! Baby Harry started tearing up.

    "Stop crowding him!" Came a somewhat familiar voice to Baby Harry. An Earth Pony and Pegasus colt pushed the students back to give their friend some room.

    Baby Harry made noises reaching for Featherweight and Shady Daze. I know them! I know I know those ponies! But how? Why can't I remember?

    "Aww, he remembers you two lil fellas." Applejack cooed at her infant son trying to get to Featherweight and Shady Daze.

    Baby's Harry's eyes widened. I'm losing my memory, the longer I'm a baby.

    Baby Harry started to cry. Most thinking it was because he couldn't reach Featherweight and Shady Daze

    To Be Continued...

    Little short I know, but I wanted this part out asap. Two in one week! Go me!

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    20. Chapter 20: Aftermath Part 2

    Chapter 20: Aftermath Part 2

    Summary: The Mane 6 and Harry have made it to Canterlot. But plotting is afoot as a certain blonde unicorn rears his ugly yet beautiful head demanding custody of Harry be remanded to his family line. I.E. Prince Blueblood...

    "Oose a cutie wutie wittle Awicorn baby? Thou are. Yes Thou are."

    Princess Luna had squealed with delight when the Elements of Harmony presented Prince Harry to his grandmother and aunt Luna. The Night Princess was now cuddling her little nephew. Who surprisingly, was cuddling back with happiness.

    "I have to say, I've never seen my little sister act like this before." Luna did not interact with Liliana much as she was often exhausted after fulfilling her nocturnal duties. Princess Celestia took a quick snapshot for blackmail later when she wanted her sister to do something either difficult or embarrasing. "And Nurse Redheart had no clue as to how long he would be this way?"

    "We where hoping you might be able to tell us Princess." Twilight said as she and the other mares watched the aunt and nephew interact with smiles on their faces. Having never seen the Night Princess this happy.

    "I'll have to study his condition more before I'll be able to tell you anything my faithful student." Celestia said as Luna released the alicorn foal whose little wings started up and he fluttered over to the larger Alicorn. "Hello my little Prince." She giggled as he nuzzled her and settled down in her rainbow colored mane before yawning cutely and curling up to nap. "His mother used to do the same thing when she was a foal." Celestia told the group of mares before her.

    "OOOooooo! My Pinkie Sense is tingling!" Pinkie Pie's mane went frizzy and did mutltiple things before going back to normal, her body did a number of unknown combination of movements."

    "The same thing happened when I accepted I couldn't understand..." Twilight gasped as she saw a corporeal spirit of the Normally aged Harry.

    "Listen up cause I don't have a lot of..." He spoke in baby gibberish for a moment. Then shrunk a bit. "As long as I'm a baby, my mind has to catch up to it."

    "Meaning that the longer your a baby...the more of yourself you lose?"

    "Exactly. I barely remember my best friends Featherweight and Shady Daze Please..." He shrunk again to almost infant size. "Help me!" He looked around. "Mommy? Mommy?" The young foal cried. "Who are these ponies? Where am I? I'm scared!" Then he shrunk to his infant self and went back into the snoozing foal in Celestia's mane.

    "I will start researching aging spells immediately."

    "I shall too sister. I shall not this happen to my favorite nephew." Luna said confidently to the elder alicorn.

    Suddenly, the doors burst open. And in trotted the one pony that all of the Element mares and Harry himself detested. Prince Blueblood.

    "Auntie Celestia I demand that my uncle be taken from those laborers at once and be given to my custody...Hello." He suddenly noiticed that he was not alone with his aunt. Applejack fumed with rage.

    "Blueblood. For the final time. I will not remove my grandfoal from a happy loving home.

    "Wait a apple pickin' minute, This ass has been trying to take MY son from me?" Applejack asked as she hissed at Blueblood who stepped back cautiously.

    "Ever since the Grand Galloping Gala." Celestia admitted. "He doesn't approve of the way you've raised him."

    "He should be a proper, refined stallion. Not some country hick who swears and goes skinny dippin' down at the crick." The arrogant Prince mocked country ponies with several hoof stomps. Then he heard the yawn of a baby. "Is that him?" He demanded pointing to the foal in Celestia's mane.

    "You will not touch him Blueblood. Need I remind you while you are his relative as well as mine, you are less of a relative to him than I am." The now angry Princess reminded the arrogant stallion.

    Blueblood growled angrily and looked down.

    "LEMME AT HIM! LET ME AT HIM! UNHAND ME I SAY!" Rarity was furious. She was about to outright attack Blueblood if it weren't for her marefriends holding her back by force.

    "And you think this group of uncivilised...cretins is the best place for the future Sun Prince of Equestria?" The blonde maned bint demanded to his favorite aunt.

    Then they all smelled it.

    "I think somepony needs a diaper change." Celestia told Applejack as she lovingly levitated her grandfoal gently over to his mother who had her baby carrier on the front of her chest. She made a mental note to wash her mane after their audience was done.

    "I'll get right on that Princess. Come on Sugarcube, let's get you a nice clean diaper." The orange coated mare said in a cooing tone to the napping infant in his carrier.

    The Elements dragged Rarity out of the throne room with them to leave the Princesses to deal with the arrogant many times great nephew.

    "Now you listen here." Celestia got in Blueblood's face. "I don't know where I went wrong with you Blueblood, but you will leave my grandfoal and his mother alone. Or you will find yourself on the street stripped of all your royal titles and assets. Do you understand me?"

    Blueblood gulped. He looked to his aunt Luna for help but she hmmphed and turned her nose up at him. He never liked her much anyway. "Yes Auntie. I forgot my place."

    "Thou wouldst do well to remember thine place in the future nephew." Luna said saying nephew in distaste.

    "Yes Aunt Luna." Blueblood bowed to the two Princesses. "This is not over." He swore under his breath as he left the room.

    To Be Continued...

    Sorry this took so long Bronys and Pegasisters. I was trying to work out a good ending to this chapter.

    Who else has seen Mega Garchomp? KICK ASS!

    I will be continuing my Bucky O'Hare/HP fic Harry Negator Soon.

    Still waiting for one of my challenges to be written(Previous Chapter)! Just PM me to lemme know your working on them!

    21. Chapter 21: Baby Cakes

    A/N: Sorry this took so long, I am so stoked for Pokemon X and Y! Its so hard to choose a team this generation. I'm definitely going for

    Honedge

    Pancham

    Tyrunt Or Gible

    Skrelp

    I'm not sure about my last two pokemon. Possibly Krookodile and my starter. Or my Kanto Starter or Lucario and my Starter/Kanto Starter. So hard to choose!

    Anyone else think Krookodile should have gotten a Mega Evolution?

    Enjoy the Chapter!

    Chapter 21: Baby Cakes

    Summary: Baby Harry forms a bond with the twins Pumpkin and Pound Cake when Pinkie Pie babysits...

    Six Months after the twins where born, Cup and Carrot Cake found themselves babysitting the de aged Crown Prince of Equestria along with their own foals.

    "Happy Happy Six Monthversary to you and you today hay!" Pinkie sang eagerly as the twins sat on opposite sides of a Birthday Cake Pinkie Made.

    Harry, the guest of the party, blew on a party favor as Pumpkin and Pound "Yay"ed..

    "Is anypony hungry?" Carrot Cake asked as he got three bottles of formula ready for the 3 baby foals.

    "No thanks." Pinkie Pie said. "I had a big breakfast."

    Pumpkin and Pound raised their front legs as the bottle descended with a "Yay!" and then started sucking the milk out noisly. Harry did as well. The three foals talking in baby talk to each other as they ate.

    "Oh how precious their making small talk!" Cup Cake said

    The older infants where done and all the milk was gone, being two months younger than them, Harry was done when two thirds of the bottle was gone. The baby foals started making weird faces.

    "Ooo ooo oo! Now your making funny faces!" Pinkie Pie said eagerly. She made some in imitation as well.

    "No Pinkie, the baby's need to be burped." Carrot Cake said as he and Cup Cake came over to take care of the foals. Cup Cake patted the bottoms of their foals, Carrot picked up the alicorn infant and burped him. Pinkie Pie checking a watch for time. She wanted to get back to the fun!

    But that fun was cut short when she smelled something.

    Carrot and Cup Cake sprung into action once again. Cup Cake put the twins on one end of the counter while Carrot Cake put Harry on the opposite end. After systematically changing the babies, all was well. Until...

    They forgot to deliver a very important cake which was sitting in the corner of the bakery. UNFROSTED!

    Cup and Carrot went around town asking various pony's (Including the other Elements of Harmony minus Applejack and Pinkie Pie)

    Pinkie Pie put all three babies in a stroller (How unresponsible of the Cakes to forget about the babies!) and followed them around town. Indignant that they didn't even ask her to babysit!

    "Pinkie Pie, taking care of TWO babies is enough responsibility, but THREE babies is completely different." Cup Cake said to the younger mare. "And especially since he has both a unicorn horn AND Pegasus wings, we don't know what to expect from him in the next couple of days while Applejack and the other Apple family members take care of their orchard."

    Reluctantly, the Cakes left the three foals in the care of Pinkie Pie.

    "All right, what should we do first?" Pinkie Pie smiled at the three foals.

    Harry started watering up. Where where Blue and Orange? He liked those ponies! They where nice to him like Mommy! He wailed.

    Seeing their friend start crying, Pumpkin and Pound started crying too.

    "No babies, don't cry!" Pinkie Pie pleaded. She hated seeing babies cry. She tried various methods to get them to stop crying. Eventually opening a bag of flour on herself.

    "Ptooey." She spat out flour which formed a cloud.

    All three babies started laughing.

    The second time she opened up a bag of flour...

    "Yeah, i can see where this is going." Pinkie Pie said stoicly as the babies laughed their little tushies off.

    Pinkie Pie soon found out that being a parent, let alone a babysitter, was tough. Very tough. From wrestling the foals into fresh clean diapers, to trying to get them to bathe. To even putting them down for a nap.

    "Its late and we've had a long afternoon. Its time for all good little foals to take their naps!" Pinkie Pie ordered the diaperless foals.

    All theree fell on their backs and started sleeping. Pinkie smiled as she covered the foals with a blanket. Harry in between Pumpkin and Pound. She kissed all three before heading downstairs to clean up after Harry and Pound Cake's little flight trip dragging her along with them.

    "You can fly?!" Pinkie Pie asked the baby Alicorn as he giggled and pulled on Pound Cake. Pound fluttered his little wings and joined his little friend in the air.

    "Pound Cake?!"

    Then Pumpkin raised her forelegs longingly for her brother and friend. Her horn glowed and soon she was in the air too.

    Pinkie Pie was sooo relieved when her landlords/parent figures came home. She had managed to clean up all the messes, and put the foals to bed. After she broke down and bawled like a baby herself from the stress.

    Harry, Pound and Pumpkin looked guiltily at each other. Then they grabbed a bag of flour and opened it on themselves.

    Pinkie Pie stopped crying and laughed. "You know your right. That IS funny."

    "Are we in the right place?" Carrot Cake asked in shock as he looked at their SPOTLESS shop.

    "I can't look. How bad is it?" Cup Cake asked as she came in next to her husband and she gasped. They made their way to the nursery. Pinkie Pie made a "Shh" sound. The two adults looked in and saw all three foals snoozing peacefully.

    "Pinkie Pie your amazing! How would you like to be our go to babysitter?" Carrot asked their tenant/surrogate daughter.

    Pinkie was about to say no when the twins shouted "Pinkie!"

    Harry responded with "Pie!"

    The pink mare smiled. "I can clear my schedule for Thursday."

    A couple of days later, The Princesses appeared at the bakery.

    Harry immediately buzzed his wings and greeted his grandmother and auntie Lulu.

    "We have found a spell to restore my grandfoal to his appropriate age." Celestia said victoriously. Please everypony, stand back."

    The Cakes grabbed their foals and Pinkie Pie stepped to the side as Celestia and Luna's horns started glowing. Harry tilted his head curiously at the pretty lights.

    ZAP!

    Harry's infant body started to grow. Through infancy, toddler hood, and finally...

    "Boy what a rush." Harry said as he shook his head.

    Pinkie Pie was giggling.

    "What?" Harry asked his pink friend. Then he looked to his rear end. It was still in a diaper. "Let us never speak of this again." He said with an embarrassed glare at his granny and auntie who where giggling.

    "The twins started crying reaching for their suddenly older friend.

    "Aww." Harry trotted up to the Cake Twins. "Don't be sad you guys." He got down to eye level with his two new friends. "I'm older now, but I can still be your friend."

    The twins started giggling and hugged Harry's muzzle.

    Suddenly Harry saw a flash.

    "Grandma give me that camera!"

    To Be Continued...

    Coming soon: Wonderbolt Academy

    Now that things are back to normal (As normal as being an Element of Harmony could be) Harry can move on from both the Changeling Invasion, and his brief existance as Nightmare Spectre. But he still has his troubles...like Night Terrors, fear of insects and a Changeling Phobia. Can he relax at the Wonderbolt Academy? And what's this? His friend Soarin is there!

    A/N: An anonymous reviewer asked who Harry's real father is. Harry's father IS James, but James isn't really James. He's actually a historical figure of Equestria who was portrayed by a character of the show in an episode. Those are your clues as to Jame's pony identity. Let's see who can guess!

    22. Chapter 22: Wonderbolt Academy Part 1

    A/N: I know nothing of Mantis's. But I assume they eat smaller insects so I made up Snips's description of their behavior. There are a couple of shout outs to my favorite shows. See if you can guess where they are.

    The first part will deal with Harry's emotional trauma and Rainbow Dash's acceptance as well as a little surprise about a certain blonde unicorn stallion...

    Chapter 16: Wonderbolt Academy Part 1

    Summary: Suffering from mild PTSD (Nightmares, new phobia of insects/Changelings) Harry's grandmother suggests that he go along with Rainbow Dash to Wonderbolt Academy to not only relax, but to observe a type of military training.

    Sweet Apple Acres...

    "No." Harry whimpered against the alley's wall. "Leave me alone!"

    Harry tossed and whimpered in his bed. Sweat pouring off his mane.

    "Our Lady has given us orders." A Changeling said shaking its head.

    "Have you forgotten?" The other asked him.

    "No." Harry protested in his sleep. "Leave me alone!"

    "Huh?" Harry was confused.

    Both pointed to behind him.

    "A mirror?" Harry wondered. He cried out in terror as his normal self was slowly turned into a Changeling as the two bit into his neck fed off of his love...

    "NO! CHANGELINGS! LEAVE ME ALONE!" Harry screamed in terror as he sat up in his bed at Sweet Apple Acres. He shuddered covered in cold sweat.

    "Wha? Huh? Again?" Applebloom asked as she woke up and sawthe younger foal gasping for breath and sweating. "That's the third time this week."

    Harry shuddered. He shook his head trying to forget how it felt when the Changelings bit into his neck and lapped at it. Feeding off of him. Remembering just how close he was from being turned.

    "Seriously, you need to talk to someone." Applebloom huffed as she turned over in her own bed and soon Harry heard peaceful light snores. The smaller foal pulled the covers up over his nose and shuddered.

    My little Pony...My little Pony...

    Two Days after the last night terror it was Show and Tell day. Harry's favorite day of school! A chubby little black maned colt had just finished showing off his grandfathers antique smoky quartz chess set.

    "And next Snips has a new insect to show us today." Cheerilee said in a...pardon the pun, cheery mood.

    "I caught a praying mantis yesterday." Snips said levitating up his insect carrier. (Harry had been tutoring him in basic spells since he was so poorly educated in magic) "I caught it yesterday in my mom's garden. They eat some smaller bugs and keep gardens caterpillar free." He said eagerly.

    Some filly's "Eewed" and "Grossed"

    "Something common in the bug world is that when the Praying Mantis finishes mating-"

    "Uh..okay Snips. That's enough." Cheerilee said nervously. Not wanting to give any of the foals nightmares. "You get an A."

    "Yay." Snips said as he took his carrier in his mouth and went back to his seat.

    Harry froze when he noticed the insect. When it made its normal noises all Harry heard was Changeling sounds. Then the bug warped into a tiny Changeling.

    "No." Harry got out of his seat and started backing away slowly from the adjoining insect.

    "Is something wrong Harry? Please return to your seat." Cheerilee asked kindly. Studying the foal's behavior. She had been asked to watch out for signs of stress.

    "Leave me alone!" Harry said in terror. As the Changeling bug suddenly turned into dozens.

    "GET OFF OF ME! GET OFF OF ME!"

    The foals in the class all watched as the youngest of their year started bucking at invisible foes.

    "Somepony go get Nurse Redheart!" Cheerilee ordered as she rused over to the panicking foal. "NOW!"

    Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo all ran as fast as they could out the door.

    "Oh what a filly." Diamond Tiara sneered at the bucking foal whose eyes where out of focus. "Its just a bug."

    "Diamond Tiara." Cheerilee said angrily as she tried to hold Harry down who was doing his damndest to try and buck her off. All he saw whe he looked at his teacher now was Queen Chrysalis. ("I don't wanna be a Changeling! NO!" Harry started sobbing in fear and terrror.) "Harry had a traumatic experience in Canterlot with the Chengelings. This is a panic attack. Unless you have anything helpful to suggest. Shut your mouth little missy!"

    The students gasped. They had never heard Miss Cheerilee snap like that before.

    Nurse Redheart galloped into the schoolhouse. She got out a needle of something and squirted the liquid out a bit to make sure it would dispense.

    "This is a sedative." She told the schoolteacher who had Harry in a lock. "He'll go right to sleep. Applebloom and her friends have gone to inform his mother." She plunged the needle into his side and pushed the plunger down. The liquid inside went into harry and he started getting woozy.

    "Ch-cha-n..." Harry's eyes closed and he collapsed onto his side.

    The next morning...

    "Ugh." Harry woke slowly. "Sun please go away."

    "He's awake Sis!" Applebloom called down to her older sister from the window. Applejack and Big Macintosh dropped their farmwork and rushed back into the house.

    "Oh god." He said with a sickly burp. "I still taste Jimmy Walker."

    "Who?" Applebloom asked in confusion.

    "Whuzzat? Huh?" The drunk foal asked in confusion. "Applewoom? What are you doing here on Planet Melmac?"

    "Where?"

    "Oh he's just drunk sugarcube." Applejack said to her little sister with a sigh of relief when she and Big Mac walked into the room. "Nurse Redheart said he might be drunk for a spell when he wakes up."

    "Drunk?"

    "Intoxicated."

    "What?"

    "It means he doesn't know what's going on and might say or do silly things for a while. " Applejack gave her sister a childish explanation.

    "That explains alot." Applebloom said as Harry started nomming on his pillow.

    "Dhis Barshballow is ssssssooo yummy." Harry slurred as he started drooling around the corner of his pillow. "And ssssoooo dig!"

    "Guess he's hungry." Applejack giggled. "I'll go fix him up a lil' something. You can keep an eye on these two big brother?"

    "Eeyup." Big Mac nodded as he sat down in front of the door.

    Later that afternoon, Rainbow Dash was expecting a letter from Wonderbolt Academy. She had applied a year in advance and that was BEFORE Twilight and Spike came into her and her friends lives. Before she became a national hero along with all her friends and Applejack's foal Harry. Spaking of, Harry had been feeling better that afternoon, so Applejack, though she told him to take it easy, let him come with her to their little picnic at Rainbow Dash's mailbox to wait for the Mail Pony.

    Pinkie Pie was as eager as ever.

    "Oh I can't wait to see if Rainbow Dash got in or not!" She said in excitement as the pink mare bounced around. "I just wish the Mail Pony would get here already!" The pink maned mare fell flat on her belly.

    "Pinkie Pie your more nervous than Rainbow Dash." Twilight pointed out as she peeked over the spellbook she and her cousin in law where share reading.

