Harmony

Chapters

A Beginning
Creations
Memories
The Tree and a New Race

A Beginning

There was no fear, only happiness. No loneliness, but companionship. A unicorn that was the first of her kind walked among the land glowing her horn as she walked creating grass, flowers, and trees. Her name was Elisa, skin white as it shines like a crystal, her mane was a light purple with flowers in it, and her horn different from any other unicorn was shaped like an antler.

The first ponies she made were alicorns a form of a breed that was meant to walk amen the earth and more power than a unicorn. Elisa was very powerful herself but she wanted to give that to who she had created. A piece of her mane was removed from her as she levitates it in front of her closing her eyes.
When she spoke it was smooth and beautiful almost quiet, "From my mane to my power, I will give a new life, and this filly will be kind and wise bring to light each day."

A flash happened, then a filly at her hooves curled up like a ball with her pink main almost covering her body. Elisa put her head down getting the filly to wake up. She opens her eyes for the first time seeing Elisa over her smiling she smiled back trying to stand up but felt weak falling back down on the ground she tried again this time using her little wings as they flop then stood up.

"Mama!" Said the filly rubbing her head agents Elisa's snout.

"Welcome to the world my little one, my dear Celestia."

Other ponies were made pegasi, earth pony, and unicorn. The Everfree Forest was the first home to some ponies even for Celestia. A few months have passed with Celestia still a filly. Elisa helped her control her magic in order to use it on the sun, "Come on sweetie, you can do it."

Her horn flickered as the sun was briefly going down, "But mommy I can't. Can you be the one to set it?"

"Now Sally." (Sally was the nickname Elisa gave Celestia when she whined about something being too hard or wanting something.) "We talked about this. You're going to be doing this for all eternity."

"But I like for it to be all day every time."

"Yes, but you also have to think of the other ponies, plants, even the animals. They need both day and night in order to function, without it there will be no balance, and no balance everything ends up destroying itself." Celestia looked at the ground then looked back at the sun, "Just clear your mind. Think of nothing else, but the sun."

Celestia did just that making the sun go down. She cheered for enjoyment along with a glow at her flank. A cutie mark of the sun appeared, "What is this?"

"That is your special talent. Others have these cutie marks, each one represents what they do and what they are."

Celestia looked at Elisa's flank not seeing a cutie mark, "Why don't you have one?"

"Because I am not like any other pony, I am meant to do all things I am Harmony."

"Harmony? What's that?"

"I'll tell you later, but for now that's all for today." Elisa's horn glow as the stars began to appear in the night sky. Celestia's eyes lit up as each one revealed itself, but no moon was found. This saddens Celestia, Elisa saw how sad she was not seeing the moon, "There are some nights the moon never shows. But that doesn't mean it still can't be a beautiful night." She moved the stars creating a pony family running and being happy. Celestia lade on the grass as she slowly closed her eyes, "My sweet Celestia, you won't be doing this along."

The next day, Celestia got up bright and early yawning. She felt something at her side sleeping. It was a filly that was dark blue with a short light blue mane, she too was an alicorn. Celestia was shocked at first wondering where she came from. The little filly woke up when Celestia moved away yawning too, "Big sister!"

"Huh?"

"I'm Luna, mommy saw how lonely you were then made me. You were sad when the moon wasn't showing."

Elisa came up to both of them seeing Celestia looking at Luna, "I see you have already met your little sister. I made her after you want to sleep, as a surprise."

A castle was too made called The Two Sisters. Telling them this will be their place to live to help the ponies of any kind.

"Mommy? Why are we different from any other pony? Aren't there any other alicorns like us?." Luna saw only three types of ponies earth pony, pegasi, and unicorn.

"The power you both have is different from a unicorn's. You will help guide and protect as long the world still exist."

"But you're a unicorn, shouldn't you be an alicorn since you had us?"

"Oh Luna, already like your sister. Harmony is the barrier to everything great. Wisdom, loyalty, laughter, honesty, kindness, generosity, and magic. My appearance means nothing that I am incapable of, the same goes for you two."

"I'm not sure I understand."

Elisa closed her eyes smiling giving her a boop on the nose, "Don't rush to understand. You and Celestia have all the time in the world, the only two to keep it safe for now."

"But will you be with us every step of the way?" Celestia sits next to Luna as she heard a little of the story. Elisa couldn't really answer that question, the future was unknown to her. All she could do is create in hopes of a brighter future.

"Yes, my little ones. You are my creation, and I'll do anything to keep you safe while remaining here."

Creations

Elisa controlled all things in the forest keeping creatures away from the ponies. The creatures in the forest weren't made by Elisa but from some other pony. His name was Ambrose he was a form of a pony but wasn't like Elisa. He had three horns shaped like a crown, skin dark brown, and mane as blue as the night sky. Ambrose was the king of all mythical creatures from Timber wolfs to Changelings. His power has always been unknown even to Elisa. They both met when the world was first created. Ambrose was drawn by the shared beauty and kindness that Elisa had. You could say they were in love but they both had different goals for one dimension. She wanted peace, love, sharing, happiness, and loyalty. While he just wanted the opposite thinking things can be fixed if unbalanced this was something Elisa didn't like out of him but she still tries in order for him to understand his ways of being horrible.

Luna met him when she first resin the moon and got her cutie mark seeing as the moonlight shines on him. He walked up to her briefly smiling at her.

