A disgruntled Celestia sat at her throne as she thought about the events of the previous night. Her time in her room hearing her younger sister and her guardian going to town throughout the night was problematic for her sleep as well as for other reasons. Celestia stared at the list her assistant provided and groaned in frustration. Numerous items and tasks were listed, telling her that this was going to be a very long day.

Inkwell's voice drowned out to the alacorn princess, sounding like a low voice in a large pipe. Celestia's eyes remained reddened yet her determination to make it through the day failed to falter. The princess, feeling lazy, scans the list for any simple tasks that she could knock out in a minute's time frame.

Then suddenly, a thunderous boom accompanied by a lightning flash filled the space of the Grand Hall. Celestia looked at the stained glass windows and noticed that the light was fairly darker than this morning. From what she remembered when she raised the sun, it was expected to be a beautiful day. Inkwell was the first to speak.

"Princess, was there a storm scheduled for today?"

Celestia yawned and rolled her neck, mainly to get a discomforting creak out. With her recovery, she answered her assistant. "I don't recall a weather patrol calling in a storm. Why?"

"Another question, did something get into the cloud maker in Cloudsdale?"

"Why do you ask?"

"The clouds seem rather different today. They're a little more pink than usual."

Celestia swore saw everything as pink earlier this morning when she walked down the halls and looking out of her window. She initially persuaded herself that her eyes were so bloodshot that she couldn't help to see everything through a light red filter. It concerned her that it wasn't just her that saw the abnormality. "Pink?"

"Yes, princess."

The princess flicked her ears and rubbed her eyes to make sure that she was properly awake. With a few blinks, she descended her throne. "Well send in a unit from the weather patrol and have them clear the storm if it's not scheduled."

"At once." Said the assistant, taking off in a gallop. Celestia looked at the stained glass windows and shook her head as she started to hear the pitter-patter of raindrops falling against the rooftop. She closed her eyes while she took a moment to think.

"Pink clouds? Why does that seem familiar?"

Before she could come up with an answer, a guard stormed into the room and ran before the authoritative mare. "Uh princess... You won't believe our reports on the clouds."

"Speak." Celestia commanded, opening her eyes to reveal their normal, bloodless state.

"Our flight team has confirmed that the clouds are made from... *ahem* ...cotton candy."

"WHAT!" Exclaimed the princess as she towered over the guard making his report.

"And that the rain is also chocolate milk." The guard added.

"This doesn't make sense. How could there be a..." While she added up the premise of a most unusual situation, her mind reeled back to a time before her and Celestia's rule started. She could recognize the world being covered in banana peels, roads made of soapy water, homes tilted on their axis and moving inanimate objects. There could only be one thing. "CAPTAIN!"

Shining Armor, fully suited, ran into the room and made his way to the princess. "Yes, your highness?"

Celestia breezed by him and started to make her way outside. "To the garden, now!"

"Yes princess." Said her captain as he ran to her side. As they trotted the down the halls and past the outside door that would lead to the barracks, the party of Cadance, Poindexter, Longshot and Azure accompanied them. Shining growled as he saw that one of his friends were ill-prepared, carrying their chainmail shirt on hoof rather than their body. Azure spoke before Shining started to chew him out.

"Hey, what the hell is going on? We have houses flying in the sky, walking mailboxes and my chainmail won't stop singing about shit that it shouldn't be singing about."

Just as it was mentioned, the chainmail developed a mouth and two smaller depressions that made up for it's eyes. With a boastful, nasally, fast-talking voice with a Manehattan accent, the shirt started to sing while pointing to Poindexter, Longshot and Azure in that order.

♪He burps a lot, he passed some gas
He fucked the princess right in the a-♫

Giving the singing shirt a mouth-full of hoof, Azure turned his attention to his captain. "See what I mean?"

"Get another shirt." Shining advised as he winced in concern.

"I can't. All the quiet ones are taken." Azure complains as the shirt tries to fight for his vocal freedom.

Shining shrugged as they all made their way into the garden. "Then lock him in a closet."

"I tried, but he managed to get out somehow. One minute he-"

The shirt managed to set itself free and climb over the hoof of it's owner. Azure groaned as the shirt started to tell jokes. "Oh boy, lemme tell you about this guy. I mean he has the nerve to gag me! Can't he see that I already chained up?"

{insert rim-shot here}

"And yeah, he has a bad taste of stand-up comedy." Longshot said in a deadpan while the shirt continued to tell jokes as they made their way to the central display area.

"Listen here, you see. I's got a pretty spicy joke to tell to all of you's. See, there was a circus family that walked into a talent agent's office looking for a job. The family of a mother, a father, a young filly, a teen colt, a dog and a tarantula walked into the office and asked the guy if he could sign them for his next show. The agent said that he had other things to do with his time and the father pleaded that they had a particular act that he thought that was to be really peculiar. So then the agent asked the stallion: 'Okay, so what's the act?' So the fathe-mmmmhmmphmmm."

A zipper surrounded in a golden aura conveniently zipped the mouth of the shirt closed. Celestia has obviously grown impatient with the banter. "This is not the time for jokes! We have to search the area!"

"Will all due respect princess, what would we be looking for?"

"A statue of a creature that once tossed the world into a prolonged period of chaos and tyranny."

"A statue?" Shining slowly worded out, confused that a statue would be the cause of all of this nonsense.

"There is no time for explanations. We have to see if he has been set free!"

"Who's this... he?" Azure asked. As the princess offered her explanation, another voice called out to her.

"Sister!"

The party took after the sound of the voice. As they turned a corner, it was revealed to be none other than Luna standing in front of a stone podium. Celestia ran after her younger sibling. "Luna, thank goodness. Are you safe?"

"My safety would prove to be the least of our issues. Behold."

Luna pointed to the stone podium to reveal that there was nothing present besides a few rocks and pebbles where the statue once stood. Celestia gasp in horror as the realization hit her. The other guards just looked at her with raised eyebrows.

"Okay, why are we shocked that a statue made of stone is missing?" Azure spoke up.

Celestia walked over to the podium and surveyed the area. "It wasn't just a statue... It was a draconequus with a cloven hoof, a dragon's leg, a lion's paw, a griffon's claw, a lizard's tail, one bat wing, one pegasus wing, the horn of both a goat and a deer, a body of a bear's fur shaped like a snake and a head of a pony."

"And a snag tooth." Luna added to her sister's description.

"Damn, this guy sound like six varying degrees of the ugly, the ugly, and Blueblood's mother." Poindexter mumbled to the others, Celestia overhearing the comment.

"I fear that he is much worse than that. Blueblood may have been a nuisance, but I fear that he is but poultry to what we are dealing with as of now."

"That bad?" The captain asked.

Luna spoke first as her elder sister shook in fury. "The God of Chaos himself."

Celestia felt a mighty rage fill her as she looked at the cracked display covered with stone pebbles, rocks and a strong scent reminiscent of a carnival stand. With a powerful slam of her hoof, she barked his name.

"Discord."

"Yes my dear. At last I have been freed. But I can't help but to experiment with a little town that's down the way from here. I must say that this little place is vaguely different in it's design yet it is seemingly familiar in terms of appearance. Could this be a new town that sprang up in my absence?"

The draconequus floated in mid air on one of the clouds made from cotton candy while a vending box of tourist info spat in his face like an alpaca. He wiped the slimy map off of his face and shook his fist at the floating box, giving it an angry snarl. He let it get away with the offensive gesture and read the map. His eyes finally landed on his answer.

"Why it is! According to this map, it seems to be called Ponyville. Well... I suppose it could be a little fun to shift my attention southward for a bit."

With a snap of his fingers, he teleported to the outskirts of a small town with a large contingent of clouds following him from the north.

"I wonder what they've got going on here. Well there's no need to keep the fun to myself. C'mon over boys, the water's fine!"

With a smile, he snapped up a brown throne made of a variety of items, more prominently wood made from chocolate. He curled his digits together in anticipation as he watched the storm clouds go by.

"It tickles me on how these ponies will respond."

Canterlot Palace Grounds
Canterlot Royal Palace
Grand Hall

"Attention all guards!"

MA'AM, YES MA'AM!

The army of guards stood before their princesses, awaiting orders. Many of them were a little perplexed as to what all was going on, while others were shaking in their suits of armor, thinking on how the laws of physics could be so broken.

