MLP: Origins of Friendship's Magic

by Mymolly123

Rating: everyone
Tags: Drama, Original Character, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Other, Adventure, Discord, Princess Celestia, Alternate Universe
Length: 4675

Years passed after Luna's return and restored the Elements of Harmony, Cosmo, Silver, and Shadow are out on a mission to find the remaining Elements

After Princess Luna's and Celestia's fates, Cosmic Star (Magic), Silver Colt (Kindness), and Shadow Rose (Loyalty) are off to find the remaining Elements as Equestria is endanger only to known that Discord has been released from his imprisonment...These are mini stories of how the remaining three elements developed to help out Cosmo and her friends to stop Discord's doing.

Published 2017-01-19 06:50:01 UTC
Last updated 2017-01-30 21:17:43 UTC

Chapter 1: Sweet Friends bring Faithful Goodness

Months later after the Elements of Harmony have been restored...

Ponyville, where every pony are re-welcomed from the hidden village after Nightmare Moon's wrath, now lives peacefully and normal as it was before. Cosmic Star, now known as the Princess of Harmony by Princess Celestia, takes a break from studying magic and sets off to make friends to fill in the purpose of the Elements

Humming down the street, Cosmo trots to Silver Colt's and Shadow Rose's new home, but stumbles and falls as she wasn't paying attention to her surroundings. Seeing a a bucket and a marble-spread of green, yellow, and red apples on the ground.

"Oh, oh no I'm sorry. I wasn't looking were I was going." Cosmo apologizes to the light-yellow Pegasus.

She gets up and pick up her hat with a flip to her candy-pink hair and magenta bow on her mane,"T-that's okay, I wasn't strong enough to take hold of these apples."

"Oh, did you need any help?" Cosmo asked as she lifts up the apples helping out the Pegasus. But the Pegasus shook her head as Cosmo placed by her back and the Pegasus walked away from Cosmo. Concerned about the yellow Pegasus, she followed her as next time she'll see her friends later.

After a short amount time, Cosmo arrived to a grand apple farm that took acres and acres of land full of apples tree. "Welcome to Sweet Apple Acres honey." an old mare Apple farmer came and spooked Cosmo from behind.

The elder mare chuckles as she wasn't expecting an Alicorn to be on Ponyville, "My my, your are one beautiful mare young one, what'a your name?"

"Cosmic Star, pleasure to meet you." Cosmo replied as she got and greet the eldest farmer. "Aw, the pleasure is already mine, Star. Might if I call you Star?" the old mare asked kindly. Cosmo sighed and nodded, "And may I ask who your are, miss?"

The old mare walked Cosmo into the Apple Acres gates as they head to the barn, "My name is, well name's Golden Caramel Reinette, you can call me Reine, sugar." Inside the Apple barn was the same Pegasus that Cosmo encountered along with two earth stallions with flowers of different colors.

" Hey, Reine? Who's the Pegasus?" Cosmo asked. Caramel looked over of Cosmo is pointing and smiles, "Oh, well sugar, those two are just working on the apple farm, and my granddaughter over there is sweet ol' Candy Apple."

"Would you Candy, be my mare to take you to the Grand Galloping Gala?" one stallion holding yellow buttercups, while the other pushed him over holds pink-star lilies,

" No, let me be your date for the Gala, Candy." Overwhelmed with two stallions fighting over the sweet Pegasus, she stopped them and with confidence she light shook her head,

"Sorry guys, I'm busy with setting over the the clouds over with these trees, why don't you ask me cousins, they always like to go to the galloping gala, but not me."

As the two frowned they walked away exiting passed Caramel and Cosmo, they entered as Candy Apple flies over and pulls down the rope as she finished her last picking batch.

"Candy dear," Candy turns around seeing Caramel and Cosmo, she came up to hug her grandma and bows in greet to Cosmo, "Sorry about before, uh Candy." Cosmo with her last apology,

"That's might fine, I couldn't even barely to hold those last batches. I was exhausted from getting already 36 bucket batches of green, yellow, and red apples in morning and day." Candy said as she took off her cowboy hat to wipe her forehead.

