Author's Note

Heads up, this chapter is where a lot gets revealed, a new form is obtained, and bonds get broken.

I look forward to your feedback.

Rebirth

The six, Gol, and Spike made it to the cave.

“We don’t have much time, I will activate the hidden room, you all keep watch, here,” Gol said using his magic to remove the elements of harmony and he gave each of them theirs “Alright, let’s move,” Gol said.

“Waitwaitwaitwaitwait,” RD said getting his attention.

“What?” Gol asked.

“We just committed treason and you're still hiding things, I think we’re owed an explanation,” RD said.

“There’s no time Rainbow!” Gol said harshly.

“Then make time, because we’re not takin another step without an explanation,” AJ said.

Gol looked frustrated but sighed.

“Very well, you’re all owed one, listen, what I am about to tell you all, will shake the very views you have of the world….” Gol said.

“We’re listening,” Rarity said.

“....None of you were meant to exist as separate ponies,” Gol said.

“What?” Fluttershy said.

“That’s kinda rude,” Pinkie said.

“No listen, you were all not meant to exist as separate ponies, but as one,” He said.

“...What?” Twilight asked.

“Wh-what do you mean?” Rarity said

“I’ve studied alot on the elements and their wielders, and when I found you Twilight, I knew you and your fellow elements were her fragments, the elements themselves are her crown, the power of harmony effortlessly flows through you all, listen,” Gol said and the others nodded along..

“There once existed an alicorn, a great and very powerful one, one who existed as the epicenter of all of harmony, her name was in fact Harmony, the third sister,” He said.

“I-I don’t-” Twilight was too shocked to respond immediately.

“There was a third sister?!” Pinkie gasped.

“Yes, while one sister controlled the moon and the other the sun one acted as the balance that led the ponies towards a brighter future, that was you all,” He said.

“What?” Rarity said, the others stared in shock.

“Then… what happened?” Twilight asked.

“A schism occurred between the sisters, Celestia wanted the power for herself, and Luna supported her,” He said.

“No… it can’t be,” Twilight said looking upset.

“Search your heart Twilight, you know I am not lying, the sisters killed off Harmony and her lover with a ritual trap and all of Harmony’s followers by blade… even my father… and I was the only one who escaped, I used an ancient rune I carved into my own flesh to prolong my life so that I may fix this,” He said showing them the rune on his shoulder by lifting his hood “I would later discover that the ritual didn’t kill her, it made her soul fragment into six and they went dormant as well, until recently they were reborn into you six,” he said.

“No way…” Twilight said looking like everything she’s ever known was crashing down around her.

“I don’t believe this…” AJ said looking shellshocked.

“I-I…” Rainbow was trying to rationalize it but couldn’t.

“E-excuse me,” Spike asked approaching him.

“Hmm?” Gol asked.

“What about me? I’ve been having dreams as well, kinda weird ones too, how do I fit into this?” Spike asked.

“...This will be hard for somedragon your age to hear… but you were her lover… Emerald,” Gol said.

“..........WHAT?!” Spike exclaimed.

“What?!” Everypony else exclaimed.

“Yes, yes, but back in the day he was the dragon lord, during a peace meeting he met with Harmony… they fell in love, against all odds, nobles and even her sisters opposed it, but they didn’t care, he actually gave up his position for her, and they were set to begin anew with one another…. Until their assassination via ritual magic, but while Harmony was killed and her soul fragmented, the spell had a different effect on Emerald and he reverted into an egg… Celestia decided to keep him not out of compassion but rather to have a dragon to aid her in the long run, I know this because I was there, hidden, I had followed Harmony and Emerald because I wished to help in any way I could,” Gol said.

“I… was a dragon lord?...” Spike said in silent awe “And my crush on Rarity?” Spike asked

“An extension of Emerald's love for Harmony’s noble heart,” Gol said.

“...I… need a minute,” Fluttershy looked sick.

“Me too…” Pinkie said.

“Ah need a few hours…” Applejack said

“We’ve wasted enough time, we need to get below the tree of Harmony, before Celestia finds out-”

“Finds out what?” A familiar voice said and they all spun to see Celestia and Luna and a contingent of guards.

