The Key of Magic : An Alternate Story of Discord

by Shattered Heart

Rating: everyone
Tags: Discord, Main 6, Tirek, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic
Length: 5879

As much as I loved the MLP FIM Season 4 ending I hated that Discord had become a bad guy again, however this story has Discord play the villain yet again! But in the way I had pictured it!

As Tirek has finally absorbed the strength, magic, and flight of the Mane 6, Tirek attacks Discord! An enraged Discord takes it upon himself to not only fight Tirek, but with the realization that the mane 6 may not want him back as a friend he decides to rule Equestria! With Twilight nowhere to be found due to her alicorn practice, and Celestia, Luna, & Cadence gone how will Twilight save the day? With a fight between Discord and Tirek breaking out, how will Twilight Sparkle gain the Key of Magic?

Published 2015-04-02 12:40:02 UTC
Last updated 2015-04-03 00:41:35 UTC

Chapter 1: The Betrayal, Tirek vs. Discord !

"Alright, y'all. I think we've warned everypony to stay inside," Applejack states looking to her friends. Fluttershy and the others talk among one another, Fluttershy putting her faith in Discord, feeling that he will soon apprehend Tirek.

"I'll bet he takes his sweet time," Rainbow Dash says with heavy sarcasm.

Discord appearing from nowhere to Rainbow Dash's remark he states, “Or perhaps these things just take time." Fluttershy jumping into Discord for a hug asks of whether or not he had brought cucumber sandwiches that had been promised for a planned tea party. Discord replying," I did. I imagine they'll be your last decent meal for quite some time." With a snap of his fingers Rainbow Dash, Fluttershy, Pinkie Pie, Rarity, Spike, & Applejack are suddenly surrounded by iron bars, now being trapped inside a cage. "TA-DA!" Discord exclaims, hovering over the cage. Tirek walking in asking of whether or not Discord had gathered all of Twilight's friends, to which Discord confirms pointing at Spike while pulling his finger away from his face before he could bite it, “And her little dragon, too." Fluttershy now in tears could only wonder why Discord would do this, questioning whether or not they had even been friends in the first place. Discord happily shouting, “OH, we were. But Tirek offered me so much more than just tea parties. Surely you saw this coming." Fluttershy however, could only turn to her friends hoofs to cry, stating that she had not.

Tirek began absorbing the ponies and Spike of their natural talents, making them too weak to fight back in anyway, yet all Discord would do is turn away and frown. Tirek asking of whether or not Twilight would really do anything for her friends Discord had confirmed with glee," If Twilight has magic to give, it will be yours. Soon there won't be a Pegasus, Earth pony or unicorn who will be able to stand up against us!" Lord Tirek smiling eerily grew confused, questioning who had stated that both of them would be in power. Discord reminding Tirek of his previously said words, Tirek had suddenly grabbed Discord stating that Tirek had been using Discord the whole time to grow strong enough to steal the alicorn's magic. Opening his mouth a magical essence flew from Discord's mouth as Tirek inhaled triumphantly. Throwing Discord to the floor Discord had weakly asked in confusion grabbing a necklace given to him by Tirek before, "But you said this was a sign of your gratitude and loyalty. A gift from someone close to you." Tirek however replied in spite that it had belonged to his brother, a traitor to him, and that the necklace was as worthless as brother is. Applejack who could only repeat Discord's words, asking if Discord had seen this coming, Discord weakly replied, "I... did... I truly did," finishing his sentence Discord stood up smiling with an eerie grin.

Tirek looked at Discord in confusion, getting ready to speak he suddenly felt a tight sensation in his throat. He felt as if he had inhaled something... DISGUSTING. Suddenly beginning to choke Tirek had started to hack and cough. "Ugh... What is going ... ON?! Discoooorrrd!" Discord hovering from behind Tirek laughed, mocking Tirek for believing in him, suddenly breaking from his laughter he had given Tirek a dead gaze.

