Recently all four basic elements have started acting strangely, and nopony knows why. Fire doesn't heat, wind goes any which way, water flows uphill, and chunks of earth have started floating. It's pandemonium in Equestria, and the Princesses can't figure out what to do.

So, in hopes someone would be able to help, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna asked all ponies to work together to find out what's wrong. After much searching in old scrolls, one that goes back to the time before Equesria was found. It told a tale that no pony would find believable, but the situation lent proof to it's credibility.

The scroll's tale was about a calamity similar to the what is happening now, and the tale of a hoofful of heroes who searched out the Elements. No, these are not the Elements of Harmony, but something more primal, and more powerful. The Elements the scroll tells of are the four basic elements of the world. Fire, Air, Water, and Earth. Each is embodied by an Alicorn, and each Alicorn lives in the habitat that most suits their element.

These Elemental Alicorn had disappeared once before, to be found by the ancient heroes. Now they have gone missing again, and all of Equestria needs new heroes.

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A few rules before we continue~

* This is a role-play based on My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic by Lauren Faust, and as such, no human characters are allowed.
* OOC will has it's own thread, please try to keep chatter in there.
* No cannon characters, this takes place a little farther into the future, and they are no longer with us.
* I'm sorry, but no Alicorns, period. I will play the princesses when needed.
* Don't god mod, or control other people's characters. It's just plain rude.
* Please be at least semi-literate, that means no Txt tlk and at least a paragraph. We need to understand you and have something to work off of!
* I do have a loose plot in mind, so if I start dropping hints like hail, please pay attention.
* If you have multiple characters, please do something to differentiate them in your posts.
* Please no hugely dramatic backgrounds, I want this to be at least mostly light-hearted. Too much emotional baggage tends to ruin that.
* I can change/add to the rules as I see fit.


Last edited on Wed. 5/30

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Profile Skeleton - PM these to me!

Username:
Pony Name:
Nickname:
Age: (we'll go with human age scales, to make this easier)
Appearance: (Picture please! The pony creator works really well for this)
Talent: (nothing too outlandish, okay?)
Cutie Mark: (A pic for here is nice, too, but a description is fine.)
Personality: (All I want is the basics, nothing too in-depth.)
History: (brief, please)


Accepted Profiles:

Username: drakina
Pony Name: Azimuth Cloud
Nickname: Az
Age: 20
Appearance: Here
Talent: Mapping new areas
Cutie Mark: map and paintbrush
Personality: Az is usually pretty absent-minded, forgetting day to day things like when she last ate or where the groceries got put. Her memory for distance and places far exceeds that of a normal pony, and is a great tool for her map making job. Other than that, she's pretty laid back and friendly, if a little nervous around large groups.
History: Hailing from a long line of city planners and explorers, Az gained her cutie mark at an early age. She's never made a large number of friends at once, partly because she doesn't stay in one place long enough, but she'd had a relatively uneventful life, until the elements stopped working right. Her current home is Hoofston.

Username: drakina
Pony Name: Painted Hawk
Nickname: Paint or Hawk
Age: 19
Appearance: Painted Hawk
Talent: Falconry
Cutie Mark: Bird of prey silhouette
Personality: She generally keeps more to herself, preferring the company of birds to ponies. When she does make friends, she proves her loyalty.
History: Born blind, she had a bit of a hard time growing up. Other ponies would put things in her path to make her trip, and she didn't figure out how to stop it until a kestrel went after the bullies one day, out of the blue. It wasn't long after that that she figured out she could communicate with birds of prey, and the kestrel stayed around to act as her eyes. Her home is in Canterlot.

Originally Posted by Mimeoh

Username: Mimeoh
Pony Name: Sunset Shimmer
Nickname: Sunset
Age: 22
Appearance: here, the bottom left is the proper coloring and here
Talent: Psychic Disruptions?
Cutie Mark: 2 Pentacles (View images, please.)
Personality: Sunset is, in short, a touch awkward and rather extroverted. The two don't mix very well.
History: Sunset Shimmer was born and raised in the quiet area of the ever famous Salt-Lick City. Her heritage consists of many ponies who became very well-to-do jewelers and stone workers. Sunset, however, does not quite fit that mold. She gained her cutie mark at the average age, causing quite the upset with her family when her psychic talents blossomed. However, it worked in their favor as their beautiful gems were proven to assist those with anything from psychic twinges to full on psychic visions. Business boosts are good for the family, you know.

