Trials of Sarah: Make Your Mark

Sunny was tilting the picture of her and her dad next to the door as she gave a smile to it.

“Nothing new to report, Dad.” Sunny said to the picture of her father. “But not every week can be as beautiful as reuniting the Unity Crystals and restoring magic to all ponykind.” She said to the photo as she felt close to her father as she gave out the lessons she’s been learning. “And to top it all, it’s nice to have a Guardian of Friendship to look after me and my friends. Sarah has been a good mentor and sister figure to me ever since she came into our lives. And she’s been teaching me and the others more about friendship, and been teaching me and Izzy more about magic since she’s the only known Alicorn who knows magic.”

"Hehe, thanks." Sarah smiled.

Both girls chuckled as they walked out the door, where Zipp is waiting for them in the air.

The Six Spirits of Harmony; Sol, Zhjiben, Ashia, Nuraiah, Rajhu and Jhyali, whom decided to come with the young Princess on this visit to Equestria, were all watching from the sidelines calmly.

“If you’re done livestreaming, we’ve got a game of flyball to play!” Zipp called out to her friends as she, Ryu and the Pokemon set her board diagram down as the three girls looked at the rules she wrote down as Sunny activated her Alicorn form so that she could take flight to play. “The rules are simple. Get the ball in the net five times, and you win. But there’s tons of strategy to this game as well.”

"You bet!" Hawlucha snarked.

And then Izzy and Maractus suddenly came from behind the board as she gave a cheerful smile at her friends. “Ooh, are we playing a game? Is this a pie-eating contest? A cake-eating contest? A cookie-eating contest?” She asks her friends many questions about if it’s an eating contest. Before Sunny could answer, Izzy came and covered Sunny’s mouth as she continued. “No need to twist my hoof, I’m in! Point me on the field.”

Sunny, Sarah and the others looked at her nervously, “Izzy, it’s not an eating contest if that’s what you are wondering. And I don’t think you can play this game.” Sarah explained calmly to Izzy.

Sunny continued for Sunset. “Because, it’s up near that cloud over there…” She pointed to the nearby cloud in the sky, since Zipp and Pipp are Pegasus and Sunny and Sarah are Alicorns, they can fly into the sky to play the game, but Izzy’s a unicorn, so she can’t fly or play with them.

Izzy looked a little down at what they said to her, knowing that she can’t play if she can’t fly. Maractus slightly frowned and nuzzled her owner to comfort her.

“Oh! Well, I always say it’s just as much fun cheering on your friends as it is playing with them…” Izzy replied with a forced smile.

Sarah then put a hoof on Izzy’s shoulder. “We’ll play a different game that is on the ground once we’re done in the sky, Izzy. I promise.” Sunset reassured the unicorn that they will play a game on the ground to cheer Izzy up so she can play along.

Then the four ponies took flight into the sky as Sunny turned to Izzy and Maractus as she waved to her. “See you later, Izzy!” She called out as she took flight.

Izzy waved back as she secretly drew a sad face on the back of the board with a pen, sad that she is unable to play with her friends in the sky.

“Over here!” Izzy heard Hitch’s voice called out as she turned and saw Hitch and Bounsweet leading a family of Earth Ponies into the forest. Izzy takes interest in wanting to see what they are looking for as she catches up to Hitch’s and the earth pony family in the forest.

“These critters say we’re getting closer.” Hitch said to the earth pony family as he is translating what the animals just said to them.

“I can feel it.” The earth pony stallion said to his wife and son with a smile, feeling that they may be closer to what they are looking for.

Hitch looked at the ground, looking for any tracks or a clue of somekind as Izzy came down to his level, Hitch knows Izzy is there and don’t really mind.

“What are we looking for?” Izzy asked Hitch and Bounsweet, wondering what they were looking in the woods.

Hitch, Bounsweet, Marcatus and Izzy brought their heads up when Hitch answered her question. “A family of butterflies. But they scare so easily so we’ve got to keep very quiet. So no speaking.”

“Veeerrry quiet.” Izzy said in a whispered tone.