“I had a feeling this would happen,” Gol said, cursing that he didn’t just get to work.

“C-Celestia?” Twilight asked nervously.

“Twilight… I am giving you one chance to cease this treason, return the criminal and this will all be forgotten,” Celestia said.

Spike hid behind Twilight and the others looked ready to run.

“Distract her, I will open the door,” Gol said as he slinked back a little.

“Celestia…. Is what he said the truth?... it is isn’t it?...” Twilight said with tears in her eyes.

“....” Celestia looked conflicted.

“TELL ME! Tell me I’m wrong, that there wasn’t a third sister you betrayed and killed the followers of, please! Tell me that you-” Twilight shouted before Celestia stamped her hoof.

“ENOUGH, Twilight, I am warning you, you are messing with things you don’t understand, you’ve always trusted and cared about me, trust me once more and don’t let that trickster open that door!” Celestia said.

“Listen to her! You are warriors of harmony, not harbingers of destruction,” Luna said trying to help.

“He’s told and shown us everything, why don’t you two tell us everythin!” Applejack stepped forward.

“Yeah, even though what he’s said is crazy you haven’t exactly denied anything!” RD said.

“You must listen he’s-” Celestia tried.

“Celestia…” Celestia turned to see Spike approaching.

“Spike?” Twilight asked.

“I was a dragon lord wasn’t I?... But you killed me, for loving a pony?” Spike asked, internally hoping she’d say no.

Celestia’s mane began to heat up as her agitation rose.

“Spike, return to my side, you have been lied to,” Celestia said.

“No… these dreams showed me and her, we loved eachother, and you didn’t approve of it,” Spike said before walking back to Rarity and he held her hoof “Even if it’s into Tartarus, I won’t abandon them,” Spike said.

“Spike?” Rarity said in surprise.

“Spike…” Twilight said in awe.

“...Does he speak for the rest of you?” Celestia asked.

“Yes,” The other mares said.

In one last bid Celestia turned to Twilight “Twilight… please don’t,” Celestia said looking her firmly in the eye.

“....I’m sorry Celestia, but I need to know,” Twilight said.

…….Celestia bowed her head and began to shake.

“Celestia, there doesn’t need to be any bad blood or negative feelings… just please, let the true Harmony return…” Twilight said.

“.....” Celestia shook harder.

Luna looked away as if unwilling to watch.

“Celestia, I-”

“Choose,” Celestia snapped. “You will trust him or me, this is your last chance Twilight,” Celestia said.

Twilight, whose doubts only became stronger after the actions of her "Kind" mentor, retreated to Gol’s side. Celestia's face contorted in pain for a moment, but almost immediately it returned to the same stony expression as before.

“So… this is your decision, Twilight?” she asked.

“Yes!” Twilight replied firmly. “You've been acting weird ever since you caught sight of him, everything has led up to this point tells me your not being honest with me, Gol has, so I trust him.”

“Twilight,” Gol said with a smile.

The other five looked between Twilight, their dear friend, and Celestia, who was a benefactor and role model to many. Rainbow was the first to approach Twilight. Behind her are Applejack and Fluttershy. Pinkie, having dismissed all doubts, joined her friends. Rarity was the last to decide.

“Ah’m not likin these turn of events, but ah’ll be darned if ah let Twilight down,” AJ said.

“I’ll follow my friends over you anyday,” Rainbow said.

“I-I agree!” Fluttershy said.

“I’d be remiss if I didn’t help,” Rarity said.

“It doesn’t have to end this way,” Pinkie said.

“So these are your decisions….” Celestia recited before chuckling bitterly before looking at them emotionlessly. "So know now that you’ve made a big mistake, because you betrayed not only me, but all the ponies in Equestria with this action, I hereby arrest you all, alive or dead,” Celestia said glaring at them with a new darkness in her eyes.

“No…” Twilight said with tears in her eyes.

“I suppose I tried, you cannot say I didn’t… I will pass on your last regards to your kin,” She said before lighting up her horn.

