As Sunny stared into the fireplace at the end of the room. Her ears folded down a bit as the flames crackled and popped. Izzy looked over at her and approached Sunny.

"Hey... what's wrong Sunny? I thought you'd be happy we found Ponyville and learned a lot about what happened," Izzy said.

The earth pony turned alicorn looked up at her unicorn friend and sighed.

"I am... Izzy. Its just.." She paused, looking around at the room they were in. "I just can't stop thinking about what this place could have been right now, if that disaster hadn't befallen olden Equestria. Like.. what if Canterlot, Ponyville, Los Pegasus.. had a chance to grow and evolve over the years? It just makes me, so so so sad to see these old buildings and think about how amazing it must have been to live during that time." She sniffled and some tears formed in her eyes. Outside the sound of distant thunder rumbled across the empty streets and over the old bakery.

"Oh Sunny.." Izzy said quietly, sitting beside her friend and giving her a small hug before letting go. "You just have to think that, the ponies who did live in those times had wonderful lives. They had lots of different creatures to call their friends and the love they must of shared too. It's sad I know... to see all these ruins and think about what the future could have held for them. But maybe one day, we will rebuild Ponyville, and Canterlot, and restore a lot of these buildings to their former glory. Not changing one thing about them to keep them historical landmarks," said Izzy, smiling and looking at Sunny. Sunny smiled and wipes her eyes.

"Thanks Izzy... you're right. In fact, when we get back to Maretime Bay, I'm going to petition the Equestria Historical Society to do just that. Rebuild all the old towns that were abandoned and turn them into important historical sites. So ponies can learn about their history and learn about the past." The alicorn said, ears perking up as she smiled.

"I think that's a great idea," said Hitch, as he and the rest of the group joined Izzy and Sunny by the fireplace.

"I do too," said Pipp, "I can direct some money from the kingdom to help with the repairs. I'm sure my mom will agree."

"And I can get some unicorns to help with the heavy lifting," said Izzy.

"Oh how touching this is. Truly I haven't seen friendship like this in a millennium." Said a different voice, echoing around the room.

The group jumped and looked around for the source of the voice. But they couldn't spot anyone.

"W-whos there!?" Hitch called out, taking a defensive stance in front of his friends.

"Oh worry not my little ponies, I will do you no harm. I just like to have a little fun every once and a while. Allow me to introduce myself," the voice said. Just then, the room began to distort itself and all 5 ponies began floating as gravity reversed itself. Flying carrotdogs in buns with mustard, zipped around them, their little white wings beating the air. The fire that was in the fireplace became alive, and started tap dancing with a top hat and stick. And in the middle of all this, a figure poofed from out of nowhere. The mane 5 gasped at the creature who floated before them. It was dragon-like creature with two different kinds of antlers. It's large yellow eyes shone brightly and it's red pupils looked at the ponies with interest. It had one lion paw and one talon from a bird, one leg from a deer, and one claw from a dragon as its other leg. A white gotee hung from its chin and a single fang was visible from its toothy smile.

"I am Discord. Lord of Chaos. Bringer of tea," a tea set poofed into existence with a snap of his fingers, "and partier of the universe!" Confetti fell from the ceiling and a party hat appeared on everyponys head as they watched in awe as this strange creature started dancing.

"Uh...." Sunny said, absolutely speechless. Discord, looked over the group and poofed everything away, leaving them floating there awestruck.

"What? You act like you've never seen a God before." Said Discord, looking surprised.

"Well uh... that's because we haven't... Discord." Said Zipp, trying to set herself down on the floor again. "And uh.. can we have gravity back please?"

Discord sighed and looked away, "Oh very well, party poopers." He said distastefully, snapping his fingers as everything went back to the way it was.

"So.. you're the Lord of Chaos?" Sunny asked, looking at Discord.

"The one and only, what would you like signed?" He asked, poofing a sharpie and a table with pictures of him on it as he sat in the chair behind it.

"What? No, nothing. I'm just... extremely confused, and shocked. How did you get here?" She asked. Discord poofed everything away and flew around to her side. Pulling her into a side hug as he waved a paw in front of them majestically.

"Bu using extremely powerful magic that nopony could ever begin to comprehend... or control." He said, now examining his claws talons very pompously as he made a nail file appear and he began filing his claws. Sunny pulled free from his grip and looked up at him.

"So.. if you're very powerful, and The Lord of Chaos. Then are you evil?" She asked. To this, Discord raised and eyebrow and looked at her from the side as he continued filing his claws.

"No no no, I gave that up long ago. I'm reformed." He said, poofing the file away and examining his talons carefully.

"Then what are you doing here?" Asked Izzy, taking step towards Discord. The Lord of Chaos looked down at her and instantly smiled a little.

"Meeting my new friends of course. And might I say... your demeanor resembles that of another certain pink pony I knew centuries ago." Discord said, flying around Izzy and examining her. Izzy giggled.

"Well thank you!" She said, smiling and looking at Sunny. "I think we can trust him Sunny, he seems friendly enough. And his sparkle is super bright!"

Discord smiled and bowed gratefully, "well thank you! I learned all my friend making skills from my dear Fluttershy after all." But the smile vanished from his face and he slinked to the floor, ears folded down. "Oh how I miss her..." he said sadly, drawing a picture of her face in the dust on the floor.

Sunny looked at the picture, then at the dolls in her bag. Pulling one out, she showed it to Discord. "Is this her?" She asked.

The draconequus looked up at the yellow Pegasus doll with the butterfly cutie mark, and smiled a little, sniffling softly.

"Yes.. that's her. My dear Flutters," he said softly.

"I'm sorry for your loss Discord," said Pipp, also looking rather sad.

"She's not really gone you know.. I've kept our memories right here," he points to his chest.

"That's really sweet of you Discord. But.. it may be possible to bring her and the rest of them back from Limbo," Said Sunny.

Discord eyed her and gave her a look of distaste.

"Limbo?? Fluttershy passed away centuries ago in Ponyville General Hospital surrounded by her friends and me of course." He threw his arms up to emphasize his point. "I SAW her life slip away peacefully in my arms!"

"That's what I was afraid of Discord," said a voice all too familiar.

The draconequus turned and stared at the glowing form of Princess Twilight. His jaw literally dropping and hitting the floor, completely detached from his body.

"You look surprised to see me," she said softly, smiling.

"But.. but.. but.. b-b-b-b-but you were killed in battle!! Centuries ago! When the dragons declared war on us remember-"

Twilight began to giggle softly, but not in a lighthearted way, more of like a "I know something you don't" way.

"Why are you laughing!? This isn't funny at all!" Discord shouted.

"I do apologize Discord, when Twilight created me, she didn't intend for it to be a literal version of her. I'm an exact copy of Twilight, only I have half her memories. More like.. part of her spirit. So once again, I do apologize if some emotions are missing from my consciousness." The shimmering alicorn said, trotting and sitting down next to the fire.

"I... suppose that would make sense," said Discord, stroking his goatee. "But that doesn't explain why you were laughing when I said you were killed in battle."

Twilight's face took a more serious look, and she cleared her throat.

"That's because you've had your memories tampered with Discord."

~To be continued

Author's Note

Hey everyone, sorry this took a bit longer to finish. I took a short break because I'm going through some things in my personal life at the moment. If you spot some mistakes I may have made or have any input on the story so far. Don't be afraid to comment. Just remember to try and keep the comments respectful. See you all in the next chapter! I'm hoping to release it in a couple days or less.