Celestia stood beside her younger sister as she debriefed the guards on what was going on. "As you may know, there is a creature by the name of Discord running amok in this region. And as some of you are thinking now, he is trying to spread his influence to many others across the land."

"So how do we take him down?" One of the guards ask.

Luna stepped forward to give an answer that shocked much of the regiment. "You don't."

Shining Armor was the first to challenge that order. "But princess, he's far too dangerous to be left alone."

"And he is far too powerful for you to encounter on your own. And though it troubles me to say, Luna and I will be of little to no assistance to you even if we were to combine our might with that of your own." Celestia called out to him.

"Surely he cannot be that powerful." The captain said to himself as he removed himself from the floor.

Celestia silently nodded. "Sadly... he is. Even I cannot hope to defend myself from his antics. As I am now brought to the subject of defense, I will ask all of you to go into the town and try to minimize the damages that he has already caused."

"Is there anyone who can beat this guy?" Longshot asks in his captain's place.

"Yes. Six of them. And they will be on their way from Ponyville very shortly. They will be the ones to stop Discord and to bring an end of his second ceiling." Celestia stated as she turned to her sister to give orders on where the guards could take their posts.

"Your positions are as followed: Shadow Star, you and your company shall take the Slums. Silverleaf, your company will take the Keeping District. Poindexter, your company will take the Lower District. Longshot, your guards shall take up the Central District. Captain Shining Armor, you shall take the Inner District. Azure, you shall take the palace."

Azure slowly walked to the speaking floor with concern that he wasn't sent out with his friends. "With all due respect, Princess Luna. But why am I not being sent to th-"

And then the moon exploded.

"DO NOT QUESTION THE MOTIVES OF THINE PRINCESS! YOU SHALL ADHERE TO MY DECISIONS AND WILL DO SO WITH FAIR COUNTENANCE! DOST WE MAKE OURSELVES CLEAR!?"

After the room finished shaking and the other guards were left with hooves covering their ears. Azure jumped back into ranks as he whimpered his response. "Yes ma'am."

"Very good then." Luna said as she turned it over to the elder sister who stood beside her.

"My sister is more acquainted with combat situations whereas I am not. I am not one to turn to fighting, but I will do what needs to be done if it means that the safety of the citizens are at stake. And in this case, it would seem that I too may have to draw my weapon. But once again, we are not to engage with Discord under any circumstances. Leave him to me, Luna or the element bearers. Am I understood?"

The guards gave the princess a salute, sending a loud snapping noise into the air. "Yes, your majesty!"

"Very well then. To your posts!"

Canterlot Palace Grounds
Canterlot Tower
Hall of ~~Heroes~~ Zeroes
I swear Celestia, you could at least come up with a better name than that.

Sometime after the meeting, the two sisters managed to collect themselves and tried to think of a plan to deal with Discord for the time being. They walked a long hall filled with stained glass murals depicting past events that altered the course of Equestria. They found themselves stopping before one notable window.

"Sister, I do not understand how he was able to escape." Luna quietly stated, looking at the stained glass display.

The window they stood in front of was a depiction of when they bested him in battle over a thousand years ago. Celestia answered her younger sister. "It has been well over a thousand years since the day we defeated him last. I expected him to be freed far sooner than this, but fortune found favor in us, especially since we've last used the elements."

"If fortune was truly on our side, then we would not have to deal with him at all."

"I agree with your sentiment, though it was only a matter of time when he would free himself since your banishment."

They continued to walked over to another window, depicting six mares putting an end to Nightmare Moon and her eternal night. Luna looked at her elder sister, who's eyes lined to the elements that they each wore. "Can we not wield the elements ourselves?"

Celestia shook her head. "It has been a thousand years since I've called on their power, a thousand years since we used them last."

"Then we are out of sync." Said Luna in defeat, letting her head sink.

"Precisely. We couldn't use the elements because our connection to them have vastly faded and found shelter in vessels that harbor a trait of each element."

"Then what are we to do?"

Celestia placed a hoof on her younger sister's chin and gave a comforting smile. "You will patrol the palace while I brief the girls on what their dealing with and their objective to stop him." Her smile then turned into a frown. "I have a feeling that he would want to toy with us in a moment."

Luna looked at her sister with a look of determination. "And if we find him?"

"We will continue to entertain him long enough for the girls to take him down." Celestia answered while she looked at the mural of her student and her friends. Luna doing the same with a worried breath of air.

"Why do I have a feeling that his 'entertainment' is going to be problematic for the both of us?"

Canterlot Palace Grounds
Canterlot Royal Palace
The Grand Foyer
(Just like Celestia's plot)

"If anyone is reading this, then you will know that this is the author speaking. Please help me. I'm locked in my room and trying to hide from this bastard that constantly tried to rewrite my fanfics! If you wish to help- No... NO DON'T TIE ME TO THE IRONING BOARD! HEEEEELP!
"I pray that they make it here safely. I probably should have sent an escort team to retrieve the girls."

Celestia stood atop of the stairs and paced back and forth while she looked at the closed doors of the entrance. She expected her student to walk through those doors soon but couldn't help but to feel the concern weighing heavily on her mind. "No. Twilight is more than capable in a situation that requires aggressive negotiations."

She looked back at the door again, seeing that the door was still closed. She started to panic as fear of Discord getting to them first ran visions in her head. She tried to assure herself that they were only visions. "She'll be fine, Celestia. She is your student. She is not as strong as Blueblood but neither is she weak. Twilight can handle anything that is set before her."

Another half hour passes and Celestia continues to trot back and forth. Her pacing sped up as her heartbeat did the same. Suddenly a slamming sound filled the hall. As she looked to the door, there stood her student as well as her friends. Twilight and the others ran to her.

"Princess Celestia, we came as fast as we could!"

Celestia felt relief in seeing that her and her friends came out mostly unscathed. "Thank you, Twilight. Thank you, all."

"Is this about the weather? And the animals' weird behavior? What's happening out there? Why isn't my magic working? Is there-"

Celestia raised a hoof to silence her student so that she could explain what was going on. "Follow me. There is much to discuss and there is little time to do so."

Celestia knew that there was no time for the usual formalities. She had to quickly explain her student what was going on and what she was facing. As she guided them into the hall of the glass murals that her and her sister once walked, she started to tell the story. "I've called you here for a matter of great importance. It seems an old foe of mine, someone I thought I had defeated long ago, has returned. His name... is Discord."

A shriek filled the air as Fluttershy ran away from a glass picture of the aforementioned figure.

"Discord is the mischievious spirit of disharmony. Before my sister and I stood up to him, he ruled Equestria in an eternal state of unrest and unhappiness. Luna and I saw how miserable life was for Earth ponies, Pegasi, and unicorns alike, so after discovering the Elements of Harmony, we combined our powers and rose up against him, turning him to stone."

"All right, Princess!" Exclaimed the riled-up Rainbow Dash.

"I thought the spell we cast would keep him contained forever, but since Luna and I are no longer connected to the Elements, the spell has been broken." Celestia finished.

Twilight looked at her mentor with concern as the words fell on her ears. "No longer connected?"

"This is Canterlot Tower, where the Elements are kept inside since all of you recovered them. I need you to wield the Elements of Harmony once again and stop Discord before he thrusts all of Equestria into eternal chaos." Said Celestia, assigning her student her newest objective.

Twilight was still stuck on the princess' previous statement. "But why us? Why don't you-"

"Hey, look! We're famous!" Interrupted Pinkie Pie, pointing to a mural that had a picture of the six of them.

Celestia stood before the six as she made her decree. "You six showed the full potential of the Elements by harnessing the magic of your friendship to beat a mighty foe. Although Luna and I once wielded the Elements, it is you who now control their power, and it is you who must defeat Discord!"

Twilight took a deep breath and accepted her mentor's request. "Princess Celestia, you can count on-"

"Hold on a second!" Interrupted Pinkie Pie. "Eternal chaos comes with chocolate rain, you guys. Chocolate. Rain!"

Twilight trotted to the princess and gave her a smile. "Don't listen to her, Princess. We'd be honored to use the Elements of Harmony again."

The princess nodded and walked over to a vault on the other side of the hall. Celestia lowered her head to place her horn in a hole that seemed to be a similar composition to that of a keyhole. With a flare of alacorn magic, the princess cast the spell to unlock the vault. She removed herself as the six seals lit up the room and shone brightly in the hall, nearly blinding the other six ponies behind her. Standing the least-bit phased, she levitated a elegant case that contained the elements inside.

