Plot Bunny #8 - The Guardians of Harmony · 3:59pm Oct 6th, 2015
In the aftermath of the Friendship Games, the Mane Seven find that they can increasingly Pony Up on demand. They also start spontaneously showing Equestrian-style powers (e.g. Rainbow can manipulate the weather in localised areas and cloud-walk; Applejack has super-strength; Fluttershy starts hearing her animal friends talk back; Rarity develops telekinesis and an 'instinct' about the location of minerals in the area around her; Twilight starts spontaneously doing magic; Pinkie Pie doesn't change at all ).
Sunset and Princess Twilight work together to get these powers under control. It is, of all people, Fluttershy who suggests that they should start training themselves to use these powers responsibly for the greater benefit of the community. Rarity is overjoyed at the thought of designing a set of real superhero costumes without all those ridiculous clashing colours and hideous lines. The more everyone thinks about it, the more sense it makes.
So it is that the city of Everfree and its surrounding counties get very special protectors. They are the Legends of Everfree. They are the Guardians of Harmony!
Illustrations by jmplover and coloured by edcom02. Just to give you an idea of what the girls might look like as superheroines!
Twilight Sparkle - The Amethyst Witch
Sunset Shimmer - The Phoenix
Fluttershy - Heartshine
Rainbow Dash - Skybolt
"Power of the sort you long for cannot be demanded, it can only be earned and only then if used for the benefit of all." My old teacher told me that. They are the wisest words that I've ever heard and I will spend the rest of my life trying to make up for not listening to them from the start.
Yes, with great power comes great responsibility. This is my blessing and this is my curse. It is who and what I really am. Who am I? I am The Phoenix."
-- Sunset Shimmer
-- Chronicle of the Magical Kingdom of the Two Evenings
If they don't do this in cannon, I hope someone makes a fic out of this, it's too awesome to not happen.