    "Rainbow Dash is sure to get in anyway." Harry piped up sticking his head up from behind their shared book. "Miss Spitfire sends all of her top applicant picks to Grandma for approval. There's no way Grandma would turn down an Element of Harmony for the Wonderbolts."

    "How did you know that?" Twilight asked in surprise. "I didn't even know that!"

    "Uh hello? Princesses grandfoal, I go to visit her in Canterlot every other weekend? I hear and see things behind the scenes of Canterlot Politics you know. Like how I know that Prince Blueblood is gay."

    They all stared at the foal who went back to reading as he got over the shock months ago. He and his nephew still weren't on the BEST of terms though. His intentions with taking harry however misguided, where the best intentions. His plan was for himself and Fancy Pants to raise Harry.

    "WHAT?!" Rarity asked.

    "Whoops. That was supposed to be secret." Harry blushed. "Keep that to yourselves or Blueblood will come after not only us, but all of Ponyville to keep his secret. Besides, he's got a special somepony already. Though how he got him I'm surprised."

    "Who?" Demanded Rarity.

    "Fancy Pants. He's nice to me all the time. More nicer than Blueblood anyway. Uncle Fancy is my foal sitter when Grandma is busy. Their private wedding is in 6 months. Fancy popped my nephew the question at the Grand Galloping Galla."

    "Fancy...Pants...Blue...blood..." Rarity brought over her fainting couch and fainted.

    Your all invited by the way. Except for Rarity."

    "WHAT?!" Rarity woke up suddenly. "I cannot miss out on another Royal Wedding! I'll apologize to Prince Blueblood. Just please tell him to reconsider! I'll design both his and Fancy's tuxes." Rarity pleaded with her godson on hoof and knee. "Pleeeeeeeassseeee!"

    "Uh...ok? I can't promise anything though." Harry promised his godmother.

    Rainbow Dash fluttered above her group of friends.

    "Got a letter here for Rainbow Dash." Said the Mail Pony as he pulled a letter from his sack.

    Rainbow Dash swiped the letter and tipped the guy five bits. She read through it. "I didn't get in."

    "What?!" Pinkie Pie gasped in shock.

    "Gotcha." Rainbow Dash laughed. "Of course I got in!"

    Spike suddenly belched. He unrolled the letter. "Dear Twilight and Friends. I would first like to congratulate Rainbow Dash on her acceptance in the Wonderbolt Academy." The Baby Dragon read. Rainbow dash puffed out her chest in pride. "However please inform her that they will not make her a Wonderbolt immediately. She'll have to earn her uniform like anypony else."

    Rainbow Dash pouted.

    "I have heard from Nurse Redheart about my grandfoals recent stress troubles and would like to request Rainbow Dash to take him along with her to Wonderbolt Academy. A change of scenery might relax him and daily therapy with the councilor there might help along the healing process. I would also, while he is there, like my grandfoal to witness a type of Military Training in Equestria."

    "Military Training?" Harry asked curiously. Did grandma expect him to join either the Wonderbolts or the Canterlot Guard?

    "Again. Congratulations Rainbow Dash on Acceptance into the Wonderbolt Academy. Yours sincerely, Princess Celestia. Princess of the Sunrise. Variout titles-" Spike finished the letter and put it in Twilight's bag.

    "Well squirt, looks like you and me are going on a road trip!" Rainbow Dash said to her favorite little buddy with a cheshire grin.

    To Be Continued...

    Sorry this took so long. Been Playing the new Pokemon game. It is AWESOME!

    23. Chapter 23: Wonderbolt Academy Part 2

    Chapter 23: Wonderbolt Academy Part 2

    Rating: High Teen for one scene of two soldiers getting frisky.

    Summary: Harry encounters Soarin for the first time since the Love Poison incident. How will this affect the two ponies?

    Harry and Rainbow Dash flew the trek to Wonderbolt Academy. The young Prince sticking close to his friend the whole way. They soon came upon a floating island with lots of buildings, and pegasi EVERYWHERE. Doing wing ups, racing each other, even running along the island on land!

    "Wow."

    "Wonderbolt Academy kid." Rainbow Dash said to the amazed foal.

    "I've never seen so many pegasi in one place!"

    "That's not true, remember when you went with the Princess to the Best Young Flier's competition?"

    "Oh yeah." Harry said in embarrassement. That was the day Celestia had announced him as her grandfoal and the foal of her firstborn daughter. He had nervously waved at the cheering ponies from her side while his mother and the other Elements sat in the stadium with everypony else. Though he like the Princess was supposed to remain impartial, he cheered loudest for Rainbow Dash.

    The two landed.

    "I'm supposed to report directly to Spitfire. Have fun Dash!" Harry said as he left the rainbow maned mare.

    "I hope he gets what he needs here." Rainbow Dash said in a sincerely worried tone as the foal left to find Spitfire.

    "Wow. So many Pegasus." Harry said to himself as he trotted through the Academy grounds. "Oof." He bumped into a chest. "Sorry aboout that Si-Soarin!" Harry looked up to see the now familiar pegasus. They hadn't seen each other since the Love Poison incident. "Uh...hi." He reached up and rubbed the back of his head with a hoof. What do you say to a pony you almost got married too?

    "Yeah...hi." Soarin looked away. He too was embarrassed about the whole poison case and got major teasage from his fellow Wonderbolts, minus Spitfire for it.

    "So uh, how ya been?" Harry asked his friend.

    "Good good. You?"

    "Meh." Harry did a wavy motion with his hoof. "Grandma says I need some counseling while I'm here. I'm support to report directly to Miss Spitfire. Any idea where she is?"

    Her office is in that building over there." Soarin said pointing to a building in the opposite direction. "So I guess I'll...see ya around?"

    "Yeah...see ya." Harry bounded away toward the building Soarin mentioned leaving the akward encounter gratefully.

    Harry knocked on a door that said "Captain Spitfire"

    "Enter." Said the familiar voice of the Wonderbolt Captain. Harry opened the door and came in.

    "Hmm?" Spitfire saw the door open, but nopony came in. Though she did hear hoof clops. She leaned over. "Oh. Hi squirt. So you and Rainbow Dash finally madee it?"

    "We left Yesterday." Harry pointed out. "It takes most pegasi three days to get to here from Ponyville."

    "Gotta be faster to be a Wonderbolt." The fiery maned mare said in her officers uniform and sunglasses. "Come on kid, I'll give ya a tour after I introduce the noobs to a world of pain."

    Harry stared after the mare before following her and a Petty Officer who escorted her. Harry saw Rainbow Dash with a group of pegasus not in uniform waiting with both excitement and nervousness.

    "Woah, that guy is HUGE!" Harry said to himself as he spotted the BIGGEST pegasus he had ever seen. He had a set of weight lifts for a Cutie Mark. "How does he get his body off the ground?"

    "Don't let his size fool you. He's a descendant of one of the founders of Equestria." Spitfire whispered to the foal. "First of all, if any of you are wondering why there's a foal here at Wonderbolt Academy, this is Prince Harry. Princess Celestia's grandfoal. He's here to observe and nothing more."

    All eyes turned to Harry who nervously waved at them.

    "So, I betchou all think your Wonderbolt material huh?" She asked.

    "Yes Ma'm!" All the Pegasi shouted.

    "Think you got what it takes to be an Elite Flier?"

    "Yes Ma'am!" The pegasi shouted.

    "Well let me be the first to tell you." Spitfire said with a slight smile on her face. "YOU DON'T." She snarled in the face of a light brown mare. The mare looked crestfallen as she moved on. "If you had what it takes to be an Elite Flier you'd already BE a Wonderbolt." She got into the face of a lavendar mare with a light blue mane. "Still think your something special?" She snarled in the timid mare's face as her legs shook with fear. She moved onto the largest pony there. Took a look at his tiny wings. The nervous male bit his lip. Spitfire flapped her wings and rose to meet his face. "Think your hot stuff?" She demanded with a glare. He went down on his knees in submission.

    She then moved on to Rainbow Dash. "What about you? You look like you'd quit after the first day."

    Harry raised an eyebrow at the Petty Officer. "Is she serious? All the Wonderbolts know about Rainbow Dash."

    "Its just tradition for the Captain to spook the noobies." The stallion whispered to the foal.

    "And you." She came to the final mare. A green coated mare. "You look like you couldn't even reach the first flagpost without being winded."

    "Try me ma'am." The mare glared right back.

    "What's that?" Spitfire asked, lowering her sunglasses slightly to glare over them.

    "Let me show you what I've got ma'am."

    "So, you want a chance to prove yourself huh?" Spitfire asked.

    "Yes ma'am."

    "Well now's your chance. Give me five hundred laps. ALL OF YOU!" She rose into the air for emphasis.

    "Aww." Most of the pegasi groaned. They'd been standing for hours waiting.

    "NOW." Spitfire ordered. She blew her whistle.

    The pegasus all flew into the air. The big one rather slowly. Harry giggled seeing his tiny wings flutter and lifting his bulk off the ground. "Seriously? 500 laps? Soarin only made me do 20 around Sweet Apple Acres." Harry asked Spitfire as another Petty Officer joined them to assisst in case of emergency. This one brown coated and black maned.

    "You gotta be tough to weed out the best fliers kid." Spitfire said as she watched the noobies progress. "If they can't even complete 500 laps they shouldn't even be at the Academy."

    Harry turned back to watch the laps. He saw Rainbow Dash neck and neck with the new mare that had back talked Spitfire earlier. Wow. She must be really fast to be able to keep up with Dash. He thought.

    Harry had made a sign around lap 200 to hold up for Rainbow Dash. "GO DASH!" His sign said. Hoping it would encourage her. He was her second biggest fan next to scootaloo. When he had to hide his wings it killed him to not be able to go to her flying lessons she held three times a week.

    "Lap four hundred ninety nine!" Spitfire shouted as Rainbow and the new mare litterally left their classmates in the dust.

    "Your on." The new mare said to Rainbow Dash's challenging look. The two raced the final lap.

    "Five Hundred!"

    Harry saw Rainbow Dash introduce herself to the mare whose name turned out to be Lightning Dust. The two where very much alike. He saw them head for the Mess Hall.

    "Hey Spitfire." Said a familiar voice. Soarin came on the scene. "Noobs done yet?"

    "Only halfway. "AND IF THEIR NOT DONE BY SIx THEIR BANNED FROM THE MESS HALL FOR THE REST OF THE DAY!" She shouted. This made them hurry. It was only an hour till six o'clock. "Hey Soarin, think you could take the kid on the tour? I gotta oversee the noobs first five hundred laps."

    "First Five Hundred?!" Came a stallion's voice from the recruits.

    "KEEP FLYING!" Spitfire shouted.

    "Uh...sure. Come on Prince." Soarin said to the younger foal. Harry nervously left with the teen.

    "Uh, Captain, you think that's a good idea?" One of her Petty Officers asked.

    "You two know the only reason they acted like that was because of the Love Poison." Spitfire shot back.

    The two wisely shut off.

    "MOVE IT! MOVE IT!" Spitfire yelled up at the flying recruits.

    "Over there's the rec hall. We got all kinds of chairs, a couple of tvs, some video games. Pool tables, board games." Soarin said as Harry saw many older Wonderbolts going into the hall to relax. And over here we have...uh...let's move on." He looked into the alley and saw a couple of male Seargant's making out and petting heavily. The younger Seargant trailing a hoof down lower... "Don't lookm don't look." Soarin said covering Harry's eyes as he came upon the scene. Harry smelled something funny coming from the alley and heard weird noises. "This is the counselors building where you'll be spending two hours a day. One hour every Morning and Afternoon." Soarin said as they moved onto another building.

    "I WANNA WATCH DAYS OF OUR PONY LIVES!" Said a male's loud voice from the rec hall a few yards away.

    "I WANNA WATCH DAVID FEATHERBIN!" Shouted a female voice.

    "I NEED MAH STORIES! I'LL KILL YOU! Expletive, #Bigfightbetweenseargants."

    "Yeah those two get into it every other day." Soarin said to Harry's shocked expression as he heard words that made him blush. Only his uncle Macintosh had ever shouted those words and that was when he was injured.

    "This is our library. Your free to browse our selection when your not observing or in therapy." Soarin told Harry. "And our final stop on our tour, the mess hall. The Barracks are behind this so its easy for the trainees who are exhausted can get to bed after getting some grub. Wanna go get a smoothie or something?"

    "Sure." Harry said eargerly. "Do they have hay fries? I'm starving!"

    To Be Continued...

    Can anyone help me get a Charizardite X?

    24. Chapter 24:Wonderbolt Academy Part 3

    Chapter 24: Wonderbolt Academy Part 3

    Summary: Harry's week with Spitfire and various wonderbolts has had the effect Celestia was hoping for. But danger lurks as Spitfire names Lead and Wing Ponies.

    "Why did you make Lightning Dust a Lead Pony?" Harry asked Spitfire as he spied her official documents regarding team line ups. She had teamed up Lightning Dust and Rainbow Dash because she thought the two could learn from each other. Not because they where the fastest. Rainbow Dash was fast enough to be a Wonderbolt when she completed the training, but she played it safe too much. She needed to take risks now and then. Lightning Dust on the other hand...Well Harry had watched her during the week and he wasn't impressed with the mare.

    "They can both learn from each other squirt." Spitfire said to the foal as he sipped a Zippy Cola from a straw in his can. Regular not diet. He as an alicorn burned enough calories daily and as a growing colt that he wouldn't need worry about dieting for years to come. "Rainbow Dash has what it takes all right but she needs to learn to take risks."

    "There's a difference between being a risk taker and being plain reckless." Harry muttered remembering the Dizzytron excersize. She had had no idea what that thing would do to her or the ponies around her if something went wrong. And then he thought she should have been reprimanded when she and Rainbow Dash had forced their way through the obstacle course and displaced their classmates. After all, not every pegasus was as fast as them. They needed to understand that.

    "True, but that's what Lightning Dust needs to learn on her own." Spitifire told the colt as she put the files in a folder on her desk. "Come on squirt, lunch time."

    Why do I have a bad feeling about this? Harry asked himself as he and Spitfire left to get some lunch before the afternoon excersizes and Harry's final afternoon session.

    "You've made some marvelous improvement in your week here." Harry's therapist said as she looked over her notes. "Your not having Night Terrors as often?"

    "Not since you told me to try clearing my mind before bed." Harry said eagerly. "I haven't felt this good in weeks!" The colt ran around the room energetically.

    "And the panic attacks?" Open Ears asked her paitient. The pegasus reading her notes about the attacks when exposed to insects.

    "Saw a ladybug yesterday and didn't even hear changeling noises." Harry smiled at her.

    "This is our final session while you are here for the weekend. Would you like to schedule an extra appointment?"

    "I think I'm good for now." The colt said eagerly. "I can't wait to go bug hunting with Snips and Snails again."

    Open Ears smiled at the foals eagerness. He had some good friends in Ponyville. "Even so I suggest continuing with your therapy back home in Ponyville. I'll send a copy of my notes to the Princess to give to whoever she chooses to be your therapist."

    "Thank you Doctor Open Ears." Harry said happily giving the mare a hug. "Bye. Thanks for everything!"

    "Your most certainly welcome your highness."

    Harry groaned as he left hearing that and Open Ears smiled.

    "What in the world?" Harry asked to himself as he saw the ponys on the ground. Then he saw Rainbow Dash and Lightning Dust in the air making a large Tornado. "I knew making Lightning Dust Lead Pony was a bad idea." He said making a fist with his hoove. He ran up to Spitfire. "See? This is what happens when you make a reckless pony the Lead Pony." Harry told the older mare. She was watching in horror as the two where creating an out of control tornado. "Rainbow Dash would never do something like this! This has to be the work of Lightning Dust!"

    Then he and Rainbow Dash saw the Worst. Possible. THING! Twilight's hot air balloon. With Harry's mother and their friends inside! Rainbow Dash sped off in an instant after seeing the balloon snap away from the basket with the ponies inside. The group shrieked in terror.

    Harry lit up his horn with magic and a bolt of lightning struck his horn. Pegasus saw his muslces in his wings bulge. He sped off too. His wings flipping faster than a humming bird. He and Rainbow Dash zoomed around a group of clouds gathering them in a group and thickening them up with pegasus magic, Harry leaving a black trail and Rainbow Dash leaving a Rainbow colored trail. The mares bounced off the clouds and back up into the air. They where caught by various Wonderbolts. Rarity hugging her black coated savior. Fluttershy quickly leapt out of her mare saviors arms and her wonderbolt put her hooves on her hips irritably.

    "Are you guys okay?" Rainbow Dash asked in a panicked tone.

    "Uh huh." The mares groaned as they group hugged.

    "Momma!" Harry ran up to the mare who raised him and gave her a big hug.

    "You remember me?" Pinkie Pie asked Rainbow Dash after the mare asked her if she was okay.

    "Of course I do. Its only been a week." Rainbow Dash said with a grin. "But what are you guys doing here?"

    "We came to give ya a care package." Applejack said in her son's death grip. She eased him off and ruffled his mane. "Didn't realize you'd be in some crazy tornado drill.

    "That was AWESOME!" Came the voice of Lightning Dust as she came through the crowd of cadets.

    BAM! Harry flew at her and punched her square in the face.

    The mares of their group and Rainbow Dash winced. They'd never seen the foal this angry before. He panted as he fluttered down to the ground.

    "LIGHTNING DUST." Harry said in an authorative tone. "AS THE CROWN PRINCE OF EQUESTRIA, I HEARBY BANISH YOU FROM WONDERBOLT ACADEMY, SWEET APPLE ACRES AND THE ROYAL PALACE. IF YOU ARE SEEN ON ANY OF THESE PROPERTIES YOU WILL BE ARRESTED FOR TRESPASSING BY THE ROYAL GUARD."

    "That's the Royal Canterlot Voice." Twilight said in awe at the smaller foal.

    "Sugarcube." Applejack said in awe as well. It seems he's getting more comfortable with his authority as the Crown Prince.

    "Isn't that a bit harsh kid?" Rainbow Dash asked.

    "Absolutely not." Harry growled at the green mare. "She has no remorse for any of her actions this week. She sent half of your class into serious tailspins on the obstacle course, takes no consideration into the safety of others and to top it all off she nearly got my mother and our friends killed!"

    "But so did I." Rainbow Dash told the foal in protest.

    "No Dash. You had no choice but to follow your Lead Pony." Harry told his best female friend. "She on the other hand had every opportunity NOT to do any of those things!" He panted in anger. "LEAVE MY SIGHT NOW." Harry ordered Lightning Dust.

    "Pack your things and leave Lightning Dust." Spitfire said with a growl standing next to Harry and Rainbow Dash. She walked up to the mare and snatched her Lead Pony badge and swapped it out on Rainbow Dash's uniform. "Now."

    "You'll regret this one day Spitfire." Lightning Dust threatened as she headed for the Barracks. "All of you. Especially you twerp." She growled under her breath. Glaring at the Crown Prince as he glared back.

    "Let this be a lesson to you all." Spitfire told her cadets. "Being a Wonderbolt IS about being the best flier you can be. But that means nothing if its at the expense of our fellow ponies." She pinned the Lead Pony badge to Rainbow Dashes uniform who saluted her.

    Rainbow Dash turned to her fellow cadets and saluted. They saluted back and Spitfire blew her whistle. The pegasus flew into the air for drills.

    "WAIT!" Pinkie Pie shouted. "YOU DIDN'T EVEN GET TO OPEN YOUR CARE PACKAGE!"

    End of Wonderbolt Academy...

    So Harry is now more comfortable in his position of authority. Any character progression for him in this arc that you guys find significant? Just curious to know.

