The Lover's Stone

Episode 2: For You

We open to see Discord lying on a bed in Zecora’s hut. Discord’s skin is a stone grey and he is unconscious. Celestia paces around the room while Zecora mixes something in her cauldron.

“Do you know what's wrong with him, Zecora? Or why he passed out yesterday?” Celestia asks as she stops and stands over Discord.

“I am afraid I do not know, there aren’t enough signs to show.” Zecora responds while continuing to mix different things into her cauldron. “This is not something I have seen before, we will have to dig deeper to find out more.”

“Well, do you at least know if Discord will wake up? Or if there’s a cure at all for whatever it is that he has?”

“He will arise, I know for sure. For right here, I have the cure.”

“Oh thank goodness.” She breathed out a sigh of relief. Celestia looked back to Discord again. She paused for a moment before turning her head towards Zecora. “Well, if there’s a cure, why won’t you cure him already!? I’ve been waiting far too long for this! We came here for your help; not so that you could just laze around and take your time!” Celestia yells at the Zebra, tears threatening to spill from the alicorn’s eyes. Celestia quickly realises what she has done and covers her mouth with her hoof. “Oh, Zecora i'm so sorry, I did not mean to……..urrgg forgive me, I….. I’m just really really worried for Discord.” Celestia says as she looks down. “I’m just…. I’m terrified that he won’t make it…….”

“Do not fret for it is okay, you are scared for your friend is fading away.” Zecora states calmly. “But I do understand why Discord has fallen, tis why I have a cure here in this cauldron. It will wake him from his deep sleep, but what is turning him into stone will continue to creep.” She takes a bottle from the shelf and puts some of the liquid from the cauldron in it. She then trots over to Discord and puts a spoon of something in his mouth. Discord immediately wakes up, but his body is still slightly grey.

“Oh, Discord! Thank me you’re alright!” Celestia said excitedly. She would lean down and hug him, but she was afraid of hurting him.

Zecora walks to the other side of the hut and begins looking for something on the shelves.

“Whaa? When did I get here? And what’s with that striped horse in the corner??” Discord exclaims looking around quite confused.

“She is here to help you out…….I’m just not entirely sure how.”

He decides to suddenly sit up which causes him to get really dizzy. “Wow, headrush.”

“Discord!” Celestia says looking at the draconequus with worry. “Are you alright?”

“Yeah, I’m fine.”

“Discord……...why didn’t you tell me something was wrong last night?!” Celestia angrily shouts the tears in her eyes starting to flood out. “I could have saved you!”

“There is nothing wrong, Celestia” Discord stated innocently.

“Like I believe that! You passed out and turned grey after our dance!! Discord, I was so worried about you!”

“Fine, Tia. I don't know what's wrong, but something is wrong. Every day it gets worse, and last week...” Discord trails off and then shows her the back of his neck. “This spot appeared.. My skin… its turned back into to stone here…...”

/////

“Oh no……..But why would it turn to….stone…” Celestia says thinking of the 1000 moons Discord was sealed in stone. “He couldn’t turn back to stone… It's impossible” She thought to herself.

“I have never seen anything like this, it is not something to dismiss.” Zecora says walking over to Celestia and Discord again.

“She rhymes too?” Discord says still amazed by the Zebra.

“Is there any way we can figure out what is happening to him? Cause if we don’t hurry, I’m afraid it could get…...so much worse..” Celestia trailed off.

“Well, I do not know for sure myself, for I have checked each spell on every shelf. However, I may just know of a mare, who can help you solve this affair.”

“Oh, that’s wonderful! What is her name?” Celestia asks.

“Her name is Gypsy Heart, She may have your start”

“Thank you so much Zecora” Celestia smiles at the zebra. “Where can we find Gypsy Heart?”

“She lives in the heart of the crystal empire, in a house that looks like dragon fire. She does not live far from the Crystal Heart, so from there is where you must depart.”

“You make no sense, then again what fun is there in making sense!” Discord says with a chuckle. Celestia glares at him. Zecora just kinda ignores what he said.

“There is another thing you must not forget, for if you do there is much you will regret.” Zecora pulls a small bottle off the shelf and fills it with some of the liquid in the cauldron then she gives it to Discord. “Take this potion once every hour. Remember it or things may turn sour.”

“Yes, striped horse!” Discord says jokingly as he holds the bottle and starts floating towards the door.

Celestia sighs at the draconequus “Thanks again Zecora, you have been a great help to us.” she says as she hugs the zebra.

