Chapters Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
Act 1: The Start of All
Once upon a time, far, far back in the past, there were only two who ruled the universe, and they were the ones who created it. Perfect twins destined to bring everything they can to the many planets of this big, big dimension. The big sister brought stars everywhere to brighten up the universe. The young brother painted it black, letting the planets and stars by his sister to shine, no matter where they are. They were the god and goddess; they created life, planets, everything.
And these two important creators, are Flashlight and Darkness.
The two were close siblings, best friends. They worked together to make the universe perfect. They even played together with the different planets they made. Neither one was more superior, the two had a balance among them. They believed the light and dark had equal power and never had a single fight.
However, just a single thought can change everything.
As time went on, the two had different ideas on how the whole universe can be ruled as a whole. Flashlight believed that as long peace, light, and love roamed the planets of the many creatures, it will be easy to rule everything and everyone. But, Darkness thought that power is the way to talk, and only through the races battling, can the universe be ruled by one species only. That way, ruling the universe will be easy.
As you expect, the two had disagreements on each other's ideas.
'Everyone deserves equal power, harmony can benefit everyone!' Flashlight said.
Darkness shook his head. 'Pfft, it will be much easier to rule if there's only one race to look over, this harmony trash is stupid!'
'Power will damage the balance between our people... It can only lead to disorder! Don't you realize the consequences afterward? Sure, it will be easy to rule, but when they start fighting, that is where it gets bad.' She explained.
'I don't care about that! You watch, dark magic will help one race become superior, and they will never have to worry about anything from another world from attacking them!' Darkness yelled.
Flashlight was feeling cross. 'Hey, who's the big sister here?'
'What? Just because you're the bigger sibling doesn't mean I can't express my feelings and suggestions, right?' He complained. 'You know, I never wanted to believe in this balance junk anyway.'
Her face went from shock to anger. 'What!? You... don't believe in peace?'
'Of course, I never did! They gave me this name for a specific reason... So I need to make this dark magic roam...' He replied angrily.
Flashlight shed a tear, and she looked at her brother with rage.
'Well, if you don't want to make peace and let us have our balance... I don't want to do this to you, but...'
He walked to her and pushed against her head. 'Do I look like I regret what I just said? I totally mean it.' He pulled apart his pendant that represented their friendship and tossed it away into the depths of space.
Flashlight gasped and pushed against him. 'Alright, fine!' She did the same, and the two flew in separate directions.
And that was the end of their friendship. The two's rage and hatred for the other's decisions have made them completely separated at once. They used their powers to get stronger. They no longer believed in the theory of balance. They wanted to destroy every last bit of their twin counterpart to dust.
Around a year later, they even engaged in a large-scale battle to see who will rule the entire universe.
Flashlight just teleported in with a bang, standing up to her brother. Meanwhile, Darkness has come to the fight scene, with his dark purple hair glowing in the space around them.
'Oh, my brother... I will not fight you here. You must use your powers for good, it is your destiny!' She cried.
He let out a hmph. 'Do you really think I will give up, just for my sister? There can only be one ruler in this entire dimension... And that person... It will be me!' He fired a laser against her, but she barely dodged it.
So, the battle between the two has begun. Both sides showed no mercy in their hearts towards the other, hoping to reclaim what is theirs. This fight really determined the fate of everything; It really matters to who wins and who loses. In the end, Darkness had the upper hand.
'The light shall fall!' He roared, firing the finishing blow on Flashlight, crushing her into pieces, leaving her pummeling down to the land of the Earth.
'(Evil laugh) Finally... My sister won't bother me anymore! Now... I will make sure dark magic will reign through the land!' He laughed.
As Flashlight crashed to the Earth's surface, she was in much pain but had one last trick up in her sleeve.
'I won't lose...' She thought, taking out a golden soul. 'I have saved this precious treasure till now... To the human who is born with this soul... You must avenge me, and defeat the dark. Allow me from the heavens to guide you through... And help me to beat him enough times to bring me back.'
As she let go of the soul and it disappeared with a spark of magic, Flashlight started praying as she died.
'To the destined legend... Do not be afraid. No matter what hinders your journeys, I will be there to help you. When in doubt, I will guide you to victory. When you win, I pray you can win again. Help me restore my power to come back to this place... So I can repay your efforts. Good luck...'
And as she looked at the sky, her eyes closed, and she was gone.
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
Many years later, back on the Earth, a couple's child was just born.
'Oh, my sweet child has finally come to this world...' The mother thought.
The child's father was pleased. 'Ah, she will not be a normal child, Chara. Look at her beautiful skin. It is somewhat golden-ish yellow. Legend has it that a goddess who has fallen many years ago, put her hopes into a soul; A golden soul. Whoever is born with it, is deemed the chosen legend.'
Chara giggled. 'Come on, Asgore, that's just a legend, it might not be true.'
He giggled as well. 'Ho, only time will tell if it's true... I know in my heart that she will be very different. By the way, what should we name her?'
Chara wondered for a bit, then a name clicked into her head.
'How about... Frisk Dreemur?'
'Hmm, is that all you can think of?' Asgore asked.
'Well... I couldn't think of anything, really. I mean, if she really is such a special child... She should have a good name. Then, this name suddenly clicked into my head for some reason.' Chara explained.
He nodded. 'Well, then Frisk it is.' Asgore said, then looking at his daughter. 'Frisk... Welcome to the family.'
When Frisk was born, she had no idea she was going to be the true heroine that everyone; not only her country, not even just this world, but every human and pony will know. Asgore and Chara didn't really think she was going to be such an important person in history. Their lives were just as normal as everyone else.
On the same day that she was born two years later, Frisk got a very special birthday present: A younger brother.
'Oh, what a lovely second child!' Chara exclaimed, holding the new baby.
'Now, Frisk has someone to play with,' Asgore thought, holding Frisk.
Frisk was able to talk a bit, but doesn't really understand much.
'Papa, who is that?' She asked.
He smiled. 'That is your brother, my daughter. You're the big kid in the family now.'
As soon as he finished, the baby started to let out a few squeals of joy.
'Oh, and it sounds like someone wants his sister right now,' He added.
As soon he held her close to her brother, he smiled and wanted to reach out to her.
'Awww, he likes Frisk!' Chara said.
'I've got an idea for his name, how about Asriel Dreemur?' Asgore asked.
She nodded to her husband.
Things just went on normal after that. That is, until one day, when Frisk was sleeping with her mother, a voice called out to her.
'Oh, Frisk~' It said.
She woke up. 'Hmm? Who was that?'
'Follow my voice, and come to me.' It added.
She walked out to the garden at the back, to see a light that resembled a figure.
'Wow... Who are you?' She asked.
The figure shook her head. 'You do not need to know. However, I have a very special thing to tell you.'
'What is it?'
The light chuckled and put her finger lightly on Frisk's lips. 'Hush now, Frisk Dreemur. I have a story for you. A story about the light and the dark.' She said, and she replaced the surroundings with a virtual place, and voice started to fill the child's mind as the story was told through a song.
'Long ago...
Light and Dark,
Ruled together,
With kindness.
But, one day...
Came a duel,
Blood spilled like...
Never before...
Neither one,
Had shown love...
They both fought to the very bitter end...
Darkness has...
Claimed the win...
Now we will never see the sun...'
'What does it mean?' Frisk asked.
'Shh... There's more to tell.' The light said. 'Darkness, filled with hatred and power, won against the light, and is ready to spread its harmful magic across the universe...'
'Many years...
Many tears...
We live on,
Despite our fears...
The darkness...
Will invade us...
They'll make us consumed in greed...
Hate instead...
Of harmony...
We've lost hopes,
And dreams, and love...
Angels cry...
From on high...
Will we get freed,
Or get controlled?
No more love...
No more peace...
That'll be life,
In the future...
While on high,
Sits our hope,
The goddess of peace and love...'
'So much blood...
So much pain...
Now I've let you down again...
One day soon,
I will return...
If you'd help...
Me just one thing.'
'I don't get it, what is this?' Frisk asked again.
'I'll let them do the work.' The light explained, once again.
'Now the years have flown by,
A destined child was born...
Will she defeat,
The dark minions,
Or will she surely die?
The tale of the chosen one,
Tonight we sing!
A tale of the humans' fate,
And the ponykind...'
'Sit down, legend,
Do not quail,
Peace and love always prevail,
If you'll just help us on one thing,
You can be a savior...'
'Sit down, legend,
Do not quail,
Friendship and hopes will prevail,
Follow me,
I'll guide you through the...
Tale of the harmony quest!'
'Listen to me, Frisk. You may not know it yet, but I have everything ahead in your life planned for you. If you will follow my steps and my guidance, you can help me revive myself in order to stop the darkness lurking in this dimension.' She said.
'Okay, hold on a second.' Frisk said. 'You're telling me, I will save everyone? I'm not even a fighter! And, I'm not a legend, I'm just an ordinary girl! What's so special about me?'
'Ah, my child. I expected that reaction. However, it is all true. I cannot tell you much, but I'll tell you something: Wait for a few weeks, and you'll see the change in you.'
Frisk was confused. 'Uhm.... Okay, I guess?'
The light nodded. 'Frisk Dreemur, my beautiful, and hopeful successor... If you agree to follow my path, you will succeed. When you win your first battle, I will tell you more.'
As soon she finished talking, she disappeared.
'What is she trying to say to me?' Frisk thought.
Suddenly, Chara ran to her.
'Frisk? Oh my gosh, Frisk, don't ever go outside during the nighttime ever again!' She said, cuddling her daughter.
Frisk's face turned red. 'I'm sorry, mom. It's just... There's something wrong with me.'
They went back inside after that.
Little did Frisk know, her real life as one of the six exotic legends was about to begin...
**End Of Act 1**
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
Act 2.2: Britannica's Fate
Many years ago in the country of Britannica, Frisk was living a happy life with her parents and her brother. Her father, Asgore, was a servant of emperor Zebulon, the ruler of the country. Therefore, the family was pretty rich at the time. Yet, Frisk has always had nightmares of a certain thing to happen in the future: One terrifying event that will haunt her even more forever, ever since she got the warning that day.
When she was five years old, the evil wizard Gromiz, was jealous of Zebulon’s popularity and wanted to take over the country. To solve this issue, Zebulon decided to agree on working with him, for a short period of time. However, the day finally came when Gromiz was so jealous that he declared war on him.
Frisk was horrified. Her predictions happened to be correct! She would see many of Gromiz’s minions roam in the streets, hurting the citizens as they go…She wanted to help, but doesn’t have the courage to. And her brother wasn’t brave enough either, so all they can do is to stay in their home and be safe.
One night, when the family were all sleeping, something terrible happened. During the night, someone tried to break into their house, ready to kill them. When this murderer was going up the stairs to Frisk’s parents’ bedroom, she heard the creaking sounds from the stairs. She immediately woke and saw the killer ready to kill her parents! She was afraid of getting caught, so she carefully and nervously tip-toed up the stairs.
When she got up, it was too late. She heard a loud scream: It was her father! Her mother, Chara, ran over to see what happened as well. When they entered, they were shocked to see blood on Asgore after the killer stabbed him. And then, the killer showed himself: It happened to be a magically possessed flower, who was one of Gromiz’s minions.
‘Too bad, I say.’ The flower said, laughing.
‘Who are you? Why did you kill my father?’ Frisk said, horrified.
‘I am Flowey, and I am one of Gromiz’s minions. I know your father was one of his servants, so to prevent the most loyal ones from defeating my master, I am responsible to deal with them…Besides, it’s kill or be killed in this world…’ Flowey replied.
‘You and Gromiz will surely not get away, one day you will face your downfall!’ Chara cried.
‘But I already have…muahahahaha!’ And Flowey casted a spell on the two, leaving them both sleeping while it got away.
The next day, Asriel got the news from his sister. His face was covered in tears.
‘We can only try to avenge him... But how? We're so weak! We can never match up against him!' Asriel cried.
Frisk was sad too, she knew this was coming for a long time. But no one else did. And soon enough, Zebulon was defeated by Gromiz and was sent to Tongwe Island. Gromiz became the new ruler of the country, but he was extremely cruel and unfair. Nobody was allowed to mention about Zebulon, or else they won’t have a good time…Everyone had the urge to rebel against Gromiz, but no one had the courage to since it was impossible to defeat him with his magical potions and spells.
A few years later, Frisk was getting ready for bed, and sighed.
'(Sigh) I still can't believe that happened...'
She looked at the photo frame, showing the whole family.
'My dad didn't deserve to die at all... Just why?' She said, starting to cry as the tears dropped onto the glass.
Moments later, she felt someone resting their arm on her shoulder.
'(Gasp) Leave me alone, who's there?' She asked.
The light Frisk saw years ago reappeared in front of her eyes.
'Ah, I have warned you,' She said.
Frisk sighed. 'Oh, this is just wonderful!' She said in a unamused voice, getting off the bed and pacing around. 'You're the one I saw that day and yay! You were right, now my father died. Are you happy now that I am crying streams of tears?'
The light was speechless.
'Oh, and you told me I will change? Well, it's been 3 years already and nothing happened!' Frisk added, crossing her arms.
The light got up, and kindly told her one thing:
'Do you want to avenge your father?' She asked.
'Oh, pfft. Are you kidding? How can I, a very normal child, defeat a completely overpowered wizard?'
The light calmly turned the child to face her.
'Listen, Frisk. I know you can do it. All you need... Is training. You are a destined fighter. I know that because it was I who made your soul. Your soul is the golden soul I put my hopes on. I can look into the future, you see. I am telling the truth. When you grow, you'll be a savior everyone will know.'
Frisk thought for a second. 'And how exactly will you prove that?'
The light made some sort of crystal ball, and told her to look into it.
'Stare into this crystal ball, and see your future.'
Frisk was in complete shock when she saw that she had beaten Gromiz, with her own hands.
'Wh-What!? How is this possible?' She asked.
'Oh, that's not all...' The light added. 'Your adventure has just begun from here... Here on out, you will go on to explore a new kind and form a forever-lasting friendship with them. Though you two races will fight in wars, the light will prevail. And... You will meet the best friend of all your best friends you will ever make in your life.'
Scenes flashed here and there, showing Frisk's journey in her future years.
As the ball disappeared, Frisk was getting more and more curious.
'Who is this best friend I will meet?'
Thel light shook her head. 'You'll know soon enough. However, in order for your life to go the way I expected, you need to train.' She pulled out her hand. 'Will you join me in my conquest to restore the power of the light to everyone?'
And the little girl had made the biggest, and possibly the best choice in her entire life.
'Alright, I trust you.' She replied, shaking her hand.
So, at such a young age, Frisk already started training to fight, in encouragement from the light. Although she became more aggressive as she trained harder, everyone was okay with it after they got used to her 'Crazy and overreacting' attitude. No one would want to mess with her. If they did, they will have a bad time.
That almost happened when she was in fourth grade.
Frisk just got to school, sat down at her desk, just chilling out until the first lesson comes. As some boys in her class walked in, they were giggling at her.
'Oh, look at the little girl today.' One of them said. 'Aw, how sad. Your father got stabbed in the face. Lucky me I'm alive and well...'
As the boys laughed, Frisk stepped up to him.
'You think you're cool, huh?' She teased, slapping him.
'(Gasp) Did you just do that? What about you then? Made of the soft stuff, that... didn't hurt.' He tried to slap her, but she gripped his hand and pushed his arm down. She pointed at him angrily.
'Listen up, dude. I know in my heart, I will one day take down that stupid emperor who have murdered my father. And if you guys are gonna stand in my way when I actually do it...' She cracked her knuckles. 'Let's just say...'
One of Frisk's friends, Felix, came over.
'Woah woah woah! Calm down, guys! Frisk, what's going on?' He asked.
She glanced at him again.
'Lucky you I have explaining to do.' She said, walking away. Then, she whispered everything that has happened to Felix.
This kind of behavior lead Frisk to run into some... Nasty problems at school. However, it was for a good cause in the long run. She even helped Asriel to prepare as well! She wanted both of them to be prepared for any battle that can come in the future, and to make sure they have only a small chance of dying.
Years passed, and the country was living in complete despair. Gromiz's rule was terrible, and he was unfair. As time passed, a kind of sickness started roaming the land, causing everyone to start dying. Though, this sickness was eventually cured, there was another hidden sickness spread throughout people as well.
It seemed like there was no way to change the situation around. Until one day...
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
Act 2.3: The Rebel Meeting
While Frisk was taking a leisurely stroll down the street, she saw a piece of paper land on the ground in front of her. She picked it up and found this was no ordinary note, it was a letter from the country’s mayor! It said that the mayor wanted the citizens to come see him at Midnight that day.
‘Dear citizens of Britannica,’ She began as she read through the letter.
Although it felt weird how the mayor was encouraging them to stay strong while living in this dark period of time, she saw the last part of the letter:
‘Location and time, you say? See if you can find it here.’
When she saw it, she knew something is special about the letter. But then, she noticed something: the capital letters spelled out 3 words: Midnight, river, and rebels.
‘The mayor is pretty clever…I knew this wasn’t going to be an ordinary meeting. I’ll go and see what he wants from us.’ Frisk said.
So, at midnight, most of the rebels of the country gathered by the river, feeling curious of what they are exactly here for. Then, the mayor came and delivered a speech.
‘Rebels of Britannica,’ he began. ‘Tonight, I have gathered you all here for a reason. You all wish to change your lives for the better, correct? Well, if you’re a true rebel and wish to overthrow Gromiz, I have a plan.’