    The opening for after the Return of Harmony Arc should be Paper Moon from Soul Eater. With Nightmare Spectre obviously taking the role of Black Blood. I will be exploring more about the Nightmares in the royal line at a later arc.

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    25. Chp 25 ADayInTheLifeOfAnAlicornPrince

    A/N: 25 Chapters! Yay!

    SAO references here ^^

    Summary: To celebrate 25 chapters, here's a look at the daily life of our favorite Alicorn Prince in his hometown of Ponyville

    Chapter 25: A Day In The Life of An Alicorn Prince

    Harry woke up to his alarm clock blaring at 6 a.m. He and Applebloom groggily got out of bed to begin their morning rituals. A race to the bathroom usually started it off...

    "No fair!" Harry said as the door slammed in his face after Applebloom ran past him.

    "Ladies first!" Applebloom said through the door.

    "But you always go first!" Harry banged on the door in annoyance. "One of these days I'm gonna pee on your dolls!" He shouted to the filly. He groaned. "Maybe Uncle Macintosh'll let me use his outhouse." He then looked outside the window in the hallway to see said stallion coming out with a sigh of relief. "Nope. Not today." He said after seeing that. Last time he asked after his uncle came out of his outhouse like that he almost passed out when he closed the door. Great Celestia he couldn't get the stink out of his coat for days!

    He decided to try to finish the weekends homework till Applebloom came out. He sat down at their shared childrens table in their room and got out their math assignment he meant to finish but was too caught up with reading comic books with Featherweight and Shady Daze to do so.

    Harry looked at his clock. It was 6:30! He danced the need to pee dance as he stood up suddenly realizing his urgency. He had one question he couldn't answer but he'd just ask his two friends if they answered it when they got to school.

    "Come on Applebloom you've been in there half an hour!" Harry banged on the door with a hoof. "This is torture!"

    "Seventy Five, Seventy Six." Great, she was brushing her mane. The colt thought in desperation.

    "What's wrong sugarcube?" Harry's mother and Applebloom's older sister asked as she came on the landing to see what the ruckus was all about. Applejack came up next to her jittery son.

    "Applebloom won't come out of the bathroom! I've been waiting half an hour!" The tortured colt said making whining noises. "I got to go!"

    "Why not ask Big Macintosh for his outhouse?"

    "Stinky March."

    "Ok, I get it; Applebloom." Applejack knocked on the door. "What did we say about hoggin' tha bathroom in the morning?"

    "That I'm not Rarity and if I start acting like her you'll send me to Auntie and Uncle Orange for finishing school?" The filly said nervously. She did not like the stories Applejack told them about her days with Auntie and Uncle Orange. They where nice ponies who doted on little ones in their family, but neither of them felt like eating teeny tiny bits of food after a long day of work.

    The door slammed open. Applebloom hmmphed as she trotted past Harry. "If I look like a slob its your fault."

    "I wouldn't have complained if ya at least let me pee first." Harry shot back angrily as the filly slammed the door to their room shut. Harry turned on the shower. After a few minutes he got in and shot up.

    "Thanks for using all the hot water again!" He shouted angrily at their still closed bedroom door. He angrily slammed the door and proceeded with his cold shower.

    After getting himself fresh for the first schoolday of the week Harry blew dry his mane usiing the hot air to warm up after his cold shower. He then grabbed his saddle bag in his muzzle and headed downstairs.

    "Oh, my Swords and Ponies material." Harry said muffledly and ran back to his room to grab his books, character reference sheets, Dungeon maps and his unicorn swordsman figurine. He, Shady Daze and Featherweight where going to play after school at their clubhouse. Which was also the Cutie Mark Crusaders Clubhouse but Harry helped build it when he was a member so they let him and his friends use it too.

    When he got downstairs the first thing to greet his muzzle was the mouthwatering smell of hay bacon. He saw Granny Smith at the stove and Applebloom halfway done with her own breakfast. She was about to put one piece on Harry's plate when it glowed.

    "What in tarnation?" The old mare asked when it started dancing to shake the grease off. Then she saw it fly away to the door and said. "Of course." She smiled as she saw the foals horn glowing and saw him munch on his first piece of protein for the day."Flapjacks are on the table." She told the colt as she finished up his share of hay bacon.

    "Oh no you don't." Harry said to Applebloom as she reached for one of the last pancakes. He blocked her hoofed fork with a magical cage around the pancakes."These are mine! You hogged all the hot water this morning!"

    "You ate the last Apple Fritter yesterday!" Applebloom shot back.

    "You wouldn't let me pee this morning!"

    "Now settle down foals. Table tain't the place fer arguin'." Granny Smith "Applebloom you had enough already, too many pancakes'll make ya sluggish. And I can always make more Apple Fritters. Now let Harry have his pancakes."

    Harry blew Applebloom a childish raspberry as she hmmphed and turned to the side.

    "All aboard." Came the voice of the pony who pulled the school carriage. Applebloom and Harry found their seperate groups of friends

    "Did you guys get an answer for number 5E?" Harry asked his pegasus and Earth Pony friends.

    "She said don't share answers!" Featherweight said indignantly and turned to the window.

    Shady Daze let Harry copy his answer before the school carriage got to the school.

    "Today in Equestrian History, Starswirl the Bearded mysteriously vanished from Canterlot and was never seen again." Miss Cheerilee said to her class as the foals came in when the bell rang. The slamming shut of lockers was heard as She wrote it on the chalkboard as well. "There have been many theory's as to what happened to him. But I want you to come up with your own theory. Split up into groups of three and discuss the theories I'm passing down your rows and today I want you to come up with a plausible theory about his disappearance."

    "Guys guys, we can totally ace this." Harry said to Featherweight and Shady Daze.

    "How?" The earth pony colt asked their alicorn friend.

    "Grandma's told me lots of stuff about Starswirl. Stuff that's not in our textbooks!" Harry said. "Listen."

    After casting a non eavesdropping spell, the trio got to work...

    "B plus." Harry grumbled that afternoon after getting home. "Diamond Tiara got an A. And all she did was present the same theory everypony else talks about. At least ours was original and plausible."

    "It was the dimensional stuff that kept it from getting an A." Featherweight put his two cents in. "I told you we should have just gone with he did something to get banished."

    "Tiara's dads rich, what can ya do?" Shady Daze asked as the trio of colts trotted to the clubhouse.

    "You guys ready for Swords and Ponies?" Harry asked eagerly as the clubhouse came into view.

    "Yeah." Both said getting out and showing their figurines.

    "Charge the dungeon!" Shady Daze shouted.

    "CHARGE!" The trio shouted and ran to the clubhouse.

    "STAY OUT!" Came Appleblooms. voice shoving Harry out harshly and making him somersault down the staircase. Featherweight and Shady Daze glared at Applebloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo.

    "What the Grandma Applebloom?!" Harry demanded as he shook his mane free of leaves and dirt.

    "This is our clubhouse now! Go away!"

    "Its ours too! I helped build it!"

    "Applebloom, we can't stop him from coming in. He's a Crusader! Even if he's got a Cutie Mark now." Sweetie Belle told her earth pony friend who was garing at her pseudo nephew/sibling.

    "What's with you today?" Harry demanded as the other two let them in while Applebloom sulked in the corner.

    "Just stay on your half of the clubhouse." Applebloom ordered after a line was drawn. "And we'll stay on ours."

    "Fine."

    "Fine."

    "Fine!"

    "FINE!"

    The two huffed and stomped angrily away to their respective groups.

    "You find yourselves in a dark shadowylit room." Shady Daze said from behind a large binder. A pencil in his ear. Harry and Featherweight were the adventurers in this game.

    "I'm choosing my Pegasus Elf." Featherweight said eagerly getting the figuring out in plain view. "His arrows are always true!"

    "I'm going with my Unicorn Swordsman." Harry said cooly putting the figurine. "He's always got a surprise in store for his enemies."

    "What are they doing?" Sweetie Belle asked on the fillies side of the clubhouse.

    "Swords and Ponies." Applebloom said with a blech. "Its such a dumb game."

    "And all you do is pick a figure and fill out a sheet?"

    "Scootaloo!" Sweetie Belle shouted over to the pegasus filly.

    "I'm a pegasus swordsmistress." Scootaloo protested in a whiny tone. Holding out her figurine pitifully.

    Soon Sweetie Belle and Applebloom where watching the group play.

    "My Unicorn Swordsman equips his Dark Repulsor!" Harry said.

    Shady Days rolls the ten sided dice. "Successfully dodges the Blue Eyed Demon's attack."

    "He also equips a new weapon, Light Repulsor!"

    "My Pegasus Elf fires an Ice Arrow to cover Harry's Unicorn Swordsman!"

    Shady Daze rolls again. "The arrow freezes the demon! Now's the time to strike."

    "Do it now! He's frozen." The Pegasus swordsmistress told the black wearing Unicorn Swordsman.

    "Here goes...Starburst Stream!" The unicorn launched himself at the giant goat monster with both his blades levitated at the ready.

    "Starburst Stream!" Harry said eagerly. "It gets Plus Ten Attack for every hit and Plus 5 Speed for every hit!"

    Shady Daze rolls again and does some quick calculations." Six hundred Damage total! The boss monster is defeated!"

    "Huzzah!" Harry, Featherweight and Scootaloo shouted together.

    "You come across a large chest."

    "I feel up the large chest."

    The other foals stared at Feaetherweight. The pegasus colt shrugged. "I heard my big brother say it."

    "I don't get it." Sweetie Belle said.

    "Me neither." Applebloom said with a shrug.

    We may have our petty arguments and selfish moments. Harry thought as he and Applebloom walked the path home from the clubhouse. They where late today. Applejack was gonna sooo kill them.

    "Your grounded. No clubhouse for a week." Applejack said angrily as the foals came through the door. "Dinners on the table and its gettin' cold."

    But when you get down to it. Family's family, and like it or not, its the only one you'll ever have.

    Your grandson,

    Prince Harry the Bravehearted

    Harry rolled up his letter and put a royal seal over it.

    Harry yawned and clicked the light next to his bed before getting under the covers and turning to his side to slumber. He'd give the letter to Spike to send the next day.

    To Be Continued...

    And that's a day in the life of an alicorn Prince.

    I don't own The Blue Eyed Demon, Dark Repulsor or Light Repulsor.

    Please Leave A Review!

    26. Ode To Brian

    An Ode To Brian Griffon

    This alchoholic, liberal, talking dog will forever hold a place in our hearts as fans of Family Guy. We have many fond memories of this good dog. From Meeting Rush Limbaugh and turning Republican briefly, to stealing a camel with Stewie in the Middle East after a catchy musical number. Remember the episode where Stewie thought he was dying of cancer? Who supported him the whole way? Brian. Who helped Stewie find out where to get uranium in World War II Europe? helped Stewie create the Universe? Brian. Who was Stewie's best friend from the moment he was born? Brian.

    Brian Griffon was one of the best sitcom talking creatures since Alf. Family Guy will move on, but we will forever remember him as a good boy. Good Boy Brian. May you Rest In Peace.

    To the new Griffon Family dog Vinnie, I wish you luck my friend. You have some very big paws to fill.

    WriterPon3

    Author's Note: The Seventh Element Will Return after Thanksgiving with MMMMystery on the Friendship Express.

    27. Chapter 26: MMMMystery Part 1

    Merry Christmas and Happy what other holiday you celebrate.

    For Christmas I would like somepony to take one of my ideas from the Nightmare Spectre arc about various Harry Raised In Equestria fics and go with it. Maybe it'll give me some incentive to get the next chapter out faster.

    Here's a tasty chapter called;

    Chapter 26: MMMMystery on the Friendship Express Part 1

    "Marzipan Marscipone Mereingue Madness!" Pinkie Pie said in awe.

    "You've really outdone yourselves this time auntie Cup and uncle Carrot." Harry said in awe. Harry was babysat alot by these two ponies when he was an infant/toddler when Rarity couldn't (Which was often) So they where like family to him and the Apple's along with Pinkie Pie.

    "This cake is sure to be the winner of this years National Dessert Competition!" Pinkie told her landlords/bosses reassuringly.

    "Thank you Pinkie, Harry." Cup Cake told the foal and mare

    "And thank you two for transporting it to Canterlot for us." Carrot Cake said in appreciation.

    "Absolutely!" Pinkie said eagerly. "Its my honor and Harry always loves an excuse to visit Princess Celestia she is his grandmother after all and-"

    "Uh, Pinkie, could we move this along?" Harry asked noticing his uncle who was lifting the heavy cake with a certain degree of difficulty. "That cake's reeeeallly heavy and Uncle Macintosh is having trouble already. "Right Uncle Macintosh?"

    "EEyup." The red stallion said strainingly as he struggled with the cake.

    "Alrighty then Big Mac." Pinkie Pie said putting on a hardhat with a hazard light. "To the Train Depot!" She said eagerly backing up out of Sugarcube Corner with The Cakes and Harry following the foals uncle.

    "That's it Big Macintosh. Nice and easy, this is precious cargo your carrying." Pinkie coaxed the stallion forward.

    Do it fer the cupcakes. Do it fer the Cupcakes. The red stallion thought about his 6 months of free cupcakes he would get for carriyng this danged cake.

    "Yes it took 6 months of planning, design and careful testing." Carrot told the red stallion.

    "I would hate for it too-" Cup said before Big Macintosh started wobbling and along with him the cake.

    The two Earth Pony's and Harry gasped. Mr Cake's eyes rolled back and he collapsed momentarily.

    "I can handle this." Pinkie said to the couple. "Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, a little Pegassisstance?"

    The two pegasus flew down to their earth pony friend and got her instructions.

    "I'll get it there safely you'll see." Pinkie told the two bakers.

    "Of course Pinkie." Cup said nervously.

    "We never doubted you." Carrot said encouragingly."

    Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash flew on either side of the cake with a rope two ropes underneath. This somehow let up on Big Macintosh a bit as the stallion was now walking easier but more carefully. Suddenly, the pink maned pegasus faltered in the air for a moment. Rainbow Dash flew into action and pulled her side more to counteract the balance on Fluttershy's side.

    "Twilight, Harry, can I see you guys for a quick second?"

    Twilight was walking with her horn glowing purple and Harry's a black trimmed with crimson (His aura had changed since his episode as Nightmare Spectre) Their protective spells double the assurance of the safety of MMMM.

    "A couple of nice protective spells are extra insurance." Pinkie told her bosses as they continued on their noble quest to guide MMMM to the Train Depot.

    Cup and Carrot looked nervously from the foal and unicorn mare to their cake continuously looking nerve wracked.

    "A.J., Rarity, one last thing?" The pink mare asked the last of their group.

    Harry walked next to Applejack with his horn glowing with protective magic as his mother and godmother held a trampoline under MMMM in their teeth.

    "Alright everypony, where in the home stretch here!" Pinkie said to everypony as Carrot Cake looked faint.

    "Breath Uncle Carrot." Harry told the stallion. He started heave breathing in nervousness.

    ""See Mr and Mrs Cake? I got it here without a hitch!" The mare said eagerly. "Now we just gotta get it...in?" Pinkie Pie asked in curiousity as she had no idea how they where going to get it inside the train.

    Carrot Cake rolled his eyes back in his head and collapsed.

    Theme Song Break

    Harry levitated the wall closed and watched his uncle Macintosh outside hammer it back in place.

    "Bye Uncle Macintosh!": He shouted through the window. "Have a nice weekend!"

    Macintosh waved goodbye to his nephew before settin' off for Sweet Apple Acres. However his first stop would be Sugarcuvbe Corner to surprise Granny Smith and Applebloom with two dozen cupcakes.

    "Thank you all for helping me get the cake in the dessert car!" Pinkie told her friends eagerly as their resident Alicorn joined them next to Applejack.

    "Thank you for inviting us to go with you to Canterlot for the National Dessert Competition." Twilight told her earth pony friend.

    "I'm sure the festivities will be just lovely." Rarity added.

    "Phooey on the festivities." Applejack said to Rarity who looked slightly taken aback. "I can't wait to try all those tasty treats!" She reached for MMMM only to have her hoof smacked away by Pinkie Pie.

    "Well the tastiest treat of all is sure to be the Cake's Marzipan Marscapone Mereingue Madness. All that rich, creamy goodness of the Marzipan. Combined with the tanginess of the Marscapone, blended perfectly with the smooth silky, sweetness of the mereignue."

    "Its a cornucopia of delightful flavors." Harry said silently to himself as Pinkie Pie continued to brag on her bossess entry in the NDC. He saw the other mares in the car slurping tongues and staring at the mountainous cake.

    "That's why I call the Marzipan Marscapone Mereignue Madness the MMMM."

    All five other mares and alicorn colt MMMMed.

    "Exactly." Pinkie Pie jumped over to the cake. "Its the most delicious delectable delightful delovely cake in all of Equestria!'

    "That gives me an idea!" Harry said eagerly. He grabbed a card from the pack of index cards that the Cakes gave Pinkie to put a name on their cake. Harry wrote. "The Delightful, Delicious, Delovely MMMM Cake." underneath he wrote "Marzipan Marscapone Mereignue Madness." He showed it to Pinkie who nodded eagerly and he put it in front of the cake on the cart.

    "Zis is not so!" Came a Prench accented male voice. The ponies looked to the door and saw a griffon male with a long mustache. "For I, Gustave LeGrande, do challenge your crude cake to a duel of delectable delicacies. With my Exceptionally Exquisite Eclairs!"

    Fluttershy and Rarity "Oooed" at the bright light seemingly coming from the eclairs. One if one was paying attention, could see the young prince with his tongue out at the sight of the tasty sweets. "Sooo yummy." He whined to himself.

    LeGrande flicked off a portable strobe light he carried and threw it to the side on a cushioned seat before placing his entry "Zey will undoubtably ztrike down all ze competition, winning first prize and crowning me, le ch'ampione." The griffon chef said with a paw in the air.

    "Not a chance LeGrand." Came a gruff voice fromt he door of the car. Everyone turned to see everypony's favorite doughnut baker. Pony Joe.

    "Hey Doughnut Joe, what are you doing in Ponyville?" Twilight asked her old friend. She would get a doughnut every week at his shop when she had to study for a test when she was still at the Gifted Unicorn school.

    "Pickin' up the final, all important ingredient for MY contest entry; DOUGHNUTOPIA!" He reaised a hoof to his side showing off his greatest creation. A towering city of doughnuts and doughnut holes. With icing and chocolate and all kinds of goodies on his fabulous doughy creation. "And with these Super Sprinkles, my doughnuts are gonna dunk all the other lousy desserts, steal first prize and make my doughnut shop famous, FOREVER!" He laughed evilly after declaring his intentions.

    "That's not very evil Twilight." Harry said pulling on her mane.

    "He just likes being dramatic around foals." Twilight told the youngest pony in the car. "Foals back in Canterlot love it when he gets all dramatic."

    "Ohoho Joe, your doughnuts could never outrun me." Came an older sounding voice with a hint of class similar to Rarity's voice. Doughnut Joe moved aside to make way for a giant chocolate moose. Literally it was a moose made of chocolate.

    "Hi there." Pinkie Pie said to the moose. "What's your name?"

    A mule female poked her head in. "I, am Mulia Mild." She introduced herself with a giggle. "Behold. My Chocolate Mousse, Moose."

    "Ch-ch-chocolate." Harry stuttered in awe at the most chocolate in one dessert he had ever seen in his short life.

    "It will trample all your treats. be given first prize and make me the greatest chef in Equestria." Mild bragged.

    "Madame Mild, you and your Mousse Moose are quite mistaken." LeGrande told the mule.

    "Your frou frou eclairs will NEVER defeat my doughnuts." Joe declared to LeGrande who looked taken aback.