"Well you need to rest up those wings of yours sugar-cube, or your going to be sore from flying so much. Just let the Pegasus do the work here" Caramel says with worry and concern of Candy's hard work. "Well, Candy dear, would be so kind to take this lovely mare a tour in Sweet Apple Acres?"

"I would love to see what you guys did here, and good to see a Pegasus on an Earth Pony farm." Cosmo with cheer, Candy turnover to Cosmo and smiles as she flew up and exits the barn along with Cosmo, as Caramel waved goodbye.

Hours of tour, it never seemed to tire Cosmo and Candy from the apple history to how Candy become the Apple of the family...

"So, you mother was a Pegasus and your father is a Earth pony?" Cosmo questions with interested,

"Yep, my mother was actually an explorer as she travels throughout to of all of Equestria, and took a break with my dad." Candy answered, although interests Cosmo with many questions for Candy, but sets them aside as they entered into the family home of Candy's dad and her older brothers and little sisters.

" That is quite a family you have there, Candy." said Cosmo as she looked welcomed.

"Candy, I didn't know you would bring in a princess in the house. Were just going to have dinner." Candy's dad says as he came up to greet Cosmo and hugs Candy,

" Oh daddy, I was just showing her around the Apple farm, and she's, uh, ready to get moving." Candy says as might try to pushing Cosmo away, but Candy Apple's dad shrugged and head to the kitchen as Candy shows Cosmo out the door.

"Sorry for pushing you away, Cosmo," Candy says with worries,

"Its okay, I was going to hang around more with your family, but I have realize that I have to do something, but at least we can see each other later, right?" Cosmo says accepting her forgiveness. Candy looked away from Cosmo, shut the door, and sobs.

" Oh, Candy what's wrong?" Cosmo came over to Candy and comforts her,

" Sorry, I lied to my pop, about you that your were-" Cosmo cuts her off as she brushed away her tears.

" Its fine, and why would you be lying if I so have things to do?" surprisingly Candy's multi-colored pink and orange eyes glimpse at Cosmo's golden eyes as a sheen gleamed.

Cosmo gets up, spreads her wings and flew off as night settles in. While Candy still sits, realized that she felt faith has came within her heart. The door opens, its was Caramel Reinette standing by the door seeing Candy Apple's eyes leaking with tears,

"Sweet-heart? Are you alright?" "Grandma," tears of joy came from Candy Apple as she lightly hugs Caramel,

"I have found my true self purpose." Candy says with happiness.

"Oh, why don't you come inside and tell me about it." Caramel says as she smiles and pats Candy, bringing her inside the house. Shutting the door behind, a strange dragon tail slithers away from the grass and into the bushes.

End of Candy's side...

Chapter 2: Turning down Joyless

The next day, Silver Colt and Shadow Rose sets up there things up around the house,

Meanwhile in the bedroom of Shadow's, she puts up her armor around the manikin, "Phew, the closet is full and the bed is set. Now to head to the castle to have a talk with Cosmo," trotting down the stairs a burst of music rumble the house. Falling over the last step of the staircase, Shadow's anger grew as she head to the kitchen to see if that was Silver making noise, but Silver wasn't there.

"Great, if Silver isn't here. Then its must be coming from," Shadow look over at the living room window seeing light of orange, red, and pink and a beat of loud music blurt in the house next door.

Walking over to the house and with a knock the music stops and turned dead silent as the door opens a purple earth pony with headset on sees the straight-face unicorn hold her grudge, "Can I help you?" the purple pony asked as beat came from her headsets.

" Yes,..you can help me. Turn down your music or I will do it for you!" Shadow shouted at her. The earth pony shrugged,"Sure no prob, I was just finishing my mix-tapes, cuz you know I'm a DJ and I have to do this or else," Shadow Rose storm off back at her home, slamming the door shut, "Huh, I wonder what's her problem?" the purple pony says to herself as she turned back at home.

Night time, as Silver Colt came back after the day passed to quick for him, he heads over to Shadow's room door and gave a light knock.