‘I have received a message from our former emperor, Zebulon. He said that he has a special cure for any disease and is ready to pass on the secret cure. However, only one person is allowed to visit him on Tongwe Island. I need someone to help fetch the cure from him.’ The mayor explained.
Then, he had some words of encouragement to everyone. All the rebels were scared to take on the task, but they were more confident to do so after the mayor’s speech.
‘Thank you all, and let’s make Britannica great again!’ He said proudly. Everyone cheered for the mayor.
Frisk was filled with determination. She knew she was destined to be the chosen one.
‘I’ll do it, Mr. Mayor,’ Frisk said smiling.
‘Ah, so you are confident to take on the task? It’s a long and difficult journey there. Besides, you look pretty young, right?’ The mayor said.
‘I have trained and prepared myself for a very long time, it is time for me to do what I have prepared for my whole life.’ She replied.
The mayor was pleased by Frisk. ‘Well, I hope you’re ready, the fate of the country, the fate of our lives, everything…It’s in your hands, young one.’
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
The next day, Frisk had packed some things to take with her on the journey. Thanks to the money raised by the rebels, she was able to buy herself a washing kit, a flashlight, and food to last her throughout the journey.
While she was packing, her pet dragon, Spike, came to ask her, ‘I heard you are going on an adventure, right? Can I come with you as well?’ he said cheerfully.
Frisk smiled. ‘Well, I have asked the Mayor yesterday and he said that Zebulon only allows one person to visit him, but you don’t really count as one cause you’re a dragon, so I guess you can come.’ She said.
That night, she was about to depart to Oban, the first stop of the journey. When she was about to depart, her family came along to say farewell.
‘I hope you will come back safe and sound, my dear,’ Chara cried.
‘Don’t worry, I have been preparing for a long time and I knew this is the time for me to save the country,’ Frisk replied.
‘We will always think of you when you are gone,’ Asriel said, sobbing.
Frisk went to comfort them. ‘I know this is hard for you guys, you won’t want to lose me as well. But no matter what, always remember that I have at least tried to save you all, I’ll do my best.’ She said.
And thus, she departed on a seven-hour journey to Oban and had another two-hour walk to the city dock after a little rest. She felt tired but her determination kept her going. As she got to the gate to Oban’s docks, she saw a man, who looked like he was recovering from a night of heavy drinking. She tried to sneak past him, but as she approached the man, the man saw her.
‘I haven’t seen you around here before, have I?’ He asked.
Frisk stopped dead in her tracks. ‘Um…No, I’m just visiting my aunt in Oban,’ She said nervously, trying to sound casual.
‘Really? What’s her name? I know everyone here.’ The man said, reaching into his pockets.
Frisk saw a brief glint of a steel dagger in the man’s pocket. He looked angrily at Frisk and sharpened his focus. She knew he seemed very fishy. Indeed, he was a spy for Gromiz.
‘Hold on, why are you reaching for your dagger? I can see that, you know.’ Frisk said as she backed away.
The man was shocked. He didn’t know the chosen one was this smart.
‘Clever girl,’ he said, and he tried to attack Frisk.
‘I knew you are up to something, if you wish to kill me though, you’re going to have to catch me first!’ Frisk said as she ran away, as fast as she could.
The spy ran after her but she was running so quickly that he lost sight of her quickly. ‘Gromiz will kill me for this…’ he muttered.
Frisk sneaked around the narrow ways of the street and made her way around back to the gates. As she walked by, she saw the spy had dropped the dagger since he didn’t take it out before she questioned him.
‘This would come in handy, good thing you didn’t buy that Swiss army knife back at the store, huh?’ Spike whispered to Frisk.
After opening and entering the docks, Frisk sneaked past the guards inside. She was very stealthy, and that was very handy.
‘Hey! How did you get in here? I thought there was a guard at the gate!’ One guard said to her.
‘Oh, I have my reasons.’ Frisk said, threatening them with the dagger.
In no time, she got on one of the boats and was ready to sail to Tongwe Island.
‘I really hope we make it back safely,’ Frisk said faithfully.
‘We both do, but one never knows if we will.’ Spike replied.
And so she began her way to the next stop of her journey. She doesn’t know whether she will succeed or not, but she knows that she is prepared for anything.
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
Act 2.5: The Fight to the Island
The crew on the ship that Frisk boarded were very nice since they were actually directed to help her through this journey. Frisk was feeling a little bored during the trip as she thought there isn’t really a real time where she got to use her skills.
One day, while she was strolling around the ship, she heard from some of the crew about Tongwe Island. ‘I heard there is a mythical creature guarding the coasts of the island, we need to look out for it.’ One said. ‘I heard that it is even stronger than the mythical Kraken!’ Another said. Frisk thought, ‘This is my chance to prove how good I am at fighting.’
After a long trip, the island was finally in sight when they looked through the telescope. ‘Island ahoy Frisk!’ The crew said to her excitedly. Frisk was excited. She can finally get the cure from Zebulon! ‘This adventure seems to be pretty easy so far… Is Gromiz really that easy to beat?’ She thought, smiling.
But then, when they were getting close to the island, they heard a piercing scream. Suddenly, one of the sailors were gone. Everyone was shocked; What creature could possibly do that?
And then, the creature emerged from the sea. It was a huge sea snake, bigger than the ship. It had not only one, but nine tails, with 3 different colors. It also had many scales on its body, each with the size of a fist but was thin as a sheet of paper.
Everyone on the ship panicked. While the braver ones wanted to fight the monster, they underestimated its power: The first sailor touched the red tail, it set him on fire. The second touched the green, he collapsed when a strange kind of poison bit him. The third touched the blue tail and got frozen to death.
Frisk tried to cut off one of its tails, but it immediately grew back into two tails! Suddenly, she saw a brief glow from one of the scales. She was curious to see what happens when she cuts them off, so she cut one of the glowing scales. The monster let out a loud squeal, and some of its tails turned back to normal. The other sailors that were still alive knew just what to do. They tried to distract the thing while Frisk was cutting off the special scales. When she cut off the final scale, the monster grabbed her by its tail and tried threw her on the ground, then wrapped her up tightly to prevent her escaping.
She was terrified; She started to scream for help. All of a sudden, a magic beam shot the sea snake. Frisk looked at the island. It was Emperor Zebulon! He was helping Frisk!
‘Quick! Hit the crystal on its head! Now!’ He yelled. Frisk hit the crystal on the snake’s head as hard as she could, and it was killed and sunk into the ocean. Frisk swam to the island as it was close by and the ship she was on was a wreck.
After briefly drying up her clothes for a bit, Frisk went over to Zebulon. ‘Thank you for saving me, you must be Emperor Zebulon, correct?’
Zebulon laughed. ‘You can just call me Zebulon. Anyway, I expected you would arrive here one day, chosen one.’ He said.
‘Call me Frisk,’ She replied.
‘That’s a great name, Frisk. Now, I think you are here for my secret cure, yes?’ He asked.
‘Well first, I wanted to know how you just shot that…Thing. I don’t really know what that is.’ Frisk said curiously.
‘That is a sea snake, called a Medusa.’ He answered. ‘It has 9 tails, and they have three different abilities. The red one can light people on fire, the blue can freeze people, and the green can poison them. If you tried to cut the tail off, it will grow two tails back. However, when this is done, one of the three special scales on its body will glow, and by cutting them off it will disable one of the abilities. Once all three are cut, a crystal can be seen on its head and by hitting it, it will instantly kill the snake.’ He further explained.
‘Well, that explains everything I just saw.’ Frisk said. ‘But what sort of magic did you use to beat that sea snake?’ She asked.
‘That brings me to my cure.’ He said.
‘What is it?’ Frisk asked.
Zebulon pulled out seven vessels, each containing some sort of crystal. There were labels on the bottles: Honesty, Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Loyalty, Magic and Friendship.
‘What do these crystals mean?’ Frisk thought.
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
‘What are these crystals for?’ Frisk asked.
‘These are the cure. However, we need another special potion to activate their magic ability.’ Zebulon explained. ‘Come with me to my home, I will explain more.’
So Frisk followed Zebulon to his home, where he has been in contact with the mayor since he was exiled.
‘The cure has been in development for a long time, but now it is almost ready. However, I need your help to collect this final ingredient for this potion Frisk. That is why I called you here.’ Zebulon told her. He gave her a list of items that show the ingredients of the cure, but they were scrambled.
‘That’s weird… Why are all of these words scrambled?’ Frisk was puzzled.
‘One never knows whether it will fall into the wrong hands, so I needed to make sure no one could easily understand it.’ Zebulon replied.
After Frisk figured out the last ingredient, Zebulon told her, ‘The final ingredient is not displayed on the list. Give me a minute, I’ll show you.’
He took out a small box, with a black seashell. ‘Listen carefully.’ Zebulon warned. The seashell started to sing in a small voice:
‘Go down towards the bay,
And underneath an arching rock,
A little cave you’ll find,
The waves lap in, the waves lap out,
Whipped up by the wind,
A trophy you must bring,
Inside that cave, there lives a crab,
With poison in its sting.
You must bring back that crab alive,
If you would have your cure.
Without fresh poison from its shell,
The cure would have no power,
And anyone who drank a draft,
Would die within the hour.’
Frisk stood there in amazement of the seashell singing. She listened carefully to the song but was unsure what to do.
‘Do I have to get the poison from the crab?’ She asked.
Zebulon opens the door into the night sky and said, ‘The beast comes out to hunt at night. You have work to do.’
During the night, Frisk went out to look for the crab. She went into its cave.
‘I have a flashlight to see in the dark, guess I don’t need your help, Spike.’ Frisk told him, who was hiding in her bag.
‘Maybe you would when we fight the crab,’ He replied.
After walking inside for a little while, she still hasn’t found anything. She walked to a dead end.
‘Is it just me, or have we ran into a dead end 5 times already?’ She thought.
But as she turned around to go back, she heard something in the darkness behind her. The crab woke up from his sleep during the day. It was not as big as the medusa, but it was a bit bigger than Frisk.
‘Who vows to disturb my sleep?’ The crab said.
‘Run!’ Frisk told Spike. They ran as fast as they could to the entrance of the cave. The crab chased them from behind. As they got out of the cave, Frisk pointed her flashlight towards the cave to see if the crab was coming. When the crab saw the light, it let out a deafening scream.
‘I think it is weak against the light!' Spike said.Frisk continued to shine at the crab until it passed out, unconscious.
Zebulon came over to see what's going on. ‘What’s all the racket?’ He said.
‘Apparentl, the crab was weak against light, crabs and I used my flashlight to shine on it and he passed out suddenly.’ She said as her pet Spike was blowing fire into the crab's eyes.
‘Wow, I didn’t know that actually!’ He said smiling. ‘But we now need to get its poison. I have a bottle that can harvest it.’ He put the bottle down below where poison was dripping from its sting and waited patiently. ‘We’re going to have to wait for a while.’ He said.
The next day, he had the poison ready for the potion. ‘I’ll do the brewing; you can go get the ingredients I already have.’ Zebulon told Frisk.
After the potion was almost done, dropped some of the poison into the mix.The purple-colored potion was complete, and ready for the next step.
‘Is this going to be the cure?’ frisk asked.
‘Oh no, it isn't yet, but it will be.’ Zebulon answered.
Zebulon took out the bottles with the crystals and placed it in a circle on the ground. He got the potion in his hand.
‘What is this supposed to be?’ Frisk asked him.
‘I hope this works…’ Zebulon thought.
‘Watch how the crystals react,’ He said, throwing the potion in the center.
The bottle broke and the potion was spilled. But then, something amazing happened: The potion was sucking up some sort of magic from the crystals! The magic was forming a ball in the center and getting bigger.
‘We should slowly back away, Frisk!’ Zebulon told her. They both stepped farther from the ball. Just when they got to a safe distance, it exploded with a loud bang.
‘What happened? There should be something inside, right?’ Frisk thought.
The smoke from the blast started fading and in the smoke, a figure appeared. As the smoke faded she was revealed: Believe it or not, it was actually Twilight Sparkle!
‘Yes! It worked! She is alive again!’ Zebulon exclaimed with joy.
‘Hello? Zebulon is that you?’ Twilight asked.
‘It is me, you’re alive again! The chosen one has finally come to resurrect you!’ He said.
‘Who is she?’ Frisk asked.
‘Ah Frisk, this is the cure I’ve been working on for years!’ He answered.
Zebulon was so proud of himself and was so excited he kept running around the island, oblivious to the other two.
‘Who are you?’ Frisk asked.
‘Thanks for helping to resurrect me, I’m Twilight Sparkle.’ Twilight said. ‘Zebulon said you were the chosen one, named Frisk, correct?’
‘Yes, that is me. But how are you his cure?’ Frisk’s head was filled with questions.
‘I am nicknamed the "Princess of friendship”, I made sure that friendship continues to spread throughout everyone.’ She answered. ‘I may be a pony, but with my spell, I can easily change into a normal human, so people won’t be curious to know more about my kind.’ She further said as she turned into a normal human with a magic spell.
‘You look amazing in both of your forms, Twilight.’ Frisk told her.
Zebulon finally came back over. ‘So Twilight, I have finally brought you here the chosen one.’ He explained.
‘I see, we already got to know each other more. So is she my partner through the rest of the journey?’ She asked.
‘Exactly. However, try your best to not get spotted in your pony form, or else the residents of Britannica may vow to see your kind, and there might be consequences.’ He replied.
‘I think I’m okay with it now. I have been dead for quite a while and in the afterlife, I thought about it a lot after you promised me to resurrect me years later.’ Twilight said courageously.
‘I won’t bother you then. So, Frisk, Twilight will help you fly back to Britannica. Help guide her way back if you can, and the rest is up to you. Find a way to bring Gromiz down, and all of the countries will be saved,’ Zebulon told Frisk.
‘Aren’t you coming with us? You’re the emperor. You can probably help us find Gromiz’s weakness.’ Frisk asked him.
‘I have been waiting for a long time to get these crystals back to full power to resurrect her. Now, I am a bit too old to carry on. You must defeat Gromiz on your own. And promise me: When you defeat him, if I am still alive, please come take me back.’ He answered.
‘I won’t forget about you, and I will take Gromiz down.’ Frisk told him as Twilight is getting ready to fly.
‘Ready for me to help you save everyone?’ Twilight said to Frisk.
‘Ready when you are,’ Frisk answered as she got on her.
And then, Twilight flapped her wings and started the journey back to Britannica.
Back in Britannica, the mayor was reading mail that Zebulon sent to him when suddenly one very special letter popped up.
‘What is this?’ The mayor Gasped.
The letter was about Frisk returning to Britannica, and that she has obtained the secret cure.
‘She is returning soon!?’ The mayor exclaimed in excitement. He went around the country telling all the rebels about the great news. ‘Our savior is finally coming back soon!’ he thought.
However, Gromiz was not happy about the news. While he was in his palace, one of his guards came in nervously.
‘Your majesty, something terrible has just happened.’ He told the king.
‘Spit it out then! I don’t have the time to listen to terrible things!’ Gromiz roared at him.
‘I secretly heard from the others and the mayor, the chosen one is coming back soon!’ he said nervously.
‘What!? Nonsense! The spy from Oban should have taken care of her a long time ago!’ He screamed in a solemn voice.
‘He was caught by some of us, remember?’ The guard said.
‘No! I will not let her destroy my reign! Where’s the general?’ He demanded.
‘Yes, your majesty?’ He rushed over to Gromiz.
‘We need to guard the country against the chosen one. She cannot get back in!’ he said.
‘But you are pretty much the only one that has magic spells, wouldn’t it be easier to take care of her one against one? She has no chance.’ The general said.
‘Well, it’s better to take care of her now before she goes and cures everyone and they have a revolution against us!’ Gromiz yelled.
‘Yes, your majesty!’ He said, walking out of the throne room.
‘Even if she has such a powerful cure, the residents are powerless against my abilities. I will continue to become their ruler, and they will not dare to stop me!’ Gromiz said to himself.
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
Act 2.7: Back To Britannica
Twilight was soaring through the sky, with Frisk helping to guide her along. Twilight was fairly strong since she can withstand Frisk on her back but still able to fly at a relatively good pace.
‘You’re pretty good at flying,’ said Frisk. ‘Can you tell me more about your past? Zebulon said you got killed before.’
‘Sure, it’s a pretty long story, it was back in the war.’ Twilight answered.
Back in the war, it was chaos everywhere thanks to Gromiz attacking everyone. Twilight and Zebulon were the country’s last hope. They were lucky to even get a chance to fight Gromiz alone.
‘Come on, Twilight! We need to kill Gromiz before it’s too late!’ He said.
‘This is the throne room, let’s go in and take him down!’ Twilight replied back.
They opened the door to the room and Gromiz was sitting on the throne after the guards surrendered and were forced to have him as their new ruler.
‘Gromiz, you are going down!’ Zebulon yelled.
‘Muahahahaha! You think you can defeat me!? Well I am getting bored from being perched on my throne as I thought you guys were dead, dealing with you guys will be easy as pie!’ Gromiz said, laughing evilly.
They engaged in a long battle in the throne room. The duo was not getting severely injured, but they couldn’t do anything against Gromiz. All of a sudden, Zebulon fell to the ground.
‘Ta-ta for now, “Emperor”. Say goodbye to your country.’ Gromiz said mischievously, charging a magical attack.
‘No!’ Twilight cried. She ran over and blocked the attack, but she got injured very badly.
‘Why, Twilight! You sacrificed yourself to save me… What’s the matter with you? Are you okay?’ Zebulon rushed over to her.