"Ooh. You can keep the Elements. I'll take that case!" Said an excitable Rarity as she saw the chest sparkle and shine before her very eyes.

"Have no fear, ponies. I have total confidence that you will be able to defeat Discord with these!"

The princess opened the box to reveal the elements inside, but instead the case opened and brought a collective gasp on behalf of all the mares in attendance. They all stood in shock over what they saw.

"Princess, the elements! They're gone!" Twilight shouted, causing the princess to drop the box in surprise. It was revealed to her as well that the box was indeed barren. Meanwhile, Pinkie Pie started to trot off.

"Oh, well. If anyone needs me, I'll be outside in the chocolate puddles with a giant swizzle straw."

Twilight flared her magic, teleporting the pink pony next to her. "Pinkie. Down."

"Awww! But Twilight-"

"Ah! I don't want to hear it! We are in the middle of a crisis and you're too busy thinking about chocolate-filled cotton candy clouds and popcorn. We need to focus!"

Pinkie gave a frown as she looked up to her friend. "You didn't have to yell."

Princess Celestia paced back and forth as she started to panic. "That chamber is protected by a powerful spell that only I can break! This doesn't make sense!"

An ominous laugh echoed throughout the halls and caused the six mares, sans one angry princess, to look around in fear over what was going on.

"Make sense? Oh, what fun is there in making sense?"

Celestia felt a rage so deep that she started to heat the air around her body. She screamed out to the voice. "Discord... Show yourself!"

Meanwhile, the mural depicting him playing with the ponies as if they were puppets, came alive. He spoke from the stained glass window. "Did you miss me, Celestia? I missed you. It's quite lonely being encased in stone, but you wouldn't know that, would you, because I don't turn ponies into stone."

Celestia started to prepare herself to charge at him. Her hatred for him started to permeate deep into her composure, revealing a very bitter side that was rarely seen by any other who served under her. "Enough! What have you done with the Elements of Harmony?"

"Oh, I just borrowed them for a teensy little while."

"You will never get away with this, Discord!"

The draconequus appeared on the window directly in front of the princess and teased her on her anger. "Oh, I'd forgotten how grim you can be, Celestia. It's really quite boring."

"Hey! Nopony insults the Princess!" Said Rainbow Dash, who flew at the window. She barreled at the figure full speed, only to crash face first into the glass while Discord looked at the the mare who's face was plastered to the surface.

"Oh, you must be Rainbow Dash, famed for her loyalty, the Element of Harmony you represent."

"That's right! I'll always be loyal to the Princess!" Rainbow proclaimed.

Discord gave off a chuckle as he watch the mare remove herself. "We'll see about that."

Rarity rolled her eyes as she insulted the creature. "I can't believe we're wasting our time talking to a tacky window."

"The beautiful Rarity, representing the element of generosity, if I'm not mistaken?"

Applejack stepped forward to speak next. "So ya know who we are, big deal."

"Oh, I know much more than that, honest Applejack."

"You seem to know our strengths too." Twilight deduced while Discord moved to a window depicting the six mares taking on Nightmare Moon.

"Yes, Twilight Sparkle, and yours is the most powerful and elusive element, magic. Fluttershy's is kindness and Pinkie Pie's is a personal favorite of mine: laughter."

Twilight grew angry that her friend had started to laugh while their enemy stood there and mocked her. "Pinkie!"

"He's standing on your head!" She pointed out as the creature danced and shuffled on top of her head.

Celestia broke up the small laugh fest and confronted the unusual abomination. "Stop stalling, Discord! What have you done with the Elements of Harmony?"

Discord stopped dancing and teleported to the other windows, growing in size. "Oh, so boring, Celestia. Really? Fine, I'll tell you, but I'll only tell you my way."

As he swam across the windows, he gave his answer in the form of a riddle.

"To retrieve your missing Elements, just make sense of this change of events. Twists and turns are my master plan. Then find the Elements back where you began."

As Discord disappeared with a laugh that echoed through the halls, Fluttershy was more certain that she was scared to face whatever it was that they were facing, and for good reason. "Can we go home now?"

"What do ya reckon he meant? Twists an' turns an' ending back where we started?" Applejack asked to Twilight, who stared to come up with an answer.

"Twists and turns... twists and turns... twists and turns! That's it! I bet Discord hid the Elements in the palace labyrinth!"

Celestia nodded and commended her student on her deduction. "Good luck, my little ponies. The fate of Equestria is in your hooves."

"Thanks, Princess. We won't let you down." Twilight said as her and her six friends made their way out to the labyrinth outside. The sounds of the doors closing at the end of the hall only drove the princess to worry even more.

"I hope, for all of our sake, that you don't."

~~Canterlot P-~~
Did you really expect me to let the author of this little fanfic to keep writing in the main storyline?
How naive of you. I am sorry to report that he's a little tied up at the moment.
From here on, I am commandeering this little ship. And if you want to read on, then I suggest that you flip your screen upside down and start reading.

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˙ɹǝɟɟo oʇ pɐɥ I ʇɐɥʍ uᴉ ʎoɾ ʇsoɯ ǝɥʇ ʞooʇ ʇɐɥʇ ǝɹɐɯ ǝɥʇ oʇ uosᴉɹɐdɯoɔ uᴉ pǝlɐd ǝɥs ʇnq ˙ǝɹoʇs ʎpuɐɔ ɐ uᴉ sʇᴉq ɟo ƃɐq ƃᴉq ɐ ɥʇᴉʍ ʎllᴉɟ ɐ uɐɥʇ ʎppᴉƃ ǝɹoɯ ʇlǝɟ I 'ǝsɐǝlǝɹ ʎɯ ɟo ǝɹnʇxǝʇ ʞuᴉd 'ʇɟos ǝɥʇ ssoɹɔɐ pᴉls ǝnƃuoʇ ɹǝɥ s∀ ˙ʇɟᴉƃ ǝlʇʇᴉl ʎɯ oʇuᴉ ʎlʇɔǝɹᴉp ʍǝlɟ ʇɐɥʇ ʎuod pǝuɐɯ-ʍoquᴉɐɹ ǝɥʇ sɐʍ ǝuo ʇsɹᴉℲ ˙ʇuᴉoddɐsᴉp ʇ,upᴉp ǝllᴉʌʎuoԀ 'ʎlǝɹns pu∀

˙ǝq plnoʍ ƃuᴉɥʇʎɹǝʌǝ oʇ uoᴉʇɔɐǝɹ ǝɥʇ sɐʍ ʇɐɥʍ ǝǝs oʇ ɥʇnos suoᴉʇuǝʇʇɐ ʎɯ ʞooʇ I oS ˙ʇɟᴉƃ ƃuᴉɯoɔǝɯoɥ ǝlʇʇᴉl ʎɯ uᴉ ǝʞɐʇɹɐd uǝʌǝ oʇ pǝxǝldɹǝd ooʇ ǝɹǝʍ ɯǝɥʇ ɟo ʎuɐɯ 'sɯǝǝs ʇᴉ s∀ ˙ɹǝɟɟo oʇ pɐɥ I ʇɟᴉƃ snoɹǝuǝƃ ǝɥʇ uo uʍop ʍoɥɔ oʇ ʇsɹᴉɟ ǝɥʇ ǝq plnoʍ ʎuod pǝlsᴉɯ-ʎlɹood ɥɔᴉɥʍ ǝǝs oʇ ʇsnɾ 'ʎʇᴉɔ ǝɥʇ ɟo sʇɹɐd snoᴉɹɐʌ oʇ ɯǝɥʇ ʇuǝs puɐ spnolɔ ʎɯ pǝssɐɯ I 'oɥʍʎuɐ ʇnq

¿noʎ pᴉp 'ǝʇsɐʍ oʇ oƃ uǝɯǝs ʎɯ ɟo llɐ ʇǝl oʇ ƃuᴉoƃ sɐʍ I ʞuᴉɥʇ ʇ,upᴉp no⅄ ˙uo ʇᴉs ʎlʇuǝɹɹnɔ I ʇɐɥʇ spnolɔ ǝɥʇ oʇuᴉ pǝǝs ʎɯ ɟo spuɐɹʇs ʞuᴉd ʞɔᴉɥʇ ǝɥʇ ƃuᴉʌɐǝʍ ʎllnɟǝɹɐɔ ʎq ssǝɯ ʎɯ pǝuɐǝlɔ I 'uoᴉʇɐɹʇsnɹɟ dn ʇuǝd ɟo sɹɐǝʎ pǝɹpunɥ ǝǝɹɥʇ uᴉ ɟlǝsʎɯ ƃuᴉʌǝᴉlǝɹ puɐ ƃuᴉɥɔʇɐʍ ɟo sɹnoɥ ɹnoɟ ʇnoqɐ ɹǝʇɟ∀