"Rose? Are you in there," Silver Colt called out as the door seemed silent. He opened the door slowly as he sees Shadow Rose looking out the window. Coming right next to her he sees the night beaming with colorful light in one house. " Sounds like a party down there. Let go take our time there and," Shadow glared at Silver in disgust, "Okay, then I'm going to go with Cosmo and some friends I met." Silver Colt left out of the room leaving Shadow Rose to look at the house once more.

"Disgrace, and I would call myself a brute." Shadow talked to herself, and gets her armor on and heads out the door. At the Castle grounds, she target practice with magic and by every shot never misses. But with one she hold fire as in front of the target was DJ pony, " What the hay is your problem!? You could've been killed by my powerful shot of magic!" Shadow shouted.

"Look I didn't introduce myself, and second if you would've gotten my mail I invited you and your brother to a Night welcome party." the DJ pony says as she came up to the maroon pony, "Shadow Rose, I'm Electra Scratch. Just be happy that I'm here to tell you that I'm glad to meet you and have you as a neighbor."

Shadow Rose looked at Electra's pink rose eyes, but turned away from her puppy eyes and shot fire the missed target, " I don't have time for fun, or your party, that is why my brother would always go for me." Shadow Rose told Electra as she takes off her helmet.

"But its no fun with out you, your friend Cosmo is going to be there, even your own guards are there as well." Electra persuaded, but nothing works for Shadow Rose. Electra catches upfront with Shadow Rose, "Look Rosy, I don't know what your problem is, but as a Captain Knight of Canterlot you have to have some fun to take a break from your trauma of war."

"I wasn't in war, I was helping my friend do her job as being loyal to the Elements and the Princesses! Now, leave me, or I'm moving somewhere where its not as loud as your impulsive music!" Shadow Rose shouted at Electra. Shocked by some of her words, Electra looked down and started to cry in front of Shadow, but the sorrowfulness didn't effect her as she walked passed away from Electra's sadness.

Outside the grounds, and in the gardens. Shadow Rose's irritation grew but couldn't let lose for she can't forgive herself for hurting another ponies's feeling and feels that she displeases herself for being an Element of Loyalty. Shadow Rose sighed, "Why can't I just get a grip of myself, its always this same anger I have around with every guard I trained with,"

"I would say you have done a good job of your own work, Rosy." an anonymous voice whispered within the gardens, Shadow Rose turned around and around again to see who speaks but no one was around.

"Show your face, creep. And don't calls me Rosy, Or I swear under Celestia's name," Shadow Rose turned once more as a tall shadow figure with eyes of moon yellow show.

"Or what!? Why you can't make a single friend if your behavior is this way, and I know this feeling too, Rosy." said the Draconequus as he appeared from the shadows.

"As captain of Canterlot, I have swore loyalty to Princess Celestia and Luna," said Shadow Rose as she pointed her horn with orange magic at the him.

"But not "Loyalty" to your friends?" he said, as Shadow Rose's magic faded and she turn away from the Draconequus, "Look here's a deal, I become your one and only friend then you can do something for me?"

"I will not take orders from a Draconequus," Shadow appointed as her magic came in bright. But with a snap of his eagle hand, her horn disappeared as she's an earth pony. " What the-you turn back my horn so, " Shadow threatens him.

"So what, I'll give you back your horn, under one condition. And you better listen up, Rosy." the Draconequus says as her evilly grins at hornless Shadow Rose

End of Electra's side

Chapter 3: Painting Secrets

Chapter 3: Painting Secrets

The next morning, Silver Colt and Cosmic Star shows Candy Apple around in the Canterlot castle as the windows of the shine bright with Equestrian history.

"Wowie, I must be dreaming about this, am I?" Candy Apple thought, as the head to the castle training grounds. For the guards waiting and chatting about Shadow Rose's arrival they stand in position as Silver Colt and Cosmo were present,

"Silver Colt, Second Commander!" the guards saluted, Silver Colt got confused and worried all of the sudden.

