Your wish came true.

Pinkie Pie is hopping around in her sleeping bag as the rest of us try to figure out what the last night meant and why Celestia was testing you. You go to grab another s’more, but notice that the seven of you had eaten all of the marshmellows. Not to worry; you have some other goodies in your house. You clamber out of the sleeping bag you were sharing with Rainbow and head back into your house. As you walk you still notice that you all still have your elements of harmony on, and that you have a white lightning bolt, almost like Rainbow’s. You start to ponder for a few moments on what it could mean, when you were in the other realm, you had to face one of your darkest fears. Your father. When you finally stood up to him , you saw the light in the background, but he tried to block it as much as possible, like he didn’t want me to achieve anything… The more you stood up to him, the smaller he became, and the brighter the light grew. When you faced him, you felt something inside, something magical, like it was growing. Could it of been Celestia?

‘It’s wasn’t me, Speedster, it was you, working up the courage to fight against your father, it was the light filling you. I am just as amazed as to why you received an element of harmony, there are only 6 in existence, until you came along, that is.’

‘Is that a bad thing?’

‘Not at all silly, if anything, we should be thankful you are still on our side, it means that Equestria will have a greater defence from evil. .’

‘Princess, I would never leave your side, you know that, right?’

‘Speedster… Just know that I have been in your mind a lot, I have seen some thoughts that dwell in the humans subconscious, I noticed that you tend to over-think things, every possibility as to what could of happened or could of happened. If you failed a test, you immediately wonder as to what you could have done wrong, thinking of all of the questions, did you study enough? Does the examiner hate you for some unknown reason, it gets a bit bizarr, but you know what I mean, do you not?’

‘You know too much about me, it would seem. Could you not be so Intrusive? It’s not really fair, considering I don’t like my past, it’s filled with so much hate.’

‘Do not worry child, I shall dwell no more. However I can’t speak so much for Luna, she is more of a rebellious type, be careful around her. She can’t read your mind without you saying yes to her first, however. But, just be careful.’

‘Thanks Princess.’

‘Please, call me Celest.’

‘Oh, okay. Thanks Celest.’

‘Not a problem, Speedster.’

You head back outside with another bag of marshmallows in your mouth. You notice that all of the ponies were talking about something, as they notice they all shrivel up and stop. They all look to be slightly bewildered, and very nervous. You trot over to  Rainbow dash but you are stopped suddenly, you start floating. When you look at the ground you notice a sparkle on your chest. It’s your Element of Harmony, it’s starting to glow! You quickly snap back to each pony, noticing them all lighting up as well, one by one a beam emits from Twilight to each of you, all of your sleeping bags now slipped off of you as you are all levitating. You all connect through the beam of light. You start to feel something inside of you, something bubbling up, trying to bust its way to the surface, you try and hold it down but you can’t any longer, you feel your coat picking up energy, the cyan colour fading away and being replaced with pure white. Your mane starts to flicker, embers starting to appear out of nowhere, suddenly it sparks and your hair is ablaze with flame, yet they do not hurt. It’s just like when you crashed into the hospital with Rainbow Dash. Your head cocks back automatically, and your eyes flood with a solid white.

The sudden rush of energy overflows you, it’s nothing you’ve felt before, it’s so energizing, so peaceful, too. It’s like being born, all over again and the world is made anew, Everything to do, so ecstatic, bursting with energy all over the place. You feel hooves grabbing your shoulder; you quickly look back to see the ponies touching you, wondering who they could be, but you can’t see anything because of the light in your eyes. Slowly it starts to fade and your vision slowly comes back. It’s Princess Celestia and Rainbow Dash holding you, they give you a look of confidence, letting you know everything is okay. They put on a slight smile as you levitate back to the floor. You feel all of the energy leave you, but even so, your mane is still made of flames that don’t seem to die down at all, and your coat is still white.

You hear Celestia murmuring something, you can’t quite tell until she comes closer to you. “Speedster, everything is going to be okay, you need to come to the palace with me, right away.”

“But why can’t he stay here with me- I mean us?”

“I am sorry, Rainbow Dash, but this is official business. I have to talk with him. Privately. I am very sorry.”

Rainbow’s face darkens as she starts to mope; it almost looks like a tear appears on her face. “Celest, can Rainbow please come with us? She won’t be a problem, I promise.”

“Speedster, I real-“

“Please?” ‘By the way, I asked her to marry me, if it’s any consultation’

“Oh, oh my, congratulations are in order, congratulations Rainbow and Speedster, I hope you will be very happy together. In that case... Rainbow, you can come along.”

The rest of the ponies are stunned as they hear that, Pinkie Pie decides to speak up first; “Oh my gosh! Rainbow’s getting married! Yay yay yay! Oh oh! Do you have a planner yet? I could be the planner, it will be so awesome! I can even bring my party cannon, this is going to be such an amazing wedding wahoo!”

“I am uhm, very happy for you both uhm, if that’s okay…” Fluttershy says, very shyly as always.

