***

The minute Discord awoke he was plotting his escape. He thought of waiting for Tirek to enter so he could play dead so he could trick the monster into being locked in the cage. Sadly, that would fail. Tirek was much too large and strong to be held with the tiny cage, not to mention Tirek was too smart to fall for such a trick.

Discord thought of trying to squeeze through the bars, after all he was thin and the bars were widely spaced. However when Discord realized he was immobile in his agony whenever he tried to move, he tossed that plan right out the hole in the wall.

It even came down to try and chew through the bars, and so Discord tried. But after hours of trying, after breaking his tooth nine times, he gave up.

Hours turned to days. One day turned to seven days. Over that time, Discord watched as Tirek tried to breech the ponies' defenses. Thankfully the ponies' shield was iron clad, made with every type of unicorn and alicorn magic in Equestria. It was strong the first four days they were strong, but the last two days, each pony was getting weaker and weaker within each attempt of Tirek's breakthrough.

On the eighth day, Discord could see a crack in the magical barrier. He knew then, he had to stop Tirek fast.

***

It was at this point Discord decided to go with plan number two, despite the plan failing once before. After all, if you don't succeed, try and try again.

Night fell over the Everfree Forest, and at this point Discord had the schedule of Tirek down. He knew that he would not be fed, at all. Discord hadn't been fed for these seven days, and even though it hurt him, Discord was immortal and wouldn't die whatsoever. Besides, he was used to his stomach begging for food, and ignored it professionally.

All Discord had to do was wait for the large harsh snores of the tyrant in the hallway in the next room. He waited for the moon to rise into the center of the sky, and when he heard the fateful snoring of Tirek he put his plan into action.

As the moonlight shone through the gaping hole in the wall, Discord piled up the remains of Fluttershy and put them in the corner of the cage where the moonlight didn't dare reach. He then slithered through the bars. It may have seemed easy considering his stature, but considering he had a broken back it was far from easy.

Basically, Discord tried his hardest to ignore the blossoming pain, but it was harder than trying not to be naughty for the sake of Equestria. Even the slightest movement dealt him the worst pain he had ever been in. Despite all of that, Discord wouldn't crack. Not one bit.

After several minutes of crawling through the long dark hallways, Discord located Tirek sleeping in his bed, snoring loudly.

Next to the bed of Tirek, Discord was taken aback to see a heart shaped crystal. The Crystal Heart.

***

The Crystal Heart laid there, leaning up against a crate containing jars of multicolored magic and crystal statues of ponies in front of it. One of the jars contained a dark purplish green magic, Discord's magic.

Discord smiled when he saw his magic, "Hello old friend...let's do this, shall we?" he crawled forth, never stirring a statue, and he untwisted the jar and allowed the magic to flow within him, healing his pain and revitalizing his spirits. With a snap of his fingers, the rest of the magic as well as the Crystal Heart was teleported to Twilight's castle and the statues to their loved ones.

"Well that was easy..."

"Huh...? What?"

Discord saw Tirek sitting up and quickly dived underneath his bed.

Tirek took one good look at the barren spot next to his bed and roared, "DIIIIIISSSSSCORD!!!!"

Okay, game's over.

Discord teleported back to the cage, repositioned himself to look broken, and made it his goal to protect Fluttershy, or whatever was left of her.

Tirek entered, "YOU!!!"

Discord yawned weakly, "I what?"

"WHERE IS MY EXTRA MAGIC???"

Discord raised an eyebrow, "Huh?"

"Don't play dumb with me!" Tirek roared, "And the slaves! WHERE ARE THEY?"

Discord moved limply and pulled off his best fake wince and moaned, "I haven't the sl...slightest idea..."

Tirek stomped up to the cage and stared Discord down with his burning amber eyes, "Listen you chaotic mixed puzzle! I know you did something!"

"Oh Tirek..." Discord smiled weakly, "How could I possibly do anything...? I'm in a cage with a broken back and no magic...I can't..."

Tirek sighed, "I guess you have a point, but you MUST have a way of communicating with those ponies!"

Discord rolled his eyes, "And how would I do that? That shield is too thick for communication on the outside world..." he was lying of course, only pure souled ponies could enter in and out, as well as be protected.

"And how do YOU know that?"

"Even without my magic, I can tell you will not be able to get into it..." yet another lie.

Tirek smiled, "How so?"

"It's far too complicated for a simple mind like yours..."

"What the-" Tirek slammed his fist into the cage, shaking it horribly, "Are you calling me INFERIOR?"

Discord laughed, "Ohohoh! You should see your face! Priceless!"

Tirek roared loudly, enough to make Discord's ears ring loudly, he then stormed out of the castle, breaking all the doors off their hindges.

"I-It seems I've over done it..." Discord muttered to himself.

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Author's Note

Sorry for the delay, I've been dealing with a lot stuff lately...so as a result, I have to spit the final part in two in order to reduce stress and stuff...the next chapter should be the last, but...I don't know...

Enjoy.