Author's Notes:

Songs Included:
Kevin Owens- Fight
Finn Balor- Catch Your Breath
Kansas- Carry On (My Wayward Son)
Metallica- One

Monday morning, Harmony joyed her breakfast of pancakes and bacon as it would be the last time she enjoyed eating meat.

“So, you're really going to go through with this,” Lily asked

“I am. I need to know dad was telling the truth.”

“Have fun dear,” Lily said kissing her on the cheek

“Are you ready to go? Not having second thoughts,” Discord asked

“I'm ready. I'll see you in a week, Lily.”

“Very well. Step through the portal,” Discord said

As the two headed into Equestria Harmony felt herself change. She became a silver unicorn with her usual blue eyes, blond mane and tail. Discord summoned a mirror so she could see her cutie mark easily. To her surprise, the design was that of a sword and shield, with the design her father created in the center.

“Welcome to Equestria! I know everyone but you're new here. What's your cutie mark mean,” a pink pony said bouncing around

“Discord? What are you doing here, and who is this? Forgive my rudeness. I'm Twilight Sparkle and these are my friends Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie,” Twilight said motioning to each in turn

“I'm here to introduce the daughter of an old friend to Equestria,” Discord said simply

“Girls, please give our guest some room. Allow me to introduce myself. I am Princess Celestia and this is my sister Princess Luna,” Celestia called landing on the ground

“It's nice to meet you all. I'm Harmony Dragnov.”

“You're not Harmony Dragnov,” Pinkie said

“What are you talking about? I know who I am.”

(*knock knock* Brian, you made a huge mistake)

[The hell are you talking about?]

(‘One black with silver manes and tails and blue eyes. And an earth pony.’ That's how you described your daughter originally. How can you change your description?)

{Perhaps your friendly neighborhood God of Chaos can answer that Pinkie. This version of Harmony is actually a human who created this appearance. The pony version was in a different Equestria.}

“My mistake. Sorry for the
misunderstanding,” Pinkie said

“It's Pinkie. Don't try to understand it,” Twilight said

“So what's your cutie mark mean,” Dash asked

“It's technically the reason I'm here. Discord sent me here from the human realm to see Equestria. My father Brian Dragnov was here.”

“He's never been here,” Pinkie retorted

“As I was saying, it was in an alternate Equestria where he became an alicorn and witnessed the end of Equus, billions of years later. Once he returned home, he wrote a book about his life there and played it off as fiction.”

“I sent Harmony here to at least see that Equestria is real. She'll be here for a week before I send her home,” Discord finished

“As to my cutie mark, the center design was my dad's cutie mark from his Equestria that he tattooed on his arms as a human. The sword and shield represent the times I both attacked and defended him for his story,” Harmony said wiping tears from his eyes

“What happened to your dad, darling,” Rarity asked

“He's gone. Died peacefully in his sleep. At least he's with his friends and family.”

“I'm sorry for your loss,” Celestia said

“If you don't mind, you'll stay at my library for the time you're here,” Twilight said “Follow me.”

Twilight led Harmony down the road to the giant tree that was her home. Harmony was in awe with all the books inside.

“This is your home?”

“Yes. I live on the third floor. Here's your room,” Twilight said leading her to a door

“Thank you very much for letting me stay here.”

“You're very welcome. Perhaps tomorrow you could meet the girls officially,” Twilight suggested

“Sounds good to me.”

“I'm not too sure if you'll be able to talk to Fluttershy. You could describe her as ‘timid’ and be correct,” Twilight said

“I saw as she hid behind you. I'll skip her for now. Who would you suggest visiting first?”

“Well, I know Pinkie will be throwing you a party, so visiting her isn't necessary. That just leaves Applejack, Rarity and Rainbow Dash. It's up to you,” Twilight suggested

“I'll see Applejack in the morning.”

The next morning Harmony grabbed something to eat before heading off to see Applejack. While she didn't know where she was going, heading to the edge of town was probably the best place to find a farm.

