The others were getting worse. Applejack felt the need to vomit every so often, Fluttershy was gasping from loss of blood, Pinkie Pie clenched her chest from her rapid heart attacks and Rarity felt like she was suffocating. Rainbow Dash was the only one who wasn't sick, not yet anyway. It was only a matter of time before she did. Everyone was equally worried about them, but Rainbow Dash was especially.

"Are you scared?" she asked Discord. He soon realized who he was talking to.

"Yes. I want my Fluttershy to be alright" he replied.

"Me too. I want everyone to be ok. I want this whole mess to stop" Rainbow clenched her jaw. "I never thought that the elements of harmony would be destroyed by one of my friends, and in doing so, she would slowly kill us"

"Me neither. But that's another thing I've learnt about alicorns"

"What?"

"That jealousy can overpower them just like it overpowered Princess Luna"

"Oh" Rainbow sighed. "Why didn't we just invite her?"

"Don't you remember, Dashie? she was having a book-sort cation. She didn't want to be disturbed"

"But only if we did, then she wouldn't be corrupted like this" Rainbow began to tear up to her words "And everypony else including Fluttershy wouldn't be sick right now!"

Discord touched Rainbow's face to wipe her flowing tears away.

"I'm sorry, Discord" she sniffed. "I don't usually get this emotional. But I love my friends, I look out for them, especially Fluttershy. She would always look up to me and I would always help her. But this..this is something I can't help her with!"

"Oh Dashie" Discord lovingly patronized. "Crying is not a good look for you. I like you better when you laugh. Those were some good times"

"Yeah" Rainbow Dash agreed. She continued to look at the ground, they were almost in Ponyville again.

"You're..going to get sick too, aren't you?" Discord whispered.

"Yes. I don't want to, but she destroyed all of the elements of harmony. It's only a matter of time"

She choked in tears just thinking about death, or just getting sick. She had so much she wanted to live for. She was already a reserve in the Wonderbolts. She wanted to become one herself, but knowing that she was connected to the element of loyalty made her heart clench.

"I'm sorry this has to happen to all of you. This is all my fault" Discord apologized, he too was beginning to tear up. Rainbow put her hoof on his paw. "I remember when I first tried to corrupt all of you and curse the land in eternal chaos. That was a lot of fun" He looked down at Fluttershy. He heard her breathing, it was getting more and more staggered.

"Hang in there, Fluttershy" he cried. "I swear I'll save you" He got the glare from Rainbow Dash "And every pony else too" Rainbow tried to smile.

"I'm.." she started. "I'm gonna miss your antics, Discord. That time we spent together was fun!"

"Yes. Yes it was" Discord replied. They both gave each other a hug.

"We're here" Princess Celestia spoke. The ponies stood at the castle. It definitely looked less friendly the more they looked at it. The outside was covered in thorns, but they were still able to get in.

The castle was a dark shade of red, almost the color of blood. It creeped every pony out, especially Rainbow Dash.

"Help!" a voice cried out from inside the castle. Rainbow Dash was the first to react. She kept hearing the cries of the voice. When she got to the destination, it was Spike. He was trapped in a cage.

"Spike!" she called out. She tried to set him free using all of her strength, but it didn't seem to work.

"Let me handle this, rainbow hair" Discord said whilst pushing in front of Rainbow. He clicked his fingers and the cage was gone.

"Oh Thank you so much for getting me out!" he cried.

"Why were you in a cage?" Rainbow asked.

"Twilight put me in here, so I wouldn't escape"

"How is she?"

Spike gulped as he pointed in the general direction. Every pony reacted to what they had seen. Twilight wasn't recognizable anymore. Her once purple mane with pink highlights was now grey with black and white highlights covered in thorns. Her purple eyes were red with a green outside. Her cutie mark which was once a pink star with 5 white ones turned black. And her coat color was a darker shade of purple, like Nightmare Moon was. The Twilight they knew and loved was gone.

"Spike. I told you to stay put!" she growled, her voice sounding much lower. Then she noticed the other ponies. "My My. Isn't this a pleasant surprise. You have finally come to apologize!"

"Yes. Yes we have" Rainbow angrily replied. "But before we do, we just want you to know what you're really doing!"

"Oh I don't need that! I already know. I plan to have this chaos continue until you apologize. So spill it!" The room fell silent. She noticed something was wrong. "Wait. Where's everyone else? I need all of the elements of harmony present, not just loyalty"

"If you really want to know, then see for yourself!" Rainbow replied as she backed away to reveal the sick ponies. Twilight's eyes widened in shock.

