***

Discord was silent.

"So?" asked Tirek, "What's it going to be Discord...?"

Sombra pointed to Crystal Fluttershy, "The weak ponies..." and then pointed to Tirek, "Or glory..."

Not a sound was heard for what seemed like forever, Discord was actually contemplating his actions. On one hand, if he joined the bad guys he would get his one true love back to normal. However, they could be lying straight to his face as Tirek once did. If he didn't join the duo, he could lose not only his friends and his life, he would lose his love forever.

Tirek frowned, "Can't make up your mind huh?" he crossed his arms, "That's too bad..." he snapped his fingers and Fluttershy teleported away out of reach.

"Hey!" Discord shouted, "I don't believe you are playing fair!"

Sombra laughed, "Since when to you care about fairness?"

Tirek smirked, "You've truly gone soft Discord..."

Discord growled, "Have not!"

"Have too!"

Discord was now fed up, a rare emotion for him. He felt so insulted he just wanted to destroy the duo here and now. But there was a small insignificant problem, he was reformed. Discord had sworn not only to his new friends but to Fluttershy herself that he would not use his powers for anything then to help people, and Discord would feel nothing but shame if he broke such a promise. Then again...his powers could be used to kick Lord Tirek's flank as well as Sombra's while he was at it and it was all to help Equestria, to help Fluttershy. "Do you really want me to SHOW you why I was placed in stone for a good thousand years?"

Tirek laughed, "Oh I'm not going to fight you," he turned around and stated to walk away, "You're not worth the effort...I won't even take your power, you aren't even worth it...face it...you are too weak..."

"Tirek! You'd do well to turn and fight me!" Discord challenged, "Any villain that doesn't is a true coward!" he proclaimed with a smirk spreading across his face slowly.

Tirek was silent, he didn't move or speak. But he was in fact listening, "You used to be all strong and powerful...but all you do now is hang out with ponies...they have made you as useless as that Fluttershy..." Tirek glanced back at Discord, "I won't even take your chaotic magic, it's not worth my precious time...the next time we meet...whether you want to help us or not...I won't hesitate to blast you..." he opened a portal to what seemed like an unknown place with his new found magic and turned to King Sombra, "Let's go now...we've wasted enough time here...let's go home..."

Somba just stood there, silent as ever.

"Sombra?" Tirek looked confused at the evil king.

Evil laughter erupted from deep inside Sombra's jet black chest, startling the several nocturnal animals that lived inside of the Everfree Forest, "Discord...you are really something...you are really willing to fight for this pony...Fluttershy..."

"You were once the Guardian of not only the Crystal Empire but it beloved symbol of love, buy that principle you should understand the concept of love and it's power..." Discord muttered, "But you were bind to its extent..."

Somba laughed and grinned, "So you say love has power...?"

Tirek rolled his eyes, "Just finish him already..." he growled in annoyance.

Discord's hands began to glow with chaotic energy, "It does...it starts out as friendship magic...but it evolves into something so much more powerful..."

Sombra removed his helmet and regal coat, "Then show me this power...because I promise you, your love is NO match for my nightmares!" Sombra's magic than brought forth a jet black crystal sword.

***

Discord laughed as he poofed up a rubber sword that looked like a real knight's sword, "You call that piece of jewelry a weapon?"

However within seconds of Sombra attacking and clashing with the rubber sword, it was sliced in half with a pitiful squeak.

Discord teleported backwards before the sword could make contact, and began to distort the world around Sombra.

The Everfree Forest was as bright as the sun up close, blinding the dark crystal king. Sombra roared in anger as he reared on his back legs and brought his front hooves down, bringing shards of grey crystal from the earth, hitting Discord and sent flying into the air.

Discord shot at Sombra with pure chaotic energy, a dark blueish purple ball of energy fueled by strange children's laughter, and created a ton of smoke in the process. Discord landed on his feet and didn't look back, he was victorious in his efforts. For Discord knew as much as anypony, nopony could ever handle a dose of pure chaos and live to tell the tale.

But Sombra wasn't living...in his mist form he tore through the smoke and seeped through Discord's body before he even realized it. Then Discord's vision turned to black...

***

"Tirek was right...this fight was quite disappointing if you ask me....

Discord awoke to a big spacey black limbo, silent as he could be.

"I could very well kill you...but that would let you off too easy...someone as weak as you doesn't deserve this torture...but I know who you once were...strong...mighty...I looked up to you...so I shall grant you the harshest death of a god..."

Discord growled, "Well aren't you generous?"

"You deserve it..."

"Yes yes, get on with it...I assume you are going to lunge out at any moment and make it as painful as possible..."

"Mentally yes...physically you won't feel a thing..."

Discord raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean?"

There was no answer. Only a faint purple mist entered Discord's body, turning his eyes a green mist with a purple mist expelling from them.

***

When Discord opened his eyes, he sighed in relief to see he was back at Fluttershy's Cottage. He sat down on the green couch and stretched out, "It was nothing but a dream..."

Suddenly the front door opened, revealing Fluttershy.

Discord jumped up, "Fluttershy! You're home!" he teleported over to the pink and yellow pegasus and gave her a big bear hug, "I had this horrible dream! You were kidnapped and-"

"Why are you still here...?" Fluttershy asked bitterly through gritted teeth.

The sudden coldness in the normally kind and sweet Fluttershy caused Discord to look at her in shock, "I-I...I live here!" he exclaimed, "Don't you remember?"

Fluttershy struggled out of Discord's arms, "How could I forget? You are like a wart! Annoying and hard to get rid of...!"

"Surely you don't mean that!" Discord said. He was rather confused about Fluttershy's aggressive behavior, perhaps she decided to take lessons from Iron Will again, "Fluttershy...you didn't go to see Iron Will again, did you?"

Fluttershy stomped her hoof, "No...! I'm just tired of l-living with you...!"

"W-Why?"

Fluttershy growled, "W-Where do I begin?" she got up in Discord's face, "Y-You're lazy, your pranks a-are annoying, nopony likes or cares about you...! Especially me! I-In fact..." Fluttershy now had Discord backed up against the walls, "I-I...I hate you!"

Discord felt his heart break as he struggled to find words, "B...B-But...I...I-I love you...!"

"L-Love me?" Fluttershy growled, I wouldn't love you e-even if you were the last l-living THING on Equestria!"

At that point, Discord wanted to die...

***

"NOOOOOOOO!!!"

There was a snapping shattering noise as Discord snapped out of it, "Huh? Wha?"

"Are you alright?"

Discord looked up to see a dark blue alicorn.

"Princess Luna?"

Author's Note

Luna???? What are you doing here?????

Inkwell here! Thanks for reading!