"So Elisa made a filly. And not just any filly, an alicorn." Luna walked backward as he got closer, "You're powerful but yet, you're afraid." Ambrose sits in front of Luna watching her every move, "I have no attention of harming you. I just wanted to see what you were."

"You know my mommy?"

"We have grown up together. Although we do different things."

"What do you do?" Curious to know but Ambrose shook his head no.

"You will know sooner or later. But for now, there will be other things both you and your sister will face. They will test you to see if Elisa made you strong enough."

"But what about my sister? Her too?"

"No, just you." His mane began to move like a fog tord Luna surrounding her, this scared her to where she ended up closing her eyes having her hoofs over her head calling for Celestia and Elisa. Ambrose was no longer there after Celestia and Elisa showed up the fog was gone.

"Luna, why didn't you stay with us?" Asked Celestia.

"You're not yet ready to do things on your own, especially when other creatures mostly attack foals." Said Elisa.

"I'm sorry, just wanted to try to raise the moon."

Elisa put her hoof around Luna telling her it's alright. Elisa even knew she met Ambrose sentencing him still around, "Why don't you go with your sister. I'll be with you shortly." Luna started walking away next to Celestia.

"You know me too well Elisa."

"How could you harm a foal like her?"

"I was just curious, never thought you would be the type of pony to create something like that."

She made her horn glow as the flowers in her mane also glow, "If you ever hurt my creation I swear to you--"

"What will you do? My power surpasses yours. All those creatures I made are proof of that. Now the changelings, they're more harmless then what I'll make later on. But I wonder, was it the right thing to create those alicorns? Seems to me you want the same thing as I do. Destruction."

"No, you're wrong! I never want that!"

"Hum, hum, who sweet Elisa. If only you can look into the future as I do. All things that are created end up having a choice to save everything or destroy it. The two foals you made are one of them."

"I overheard you think Luna is the only one strong."

"I did, but so can Celestia. Celestia seems like a key to end all things."

Elisa shot a beam at him as he used his mane as a shield to get away, "I want aloud it!"

"It has already has begun. Nothing can change it."

Elisa no longer senses his presence she has now regretted what she created. Her creation being something she was hoping to avoid, a flicker came to her mind. There will always be hope, even in the darkest times.

At the beginning of the fall, Elisa went ahead to let Celestia and Luna use their wings. They didn't move much only when they were excited or stretching. Celestia was very excited to do this, why wouldn't she be? Flying felt like a dream come true, Luna on the other hoof didn't want to. Raising the moon was already hard enough.

"Now girls, don't expect to do well on the first try. This is working progress much like raising the moon and sun."

"How do you know about flying when you don't have wings?" Asked Luna.

Elisa gave her a charming smile as wings began to appear from her body. Both Celestia and Luna had their mouths gape open, "Shall we begin?"

Flapping their wings very fast with Elisa gliding underneath them in case they stop flying. Celestia slowly began to slow down her wings while the wind helps her grip in the sky. Luna didn't do that and end up falling as her wings were given in. Elisa caught her seeing how upset she was seeing her older sister able to get the hang of it, "It's not fair, big sis is already mastering it! Why can't I?!" A tear started to fall from Luna's face as Elisa went ahead landing to solid ground. Celestia too saw her upset landing on her mom's back next to Luna.

"No! Get away!"

"But Lulu, you will get better."

"But I want to fly now!"

"Luna, I know how it feels when a thing doesn't happen within a day." Wings disappearing putting both Celestia and Luna on the grass, "It was hard for me to use magic."

"You?" Said both Celestia and Luna.

"All creations and creature do learn to control their powers. One pony helps me with mine."

"Was it the pony I met?" Said Luna.
Elisa didn't say anything but smiled with her eyes closed.

"But he wanted to harm Lulu."

"Maybe I should show you, instead of telling you." She neal her horn down letting both Luna and Celestia touch it with their horn. Magic was now flowing through Luna and Celestia's horn creating a time gate into the past.

Luna and Celestia saw nothing as it was all pitch black, then light began to brighten seeing their mom trying to use magic for the first time.

"For crying out loud! Can this horn stay lit for more than thirty seconds!"

"Hum, hum, it looks like you need a helping hoof."

*gasp* "Who's there?" Feeling fog flow around her face.

"Come down Elisa."

"How do you know my name?"

"Now that is a rhetorical question. Both you and I can read each other's minds, it is a unique ability."

"But I don't know no such thing."

"You're thinking too hard. Let's worry about this place first. What will you do? What will you make? How would you make it?"
She relaxed her eyes from squinting so much as her horn began to light up ones more, the fog now flowing agents her cheek feeling even more relaxed. Another horn was now touching her's feeling the presence of another pony. She then created light, planets, and stars the pony in front of her stood with a charming smile.

"Was that easy?"

"Yes... Thanks to you." Blushing seeing how handsome he was.

"I just gave you a push, now where are my matters? I must introduce myself to the most beautiful pony I have ever met. I am Ambrose, you must be Elisa; Harmony itself."

"I'm flattered, but are you sure you're not trying to have your way with me?"

Ambrose laughed briefly, "I'm not that kind pony, I'm meant to tell the truth and help create as well." Hearing that he too is apart of Harmony.

Celestia and Luna came out of the past knowing Ambrose being with their mom from the beginning.

"You two were close?" Asked Celestia.

"Sort of."

"Sort of? Not what we saw just now." Said Luna.