“Do not fret, there is hope yet.” Zecora says.

They exchange a look and Celestia walks out the front door and to Discord.

“So where we going now sunbutt?!” Discord exclaims while slithering around in the air.

“Off to find Gypsy Heart. We will first go back to Canterlot to pack our things, and I will arrange for Luna to take over my duties for now. Then we will leave for the Crystal Empire.” Celestia says as she uses her magic to teleport them both to Canterlot Castle.

/////

“Hmm…...yes, I suppose that would work…..” Luna mumbles to herself.

The night princess trots through the throne room reading some scrolls when suddenly Discord and Celestia appear in front of her.

“Celestia!? Wh-where did you come from?” Luna says surprised by the sudden appearance of Celestia and Discord.

“Ah, hello Luna, sorry if I startled you. I teleported Discord and I here from Zecora’s hut.” Celestia states as she walks over to Luna and gives her a hug. Discord uses this opportunity to sneak away from the two sisters and mess with the stained glass windows in the throne room.

Luna looks over at Discord and watches him leave the room, she signals for 2 guards to follow and keep an eye on him.

“Oh I see… how is Discord, by the way?” Luna says looking at Celestia.

“Well…... something is wrong, but Zecora doesn’t know what. She gave Discord a potion that he has to drink every hour to prevent any more… problems. Then she pointed the two of us in the direction of a pony named Gypsy Heart. We are now on our way to the Crystal Empire to find her so she can help us figure out what's wrong. So….while we’re gone, ” Celestia says hesitantly, “could you please handle some of my duties again? We won’t be gone for too long.”

“Well, of course I can help you with them, but do you think it wise to help Discord? Yes, I understand he may be reformed, but I believe he still has evil inside him to some extent. And you know that he always leaves the second a better offer arises.” Luna says with a slight very subtle anger in her voice. “You remember what happened with Tirek, don’t you?”

“Luna, he hasn’t been reformed for that long, and we can’t expect him to be perfect. He is allowed to make a few mistakes. Now he understands friendship fully and how valuable it is. Please, give him another chance. If not for him, for me.” Celestia says, starting to get a little annoyed by her sister.

“Sister, listen to me. He may make mistakes, and that is perfectly normal, but what about when he constantly turns his back on us? I cannot help but have my doubts. And remember Tia, I am just trying to make sure he doesn’t harm you or our people.” Luna says beginning to get more annoyed as well.

“Discord would never do that! Luna, he’s only turned on us once, but that taught him a valuable lesson. He understands now!”

“You can’t cut him so much slack, sister! How many more times must he betray us before you finally realize and act upon it? You shouldn’t trust him enough to be pouring all of your emotions into him!”

“I won’t give up on him! Remember, I had my doubts when you first came back but I still trusted you! I forgave you and let you have a second chance, so why can’t you give him the same privilege!?” Celestia snaps at Luna. “Wait no I-I didn't mean that!” She stammers.

Luna puts up a hoof to stop her. “Say no more. I understand exactly what you meant, sister. It is not my fault if you won’t heed my warnings.” Luna states angrily as she turns away from her sister.

“N-no! Luna, I’m sorry, I didn’t mean that…..it’s just…...ugh, you don’t understand! Please, just I-I want to help him… I HAVE to help him.” Celestia says tears forming in her eyes. “He’s become such a dear friend to me, and I can’t just let him….”

“Sister, don’t you see? He has to be using you! He's an immortal being of chaos, Celestia! He can’t actually die!” Luna says beginning to raise her voice.

*Insert Luna’s Song - Don’t Go With Him*

Celestia storms out of the throne room and angrily walks past Discord.

“Celestia? What was that about” Discord says looking at the angry princess.

She lets out a long sigh. “Don’t worry, Discord. It’s nothing, just leave it alone.” she replies.

“Uhhh okay!” Discord says beginning to follow her down the halls of the castle. The two were silent as they walked up to Celestia’s room to begin packing up for their trip. When they got there, she closed the door angrily and began to throw some things into her saddle bag.

/////

“Princess Luna, excuse me but is everything alright?” Bob says walking up to an angry Luna.

“... no. Yes. Maybe?” Luna paused looking down “I believe I have made a mistake but only time will tell”

“Alright your highness. Just know I’m always here if you need me.” Bob says as he bows and leaves the room.

“Thank you, Bob.” Luna nods her head to him.

