The Last Sparks

Chapter 4

Discord

"Hey, mommy, when do you think daddy will be home?" Cherry Dash asked.
"I don't know, sweety. I'm not even sure where he is." Twilight told her daughter.

Jump disappeared a week ago. Ponies have looked all over Equestria for him. There hasn't been a lead as to where he's gone, but little does everypony realise, he's in Canterlot with Queen Verein. She remembered today there was going to be a great announcement from Queen Verein, so Twilight turned on the radio.
"Fillies and Gentlecolts, I am being engaged to-" Twilight's radio went completely static after that.
"C'mon, stupid radio, work!" She yelled as she banged her hoof on the radio.

She did eventually get the radio to work and it went off static and when it did, she was greeted to a crowd cheering.
"I will marry him on Wednesday. The honeymoon, we've decided, will be in Ponyville City. Thank you and have a great day." Verein said, followed by applause.

Twilight turned off the radio right before Cherry Dash and Spike walked downstairs.
"Good morning, Twilight. How are you?" Spike said.
"Good. I just heard the Queen is coming to Ponyville City." Twilight said.
"Cool. Hey, I'm going to see if I can talk to some of my dragon friends, okay?" Spike asked.
"Okay." Twilight replied.

Meanwhile, Accord and Celestia are about to confront Discord.
"Oh, hello, friends. It's a great day, isn't it?" Discord said.
"Who are you?" Asked Accord, trotting in from behind Celestia, drawing out his sword.

Discord had a look on his face, as if he knew who he was.
"Star flare... is- is that... you?" Discord asked.
"H-how do you know my name?!" Accord asked, now pointing his sword at Discord's throat.
"It's me! Starswirl! I've been looking everywhere for you ever since you disappeared to Heaven knows where!" Discord said.

Accord gently moved his sword away from his brother's neck.
"Starswirl? Is that you? What happened to you?" Accord asked.
"I was in my library and came across a dark magic book." Discord said as he began to flash back to the night he changed. "I was studying it and... I guess I wanted to try a spell... Next thing I know, I'm a Draconquus. I looked for help, but they ran. There was a shadow at the end of the hallway. He ran towards me and attacked me. I began to feel a sharp pain in my chest and blacked out. I don't remember anything after that."

Celestia began to argue with herself if this was truly Starswirl the Bearded, the student she had lost long ago.
"Are you really Starswirl? Are you the one who I lost long ago?" Celestia asked Discord, ready to cry in shock that this was HER student!

Discord shook his head. Accord put away his sword and stepped back a few feet to Celestia to do fort her, but she shoved him away and ran away from them, leaving behind a trail of tears, now knowing that Discord IS Starswirl the Bearded.
"CELESTIA, WAIT!!!" He cried.

No matter how many times he called to her, she kept running. He stopped running after a while and turned to his brother.
"Is this reversible?" Accord asked.
"Probably not." Discord said.
"Listen, brother, my son, Jump, is in coercion at this time. I need you and anypony you can get to help, out of the deep constraint of Queen Verein. Do you think you can help."
"I'll try my best to get into Canterlot if I haven't already been banned." Discord said.
"Okay. Make plans to leave Ponyville City tomorrow at noon."
The next day...
"Fillies and Gentlecolts, it is my honor to welcome Mr. Discord." Queen Verein said as he walked in.
"Good afternoon everypony! It's an honor to be here and work with the Verein Administration." He said.

He trotted over and sat where his name tag sat, next to Jump.
"Discord?" Jump said as he looked at him.
"Hey. Your dad me asked to get you out of here. Don't worry, I'll get you out." He said.
"Oh, don't stress, I've got a plan." Jump said right before Verein began to speak.
"Okay, fillies and gentlecolts. Tomorrow, we will begin to talk to Princess Mi Amore Cadenza and Prince Shining Armor about trading with the Crystal Empire. Jump and I will take a train to Town Center tomorrow morning between 6:30 and 7:00." She said. "Next on the agenda, the marriage ceremony of King Jump and I."

Jump looked at her, in shock that it would be NEXT WEEK!!
"That's going to be next week, because there are just too many things happening all at once. So, for now, everything is on schedule. Thank you."

Discord and Jump looked at each other as if she was crazy. When they were walking out, Verein was stamping everypony... and also a spell. When the two were walking through, she stamped them, pulled Jump to the side, and put the spell on Discord. He later complained of a large headache and wasn't able to use his magic. The nurses told him that it was part of a spell Verein learned, and she's been using it ever since she got into power to prevent an uprising. Discord was now convinced that she was worse than him and his assistant combine. But this was one of many things that she would do to the last ruling family of the Equestrian Celestial Empire.