Twilight was grunting in pain. ‘No…I’m not okay Zebulon…It’s better for you to live than to die and let the country down, you must avenge me. Take the crystals from my bag, they will help you resurrect me!’ She told him.
‘What can I do without you? I can’t figure it out myself!’ He cried.
‘It’s up to you. You need to find a way to make me alive again…’ Twilight said as blood was streaming out of her body.
‘No…Please don’t die...I promise you, you will be okay!’ Zebulon was crying.
She smiled. ‘I know it is hard, but don’t forget about me.’ She said as she gasped her last breath. And she was gone.
‘Ahahahahaha, sorry to disturb such a sweet moment, it seems that your partner has died. Now enough is enough. You surrender, or you die right now!’ Gromiz commanded.
Zebulon had no other choice. Whether he surrenders or not, he will lose the country.
‘Fine, I abdicate. I have no other choice anyway.’ He sighed.
‘Excellent. You made the right choice.’ Gromiz smiled.
‘And that’s how Gromiz defeated him, and how I died.’ Twilight said.
'Wow, I really need to catch up on how you got here in the first place, were you here all along?' Frisk asked her.
'Not exactly, let me tell you about that.' Twilight replied. But as soon she wanted to say something, something was rattling in Frisk's bag.
‘That’s a horrible story… Guess I know why you suddenly disappeared.’ Spike said.
‘Hold on, Spike? Is that you?’ Twilight said in surprise.
Spike came out of the bag. ‘Twilight, why didn’t you tell anyone to tell me about it?’ he said.
‘Oh, my gosh, Spike? I missed you so much, buddy!’ She said as she used her magic to levitate Spike. ‘I am so sorry that you were oblivious to everything that’s happened!’
‘I missed you too,’ Spike replied, smiling.
‘You two know each other?’ Frisk questioned.
‘Of course, we do! He was my little ‘assistant’ before what happened in the war. He was my best friend back then.’ Twilight said as she put Spike down on her back.
‘Huh, I guess that explains why I randomly saw you as a stray and thought to take care of you that day, Spike.’ Frisk said.
The trio continued to talk about stories they had during the flight back to the country. As they got close to Britannica, Frisk finally caught sight of the land.
‘I see Britannica there! We are getting close!’ Frisk said in excitement.
However, as they got closer, they saw a lot of guards waiting at the border. They knew it wouldn’t be that easy to get back.
‘Wait…There are people at the border… they have weapons! They are the guards!’ Spike exclaimed.
‘New plan,’ said Twilight. ‘You guys need to go in and try to attack them, while I take the high ground and use my magic against them. It should be fairly easy.’
As she flew closer to land, she started flying lower and used her magic to make a shield and block out and attack some of the guards. She dropped off Frisk and Spike while she used her magic against them.
Frisk was a trained fighter. She was surprisingly overpowered against the guards and stole their weapons to her advantage. Spike used his fire breath to scare off them or burn them to ash, while Twilight shot magic beams at the guards, eliminating them one by one.
After a while, the guards that were alive ran away in horror. The trio succeeded in making back to the country.
‘Let’s go to the town square, probably the mayor is waiting for us there,’ Frisk told the other two.
Meanwhile, in the palace, Gromiz was surely upset about the chosen one getting back.
‘Useless guards! They shall be executed!’ Demanded Gromiz.
‘I have heard from the remaining guards; they say that the cure is literally unstoppable. They were defenseless against them.’ The general said. ‘They said they saw some kind of unicorn with wings using her magic against them!’
‘No…It can’t be possible. I killed that brat years ago! I know who she is, but there is no way Zebulon found a way to resurrect her.’ Gromiz thought. ‘They may not be able to stop the chosen one, but I can! I’m not scared of anything at all! If her new partner truly is alive, I can beat her again. And then, I’ll beat the chosen one soon enough!’ He said in a solemn voice.
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
Act 2.8: The Recovery Plan
After a long journey, Frisk finally made it back home. All she needs to do is to find the mayor and talk to him about the cure.
‘It certainly changed a lot since I was here,’ Twilight whispered to Frisk.
‘Well, it has been a decade since the war, but nothing really special was built after Gromiz took the country.’ Spike told her.
Along the way, they passed through Frisk’s home. Frisk saw Asriel at the door while he was talking to himself.
‘Twilight, you go hide nearby for now. That’s my brother over there.’ Frisk told her.
She went over and tapped him on the shoulder. ‘Asriel? I’m back.’ She said happily. Asriel was overjoyed and hugged her tightly.
‘Sister! You’re back! We missed you a lot when you were gone!’ He said.
‘Not to interrupt the moment here, but where’s the mayor?’ Spike asked.
‘Lucky for you, he came over to us ever since he got the news that you are coming back from the island.’ He replied, opening the door.
Inside, the mayor was by the fireplace, patiently resting until Frisk came back.
‘Ah, it’s you, Frisk! Congratulations on making it back safely.’ The mayor said, relieved.
‘Wait, where’s my mother Chara? Isn’t she around?’ Frisk asked.
‘About that…She got captured by Flowey, now she is forced to work for him…’ Asriel said sadly.
Frisk gasped. ‘That thing! Not only did he kill my father, but he’s now captured my mother too!?’ She said furiously, followed by some really inappropriate words in her sentence.
‘Whoa, take it easy Frisk, don’t get mad just yet.’ The mayor warned her. ‘By the way, what about the cure Zebulon gave you?’
‘It’s a little… different than I expected. It wasn’t an object or a potion or anything, apparently, it was a person.’ Frisk explained, calling Twilight inside.
When they first saw her, they looked surprised. ‘Who is she?’ Asriel thought.
‘This is the ultimate cure.’ Frisk told them.
‘You’re a pony? How could you be the cure?’ The mayor said.
Twilight smiled. ‘Glad to be back here, I’m Twilight Sparkle but you can just call me Twilight for short.’ She said. ‘I recognize you, you were the mayor, correct? I was in the war a decade ago.’
‘It’s been quite a long time; I can’t recall you being in the war.’ The mayor said, embarrassed.
‘That’s because I died trying to defeat Gromiz, and Zebulon surrendered. Moving on, I already told Frisk how this “cure” works on the way back, basically, I have these crystals that they used to resurrect me, and their magic feeds on friendship. That’s why I had them before I died. Besides, I am nicknamed the “Goddess of friendship”. You can wait for their power to restore, but it will take a long time,’ Twilight explained.
Asriel was fascinated by the mythical creature. He wanted to know more, but he was shy to ask.
‘So you’re saying the crystals get their power through friendship? Is that how the cure works?’ The mayor asked.
‘Not only does it give the user magic powers, it can also be used to purify and cleanse a person’s sickness and diseases. However, only someone that has proven themselves to be able to spread friendship easily has the permission to use the magic powers contained. Otherwise, it cannot be used.’ Twilight replied.
‘That is exactly what we’re looking for!’ The mayor exclaimed. ‘But where do we get the magic for the cure?’
‘Well, we have been doing a lot of friendly stuff on the way back, and with Twilight, the magic was able to be restored surprisingly quickly,’ Frisk said.
‘I’ll show you how this secret potion works,’ Twilight said confidently. She got the crystals and arranged it in a circle. Then, she placed a water bottle in the center. With a magical spell, she turned the liquid in the middle into a rainbow-colored potion.
‘A duplication spell will do the trick, it’ll save us a lot of time,’ She further said.
The next day, the group was giving out the magic potions to the rebels. Thanks to the duplication spell, it was easy to give out enough potions for everyone. After that, the residents were cured of the miserable curse.
After they went home, they were very tired but very glad they managed to cure everyone. Twilight handed Frisk one last potion. ‘I think this belongs to you, Frisk.’ She said with a smile.
‘I thought I have cured already,’ Frisk said curiously.
‘With this potion, you will have granted the access to the most powerful magic known to my kind.’ She told her.
‘But I don’t think I’m worthy of the magic powers yet,’ Frisk replied.
‘Trust me, I can feel that soon enough you’ll be able to feel the friendship and you’ll be able to take that dumb emperor down!’
As Frisk drank the potion, she heard shouting going on outside.
‘What’s that noise?’ Asriel asked.
‘I know what they’re doing. We’ll take it from here, Asriel. You go with the crowd.’ Frisk said.
Outside the palace, the residents of Britannica were shouting at and attacking the guards outside. It was a revolution!
‘Down with emperor Gromiz!’ The crowd shouted. ‘Make Britannica great again!’ they continued to shout more slogans as they got close to the palace.
Gromiz heard the screams and yelling from outside. He knows this isn’t going as planned.
‘Your majesty, what’s all the racket going on outside? And you don’t feel as good as before,’ the general said.
‘Are you an idiot!? Don’t you see the endless amount of people outside declaring a revolution against us!?’ Gromiz said angrily. ‘Seems like there is nothing left to do.’ He turned to his general. ‘Double the guards! Double the weapons! Double everything! They shall NOT overthrow me!’ He said furiously.
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
Act 2.9: Unexpected Payback
As Frisk went to the palace to check out the commotion, the crowd was fighting back the guards at the entrance. The guards were strong, but they seem to be unable to take down the rebels due to a huge difference in numbers.
The mayor came over. ‘Frisk! You’re here to help, aren’t you?’ He asked.
‘Time to beat that stupid emperor to rest, but how are we going to possibly take him down in the end?’ Frisk replied.
‘While we were fighting the guards, we helped ourselves to their weapons after they got owned,’ The mayor told her. He handed her and Twilight some of the armor and the sword he picked up from defeating some of the guards.
‘Let’s get in there and deal with him!’ Twilight said confidently.
They got in through a different way behind the palace. All the guards were focused on attacking the rebels but paid no attention to the other sides. They went through one of the pitch-black hallways.
‘This place is dark, good thing you have a spell to light up the area a little bit.’ Frisk said to Twilight.
‘I practically have spells for all kinds of situations. I can even turn into a human when we face Gromiz.’ She replied.
But then, in the darkness, a figure appeared in front of their eyes. Frisk heard it’s breathing.
‘Who goes there?’ She yelled.
The figure revealed himself. It was the general!
‘I remember you. You’ve been busy, have you?’ He said.
Frisk sharpened her focus. ‘I have no time to deal with you, I am here to take Gromiz down.’ She said as she fetched out her sword.
‘Oh, but that’s too bad; You won’t defeat me.’ He replied. ‘Anyway, I have a question.’ He added as he reached for his back.
‘What now?’ Twilight muttered.
The general isn’t actually a man…He is a flower.
Frisk gasped in shock. ‘Flowey? You are the new general!?’ She said in surprise.
‘Do you want to have a bad time?’ he said mischievously.
In a flash, Flowey lunged and tried to attack Frisk. He kicked her away and used some magic to grab the sword from one of the sets of armor in the hallway and swung it towards her. Twilight barely blocked his attack with her own sword. ‘What!?’ He cried.
‘What? You aren’t the only one in this world with magic…’ Twilight laughed.
Frisk got up and swung her sword on Flowey. He got flown quite far away.
‘You killed my parents, now I’ll avenge them by killing you!’ Frisk said angrily.
‘And how exactly are you going to that?’ Flowey replied. ‘Oh I’m going to ENJOY crushing you,’ he said evilly.
Their blades clashed, but Frisk fought it off. As Flowey tried to attack, Twilight shot him back in the face with a spell. They continued for a good 10 minutes on fighting in the hallway. In the end, as Frisk punched him in the air, she yelled, ‘Twilight! Do it now!’
Twilight charged an insane laser attack and left Flowey getting absolutely destroyed in the process. He is close to getting defeated, but not dead yet.
‘No, no please don’t kill me! Stop!’ Flowey cried in fear as Twilight got close.
Twilight was charging another attack. As she is ready to fire, Frisk told her in the background, smiling.
‘Let him go.’ She said.
‘What!? How could you say that?’ Twilight asked in surprise, holding back the magic she was using.
‘Step aside, I’ll finish this one off.’ Frisk told her, calmly. Twilight stepped back as she was told.
Flowey was seriously hurt, but not completely dying. ‘What…What are you doing?’ He asked.
‘I said it already, I’m letting you go.’
‘But why? I killed your father…I even kidnapped your mother just now! I became the general ever since Asgore died, I never knew you would become this powerful in a decade!’ He cried.
‘I trained myself for a long time, but it was just moments ago I realized it can only take me so far. I thought power was the most important thing in order to become the best, but I was wrong. If it weren’t for Twilight, who was the secret cure, this would have never happened. It was the power of friendship that brought out the magic and created the cure to recover everyone.’ She explained.
‘But…(breathing) I don’t understand…’ Flowey had tears in his eye.
‘Through this journey, I found that power wasn’t the way to go. The real and the best power in this world was actually friendship. I never knew that until I came on this journey and met her. If I didn’t, I’ll certainly won’t be here to teach you this lesson, and set you free.’ She tried to pat the poor flower.
‘I just don’t understand!’ Flowey cried. He ran away into the darkness, crying loudly as he went outside.
Frisk was curious to see him running off in defeat just because of what she said. She didn’t really feel any special, but she still thought she won this duel.
Twilight was clapping behind her. ‘Well done Frisk, I’m proud of what you just did.’ She said with a tear in her eye. ‘You truly discovered that this magic overpowers pretty much anything, and I know you are truly the chosen one.’
‘I still have one last person to defeat,’ Frisk told her, pointing to a huge door. It was the door to the throne room.
‘This is the place,’ She said.
‘Wow, is Gromiz stupid? Why would he put a full set of seemingly amazing armor right next to the door?’ Twilight chuckled, pointing at the armor.
‘Huh, I don’t know what that armor is, but it’s convenient.’ Frisk said. She put on the armor, and also took the shiny sword with her.
‘Come on Twilight, let’s go in and finish this.’ Frisk said courageously.
As she said that, Twilight was remembering the terrible death she had years ago. She smiled and told her:
‘I think you are ready.’
‘You’re leaving me alone to do this fight?’ Frisk said curiously.
She nodded. ‘I told you that you were capable of the magic of friendship, and you showed that you are. You are ready to use it to your advantage and take Gromiz down once and for all.’ She said, smiling.
Frisk was feeling a little sad. ‘Twilly…’ She said. She went over to hug her.
Twilight giggled. ‘I like that nickname, buddy. But you must go in there alone. I don’t want to lose to him again.’ She said, embarrassed.
‘Okay…You go with the crowd, and if I don’t make it, just remember I helped you guys. It might be a case of me sacrificing.’ Frisk said as she let go of her friend.
‘I won’t forget you,’ Twilight cried. She turned back into the hallway. ‘Now get in there and save the country!’ She told Frisk as she ran back out of the Palace.
Frisk turned to the door. ‘This is it,’ She thought, breathing heavily. She touched the handles on the door. ‘Gromiz, you brought this on yourself. Prepare to die on my hands.’
As she opened the door, a huge vein of light shone through the hallway…
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
Frisk opened the door into the throne room, and a huge vein of light shone through the hallway. Inside the room was filled with wealth and rich minerals, and the room was made of very expensive materials. And not to mention, there’s even a silver chandelier!
Frisk went in with her sword. ‘This place is beautiful, where did he get all of the materials for it though?’ She thought.
She saw a figure in the room pacing around. She tried to sneak away, but her footsteps caught the figure’s attention.
‘You are a stupid idiot.’ He said in a low voice.
Frisk turned back to him. ‘You must be emperor Gromiz, aren’t you?’ She said.
‘Ah, so you defeated my general, and now I’m stuck. But do you really think you can defeat me?’ Gromiz replied while turning around to face her.
‘You have harmed this country for long enough. If it weren’t for you, I won’t be here to kill you and end your life right here.’
‘But you forgot, young one.’ He laughed. ‘You do not have the power to stop my magic. My magic is far beyond your abilities, and you got nothing, I killed the only other person in this world that has magic like I do way back in the war, that pony that went with Zebulon…’
‘But I do,’ Frisk cut off what he was saying.
‘What!? How did she survive!? I saw her die!’ Gromiz yelled.
‘He resurrected her with these.’ Frisk showed the crystals she got.
‘Ha! You think those can defeat me? Well, we shall see if you can ever beat me and save this hopeless country.’ Gromiz shouted at her, getting out his sword and potions ready.
Frisk was filled with determination. ‘Your reign has been nice; don’t say I didn’t warn you.’ She got her sword out and jumped to try and stab Gromiz. With a potion splash, he managed to teleport to somewhere else!
‘Behind you,’ He laughed. Frisk barely blocked his sword. Gromiz splashed a potion and Frisk was instantly blinded. She was screaming in fear, and he immediately kicked her miles away with his sword.
The potion wore off, and Frisk threw her sword at Gromiz to stun him for a minute, then as she went over to kill him, he knocked her back.
‘You are hopeless; you won’t win this fight.’ Gromiz told her.
‘Well guess what? I could say the same, honestly.’ She replied.
Meanwhile, the rebels finally got past the guards miraculously and stormed into the palace. They looked in room by room to see where Gromiz was, but they had no clue where the throne room was.
‘He won’t escape! Come out Gromiz, your guards are done for!’ Asriel yelled in the hallways.
As he went into one of the rooms, he saw her mother tied up at the corner.
‘Chara!’ He cried. ‘Are you okay, mom?’
‘I’ve been trapped by Gromiz for days… Thanks for remembering to rescue me.’ She told him in a small voice.
‘Frisk got back; she cured us all!’ Asriel told her.
‘My daughter came back? Where is she?’ She asked.
The voices of Frisk fighting Gromiz came nearby. ‘I think I hear them! I’ll free you first, find the crowd somewhere in here!’ Asriel freed her and ran towards the sound.
