Interlude:
You broke my heart, so I’ll rip apart yours

It was a gray day in Equestria. The sky always reflected Celestia’s mood, and a gray day indicated that she was depressed. And everypony knew why.

That day was the anniversary where the Bearers of Harmony have vanished forever. And nopony have heard from them for over eleven years. Last time they had news about them was when they joined the Knights of Silence.

As a matter of fact Equestria had to face the greatest threats unprotected for three long years until the creatures arrived. A group of six murderous ponies that the rumors said were actually monsters from the pits of hell whose victims list only grew larger.

This group have self-proclaimed as the Bearers’ replacements. And those who dared threaten Equestria would suffer the consequences. Being murdered in the most horrific ways imaginable.

In the end everypony understood why Celestia was feeling especially depressed. Not only she have lost Equestria’s greatest hope, but she also lost a pony she loved as a daughter. And the whole deal about this mysterious group only made her reach her breaking point.

But she had more important things to think about. For example, there were some creatures that still blamed Celestia for the Bearer’s fate. Discord never accepted the loss of her first and dearest friend, and since she got missing eleven years ago he was depressed and bitter. He spend countless nights looking at the emptiness of his Realm hoping he would come to him and everything would be back the way it was.

When the rumors about the murderous ponies have final reached him, Discord understood their friends would never be back. They would never allow that such ponies get away with that many murderers.

He the cried loss of his friends for many moons, especially Fluttershy. And when the sadness has passed all that was left was anger.

“Flutershy. The only one who always believed in me. Even if I betrayed more times than I can remember. I did not deserve her forgiveness, but she still gave it to me. My dear Fluttershy, why did you left? You were an innocent victim, you never asked to become Equestria’s protector but there you were forced to this role that ended up taking your life.”

His anger just grew every single day. And slowly his anger became desire for revenge. Who was truly at fault that his dear friend have died? Who forced the six ponies to this life as Equestria’s protectors on the first place?

Celestia and Luna. And they would pay.

Yes, they would pay a price higher than death.

“No idiots I won’t kill you. That’s far too king for daring to endanger Fluttershy. But yes you’ll pay, and continue paying for the rest of your immortal lives. I’ll avenge you Fluttershy, and the others too I guess.”

With that last thought he teleported into Canterlot Castle ready to attack.

“Discord?!” gasped Celestia scared after feeling the draconequs’ anger.

“What’s going on?” asked Luna looking at Discord charging his power on his claws.

“I just realized my first true friend would never come back. But then I wonder, who’s fault is it? Starlight Glimmer, just murdered? The other enemies that she was forced to face during the course of years? No, the culprits are none other than the immortal goddesses too coward to protect their people in person. I am going to avenge Fluttershy, my other friends too but especially Fluttershy.”

He trapped Celestia and Luna under his magic aura. They barely manage to create a shield but Discord was so angry that he crushed their weak attempts to defend themselves. He would not give them time to respond since he was more powerful than them.

“Take this!”

He started to generate a ball on energy on his paw and then he threw it to the Princess. The impact sent them to the other side of the room cracking the wall.

They tried to prepare themselves for the next attack but he destroyed their shields only with the power of his aura. He prepared a new attack.

“This is for Fluttershy.”

“Are you going to kill us Discord?” asked Luna.

Discord grinned. “I’m not that kind and you know it. You let my friends die, so I’ll fry you a few thousands of braincells. You’ll live the rest of your immortal lives as retarded morons who would not be able to do anything by yourselves. I hope you like to live in a mental facility forever and ever!”

The two alicorns screamed in fear.

“I know this seems scary now, but after a while you won’t care anymore. You would be nothing but a couple of retarded ponies who won’t care about anything anymore.”

He sent the magic attack to the two alicorns and there was nothing they could do about it. He won.

“Now Celly, Lulu do you want me to spoon-feed you now that you have the mental capability of a two-year-old?”

His answer was an idiotic laugh, much to his delight.

Then he realized, why only one of them was laughing?

Then he looked at the pony, it was not Celestia nor Luna, but a pony in a black hood. She laughed like a moron much to his surprise.

