The Nightmare in Ponyville

Chapters

1- The Start of It All
2- The Journey to Danger
3- The Heart of Discord
4- The End of Discord

1- The Start of It All

It was a normal day in Ponyville, and everypony was enjoying themselves. Princess Celestia was reading her letters she usually got each day. She then saw a letter from a certain somepony she didn't want to talk about. It was Discord, the king of chaos and all things anarchy. She used her magic to crumple the letter and burned it away. She quickly wrote a letter informing everypony she knew about Discord's return. Her guards took the note and flew toward Ponyville. The princess was trotting back and forth in the main hall of her castle. Suddenly the doors swung open and the princess stood there in horror.

The main six were standing in the doorway looking toward the princess, not sure what to do next. The princess quickly remained calm and told them about her letter. "I'm afraid I have bad news my little ponies." Celestia said shaking her head.

"No need Princess! We know everything." Rainbow Dash said bravely.

"Rainbow! Not so loud, I don't think the princess likes the sound level." whispered Fluttershy.

"It's quite alright Fluttershy, and now Twilight, what do you want to say?" asked the princess.

"Oh, um yes Princess. We heard about the letter, is anything wrong?" Twilight asked curiously. Scuffing her hooves in anticipation.

"No Twilight, everything is alright so I don't need any of your help." the princess sarcastically said.

"Well, you heard her girls, time to go home, and PARTY!" shouted Pinkie with a huge grin. She then stopped and turned around to say, "Well, are we going, or staying? Because I honestly don't know." Pinkie said confused.

"Look, Pinkie. All the princess is saying is that we have to go and help with her letter problem." Applejack told Pinkie.

"Oh, does she need help with the alphabet?" Pinkie asked. Everypony faced-hoofed and turned toward the princess.
The princess told everypony about Discord's return to Ponyville. Then she dismissed them to save everypony they knew and cared for.

Twilight was gathering all her books and put them in her saddlebags. Spike carried the rest of the books he could hold without collapsing onto the ground. "Twilight, are you sure you need all of these books?" asked Spike almost out of breath.

Twilight sighed and said, "Spike, Spike, Spike you silly dragon! Of course I need all my books." Twilight said grinning at him. Spike heaved up the books and started walking again.

Meanwhile, Applejack was gathering apples to eat on their way to stop Discord's actions. Big Macintosh bucked the apple trees, while Apple Bloom picked them up one by one. Applejack nodded her hat towards her family and galloped toward her friends.

Pinkie was looking through her party box, trying to find her special equipment. She reached inside and took out a bright pink card that read, "A party's not a party, until somepony gets cake". She smiled and put the card inside her saddlebags. And bounced to her friends.

Fluttershy was feeding her animal friends and gently spoke to them, "Okay my little friends, I'm going to be gone for a little bit, so while I'm gone Angel's in charge." She called out bye and trotted away.

Rainbow Dash was just about to fly to her friends, when a huge black cloud surrounded her on all sides. She tried to fly, but the cloud was too strong. "Aw, Come on!" she shouted at the top of her lungs. She sat there trying to escape, waiting for somepony to come help her.

Rarity was trotting toward her door, when she passed her mirror. "Well, if I'm going to stop Discord, I might as well be dressed fabulously." Rarity glared into the mirror as she spoke.

2- The Journey to Danger

Derpy was trotting outside delivering mail to other ponies. She was humming a little song about muffins she heard once. Derpy saw a huge black cloud and flew over to it. "Hi Rainbow Dash!" Derpy called out to Rainbow. Rainbow turned her head toward Derpy and her face started to brighten with joy.

"Oh you don't know how excited I am to see you here Derpy!" Rainbow joyfully shouted.

"I'm guessing you need help, wait here I'll be back Rainbow." Derpy said with a smile. Rainbow waited for Derpy to return, but sadly she didn't. "Oh, that feather brain can be really annoying when she wants to be." Rainbow said angrily. Kicking up some grass in frustration. Derpy quickly came back with some rope.

"Okay Rainbow, all you have to do is grab this rope!" Derpy shouted to Rainbow. Rainbow didn't see the rope coming toward her, and it hit the side of her head.

"Aw, darn it Derpy!" Rainbow shouted in pain.

"I'm sorry Rainbow, you know sometimes it's hard to see with these eyes." Derpy replied sadly. Rainbow didn't mean to yell, but she couldn't help herself.

"Derpy, sorry for yelling at you, but I really need to get out of here." Rainbow said slowly and calmly.

"Oh, sure Rainbow. I can get you of there in about three seconds!" Derpy called out throwing the rope gently to Rainbow. Rainbow Dash caught it and tied the rope onto her waist.

"Okay Derpy, I'm ready!" Derpy pulled the rope toward her and flew up to pull Rainbow into the air. Rainbow was stuck at first, but she twisted her body and came free. "Thanks a whole bunch Derpy, bye!" Rainbow called out to Derpy quickly flying to her friends. Derpy picked up her bags and continued to deliver mail.