"Guards, has any-pony seen Captain Shadow Rose? I haven't seen her since this morning," Silver said, but the guards stayed silent, " Alright, no one has, well? Start on defense exercises for now." the guards head to there stations leaving the grounds empty with only Candy, Cosmo and Silver themselves,"I thought she was training with the guards?"

"Something up, and we need to find out fast. Silver and Candy go and see if she's around in Ponyville, I'm going to get Princess Celestia on high alert knowing that the Captain is missing" Cosmo commanded Silver and Candy and they separate from left to right to do there doings.

Meanwhile in Ponyville,

Silver Colt, Candy Apple, and Electra Scratch head to every-pony's place in Ponyville but found nothing, except a white with a coloring tip towering house. Heading down to the house they gave a knock, but there was no answer.

"I guess no pony is home, well lets head back and check again in she's with," suddenly the door creaks open cutting Electra's sentence, "or head into this self-opened door?" Electra shivery finished. They all entered the home, the door shuts spooked Electra to Candy Apple'a arms and curtain opened shining stained-glass artwork with piles of painted canvas full of colors from crimson red rubies to pink-rose petals.

Electra quivers being holded by Candy, "Why, what lovely art this pony has, she must do this for a living."

"Magical artwork, I have been criticized by three lovely ponies who comes into my art tower." says the mysterious snow-white unicorn walks down the stairs, showing with sapphire eyes and a reddish-pink beret and scarf, "May I come to some assistance, for I'm Artie Paint, royal art pony extraordinaire." Artie says with delight to see the three ponies.

Candy drops Electra to the floor to speak, "Were here to ask you if you know where Shadow Rose is? We looked everywhere and couldn't even find her around in Canterlot, nor in Ponyville."

"Oh my, Canterlot. What a magnificent city, you serve upon Princess Celestia?" Artie Paint says with interest, but Silver Colt pushed Candy away and looked at Artie from an inch away, " My your handsome, maybe a painting could interest you," with flying colors she hovered up her paint brush and a canvas and painted down, within a second, Silver Colt kissing Artie Paint, " Maybe a date to the Grand Galloping Gala, you don't suppose?" Silver Colt eyebrow but come to his sense to find his sister.

"Sorry, but I'm taken. But Shadow Rose, my sister, she's missing do you seen her anywhere?" said Silver Colt, but Artie Paint frowned and grabbed another canvas and told a story as she's painting,

"Well, from the last time I have seen your sister...she is maroon, right?" Silver Colt nods, " Well, for I was doing an artwork for sweet dear, Princess Luna, I heard a noise, more of mumbling like some-pony was angry about something," Electra face went into a shook, for it was the time Shadow Rose and her were arguing, " And by that time I was going to say something to her to make her feel better, but instead I hear some-pony else, but it wasn't a pony for what I saw," Artie finished the painting and showed it to her friends. A painting of Shadow Rose within the background was a shade figure of a Draconequus.

"That the thing that," Silver Colt couldn't finished his words for he was devastated to see his sister in fear of a creature standing tall.

"Not only that, my dear friends, but I heard what he's planning to do," says Artie, as the ponies huddled and a silent conversation came.

Back in Canterlot, Princess Celestia and Cosmo waited for Silver Colt and them returned, but right in time they came with Artie. "Cosmo, Princess, we have new of my sister's disappearance and who has her." Silver came in front with Cosmo.

"I see, a Draconequus figure is it part of your news, Silver?" Princess Celestia asks in concern, the ponies frighten of what she guess give them the shivering in there backs, "I know this kind creature for this fact me and my sister has faced this one years ago, he is the Lord of Chaos and Spirit of Disharmony. Goes by the name of,"

"Discord." Out of nowhere, Shadow Rose came in from the throne door facing the Princess and her friends and brother with her horn back to normal.

"Rose! Where have you been!?" Silver Colt shouted as he run up to her to hug her, but Rose pushed him away and walked up to Candy, Electra, and Artie in a non-surprise face.

"So, Cosmo, you have found the remaining Elements, have found out what element they are?" Shadow says, Cosmo sees no emotion with Shadow Rose as she didn't bare to answer the question, but as a friend she looked down upon her. "Pathetic."

