Rose

"What were those things?" Asked Vinyl trying to regain her focus.

"Those were once the proud people of my kingdom, proud no longer..." Rose paused and looked down at the snow, closing her eyes, "people no longer." She looked up. "Who threw me my sword" After a few silent seconds Vinyl raised her hoof.

"I-I did, I know you said not to help but I didn't want to see a friend get munched on" Rose chuckled.

"Well I wasn't to keen on getting 'munched' either, thanks for the help Vinyl." The white pony simply gave her a goofy smile and blushed a bit. however this was short lived as she soon jumped to her hooves and pointed. Rose turned to see a dozen shadows stood about fifteen feet from them, Rose drew her great sword and readied herself for battle, but instead of charging or fighting the creatures just stood there staring. "Well this is new" Rose muttered to herself, "why aren't they attacking." Without warning the demons turned and ran off into the woods. "What was that about, it almost looked like they were searching for something but couldn't find it here," it was then that it twigged in Rose's head, "that's why they were eyeing us for so long, because we didn't have what they were looking for. But then, what were they looking for?" Rose turned to face Trixie "These monsters have been hunting me for ten years straight and they just gave up and started looking for something, it must be something of great power to draw their attention from me..." She looked at Trixie. "Any ideas."

"Well the most powerful item in Equestria would probably be the elements of harmony or the Alicorn Amulet but in the right hands the amulet can be a force unlike any other, destroying cities, ending civilizations. The amulet has no limits." Explained the blue mare. Rose turned.

"Then we need to get to it first. Was the last place that this amulet was seen."

"Well it was in the town of Ponyville last I saw it, follow me" announced Trixie and so the four set off on their relitivly short journey in the opposite direction of the shadows and made their way to Ponyville. As they walked Rose tagged along side Frost Bite, the blue pegasus looked up at her and gave a weak smile before looking back down at her hooves as she walked down the path.

"So Frost Bite, may I ask you something." Asked Rose.

"Um sure, I guess" answered the timid pony.

"Why haven't you told them yet?"

"To-Told them what"

"Come on Frost don't pretend with me. I used to know someone just like you, why do you hide it." The dark blue pegasus sighed and looked up.

"They aren't ready, and I don't want them hating me just because I'm different."

"Come on Frost, they are you're friends. They will care for you no matter how different you are."

"I don't want to take that chance, I love those mares and don't know what I would do if they abandoned me."

"They won't abandon you Frost."

"Please Rose, don't tell them."

"Very well, it is you're wish to tell them when you feel the time is right, and i shall honor you're wish."

"Thank you Rose."

"Come on Twilight you can do it" encouraged spike, "Just age the flower."

"Spike, one does not simply 'age a flower', that magic is on the extreme end of the scale that to my knowledge only Princess Luna and Princess Celestia are capable of, the only way I could possibly do it is if I had the Alicorn Amulet which by the way I'm going nowhere near.

"OK OK, so what's the plan for today Twilight" asked Spike enthusiastically.

"Well, Rarity suggested that we have a tea party hear so all the girls are on their way now." The young dragon suddenly fainted and hit they ground, he then shot back up straight about two seconds later.

"Rarity is coming!? How are my spines?!"

"They are fine Spike" answered Twilight through a Little chuckle

"What about my tail?"

"That's fine to Spike." Then suddenly came a knock at the door.

"That will be her!!" shouted Spike as he reached for the door handle, and behind the door sure enough was Rarity and her four friends: Applejack, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie right behind her.

"Hello Twilight darling, is the tea ready?"

"Hello girls and no im sorry but spike has been really bugging me to try doing age magic and so I got a little distracted."

"No matter I shall sort it myself dear." stated Rarity as she walked into the kitchen with Spike in hot pursuit. Soon after Rarity emerged from the kitchen with multiple cups levitating in front of hear, it was just after she had set them down when there was another knock at the door. "Oh Spike, be a dear and get that would you."

"Yes my sweet" replied the giddy little dragon as he ran for the door, the mares were about to take their first sip of tea when the high pitched scream of spike was hear, they turned their heads to see the dragon passed out on the floor and a huge bipedal red furred wolf standing in the doorway.

