In The Beginning Part 1

by TheDarkprince600

Rating: everyone
Tags: Dark, Sad, Comedy, Adventure
Length: 19261

Twilight uses a spell to enter into Celestia's dreams, while in her dreams, she visits her past.

Twilight Sparkle discovers a spell that she has never heard of before which is a "Dreamscape Spell." She uses the spell to enter into her own dreams to see what she dreams about, then she enters into her best friends dreams so she see what they dream about. Afterwards, she decides to take a peek into Princess Celestia's dreams to see what she dreams about. First Twilight sees her teacher's most recent dreams, and then she goes deep into her subconscious and sees her younger self and a baby Luna. Not only that, she also sees two others with them; a majestic white Earth pony named White Knight, and a mysterious black Alicorn named Black Knight. She basically starts learning about how the world was like before the founding of Equestria, the origin of the Elements of Harmony and that's not all… She also meets a few new faces and a couple of old faces along the way. Meanwhile, Spike sneaks out of the library/Twilight's home and went to go see McAllister for questions that need answering.

Published 1970-01-01 00:00:00 UTC
Last updated 2012-10-31 21:26:00 UTC

Chapter 1: Exploring the Dream World

Now that Twilight has managed to get a handle on the spell, she can roam around in her own dreams, thoughts and of course her nightmares. As she's exploring around in her own dream version of Ponyville, she notices that everything is the same as they are everyday whenever she's awake. "Oh my, everything pretty much looks the same; the library, the Carousel Boutique, Sugar Cube Corner, even Sweet Apple Acres. Basically the whole town is exactly how it is in reality."

She was walking around Ponyville, everypony said hi to her, she said hi back, she was rather excited that she successfully completed the spell. "Oh geez, this is so awesome! This is definitely a proud moment for me!" Later, she saw her friends, she said hi to each and every one of them, pretty much things were going great. However, the only differences is that when she's walking around Ponyville, she's re-living her previous memories and the environment has a bit of magic added to it. She continues to travel around the whole town, everything seemed peaceful, not one thing out of place, it's exactly as she remembers it. Then, she starts to explore to her most favorite dreams, as she was thinking about going to her favorite dreams, a door popped up from right in front of her.

"Huh, what? Did that door just... appeared from nowhere?" Questioned a momentarily confused Twilight.

She went to the door to get a closer look, it looked an old-fashioned door, then she opens that door and goes right on in, inside the door was a corridor of book shelves, and not only is she organized in the real world, she's also organized whenever it comes to her dreams. Every fantasy, memory, ideas, and nightmares are all written in alphabetical categories, and each book contains a lot of pages of her life.

"Whoa, I can't believe how organized my thoughts are. This is way to bizarre, but no matter... this I don't seem to mind."

So as she tried to grab a book and look into it, the pictures and words all seem very... vivid, as if she's actually living in the moment. She was fascinated of all the dreams that she had written in her books that she read some of them just to relive what she had done and gone through, after that, she was finished for the day. So she tries to go back to the real world, but the problem was, she didn't know how to. So as she was thinking of a way to get back, another door popped up from nowhere. She turned around and it was the same door as before, so she walks towards the door, opens it and the door just went on in... hoping that it would take her home. Then as she was going in through the door, out of nowhere... she stumbles into a corridor filled with doors, doors that looked liked they could lead to other pony's dreams because of the names written on the doors.

Whoa... ...this doesn't look like home to me. Twilight was a little afraid to see this hallway at first, but then she starts to get a little curious about all the dream doors. "These doors, they all have the names of everypony I know. These doors even have; Fluttershy, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie and Rainbow Dash. Hmm...."

And even though Twilight said to Spike exactly that she was only going to see her own dreams, with a smirky grin on her face, she couldn't help but be curious but to explore somepony else's dreams, just to see what they do dream about when their asleep. So the first dream door that Twilight went to go to, was Pinkie Pie's dream door, she was rather curious about what goes on in Pinkie's head whenever she's her crazy, bubbly, random self. So she opened the door and went straight inside to the mind of Pinkie Pie, while inside, she notices that things are a bit different; the skies are pink, the clouds are replaced with balloons forming clouds, almost everything is made out of sweets, there's a lot of loud party music and almost everything has a face and they say hello to Pinkie Pie when she walks by. Twilight meets with Pinkie Pie and they say hello to each other; "Hey Pinkie, so... this is what your dream world looks like?" Then Pinkie asks Twilight what she's been up to, then Twilight tells Pinkie about the new spell that she just now learned; "Well, Pinkie, I've learn this new spell that I have just discovered. This spell cant let me see through the dreams of everypony, including myself."

"Whoa, that's pretty impressive, Twilight! So, you can jump into anypony's dreams just like that? Quick! Tell me what I'm dreaming about right now."

After that, there was a three second silence and then Twilight tells Pinkie that if this is all she dreams about, Pinkie replied; "Not very often. Sometimes, it's raining streamers! I mean, how fun is that?" After that, Twi tells Pinkie Pie that she needs to get going back into her own dream. "Okeydokey Lokey! Well, I'm glad you stopped by. Say hi to the others for me and have a fun day!" And even though in reality it's was night time, things are incredibly different in the dream world. So as Twilight left Pinkie's dream door, she decides to go back to her own dream world and just dream away, but after that wild experience she had while in Pinkie's dream, she decides to explore another pony's dreams. So the next dream door to go to was... you guessed it, Applejacks. She was walking around the corridor to find Applejack's dream door, then after three and a half minutes of looking, she was rather exhausted, but she finally found AJ's door and went on inside.

Meanwhile, back in the real world... Spike was still anxious about Twilight being in a stand still in the middle of the night, so he grabs her and takes her back to her room and put her to bed while she's exploring in the dream world, leaving him to question;

"Geez, how long does it take to look around in your own dreams? I mean, seriously."

Afterwards, she got Twilight on the bed, tucked her in and hoped that Twilight will be awake in the morning. Then after that, Spike took the dream-scape spell as an opportunity for him to sneak out of the house/library, only to leave Ponyville and find McAllister's hut so that he can ask him some questions. So he grabs a few things to take with him, went upstairs to check on Twilight to see if she was okay, which of course she was, and then Spike grabs his stuff and heads out. As he was walking about Ponyville in the middle of the night, he notices that there were a few guard ponies patrolling the area. Basically, it won't be easy to sneak out, and he can't come up with an excuse for them about why he's leaving Ponyville in the middle of the night, so he tries to do his best to sneak out, without making any noises of any kind and trying to not get caught in the spotlights. As he was sneaking out, right when he wasn't looking, he trips on a rock and started to fall down to the ground. Then he got back up, and noticed a spider right on his chest, then he started yelling out:

"Yeeeaaah! Spider, get it off me!"

and then he started get on the ground and roll left and right to get the spider off, but of course, he could have just flicked the spider off, but that's spike for ya. After the rolling and the yelling, the guards started to hear his screaming from a short distance, so they headed out what the commotion was about. Spike then got back up, and what's worse, he started hearing hooves beating from a distance, then he turned around and saw the guards headed his way, and then he grabs his things and starts to make a break for it. He was running so very fast, but the guards were running faster, then as Spike ran across the mini-bridge, he spots a few extra guards running towards him in a different direction. So as two groups of guards were headed to Spike, he goes under the bridge and hide until the guards leave. The guards finally made it up to the bridge, and all they found was nothing at all, and then they just went back to their stations.

After that, Spike said; "Phew, that was close." and proceeded on sneaking out of Ponyville.

Now then, back to Twilight... Twilight was just visiting Applejack's dream and already, she and Applejack were having a really good conversation while they were doing some work around the farm. Then after the conversation, Applejack's parents come out and tell her that it's time for dinner, then Applejack tries to introduce Twilight to her parents. They made their introductions, said their hellos and after that, Applejack asks Twilight that if she wanted to stay for dinner, but Twilight declined and told her that she needs to get back to her own dream. But before she could leave, she tells Applejack;

"You know Applejack, I've come to Sweet Apple Acres almost all the time to help out around and I've know every one of your relatives, but never your mother and father."

Then Applejack tells Twilight, that like her aunt and uncle Orange, her parents are also a couple of city folk who like to live in high standard society, and that one of these days... she wishes that they would stay with her in the farm and with the rest of the family. Then AJ walked back inside the house and as for Twilight, she finally heads out to the dream corridor to find another dream door to go to. So, to make this short, she's been visiting the rest of her friends' dreams, she and Rarity were in Canterlot, in a fashion show, looking at models walking down on the catwalk and back wearing Rarity's latest designs. They were having a blast those two and speaking of which, next Twilight was at sitting at the stands watching Rainbow Dash racing with the Wonderbolts at the grand Pegasus race, cheering her on and what not. And right at the end, it was Rainbow Dash that had came first place in the race, afterwards, Twilight went to go congratulate RD on that wonderful performance. And Lastly, Twilight was in Fluttershy's dreams and they were basically taking care of all the critters in her home, watering all of the plants, and then Fluttershy tries to teach Twilight on how to understand the animals and their needs. After visiting her best friends in their dreams, she's feels that she's had enough for one night and decides to call it and go back to her dream.

And as she was walking back to her door, right in the middle of her path, she sees a huge door on the left side and right on the middle of the door... it says; "Princess Celestia" on it. And even though Twilight said to herself that she wasn't going to anypony else's dream anymore, she couldn't help herself but to go inside. After all, it was the princess's door, her mentor, the pony that holds her future, so yeah it was common sense for her to look into her mentor's dream world just to see what she dreams about.

