Quest of the cool pony

Chapters

Prologue: A devious plot.
Chapter 1: The visitor.
Chapter 2: Magical material.
Chapter 3: The chase.
Chapter 4: Cards of the popular.
Chapter 5: The begin of the end.
Chapter 6: Showdown!
Epilogue: Ascension.

Prologue: A devious plot.

You and I both know about the different races In the land of Equestria. There are a lot of ponies with their cutie marks that defines their special talents. There are Earth Ponies, Pegasus’, Unicorns, and Alicorns. Each and every one of them were different, while at the same time they were exactly alike. But, there is one alicorn that waited his entire life to fulfill his destiny… to become a hero of this world. His name... is Eder; a, pony with a kind and warm heart. He wanted to be seen among the many citizens of Equestria, but many thought he was different to all of them, yet they all failed to realize they were all different. His cutie mark was so different and peculiar unlike the others. The strange thing about it was that it was simply the letter "E." While some ponies believed this cutie mark was silly, the truth was that this cutie mark was special, as his talent was that he could do everything. But the question that lies unanswered to us is this, what this pony can exactly do? Nopony knew for certain... until now.

One night along the Everfree Forest, an alicorn flew above the dark and shady trees, looking down upon the creatures that roamed it; Nightmare Moon, the Princess of the Eternal Night. As she flew, laughing maniacally, she came across the enterance to a cave. As she entered to the cave, a strange but familiar voice called to the ruler of the night, giving her a warm welcome back. It was Queen Chrysalis, the ruler of the Changelings.

“And so she returns… the princess of the eternal night; Nightmare Moon, the last of what was once Equestria’s Princess Luna,” said Chrysalis as Nightmare Moon walked before her.
Nightmare Moon came to a stop in front of Queen Chrysalis as she spoke, “Hello again Queen Chrysalis, it has been a while since we last met.”

“Indeed it has. I have been waiting this moment for quite some time.” said Chrysalis with a grim smile on her face.

Nightmare Moon stepped out of the cave, looking up at the dark sky. “Yes, this is the day that we are going to kidnap Twilight Sparkle and her friends.”

“So, what’s your plan to do that?”

Nightmare Moon chuckled as she responded to the Changling Queen’s question, “The global anniversary of Equestria goes on tomorrow, and Twilight will be there at the town hall along with her… “friends.””

Chrysalis instantly became silent as she thought about something that frightened her; the Elements of Harmony, the legendary power that brought Equestria to peace. “Interesting… but what about… you know.”

In that moment, Nightmare Moon laughed a bit. She had a plan. “Easy, I know how to prevent another loss.” Upon finishing her sentence, Nightmare Moon used her magic to take out a heart–shaped artifact that had a great power emerging from it, much like the Elements of Harmony. “Behold Equestria’s secret artifact; the Element of Love.”

Chrysalis became confused from what she heard. “The Element of Love?”

“That’s right; with this ultimate power, we will destroy the sacred Elements of Harmony, and nothing will stop us.” said Nightmare Moon as she equipped the heart-shaped artifact. Upon doing so, she unleashes its power to create a storm in the sky and send it within a farther side to the Everfree Forest, the location where the Tree of Harmony rests. As the storm enters draws closer to the abandoned castle, it tears Equestria’s legendary artifacts into pieces, along with the tree. As the unnatural storm subsided, Chrysalis heads to the remnants of the locations to bring in what was once the elements. They knew that the seventh one had went missing during the Day of the Descension, so it was not a problem to them any longer.

Chrysalis looked at the shattered pieces to the Elements of Harmony in disbelief as she spoke, “I-I don’t believe it! You were right after all, that artifact does work! The Elements of Harmony… are… DESTROYED!!! Now we can send our subjects to kidnap Twilight and her friends!”

“Indeed. Not even the Shepherd of Fire can stop us… now that he’s not here…”

Chapter 1: The visitor.

The next day, it was Equestria’s global anniversary; everypony was preparing the decorations, flags, etc. Among the crowd, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash were sitting together discussing the big day.

“Oh boy Dashie, aren’t you excited?! The best day ever on Equestria!” said Pinkie Pie as she jumped for joy.

“Yeah, I’ve been thinking about having the rest of us being with the Wonderbolts today, but Twilight has been on the deck of the castle with her telescope.” said Rainbow Dash, feeling a little down.

Pinkie wrapped her arm around her blue Pegasus friend, “I guess you’re right, why didn’t she come to join us?”

As Dash & Pinkie looked out to Twilight’s castle, the purple Alicorn was observing Canterlot as they prepared for the big event as well. She was feeling a little depressed, “You know Spike? I was wondering how Equestria would be without us.”

“Come on, Twilight. You’ve saved Equestria from many threats. Nightmare Moon, Discord, Chrysalis, Sombra, and Tirek. Because of that, you’re a hero.” Said the little purple dragon as he gave her a cup of tea.

“Well I’m not exactly a hero, I’m a princess. I should be looking out for this kingdom, not defending it. Does Equestria want somepony coming from Canterlot on a hot air balloon just to learn about friendship like me to be a hero?”

Spike walked down the stairs with the empty tray, “Well hey, you never know. Maybe somepony will do that one day.”

Coincidentally, as Twilight looked out on her telescoped at Canterlot, she saw a hot air balloon coming towards Ponyville with somepony on it.

Applejack was preparing the concession stands along with Rarity, who was preparing the ribbons. As the orange pony finished setting up the last stand, she spoke to her generous friend, “This is a lot of hard work for this special day, right Rarity?”

“Indeed it is darling. I really hate working like this, but if it’s for something this important, I’m more than happy to help.” Said the white unicorn as she set up the last ribbon on the town hall.
“That’s understandable, maybe after the event we can go to the park with the girls.” Said Applejack as she walked with Rarity.

“That sounds wonderful. Anyway let’s have our break; I have drinks for us Applejack.” Said Rarity as the two walked down to her house.

As the two mares keep walking, they saw the hot air balloon descending upon Ponyville.

“Hey uh, Rarity? Don’t mind me askin’ but do you feel a strange sense of déjà vu?” asked Applejack as she looked up at the hot air balloon.

“Darling, I was just about to ask the same thing.” Said Rarity, also staring at the balloon.

Applejack started walking down to the middle of Ponyville as she spoke to her friend, “Well, what are we doing staring at it for? Let’s go see what all the commotion is.”

All the ponies were gathered around Ponyville, socializing about the upcoming visitor. Some ponies said that it’s nice to see another pony come to Ponyville. Others said they couldn’t wait to meet him or her there. They all began to wonder who the pony could be. Was he or she kind, funny, or possibly… a hero?

“Well, from all the conversations I’m hearing, a new pony is arriving!” said Rarity as she walked into the crowd. “This seems exciting, doesn’t it Applejack?”

Applejack nodded as she spoke, “It sure does. Can’t wait to meet the visitor!”

“Um, I don’t know. I’m a little too… nervous… to meet him.” Said the sensitive Pegasus; Fluttershy.

Rarity came up close to her friend, “Oh nonsense Fluttershy, what’s there to be nervous about meeting a new pony?”

“Oh, it’s just… I’m not too good with talking to new ponies.” Said Fluttershy in her soft, whisper-like voice.

As the hot air balloon touched the ground, everypony gathered around to meet the new pony that arrived, and as the door to the air balloon opened, a red pony was standing inside. “Umm… hello.”

Pinkie Pie just burst with joy as she came close to the red pony. “OMIGOSH! A red pony! He’s so red I wanna hug him!”

So Pinkie jumped on the red pony and squeezed him tightly with joy, almost choking him. “Ack- Hey, you’re hurting me.”

“Yeah c’mon Pinkie, let him go.” said a Pegasus that looked like Rainbow Dash.

Applejack came up to the red pony, “You okay there partner?”

“Yeah, I’m fine. I’ve never met a pony that could hug so tight.” Said the red pony.

Rainbow Dash flew next to Applejack as she spoke to the red pony, “Sorry bout’ that kiddo, she’s just happy to meet you.”

“Yeah, we all are. Welcome to Ponyville.” said a pony from the crowd.

“Nice to meet you… I’m Fluttershy.” said the yellow Pegasus.