"What did you do to spike!?" shout Rainbow Dash as she flew towards the wolf, the wolf merely sidestepped and the rainbow mare went soaring over her head she quickly stepped inside followed by three other ponies and locked the door behind her. "Hey lemme in!" shouted the rainbow pegasus from outside.

"Im sorry for locking you're friend outside but it doesn't seem like we will get much done with her in here." Rose looked down and straight back up. "Oh and I didn't hurt you're little friend her just fainted, I'v heard that things like me aren't exactly common here." The four ponies in the room just sat there and stared at her for what seemed like forever until the purple unicorn sat up.

"Yeah, it really isn't to common to see a two legged red wolf that talks, but oh well there's a first time for everything." The purple unicorn Replied still with a very shocked face. "Um do you mind me asking why you are carrying a gigantic sword on you're back."

"Oh, that reminds me of the reason we are here." Said Rose drawing her sword causing the ponies in front of her to sink low to the ground with a terrified look on their faces, however Rose quickly set it down on the nearest table which made the ponies look a little less afraid. "My name is Rose and this is Vinyl Scratch, Frost Bite and Trixie. We would like to know about the elements of harmony"

"Um ok, it's kinda funny you should ask that because, well, WE are the elements of harmony."

"I see, um, could i please have a book to read about this while you explain it, this may be more complex that I thought at first." Asked Rose

"Of course" answered Twilight and hovered a big brown book with a horse head drawn on the front and handed it to Rose. "Well it all started when Nightmare Moon who was an evil mare of darkness came to equestria and was determined to make it night time forever, however Princess Celestia who is the leader of equestria along with her sister Princess Luna sent me to ponyville beforehand where I met these five ponies, and it turned out that each of us possessed the power to wield the element of ourselves, for example Applejacks element is Honesty and Rainbow Dash is Loyalty."

"Hey can I stop you there a second." Asked Rose with a concerned look on her face

"Sure" said Twilight walking over. "What is it?"

"Well you said that I was the first of my sort to come here before..."

"Yes, you are."

"Then how did the language of Ancient Elysium get in this book?"

"What?" Twilight examined the page and sure enough at the back page of the book was a page written completely unknown to her, "I have never seen this language before, what does it say?"

"It says: On the darkest of days, in the absence of hope, when there is a being strong enough to level mountains, the Elements of Harmony will not be enough. I created the elements to protect against any threat, but a prophecy has be foretold, that one day a being shall arise and it shall destroy the whole of the world unless stopped. But this being will be to powerful for the Elements of Harmony. Instead, in the darkest hour, the four lone elements of the realm shall arise and destroy the being for good, I hope that this is of use to whoever reads this."
Dalgrue

"Oh my so there will come a time when the elements will be useless." Stuttered Twilight in shock

"Thats whats it says." Replied Rose

"I see, still it probably wont happen for hundreds of years."

"Yeah, say before we go can I ask you where the Alicorn Amulet can be found?"

"What do you know of the amulet?"

"Look I am racing against some evil dem-"

"AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!" An deathly scream came echoing through the door.

"Twilight!! Open the door, RIGHT NOW!!!" called the rainbow pony from outside. Twilight ran to the door and opened it to see nothing but chaos, "Twilight there are shadows running around town killing ponies, what do we do!"

"I'll tell you what you will do." Shouted Rose, "You are to stay in this house and you do not move!"

"But I wanna help!" shouted Rainbow

"Listen to me Rainbow Dash, they will chew you up and spit you out in an instant, literally! Stay here!" all of the ponies were safe and secure in the house, rose picked up her sword and flicked the switch on the bottom of it, parted them into two again and slung them onto her belt, she was about to leave the door when Vinyl suddenly ran past her.

"Tavi!!!" She shouted as she ran towards a shadow that was holding a beige pony inches away from it's razor sharp teeth. Vinyl ran headlong and slammed herself in the creature, impaling it with her horn. She ran over to the pony, blood dripping from her horn, the beige pony looked up.

"Vinyl, you-you saved me..." Vinyl put her hoof to the mares lips.

