My Little Pony Friendship is Magic: Return of Nightmare Moon Pt. 2

A/N: Welcome back to the next chapter! So, there's one chapter left after this one, and in this chapter, prepare for the arrival of the Elements of Harmony. Now, I've been asked about whether the Element of Knowledge will turn into a necklace or a crown for Sunrise Blossom, and so far my answer is Spoilers, but you'll find out soon.

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CHAPTER THREE: RESTORING THE ELEMENTS

On the other side of the bridge, the ponies ran up to the ruined castle and when they entered it, they found themselves in a large room that had once been the foyer, and it had clearly hadn't been seen by anyone in a very long time.

"Looks like there had been a battle here in the past," Sunrise Blossom remarked, looking around at the damage to the roof as Twilight Sparkle entered behind them. "This must be where Princess Celestia first defeated Nightmare Moon a thousand years ago."

"It does look like it," Twilight Sparkle agreed, looking around until she saw in the middle of the foyer a large stone structure with a number of stone orbs positioned on it like planets in orbit around a sun in the center. "Whoa."

"Come on, Twilight," Applejack said as the purple unicorn approached the structure. "Isn't this what you've been waitin' for?"

"The Elements of Harmony, we've found them," said Twilight Sparkle as Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy collected the orbs and set them in a circle on the stone floor. "Careful, careful!"

Pinkie Pie began counting as the ponies gathered around. One, two, three, four… There's only six!"

"Where's the seventh?" Rainbow Dash wondered.

Twilight Sparkle thought for a moment as she sat down on the floor, tucking her hooves underneath her. "The book said: when the six are present, a spark will cause the seventh Element to be revealed."

"What in the hay is that supposed to mean?" Applejack wondered.

"I'm not sure, but I have an idea," Twilight Sparkle replied, having been puzzling it over during their trip. "Stand back. I don't know what will happen." And she began concentrating on the orbs, her horn growing pink.

"Come on now, y'all," Applejack suggested. "She needs to concentrate." And the six ponies went back outside to wait.

Now alone, Twilight Sparkle shut her eyes, focusing on her magic, hoping to create the required spark and was unaware that the mist-form of Nightmare Moon had entered the room. It was only when she felt a sudden breeze, she opened her eyes and saw that the mist was now a tornado, which was swallowing up the stone orbs. "Aah! The Elements!" And she jumped at the tornado.

Having heard her shout, sunrise and the other ponies ran back inside, just as all three disappeared in a flash of light momentarily blinded them. When her eyes cleared, the orange unicorn looked around for her twin frantically. "Twilight! Twilight!"

"Twilight?"

"What?"

"Where did she go?"

"What happened?"

"What's going on?"

"She's gone," said Sunrise Blossom, beginning to breath hard, a sure sign she was going to have a panic attack. "Twilight and the Elements are gone!"

Applejack put a foreleg around her shoulders. "Don't worry, Sunny, we'll find her."

Rarity looked out one of the windows and saw flashes of lights appearing in a nearby tower. "Look!"

"Come on!" Applejack shouted and they went charing out of the foyer and toward the tower.

In the throne room of the castle, there was a brilliant flash of light, and Twilight Sparkle crashed to the stone floor, gasping and coughing, and she struggled to get to her hooves, shaken by the sudden teleportation. Hearing an evil laughter, she looked round and saw Nightmare Moon standing in front of the ruined thrones with the Elements lying in a circle around her.

'The Elements of Harmony!' Twilight Sparkle thought as an expression of determination etched itself across her face, and she began pawing the floor, her horn glowing. "Hmph!"

Nightmare Moon scoffed. "You're kidding. You're kidding, right?" And when the younger pony ran straight toward her, the evil unicorn smirked and charged at her, too. Right before they could collide, Twilight Sparkle's horn flashed and she disappeared.

Nightmare moon skidded to a halt, looking around in confusion of where the purple unicorn could've gotten to, and when there was a flash of light behind her, she turned to see that her prey had teleported herself so that she was now standing in the middle of the Elements. "Hey!"