    "The Cakes Marzipan Marscapone Mereignue Madness is going to WIN!" Pinkie declared to all three bakers.

    "Your simple cake could never take my Mousse." Mulia told Pinkie before the train whistle blew.

    Pinkie and the other bakers glared each other down as the train started to move before Twilight poked her head in. "Well it looks like we're in for a delicious competition tomorrow. Maybe we should all settle in for a good night's sleep." The unicorn mare suggested good naturedly.

    The other bakers left the mane six mares and crown prince all grumbling as they went to their rooms. They slammed thier doors shut.

    "Momma I'm sleepy." Harry told Applejack after pulling her mane to get her attention. He yawned big. It was getting pretty late after all.

    "Go on ahead Sugarcube, we'll settle up in here."

    "Goodnight you guys." Harry told the mares as he yawned again. The foal went to the room he and his mother where sharing on the train.

    "Oh he's so adorable when he acts his age." Rarity told Applejack with a squeal. "I just want to eat him up like those sweets."

    "Well goodnight you guys, I'm pretty beat myself." Rainbow Dash said as she was about to fly over to her room she and Fluttershy where sharing.

    "Yeah, I'm gonna hit the hay myself." Applejack said about to make her way to her and Harry's room. Pinkie looked extremely nervous and finally felt she had to speak up.

    "WAIT!" Pinkie blocked the door way with all for hooves. "Didn't you hear those chef's? We have to protect MMMM!" She pointed to the cake.

    "MMMM?" Rarity asked in confusion.

    "MMmhmm! I know the Cakes's cake is the best dessert in all of Equestria, I'm pretty sure they know it too!" She pointed down the hall in general.

    "So?" Applejack asked.

    "So?! ONE OF THEM IS GONNA SABATOGE THE CAKES'S CAKE TONIGHT!" Pinkie shouted in panic. "You have to help me stand guard!" The other mares looked at their hyper pink friend like she was crazy.

    "Pinkie your overreacting." Twilight said to try and calm the pink mare down.

    "Yeah, those chefs aren't meaning your cake any harm."

    "But THEY ARE." Pinkie insisted.

    "Fine, if YOU wanna stand guard, go for it. WE'RE going to bed." Rainbow Dash said before zipping past Pinkie Pie. One of her hooves going through her bouncy mane and temporarily making a hole. The other mares bid Pinkie goodnight before going to bed too.

    "I'll show them." Pinkie Pie said confidently sitting on her hooves in front of the MMMM cake. "I'll stay up all night if I have too." She backed up to the wall. "Nothing and nopony can stop me from keeping you safe."

    Later that night, sometime around midnight, Pinkie Pie is pacing back and forth in front of MMMM. A determined expression on her muzzle.

    An hour and a half later, she's starting to feel sleepy, she dozes off momentarily.

    ZIP

    "Huh?" Pinkie Pie asks suddenly awake. "STOP YOU SABATUER!" She shouts galloping after the mysterious shadow she saw. She galloped all the way to the caboose, but when she got outside...

    "I have you now!" The pink mare said as she got to the final car. But when she galloped outside, there was nopony there! "What?" The mare asked in confusion. She went back inside, only to find another pony in the window to the dessert car! Wearing a HAT! She raced after the mysterious pony, only to find it was the conductor. She knew that the conductor only had the Friendship Express on his mind as she saw him shoveling coal into the furnace.

    "Probably just making his rounds." Pinkie Pie said as she made her way back to the dessert car.

    She gasped as she opened the door assuming the worst. But MMMM was still there.

    "Oh, thank Celestia your safe!" Pinkie told the cake. "But one of those bakers is mixing up something bad so I'm not letting you out of my sight no matter what." The mare then sat right on her flank. But suddenly, the shades of the windows lowered by themselves!

    "Who turned off the moon?!" She heard hoofsteps. "Don't go near that cake thief!"

    Chomp! Chewing noise!

    "Stop Thief!"

    BONK!

    "Oh, are you okay Thief?" Pinkie asked in genuine concern.

    Suddenly the shades went up again and Pinkie could see again. She growled as she opened the door to the corridor with the rooms. But no one was in sight.

    "I KNEW I was gonna have to keep a close eye on you." Pinkie Pie said as she walked up to MMMM. "And that's just what I'm gonna do no matter what." The mare narrowed her eyes at the cake. She then got droopy eyes. Before she knew it she was snoring away.

    In the morning, Pinkie woke to find herself curled up in front of MMMM. She scratched her face with her back hoof and yawned as she got up. Twilight yawned as she walked in to check on Pinkie and the cake when she gasped and said "Woah."

    "I know." Pinkie said proudly. "I think some congratulations are in order for a job well done." The mare bragged.

    "You may want to hold off on giving yourself an award just yet Pinkie." Twilight told her friend. "Look." She turned the cake around to show her.

    "Look at wha-" The mare cut herself off and gasped in horror. THE CAKE HAD BEEN EATEN OFF OF!

    Pinkie Pie screamed in horror.

    The rest of their group and the other bakers came into the dessert car. "What's going on?" Applejack asked as she walked in with a still sleepy foal on her back. Harry was still droopy eyed with his hoof on her side. But widened his eyes when he saw the cake.

    "What happened?" Rainbow Dash asked.

    "The Cake's Marzipan Marscapone Mereignue Madness!" Pinkie Pie said woefully. "ITS BEEN MUTILATED!"

    Everypony gasped. Even the othe bakers.

    To Be Continued...

    And here's part one. Hope you all enjoy this tasty arc.

    28. Chapter 27: MMMMystery Part 2

    Happy New Year Everypony! Here's a present for the second day of 2014!

    Summary: Pinkie and Twilight investigate who not only took a bite of MMMM, but also who devoured the other bakers yummylicious treats. And Harry gets a small crush on a certain big, gruff and messy unicorn baker after Pinkie declares him the culprit!

    Sorry this is late my faithful readers. had a bunch of RL crap to deal with shortly after New Year. Hope this makes up for it, I will be posting a Seventh Element verse one shot series about Harry's life in Equestria. Starting with what happened when Applejack brought Harry into the farmhouse for the first time as a baby alicorn in a basket. Please leave a review! And now the exciting conclusion of MMMMystery!

    Chapter 26: MMMMystery on the Friendship Express Part 2

    "Now we just need to find out who doned it." Pinkie Pie said with narrowed eyes.

    "You mean "Who Did It?" Twilight corrected her pink maned friend.

    "Exactly. Who Did Doned Doed It."

    "Well having read many mystery novels, I know that the only way to find out is to investigate."

    "Could be multiple culprits." Harry got between the two looking at the cake.

    "What makes you say that?" Twilight asked the foal who studied the bites.

    "Well for one, there's three different bites. One little, one medium, and one big bite." Harry lifted his hoof to each one. "And for second, the bite patterns are different. And we can rule out Monsieur LeGrande because he's got a beak not a muzzle. If he took a bite of MMMM, there would be," Harry opened his hooves apart from each other vertically and chomped down. "A beak impression."

    Everypony glared at LeGrande who grinned nervously.

    Twilight stared at the foal, impressed with his deduction skills.

    "Your not the only one whose read mystery novels." Harry shrugged to the lavender unicorn and walked back to his mother who was looking proud.

    "Exactly." Pinkie wasn't listening, she got out a "Manelock Hoolmes" style hat and pipe that blew bubbles. She blew a set into Twilight's face. "And as chief detective I WILL find out who destroyed the MMMM."

    "Uh, your investigatin'?" Applejack asked with Harry inbetween her and Twilight.

    "Exactly." Pinkie came up and put a bowler hat on Twilight. "And Twilight shall be my lowly assisstant who asks silly questions with obvious answers."

    "Fine Pinkie." Twilight said with an annoyed huff and look on her face. "Shall we start to look for clues?"

    "A perfect silly question my lowly assisstant. And the answer is; No! Because I know who did it!" Pinkie declared as she blew more bubbles.

    Everypony gasped. Harry noted that three of their friends looked nervous.

    "Pinkie Pie how could you possibly know?"

    "How could I possibly NOT know?" Pinkie asked back as she trotted in front of the group. "Clearly this dastardly deed was done by the baker who knew their dessert couldn't possibly measure up to the mastery of the Marzipane Marscipone Mereignue Madness. I guess you figured your eclairs lacked flare! Gustave!: She glared in the griffon's face.

    "I thought I cleared him?" Harry whispered to Twilight as Pinkie Pie set up an elaborate story in the style of one of those old silent movies and the classic maiden tied to a track story. Only this movie ended with MMMM being sawed in half by an electric table saw.

    "I thought so too." Twilight said with layed back ears as she listented to Pinkies elaborate plot.

    "I suppose he could have grabbed some with his claws and made it look like a bite mark." Harry suggested to the smart unicorn.

    "Possibly but I doubt it. I don't think any of these bakers would deliberately sabatoge another bakers goods." Twilight told the alicorn prince. "I know Joe wouldn't do such a thing."

    "But you know she's gonna accuse Mr. Joe right?" Harry asked.

    "Yes." Twilight sighed frustratedly. She then had enough.

    "Thus destroying the cake and the Cake's chance at the National Dessert Competition."

    "But Pinkie that makes no sense!"

    "What do you mean lowly assisstant?" Pinkie Pie asked.

    "First of all if you where tied to the train tracks how are you still here?"

    "Huh. I guess that isn't a silly question." Pinkie admitted.

    "And second, like Harry pointed out earlier, the cake hasn't been sliced, its been bitten. Just look at the teeth marks."

    "Hmm..." Pinkie said staring at the bite marks. "Your right my fine fellow." She pulled her head away from the remains of MMMM and trotted up and down the cart in front of the ponies, griffon and mule. "Gustav LeGrande is clearly in the clear. Which means that MMMM was destroyed by another baker. A baker whose doughnuts are DO NOTS!" She said angrily. "That's right. IT WAS JOE!" She pointed her hoof in his face. "Or as he's known in the spy world. Mane. Con Mane."

    Harry slapped a hoof to his muzzle and shook his head as Twilight rolled her eyes while Pinkie went into another elaborate plot starring Joe as sleak, stealthy Con Mane who broke into the cart using a motorized glass cutter and used a gas bomb to knock out diligent Pinkie before using a mirror to slice the MMMM using a laser grid security system.

    Harry blushed after hearing the part about the mares coming to him at the snap of a hoof. He had known for a while he liked colts more than fillies and was nervous about it. He made a mental note to ask his momma about it later.

    "Pinkie there's no laser grid security system!" Twilight protested. "And ONCE AGAIN, the cake hasn't been sliced. Its been bitten. And Joe isn't sleak, stealthy Con Mane! He's big, gruff and messy!"

    "Hey!" Joe said indignantly.

    "Although you would look rather dapper in a tuxedo." Rarity pointed out. This made Joe perk up and feel a bit better."

    Lastly, Pinkie accused Mulia after the other two bakers had been cleared. Her last elaborate story was that Mulia was a ninja assassin. Running atop the train at night with a ninja sword and slicing up MMMM to destroy it.

    "Putting an end to the cake's dreams and stealing first prize. I HOPE YOUR PROUD OF YOURSELF MULIA."

    "BACK OFF!" Harry got between Pinkie and the elderly mule who was terrified. "I wanna know who bit into MMMM just like you do Pinkie but if you attack an elderly mare like that again I will strike you down with all my authority as the crown prince!" Harry angrily stomped toward the pink mare who backed away cautiously from the angry prince.

    The mane 6 watched the furious foal in awe. He was becoming more and more comfortable with asserting his royal title and the authority that came with it with each passing day..

    "Pinkie this is ridiculus." Twilight said with a grateful look to Harry for protecting the cowarding mule female. "Look at her!"

    Pinkie Pie watched Harry stand his ground in front of hte elderly mule who was trembling with fear.

    "I guess your right." Pinkie sighed.

    "Thank you."

    "But I was so sure that it was one of the other bitter bakers that had destroyed the MMMM." Pinkie said as she made her way to the other desserts. Not noticing the glare Joe gave her. "That way their dessert would reigh supreme! Just look at Joe's Doughnutopia!"

    She leaned in the delicious looking towering city of doughuts. "Its a spectacular city of doughnuty delight. Topped temptingly with sprinkleicious sprinkles."

    Everypony awwed at her descriptions and a few ponies slurped their lips.

    "And Gustaves' eclairs are incredibly edible with glistening glaziness." Fluttershy and Rarity smiled on either side of the eclairs. It seemed they where more partial to them than the others.

    "And then theres Mulia Mild's Mousse Moose" Pinkie made her way over to the chocolate moose. "Why, this mouthwateringly mousse moose tempts the tastebuds with its silky smooth nummy yummy chocolatey goodness." LeGrande's mouth was watering at the description of the chocolatey delight.

    "So why did the criminal take a bite of the Marzipan Marscipone Mereignue Madness while leaving this trio of tasty treats untouched?"

    Suddenly there was a black out as the Friendship Express was going through a tunnel. Rarity shrieked as chewing noises where heard in the dark.

    The light came back and everypony gasped.

    "Sugarcube! Harry!" Applejack panicked as her son was missing.

    The ponies in the cart and Mulia and Gustave started searching for the missing foal. In the carts of food that the train chefs left (There was a door for plates) To under tables with covers. Pinkie even checked under the fake castle in the fish tank.

    "Come on out leetle foal." Gustav said as he pulled up the last table's cover. "Where ze devil is he?"

    "I don't like the dark." Harry said pitifully under the table of MMMM. Applejack pulled him out and stood him up. She thanked everyone for looking and then everyone noticed the treats where bitten off of and gasped.

    "Now I have no idea who did done doed it." Pinkie Pie said desperately.

    All of the three bakers treats where eaten off of.

    This mystery gets more mysterious by the minute!" Pinkie said as she examined the damage done to the treats in the cart. Mulia's moose head staring at her.

    "Then you'll have to stop the wild allegations and search for the real truth Pinkie." Twilight said confidently. "Everypony go back to your rooms while we do a little investigatig." Harry went back to his room with Applejack and Mulia glared at both Gustave and Joe while everyone made heir way to their rooms.

    A while later...

    "Momma?" Harry asked the older earth pony as she was reading a book she brought along.

    "What is it sugarcube? Ya hungry or somethin'?"

    "Why do I like colts?"

    That single question made Applejack drop her book. She saw Harry's ears lay back and start to back away from her nervously.

    "Aw sugarcube..." Applejack said in a soothing tone as she brought him over to her with a leg. "Yer just startin' ta grow up. Your noticing differences between fillies and colts right?"

    "Yeah." Harry said in a confused tone.

    "I'll write a letter to yer uncle Macintosh." Applejack assured the foal. "A colt doesn't need to learn about the birds and the bees from his momma." Applejack said. "Go to Rarity and Twilight's cabin. Spend some time with yer godmomma."

    "Kay." Harry said childishly with a blush as he left the cabin.

    "Phwewy. That was a close one." Applejack said brushing her head with a forelimb. She got out a scroll and started writing with a pencil in her mouth.

    Big Mac,

    Harry needs "The Talk."

    Yer Sister,

    Applejack.

    She put the short letter in an envelope marked "Sweet Apple Acres, Ponyville." And put it in the mailbox outside her room. The mail pony would come get it later.

    "Your not accusing me are you?" She heard Pinkie Pie say.

    Back to Twilight and Pinkie Pie...

    "Of course not Pinkie. But maybe you saw something that could help us." Twilight told the panicky mare.

    Pinkie Pie thought for a moment."I saw a Silouette in the moonlight!"

    "Good." Twilight encouraged. "Now let's retrace your steps."

    Pinkie saluted Twilight and started backing away retracing her steps. "Then I chased the culprit down to the caboose." She lead Twilight to the caboose. "But when I got there, he was gone."

    Twilight came in and looked around, blowing a few bubbles and thinking. She spotted something. "AHA! Our first clue." She said and pulled out a manilla envelope with her magic putting the clue inside. Pinkie tried to see it but couldn't. "I think I know who did it Pinkie." She narrowed it down to two possible ponies in their group.

    "Already?" Pinkie gasped.

    "Yes, but I need more evidence to confirm." The mare said to her friend "Tell me what happened next."

    Pinkie scratched her chin. "I heard somepony else in the dessert car! And I chased them up to the engine!" The two made their way to the engine. "But when I got there, all I saw was the conductor shoveling coal."

    "The Conductor huh?" Twilight asked grabbing the conductors hat with magic and bringing it over to her looking inside. "But...that doesn's make any sense." She now had three possible suspects." She put the new evidence in the envelope and made her way back to the dessert car. She placed the conductor's hat back on his head. The conductor happy he got his hat back.

    "What happened next Pinkie?"

    "Well, I went back to the dessert car." Pinkie swapped their hats quickly and got out her magnifying glass. She scoured the scene with it until she bumped into Twiligt again. She sadly took off the detective hat and accepted the assisstant hat with Twilight's magic.

    "Yeeeesss?" Twilight urged the pink mare.

    "The curtains suddenly closed, all on their own."

    "Ineresting. Anything Else?" Twilight asked as she scratched her chin thinking about how curtains could close themselves.

    "I heard hoofsteps." Pinkie said as she walked toward the painting. "A loud thud." She gave an example by walking into the painting. "And when the moon came back the painting was crooked."

    "Hmm..." Twilight examined the painting. "Oh my...what is that?!" She asked. She got out the envelope and inserted their last clue making Pinkie growl with fury at not being in on the clues. "What next Pinkie?"

    "That's it!" Pinkie said eagerly. "I was down here guarding the cake for the rest of the night!" Twilight gave her a look that said "Really?" "I mean, I slept here the rest of the night."

    "And when you woke up, half the cake was gone?"

    "Exactly!"

    "By Jove I think I've got it!" Twilight said eagerly. "Call everypony back Pinkie, we have a cake culprit to catch."

    Soon everypony was back in the dessert car.

    "Uh...why are we all here again?" Mulia asked Joe and Gustave.

    "I bet your all wondering why your all here again." Twilight said to the suspects in the Cake Assault 1 case.

    "She's good." Joe said. Mulia nodded in agreement.

    "We have discovered the culprit behind this cake carnage. " Twilight revealed.

    "But how?" Gustave asked.

    "Well you see, when committing a crime, its crucial that one never leaves behind clues. Especially obcious clues liiiiike, this!" She brought out a blue feather from the evidence bag.

    Everypony gasped.

    "Aha!" Pinkie said confidently pointing a hoof. "A blue feather! I knew it was you! Gustave Legrande!" Pinkie got into Gustaves face as she got into the suspects area.

    "Pinkie, Gustave doesn't have blue feathers." Twilight reminded the determined mare.

    "That's because he's been dyeing them!" She pulled up his neck feathers to reveal skin.

    "No Pinkie! Remember how you chased down the suspect to the caboose but they suddenly disappeare? That's because they flew away!" The lavendar unicorn said as if it where so obvious. "But the thief left a little something behind. Didn't you, Rainbow Dash?!"

    Everypony looked to the nervous rainbow maned pegasus. "Uh...I dont' even like cake!" Rainbow Dash protested.

    "So Rainbow Dash did it! Case Solved!"

    "No Pinkie." Harry reminded the mare. "Only One Truth Prevails. And There was more than one culprit. Right Twilight?" Harry asked the older unicorn eagerly.

    "Right. See Pinkie when we went down to the engine I saw the conductor's hat. And inside the hat was..." She brought up a pink hair with magic.

    "So it was you!" Pinkie got in Dash's face. "That pink hair came from your rainbow colored mane!"

    "I don't have pink in my mane Pinkie!"

    "So your wearing a wig?" She grabbed ahold of Dash's mane with her teeth and pulled.

    "OW!" Dash cried out as she tried to pull her mane off. "Cut it out!" The pegasus rose into the air.