"So many things happened at that time. Yes, he was cute, but I did need to bring other things and ponies to the world. He insists on helping, but I also found out later on what his attentions were to where I had nothing to do with him anymore." Elisa holds back her tears not wanting to show any emotion. It then started to rain chocolate; Elisa looked up seeing pink clouds, a flock of dragon-like creatures was flying over with a baby seeing them.

The baby came down to get a better look. It had two kinds of horns one a deer antler and antelope, head of a goat, body of a dragon, tail of a snake, four kinds of feet (paw, claw, hoof, and reptilian), and two kinds of wings (bat and eagle). Elisa was ready to strike if anything else happens to try to keep Luna and Celestia close. Luna teleport to the creature saying hi. It was scared of her more than them being scared of it. Luna boop him on the snout causing him to blush. Elisa saw how happy Luna was with Celestia too teleported to Luna.

"What's your name?" Asked Luna.

"My name? I have no name, we kinda have no use for them."

"What are you exactly?" Asked Celestia.

"A draconequus, are magic is what you can call chaotic." Still seeing the chocolate rain coming from the pink clouds, "We do other things too, but I have not learned them yet."

"Then... We should call you, Discord!" Luna in excitement.

"Discord? That sounds like a great name to have."

"Very well." Luna Hugged Discord squeezing him tight.

Discord's mom came out of the clouds looking for him seeing him with some ponies. His mom was more of an appearance of a dragon than a draconequus. Looking at both Luna and Celestia with Luna still holding to Discord.

"Look mom I made a new friend!"

"I can see that. They also gave you a name too. Discord." Elisa knows she holds power like her and Ambrose even having the psychic ability. She came up to the mother as she was about to take Discord with her, "Greetings Elisa, sorry for the change of weather. We are now finding a place to live so we can have are chaos without harming anypony else."

"You wouldn't happen to be one of Ambrose's creations are you?"

"No, we are a form of disharmony. The opposite of you. You shouldn't hold back how you feel about Ambrose. He is what he is and you are what you are." Taking Discord with her, the chocolate rain along with the pink clouds as they were no longer to be seen. Elisa started to see her and Ambrose not the only ones with power like that, there are other forces for the world to endure.

Luna and Celestia were now teenagers exploring the land instead of just the Everfree Forest. They came to a village that was almost made out of crystal and the ponies were too crystal-like, one, however, didn't seem like a crystal pony his coat dark brown, mane black, and his horn almost red.

"Welcome travelers to the Crystal Empire, I am Prince Sombra. What brings you here?"

"We're just passing through since we never been in other places besides the Everfree Forest." Said Luna.

"I see. And what kind of ponies are you? Never seen one who has both wings and a horn.

"Alicorn is what we are." Said Celestia, "Our mother Elisa brought us to this world."

"Elisa, you say?"

"You know her?"

"This was the first place she made where the crystals that surround this place protect us."

"Protect you?" Said Celestia.

"From what?" Continue Luna.

"Not sure. But we always see a strange pony walking around town checking everything, he even talks to me a few times."

"What did the pony look like." Describing them hearing about a fog like a mane with three horns on their head Luna know who it was, "How long ago was that? Where are they now?"

"You know them personally?"

"TELL US PLEASE!" Luna shouted for a straight answer knowing the village was in danger.

"Luna that's enough, we didn't come here for questioning or concerns."

"But Tia if he has been here he'll probably be going to do something to mom's first creation."

Other ponies began to stare at Luna, Celestia, and Sombra. Sombra saw their eyes glowing no other pony has eyes that glow. His horn started to light up ready to strike. The pony changed into bug-like hybrid attacking them. Others followed surrounding them Celestia shot a wave of magic to keep them away, but they just keep on coming. Sombra saw them not going after him but only Celestia and Luna. He created a barrier of crystals to keep them from attacking some more.

"We need to leave this village it's not safe here." Said Luna.

They heard Sombra scream seeing the crystal wall began to dim and crack open both Celestia and Luna had their wings open as well as their horns glowing. Gue flew at their horns unable to use magic then their hoofs were stuck to the ground.

They saw Sombra weak unable to move. Celestia and Luna try to break free but the gue holding them was too strong, "Try as hard as you like, it won't do you any good." They saw another alicorn having the same appearance as an insect, but she stood out from all the others. Her mane still intact and eyes that had pupils.

"What are you? And what did you do to him?" Demanded Celestia.

"Aww, poor Celestia not knowing what I am when you and her sister should already know since your mom told you all the creators that belong to Ambrose. I am a Changeling who feeds off of love and it appears this one doesn't have much love as you two might have."

Screams were coming from other changelings making the queen stop looking at the left of her direction. A wave of light incinerated most of them with the Queen telling them to retreat. The Queen stayed behind wanting to drain Celestia and Luna, Elisa teleport in front of the Queen to protect them. The Queen saw her for the first time as her coat and mane brighten blinding her hissing to stand her ground.

"You shall not harm my foals, away with you!"

"I'll do anything I can to bring food for the hive." The Queen struck Elisa as she swats away what she had.

"I am a generous and kind pony, but I can also fight if needed."

The Queen attacked again now Elisa broke the Queen's horn along with taking her wings so she wouldn't escape. Celestia and Luna saw how far their mom was going still striking her.

"Mother stop! What are you doing!?" Beg Celestia.

"A creation like this shouldn't exist."

"But what about that family of draconequus?" Said Luna, "They're no different from this creation. You always have an understanding even when it shouldn't be here."

Elisa still had her horn glowing not wanting to let the changeling off the hook after what she did to Elisa's first home. A voice came to her telling her to finish the Queen off but she just stood there as the Queen was now terrified. Elisa finally lets her horn dim telling her to leave before she changed her mind. A wave of dark magic came draining whoever was near it.

