Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy and of course Applejack. Five ponies, five mares, all together in a train. As Elements of Harmony the ponies received a lot of funds for their private spending, and also a lot of fame. Especially when nothing serious required their intervention, the mares could focus on their lives.

Rainbow Dash, she, the fastest flyer in Equestria. The leader of Wonderbolts after the retired Spitfire who gave up her position for somepony new to lead the Wonderbolts. Rainbow Dash was in shock, everything happened so quickly, all she knew of was that Spitfire wanted to retire. She flied to Cloudsdale in order to stop Spitfire and perhaps convince her to stay. As Rainbow came into the conference room, with old and new Wonderbolts listening to the leader. She was proclaimed to be the new coach of Wonderbolts, all she had to do was to accept.

Why Spitfire wanted to retire? One thing is teaching how to fly, a second is to fly yourself. Doing both can be tiring and can take a lot of time you can spend on flying. Her career was safe, nothing would destroy it. She wasn’t the fastest, and she wasn’t the element of harmony. Besides, she knew of Soarin’s feelings towards Rainbow, what could she do? She gave Rainbow everything, to this day sadly she hasn’t found her second half…

Rainbow Dash accepted the offer, but she was concerned about her friend and why she did it. Spitfire told Rainbow that she wanted to feel a little younger, she wanted to again feel the competition and meet new ponies rather than shout on them for being too slow. Also, she wanted to see what Rainbow will bring in into the squad.

Spitfire also told Rainbow Dash that she had it all planned. She knew she would come here in the right moment at the right time, and she would offer her becoming the leader of Wonderbolts. Rainbow Dash hugged her friend, while the crowd clapped and cheered for the new leader of the Wonderbolts. The salary was quite big, adding in the money coming from the State’s budget of twenty thousand bits per month for being the element of Harmony.

She dated Soarin and in time they got married, who knew that such a lovely relationship would occur? After a few bedtime adventures and stories, Rainbow Dash became pregnant, nine months passed and she gave birth to a filly. Soarin’s and hers fur color mixed and gave her own very rarely seen shade of blue, with her hooves becoming lighter almost as her fathers. The mane color you ask? Rainbows Rainbow mane wanted to grow on her, but the rainbow was seen only at the ends of her manes hair while everything closer was Soarin’s blue.

She lives a happy, life, she helps Flurry Heart to learn how to fly like a master. She was supposed to give her lessons, while back in the Wonderbolt Academy, she asked no other than… Spitfire to be the coach for a few days until Flurry’s quick lessons are over. Of course, then Sauron came.

Applejack! She is a fun one! Her life is simple, apples, rodeos, family reunions, taking care of Applebloom so that no thirsty stallion could do naughty things to her and that’s about it. Her life goes around her Farm and the fact she didn’t find any stallion yet. She is ashamed for herself but she hopes she might find anypony out there.

Her brother however, is together with Cheerilee. They are officially together for a year now and plan on doing a wedding! Applejack is happy that in case she will be alone someone might inherit the Family’s Apple Farm. There’s also Applebloom but she ain’t ready yet for anypony, and she is going to make sure that until she is twenty two she ain’t having much freedom!

As an element of Harmony, she also receives a fair amount of bits from the state’s budget, she uses it for planning out vacation, help sometimes the poor. Winona is an old dog, she barely walks, Applejack has been to a vet, the vet was surprised she even is able to last so long! Potions and medicines for Winona is nothing when it is compared to the friendship and love Winona gives back!

Applejack has been also spending money on expanding the apple farm a little and hiring some ponies for her to upgrade her farm! The barn needed to the repainted, the weeds needed to be ripped from the ground etc. Things she doesn’t have much strength to take care of ponies she hired took care off. Applebloom could do it, but she is to busy helping filly’s and foals from around Ponyville get their cutie marks.

Applejack wasn’t supportive of Fluttershy and Discords marriage, she doesn’t trust him too much but if Fluttershy loves him and he her back. She has nothing more to do then allow them to live together, Everypony has the right to be happy. Applejack needed a small trip like in the old days, when something was happening. She and her friends were supposed to do a surprise trip to the Empire and greet Twilight, but that Sauron came, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash has been talking about the whole time.

