A Whole New World We Live In

Prologue part one

Twilight faced the overgrown centaur with clear anger upon her face. The centaur climbed out of the rubble that the lavender princess put him in. He hated to admit but this pony princess was actually putting up a decent fight, even manage to damage him a few times. He glared realizing this isn't getting anyway.

"How bout a trade, Princess Twilight?" He suggested as he snaps his fingers. After this, 7 orbs appeared above her head. Orbs containing her friends. She glared at the demon once more. How dare he bring her friends into this mess.

"Their release for all the alicorn magic in Equestria" He announced. She gasped, the bastard centaur is using her friends to get rid of her magic. So Equestria could fall against, she then heard the protest of her friends telling her not to go through with it; not to listen to his words. She begin to weigh her options on what she should, she could say no and risk the lives of friends or she could give him her magic and risk the fall of Equestria.

"So what's it going to be, Princess?" Tirek grinned at the alicorn

'Damn, what should I do? I don't want to give up my magic or risk my friends lives. C'mon Twilight, Think! Think!' Twilight mentally screamed.

Her friends looked at Twilight shouted and begging not to give up her magic.

"Don't do it, Twilight!" Rainbow Dash shouted

"We aren't worth it." Fluttershy added. Discord felt a pang in his heart when Fluttershy spoke those words, how could he had let this happened. If had not listen to this monster's words and hurt not only his dear friends but poor Fluttershy, none of this would had happened. He sighed and gazed at his best friend and reformer.

"Oh, But you are Fluttershy; You are the pony who taught me that friendship is magic. I had magic and friendship, and now; I have either." He said as he covered his eyes in shame and sadness, for once in a 1000 years, the draconequues felt truly sorry for his actions.

"ENOUGH!!! I WANT AN ANSWER!! AND I WANT IT NOW!!!" Tirek roared. Twilight stared at her friends and noticed something odd, a light was shone within the orbs in different color. What was that just now? Did it connect with her key or something? Her eyes gave off a rainbow colored shine and quickly vanish. She looked at her friends and then Tirek, knowing now what to do. She has made her decision.

"I will give you magic. In exchange for my friends." She announced. This shocked her friends greatly, what was she thinking? Tirek comply with her wish by snapping his fingers, releasing her friends. All except one, Discord; the one who caused all this. Twilight gazed at the sadden draconequues. She begin to think about his release, he did apologize to Fluttershy and looks regretful. However, none of this would had happened if he didn't side with Tirek. But, like everypony else; He too was a victim of the monster. She glared at Tirek and stomped her hoof.

"All of my friends." She demanded. This surprised both Tirek and Discord. Did she really consider him a friend, even after the horrible things he had done. Tirek growled and pointed at the draconequues who still had a look of shame.

"After what he has done to you. You still call him a friend?!" Tirek asked. She glared, she didn't care about that anymore. Discord was a victim as much as anypony. Sure, he is a jerk and had annoyed her plenty of times. But; he is a friend in his own way. He had persuaded her that friendship was more important than being a Princess. He also gave her and Cadence great time; sure he messed up their day. However, they manage to bond together either way. Plus, he had helped her with the book and the Tree of Harmony. If it wasn't for him, Equestria wouldn't be here right now.

"Release Him!" She scrutinized. Tirek signed and snaps his fingers, setting the draconequues free. He landed on the ground with the thud and looked at Twilight sincerity. He thanked her for letting him go and turned to his best friend, Fluttershy.

"I'm sorry." He apologized

"I know." She replied.

"Your turn." Tirek said as he turned to the alicorn princess and begin to suck out of her magic. Twilight felt like her life force was being drained. She struggled to get up, but felt too weak and fell. Tirek grew not only in power but size as well. He grew taller and taller, loving the surge of magical power that he absorbed from the tiny princess. Twilight's eyes looked lifeless, she lazily gazed at her friends rushing to her aid.

"Twilight! What were you thinking?!" Spike asked. She weakly stood up and stared at the draconequues who gained her and her friends attention.

"Tirek tricked me into believing he could offer me something more valuable than friendship. But there is nothing worth more, I see that now. He lied when he said this medallion was given as a sign of gratitude and loyalty. But when I say that it is a sign of our true friendship, I am telling the truth" He confessed as he took off the medallion given to him from Tirek, And put it on Twilight to wear. The medallion then shimmered a rainbow color and felt new found energy returning to body. She looked at Discord with astonishment, could Discord be her key giver all this time?