But it didn't last long as she turned to the earth pony family. “HE SAID NO SPEAKING. YOU HEAR THAT, EVERYPONY?!” She yelled out to them, which startled Bounsweet, Maractus and Hitch as his mane got all frizz out from Izzy’s yell.

And then it just got worse, the butterflies they were looking for started flying away, startled from Izzy’s yelling that they flew out of the bushes. The critters, earth ponies family, Maractus, Bounsweet, Izzy and Hitch saw the butterflies flying away.

The Earth Pony parents start glaring at Izzy for ruining their chance of seeing the butterflies as their son was about to break down into tears, the critters flop onto the ground as Izzy ruins the butterfly thing, Hitch was tearing up when the butterflies flew away.

Izzy looked at them with a sheepishly and embarrassing expression as she placed a hoof over her mouth. “Guess even the butterflies heard that.” She said, feeling bad for ruining their chance of seeing the butterflies.

A little while later, Izzy and Maractus were walking through Maretime Bay with Izzy holding a sad expression, feeling left out as her friends were having fun. Izzy and Maractus came up to a smoothie stand while at the side were a unicorn levitating a statue of the three pony tribes together with a Pegasus and an Earth Pony showing her where to put it on the statue stand.

“A rainbow swirl. And make it a double.” Izzy requested a smoothie with a down expression as the earth pony stallion poured the smoothie into the cup. Izzy looks up and sees Sarah, Sunny, Zipp and Pipp in the sky, Pipp is livestreaming the whole game while Sunny and Sarah try to beat Zipp.

“She swerves, and she scores!” Zipp cheered as she shot the ball into the net, getting a score as Sarah and Sunny tries to block her but fail.

Izzy looked on, still sad as she paid for the smoothie and slurpped it as she is so left out that she can’t join her friends. And then, something behind her happened as the ponies are setting up the statue.

“Hold it steady.” The earth pony said to the unicorn to hold the statue.

But for some reason, the unicorn is having trouble carrying the statue in her magic. “It’s my magic. It’s--” She strained before the magic from her horn went out and caused the statue to fall, and it was about to fall right on top of her. The unicorn screamed as she was about to get flatten.

But then Izzy and Maractus came to the rescue as she saw this as she trotted and lit up her horn. “I gotchu, I gotchu!” She called out as she used her magic to levitate the statue before it flattened the unicorn, the unicorn got up as the earth pony comforted her from that scary experience as Izzy put the statue down.

“HELP!” Izzy heard Pipp’s voice as she turned and looked at the sky, seeing Pipp falling. “Sompony help me!” Pipp cried out as Sunset, Sunny and Zipp saw Pipp falling, they freaked out, especially Zipp, worried for her little sister.

"Pipp!" Swanna called as she dived down to her owner to save her.

“I’m coming!” Zipp cried out to her sister as she, Sunny and Srah flew down if one of them could catch Pipp before she could hit the ground. But Zipp’s wings suddenly stops working as it sparkled a bit.

“What the--” Zipp said to herself as she is now free falling in the sky, as she can’t fly for some reason.

Sunny quickly used her alicorn magic to levitate Zipp. “I’ve got you.”

Zipp was not calm as she looked down. “But… Pipp!” She cried out as Pipp was still falling as she curled herself in fright with tears in her eyes.

“I got her!” Sarah called as she cried out as she tried to fly close to Pipp to save her, but a random Pegasus slammed into her, knocking her off course as she crashed into the building. “I don’t got her.”

Izzy then tries to save Pipp with her magic, but for some reason, her’s starts to frizz out as well. “Come on, come on!” Izzy said in frustration as she tries to use her magic, but fails as the ponies around watch in worry as Pipp continues to fall and gets closer to the ground.

“Believe you can fly, and you will!” Izzy cried out to Pipp with an idea.

“That’s your Plan B?!” Pipp cried out as she fell, thinking Izzy’s idea of a plan B is all she can come up with.