Originally Posted by Kilia

Username: Kilia
Pony Name: Moon Dust
Nickname: Dust
Age: 21
Appearance:
Talent: doesn't know yet
Cutie Mark: does not have one as of yet
Personality: i guess you could say that he seems kind of distant, he doesn't really well ummm ugh he cares about his friends and he tends to be stubborn some times.
History: Moon Dust didn't have very many friends when he grew up, he also did not come from a long prestigious family like most people he knows. Las Pegasus is his home town, his family are just simple well cloud dusters, dusting off the bits of clouds that hung around and clung to random things.

Username: Kilia
Pony Name: Passion Sprinkles
Nickname: Rin
Age: 20
Appearance:
Talent: Singing
Cutie Mark: a heart made out of sprinkles shaped like music notes
Personality: She is rather outgoing, can get rather depressed quickly, she also can be rather random.
History: Passion Sprinkles is just like every earth pony, we except the fact that he father is a fancy Rave DJ and her mom was a back up dancer for a rather famous singer, not allowed to mention the singer's name anymore after the said singer is in hiding. So she was raised up in a very good environment for her talent, she was happy and couldn't help but leave her home in Salt Lick City and try to make a name for her self.

Originally Posted by Shame_

Username: Shame_
Pony Name: BubbleBop
Nickname: Bubs
Age: 16
Appearance:
Talent: Entertaining foals-Assisting in parties
Cutie Mark: Bubbles with a few popped
Personality: Bubs can often appear to be soft spoken and shy, but that's just a first impression. Upon second meeting, he is rather in your face. Almost loud, but really just is talkative without being irritably so. He enjoys giving a show for other's enjoyment, and loves making friends, though sometimes with his jumpy attitude, they all frighten off.
History: Moved in with his ill grandmother, but she didn't last much longer so he took over her home to keep an piece of her alive.

Originally Posted by PapillonCameo

Username: PapillonCameo
Pony Name:Sword Grace
Nickname: Sword or Grace
Age: 18
Appearance:
Talent: Fencing
Cutie Mark: Two silver swords crossed, of the rapier type, with elegantly curved gold hilts that each form a wing.
Personality: Confident, arrogant, caring, with a mischievous streak and quite the temper when roused.
History: Grace grew up running around trying to take care of her sisters, then giving up and just joining them in their reckless activities.

Originally Posted by TempêteNoir

Username: KageShio/TempeteNoir
Pony Name: Sonata Keys
Nickname: Only his brother can call him Sona
Age: 28
Appearance:
Talent: Soothing and influencing the emotions of others
Cutie Mark: See above
Personality: Mature, rather calm and in control without being commanding. He can also be rather cynical and sarcastic. He is good at assessing other's emotions and reacting accordingly.
History: Sonata and his twin were born to the rather famous Keys family in Las pegasus, but moved to Salt Lick City when young due to "ill press" turned on their father. Through a rough life under their unpredictable parents, the two became inseparable, Sonata taking care of the more unstable and impetuous Skeleton through the years. Sonata discovered his talent when he was quite young and through the years has learned to play many instruments, though he remains a pianist at heart.

Pony Name: Skeleton Keys
Nickname: Skel
Age: 28
Appearance:
Talent: Stealth/Espionage
Cutie Mark: (pester pester)
Personality: Brasher than his brother, apt to jump head first into the action rather than hang back and plan. In general, he is lighter hearted than Sonata, and more trusting.
History: Skel lived much of his life believing he was a blank-flank, and as such he hid from others all the time, interacting almost exclusively with his brother. It was not until he was in his late teens that he discovered the secret of his cutie mark- it only shows as a shimmer in strong moonlight or under a black-light. He has since embraced his talent and worked for a few highly respected people.

