Twilight and The Alicorn Origins

Chapters

Entering Elysium
Inside Elysium and Bravehaert: The Prince of Battle.
Eris: The Princess of Chaos (And Discord's Mom!?!?!?)
Einstein & Socrates: The Princes of Intelligence and Wisdom.
Bureaucrat: Prince of Order.
Everest: The Prince of earth
Aqua: Princess of Water
Aeros: Prince of Wind.
Flora: Princess of Plants
Natality and Mortality: The Princess and Prince of Life and Death.
Alloy: Prince of Metal.
Masterpiece: Princess of Art
Monopoly: Prince of Money.
Editor: Princess of Writing.
Conduit: Prince of Lightning.
Orchestra: Princess of Music.
Darwin: Prince of Beasts.
Gusteau and Pinot Noir: The Prince and Princess of Food and Drinks.
The Feast
The News.
Fuego & Elsa: Prince of Fire and Princess of Ice.

Entering Elysium

Many hours later:

Twilight, with heavy bags under her eyes, wrote throughout the entire night, wrote a letter to each of her friends in a way they could understand her clearly. Spike woke up and was curious on what Twilight was doing, seeing her trying to stay awake, but half sleeping as well.

"Twilight?" Spike asked. Twilight's head landed on the table, followed by some snoring. The young Dragon went to Twilight and poked her face with one of his claws. Twilight snorted herself awake and looked down at the dragon.

"Spike?" She asked "what are you doing?"

"Uh, it's the morning and I just woke up."

"Oh... right."

"What are you doing?"

"Giving you your only chore for today."

"...only one chore?"

"Yeah... I just need you to deliver these letters to the girls, okay?"

"...why?"

"Why? Well... it's something the princesses & I have to do, and we'll be gone for the entire day."

"Where are you going? Can I come!?!?!?"

"Celestia never told me where we're going, and for you coming, I'm sorry, but you have to stay."

"Oh! Come on, please?"

"It's... something boring: political stuff really."

"Oh! That makes sense! Yeah, I guess you're right on that part. So just deliver these to your friends and relax for the rest of the day?"

"That's it."

"Alright!!!" Spike took the letters from Twilight's desk and ran out, slamming the door behind him.

"Now with him gone... I... should... get... princesses." She fell to the floor, back to sleep and snored loudly again.

Afternoon:

Spike woke up Twilight, who, again, snorted herself awake. She saw, in blurry vision, the baby Dragon, but also Celestia, Luna, and Cadence right behind him, all standing and looking at her. Cadence couldn't help but giggle at the sigh of her sister in law snoring loudly, especially by the fact that she's a princess and, with the help of her friends, defeated Lord Tirek.

"You have a lot of questions, don't you?" Luna asked. Twilight got up and stretched out her back & wings.

"I actually do." She responded.

"Don't worry," Cadence added "we'll answer as much questions as we can when we head to her."

"Her?"

"You'll see." Celestia replied, placing a reassuring wing over her.

"Are you sure I can't come with you four?" Spike asked, rubbing the back of his head in an innocent way.

"Don't worry Spike, when the time comes, you will all be her guest, but today isn't that day." Spike groaned to himself and began to walk away.

"Twilight?" Spike stopped and turned to Twilight

"Yes Spike?" Twilight responded

"Please... be careful."

"She will be fine." Cadence spoke. "She will love to see her new Alicorn!!"

"Who!?" Both Twilight and Spike asked. Luna walked to the young dragon.

"I'm sorry Spike," she spoke to him "but this is Alicorn and princess business. Why don't you go and hang out with the... Cutie Mark Crusaders!"

"...That sounds good." Spike replied. He began to wave to Twilight "Goodbye Twilight!"

"Bye Spike." Twilight waved back. The door closed right behind him, and his footsteps became silent after a while.

"Twilight," Celestia spoke "there are things we've been hiding from you."

"I read that last night!"

"And please, we will answer all your questions, but first, we must meet up with her."

"Who? Who is this pony!?!?!?" The three looked at her and, with the nod from Celestia, they all spoke.

"Elysium."

"...Who?"

"It's best if we show you." Cadence spoke. Luna used some magic on the handle on the door, then slowly opened it. Instead of the regular hallway, there now lied a vast, empty darkness.

"Come," Celestia spoke "we must hurry before she awakens."

"Awakens?" Twilight asked. Luna entered the void first, flying in the air, followed by Cadnece, then Celestia. Twilight hesitantly followed, but hearing that there were more Alicorns like them were around, there was a pony named Elysium, and they must make it before she wakes up only made her want to follow them even more! She flew with the others, staying at a pace to follow them without taking up all her breath. Luna took a nose dive below, and the rest followed her. Twilight looked down and couldn't believe it: down below was a trail of blue light leading into another area. Following them, she too nosedived, pulling herself up a few feet to prevent herself from crashing onto the floor below. She couldn't help but squint her eyes, getting a better look at the light, seeing that, in fact, it wasn't just light, but other ponies!!! Each of these ponies were different things: soldiers, teachers, leaders, even children, all different species minus Alicorns, marching in one direction that they were flying into.

"Celestia!" Twilight yelled, wondering what was happening.

"Don't worry, Twilight," Celestia reassured her, letting Cadence & Luna travel ahead while she stayed behind with her student "they are spirits who have passed in life, each doing what they knew was right before passing."

"What are they marching to?"

"They are going to live within Elysium."

"...Wait! Did you say 'live within Elysium'? I thought you told me Elysium was a pony, not a...a..." Twilight stopped flying forward and looked ahead: right in front of her, was a huge, no! Giant, NO!!! It was a gargantuan, beautiful, looking, slender white Alicorn mare with a near white blue mane! The size was unimaginable: she was so huge that, if possible, she could easily destroy the planet Equestria was on!!! She was lying on her right side, her huge eyes were shut, her mouth wide open, and her huge chest slowly moving in & out, showing that she was breathing, most likely sleeping. How could something this huge have not been seen in the news!?!?!? She looked and gasped at the sight: the line of blue ponies were marching right into the giant's mouth!!!

"CELESTIA!!!" Twilight yelled "WE HAVE TO STOP HER!!! SHE'S-"

"This is what they came for." Celestia calmed her student down.

"...Huh!?!?!?"

"It may look like she's eating them," Luna spoke, slowing down to meet up with Celestia & Twilight "but really, she's giving them a new home."

"How is that possible!?!?!?"

"Inside her belly," Celestia responded "isn't a stomach, but a beautiful world in which these spirits live together in complete harmony."

"...How are you sure."

"We thought the same thing as when we were born." Luna added. Twilight froze. She tried to comprehend what was going on.

"Don't worry," Cadence finally spoke, flying back to them "it's not like she was hungry. On the contrary, she never hungers nor starves, she only swallowed them as a means to hide them."

"...From who?"

"Our father." Celestia responded.

"Come," Luna spoke "we will answer more when we enter Elysium." Luna lead the way and the rest followed. More questions ran through Twilight's head: Who is their father? Isn't there another way Elysium could've hid them without swallowing them? Did she swallow this land to stop the stomach acids inside? And how were they born!?!?!? She regained focus as they all entered the giant, open maw of this titan of an Alicorn! All of the teeth were about ten times the size of Canterlot's castle, and the tongue cloud lick up an entire country in one lick! Surprisingly, and luckily, no saliva was around, and the whole place seemed dry by the looks of it. A light, gust of wind came from the abyss that was Elysium's throat, gently blowing Twilight's and the other Alicorn's mane back. Twilight accidentally took a whiff of the smell: it wasn't an awful smell, but vice versa, it was an amazing smell!!! A mix of all wonderful smells were there: fresh baked cookies, the various saw flowers, some perfume, Applejack's home made cider, and so much more!!! She wanted to stop and just rest, perhaps lie down on one of the teeth, but she looked ahead and saw a golden glow in the distance. Following the other Alicorns, the light got brighter and brighter, until it was almost blinding, causing Twilight to rise her right hoof up to protect her vision!

Inside Elysium and Bravehaert: The Prince of Battle.

Her vision adjusted to the light, and she gasped once again: inside wasn't a large stomach, but, as Celestia mentioned, it was a beautiful land!!! The area was a grass field that never seemed to end, and the blue glowing ponies weren't glowing anymore, nor blue (with the exception of a few), but they looked like regular ponies once again. Even though this was a grassland, some castles were seen in the distance and regular ponies entering & exiting them: perhaps these were like huge family castles? There seemed to be a sun inside Elysium, making the place bright & warm, giving Twilight a bit of a fuzzy feeling, but in a good way. A group of ponies passed by her in a flash!

"SORRY PRINCESS!!!" One of them spoke. Twilight rubbed her eyes and couldn't believe it: An Earth Pony and a unicorn were flying!!! They didn't have the wings Rarity used, nor was their an aura of any color around them, but they were just flying!!!

"Princess!!!" Twilight yelled "Did you just-"

"Yes Twilight," Celestia replied with a chuckle "inside Elysium, physics no longer applies here, meaning earth ponies & unicorns can fly around, just like the pegasi."

"And don't worry about hunger and sleep," Luna added "in here, there's always food around & nopony ever gets hungry while inside Elysium, and, while the sun does set & the moon rises, no pony needs sleep, though the houses & rooms have magical walls that help get rid of sound, allowing us to have a good night's rest."

"All of this while inside the stomach of a galactic sized Alicorn!?!?!?" Twilight asked

"Yes, and no," Cadence replied in a bit of a confused tone "it's really weird to explain, but basically, yes, all of this is inside Elysium's belly, but no, for this is actually a different world altogether. It just happens to be inside Elysium herself."

"Where are we going!?!?!?"

"To the castle of the Alicorns!" Luna replied

"It's the huge castle that towers over the others." Celestia added. They flew on right ahead: Twilight couldn't help but look around: this whole place really was beautiful and peaceful. The ponies here seems to have a great time with each other, having a lot of laughs, kissing one-another, and just having fun! She looked back and, instead of seeing a huge hole, or, at the very least, the throat, was nothing but more sky & more land.

"Princess?" Twilight asked

"Yes?" Celestia responded

"How do we get out of here?"

"Oh Twilight, the answer is simple: we fly up."

"...Just up?"

"Straight right up! We exit the same way we came in, so don't worry about it." Thank goodness for that, Twilight though.

"Is there any end to this world?"

"Not that we know of," Cadence replied "Celestia lived here the longest, and yet, she doesn't know if this world has an end or not."

"It's true." Celestia commented "For the first few years of my life, before Elysium swallowed Luna, I roamed around here endlessly with nopony around, eating the fruits that Elysium provided. Never did I see my own made landmark, a simple stick in the ground, again as I traveled in one direction."

"So... there early is no end to this world?"

"Looks like it." Luna responded

"But... shouldn't there be an end to this world? I mean, it's still inside Elysium's stomach, right?"

"Like I said," Cadence responded "it's confusing."

They flew silently for the rest of their trip and, right in the distance, was another castle, this one towering over the others!!! It was much bigger than Canterlot's castle without a doubt, perhaps it was just as big as a single tooth inside Elysium's mouth, as Twilight remembered. They all flew much faster, heading over to the castle at an alarmingly faster rate then usual. A single open area was there, allowing them to land on it. As soon as they landed, Twilight looked up and, all around them, there were a LOT of Alicorns! Each had a pair of wings & a horn, but they all looked so different, ranging from different colors and some wearing different accessories. They all seemed to busy with their conversations to notice them.

"We're here!" Celestia announced. As soon as Celestia spoke, the conversations stopped, as the Alicorns turned to see the four. Twilight hid herself right behind the princesses, not really sure how most will deal with the others. Celestia & Luna scooted over a few step, and Cadence gently pushed Twilight forward. The small Alicorn froze in place, shivering as the eyes of the other Alciorns stared at her.

"This here," Luna added "Is Twilight Sparkle: The unicorn who helped me turn back from Nightmare Moon, thwarting another of our father's plan!"

"She also saved me and her older brother from the Changeling attack during our wedding!" Cadence added

"And, with the help of her friends," Celestia finished "saved us, Equestria, and the whole world from Lord Tirek!"

"HER!?!?!?" A booming voice asked. Loud stomping was heard, causing some of the alicorns to walk to the side. Another alicorn appeared: it was a stallion with a crimson red coat & black, fire moving like mane with an eyepatch over his left eye. He wore black armor with gold edges around it, looking similar to King Sombra's outfit, but had a helmet that looked like Shining Armor's and no cape was seen, probably to make space for his wings. His cutie mark was covered by his armor, not even showing what it would look like, but by the looks of him, it may have something to do with military or fighting. He walked over to the four, standing at least a foot taller than Celestia, and lowered his neck to get a good look at Twilight with his orange-yellow eye. Twilight froze a bit, not really sure what to do, as he inspected the small alicorn.

"Are you sure you're not lying?" He asked

"What ever do you mean, brother?" Celestia asked

"Look at her! She's so small! I can understand YOU taking him on and defeating him, but her? That's just laughable!"

"Hey!" Twilight replied, snapping out of her phase. "Celestia, Luna, and Cadence put all of their magic in me as a way to hide their power before Tirek would come & take it away for himself! I hid as well I could from him, but he found me and we fought each other!!!"

"It's true." Celestia added "She held up against him, but they were equal to each other in power."

"We couldn't help because Tirek had us trapped in Tartarus!" Luna added

"And he used Discord to help him," Cadence added "then betrayed him, stealing all of HIS chaotic magic away!"

"So by the fact he absorbed many ponies' own magic AND Discord's made my battle more difficult!" Twilight added "But I held up, sacrificing my magic to him to save my friends, but we won and he's back where he belongs!!! So how is that!?!?!?" She looked directly into the armored alicorn's eye, not even flinching. A large smirk appeared in his face, he shut his eye tight, chuckling a bit, then fell over to the floor, laughing hard! The other Alicorns joined his laughter, some still standing while others rolled on the floor.

"You!" the armored alicorn laughed loudly, wiping a tear from his right eye "You really defeated Tirek!?!?!?" Twilight looked at him, the the others, feeling embarrassed for the way she stood up like that.

"You... don't believe me?" It took him a while to stop, but, still giggling a bit, he stood right back onto his legs.

"Without Celestia, I wouldn't believe you at all, but, I do. All the things you did, you earn my respect."

"What!?!?!? Really?"

"Oh yes! Allow me to introduce myself, the name's Braveheart: Prince of Battles!"

"Battles?"

"We will leave you alone for a bit." Celestia spoke. The princesses and other Alicorns left. Twilight could hear them chatter, hearing the other Alicorns apologizing for laughing, but also hearing Celestia accepting their apologies, making small talk with them.

"Oh yes," Braveheart spoke "but not just that: fights, duels, and, my favorite, Wars!"

"...Wars?"

"Yes! The time when two sides of great numbers clash for their own perspective of justice!!! When old war heroes battle to keep their glory and new ones join their ranks!!!! The time when lives are at stake!!! The time when one land's survival all depends on one outcome in a battle that will-"

"Never mind that I asked that."

"Oh, sorry, I get carried away sometimes when reliving those memories. So many battles I've gone through, and yet, nopony knows me at all, only a small group of soldiers and, though not a lot, my champions."

"Champions?"

"Yes. These are heroes that have impressed me throughout their lives, no matter what side they're on, I take great note on them. Many of these soldiers are now here, with our mother, Elysium."

"Can, you give a rundown on who they are?"

"If you tell them about me, please, don't, I am only a soldier and I only wish to fight! I will tell you, however, your brother, Shining Armor has impressed me the most and has a spot here."

"...Really?"

"Considering how he battled with you against King Sombra, throwing his own wife to save your assistant, Spike, and is a brother to an Alciorn princess? How can I refuse?"

"Well... thank you so much, Braveheart."

"No problem. Have any questions?"

"Well, I do, but-"

"Is it about my eyepatch?

"...Yes, it is."

"Ah! That was the first, and probably, my only greatest battle!

"What happened?"

"Well, it involves most of us way back before Equestria existed and pony kind was struggling to survive."

"Really?"

"Yeah, but, instead of talking to you about it, I can show you."

"Show me? How?"

"Like this." He lowered his glowing horn, a brighter red aura, and touched her own horn with it. Twilight saw everything fade to black, seeing now, instead of being in the castle inside the giant Alicorn, Elysium, she floated in the darkness of space. Instead, she was greeted by the giant face of Elysium, looking down with her purple pupil eyes and smiling at something. Twilight turned around and, right below, she saw her planet, floating around almost peacefully. Elysium lifted her hoof and waved some clouds away, passing through Twilight, and, right below, was a kingdom being built.

Elysium walked around the planet: to her, it was like a large ball that she could carry on her back, that is, if she could keep it on there for as long as she was fine with the destruction of countless lives on this planet. On the planet, she saw millions of small ponies: some male, others female, some old, others young, all in different colors, but, unlike her, some had only a pair of wings, others with a single horn, and others had neither, but there was none that had both a pair of wings and a horn together. Many of these small ponies would look up to her, smiling and wave at her, for you see, to them, Elysium was the perfect being: She had the power to eliminate them all if she felt like it, and perhaps could demand sacrifices, but she didn't, for, though there were those that deserve punishment, there were others that were innocent. These innocent ones were usually children, mothers & fathers, the elderly, and ponies who wish to help out their local tribes survive and make peace with others. Two tribes tribe became so influential, their numbers grew miraculously, becoming the first two kingdoms to ever rule the land. While the names of the kingdoms have been long forgotten, it was clear that one worshipped Elysium herself, thanking her for their kingdom to flourish, while the other, however, resented her, wishing that she wouldn't exist. Her horn glowed and she teleported herself to the planet, shrinking and turning into a warrior mare. She walked to another warrior, this one, a Stallion, talking to the kingdom's emperor.

"Why yes," the stallion warrior spoke "you must eliminate them! They wish to only bring your kingdom in ruin!" Elysium walked to him.

"TARTARUS!!!" Elysium yelled, sounding like a mother to Celeistia.

"Tartarus?" The emperor asked.

"...I'll be with you. Elysium!!! What are you doing!?!?!? Can't you see I'm-"

"To the sky! NOW!!!"

"...Fine!!!" They both disappeared in a flash of light, Elysium's Blue while the other, Tartarus, Red. All the surrounding ponies immediately backed up, some falling to the floor in a worshipping stance. They all looked up to see them returned to their giant selves and staring at each other in anger. Tartarus, unlike Elysium, was as black as the night around them with a blood red mane and teeth that were as sharp as a shark with a tongue as sly as a snake's, all complimented by his cat shaped yellow eyes & bat like wings.

"Elysium! I was in the middle of a deal to help them eliminate grow their kingdom." The other giant Alicorn replied

"How many times do I have to tell you: stop harming these ponies!!!"

"Oh sure, like the many times I tell you to stop HELPING these ponies!!!"

"I help them because they're weak and need help! You made those predators and nearly hunted them to extinction!!!"

"Yes I did, but look at them now: they're surviving, growing in numbers and building up their strengths! The weaker ones must be eliminated to make sure those strong enough can survive!"

"The 'weaker ones' have lives as well and can offer more when given the chance! They're special that way!"

"Just because they're 'special', it doesn't mean they're helpful!" Elysium gasped at what Tartarus said! How could he say that about the ponies that didn't survive!?!?! Immediately, in a fit of rage, she slapped him across the face with her right hoof! Tartarus rubbed his cheek where Elysium slapped him, turned to him, and growled loudly! Elysium growled right back, and the two titans went into a fighting position. They both pounced at each other, biting onto each other's necks & manes, followed by some punches & kicks to each other! The ponies in the two kingdoms below saw the two giants battle, looked at each other, and charged at each other! The first war in Equestrian history was made, thanks to both Elysium and Tartarus fighting each other first!

The two giants punched each other in the face at the same time, causing blood to come out their noses. In the air, a single drop of blood from Tartarus and a single drop from Elysium landed onto each other, forming together. The blood, while dropping, dried up quickly, forming into the shape of an Alicorn. The dried up shape began to crack around the eye area, revealing an opening pair of orange-yellow eyes. The cocoon like silhouette broke apart, showing a young Braveheart, who was a blank flank. Braveheart released a roar filled with rage!!! The two stopped battling for a moment and looked looked for the sound of the blood curling yell. He flew up to the titan Alicorns, blasting them with his horn! Both of the Titans felt the pain, with the only response being various 'Ows', like if they were being pinched by something. Braveheart flew right in between their faces, firing at their eyes, turning around to deliver equal damage to their faces. Elysium covered her eyes, feeling the small, but annoying pain on her face area, but Tartarus used his magic to stop the small Alicorn. The Alicorn struggled to get out of the giant stallion's magical grasp, still trying to battle against the two giants, despite being overpowered.

"Easy there!" Tartarus spoke, calming down the alicorn. Braveheart looked up at the giant stallion, still filled with rage to battle the two giants! Tartarus lifted his giant right hoof and placed the small, struggling alicorn on the smooth, round hoof. Elysium lowered her hoof down and looked at the small alicorn, who began to bite down on the bottom of Tartarus' hoof.

"Who... is that?" she asked

"This little fellow? I think he's another one of our children!"

"Another one!?!?!? How was he 'born'?" The two looked around, seeing the small, barely visible cracked blood shell that the little guy came from.

"It seems as if when we punched each other, some of our blood touched each other and became one large drop."

"It is!" Braveheart yelled, stomping his right hoof on Tartarus' giant hoof.

"So... he came from us fighting?" Elysium asked

"Of course!" Tartarus replied "He's the essence of battles, fights, and war!"

"That's right!" Braveheart yelled with pride, still attempting to battle against his own father's giant hoof "And you will both fall!!!"

"He really has your side in him." Elysium commented dryly

"He does!" Tartarus replied with pride, looking down at to his son. "What is your name, son?"

"...Braveheart!" The young Alicorn replied, standing up as straight as a soldier.

"Ah! Braveheart! Never backing down from a fight, eh?"

"No sir!"

"You can have him!" Elysium spoke, turning around and rubbing her belly "I doubt he will get along with the others."

"Works by me." Tartarus commented. He used his magic and lifted the alicorn to his large, open maw, having his tongue stick out a bit as he released a long 'Ahh'. The young Braveheart struggled to get out!

"NO!!!" Braveheart yelled "I will not die!!! You will pay for this!!!" Tartarus closed his mouth, lifted his head up, and swallowed the Alicorn. Braveheart fell into, not a stomach, but an alternate land where fire & lava was everywhere, a lack of food was around, the sky was darkened by smoke, and nowhere was safe. Other alicorns like him, surrounded him, wondering who this pony was. Braveheart got up and growled at the others.

"Easy!" one of the alicorns, a black mare spoke "I take it father swallowed you too?"

"...Yes." Bravehaert replied, slowing his breath. "Who are you all?"

"We're your brothers and sisters!" another answered, this one also a mare, but all her features kept changing

"What!?!?!?"

"Relax: father swallowed us because, our mother, Elysium, sees we have more of him in us rather than her, and that we may hurt her children inside her belly."

"So what?"

"So," another spoke "We remain here, training our magic."

"Training? For what!?!?!?"

"For the end of Elysium."

"... A war?"

"Oh yes!"

"... Maybe I will enjoy it here."

"What's your name?"

"...My name is Braveheart: I am the Prince of War!!!"

Eris: The Princess of Chaos (And Discord's Mom!?!?!?)

The world around Twilight went back to normal and gasped, breathing in & out very heavily. She looked up to Braveheart, seeing the complete change he had since he was 'born'.

"Hold on," she spoke, taking a gasp of breath "You mean... to tell me... that... Tartarus... is all of... your father!?!?!?"

"Yeah," Braveheart replied "Our mother, Elysium, had, for a long time, spent almost all of eternity with him."

"WHAT HAPPENED!?!?!? How did Tartarus end up as the cave-land we know in Eqestria today!?!?!? And you haven't explained what happened to your eye!!!"

"I know that! Look, I used my magic to give you my origins on how I was born. My brothers and sisters will do the same, but as for my eye, I'm sorry, but that will be explained later on."

"What!?!?!?"

"Don't worry! My eye will go with why our father is now the cave your land knows today, and why Elysium is in her deep slumber, the very same reason why we all gather every ten thousand years."

"...I gotta find Celestia!" Twilight ran past Braveheart in a sprint.

"Stop to listen to my siblings birth stories as well! It will show what else was happening with our parents!!!" Twilight heard him yelling as she ran to find her teacher. All around her, the castle had impressive hallways that made the royal court room's hallway look inferior. If only there was a map around, for this place was massive and very confusing to navigate in: all the hallways looked similar, no differences were identifiable with the exception being the door that, though looking the same, had symbols forming the door handles. Looking to her left, she noticed a door handle that looked a spiral.

A dimensional traveling Alicorn? Twilight though Perhaps he or she can help me find Celestia! Twilight walked to the door and knocked onto the door a couple of time with her left hoof.

"♫Come in!♫" A pleasant mare's voice sang, almost as if she were expecting Twilight to enter. Twilight entered the door, seeing something almost defying gravity. The door slammed behind her, sealing her inside. Twilight looked up and noticed a heart shaped bed strapped to the ceiling. Twilight turned her head and finally figured it out: the room was upside down and, in front of her, was a chandelier! Before she could react, a force was felt on her tail and she was lifted into the air! She felt a tight hug, seeing an alicorn mare doing the hug, upside down of course. Twilight took a good look at the alicorn: her coat kept changing at a moderate place, turning from a single color coat to vibrant patterns including, but not limited to: stripes, blotches, perfect shapes, and Plaid! She looked lower (or up, considering the room was upside down), and noticed the mane was doing the same, though still keeping it's shape: it was shaped similar to Fluttershy's mane during the Grand Galloping Gala, minus the butterfly hair pin in it. Her cutie Mark, also changing in color, nearly becoming invisible to some colors, was a circle with eight arrows coming out of it, each pointing in the eight directions.

"Oh Bureaucrat!!!" She exclaimed, having her eyes shut tight and hugging Twilight hard, rubbing her head on the other alicorn's tail "I knew you couldn't resist me!!! Together, you and I can-" Her eyes opened and she stopped, giving a curious look. She turned upside down and lowered Twilight, looking at her face. Twilight saw that, just like her coat & mane, the eyes also changed color to color, with one eye being a different color than the other. The Alicorn let out an angered grunt "Oh... it's you."

"Uh... Hello?" Twilight greeted herself awkwardly. The alicorn's horn glowed and everything turned back to normal as it should be... minus the door, which was now a fly up to open the door. Twilight was dropped onto the remarkably soft bed, bouncing on the bed a bit before stopping.

"So, you're the 'Great' Twilight Sparkle?"

"I... never used great in my title."

"That's not what I heard from my son!!!"

"...Son?"

"Yes! My son! You may know him!!!"

"... I can't recall, madam." The alicorn face hoofed herself, followed by some angry grumbling. She began to speak rather rapidly, almost like Pinkie Pie

"Here's some hints: stoned, escaped, stone again, reformed by one of your friends, made you & Cadence have a hard time (something I laughed hard at, actually), betrayed you all, and, oh sweet faust, HAD HIS MAGIC STOLEN BY THAT CENTAUR TIREK!!! I'LL GET HIM!!! I'LL GET HIM IF HE EVER ESCAPES FROM MY FATHER!!!" Twilight froze in place, seeing the Alicorn literally erupt in flames and ripping herself into pieces, throwing them everywhere until she was nothing but a head. Twilight found a bucket nearby her bed, picked it up, and threw it at the flaming head of the alicorn mare. The steam came off, and the Alicron's head took deep breaths, calming herself down.

"You... are the mother to Discord?"

"Of course! My baby! My sweet... destructive... chaotic baby."

"...that's... interesting."

"Are you talking bad about my son!?!?!?"

"NO!!! I mean, Discord never mentioned he never had a mother, let alone, a family."

"Of course he has a mother! My name i-hold on, care to give me a hand?"

"...Don't you mean-" In a puff of smoke, Twilight felt weird. She screamed when she looked in the mirror: her horn was now a human hand instead, holding a want, her wings were now hands themselves, her own front hooves were hands, and her back legs had toes!!! The head of the Alicorn laughed hard, as all of her body parts floated back together to her! Instead of being back to normal, the her wings were where the front hooves should've been at, front legs just dangling around her tail area, and her head was now upside down.

"Hey Twilight, look: I'm Picasso!!!" Twilight looked at her awkwardly.

"I don't get it." Another puff of smoke, and Twilight saw her nose had turned into the snout of a pig. The mother of Discord pointed her wings at Twilight, almost as if they were her front hooves.

"You uncultured Swine!!! What are you looking at, you hickey puck!?!?!?" Twilight looked to her left and saw, well, a hockey puck with small arms & legs, giving a 'I don't know' gesture with it's body. She released another wild cackle, and, in a puff of smoke, both twilight and the alicorn went back to their normal selves (at least for Twilight, the other alicorn's fur, mane, cutie mark, and eyes kept changing it's colors & shapes).

