Harmony Map (Shining Bonds)

The **Harmony Map** (Japanese: *Hāmonī Mappu*) is a magical map of the Multiverse that is first featured in the *Starlix Burst* episode "The Chosen Starlix Club Warriors". The heroes use the map to solve problems or go on missions in the different worlds.

## History

### Shining Bonds: Starlix Burst

Near the end of episode 9, the Harmony Map first appears when the Starlix Club sit on their throne-like chairs in their reserved room. The chairs react to their Harmony Marks, and a large crystal table appears in the center of the room, upon which the Harmony Map is holographically projected.

From this point onward, the map summons the heroes to other locations in the Multiverse through their Harmony/Cutie Marks to solve problems or for missions. Depending upon whom the map summons, their Marks glow and pulsate, and holographic images of their Marks hover over the location in question on the map. In order to hide its purpose from normal people, it is simply shown as a regular circular table.

In episode 10, the Starlix Club is called to the Golden Forest to save a Pichu that was being targeted.

### Shining Bonds a La Mode

In *The Circle of Life!*, the heroes were called by the map to a river during the annual Goldeen run on Professor Cerise's personal speedboat, where Sugar quickly befriended a Goldeen (who she called Goldie) who was having a bit of trouble finding a mate. However, after Goldie finally found her mate, the friendship problem was still not resolved according to the map as Goldie was having a hard time telling the Sugar the truth - that the Goldfish Pokémon was going to pass away soon like all the other Goldeen. After Goldie finally told the pink baby Ninja Dragonet the truth, said she would always remember her, and then died, the heroes comforted her and both friendship problems were then resolved.

In "Pizza Showdown," the heroes were called by the map to a pizza parlor in Ever Grande City, where one of the chefs (named Owen) and his Blaziken Siracha were not cooperating in baking a pizza. The problem was that Owen was accusing Siracha of being lazy and not working hard enough when in reality he was being too harsh on him and stressing him out. They resolved the problem after making them realize this by getting angry and snapping them out of their argument, especially since they were behind on the contest due to their argument.

In "Dragonet and Tikki's Odd Friendship," Elizabeth, Elfreda (purposely) and the Starlix Club are called by the Harmony Map to the Miraculous Ladybug world where Tikki wants to go play at the playground but Marinette repeatedly tells her no since she can't let anyone find out about Kwamis and she needs her to transform. Dragonet empathizes with Tikki since her Trainer can be overly protective of her as well, and the two sneak off to the playground together. However, Marinette and Elizabeth are furious at their disobedience and the latter gets Akumatized into Behaver, a giant Braviary supervillain whose goal is to hunt Dragonet down and keep her from ever sneaking out without her permission again, so the Starlix Club goes to help Ladybug and Cat Noir deakumatize her (but not before the MOF returns Elfreda's powers for the fight.) After the battle, Marinette and Tikki make up and she understands the importance of having her with her at all times, and Dragonet makes up with her Trainer as well and understands that she shouldn't just wander off like that without permission, resolving the friendship problem. This episode also reveals that the Harmony Map will drag the characters it wants to go on the quest by their Harmony Marks to it if necessary.

### Shining Bonds a La Mode: 340 Years Later

In *Shining Bonds a La Mode: 340 Years Later*, it is revealed the map is now in the posession of Amber Witchhazel and the reserved room has been moved to a room in Professor Cerise-Bluebell's lab. It first appeared in "A Diamond Fairy Warrior and a Germophobe Fairy Warrior," when the heroes were called to the city of Bouffalant, Unova by the Harmony Map while Breeze had sensed two Chosen Ones there at the same time. Yuliana was on a vacation to Unova from Kalos due to being childhood video pen pals with Emily, but when Yuliana had not replied to several video calls, Emily blamed her and quit being pen pals with her. Thus, when Emily came across Yuliana, they didn't want to talk and continually avoided each other despite ending up bumping in to each other several times and the heroes following them around trying to make them make up. The heroes and their Pokémon eventually forced them to talk to each other and Yuliana explained the real reason she didn't video chat with her for several days was because she was severely sick and couldn't chat. After a Fuketsu suddenly attacked when they realized the Magic of Friendship was weakened by their argument, the two reconciled in the face of danger and transformed for the first time. They then joined the Miraclix Heart Heroes, resolving the friendship problem.

In "Adventures with Ladybug," the Harmony Map pointed to the TV after their marks started glowing, and the heroes were sucked into the TV show (it was inside the TV and not the real Miraculous Ladybug world since the real *Miraculous* world now has different heroes due to the time gap) of *Miraculous Ladybug* while leaving their keys, perfumes, and Pokémon back at the lab. Blake and Mark then got upset at the Map's decision to force them into another world and their Pokémon not coming with them, and were Akumatized. After the other heroes had to help Ladybug and Chat Noir by being lent Miraculouses, they immediately were sent back to their world. It is most likely that the map in this case was giving them a secret test of character to see how well they could solve a problem without their powers.

In "Slow - Children at Dismay," the map called the heroes to Lumiose, where a young girl, Ella, and her twin brother, Eric, were arguing over whether magic existed. Ella believed that fairies, angels, etc. do exist and wanted to find out their identities, while Eric believed that fairies and angels are too girly to exist and are just fairy tales. After watching them argue for while, the heroes explained to them that they're not sure if magic exists either (lying to protect their identities), but that anything can exist within their imagination. They then discreetly got away from sight to transform and flew high up in the sky above them without revealing they're actually the same teenagers they just met, making Ella and Eric both happy that their belief was confirmed.

## Trivia

* The Harmony Marks of characters who don't usually have full-time magic, such as Elizabeth, and Tsukiko and Honoko in *340 Years Later* (the former only transforms when needed, but still has a Harmony Mark untransformed, while the latter two have no alter egos at all after reforming but still have Harmony Marks) will still glow like normal when called by the Harmony Map as if they had full-time magic.
* As shown in "Dragonet and Tikki's Odd Friendship," the Harmony Map will ''drag'' the characters to it by their Harmony Marks if necessary, as the Starlix Club were helping Elfreda run an errand when their Harmony Marks started glowing and they (aibet purposely in Elfreda's case) were involuntarily dragged to the map along with Elizabeth.

	+ It is unknown why the map decided not to let the main heroes get warned, however, as the Magic of Friendship (which powers the map) isn't normally that cruel.