Boncord: The Pre-Sequel

"Young lady you are late!" Queen Novo lectured as the group of seven appeared in the Canterlot throne room with a flash of magic. She stood near the throne in hippogriff form along with several armored hippogriffs.

"I missed being able to do that." Discord sighed.

"Mom!" Princess Skystar stepped forward. "Where's Starlight Glimmer?"

"The palace was abandoned when we arrived." Queen Novo explained.

Discord looked out at the setting sun. "She must be at the refinery!" he said. "We have to get there before the sun fully sets."

"Let's go!" Princess Skystar said excitedly as she stepped forward.

"No." Bon Bon shook her head. "We'll take it from here. You five need to go find your world a new Element of Magic."

"We made a great team." Chrysalis said with tears in her eyes as she stepped forward and exchanged a hug with Bon Bon and then Discord.

"You're saying this like we can't just come visit you any time." Bon Bon said with a sniffle.

"I hate to be the party-pooper but after seeing the consequences of two parallel worlds co-mingling I think it would be wise not to meddle with gliding ever again." Discord said with an apologetic sigh.

Chrysalis looked up with a hopeful gleam in her eyes. "Perhaps not this way. But I am hopeful that one day we shall meet again."

"I-" Discord stopped and looked over at Bon Bon. Bon Bon held out her hoof and Discord grabbed on to it. "We can't thank you enough for helping us figure this all out.

"Well everypony knows it's best not to have warriors at your side who are distracted by their petty quarrels." Chrysalis said modestly. Bon Bon and Discord smiled at her. "Go, now! The sun is nearly set." she added.

With a snap of his fingers Discord teleported himself and Bon Bon back to the arcanium refinery. They stood near the pit where it all began. Tirek and Starlight Glimmer overlooked the pit along with two armed guards. The spherical concentration of Equestria's magic grew more opaque as the time neared for it to cross over and energy arced randomly against metallic surfaces with a menacing crackling noise.

"You again!" Starlight Glimmer huffed as they appeared. "Destroy them!" She ordered.

The two armored guards opened fire on Discord and Bon Bon. Discord held up his arm and the shots deflected off of a shield of energy that appeared briefly in their path and back at the guards firing them, knocking them to the ground.

"We found your little operation in the Dragon Lands." Bon Bon boasted.

"We shut it down." Discord added.

"Tirek!" Starlight Glimmer ordered.

Tirek began to stomp toward the duo but halted abruptly when Bon Bon held up Scorpan's pendant. "Where did you get that!?" He demanded.

"From your brother. Starlight Glimmer killed him." Bon Bon explained grimly.

"You!" Tirek turned angrily towards Starlight Glimmer. "You promised me no harm would come of him if I did your deeds."

Starlight Glimmer backed away fearfully. "We didn't harm him physically. We made him stronger. More powerful. Into a weapon."

"And you killed his soul in the process." Bon Bon said. Tirek looked toward her and she tossed him Scorpan's pendant. Tirek clutched it and stared down at his hand.

Starlight Glimmer fired a blast from her horn at Tirek, who shrugged it off and then picked her up in his hand tightly. With a glowing, orange beam of energy and a gust of air Starlight Glimmer's magic was quickly siphoned out of her. Tirek dropped her down to the floor.

"Now what?" Starlight Glimmer taunted as she struggled back to her hooves. "Do you think things can just go back to the way they were for you? Outside of my kingdom you have no future."

Tirek looked down in shame and back toward Bon Bon and Discord.

"You don't have to listen to her anymore." Bon Bon said solemnly. "Scorpan's dying words were that he loves you and forgives you for everything you have done."

With a thundering crash Tirek knelt down and began to sob. The disturbance around the sphere of energy became more violent as the barrier between the two worlds began to sheer open. Small debris followed howling currents of air through the rift that began to form.

"Disgusting!" Starlight Glimmer cringed and spat on the ground.

"There will be a brief moment after the magic crosses through. We should be able to safely jump through and end up back home!" Discord explained as the sphere of energy began to emerge.

"What happens if our timing is off?" Bon Bon asked right before her question was answered by a small piece of metal piping that had broken off from the machinery inside; it rushed past them and was instantly vaporized on contact with the magical sphere.

"That." Discord said.

The duo motioned to position themselves closer to the rift but Starlight Glimmer stood in their way. "You're not going anywhere!" She warned.

"I'd like to see you try!" Discord pointed at Starlight Glimmer and a stream of magic rushed toward her but was quickly drawn into the sphere of magic.

Starlight Glimmer responded with a maniacal laugh. "Did you think it was just going to be that easy?" she taunted. "You will remain here and fix the damage you have done."

"My brother's forgiveness doesn't make up for everything I've done." Tirek said with eyes full of sorrow as he stood up tall once more and headed towards the group.

"Then you know what must be done?" Starlight Glimmer asked. Tirek replied with an affirming nod. Bon Bon and Discord embraced each other in fear.

"Time to end this!" Tirek shouted as he grabbed on to Starlight Glimmer.

"No!" Starlight Glimmer screamed as Tirek jumped with her into the sphere of magic; the two vaporized on their way in.

"Are you ready!?" Discord asked with no time to pause as he grabbed on to Bon Bon; the sphere had nearly emerged completely.

Bon Bon nodded.

Discord bared down, ready to jump but then the sphere suddenly retreated back through the rift and the rift closed. The two looked at each other as stillness came over the scene.

"Somepony must have stopped the magic drain on the other side." Discord pondered.

"Or somecreature." Bon Bon joked.

Discord snapped his fingers and the two found themselves back home in their own Equestria, standing on a cloud overlooking the scene at the school of friendship. Magic exploded like fireworks from the basement of the school as it returned to its rightful sources across Equestria.

"Well that was all rather anticlimactic." Discord said with a sigh.

"But it worked out in the end, didn't it?" Bon Bon looked at Discord and smiled.

"It always does when I'm with you." Discord said as he gave Bon Bon a hug. "I was just hoping we would be the ones to save the day with some grandiose deus ex machina while dispensing some kind of valuable life lesson in the process." He explained with a sigh of disappointment.

"You know." Bon Bon started but then paused and gave Discord a kiss on the cheek. "Something tells me that our next adventure together is right around the corner." She finished with a smile.

"Yes." Discord raked his beard. "Something with gratuitous explosions, giant robots, and plenty of mare-on-mare action!" Discord cheered excitedly.

"Didn't we do that last time?" Bon Bon joked. The two laughed and then hugged each other again.

"Look!" Bon Bon pointed to a large procession of guards marching in from Canterlot.

"I bet they're coming to arrest the filly. Shall I take us in for a better look?" Discord offered.

"I think our friends on the ground can handle her just fine." Bon Bon said with a smile as she held her hoof out. Discord happily clutched on to it. "Did you want to go back to your place?" Bon Bon offered.

"You know I think Chrysalis is right. We shouldn't try to rush into anything we both aren't ready for." Discord said with a sigh. "But are you doing anything tomorrow morning?" He asked boldly.

"Well I have about three days worth of errands to catch up on." Bon Bon explained.

"Oh. Well I suppose we should both head home and rest then." Discord hung his head.

"But it would be nice to have my best friend with me." Bon Bon smiled at Discord. Discord squeezed her hoof and smiled back as the sky scintillated above them with streams of magic.