"Dont... ever... do that again."

"No promises!!!" Twilight released another angered grunt.

"Who are you, exactly?"

"Oh! The name be Eris: Princess of Chaos!"

"I just need you name; I can easily guess the title of your name just based on your looks."

"ARE YOU CALLING ME FAT!?!?!?"

"What!?!?!? No!!! It's that-"

"You are!!! Princess of Friendship? More like Princess of Rudeness!!!"

"That's not What I meant! You just-"

"I knew you'd never appreciate my looks! You are just jelly of my ever changing beauty!"

"No, I'm not! You just act a lot like-"

"Begone from me you-"

"YOU ACT A LOT LIKE-" Twilight's mouth became a zipper and she was levitated over to Eris, who only giggled.

"I know what you're saying! I'm just having some fun!" Twilight released an angrier grunt, unzipping her mouth.

"This is why I wished I never had to reform our son."

"Oh please! I would be offended at that, but since you're both friends now, I'll let that pass!"

"Look, it's bee nice meeting you, but I gotta-"

"ORIGIN TIME!!!" Before Twilight could react, Eris grabbed Twilight by her cheeks, having her horn touch Twilight's. Twilight, again, found herself floating in space, seeing the giant Alicorn Tartarus walking around the planet, having an evil grin across his face.

"Why are you so happy?" Elysium asked, walking next to her fully opposite partner.

"Oh nothing," Tartarus lied through his grin "just... admiring the things you've down for these ponies." Elysium looked right back at him, having on of her eyebrows rise in a question way.

"You found a way to make everything I did to harm them, didn't you?"

"...Maybe."

"Ugh, you and your lies. What have you done?"

"It's not what I have done, but what's going to happen!!!"

"...Show me." Elysium and Tartarus teleported to the land below, disguised as twin brothers. Some fillies and colts have set up a trap for what was the village's local hero & guardian: a stallion that looked like Bulk Biceps back home, but had the mane & coloring of Big Macintosh. A small puddle oil puddle was dropped by one of the colts, acting like it was a bucket of water. The hero stopped & allowed him to pass, continuing on his patrol. As soon, as his back left leg landed on the pool of oil, he slipped and was a foot in the air! A pegasus filly flew by and dropped a bag under the hero stallion & flew away! The hero stallion landed on his flank, causing the bag underneath him to release a noise that sounded very familiar to a fart. The local villagers stopped and gasped at what happened. The children giggled loudly, followed by some of the villagers. Tartarus covered his mouth with his left hoof, trying hard not to laugh. Elysium looked at him, giving a 'seriously?' look.

"It gets better!" Tartarus commented, still trying to hold in his laughter. Elysium sighed and continued to watch what her husband wanted to show her: The hero stallion blushed for what the villagers thought had happened. He may have accepted falling down, but having something place under him, making him sound like he just farted, caused him to blush. He backed up to a tree, where, unbeknownst to him, a bucket really filled with water dangled above. He bumped into the tree and the bucket of water fell onto his head! At this point, the village nearly bursted into laughter, seeing their hero being foolishly tricked by some kids! Their hero ran back to the pool of oil, where he took off the bucket with this front hooves. The bucket landed on it's bottom area, and the hero looked around, still seeing the village laugh at him. He again backed up, only to see his back left hoof got stuck inside the bucket. He hopped around on his three other legs, trying to remove the bucket from his trapped hoof, not seeing that his front right hoof slipping onto the pool of oil in front of him, causing him to slip backwards and roll down a hill! The village laughed even louder, seeing him roll down the hill to land roughly on the side of a tree. On the tree, a beehive was above him, where it snapped and the hive fell right down, covering the stallion's face entirely! The Stallion yelled in pain, running blindly as the beehive not only covered his sight, but a swarm of angry bees kept stinging his face and body! At this point, some of the ponies rolled onto their backs, laughing hard! Elysium looked back at Tartarus, who held onto his chest, laughing with the crowd, then looked back to see the hero pony's embarrassment. The stallion ran into a pond, losing the bees that were stinging, only for him to come out, screaming, as piranhas bit onto his flank area! The villagers went to ledge, still pointing and laughing at their guardian being easily tricked so well and going so wrong for him!!! The stallion got out of the water, taking the piranhas off his flank area, looking now hideous from his old, beautiful face. He walked and knocked over a small stick that was tied to a tree. He looked up, only to be greeted by a pie hitting him right in the face so hard, he fell back into the water, jumping out again as the piranhas bit onto him again!!! The ponies watching all fell over to the ground, laughing so hard, they were crying and could barely breath!!! Elysium looked back Tartarus, who was now on his back, laughing really hard! Elysium used her magic, and the two returned to the space, back as their giant selves. Tartarus, still laughing, had a single tear from his face began to form into the shape of a small Alicorn and, in a few moments, it bursted, revealing an Alicorn mare who's coat was light blue as the tear itself, and was laughing hard with her father, rolling onto her back until she was right in between his eyes! Elysium looked down and was surprised at the small Alicorn, laughing as hard as her father.

"Uh... Tartarus? I think you just made another daughter." Tartarus got onto his legs, still laughing.

"Where!?!?!?"

"I'm right here!!!" The small Alicorn yelled, jumping up & down on his snout! He focused his eyes and looked at the ever-changing Alicorn, who stood and smiled, showing no fear at all.

"Who are you, little one?"

"My name is Eris!"

"I see! Where did you come from?"

"She came from one of your tears." Elysium spoke dryly "Your mischievousness caused that pony to lose all his respect, and you laughed at his misfortune so hard, you cried!"

"It's all in good fun!"

"No! It's only in 'good fun' is when both sides don't get hurt!!!"

"So... do I keep her?"

"She was born from your tear, you keep her!!!"

"OOH!!! Another child of mine!!! Ready to meet your brothers and sisters, my daughter of Chaos!?!?!?"

"Where are they!?!?!?" The young Eris asked in excitement "I WANNA MEET THEM!!!"

"They're right here!!!" He used his magic and levitated Eris into his open mouth! Eris, instead of screaming, laughed as her father's mouth closed on her, sealing her in darkness, and Tartarus lifted his head, swallowing her whole!

She fell down into his stomach, seeing the lava filled land, landing in between a two other Alicorns.

"Whoah!!!" One of the two yelled "Who are you!?!?!?"

"My name is Eris!!!" Eris replied "I was born from Daddy's tear! We're gonna be the best of friends, I can tell, dear brother and sister!"

Einstein & Socrates: The Princes of Intelligence and Wisdom.

Twilight shook her head, still in the room with Eris.

"...Ok," Twilight spoke "That was... interesting, but look: I need to find the princesses!"

"You're looking at one!" Eris replied, even holding a mirror "Or do you you need a reminder on who you are?"

"Alright, I didn't clarify on that one, but I need to find Celestia, Luna, and Cadence!"

"Oh! Those three!!! Yeah... I have no idea where they went."

"WHAT!?!?!?"

"Hey, I'm the Princess of Chaos, not the princess of navigation or stalkers! I believe it's best if you ask another another one of my brothers or sisters on where they're at." She levitated a book net to her, revealing that it was a photo album, showing her and her son creating chaos across Equestria. "Oh Discord... I wonder if you still remember me?" Twilight stared at Eris a bit, before snapping back to her main mission of finding Celeista and learning her backstory. She foe up to the door and opened it, seeing the hallway outside had changed drastically to looking as if it had two walkways with a ramp in between them. Did Eris really know where Celestia & the others were at & lied, or is this somewhere else? That will be answered later. Twilight exited and the room's door shut right behind her. Twilight began to travel to her left, not even sure where she's going, but just hoping that, if possible, she can find one of these strange Alciorns to help lead her to Celestia & the others.

"Have you seen Twilight Sparkle?" A male voice asked, almost sounding like a young adult.

"I did," another male replied, this one sounding old "any opinions?"

"Well... she's actually kinda cute, I'm not gonna like on that, and, hearing what she did to Tirek, I'm a bit more interested on her. Any opinions on her?"

"You know I don't make my opinions until I get to personally know her, right?"

"What makes you say that?"

"Your opinion is not my reality."

"Hello!?!?!?" Twilight asked "Where are you!?!?!?"

"Who's there!?!?!?" the one that said Twilight was cute, asked.

"It's Twilight Sparkle! I overheard your conversation, but I need help finding Celestia!"

"You're close, but not here!!!"

"I think we all need to look up." the old one spoke. Without any question, Twilight looked up and saw, above her, walking upside down were two Alicorn stallions: one was as light blue as Elysium's mane with her coat color being his well groomed mane's color, wearing black, square shaped glasses while the other looked very identical, but looked messier, didn't have glasses, and had a beard that could rival Star Swirl the Bearded's own facial hair. The glasses wearing Alicorn's cutie mark was a circle that looked liked a target, but it had a black square in the middle, four smaller, white centered squares on the sides, and all were connected with a black line on the small squares. The other's looked like two circles overlapping one another, but the top didn't form the circle, but made two lines going straight down and the bottom, the same but vice versa. The brothers looked up at Twilight, and both sides stared at each other, curious on the other.

"Why are you both walking on the roof?" Twilight asked

"Us?" The glasses stallion asked "We're not on the roof: You are!!!"

"No I'm not! I came from... ERIS!!!"

"Took you long enough!!!" The princess of chaos voice mocked in the air, followed by laughter that was just as, if not, more crazier than Discord's.

"That Eris," the glasses wearing alicorn spoke "always tricking us in many of her schemes!"

"Perhaps on the rest of you," the beard alicorn returned "I'm just glad she hasn't found a trick on me!"

"Yeah yeah! You always have one plan ahead in every situation."

"Hello!?!?!?" Twilight yelled, a bit annoyed in her tone "I'm still here!!!"

"Oh, sorry! How shall we get her down?"

"Leave that to me." The bearded replied. His horn glowed a white aura and surrounded Twilight. In a couple of seconds, Twilight noticed her mane & tail lifting, following by a feeling of all her blood going into her head. Luckily, the bearded set her right-side-up and allowed gently placed her on the floor. The mare shook herself, looking face-to-face with these two Alicorns that, despite the facial hair & accessories, looked a bit like twins.

"T-Thank you for that." Twilight stuttered a bit, trying to find her words. "Look, I need to find-"

"Celestia?" They both asked in unison.

"...Yes. How did you-"

"I figured it was because you were with her when you arrived within Elysium." The bearded spoke

"And I figured it was because you were lost in the castle and our oldest sister has the most knowledge of this area." The glasses spoke

"Uh... a bit of both, actually." Twilight responded. "Who, are you two?"

"I am Einstein," the glasses spoke "The Prince of intelligence."

"And I am Socrates," the other spoke "The Prince of Wisdom."

"Intelligence and Wisdom?" Twilight asked, looking at the two.

"Yes," Socrates spoke "It is quite strange, since we're both a bit same, but different in our own way."

"Like what?"

"Well, Twilight," Einstons spoke with a pleasant chuckle "to make this simple: we're like magnets. One of us is positive, the other's negative, and, with magnets, opposites attract!"

"How... are you both opposites? You both seem pretty well together."

"He knows the paths available in lives," Socrates answered "I walk down one of them."

"Oh sure!" Enstain replied, a bit angrily "Like how I'm the only one who pursuits knowledge, but 'gets tired' from it!"

"It is true! I search for the truth and I am always inspired."

"Like Tartarus!!!"

"Don't mention our father here!!!"

"Make me!!!"

"You know nothing!"

"I know everything! You know nothing!"

"I admit I know nothing, but now, I know that I know nothing, which is something you didn't know!"

"STOP!!!" Twilight yelled. The two stopped growling at each other and turned to her.

"Sorry about that," Einstein growled a bit "We don't get along with our... conversations."

"You mean our bickering over the smallest thing?" Socrates asked

"Yeah... that."

"And to think we were born on the same day."

"You both were?" Twilight asked. The brothers looked at her, then to each other, and then nodded at the same time.

"Just hold still," Socrates spoke

"This won't hurt at all." Einstein added. Their horns glowed at the same time and Twilight saw another vision of the past.

Elysium and Tartarus sat next to each other, looking down at the ponies on the planet.

"You really took a bit of our Sun and gave it to them?" Tartarus asked

"I did." Elysium replied

"And that created the element they now call 'Fire'?"

"Yep."

"Hm... I can see all the trouble starting with that."

"Of course you would, but I see the good that can come out of it!"

"You and being a goody little four hooves!" He got up and left Elysium, no doubt planning something evil to do with HIS children. Elysium continued to watch the ponies below, and they were... building something?

"Hm... what are you all doing now?" Her horn glowed and she teleported right to the surface, disguised as an elderly looking mare. She approached to a young stallion with, what looks like, a weird, square hat for his cutie mark. "Excuse me, good sir, but, what are you building here?"

"Oh! Hello madam!" He greeted himself "we're just building a school!"

"...school?"

"Oh yes! There's many stuff we hold dear to our survival and success! Elysium gave us fire and, from it, we've learned how stay warm! With that warmth, we've learned many things and talked about it!"

"But... why?"

"I believe power is gained by sharing knowledge, not hoarding it." Elysium never thought about that before. She began to tap her chin with her right hoof, but felt huge pain in her head.

"I'll... make sure to take you in."

"Wait! Are you-" a flash of blue light and Elysium disappeared, only to reappear in above as the giant she is.

Elysium grabbed onto her head, feeling massive pain! Tartarus walked around and saw Elysium in pain.

"Elysium!!!" He yelled with great concern.

"Get back!!!" she yelled "I feel... something... coming... OUT!!!" Tartarus looked and saw two alicorns coming out of her mane! They looked almost like their mother, but one had more squinted eyes while the other had a small beard growing.

"Oh... more kids." Elysium used her magic and levitated the two over to her face, still feeling some pain.

"Huh? You... look almost like me."

"Simple genetics." the squinted alicorn explained

"... A smart one, aren't you?"

"Oh please," the beard one spoke "education is not the learning of facts, but the training of the mind to think."

"You... that's really wise. What are your names, my little ponies?"

"I am Einstein." The squinted eyed Alicorn spoke.

"And I am Socrates." the other responded

"Well," Elysium spoke with a tender smile "Einstein, Socrates, you two are going to LOVE your brothers and sisters!"

"How are hormones and pheromones going to help me love our siblings!?!?!?" Einstein asked

"Oh please," Socrates replied "you must find heart with your heart, not with your eyes." Elysium giggled, opening her mouth and levitating the two brothers into her mouth. She closed her mouth gently, tilted her head slowly, then swallowed.

The brothers fell into the open field, as a young Celestia with only pink in her mane, used her magic to levitate the two next to her, Luna, and a couple of other alicorns.

"Hi!" Celestia greeted "We got new brothers!!!" The other alicorns gathered around their new brothers, asking questions about them.

"Well," Einstein spoke "think we will enjoy it here?"

"Being siblings means we'll be there for each other." Socrates only answered.

Bureaucrat: Prince of Order.

Twilight shook herself awake, seeing the brothers standing there.

"So," Socrates spoke "how was our origin story?"

"Wasn't it educational!?!?!?" Einstein asked with glee.

"It was... interesting." Twilight answered "Are all of you born in these... strange ways?"

"Yes." they both replied.

"Huh... ins't there anypony that was born normal? Or, in my case, turned into an Alicorn?"

"Well... there is Mortality and Fertility." Einstein answered

"But you may want to avoid them until later." Socrates added.

"Need any help, by the way?"

"We're happy to help! We'll be nice on your way up, and even when you're on your way down!"

"Finally!!!" Twilight exclaimed "I need to find Celestia!"

"I should've seen that coming." Einstein commented.

"Now Now," Socrates replied "if you treat her like it's a joke, she'll leave you like it's funny."

"So... you'll help?" Twilight asked

"We will." they both responded. They turned around and began to walk down the hall. Twilight followed the two, hoping that she will find Celestia and have her answer some of her own questions.

It was nearly a whole ten minute walk, and Twilight had to bare the two bothers arguing with one being a complete genius while the other was spreading words of wisdom. A large chatter was heard in a room and Twilight looked inside: she saw Celestia, chatting and laughing with some of the other Alicorns with her, one was Braveheart, who, as Twilight could hear, was going on a tale of one of a battle he was in. Hearing closely, she figured that he was there during the Canterlot wedding between Cadence and her brother, Shining Armor, battling changelings on his own. Curious, she was about to step inside, but felt something tug her tail. Before she could turn, she was pulled in at a really fast pace would probably make Rainbow Dash jealous back at home! She let out a scream that was short, as twin doors slammed her inside a pitch-black room. She felt herself on a seat, followed by a light turning on, momentarily blinding her. In front of her was a grey coated male with a pure white, combed over mane that looked a bit similar to Filthy Rich's back in Ponyville. He wore oval shaped lens glasses, a black business suit with black matching tie, and his cutie mark was a rubber stamp.

"So," he spoke in a really bored tone "you're Twilight Sparkle?"

"...Yes." Twilight responded "Is there something you need of me? I would like to make this short so I can talk to Celestia, okay?"

"Don't worry, this will be short." He lit his horn and lights turned on everywhere. All over the place, there was folders beyond folders, all in alphabetical order with each letter having it's own numbers next to it, and papers right around her, all surrounding a folder that had on it 'Twilight Sparkle'. Twi stared at all of this paperwork all around her, then looked back at the Alicorn, who just stood there with half shut eyes looking at her.

"Do I really have to do this?"

"Yes. In order to make sure there's no damage here, I'm going to have you to sign all of these papers to make sure that you are not going to do anything destructive in this castle and inside our mother. Make sure all your papers are signed clearly, readable, and 100% truthful."

"...who are you, exactly."

"My apologies: I'm Bureaucrat, the Prince of Order. Now please, sign all of your papers." She looked back at the papers. Taking a heavy sigh, she levitated a quill & ink over to herself and began to sing all of the papers.

Twilight gasped for her breath, lying down on the floor. Her eyes were red, and, she felt that she would rather be fighting Tirek again rather than having to do all of these papers! Some of the papers she signed made little to no sense: some were just about her personal history & knowledge, which were fine, but others such as how, when she signs this, she'll have to give at least a minute to sing something to Mozart and draw a picture for Celestia while writing a poem for Luna. Bureaucrat used his magic and lifted her papers up, looking at them.

"Can I go now?" Twilight begged.

"In a moment," Bureaucrat replied "I have to look at these papers to see if you filled them out correctly."

"UGH!!!"

"If it makes you feel better, you can see how I was born."

"PLEASE!!! DO IT!!!" Without looking away from the papers, Bureaucrat used his magic and showed Twilight the past.

Elysium looked down at the chaotic frenzy of ponies! It has been an entire day since Eris was 'born', and ponies everywhere were causing harm to one another!!! Tartarus walked next to her, smiling as he watched the chaos below.

"It's so beautiful," Tartarus commented, "seeing ponies everywhere having so much fun with others hurt in the process. I am glad Eris was born: she's having so much fun with her brothers and sisters."

"This has to stop!" Elysium spoke in an angered tone.

"Stop!?!?!?! No, No, no, I think the correct term is 'Going on'."

"I AM PUTTING AN END TO THIS!!!"

"Don't you-"

"STOP!!!" Her voice caused all the ponies to stop and looked at the titan alicorn, some immediately bowing down to her. Tartarus blocked his ears, hearing a ring to them, and backed up. Elysium used her magic and shrunk herself down, standing just tall enough to impose the most tallest of ponies. They all bowed to her, shaking in fear on what she might do.

"All of you!!!" She yelled, still angered in her voice "look at you!!! Treating each other with no respect or dignity!!! One prank by some kids and it suddenly gives everypony the right to do these hurtful pranks to each other!?!?!? You should be ashamed of yourselves!!!" They all lowered their ears and hung their heads low "Whenever you do something, just know that whatever you do, I'll be watching!!! Even when you think I don't know, I will!!! And when you think I don't know who you are, I do!!! Just know that! I want this place cleaned up in the next week!!! I want order, not chaos!!! YOU GOT THAT!?!?!?" They all agreed with whimpers. She teleported away, going back to her giant self. Tartarus got up and looked right at her.

"Didn't know you had it in you." He simply commented.

"I... didn't think I had it either." She turned back and looked at the ponies below: they were all apologizing to each other and helping one another out. One pony gathered other ponies together, becoming the first leader in pony history with his own guards! They all agreed to make sure the ponies would follow specific rules and for them to watch each other to make sure that they didn't break their own rules at all. Elysium let out a single tear, happy to see that the ponies listened, even is she was rough. The tear fell down her eye, then formed into the shape of an Alicorn. A younger Bureaucrat walked out of the tear, adjusting his mane and dusting himself off.

"This is a strange surface." He simply commented in a, though still boring, but younger voice. Elysium looked down, seeing the small alicorn on her muzzle.

"Oh! Hello there!" Bureaucrat turned around, gasping & backing up a bit, seeing the giant eyes of his mother, but not running away. "Ah! Not really afraid of me, are you?"

"Who are you?"

"I'm your mommy! I take it you came from my tear after I made some order to the ponies below, am I right?"

"...Yes."

"Oh good! What's your name?"

"I'm... Bureaucrat."

"Bureaucrat? Strange, but it sounds fitting. Well, no time to delay, time to meet your brothers and sisters!" She used her magic and levitated Bureaucrat off her muzzle, sending him straight into her open maw. He struggled a bit, but stopped, seeing as how it was useless. She closed her mouth around him and swallowed him whole, patting her belly.

Bureaucrat fell down to the grass field below, seeing some of his brothers and sisters.

"Hello there!!!" Luna greeted herself "My name is Luna! What's yours?"

"Uh... Bureaucrat." He replied, not really sure what to say.

"Bureaucrat? That's so funny!!! You're going to love being inside Mommy's belly, especially when more come in!!!"

Everest: The Prince of earth

Twilight regained focus, looking at Bureaucrat, who was on" the final page.

"It seems that you missed a good 4% of the questions needed to answer," he spoke, not den looking back from the papers "and I'm going to need you to resign everything."

"WHAT!?!?!?" Twilight yelled.

"...That was a joke. You didn't miss anything at all, and you are free to go." Twilight released an angered grunt, walking out of the door. She stepped outside and saw that it was now dark. She heard some cheering down the hall and walked inside, hoping to see of Celestia was inside. She opened the door, only to see a crowd of many of the other Alicorns, gathered around something. Twilight flew above them to see what was happening: Bravehaert was wresting a larger male Alicorn, being at least two feet taller than him and not even flinching as Braveheart attempted a stranglehold. The Alicorn looked as if he were made of rock, completed with a brown mane with grey, blended in endings that looked untamed, and his cutie mark was an upside down triangle with a line through it horizontally.

"What's the matter?" Braveheart mocked, still holding the alicorn in a Stranglehold "Had enough of my might!?!?!?"

"...No," The other responded, sounding almost like Bureaucrat, but with a more 'dumber' voice "it is you who should be tired out."

"Oh please! I am Braveheart!!! You will fall, Everest!!!" Braveheart attempted to flip him over, grunting really loud, looking like he was trying to tear off Everest's head. Everest just stood on his hind legs, reached over to Braveheart with his front legs, and slammed him into the floor so hard, only his back right leg was showing! Everyone gasped at the sight.

"Told you I'd win." Everest simply replied

"Not yet!" Braveheart's muffled voice went through "We still have tomorrow!"

"Good night, Braveheart."

"Good night... little help, please?" The alicorns watching them immediately got up and helped Braveheart out of his hole. Everest turned and saw Twilight, who had her ears back and stared wide eyed at how this Alicorn towered everyone!!!

"Oh. Hello Twilight Sparkle. I take it you saw the battle?"

"... I did." Twilight responded

"Don't worry, he'll be fine, it's nothing compared to some of the fights he's already been through."

"I... believe that, actually."

"He wishes to prove himself as the mightiest of all of us, but he has fallen to my nature siblings and I."

"Nature siblings?"

"Oh yes. You must know he's the prince of war, right?"

"I watched his backstory."

"Good. Well, as you can tell, my nature siblings came right before every else, but only after Elysium made the sun and moon, giving Celestia and Luna life. I am the first of my nature sibling, and the first male of all the alicorns."

"That's... interesting. Who are your siblings and what do you control?"

"My siblings are as follows: Aqua, Fuego, and Aeros. Still, we also have our sub-nature siblings, such as Conduit, Alloy, Flora, and Blizzard. As for me, I control the very earth itself and it's mountains."

"YOU CONTROL MOUNTAINS!?!?!?"

"Yes. Every earthquake was me, making sure the land changes."

"But... why? Ponies get hurt!

"I may love Elysium, but I have to do necessary evils, such as our father, Tartarus."

"He... isn't entirely evil?"

"Half truth. He enjoys doing evil, but knows it's best if we don't know why. It's questionable, but we may never know why."

"...Are you sure?"

"Positive. Now please, watch." His horn glowed a light brown, and Twiliht looked into the past.

Elysium and Tartarus sat down, seeing only the sun and moon.

"I can;t believe you made those!" Tartus shouted, but with joy in his tone.

"Yeah," Elysium replied, rubbing her belly "we can now see each other!"

"It's... strange now."

"How?"

"Seeing you... I never knew you were this beautiful."

"And I never knew you were this hideous." they looked at each other then chuckled a bit.

"Hold on! Can... I create something?"

"What do you want to make?"

"Just give me a second." They both got up. Elysium sat on her haunches, seeing Tartarus rolling the floor they were on into a ball! This continued on for a bit, but the ball became just as tall as them! His horn glowed and the ball began to float! They both took a few steps back, seeing the ball in between the sun & the moon.

"What is it?"

"I call it... Earth!"

"Earth?"

"I... I just got a feeling that... we're both not alone."

"Not alone?"

"Yeah! You and me, we're both like... giants to something!"

"Giants?"

"Yeah!"

"Well... let's see it closer."

"I don't think there is-"

"LOOK!!!" They both looked down Earth, seeing something small climb out of the ground. It was a young Everest, not as stoney looking, but had a grey coat all over him.

"What... is... that?"

"I think... it's one of those things you mentioned."

"The small things for us to rule?"

"Yes! Aw, look at him: he's so small!!!" Tartarus used his magic and carried the small alicorn off Earth. The Alicorn tried to fly away, but only flailed a bit. He landed onto Tartarus's giant hoof, cowering at the sight of the two polar opposite giants looking down at him.

"Quit your cowering!!!"

"Honey! He's just born! It's alright little guy, do you have a name?"

"M-m-my name?" the small alicorn stammered. "It's... Everest."

"Everest?" they both asked

"What are we going to do with him?" Tartarus asked

"I have one suggestion." Elysium replied. She used her magic and carried Everest to her face. She opened her mouth and levitated Everest inside, closing her mouth and swallowing him whole! Tartarus stood there with his mouth open wide.

"Y-y-you just... ate MY SON!!!" Tartarus yelled with rage.

"Don't worry! He's safe in there."

"SAFE!?!?!?"

"I don't want him to cause trouble out here, and we don't know much about ourselves, so, this is my next best step."

"...Is he fine?"

"I feel him inside there. He's safe and seems to be happy!"

"How can you tell?"

"I just can."

"...Think I can swallow some kids, if we have some?"

"...I'll think about it."

Everest fell down to the field below! With a loud *Thump!!!*, he fell to the grassy field below with his head stuck into the floor. Unbeknownst to him, a young Celestia and Luna stood near him.

"Who is that!?!?!?" Luna asked, hiding behind her sister's legs.

"Don't worry," Celestia spoke, going into a fighting stance "I'm on it!" She walked over to Everest and poked him on his flank area. Everest pulled his head out and stared at the two. "Who are you!?!?!?"

"...I'm Everest." he replied "who are you?"

"...I'm celestia and this is my sister, Luna."

"...You both have a horn & wings."

"So do you."

"... Did.. you both come from the two glowing balls?"

"The sun and the moon? Yes."

"Who made it?"

"Our mom, Elysium."

"...Huh. She made me too!" Luna peered out from her sister's legs, looking at Everest. She took cautious steps forward to Everest. He kneeled down to her size and looked at her. Luna put her right forearm in front of her and poked his nose.

"Boop!" She quickly spoke, pulling her leg back. Everest scratched his nose, not really sure what she did. Luna giggled, followed by her sister. Everest joined with their laughter.

"This is going to be much better!!!" Luna exclaimed.

Aqua: Princess of Water

Twilight shook her face, and felt something rough on her chest. She focused her vision and noticed that she was not on the back of Everest! Every single one of Everest's hoof steps, though slow, shook the area with a lot of force behind it!

"Hello again, Twilight." Everest spoke, not even looking back at her

"Earth... was made just like that?" Twilight asked, shocked at learning the truth.

"Yep. Just like that is how earth was made and how I was born."

"But... why was Tartarus so... nice? He made earth, not Elysium! They looked like such a nice couple, what happened!?!?!?"

