Back in Time

by Dusk and Moonblast

Rating: everyone
Tags: My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Other, Adventure, Random, Princess Celestia, Human, Main 6, Princess Luna, Original Character
Length: 5001

War brings nothing but chaos, in time it destroys everything. Discord starts a war again. Luckily, and old friend has a back-up plan.

A great war leaves everything in chaos. This all started one fateful day. A pony is given the chance to change the past, to save the future. He only has 5 days to save the world as they know it. Luckily, he isn't alone.

If you didn't know... each chapter is one "day" so this will only have 5 chapters.

Published 2014-08-28 22:50:03 UTC
Last updated 2014-11-11 11:10:41 UTC

A Great War

"Ugh... not him again!" groaned Luna. It was another peaceful day is Equestria. Unfortunately, that changed when Discord decided to mess things up again. This time though, Discord took it way too far. Discord not only slapped all four princesses in the face, but he also cut down the Tree of Harmony and destroyed the Crystal Heart. This had caused many unfortunate events in Equestria. In Ponyville, long thorny vines appeared everywhere. In Canterlot, everywhere you looked had mist and fog, you could barely see. In the Crystal Empire, black crystals sprouted everywhere. Everywhere else, random chaos occurred. It was the perfect landscape for Discord. Nopony knew why Discord was acting this way. Everypony thought that he had changed after the battle with Tirek.

Anywho... Luna, Cadence, Celestia, Twilight, Fluttershy, Rainbow, Applejack, Rarity, and Pinkie led a revolution against Discord. Normally they would have just blasted Discord with a magic rainbow, but due to Disocord cutting down the Tree of Harmony, they couldn't use the tree's magic. Even if they had the Elements of Harmony, Discord created thousand of clones of himself. Discord also had the changelings on his side. So far... things were getting ugly. "Everypony, Luna and I cast a spell that links all unicorns' brains. You will now be able to 'talk' to each other telepathically." said, or should it be thought Celestia through the new telepathic link.

"Neat!" thought Twilight while simultaneously knocking out a changeling.

"Twilight, darling, do be a dear and don't just use the spell for petty comments." thought Rarity who fought against a Discord clone with Fluttershy and Applejack.

"Uhm... if I'm not interrupting, I could use a squad of unicorns in my area." thought Cadence who fought against a group of Disclones with Rainbow.

"I have an extra squad, do you have a squad of pegasi?" asked Luna who was facing of with a smaller changeling swarm with Pinkie.

"I got a squad of pegasi, I'll send them over to your location." relied Celestia who fought against Chrysalis with a group of her royal guards.

"Thanks. Twilight, I'm sending Pinkie Pie over there to help." thought Luna.

"What about you? Don't you need any help." asked Twilight.

"Actually, we all need some help. Anypony have some earth ponies that could help defend Ponyville?" asked Lyra.

"I'll be fine Twilight. Lyra, I'll be sending Pinkie over there instead. Big Mac and Braeburn are on their way as well with some buffalo." replied Luna.

Things were getting worse by the minute. Everywhere you looked it was either chaos or war. The only thing keeping Discord and the changelings from taking over Equestria was the fact that every pony, buffalo, pheonix, turtle, ect., was fighting against them. Unfortunately, that wasn't enough. Right now, both sides were at a stalemate, the forces were equally as powerful. Even though Discord and the changelings haven't won yet, if this continued, they would win due to the fact that they lived longer than any other beast. "Sister, we need more power from our forces if we desire peace to return to Equestria" thought Luna.

"I agree, but who could we get? Every being that still lives in our world is either fighting against us, or already our allies." thought Celestia.

"Auntie, say that again!" thought Cadence. It appeared Cadence formed a plan.

"Every being that still lives in our world is either fighting against us, or already our allies." repeated Celestia.

"Every being that *still lives** in our world. What if we got a being that isn't from our world?"* asked Cadence.

"Good idea, but how?" asked Twilight.

"Didn't we have a trans-dimensional teleporter?" asked Cadence.

"Yes but that only activates when Dusk uses it." replied Luna.

"Then there is only one thing to do. We must return Dusk to the living world. He would make a great warrior as well." thought Celestia.

"How?" asked Twilight.

"We could use a reincarnation spell. To do this, we need some of Dusk's DNA." replied Celestia.

"However, we need all four of our alicorn magic to perform the spell. Hopefully the others can handle the battle while we perform the spell." thought Luna.

