Everypony knows the stories of Twilight Sparkle and her friends using the elements of harmony to defeat Discord and Nightmare Moon. But let us travel back in time, to the times before Celestia and Luna took power of the throne, before Equestria was even founded. Let's delve deeper in to the elements of harmony mythology, how did they come to be? Where these the original elements? Was there anymore? In this time, everypony was divided up depending on their race, the pegasi lived in the clouds, unicorns lived on mountains as royals, and the earth ponies lived on the ground, like peasants. Each race had a sever hatred toward the other, in this hatred came a wild and survivable winter storm, and ponies of every kind were dying every day. But in this hatred there was a group of ponies, rebels every other pony called them, who believed that every race should live together in peace. The leader of the group was a stallion named Silver Wisp, he was a dark cyan blue, with brilliant green eyes, a dirty sand color mane and tail, he had a quill as a cutie mark because he always wanted to be an artist, and he wore a grey jacket to keep him warm. Silver was the strong silent type in front of the ponies that looked up to him, yet when he was with family or even by himself, he was a very caring and kind spirit. Next in command was a unicorn mare by the name of Melody Light. This bright purple mare had a chestnut man and deep blue eyes, she wore a white jacket and red bowtie, and she had an hourglass for a cutie mark, signifying her ability to control time and space. With this power she was the doctor, a farmer, and many other practices. Being able to control time she could do things that were unimaginable during their time. Then there was also six others ponies who were very important to the group. There was the red earth pony stallion Red Moon, he was the main farmer of the rebels, he had a harvest moon for a cutie mark and dirt colored mane. Next was Golden Sparkle, this yellow Pegasus mare was the leader of the weather patrol team, making sure that the crops had enough sun to grow. Then there was the white unicorn stallion Willingness, this stallion was the main tailor, and was in charge of providing clothes to the cold and freezing ponies. Working beside him was Silver's sister, Cranberry Wisp; this maroon earth pony mare was the co-tailor. Then there was also Butter Scotch, this yellow Pegasus stallion was the main doctor. Lastly there was Glistening Shield, this purple unicorn mare was the captain of the guard and was to inform too inform Silver if there were any oncoming soldiers.
This day was the 5th year of the rebel's existence; they had all been exiled to this God forsaken land where there was hardly any fertile ground, little water, and the roughest part of the storm. Even after these five years, nothing had been accomplished; every race still hated the other. Silver made his daily rounds, sadly looking over the sick and dying ponies miserable faces. As he looked over these sights, he was conflicting on the inside. Half of him wanted to stay and keep on fighting for peace and harmony, but the other half wanted to give up and send each pony back to their groups to get the proper treatment, yet he knew the hatred was the reason for these deaths. There were pros and cons to both sides and he just didn't know which one to choose. He climbed the crumbling and cold stairs to look out on the balcony. What he saw outside was enough to wrench any pony's heart; he saw a frozen waste land with no life and the bodies of dead ponies who were also exiled with them. The wind was howling and it was almost deafening. Since there was little fertile ground what ground there was had to be brought inside the crumbling castle to grow in there. Snow had fall so much that it had covered the large doors of the building. The only way out was through the secret passage that went underground. Silver frowned as a tear slid down his jaw bone, he lifted his hoof to wipe away the tear before anyone could see. He lifted up his head and walked inside. Inside was a little better, he saw all ponies working together to make things better. He saw Red Moon and Melody working to try and grow crops, Melody would use her time control to speed up the growth rate on the crops to make them grow faster, and when the crops were full Red Moon would harvest them. Silver looked up to the hole in the ceiling and watched Golden Sparkle try her best to clear the sky to bring in the sun, but the warmth would only last for a few mere seconds before it was gone again. He sighed when the light went away and then he looked down to Willingness and Cranberry work together to make many covers, clothes and blankets for the cold ponies. He looked at the gate to the secret passage and saw Glistening Shield with the guards keeping watch. He shook his head as his mane swished on the back of his neck.
Just then Melody teleported in front of him with a frown, "Silver, I'm afraid I have some bad news to report."
"Melody, I don't want to hear it. There is too much bad news to handle."
"But sire, the soul is unfertile; we have to send more ponies to look for fertile soil."
"Too many have died in this storm. I won't let any more die! I am the leader and as leader I have to make difficult choices." He paused and took a deep breath, then continued, "Pack your bags; we are moving back into our kingdoms."
"Sire, no! We still have a chance to live. Butter Scotch and I are working on a formula to make the soil more fertile for a longer period of time. Please just give us more time! We are so close to a break through! We need just a little more time! Please just give us till the next full moon?!"
"By that time ninety ponies could be dead!" His angry was rising just thinking about the soul that could die within those days, one might be his sister.
"I will work double time…" She paused and then stood beside him and looked at all of the ponies. "I know this is hard for you, but if we return home, they will kill us for treachery. Silver it is either instant death back home, or we try to survive here."
"Either way, it all ends in death…"
"Please, just till the next full moon."
Silver contemplated for a moment and then closed his eyes, "You have until the next full moon."
"Thank you, sire." She walked away and down the stairs back to Butter Scotch. Silver looked up to the hole in the ceiling and just through a glimpse in the clouds, he saw the first crescent moon. It would be a week till the full moon. He didn't know what to do till then.