My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Legacy

MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC: LEGACY

A next generation fanfiction series by SnowyZo3

Chapter 3: New Heroes Emerge

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"Everypony, you remember The Doctor, correct?" Celestia asked. A few jaws dropped at the mention of his name.

"You called in our old substitute teacher? How's he gonna help?" Sunbeam blurted out.

"Oh, I'm just...that kind of ma-stallion..." he answered, nearly referring to his human form, but that's another story.

"You look different. Are you sure you're the same pony from before?" Rome Beauty spoke up.

"I've recently regenerated. Had to go back to the Royal Wedding 25 years ago to help stop the changeling attack. Now if we could get started please?" The Doctor stood up from his chair, unrolling a large scroll that took up the entire length of the table before continuing. "This tapestry depicts the events that led up to Discord's second attack on Equestria long before Luna was banished. It began with his exile from the draconequus homeland...

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THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO...

"Bah! Those idiotic council members!" Discord cursed, kicking a small rock further into the wastelandish gorge in frustration. "If it wasn't for my actions in the war, this place would've been nothing but a pile of rubble!"

Another draconequus came up behind him, by the name of Anarchy. He was similar to Discord in only a few aspects. His face was that of a deer, and his two horns were that of a moose and a rabbit's ear. His front legs were a bear's claw and a frog's webbed foot. His back were an ostrich and a wolf's legs, met by a tiger's tail that ended as a whale's tail tip. His chest and abdomen looked like they belonged to a gorilla with a bumblebee's and a falcon's wing on his back with stegosaurus spikes lining his spine.

"I tried to stop them, my liege, but my arguement was left unheard." he apologized.

"Its not your failure to stop this that angers me, Anarchy. It's the fact that I was powerless to defend my own title as Draquon's ruler." Discord sighed as he turned, looking ahead atop  a large rocky outcrop in the gorge's center, before losing his balance and falling face first to the ground.

"Goodness, are you alright?" Anarchy asked as he ran over to help his fellow draconequus.

"Perfectly fine." Discord muttered as he stood back up. As he did, he felt his tail touch a small smooth surface. Looking down at the object behind him, he had no knowledge that what he had found would change history forever. A small black sphere, possibly made from obsidian and about the size of a basketball, was sitting behind him.

"What's this?" he asked himself out loud, before making the mistake of picking up the strange item. As he held it in his talon, he failed to realize the nearly invisible yellow smoke emerging from a cloud-shaped symbol on the back of the item. The smoke swirled around him before forcefully working it's way into every opening of his head. The smell of it filled his nostrils and the taste was actually somewhat sweet, but just as quickly as the smoke enveloped him, it dicipated.

"What was that?" Anarchy asked.

"I'm...not sure. But I have the sudden urge for chocolate milk all of the sudden." Discord said, confusing his ally. As if on cue, the clouds above him turned a shade of bright pink, and brown raindrops began to fall. Discord caught one in his mouth, chuckling upon his realization of what it was.

"Chocolate milk? Oh splendid! I can change the weather with this!" Discord laughed, holding the orb that gave him this power high in the air.

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"It wasn't until later that Discord realized after the Elements of Harmony were created, opposite versions were forged as well." The Doctor ended.

"Opposite versions?" Amethyst repeated.

"Yes. It seems that the one Discord found was the Element of Chaos, and the one that infected Luna and turned her into Nightmare Moon, was the Element of Envy."

"And another thing, how is Nightmare Moon even here? We thought she was Princess Luna before our moms saved her." Sunbeam asked.

"We believe that the Element of Envy has taken our Nightmare Moon form because it remained in that form with us for a thousand years and grew accustomed to it." Luna explained her guess.

"Anyway, afterwards, Discord used his power to reek havoc on those who banished him, took over once again, and waged a second war on Equestria." The Doctor finished.

"We know. You told us the same story back in school." Moonlight Shadow spoke up.

"Only minus the alternate elements." he replied, correcting her.

"So basically those alternate elements caused Discord's chaotic abilities and channeled all of Luna's envy into Nightmare Moon?" Spike asked, summing up the whole explanation.

"Thou art correct, Spike. And unless we stop them, plus the others, Equestria...nay, the Entire Planet, is at risk." Luna spoke gravely.

Now the tension in the room was so thick, not even a chainsaw could cut through it. It was quite a while before anyone spoke again.

"And what about that spell Discord was using?  How he turned all those ponies to stone?" Amethyst asked.

"It's the same spell we used on him when he returned years before you were born." Twilight answered.

"Discord must've learned it ta use fer himself." Applejack continued. "Any way we can reverse the spell?"

"We're trying other means as we speak." Celestia gestured to a window. Outside was a guarded area with Eos' statue form in the center. A lanky grey Alicorn with a brown mane was attempting a powerful spell on him in order to break Discord's curse. The group watched in anticipation before her concentration broke and she fell to her knees, panting. At that moment, Celestia sighed and turned back to the group. "Without the Elements, I doubt we can use any strength spell to reverse this." she said sadly. "That's why we brought you all here."

