Twilight was having her usual day. Study, then chat with friends, then save the town from some odd occurence or help a friend with some odd problem. It was a cycle that continued no matter what she did, but she was content. Normal was good. It could always be worse.

Discord saw this and was shuddering and shaking in pure rage. Everything was so normal, and he couldn't do a damn thing! He had said he'd be on his best behavior to the princesses, and if he wasn't, he'd be back in his stone tomb. Granted he still made a few exceptions from time to time, made a swirling vortex here, replaced the town hall with a bouncy castle last Tuesday, used Celestia's horn as a tooth pick yesterday... for the third week in a row. These little things were all he could do nowadays, and even all this minor stuff had to fixed immediately, or else he would be punished! There's no justice in this world! Nothing grand, or spectacular. It was torture, pure and simple. Physically, the absence of chaos was hurting him. He had recently found it difficult to get up after laying down, and some days he could barely move. He felt like he was slowly withering away... that or he could of just been being over dramatic, but it was still boring.

He paced his new home, a cave on the outskirts of Ponyville. Oh, how the boredom was slowly killing him. It felt like the less that went on, the less healthy he got. He looked to the heavens, desperate for something, anything to help him in his time of need! He walked to the entrance of his cave and desperately thought up ways in which to get back into his life. And, almost as if his silent cry for help had been heard, Discord saw something falling from the sky. Well, it wasn't really falling so much as drifting. What in tartarus was it?

When it finally got close enough for him to inspect it, he could already tell that he was going to like whatever it was. It was a giant floating orb, with a white, reflective surface. It wasn't in any way normal, and if you haven't guessed from the last two long paragraphs, non-normal = good in Discord's book. He slightly poked at it with his talon, wondering just what it did. He got no response. He then tried speaking to it.

"Hello?"

Again, nothing. 'Okay, this is getting disappointing fast.' Discord sighed and turned around.

"Wait, hold on!"

Discord snapped his head around to see the orb turning into something else. It slowly sprouted limbs, two arms and two legs. Each arm was about two and a half feet long, and ended with something that resembled his paw, only it was thinner looking, and had five smaller appendages growing out of each one. The legs were much like his, only they ended in these weird, L-shaped formations, and the feet were nothing more than these weird, horizontal, elongated spheres. Discord kept watching in a curious fascination... Which slowly turned into boredom as this thing was taking an eternity to do whatever it was doing.

Discord yawned as the thing sprouted a small head which showed the first form of fur, which was slicked down and black in color, as everything else was bald, dark brown skin.

"Oh, hurry up would you? I get it, your turning into something. Big whoop."

The thing seemed to sigh and sped up the transformation.

(One sped up transformation sequence later)

From what used to be a giant, sparkling orb of some sort of magic, came a man in a suit in tie, with slicked back black hair, and a small pair of glasses. He slowly readjusted them as he looked at the draconequus, unimpressed. He stretched his back as Discord stared at this new creature in a bemused way. After the creature looked like it was done, Discord decided that, now would be a good time to question the... whatever it was.

"Why are you here?"

"Well, because I have to be." The entity said with a slight grin.

"What's so funny?"

"I just like that, this is the one place in my usual stop that has absolutely no human beings, er, this form I'm in if you need question what a human is, and you are the only one of the three that hasn't asked me, 'What are you?' first."

"Other stops?"

"Listen, I could give you an entire book on what I do, and what it's for, and who I visit, and who I work for. But I don't need to. What I do need, is for you to explain to me why you've suddenly stopped being the fun little abomination that you are supposed to be."

Discord was both getting amused and pissed off at this 'human being'. He had absolute confidence while speaking to him, which is something not even the mane six or princesses could do, but he also made it seem as though he were, believe it or not, more powerful than the great ruler of chaos, Discord!

"And just who, pray tell, are you?"

The being raised an eyebrow, and then shrugged.

"You can just call me boss, or Sir, or Boss Muda."

"Muda?"

"Yes, that is also a title."

"Listen Moody, you want to know why I can't have fun around here?"

"That's why I came, yes."

"I'll show you."

Discord led Muda towards the vortex he had already opened earlier. He used some of his magic to show somewhat of a slideshow of all the instances in which he was turned to stone (there were three to be exact, one by the two princesses Luna and Celestia, one by the mane six, and another by the mane six which had happened recently). Discord sighed at watching his failures.

Then the vortex exploded, which blew Discord back a bit and made him land on the cold, stone ground. Muda was pulling at his hair, an extremely enraged look on his face. His eyes were so wide that they grew past the lenses of his glasses.

"Are you kidding me!"

