Twilight awoke to the sound of clanging, then saw Alloy using the Forge, smashing some metal with his right hoof as if it were a hammer. He stopped and looked at Twilight for a couple of seconds, then turned back, continuing his work. Twilight got up and walked next to Alloy, seeing what he was making.

"I know," Alloy commented "my origin is not as impressive as the others."

"I'm not commenting on your origins," Twilight replied "I'm more or less surprised at how Tartarus's kingdom worked and how he made the ponies make the Diamond Dogs."

"Oh yeah. He wanted Diamond Dogs as a way to dig faster, then, as you can guess, use them to mine more resources from Earth to make their new armor and weapons. Of course, Diamond Dogs weren't the first of many species created by ponies for Tartarus, but also the Griffons, Quarray Eels, Tatzulwurms, Sea Serpents, Centaurs, Chimeras, Timberwolves, Parasprites, Cockatrice, Cragadiles, Hydras, Ursas, Manticores, Windigos, Changelings, and Minotaurs."

"HE MADE THEM!?!?!?"

"His followers made them."

"Well... aren't there any creatures Elysium made?"

"Hm... ah! Those would be the Breezies, Gargoyles, Jackalopes, Cerberus, and Orthroses, though those two appeared right after Elysium fell into her slumber."

"Gargoyles... I believe Scorpan is one, am I right?"

"Oh yes! Many of the species, which I'm sure you've came across before and after becoming an Alicorn yourself, act & think like any other pony. Of course, as you can guess, many of them choose to follow their own paths after our parents downfall, but some, like Changeling & Cerberus, still follow our parent's original design for them."

"I see. But what about Dragons?"

"...Dragons? They were actually created by both Elysium AND Tartarus together."

"Really!?"

"Yeah. As you can guess, Dragons were mixed bag for both, as Elysium is proud of their Dragon Code & prefer solitude, but Tartarus loves it when they cause pain & misery to the ponies, along with their greed."

"Huh, interesting... Oh! Quick question."

"Ask away."

"Did Celestia come down here?"

"... She did."

"Really!? What was she here for!?"

"She was-" A door slammed open, showing the silhouette of another one of Celestia's so called siblings.

"Are you really Twilight Sparkle!?!?!?" The figure asked in a really beautiful woman's voice.

"... I am." Twilight replied. The figure's horn glowed a flowing rainbow, and an aura surrounded Twilight. "Oh shoo-" Before she could finish the word, she was dragged out of the room with Alloy in it, back into the hallways with the light nearly blinding her! After a few seconds of adjusting to the light, Twilight looked down to see who's foalnapping her. The alicorn was female, as suggested by the voice, but almost like Eris, her coat kept changing color, though it wasn't as random & it was only in single colors, no patterns or weird fade ins. Her mane was more random, as it was in blotches & fade-ins of colors, though the colors didn't moved around, almost as if it were a portrait. Her cutie mark was a  Twilight could only see some of the Alicorns watching her go by, and finally, seeing the alicorn that had her entered a room. The room was large, but all over the walls, there were paintings covering the birth of the Alicorns, but also simple things from flowers to clouds. Right in the middle was a single block of stone that stood a bit taller that Twilight herself.

"Oh yes!" Her foalnapper yelled "This will be one of my greatest statues ever! It will stand with Alloy's with your armor & weapon on it! ... You have a weapon of choice, right?"

"Uh... I've never used one before."

"Hm... prefer to use your hooves & magic then?"

"Uh... that's not what I me-"

"Don't worry, no judgement here." She walked to the block of stone, holding a hammer & chisel in her magic. "Now please, give me your best pose! I was power, magnificence, emotion, and something that captures YOU!!!"