"Uhh... I'm sure she won't mind one bit. I mean, what's the worse that can happen?" And so, with that being said, Twilight opens the door and heads right on in... ...into Princess Celestia's dreams.

Chapter 2: Celestia's Past

As Twilight Sparkle walks into Princess Celestia's dream, she takes witness of all the wonderful things that Celestia dreams about, Twilight was in Canterlot, witnessing princess Celestia in all of her glory and on the side, there was a huge parade in her honor, and almost everypony was there, including Twilight's friends. "Oh wow, this parade looks absolutely magnificent, even the princess looks radiant as usual." Twilight stood around to check out and enjoy the parade for only five minutes, then it was time for her to take a quick look around in her dreams, so far she didn't know where to start, then out of nowhere... there was a door, like the ones before, standing right in front of her. She approaches the door, then right before she was going to open the door, she felt so uneasy about this. Whether if she wanted to go on in or not... "Hmm, I'm not sure if I should do this... I could get in serious trouble for trespassing into her deeper subconscious..."

And then, as she opened the door and walk right inside, she starts to go farther down to subconscious, by heading down some stairs that takes her to straight to princess Celestia's childhood memories. Twilight was unaware of where she was going at first, but then... after going down the stairs, she finally sees another door straight ahead of her, and this door is the one that leads to Twilight Sparkle to princess Celestia's childhood memories, she opens the door and enters inside, so that she can witness what lies on the other side.

As she arrived, Twilight Sparkle wanted to know exactly where she was, she realizes that it was night time, but then she also realized that the stars on the sky were way to close. she was walking around to see where she was and hopefully find the princess real soon, then after taking another step, Twilight looks down and notices that she was on top of the Earth. She was shocked at first, realizing that she was way above the stars, then she tried to take a minute to get adjusted to the fact that she was high up in the stars, then as she turned around, she saw a huge palace right in front of her. And then, she sees another pony right on her left, a filly to be exact. This young filly was a white Alicorn, she had a colorful mane and tail, to Twilight she almost seemed familiar. So she went over there to talk to the pony that was there, then as Twilight starts to talk to the young filly, by telling her where she was at, however she didn't respond at all, then out of nowhere another pony showed up, and this one was much older and majestic looking. He was just a white earth pony, his mane and tail were golden, his mane was long and has a continuous flow, he had royal blue eyes and of course was strange enough about him, is that he doesn't have a cutie mark on him.

"Celestia. Ha ha ha. What are you doing out here, young one?"

Said the majestic white horse, and then young Celestia replied;

Oh, nothing really White Knight. Just sitting here watching the stars.

Afterwards, young Celestia and the White Knight went on back into the palace, leaving Twilight on the outside, but as they went inside, she went to go follow them. Then as Twilight was heading inside the palace, she wanted to know why Celestia couldn't answer her when she talked to her, she kept thinking and at the same time, she was entering inside the palace. When she got in, she took a good look at the inside the palace, it was breathtaking, Twilight Sparkle couldn't believe her eyes. The Palace was much more amazing than Princess Celestia's castle in Canterlot, well more of the same really, but the statues, the glass windows and the foyer... all of it was huge. Let's not forget there were two stairs that lead to the left and right, and straight ahead, was a door that leads to the rest of the Palace. While Twilight was so mesmerized at the Palace's interiors, she overhears White Knight's and young Celestia's conversations. So she went over to them to hear them up close, the White Knight wanted Celestia to go her room and keep an eye on Luna while she's asleep, but Celestia didn't want to stay, instead she wanted to go with him and explore the Earth. But White Knight didn't want Celestia to be apart of his journey into the Earth, mostly because her father; The Black Knight (Who is an Alicorn) will not approve of Celestia going to the Earth. Then she tells him;

"My father doesn't even leave his own room, he's always busy with his work, what makes you think that he'll notice I'm down there?"

And of course, the White Knight tells Celestia that if he did found out, he'll get upset and he also tells her;

"You must understand, Celestia. Your father cares about you and Luna both, he just doesn't want you to get into any trouble." then Celestia replies; "Well if he did care, then why doesn't he spend time with us? He's always spending time on his work than with us."

As she was saying that, she gives out a sad facial expression and rolls her eyes down to the left. Then the White Knight stopped her there;

"Now, Celestia. Don't say such a silly thing. Don't think that your father doesn't want to spend time with you. He does want to really, it's just that he can't find the time at all to do so."

After that, he also tells her that after his work, he'll go straight to Black Knight and tell him to start spending some time with his daughters. And so, White Knight tells Celestia to go back to her room and watch over Luna while he goes to the Earth to do some more research and discovering. However, Celestia tells the White Knight that she wanted to join him on his work down on the Earth, but White Knight kept telling her to stay put until he returns, but she was very persistent... as she tried to pull the cutest face ever in order to persuade the White Knight to reconsider. And after 10 seconds of fighting it, the White Knight gave in and told her that she can come and of course she had to bring baby Luna along for the ride. So now, the White Knight, young Celestia and Baby Luna set off on an adventure to the Earth to check out all the earth ponies, the unicorns and the Pegasi, and of course... there was also Twilight Sparkle who went to go follow them to see what they plan to do on the Earth.

Meanwhile, as they were leaving... right on top of the palace, was the Black Knight watching head down to the Earth. Afterwards, he went back inside the palace, into his private room where he does all of his work. While he was going through his old notes, he goes down to the dungeon grounds, to check in on the prisoners; Ponies who have gone corrupted with hatred and pure evil are all locked up in the Palace's dungeon, where they can't disrupt the peace and harmony, where they can't do any harm on the Earth. As Black Knight was doing his preliminary check up on the prisoners, one prisoner starts talking to the black Knight;

"My, my. If it isn't his majesty, Black Knight. It's been awhile since you came down here to check up on us prisoners. Tell me, what brings you down here on this lovely day?"

Then the Black Knight replies; "Be quiet, prisoner number 275. You will only speak when you are being spoken to, is that clear?"

Then the prisoner started to give him a glance with those red eyes of his, giving him a big smile, and then he said; "Transparently, my dear Black Knight."

This pony prisoner was starting to get on the Black Knight's nerves, but then the Black Knight starts to tell him something rather interesting;

"Prisoner #275, I have something to ask of you. What if I were to tell you that I can grant you your freedom?"

The Prisoner was a little surprised and baffled at what Black Knight just said to him, and then he tells him;

"Grant me, my freedom? Now, Black Knight, what's this all about?"

Afterwards, the Black Knight tells the prisoner that he would offer him freedom, if he swears his obedience to the Black Knight and therefore he would return to his post as the infamous trickster.

"Prisoner #275, how would you like to disrupt the peace with a little... chaos?"

Said the Black Knight and then the prisoner replied; "Oh, how long I've waited to hear those words."

Chapter 3: A Little Master and Student Bonding

The White Knight, young Celestia and baby Luna who was sleeping at the moment, have finally arrived to the Earth. Now, young Celestia was rather curious about what White Knight does around here on the Earth, she starts to ask him on what exactly does he do when he's around here on the grounds, and so he answers to her;

"Well, as you can see, I come down here to keep an eye on the place, making sure that everything stays in place and what not. Gotta make sure that the Earth stays in perfect harmony no? Otherwise somepony might try to upset that perfect harmony with something... well, bad."

After hearing her answer, she realized that this world runs on both ways. There's good, and then there's bad, however she doesn't see any bad things going on at the moment, and that's when White Knight steps in again and tells Celestia that there's so much good in this world that pretty soon, a hint of bad will soon disrupt that goodness and will become something of chaos, corruption and pure hatred. That's why White Knight and Black Knight try their hardest to make sure that everything in the Earth stays in it's place, anything that's out of order... must be captured and restricted from the world, by sending them into a place where they can't do any evil. However, there's a difference on how they protect the Earth, White Knight is all about protecting the Earth and all of it's inhabitants, normally he's in charge of watching over the Earth ponies, while Black Knight watches over the Pegasi and the Unicorns. But, White Knight is all about protecting them all the ponies, for he has a huge heart of gold, he's even thought of bringing the Earth ponies, the Pegasi and the Unicorns together so that they can live well with one another, however the Black Knight will not approve of it though.

He doesn't like the idea of having all the ponies coming together in one room, he thinks that no good can come from it and that it's chaotic and unethical for all three tribes to live together. That's why he built the "Great Divide," in order to keep the three tribes separated, and therefore something like that tends to bother the White Knight. He believes that the Black Knight is very strict and has all these strict rules that he expects everypony in the Earth to abide and for the White Knight to not interfere with those rules. But of course, White Knight will not stand down for this, he'll still listen to his gut and trust his instincts on what he does best, because he believes that this is the right way. And his way is to find something so powerful that can bring the three pony tribes together, and that... is friendship. And while White Knight believes in Friendship, the Black Knight believes in order and perfection, basically his life's work.

"Look, Celestia. I believe in your father, I do. And I've always trusted him with everything, but there's this big picture that he's just not seeing. I have to get him to see, but for some reason when it comes down to it, he turn me away. But other than that, the Black Knight is a good pony, I know that well in my heart."

Afterwards, White Knight quickly changed the subject and proceeded on with the objective, and as for Celestia, she still believes that the White Knight is going to check in on the Earth's low grounds, high grounds and the skies.

"So, master White Knight, how long does this preliminary check go on?"