"I didn't want to believe that you would betray me. You had said you were my friend... And I believed you. But I had to... be sure. Now I have my answer," Discord saying to Tirek in calm anger. Tirek attempted to grab Discord only to fail as a dummy doll had been left into Tirek's grip. "I had truly thought you would be different. Those ponies... None of them wanted to be my friend. Even when I had truly meant it when I said that I was reformed. None of them truly wanted to be my friend." Fluttershy shouting that Discord's statement was false, that she had been a true friend to Discord. "REALLY!? Is forcing a pony to become some pony that he isn't truly friendship?! Face it you didn't want me as a friend. You only wanted to change me! You didn't want me for me! You wanted the me who would have been most convenient for you! None of you are any better! Rainbow Dash has no clue how to take a joke, and she and Pinkie Pie are pranksters! Applejack and Rainbow Dash also talked badly of me behind my back whenever they think I'm not around! Rainbow Dash just 5 minutes ago stated that I was slacking on the one job that would had been me being a truly reformed pony! Applejack just earlier had said 'good riddance stating that it was good that I wasn't around! Rarity rubbed it in my face when I was sick of my mistakes! Would any true friends do any of that?! And Pinkie Pie... She... Well actually no I don't think she did anything at all..." Pinkie despite the inappropriate time, gave a triumphant and prideful smirk, "... BUT STILL!" Clouds had begun to turn pink, as chocolate rain began to fall, the land slowly shifting colors in patterns, and houses began to tear from the ground. "I am Discord! I don't need friends! You all decided I was a bad guy, when all I wanted to do was be myself! Even when I had decided to change you all saw me as an annoyance of an existence! Do friends truly do that?! If you can't love me as a friend, you will all fear me as a tyrant!" Lightning had begun to strike all around Discord, none of the strikes attacking the cage, yet all around them.

Tirek taking a couple stepped back staring at the scenery in confusion and at Discord himself, “Don't think you'll be the one to rule Equestria! As a matter of fact, don't expect to live to see me rule! " Tirek had charged at Discord with his arm out for a lariat, with a snap of Discord's claws Tirek had run through 10 clouds of cotton candy. "... What is this?! You clown! I'll have your head on a platter!" Discord now ready for what's to come had held out a red cape, wearing a bull fighter uniform, teasing Tirek. Finally breaking free of the cotton candy clouds Tirek had roared with rage, reaching out towards Discord with both hands, "I'll tear you in half you freak of nature!" Grabbing a hold of Discord, Tirek literally torn him in two. The ponies gasped in shock, Fluttershy giving a blood curling scream looked away in terror. Yet suddenly a familiar voice was almost immediately heard.

"Do you not remember? When you attempted to attack me, I had split my face in half. But a buddy of mine should remind you." Suddenly there were 2 Discords. Then 10 then 100. "I am the embodiment of disharmony! With no elements of harmony to turn me to stone, nothing stands in my way! Not even you Tirek!" All the clones of Discord yell taking turns to yell a word. Snapping yet again chocolate rain showers over Tirek's head. Tirek attempted to move away from the rain but tripped over a plastic pool that seemed to be collecting the chocolate milk. Inflatable pools collecting all the chocolate milk were scattered across the land, making it a nuisance to attempt another charging attack. Angered from the joke Tirek screams yet again, as he yells multiple fish shaped soup tureen appear in front of Tirek's face. Tirek now in confusion had been sprayed by the tureens. Tirek yelling yet again had actually shouted in pain from being sprayed in the eyes with hot soup. Threatening Discord yet again, Discord and his clones look at him mockingly clapping their hands enjoying the show. Tirek then began to blast down the clones with bright red lasers shooting from the center of his horns. Twilight's house had, gotten blown away in the cross fire, yet somehow Owlicious had somehow been out of the house despite living there with Twighlight, almost as if he wasn't in there to begin with. It wasn't long until all clones were gone.

