As he perplexedly looked through the top-ship's window, John saw the rainbow shockwave approach and finally wash over the mountains, disappearing somewhere beyond Equestria's borders.

"Welcome to harmony." an unfamiliar yet extremely soothing voice resounded in John's mind as the wave passed.

"Hey, Accord, mah dude! I was just waiting for you to attempt possessing me!" John cheerfully responded.

"Wait, who is this?" Sombra immediately asked afterwards "I may be your King, which makes me wise even beyond my impressive years, but still, being attacked by sentient tops and now having some new voice appear within my mind… There are still things even I cannot whelm…"

"Well, I could explain it…" John unenthusiastically started before suddenly getting interrupted.

"I am Accord, great Draconequus of Order and you should surrender your conscience to me. We shall all live in perfect harmony as one." the unknown voice insisted.

"Nah, I'm good." John quickly reassured, before resuming "Yeah, so that's basically the opposite of Discord. Like, you know, the Lord of Chaos? So, he's trying to make the word into perfect order by basically possessing every single living being."

"Oh, that is an extremely unwise decision. What world a world without a King be?" Sombra immediately argued.

"A beautiful world." Accord's voice responded, its tones echoing through John's consciousness like the softest of melodies "Imagine a realm free of chaos, of war, of pain, of sadness… of free will. The incarnation of a perfect reality birthed in the light of the Elements themselves. Join it. To resist is futile."

Somehow, this voice was making John's mind a bit hazy. He steadied himself.

"Just ignore him. Starlight should just fix everything in about a minute…" it was then that a realization struck the human "Fuck. Starlight isn't going to fix shit. I stopped her from becoming good… This is bad."

"In my world, there will be no such thing as bad. Join it. Harmony is waiting." the voice made John's mind go ever so slightly numb once again. He could feel his conscience escaping.

"Fuck."

When, all of a sudden, Sombra's voice returned him to reality…

"Thanks…"

"What are you talking about? This is completely stupid!" the King indignantly intervened "The only reason the ponies of this world exist is to serve me or be destroyed! There is nothing on Equestria that surpasses my greatness and the only thing ponies are deserving to unite under is my grand and unaltered rule! So, bow before me, whoever you are. The King has…"

Suddenly, the King got interrupted "There is no need to fight the truth. Resistance is…"

"YOU DARE INTERRRUPT ME?!" Sombra suddenly yelled back, interrupting even the intangible Draconequus "You, measly peasant! Your unwise plans are but a reflection of how inferior you are to my overwhelming greatness! There is no pleasure in perfect harmony. When day breaks, I shall stand upon my throne and this land shall see that the one true leader of Equestria is none else than Sombra and not some kind of mind-infecting imposter!"

"Yeah! What he said!" John uncertainly added.

A faint sigh echoed through John's mind "And once more, it is clear that rejecting truth only brings forth despair and anger. Why hurt yourself, why resign from a perfect future? And the choice never even was yours. The time has come to accept your faith." the Draconequus voice was comforting, it was as a sweat bait in the maw of a devious trap.

"No." John simply responded.

The other had nothing to say.

"Hah! Gotcha on this one, don't I? What are you going to respond now, eh?" the human triumphantly exclaimed.

"You are wrong and you shall soon see it. There is no escape from reality."

A small silence took over before John suddenly had an idea.

"Wait, I think I have a great strategy against him." he suddenly announced, before casually calling out "Hey, Accord, according to all known laws of aviation, you should shut the fuck up."

After giving out a small chuckle to his own terrible joke, he continued "Hey, Accord, guess I know what's your favorite instrument is: the accordion. Hey, Accord, I bet when you play the guitar, it sounds like shit, because you're missing a cord…"

As an awkward silence filled John's mind once again, Sombra unsurely asked "Uhm… Sorry to interrupt you but, is your strategy really just to overwhelm him with bad puns about his name?"

"I don't know, it worked on a mech just several minutes ago, why wouldn't it work on a god… that is basically invincible and omnipotent and… I don't know, you've got better ideas?"