Discord was shocked. Nopony had ever been able to actually tamper with his magic, or even completely annihilate a creation of his. He slowly started to crawl backwards as Muda walked towards him.

"You dare call yourself a God of Chaos! Any individual could tell you that the task of eliminating all threats in this universe is about as difficult as putting on a hat!"

Discord, against his better judgment, decided to speak up. "That may be somewhat difficult for me, what with the horns..."

Muda lunged forward, and in the blink of an eye one of his arms transformed into a drill. He stuck the new appendage right to Discord's neck, and moving his face a mere inch away from Discord's.

"Listen closely. I am here because I am the advisor for all chaos. You have completely lost your character. I'm not supposed to help in any way, but seeing as you're too pathetic, weak, and completely incompetent, I am left with no choice but to do the job that you should've done. I will take away these powers that besmirch yours, and have them placed where they can never get to you."

Muda seemed to calm down while giving his little exposition rant, and he walked back to the cave entrance. Discord called after him.

"Wait, don't hurt them!"

Muda stopped, and without turning around, questioned Discord.

"Why?"

"They're my friends. I could never hurt them, that's why it was always tricky to stop them. I tried hiding their weapons, basically destroyed who they were, and even tried to snuff out the source of their powers. None of it worked!"

...

Muda turned to Discord.

"How about this draconequus: I make you a promise that I, personally, will not hurt any of your friends. In exchange, if they somehow escape the place from which they came in, say... two year's time, I will leave you alone to once again wallow in your pathetic nature. If they do not escape, then I will destroy this universe, along with you."

Discord was aghast. This was a lose lose situation.

"Why destroy me, if you succeed in getting rid of my enemies? Where's the logic in that?"

Muda smirked. "And you call yourself a being of chaos. Here's the logic. It looks bad on a resume when you have a malfunctioned item."

A small wind came up and Muda's body disintegrated, blowing away like dust on the wind. That dust all came together in mid air and formed that shining orb that had appeared just five minutes ago. It then flew away, off toward Canterlot. Discord felt his neck, and brought it up to see blood. His own blood! Discord didn't even think he had blood. He staggered upright and went over his options for action. He could got to Celestia, but she'd probably think he was trying another trick. As would the mane six. He could let this all happen without a care, but then what would happen if these ponies were indeed stuck for two years? He would be destroyed.

This was the first time in a very, very, very long time that Discord actually feared for his existence. Nopony had ever had the power, or the nature, to actually destroy Discord. He also feared for his frienemies. What did he mean, he would not personally hurt them? Discord put his paw and claw to his head, in frustration and confusion. This was all giving him an immense headache. What to do, what to do?

Luna was asleep on her bed as Celestia guarded the day in Equestria. Her dreams must've been pleasant, as she had a smile as she gently turned to her left side to sleep more comfortably. As to what her dreams were about, one could only guess. Her slumber began to get a bit more restless, as apparently her dream began to take a turn for the worse. Then, to her small ears, came a tune. At first this tune calmed her, and her rest again became peaceful. But then she became partially awake, and she focused more on the soft melody. Where was it coming from?

She opened her eyes slowly, still carrying a little sleepiness. She got off of her bed and looked around the room. The music sounded close, and yet, there was nothing there to make such a noise. Then she noticed that the window was open. She looked outside. Out there, there was a small item. 'A record player? Whose could that be?' she wondered. She looked around and saw nopony around. She shrugged, and was going to go back to bed, but then heard another thing.

"Help!"

It sounded like... Celestia?

"Help! Somepony help!"

Luna ran to her window again. She jerked her head left and right. She knew the sound came from outside, but where? She jumped out the window and floated down. The entire time scanning the perimeter. She was in the garden. She walked closer to the record player when she landed, and noticed that the yells seemed to come from it. She scowled. 'This must be some rude joke.'

She went over and clicked the power button with her hoof. Instead of giving off no sound, the tune still played, quieter, and a new voice started talking.

"Little Luna, always out to protect others. Possibly out of some weird moral code, possibly out of regret for her short time of jealousy turning her into a monster that would try to kill her own sister, or maybe because she's afraid if she doesn't, she may let back in a power that once took control of her before"

Luna gave the device an odd look, and clicked the power button again, to no avail. The voice kept talking, but at this point, she decided to stop listening. She stomped on the machine, doing absolutely no damage surprisingly, and walked away. Or she would've, but she found she couldn't move after hitting the record player.

"What's this?"

The voice was now becoming louder.

"Luna, the flawed one. The one that frightened little foals back then by just the mere mention of her name. Nightmare Moon."

"Shut up, you cursed contraption!"

Luna struggled against these invisible bonds that held her.

"Now, Luna, go to sleep. You've had a difficult life."

