In The Beginning Part 2

The gang were just heading into the Haven forest, as they walk inside, all of the animals that live in the forest gather around to see who's entered the forest. Every animal was watching them, watching their every step, keeping their eyes focused on White Knight and the dragon prince... and already the prince was quivering in fear due to the animals sharply starring at him. Even though the prince tries to not stare at them and focus on the road up ahead, he can still feel them looking down on him and it's giving him the chills. "Umm... mi-mi-mi-mister white knight. Uh, buh-buh-by any chance... are we th-the-the-there yet?" Said the scared little dragon prince in a frightened tone. And as the White Knight was still walking, hoping to find Wintergreen in this deep forest with the dragon prince on his back shaking in fright, he tries to get the prince to calm a bit and tell him that he has nothing to worry about.

"My dear friend, you have nothing to worry about. We're almost there, just a few more steps and it's okay to be scared if you are, the animals can sense fear." Said the White Knight mockingly, trying to scare the dragon prince some more, but he knows that there really isn't anything to worry about.

"I'm not scared!" yelled out the prince in anger to cover up his fear and embarrassment. "I'm just shivering because it's cold is all." finished off with a calm and steady tone to keep his cool. Then he gets off the White Knight's back and starts walking in front of him, but keeps close to the White Knight. Even Twilight was giggling just a little just because, the little dragon prince is scared of a bunch of animals watching his every move. And even though White Knight knew that the prince was afraid of all of the animals that were starring at him strangely, what he doesn't know is that they're only watching to see if the visitors they get are either friendly or not.

"Let me tell you something prince, the animals that are watching us, are only trying to see if we're friendly or not. And notice how they didn't even try to ambush us or attack us?"

"Ye-ye-ye-yeah?... but are they going to?" Nervously said the prince.

"They're not going to attack us. You see, to them we are friendlies, we mean no harm to them. As long as we keep passing through and mind our own business, they won't hurt us."

"You really think so?" Said the prince in a form of relief

"Silly dragon. I don't think so, I know so. And plus, most of the animals already know me, so we're golden." And right after he said that, he smiled at the prince with his eyes closed at the same time. Assuring that the dragon prince has nothing to fear.

As they keep walking deep into the heart of the forest, White Knight hears thumping noises from a distance, straight ahead towards the White Knight's path, the thumping noises get closer by the second and the prince is already starting to quiver yet again because of what's coming at them. "I thought that you said, that if we keep passing through and mind our business, nothing will happen to us." said the prince while he was still shaking in fear and holding on to the White Knight's right hoof, White Knight continues to hear these thumping noises to see if he can read them out. Then White Knight shakes the prince off his hoof when he discovers who's thumping sounds are headed to their direction. "There's nothing to worry about prince, I have a pretty good feeling who it might be headed our way."

Then, as the thumping gets even closer, White Knight sees a shadowy figure hopping it's way to them, then he tries to squint his eyes to get a better look just to make sure that he's right about who's headed their way. And then the figure gets even more closer and then the figure's shadow had lighten and White Knight had knew who it was that came, because he had a hunch that the animals might have warned the mysterious thumper that White and the prince were coming to Haven forest. The animal who was making thumping noises had finally arrived and it turns out to be a familiar face that White Knight knows.

"Ha ha! Just as I figured, if it isn't Mister Fluffaluffages. Long time no see, how are things in the forest, good I presume?"

"Been a good three years since last time you visited, what's going on with you, good ol' White Knight? And um... who's the dragon?" said Fluffaluffages.

Then the White Knight introduces Fluffaluffages to the dragon prince, then he asks Fluffaluffages that if he can see Wintergreen for something important. However, Fluffaluffages says to the White Knight that Wintergreen is far too busy to be interrupted and that it is very critical that Wintergreen wouldn't be interrupted. Although, that wasn't going to move the White Knight an inch, so he tells Mister F. the reason why he arrived to Haven forest to meet with Wintergreen; "Listen, Fluffaluffages, it's very urgent that I need to see Wintergreen because Celestia and Luna have abducted by a draconequus named Discord and I need his help to finding the girls and stopping the evil Discord." And then, after hearing White Knight's reason of wanting to see Wintergreen, Mister F. was pretty shaken up when heard that the girls were abducted and was wondering if they were all right and what he and Wintergreen can do to help. Then White Knight suggests that he'd go see Wintergreen right away, but Mister F. insists that White Knight shouldn't interrupt his master while he's busy.

