The daemon, Protector of Equestria.

Chapter: 8 Weapons of mass harmony

‘Sorry about the window!’ shouted Patholis, as he ran out the throne room to catch up with the others.

Celestia gave no response but a small smile appeared on her face, while looking at the shattered remains of Discords glass face.

Instead she turned to face the fatally wounded changeling, still bleeding out, lying on the floor.

‘Next time you think of trying to take my kingdom, include him in your plan.’ Celestia walked over towards the changeling queen.

‘Oh…I’m sorry there won’t be a next time.’ Said Celestia, her usually soft voice replaced with a harsh speech.

Princess cadence spoke with fear in her voice.

‘Tia? What are you doing?’ Celestia snapped back a response.

‘Defending my kingdom!’

Then she opened a portal to the Canterlot oubliette underneath the changeling.

Patholis found no difficulty in catching up with the ponies, but didn’t know where they were going.

‘Canterlot has changed.’ Thought Patholis as he ran up to Twilight and her companions.

They were standing in front of a huge door, clearly locked by some kind of magic.

Curiosity killed the silence.

‘So what are these ‘elements of harmony’?’ said Patholis as the ponies turned to him with faces of confusion.

Twilight opened her mouth to speak but Patholis came under fire from a barrage of questions.

‘Who are you?’ said an orange coated earth pony with a yellow mane.

‘How do you know Celestia?’ said a cyan coated Pegasus with a rainbow mane.

‘How did you do the cloud thing?’ said a white coated unicorn with a purple mane.

‘I like your mane.’ Whispered a yellow coated Pegasus with a pink mane.

‘Complement noted and filed.’ Thought Patholis, before he ended the barrage.

‘Stop! Verbal biography later! Changeling army invading Canterlot now!’

The ponies’ faces were of shock and realisation.

‘Listen we don’t have much time. Girls this is Patholis.’ Said Twilight who was now standing in between Patholis and the five ponies.

Their response was a compilation of ‘hellos’ and a ‘sup’ from the cyan pegasus.

‘This is Pinkie Pie, Applejack, Rainbow Dash, Rarity and Fluttershy.’ As twilight said this, the corresponding pony nodded to Patholis.

With the introduction over Patholis knew that time was running out.

‘Err weren’t we going somewhere?’ at this the group started to run to the vault which was where the elements of harmony where kept.

Running through the city was an experience for Patholis. All it did was remind him of how long he has been gone. He looked at the different buildings and towers, wondering what purpose they served.

While running the earth pony Twilight introduced to Patholis to be applejack saw Patholis’ confused face.

‘What? Ya never been to Canterlot before?’ she said while moving to run by Patholis’ side.

‘I have been to Canterlot before, just not ‘this’ Canterlot.’ After saying this Applejack was confused. Patholis saw this.

‘Err I’ve been gone a long time.’

Thinking back Patholis could not know how long he has been gone. It could be 100 or 1000 years but his mission remains unchanged.

They entered a large hall, yet smaller than the throne room they were in before. At its end was the large door encrusted with jewels.

‘This is it’ said Twilight running ahead of the group.

She stopped in front of the door, pointing her horn at. It glowed with purple light. The light extended from her horn, reaching out to the door. With a loud bang whatever spell or locking mechanism was undone. The door slid open to reveal a chest.

The six ponies crowded around the chest and released a collective gasp. Patholis meanwhile was craning his neck to try and look at the chest.

Inside the chest were five necklaces with a carved gem hanging from it. Each with its own colour and design. Also In the chest was a tiara, with a purple gem carved in the shape of a star.

The six ponies each put on a piece of the jewellery, the shape matching that of their cutie mark.

‘Are these the elements of harmony?’ said Patholis.

‘Yeah, aren’t they the coolest!’ announced Rainbow dash.

Patholis turned to Twilight.

‘So what do you plan on doing with them?’

‘Well all you have to do is to feel the magic flowing through you, and then let it out.’

‘Sounds simple, why does Celestia need you guys to use them. Can’t she use them?’ said Patholis with a puzzling look.

Twilight answered.

‘Err Celestia can’t use them because she is no longer connected to them.’

‘Why?’

‘Well it started ever since Luna’s ban…’

An explosion from the roof cut off Twilights speech. Dust rubble and debris fell from the new hole in the roof.

‘Get behind me!’ shouted Patholis as the ponies ran so Patholis was between them and the hole.

What came next was not expected by Patholis or the ponies taking refuge behind his flank.

It reminded him 1000s flies swarming around half eaten food.

Yet a swarm of changelings came in waves through the hole.

‘Whatever you’re going to do, do it now!’ Patholis threw a worried glance at Twilight.

Then he saw them. Twilight and the others were levitating in mid-air, with some sort of energy in an aura around them.

‘Her eyes are glowing.’ Stated Patholis, in his mind, while looking at Twilights white eyes.

From out their aura of energy came long rainbows, which encircled them and Patholis. The changeling swarmed around the bubble, being careful not to touch it. They formed like a multi coloured bubble.

Then a pulse of more energy came from the aura. The rainbow bubble suddenly expanded, knocking the changelings to the walls.

The bubble then enveloped the building; still expanding it knocked the flying changelings far away to lands unknown.

Within a few minutes all of Canterlot was free of changelings, who barely managed to get a foothold in the city.

After the ponies had stopped levitating Twilight took the time to go into more depth concerning the elements of harmony.

She spoke of mana, friendship and other things, yet Patholis’ attention was not on her but to him it felt as if something was missing.

Then he remembered…Luna.

‘Where is Luna?’ said Patholis cutting Twilight’s mini lecture.

Slightly confused by the interruption twilight she answered him.

‘Well she should have been at the ceremony but I…’ Twilight stopped as soon as a dark blue coloured alicorn rounded the corner to then.

She started at the ponies then her eyes were draw to the daemon in alicorn form.

‘Path?’ she said half confusion, half delight.

‘Lulu?’ he said as they both walked to each other, he pulled he in for a warm hug and a long kiss.

They broke after a good minute, six jaw dropped ponies staring at then.

Luna spoke into Patholis’ cheek but loud enough so the ponies could hear.

‘Don’t ever leave me again.’ She said as tears ran down her face.

‘I promise.’