“Okay…” Izzy said with an even more worried expression as she placed her hooves on her face. “Moving onto Plan C.” Looking around, Izzy saw the smoothie stand from earlier as a earth pony mare and stallion looked in shock at Pipp as the mare continues to slurp as the stallion kepts pouring the smoothie. Izzy smiled as she got an idea.

“BINGO!” She cried out.

Izzy zoomed to the smoothie stand, pushed the earth pony stallion aside, tilted the stand to the ground, opened up the smoothie compartment, and then sprayed out the smoothies to make a pile.

Pipp landed on the pile of smoothies that softened her landing.

Everypony in Maretime Bay is relieved that Pipp is alright as Sarah and Sunny, who is levitation Zipp, flew to the ground, Cloudpuff and Hitch come into the scene as Cloudpuff barks.

“What’s that, Cloudpuff? You want me to know Pipp’s no longer falling through the air and in imminent danger?” He translated, but cleared seeing that as he saw it with his own eyes.

Pipp popped her head out of the smoothie as she looked at Izzy with a look, clearly not liking that now she got sticky smoothie all over her.

“Wish you could have figured out a way that wasn’t so sticky.” Pipp said to Izzy, she is grateful that Izzy saved her, but could she not think of something that is not messy.

“Sticky… or delicious?” Izzy asked with a smile, finding the smoothie delicious even if it's a little sticky.

"Yummy!" Maractus cheered.

The others came to Pipp as she was rinsing the smoothie out of her coat and mane. “Are you okay, Pipp?” Sarah asked in concern.

“I’m okay.” Pipp answered. “It was so freaky. One second, my wings were totally fine, and the next my magic started glitching out.” She pointed out in a worried tone, that were magic was glitching, which resulted in her falling.

“The same thing happened to me.” Zipp added, experiencing the same thing as well with a hoof on her chin.

“And me.” Izzy added, experiencing that as well with her horn glitching out.

“Same here.” Sunny said, experiencing her alicorn magic starts glitching out.

Hitch then looks around and sees that other ponies are having the same glitches, the Pegasi are having trouble flying, the Unicorns magic are glitching out and the Earth Ponies can’t seem to tap into their Earth Pony magic. “And everypony else in Maretime Bay.” He pointed out to the rest of the ponies near them having the same problem.

“Except you two, Sunny and Sarah. Your wings worked the whole time.” Zipp pointed out to the two ponies as Sarah and Sunny’s wings worked fine.

“I could still feel my magic glitching. But it seems better now.” Sunny pointed out that even with her wings working as she flaps them to prove her point, she still felt the glitch, just not that much as Cloudpuff is behind her, biting his wings. Sunny then turned to Sunset.

“What about you, Sarah?” She asked the alicorn next to her.

Sarah used her magic and wings for a bit before speaking. “Nope. I didn’t feel the glitch.” She answered them, which surprised the group. “What? I really didn’t feel the glitch at all when it happened.”

“Oh, look, my magic is coming back, too!” Izzy cheered as she felt her magic return as her horn started to glow. “Looks like this topsy-turvy magical crisis has been averted.” She added thinking everything is gonna be okay now.

Hitch however, wasn’t convinced that it was over that earlier. “Just because our magic’s back doesn’t mean it's back back. If it fizzled away once, the same thing could happen again.” He pointed out that it might happen again sooner or later.

"I believe Mr Hitch has a point. Something is amiss now." Ashia concurred as the Spirits came over with the rest of the Mane Five's pokemon partners.

“None of this makes any sense.” Zipp recalled, “So long there’s been unity between our species, the crystals are supposed to keep our magic stable. Pegasi, Unicorns, and Earth Ponies have never been tighter. If anything, our magic should be stronger.” She finished.

“You’re right.” Sunny said to Zipp. “So if our magic, except for Sunset, is going haywire, it can’t be about friendships.”

"Perhaps the cause it precisely pony's friendships, that are the cause here." Ashia alluded.

Just then, Sarah's felt a strange sensation in her horn which started blinking and glowing golden colors, "Huh? What's wrong with my horn?"