“Hmm, maybe I should write to Twilight and ask her to come and help me run the kingdom. She’s always up for a little task like this, and some company might be helpful for me during this time.” Luna says making a scroll appear. Luna pauses for a second and looks at the scroll. “No, I can’t. After what just happened with Tia, I have to do all that I can to prove to her that I can handle whatever is thrown at me. She has to come to the realization that I am a pony she can fully trust to help her, and that my advice counts. I must prove it.” Luna makes the scroll disappear and begins on her sisters tasks.

“I can do this.” she says as she walks to a meeting room in the castle.

/////

“Wait, Celestia, why are we taking the train again? Can’t we just teleport there? Not that I would usually complain about such a thing, but this is utterly boring!” Discord says floating around in a train car.

Celestia sighs and looks out the window of the train. “I felt like I needed a bit more time to think about everything going on……”

“......Tia…...I’m sorry I had to put you through all this trouble...” Discord says as he sits across from Celestia.

“No, Discord, don’t be! This isn’t your fault, and never think anything of it. I promise you’ll be okay. I won’t let this happen to you again.” She says , turning around and looking into his eyes with sadness. “It’s my fault not yours” She thought to herself.

“But I’m the-”

“Shhh.” She cut him off. “It’s fine, you didn’t do anything wrong. Please stop blaming yourself for all this.”

“Thank you, Tia.” The two sat there in silence for a few moments until a train whistle blew, signaling that they had reached their destination.

Celestia and Discord got off the train, now in the crystal empire. No one was around and the train station seemed almost abandoned other than a bored worker pony watching anime in the ticket booth.

“Uhhh hello? Is anypony alive?” Discord shouted, hoping to catch somepony’s attention. He turned back to Celestia. “Why is no one here? CayCay, didn’t you send somepony to meet us?” Discord exclaims floating around the platform.

“Oh no... I believe I forgot to tell Cadence we were coming. I’m sorry about that, Discord. Oh well, I suppose we will have to walk to the crystal castle.” Celestia says as she trots off the platform and towards the empire.

“Aw, well, that’s fine, but again why won’t we just teleport or fly there?” Discord says in an annoyed tone. As he follows the sun princess to the empire.

“I agree that would be quicker, but if Cadence and Shining Armor aren't expecting us to arrive, that would seem a bit more like a threat. We wouldn’t want to frighten them, now would we?” Celestia explains to Discord.

“Oh, I guess that makes sense. It’s no fun but I get it.” He says as they continue their walk.

As they enter the empire crystal ponies begin to gather due to the unexpected visit from Discord and Celestia. Murmurs are heard from the slowly growing crowd.

“Is that Princess Celestia?” A mare named Silver Sky asks from the crowd.

“I think it is!” A stallion named PSColdFire responds.

“Wait is that… Why is Discord with her?” A pony named Brushie says in shock.

“Whats going on? The Princess AND Discord here with no heads up? Something must be up” A pony named Kimmy says with worry.

“What's with them?” Discord asks Celestia.

“Oh god they noticed us!” A pony named Kira said.

“I should have known this would happen. They are panicking because I showed up unannounced.” Celestia says with worry. “Lets just get to the palace.”

/////

The two finally make it to the crystal palace. Cadence, and Shining Armour come out to greet them.

“Celestia! It's nice to see you again!” Cadence says to the princess.

“What brings you here?” Asked Shining Armor.

“Hello Cadence and Shining, great to see you too. I’m sorry for dropping in so suddenly, but when I left I forgot to send you a scroll telling you I was coming.” Celestia says apologetically.

“Oh, that’s alright.” Cadence nods.

“Wait a second, why is Discord here as well?” Shining Armour says defensively as he steps up beside Cadence. “Prove to us that you two are really who you say.”

“Hmmm…. Shining Armor is afraid of the dark.” Celestia says in a hushed tone.

“Hey, it’s a real problem okay!” Shining exclaimed defensively.

“Oh Shining…” Cadence says with a chuckle.

“Wait, what? Why did we have to do that?” Discord whispered, confused.

“Changelings, remember? It’s complicated.”

He nodded in reply.

“Now, can we please come in for a bit? There are some matters to discuss” Celestia says.

“Oh, of course! Sorry about that. Can’t be too careful with Chrysalis still on the loose” Cadence says as she leads them all inside. “Let's go to throne room! Sunburst and Flurry are in there right now”

“Alright.” Celestia replies with a chuckle.

/////

They enter the throne room and Flurry is the first to notice they enter.

“Mama!” She exclaims crawling over to them.

