It was about a week from the training with the element's of disharmony. I had been able to test all the girls weapons for durability and they were fine. They didn't chip, crack, or shatter in any way. I also had fun, because each of the girls gave me challenge while fighting.

We were all walking through the Crystal Empire, heading to some balcony. Twilight was telling us what was going on.

"Thank you all for coming with me, but you didn't have to. All I am going to be doing is smiling and waving as we greet the foreign dignitaries. It isn't going to be all that exciting." She moped. Rarity came zipping up to try and cheer her up.

"Yes, darling, but you get to smile and wave like a princess." Applejack just interjects on this.

"Yeah, and how is that any different than smiling and waving like normal?"

Rarity tries to come up with a reply, but Twilight answers first.

"It isn't." She then just walks on ahead of us with her head hung as if she was going to her execution. And as her new guard, certified by Celestia, I walked after her.

As we entered the castle, I was pulled aside by one of the crystal maids who worked in there.

"Mr. Ruff, if you would follow me please, a guest would like to meet with you. Please, do not worry about Princess Twilight's care, her brother will oversee that she is safe." I look at the mare. Then I looked to Twilight and the rest of the girls, who had followed after us. They all nodded.

"Go ahead, Cam. We got Twilight covered." Rainbow Dash says. So I turn back to the maid.

"Lead on." and she turns away.

I follow her to one of the west halls of the castle, and into one of the rooms. As I enter, she closes the door behind me, and no one else was in the room with us. Danger signals were going through me, but the whisper of my battle sense was telling me to be calm, I wasn't in danger. I had nothing to worry about.

As the maid stepped into view, she suddenly morphed into the Shaman. i immediately kneel. She chuckles, and pulls off her mask, turning into her alicorn self.

"Rise, Cameron. You need not bow to me. I hate formalities." As she says this, we hear the faint sound of trumpets, and an announcer saying.

"The Duke and Duchess of Maretonia."

The Shaman sighs, and turns back to look at me.

"I am here to give you a gift. The sheath of the holy sword heals quickly, but I fear it is to slow for what is to come. So, I am here to give you a faster healing property. You will still have the scabbard, but now you will have the healing factors of the demon slayer Dante." I look at her.

"Your giving me the ability to be impaled in the chest, and walk it off like it is nothing. Are you okay with that? " I ask. She nods.

"I must, if you are to survive. I will also give you his weapon, if you so wish." I think for a second.

"Okay, I will take the weapon, under the condition that I have to give up two of my other weapons." I say. She seems to think for a second as well, and then says.

"I find this acceptable. What weapons do you have in mind?" I sigh.

"I was thinking the Blades of Chaos, and the Leviathan axe. I haven't needed them as much, as I have been using the sword of Artorias for most every fight, as it is the best weapon of the three of those. The holy blade is a class all it's own. But the reason I want to get rid of two weapons, is because having four weapons is hard to keep track of, and remembering to use them and when to use them is tiresome. Also, whenever I read one of those stories about people getting displaced, and the character had been given fifty insta-kill weapons of mass destruction, I always hated those, because they got way to powerful, and everything wasn't a challenge. This way, I still have fun with fighting, instead of becoming like Saitama, and ending everything with one hit. I have a challenge." The Shaman looks at me.

"Well, Cameron, if that is the case, i have another offer. Instead of the Rebellion, I will give you a different weapon, from a different series. And, I will take the two weapons you requested. Does that sound agreeable to you?" I look at her, and think.

If I choose something else, then I wont be OP, and I don't have to keep track of which weapons to use for what fight. Actually, know that I think about it, I have a better idea.

"Shaman, I have a better idea. I will take the power you want to give me, but not take anything in return. And, I will also have you take the axe and blades. I don't need them. It is easier with two weapons to keep track of what to use when, and I will still have my arm," I say, raising said hand. "So, I don't need anymore weapons. This, this is the challenge I like."

She looks at me. Then she shakes her head and laughs her melodious laugh. Gods, that laugh is amazing.

"Cameron, you are one interesting individual. Very well, I will accept your request. But know, your job is now harder because this decision. I will not give you another weapon, but if you need something specialized for a job, ask."

I nod. "Of course, milady." I say, doing a sarcastic bow. She giggles, and says.

"Now, one more thing. Tirek is coming. He has already escaped from hell, but was significantly weak when he did so. He is gaining power. He will soon be able to take Equestria. You will have to fight him, but know he is more powerful than the other demons you have faced. With that in mind, I mist give you your new power. Close your eyes."