The others began to tear up as well, seeing the mare they looked up to since birth… acting like a madmare.

Twilight however…

“NOOOOOO!” Twilight fired her magic at full power at them.

Celestia put up a barrier that blocked it effortlessly.

“It is time to bury the past, so we can have a brighter future,” Celestia said before firing a narrow beam through the barrier and Twilight’s beam.

“LOOK OUT!” Spike tackled Twilight and the beam missed them both.

“She’s a fraud… she’s always been a fraud…. I won’t let this go so easily,” RD seethed and she bolted out towards Celestia.

“Rainbow!” Twilight yelled.

“Yaaah!” AJ ran forward as well and so did Rarity and Pinkie.

Fluttershy nervously stared but her stare did nothing to Celestia and Celestia fired a series of magic bolts at Rainbow who dodged them, what Rainbow didn’t expect was for her to sidestep her swing and grab her tail in her magic and toss her into Rarity and Pinkie who caught her.

“Ouch!” Pinkie yelped.

“Aaah!” Rarity yelped.

“Oof!” Rainbow grunted.

AJ ran at Celestia and spun to buck her, but her hooves glanced off of a barrier.

Celestia said before doing a return spin buck to send AJ flying back towards the group.

“AAAH!” AJ screamed as she landed.

“Leave them alone!” Twilight fired her magic at Celestia again but she used her horn to shoot her magic blasts out of the air as she trotted closer.

Spike got in front of Twilight.

“Stop this Celestia! This is madness!” Spike yelled and he spouted fire to keep her back.

She simply caught the fire in her magic and snuffed it out.

“To be honest, I never liked dragons,” Celestia said before striking Spike back into Twilight with her hoof, he cried out in pain.

“SPIKE!” Twilight said before getting in front of her friends “You monster! I can’t believe I ever praised you!” Twilight said putting up a barrier as Celestia fired blasts against it.

“Sticks and stones Twilight,” Celestia said.

Twilight weakened with each blow to her barrier and she was about to give in…..

Before her barrier was reinforced and she turned to see Gol standing in front of her.

“The door is opening! GO! I’ll be right behind you!” Gol said.

“O-ok!” Twilight said and she gathered her friends up and ran to the tree which was shaking.

Realizing what she allowed to happen while trying to incapacitate her former elements of harmony she grew frantic. “NO!” Celestia shouted “Luna! Aid me!” Celestia said.

“O-ok!” Luna ran forward and she fired her magic blasts as well and Gol grunted under the effort of holding back two alicorns.

Twilight ran to the tree and saw an opening form in the ground in front of her, and saw stairs leading to a door.

“Just like my dream…” Twilight said and she ran to the door.

“DON’T OPEN IT!” Celestia called.

“Yell out your true name Twilight!” Gol cried.

“HARMONY!” Twilight shouted and the doors rumbled before opening and revealing a room.

“Come on Gol!” Twilight called back to him.

“I’m coming!” Gol turned and ran and at the same time the barrier broke and magic blasts rained down amongst them and the door was closing.

“Come on!” Twilight said.

Gol jumped for it and he managed to slide under the door last second before it closed.

“NO! NONONO!” Celestia ran down the stairs and bucked the door but it didn’t budge.

“It is magically protected, it would take hours to open it,” Luna said with an expression of defeat.

“NO! We must get in there!” Celestia ran out and fired multiple blasts at the door, when that didn’t work she tried calling out her sister's name.

“Harmony! Harmony! Harmony!” Celestia screamed but the door didn’t respond to her.

“It only accepts Harmony and her followers,” Luna said.

“Curse it…” Celestia said in anger.

Twilight and the others laid on the ground panting, as Gol got up he dusted himself off.

“We’ll be protected here,” Gol said before noticing them all crying.

“...” Gol looked away, knowing they needed time.

“My life is a lie…” Twilight said.

“All these years, ah’ve been praisin a madmare…” AJ said.

“Are the Wonderbolts working for her too?... I don’t know what to believe anymore…” Rainbow said.

