Time to take action

Chapter 2 Time to Take Action

Celestia searched the room, looking to make sure no one else was in hearing distance. After she was sure no one was there, she closed the door with her magic. Then her horn glowed, spreading a white sphere of magic that encased her, Pinkie, and the room around them. Pinkie stood in awe at the beautiful display of magic before her attention was drawn to the princess's voice.

“Now we can talk confidently, my little pony, I have cast a silencing spell so no one can hear us,” she smiled. “I have to say Pinkie, I always thought it would be Twilight, who would figured it out first. No offence.”

Pinkie just smiled as she spoke. “Oh, no offence taken, I’ve always had a way of thinking outside the box or dimension so to speak;” Celestia just nodded her head waiting for her to continue. “But then it dawned on me, you said, and I quote; the Elements of Harmony have been around before you and Luna. And you guys are like ancient, uhh no offence’ She stopped to see if she had offended the princess, it never was a good idea to anger beings who were pretty much gods, but continued when she saw no signs of anger and went on.

“So then I realized that we became the elements, ‘cause after the magic key box opened, a new feeling came over me, and it wasn’t like all the other times we used them. It used to feel like it would surged through me, then go away, but I realized it didn’t feel like we were borrowing the powers like all the other times ! Instead, we were the powers!”

Celestia decided to interrupt and finish the statement for her “And you put together that if the elements were older than me, and you being an element makes you immortal, am I correct on that assumption?" Pinkie nodded excitedly Celestia smiled at her antics “Well I must say I am impressed Pinkie, that is a great deduction on your part.”

Pinkie smile started to wear down as she waited for the answer she sought. Celestia spoke again this time in a lot firmer tone. “Now listen Pinkie, for what I am about to tell you is very important, for you and your friends!" She slammed her hoof upon the ground as if to emphasise the importance of her speech. "Being the Elements of Harmony has granted you many powers, some that make my own seem like child’s play,” She paused, checking to see if the pink mare was still listening. Seeing she still had her full attention, she continued. “You have pretty much been granted the same powers as an alicorn. though your powers only really work when you and your friends are combined. It has given your mortal bodies the boons of a celestial being! That being said, the first power you probably have noticed is that you and your friends are quite resilient. Am I right?”

Pinkie brought a hoof to her chin as she thought of examples, before bouncing in place shouting. “Oh you mean like how Rainbow can crash into things without really injuring herself, or like how Twilight can take the full explosion from one of her messed up experiments without even flinching?” Celestia just smiled at the pony’s antics before speaking.

“Yes, Pinkie, those are a few examples, I am sure you have more, but we must continue. Secondly you six probably haven’t realized it yet but none of you really get sick anymore, that would be another boon from the elements,” Pinkie was going to interject, bringing up the time Discord got sick since he was also an immortal being. However, Celestia beat her to the punch. “However there are still some magical illnesses that can affect you like that, like the nasty green flu Discord caught a while back. Thirdly, you would not have noticed this but you six have also grown stronger in all your abilities. You make people laugh easier, Twilight’s magic is stronger and more potent. Applejack has a lot more stamina and can cause people to speak the truth just by being around them. and so on. But lastly, you girls have gained eternal youth like me and Luna. Now, this does not make you immortal because I myself am not immortal, and though it would be hard, I can also be slayed.” she paused, allowing the information sink in.

Pinkie sat there, dumbfounded, as she sat upon her haunches. She had pretty much figured this out, but hearing it being said was a totally different feeling. “Do you know want this means princess?” She said while grabbing Celestia’s face and bringing her to eye level. “I know what I must do to save my friends, from ever being sad no matter how long we live!” Celestia smiled not wanting to interrupt. “It makes so much sense, the answer is so easy. All I have to do is get all my friends to fall in love with each other! Don't you see, it all makes sense, if they love each other they won’t have to watch their most precious pony die in front of them.

That is why I thought of this being a possibility. If what you say is true, my element has gotten stronger and sensed this upcoming sadness and must fix it!” Pinkie squealed as she let go of Celestia’s face, bringing her into a hug. “ Thank you so much princess, I knew this idea would change everything and it will. Now it's time to put my grand plan into action.” She was about to run out of the room when she was stopped by a magical barrier.

Celestia just chuckled at the shocked pony. “I think that your heart is in the right place, Pinkie, but I have a request before you leave,” Pinkie turned and smiled, realizing she might have gotten a wee bit too excited. ” I know this will be hard for you to do, but try not to tell them that they are immortal just yet. It is a lot to take in, and you are all still so young. The weight of never ending time can put a toll on a pony, trust me.” Celestia pleaded with what seemed to be a glint of sadness upon her face. Pinkie just smiled.

“Oh, don’t you worry about that princess, Auntie Pinkie Pie likes a challenge. I want to get them to fall in love with each other naturally. Telling them would be cheating, and could force them to try and do it out of need, not want.” With that she bowed and ran out the door on to her next great adventure stopping right outside the caste realizing she had one tiny problem.

She didn't really have any experience with romance. Ohh idea! I'll just go get some reading material, Twilight always says that books are super duper helpful. "Oh I know, I’ll stop by the crystal palace and see if the library there has any information!. Twilight is sure to have a book about relationships. The only tricky part is getting her to help me, without her knowing it’s for her and the gals, and not myself." She exclaimed to no one, as she bounced her way to the air balloon excited to get her plan started.

Back at the throne room a shadow emerged from the wall slowly shimmering into a form of a pony. Celestia just smiled. “I knew you were there, dear sister, is something bothering you?” Luna smiled, knowing she never could get the drop on her sister even in this day and time.

“Is it wise to let her do this, sister? Won't she cause problems to the elements?” She questioned, truly concerned that the world's ultimate weapon could be in jeopardy.

Celestia just smiled chuckling to herself. “No my dear sister, if it does anything it will only strengthen their power. Who knows, maybe you and I can finally rest after this is all said and done." She let a small smile grace her lips as she walked out. Besides it would be fun to see something new...

Author's Note

I want to thank every body for the fave I am still trying to get and editor if anyone is interested I hope my writing is getting better paced

And a special thanks to my editor DeltaNutmeg