"What can we do?" Soarin asked.

"Whatever you can." The Doctor spoke up. "Right now, we need everypony we can get that is of use to us."

"I've already ordered Shining Armor to mobilize his troops in Stalliongrad to guard all settlements in case the Alternates attack those cities as well." Celestia stated.

"What about Ponyville? I'm it's mayor now. I can't just leave my citizens defenseless." Twilight asked.

"Cadence has already volunteered to go there personally to defend Ponyville if they return." Luna explained. "She shall make sure that its citizens are safe as long as it's in her hooves."

"And Canterlot? Whose gonna defend here?" Rainbow asked.

"That's why we need you six here." Celestia replied. "With Shining and Cadence occupied, and Eos out of commission, Twilight's the only unicorn that can use the shielding spell to defend Canterlot."

Twilight was stunned. This was a big responsibility for her to take. Much bigger than when she began writing her friendship letters to the Princess. More than when she became Mayor of Ponyville. And definitely bigger than her becoming a mother.

"I will accept that task, Princess." Twilight said, bowing.

"Dash and Applejack, I'm dispatching you to keep command of the guard along with our top lieutenants, Cloud Skipper and Midnight Blossom." Celestia continued as she turned to a couple ponies at the same table as The Doctor. One was a mare, a batwinged Pegasus with bright golden eyes and a dark violet mane styled similar to Rainbow's. The other was a normal Pegasus stallion about Ponet's height,white coat, and a blonde mane. Both wore armor symbolizing whose top guard they were; Midnight wearing Luna's guards armor, and Cloud Skipper wearing Celestia's.

"I'll need the rest of you to help with other tasks around the castle. Helping with the cure research,  mostly." The Doctor motioned to the remaining adult ponies in the room.

"Wait, what about us, huh?" Rome Beauty spoke up.

"Yeah, you brought us here for a reason too. What's up?" Sunbeam agreed.

Celestia turned to the younger mares.

"I'm getting to that. I need you six for the most important task of all." she smiled.

"Most important?" Moonlight murmured.

"Wait, you don't mean..." Amethyst started.

"You can't possibly be thinking this, Princess. They're just fillies for Faust sake!" Twilight said, panicking.

"Twilight, remain calm. I have faith in them. They are you and your friend's daughters after all." Celestia smirked. Twilight slowly nodded, skeptically agreeing with her former Teacher's judgement.

"What are you talking about, Princess?" RB asked again.

"Amethyst, Surprise, Sunbeam, Moonlight Shadow, Golden Harvest, and Rome Beauty, I am sending you on a special mission to retrieve the Elements of Harmony." Celestia decreed.

The tension level grew to the point that even lasers couldn't put a dent in it. All the fillies in the room looked at each other, not sure wether or not to accept the task they were given.

"Okay. I'll do it." Sunbeam said at last. Rainbow smiled at her daughter proudly. She was glad her daughter accepted her task first.

"If Sunny's going, I'm going!" Surprise said, trotting over to the other pegasus' side.

"I'm gonna go too." Rome Beauty agreed.

"Well, if everypony else is, I suppose..." Golden Harvest said quietly.

"Ah, what the buck. I'll go too." Moonlight grunted.

"Moonlight! Watch your language!" Twilight ordered as her eldest daughter rolled her eyes.

Amethyst was the last one to step forward.

"I'm going with my friends too. We'll bring back the Elements, Princess." Amethyst smiled, a brave look on her face.

"I know you will. We all have our faith in you." Celestia replied, as the older generation, Luna, The Doctor and everypony else in the room. "But always remember: the fate of the Known World rests in your hooves."

The girls nodded simultaneously. They had already accounted the fact that their actions would either save or destroy the world, but it was a risk they were willing to take.

"Now, please. Rest up, for tomorrow, we send you out to find Discord and the Alternates." Celestia continued. "Cloud Skipper will show you to your room for the night."

"Right this way, fillies." Cloud Skipper ushered the younger mares out. As they left, little Galactica began to whimper, in fear that this would be the last time she'd see her big sister.

"Don't worry. You'll see Moonlight again..." Twilight whispered to her week-old daughter.

"I hope." she continued to herself f

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That night, Amethyst lay awake in her bed, staring out the window at the shielding spell that protected Canterlot. It glowed the same color as Twilight's magic.  The room the six of them shared was relatively small, only about the size of a toolshed. On both sides were two triple layer bunk beds, Moonlight, Rome Beauty and Golden Harvest on one side while Sunbeam, Surprise and Amethyst shared the other. Between the beds was only enough standing room for two ponies at a time, with a window and the door leading to a hallway outside paralleling one another.

Amethyst shifted her attention to the bunk across from her. Golden and RB were already sound asleep within twenty minutes of dimming the lights, but Moonlight had been staring out the window at the moon for well over an hour.

"Still awake, Moonlight?" Amethyst whispered, trying to get the goth pony's attention.

"I never sleep, Amy. You know that better than anypony." she answered almost immediately afterwards. "What about you? You're still wide awake."

