7th Element: Thoughtfulness

We got back to Cantorlot just as the sun was setting. Dash and I had a long day and I can safely say that we were both exhausted from it. I just wanted to rest. I slept the night away pretty soundly but I did have a nightmare. Probably from being in those creepy woods for the whole day. I awoke the next morning feeling somewhat better. I walk into the room Dash was in and see that she is still sleeping. “I’ll let her sleep in.” I thought to myself. With that being said, I walk back into my room and hop on my bed. I then take out my map and unroll it on my bed. “Hmm, now where are the Crystal Mountains?” I thought to myself. I continue scanning the map when there came a loud crash from the room next to mine. I quickly hop off my bed and rush into Dash’s room and she had fallen off the bed. What a feather brain she can be. “Morning, Dash.” I say with a chuckle.

“S-shut up!” She rubs her head with a fore hoof. I walk over to help her on her hooves. “So, how long have you been up for?” She asked.

“About 10 minutes.” I reply. “I was just looking over the map, and I can’t seem to find the Crystal Mountains.”

“I thought Celestia had marked it?” Dash questioned.

“Well, there aren’t any marks on the map anymore.” When I said this I started to wonder why they had disappeared. I decided to ask Dash to help me find the Mountains. After a bit of searching we found them. They were in the far north, just a ways past Galloping Gorge. I started to ponder on what dangers lay out there. Because I did notice that there was a forest at the base of the Mountains. Would the Element be there? Or would it be somewhere on the mountain. Only one way to find out.

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“You know Dash, you should’ve dressed warmer” I say to a shivering Rainbow Dash. She just had a scarf on and was chattering up a storm.

“S-shut u-u-up” She stammered. I chuckle under my breath. We have been walking in this wide open snow storm and could start to make out the shapes of trees. “Dash, look! It’s the forest!” I say with a bit of excitement. I think I was excited only because we could finally get out of this snowstorm. Dash then took this as an opportunity to bolt for the trees. I followed quick behind her. “ Is it really that cold out here Dash?”

“Y-y-yes!” She said shivering.

I chucked a bit. “Well you should have dressed a bit warmer then.”

It was after I said this that I heard a lot of rustling coming from the bushes around Dash and I. I quickly glanced around as did Dash. “Hey, who’s there?” Dash yelled out. Then, as if coming out of nowhere, a giant wolf jumped on Dash and I, making us immobile.

“Who are you two and why are you here?” The wolf said. He had a very deep and intimidating voice. Dash was struggling to get out of the wolf’s grip but was having no luck. “Answer what I said and I might let you live.” He then licked Dash’s neck. “Because you look and taste amazing.” I was shaking like I had never shaken before.

“I-I’m Emerald S-sunshine and t-this is Rainbow Dash.” I whimper. I was scared beyond thought. I think this might be how we.

“Alright, get up but don’t think about flying away or we will kill you.” The wolf said as he stepped off Dash and I.

I stood up and looked at the wolf. “What do you want from us?”

The wolf look to me and gave me a menacing look, “I was about to ask you the same thing.”

“Well, we are looking for an element of harmony and it’s at the summit of the mountain.” I stated.

“No you’re not. No pony disturbs Princess Hibernis.” The wolf growled.

“Princess Hibernis? Who’s that?” I asked. “And what’s your name anyways?”

“My name is Kujo.” He replied. “And Princess Hibernis doesn’t need to be bothered by you two so get out of here.”

“What? We aren’t here to see Hibernis or anything like that. We are here to search for the element.” Dash exclaimed. In the next moment we all heard a loud yell.

“Kujo! What are you doing?” Somepony had said. Kujo twisted his head and looked behind him to see a figure.

“Y-your highness!” He quickly bowed his head in respect. “Is something wrong?”

She looked over to Dash and I. “Who are these ponies?”

“I’m Emerald and this is my friend Rainbow Dash.” I replied

“Why are you here?”

“To find the 7th element of harmony.” Dash answered.

Hibernis looked from Dash to me and then back Dash. “7th element?”

“Yeah, its what we are looking for.” Dash replied.

“I’m sorry, but there is nothing like that here.”

“But your highness, we need to search the mountain to be sure.” I protested

“I’m sorry but I won’t allow it.” Hibernis stated.

With that, Hibernis began to accend back up the mountain. Seems as though we are at a standstill. We need to search the mountain, even if Hibernis didn’t want us to. But for some reason I felt like she was hiding something. I digressed and that different of it. Dash and I turned around and started walking to the edge of the forest. “Dash, when we get close to the edge of the forest, we run to a different spot along the forest and enter there. That way we can get past Kujo and accend the mountain and look for the element.”

Dash thought for a second. “Hmm, sounds like a good idea. Lets do it.”