“...” Fluttershy just looked overwhelmed.

“All the times I dedicated myself to joining Canterlot nobility… and It was a fool's dream…” Rarity sobbed.

Pinkie’s mane was limp and she looked at the door with a somber expression.

Spike looked like his world was shattered as well. “She said she never liked dragons… so… all the times she showed me affection… were they lies?...” Spike said.

“I understand the sadness you feel,” Gol said.

“How!? How can you understand!?” Rainbow said getting in his face, tears streaming down her face.

“Me and my father praised the sun and moon as well until she showed us her true nature, she killed my father in front of me by stabbing him through the heart with a sword…” Gol said calmly.

“...I’m sorry…” Rainbow said.

“You need not apologize, but look, we have made it at long last,” Gol said as he trotted to the center of the room.

“Zen Sie suus vlemn,” Gol said and the room lit up, various runes on the walls and the center of the room light in a crater lit up the rest of the room.

“Whoa…” Everypony got up and saw this.

“Welcome, to the chamber of rebirth,” Gol said

“The what?” Rainbow asked.

“Yes, the chamber of rebirth is the hidden room in the cave of harmony, it is the place where we will unite Harmony’s body and soul once more and return her to normal,” Gol said.

“...What? I thought we were simply doing something to bring her back to aid us are you saying we’re going to-” Rarity asked.

“Yes… you will all become one, Harmony” Gol said.

“Y-you never said anything about us dying!” Fluttershy shouted.

“You aren’t dying, you will still exist, as one,” Gol clarified.

“I-I do admit the situation out there is bad… but I don’t want to cease to be, I have a little sister!” Rarity complained.

“We all have families,” AJ said remembering the farm.

“I understand, the idea is terrifying… but I need you all to understand, this isn’t death, your heart, your souls your minds, will all still exist in Harmony, I wouldn’t suggest this if it meant true death,” Gol said firmly but they all still looked hesitant to go through with it...

Except one…

“...Let’s do it,” Twilight said standing up.

“Twilight? You know what you're saying right? We’ll-” Pinkie nervously said.

“No Pinkie, we’ll be together, as we were meant to be, and it’s either we exist as one here and have a fighting chance, or we take our chances with Celestia and Luna out there with our current strength, and we saw how that worked out,” Twilight said, originally she loved saying their names... Now it just leaves a bad taste in her mouth.

“I-i’m scared…” Fluttershy said.

“I am too, but we’re out of options,” Twilight said.

“Twilight… I don’t want to lose you…” Spike said as he walked up to her.

“You won’t lose me Spike, I will be by your side, forever, as Harmony,” Twilight said hugging him.

“But will you still be the same?” Spike demanded.

“There’s no way to tell,” Twilight said.

“There has to be another way,” Spike said.

“No, there isn’t, as Twilight said, Celestia and Luna are too strong for the six of you, but Harmony was always more powerful than them,” Gol said.

“...” Spike started to cry as Twilight went to assuage their doubts.

“I…I don’t want to lose myself, or you guys,” Pinkie said.

“You won’t, if anything Pinkie, this will elevate our friendship to the next level, we’ll be together, forever, never again apart,” Twilight said.

“It’s clear you’ve accepted this then…. I will too,” Pinkie said with a teary smile.

“I want everything to be normal again,” Rarity said.

“So do I, but think of it, if things were normal again, we’d still be Celestia’s pawns,” Twilight assured Rarity.

“I suppose your right,” Rarity said.

“Ah never got ta say goodbye to AB or Big Mac or Granny…” Applejack said with a sob.

“You’ll see them again, trust me,” Twilight said with a comforting smile.

“I- I can’t do it! I want to go home and wake up from this nightmare,” Fluttershy shook in fear.

“We all do,” Twilight said hugging her “But this is a nightmare we need to wade through, together,” Twilight said.

Fluttershy seemed to calm down a little after hearing that.

And lastly Twilight approached RD who was looking depressed.

“When I woke up today, I didn’t think it was my last day as me” Rainbow said wryly.

“It isn’t Rainbow,” Twilight said.

