The Clown Prince of Equestria

Several hours later, we find Joker putting the finishing touches on his gift to the Mane 6, which looked like a big purple gift box with a big green bow.

"And that should just about do it! They're just gonna love the punchline! Especially if the greedy Miss Belle opens it before opening reading the note," muttered Joker, before giving a small laugh.

His deed done, Joker stood up, streched himself out, and climbed out a nearby window, just as Applejack, Pinkie, and Fluttershy entered the library, followed swiftly by Tom the boulder crashing through the wall, being pushed by the ever-irratated Twilight Sparkle.

"Really, Twilight, you need to be more careful with my darling Tom! You'll ruin his sparkling finish!" Rarity snapped as she entered the library, wiping off Tom as she passed him.

Fluttershy, meanwhile, had filled up a bucket of water, which she then proceeded to dump on the unconcious Spike, jolting him awake.

"WAH! CRAZY CLOWNS ARE ATTACKING!" yelled Spike in fright. After looking around for a moment, Spike realized two things. One: there was a big present sitting in the middle of the library. And two: he was soaking wet and what seemed to be a gray Fluttershy was the culprit.

"Fluttershy, what did you do that for?" asked Spike.

"Because you just looked SO peaceful!" snapped Fluttershy, before flying off to refill her bucket.

Spike ran over to Twilight, who seemed to be the only normal and colorful one of the group. "Twilight, what's going on? Why is everyone so gray? And where in the wide, wide world of Equestria did that present come from?" he asked the highly annoyed unicorn.

"No time to explain, I need you to- wait, present? What present?" asked Twilight.

Spike pointed at the big purple box sitting in the center of the room. Twilight could almost smell the dubiousness of this seemingly harmless present as she walked up to it.

"'To: The Bearers of the Elements of Harmony, From: Mr. J,'" read Twilight just before she was shoved out of the way by Rarity.

"Gimmie that present!" said Rarity, yanking the top off of the box, only to get punched in the face by a large boxing glove on a spring and sent sprawling to the ground amongst cruel laughter from Applejack and Pinkie.

Twilight and Spike however, were a bit more concerned with the present, and who had left it there.

"Spike, you wouldn't happen to know a 'Mr. J,' would you?" Twilight asked the dragon.

"Nope, do you?" asked Spike.

"Nope," said Twilight, examining the box as she spoke. When she looked inside of it, she let out a gasp of shock.

"What is it?" said Spike.

Twilight reached into the box and pulled out a brown leather book with the picture of a golden unicorn on it.

"It's the reference guide to the Elements of Harmony... but, how did it get in here? And more importantly, WHY is it in here?" asked Twilight.

Spike merely shrugged. Fluttershy, meanwhile, had returned with a fresh bucket of water.

"Hey, Twilight, what's soaking wet and clueless?" Fluttershy asked the purple unicorn sorceress, before she dumped the bucket of water on Twilight's head and yanking the reference guide out of her hands. "Your face!"

"Fluttershy! Give me back that book!" yelled Twilight.

With a wicked gleam in her eyes, Fluttershy yelled, "KEEP AWAY!" and tossed the book to Pinkie Pie, who then tossed it to Applejack.

...

Meanwhile, Joker had taken it upon himself to explore the Chaos Capital of The World that had once been Ponyville. So far, he was having a TERRIBLE time. He'd been nearly trampled by ridiculously tall rabbits, stampeded upon by buffalo in tutus, and his outfit had been splattered by pies falling from the sky. In the plus column, though, he was able to get ahold of some free chocolate milk and cotton candy, which he was happily munching on... well, at least until he slipped on a banana peel and dropped everything.

"Oh, son of a bitch!" cursed Joker in anger. "And here I thought this whole Chaos Capital of The World thing might actually be a little fun, with all the cotton candy and chocolate milk."

Nearby, a voice chuckled. "Oh, my, I wasn't expecting a tourist to pass through my Chaos Capital, much less a Displaced."

Joker sat up and looked around. He knew that voice anywhere... and found it very difficult not to go full-on fanboy on him. "Where are you, Discord?" he said.

"Why, I'm right here, of course," said Discord, who appeared in a flash of light in front of Joker. "So, tell me, who exactly did that merchant turn you into?"

Joker frowned as much as his face would allow. "How do you know about the merchant?" he asked Discord, who laughed.

"As a master of chaos, I pride myself on knowing the dealings of  other troublemakers. In particular, the very merchant who arranged your transformation and arrival here in Equestria," said Discord.

Before Joker could say anything else, an alarm suddenly appeared, ringing loudly. "Oh, will you look at that! It seems those girls have found the Elements of Harmony! Sorry, pal, gotta run!" said Discord, before disappearing in a flash of light.

Joker stood up and brushed himself off. If he recalled correctly, then the Elements of Harmony were about to fail miserably at stopping Discord... and THAT would be quite the show.

...

And he was right.

As Joker watched from the shadows, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Twilight,  Applejack, Fluttershy, and Spike tried to harness the power of the Elements of Harmony in an attempt to imprison Discord within stone once again, the Earth seemed to shake... before the Elements' glow abruptly faded, and the Elements fell flat on their faces.

"What's going on?" asked Twilight, confused and worried.

"Mah Element's workin' just fine. There must be somethin' wrong with yours," said Applejack.

"I hate the Elements of Harmony!" snapped Pinkie Pie.

Fluttershy then removed her Element of Kindness and tossed it over her shoulder. "Garbage!" she said.

No sooner had Fluttershy's Element had hit the ground than did Rarity dive for it with a scream of, "MINE!"

Knowing a lost cause when he saw one, Spike removed the Element of Loyalty, placed it on the ground, and began to slowly back away. "Well, that didn't work. I'd better get inside the library and clean up in there," he said before he broke into a run. "Good luck with all th- OOF!" Spike said as he tripped over Fluttershy's tail.

"Whoopsie! Sorry, 'Rainbow Crash,'" snickered Fluttershy as Spike picked himself up and ran back to the library.

Discord, meanwhile, was applauding. " Bravo, ponies! Bravo! Harmony in Equestria is now officially dead! Discord now rules over all! I've beaten Celestia!" he said, laughing as he ice skated away on the soap roads.

"Welp, Ah'd better get outta here! Ah got new, BETTER friends waitin' fer me at the farm," said Applejack.

"Me too!" said the other three grayscale ponies, before they each went their separate ways.

Twilight growled in frustration. "Fine! Go! With friends like you, who needs..." said Twilight before she gave a heavy sigh. "...enemies."

On the word "enemies," Twilight Sparkle turned the same shade of gray that her former friends had been. A gloomy and depressed look on her face, and a cotton candy cloud pouring chocolate milk rain over her head, Twilight shuffled off through the chaotic landscape, all while Joker watched.

"Now, that, Discord, is NOT funny," Joker muttered under his breath.