A regretful though went through his mind "Fuck, that's the moment Cosmic Chaos would have been useful… I still miss her in moments like that..."

"Do not fear! You do not need any Cosmic Chaos for your King is here and he has a great plan!" Sombra immediately reassured, overwhelming confidence in his voice.

"Amazing…"

"Listen here, you, disgraceful deity." the King coarsely called out "I may not know who you exactly are, but I do know who I am. And I am your King. Thus, you should obey your supreme leader and immediately cease all attempts at enslaving the universe. This is my job. So now, leave this head immediately, as your King commands it."

"No."

John gave out a small chuckle "Why was I expecting exactly this to happen…"

"There are no Kings now. None rules and none obeys. We are all one harmonious whole. Join it." It seemed other voices mixed in with Accord's. This harmony seemed so enticing. The Draconequus was right.

"Wait, the narrator wouldn't say that… Did he just take control of the narrator now? Like, what?" questions swirled within John's mind. His psyche continued to push away the truth "Oh, yeah. He's a Draconequus, almost forgot. That's still extremely creepy though."

"It's a good thing I don't hear him then…" King Sombra sternly added, not knowing how wrong he was.

"Yep, we need to deal with the situation fast." John nervously concluded, observing his surroundings without much hope.

"There is no need to hurry. The only deliverance comes with surrender." Accord's voice repeated, almost hypnotizing.

"OK, this conversation is going circles, it's starting to get boring." John sighed in denial.

"Indeed." as the singular word echoed through the human's mind, he felt the hazy sensation overwhelm him even further. Reality was starting to slip from his minds' grasp, replaced with pure and unaltered harmony and order…

"Wait, wait, wait, no!" he suddenly exclaimed, pushing this sweet haziness back for the fraction of a second "That's not fair! I didn't give my shitty speech full of vaguely emotional bullshit that's supposed to suddenly convert you into Discord yet."

"Alright, fair enough" the other yieldingly agreed, easing his benevolent grasp of John's mind "I am listening to your arguments even though they are all obviously but the sickly ramblings of a lost soul."

"Perhaps." John sourly started "But, you know, harmony isn't just mind-controlling everyone to become one and the same, it is many different notes all coming together to make something greater…" he pensively pronounced.

"But then, I kinda copied this sentence from the comics and it really has more coolness to it than actual meaning so…" John gave out a small sheepish sigh.

"My point is, how are you going to survive without being able to summon chocolate rain and giant popsicles? If I had this kind of power, there's no way I'm giving it up to take over the world. Like, what's the point in living if you can't even transform Princess Celestia into a cake? Well, I sure can't do that and still don't know what the point my life is…"

Contently clearing his throat, he unsurely asked "So, was my shitty speech convincing enough?"

The haziness retreated. It seemed the Draconequus was deep in his thoughts.

"Come on! It wasn't that bad! I've seen worse redemption speeches in the show!... Or maybe not, but still!" John insisted.

"Yes, what is the point?" he heard Accords' voice doubtful as never before "Why live in a world where every single soul is as alone as it is identical? There is no point in perfect harmony…" the Draconequus paused, before, all of a sudden, a cheerful exclamation replaced his monotone voice "But there is a point in chocolate rain! Yay! Free flying cupcakes for everyone! Discord is back! Long live me!"

Then, it all grew quiet. Accord was gone as suddenly as he arrived.

"OK, now that we're done with this…" John started with an enthusiastic sigh "Wait a minute, this is exactly what I was waiting for! " he excitedly exclaimed, met with nothing but a confused silence on Sombra's part.

"Oh, and I may add that I just saved the world three times in the last two days, so yeah, thank me later Equestria!" John enthusiastically exclaimed "I mean, that's kinda the opposite of what I wanted to do, but… Fuck, how incompetent of a villain can I be…" he sourly added after a second.

"Extremely incompetent." Sombra immediately replied as his ghostly head appeared in John's front "Not even a single hint of slavery in your actions, what a waste…"

Ignoring the remark, John decided to concentrate on the important part "So, how does this thing work?" he determinedly wondered, pensively leaning over the top-ship's control panel and starting to mindlessly press random buttons.

