Luna had felt it last night, and so did Celestia. That being said, they didn’t think Stardust had felt it at all. Giving how much magic withdrawal she had gone through from being part of the Tree of Harmony, they doubt she couldn’t tell what magic felt like, something everypony could do, even Earth Ponies. She probably couldn’t even see what had happened with Starlight one week ago, given how she didn’t stop moving even after it appeared. That didn’t stop most others by realizing something. Somepony was tampering with harmony, or more specifically, the former bearers of them.

Even after giving the Elements of Harmony back to the Tree of Harmony, they had stayed connected to those that had once used them. If anything happened to one of the element bearers, every unicorn, pegasi, and earth pony would be able to feel, all except for the oblivious Stardust. It was for that reason Celestia had called all the princesses together for a meeting. Twilight arrived around mid-day, after dropping of Stardust at school. Rainbow, or Phoenix, or whoever the heck was using the body at the time, was going to pick them up and practice flying.

Flying lessons were serving a secondary purpose as well, which Twilight had only mentioned to Heart Anchor and (while she couldn’t see them) Phoenix Flower. It was they were going to use to try and place together Stardust’s memories. That’s why it was so important to have Phoenix Flower in Rainbow Dash's body, because she could trigger memories of their friendship together. Considering how that was one of Stardust’s only friends, it shouldn’t be that difficult, especially since the seen Phoenix was going to bring up only two ponies were there for.

Twilight walked inside the castle and was greeted by Celestia, who had been her mentor for so long. Celestia looked at her former student, unable to believe how much she had grown. Celestia always found it kind of funny how she almost never saw Twilight after the alicorn, or unicorn at the time had become the bearer of the Element of Magic. That happened six years ago, and it seemed since then they just never really had time to chat, at least informally.

They took seats in a meeting room, waiting for Luna and Cadance to show up. Luna showed up not much later, but it took Cadance an hour to arrive after that. “Sorry to keep you waiting,” She apologized “Things have been kind of crazy the past few days,’

“It’s fine,” Celestia said in a calm manner before turning more serious “Now that we are here, it’s time we talked about something we know happened last night,”

“You’re talking about one of my friends I presume?” Twilight asked, getting nods from the princesses. “It’s true, I did feel something strange last night, not long after the meeting broke up. It was as if I felt something in me broke, but other than that I don’t get exactly what happened,”

“I felt it not long after my dream chat with Stardust last night,” Luna said, explaining her side of it. “And it felt very much the same as what Twilight had described,”

“You don’t think it was Chrysalis, right?” Cadance asked.

“I don’t think so,” Twilight replied. “I think it might have been somepony else, but I don’t know who. All I can confirm is that Rainbow Dash wasn’t the one affect. That’s for sure,”

Luna thought about it for a moment, who would have done something like this? She didn’t know anyone in ponyville that might cause something like this. It had to be somepony who didn’t live in the region, but had something against the elements of harmony, or maybe Stardust. She realized something, her mouth hanging open as she remembered something. The other princesses looked at her in confusion, not knowing what was going on.

“Is something wrong Luna?” Celestia asked, seeing the terror in her sister’s eyes.

“Diminshia,” She whispered. Celestia’s eyes widened as she heard the name, realizing what Luna had.

“Is something wrong?” Twilight asked, not knowing what was going on.

“Yes Twilight,” Celestia said scared. “Something is very, very wrong,”

Sonnet looked at the small cottage in front of her, not believing what she was seeing. This is where Discord, the embodiment of Chaos, was living. Part of her thought she once standing in front of the wrong house, but considering this is what Heart Anchor had told her, she wasn’t going to argue with it. Taking a long sigh, she knocked on the door, waiting for Discord to open it. Instead she got a pony who she almost mistook for Dandelion while she was disguised, but realized it wasn’t when she saw the long pink hair.

“H-hello there,” The pony said, almost whispering “Can I um… help you?”

“Sorry,” Sonnet apologized “I don’t know if you happen to know where I can find someone named Discord?”

“Oo, really,” Sonnet froze up, slowly moving her head to see Discord standing right behind her. “I didn’t expect to see a writer like you miss Crescent Moon. Oh sorry, I forgot, you go by Sonnet now, right?”

Sonnets eye twitched at the mention of the name. It was a reminder of what her family was, and was something most ponies have long since forgotten. It was a bit of a switch to her, and it was something almost never pulled.

“Did you,” She said her left eye twitching rapidly “Just call me Crescent?”

The pony with pink hair moved up to Sonnets side, putting her hoof around the writers back. “It’s okay, Discord is just like that sometimes,” She said. “Um… My names Fluttershy. You’re Sonnet?”

As Fluttershy spoke, Sonnet became less tense. She let out another sigh as she finally calmed down, her eye not twitching. It was good that they had only seen it that far, or else it wouldn’t have been as pretty.

“Thank you,” Sonnet said, “Discord, I was hoping to chat with you about a certain pony. A pony named Diminshia to be more exact,”

Discord looked at her curiously. “That’s a name I haven’t heard in some time,” He said curiously “Would you mind telling me why you would want to chat about her,”

“Because you have a history with her,” Sonnet explained, “A history that might have just killed another pony, and is endangering another,”

“You mean that no good selfish princess Stardust is back?” Discord asked “I didn’t think I would live to see the day,”

“Selfish?” Sonnet asked confused. She hadn’t met the princess yet but didn’t imagine that was discription she would get. “How exactly was Stardust selfish?”