"Ok then, everypony teleport to the Canterlot Castle." thought Cadence. The four princesses teleported to the castle. Unfortunately, they were followed by a Disclone.

"What are they up to? I might as well follow them." said Discord.

As soon as all four princesses were at the castle, they retrieved some of Dusk's DNA from one of the hairs that had fallen of on his pillow.

"Are you ready to perform the spell?" asked Celestia.

"Ready." replied the others in unison. Right when they started the spell, the Disclone appeared.

"Oh no you don't!" shouted Discord, he had to stop them from casting a spell. Discord snapped his fingers. His magic had caused the walls of the castle to crumble. The princesses still focused on the spell while Discord teleported out of the crumbling building. The spell was almost finished when the castle came tumbling down. Ruble and dust covered the entire area. It seemed that the princesses were crushed. They had finished the spell, but was it in time? There was a movement in the ruble. Each princess stood up from where they were. They were slightly injured but nonetheless fine. They were surrounded in what seemed like a crystal ball. Right between them, where the reincarnation spell was cast, stood a bat pony also covered in the crystal-like material.

"Are you ready to win the war?" asked Dusk.

"Yeah." replied the princesses. Dusk then used the trans-dimensional teleporter to fetch a friend, while the princesses returned to their respective battle units. The tide of the battle might change.

Reinforcements

The princesses were back to their respective battle stations. "Uh-oh." thought Twilight.

"Let me guess... you have tons more Disclones and changelings in your area." thought Luna.

"How did you know?" asked Twilight.

"Same problem here." replied Luna.

"Same here too." thought Celestia.

"Ditto here." thought Cadence. Unfortunately for the princesses and their allies, Discord created more clones while they were away. Everypony in their team was outnumbered 3:1. Not only that, Chrysalis apparently absorbed enough love to power up all her changelings as well. Things were not going well.

"Do you want to give up now Princess?" asked Discord. He used 4 Disclones to deliver the message to each princess. "If you forfeit now, you and your subjects' suffering will end." said each Disclone simultaneously.

"I will never forfeit!" replied Twilight from her area.

"Do you take me for a fool Discord?" asked Celestia rhetorically from where she was. "I will never forfeit."

"I will never let my subjects suffer under your rein." replied Cadence from the Crystal Empire.

"Ha! Do you really think that I'd believe that you'd stop all this chaos if we forfeit? You are a fool!" replied Luna. Discord was not amused by these answers.

"Very well then... I will have to do this the hard way!" said Discord. Suddenly all of the Disclones multiplied tenfold. "HAHAHAHA! DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU CAN BEAT ME?!" Things were not going well.

"Dusk?" asked a midnight blue unicorn. "Is that you?"

"Yes it is Clex." replied Dusk. Dusk was now in Equestria2, a parallel universe to the Equestria he lived in. He was best friends with a certain royal guard in this dimension. This stallion's name was Clex, Clex Alletto. They had met years ago when they were somewhat younger. After defeating a foe that threatened the place, Clex became the captain of the lunar guards. Equestria2 became a prosperous land afterward. All of the previos villains became allies with the ponies, life was perfect.

"How are you even still alive?" asked Clex.

"I was reincarnated a while ago. I need your help." said Dusk.

"Reincarnated? Cool! How did it feel?" asked Clex.

"No time for that. Get all your guards, all the solar guards, and probably even the Princesses." said Dusk.

"Uhm... okay. Do you want me to bring along Discord too?" asked Clex.

"Yeah, the changelings as well." said Dusk.

"What's so important that you need all of Equestria2 anyway?" asked Clex.

"Discord and the changelings are attacking the land. The short time I stayed there was just to be reincarnated, I was sent here to get reinforcements." said Dusk.

"Ok then, go ahead. I'll tell the princesses to gather everypony to travel there soon." replied Clex.

"Thanks." said Dusk. Dusk pressed the button to return home.

"Good luck old friend." said Clex. As soon as Dusk left, Clex teleported to the palace and told the princesses all about the situation. Hopefully this much more allies would help.

Dusk appeared back in his Equestria. Unfortunately, things were even worse now. Everywhere was almost in ruins and Disclones and changelings were everywhere. Suddenly a Discord hiself appeared in front of Dusk out of nowhere. "Well, well, well, if it isn't Dusk Chaser." said Discord. "Nice to see you again."

"Wish I could say the same Discord." said Dusk.

"Aww... aren't you glad to see your old pal?" asked Discord.

"Seriously? I get reincarnated to see you waging war. What part of that would make me happy to see you." said Dusk.