I do so.

And the next thing I know, I am French kissing a goddess.

It was roughly twenty minutes later that the Shaman showed me the way to Twilight. She had finished kissing me, and the entire time she was kissing me, I had felt a steady pulse of energy flow into me. I was guessing it was the demonic energy that was to keep me healed. After we were done, she had said that the girls wouldn't mind, and then had told me she would lead me back to Twilight. As we walked, she talked to me some more, small talk, and congratulations on becoming herd master for the six. I thanked her, and then proceeded to tease her about the want to possibly lay me.

Not once did she deny the possibility.

We reached Twilight, who was pacing around outside of the royal conference room. The Shaman had returned to the maid form, and passed me off to Twilight. Before she left, however, she left me with one last parting gift.

She kissed me again, and said. "We need to do that again sometime."

And with that, walked away.

Now, I know what your thinking. And your right. I could feel the gaze. It burned. Like the sun. I knew what would happen when I turned around, and I knew that I would have to act fast, lest I become a stain upon the floor. So, with the utmost care, I turned to face Twilight.

She was furious. She had literal smoke coming from her hair.

"Okay, Twilight, before you blast the everliving shit out of me, listen. That was Faust, and she was being a big ol' bitch, and kissing me in front of you. So, again, that was just to make you angry. We did nothing. She was trying to make this happen. Please, I am telling the truth. I Pinkie Promise. Cross my heart, hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye."

I say all that in the most calming, soothing voice, repeating the movements for the Pinkie promise. As soon as I do, Pinkie appears, and says.

"He has been deemed truthful. He isn't lying Twi, it was Faust just messing with him." And then she poofs out. I don't question it. Twilight seems to calm down with Pinkie's words.

"Fine, just, please warn me next time she comes on to you. Or at least one of the others in the herd. We would have had the right to destroy any chance you had of having kids again, if it hadn't been okayed by one of us. Anyways, now I am just waiting for the meeting to be over."

As soon as she says this, the doors open, and some fancily dressed ponies walk out. They walk up to to Twilight, who bows, and I follow suit. The stallion tells Twilight.

"Your Highness, thank you for understanding our want to keep those privy to these confidential discussions to a minimum."

Twilight says while still bowing. "Of course." In as regal a fashion as she could. They bow to her, and we all stand up as they exit the castle. Then the other Princesses come to us. Twilight turns and asks them.

"Is there anything else I can do to assist their visit?" She asks, pleading with them to be able to do something else. Cadence shakes her head, stating.

"I'm sorry Twilight, but their visit is already over." Twilight gets the saddest look on her face, hanging her head, and saying OH. I look at the three. They look at me, and nod. I leave Twilight with them, and go and find the other girls. As I leave the room, I hear the sound of music start up, and I rush out faster.

MEANWHILE, somewhere else in Equestria.

We zoom in to find a pony walking down an ally, a basket of oranges in his magical grasp. As he walks down the ally, he sees a figure in the distance. He approaches slowly, and yells.

"Hello, can I help you?"

The mysterious figure chuckles. He says in a harsh, croaky voice, as if he hasn't had a drink in days.

"Yes, you can. I am Tirek, and I need your magic." And with that, he opens his mouth, and inhales. As he does, the magical aura around the unicorns head drifts off, and into the mouth of Tirek. After a second, the magic has been drained from the unicorn, and his cutie mark has disappeared. Tirek grows just a little bit bigger with that, and he starts to chuckle louder, his eyes gleaming with hunger and anger.

Back in the Crystal Empire, Princess Celestia jolts up in her bed, breath heavy. Luna rushes in.

"Sister, is everything alright?" Celestia looks at her sister.

"No, and you know why." Luna nods.

"Yes. And we do not have much time. The stronger he becomes, the greater the danger, for everyone in Equestria."

It was the next day, and Celestia was giving me and Twilight a history lesson.

"In the beginning, Tirek and his brother Scorpan came from a distant land, intent on taking the magic of the ponies. Overtime, Scorpan began to befriend the ponies, and came to enjoy their way of life. He even befriended Starswirl the Bearded. Tirek, however, was still bent on domination. So, Scorpan told us of Tireks plot to steal our magic, and helped us banish him to Tartarus. Scorpan then left back to his homeland. Tirek overtime became one of the lords of Tartarus, and worked his way up to number three. Only Gorgarog, and Sigrang are more powerful than him." Luna speaks up.

"He has somehow found a way out of Tartarus, and has started to feed on ponies magic one more. We believe he somehow escaped when Cerberus left his post a few months back." Twilight looks shocked.

