8True Harmony Part 1 – Gathering of the New Elements
Disclaimer: I do not own My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic or the characters in the show, and the OC Characters Carnival Cat created by sand-josieph and Malice created by Kayla-Hiwatari
A/N: I am creating this Fanfic into two parts; this is the first part about introducing the characters and starting the quest to find the new Elements of Harmony and the second part of the Fanfic will be about completing the quest and the final battle against Malice and Queen Chrysalis.
Chapter 1 – Coronation Gala
Twilight's POV
It has been a few months since I became the newest princess of Equestria, after I completed the Great Starswirl the Bearded's spell to help my friends realise their destinies and my adventures I had in the human realm with the human forms of my friends and the battle against Sunset Shimmer. I wasn't sure if I was going to be a great princess, but from those adventures I felt more comfortable about my newfound royal duties. So today I have decided to have a proper celebration gala of my coronation as a princess at the Crystal Empire, so I have now have to decide whom to invite. Well, I invite my best pony friends, Applejack, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy of course as well as Spike, Princess Cadance and Shining Armor. I am also thinking of inviting Flash Sentry. Cadance told me he is a new member of the Royal Guard, and I have a bit of a crush on him since I kept bumping into him a few times here and in the human world. I already have invited Princess Celestia and Luna, but they told me they would come later on as they are having an important meeting back at their castle in Canterlot. I think my friends should invite one relative/friend of theirs to the party. I think Applejack and Rarity would invite their sisters Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle and Rainbow Dash would invite Scootaloo, since she helped her conquer her fears with a little help from Princess Luna. I am thinking of inviting a plus one of my own. Trixie, or the Great and Powerful Trixie as she calls herself, would be my plus one, because she did see the error of her ways when she used the Alicorn Amulet to rule Ponyville and she apologized to me for it after the way she treated me and my friends. I'm not sure if the others will agree, but I'll ask her to apologize to them when she arrives. Fluttershy would invite Discord after we reformed him. She treated Discord like a real friend and after the chaos at Sweet Apple Acres; he was so ashamed of his actions he didn't want to lose the one friend he had ever had. I saw that with my own eyes. Even though we were nervous at first but after when he stated to Princess Celestia that he would use his powers for good instead of evil, I thought we should give him a chance. I'm not sure whom Pinkie would invite, as she hasn't got a friend of her own yet but I'm sure she'll find one. Now time to write the invites and send them off.
Third Pony POV
After she wrote the invites, Twilight put them in the letterbox. Then a week later, the party at the Crystal Empire was about to begin. Twilight was wearing her dress she wore at the coronation and her Element of Magic Crown. She was waiting with her brother Shining Armor, who was wearing his red military style jacket with the blue sash, Princess Cadance with her blue crystal coronation dress and Spike in his tuxedo. "I'm so glad you held this gala, Twiley," said Shining Armor proudly. "This is our first proper celebration since the coronation."
"Thanks B.B.B.F.F." replied Twilight. "Since my adventure in the human world, I am more comfortable being a princess, and wearing my crown more often."
"Don't forget your wings Twilight." added Spike. Then walking towards them was their first few guests. The Mane Six wore their outfits they wore at her coronation; Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo were wearing their dresses they wore at Cadance and Shining Armor's wedding and Discord wore his outfit when he and Fluttershy held a dinner party at her house when they reformed him.
"Hey Twilight," Applejack greeted warmly. "Thanks for inviting us to your party."
"Your welcome everypony," replied Twilight. "I wouldn't be a princess today without all of you. So this party is held to show my appreciation. Glad you can make it Discord."
Discord stepped forward with Fluttershy, and took a bow. "I am so honoured to be a guest at your gala, Princess Twilight Sparkle. Fluttershy asked me if I wanted to come and I knew someday you would be a princess like Celestia and Luna. Where are they anyway?"
"They had a important meeting to attend back at Canterlot Castle, but they will be along later," answered Cadance. "Oh you must be Discord, it is nice to meet you."
"Discord this is my brother Shining Armor and my sister in law, Princess Cadance," added Twilight. Discord, Cadance and Shining Armor gave a respectful bow to each other. "And these are Scootaloo, Apple Bloom and Sweetie Belle, also known as the Cutie Mark Crusaders."
"Awesome, we have never met a …err… sorry, Discord. What are ya?" asked Scootaloo.
Discord chuckled, "That's all right Scootaloo. I am a draconequus."
"Rarity and the others told us so much about you. You must be a really nice guy," said Sweetie Belle.
"He sure is Sweetie Belle." Added Fluttershy. She held his lion paw and he blushed.
"Who else is coming Twilight darling?" asked Rarity.
"We are meeting the last guest in the ballroom and our other guest is coming now," replied Twilight. She looked at the doors and the others turned round and they saw a familiar blue unicorn. "Trixie!"
"Twilight! I'm so thrilled you invited me to the party." Trixie replied. She was wearing a dress that resembled her wizard cape and her wizard hat. Spike and the Mane Six frowned at her.
"Twilight why did you invite her?" asked Rainbow Dash. "You know what she did to us and Ponyville the last time she was there."
"I know Rainbow Dash, but when I put on that magic display for Princess Celestia and her visitors, she apologized to me for what she did." Replied Twilight.
"It's true." Added Trixie sadly. "I treated all of you so bad when I was wearing that Alicorn Amulet, I just couldn't control myself. You can forgive me, can't you?"
"I forgive you." Said Fluttershy, and they shook each other's hooves.
"Pinkie forgives you too." Agreed Pinkie. Rarity, Applejack, Rainbow Dash and Spike stayed reluctant. Discord and the CMC walked up to her.
"If any friend of Twilight and Fluttershy is a friend of mine." Discord said kindly. "I'm Discord."
"Nice to meet you, didn't you rule Equestria in eternal chaos one time?" asked Trixie.
Discord nodded. "I was but Fluttershy, Twilight and their friends reformed me. And now I am learning to use my powers for good instead of evil."
"I guess we're both on the same page." Declared Trixie.
"We better get going, the ballroom is ready." Informed Shining Armor.
"OK Shining Armor." Replied Twilight. And they walked off down the corridor to the ballroom. Twilight spoke to Pinkie. "Don't you have a friend to invite?"
"It's OK Twilight, I have all you as my invites don't I?" Twilight and Pinkie giggled, and then she bumped into a familiar orange Pegasus guard. He looked and smiled at her.
"We got to stop bumping into each other like this. Hello, Princess Twilight." She blushed at him, and the others giggled.
"Who is that sis?" asked Apple Bloom.
Applejack replied, "That's Flash Sentry, a new member of the castle guard. And Twilight's secret crush."
"Hello, Flash, glad you can make it here." said Twilight. "Shall we go to the ballroom then?"
"Sure." He replied. And they walked off to the throne room, little did they know that they heard an evil chuckle in the air.