"If you say so." Twilight thought of what pose she could do for this Alicorn. She must be the one that made those statues with Alloy's statues on it. What pose can she do? Of course, it wasn't as simple as she thought, for this Alicorn was going to make her statue, and she couldn't afford to do anything goofy while posing! She remembered the poses the statues were in, and each were in a special pose from each other, but still looked as if they were going to battle. Then she remembered the battle with Tirek: How she felt so much power, and how she fought him head to head. Twilight went into a bowing position, flared her wings, and made a concentrated angry face!

"Yes! YES!!! Keep it like that for a couple of seconds, and... DONE!!!" Twilight took a deep breath, seeing the Alicorn begin her work. "Go on and take a look around, I love it when ponies look at my beautiful artwork." Not wanting to be rude, Twilight looked around the room, seeing all of the beautiful artwork that this pony made. As mentioned, there were painting about the birth of Alicorns, but also entire scenes that were so amazing, she felt she could easily walk into it and be in it.

"I take it you're Masterpiece?"

"Oh yes! The Princess of Art! Every single picture you see is made by me, and each one, I know what I want to do, and every single one of them, I place my heart into it! Take a look at them, they're as timeless as me." Twilight rolled her eyes around Masterpiece's comment to herself. Many of these pictures were breathtaking, looking almost as if Masterpiece just took it out and strapped it to the painting itself. One painting, however, caught her eye: It was both titans, back-to-back, looking down on two different lands: Elysium looking down at a rich, beautiful looking kingdom while Tartarus was looking at a broken, dirty kingdom, both with ponies, looking up at their ruler. An added feature was that the land was nearly evenly divided into two, as Tartarus's kingdom was surrounded by dark clouds, dead trees, & trenches while Elysium's was full with trees, a bright sky, & looked more natural.

"I take it this was the land before?" Twilight asked. Masterpiece looked away from her statue, then continued.

"Oh yes, that was, I kid you not, what the land really looked liked before."

"How... did you know?"

"That was the painting that turned me into a princess."

"WHAT!?"

"Oh yes! Here, let me show you." Masterpiece's horn glowed, and Twilight could see the past now.

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Elysium walked around the wall surrounding her kingdom. The ponies inside, and the guards on patrol, bowed to her in respect as she trotted around the kingdom, not really doing anything but walking. She looked to Tartarus' kingdom, seeing the other giant picking & punting his own soldiers, laughing manically as they suffered. As much as Elysium wanted to, she had to stay on her side and not interfere with the ways Tartarus leads his own followers, since they choose to follow him. Tartarus looked at Elysium, sang his head up so only his muzzle was in the air, and turned around, stomping on & destroying his own followers & their inventions without looking down. He really needed to learn how to rule his kingdom with kindness and not be a tyrant! Elysium turned around as eel, but stopped as she noticed something out in the distance. Hoping Tartarus wouldn't attack, as he's mocked in the last few centuries, Elysium walked towards the mountains, seeing what was on the mountain.

A young adult, unicorn mare stood on the edge of a boulder that was sticking out of the mountain. Her coat was light blue, and her mane a light brown, though no cutie mark was there. Right in from of her, was a painting of the two kingdom's with their lands & leaders. This little pony was so much in her work, she didn't see the giant alicorn walking towards her, simply stepping over a mountain, and looking over her back. Elysium looked at what the pony was making, but was unsure what it was. Elysium shrunk herself down in size and walked behind the Alicorn, but was still confused on what she was making.

"What are you doing?" Elysium simply asked

"Just making a picture that shows both sides on how polar opposite they are," the mare replied, not even looking up or back from her work "quite a mystery on those two: Tartarus rules his ponies with an iron hoof while Elysium rules her ponies with a gentle hoof. How those two got together, I have no idea!" She continued her work, but then froze. "Wait a minute... I came here alone... didn't I?"

"I'm pretty sure you did." The unicorn turned around and screamed!

"ELYSIUM!?!?!?" She ran to her painting and tried to cover it "Y-you weren't suppose to see this! I-i-i-"

"It's alright, no need to worry. I apologize for seeing your work before it could be finished."