White Knight was getting even more upset that Fluffaluffages won't let him see Wintergreen and questions him on why he can't see him. "Please, you have to let me see him. What could he possibly be doing that is so important than the safety of the girls?" Then Mister F. tries to explain to White Knight to why Wintergreen cannot help at the moment. "White Knight you have to understand, our dearest Wintergreen the wise is in the middle of his meditations, it's critical that he stays focused on all of his energy to keep the forest the way it is now and if not... the forest will fall apart and turn into something far worse."

Then White Knight started to take a look at the majestic glory of the Haven forest, the trees, the flowers, grass and all the animals who live happily in the forest, and it's all thanks to Wintergreen... for using his power to keeping the forest pure and majestic. Even though he understands that he needs to do what he needs to keep the forest pure, he still needs his help in finding Celestia and Luna. So he decides to give Fluffaluffages the message about the girls in order to give to Wintergreen so that White Knight can wait further response. "I'll be sure that master Wintergreen receives the message." After that, Fluffaluffages went hopping back to the trail and White Knight and the Dragon prince left the forest to find the others and ask if they want to be a part of the search party.

As White Knight, the prince and Twilight head out to find the others to gather up a search party, the world continues to get worse and worse by the minute. It's imperative that Discord needed to be stop, but White Knight cannot face him alone, he wouldn't know where to begin. So that's why he needs his friends to assist him in taking on Discord and rescue Celestia and Luna, so the next pony that he's headed to meet again, is Solara. He feels that she can help him with anything, although three years ago, she didn't want anything to do with elements of harmony because it seemed like too much responsibility for her, so that's why she left. It didn't turn out so well last time, but White Knight is hoping that this time will be better, after all... it is to help White Knight rescue the girls from Discord. And while they find Solara, the prince starts to think that this might be a lost cause.

"White, I don't mean to burst your bubble here, but... don't you think that this might be a little... pointless? I mean, from what you've told me, your friends didn't seem the least bit interested in helping you with important task that you wanted them to do three years ago. So... what makes you think this time, will be different?" Said the dragon prince.

"It wasn't that they weren't interested, it's just that... to them, it seemed like it was too much for them to handle. They thought it was a crazy idea, I mean... I was the one who brought up the elements of harmony load to begin with... and what's worse, I knew that they weren't ready to handle such responsibility." Replied the White Knight. And right after he replied the prince's question, he started to go through his flashbacks from the day he brought all of his friends together for the task he wanted to assign them three years ago, as he was still running in the air to find Solara.

Three Years Ago...

After White Knight had gotten all of his friends to come meet with him about something incredibly important, they all have gather together in a hut where White Knight can discuss why he wanted them all together. So inside the hut, White Knight starts telling them that they're all... including the White Knight the keepers of the soon to be legendary elements of harmony. White Knight was explaining it all to his friends for about 23 minutes and came to the conclusion that Blue Flash is the spirit of Loyalty, Solara is the spirit of Honesty, Madam Krystal is the spirit of Generosity, Wintergreen is the spirit of Kindness, White Knight is the spirit of laughter and Merlon M. is the spirit of Magic. After the explanations, he wants them and himself to use the elements to change the world, making the world a better place to live for all pony and other animal kind. And even though he was caught up in the moment in making the world a better place, his friends on the other hand... weren't quite on board with helping White Knight making that dream a reality.

"Um, don't you think that this may sound a little too... extreme for our tastes?" Says Wintergreen the Wise.

Then Blue Flash starts saying; "Ol' greenie's right. You're kinda asking a lot here, scratch that. You're asking the impossible." And of course, all of the others nod their heads in agreeing with Blue Flash's statement.

