Chapter 2
Key To Harmony Part 2

Terra admits he never met anything cuter than these adorable ponies. Although he never had met a talking one either but he felt that he seen stranger things before so he learns to cope with it. Apparently the girls were suppose to be celebrating a festival of their Princess coming over to Ponyville but an evil Pegasus unicorn, Alicorn actually, appears and refuses to lower the moon casting an eternal night over Equestria. And the only way to stop her is to collect the legendary artifacts known as the Elements of Harmony. Terra thought their culture seems pretty interesting but he does have a few questions about it. Like for one thing, the sun don't revolve around the world.

The group has to past through a large, dark forest with scary looking trees with evil faces scaring the daylights out of the girls but Terra and Pinkie Pie seems to be unfazed by it.

Pinkie Pie was able to lighten up the girls' morale by singing a happy, and impressively catchy, song to lighten up the moods and bring some laughs to them. Terra found himself laughing not because of the song but Fluttershy told him that it wasn't rabies the squirrel had that it was foam from a cappuccino and was probably going nuts with sugar overload.

After that episode, they came across a lake with a sea serpent crying about his mustache being ruined by some dark evil mist. "I'm really sorry about that but can you please help us get across?" Terra asked the serpent but he seems too upset to even listen to him. Rarity suddenly walks up to the Sea Serpent and offered her tail for being disgusted by such a crime against fashion. "Even female ponies are crazy about that…" Terra mumbles as the sea serpent takes it gracefully and offers them across.

"Hey Terra you don't mind me asking about you, right?" Twilight asked as they walk across the serpent. "Sure I guess." Terra replied as he stretches his arms out for balance. "How can you walk upright and only with two legs?" she asked observing how he was able to stand without cringing.

"Well my kind is called Humans and our legs are made to stand upright so we don't have to crawl on our hands." he explained.

"Hands?"

"Oh sorry, I mean the thing on my arms that can help me easily grab things."

"So it's like our upper hooves?" Twilight asked curiously. Terra nodded and showed her his arms making her and the other girls' blush feeling his muscles. "Wow, you must be a master of bucking apples." Applejack complimented making Terra frown in confusion of what she meant by that. "Have you ever raced a marathon?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"No I don't think I could, it might take a long time." he said thinking about how long the miles are. Rainbow Dash smiles and tries not to laugh but her lips were too weak to contain it and let out the fireworks. "Seriously? I could do a marathon easy with my hooves tied to my back!" Rainbow Dash bragged laughing even harder.

Applejack frowns at her "C'mon Rainbow! Terra obviously doesn't have wings to fly, besides he does have that fancy doo-hicky thing." she said defending Terra's reputation.

"Doo-hicky?" Terra asked.

"Reputation?" Pinkie Pie wondered.

"What?"

"Nothing."

The group then advances ahead to another cliff area with a broken bridge. Twilight spotted the dark castle where they're suppose to be at but the bridge obviously can't take them across. "I'll do it!" Rainbow Dash volunteers as she swoops down and carries the rope across. Terra looks ahead then spotted something coming towards her. "Rainbow Dash!" Terra shouted at her but the fog came in and muffles out his voice.

"What happen?" Rarity asked Terra as he summons his keyblade and turns it into a vehicle. He hops on and drives forward to where Rainbow Dash is but the fog was too thick to see. Suddenly the fog became a dark mist and engulfs him concealing all the lights from the outside. "What is this?" Terra shouted as he flies around the darkness with his vehicle but he doesn't seem to be making progress. Laughter echoes throughout the darkness then the scene changes around him.

Terra looks around and found himself inside a building with many stain glass windows. He looks to his left and spotted a girl with blue hair looking ahead at a man in white robes. Terra turns his head and spotted a kid waving at him grinning ear to ear. "Something wrong, Terra?" the man asked.

Terra hesitated and shakes his head feeling a large sense of déjà vu. The man smiles then nodded "Well good, because a Keyblade Master like you should always remain focus." he said. Terra gasps as he receives the news then finally remembers about this world. His home, his friends, and the exam.

"Congratulations Terra." the girl said holding her hand out to him. The kid ran in cheering eagerly "Alright Terra!" he shouted in joy and pat Terra on the back. "Aqua… Ven…" Terra mutters as he looks at both of them forgetting about the ponies. He smiles then patted Ventus on the head then turns to Aqua "I'm sorry you didn't pass the exams Aqua but maybe next time when-" Terra stops when he notices something amiss.

"… when what Terra?" Aqua asked in concern. Terra stares at the three throne chairs and notice all of them were empty. "Hey where's Master Xehanort?" Terra asked. Terra's master, Eraqus gave him a strange look and exchange glances at Aqua and Ven. "Xehanort was never here, Terra. He died a long time ago." he said.

