Back in late 2011 early part of last year, I devised a concept for a possible G5 of My Little Pony that carried a more combat-action and adventure oriented tone, but after keeping in mind the franchises "mane demographic" for My Little Pony I decided to take my concept and rework into a different series titled Mystic Riders because of how I was influenced by the Ps3/Xbox 360 game Darksiders. Which I find it odd how some resemblance to Harry Potter got into the narrative when I started writing it several months ago.
With that introduction out of the way, here's the problem I have:"I'm trying to make sure that Mystic Riders isn't an MLP clone by having each breed of pony be able to use magic in their own way, which is why they attend schools, among other things, but the main characters are destined to save their world from an evil witch while partnered with human riders. each Rider represents a positive emotion in the same manner that The Green Lantern is Will Power, The Blue Lantern is Faith, and The Star Sapphires are Love, but I don't want to have the main pony characters or their riders wearing necklaces like The Elements Of Harmony, so I'm looking for a replacement means to represent said emotional based abilities, because I'm going for similar but different.