"No, not now! I'm better!"

'Wait, what am I doing?' she thought, 'I'm talking to a record player.'

"Whoever is doing this, show yourself!"

Nopony came at her call. The garden was empty.

"Luna, rest. It'll make this next part easier and less painful."

"What?"

The tune now took over, slowly making Luna's eyes droop, though she still struggled.

"Must stay awake! Must get out!" She said to herself.

The melody continued to ease her muscles and cease her struggling. As her eyes began to droop even lower, she saw that there was something coming from the whole of the record player. It was slowly pulling her towards it. It looked like a black vortex! She tried desperately to move, but as her horn entered through, she closed her eyes, and screamed "HELP!"

It never came though, and soon there was no trace of the princess of night, or the record player. It's tune lingered around for a little while, before fading away. And the gardens were still.

Over in Ponyville, Princess Twilight was flying around, still trying to get the hang of the art, when she heard an argument from below her. She looked down and saw her two good friends, Rainbow Dash and Apple Jack. Rainbow Dash said that she had seen something flying across the sky while she was cloud bashing, and said that she thought it was an alien. When she told this to Apple Jack, she discarded it.

"Rainbow, I don't think this is tah get worked up about. It was probably just some magic something or other."

"Well, if it was magic, then why did it talk?"

"What did it say?"

"It said... uh... I can't remember. Something about 'pending doom'?"

"Are you sure you didn't just drink too much cider before goin out night flying, again?"

"Yes I'm sure!"

"Well if it was talkin bout doom, then we should probly tell Twilight bout it."

Neither of them noticed that Twilight had glided down to say hello about a minute before hand, and had listened to their conversation.

"Tell me what now?"

Both the pegasis and earth pony jumped at their friend's 'sudden' appearance. Rainbow Dash raised her hoof and went to speak, but was cut out by Apple Jack.

"Rainbow thought she saw some kinda weird alien in the sky."

Rainbow countered. "And Apple Jack thinks that it was some weird sort of magic."

Twilight pondered this. "Were you drinking too much cider before flying?"

"No!"

Twilight shrugged. "Just making sure. So what did it look li-."

"AAAAHHHH!"

All three of them turned to hear the cries of two different ponies, both distinctly the voices of two of their other friends, Rarity and Fluttershy.

"That sounded like Rarity and Fluttershy!" Apple Jack shouted.

"It sounded like it was coming from the Everfree Forest! Apple Jack, go get Pinkie and Spike. Rainbow, let's go!" Twilight exclaimed. She and Dash flew towards the noise while Apple Jack ran towards Twilight's house. As soon as Twilight and Dash entered the forest, a weird melody entered their heads, along with a few more screams.

Meanwhile Apple Jack opened the door of Twilight's tree house to find Spike... with Rarity and Fluttershy?

"Oh, hey AJ," Spike said nonchalantly, motioning her to come in. "What's up?"

"Rarity? Fluttershy?"

They both nodded, with Rarity giving out a response.

"Yes? Oh, I was just over here to pick up a book on-"

AJ cut her off. "Wait, if you're all here, then, who was makin all that racket in the forest?"

"What racket?" Fluttershy asked coyly, as usual.

"Twi, Dash, and I all thought we heard a noise outside, and those two went to investigate while I was going to get Spike and Pinkie just in case we needed back up."

"Back you up with what?"

AJ jumped a little and turned around to find Pinkie Pie sitting right beside her. Pinkie giggled slightly. "Sorry."

Just then, two loud screams could be heard from the direction of the Everfree forest, again. Only this time, it didn't sound like Rarity and Fluttershy. It sounded like Twilight Sparkle and Rainbow Dash. All four ponies and one dragon all widened their eyes at the sound. Without anypony speaking, they all ran outside and towards the forest. As soon as they entered, something odd came to their ears. What sounded like soft bells ringing, in a little tune, followed by voices that rang through the trees in a calm "Aaaahhhhh."

Muda watched as the remaining ponies were put to sleep, and sucked inside of his trans-dimensional device. He looked at his watch, showing 7:06 AM. "And the clock starts now, ponies. Have fun in hell, and pray to Celestia and her small time cohorts that you will be brought back. Good luck."

With a grin, he snapped his fingers, and his entire being went up in flame, and disappeared. Little did he know, that there was that was behind him the entire time...

A/N: That's right, all the good stuff is happening next chapter. Also, for those wondering what the tune is... it's Nox Arcana's Labyrinth of Dreams.

Author's Note

Well, I started watching the series about... four months ago, and ever since the second episode, I knew.... this series... would be fanfiction GOLD!

Thank you for reading, I hope you had as much fun reading as I did typing.