It didn't effect Elisa but did Celestia and Luna seeing them about to die. She quickly created a bearer of healing magic doing it the same to other ponies. Ambrose appeared behind the Queen as she was being drained, "Father, what is this you are doing to me?"

He didn't say nothing to her but looked at Elisa, "I was hoping for you to show no mercy to this pony." He put it append himself to finish her by incinerating her body staring at her hoofs and tail. Elisa was shocked by what he would do to his creation all was left was ashes.

"How could you and why?"

"It's how things should be. Never let anything live once you weaken it, I even saw the look in your eyes you wanted to." Looking at Celestia and Luna behind her smiling briefly. Sombra woke up seeing Ambrose attacking him what strength he had still. It hit Ambrose but didn't faze him. Ambrose used his horn in order to brake Sombra's while his mane float to him choking Sombra, "I was going to let you live, but there's no point."

Celestia and Luna try to enter fear, but Elisa wouldn't let them not wanting to lose them. Luna teleported in order to get to Sombra trying to fight Ambrose, "We shall not let you harm any of mother's creation."

The mane let go of Sombra turning to Luna instead, "You are one foolish filly. I like it." Putting his hoof to her face, "Why don't you join me? Both you and your sister of course. I see some great power in both of you, but I also one of you outduel the other."

Celestia teleported to get Luna away from him, "Don't you ever lay a hoof on my little sister!"

"You have done enough." Said Elisa.

"Hum, hum, you can't protect them forever."

"Ambrose, what happened to you? This is not what I remember of you. You help me with my magic along with giving me so much companionship."

"I am meant to do this."

"NO, IT'S NOT! There are other forces who carry the same if not more power you're feeding whatever they are."

"I'm the only pony who is in control. No one can withstand the power I can bring a pond." Stomping his front hoofs a snow storm was created carrying three like horses called the wendigos everything around them became ice in a matter of seconds, "Now let's see if you can save what's left of your first creation."

Elisa felt her mane become frozen along with seeing her hoofs staying attached to the ground she saw the same thing done to Luna, Celestia, and Sombra slowly turning into ice statues. Ambrose was not affected by it as he made a shield to keep his body from being frozen. The ice took its time on Elisa as the wendigos didn't sense anger and dis judgment she then closed her eyes while horn began to glow with seven flowers came out of her mane to create a crown this crown made the ice melt off of her mane, her eyes became white with bright light freeing Luna and Celestia. They looked at each other seeing their appearance change, Celestia's mane was the color of the sunset (orange and yellow) and Luna's white as a cloud. Combining their magic to fight off the wendigos making a force field. It wasn't going to hold for long as Luna and Celestia felt the pain of the force field taking some beats from them.

"Call them off!" Demanding Elisa.

"No. I will not let this type of thing end. This is a permit storm, a former of an ice age."

"I thought you wanted things to be undone!"

"Things change, now you brought two powerful alicorns to this world everything I make will be more destructive."

Elisa couldn't hold her tears back anymore. The friend she once knows was now a monster. She has torn down his shield in order to force him out of the village, but she didn't want to stop there she also wanted to destroy him for this to end. He was now into the snowstorm feeling the ice on him he broke it off as he made his body more warm and different Elisa too stepped into the snowstorm seeing him changing. No longer being a unicorn he turns into a form of an alicorn, two of his horns curled like a dragon's with his unicorn horn staying the same, his front hoofs changed into eagle like talents and grown wings that were shaped like a bat's.

"Ambrose please I beg of you! I don't want to hurt you!"

"That name means nothing to me now. I am now forever called Lazarus, and if you're not with me then I'll force you to be."

The snow stopped frozen in time around them as Lazarus made the snow turn into ice sickles flying tord Elisa. She shields herself with each ice sickles hitting the force field. Elisa teleported behind him trying to cut him off guard, "There's still good inside you. You loved me for the kindness I gave you and the harmony that we both share."

"What harmony? There is no place for that, especially if we're not the only ones who hold this kind of power."

"Power should not outduel or overrule, it suppose to help, create and guide."

"There's also no room for weak, it is better off not existing." He attacked Luna and Celestia's force field causing it to flicker along with their horns about to crack. Elisa tried turning him into stone. It worked for a while until his horn broke through, "Enough of this stalling, either join me or they will perish."

Luna and Celestia were now feeling very weak with Celestia trying to keep her sister from collapsing, "No Luna, mother is counting on us."

"I'm sorry Tia, there just has to be a better way."
Celestia looked at Sombra's frozen body along with seeing what's left of the other ponies in the village. An idea came to her opening her wings with her mane spreading like smoke Luna joined her letting the force field be torn down. The wendigos didn't attack seeing the alicorns creating something in a form of a crystal was made a shape of a heart.

Lazarus was intrigued by not seeing the village covered in ice but in orange, yellow, and white mane, "The future never showed me this. No matter, it looks like my work here is done." Elisa stopped attacking with Lazarus spreading his wings flying into the storm.

Elisa teleported to the village as Celestia and Luna's manes went back to normal. The snowstorm stopped, no longer being in the village but not outside of it. The crystal ponies came out of their homes congratulating them with Elisa going to Sombra to unfreeze him along with replacing his horn.

"Thank you, Elisa."