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The princesses have sent out to each city, town, and village an order. Send the ponies each thinks is best suited to the challenge of working with other ponies to find the missing Elements of Nature to Canterlot, so that the hopeful heroes may meet and get the blessings of Princess Celestia and Princess Luna.


~Open for Posting!~

"Me?" Azimuth said, stunned that so many ponies in Hoofston wanted her to go to Canterlot. "Me? What can I do?"

The pony behind the podium lowered her glasses and gave Az a look. "You, my dear, can glance at a new place and create an almost perfect map of it! That's sure to be a great talent to have on this mission." There was little arguing with that.

So now Azimuth Cloud, cartographer pegasus, was on her way to Canterlot, to meet what other ponies had gotten picked for this.

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Painted Hawk walked through the Canterlot gardens, listening to the angry chatter of her feathered friends. "I know, the winds haven't been right in days, but nothing else has been right, either!" she said, earning a lull in the chatter. "The Princesses have asked every city to provide ponies they think will help the situation, the ceremony to welcome them is later today! I need all of you to behave."

A squawk from the kestrel on her head made her 'look' up. "Yes, you want to help too. But I need you to be my eyes, remember the time the peregrine tried? It was a disaster!" She stopped and sat on a bench, birds of prey flocking in the branches above her. "If any of you want to go with the ponies, you can. But you have to listen, especially if they ask you for help!"

Sword Grace rolled her amethyst eyes and stamped her hooves. "Yes Mother, no Mother, alright Dad!" Letting out a bout of laughter at her parent's amused faces, Grace shook her head and waited till her mane settled before leaping off with a grin. "Don't any of you worry! With me gone, you'll end up rounding up the herd no problemo." Still rather amused at her last comment, the brown coated pony cantered off with excitement towards Canterlot.

Her fencing skills were sure to be an asset. There might be monsters to slay, and she was just the pony for the job! Such an adventure, she could wait for it to start. The supplies on Sword's back were a comfortable weight, though the long swords and their scabbards threatened to unbalance her all too often.

"Moon Dust, your going to do this whither you want to or not." Said the black Pegasus, Moon dust just stared at the male, his father was highly disappointed in him and he had a right to be. After all he was a blank flank, it wasn't like he hasn't tried, he has he just failed at everything except spotting pieces of clouds his parents missed. "Yes, father......" Moon Dust said, he gave up on trying to argue with his father, trying to get him to see that it was pointless to go and help when he was nothing compared to all the other valuable ponies out there. "Tell mom and Dawn Star that i care about them." he said to his father, as he pulled his pack onto his back, it was full of all sorts of things that he was told that he might need. He looked back at his father once more before he flew out the window, heading towards Canterlot.

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Passion Sprinkles laughed as she called by to everypony in the abandon building that her parents were throwing a rave for her. It was her good bye party, she was personally chosen out of everypony in Salt Lick City to go to Canterlot, she was just giddy with excitement. They said she was chosen because, well she was an excellent singer, tell her to sing something and she will sing it. That maybe her talent but she believed that music soothes the savage beast. "BYE EVERYPONY!!!!" she called to everyone as she waved, pulling her bag onto her back before she hopped onto her train after it pulled up in the station.

Bubs found himself with bags hanging off his back and his only truly close friend fluttering above him, spouting off things that could happen to his friend while he was gone. "Midnight, please calm down." he smiled to his friend, catching his tail with his hooves and gently tugging him down and kissing his cheek. "Do not worry about me. This is an honor to be doing this for the princesses, and honestly I'd love to keep Ponyville a prized place to live." Despite his words, his small pegasus friend still fretted for his safety. "Just keep looking after your grandmother's gardens. I'll be back before you know it."

With such, Bubs found himself off on a fantastical journey. Never had he expected that he would be chosen by his peers to partake in such an endeavor. With his friendly and smooth attitude, everypony was sure that he could be a good glue for this vast group. Bubs got along with everyone and he was very good at easing away hostility amongst peers. Yes, this would be good for him and he was sure he would enjoy it.

