The Jewel of Harmony
Chapter 1: A Dark Premonition
Another peaceful day in the land of Equestria, or at least that what everypony believes.
"Spike, Spike, SPIKE!" Twilight screams as she calls for assistant.
"I'm right here, Twi. No need to yell." Spike says as he comes running up to the bedroom.
"Oh good. Can you find me the book about powerful magical items? I want to see if there is anything that might help us figure out what could be in the box that came from the Tree of Harmony." the young alicorn says with such curiosity.
Suddenly, an earthquake occurs, startling everypony in all of Equestria.
"W-what's happening, Twilight?" the young purple dragon asks as he and Twilight try to find cover.
Not even a minute has passed and the tremors stopped as quickly as they started.
"What was that all about?" Spike asks with a bit a fear in his voice.
Before Twilight got the chance to answer, she receives a letter her teacher, Princess Celestia. Using her magic, she quickly grabs the letter and begins reading it.
"What does it say?" the curious dragon asks as he tries to recover his balance.
Twilight reads the letter out loud. " It says 'Dear Twilight, I am quite sure that you had felt the earthquake that had recently occurred. However, it was no natural occurrence. I would like you and your friends to come to Canterlot right away.' This is more serious than I had thought. Let's go Spike." says the young alicorn as she grabs her assistant and races out of her home.
Twilight goes and rallies up her friends and explain to them the situation. They all then hop on the train and head for Canterlot.
Shortly after arriving in Canterlot, the group is greeted by Twilight's older brother, Shining Armor.
"Twily, it's so good to see you again." he says ecstatically as he runs in to give his sister a hug.
"It's good to see you too big bro. But what are you doing here? Shouldn't you be with Cadence at the Crystal Empire?" the young alicorn asks with a look of confusion.
"I'll tell you on the way to the castle." Shining Armor replies.
On their way to Canterlot Castle, Twilight and Shining Armor decide to catch up, considering that the last they saw each other was during Twilight's coronation, while he explains to the group why he was in Canterlot.
"You were summoned by the princess too, huh? So, do you have any idea what that earthquake was earlier?" asked by the blue pegasus, Rainbow Dash.
"Your guess is as good as mine. Whatever it was, it couldn't have been good. That's why Princess Celestia has summoned us." replies the colt with concern in his voice.
After making their way through Canterlot, the arrives at the castle. They head inside and straight for the throne room.
"Twilight Sparkle, my most faithful student. Thank you all for coming." Princess Celestia says greeting the group.
"It's good to be he-...Is that Discord? Why is he here?" the young alicorn asks with serious confusion.
"Why hello to you too, Your Highness." says the draconequus with sarcasm as he greets the group.
"I had asked Discord to come too. I suspected him at first but..." the princess begins to explain before she gets cut off.
"I convinced her that I had nothing to do with that tremor. I am reformed after all." Discord says as he completes the princess's sentence.
"Sorry, but I don't buy that one bit. You may be "reformed" dip-cord, but you are still the Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony." the blue pegasus says as she is about to attack the draconequus.
"Rainbow, stop. He's telling the truth." says the yellow pegasus pony, Fluttershy.
"How do you know, sugar cube?" as the cow-girl pony, Applejack, asks.
"Well, we have been living together for over a year now...Oh, please don't take that the wrong way." the yellow pony replies in her soft voice.
Hearing that made the draconequus blush. Why am I blushing? Sure, I have been living with her, but that's because she is the only one who understands me. It's not like I have fee-. Discord thought to himself but trailed off to not finish his thought process.
"Well, I believe Fluttershy, but you said that the earthquake wasn't natural. The only pony that can make unnatural things occur is Discord. So if it wasn't him, how is it unnatural?" Twilight asks her teacher with such anxiety.
"That's because it wasn't. I fear a new foe may have been released. Somepony with tremendous power." replies the princess.
"Oh, how right you are. But you're a little too late to be able to do anything about it." A mysterious voice from nowhere says.
Suddenly, the throne room becomes shrouded in absolute darkness.