"You should thank these ponies, there is a reason why I brought these two into the world. To be guardians and protectors." Celestia and Luna looked at each other smiling with all the ponies cheering quietness fallen over Elisa with her tears starting to fall, Ambrose now Lazarus torn her heart out because of the path he has chosen. Luna tries to convert her knowing the love she once has with him, Celestia joined, so did Sombra, and the other ponies.

Far away from the village, Lazarus thought so much on Celestia and Luna even seeing Elisa having more power then when they were together. The future wasn't showing him anything on his next attempt, "One way or another, I will make them use all of their power to over roll everything and destroy each other. Even if I have to create something that will make them change." He looked at his own shadow, how it looked like nothing just dark and empty, "Yes, this could work. This creation will be apart of somepony attaching to them as they go insane." black magic came out of his horn making his shadow split into five shadows.

They came out of the ground as shadow ponies and surrounding Lazarus, "We're here to serve you, what are your demands?"

"Host or destroy."

Memories

Elisa and Celestia were still sleeping next to each other while Luna was still awake starting to go into dreams with her magic. She likes to tease her sister in her dreams but didn't go in her mother's dreams. Elias moved her head a little making muffling sounds, her dreams were getting to her thinking so much on her past with Lazarus as it changed into something horrible the worst part the dream did come true. She woke up crying some more and seeing Celestia not waking up from her dream which was good. Feeling something small between her and Celestia a pink like filly had a mane like Luna's but also pink, with white strips in it, she was only a pegasus curled up next to Elisa's warm body, and a cutie mark that was a musical symbol in a shape of a heart. She woke to uplift her head with her eyes still closed slowly opening them they were a color of a violet purple. Looking at Celestia then Elisa.

"Good morning Celestia! Good morning Elisa!" Elisa try to wipe her tears away not wanting to show her sadness, "Elisa? Are you alright? Were you still thinking about that stallion?"

"No, it's nothing Little One"

"Mother you have been like this for days. And you refuse to tell us anything."

"Sally, these are my memories and mine alone. Now attend to this filly." The filly didn't want to leave Elisa she wanting to stay, "There's not much you can do for me my Little One."

"But I want to make you better. By staying with you."

Elias put her hoof around the filly bring her closer with their heads touching each other, "You can't help me... Not now at least. Just worry the other ponies, can you do that for me?" The filly closes her eyes rubbing agents Elisa's neck meaning yes and used her wing to wipe a tear off Elisa's face, "Thank you."

Celestia took the filly with her, chocolate rain started to happen. The filly laugh in enjoyment with her mouth opened catching the chocolate rain. Celestia and Elisa know who this was and seeing them at the edge of a mountain (Discord's mother).

Elisa went along to see her. She just stood not looking at Elisa, but at Celestia and the filly.

"You try so hard to keep your creation safe, but you never think Celestia and Luna are here to do it also."

"If you know about Lazarus then you can see why I can't abandon them."

"Sooner or later they're going to have to face other things that are stronger than them much like Lazarus and us" Elisa froze after hearing the word 'us', "Yes, there's a reason why we are disharmony. Facing something like us makes friendships stranger, not just wisdom, kindness, honesty, laughter, generosity, and loyalty."

"Friendship?"

She turns to Elisa walking passed brushing her claws agents Elisa's mane. Before she completely walked off, Elisa wanted to know more about this friendship she spoke of, "That is for you and other ponies to understand, next time your fillies face my son they won't be allies. But only enemies."

"But what about Lazarus? He's not just going after my creation. He's also trying to outduel everything."

"Whatever's too powerful can be overcome. Even by banishing or destroyed, which is what you almost did to that Queen Changeling. Don't be afraid to use those tears to fight back."

Luna started to turn in after helping dreams; dreaming about the fight with Lazarus and him wanting her and Celestia. A shadow came from the trees seeing her sleeping, "This must be Luna." Luna moved her head a bit but didn't wake up, "It seems you're having a nightmare, let's change it some."

Before she had a chance, Luna woke up seeing the shadow pony in front of her, "What in press tell are you?" She didn't want to tell her she came from Lazarus so she told Luna she came from her dreams, "I never saw you before."

"That's because I was just created, from your emotions." Luna felt something wrong and end up striking her.

Celestia sense something wrong so did Elisa teleporting to Luna seeing the shadow pony, "Elisa. It's an honor to meet you." Elisa felt some power coming from her almost like Lazarus.

"So Lazarus end up making a monster to come after my foals."

"Blast thought I wasn't going to raise any alarm." the Shadow made its way into Luna causing her eyes to go black crying out black tears Luna try to get her out thrashing around. Celestia got closer but end up being pushed away by Luna's magic.

"Mother please save me!"

Elisa couldn't do anything without hurting Luna the shadow came through changing Luna's coat from dark blue to black and her wings like bat wings, "Mahahahaaa, looks like that was easier then I thought." She went after Elisa, but Celestia got back up in front of her taking the blows from Luna attacking.

"Sally!" Said Elisa.

"Luna fight this."

"I trying sister."

"Try all you want, once I'm inside I'll never come out."

Pebbles were thrown at the shadow pony controlling Luna turning her head seeing the filly with her wings spread open, "Leave them along!"

"Little one don't!" said both Celestia and Elisa. A beam hit her causing her to fly back into trees.

Elisa cried again seeing another pony harmed then she thought back on what the draconequus said to her Use those tears to fight back and protect the ones you love. She comes down focusing on setting Luna free, her crown glow with wings appearing from Elisa. Luna hold back trying to get her body from fighting some more, the beam of darkness hit Elisa but done nothing the shadow pony was now scared.