Soon everypony gathered near the town hall to hear the princess's speech. "My little ponies," Celestia began,"I welcome you all to this speech for the brave mares to volunteer to destroy Discord." Everypony gasped and others were covered in fear. "I introduce you to: Twilight Sparkle, my great student; Applejack, the honest and trustworthy pony we all love; Fluttershy, the pony that shows her kindness to everypony; Rainbow Dash, this pegasus pony will do anything to help those in need; Rarity, she will show her spirit through her wondrous dresses and vests; and last but not least, Pinkie Pie, this energetic pink pony will bring a smile to your face in a matter of seconds." Princess Celestia bowed and returned to her castle. Everypony was pounding their hooves against the ground in applause.

The main six got their things and started walking toward the northern part of Canterlot. They walked past staring eyes of the regular ponies that lived there. Pinkie nodded to her friends and trotted around telling everypony what was happening. Everypony got a little spooked at the name "Discord". Twilight took out a piece of parchment and started to write, "Everypony, don't be alarmed. The princess has asked us six ponies to stop the evil Discord." She then gave the letter to the mayor of Canterlot, and started to walk off with her friends.

"Twilight, are we there yet?" whined Rarity.

"Rarity, does it look like we're there?" Twilight said annoyed.

"Well, uh no it doesn't. I'm just not that patient and you know that." Rarity said not looking at her friend.

"Um, I don't mean to interrupt, but there's something over there above the castle." Fluttershy said pointed at the sky. Her friends looked up and gasped at what they saw. A gigantic smoke of black had covered the castle and all around it. The six ponies quickly ran up the castle's stairs and saw what was causing it.

3- The Heart of Discord

The main six looked at their princess and gasped. The princess was oozing black from her coat. "Welcome ponies," Celestia said but in a different voice. "I see you found out my plan, heh heh heh."

"Who are you, and what did you do to the princess!?" Rainbow shouted at the dark Celestia.

"Well, I all I can say is, I'm Discord inside your princess!" the dark princess said. The Discord princess used its magic to freeze the ponies in place. "Oh did you think I would just give up? Well, you're sadly mistaken my little ponies." the princess said to all the ponies but looked at Twilight.

"Discord, we will stop you!" Twilight shouted at the princess.

"I'm not Discord anymore, you'll now call me Prince of Darkness!" he said laughing manically. Fluttershy stared to cry.

"Sugarcube, why are ya crying?" asked Applejack.

"I- I just d-don't want to die." Fluttershy said trying to speak calmly.

"You won't die, silly pony. I'll just make you stay here for the rest of my life." The prince said with a menacing grin. Fluttershy wanted to turn around to cry harder, but she couldn't move.

"I want to go home!" she wailed. Fluttershy began kicking her hooves. The Prince of Darkness looked at her hooves and started to back away.

"Uh could you stop that? Fluttershy I said stop it!" The prince began to shout. Fluttershy broke the ice with her hooves and started to buck out her friends. "Hey, how did you, ugh!" The prince ran up the castle stairs trying to escape from the angry mares.

"Wow, thanks Fluttershy! I didn't know you had that much power inside you." Twilight said.

"Um, thanks. C- can I just stay here for a little bit?" asked Fluttershy about to cry again.

"Sure we'll be upstairs if you need us." Twilight said softly to her friend. The other five ponies ran after Discord's new body.

Luna was upstairs cleaning her sister's room. "Phew, I'm glad all that hard work has paid off." she said tired. The prince ran into Celestia's room and tried to hide from the ponies. "Uh who are you? Sister, is that you?" Luna asked looking at her sister's body.

"Um, yes it's me. Luna you did a good job here. Why don't you go get something to celebrate with?" The prince said giving Luna some bits.

"If you say so sister." Luna said eying her sister suspiciously.

Discord ran into the closet and closed it. He heard a door open. He stayed where he was, trying not to make any noise.

"He should be somewhere here girls, search the place everywhere." Twilight said looking at her friends. Discord began to get worried. He wanted to use magic, but he thought if he did do magic, he might be spotted. He had no choice but to get out of Celestia's body. The princess began to breathe again. She stepped out of her closet and got buried in ponies.

"We found him Twilight!" Rainbow and Pinkie said.

"Please get off of me." The princess said in her regular voice.

"Huh, where's Discord?" asked Rainbow.

"I'm not sure, he just disappeared!" the princess said trying to think of where he might've gone.

"Princess, we'll search night and day for him." Twilight said loyally to her teacher.

"We will!?" Rarity said looking up at Twilight. Twilight nodded to Rarity and walked out the door to Fluttershy.

"Fluttershy? Are you still down here?" Twilight asked looking for her. Twilight looked at Fluttershy who was kneeling down on her forearms. "Um, Fluttershy are you alright?" Twilight asked again. Fluttershy looked at Twilight with her huge scared teal eyes.

"Oh, Twilight it's you, thank Celestia it's you." Fluttershy sighed with relief.

"What happened down here?" Twilight asked her.

"Um, well. I heard some strange noises, and I guess I passed out." Fluttershy replied. Twilight walked over to her friend and helped her up with a hoof. "Thanks Twilight, I fell better now." Fluttershy said with a smile. Twilight smiled back and saw the rest of her friends walking down the stairs.