Suddenly, her horn started dragging her along through town (Like Rarity's horn did when she was a filly). "Sarah!" Sunny yelped as she and the others chased after their Alicorn friend.

"Hey! Stop that! Horn! Stop it!" Sarah ordered but her horn wouldn't let up as it dragged her back to the Castle of Friendship. "My castle?"

"Why's it bringing her to the Castle of Friendship?" Pipp questioned as Sarah was levitated above the stairs and inside of the castle where she soon crashed against one of the many green stain glass doors as the Mane Five, the Spirits and their Pokemon came over.

"Sarah, you okay?" Zipp asked as she and Hawlucha helped her up.

"Yeah, I'm good. Just a bit confused." Sarah quipped. "Why would my horn bring me to this door?"

Hitch and Bounsweet walked up to it. "There's only one way to find out..."

Slowly opening the door, light shined in and the group gasped seeing six crystalline thrones with the Mane Six’s cutie marks on them and a huge crystal table in the center and a large tree root chandelier above it.

"Woah..."

"Beautiful..."

"Stunning~"

"Incredible!" Zipp, Izzy, Pipp and Hitch breathed in awe.

"What is it?" Sarah asked.

"I-It's....the Cutie Map....my father told me stories about this. It’s a magical map that was connected to the Tree of Harmony, sending the Guardians of Friendship on friendship missions throughout Equestria and beyond." Sunny smiled as she squealed happily uncovering another artifact used by the Guardians of Harmony in Ancient Equestria.

"But.....do you think.....it was calling me through my horn?" Sarah asked.

"Ancient Magic has many ways of evolving, Princess. Calling out to you in its own way, maybe one of them." Sol advised.

The Mane Five, Sarah and the Spirits of Harmony walked closer to the Cutie Map as the Mane Five sat in the thrones of the Guardians of Harmony; Zipp - Rainbow Dash, Pipp - Rarity, Hitch - Fluttershy, Sunny - Twilight Sparkle and Izzy - Pinkie Pie.

Sarah didn't sit in a throne and instead gently felt the crystalline maps, beautiful texture. Suddenly, her horn glowed once more seemingly in response to the Cutie Map's Thrones which sent out a colored beam at the map; Pink, Blue, White, Orange, Yellow and Light Purple, activating the Map!

All of Equestria and beyond appeared on the map once more including Maretime Bay, Zephyr Heights and Bridlewood.

"Woah!"

"Amazing!"

"It's so beautiful!"

"It's has all of the Equestria on here, including our homes!"

"So cool!" The Mane Five praised as their pokemon cooed in agreement and awe.

Seconds later, Sarah's horn sent out a faint glow which manifested into a small sphere as the Mane Five's cutie marks (in transparent appearances) appeared and floated down to the map and hovered over Maretime Bay before moving Northwest to an undisclosed location.

"Why are our Cutie Marks over there?" Zipp asked, not seeing much over that location.

"I don't know, but I think the map is calling us for a friendship problem." Sunny replied. "Just like did with the Guardians of Harmony long ago."

"This smells....like an adventure!" Zipp exclaimed excitedly.

"Yippee, another adventure as friends!" Izzy giggled as Marcatus happily bounced up and down next to her.

"Another adventure livestream for my pippsqueaks, *Gasp*, I love it~!" Pipp concurred.

"Oh boy....guess I'm not getting out of this willingly." Hitch sighed while Bounsweet cooed happily.

"Alright everypony, Pokemon and Spirits, let's go!" Sunny exclaimed and the Mane Five cheered.

Heading Northwest of Maretime Bay, the Mane Five, Sarah and the Spirits were in the forest together with Sarah leading. The Mane Five looked very tired from all the walking and running they’ve been doing, except for Izzy who is singing to herself and Sarah whom looked to be thinking about something important.

“You’ll let me know when we hit the fun part, right?” Pipp rhetorically asked Zipp about what her sister said hours ago, finding this not fun at the moment.

Pipp brought out her phone to give the news to her Pippsqueaks. “Here’s the deal, Pippsqueaks. We’ve been tracking our thief for a millennium--” She was cut off when her sister spoke.