“I know I know… but still it sucks that everything went to tartarus like this…” Rainbow said.

“I agree, but we’re friends, we’ll make it through, as we always do,” Twilight said holding out a hoof.

“Friends forever,” Rainbow said giving her a hoofbump.

“If you all are ready, we should begin,” Gol said.

“C-can’t we have some time?” Rarity asked nervously.

“I am sorry, but while the seal on the door is strong enough to most likely keep them at bay for hours, we can’t take any chances of them finding a way, it’s now or never Rarity,” Gol asked.

“...Well… I suppose this is it then, isn’t it?...” Rarity chuckled humorlessly.

“The start of a new beginning for us, and the fall of my former teacher,” Twilight said resolutely before turning to Spike “Stand back Spike,” Twilight said and Spike nodded and hugged her one more time, long and firmly before he went over to beside Gol.

“See you Twi…” Spike said with tears in his eyes.

“You too Spike,” Twilight said before taking a deep breath and looking at Gol “What do we need to do?” Twilight asked.

“Put these on,” Gol said hoofing the Elements of Harmony to them.

The necklace wearers put them on while the tiara wearer put hers on.

“Now, if you’ve said your peace venture to the platforms in the room that have your cutie mark, and get on them,” Gol said.

The others looked at each other, reaffirming their decision to do this and they trotted to the crater and searched for their platform, upon finding them they got onto them.

“Now, hold still,” Gol said as he trotted to the center crater.

Looking around they saw eachother and knew right then and there, that this was a historic moment, soon they would be complete, and they would save Equestria.

Just as they always do, together.

“I love you girls!” Pinkie said.

“I’m glad if I‘m becoming one with somepony, it’s with you girls,” Rainbow said wiping a tear away.

“Ah’m ready when you are,” Applejack said.

“See you all, on the other side,” Rarity said.

“I-I love you all,” Fluttershy said with a teary smile.

“You’re all the best friends I ever had, does that technically make me arrogant? Yes, but I accept it!” Twilight said and they all laughed.

“Are you all ready?” Gol asked.

“Yes,” They all said.

“Then brace yourselves,” Gol shut his eyes and began muttering in an unknown language, magic began to build up around him and when he opened his eyes they were glowing white.

The circle began to light up and so did the platforms the girls were on.

“Az envulg daz multra… matria van dos… zen zen az won,” He chanted and the circle began to glow brighter.

As the glow began to get brighter the glow in the platforms seemed to transfer over to the ponies standing on them.

Immediately they shut their eyes and the glow intensified as they began to float, as though they were about to perform a harmony wave.

Spike watched with awe as they floated up and Gol got louder with his chanting.

The tree began to light up and glow like a beacon.

“NO!” Celestia yelled with a fury as she intensified her magic beam she was blasting the door with.

“She is returning…” Luna said.

The guards began to get restless as the tree began to give off shockwaves of magic.

“AN HUNMA AN HUNMA, BETCO WON!” Gol chanted as loud as he could and the glow got almost too intense for Spike to observe.

But he forced himself to watch as their eyes opened and were replaced by glowing white lights.

And then the weirdest thing began happening to them…

Their bodies began to crack… like they were made of glass, the glowing cracks spread around their bodies quickly.

“Huh?! What’s happening?!” Spike asked.

“BETCO WON, BETCO WON, BETCO WON!” Gol shouted, his voice spreading the cracks over their bodies until their glowing forms were covered in cracks… and then they shattered….

And what was beneath the surface were bodies made of a white light in the shape of the six ponies he knew, shockwaves of magic radiated off each of them as they glowed.

“Wow,” Spike said in awe as he saw the six of them beginning to curl in on themselves and transform into pony-sized spheres of light, with their cutie marks on them.

Then they began to spin around Gol rapidly, becoming blurs as they spun in place and moved around in a circle around Gol, and when they raised up higher into the air they stopped moving entirely…

The next words out of Gol’s mouth completed the ritual…

“Betco won… Harmony,” Gol said raising his hooves to the spheres.