“Oh hello Princess Celestia, Discord” Sunburst says as he follows baby Flurry over.

“Hello Sunburst, Flurry. I see she can talk now.” Celestia says smiling at Flurry. Discord standings awkwardly to the side looking uncomfortable.

“Yes! She can only say a few words but she's still doing so good!” Cadence uses her magic to pick up Flurry “aren’t you!” Cadence says with a smile as she kisses Flurry’s head and puts her down again. Flurry giggles adorably crawling over to Discord and holding his leg.

“Um I appear to have a small creature on my leg” Discord states looking kinda horrified at Flurry.

“Sorry about that!” Sunburst says as he picks up Flurry with his magic. “If you don't mind me asking, why did you two come here? Not to be rude but it's kind of weird to see you both here together. Especially since you gave us no heads up.” Sunburst awkwardly asks.

“Oh right.” Celestia says walking over to Discord. “Don’t forget to take your medicine.” She says to him. He nods swiftly and pulls out a potion bottle and begins to drink some of it.

“Why does he need medicine?” Shining Armour asks Celestia.

“Well you see.. something is going on with Discord. He doesn't know what it is but we fear it could be deadly to him” Celestia says motioning for Discord to turn around. He nods and does as she asks. On the back of his neck is a large and slowly growing patch on his skin made of stone. “As you can see his body seems to be turning into stone…” she trails off.

“What? Turning to stone?” Cadence says in confusion.

“But why?” Shining asks.

“We’re not sure. We went to Zecora for help, and she told us to come here.”

“Oh no…. well is there anything we can do to help?” Says Cadence.

“Yes, as a matter of fact. We came here looking for a mare named Gypsy Heart. Zecora said she lived here and that she would be able to help.” Celestia says “Do any of you know her?”

“No, I'm sorry, but I’ve never heard of her.” Cadence states.

“Me neither.” Shining says.

“Wait, what did you say her name was?” Sunburst asks.

“Gypsy Heart” Discord states.

“Hmm I think I may know who she is, although we’re not good friends or anything. I believe she's the one who came to my house looking for a herb book the other night” Sunburst states. “She lives in the red crystal house in the centre of town. She's the only one with a house that colour in this empire, so it shouldn't be hard to miss”

Discord nods “Alright, thank you.” he says to Sunburst.

“Um, Discord? Could you wait for me outside?” Celestia asks the Draconequus.

“Sure, I guess so.” Discord says. He waves and walks out.

“Is he doing okay? He's not really acting like himself. He seems a bit less animated than usual.” Cadence says sadly to Celestia.

“No, I’m afraid he’s not. He is losing hope in himself, and it’s almost like something has broken him inside. He's was like this on the train because he feels bad for doing this to me. I just hope Gypsy Heart can help.” Celestia says.

/////

“Shining, can you please take Flurry and Sunburst to the nursery. I feel I need to have a private talk with Celestia.” Cadence smiles at him.

“Yeah sure.” Shining says as he leads the other two out of the room.

“So…. is it possible that this could be an effect of when the Elements of Harmony encased him in stone?” Cadence questions.

“That’s what I suspect….”

“I…….I’m so sorry, Celestia….”

“No no, Cadence, please don’t be…. It was all my fault anyway…” she whispered to herself. Cadence could slightly hear her however.

“Wait, what? I’m sorry but what did you say?”

“What? N-no! It’s...it’s none of your business….”

“Are you sure? I….you can tell me if you’re comfortable, Celestia. I’m here for you, you know that right?”

“It’s not that…...I just…….” She paused before mumbling, “It was all my fault.”

“What? Sorry, I couldn’t-”

“It was all my fault!” She shouted suddenly. “It’s all my fault that Discord was turned to stone in the first place, we were friends! Best friends and then because he made a single mistake I sealed him away! If I had just talked to him this probably could have been avoided. His pain, my pain. None of it would exist if it weren't for my own stupidity...”

Cadence was taken aback by this. “Celestia, you need to calm down! And what do you mean it’s your fault? How?”

“If Discord is turning back to stone it's most likely because of a side effect of the Elements of Harmony all those thousands of years ago, than it is my fault and I have no one else to blame for it. I was the one who turned him to stone.”

“Celestia, no! You had a good reason to turn him to stone. He was wreaking havoc and you were just being a good ruler and protecting the ponies of Equestria. Besides, Luna was there as well. Don’t blame everything on yourself.”