"... my siblings may be able to answer that in more detail. I only know what I know."

"Where... are you going?"

"Going to my sister, Aqua."

"She's... one of your nature siblings, right?"

"She is."

"And... I take it that she's born right after you?"

"How do you know that?"

"Just a guess." Everest stopped and knocked on a door three times. The door, unfortunately, fell down on the third knock, and the top fell down to the hooves of what was Aqua. Aqua's coat was as blue as the ocean itself, her mane moved almost like celestia's, but was in various shades of blue & white, giving the illusion that it had waves of water. Her cutie mark were three spirals, all connecting to each other, and she stood in what seemed to be a puddle around her legs. The real interesting thing about her is that, though normal looking, her tail looked like that of a dolphin, and her both of her cheeks had three gills. The whole room they were in looked as if they were near the bottom of the ocean, having a bright light above that looked like Celestia's sun, and below was the dark abyss. The bed looked liked a rock, with it's blankets looking as if it were seaweed & kelp. Everest's eyes widened, and he looked to his sister, feeling very embarrassed.

"I'm... sorry for that."

"Don't worry, brother." Aqua replied, sounding somewhat like the surfing ponies in Applewood. "We both know you can't really control your strength that well. Come in, Come in!" Everest entered, but stopped to bring the door back up into it's place. Twilight jumped off his back, landing right in front of Aqua, seeing as that they stood nearly the same height. "Oh... my... gosh! Are you... the new princess... TWILIGHT SPARKLE!?!?!?"

"I am." Twilight responded, finding her attitude to be quite enjoyable. "I take it you're Aqua?"

"YES!!! Aqua's the name: Princess of water and the sea!"

"I can clearly see that."

"This is so awesome!!! Twilight Sparkle: Princess of Friendship, is in my room!!!" She started to giggle almost uncontrollably.

"Whoa! Take it easy aqua, I am new to this, okay?"

"Oh! Right, sorry about that my dudette."

"...Dudette?"

"It's a term she learned from the surfers." Everest answered.

"True that!" Aqua replied, flapping her wings a bit but doing a backstroke around Twilight "I have to say: I love the ponies that live near the water! They're not afraid of my waves, but rather, they love it!!! That surfboarding' sport they made? Whoo! Never had I enjoyed making my most biggest waves to the bravest and most awesome of souls!!! Do you surf, Twiight?"

"Uh... no," Twilight replied "Do you?"

"Multiple times, babe, multiple times."

"And I also take it that you've caused those tsunamis, right?" Aqua stopped back storming and looked at Twilight. Her laid back look was now gone, replaced with a serious look.

"I don't want to do that type of stuff at all! I don't, but I have to. I'm just glad Elysium took me in, unlike Fuego and Aeros."

"What happened?"

"Give me a sec!" Her horn glowed a light blue, and the past was shown.

Tartarus laid on his back, rolling the earth in his hooves, looking almost like a cat with a ball of yarn. Elysium, on the other hand, watched him with the sun near her back. The heat to her was almost unbearable! True, the sun helped them see each other, but the fact that this was their only source of light (next to the moon), and it was heating her up just made her wish to destroy it. She smacked her lips, feeling them just as dry as the earth itself, and looked back at Tartarus, who also smacked his lips after setting the earth back in it's place.

"That's it!" Elysium yelled "I gotta find something!!!"

"What... are you looking for?" Tartarus asked

"Something to cool me off!!! The sun is burning my coat up and you are playing with that... ball of dirt!"

"It's Earth! And I wan't 'playing with it', I was busy making it not so smooth."

"...By rolling it in your hooves?"

"...Yeah. Pretty much. Look: I made mountains!"

"...I can't believe it! I'm leaving!!!" Elysium got up to her hooves and began to walk away. Tartarus got up.

"WAIT!!! where are you going!?!?!?"

"There's something out here that can help me!!! If I made the sun & the moon, I can make something that will get rid of this... thirst!" She left him, traveling into the abyss of space.

Elysium traveled a good mile away (probably a light year, as Twilight thought), and stumbled upon on the floor: it was blue, in what looked like a hole, and wasn't like anything she saw. She placed her hoof in it, only to see how cold and, more importantly, how wet it was. Curiously, she sniffed it: there was no scent to it, whatsoever. Curiously, she stuck her tongue in it and took a sip. It didn't have any flavor whatsoever, but it was so relaxing and it helped quench her thirst a bit. She kneeled to it and began to lap this strange liquid, taking in as much as she needed!

Inside Elysium's belly, the young Celestia, Luna, and Everest noticed a large rumbling in the sky. they looked and noticed the clouds started to formed together, darkening around their area. In a few seconds, liquid fell from the sky! They all flinched a bit, not sure if their mother was trying to kill them, but stopped and felt the liquid hit their coats. It didn't feel bad at all, but, it felt good! Their wings may have gotten heavier, but they felt so good with the water hitting their coats. Curiously, Celestia opened her mouth and had a small puddle in her mouth. She closed her mouth and swallowed it.

"Oh my!" Celestia spoke "This... this is good! Try it!!!" Luna and Everest took in the liquid as well, enjoying the thirst quenching abilities it had! Sure, the fruit quenched their taste easily, but this didn't require chewing at all! They all cheered, running around and splashing in some of the puddles inside.

Elysium let out a satisfied sigh, feeling so much better!!! She noticed that she barely made a difference to quantity of this liquid. She used her magic to carry the liquid over to Tartarus! She could feel her children inside, enjoying the liquid as well, perhaps even more, due to their size and where they're at. She patted her belly, enjoying their hooves on the surface & running around, happily enjoying the liquid inside of her now.

"I'm so glad you're as quenched as I am," she 'spoke' to her kids "I just hope you're not under... water. ...Water? That sounds good! Enjoy the water I've provided, children!"

Tartarus watched Elysium return, grinning wildly with her newly discovered 'Water'.

"What... is that?" Tartarus asked

"This?" Elysium asked "This is water!"

"Water?"

"It helped quench my thirst and I want to give some to you!"

"Yeah... no thanks."

"Why not?"

"Unlike you, I'm not thirsty at all!"

"Are... you sure?"

"Oh yes!"

"...alright. More for me, I guess. But, that's not why I'm just here."

"Then why are you hear with that?"

"Well... it's about your Earth." One of Tartarus's eye browsed raised

"What about it?"

"Don't you think it's a little... dull?"

"Dull!?!?!?"

"I mean, look at it: it's brown and grey! Not so exciting, is it?"

"Oh yeah! Well... I... yeah... you're right on that."

"And I've watched you pla-er, I mean, make mountains earlier, so this water should make it more appealing!"

"More appeal to it, eh?"

"Oh yes! Plus, if it's possible, this is another step to those 'small beings' you think we were mean to rule over. Don't you think this could be important to them?"

"I... see your point. Alright: add the water!!!" Elysium smiled, using her magic to bring in the water to earth! The water filled in the deep parts Tartarus made with his hooves, and soon, continents were made with some islands in between them. Elysium still had some of the water in her grasp, but Tartarus and Elysium stood next to each other, both of their heads placed to each other.

"Isn't it beautiful?" Elysium asked

"Yeah," Tartarus replied "I can see why it's now beautiful. Oh! Something's moving!!!" They both looked closer to earth, seeing the water they added was moving! A wave appeared, and on it, balancing on her right foreleg, was a young Aqua! Her mane wasn't as developed at today, but it was still blue, matching the color of the ocean's wave she surfed on.

"I'll get her." Elysium used some of her magic and carried Aqua by her tail, and carried water born alicorn up to her face. Aqua gasped a bit, turned around, and tried to paddling her way back to the ocean while whimpering. Elysium dropped Aqua to her giant right hoof and, with her other hoof, began to pet her own daughter's mane.

"It's alright." Elysium spoke with a cooing voice.

"Our first daughter!" Tartarus exclaimed. He turned to Elysium "I take it you'll have her, right?"

"I think I will."

"...Go on, have her. The next two are mine, okay?"

"...Deal! What's your name, little one?"

"M-my name?" Aqua stammered. Elysium nodded her head. Tartarus turned around and walked away, placing himself underneath the sun. "It's... Aqua."

"Aqua? That's a lovely name for as yourself! You're going to meet one of your sibling in a few minutes." Elysium turned around and saw Tartarus sleeping. She turned back and whispered to Aqua "Don't worry: it's going to be fun." She placed Aqua on the rest of the water and opened her mouth, levitating her & the rest of into it. Aqua tried to crawl away, but there was so much water: she couldn't escape at all!!! Elysium closed her maw around Aqua, lifted her head, and swallowed.

Aqua fell down to the land below, going from something that was like a water slide to just falling to the ground below! Celestia, below, saw Aqua fall and used her magic to catch her. The water Alicorn looked around carefully, seeing it rain around her and three other Alicorns stood in front of her.

"What's going on!?!?!?" Aqua yelled "Who are you all!?!?!? Where am I!?!?!?"

"Calm down," Celestia spoke "don't worry, you are safe here with our mother."

"...Mother?"

"Elysium is her name. I'm Celestia, that's Luna and Everest. What's your name?"

"Um... it's... Aqua."

"Aqua? That sounds lovely!"

"... That the same thing she said before swallowing me."

"Don't worry," Luna spoke "we're all together in this! We're... one big happy family!!!"

"I couldn't say so that better myself." Everest spoke

"Hey Aqua! Wanna join us!?!?!? We're making a castle together!!! It's gonna be huge!!!"

"...I don;t see why not." Aqua replied, seeing that these would be the only ponies she'd talk to.

Aeros: Prince of Wind.

Twilight blinked her eyes multiple times, adjusting them back to the underwater themed room.

"So," Twilight spoke "Water was added as a way to make earth look better AND Elysium had dry lips?"

"...Pretty much." Aqua replied

"Huh... and she didn't even consider if water was poisoned at all?"

"Look, our mom and dad are pretty much indestructible. The only way we did bring harm to them was to combine all our magic together. Believe me, it's easier said than done, Twi."

"...Alright then. Look, I appreciate your attitude, but I need to find Celestia!"

"I... don't know where she at."

"What a surprise."

"I think Aeros can help you." Everest spoke, making Twilight gasp.

"He really is silent." Twilight thought "Aeros?"

"Did somepony call my name!?!?!?" An egotistic sounding stallion yelled. A really fast blur of light blue and white circled around them! This stallion was traveling so fast, Twilight and Aqua were thrown around as if they were in a Tornado! Everest simply stuck out his wings, having Aqua grab onto his left wing while Twilight dangled off the other. The tornado was gone, and the blur formed into a stallion, who skidded across the floor, holding a helmet i a craned left leg while taking his mane out of his vision with his right. Twilight and Aqua fell right back onto the floor, but the water mare turned into a puddle, causing Twilight o jump back a bit! The puddle still had Aqua's face to it, and she looked back at the stallion that appeared right in front of them.

"AEROS!!!" The Aqua puddle yelled in anger "How did you enter my room!?!?!?" Aeros chuckled a bit.

"Everest knocked down your door, Aqua," Aeros replied "it just made it a WHOLE LOT easier for me to enter!"

"Ugh! Why can't you enter like ANY OTHER ALICORN!?!?!?"

"Oh Aqua! You know me: I enter when I feel like it! I'm not going to waste those seconds knocking on any wooden door, when I can just enter through it's cracks!"

"Still, YOU KNOW I HATE TURNING INTO A PUDLLE!!!"

"Oh you!" Twilight awkwardly stared at the two siblings looking down at each other. Aqua slowly, but firmly, went back into her Alicorn form, staring down at Aeros, who only had a smirk across his face.

"Uh... hello?" Twilight greeted herself awkwardly. Aeros turned around and saw Twilight.

"Well, Well, Well," Aerso spoke, walking towards her "if it isn't Celestia's student and newest princess: Twilight Sparkle. I have to say, I am quite surprised at how my brothers and sister knew about your presence."

"You... knew I was a princess?"

"Of course! Aeros is the name, being the prince of Wind is my game!"

"I... guess that explains why you're so fast."

"...'So fast'? SO FAST!?!?!? I AM THE FASTEST THING IN ALL OF EQUESTRIA!!! I see everything that happens!!! I am there when something happens!!! And, despite it all, Nopony knew I was there!!! Truth is, Twilight, I'm so fast, nopony ever sees me unless they're, oh, as fast as your friend, Rainbow Dash."

"You know Rainbow Dash?"

"Not persoanlly. Oh no, no, no, I was there when she saved Rarity and performed her, what was it? ... AH!!! Her Sonic Rainboom! Only at that pace is when somepony could've seen me!"

"Really? So... you're almost everywhere?"

"I AM everywhere! Here though, I hate slowing down. It's not my thing! I need to be feel free, fast, and be moving all the time without being cramped in a room like this!"

"You're... claustrophobic?"

"Ugh... I hate to admit it, but, yes, I am. Know what? Let's get outta here! See ya Aqua and Everest!" Before any of them could say anything, Aeros used his magic to carry Twilight and, in less than a second, seeing only a smidgen on Celestia's mane, they were on the roof of the castle, seeing the land in Elysium with all it's glory! The sun began to rise, and Aeros took a deep breath, feeling the sun hit his coat. "Look at that! It's so... beautiful."

"...It is." Twilight responded, feeling awestruck by the beauty of the land and the rising sun.

"Even though this land is technically inside Elysium's belly, something that should make me afraid, I am not afraid because... well... look at it! Clear sky, endless food, millions of ponies entering nearly everyday, this is what I live for!!! Beauty, and speed... those are my two things I love that this and Earth offers! Don't you feel it, Twilight?"

"Well, now that you mention it, minus the speed, but, yeah! I do feel it!"

"Of course... with me being fast, and don't get me wrong: I love being fast! It's that... well, as you witnessed, I cause tornadoes and hurricanes. Truth be told, I think some of these ponies entered because of me." Twilight looked at Aeros, who had a single tear coming down his cheek.

"Do... you feel guilty?"

"...Of course I do. Right here, I can cause all the tornadoes I want and be free! But, back on earth, I... try to restrain myself. I hate being slow, but I must. I am just glad I can be the messenger."

"You're the messenger?"

"Oh yes! Being super fast landed me this job super easily! I deliver messages faster than when Spike sends a letter to Celestia!"

"You really are prideful, aren't you?"

"Hey, nopony's perfect, especially us Alicorns."

"Yeah... are you going to-"

"Yeah. Hold still!" his horn glowed turquoise.

Elysium drank more of her water while sitting next to Tartarus, who only sat there and watched her drink the liquid on the floor. Elysium smacked her lips and rubbed her belly, feeling her children enjoy the liquid she's drinking. Tartarus looked back at earth, then back at Elysium.

"So," Tartarus spoke "You... really enjoy that water?"

"Of course I do," Elysium replied, still rubbing her belly "and the children do as well."

"Yeah... the children."

"Is there something on your mind?"

"Well... I... I want kids as well! You've swallowed our only two kids and I have nothing!"

"I'm confident you will get some kids in the future. For now, let's see how earth is doing." They both got up and looked at earth: nothing has changed, with the exceptions being a few waves going on in the oceans.

"Nothing. Still nothing." Elysium sniffed the air.

"Do you smell something burning?" Tartarus sniffed the air as well.

"I do." Elysium turned around and screamed!!! Tartarus turned and saw that Elysium's tail was on fire!!! He used his magic to push the sun back a few inches from her, and Elysium ran around in circles, not sure what to do!

"HELP ME!!! HELP ME!!!"

"Uh... I got it! Hold still!!!" Elysium stood still and lived her burning tail in the air! Tartarus took in a deep breath and blew out the fire! The fire went away, and the wind he blew started to form into white puffs all over earth, followed by small swirls of many shapes & sizes. Elysium looked back at her tail, seeing it had only singed the very tip of it.

"Thank you, Tartarus." She turned and looked at Earth. "Oh look! You also made earth look more presentable!

"...I did?"

"Yeah! And look! A son!!!"

"Where!?!?!?"

"There!" Elysium pointed at a spot on Earth. Tartarus looked down and, they both saw, a young Aeros, resting on a cloud.

"What... is he on?"

"I don't know. I think... he may be able to make a name for it."

"I'll get him!"

"Wait! Aw... look at him... he looks so adorable!" Tartarus rolled his eyes and levitated the sleeping Aeros. Aeros was snapped wake, feeling something all over him! He held onto his cloud tight, urging it as he was levitated off of earth! He was turned around, and he squealed in fear, hiding behind his cloud.

"What is your name, boy!?!?!?"

"P-p-please... d-don't hurt m-me!" The young Aeros stuttered

"YOUR NAME, NOW!!!" Aeros held onto his cloud tighter, letting out tears and crying really loud.

"TARTARUS!!!" Elysium yelled in anger. she used her magic and held up her front right hoof, allowing Aeros to land on it. He gasped and held onto his cloud tighter, as Elysium's huge muzzle came to him and nuzzled his back. Her tone went into her motherly tone. "Shh... it's alright. I apologize for your father's... authority. Care to tell me your name?" Aeros peeked from behind his cloud: his ears perked up and he stood up on all 4s, looking at his mom.

"I-it's Aeros." He replied

"Aeros? How fitting, don't you think?"

"It is." Tartarus replied, still having his booming, authoritative voice, but was lowered, following Elysium's example.

"Don't worry: you won't be harmed at all." She turned to Tartarus and lifted her leg up to Tartarus's face. Aeros backed up a bit, cowering at his father's sight.

"Care to tell me what that is?" He pointed at the cloud.

"T-this?" Aeros replied, hugging his cloud "I-I call it a cloud. I-it's really soft and warm."

"...I see. Elysium?"

"You made him, so I say, it's fair."

"Thank you." His horn glowed and Aeros was lifted! Tartarus opened his mouth, remembering what Elysium did, and brought Aeros inside. Aeros, on the other hand, screamed loudly, doing all he can to escape being eaten!!! He was too late, as Tartarus's mouth closed on him. The giant alicorn then tilted his head up and swallowed Aeros, feeling him going down into his own belly.

Aeros fell down into Tartarus's belly, having only his cloud with him! The area was nothing like Earth: everything was dark, only rock was around, lava surrounded said rocks, and the place... it didn't feel good at all! Aeros, being alone, cowered, holding only onto his cloud for comfort, and laid on the hard floor. He was the first of many children to be inside Tartarus's belly.

Flora: Princess of Plants

Twilight looked back from the sun, seeing Aeros, still enjoying the view. He turned to her and gently smiled.

"You were much different than you are now." Twilight commented

"Yeah," Aeros replied "I was."

"And you were all alone?"

"Was, until some of my other brothers and sisters came along. I'm still glad I had that cloud."

"... I wonder how Celestia might've went through with her time alone."

"I don't know. Oh! Twilight! Here!" He used his magic and levitated a scroll to the new princess. Twilight used her magic and took the scroll away from him.

"What is it?"

"Open it and see." Without any question, she opened the scroll. The scroll unfolded, revealing that it was a map of this entire castle. Finally! Some directions!!! she though, but, saw more things upon closer inspection: she could see what looked liked hoof prints appear & disappearing with different marks above said hooves. She closely looked at some of the marks: one was Aqua's with Everest's cutie mark, both walking towards Braveheart's in a hallway. In another room, Einstein, Socrates, and Bureaucrat were in a room, labeled 'Library'.

"Hold on, does this map... show where every pony's at?"

"Oh yes! We all carry one of those special maps, published by our sister, Editorial. You can usually find her in her room, since it has all of her own creations in there."

"...Alright. Thanks for this."

"No problem! See you later, Twilight Sparkle!" Aeros flashed his wings and flew away! Unfortunately, when he took off, a huge gust of wind came right behind him and blew Twilight off the roof! Twilight fell down, trying her best to fly, but being tossed around like a rag doll didn't help at all! She then felt something on her back, which felt like a large, smooth, leather covered slide. It stopped her from falling, luckily, and she slid down whatever saved her. She turned and saw that, what she was on, was green and had... leaves on it's sides? Looking down, she was gently stopped by a leaf, sliding Twilight off and landing on her rump. The plant quickly retreated and shrunk down in size, turning into a simple sunflower. Twilight looked around her new area: it felt very similar to Fluttershy's garden back in Ponyville, as plants grew without anything stopping them, and animals of all sizes were around her, looking & observing the new princess that entered their area.

"Oh my goodness!" a female voice spoke, sounding WAY TOO familiar to Fluttershy. "Are you alright!?!?!?" Twilight looked with a surprised look: a bunch of predators moved to the side, revealing a female alicorn: she didn't have a coat, but was actually covered in tree bark & all over her, small bits of plants grew out, all uniques in their own way. Her mane & tail were many shades of green and looked liked more like vines with multiple flowers & plants growing out of it. Her cutie mark was a tree with curved roots. Twi shook her head, trying to get rid of the image of Fluttershy to this alicorn mare. With each step she took, small plants instantly grew out, but when her hoof was lifted off the ground, the plants immediately withered & died away.

"I'm alright." Twilight replied, standing up and dusting herself off.

"Are you sure?" The plant looking alicorn asked, walking towards her "I'm not saying you are, but, it couldn't hurt just to see if there any injuries." Twilight backed up.

"I said I'm fine!" She felt her rump bump into something rough, a bit sharp, and moving. A huge gust of wind came in, followed by a warm blow in the back of her head. She turned around and quickly regretted it: right in front of her was a huge dragon! She then saw, past this dragon, were many other dragons, each doing their own things, but turning to see Twilight. The dragon she was in front of woke up, looking down at the Alicorn. She back up, trembling in fear; was is possible for ponies to die in Elysium? The plant looking Alicorn landed next to Twilight and gently touched the dragon's massive snout.

"I'm sorry Mr. Smith," she spoke to the dragon "Twilight is new around here and she stumbled upon here on accident. Go back to sleep, okay?" In return, the dragon purred a bit and fell right back to sleep. She turned around and walked to Twilight, who's mouth had now dropped.

"How... did you do that!?!?!?" Twilight exclaimed

"Well, it was two things really. Many of these dragons, back when they were alive, dedicated themselves to protect villages around Earth, even if it meant fighting their own kind. And, well, I'm the princess of plants, so I can basically control all animals listen to me as plants do around me."

"So... you're like one of my friends?"

"Are you... talking about Fluttershy?"

"... How did you-"

"I chose her as one of my successors. Name's Flora: princess of plants. I'm no expert, but I think she would be frightened by my image."

"I... can't really imagine it."

"There's some things I never thought I could do. Did you know that all pony life came from my birthplace, the tree of life?"

"WHAT!?!?!?"

"Oh... sorry. I... think you need to see for yourself."

"This I have to see!" Flora's horn glowed green and Twilight looked at the two titan alicorns: Elysium watching a swallowing Tartarus.

Tartarus swallowed Aeros and let out a satisfied sigh.

"Finally!" he spoke, patting his belly "A child within me! Hold on... is he... crying?"

"Don't worry too much," Elysium replied "they'll be happy when their brothers and sisters join."

"I suppose you're right there. Hold on, what's going on with Earth?" The two looked at earth, seeing something weird. The water splashed wildly, landing in the middle of a continent, and the wind circled around it. In a few moments, a crack came from the ground itself, and something green rose from the ground. It released a bunch of colored dust, and, with the wind blowing everywhere, the dust went around Earth.

"Think we should investigate?"

"Aren't we doing that?"

"I mean as in close?"

"You mean... making us as small as our kids?"

"...Almost."

"Let's watch first, then we'll see what happens." The two looked down at earth and noticed that, when the green dust landed on the floor, more smaller plants grew, giving Earth a more distinct look. Various colored dust landed and animals popped out, respectfully, in their environments. One dust in particular, stood out among the others: gold dust. The gold dust landed in three areas and made different creatures that looked so similar to their kids: When the dust landed on a cloud, ponies came out with wings! (The creation of the pegasus!); when said dust landed in the water, ponies swam to the land, and on their heads, they had a single horn on their head! (The birth of unicorns); Finally, when the dust landed on the ground, it ponies crawled their ways out of the ground, taking deep breaths on the surface. They didn't have a wing or horn at all (The birth of Earth Ponies.). All of these ponies were curious on what was happening, babbling like kids. They looked up and saw Elysium and Tartarus, all of them shrieking with fear, cowering on the floor.

"Alright, now I think these are the things you said we were meant to rule over."

"You... think we should make ourselves known?"

"We should." Elysium's horn glowed and it surrounded the two. In a light blue flash, they appeared, though still a bit like giants, were now walking on the Earth's surface. The ponies cowered in fear, not even knowing what they were, but figuring they were super powerful beyond imagining!

"Look at them! So weak & frightened by our presence!"

"They act very similar to our kids. Don't worry, new subjects, I am Elysium!!!"

"And I am Tartarus!"

"You'll be under our watchful eye!"

"And you'll learn from us... or else!!!"

"Tartarus! They're new here: let them be!"

"...For now, I'll listen. Let's go to that... weird thing that made all of this."

"I'll agree on that." They both flapped their wings and flew to the giant tree!

They landed near the tree, admiring it's hight in their size now! The tree was now stripped of life, and it slowly withered away. A bark fell off, revealing a green light.

"What... is that?" Elysium asked

"I'll get to it!" Tartarus answered. Using his sharp teeth, he ripped through the bark, revealing what made the green light: it was another one of their kids; a female, sleeping inside the tree. She was green all over her body, and her mane & tail was a darker shade It wasn't as big as the others, about the same size as, well, a seed. Tartarus lifted the small alicorn out and smacked his lips: another child will enter his belly soon! The child yawned and looked up to him, but she wasn't fazed at all. She just smiled a bit with her eyes halfway closed. Tartarus tilted his head to the side curiously.

"Why... aren't you afraid?" Tartasus asked

"Why should I be afraid?" the child responded with a question.

"Well... most of those before you have been afraid my our sight."

"Well then, I'm not like others, am I?"

"You... do realize you're going into my belly, right?"

"And so be it." He stared at the little alicorn. He levitated her right to Elysium.

"Here! you can have her."

"Why thank you!" Elysium replied. She levitated her to her own face. "What's your name, little brave one?"

"My name is Flora." The alicorn replied

"Do... you want to meet your siblings?"

"I... don't see why not." Elysium smiled. She opened her maw and levitated Flora into it. She closed her mouth and swallowed the little Alicorn, finding it really good she wasn't afraid at all.

Flora fell to the field below. No pony noticed her, but she fell right into Celestia's mane! Celestia looked around.

"Did one of you threw something at me?" Celestia asked. Everest, Aqua, and Luna shook their heads.

"Up here!" Flora spoke

"Who's there?"

"Me! In your mane!" Flora flew and landed on Celestia's snout. Celestia and the others stared at how small this little Alicorn was, and how it spoke in a high pitch voice.

"Look at how tiny she is!" Luna exclaimed

"Oh please," Flora replied "I know I'm going to grow in a few years!"

Natality and Mortality: The Princess and Prince of Life and Death.

Twilight awoke, finding herself on something soft. Her vision came back, and she found herself on a soft couch, with her left side feeling warmth while her right was freezing. Looking, both Fuego and Elsa were next to her, watching her get up.

"Why do I always black out every time I see the past?" Twilight asked herself

"Don't worry," Elsa replied "we all blacked out when we learned our parent's past!"

"Si!" Fuego added "especially when we we watched each other's past!"

"So... just a side effect?"

"Yep." They both replied. Twilight sighed to herself, levitating the map to her face. She could see Celestia was in a much larger room (a library maybe?), most likely chatting with another alicorn named 'Editor', who's cutie mark was a pencil & book.

"I thank you both for your time, but I really must go and find Celestia!"

"I'm not going to slow you down!" Elsa replied. She flared her wings (which now looked like icicles at the tips, as Twilight noticed) and flew away, leaving a trail of snow.

"And please," Fuego added "if you can, please, don't tell our familia that I dance... it's... already embarrassing for you two to know." Twilight giggled a bit.

"It's alright," Twilight replied "though you may need to stop Elsa before me." Fuego stared into space.

"You're right! ¡Vuelve aquí Elsa!!!" He flared his wings and flew away, leaving a trail of fire. Twilgiht got up and looked around where she was at. She seemed to be in a memorial area, with candles all around the area, making paths, leading to various memorials of different ponies. Twilight got up and looked at these different memorials: All of them had a list of the various things they in their life and how they were allowed to be inside Elysium. Some of these ponies didn't make it in history, probably for some being soldiers that died in a great war (despite their side losing), or others who may have performed such good deeds, but never got recognized for it. A couple really stood out, as these were ponies she recognized in history: General Firefly, the creator of the Wonderbolts; Commander Hurricane, Princess Platinum, and Chancellor Pudding-head with Clover the Clever, Smart Cookie, & Private Pansy, the founders of Equestira and who's personal assistance in love defeated the windigos & brought peace between the three nations; and finally, one Twilight knew a lot, Star Swirl the Bearded, the unicorn that is probably the most powerful back then, personal advisor to Celestia herself, and creator of the mirror she used to travel to the human world (despite his attitude that was very similar to Pinkie Pie's). Twilight couldn't help but stare at this memorial, as, on it, it had his physical hat & cape! Twilight looked around her, wondering if anypony was around. So far, nothing.