˙ǝnssᴉ ƃuᴉɹǝʍoʇ ɐ llᴉʇs sɐʍ ʇɐɥʍ uo ɥsᴉuᴉɟ oʇ pǝpǝǝu I 'ƃuᴉuuɐld ʇɹɐʇs plnoɔ I ǝɹoɟǝq ʇnq ˙pɹɐnƃ ɹɐlnɔᴉʇɹɐd ʇɐɥʇ ɥʇᴉʍ dᴉɥsuoᴉʇɐlǝɹ ɹǝɥ ɹǝɥʇɹnɟ plnoɔ I ʍoɥ puɐ ɹǝɥ ɥʇᴉʍ op oʇ ɯɐ I ʇɐɥʍ ɟo sɹǝʇʇɐɯ uo ʞuᴉɥʇ oʇ pǝʇɹɐʇs I 'ɟlǝsʎɯ ǝʌǝᴉlǝɹ ʎlɥƃnoɹoɥʇ oʇ pǝƃɐuɐɯ I ɹǝʇɟ∀

˙ƃuᴉsnoɹɐ ʇsoɯ sɐʍ ǝʌɐƃ ǝɥs ʍoɥs ǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʇ uoᴉʇuǝɯ oʇ ʇou pu∀

˙ǝdɐɔsǝ oʇ ǝɯ pǝlqɐuǝ ʇɐɥʇ ǝɯ uᴉ ʇᴉɹᴉds lnɟʎoɾ ɐ ɟɟo ʇǝs sǝlqɹɐɯ oʇuᴉ ǝʇɐɯ oʇ pǝpǝǝɔoɹd ɹǝʇsᴉs ɹǝɥ pɹɐnƃ ǝɥʇ ɹoɟ pǝɹoɯɐlɔ puɐ pǝᴉɹɔ ǝɥs ʎɐʍ ǝɥ┴ ˙ǝlɔɐʇɔǝds ǝɥʇ ǝʇᴉnQ ˙snɹʇsǝ ʇsɹᴉɟ ɹǝɥ uᴉ ʎllᴉɟ ɐ uɐɥʇ ǝɹoɯ ƃuᴉɥʇou oʇ pǝɔnpǝɹ sɐʍ ɐᴉʇsǝlǝƆ ssǝɔuᴉɹԀ pǝᴉɟᴉɹolƃ puɐ pǝᴉɟᴉuƃᴉp ǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʇ ʞuᴉɥʇ o┴ ¡ɥɔᴉɹ ʎlǝʇnlosqɐ s,ʇI

˙ɹǝʇsᴉs ǝlʇʇᴉl ɹǝɥ oʇ pǝƃuolǝq ʇɐɥʇ uoᴉllɐʇs ɐ ǝʞɐʇ oʇ ƃuᴉƃuol ɹǝɥ ʍou puɐ sǝʌloʍ ǝɥʇ oʇ ʇno pǝssoʇ ƃuᴉʇʇǝƃ ʍǝɥdǝu pǝʇdopɐ ɹǝɥ ʇsɹᴉℲ ˙ǝɟᴉl s,ɐᴉʇsǝlǝƆ uᴉ ʎldǝǝp uʍǝs ǝq oʇ pǝɯǝǝs ʎuoɯɹɐɥsᴉp ɟo spǝǝs ǝɥ┴ ˙ǝdɐɔsǝ ʎɯ oʇ ǝɯ ǝʌoɹp ʇɐɥʇ sʇɔᴉlɟuoɔ ɟo sǝᴉɹǝs ɹǝɥʇouɐ ɹǝɥʇɐɹ ʇnq ˙ǝǝɹɟ ǝɯ ʇǝs oʇ ɥƃnouǝ ʎlɹɐǝu ʇou sɐʍ ǝƃɐsᴉʌ ʎɯ ɟo ʇuoɹɟ uᴉ ƃuᴉnƃɹɐ slɐoɟ ǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʇ pooʇsɹǝpun I ˙ʇɥƃᴉu ʇsɐl ʇsnɾ ǝɯ ǝɹoɟǝq ʇǝs sɐʍ ʇɐɥʍ ʍɐs I sɐ sǝʎǝ ʎɯ ǝʌǝᴉlǝq ʇ,uplnoɔ ʎlʇsǝuoɥ I

˙ɐᴉʇsǝlǝƆ ssǝɔuᴉɹԀ ʎʇsƃuɐ ǝɥʇ oʇ uosᴉɹɐdɯoɔ uᴉ ǝɹoq ɐ ɟo ʇᴉq ɐ ǝq oʇ ɯǝǝs plnoʍ slɹᴉƃ ǝɥʇ ɥʇᴉʍ ƃuᴉʎɐld ʇɐɥʇ ʍǝuʞ I sɐ ɟlǝsʎɯ uᴉɐʇɹǝʇuǝ oslɐ oʇ pǝpǝǝu I 'pᴉɐs ƃuᴉǝq ʇɐɥʇ ɥʇᴉM ˙sɹǝɹɐǝq ʇuǝɯǝlǝ ʇuǝɹɹnɔ ǝɥʇ ǝɹǝʍ ʎǝɥʇ ʇɐɥʇ ƃuᴉǝq 'slɹᴉƃ ǝɥʇ ɥʇᴉʍ ʎɐld oʇ pǝpǝǝu I ˙ǝɔuo ʇɐ sǝɔɐld oʍʇ uᴉ ǝq oʇ pǝpǝǝu I 'os op oʇ ɹǝpɹo uᴉ ʇnq ˙ǝloɥʍ ɐ sɐ ɐᴉɹʇsǝnbƎ oʇ pǝuɹnʇ suoᴉʇuǝʇʇɐ ʎW ˙ʇolɹǝʇuɐƆ ɟo ɥɔnɯ ɹǝʌo ǝʞɐʇ oʇ pǝpᴉɔǝp 'sʞool pooƃ 'ƃuᴉɯɹɐɥɔ ʎɯ ɥʇᴉʍ 'I

Well I had my share of fun with this story. I suppose you could just go on ahead and give this writer ALL THE DOWNVOTES! It would be most fun to see him squirm.

But now I'm bored. You may continue with your masturbatory aid story which is already in progress.

I believe it was called Inner-District, or something.

Celestia needs to come up with some better names.

"Captain, area is secure."

"Great, now all we have to do is check in on victims."

"What do we do about the barking mailbox, sir?"

"Tie it to a leash and make sure that it can't get free. If my assumptions are correct, then it would act as a normal dog would. Can't be that hard."

As a group of guards made their way across the streets of Canterlot, Shining Armor stood in the center of the action and organized their efforts to minimize the chaos in the district. But as he was ready to give out further orders, an angry voice called out to the captain from above.

"SHINING ARMOR!!!"

The guards looked to the sky and saw a small shadow homing in for his position.

"That... doesn't sound good, sir." One of the guards whispers.

Shining immediately recognized who's voice it was. "That sounded like-"

Before he could finish his sentence, a pink alacorn mare landed before him. It was Cadance, but she seemed different. Her once bright pink coat was now dull and devoid of most of it's color. She wore an angry scowl on her face as she quickly made her way to the captain. "Shining... Armor!"

"Cadance, what's wrong? Why are you so-"

His question was silenced with the familiar sensation of a hoof striking his jaw. The hit caused him to stumble and fall to the ground as she glared at him with a look that could only be pleased by blood. Shining knew that being hit by a mare was no fun experience, but if there was one thing that he knew, it was that Cadance was far stronger than the average guard. She screamed at him while he recovered from the assault. "I HATE YOU!"

"Wait, what? Why the hell did you punch me out of nowhere like that?" He asked, still rubbing his cheek.

"Because you ruined everything for me!"

Even one of the guards knew that she was far from herself. He quietly walked to the captain, to which he responded with an extended hoof saying that he was not to interfere. "Sir, I have a feeling that-"

"This isn't the Cadance I know." He finished as his fiance continued to shout at him.