Then the White Knight started to laugh uncontrollably; "Oh, Celestia my dear, do you still believe that we're going to check on the Earth?"

"Well, if were not... then what are we doing?" After she said that, she started to smile, just a little bit. After all, she was a little nervous of what White Knight is actually going to do.

"Well, if you must know..." Then, he starts to get closer to Celestia; "Keep this between us, okay? But we're actually gonna go get some extra set hooves, if you know what I mean."

After what she had just heard, she was puzzled about what the fact that White Knight is in search for help, then she says to him;

"I don't understand, you're the White Knight. You are the most legendary pony of all of Equestria."

"Well, I may be legendary, Celestia. But that doesn't mean I can't have any- wait. Did you say Equestria?"

Then, after White Knight said that, Celestia had began to blush. She was a little red, but only because the White Knight knew that Celestia had made a little fantasy world for herself, whenever she's having some free time to herself. In her dreams, young Celestia wishes to be a beautiful princess when she gets older and that she would have a kingdom and that the land that she would live in would become "Equestria." And now that her secret has been blown, she tries to deny him and come up with the most ridiculous excuse to cover it up.

"Equestria? What makes you think I said that, I never said such a word. And you can't prove-

"Awww, Are we living in our little worlds again, Celestia?"

She became even more embarrassed than before, but she couldn't come up with any other excuse to continue keeping it a secret. So she starts telling the White Knight about her little magical world, she tells him that one day she's going to grow up to become a princess and her sister would rule alongside her, she was ashamed anymore of having to tell all of this to the White Knight, because she believes that it could happen one day and that she'll do whatever it takes to make it happen.

"Is that so? Well, Princess Celestia, I believe that you will make a fine princess one day. You and Luna both, and that's no lie.

"You really think so?"

After she said that, the White Knight started to giggle a little bit, and then he started to laugh out loud and uncontrollably. And then, after he was done laughing, he replies Celestia's question;

"No, I don't think so..... I know so."

After he said "I don't think so" to Celestia, she was a little shattered at first, but then after he said "I know so," that shattered feeling turned into a warm and fussy feeling, a very passionate feeling. In other words, Celestia was happy to hear that the White Knight believes that Celestia and her sister Luna would become princesses one day, then after that Celestia and the White Knight gave each other hugs. It was a beautiful moment between a master and his student, and as for Luna... well, she was still sleeping during all that, but then she started to wake up and Celestia went over to her comfort her. The smile on Luna's face when she saw her big sister was speechless, it was an adorable moment indeed. And then, when White Knight walked over to the girls, he wanted to see the smile of Luna's up close and personal, then something else happened... when Luna looked at White Knight, she began to say her first word...

"Da- da- Daddy."

Everything got all awkward for White Knight, Luna had confused the White Knight for her father, even Celestia was surprised. But she does believe that Luna has a point, because she told the White Knight;

"You know, she's got a point. In wonderful moments like these, I wish that... you were our father."

After that, White Knight kept staring at the girls, he was a little sad and also, happy to hear what Celestia had said. He had dropped a single tear from his right eye, but he kept a smile on his face, as he always does. And then they all huddled together for one great hug. It was a happy moment for all of them, even Twilight was standing there watching them the whole time, having their beautiful moment together.

"Oh wow, this is just a touching moment. The White Knight must be a really nice guy, based on what I've seen so far." Said Twilight.

Then she started to tear up as well, and she also says that it's no wonder why Twilight has a wonderful teacher, she was who she is now and it was all because of him... the majestic White Knight.

Chapter 4: The Black Knight's Proposal

After White Knight and Celestia had their talk, We go up to the skies and see the Black Knight spying on them, he was a bit disgusted when he had overheard the conversation between Celestia and White Knight and afterwards, he went back to the palace located in the stars. As he was flying back to the palace and entering inside, he automatically heads down to his private chambers, where he can resume his conversation with prisoner #275 about his freedom and his task on spreading chaos on the Earth. The pony prisoner looked like he was rather impatient, because he kept on waiting on the Black Knight's return, and now that he has returned, their private conversation will now continue. So the pony prisoner opens up first by saying;

"Aw, Geez, Black Knight! It's about time you showed up, how long do you intend to keep me waiting here, I mean what took you so long? I was so bored, that I thought I was going to wither away to nothing if you didn't returned."

"Silence, worm. Need I remind you once again that you will speak when you are spoken to?"

"Well, aren't we a bit rude? And here I thought that you were suppose to be good. But here we are, discussing our terms."

This was starting to irritate Black Knight and was about to yell at him, but then he hold back his anger and replied to the prisoner in a more sophisticated manner;

"Ha, ha ha. Do you want to go back to your cell so that you can deal with the rest of the pony prisoners talk about how they could have, would have and should have, over and over again?"

After Black Knight's remark, the pony prisoner #275 started to chuckle lightly and then he said;

"Touché, Black Knight, you clever and twisted pony."

After going back and forth with each other, Black Knight starts off with his proposal by telling the pony prisoner that if he's in need of getting out of the dungeon forever, he must participate in an experiment that he's conducting at the moment, he also tells him that the experimentation will take about at least, three years or so. But it will all be worth it when the three years come by and the Pony prisoner will be free at last, and that's all that prisoner #275 can think about. But he was upset that he has to be stuck with Black Knight for the next three years, he wanted to leave the palace and wreak some chaos on the Earth right away. But the Black Knight insists on getting prisoner #275 to go on with the experiment or he'll wind up back in the dungeon, so prisoner #275 decides to go along with Black Knight's proposal, because it's the only way for him to enjoy the freedom that he so desires after being locked up for so long. So now, the pony prisoner tells the Black Knight about what kind of an experiment does he have planned for him, then Black Knight starts telling the prisoner about his previous life as a horrendous trickster and what awful pranks that he had pulled off against the other ponies;

"Hmm... well, in your previous life, you used to pull pranks on everypony no? And you only did it because all you ever wanted, was a good laugh, am I correct?"

"Oh yes, a whole lot better when you explained it."

"No need for sarcasm, you lowly pile of dirt." Said the Black Knight in a dark tone, then he tells him that if the prisoner enjoys a good laugh, then he'll die of laughter when he tells him that he can do more better than what he did previously. The experiment is something that Black Knight has been working on for quite a while, and then Black Knight tells the prisoner that he is most suited for it. Nopony's personality, behavior and talent isn't as greater than 275's, in fact... it is the main reason why Black Knight chose him. But then again, he's only saying that as a form of a charm, so that the prisoner will say yes to Black Knight's proposal, and so he did and then, Black Knight tells him what he needs him to do.

"It's very simple really, you are going back out there to cause your usual chaos onto the Earth, but you also need to be a little more... creative when your having fun out there. You see, I only want you to do this to set an example for the White Knight, so that he'll know what happens when he tries to ruin order and perfection, by bringing Unicorns, Pegasi and Earth ponies, together as one. It's absurd, how the three can come together and still bring peace, nothing good can come from it, and there's a reason why I made the Great Divide, it will upset the balance and therefore will bring chaos and disharmony. And that's where *you** come in... prisoner #275."*

After explaining this to the old pony prisoner, he was rather delighted to take part in this play, because when he heard that Black Knight wants him to do this as a form of a lesson that White Knight needs to learn, the prisoner sees it as getting the White Knight back for stopping him and his tricks and locking him away.

"Oh, Black Knight, you are such an evil and twisted Alicorn pony that I have ever met. And if this is all for the White Knight, then... count me in. I would love to get my revenge on that silly, joy-bringing, laughs-a-lot, goody four-shoes White Knight! He'll think twice for tricking a trickster! Ha ha ha ha ha ha! But wait, how exactly is this going to be done?"

Black Knight replies; "Well, as you can see... using my magic, I'm in the process of creating yet another species, one that doesn't even exist... well, not yet anyway. It is going to be a creature made entirely out of multiple animal body parts."

"Well, Black Knight. It seems like you are going to create an abomination." Said the Prisoner

Exactly, this creature symbolizes the meaning of chaos, every part is out of order, not everything is in it's proper place, it's imperfection. And you are going to be a part of it.

After the prisoner heard that he was going to become what the Black Knight is going to create, he was a little nervous at first, but then when Black Knight mentioned the powers that will come with it, he soon became satisfied, that evil smile of his says it all. After all, what's on his mind right now is getting payback at the White Knight, so no matter what happens to the prisoner, nothing will clear him of his thoughts of revenge. And as for the Black Knight, he finally got himself a live subject to use his magic to create the creature that he wants to use to show White Knight what happens when he goes against order and perfection. So now, Black Knight steps out of his chambers, walking down the corridors, savoring the moment of his new creation, that will change history forever. Then as he steps out the palace, he starts to walk slowly on the grounds, and then stops at the gap and stares down the Earth, looking at all the pony folk and all the animals down there, living together in perfect harmony. Then after that, he savors another moment and then he confidently says;

"Pretty soon, this world will be mine to rule. I shall bring peace to this world, order and perfection will be restored."

Chapter 5: The Origin of the Elements of Harmony

While 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."

Chapter 6: Meeting with McAllister

While our young and studious Unicorn; Twilight Sparkle is still learning more about Celestia's past, we go to Spike who is out walking in the woods, only to find McAllister's hut so that he can meet with him and ask him some questions about how he knows Spike. So far as he was walking, he was looking at the map and keeping an eye out, but then he tripped on something and fell flat on his face. When he got back up, some of his stuff had broke, he looked inside his bag and everything was all crushed. He was so a little mad and what's worse, strong wind started blowing at his direction, causing the map to fly away and Spike chasing after it. Spike was running real fast so that he can chase the map, but the map was moving faster than he was, it was already useless going after it, but he insists on chasing after it because he needs it to navigate the woods with ease. Unfortunately for Spike, the map got away, and what's even worse... he had already lost direction.