Come on, Twilight, She thought to herself This is Starswirl's hat & cape! This is so amazing!!!

"Must... touch!" She spoke t herself, sounding like Pinkie at any store. She reached her hoof out and, just inches away from the hat-

"DON'T TOUCH THAT!!!" A booming voice yelled. Twilight screamed, running away from the voice, not even seeing what was in front of her! She tripped over something that was smaller than her, causing her to fall the floor!

WHAM!!!

"Ouch!" A younger voice spoke "Watch where you're going!" Twilight turned around, seeing another alicorn, but she looked so... young! She stood about as tall as any of the cutie mark crusaders with Sweetie Belle's horn & Scootaloo's wings, despite being a bit plump. Her coat was golden yellow, her mane & tail were golden orange, and her cutie mark was a baby (not showing to be a filly or colt) in it's womb. Out from the shadow of a wall, another Alicorn came out of it. He stood about as tall as Everest, but there were many things about this Alicorn that made Twilight feel uncomfortable. Fist off, this Alicorn had on a black coat around him, covering his cutie mark, but even then, his hooves were only bone! His face... well... his eyes weren't there, but two small, glowing yellow dots for eyes, and his face was gone, showing only the skull of an Alicorn that must've died & is slowly rotting away. His wings were like his body: only skeleton, and even then, under the bones of his right wing, he had a scythe! That's when she remembered the legends: whenever a pony dies, they are greeted with the walking skeleton of a pony who comes to claim their soul! She froze in fear, as the walking skeleton approached her. He stopped a couple of inches, then turned to the smaller, more child looking Alicorn.

"Is she causing you trouble?" He asked in a low, near whispering voice.

"Oh no!" The smaller alicorn replied happily "she just tripped over me. Perhaps you shouldn't have scared her next time, dad."

"DAD!?!?!?" Twilight asked in surprise

"She was going to touch Starswirl's hat. I must make sure, for Starswirl's sake, that none of us touch it, my child.

"CHILD!?!?!?"

"You didn't have to scare her though!" The alicorn filly replied

"How would you do it then, child?" The skeleton replied

"Hm... I'd kindly walk up to her, introduce myself to her, and tell her to not touch it!"

"It'd be easy for you, being young and, well, cute, but for me, I'm sure it's another tale that'd end the same.

"Well... there... you're... probably right there."

"I am lost here!" Twilight exclaimed "Who are you two!?!?!?"

"My Apologies, Twilight Sparkle," The skeleton replied "I am Mortality, the Prince of Death, and this, before I became what I am, is-

"I'm Natality!" The young Alicorn interrupted "The Princess of Life! And yes, Mortality is my dad!"

"...of course!" Twilight yelled "Einstein and Socrates spoke that you were made into Alicorns, not born!"

"Kinda true, I am actually born as an Alicorn."

"But... what about him? What about your Father, Mortality?"

"That," Mortality replied ""Is a tale in itself. I'm not exactly sure you'd be able to handle watching it." Twilight gave him a stern look.

"I've seen a bunch of stuff that is weird. I'm sure I can handle it."

"If that's what you wish. Natality?"

"On it!" Natality replied. She stood next to the skeleton and the two used their magic together.

It's been a couple of days since Tartarus's little trick, and Elysium strolled across earth, casually walking with ponies on mountains watching her move in awe. Luckily for Elysium, Tartarus was asleep for the moment, meaning she could have her stroll with no worry. The trees she walked through only crumbled & fell under her size & weight, yet she makes sure to not destroy anything living around or in any of the trees, leaving behind a curved path of fallen trees. She found herself near a lake and felt a little bit thirsty, so she laid down on all fours and began to lap the lake, drinking the water. She fell down to her right side, shaking the whole ground around her, moved so her chest faced the woods, and closed her eyes. Her wings extend right out, and she soon fell asleep, feeling the warm sun on her, rubbing her belly idly while the feeling her children inside building something in there. A memorial maybe? She soon stopped and began to lightly snore, but a couple, a yellow earth pony mare with an orange mane and a white earth pony stallion with a pure black mane approached the sleeping giantess cautiously. They watched the sleeping giant, hearing her ears move when a couple of birds & the wind passed by it, and the giant's slight mumbles to herself. They approached to her as quietly as they can, walking to her back leg, which, very luckily, moved to an angle that they can climb on. They climbed the back leg together, as the stallion went first & helped the mare out, climbed upon the back leg of Elysium. When on the flank area, they then began to cautiously walk along the belly of the giant Alicorn, but stopped as the area shook!

Elysium felt the tiny ponies on her and giggled, finding them very ticklish. They both continued their progress, not becoming as ticklish to Elysium as they traveled, and made it to her neck area. Like the legs, the stallion climbed up to the cheek of Elysium, turned around, and helped the mare climb up the giant Alicorn's face. They began to walk on Elysium's muzzle, stoping a few feet as her nostrils sucked in air, then blew out with a deep breath that seemed to last an entire hour. They both sat down on their haunches and looked out to the lake, seeing the beauty of it. Elysium opened her left eye, seeing the couple sat on near her nostrils, but couldn't help but smile, seeing & admiring two ponies who were brave enough to climb her and not really have her notice them. She listened to the two talk to each other.

"Look at that," the stallion said "the beauty of this lake is nothing compared to your face."

"You are right on that," the mare replied with a giggle "but even then, I am not as beautiful as the giant we walk on at this moment."

"Maybe, but we did what nopony ever thought of doing when we first came here!"

"Oh please! It was your idea, I'm just here for, well, the experience!"

"And how was it?"

"It was... quite breathtaking! I thought she'd catch us, but, well, she didn't! We officially conquered her like your friends with the mountains!"

"How sweet of you two," Elysium spoke "but I'm afraid you didn't really conquer me nor did I not notice you two at all." The couple froze and slowly turned to the giant eye staring at them. Elysium giggled a bit, used her magic to lift the two into the air! They screamed a bit, as Elysium rolled herself into the lake, resting only her back inside and placed the couple onto her belly. They hugged & whimpered out of fear, trembling on the very belly of an Alicorn that, like the others, swallowed a small form of themselves that, by the looks of it, could control the very things of nature itself. Elysium stuck her right hoof to the two, seeing them cower a bit by it, but were calmed as she began to pet them both.

"I must say," Elysium spoke with a warm smile "you two climbing me while I'm asleep? I was am almost certain that all of you would cower from me rather than approach me, let alone, climb me. Quite impressive, might I say."

"So... you're not angry?" The mare asked

"Far from it! And that really was your idea, was it not?"

"Y-yes it was!" the stallion replied with a bow.

"Quite bold of you, might I say."

"Y-you really mean it?"

"I am not like Tartarus, so yes, I do. And I figured that, with the two impressing me, I'll allow you both to live here!"

"Near this lake!?" the mare asked with excitement.

"Oh yes! I'll watch over it and make sure Tartarus does nothing to hurt you. And, since there's two of you, I might as well grant you anything you wish!"

"...Anything?" they both asked

"Anything. Doesn't have to be right now, but-"

"We already have a request!" The mare interrupted. Elysium levitated the two, putting them onto her right hoof, and began to sit right up with her coat being drenched in water, though interested on what they had to say.

"What is it?"

"Well," the stallion spoke, scratching his legs as if it's a guilty thing. "we wish, after seeing you both, we wish to have a child of our own!" One of Elysium's eyebrows raised

"You... don't have any kids?"

"None of us do, Great Elysium," the mare replied with a bow, sounding a bit apologetic "We... don't know how to make kids at all! You've seen a couple of us tried, have you?"

"Oh yes... stacking rocks doesn't work, nor does planting seeds... hmm... I think I know what to do!"

"Yes!?" They both asked with hope.

"I need one of you to be the one who brings your child out, though. Which of you two will carry the child?" The couple looked at each other, unsure of what to do. the mare stepped up.

"I'll do it!"

"Wait!" The stallion spoke "Are you sure? I mean, what if-"

"I'll have you, remember? You've been there to protect me all this time, and I need you to do this for one last time! I trust you'll do what is needed to help our child live, am I right?"

"Well... I... you're right. Good luck."

"Is that you're wish?" Elysium asked. They both nodded to her. Elysium used her magic and levitated the mare up to the sky. A single, small glowing ball made it's way from Elysium's horn to the mare's own belly. It entered as if it were a ghost, and the mare was gently lowered down, falling into the forearms of the stallion. The stallion held the mare's head with his hooves, hearing her only murmur a bit.

"What did you-" the stallion spoke with fear

"Don't worry," Elysium interrupted "she is fine. Your child will come out soon, just give it time to develop." She lowered her hoof down to the edge of the lake, and the stallion placed the mare onto his back. When a couple of feet away, he jumped off Elysium's hoof, landing on the dry surface. He turned around, lowered the mare gently to the floor, and bowed to Elysium.

"Thank you, Elysium. I'll be sure nothing bad happens to them."

"I trust you will." Her horn glowed and she disappeared, landing back into space as the bigger giant she's known for being. The mare awoke when she left. the stallion turned to her and carefully lifted her head.

"Are you alright?"

"I'm fine." She replied, rubbing her own belly "And... I don't feel different. In fact, I feel the same. Are you sure what Elysium did was right?"

"She said it'll take some time. We need to be patient and, as Elysium said, let it grow until it's ready."

"...Yeah, you're probably right on that."

"Want to build our home now?"

"... That'll help."

4 Months later:

The couple had already built a house. It wasn't huge, but considering there weren't a lot of ponies around, this was fine by them. The mare (who named herself 'Eve') had a small, but noticeable bulge in her belly, meaning that what Elysium had done was working. She now had a strange craving for apples that grew around her, and since they've been growing everything, her cavings were, on occasion, fulfilled, though the stallion (Who named himself 'Adam') had to go out every once in a while to find more fruit for their child. Elysium visited on a monthly basis, shrinking to their size to check on how their child was developing and was surprised at how her magic was working. She claims that other ponies saw their performance, tried to do the same thing (though most failed), and the succeeders requested to have a child as well. Elysium didn't want to bring despair to anypony, but told them that, until Eve brings out the child and nothing is wrong with it, then she'll help them have children, but for now, this was uncertain. Today was another day where Elysium would visit, and Adam had to find Eve some fruit in the forest. Unbeknownst to him, Tartarus watched from a distance. Adam found some apples and, with a knapsack, took some away. He turned around and was greeted with the smiling face of Tartarus!

"Tartarus!" Adam yelled, backing up a bit "What... are you doing here, good sir?"

"Oh... I'm just strolling along... seeing Elysium going into your house... in your size." Tartarus responded, trying to sound innocent.

"I'm no expert, but I know you're not allowed to enter our limits."

"Oh, but I'm not! You're a couple of feet away from home, so you're out of your territory."

"Really? Well... I'll be going... so... good b-"

"Wait! I heard how Elysium is allowing Eve to have a child."

"That's right. Now, I'm sorry, but I must-"

"You want your child to be strong, right?" Adam froze in place and turned around

"What did you say?"

"Your child. You want it to be strong, yes?"

"W-what do you mean by that?"

"What I mean is that you want your child to be strong, right?"

"Strong?"

"If there's one thing I've noticed, it's that, when you were all made, you were weak when you came out of the ground."

"...Yeah. We... kinda were."

"Oh yes! And you're going to have a child that isn't born from the ground at all, right?"

"...yes. Elysium planted our child in Eve's belly, her womb as Elysium calls it."

"And aren't you a bit worried that your child will be weak when it's born?"

"...Weak?"

"Oh yes! You're child will exit the womb, not from the ground like you! The other ponies will view you as a strong protector who's guarding something that's weak in everything. Many will not stop attacking your home and, when you fail, Eve and your child will fall be victims to them!"

"Are... no! Y-you lie! Ponies are going to Elysium and asking her for children of their own!"

"Oh, they are! But, ager Elysium said 'no', do you really think they'll be as patient as you with your child?"

"Well... they must be! They must be-"

"So you really believe ALL ponies are as patient as you two?"

"Well th- ... No. They're... not."

"What was that?"

"They're not!"

"Good! And are you prepared to defend your child and Eve forever?"

"...No."

"And you're correct!"

"Where are you getting at? Why are you telling me this?"

"I'm actually concerned for your child."

"Y-you are?"

"Oh yes!"

"But... why?"

"So many reasons! One is, of course, is that another pony will be introduced in this world, and it's another pony I can rule over!"

"Is that all?"

"Oh no! Your child has plenty of potential when it grows up! Who knows, it may even get ponies under one united banner! Perhaps, even my own-"

"You're not going to take control of my child!!!"

"Hey! I'm just suggesting something. But, I think you'll do."

"What do you-" Tartarus levitated two of the apples out of the knapsack and used a spell on it. The apples glowed a red glow, resembling a skull, but disappeared quickly.

"Give Eve this apple and have her eat it."

"What will it do?"

"The child will become much stronger in the process, being almost as strong as those two others you saw as you walked around. the other, well, that's yours."

"...What if I refuse to eat my apple?"

"The choice is yours, I'm not going to force you to eat it... but it will help. See you later!" He disappeared with a red flash, leaving Adam alone again. Adam looked at the enchanted apples.

I'll only give Eve the one!" he thought The other... I'll save until it's needed! He trotted back to his cabin.

When he entered back into his cabin, he saw Eve chatting with Elysium, both chatting with each other.

"I take it the child is doing well?" Elysium asked

"It's going great!" Eve replied "I've been craving apples since you placed it inside me, and I'm guessing that it's going to be normal in the future."

"Cravings for food? Interesting, I'll have to make a note on this." She turned to Adam "There you are! What took you so long?"

"Oh, sorry," Adam replied "I was busy looking for apples." He pulled out one of the enchanted apples. "Look Eve!"

"Bring it here!" Eve pleaded "I need apples!"

"Alright, Alright, calm down Eve." He handed Eve the apple, sweating a bit. Eve took a bit of the apple, chewing it a bit, then stopped.

"Adam?"

"...Yes?"

"Where did you get this apple?"

"Uh... I... found it in the woods. Is there something wrong with it?"

"Hmm... it's that... it's... how do I place it?" Adam began to sweat hard, not made easy with Elysium, who looked at him.

"Is it juicy?" Elysium asked

"Yeah! That's it! It's so juicy! I love it!" Adam released a sigh of relief.

"I take it that with you looking for those apples, you tend to sneak the juiciest ones for yourself, right?"

"Oh no!" Adam replied, chuckling a bit nervously "I just don't want her and the child hurt, that's all!"

"Oh good! It looks like you talked with Tartarus when you searched for those apples." They all chuckled together, but Adam sweated a bit.

SHE KNOWS!!! He yelled internally

"Well, looks like I have to go! Next month, Eve?"

"Next Month, Elysium!" Eve replied. Elysium's horn glowed and she disappeared in a blue light. Adam placed the apples on the table (sneaking the enchanted one away for himself) and sat onto the chair Elysium sat on.

"So the child is doing well?" Adam asked

"Of course! I'm confident our child will come out as strong as we were out of the earth!"

"Yeah... the first, non earth born pony in history." Oh please! What have I done!?

5 Months later:

The day had come for their child to be born, and it was looking awful! During the past few months, Eve's belly has swollen, and she's not as active and more cautious about what she's doing. Simply walking has now became a task for her, as she fears she may hurt the baby with any step. Many other ponies have came to their house, groups even, all around their house, begging to have their child! Adam proceeded to tell them that this was their gift from elysium, their responsibility, and that, when it comes out & it's fine, then they can have children of their very own. He kept his enchanted hidden away, hidden in right next to a tree near the lake. Luckily, he didn't have to eat it, and his conflicts end with conversations rather than violence, giving him & Eve the peace they needed to help the child grow. During the months, Adam, with the collecting of apples, dug a tunnel underneath their home to the other side of the where he placed the enchanted apple, using the dirt & sticks as a way to cover the door. To make sure if any of them were injured, he made a pulley system with a cart underneath so, when Eve needs to escape and Adam's unavailable, she can pull herself away from the danger and, hopefully, with the child, escape. Each visit by Elysium has impressed the titan mare herself, seeing the child develop inside and, during her visit, saw it move a bit! This surprised all of them, and they knew that, in a flew short weeks to a month, Eve will need to prepare herself for it's birth. Elysium said that she may not be there to help Eve with the baby, for she and Tartarus had some 'issues' to discuss.

The day began with pounds on their door and angry yells from the ponies outside! Adam opened the door, seeing them all yell at him.

"Everypony!" Adam yelled "Please! We're close to having the child! If you please, go home and wait for a couple of days! Elysium will grant your wish for a child!"

"We're tired of waiting!" a lone pegasus yelled "Give us the child!"

"It's not even out yet! Please! Go home!"

"NO!!!" Another pony yelled "Give us the child!"

"Give us the child!" Another yelled

"Give us the child!" A small group yelled. Soon, the entire crowd shunted together 'Give us the Child!' together!

"ADAM!!!" Eve's voice yelled. Adam closed the door behind him & locked the door! The crowd got louder, as banging was heard from the door & along the walls! Adam ran to Eve, who was breathing hard.

"Eve!" Adam yelled "What's wrong!? Why are you-"

"It's coming!"

"W-what!?"

"THE CHILD!!! IT'S COMING!!!"

"N-Now!? But the crowd! They-"

"Heard that!?!?!?" One of the ponies yelled "The child is coming out!"

"I say we go in there and take it ourselves!!!" Another yelled. The crowd released a unified agreement, followed by harder hangings on the door & walls! Adam opened the trap door and, with his strength, placed Eve in there.

"No, Wait!" Eve pleaded, panting hard "What about you!?"

"I know!" Adam replied "But your safety and the child's is greater than mine! Please, don't make any noises!"

"I'll-" A loud Crash was heard! Adam shutter the door, sealing Eve in darkness. He turned around, seeing ponies entering & tearing their house apart! Adam held up a stool as his weapon, preparing himself for the horde of impatient ponies who don't want to listen to Elysium in wondering if the child will be good or not. Everything did not go well for him: The unicorns took his weapon away from him & began to tear the house down! All the pegasi helped the unicorns, flying & breaking anything they can to see if there's any place a child or Eve could hide it. The Earth ponies ganged up against Adam, using clubs & their own hooves to beat the stallion.

"She's not here!!!" One of the ponies yelled. An earth pony grabbed Adam by his neck, holding him in the air & slamming him into the part that's not entirely destroyed.

"Where is she!?" The pony demanded

"Far... from... here!" Adam replied weakly. He was thrown onto the floor, followed by some kicking to his sides. Adam crawled away, but was thrown like a rag doll by the unicorns, causing him to crash into the tree with the escape hole next to it. He landed right in front of the apple, gleaming in the sunlight, tempting Adam to take a bit into it & use what Tartarus promised.

No! He thought to himself Elysium must help! She must! He was barbed again, turned around, and was slammed into the tree!

"We won't ask again!" Another pony yelled "Where. Is. The. Child?"

"I'm... not... talking!" Adam replied. He was greeted with a punch in the gut, causing him to fall down, look up, and was greeted with a buck to the face! "Elysium! Please!!! HELP!!!"

"Elysium ain't going to help you!" Another pony yelled. He was grabbed by his mane, as some other ponies held onto his head, making him look at his house. Some ponies stood near the house, holding torches in their hooves.

"We're giving you this final chance!" Another pony yelled "Where is she and you're house will be fine!"

"You're... bluffing!" Adam replied. Silence fell among them.

"Burn it."

"WHAT!?!?!?" The ponies dropped their torches and the cabin began to erupt in flames! "NO!!! EVE!!!" He tried to look back, but being so weak and being held by ponies denied him the chance to look at his escape route. Oh please! Eve! Don't be here! Don't be- Screaming was heard from below! Silence fell among them, as the ponies looked everywhere for the sound. Then, crying followed... cries of a baby. The ponies turned around and surrounded the make shift escape route, covered by leaves, grass, & roots.

"AN ESCAPE ROUTE!" One of the ponies yelled

"GET THE BABY!!!" Another yelled. Adam was dropped to the ground, as ponies surrounded and opened the escape door! Eve screamed loudly, as A unicorn used it magic and lifted the baby into the air: it was the baby of Natality, who screamed in fear as ponies began to fight each other over her! A pegasus flew in and took the baby away from the unicorn's grip, but was tackled by some other pegasi! Adam could only watch in shock as, all of these ponies, who were once nice & kind to one another, given life that same day, now went insane, battling each other over his baby! Natality screamed as she was tossed around, ponies grabbing her, only to have her accidentally thrown into the air and repeated over again! He saw Eve climbing out weakly, only to be trampled multiple times by the other ponies, who only wanted their baby! Adam looked down and saw the Apple.

"Elysium," he spoke to himself "Forgive me." He took the apple close to his lips and bit into it! He screamed in pain, as he felt himself turning painfully! Some of the ponies stopped and backed up, seeing Adam run & fall towards them, screaming with pain as he glowed dark red! Though only in red coloring, they saw Adam growing a horn straight from his forehead, and wings from his back, all with the sounds of him screaming and his bones cracking! They all backed away, and Adam floated in the air, making a lone stream of magic around the crying Natality and brought her to Eve, who only watched in fear on what was happening to Adam. A lone pegasus saw this as his opportunity and flew in to Eve and tried to take the child away! A lone bolt of magic hit the pegasus, causing him to scream in pain before looking down at himself and seeing, from the bottom of her legs and traveling upwards, he began to turn into a pile of dust! The ponies began to run away from them, but they were hit with the magic and they too turned into dust, all except for Eve and their Child. Elysium landed onto the floor but stopped, as a lone earth pony stallion was shocked and fell to her hooves!

"PLEASE!!!" The stallion yelled as, already, half of his body was dust "HELP ME!!!" His last words, and he was now a pile of dust. Elysium looked ahead and saw the last of the ponies turn into dust! Adam began to float into the air, and had a large, white ball of energy around him! In a matter of moments, he let out one last scream of pain, as the energy exploded, sending the whole blast around the world, making a blast so bright, Elysium had to cover her eyes! Soon, all was normal again... at least... anywhere but here. piles of dust were around, which were carried away by the wind itself, nearly vanished with no trace. Elysium saw only Eve, lying on her back, holding onto their child in her hooves, but not breathing. Their child cried loudly, not even sure what to think anymore. Elysium looked at the baby: she was an Alicorn like her own children! Elysium levitated the child over and held her in one leg, gently rocking it. The child, luckily, calmed down a bit, gurgling at the sight of Elysium & lifted her hooves to touch her other mother's face. Elysium smiled a bit, but looked back at the new Alicorn that was Adam. What did Adam do!? Was this a spell he knew!? Couldn't have been: He's an earth pony, not a unicorn! He walked around the alicorn and saw a partially bitten apple.

"...Tartarus." Elysium scolded.

"Looking for me?" Tartarus greeted himself. The baby Alicorn cried, hiding her face away from the evil Alicorn stallion.

"What... did you do?"

"Oh Elysium! It's not what I did, but it's what Adam did! I simply gave him the apple."

"Is that what Eve ate!? You made Adam give that apple to Eve!?"

"I didn't force him to. He, again, chose to do it."

"How did you convince him to do it, then?"

"Easy! This is the first child to not be born our ways, but their ways, and, as a result, it may be weaker than everypony else."

"That's it!? So you can make this pony stronger!?"

"When you put it that way, you make it sound like it's a bad thing."

"...What about Adam?"

"I gave him that apple as a way for him to defend himself if needed! Admit it Elysium, you did all of this: Denied the ponies a chance to have children, all because you really weren't sure if it'd be good in the future."

"... I... can't believe I'm saying this, but... you're right. I did this! I... took their lives away! I... I created... I thought they'd live for as long as we can, and I took it away from them."

"You made them Mortal! Oh, if only you could travel back in time and stop this! Do you want me to-"

"No. I... need to learn this."

"W-What happened?" Adam's voice spoke. The two looked and saw the alicorn getting up from the floor, standing weakly. He looked around and saw the two Alicorns with is daughter. "E-Elysium? Tartarus?" He began to walk to them being strangely faster and not as strong as he used to be. He looked to his daughter, who only cried at his presence. "No! Wait! I'm your daddy! Look! Mommy's... Eve? Eve!?" He turned and saw Eve on the floor. "EVE!!!" He ran to her and looked at her body. He lifted her head up, feeling that she's cold now and not even breathing. He began to shake her a bit, but still, no response what soever He shook even harder! "EVE!!! Wake up! Wake up Eve! Wake up!!!"

"She can't wake up." Tartarus spoke

"W-what do you mean?"

"She will never wake up. Due to you not accepting my gift those months ago, your performance terrified her so much, she has passed away.

"P-p-passed? W-what does that mean!?"

"She is dead." Elysium replied, having a tear fall down her cheek.

"D-dead?"

"You killed her." Tartarus replied.

"N-No! I couldn't have! She was alive! Injured, but alive, I felt it! I feel her!" He looked at his reflection in the lake and stammered back, seeing himself as an alicorn! It was him, but with a horn sticking out of his forehead and wings of a pegasus. "W-what's happened to me!? TELL ME!!!"

"You're... one of our children now." Elysium replied, holding his daughter up. "You and your daughter." He froze and shivered, looking at his hooves.

"T-that means... those ponies-"

"Are now gone, because of you."

"...Eve... I'm... sorry!" Tears began to fall out of his eyes. He felt something warm around him.

"I forgive you." Eve's comforting voice spoke. He turned to his left and saw a blue glowing, transparent Eve, hugging him.

"EVE!!! W-What happend to you!?" She looked to her body, then back to him

"I'm dead now. When that blast came, I felt my heart stop, and my vision became dark. I felt you shake my body, wanting me to come back, and I did. Oh Adam, why didn't you tell me what happened!? WHY!?!?!?"

"I... I didn't want you to worry! I-i figured Tartarus was right: our child IS the first born pony, and she needed to be strong! I did my best to refuse his offer for me, but seeing our child thrown around like that! I-i was enraged! I had to do a necessary evil to make sure she'd be safe! I-i didn't realize... what would happen. Oh Eve... I... I'm a monster!" He began to tear up again. Eve's spirit gave him a tight hug.

"You're not a monster, Adam! You were the only stallion who was willing to sacrifice himself for me! You protected me at the best of your limits!"

"R-really?"

"YES!!! Our child is now safe! She's so special! Look at her!" Tears fell down her eyes, and she began to sniff. "She's... an angel!"

"She is."

"We need a name for her though!"

"... How about... Natality?"

"Natality? That's... a beautiful name!" Elysium began to tear up a bit, seeing the couple, though both dead, happy enough, hugging each other, and hearing such a beautiful name for their daughter. Tartarus rolled his eyes at the sight. The new Adam looked to Elysium.

"Elysium. Please, is it... alright if Eve goes with our daughter?"

"You... want her to be in my belly?" Elysium asked

"Oh yes!" Eve replied, crying loudly "Please! I'm her mother and a victim to Tartarus's plan! It's only fair I go with Natality into your belly!"

"I... I think I can do that. And Adam, would you-"

"He can't!" Tartarus interrupted with a growl! Natality cried a bit, hiding her face into Elysium's chest.

"Why not!?!?!?"

"Because he introduced something horrible that will affect for all other generations in the future, one that I will enjoy: Death!"

"Only because I fell for your tricks!" Adam snapped right back.

"Yes! But you followed it! You wanted your child to be strong, and you, when Elysium wasn't there, when you should've waited for a couple of minutes, you took a bite of that apple. And there was stuff you could've done to that apple all those months ago! Smash it, crush it, throw it in the lake, give it to somepony else, but nope! You kept it hidden away. Why?"

"I... I... it was for an emergency."

"Exactly! And now, you're mine!"

"NO!" Eve yelled "Don't take Adam away! Take me in-"

"Eve," Adam interrupted, placing his hoof on her "please... I have to do this. This is my punishment."

"No! You can't! You and I could-"

"I'm sorry Eve, but you must raise Natality in Elysium's belly. I'm sure that pony is alright in there, and there are others in there, right Elysium?"

"Oh yes!" Elysium replied, rubbing her belly "They're all happy in there!"

"But-But... what about you?" Eve asked "You can help raise her!"

"I can't," Adam replied "But... you must take care of her. She's too afraid of me now. Just look around us! Nothing! No coat, no skin, no flesh! Just... dust! Eve, if you want Natality to be her best, please, go inside Elysium! I will accept whatever punishment Tartarus throws at me."

"Are you sure?" Adam grabbed Eve's hoof with his own.