“Here to try and help,” Applejack asked

“If you don't mind.”

“Know anything about apple bucking or farming,” AJ demanded

“No, but I can learn.”

AJ walked over to the nearest tree and kicked it, releasing apples. Seeing what was done, Harmony headed over to a tree and kicked it as hard as she could knocking some of the apples off. Knowing what to do, a second shot knocked the rest of the apples off.

“One tree down; plenty more to go,” AJ said sarcastically

Throughout the day into the afternoon, both worked on getting as much as they could done. Having never done manual labor like this, it was wearing Harmony out, but she tried to push through the pain.

“You've done enough. Take it; you've earned it,” AJ said handing her a bottle of cider

“Thank you very much.”

“Sorry about my rudeness earlier. Could you tell me about yourself,” AJ asked

“At home, I'm a teacher. I studied different subjects to try and help out when I can if a substitute is needed. As I mentioned yesterday, my dad was sent to another version of Equestria where he lived for a few billion years.”

“That is interesting that your father was here, even in a different time. I can tell that you are telling the truth about everything. Do you know why he was sent to Equestria,” AJ replied

“Personal reasons he hated to talk about. He told me once, but I swore myself to never repeat it.”

“Sorry if it was rude to ask. Twilight, what can I do for you,” AJ asked

“Picking up Harmony. I thought she'd want to rest before learning magic,” Twilight replied

An exhausted Harmony headed home and managed to make it to the guest room before collapsing in bed. After sleeping for a while and having an early dinner with Twilight, it was time to begin their lesson.

“Is there magic where you come from,” Twilight asked

“Unfortunately no. Humans have no need for it.”

“Well, as long as you're here, you might as well learn. Your horn is the focal point for spells. Let's try a simple levitation spell. Picture the book lifting,” Twilight directed setting a book on the table

Harmony closed her eyes and focused on the book. She thought of how easy it would be to use a hand to lift the book and willed her magic to follow her wishes.

“You're doing it! Take a look,” an excited Twilight said

As soon as Harmony opened her eyes, her concentration started to slip, causing the book to fall.

“That was a great first try. This time, try keeping your eyes opened,” Twilight suggested

The second time was a complete success as Harmony managed to keep the book suspended in midair before lowering it back down. Taking a breath, she proceeded to lift and lower the book again, without problems.

“Congratulations, Harmony! You did it,” Twilight said hugging her “So how was it helping Applejack on her farm?”

“Hard work. At home, I live in the city and never did much in the way of manual labor. I honestly had to force myself to continue through the pain.”

“Well, tomorrow Rarity is planning on picking you up,” Twilight said

True to her word, on Wednesday Rarity was standing outside the door of the library at 8:00am to pick Harmony up.

“Good morning. You'll be my model today,” Rarity said leading the pair to her shop

“I'm going to make you a dress to wear to the party Pinkie is throwing for you,” Rarity said seemingly without discussion

“There is one thing I'd like you to put on there. Black trim along the dress.”

“Why black, if you don't mind,” Rarity asked

“A tribute to my dad. He always wore black at home, and had a black pegasus form in his Equestria.”

“Of course, darling. I actually thought of putting black in there to complement your fur,” Rarity said

After a few hours of being pricked with a needle or two, the design was completed. It was a simple gold dress with black trim to accentuate Harmony’s fur.

“Normally, these colors would clash, but it looks good on you,” Rarity said

“Thank you very much. I'm sure my dad would have loved this,” Harmony said through tears

“I believe he would. Don't dwell on any bad memories, but focus on happy ones,” Rarity suggested

“That's something he would say; as long as you think of the dead, they never truly die.”

“He was wise, if you don't mind me saying,” Rarity said

“I'd like to think so. When he told me about going to Equestria, I thought it was an elaborate story. Now that I'm here, I see that he was telling the truth the entire time.”