"If Lazarus making himself stronger? Then I should too, this is my creation, my children, and are apart of me." An explosion of light covered the forest cleansing Luna as the shadow left her body making her flee. The light then fades away causing Elise to collapse. Celestia rushes to Luna seeing if she was alright.

"Mother! Is she hurt?!"

They both looked at Elisa's directions seeing her laying on the ground. She heard Lazaruses voice speaking to her from a long time ago.

"It looks like you're starting to get the hang of your magic. You know if you keep this up you'll be just like me."

"I don't know about that Ambrose, mine is meant to create nothing more."

"Just give yourself some time. You'll do a lot of things for the world just as I am and will." Elisa felt him lean his head agents hers with him kissing her, "Just because what I am, doesn't mean you shouldn't stop fighting."

Elisa started to come around hearing Luna's voice, "Luna. You're okay."

"I am, but are you?"

She got up looking around for the filly, "The little one! Is she still alive?"

She came out of the bushes after Elisa asks for her, "I'm fine... I just couldn't watch Luna be controlled by that shadow thing."

"That was very brave of you little one, thanks for trying to save me."

The filly smiled but was also in pain because of one of her wings being dislocated unable to fold. Elise came up to her helping to fix her wing, no discomfort and she was able to fix it. In return, Elisa gave her something special changing her into an alicorn, "This is my gift to you for not backing down and wanting to save one of my daughters. What name shale I and we thank?"

She looked at her horn smiling big, "Little One will be fine your highness."

Celestia and Luna were surprised seeing their mom end up changing the filly to an alicorn, "We thought you regret creating alicorns."

"If Lazarus is going to make creatures that harm everything then I must have protectors for it, not just you two."

"But I have no purpose for being one." Said Little One

"What you did, was all I needed from you. And there are so much more you will discover with Luna and Celestia." Elisa hugs her with her hoof and Little One hugged her back with her wings.

Lazarus saw everything just happened even seeing another alicorn. He wasn't surprised one of his shadow ponies weren't able to succeed just because of how cocky they were.

He tries to look deep into the future but still nothing, "Why can't I see what's going to happen next? Seems like my plans are going downhill. How can she be able to do more with her power?"

"Looks like she'll outdo you with more power." Said one of the shadow ponies.

Lazarus laughed briefly trying not to lose his cool, "Harmony out play misery, fear, and despair? She's only meant to create nothing more."

"That's not what we see."

"Just need to go after other creatures that's all. Drain whatever power they have as my own. Those other creatures Elisa mission will be one of them."

Over the past few days, Lazaruses shadow ponies want after some other ponies mostly in the Chrystal Empire and the Everfree Forest. Elisa could only help the ones in the Everfree Forest not wanting to risk everyone else and seeing Lazaruses plans attacking whoever had contacted with Elisa. Storms were now being developed all around Equestria even keeping from Luna and Celestia from raising the moon and sun.

More creatures were now seen causing the ponies to be pushed out of the Everfree Forest dragons, griffins, goblins, trolls, minotaurs, and Sirens attack the ponies.

"So much is now happening. Lazarus if only you would open eyes and see what you have done. You're not only harming the creatures, but you're also harming the planet. I guess that's what you want."

The Tree and a New Race

We now end the story with this, all the things end up coming full circle for the future of harmony and friendship. This is not the end of Lazarus, he will soon see his ways, but that will be another story.

Five days have past and the sun has not risen it was now starting to get cold since the sun hasn't been shining yet along the plants slowly dying. Little One didn't let this bother her like all the other ponies, humming away as she flew above the Everfree Forest lighting her way into the dark sky. The song she sings was Sun Please Shine. Seeing Elisa, Luna, and Celestia rounding up all the ponies she went down to see what their plans are.

Celestia ends up speaking wanting everypony to be com.

"But the sun hasn't been showing!"

"We can't tell how long it been day and night time!"

"And all these new creatures that shown up are making things worse!"

Elisa saw how frustrated it was getting even her magic was starting to get useless. Visions were now beginning to happen inside Elisa's head, she has never seen them before only Lazarus could see them.

She saw the draconequus meeting Lazarus for the first time but this wasn't great, it was an attack. The draconequus were powerless unable to fight off Lazarus. Discord was nowhere to be found in this vision only his mother was in it. She kept on standing her ground even while her brothers and sisters powers were being drained then end up being erased.

Elisa thrashed not wanting to see what's going to happen next. Luna tries to keep Elisa com knowing that she sees something that's going on right now.

Discord's mother had her power being stripped from her body with Lazarus also torching her while he was doing it. Before he continued, he stopped speaking to her.

"You know I'm kinda disappointed. I thought you were considered a very powerful creature. Turns out I was wrong."

She spoke breathing heavily looking at him, "All you're doing is feeding the void. Causing all of this will harm you too."

"What is it with every other pony and now creature telling me I'm not the only one with this power? When I'm the only one that is in control!"

She laughed briefly, "Are you sure? I have seen things, things that never come into your mind. An animal that is very powerful that can easily control other magic, you can't see him because you decide to give up your psychic abilities to change your appearance, and very soon he too will control you."

For the first time ever there was fear in Lazaruses eyes not wanting to hear any more he end up making her mouth disappear then drain her some more to where it was so excruciating for her. The flesh was starting to shrivel up like a raisin and begin to dissipate with all end up being left was bones.

Elisa cried again seeing all the draconequus gone and collapsing in front of her ponies.