"I need to immediately get to the Everfree Forest." A small flashing red light turned on above the pilot's seat. The ship started to shake.

"Amazing, I think I managed to turn it on." John contently exclaimed, proceeding to look for anything resembling a steering wheel.

"Are you sure piloting this thing is a wise decision?" Sombra hesitantly asked, eyeing the multitude of colorful buttons "Or you could at least let your King demonstrate his piloting skills since for now, the skills you demonstrated weren't extremely promising in any domain..."

"You wanna try to pilot this thing?" John skeptically replied with a small smirk "You know what, as long as we crash in the vague direction of the Everfree Forest, it's fine with me. You're free to go."

And as the alien machine slowly lifted itself off the ground, Sombra's ghostly head floated closer to the console "You see, I am in fact quite proficient in such mechanical affairs." he confidently started.

"Indeed, I, unlike most ponies, have already driven a bicycle which honestly has somewhat the same piloting system as here." Sombra calmly explained, with a content grin on his face "Of course, driving a bicycle isn't the greatest of your King's achievements, but it definitely is up there." with these enthusiastic words, John saw Sombra's red magical aura ignite around one of the control panel's button, as he pressed it.

"And now, if my calculations are correct. We should normally move in that direction." he continued, attempting a hand gesture in the direction he referred to but failing due to his current lack of hands.

The button press did have its effect though. Indeed, it caused the ship to immediately stop hovering and heavily slam back into the ground "It seems my calculations were incorrect after all…" Sombra sourly remarked at the sight "Do not worry though! A true King never surrenders!"

As he saw Sombra attempt pressing some other buttons in no particular order, John decided to intervene "Perhaps you could try that big joystick over there?" he carefully suggested.

As the aircraft rose into the air once again, Sombra turned his gaze in the direction John was indicating "Indeed, that was actually my plan all along!" he immediately reassured with a sheepish smile, swiftly encompassing the thing in his magic.

It was the right call…

"Nice."

…The ship now crashed about a hundred feet further to the South.

"OK, I'm getting bored." John impatiently announced "Let me just press some random buttons and I'm sure we'll end up somewhere." and so, he did.

Only mildly slowed down by Sombra's indignant "Hey, I thought we agreed that's my job!" it wasn't long before every single glowing button on the control panel was pressed and more than once.

The ship started shaking even more than before "Fuck, that's probably not good."

It slowly started ascending off the ground, gradually accelerating at exponential rates. And as, with a nervous "Oh no…" John lightly touched the joystick, concurrently ripping it from Sombra's magic, the ship moved forward at such speed that the outside world became nothing but a grand mix of badly blending colors.

A second later, it all stopped, the short-awaited collision with the ground as hard as it was salvaging. Airbags popped from every possible direction.

"Fuck, I think we're here…" John painedly mumbled, struggling to get a look through the shattered window.

A second later, Sombra's ghostly head floated through a wall "We definitely are in the Everfree Forest, but even I dislike the part we're in…" he sourly announced.

"Oh no, don't tell me we're in the…" John regretfully started, images of sentient trees and unending lectures going through his mind.

He was rapidly interrupted by Sombra's despaired though "Yes, we're in the nesting grounds! The worst of the worst! The part of these godforsaken woods where the tiniest of creatures gather to give birth to their even tinier counterparts! God, all this chirping and squeaking! All it makes me want to do is devour these small fleshlings in front of their parents just to make it stop!" Sombra theatrically exclaimed, an explosion of crystalline shards emanating from his horn due to the sheer strength of his anger and and overall hopelessness.

"Oh, that's not what I was thinking about…" John relievedly sighed in the meantime "I guess we shouldn’t even be that far from Fluttershy's house then… and so, from Discord. My plan is all coming together…"

Author's Note

For those of you who don't read the IDW Comics and don't have any idea of who was this Accord the beginning of this chapter vaguely revolved around, here's a link to his wiki page.

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Accord
(The comics are cool, read them.)