Back in the throne room, Frisk was getting completely destroyed by Gromiz, getting flung into one of the pillars.
‘Man, you are such an idiot to fight me! You are getting absolutely destroyed and you’re not giving up?’ Gromiz laughed.
‘No…I can’t lose right here!’ Frisk thought.
Just then, the door opened and someone shot an arrow right into Gromiz’s head. Someone else came and used her magic to stun him even more.
‘Twilight and Asriel! You guys came!’ Frisk said happily.
‘I just freed mom and heard you in the throne room, I had to come save you.’ He replied.
‘Frisk, use the crystals now!’ Twilight told her as she was trying to cure Frisk.
As Twilight tried to help her levitate the crystals to start the plan, Gromiz healed himself and dashed over with his sword.
‘You’ll pay for this!’ He screamed.
As he was about to hit her, the crystal let out a magic border and blasted everyone else aside. She is starting to transform!
‘Oh I see where this is going, you want to battle me in the air, huh? Good thing I have my levitation potion handy,’ Gromiz said as he splashed the potion. He flew up and tried to escape.
‘That’s it, she’s changing!’ Twilight cried.
As frisk transformed and grew beautiful wings, Twilight went over to tell her what to do.
‘You have unlimited power from the crystals, now use your rainbow laser attack and finish him off!’
‘Time to put him to rest.’ Frisk said confidently.
She flew up to where Gromiz was and saw him charging an attack.
‘I’ve beaten that pony of yours with this, and I’ll beat you with it again!’ Gromiz yelled at her.
Just then, Frisk’s hand started to glow and charging up a magical attack.
‘Say goodbye to your life! Muahahahaha!’ He laughed as he shot the laser.
Frisk charged up her attack. ‘To the moon, you go!’ She shouted as she shot a huge rainbow beam. It easily overpowered Gromiz.
‘What!? No! It can’t be!’ He cried.
‘You’re finished, you idiotic ruler.’ Frisk smiled as her attack blasted Gromiz all the way to the moon.
‘Nooooooooooo!’ Cried Gromiz as he got absolutely overpowered, blasting into space, never coming back again. Frisk collapsed to the ground after she thinks it was over.
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
‘Frisk! Are you okay?’ A voice was heard.
Frisk woke up and saw her friends standing beside her. She realized everything was over. Gromiz is done for.
‘What happened? Did I do it? Did I kill him?’ Frisk asked.
Asriel felt overjoyed that his sister was alive. ‘Yes! You actually did it! You finally killed emperor Gromiz!’ He said as he hugged his sister.
‘I can’t believe it…I just remembered he got blasted into space, and the next thing I know was that I collapsed here…But seriously, I couldn’t have done it without all of the rebels, especially you Twilight.’ She said as she went over to her.
‘You wouldn’t have done it without me,’ Twilight laughed.
‘The rebels just saw what happened, they are probably waiting for us at the entrance. Come on guys, let’s go and rejoice our victory.’ Asriel said as they walked out of the palace.
Outside, the residents of Britannica were already cheering for the fall of Gromiz. They have not been this happy for a long time. The crowd even cheered louder as the trio stepped out to meet them.
‘You guys finally did it, you saved the country.’ The mayor said as he came over.
‘Thanks, but now that the emperor is overthrown, what’s next?’
‘I have my own ideas,’ The mayor told Frisk as he stepped up to give a speech.
‘Thank you, everyone,’ he said as the crowd calmed down. ‘we all own a huge debt to Frisk and her friends for saving the country, and she has been on a long journey to perform this daunting task. We may have suffered a lot throughout the past decade and the country was living in absolute despair, but in fact, I was right: We should always hope that someday everything with gets better. And that day is today.’ He said in a solemn voice. Then he winked at the trio to call them up.
The crowd cheered loudly for them and were really happy that Gromiz was finally out of their sight.
Frisk cleared her voice. ‘Again, thank you, everyone, for believing in me and hope that I can help you all and save Britannica. But the truth is: I didn’t do it alone. Of course, I had my friends Twilight and Asriel that helped me during that final fight, and I would have also never been able to come back without all your support to keep me going.’ She told them.
‘About our former emperor, Zebulon, he told us before Frisk and I left that he was too old to come back immediately. We would try and rescue him again when we have the time to travel to the island and bring him back. I’m sure you guys would be glad to see him again.’ Twilight smiled.
‘We wouldn’t be here celebrating today if it weren’t for your support, so thanks again to all of you for supporting Frisk on the journey.’ Asriel added.
As the residents cheered for the team, the mayor asked them an important question. ‘Now that all of that is over, we need a new ruler. A ruler that can help us to relive our glory of the past. And judging by what happened, I think we all know who she should be…’ He said as he turned to Frisk. The residents all agree and cheered.
Frisk smiled. ‘It would be an absolute honor,’ she said.
And so, for the next few months to about a few years, Frisk became the new empress and helped Britannica to reform back into its glory days, and while she was ruling over the country, many people hoped she could tell everything about her journey and hope to talk about it for many years to come.
With his abilities, Frisk’s brother Asriel became the new general, who trained people to defend themselves in case another war breaks out.
Twilight became the new mayor since the previous one was getting old and decided to have her take his place. She did her job pretty well and finished work quite quickly since she was pretty intelligent. However, she still remains as the goddess of friendship and never made herself a show off towards people.
Through the years, Britannica slowly became great again, and many people finally lived a better life. The story pretty much ends here, and Frisk was honored as a super major hero of the country.
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
But as one story ends, another story begins.
One day, when Frisk was thinking about the journeys she has yet to conquer, Asriel came over to her.
‘Someone wants to see you, your highness.’ Asriel told her.
‘Well, bring him in then.’ She replied.
He opened the door, and there was Flowey standing there.
‘Don’t freak out on him, I’ll handle it Asriel.’ She said further as she saw Asriel reach for his sword.
She went over to pat the flower. ‘Flowey, what did you want to talk to me before you ran off?’ She asked.
Flowey was speechless. ‘Just kill me,’ he told her.
‘Kill you? I thought I said I let you go before. Tell me why.’ She demanded.
‘I killed your father, I was on Gromiz’s side, and now I have no one to turn to. What else can I do besides dying?’ He cried.
‘Flowey, let me tell you a story.’ She said.
‘There was once a young girl who lost her father and vowed to avenge him. She trained herself at a young age and hoped to take revenge on the murderer. But after a long journey, she realized that being strong and being tough when fighting, wasn’t enough to defeat a certain magic.’
‘This sounds awfully familiar…’ Flowey thought.
‘Ah, that’s because I was that girl. “What is the strongest power of all?” I always asked myself. After this journey, I realized the true answer: The most powerful thing that can beat all sins is friendship.’ She explained.
‘But what happened? Why did you realize that?’
‘When I first met Twilight, she taught me more about friendship and explained her backstory. It was friendship that helped the cure gain its power to cure everyone. If I hadn’t realized that, I would have never been able to kill Gromiz. I wouldn’t be able to let you go as well.’ She said further. ‘Zebulon is out there on that little island. I have a request for you.’ Frisk said.
‘I would do anything to waste my time now, really.’ Flowey said.
‘You need to help me get Zebulon back from the island.’ She told him. ‘If you really wish to redeem yourself, fulfill my request and I’ll forgive you for your sins.’
Frisk got a teleportation potion nearby. ‘Go before I change my mind. You have been warned.’ She said as she threw the potion towards him. He got teleported to somewhere else.
She sighed. ‘Why doesn’t he get what I’m trying to say?’
Outside, Flowey was puzzled on what to do. He still felt very guilty now that Frisk is giving him a chance.
‘I murdered her family, and now she became the emperor. She has the right to kill me, but instead, she’s giving me a chance? This doesn’t make any sense. Why is she so nice to me all of a sudden? I shouldn’t be forgiven for what I have done, and I don’t need her forgiveness.’ He thought. He used his magic and grabbed a sword from inside the hallway, and committed suicide.
As the years went on, Frisk became oblivious to the plan. Also, life has been pretty good in the country under her rule, but it became a little predictable. And Frisk never knew the story about Twilight's planet. So, she asked her that question one day.
'Twilight, I remembered you wanted to talk to me about your world,' She said.
'Yes, let me tell you what happened that caused me to come to this planet...' Twilight replied.
One day in Equestria, Twilight was just casually reading books in her castle's library. Then, she picked up a book from the shelf: 'History of other planets'.As she read the book, one chapter caught her attention: Earth.It said about the horrible situation it was in after a certain emperor took place, and eventually lead to a disease sweeping over the land, killing everyone on the planet, and not just the country it started in.However, it turns out this book was written in 2016, but the things happened way back in about the late 20th century.
'What a miserable place...If only I could help them.' Twilight thought.
As she was reading, her friend Starlight came into the room. 'Twilight? You don't look as good as you used to, what's wrong?' She asked.
Twilight immediately had an idea. 'Starlight, do you still remember traveling spell you used to alter history a year ago?' She told her.
'I thought it has been long gone, but I think I still remember it...Besides, that scroll isn't the only place where the spell is written on.' Starlight answered. 'But what for?'
'Read this chapter of the book.I'll go get Spike for this adventure.' Twilight shoved the book at her face.
'You want to save Earth by time traveling?' She asked.
'I have my own ways.'
After she got Spike, she wrote a letter to princess Celestia. 'Spike, take a note please.' She said.
'Dear princess Celestia, I recently found out a certain planet out there has been nearly destroyed due to a certain emperor taking the throne. I decided to take on the quest to save them by time traveling and altering history. It may be dangerous, but trust me, I will make it back safe and sound. Your most faithful student, princess Twilight Sparkle.'
'Are you ready for me to do it?' Starlight called Twilight.
'Ready when you are,' Spike told her.
'Tell my friends I'll be back soon.I'm sure you guys will miss me,' Twilight added.
As soon they're ready, Starlight got her spell ready, and mustering all her energy to pull of the time portal.
'I'll be back soon, don't forget me!' Twilight cried as she got sucked into the portal with Spike.
'Wow, how did you even get that book in the first place?' Frisk asked her.
'You don't need to know, let me tell you more about Equestria.' Twilight answered.
And after a lot of explanation, Frisk was hyped to go exploring this new place.
'Can you possibly take me there? It will be awesome to go to the new planet.' Frisk said excitedly.
'It's really complicated... It's been quite a long tIme since I went back there since I don't know the traveling spell, and I'm not sure if my friends remember me.We relied on the age spell to keep us going, but I'm not sure whether I can possibly teleport such a far distance.' Twilight explained. 'Besides, what if the people know about all of this?The selfish ones on this planet will try to come up ways to take over Equestria!'
'You're right...It's best if we don't go until you are ready.' Frisk sighed.
And so, time flew fast like it was nothing. The year was 2016, and throughout the years, life in the country was a bit predictable and it was so boring that nothing big happened in their country. The same things to do as ruler over and over again... It was no fun, that's what Frisk thought.
One day, Twilight was resting at night when she was ahead of schedule. She was in her room, reading a book, like always. All of a sudden, a gust of magic flew in from the window. Then, another book and a letter appeared beside her.
'A letter for me?' She thought, unwrapping it. As she read the letter, her heart started to melt slowly.
'Dear Twilight Sparkle,
Hi, Twilight. It's been a long time since you were gone. How have you been?
If you can read this letter, I am glad it was able to get to you. We... We have a big problem over here in Equestria. I can't tell you here because I am a bit scared... I always have fear of being watched now. Not just me, but all of us. I am just sending you this message to see if you can hear our voices for your help... And to know if you are still okay.
Other than that, I have something to tell you... We all miss you, so much. We miss you every day. All of your friends miss you, including me. I don't know why you haven't thought of visiting us yet, but I don't blame you. Maybe you have some issues to take care of. I hope you still remember what we all did for you. Maybe... maybe someday you'll think of coming back? We will love to see you again.
I guess I'll have to end it off here, my tears are going to drip onto the paper... Still, I hope that, whatever kind of life you're living in right now, I hope you are happy, in a good way. And I know you must be thinking of us every day and night. Oh, and, if you are planning to come back, I will be waiting for you. Until then, I hope you enjoy the photo album I also sent with the letter, just to express how deeply we missed you.
Always remember: We, your closest friends, will love you till the very end. I hope we will meet again!
Your best friend,
Starlight Glimmer.'
Twilight gasped, and also took a peek at the book. From the start, all the way to the day before she went away, memories were recorded left and right. Many bittersweet memories were captured and shown. Seeing what her friends did for her, she started to cry.
'My friends... How could I have forgotten about them?' She cried, clutching the album, with tears falling onto the photos. 'Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie, Rarity, Rainbow, Starlight... I... (Sobs) I miss you all so much... You were the ones who shaped me to the pony I am today... And I feel like such a traitor now, thinking about what I did...'
As she was crying, she closed the album and sparked a thought.
'No. I can't be such a crybaby. I am going to face the problem I caused. I must go back and help my ponies. I will not let my friends suffer. Frisk will help me, will she not? I'll just lie to her and cover the reason why I want to go back.' Twilight thought, then looking at the vast, dark sky. 'Do not fear, my friends... I'm coming, I promise.'
At the same time, Frisk was busy doing her own things before bed, when suddenly someone familiar called to her.
'Hello, Frisk Dreemur. Do you remember me?'
She turned around, to see the light in front of her.
'You look strikingly familiar... Ah, yes! You're the one who encouraged me to fight Gromiz! And now, I have done it, thanks to you!' Frisk exclaimed, bowing to her.
The light chuckled. 'You're welcome. So, I know life as an empress is very interesting, isn't it? You have a country under your control.'
'That's just it, though,' Frisk sighed. 'I just found how cool adventures were... And I found out so much about friendship, but I'll have to leave it behind now, that's a shame. (Sigh) I wish I could explore Twilight's home someday. So...' She stuttered a bit as she didn't know her name till now.
'(Giggles) My name, correct? It's Flashlight Flare, but you can just call me Flashlight for short.' She said. 'And, yes. You will go on the journey there sometime soon. And I think it will be an awesome adventure...'
'Why's that?'
'I can't tell you just yet,' Flashlight explained. 'But, get this: Every time you win against the dark side, I can get closer and closer to becoming alive again. Right now, your first victory has allowed me to freely talk with you, with no magic restricting me always. One day, I can fully come back to this world and help you, to defeat the mastermind of their side.'
'There's a question I want to ask... What exactly makes these "dark minions" so bad?' Frisk asked.
'It's simple. Basically-' Flashlight suddenly stopped.
'Excuse me?'
The goddess sighed. 'Shoot, that spell isn't broken yet... I can probably tell you someday. Or maybe you'll learn the truth on your own. Who knows?'
'So... What am I going to do now?' The young ruler asked her.
She started to fade away. 'You'll see soon enough. For now... Good luck.'
One day, Frisk was finishing up her story, when suddenly she heard a knock on the door.
‘Come in,’ she said.
Twilight entered, looking prepared. ‘It is time, Frisk. Let’s go.’
‘What’s time? Another adventure?’ Frisk asked.
‘I have thought about it for a very long time, but now I’m ready. We are going back to my planet.’ Twilight smiled.
‘Before we go, I have one last thing to do…’ Frisk told her.
After Frisk was fully prepared and told everyone about the news, she went to somewhere special before she went on her journey.
‘Why did you want to come to the cemetery all of a sudden?’ Twilight said curiously.
‘I have one last person to spread the news to.’ Frisk answered. She got a book and a letter from her bag and went to her father’s grave.
She put them down in front of the grave. ‘Your father is buried here?’ Twilight asked.
‘I wanted to say goodbye to him before we leave, because there is a chance if we run into threats, we may die.’ Frisk said.
In her letter, it said:
Dear Father,
It has been years since you died from the war. Since then, I have grown up a lot and I went on a special mission: to fetch the cure from emperor Zebulon and save Britannica. And guess what? I successfully saved the country!
You may not have seen my glorious victory, but I know that you are always watching me from above, and I know that you already know my story. I have written my story of my adventures that I brought you with this letter. I have been through a lot, and I felt sad you never got to see any of it.
I’m about to take off to another adventure. My friend is calling me and I need to hurry. Don’t worry, I’ll be fine and I’ll come back soon.
Love from your little daughter,
Empress Frisk.
They went back out, and they were completely ready.
‘Ready for our next adventure, Spike?’ Twilight asked.
‘We’re both ready.’ He replied.
As they blasted out into the endless sky, Frisk looked back to Britannica before they set off. ‘My father, you have been avenged.’ She thought.
**End Of Act 2**
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
Act 3: Return of the Harmony Cure
'Hold on tight,' Twilight said to her friend, flying through the sky.
'I'm glad you finally decided to take me to your place, we have been friends for a long time,' said Frisk.
Frisk is now much older than how she used to be, but the 23-year-old still thrived throughout her life. She might have been older if it weren't for the age spell Twilight learned to perform. After her showdown with Gromiz, the evil former emperor of her country, life has been pretty well but became a bit predictable, thus began their next journey in Twilight's world: The land of Equestria.
As they flew closer to the brink of the atmosphere of Earth, Twilight did the spell she used to fly to Earth years ago. 'This may be a complicated spell...Hold still while I perform it,' she reminded Frisk.
Soon, a big bubble-like thing wrapped the two inside, allowing them to breathe normally even in outer space.
'Where did you find this spell?This is amazing!' Frisk exclaimed.
'I might have been teaching my friend Starlight about friendship, but she has a very good knowledge of magic.' Twilight replied.
Upon hearing her friend's name, Frisk was curious. 'Starlight?Who is she?'
