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A Pony's Destiny

by StevieBond

Chapter 2: Friendship Is Magic

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Friendship Is Magic

Nightmare Moon continued to laugh as the mists and lightening grew bigger.

"Cease her! Only she knows where the princess is!" Mayor Mare yelled.

Three pegasi guards flew up towards Nightmare Moon.

"Stand back, you foals!" she yelled as he casted lightening to threw the guards of their balance before turning into a night blue mist and flying fast through the door and outside.

I looked around and I saw that Twilight had disappeared, I decided to look for her and then I remembered that she would be staying at the library. So I galloped out of the Town Hall and to the Library, it didn't take long before I came across the treehouse with a book sign outside. I knocked on the door and Twilight answered.

"Oh hey there, what are you here for?" she asked.

I replied randomly, "I've come to help you, also, do you have a glass of water nearby? I haven't drunken anything today yet."

"Now is not the time to get drunk, I'm busy going through all these books."

I noticed books on the floor, "Looking at the mess here, I'm glad that nopony else lives in this treehouse."

Twilight didn't seem to hear what I said as she went through looking at more books.

"Elements, elements, elements. Ugh, how can I stop Nightmare Moon without the elements of harmony?"

Suddenly, I felt a whoosh of wind above me, only to find that Rainbow Dash just appeared from nowhere, isn't that Pinkie's job?

"And just what ARE the Elements of Harmony and how did you know about Nightmare Moon, huh? Are you a SPY?" Dash exclaimed.

"No, I am." I answered in a posh voice. Twilight and Dash then saw me in my spy disguise with a cigar.

"Gentlemares?" I asked them which was met with confused expressions and a moment of silence until more mares came in.

"Simmer down, Sally, she ain't no spy." Applejack looked at me, "And neither are you, sugarcube. But she sure knows what's going on, don't you Twilight?"

So with myself, Dash, Applejack, Pinkie, Raity and Fluttershy together, we listened to Twilight who closed her eyes and explained.

"I read all about the prediction of Nightmare Moon. Some mysterious objects called the Elements of Harmony are the only thing that can stop her. But I don't know what they are, where to find them, I don't even know what they do."

"The Elements Of Harmony, a reference guide." Pinkie said looking at one of the bookshelves.

Twilight dash over, "Where did you find it?"

"It was under E" Pinkie sung as she bounced around.

"Oh" was all Twilight could say, she opened up the book and we all looked inside.

"There are six Elements Of Harmony, but only five are known. Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Honesty and Loyalty. The sixth is a complete mystery, it is said that the last known location of the five elements is in the ancient castle of the royal pony sisters. It is located in what is now...The Everfree Forest!"

The other gasped at the name, I've heard of that forest mentioned before, but I never went in there before. Thinking that there were six elements, I assumed that Twilight would be the one to learn and find it, leaving me as the odd pony out. I felt a little disappointed that I couldn't be able to help, despite my alicorn status and being apart of the elements. But I didn't let that get to me, I was a very strong pony who can take a lot of feelings and emotions of any kind.

I turned and walked out of the Library as they pondered over the book, not noticing that I had gone. I walked back to my home, looking at the sky and seeing it all covered in eternal night. This wasn't the time to be random and strange, I couldn't even think of anything that'd make me smile a little as I opened the door and walked into my house.

I looked at the photos frames by one of my shelves, some of which were filled with photos and others without. I had a photo of myself as a baby, one as a filly and one of my family from Fillydelphia. It just seemed to be a perfect upbringing...well, it was almost perfect. I sat on the couch and looked down, thinking back to how it was all I wanted it to be, until the one time where it all went horribly wrong and that my hopes for a better future were destroyed. That happened over two years ago, so it was a few days before I moved to Ponyville, looking for a better chance at finding hope.

"I wanted to be with them and be apart of their adventures like the one they're on right now, but how can I be when I don't have an element?" I asked myself in despair.

A bright light suddenly appeared in front of me, I shielded my eyes until I was able to see again.

"Wait a minute, Princess Celestia?" I gasped.