"As sharp a tongue as usual I see." said Discord.

"Why are you doing this anyway?" asked Dusk. Discord got mad. With a snap of his fingers Dusk was immobilized.

"WHY?! BECAUSE NOPONY LIKES ME!" shouted Discord. "I'VE TRIED EVERYTHING! I BEHAVED, I WAS POLITE, I WAS THE PERFECT MODEL OF GOODNESS! BUT DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY DID?!" asked Discord.

"What?" asked Dusk with an slightly angry and slightly annoyed tone.

"THEY SHUNNED ME! THEY TREATED ME JUST LIKE HOW THEY DID WHEN I CAUSED CHAOS!"

"That's it? You put millions of lives at risk because of how they treated you? That is stupid." said Dusk. Discord was not amused. He grew even more furious. With a snap of his fingers, he was gone. He had also created millions more clones.

Dusk was still immobilized. "Well if it isn't my worst enemy... cheese." Dusk always hated cheese, and Discord new that. How ironic that Discord used cheese to trap Dusk. "Ok then... how do I get out of this?" Luckily for Dusk, reinforcements arrived. Clex and his companions have finally arrived.

"Dusk? Why are you trapped in cheese?" asked Clex.

"Discord trapped me in my weakness. Get me out of here please." said Dusk.

"I'll handle it." said Ramon, formerly Discord from Equestria2. He had become more refined and behaved. With a snap of his fingers Dusk was free.

"Thank you Ramon." said Dusk.

"No problem. Now what is this about a Discord predicament?" asked Ramon.

"Well, why don't we wait for the rest of Equestria2 before I tell you. I wouldn't want to repeat myself." said Dusk.

"But it'll take them a long time to get here. Me and Ramon went ahead." said Clex. Suddenly, a portal opened. Reinforcements have arrived. "Ok then, how dd all this start?" asked Luna.

"Yes, how did this problem all start?" asked Celestia.

"Well, Discord apparently feels dejected because all  the ponies here still are unsure whether to trust him or not, even though he really did change for the good." said Dusk. "Now he waged a full out war. He has billions of clones and the entire changeling race with him. Even a few dragons joined his team."

"Well then. Do you think we will be enough?" asked Clex motioning to the entire Equestria2 "army."

"Hopefully." said Dusk, still a little worried.

"Don't worry, we got this." said Clex.

"Only one way to find out..." said Dusk. With that, the entire army moved over to their newly assigned areas. The tide has changed, but for how long?

Turning the Tide

Everything was going well. In each of their respective areas, each squad was winning. Most of the clones were dealt with, and every changeling was revealed. For once in the entire war, things were going well. In Celestia's area, all the changelings' transformations were nullified by a linked spell that all the unicorns in the area cast. This made it easier for the them to fight, since they already knew which was their foe. In Cadence's area, every single Disclone was destroyed. All the pegasi were handling their foes perfectly, with each one out-flying a clone. To finish the clones off, they generated a gigantic tornado, twice as big as the previous record. In Twilight's area, all the earth ponies strengths combined allowed them to trap their foes in a gigantic fissure. And lastly, in Luna's area, all the other creatures, like dragons, griffons, and others, helped in defeating other foes. Dusk and Clex were fighting against Chrysalis and the dragons.

Their foes were pushed to a corner, so to speak. Discord was left with no clones and many of the changelings have fled. "Do you really think that that you could beat me?" asked Discord.

"Uhm... do you see your situation right now?" asked Celestia.

"You are outnumbered." said Twilight.

"You have basically lost." said Cadence.

"Nothing you can do now." said Dusk.

"I say you give up before you get hurt." said Luna.

"Hurt? Hurt?! HA! Don't make me laugh. I can't get more hurt than I am right now." replied Discord. Physically, Discord was almost perfectly fine. Inside however, Discord was a mess. He was a broken draconequus.

"So you refuse to surrender?" asked Dusk.

"I  would never even consider the thought." said Discord.

"Suit yourself." said Celestia. The four princesses released a gigantic blast of magic aimed for Discord. Discord was gone, they had won.

"That should take care of Discord." said Celestia. Suddenly, they heard cackling.

"Oh, you didn't think that you can get rid of me that easily, do you?" asked Discord.

"Where are you?" asked Luna.

"Hahaha, I just fetched myself some back up." said Discord.

