***

The Princess of the Night stood tall in front of the shook up Discord, looking rather concerned. Discord could see her horn lighting up the darkness in a sky blue hue, and sighed in relief as he stood up and brushed himself off

"That was a rather close one Discord...you were close to injuring your heart..." Luna told him.

Discord shivered, "W-What are you doing here? And what do you mean? Where are we?"

Luna sighed, "It is night time in Equestria and I am making my rounds in my subject's dreams...I found your dream...and it appears it was a dream inside of a dream...either that, or this isn't a dream at all...you might be in your mind...and the scene in front of you could very well be a part in your mind..."

"That's impossible!"

"Far from it...Sombra must have channeled the power of the door of nightmares that Twilight and Spike encountered in the taking back of the Crystal Empire...how he did it, I have no clue..." Luna began to walk forward with Discord fallowing, "He knocked you out, and is now taking control of the fear in your mind..." Luna stopped, "He is making your mind think about your many fears, each one more terrifying than the last..."

Discord nodded, "I suspected as much...the mind is awake even when you are asleep, right?"

Luna nodded, "The only way to stop these images is to replace them with good images...all by thought...and if you don't...you shall die in your mind...your heart is breaking...if you allow yourself see your fears and believe that they are real...your heart will eventually stop working...and you will become evil and emotionless..."

"So...think good...don't look at the bad..." Discord muttered, "Thanks for telling me..."

But Luna was gone.

No sooner had Luna left, the purple mist came into being and Discord braced himself.

***

When Discord opened his eyes, he saw he was in the middle of a room. Not just any room, Twilight's Throne Room. The more Discord looked around, the more he realized that all six of his friends were gathered in a circle around him, and they were far from happy. They were in their Rainbow Power forms, angry and glowing.

"You have betrayed us for the last time, Discord!" Twilight shouted.

"You really are a meanie pants!" Pinkie shouted.

"I actually thought you were loyal!" Discord heard Rainbow growl.

"Ah can't believe you would go ahead and lie to us like that!" Applejack shouted.

Discord looked over at Fluttershy and saw her face was shimmering with tears, "I-I thought you were my friend...." she murmured.

Discord felt a sharp pain beginning to form in his chest, until he remembered Luna's instructions. He remembered remembered when Tirek had betrayed him and used him and the mane six to force Twilight to give up the Alicorn magic.

***

Twilight watched as all of her friends fell from their bubbles, all except one. That one, was Discord.

"All of my friends..." Twilight growled.

Tirek looked back at the ex-villain, "After all he's done, you still consider him a friend?"

Discord knew then Twilight was going to change her mind, but was shocked to see the exact opposite.

"Release him!"

Tirek sighed, "As you wish..." with a snap of his fingers, Discord was free.

Discord smiled, "Thank you Twilight..."

***

A second memory flashed before Discord's mind, the after party of the unveiling of Twilight's Kingdom.

***

The moon was rising in the sky as the ponies of Ponyville retreated to their homes to rest their sleepy heads. The Mane Six were also exhausted, which meant they too were retiring into slumber as soon as they reached their homes.

Twilight sighed as she carried a sleeping Spike to bed, "Tomorrow is another day...eh Spike?"

Spike merely snored and mumbled something about sapphires in his sleep.

When the baby dragon was put in his bed, Twilight went over to her new queen-sized bed and tucked herself in. "Goodnight Spike..." Twilight murmured. Her eyes

"Twilight?"

Twilight's eyes snapped open at the sound of Discord's voice, "D-Discord!"

Discord entered the room, "In the flesh!"

Twilight sat up in shock, "What are you doing here?" she exclaimed, "Fluttershy is probably worried about you!"

"Relax, Fluttershy's asleep...she won't know I'm gone..." Discord muttered.

"Then answer the first question! You can't just barge in my room whenever you-"

Discord snapped his fingers and teleported behind Twilight and focused his attention on the the plushie of Flash Sentry on her bed next to her, he picked it up and examined it, "Who is this?"

Twilight blushed wildly and jumped up, "Give that back!"

Discord kept the plush out of the purple alicorn's reach, "Is this that Flash colt? Heh, isn't he something?"

"Discord!"

"Oooh...you like him don't you?"

"Discord, please!"

Discord snapped up a tree of which he sat on a branch with the Flash plush and a new Twilight plush, he pushed them together to make them kiss, "Flash and Twilight, sitting in a tree! K-I-S-S-I-N-G!"

Twilight turned red in a mix of anger and embarrassment, "Discord! Knock it off-"

"First comes love, then comes marriage..."

"SHUT UP!"

"Then comes foals in a baby carriage!" Discord exclaimed in pure laughter.

That did it. Twilight exploded as she turned white and her mane burst into a flaming inferno, "DIIIIIIIISSSSSCOOOOORRRRD!!!!"

Knowing the line had been crossed, Discord made the tree and the Twilight plush evaporate into thin air. "Geez Twilight, no need to get your mane in a bunch! I have come to express my thanks!"

Twilight took a deep breath and allowed the flames in her mane to extinguish as the color of her fur regained it's former state, "Thanks?"

"For not letting Tirek take me away!"

The alicorn was silent for a moment before saying, "If you want to thank anypony, you should thank Fluttershy..."

Discord scratched his head, "What do you mean?"

Twilight sighed, "I was about to let you rot with Tirek...after what you did, you can see why I would think that..." she muttered, "But I looked into Fluttershy's eyes for a spit second...and the moment I did...I saw every good thing about you..." Twilight smiled, "If Fluttershy can see good and friendship in you...I can too...and you know what? You are my friend for life..."

Discord smiled, "Thank you, Princess..."

***

The moment the good memory ended, the dark hallucination of Discord's vision faded into the darkness, never to be seen again.

And for a split moment, Discord could hear Sombra swear in his agony. And so he ventured forth.

Author's Note

Oh my gosh, it's been so long since I have even bothered to update! I am really sorry, but I have been working on other projects too!

Stay tuned for the epic conclusion of Chaos VS Crystal!