“Oh well I’m sure she doesn’t act that way now,” Discord replied “Probably has memory loss or something like that, but she wouldn’t have been in the mess she was in if she wasn’t so power hungry. That’s the problem with her cutie mark honestly, you want to say I did anything I say I actually helped her?”

“And how would that be?” Sonnet asked

“Um… You want to come on in?” Fluttershy invited “You would have a place to sit while you… talk, I guess,”

“It’s okay Fluttershy,” Sonnet replied, “We shouldn’t trouble you that much. Besides, it wouldn’t be right to make you give up your house when we don’t live there as well,”

“Actually,” Fluttershy said, “Discord and I have been living together for a few months now,”

Sonnet looked at Fluttershy confused. “What?” She asked.

“Oh don’t tell me you haven’t heard,” Discord said, “Me and Fluttershy have been dating for sometime. Don’t tell me you never knew,”

Sonnets eye once again started twitching, this time out of disbelief more than anger. How was that even possible? These two seemed like polar opposites yet somehow are dating? She just couldn’t believe it. Then again, this was Discord she was talking to, who knew what a normal day was like to him.

Gotta feel sorry for there kids Sonnet said, thinking of the possible future If they even can have kids. How they hey does something like this even work?

Shaking the thought from her mind, Sonnet got back on topic. “Well I guess since that’s the case it wouldn’t be that much of a problem,”

Sonnet came inside not believing what she was seeing around her. Other than the fact that the house looked completely normal (Celestia knows she wouldn’t get over it) the were also animals running around without any care. She did know who Fluttershy was - even though they never met - and what she did for a living, but this was chaos… oh, right. Guess there was something Discord and Fluttershy had at least in common, that didn’t changed the fact about how this relationship should have never worked. Fluttershy went to get some tea while Discord and Sonnet sat down in the living room, being careful to not squish any animals under her hooves.

“So exactly what about Stardust’s cutie mark made her so selfish?” Sonnet asked curiously.

“Honestly she isn’t a very selfish pony,” Discord admitted “But you probably know what her cutie mark allows her to do right? It allows her to take the talents of other ponies and use them for herself. That would make her powerful, but that’s the problem with power I guess. You become too powerful you start acting selfishly, and that was the true problem when it came to Stardust. She wanted so much power that she almost killed herself doing it, guess you can say I did her a favor when I met her friend,”

“You met Diminshia?” Sonnet asked

“Her name isn’t actually Diminshia,” Discord explained “In truth her name is Clockwork, but she changed it sometime after I met with her. I honestly believe she took the name just because it sounded cool,”

“What happened when you met her? Is that who she is able to control other ponies?” Sonnet continued questioning Discord.

“Well yes, that is the reason she is able to do some rather peculiar things,” Discord said “I did it so she could help Stardust I guess you could say. Getting her out of the picture would have made it easier for me take over. You should have seen the look on her face when I gave her those powers, she was completely amazed I had even helped her,” Discord fell back on his chair laughing as he remembered what had happened.

“Getting her out of the picture,” Sonnet thought about that for a moment before turning her attention back to Discord “If what you are saying is true, then you would be going against what the legend says, right?”

Discord stopped laughing and sat back down. “Do you think the princesses would have known about what really happened if they weren’t even there?” Discord asked rhetorically “The only ones that were actually there at the time was Stardust, Phoenix, and Clockworks. In truth, Celestia simply made up most of what happened in the fairy tale to try and explain to Equestria what happened. Clockworks was the one who had turned Stardust into a pegasus and do you want to know why, because the Stardust couldn’t control her powers anymore and killed Phoenix. That’s when Clockworks took on the name Diminshia, and she was the one who told me what happened,”

Sonnet’s face filled with shock, hearing the words the Discord was saying. The big thing that bothered her was that he was most likely speaking the truth. He was trapped for one thousand years as a statue and because of that still had the best memories of what had happened all those years ago. He could be lying, but something told her he was speaking the truth. If that was the case, then what would happen if Stardust became an alicorn again, would history repeat itself.

“If that’s true,” Sonnet said, “Then the reason Diminshia is after Stardust is because she is afraid of what might happen to Equestria, she wants to stop her friend from doing any harm,”

Discord nodded. “Honestly I don’t know the overall state of Clockworks’ chaotic power, but the if you are trying to keep her away from Stardust your biggest concern is the way she plans to deal with it. If she finds out Stardust is an alicorn she will probably try to kill her,”

Sonnet got up quickly and rushed to the door. “Sorry but I have to leave,” She said with worry. “There’s somepony I need to talk to,”

Author's Note

I honestly didn't think I would get this chapter up tonight but I somehow managed to do it. I feel like the chapters beginning was a bit rough but the rest of it was exactly what I was hoping for. For those wondering, yes, Diminshia (or clockworks) is going to be the main villain of this story mainly because she has the biggest reason to want Stardust dead. Well like, comment, and follow because of you know what and I'll see you all later