The six spheres of magic then began to move towards the center, pressing in on each other, their bodies melding and merging until they formed into one large sphere of light, the cutie marks then traveled on the sphere until they met in the middle and they fused into a cutie mark of a planet with a rainbow circling it.

The sphere then began to spin slowly in place and gradually formed into a pony shape.

A large billowing mane and tail appeared, moving as if in an unseen breeze, long powerful legs, a slender elegant body, and an impressive horn, mid-turn she sprouted a pair of enormous wings, even better than Cadence’s wings.

Spike was speechless as he witnessed the being floating in the air, she began to lower, Gol got out of the way and stood aside, sweating up a storm from the exertion of the ritual and he watched as the being landed and settled on her side, laying as though she were unconscious, and then the light faded, revealing her true form.

“Twilight?” Spike ran over to her and he paused when he ran around her “Woah…” Spike said in awe of the being before him.

There was no other way to describe her… she was the pinnacle of mare beauty.

She had a glittery multi-colored mane that combined Twilight’s purple and pink and changed into Rarity’s purple before becoming the orange and yellow of Rainbow Dash’s mane, her tail had a little of everyponies tail colors in a perfect pattern, her coat was pure white, like snow from head to hoof, kind of like Rarity’s coat, her wings were the most mystifying part though, they looked like a night sky outlined by yellow and blue, her body was slender, shapely and elegant, her legs long yet strong looking, and her face…. Spike found himself blushing, her face had vague parts of the six’s faces melded in a way that worked and wasn’t at all frankenhoof-like, and she possessed a long straight white horn.

Adorning her head was a crown that had all the jewels of the six previous elements circling a seventh gem of her own cutie mark.

Lastly… her eyes as she cracked them open, they were the most beautiful aqua-gray eyes, he could look at them forever.

“I…I am…complete?” Harmony asked before raising her head and looking around.

“I dreamed of this day, for so long,” Gol said before he knelt and bowed.

“Twilight?... Rarity?... Pinkie?... Fluttershy?... Rainbow Dash?...... Applejack?” Spike asked tentatively, wanting to make sure as she looked at him, her eyes widening before softening.

“...You,” Harmony struggled for a little bit but she ultimately managed to get to her hooves, she was tall, taller than Celestia!

“Wow…” Spike said as he gazed at her magnificence with his own eyes, she approached him without a word and reached an elegant hoof out, Spike winced as she stroked his cheek.

“Say something,” Spike said “Help me know if Twilight is… gone forever?” Spike asked.

She smiled and knelt before him, getting eye level with him and looking him in the eye.

“W-well?” Spike asked.

“...I missed you, Emerald,” Harmony said as she wrapped a hoof around him and pulled him in for a hug.

“Ooof!” Spike grunted as she stood up and squeezed him.

She giggled “You're so cute like this Emerald, like a plush toy!” She said as Spike tried to wiggle out of her grip.

“Your… suffocating… me!” Spike said.

“Oh, sorry darling,” Harmony let him down and he gasped for air.

After he regained himself he looked up and studied her, it was weird, she was so beautiful but familiar in way Spike couldn’t put his claw on.

“You’re… still wondering if your adoptive sister is in here, aren’t you?” Harmony said.

“Y-yes,” Spike said.

“She’s here,” Harmony said pointing at her head and smiling “I can hear her thoughts, and the others too, but they are also my own,” She said.

“So, she’s still alive?” Spike asked.

Harmony nodded.

“Within me, and I am completed once more, and I have you to thank for that Gol,” Harmony turned to her still-bowing student “You may rise, you know how bowing makes me feel,” She chuckled.

“Forgive me, it’s been so long, I missed you, teacher,” Gol said getting to his hooves.

“It has been long indeed, you have a few more wrinkles than I remember, no offense,” Harmony said with a giggle.

“None taken, but the time for jokes is later, for now, we have a more pressing situation,” He said gesturing to the door.

“Yes yes, of course, my vile sisters… I suppose it is time I shut their plans down,” Harmony said proceeding to the door.

“Wait!” Spike called running out in front of her.

