Disharmony Saga

After a seemingly long and peaceful night Twilight Sparkle was in no rush to get out from beneath the covers of her cozy bed. Looking outside at the sun though she realized that she had to get through the day she had planned out meticulously in advance. “It looks like it’s going to be a beautiful day again Spike”, Twilight said in a mumbled voice as she got out of bed. “Spike what’s on today’s list of things that need to get done?” Looking over at Spikes basket Twilight notices that the little dragon was still fast asleep.  Opting to let the little guy sleep Twilight makes her way downstairs toward the library to fetch her list of the day’s activities, “Okay it looks like today I have breakfast with Fluttershy, help Rarity in finding some baby blue sapphires , and then finish up the day at Sweet Apple Acres for a picnic with the girls.” Just as Twilight was about to leave for breakfast she is interrupted by the sound of Spike running down the stairs. “Twilight wait! I have a message for you from Princess Celestia. It seems urgent since she never seems to send messages this early in the morning.” That was all Twilight needed to hear before she used her magic to levitate the message, with Spike to clinging to it, towards her the rest of the way. Spike letting go of the message lands flat on his face as Twilight opens the message. “Spike, Princess Celestia wants me and the girls to meet her in Canterlot as soon as possible. She says that is very urgent that we get there as fast as possible.” With that Twilight rushes out of the library after telling Spike to stay behind and heads all over PonyVille to gather her friends. About an hour and one train ride later Twilight, Apple Jack, Rarity, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, and Rainbow Dash run though Canterlot to the royal castle to meet the Princess. Although something is notably off about Canterlot. “Hey, what gives? Why is every pony arguing and fighting?” Pinkie exclaims as they run through the city center. All around them it seemed that all ponies were arguing with one another to the point where some arguments seemed to have gotten physical. Twilight looking around shows a look of confusion and concern on her face but doesn’t stop to assess the situation, “I don’t know Pinkie, maybe it’s the reason why Princess Celestia summoned us to meet her.” As they approached the castles gate Rainbow Dash, who at the time had been flying ahead, noticed that the guards were missing. “Hey guys the guards aren’t here! Did they abandon the Princess? What a bunch of lazy ponies.” As they arrived at the gate they found that it was shut and locked.  Twilight looked up towards the gate house and realized that without the guards manning the controls the gate wouldn’t open. “Rainbow fly up to the gate house and open the gate for us. Hurry! The Princess might be in trouble!”  Without another thought Rainbow did just that and with a swift kick to the lever the gate opened and they all rushed inside. Almost immediately as they stepped foot inside a loud explosion came from the garden followed by as flash of yellow light. “What in tarnation was that? Whatever it is it sure is giving me the heebie jeebies.” Apple Jack broadly states. Twilight being caught off guard by the sudden explosion and light tuned to look at her friends. Most of which were shaken but fine except Fluttershy who had fallen to the ground frozen with her wings clamped shut against her body and her eyes tightly closed. Rarity haven noticed Fluttershy’s current state moves to get her on her feet again. “Fluttershy darling you simply must get up, the princess is waiting on us.” Fluttershy opening her eyes slowly starts to get up. “I’m okay girls; I was just a little startled.” Fluttershy obviously making it seem better than it really is by the how soft she speaks.  They begin again to make their way through the court yard toward the throne room where the Princess waits. Upon entering the throne room they notice the Princess pacing back and forth with a worried look on her face. “Princes we hurried here as fast as we could once I received your message.” Celestia now standing in front of them seems a bit more relieved but still won’t dismiss the worried look on her face. “Twilight Sparkle, my most prized and loyal student. I fear that a great evil is about to spread over Equestria.” Twilight and her friends share a confused and worried look on their faces after hearing this. “What do you mean Princess? What evil is about to spread?”  