In The Beginning Part 1
Chapter 5: The Origin of the Elements of Harmony
Previous ChapterNext ChapterWhile the day was still going, White Knight, Celestia and Luna were on the road, enjoying the beautiful skies, the perfect temperature and they were sharing random conversations. Twilight Sparkle was still following them just so that she can get to know the White Knight better by witnessing the relationship that he and Celestia have, at the very moment Twilight starts to think that the White Knight is a really nice pony, based on the conversations that he and Celestia have been having. So far the current conversation that they were talking about just now, was Celestia wondering what the White Knight's motives are for coming to the Earth, so she tells him what is the real reason that he wanted to come down here if it wasn't to check in on the Earth ponies, Pegasi and Unicorns. White Knight was silent, keeping his smile and humming a tune, and further more... he still didn't answer Celestia's question. The White Knight was keeping Celestia in total suspense, she couldn't take it any longer, she really wanted to know what he was up to and so, she crossed his path and started pleading and begging on what was it that he was here for. And while that was all happening, baby Luna was just in her basket, playing with a toy-like object that White Knight made for her to play with and at the same time, she was watching Celestia begging for the White Knight to answer her question. Luna found Celestia's begging to be quite entertaining for she was smiling and laughing, then White Knight began to notice Luna's laughter while Celestia was still at it, then after that, he started laughing as well. Then he looks at Celestia and pets her head and starts to tell her why he's on Earth, and of course he would tell her only because he was waiting for Luna to laugh and smile. So he begins telling Celestia with himself;
"Celestia, do you know who I am?" Said the White Knight.
Then Celestia replied; "Why, of course I know who you are. Why wouldn't I know my own master?"
Then after that, White Knight asks her about his purpose; "Well, ha ha. Since you know who I am, I have another question to ask... do you know what my purpose here is?"
And then, she was speechless for about 3 seconds, because she doesn't know what he does for a living, so she started to guess. Her first guess was that she works alongside with her father the Black Knight, the White Knight said no and to keep guessing. Her second guess was that the White Knight saves countless lives, White Knight tells her that she close to the answer. But before she could guess a third time, the White Knight stops her there and tells her his purpose in life;
"Well, you see... my purpose in life, is to bring joy and laughter to the whole world. I bring laughter and joy to everypony who needs it, the Pegasi, the Unicorns and the Earth ponies. And the reason why I do it is because, the world seems so very glum and absent of happiness, so I come by to spread some of that happiness to the world."
Then, Celestia was thrilled to hear that the White Knight is the bringer of joy, but she is curious as to how the White Knight brings joy and laughter to the world. And then, White Knight tells her that he doesn't need anything to bring the joy and laughter, he just has to be himself and most of all... be positive, no matter what happens. After that, White Knight starts telling Celestia about a little something called; "The Elements of Harmony." After hearing the mentioning of the Elements of Harmony, Twilight gets closer to the White Knight to hear what he has to say about the elements, Twilight was really curious as to how the White Knight knows about the elements and so she gets to hear him out. Now, right before the White Knight starts to explain the Elements of Harmony to Celestia, she already interrupts him with a question;
"Elements of Harmony, please tell me. What exactly are the Elements of Harmony?"
"Good question, Celestia dear. Glad you asked that, and therefore I shall answer your question with a brief explanation. The concept of the Elements of Harmony is something I came up with, you see these elements are essential, they are the key to bring peace, love and harmony all around the world. There are only six elements needed to bring Harmony, these elements are; Loyalty, Kindness, Generosity, Honesty and Laughter."
After hearing what the elements are, Celestia notices that White Knight said only five of them, then she starts to tell him; "But, master White Knight, you only mentioned five of the six elements. May I ask what the sixth one is?"
"Oh, so you caught that, didn't ya? Well Celestia, the sixth one will remain a secret, until we find the keepers of the elements."
After the White Knight said that, Twilight already knew what the sixth element was, after all... she is the keeper of that element. But what got her amazed is that the White Knight thought of the Elements of Harmony, that he's the source of it's origin, and she also thought that if it wasn't for his idea of the elements, then the world wouldn't be the same... as in it wouldn't be as peaceful as it is in her time period, and she and her friends wouldn't have been the keepers of the elements and therefore she wouldn't have met her friends in the first place. Meanwhile, Celestia wanted to know who exactly are the keepers of the Elements of Harmony, then the White Knight asked her on who the keeper of the element of laughter is. She didn't answer his question, because she doesn't know who the keeper of the element of laughter is, and then the White Knight tells her that she's already staring at him. And so far, both Celestia and Twilight Sparkle, but mostly Twilight were surprised to hear that the White Knight is the keeper of the element of laughter and how he is the keeper, is that he holds the spirit of laughter in him and that's why his reason is to spread joy and laughter to all the ponies. Twilight Sparkle was surprised to hear that the White Knight was the keeper of the element of laughter, and of course White Knight was indeed the keeper, but then after centuries passed, the current keeper is Pinkie Pie. That's how much Twilight knows about, she, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity and Fluttershy are the current keepers of the Elements of Harmony, and now she gets to finally meet the previous keepers of the elements. So many thoughts regarding the elements were swirling through Twilight's head, Like;
"Who were the former keepers, were they a really awesome team when they fought evil, were they really good friends, and most importantly... who was the previous owner of the element of magic?"
Twilight Sparkle was so very excited, she just wanted to find out so badly, she couldn't hold it in any longer. And while she was thrilled to finally meet the other hosts, White Knight tells Celestia that they are headed to Haven Forest (before it became the Everfree forest) to find the next keeper of the element of Kindness. White Knight also warns Celestia to be cautious and keep a sharp eye on Luna while entering in the forest, there are known to have a few strange creatures roaming about in the forest. But other than that, the haven forest is a beautiful, elegant, peaceful and breathtaking forest ever to roam. As Twilight was walking down the road to Haven forest, she notices that the road looks awfully familiar, she tried to remember where, how and why it looked familiar, and then... right at that moment, she realized that the road she was walking is the exact same road that lead to the Everfree forest. But as she arrived and took a look at the forest, she notices that the forest isn't as scary looking as it was in her time period, in fact, in her own words... she said;
"Ah, I get it now. This is the Everfree forest from way before it became the actual Everfree forest."
It's funny how a really scary forest used to be a peaceful and magnificent forest, and Twilight was still getting used to the previous changes that had occurred from long, long time ago. And then, as Twilight, Celestia, Luna and the White Knight head to the forest, Twilight was taken at all the beauty of the forest, so did Celestia as well. And as for the White Knight, he told Celestia to keep a sharp eye on Luna and focus on the path ahead, but hey... she couldn't help herself, they all couldn't. The forest was too much to take in really, but after all that sight-seeing, the whole gang finally made it to their destination... the heart of the forest. Where in the this particular part of the forest, said to lie the spirit of kindness, therefore he'd soon to be the keeper of the element of kindness. A white male Pegasus pony with a long green mane, tail, hermit's facial hair and... based on what the White Knight had heard, he's practically the owner of the forest itself. Otherwise known as;
"Wintergreen the Wise."
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