Applejack listened to the stories, and she didn’t like the guy, although his actions didn’t look hostile, she better be skeptical about him. For many years, there was no intervention of the elements needed, he might be a new reason, why there should be. Of course, Twilight will say something very interesting when they arrive. For now, she is going to stay neutral.

Fluttershy, her life is crazy now that she is with Discords and also with her little son anarchy. The name wasn’t her idea, but what could she say? Discord did so much, and changed to the point he is supportive of any Equestrian action, she had to obey his pleads. She departed with Anarchy from the Crystal Empire because of fear, and also to protect her son.

Discord didn’t tell her yet, why he hates Sauron as much as he does, but she knows that in time Discord will tell them why Sauron is evil in his eyes. She also thinks he is evil, not much, but he looks sinister and his eyes are like two volcanos, that want to destroy everything. To cover the skies with ash, so that eternal darkness may reign.

Her son anarchy, he is a draconequus. However, a lot of his parts are belonging to a pony, for instance. His head all the way to his torso is of a pony, his torso is more of an horse. He has two horns of two different animals, one of a gazelle and the other of a deer. The deers is completely white, while the gazelle is like a normal gazelles horn. His back left leg is of a pony, while the rest limbs of different animals.

The mane of the foal, is black, with some random strips of her manes pink, he has Discords eyes, and a charming smile. His teeth are a little sharp for a pony, but the back teeth are wide and ready to crush vegetables or fruits. His neck is white with a yellow butter tint, in some areas his fur is snow white.

His torso, is also black, but not as black as his mane, it’s like a very dark black chocolate color. He has like Discords two pair of wings, these wings look like Nightmare Moon's wings, sharp and very bat like. One wing, the right one, is barn red in color, with some additional pure snow white feathers. The left wing is, blueberry blue, with also some random additional this time bright green feathers.

She has been trying to avoid Sauron, but he seemed to spot her anyway, he came out of nowhere and politely said who she is. She didn’t respond, yet he knew of her name. As if he read it in her mind, she felt also weak when she saw him, as if he was making her paralyzed, as if he without intention broke her.

Discord then came, and attacked him, Sauron didn’t attack her. He was able to make Discord go on a rampage, he almost used his chaotic magic to the point the surroundings would be change despite of him not wanting it. Yet Sauron was able to withstand Discords magic, he has impressive magical resistance if he was able to take on pure chaotic energy and not even bleed!

She lives with Discords in his own private dimension, with her animals. It’s nice in there, she doesn’t have to take care of everything, everything is always clean and she can go to Ponyville whenever she wants to. When she opens the door she steps outside of her cottage, while when somepony wants to go inside her cottage or knocks on it, the pony will appear in Discords Dimension.

Pinkie Pie, she has been herself for Faust knows how long! She has been organizing the biggest parties in history, she has beat the world record and prepared over on hundred thousand parties in four months! Constant work, with almost no time to rest was worth it to write her name in the history books, at least not only as the element of Harmony.

She has been trying to party out some stallions here and there, but no one is good at partying like she is. Cheese Sandwich has been looking for a mare too, but he eventually found one, her name was Big Sandwich, and she was pretty tall! However she has been gifted with a few very, very secret cake recipes Celestia would send armies to get.

She has been the one who will organize Big Macs and Cheerilee’s weeding when the time comes! Did I already mention she also was the one who, surprise, surprise. Was responsible for making the biggest chaotic cake for Discords and Fluttershy’s wedding? No? Then lemme tell you about the “Hello to the world” party she did for Anarchy when he was born! Not to mention Applebloom eighteenth birthday party!

The cake was big, giant, at the time it was made, it itself was worth a fortune as it was the biggest cake the world has probably seen for hundreds of ears. The ingredients had to be delivered constantly for two days. The money however was not a problem for Discord that just created it by copying bits. Celestia and Luna were very angry when they got to know Discords did that, might only say that inflation raised by one tenth of a percent.