'Oh, it's a long story.She is now a good friend of mine.We had differences in the past but I was able to befriend her.Well since it will take quite a while to get to the planet I might as well tell you the story.' she explained.
Spike had a grin on his face. 'It's actually quite dramatic.' He added.
A whole lot of story-telling about time traveling and all these alternate universe stuff (I suppose you guys know the story, also I broke the fourth wall lol), Frisk was really excited. 'Wow, I really want to know more about you and your friends, it would be so awesome!' As she was saying that, depths she accidentally fell off of Twilight.
She was expecting herself to plunge depths of space when...The bubble protected her.
'Oh!I forgot to mention, this bubble actually protects anything inside from the surroundings, and the direction of how it moves actually depends on where the controller, for example being me, flies toward to.' Twilight explained further.
'So I actually could've walked the whole time inside here, huh?' Frisk asked.
'Well...Technically yes, but I will have to keep flying. Don't worry, I did say I was a unicorn before but I got used to these wings.' She giggled.
After flying for a ridiculously large amount of time, Twilight told Frisk she finally got to the point where she can teleport near the planet.
'Phew!I guess that long amount of flying was worth it right Twilly?' Frisk laughed.
'Geez, you would NOT be saying that if YOU were the one flying,' Twilight yelled at her, panting like crazy. 'There's no way I could have lasted this long if I didn't have a spell that can temperately let me rest inside this bubble.'
'Alright let's not get into an argument here guys, let's just let Twilight teleport us to Equestria.' Spike interrupted them.
'Ah yes, sorry Spike, I'll do it now.' She turned to Frisk. 'Hold still,' she warned.
And in a flash of light, Twilight teleported the three, and as Frisk opened her eyes, a beautiful planet came in sight.
'So this is Equestria, the place you talked about?' Frisk turned to Twilight.
Twilight was pleased. 'It looks just as pretty as it looked before.This magical land...You will love it here,' She smiled.
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
Act 3.2: Reunion, Shocking News and More
As they flew closer to Equestria, the trio noticed it was a little dark. And also, the moon looked a little different.
Frisk glanced at the moon. 'The moon is beautiful... It's unusually colorful.' She said.
'Wait, what?' Twilight said, turning to the moon. 'That's not supposed to happen...'
'Hey, Twilight? Does this have anything to do with your plan when you first went to Earth?' Spike whispered to her.
'I don't know, Spike... I was worried about it, but I gradually forgot...' She replied in a soft voice.
They landed in the middle of a forest. Twilight disabled her spell and the trio started to walk around the forest, hoping to find an exit. As they were walking, Twilight heard sounds coming nearby.
'Quick, hide!' She told the other two. They hid behind a bush and saw a guard wearing navy-colored armor walking around the place. As he left and out of sight, they continued to walk around.
'Who was he?' Frisk whispered to Twilight.
'That...seems to be a member of the royal guard but... I remembered their armor color was supposed to be white, not navy... I have no idea of what's going on in here!' She whispered back.
'Something is fishy here, Twilly.' Frisk told her.
Twilight was getting nervous. 'I don't really know, Frisk... Remember that story I told you before? I think it had something to do with it... I think I really messed up on this one...'
'Messed up on what?' Frisk asked.
'(Sigh) Never mind.'
They walked to the edge of a hill, just looking over the area, they saw a familiar pony sitting quietly there.
'Someone's there, who is that?' Frisk asked Twilight.
The princess gasped for a bit. 'Starlight Glimmer? Is that you?'
She walked closer to her, the lavender-colored pony, with a blue and purple mane. In her mind, she knew it was her friend. As she was close, she heard her speaking to herself.
'(Sobs) Twilight... When will you come back?' Starlight cried, wiping her tears. 'Where have you gone to for so long?'
Hearing that, Twilight smiled. She tapped her back, and Starlight gasped.
'(Chuckles) I missed you too, my student,' She said, hugging her friend.
Starlight was surprised for a bit and started to really cry. 'You finally came back! I missed you a lot while you were gone! Where have you been for so long?'
Then, Spike and Frisk came over.
'Hi, Spike! How have you been lately?' Starlight asked, letting go of Twilight. Then, she saw the human, standing tall and having arms like nopony she has ever seen.
'Hey, I haven't seen you around here before, have I?' She asked her. 'You aren't even a pony...You don't come from here, do you?'
'Ah, where are my manners?' Twilight chuckled, turning to Starlight. 'This is my new friend, Frisk. I met her after I went to the human world Earth.' She explained.
'Hi, pleased to meet you,' Frisk said, reaching out her hand for a handshake.
Starlight felt a little awkward at first, but she used her hoof to shake her hand anyway. 'My name is Starlight Glimmer, but just call me Starlight for short.I am a good friend of Twilight's.' She said, feeling a little embarrassed.
Twilight saw the look on Frisk's face and said, 'Oh, you have to excuse her for a moment, she is getting used to being friends with others after what happened.'
'I thought we promised not to bring that up again,' Starlight whispered to her.
'I had to break that "pinkie promise", Starlight.' Twilight replied. They burst into laughter. 'So how's everypony's life been in here since I was gone?'
'It's complicated...Let me tell you when we get back to the castle. Oh, and Frisk, you can come with us too.' Starlight told them, shivering.
As they were walking back, Frisk was asking Twilight a lot of things. 'You have a freaking castle!?' She questioned her, surprised.
'Haven't I told you already I was the princess of friendship?' She replied.
'You're right, but I guess I don't have to feel jealous of that because I am an empress of my own as well.' Frisk laughed.
They got back to the castle not long from where they started.The crystal castle was still in great shape, and still very beautiful.They walked through the castle hallways until they got to the throne room.
'I was just casually talking with your friends, then I wanted to take a stroll in the forest, but I never thought I will see you!' Starlight exclaimed.
'I hope they still remember me,' Twilight thought.She turned to Frisk and said, 'Oh, and Frisk, just stay aside when I go reunite with my friends.They are probably gonna have a group hug with me and they will probably be telling me a lot of stuff.'
'Normally I will feel a little left out, but since it has been like, a decade or two since you were here I guess I'm okay with it.' Frisk smiled.
So, Starlight carefully opened the door and entered. The other 5 ponies were also there: Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity and Rainbow Dash. They were chatting a lot with each other, at least until Starlight came in.
'Hey, everypony? You would not believe who I just ran into!' Starlight said, smiling.
'Who is it, sugarcube?' Applejack asked.
Twilight Sparkle came into the room, for the first time in literally years.
The other ponies immediately gasped and had a smile on their faces. 'Twilight!' They said happily at the same time.
Everypony went over to her for a group hug. 'Haha, I am back girls, I love you all too!' Twilight smiled.
'Oh Twilight, where have you been for so long?' Pinkie asked her.
'I have so much to talk to you guys about! But first, I made a new friend while I was gone.' Twilight told them. After she is freed from all her friends cuddling her like crazy, she introduces Frisk to everypony.
'This is Frisk Dreemur, my new human friend from my journey to Earth.' She explained. 'Don't be afraid that she's not one of us, she isn't here to make war. She is just curious about our world, nothing more. From what I know, she is a very strong and determined fighter, but she is also a girl of making peace and love.'
Everypony started to applaud for the new human. Frisk took a bow and smiled.
'I am glad to meet all you wonderful friends that my best friend had.' She said.
Twilight looked at Frisk. 'Welcome to our team, glad to have you along!'
After they sat down to talk more about what happened, Starlight brought up the thing Twilight asked. 'So... who's going to explain this to Twilight?' She asked nervously.
'Uhm, I'm not,' Fluttershy said.
'I'll tell you guys,' Rainbow cut her off. 'I have no idea why, but now Nightmare Moon has apparently taken over Equestria.'
'What!? What happened?' Twilight said, shocked.
'It's still a mystery, darling. The most recent news we found was that we couldn't find the elements of harmony. Neither on the harmony tree nor in the castle of the two sisters.' Rarity explained.
'Who could've done such a thing?' Spike asked. Twilight was getting real nervous now.
Frisk stepped up. 'We need to get to the bottom of this case, and I heard all about Equestria from Twilight, it shouldn't be like this. We got to stop this 'Nightmare Moon' pony.' She said.
'I don't know whether it's day or night, but...' Starlight yawned. 'I think we are all getting a little tired. Can we talk about this tomorrow?' She asked.
Applejack yawned too. 'We are kinda tired now, let's talk more about it the next day.'
Twilight went to her room, with Frisk following her. 'I don't know if you mind, but I don't mind we sleep together.' She said.
Frisk laughed. 'You are just a little random sometimes.' Twilight laughed as well, as they got into bed.
'Thanks for the clothing spell by the way,' She said.
'Oh, it's nothing. Let's get some rest, and talk about our plan the next morning, I need a rest.' Twilight yawned.
'Well, good night then Twilly.' Frisk said as she fell asleep.
Twilight giggled a bit. 'Good night.' She replied as she blew out the safely protected candles in her room, and went to sleep.
Frisk woke up during the middle of the night (Well, it's actually always night), and to see Twilight wasn't by her side.
'Where did she run off to?' She thought.She ran into the forest to see if she can find her. Later, she went back to the empty spot she landed at, and there's Twilight, sitting there alone in the night.
'Twilly?Are you okay?' She asked.
'Oh...It's nothing. I just... need some time alone, nothing special.' Twilight replied in a soft voice.
As she turned around to face Frisk, her face was actually covered in tears.
'Are you crying? What happened?' She sat down next to her friend.
'It was my fault... All of this right now... It's because of what I did...' Twilight was sobbing.
Frisk was curious why. 'How can you say it's your fault? You had to use the elements to come save Earth. It was the core thing that helped us save my country.'
'You don't get it,' Twilight cried. 'Equestria's most important defense is the elements, I altered the timeline to get the elements back when Nightmare moon was attacking the place since that time is possibly the only time I can steal the elements of harmony without anyone noticing. Since the elements aren't there anymore, she beat our former ruler... Princess Celestia,' She explained.
'But why didn't anything change really? You said when Starlight was traveling through time history was altered greatly!'
'That's because when she prevented the 'rainboom' from Rainbow Dash happening, it wasn't able to connect us together since we actually got our 'cutie marks' at the same time and we had a special connection. Without it, we won't be stopping multiple forces from attacking Equestria.'
Frisk let out a sigh. She put her around her to comfort her friend. 'Look, Twilight, sometimes these things happen. You can't be able to do something if you don't sacrifice something else. That's the same case with you now. Through my experiences, I think you can do it. We can defeat Nightmare Moon again and send her to where she belongs. Because as far as I know, friendship is a powerful thing. You taught me that the first day I met you.We brought the elements with us, we can defeat her pretty soon.' She calmly told her.
Frisk helped Twilight dry her tears and waited for her to calm down. 'Thank, Frisk, I am glad I met you that day.' She said, still sniffing from her tears.
'Let's actually get some rest and move on.' Frisk suggested.
The next day, still under the moonlight, the group was talking about their plan to defeat Nightmare Moon once and for all, until Twilight came in.
'Hey, girls...I have a confession to make.' She said anxiously.
'You can tell us if you want to, I don't mind,' Fluttershy replied.
She got her bag and reached for the elements.Everypony gasped in shock of her keeping them for so long.
'What!?You had them all along?' Rainbow exclaimed.
Twilight sighed.She knows this won't be good for her. 'Let me explain what happened...'
'So that time traveling spell you told me to do...It was for this?' Starlight asked her.
'I know girls, it was my fault I altered the timeline, I am so sorry...' Twilight was going to cry again.
Being the understanding pony she is, Applejack went over to her. 'Twilight, you sacrificed the one thing that we depended on to beat out other bad forces attacking.But trust me, it was for a good cause.'
Even the very unserious Pinkie Pie had her mane deflated. 'You saved Earth because of the elements of harmony!That makes up for it right?'
While Twilight was still feeling a bit guilty at first, seeing her friends being so nice to her, she finally puts that away as a thing in the past.All she needed to do was ask for their forgiveness.
'So...After al, I did, after everything, I altered to make Equestria such a miserable place...Can you all forgive me?' She said softly.
Everypony nodded and went over to comfort her, even Frisk did!
'You're never alone Twilight, we will always be with you.' Frisk smiled.
Twilight got herself free from her friends. 'Thanks, girls, it means a lot.' She said, relieved. 'So, what's the plan?'
Rainbow Dash immediately spoke up. 'Alright listen up everypony, our plan will go a little like this...'
The plan was surprisingly simple; Use the elements, storm the castle, defeat Nightmare Moon and send her to the moon, done.Call it a day and everypony's lives return to normal.
'I thought you ponies would have a pretty like complicated plan, I didn't expect to be so direct, though.' Spike said.
'Sometimes the best plans are the most direct ones,' Starlight punched him playfully. 'Now that we are all back together, we can use the elements that Twilight just so happened to bring with her to defeat Nightmare Moon!'
But, what they didn't expect, was what happened after Frisk used the elements for saving her country.
'Girls, I'm afraid this plan won't work...' Twilight said mid-way.
'What!?Why not?' Rainbow shouted.
'Calm down Dash, she must have a reason,' Rarity told her.
Frisk sighed. 'When I used to elements to be able to give myself the ability to save my country from that stupid emperor, Twilight told me the magic from them was nearly drained after that long fight.I suppose you guys would definitely not want to wait forever for them to charge to its maximum potential, but I don't know how else we would possibly be able to charge it up faster.'
And everypony instantly became hopeless on their plan.
'I thought it would be this easy,' Fluttershy said. 'But through our experiences, dealing with sins wasn't easy.'
But then, Starlight had an idea. 'Twilight, did you tell me before how the elements get the magic from?'
'It's obviously none other than friendship, of course.'
'Why don't we help the crystals regain their power through spreading friendship?It is very simple, considering you are the princess of friendship.' She suggested.
'But how in Equestria are we gonna do that?' Applejack asked. 'We aren't getting much friendship problems after Nightmare Moon took over this place!'
It took a bit of silent thinking for the plan to work out.At last, Frisk thought of something. 'Speaking of which, I haven't really got used to this world yet...Maybe I can possibly help you all while trying to blend in at the same time.'
'It's worth a shot,' Starlight replied. 'Without friendship, I don't think we will be using them in the battle.'
'Great idea!While you recharge the power of the crystals, you can learn more about friendship as well!' Twilight said. 'Okay, new plan.Frisk and I will be going around spreading friendship and help recharge the elements.Starlight,you're coming with us too.' She suggested, winking at Starlight.
'I guess I can help a little,' She thought, feeling shy.
'While we're doing that, the rest of you can work on our battle plan.Applejack, Dash, you two go sneak on the guards so we can easily break through into the throne room.Pinkie Pie, go with them to try and distract the guards so they can carry out their part.And for Rarity and Fluttershy, you get to discuss what works after they come back.In the meantime, make sure everypony is good and fine.' She explained.
The group thought it was pretty good, so they closed their deal on the plan.
'Let's make Equestria great again!' Frisk said confidently.
So everypony gathered and put their hoofs (or hands) together. 'Let's do this!' They said in harmony, raising their hoofs and hands.
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
Act 3.9: Under The Moonlight
The spark from the spell had appeared on a hill, and they landed right there.It was a rocky landing, but it was great to be back.
'It worked again!We are back now!' Frisk exclaimed.
Seeing the buildings nearby, she knew it was Britannica they landed back on. 'Yep, it looks like we are home.' Twilight replied.She turned to Spike. 'Oh, and Spike?Do you mind if you go back to the palace now?We want some time...Alone,' Twilight said, her face turning red.
'I guess I don't mind,' Spike answered, and he left the two alone, under the tree that was under the night sky as they got back during the night.
The two lied on the soft grass of the hill. 'Twilly, do you have something to talk to me?' Frisk asked.
'I have a confession for you,' she replied. 'Through these past adventures, you have grown a lot in understanding friendship, and I am glad I met you.The day you resurrected me, afterlifI was glad I finally got out of the afterlife and was able to see a real chosen one on my side.Sure, I have been resurrected a few times before emperor Zebulon told you all about the secret of the cure, but meeting someone like you, it doesn't happen every day.'
Frisk's face was turning red too. 'Uhm, thanks, I guess.You have shaped me into the person I am today, I couldn't thank you more.'
Twilight smiled as well. 'Well, it's time that we head back, we have a lot of stuff to do.'
'We already had a long day...Can we spend some time here?' Frisk asked, showing her friend a cute face.
'I guess we could, we're not in a hurry.' Twilight felt a little embarrassed.
'Thank, Twilly, because I want to say something too.'
'What?' Twilight was curious.
Frisk was strangely at first, but she said, 'This sounds weird but...I feel like we are friends destined to be, I just hope you will always be my best friend.' And as awkward as it is, she lightly kissed Twilight on the cheek.
Twilight giggled a little. 'Frisk...You are so sweet, of course, I'll be your best friend.'
'Do you promise me?' Frisk asked, giving Twilight the 'promise finger'. 'If you do, link your pinkie finger across mine and we'll make our promise.'
Just for the sake of this promise, Twilight turned into a human. 'Best friend promise,' She said.With their fingers crossed, they both said:
'I promise you, I will always be your best friend and you will always be my best friend in my heart.'
Twilight smiled as they let go. 'We'll be best friends forever, won't we?' She said, putting out her hand.
Frisk felt a little shy. 'We will, Twilly. Nothing can break our friendship, the same with how your friends were to you.' She took her hand.
'Come on, you can do better than that,' Twilight said, punching her playfully. Frisk chuckled.
'If you don't mind...Bring it in then,' She replied, bringing her close with her arm. Twilight felt a little odd but her heart was feeling so warm.
'Haha, you too Frisk, come here.' Twilight laughed, doing the same.