Rarity was the next to speak to the red pony, “Nice to meet you darling, my name is Rarity. Don’t worry, I’m very gentle and generous.”

Pinkie Pie came hopping about like before as she introduced herself, “Hi, I’m Pinkie Pie! You know who I am already though after that big hug I gave you! Then again you don’t cause we just met!”

Spike came up from the castle with Twilight, “Good to meet ya, I’m Spike! I’m Princess Twilight’s best friend and servant.”

“Name’s Applejack, I live on the Apple Family Farm just on that hill over yonder.” Said Applejack, introducing herself like the rest.

At this point, all the other ponies began introducing themselves. “I’m Squidzle, and I’m a master dancer here in Equestria!”

“Hi there, name’s Sunshade, the master of love.”

“My name’s Felix. I’m an expert at inventions. Whatever you need, I can make it.”

Rainbow Dash was the next in the line of introductions, “Heya! Name’s Rainbow Dash; best flyer in Equestria.”

The Pegasus that looked like her was next in line, “I’m her brother, Dash Junior; pretty much the same as her.”

Twilight was the last of introductions. As she walked up to the red pony, everyone began bowing for her. “And I’m Princess Twilight, the Princess of Friendship. It’s very good to have you here.”

The Red Pony was surprised; he never thought he would meet so many ponies here, rather he didn’t think that they would all be friends with him. It brought a smile to his face. “Well, nice to meet you all.”

“What’s your name?” asked Spike.

“My name’s Eder; Eder the cool pony.” Said the red pony in response to the purple dragon’s question.

“That’s a “cool” title for your name.” said Rainbow Dash, chuckling.

“Ha ha ha, very funny RD.” said Applejack with much sarcasm.

Twilight got a closer look at Eder after having a swift thought. “You remind us of a friend of ours; Star Blade.”

Applejack looked at Eder in realization, “Yeah, now that you mention it, you do look just like him!”

“That’s because I’m his brother.”

The Mane Six, as well as some of the other ponies, looked quite surprised from what they heard from Eder. However, Twilight was the most surprised of them all. “He’s your brother?!”

Eder smiled as he replied to Twilight, “Yeah, his little brother.”

“Wow… I didn’t know he had a brother.” Said Rainbow Dash, who was starting to feel a little down. “Why did he never tell us about it?”

“Perhaps he wanted to keep family business a personal thing.” Suggested Rarity.

“Well, I guess that makes some sense.” Said Applejack. “Though I just wish he told us something about his family before he left…”

Eder looked confused, “Left?”

“Oh don’t worry about it, it’s nothing. He… left… a while back.” Said Rarity, trying not to tell too much about their friend.

Eder wasn’t completely convinced, but he accepted those words nonetheless. Just after that conversation was over, Twilight spoke to Eder, “Anyway, how about we go to the Castle of Friendship and talk there.”

“But first, I’m gonna tickle him!” said Pinkie as she jumped on Eder again as he began to laugh. “No w-wait, that’s tickles!”

As Eder continued laughing, he opened his wings, revealing that he was an alicorn, surprising the whole crowd, even Twilight who found it hard to believe. “W-w-what?! Y-y-you’re an alicorn?!”

Eder got back on his hooves as he said, “Yeah, I’m an alicorn.”

As everypony looked at each other in confusion, Twilight Sparkle was thinking to herself about something she was told some time ago, and decided to talk with the red pony. “Eder, we need to have a chat about this, come to the castle with me.”

So Eder followed Twilight and Spike to the castle as everypony were now talking about Eder.

Chapter 2: Magical material.

As they were inside, the doors closed as Twilight quickly looked back at Eder. “I had no idea that you were an alicorn until I saw it with my own eyes!”

Eder chuckled as he spoke, “Yeah, surprising right?”

Twilight Sparkle took a better look at Eder, feeling a strange sense of energy coming from him. “I feel something… different… about you. Let me check.” Twilight used her magic on Eder, examining the energy that he possessed. “The magic you harness is stable, so you must be normal.”

Eder looked down with a bit of shame, “Well, not really. There was that other day I used my magic to shoot even though I didn’t want to.”

“What kind of magic?” asked Spike.

“It was like a ball… and I only use it when it’s necessary.” Eder explained.

“A magic attack?!” said Twilight and Spike, looking at each other.

Eder suddenly looked confused. Twilight was the only one that knew that kind of magic, so how could somepony like Eder know how to do it too?

“Wow Eder, that’s impressive that you know how to do an attack like that.” Said Twilight, amused with what she heard from the red pony.

Eder was still a bit confused and asked, “What you mean?”

Twilight put what she said into more understandable words, “I mean, you’re an alicorn that isn’t very powerful, yet you know how to perform such an attack like that. That’s what’s impressive about it.”

Suddenly, Spike had an idea and whispered it into Twilight’s ear. “Hey Twilight, why you don’t make Eder as your student and teach him the magic you learned from Princess Celestia?”

Twilight nodded as she spoke to her companion, “Well, I guess I could teach him some things I know that she taught me. Having some experience with being taught this kind of magic, it would only make sense to be a teacher myself.”

As the two came to their agreement, Twilight walked to Eder to tell him their idea, “Eder, me and my friend Spike have come with the decision that I should be a teacher to you.”

Eder was surprised by what he heard from her. “What?”

Twilight explained their plan to Eder, “I will teach you some of the skills of magic that Princess Celestia once taught me.”

“Awesome! Perhaps I’ll learn some things I never knew before!” said Eder. He was happy to hear this from the alicorn princess. To start, Twilight gave him some bits and a list of materials. “Now the first and most important things you need are the materials. They’re all written down on this list. I would recommend looking to buy them at the shops in Ponyville.” She then turned to her dragon comanion. “Spike, I would like you to accompany Eder in looking for each one.”

Spike gave Twilight a big thumbs up as he said, “Okay Twilight! You can count on me!”

And so, Eder and Spike went to town square of Ponyville to purchase the materials for Twilights. As Eder and Spike walked through the town, all the ponies looked at the red alicorn with delight, still having conversations about him. “Wow, everypony seems to be talking a lot about you. You must be special.” Said Spike, complimenting the red unicorn.

“Yeah, although I never thought this would happen in the first place.” Said Eder, thinking about where he was before arriving at Ponyville.

“Well, it happened.” Said Spike as he pat Eder on the back. “Anyway, what’s the first item on the list?”

The two checked the list and saw that the first thing to get was a notebook and some spell books. “You’ll need the notebook for all the lessons you’ve learned from Twilight, and the spell books will help you learn the many ways of magic.” Said Spike, explaining the different items. “There’s a shop right over there where you can buy the notebook.” Spike guided Eder to the bookstore to buy a notebook and some spell books.

Meanwhile, a mysterious black unicorn stood within the shadows, looking upon Eder as he was walking to the shop with Spike. “That red alicorn, he seems so… nice… I need to keep an eye on him.”

As the two walked into the shop, all the ponies were looking directly at Eder.

“They’re still curious about me.” Said Eder, feeling a bit nervous about it.

Suddenly a voice at the counter spoke to the red pony, “Ah, Eder the alicorn. It’s a pleasure to have you here.” It was Crescent Moon, who was an employee at the bookstore.

“So… I guess everypony knows about Eder, huh?” said Spike to the attendant at the counter.

“Yeah, everyone saw him and were talking about him.” Said a pony looking for a couple books.

While they were talking, Scootaloo saw Eder and walked towards him, waving hello. “Hey there, I’m Scootaloo. “

“Well, nice to meet you all and you too, Scootaloo.” Said Eder, giving a smile to everyone in the room.

Scootaloo came up to Eder with curiosity and said, “Hey don’t mind me asking, but I’m trying to get my cutie mark. Could you tell me what your cutie mark is?”

Just from that moment, the red pony was a little nervous about showing off his cutie mark, thinking that they will laugh at Eder. But he toughened up and he showed it to the orange pegasi. “This is my cutie mark, the letter “E.””

Crescent, Scootaloo, and some of the other ponies saw Eder’s cutie mark, and they looked at each other in confusion; thinking that it was silly for an alicorn. “Is that…your special talent?” said one of the ponies; Coco.

“I’m not trying to be mean or anything, but that cutie mark of yours looks silly.” Said Crescent Moon, trying to be nice to the red pony.

