Canterlot Guarden, a few hours before Sunset went to visit her mother

Sunset decided to look at a statue that has been in the Canterlot Guarden ever since she first came to the castle. It was a rather old looking statue, but after finding out about a being known as Discord from some of the books she and Twilight had access to, she began to wonder if this statue that is of a strange looking creature the likes of which equestria has no record of is the same Discord.

"So...um...hi." Sunset said. "I'm not sure if you can hear me or something like the sort. My name is Sunset Shimmer. Not exactly sure if you know that yet or not. From what I've read, you were sealed away because you were spreading chaos like wildfire. Listen, I get that your a being of chaos, but trust me: Too much of one thing will get boring. Even Chaos. I once tried to have a full week of nothing but wild shenanigans with my surrogate sister Twilight but...both of us found it boring about three days in. Sure your a being of chaos, but there's a time for chaos and a time for order. Maybe, if you do eventually get out of that prison of yours, you could consider perhaps not going so overboard like you did last time. What I mean is, instead of trying to make Equestria a land of nothing but chaos, perhaps you could add a dash of chaos somewhere. Nothing over the top, just do something to spice something up to a degree that will hide the fact that your the one that made the chaos happen. Something like that." She explained. "And continue to do stuff like that from time to time. Not all the time mind you, make it sporadic, unpredictable even. That way, you get to spread chaos and it's not like how you did things a thousand years ago. Plus, there's the Grand Galloping Gala coming up in a few weeks. That to me sounds like the perfect thing for you to spice up." Sunset suggested. "Well I've got to go. I want to check up on my mother and see how she's doing ever since my brother disappeared. Huh...now that I think about it, perhaps you might know where he went off to? That would help a bunch if you did." She concluded before heading off.

A Pony...disappeared? A voice from within the statue said. Unbeknownst to Sunset at the time, Discord was very much alive in that statue; not to mention very aware. And he had heard every word Sunset said. Controlled Chaos...the idea actually excited the bringer of chaos. So much so that he was going to take it to heart. And Sunset wouldn't even realize that she had prevented Discord from trying to take over Equestria again, until much later...

Golden Oaks Library, the day after Sunset was affected by Poison Joke

"Eight Tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala; that's one for the two of us, our five friends, and Spike too." Twilight said.

"Yeah. I pretty much told Celestia that if she sent any less then eight tickets, our friends would fight over who gets to go and knowing you, you wouldn't want to go without all of us there. And I would stand by that decision and not want to go either." Sunset said. "Though, I'm not exactly sure if it's a great idea. I've been to the event before and believe me, it's not all it's cracked up to be." She added.

"Perhaps, but I wouldn't want to go without all our friends anyways." Twilight said. "Besides, I'm sure we'll find something to do while we're there." She added.

"You know something, your right. With the eight of us there together, surely we can think of something to take away from the event." Sunset said. Suddenly Rainbow Dash came in.

"Hey, did you guys know about something? Apparently, Princess Luna wants to start back up the Shadowbolts. Apparently it wasn't just a nightmare moon thing after all." Rainbow Dash said.

"Really? That's news to me. Mostly because I didn't even know that the Shadowbolts even existed before." Sunset said.

"Must be Luna's version of the Wonderbolts." Twilight said. "But what's that got to do with you, Rainbow Dash? Didn't you want to get into the Wonderbolts?" She asked.

"I do, but Luna is considering me as one of the first members. And she'll be able to work out some things so I don't have to be too far away from my friends." Rainbow Dash said.

"That's...wow..." Twilight said. "That's good news." She added.

"I know right. And I'm really thinking about accepting that invite to join because of that." Rainbow Dash said.

"Well, so long as it's what you want, the rest of us will support you one hundred percent." Sunset said. "I know we will." She added.

"Yeah, that's what the others said too when I told them." Rainbow Dash said.

"You told everyone else first?" Twilight asked.

"Well yeah. Hey, are those tickets to the Grand Galloping Gala for all of us?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Yep. Curtusy of Celestia." Sunset said.

"Sweet. Then I can get more details from Luna about what she's going to do with the Shadowbolts that'll allow me to be close to my friends while I'm there." Rainbow Dash said.

"Yeah, that is honestly the best opportunity to do so." Twilight said.

A few days later, all of the elements plus spike were soon arriving in Canterlot by train, with the girls all wearing dresses made by Rarity and Spike sporting a tux too. Waiting for them as they got off the train though, was a sight that made Sunset almost boil over with Anger.

"Prince Blueblood..." Sunset said, almost throwing up just at the bare mention of him.

"Settle down there Sunset." Rarity said, stepping forward. "It's been some time, hasn't it, Blueblood?" Rarity asked. Sunset expected Blueblood to yell at her friend but was not prepared for what happened next.

"It has been too long since we last spoke. Tell me, how is young Sweetie Belle?" Blueblood asked.

"She's growing up quite nicely. Just some trouble with her magic but I'm sure it'll come soon." Rarity said.

"Can't believe I've missed so much of her life but as you know, I've been quite busy. Perhaps one of these days, I'll make the trip down to Ponyville to check up on my niece. I mean can you believe it? Me? An Uncle? I never thought I'd live to see the day." Blueblood said.

"Okay, what in the name of the royal crown is going on here? Prince Blueblood, why are you talking like that?" Sunset asked, generally confused.

"Oh? I guess I never told you huh?" Rarity asked. "Lucky Belle is Prince Blueblood's half-brother." She said.

"LUCKY BELLE IS WHAT?!" Everyone else but Blueblood suddenly yelled out as their jaws hit the ground.

To Be Continued

Author's Note

Remember when I said that I was saving the Grand Galloping Gala for something later? Well, that something is here. Additionally, yeah. Blueblood's not a jerk in this version of events. Have fun wrapping your heads around THAT factiod.