"Discord, come out you coward!" Tirek shouted, shaking the ground from the mere sound of his voice. Suddenly black thorny vines had suddenly shot out of the ground wrapping around Tirek. "ARG! What are these?!" Tirek shouted in confusion, black plants had rose from the vines and sprayed Tirek with gases beginning to choke Tirek along with the vines, restraining his arms and neck. "E-egnuf..." Tirek could barely make out, an orange glow coming from the middle of his horns, a laser cuts through all of the plants. "Where are you?!" Tirek shouts at the sky tearing the vines from his neck. Suddenly Tirek felt something hit his tongue... *Gulp* "What?! What was that?!" Tirek shouted in confusion. Picking something off the side of his cheek he examines it, “A... Black seed?" Suddenly a snap echoes through the land, as Discord finally appears sitting on a throne in front of Tirek. Tirek looking around laughs at Discord, “Was that all?! Is this how you surrender? By giving me a throne? Don't think a cheap throne will buy my mercy. I always knew you were a clown, you could never do anything more than joke around! Sure you can get annoying but when it comes to fighting you can't do-ugh-..." Tirek had suddenly felt something in his stomach, something horrible coming around, almost as if he were about to puke. No, he felt... Something worse...

"I heard suffocation was quite a painless way to perish, so don't worry, there SHOULD be no pain," Discord explained. As Tirek attempted to ask what had been done, black vines shot from his nose, ears, and mouth. Tirek grabbing the vines, had attempted to tear them from his throat, he was unable to breathe, the thorns of the vines, poking at his throat, and insides, the roots being too thick to pull out of his stomach. Discord sat back at his throne, staring at Tirek with bored eyes, drinking from a fancy glass. Tirek enraged to his limits began walking to Discord his laser glowing from his horns... But beginning to fade... Finally collapsed. Discord coming down from his throne picked up Tirek's head, he was still alive, Discord had opened Tirek's mouth and as he snapped his claw, magical essence flew from Tirek's mouth and into the air, yet nothing happened, it took a while but he had shrunk down to his normal small size. The Pegasi remained flightless, the Earth Ponies still weakened, and the Unicorns still powerless.

Discord snapped his fingers and a portal to Tartarus appeared, he picked up Tirek and threw him into the portal, snapping again to close it. Discord had looked back at the cage, from which his ex-friends had been imprisoned. With a snap of his fingers his ex-friends were released, as they looked at him in fear, for without the elements of harmony to fight back, they were powerless. Even Rainbow Dash was discouraged. Fluttershy had flown up to Discord for whatever reason, but Discord was in no mood to see her face. He frowned, his ears sinking as he sat upon his throne. Discord snapped and his chair began to rise into the air walls forming around him to make a cottage floating in the sky.

Author's Note

This is pretty much how I imagined Season 4 episode 26 could have ended if Discord had been able to fight Tirek!

With Ponyville transformed once more to Discord's Utopia how will Twilight handle Discord? How Will Twilight get the Key of Magic to open the box from the Tree of Harmony?! Stay tuned!

Chapter 2: The Game Ends Now

“Okay, I think I’m getting the hang of this,” Twilight proudly states, teleporting from cliff to cliff. Suddenly in an erratic burst of magic coursed through her, causing her to teleport from place to place, from Canterlot, to Appleloosa, to the middle of nowhere, conveniently trapped in between two huge boulders. “Ugh this is so irritating…” Twilight complained to herself. Within her vision she had noticed something strange floating in the air… A house. And a floating house could only mean one thing. “Discord? Wait… That’s where Ponyville is,” Twilight had talked herself in confusion, “What does he think he is doing?” With another glow of her horn Twilight teleported out from in between the rocks and began to fly at top speed to ponyville. Looking at everything below her she had begun examining the scenery. Patterned lands of purple and pink, cotton candy clouds that rained chocolate, ballerina Bison… This was without a doubt Discord’s doing. Landing in town square Twilight announces to the Bison, “Don’t worry! I’ll dispel the curse on you folks.” The Bison confused at what Twilight had been talking about she asked them, “I’ll get rid of this spell that’s forcing you to dance like this!”

“For your information this is how we normally dance!” One of the Bison had shouted at Twilight, the lot turning their heads and walking away with style. Twilight who was dumbfounded, had her confusion interrupted by the call of Spike.