"But as you just said, that was months ago. Why start feeding on magic now?" I answer that question.

"Because he couldn't until now. He wasn't powerful enough when he left Tartarus. He must have not left through the front gates like most of the other demons I have fought do. He probably had to soak up enough magic to stand up for days, let alone walk up to a pony, and then start absorbing magic. He would have had to walk quiet the distance to find anypony. It took this long to get to that point." Celestia nods.

"Your right, thought the other demons are able to make portals to the mortal world. he was never able to. the demons just didn't come through often because they were playing political mind games with one another. They must have some reason to be attacking now." Luna agrees.

"Yes, and Tirek grows stronger every moment he is free." And Cadence tries to reassure Twilight.

"And I know just the princess to stop him." Twilight starts to get happy.

"Yes, I will find him, and-" and Celestia cuts her off.

"No, Twilight. I am afraid I must send someone else in to stop Tirek.

Discord."

LE GASP

"Discord? As in, Discord, Discord?" Applejack says, us having arrived back at Ponyville. Twilight replies yes.

Fluttershy defends him. "I don't think it's that bad. He can be very helpful." I look at her.

"Yeah, and I understand where your coming from Fluttershy, but do realize, it is in his best interest to cut a deal with someone who would benefit him. Please, don't be surprised if he joins Tirek, and if we have to stop him, have the kindness to forgive him, and then banish him. Because that shit don't fly." I say, going and giving her a hug. Twilight nods in agreement to what I say.

"He is right. We should hold ourselves in reserve for when it might happen. Also, I can see where she is coming from. He can sense when there is a magical imbalance. When Tirek steals someones magic, he can track it." She says, and we all can see that she is down. Rainbow asks.

"So what are you going to do in the meantime?" Twilight turns around, having started to leave, and says.

"Nothing. I was going to go to the castle of the two sisters, catch up on some reading. Call me if you need me to 'Smile and Wave'." She says sarcastically, starting to walk off.

Me and the rest of the girls look at one another. Applejack then starts to walk off with Twilight.

"Want some company? It's been a while since we all have been to the castle of the two sisters."

Twilight looks at us, and smiles.

"Yeah, I think I could use some company."

We finally reach the castle, and are on the edge of the ridge into the gorge. Rainbow heaved a sigh of depression.

"I still can't believe we had to give back the elements of harmony." The other girls nod in agreement. Rarity says.

"We had to darling. Otherwise the tree of Harmony would not have survived."

Fluttershy smiled. "And you know what, our friendship is still as strong as ever. Twilight was right." I look at them and ask.

"I'm a little lost in translation. What?" Pinkie giggles.

"Silly. The Summer Sun Celebration was the anniversary of us becoming friends. It was the Elements of Harmony that really brought is tkgether. So, we where afraid that we would no longer be best friends if we gave them up. But Twilight said that wouldn't.happen, and she was right." I nod in understanding. I got it then.

Applejack just grunted.

"Yeah, and let's hope a certain Draconuquus doesn't make us regret giving them up." And at that moment, we hear a laugh. We look atound, and see Mary Fuckin Poppins y'all.

"Hahaha, good one. Yondu was my favorite character in those movies. But it was me, Discord." I laugh. Applejack just looks unamused.

"How did you guess we were talking about you?" Discord looks unamused.

"Oh, I don't know, I am the God of chaos. That might have something to do with it." Applejack backed off. Rainbow gets huffy.

"What are you even doing here, Discord?" She asks him while crossing her arms.

He smiles and pulls out a pair of glasses and a journal like book.

"Oh just some light reading. You know, this.journal you girls have kept about your lessons in friendship is quiet the fascinating page turner. I just wanted to catch up before I left on my super important mission." He says. The next thing he does is come in from the side of our vision, wearing a military generals uniform.

"As you know, I have been tasked with tracking an important escapee." He pulls out a bubble pipe and drags a few puffs out of it, the bubbles floating away in the wind. Spike gets indignant.

"Yeah, big fucking deal." Discord gets right next to him.

"Yes, it is a big deal." He then blows a bubble big enough to encompass the dragon child. Spike flavors up into the air, and the bubble pops, letting him fall.

Before much else bappens, Rainbow Dash flies up and catches him. Discord continues.

"Apparently I possess a special magic just right for the coming mission. Maybe, they should male me an alicorn princess." And he magics himself up a pair of alicorn wings and a horn. Both of which are strawberry pink. He starts to blow kisses to an invisible crowd, and I habe had enough.