"Elisa!" Cried Little One

"Mother are you--" Before Celestia could finish, she felt her cutie mark disappearing from her flank. Other ponies lost theirs too they couldn't do what the cutie marks symbolized even the ones that have to do with a voice could no longer speak.

"Mother. Is this also Lazaruses doing?" Asked Luna.

Elisa got back on her hoofs seeing all the cutie marks gone, "I not sure Lulu, from what I have seen and heard. He's not the only one doing this."

Temper wolfs end up finding the ponies surrounding them by the hundreds. Unable to fight off, a few fillies did end up get eating with some week ones. Elisa tries her best to fight them all off with Celestia, Luna, and Little One helping but unfortunately, the temperwolfs overpowered them as each one end up taking its place. One thing Elisa have not tried, her mane started to move like grass in the wind with the temper wolfs stopped attacking looking at her. The mane dug in the ground like vines causing the ground to glow the temper wolfs didn't do anything but seen what was happening. Vines attached themselves to the temper wolf's body with more vines causing their body to fall apart and become dead trees.

The ponies cheered as Elisa began to collapse again.

"Mother?!" Said both Celestia and Luna.

"It's alright, I'm fine." But she really wasn't, one of her flowers in her mane was already dim and cracked a little. Little One saw this though she couldn't speak she flow up Elisa shaking her head no, "It's nothing little one trust me." As Little One put her wing around her neck hoping for it to be nothing.

Lazarus saw how weak Elisa was getting now it would be the perfect time to wipe them all out but at the same time he was still puzzled on what the draconequus said to him feeding the void as he saw some pony's eyes at least he thought was a pony seeing its eyes red and face that doesn't seem like a pony but a goat.

"Father, you haven't been yourself since you took care of the draconequus." said one of the shadow ponies.

"It appears I'm not the only one who has this type of power and the future is a blank to me now."

"That still shouldn't stop you, your king of all things evil. You want to destroy everything that has to do with harmony."

Harmony, that word again much like friendship it cannot be destroyed and Lazarus knows it too because he is apart of harmony is the reason why the world is what it turned out to be. It couldn't exist without both him and Elisa even with him being the opposite of her he still doesn't want to harm her.

"This is all starting to fill pointless when it doesn't matter at the end."

"What are you saying, father? This isn't like you. Are you saying you don't want to do this anymore when you came so far doing this?"

Lazarus looked at the three alicorns, "They have to go. They can't be a part of this world." The flow out of the cave going to the Everfree Forest, a voice he never heard before spoke to him.

"You must harvest all their power too in order to make things right." Lazarus stopped in the sky looking around wondering where the voice was coming from, "If you do this I will set things up for your future and be what you should have been in the be gaining."

He thought, seeing Elisa's face how he fell in love with her but turned away as his powers grow to change him. Killing her didn't cross his mind only choices of leave or stay out of the way. The shadow ponies came too in order to see his plot unfold.

Elisa couldn't sleep seeing a future that is coming with her children slowly becoming evil harming other ponies and everything else knowing she can't be here physically forever having to be a form of something else, "It seems what Ambrose told me is going to happen, but is there anything else for me to do besides protecting what I have now?" Little One flow up to her giving her some company. Little One spoke through sign language using her wings and magic, "Sorry little one I don't mean to concern you and my daughters. Just trying to find ways to fix this, but something else comes along to take its place."

Little One walked next to Elisa having her horn glow ripping a hole in the sky showing all the stars. Elisa remember the night she helped Celestia to bring down the sun and putting the stars into the night sky they shine into her eyes seeing a spark of something (a vision) to help all ponies and other creatures with seven chosen holders, could this help? Elisa believe it can, she looked at Little One and she looked back closing her eyes smiling.

"Thanks, little one, makes me wonder if you were my concerns in the first place."

Everypony felt a change in the wind as it now was raining violently and seeing Lazarus within it his wings cut through as if he was a dragon. The ponies run for cove as he approached with Celestia and Luna being with Elisa and Little One.

"Mother, do you know why he's here?" Asked Luna.

At first, she didn't but later did, "You and Celestia need to stay, I must do this along." Elisa instructed Little One to help the remaining ponies, Celestia and Luna, to do the same with her.

Trying to flote off the ground but Elisa's telekinesis was starting to give in. She tried again this time having the wings appear flying up agents the wind with Lazarus waiting for her standing on air, he then froze the rain as the droplets stopped.

"Why don't you bring Celestia, Luna and that pink mair? I ain't here just for you."

"Yes I know but you don't want them to join like you originally did, you want to destroy them."

"They can't be a part of this world look what they have brought."

"This is your doing! No one else's, you wanted this endless cycle of destruction when I wanted you to stop this. My creation has nothing to do with what you made!"

The Shadow Ponies came out of the clouds seeking for Celestia and Luna, "A world can't be made perfect without a little bit of carnage."

"Ambrose, aren't you hearing yourself? I don't want to fight you."

"STOP CALLING ME AMBROSE! That name is dead along with whatever I have taught you to improve your magic!"

She couldn't help but keep on stalling wanting him to change his mind. Elisa took a good look at him seeing a form of an animal inside of him. A different voice came out of Lazarus's mouth commanding the Shadow Ponies to attack. Elisa turned to them to stop them but Lazarus didn't let her shooting dark magic, she threw her wings down unfreezing the rain and making it heavier than it already was making it hard to see.

"They'll still die no matter what you do."

She gave him a smirk knowing what her children will do, "Oh if only you still knew."