“Twilight! Discord…has gone… mad…. And…” Spike had run to Twilight’s side, out of breath unable to catch his breath. Twilight had interrupted Spike advising him to wait a minute for him to catch his breath before speaking. Finally doing so Spike took in a large breath of air and said all at once,” Discord betrayed us and locked us in a cage, and took our powers, and teamed up with Tirek to take over Equestria, but then Tirek betrayed Discord and tried to take HIS magic, but Discord was prepared for it to happen and wound up fighting Tirek!” Gasping for air he continued ,”It was actually a really one sided battle, Discord was ripped in half but put himself back together, then he played around with Tirek until he was tired, then he wrapped Tirek in those black vines that nearly overcame Equestria, and choked Tirek to near death by forcing some of the seeds down his throat!” Finally beginning to talk normally Spike stated,” It was awesome! It would look cool in comic book form, but seeing it in person is a whole lot cooler!”

Twilight who was letting the idea of Discord being a hero sink in suddenly came to a realization. “Wait. If Discord saved you guys… Then why does Ponyville look like this?” Twilight had asked. Spike had then explained to Twilight how Discord had ranted that no pony truly wanted to be his friend, and no pony accepted him, and how he stated that if no pony would love him as a friend, he would be feared as a tyrant. Twilight closed her eyes and sighed,” I fear Discord may need to be taken down once more. I may not have the elements of harmony, but I have all the Alicorn magic in Equestria! Where is he?” Spike pointed at a house floating in the sky, spinning in circles. “Is… Is that Fluttershy’s cottage?” Twilight asked.

“No it’s not,” Fluttershy had stated walking to Twilight along with the rest of the group, coming together from different directions. Twilight looking at each one of them, she asked Fluttershy where they all had been. Fluttershy began to explain,” Well… I heard Spike explain so you know most of the story, but after we were released from the cage, everypony got their strengths back. We had to check on our family before we came back to confront Discord. So I had to go back to my cottage.” Twilight looked at Fluttershy in confusion and looked up to the floating, spinning cottage asking Fluttershy if that was her cottage. Fluttershy then began to explain further,” That’s just it. I thought that it was my cottage, so I flew up to go rescue Angel. But when I got up there, I saw my cottage off in the distance, still on the ground and intact.” Fluttershy looked down to the ground then back up at the sky. “Twilight I think Discord is really hurt, I think maybe he could possibly be good again!” Fluttershy stated.

The whole group flinching to Fluttershy’s words every pony stared her down in confusion,” Again?! When has Discord ever been ‘good?!’ Look Fluttershy, I’m sure your hearts in the right place, but Discord is evil! Look at our surroundings! He is wreaking havoc all over Ponyville! Look the cotton candy clouds are raining chocolate milk, the ground is checkerboard patterned, and those bison are doing ballet!” Rainbow Dash shouted at Fluttershy,” These are all the signs that show that Discord is out of control!”

Twilight looked around Ponyville and came to a realization,” We have to go confront Discord now.” With a flash of her horn Twilight teleported the group into the rotating cottage. Yet for some reason the inside of the cottage wasn’t rotating. Applejack who was confused that the cottage wasn’t spinning opened the front door, surely enough the world outside the door was spinning yet, the inside of the house remained normal. Getting dizzy Applejack closed the door, and there he was, laying on the couch. “Discord.” Twilight greeted Discord.

“Oh my look! It’s princess Twilight! So I see you STOLE the powers of the other princesses, mwa ha, ha, ha! I always knew you thought of yourself as better than everypony else! You even went far enough to make yourself the most powerful pony in all of Equestria!” Discord had taunted Twilight, yet Twilight had closed her eyes to Discord. “Oh my, the silent treatment! Even worse than Fluttershy’s stare! Stop! Stop! It pains me! Gah ha, ha, ha!” Twilight remained unmoved, this had begun to annoy the group, along with Discord becoming annoyed from being ignored. Discord finally shouts,” Why aren’t you saying anything?!” Regaining his cool he smiles and states,” Or perhaps you are just too good to talk to me? Am I unworthy? Maybe I shall go onto the others? Applejack the workaholic busybody? Rainbow Dash the lazy and barely literate bronze for thoughts? Pinkie Pie the out of control maniac? Rarity the overdramatic drama queen? Fluttershy the pony with the phobia of everything? Or perhaps I should go onto little Spike the sidekick that’s only called upon when he is convenient for every pony else. Though I find that quite relatable. Perhaps I should banish you all to Tartarus along with Tirek, for you all to rot until your final days! ”

Twilight finally opening her eyes to Discord, finally began to talk,” You are so full of it Discord. You wouldn’t harm us in any way.” Discord burst into laughter until Twilight began to speak again,” You are just trying to get me to turn you into stone! I may not have been able to before, maybe not even Celestia and Luna were able to. But I have the power of 4 alicorns, and you assume I can just turn you into stone! But I know you’d rather have us forgive you!” The group looked upon one another in confusion, Discord outraged had begun to shout.