"And the city council has decided upon 'Sunset Shimmer' to be one of Salt Lick City's representative," spoke the mayor of Sunset's hometown. Yes, there was another representative of the city, but it was just so large. Sunset lowered her head in embarrassment for a moment. Was this because of her family's amazing standing within the town? Had they bribed the council into sending her to increase sales? Or was it genuinely because of her talent? She didn't control it well, her psychic gifts would come and go as they please.

She lifted her head in an attempt at pride as she trotted towards the mayor. The political pony smiled for photos as she placed a saddle bag over Sunset's back, "We all hope this will aid you in your journey." Sunset smiled and accepted the bag, hurrying to the train station that would take her to Canterlot, trying to keep her spirits up.

The crowd hushed in the Great Hall of Canterlot as the princesses stepped out. They had timed this ceremony to be at sunset, so both could be here. Princess Celestia stepped forward first, and the crowd fell completely silent.

"It is time to welcome our hopeful heroes, so that all of Equestria knows who is undertaking this difficult journey," she said, voice carrying easily over the silence. "We will introduce them alphabetically by city, starting with Apaloosa."

Princess Luna stepped forward at this, a list floating in front of her. She took a deep breath, preparing to start calling out names.

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Painted Hawk waited nervously in the back of the room, still unsure as to why the ponies of Canterlot would pick her to go with. She was blind! She would only slow the other ponies down, and they needed to get this job done with all haste possible. Russet, her kestrel, cooed sympathetically, preening a bit of her forelock to help her clam down.

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Azimuth smiled at the other ponies, just a little nervous about going out when her name was called. But they were all headed to new places together, so she figured she'd be friends with everyone. Stepping up to a rather brightly colored earthpony, she introduced herself, "Hello, I'm Azimuth. What's your name?"

Bubs stood quietly, for once, and still within the great halls of the palace. He couldn't help but be admiring the architecture. As more chosen ponies filed in, his head turned around to admire them all. He noticed that most, if not all, were fillies. However, this didn't make him at all uncomfortable. Growing up, he'd had always felt more comfortable around women.

He did, however, notice that he was the only foreign pony to be chosen by their towns. This made him slightly uncomfortable, because he didn't know if these other ponies were to have any prejudices against him. He noticed that he wasn't the only one nervous in the place, so he thought about introducing himself, so he meandered his way over to the one with the pet, smiling sweetly at her.

"Nervous?" he asked, noting how her companion seemed to dote on her as if to comfort. "I believe we all are..I am BubbleBop, what's your name?"

She was the first one on the list. Suddenly very nervous the pone from Apaloosa slunk forward, head held low and amethyst eyes flying around nervously. Her back felt naked without her swords and traveling gear, but for such an occasion she'd had to put them aside. She hadn't actually been called up yet, but she hated crowds so much! Maybe if she just turned around to sneak away .... With that idea in mind, the brown coated pony began walking away.

Then she was running into someone and tumbling to the ground with a loud thump. "Oooowww." She lifted her head accusingly to glare a little at the pony she'd bumped into. And wonder of wonders, he was a blank flank! "Oh you! Just you wait til we're away from here! I'll challenge you to a duel and we'll see what happens next you, you ... Talentless brute!" Head lifting high in the air, Sword Grace pulled herself up from the ground to canter off and pout in a corner discontentedly.

The blue maned filly was sure her temper had made a fool of her again. Though really she didn't feel sorry at all for her angry words.

Passion Sprinkles was excited, she could tel that everyone else was rather nervous, but that didn't bother her, she couldn't help but burst out in song once in a while, getting weird looks from a few people, causing her to giggle. "Oh hello there. It is nice to met you Azimuth. I am Passion Sprinkles but everyone calls me Rin." she said to her as she giggled, seeming to bounce around a bit as she looked Azimuth over.

