The Elements Final Test

It was a slow day in Ponyville.  Most of the fillies were inside due to the storm outside.  A lavender mare was organizing her books when she heard a knock on her door.  She went to the door and saw a colt was standing in the rain.

She Said, “Come on in, its freezing out there!” and she pulled the colt inside.  The colt coughed a bit and looked dreary, he was a unicorn.  He looked like he had been through a lot in the last few days, she paid attention to how he moved.  He was swift in movement yet there was something about him, and she could not put her hoof on it.

She Asked, “What is your name, it’s a pleasure to have company in this weather.”

The Colt Replied In A husk Voice, “My name?  Well I am Bleak.  You may not know me but I know you Twilight Sparkle, I have been searching all over Equestria for you.  I bring news from a time of sorrow.”  She worried from what he was saying, it may be a lie she thought to herself, and she also thought he looked like the trustable type.

She bombarded him with questions, “What are you talking about?  Is there something I need to know about?  Where do you come from?  Why are you here?  Why are you looking for me?  How do you know me?”

Bleak, in a small voice said, “Please, listen first, we can answer questions later, you have to come with me now, we don’t have much time left, if I’m right, they should be here any minute and all hope will be lost.”  And with that he locked her in a green aura, she tried to escape but she noticed he was starting to glow a bright green.  Everything went white, she heard a crash and splinters, some ponies were entering her house, she could hear their hoovesteps all over the place, one yelled in an angry voice, “WHERE IS SHE!”  another replied in a brisk and crisp voice, “That green unicorn probably has already gotten to her…”  The angry one shouted, “I WILL FIND HER IF IT’S THE LAST THING I DO!”  Before she fell unconscious, she heard spike wake up and say, “Huh? Twi, are you their?  Twi…  Who are you ponies? If you ca…  Umm can we work this out?  What ar… AGHH! TWILIGHT HELP!” and she heard a loud crack, a loud yelp, then nothing.

*****

She slowly opened her eyes.  There were ponies all around her.  They were none she has ever seen before, she was terrified.

“Look!  She is gaining consciousness!”

“Amazing, just amazing.”

A unicorn above her said, “Well, wakie wakie Twilight Sparkle, we have a lot of explaining to do.”

“Where am I?”

“You’re in a safe place now.”

“Who brought me here?”

“Bleak did, just about saved your life, few more seconds and you would have been executed in your home, you’re lucky he found you.”

“What happened to Spike?”

“Who?”

“My assistant, Spike?  He was asleep before we teleported out, I heard some ponies break in and…”

“I think you may already know the answer Miss Sparkle,”

“What do you mean?”

“Those ponies were mercenaries sent to find you and the other, how do I put this, Elements Of Harmony, we have sent dispatches to each and every Element and their all safely asleep, the yellow one put up quite a fight when she saw you unconscious on the table.”

“Wait, Spikes got to be here somewhere right?”

“Miss Sparkle, I do not joke in times like these, if he was in the house when you teleported out, odds are the mercenaries would have killed him to get rid of any incriminations against their crimes in your house.”

“So, Sp… Spik… Spikes, dead?  This can’t be, I must be dreaming, I must be, I’ll wake up any minute in my bed and find myself saying hi to him again.”

“Miss Sparkle, I hate to inform you but things are drastically changing in Equestria as we speak, you have set loose a fire that needs to be put out soon or it will destroy us all.  Miss Sparkle, when bleak used the teleportation spell, he was in a huge hurry, there was a, how do I put this, side effect to it since it was messed up, you have been asleep for about 9 months.”

“What?  But how, I remember everything that happened yesterday, I visited fluttershy’s cott...”

“Gone, it was destroyed in the battle”

“What battle?”

“Your friends are all under a sleeping spell, we had to put each and every one of them under it.  The plans would be ruined if we didn’t, you see, we had to hide you all, when all hell broke loose and our government fell, they had tracking spells for the Elements, the only way to hide you was to sedate each and every one of you, innocent ponies died to save you, Bleak had an honorable death saving you.”

“Wait, the green unicorn?  He is dead?”

“Yes, he was a good friend of mine,” tears welled up in his eyes.

“You see the others were sedated, you were actually knocked out and put in a coma from the teleportation spell, it was almost complete but the door had crashed on bleak and he died instantly when the mercenaries entered your house.  A very sad death it was.”

