Forging Harmony Arc 1; Creating the Elements

To the equines of the world, Equestria is a special place. It is a peaceful land, where conflict is usually minor. It is a place where warfare is nonexistent, and often quickly suppressed. It is a place where all three races live in peace, thriving not on their rivalries, but on their partnerships. In over 1000 years of rule, Princess Celestia was capable of maintaining peace and prosperity across the land. What many don't know however, is that this peace came at a price. More than once did Celestia almost lose her life. More than once did chaos and misery sweep over the land. More than once did she almost lose everything.

Nowadays, the Princess of the Sun often watched her subject from a castle balcony. Seeing them live free and prosper always brought tears to her eyes, and subconsciously spread salt over those old wounds, concealed by centuries gone by. To her, adopting Twilight into her school, many years ago, meant something bigger, something nopony could've ever suspected. it meant recovering something she had long lost. It meant being given a second chance to make things right again.

A gentle breeze blew by, caressing her snow white coat. She closes those timeless eyes of hers, leaving her mane swaying in the wind. She reminded herself of the greater truth behind her disciple Twilight's first adventure.

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One calm summer evening, in a small town of Ponyville, Celestia's banished sister Luna, now under the alias of Nightmare Moon, shattered the tranquil atmosphere, and proclaimed eternal night. She promptly imprisoned her own sister out of revenge, angry at what she had made her suffer.

What she had forgotten however, was the sorrow behind Celestia's decision. Nightmare Moon had little to no memories of what truly happened then, neither did the Equestrians as a whole. In the end, it was all because her older sister made sure to conceal the scars of her decision in public. Yet, every night for the past thousand years, Celestia cried herself to sleep, often unable to live with what she had done. There was much more to her actions, yet only she knew, locking it away inside her unknowingly fragile heart.

Hidden beneath her indifference and bold nature were the faces of six ponies, long forgotten by time. One could only imagine her excitement seeing Twilight and her friends using the Elements of Harmony to purify her sister. What Twilight didn't know back then, and still doesn't now, is that she was there when they forged them. She was there when a plague decimated her kingdom. She was there when her own sister threatened to impale her on the castle walls. She was there when Discord broke her heart, and undid everything she had fought so hard for. She was there when they sacrificed their own lives, just to save the uncertain future of her kingdom.

To mere mortals, these events have been buried deep beneath the sands of time. To Celestia however, it only seemed like yesterday, when she met her first ever "beloved disciple".