After hearing these words, Spike decided to defend the red pony. “But hey, his mark couldn’t not only mean his name, it could mean another talent…like…”

“Like what?” asked Scootaloo.

Spike thought for a moment, then spoke his suggestion, “Umm… perhaps he can do… everything.”

“Really? An alicorn like him can do everything?” asked Crescent Moon in disbelief.

“Yeah, maybe that’s why it’s the letter “E”.” said Spike.

“Well that seems like it would be a special talent.” Said Coco.

Hearing about the words of Coco, Eder looked at the 3 ponies and said, “Do you think I’m… silly?”

“No, you’re actually the opposite of that, you’re wonderful.” Said Scootaloo, trying to make him feel better.

Eder felt better and smiled at the three ponies around him

“So, what is it you’re looking for?” Crescent Moon asked Eder and Spike.

Spike gave the list of materials to Crescent Moon. “We’re looking for a notebook and some spell books.”

“That will cost you 25 bits total.” Said Crescent Moon, holding out his hoof.

Eder took out the bits given to him from Twilight and paid for the first set of items they needed. Crescent Moon gave the two materials, giving off a smile to the red alicorn. “Thank you, and have a good day.”

With curiosity flowing through his head, Eder opened one of the spell books and saw one called “Shield breaker,” and he began to read it as him and Spike walked out of the bookstore. “This one looks interesting, it says that I can break a target’s magic shield.”

“Oh yeah, Twilight has a book like that when it comes to battling enemies.” Said Spike.

Distracted by reading the book, Eder accidentally bumped into Rarity and they fell to the ground. “UGH!!! Don’t any of you ponies have manners and eyes to see where you’re-“ Rarity then realized that he had bumped into Eder, and felt sorry for yelling at him.

Spike was blushing as he looked at Rarity. “Umm, S-sorry, R-Rarity, Eder was-“

“Oh my, I’m so sorry! I didn’t know it was you two!” said Rarity, gathering the books Eder had dropped.

“It’s okay, Rarity, I was distracted from reading these book of spells. I’m trying to understand what I will be learning from Twilight.” Said Eder as he showed off the book he was reading.

After their little accident, Spike helped the two ponies up on their hooves.

“So, what brings you here?” asked Rarity.

“Twilight sent me to buy these materials so I can learn everything from her.” Said Eder as he got all of his books together.

Spike took out the note of materials and gave it to Rarity. His arm was shaking a bit.

Rarity took a good long look at the list, “My goodness, that’s a lot of things.”

“Yeah. Now that you think about it, Eder, don’t you think that those materials will be a little to heavy for you?” asked Spike, looking at him as the books start falling down again.

“Wha? Nah, I’m good. Just gotta get a good grip, that’s all.” Said Eder as he dropped the books again.

After hearing this, Rarity came up with an idea. “Follow me you two, I have the perfect solution to your problem!”

So Eder and Spike followed Rarity to her house, wondering what she wished to do.

Rarity walked to her shelf as she said to the red pony, “I’ll make a bag for you Eder, it’ll put all those materials in one place.”

So Rarity began to make Eder a bag, moving place after place, finding the things she needed to make it. After a while, Rarity showed Eder the completed rucksack. “I hope you will put this to good use darling.”

As Eder took a look at the bag Rarity made for him, Sweetie Belle; Rarity’s younger sister, saw Rarity with Eder & Spike. “Hiya sis!”

Rarity looked to her sister. “Ah, hello Sweetie Belle! I don’t think you’ve met Eder yet, have you?”

“No, but I saw him when he came into Ponyville. I heard he’s an alicorn too.” Said Sweetie Belle as she walked to the three.

As the fine gentlepony he was, the red alicorn gave a kind greeting to the little filly unicorn. “Hello, little pony.”

“It’s a pleasure to meet you, Mr. red alicorn.” Said Sweetie Belle, giving Eder a smile.

Spike tapped the red pony to get his attention, “Uh, Eder? We need get going.”

Just before they were about to leave, they were stopped by the two unicorns. “Wait Eder, before you go…” Then, Rarity took out a strange looking cap. It was bright red and it had a capital “M” on the front of it. “I was inspired to make this hat one night when I looked upon the stars. I wasn’t quite sure why though, it just came to me. Anyway, I’d like you to have it. It’s no use to me, so why not for you?”

“For me?” asked Eder as he looked at the two sisters.

“Yeah! A gift of Generosity!” said Sweetie Belle with a big smile.

Rarity gave the hat to Eder. “Go ahead, take it.”

So Eder took the hat that the unicorn made, seeing how kind she was to offer it. “Thanks Rarity! I really like the way it looks! Now we just need to find a pencil to go with the notebook.”

And so, the red alicorn and his dragon friend left Rarity’s home, as the two sisters said good bye to them. “Bye Eder! Bye Spike!”

Chapter 3: The chase.

As the two walked out of the house, Eder asked the little dragon, “Hey Spike. Not trying to be personal or anything but, do you have a crush on that pony?”

Spike was shocked, and blushed upon hearing this. “W-What are you talking about?”

“Well, you ARE blushing so you MUST have a crush on her.” Said Eder, giving off a smirk.

“Oh yeah, but I-I-I’ve always been too nervous to talk about that.” Said Spike as he scratched his head.

During their walk, Eder & Spike heard the voice of a mare with Dash Junior. “Ha! Do you really think that you can beat your own sister’s speed?”

“Of course I can, I want to be just like her someday!” said Dash Junior, getting a angry with the mare.

Spike slapped his hand against his face. “Oh no, not Trixie.”

The red alicorn and the purple dragon came up to the other two ponies, interrupting their conversation.

“What’s the matter?” Eder asked, curious about the situation.

“I’ve kept telling Trixie here over and over that I can beat Dash’s speed record.” Said Dash Junior as he looked at Trixie with a mad expression.

Trixie then looked at Eder as they were having their conversation. “So, you’re the new pony around town. Eder, right?”

Spike crossed his arms as he spoke to Trixie, “Yeah, he’s the new Pony here, and he’s also Princess Twilight Sparkle’s student.”

Trixie laughed for what Spike had to say about the red alicorn. “That pony is Twilight Sparkle’s student? Him?!

Eder nodded in response to her question, but it only made Trixie laugh even more. “Hahahahahaha! Oh, don’t make me laugh! How can an alicorn like him be her student? Is he a little Prince? Hahahahahahaha! Well, I guess I HAVE to congratulate you.”

“I’m still trying to do my best.” Said Eder, a little annoyed by what Trixie had to say. By the way, what’s your name?

Trixie was surprised by what Eder had to say. “Wait what?! You’ve… never heard of me? The Great and Powerful Trixie? “

As the dark blue unicorn was introducing herself, Eder heard something in the distance. He pushed Trixie, Spike, & Dash Jr. on the ground. “Everpony down!”

The three ponies and Spike looked up and they saw a Blue Pegasus, full of rage.

Eder was shocked from who he saw. “Bolty!”

“Hello, enjoying your first day at Ponyville?” said the Pegasus.

“Who are you?!” Spike demanded.

The Pegasus looked at Spike in anger. “I’m Bolty, one of the Pegasus’ from the Wonderbolt Academy. Or at least I was, because of him!” Bolty pointed to Eder.

“Eder?!” said Trixie, Dash Junior, and Spike together.

Bolty began to explain his story. “Yeah, one day I was talking to him because I thought he was a disgrace to all alicorns and that nopony would like him because of that. So because of that, he attacked me with magic. I tried to defend myself from the attack by blocking it; however it unintentionally hit the academy, destroying it completely, and Spitfire blamed me for the cause and banned me from ever joining again!”

Dash Junior looked worried. “But what are you gonna do with Eder now?”

Upon hearing this, he gave Eder the evil eye andtook out a sharp kitchen knife, that made everyone tremble as they looked at the angry Pegasus. “I’M GOING TO KILL HIM FOR CRUSHING MY DREAMS OF BECOMING ONE OF THE WONDERBOLTS!”

Eder looked at his reflection in the knife, standing in fear as Bolty pointed the weapon at him, ready to strike. “Hehe, funny story Bolty, but if you excuse me everyone… GOTTA GO!” Using his instincts, Eder grabbed Spike and put him on his back as he ran as fast as he could, as Bolty jumped closer, almost hurting Eder.