    "Pinkie! Remember? You chased a pony to the engine room and thought you saw the conductor shoveling coal. But what you really saw was...Fluttershy!"

    Fluttershy gasped and sat down. "Oh my."

    "Yer goin' DOWN Fluttershy!" Pinkie got in the pink maned pegasus' face.

    "But then another clue confounded my suspicions. You said the curtains mysteriously closed. That's no mystery. That's magic!"

    Harry looked up at Rarity. She was the only other one besides him who could use magic and he knew Twilight wouldn't have eaten from MMMM.

    "So it was you!" Pinkie got in Harry's face. "Thought you could get away with it because of your Princeness huh? Thought you could just get off scott free? Huh? Huh? Huh!"

    "Back off sugarcube." Applejack hogtied Pinkie and pulled her away from her son. She was gettin' more annoyed by Pinkie by the minute. Plus she saw Harry getting ready for his fight or flight scenario. When he used to be bullied by older foals, Big Mac taught him to fight or flight. Meaning Fight or flee. Since he was so much smaller than his bullies, he usually chose the flee option.

    "Pinkie, Harry's not the only one onboard who can do magic. And besides, you said you heard a thud and the painting was crooked remember? Well the culprit left a little addition to the painting!

    She brought up a fake eyelash. "Anypony else notice that Rarity's wearing her hair rather differently today?"

    She was wearing it over her right eye. She never wears it like that. "Why, is it a crime to change ones style now and again? Why I think its a crime not to."

    "Really?" Twilight asked, her horn glowing as she used magic to move Rarity's bangs. The mare's eye closed.

    "Alright I'm guilty! I WEAR FALSE EYELASHES!" The drama queen shouted as she fell forward. "Oh and I took a bite of the cake."

    "So did I." Fluttershy admitted.

    "Aw nuts, so did I." Rainbow Dash admitted.

    "You just made it sound so delectable."

    "So tasty." Fluttershy poked her head in their little three group.

    "And boy was it!" Rainbow Dash admitted as she fluttered in the air.

    "i only meant to take a little, ladylike bite." Rarity said to Pinkie.

    "But it was so good." Fluttershy continued.

    "I just dove right in!" Rainbow Dash finished.

    The three mares bowed and said they where sorry.

    "Oh its okay." Pinkie said to the three mares as Harry made his way to Applejack. "Well at least this mystery is finally solved."

    "But it isn't." Twlight told Pinkie. "We figured out who ate off of the Marzipan Marscipone Mereignue Madness but we still don't know who devoured the other bakers goods."

    "Your right Twilight, know what we have to do?"

    "Well...yes I do. Do you?" Twilight asked nervously.

    "Look for CLUES!" Pinkie Pie said eagerly.

    The Pinkie mare rejoiced at having the detectives hat once again and crawled everywhere with her magnifying glass looking for clues.

    "Well Pinkie, did you find the devourer of the desserts?" Twilight asked.

    "I most certainly did Twilight. It was...HARRY!" She pointed to the foal and everypony gasped even the mane 6 mares.

    "But...how?" Twilight asked in shock.

    "For one, he has Mouuse in his mane!" Pinkie pulled Harry's mane to show the ponies, griffon and donkey that there was indeed Chocolate Mouuse in his mane. "And he has eclair in his hair!" Again, there was eclair on the top of his messy mop of mane hair. "And Sprinkles on his cheeks!" There where several sprinkles on both sides of Harry's cheeks.

    "Sugarcube." Applejack said in shock.

    "Yummy sprinkles." Harry slurped his tongue from cheek to cheek and smacked his lips. Then he noticed the three bakers angry at him. He cowered. "Its true!" Harry said in an upset tone. He hated his sweet tooth. It was more trouble than it was worth. "I have a sweet tooth. I can totally blame grandma for this actually!"

    "How can you blame Princess Celestia for this?" Twilight asked the foal curiously.

    "Well, it was before Dash and I went to Wonderbolt Academy..."

    Harry had had another nightmare about Chrysalis. Though it was the first one at the castle. The foal was making his way to his grandmother's quarters when he heard naughty giggling coming from it.

    "Grandma?" Harry asked curiously. He creaked the door open and gasped. Mountains of cakes, eclairs, cupcakes, candy and lots of sugary delights where piled high in the Princess's bedroom.

    "We spent all night talking and eating." Harry said in shame.

    "So that's why you had a tummy ache when you came home that Sunday." Applejack said snapping a hoof to the floor as if finally realizing something. "And that explains the cavity you had at the dentist your next visit."

    "Since then I keep a horde of sweets in our room at home that Applebloom and I share. She's not allowed to touch 'em." He said with narrowed eyes. Woe be to Applebloom if she ever snatched one of the Crown Prince's precious sweets.

    "But did you take a bit of MMMM?" Twilight asked.

    "Of course not. I know how much this contest means to Auntie Cup and Uncle Carrot." Harry protested. "Pinkie made the others entries sound soooo yummy I couldn't control myself."

    "I guess my descriptive powers can do more harm than good if given the right opportunity." Pinkie shrugged.

    "I'm sorry." Harry said pitifully to the bakers. "I have a trust fund at Canterlot National Bank. I'll reimburse you for ingredients, entry fee and extra as an apology."

    "No need your highness." Joe said confidently. "I got an idea."

    The bakers and Pinkie Pie combined what was left of all their fabulous desserts to make one Super Dessert! It was a tower of eclairs, doughnuts and MMMM cake, with a chocolate mouuse glaze!

    "Our winner!" The judge presented the ribbon to Pinkie Pie. Who sliced a piece to hand to Princess Celestia who had her grandfoal beside her.

    "You know your grounded when we get back to Ponyville right Sugarcube?" Applejack asked her alicorn son.

    "Yes Momma." Harry pouted and layed his ears out with his wings hanging down pitifully.

    "And Big Macintosh's gonna take ya out to the barn?"

    "Yes Momma." Harry blushed in shame.

    "How's that for a lesson Princess Celestia?" Pinkie asked Harry's grandmother after explaining her friendship lesson about not jumping to conclusions.

    "Won't you have some yourself Pinkie Pie?" Celestia asked the sweet loving mare.

    "I'd love one!" The Earth Pony opened her jaws wide and ate the cake in its entirety with one chomp. Shocking everypony there. Including Harry and his grandmother.

    Everypony laughed.

    To Be Continued...

    Up Next: Dragon Quest! Harry, feeling like an outcast because of his alicorn heritage, goes with Spike on the Dragon Migration after hearing about Celestia and Luna bathing in lava with Dragon Elders on goodwill conferences. To seek answers about possible Dragon origins of Alicorns.

    29. Chapter 28: Dragon Quest Part 1

    Author's Note: Seventh Element Shots! is up. I have a challenge!

    Harry is raised by Celestia as a human.

    Discord is his father figure when he is reformed. He is the Crown Prince. He should be CMC age. He should be sent to Ponyville sometime after Twilight but before Best Night Ever so he can be in that chapter. and is a new Element when Discord appears: Courage. Twilight and Shining Armor are big brother/sister figures. Spike his only friend close to his age.

    pairings r up to u but prefer slash. mayb Harry/Rumble (Thunderlanes little brother)

    Chapter 28: Dragon Quest Part 1

    Summary: After feeling like and outcast for being the only alicorn in Ponyville, Harry goes with Spike on the Great Dragon Migration to investigate possible dragon ties to his alicorn heritage.

    It was a quiet morning on the outskirts of Ponyville near Fluttershy's cottage. Applejack and Pinkie Pie were digging a trench nearby and Fluttershy...well...

    "Come on Fluttershy, it'll be fun." Twilight told the terrified pegasus mare.

    "There's nothing fun about dragons!" Fluttershy protested as Rainbow Dash dragged her by the tail...on the floor...towards the door. She really didn't want to see dragons. "Scary yes! Fun no!"

    "But Fluttershy the Great Dragon Migration happens only once a generation." Twilight told the yellow mare through various shenanigans. "Do you really want to pass up a chance like that?"

    Rainbow Dash was trying to push Fluttershy out the door but she had her front and back legs spread out across the doorand was hell bent on not going. "Now that you put it that way, yes!"

    Twilight once again tried to convince Fluttershy to watch.

    "I SAID NO!" Fluttershy said forcefully kicking Rainbow back, to the floor and in the stomache before fleeing out the window. Much to the shock of Twilight.

    "Okay, I guess I'll let ya off the hook this time." Rainbow Dash said as she recovered.

    Theme for This Book: Ef Book of Melodies opening (English)

    Cheerilee trotted up and down ailes in her classroom monitoring students as she spoke about the Princesses.

    "Princess Celestia and Princess Luna then joined the Dragon Elders in a lava bath to celebrate the new Peace Treaty and Marriage Law rescindence allowing Ponies, Dragons and Griffons to intermarry as you can see in the pictures of your textbooks."

    The foals awed at the crude depictions of Celestia and Luna bathing in lava woth the elder dragons. Drawn by dragon claw.

    "Yes Rumble?" Cheerilee asked the Pegasus foal.

    "Did the Princesses use magic to not get burned by the lava?" Rumble aaked.

    A question asked every time. Cheerilee smiled. "Nope. Alicorns have a natural immunity to lava. I once wrote to Princes Celestia when I was a filly asking what lava felt like. She replied and told me it feels like a warm mud bath and she regularly bathes in it to keep her coat and mane shiny."

    The class turned to stare at their resident alicorn.

    "What?" Harry asked irritably. This always happened when they learned about alicorns now.

    "Have you ever took a lava bath?" Snips asked eagerly.

    "No." Harry answered.

    "He's probably too scared." Diamond Tiara sneered.

    "I'm not scared. I just don't think its a good idea to jump into a pool of lava to see if I don't get burned alive." Harry snapped at the pink filly.

    "Scaredy cat scaredy cat!" Diamond Tiara then shrieked as she felt a shock while Mss Cheerilee's back was turned. "Miss Cheerilee! Harry shocked me with his magic!" Diamond waved over to the teacher. But when she turned to look Harrh was using magic to take notes. She ignored the spoiled filly.

    Later That Day...

    Isn't he adorable when he waddles off in anger?" Harry heard Rarity say as he saw Spike coming his way.

    "Waddle?! Ugh!" The baby dragon said in disgust.

    "Hey Spike. You had a bad day too huh?" The alicorn colt asked his dragon friend.

    "Nopony respects me as a dragon." Spike complained. "They only see me as Spike the BABY Dragon." He huffed as he chomped on a turquoise.

    "I know the feeling. My classmates only see me as an alicorn now. Everytime we learn about Grandma and Auntie Luna they ask me if I've done the same thing." He shook his mane. "Take today for example. We learned about Grandma and Lulu bathing in lava without magic and Snips asks me if I'd done it too."

    "Huh. Twilight never told me about that before." Spike said as they entered the library. Harry levitated his book to Spike, Daring Do and the Griffon Reich. "I thought only Dragons where lava proof." Spike said as he checked in the book.

    Harry's ears perked in interest. "Do you think there's a possibility of dragon genes in alicorns?"

    "Could be." Spike said in thought as he reshelved the book. Anythings poss-woah" The ladder he was standing wobbled and he fell on a bucket which flew into the air and landed open end and water full on his head.

    Harry sighed and magically levitated the bucket off of his dragon friend and floated him a towel. Stuff like this was always happening to his friend.

    "Anything's possible." Spike finished as he was drying off. "They called me...cute." He said in dismay.

    "Who called you cute?" Harry asked.

    "Your mom and our friends." Spike said in dismay. "Do I act like other dragons?"

    "Well, you eat gems and hide them like other dragons." Harry told the baby dragons. "I kinda do that too with sweets! Maybe I have dragon instincts! Maybe even Dragon ancestry!"

    "Cool! Another dragon in Ponyville!" Spike said eagerly. "Well, thanks for the conversation Harry. See you later." Spike said to his friend.

    "See ya Spike. I'll bring my comics and manega by this weekend." The foal told his dragon friend.

    Later that evening...

    "Who am I?"

    "Why am I here? How did I get here?" A hoof rubbed a lightning bolt scar.

    "What am I supposed to be?"

    "Sugarcube for the last time, I don't know. Ah found ya in that basket at the gates of the farm." Applejack said in the living room. She was reading a romance novel, Big Mac had his reading glasses on while perusing a farming magazine. Granny Smith was knitting and Applebloom was doing homework. "I don't know where you came from or who sent ya here. Ah only found that note with yer name."

    Said note was in an envelope in Applejack's desk and Harry's basket became the family picnic basket.

    "That's it?" Harry asked "I need answers." Harry got up and trotted over to the vanity mirror. "Sometimes I feel like I'm looking at a..complete stranger." He spread and looked to both his Pegasus wings and his Unicorn horn. He could feel his Earth Pony strength flowing through his body. He hung his head sadly and trotted up the stairs. "Goodnight."

    "That foals more depressed than a donkey with its tail nailed on." Granny Smith said sadly as she watched Harry slowly clip clop upstairs.

    "Eeyup." Big Macintosh agreed.

    The next morning, Harry and Applebloom where getting ready for school when he saw dragons flying on thedragon migration. "Thats it." Harry said eagerly. He started packing a napsack.

    "Whats it?" Applebloom asked.

    "I'm going on a journey of self discovery." Harry said packing/shrinking a blanket and pillow. "I'm going on the Great Dragon Migration."

    "WHAT?!"

    "Don't tell momma." Harry said, slamming the door shut and magically locked it. Applebloom tried to open the door.

    "Harry! Open this door right now!" The filly kicked the door. It wouldn't budge.

    "Nnope." Harry grinned evilly as he ran down the stairs and out the door. He ran following the dragons in the sky.

    "Big Mac!" He heard Appleblooms voice.

    "The window." Harry said in shock.

    "Harry's said he's goin on the Dragon Migration! Stop him!"

    "Oh crap." Harry said as his uncle looked from Applebloom to Harry who was at the gates of Sweet Apple Acres. Big Macintosh stopped his plowing and released the plow from his neck. "Leave me alone." Harry said as he backed away as the red stallion narrowed his eyes grumpily.

    "Nnope." Big Macintosh said before breaking into a gallop after the Prince who started running.

    "Damn damn damn!" Harry said as his uncle was catching up to him. "Oh wait! I can fly!" He spread his wings and leaped into the air.

    Big Macintosh somersaulted forward failing to tackle and catch his favorite nephew (albeit his only nephew.) He landed against a tree which dropped its leaves as he dizzily sat there.

    "Bye Uncle Macintosh! I'll be home soon!"

    When Mac regained his balance he shook his head and snorted. "That little sneak." He snorted angrily. "Ah gotta find AJ."

    Harry saw his uncle gallop toward town. Now where's uncle macintosh going? He asked himself. "Oh double crap." Harry said in panic. Speeding toward the migration as fast as his wings could flap. He was so grounded.

    At Twilights, they where getting ready to follow Spike. Applejack was helping Rarity put the finishing touches on the dragon costume.

    "What's wrong big brother?" Applejack asked as he gasped for breath.

    "Harry" gasp "run off." Gasp

    "Harry's run away? Where?" Applejack demanded.

    -"Great..." Gasp "Dragon..." Gasp "Migration..." He collapsed. gasping to catch his breath.

    Applejack narrowed her eyes. " Rope." She said. She was hoofed her rope by Twilight. "Hat." Rarity gave her her hat. "Apple Fritter." Rainbow Dash shoved a fritter in her mouth which she chewed and swallowed. "Let's go." She ordered and the 4 ponies left the library with the dragon costume in hoof. After making sure Big Macintosh was okay of course

    Harry soared over a meadow leading to a forest. He had a theory where the dragons where going. there was a volcanic mountain range a few days travel away.

    "Is that?" Harry asked himself narrowing his eyes down to the ground. "Spike?" He flew down "Hey Spike!"

    "Hey Spike!" Spike looked up and saw, Harry!

    "What are you doing here?" They both asked at the same time.

    "Going on a journey of self discovery." Spike said confidently.

    "Really? So am I!" Harry said eagerly. "Wanna travel together?"

    "Sure. Tea break? Spike asked bringing out a teapot.

    "I'll go fill it up at the stream." Harry took the pot and flew off as Spike gathered firewood and started a fire.

    "My faithful student, do tell Applejack not to worry. I have sent word to the Elder dragons to be on the lookout for an alicorn foal. They will make sure no harm come to our little Prince."

    "Your teacher, Princess Celestia." Twight finished the reply of Celestia in response to Twilight's hastily written panic note.

    "That's nice and all, but how does that get that sneaky little son of mine back in one piece?!" Applejack demanded as they followed Harry and Spike's trails a day behind.

    "We just have to trust the Elder Dragons." Twilight said to the orange mare. "They respect Celestia too much to let any of her family come to harm."

    Applejack sighed as they continued on their journey. "Sugarcube, please be safe."

    And so Harry and Spike took off on their noble quest of self discovery. Through blustering winds, Spooky forests, guided through a river by a mule guide on a raft. They reached a snow capped mountain with ewes yraveling upwards. Harry cast a warming charm on themselves so they wouldnt freeze and a shield bubble around them both with Harry's horn glowing black and crimson aura. Finally their goal was insight! Hundreds of dragons circling the volcanic mountains.

    "Wow." Harry said in awe. "I've never seen so many dragons!"

    "Come on!" Spike said eagerly. "Race ya to the top!"

    The foal and baby dragon laughed as they ran up the mountainside. Spike tripped and tumbled down until Harry caught him in a black/crimson bubble and they continued upwards. When they got to the top a dragon greeted them with a blast of fire.

    Why doesn't this area feel hot to me? Harry asked himself. I should be boiling at least.

    "Cool teenage dragons!" Spike said eagerly pointing down to a group of younger dragons. "That oughta be more our speed huh?" He asked his alicorn friend.

    "And size." Harry noted. Other dragons where huge!

    "Come on!" Spike said, sliding down with the mouth of the volcano.

    To Be Continued...

    Nextvtime: Harry and Spike try to prove that their worthy of being Rookie Dragons as dubbed by Garble, leader of the teenage dragons.

    And here's Dragon Quest Part 1! Hope you enjoy! Please leave A Review!

    30. Chapter 29: Dragon Quest Part 2

    Author's Note: VONDON WILES: Stop repeatedly posting anonymous Reviews that say the same thing for the same chapter! This is why we need the anonymous review disabler back!

    Aside from that, i present in this half of Dragon Quest a theory about Alicorns that is a bit different. You'll see for yourself.

    Chapter 29: Dragon Quest Part 2

    Summary: Harry and Spike try to prove that they are worthy of being dragons.

    Harry and Spike slid down the mountain lip and came upon the groupof dragon younglings whilo where now wrestling.

    "Why don't we just grab 'em and go? I got a whoopin ta deliver." Came from a grotesque looking dragon with blue wings and an overly large mouth.

    "Applejack this is our chance to study dragons upclose." Twilight said from the mouth. "You can punish Harry when we get back to Ponyville."

    "We're never gonna pass for a real dragon." ,Rainbow Dash said, fluttering her wings irritably.

    "Oh pish posh. This costume is one of my finest creations!" Rarity protested.

    "And We'll never pass if they hear more than one voice coming from a single dragon." Twilight pointed out. "Now come on." They slid down the mountain lip after the foal and baby dragon.

    "Uh, excuse us." Spike interrupted the match between a rather chubby brown dragon and a red, yellow bellied dragon. The two stared at the baby dragon and Alicorn. Hi, I'm Spike. And this is my friend Harry."

    Harry smiled nervously. Not noticing a small incisor fang growing in his mouth.

    "Sure your names are Spike and Harry and not Shrimp 1 and Shrimp 2?" Laughed a blue scaled dragon after the red dragon dropped the fat brown dragon.