"I don't understand, why are they like this?"

"Because of you!"

"Me? What have I done to cause this?"

"You destroyed the elements of harmony. Whilst doing that, you've endangered our lives as well! It won't be long until we all die from this"

"This can't be happening! You can't apologize if you die! I will NEVER be satisfied!" Twilight yelled, stamping her hoof on the ground.

"Is that all you care about?" Rainbow Dash yelled back. "Getting us to friggn' apologize? It wasn't our fault!"

Rainbow felt a pain in her stomach, like piercing. She clenched it really hard.

"Dashie, are you ok?" Discord tried to come to her aid. He helped her up to her feet.

"No" she replied, tears coming out of her eyes again. "It's happening"

"What is?"

"My sickness"

Somehow Rainbow still had enough strength to turn to Twilight's direction.

"Are you going to be alright?" Discord asked.

"I'll be fine" Rainbow confirmed, moving closer to Twilight.

"What, what is happening? What are you doing?" Twilight panicked.

"You can get us to apologize all you want, but we won't do it, you know why? Because it isn't our fault!"

"But it is! You were laughing with Discord. You were part of jokes that I didn't understand. I missed out on the fun!"

"But you don't understand!"

"I understand enough! Why bother being the princess of friendship if your own friends don't tell you how they got along with this monster!"

"OK, that is too harsh! You don't have to make such a bloody deal about this!"

"I do. I am a member of royalty, and it's against Equestrian law if a princess isn't invited to something her friends are part of. They get thrown to prison, I researched it!"

"But we did want to invite you!"

Twilight stood there in shock. Rainbow felt more intense pain in her stomach, but she tried to hide it.

"You girls wanted to invite me?" Twilight softened. "Why didn't you?"

"Because Discord thought it would've been funny if you were left out, to symbolize how much you've changed since coming to Ponyville"

"You call this funny?" Twilight pointed outside. "It's because of Discord that you guys are unwell and I..and I..."

Twilight felt her real self coming back to her. But it didn't last for long.

"And I'm glad that my plan is going so well" she coldly replied.

"Twilight no!" Rainbow cried in pain. "You have no idea what you've done!"

Rainbow Dash finally collapsed on the ground. Discord came to her aid.

"Stay with me, Rainbow Dash! Breathe! Remember sneaky snake? Snaking around? Hiss-terical?"

"Twilight Stop!" Rainbow Dash yelled. "Don't leave me behind!"

It was too late. Rainbow Dash imagined herself with the shadowbolts. She cried for help because the shadowbolts would kill her with knives if she didn't agree to join them. Twilight left her behind as she called out to her. And just like that, Rainbow felt like she was being stabbed to death.

"Rainbow Dash, you're tougher than this! You can fight it!" Discord yelled.

"D-Discord..." Rainbow began.

"Yes?"

Rainbow struggled to breathe and was constantly coughing.

"You...have...to...take...Twilight...Sparkle...back...in...t-time" Rainbow whispered.

"But why? She even said that going back in time was a bad idea!" Discord sobbed.

"Now's not the time to argue, Discord!" Rainbow coughed some more. "I remember when I didn't tolerate you, so consider yourself lucky"

"But how do I go back in time?"

"Don't play dumb with me!" Rainbow cried. She was too sore to sob. "Didn't you take her back in time when you were evil and show her a flashback of the riddle?"

Discord wiped his eyes and smiled.

"That's right, I did"

"Do it, Discord" Rainbow coughed. "Do it for...Fluttershy"

Rainbow Dash finally fell unconscious like the other ponies. Sooner or later, the ponies wouldn't even be alive. Discord lay Rainbow's body with the others, who were looked after by Princess Cadence and Shining Armor. Discord turned around to the corrupted alicorn with an angry look in his eyes.

"I'm going to do it" Discord said.

"Do what? apologize?" Twilight scoffed.

"I'm going to take you back in time. I'm going to show you how we all got along when you weren't there!"

He ripped a hole in the fabric of time and grabbed Twilight with him. Rainbow Dash still had strength to open her eyes.

"Good luck...Discord"

Author's Note

This is what it has been really leading up to. I really wanted to know how they got along so well, and next chapter will start on that journey. And also, I added Rainbowcord in this chapter. I just figured they got along so well they would be really good friends by then.