“Hey, what do you think you’re doing?!” said Trixie, about to use her magic.

Dash Junior stood with her. “You should be in prison you psychopath!”

Bolty stopped and pointed the knife at them. “Don’t you try and stop me, or you will suffer the same fate!” And so, Bolty began to chase after Eder and Spike.

“Help, Bolty is trying to kill me!” yelled Eder as he ran as fast as he could with Spike.

Spike looked back at Bolty. “Run faster Eder! He’s catching up and he doesn’t look too happy!”

“You don’t think I see that?!” said Eder as he tried running as fast as he could.

Just unexpectedly, Eder and Spike bumped into Scootaloo, riding her scooter. Eder? Spike? What are you two doing?”

“Scootaloo you gotta help us, Bolty is trying to kill me!” begged Eder as the blue Pegasus was getting closer every second.

“And he’s just about caught up with us!!!” yelled Spike, shaking Eder.

“Well, you guys can use my this! You can get away faster with it!” The orange pegasi hopped off of her scooter as Eder and Spike hopped on and rode away from Bolty. “Thanks a lot Scootaloo! I owe you!”

“We’ll return it if we make it out alive!” said Spike as he wove to Scootaloo.

Unfortunately, Eder stumbled upon a rock which caused the scooter to shake, making Spike fall from Eder’s back, but luckily was hanging on the end of Eder’s tail. “Ahhhh! Eder, help me!”

Everypony saw Eder and Spike being chased by Bolty. However, even with the speed of the scooter, the blue Pegasus caught Eder and Spike, making them fall from the scoot. With Eder on the ground Bolty walked slowly to him, pointing the knife to his neck. “This is it little red alicorn, your days of troublemaking are over. You made me suffer, so I’m going to give you that same feeling.”

Eder was lying on the ground, scared that this was his end. But just as the blue Pegasus was ready to strike, Spike threw a rock at him. “Leave my friend alone! If you mess with him, you mess with me!”

Bolty chuckled from the purple dragons actions. “How ridiculous, you’re defending this uslesss pony, HUH?”

Upon hearing this, Eder was getting angry. But instead of Bolty killing Eder, he took Spike and prepared to kill him instead of the red alicorn.

“No wait, I was joking! Please let me go!” said Spike with fear.

“Too late now dragon!” said Bolty, just as he prepared to strike. But before he got the chance, Eder used a magic attack to push Bolty into the air. Eder then took this time to help Spike on his feet before Bolty landed on the ground. “Leave my friend alone you crazy pegasus!”

At that moment, one of the royal guards arrived just in time to capture Bolty. “Bolty Cakehole, you are under arrest for causing physical damage to a citizen of Ponyville.”

Bolty struggled, hoping he could free himself. But it was too late. “No, you’re not taking me to prison! NO! Oh, Eder you’re gonna pay for this! I swear, YOU WILL PAY!!!”

Eder stared at Bolty as he was being dragged away to Canterlot to be put on trial. “I feel bad for doing that to Bolty, but I didn’t want him to kill me.”

Spike patted Eder’s hoof to make him feel better. “Don’t worry Eder, it’s okay. All you’re new friends are here to help you.”

“Are you sure Spike?” asked Eder as he looked at the eyes of the purple dragon.

Spike smiled as he said, “Positively. Now let me just bring Scootaloo’s scooter back to her. I’ll see ya at the castle.”

Chapter 4: Cards of the popular.

As Spike left, the red alicorn went to pick up Bolty’s kitchen knife and saw the name of the owner. “Looks like this knife belong to the Apple family. I’ll return it to Applejack so she can bring it back.”

The red pony took the knife and walk down Ponyville to look for Applejack. But little did he know, the black unicorn was still following him. “His magic is very impressive. It’s time to begin...”

So the black unicorn climbed to the roof of a building Eder was walking past, and as he came close, the unicorn jumped from the roof in front of Eder.

“WAH! Who are you?!” said Eder, shocked.

“Hello there, young alicorn,” said the black unicorn.

Eder gave a serious expression to the stallion. “You didn’t answer my question. Who are you??”

“I’m one of the new royal guards to Princess Luna, Dukes Rubel.” Said the unicorn.

Eder gave a sigh of relief as he examined the unicorn, confused as to what was going on. “What do you want from me?!”

Dukes walked up to Eder. “Nothing. I’ve been watching you and I’ve seen how kind you are to other ponies, having nice conversations with them. It’s like you have a heart of gold.”

Eder sat down, tired from what happened during the day. “Yeah, everypony seems to be talking about me for being a alicorn, having a unique cutie mark, and now they thought I would have been killed by Bolty, but of course I knock him with the same magic ball I used when he was at the academy.”

“Look, have a reason for being here. It’s a warning, something is coming.” Said Dukes, looking Eder in the eye.

“What’s coming?” asked Eder, looking concerned.

“2 great and powerful villains of Equestria. They’ve joined forces and plan to conquer Equestria.” Said Dukes in a slightly low voice.

Now Eder was worried. “Huh? Villains?”

Dukes nodded. “That’s right. I know one of them is Queen Chrysalis, the ruler of the changlings. As for the other… I’m not completely sure… although it felt like… Princess Luna. But it can’t possibly be her, she turned good again.”

Eder thought to himself. “Two villains want to conquer Equestria?”

“And the ones who harness the Elements of Harmony are in danger.” Said Dukes.

Eder asked the unicorn, “But what does this have anything to do with me?”

Dukes placed his hooves on Eder’s shoulders. “You are Twilight’s student, you have to warn her that she’s not safe.”

Eder was still very confused. Dukes was warning him about Chrysalis’ plan with another villain to kidnap the Mane 6, the ones who hold the power of the Elements of Harmony.

“Head my warning young alicorn, the time is coming.” Said Dukes as he jumped onto the roofs and walked away.

While Eder continued to watch him until he was out of sight, Babs Seed and Applebloom saw the red alicorn and walked towards him.

“Howdy there. Aren’t you that red alicorn that are talking about?” Applebloom asked Eder.

“Why yes I am.” Said Eder, trying to calm down.

Applebloom gave Eder a big smile. “Well, mighty nice to meet you, I’m Applebloom, and this is my cousin Babs Seed.”

Eder thought for a moment as he saw Babs Seed and Applebloom together, and giggled. “You’re like Scootaloo and Rarity’s little sister; you’re all fillies.”

“Yeah! With all of us together, we are the Cutie Mark Crusaders.” Said Applebloom, trying to show off a cool pose.

“Yeah!” said Babs Seed as her cousin made her pose.

“Crusaders huh?” Eder said to the fillies.

“Yup! We’re planning to get our cutie marks, no matter what!” said Babs Seed, wrapping her arm around Applebloom.

While the three ponies were talking with each other, Snails and Snip walked to the red alicorn and the 2 fillys. “Hi there Eder, looks like you’ve started to make new friends.”

“Indeed I have.” Said Eder, giving a slight smile.

“The Great and Powerful Trixie told us about you being Twilight’s first student.” Said Snip.

“You’re Twilight’s student?” said Applebloom, looking surprised.

“Wow, that’s pretty cool!” said Babs Seed.

Eder simply stared at the friendly ponies, happy about how much they were amused with his accomplishment.

Applebloom whispered something in her cousin’s ear, then looked to the red pony and asked, “Hey Eder, you wouldn’t mind us giving you something, would you?”

“Not at all.” Said Eder, giving the two fillies a smile.

“Well, here you go.” Said Babs Seed as she gave Eder 99 special collectors cards.

“What are these?” Eder asked the two fillies.

Snails came up to look at the cards. “Oh! Those are card of some of the most famous and popular ponies in Equestria!”

“They show info about each one!” said Snip as he looked at his friend Snails with joy.

“Me and my cousin thought we could get our cutie mark by collecting cards.” Said Applebloom.

“Yeah but we never got them, plus we had too many cards that are repeated so we decided to give them to all the fillies at the school.” Said Babs Seed.

Applebloom then looked at the other ponies and said. “Welp, I better get goin. My sis’ Applejack might be worried sick about me.”

Before Applebloom could leave, Eder stopped her. “Wait, Applebloom!”