"No, that's not possible! I remember it, he was sitting right there watching us! He brought Ventus here! He couldn't have been dead!" Terra shouted. Aqua and Ven gave him worried looks, Aqua reach out her hand to touch his arm to calm him. "Terra, it's okay. Xehanort died of old age." Aqua said.

"NO! He was sitting on that damn chair! He was watching us fight, the orbs became hostile and we team up to stop them, then Eraqus… didn't pick me." Terra said as he fully remembers the events that transpired here. Suddenly the girls' voices call out to him in a distance. He turn to the direction where they're being heard and ran towards it but Aqua and Ven jumps right in front of him and summoned their keyblades.

"Terra, you can't abandon us." Eraqus said. The room became dark as if the sun has fallen and the moon took it's place. "You can stay here, and teach Ventus everything you know about being a keyblade master. You can do everything you desired since you were young." he said to him trying to persuade Terra.

"Please don't leave us, Terra." Ventus pleaded, "You're our friend. A brother to us."

"We would be devastated if you were gone." Aqua said, "You can't just forget about us!"

"Terra!" the girls shouted.

"Terra!" Eraqus shouted at him as Terra tries to close his ears.

"Terra!" Applejack shouted.

"Terra!"

"Leave me… ALONE!" Terra screams as darkness pours out of him canceling the dark mist's effect on him. He immediately bursts from the clouds of darkness and flies to the mares escaping from the nightmare. "Terra!" Pinkie Pie shouted in joy after he landed to the ground and hugs him. "When you were gone we thought you were with Rainbow Dash but she flew back here without you. Are you alright dear?" Rarity asked noticing the tears escaping his eyes.

"Yeah…" he lied trying to push the emotions back. The girls gave him a worried look but he smiles and waves them to go on, "C'mon we're almost there!" he shouted with determination bringing hope to them. They cross the bridge then make their way to the ruin castle.

As they enter the castle Twilight pointed ahead "Look! Those must be the Elements!" she cried at the stone orbs on a pedestal. Terra steps ahead then suddenly the building became engulfed with a dark purple mist. "She's here!" Pinkie shouted as a dark Alicorn appears laughing at them. "Congratulations on making this far heroes, but I'm afraid your adventure ends here!" shouted Nightmare Moon as she casts a spell teleporting Twilight and Terra away from the group.

The girls panicked and called out to them but Nightmare Moon appears with the Elements of Harmony under her. Twilight appears flying to the wall and crashes. "Twilight!" Applejack shouted as she rushes over to her. "But where's Terra?" Fluttershy asked.

"Look!"

All the girls turn and spotted Terra standing with his keyblade at his side smiling. The girls then slowly turn their heads to Nightmare Moon and notices she's panting for air. Twilight looks up and spotted the bruises on her body. Whatever Terra did to send them back, he sure gave her one hell of a beating.

"You dare harm Equestria's Ruler!?" Nightmare Moon shouted.

"I don't care if you're Equestria's grandmother! Nobody hurts my friends and gets away with it!" Terra shouted. He charges at Nightmare shouting a warcry as she charges as well with her horn ready to impale him when suddenly he dives under her and kicks the stones towards the girls.

"Terra?" Twilight says watching him smiling at them before Nightmare Moon became enrage then conjures a barrier containing her and Terra within it. "You shall fall warrior!" Nightmare shouted as she fires spells at him. Terra dodges then ran to her with his keyblade and swing it across her face. Nightmare was pushed back by the force of the keyblade as Terra continues to slash her without letting her to recover.

Nightmare then counters with a strong kick and sends him flying through the air but he recovered and landed with his feet. Nightmare growls in rage as she sends a wave of darkness at him but he blocks it with his keyblade then throws it towards her. Nightmare ducks then took the opportunity to charge in and to finish him but Terra quickly punches the ground and shouted "Quake!"

Huge rocks emerge from the ground knocking Nightmare back against the barrier. She shook her head in surprise by what Terra just did. "Did he just use magic?" says Twilight as her jaw drops like her friends at the rocks rising out of the ground. "Who are you?" Nightmare shouted still shocked from the attack.

"My name is Terra, the Keyblade Chosen One!" he said with pride as he grabs his keyblade then charges at Nightmare. "Drown in your own sorrows!" Nightmare screams as she conjures a fog of purple mist and engulfs Terra into a new form of nightmare.