I grab his horn, and throw him to the ground. I then stomp on his back, grab both wings, and rip them off of him. I proceed to smack him in the face with them, and toss them aside.

"Get to why your really here, Discord. Stop playing around." He let's out a huff.

"Fine." And he snaps his fingers. Instantly, we are teleported to the base of the tree of harmony. He walks up to a box growing out of a part of the root.

"I have just noticed though, that Twilight has yet to open this box. It got me thinking that, what if it had something inside that would make her feel a bit more royal? Show her more of her royal worth? I am only wondering because she has been feeling down about her role as a princess, and it not equating to much."

Pinkie gets suspicious. "Hey, how do you know about Twilight's problem?"

Again, Discord is unamused. All he does is raise his eyebrow. Pinkie nods.

"Touche." She says.

Discord sighs. "Well, I guess now is as good a time as any to leave." He then walks over to a nearby Ducati Diavel. He gets on, and says. "Tata!" And disappears in a blink.

Applejack says. "And good riddance." Just as he teleports back in.

"Oopsie, I almost forgot to return my book." He balances it on Twilights horn, and says to her.

"I've bookmarked a few of the more interesting chapters.You should take a look. Really gripping." He walks over to Fluttershy, and whispers, "Are we still on for tea later?"

Fluttershy nods. "I wouldn't miss it." Discord squee's. He walks off saying.

"I'll bring the cucumber sandwiches."

He then opens a door in the air, and walks through it. Applejack sighs.

"Okay, show of hands. Who all thinks that reformed Discord is more obnoxious than unreformed Discord?"

Everyone but me and Fluttershy raises their hand. Suddenly, she randomly transforms into Butchershy, and raises her hand. I tell them why I don't raise my hand.

"I never met unreformed Discord." They all nod in understanding. Butchershy turns back into Fluttershy. She says.

"But he is right. What if there is something In that box that is important?"

I say. "Of course there is something important in that box. I mean, it came from the tree of harmony. The real question is, What is in the box?"

Twilight looks thoughtful at my words.

"I know just the way to find out." And she gestures for us to follow. But something whispers for me to stay for a bit. So I say.

"You go on ahead, I'll catch up in a bit."

They all nod and head off. I am alone in moments. And then, several tendrils from the tree wrap around me, and squeeze lightly. Almost like a hug. They lift me up, and deposit me in a junction between two branches. As they do, I see my Utahraptor companion Sasha walk into the cave. I start to feel sleepy, and close my eyes. As I do, the tendrils drift over me, keeping me on the branch as I fall asleep.

I dream. I dream of five separate events, each one involving one of my herd. The first, was Rarity.

She was in Manehatten. Another mare asked her for a sample of fabric, and she gave her some. It then skips to the next day, when all the girls are with her, and they see the pony she gave the fabric too, had stolen all of Rarity's clothing designs. She had been distraught. She asked her friends to help her, after she had a burst of inspiration. They worked all night, with Rarity being increasingly rude to the others. They finish the dresses she design, and she rushes out, without even a thanks.

She reaches the runway, but then, she is reminded of what she has done, and her eyes flash with a rainbow explosion.

She rushes out, not even caring if she loses the fashion shoot, to go and apoligize to her friends. Later, they go to a play that Rarity had specially put on for her friends. After the play, a mare came in, and thanked Rarity for helping her see the truth. She tells her, that she had won the fashion shoot, and that the mare had quit from the other ponies design studio. Rarity offers a new job, and she agrees.

The dream ends.

The next dream, is about Rainbow Dash. It shows how she was practicing for the Ponyville team. Hpw she realized that they pretty much sucked. But they were her friends. She saw how Rainbow was offered to fly with the team for Cloudsdale. She trained with both teams, and was finally made to choose between which team to fly for. She had pretended to be hurt, to injured to fly for either team.

Until she realized. And her eyes shown with a rainbow explosion. She got out of the bed she had laid in, and went and chose. She chose her friends. She didnt want to be unloyal. The leader of the other team realized what she had done, and was proud of Dash for her choice. She said she would be happy to fly again with someone like Rainbow. Then, a stallion came up. He realized, he shouldn't have pretended to be hurt either, and that Rainbows loyalty was something that he should strive for as well. He would forever be as loyal as his friend.

The dream ends.

I dream of Pinkie Pie next. She is the best party planner in all of Equestria. I see that she was planning a birthday bash for Rainbow Dash.