Electra step next to Cosmo, "Shadow Rose, I got something to tell you, and you better listen up." But Shadow Rose's eyes turned and a figure came behind Silver and hold him captive.

The Princess and the girls gasped, "Silver! Unhand him!" Cosmic Star shouted, but blocked by Shadow Rose coming in front of her.

"Oh Celestia, I never knew about these new ponies you summon to be new Elements of Harmony." said Discord as he pets Silver Colt's hair like a cat. "Now, you must be the new Alicorn of Magic, and Pegasus from the Apple Farm, and the Artistic Unicorn that can foretell with her canvas painting, and the the earth pony that shakes the earth with you beats that are going to be whole once the Elements are in place?" Discord drops down Silver and poof to Cosmic Star mostly and starts the inspect her dressing himself like a nurse.

"What in Celestia's name are you doing?" Artie Paint questions Discord.

Discord stopped inspecting as he finished looking at her mouth and poof next Artie, "Well, I never before seen a pure Alicorn in personal to be this small, but does have the waving sparkling hair like your dear Princess Celestia. Couldn't it be that she has a daughter, but by feature I guess not."

Cosmo rubs her chin and turned to Discord, "And why would I be the Princess's daughter?" Discord turned around again to Cosmo and smiles, hovering to Shadow Rose, he nudge her to set up an image with her magic.

"Then what is this?" Discord shows the ponies, Cosmo looked with confusion as the image blurs a newborn filly next to a familiar face. Cosmo, turned around with tears coming down looking at Princess Celestia.

Silver started, "Wait, your Princess Celestia's,"

Shadow Rose finished Silver's question with an answer, " Daughter? Yes, a daughter of the Sun Princess."

End of Artie's Side

Chapter 4: Raging Mistakes Blooms

The throne came in total silence as shocked as ever-pony went, many questions run down Cosmo's mind even she has nowhere to start,

"Daughter of the Sun, how is that possible?" Artie exclaimed, Discord pops in next to Celestia.

"And what better way to find some-pony to be at the throne after the Princess is passed, but could another alicorn be for the night," Discord added, as Princess Celestia came next to Cosmo as she came in in tears.

As Celestia tries to comfort Cosmo, Cosmo turned away never to show her face to her, " I thought I had a family a mother and a father why wasn't told about this!" Cosmo cried out as she was screaming her heart in anger,

"Cosmo, I don't know what comes to me, I had to protect you from them, I had no choice to keep Equestria and you safe." Celestia pleaded, but through her hurtful heart she didn't spare the sorrow within Celestia's voice, but rage blinding the poor Alicorn.

As Discord broke up the two, she came next to Cosmo as a seek of power, " Now, now little Cosmo, I know how this feels for you to be reunited with you biological mother, but it come to me you need someone or some-pony to cheer your little heart up." Cosmo looked at Discord as her eye changed to a golden sun to red-orange sunset and her mane and tail turn to a blunt red-pink and her skin faded to shadow colors, " Oh my," Discord acted surprise as he never seen a pony do such transformation.

"You think you or Princess Celestia can heal me after year I never knew my own mother after my parents passed away," Cosmo scorned, "And I have to thank you for telling me this, for so much studying magic and chaotic magic, I have the power to over power gods like you and the Princesses!" Cosmo evilly laughed as she hovers up Discord and Princess Celestia, leaving the other ponies to huddle in fear and Shadow Rose still under Discord's trance.

Silver Colt hopped over to Shadow Rose to wake her up, but nothing happened, he had no choice, he confronted to the Negative Cosmic Star to help her, "Cosmo! Listen to me, your never alone on this, " Silver shouted to get her attention, "My sister and I never meet our true parents, probably the rest of us do too, but you have keep your rage within you for this long it was life's decision to portray this way. Princess Celestia had no choice!" through the lecture she never didn't do anything, but looked away from Silver and starts to form up a spell slowly turning the Princess and Discord into stone.

