At the end of harmony

Zephyr Breeze didn't know how it happened.
One minute he was styling up a mannequin with a spunky new and bedazzling wig.
The next everything was wrong, The floor was on the ceiling, The sky was smelled like popcorn and the screams from outside his now ruined apartment sounded in C-major instead of the usual B-minor.

Everything was wrong.

So Zephyr, like any good Pony raised on the teachings of princess Celestia and Harmony did what he thought must be done.

He hid under a blanket.

A panic room would've been more appropriate considering the, well, panic he was going through. Sadly, his cheap apartment doesn't have such a room installed.
Lousy landlords.

"What is that thing?!" "Run Away!" "Where are the princesses?!" Princesses?

Oh yeah, there's now another princess in Equestria. Some princess called...

A princess called...

What was she called again?

"She's called Princess Luna." The Chimera next to him whispered.

"Luna, That's the princess's name, yes..." Now with his knowledge of the modern political climate restored Zephyr can focus on more important things. Such as, Why have the screams from outside stopped or who the stranger under his blanket with him is.

Wait...

There's a stranger with him...

*Screams*

What's going on? Who is this fellow? How did he get into his room? What was the screaming about? WHY IS HE PANICKING?!

WHAT IS GOING ON?!?!?!?!

"Well that's not mighty nice is it now?" The chimera said as he made a movement with his Lions paw and Zephyr's screaming mouth was zipped shut with an actual zipper.

Grabbing at his now zippered mouth trying to open it in his panicked state might not have been the best decision in his life, pointed at by the fact that his panicked hyperventilating is running him out of air faster than he can breath.

"So I came here with a proposal for you, a deal you may- Oh, your unconscious." Discord noticed the passed out Zephyr on the floor, A healthy pony shouldn't have that much foam coming from their zipper mouth, no sir!

"We can't have this talked if your on the floor like this. wait just a moment" And with a snap of his finger, if you can call bird talons finger, He disappeared from the room and left the passed out Zephyr lying there.

Looking at the turquoise Pegasus tied the chair he created, Discord can see something truly extraordinary for a pony.
But he can keep that to himself, I mean, Why should he tell the future hero of Equestria that his talent, that his cutie mark, the thing that everypony has, is the perfect talent for a slob that can't do anything.

His talent is 'taking it easy'. this is going to be so fun to watch him do something serious, Ooh I just cant wait!
Oh, he's waking up.

"Wakey wakey eggs and bakey, Good morning princess" He told the now awake pony.
Oh, his panicked looking around, his terrified visage, the way his eyes widened when they saw him.
He truly is, a perfect candidate.

"Who are you? What do you want from me?" Zephyr whispered in fear. Oh Sun-butt, Did you not teach about me in school?

"I'm Discord, The Spirit of Chaos, and I just took over the world" Discord explained to the terrified little Pegasus.

"..."
"...?
"... What?" Zephyr asked.
"Oh, I took over the world, It's mine now." Discord told him.
"How can you take over the world? The Princesses wouldn't allow that!" Zephyr, seeing a hole in Discords explanation, decided to point it out.

Now, usually when a stranger who just told you that he is the new owner of the land you walk on and the air you breath, you don't point out to him that it can't be true.
Usually when that happens, The stranger kills you, of course he would kill you, he's mentally unstable and has your life in his hands.
When you say that to Discord however, Something else happens.

He shows you that you're wrong. "The Princesses? What Princesses- Oh! You mean, These Princesses?" pulling up the curtain behind him that Zephyr was sure wasn't there previously, The Chimera reveals three statues made of some sort of crystal. They also have party hats on them but that doesn't matter.

"Are- Are those?" "Yep, Princess Sky face, Princess Dream catcher and small little Princess Pink heart, just how I left them" Discord told him.

Seeing the rulers of his nation transformed into statues in front of him, doesn't really puts Zephyr's mind at ease.
It does the total opposite.
"Oh no oh no oh no oh no-" Zephyr repeats out loud like a mantra.
"Oh yes yes yes. These are the rulers of Equestria, brought down to mere garden sculptures. Lets see them pass a full millennium where nobody cleans them of bird droppings, hah!" Discord laughed.

Looking at the monster that turned the princesses into sculptures, Zephyr remembers something his sister wrote to him in a letter a few months prior.
"What about the elements of Harmony? They'll beat you! They did so to Nightmare Moon, they can surely defeat you too!" Zephyr exclaimed, Of course the elements of harmony could beat him, A group carrying magical artifacts that managed to defeat the malevolent 'Mare in the moon', They should be able to defeat every threat to Equestria!

Not only does it have Princess Celestia' s own pupil, It also has Rainbow Dash, the fastest Pegasus he knows and also his very own big sister Fluttershy, She might be a huge coward, but she's the kindest pony he knows! They could easily-
"Are these the elements of harmony you speak of?" Discord asked as she shoved a crystal orb under his face.

Looking at the orb, Zephyr almost starts to cry.
There they are, The elements of harmony, Equestrias biggest hope, all of whom are colorless and trapped inside large cages.

"isn't that your sister over there? She looks sad, do you ever visit her? such a naughty sibling." Discord whispers in his ear before dodging a hoof aiming at his smirking face.
"Let me out of here so I can punch you!" Zephyr shouts at the Chimera as he shakes his lower body, trying to escape the bindings that bind him to the chair.

"I will, just a few more minutes." Discored told the now angry Pegasus.
"What did you do to Fluttershy!? I will break your face! Come over here!" Oh how rude, with a snap of his talons, Zephyr's mouth is once again zipped shut.

"You see, I chose you to play a little game of mine" Discord explained to the thrashing pony, "The rules are simple, You can't tell anypony that I'm going to escape, or you lose. You can't tell anypony of what will happen in the future, Or you will lose. If you die, you lose. if I escape, you lose. The only way for you to win is to stop me. Easy isn't it?" Discord told Zephyr.

Thrashing even harder in his seat, Zephyr tries to extend his hoof to punch the Chimera in his stupid face.

"The game will begin when I snap my fingers, and we will continue playing until you win. Have fun!" And with a snap of his talons, Zephyr Breeze disappeared.

"You have two weeks, boy. The clock is ticking, Heheheh Hahahaha HAHAHAHAHAHA! THIS IS GOING TO BE SO MUCH FUN!" And with another snap of his talons, Discord disappeared as well.

Author's Note

Chapter 2 of Restart, Hope you readers have fun.