The world change after the villains of the past invaded the world. The princesses of the sun and moon had to be put on bed rest, forcing several of Celestia's students to have to raise the sun and moon. The city of Manehatten had suffered damage and losses in the hundreds, leaving a mark on the land for years to come. The griffins, yaks, and dragons morn the dead, and now tension between the races has grown. Those who fell during Bright Eyes's assault were given the highest honor and a statue was made on the spot Majesty had fallen.

No pony knew what happen to the one called Posey after she fled that day. But a rumor spread that a small inn ten miles from the city had a tired and scared pegasi stay for three days. She seemed to stay in the room, only pulling food in once in a while. But on the third day, a scream awoke the innkeeper in the dead of night. They open the small room to see it covered in blood and pieces of the stranger thrown about. They also found claw marks and the stench of sulfur filled the room. The innkeeper sold the place quickly afterward and it quickly became known as the haunted inn.

Starlight and Trixie were able to recover after two weeks of rest. Starlight quickly started to study time magic in hopes to prevent another threat like this from happening. It was intense work and didn't produce any results in the first few months. Trixie tried to get a refund from the theater for the movie the two witnessed before the event. She did not get the refund and she was banned from the theater for life.

The five elements holder all recover physically from their wounds but mental wounds were deep. Pinkie fell into a depression and didn't leave her room for two months, only eating what was needed to survive. Rainbow Dash started training late into the night, not sleeping for long periods. Fluttershy seemed to fall into a sort of denial, only recognizing the events as mostly a haze memory. Most experts believe her pushing to stay awake caused her to blackout for some moments. Applejack fell into a similar fashion to Rainbow Dash, falling into her harvest and working long in the night. With the exception that she kept an extremely close eye on Applebloom, making sure she didn't go too far from her eyesight. Rarity tried to fall into her work but it was hard as she developed a fear about scissors. She swore every time she looked at the reflection in the blade, she saw something looking back.

Twilight, however, would be plagued with nightmares for about a week before something happen. Twilight was expecting the same nightmare about the events when instead she found herself in a field filled with large flower shape like bananas and bubbles the size of whales floating by. Twilight let out a sigh and sat down on a bench made out of bubble wrap as she waited for the architect of this dream. It didn't take long before one of the clouds turn into a postcard of the beach and folded into an airplane with Discord in some sort of captain outfit. It made a whooping noise until a loud screech as it stop right next to her.

"Ahh, princess," Discord said as he hop off the plane and with a snap, turned the plane into a group of turtles that dance away. "I was thinking you want a little vacation from that mind of yours."

"Careful, Discord." Twilight said with a small smile. "Luna will get angry if you horn in on her job."

"Well, if she cared then she should of stop..." He stop short and noticed the sad look in Twilight's eyes. "She is still recovering from the battle?"

"She is getting back to watching the dreams tomorrow." Twilight said, with a bit of sorrow." I couldn't stop it, Discord. I had one job and instead, Bright Eyes died. My friends watch ponies die in front of them and then they watch as I almost kill Majesty. All the allies we tried to keep together and now they are strained because of this. I failed."

"Far from it, princess." Discord said as he summon a large cloud and turn it into blue cotton candy. He handed it to Twilight and pet her on the head. "Celestia didn't kill any pony. Although the leaders are angry now, since you didn't deliver the final blow, they see you as a protector instead of a killer. This will work to your advantage in the future."

"How can this help?" Twilight said, pushing the cotton candy away. "I never kill any pony and now, I'm responsible for a least six death. I thought I could end it peacefully..."

"That was never possible." A voice said behind them. Twilight turned to see a tired Luna, holding her scythe at her side. Before she could question why she was there, Luna brought her weapon up and aimed it at Discord.

"Luna, what are you..?" Twilight started to shout.

"That is not Discord." Luna said with gritted teeth. "Discord is not allowed in this realm and he knows this. The real Discord can only deal with chaos magic, not the dream realm. Identify yourself, villain!"

"That is something I don't miss about you, Luna." Discord said as he raised from the bench. "You always tend to rush to conclusions." Twilight moved away from him and looked over to Luna. She turned back to Discord with a confused face.

"What going on? Who are you?" Twilight asked, hoping she wasn't in danger.

"I'm who I claimed to be." He said with a tired voice and that's when Twilight notice that this Discord looked tired and his face was covered in scars and wrinkles. "Just not at the same time as your Discord." Luna lower her weapon a bit while Twilight watch as Discord moved slowly to look at the horizon in the distance. "I come from a time when the events that happen last week happen fifty years ago for me. Time magic is tricky, dear princesses. My events, however, ended much differently. In my event, Celestia killed Bright Eyes after he claimed to kill you. You let it happen because two of your friends
had fallen to his pack. Their deaths fuel a rage in both you and Celestia that carry over to when you started to rule Equestria. Because of this, Luna retired from being the protector of dreams due to seeing visions of death and pain. Last I heard, a sort of cult worshiped her. I believe I have saved the future by giving you that warning, Twilight."

"Don't you risk death by doing this?" Luna asked, putting her weapon down. "You are erasing an entire world by preventing the events that created it?"

"Unfortunately, dear princess," Discord said with a sigh. "The Dark Sun and her disciple will live. Things that happen here don't affect my world. We are streams that only pass by each other once in a while. I hope by saving this world, I save some pony I lost in my world."

"Fluttershy didn't make it, did she?" Twilight asked. Discord let out a bark of a laugh.

"No, Fluttershy did not make it." He said, looking a little angry. "They made a mockery of her and use her to push there..." He let out a sharp gasp and collapse to the ground. Twilight rushed to his side and tried to lift him. Instead, her hoof pass through him like he was made of dust. "As I said, our worlds only briefly touch. I only have a few more minutes. You must listen to me!" He grabbed Twilight by her shoulder and she felt like it was sand was holding her. "By touching the earth and using its magic, you awaken something. Something was asleep for a long time. You must be prepared for it. It saw all that happened and could not..." Discord started to fade, cutting off his message. "Watch for... It's been... for centuries. It wants to... all ponies by... their destiny. It lives in your..."

He faded away completely, leaving a very confused Twilight and Luna in a scene of bubbles and turtles. Twilight looked at Luna with one question on her mind. What was coming?

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Discord cried in frustration as he punch his cell wall. He was so close to getting his message out. He was starting to cast another spell when he heard the door to the prison open up.

"Did you succeed, my pet?" A cold voice asked.

"I could not, my master." He said mournfully. "The worlds separated before I could get it out. I can try again in two days."

"Don't bother." The voice said, the tone seemly neutral. "If they die, they weren't the right ones. And we will find the ones we need." The figure walked away but before it left, something is tossed into the cell. Discord looked to see a bloody cat-o-nine. "You know what to do, my pet."

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I tasted it. One of the six has touched me. Has awoken me. I can feel the wind now. I haven't felt this in so long. They trapped me in this prison because I could have saved the world. And they all died while I...

I'm now free.

Author's Note

It took me a while to finish this story. I do have a sequel in mind but also have another story that was inspired by one I read a while ago. So I don't know which one will be published first but I do have a planned sequel. This was inspired by a panel about the first Gen My Little Pony and how they had technically been darker and more violent than Gen 4. So I decided to write what I think would happen if these two generations met. And no, I will not do that with the other generations.
The next story: The Outline of the Enemy.