After a while of looking at the starry night sky, Frisk was bored.
'You know what, let's just go now.' She said.
Twilight nodded and started to go back down to the town. Frisk got up and wanted to follow, but she heard a voice in her ear.
'Frisk? Are you there?' Flashlight asked.
She turned around to see the goddess appearing in front of her eyes again.
'Hi Flashlight, what is it? I just saved the pony world!' Frisk exclaimed.
'Yes... Great job, I saw everything.'
Seeing her not following, Twilight called out to Frisk.
'Frisk! Are you coming?'
Flashlight was worried. 'Come with me.'
'One minute, Twilly! I'll catch up to you!' Frisk made an excuse to stay longer.
They went to a familiar place; near a river.
'This place is familiar... Was this where the rebel meeting was held at?'
The goddess nodded. 'Correct. Now, about that: My identity cannot be revealed to anyone else before I revive. Only you can talk with me for now. And, this victory helped me to actually be in my human form, so I can communicate better.' She turned into a human. 'Anyway, great job on saving the ponykind, you made the right choice to risk your life to go to the moon.'
'Why are you so resistant to the others knowing you?' Frisk asked.
'Well... People will think like I am a ghost since others can't see me. Only you can communicate with me, and only you can see me. I'm afraid I will scare them.'
'So... What now? Is there anything I need to do now?'
Flashlight had a thought. 'In a few months, there will be a change. However... I fear a big problem is coming soon...'
'What's that?'
'I can't tell you, stupid spell controlling me...' she sighed. 'Even so, I am glad to see you getting along with your best friend. It will play a big role in that adventure. By the way, you will meet quite a lot of new friends soon as well, so look forward to that.'
Frisk was curious. 'Interesting... Okay, Twilight is calling me. I have to go now.'
Flashlight nodded. 'Very well. I won't bother you if that's the case.'
A while after Frisk left, Flashlight teleported back to her home in heaven and sighed.
'(Sigh) Why is my brother so selfish? He wanted all the power he can get... I can't believe he even got to the extent of killing me, his sister.' She thought.
She saw a photo of them both, cuddling each other, like a loving pair of siblings.
'I miss you, Darkness... Will you come back to me one day?'
**End Of Act 3**
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
Act 4: Technology Is Magic
Every one of you pony fans out there must have wondered about one question: What if technology was spread to Equestria? With all the awesome technology we have today and even more, to come, it is such a mystery to why the pony world's technology is so far behind. Just look around us. Cars, electronics, appliances... Nearly everything is technology! But just why, are the ponies so far behind?
That, my friends, is where the emperor of Britannica, Frisk, comes into play, with her go-to partner and friend Twilight Sparkle.
The night they went back to the human world... it felt like it was yesterday. It's been a few months since they saved Equestria once again, and it wasn't that long since Twilight left her friends. However, she still misses them a lot. She thinks about them every day, even under the workload, she wasn't that stressed at all.
Once during the night, Frisk was just done with the things she needed to do for the day. When she was about to go back to her 'private' room, she passed by Twilight's room as she was the mayor and also lives in the palace. She heard the sounds of her sighing. Curious to know why she opened the door to talk to her.
'I heard your sigh from outside, is something bothering you, Twilly?' Frisk asked.
Twilight sighed again. 'I miss them...' She cried.
'Again? We've only been gone for a few months really,' Frisk went over to her, sitting on her bed.
'I know it feels annoying, but I really do.' Twilight said, looking out to the sky. 'I wish there was a better way to reach out to my friends.'
'Don't worry Twilly, I'm sure they will figure something out. Now that the princesses are back, I know they have an idea. Besides, I know you wouldn't fly such a long distance again just to see them.' Frisk told her, bringing her close with her arm.
'Thanks, Frisk, I'm glad you are always there for me.' Twilight said, feeling shy.
'Yeah, I feel the same.' Frisk felt shy too.
'Well, I guess I better go to sleep, see you in the morning.'
Frisk slowly walked out of the room. 'You too, goodnight.' She said softly as she closed the door.
Back in Equestria, Starlight Glimmer was doing a lot of mad science experimenting inside a lab that was in Twilight's castle, which only Twilight and she knew about.
'Okay, it's finished, did you get that book Pinkie?' She called out to Pinkie Pie.
'Sure! It's right here.' Pinkie replied, tossing the book to her with her mane.
Starlight was setting up some kind of portal, similar to the one that took Twilight to Canterlot High. She plans to use it to somehow draw a connection between this world and Earth after Pinkie was somehow able to know the coordinates of Earth (Thanks to her crazy 4th wall breaking skills I guess).
'Alright, coordinates of Earth, zoom in... Coordinates of the country... Good. Double check the coordinates, perfect.' She said to herself, setting up the targeted location she wants to teleport to. 'Now, just need to put that book in the right place...'
As the book was inserted into the slot if sent some magical current through the wires connected to the portal, and with a loud bang, a beautiful blue-colored portal has lighted up!
'It worked!' Pinkie exclaimed, giving Starlight a high-five.
'Not yet,' Starlight replied. 'I still need to see if the coordinates I set up go to the exact place I want. If it does, then the problem of Twilight and us being so far away immediately gets solved.'
'Please don't recreate what happened to Twilight this time...'
Upon her friend holding her hoof, she answered, 'Don't worry, if I'm correct, I should be fine. I'll be back in a minute.'
Pinkie Pie went to tell the group about Starlight going to Earth to reunite with Twilight (again), leaving Starlight to get her one shot at the experiment.
'Okay... I hope I see you on the other side, Twilight.' She thought, jumping through the portal.
Back in Britannica on Earth, it was just a peaceful night. Everyone was sleeping, and nothing was all that special. That is until Starlight's portal came in. Surprisingly, it took her right to the throne room of the palace!
'Yes! It worked!' She thought. 'But where's Twilight?'
She walked around the palace, trying to find where the two friends are. Suddenly, she came to Twilight's room. She knows that because Twilight told her before she became the mayor of the country, and this was the mayor's room. Carefully, she opened the door without a sound and went over to see the princess, sleeping quietly and in a deep, sweet sleep.
'Twilight...' She whispered, nudging her head.
'No, Frisk... Just let me sleep a bit more...' Twilight replied in a soft voice.
'Look over here...' Starlight whispered, smiling.
Twilight was annoyed for a bit. She turned around and saw her friend standing there.
'Ugh... what is it now-Huh? Starlight? Is that you? Am I dreaming?' She asked.
Starlight chuckled. 'No, this is the real deal, I'm here with you!'
Twilight immediately flapped the blanket away and hugged her friend. 'Oh my Celestia, how did you get here?' She was very surprised, but a little puzzled.
'I'll explain later,' She replied. 'Where's Frisk?'
'Come, I'll show you.' Twilight went out of the room, guiding Starlight to Frisk.
Frisk's room used to belong to the evil emperor she defeated, Gromiz. Thus, the room was very nice and cozy. Starlight came over and did the same thing.
'Hey, Frisk~ Guess who's here?' She whispered to her ear.
Frisk merely opened her eyes. 'Oh, stop messing with me Twilly... Oh! Starlight, it's you!' She flapped away her blanket and got up.
'Come with me, I'll show you why I was able to get to here in the first place.' Starlight explained, going back to the throne room. When the two saw the portal, they had no reason not to be surprised and gasp.
'You made a teleportation portal!?' Twilight was in shock. Starlight immediately covered the loud voice from her mouth.
'Shh! No one can know about this!' She replied nervously. She jumped through the portal. Seeing what she did, Twilight and Frisk immediately followed after her.
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
The portal trip was fascinating and magical. With the insanely bright colors in there, it's hard to not miss it and not close your eyes at the same time.
'Whoa... This is insane!' Frisk shouted in the fourth-dimensional portal tunnel since she thought Starlight couldn't hear her.
'I know right? I just finished making this!' She replied.
As they flew for a good minute or so, they stumbled upon some kind of portal network, with a few doors (well just 2 actually). One said The Crystal Empire and the other said Ponyville.
'Now where do we go?' Frisk asked.
'I'm guessing we go through the Ponyville doorway, right?' Twilight was curious too.
'Ah, yes. The portal must've been able to connect to all the different active portals in Equestria. So, with the one in your castle activated and the one in The Crystal Empire, we can go to one of these two locations. This should help speed up the process of going from one place to another.' Starlight explained, opening the doorway. 'Come on, let's go.'
The trio went through the doorway, and the exit to Twilight's castle was in sight.
Pinkie Pie was pacing around the portal, waiting for the three to come in. Suddenly, her 'Pinkie sense' made her tail start shaking uncontrollably.
'Hmm...' She thought. 'Three, two, one...'
And then the trio busted out from the portal, luckily they slid along the floor and didn't hit the wall.
'Ouch, we REALLY need to make it so that we won't land face-first onto the floor when we come out of the portal.' Starlight said to herself. She turned to Pinkie Pie. 'Hey Pinkie, guess who I brought-Huh?' Before she can say anything, Pinkie was already cuddling Twilight and Frisk like crazy.
'Welcome back!' She said.
'I didn't actually expect to be back so soon, but Starlight came over and woke me up,' Twilight giggled.
As Frisk finally got herself out of Pinkie's hooves, she wanted to ask Starlight about the portal.
'Thanks to Pinkie's fourth wall breaking skills that she used to somehow get the exact coordinates of your planet, I decided to make a portal similar to the one in the Crystal Empire and targeted your country as it's location. Now, with the portal always being active, you can visit us anytime you wish.' Starlight explained.
'That's pretty convenient,' Frisk replied.
Twilight immediately thought about her friends. 'That's right! My friends! Pinkie, are they in the throne room?' She asked.
'Well, not exactly because it's nighttime right now.' Pinkie answered. 'I told them that you were coming back.'
'I can go and take a look.'
Everypony was casually sleeping during the night. And, Twilight wanted to return to her own bed as well.
'You can stay, I don't mind.' Frisk told her.
'Alright, bye then Frisk.' Twilight replied, getting into bed.
Frisk walked back out and closed the door. 'Sweet dreams.' She said.
The next day back on Earth, Frisk was pacing around the throne room when she was not having meetings with other officials and had free time, thinking about an interesting idea.
Asriel came in. 'What's the matter, sister?'
'I've been thinking,' She replied. 'We have this portal here in this room if we can send objects through the portal, and not just people, can we transfer things from this world to the pony world and back?' She pointed to the portal.
'It's worth a shot,' He said. 'And I have a cool idea...'
Frisk saw him fetching his camera and he handed it over to her. 'What's the camera for?'
'I never visited the pony world before, I was always curious about Twilight ever since you introduced her. It would be cool to look at how the pony world looks like,' Asriel explained.
So Frisk jumped into the portal to travel back to the pony world again.
After coming out of the portal from the other side, she found the camera around her neck was still there.
'It works!' She thought.
She went to the library to find Starlight, who was just casually reading books.
Starlight was curious when she saw her camera. 'Oh, hi Frisk, what's that on your neck?' She asked.
'This thing? Oh, it's a camera, we can use it to take pictures.' Frisk answered.
'Huh, it's not as big and bulky as the one Photo Finish has, pretty interesting.'
'Right, my brother wants me to take photos around Equestria to him since he has never visited this place before and wanted me to tell him about it. See you around,' Frisk said, as she walked out of the library.
So Frisk took photos around different places of Equestria to show him how good this place is. From the Canterlot castle to Rainbow falls, and other cool places, it was very different to how the human world looks, especially the technology.
Before sleeping, Frisk chatted with Asriel about Equestria and showed him the photos. During the middle, Twilight came in and saw what they were doing.
'Asriel? You're not supposed to-Wait, what are those pictures for?' She was sensing something fishy.
Frisk wanted to hide the camera quickly. 'This isn't how it looks!'
'Did you take photos from Equestria? But how?'
Asriel explained what happened. 'Frisk was wondering whether we can pass objects through the portals of the pony world and this world respectively, and when she tried to test that theory with my camera, I asked her to take some photos around Equestria, since I've never been there.'
Twilight immediately thought of something that wasn't good. 'Oh no, we cannot let the other humans know about this, or else they will try to take over our world! Just as I predicted before, I knew this could happen.'
'Well, I don't think they will straight up want to take over here, I guess they will just use your kind to their advantage, or maybe collaborate with you all to do research that may help our kind a lot,' Asriel replied.
As soon Frisk heard her brother, she thought of an awesome and incredible idea. '(Gasps) Asriel, you are a genius! Why didn't I think of this?'
'What are you saying?'
'We should actually help both of our kinds to collaborate on researching things that we never thought possible, it will be such a huge change!'
Twilight was curious on how it will work out. 'But, we don't have quite as good technology as you guys do here, how could we do that?'
'With the portal, anything can transfer through it. This means we can possibly transfer technology from our world and bring it into yours!' Frisk explained. 'In your world, electricity is obviously a major thing that you guys lack.If we can somehow generate electricity without harming your world's environment... It would be perfect.'
'There's one problem: Is this actually a good idea? I have the feeling the selfish rulers will try to encourage their people that they will be better off destroying our world to get our world's most precious things.' Twilight questioned.
'Come on, it's a great idea. I bet this will be great. I promise that nothing will go wrong,' Frisk replied, holding out her 'promise finger'.
'Okay... I trust you,' Twilight did the same, with the two fingers linking, they've made their promise.
Through the next few years, empress Frisk wanted to bring human technology into the pony world, in order to get a shot at the human world collaborating with Equestria. Surprisingly after a bit of consideration, Celestia agreed to the plan. Even though funding was incredibly hard at first, it eventually worked out. This only gave the ponies a great idea, that was the same as us humans: Increasing the level of technology in their world. But how can this be done?
The answer was simple. After the pony world has successfully changed a lot thanks to technology, the news eventually spread to the human world. This became a viral sensation, and the humans were very interested. News flashes came left and right about the discovery of this magical world, and even hit the internet. Many theories popped up on social media talking about it, with headings like:
'The discovery that shocked the world'
'Equestria: Possibly the second Earth?'
'Country discovers mythical land!'
And, this was such a viral thing, that some people even go as far to venture into the world and try to negotiate with the ponies.
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
Act 4.3: The Fourth Legend
Meanwhile, in another country, lives a significant teenage boy. Though he didn't look all that special, but he didn't know he'll become the fourth out of the six exotic legends. Despite this, he suffered quite a lot of bullying at school. But this paved the way for him to become a very famous person through time.
He had magical powers, perfect material for a legend. He had the power to recreate and use any power from video games. No one knew how he actually got them, and many were jealous of his powers. But no one could try to steal them away from him. He can't use it at school. If he did, there would be consequences.
One day, he just got to school.
'(Sigh) Oh boy! Another day for myself to get humiliated by those bullies!' He said to himself.
As he was getting ready and chilling out with his powers for a bit, his classmate came in.
'Aren't you supposed to hide this from everyone, Nathan?' She asked.
'Sorry, I just wanted to have some fun before those stupid bullies get over and beat me up.' Nathan replied.
During recess, he was just trying to do his own thing when he realized his classmates tried to prank him as he heard a... Unsatisfying sound.
'Hey, who was that?' He asked.
The bullies came out, laughing to death.
'Holy moly, the old whoopie cushion on the chair trick, always works!' One of them laughed.
'Come on, this again? Are you kidding me, Jason?' Nathan yelled.
He crossed his arms and pretended that nothing happened. 'What? It's just a prank bro!'
'Yeah, it's just a prank, you idiot.' said Jacky, another one from behind. 'By the way, you really need to deal with your freaking ugly face, can't stop laughing about it.'
Nathan was getting a bit cross as they kept laughing, and started to use his magic powers.
'Wait wait wait! Nu-uh you're doing that!' The group's leader, Elliot, said while walking to him. 'You don't want the teachers to know you used it for violence, right?'
'Well no, but-'
'Then get the bleep out of our sight, and stay out of trouble when we are trying to get our pleasure from you! What if you get expelled? Oh man, our fun will totally be diminished!' He laughed, pushing Nathan onto the floor.
Later that day, when he got back home, he was moaning about what happened at school, like always.
'(Sigh) Woohoo, another school day is over, now I get a few hours way from those idiots.' He sighed. 'Do they even have a soul?'
He sat on the couch, read the newspaper, and one specific news caught his eye. It explained how Britannica discovered 'The Second Earth', Equestria. He was shocked as he watched the show and knew this place. But he never thought it was real.
'(Gasps) No way! Equestria exists!? That's amazing!' He said joyfully. 'I shall be the first human to officially go to their world!'
So during the long holidays, he decided to see if he can get to this world through Britannica's portal. And thanks to his special powers from playing video games, he was able to get there without a scratch. Sneaking past all of the security cameras in the palace easily, he saw the portal in the throne room.
'When I step into this portal... I will be in their world. No one has ever gotten the chance to, but no one can catch me.' The teen thought as he stepped into the portal quietly.
However, the sound of the portal awakened Twilight from her beauty sleep.
'No... I can hear the portal, somepony has gone in it.' She thought. Trying to catch that sneaky convict, she walked up to the portal and attempted to chase after him.
When she got out of the portal, he was nowhere to be seen. She tried to ask her friends.
'Hey Pinkie Pie, have you seen somepony coming out from the portal just now?' She asked.
'Nope! If I have seen it, my Pinkie sense would've been working!' As soon Pinkie finished, her tail started shaking uncontrollably.
'Guess somepony is on the loose.' Twilight said. She saw Rainbow Dash just chilling by. 'Hey Rainbow, wanna go for a fly?'
'Yeah, I have nothing much to do anyway.' She replied.