"I believe that this task sounds ludicrous. I'm sorry, but this is a little off our comfort zone, if you ask me. But if it makes you feel any better, I managed to finish creating the stones for the elements of harmony and get this... the stones can only be transformed into gems for whenever the keepers of the elements are present. And best of all, they can tap into and amplify our unique talents." Said Merlon Magic.

Afterwards, the whole gang started arguing about the idea of being the keepers of the elements, yammering back and forth, the White Knight was growing tired of it and couldn't take any more of this pointless arguing. So he yells out "STOP!!!" at all five of them, in which, got everyone to stop arguing. Then White Knight starts asking about what could be so difficult in helping him change the world for the better, to him it was a dream that needed to be a reality, he was growing tired of the same old thing. The world in a great divide, all three pony tribes living separately, all on strict rules and regulations, no room for exploring new things, for fun, for imagination... nor for friendship. But to them... ...to them, this was just a task that they can't seem to get into. And that's not all... they're not ready for something new, they're not ready for a change just yet, they're just not ready for a new world. Even the White Knight could tell that they're not ready, just by looking at the unsure look on their faces, and of course he was afraid of that they wouldn't be.

And so, ending their little meeting, the five had come to the conclusion that this was a job not meant for them, so they all apologized to White Knight, said their goodbyes to him and left the hut. They went back to their homes, back to do what they normally do best and try to forget about tonight ever happening. They felt bad for leaving White Knight hanging in his time of need, but they just couldn't see themselves doing something that they're not ready for. Even as Merlon was about to leave, he decides to leave the elements of harmony in White Knight's disposal and say his apologies. "I'll admit, it was a fantastic plan from the beginning. It's just that the things you required were... ...out of reach. I'm sorry things didn't turn out like you planned." After that, Merlon Magic makes his exit and heads on back to his home... leaving the White Knight all alone.

And there he was... standing there, inside the hut... all alone. For the first time ever, the White Knight was starting to figure out what sorrow actually feels, just by experiencing it for himself. He had sat down, he hung his head in shame, swallowed his own sadness... basically, his face had "Sad" written all over it. He was about to shed a tear out of his eyes, but he was trying so hard to hold it in. Then he started looking at the elements, giving them a really good look and began thinking; "What might have been." Afterwards, he grabs the elements, finds a chest to put them in, grabs said chest, opens it and place all six of them inside. And then close up the chest and put it away for whenever the time should arise... that is, if it does of course. Afterwards, White Knight walks outside the hut, starts looking up at the stars, hoping to find a sign. Unfortunately, there wasn't anything that would pull White Knight out of his dark corner. And as he kept looking up at the skies, he starts to doubt himself about his ideology.

"Elements of harmony... ...making the world a better place..." As he kept doubting himself, he puts his head down, takes one good look at himself to see how far he has fallen and realizes that his ideology is just another pipe-dream. "What was I thinking?

After visiting his flashbacks, White Knight began to think that maybe the dragon prince was right, he began to feel that this was becoming an actual waste of time. So he starts slowing down and finds solid ground to land on, then the dragon prince notices that he was landing and realizes that if they had arrived to their destination. And so, White Knight lands softly on his feet, and starts to sit on the ground, stare at the ground and mope to himself; "Oh, what's the point? What I do, isn't going to make a difference, it's not even going to lead us to the right direction. So... why do I keep trying?" The dragon prince was starting to worry about the White Knight's behavior, and starts to ask what's wrong with him.

"White, what seems to be the problem?" Said the prince in an attempt to see what's up and hopefully cheer him up.

"You know what? You were right, this was pointless... ...even from the very beginning. At first, I thought this was a dream that will soon become a reality, but... I was wrong. I realize now, that this isn't what I was meant to do, I wasn't meant to change the world for the greater good. No, for the first time ever, I realize that my real purpose in life is to just be the watcher. Just like the Black Knight instructed me to be. So, I've decided to give up this pipe-dream of bringing about peace, joy, love and harmony to this world. Instead, I rather go back to my post and continue on watching these ponies live in dismay... and despair."