    Harry narrowed his eyes as the dragons laughed at them. Recalling various defense spells to mind in case things got ugly.

    "Yo Garble, ain't that the foal the Elders told us to watch out for?" Asked an albino dragon named Frizzle.

    "I think so. The Elders told us to report directly to them when he got here. But let's have a little fun with him."

    "Totally." Frizzle agreed and they slapped tails together.

    "Hey come on guys leave 'em might fly away." Garble said after Pudge said They looked more like peewees. "That is uh, if they had wings." Garble picked the two up by their tails. The teen dragons laughed as Garble dropped the two.

    "Hey! Grandma says when I'm fully grown my wingspan will rival an adult dragons." Harry said indignantly as he and Spike got up.

    "You ride on your mommy's back during the migration?" Pudge asked the two."

    "Not exactly." Spike said looking at his paws.

    "You probably had to ride on both your mom AND dad's back fatty." Harry snapped at the pudgey brown dragon.

    The dragons laughed. "He got ya Pudge." A background dragon said. Pudge glared at Harry who glared right back.

    "No way man, don'tcha see he just hatched? I bet he still sucks his claw at night." The blue scaled, yellow haired dragon grinned with Pudge over the two.

    "And the pony sucks his hoof too I bet." Pudge added with a smirk.

    "I haven't sucked my claw in six months." Spike protested.

    The dragons looked to the "only pony" in miles.

    "Two years." Harry said in a shamed tone.

    The teen dragons laughed at the two again.

    "Well if you just hatched, how come we haven't seen you around before?" Garble asked getting down to Spike's level.

    "Well ya see I live in Ponyville and-" Harry slapped a hoof to Spike's muzzle to silence him.

    "Dummy." Harry hissed.

    "Ponyville?!" Garble asked whilw chuckling. "That explains it." He said to his fellow dragons. "I knew there was something vaugely ponyish about you. In fact," He got down on all fours, "If I didn't know any better, I'd say you where part pony." He backed Spike into a corner. "Ow!" Something bit his tail. He turned and saw the alicorn tugging at his tail. "What's the big idea?!"

    "Ur ot utng y riend." Harry muffled arount the dragons tail.

    Garble picked up Harry with his fangs buried in his tail. Fangs? Since when do ponies have fangs? Garble wondered. "You got guts little foal." Garble growled in Harry's face who gulped around the dragon's tail.

    "N-no, I'm not part pony." Spike protested hoping to turn the older dragons attention to himself. "Rawr." He tried to roar and look fierce.

    "Garble chuckled at the pathetic attempt. "Or maybe your just a pony on a dragon costume."

    "Haha. A pony in a dragon costume." Spear laughed and put his arms around the neck of Rarity's costume.

    "Yeah." Twilight laughed in a deep voice. "Hilarious."

    "Come on sugarcube. This ain't worth it." Applejack whispered as she heard the conversation and laughter.

    "And what are you doing here little pony?" He asked Harry whp gulped now that all the teen dragons attention was on him.

    "I have dragonish instincts? Heh." Harry said nervously. "And I'm researching possible dragon origins of Alicorns."

    "Instincts? Like what? You eat gems or something?" Garble laughed.

    "I hoard sweets. And I snap at those who get close to them." Harry gave an example.

    The other dragons laughed. But Garble looked thoughtful. That does sound dragon like. "Okay. You can stick around. But you gotta prove your dragon like." He turned to Spike."And you gotta prove your a real dragon.

    "How?" Spike asked as he made his way to his alicorn friend.

    "By acting like dragons." Garble told the two. "Whose up for a little belching contest?!" He shouted.

    The other teens whooped and hollered. An adult perked its head up from its slumber to monitor the youths activities. Frizzle was up first. The albino belched and white fire spewed out of his muzzle at a decent length. The blue scaled dragon who Harry learned later was called Azule belched next. Azule's fire was bright green and traveled almost the same length. Pudge was third. True to his girth, He belched loudeest, biggest and longest. His fire was a basic red orange

    Harry flinched thinking he was done for. "I'm alive?" He asked himself quietly as the other teen dragons cheered.

    "Thonk you can beat that Peewees?" Garble elbowed both. "You first little pony." He ordered.

    Harry nervously walked over to Pudge who glared and crossed his arms at Harry as he sat on his rump. Harry's horn glowed at he charged a fire spell. "Come on. Come ugh." He cringed a little, then belched loudly. Black and crimson flames coming from not his horn, but his muzzle." It went a decent length considering he was a pony. The teen dragons cheered for him and hollered. "Harry grinned sheepishly and trotted back over to Garble and Spike confidently.

    "Not bad little pony." Garble said with approval as he blew fire farther than Azule but less than Frizzle. "You may got what it takes to be a dragon after all."

    Harry smirked with pride.

    Twilight's jaw had dropped when she saw Harry belch fire instead of releasing it through his horn. What the hay was going on here? Where those FANGS?!

    "Applejack!" Twilight whispered. "Has Harry been acting different lately?"

    "Well he's been hoardin' an awful lot of treats in his little crawl hole." Applejack recalled. "And he moved his bed over it."

    "Hoarding behavior, protectiveness over hoard. Its almost...dragon like." She made a mental note to write a letter to the Princess about the foals strange behavior and transformations.

    "Let's see what you got littlest dragon." Garble told Spike. Spike made his way over to Frizzle and made some weird faces before...belch! He belched and emerald flames came from his mouth. Along with a scroll with the Royal Seal.

    "Huh?" The teens asked in confusion.

    "Oh no." Harry put a hoof to his face. Why Grandma? Why?

    "From the desk of Princess Celestia, Dear Spike," Garble read/skimmed through the letter. "Hey guys! Spike's penpals with a namby pamby pony Princess." The teen drafons laughed. "Ow! He was shocked by something. He turned back and saw the foal looking angry.

    "I dare you to say that again!" Harry growled, fangs bared, black and crimson electricity chirping around his horn.

    "Woah." Said Frizzle as the foal padded a hoof ready to charged. That's one angry foal.

    "Okay okay. Sorry we made fun of your Princess." Garble said, crumbling the letter and tossing it into a lava pit to the outrage of Twilight.

    "Maybe Tail Wrestling's more your speed."

    "Uh, my tail's not exactly wrestling material." Harry pointed out and the dragons looked to his pony tail hanging limply off his backside.

    "Guess you fail." Garble said simply with a smug look. Harry looked down. "Don't worry though, there's other ways you can prove yourself" Harry perked up as the tail wrestling began.

    The first match was between a large purple dragon and a grayish green dragon who was smaller.

    Tail wrestling, Harry found, was alot like hoof wrestling. Two dragons grabbed each others tails by their tails and pulled. Last one standing won.

    "Ready?" Garble asked as he held onto the tails so there would be no cheating. "Go!" He let go and the match began.

    Harry stomped a hoof and cheered on the purple dragon who was letting the smaller dragon have a couple of pulls before pulling hard and pulling the gray dragons feet from under him. After the belching contest Harry felt like one of the guys already! "Go Vex! Go Vex!" He cheered.

    "The WINNER!" Garble held the tail of Vex who shook his paws together in a victorious way.

    "Good old tail wrestling." Spike said to himself nervously.

    Suddenly there came a voice "I challenge Spike to a tail wrestle."

    Seeing the weird dragon made Garble skeptical. "Whose this weirdo?" He asked with Vex in a headlock.

    "I think he's Crackles cousin." Spear told Garble.

    "Bwaagh!" said a mentally challenged dragon who oddly looked almost exactly like Rarity's costume.

    "Oh. That would explain it." Garble accepted the explanation. "Ready? Go!" Garble said after the ponies got their tail around Spike's. Spike grunting and groaning until...flop. The "Dragon" collapsed.

    "Go Spike!" Harry knocked his hooves together to encourage hos friend as he got put down next to Harry.

    "Nice goin' little Spike. Maybe you are a dragon after all." Garble said before flicking Spike's chin up.

    "Yeah, maybe I am." Spike said eagerly. "Whose next" He demanded.

    "I can't believe your silly little plan worked Rainbow Dash." Rarity said. Rainbow Dash kicked her. "Ow."

    "Gettin' a little Cocky huh? I like that." Garble said. Then he put a claw to his chin. "So how about you wrestle...him!" Pointing to a wimpy looking gray dragon.

    "Pfft, I could beat him. You got this Spike." Harry said to his dragon friend.

    "Totally." Spike said cockily.

    Then the dragons moved aside and the rest of him, WAS HUGE!

    "Sweet grandma's flank..." Harry said in shock. "I stand corrected."

    Needless to say, Spike was thrown to the wall. He went splat and slid down. The adult red dragon from earlier watching.

    A short break later, Garble was carrying Spike up the hoard of gemstones.

    "So what's the next contest?" Harry asked Spear eagerly.

    "You'll see little dude. You'll see." Spear chuckled.

    Harry watched Garble push Spike down the small mountain. "KING OF THE HOARD!"

    Harry watched the other teens run up the mountain and try to throw Garble off. He saw Spear being thrown off and padded the ground. He dashed up the mountain. Halfway up he started flying.

    Distracted by Vex, Garble didn't see the alicorn foal flying fast toward him. Harry hurled a front hoof into Garble.

    "Oof." Garble groaned.

    Harry spread his wings and twisted in mid air kicking Garble in the face twice like Rainbow Dash taught him before putting all four hooves on the mountain and using his earth pony strength to buck Garble down the mountain.

    The other teen dragons gaped as they watched the foal beat their leader. Harry watched Garble Tumble down and grinned as Spike tripped down. He liked winning. His eyes where becoming slightly slitted.

    "KING OF THE HOARD!" Harry shouted proudly and the dragons applauded and whistled.

    "Looks like this is another fail for you Spike." Garble said as Harry trotted smugly down the mountain of gems. Normally Garble would feel ashamed that a pony bested him at something. But this was one tough little pony. Garble watched Harry get punched in congratulations by dragons who now had respect for him. Good naturedly. of course. Even Pudge conceded his respect for Harry by slapping his flank with his tail which sent Harry flying into Frizzle who helped the foal regain his balance. "Can't wait to watch you fail at lava cannonball too."

    "Lava?" Harry asked timidly as the dragons made their way up a stairway carved into the mountainside to a high dive cliff over a pit of lava.

    "Whoever makes the biggest lava splash is the Ultimate Dragon." Garble declared as Harry and the other dragons lined up side by side. Harry gulped as Garble jumped.

    "Spike and Harry are on their own with this one." Twilight said as they backed up. They had to restrain Applejack who was trying to go stop Harry from jumping.

    "NOOOooooo!" Applejack cried in terror as she saw Harry dive after Spike had belly flopped. Her life with him flashed before her eyes. From when she found him when she was 17, to his first steps, his fifth birthday, his first day of school, all their adventures till now. What have I done?! She thought in terror. My baby's gone!

    "What's wrong Harry? Afraid the lava'll hurt your soft pony hide?" Garble called up.

    "I'm not scared!" Harry called down. "Just petrified."Harry whispered as he got down on all four hooves. He gulped as he got up and moved backwards. He padded the ground, ran forward and jumped.

    Splash! He splashed into the lava. Alive?! I can survive lava too?! Awesome! He opened his eyes. Through the lava he could see the dragons body's floating above him. He swam upward.

    "Huh. Guess he was just a brave pony after all." Garble said sadly. He'd grown to kinda like that foal. "We shall remember." Garboe brought up a fist.

    "We shall remember. The other dragons said sadly, bringing their fists up too.

    "Gah!" Pudge said in panic. "Sumthin's got me! Help! Help!"

    "What the?" Garble asked.

    "Aah! Its on mah back!" Pudge panicked. "Huh?" Harry climbed onto Pudges head dangling his legs on his back and spat out a mouthful of lava.

    "What'd I miss?" Harry asked to the gaping dragons. Pudge picked off Harry from his back and plopped him into the lava which splashed around him. "Mmmm it does feel like a warm mud bath." Harry said as he sank into it up to his chin.

    "Are they...cheering?" Rarity asked.

    "Probably celebrating Harry's death." Apejack said wiping tears from her eyes as Rarity put a leg around her in a one armed hug

    "No, Applejack look! He's alive! Harry's alive!"

    Applejack looked through the mouth of the costume and saw Harry splashing lava at the teens as if it where a normal pool. Applejack fainted.

    "Hehe. You learn something new everyday" Twilight said with a nervous laugh as Rarity tried to wake Harry's mother while Rainbow Dash held her up.

    Later, Harry and Spike walked through an archway of six dragon tails. Garble awaited them. "Spike, for belly flopping so hard, you have proven yourself worthy. I hereby dub you, Rookie Dragon." He turned to Harry. "Harry, for surviving a lava pit without so much as a burn, I herby dub you, Rookie Dragon."He laued his tail across their shoulders as he ceremoniously knighted them. "I shall now perform the initiation ritual.

    It was a noogie. Harry and Spike where dizzy after.

    "Now lets party! DRAGON STYLE!" Gadble commanded.

    The other dragons whooped and hollered and feasted on gems.

    "Your not eating?" Pudge asked Harry who was happy just watching.

    "Ponies don't eat minerals Pudge." Harry told the large dragon.

    "Don't knock until you try it dude. Here. Try this. A simple Topaz." Spear shoved a yellow Topaz into Harry's face.

    Harry suddenly smelled an intoxicating spicy aroma.

    "Go on." Spear put it on Harry's hoof.

    Harry licked the topaz on the edge. what a wonderful flavor! He opened his mouth, and...CRUNCH.

    That was all it took for Harry to join his new friends party. When it was over, they lay on their backs full of gems. Harry had learned so much on this journey! His favorite gems where Emeralds, each one tasted like a different apple treat!

    "Now that was a party." Harry said happily, rubbing his full belly.

    "Greatest Party Ever." Spike agreed.

    "Maybe by Ponyville standards. You guys stick with us. We still gotplenty tobyeach you guys about being dragons." Garble punched both in a big brotherish way.

    "We're not going anywhere." Spike said. "The way I feel right now, I could hang out with you guys forever."

    "Yeah." Harry agreed. His eyes now more dragonlike. "Forever."

    The four mares gasped. "Forever?!"

    To Be Continued...

    I enjoyed writing this chapter. I worked really hard on it all day. Please Leave A Review...

    31. Chapter 30: Dragon Quest Part 3

    Author's Note: I realized after I posted last chapter that I gave Spear the name Azule and neglected to correct it. I don't like to repost so just know that Azule and Spear are the same dragon. I looked at transcripts and saw the dragons names.

    Chapter 31: Dragon Quest Part 3

    Harry, Spike and the dragons where lazing about after their gem feast. Harry sucking on an emerald like it was a candy cane.

    "Spikey and Harry, stay with these awful dragons...forever?" Rarity asked.

    "Dang it. No more surprise birthday parties for Harry." Applejack said sadly.

    "Surprise birthday parties?" Twilight asked.

    "Well, Ah think its why he's been a lil depressed. We're tryin' to bring the whole family toagether again for his birthday and we've kinda been avoiding him during the day. You know, to keep from spillin' the beans." Applejack said in a shamed tone. "He started hangin' out with Spike alot the past couple of weeks."

    "Wait, when did he start with the hoarding?" Twilight asked.

    "Well he's always had a small supply of treats." Applejack said, "But he only recently started goin' a bit overboard."

    "How recent?" Twilight brought up a notepad and quill telekenically. Her horn glowing a lavender aura.

    "Uh...I guess aince he started goin' ta see Spike everyday." Applejack thought.

    "I got it!" Twilight said in an 'Aha!' tone. "Alicorns must be suceptable to other species that surround them when their young! That explains the drastic changes in his body!"

    "Uh, come again?" Rainbow Dash asked in a confused tone.

    "Harry's becoming more and more dragonlike because he's been around dragons more than ponies lately." Twilight explained. "It all fits. The extreme hoarding began when he started hanging out with Spike, The heat tolerance, the fire breathing, the eating gems for sustenance and lava immunity all came when he got to this volcano. Around MORE dragons."

    "So how do we get him back to normal?" Rainbow Dash asked.

    "Well, I'm not sure." Twilight admitted. "I suppose the first thing we should do is monitor his visits with Spike."

    "And no more secret keepin unless we tell him its a surprise." Applejack said, looking down in shame. She'd unintentionally made her son feel alienated again. She silently promised herself to never let it happen again.

    "Hey!" Rainbow Dash said as the dragons left on a "Dragon Raid." The pegasus Tried to fly off as Pudge flew off with Spike and Spear flew off with Harry. The two where still nervous about the raid.

    The mares screamed as Rainbow Dash kept trying to take off from inside the costume.

    Twilight gasped as she saw the lava pool. "Rainbow Dash STOP! We can't fly!"

    "And your ruining my fabulous costume!"

    "I'm sorry, but we gotta help Spike and Harry!" Rainbow Dash said as she stopped.

    "Well, we'll just have to hoof it." Twilight said as she watched the dragons fly toward a nearby forest.

    "Okay, someones gonna have to go lure the phoenix parents away from the nest." Garble said.

    Spike didn't see the dragons and Harry put a claw, hoof to the side of their nose. Harry saw and caught on after Pudge did it. "But how are we supposed to decide who-" He noticed abd put a claw to the side of his nose last. "Darn it!"

    Spike huffed as he walked over to the tree the phoenixes.

    "Alright, when Spike gets the parents away, you swipe the eggs got it?" Garble asked the foal.

    "Aye aye captain." Harry saluted eagerly.

    "We don't have all day Spike." Harry heard Garble hiss to his friend. He saw the older dragon drop something in his paw. Harry assumed it was a rock because he saw Spike throw something before running away with two angry phoenixes after him.

    Harry took his cue to fly up to nest. "Huh?" The eggs had hatched. "Uh, Boss?" Harry called down as he fluttered. "Problem."

    "Grr, figures a Rookie couldn't handle a simple raid." Garble growled. "Come on." He ordered and Spear and Pudge followed him into the air.

    "Aww, the eggs have hatched." Spear groaned as Harry admired the baby phoenixes.

    "Whaddo we do now?" Pudge asked.

    Garble gave a grin Harry didn't like. "We take the hatchlings of course."

    The hatchlings proved to be wickedly clever and managed to much smarter than Harry thought. They managed to get Garble all tied up with his own limbs.

    "Get them!" Garble ordered after one of the babies blew a raspberry at him and flew off.

    Garble, Spear and Pudge flew off after the hatchlings. Destroying the nest in the process. Harry managed to get a phoenix egg that hadn't hatched yet.

    His fangs shrank as he started to worry. What would they do with this helpless egg?

    "Alright! You snagged an egg!" Garble said proudly. "I guess the raid wasn't a total waste after all. The dragons cheered.

    "So what do I do with it?"

    "Smash it as hard as y can!" Spear told him as Spike rejoined them.

    "Smash the egg?" Harry asked.

    "Throw it as hard as ya can on the ground." Pudge told told the foal.

    Harry's fangs grew slightly as he raised the egg high with his magic. The teen dragons watched excitedly. I can't do it. His fangs retreated and his eyes returned to normal

    "NO!" Harry said forcefully before bringing the egg to his side.

    "No?" Garble asked in vonfusion. Spike phwewed in relief.

    "This is just a defenseless egg. Like I was a helpless baby, and Spike was a helpless egg. The ponies didn't smash him." Harry pointed out to their new "friends."

    "What did you say?" Garble asked threateningly.

    "I said no." Harry said forcefully.

    "Nobody says no to me." Garble growled angrily.

    The other two ganged up on Harry and Spike. But suddenly, Harry backed into Crackles cousin.

    "Stop right there!"

    "Momma?" Harry asked in confusion as he saw the orange mare.

    "Nopony's gonna lay a claw on these two." Rainbow Dash said putting up her front legs like fists.