Applebloom then looked to Eder. “What is it?”

“If she is your sister then take me to her. I have something that was stolen from her family.” Said Eder as he took out the knife that Bolty stole, then he put it away.

So Eder & Applebloom walked together to find Applejack, and said bye to Babs Seed, Snail and Snip.

Chapter 5: The begin of the end.

Eder was very intrigued by the cards that Babs Seed gave him. “Hmm, these cards are special. It has everything I’d want to know about who each pony is.”

“Exactly, everypony is famous and popular, even the one that made the cards.” Said Applebloom.

Eder took a look at card #50, and checked the information from behind. "The Shepherd of Fire, a legend that changed the history of Equestria forever. This stallion fought during the last day to the Great War of Equestria against Discord before his days of Chaos began. Duing the fight, he stood alongside 5 ponies that helped him bring an end to the war. A few months after the war had ended; the Shepherd of Fire had suddenly vanished. Many assumed he returned to his home, others assumed that he had died. No one know exactly for sure what happened, but to this day he is remembered by many as a hero to Equestria."

Applebloom stopped to take a look at the card. “Oh, the Shepherd of Fire, Applejack once told me about him, she never quite mentioned who he was.”

Eder flipped the card to take a look at the picture of the stallion. He couldn’t quite make out who it was at first, but as he took a closer look, he saw who it really was. “My brother?!”

Applebloom looked at Eder in confusion. “Huh? Your brother?”

Eder showed the card to Applebloom. “My brother Star Blade, he’s the Shepherd of Fire.”

Applebloom gasped in shock when she heard this. “Star Blade?! I can’t believe it!”

Eder continued to stare at the card. “Me neither. But… how is this possible? My brother being the one who defeated Discord during that war… It’s hard for me to believe.”

“Well he is friends with my big sister and her friends. Maybe you aught ‘a ask them about him. I’m sure they know a lot more than me.” Said to Eder as they continued walking.

“I hope so…” said Eder as he looked away from the card.

“Speak of the devil, there’s my sis right there!” said Applebloom as she caught sight of her sister with Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy by her side.

Eder gave a nice greeting to the three ponies. “Hello mares, good to see you all.”

Pinkie Pie was very ecstatic to see Eder. “OMIGOSH! It’s Eder the red alicorn! Ohhhh I just want to hug him and tickle him and hug him some more and tickle him some more!”

But Applejack stopped her just before she could reach him. “Calm down Pinke. There’s a time and a place.”

Applebloom walked up to Applejack. “Big sis, Eder has somethin’ that belongs to us.”

Eder then took out the knife and gave it to Applejack. “Bolty stole it from your family and tried to kill me with it. So I thought I’d give it back.”

Applejack took the knife from Eder. “Hey thanks, I was looking for that thing. I use it to cut the apples for Granny Smith’s famous apple pie!”

“So, I heard that Eder is gonna be Twilight’s first student.” Said Rainbow Dash, who was laying on a cloud in the sky.

This surprised the three mares, who didn’t realize she was there. “That’s right, I bet he will be a great student for her.” Said Applebloom as the rest of the mares clapped to Eder.

“Congrats Eder, we wish you good luck with Twilight.” Said Applejack after she stopped clapping.

The red alicorn then saw Fluttershy, and immediately blushed upon seeing her. “Hey Flutters, something wrong?”

Fluttershy turned to Eder nervously upon hearing him. “Oh um, n-nothing Eder. It’s just that… I feel a little… strange… when I talk to ponies.”

“She’s always like that Eder” said Rainbow Dash, putting her arms behind her head as she laid comfortably on her cloud.

Pinkie gave a big smile as she noticed Eder blushing. “Ohhhhh, I think Eder has a crush on Fluttershy.”

From that moment, both the shy Pegasus and the red alicorn were surprised of what Pinkie Pie said.

“Are you saying… Eder l-l-likes me?” said Fluttershy, feeling more nervous than Eder.

Eder didn’t want to admit it. “W-what are you talking about Pinkie?”

“I can SEE right in those eyes of yours and see that you must have some affection for Fluttershy,” said Pinkie Pie.

Applejack giggled as she watched how Eder was blushing because of what Pinkie said to him. “I guess he has some good looks for mares like Fluttershy?

“W-what? I never said that.” Said Eder, who was blushing so hard he looked like a raspberry.

“WELL is it true that you love her?” said Pinkie Pie.

Eder couldn’t stop feeling nervous and couldn’t stop watching Fluttershy. He tried to keep quiet, he didn’t want to talk about that.

“Um, Eder? It’s okay… I don’t mind if you really…love me.” Fluttershy said to Eder, in hopes of making him feel better.

The red alicorn took a deep breath upon hearing this, toughening up as he prepared to say those words to her. “I do.”

“Good job lover boy.” Said Applejack as she patted Eder on the back.

Fluttershy giggled seeing how shy Eder was when he said that. “You’re the cutest pony I’ve ever met Eder.” She came close to kiss the red alicorn’s cheek, and he blushes and fainted with a smile on his face. “Oh my godnesss, a-are you okay Eder?”

Rainbow Dash flew from her cloud toward the passed out red alicorn. “We better take him to the hospital.”

Sometime later, Eder was recovering slowly after he fainted. “He’ll be fine. I’ve never met a pony that passed out like that.”

“Huh? Is that you, Spike?” say, Eder as he got up.

“Girls! He’s getting up.” said Pinkie, getting all excited .

“Feeling better, darling?” said Rarity, watching Eder get up.

The red alicorn nodded, he still felt dizzy before passing out.

“Umm, Eder?” say Fluttershy, nearvous and worried that Eder will be bad from the kiss.

“What is it, Flutter?”

And then the yellow Pegasus gave Eder her bunny, Angel. “I suppose you will need a company from my little pet.”

Eder didn’t have words to describe about how friendly the Manes 6 was to the red alicorn.

“Eder, you have shown us that you’re like your brother, Star Blade, and we’ve shown you how friendly we are.” Said Twilight, smiling to Eder.

It wasn’t long for Eder to remember what Dukes told him. “Twilight, I have to tell you something!”

Twilight turned around and saw how surprised Eder was. “What’s the matter Eder?”

“A mysterious black unicorn told me that 2 villains were about to conquer Equestria, and were about to do something evil to you and your friends!” said Eder.

The purple alicorn and her friends all gasped from what Eder told them. “2 villains will conquer Equestria?!”

“If someone even tried to mess with my friends, they have to mess with me first!” said Dash, feeling brave.

“Oh my, look at the time. We’d better get to the Town Hall, we have to start Equestria’s global anniversary!” said Rarity.

“Well Eder, you have to stay here until you get better.” Said Twilight.

And so the Mane 6 and Spike left Eder alone on the room. “I can’t stay here, I must warn to the town.” Said Eder as he got out of his bed and out the door.

The just as the Mane 6 were walking to the Town Hall with Eder following them, the Princess of Eternal Night & Queen of the Changelings appeared on the roof of a afternoon’s day.

“Look at Twilight and her friends. They don’t even know what to expect!” said Nightmare Moon, watching the Mane 6 running with a smile on her face. She was ready to start her operation.

“Indeed, and our minions will take care of the other citizens!” said Chrysalis, giggling with evil.

The two then saw Eder running towards the Town Hall, and then Nightmare Moon remembered something before she transformed again.

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3 MONTHS BEFORE THE PRESENT TIME

“Wait… there’s something on the back!” Said Twilight as she flipped the last page to the book.

The Mane 6 came up to her to see what it was, even the two sisters came to see it.

Twilight began to read the text written. “Afterword, by the Shepherd of Fire. Hello old friends, and here we are. I know how much you are all missing me right now, but I just want to let you all know that I’m still alive and kicking. When we will see each other again, I do not know. But when you look up to the stars, think of them as my soul. Don’t fret, when the time comes, I will come back. But until that time comes, you all need to be patient. After all, you all know that time is much more spent living… than waiting. So continue your lives like you usually would… and one day you may see me again. And one more thing. I know for a fact that one day, you; my friends, may not be there to save Equestria. But I know there is still hope… which is why I’ve called upon someone before I left to come in a few months time to be there if anything like that ever happens. I can’t say who… but you’ll find out in due time. I will say this though… he is close… very close to me… He can be someone who protects Equestria… a hero… I could be too… but not there. I am a hero of the past… but he… he… can be a hero of the present… However, if I cannot come back and this is the last time I ever talk to you… I just want to say… thank you for everything… You’ve made me realize who I am… Not just a leader… not just a hero… but a good friend… and I can’t thank you enough for that… So… farewell. Until we meet again.”