"Sshhh. I'll always be there for you." she muttered they both turned to see a shadow inches away bearing it's teeth, the two ponies embraced each other in a firm last hug before suddenly they saw a silver point coming threw the creatures forehead, they stared for a moment before the monsters head completely exploded covering the two mares in demon blood.

"You can't very well be there for her if your dead now can you?" Said Rose stood there with a smoking blade, the two mares smiled at Rose for a second. " The house, now!" shouted Rose, the ponies ran to the house and peered out the windows with the rest and watched Rose cut down shadow after shadow.

"C'mon you shadowy freaks! come get some" shouted Rose as she brought the great sword crashing down on three shadows and following up with a 360 degrees spin cutting down the rest of the shadows. Rose paused for a minute to assess the situation. "Wait why was there so few, there was less than the forest." Her Question was soon answered as the ground beneath the town began to shake. "What the...!" shouted Rose, as she looked up she saw a huge shadowy figure at least ten times the size of the regular shadows, Rose watched as the beast towered over the buildings in the village and was also carrying a huge club about the size of the average forest tree trunk, and it stared to slowly walked towards her. "Well that's certainly new." Rose brushed her hair over her ears and twisted the hilt of the sword and watched the top half of the blade fold out 90 degrees, "pfft, no matter. The bigger they are..." Rose dug the blade end into the soil, "the harder they fall!" Rose pulled back on the hilt and sent a dozen bullets straight into the stomach of the monster, there was blood but the monster didn't even flinch, instead it raised it's club above it's head and swung it at Rose, "well shit!" shouted Rose as the club hit her full force and sent her flying into the side of a house.

The ponies in Twilight's house watched in horror as Rose's body fell limp on the ground, the shadowy behemoth approached her ready to finish the job.

"Girls we have to help Rose, that thing will kill her!" shouted Frost bite to the others.

"But there's nothing we can do to help, look at the size of that thing!" retorted Rainbow Dash. Frost Bite turned to her friends.

"Vinyl, Trix, She saved our lives at the caravan and has just save Octavia and killed another 2 dozen of those things, we HAVE to help her!" Vinyl hugged Octavia tightly.

"I'm sorry Frost but, I see how we can." Said Vinyl in a shamed tone.

"Fine if none of you will help her then I will!" shouted Frost Bite and ran out the door.

"Frosty no! It will kill you!" Trixie shouted but the blue pegasus didn't even look back. Rose opened her eyes to see the giant shadow almost upon her, she looked around for her sword but the beast had knocked it away and rose couldn't reach it, her leg had gotten trapped in the rubble of the house she had been knocked into. The behemoth raised it's club and brought it crashing down, Rose closed her eyes and prepared for the impact but, there was no impact. Rose opened her eyes and instead of seeing the end of a club she saw... Frost Bite, standing on her hind legs with her front legs stretched out, and coming of of her front hooves was, snow, no not just snow but a blizzard and she was turning the giant's hands to ice.

"YOU.SHALL NOT. HURT.MY.FRIIEEENDDD!!" screamed Frost Bite and she delivered a twist kick directly into the giant's hands causing them to shatter upon collision, the creatured was taken aback by the pain and this gave Rose the time she needed to free her leg, Rose ran to her sword picked it up and shot a blast of bullets into the ground, the force of the shot threw Rose high into the air. She quickly twisted the hilt and brought the now re-attached blade down through the top of the giant's head, she then jump from it's head, twisted in the air and delivered a finishing slice to the throat of the beast, the giant shadowy gollum started fell forwards giving Rose just enough time to dive and grab Frost Bite out of the way.

As the two returned to Twilight's house other ponies emerged from their hiding places and started to applaud the wolf and pegasus for destroying the gollum, the ponies in Twilight's house ran out to meet them halfway. "Oh Celestia! since when can pegasi use magic!" shouted Twilight in a very excited tone. Vinyl and Trixie approached Frost Bite.

"Frosty, what are you?" They asked in a joyful tone. Rose walked up and put a hand on Frost Bite's shoulder.

"I doubt you can hide it anymore, eh Frost?" Frost nodded and stepped forward.

"Girls. I'm, a Caster..."