“When the other Elements arrived and saw you on the medical table asleep they went crazy, it was part of the reason we had to sedate them, they were giving abnormally large amounts of energy, enough for the tracking spells to pinpoint our exact location in a few seconds, the old facility is now gone, evaporated into oblivion, and any pony unlucky enough to not make it out in time.”

“Ok, this is what I want to know, what is this war about and who are we fighting?”

“Well this is something you will have to see for yourself, you will not believe who and what we are up against.  Ok here is where it started,”

*****

One month before you were put into a coma we have been in conflict with a slowly opening portal that we had no chance of shutting.  Inside the portal was something unimaginable, it was Celestia herself, from 2000 years in the future, you could see the differences in that Celestia, she had a fiery red mame instead of her colorful one.  She was cold, heartless, and powerful, she had figured out a way to kill the other Celestia without hurting herself in the timeline, when she killed Celestia, Luna had fought brave and hard but in the end, she was executed at the Royal Canterlot Garden, terrible site to see.  Soon she had put all the Royal Guard under a spell and they now obey her without question, she sent squads to cities and ordered the extermination of any pony that did not serve a purpose to her, the thing was, no pony served a purpose to her.  Soon majority of Equestria was either dead or about to die, we eventually formed a sizeable resistance, we have the advantage of surprise, nothing more, we are outnumbered, out trained, everything.  We hide in fear, there are a few other resistances in Equestria but they are small, we are the only real formed one able to combat her forces.  Our leader, Starkindle Kine, assembled us and formed a plan to save the Elements, he had foreseen it in a dream a month before the disaster, this is the reason why our resistance is formidable to her armies, and we had preplanned it.  Blood fell throughout Equestria, kids were left without parents and homes, and many starved to death after the first week.  Many ponies were killed by the guard if they were ever found, majority of them were.

*****

Fluttershy woke up.  Where am I, she thought to herself.  Ok, DO NOT freak out, your friends will be here to save you soon Fluttershy, you’re ok, just wait it out and you will be fine, oh no, Angel is home alone and if I remember correctly, something was happening, something important, but what.

“Fluttershy, is that you?” Fluttershy yelped in fear until she realized it was Rarity who said this.

“Umm, yes?  I’m scared, where are we? Where is Angel?” she was on the verge of breaking down Rarity saw, she had to comfort her friend, and fast.

“Fluttershy dearie, its ok, we will be fine, I honestly have no idea where in Celestias name we are though.  All I can remember is being teleported from my home from a strange pony I had just met.” Fluttershy remembered what happened.  I was at home, I was about to let the chickens go for a walk and then a strange unicorn walked to her farm in a rush, he scared me so I hid and he had eventually found me.  He did a spell and I saw a white flare, then I’m here.

“Same thing with me, I’m scared,”

A door opened and Fluttershy made a yelping sound running for a place to hide and ending huddled in the corner, Rarity felt sad for her friend.

“Come with me.”

*****

Dash woke up to Applejack shaking her.

“Rainbow! Wake Up You Lazy Tarnation!”

“Aghh, What is it?” Dash said in a dreary voice.

“Rainbow, we are locked up in this fancy cell, Ah just woke up and found you with me, any idea how we got here?”

“What are you talking about?  Where are we?  Wait, is this a joke Applejack?  Never thought you could pull a joke like this, sorry but it takes a lot more than that to trick the master!” Rainbow said laughing.  Applejack stared at her, Rainbow felt uncomfortable and then said, “This is a joke, right?”

Applejack said,” Rainbow do Ah look like Ah’m kidding?” With a stern and impenetrable face.

“Well, no you don’t, so how do we get out of here?”

“Ah, don’t know, Ah just woke up a few minutes ago and…”

A Blue Pegasus entered the room and said “Follow Me.”

*****

Pinkie woke up in a dark and scary place, she laughed at it since she LOVED to laugh!  She eventually started to worry, where is every pony she thought.  A unicorn entered through a door and said, “Follow Me.”

“Why?  Where am I?”

“I said clearly and am repeating myself, follow me.”

She giggled and said in a very Pinkie way “Only if you say please!”

The unicorn sighed, “Will you follow me, please.” He had to fight himself to say that last word.

*****