Even Harmony has an Opposite

The Diary

The corridor led to a large room, fitting all the ponies in there. It was of a Gothic stone style, and there was moss growing from the gargoyles hanging overhead. In the center of the room was a small altar, encased in a light, magical glow. Celestia beckoned to Twilight. Twilight trotted up to the altar, and saw a large book on it. She looked at it. “It has no title.” Celestia nodded “That is because this is a dairy. This one in particular has recorded in it details of the very first encounter between the Elements of Harmony and the Preludes of Chaos.”

Twilight looked unsure as she opened the book to the page. She began reading:

The land has been ridden in war and bloodshed. I fear that I will never know peace. All the stallions are out at the borders, keeping the creatures of the night out from the city we love so dearly. The sun has not shone in a long time, the creatures have clouded the sky with darkness. Our supplies run low, we are not sure how much longer we can last against these creatures

Twilight looked up in fear and wonder. She gulped and turned the page:

Six figures came up to the city walls and instantly broke through our weak barricade and defeated our soldiers. I don’t know what they want from us, I have barely enough to keep me and my family alive. They came and went, destroying all the homes and structures with mysterious diamond stones. I almost lost you in such a devastating blast. All hope was lost. That was when I saw six ponies standing high in the rubbles. They too, carried stones of power, but those stones were different, glowing a bright white instead of the diamonds black purple. The dark ponies fired a blast that could level an apartment, but the one standing on the rubble simply blocked it with a raised hoof. Then a flash ensued, and suddenly, they were on fire, or more, burning with power, and wielded weapons. The darker six produced weapons from their dark aura.

Twilight could not continue in sheer awe and shock. Twilight cleared her throat and continued:

Words cannot described the next few minutes. The most I can say were brilliant flashes of color and black, sparks flew, and things were destroyed. When they stopped, they were covered in blood and sweat, breathing heavily. Both sides seemed evenly matched. Then both sides exploded in a brilliant color and darkness, and both rushed forward, at each other. The collision generated a brilliant rainbow colored explosion, followed by a brilliant flash of white. When I opened my eyes, I had to shut them again. It had been so long since I had seen the light of day. when I focused my eyes, there were six bodies on the ground. I recognized them as the six who stood up to the dark ones. I looked in the sky just in time to catch twelve small objects flying away.

Twilight looked up. She was shaking and small eyed. She gulped and looked at her friends. Each was as shocked as she was. She turned to Celestia. She had a sad look on her face.

“The only way for the Elements of Harmony to truly stand up to the Preludes of Chaos are for them to take their true form as a weapon.” Twilight closed her mouth and asked. “If what this says is true, how did you and Luna take down Discord? He wielded all the Preludes!” Celestia could not respond. “He was not in touch with all of the Preludes. Such is a difficult task.” Celestia spoke. “Although it is true that he wielded all six Preludes, It is near impossible to be truly in touch with all of them at once. That is the main reason that he was unable to overpower me and my sister.” Twilight was confused. “What about that time with Nightmare Moon? You were able to use all the Elements at once.” Celestia looked over at Princess Luna, and then back at Twilight. ”That does not mean that I was in touch with all of them. Only those with true connections with each Prelude or Element can use them to full potential.”

Twilight thought for a little while. “So that’s probably why there were six wielders of each Prelude and Element right? So that each pony specialized in that specific representation.” Celestia nodded. “Well, as far as I can tell, there is one of him and six of us.” Twilight looked at her beaming friends, except for Rainbow Dash. She was still grumpy after being knocked down. “We should be able to defeat him easily. It’s like that time with Discord.” Celestia smiled. “That maybe true, but just remember. This isn’t Discord we’re talking about.” Princess Luna spoke, “We hope that thou are sure about this. We are uncomfortable about his presence. It... disturbs us.”