nine-thousand nine-hundred and ninety nine years before Nightmare Moon.
Pink magic with a rainbow tint hit the pony whose soul was lost in hatred, sending the pony flying back.
"Good shot Storm!" Shadow said excitedly as she watch the Pegasus Storm had just hit, crash into the ground and slowly rise.
"It wasn't enough. Either we're getting weaker or our enemies are getting stronger." Storm said angrily.
"I say they're getting stronger." Blaze said.
The group nodded as Shadow sent a wave of red magic, with a rainbow tint, towards the corrupted Pegasus they were fighting. Night sent a light blue, rainbow tinted, beam the Pegasus' way as well. After recovering, the Pegasus, who went by Shade, shot forward, Black Magic leaking out of his eyes as he formed several swords all around him and prepared to slice the group apart. Shade was stopped mid-flight by a wall of solid Harmony Magic. The shield was still for a moment before expanding rapidly and once more sending Shade flying. Shade recovered and came at them again, this time stopping before he slammed into the shield again.
"Stand down and I might let you live." he said angrily.
"Never." the five element bearers replied as they began floating with the magic they all possessed. The group was at five points with Shadow at the top, Night and Storm were on either side of her and slightly bellow her, and Blaze and Silver were bellow the other three and positioned between the outer group and Shadow. All of their necklaces started glowing as the current symbol representing each of them appeared in-front of them, then rainbow colored tethers of fire connected each one in a pentagram formation. The magic built for less than a second before it was released in a powerful wave of energy that repaired any damaged building and nearly killed Shade, who screamed in pain as the fiery energy hit him. Shade hit the ground hard before struggling to stand.
"Give up." Shadow said as she approached him. A violent shake of the head was her only response. Shadow sighed as her horn lit up in a evil purple glow. She spared only a small glance before releasing the Nightmare Magic and killing Shade.
"Come on, let's get everypony healed and then let's go see if Harmony will help." Night said as her and Blaze walked up, Blaze was leaning against her and seemed to have a bit of a limp.

The element bearers approached the tree that housed Harmony and her children.
"So uh... do we just knock?" Shadow asked.
Night didn't answer, but she did go ahead and knock on the side.
After a moment, the five had to step back as the star in the center opened, revealing its swirling vortex. After another second, Harmony came out of the vortex and smiled down at the five.
"What is it you needed little ones?" she asked.
The bearers bowed for a moment before Shadow spoke up.
"We need another element, our enemies are becoming stronger and harder to defeat, we want to avoid casualties as much as possible." she said.
Harmony smiled "I knew you were going to ask, my children like to keep an eye on their bearers. Unfortunately, I don't have another bearer to use as a catalyst to another child."
"Could you use our relationships?" Blaze asked.
Harmony smiled and nodded before motioning for the five to follow her. They all soon entered the tree that hid the Castle of Harmony.
Much like the tree it was hidden within, the castle was made of light crystal blue and white crystals with a few of the element's colors as well here and there. Harmony lead the group into a large chamber that had her children there as well.
"Ready?" Loyalty asked as she smiled at Shadow. The group nodded.

Harmony had her children stand at even intervals around the bearers, who all faced their respective elements, while Harmony hovered above them and centered on the area between the bearers that was completely empty.
They were all instructed to clear their minds and nodded when they had done so. Harmony Magic began flowing out of the Goddess' horn and into her children; where it then flowed from their chests, connecting them to each-other and to their bearers; finely, the magic connected the bearers in the same way that the elements were connected. Harmony then instructed the bearers to turn inwards and face the center as the spell built up power. Everypony felt a calming energy begin to flow out of them. The energy collected in a magenta sphere in the center and began expanding until it was right in-front of the bearers. Slowly, the sphere dissipated, revealing an Alicorn with golden coat, magenta mane and tail that flowed in an invisible breeze and had a magic-like design, glowing magenta eyes, and a Destiny Mark of a six-pointed star.
"Hello my child. What is your name?" Harmony asked as the magic connecting everypony dissipated and she landed in-front of the pony that had just been created.
"Friendship." Friendship said with a friendly smile.
"That's a nice name. I need you to go with the bearers of your sisters to find yourself a bearer."
Friendship nodded and left with the bearers.