"Ya think that might be the last one we need?" asked Applejack.

She wasn't sure, but right now. It could be their last hope. "We have to get to the chest." Twilight commanded. They all nodded and rush back to the Everfree forest where the Tree of Harmony and chest with five keys were residing. Twilight levitated her medallion towards the chest and just as she hoped, it changed into a key. She smiled and put the key into lock and looked at her friends with determination.

"Together, I think we have to do this together." Twilight said. They all proceed to grab their respective keys and push them into the lock with a turn. The tree begin to glow along with mane six respective cutie marks that are engraved into the tree. Suddenly, beams of light begin to surround the girls and they felt a change happen. Their appearances had changed a little, their manes have gotten bigger and more colorful and their cutie marks have spread to their hooves. Twilight smiled as they both flew up and faced the towering centaur known as Tirek.

Tirek noticed this glared, how did they get back up? This is impossible. He growled and shot a blast of dark magic to the rainbow powered ponies. Unfortunately for the centaur, it didn't do any damage whatsoever. In fact, they're being protected by some kind of magical barrier. Tirek growled and glared at the rainbow ponies.

"How is this possible?! YOU HAVE NO MAGIC!!" Tirek roared.

"You're wrong Tirek, I had may given you my alicorn magic. But I carry within me the most powerful magic of all." She replied with a smirk. First a lavender beam of magic attack him, then a pink one and soon Tirek was bombed by white, blue, orange and yellow beams of magic that fused into one. The centaur screamed in pain as he is vastly loosing power, not only returning to Tartarus but reverting to his original form. The mane 6 flew up in a ball of magic and spread across Equestria, returning magic to their rightful owners. To Shining Armor, Derpy and the Wonderbolts . To the ponies of Appleloosa and finally the Princesses of Equestria; Celestia, Luna and Cadence. The mane six flew down to the Tree of Harmony and watched the magic go back to the tree. They all cheered in victory over the defeat of Tirek, however, Their victory was short lived. The tree begin to hum violently and turned black.

"W-What's going on?!" Twilight asked in a terrified voice. The ground begin to shake and then crack. Jade colored magic begin to erupt from the ground and black lightning strike the earth.

"Ah don't get it. Why is tha' tree actin' like this?" Applejack asked as she was trying to gain her balance from the shaking earth.

"I believe I can answer that question Applejack." said elegant voice. The mane six looked around to find Celestia with Luna, Cadence, Discord and Spike. Twilight watched the ponies of Ponyville run and fly around in absolute terror. It's really scaring, what could this mean?

"Princess, what's going on? Why's the tree going all crazy?" asked Rainbow Dash. Celestia sighed and gained a sadden look as she gazed at her precious ponies. She took a deep breath and looked at the mane six. "It means. The end of the world."

They all gasped in horror. All of them except Luna, Cadence and Discord. Twilight was visibly shaking and scared to death, the end of the world. But how? They had just got done beating Tirek from taking it over and it's going to end.

"H-How?! W-Why?! I don't understand" Twilight asked, tears threating to come down her face. Discord sighed and decided to explain.

"Negative magic Twilight, It has been without the elements so long that negative magic begin to build up within the tree and spread throughout the planet. The tree is connected to planet and it's main core, without the tree holding the elements in place, the whole planet falls apart eventually." He explained.

"B-B-But we gave the elements back to the tree. Surely, this will all stop right?" Rarity hoped.

Discord shook his head sadly. "No Rarity, It's too late. The negative magic has already spread in Equus. There is absolute no stopping it, ever since Celestia and Luna took the elements to stop me; they had already sealed their fates. When I saw the warning signs, I thought it wasn't something to worry about. That since you guys put the elements back into the tree. Things would go back to normal and Equus would not be in danger. However, I was wrong."

The mane six and the royal sisters looked down in sadness. Twilight let her tears fall off her face. She looked at her former teacher with hopeless eyes.

"I'm sorry Twilight, this is all my fault." Celestia told her as her voice finally broke and cried. Her sister, Luna went to console her while the rest looked down in despair. There was nothing they could really do.