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The Seventh Element: The Element of Hope

Chapter 17

Hopeful Magic

Lavender watched what looked like a crystal door appear before stepping through it. Lavender looked about her to see a castle in shambles. Broken pieces of what looked like crystal lay around the floor of the massive structure.

"I've got to find Twilight as quickly as possible." Lavender hurried down the hall. As she did she looked through each door in hopes of spotting the Princess of Friendship. She continued on until she came to a large set of crystal doors. Upon opening them Lavender saw a damaged library. Books were thrown about the room in disarray. In the center of the room levitating books around her was Twilight. Twilight's mane and tail were messing and looked as if she had not brushed them in weeks. Lavender cautiously approached the alicorn and as she neared she could hear Twilight muttering to herself.

"Have to find the right spell. Have to fix this mess," Twilight muttered as her magic threw a book away from her and opened a new one.

"Twilight? What happened to you?" Lavender's voice caused Twilight to turn to her and Lavender stumbled back in shock. Twilight's purple eyes looked crazed.

"Lavender? Why are you here? I told you I'll fix it. Nopony will ever abandon me again."

"Abandon? Twilight what are you talking about?"

"You know what when we defeated Demonica. And those traitors ratted me out to Princess Celestia. Now I'll soon have everything back in control once I find the right spell." Twilight went back to the book.

"Back in control?... I don't understand what have you lost control of? Where is Spike?" Twilight whirled turning to face Lavender completely pure rage etched onto her face.

"Don't ever say his name! Or any of them! You know that Lavender! You know they made me lose my control of everything after Celestia bound part of my magic. You are the only one I can trust. You were the only one to fight for me before you too left me to her. But it's okay I forgive you."

"Wha… you mean our friends?"

"Friends? Friends? FRIENDS?! THEY ARENT MY FRIENDS!"

"But they are you are the Elements of Harmony."

"Lavender what is wrong with you? You are acting like you weren't there. Is your memory going again? I can show you what happened will that help?" Lavender thought quickly trying to figure out if seeing what had happened would shed light on to her confusion or make it worse. Finally she nodded her head in the affirmative. "Okay. Stay here." Twilight moved and her horn glowed before the room shifted and before the two was an audience hall Lavender had never seen before. In the room was a white alicorn with multicolored mane and tail of pink, turquoise, blue and purple. Her cutie mark was of a sun. Behind the alicorn were the elements of harmony barring Twilight who was in front of the white alicorn. Between the two on the floor was Demonica. Seeing the alicorn on the ground unconscious shocked Lavender and she let out a shocked gasp.

"Why are you doing this? You know I would never be like her," the image Twilight said harshly.

"You took her power into you Twilight. Dusk, Cadence, Luna, and I have to make sure Equestria remains safe," The white alicorn said.

"But Princess Celestia how can you be certain Twilight will succumb to the darkness," Lavender stared eyes wide in shock from her own voice. She watched as her image-self walked up from behind the elements standing between Celestia and Twilight.

"We can't take the chance Lavender. This is the best solution the other princesses and I could think of. Now stand aside."

"I'm not giving up. You do this and you are throwing her into the very darkness Demonica was in. Please Princess Celestia, you guys don't give up on her. She is the Princess of Friendship if we stay with her she won't go dark. We can watch out for her. She is an Element of Harmony. She is the Element of Magic what if there is another threat to Equestria?"

"Sugar cube, I know your heart is in the right place but she can't be the element of magic anymore since she took darkness itself into her," the image Applejack told Lavender trying to console the image Lavender.

"Besides Lavender Heart the element of Magic can chose a new wielder. In fact the other Princesses and I agree it should be you who becomes the new Element of Magic and lead the other Elements." Princess Celestia said laying her hoof on the image Lavender's shoulder. Lavender quietly removed the hoof and stepped away from the alicorn in front of her.

"Thank you your highness but I don't want to take it from the real Element of Magic."

"We will give you time to think on it then." The image Lavender glared at the white alicorn.

"I don't want it. I'm done with this. I see now why Ponavia and Canterlot are separated I'm getting out of this madness." The Image Lavender teleported away. The real Lavender watched in horror as Princess Celestia bound a part of Twilight's magic. The image faded and Lavender looked at Twilight.

"Twilight none of us would ever abandon you nor would Princess Celestia bind part of your magic," The real Lavender told the purple alicorn.

"Liar!" Twilight's horn glowed brightly. "You and the others betrayed me! But I forgave you Lavender because you stuck up for me. But fine. You want to be treated like those other traitors. I'll accommodate you!" Twilight tried to shot Lavender with her magic but Lavender erected a barrier just in time.

"We would never abandon you Twilight! The image Lavender is right you are the Princess of Friendship and the Element of Magic don't give up hope for who you are! Don't let Demonica win!" Twilight blasted at Lavender's barrier until it shattered and as Twilight was about land a hit on Lavender herself a clattering was heard as a shelf from above the two crumbled from a missed shot. A tiara fell and landed between the two. The tiara was the Element of Hope and suddenly as Twilight stared at it her eyes shifted to her normal eyes. It was as if seeing the element of Hope caused Twilight's mind to clear and see that both the image Lavender and the real Lavender were right. Twilight let her magic stop and stepped away from the frightened unicorn.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry Lavender."

"Wha? Twilight? What's going on?" the purple alicorn nodded to the tiara and Lavender recognized it.

"The tiara Princess Dusk gave me to keep in my room? What's it doing here?"

"That is the Element of Hope. We were to keep it with us and give it to the wielder."

"That's the Element of Hope?! Why would Princess Dusk give it to me?!"

"Let's find out." Twilight's magic encased the tiara and levitated it up before Lavender.

"What?" Lavender looked at Twilight questioningly.

"Put it on."

"What? Why?"

"Because you are right. I shouldn't give up hope for who I am." Lavender smiled at her friend. Lavender's magic took the tiara and placed it on her head and nothing happened. Lavender closed her eyes in defeat and lowered her head. Because she had lowered her head in defeat she failed to see the room become a new library before becoming an empty room. Nor did she see the bracelet that Twilight wore glowed.

"You see. I'm not the Element of Hope Twilight."

"Perhaps but Princess Dusk gave it to you for a reason so just keep it on okay?"

"Alright." Lavender looked up then and noticed the room. "Good. You can leave now. Twilight go through that door."

"What about you?"

"I need to get AJ." Twilight smiled at the way Lavender said her honest friend's name and the dreamy look she had on her face.

"You'll get her. I know it. Good luck and don't take the tiara off." Twilight moved to the only door and left. Once the door to the room closed Twilight's bracelet glowed and became a new Element of Magic but this time instead of a gold tiara it became silver with her cutie mark in the center. The second the crown placed itself on her head the others in the room rushed to Twilight hugging their friend tightly.

"Twilight," the other elements said happily as they hugged.

"Girls," Twilight said happily as she hugged them back.

"What happened," Fluttershy asked hr marefriend after they had all parted.

"Lavender and the Element of Hope. It fell as I was about to blast Lavender and as I looked at it was as if my mind cleared from the darkness and I realized what I was doing. Lavender was right I shouldn't give up hope for who I am and what my element is. She showed me that my friendships with you all are the most important part about my being a princess."

"Where is the element of hope," Rainbow asked her.

"Yeah! Where is it," Pinkie asked excitedly as she bounced in place/

"Where it belongs."

AN: R&R