"There!" she cheered, "The poor things must have been in a bad mood."
"Uh Rarity, I doubt that magical necklaces have "moods"". Applejack responded.
"Maybe so Applejack, but considering that nothing bad is happening to me right now, the elements must be safe to wear."
"That right there has got to be the worst logic I have ever heard!" the cow mare said an unusual insulting tone.
Rarity's element released a small burst of black sparks, but with such speed and small size that they went unnoticed. The unicorn wearing the necklace though, sharply turned to applejack as if ready to attack her.
"Oh please, there's no need to waste time with words. If you are too terrified of the elements then just say so. Cowardice is something that you needn't hide."
The unicorn's eyes widened, "Wait, that came out wrong… actually I didn't mean to say anything like that at all, just something…. Came over me."
But here words were ignored, applejack just stood there fuming at her friend. Luckily Applejack was able to control her pride enough to resist slamming her hooves into rarity's rear.
"Coward? Listen here Rarity; the apple family doesn't raise no cowards! If wearing this here element is your idea of brave then let it not be said that I wasn't able to do.i"
With that she quickly turned and picked up here apple shaped element and placed it around her neck.
"There, ya' see?" she snapped at rarity, "Now you take back that coward talk right now."
"Girls!" Twilight butted in, "What are you two saying? Remember the bonding you both did at my slumber party? This isn't like you!"
The elements of harmony, both the ones on the floor and around the two pony's necks shot a flash of dark colors.
Rarity and Applejack began staring at each other intently- and with no warning they leapt at each other. It wasn't a particularly violent battle, but it could not be stopped, the duo could not be reached by their friend's words and any intervention was warded of by a force field from the necklaces. The princess and their friends could do nothing but spectate.
After a good ten minutes the peacemaker's hopes were all but gone, Princess Celestia had sent her staff to search for any spells, tomes, or potions that they think could help, but there was no response yet. Applejack and Rarity continued to charge at one another, they didn't even fight like themselves, it was as if they were just empty shells slamming into each other. Neither combatant showed any sign of tiring, whatever unknown source was powering these two, it was nearly infinite.
The castle staff could hear the echoes of the struggle, the place of such great security and order in the past now featured an uncomforting aura of helplessness. One resident of the castle however, was not unsettled by the crashes; no the bunny angel was greatly angered instead. He hopped down the corridors briskly, intent on finding whoever was responsible for interrupting his nap and enacting creative carrot based revenge. He was barely able to open the great door, but his fatigue did not show as his eyes locked onto his owner and her friends.
Angel only moved forward a few feet before Rarity flew across the room just in front of him. His eyebrow rose slightly and he jolted through the battlefield to Fluttershy's legs.
"Oh angel!" Fluttershy spoke alarmed, "You really shouldn't be here sweetie, it's not safe."
"Wait, you brought angel with you?" Rainbow Dash questioned, apparently oblivious to the mortal combat before her.
"Um, well he gets upset that he doesn't get to go along on any of our adventures and I… didn't think just going to the castle would be dangerous so I told him he could come."
The gentle Pegasus picked up her pet rabbit and cuddled it.
"That's nice." Twilight grunted, "But maybe we could focus on the fact that our friends are trying to kill each other right now!"
"Trying to kill each other?" a confused rarity called out from across the room. "Whatever are you talking about twilight?"
"Rarity!" Twilight cheered, "You're back to normal again! Wait… you are normal again aren't you?" she squinted her eyes and leaned forward to signal her suspicion.
The white unicorn glanced around the room to find whatever it was she was missing, save for the fact that she was in a different position than she last remembered - she found nothing.
"The last I checked I was feeling normal, but I've somehow ended up over here. Did I miss something, something about one of us trying to harm another?"
"And not just her," Apple Jack approached the party, "I think I jus' teleported too. Twilight did you cast a bad spell again?"
"You two don't remember anything?" Rainbow Dash asked harshly.
"Um… no. What exactly should I be remembering?" Rarity chirped bashfully.
Pinkie leapt from the back row and landed just barely in front of Rarity. Immediately after landing she inhaled, paused for a second and began pouring out words, "WellYouSeeYouPutOnYourNeckla ceAndThenAppleJackSaidThatWa sABadIdeaAndThenYourNecklace DidAWeirdDarkMagic-ySparkThingAndThenYouBecameM eaAndInsultedHer, ButThenYouFeltBadAboutItfora bit,butAppleJackwasStillAngryaty ousoshePutOnHerNecklaceToPro vethat thethingsyousaidaboutherwere n'ttrue,andthentheelementsdidthedark flashythingagainandthenyouju st staredateachotherlikethis."
The fast talking Pony paused to glare at Rarity.
"AndthenYouBothStartedAttacki ngEachOther, CanYouBelieveThat!? Butthenangelcameinandsomeoth erstuffhappenedbutyoujustwou ldn'tstopfighting!Butthenyoustoppedfighting!ButItlookslikeyoudon'trememberithuh?
The pink earth pony began panting heavily. "That was a DOOZY! It's a good thing the author to so long to update, or else I wouldn't have been able to rehearse all that!"
"Pinkie what are you talking abou-"
A large booming sound filled the room. The ponies didn't have time to react to the noise though; as it was followed up with a monstrous vortex. The pitch black anomaly released a mighty roar, drowning out every other sound in the room. Curiously, not much suction was generated from it, rarity, Applejack, and Celestia only felt a slight tug. As for the others, they were assaulted by pale white tendrils that spawned from the vortex.
The tendrils moved with ridiculous speed, preventing any reaction. The ponies and pet rabbit felt nothing as the white bodies penetrated their chests, but they did feel the torque when they were yanked into the center. The elements of harmony on the floor rose up and flew into the vortex's heart as well. As soon as the last element passed through the vortex collapsed upon itself in just a few seconds.
Also, due to unrelated circumstances Spike disappeared as well.
A/N
I am sincerely sorry that this took so long. I am sincerely Sorry that this is so short. I am sincerely sorry that this is so low quality. I have been dealing with a lot of stress, personal, financial, and college related problems and have barely worked on this at all. I kept trying to make it as good as possible, but I could rarely put my full effort into it for any duration of time. I'm fed up with this part, so I'm rushing it out. I am so sorry. Rest assured, the other parts will not take nearly as long to upload, I swear it. Thank you my readers, the simplest complements brighten my life. I welcome your continued support and criticism.
