The 7 Keys

"Ooooohhhhh, no." said Rainbow Dash, with fear. The fear of losing one of the most important super weapons that could be the only way to end this tragedy, now gone in the hands of Spitfire and Lightning Dust.

Just being observant, though, but if I were in Rainbow's place, I'd already feel something strange about Spitfire and Lightning Dust. There's something weird about their presence, as if it wasn't them, but somepony else: somepony who's dark and graveous, somepony who's very, very dangerous, somepony who has an evil plan to take over the whole Equestria.

"Well, it's not bad." said Rainbow Dash to herself, "After all, it's just one, small, useless...powerful...amazing...trinket. But what should I say to my friends once they've found out that I lost one of the Element of Harmony? I know! I'll just keep my mouth shut, and pretend that nothing's ever happened."

So, she went out and looked for the rest of the team. Coincidentally, she found Discord with the others.

"Hey, Rainbow, where've you been?" said Pinkie Pie, "We had a great time with Grandpa Discord. He taught many things, like not trading any of the Elements just for something cool (you know, like that dream everypony wants: competing at the Universal Olympics), and not to trust anyone just because they're one of your friends."

"Yes, it was a great time with grandpa." said Discord, with his back on Rainbow Dash, "It'll be more fun when..." Suddenly, Discord turned to Rainbow Dash and noticed something on her cutie mark: something very, very unusual about him.

"WHAT IN WORLD IS THAT?" screamed Discord as he leaped onto Twilight. "Hey, you don't need to jump to my back" said Twilight.

Something is strange about Rainbow Dash's cutie mark. Her cutie mark changed from a Rainbow Lightning to a Fire Tower.

"Well, it's…it's a new…but it's so cool!" said Discord.

"Rainbow, what in tarnation happened to your cutie mark?" said Applejack.

"Grandpa Discord always says," said Discord "that there's a bad hunch if your original cutie mark was changed without the use of magic. The mark you have right now means something. Usually, your mark is a Rainbow Lightning, now it's a Fire Column. And where in the world is the Element of Loyalty?"

Rainbow Dash started to shiver and sweat. She doesn't want them to know that she traded the Element for nothing, but it would be a bigger thing if she doesn't answer the question. "Well…I…I somehow hid it in…"

"Hey Rainbow Dash!" shouted Spitfire and Lightning Dust from behind, "Thanks, by the way for this Element you gave us" And, suddenly, Spitfire and Lightning Dust changed form. In fact, they're not really Spitfire and Lightning Dust at all, but Flamina and Pitch.

"AND NOW, WITH THIS ELEMENT, I SHALL RULE EQUESTRIA ONCE MORE!" shouted Flamina, and then she disappeared in the sky with a laugh. The whole group was astonished and mad at what happened.

"YOU GAVE HER THE ELEMENT OF LOYALTY!?" shouted Twilight.

"Guys, I'm sorry" said Rainbow Dash, as tears shed in her eyes, "I thought they'd offer something cool in exchange for the Element, so I…"

"Where's the Rainbow Dash I'm looking for?" screamed Applejack.

"Why would you trade the Element for nothing!?" shouted Rarity.

"Now, now" defended Fluttershy, "She said she's sorry, let's just try to fix this problem and stop blaming her, shall we?"

"Stop blaming her?" said Twilight "REALLY, FLUTTERSHY!?"

"This is bad, very bad." said Discord, "Now, Flamina has one of the Elements, it's very possible that the others might be in her hand also. And not just that, she might use it to open of the boxes the diary mentioned. It might trigger the start of the end. WE SHOULD DO SOMETHING!"

"Like what?" said Rarity, "This Rainbow Dash lost the Element of Loyalty. How'll the magic work now? Oh, besides, she doesn't deserve that Element. She's not LOYAL anyway!"

Then suddenly, there was a great earthquake. The whole ground broke up. Rainbow Dash started to fear and decided to run away. Apparently, the cracks started to follow Rainbow. Rainbow Dash run farther and the cracks seem follow her faster. Suddenly, her foot got stuck and fell under the ground. Luckily, Twilight, gave her a grip.

"Twilight!" cried Rainbow Dash, as she started to cry, "Whatever happens, you're not letting go, right?"

"We all won't let go, we promise" cried Twilight, as everyone (except Discord) started to cry.

Suddenly, an evil laughter filled underground. "Hahahaha! Fools! Do you think that just because she's the Element of Loyalty, you can save her?" shouted Flamina, coming from the ground. Precipitously, fire started to grip Rainbow Dash's foot that pulls her to the ground.

"YOU'RE NOT LETTING GO, RIGHT!?" cried Rainbow Dash with fear and axiety.

"We won't! We won't!" cries Twilight, now heavy with tears "We will never let go."

"Stop this nonsense" said Flamina, "She's mine now! She's my slave." And with the final grip from her foot, Rainbow Dash went down to the lake of fire, forever with Flamina and Pitch.

"TWILIGHT!"

"RAINBOW DASH!"