"I'm still wondering about this quest we've been sent on." Amethyst replied. "How do we know we're the right one's for the job? Shurely Princess Celestia could have picked better ponies than us."

"Princess Celestia's first name is Shirley?" Surprise suddenly asked, hanging upside down as she looked at Amethyst from one bunk above her.

"Surprise, go back to sleep." Amethyst ordered.

"Look, Amy. All of us accepted this task when we were given it. I can't promise it'll be easy, but I'm still doing it." Moonlight said.

"I'm not quitting, Moonlight. I'm just saying, were still kids and they're sending us to do a task I think not even our moms could handle without the Elements." Amethyst explained.

"You're really thinking we can't do this just cuz we don't have a few necklaces with magical powers?" Moonlight asked, raising her voice slightly. "Amy, it's not the resources we have that matters at this point."

"Yeah! As long as everypony works together on this, we can get them back!" Surprise continued.

Amethyst gave a weak smile. Maybe her friends were right. It doesn't matter what items you have. It matters what friends you have.

"You know what? You two are right. Maybe we can do this." Amethyst finally agreed

"No, not 'maybe'. We definitely can do this."  correcting herself.

"I knew that pep talk would getcha back to normal!" Surprise beamed.

"Great, she's on board again. Now some of us are tryin' ta sleep here so shaddup!" Rome Beauty snapped, her voice muffled from her face being buried in her pillow.

Moonlight smirked. "Yeah, I guess we should get some sleep."

"Yep. We've got alot of work ahead of us." Amethyst agreed as she ended the conversation and drifted back off to sleep.

Little did any of them know that the eldest of the Royal Sisters heard their entire conversation through the door.

"I knew I made the right decision." she smiled.

"Sister! Come back! The enemy Heavy has us pinned down!" Luna called from the other room.

Celestia sighed and put her headset back on. "Coming, Lulu. This is why you don't go it alone as the Medic." she mumbled.

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On a rocky outcrop overlooking Ponyville, Cadence landed along with an attatchment of Pegasus Guards.  From there, they could make out dozens of statues, mimicing ponies that had been cursed by Discord and Nightmare Moon's newfound powers.

"Holy buck..." one of the guards mumbled.

"I know."Cadence sighed. "Search the area for survivors. We'll evacuate them to Canterlot once we've completely scanned the area."

"At once, malady." the Guard commander saluted before ordering his troops to where they would be sent.

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Around an hour passed as two of the guards searched the area by the Carousel Boutique. Near them, they saw at least twenty ponies that had been already incapacitated by Discord's curse.

"And I thought it was creepy from afar." One of the pair mumbled.

"Quiet, Cumulus. I think I heard something." the other said, turning his attention to a nearby alleyway.  "Keep an eye out for the Alternates."

"Gotcha, Cyclone." Cumulus agreed.

Cyclone slowly trudged down the alley. In front of him was a dumpster, with a pony resembling what used to be Lyra Heartstring, now frozen with a frightened look on her face as she stood on top of the dumpster.

"Probably trying to get away when she was caught." Cyclone thought. The sound he heard resonated again, this time somewhat louder as he got closer to the dumpster. He tapped it with his foreleg. A moment later, a tap from the inside sounded, along with a frightened voice.

"Hello? Is somepony out there?"

Cyclone's eyes widened. He quickly flipped open the dumpster cover, looking inside. From inside it popped out a young metallic blue earth pony colt with a grey mane and purple eyes. His cutie mark resembled a metronome.

"Uh, who are you?" the colt asked. He spoke with a slight Cockney accent. Cyclone stammered for a second.

"Um, we're here to search for survivors from the attack made by Discord and Nightmare Moon." he finally managed to say. The colt hugged his leg.

"Oh, thank goodness. I thought I would've ended up like Auntie Lyra!" The colt said, his voice slightly shaking.

"Hey, relax there little guy...You got a name?" Cyclone asked.

"Metronome. Most ponies call me Metro." the colt answered.

"Okay, Metro. We're gonna take you to a safe place just outside the town. But before we do, do you know where any of your friends or family are?" Cyclone continued.

Metro thought for a moment. "I think my friends, Daylight and Dubstep, are hiding nearby."

Cyclone nodded."Okay, hop on my back. I'll give you a ride." The cold complied as Cyclone took to the air. "Cumulus, we're moving on!" He waited a moment before his partner finally got to his level. "What took ya?"

"Thought I saw something. It was just a squirrel." Cumulus agreed. Cyclone could've sworn something was off with his voice, but he dismissed it. He knew Cumulus had voice problems after that run in with a Changeling almost cost him his vocal chords.

"Alright, let's get a move on. This little guy says he knows where more survivors are." Cyclone explained.

"Good. Let's find 'em." Cumulus nodded. As Cyclone turned and started flying forward, Metro turned back and looked at the second Pegasi Guard. He almost noticed two things: the statue of a Pegasi Guard that looked just like the one tailing him and Cyclone, and how the second guard's eyes flashed green for a moment.

"This kid's sharp. Almost picked up on my disguise. Better watch out for him." Chrysallis thought.

End of part 3.