“You should stay here Emerald, I don’t wish you to get hurt again,” Harmony said.

“I won’t, I want to be there, like in the past, even considering I don’t even remember it,” Spike admitted.

“Ah, yes, your memory was affected too, then let me help,” She knelt down and tapped him on the head with her horn.

Instantly flashes of the past filled Spike’s head.

He saw himself as a tall mighty adult dragon, fighting the enemies of the dragon lands and protecting others from being harmed.

He saw the day he met Harmony, the day he renounced his title to be with her, he saw… other things… and most of all he saw how they loved each other, then the fateful day the monsters of light and darkness who were revealed to be Celestia and Luna trapped the two lovers in a circle of magical destruction and killed them both, Harmony, by destroying her body and fragmenting her souls.

And him by regression and imprisonment in an egg.

It ended with him waking up in Twilight’s arms after she successfully hatched him thousands of years later.

Emerald stood there shocked, he was truly the reincarnation of a previous dragon lord and the lover of the alicorn before him.

“I… remember…oh how blind I've been… Harmony! I remember!” Emerald said wearing a new expression.

“Then you remember why I cannot risk losing you to those two evil mares again,” She said.

“I don’t care, I wish to fight by your side! As we did in days of old, I want to be yours again to love and to hold… granted it may take a few dozen years before that but-” Harmony laughed at that last comment and then she knelt before him again

“Do you truly wish to put your life on the line again? Even after retrieving your memories and having been reunited with me?” Harmony asked.

“For you… Even if it’s into Tartarus, I won’t abandon you,” Emerald said without any hesitation.

“Heh, just like before, you’re still the strong-willed dragon I know, even in such a small body, well in that case, let’s get you back to normal,” Harmony said standing tall and her horn lit up with pure rainbow magic.

Emerald unafraid stood tall and when she fired a magic bolt into his chest, he started to glow.

“It is time for you to return to your mighty state, darling,” Harmony said.

Emerald grunted and groaned as the light grew and grew before he shouted as a pillar of green flames erupted around him.

“Milady, isn’t such a spell dangerous?” Gol asked worriedly.

“I trust he’ll make it,” Harmony said confidently.

He roared as the green flames bathed him in their power, looking at his arm he saw it lengthening and gaining muscle, looking down he saw the floor getting farther from his head and he knew he was growing taller, he felt his body lengthen and grow, his legs getting longer and more powerful, mighty wings erupted out of his back amidst the swirling green fire, his tail grew longer, his spines growing, his pudgy stomach flattening and developing muscle, his face became fiercer yet sharper.

With a roar the flames separated from him, he panted heavily before looking himself over and smiling.

“I am back to normal,” Emerald said before looking and seeing he could now look her in the eye and she didn’t have to kneel down anymore.

“I am glad to see you back in your prime dea-” Harmony was cut off as he darted forward and pulled her into a deep and passionate embrace, kissing her deep and long.

She eventually kissed him back and they held eachother for who knows how long.

After parting Emerald smiled.

“That… was worth the wait,” Emerald said.

“Oh indeed, but unfortunately, we have not the time for pleasantries, it is time,” Harmony said getting serious.

“Indeed, I will teach those two a lesson for harming my beloved,” Emerald said vengefully.

“No Emerald, focus on the guards but don’t kill any, I will deal with my sisters,” Harmony said.

“I will do everything I can,” Gol said looking determined but tired.

“You’ve done more than enough Gol, rest here, and come find us when everything dies down,” Harmony said.

“I cannot sit idly by while my princess and her lover face such big odds,” Gol said.

“Trust me, we got this, rest your strength for future battles,” Emerald assured him.

“Oh… well if you insist, I pray for your safety,” Gol said.

“As do we yours,” Harmony said before turning and walking along with Emerald towards the door

Getting a mischievous idea she leaned in on Emerald “Wish to ride on my back, Emerald?” Harmony snarked.

“I’m not Spike anymore Harmony, plus I’m bigger than you now,” Emerald said a little embarrassedly.

“Oh you’d enjoy it, I can handle it,” Harmony laughed.