"It all your fault! I was just fine when the nobles used me like a doll. I was just fine when they threatened me, when they pushed me, when they shoved me, when they turned me around and violated my privacy. I was fine... till you came along!"

Shining advanced towards the estranged mare, careful on not getting too close too quick. "Cadance, this isn't you."

"And my name isn't Cadance. It is Princess Mi Amore Cadenza to you, you lowly guard dog." The princess scolded her guard.

"Something's not right. What happened to you?"

"YOU HAPPENED! And now my life is ruined. I just wanted to be the royal slut, to have my holes filled by every stallion in the halls. But I'll tell you what, as soon as I'm done with you, he can get first." She says as she pointed to a guard next to him.

Shining blinked as he halted his advance. "What do you mean by 'as soon as you're done with me'?"

"I mean that you're going to die. And I will be the one to end your miserable, pathetic exis-augh!"

She wasn't given a chance to finish as a magenta bolt of magical energy struck her side, causing her to fly into an adjacent wall upon the impact. The other guards stared at the downed mare and looked over to the direction of the captain. Shining looked at the motionless body of the princess and turned around to see who exactly fired the shot. His eyes expanded upon seeing who it was that spared him the painful conflict.

"Mom!? What are you doing here?"

Twilight Velvet walked towards her son with a calm demeanor and a mocking tone. "We live down the street sweetie. Don't tell me that you've been gone long enough to forget your way around."

"No, that's... Okay. Where's dad? He's usually with you."

Velvet sighed as she gestured to the other guards to keep working. "I went shopping today while your father stayed at home. When I returned, I had to tie him up, seal off his magic and lock him in the closet."

Shining nodded at them to confirm his mother's order before turning his attention back to her. "For what?"

"It seems that Discord's influence had manage to get to your father. As of right now, he's planning terroristic plots while screaming the famous vulgarity that you kids spout out. Something on the lines of 'fuck the police'."

Shining found it hard to imagine his father being the rebellious type. If anything, Orion was more of a stallion based on order and peace. "Oh. Well what's his status?"

Velvet pointed to the unconscious princess before making her way off. "The same as her's. Now pick her up so I can take her to the house and seal her off."

Shining made his way over to the body and readied himself to remove her, but found a question of intrigue pestering him. "Uhhh..."

"You don't expect me, your own mother, to pick up something so heavy. I could've sworn that I've raised you better than that." Velvet said, giving her son a crossly expression.

"Not where I was getting to. I was going to ask about Discord."

Velvet deadpanned throughout her answer. "The Ministry of Magical Research and Development have already established a contingency plan to deal with any events in relation to Discord. Meaning that I am retired, doesn't mean that I have forgotten."

"Right. So how do we reverse the spell?" He asked as he picked up the body and started to make his way down the street with Cadance on his back.

"If my knowledge serves me right, you have to instill a memory of a past endeavor. If the memory is brought to life, then and only then can the pony be restored to their harmonized self."

"Harmonized?" Shining asked confusedly, unfamiliar with the term.

"They've suffered what we would normally call discordation, the process of being discorded. Symptoms are as you see them now, discoloring of the coat, personality alterations, et cetera."

"Wow. How come you guys know everything where the royal guard don't even know that much?" The captain asked to his knowledgeable mother.

"You and Orion both asked me that. You're forgetting that I was head chair for four years prior to my leave in last March."

And she was a damn good one. She even taught Shining mostly everything when it came to offensive and defensive magic. Shining nodded his head in understanding. "Right."

"Now come along, Cadance will be waking very soon."

Canterlot Palace Grounds
Canterlot Tower
Hall of Heroes

(Honestly, I'm more amused over what will happen soon to be defacing sequence signs.)

Celestia walked up and down the halls of the palace, concerned that Discord was still running throughout the city. She turned her attention to the depiction of him manipulating ponies and grew deeply saddened. It made her upset that ponies in this current age were suffering through most of the tribulations that were brought by his appearance.

"Take a picture, Celestia. I'm sure that it will last longer."

Celestia turned her head behind her to see that the menace stood behind her, in flesh and blood. She readied her horn for combat as she shouted at the draconequus. "Discord! You will pay dearly for what you've done."

"Oh Celestia," mocked Discord. "You shouldn't put that much stress on your vocal chords. You could lose your voice that way."

"What does it matter to you?"

A devious smirk formed on the creature's snout as he coiled his body around the ivory alacorn princess, whispering in her ear. "More of what it will matter to the stallion that you desire."

Celestia felt a light blush come along as the mention of the guard drove her to think about the previous night. "I don't know what you are talking about."

"Oh there's no need to lie about it. I know everything there is about you and your secret lusts for one of your guards. I believe that he was assigned to your sister."

Celestia gave no time to think as her instinct caused her to lunge at him with everything she had. She fired a bolt in his direction, only for her to hit a wall. "Enough! I have no time for your games."

Discord showed up on another one of the windows and started to speak to her through the glass. "You seemed to have all the time in the world when you were masturbating to your sister and him having intimate relations for hours on end. Did you get enough sleep?"

Celestia teleported to the outside garden and made her way to the statue area. Her only problem with her escape attempt was that Discord stood as he did when he was turned to stone. "What do you want with me!?"

Discord chuckled as he stepped off of his platform. "It's not what I want from your as much as it is what you want from me."

"I am not interested." Whispers the princess.

"Oh poo. You didn't even give me a chance to finish."

Celestia turned herself around, facing away from the draconequus. "I know of what you cook up in your mind. You're an open book, Discord. And you are one that I would rather see burned."

"Fine... But let's just say that he's going to be seeing you very soon. And last I checked, you are more of an open book than I am."

"What?" Celestia interjects as the Entity of Chaos rubs her shoulders, touching the pits of her wings, softly kneading her back as he whispered in her ears.

"You being deprived of equine interaction based on a more intimate nature. Your heart beats for him. Your breath staggers at the mention of his name. You can't even seem to go on with your day without saying hello to him at least one. You watch him from afar and you fail to say anything more than a greeting and a farewell. You've always had been like that when it came to stallions. Even when you two were still subjects and I was the god of this world, you couldn't seem to gain the attention of a stallion who seemed to love you for who you were and as you were."

Celestia felt his every touch. It disturbed her that his advances proved to be a formidable obstacle. As his digits traversed her every curve, his added words provided to her imagination the vision of Azure teasing her and touching her with tender words of his affection. It was everything she wanted. "Stop this... Please."

Discord removed himself from the mare, leaving her desperately searching for him. He smiled as he left the princess to fantasize about the stallion some more. "Fine. Suit yourself. Just remember that it is your own heart that sows the seeds of disharmony and not I."

Discord disappeared to carry out more of his chaotic pursuits. Meanwhile, Celestia panted with lusts abandon. Her face flushed with red as her wings unfurled on their own. Her nethers grew warm with anticipation while the object of her desire danced around in her head. It was what she wanted, but what she also accepted that she couldn't have.

"Azure... Stay away from me. Please."

Canterlot Palace Grounds
Canterlot Royal Palace

"Patrol the palace? Patrol the palace!? What kind of a bullshit assignment is that?"

Azure paced up and down the hallway as he angrily recalled his confrontation with Luna. But hearing her go off like that immediately instilled fear into him, causing him to back down. He still held contempt for the princess' decision. "I could be out with my friends because, oh I don't know, THEY NEED ME MORE THAN I NEED TO BE LOCKED IN HERE!"

He halted his pacing to sit on a couch on the far end of the hall. Though he didn't question where it came from, he only knew that it was more comfortable than walking around an empty hall all day. He took his seat and reflected on what was going on.

"Discord is outside causing all sorts of problems and I'm stuck in the palace, because Luna would prefer that I was safe. I understand that you care for my well being, but I'm concerned for my best friends too. I hate being chained up and I hate being sheltered. She's almost like my mom in that aspect."

"Oh. Tell me about it." A voice called out to him.

"Who are you?" Said Azure as he jumped at the sound of the voice and looked to the creature behind him, who was sitting in a psychologist's chair and holding a clipboard.

"Oh I'm pretty sure you've gotten wind of me. Though I'm not here to bother you nor am I here to judge you. I am only here to listen to whatever problems you may have."

"Well that sounds reassuring." Azure says, letting himself relax in the cozy couch.

