Canterlot in the middle of the night, in the courtyard and in the palace corridors, there was almost no living spirit except for the few guards holding their nightly worth, most of the castle actually slept except for one creature, Twilight Sparkle, awakened by a sudden impulse, sprang from the bed of her royal chamber, a certain feeling and anxiety They woke her up and ordered her to get up, Twilight reminiscing about the days gone by, including the last two with Appleloosa she still could not throw away that day and what one of the princesses did after the rescue and the show of power that man showed.

Twilight tried to find answers to many of the questions, her head was full of everything, conclusions, possibilities, opportunities, but all suddenly focused on one, Twilight got out of bed and walked to the window to suddenly jump with the euphoria and the chance that had presented itself that night.

- Alex!. Twilight Sparkle screams when she saw a man standing on the threshold of the balcony of the next chamber.

Seeing and knowing that this was the only such chance, Twilight rushed to the adjacent exhibition room, opening the balcony threshold where she saw a man leaning on the cornice and gazing at the stars, Twilight had a man practically in front of her, she could ask him almost any question, obligatory and those dictated by her natural curiosity nevertheless her hooves began to tremble a little, unable to resist one thing, trying to look at a man in his blue eyes and talking, as with a friend, about matters not related to anything about himself, but pure friendship.

Twilight walked to the edge of the balcony and nervously leaned on the edge of the cornice to look the man in the eye, her natural posture and size made her even leaning against the cornice a bit taller than a man and she was forced to look at him from above, which she definitely did not want, but such she was already bigger and taller than people, man come could do something about it to change his form he did nothing in silence stared into the distance looking at the stars all the time.

- hi. Twilight said in a brittle voice, come know herself that was not enough.

Welcoming Twilight was met with a quick response from a man that even she had not expected, Alex took his eyes from the stars and, adjusting the green sweatshirt, looked at the taller princess, and his face at first devoid of most emotions revealed a nascent smile, which Twilight was not ready for.

- hello princess Twilight, let me guess you have a lot of questions for me right. Alex said, his head lowered slightly as his blue eyes almost faded out of sight.

- no please, you don't have to bow to me properly for what you are doing, I should bow to you. Twilight said as she moved closer to the man.

- no matter what, tell me what your question?. Alex asked.

- where to start, no, no, I don't know. Twilight said come on, she had so many questions she didn't know where to start.

- So maybe we'll start with what I'm here for, why I came so suddenly, and it's here to you. Alex said, looking at the surprised and at the same time happy princess who suddenly felt her own cheeks starting to heat up.

- this, yes, yes, yes that's a good idea, this is where you can start. Twilight Sparkle said nervously stroking her mane with her right hoof, but quickly froze as her lowered hoof fell into the human hand.

- I was wondering why I keep running away, why I am away from you, the best friends I can have here, why. Alex said looking straight into the princess's trembling eyes.

- I don't know myself, I always wanted to understand why don't you come with us, ask you about it, you?. Twilight said, her voice breaking, but what she and the human had just done, even she couldn't have foreseen.

Twilight instinctively shook the man's left hoof and began to approach him as he did, their lips almost centimeters apart, until suddenly the first kiss.

- Twilight!. Twilight, wake up. Applejack's voice sounded everywhere.

Twilight suddenly opened her eyes and in front of her appeared a truly grotesque sight of the shocked two eyes of the chaos spirit, as it turned out Discord was the one that Twilight caught with a firm hug and just kissed, suddenly Twilight Sparkle, shocked by what she did, let the spirit of chaos fall on the other side of the crystal the table between the crystal armchairs trying to clean his face with his hands, as Discord conjured a brush and began to clean his mouth and mouth with it, a shocked Twilight looked around alone rubbing her lips from anything Discord might have left her.

The eyes of the Twilight Sparkle sitting in the chair were finally noticed by her best friends who could no longer fight the shock that met them, white Rarity and orange Aplejack cowgirl with wide eyes looked at her with a distinct grimace of slight disgust, pink Pinkie and blue Rainbow Dash slightly and stuttered the cream-colored Fluttershy almost ruffled her pink mane and looked at her friend with obvious jealousy and surprise at the turn of the matter, while the tall light purple dragon Spike goggled her eyes.

- this Twilight you are well. Applejack asked, breaking the momentary silence.

- this, yes, yes!, well go not exactly after what Discord did to me. Twilight said, looking at the spirit of chaos raging with the brush still washing his face.