Shadow Rose snapped out of the trance, woke up at the waking hour of two victims end she poured in magic and stopped Cosmo with a beam to the back. Cosmo, furious, battles out Shadow Rose to a Magic Showdown as Silver and the three ponies helped up the Princess and watched trying to figure out a way to save Cosmo from her anger.

"You better have some way to fix this Discord, or else this is the end of the line for you." Silver blamed Discord.

"Well excuse me, I'm trying to figure out why she's this way for me to have a better solution," Discord exclaimed.

As thought shot fire at Artie's mind, she found out about the window murals, "Princess if I may ask for your permission is to have those Elements that you kept with you maybe I found a way, without risk."

During the battle, Shadow Rose all injured up couldn't with stand Negative Cosmos. Cosmo risen up Shadow Rose and spell her mid-fast to turn her to stone, "Cosmo! Get a grip on who your messing with." Shadow Rose shouted, Cosmo smiled and speed up the process, but a gleam of red light beamed broke Shadow Rose free as she hovers over to her friends.

Turned and hissed as she stared at the the three ponies with light of colors confusing Cosmo, "Impossible, you three aren't pure with the Elements, you three aren't fitted for Harmony!" blasting a three arrow magic blast, but prevented as the three show off three new stones.

"Blinded by rage, you never foresaw what the three have in their hearts." Celestia exclaimed, as echoes and flashback hit Cosmo with invisible punches " With faith and a strong heart, she gives the truthful bond with Harmony; Candy Apple represents the Element of Honesty!" the stone formed as a necklace of Candy's cutie mark of a orange apple.

"Witnessing the truth that Electra has, was to make every-pony happy and forget the down parts for she sparks our inner colors with her music and fun; Electra Scratch represents the Element of Laughter!" Shadow shouts with honor as Electra's necklace appear in a gem of blue with a holed heart.

"Inspired by royalty's work, she helps bring in her charms and love of her art to predict within her creativity, that Artie has the potential of gaining the Element of Passion!" Silver Colt calls out with pride, as Artie's necklace shows a pink flower. Then, Shadow Rose's and Silver Colt's Elements shine as a rainbow ribbon circles around Cosmo releasing a bright light inside the rainbow rings.

After the light dims, the ponies are on the floor dizzy and confused of what happened, Cosmo gets up as her colors came back and her eyes are back to the golden yellow. " Wha-What happened? I felt like I was hit by a train." Cosmo moaned as she slowly stands tall. Celestia confronts Cosmo and hugs unexpectedly, but with the warm in her heart she couldn't speak a word, embraced the hug as she oversees her friends with the Elements.

As for Discord, sneaks away from the scene,"Oh Discord," Cosmo calls Discord as he turned around seeing the other ponies stands in front of the Princess, "We believe we have unfinished businesses to deal with."

"Oh no, not at all but, this will be the first time to see me next time, next time you'll never see the brightness of your "harmony" in Equestria." Discord curses as he snapped his fingers again and disappeared.

"Rats, he's gone and we didn't anything good on him." Electra says, but Artie pat her knowing they will encounter him soon. But as far for Celestia and Cosmo,

"Celestia, I'm sorry that I went over on you, Its my fault that I didn't hear the rest, does Luna know about this, too?" Cosmo asked, Celestia smiles and nods her head, with a sighed smile on her face everypony join in.

"So hows about a date to the Galloping Gala, my Silver Knight?" Artie asks, but Silver slipping next to Cosmo every pony laughs as the day was saved just in time for the Galloping Gala.

Meanwhile in the Canterlot Castle of the Galloping Gala, comes in with beats of music conducted by Electra, an Art Show of Cosmo and their stories by Artie Paint and Candy Apple and Shadow Rose enjoying the ball,

"Hey, Shadow? Have you seen Silver and Cosmo? They were suppose to be-" Shadow Rose cut her off as she pointed to the castle's balcony where the two faced each other, " Oh may goodness, are they really?" Candy Apple asks, but Shadow answers with a nod knowing the answer to her question.

"Guess there is such thing as a happy ending," Shadow Rose said, "But it probably won't be for much long."

End of Origins