"Life is like a box of chocolates; you'll never know know what you're going to get. Would you care for some?" Said the counselor who offered a variety of chocolates in a white box.

"Sure thanks. I could really go for... Wait a minute." Azure paused and took the time to take in the creature's appearance. He mentally noted some of the things that he was to look out for and lined them up with the creature's appearance. "Cloven hoof, griffon's claw, horns of a goat and a deer... The ugly, the ugly and Blueblood's mother... Draw weapon."

In a single motion, Azure raised himself off of the couch and drew his sword, eyeing the draconequus he was to slay. Discord backed away from the blade with his upper appendages raised to the air.

"Woah there! You should be careful where you point that thing. You'll poke your eye out."

"FUCK YOU!" Screamed the guard as he swiped at the deceptive creature.

"And here I thought the princess said that there was to be no confrontation." Discord joked.

"You came to me first! I can confront whatever the fuck comes up to me!"

Discord rolled his eyes and walked towards the guard. "Well I would accept your little invitation on the account of one, teensy little issue."

*Slink*

Azure stood in shock over what just happened before his eyes. His sword was well placed to where his heart would be, but he found that there was no blood. There was no signs of struggle. The draconequus looked at him with a bored expression as the blade remained fixed in his ribs.

"What... the... fu..."

"Yes, I seem to get that a lot from the other guards. The thing is that it feels like it tickles and then it really starts to feel funny after. Ha-ha funny of course. But I digress. Many guards have already tried their hoof in a combat situation and I gave them one, only for every last one to fail. I even bested a princess or two on the way here."

"A princess or two?" Asked Azure while he looked at the creature in front of him. Luna was the first princess that came to mind as he pulled his sword from Discord's body. "Where's Luna!?"

"Luna? She's safe." Discord says in a condescending tone. "But of course that's not the princess I speak of."

"Then who are you talking about?"

Discord places a digit from his griffon arm on the nose of the guard, causing Azure's eyes to swirl with colors. His mind swayed back and forth, losing it's equilibrium. His body stood locked in place as the colors faded from his coat. Discord smiled as he started the second phase of his plan.

"Your princess. I don't speak of the one that only seeks to take from you and keep you locked like a sheltered animal, but one who would see you as more as... a companion, so to speak."

The guard's visions that consisted of Luna blew away like sand in the desert breeze. Suddenly, her image was replaced by that of an ivory alacorn mare who stood before him with a gentle smile and open hooves. She reached out to him, seeking to comfort him and to love him. "My princess..."

Discords voice echoes in his head. "Yes. She's waiting for you outside in the garden. She remains there after I've managed to have my way with her."

Azure snapped out of his daze and started to fill with anger over speculation of what Discord might have done to the mare of his desire. "WHAT DID YOU DO TO HURT MY PRINCESS!?"

Discord wore a smug expression as he spoke. "Let's just say that she's been wanting you for a while. Ever since I placed my hands on her, she's been screaming out for you, her precious knight."

"Princess! I'm coming! Hang on!" Azure shouted as he broke into a run. In mere seconds, he left the hall in pursuit of the mare that awaited him in the garden, while Discord congratulated himself.

"Hmmm... Well that was easier than expected. I suppose that the only thing I need to do now is to find an audience for this truly riveting performance. But first, a little lighting change is in order."

*snap*

Canterlot Palace Grounds
Canterlot Royal Garden
(COME ONE, COME ALL FOR THE PLAY OF THE SEASON!)

Darkness settles across the sky as the moon launches into view. Though it was not the time for night, Discord made it so. Meanwhile, Celestia stood in the renewed labyrinth of the Canterlot Royal Garden. She hides in a dead end, trying to avoid any attention to herself as she tried to calm herself from her erotic thoughts. But her attempts proved to be futile as she heard the voice of her desire calling out to her. "Princess!"

"Please don't find me." She whispered as she struggled to hide her arousal. She knew what Discord was planning, but she knew that it was exactly what she wanted. Her mind and body were torn with the conflict of submitting to her heart's desire and choosing to deny her heart for the betterment of an entire nation.

"I'm here for you! Tell me where you are hiding!" Azure screams to her across the vast green walls of the labyrinth.

She shuffled her hind legs, feeling her juices trickle down her inner thighs and pool around her plump flanks. Clenching her eyes as well as her hind cheeks, she whispered to herself. "I beg of you. Please don't find me... Not like this."

"Princess!" He called out to her, his voice growing closer. It wasn't long now before he would find her.

Celestia shouted to the guard. "Azure, go away!"

It wouldn't even take seconds for the guard to find his beloved princess in the dead end. "Princess, I was so worried!"

"Azure... Please." She quietly spoke to him, not wanting him to get closer to her out of fear of how her body would react next. Azure saw the liquids that pooled around her lower half and grew enraged.

"What did he do to you!?" He question, assuming that Discord had violated her.

Celestia could see how he was. She saw his once dark blue coat, now completely gray. He addressed her as a superior, yet he was ambitious in his approach. She backed away from him. "You're not yourself. Leave me."

His eyes trailed to her lower portion. He saw that she rested on her moistened lips and his rage was soon replaced with want. He wanted to please his princess. He wanted to serve her. "I see that he has violated you. Come. Allow me to cleanse you of your iniquity."

Celestia's eyes widened as he started to get closer, her irises shrank to the size of pins as his muzzle closed in between her towering forelegs she used to hide herself from him. "AZURE STAY AWAY!"

Her scent carried him closer. She shuddered as his breaths grew closer to her. "I can't. I must..."

He parted her legs and rolled her to her back. He cared not as of how dirty she became in her attempt to hide her arousal from his eyes. He could only bring himself to feast upon her soaking wet folds. Celestia panted harshly, letting her chest rise and fall in rhythm of his tongue probing her folds. "Ooooh~ Azure, stop this."

Raising his head to look at her from across the snowy plain of her underbelly, he denied her pleas. "He has wronged you. That is unforgivable."

"Please..." She asks while he sinks his head under her horizon and regains his focus on her needy marehood.

She tasted of a fine rich vanilla cream. Her hooves trail to his neck, hugging him despite her best efforts to resist. Her body resisted every mental process she had for stopping him. She was fighting a losing battle. "Your majesty, I am yours to command. Use me to relieve you of your woes, to cleanse you of your sickness."

Celestia started to arch her back as her wings stretched out far and wide. Her heartbeat pulsed through every feather. The princess knew that if he continued to cleanse her, she would not last very long. "Azure... Stop. I couldn't control myself if you kept doing this."

"Loose yourself, princess. I am what you desire, am I not?" He whispers from below. His lips kiss the hot mound above her lips, causing her to shake in response. She cursed Discord for instilling these thoughts into her before she would see him again.

"Leave me." She begs while the guard below her continues to show her no signs of mercy.

"I can't." He sighs out as he kisses her clit, his lips encircling her. His tongue flicked away at the small area, causing the princess to build to her release.

"That is an order!" She commands while inadvertently clinching his head closer to her.

"Princess... I love you." His words finally sent the princess over the edge.

"Aaaaugh!" She screams loudly as her orgasm takes over her body. She launches her head back while taking in a deep breath. Her body quakes with the overbearing bliss of release. Her forelegs lock her guard in his place, allowing him to taste her even more.

Moments later, she removed her hooves from around the back of his head. He rose above her and stood before her. Celestia's eyes gaped as she saw, for the first time in over eight-hundred years, the stallionhood of her guard. She panted as he aligned himself to enter into her. She looked away from his face as he prodded her lips with just the tip of his throbbing erection.

"Shall I continue?" He asks.

Celestia blushes as she tries her best to avoid direct eye contact with the stallion who brought her to ruin. "You... you shouldn't be doing this."

He carried on with a slow entry. Her forelegs press into his chest as he unhurriedly places himself deeper into her dampened passage. "You're so warm, so moist."

He starts to enter and exit slowly. Her eyes closes as her wings throb in tempo with his thrusts. She grew embarrassed from his words. "Stop saying these things."

Azure's face grows into a frown and he halts his movements. "You seem unsatisfied with my efforts. Shall I remove myse-"

"NO!" She exclaims, using her magic to press him back inside.

"Princess?"

She turns her head to the stallion on top of her and drives his head towards her with powerful hooves. Her lips greet his in a series of pecks. Her eyes lustfully half lidded, her pecks evolved into tender presses and finally into ravenous assaults. Her kisses were unstructured and sloppy as her tongue entered into his mouth, battering against his in an attempt to dance with him. He obliges and his pink organ joins her dance.