"What do you mean?" asked Twilight. Suddenly, Discord appeared in front of them, and behind him was a new army. His new army consisted of overpowered OC's, the biggest dragon that ever existed, Tirek, and worst of all, red-and-black alicorns.

"So, what are you gonna do now?" asked Discord.

The army was too strong, the overpowered OC's and red-and-black alicorns were too strong. Nothing could beat them now. Due to all the draconequus, changelings, overpowered OC's, dragons, Tirek, and the RB alicorns, the tide has changed... again. "Hahahaha, and you thought you could beat me. I WILL NEVER LOOSE TO YOU! NO MATTER HOW MANY CREATURES YOU GET TO FIGHT ME, I WILL DESTROY THEM ALL!" shouted Discord. Discord turned the tide in an instant, now the princesses were pushed to a corner.

"We will never give up!" shouted Twilight.

"We will find a way to beat you Discord." said Luna.

"Oh, I know that. That's why you four will be banished right now. Do you think our citizens will have enough morale to fight once they see their precious princesses have been defeated?" asked Discord.

"You are a sick freak Discord!" yelled Cadence.

"I know, that's why I'm winning." said Discord. Using his magic, he sent the four princesses to the deepest abyss of Tartarus. Right now, the rest of Equestria, and Equestria2, was having a hard time. Every single overpowered OC took down at least 50 others, each of the RB alicorns were able to defeat all the dragons, griffons, and even a hundred royal guards.

"Dusk, what do we do now?" asked Luna. The war was getting harder to win, every second another ally was lost.

"I don't know, anyone have an idea?" replied Dusk.

"I do, but it's risky." said Celestia.

"Better than nothing." said Cadence. The four princesses, Dusk, and Clex were teleported to their headquarters.

"What's the plan?" asked Clex. Unfortunately, they didn't have much time to discuss, the HQ was under attack by the RB alicorns.

"You and Dusk have to get a mythical creature from another dimension." replied Celestia.

"What kind of creature?" asked Twilight.

"They are called humans. They are immune to all magic and are skilled in hand-to-hand combat. According to this book, they also have something called weapons that deal damage through explosions or slashes." replied Celestia.

"So, how do we get to them? We need to know the dimension's coordinates before we travel." said Dusk.

"I think I know where they are." said Clex.

"How did you find out?" asked Cadence.

"I was travelling dimensions when I found a dimension with creatures that looked like the one in the book." replied Clex.

"Then it's settled, Dusk and Clex, fetch us an army of humans." said Luna.

"Ok then, you ready buddy?" asked Dusk.

"Always." replied Clex. With that, they teleported to the human dimension. Just as they left, RB alicorns burst into the room. It was going to be a long day.

"Ow! Where are we?" asked Dusk. The journey was pretty quick, yet the landing could have gone better.

"I think we arrived in the human dimension. By the way, for some reason, you get a new body when you visit this dimension." replied Clex. Dusk looked at his new form. It was terrible, he lost his wings and tail, had no hooves, and worst of all, shorter than Clex.

"Why are you taller than me?" asked Dusk.

"Really...you just got sent to an alternate universe to find back-up for your friends, who are probably having a difficult time right now, and the first thing you ask is 'why are you taller than me?' What is wrong with you?" asked Clex.

"I was dropped on my head when I was young." replied Dusk. Clex just facehoofed.

"Focus man! Now, let's look for the ruler of this place." said Clex. With that, the two set off to find an army.

Meeting People

"So, what do we do to find the leader of this world?" asked Dusk.

"Well the last time I was here, I found out that the largest part of the world is led by a being known to these creatures as God." replied Clex.

"So, other than God, who do we bring back?" asked Dusk.

"Well, the machine only fits five, so we can only bring back three humans." replied Clex.

"Okay then, we might also need a person who has complete control over our lives." said Clex.

"That means we get our author right?" asked Dusk.

"Well, I guess so..." said Clex, but in his mind he was thinking "What the heck does that even mean?" They both decided to look for these two people before finding the third.

First of all, they had to find God. They had no idea who God was, since, there was no God in Equestria. They decided to ask someone where to find God. They asked a person, who weirdly looks a lot like Lyra from home, where they could find God.

"Oh, you need to go to church if you want to find God." said Lyra.

"Uhm... what and where is church?" asked Dusk. Lyra held back a laugh and ended up giggling. Nobody in the world didn't know where church is. Everybody knew where church is. And here she was, standing in front of a boy who had no idea what church was.

"I could take you there if you want. I was on my way there anyway." said Lyra.