“And do pray tell why in the world I would want to be turned to stone?! You really think I would want to go back to my stone imprisonment? Why in the wide, wide, WIDE, world of Equestria would I defeat Tirek merely just to become a stone statue in some cheap garden? Do you not see the chaos being wrecked? I made it rain chocolate milk from cotton candy rain clouds! I made the land covered in pretty checker boarded colors, and made floating houses,” Discord had begun to rant.

Twilight had spoken up once more,” Ah-ha! So you don’t deny that you’d rather have our forgiveness!” Discord and flipped his claw in rejection and claimed to have not gotten enough time to deny it. Twilight however was not convinced,” You say you made the chocolate rain happen yet why is it that underneath each cloud is an inflatable pool collecting the chocolate milk?” Discord had argued that some pony else must have done it when Tirek was finally defeated. Twilight continued ,”Then tell me out of all the houses you could have made float you decided to create a house, and Fluttershy’s no less!” Discord still denying everything had turned his head and turned the couch facing the wall. Twilight however teleported Discord back to face her,” You made a cottage to float into the sky because you didn’t want to trouble any pony else! Didn’t you? And you chose Fluttershy’s cottage out of anypony else’s, because she was the one you treat the best! The checkered patterned floor is no big deal that can easily be fixed! But don’t think I didn’t notice the one thing you always do, when you were ‘letting loose!’ You didn’t manipulate any of the animals! Because you knew that it would have been an ordeal to fix! Even now you are taunting us so that I will turn you to stone, because you are just too ashamed of yourself to ask for forgiveness!” Twilight had panted from her ranting, out of breath from all her yelling.

Suddenly the sound of a snap was heard, and a bundle of thornless black vines grabbed the group, all except Twilight, pulling them into a cage. Applejack shouted,” Twilight! Quit trying to coax Discord! Can’t you see you are just trying to make a friend out of a villain?!” Discord agreed with Applejack, stating that Twilight was being too optimistic and reading too much into too little information.

Discord snapped once more and every pony was teleported to the field where Twilight’s house once stood. “My house! My books… Owlicious!” Twilight yelled in distraught. Owlicious suddenly flew in and sat on Twilight’s back, hooting at her. “Who… Who could have done this?”

Discord smiled and shouted,” Why who else, but me! I figured why not destroy Twilight’s house just to further prove that I was betraying her to rule Equestria! At first I thought ,"Why not fill it with shredded books? Or maybe even filled to the brim with pudding! But I figured this was more cynical,” Spike had yelled to Twilight to explain that Discord was lying, but with a snap of Discord’s claw, Spike was unable to open his mouth which was now zippered shut. “Now do you see? I am not playing around,” Discord sang, “I am going to get rid of you just like I did to Tirek! But you know what? I’ll use your friends just like what Tirek was going to do, but more fair. I am going to fight you, and if you fail to defeat me, your friends will be banished to Tartarus! Not as prisoners however… As Cerberus’ chew toys!”

Twilight stood her ground and asked Discord,” Why are you doing this? Weren’t we friends?” Discord laughed at Twilight’s question, he had even shed a tear from how hard he laughed. He asked her if she really had just asked such a silly question. Asking if she really thought of him as a friend. He had stated that she had treated him just like the other ponies, as a nuisance. Like back when he was sick. “That’s no fair!” Twilight replied,” You were pretending to be sick so you could ruin my day with Cadence!”