And right after those depressing words reached the dragon prince's ears, and Twilight's most of all, the prince was starting to feel sorry for White Knight, but he was mostly becoming upset at him for giving up. Realizing that Celestia and Luna are still captured, the dragon prince couldn't accept this behavior, it was unbecoming of the White Knight to give up at a time like this, so the prince tries to knock some sense into him. With that angry look on the dragon prince's face, he walks up to White Knight, gets a good look at him, his arms on his waists, and then he slaps him in the face with his right claw. It was a loud slap indeed, it sure got White Knight's attention. Heck, that slap in the face, even surprised Twilight Sparkle.

"Ow! What the heck was that for?!" Cried out the White Knight, while the left part of his face was red with pain.

"Unbelievable, White Knight! This is unbecoming of you, in fact, you should be ashamed of yourself! Quitting at a time like this, while the world is at a frenzy?! And not to mention... those little Alicorn friends of yours are still held captive by that Discord character! If I were you, I wouldn't be sitting here, moping around like some loser who just lost his lollipop. Instead, I'd be doing what's important at the moment... saving those I care about. Just as you should be doing, saving those you care about!"

After seeing the dragon prince take a stand for what's right and knocking some sense into the White Knight, Twilight was impressed to see that this dragon was trying to get White Knight back in the right direction. She sees now that this dragon is much more than just obtaining gems, stars and such rare artifacts, this dragon has a heart... just like her dear apprentice; Spike. Seeing him go on and on about what's at stake, has made Twilight see that the dragon prince has matured ever since he hung out with White Knight, and at the moment... it's becoming the other way around. Because after all, it would seem that the White Knight also has some growing up to do.

"You know what, forget those guys. You and I can take on Discord ourselves! You got your incredible, magical powers and I can shoot flames at him, we can take him on together! You and me, side by side, nothing can stop us because we'll be unbeatable! And if those other ponies can't even help you with something as big as saving the world, then we'll do it together, as a team!"

Even Twilight Sparkle agrees with the dragon prince, in which, made the White Knight's eyes open and see that the prince is right. Celestia and Luna are still in trouble, and the world is in even greater trouble. There was no time to sit there like a log, the lives of many are in trouble and White Knight and the prince are the only ones who can save them, so White Knight gets back up on his hooves, motivated to get back to doing what's very important and can't let anything get in the way of his objective.

"Well, sounds like it's gonna take a lot more than just a Earth pony and a baby dragon to clean a mess this big..."

"Wait, that voice..." Said the White Knight when he heard that unknown, yet familiar voice coming from behind him. The voice behind him sounded similar to Blue Flash's voice, so when White Knight turned around to confirm... it was Blue Flash who spoke from behind. But it wasn't just Blue Flash though... nope, it was the rest of the gang, that includes; Wintergreen, Madam Krystal, Merlon and Solara. When White Knight saw all of his friends right in front of him, at first he thought that he was dreaming. the Dragon prince then tried to pinch White Knight's skin to prove that he was dreaming and that his friends are actually right in front of him. White Knight was so excited to see his friends show up in his time of need, all he could say at the moment was; I... i-i just don't understand. What changed your minds?

"Well, as you can see, this crazy, out-of-order, messed world has been bugging us lately, and we want it to stop. The Clouds have been interrupting our daily, everyday lives. And, it's been ruining my speed sessions." Said the Blue Flash.

"But most importantly, we came to help rescue Celestia and Luna. I figured we know how much those girls mean to you, so I thought we'd do you a favor and help you save them. and of course, clean up this mess. After all, my animal friends can't take much more of this chaos and neither can I." Said Wintergreen the Wise.

And so now, the whole six have all decided to pair up together to clean up the mess Discord made, stop Discord and save Celestia and Luna. And after that's done, they can all go back to their regular, everyday lives and enjoy it like there's no tomorrow. At least, that's what they told the White Knight after their mission is completed. So for right now, White Knight, the five, the dragon prince and of course Twilight, set out to find Discord, take the fight to him, rescue Celestia and Luna and restore the world back to it's natural order.