Twilight's dining room was packed full of guests. Ponies and humans (plus a few more unusual creatures) milled about chatting with each other. A banner, stretched over the table, read, We-Saved-The-Universe-And-We're-All-Alive-Again-Plus-We-Never-Get-To-Just-Hang-Out-So-Let's-Do-It-Now Party!

Fluttershy was looking at Harmony uncertainly. "I don't know..." she admitted. "I liked it when you were Discord!"

He shrugged. "If I'm honest, I haven't been Discord in a long time. Discord laughed at others' pain and enjoyed transforming all of you into the opposite of yourselves. I started this transition back when I first realized you were my friend."

A little ways away, Doctor Strange was chatting with Rainbow Dash. "You weren't kidding. That's really Discord, right over there!"

She nodded. "Uh-huh. Although... he usually isn't so golden. You can still see all those colors under the gold overtones, but normally they were just there, with no colors at all. He does love to change his appearance, though."

And a bit further on, Applejack was talking to the Guardians of the Galaxy. "Look, Ah ain't sayin' it ain't impressive. All Ah'm sayin' is, Ah bet his apples ain't anywhere near as good as mine."

"I am Groot."

She looked to Rocket for clarification. "He says you're on. Five credits."

"Five what-nows?"

Meanwhile, Twilight saw Tony sulking in a corner and trotted over to see what was wrong. "Tony?"

"You didn't tell me he was going to be here!" Tony snapped, pointing over at Steve.

Twilight groaned. "Look, you two need to get over it."

"Get over it?" Tony sputtered.

She glared. "You heard me. Come on." With a wave of her horn, she picked him up and dragged him across the room.

"Hey! Put me down! Let me go! Twilight!"

She dumped him next to Steve. "Now you two are going to apologize and talk it out."

"But-"

She groaned. "It's been two years! If it had been us we would've talked it out the very next day! If you two still refuse to even speak to each other, what's going to happen the next time you need to work together?"

Tony looked at Steve. He could see the anger in them, the same anger that he was sure was in his own, but also sadness... and a willingness to at least give it a shot. And there was no way he was going to let himself get shown up, not by him.

"Fine," Tony relented.

Spiderman and Scootaloo leaned out a window, chatting. "I don't blame you for not knowing how to hang from your web," Spiderman commented. "All those buildings are so short! There's nowhere you even would hang from."

Scootaloo nodded. "I barely even know how to swing!"

"Well, you did pretty well at it, but if you'd like I could give you a few pointers. And see if Twilight will let you practice swinging around her castle. It's the only thing tall enough."

Rarity was talking with Natasha and Wanda. "Do either of you know who that is? I don't think I've ever seen him before."

Wanda looked where she was pointing. "Who?"

"The one with the mustache and grey hair. He seems so familiar, but I have no idea who invited him."

Natasha frowned. "It's weird. I feel like I keep seeing him around. I don't know what he's doing here, though."

Spike suddenly let loose a jet of flame, cutting off this conversation. Everyone turned to look as it resolved into two letters. He handed one to Twilight and took to the air, soaring across the crowded room to deposit the other one in front of Pinkie. A hush fell as the group waited to see what the letters said.

Twilight read hers first. "Princess Celestia says the change is permanent. My mane's going to stay like this."

Rarity gasped. "Oh, darling, that's wonderful! It looks so good on you!"

"Cadance is going to be annoyed that I got the flowing mane first," Twilight laughed. "Oh, she also says that with the mane change comes a major growth in magical power! I'm going to start really closing the gap in power level between myself and the sisters. Great! Replacing the notebooks that got lost is going to be a snap!"

Several people in the room froze, and Twilight belatedly realized her poor choice of words. "A- a breeze! It'll be a breeze!"

Pinkie took advantage of the awkward silence to read her own letter, and she let out an exited shriek. "Eee! Thor! Celestia said yes!"

"Yes to what?" Twilight asked.

Pinkie bounced up and down. "She's gonna let the Asgardian refugees come live in Equestria!" She pulled a map out of her tail, slightly charred from all the lightning she'd channeled, and spread it out over the ground. "So I was thinking maybe you guys could go here..."

Individual conversations began to break out again. The atmosphere warmed. Laughter echoed out, loud and often. Twilight looked across the room and smiled. A lot had changed, and a lot was going to, but change was inevitable. All she could do was try to make sure the change was for the better. And this? This definitely was.

Author's Note

Would you like to upgrade to AU Version 2.0? Features:
-Harmony Gauntlet added
-Upgraded Twilight's mane
-Upgraded Discord to Harmony
-Killed Thanos
-Added Asgardian Refugees to Equestria

I'd love to have a picture of what Discord looks like, just like I had one for Twilight, but I couldn't figure out how to make one. If someone more talented than I wants to make one, I'd be honored!

Quick credit: A big piece of this story was inspired by Contraptionology. You should read it! It's way better than this one! (Not quite as clean, unfortunately.)

And finally, though the story is marked Complete, the show's not over yet. After all, what Marvel story would be complete without an after-credits scene or two?