The Elements of Harmony

"Honestly, I really thought you were some robbers back then," Lyra admitted as she blushed scarlet after realising she had been dreaming for quite some time about past events, "Thank goodness I met you 'robbers', huh?" She winked at her friends, who returned their trademark smiles, Vinyl, with her signature mischievous grin.

Rolling her eyes, Vinyl remarked, "Oh boy, meeting the Derpster and Toppy afterward was one heck of a doozy!"

Her casual remark drew more laughter from everypony in the room.

However, Lyra quickly shook her head and regained seriousness, she trotted towards Celestia, head tilted in slight confusion, "Sorry for derailing the topic, Princess. But we were on the topic on us being the elements of harmony?" She turned back slightly to her friends and raised her eyebrows; a signal to continue on what she had just said.

Surprisingly, the grey pegasus was the second to walk forward, eyes effortlessly crossed, "That's right, Princess. I never really heard of a 'second set of elements'. Dash never really told me anything of the sort...," Her mouth crumpled up in confusion as she looked towards the carpeted floor, hoof constantly pawing at it.

Everyone being stunned by Derpy's sudden seriousness, left a silence hanging in the room.

"Is something timey-wimey going on?" She asked suddenly, head jerking up, leading to six puzzled looks in her direction.

Princess Celestia looked darkly to the side for a mere second before returning to the six ponies, "Why Miss Hooves, I doubt that this would be related to time, it has been planned for some time though. And yes, Lyra, you six are the elements of harmony." Celestia repeated, reaffirming what the six ponies had doubts about.

"Which elements of harmony are each of us, Your highness?" Another voice penetrated through as a grey earth pony trotted forward.

Celestia looked at the stained glass panels dotted with her apprentice and her friends, and remembered how they had found each other, and how Twilight had an absolutely difficult time adapting to her new environment, and her new friends. But as soon they had settled each others differences, Celestia thought as her horn glowed golden as she unfurled a scroll to herself, which contained a picture of her apprentice and her friends, her eyes shifted uneasily from the picture to the six ponies whom were waiting tentatively, she lightened up once she noticed the similarities between the two groups, and noticed each others similarities, they started being the best of friends.

"Your elements will only come to you when you realise it," Celestia said with a sad grin, "And you'll appreciate them more when you realise who you really are."

The six ponies straightened up, as they knew what they were going to do.

"I'm going to send you few," She mused as she rolled up the scroll with another golden aura, "To find Discord."

"Aye-aye Princess, we're on it, trust me, we want our friends back really really bad," Carrot placed a hoof at her forehead before sending it off.

"Let's go!" Lyra pointed at the door before galloping off with exuberance, followed by her friends, all laughing their heads off.

Good luck, my little ponies. The royal alicorn looked out of her window, only to be faced with ebony dark storm clouds, forming a face, you'll need it.

***

"So...," Vinyl rolled the words around once they stepped out of the train from Canterlot, "Where should we start?"

"Good question Vin," Lyra mused, "To be honest, I don't know." She looked around and scanned her surroundings, "Everything seems fairly normal, albeit for the thunder clouds, which are most likely caused by Discord. Normal, dark clouds isn't his style."

"I agree," Octavia said, "And I have seen his style. He could have gone to one of the primary elements of harmonies' houses, to wreak chaos and havoc."

"Good point," Carrot nodded her head, "But who's house are we going to go?"

And like that the five of them broke out into a string of arguments as to who's house to go to, with Vinyl stating that Pinkie's mental state was not to be compromised, her house should be first, while Octavia said that Rarity's demeanor had been totally not like herself should be first. And with that, both musicians broke out into arguments.

Finally, they settled on Pinkie's Sugarcube Corner, letting a DJ smirk at her rival.

Whilst walking towards their local bakery, the numerous chatted on what Pinkie's workplace would be like.

All except for one pegasus.

Derpy's usually crossed eyes had abnormally focused, and they were constantly looking behind her, as if someone was following her. She quickly shook it off as nothing and continued her crossed eyes, just too paranoid Derpy...

You did shake that off rather quickly.

The musicians were still debating on everything arguable, although mostly it was Vinyl replying angrily in retortance while Octavia made a snide remark, even while walking, leaving the other mares to roll their eyes in annoyance.

Derpy's eyes focused again as she thought, too quickly.

"Lyra," Derpy walked up to the mint green unicorn's side ad mist their own self-created chaos, "I'm know I'm ditzy and can't think too clearly most of the time, but I think we should try looking in the Everfree forest for signs of Discord."

Lyra turned to look at Derpy abruptly, "How so?"

The grey mare looked in Everfree's direction and gulped, beads of cold sweat appearing at her brow unbeknownst to herself, "Just a hunch...," She said as she noticed a greenish glow emit from the oddly clear sky above the mysterious forest.