For what seemed like an eternity, they ate away at each other while she took him head on. Her lustful gaze only drove him to sink further into her with a crazed passion. She took quick breaths before letting her tongue bathe his muzzle. Her ears folded back as she surrendered to her own selfish desires.

"You... you must take responsibility for your actions, my dear subject."

"Your majesty."

She pushes him off of her body so that she could readjust herself for him. She kissed him even more as she kept him away, wanting him to chase after her. His pursuits prove futile to the princess, as she held him to his place. She sat before him, teasing him with a sex-crazed smile. Her tail lifted enough for him to see how aroused she truly was. Streaks of green, blue, purple and pink cascaded down her neck and half of her face as she looked to him. Her entire body seemed to blush in the light.

"Behold... Your princess needs your attention. She longs for your affection. Surely you can sedate her."

"Tis an honor! Allow me, my dear princess!"

She raises her body for him to see, he mounts her in rapid succession. She gasps in relief now that he was fully encased inside of her. His thrusts start off slow, but she loses all control of herself as she becomes nothing more than a lust-driven, sex-crazed filly in her first mating.

"Faster."

"Yes princess."

His hips gently kisses hers as he sinks his lubed cock into her clenching depths. Her breaths grow from small to massive as she creaked and moaned under his ministrations. Over time, she grew impatient with his force.

"Harder!" She commands.

"As you will it, princess."

Her flanks ripple with the impact of his hips ramming her. His cock is hugged snugly by the greedy depths of a deprived and experienced princess. There was no purity to her. She was no different from a mare who was just as eagerly turned on. Celestia was more than appreciative of his pace and his strength, but she wanted more. She wanted more of him, deep inside of her. She wanted to feel him, all the way down.

"Deeper!"

"Your desires are mine to fulfill."

He pushes her to the ground and flips her to her side. Lifting one of her hind legs, he continues to pound himself into her. His reach grows deep enough to kiss her from within. His tip kissed against her cervix as she laid in submission to him. She finally started to build on a second, yet intense climax that could ultimately knock her senseless. Soon, she feels an additional girth build inside of her, signaling his inevitable release. Her admiration of her guard leaves her lips.

"AZURE, I LOVE YOU!"

Azure gritted his teeth as he rushed to his climax. "AS DO I, PRINCESS!!!"

Suddenly as the two were to finish their climb, the sun launched up over the horizon revealing a draconequus with a full set of movie equipment set up around the couple. Also standing beside him as the green walls fell, was another pony, one who was deeply saddened over what she heard and saw.

"Annnd cut! Print! That's a wrap everypony!"

"DISCORD! Si... sister!?" Celestia said as she removed herself from the sex of the guard. She blushed in embarrassment and shame.

Seeing the face of the night princess, color returned to Azure as he came back to his senses. "LUNA!?"

Discord laughed at the success of his plan, as well as the fruits that it bore. "Oh this is rich! To think that she would actually say it! Isn't this a show, my dear Luna?"

Luna sobbed profusely as she watched the guard hide his shame and approach her. Her heart broke in two as she was forced to watch the illicit act to which they performed together, in it's entirety.

"Oh... Luna...I'm so sor-"

She turned away while pressing him away with her magic. She didn't even want to touch him after she heard the misled confession leave his lips. "Your words mean nothing to me."

"Luna, wait!" Azure screams apologetically. This wasn't what he wanted. He didn't love Celestia, he loved Luna. And now he was misled to believe that his princess was someone else. Guilt hit him like a freight train as the elder sister came to his defense.

"Sister! He was not himself. And I didn't mean to-"

"You love him. He loves you. He's yours now." Luna quietly whispers to her older sister, conceding to her the guard she once loved.

Azure still tried to clear his case. "Luna, I didn't mean-" To which Luna ignored.

"SILENCE!"

"Luna..." He felt the pain of his sin weighing heavily on his heart, just as hers with Blueblood weighed on hers. Though he declared that he would forgive her, in her eyes it seemed to be an act of revenge. With a snap of her wings, she made only her second decree since her banishment.

"You are hereby relieved of your duties to serve me. You are a guard of your own accord."

"Princess." He begged.

Her voice trembled in pitch as she sobbed. "And I gave myself to you, only for you to take my sister instead."

Azure felt the same amount of pain she did, despite there being a difference in reason. He felt like he made a terrible mistake whil she felt betrayed in the worst way possible; her own sister had relations with her own guardian and love interest. He tried to persuade her to reason. "Luna, it wasn't me! I swear!"

But she was far too hurt to listen. "Go to hell!"

She ran off to the palace, leaving her saddened elder sister and the abandoned guard with a jubilant and triumphant Discord.

"Oh what fun this was. I tell you that being stuck in a rock for over a thousand years can really be a bit of a bore. I missed all the best soap operas because of you and now I managed to direct one that even I couldn't anticipate the end results. Oh what a glorious day! First I rid those element bearers of their power, I disabled the Element of Magic and now I've successfully drove a wedge into what was to be a beautiful relationship! Ha ha! You should see the looks on your faces! Priceless!"

Azure took up his sword once more and glared down to the conniving creature, ready to strike. "Discord... DISCORD, I'LL KILL YOU FOR THIS!"

Azure ran to him, only for his target to disappear into thin air. Azure turned around to see that he stood by a defeated Celestia. "Oh? Well you can't bear an element and neither can Celestia nor Luna. By driving this conflict between them, I disabled any chance of them taking up the elements themselves. I can't be stopped!"

The young guard called out to his superior. "Princess Celestia?"

She shook her head. "It's too late. The damage has already been done."

She teleported out of the garden, leaving behind a guilt-ridden guard who was the cause of their despair. "Prin-"

Before he could attempt to make a step forward, he found that his hoof was stuck in place. As he looked down, he soon realized what Discord was doing to him. He was now turning to stone. Discord started to make his way to the exit.

"Now as for you. I want you to stand perfectly still until I get back. I'm pretty sure you'll need someone to talk to after this eye-opening experience." He said mockingly.

Azure growled as he could only watch the creature walk away. "You'll never get away with-"

"Oh baugh! I've gotten away with everything I possibly could. Now if you excuse me, I have a new town south of here to rule over. Ta!"

Inch by inch, the stone took more parts of his body. Soon it took everything except his neck and the head attached. Azure could only scream as he was to be silenced by the transformation.

"Dis... COOOOOOO-"

And there he stood in the garden, reduced to nothing more than a lawn ornament as the stone took him. Not even his final word could escape without interruption. His face froze in an angry scowl while his sword laid plunged into the ground before him while Discord made his way off to Ponyville.

His victory was more than assured.

Canterlot Palace Grounds
Celestia's Private Chambers

"He defeated me."

Celestia stood in her mirror as she cried, watching the colors fade from her body.

"He... humiliated me."

She could barely look at herself after what she had done to her sister and her guard.

"He made me... and Azure..."

She lowered her head in guilt.

"He made Luna... No. I made Luna upset."

She walked away from the mirror and made her way to the large bed on the other side of the room, hoping to lie down and forget about the day.

"I was who I was, not him. It's all my fault. I've should have been more responsible for my actions. And now I can't even help Twilight in this current state. Some mentor I am."

She laid on her bed, thinking about all of the ponies she managed to fail when she let herself surrender to the desires of her own heart.

"Some ruler I turned out to be. Some sister I was."

She closed her eyes and thought back to the days prior to Discord's reemergence. They were more peaceful and simplistic. Though there was Blueblood, he didn't nearly cause as much havoc for her. Discord could alter the fabric of reality itself while Blueblood could only manipulate everyone around him. At least when he was around, things were much simpler.

"Oh Luna, please forgive me."

A vision came to her mind. One of her and her sister when they discovered the elements. Celestia and Luna looked at the six gems and let the elements decide who was to wield which. Three gravitated towards her while the other three moved towards Luna. It was then that they had the power to defeat Discord all those years ago. She could even remember the day he stood victorious over the two alacorn siblings. She also remembered the moment where they both summoned their collective powers and turned the foul creature into stone. She even remembered the reason why she and her sister underwent that massive ordeal to take the throne from Discord in the first place.

"...No."