“I know I shouldn’t, but I can’t help it! Plus, he was apologizing to me earlier about making me go through all this pain when I should be the one apologizing to him. That's why I need to help him.”

“Are you sure that that's the only reason?” Cadence asked.

Celestia looked at her kinda shocked “What else would it be?”

Cadence sighed. “I’m sorry, I know this is hard for you. But remember, you shouldn't make yourself feel guilty. It’s not going to help. Just remember that I’m here if you need me, and so is everypony else.”

“Thank you, Cadence.” Replied Celestia after a long pause.

“Of course.” The two shared a friendly hug.

/////

Celestia walks out the front entrance of the Crystal Castle and over to Discord.

“Sorry for making you wait Discord. Now let's go find Gypsy Heart” Celestia exclaims as she walks past Discord.

“Okie dokie.” Answered Discord as he followed the princess. “I don’t know why, but something seems….wrong.” He thought to himself.

They both began looking for this house but very soon became lost and disoriented.

“I thought they said this would be easy to find! I don’t even know where we are anymore!” Discord exclaimed as he frantically looked around them.

“I thought so too, but I suppose the empire is bigger than I expected. Maybe it would have been a smarter idea to ask for directions.”

Celestia then walked over to a crystal pony. “Excuse me Sir?” She said trying to get the green and red ponies attention.

“Huh? Oh um hello, Princess Celestia.” The stallion (Brony Guardian) said looking slightly confused before nodding her head.

“Hello there, I was just wondering if you could be able to help Discord and I?”

“Oh yes, of course Princess. What is it you need?” (Brony Guardian)

“Well have you heard of a pony named Gypsy Heart? We came to visit her and well.….. we got lost” Celestia says awkwardly with a chuckle and a smile.

“Yes I do, your highness” The crystal pony (Brony Guardian) says with a nod “She lives on the second street to the right. Shouldn’t be hard to miss because her house looks like it's on fire around this time of day.” the pony says with a smile. “Just be warned she's pretty… Eccentric?”

“Hmmmm.... Alright then! thank you! And have a good day.” Celestia says as she gestures for Discord to follow her.

“Well, why didn’t we do that to start with?! Now you're causing chaos….. I like that” Discord teases with a wink. Celestia roles her eyes and continues walking.

/////

Bob walks into the throne room and sees Luna sitting on the throne with scrolls scattered about on the floor around her. Her mane is messed up and she looks like she went through hell. He slowly and carefully approaches her.

“Princess Luna? Are you okay?” Bob asks Luna. Luna looks up at him from the throne with bags under her eyes which look fogged over.

“Sorry what did you say?” Luna asks sounding somewhat dead inside.

“You need to take a break Luna, you're pushing yourself too hard. You don’t need to take on all these extra tasks. Not even Celestia would do that.”

“But I have no time for taking breaks! I have to prove to Celestia that I am responsible and my advice is worth listening to! She told me to do these extra tasks, and I’m going to do every single one of them the best I can. This is the only way!”

“Burning yourself out won’t prove that Luna. It will only set you back farther!”

“But I have to at least try!”

“You’ve tried all day long. It’s time for you to rest.”

“... I know” Luna says as she gets up and moves over to him. “I just want her to listen to me for once. I have to be able to do this. I have to make her listen to me!”

“You can’t prove yourself to her if you're burnt out from doing too much! How many times do I have to say this? Listen to ME Luna.”

*Insert Bob’s Song Here - Just Be You*

“Alright…” Luna says as she sits down.

“Now lets work together to get all this done.” Bob says as he picks up a scroll and gives it to her. “One scroll at a time”

“Thank you Bob” She says with a smile.

“No problem Luna, I would do anything for you” He says to her with a smile.

She turns away with a heavy blush on her cheeks. “What would I do without you?”

“You would be fine, you're strong. A little stubborn, but strong”

The two turn away awkwardly blushing and begin work on responding to all the scrolls.

/////

Discord and Celestia approach a small red crystal house. The front lawn is uncut and from inside shouting is heard.

“SCARLETT FOR THE LAST TIME WHERE IS THE DRAGON HAIR?!” A commanding and strong voice is heard from inside.

“As I said it is on the counter that is labeled Dragon Products.” A soft and calm voice Celestia and Discord assume is Scarlett is heard in response.

“Oh right. Thank you” The other voice responds sounding embarrassed.

“Do we knock?” Discord asks Celestia.

“Uhhh I guess so…” Celestia says beginning to have doubts about this. She takes a deep breath and knocks on the door. A couple of moments pass and the two exchange a look of confusion.

