Alone, Together

Discord stomped out of Celestia's room in bitter anger. The same words kept ringing through his head.

Lesson 06

Never take out anger physically, control it.

He stopped in his tracks when he realized what they were trying to say. What he was trying to saw to himself. He looked back at the bedroom door in such agony and regret. Never had he made a mistake so awful, except for once over 1,000 years ago. One would think he could easily redo it, but he never knew how to undo the spell. There was no apologizing, it was too late.

His back slid down the wall. Luna trotted down the hallway, casually ignoring him sulking and face- clawing himself. She turned to open the door that was on the corner, leading to her sister's room.

"Go away, Luna,,"

"What's wrong?"

"Just leave me alone,"

"I need you to lower the sun,"

"Yeah, whatever. Do it yourself,"

"Yeah, but-"

Celestia sauntered over to her balcony and lowered the sun, whispering "Geez, brat,"

Luna minded her grey hue and rushed outside to the halls.

"What did you do?!" she scolded Discord, but he already escaped. She peered back into Celestia's room, and they both changed eye contact. Her sister's eyes were almost full of tears.

"You were right, sister,

Ponies never change,"

Discord slouched in his Thinking Tree, doing really deep thinking. He thought about when he snapped over 1,000 years ago, unleashing chaos through out Equestria. Many statements from Fluttershy's Lessons swirled in his head, needing of organization.

Lesson 14,

Accept who you are

Lesson 08

Sympathy is Key

Lesson 19

Express your problems to a friend, don't unleash them

Upon this thought, he rushed to Fluttershy's house, as he knew she is the only pony defending him. "Fluttershy!" he sang when he entered the door, acting as his usual self as if nothing were on his mind. She slowly climbed down the staircase, taking caution due to her lack of rest. "Oh, hello, um, did you need anything?" she asked.

"Yes, in fact I do, I really hope you don't mind a little chat?"

Discord explained regretfully what he had done to the princess. A little bit of fear was burning inside her, that he might be blasted back to stone. She cleared her throat. "It's okay, everypony makes mistakes, did you try to fix it?"

"That's the thing- I can't, I never knew how. If I ask Twilight to do her spell thingy-" Fluttershy stopped him from over-stressing himself.

Lesson 26

Some ponies need to be shown a little kindness

He suddenly dashed out of the room, headed towards Canterlot Castle. It was very vague in the distance, but he kept slithering through the air. When he arrived at the balcony of Celestia's room, he sprinted through the doorway into the halls and toward the throne room.

Discord paused in trembling fear, gazing at the throne holding a statue. He scurried up to it, putting his claw and paw on it's cheeks.

When the spell is in effect for enough time, the victim will be converted to stone.

For the first time in over 1,000 years, tears started to fill his eyes. The one pony he loved and cared about was now gone, taken away from him, because of his own cruel heart. He brought himself closer to the statue, to be responded with a warmer hug back. Celestia's stone body cracked and released her upper body first, allowing her to dive in. Discord was so confused, after his brutal mistake, she was hugging him?

Tears were streaming down her face as she looked up to his.

"I'm sorry," she sobbed. "It was dark, cold, and alone,"

She was apologizing for when she turned him to stone. The feeling she had when she was in the prison had given her a glimpse of what Discord had felt like for so long. Celestia looked up at him once more, and whispered, "Please get me out of here,"

The glass pane of arrogant colors displayed the defeat of Discord, and behind the glass was the beautiful mountain range. With her horn, she blasted the window to shreds, knowing that the path that lead was unexplored by her subjects.

He slithered over to the hole where the glass used to be, looking out at the sunset she was lowering. She trotted over to the glass, too, and spread her wings, ready to jump out. Discord spread his wings as well, signaling that he was ready as well. Upon the action, she jumped out, diving down and jolting up into the sky. He leaped out, catching up with her, and led the way.

The sun was still setting, very slowly. All she had done was use a spell for a moment, and the sun was already lowering instead of her completely lowering it manually. He looked at her face, which was focused on the horizon. The sunset she had created had spilled light onto her, that made her shimmer so perfectly. Discord felt something that he felt when he snapped, something intense inside of him. He realized that he had actually found somepony to be with, he was no longer alone.

Discord was happy.

A day after their escape, Luna was looking everywhere for her missing sister. Even after the way she treated her, she was very frantic and worried. "Tia, 'tis not funny!" she would yell repeatedly, looking through every room. Celestia had not shown up at breakfast, which is was sparked her concern.

The royal guards rushed up to her. "She is not anywhere to be seen in Canterlot. Shall we search other towns?" they suggested. Luna nodded, spotting the shattered stained glass panel in the corner of her eye. She summoned parchment and a quill, ready to write Twilight Sparkle a letter.

Twilight Sparkle,

Princess Celestia is missing. Please report to Canterlot at once.

Princess Luna

A few minutes passed before Twilight burst through the doors. "I have an idea as to where she has fled to," Luna pointed her hoof at the shattered glass, revealing a long mountain range. "Do you think we can track them down?" Twilight asked, she nodded in return. "But, we cannot go alone. Should we bring some of the Royal Guards along?" Luna suggested.

"I think I have a better plan besides going ourselves. Discord has done many wrongs towards all of Equestria. I believe it is time for it to end," Twilight had been fed up with him for a very long time, and now with what was going on, she was even eager to let him die, literally.

"I know a pony," she leaned in to whisper, keeping what she was about to say even more secretive. "They are highly skilled and trained to get certain jobs done,"

"Are you suggesting we..." Luna remembered the tears rolling down her sister's face when she saw the unholy chaos spread through out her land over 1,000 years ago. They both felt so betrayed and lied to. Twilight's suggestion might just be what his punishment should be instead of stone prison, sadly.

She looked up into Luna's regretful eyes, reluctantly agreeing to her plan. Twilight was doubtful of her own plan, as well. She remembered the time he tricked her that he was sick, making her go to the end of Equestria to test her friendship.

Now some friend she was, she thought, but it was necessary, to protect all of Equestria and her former Teacher and Mentor.