Alone, Together

"Twilight Sparkle!" Luna addressed the pony who just bursted through the doors along with her friends. "The fleet just left," Luna told the group.

"We need to stop it now- we've made a huge mistake!" Twilight let out, catching her breath.

"How so? We're technically saving Equestria here. Why stop it?"

"Have we ever stopped to think how happy Celestia could be with him?"

"I-" she paused for a moment in shock. How could she had been so foolish? She sat for a moment to think about what has happened over the last few months in general. She has let her opinions and emotions be toyed around by all the things she's heard instead of proved herself. It was up to Luna, Twilight, and her friends to stop the fleet. From taking away Celestia's one key to happiness. From taking away Discord's one key to happiness.

Luna ran over to the mirror that was still shattered from her sister's escape. Twilight and her friends followed, but Applejack stopped midway. "Hold on, who's goin' to watch over Equestria while you two are gone?" she asked. Twilight and Luna just stopped themselves from leaping out the window, but looked at Rarity, Applejack, and Spike, telling them they know the answer. They had to watch over Equestria.

And with that, the two alicorns leaped out the window, headed towards the mountainside.

"You going to eat that?" Discord pointed at Celestia's plate. Only crumbs were left and two strips of bacon.

"My bad-" with the click of his claws, the bacon disappeared. "I forgot ponies are herbivores,"

"I don't blame you, I forgot Draconequui were carnivores," she pointed at the two pieces of bacon that had appeared on Discord's plate.

After a few minutes of silence, she looked down at the table. Her plate had disappeared.

"Let's have a little tour, shall we?" Discord teleported right next to Celestia. The hallway shifted rapidly, stopping at every room in the house, naming them.

"Room, room, room, room, washroom, room, bedroom," there were many extra rooms, most likely to fill up space. The hallway shifted very quickly to a door with many windows on it. The door was practically a window itself. He motioned her to open it, so she slip it open and stepped outside. A beautiful balcony was set up with the most beautiful view of the cliffside. She walked up to the railings and peered over the side. A sandy beach stretched across the horizon as well as a beautiful ocean.

"Discord, I... I don't know what to say... this is.. amazing!" Celestia turned around and squeezed him, startling him as well. Discord was happy, enlightened, every single positive emotion swirled through him. What was it, what was this?

He was happy, and in love.

"Fluttershy!" Rarity jumped to see Fluttershy burst through the doors of the castle.

"Where's Discord?!" she yelped, not bothering to greet them at all. She was obviously in some hurry. Applejack and Rarity exchanged glances, neither of them wanted to explain the bad news to her.

"Where is he!?" she said, more sternly.

"Gone, with the princess, they both ran away, we're pretty sure they ran away together. Twilight and Luna might've accidentally sent a fleet to capture the princess back and possibly.." Applejack dared to finish the sentence. Fluttershy's face had the sign of fear spilled all over it.

"What are they going to do?" Fluttershy was looking down at the floor. When the words left her lips, she looked up at them both with such fear, hate, sorrow, any emotion they could think of. "Where did they go?" this question was easy for them to answer, yet they only pointed to the shattered glass.

"Where are you going?" Rarity asked when she unfolded her wings.

She just ignored her and jumped out, gliding towards the mountainside and heading towards the fleet.

Twilight was behind Luna by quite a distance.

"You alright?" she asked.

"Yeah, I'm just thinking again," she replied, catching up. "I've let my opinions be toggled around by because of the thing's I'm telling myself, the things that I force myself to believe,"

"I, too feel that. I've let my emotions changed because of what I've heard. To be honest, at your coronation, I saw it as just a replacement for me. If she departed, you would become the first in command instead of me. I saw it as my sister putting you up higher than me, if you don't mind me saying. I thought if she knew you were smart and knew what to do, most likely more reliable than I, then I should follow that too,"

"I guess we've both made our final decisions, then," Twilight chuckled. "I've settled that Discord must be executed for his crimes once and for all, I'm going to support the fleet,"

Luna was mad inside, but couldn't let herself rage on her. She had to keep calm, physicalness would only make it worse.

"You're decision is wrong. He should have the right to love, even if it is my sister," she sternly said.

"Ponies do change, but some can't change back," she was referencing Twilight's decision, which told her that she had turned into a monster. She split off upon the words, and headed towards the fleet from a different way.

"We need to capture the target and bring them back to Canterlot. The environment is too unusual," the designated murderer told the general, who was at his side. "We have the equipment just for any occasion, therefore we are prepared," he responded.

A house rose on the horizon. It was small, and on the edge of a cliff. This was their destination.

"Men, surround the area!" the general commanded, and the army did so. He picked out five of the extra men to come with him and the assassin to get inside.