"Thank you, uhm..." said Dusk.

"My name's Lyra, Lyra Heartstrings." said Lyra.

"Thank you Lyra." said Dusk. Lyra led Dusk and Clex to the church. Along the way, Clex talked to Dusk.

"Dusk, if a human looks like a pony from home, they have the same name. For some reason though, we don't have human counterparts." said Clex.

"Oh... okay." replied Dusk.

"Not all humans have pony counterparts either." said Clex.

"We're here." said Lyra. They stopped in front of a large building with a cross on top.

"So... where do we find God?" asked Dusk.

"You just have to go inside and pray." replied Lyra. Dusk was about to ask how to pray but he was stopped by Clex.

"No more questions Dusk. Let's just go inside." said Clex. The three humans walked inside the church. Lyra began he prayers, Dusk mimicked Lyra, and Clex asked random people if they were God. Clex was met with random results. He got slapped, spat on, and kicked. Eventually, he met someone special. When Clex asked him if he was God, the man replied by saying:

"In a certain way, yes, I could be called God." said the man.

"Great, may I know your name?" asked Clex.

"I am Morgan Freeman." said Morgan.

"Well, Morgan, we need your help. Please meet me again here." said Clex, handing Morgan a place and time.

"Uhm... okay." replied Morgan. After that, Clex walked to Dusk and Lyra, who decided to join them in their search for people. The three humans went of in search for a person Dusk referred to as "My Author."

After a while, they were led to a dusty old house. "Why are we here Dusk?" asked Lyra.

"Clex asked around and we were led here. Are you sure this is the right place Clex?" said Dusk.

"Yes, I'm positive." replied Clex. Clex knocked on the door. A young boy, around the same age as he three of them, opened the door.

"What is it?" asked the boy. He looked at the people on his doorstep and noticed something familiar about one of them.

"Hello there, this is Clex Alleto, this is Lyra Heartstrings, and I'm-"

"Dusk Chaser." finished the boy.

"Uhm... Dusk, how does he know your name?" asked Clex.

"Well, he is my father." replied Dusk. Clex and Lyra were shocked.

"Hehehe, I guess you could put it like that. My name is Louie, I created Dusk." said the boy.

"I don't believe this. Are you saying everything that's been happening was all in your imagination?" asked Clex.

"Pretty much, yeah." said Louie.

"Prove it." said Clex.

"Okay then." said Louie. He led them to his room where he was writing a story called "Back in Time."

"Okay, so, how are you gonna prove it?" asked Clex.

"Like this." said Louie. He typed in a sentence saying "Clex suddenly turned into his pony counterpart and got slapped by Lyra." Suddenly, Clex turned into his pony form and a shocked Lyra slapped the pony.

"How'd you do that?" asked Clex.

"The same way I'm doing this." said Louie, who returned Clex to normal. "Now, if it's alright with you, We should get back to your goal. We already wasted a paragraph just for messing with you. Now, let's get the last person you need before heading home." They all went on their way to an alley where Morgan was waiting for them.

"Ahh, well then, who is the third person you decided to bring along?" asked Morgan.

"Well, I decided to bring none other than Lyra over here." replied Dusk. Lyra was shocked to hear this.

"W-why me?" asked Lyra.

"First of all, you were the reason we found the rest of the group. Secondly, Clex kinda developed a crush on you." said Dusk, interruppted by Clex.

"I do not have a crush on Lyra!" said Clex.

"And lastly, Louie couldn't think of anyone else to include in the story." said Dusk. With that, the five humans went into the teleporter.

"You won't get away with this Discord!" said Celestia.

"Really? All your allies were drained of all magic by Tirek! Do you really think you can beat me even if you don't even have the strength to stand up?" asked Discord mockingly.

"Dusk, along with his reinforcements will stop you!" said Luna.

"He's nowhere near here you fool!" said Discord. Discord slapped Luna smack in her face. Just then, the teleporter arrived and Dusk, Clex, Lyra, Morgan, and Louie stepped out.

"Get ready for the fight of your life Discord." said Clex. Dusk saw Luna rubbing a red slap mark on her cheek and got mad.

"Now it's personal Discord." said Dusk.

"You can't beat God, uhm... whatever you are." said Morgan. Weirdly, the teleporter didn't turn the three humans into ponies.

"I can't believe it... I'm surrounded by talking ponies! Oh yeah, you can't beat us!" said Lyra.

"You're about to lose Discord." said Louie. The final fight was going to start.