“F-Farewell Star Blade… my good friend…” said Twilight as a couple tears came from her eyes.

Princess Luna then placed her hoof on Twilight’s shoulder. “Do not cry young princess, you should be happy that he is safe.”

“Yeah! For all we know, Star Blade may come back! And we’ll all live happily ever after!” said Pinkie Pie, giving Twilight a small hug.

“Hey, we all miss him now as much as you do Twilight.” Said Rainbow Dash as she patted Twilight on the back. “If he comes back, we’ll be there to see him.”

Twilight stopped crying as she spoke to her friends, “Thank you girls… thanks for being there to support me.” Twilight then looked up at the night sky, and reached her hoof towards the stars. “Star Blade… whoever this pony is… I will help him for whenever we are not here to save Equestria… I promise…”
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PRESENT TIME

“Don’t leave me please. You never left my brother, but what about me?” said Eder.

“Brother? That red alicorn is… Star Blade’s brother?!” said Nightmare Moon as she exploded with anger.

“Wait, who is that pony? And who is Star Blade?” Chrysalis questioned as she still watched the red alicorn run.

Nightmare Moon was still angry as she explained to Chrysalis, “Star Blade is a friend to the Mane Six that stood by their side long before I transformed again. He helped them fight evil using the Element of Leadership, a seventh Element of Harmony that Celestia kept hidden just like the Element of Love.”

Chrysalis quickly looked at Nightmare Moon in shock. “Wait, there’s a seventh Element of Harmony?! We need to destroy it!”

“Well that Element doesn’t matter to us. Three months ago he left this time to stop a paradox from spreading on the Day of the Descension. Not just that, but he took the Element of Leadership with him. What a fool!” said Nightmare Moon as she calmed down.

“I see.” Said Chrysalis as she looked at Eder as he ran. “But what about this pony? You said he’s Star Blade’s brother. Will he be a problem?”

“I believe he harnesses the Element of Love.” said Nightmare Moon as she began to get furious again. “But that’s doesn’t matter.”

“How can that not matter? If he’s this “Star Blade’s” brother, he could defeat us.” Said the Queen of Changling.

“As long as we have the Element of Love, he cannot stop us.” Said the princess of eternal night. “And if I cannot stop the Shepherd of Fire, I WILL DEFEAT HIS BROTHER INSTEAD! HAHAHAHAHA!

As Eder continued to catch up the Mane 6, he heard the laugh of Nightmare Moon, remembering what Dukes told him, “Head my warning young alicorn, the time is coming.”

Meanwhile at the Town Hall, everypony was awaiting for the start of the celebration.

“Ponies from Ponyville, and others all across Equestria, it is my pleasure to welcome you all here.” Said Mayor Mare to large crowd of ponies. “I would like to take this time to have our beloved Princess Twilight Sparkle speak before we begin.”

Everyone then clapped as Twilight walked towards to the microphone. “Greetings fillies, colts, mares, and stallions of Equestria. Today, we are all here to honor the very place that we have been living on for centuries. The very place we have brought our families upon. If it wasn’t for me, my friends, the other Princesses, even the Shepherd of Fire… we wouldn’t be standing here at this very moment. Today, we honor the anniversary… of Equestria.”

Everyone at the Town Hall clapped as Twilight stepped down from the stage, as the Mane Six said altogether, “Let the event, begin” But while everyone continued to clap and cheer on, Eder slammed the doors open.

“Wait, stop this!” said the red alicorn as the crowd saw Eder. “I heard an evil laugh, the time has come!”

“What are you talking about Eder?” asked Twilight. “And what are you doing here? You’re supposed to be at the hospital.”

“He is talking about Chrysalis and her mysterious helper. They’re here at Ponyville” said Dukes Rubel as he appeared between the Mane 6, with everyone in the crowd watching him.

“Dukes! You know about this?” said Applejack.

“Indeed Applejack, I told this young alicorn that Chrysalis and her associate was coming and I told him to warn you Princess Twilight.” Said Dukes as he looked to Twilight.

“But how? We defeated her at Canterlot” said Dash

But just then, the Mane 6 looked at Eder and remembered what Star Blade told them in the Afterword, that somepony close to him will be the hero of Equestria.

“Eder. You are… Star Blade’s brother, right?” Rarity ask.

“Like I said before, I’m his little brother, and he is my big brother. We always were close to each other!” said Eder, answering Rarity’s question.

“The Afterword!” said Applejack. “Eder is close to Star Blade!”

“Are you saying Eder, the new citizen of Ponyville, is the brother of Star Blade; the Shepherd of Fire?!” Mayor Mare asked the Mane 6.

While the Mane 6 explained to everyone about it, the red alicorn looked around to see if there were any suspicious ponies that would start the attack.

“Hey you.” said a mysterious member behind the curtains, getting Eder’s attention.

“Huh?” Eder followed the voice to find a Changling in disguise, surprising Eder.

“Don’t worry, it’s okay.” Said the changeling.

“W-who are you?” Eder asked the mysterious Changling.

“My name is Zeebo, a changeling and Cadence’s son.” Said the changeling, taking off his cap.

“A changeling?!” said Eder, worried that he might be a threat.

“Calm down! I know it’s odd for a changeling like me to be with a pony, but I’m not like them.” Said Zeebo, trying to calm down the red alicorn.

“What you want?” asked Eder.

“I know about Chrysalis’ helper.” said Zeebo.

“Who is it?” ask Eder again, trying to know the truth.

“Nightmare Moon, the princess of the eternal night.” said Zeebo, in response to Eder’s question.

“Nightmare Moon? I heard of her before, but why she is helping Chrysalis?” ask Eder, being concerned.

“Actually It’s the complete opposite. Chrysalis is Nightmare Moon’s helper.” said the changeling.

After Zeebo’s explanation, Twilight called Eder over to her to explain something about his brother. “Listen Eder. Your brother Star Blade was responsible for saving Equestria 3 months ago from a force linked to the space-time continuum. He was brought into the past and became a hero. He told us that somepony close to him was coming and that he may be a hero, and that is you. If Equestria is in danger, and if we are too, you are the only one to-” But she didn’t have time to explain any longer, as Nightmare Moon & Chrysalis’ minions invaded the Town Hall.

“Oh no, they are here!” said Rarity as she saw each Changling and Lunar Guard come in one by one.

“This doesn’t look so good” said Applejack.

Most of the ponies at Ponyville started to panic and ran away, while others stood forth to fight the enemies.

Twilight was looking everywhere. “Where’s Pinkie Pie?”

“Girls help!” yelled Pinkie Pie as she got captured by one of the Changlings.

“Hey, leave my friend alone buster!” said Rainbow Dash as she flew to the Changling.

“I’ll help you sister!” said Dash Jr. as he flew with Dash.

“We took em’ down once, we’ll do it again.” Said Applejack, and she got ready to fight.

The purple alicorn watched how Eder was standing there, and her imagination made her see Star Blade standing exactly the same way just before it disappeared “Eder, you have to fight with us!” Said Twilight.

“I will fight for my brother!” said the red alicorn and prepared his magic.

During the fight, Applejack was captured by the Lunar Guards of Nightmare Moon. “Oh no, they got me!”

“I’m getting tired of all of you!” said Dash Jr. as he kept fighting, but he got hit by an attack fired by a Changling.

“Brother!” screamed Dash as she got captured by ton of Changlings.

Eder saw Rarity and Fluttershy, about to be captured by 2 Lunar Guards of Nightmare Moon and 2 Changlings.

“Not them!” said Eder, as he used his magic attack against his enemies.

“Thanks for the help Eder. You’re great, like your brother” said Rarity as she got up.

This left three remaining ponies from the Mane Six. So the rest of them, Dukes, and Eder got away from the Town Hall and watched as the Lunar Guards and Changlings were attacking Ponyville.