“Hey Rares,” Rainbow Dash said entering the boutique

“Dash; to what do I owe the pleasure of the visit,” Rarity asked

“I went to see Twilight in order to find our visitor; Harmony, I think,” Dash answered

“What do you need with me?”

“Just follow me outside. That is, if you're done playing dress up,” Dash replied

“Yes, I recently finished her dress for Pinkie’s party,” Rarity said

Harmony reluctantly headed outside, not knowing the intentions of the pegasus.

“Have you ever flown before,” Dash asked directly

“As a human, I was in an airplane once.”

“What's that,” Dash asked curiously

“Simply put; an airplane is a metal craft humans use to fly. We have to use alternative means to do so as humans weren't born to fly.”

“Well, here's your chance to do so,” Dash said

Without warning, Harmony was picked up on Dash’s back as she took off into the air. Dash flew to a point well above the clouds before rolling over on her back. Harmon was sent plummeting downwards towards the ground.

“Help!”

“You're fine. I wouldn't let anything happen to you,” Dash yelled before flying down to catch Harmony on her back

“You're a psychotic bitch. Anyone ever tell you that?”

“No one's ever said that before,” Dash replied

“Rainbow Dash, what were you thinking!? You could have seriously injured Harmony, if not worse,” Twilight yelled as she ran over Harmony, are you alright?”

“I could be worse, but you're absolutely crazy! You are a pegasus designed to fly; while I am a unicorn obviously not designed to fly.”

“You are absolutely right, Harmony. Rainbow Dash, you have pulled pranks on others that has resulted in some getting injured. There is one punishment fitting,” Discord said popping up and snapping his fingers

“Discord, what did you do? Give me back my wings for buck sake,” Dash said angrily

“No. The remainder of the week you will be without them. Maybe that would teach you not to harm others,” Discord said

Rainbow Dash attempted to buck Discord only for him to disappear and summon a banana peel in front of her, causing her to slip and land on the whoopee cushion that popped up.

“See, that kind of prank is funny. But striking ponies with lightning isn't,” Discord said offering a Dash a hoof up only to meet a joy buzzer

“I'm sorry for Dash’s actions, Harmony. Let's head back home,” Twilight said “I'll make you some tea to help you relax.”

“Thank you Twilight.”

The two returned to the library where Twilight started boiling. Harmony grabbed a book to read in the meantime, without paying much attention.

“Here you go. Sorry about Dash. I don't know what she was thinking,” Twilight said handing her a cup

“Thank you again. I don't have much fear, but that certainly put the fear of God into me.”

“Why was your father sent to Equestria,” Twilight asked curiously

“He told me it was due to my grandparents. His father shot his mom in the chest, before turning the gun on himself. What's worse, was my father was right there and witnessed it firsthand.”

“I'm sorry to ask about it. My friends don’t know this, but I know the feeling of losing someone. My brother Shining Armor wanted to marry Mi Amore Cadenza, who was thought to be a bad influence on him. My parents didn't care for the marriage and the pressure caused Shining to use a forbidden spell to kill himself,” Twilight said through tears

“I'm sorry for the loss of your brother,” Harmony said hugging her

“Thank you for that. My parents still refuse to believe they were the reason behind his death and actually caused it to be a forbidden topic,” Twilight said wiping her eyes

“Do you have some paper and writing utensil? I can draw a picture or two of my family, so you can see them.”

Twilight grabbed some paper and a couple pencils for Harmony to use. As she started drawing, one picture showed Brian as a human wearing his usual trench coat and a simple pegasus with the images being shaded instead of colored. The second image was her grandparents deaths as closely depicted as possible.

“Your father looked handsome, if you don't mind the complement. And seeing the photo of your grandparents deaths is saddening because of what happened to my brother,” Twilight replied

“The one image of my dad is yours to keep, but I'd ask you not to show anyone else the second.”

“Not a problem,” Twilight said destroying the image

“If you don't mind me asking, why was your family so against your brother?”