Pinkie Pie however was really sad that the old crew hadn’t much time and reason to spend time together. There was nothing going on in Ponyville or in the world that required the elements intervention. Pinkie was sad, very sad, but her sadness managed to make her old friends come by and spent some time together.

Pinkie Pie didn’t trust Sauron after what Rainbow Dash told them, but she was excited to meet him. She really wanted to show him every great thing the Empire and Equestria as to offer. She didn’t understand why Rainbow hates him so much, he doesn’t seem to be so bad. They dealt with worse, and if needed she will make him smile to the point Rainbow won’t be able to see anything bad!

Rarity, she was the Queen as always, she was the rich mare in the train right now. She has been, quite shocked to hear of this Sauron. But, the way he was supposed to look like, this interested her. Blond hair, almost Applejack’s? Good athletic posture? Bipedal? Something new! She is greatly interested in him for both important and less important matters, maybe also a little privately.

He was also a great mage, as he was able to destroy the barrier and he saved Furry Heart. Hero, a protector of an defenseless child! Ohh, this sounds so, exciting, she can imagine him. However she doesn’t know how to imagine his facial structure, no fur and just white a little pale skin? How does this look like? Not to mention a little nose.

Probably rich too, noble and very romantic, with an angelic voice that just strikes in the heart! He has a interesting name too! What culture has such names, Sauron, it sounds so strong, so dominating and so frightening. As if he was given this name by a lot of ponies for some great feat! She can’t wait to meet him, Twilight is also supposed to tell them about him more. As if this stallion, or more appropriately, this male couldn’t speak for himself.

The elements were in a luxury train compartment, with silver and golden walls. Crystal lamps on the ceiling illuminating the surroundings with different colors. Each of the elements had her own place, with big purple soft cushions for her disposal. The windows wide for them to see the outside world, a long and dark carpet made by ponies that are expert at making woven carpets. This compartment was designed especially for the elements, Twilight had her own princess styled compartment.

Rainbow Dash as usually, with her mane only brushed a little so that she won’t look like an fool that doesn’t take care of her hair. Applejack, as always, with her hat on her head was lying in the pillows with her head a little down with eyes closed. The farm might had gotten some reinforcements, but she still took care of a lot of things.

Pinkie Pie, she gained just a little more fat, other than that, her mane was a little longer then usually. She was almost shaking from excitement and still had her warming smile on her head. Fluttershy, she had her mane prolonged by Discord, she tried to have an long ponytail for the day, rather than just have her hair be loose. She looked so adorable with her hair acting as an sort of hoodie for her heads sides, covering her ears.

Rarity, ah yes, the queen. She had spent hours on her mane, it glittered from all the hair sprays she used for her hair. They were a piece of rarity! She wanted to take some clothes with her, but then she thought that it’s not a good idea. She might be flooded by her fashions fans and they could make her outfit dirty. Better safe, than sorry.

There was a round table in the compartment made from dark oak wood in Canterlot specially for the elements with each of their cutie mark carved on the table to say which part of the circle belongs to what element. The whole compartment in the middle, with the restaurant being behind of them and the kitchen right in front of them. The kitchen served Everypony forwards, while also them, and if the elements wanted they could go the restaurant part.

The elements were coming close to their destination, only twenty minutes remained before they would arrive. Applejack just had to spot, that some snow lied on the green fields, flowers on meadows. She looked at the rest of the girls and wondered out loud.

“Isn’t the snow supposed to… ya know, fall in winter?”

The girls looked at the meadows, some small piles of snow were there, Fluttershy of course thought about the animals that could falsely begin to hibernate because of this anomaly. Rainbow Dash was the most confused, she as an Pegasus’s denied any right or snow to fall, especially with the Crystal Heart being in the empire.

“Maybe some small clouds got through? Either way, some snow never hurt anypony” Said Rarity.

All looked at her, giving her an questioning look.

