Princess of Deception.

“Princess Celestia,” Twilight spoke, gaining the sun princess’ attention and a warm smile.

“Twilight Sparkle, how can I help?” Celestia wondered, putting her quill and the scroll she was writing down on the desk.

“I had a weird dream that I wished to ask you about,” Twilight explained, sitting down in front of her mentor’s desk.

“Shouldn’t you ask my sister about dreams when she awakens Twilight?” Celestia wondered, receiving a shake of the head from her student.

“That’s the issue princess, it was about Luna,” Twilight said before she thought through the dream once more. “She and I talked for a few moments in the dream on a balcony, she quickly went from acting normal to hunched over and sobbing, looking like she was ready to explode with anger on top of that. Upon asking her she acted surprised that I was still there and when I turned my back she attacked me, not as Luna though, as Nightmare Moon”

Celestia thought about what her student had told her. It’s odd that Twilight had that dream when Nightmare Moon was defeated three years ago. “I’ll speak with Luna with what it could mean once she awakens,” Celestia told Twilight who nodded with approval.

“I will be in the library if you need me princess,” Twilight explained as she trotted out of the room.

“Have a good morning,” Celestia wished to her student.

“These scrolls are only accessible by royalty due to the secrets they hold,” an old mare explained, pointing with her hoof to another room in the library behind a locked gate inside the library. The old mare, being in charge of preserving old books had a peach colored coat with a white mane and tail while her eyes were green; a scroll and quill being her cutie mark.

“Why are they only accessible by royalty?”

“Unknown reasons to me Princess Twilight,” the old mare replied before handing Twilight the key. “That opens the gate.”

“Thank you,” Twilight thanked before approaching the locked gate casually, until of course she looked over her shoulder and found the old mare to be gone. She galloped quickly up to it and unlocked it with the key. “By Celestia this is so exciting! I’m one of four ponies to be allowed inside here! I wonder what hidden volumes of Star Swirl the Bearded and ancient stories still written archaic are hidden inside here!” Twilight exclaimed, jumping up and down like Pinkie Pie for a moment before blushing with embarrassment, luckily nopony was in sight. Twilight quickly closed the gate behind her and then began galloping through the spaces between the bookshelves, paying close attention to names and dates.

“Star Swirl the Bearded! There has to be over eight books here!” Twilight squealed with excitement, grabbing all of them off the shelf with her magic before continuing through the isles till she came across a book titled The lies of Harmony. Upon pulling the book out from the shelf Twilight saw the author to be named as L. with no long version of the name on either side of the book. Twilight frowned at it for a moment before taking the books she had, and the new one to a desk in the center of the room.

She would be alone today since her friends had gone back to Ponyville to collect more belongings and the Elements so the six of them would be ready incase of a problem; this meant she could sit here all day and study these one of a kind books. The lies of harmony... sounds interesting Twilight thought before flipping to the first page, the book not being more than four pages at the most.

The Elements of Harmony, the last defence against evil for Equestria and controlled by Princess Celestia. Believed by all ponies to be objects of restoration, peace and overall harmony. This is a lie, a horrible cruel lie that for over a millennium has kept Celestia’s tyranny alive and powerful. Princess Luna and Princess Celestia, the two monarchs of Equestria are believed to rule the country together, this is a lie. The elements of harmony, Celestia, Nightmare Moon... Harmony? It’s all a horrible lie established by none other than Celestia herself. Over a millennium ago Celestia and Luna both defeated Discord in a battle with the help of the elements of harmony. Discord surrendered, but this was not good enough, Celestia believed that Discord would cause more harm to Equestria and back stab her and her sister the second he got it, therefor she, after convincing her sister encased Discord in stone, believed to be imprisoned forever. This did NOT solve anything, nor would it ever.

Luna began to notice something about her sister that she had not seen while the two were in poverty with all other ponies. Whenever a problem arose her sister would annihilate a problem instead of solving it, leaving those problems to come back in the future. The world is full of deceit and darkness, and those who think otherwise are pathetic tools under Celestia’s control.

The elements of harmony may have saved Equestria, but there is something twisted with them that many do not know about: They can be used for evil purposes if those using them are unaware of the evil in it. Celestia has used this method to gain what she has wished for over the years, discovering this shortly after banishing her sister for a thousand years. Celestia’s power does not make her a demigod like her sister Luna, what makes her almost god-like is her possession and control over the elements that are used at her will.

The elements of harmony are also not bound to ponies as Celestia claims, any being may possess the power as long as their use of them do not conflict with these rules: One: The wielders of the elements must not use the elements in any way that they believe is evil, doing so will result in no reaction from the elements, two: the one who wears the elements must possess a trait of which that element represents; if the element is loyalty then that individual must be loyal to a large extent. Finally three: All elements must work together, failure in doing so will result in the elements being no more than jewelry. We see the misuse of the elements today my subjects. When Discord was released from his stone prison the second time by the elements of harmony the six ponies began attempting to cast reformation spells, therefore forcing the spirit of Chaos to reform himself or be turned to stone. Has Discord changed? Not at all, but being free and allowed to feel the wind on your coat, to be able to smell the fresh night air or eat and drink water is much better than being a statue. Discord and all others who are against Celestia fear the elements because they know Celestia can use them anyway she wishes by leading six ponies blindly into her loyal service and gifting them the power of the elements.

Due to their blindness they do not see that in truth they are eviler than those they use the elements on. It is in Discord’s nature to create Chaos, it is in Queen Chrysalis’ nature to feed off the emotions of ponies and find food for her subjects. The Elements are biased, corrupt and misused in making a fake harmony and instead creating fear. Celestia cannot use them, so she has recruited others to do her dirty work and appear to all in Equestria that the Elements are good, for if the elements were to fail and become considered evil Celestia would lose her main power: Deception.

-Princess Luna

Twilight stared at the book, her attention to how long she had been sitting there for unknown to her as she thought about what the book said. It made perfect sense all along, but was it true? The book by the paper and ink had been written recently, most likely a few months ago, Twilight guessed, but it couldn’t all be true. Sure the elements were powerful and maybe could be used negatively once in awhile but that did not make them evil... did it?

Twilight after a few more moments of thought rose from the desk, the other books remaining untouched as she exited the library, wishing to find Princess Luna. I must ask if she truly wrote this and hear the story from her if it is real.