    "That's right." Twilight said with her horn alight.

    "Fighting's not really my thing, I'm more into fashion, BUT I'LL RIO YOU TO PIECES IF YOU TOUCH ONE SCALE ON SPIKE'S OR ONE HAIR ON MY GODSON'S HEAD."

    "Wow." Harry said in awe. Here he was ready to abandon ponies and his mother and friends came to defend him and Spike.

    "Ooh, scary, hehe!" Garble laughed with his lackey's. "Are these namby-pamby poniesyour friends?"

    "And momma." Harry added looking to Applejack who was in front of him protectively.

    "Yes they are." Spike said confidently. "And they're better friends than you could ever be." Spike moved to Twilight.

    "That's right, now if you don't back off your gonna see what us ponies do when confronted by a huge group of jerky teenage dragons." Harry said confidently as well.

    "Oh yeah?" Garble snorted, "Whats that?"

    Harry and Spike looked at each other and nodded. "RUN AWAY!" Both shouted and the ponies and baby dragon ran away.

    Things eventually got back to normal around the Apple family house. Unfortunately not all of the Apple family could make it to Harry's birthday. But Little Strongheart managed to get Chief Thunderhooves to let her come with Braeburn which was fun for Harry to introduce her to his Ponyville friends. She even came with a special gift, a second feather for his head dress promoting him to journeyman brave in the eyes of the tribe.

    Unfortunately, Harry was grounded for three months for his little stunt. But Harry learned his lesson. With a sore red backside delivered by his momma personally of course.

    CRACK...Chirp!

    Harry smiled. "Welcome to the Apple family Peewee! Stick with me. I've got plenty to teach you about being a pony." He nuzzled his new friend.

    End of Dragon Quest

    To Be Continued...

    Up next: Bridle Gossip!

    32. Chapter 31 Bridle Gossip Part 1

    wAuthor's Note: Other than what lines she has I will not write her in rhyme unless I can think of one for it.

    And unlike Spike, Harry will get to keep Peewee. That's righ! Peewee's here to stay!

    Chapter 32: Bridle Gossip

    Summary: A mysterious local boogeypony now has a foal in her clutches! Can the Mane 6 cure their own predicaments while saving the unknown foal?

    "Wow, what a gorgeous day." Twilight said as she trotted slowly. Spike riding on her back.

    "Rainbow Dash must've gotten up early for once and cleared all the clouds away." Spike suggested as the duo made their way to town.

    "I bet all of Ponyville is going to be out enjoying the sunshine." The lavender mare said with a smile before they got to the Town Square.

    It was completely deserted save for a tumbleweed blowing the town, a filly who dared venture outside was snatchrd inside by her mother.

    "Is it some kind of pony holiday?" Spike asked as they looked around.

    "Not that I know of."

    "Does my breath stink?" Spike belched and emerald flames came from his mouth.

    "Not more than usual." Twilight said with a smirk.

    "Is it...zombies?!"

    "Spike you really need to cut back on "Walking Dead" Twilight told the baby dragon. "And not likely."

    "But Sheriff Strongheart and his group just got to the prison." Spike whined. Then he registered what Twilight said after. "Not likely...but possible?" He asked nervously as they walked by Sugarcube Corner.

    "Psst." Came from the open top part of the door.

    Twilight looked over trying to figure out where the sound came from.

    "Twilight!" Pinkie Pie called from the half open door. "Spike! Come here!" She waved them over with a leg.

    "Why? Twilight asked.

    "Hurry!" Pinkie poked her head out and checked around for HER. "Before she gets you!"

    Twilight ran and humped through the open part of the door that Pinkie closed immediately after.

    It was pitch dark, until Pinkie clicked on a flashlight.

    "Who?! The Zombie Pony?!" Spike asked in panic.

    Pinkie turned the flashlight onto heelr face. "Zzzzzoooommbbbiiieee Pony?" She asked shakily.

    Spike grabbed Twilights neck with a yelp.

    "Soike, there are no Zombie Ponies." She then turned to Pinkie and asked "What are you doing here alone in the dark?"

    "I'm not alone here in the dark." Twilight gasped as she saw all her friends. "Okay, what are you all doing here in the dark?"

    "We're hidin' from them!" Applejack said. Twilight looked out the window and saw two mysterious cloaked figures, an adult and foal,The adult diging at the ground. The two looked their way. Both had green eyes but the youngers where familiar somehow.

    The ponies gasped and hid. "Did ya see her Twilight? Did ya see Zecora?"

    "Applebloom!" Applejack snapped. "I told ya never to say that name!"

    "Well I saw her glance this way-"

    "Glance eeevily this way!" Pinkie interrupted Twilight.

    "And then a bunch of you flip out for no good reason." The lavender unicorn finished.

    "No good reason?!" Applejack said in a stunned tone. "Ya call protecting yer kin folk no good reason?" She brought Applebloom close to her.

    "Where's Harry?" Twilight pointed out. She was protective of her foal like a momma ursa major.

    "Canterlot with the Princess." Applejack immediately replied. "When that mare comes ta town I send him to the Princess fer safekeeping. "She then got back on track. "Why, when Applebloom saw Zecora riding into town, she started shaking in her little horseshoes." Applejack shook Applebloom side to side as she said this.

    "Ddddiiiiddd nnnnooottt." Applebloom said as she was shook.

    "So I swept her up and brought her here."

    "I walked here myself!" Applebloom reminded her big sister.

    "For safety." Applejack pointed out.

    "Applejack I'm not a baby!" Applebloom said in a disgusted tone. "I can take care of myself!" Annoyed by her sisters behavior.

    "Not from that creepy Zecora." Applejack told her.

    "She's mysterious." Fluttershy said.

    "Sinister." Rainbow Dash added as she fluttered.

    "And SPOOOKY." Pinkie finished.

    Twilight rolled her eyes. "So whose the foal with her?" She asked.

    "No one knows. Theres rumors he's a colt she swept off with a few months ago." Rainbow Dash said.

    "Have any foals gone missing from town?" Twilight asked as she looked out the window.

    "Well...like I said its just a rumor." Rainbow admitted.

    The mares all got behind her to watch as Zecora pawed at the ground, then lowered her hood as the foal came up across from her.

    The mares gasped in shock.

    "Will you cut that out?" Twilight asked in exasperation.

    "Just look at those stripes!" Rarity said in a disgusted tone. "Such garish!"

    "She's a zebra." Twilight said in frustration.

    "A what!?" Everypony except Twilight asked in shock.

    "A zebra. And those stripes aren't a fashion choice Rarity, they're what she was born with." Twilight explained to the fasionada.

    Rarity fainted. such a crime to fashion!

    "Born where?" Applejack asked. "I've never seen a pony like that around these parts, cept...her" The mother said nervously.

    "Well she's probably not from here." Twilight guessed. "And she's not a pony. My books say that zebras come from a faraway land. But I've never seen her in Ponyville," Twilight said as she glanced outside, "where do they live?"

    "That's just it, they live in...the Everfree Forest!"

    Spike made a loud noise that sounded like thunder after he snuck into the kitchen.

    "Spike!

    "Sorry!" Spike called out in apology.

    "The Everfree Forest just ain't Natural." Applejack said in fear. "The plants grow..."

    "Animals care for themselves."

    "And the clouds move!" Rainbow Dash spoke up.

    "All on their own!" All three finished. Rarity fainted.

    And that wicked enchantress Zecora lives there!" Pinkie said. "I even wrote a song about her!"

    "Here we go." Rainbow Dash groaned and rolled her eyes while she fluttered.

    "She's an evil enchantress, she does evil dances!" Pinkie sang with a dance routine to match. "And if you look deep in her eyes she'll put you in trances!" She got into Twilight's face as Applejack visibly shook with fear. Applebloom pushed her away disgustedly.

    "Wow, catchy." Twilight said after Pinkie Pie finished.

    "Its a work in progress." Pinkie said with a shrug. Twlight looked out the window to watch the zebra mare. The older mares creeped up behind her to watch.

    Outside

    "Are you ready to reveal yourself little one?" Zecora asked her student.

    The mares watched the foal shake its head.

    "What are they doing?" Applejack hissed quietly.

    "Just talking." Twilight said in annoyance. She saw the colt give Zecora a bag of seeds with his muzzle. She smiled as she took a seed from the pouch and plant it.

    After more arguing in which Twilight pointed out no one knew Zecora or the foal because they where too afraid to approach them.

    "I'm not too scared." Applebloom muttered to herself and snuck out the door while the older mares argued. "I'm gonna find out myself. She tippyhooved following Zecora and the foal, then gasped and hid as the two looked her way.

    "You ponies are being ridiculous!" Twilight said in frustration.

    "Well I heard Zecora eats hay." Pinkie said mysteriously.

    "Pinkie I eat hay; you eat hay!"

    "Yeah, but I heard its the eeevil wayvshe eats hay

    "Wait, where's Applebloom!?" Applejack panicked.

    "The door's open." Fluttershy said timidly

    "And Zecora's still out there

    The mares gasped as they saw the open door. "She went OUTSIDE?" Rarity panicked.

    "Oh, that silly little filly! I told her to stay put!"

    "Wait!" Rainbow Dash said before the mares could leave. She grabbed an empty, large flour sac. "We can save Applebloom and the foal!"

    "Poor thing must be terrified." Rarity said as the mares left.

    "Please don't do anything drastic!" Twilight called after them. She turned to Spike. "Spike, wait here in case Applebloom comes back."

    "Will do." Spike saluted with a pan on his head.

    Apllebloom followed the two. Past the entrance into Everfree where she hesitated slightly.

    "Don't worry Master Zecora, they'll all come around." She heard the foal say as he followed Zecora.

    "Applebloom!"

    Applebloom and the foal gasped and turned to see Applejack and the other mares. "Get back here right now little missy!

    "Beware, beware you pony folk! Those leaves of blue are not a joke!" Zecora shouted as fog rolled in making the two almost vanish.

    "Not so fast!" Rainbow Dash shouted as Applejack threw her lasso and hogtied the struggling foal.

    "Master Zecora!" The foal panicked. Zecora tried to save the colt but he was dragged away

    Rainbow Dash stuffed the protesting foal in the large former flour sac and the group ignored Twilight's protests as they ran off.

    "Omygoshomygoshomygosh." Twilight panicked in the library. "We're guilty of foalnapping!"

    "Zecora's the foal napper Twi. " Applejack "We just saved the poor colt."

    "Yeah, she's just lucky we couldn't get the Royal Guard down here.

    "Get me out!" Came a familiar voice who growled in frustration.

    "Harry?!" The mares and Applebloom gasped. Rainbow Dash unceremoniously dumped the cloaked foal out.

    "Thanks for being gentle!" Harry shook his head as he sat up on his flank and shook his hood off. Peewee flew in from the window and nestled in his mane. Chrring happily. "At least your happy Peewee." Harry said to the baby phoenix.

    "What in Celestia's name are ya doin' with that wicked Zecora?!" Applejack yelled at him making Harry flinch. His momma didn't yell at him often. He just layed there hogtied as Applebloom looked on shocked at her big sister as Applejack continued yelling at the foal. "And haven't I told ya a thousand times NEVER GO INTO THE EVERFREE FOREST?!"

    "Applejack darling-"

    "WHEN I GET YOU HOME YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO SIT ON YOUR FLANK FOR A MONTH!"

    "Applejack hang on a sec-"

    "I THOUGHT I RAISED YOU RIGHT! PRINCESS CELESTIA'LL BE SO ASHAMED OF YOU!"

    "Applejack!" Applebloom said trying to get her tirade to stop knowing she'd gone into dark territory. If she went any further...

    ""Applejack stop!" Twilight said, also trying

    to stop Applejack seeing the colt's eyes of fear and sadness. She knew he hated disappointing Applejack.

    "WHAT WOULD PRINCESS LILLIANA SAY IF SHE KNEW HER FOAL DISOBEYED HIS MOTHER?!"

    The mares and Applebloom gasped.

    Harry sniffled loudley. hicced a few times, and started bawling loudly. His horn lit up and the mares ducked. He and Peewee vanished in a crimson black flash.

    "He teleported." Twilight said in shock.

    "Uh oh." Applejack said in worry. What have I done?

    Princess Luna awoke to the sound of a crying foal. She opened her eyes to see her young nephew bawling and tied up.

    "Nephew! Cease these works of water. Thou are safe now." She leapt majestically off of her dark blue beddings and trotted over to Harry and began to bite through the ropes. I never was good at unbinding by magic. The Night Princess thought as her nephew continued crying.

    Only one pony I know can tie bindings this well. Luna thought as she chewed. "NEPHEW! GET A HOLD OF THINESELF! THOU ARE SAFE NOW!" Luna shouted in the Royal Canterlot Voice.

    Harry hicced and sniffled as Peewee tried to help his owner calm down."Auntie Luna?" He asked in condusion. "How did you get to Sugar Cube Corner?"

    "Nephew we are at the palace in Canterlot." Luna informed him. "Why where thou tied up and bawling like an inept re-enactment of thine babyhood?"

    Harry hugged Peewee close as Luna magically took off his cloak and levitated the alicorn foal to the bed. "Well, it all started 3 months ago..."

    He told Luna about how his grandmother was curious to know why Applejack kept sending him to visit one extra time a month. Not that she minded mind you, she was just curious. Harry told her about the mysterious Witch of Everfree. She had laughed.

    "Oh My Little Prince, she is no witch. Zecora is an old friend of mine."

    Turns out that Zecora supplied Princess Celestia with exotic bath supplies regularly. She took Harry on a flight to Everfree Forest.

    "Pretty flowers." Harry said as he sniffed a patch of baby blue colored plants.

    "Harry. Stay by my side." Celestia reminded Harry and the alicorn Prince ran to catch up with his grandma.

    He remembered waking up the next morning in his room at the palace and freaking out. His coat and mane had been changed to black with crimson trim.

    "I thought you said she wasn't a witch." Harry sniffled against Celestia. "She cursed me!"

    Celestia merely laughed. "My Little Prince there's no such thing as curses."

    Harry lit up his horn, his magic aura now a black with midnight blue trim.

    "Grandma this isn't natural!" He panicked. "My coat, mane and magic's colors are all switched around!"

    Celestia giggled. Then explained to Harry the properties of Poison Joke.

    Harry had been awed at the power of a simple bubble bath mix. Celestia had asked if he would like to learn more about potion making.

    "And thats when I started going over to Master Zecora's three times a week. I'm brewing my first potion now!" He said excitedly.

    "But why do the pony's of Ponyville fear Zecora when she's done none harm? Luna asked.

    "Pony's fear things that are different I guess." Harry shrugged. "Master Zecora is very nice and a patient teacher even if her rhymes are strange at first."

    "You know that Applejack was only concerned for your safety don't you?" Luna asked the foal as they lay side by side on her bed.

    "What momma did wasn't out of concern." Harry said mysteriously. Not wanting his aunt to know that Applejack shamed him using his mother and grandmother both.

    Later that evening, Luna and Harry approached Celestia on the throne. "Leave us." Luna told the guards. "This is a Royal Family matter. The guards saluted and obeyed.

    "Harry, what are you doing in Canterlot?" Celestia asked in concern.

    "Sister, we have a problem in Ponyville..."

    It was dark and the mares where now regrouping at the library.

    Spike belxhed and a letter came from his flames. "From the desk of- Twilight!" Spike ran into the room. "The Princess sent a letter!"

    Twilight nervously unrolled the letter. Then sighed in relief. "Harry's fine, his magic reacted to a stressful situation and teleported himself to the castle." She muttered "Wow." and continued on. "The Princess is keeping him for a few days..."

    "Where he should have been in the first place." Applejack said with a haughty tone. The other mares glared. She hadn't panicked at all when Harry disappeared. "He'll be back when he's hungry." She had said.

    "Applejack has a lot to think about." Twilight finished.

    "What? But he disobeyed me! I'm his momma! Ah have the right to discipline him!"

    "Yeah but you had no right to shame him using his dead mother." Rainbow Dash pointed out.

    "Shameful display."

    "A bit cruel too."

    Was I really that far out of line? Applejack thought later that night as she tossed and turned in bed. She saw the picture of Harry after taking his first steps. She'd been so proud of her foal that day.

    "It was mah right ta discipline him." Applejack said firmly. Still believing she was in the right.

    Twilight had a fitful sleep. After they found out Harry was okay the ponies started worrying about Zecora's alleged Curse.

    "Just you wait Twi, you'll find out some pony tales really are true. Applejack said as she left last.

    The next morning..all the mares screamed...

    "Ugh, what a dream." Twilight said as she got of bed. "Curses schmurses. Woah, maybe Zecora cursed my hair. Then gasped as she saw her floppy horn."Or she cursed my horn!"

    To Be Continued...

    Will Harry and Applejack's relationship survive? What happened to the other mares?! Stay tuned.

    I wanted a bit of Aunt/Nephew screen time for Harry and Luna.

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    33. Chapter 32 Bridle Gossip Part 2

    Author's Note: More Harry in Canterlot this chapter! This will focus less on the Mane 6's problems and more on Harry! Will include Fancy Pants and Blueblood!

    Chapter 32: Bridle Gossip Part 2

    Harry woke in his suite at the castle. His grandmother's sun poking through the curtains. His new phoenix Peewee was yawning sleepily on his perch.

    "Good morning Peewee. Harry said with a yawn as he got out of his super comfy silk sheets. He made his way over to the vanity desk and tried to make his hair presentable. But as always it stubbornly stayed messy as ever.

    "Why won't you stay flat?!" Harry screamed in frustration. "I'm the freaking Crown Prince and I can't get my mane hair flat!"

    He grumbled as he made his way to his private bath, the maid for his suite having drawn him a very hot bath half an hour ago. Now it was still hot, but the room was steamy. Just how he liked it. Harry sighed in content as he lowered his body into the large bathtub the size of a small 6 foot long swimming pool. He made bubbles with his breath as he lowered his muzzle into the water while he thought about the events of the previous day.

    Momma had no right. Harry thought in anger as he made some angry splashes. "She had NO RIGHT!"

    "My Prince are you alright?" His maid asked with a knock on rhe bathroom door.

    "I'm fine Miss Clean Shine!" Harry called. He looked over the tub's edge. Water had spilled over a good two feet during his little tirade. After making sure he was squeaky clean he wrapped a towel around his back and tummy with his magic and started brushing his teeth.

    How dare momma bring up...her...the mommy I'll never know. Much less shame me with her name. "How dare she!" He slammed his hooves on the counter and the resulting shock waves made the glass he was using "Ouch!" Harry had stepped on a piece of glass on his front right hoof.

    Clean Shine burst through the door. Seeing the wound sje rummaged through a medicine cabinet. "Let me see." The Maid/Nanny said in a kind tone as she held a pair of tweezers in one hoof while she layed down, careful to avoid glass. She carefully removed the piece of glass and opened the wound in the process.

    "Now this will sting a little."

    "I grew up on a farm. I'm no stranger to cuts and scrapes." Harry pointed out as Clean Shine held antiseptic spray. She gave him an extra spritz for the sass. "Sadist." Harry hissed.

    "Go get ready for breakfast young colt." Clean Shine ordered.

    "Bluebloods not here is he?" Harry asked. His nephew and his newlywed husband where on a two month honeymoon in Baltimare.

    "Yes. The honeymoon ended a week ago. Now go get ready for breakfast with your family."

    Soon Harry found himself going down to the Royal Family dining hall. A room soley for those born and married into the Royal Family. Of course non Royal Family ponies could eat in here if invited. Twilight Sparkle ate here during her years before moving into the older mares dorms at Celestia's School For Gifted Unicorns.

    "What happened?" Celestia asked her grandfoal when he came to breakfast.

