My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic: Legacy

MY LITTLE PONY: FRIENDSHIP IS MAGIC: LEGACY

A next generation fanfiction series by SnowyZo3

Chapter 6: One Down...

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"Scatter!" Amethyst ordered as Nightmare Moon lunged for them.

Her friends made it out of the was as the Alicorn jumped over Amethyst and stood before her.

"No you don't." she smirked as her horn gave off a sickly blue. The ground at Amethyst's hooves suddenly turned adhesive. No matter how much she tried to escape it, she couldn't.

"Amy, what're you doin? Get outta da way!" RB called out.

"I can't! I'm stuck!"  Amethyst replied.

"Then that will make this a lot easier." Nightmare Moon sneered as she prepared to stab at the trapped Kirin with her horn.

Time suddenly slowed down for Amethyst. As she saw Nightmare Moon bring her horn closer, she suddenly got flashbacks of the night she got her cutie mark: Stuck with nowhere to go, about to be killed by a pack of Lupus Minors. Only this time, it was the Mare in the Moon herself. She closed her eyes, and brought her horn to an angle that it would block her attacker's. The sound of two horns clanging together echoed throughout the plaza.

"You're pretty resilient for a normal pony. I hate that." Nightmare Moon growled.

"I'm no ordinary pony." Amethyst said calmly.

Suddenly, her eyes snapped open, revealing two bright lights where her pupils once were. Nightmare Moon reeled back, the light in Amy's eyes blinding her. As she did, the spell that held her hostage faded, freeing her. Amethyst leaped into the air, horn pointed at Nightmare Moon, primed with the spell Celestia's instructed her to use.

"Well, buck." was all Nightmare Moon could think as Amethyst's horn made contact with her. In the exact same moment, the magical energy released itself in a brilliant purple beam of energy from her horn. Suddenly, a bluish smoke started pouring from multiple places on her tall, lanky body. Giving out one last shriek before she completely turned to smoke, Nightmare Moon disappeared. Slowly, the smoke condensed into an orb about the size of a coconut. It was the same deep blue as Nightmare Moon's armor, and had something written on it. It wasn't in basic Equestrian, or any language that they recognized for that matter.

As the orb fell upon the ground, Amy and her friends noticed as everyone Nightmare Moon turned to stone was restored to their original forms. That mare from earlier, Blood Moon, was overjoyed as she was reunited with whom they guessed to be her husband, a black and red Pegasus with Royal Guards armor. Every pony else also looked around, happy to be free of the curse.

"Did we do it?" Sunbeam asked aloud.

"Yea...We did it." Amethyst said, looking around.

"So what do we do about this?" Moonlight asked, picking up the orb Nightmare Moon left behind.

"I'm not sure, but Princess Celestia said...wait a second..." Amethyst started, before noticing something under a pile of rubble. Knocking some of it away with her hoof, she uncovered a golden tiara, with a bright purple gem cut in the shape of Twilight's cutie mark.

"It's the Element of Magic!"

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"So let me see if I get this straight:" Celestia asked. "The curse can only be broken if we defeat the Alternate who froze that individual?"

"That's right, Princess." Amethyst said from her holoscreen. "Which means the ponies Nightmare Moon froze in Ponyville could still be saved!"

"I'll send word to my niece right away, but first, do you still have Nightmare Moon's orb? I'd like The Doctor to have a look at it." Celestia asked.

Rome Beauty handed her Kirin friend the orb, and Amethyst held it up to the screen, the words facing in Celestia, and now The Doctor's, direction. He studied it for a moment.

"I've never seen such writing before." he whispered in awe, then ran off screen, shouting back, "Wait there!"

Behind the six of them, a sound they've never heard anything else like came from behind them as a tall, blue box suddenly materialized out of nowhere. Once it was fully solid, The Doctor exited from it and took the orb from Amy's hoof, examining it up close.

"Wait a moment. The TarDis' translation software is changing it." The Doctor said, before turning it back to the six young mares before him. What was once a incomprehensible language now read 'Envy'.

"Envy?" Golden Harvest said.

"We'll think about it. Luna did turn into Nightmare Moon after getting jealous of her sister." RB added.

"What is the original language that it was thought?"Sunbeam asked.

"If Im correct, it's a language older than even Ponykind: The Words of Tartaurus."

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Miracle slowly opened one eye. Neither she nor her friends, Blue, or Bran had been frozen. In fact, Discord was stuck in place by an aura of light blue magic.

"Think again, Discord!" Pumpkin Cake snapped at her captive.

"Seriously, you think a simple levitation spell could stop me?" Discord asked, unamused. At the snap of his claws, a pitcher of chocolate milk, suddenly poured all over Punpkin Cake, making her lose focus on levitating the chaotic god. "I'm actually more hung up on the fact that YOU somehow became unfrozen." he thought as he touched her and returned her to her statue form, "Which can only mean Envy was defeated."

"It matters not. The Elements cannot function properly on their own. Keep the ones you have away from the ones who defeated Envy."

"Yes, Master." Discord said, listening to the telepathic message in his head.

"Who're you talking to?" Pound asked, completely unaware of the fact he was gonna be turned back into stone with a single touch.