She recalled how all the ponies as of now were suffering from his evil plight. Everything he did back then was what he was doing as of now. He was just as manipulative and prideful now as he was then. She remembered that it was also Discord who managed to see to it that Azure would go out and find her.

"This isn't my fault. I tried to distance myself, and Discord was the one who made him seek me. He was the one who caused me to weaken to my primal demands. Why am I to blame?"

She rose from her bed and walked over to her night stand, her colors returned to her as she angrily stood in front of her desk.

"Sure, I may have allowed him to continue, but the damage was done when Discord sought to make a mockery of me, of my sister. He toyed with the personal affairs of my sister and my friendship."

She opened the drawer, coming up with a plan to turn the tide on her old nemesis. The battle was far from over and it was more certain that she had the upper-hoof since he started to celebrate his achievements.

"Discord, there will be hell to pay. And you will pay in full. Twilight may be discouraged for now, but all she has to do is remember who she is and what she means to her friends."

Removing every letter her student sent to her, she pulled out an empty scroll of parchment and started to write to her student. Twilight needed to be reminded that she and her friends still had the power to stop this menace once and for all.

"This battle is not over, Discord. You have not won yet!"

Dear Twilight Sparkle,

My most faithful student, I know how you feel when there is a time when your friendships are tested. And even though you may feel as if those tests are too hard to overcome, I encourage you to remember the things that made your friendships special.

I know that throughout the months, you have sent to me many reports on your findings of friendship. I can only hope that Spike will endure what I have to say long enough to see to it that you get this message.

As of now, I feel as if you need to see what you have shown to me. Everything that you have learned should serve as a reminder of all the tests and trials that you and your friends stood against together. You must remember that all of your friends are worth fighting for. They are the ones who helped you get to where you are now and they will continue to get you past many future obstacles.

Remember who you are and don't lose your way.

Your mentor and friend,

~Celeste Delanise Valkyrie

P.S.: My sincerest apologies, Spike.

The next day...
Ponyville, the Chaos Capital of the World
Ponyville Town Square

Discord sat upon a tall throne upon a pronounced hill as he watched a swarm of long-legged rabbits trample everything in their path, a trio of buffalo ballet dancing in pink tutus and apple pies falling from the sky. He sat while sounding a mighty laugh as the town was built to his pleasing. As he recovered from his laughing fit, he turned his attention to a cotton candy cloud next to him. The God of Chaos summoned a glass and placed it under the cloud to collect the chocolate rain from underneath.

As in usual chaotic fashion, the glass filled from top to bottom. He swirled his glass of chocolate milk and looked at his work, almost even more proud then the last fifty times he looked. With a boisterous voice, he announced to the world his declaration.

"Chaos... is a wonderful, wonderful thing."

"Not as wonderful as friendship!" A voice called back to him.

As he turned his attention to the source of the voice, he noticed that there were six mares standing in front of him, each with an element within their possession. Discord groaned and rolled his eyes in response.

"Oh. This again?" He said before he drank his glass of chocolate milk. Or rather the glass itself, leaving a cone of chocolate milk. Eyeing the cone, he decided that it was of no use and tossed it away. As it landed somewhere else, the entire area darkened as the explosion took place, a polar opposite to what a normal explosion would produce.

"That's right. You couldn't break apart our friendship fer long!" Applejack said as she stepped forward.

Discord raised a finger and started to tug at the element on the farm mare's neck. She was instantly pulled in as he mocked her. "Oh, Applejack, don't lie to me. I'm the one who made you a liar."

Soon after, he summoned the other elements before him, dragging their respective wielders along for the ride. Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash joined Applejack as discord turned his attention to the elusive Element of Magic. "Will you ever learn?"

Quickly thinking, Twilight teleported herself to her friends and cast a bubble around her and her five friends, sealing off Discord's connection to the elements. They floated away from the ground that he stood on and landed on the checkered ground. As they landed, the ground returned to it's original grassy state. Twilight stepped forward against the hellish creature. "I'll tell you what we've learned Discord. We've learned that friendship isn't always easy. But there's no doubt it's worth fighting for."

Discord denounced the absurdity that was Twilight's speech. "Ugh, gag. Fine, go ahead, try and use your little Elements, 'frenemies'. Just make it quick. I'm missing some excellent chaos here."

"All right, ladies, let's show him what friendship can do!" Twilight sounded as they readied themselves for their attack, which was interrupted by another one of Pinkie Pie's shenanigans.

"Wait-wait-wait!" Pinkie called out as she took the final liberty to sit under another one of the cotton candy clouds, collecting the chocolate rain.

Discord bit his lower lip as he watched the pink mare revel in the messiness of the chocolate. Her coco-dripping mane sagged almost seductively as she licked her lips slowly. Her shudders making him smile in response. She returned to the lineup alongside her friends and gave a growl as the elements started to glow.

As he yawned, he failed to realize that the elements launched beams of energy past him. When he finally opened his eyes, he grew surprised over what he was seeing. "Hmm... What's this?"

As their glow grew brighter, fear had started to set in over what was happening. The elements were reactivated and the ponies were well on their way to sending him packing. "No..."

In a single flash, the elements unleashed a prismatic, powerful beam that surged high into the air. As it made it's way down, it barreled towards Discord at a blinding speed. Discord in a futile attempt to shield himself from the blow, raised his arms to repel it. "NOOO!"

The beam of harmonic energy hit it's mark, turning the eldrich abomination into stone from the bottom on upwards. As he screamed in agony, he thought to himself as the stone worked his way to his neck.

"If I had any single regret for the callous, horrific events that have transpired in my wake... It's that I being turned to stone for the second time."

The beam of light bridged across the town of Ponyville and encircled the entire town, covering it in a dome of luminescent energy. A bright flash similar to the initial release of energy, signified the completion of the reharmonization of not only the town, but also the land of Equestria.

The light faded to reveal a renewed town and it's rejuvenated citizens. What also stood in the center of the town was the six heroes who saved the lands a second time as well as that of a fallen statue.

Discord was finally defeated.

Canterlot Inner-District
Sparkle Family Residence.

A hurried knock sounded on the door of the Sparkle residence. As he made his way to the door, Shining stood prepared for anything that could possibly happen. As he opened the door, he just about realized the only thing he wasn't prepared for was a cadet's voice screaming at him in his face. "HEY CAPTAIN! IT'S ALL OVER NOW!"

Shining's ears rang for a brief moment as he shook his head to stop the ringing. "What? How do we know that for certain?"

"Because the mailbox we tied up yesterday stopped barking."

Shining sighed in relief now that the worst of it was now over with. The only thing that remained was the cleanup duty, which he dreaded the most. At the very least, things couldn't get any worse from here on. "Well that's good to know."

Behind him, a voice rang out from behind a closed door. "Velvet, dear. GET ME OUT OF THIS CLOSET!"

Shining's mother walked from within the kitchen as an exhausted Cadance made her way from upstairs. "On my way dearest."

"Uhhh... My aching head. Shining, hey babe. What's going on?" Cadance droned as she finally ended her descent downstairs.

"You mean you didn't know?" The cadet asked the pink princess.

"Well I remember being angry for some odd reason. For the life of me just can't seem to remember what it was." Cadance said before she noticed a large bruise on her fiance's right cheek. "Oh my goodness! Shining your cheek! Who did this to you!?"

Shining knew that the long explanation would be a little awkward for her to hear about so he settled for an abridged option. "Oooookayyy. Well, long story short, you were mad at me and you gave me a good slug to the schnoz."

"Ohhh. Baby I'm so sorry! I'll do whatever it takes to make it up to you." She offered, while Shining waved his hooves in dismissal.

"Nah. You're good."

"No I'm not! I punched you in the face!" She emphasized.

Shining only laughed for what he was going to do next. "Meh. I had it coming."

"For what?" Cadance asked angrily.

Shining pressed his hoof against Cadance's nose and ran to the street, leaving a disgruntled princess to seethe in anger. "Boop."

"You asshole! I'm gonna boop you back!" Shouted the pink alacorn princess as she took after her fiance.

"Gonna have to be a lot faster than that, babe!"

Author's Note

I'm alive? I'M ALIVE!!!

Man. This was a really fun ~~(and exhausting)~~ chapter to write. I wanted to really put myself into the mind of a chaotic thinker. So I decided to get weird and have something that was going to throw a wrench in your reading pattern.

Now if you excuse me, I am going to grab a particular blunt object and hit it against something solid in celebration.