"There is nothing that will make me forget about you." They both went in for a hug for the last time, as Adam's wings surrounded the two together. Elysium levitated the child slowly, and Eve accepted her into her hooves. The Titan Alicorns used their magic and turned into their gigantic selves again, towering over the planet! They both uses their magic and levitated the ones that will enter their bellies. Adam & Eve tried to reach out for each other, but knew that, whatever they tried to do, nothing will work.

"Raise her well!!!" Adam yelled, entering the maw of Tartarus.

"I WILL!!!" Eve replied, holding Natality in her grape while entering Elysium's maw "For both of us!" The giant's mouths closed on them and swallowed their new habitants, even though Elysium hesitated for a few seconds. Elysium's horn glowed, and she fired a spell that made all the mares pregnant with their own kids! Death was introduced that day, but so was new life! The ponies may not I've forever, but, at least they will teach their children about all they learned, and the kids will continue for generations to come.

Adam fell into the dark pit of Tartarus's belly, landing on the rough floor with a loud thud! Fuego and Aeros ran to him, but backed up, seeing the alicorn move. Adam picked himself up and looked around, seeing the lava & smolder everywhere.

"So," Adam spoke "This is the inside of Tartarus?"

"It is." Aeros replied with a nod.

"What is your name, Hermano?" Fuego asked

"My name?" Adam asked "Well, I made all ponies mortal now. Natality... Mortal... please, call me Mortality."

Eve and her daughter gently fell into the grassy fields, landing near the other Alicorns. They stopped and walked to her, only to be stutter back.

"Who is that!?" Aqua asked in pure confusion.

"She looks nothing like us!" Everest added

"And what is that she's holding?" Luna asked. A small vine came along and took Natality out of Eve's hooves. Eve didn't hesitate, seeing the vines weren't being fought at all, and young Natality giggled with joy. The baby Alicorn was taken to Flora, who looked at the baby with curiosity.

"Is this... another sister?" Flora asked.

"It can't be!" Blizzard pleaded "She's so... young."

"That's because she's born." Eve spoke. The Alicorn turned to the Earth pony, surprised to see how she stood almost as tall as both Aqua & Flora together. Celestia walked to Eve, being firm, but curious.

"Who are you?" Celestia asked

"My name is Eve. That young one is Natality, my daughter."

"Your daughter?" Luna asked "But, we're all the children of Elysium, right?"

"Yes, you are. Elysium allowed to have a child, and she was born."

"...Care to tell us what happened?" Celestia asked.

"...I will, but I fear... it's a tragic tale."

"We will listen." All the Alicorns sat around Eve, patiently listening to Eve's story. Flora gave Eve back her baby. Eve took a deep breath, and looked at her audience.

"It all began with a pony named Adam, and we both climbed your Mother, Elysium, while she was sleeping."

Alloy: Prince of Metal.

Twilight woke up from the vision from the past, tearing up after seeing what happened.

WHY!? Twilight thought Why did you do that!? She turned to see Mortality & Natality together, with a third pony. The third wasn't an Alicorn at all, but an earth pony mare. That's when she realized who was there!

"Hello there, Twilight!" Eve greeted herself with a bow.

"Eve," Twilight simply replied "I... saw your past."

"Oh yes, I'm sure you did."

"I apologize for what you've seen, Twilight Sparkle," Mortality spoke, still in near whisper "But all of that stuff was needed to be seen."

"I'm just glad Daddy hadn't forgotten about us!" Natality added, hugging her father's leg. He looked down at her.

"I was so close, I'm just glad you are as beautiful as your mother, even after her death."

"I'm still here!" Eve replied

"Oh... Sorry." He turned to Twilight, who only watched the three, completely mismatched family, stood together as if they were meant for each other.

"Do you want me to leave you alone?" Twilight simply asked.

"That would be pleasant." Twilight got up and began to walk away from the family. Who would've though the Grim Reaper, Mortality, the Prince of Death, would've had a wife and an Alciorn child that did the opposite of what he did! Love really did act strange, but, they never spoke of love once. Maybe love was unneeded back then, since, after all, they were just born... and... perhaps, since Elysium & Tartarus are so opposite, they must've hated each other. But... how was Cadence made then?

Twilight thought to herself, when she noticed the tail of her mentor traveling down some stairs. Could that really be her!? Hopefully, Eris wasn't doing some trick to Twilight.

"Celestia!" Twilight pleaded, running after her mentor. Celestia must've not heard her student, and she traveled down into a dark area. Twilight looked down and only heard what sounded like a forge down there. Did Celestia request new boots or a crown? Twilight entered the dark room, seeing the place getting darker with each step down, and clanging getting louder! She noticed a glowing, dark red light below and decided to follow it. Why was Celestia down here!? There had to be a good reason!

Twilight could feel heat in there, seeing the dark light was non other than lava, surrounded by a well forged well with, around it, a forgery that is clean, organized, and was much bigger than Canterlot's forgery. What really fought her eye, however, was a light turning on, showing something bright. Twilight covered her eyes, but adjusted to the sudden brightness, seeing that it was golden armor on a statue of Celestia! The statue was posed as if it were leading an army into battle... quite fitting for her actually, since Celestia never backed down from a fight and, with her wisdom, made sure few lives would be lost. She walked to the golden armor, seeing that it was dented a bit, but clean looking & could be worn in battle if needed. It protected many of the vital parts, surrounding the chest & neck area (with Celestia' Cutie Mark in front), the flank, and the top & bottom parts of each leg. It wore a helmet that matched with the armor, looked a lot more menacing than a crown, and had a face guard to it, leaving only the eyes vulnerable. The statue also held, in it's hooves, what looked like a golden Spear-Axe mix, matching the armor perfectly. Another light was turned on nearby and a statue of Luna, posed as if it were also leading the attack with Celestia in mind, stood next to the Celestia statue. Like The celestia statue, the armor looked similar, but it was black, had Luna's Cutie mark on the chest, and she held a sword in her hoof in which the edge on the hilt was shaped like her wings with a crescent moon in the middle, pointing towards the blade! Soon, multiple lights were turned on, each with a statue of an Alicorn underneath it, all wearing Armor that, though designed to work the same, looked unique in some cases to match their personality, were different colors, and each statue was posed in a way to look like they were charging into battle, but still matching their personality with the right weapon of choice for them. (With the exception of Mortality, Natality, Bureaucrat, and a couple of other Alicorns Twilight has yet to meet.)

Many of the weapons are as followed: Braveheart had both Sword that looked like the mightiest of out of all of them and a shield that could defend him from all attacks; Everest had a large hammer that looked & probably was the heaviest out of all of them; Eris had a pair of nunchucks that wouldn't look graceful and, well crazy; Flora actually had a bow & some arrows, most likely tipped with poisons her plants may grow or having bait animals will be attracted to; Einstein & Socrates held what looked like twin swords, with Einstein's looking more for attack while Socrate's was more for defense; Aqua looked as if she was going to throw a trident as if it were a spear, Areos held a small sword compared to the others, probably a dagger, but considering how fast he was, he didn't mind doing a sneak attack;Fuego held what really looked more like a machete than a sword, but it looked as if it could go on fire as well, while Blizzard had some spears that, with her, would most likely have icicles on the tips. Cadence's statue was on the far side, sitting down & holding also a bow & arrow. Many of the other Alicons, she couldn't recognize, and though Mortality's statue held onto Natality's status with her armor on, his statue looked as if it held onto the scythe, but it was gone.

"Beautiful, aren't they?" A deep voice asked. Twilight jumped into the air a bit and turned around! Standing right behind her, standing just as tall as Everest, but looking much more muscular, stood an Alicorn stallion that had no mane or tail, but looked as if her were made of metal himself with a cutie mark of a Hammer in front of a cog. "Sorry about that. You're Twilight Sparkle, right?"

"...I am." She responded "Is this your Forge?"

"Very well indeed! Name's Alloy, Prince of Metal! What you're seeing, right now, has to be my most finest work ever!"

"All those statues?"

"Oh no! Those are provided by both Everest and Masterpiece, I'm talking about the armors and weapons!"

"Oh... you... made all of them?"

"Every single one of them by my own hooves! If it weren't for my weapons & armor, we'd all be under Tartarus's power."

"Wait... what!?"

"Oh, sorry, not suppose to speak about that yet." He pulled out a measuring tape and began to inspect Twilight with it.

"What are you doing?"

"Taking precautions, just in case."

"Precautions?"

"Oh, you know, in case we fail our task and Tartarus wakes up, resolving in us having to take him down."

"...What!?"

"But that's not going to happen... hopefully."

"Alright... what happens if... whatever we do... succeeds?"

"Oh, that? You get complimentary armor & a weapon by the best blacksmith in Earth's history! It's funny though; many of Earth's finest warriors wear the best armor & use the best weapons, but we blacksmiths never get the thanks we deserve."

"Do... you feel a bit angered by it?"

"A little bit, but, I remember this: we work behind the scenes to make sure those who use them, survive and change history."

"I... never thought of it like that."

"Yeah, not many do. Most ponies feel themselves as the heroes when, as I've seen in history with my brothers & sisters, they're actually nothing more than a side character. I accepted the fact that ponies don't recognize me and any of my other siblings. Of course, with their armor, I'm glad they thanked me when it all ended."

"...Do you wear armor?"

"Of course not! Who needs armor when your own skin is made of Titanium, the toughest metal in the world!"

"...Touche' there Alloy, Touche'."

"But I'm not going to charge in like an idiot. I have my limits like anypony else. Why, I was vulnerable when I was born!"

"How- Never mind, just show me."

"You got it!" His horn glowed red and the past was shown.

A whole kingdom was built with barely any tress standing, with the said standing trees belong pulled out by their roots! All across this kingdom, ponies weren't happy at all, but instead, hated each other and trained to their physical peaks and seem to lack emotion. Everywhere, Pegasi patrolled their areas, acting like guards and hollered at others to follow specific orders at one another, leading to fights that ends with a pegasus killing another; Unicorns also patrolled, but planned everything out, using their magic to protect themselves and oppress their surrounding peers; Earth Ponies were nothing but slaves: they did all the physical hard labor, were treated badly by the pegasi (who viewed them as excuses of life), and unicorns took some away for horrible experiments. A flash of red light came down, and Tartarus landed there, about their size, but still standing tall enough to not be threatened. The Earth Ponies shook & fell to the floor, desperately trying to bow while work at the same time! The Pegasi and Unicorns, however, smiled and bowed to the Alicorn. Tartarus turned to a lone unicorn, who stood up from a seat carved out of stone.

"My Lord Tartarus," The unicorn spoke with a bow, showing much respect "what brings you down to our construction area?"

"You're behind schedule," Tartarus replied "and so far, you haven't brought out those 'Diamond Dogs' your top unicorns are making."

"Trust me, they are!"

"What's making your construction longer?"

"It's something the Earth Ponies stumble while digging. Come, you may want to see it." The two traveled to a mining area where earth ponies dug with their hooves. Some earth ponies dragged out a large piece of metal (silver by the looks of it), stopping only when it was fully out of their hole. Tartarus went to the metal and placed his hoof on it.

"What is this?"

"We call it 'Metal'."

"Metal?""

"We're not really sure, but we believe it's stronger than earth itself, but, we're not sure what to do with it."

"... I think I have an idea. ALL OF YOU: STAND BACK!!!" All the ponies backed up away from Tartarus and the large chunk of metal in front of him. Tartarus's horn glowed, and all of the fire around the camp began to float towards the Alicorn. Tartarus, with all of the fire in his magic, blasted the metal, and everypony watched in awe as the metal began to melt under the extreme heat! The flame went away, and the metal was now liquid, slowly drying to become hard on the surface, and, in front of him, was the young Alloy. Alloy himself wasn't metal like he was now, but a grey coated Alicorn that didn't have a mane or tail at all. The pegasi and unicorns all went into defensive positions, waiting for the new Alicorn to make his move. Alloy groaned a bit and slowly got up, seeing Everypony holding makeshift weapons at him! He growled at them, successfully making some back off, but others kept going towards him. Tartarus lifted his right hoof up, and everypony stopped, obeying their master. Tartarus walked to Alloy, splashing through the liquid metal, and stood in front of his son.

"Who are you!?" Alloy growled at his father.

"I am the one who freed you from your prison," Tartarus replied "and I am your father!"

"Father? ... And who are all of these?"

"These are my- NO! Our followers!"

"Followers?"

"Oh yes! They follow us, fear us, worships, and I, being the most powerful around, aid them when they really need it!"

"So... we're more powerful?"

"Exactly! And I'm using my power to get this world under one flag! But enough about me, who are you?"

"... My name is Alloy."

"Alloy? Well... Alloy... as much as I'd like to get to know you more, you need to visit your brothers and sisters."

"Where are they?" Tartarus's horn glowed and Alloy began to shrink in front of him! Tartarus grabbed his son with his grape and lifted his son to his face.

"They're right in here!" Tartarus began to rub his belly to show where his siblings were at. He began to levitate his son into his maw.

"NO!!! I will not be eaten! You will pay!!! You-" His ranting was muffled, as Tartarus closed his mouth around Alloy, titled his head back, and swallowed. Tartarus began to walk away, but felt himself stuck inside something. He looked down and realized he was in the puddle of liquified metal. He ripped the chunk off and saw the metal had formed around his hoof. That's when he got the idea: Use Metal to make weapons and armor!

Alloy fell into the dark land, landing right next to his other siblings. Braveheart was there, meaning that Alloy was born just a few weeks or months after War was declared by the two nations.

"Well Well Well," Braveheart spoke, walking towards his brother "We got ourselves another family member!"

"He has no mane or tail!" Aeros commented

"Ew!" Eris also commented "That's just as disgusting as Mortality!"

"I am right here, sister." Mortality spoke.

"Come on up!" Fuego spoke, lending Alloy a hoof. Alloy slapped the hoof out of his face and got up on his own.

"What is your name, brother?" Braveheart, stepping towards Alloy.

"My name is Alloy." He responded "And who are you all?"

"♫ We are Family!♫" Eris sang out of nowhere.

"Silence!" Fuego shouted, hurting with fire for a small bit, then cooled down.

"What do you do here?" Alloy asked.

"We wait." Braveheart replied

"Wait?"

"We will soon be released for the final war in history, the End of Elysium!!!"

"Fuego told us Elysium has a sister like him!" Aeros added.

"Which means Elysium likely has others like us with her. I can't wait to hear them all scream & beg for mercy!"

Masterpiece: Princess of Art

Twilight awoke to the sound of clanging, then saw Alloy using the Forge, smashing some metal with his right hoof as if it were a hammer. He stopped and looked at Twilight for a couple of seconds, then turned back, continuing his work. Twilight got up and walked next to Alloy, seeing what he was making.

"I know," Alloy commented "my origin is not as impressive as the others."

"I'm not commenting on your origins," Twilight replied "I'm more or less surprised at how Tartarus's kingdom worked and how he made the ponies make the Diamond Dogs."

"Oh yeah. He wanted Diamond Dogs as a way to dig faster, then, as you can guess, use them to mine more resources from Earth to make their new armor and weapons. Of course, Diamond Dogs weren't the first of many species created by ponies for Tartarus, but also the Griffons, Quarray Eels, Tatzulwurms, Sea Serpents, Centaurs, Chimeras, Timberwolves, Parasprites, Cockatrice, Cragadiles, Hydras, Ursas, Manticores, Windigos, Changelings, and Minotaurs."

"HE MADE THEM!?!?!?"

"His followers made them."

"Well... aren't there any creatures Elysium made?"

"Hm... ah! Those would be the Breezies, Gargoyles, Jackalopes, Cerberus, and Orthroses, though those two appeared right after Elysium fell into her slumber."

"Gargoyles... I believe Scorpan is one, am I right?"

"Oh yes! Many of the species, which I'm sure you've came across before and after becoming an Alicorn yourself, act & think like any other pony. Of course, as you can guess, many of them choose to follow their own paths after our parents downfall, but some, like Changeling & Cerberus, still follow our parent's original design for them."

"I see. But what about Dragons?"

"...Dragons? They were actually created by both Elysium AND Tartarus together."

"Really!?"

"Yeah. As you can guess, Dragons were mixed bag for both, as Elysium is proud of their Dragon Code & prefer solitude, but Tartarus loves it when they cause pain & misery to the ponies, along with their greed."

"Huh, interesting... Oh! Quick question."

"Ask away."

"Did Celestia come down here?"

"... She did."

"Really!? What was she here for!?"

"She was-" A door slammed open, showing the silhouette of another one of Celestia's so called siblings.

"Are you really Twilight Sparkle!?!?!?" The figure asked in a really beautiful woman's voice.

"... I am." Twilight replied. The figure's horn glowed a flowing rainbow, and an aura surrounded Twilight. "Oh shoo-" Before she could finish the word, she was dragged out of the room with Alloy in it, back into the hallways with the light nearly blinding her! After a few seconds of adjusting to the light, Twilight looked down to see who's foalnapping her. The alicorn was female, as suggested by the voice, but almost like Eris, her coat kept changing color, though it wasn't as random & it was only in single colors, no patterns or weird fade ins. Her mane was more random, as it was in blotches & fade-ins of colors, though the colors didn't moved around, almost as if it were a portrait. Her cutie mark was a Twilight could only see some of the Alicorns watching her go by, and finally, seeing the alicorn that had her entered a room. The room was large, but all over the walls, there were paintings covering the birth of the Alicorns, but also simple things from flowers to clouds. Right in the middle was a single block of stone that stood a bit taller that Twilight herself.

"Oh yes!" Her foalnapper yelled "This will be one of my greatest statues ever! It will stand with Alloy's with your armor & weapon on it! ... You have a weapon of choice, right?"

"Uh... I've never used one before."

"Hm... prefer to use your hooves & magic then?"

"Uh... that's not what I me-"

"Don't worry, no judgement here." She walked to the block of stone, holding a hammer & chisel in her magic. "Now please, give me your best pose! I was power, magnificence, emotion, and something that captures YOU!!!"

"If you say so." Twilight thought of what pose she could do for this Alicorn. She must be the one that made those statues with Alloy's statues on it. What pose can she do? Of course, it wasn't as simple as she thought, for this Alicorn was going to make her statue, and she couldn't afford to do anything goofy while posing! She remembered the poses the statues were in, and each were in a special pose from each other, but still looked as if they were going to battle. Then she remembered the battle with Tirek: How she felt so much power, and how she fought him head to head. Twilight went into a bowing position, flared her wings, and made a concentrated angry face!

"Yes! YES!!! Keep it like that for a couple of seconds, and... DONE!!!" Twilight took a deep breath, seeing the Alicorn begin her work. "Go on and take a look around, I love it when ponies look at my beautiful artwork." Not wanting to be rude, Twilight looked around the room, seeing all of the beautiful artwork that this pony made. As mentioned, there were painting about the birth of Alicorns, but also entire scenes that were so amazing, she felt she could easily walk into it and be in it.

"I take it you're Masterpiece?"

"Oh yes! The Princess of Art! Every single picture you see is made by me, and each one, I know what I want to do, and every single one of them, I place my heart into it! Take a look at them, they're as timeless as me." Twilight rolled her eyes around Masterpiece's comment to herself. Many of these pictures were breathtaking, looking almost as if Masterpiece just took it out and strapped it to the painting itself. One painting, however, caught her eye: It was both titans, back-to-back, looking down on two different lands: Elysium looking down at a rich, beautiful looking kingdom while Tartarus was looking at a broken, dirty kingdom, both with ponies, looking up at their ruler. An added feature was that the land was nearly evenly divided into two, as Tartarus's kingdom was surrounded by dark clouds, dead trees, & trenches while Elysium's was full with trees, a bright sky, & looked more natural.

"I take it this was the land before?" Twilight asked. Masterpiece looked away from her statue, then continued.

"Oh yes, that was, I kid you not, what the land really looked liked before."

"How... did you know?"

"That was the painting that turned me into a princess."

"WHAT!?"

"Oh yes! Here, let me show you." Masterpiece's horn glowed, and Twilight could see the past now.

Elysium walked around the wall surrounding her kingdom. The ponies inside, and the guards on patrol, bowed to her in respect as she trotted around the kingdom, not really doing anything but walking. She looked to Tartarus' kingdom, seeing the other giant picking & punting his own soldiers, laughing manically as they suffered. As much as Elysium wanted to, she had to stay on her side and not interfere with the ways Tartarus leads his own followers, since they choose to follow him. Tartarus looked at Elysium, sang his head up so only his muzzle was in the air, and turned around, stomping on & destroying his own followers & their inventions without looking down. He really needed to learn how to rule his kingdom with kindness and not be a tyrant! Elysium turned around as eel, but stopped as she noticed something out in the distance. Hoping Tartarus wouldn't attack, as he's mocked in the last few centuries, Elysium walked towards the mountains, seeing what was on the mountain.

A young adult, unicorn mare stood on the edge of a boulder that was sticking out of the mountain. Her coat was light blue, and her mane a light brown, though no cutie mark was there. Right in from of her, was a painting of the two kingdom's with their lands & leaders. This little pony was so much in her work, she didn't see the giant alicorn walking towards her, simply stepping over a mountain, and looking over her back. Elysium looked at what the pony was making, but was unsure what it was. Elysium shrunk herself down in size and walked behind the Alicorn, but was still confused on what she was making.

"What are you doing?" Elysium simply asked

"Just making a picture that shows both sides on how polar opposite they are," the mare replied, not even looking up or back from her work "quite a mystery on those two: Tartarus rules his ponies with an iron hoof while Elysium rules her ponies with a gentle hoof. How those two got together, I have no idea!" She continued her work, but then froze. "Wait a minute... I came here alone... didn't I?"

"I'm pretty sure you did." The unicorn turned around and screamed!

"ELYSIUM!?!?!?" She ran to her painting and tried to cover it "Y-you weren't suppose to see this! I-i-i-"

"It's alright, no need to worry. I apologize for seeing your work before it could be finished."

"Y-you mean it?"

"But of course!" The mare turned back to her work, shaking as Elysium walked next to her and looked at the even split between her own kingdom & Tartarus's kingdom.

"Did... you come over here because I was here?"

"...Sorta. I didn't exactly know YOU were here, but I saw something the got my interest. Figured it's worth my time."

"...Is it?"

"All my subjects are worth my time."

"Oh... okay."

"I've never really noticed our fine line though. This place real does capture seeing the opposites. Is that what your picture captures?"

"It does, great Elysium."

"Oh please, just call me Elysium, Elly."

"...Elly?"

"Sorry, that's... a nickname I was called."

"By who?"

"You should already know."

"...Oh! ... How... are you two anyways?"

"I'd rather not say."

"...Alright, that's fair. And... voilà! It's finished!!!" Elysium walked next to the painting and saw how it looked just like the land!

"You're... a real good painter!" The unicorn blushed

"Gosh... that's saying a lot from-"

"No! I mean... you're an excellent painter!"

"...When you say it like that, I'm sure that-"

"You have to be the best painter in all of history!!! Does anypony know you!?" The mare stopped and froze. She took a deep breath and sighed

"Sadly... no."

"WHAT!? Why!?"

"Well... I'm actually a traveler from a small village... and I've been painting everywhere I go."

"WHAT!?"

"Please Elysium, I'm... sorry for making you angry! I... I just want to make my art better! I don't want to sell my art as nothing but something that looks good, I want them to be timeless, something everyone will view as a great thing instead of something profitable! I apologize, but you're kingdom would just buy from me because it looks good, and Tartarus would easily destroy my life's work. Please... I just want to create, nothing else!" Elysium looked into the eyes of the mare, seeing how trustworthy they were. She told Elysium the truth! She smiled at her.

"I'm proud for what you're saying."

"W-what!?"

"You are a complete stranger, and yet, you just want to remain that way. Your artwork will not be destroyed, but it will be cherished for all to see! What is your name?"

"M-my name? It's... Masterpiece!"

"Masterpiece? Really fitting for you. Do you have a family?"

"...No. I... don't. Some of Tartarus's soldiers came along and... I don't quite remember, I was young. I've been traveling ever since I could walk."

"Hm... interesting. Please, hold still."

"What are you-" Elysium's horn glowed and her aura surrounded Masterpiece! Without her noticing, Masterpiece grew out a pair of wings! She now became one of Elysium's children! As soon as her wings came out, Elysium grew into the size of the mountains she stood on & Masterpiece shrunk to the size of her children! Elysium opened her mouth and Masterpiece, along with her art, were brought inside her maw. Elysium then swallowed Masterpiece & the art down, rubbing her belly as she felt her land inside.

Masterpiece fell from the sky, using her magic to save her art! Her art was luckily, spared from destruction, and she landed near the alicorns inside Elysium, where a pretty large castle stood.

"Welcome to Elysium!" Luna announced

"Another sister!?" Everest asked

"Don't be so surprised." Flora replied. Aqua flew up and took one of Masterpiece's artworks.

"WHOA!!!" Aqua yelled "This is awesome!!! What is it!?"

"That's a painting!" Masterpiece replied in an irritated voice, using her magic to take her art back. "It is not meant to be messed with!"

"Can we at least look at it?" Celestia asked.

"... I... guess so... as long as none of you destroy them!!!"

"We won't." Blizzard replied. They all used their magic to look through the pictures. Masterpiece looked at the castle, and saw that, though big, it wasn't quite impressive.

"Are... you all building this castle?"

"Oh yeah!" Luna replied "Do you want to help us?"

"Oh I will! I will make this castle look more spectacular than ever!"

"Is... it dull?" Celestia asked

"...Yes. It's big, but bigger isn't better. We have to make this look amazing!!! Luckily for you all, I know how to make things impressive."

Monopoly: Prince of Money.

"For the last time," Masterpiece's spoke with her shape & form being made as Twilight came back to the present. "I'm not selling!!!"

"Oh come on," a ver charming sounding stallion spoke "I'm not even asking for a 5% discount, shouldn't that get your attention?" Twilight's vision came back and she saw that the stallion was one of her brothers, who's golden mane & tail were groomed to perfection, all on his luscious green coat. His cutie Mark was two gold bricks, and there was something about his smile that read 'Charming', but also 'sleaze-ball'

"I'm not turning Elysium into another market area!"

"Then... can I have a painting for free?"

"NO!!!"

"...this is why you were never noticed." Masterpiece gave a stern look at him, nearly staring into his soul.

"If we weren't in Elysium right now-"

"Save it." He turned to Twilight Sparkle, and smiled his curious smile. "Ah! Twilight Sparkle! Would you care to help me in purchasing some of Masterpiece's fine line of work?" Masterpiece's horn glowed, and the two were sent away into the hallway. Masterpiece's door locked behind her, and a force field was made around the room. "That really wan't ladylike, was she?"

"Who are you?" Twilight asked

"Oh dear me! My apologies, I am Monopoly, the Prince of Money!"

"I guess that explains why you were trying to buy Masterpiece's paintings."

"Why do you say that? Is it because I have a lot of money!?"

"...Yeah, that's really it."

"Oh you flatter me! Sorry, but no, that's not it, it's really just to increase the value of my property!"

"...What!?"

"It's a business thing. Let me put in your perspective: remember the golden oak library in Ponyville?"

"...How can I forget it?"

"Well... let's say that it had a decent amount of worth behind it. It's about... as affordable for your local businesspony 'Filthy Rich' to buy it. Now, it's destroyed, but then, your castle came out of the ground! Due to it's size, it's materials used, and the fact it didn't require anypony to build it, it's basically enough to when Celestia can buy it! Ah... worthy stuff. Hate it when Inflation happens though."

"...Are you... this obsessed with money?"

"Oh yes! But also, as you guess, the value of many objects, resource handling, partnerships, sponsorships, and, as you can guess, finding loopholes in systems! Sure helps a lot when Bureaucrat tries to limit be back on Earth."

"What... do you run back on earth?"

"I run everything!"

"...Everything?"

"Everything! Stock marketing, as I call it! Soon, in the future, ponies will be able to gamble their money with business around the world!"

"...You really are a sleaze-ball."

"Oh please! I'm just doing what is necessary to help the world go round! Without me, nopony will be hard workers at all! They'd just sit down all day, not even caring about anything! I helped order become establish to the world after Tartarus fell, and while Yes, I do find loopholes in systems, I've placed my bits into charities, good causes, and, when needed, help Celestia get more soldiers before the changeling attack!"

"...You do those stuff?"

"Yes I do! Look, I know I seem like a bad guy, and most will think so too, but I think business, and everything is considered a bit of a gamble with me, but I do what I say, and I do what I meant. Besides, I hated Tartarus, even he did made me a prince."

"He WHAT!?"

"Oh! Shall I show you?"

"... I don't see why not."

Monopoly's horn glowed, and the vision of the past came.

Elysium shrunk herself down to pony size and disguised herself as a farmer pony. She stood next to a guard pony in a large crowd, but she could feel HIS presence.