So now he has to get back on track, he had been walking through the woods for about 2 minutes,  he starts to notice that some parts of the woods are familiar and plus it was dark out. Spike has been practically walking in circles, he was a little upset that he got lost in the woods, and at the same time, he was also scared because he heard strange noises from a distance. The sooner he finds McAllister's hut, the better chances he'll be safe he said, but he was far off to McAllister's hut than ever before, so Spike had only one thing to do, and that was remember how he got to the hut last time.

So, as he tries to think back on how he got to McAllister's hut in the first place, he's still hearing strange noises in the farther distance of the woods, therefore he had lost his concentration and got scared quickly. As he was standing there all scared, the noises started to get closer, Spike was becoming even more frightened to where his teeth are chattering, his eyes were twitching and his whole body started shaking. Even though he was scared, he still tried to speak out who was out there;

"Uh, wh- wh-who's out there? Hello, anypony out there?"

But no response has made, except the noises sounded really close, then Spike started to hear something making steps, and it was coming towards him. Then, Spikes notices a shadow-y figure coming this way, and then he started screaming and began to make a break for it. Little did he know though... is that it was McAllister that was making those noises and was the shadow-y figure that was walking towards Spike as he was walking out of the shadows. McAllister was so confused as to why Spike would run away from him, he started chuckling and then he said;

"Well, geez Spike, where's the fire bro?"

And then after he said that, he turned back around and went back to the shadows. Meanwhile, Spike was still running for his life, he was freaking out big time because he couldn't stop screaming, poor fella. If only he knew who it was, he wouldn't be freaking out so much as he is now, and as he continues to run, he looks back to see if the shadow-y figure was still following after him. But nothing was following him anymore, so Spike was a little relieved to see that whatever it was that was following him is gone, then as turns his head back to the front, he finally bumps into McAllister. Spike was on the ground and out of it for a bit, but then when he got back up and shook off the dizziness, he sees McAllister in front of him and was happy to see a "friendly face" as he puts it. And now that they are together at last, they can finally head back to the hut and gets some snacks and refreshments and not only that, Spike can finally ask those questions that he had been holding on until now.

After that long walk in the woods, the boys finally made it to the hut, they were excited to finally come home after such a dreadful walk, they can finally get some grub. As McAllister and Spike enter into the hut, Spike notices some changes on the inside since the last time he went in. He starts telling McAllister that if he's been doing some renovations around the hut, McAllister replied to his answer with;

"Why, yes I did. I figured I could renovate this place up a bit, I would have more guests. But since then, I haven't gotten a single guest... well, up until now that is. What brings you here Spike?"

"Well, I came here to ask you some questions, McAllister. That is, if you don't mind me asking."

"Of course I don't mind, Go right on ahead, ask away."

Then, Spike starts to think on which question to ask McAllister first, considering that he has so many, he doesn't know which one to pick, and he doesn't want to get personal with McAllister either. So the first question that he opens up with, is how McAllister knows Spike's name before he could even get the chance to introduce himself. McAllister response to that question was exactly as he told him before; "Before, After, it's all the same, Spike." But Spike sees it as much more than that, in fact he believes that he and McAllister may have met before at some point in time, but he doesn't remember such a thing though, and he is hoping that McAllister would remember if they have met previously. "Nope, can't help you there." Said McAllister, and of course he still tries to pull that before/after deal and Spike still doesn't buy it. He still believes that he knows something and doesn't want to share it, so he continues on with the questions. The next question was; why is he the only pony that doesn't have a cutie mark, and another question he asked; why does live all alone in the woods, and at the same time... he's hoping that McAllister would answer his first question sometime soon.

"Well, it's just as I said before... I still can't figure out what my true talent is and plus, I only live in isolation because I don't have time to communicate with the pony folk and make friends, far too busy for that."

"Ha! Do you expect me to believe that?"

"No, not really, even you're not that gullible. But I'm still not going to tell you the truth, to be honest with you, you aren't even ready for it just yet."

Spike was confused, what does he mean by the truth Spike thought to himself, he continued to convince him to tell him anyway, by all means necessary and McAllister still refused him and that he told him that if Spike knew what McAllister knows, then everything will change, Spike's life will turn upside down if McAllister came clean about what he knows. After all, he fears that things will change if Spike knew right away, so he asks him to leave. But Spike wasn't going anywhere, he needed to know what McAllister was hiding, even if he had to plead and beg him to tell him everything. McAllister saw the glance in Spike's eyes, McAllister didn't have any other choice but to confess, in his head, he believes that he will regret telling him everything, but that didn't seem to matter anymore. So he will only tell Spike on one critical condition;

"Okay, Spike. If you want to know the truth about me, then you'll have to sit down for it because it's a long story. And I will only tell you one condition okay? You have to promise me that after you leave this hut, you must not repeat what I have said to you. Nopony needs to know about this, I don't want them to know, so you can't tell your friends, your acquaintances, and you cannot tell the princesses either."

After telling Spike his condition, Spike solemnly swears to McAllister that he won't say a word to anyone, but for how long will Spike keeps quiet about he's about to hear, when will the time come when Spike does break his promise and then the whole world will know, that what's swirling around in McAllister's head right now. But for right now, he and Spike sit down and McAllister begins to confess everything to Spike... starting with who he really is.

Chapter 7: Keepers of the Elements Pt. 1

Now then, we finally move on with Twilight's side of the story here, she's about ready to finally meet the soon to be keeper of the element of kindness. And there he was, flying gently towards the White Knight, Celestia and Luna. Wintergreen was a little curious to why White Knight would visit his forest, Wintergreen opens up the conversation with the White Knight's presence in Haven forest and for what reasons might he have here.

"Well, as you may know Wintergreen... I came here to how the spirit of kindness is doing and further more, I want you to join me in my quest in changing the world for the better."

When the Wise Wintergreen heard about White Knight's proposal, he was a little spooked at first, and he wonders why he wants him to join White Knight in this quest of his. I'd love to... Said Wintergreen in a gentle tone, and after he said; "he'd love to," he also told the White Knight that he would have to decline on his request to change the world. And only because he would have to decline is that he still has his forest to take good care of, and all of the inhabitants (animals) in the forest also need taking care of as well. This comes to show that Wintergreen is indeed the spirit of kindness, Twilight thought. And of course with that being said alone, White Knight understood why Wintergreen could join him now, but he does hope that Wintergreen would at least visit him so that they can get together like old times. And then, as Wintergreen was about to go back to tending the care of the animals and plant life, a tan colored bunny shows up all freaked out and such and informs Wintergreen that the Snake is picking a fight with the Squirrel. Celestia was a little surprised to actually hear the bunny talk, even Twilight was much more surprised to hear the talking bunny herself. Then the bunny hops up to White Knight and others;

"Ahh, good day. What a lovely day we're having is it not? I'm actually a little parched, and a tad hungry. By the way, I'm Fluffaluffages, Mr. Fluffaluffages. And might pray tell who you all might be? And White Knight, good to see you again, how've you been on this lovely day?"

Then White Knight starts introducing Fluffaluffages to his company; "Fluffaluffages, this little filly here is Celestia, isn't she wonderful? And this precious little baby Alicorn here is Luna. After the introductions, White Knight starts making baby faces at Luna just because he loves seeing her laughing with joy. Wintergreen starts getting Fluffaluffages back on the subject at hand, telling him what was going on with the squirrel and the snake, and Fluffaluffages repeatedly told Wintergreen that the snake and squirrel were fighting for any reason unknown. Then Wintergreen heads to the forest to check out the fight, leaving with White Knight, Celestia, Luna and Twilight Sparkle to follow Wintergreen just to see what Wintergreen is going to do to stop the fight. When the gang had finally arrived, Wintergreen steps in to stop the fight, and White Knight tells them;

"Stick around girls, you're about to see why Wintergreen is the head honcho of Haven forest"

So the girls are about to see what Wintergreen is all about here in Haven forest, as the snake and the squirrel are still bickering and fighting each other, Wintergreen steps in and starts to straighten things out between them. He starts asking them what the problem was, the squirrel started speaking to Wintergreen in squirrel-talk, after that the snake gave his side of the story. After hearing both sides of the story, Wintergreen decides to come up with a compromise for the both of them. He tells them to make up, shake hand and tail, work things out and put whatever caused them to get angry in the first place behind them.

"Now then, I want you two to apologize, put this little fight under the bridge and never bring it up again, okay? I don't want my friends to have to fight, violence never solved anything and it never will, we're all about expressing kindness and giving kindness, nothing more."