“Well, maybe from time to time.” She admitted and smiled.

“See! Even impossible things started to happen, after that Maia, or whatever he is, appeared!” Rainbow Dash said, pointing outside.

“Now you’re just ridiculous Dash, what would a non-pony possibly do with some snow?” Applejack asked her friend.

She gave applejack a somewhat offended stare and responded. “Everything! The guy destroyed the barrier, he meant harm! Princes Luna and Celestia see nothing in it!”

Fluttershy nodded after Rainbow said those words, she was silent when Rainbow Dash said things about Sauron. For Fluttershy it's no to kind to be so angry, everyone deserve a chance. Maybe this is how he acts like, but her claim right now did sound a little pointless and stupid.

“Dash, I can understand that destroyin’ the barrier was wrong and it is suspicious. Ah don’t know much about magic, but he had to have much strength if he achieved this. Still, I bet he ain’t even thought that it can have a negative effect.”

Rainbow gave her a confused look again, and shook her head. “How? Destroying something that protects will have an impact on what is protected because it no longer will be protected!” Rainbow argued.

“Maybe he didn’t like the barrier because it couldn’t get him in!”

Rainbow Dash buried her head in her hoofs and looked back at Pinkie after a moment. “Pinkie, this is exactly why he did it! I told you earlier in Ponyville!”

“Oh.” She said and collapsed on the pillows under her.

Rainbow Dash sighed, she knew Pinkie was random but for Fausts sake. She is old enough to at least control herself! The older she gets the more serious she becomes, what can she do to stop this? She can’t contact Twilight on that or else the seriousness will get reinforcement from Twilight just by standing near!

“Rainbow dear, while at it. Why did you return to Ponyville in the first place?”

Rainbow looked angrily at Rarity. “To warn you guys, and also my family? As if I would let you get to know him without knowing from me what a dark person he is.”

Fluttershy managed to accumulate enough courage to say something, she took a breath in and said. “Rainbow Dash, I don’t think its ok to blankly show your attitude like this because of few, important, but still possibly random events.”

Rainbow Dash was speechless right now, she had her mouth half way open from shock and confusion. The things that went thru her head right now. Fluttershy almost lost Discord, that is her husband, to that dude. He wanted to kill him, to stab him in the back! Discord would probably heal himself if he had the chance.

“How can you say this!” She stood up from frustration. “You know what he has almost done and yet you defend him!”

Fluttershy took that a little personally and she shut up after Rainbows outburst. Pinkie Pie even looked at both Fluttershy and Rainbow dash and she had to intervene. Anger is destroying the friendship in the air. Applejack wants to stay neutral for now, even though she is against Sauron, she isn’t comfortable that Rainbow wants to change her views constantly.

She appeared in front of Rainbow dash with lighting speed and made her sit back on her pillows. While she herself held a microphone in her hand. She checked if it works, and the sound of her tapping in the microphone could be heard in the whole compartment, to the point the glasses on a small wooden hoof made desk shook.

“Pinkie, where did you g-” Applejack couldn’t continue as Pinkie brutally cut her off.

“PILLOW FIGHT!!!!”

The whole compartment shook like crazy from the sound, Rarity had to cover her ears as the insanely loud voice of Pinkie met her ears, Applejack jumped up from the same reason. Fluttershy flew into a corner and Rainbow Dash covered her face with her wings so that she may create an additional layer that would stop the sound. The windows cracked a little and very small parts of the crystal lamps fell off.

Rainbow looked up and saw an pillow approaching her, her eyes widened, she wanted to avoid the attack, yet she was hit with the soft pillow right in her muzzle. Rainbow dash tried to say something but before she could another hit was landed on her by Pinkie, she knew she wouldn’t win, so she grabbed a pillow herself to stop the incoming horizontal slash!

Rainbow with gracious cat movement rolled to the side like a sexy beast she is. Using her left wing she let herself be launched up to stop right when her feet met the ground after extending them. With a pillow in her hoof, she charged at the Pink warrior wielding her purple pillow giving extra bonus to silencing others that desperately try to say something!