"What are you doing here?" Elysium asked

"Is it much trouble for me just to walk here, Elysium?" Tartarus replied

"I can never trust you when entering MY kingdom, remember our agreement?"

"Oh yes! I'm not causing trouble though, am I?"

"... stay out of it, and there won't be problems. Anyways, where are these ponies going?"

"Somepony claims they have something that can make them become younger."

"Really?"

"Yeah... too bad we don't need it."

"Then why come here?"

"Too see how the ponies will attack the seller." Elysium gave Tartarus an angered look, but continued walking next him anyways. They followed the crowd, and came upon a small, makeshift building. A handsome looking unicorn stallion with an orange mane and light green coat stood inside, selling his product.

"Step in line, Everypony!" The stallion hollered "You know what this stuff does, right?" A collective 'yeps' and 'nopes' came from the crowd. "Well, to those that don't know, my specially designed juice will help anypony reverse aging! That's right, you'll become younger!!! I have different flavors, but all of them, I promise, will make you younger! Just listen to my favorite customer, and royal guard, Gleaming Shield!" Everpony focused on a mare that just looked like a gender swapped Shining Armor.

"Thanks to this juice," she spoke, sounding really grateful "I feel, NO! I am 10 years younger!!!"

"Who wants to buy!? Only 10 bits!!!" A collective gasp came from the crowd, and the ponies began to buy this stallion's juice! Elysium and Tartarus didn't believe one thing of this stallion, and they both walked to his window. He looked around his area, but it was empty. "Sorry good sir and madam, but I'm afraid I'm out until next week."

"Does this stuff really work?" Tartarus asked

"It sure does! Gleaming Shield spoke about it herself!"

"Yeah," Elysium replied, giving him a stern look "and did you know Gleaming shield once came from the land of Tartarus, the same time one of Elysium's men went missing!?"

"I... don't think that's accurate. Maybe Elysium knows, go talk to her about it!"

"Nah," Tartarus replied "We'll just bring her to you." The stallion froze and shivered a bit.

"Is... she above me?"

"Close." Elysium replied, turning into herself "She's in front of you."

"ELYSIUM!?!?!?"

"And Tartarus!!!" He yelled, turning into himself. The crowd of ponies saw the two together and, without much thought, they ran away, screaming at the sight of BOTH titans with each other, while others peeked behind bushes to see what's happening. The stallion shivered a bit, then tried to run away!!! He figured he ran a couple of feet ahead, but was stopped, as he felt himself lifted by his tail! Looking up, he saw the two as giants again, as Elysium used her magic to grab him by his tail. He began to hyperventilate, as he was placed on one of the hooves of Elysium.

"PLEASE!!!" The stallion pleaded "Don't hurt me!!!"

"I'm not going to hurt you." Elysium spoke in her motherly tone.

"BUT I WILL!!!" Tartarus replied, sing his magic to hold the stallion in the air and began to spin him in circles! The stallion screamed, seeing the world turn into a blur as he spun around quickly.

"Tartarus!!! Stop that!!!"

"What? I'm just having a little fun." Elysium used her magic and took the stallion away from Tartarus. The stallion's eyes rolled around, trying to get use to the sudden stop. He flinched when he saw Tartarus and backed up a bit, nearing the edge of Elysium's hoof! He stopped as Elysum's other hoof came up and stopped him from falling.

"We won't ask again: Does that stuff work?" He began to sweat a bit, but had to do it.

"N-No... it... doesn't."

"...Why? Wy did you sell it?"

"I... I hope to get a lot of money in the end of the week... to continue and grow until I can control this area."

"Control this area?" Tartarus asked "Why?"

"To... make a deal with you, Tartarus, just in case if... well... Elysium falls." Elysium made a confused look, but Tartarus smiled

"I like the way you think."

"WHAT!?!?!?" Elysium yelled, nearly throwing the stallion.

"He seeks power like me! He may not be the smartest, strongest, or well experienced, but he uses your money to gain control! I love it!!!"

"Y-you do?" The stallion asked, smiling back at Tartarus, forgiving on what he did to him earlier.

"Oh yes! Come here!!!" He used his magic and took the stallion away from Elysium! Elysium couldn't believe it: Tartarus was enjoying a pony for doing something so... different! The stallion shrieked a bit, as he was now near the nostrils of the titan!

"W-what are you going to do with me!?"

"This!" His horn glowed and it surrounded the stallion! Soon, wings grew out of his back!!! He was now an Alicorn like his children, but he stopped as he realized what he did to his kids. Using his new wings, the stallion tried to fly away, but was brought inside the maw of Tartarus! Tartarus got a hold of him, lifted his head, and swallowed.

The stallion fell onto the rough floor, seeing all the Alicorns inside, surrounding him. He got up and rubbed the dirt off of him, looking at his new wings.

"What brings you down here?" Bravehaert asked. He looked at the Alicorns inside, and figured, he needed to be calm.

"I... I sold something that didn't work and ponies bought it."

"Really!?" Eris asked, mushing his cheeks together. "Does that explain your cutie mark!?"

"...Cutie mark?"

"Yeah! On your flank!"

"Oh! That? I... guess so."

"What's your name?" Alloy asked

"... It's... Monopoly. My parents named me Monopoly."

Editor: Princess of Writing.

Twilight woke up with a note taped to her face. Being careful not to rip the paper and hurting herself, Twilight took the note off and began to read it inside her head.

My Dearest Twilight Sparkle,

If you'd wish to discuss business with me, please, make some sort of charity and I'll be there! You'll notice me as myself, but wearing my old suit as a way to hide my wings. If you can't find me then, please just yell out 'Coupons!' and I'll be there! Just, really do have coupons for me if you do. Hoping to make sweet business deals to improve your ice & Castle,

Prince Monopoly.

P.S. Make sure Editor doesn't read this, I hate having another lecture from her!!!

"He's still going to get one." A disinterested sounding mare spoke. Twilight looked behind her and saw a drowsy looking mare wearing black librarian shaped glasses, her mane in a bun similar to Nurse Redheart's back in ponyville (despite it being black and her coat a really light brown), and her cutie mark was a book. Another one of Celestia's obscure siblings, but this one seems to be really calm and, well, act very similar Pinkie's Sister, Maud.

"I take it you're Editor?" Twilight asked

"You really needed to ask?" Twilight stared at her. Most of the ponies here, though crazy, were at least nice to her, but this mare was being a bit rude. "Yes, I'm Editor: Princess of writing, and you're Twilight Sparkle, the princess of Friendship."

"I am, and it's-"

"Good. Let's not play the pronoun game and just straight with each other."

"The... Pronoun game?"

"Noun: In conversation, the act of purposefully avoiding the pronouns "her," "him," "she," and "he," to hide the gender of the person being spoken about from the listener. You're a mare, I'm a mare, that's all we need to know."

"...Okay?"

"Now if you excuse me, I need to continue writing your experience here in Elysium for your ancestors and descendants."

"My... Ancestors?" Editor turned around and gave an irritated look.

"WOW!!! Really!? You can't figure THAT out!?!?!?"

"Excuse me! This is my first time here and I haven't seen any family member of mine yet!"

"You had to figure out by now that many good ponies come here after they die, they live here with Elysium & build their homes with their family members new & old, and live here happily ever after by now!"

"Are you this rude with everypony!?"

"I'm not rude, I'm just stating the obvious that writers, directors, painters, and every form of 'productive' ponies that just follow the old & never want to change things up, even after all these centuries!"

"So you're a critic!?"

"Yes and No. Yes, I criticize everything from the portrayal of characters, the settings, the dialogue, concepts, ideas, transitions, and, as you can guess, the story itself. No because I record everything that happens and, on my free time, I write down different stories." Twilight froze and shook her head.

"You... write?"

"Of course! If there's one thing I may have to love and hate about myself, it's that we Alicorns have all the time in the world to do what we want, whereas the others will just disappear like the wind, never remembered at all. I have helped written the classics that, thought I hate, schools make children read just to get a good grade rather than allow them to read on their own."

"Hold on! You wrote some of the classics like 'Hoofula'?"

"Kinda. I sometimes leave the ideas to the ponies and allow them to make it. Of course, there's E.L. Mane with her... horrible '50 shades of Hay'... that's a FANFICTION... FOR THE MOST AWFUL SHIMMER SERIES!!!" Editor began to breath hard, snorting through her nostrils.

"...I've never heard of that book."

"Good! That book was just meant for mares to 'help' find love, which caused an infamous baby boom nine months after Hearts & Hooves day. I am so glad most of those books are destroyed, lost, and forgotten. Brings a smile when I see one on the floor and Fuego burns it with me."

"Do... you get along with your siblings?"

"...Most of the time. Only Einstein and Masterpiece really agrees with me in stories, whereas everypony else calls me a 'hater' for showing my great critique!"

"Think hard on a lot of things like me?"

"Oh yes!"

"Have you read anything good that you didn't make?"

"... A.K. Yearling's 'Daring Do' series."

"REALLY!?"

"Yeah... it's... a guilty pleasure as I call it."

"Guilty pleasure?"

"Yeah... simple stories that feel cheap for the author's real life movements, but... entertaining, nonetheless."

"Entertaining, eh?"

"... Look, Twilight, I'm sorry for my attitude. I sometimes wonder why Elysium chose me instead of Tartarus."

"Elysium chose you!?"

"Yeah. Guess I got lucky there. Watch and learn,,, and criticize if you want." Editor's horn glowed a bright blue, making Twilight see the past.

Elysium walked around her kingdom, disguised as a fair traveler from out of the kingdom. Everywhere, ponies read a something made out of paper, each looking the same with only slight variations, mostly rips & tears in the paper. Many of the ponies reading it had different reactions: some were laughing in certain sections, some were crying in others, but all were entertained by this weird thing. Curious, Elysium walked to one of the ponies: a small colt.

"Excuse me," Elysium spoke to the colt "but what is it that everypony's reading?"

"Those?" The colt replied "They're called books! Somepony made something called 'paper', which involves some trees to be chopped down."

"Chopped down trees?"

"Don't worry! She's not trying to go overboard, and she's only using what she needs to help get a better education."

"Really? What is this... book about?"

"It's about the origins of Elysium and Tartarus's kingdoms! She went around and has learned from all the elders about the two titans. She's learned many of their children, and, with great knowledge, has written down many of their origins in order!"

"And where can I find this mare?"

"She's in that house over there! Who are you?"

"Oh, everypony's seen me around here."

"Wait! Are you-"

"SHH~" Elysium winked to the colt and left to the home of the creator of this book. She knocked on the door to the creator of the book.

"Who's there?" A mare's voice asked

"Your biggest fan!"

"... Yeah right! Many ponies say that now when I made THAT BOOK!!! It's only a fad, and it's only one letter from 'Fade'. I might as well use that to my advantage and-"

"It's Elysium."

"...Who?"

"Elysium."

"...PROOF!!!" Elysium sighed and her horn glowed. She growed in size, causing nearby ponies to point and screamed a bit. The door opened and the book maker came out, who was a light brown unicorn mare! She stared and gawked at the sight of Elysium. Elysium lowered her head, nearly having her muzzle touch the unicorn. A smirk came to Elysium's face.

"How about now?"

"... Am I in trouble?"

"Oh no! In fact, you impressed me!"

"... What!?"

"Oh yes! Sure, you chopped down a few trees, but look around you! Ponies are experiencing something new, and you made it! And your book is around us! Though, I'm not quite sure if you got OUR origins down."

"Your... origins? Can... you tell me!?"

"In due time." Elysium levitated the young author up into the air and stood right up.

"What are you-"

"Your reward!" Her horn glowed brighter, and the author began to grow wings! She was now an alicorn, but also noticed she shrunk a bit. Looking ahead, Elysium opened her mouth, levitating the author in. She tried to evade, but couldn't! Elysium soon swallowed the author, feeling her land inside with her new siblings.

The new Alicorn fell to the floor, landing in front of the castle! the doors opened, and the Alicorns walked out. Natality was now a young filly, but the others were still in their young selves, now even changed one bit.

"Welcome sister!" Celestia greeted herself

"W-Where am I!?!?!?" The book maker asked

"You're inside Elysium, our mother!" Luna replied

"Y-you're mother?"

"Oh yes! Are you like Natality, who was born naturally?"

"...kinda. Who are- No wait, never mind I asked that. Care to tell me each on who you are, get to know yourselves a bit?" The alicorns looked at each other, then nodded in return.

"I suppose we should get to know each other in a more personal manner." Celestia commented.

Conduit: Prince of Lightning.

Twilight awoke, seeing Editor sitting down and, all around her, multiple pens were writing down on individual pieces of paper. Editor didn't seem to care whether Twilight was looking at her or not, but she was in the zone of her work of writing multiple stuff at the same time. Upon closer inspection, each of the quills & paper were completely different things, each covering horror, romance, adventure, comedy, documentaries, ECT. All of this written at the same time, with no stop at all. Editor stopped working and looked up at Twilight.

"You can leave." Editor spoke dryly. Without any word, Twilight left the room while backing out. She pulled out the map to see where Celestia, or at least, where Luna and Cadence were at now in this castle! She inspected the map closer, just to see if she can get a glimpse of the princess she worked under, but felt a tingle around her. She looked at her hooves and noticed each fur began to stick out, and electricity ran through it. Small volts of lightning began to travel around her, making Twilight stiffen and her mane to stick right up into the sky.

"OH MY GOSH!!" A stallion voice spoke in a rather rapid voice. "I'm sorry for that Miss Sparkle!" Twilgiht turned around, feeling herself shocked with each move, and saw a yellow Alicorn stallion with a blue mane that cracked like lightning itself. His cutie mark was easily identifiable as a lightning bolt, but he constantly twitched with the lightning running through him. His horn glowed blue and Twilight was surround in a rubber suit. Though the suit was a bit tight, the electricity around her diminished away with only her face feeling the tingles of the electricity.

"Who are you?" Twilight asked

"I'm Conduict. Prince of Lightning. Please to meet you!" He raised his hoof out, which zapped with lightning through it.

"Quite the fast talker of you." Twilight replied, shaking his hoof.

"Apologies for talking. Side effect from lightning. Give you full of Energy. So many ideas. Never really focused though."

"Ideas? Like what?"

"Ponies building new things! Eris and I play those, what are they called? Oh! Yes! Arcade machines! So much fun with it! Kept playing for a week straight! Made new ideas to make it better!"

"Like what?"

"Small boxes with games in home! Different games available for boxes! No same game. Diverse games ponies can play! Can tell new stories! Hope Editor won't mind when she play it. Criticize stories of her. Masterpiece will love to make! Eris will likely help if she gets first copy, though. Need name for it though. Will think about it later, new inventions! Trains! Oh yes! Trains! Possible trains that can go off rails? Cart-Train mixes? Cart-Trains that can fly!? No! Pegasi, remember? Focus on hoof! Which one though?"

"Easy! Calm down."

"Apologies. Enjoy thinking new things. High hope that ponies will bring these to life soon. Have a lot of faith they will make it. Hope Monopoly doesn't ruin beauty. So greedy, but generous. Confusing, isn't it?"

"...Kinda. How... were you born?"

"Once mortal in life. Considered weakest back then. Followed Tartarus out of fear. Wanted me dead! Survived!"

"So... I guess I won't be needing to-"

"Watch!"

"Oh great." His horn glowed and her vision went to the past.

Tartarus sat on a throne, made entirely out from a mountain. He sat on the giant throne, towering over the ponies and creatures under his land, each slaving away to build statues under his rule and as a way to remember who they all work under. He watched in disgust as Elysium, in her kingdom, as she slept and ponies waked all over her, some napping along with the other titan herself. If there's one thing he hated to admit on, but he always really liked seeing her sleep, as it made her look even more peaceful... and it gave him the chance to do what he wanted.

"My Lord!" One of his servant spoke below. He looked down at the servant: a diamond dog and a changeling stood next to each other.

"What is it?" Tartarus asked.

"Great Tartarus," the diamond dog spoke with a bow "it appears that one of your statues won't be made as scheduled."

"WHAT!?!?!? Who's responsible!?"

"It's an earth pony," the changeling responded "Stallion, orange with a purple mane in the north. He refuses to work anymore and instead, quote, 'Wants to do his own thing'."

"His own thing?"

"That's what he says!" Tartarus looked down at the two, who only stood tall, not cowering under their master. Tartarus's horn glowed, and he shrunk down, landing in front of them. He turned himself into an earth pony mare with long, beautiful mane, but had on only the chest armor on.

"Be sure that nopony learns of this disguise, not even the traitor!"

"Yes, your majesty." They both spoke with a bow. the chanelging turned itself into a guard stallion & went back on it's 'patrol' and the Diamond Dog dug itself a hole, navigating itself back to it's area. The disguised Tartarus traveled across his area, going to the lazy pony in the north.

Tartarus made it to the area and found the stallion, lying down and drawing something. He walked over to him, clearing his throat to sound like a mare.

"What are you doing!?" The female sounding Tartarus asked. The stallion looked up to him, then continued without even questioning.

"I'm working on something else."

"...Something else?"

"Oh yes! I want to make something different! I'm sure he'd be proud when I can make machines that build these statues & weapons! Think about it! There will be more soldiers working for him, and we can have machines to make his things! Soon, we will all be able to overthrow Elysium & her kingdom! Perhaps afterwards, we can make something much better!!! Don't you think we may not be as strong as we want to be with Elysium in the way?"

"...No. Get back to work, or else!"

"Or else what!? Anything you do is nothing compared to why Tartarus will do!" He stared at the stallion a bit. In a flash of red, Tartarus appeared right where the mare was at. The stallion stared at him and crawled on the floor with his back! Everyone around them stopped and watched, cowering in fear as their leader was now there!

"You idiot."

"T-TARTARUS!!!"

"Yeah. It's me!"

"P-Please! I-i apologize! I-i-i only want what is good for us!"

"Oh yes, your idea: Making a machine that makes the statues & weapons for all of us."

"Y-yes!"

"And you wish for more soldiers to be with my army?"

"I do!"

"All because you think we're weak?"

"No! Y-you're never weak! I mean as in we can be-"

"ONLY THE STRONGEST JOIN MY ARMY!!! YOUR FATHER WAS A SLAVE, YOU ARE A SLAVE, AND YOUR CHILDREN WILL BE SLAVES!!!"

"We can be strong if we try!!!"

"You talk like Elysium... I HATE ELYSIUM!!!" His horn glowed

"WAIT!!!" Tartarus fired a blast at the slave, making his scream in pain! All the ponies & creatures around cowered in pain, seeing the pony burn and standing like a statue in the middle. Tartarus took a deep breath, looking around.

"Get back to work." Everyone followed, working faster than they did before. Tartarus was going to leave, but he heard a cracking noise. Looking back, he saw the statue of the stallion cracking, revealing a bright light. He watched in interest, as the statue broke, and the stallion he fired at was now an Alicorn! He twitched as he fell to the floor, writhing in pain. Tartarus laid a hoof on him, only to back up in pain, feeling a shock on his coat.

"W-what's ha-ha-happeing to me?"

"...Seems you've became one of my children."

"Ch-ch-children?" Tartarus levitated the newest child and shrunk him. The new alicorn didn't bother to try to escape, but accepted he had a faith worse than death. Tartarus soon swallowed him whole, then looked around, seeing the others stare at him.

"It's not going to happen again!!! You will die by my hooves!!!"

The stallion fell to the solid floor below, cringing in pain as he landed. The others looked at him, wondering why he was in such pain.

"Get up!" Braveheart yelled. He extended his hoof, but retracted in pain, as a single bit of lightning hit his hoof. He growled at the newcomer.

"I think we should give him some space!" Fuego suggested, backing up.

"That would be wise." Mortality spoke, backing away as well.

"Aw! Look at him!" Eris added "He's so cute when in such pain! I wonder if I'll look cute in pain as well!" She punched herself in the gut, falling down immediately. "...Nope!" Alloy rolled his eyes.

"What is your name?" Alloy asked

"C-c-conduit!" The stallion replied, still twitching.

Orchestra: Princess of Music.

Twilight awoke, finding herself in what looked liked a ball room. She saw many instruments around her, each played by a single different color & pattern of Eris (Princess of Chaos), all surrounding a lone Alicorn mare, who also had a rather small amount of clones, also playing one of each instrument that one would expect to see in a concert. The Alicorn, all her clones, were see through, but all shared the same thing: they had a black mane & tail groomed to look professional, a pure white coat body, and wore a black tuxedo with a matching red bow tie and top hat. The music they played has to be the most beautiful she's heard in her life: everything about it sounded beyond professional, and, if it were possible, it may have calmed Tartarus and Elysium.

"Rise and Shine, Twilight." All the Eris clones spoke together, shaking the whole area.

"Twilight's awake!?" The other Alicorn clones asked, also together at the same time. Their horns glowed and they went back to their single selves: Eris back to her random color & pattern generating self while the other was now whole. Twilight only stared at her, seeing that she was now covered in music symbols around her body, all continuously moving as new ones popped up, all going to her flank area, changing her cutie mark every second.

"Don't stare at me like that!" The Alicorn spoke "When you know every instrument around the world, you can clone yourself then!"

"Can I go now?" Eris asked.

"Oh yes! I need to discuss with Twilight on her lines."

"Lines?" Twilight asked.

"Yes Ma'am!" Eris replied, saluting. She disappeared with a flash, leaving only confetti behind. The Alicorn looked down at the confetti.

"All of you!" She simply stated. The confetti rose up and each had Eris's face on it.

"You're no fun!" The confetti disappeared. The two Alicorns looked at each other.

"I apologize for that. I requested Conduit to bring you here to me, though I wish he hadn't dropped you off during Eris's little practice with me. The Name's Orchestra: Princess of Music. Pleasure to meet you, Twilight Sparkle." She extend her hoof in a civilized manner. Twilight reached her hoof and shook hooves with Orchestra.

"Pleasure to meet you too," Twilight responded "and must I say, the music you and Eris played sounds wonderful!"

"You really think so? Well, just wait until we perform it for Elysium with all of our brothers and sisters!"

"PERFORM!?!?!?"

"Yes! Every 10000 years, we all come back here as a family and we perform a massive lullaby to keep Elysium asleep!"

"But... why!?"

"Why? Well it's all because back then-"

"We'll get to that part at the feast!" Eris yelled. They both looked up and saw Eris hanging on the roof.

"ERIS!!!"

"What? She'll know later on during the feast."

"Well... oh shoot! The Feast! How can I forget!?"

"The Feast?" Twilight asked

"The Feast!" Eris replied, landing next to Orchestra. "I hope Gusteau and Pinot Noir make the best!!!"

"Oh please," Orchestra replied "They are the only ones in our family who can cook AND they have the best chefs & wine makers in the world!"

"Oh yeah... how do I forget that?"

"Because this is our 2nd anniversary together."

"Only the second!?" Twilight asked. Eris gave a stern look to Orchestra.

"You gave away too much." Eris spoke dryly.

"Shut up!" Orchestra replied.

"Hey! Do you even know how hard it is for me to get Editor to write lyrics that satisfy you and her at the same time for all of us!?"

"... You make things harder for everypony, even yourself, that why I now chose Aeros instead of you."

"Stop humiliating me! STOP IT!!!"

"You know I'm here, right?" Twilight replied, sounding cold. The two looked back at her.

"... My apologies," Orchestra spoke "Eris, would you kindly leave us alone?"

"With pleasure." Eris replied She disappeared in a puff of smoke. Orchestra looked around, and no sign of Eris was around.

"Alright. As I was-" A cream pie flew out and splatted on Orchestra's face! Eric cackled loudly, running away into the hallway, turned into a simple chair. Orchestra grumbled to herself and wiped the pie away from her face.

"Do you need help?" Twilight asked

"No Twilight... I can get even with her." She used her magic and levitated a piece of paper to her. "Here. Your lyrics for this grand choir."

"So everypony is going to be there?"

"Just us Alicorns. Of course, I'm sure everything else back on Earth will feel our presence, but I'm not sure what will happen."

"Should I practice?"

"You will. But for now, like all my siblings, you too shall see my origins." He horn glowed, making Twilight seeing things a bit blurry.

Elysium heard something, a few miles out from her kingdom, but nowhere near Tartarus's kingdom. She heard something that was quite hypnotizing and it jerked her heart, causing her to be really curious. She walked over to where that sound was coming from, looking back to see if Tartarus was anywhere in the open. Figuring it's best to hurry, Elysium sprinted ahead, following the weird sound that really got her attention.

Shrinking herself down in size to not scare the pony, Elysium saw, in the distance, an earth pony mare making some beautiful music all on her own. She was white all over with her mane & tail being black, and she held, in her hooves, a violin, one of the many instruments that only unicorns and pegasi could master (Pegasi for their magic and Pegasi for their wings having the ability to grab things like fingers.) The Earth Pony played a song with her violin, away from all judgement, and played without even giving a care in the world! Elysium watched in fascination as the earth pony played, not messing up a single note and, though considered handicap for not having wings or a horn, she played wonderfully! Elysium walked to the earth pony, who didn't even notice the titan walking towards her, and continued, turning around, dancing to her own music with her eyes shut.

"Uh... hello?" Elysium introduced herself. The Earth Pony shrieked, playing a bad note, and flung her violin in the air. Elysium caught the violin in midair with her magic, and gently settled it to the floor. the mare turned around and gasped at the titan that was her home's leader.

"Elysium!" She spoke with her cheeks reddening in embarrassment "W-what are you doing here?"

"I was going to ask you the same. Why aren't you back in the kingdom, performing your music to the others?"

"Me? Well... I'm... when the others heard that I can play instruments... they all laughed at me."

"Laughed at you?"

"Yes! I can't blame them: only unicorns and Pegasi can play instruments well, and I'm only an Earth Pony! The best my kind can do is sing and stomp our hooves to the floor."

"Why would you say that?"

"Because we're not special! I'm not sure if you haven't noticed, but we're not the most special out of any of the other two. You must've made us weak so you can help the others feel strong, right?"

"No! I would never do that!"

"Why then!? Why make us weak!"

"You're not weak at all! In fact, I think you may be the strongest out of all of the others."

"...What do you mean?"

"Well, considering when my kingdom began, who were the ones who planted all of the food?"

"...Us?"

"Yep! Who were the ones who pulled all the bevy stuff when there weren't any unicorns or pegasi around?"

"Us?"

"Good! And finally, who are the ones who struggle a lot and eventually make the most groundbreaking things that I've ever witnessed?"

"Us!?"

"That's it! And you... you've made the most beautiful music of all time!"

"...I did!?"

"Oh yes! You enjoyed playing it, you felt the rhythm, you danced with your instrument! While the others did play well, they didn't share your enthusiasm at all! Were you trained by anypony by any chance?"

"Uh...no. I self taught myself, ma'am."

"...Really?"

"Yes."

"Well... that's makes it even more impressive!"

"You think so?"

"I know so! In fact, give me a second." Elysium's horn glowed and it circled around the mare. She began to float into the air, and a pair of wings & a horn came out of her head.

"What the-!? Am I... an Alicorn?"

"You are indeed! The others will be so happy!"

"Others!?" Elysium grew a bit and the mare shrunk until she was about as tall as the others. Both her and her violin were levitated into Elysium's mouth, and the mare grabbed onto her violin and held on to dear life. Elysium swallowed the mare with her instrument, feeling what was the last of her children going down.

The mare landed on the soft grass below, meeting the others inside Elysium's belly.

"...Where am I?" She asked "Am I dead?"

"Dead?" Natality asked

"NO!" Luna stated "You're inside Elysium, our mother!"

"...Figures." The mare stated.

"Name please." Bureaucrat spoke dryly.

"... It's Orchestra."

Darwin: Prince of Beasts.

Twilight woke up in the same room, only for nothing but instruments left behind. She got up and began to leave, but stopped as she felt a weird tingling in her back. Probably something she learned from Pinkie Pi, but it was sadly confirmed, as she heard what was claws scraping along the floor and something was sniffing on the floor for her.

"Where are you?" A low, growling voice asked, making Twilight tremble. She began to slowly back up, sweating, as she heard the scraping claws growing louder & louder with each step.

Elysium has peaceful animals, right? Twilight tough to herself T-there aren't any dangerous things that want to kill me, right?

"I can smell you!" The voice spoke again "Your afraid, aren't you? I can smell your fear quite well! You have what I want!"

"W-What do you want!?" Twilight asked, her voice breaking in fear, still backing away. She felt her tail land on the wall, and she looked to the sides, seeing only instruments surround her. She looked above, seeing not the silhouette of what looked like a dog like creature, having a red glow in its eyes.