Lazarus charged at her with her create a force barrier surrounding her. His mane surrounds it crushing the barrier causing her to blink out of it and shot a beam at him swatting it away, "It seems your still pulling the same tricks like last time."

"I'm just getting warm up." Lazarus went at her again using his magic with her doing the same thing to his. (Another flower on her mane started to fade and crack.) He then decides to change at her with their horns collided as sparks of magic was coming from them and her mane also moved to attack from the sides. He ends using his wings to keep it at bay.

Down below. Celestia, Luna, and Little One try to keep everypony together with them making a cover to keep the ponies dry from the rain. One of the shadow ponies came to Luna again getting her to fight her sister, "Still want to be under your sister's wing?"

"No Luna don't listen to it."

Another one came up to Celestia, "Why should you help your sister? Is it kinda boring to have a sibling?"

Clouding their minds as the Shadows filled them with negative thoughts. Little One didn't know what to do she wish Elisa wasn't dealing with Lazarus and wanting to speak. The black lining was now shown on Luna and Celestia causing them to change. Little One came up to Celestia holding her with her wings.

"Whatever you're doing? It is already too late."

Little One looked into Celestia's eye as her horn and signs of her cutie mark began to shine with her ability to speak, "Celestia please you're a princess of the sun, Elisa made you help others as the sun rises to help the lands and the ponies."

Celestia never heard of her being a princess, just the daughter of a creator. Yes, yes she is like one helping what ponies she can like what happened at the Crystal Empire. Happy memories started to flow from her being a filly, begin to learn how to lower the sun, seeing the stars for the first time, and to have Luna in her life. The Shadow began to loose control as Celestia used her magic to rip it out inside of her.

"NO! How is that possible!? I had you!"

"It's because of this friendship the Little One has given me."

The Shadow looked at Little One about to go after her but Celestia stopped the Shadow shooting a bright power of light incinerating it. Celestia came up to Luna doing the same thing that the Little One did. Luna went back to normal holding on her sister tightly.

"Sister, how on earth did we get of that?"

"We should have known Little One had it in her all along, this is the second time she saved you."

"You mean us." Giving Celestia a smirk.

"Yes Luna. Us."

"But how did she speak? I don't see her cutie mark anywhere."

Little One shrug her shoulders blushing with a smile.

Elisa kept on fighting as lightning danced in the sky showing light and red flashing. Lazarus no longer sense his creation seeing Celestia, Luna, and the other ponies celebrating, This is starting to get ridiculous ignore Elisa and take them out now! Lazarus moved away from her focusing all of his power tord them rain, air, darkness, and rath made into an energy ball. Elisa saw what he was doing teleporting fast to her children taking the blow to stop it. Everypony froze in shock watching Elisa block it with her own body her wings were torn up and crown came off her head breaking in half.

Celestia and Luna shouted as tears fell from their faces. Lazarus froze too seeing what he has done killing something that was apart of him telling him the rights and wrongs even to love.

Well done, now do the same thing to the rest.

Elisa was facing down slowly turning her head to look at him seeing those eyes of forgiving and believing.

"No."

What? Did you say?

"You heard me. It's finished."

It's over when I say it's over! I know you couldn't do it being apart of Harmony! A lump on Lazarus's back began to grow as long dark blue horns were shown, extra limbs were growing from his claws and hooves, and then a face of a goat shown.

"Maybe so, but I also made you. And now I banish you in the place I call the Pits of Tartarus!" The grown cracked open as Lazarus separate himself from the goat dropping him into the pit with hands keeping him from climbing out, "For four hundred years, four hundred you will not step one hoove in this world. If I ever see you I will personally take care of you." The ground then closed back.

Lazarus stopped the rain and cleared the sky showing the sunset. He landed on the hollow ground in front of all the ponies with Luna and Celestia staring at him down, "Don't you dare come any closer." Said Luna with a quiver and angry voice.

"I'm-- Sorry. There's no excuse from what I have done." He put out a fist claw opening it up making all the cutie marks reappear. Little One was able to finally talk try to keep Lazarus from leaving, "No... It's better this way."

Elisa spoke telling her to let him be, he looked one last time at Elisa before fading away.

Elisa was not getting up as her magic was starting to leave her, "I'm afraid... This is the end of me."

"No mother everypony needs you, Luna needs you, I need you... You can't--" More tears were starting to fall even trying to use some of her magic to heal her, but did nothing.

"Sally, you know this day was going to come. To where you and Lune will look after the other ponies and spread friendship you have found, no tears should be wasted for me... Only on each other.

"But Elisa I don't want you to go."

"I'm sorry Little One, there is a bright future. Not just for ponies, but for other creatures also. And it starts without me." The flowers from her mane dimmed and Elisa no longer moving closing her eyes.

The ponies took her body in the Everfree Forest in a cave at the bottom of a castle putting her inside and the broking crown on her back. Celestia and Luna stayed there pouring out their tears along with everypony doing the same. A glow was starting to happen seeing it coming from Elisa's body. Her mane began to move on its own completely covering her body and sprouting roots and vines that were made out of crystal. A bright flash lit up the cave as now there was a tree, this tree has six branches holding seven elements. A wave of magic cause everypony in the cave to change into alicorns Luna and Celestia were not expecting this to happen, this was Elisa's wish as even she's not here in physical form but in spirit.

"This is part of the bright future." Said Little One

No doubt this was true, Harmony is still here. In the form of a tree, the Tree of Harmony.