After having said that, the girls had seen why Wintergreen is in charge, he knows what the animals want and what they need, he knows how to sort out conflicts and put a stop to them before they get worse, and plus his heart is in the right direction. Wintergreen is all about Kindness and he just demonstrated his acts of kindness, even Twilight saw how kind Wintergreen the wise can be. But before he even became the Wise Wintergreen, he was a young Pegasus pony who's head was below the clouds. He never did fly up into the skies like all the other Pegasi, in fact he always flew in midair where the surface was close enough. And of course, he was teased for it, every Pegasi would make fun of him because of the fact that, he's afraid of heights. And instead of fighting them about his problem, he would actually agree to them that he's afraid of heights, he would never let the other Pegasi get the best of him, he knows his owns flaws and doesn't care because he is who he is and he's proud of it. Unlike the other Pegasi, Wintergreen was an orphan Pegasus, he never knew his family at all and was forced to live on his own and of course, he's done well for himself and plus he's made friends on the surface, but with animals and not other ponies. Wintergreen's cutie mark is a green leaf and like the leaf, he too is very gentle, soft, fragile and can glide smoothly while in midair. Not only that, he also takes care of the trees, the plants and the animal life that surrounds the whole forest.

After fixing up the mess between the squirrel and the snake, Wintergreens directs his attention to White Knight and his offer in joining him on the quest, he did say that he didn't want to be apart of what the White Knight does on his spare time or what he's doing at the moment. After all, Wintergreen has a lot to do in the forest and he can't just drop it that easily, the forest itself... is his home, in fact the only place he can call home. White Knight understands why Wintergreen can't just leave, in fact he even apologizes for asking him on assisting White Knight on a quest. After that, White Knight and Wintergreen the Wise went their separate ways for the time being and the whole group headed out to meet with another friend of White Knights.

Then, as they were leaving, Celestia tells White Knight; "You know, he seems certain that he's going to stay in the forest and not help you."

"Oh no, it's okay. Eventually, Wintergreen will change his mind, it's only matter a time. We've been friends for a long while now and he's bound to help me real soon. I believe in him, and whatever I'm doing, I can't do it without him." Replied the White Knight.

And of course, Twilight Sparkle already knows why he wants Wintergreen to join him on his "Quest", because without him and White Knight's other friends being present, the Elements of Harmony would be incomplete. So after the chat between the White Knight and Wintergreen, Twilight proceeded to follow White Knight and the others to find the next soon to be keeper of the elements.

After Wintergreen's visit at the Haven forest, White Knight, Celestia, Luna and Twilight Sparkle were all going up on top of the mountains to meet with the soon to be keeper of the element of Generosity: Madam Krystal. Madam Krystal lives on the highest part of the mountains and right on top of the mountains is a huge castle. Oh yes she had fortune like no other royal figure, she had subjects who worshipped her because of her gracious acts of generosity.

But of course before they could arrive, White Knight tells the girls about how Madam Krystal used to be a young peasant pony who lived in a small hut, with barely any food to provide for her and her family, she would try to do anything whatsoever to provide food, water and a better roof over their heads, she would give anything of value to get something that she and her family need in exchange, but it wasn't enough. And then, the royal guard came to her home and asked them to vacate their home, afterwards they had no home and Krystal was even more upset. She would always go to out to the open fields to be alone and cry, he had never been so sad in her whole life and she fears that there are no ponies out there who are even generous as she is. But then, the White Knight appeared to her and tried to comfort her, he also gave her a gift; a crystal rose to be exact. She was stoked to see an actual crystal rose right before her eyes, and that this white colt was actually giving it to her, she then accepted the rose, hugged the White Knight and thanked him for it. The White Knight also tells her that she has a special gift that can bring joy to other ponies, she had the ability to conjure up crystals and other gems from the ground and ever since then, she's been training herself to conjure up one crystal.

When she finally conjured up her first crystal, she thought that she can use the crystal to trade in for food and water, so she did and she got so much from that one crystal. And so, as she was going home, she notices that there were younger ponies that were starving, and even though the food was meant for her and her family, she couldn't help but to give some to those little ponies. She gave them two snacks each so that they can be filled up right away and of course she still had enough for her and her family.

"Afterwards, she had continued to practice her jewel conjuring spells so that she can give away in exchange for food, water and possibly a roof over their heads. And pretty soon, she became so popular with her special talent and she earned her cutie mark. And that cutie mark happens to be a heart-shaped crystal, and that's because she's that generous." Said the White Knight as he finished the story about Madam Krystal and plus, the story telling managed to kill time because they had already arrived to her castle.

The White Knight walks up to the front gate, he started knocking on the gate hoping for Krystal to answer, and just as the girls were headed towards the gate, the gates had finally opened and they all headed inside. White Knight was a little excited to see how Madam Krystal turned out to be after his last visit with her, then she had finally arrived and when she saw White Knight, she got incredibly excited to see his face and ran over to him to give him a hug. As she was running, she yelled out the White Knight's name and bam, there came the hug. Afterwards she gave a nervous laugh and stepped away from and resumed to her lady-like behavior.

"Oh, goodness gracious. White Knight, you're actually here, in my castle. What brings you here and who are these two lovely fillies with you?"

"These two lovely fillies happen to be Celestia and Luna." replied the White Knight.

After the introductions, White Knight and Madam Krystal started to catch up on old times, Twilight was amazed to see this castle, it's much more decorative than the palace in the stars, but other than that... Krystal has a really good taste in castle designs. As WK and Krystal were talking about their previous encounters, Celestia starts to fly up to get on top of White Knight's back and hold on to him. As a little filly, she tends to cling onto the only pony she likes and at the same time, she's keeping an eye on Krystal. Even though they're the best of friends, young Celestia feels that Krystal might actually like "like" White Knight, causing her to be jealous and protective of him because he's the only friend that she has. But of course, Celestia has nothing to worry about really, Krystal and WK will always be friends and nothing more. But there is the fact that White Knight has been seeing an Earth Pony and no one, not even the girls know about this mysterious mare that White Knight is seeing, but that's another story.

"So, what brings you here in my castle, White Knight?" Says Madam Krystal.

Then the White Knight replies to her the same thing that he told Wintergreen; "Krystal, I was wondering that if you would be interested in joining me in a quest, or well in a little something that I'm putting up together and trust me, I can't do this without you."

After hearing the White Knight's proposal, Madam Krystal says yes and after she said yes, the White Knight says to her that he'll be coming back for her soon and that he has to get the others to say yes to his proposal. Madam Krystal is aware that she isn't the only one that the White Knight is going to with this proposal of his and that the White Knight tends to bring the rest of her old friends together for something really big. After that, White Knight was excited to hear her say yes and so he and the girls had already left the castle to move on to the next soon to be keeper of the elements.

Chapter 8: Keepers of the Elements Pt. 2

After the meeting with Madam Krystal, White Knight and the girls head out to meet with another of White Knight's friends. This time they are about to meet the soon to be keeper of the element of Honesty: Solara otherwise known as the Mare of the Flame. Before they could meet Solara, White Knight warns Celestia to be honest when she's around Solara. Solara is a very unique Earth pony, she can tell whether anypony is telling the truth or not and this is how; Whenever a pony tells the truth, she can feel the warmness in them and whenever a pony lies she can feel the cold, chilling sensation in them. She can also feel the warmness and coolness in her whenever she tells the truth or whenever she lies, so when they do arrive, they have to be completely honest. And even if they were to tell a little white lie, Solara can still feel a slight chill from the pony who lies. Now, before they could even go meet the Mare of the Flame, White Knight starts talking about Solara from when she was young and from the first day she and White Knight met.

Way before Solara was young, she was always adventurous and outgoing almost all of the time, she would never stay put in one spot for more than one measly minute. She enjoys traveling to different places, doing all sorts of daring things and meet new ponies along the way. However, there was always one little flaw with Solara, she would stand out on the crowd, there were always these other ponies teasing her for being different and one day these three ponies were treating her awfully because she was so different. Then only then she had started to get angry, the flames were starting to ignite because she can feel the heat within them.

Ignited with jealousy, causing her to ignite with anger and then as she was about to fight them, White Knight stepped in to stop her from doing so and tell the other ponies to back off and leave her be. Solara was still upset at them and at White Knight for having to interfere with the fight and telling the other three to leave, she even told him; "Why would you interrupt me like that, I was about to take on those jerks for teasing me like that! This doesn't even involve you in anyway, so why would you intervene?"

"I only intervened, to protect those boys... and to protect you. You have a special gift, however it can be seen as a threat to others and you shouldn't let anypony like them treat you like that, it's not nice really. And you should know that they only tease you like that because they're jealous of you, some ponies often are to others." Replied the White Knight.

After hearing that, Solara felt the warmness inside White Knight's heart, she knew that he was telling the truth and for that, she believed him. After that, the White Knight asked her if she wanted to join him and climbing up the mountains and of course she took him up on that offer, so the two went climbing on the mountains, she even challenged him to see which pony would get up first. They were climbing real quickly, Solana was so determined to get their first before White Knight would, and then as she finally got to the top, she was sure that she had won the challenge, she had given it her all and then she jumped to the top. She was excited, but then she heard a voice from behind her and then as she turned around and saw the White Knight on the highest platform of the mountain. She couldn't believe her eyes, she wanted to know how he got to the top so quickly, she was sure that she made it first before White Knight did. Then White Knight jumps down to the platform that Solana was on and tells her;

"Oh, come now. It's not about winning, it's about fun when it comes to competitions. How I got up here is of no matter."

