Keepers of Harmony

Chapter 1: New Bearers, Part 1

1,000 years ago, 6 ponies bravely stood up against the forces of evil with the Elements of Harmony. Today those six ponies are revered as legends. But, an evil is coming. And 6 new bearers will be chosen. How will they handle themselves? Why are some of them not ponies? Why does one of the writers have a serious case of writer’s block!? FIND OUT IN KEEPERS OF HARMONY!

A red pony with a cloak and head on ran through a rainy Canterlot. Hoping to avoid the rain as he bolted down the path.
Home….I’m finally coming home…. She’s...she’s really back…. The pony thought as he ran. Knocking loudly on the door to the tower he had made it to. A moment had passed when the door opened revealing an alicorn with midnight blue coat and teal eyes. Her mane was flowing and looked like stars. The red pony pulled back his hood, revealing a black mane and a scarred eye. She smiled and hugged the slightly smaller red pony. He hugged her back smiling and crying happy tears.
“It’s been so long. I’ve missed you so much.” The alicorn said as they broke apart.
“I’ve missed you too, mother.”
“So how have you been? Have you eaten well?”
“Of course Mother. What about you? How have you been?”
“I have been good as well. It has been a long time since my return. What has kept you?”
“Lots of adventures that, well….gave me this little memento.” The red pony said, gesturing to the scarred eye.
“Oh you poor thing. Let me make sure that it’s not infected.” The alicorn’s horn lit up with magic as a blue aura surrounded her horn. Bowing her head near the red pony’s scarred eye the alicorn cast a simple spell clearing away any germs or infections.
“Thanks.”
“You’re welcome now tell me about your day~” Luna said with a motherly smile she had learned from Tia. The red pony smiled and began regaling Luna with his adventures across Equestria.

Later, elsewhere

A small wolf sat in the back of a cave as TimberWolves ate their share of the day’s hunt. The young wolf simply watched as the others either fight over a scrap of meat or gnaw on a bone. His stomach growled loudly as he watched, keeping himself in the shadows so none of the others saw him. He held his breath, the room getting deathly silent as the wolves looked for what made the sound. Crap crap crap crap crap…. He thought. With his growing fear his stripes sprung into a bright yellow, along with dragon wings and a tail that had been hidden by the shadows until now. The timberwolves growled snapping their jaws at the young wolf. CRAP! He jumped out, flying over them trying to avoid them. They jumped attempting to nip at his heels. He flew higher thanking every higher power he could think of when he saw an opening. Flying through the opening the wolf took off leaving the cave and timberwolves behind.

He panted, landing. Tucking his wings close to his body as he ran from the cave. Once he believed he was safe he slowed down to catch his breath. “That...was...close…” he panted now lost in EverFree forest.
“Great. This is exactly what I need right now.” He said to himself as he looked around. “Maybe if I fly up over the forest…” He said to himself. He flew up, groaning and falling to the floor of the forest as vines cut into his scales and skin.
“So much for that idea. Looks like I’m going by foot.” He said getting onto his feet and walking down the dirt path.

Just Outside of Ponyville….

A young bat pony let out a yawn as she woke up. Looking out her bedroom window to find that it was now night. She opened it and smiled unfurling her wings,and taking flight into the somewhat cloudy sky leaving her cottage. She grinned up at the moon as a cloud passed by it. She did a somersault. Laughing as she did so her eyes alight with joy.
“Ahhhh I love the pretty night!" She said happily as she flew. She heard something and looked down at the everfree forest. She flew down and saw….some kind of wolf?
“What the huh? What is that?” She wondered before flying down to get a closer look. It had… Dragon wings? She landed in front of it as it slept with open wounds on it’s body. She got out a bag and opened it looking for medical supplies. “Aha!” The bat pony declared taking out some medicinal herbs and gauze. Quickly patching up the gashes. “Th..Thanks…”
“Not a problem. What happened to you?”
“Don’t wanna talk about it…”
“Ok! Well can you stand?” He struggled to his feet. “Y-Yeah...I think I can..”
“Great! Now where do we get out?”
“I tried flying over, but nails and thorns and stuff got in the way.”
“Okay so flying is out so we’ll need to walk. Thankfully I know the way back to my house. Follow me.” The Bat pony walked off, with the wolf following. Limping slightly on his left side.
“I have some more herbs back at my place that should help with the pain.”
“Thanks..”
They soon arrived at the bat pony’s house and went inside. The bat pony getting out some herbs.
“My name’s Ebony Moon, by the way. What’s yours?” She asked.
“Terran…”
“Nice to meet you. Now then about that leg of yours.”
“Yes?”
Ebony treated the wound.
“Thanks…”
“Your welcome. So if it’s alright could you please tell me what happened to you?” Ebony asked putting away her herbs.
“Not.. Right now…”
“Alright. I’ll let you rest just call me if you need something.”
He nodded curling into a ball. Ebony went to get a drink. Grabbing a glass from the cupboard she filled it with apple juice. Drinking it up she sighed happily. So lucky I’m a fruitbat… Ebony thought. And for once I’m not all by myself. Even if he’s a little rough around the edges. Ebony finished her drink and quickly washed out her cup when she heard snoring. Peeking out from the kitchen she saw Terran was fast asleep. That. Is. Adorable. She giggled and grabbed a spare blanket from her closet before putting it over the sleeping wolf.