“Oh. Do you honestly think that was the only reason I did that?” Discord asked with a pout. “Just as I had stated that day, I was in my thinking tree, and I thought to myself, Twilight never writes. Yet she calls me a friend.” Twilight replied the same as that day, stating she had no clue where Discord even lived, which only angered Discord,” You never asked! You didn’t even have to ask me, you could have asked dear o-… You could have just asked Fluttershy! But even if you did ask her, would you have really written to me? One day you are declaring that you want me to be a good guy and I finally comply, I say that I’ll use my powers for good, but no… That wasn’t enough. You never even tried to use my powers for so much as helping an old pony cross a street, not even Celestia herself attempted to make use of me. I just wanted to have fun, but you all shunned me for it, still calling me a nuisance even after declaring that I would use my powers for good!”

Twilight finally began to shout in anger, she had finally become fed up with Discord's words,” Enough! You are just looking for excuses so that you don’t have to apologize! You can’t face what you did to the ponies of Equestria, and even more you won’t forgive yourself for what you did! That is why you are doing all this!” Discord became outraged, stating that it was insulting that Twilight was pretending to know him so well, when she herself never gave him the chance to show her himself while he wasn’t causing trouble. Stating that he didn’t need friends, Discord held his claw up ready to snap, until Twilight interrupted one last time,” If this is all true… Why do you wear that necklace?” Discord looked down at his neck, “Spike had explained to me in detail what had happened, he had told me about that necklace having a special meaning that Tirek gave to you, to show that you two were truly friends.” Discord stated that he merely liked the design, but Twilight shot that down,” Lies! You just wanted to keep the one gift you had ever got from some pony you thought was a friend. You didn’t want to lose the one present that represented that some pony had finally accepted you for who you really were, but there is no reason for you to hold onto that when it was given to you by some pony who betrayed you! I know you don’t want to hurt us, or else why would the black vines wrapped around our friends have no spikes?” Discord held the necklace in his tiger paw, still ready to snap with his claw, he closed his eyes thinking deeply.

“This is the last straw Twilight. The games are over,” Discord had announced. With the snap of his claw Twilight’s friends appeared behind him, and a gate to Tartarus was placed beside them. Twilight still calm stated that Discord didn’t have to do this. That he still had one last chance to do the right thing. That he could truly end the games now, by just putting them down. Rainbow Dash still outraged had kept up her smack talk, talking down to Discord and telling Twilight to just turn him into stone. Twilight commanding Rainbow Dash to be quiet the others do the same. The group started apologizing, telling Discord that they were sorry for treating him so poorly. Looking into Twilight’s eyes he felt a shine and glow go through his eyes.

"I just... I held an immature grudge against you for turning me into a liar... And for flooding Sweet Apple Acres..." Applejack had admitted.

Rarity had complained, "You had me carry a giant boulder all day... And I got my hooves dirty after I had just gotten a hooficure... I suppose it was petty of me to stay mad when in reality it wasn't that bad..."

Pinkie Pie explained," I just wanted to tell you about my life! But then you distracted me with balloons!"

Rainbow Dash stared at the floor, then mumbled, until she was then smacked by Apple Jack. Rainbow begrudgingly admitted ,"I suppose I didn't really have a real reason to dislike you... I mean all you really did to me was make me take a nap and feel lazy for a couple hours..." Rainbow turned her head in a pout still expressing that she didn't like having to apologize to Discord.

Twighlight bowed her head to Discord, not in surrender or anything of the sort, but as an apology ," I as a princess should have been setting an example for my subjects. I should have forgiven you, and have treated you like a real friend when you chose to start anew. And if you'd like, i'd be happy to send an apology letter."

Fluttershy smiled at Discord taking a step forward ,"I may have been scared of you when we first met, but I know deep down you are a real sweety. But I admit I first befriended you because Celestia asked me to... But I'd be honored to be your friend once more... But to be your friend not out of obligation, but because I REALLY want to."