“I will take care of Rarity & Fluttershy. You take care of Twilight young alicorn!” said Dukes, giving his brief plan.

Twilight decided to head to the Everfree Forest. ”Eder, you have to take me to the Everfree Forest, there’s a way to stop this.” Said Twilight.

“But how? Ponyville is in trouble!” said Eder as he watched the entire place being invaded. The red alicorn turned back, but Twilight disappeared.

“Looking for somepony, red alicorn?” said Nightmare Moon.

Eder looked up to see Nightmare Moon & Chrysalis holding Twilight Sparkle.

“Princess Luna! But… how? How are you like this? And why are you are Chrysalis’ helper?!” said Twilight.

“That’s Nightmare Moon to you, and that’s none of your business.” Said Nightmare Moon, giving Twilight the evil look she once gave Celestia 1,000 years ago.

“Also, I’m Nightmare Moon’s helper” said Chrysalis, watching Twilight.

Nightmare Moon looked at Eder again as she spoke. “And don’t even bother presenting yourself. I already know who you are.”

“I know you who you are too! You are the one who almost brought eternal night to Equestria!” said the red alicorn to is enemy.

“Princess, we have the last 2 mares” said one of Nightmare Moon’s Lunar Guard.

“Excellent! We’ve finally won my lord! The Elements are destroyed, and the Mane 6 are captured!” said Chrysalis, laughing maniacally with joy .

“Don’t be celebrating already, we still have one more mess to deal with.” Said Nightmare Moon, looking at Eder again.

“Leave the Mane 6 alone.” Zeebo said as he appeared next of Eder. Even Dukes Rubel appeared. “Or the young alicorn will show you a lesson.”

Both Chrysalis & Nightmare Moon laughed as the red alicorn felt insulted, even like what happen to him years ago, when some ponies laughed at him. He wasn’t like his brother… he wasn’t like the Shepherd of Fire.

“This alicorn will beat us?!” said Nightmare Moon as she continued to laugh.

“Well if he think he can face us, he made the wrong choice!” said Chrysalis.

Nightmare Moon used her magic on Eder, teleporting him to a place where he will battle. He ended up in front of the Tree of Harmony, the sacred power of Equestria located in the Everfree Forest.

Chapter 6: Showdown!

“Where am I? What is this place?” ask Eder as he looked left and right, trying to find somepony to help him. As the red alicorn continued to examine where he was, he saw a crystal piece on the ground. “Huh?” He crouched down to pick it up. The piece shined for a brief second before the rest of the pieces were levitating one by one. They all surrounded Eder, and he realized what he was looking at. It was the very artifacts that protected Equestria with the magic of friendship… The Elements of Harmony.
“Wow, they’re so beautiful.” Said Eder, and continued to watch the elements, showing projections of each pony from the Mane 6 that each one represented. Then another projection showed the night that Nightmare Moon found the secret arftifact of Equestria, the Element of Love, and that she used it’s power to destroy all the elements, so the Mane 6 couldn’t defeat her and Chrysalis.“So that means…”
”That means Equestria won’t be save anymore.” Said Nightmare Moon, finishing off Eder’s sentence as her & Chrysalis appeared behind him.

The Mane 6 were frozen by Nightmare Moon and Chrysalis’ magic to prevent them from escaping.

“So this is what you do?! You destroy those Elements by another element? What was the point of that?” ask Eder as he found out the horrible truth.

“Because...” Said Chrysalis. “Those pesky ponies made more trouble on us in the past, so we are not going to make that mistake!”

“Exactly, everthing was according to plan, and now Equestria will be ours forever!” said Nightmare Moon, and the two laugh with their accomplishment.

The red alicorn was mad, seeing the state of the Mane 6. “You may be evil as I thought, you may want to put Equestria in danger, but there’s something you cannot and will not do; mess with my friends!” Eder used his magic attack against Nightmare Moon, but she protected herself with a magic shield.

“Think you have a chance of winning against me?!” said Nightmare Moon as she used the same spell to attack Eder, fortunally, Eder dodged it!

“I almost forgot that spell!” said the red alicorn “Shield Breaker.” And then, Nightmare Moon’s magic shield broke.

“Well, he has some potential!” Nightmare Moon was ready to attack Eder again, but Chrysalis decides to fight by her side. “Have no fear. This time, 2 villains are better than 1 hero.”

The red alicorn watched both villains, as they were preparing to fight him. “No fair, its 2 vs 1!”

“Everything its fair!” said the two villains together.

At this point, it was lucks choice to decide who wins. Eder battled against Nightmare and Chrysalis, spell after spell, doing whatever it took to at least lay a scratch on both villains.

“He is good, very good!” said the changeling queen. “Do we at least have a chance of winning?” But Nightmare Moon knew that she would not fail, and she equipped the Element of Love. “Take this!” She attacked Eder right on by using the power of the element, leaving the red alicorn weak.

“Ugn…I don’t feel…good.” Said Eder as he was tried to stay up, but Nightmare Moon held him with magic and throw him to Chrysalis. “You weak little fool, we are in control of Equestria!” Then the queen do the same like Nightmare Moon, and held the red alicorn with magic, making the weak hero watch the Mane 6 in their trapped state.

“Look at your friends, watching how weak you are. And now Nightmare Moon beats you, with no one to save you!” said Chrysalis, and Nightmare Moon prepared to summon the eternal night. “And now, it’s time… the night… will last… FOREVER!” and then the two laughed together again, watching the kingdom perish from the hooves of Equestria’s two dangerous villains.

Eder and the Mane 6 watch the sky, preparing for the worst to happen… but the Mane Six wasn’t looking upon the stars because they believed all was lost, they watched them because they believed there was hope… they were thinking of Star Blade.

“The stars…” Said Rarity, as a tear came from her eye.

“…they remind us our good friend.” Said Applejack, smiling and tearing up like Rarity.

“We should have done a party for him… even if he wasn’t there.” Said Pinkie, getting sad.

“You were the best friend Star Blade.” Said Fluttershy, tearing up with her friends.

“I won’t forget the times we come.” Said Rainbow Dash, feeling brave even with a few tears falling.

“Star Blade… I will never forget you… Don’t you ever forget me!” said Twilight, with more tears than her friends.

“I want you back big brother, you are a true hero. Your friends need you… your family needs you … but I need you the most.” Said Eder. “Come back...”

Then they could see something flash in the sky. It was coming directly where everyone was gathered. “What is that?” ask Nightmare Moon, looking at the star. “Look out!” Said Chrysalis as she moved away from the object with Nightmare Moon. The object crashed to where Eder and the Mane Six were trapped, freeing them. It was a sword with a star plaque near the handle, followed by a pony jumping behind the dust caused by the sword that crashed. Everyone coughed, and they saw the earth pony standing there.

“Oh my” said Fluttershy.

“OHMYGOSHOHMYGOSH IT CAN’T BE!!!!” said Pinkie Pie as she hopped with excitement.

“Oh… my… Celestia.” Said Applejack, watching the pony.

“But how can this be?” asked Rarity, looking confused.

“Is that who I think it is?” ask Rainbow, as her jaw dropped with surprise.

“My brother!” yell Eder with happiness.

“It is… Star Blade…” said Twilight, as tears of joy ran down her face.

“Star Blade?! But that’s impossible!” said Nightmare Moon.

“Hello. Miss me?” Said Blade as he grabbed his sword and put it away.

“So… you are that Shepherd of Fire Nightmare Moon was mentioning huh?” ask Chrysalis, but then, she saw that Star Blade have the element, and tell to Nightmare. “He has the Element you mentioned before. Destroy it before it’s too late!”

“Ohh your pathetic fool, you should never have come here. This time, I will defeat your brother, AND I WILL DEFEAT YOU!” said Nightmare, aiming the Element of Love to the Element of Leadership.

“I don’t think so.” Said Star Blade as he used magic from the Element to disable the Element of Love’s power.

“What are you waiting for, destroy it!” yelled Chrysalis.

Nightmare Moon kept trying to use it’s power, yet she couldn’t. “I can’t. It’s like it’s empty.

Eder then had an idea. He went up to the two while they were distracted and used his magic to grab the Element of Love. “Hey, what are you doing?! Give that back!” yelled Nightmare Moon trying to take it back, but Eder took the element and ran to his brother, standing next of him. “Hey look, I have the element now.”