- Discord did something to you?, Twilight was you who kissed him. Rainbow Dash said, looking at her friend with a suspicious look.

- first you work here until late looking through the journal of man and comics, and then you dream about something and suddenly, you know, you do something that I don't like and you know why. Fluttershy said suspiciously.

- I said something in my sleep. Twilight asked, truly terrified.

- and what did I say?.

- blah, blah, blah friendship, blah, blah, blah. Pinkie Pie said, leaning against the stole looking at her friend.

- exactly, you are delirious in your sleep, you are waving your hooves, Discord came closer to look at you until you suddenly catch him and you know what you are doing next. Rarity said, slightly disgusted.

- this, Twilight tell me honestly if you like Discord. Spike asked, and his question shocked everyone, but most of all Fluttershy, who suddenly and you know why, became sad.

- not me!, it's not!, where did you get such an idea, I dreamed something and I don't know what exactly, I apologize if I offended or scared someone, and please, Fluttershy, I didn't want to do anything wrong. She panicked Twilight said come her panic less knowing the whole truth hadn't come out, the truth of her dream.

- so I have nothing to worry about?. Discord asked nervously as he finished scrubbing his face with the brush.

- no Discord, you have nothing to worry about, you're not my type, and besides, I don't have the heart to take you away from my best friend. Twilight Sparkle said as she put her hooves on the stole in obvious disgust at the whole situation, convincing her friend that what had happened was just a coincidence, to which Fluttershy smiled at Twilight and hugged the spirit of chaos.

- you see Discord you have nothing to worry about and me too. Fluttershy said as she returned to her seat.

- this, it is just out of curiosity what new you learned after studying a human journal, or do you know something new that we would not know. Applejack, who was sitting in her town, asked.

Applejack's question focused Twilight's full attention on comics and a journal stolen from the human world, her reading was to discover something that the eyes usually did not notice or missed, Twilight wanted to find something hidden, some information between the lines, as did the former artist Leonardo Da Vinci. who often applied various riddles in his paintings and their answers often led to nowhere and to great discoveries, hidden places and paintings or sculptures hidden from dawn, but as it turned out, Alex was not a great artist who thought puzzles and never left a hidden message between the lines.

- actually nothing new, Alex seems to be a man who did not have the time or willingness to leave some encrypted messages here, apart from his knowledge of his own world of destiny and nothingness, it's hard for me to say who he is for us, except that he saved several times us our tails, come he himself wrote that he is not like heroes limited by their own dogmas. Said Twilight Sparkle, meanwhile all their friends and Spike took their seats and Discord sat on his own conjured soft lounge chair.

- so you say that Alex is not like comic book heroes and how can it stand out. Rainbow Dash asked.

- and, for example, by their actions in crisis situations, for example, someone will take any of us hostage, the hero quickly surrenders to such a villain, he will never do it. Twilight said in full earnest.

- secondly, any of you and the escaping evil character is at stake, the hero usually saves one of you, someone else will do otherwise and will chase his enemy to the fall, and he, Alex seems so crazy that maybe he will do both, save he will chase you and chase the villain by baking many birds with one stone, or he will focus all his attention on the fugitives, forgetting about you, thirdly, he will not always fight clean, and fourth, he predicts what his evil opponent can do, never the other way around. Twilight Sparkle said as she leaned in to each one above the table.

- so we are lucky that he was never put up against a wall in such a situation. Rarity said.

- and if he is faced with such a situation, if he has to choose what he will do then. Spike said in surprise.

- then he will choose to pursue the bad guy, and he will leave you to fry the pacifier. Discord said in words of malice come he himself seemed surprised that a man could be just such a goal-driven, regardless of anything or anyone.

The dragon eventually ignored the malice of the chaos spirit to look at Twilight who was just closing the human journal.

- I personally think it's something else. She told Twilight to think about everything that had already taken place.

- I mean, what's your conclusion about this, well, man. Fluttershy asked quickly.

- one thing is most important to him, tears, and if something is so important to someone, I'm sure that he will do everything to help each other and, above all, he fights with destiny and nothingness, hen wants to destroy our world using the ruler of the elements. For this I am sure that Alex will save us more than once. She said Twilight smile at everyone.

- our hero as in comics. Pinkie Pie said cheerfully.

- he, our hero, repeatedly saves our day and our tails. Rainbow Dash said enthusiastically.

