Luna began her tale of why they had been collected in the carriage, on their way to Canterlot, the capitol of Equestria.
"My little girls, it all began back when Discord still reigned over us, using his powers of Chaos to enslave all of the people, starting with the little ones, like yourselves, then the Time Lords, and then moving on to The Immortals. At this time, I was not the powerful being that I am today. Oh, no. I was but a little girl.
I begged my parents to let me help, but they refused. I tried to get Tia to convince them that I was ready and powerful enough to fight him, but to no avail. Do you understand me, girls?" She paused to get mute nods from all of them, even Diana becoming solemn.
"I had seen what Discord could do. Everyday, when I looked out of my window at the battle torn lands, I saw smoke, missing people, and destruction so massive, it took years to rebuild. Even then, the buildings that belonged to the unlucky cities were never remade to their former glory. Ponyville is one of those places. Haven't you ever wondered why it still looks like one of the older historic towns? It was once the very center of life, trade, and commerce. Even the oldest history books do not hold that on record. Why did the more powerful beings not just fix it with their magic? They couldn't not with the damage done. When Discord uses his Chaotic Powers, nothing can fix it. Until we found them. The Elements of Harmony. They were six powerful items. I could not tell you what they were exactly, but they were magnificent. The war had taken everything from me. My parents, my home, my people. Everything but my sister. At night, we would cling to each other and cry. Cry for the lost people, the lost towns, villages, and cities. We never cried for our parents, no, that was a pain that crying would not help. When we though of them, our hearts and our eyes became like stone. We were very close. I had lost them as a little girl, barely old enough to try even the simplest of magic. Tia was older than me, smarter, wiser. I looked up to her as a mother, a sister, a protector, a comforter, and somebody who would always be there for me. Until one day, when she went out to the front lines to check on the troops. The brave men, and the boldest women who were fighting to protect everything they had, even if it meant dying for it. I never thought that Discord was in on our goings-ons. He launched an attack on the unprepared troops. There were no found survivors. I had the news delivered to me by a guard. I lost it then. I couldn't hold on anymore. I ran away, into the Everfree Forest. I stumbled around, lost, lonely, and not caring if Discord himself showed up to take me away, to my parents, my sister, and everybody else. I wanted him to come and show me what he was capable of. I wanted him to- to-..." Luna broke off, as her voice broke, and caught in her throat. Lute was sitting on her left, and put an arm around the broken princess, rubbing her back, in between her concealed wings, whispering comforting words in her ear as the rest sat there in silence. They were all thinking the same thing: "Why have we never heard about this? Why has it been eliminated from the books? Why?"
Dashie fluttered her cyan wings a little, stretching them out in the cramped carriage. She was always one to become nervous and on edge around strong emotions such as these. Lute also had a pair of butter-yellow wings, hidden nicely by both her hair, and the turtleneck shirts she wore, regardless of the weather. Aria and Elise had small horns, mostly concealed by their hair, only the white tip of Aria's and the light purple one of Elise's showing. Diana and Jackie were the only slightly normal ones in there. Luna also had a horn of a deep navy color. She, like all Immortals, had both wings and a horn. Luna had calmed down considerably by now, and started her story up again, interrupted only by small sniffles.
"I had wanted Discord to show up and kill me. I didn't want to keep on living, knowing that everyone I loved was gone. It was then that I found the tower, the holding place of the Elements of Harmony.