“ARE YOU GOING TO GET THAT?” The commanding voice yells once again.

“Yes.” Scarlett says as she opens the door rolling her eyes. “Sorry about that how may I he-” She began to say before a look of shock crosses her face. “P-p-princess Celestia!” She exclaims and bows.

“It’s fine, please, you don’t have to bow. Anyways we are looking for-” Celestia began to say before she was cut off.

“Who’s there Scarlett? Why can’t you just do your job right for once” a light pink unicorn says as she opens the door wider. “Oh, Princess Celestia! Why didn’t you tell me the princess was here?” she says as she elbows the pegasus. “Your majesty how can we help you today?” She says as she bows to the princess.

“No need to be so formal” Celestia says wish a chuckle.

“We are looking for someone named Hipsy Geart” Discord says trying to get noticed by the two ponies.

“Who?” The two say in sync.

“I believe he means to say Gypsy Heart” Celestia says with a smile as she pats Discords arm. “Close enough.” She says to Discord who awkwardly laughs and scratches the back of his head a slight blush on his presently pale face.

“That would be me” Gypsy says pushing Scarlett out of the way “Come in” She says as she gestures towards the inside. Celestia and Discord walk in and Gypsy closes the door while giving an annoyed glare at Scarlett. “What can I help you with?” She says as she walks over to them.

“Well… Discord has a problem and Zecora didn't know what it was when we visited her. She was hoping you knew and could help us so she sent us to you” Celestia says.

“Ah Zecora it's been so long since I've seen her” Gypsy says as she walks over to Scarlett. “What is the problem anyways?” Gypsy asks.

Celestia and Discord share a look and nod. Discord turns around to reveal a slowly growing patch of skin that has turned into stone.

“What the-?” Gypsy says as she gets closer to have a look. “Do you mind if I touch it?”

“Nope” Discord replies.

Gypsy touches the stone on his neck. “Have you ever seen something like this Scarlett?” She asks.

“No. I’m afraid I haven’t... What do you think it is?” Scarlett asks.

“Well it's obviously stone you dunce” Gypsy snaps. “What’s causing it though is beyond me.” she pauses for a second and turns her back to Discord and Celestia, thinking about it. “How long has this been going on for?”

“About a month.” Discord responds.

“Hmm that is strange. Has anything like this happened before?”

“No never”

“Except when you were sealed in stone for 1000 moons…...by me” Celestia thinks to herself as she looks at the ground.

“Odd…” Gypsy says as she moves over to a shelf, Scarlett goes over with her.

“Let’s figure this out” Scarlett says with a smile.

*Insert G and S Song - Try Again*

/////

Gypsy walks over to Discord and Celestia once again. “... I-I’m afraid I don’t know of a cure for this. I’m sure if I had a few days I could but you two will need to get back to Canterlot…” She says with a sigh.

“Oh no, well do you know what this is at least?” Celestia asks, her voice filled with a slight fear.

“We think this is a type of… after effect. We think that when Discord broke himself free from stone something may have went wrong” Gypsy says while looking at the ground.

“You see the stone may have been his prison, but the Elements of Harmony might have done something inside of him as well.” Scarlett elaborates.

“We aren’t sure of specifics as we can’t do tests with the elements, but that is what we know…” Gypsy says with a sigh.

“I-I see…” Celestia says tears threatening to spill from her eyes. “The one time I wish I could have been wrong about this…..”

“So... the elements caused this?” Discord asks sounding slightly defeated.

“We aren’t certain as I said, but we think so.” Gypsy says “If we had more time I could figure this out but you can’t stay here forever.”

Celestia thinks for a moment “We may not be able to stay in the crystal empire, but can you two come with us maybe?” she asks.

“Come to Canterlot??!!” Scarlett exclaims.

“Oh well, I guess we could.” Gypsy says with a grin.

“Wonderful.” Celestia turns to Discord. “Don’t you worry, Discord. We will fix this somehow.”

He nods his head shyly in response.

She quickly turns back to the Unicorn and Pegasus. “Well, what are we waiting for? Pack your bags for Canterlot!”

“OH MY CELESTIA! WE GET TO GO TO CANTERLOT!” Scarlett says excitedly.

“Scarlett, calm yourself!” Gypsy scolded. “We’re going to Canterlot on a mission, and not on a vacation or something.”

“Heh, right, right.” She smiled sheepishly.

“Alrighty then, let’s do this.”