"Friendship?" Night asked a few minutes later.
"Yes?" Friendship asked.
"What's your name mean? I know that your sisters are based around traits, most of which I wasn't even aware existed."
"Oh, my name. Well friendship is a bound between two or more ponies, friends try to work things out with each-other and usually stick together. My sister's traits are examples of some of the things a good friendship has. True friends are loyal, kind, and honest with each other. They are generous to one another and they like to make each-other laugh. That's what true friendship is like, there are other aspects to it, but they don't matter right now."
"Okay, why are you and Alicorn when your sisters are Unicorns?"
"That's simple. mother, my sisters, and myself are all Harmony Spirits, we aren't any of the pony races. My sisters would have defaulted to Alicorns had their souls not already been partially bound to you and your friends (yes you can call them friends). Once I've found a bearer who's heart holds friendship within it, then my physical form will alter to better match them and my Destiny Mark will change to be similar to their's."
"Why do you and your sisters change?"
"Our power is specific to our forms, so we have to alter our bodies to tune the power to our bearers."
"You know a lot for a pony only an hour old."
"Mother gave me what knowledge was necessary when I was created."
It took about two months before Friendship found a bearer.

nine-thousand seven-hundred and ninety nine years before Nightmare Moon.
The six mares that were the current element bearers, Swift Hurricane (Loyalty), Black Sword (Kindness), Red River (Laughter), Cool Breeze (Honesty), Silver Mist (Generosity), and Star Nexus (Friendship) hurried through the caves, trying to shake their pursuers and get to their destination.
Star Nexus glanced at the pulsing black shard in her saddle bag. The shard was very important, for it was a shard of the Element of Darkness' soul. The Element of Darkness was a shadowy entity that had been created from all the evil in the world about two years prier to the present and was too strong for the element bearers to defeat alone.
"Silver Mist, prepare to form some spikes around the entrance to the primary cave the second we enter!" Star yelled over the sound of the corrupted ponies chasing them.
In response, Silver Mist's horn ignited in a silver glow. "You can count on me Star."
The group took several more turns before coming to the chamber they had been looking for, at which point, Silver created several spikes around the entrance, blocking it.
The group stopped to catch their breaths. After a long moment, they looked up to the large tree in the chamber.
"This is it, this is really it. The legendary Tree of Harmony, the castle of the very beings that embody our elements and their mother, the Goddess of Harmony." Swift said as she hovered while staring at the large tree.
The eight-pointed star suddenly opened, revealing a large white vortex, from which came the Goddess herself, Harmony. Harmony smiled kindly before speaking. "May I ask of you what brings you six to my castle?"
"Yes of course your highness." the group said as they bowed.
"We wish for you to use your power to create an element that can face the Element of Darkness." Black Sword said as she motioned towards the shard still in Star's saddle bag.
"What do we have here?" Harmony asked as her horn lit up and she levitated the shard to her, easily sensing the evil within it, "Why did you bring this?"
"Sorry your highness. We were hoping you could use a bit of our souls, your soul, your children's souls, and this shard of the Element of Darkness' soul to create the element we were requesting." Red River said.
Instead of replying, Harmony smiled and teleported the six into a large room with an eight-pointed star design on the ground and her children siting around.
Harmony motioned for her children to take up positions around her while the bearers were positioned directly around her. Harmony reached out with her magic, which had changed to an odd white color and seamed to whisper, and grasped small bits of the bearers souls. Afterwards, she did the same to her children and herself before grasping the soul shard. The different should shards created from the spell she was using combined above them and blinded them with a bright flash. A Pegasus mare with gold coat, flowing rainbow colored mane and tail, glowing rainbow eyes, and a three-pointed star Destiny Mark appeared from the blinding light and smiled while hovering above the ponies and spirits.
"Hey mother, sisters, and bearers. I'm Light, you can call me Spectrum Light. Anyway, don't we have a battle to get to and no mother, I'm not going to find a bearer." Light said kindly, though there was a notable dark undertone at the mention of combat.
Everypony just stared in shock and confusion.

Author's Note

Sorry for not getting to the battle ad rushing everything in this chapter.
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