Terra's Nightmare

Terra open his eyes and feels incredible pain in his body. He looks up and spotted a dark figure and a person in armor on a large rock column. Terra stares up struck with horror at the dark figure holding a boy by the head as he struggles to escape. "Ven!" Terra shouted as he tries to reach out for him but the figure froze him till his body becomes stiff. He then drops him by the mountain watching Ven crashing against the side losing pieces of ice that contains his limbs.

Terra rushes forward to him and looks down at his face with his eyes frozen with terror. Aqua tries to rush to them but Terra spotted a armored being diving in and dealt Aqua a fatal blow. "NOOO!" Terra shouted as he stood there between two of his dead friends staring at the sky. Terra stares up at the large moon shape like a heart. Tears escapes from his eyes as he weeps for his friends. "Aqua… Ven…" he cries as he held their hands when suddenly a voice spoke to him.

"Don't tell me you're giving in."

Terra turns and spotted the cloaked figure standing with his arms behind his back watching Terra. He got up and glares at him "What did you just say?" Terra asked. The man walks to him and closed the eyes of his two friends then continues "This is nothing but an illusion, you're letting her darkness beat you. I thought you were stronger than that." he said as he crosses their arms over their chest.

"She got into my mind, you said you stripped the memories from my heart yet I can remember them. Why is that?" Terra asked.

"Because Terra, a bond between friends is even stronger than memories. So powerful that it conjures its own memory the way it was and places it back into your head. Do you remember the promise you made to them?" the man asked.

Terra looks down at their bodies and mutters "I said, one day I'll make things right."

"Yes, is it because you fear darkness?" the man asked. Terra looks up but he didn't answer, the man got up then chuckles. "What's so funny?" Terra growls.

"You have a long way to go. Darkness and Light are opposites but that doesn't mean that light can always be good and darkness is always bad. It depends on the person. If you Terra can show these ponies the truth of what darkness should be then you will learn how to control your own darkness." the man said.

Terra looks at the man with tears in his eyes. "Will I be able to redeem myself?" Terra asked. The man nodded "If you choose this path, then I shall give you back your darkness. And you will master it." he promised. "I accept then. For my friends, and my father." Terra said. The man pointed at him as darkness flows out of his sleeve and enters his heart. Terra cries in pain then feels strength growing within him.

Reality

Terra screams in rage as darkness pours out so violently that it knocks Nightmare Moon away and shatters the barrier. The girls screamed as Nightmare Moon flew above them and crashes to the pedestal. Terra panted heavily as the darkness faded back into him from the eruption and stares at Nightmare Moon.

"Such darkness… where did it come from?" she asked as begins to feel true fear. "Twilight, the Elements!" Applejack shouted at her. Twilight nodded then began using her but the orbs didn't show any results. "Why are they not working?" Pinkie Pie shouted. Twilight begins to hesitate but Terra walks up to them "You guys are looking at the wrong picture, they were never meant to be found. They are to be earned."

The girls raise their eyebrows but Twilight understood what he meant. "You're right! The elements are within us the whole time!" she exclaimed. "What!?" Nightmare Moon shouted.

"Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of… Honesty!"

Something glows on Applejack then reveals to be a necklace.

"Fluttershy, who tamed the manticore with her compassion, represents the spirit of… of Kindness!"

A necklace appears around Fluttershy's neck.

"Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of… Laughter!"

"Out of all Elements, that has to be the strangest one yet." Terra thought although he admitted that it was perfect for her.

"Rarity, who calmed a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift, represents the spirit of… Generosity!"

A necklace also appears on Rarity's neck.

"And Rainbow Dash, who could not abandon her friends for her own heart's desire represents the spirit of… Loyalty!"

The final necklace appears on Rainbow Dash's neck. Nightmare Moon became afraid but notices the absent of the sixth element "Ha! You still don't have the last element! The spark didn't work!"

"But that's where you're wrong." said Terra as he feels a new compassion in his heart. "The element was here all along, woven together by the bonds of her friends who'll never abandon her. That is the spark that ignites the last element!"

"The Element of Magic!" Twilight shouted as a tiara appears on her head. All the girls' eyes became white as the elements cast a beam of magic but it wasn't directed at Nightmare Moon. Terra watches the beam coming towards him and blocks with his keyblade. The beam however didn't made any physical connection but instead enhances his keyblade into a new form.

"What is that?" Nightmare Moon shouted. Terra stares at the blade engraved with the symbols of the elements. "The Key to Harmony." he mutters in surprise then tightens his grip on it. "It ends here Nightmare Moon!" he shouted as he charges towards Nightmare with the keyblade raised.

"No! Don't!" Nightmare protested as Terra jumps into the air "Rising Salvation!" and slashes through Nightmare Moon engulfing her in the light. The blade sapped all of Terra's strength from that one move and black out as the blade begins to disappear.