After that, Solara and White Knight went down to the ground and had themselves a little picnic and were discussing things back and forth, they were having a good time and what not and then White Knight starts to teach her about self-control, especially whenever she starts to get angry, because that anger of hers is a real problem. So he tries almost everything to make sure that her anger stays in check and of course he tells her that if she's ever going to use her anger, she can only use it whenever White Knight or her friends are in trouble. Then she tells White Knight that she doesn't have any friends, and the White Knight replies; "Not yet, anyway." and then he gave her a quick smile. And then, right after he left, she was also happy, she was sure that she'll make friends one day and that she had already made one. And right out of nowhere... her cutie mark had appeared and it appears to be a yin-yang like cutie mark. The red part meaning the fire that she can feel, and the blue part meaning the ice that she tends to avoid feeling. Believe it or not, Ice is her only weakness and of course the more cold she feels, she freeze up and never be thawed unless somepony was there to comfort her in warmth with friendship and love.

After White Knight had finished his story with how he met Solara and how special she can be, Celestia was really impressed about her, including Twilight Sparkle most of all. After hearing her special talent, she had to meet this mare of the flame. As they finally arrive into the open fields, all they have to do was wait for Solara to show up, Celestia is still a little nervous about rather Solara can actually tell whenever a pony is lying or not, then the White Knight tells her that she has nothing to worry about at all and that they just need to be honest is all. Then finally, Solara shows up from out of nowhere, she was really happy to see the White Knight after so long, they gave each other hugs and White Knight started to introduce Solara to young Celestia and baby Luna.

Solara starts her introduction with; "Nice to meet you two, I'm Solara, also known as the Mare of the Flame. Feel free to ask me anything, I promise I won't lie. As long as you promise not to lie to me."

Then after the introductions, the White Knight starts to ask Solara if she can join him on a little something that involves her and the other four, he wants her to play a role and she's wondering what kind of a role is White Knight trying to get her to play. White Knight wanted to give her the full story, but he wants her meet up with in the next three days in an old hut located in the neck of the woods so that she'll be able to get a full story later. She wasn't sure if she wanted to join or not, but the White Knight insist on getting her to join and that what he's doing will change the world for the better. As she was hearing him out, she knows that he speaks the truth, so she tells him; "Three days. Give me three days to think this through okay?" After that White Knight decided to take her answer as a maybe. Afterwards, she decides to take off because she's late for another session with a few other friends of hers and as for White Knight and the gang, they proceeded to find their fourth soon to be keeper of the elements.

If they plan to meet with the fourth soon to be keeper, they would have to fly up to the skies and into the cloud kingdom to find the soon to be keeper of the element of Loyalty. Celestia asks White Knight that she's not ready to fly up to the skies just yet, but the White Knight trusts that she'll be fine and plus he'll be right on by her side no matter what, so if she started to fall, then White Knight will be there to catch her before she falls. And so as baby Luna is on White Knight's back, both White Knight and Celestia start to fly up in midair, she was still a little afraid and getting used to her wings, but as she was focusing on White Knight, she had nothing to be afraid of anymore. So they both were starting to fly up to the Cloud Kingdom, but before they could even get any higher, White Knight notices that the pony he's looking for is already on the ground. Afterwards they both gently landed on the ground and walked towards the Pegasus pony.

"Hey hey hey. If it isn't the Blue Flash, how's life in the Pegasus royal army and uh, what brings ya down here... and what happened to your wings?" Said the White Knight.

The Blue Flash replied; "Oh, hey. It's you, White Knight. What brings you here?" Thinking that he can quickly change the subject like that, but of course the White Knight is still stuck on the subject on why Blue Flash has fake wings. So Blue Flash has no choice but to come clean with the White Knight about what's going on from where it all began.

As it turns out, the Blue Flash was exiled from the Cloud Kingdom due to disobedience, apparently he was told to stay put in case anything were to happen then they'll call for him, but his good friend was already out there in battle and losing. All he could care about was his good friend, even though he was loyal to the royal Pegasus army, he would rather go out there to save his friend and the other fallen troops than having to stay put and wait to be called into battle. So he just rushed out there to save them and take out the opposition, what he did was heroic however... to his commanding officers it was an act of rebellion. But to the Blue Flash, it was an act of true loyalty, he would never leave his friends out there hanging, so he did what he had to do because it was the right thing to do. Unfortunately for Blue Flash, there were consequences for his actions; with the help of the Unicorns and their magic, they used a spell to extract Blue Flash's wings so that he will have no need to fly anymore and then, the Pegasi council has decided to banish Blue Flash from the Cloud Kingdom and onto the ground. where he can live the life of a Earth Pony.

After his banishment, Blue Flash had to face the facts that he doesn't have his wings anymore so he can't go back to the skies, he was upset that he was kicked out and now that he has no home to go back to, he has to find new home else where. During his time on the ground, Blue Flash had been walking nonstop for at least three days, he was really sad that the council had to clip his wings and what's worse for him, is that he can't go see his family, his friends and the one he loves waiting for him to come home. Then, three weeks after going through such tragedy because of what he had done, he finally decides to clear his mind of his past and fight back. So he starts to draw different wing designs on the dirt, Blue Flash plans to make himself a new set of wings, just so he can go back to Cloud Kingdom only to see his wife one last time.

So, he spends his day and night, just finding the materials he needs to make himself some prosthetic wings just for him, and hopes that they'll be able to work for him, that's why he tends to make as much of them in order to find out which one works better. And while he's creating his new wings, he was going through his flashbacks of when he was young.

The flashback starts off with Blue Flash when he was young, looking up to his father; the commander of the Royal Pegasus army; the Blue Storm. Then it moves up when little Blue Flash and White Knight having their odd meeting, then Blue Flash when he was a teen, ready to leave home to serve the army, telling his mother goodbye and promises her that he'll return. After that it moved up when he met his first friend in the army; Hurricane, and then when he met the mare that he fell in love with. Afterwards, his first prosthetic wings were finally finished and has decided to give them out for a test drive, the first test didn't work out so well, but he did go back to the drawing board. After explaining his situation to the White Knight, White Knight helps him out.

"You know, I could help you get back your wings." Says the White Knight.

"How can you help, exactly?" Replied Blue Flash.

White Knight then tells Blue Flash that he is going to go see another friend of theirs and the last soon to be keeper of the elements of Harmony. Blue Flash starts to wonder which of his friends that White Knight is about to go see; Well, I'm about to go see our good ol' friend; Merlon. says the White Knight.

"Merlon... Merlon Magic? That insane Unicorn Sorcerer? No way, White Knight. That pony is trouble."

And of course, the White Knight decides to take his chances anyway and head over to the caverns to find Merlon Magic, however he wants Celestia and Luna to stay put and wait for his return. But Celestia doesn't want to stay put, she wanted to go to the Caverns with White Knight, although White Knight would argue with Celestia about this, he then decides to let her to come with her, but she has to stay close with White Knight and not get separated. Blue Flash didn't want to go with them so he decides to take off, then White Knight informs Blue Flash that he'll be back to tell him about his offer and Blue Flash will be waiting. So for right now, White Knight, Celestia, Luna and Twilight Sparkle head out to the caverns the find the "insane unicorn sorcerer;" Merlon Magic.

Chapter 9: The Insane Unicorn Sorcerer, Merlon Magic

While they're on their way to see Merlon Magic, Celestia starts asking questions on what Merlon is like personally, White Knight then tells her all there is to know about Merlon; he starts off with Merlon being the greatest Unicorn sorcerer of all time, he's learned all sorts of magic in the world, he's even made some spells of his own and he was very studious almost all the time. Merlon Magic was the pride of the Unicorn tribe, however he wasn't very social with other ponies, he liked to keep himself in isolation because communication with the outside world is considered a distraction, so he stays cooped up in his old castle which by the way has now been abandoned for quite a while. But before it had been abandoned, his castle had everything in it, including things that he had created by using magic. He was most gifted indeed, although along side that, also comes with being a little whacky.

With his level of expertise, he was able to reach levels of knowledge and power that are incomprehensible to others, and that alone made Merlon Magic insane, at least that's what the other Unicorns labeled him as. There were some things that he has done that the other Unicorns would consider to be forbidden, Merlon had a plan that could change the world and would require old dark magic to use it. When the other Unicorns discover that one of his plans involve the uses of dark magic, they send in the guards to arrest him and the council would strip him of his magic by removing his horn and lock him away in the caverns where he will never see the light of day. After they locked him away, the Unicorns had confiscated all of his belongs, that also included his projects  and then they condemned his castle.

After overhearing what the White Knight had mentioned about Merlon Magic and all the things that he had done, Twilight Sparkle was totally moved on how Merlon operated. She felt that she and Merlon were one in the same, or at least they were until Twilight made room for other ponies in her life, learning the lessons of friendship and hearing  that Merlon never made any friends of his own sounded kinda depressing. However she was a little curious on how Blue Flash knew about Merlon Magic, perhaps at one point White Knight also met Merlon and introduced him to the others, it was most likely possible, although after hearing Merlon's story... he's not the friend making type. And so now that arrived to the caves that lead straight to the caverns where Merlon Magic is being held, she's about to see what he's like... up close and personal.

"All right girls, we're about to head inside the caverns. We can't let anypony know that we're here, let alone what were about to do in the caverns. So.. got your lips sealed?" Says the White Knight.

Celestia then replies to the White Knight; "Yes, White Knight. Our lips are indeed sealed." After she said that, she tried to be serious, but she couldn't stop giggling. Only because of the fact that that they were sneaking around to meet with Merlon, even baby Luna was giggling and babbling because she too was excited. And all that giggling even got Twilight smiling and giggling a little. Anyways, after all that giggling, they all finally head inside the cave. As they were walking further in, the cave then started to get darker, they could barely see a thing and then Celestia detects some light straight ahead. The gang started following it and as they were getting closer to the light, a quick turn and they saw a bunch of crystals sticking out the sides. White Knight notices that the crystals are in a line, as if they actually guide a pathway through the cave, so White Knight and the others started following the crystals... hopefully the crystals would lead them straight to Merlon.