- this is. Applejack said, nodding her head.

- our great and brave man. Rarity said.

- our great man. Fluttershy's hesitant voice said.

Everyone was delighted, delighted with this possibility, except for the spirit of chaos that grunted, but his behavior was not dictated by malice, but rather by fear focusing on the last words of the man that he uttered under Appleloosa.

- one thing worries me. Discord said, drawing everyone's attention to himself as he drank his tea.

- what are you worried about?. Twilight Sparkle asked, practically not remembering what she had done.

- the first is that you kiss me in your sleep. Discord said sounding naturally spiteful and Twilight stuttered again.

- Discord enough of this spitefulness, please tell me what worries you. She said Fluttershy, and as her request always was, like the greatest power in the world, she effectively prevented Discord from refusing or denying her.

- well then to the point, you remember the last words of a man about tears of warning, what he meant, I don't know, but I can guess. Discord said, and his words made all the ponies and dragon focused on him think.

- what are tears of warning. Asked Spike, looking from the spirit of chaos to his friends.

- and the buoy I know. Applejack said shrugging her shoulders.

- maybe it's about something negative. Rarity stated, and her guess was even more puzzling to everyone than the spirit of chaos.

- no, it is impossible, after all, why he needs negative tears, apart from tears of sadness, Scootaloo has not yet collected other tears of this type. Twilight Sparkle said, sounding like a human advocate.

- he did not collect such tears because he never had such an opportunity, but what will happen if he makes such an opportunity happen, what tears could they be?. Rainbow Dash asked.

- tears, evil hate and such. Pinkie Pie said shocking everyone because almost everyone in the crowd didn't think that way and didn't want to think that a man could ever be angry if he fought for the good of their world.

- not impossible, he and evil, rather the evil of our enemies who want to take advantage of the possible weaknesses of the heroes that a human does not support, ultimately it is he who will use the actions of our enemies for his own purposes. Fluttershy said as she suddenly grabbed her mouth with her hooves.

- it's not impossible that Alex was so crazy, that he himself impatiently waited for the predictable action of our enemies, if he had foreseen it, waited to collect tears, then you must be a more madman, crazy genius than I can put into words and embrace my own head, it's not impossible. Twilight said, trying her best to throw out the possibility.

Twilight Sparkle couldn't believe one more thing, Alex did for the world, so much for them, and yet everyone talked about him as the biggest monster who was supposed to kill many roasts with one stone, come said himself that he had already baked many roasts, but this one the possibility was denied by Twilight, who refused to see man as an indescribable monster.

- tragedy. They were all torn out by the sudden snipe of a running unicorn with gray fur, green-blue mane and brown doublet.

- Stygian?. Twilight said, rising from the crystal chair as she watched the hero of the past stop in front of the table, fear in her eyes.

- is it a human. Rarity asked, and Stygian shook his head.

- Akeron and his legions. Applejack fired and Stygian reacted by shaking his head.

- your forgotten yesterday's birthday, how I'm so sorry. Pinkie Pie said, and to her relief, Stygian shook his head again.

- slowly what's going on. Please let him tell you. Fluttershy said.

- Stygian, slowly, take your time and tell me what happened. Twilight said.

- my friends have disappeared. Stygian said, looking at the crystal stole

- what but how, Star Swirl and others, but what happened. Twilight asked hurriedly.

- I don't know what happened, this morning I heard a voice, a familiar voice, it turned out that Star Swirl and everyone from the Pillars of Equestria also heard it, a whisper turning into a loud chirp, a squeak and a whisper again, something that made them look for the cause that voice. Stygian said, looking at each of the assembled people as his eyes met the eyes of the Chaos Spirit. Stygian took a step back, but not from fear to the spirit of chaos, but from fear of another scream in his head.

- it is again, I dream I hear it, that voice. Is everywhere. Stygian said, grabbing his ears.

- Stygian, you hear me, Stygian. Twilight said, helping the terrified pony with the spirit of chaos to stand up.

Twilight activated the magic of her horn to try to search for traces of magic, but failed to detect the slightest trace or connection to something unknown to them.

- I don't understand it, even my magic is not able to find the culprit, it's as if it came from an unknown sphere of power.

- Akeron, I'm sure that's another of his tricks. Spike said.