Moon Dust was just standing there watching what was going on, staying towards the back considering he could already hear a few other ponies talking about him and his blank flank. His eye twitched as he sifted where he stood, his wings fluttering, that was when someone bumped into him, he stumbled a little bit didn't fall. He looked at the pony that had fallen. He went to go help her up and but as he was about to ask if she was alright, she decided to blame the whole situation on him. Oh how she angered him, he stamped his gold hooves as he glared right back at her, watching as she walked to a corner before he flew over to her, making sure she wouldn't escape him. "Look here, miss i got a cutie mark. You have no right to go off on me when i was standing there the whole time and you just up and decide to trot into me! Your the one who should apologize to me for running into me and then insulting me!!!!" he said to her as he poked her nose with his hoof, he did though glare at her once more before he he flew back to where the rest were.

Paint wasn't too surprised when another pony spoke to her, Russet had chirped his arrival. She turned her head in his general direction, ears perked to hear him better, though she stayed where she was. His voice had an odd quality to it, like he was from somewhere else. "I, um, yeah. Nopony told me I'd been picked until they led me here. I'm Painted Hawk," she said, voice soft but clear. Bubble Bop, what kind of pony was he? "Um, sorry, but are you an earthpony, unicorn, or pegasus?"

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Az fluttered her wings a little, looking back at the flare up of tempers across the room. "Well, you can call me Az, if you want, Rin," she said, looking back at the singer. "What do you think they'll do after they call us out?" Her braided tail twitched a little, slight case of nerves showing for a moment.

Letting out a derisive snort, Sword shook her head to get her blue mane out of her eyes. "Well mister, I still want to challenge you to a duel! So you better get that flank of yours ready, because after I'm done with you there'll be a mark, but not the kind anyone would want." Sword Grace was all but ready to rear up and neigh out her challenge so everyone could be witness. But with such a crowd of ponies from all around just waiting to see the everypony called ... Well that'd be too much of an embarrassment for Apaloosa.

Sunset watched anxiously as the Apaloosan pony attempted to pick a fight. She started biting her lip she felt her horn spark in warning and quickly rushed towards Moon Dust. "Hi, are you alright?!" She inwardly groaned, she was shouting out of nervousness again. She took deep breaths and tried to calm, relaxing when her horn stopped its warning signals.

Bubs moved onto his haunches beside her. "Ah, so there was no heads up, hm? That happened to me. I didn't even think any pony would pick me for anything, aside from a few giggles and entertainment." he shrugged his shoulders a bit and lowered his head. "Ah...I am a unicorn, sort of. Our kind is called something else where I'm from, but I'm the same as a unicorn, just look a little bit different." he smiled. The way that she didn't seem to be exactly looking at him made him assume something.

"So, you're without sight?" he asked curiously, not wanting to label her.

Moon Dust was so very angry at that little pony that his eye was twitching to the point that he couldn't even talk to her at this point, there was no way in Tartarus that he was going to indulge her in a stupid duel, considering he didn't do anything to her in the first place. He glared at the mare from Salt Lick City, trying to calm down before he snorted in an irritated way. "That mare......i will just......i am going to......" he tried to talk to her, he was just so angry that he couldn't even form a sentence to describe just how angry he was and what he wanted to do with her, mainly he wanted to hurt her, to maim her.

"Well Az, i think they will through a HUGE party and then send us on our way by giving us our first clue!!!" Passion Sprinkles said to her as she sung out once more, twirling on a hoof before she hugged Az, chuckling as she tossed her bright purple and red-orange mane. "Oh there looks like there is going to be a fight." she said to the girl as she frowned for the first time since she got there, looking at the couple, feeling bad for the blank-flank considering blank-flanks seemed to be looked down upon.

Sunset took a step back, trying to keep her horn from sparking more warning signals. "Please, calm down...this isn't supposed to be about us...it's about our mission!" She looked back at Sword Grace, "Princess Celestia and Princess Luna would be ashamed to see the special ponies chosen fighting this way. We have so much work to do...we need to work together" She stared at the ground and kicked the dirt.

Paint nodded gently, so as to not accidentally knock Russet off of her head. "Always been blind," she said. "It's not so bad, Russet here lets me know what I can't see." The kestrel puffed his chest a little and preened in pride before returning his attention to Paint's forelock. She flicked her ears, one turning towards the ponies arguing. It wasn't out of control quite yet, there was a pony voicing a very good point. She lowered her head a little, if there was such a clash of personalities already, what might happen when they were in places unknown? "Um, Bubble Bop? Can you tell me what caused the ponies over there to fight?"