In the Changeling Kingdom, currently ruled by King Thorax

A young female changeling was walking through town, smiling to herself.
“Man it’s such a nice day out. Clear skies, birds chirping and the sun is out.” Princess Sunset did a really good job today. She thought. Grinning as she saw the now-retired Princess Celestia and Princess Luna enjoying a spa-day. Heading down toward the shopping stalls she saw a few more ponies buying or selling fruits and vegetables. It’s so great to be home! She thought. Feeling giddy she began a light skip as she continued. She looked around seeing a shadow pony/Changeling hybrid. “Hey bro!” She said. The stallion turned hearing the new voice and smiled.
“Hey Sis how’s it going? You look happier than usual.”
“Weeeeelllll…. I’ve had… worse?”
“Oh? How so Sis?”
“Umm….” The sister blushed slightly, zooming off. Only to have her brother slip into her shadow, keeping up.
“You may as well say it Sis. You know I’m faster than you.” The brother declared flying beside her.
The sister blushed. “I, uh….may have….taken over 300 happy potions….”
“.......... Happy Potions?”
“Um…..uh………...ok, it’s not that…..but um….can we talk bout it later? Pwease?” The sister said, using puppy dog eyes and pouting.
DARN IT! MY ONE WEAKNESS! The brother shouted mentally. He sighed.
“Alright we’ll talk later. Now slow down will ya? You’re shadow’s trying to kick me off.”
“Oh. Sorry.” The sister said, stopping. The brother smiled as they landed back on the ground.
“Super. Now ready to explore Everfree with me?”
“Sure!” The pair grinned and raced down the dirt road. The brother pulled out a map. “Let’s see… if we continue the way we’re going...we’ll be at the Everfree forest in about an hour or two. Twenty or thirty minutes if we fly.”
“Flying sounds like a better option.”
“Agreed.” The pair reopened their wings and took to the sky. The brother staying ahead for most of it.

Somewhere in Equestria.

A young Draconequus was laying on the branch of a tall pink tree with purple leaves. He had that head of a pony which was a tannish brown, his body was also pony shaped though the coat was white. His fore legs were a lion’s paw and brown hoof. His mane was scruffy looking and was black and white. Eyes were similar to his parents. The left being Yellow with a red iris and white with a light purple outer ring and black inner circle. His wings were brown bat wings and tail was a tealish blue serpent tail with a large tuft of fur that was black with purplish pink and mint green stripes. Atop his head was a long white unicorn horn and around his neck was a golden necklace. As for his cutie mark it was the sun and moon together with a small portion of Day and night on their respective sides. He smiled to himself changing the colors of the leaves at random. He yawned growing bored of waiting for his little sister to show up so he could help her get a hang of using her magic. Suddenly the branch he was sitting on turned into a flirting snake. Kissing his nose and cheek repeatedly. Pushing the kissy snake off, the draconequus looked up to see his sister hovering above him giggling.
“Veeeerrry funny….” He muttered.The female draconequus simply smiled. She had the head and body of a pony and her coat was white except towards the end of her hooves which turned a sunset orange. Her mane was a mix of midnight blue and sunset orange and had small stars in her mane. She had the wing of a blue bird and the wing of a purple bat. Her horn was a light blue goat horn. Around her neck was a necklace similar to her brother’s though it was silver.
“Took ya long enough.” The bro said.
“I got lost on Nowhere Lane.”
“.....” He sighed, face pawing with his lion paw.
“So do you like her? I know you haven’t had a marefriend in a while.” His sister teased as the snake was still kissing his cheek. The brother snapped his lion paw turning the snake back into a branch.
“To answer your question my dear little sister. N-O.”
“Awwww” she pouted a little.
“Never do that ever again.”
“Can I atleast keep the snake?”
“Sure.”
“Yay! Thank you big brother!” The younger draconequus said hugging her brother before poofing the kissy snake back into existence. Letting the snake wrap around her.
“Shall we get started?”
“Alright!”
“Great. Okay let’s start by turning a apple into an orange.” The older draconequus said snapping his fingers making an apple appear.
“Alright!” She lit up her horn and the apple became an orange. “YAY!”
“Nice job now for something a little harder. Let’s see if you can transform. Try turning into…..a zebra.” The sister nodded her horn lighting up with her magic before turning into a zebra.
“Excellent!” The sister turned back to normal.
“What next?”
“How about… a Manticor?”
The sister turned into that. “Easy!”
“Impressive. Now for something harder. Hmmmm.” The older brother stroked his chin with a thoughtful look.
“Draconequus subspecies level 2! GO!” She transformed. Turning into a slightly smaller draconequus.
“GOOD!” The little sister cheered performing a brief loop de loop of joy. The little sister’s appearance changed to that of the subspecies of draconequus. It consisted of the head of a pony and the body of a rabbit. Its left arm was that of a purple salamander while its right was that of a chicken. Its back legs were a cat and crocodile leg, wings belonging to a blue jay and a bat. And its tail being a pink dragon tail with three black spikes sticking out. The horns belonging to a deer.
“Alright, enough transformations for today. Now try to turn your snake into something else.”
“Okay!” The young draconequus pony declared as her horn lit up and with a poof her snake turned into a top hat.
“Ta da!” She sang grinning.
“Nice! Now do something harder.” The filly nodded shutting her eyes concentrating as her horn glowed brightly before a flash of light briefly blinded the elder draconequus. Rubbing the light out of his eyes he saw the forest had changed to…..a…..cotton candy Willy Wonka Chocolate Factory-esque forest.
“Woah…Great job sis.”
“THANKS!!!”