- It seems to me that it is something else, but it has to do with the lord of the elements, but what and why only Stygian and Pillars hear the call of this something. Said Discord, who was also unable to detect the slightest hint of magic, except for the little unicorn who still felt and heard the call from a distance.

- this voice, followed by Star Swirl leading Pillars through the magic portal, I saw him for a moment he said that this thing seems to be somewhere in the Far East, it could be Dragon's Lair, I, I can feel it too, I can feel this thing from there calling me, a voice so familiar as if it were part of me. Stygian said turning from everyone to look towards Dragon's Lair.

Stygian quickly ran out of the crystal castle, listening to the growing screeching scream calling the little unicorn in a strange form of pain, pain that everyone behind him felt, this pain was both terrible and blissful.

- It's big, I feel pain mixed up with everything it is. Rarity said, falling off her front hooves.

- Rarity!. Spike shouted, but he felt that momentary pain as well, six punches.

- what it is supposed to be. Discord said, paralyzed by the strange pain.

- I don't know, but I feel pain, something is calling me again, I hear his voice, familiar as if through a fog, no! Stygian said, getting up from the ground as the pain suddenly subsided.

- Stygian, you say this voice begins in Dragon's Lair. Twilight asked.

- yes, I can feel it, everything begins there, it calls me. Stygian said, sounding deadly serious.

- So you have to check what's calling you there, Discord, if you could take us there. Twilight Sparkle asked, and the spirit of chaos folded his arms behind him and rubbed his foot irritably.

- what am I minimized again to the form of some pony sending from one corner of the world to the other? Discord said, sounding very annoyed but all shattered as his eyes met the pleading look of the cream pegasus.

- Discord, please and believe me, we need you very much, what you do may affect the fate of all of us and even the whole world. Fluttershy said, which quickly cheered up the chaos spirit.

- besides, I don't want Twilight to make you feel very disgusted again. She added Fluttershy with a slight smile between Twilight and her friend.

Twilight Sparkle and Discord reacted in their own way to their friend's suggestions with considerable distaste, Discord quickly nodded in agreement and was ready to teleport.

- okay, okay, I'll take you there in a moment, just no Twilight on your part, okay. Discord said, and Twilight nodded her head in disgust with her own broken smile of disgust.

- so what are we waiting for, ready. Applejack asked.

- sure, we're going to visit the land of dragons, maybe they have a party there and that calls us all. Pinkie Pie said, jumping up and down.

- Pinkie like I love your optimism. Said Rarity as Discord used his magic and they were all in front of Dragon's Lair in one second, where a terrible sight greeted them all.

Twilight Sparkle, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Spike, Discord and Stygian saw the terrible sight of the destruction inflicted by the unknown creature, most of the gables and dragon houses crumbled with most dragons fleeing their home in panic, scream , screech and scream prevailed among the crowds of terrified dragons flying over the heads of the nine, the sight of mighty creatures that were dragons in complete fear and terror, the sight of terrified dragons was more terrible than what was about to come.

- what's going on here, why are they running away. Fluttershy asked, terrified at the sight of the fleeing dragons, hiding behind the spirit of chaos.

- I have no idea but something big must have scared them off look there, it's probably Ember and Garble. Discord said, pointing to an image of two dragons they knew.

- hey here we are. Shouted Spike, meeting his kin.

Two dragons flying between the four larger ones heard voices unlike dragons and spotted their friends, Ember, Garble and a couple of other dragons landed in front of the ponies, the dragon and the chaos spirit to give them a terrifying news.

- it's a monster! Something emerged out of nowhere, out of darkness and light, headless creature, something strange like metal goo or tar, this thing attacked us and the arrived Pillars, I saw it with my own eyes, whether or not. Ember said in a trembling voice, stuttering before the last word.

- Ember, tell me what happened. Spike asked shaking a blue dragon.

- I tell. Garble said, raising his hand.

- this thing started attacking everything and everyone, us, your friends, Pillars they and their powers, everything they did was pushed backwards, it swept them away and began to absorb them with their whole body, and then with each Pillars absorbed, they started to grow out of it. pony new head. Garble said.

Garble's words struck Twilight the most, the culture recalled a legend excavated on the Hayseed Swamp where a creature was visible on an old record, a creature called the Hydra-Pony, a primal creature that served the elements.