"You already know what I want." it replied with the same eerie voice. Twilight only watched in fear as the creature leapt from above, landing above her and turning towards her, growling lightly. This creature had the wings & horn of an Alicorn, but it's front legs were paws, back legs looked like that of a lizard, it's wings looked more like a bats, it's tail was that of a shark, mane was untamed & was white while the coat was dark brown, and had sharp teeth in it's mouth. If not for Eris, this may be the father of Discord, as it's muzzle and eyes are clearly shaped like a male stallion. The animal-Alicorn hybrid pounced at Twilight! Twilight screamed and moved out of the way, making the creature hit the wall with a loud slam! She quickly ran away, seeing the creature get up and began to chase her! She sprinted as fast as she could, but this creature wasn't giving up at all!

"HELP!!!" Twilight screamed "Somepony!!! Help me!!!" She passed many of the Alicorns she meet, each taking a step back as she and the monster ran through the hallways. She stopped, sliding towards a corner, then turned around, seeing the creature, drooling at her hooves.

"You know what I want!!!" It spoke.

"WHAT DO YOU WANT!?!?!?" Twilight replied, taking a deep breath of fear, as the monster got close to her face. She closed her eyes and flinched, feeling that she was going to die in, strangely though, the place where ponies go after they die.

"... Can I have a treat!?" Twilight opened her eyes, then turned to the monster, who sat on it's haunches, panting like a dog.

"...Excuse me?"

"Can I have a treat!? Please!?!?!? I'll be a good boy!"

"...A treat?" The monster began to do quick twirls, wagging it's tail happily!

"Oh yes! You have one in your mane! Can I please have it!?" Twilight stared at the creature, but then, with her right hoof, looked through her mane to find the treat mentioned. She felt something and pulled it out: a piece of cheese."

"...It this the treat?"

"YES! YES! YES! THAT'S THE TREAT! CAN I HAVE IT!? PLEASE!?!?!?" Despite frightening looking, this monster acted like, well, a pet. Twilight chuckled a bit, wondering if he will act like a pet. She smiled as she felt a bit mischievous.

"Alright then. First, sit!" The Alicorn sat on it's haunches panting while looking at the piece of cheese. "Stay!" She walked around the alicorn, as it stayed sitting, turning it's head around and watched her every move, being patient, but drooling. "Alright... Talk!"

"*WOOF!*" it barked. Twilight turned her head in curiosity.

"Alright then, You've earned it." The alicorn charged at her, panting heavily. "Hey! Nice." She used her magic and levitated the cheese to it's jaw. It stood still opened it's mouth & extended it's tongue out, and allowed the cheese to land on it's tongue. When it landed, it shut it's mouth and moaned softly, enjoying it's treat. Twilight walked around the alicorn, seeing his cutie mark was a simply paw print.

"Thank you so much! It tastes so good!"

"I can see that. Who are you?" He swallowed his treat, letting out a sigh of relief, then got up and walked next to her.

"Name's Darwin: Prince of Beasts."

"Beasts? You control animals?"

"Not just that, but I also have many of their natural abilities. My apologies if I scared you, Twilight Sparkle."

"I take it the animals you control make it hard for you to think from time to time?"

"It does, I'm not gonna lie."

"But... can Flora control animals as well?"

"She does with her plants. Have you seen what Catnip does!? Took me at least seven years to get away from that stuff! And for Tartarus to believe I am the perfect predator."

"Wait! Tartarus... made you with a plan?"

"He sure did."

"...I take it you're going to show me?"

"I was going to tell you, but if that's what you insist."

"NO! WAIT-" Darwin's horn glowed orange, and Twi saw that happened those many centuries ago.

Tartarus walked around his kingdom, not even caring where he was going, only focused on one of each representative, trembling in fear on the bottom of his hoof.

"THEY DID WHAT!?!?!?" Tartarus yelled

"It's true!" The changeling queen replied "Many of your subjects plan to attack you, then each other!"

"We tried our best!" The Minotaur added "Really!"

"You do realize at my size, I can crush you all easily in one swift move, right!?" Tartarus growled at them.

"It's not us!" The centaur pleaded "It's Elysium! She's using some of her men to join them! Giving them food and drinks!"

"And you allow this to happen!?!?!?"

"NEVER!!!" the Diamond Dog pleaded "They snuck past us with no signs of trouble!"

"And how would you know that?" They all turned to the Diamond Dog, who began to sweat nervously.

"Uh... I'm... just... uh... guessing?"

"LIAR!!!" He used his magic and levitated the diamond dog, who began to squirm. He lowered his hoof and the others got off, watching him walk away with the traitor in his magic.

"PLEASE!!! Don't hurt me!!!"

"Oh I'm going to do more than just hurt you!" He marched straight ahead, going into a cave that he easily fitted in. Under a light was a cage, holding one of each traitor from the races that bowed to him. He used his magic and began to levitate all of them. Chuckling came from him, as his horn glowed, and they all screamed in pain! "And now, I hope with you all combined together, you'll become my ultimate servant!!!" They all screamed in pain, as they were all brought into a red, glowing orb An explosion was followed, making Tartarus cover his face, but he smiled, seeing what he made. Right in the middle of where all the traitors were at, was another Alicorn. He was brown all over, had a black mane & tail, and only had fangs in his mouth.

"W-where am I!?" He asked. He gasped as Tartarus levitated him to his hoof.

"So this is what happens? Shame... I expected something different."

"Who are you!?"

"I am your father! Tartarus! The king of this land! And who are you, son?"

"...Darwin."

"Darwin!? What a weak name! I hope your talents make it up for that." Darwin growled at his father's remark

"I'm gonna make you eat those words!"

"Poor choice of words!" His horn glowed and Darwin began to float & shrink in size! He looked in fear, as his father opened his mouth, and he was being gloated in. He began to try to escape, but Tartarus was too strong for him! In a few moments, Tartarus closed his mouth and swallowed Darwin.

Darwin fell into his father's belly, hitting the floor bellow.

"LOOK!" Eris yelled "Another one! Aw, he's so cute with those fangs."

"CUTE!?" Darwin yelled in anger.

"Who are you?" Braveheart asked, walking to his bother. Darwin got up and growled at his siblings.

"It's... Darwin."

"Darwin!?" Fuego replied, laughing. "That's a weak name, senior!"

"Don't push me!"

"Or what?" Eris replied "You're going to make a stain on the floor?"

"Perhaps he needs a toy!" Conduit added, having control over his electricity in the years.

"Please," Mortality spoke "Let's not be too harsh on his name."

"Oh boo hoo!!!" Aeros replied

"THAT'S IT!!!" Darwin yelled. He pounced on Eris, and the whole area turned into a brawl between all of the siblings.

Gusteau and Pinot Noir: The Prince and Princess of Food and Drinks.

Twilight awoke to find herself in a pretty dark but well lit up room that was hot all around her. She took a whiff of the area and immediately, her mouth watered: delicious food was all around her and she could now tell that she was in a kitchen. She looked around her, seeing many ponies that weren't alicorns, making dishes that, even by her own eyes & nose, were handled professionally. Loud clangs were heard in a nearby room, followed by some yelling.

"I TOLD YOU TO STAY OUT!!!" a French sounding stallion yelled, followed by a clang of pots & pans.

"PLEASE!!!" Darwin's voice yelled "Just a taste test!!! JUST A TASTE!!!"

"Get out of here, ruffian vous!" a French sounding mare added. The doors flung open, and Darwin ran past Twilight, having what was most likely some sauce around his face. Two Alicorns came out, throwing some pots & pans at Darwin, though missing and destroying a couple of plates. The stallion had a green coat with a yellow, fuzzy mane & tail, was really short & plump, standing nearly as tall as Twilight (though being only a couple inches taller), wore a white, kinda messy shirt with a matching toque, showing his cutie mark was also a toque. The mare, however, was very tall & slender, was red coated with a blue mane that was colored almost like bluebarries that looked like Cadence's mane after it got wet, but she wore a black silk dress that made her look ready to attend any party, showing only her cutie mark, which was a simple wine glass.

"And stay out!" the stallion yelled, taking deep breaths. He began to calm down, but the alicorn mare turned and saw Twilight.

"Oh look! Young Twilight Sparkle is here!" The mare exclaimed

"She is!?" The stallion turned to Twi. "Oh... She is." He walked to her and cleared his throat. "My apologies for that, Miss Twilight, I try to make sure no... pest... enters my kitchen while I'm preparing a feast for everypony here."

"...Everypony is going to be here?" Twilight asked

"But of course!" The mare replied, walking next to stallion.

"Allow me to introduce myself," the stallion spoke "My name is Gusteau, the Prince of Food."

"And I am Pinot Noir, the Princess of Drinks."

"...Food and drinks?" Twilight asked

"A little thing I go by." Gusteau replied "We all know food is energy, so why not try to make it delicious?"

"And as for me," Pinot added "after a long, hard day of work, it's best to get something that will both quench your taste and make you feel satisfied."

"Put the two of us together-"

"And it's a delicious meal that will help you move!"

"Even if you do eat those... burgers." Twilight blushed

"What can I say?" she replied "They're actually tasty."

"FAH! Living in Canterlot all your life and you enjoy the taste of fast food!? Ech!"

"Please, brother," Pinot spoke, lowering her head "Everypony has at least one guilty pleasure."

"Oh sure! Just like you drinking too much wine those years ago!?"

"... I thought we agreed to never speak of that again."

"I never promised anything!"

"I guess I'll leave then." Twilight spoke, turning and walking away.

"WAIT!" They both yelled.

"Please," Pinot begged "You need to stay with us!"

"And you need to see our origins!" Gusteau added

"UGH! I need to find Celestia!" Twilight exclaimed "I'm lost without-"

"The feast will begin soon and everypony will be there."

"Including our eldest sister, Celestia." Pinot added. Twilight stood for a few moments, then turned around and walked to them.

"You promise Celestia will be there?" the lavender alicorn asked

"We promise!" they both replied. They both used their magic, making Twilight see the past.

Both Elysium and Tartarus sat in front of each other in Tartarus' kingdom , both in disguise. Both were disguised as one of many of Tartarus' soldiers, who were also around them, messily eating whatever they got with fights happening nearly everywhere. Elysium watched in disgust as Tartarus messily ate what was the leg of a turkey covered in slob.

"How can you eat that?" Elysium asked, trying her hardest not to gag.

"I'm not eating it," Tartarus replied "My children inside are."

"And how are they inside you?"

"So far... Braveheart seems to my most favorite, with Eris, of course."

"What about the others?"

"Them? They're a waste of space." Elysium growled at his comment, but controlled herself, as she was viewed as an enemy to his soldiers. "What about your kids? How are they?"

"My kids? Well, unlike you, they're getting along together really well."

"Did they... 'elect'... a leader yet, or did one of them seize power?"

"Neither. The 'Leader' was a natural born one, who listens to all of it's siblings and settles everypony's dispute's with each other in a calm way."

"So you're not going to tell me who it is?"

"Nope!"

"Not even a clue?"

"In your dreams." She continued watching him eat messily, making her want to gag even more. "Know what? Let's head to my place." Her horn glowed, causing her to lose her disguise, as her aura surrounder her and Tartarus. The soldiers around saw her and pulled their weapons, charging at her! Before a spear could hurt her, they were both gone!

Elysium and Tartaus stood in what was Elysium's throne room. Unlike Tartarus's throne, carved inside a mountain, Elysium's was made from jewels and was small, normal sized to ponies everywhere, unlike Tartarus's huge throne that only he could sit in perfectly. The place around had glass windows, each showing how both made the world and other things. Some of Elysium's guards came from the doors, each wearing golden & sleek armor rather than Tartarus' soldiers, who wear little to no armor at all. They held their spears at Tartarus, beliving him to be one of his own men infiltrating the castle.

"Relax," Elysium spoke. "He's with me. If you please." Tartarus casted a spell, making him lose his disguise. All of the soldiers gasped at the sight of Tartarus here, and fell to the floor.

"Ha! Even here, I am feared!" Tartarus spoke in a prideful voice.

"Yes. But with me around, they shouldn't be that afraid." She walked to the captain of the guards and rubbed behind his ear "It's alright. If he does anything here, I'll deal with him, alright?"

"Y-yes your majesty!" The pony spoke, stammering while staring at Tartarus.

"Come, Tartarus, I'll show you how food is really made." The two titans began to walk into Elysium's dining room, which doubled as a ball room.

"This place... it's beautiful." Tartarus spoke.

"You really think so?"

"Yeah. I can't wait to crush it."

"Oh ha ha!" They both sat on a table, where a chef came along, brining in trays of food. All of these foods weren't huge, but small with even smaller utensils. Tartarus stared at how small this was.

"Yeah... I'm not gonna eat here."

"Suit yourself." Elysium began to eat her food in a more civilized manner, taking small bites out of the already small bits of food.

"How can YOU eat that!? It's so... small!"

"True that it's small, Tartarus, but that means we treasure more of it than if it were huge. That is how I view my subjects here, unlike you."

"My followers are expendables! You need to make sacrifices to get what you want!"

"True, but I don't sacrifice lives to get what I want." The chef came back, giving both a glass of wine with a bottle of wine.

"Got anything bigger?"

"I'm afraid not, good sir." the chef replied "Everything here is ran professionally. Doing so will take a long time."

"...Fine!" He took the glass of wine and drank it, smacking his lips as he tasted it. "Huh... not bad."

"Try the food then." Elysium spoke, smiling.

"...Only for you." He grudgingly used a fork to take the small bit of food on his plate and took a bite out of it. Immediately, his mouth watered, as he never tasted anything this good!

"See what I mean?" She jumped back a bit, as Tartarus began to pig out on his plate.

"SO GOOD!!! NEED MORE!!!"

"...Calm down, Tarty. You'll get more."

"I'll be back." the chef spoke, quickly running to the kitchen. Tartarus drooled, licking his lips to savor the flavor.

"Maybe... you shouldn't have tried that." She took another drink from her wine, then looked at the bottle. "Care for another glass?"

"...Please," Tartarus replied, regaining his control. "Do it."

"Alright then. I guess I'll take another glass myself."

2 Hours later:

On Tartarus's side, three piles of plates were stacked, nearly touching the rooftop, and on Elysium's side, a pile of wine bottles were behind her. Both were having a good time, as Tartarus seemed to have the most control of this area while Elysium couldn't focus on anything anymore.

"You call me 'Tarty'?" Tartarus asked, chuckling to himself "Since when have you called me Tarty?"

"When we *Hic!* first met!" Elysium replied, having a serious case of the hiccups.

"I have never seen you this happy!"

"...*Hic!* That's because you... weren't *Hic!* the most... goodliest of... horses."

"But I take it tonight is different?"

"...N*HIC*ah."

"Oh... such a shame." She fell to the floor with a loud 'Thump!', laughing at what she did.

"Oh look... I fell! *HIC!*"

"You did." The chef came out and noticed Elysium on the floor.

"Is she alright?" The chef asked

"I'm A-Okay!" Elysium replied, waving a hoof in the air, trying to grab the table.

"And I take it you're satisfied, Mr. Tartarus?"

"Indeed I am." Tartarus replied, watching Elysium struggling to just stand.

"Well... thank you. I never thought I'd serve two Alicorns in my life!"

"And you didn't fail." Another thud was heard, and Elysium fell to the floor, fast asleep.

"Anything you need?"

"...I think she needs help. Care to lead me to her chambers?"

"...Of course!"

Tartarus used his magic to carry Elysium into her room, following the chef that was leading to Elysium's chambers. He opened the door and followed the two inside, seeing how, despite how cruel Tartarus was to his followers, he was gentle when settling Elysium to bed. Elysium woke up, then groaned a bit.

"It's alright," Tartarus spoke in a whisper "You're in bed."

"...HEY!" She yelled, not even hearing herself "I've been hiding something from you!"

"...Hiding something?" He turned to her "What is it? Care to tell me?"

"... I have... kids with me!"

"...Ok. We both do."

"No, no, no... I had kids... before you had kids!"

"... Yeah. I remember them."

"No, no, no! I have... others!"

"...Others? Wait... are you telling me you had TWO KIDS inside you already!?"

"Uh huh!" Tartarus stared at Elysium. All this time, before earth was made, she had two of their children inside her already!

"WHO ARE THEY!?!?!?"

"They're-" She stopped and froze, not moving for a couple of seconds.

"IS SHE DEAD!?!?!?" The chef asked. Elysium burped loudly. Out of her mouth, came a red-purple bubble. Elysium fell down again, fast asleep, and the bubble popped, revealing another one of their kids. The chef saw all of this and bowed to newborn Alicorn. Tartarus turned to the chef.

"What are you doing?" He asked

"Bowing to your child, Tartarus."

"There will be no need for that."

"...What do you me-AHHHH!!!" He was levitated into the air. "What are you doing!?"

"You satisfied me, so I'm rewarding you!" His horn glowed brighter, causing the chef to be encased in a large glow, then reappeared as an Alicorn! Immediately, he was shrunk to the size of the other Alicorn, who was also levitated and put into Tartarus's giant hoof. Tartarus sat on his haunches and, with his other hoof, gently caressed both of their heads.

"There, there," he spoke "It's alright. Tell me your names, my new kids." They both looked at each other in fear.

"M-my name is Pinot Noir!" the alicorn mare replied

"And yours, my chef?"

"...I-it's Gusteau!" he replied

"Aw yes. You two will be pleased with your siblings. I believe your dishes are still inside, Gusteau." He levitated both of them and opened his mouth wide for both to enter. They both tried to fly away, but soon realized, it was useless. Tartarus closed his maw and swallowed the two together, feeling them land with their siblings. He got up and walked to Elysium. This was his chance: he could easily kill Elysium and make his kingdom rise in power! But... he didn't. He stroked her mane gently, hearing her lightly snore and toss a bit in her sleep.

"When the time comes, I'll have you begging for mercy!" Tartarus simply spoke with rage in his voice, but he calmed down with a deep breath. "But... for now... sleep Elysium. This may be your last night of a good night's rest." His horn glowed and he teleported away, back to his land.

Both Gusteau and Pinot Noir landed on the floor below, surprised to see so much food around, as all of the other Alicorns began to eat it.

"Welcome to Tartarus's gut!" Eris welcomed them, holding some of Gusteau's dish to the two "Please! Try one before I take it." Gusteau stared at the other Alicorns inside.

"You know... I made these dishes." Gusteau replied. They all stopped munching and turned to him.

"You made these delecius treats?" Aeros asked before stuffing his face into one of the dishes.

"I did."

"Sure beats slob!" Fuego added

"And that no good tasting meat." Alloy added.

"But what about that red stuff from earlier?" Braveheart asked "You didn't make it!"

"He didn't," Pinot answered "But I know what you mean. That would be wine. Name's Pinot Noir."

"And yours?"

"Gusteau!"

"... Just follow my rules and no one gets hurt... got it?"

"Yes sir!" They both replied with a salute.

The Feast

Twilight woke up in what was a small, darken room and on the most softest bed in her whole life! It was so soft, she just wanted to sleep there for her whole life, but heard laughing out of her room. She struggled to get off the soft trap, falling onto the floor with a thud. Shaking off the pain, she exited the room, seeing, right in front of her, all the Alicorns (minus Gusteau and Pinot Noir), sitting in a circle with, for once, Celestia, Luna, and Cadence together! The room they were in was dark, having only a small light around the table the Alicorns sat together in, and seems to be enclosed by equally dark walls. She stopped, eavesdropping on their conversation.

"You should have seen her," Celestia spoke with her siblings "when Luna came back as Nightmare Moon, Twilight and her friends went through her obstacles easily, found the elements of harmony, and blasted her back into Luna!!!"

"All in one night!?" Conduit asked in shock.

"Of course it's possible," Einstein replied "she just said it was to make sure nighttime wouldn't last forever."

"It would've been much better if they did have more personality as today." Editor commented, sounding bored

"But Luna," Braveheart spoke "why didn't you do more as Nightmare Moon? Surely, you could've done more to slow them down!"

"...I won't lie," Luna replied "I was thinking more on 'Destroy elements' rather than thinking it through. But, I like to think it was a side effect to aligning myself to father, along with losing control."

"I see," Eris spoke "but what about my son, Discord?"

"...Your son is a trickster and good at it." Celestia replied "I had to help her by sending her letters back."

"With my help!" Aeros exclaimed

"And with me." Socrates added

"oh yes," Celestia spoke "I won't lie about you two helping."

"Cheaters." Eris mumbled under breath.

"I apologize for turning your son into a statue, Eris, but it was the only choice that didn't harm him."

"...whatever."

"At least my papers were more organized." Bureaucrat spoke with a small chuckle. A cream pie appeared in front of him and splattered on his face. He only grumbled a bit.

"Don't be too offended," Masterpiece spoke "but his pose was actually pretty good by my standard."

"I am just glad I didn't have to make another statue." Everest commented.

"And I don't need to worry about his armor and weapons." Alloy added.

"Yeah, yeah," Eris grumbled to herself "make fun of the only Alicorn who actually wanted child and DID'NT swallow them."

"Now, now," Cadence spoke "at least you weren't kidnapped by changeling during your own wedding, Eris."

"Ah... Changelings." Darwin commented to himself "So powerful in numbers, yet need to be lead by a queen. Reminds me of us, right everyone?"

"Almost," Socrate replied "Blood makes you related, loyalty makes you family."

"And another quote from the walking wisdom tooth." Elsa spoke.

"How did she save the day?" Aqua asked

"Well... she didn't." Cadence answered in a sheepish tone "Twilight rescued me from the caverns below and, in return, my husband and her brother, Shining Armor, worked with me and we saved Equestria together."

"Through the power of live?" Braveheart asked "Pfft! Typical love story."

"THAT'S MY JOB!!!" Editor yelled

"And what about when she turned into an Alicorn?" Orchestra asked "So much singing that day, even for me."

"And Too fast!" Conduit added "Really fast! Couldn't understand what's happening at all!"

"Is it wrong for me to comment that with all that stuff happening, it would've cost a lot of bits just to repair on the damage?" Monopoly asked

"Of course it would!" Natality yelled, flying up to his face "And this is Twilight we're talking about! Our newest sister!" Mortality used his magic and took his daughter away from Monopoly's face.

"Easy there, Child," Mortality spoke, still in his calm, silent voice "But yes. I thought she died on that day as well. I felt it was, but at the same time, I knew it wasn't."

"It was a spell Starswirl made with me long ago," Celestia answered "as a means to make more Alicorn in this world. It failed because he didn't understand friendship, and since I'm Twilight's teacher, I was sent there as well when she found out the right spell. I'm not sure... but... in that void... I felt... strong... like Elysium."

"Sister," Luna spoke, putting her right hoof on Celestia's shoulder "We already discussed that it was just a phase."

"Maybe, Luna, maybe." Silence fell among the group of alicorns.

"When's Twilight waking up!?" Darwin yelled "I wanna eat. NOW!!!"

"I'm here!" Twilight announced herself. The Alicorns turned around, seeing Twilight stand alone.

"Twilight!" Celestia shouted with glee. She ran up to her apprentice and went into a warm hug her! Twilight embraced Celestia's hug, hugging her teacher back. Celestia gently pushed Twilight back and stoop tall. "Where have you been!? Do you not realize I've been looking for you all over the castle!?"

"Me!? I've been looking all over for you, Celestia! I want answers to all of this: How were you, Luna, and Cadence born!? Why is Elysium now in her deep sleep!? How is Tartarus in the middle of earth!? And, now, was me becoming an Alicorn part of your plan!?" Celestia stared at her student, who's eyes were nearly blood shot. She took a deep breath."

"Twilight. I know this is a lot to take in. I wanted you to meet my siblings, but it seems you have that out of the way. All your questions will be answered in time to come. For now, however, we-"

"DINNER IS SERVED!!!" Gusteau and Pinot Noir's voice echoed around the area!

"FINALLY!!!" Eris yelled. She and everyone else bucked the walls, causing the walls to fall, revealing they were actually in a large room! Twilight's eyes adjusted to the light, and she saw where they were in: they were outside of the castle, but they were on a huge pillar that stood in the middle of the field, where every single pony inside Elysium gathered around! Twilight looked down and saw that the pillar they were on was actually a huge cake!

"What's going on!?" Twilight yelled

"The feast!" Luna spoke

"Every 50,000 years, before Elysium wakes up and we sing to her, everyone inside Elysium joins in a huge feast that the best chefs make together!"

"And the best wine makers," Cadence added "Can't forget about them!"

"SPEECH!!!" the crowd yelled "SPEECH!!! SPEECH!!!"

"Excuse me for a moment." Celestia spoke to Twilight. She flapped her wings and flew into the air. Twilight and the others watched Celestia, waiting in excitement to hear what she has to say. Surprisingly, Darwin controlled himself. "Fillies and Gentlecolts. It with great honor to present this speech made by my brother & sister, Gusteau and Pinot Noir. As many of you know, we are all living in harmony, growing with no stop whatsoever, and enjoying our old friends & family, along with new ones joining us everyday. Today however, is a special day, for we have my siblings and I have a new sibling with us: Twilight Sparkle!" Another loud cheer came from the crowd.

"What!?" Twilight yelled.

"Come on Twilight! Let them know who you really are!!!"

"WHAT!?!?!?" All the other Alicorns, including Luna and Cadence, urged Twilight to move & fly next to Celestia, some sounding impatient while others sounded supporting. She sighed in defeat, feeling her heart pound, as millions upon millions of ponies watched her every step... or flap, as she's technically flying. Twilight flew next to her teacher.

"Go on," Celestia whispered "introduce yourself."

"What do I say?"

"Just the bare minimum about yourself.". Twilight looked to the near endless sea of ponies, each standing patiently, waiting for the new princess to speak. She swallowed heavily.

"Uh... Hello?" A loud cheer was heard from the crowd, making Twilight fly back a bit, but still, she continued flapping her wings where she was at. "Quite the enthusiasm of these ponies."

"Yes, Princess Twilight. Please, introduce yourself." Twilight nodded and turned to the crowd. She was now calmed, seeing they'd cheer for her and Celestia was flying next to her.

"Greeting Everypony. My name is Twilight Sparkle, the Princess of Friendship. I was originally a unicorn for most of my life, such as half of these alicorns I've meet. For most of my life, I've never had any friends, until Celestia ordered me to make friends that, in return, stopped Nightmare Moon and brought back Princess Luna!"

"'Tis is true!" Luna yelled below

"Thank you. Many of my adventures continued, with me saving Equestira from Discord-"

"MY SON!!!" Eris yelled

"Saving Canterlot from the changelings with Cadence."

"Best wedding ever!" Cadence yelled below.

"My assistant Spike saving the Crystal Empire from King Sombra."

"He's an awful guy!" Alloy yelled

"Saving my friends from a horrible future that I accidentally made."

"That had a lot of singing!" Orchestra yelled.

"Putting the elements back into the tree of Harmony."

"I hated those weeds!" Flora added

"And went face-to-face with the magic stealing Centaur, Lord Tirek!"

"Great Battle! Wish I saw it!" Braveheart yelled

"And now... I have meet all of these strange, but wonderful Alicorns, who see me now as, not a friend, but... a sister to them."

"Group hug!!!" Darwin yelled. All the Alicorns flew into the air, surrounded Twilight, and gave a huge group hug. All the ponies below released a collective 'Aw'.

"Should we start?" Einstein & Socrates asked in unison.

"Of course." Celestia spoke

"Let the Feast BEGIN!!!" Luna yelled. A loud cheer was made from the corwd, followed by the loud rumbling of hooves, running towards their giant cake. All the Alicorns flew down the cake, seeing more dishes were available below! Darwin, Eris, Aeros, and Natality stuffed their mouths in the various dishes available, while everyone else took a plate and ate in a controlled manner. Twilight stayed with Celestia, but was stopped as a couple of other ponies came up to her and asked more about her life. The whole place was chaotic, but it was good chaos, as everyone was having a good time, with ponies chatted with each other about their lives before they died, played games with each other, performed music to help enhance the mood of fun & harmony.

"Come," Celestia spoke "I think we're going to need a little privacy."

"Yes, Celestia." Twilight replied with a nod. Celestia's horn glowed and her, Twilight, and Luna were gone. They appeared inside the castle, right where they first began, looking down and seeing how tall the cake was and how the ponies looked like ants now.

"You wish to know of our past?" Luna asked

"... I've been wondering how you were made before traveling into Elysium." Twilight replied "Nothing's written down. You're both blank slates!"

"Not anymore." Celestia answered. "Behold... our origins!" Celestia and Luna's horn glowed, and Twilight saw what was the beginning of time.

Darkness was around. There was nothing at all, but stars. Among these stars, Elysium woke up. She sat on her haunches, looking everywhere.