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Az turned her attention the same direction Rin did. "Oh, that really doesn't look good. I hope it's just nerves and the whole situation getting the better of them," she said, wings flicking anxiously. The winds had made it hard to fly anywhere, and her job was partly done from the air. "I hope they get themselves under control, the Princesses are sure to call us out at any moment..."

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Princess Luna's voice rang out clear and strong, easily heard from the room the ponies were waiting in. "From Apaloosa, Sword Grace the Unicorn!"

"More then like is nerves, though i think now there is going to be a huge problem like tension on this quest, journey thing." Passion Sprinkles said to him as she giggled, starting to hum to her self once more as she tapped to the beat of the song. "Who knows but i am sure that they will put on their best face in front of the princesses. Oh what is your talent? Mine is singing!" she said to her as she sung the last part, twirling some more and almost bumping into some other ponies.

"Mission or not if that Changeling thinks she can treat people like that then i will just go back home!" Moon Dust said to Sunset, grinding his teeth as he stamped at the ground once more, blinking at her when she mentioned special ponies, causing him to snort. "Special ponies.....i don't think you have noticed that i am not a special pony.....everypony is special but me cause i am stupid blank flank." he said to her as he glared at the back of Sword Grace's head, willing to burn holes into her.

With a flick of her tail Sword Grace dismissed the others from her mind. Nose stuck up in the air she sauntered away, though inwardly she was just a teensy bit ashamed of her behavior. Wasn't a fencer supposed to be chivalrous after all? Toning down on her hotheadedness was definitely she would need to work on. If her mentor had heard any of that she'd have been livid, and giving Sword a good crack on the head while she was at it.

With the grace she was name for, the brown coated pony bowed down the crowd respectfully then lifted her head with a serious expression. "Thank you all for welcoming here, I look forward to this quest." With that said, she stepped aside to let another come forth. Her ears twitched this way and that, alert for some kind of suspicious sound. Everypony seemed happy to be there though.

Bubs looked up at the proud bird and smiled. "He is very cute." he said, bowing to the bird a little. He looked back at the ruckus going on and leaned close so he could whisper a little bit to her. "Ah..Just tensions. From what I saw, the instigator walked into the stallion, and called him a name, so he's retaliating. I think there will be quite some tension going between our counterparts." he explained to her before giggling a little. It was nothing he couldn't fix, he was sure.

"There are quit--Oh, the princesses are speaking." he turned to stand at attention, watching the proud mare go out at the call of her name.

Princess Celestia smiled at the brown and blue unicorn. "Thank you for accepting this responsibility," she said, nodding to her in return.

Princess Luna smiled as well, turning from Sword Grace and reading off the next name on the list. "From Canterlot, Painted Hawk the Earthpony!"

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Az nodded, turning back to Rin. "I hope so," she said, flicking an ear. She flicked her wings again, resettling them into a more comfortable position. "Cartography. I map out areas, usually for planning roads or new cities." She displayed her cutie mark: a map and paintbrush. "I also make maps to hang on walls."

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Paint nodded, she had thought it was something as simple as that. Hopefully, they would settle down once the group was on it's way. "You said you were called something else where you come from, what-" she stopped as her name was called, ears flicking down for a moment. "I'll have to ask later, sorry," she said, walking out of the room and up the aisle, Russet cooing encouragement. She arrived before the Princesses without mishap, bowing to them and taking her place next to Sword Grace.

Sunset stared at the dust as it clouded the air and settled again when he stamped. She coughed and blinked dirt out of her eyes, being such a short pony had many disadvantages. "But surely, the princesses will see this as versatility, yes?" she wanted so badly to console Moon Dust, "You're not limited to just one wonderful thing...you have a world of opportunities...and what if you were to gain your cutie mark on this quest..." Sunset looked at the ground, unsure of what to do. "But...even if you were not to gain it...wouldn't the experience be worth it enough to hold your head high? You are one of the chosen ponies. The princesses will welcome you wholeheartedly, I just know it!"