Among the terrified newcomers listening, only one did not pay attention to the words of the dragons, instead he looked at the cracking mountain from which two burning spots fell out, as it turned out the first of the great spots was Torch father Ember, a great dragon with red wings, infrared horns and a brown costume, the sight the defeated great dragon frightened all watching as Torch hit the ground half-awake from fifty yards from the new arrivals.

- Dad!. Ember shouted as she ran to her father, but stopped when she heard a shrill screech.

A strange squeak pierced the entire area when a second patch of flames fell in front of the ponies and an unconscious Star Swirl fell out of it, in the same second a terrible image of the Hydra-pony of light darkness appeared before everyone, whose first black form reminded everyone who he was before.

- pony of darkness, this is why Stygian heard the call. Spike said, terrified.

- Star Swirl, no!, leave him monster!. Rarity shouted, but it was too late for everyone.

The Hydra-Pony with the power of his five necks and terrible mouths pulled the unconscious bearded sage and absorbed his body into himself, increasing his already huge twenty-meter body, along with absorbing another of the Pillars, the Hydra-Pony gained a sixth neck which, like the others, looked at the terrified little unicorn in a coat.

Stygian looked at the essence of light and dark with indescribable terror, hearing his call, his call.

Stygian get away from him!. Rainbow Dash screamed.

- don't come close, he'll get you in a moment. Applejack screamed in horror.

But it was too late, the being of light and dark began to draw a little unicorn trying to fight, Twilight Sparkle activated the power of her horn to stop the Stygian, but was unable to stand, her rug and levitation and teleportation spells were completely stopped and ineffective, even using her Discord powers was unable to react to the act of the black and white creature before carrying out his plan, the beast kept dragging the terrified pony until it suddenly jumped on him and swallowed its last victim, growing to a height of thirty meters.

The last seventh head appeared before the collected ponies, dragons and the spirit of chaos, the seventh head adorned with a spiral horn turned at all screaming with a terrible voice, and the other heads activated their powers of the six elements, fire, ice, water, earth, wind and lightning, six rays of pure power rushed to the heavens shaking everything, the earth, sky, air, everything, and the fear that pierced the whole world and looking at the terrible creature, dragons soared into the sky fleeing the monster with a terrible scream except for the paralyzed fear, Garble and Ember, who like the rest they looked at the power of the monster releasing some of its powerful orbs of power, and hitting the highest mountain still remaining of its power, some bolts of six elemental power struck with a crash on the great one thousand meter peak and smashed it into tiny pieces with an unimaginable crash.

Hundreds of shards of the ruined mountain tumbled over the heads of the standing ponies and dragons, watching the terrible beast point its heads straight at them.

- is this our end?. Ember asked, terrified before she ran to her half-awake father.

I don't think we stand a chance, unless, Discord. Said Pinkie Pie shocked as her own mane reared up.

- I am unable to do so, it negates my teleportation abilities, there is nothing I can do. Discord said.

- so this is our end. Fluttershy asked the eyes of the chaos spirit to which Discord reacted with a firm hug protecting Fluttershy with his own body.

- no!, it can't end like this!. Twilight Sparkle said as she stepped out to meet the terrible beast before she looked at everyone behind her back.

- listen to me, this is not an order but a request, run away as quickly and as far as possible, I will try to stop this monster. Twilight said sounding devastated.

- we will not leave you today or ever !. Rarity said, activating the power of her horn.

- besides, our escape will not change anything, if this beast defeats you and all indications are that we will be lost, only together we are able to defeat this beast. Applejack said.

- exactly, only together. Rainbow Dash said angrily.

- always together. Said Pinkie Pie facing an indescribable monstrosity.

- to the end. Fluttershy said, breaking her grip from a shocked spirit of chaos.

Upon seeing this Discord, Ember, Garble and Spike also joined their friends facing the great beast.

- oh Alex, where are you. Twilight whispered, but everyone heard her anyway, hoping the man would come to the rescue again.

Suddenly, the Hydra-Pony moved to the other side and in less than a second began to bombard with powerful projectiles of elemental power, each head hitting a different position and account, scattering bruised and sore dragons and ponies across the ground, at which the liquid metal monster of light and dark laughed in a strange distorted voice.

The monster moved again from place to place, and this time using the power of the central head which released spheres of connected elements which rushed towards the rising Twilight, the bruised princess closed her eyes seeing her end, but even before the doom, her heart was full of hope.

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The time has come for the first elect of the elemental ruler to make a great mark on the world, to reveal his power beyond many, but the real tragedy is yet to come.