Like a arrows shot by an archer, she had her pillow ready to be used to whack the Tartarus out of Pinkie for her random intervention. With the pillow held behind her, Rainbow begin to take the swing, she flied forwards with her back towards one of the walls while her hoof was now perfectly at a straight ninety degree angle. Countless experience in flying and hoofing over the horseshoe in midair, gave her the knowledge that her pillow will perfectly hit just when her arm is at one hundred and forty two degrees towards Pinkie.

Pinkie Pie, a clever girl she was, used her pillow to stop the incoming weapon of the Rainbow maned enemy, to shield herself from the incoming blow. Rainbow Dash with eyes full of ire, her soul burning with a flame, hotter than Celestia’s sun when the princess is in heat. Powered up Rainbows attack. While the rest of the elements just begin to lay their eyes on the struggle that will occur in a moment.

And like lighting, contact was made, the Pink entity, had to use all her power in her hoofs in order not to be send flying backwards from the attack. The wind was like a hurricane after the two pillows met. Dust, that wasn’t present on the pillows was evicted from inside of them, coloring the shockwave of the impact light gray.

Fluttershy felt the first little amounts of air on her fur, she already knew that any Breezes in this room, would had no chance of survival from the force of the wind the two of her friends have made. Applejack and Rarity barely understood what in Celestia’s sweet, soft and round flank was going on. They only cold tell one small sentence.

The Pink warrior couldn’t stand the pressure of Rainbows tack and she gave in, allowing Rainbow Dash to fall right into her Pink friend. In a desperate move to save herself from any pain on her front Rainbow wanted to shield herself, but booth her hooves were blocked by Pinkies sides, disallowing her hoofs to return to her owner. The two ponies fell into each other and their muzzles met, not in a kiss, but in a direct and painful like sting of a bee, hit.

Because of physics, and other laws of science an uneducated in that matter narrator can’t name, the two of them begin to roll all the way towards the walls. The two were like a wheel, stone wheel in one of Daring Doo’s books that rolled to smash everything in its path. The two of them had luck as there was no furniture in the way to be annihilated by the azure/pink disk.

In the end, the impact had to occur, the both of them stopped and hit themselves in their heads, by hitting the wall hard enough for them to damage the planks of the wall. Rainbow Dash was lying on Pinkie Pie with her front hoofs on the ground while Pinkie had hers around Rainbows neck. The two’s friendship was so strong, the fact that their private parts rubbed against each other was not a problem.

Rainbows sweat dropped on Pinkie Pie’s forehead, adding in some of her own self to Pinkie Pie and marking her. The two felt each others warmth, and the hearts of both mares beat like the hearts of horses after a race. Rainbow Dash looked to the right, she saw what she desired to see, Pinkies purple pillow with gold edges.

Rainbow Dash rushed with her right hoof for the pillow, but she was tricked! Pinkie Pie already went for it when her eyes returned to check on her! She read from her own yes, by using them as a mirror to spot the pillow. Before Rainbow knew, she had a pillow in her face, blocking her furtherly from saying what she wanted to scream out. Desperate to win, she flapped her wings with the same force you smack disobedient mares in a brothel.

She let out a battle roar, a somewhat thirsty battle roar. Thirsty for victory and to finally let out the hiding sentence in her screams she wants Pinkie Pie to hear! Rainbow, was about to charge again like a true Wonderbolts into battle. She wanted to let out the digging itself deeper and deeper anger for what nonsense Pinkie has done. She was however stopped by something.

It was Applejack who held her in her hoofs, away from Pinkie Pie. Rainbow was like possessed, she tried to get away and she tried to fight herself out of Applejacks warm hug. The apple mare didn’t let go, she held her tightly, so weirdly tightly it made her feel weird.

“Pinkie Pie! This wasn’t necessary!” Rarity said, still hearing sounds in her ears.

“Let go Applejack! I have to Finish the Job!”

Applejack has taken her bipedal stand, in order to hold Rainbow better but she had to be careful not to fall or else she might let go of Rainbow Dash.