"These crystals sure are bright, White Knight. And they're beautiful as well." Said Celestia in a gentle tone. After she said that the crystals were bright and beautiful, baby Luna was mesmerized at the crystals and started talking to her sister about the crystals.

Celestia.. my sister. these crystals... they look.. amazing. After Luna had spoken, she gave a smile to Celestia. Even Celestia was surprised to hear her baby sister talk, she was happy to hear her baby sister's voice.

"Luna, do you want to take one of these crystals home with you?" Says the White Knight.

"Wait, I can... have one?" replied Luna in a surprised tone.

"Why sure you can have one, you said it yourself; they are amazing. Take one, you too Celestia." said the White Knight.

"Thank you, White Knight." said both Celestia and Luna simultaneously.

And so the girls decided to take out one crystal each so that they can keep for themselves, afterwards the group have finally reached their destination. There, just right ahead... was Merlon Magic; the Unicorn Sorcerer, inside a magic barrier and each hoof shackled, his head down and his eyes closed. "White Knight, is that him... is that Merlon Magic?" Whispered Celestia, then White Knight whispers back to the girls that it is indeed Merlon Magic. However, White Knight is curious about why Merlon would trapped inside a magical barrier, his horn had been removed and therefore he can't use his magic. Something rather odd was going on and the White Knight suspects that there might be something unusual. So, as they start walking towards Merlon, Merlon was able to sense hoof steps headed this way and as they were getting closer, Merlon speaks out; "Huh, Who's there? Show yourself." After he spoke out to his intruders, White Knight and the girls show up from the shadows so that Merlon can get a closer look.

"My Goodness... now there's a face I haven't seen in a while. The legendary White Knight, I would say it's good to see you again but... sadly for you, I don't like you. Your odd and puzzling behavior scares me, I could never understand you really, I dislike ponies that I can't read out with ease. Anyhoo, what brings you down here anyway? Don't the guards even know your here?" Said Merlon.

"Ha ha ha ha. Ah, it's good to see you too, Merlon. So, what have you been up to during your imprisonment? Oh and by the way, what's the deal with the barrier?" Replied the White Knight.

"This barrier was constructed in case I ever try to make a break for it, considering that I can break out of these shackles no problem, but the thing is... I don't intend to leave here. I like it here, it's so isolating, so peaceful and darker than my castle. I never want to leave these caverns, I feel like this is where I need to be."

"Well, that's going to be a problem. Because you see, I came down here to ask you to come join me on something that I'm putting up together. And I can't do this without you, you are the final crucial element for what I have in store."

"Crucial element you say, something you're putting up together you said? Well I can say is that, whatever you have in store for me, cannot be good or will not end well."

Then, the White Knight and Merlon kept going back and forth on White Knight's proposal, White kept convincing him to help him do this, and Merlon continued to refuse him. Things weren't going too well for White Knight, so he decides to persuade Merlon, by telling him that while he's helping White Knight, he'll be able to pick up where he left off and resume on his research for more knowledge of the world and develop new kinds of magic, and of course he'll have his own quarters to do his work in private and perhaps an assistant if he's interested in one. And then, after hearing the White Knight's conditions, Merlon finally says yes to White Knight's proposal and asks him to cut off the barrier while he gets out of the shackles.

"You may be an odd character, White Knight... but I'll admit, you drive a hard bargain. And even though I can't read you, you sure can read me. You know my wants and needs in the back of your hoof."

"So does that mean you'll join me then?"

"I'll help you with anything you ask me too, just as long as I have everything I need for my life's work. Seems fair enough, don't you agree?"

And so, Merlon and White Knight came to an agreement, Merlon promises that he'll help White Knight in anyway possible, just as long White Knight fulfills his end of the bargain. So now, White Knight has managed to get all five of his old friends and now all that's left is for them to meet together so that White Knight can deliver his announcement. And as for Twilight Sparkle, she managed to finally witness all six previous keepers of the Elements of Harmony, including the previous owner of the element of Magic. And as they were leaving the caverns, Twilight notices that Merlon's cutie mark has only three blue stars, one small, one medium and one big. And of course, they look almost the same as Twilight's Cutie mark.

Chapter 10: The Birth of Discord

It's been four hours and thirty-seven minutes since Twilight Sparkle has been in the dream world, and After seeing everything from meeting young Celestia and baby Luna to White Knight finally meeting up with his old friends and ask them to participate with him in something that could change the world for the good. Which of course is bringing them all together so they can become the first owners of the elements of harmony, seeing that they already represent the element's nature, we have decide to move up three years ahead to where Celestia is in her teen years and Luna is now a filly. But for right now... the story is at this moment focusing on Black Knight and prisoner #275, who of course will soon become the evil Discord.

Black Knight's creation was finally complete. He was very excited to see the results of his newest creation, how it turned out and what powers he has bestowed upon it. Black Knight at first thought that he wouldn't be able to pull it off, but somehow he managed to make it possible and succeeded. After connecting certain animal body parts into one body, he was able to deem this as one of his own nearly impossible creations, a new form of species, and of course a new species needs a name of it's own. Therefore he had come to the conclusion after witnessing the body parts given for this new creature and there is the creature's form which resembles a dragon's form, so Black Knight has decided to name it; a Draconequus. (Dragon-Horse) Originally, the Black Knight would still deem it a Chimera, considering of the fact that it has multiple body parts, this chimera already has it's own name. Black Knight had never been more proud of his own creations until now, and with that being said... he was ready to send the Draconequus to do it's job.

The Black Knight speaks out in a calm, yet darkly tone; "Prisoner #275, are you ready to make your appearance?"

After Black Knight asked him if he was ready, 275 started to chuckle evilly due to the cause that he is now a creature worth fearing and resenting "I thought you never asked." replied in a dark tone.

Prisoner #275 had finally come out of the chamber, he was excited to go back out on the field to spread a little chaos, by turning the world upside down, sideways and everything else out of place. Leaving nothing but discontent, disaster, dysfunction and disharmony. Which of course is exactly what he wants, and with the powers that he is given, upsetting the balance will be a piece a cake.

"Now that you are ready to bring the world to it's knees, first things first... you'll need a name for yourself and your new line of work. Hmm... since you'll now be representing the spirit of disharmony and chaos, how does Discord sound to you?" Said the Black Knight.

"Hmm... Discord. Yes, Discord the Draconequus. Master of chaos and disharmony, It- it has a pretty nice ring to it, I'll give you that." Discord replied.

"Well, what are you waiting for... an invitation? Get moving already." Said the Black Knight while he was deeply focused on another plan of his that might involve him sooner or later. Well, right after Discord has had his fun, that is.

"Oh, don't you worry about a thing, Black Knight. this little world will soon become a rotting mess after I'm done with it. Oooh, just thinking about creating a mess, makes me want to laugh. Ha ha ha ha ha ha! Oh, I have so many ideas in mind, but I just don't know where to begin."

And so, as Discord was about to take off, Black Knight stops him and asks him of another favor that he must also do.

"While you're out there having a good time by giving ponies misery, there is still the fact that White Knight might figure out what is going on and he'll have to find out who or what is causing the mess. So whatever you do, do not go to the White Knight, let the White Knight come to you. Do whatever you can to bring him to you and after you have done that, show him what happens when he tries to bring Earth ponies, Unicorns and Pegasi come together, and then... get rid of him. The last thing I need is for him is to make matters worse than they are now."

Afterwards, Discord had already left and went to go do his new job as the master of chaos and disharmony. However... little does Discord know is that Black Knight had made Discord to do what needs to be done, show White Knight what happens when he interferes with the life of Unicorns, Pegasi and Earth ponies and bringing them together. Even though Black Knight offered Discord freedom, to him he was just another subject doing it's job and demands results after it's done. Whatever happens to Discord is his own problem, Black Knight simply won't care because it's not his business and therefore won't interfere in anyway.

"That's right, have fun Discord. I'm sure that you'll get everything taken care of, and if not... well, you tried your best. That's all I can say, besides... White Knight won't be easy to take down, now that I forgot to mention."

After he said that, he started to chuckle because he fears that Discord might actually fail his assignment on bringing down White Knight. But it was already too late to mention it to Discord, for he had already arrived to the Earth to begin wreaking havoc on it, therefore putting the world at a state of unrest and unhappiness.

"Order and Perfection... my name is Discord. And I'm here, to spread a little joy to the world... not for you though, but for me anyway."

And right after he said that, he starts to use his powers to bring on the chaos to the world by starting with the small stuff and while he's doing it, he starts to chuckle evilly. For he's about to enjoy this day and hopes that it will never end.

Chapter 11: The Good, The Bad, and The Dragon

With Discord roaming around the Earth freely, causing all sorts of out worldly chaos and bringing everypony to a panic, Discord tries to come up with a way to get the White Knight out of the picture. So far, so many ideas were swirling through his mind right now that he can't choose, although he's quite satisfied and having so much fun doing what he now does best, it's still won't be enough for the Black Knight. He's demanding results on the White Knight's disappearance, so as Discord continues to think of a plan, he rolls his eyes over, left and right in the hope that he might have something in store. Then he finally sees something, there was a plan cooking up on his brain, literary. By showing his brain popping up like popcorn, means Discord has a plan; "Mmm, is that popcorn that I smell?" He was focused on the plan, but also the intoxicating aroma of popcorn. But then... he had lost sight of his plan when he heard voices on the ground. So he looks down to his left to see what the commotion was about, his eyes were dead on the ground to see who all was down there, and there he was... the White Knight in plain sight. And of course, along side him were the girls; Celestia and Luna.

