Moon's Blade and the Crystals of Chaos

Chapter 14:
The Past

I slowly opened my eyes. I were in the middle of a group of ponies, who were all listening to another pegasus. It took a while for ears to recover, but I finally understood what the pegasus was saying.

"It will be dangerous, but whatever happens, stay behind me."

The pegasus carried a sword, it was not the Moon's Blade, however.

"If any of the dragons assault us, stay away from me and the dragon and search for a safe spot to stay."

The pegasus turned around and started walking and everyone started to followed him, so I did that too.

I examined my surroundings. We were at the foot of White Peak, the mountain where we, in the present, are fighting the shadow of the crystal. In front of us, where we walked into, was the Dragon Valley. This time, however, it was littered with dragons. The sky was full of them, like I used to be able to see back when I were but a little colt.

The air was damp and cold. It was hailing and the wind was icy. The group slowly progressed through the valley.

After several minutes a dragon circled above us. It was a sign that dragons usually gave that they were going to attack.

"Search for safety!" the pegasus shouted out, "We're about to be ambushed!"

I tried to grab my sword, but it wasn't there. The group split up and searched for a safe spot. I followed a group of other ponies, who hid behind a rock.

"Hey, are you alright?" one of them asked, "I were kind of worried when you passed out."

"You should worry more about our lives right now!" another one said angrily.

I looked from behind the rock to the pegasus, who was fighting the dragon.

The dragon tried to bite the pegasus, but he quickly dodged the attack, jumped onto the dragon's head and stabbed the dragon in its forehead. The dragon roared in pain and slowly fell down and became motionless.

We slowly returned to the pegasus.

"Everypony there?" he asked, "Let's continue on, and hope no other dragon tries to ambush us."

He started walking again, this time faster. The group followed.

At last we ended up at the gate that led to the elevator. The pegasus touched the door and it opened in the same way as it did when I opened it.

"Come inside," he said, "At the end of this cavern is an elevator. Please do not push others off it."

We walked into the cavern. It was the same, long hallway, but this time the torches were lit.

We all gathered on the platform of the elevator.

"Everypony ready?" the pegasus asked.

Everyone confirmed his question. The pegasus operated the elevator and it went up at top speed. Half-way it slowed down, and when we arrived at the top, it stopped. We stepped off and there was yet again the hallway.

After a walk we ended up in a village. It was the same village I used to live in, only younger and smaller. The storm had ended and a night-sky was visible. At the place the shrine used to be stood a younger version of princess Luna and an unicorn that strongly resembled Wise Knowledge.

The pegasus neared them and the rest of us gathered around them.

"Child of the sun, cometh here." Luna spoke out loud.

A white unicorn with flaming red and orange hair came to her. Morgana? Could it be Morgana? No, that wasn't possible.

"Does thou agree with us if we say this stallion deserves a reward for his bravery?"

The unicorn nodded.

"Then we shall." Luna responded.

She started casting. In the sky, under the light of the moon, a figure appeared. It had the shape of a sword and a blinding light was coming from it. It slowly floated down to the pegasus, which then grabbed it. The light dimmed and the sword took colour. It was the Moon's Blade.

"Thy shall need this blade," Luna said to him, "A greater evil is about to make its appearance, and when it does, we will need thine strength and bravery."

"It will be a honour." The pegasus responded.

After he said that, everything started to blur again.

A moment later I opened my eyes again. We were in the ruined halls of the Canterlot Royal Palace. In front of me stood four other ponies. The pegasus, the unicorn, Celestia and Luna. They surrounded what seemed to be the Chaos Crystal.

"It's time for the ritual." Celestia said.

The pegasus held the Moon's Blade skyward. The crescent moon was visible through a hole in the ceiling.

A shadowy figure became visible in the crystal. Not much later the figure stepped outside of the crystal.

"Now!" Celestia shouted, and six symbols became visible.

It were the six elements of harmony. They surrounded the shadow, which growled in pain and anger.

The Moon's Blade was shining. The pegasus aimed at the shadow, and bolts of lightning came out of the tip of the sword. After a few minutes the earth started to shake and the unicorn started to panic.

"It's not going to work!" she shouted out loud, "Stop it! It's going to destroy us all!"

The others ignored her.

"Stop it! Please! Anypony!"

But none of them listened to her.

After a while she started to rush towards the shadow and tackled it into the crystal. The shadow slowly returned to the crystal, but grabbed the unicorn in the process. The pegasus quickly ran towards the crystal and tried to rescue her, but it was too late. Not only the shadow, but also the unicorn were absorbed by the crystal.

Cracks started to appear in the crystal, and a blinding light came off of it. The very next moment there were seven crystals. They split up and flew away, only to be found again thousands of years later.

"No..." The pegasus started to cry, and the princesses embraced him.

"After all we did to protect her, this happened..." Tears left his eyes and fell on the ground.

"We did everything we could," the young Celestia said, "She'll be fine, she's still alive. I can sense it."

The pegasus cried even harder.

"We don't know what will happen to her," Celestia explained, "But as long as the crystals do exist, she'll exist. She has fused with the crystals."

It now made sense. The unicorn was Morgana indeed. It did explain why the last crystal was inside her. So Morgana was the child of Celestia? It was vague, but also clear.

"We missed an element too." Luna said.

"We wonder what it could've been." Celestia added to that. "We will have to worry about it in the future, though. Another era is about to begin, once we defeat Discord."

The pegasus stopped crying and stood up.

"Let's go." Celestia said, and they ran to the end of the hall.

My vision started to blur again and slowly faded away.

I were returning to the present, to my time. Back to the battlefield. I now knew what I needed to know, but it was still not enough to defeat the shadow. I had to figure that out as soon as possible. The final showdown neared.