"Bond Racer, I believe it is time for you to know your true purpose." she boomed in her echo voice, which I knew that she must be speaking through other means and she may be imprisoned by Nightmare Moon.

"What purpose, I don't even understand, how are you even-"

Celestia raised her hoof, "You have a destiny with the other six ponies, you must go to the Everfree Forest and into the castle, there you will find an element that no other pony even knows and when you learn to accept it and help your friends, it will find you."

I suddenly perked up, "Wait, there's a seventh element?"

"That is all I can answer for now...please save us, before the night consumes us all!" she then disappeared in a bright light.

I wanted to ask more, but realizing that the other six would be in trouble as well as knowing about a 7th element, I knew what I had to do. So picking myself up, I put on my blue suit and blue shoes, but I left my shades as it was a bit pointless to wear them in the night-time...unless I was going to a Blues Brothers convention...don't even ask!

I then walked out of my home and then I flew up and fast towards the Everfree Forest, I kept myself above the trees before crossing past a river and then a bridge where on the other side was a castle. This was the castle that Twilight spoke about, I spotted a couple of bright lights coming from area of the castle. I flew on over and looking through the glass window in what was a throne room, I overheard Twilight speaking with determination.

"You think, you can destroy the Elements Of Harmony, just like that? Well, you're wrong. Because the spirits of the Elements of Harmony are right here!!

Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of…HONESTY! Fluttershy, who tamed the manticor with her compassion, represents the spirit of…KINDNESS! Pinkie pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of…LAUGHTER! Rarity, who helped a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift, represents the spirit of…GENEROSITY! And Rainbow Dash…who could not abandon her friends for her own heart's desire, represents the spirit of…LOYALTY! The spirits of these five ponies got us through every challenge you threw at us!"

"You still don't have the sixth element!" Nightmare Moon quickly protested. "The spark didn't work!"

"But it did…"Twilight paused as she turned to the others, "a different kind of spark…I felt it the very moment I realized how happy I was to hear you, to see you, how much I cared about you,the spark ignited inside of me…when I realized you all…are MY friends!"

Suddenly, the sixth element came down upon her, showing brightly.

"You see Nightmare Moon…when those elements are ignited by the…the spark that resides in the heart of us all, it creates the sixth element. The element of…MAGIC!

All of the ponies' crystals formed together into necklaces and a tiara for Twilight. Each of the ponies glowed and Nightmare Moon's face remained unchanged. That can't be good…

It turned out it wasn't…the ponies' entire glow dissolved and they fell to the floor.

"Wha… What happened? Why didn't it work?" Twilight exclaimed.

Nightmare Moon laughed.

"Don't you see? There is ANOTHER element! Did you not know that?" Nightmare Moon answered their failure.

"What? Another element? My books only told me there were six!"

Nightmare Moon laughed evilly once again.

I knew there was one thing they were missing, because without it, how can they believe in harmony and peace? I then flew in through the glass window that shattered, yet for some reason, I didn't feel any pain, nor any cuts.

"Stop right there, moony!" I yelled out of the blue as I landed down in front of the six ponies.

"What have we here? Another pony?" Nightmare Moon asked with interest.

"That's right and I represent the seventh Element." I looked back at the other six mares. "At first, I felt sad that I wasn't going to be part of something big. Then, thanks to a great message of faith and hope from Celestia, I learnt that I was part of the group, because it was my destiny." I looked back at Nightmare Moon, then a gold necklace appeared from nowhere with a pair of white headphones on it, I clicked it into place around my neck with my magic. "You see, as an alicorn, I have twice the power of a normal pony and with this acceptance of who I am and what I represent, we have all the power to stop you. Behold...the element of...FAITH!"

Suddenly, the seven of us began to fly up closer together and a huge boom was made and a large rainbow appeared and headed towards Night Moon who screamed in terror as the rainbow spun around, covering her cries. Before we know it, a bright light shone again and after a while, it all disappeared.

I woke up quickly and saw the others not quite awake yet. "Mares, wake up. It's all over." I said to them.

