Jack's Lament

I was inside. A storm was scheduled for the day, and from the looks of it, it was a pretty big one. But something was off. The water falling down looked brown, and the storm clouds weren't dark, like they usually were. They were bright pink, and there was a chocolate aroma slowly filling the house.

"Hey Twilight!" I called out, "What kind of storm was scheduled for today by the weather team?"

"According to Rainbow Dash, just a normal one." She called back.

"Then why is there brown rain and pink clouds?"

Twilight dropped something. I heard her muttering to herself about something, and it sounded panicked. Before I knew it, she appeared next to me in a flash of magenta colored light, and she peered out the window.

"Oh no, not now!" She looked around, "Where are my scrolls?"

I held one up for her.

"Thanks!" She snatched it out of my hand, and quickly began writing.

"Spike!" She yelled.

Spike came rushing in. He took the letter out of Twilight's hand, took a deep breath, and lit the scroll on fire. But instead of burning to a crisp in the light green flame and falling to the floor, the tiny ashes flew out the window, carried by a non existent wind.

After a few moments, Spike clutched his stomach and released a burp, and with a release of fire, came another scroll, which Twilight picked out of the air and began to read aloud:

Twilight Sparkle,

Do not worry, we are one step ahead. My sister is gathering her troops and the elements as we speak. I ask you, just stay calm. Other guards have been sent to Ponyville to remind others to stay inside.

This time we will be prepared.
-Princess Luna

Celestia ran down the halls. She had to make sure to get the Elements before Discord did, knowing he would try to hide them like last time.

"Hello Celestia! I've been waiting!" A man with a chocolate brown suit and a yellow undershirt walked out of the shadows. He had brown skin, and a bald head. He had a gray goatee, and the whites in his eyes were yellow, while his irises are red. He was carrying a double edged sword.

"Discord! When will you learn?" Celestia sighed, drawing her sword from her sheath.

"Oh my! We're getting to that point again, aren't we? A little violent for the nice little princess your people know!"

Celestia's brow furrowed. She didn't say another word. Instead she ran at Discord, her sword aimed for his throat. He ducked under the thrust, coming back up with a stab. Celestia parried the strike, and tried to bring the sword down on his head. He jumped back and dashed forward, leaping up. As he soared through the air, he spun, kicking Celestia in the face. As he recovered from the speed of the spin, he punched her. She kicked him back, and threw a bolt of golden energy at him. He simply caught the blast and sent it flying through the window.

"Sister? What is-" Luna walked in, only to be snatched up by her hair by Discord

"Discord! Put her down! Leave her out of this!" Celestia screamed.

Discord shrugged, throwing the Princess of the Night away like a rag doll.

Celestia tried to run over to her sister, but Discord jumped in her way, swinging his sword down at her. She barely had time to parry the strike, but this time Discord sliced at her arm, and she was grazed by the cut. She hissed as the cut began to burn much more than it should have.

"Oh by the way, have you ever felt hydra's blood?"

Celestia shook her head. The pain was too much. She could barely think.

"Well, hydra's blood is very poisonous, however it isn't lethal. It slowly removes magic from the body, and causes infinite amounts of extreme pain to the point where some people have passed out. You're actually taking it quite well, though it is only a scratch."

Discord seemed to teleport to her. He kicked the sword out of her good hand, and began to dig his sword deeper into her cut as she began to scream.

"Now, what if I told you that I talked to various Earthlings about Equestria? What If I told them about how much more lush and providing our land is, seeing that Earth is in the middle of it's sleeping phase right now, meaning that life there sucks at the moment. The humans love to conquer, 'Tia. They love to destroy. They fight wars over trivial things like money, while entire countries starve and can't even feed their children."

Celestia's eyes widened. Jack hadn't even tried to tell her about those kinds of Earthlings.

"It's more chaos that my parent's could have ever given me for my 666th birthday! I love it! And to bring the chaos home, all I had to do is tell their Military about how they could do so much more for their country. How they could be the first to travel dimensions! How they could serve their country in a bigger way than ever before! They're interested, Celestia! They want to know about your magic! They want to see your women! They're going to love it all! But you're lucky, you won't be there to witness the fall of the nation you spent thousands of millennia trying to build!"

Luna stepped in between the two, "What is wrong with you?" She shouted, "Why would you do such a thing? Look at you two fighting! What happened to the days when we would play together, when we were happy? We were the best of friends at one point! What happened to us?"

Discord frowned, he seemed put down by this, "What happened? My dear Lulu, we. grew. UP!"

He thrust out his hand, and his sword flew out of it...

...and flew straight through Celestia's middle. It stopped at the hilt, but the sheer force sent her flying to the wall. Luna screamed and ran over to her sister, crying.

The last thing Celestia saw was her sister holding her, crying, begging her not to leave her alone.