As they flew over the everfree forest, Rainbow started to question her path.
'Uhhhh Twilight? This certainly isn't a normal route we're taking here...' She said.
'I am trying to catch an intruder, I heard someone used the portal to get into this world. He might be here since this is a good place to hide. Help me find him, I'll contact you with my phone if I see him.' Twilight explained.
'Alright, let's split up and find him.' Rainbow replied.
It didn't take long before the teen was spotted. Twilight was flying over the forest when she suddenly heard a weird sound.
'What was that?'
She landed and tried to find him when she heard weird muttering.
'You have to be kidding me... Why did it have to run out now?' The voice said.
Twilight had a mischievous smile. 'I see you now, weirdo...' She thought. She got out her phone and texted Rainbow. She immediately came over.
'He's right there,' Twilight whispered to her.
'Another human? That is definitely not Frisk,' Rainbow replied.
As soon they wanted to catch him, Rainbow accidentally kicked a small rock and made a noise. This caught the teen's attention.
'Who's watching me?' He said, turning back.
The two ponies were silent, hiding behind the tree.
'Are you going to come out, or am I going to cause a mess today?' The teen said, reaching out for his pistol.
Twilight had no choice but to shoot him with magic. The boy was pretty fast and immediately tried to shoot Twilight. Luckily, she used a shield spell. As the spell wore off, he finally realized who he almost just killed.
'Twilight? I know you,' He said.
Twilight reached out for her sword. 'Who are you, intruder?'
The boy was threatened and wanted to surrender. 'Don't worry, I come in peace.' He said, raising his arms. 'I'm a representative of the human kind, you can call me Nathan.'
As he didn't seem to have any harm whatsoever, Twilight put away her sword. 'How did you get here?'
'It's a long story. For some reason, I woke up with mythical powers one day, and since then I have been a huge spotlight in the human world. When I heard the huge news about the pony world, I had to come check it out. Through my powers, I sneaked through all security cameras easily. The reason I came is that if I can collaborate with you ponies, both of our kinds can work together and we can be unstoppable.' Nathan explained.
Rainbow came out from behind. 'That does not explain why you know Twilight Sparkle, though.'
Nathan just smiled coldly. 'What if I told you... You have been known for years already?'
'What?' Twilight was curious.
'We have this cartoon show in my world...You girls are in it.'
Twilight gasped in shock. 'Shut up.'
'Oh no, it's true.' Nathan said as he covered her mouth. 'Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, Starlight Glimmer... Even you, Princess Twilight Sparkle.'
Even Rainbow was shocked and tried to back away. 'How did you know!?'
'I watched the show, duh.'
Twilight knew this might just be the way to go. If he can spread the news, it should be fairly easy.
'Come with me.' She said.
So they went back to the castle, and then Twilight and her friends discussed the matter.
'So y'all telling me, this guy came into Equestria to try and negotiate with us ponies?' Applejack asked.
'If your ruler agrees with the plan that human technology should be brought into Equestria, I don't see the reason why humans and ponies collaborating won't be a good idea.' Nathan said.
'With your spotlight in your world, you can easily cause an explosion on the topic and force the humans to collaborate with us.' Starlight suggested.
'But before I go... I have a question.' Nathan said, turning to Twilight.
'Huh? What about me?' Twilight asked.
'I want to join your group.'
Twilight hesitated a bit. She wasn't ready for this. 'You sure about it? If you are, prove yourself.' She said, reaching for her sword.
'Ah, simple.' He replied. With a clench of his fists, he had a ball of fire in his hands and fired it towards her. Her shield spell was no joke, though.
'Wow, not even I can do that!' Rainbow exclaimed.
But the teenager was far from done. 'Ha, that is nothing. Starlight, you're next.' He said as he charged a ball of energy between his hands, and blasting out the beam of energy. But Starlight was able to block that attack with her own magic... Barely.
'Wow, he is no joke!' She thought.
Nathan then tried to tease Dash and Pinkie. 'Hey Dash, try to keep up. You too Pinkie!' He ran at a crazy amount of speed.
'Game of tag, huh? Oh, it is on!' Pinkie yelled as Rainbow and she went dashing out to catch him.
After they left, the rest were speechless.
'Uhm, can we all agree that he is crazy now?' Fluttershy said in a small voice.
'Yeah, I guess you're right, we should probably stop them before anything gets too crazy.' Twilight replied.
After Nathan posted the news on social media, everyone was surprised that he was brave enough to sneak into the world. Everyone started going crazy over the human kind collaborating with the ponies. It's the same as the original trend, but this time it was much bigger. It was so popular, that some meetings that had some of the most important people in the world were held to discuss whether or not this should become a reality. And, after a long time, a conclusion was made: It is happening.
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
Act 5: Rise Of Equestria
It was just a normal day in the human world. Nothing that special was happening, at least Frisk didn't think so. She was just taking a casual walk around the town of Britannica when rumors were spreading along.
'Oh gosh, a new emperor has come to rule us,' One said.
'I don't know about you, but this new king is very fishy...' Another said.
Frisk found out about it and thought, 'Wait, a new ruler? Since when did I say I wasn't going to rule this place?'
She went to the town square when suddenly she saw Asriel running towards her, panting like crazy.
'Asriel? What happened?' Frisk asked.
Asriel tried his best to calm down. 'Sister, I have horrifying news,' he said, shaking his sister. 'Someone new came to take the country from you, and he looks very fishy...'
'I don't get it, who is doing this sort of thing?'
Asriel sighed. 'His identity is a mystery, his face was covered.'
Frisk was pacing around, trying to think who would be the culprit. 'Who could it be? Who is taking away my country? I mean, it's not like I don't want to rule this place but... I never agreed to anything like this!'
Suddenly, her mobile phone rang. She answered the call to see who it was.
'Hello? Who is this?' Frisk asked.
'Frisk, it's me, Starlight. You have to come to the pony world right now!' Starlight's voice was shaky.
'What happened?'
A loud crash came from her side of the call. 'It's a disaster, come back quick! Before she shuts down the portals!'
Frisk was worried. 'As much I want to ask questions, I'll do it later. I'll be there as soon as possible.' She said, ending the call.
'Who was it?' Asriel asked.
Frisk was sweating very badly. 'We have to go, and fast.'
So, with a portal device that makes a portal right to the throne room, they went back to the portal as soon as possible. However, what they didn't expect, was what they saw after they got out of the device portal: tons of weapons aiming directly at the portal to Equestria.
'What!? What is this!?' Frisk screamed in fear.
The man from behind saw the two. 'You! I finally found that stupid traitor!' He roared.
'What have you done? The pony world is going to get seriously destroyed!' Asriel screamed back.
The man only laughed. 'It's all part of the plan...You betrayed me, and now I'll make you pay...Frisk Dreemur.'
Frisk was shocked. 'How-How did you know my name?'
'I might just end this right now,' He replied, changing the aim of the weapons to face Frisk.
In a flash, somepony came out of the portal. It was princess Luna!
'Frisk! Come in, quick!' She called out.
With no obligation, both jump through the portal and escaped from the weapons. Luckily, they still got to the pony world.
The three came out of the portal, safe and sound in ponyville. Everypony was there.
'Tia, close the portal now!' Luna told her. Celestia closed the portal with the push of the button immediately. Thankfully, nopony inside this castle was hurt.
Frisk got up. 'What happened? Why do you all look so worried?'
Celestia came over. 'This is bad, this is really bad...' she cried. 'The humans...They are attacking us for no reason at all!'
'I have no idea what is going on... Why are they turning against us?' Asriel asked curiously.
'It's still a mystery. For the safety of our subjects, we closed all portals to the human world until we think it's okay.' Luna sighed.
'Speaking of which...Where's Nathan? I don't see him,' Twilight said, came looking around.
'He hasn't come back since he left...Hope he's okay.' Asriel replied.
'We have to get him back!' Frisk cried.
Starlight shook her head. 'No way, it's too risky.'
Celestia gathered everypony for an emergency meeting. 'Alright everypony listen up, I have no idea why, but the humans are attacking us, and that is obviously not good. This can only mean one thing...' She said in a solemn voice.
'Why are you two here all of a sudden, though? Shouldn't you be in Canterlot?' Frisk asked.
'About that...We have bad news.' Luna said.
The two sisters performed a magic spell and showed everypony what happened there.
It was a disaster. Missiles were coming full force from the human world, most of them targeting the main area: Canterlot.
'What's going on, sister?' Luna asked.
'I see it's the humans...All the forces are coming from the portals, it must be them.' She replied.
'We must shut down the portals fast, or else they will keep attacking!' Luna was really scared.
Celestia tried to calm her down. 'We still need to get Frisk and her brother back before we close them. However, for now, we close all of them but the one to ponyville.'
Luna nodded. 'Good idea, let's do it!'
So the two princesses ordered the royal guards to shut down all the portals to the human world as possible. As they closed the second last portal, they heard a loud bang. And the next thing they saw, was that there was a giant hole in the roof of the castle.
'We need to tell Twilight to call her friend to come now, we don't have much time!' Luna cried.
Before Celestia can reply, another bomb blew up in the castle.
'Let's go Luna! Before it's too late!' Celestia told her, getting ready to fly.
'So Canterlot is destroyed? That's horrible!' Cried Frisk.
Everypony was shocked after they got the news a while ago. They thought the humans would never betray them, but they were wrong and they don't even know why they are doing this.
'I still can't believe the humans would try to kill us,' Fluttershy said softly.
'I know right? What have we been doing wrong?' Rainbow replied.
Celestia spoke up. 'As I was saying, this can only get even worse as time goes on. The portals can't defend us from those weapons forever. We need to fight back against them, even if they are so powerful, we have the same level of technology as them now, I hope we can win. This can only mean one thing...'
Twilight was curious. 'What is it?'
'This means war.' Celestia said, determined.
Everypony gasped upon her answer.
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
The night of the discussion, Starlight was heading back to her room in the castle to sleep, when suddenly she heard a lot of noise coming from Twilight's room.
'I knew this would be bad!' She heard Twilight yell and went to her room to secretly listen to what's going on inside.
'Twilly, please I-'
'Don't you Twilly me, your idea made Canterlot destroyed!' Twilight yelled.
Frisk tried to calm her down. 'I never expected this. Please don't hurt me... We can win this war for the ponies.'
'And I don't think we'll possibly be able to,' Twilight replied. 'You think you can betray your own race? I swear, they will come capture you!'
Frisk was getting upset. She never heard her best friend challenge her and yell at her like that before.
'Well, you think I am stupid just because I had this whole collaboration idea? Don't you remember we have technology as they do? We can still win.' Frisk said.
'Not if we can't use them properly. We have never used them really.' Twilight replied.
Frisk sighed. 'I don't like you being like this...'
'So? I can say the same, you should be the one calming down!' Twilight was furious as well.
'Ugh, if you really want us to argue on like this, I don't care.' Frisk never thought she'd say that.
'Oh, breaking our bond? If you really want to go that way, then fine!' Twilight yelled at her friend, not even feeling any guilt.
'Fine! Are we settled?' Frisk was getting really mad at her friend, about to leave.
'I hope I never see you again!' They both shouted at each other, letting out a hmph as Frisk closed the door.
Starlight heard what happened, but got kicked away to the side as Frisk came out.
'Frisk, are you crazy?' She warned her.
Frisk pushed her away. 'Nope, I'm breaking up with Twilight.'
Starlight was puzzled. 'Yup, she is definitely crazy.' She saw Asriel chilling by. 'Asriel, what is wrong with your sister?'
'What?'
'She broke her bond with Twilight.'
Asriel was shocked. 'What!? Did she get brainwashed by the humans or something?'
'Nah, I think that's not the case. But one thing is for sure: I have no idea how to get them back together again.'
For the next few days, the two didn't talk to each other at all. It was obviously very unusual since they used to be very close, and the rest of the group have no idea what to do to fix the situation. About a week later, when Frisk was thinking about how the ponies can fight back in the throne room, something bad happened.
'How can I lead them to win this war? I can't think of any way we can possibly beat the humans!' She thought.
Suddenly, someone familiar tapped her on the shoulder.
'Frisk, forgive me.' He said.
Frisk turned back. 'Huh? What in-Ahh!' She got punched in the face and got tied up.
Starlight heard her yell and woke up in the middle of the night. 'Frisk? Oh no, what is it now?' She quickly ran to the throne room and saw her friend with someone she didn't expect.
'Nathan? Why are you doing this!?' Starlight shouted.
He was sweating really badly but tried his best to resist the guilt he is having. 'Starlight... I am so sorry, I was forced to do this,' He cried. 'Please tell the others I didn't mean to... Please don't hurt me...'
Starlight was really upset. 'Don't do this, please... You guys already have the advantage, you are taking Frisk as well?
Frisk was struggling for a bit but then sighed. 'It's okay Nathan. Take me away if you have to.'
Nathan was shocked. 'Huh? But... your friends, Equestria, possibly gone forever! Are you sure?'
'If Twilight is not going to be with me...' Frisk sighed again, she never thought she will be saying this. 'We're going to decide which of us is better, and I'm going to join you guys for assistance. We just broke up, and it seems that we may want to kill each other now...'
'If that's what you want... I don't feel as guilty anymore.' Nathan said, opening the portal he managed to break in from earlier.
Frisk wasn't all that happy or sad that she's leaving, but in her heart, she knows that betraying her own kind will not be a good idea.
'Starlight, if you see me in battle... And if I am going to kill you... I pray you guys will be safe in the afterlife.' She said with a little grin on her face.
The next day, the group got the news.
'What!? UGH, just great! We lost our MVP, now how are we gonna win this war?' Rainbow exclaimed in horror.
'Oh no... Frisk Dreemur, she could've guided us to victory, but now she's gone...' Celestia sighed.
'How the hay are we gonna survive now? If she's on their side, we don't stand a chance!' Applejack was worried.
Just then, Twilight came in.
'What's all the racket?' She asked.
Asriel was surprised she didn't know. 'Your friend got captured by Nathan!'
Twilight had an upset look. 'Who cares what happens to her?' Everypony gasped at her answer.
'I thought you two were best friends?' Luna asked.
'Not anymore. We broke up a week ago.'
After that day, the group became more connected to the royal guard, since they had to discuss plans for the war with them. As they continued on, they wished Frisk was able to help them. Well, at least almost everypony. Asriel stuck around the team to help, and he was lucky that he got to stay.
Twilight Sparkle became the leader of the ponies, with full help from the other princesses. Asriel was also helping her as well, hoping that even if they couldn't win, they can get the two friends back together. But, the human kind was growing fast; and soon Frisk will be leading the humankind into the war (Which I will get into that in the next chapter).
The ultimate battle... Princess Twilight leading the ponies, and Frisk Dreemur leading the humans. The two friends who were once so close, have entirely separated at once. Only one kind stands, the other falls. Standing tall on both sides, they had the same thought:
'Humans/Ponies will stand, and you will fall. Let this ultimate war begin.'
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
Act 5.12: Friends Forever
They went back to Britannica, and the two sat down on the soft grass on the hill, the place where Twilight and Frisk made their promise to be best friends. Looking at the starry night sky, Twilight remembered all of the times she had.
'It's a wonderful view...' Twilight said. 'I remember that day, Frisk and I became the best of friends.'
Nathan smiled. 'It's a bit dark, I'll fix it.' He made a little blue flame in his hand, levitated it up, and let its glow shine around them.
'Romantic, isn't it?' She giggled.
'Yes... I have a confession for you.' His face was turning red.
'I still recall that day, I said I had a confession to her. It's your turn, I guess.' She replied. 'Go on, say it,' She saw him acting weirdly and feeling shy.
'When I first watched the show, you were my absolute favorite character. That day, when I met you, I was shocked and felt very honored to meet you. And, to think we'll be in a group in this war, this fight was one thing I will not forget. You have influenced me so much, I always hoped to have friends like you and the others.' Nathan explained.
'Geez, don't say that Nathan... you make me blush.' Twilight said, feeling embarrassed.
'(laughs) I'm not done yet,' He laughed. 'The truth is... I sort of have a crush on you.'
She gasped. 'Really? You... You have feelings for me?'
He held up her head. 'Don't tell anyone else except Frisk, the others will know soon enough. But... I really mean it, Twilight. I have been with you all for a while now, and I truly understand how sad you felt when Frisk wasn't by your side. It's kind of awkward that you and Frisk love each other, now that I think about it. So... I decided to see if I can win your heart.'
Hearing his confession, Twilight was embarrassed. She didn't know what to say.
'(Giggles) Don't be silly! Frisk is just my friend! Not like we are completely lesbians or something.' She giggled. 'Though, wow... I don't know what to say. It's such a new thing to be in a relationship with someone.'
Hearing that, Nathan sighed. 'Well, I don't mind if you deny it. I know you and Flash have feelings for each other. And I acknowledge we aren't the same race either. We can still be friends, and you and Frisk can be best friends too. Don't worry about me, I won't be mad if you don't love me.'
As she saw him lying down, crossing his feet and resting on the grass, Twilight thought he really did mean what he said. She lied down and smiled. After a bit of blushing, she kissed Nathan while he wasn't watching.
'Oh, haha. I... I didn't expect that.' He said, feeling shy.
She giggled. 'I'll admit, you're pretty interesting. You know what? Maybe I'll be your partner.'
'Really?'
'Mmhm~ Maybe I will,' The princess said, moving closer to him.
Nathan's face was red as an apple. '(laughs) Oh, I can't believe you said that I didn't think you will. And... Twilight?'
'What is it?'
'Just... Thank you so much.' He said.
'For what?'