“Cadence’s mothers is Chrysalis and the ruler of the Crystal Empire. My brother fell in love with Cadence, but due to her mother's reputation of supposedly being manipulative, my parents didn't want Shining to be with her and ‘suggested’ he choose a different mate or else. Obviously he didn't, and you know what happened later,” Twilight explained

“Sort of like the story of Romeo and Juliet. Both were part of families that didn't want them to be together, but they ignored their families’ wishes. In the end; one faked their death, and the other seeing their love was ‘gone’,” actually killed themself to be with them.”

“I do see the similarities in the two. Changing the subject; what do you think of my friends,” Twilight commented

“Applejack is certainly a hard worker and Rarity has no lack of creativity. What I said about Rainbow Dash being a psychotic bitch felt true to me. I don't know about you, but I actually don’t feel the need to fly.”

“I agree. What Dash did was really reckless because if she wasn't fast enough; well, you know,” Twilight replied

On Thursday, Harmony spent the day training to increase her aptitude with magic. Levitating objects became much easier as she wasn't focusing that hard to do so.

“Congratulations Harmony! You've only been learning magic for a few days, but you've made so much progress,” Twilight said cheerfully

“I have you to thank for teaching me.”

“Harmony, are you here? I brought the dress I made for you,” Rarity called knocking on the door

“Yes, I'm here. Twilight was helping me with some spells.”

“Thank you again for the dress. Where is the party going to be held?”

“I'm holding it in Canterlot castle where the princesses live tomorrow. I thought you'd like to see it,” Pinkie said appearing out of nowhere

“I would. The only castles I've seen are in books. Any that remain are completely falling apart if not destroyed.”

“That reminds me of the original castle the princesses had. It's currently out in the Everfree Forest and completely in ruins. My mentor, Princess Luna took me out there to see one time,” Twilight said
“She sent me a message saying that a carriage will be sent to pick us up and fly us to the castle.”

The next day on Friday, the remaining members of the mane-six were waiting outside of Twilight’s library for the carriage to arrive.

“Harmony, I'm sorry for my actions the other day. I wasn't thinking when I grabbed you. Could you forgive me,” Dash asked apologetically

“I'm not afraid of much, but scared the hell out of me. I was thinking about my fiancé and how much she'd miss me if anything happened.”

“I wish you and your wife well,” Twilight said

Once the group arrived at the castle, Harmony was amazed by the size and grandeur of it. Twilight led everyone to the throne room. Inside were four people, two she recognized as the princesses, while the centaur and armored unicorn male were unknown.

“Harmony, it's nice of you to join us. Allow me to introduce my husband Tirek,” Celestia said motioning to the red centaur

“This is my husband Sombra. I see you're wearing another beautiful dress built by Rarity,” Luna said with an arm around the male unicorn

“It's nice to meet you both,” Harmony said with a bow

“Rainbow Dash, you look quite different without your wings,” Celestia commented “Wait a minute; what the buck happened to your wings!?”

“I took Harmony on a flight before sending her off my back in midair. Discord took my wings as punishment for that, along with the harmful pranks I've pulled on others,” Dash answered

“Discord, you plan on giving them back to her right,” Celestia demanded as he popped up

“I'm sorry for the pranks I've pulled. I promise not to pull pranks on anyone ever again. These past few days have given me a better look at how much earth ponies are underappreciated,” Dash said apologetically

“As long as you intend to keep your promise, I won't punish you again. These belong to you,” Discord said snapping his fingers returning the wings

“Allow me to introduce our entertainment for the party. Octavia Melody and Vinyl Scratch,” Pinkie said

After playing for a while during the mini concert, Harmony was approached by Octavia.

“You're a fellow musician, I take it. Why don't you play something for us,” Octavia ordered

“Alright. Here's something my father taught me. He originally called it ‘Fight to Catch Your Breath’.”

After playing the piece, all but Octavia started to applaud Harmony’s performance. She decided on playing Kansas’s ‘Carry On (My Wayward Son)’ as her second song.