"H-Hello?" She asked "I-is anyone here?" Silence fell upon her. "Where am I? Who and WHAT am I!?" Curisouly, she poked around her body. "Let's see here... what's this on my back!? What else... OUCH!!! POINTY!!!" She looked everywhere, and saw a lone, yellow star land on her muzzle. It was warm to the touch, and it had a glow to it. Turning her head around, she saw multiple stars around, all floating without any question. "Maybe.. maybe if I can-" Before she could say anything else, a blue glow was around the star on her muzzle. It was taken off and placed, connecting to another star easily. The two together were hotter, and much more brighter. "connect them together?" She focused all around her, collecting every star with her magic and forming them together. Every piece fitted with each other, and soon, she made the sun! Her vision adjusted the large ball of fire, and she embraced the warmth & glow it made. She looked down and gasped at her own hooves! She stood up and turned around, seeing her tail and her wings. "W-what are these things?" A small flicker was made by the sun, and Elysium turned towards it. Out of the sun, came the young Celestia: her pure white coat and pink hair made her stick out easily. Celestia fell from the sun, but Elysium used her magic and carried the small filly. Celestia opened her eyes and shrieked at Elysium, shaking nervously. Elysium carefully placed her open hoof and caressed her daughter's mane. She saw the small filly's horn and wings, meaning this must be one of her own kind. "It's alright. Nothing bad is going to hurt you."

"Y-you mean it?" Celestia asked. Elysium stopped, as her pupils grew in size.

"Y-you can talk!?"

"...yes."

"But... how!?"

"I... have no idea. Do you?"

"...I don't. Do you have a name?"

"It's... Celestia. Yeah! Celestia! What's your name, mommy?"

"Mommy!?"

"You're my mom, right!?"

"... I guess I am. I'm afraid I don't have a name, Celestia."

"But you must have a name! Can't you remember it!?"

"Remember it?" She stopped and thought to herself. "It's... Elysium."

"Elysium? I like it!"

"Thank you Celestia. Tell me, what are these things on us?"

"I call those things on your back wings and the end piece a tail." the voice of what was Tartarus spoke. Elysium jumped at the voice.

"Mommy!" Celestia yelled "What was that!?"

"I don't know!" Elysium replied. She looked everywhere to avoid whoever made that voice! The sun may work, but did she really want to endanger her own daughter as a monster could look inside at a moment's notice. She looked to Celestia, making teary eyes. She didn't want her daughter to die by a monster, but if it means dying by her... then so be it! "I'm sorry Celestia." Her horn glowed, and Celestia was carried by it. Elysium opened her mouth, and Celestia was floated inside. Celestia struggled to get out.

"MOMMY!!! NO!!! WAIT!!!" It was too late. Elysium closed her mouth on Celestia and swallowed her whole. She turned around and was just inches away from the face of the monster that will be known as Tartarus. Elysium shivered in fear, as the monster stared into her eyes.

"...Did I... frighten you?," he asked in a terrifying voice "I have no idea where I'm at! Do you know where we're at?"

"Uh... no." Elysium replied, strangely calmed down, almost as if she knew this monster already.

"I apologize for that. I didn't think I'd meet someone quite as... beautiful as you."

"...beautiful?"

"Why yes! But... I'll just head there... for now!" he turned around and began to walk away "Name's Tartarus, by the way."

"...Elysium."

"Elysium. Quite beautiful. And what is that glowing ball behind you?"

"...This? I call it... the sun."

"Sun? I won't criticize it. Is there anyone else here?"

"Uh... no."

"Oh... alright." He left her alone, heading to the darkness. She looked down at her stomach, and felt Celestia was still alive... but lonely.

"Oh no... I'm a monster!!!"

Celestia fell into the fields, noticing how it wasn't rough at all. She looked around the beautiful flieds, but saw that she was alone.

"H-hello!?" she asked with a few steps. "HELLO!?!?!?" Only silence. She traveled ahed, sprinting in one direction, still yelling for someone to respond! This will not happen until later time.

A few years later.

Elysium sat around the sun, feeling it's warmth from the cold darkness of space, but, for being alone with only Tartarus to talk to, who was gone, Elysium decided to find him. She wasn't quite sure if she should the sun with her or not, for it's glow and warmth is good, but she needed something else. She walked a few feet away from the sun and looked up, seeing white stars around her. She decided to create something that wouldn't be as big as the sun, but still glowed as much. Using her magic, all the surrounding white stars started to form into another ball, but this one wasn't warm to the touch as the sun, but cool and a bit smaller. She looked closer at it, and Luna came out of the moon's surface, looking quite similar to when she was reformed from being Nightmare Moon. Luna looked around her new surroundings, then, when she saw Elysium, she screamed and fell into a ball, putting her hooves over her head.

"Please!" the filly begged "D-don't hurt me!"

"Hurt you?" Elysium asked "Why would I do that to a child?" Elysium levitated the petrified Luna and placed her on her giant hoof. She began to carefully caress Luna's mane, who, in returned, rubbed her head on it calmly. "Who are you, small one?"

"You mean my name? I am Luna."

"Luna? That's quite a beautiful name. I'm sure Celestia would-"

"What is that!?" Tartarus asked

"What was that!?" Luna asked

"Just... stay calm! Find Celestia quickly. I'll handle him!" Before Luna could speak, Elysium used her magic and levitated the filly into her mouth. Luna did all she could do, but it was useless! Elysium closed her mouth and swallowed Luna whole. She stood up and carefully walked around the moon. She stopped, as she saw Taratus, who was standing near the moon.

"This," he spoke, "This is beautiful!"

"...You really think so?" Elysium asked. Tartarus turned to Elysium, who gasped, seeing his real face! "Oh my! Y-you're a monster!"

"A monster!?" He touched his hooves around his face, even poking his razor sharp teeth. "Well that's something new, Did you make this?"

"I did."

"What do you call it?"

"... the moon."

"Moon? It's so bright... but cold."

"Just like you."

"Oh! Don't judge me yet!"

"Sorry. Are... you here to hurt me?"

"Uh... no. I don't even know why I'm here. Do you know why we're here?"

"No." They both stared at each other with an awkward silence.

"Do you... want to take this to the sun?"

"... I guess that'll do." They both used their magic around trhe moon and carried to a few feet away from the sun. Both sides could see much of each other now.

"Is it alright if I stay with you?"

"I... don't know anyone else. So... sure, I guess." They both leaned in closer to each other's face.

"Did I... tell you how beautiful you were?"

"Did I tell you how ugly you were?" They both chuckled and kiss each other, falling to the floor while laughing.

Luna fell into the grass fields below, where Celestia stood next to a tree, picking off all the fruits off, which grew back instantly as soon they were plucked. She stopped and listened to Luna screaming above. She turned and looked up, seeing Luna falling, screaming in fear. Celestia's pupils widened, seeing another pony for the first time in what seems to be forever! She ran to where Luna was falling, and used her magic to save her sister from hitting the floor as she did. Celestia adjusted Luna, making the other filly look at her. They stared at each other, turning their heads in curiosity, seeing each other for the first time.

"Who are you?" Celesgtia asked, breaking the silence.

"...I'm Luna." Luna replied "What's your name?"

"I'm Celestia."

"Where... are we?"

"We're inside our mother, Elysium, that's as far as I can tell."

"Nothing else?"

"Nope. I've been here for a long time. You're the first pony I've meet in forever!"

"Really!? Is there an end to this place?"

"None that I know of." Celestia walked to Luna, who took a few steps back. Celestia used her magic and levitated an apple to Luna. "Care for an apple?" Luna hesitated, but accepted the fruit, taking a bite, tasting it. She stopped, swallowed, and let out a satisfied sigh.

"That's good!"

"There's more nearby. I'm not sure, but it seems that there's food here that will last forever!"

"Think we'll be here forever?"

"With somepony to keep me occupied, I don't care anymore, sister!"

"Sister!?"

"Yeah... you have wings & a horn, like me. Aren't we related?"

"I... guess that makes sense. So... sister, what are we going do to?"

"Whatever you feel like doing. I have no idea what we can do."

"Well... where did you land?"

"Somewhere over there. I placed a stick in there as a reminder on where I began, in case this place has an end."

"Hm... LET'S BUILD A CASTLE!!!"

"A castle!?"

"Yeah! A place we can live in! Plus, I think more siblings will come here! We can build a huge castle!!!"'

"... Alright. Follow me." Celestia began to walk to where she began, and Luna excitedly followed, prancing happily.

The News.

The day was like any other: While Twilight Sparkle and her friends redecorated the new castle in Ponyville, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna invited Princess Cadence to their castle to discuss about Twilight's new role.

"I can't believe Twilight has her own castle!" Cadence spoke a bit excitedly, walking with the two other princesses.

"Yes, she did," Celestia spoke, acknowledging Cadence's excitement "and to think the Tree of harmony held a castle for her after finding the keys for that box it grew."

"I'm just glad she was able to stop Tirek," Luna spoke "otherwise that search would be for nothing."

"You need to trust Twilight sometimes, sister."

"And you need to plan ahead in case something like that happens again!"

"I have to agree with Luna on this," Cadence commented, scratching the back of her head, chucking nervously "you did put to much trust in Discord to stop Tirek."

"How was I suppose to know about that?" Celestia replied "I thought he was fully reformed thanks to Fluttershy."

"Yeah" Luna spoke to her sister "just like how I was 'reformed' immediately after I came back from being Nightmare Moon."

"You're my sister, so I expected that molting phase to take a while!"

"And how about the fact that you sent me to Ponyville with no knowledge on what has changed! I mean, I'm still trying to get used to those loud machines the ponies here call 'Trains'!"

"Hey! You were too excited to reintroduce yourself to listen to me!"

"Girls!" Cadence spoke, standing on her hind legs and using her forelegs to push the two back "Look, we just need to calm down and breath, okay? Remember, we were discussing about Twilight's new role as a princess, right?"

"...Right." The sisters spoke together

"We know she's the Princess of Friendship, right?"

"...Yes."

"So she's going to have a huge role with us and the others, right?" At the mention of the 'others', Celestia's pupils shrunk as her eyes widened

"...The others!!!" Celestia yelled, running ahead. Luna and Cadence followed a panicking Celestia, running through the halls.

"You didn't tell them about Twilight!?!?!?" Luna asked, trying to keep up with Celestia

"I was too busy seeing her react as an Alicorn!!! Especially when her crown was taken away from Sunset Shimmer, when we were taken hostage by Discord's seeds, and, of course, LORD TIREK!!!"

"You two were taken hostage by some seeds Discord laid in the floor?" Cadence asked Luna.

"Hey!" Luna replied "At least I wasn't close to being devoured by a Tatzlwurm, after being tricked by Discord in need of some fake medicine!!!"

"I know, but... that was fun with Twilight, I must say."

Celestia ran to the door of her room and opened it wide, only to stop and freeze in mid action. Luna and Cadence caught their breath, but stopped to see Celestia nearly frozen in place. Curious, they looked around a corner and saw, inside, another Alicorn sitting & reading in Celestia's Diary. This Alicorn was male, as by the shape of his head & body, had a light blue coat all over his body with the tips of his hooves & wings were white, wore a single white upper body shirt with a brown satchel holding various scrolls, and he had on a helmet with wings to the side that matched his coat & tips of his wings & hooves, covering his long, dark blue colored mane. His cutie mark was that of several lines from the left, heading right & going into a curve, and it seemed to be that everything floated around him as if he were a tornado. The aura of his magic was white, and he turned, seeing the princesses standing together.

"Well, Well, Well," The Alicorn spoke, tossing the book aside "looks like the rumors are true: There's a new Alicorn among us!"

"Areos!" Celestia gasped "Please, I can explain!"

"Don't, sister, I simply came here to deliver a message." Using his magic, he levitated a scroll to Celestia. Celestia opened it and skimmed though the letter.

"I'm sorry to say," Celestia read "but I won't be going out with that pony and I will not-"

"WRONG MESSAGE!!!" Using his Magic, Aeros took the scroll out of Celestia's hooves & placed it back in his bag. He began to look into his satchel again, murmuring to himself on how he messed up a delivery again. He pulled out another scroll, this time, he was confident on who he was giving it to. Celestia skimmed through the message again.

"Dear Princess Celestia, Luna, and Cadence, As you should know, the annual meeting of the Alicorns is only a few days away, and you know the task we must do. Many of us had already seen your apprentice, the once unicorn named Twilight Sparkle, become an Alicorn and we would very much like to see her face to face. Tell her what's going to happen and, if she has questions, allow us to answer them for her. Hoping to see you soon ~~~ Your Brothers and Sisters."

"Our annual meeting is that close?" Luna asked

"I've almost forgot about that." Cadence added

"Don't worry about it," Aeros responded, jogging in place. "If you need me to, I could-"

"That won't be necessary, Brother." Celestia interrupted. "I will personally tell her, thank you very much."

"...Eh, alright, see ya in Elysium!!!" He was gone in a quick blur, throwing whatever loose paper there was flying in the air as he ran in super speed that could only be described as him being the other 'Fili-Second' in the Power Ponies comics. Celestia took a deep breath, levitating one of the various papers in the air & a quill over to her writing table.

"I knew this day would come."

"Is there something wrong with that?" Luna asked, walking over to her sister's right side

"No Luna... I knew she'd have to do this, but I didn't think it'll be now. How will I be able to calm her down in this!?!?!?"

"...The same way Mother Nature did to her children?" Cadence answered. The sister looked at her.

"I'm not sure it'll be like them." Luna added

"I know: it's going to be MUCH easier than those ponies!"

"...Maybe you're right." Celestia replied smiling with a chuckle "I remember how much of a hassle they were with when they entered Elysium."

"And, might I add, Twilight's seen many weird things on her adventures, so this may or may not be the weirdest thing to her, but I'm sure she'll calm down much faster."

"That, I can agree on."

"I'll prepare for my trip then," Luna spoke, exiting her sister's room "I'm going to need all the sleep before meeting our siblings again."

"I'll go and tell my husband on what's happening," Cadence added as well, following Luna "don't want him to freak out that I'm gone for the day. I hope the others accept Twilight as another sister"

"Let me worry about that part, Cadence." Celestia spoke, writing down on her piece of paper "My Dearest Twilight Sparkle..."

A few hours later at Twilight's Castle:

"'You, Cadence, Luna, and I have been invited to an annual meeting made every ten thousand years.'" Twilight read the letter to herself. It was late at nighttime, so Spike was sleeping in his makeshift bed (one of the few things spared from Tirek's attack) and all of Twilight's friends were back in their home, asleep as well. The only one awake, besides herself, was her pet owl, Owlicious, who helped her in the night, usually getting a book in a top shelf area. "Ten Thousand years? 'I haven't told you this at all, but, we aren't the only four Alicorns in Equestria.' We aren't!?!?!? 'On the contrary, there are other Alicorns around the world, each performing a single task that no regular Earth Pony, Unicorn, or Pegasus could do together. I wish to name them all, but I figure it's best if you meet them face-to-face with me as your guide to our location. I will give you more details when in the afternoon; use your morning to tell your friends about where you'll be going away for a couple of days. If any of them wish to join, I'm sorry, but they must stay here, for if they come, the world will most likely cease to exist anymore. This is something only Alicorns can do, but they will see where we will go when the time comes. Your Teacher, Princess Celestia'." Twilight sat on her haunches, rereading the letter in her head. "There are other ones like me? Who are they? What do they look like!? When did they came!?!? Where did they come from!?!?!? Why is this happening!?!?!?!? How am I going to-"

"Who!" Owlicious hooted. Twilight turned and saw Owlicious giving her an annoyed look. She giggled awkwardly.

"Sorry. I just don't know how to handle this. Calm down Twilight, your questions will be answered in the morning. Just... write a letter to your friends, tell Spike what's happening, and have him send the letters out. Yeah, that should do it."

"Who."

"I will! Don't get your feathers curled up."

"Who."

"... fine, I won't get my feathers curled up." She climbed onto her bed and rested her head on the pillow. Many questions ran through her head, all of which causing her to stay awake, not even sure if she really knew her teacher, her teacher's sister, and her sister in law anymore. Could they be hiding more secrets than what she knew? The time felt slow: minutes seemed to be more like hours now, and she still couldn't sleep. "This is going to be a long night."

Fuego & Elsa: Prince of Fire and Princess of Ice.

Twilight was immediately shaken awake, feeling something wet & bumpy travel from her back to her head. She looked back and saw a white dragon with black back scales licking her back! She shivered a bit, feeling that she's going to be eaten by something that's already inside the belly of a titan alicorn. Flora giggled right in front of her.

"Look at that," Flora commented "it seems you've made a friend!"

"Do friendships begin with back lickings?" Twilight asked, feeling disgusted as saliva dripped from her back.

"Most of the time, yes! Do you have a baby dragon home?"

"I actually do. His name is Spike and I hatched him from an egg. Since then, I've-" The dragon whimpered a bit, almost as if to tell Twilight to stop.

"Oh my! Really Mrs. Scaley?

"Mrs. Scaley? What's wrong with her?"

"... I... can't really say. She just hopes to meet him when, well, his time comes." Twilight's eyes & pupils grew in size: This dragon was Spike's mom! If this is his mom, where's his dad? And if she's here... what happened to her? Twilight turned around, seeing the dragoness had lowered her head and nuzzled the small alicorn's face. Looking, Twilight could see the dragoness crying.

"Take... care... of... Spike." 'Mrs. Scaley' spoke slowly, still crying.

"...Don't worry," Twilight replied, putting her hoof on the lower lip of the dragon "Spike is in good care!"

"Good. ... I... miss... him." Many questions about this dragon ran through Twilight's head: How did she die? Did some royal guards take her eggs away while in the wild? Was she some sort of protector of a local town? All of these questions were ruined when the map landed on her face.

"Oh!" Flora spoke "You got a map from Aeros? Are you looking for Celestia?"

"I am!" Twilight replied, looking at the map. She skimmed through the map, seeing Celestia's name & cutie mark next to something that looked liked fire & the name 'Fuego'. Flora peeked over her shoulder.

"Celestia near Fuego? Huh... guess they're practicing."

"Practicing? For what?"

"... It's best if you see for yourself."

"Fine. Thank you Flora. And Don't worry... Mrs. Scaley, your son will have a good life!"

"Thank... you... Twilight." The dragoness replied with a smile. Twilight ran inside a door, finding herself in a hallway yet again. She looked at the moving map, seeing Celestia was in a room not too far from her. She followed the map, unaware another Alicorn was following her.

Twilight stopped at a door, hearing what appeared to be some tango music inside.

Celestia... tango dances? Twilight thought. She couldn't imagine seeing Celestia, her own teacher, tango dancing at all! But, then again, she is full of surprises every once in a while. A sudden chill was felt right behind. Almost on impact, her teeth began to chatter.

"Oh! Sorry about that." a muffled female voice spoke right behind her. Twilight slowly turned around, meeting another Alicorn: She wore a simple white sweater with a grey scarf over her mouth, but exposing her flank area, which the coat was a light arctic blue gray, her tail showing that, though curly at the end, was white with some light blue stripes in it. Her cutie mark was a simple snowflake, and her eyes were, though light blue in color, they were faded away, almost looking white as well. Twilight could tell by, just looking at her, were two things: 1) She was blind, and 2) She looked so similar to the historical Snowdrop, the creator of the snowflake.

"Are you-" Twilight began to speak

"Am I snowdrop?" The Alicorn replied, though muffled, having a bit of anger in her tone "No, I'm not. I'm in no way of any relation to her, but, I will agree to one thing."

"And that is?"

"I chose her as my champion."

"Champion?"

"Yeah. Didn't Bravehaert tell you this? We can choose our own champions who have made a great deal in our talent?"

"...Kinda."

"Yeah... I don't blame you though. Name's Elsa: Princess of Ice." She extended her hoof, showing that it was frozen in ice. Twilight stared at it a bit, then extend her hoof to hers. The cold was immediately teeth chattering upon impact.

"T-t-twi-i-ilight S-spa-ar-rkle!!!" Elsa took her hoof off quickly. Twilight could see her hoof was now frozen in ice and it was numb.

"Oh yeah! You're the new princess we have here! I see you got one of Editor's maps around here." Twilgiht slammed her frozen hoof to the ground, getting it unfrozen and to help her nerves feel something.

"Yeah. This castle is huge!!! It's nothing compared to Canterlot.

"Yeah, I know. Considering we've been in Elysium for so many years, we had to do something other than lie down & do nothing."

"I saw that in the past visions."

"Yep! Luna and her imagination back then! I take it you're looking for Celestia?"

"I am, actually!"

"Yeah, I'm actually going to talk to my brother inside. Stay with me, he's super hot!"

"... Do you mean-" Elsa opened the door. Immediately, Fire erupted from the room, nearly causing Twilight to be caught on fire! Elsa used her magic and the two were in an ice shield. Inside the room, fire was everywhere, and, in the middle, with all the furniture (also on fire) away, a stallion was dancing to the music, performing some tango dances on his own. His his mane, almost like Bravehaert's, moving as if it were on fire, but the colors were (from bottom to top), red, orange, and yellow, making him look like he really was on fire. His coat, though yellow, blended into blue at the hooves, and his cutie mark was a single flame.

"Oh yes!" He spoke to himself in a Spanish accent "Fuego! You really are quite the Semental guapo, ¿no?" Elsa giggled to herself. The stallion stopped dancing and, with his magic, turned off the music. The room became cool, and he turned around, seeing Elsa standing there. He became angry, and his mane grew in size with rising temperatures!!! "ELSA!!! ¿Cuántos tiempo te he dicho a golpear antes de entrar!?!?!? Odio cuando usted acaba de irrumpir aquí y-" He stopped as he saw Twilight entered right beside Elsa, staring awkwardly at him. His mane went down, & he became cooler. He turned around, licked his hoof and stroked his mane back with it, then turned back around. "My... apologies, Señorita Twilight Sparkle."

"No need to be such a hot head." Elsa chuckled. The Flame alicorn gave her a stern look, burning up a bit, but calming down.

"Let me guess," Twilight spoke "Are you Fuego?"

"Sí! Mi nombre es Fuego: Prince of Fire!" Twilight looked at the two, seeing the opposites.

"Fire and Ice, huh? Look, Fuego, I need to find Celestia! Do you have any idea where she's at?" Fuego thought for a bit.

"Sorry there, mi herman a mayor went away, trying to find more quality time with our other hermanos."

"Dang it!"

"Don't worry Twilight," Elsa spoke "You'll find her eventually. Be patient... and not like Fuego here."

"HEY!!!" Fuego yelled "I'm still here, ya sabes!"

"Oh, sorry for being truthful, Fuego."

"You shut your mouth!"

"Make me!" The two began to stare down at each other. Twilight wasn't quite sure what it'd look like, but she knew, it was anything but pretty.

"...care to show me your past?" Twilight asked, breaking their concentration. They looked at her, then back to each other.

"I... guess we can." Elsa spoke

"After all," Fuego added "we were born on the same day." They both turned to Twilight and their horns glowed: Fuego a yellow and Blizzard a blue.

Both Elysium and Tartarus, still a bit like giants, but small enough to walk on Earth, laid down on their back, looking to the sky.

"I can't believe it," Elysium spoke "we... actually did it!"

"We... really didn't do that much." Tartarus replied, looking to Elysium to his side "Something, much greater maybe, brought these ponies to life!"

"You... really think we're something small to something greater?" They looked at each other. Tartarus chuckled to himself.

"I hope not! Don't want anything that could threaten my power over this world!"

"You mean 'protection', right?"

"...yeah, sure... whatever." They both looked to the sky, seeing the sun in the distance.

"It feels so... fine here.

"Wanna go back to the sun?"

"You can, I'm going to stay here and nap a bit. The kids seem to like it whenever I sleep." She began to rub her belly and close her eyes. Tartarus simply rolled his eyes and, with his magic, teleported and grew back into the titan he was comfortable being with. He could feel the heat from the sun on his coat, but had to agree with Elysium: the land's temperature wasn't hot, nor cold. An evil grin came across his face.

"Let's bring things up a notch." Using his magic, he carried enough of the surface of the sun for his plan: just enough to not burn all of earth, but neither small to not make a difference. He looked to where a bunch of their new ponies were at: just the right amount! He threw the piece of the sun at them!

Elysium woke up, feeling the air had gotten warmer a bit. Then, she heard screaming!!! She flared his wings and flew right to the source!!! She stopped and watched other ponies, running around, also on fire like her! She looked up and heard the evil laughter made by Tartarus! She used her magic and grew right back into the titan she was. She marched to Tartarus, giving him a death glare!

"WHAT DID YOU DO!?!?!?" She yelled to him! Tartarus still chuckled, see in her angry for the first time ever, but she looked so cute doing it.

"What's it look like I'm doing?" He returned

"YOU'RE BURNING THOSE LITTLE PONIES!!!"

"Exactly! I'm telling them who's authority they're now under." She growled at him and pushed him out of the way! She used her magic and blasted the fire away with her magic, not realizing that, though it was extinguished, a single tree was on fire and her magic went to both the north & south, freezing the two parts of earth solid. Tartarus let out a sigh of disappointment. She turned back to him, her left eye twitching with anger. Unbeknownst to both of them, Elysium made both the desert and the arctic. The ponies below were, though darkened by the flame, didn't die at all. They immediately praised their savior, bowing down & worshipping her out of love, but also Tartarus out of fear.

"What has gotten into you!? You've been acting... so bad!"

"...'So bad'?"

"... I have no words! You're not what I thought you were!"

"I never was, Elysium, but you what I think you are!" She growled right at him! "Oh look! A new kid!" She turned around and, sure enough, two kids were born: a young Fuego from a tree. Elysium looked and saw her own snowy north and south.

"Oh dear. It seems I've made this world a bit cooler." She looked and a glacier came off of the snowy north, drifting to the desert at a fast pace. She squinted her eyes and another Alicorn, a young Elsa, breaking from the ice! She landed next to the young Fuego, who just flew up to her, curious on who she was. The two opposite alicorns stared down at each other for a moment, unsure if they were friends or not. They lifted their hooves and touched each other. They immediately retracted in pain, looked at each other, then got into a fighting pose, growling at each other! The ponies nearby ran away, not wanting to see something that could hurt them all.

"You get one and I get one?"

"...Sounds fair." They both used their magic and lifted the two Alicorns away from each other: Elysium with Elsa and Tartarus with Fuego. Even when floating away, the two tried to fight each other, using all of their straight to get away from their parent's grasp and using whatever they had left to fight each other. They both gasped at their parent's sight, stiffening as they were placed onto their giant parent's single hoof.

"My creation from the sun," Tartarus began, staring down at Fuego "What is your name!?"

"My name, señor?" Fuego asked. Tartarus lifted him closer to his eye! He moved back a bit and swallowed "It's... Fuego!"

"Fuego? Since you're my creation, it's best if I accept you. Elysium?"

"Oh yes!" Elysium replied, looking down at her daughter. She extend her other hoof and scratched her own daughter's mane. "What is your name, my lovely creation?"

"It's... Elsa." Her daughter replied "Elsa, ma'am."

"Elsa? How fitting. Are you ready, Tartarus?"

"You know I'm ready!" They both opened their mouths and levitated their chidden inside. Both of the kids screamed, flying away as best as they can! Elsa blasted a spell at the throat, causing it to snow inside her belly while Fuego blasted fire into his father's throat, making it rain fire into his belly! They both failed, as both only shrugged, with their parents closing their mouths and swallowing their child at the same time.

Elsa fell into the field, seeing only her new family inside. The castle that was inside was starting to be built, as Everest used his strength to make the boulders, Celestia flying above to lead them all, and Luna acting more like a mascot with Aqua providing refreshments & Flora, who grew a solid foot with roots inside the ground, grew fruit from her mane.

"Hello there!" Luna greeted "We're making a castle!" Celestia flew and landed next to Elsa.

"Hello," Celestia greeted "My name's Celestia. The big guy's Everest, the one providing drinks is Aqua, the one providing snacks is Flora, and the one that greeted you is Luna. What's your name?"

"...Elsa." She replied

"Did you make it drop that white stuff earlier?" Everest asked

"...You mean this?" She used her magic and some snow fell off her hoof.

"...Yep, she did." Flora responded

"Great!" Celestia exclaimed "You can be our cooler!"

"... you're making a castle?"

"Yep!"

"... Well, I don't know anypony else, might as well."

Fuego landed into the dark cave inside! Aeros looked above and, with his wings, he foe up and caught Fuego! Unfortunately, Fuego was hot, so Aeros dropped him out of pain. Fuego landed roughly, glowing with anger.

"¿Qué fue eso!?" Fuego shouted Aeros landed and tilted his head

"Uh... sorry?" Areos replied "Look, I'm Aeros, and I take it father swallowed you?"

"...Father?"

"Tartarus."

"... Si, he did. The name's Fuego."

"Aeros. I'm... actually happy somepony is here now. It's been so scary when you're alone here!"

"...I can imagine." Aeros walked up to him, and Fuego could hear his stomach growl. "Got anything to eat here?"

"I was about to ask you that." They both stared at each other.

"... I guess we need to search here?"

"Be my guest. I've search through here, never had I found anything!"

"Nothing!?"

"Nothing."

"...Oh great!"