Celestia turn to look to look at Twilight and her friends, “Last night I awoke from my sleep when I could no longer sense Princess Luna. Worst still a moment after I could no longer sense her a great evil power emerged from somewhere in the Ever Free forest. I fear that Nightmare Moon has somehow returned.” With this bit of news a look of shock and fear begins to spread across the girl’s faces. Rainbow Dash shakes of the fear and flies over to the princess, “But that’s impossible! We all saw the elements of harmony destroy that grump and turn her back into Luna!” Celestia turns away from Rainbow and motions the rest of the group to follow her. “I do not know how Nightmare Moon was brought back but we must hurry to the Elements of Harmony so that you may defeat her again. Twilight was just about to speak when suddenly a flash of yellow light blinds her and the rest of her group. As soon as the light has disappeared she notices that Princess Celestia has grown to five times her previous size. An attempt to speak results in a, “Hoo Hoo…” Realizing that she cannot speak Twilight notices that her hoofs are now gone and have been replaced by brown feathered wings and two claws. Twilight realizes that she has been turned into an owl. Looking around at her friends Twilight notices that they too have been turned into animals. Rarity has turned into a white Persian cat, Apple Jack into a border collie, Pinkie into an alligator, and Rainbow into a tortoise. Celestia walks in between the animals with a confused look on her face. Celestia prepares to speak but is interrupted by an ominous laugh and a voice she recognizes all too well. “HA HA HA HA! Oh my sides hurt so much right now that its making me laugh even more. Who doesn’t love the turn the ponies into their pets gag? Oh Celestia you should see the look on your face. It’s truly priceless!” In another flash of light a twisted figure appears before Celestia. “Discord!? What have you done to them and how did you escape your stone prison?” Discord flies up and down the hall playfully paying no attention to Celestia and instead amuses himself by turning the walls different colors.  “Answer me Discord and change them back!” Discord finally seeing that Celestia will not laugh at his mischief lands right next to her, “Oh Celestia you really must calm down. Don’t you know stress adds wrinkles and takes a few years of your life?” Celestia has enough of this and fires a ray of golden energy from her horn towards Discord who reflects it away with a mirror he pulls out from behind him. “Easy now Celestia, I wouldn’t want my favorite pony Princess to get hurt.” Celestia prepare to fire again but thinks better of it. “As for how I escaped AGAIN from my prison I want to say that it was because of my good looks but I can’t take all the credit now. Isn’t that right Chrysalis?” Hearing her name being called Chrysalis comes out from the floor behind Celestia in a green ball of flame. “Oh so true dear Discord. After all it was my disguised minions that got the ponies to fight each other creating enough chaos to release you from your prison.” Celestia turns to face Chrysalis and sees that she is in her true form. “Chrysalis!? How is it that you dare return to Canterlot after your failed attempt to conquer Equestria?” At this remark Chrysalis laughs to show that she does not fear Celestia. “You have a horrible memory don’t you Celestia? Why should I fear you when it was I that brought you down from your mighty seat of power? Something that your sister and this piece of abstract art failed to do!” At this Discord stops from his amusement of juggling Rainbow Dash in her tortoise shell and prepares to speak but is cut off by a new voice, “Don’t take it to heart Discord. After all we’re all friends here right?” At the sound of this new voice Celestia turns to face a Unicorn standing at the door with a hooded figure at her right side and Nightmare Moon at her left. “Discord I believe you’ve had your fun. Turn them back into ponies so that we can proceed with the plan.” At this Discord makes a stink face but listens and turns Twilight and the rest back into ponies. Celestia quickly rushes over to the ponies to check if they are alright. Twilight shakes her head and looks over her body to make sure that she doesn’t any extra wings or claws. “We’re all okay Princess Celestia.” Twilight quickly turns her attention to the group of six villains now standing before them. Twilight looks through the group and realizes that she recognizes every pony there, well almost every pony when she notices the Unicorn and the hooded figure standing in the middle of the group. Twilight is about to inquire who the Unicorn is but is stopped before she can get a single word out. “Allow me to introduce myself, I am Siren the Unicorn and this hooded fellow right here is Zartanis. As for the rest of my group I’m sure you’ve already met them before since they seem to be dying to meet you again.” At this Twilight realizes the severity of the situation they are in at the moment. “What do you want? Why have you attacked Princess Celestia? Why have you brought Nightmare Moon back, freed Discord, and joined forces with the Queen of the Changelings and Trixie?” Twilight’s mind races with questions and the possible answers to them.  Siren taking notice of Twilights current state decides that it is finally time to unveil her plan to the world. “You are Twilight Sparkle, Celestia’s prized student and protégé. Know this Twilight Sparkle, by the end of this day you will have witnessed the fall of Celestia and the complete collapse of Equestria and the hands of Disharmony.”