Although feeling a bit dizzy since teleporting herself always took a lot out of her, Twilight Sparkle began concentrating on the Elements. "Just one spark," she muttered as her horn glowed pink and the Elements began reacting. "Come on, come on. Aah!" she yelped when Nightmare Moon appeared and knocked her away from the Elements.

As the purple unicorn struggled to get up, Nightmare Moon was alarmed to see that the Elements were began to glow brighter. No, no!" she cried and then laughed when nothing happened.

Twilight Sparkle gasped, shocked that this hadn't worked. "But… where's the seventh Element?!"

Nightmare Moon laughed mockingly. "You little foal! Thinking you could defeat me?" She then slammed her front hooves onto the floor, shattering the Elements into pieces. "Now you will never see your princess, or your sun! The night will last forever!" And she continued to laugh evilly as her dark magic began swirling around the room.

Twilight Sparkle felt her heart sink and her ears drooped as the realization of her failure dawned on her. Just then, she heard the voices of her sister and her friends on the stairs, and she could see their shadows in the stairwell heading for the throne room. She felt a sudden warmth and something inside her sparked.

'Of course!' Feeling hopefully, Twilight Sparkle stood and faced the evil unicorn. "You think you can destroy The Elements of Harmony just like that?" she challenged. "Well, you're wrong, because the spirits of The Elements of Harmony are right here." And she was immediately joined by Sunrise Blossom, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and both Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash hovered above them.

Nightmare Moon stopped laughing and looked at her, confused. "What?"

"Applejack, who reassured me when I was in doubt, represents the spirit of… honesty!" Twilight Sparkle announced and the stone fragments of that Element rose from the floor and quickly encircled the orange pony, who was surprised. "Fluttershy, who tamed the manticore with her compassion, represents the spirit of… kindness!" And the fragments of that Element quickly encircled Fluttershy, who was startled. "Sunrise Blossom, my wonderful sister who shared her knowledge of what mushrooms are safe to eat, represents the spirit of… knowledge!" And Sunrise Blossom beamed as the stone fragments of that Element encircled her. "Pinkie Pie, who banished fear by giggling in the face of danger, represents the spirit of… laughter!" And Pinkie Pie squealed as the fragments of her Element encircled her. "Rarity, who calmed a sorrowful serpent with a meaningful gift represents the spirit of… generosity!" Rarity actually blushed when the fragments of her Element encircled her. "And Rainbow Dash, who could not abandon her friends for her own heart's desire represents the spirit of… loyalty!" Rainbow Dash laughed as the fragments of her Element encircled her. "The spirits of these six ponies got us through every challenge you threw at us."

"You still don't have the seventh Element!" Nightmare Moon snarled. "The spark didn't work!"

"But it did!" Twilight Sparkle declared happily and she turned to her friends and her twin. "A different kind of spark. I felt it the very moment I realized how happy I was to hear you, to see you, how much I cared about you. The spark ignited inside me when I realized that you all… are my friends!" She then faced the evil unicorn, who was actually looking nervous. "You see, Nightmare Moon, when those Elements are ignited by the… the spark, that resides in the heart of us all, it creates the seventh element: the element of… magic!"

High above them, a light formed and they all looked up to see a seventh orb with a star on it extract itself, lowering itself so it was directly above Twilight Sparkle, and a white light engulfed the seven ponies as they rose into the air. The six shattered Elements reformed, five of them becoming gold necklaces with the Element in the center for Applejack, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash, while the sixth Element and the seventh Element turned into gold crowns for Sunrise Blossom and Twilight Sparkle.

As the magic of the Elements of Harmony combined, a wave of rainbow magic shot out of the seven ponies and surrounded Nightmare Moon, becoming a rainbow tornado, and she screamed in terror. "Nooo! Nooo!"

Inside the magic orb, the ponies had their eyes shut, and then both Twilight Sparkle and Sunrise Blossom opened their eyes, which were completely white, and the whole room went white.

A/N: Elements of Harmony unite! See you all next week! R&R everyone!