"Well, well, well. Look what we have here... it appears that dear ol' White Knight is babysitting at the moment, oh how precious is he do such a thing? No doubt in my mind, the White Knight has the biggest heart.... wait, that's IT! I know just how to make him disappear for good." said Discord with his an evil grin look on his face, and with that being said... Discord has hatched yet another plan to get rid of the White Knight, and is starting to pick up the sound of a pan sizzling and the smell of cooked eggs.

So now Discord head up to the north, flying straight up to the mountains to find a dragon's cave, so far he hasn't seen one yet and he was getting a little impatient and a little impulsive. He does have a world to turn upside down and sideways and he can't afford to waste anymore time, and as he was about to leave, he sees a dragon leaving it's home to take one of it's walks. This was great for him, now he can use the dragon to take care of the White Knight, and so he did... by flying towards it, he was able to hypnotize it into making the dragon what he wants it to do.

"A favor I ask of thee, just a small favor is all. Knowing me, a dragon such as thyself can take care of this one little problem. You see there's a poacher, who has been taking your personal belongings for his own purposes and thou needs to find said poacher and show him a thing or two about theft. Be warned, the poacher might pick up a fight, and don't forget... the name he goes by is the White Knight."

After he had hypnotized the dragon, it had snapped and then it grew out it's wings and proceeded to fly all the way to the pony grounds to find the White Knight. Discord had thought to himself that this was going to be the best fun that he has ever had in decades and that it will all be worth rotting in a cage. So he too fly's back to the pony grounds to see how the dragon is going to take on the White Knight; "Ooh, ho ho ho. How I am going to have so much fun? Well, it's simple really. bring eternal chaos to the world and on top of that, say farewell to my good old friend and of course... there are those two little Alicorns that were with him." After he said that, he starts to figure out what he plans to do with Celestia and Luna while White Knight has his battle with the purple dragon, he started to chuckle softly, then he flies up to the sky while was still chuckling and then his laughter got even louder and then thunder and lightning were added during his maniacal laughter.

Meanwhile back on the fields, White Knight was sitting down and watching the sunset alone, it had been three years since he hasn't heard from his old friends, he wonders how they've been up to and what they're up to now. Along the way, White Knight hangs his head in shame because he feels that matters are getting worse by the minute, there has been more conflict in the world, rumors about a war between tribes and for whatever reasons they have for it. Basically... the world is spiraling downhill, and there is so little that he can do to bring the peace and joy to the world. He was moping a little that for the first time ever, White Knight's skills and powers have become Limited and it's bothering him deeply. And then, he started thinking to himself;

"No, I can't be sulking about this, I can't sit around and mope about this like some little colt had just lost his happiness... happiness. I just realized... that I am the spirit of Laughter, the bringer of Joy, the gift giver of fun. Being sad is a no-no, being afraid is not what I'm about, and I am not going to let distraught and despair take over this world... I am the White Knight, I am what brings love and happiness to this world!"

After trying to lift his own spirits up, a young teenage Celestia and a young filly Luna show up to find the White Knight here on the fields. They had been looking for him all day, they were worried about him and they feared that he had lost hopelessness, but the White Knight had managed to grab his hope back and he's back to his usual, random, fun-loving, high spirited self. And just as the girls asked the White Knight if he was all right, White Knight turns around and pulls out one of his famous smiles to the girls and tells them that everything is going to be all right and that they shouldn't have anything to worry about. So after that, the three huddled together for one big hug, they were all smiling, Celestia was even more happy to see that White Knight is still his usual self and that he hasn't given up hope.

"I'm so glad that everything is all right." said Celestia.

"We both thought for a second there, that you had lost all hope for everypony here and seeing that things aren't what they appear to be--" And right at that moment, White Knight interrupted Luna and told her and Celestia both;

"Girls, now listen to me... no matter what happens here or anywhere else, if the world falls down to despair and distraught, do not forget I will be here to bring peace, joy and love to the world once more. I've done it once before, and this time... we will do it together. Now girls, I want to show you something...

After his great words of confidence, White Knight pulls out a diamond encrusted box, he opens the box and shows the girls what was inside. When Celestia and Luna saw what was inside, they were so very surprised, they expression on their faces were priceless, their eyes wide open, jaws dropped, but not all the way. The Elements of Harmony were in the box, all six of them, Celestia was wondering why White Knight is showing them the Elements, and so she asks him; "White Knight, These are the Elements of Harmony, why are you showing them to us?"

Then the White Knight replied to Celestia's question; "Well, I'm only showing you the elements because I feel that I can trust you enough to watch over them if anything were to happen to me and/or the others. You see, even though we represent the elements of harmony, the elements of friendship, we won't be around long enough to continue fulfilling our duties. And when that day comes, you two will soon bare responsibility for these elements and will use them to protect the world from evil."

Then Celestia says in a nervous tone; "You... you really... think we can... use the elements to protect all the pony folk?" Then Luna says; "You trust us enough that we can be able to use them?"

"I can't think of anyone else who can use the elements for good use other than you two." said the White Knight.

After that, the girls feel honored to hear that White Knight trusts them to keep the elements and to use them to protect the Earth from evil. Celestia started to cry, she's even got Luna and the White Knight tearing up as well. "Those had better be tears of joy." said the White Knight while he was trying to wipe off the tears out of his eyes. And so, after the waterworks, the three started to give each other another hug and while they were hugging each other, Twilight Sparkle was still standing there, watching them hug each other, wishing that she could join in on the hug fest... but she is still a living astral projection. Right after their hug fest, the moon had began to rise at last and White Knight tells the girls that tomorrow might be a new day. But right after he said that, just out of nowhere... the purple dragon shows up to the village to find the White Knight and fight him. The Dragon began to roar out loud, everypony fled their homes and were running for their lives, then the dragon started to spew his green flames to cover the whole village grounds with it's flames.

With White Knight, Celestia, Luna and Twilight on top of the hill, witnessing the dragon going on a rampage, the girls were terrified to witness an actual dragon in person, Twilight was also a little frightened to see the dragon terrorizing the village but she's also getting a familiar outlook on the dragon, like as if she seen it before. And as for the White Knight, he pulls off a confused look while seeing the rampaging dragon go off on the village and says;

"Hmm, looks like someone is hungry for attention."

To Be Continued...

Prologue: The New Spell

After having to clean up all the mess, re-organize all the books in their proper order, pretty much everything that needed to be done that was on the list of things needed to be done. Afterwards, Spike has finally checked off the list of all the chores around the house/library and was ready to take a nap from all his hard work. Twilight was also tired, but she was glad that everything was neat, tidy and organized and for that, she decides to get to her studies on the spell books so that she can improve on her magic. So she goes through the shelf to look for a spell book to look at so she can learn the spells on there, while she was looking through the shelves, she stumbles on a black spell book that she had for a while now and has never bothered to look into it.

This book contains some of the old spells that she has never learned, spells that have never been used in a long while and of course, certain spells that are considered forbidden for reasons unknown. Ever since Twilight had moved into Ponyville, she placed this book somewhere in the shelves, away from plain sight and has never even bothered to read it and pretty soon had forgotten all about it until now, only because she was busy learning spells from other books, studying for her exams and solving friendship problems. Anyhow, she's now about to take a gander into the book so that she can see what amazing spells lie inside the book.

She was looking through the pages, so far she was rather impressed at what this book had to offer, especially this one particular spell which was known as the "dream-scape spell." As always of being a unicorn of curiosity, Twilight uses this spell to try to enter into her own dreams so she can see what she dreams about when she's sleeping. Then there's Spike, whose not so sure about Twilight performing this spell, he feels that there might be something wrong with somepony trying to sneak into other pony's dreams and thoughts. But then, Twilight tells Spike that she's only going to perform the spell to get into her dreams and thoughts and no pony else. And even though Spike still wasn't sure about Twilight going through with it, he lets her do it because she's only going to use it to go into her mind.

So now that she's got this spell in the back of her head, she's ready to perform it, however she's a little nervous about having to use it considering... that this is her first time having to use this spell. Anyhow, now that she's stopped being nervous, she clears her mind and focuses on the spell. Her horn started to glow, she was in deep concentration and then... she pulls out a blank expression. Spike was a little worried about Twilight and the spell that she performed, he notices that her eyes are glowing white, she wasn't moving even moving an inch, she was just standing there. She wasn't saying a word or doing anything else, even Spike tried to shake her so that she can snap out of it. But nothing happened, she was still the same, no expression, nothing.

Now as we go through Twilight's eyes, notice how her glowing white eyes turned back to her normal purple eyes, pupils included of course, and then she was looking around and she notices that she's still back in her own home/library. However, the only thing that was missing in the room, was Spike. She was calling out to Spike about 4 times and he hasn't shown at all, she looked around the whole library and still wasn't there. Then, she went outside to see if he was out there, but still he was nowhere to be found. Twilight wasn't sure that if the spell even worked, but then she also noticed that it's day time and last time she checked, it was night time when she was cleaning the library and re-organizing books. And so she finally came to the conclusion that the dreamscape spell actually worked, and of course she was happy to see that she managed to perfect the spell.