“Well, I do think it’s fabulous that you are both getting married, could I design the wedding dress and your outfit Speedster? It would be such an honour.”

“Of course you can Rarity, I don’t think we would have it any other way, right Speedster?”

“Well obviously, she is the best designer in all of Equestria, isn’t she?”

“Yep!”

“Well, I could help with the decorations right?” Twilight asks, very sheepishly.

“I would be happy-“

“Sam, we really have to get going.” Celestia errupts. She must have been wanting to talk for a while now.

“Oh okay, let’s go then.”

All at once the crowd of ponies look at you in confusion, “You’re name isn’t Sam, it’s Speedster, isn’t it?” Pinkie Pie asks.

“Well, it’s my Human name, I guess I left that part out, sorry. I must get going now anyway, I will see you guys soon okay?”

“Oki doki loki!”

Celestia’s horn starts to glow and the three of you are surrounded by a ball of light, the next thing you know you are inside the castle of Canterlot, in the throne room with Rainbow Dash by your side. Celestia starts to pace along the floor, nervously thinking about something. Eventually she confronts you, she never takes her eyes off of your mane, which is still lit with fire,  and your coat is still white, like you just dropped a bag of flour on yourself. “Speedster, I am of great worry.”

“But whatever for, Celest?”

“You are starting to grow stronger for some reason. You even became the 7th element - this is a very secret element - it is not required to operate the elements of harmony, but it is an element very easily sided with corruption or goodness. So far, it is good as you are with us, but you can be easily turned to the dark side, even more so than before.”

“What do you mean it’s a secret element?”

“The legend that is written in the book Twilight Sparkle read is only half of the story. I carefully removed the other half, as it is much too powerful in the wrong hands. The 7th element must be kept a secret for as long as possible. The darkness that is in all of us must never take over.”

“What do you mean, the darkness in all of us? I am very confused.”

“Within each of us, lies darkness, no matter who you are, you are always capable of doing something evil, even if you are the element of light, like you. However it is a very, very small amount for you, it could attempt to take over at any time, this means your coat will start to darken. It is fully light as of now, I assume anyway, and I really hope it stays this way, I don’t want a repeat of what happened las-“

She stops dead in her sentence, realizing what she has just said. “What happened last time, Celest?”

“I suppose it makes little sense to keep this a secret for any longer... I have a brother. Well, he is my half-brother but we are still blood related. He was the element of light for a short while, but that’s only because I stopped him just in time, before he reached full power.”

“What happened to him?”

“When we first realised that he was the element of light, we told him not to abuse his powers, he understood at first but thought he was stronger than me and my sister, so he rebelled on his family and friends and went out into the Everfree forest, never to be seen again, until I went looking for him, that is. I had to research on the matter a lot more. When I found out about the things he was capable of doing, I couldn’t let him turn evil. I sent out search parties every night to look for him, some coming back wounded, few where actually severely injured, close to death. He was growing stronger by the day, me and my sister, Luna, went looking for him. When we found the little area in the forest he had settled in, we were shrouded in darkness, we couldn’t escape. He coat was as black as the night and his mane was made from flames not unlike yours, the flames of eternal glory. However, his flames where dark and evil, this fuelled his evil intensions even more so than it would do to any other pony.  The flames are impossible to put out, unless you use the Elements of Harmony, but even then it requires a lot of magic, too. It can even drain all of somepony’s magic away for good. Luckily, Luna brought the Elements of harmony with her, and with those powers combined we were able to defeat him, however, not without the loss of our brother, he is no longer with us.”

“Wait, so are you saying that you want to… to kill me?”

Rainbow Dash starts to get closer to you, embracing your warmth.

“Heavens no, I want to give you a chance Speedster. I don’t want to be forced to, but if it comes to it, I will have no choice. You must promise me, no matter what happens, that you will not use your power against Canterlot, or even Equestria for that matter, please, I am begging you.”

“Celest, I promise I won’t. I couldn't! I could never hurt my friends and my family, I love you all so much for that to happen. But I am curious, what powers do I have?”

“That all depends. As your soul darkens you grow stronger with the evil side of you, therefore your evil powers are stronger, and your light powers have almost no effect, and also visa-versa. He had power beyond belief, even a normal alicorn cannot call upon powers like the ones of the element of light, you must be very careful with it.”

“But, I don’t have a horn, so how should I be able to do magic?”

“You don’t need a horn to do this kind of magic, it comes from within you. Either the light or the darkness.

“In that case consider me part of the light, I promise I will not go embrace the darkness, I love Equestria and everypony in it, I am forever grateful for you for brining me here and I will never forget it, I owe you a great deal and will help in any way I can.”

“Now that you mention that, there is one thing you could do for me. Would you be up for working for me as a royal guard? Having your power in my army would be very useful, it pays  a good wage, 65 bits a day, same hours are your current job as well. You don’t have to but I would appreciate it.”

“Sure, I would happily be in the ranks. Don’t go easy on me though, I want to be treated like every other pony.”

“As you wish.”