Elsewhere

Shadows swirled around the walls of a cave.
“Rrrrrgh…..” A stallion groaned
“Sombra….” A voice said.
The stallion’s ears perked up at the dark feminine voice.
“No. No I was finally rid of you!”
“Oh do not worry, we aren’t here for you. You’ve proven to be a failure.”
“What? A-a failure?”
“You’ve let your love for that pathetic Changeling Queen get in the way of our conquest. We shall find another host. Sayonara.”
“No… No! You will not torture another!” Sombra blasts the cave mouth causing crystals to cover the opening blocking the entrance.
“Very clever. We’ll give you that. But you’ll suffocate. We’ll at least get to enjoy watching that”
“I’d rather suffocate and die than to see another pony be trapped with you.” The stallion declared glaring at the shadows.
The shadow laughed, Sombra’s vision blurring already.
“I shall have another host and take over Equestria. One way or another.”
Chryssy…...I’m sorry….. Sombra, thought, collapsing to the floor. Suddenly the crystals cracked, a unicorn blasting them from the other side. Sombra’s heart sank when he saw her. Hope… No….
“This a private party, or can anypony join?” Hope said, her horn glowing. Sombra’s vision began to darken as Hope walked over to him her horn alight with healing magic. She screamed as the Shadows latched onto her.
“Oh anyone can join. In fact. We’re very glad you did. How delicious, the last thing Sombra will see is his first love being corrupted!”
Sombra’s eyes widened at the sight of his childhood friend as the shadows entered her body. Flashes of the moment that Hope saved him from these shadows years ago filled his mind before he struggled to his hooves.
“Hope….please...no…” The Shadows simply laughed Her horn became crystalline as her eyes went green. Her once purple crystal coat dimmed turning a dark gray, Mane shifting from its usual brilliant blue to a darker shade. Her cutie mark which was a golden staff with two serpents coiling around it with a set of wings sprouting out from the top turning white before becoming the color of her coat making it appear blank as royal clothing enveloped her,
“No…”
“Ohhhhh YESS! SO POWERFUL!~” The shadow said feeling Radiant Hope’s magic becoming tainted with her own. “Mmmmm, well she’s not as innocent as you like to think Sombra~”
“Get...off...of her…”
“Not a chance. You're too weak to do anything Sombra. Now then let’s test out this new body. Maybe we’ll pay Chryssy a visit?~”
“If you lay one hoof on her head, I’ll-”
“Do what, Somby? You came to us in the first place cause you were weak. What chance do you have without us? You’re not even good enough to be a pet now.”
“I will find a way and I will stop you and save Hope… ”
“Heheheh. Good luck with that.” They teleported away.

Author's Note

Hello everyone. This is my first MLP story and it is a collab between myself, Terias Faldom,
and Magic Myu. Sadly, they cannot join me for this A/N, but they well for a later one. Lemme know what improvements I can make. But provide CONSTRUCTIVE criticism, not insults.