“Ah won’t… let you go Dash!” She said holding her friend dearly and with as much force as she can while looking out so that she won’t hurt her.

“Rainbow Dash it was supposed to be for fun!” Pinkie said, hopping around like a bunny before the pegasi.

“We are talking about a serious matter, there is no time for fun!”

Pinkie stopped and fell on her goofy muzzle like a newborn foal. She looked at her Fiend and her eyes begin to water up, Fluttershy also came out of the corner when the situation was getting better and better.

“But, but why?”

“Because! We have a potential problem on our back! Look even Applejack supports me by holding me from continuing this mess!”

“Ah don’t, I only stopped you from destroying everything inside!”

PinkiePie sat, she did a small circle with her hoof on the carpet and tried to reason with her friend “Well, it wasn’t just for fun, you know. Y-”

“For what then!” Rainbow used the opportunity and got out of Applejacks grip.

“You literally yelled at Fluttershy for just saying what she thinks, I didn’t want to make you angry I wanted to stop the anger.” She said quickly, and looked at her friend with sad eyes.

Rainbow looked at Pinkie Pie and then at Fluttershy who looked a little scared indeed, she felt ashamed and she felt as if she has done something horrible. She in fact did, she assaulted her friend for stating her mid, it wasn’t normal even for Fluttershy to say such things.

“Pinkie Pie is right, you did overreact Rainbow Dash.” Rarity said, adding from the back.

“Well, I-I.” She lacked words.

She indeed overreacted, she shouldn’t have had yelled at Fluttershy, especially since Fluttershy is a not as good at accepting bad emotions towards her. She felt really ashamed she wanted to say sorry but something blocked her. Guilt of saying, what she said and of what she wanted to do. She was carried by anger like a teenager.

“I’m sorry Fluttershy, I shouldn’t have yelled at you.” Rainbow said, she looked at the ground and sniffed.

Fluttershy approached her friend and hugged her, giving her a warm embrace. Rainbow Dash put her head on Fluttershy’s shoulder and a small very hardly to notice tear went down her cheek. The two ponies hugged themselves. All while Fluttershy said with her sweet and quiet voice something into her ear.

“It’s okay, sometimes anger has more control then we do.”

Rainbow sniffed once again answered. “That’s very true”

The two ponies broke their hug, and now was Rainbows turn to apologize to no other pony then to PinkiePie, who has been smiling widely for the past ten seconds. Rainbow approached her Pink friend, and before she even started Pinkie hugged Rainbow, while hugging her a squeaky sound was let out as if Pinkie Pie was a giant teddy bear plush!

“We’ll continue in the palace?” Pinkie Asked.

Rainbow although she has been almost crying, let out a small laugh that indicated her mood has greatly improved. “Yes, why not.”

The two proceeded to look at each other, and Rainbow finally broke the barrier and said out loud. “I’m sorry, I shouldn’t have had reacted like that.”

“Oh it's okay! Nothing has happened Dashy!”

While the two shared one last hug, Applejack looked out the window, they were literally five minutes or so from the station. The Crystal Empire was not more than a few kilometers away. The only thing that remains right now to do, is to get their luggage out and be prepared to get out and met their friend Twilight!

“Listen y’all the station I close, you better start getting your stuff ready!” Applejack proclaimed.

Pinkie and Rainbow broke the hug and each one, but Rainbow Dash, approached the big looking like a wardrobe trunk. Rarity opened the trunk and she took her large red baggage, while Applejack put out her yellow bag with her things inside. Fluttershy had her own, made by Discords magic baggage that was way smaller than Rarity’s

Rainbow just flew towards her home, she had her things all in the Empire. She only wanted to inform her friends of Sauron, she still had a few lessons with Flurry Heart before she returns home. If anything, she has a lot of money, so she can afford buying herself new temporary needed for survival in the Empire clothes.

Only a few more minutes, and there will be a lot of hugs and kisses.

Here we have our Elements of Harmony.

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