Child Of The Moonlight

Hidden Lore and the Seventh Element

Twilight Sparkle ran into the throne room followed by her five friends panting from the effort of racing to Canterlot. She sometimes forgot that she could fly now, but she mostly preferred running because it's what she had done her whole life. The reason they were in such a rush was because Twilight had gotten a letter from Princess Celestia asking to talk to them all at once about urgent business involving the elements of harmony, which Twilight made sure to bring along, making Spike carry them as he rode on her back. "Princess Celestia, Princess Luna" She said politely dipping her head a moment before looking up at her mentor with a smile.

"Hello Princess Twilight" Princess Celestia greeted with her own smile, she and her sister returning her polite dip of the head with one of their own "I called you and your friends here is because my sister and I discovered something important while looking through the archives, there is a 7th element of harmony and I wanted you and your friends to try and find it, since you have the other 6 it should be easy to find"

"A 7th element?!?" the mane 6 looked at each other in surprise and shock they never thought that this was what they would be called for, but at least it wasn't a dire world issue for once.

"Come on guys lets go!" Rainbow Dash rocketed out of building the others rolling their eyes and simply following with slight grins at Rainbow Dash's eagerness and impatience.

"One moment Twilight" Princess Celestia called waiting for her to tell the others she'd be right there before she lead her away to talk privately "Twilight you and your friends have saved the world time and time again but I'm afraid we're going to need you all once more" Princess Celestia looked down at her accepted students gaze with her own serious one "The stars are starting to disappear, and though Luna has managed to make do so far, I fear something evil is coming our way, I don't mean to say this to worry you, but I feel as though if anyone can figure it out it would be you, but for now, until we know more I'd ask you not to mention this to anyone, I don't want to cause a panic" she nodded silently then let her go to her friends.

"How are we supposed to find the 7th element?" Fluttershy mumbled quietly looking cautiously curious, she was wearing her element necklace with was the same shape and color as her cutie mark.

"Well...I suppose that if we used our elements together it might do something" Twilight theorized being pulled from her thoughts when Fluttershy asked her question, she had been wondering about what Princess Celestia had told her. What could make stars disappear, she wasn't sure, but she knew that the moment she was able she'd be going to look through her books to try and find an answer.

The others nodded and activated their elements aiming them at Twilight's crown and true to Twilight's word her crown floated for a brief moment before starting to speed away, the Mane Six running and flying after it as fast as they could manage.

Nearing sundown

The Mane Six was growing tired from chasing after the crown when it suddenly fell down to the ground at a town line, the sign read Hoovesdale and as the group walk through the small town they noticed that everyone except Applejack and Pinkie Pie were getting glares, and despite Twilight's several attempts to ask some questions no one seemed to want to answer, they just glared and ran off after getting a look at her horn and wings.

"Don't take their behavior to heart, a lot of ponies around here don't trust unicorns or pegasi" a young red filly said with a gentle smile she was an earth pony with a small blue ball cap hiding a short muted red-purple mane with dark pink accents and a matching tail and light yellow eyes "come on I'll take you to my sisters, she'll help you with whatever you need, I'm Red by the way Red Comet" the filly added as she walked through the nearly empty streets toward an old turnip farm.

"Why would your sister help us if everyone here hates pegasi and unicorns?" Rainbow Dash asked as she hovered over the filly with a suspicious and slightly insulted look on her face as someone mumbled something insulting.

"That's cause she's like you, she was adopted by my parents when she was a just a baby, but she has wings like you and your other friends do, she doesn't know how to use them though" Red walked up the steps of the old farm house, falling apart as it was it still had a warm feel unlike most of the other town.

The door opened to reveal a dark blue pony with black hoof tips and white freckles along her nose she was wearing a golden yellow cap which was pulled down to hide her light orange eyes, she was wearing a vest that matched her cap, while her mane and tail had black and white stripes a dark orange shooting star blazed on her flank as her cutie mark. The new pony looked around at the group a little anxiously before spotting Red and relaxing slightly.

"Who are these strangers Red?" her voice was soft like Fluttershy's but it had a firmness to it like Twilight's, as if she were scolding a young puppy from doing something they had been taught not to recently, gentle and understanding but still a scolding all the same.

"I'm sorry Thunder, but they've just arrived here and you know how the town ponies are... and given how late it's getting they'd need a place to stay..." Red shuffled uncomfortably, but not because she feared the blue pony but it almost seemed like she was shy about what she was implying.

"I understand Red, but next time maybe a bit of a warning first hmm" Thunder chuckled before looking at the group and stepping back "come on in strangers, I might not look like much, but it'll suit your needs for the night" Thunder waited until the others were inside then shut the door behind them, her dark blue wings fluttering for a moment before settling down again, they did that sometimes but she never could control them, not like the two pegasi in her house. "as you might have gathered my name is Thunder Mist and this is my turnip farm, turnips aren't the most tasty thing in the world, but they grow easy in most kind of weather, now who are you and what brings you to this dead corner of the world?" She asked while she began to pour her guests some bowls of stew her wings flapping from time to time, which didn't go unnoticed by the cyan pegasus in the group.

Twilight and the others thanked Thunder for her hospitality, and the food, before Twilight began to tell her about their reasons for being out so late and their reasons for stumbling across this tiny town. Thunder nodded from time to time as Twilight spoke and the purple alicorn could practically see the gears in her head turning as she explained about the missing element, Red had the gleam in her eyes that only a child could get when tales of epic adventure were involved.

"Well I do remember some sort of stone like what you're describing...but I don't know if you'll really want to get it back cause a dragon took it from the town hall a few years back and now it's in his cave up on the mountain, not exactly a place that ponies want to go" Thunder looked up from her stew seeing the look in the Mane 6's eyes and chuckled "But if you really want to I can take you to the mountain in the morning" she added taking their empty food bowls before showing them where they could sleep.

Author's Note

Not very good I know but it's my first story I wrote like this so I hope I'll get better, comment below if you spotted any errors or just want to give me suggestions criticism is alright just don't be out right rude, ask any questions you'd like I'll try my best to answer them the best I can without giving to much away Red Comet is also an OC I created so again, apologizes if anyone has the same thing it was not my intention