“Give me back that element!” said Nightmare Moon. “Get him, Chrysalis!” and the queen changeling was going to get Eder, but he was protected by the Element of Love, and pushed Chrysalis back to Nightmare Moon.

“What was that?” ask Dash.

“Eder, you are the element of love!” said Twilight.

“Me? The one who hold this element?” ask Eder, as he watched the float around him.

“Yes. You were meant to use that Element, I knew it would happen. That’s why I sent you. Now repair the elements!” Said Star Blade as Eder used the power of the element to repair the others that were destroyed by Nightmare Moon. “Now put them back on the Tree!” So Eder used his magic to put all the Elements back on the Tree.

“Yeehaw! The Elements are good as new!” said Applejack.

“And I know who did do it” said Rarity, and look at Nightmare and Chrysalis.

“No! We planned this, all this time we thought we would finally succeed. Yet we were stopped by the Shepherd of Fire?!!” yelled Nightmare Moon.

“That’s not fair!!” said Chrysalis, as angry as Nightmare Moon.

“Oh I’m not the one to stop you…” Said Star Blade. ”And also… Everthing is fair. Finish it bro.”

Eder used his magic to lift the Element of Love up, and it’s power linked with the Element of Leadership and the others on the Tree. “By the power of these sacred’s jewels, I will finish both of you two, and you won’t dare to conquer this world. Because I’m Eder the cool pony… I AM THE HERO OF EQUESTRIA, AND WILL BE HERE TO SAVE EVERYONE THAT LIVES HERE!” said the heroic alicorn, and then all the elements power was sent to the Element of Love and the Element of Leadership as it destroyed the two villains.

“NO!!! THIS WILL NOT LAST! I WILL COME BACK AGAIN AND I WILL DESTROY ALL OF YOU!!! I WILL COME BACK! I WILL COME BACK! I WILL COME BACK!!!” yelled Nightmare Moon as she was .

“THIS CAN’T BE HAPPENING!!! I thought we could win, yet in the end a red alicorn beat us!” yelled Chrysalis as the power of friendship disappeared with Chrysalis, and leaving Nightmare Moon in her normal state as Princess Luna.

“Eder, you did it!” said Twilight, happy as he ran up to Eder. Pinkie tackled Eder, giving him a very tight hug, and Eder returned the favor. “Wow, Eder. That was… spectacular! You were great out there like your brother!” Rarity watching Star Blade, happy to see him back.

“But how did you come back Star?” said Dash. “I had a little help from an old friend of the past.” Said Star Blade as he took out a large piece of paper and showed it to everyone. “He sends his regards.”

It was a painting of Star Blade with Star Swirl the Bearded, and four other ponies.

Twilight was astonished with the painting, and was happy with the red alicorn. “Well Eder, I honestly can’t think of any other way to congratulate you.”

But Eder looked at the element as it floated around him. “But… why do I harness this element’s power?”

“Because you were destined to harness it. You showed love and tolerance with the Mane 6, and everypony in Ponyville. You even cared about everyone when the town was attacked.” Said Star Blade as he patted Eder’s back.

“Thanks bro.” Said Eder as he hugged his brother.

Princess Luna then woke up, looking as confused as ever. “W-What in the name of Equestria is going on?”

“Ah, rise and shine Luna. You’re looking fine as usual.” Said Star Blade as he stopped hugging Eder.

Princess Luna gasped from who he heard. “Star Blade! Is that you?”

“That’s the Shepherd of Fire to you, and of course it’s me!” said Star Blade as he walked up to Luna.

“Well it has been a while hasn’t it?” asked Luna as she got back on her hooves.

“Indeed it has.” Said Star Blade.

“Oh, one more thing Star Blade.” Said Twilight as him and Eder stopped hugging.

“What is it?” asked Star Blade.

Twilight then slapped Star Blade on the face, feeling a little ticked off.

“Ow! What was that for?” asked Star Blade, looking confused.

Twilight then came up to Star Blade and kissed him on the lips, surprising him. Everyone just looked at the two.

“Ooooooh” said Pinkie Pie.

“Heh heh, somepony’s in love.” Said Rainbow Dash as she chuckled a little.

“That somepony is my brother.” Said Eder as he smiled at his brother.

“Don’t you ever leave us again, and maybe I won’t do that again.” Said Twilight as she broke the kiss.

“Do what? The slapping or the kissing?” asked Star Blade as he smirked at Twilight.

Twilight playfully pushed Star Blade as she spoke, “Oh shut up you.”

“Anyway, we better go back to Ponyville.” Said Dash, and then the Mane 6, Eder, Star Blade, and Princess Luna were teleported back to Ponyville.

Epilogue: Ascension.

The heroes returned to the Town Hall at Ponyville, and everyone saw them in safe keeping.

“Hey look, it’s Eder, and he brought back the Mane 6!” said Squidzle and pointed to him. At this point EVERYPONY in Ponville were talking not only the fact that Eder saved the Mane 6 and brought back Princess Luna to her normal self, but that Star Blade; the Shepherd of Fire, returned to Equestria.

“Princess Luna!” said Dukes as he ran to her.

“Sir Dukes! I am appreciated with your outstanding work with assigning Eder on this quest. You are dismissed.” said Luna.

“Thank you my lord!” said Dukes as he joined the crowd.

“Sister, you’re alive!” said Dash Jr. as he hugged her sister.

“Heh, of course I am. What did you expect?” Said Dash.

“Hey, isn’t that the Shepherd of Fire?!” ask Felix as he saw Star Blade.

“At your service.” Said the red earth pony.

The mayor came to Eder, holding 8 medals for the heroes. “Eder, red alicorn from Equestria. For your heroism and brave courage, I award you, the legendary Shepherd of Fire, and the manes 6; these medals.” And the mayor equipped Eder, Star Blade, Rainbow Dash, Twilight, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Applejack and Rarity with the medals. Everyone at Ponyville started to clap at the heroes. But a shine light start to make appared, Princess Celestia.

“Good evening my subjects.” Said Celestia as everyone bowed to her. She then walked to Star Blade with a smile on her face. “Well young Shepherd of Fire. It has been a while hasn’t it?”

“Celestia. Good to see you’re doing well.” Said Star Blade as he walked up to Celestia.

“Indeed. I see you are doing well too.” Said Celestia.

Star Blade chuckled as he spoke, “Well, after a big fight with Discord in the past, you could say that.”

Twilight then came up to her to talk about Eder. “Princess Celestia, I have something to tell you!”

Celestia smiled to her. “About the red alicorn that saved Equestria? There is no explanation needed.”

“How did you know about it sister?” asked Luna.

“Well, long ago when we were younger, Star Blade came from the future, and mentioned to me that if any other pony were to save Equestria if no one else could, it would be his brother. When you had vanished, I brought Eder to Ponyville help.” Said the white alicorn.

Star Blade then came up to his brother holding a card. “And if there’s one pony that truly deserves to be called a hero... it’s him.”

Eder looked at the last card for his collection of Famous & Popular Ponies. #100, and he saw the picture; it was him. “That’s… me!” and he check behind, and read. “Eder the cool pony, Hero of Equestria… but where did you get this?”

“Maybe the proper question to ask is; when did I get this?” said Star Blade as he winked at his brother.

The red alicorn then hugged his brother. “Thanks bro.” said Eder as Star Blade hugged him back. “You’re welcome.”

“Before we begin, I would like to take this opportunity to show everypony that has come here something to honor our heros that will be brought to the castle at Canterlot” said Celestia as two guards pulled the curtains up, showing glass art of Star Blade fighting Discord at the Great War of Equestria on one side, and Eder fighting Chrysalis and Nightmare Moon in the present day of Equestria on the other side. “Without these two, we wouldn’t be here today. Let us all be thankful for him. Princess Twilight, you have the honors.”

“Well, without anymore interruptions, let the anniversary of Equestria…BEGIN!” said Twilight.

And so Star Blade; the Shepherd of Fire, returned to the present day with his friends and brother, once again bringing peace to Equestria…They all lived happily ever after… and of course…

“I’m Eder the cool pony, and I’m the pony that saved Equestria.”

The End.