“That is not music, that is just noise. Classical music is real,” Octavia said with a hint of discuss in her voice

“Chill out sis. Harmony is just playing something different than you. Do you happen to have another for an encore,” Vinyl asked

“I do. Here's ‘One’.”

Harmony’s final piece caused a massive round of applause from the group. To everyone's surprise, Octavia started the cheering.

“I'm sorry for my rudeness. My parents were strict on my teaching,” Octavia said

“My father had a different method of teaching.”

“How different,” Octavia asked curiously

"When I was ten years old, he started teaching me to play. I was thirteen when he asked me a different question. Instead of him picking the music, he asked me what I wanted to learn. He explained that while in school, he played what was required. As he got older, he started to choose the music he played."

“Why was that,” Vinyl asked

“My father, Brian, believed that if you are forced to do something, there is no passion behind it. Vinyl, you mentioned you two are sisters. Do you mind telling me about it?”

“We were twins, but I was adopted out by another family after birth. My family taught me to play violin, but after seeing how strict my birth parents were with Octy, I wanted nothing to do with classical music and chose dubstep instead,” Vinyl explained “I still listen to classical music, but not very often.”

“My father would have used that as the perfect example. After seeing how Octavia was treated, you stopped playing violin.”

The door to the throne room opened and a pair of ponies entered. One was blue while its mate was white. Harmony swore the atmosphere in the room actually got colder with their presence.

“Good evening princesses. We thought we'd stop by,” the white pony said

“Night Light, Velvet; what the buck are you two doing here,” Twilight asked directly

“That's no way to talk to your mother,” Twilight’s father said

“The two of you stopped being my parents years ago after that incident,” Twilight replied angrily

“That wasn't our doing,” Twilight’s mother said in response

“Twi, what are they talking about? What incident,” Applejack asked

“The death of my brother Shining Armor. I never wanted you to know about it. Shining wanted to marry Cadence, but these two,” Twilight said gesturing to her parents “didn't like that idea and drove my brother to commit suicide.”

“We wanted what's best for him. Chrysalis is known for manipulating others and Night Light and I didn't want that to happen,” Twilight Velvet replied

“What gives you two the right to dictate who your son should be with? If he was happy with her, you should have supported him.”

“Who in Tartarus are you, and what gives you the right to lecture me,” Velvet demanded

“Harmony Dragnov. For twenty years I hated my father and tried to discredit him. He wrote a fiction book that was passed off as reality. I called him a liar so many times, I lost count. He told me he visited Equestria, but I refused to believe it. Now that I'm here, I understand how much I fucked up. I'd give anything to tell him that I'm sorry,” Harmony said through tears

Unknown to anyone, Discord was recording the conversation of Harmony’s so Brian could hear it in Heaven.

“It's probably best for everyone for the two of you to just leave now. I'd hate to do something I'd regret in front of everyone,” Celestia suggested

Night Light and his wife left to a silent room. Twilight gave them a certain rude gesture before her parents turned around and headed to the door.

“Harmony, are you ready to head home,” Discord asked

“I am. Thank you for everything this past week. It was an honor to meet you all. What about my dress?”

“It would be a shame to see something so beautiful destroyed. You'll keep it,” Discord replied snapping his fingers

“Take care back at home Harmony. It was an honor to have you staying with me,” Twilight replied hugging her

“Don't forget us, back there,” AJ said

“So long to you all, and don't worry, I won’t forget you. Goodbye and Goodnight,” Harmony said before stepping through the portal

● HEAVEN ●

“Sir, after hearing what my daughter had to say; I'd like to ask permission to visit her,” Brian asked the white hooded figure

“I grant you permission to visit Harmony. Be aware, that you cannot be photographed, but you will be able to interact with her. When you are ready to return home, you may do so,” the hooded figure replied

“Thank you very much, sir.”