    "Stepped on glass from a broken rinse glass." Harry waved it off. "I've gotten worse on the farm."

    Blueblood scoffed as he cut up his pancakes. "Which wouldn't have happened if he had been raised by myself and my husband."

    "Blueblood I warned you-" Celestia started before Harry cut her off.

    "I swear on my birth momma's grave if you make one more crack about my family-!"

    "Harry!" Celestia said in shock. Its fine, he's just angry at Applejack. Not that I can blame him. The Sun Princess reasoned with herself.

    "Darling leave the lad alone." Fancy Pants said as he took a sip of orange juice. "If he wants to stay with the Apple family we have no right to try and change his mind."

    "I may end up staying in Canterlot actually."

    Even Celestia stared at the foal as he nibbled on hay bacon.

    "Well I'm 9 now. I'm sure I'll probably be needing all kinds of lessons preparing for my eventual coronation. So why not move to the castle permanently? Especially after...yesterday...I don't think I could face her again." He said sadly.

    "What happened yesterday?" Blueblood asked his aunt.

    "Applejack shamed him using both myself and Lilliana." Celestia told the couple who gasped.

    "What on Equestria could have made Applejack do such a thing?" Fancy Pants asked the only male alicorn in existence.

    "I've been learning about potions from a zebra who lives in Everfree. Master Zecora is kind of a boogeypony who freaks everypony out when she comes to town"

    Meanwhile in Ponyville...

    "How dare you!" Zecora shouted after Harry's simmering potion had been destroyed. He had worked so hard on it for weeks! "You ruin my and mine student's work then you rudely accuse ME of being a jerk!?"

    "Student?" Twilight asked. Then noticed the textbooks and reference guides. "You mean Harry?"

    "Of couse she means Harry!" Applebloom snapped. "If Applejack would have stopped yellin' at him and asked why he was with Zecora she would have found out Princess Celestia asked her to teach him about potions, poisons and their antidotes!"

    Applejack looked down in shame. The tiny mare clearly ashamed of her actions.

    "The cure for poison joke is simple. Ya just gotta take a bubble bath." Applebloom told the mares.

    A couple of hours later, the mane 6 where getting their baths, Applebloom and Zecora smiled at each other as they added the bath mix.

    "Now that our ailments are all cured we still have one problem to fix." Twilight said in the library later.

    "Yeah, Applejack's big screw up." Rainbow Dash glared.

    "Twilight!" Spike came running down the stairs.

    "Another letter from the Princess?" Twilight asked then she noticed his sad expression as he shook his head.

    "Just read it." Spike said wuietly.

    "From the desk...of Prince Harry?!"

    "What's it say?" Pinkie asked excitedly as the rest gathered around

    "Dear mother and friends, I will be remaining in Canterlot for an indefinite amount of time. I don't think I can face HER again." Twilight said with a gasp. "Prince Harry, Heir to the throne of Celestia, Crown Prince of Equestria." She then studied the letter as Applejack and the other mares gasped.

    "Okay. Its okay." Applejack said as she paced. "He's just mad at me."

    "Yeah. We get that Applejack." Twilight said as the adoptive mother of the Crown Prince paced nervously.

    "I suppose a trip to Canterlot is in order?" Rarity asked the girls. "We can't let the little dear brood over this unpleasantness forever can we?"

    "To Canterlot!" Pinkie Pie shouted eagerly.

    "Girls we can't just show up unannounced!" Twilight said in frustration.

    "So write the Princess a quick letter." Rainbow Dash said with a wave of her hoof. "I'll go get the train tickets! Come on Fluttershy!"

    "Spike. Take a letter." Twilight ordered. Spike brought up a quill and scroll. "Dear Princess Celestia, The girls and I are coming to Canterlot immediately. And yes, we're bringing Applejack. Your faithful student, Twilight Sparkle."

    Later that afternoon, Applejack was telling Granny Smith and Big Macintosh about what happened.

    "I messed up Granny." Applejack said in dismay. "I messed up real bad."

    "Damn right ya did." Big Mac glared at the younger mare. "Ya don't shame a foal usin' a dead parent Applejack."

    "Big Mac's right. Ya made yer own bed with this un' Applejack. Ya gotta fix it yerself. We cain't bail ya out of it."

    Apllejack left for the train station with her head hanging.

    "Our bushel may have just lost an apple." Granny said as they watched Applejack leave.

    "Eeyup." Big Mac hung his head sadly.

    To Be Continued...

    Next is the finale! Will Aj be able to repair the broken relationship with her son?

    Find out next time!

    Next episode will be Super Speedy Cider Squeezy 6000!

    34. Chapter 33: Bridle Gossip Part 3

    Author's Note: Next will be Luna Eclipsed. Harry is excited to spend his first Nightmare Night as an alicorn in Ponyville. But Pinkie is making the other foals afraid of him. Calling him the foal of Nightmare Moon.

    And after that, Be Brave and Flutter On! Where Harry will learn not only to embrace Discord as a friend, but as his Uncle!

    Chapter 33: Bridle Gossip Part 3

    "My faithful student." Celestia greeted Twilight as she and her friends bowed. "Applejack." She greeted the adopted mother of her grandfoal. Applejack visibly flinched.

    "We came as fast as we could. Princess, is this for real? Is Harry really moving into the castle permanently?" Twilight asked her mentor as she and the other mares rose.

    "He truly wishes to, even though he is not ready. I was originally going to call for him to move on his seventeenth birthday, but you really hurt my grandfoal Applejack Apple." She addressed Applejack for her last statement. "How dare you use my and my daughters name, to shame her foal?"

    "I had no right ta do that Princess." Applejack said in shame as she took off her hat. Her blonde mane trailing behind her head. "Ah think I mighta let my fear of Zecora over take mah muzzle. I didn't think-"

    "That, is obvious." Celestia interrupted the earth pony.

    "I know I hurt him Princess. I probably can never take it back. Maybe I should just go home." The mare tried to leave but two royal guards crossed spears refusing to let her leave.

    "While I am angry that you used both mine and my daughters name to shame my grandfoal, I will not allow your relationship to be ruined because of it. We where both wrong. I should have told you who Zecora was and what Harry was doing with her. Because of my inaction Harry has had his heart broken."

    "Princess-" Twilight started but Celestia interrupted her.

    "Harry is in his suite preparing for breakfast. I suggest you make haste."

    Celestia raised a hoof to a door that lead to the Private areas of the castle. The 6 mares found themselves in a vast hallway with hundreds of doors. Only Twilight didn't gasp.

    "I guess we better get said realizing that Princess Celestia never told them which room the young Prince was in.

    "He's not here." Rainbow Dash said slamming a door shut.

    "Aint here either." Another guest room. Applejack thought.

    Raritt's jaw dropped at her door. Blueblood and Fancy Pants. With nothing but towels around their wastes and a masseus each. Their shirts hung up as their backs where worked. Holding hooves as they relaxed together.

    She quietly closed the door. After taking a whiff of their shirts of course. She shuddered as she quietly closed the door.

    Fancy Pants looked toward the door with a "Hmm?"

    "Probably just a new maid or servant who doean't know their way around the castle yet my love, happens all the time." He told Fancy Pants as he waved a hoof. "My flank muscles are sore." He told his masseus. " Massage around my Cutie Mark." He ordered.

    "He's not here either. Rarity turned to her friends who looked at her weirdly. "What?" She asked defensively.

    "What's in there? Pinkie Pie asked curiously.

    "Fancy Pants and Blueblood are in there getting full body massages together can we move on now?" Rarity said with a furious blush. She checked a few more doors. "Perhaps three of us could take doors further down? I volunteer!"

    She ran fast down the hallway.

    "I think I found Harry's room!" Rarity called.

    It was decorated for a young colt. She recognized a Ponengers poster she gave him for his sixth birthday. She saw Peewee on a formal perch.

    "Peewee's in here. Its definitely Harry's suite." She said as the other mares joined her inside.

    Luckily Peewee was asleep.

    "Be quiet as a mouse. Harry could be hiding." Twilight told the others as they searched the foals suite. From the closet, to the toy chest. Pinkie Pie even checked the drawers below the television. But it was just full of Pontendo games.

    "Ahh." Harry sighed as steam came out of the bathroom. "Applebloom always uses up the hot water back home."

    He froze as he saw his momma.

    "Peewee now! Plan Alpha Sun!" The foal shouted.

    Peewee squaked and flew over in front of Harry. He spread his wings and bright light surrounded the phoenix.

    "Okay Peewee. If momma comes looking for me, fly in front of me and use your solar flash power okay?" Harry asked his pet.

    Peewee trilled happily in understanding.

    "Perfect! We'll call it Plan Alpha Sun." The foal said happily. Cuddling Peewee like he was a plush toy. Peewee happily cuddled with his young owner as the two fell asleep.

    Now Peewee's Solar Flash wasn't strong enough to cause temporary blindness yet being a baby and all, but it was enough to let Harry teleport himself and Harry into the hallway.

    "Since when can he teleport willingly?" Twilight asked curiously before Applejack ran after the foal and baby phoenix.

    Harry saw Applejack coming after him. He took to the air with Peewee just as she threw her lasso.

    "Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy go!" Twilight ordered.

    The two pegasi flew after Harry. Rainbow Dash got in front of Harry growling making him skid to a halt in mid air. He tried to go back but Fluttershy blocked his way.

    "Sorry." Fluttershy said in apology.

    Harry suddenly felt a rope around his middle and he was yanked down to the ground. The crown prince soon found himself hogtied by his momma again.

    "Ah know yer mad at me Sugarcube. Probably a bit more than mad." The mother took off her hat again. "I should never have used...her...to shame ya."

    "If you had just listened instead of yelled at me..."

    "I know all about yer lessons now Sugarcube." Applejack waved it off. "I just want ya to know, A'hm sorry. Truly I am. And if ya really want ta move into the castle full time, I'll support ya."

    "You will?" Harry asked curiously.

    "Sure. Though it means giving ya up to Blueblood.

    "What?!" Harry asked. His eyes widened.

    "Well ya didn't think Princess Celestia would raise you did ya?" Applejack asked the foal as the other mares watched the exchange. "She's a busy busy busy Princess. She wouldn't have any time fer ya. So it'll be up to Blueblood and Fancy Pants to raise ya."

    Harry had a horrible vision where Blueblood had died his coat and mane to make it look like a combination of him and his uncle Fancy Pants. Harry looked rather haughty and snobbish in front of the two.

    "Nice lie Applejack." Twilight told her Earth Pony friend as they watched the wheels turn in the colt's head.

    "Its not a lie. I would support 'im. He's mah foal Twilight. Ya never told Spike a lil ol' fib?" Applejack whispered back.

    "Mommy get me out of this!" Harry wiggled. "I don't want a blonde mane!"

    Applejack smiled and sarted untying the rope. "Hey! What's wrong with a blonde mane?" She demanded.

    "Can we at least have breakfast with grandma before we go home? Its pancake day." Harry begged his mother.

    The mares tummys growled. They didn't eat breakfast on the Friendship Express.

    "Aww yeah. Let's eat!" Rainbow Dash said eagerly.

    "Yay! Pancakes!" Pinkie Pie bounced ahead.

    "I wonder if they have blueberry." Fluttershy said hopefully.

    "I'm absolutely starving." Rarity ran after the others.

    "You guys! We can't just invite ourselves, wait" She called after the mares. She then sighed in exasperation

    "Its okay Twilight. I can invite ponies to eat too remember?" Harry reminded the studious.

    "Just answer my next question?"

    "Sure." Harry said as he, Twilight and Applejack walked down the hallway together.

    "Since when can you teleport?"

    End of Bridle Gossip

    To Be Continued...

    Up Next: Luna Eclipsed! I know I said Super Speedy was next but I'm already planning Luna Eclipsed and Be Brave and Flutter On.

    35. Chapter 34: Luna Eclipsed Part 1

    Author's Note: A fan favorite guest star appears: Here's a clue: Don't Mine At Night!

    Chapter 34: Luna Eclipsed Part 1

    "So are you guys all psyched for Nightmare Night?" Shady Daze asked a group of colts.

    "Heck yeah!" Snips said eagerly.

    "My stash is almost depleted." Said Button Mash as he checked his saddlebag. "Candy/Video Game marathon tonight after?" He asked Shady Daze.

    "Sure, if we can get Harry away from his mom." Featherweight said as Harry walked off with Big Macintosh.

    Every Nightmare Night Applejack escorted the trio of foals around Ponyville to collect candy and every year she escorted Harry right back to Sweet Apple Acres and Featherweight and Shady Daze had a sleepover without their best friend.

    "Who're you guys going as?" Button asked.

    "Ponengers." Shady Daze said eagerly.

    "I'm going as-"

    "The Stache." Featherweight interrupted the foal. "Every year you put on one of your dad's fake mustaches and call yourself The Stache."

    "Am I really that predictable?" Button asked. The group of foals nodded. "Hmm. This endeavor needs to be planned out better. "Snips, Snails! To the Button Cave!"

    Snips and Snails ran after the propeller beanie wearing, earth pony colt.

    Shady Daze rolled his eyes. "So how do we get Harry away from Applejack?"

    "I got some Smoke Bombs from our Science Fair project last semester." Featherweight revealed.

    "Aweseome." Shady Daze said in awe. Thinking of posibilities. "How many?"

    "Enough. I've kinda been tweaking the formula for a longer smokescreen. Harry's good with magic and mixing stuff and all, your the brawn and I'm the brains." Featherweight said with a hoof curled upward and examining it. A smirk across his face.

    "You guys don't get it." Came Applebloom.

    "Get what?" Shady Daze asked.

    "There's a reason my sister never let's Harry outa her sight on Nightmare Night." And Applebloom launched into an explanation about how Harry came to be adopted into the Apple family.

    ""I'll be back in an hour so ya can change into yer costume. Be honest with Twilight and don't cause her any troubles. M'kay?" Big Mac asked his nephew as they arrived at Golden Oaks library.

    "Yes sir." Harry said to his uncle as the large stallion knocked on the door.

    "Hi Big Mac, hi Harry. Twilight's all ready in the kitchen." Spike said.

    Half an hour later found Harry telling Twilight about a recurring dream.

    "Mommy's curled around me, daddy is making colorfu bubbles coming out of his horn and I'm trying to catch them in my hooves.

    "Wait, horn? There where unicorns in the world you where born in?"

    "I guess...then, I hear a loud boom and mommy screams."

    "An explosion?" Twilight took more notes. Appears to be memory more than dream.

    "Lily, its him! Take Harry and run!" Harry shouted. "I'll hold him off!"

    A major fight between Harry's father and an unknown assailant.

    "Stand aside. Stand aside you silly girl!" Harry shouted. Seemingly not realising he was doing so. "Not Harry! Please not my baby! I'll do anything!"

    Twilight's ears fell back. She died to protect him. Twilight thought.

    "Mommy falls down after hit with a bright green light. She...she doesn't get back up." Harry's eyes where full of tears. He drug his leg across his muzzle wiping away a dripping nose. "The scary thing points his stick at me, shouts at me, green light, and that's when I wake up."

    "An instant kill spell?" Twilight asked herself in horror. She realised her recorder was still going. She stopped it. "Uh, I think thats enough for today." The unicorn mare said uncomfortably.

    "Twilight, Big Mac's back!" Spike called.

    "Perfect timing." Twilight muttered. "Why don't you go pick out a nice book to check out while I talk to your Uncle Macintosh?"

    Harry sniffled. "Okay."

    Big Macintosh walked in with raised ears when he saw his sniffling nephew walk past him and head to the Daring Do section.

    "Close the door."

    Big Mac closed the door curiously.

    "Its not a dream." Twilight told the red stallion.

    "Pardon?" The stallion asked.

    "Its too vivid, too horrible. And dreams usually change in variations. For instance the scary thing might become Discord, Chrysalis or any other villain we might face in the future. I think Harry's memory is playing out his last memory of his birth parents every year."

    "Sweet Celestia's flank." Big mac swore as he rubbed a hoof down his face. "So what can we do?" The stallion asked. "Can we stop 'em?"

    "I do not think so." Twilight said sadly. "This kind of Stress Disorder may never go away. Just give him love and support when he has this dream. And I suggest regular therapy. Here." The unicorn mare said as she made a copy of the tape. "Give this to his therapist. It will give them an idea of what their dealing with." She put the copy in Big Mac's saddle bag side pocket.

    "Thank you for listening Twilight." Harry sniffled after putting his two books in his saddlebag. A Daring Do and a Scary King book. One Twilight would never give a foal without a parent or guardian's permission.

    "Please, we're cousins now. I'm happy to help you whenever I can." Twilight gave the foal a hug. "I'll see you in a few hours. Come on, its Nightmare Night." Twilight said to the foal with an encpuraging smile. "Cavities await."

    Harry managed a smile and the foal left with his uncle for home.

    "Not bad for unofficial costumes if I do say so myself." Rarity said proudly. She had made the trio of colts Ponenger Zeo costumes herself. Shady Daze wore Red, Featherweight wore Green and Harry wore Blue.

    "Thank You so much Auntie Rarity!" Harry said eagerly."

    "I feel like I could beat up some Cogs!" Featherweight said excitedly.

    "APPLE FAMILY! THINE PRINCESS OF THE NIGHT HATH COME TO ESCORT OUR BELOVED NEPHEW AND HIS FRIENDS TRICK OR TREATING!"

    Featherweight and Shady Daze hid behind Harry who sweatdropped.

    "Auntie Lulu?" Harry asked curiously. Then he looked behind him. "Seriously? You guys are hiding behind the foal two years your junior?"

    "Your stronger than we are." Shady Daze pointed out.

    "Pathetic. Show some low hangers!" Harry snapped. "Its just Auntie Luna."

    "Watch your language Harry." Rarity scolded the foal. Swatting hisb flank as he led the two older colts downstairs.

    In the living room stood Princess Luna. Tall and proud. The foals behind Harry bowed.

    "What are you doing here Auntie Luna?" Harry asked.

    "Tis Fall Harvests Eve is it not? the eve where foals go 'round dressed in costume and beg for sweets?"

    "No its mmmph." Shady Daze had his muzzle zipped by Harry by magic.

    "Auntie Luna doesn't know Fall Harvest was changed to Nightmare Night yet." Harry hissed to the two in a huddle as Luna talked to Granny Smith and Big Macintosh.

    "But she's gonna have to find out eventually right?" Featherweight asked as Harry turned Shady's mouth normal again.

    "Don't you ever do that again." Shady Daze said as he gasped for breath. "Crown Prince or not I'll kick your ass!"

    "Sorry." Harru blushed. "But Auntie Luna's still kinda fragile right now. I want her to hear about Nightmare Night from either me or Twilight. "

    "Nephew? Are thou and thine friends ready?" The Night Princess asked.

    "Uh, we where gonna go pick up Spike before we headed out. Uncle Macintosh is headed into town in about an hour. Can we meet you at the library auntie? You could say hello to Twilight."

    "I believe I shall nephew, I've not seen her since the Royal Wedding. Very well, we shall see the soon."

    And with that Luna left the Apple family farm, spread her vast wingspan and flew off toward the library.

    "Phwew." Harry wiped his brow through his costume. "Uncle Macintosh? Can you drop us off at the library to meet Auntie Lulu when you bring the hay ride into town?" Harry asked the large stallion.

    "Eeyup." Big Mac said with a happy look on his face as he went upstairs to change into his Mr. Hyde costume.

    "Great! So all we gotta do is lay low for about an hour." Harry told his two best friends.

    "What takes an hour?" Shady Daze asked.

    The foals laid down in a circle on all fours.

    "I checked out a Scary King book earlier." Harry told the two.

    The foals raced upstairs for scary story time.

    To Be Continued...

    This is my original reworking again. Hope you guys enjiyed!

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