Then, a stallion enters Ponyville, and claims to be a better party planner than Pinkie Pie. he starts to slowly take over Rainbow Dash's party. Pinkie starts to worry. He is doing everything right, and she just can't seem to keep up. She gets depressed. In a last ditch attempt to prove herself the better party planner in Equestria, she has a goof-off with the stallion.

Over the course of the goof-off, she realizes, and her eyes flash a rainbow explosion. She realizes, it isn't about being the better party planner. She just wanted to make her friend laugh. And so, she concedes defeat, and to the victor, the bragging rights of best party planner.

I dream her starting to leave town, and her friends coming to stop her. They tell her that they don't care that she isn't the best in all Equestria. She is still their friend. And Rainbow says she was just happy to have a good laugh from her.

The stallion comes up to her, and tells her the story of how he started. And how it was Pinkie who was the first party pony he ever saw, and had strived to live up to her name. he said that it didn't matter about being a party planner, if nobody could laugh. And so, Pinkie and the stallion, made Rainbow Dash's party better.

The dream ends.

I dream of Fluttershy.

I see the Breezy migration. How she tries so hard to help get the wind right, so they can move through the land. She helps everypony in the wind team with creating the wind.

And I saw the Breezies that fell out, and got separated from the rest of the group. Fluttershy takes the lost Breezies into her home, and helps them by getting them everything they need. She continues to help them, and they continue to abuse her hospitality. One of them kept telling them they need to leave, and they continued ignoring him.

And then Fluttershy realized, and a rainbow explosion flashed in her eyes. And she realized, she needed to kick them out, and get them home. So, she tells them they have to go. She cries as they leave, and I see Twilight come up with the spell to make all the girls Breezies. They become them, and guide the others home. They make it, and celebrate.

The dream ends.

And last, I dream of Applejack.

I see how two brothers come to town, and start to sell this super tonic. A cure-all. The ponies of the town take the bait. They believe that this tonic will do everything for them. The brothers have ponies come and show them the miracles the tonic can do. Granny Smith, Applejack's grandmare, was swimming like she had when she was younger. All with the help of the tonic.

Eventually, she went to figure out what was going on. She found out. The tonic was fake, and the two brothers knew it. But they convinced Applejack to not tell Granny about the tonic not actually doing anything. And Applejack does. She lets Granny Smith go about her business, with the tonic.

And she realizes, before Granny does something dangerous. She should stop the lies. But Granny does it anyways, tries to break the Equestrian high diving record.

Applejack saves her, and she realizes then, and a rainbow explosion flashes in her eyes. So, she tells everybody it was fake. And when the paparazzi ponies ask if the approval she gave was a lie, she says yes, admitting that she did wrong.

She tells eveypony that they had been happy, and she didn't want to ruin that by saying it was fake. But she realized, it was better for it to be fake, than everypony get hurt worse because they didn't know. The helper stallion, who had been helping the two brothers with the tonic, stopped the two brothers from twisting words, as Applejack would say something, and they would twist it. He admits the tonic is nothing more than fruit juice. It wasn't anything but.

And the two brothers run. The helper stallion tells Applejack that he will start to be honest from now on, and he thanks her for showing him the truth.

The dream ends.

Then, I am shown something else. Each of the ponies that was helped and shown the lessons of each element of harmony, gave them an object. Pinkie Pie, got a rubber chicken from Cheese Sandwich. Rainbow Dash, got a Wonderbolt pin from Spitfire. Rarity, got a spool of thread from Coco Pommel. Fluttershy, got a flower from Sea Breeze. And each one of the otems, glowed with a rainbow light.

And the dream ends.

The finals dream, is what is happening now. Twilight is flying to Canterlot castle. She reaches the castle, rushing into the throne room. Celestia tells her that Discord has joined Tirek. He has helped him start to gather stronger types of magic. He gain absorb flight and earth ponies earth magic. I immediately thought of earthbending. Sorry.

The last thing she says, is that they need to rid themselves of their magic, so Tirek may not get it. Twilight starts to say she will, but Cadence says they will not be losing it, just transferring it into another vessel. Twilight. And so, they give Twilight the power. And she takes it in, but is supercharged. They tell her to go home, and not tell anypony about the loss of the three alicorns power unto her.

And the dream ends.

Author's Note

Here we go. Sorry for the wait. Most of this was done on my phone, and I also had to go back and research those videos. To help, I will say that the events, habe happened. They happened in advance to the 'vines that bind harmony' chapters that I did. The order is the order the show has them happen. I decided to.go this route. Thank you for your patience.

Have a Jivin day!