"So, Discord, care to tell us why else you are here?" Luna asked their newest alliance member. Shadowsky, meanwhile, was pouring over the map again, and reading intelligence, listening to the conversation with half an ear.

"Yes, here." Discord reached into a pocket and pulled out a photo of a very familiar pony. Twilight and Celestia were stunned. The photo of Fluttershy was well worn, and had obviously been in Discord's pocket for a long time. "She... Well, I cant put it into words, but seeing what has become of her... The caribou turning her into what she is..." The big figure sighed, and tucked the photo away.

Shadowsky reached over and used his hand to close Luna's mouth, and Twilight did the same for Celestia. "Well... we need Chaos right now... The magical field created by the crystal cock make mares want to submit. If we can get the elements back together, we might have a chance at cancelling out the magic." Twilight mused.

Discord nodded," I felt the magic being put off by the Crystal, and I do think that the perversion of the Heart is the cause of the ease of the takeover." He nodded thanks to a soldier who had brought them all coffee, and he sipped the black liquid.

"So, if we can re-shape the heart, we have a chance of turning the males back?" Twilight asked.

Celestia sighed,"It is a bit more complicated than that. The re-shaping of the heart removed material. Perhaps with the magic of the Elements we could re-seal the pieces together. But we would have to get the Elements here, and some of them are much more turned that the others." Celestia finished, hinting at Rarity and Fluttershy.

Luna nodded, "So, it affects females as well as males?" she asked Discord.

"Yes, it brings out the dominant side of the males, and gets rid of their morals. Of course, like any mentally manipulating magic, it can be resisted by strong minds. The effect on females is a bit more pronounced, in that it makes them crave sex, as well as bringing out the submissive side of the mare. Again, same deal on the magic resistance." Discord replied. As the Lord of Chaos, he had a special interest in this type of magic, in that he used it to cause disorder, a subtle nudge here, a large push there, could cause a lot of chaos.

Shadowsky absentmindedly twirled a dagger in his hand as he spoke, "So, if we could either isolate the crystal and repair it, or we can create a Faraday cage around it to keep the magic contained." He got a lot of odd looks from the ponies in the room.

"What the hay is a Faraday cage?" Twilight asked, wondering what this device could be.

"It basically re--routs and grounds any current generated within the area of it's influence. For example, if I were to stand in a Faraday cage and throw a lighting bolt, it would be rendered harmless, the same thing would happen if you attempted to throw a lighting bolt at me, it would be grounded, and I would be unharmed." Shadowsky gave a quick and dirty explanation. "I don't know if there is an equivalent for magic, but if there is, it might work."

Twilight mused over this new revelation, then looked at her mentor,"Celestia, do you know anything that could do this?" The white alicorn rested her muzzle in her hands, thinking.

"Yeees," Celestia drawled..."We would need the Elements to make it, but with enough magical power, and a fine enough mesh, there are enchantments we must cast, and we will need a lot of power. It will take a lot of power to create the magic weaves to ground out the kind of magic from the crystal cock." She finished speaking, looking at the others arrayed around the table.

Luna looked at her sister, "We would also have to hide the crystal cock, so that they could not undo our work while we figured out how to repair it. And if we could develop the spell farther, we could put it in the armor of our troops, giving them an even greater edge, keeping them from having to focus on repressing the nature that is brought forth by the crystal." She mused, knowing that the soldiers were capable of resisting the urges, they were trained to, but that could take some of the edge off of their combative abilities.

"Sooo, we need to rescue the rest of the elements and bring them here, so that we can get them away from the effects of that perverted crystal, and thereby have enough power to cancel the effects out." Discord said, running his hand along his goatee.

Shadowsky took the dagger he was twirling, and rammed it into the table, pinning a sheet of paper to the oaken surface. "Well, lets get cracking then, we need to rescue the Elements. We know who they are, and once we figure out where they are, we can send teams to rescue them." Discord pulled the knife out of the table and twirled it.

"I want to go with the unit." Discord said, before whipping the dagger into the table, embedding it next to the section on the map where Fluttershy's house used to be. "Because I want my friend back, and it might help her resist if she sees someone she knows." Discord said, his voice leaving no room for argument.

"Very well." Celestia said, and then the Princess of the Sun turned to her most faithful student,"Twilight, go through the library here, and see what you can find out about metals that could hold the spells required." The studious pony rushed off to the the massive library that Stormshadow had, immediately going into researcher mode, a parchment stack and pen next to her as she levitated books down.

Meanwhile, the other leaders of the rebellion clustered in the situation room, trying to figure out where the hell the rest of the Elements were.

Author's Note

So, I am going on the theory that the Crystal Cock is what is causing the mares of the mane six to change, and this is why Fluttershy was collaborating. Also, Shadowsky was originally human, so keep that in mind. I will be writing his backstory at some point.