● EARTH ●

Harmony and Discord returned back through the portal to her house, where Lily was still there, only frozen. Harmony was wearing the golden dress Rarity made, but was now wearing gold heels to match her outfit. Discord snapped his fingers, causing time to return to normal again.

“Wow! You look amazing,” Lily said with a whistle

“Thank you. Rarity made it for me in Equestria.”

“If you don't mind, Harmony; I'm going to step out for a while. I might stop by a jeweler for our wedding rings,” Lily said

“Take your time dear. One thing I said during my visit there did make me realize that I fucked up.”

After Lily left the house, Harmony grabbed the unfinished drawing notebook her father used and sketched a picture of her equine counterpart inside before coloring it in.

“You look good,” a voice said

“Who goes there?”

“Sorry. Perhaps this is better,” Brian asked taking a human form

“Dad? Is that you?”

“It's me. I feel more comfortable taking the form when I was twenty-five more than anything,” Brian said

“Why are you here?”

“Discord allowed me to hear what you said in Equestria. I asked HIM for permission to be here,” he said

“I meant what I said. Originally, I never believed it because it seemed impossible. It was an elaborate story you created. Now that I've been there, I understand you were not lying. I'm so very sorry dad,” Harmony said hugging her dad

“I accept your apology, but there isn't a need. When I told you, I half-expected you to believe me without question. It did hurt being called a liar by my daughter, but I understand. I told you something very important without evidence to actually back it up,” he said kissing her forehead

“After you died, I saw everything that was from your phone. I started to believe it was true, and now I have no doubts.”

“Just how different was your version from mine,” he asked curiously

“Twilight’s brother Shining Armor apparently committed suicide because of his parents.”

“Romeo and Juliet; I take it? Without her dying too,” he mused

“Yeah. Celestia is married to some centaur named Tirek, while Luna was with Sombra.”

“Interesting, but I figured there had to be multiple timelines. You've read the ‘Diary of the Two Sisters’ right,” he asked as she nodded “My world's Twilight had no recollection of ever writing any of that.”

“I have to ask. What do you think of the dress Rarity made for me?”

“It's beautiful, like you. Nice drawing, by the way. Do you mind if I added a little to it,” he replied

“Go ahead.”

Brian started drawing his pegasus form with wings spread next to the form of his daughter. After coloring in the entire image; he added very lightly the alicorn wings and horns, making them almost ghostlike. On a second page, he drew the two of them standing together with his arm around her shoulder as Melody did the same on the other side.

“Dad, these images are beautiful. Thank you for visiting me. I'm so sorry for the hell I caused for years.”

“You were raised to be opinionated. I'm just glad to be able to see you one final time. Congratulations to you and Lily, the two of you make a fine couple. I'm proud of the woman you've become,” Brian said giving his daughter one final hug

“I love you dad. Thank you so much for everything.”

With that, Brian started to fade away. Harmony was left standing there alone and was glad to see both drawings here still present on the paper. While it was unusual, Brian dated both images as October 13, 2060. A little while later, Lily returned home with a pair of rings and gowns for their wedding.

“What's up Harm,” Lily said casually

“My dad paid me a visit.”

“What did he say,” she asked

“He accepted the apology I made about yelling at him and calling him a liar. Before he left, he drew these two pictures and told me he was proud of me.”

“Others may not believe you, but I know he drew these images. I'm glad he was able to visit,” Lily said hugging her “When do you want to have the wedding?”

“Why not just have it today with the two of us? Today would have been my dad's birthday.”

“Sounds good. I figured it would be private anyway,” she said with a chuckle

After the wedding, Harmony redrew the wedding photo on paper in full color. Next to both them, were their parents. Both Rose and Melody were drawn with dresses, while both their fathers had tuxedos on. To make her father stand out, she added his usual trench coat.

“That's amazing,” Lily exclaimed

“Thanks. I'd believe this to be the true image from our wedding, with them standing with us.”

‘We'll always be here’, a voice said

“We love you,” Harmony and Lily said together