He sat on the hill and sighed. 'I had a terrible past. I was bullied, teased, laughed at... My classmates did so many bad things to me. I hated them. I didn't want to go to school because of them. I even thought of committing suicide. But then... I met you. Since then, you have helped and cared for me. You were one of the first friends I have ever made since I entered my teenage school years. You meant so much to me than just a friend. It was so nice to see somepony cheering me up through my darkest times. And... I fell for your caring and loving heart not long after we met.'
Twilight was shedding a few tears and wiped them off. 'I didn't think we would have that much in common. I had the same path as you when I was young. And, you're most certainly welcome. I liked having new friends and despite you were a human and once wanted to "Infiltrate" into our world, we became friends in no time. And, honestly... I kinda loved you too when Frisk wasn't here.'
Both of them grinned and hugged each other.
'Can I kiss you?' Nathan whispered.
Twilight was feeling a bit shy at first, but she gave in on resisting. 'Go ahead, it's okay.'
As they were about to kiss each other, someone came out from a portal around them.
'Hey Twilly I have something to- Oh my Celestia, what are you and Nathan doing!?' It was Frisk.
The two immediately faked that nothing happened.
'Nothing! Totally not proposing to her about my feelings!' Nathan said nervously.
Twilight didn't really care much. 'Hey Frisk, what is it?' She called her to sit beside.
'Remember I once said that I was working on a story?' Frisk said, hiding something behind her.
'Of course, so are you saying you finished it?'
Frisk took out a striped present. 'I believe this is for you.'
'But... Didn't you become a pony? That's already Nathan, Asriel, and your present to me.'
'Take it, I worked very hard on it.' Frisk said, giving her the present.
She opened her present excitedly. Twilight saw a few books in a case, with the case saying 'Harmony Quest', with a colorful cover. The three books inside were all written by herself and recorded all of the past adventures that they had together.
'You've made a series of stories about our adventures?' She asked.
Frisk smiled. 'Yes but... It's not finished yet. I still have a bit more to write, and I will stop the third episode. I just wanted to give you a first look, and see what you think. Don't worry, I still have more to write, hopefully.'
'I love it, thanks!' Twilight was pleased and pulled her close with her wing.
Nathan felt a bit left out. 'I guess I will leave you to it, then.'
'Nah, you can stay and talk to us,' Frisk said. 'But seriously... what were you guys doing?'
The two's faces went red. 'Oh... Nothing. It's just...'
'Adorable~! You guys love each other, right?' She knew they were hiding it.
Nathan scratched his head. 'Fine, you caught us.' He laughed. 'Are you okay with it, though?'
'Don't worry, I am fine with you guys being a couple. Just... can we still be best friends, Twilly?' Frisk asked.
Twilight hugged her friend. 'Of course! As long we don't get into any more fights, I will always be your best buddy.'
'Promise me this won't happen again?'
'Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye,' They both promised each other.
The three friends laid their arms around each other and looked at the night sky. It was certainly a great sight. When she wasn't watching, Nathan kissed Twilight.
'(Laughs) Oh, Nathan...' She thought.
'Sorry, I couldn't help myself... It's okay if you don't-' He stopped when Twilight kissed him, right on those lips. He had such a big smile, he couldn't describe how happy he was.
'Awkward, I know. But this will be a pretty good start of a new and deeper friendship,' She giggled.
As they were talking, Frisk was trying her best to hold back the grin on her face.
'Hey, what are you looking at?' Twilight asked in an unamused voice.
'Nothing! Why would I ever do that with you? That's weird!' Frisk replied.
'Don't you dare tell the others about it yet!'
Frisk just sneered. 'Nathan and Twilight, sitting on a tree~ k-i-s-s-i-n-g!'
The princess was getting a bit cross. '(Gasp) Hey!'
'Oh, you're kidding me.' Nathan thought.
The two looked at each other, feeling upset. A second later they laughed.
'(Laughs) Did you really think we were going to fight, Nathan?' Twilight asked.
Nathan started laughing as well. 'Haha, of course not!'
At the end of the day, all three of them thought of something.
'The past adventures we had... Were all special. From that day onward, my life had changed forever. It won't ever be the same now that I am a pony, but I believe... My friends and I can be so much more. Now that the war has ended, I can't wait to finally put my past adventures to rest.'
'I can never be grateful enough for the decision I've made all those years ago. While we saved the world... Three times, it's always a challenge that I thought I will never conquer. Those memories will always one day fade away, but our friendship will always carry on, and I even found the one I am destined to be with... Twice! The harmony that lives between us... Will always, and forever live.'
'From that day on, I never regretted coming to the pony world. Without that one decision, I could never have found her. The past years... I have changed. I was always alone, all the time. But now... I feel that there is much more to me. My new friends... They mean so much to me in a part of my life. I will never, ever be thankful enough.'
All three of them smiled, and put their arms around each other as they looked at the night sky, thinking of the same thing.
'My friends... You've changed my life.'
**End of Act 5**
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
Act 7: A Tale Of Two
It's been a few years since the two couples were married. Soon after, they started talking about family plans. They hoped for something more. Something new and interesting. Now... The moment has finally come, the two kids were about to be born!
Nathan was patiently waiting as Twilight was giving birth to their new child, who was determined to be a boy. And by that, I mean a male filly, not a human, although because Nathan is a human and Twilight Sparkle's a pony, their genes were mixed. However, it was a pony.
'Oh my Celestia, please tell me she's okay...' He thought, his legs shaking like crazy.
A few minutes later, the nurse came out, smiling.
'You may come in now.' She said.
'Is she okay?' He asked.
She nodded. 'I believe you'll be really happy to hear the news.'
He went in the room, to see something great: Their child was born!
'(Gasp) No way... You did it, Twilight!' He said joyfully.
She was really tired but still smiled.
'Haha... It took me quite a bit of effort, I wish you saw it, though.' She replied.
Another nurse was carrying the baby. 'Congratulations, both of you.'
'Thank you so much, we're so happy about it.' Nathan replied.
'I'll leave it to you both then. So, she will have to stay for a while before she's out of the hospital, which you probably expect.' She further explained, then passing the newborn baby to the two and leaving.
The two looked at each other and smiled.
'Look at him... He's adorable, isn't he?' Nathan said.
'I wonder what type of pony he is... Maybe he's an alicorn like me? Cadance's daughter was an alicorn.' Twilight wondered.
'Now that he's born, he needs a name... What do you think?'
Both of them thought about it for a bit.
'I don't know... Maybe we can answer that question a bit later. I'm a bit tired now.' She said, breathing heavily.
Nathan beamed. '(Giggles) Now we're a family... I'll love you forever, Twilight Sparkle.'
'I will too,' She responded, kissing her husband.
A few weeks later, Twilight was out of a hospital, and the two went back home. Their lives did change a lot after their child was born. A lot of responsibility was needed to take care of a child.
As they first saw their child wake up, they were surprised to see that he was an alicorn!
'You were right! He's a born alicorn!' Nathan said, clapping his hands.
'If I am correct, he should be the first ever male alicorn ever in Equestria! This is a historic moment!' Twilight gasped.
The new baby was shaking around, letting out a few soft squeals.
'Aww, how adorable!' He thought. 'When should we break the news to your friends?'
She thought about it. 'Maybe later. Let's see if they will notice. By the way, what should we name him?'
Nathan took a good look at the pony. 'Well, he looks strikingly similar to princess Luna... blue skin, navy mane... We should name him after her, she will be proud.' He had an idea. 'Hmmm... How about Lunar Sparkle?'
'That's a great name!' Twilight replied.
Suddenly, Asriel came in, and as soon he saw the baby, he was surprised.
'Hey Twilight and Nathan, I got great news to- (gasp) Oh. my. GOD. You guys had a baby!?' He squealed.
'Yup! We did!'
Asriel went to look at Lunar.
'Oh my gosh!!!! He's adorable! He's an alicorn as well!'
'Heh, jealous of our new child, huh? His name is Lunar Sparkle. We named him after Luna, since he looks like her, and his last name is from Twilight.' Nathan explained.
Asriel remembered, and crossed his arms, sneering as he leaned on the wall.
'Well guess what, our's is even more beautiful.'
As soon they heard what he said, they both gasped. 'What!?'
'Oh yeah, come with me.'
As they went to Frisk's room, Frisk was hiding something behind her.
'Frisk... I haven't seen you in a while, where have you been?' Twilight asked.
'Haha, I evaded you for a reason.' She replied.
Nathan was curious. 'What's that behind you? Is that-'
Frisk and Asriel both smiled.
'Meet our new daughter: Astell Dreemur!' They both said, revealing the baby girl behind them.
'(Gasp) No way!!! You guys had a baby too!?' Nathan gasped.
'I could ask you the same thing! Like, what!? Is this a coincidence or what!?' Frisk replied cheerfully.
Astell had pink skin, looking just like Asriel, with the floppy ears. For some reason, she had red colored hair in default. She had her eyes closed, and she was sucking her thumb.
'Wait, was she born a few weeks ago today? Was she born on March 20th?' Twilight asked.
Asriel gasped. 'No way, she was! Yours too?'
She nodded, smiling.
'Was your baby a boy or girl?' Frisk asked.
Twilight was levitating Lunar behind her. 'It's a boy, just what we wanted!' She showed him to them.
'Wow... A baby alicorn, huh? That's awesome!' Frisk said.
A second later, the two babies woke up, and they looked at each other and had a little smile.
'Oh, hey! Looks like they love each other already!' Asriel said gladly. 'Let's put them down for them to rest a bit.'
They put them in a little crib in the room, which Frisk bought a while before they had their daughter. When they let go, Astell was crawling towards Lunar, and with his wings, Lunar brought her close.
'(Giggles) Seems like this is a start of a new friendship, right guys?' Twilight asked.
They all nodded.
'Our two little angels will be buddies, just like we did.' Frisk said. 'Our alliance will last, and it's up to you to help us carry it on... Lunar Sparkle and Astell Dreemur.'
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
Act 8: The Final Frontier
When Frisk and the gang reformed Gromiz, the wizard who started the war, they did not know another threat was incoming. Everything was just seemingly alright. However, one day changed it all.
One day, Gromiz was walking in the forest, near ponyville.
'(Whistles) Peace and quiet is all I need for now.' He thought.
As he walked, he started to hear a ticking sound, and it grew louder and louder. When he got to an open area, he found something on the grass.
'Wait, what is that?' He asked himself.
He picked what's sort of like a device, looking like some sort of time bomb.
'It's a time bomb...' He thought. 'Hold on, this may not be just a regular one...' Something clicked in his mind. 'Oh no, I need to warn Frisk and the others!'
Meanwhile, Twilight was having a casual walk at the castle, at least until Gromiz came in.
'Oh, hey Gromiz, what's going-'
He shook the princess. 'Where's Frisk!? I need to tell her something!'
'Well, she's in the throne room, if you need her. But for what?' She asked.
'Something truly terrible will happen. Just wait,' He warned, running off.
Frisk was just chilling out, but when she saw his face of fear, she knew something had gone wrong.
'What is it this time?' She asked.
He was pacing around. 'This is bad... Majorly bad! Just come look at this.' He showed her the time bomb.
'Come on, that's just a small bomb. I mean, not like it's not important, it's just-'
Gromiz slapped her in the face. 'This is not just a small bomb! I have been studying about this dark magic for years when I was controlled! I know about this! This bomb... Can destroy everything when it explodes! It will create a black hole, destroying everything in it's path, and soon the ponykind won't last for even a minute!'
'But how are you sure?'
He crossed his arms. 'Let me tell you a story... A story that started many years ago...'
Many years ago, yes, even before the chaos in Britannica, Gromiz was just doing experiments in his wizard tower. He was a very curious person, and liked discovering new things. However, one day changed everything.
'Now... To add one last drop to the mix...' He thought.
As soon the new potion was made, he got slapped hard onto the floor.
'What the-' He stopped as an invisible person shoved a potion in his mouth. He was forced to drink it, and soon something terrible happened.
'Ouch... What's this feeling?' He thought.
Suddenly, a voice ringed his head.
'Why, hello there.' The voice said. 'Looks like you have fallen into my hands, as you have drinker the potion I gave you.'
Gromiz was confused. 'Wh-What did you do to me!? What's this effect!?'
'In only a few moments... Darkness will fill your head. Then, you will be forever loyal to me. You will help me to seize power from the humans and make them obey me. Why am I doing this? When you succeed, I will tell you.' The voice explained.
And then, the voice faded away. And as expected, he suddenly got controlled and was in much pain. His son, Felix came in.
'Dad? What happened to you?' He asked.
Gromiz turned back. 'Oh, I'm fine...' He said with a mischievous smile.
'No, you're not. I swear, something bad happened.' Felix said.
'Heh, clever boy. Do you want power? We can target that nearby country of ours if you want to. It is no big deal.' The wizard said, holding out his hand.
Felix pushed it away. 'What!? Why would I ever seize power from anyone? What happened to you!? I am not going to help you on any of this!'
Gromiz shrugged, rolled his eye and turned away. 'Very well, then. But you'll have a bad time if I win.'
As you know, he won the war in the end. One day during his reign, the voice came again.
'Ah, congratulations on your success.' It said.
'Alright, can you show yourself now?' Gromiz asked.
Soon, a figure appeared in the room. His skin was dark purple, and he had a spear in hand.
'You do believe the dark will prevail, right? If you do, come with me in your dream.'
In the dream, Gromiz was in a very dark place.
'Where are we?' He asked.
'This is my lovely home. Full of dark, shadows and many things that will help me become the ruler of the universe.' The dark explained. 'I have been working on something secret that I want to show you today.'
As the wizard was walking, he noticed a picture; A picture that showed two people. One of them looked just like the figure in front of him, the other shone as bright as a star. They looked very happy and were holding hands.
'What's that picture up on the wall?' He questioned.
The dark pretended to puke. 'Ugh, forget about it. You don't want to know the story behind me and my sister.'
'Your sister? You mean the girl in the picture?"
He sighed. 'Long ago, my sister and I were best friends. However, one day we had disagreements on how we should rule the universe. We were very mad at each other and we fought a lot. In the end, I won and now I am starting to spread my darkness. That starts with you.'
'Huh, that's interesting...' Gromiz thought. He noticed something on a podium at the end of the hallway. 'What's over there?'
The dark was getting excited. 'Ah, here it is!' He grabbed the blueprint inside the document. 'I have been developing a very powerful bomb, that could destroy every last bit of the planet. I have finished designing it, making it is the hard part.'
'So you're telling me, you are going to destroy everything?' Gromiz asked.
'Exactly.' The dark replied. 'What, you don't agree with me?'
'No! Of course not! Why would I ever do that?' He laughed. 'Anyway, I really have to go now. See you later.'
As he woke up in real life, the dark was suspicious.
'Hmm... You know what?' He thought to himself. 'I don't trust him.'
'And that's pretty much it.' Gromiz said.
Frisk thought of something, but thought it wasn't the time to talk about it.
'So you're saying he dropped the bomb right here, and Equestria's going to be destroyed forever!?' She asked in shock.
'There is one way, though. There's a way to defuse it. However, it's a difficult process.' He explained. 'When the bomb timer reaches 10 minutes remaining, you have access to a secret portal somewhere on the planet. Then, you must face the guardian inside. If you can defeat him in the time limit, everything will be restored.'
'This is a really bad situation... How am I going to do it alone?' Frisk thought.
Harmony Quest: Tale of the Light and Dark
Act 2: Quest For The Cure
Everyone here knows how the story of Nightmare moon taking over Equestria went.She goes crazy, transforms, and then princess Celestia was able to send her to the moon with the power of the elements of harmony.I expect that everyone here (well, at least those who watch the series.) knows what happened.
But what if I told you, that the current princess of Friendship, Twilight Sparkle herself, actually altered the timeline, and stole the elements back then and escaped?What will happen if the elements were not there?
A thousand years ago, princess Celestia was defending Equestria from her sister, who has transformed into nightmare moon.However, unlike the story, this is where Twilight comes in.
She stepped out of the time portal from traveling through time, landing inside of the secret room with the elements.
'Excellent, now I just need to take the elements away.' She thought.
As she carefully opened the hatch that revealed the elements, she gasped in amazement that they were not in the secret tree, since she knows that it was the place they should have been.She carefully took the elements for herself and kept them inside her bag.
Spike came out from the bag. 'Are you sure this is a good idea?' He whispered.
'I don't know either, I predicted that another planet needs my help to save them, but I feel so guilty stealing the most important defense of Equestria...' Twilight replied.
When she got all the elements in her bag, a loud crash came from the ceiling. Princess Celestia had fallen from above after she got shot with magic.
'Run!Don't let her see us!' Twilight cried.She instantly used her magic to teleport to a safe place, and ready herself to go to Earth.Using her magic spell, here managed to make a shield so Spike she won't die because of lack of oxygen and flew quickly across the night sky.
'Celestia, if you can hear me, I am so sorry...' Twilight cried as she took off.
Back in the throne room, Celestia just got up from fainting and vowed to use to elements to send her sister to the moon.
'Oh sister, I am so sorry, but I have no choice but to use them,' She thought.
However, to her surprise, stole the elements weren't there. She was shocked.
'What!? Where are the elements? Discord has been long gone! No one could've poss stolen them!' She said.
As she was worrying, Nightmare moon busted in and levitated her, pointing towards the moon.
And I guess you guys knows what happened next. However, Twilight stole the elements for a good cause; Earth was actually in danger. In the country of Britannica, hope was slowly shedding away as an evil king took over.
But, the two did not apprehend that one day, they will cross paths.