"Ugh, my head." Dash said first.

"Is everypony okay?" Applejack asked.

"Oh, my goodness." Rarity exclaimed.

"Why Rarity, it looks lovely." Fluttershy complimented.

"I know, I'll never part ways with it again."

"No, you're necklace, it looks just like your cutie mark."

"Why, so does yours"

"Look at mine, look at mine!" Pinkie bounced in excitement.

"Aw yeah!" Dash said to herself.

Twilight had a crown on her head instead of a necklace. Which makes her the leader with me having a necklace that makes me a bit feminine-ish, ah well, you can't win them all, I guess.

"Gee Twilight, ah thought you were just spouting a lot of hooey, but ah reckon, we really do represent the elements of friendship." Applejack said.

"Indeed you do." A voice spoke as we saw the sun rise and Celestia appeared in front of us.

We bowed down, except for Twilight who ran over to her.

"Princess Celestia!"

"Twilight Sparkle, my faithful student. I knew you could do it." she then looked at me, "Bond Racer, I'm proud of you too."

I shied away a little, "Thank you Princess".

"But, you told me it was all an old pony tale." Twilight said with a confused look.

"I told you that you needed to make some friends, nothing more. I saw the signs of Nightmare Moon's return and I knew that it was you who had the magic inside to defeat her. But you could not unleash it without letting true friendship into your heart."

We all smiled in agreement.

"Now if only there was another will as well." Celestia walked over to see where Nightmare Moon was, "Princess Luna."

Luna who looked a lot lighter blue than before woke up, startled.

"It has been a thousand years, since I've seen you like this. Time to put our differences aside, we were meant to rule together, little sister." Celestia added.

"Sister?" the mares said in unison.

"Luna?" I asked.

"Will you accept my friendship?" Celestia asked to her sister,

We looked on with worry, with Pinkie falling over frontwards.

Luna then got up and ran to her in tears, "I'm so sorry, I missed you so much, big sister."

"I missed you too." Celestia replied with a hint of tears.

We saw Pinkie doing her over the top crying with a tissue before stopping, "Hey, do you know what this calls for?"

"A PARTY!" I shouted.

"Hey, that's what I wanted to say!" Pinkie moaned.

"Sorry, but you gotta be a little faster to deliver a punchline." I winked.

Everypony else laughed at our little scene.

Soon, we were all back at Ponyville with smiles on our faces, knowing that we had saved Equestria from darkness and that we were declared heroes of Ponyville. No sooner we got off the carriage, Spike ran up to Twilight and they hugged, I then gave him a brohoof afterwards.

Twilight however looked a little down and I placed my foreleg around her to try and cheer her up.

"Why so glum, Twilight? Are you not happy that you've completed your mission and that you can return to your studies in Canterlot?" Celestia asked.

"That's just it, just when I learned how wonderful it is to have friends, I have to leave them." Twilight spoke, feeling sad.

"Spike, take a note please."

Spike pulled out a letter and a quill. Where did get those from all of a sudden, has Pinkie been through the 4th wall again?

"I, Princess Celestia, hereby decree that the unicorn Twilight Sparkle, shall take on a new mission. She must continue to study the magic of friendship, she must report to me her findings from her new home in Ponyville."

The seven of us smiled and got together for a group hug.

"Oh thank you Princess Celestia, I'll study harder than ever before!" Twilight declared.

Soon, the celebration began and in the day time too which was a bonus. Pinkie then began to speak how excited she was, saying the same thing as before. I shook my head and giggled because she was being herself as always. After time passed and that it was evening, the celebration ended and we all exchanged our goodbyes.

I trotted off back home, smiling all the way, learning a lesson. I learnt how to accept who I am and that I should never give up on faith when there's a glimmer of hope present in the face of all things evil and dark. This was a new chapter in my refreshed life and being part of the Elements of Harmony, I knew my life was going to change for the better. Perhaps forever maybe, as I got into my bed, thinking how proud I am to represent, the Element of Faith. Next Chapter: The Ticket Master Estimated time remaining: 29 Hours, 22 Minutes

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