"Y-you mean it?"

"But of course!" The mare turned back to her work, shaking as Elysium walked next to her and looked at the even split between her own kingdom & Tartarus's kingdom.

"Did... you come over here because I was here?"

"...Sorta. I didn't exactly know YOU were here, but I saw something the got my interest. Figured it's worth my time."

"...Is it?"

"All my subjects are worth my time."

"Oh... okay."

"I've never really noticed our fine line though. This place real does capture seeing the opposites. Is that what your picture captures?"

"It does, great Elysium."

"Oh please, just call me Elysium, Elly."

"...Elly?"

"Sorry, that's... a nickname I was called."

"By who?"

"You should already know."

"...Oh! ... How... are you two anyways?"

"I'd rather not say."

"...Alright, that's fair. And... voilà! It's finished!!!" Elysium walked next to the painting and saw how it looked just like the land!

"You're... a real good painter!" The unicorn blushed

"Gosh... that's saying a lot from-"

"No! I mean... you're an excellent painter!"

"...When you say it like that, I'm sure that-"

"You have to be the best painter in all of history!!! Does anypony know you!?" The mare stopped and froze. She took a deep breath and sighed

"Sadly... no."

"WHAT!? Why!?"

"Well... I'm actually a traveler from a small village... and I've been painting everywhere I go."

"WHAT!?"

"Please Elysium, I'm... sorry for making you angry! I... I just want to make my art better! I don't want to sell my art as nothing but something that looks good, I want them to be timeless, something everyone will view as a great thing instead of something profitable! I apologize, but you're kingdom would just buy from me because it looks good, and Tartarus would easily destroy my life's work. Please... I just want to create, nothing else!" Elysium looked into the eyes of the mare, seeing how trustworthy they were. She told Elysium the truth! She smiled at her.

"I'm proud for what you're saying."

"W-what!?"

"You are a complete stranger, and yet, you just want to remain that way. Your artwork will not be destroyed, but it will be cherished for all to see! What is your name?"

"M-my name? It's... Masterpiece!"

"Masterpiece? Really fitting for you. Do you have a family?"

"...No. I... don't. Some of Tartarus's soldiers came along and... I don't quite remember, I was young. I've been traveling ever since I could walk."

"Hm... interesting. Please, hold still."

"What are you-" Elysium's horn glowed and her aura surrounded Masterpiece! Without her noticing, Masterpiece grew out a pair of wings! She now became one of Elysium's children! As soon as her wings came out, Elysium grew into the size of the mountains she stood on & Masterpiece shrunk to the size of her children! Elysium opened her mouth and Masterpiece, along with her art, were brought inside her maw. Elysium then swallowed Masterpiece & the art down, rubbing her belly as she felt her land inside.

Masterpiece fell from the sky, using her magic to save her art! Her art was luckily, spared from destruction, and she landed near the alicorns inside Elysium, where a pretty large castle stood.

"Welcome to Elysium!" Luna announced

"Another sister!?" Everest asked

"Don't be so surprised." Flora replied. Aqua flew up and took one of Masterpiece's artworks.

"WHOA!!!" Aqua yelled "This is awesome!!! What is it!?"

"That's a painting!" Masterpiece replied in an irritated voice, using her magic to take her art back. "It is not meant to be messed with!"

"Can we at least look at it?" Celestia asked.

"... I... guess so... as long as none of you destroy them!!!"

"We won't." Blizzard replied. They all used their magic to look through the pictures. Masterpiece looked at the castle, and saw that, though big, it wasn't quite impressive.

"Are... you all building this castle?"

"Oh yeah!" Luna replied "Do you want to help us?"

"Oh I will! I will make this castle look more spectacular than ever!"

"Is... it dull?" Celestia asked

"...Yes. It's big, but bigger isn't better. We have to make this look amazing!!! Luckily for you all, I know how to make things impressive."