“Look! A cow! MOOOOOO!” laughed the pony in the black hood looking at Discord.

Discord started to look around to see that there were more five creatures surrounding him.

“Dang it! She became an idiot just like Discord said!” complained one of them.

“Gothic!” called somepony else.

One of the newcomers shot a magic beam to the pony’s head. Her head exploded in a million pieces covering Luna and Celestia with blood and pieces of flesh.

The two alicorns threw up in disgust and fear.

Discord could not believe it. “Did you just killed your partner?”

But they all muttered when the headless pony regenerated a new head.

“What?” asked Discord.

“This is not the first time I’ve lost my head. Luckily, I can regenerate.” explained the pony who have protected Celestia.

Discord shook his head in disbelief.

“Who are you?”

They surrounded Discord showing him their fangs.

The draconequs shivered, as his instincts screamed, DANGER! Something really bad was happening there. What were these ponies? Finally, the six figures stared at him with their dead red eyes.

“Undeads… it can’t be…”

“Oh yes. Yes, it can.”

Celestia and Luna have passed out by the fear as the Undead Knights came closer to Discord.

“You are the murderers… the creatures who have killed one by one the enemies of Equestria.”

The leader shrugged.

“We conceive ourselves as invincible warriors at the service of their Majesties!” said one of the hooded creatures.

“We call ourselves the Undead Knights.”

Discord gulped, he have seen the undead a couple of times and knew that locking them out was the only option, but those things were sentient. Not a good sign.

Panicking, Discord shot a powerful magic attack that turned them into pieces. But one of them jumped just in time and shot a magic beam from her hoof sending him to he ground.

“What?” asked Discord.

“What did you expect moron? Even if you are stronger than an alicorn, you have wasted most of your energy already by fighting Celestia and Luna. You are tired, this is easy for me.”

Discord attacked again trying to escape, but the other just received the attack without a problem and regenerated in less than a second. She grinned and shot another magic attack to Discord that immobilize him.

Discord tried to use all his power to release himself but it was pointless.

“Don’t bother. You are already exhausted, and I am a corpse and cannot feel tired.”

In the meantime the Princesses had come back to their senses, looking at the scene trying to make sense at what they were looking at. They saw Discord surrounded by the six murderers and he seemed scared. Why? Wasn’t him one of the most powerful creatures in the world, why?

Obviously, there was more about these ponies that they thought. Now they only had to wait and see the outcome for their fight with Discord.

The hooded pony took a long knife from her hood and stabbed Discord on the side, as he screamed in pain. He tried to run but the others use their own magic to keep him from running away as she continued to torture Discord with her knife. Finally she took a large spoon and put it under his eye.

“This would only hurt you a lot!”

And she pulled his eye out as she laughed cruelly.

Discord’s screams of pain were heard all over Canterlot. Which kind of monsters were them who could defeat the God of Chaos himself.

“Gothic, gem!” asked the pony torturing Discord.

Gothic threw her a gem that she inserted on the empty eye socket.

She then kicked him on the open cut as she stabbed him on his chest and slowly opened it.

“Go on… do it!” said Discord weakly.

“Have you accepted your fate?” grinned the other pony.

“Yes, at least I’ll reunite with my dear Fluttershy…”

The pony laughed.

“Reunite with her you say? And what would she say if you told her what you were planning to do, huh?”

Discord smiled. “She would forgive me! As she always does.”

The pony shook her head. “Not this time.”

And then she removed her hood revealing her face to Discord who gasped in horror.

“I don’t forgive you. And I would never reunite with you.”

“Fluttershy?” asked Discord, trembling in fear.

“You threatened Equestria. The Kingdom I love. Then you tried to hurt those who I swore my loyalty. I do not forgive you Discord. You broke my heart, so I’ll rip apart yours.”

She opened his chest and removed the vital organ with a single move.

A solitary tear came from Discord’s left eye as he embraced death.

“Fluttershy…”

Author's Note

And there it is, another glance at the alternate timeline. I hope you liked it. This time just showing how Discord was defeated and destroyed by the Undead Knights. Next chapter is the end of the last arc.

Read ya’ later!!