Discord began to think. They all look so genuinely sorry. Aside Rainbow Dash that is, but still he could have 6 friends and a Spike that would forgive him if he would just end the game he had only started 10 minutes ago. His claw began to tremble, his eyes closed, his grip on the pendant, Discord was ready to do the unforgivable. Suddenly the sound of Spike’s voice was let out,” Twilight! Discord wasn’t the one who destroyed your house, it was Tirek! Discord saved Owlicious, I even saw him snap to do it!” Discord turned around to see Spike, who had somehow broken free from his mouth zipper, and melted the cage bars to release himself and every pony else. “Discord, I know you feel like you are being used, but that isn’t the case!” Discord looked upon spike keeping his claw in a snapping shape just in case, Discord asked Spike to continue and that he had his full attention. “There are just somethings that other ponies can’t do, that’s why they have to rely on other ponies for help! I know that sometimes it seems that no one wants your help unless they absolutely need it. I mean the only thing I got going for me these days is helping Twilight with nonsense, or digging gems for Rarity." Rarity gave a guilty smile looking away and at every pony continuously, whilst Twilight had just called out at Spike insulted from hearing that she only called on Spike for nonsense. Spike continued," Earth Ponies can’t raise crops properly if Pegasi don’t control the weather, that’s why Pegasi are the ones to do it. You have a special power to control all the chaos in the world! You could be the one that every pony looks to for help! It may take time, but it could surely happen!” Discord’s eyes opened wide, that didn’t sound bad at all to him, and he could be adored, and praised. As long as he stayed within certain boundaries, he would be admired. “It’s all up to you to make that decision Discord,” Spike stated.

Discord looked at his claw and he felt his grip loosen... Yet still. He snapped, sending all the other ponies and Spike into a panic. But they felt something... Different. A wave of magic filled the air, the floating house disappearing, the checker boarded ground returned to their natural colors. Discord took off his necklace and gave it to Twilight,” Tirek tricked me into believing that he could offer me something more valuable than friendship. But there is nothing worth more. I see that now. He lied when he said that this medallion was given as a sign of gratitude and loyalty. But when I say that is a sign of our true friendship, I am telling the truth.” The medallion then shined and glowed just as Discord felt his eyes do the same. “If you all are willing to forgive this mistake that I have made, I promise to devote myself to forever making sure, that my magic is only used for good… and fun,” he winked. Pinkie Pie was the first to jump yelling in glee from the word fun. Applejack looked at the medallion and asked Twilight if she thought that the medallion could have been the key that would be made from the lesson of magic. Twilight agreeing began to run towards the Tree of Harmony’s chest. Walking up towards the chest Twilight held the medallion up toward the chest, and surely enough it turned into a key. Discord suddenly said in shock,” Hey! That was a gift! If you didn’t like it you could have returned it,” Discord turned away from Twilight and frowned. Twilight feeling guilty tapped Discord’s shoulder, only for Discord’s head to turn backwards and shout,” Just kidding!”

Twilight announced that she believed she and her friends had to turn the keys together, while doing so the chest opened and they dissolved into the chest shooting out of it as a rainbow before exposing themselves as transformed magical beings. Fluttershy and Rainbow Dash flew across the skies granting Pegasi their ability to fly once more, Pinkie Pie and Applejack ran across the land granting Earth Ponies their strength, while Rarity and Twilight ran across the land granting magic back to the unicorns. Lastly as everything began to go back to normal, the chest floated from the sky and into the land Twilight’s house once stood, sprouting from the ground a castle. One musical number later, Discord was given the diary that Twilight and her friends often wrote in. Twilight and the others explained to Discord that all of their friends wrote in it, so he should do so as well. Discord’s heart ached from the kindness and privilege from being able to write in it. Discord sighed and tore out his fang and began writing in the diary,” Today was probably the beginning of the best day of my life, although it didn’t go as planned, and I sadly won’t become king of Equestria, I am fine with that. Today I have learned that there are simply things that not every pony can do, and that it’s sometimes up to other ponies to do them… Whether they like to or not it’s a duty that some pony has to do. I have also learned that lying to hide shame isn’t good, because no matter how horrible a thing you had done, real friends will always hear out what you have to say and forgive you.” Snapping his claw all of Ponyville appeared before him, including Princesses Celestia, Luna, Cadence, and even Shining Armor. Discord took a bow and yelled, “I, Discord am very, truly sorry.” All of ponyville applauded and cheered for Discord, most had seen Discord take down Tirek, and hadn’t even known that Discord was about to become a Tyrant, to some Discord was now a hero. With one last snap, the diary flashes, Twilight and the gang looking into the book they all laugh, for Discords last words in the diary were ,”I have finally learned, that truly, Friendship is Magic.”

Author's Note

Ah god it took me so long to reread and edit this. Hope every pony likes it!