Back in Time

"BUWAHAHAHAHA! You actually think you can beat me?! You don't stand a chance." jeered Discord.

"Oh yeah? Everypony... CHARGE!" shouted Clex. Led by Dusk and Clex, the whole Anti-Discord army fought against Discord and his troops. Morgan used his voice to narrate the whole thing. Lyra met up with her pony counterpart and started staring at each other, it was like she was in a trance or something. Louie on the other hand was just using his Laptop to type something. Morgan started to narrate.

It was a dark day in a land known as Equestria. A weird creature that seemed like a fusion of different animals called Discord was fighting against two lands. Discord used clones to distract and injure any being that went against him. He had magical creatures known as Changelings on his side. Using their magic, the changelings wee able to change their form to trick their opponents. It was chaos. Everywhere you looked, it was either a destroyed land or ponies fighting against Discord's forces.

Clex was fighting the original Discord along with Dusk. Lyra finally snapped out of her trance and found a bow and arrow somewhere. Lyra fought against the queen of the changelings, Chrysalis. Louie was trying to help out by giving everyone weapons that best suited them. Clex got two swords, Dusk got a double-edged scythe, and instead of a weapon, I got a microphone. These weapons were special. They were able to get energy from the wielder to enhance it's strength. The user didn't have to have magic to begin with because the weapons got the natural affinity of the user.

Clex's swords were able to gain lightning abilities making it incredibly sharp. Using this blade he was able to take down many of Discord's clones. He wasn't able to take down Discord himself as he was able to vanish. Lyra's arrows exploded on contact. Dusk's scythe was able to gain powers of ice. Every time the scythe touched anything, it would freeze. The ice also allowed the scythe to change it's shape.

The princesses each gained spears. Celestia's spear got heat-sensing abilities. It could also melt trough any defense. Cadence's spear was able to strike a bunch of foes at the same time. After the initial attack, the spear trapped the foes into a magical sphere. Twilight's spear was able to absorb magic. Doing this made it more powerful. Lastly, Luna's spear used water abilities and was able to regenerate when broken.

These weapons easily defeated many changelings and clones. Discord however, was not going to make this fight easy. Discord conjured up a gigantic double-sided axe. Clex and Dusk went against Discord, while the rest finished of the changeling army. Discord was winning. His axe was able to cut through almost anything with ease. With every swipe of his blade, his foes fell one by one. Clex tried to stop him using his swords. The swords, using their lightning properties, were able to disarm Discord. Seeing an opening, Dusk charged at Discord. His scythe was able to injure Discord but was not able to deliver a fatal blow. Discord was also immobilized by the scythe. This gave Clex a chance to finally destroy Discord. Clex charged towards Discord. He had his swords ready, he was about to strike. Suddenly, Dusk blocked his attack.

Morgan was so shocked at what just happened that he stopped narrating. "Dusk, what the heck was that about? We were about to win!" said Clex.

"I know... but we are just proving Discord right. If we destroy him, we'd be somewhat like the cause of this whole problem." said Dusk.

"Are you crazy?! You want me to accept Discord?!" asked Clex.

"You did it once." said Dusk, gesturing towards Ramon (Discord from Equestria2). Clex thought for a moment. However, during that time, Discord managed to get free and grabbed Clex by his throat.

"Give up Dusk, or your friend gets it." threatened Discord. His fae showed that he was not bluffing.

"Discord, hear me out. I don't want to fight anymore." said Dusk.

"So you surrender?" asked Discord.

"No, I want to call a truce. If I decided to destroy you, I would be just like the ponies who pushed you into starting this. However, if I give up, all my loved ones will die." said Dusk.

"What do I care? What do I get if we do call a truce?" asked Discord.

"Well, first of all, if you continue to fight, everypony will hate you. You will be despised by anypony still living. If you decide to make peace, you will get a friend. That's one step into being accepted by everypony." said Dusk. Discord then realized that what the stupid bat pony just said was true. He could either be alone, or have a tiny shimmer of hope. Discord made up his mind.

"I accept. I'm sorry for the trouble I caused. I'll put everything back to normal."

With a snap of his fingers, Discord returned everything to normal. It seemed as if the war never happened. Those who were injured were cured, all those that left the world of the living were brought back to life. After that, Discord left. He fled to his home deep within the Everfree forest to hide his shame. However, Dusk was still able to find him. Dusk kept his promise to befriend Discord. At that moment, everything was peaceful once again. And for the first time, ponies started to accept Discord as one of their own.