"No pony you need to worry about ." he chuckled, then noticed that the other five had fled outside. "Ah well, I love a good game of freeze tag anyway!" Discord said as he quickly headed back outside. The five ponies he had been previously chasing had already mixed in between already-converted pony statues, plus the crowd of ponies that were unfrozen by the defeat of Nightmare Moon.

"Guess Im back in the hunt." Discord laughed to himself as he quickly refroze Blossomforth and Snips at the same time, followed by Raindrops, Berry Punch, and Lily.

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After hiding back behind a corner near the edge of town, Eight Bit poked her head out, making sure the coast was clear. She couldn't see Discord anymore, just more unfrozen ponies running in every direction.

"Is the coast clear?" Blue asked.

"It isn't as long as Discord's out there recapturing every pony who got unfrozen." Sonnet answered.

Miracle turned to Bran Muffin. "Have any good ideas for a place to hide, Bran?"

He thought for a second before coming up with an idea.

"There's a shed behind the Bargin Barn my friends usually hang around." Bran told them.

"Then that's our best bet. Lets go." Miracle ordered as the five of them ran off.

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"Wait wait wait, lemme get this straight. Nightmare Moon was an orb da whole time?" RB asked.

"Nothing gets past you, doesn't it?" Moonlight answered sarcastically.

"Like I said before you left Canterlot..." The Doctor began to explain." ...some Alternates are forms they've taken on, or beings they've taken over. Envy took on Nightmare Moons form, while Chaos took over Discord."

"That must be why he's back to causing disharmony again." Fluttershy spoke up from the viewing screen Amy still held.

"Precisely, now Im going back to Canterlot with this to run some tests, but in the meantime, Ill drop you six off near the closest Alternate in the area." The Doctor announced, trotting back into the Tardis. "Well? Come on!"

The six of them said their goodbyes to Shining Armor , the princesses on the viewing screen, and the other pony citizens and guards of Fillydelphia as they entered the blue box before fading away.

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As the six stepped out of the Tardis, they were immediately assaulted by a blast of windswept sand and intense heat from the afternoon sun.

"Ugh...where are we?" Sunbeam asked.

"Southern region of the Bone Dry Desert. Closest I can get you to the nearest Alternate without this beauty interacting with it." the Timelord explained, gesturing to the orb.

"So you're just leaving us here? In the middle of the desert??" Moonlight asked.

"Don't worry! I already built us shelter!" Surprise said, poking her head out of a perfect sand replica of the Tardis, which stood until a passing tumbleweed knocked it down on impact.

Ignoring the white pegasus, the Timelord pony continued. "Just about a half mile that way is a buffalo village. They're friendly. Trust me. See ya!" he waved as he shut the door and faded out of existence.

"I guess that's our only option." Amy shrugged as she and her friends trekked to the tepees in the distance. After a long walk, they made it, Surprise panting like a dog and sweating enough to fill a swimming pool with her perspiration.

"I-I can't go on! We've been walking for days! Without water! Or air conditioning!" she wailed before passing out on the grass.

"Umm, Surprise? It's only been about fifteen minutes." Golden Harvest corrected her.

"Well she does have a point. We're gonna need water soon." RB pointed out. "Dese buffalo should have some."

As they entered the camp, they became immersed in sullen faces and looks of disbelief and despair. Only one buffalo seemed to be cheerful towards them: a light brown buffalo cow in a purple headress. "Are you the ones The Settlers sent to help us?" she asked.

"Im not sure. Sorry." Amethyst explained. "We were sent here to find one of the Alternates. Have there been any strange things occurring recently?"

The native's eyes shot wide open. "Then you're the ones Wind Talker foretold of!" she exclaimed, as more buffalo surrounded them.

"Strongheart, what is this commotion?" a tall dark buffalo in a very elaborate headdress asked as he made his way to the ponies.

"Chief, these are the ponies our shaman predicted would come to save this land!" Strongheart cried out in joy. Murmurs rung out throughout the tribe.

"So..are we, like, The Chosen Ones or sumtin' like dat?" RB asked. The chief spoke up again to answer the orange pony's question.

"Our spiritual guide, Wind Whistler, foretold last night of six heroines that would stop He Who Hears Drumbeats, return the water, and restore peace to this land, and all lands beyond our influence." he lectured. "Come. We will explain on the way."

"If you don't mind, can we please get some water first?" Sunbeam asked. Solemn faces made her realize she shouldn't have asked.

"Our river nearby, the source of our water, dried up suddenly two days ago." Strongheart explained.

"That was during the eclipse!" Surprise exclaimed.

"Correct, White One." the chief concurred. "Afterwards, a pony showed up who heard drumbeats silent to every being other than himself." He lead them to a closed teepee, upon opening it, the six were shocked to see it filled with statuefied buffalo. "He did this to the buffalo sent to search for more water, turning them to stone just by touching them."

"It's an Alternate alright." Moonlight announced, looking at the electronic map. "Looks like it's the Alternate Element of Strife, and he's not far."

"Where is he then?" Sunbeam asked.

Moonlight looked up at Rone Beauty and Golden Harvest. The two Apple family relatives knew the location Strife was located in by heart.

All three of them spoke up: "Appleoosa."

END OF CHAPTER 6