(A/N): Hey, all! After an unintentional hiatus and some time to think about the series, I've decided to rewrite and revise the Lost Elements to fix some story plot and make it a more enjoyable story altogether. It'll be easier to write and I'll be able to feature more of Silver's humor and improve the mood of the story. Chapters already written and released will be revised and published shortly, but if they don't come out immediately, I'm sorry (there's a LOT of plot I have to fix up). Anyway, if you enjoy this story, don't be afraid to message me anytime. Without further ado, I give you the new and improved The Lost Elements: A Quest of Bravery!
~ Prologue ~
A New Magic
She lived in a void of stars, a hidden dimension from the land below. Watching over this domain, she kept everything in balance and controlled the flow of light versus dark forces. It was an enormous task to carry out, but being it her utmost duty as the goddess of the celestial realm, her divine powers helped aid her abilities in one of the highest honors many ponies could only ever dream of having.
Her mane was extremely long and wavy, but not flowy like her two daughters that ruled the land their subjects had named Equestria. At their roots, her mane and tail were a deep violet that blended together smoothly with a glorious golden blonde that produced the bottom of each, where the tips shone a faint, heavenly white. Her irises near the eyelid held the same deep violet shade of her mane, but her right eye blended into a glimmering silver while her left eye blended into a rich prussian blue, representing the light of day and the dark of night. Her coat was a soothing creamy white and faded into the same blue as her left eye at her hooves, dotted with small, white spots that resembled a sea of glimmering stars. Her grand wings and alicorn horn faded in this same manner. Finally, her cutie mark was a small black silhouette of the moon over a larger and brighter glowing sphere of the sun. This was a simple, yet so powerful cutie mark for her purpose: to watch over her two daughters and the entirety of the earth and its inhabitants alike.
As countless measures of two-dimensional screens circled lazily around the alicorn, some displaying a moment that occurred simultaneously in the land down below while others displayed images and references for review, the goddess watched her eldest daughter, Celeste Eclipse, who came to be known as Celestia, with a graceful motion of her head raise the moon and stars for the ponies across the land to softly fall asleep to. This was because her younger sister, Lunar Eclipse－or Luna－was still in exile, imprisoned within the moon's silvery sheen. Rather, Nightmare Moon had been imprisoned, and her silhouette was clearly visible as the glowing orb took its place in the night sky.
The celestial goddess gazed upon her daughter, a look of pride and sadness mixed in her unmatched eyes. The strength in overcoming the loss of her sibling while she was the reason her sibling was lost brought so many emotions to the goddess that, in the end, there was nothing to do but admire her daughter. "Oh, Celestia," the goddess whispered softly from the void of stars, "I miss you and your sister both so much, and I wish you had gotten the chance to see me when I was still alive."
Suddenly, with her incredible ability to perceive the stability of life within the land, she sensed a shifting in the magical balance of Equestria. The goddess recognized the feeling as one of new magic surfacing, though strangely, she didn't detect anything dark or corrupt in its purposes for emerging.
Closing her eyes silently, a translucent silver aura surrounded her horn as she located another screen within the swirling mass around her. Once she had pinpointed it, she teleported it to appear next to the existing image of Celestia. This new image held a map of Equestria, and a pulsing orb of pure white was glowing over two separate locations on the map, one over the Everfree Forest near the old, abandoned castle where the Two Sisters had once made their abode, and the other over a swamp in the southeast corner of Equestria that was known as the Hayseed Swamps.
"Could it be?" the goddess wondered aloud as she selected the orb over the Everfree Forest with her magic, another smaller screen surfacing instantly, hovering a few inches in front of the lower left corner of the map. In its center stood a crystal-like tree that was meant to hold six different colored and shaped emblems known as the Elements of Harmony, created long ago for the protection of Equestria. This tree came to be known as the Tree of Harmony, although the Elements of Harmony were no longer attached as they had been taken for safekeeping. The tree pulsed with a glowing energy every few seconds, sending shimmering waves down its trunk and through its roots. It seemed this was the source of new magic the goddess had sensed.
Finally, she selected the second orb pulsing over the swamplands, this time forming another screen the same size as the one showing the Tree of Harmony over the lower right corner of the map. A dark and gloomy swamp filled with drooping trees covered in vines and moss was shown. A fair amount of space was cleared in the damp grass and marsh, and in the center of this clearing a spot pulsed and glowed in the same manner as the Tree of Harmony did on its adjacent screen.
"I think it is," the goddess marveled, then smiled contentedly. "After thousands of years, harmony in Equestria has sought to fix the mistake I made in the past." With her alicorn magic, she replaced the images in front of her with three different screens, each displaying a still front view picture of one pony, though all of them were pegasi. None of these mares existed in the current timeline, but would someday be born for a purpose greater than themselves, bound together by fate to take part in a quest that would forever shape the land of Equestria. "It will take another age for the magic to cultivate and develop to its fullest, but I intend a powerful destiny for these three when the time is right."
The pony on the far left had a light silvery grey coat, bright green eyes, and a blonde mane with a single bleach white streak through its center. Around her neck was wrapped a white bandana she would find when fleeing from her birth home in Los Pegasus to a small village just south of Equestria's capital city. She would keep it as a reminder that she could be whoever she wanted to be, and nopony could hold her back from that. "Silver Stream," the goddess stated proudly, "the Element of Bravery."
The pony with the middle of the three screens had a pale yellow coat, soft pastel green eyes, and a short and slightly waved powder blue mane. Her extensive tail was tied up into a messy bun with a matching pastel green band and would keep it out of the way of any work. "Dewdrop Meadow," the goddess said, "the Element of Perenniality."
Finally, the pony on the far right had a soft and subtle cream colored coat, sprightly sky blue eyes, and a long, messy orange mane with a yellow streak through its middle. "And Sunny Day," the goddess finished, "the Element of Light."
She gazed at the three ponies for a few moments longer before saying finally, "You three are destined to embody the final missing pieces of the Elements of Harmony. Once they reform and have been reunited with the original six, no evil can stand in your way."
Then, she turned her gaze gravely to Silver Stream, her expression darkening. "I must warn you, Silver Stream," she began grimly, "you must never let your guard down even once around the ones you hold close to you in the future." Pausing to give the screen of Silver a sympathetic look, she said at last, "There will be a time when you have to say goodbye to one and possibly more, perhaps even permanently."
She transferred her eyes to Dewdrop's portrait and smiled softly. "You're a very kind and sweet mare, Dewdrop," she whispered gently, her smile fading as she continued, "and I'm sorry for everything you'll have to face and overcome in these times to come."
The goddess turned her gaze lastly to Sunny Day. Her visage was resolute and firm as she stood silent. "Sunny Day," she voiced finally, "you must be able to fight the burning flames of anger after your loss." She looked away from the screen for a moment and continued, "I know how it feels to lose those so dear to me, but you must learn to cope without them." Then, the goddess turned her gaze back to Sunny Day and finished－
"It is your decision that determines the fate of Equestria."
Quick note that should be fairly obvious, I do not own the rights to the My Little Pony franchise, I only own original characters and plot created for this story. I hope you've enjoyed the prologue, which will be the only chapter written primarily in the third person. The rest of the chapters to follow will be written in first person perspective following... well, you'll just have to keep reading to find out, won't you?