"Girls, it's time to go find Discord." Twilight triumphantly said.

4- The End of Discord

Discord was running wildly around looking for a place to hide. First, he thought of hiding in a pile of hay, but that was too obvious. Then he looked at Applejack's Barn, "No that's not a good place either." he said grumbling. He turned around and saw a cottage, "Perfect." he said walking toward it.

"Twilight, would it be alright, if I go home?" Fluttershy asked.

"Sure, hey why don't we all come?" Fluttershy began to look at her friends nervously.

"Um, sure you can come." she said.

They began to trot towards Fluttershy's Cottage. Fluttershy walked to her door and knocked on it. Discord rose up from the couch, and began to panic. He hid behind the couch and waited. Fluttershy opened the door and started to freak out. "What's wrong Fluttershy?" Twilight said looking into her doorway. Fluttershy pointed at Discord. "Come on let's get him." Twilight spoke to her friends. "Wait, I don't want any trouble." Discord spoke rising from the couch.

"Why should we trust you?" Rainbow said questioning him. Discord began to think of something to say. "Well?" Rainbow was crossing her arms looking at him with glaring eyes.

"Okay, you got me." Discord was raising his arms up above his head. He walked over towards the ponies and sat on the ground outside. Twilight and her friends were looking down at him confused.

"Uh, okay Discord. You will be placed into stone again..." Twilight was using her horn to summon her teacher. Princess Celestia flew toward her subjects looking down at Discord. Discord looked shocked at the princess. He wanted to run, but he was rising from the ground, stuck in the princess's magical presence.

"Discord, it is time for you to be stuck into the sacred stone, again for the third time. But this time, it will be unbreakable to free from." the princess said beginning to turn him to stone.

"Now Celestia, do you really think I should be turned to stone? I mean come on I'm just going to find a way out of it again." Discord said trying to annoy the princess. The princess was getting angry and quickly turned Discord to stone in a instance.

She then placed the stoned Discord into a huge cage with metal bars and locked securely in place. The six ponies looked up at the princess and began to get a little scared. "Try to get out of that, you evil creature." Celestia said grimly. The princess spun around to face the ponies. "Thank you all my little ponies, you saved Ponyville of his evil ways."

Fluttershy ran into her home and checked everything to make sure Discord didn't take anything. Rarity bowed to the princess and threw a light pink scarf around her neck, she then trotted to her boutique. Rainbow waved to her friends and flew to her cloud home in Cloudsdale. Applejack went back to her farm, and Pinkie bounced off with her. Twilight looked back at the princess and bowed. The princess smiled and flew back to her castle, with Discord in her unbreakable cage. "I have to hurry back to Spike!" Twilight realized and ran off to her tree home.

Everypony gathered at the town hall again to hear about the news with Discord. The princess walked over to the podium and announced, "Hello everypony," she began. "I know you are all probably anxious to know what happened with Discord. Twilight, please tell them your story." The princess pointed her head toward her. Twilight was surprised and quickly came over to speak. Twilight was about to speak when Rainbow flew to the mic.

"First I was stuck in a huge black cloud, and Derpy had to save me." Rainbow said pointed towards Derpy. Derpy waved at everypony that looked at her.

"Thank you Rainbow, now for my part of the story. Everypony first as you know, we traveled from Ponyville to Canterlot. We meet some of them and gave them a word of permission from the princess. We were entering the castle. As we were standing in the doorway, we saw the princess oozing black smoke. We were all shocked and worried about the princess's new form." Twilight stopped for the princess to speak.

"Twilight is that what happened? I don't remember anything about oozing smoke." Twilight began speaking again.

"Well, Princess. Discord took over her body, but he soon escaped her body bringing back your own soul." Twilight looked up at the princess and waited for an answer. Celestia seemed to read her mind.

"Thank you Twilight, for your explanation for my, er Discord's actions." Celestia looked back at the audience of ponies. "Now everypony, I want all of you to treat these special ponies with respect; for they have saved Ponyville." Twilight and her friends began to blush and smile, embarrassed at the stares of ponies. The princess said her goodbyes to everypony and flew off in her carriage that were pulled by her guards.

Everything was back to normal. Twilight and Spike reading quietly in Twilight's home. Rainbow Dash doing her regular weather patrol duties. Fluttershy taking care of her animal friends. Applejack harvesting apples with her family. Rarity making beautiful designs for clothing. And last but not least, Pinkie Pie making and baking delicious sugar covered treats. Everypony bowed when the mane six walked by. They just bowed their heads and walked off doing what they were originally going to do. The mayor rewarded the six ponies with a massive pile of bits to split with each other. Eeyup, everything was just about normal in Ponyville, that is if you call Pinkie one of the normals. Discord was currently trapped in Celestia's prison, plotting revenge and thinking of a way to escape. Derpy was just doing what she enjoyed doing; mailing out letters, and most importantly, making and eating muffins.

"Dear Princess Celestia,

Today I learned that when your friends come together, you can accomplish anything you wish to come true. I thank you for all you taught my friends and me. I just want to say thank you Princess, and for being there when I need you.

Your Student,

Twilight Sparkle