“Three hours.” Zipp corrected her sister for complaining with an irritated look.

Pipp continues. “Because Zipp is a horrible detective, Hitch keeps attracting all these creepy animals and Izzy keeps singing!” She pointed out the things that they’ve been doing. “So if you’re hearing this, for the love of all ponykind, send help.” She said to the livestream, but then her phone powered down when the battery died, leaving Pipp to look in shock for a moment before she started wailing as she stomped the ground and she started crying a waterfall out of her eyes.

“No, my phone died! And I don’t have a charger because somepony didn’t give me enough time to pack anything.” She complained while Izzy looked at her, blaming Zipp for not letting her pack her things.

“We were lose magic all together!” Zipp yelled at her sister for her complaints. “I think that’s more important than a phone charger--” She was cut off when Pipp yelled at her.

“Now I can’t even call for help if we need it!” Pipp cried out, now that her phone is dead, she can’t update her Pippsqueaks or call for help if they need it if things go south.

"Now, now you two. This is no time to argue." Zhjiben quickly disfused the tension between the two sisters. "Besides, the Princess looks a bit distracted at the moment."

Seconds later, Sarah continently walking into a tree. "OOF! I'm good!"

“I know you’re all scared. I am too. Be we can’t let fear tear us apart. The only way through this is by sticking together.” Sunny reassured them.

Zipp and Pipp looked at each other for a moment before they turned away from each other as they crossed their hooves. “Yeah, fine./Whatever.” They huffed after they both said it at the same time.

Just then, Sarah's horn started to shimmer and glow once more, "Huh? This again?!" she yelped before she was dragged through the woods again. "ZOINKS!"

"Sarah!"

"This again?!" Pipp and Zipp gawked as the friends chased after their hovering friend before they found her laid out in front of a save blocked by a huge pile of rocks.

"A huge cave blocked my rocks?" Sunny quipped. "Why would you horn lead us here?"

Sarah's horn still glowed and blinked. "I don't know but something's gotta be behind there." With a stomp of her front hooves, Sarah used her Earth Manipulation to crush the rocks into dust, making some of the Mane Five cough as it began to clear.

Some of the remaining rocks rolled deeper into the cave which resulted in a loud 'Clang' Sound. “Huh. That’s strange. Rocks don't make a clang sound.” When the smoke finally cleared the group saw a wall of vines covering something.

"There is something behind these vines.” Sunny pointed out as she and Sarah moved some vines a bit and saw something behind it, and it’s not a wall made of rocks, it was something else.

Yanking the vines out of the way, the group saw an old gate, a little run down due to how long and how old it is while being in a cave and slightly opened - strangely.

“Whoa…” Izzy said in amazement. “Is this a creepy gate for a creepy pony? Bet I can say that five times fast.”

Sunny inspected the gate a bit and started to gasp in shock. “Sunny, what is it?” Izzy asked,

Sunny found her voice as she spoke. “Izzy, I recognize these carving symbols on this gate. These are Twilight and her friends' symbols of their cutie marks! My Dad used to read me stories. Back when Canterlot became home to the Royal Princesses, this gate was built to welcome travelers! Behind these gates is the most magical place on Earth! The very place Twilight Sparkle was coronated and became the Ruler of Equestria and was the home where Sunset Shimmer used to live… I’ve dreamed of coming here my whole life.”

The Mane Four and Sarah gasped.

"Really?!"

"The Guardians of Harmony's Cutie Marks!"

"Now we're getting somewhere." Hitch, Pipp and ZIpp smiled.

“Well, what are we waiting for? Let’s open this gate up and see where it leads!” Izzy said in excitement, wondering what this gate leads to that might be a relic or historical place for the Guardians of Friendship.

Sarah used her magic and managed to open the gate alot more and everyone gasped seeing what was behind it.

“CANTERLOT?!” Izzy cried out in shock, seeing the legendary place and former capital of Equestria back in Accident Equestrian times, back from the time Twilight and the rest of the Guardians of Friendship were still around.

Now the Capital City of Canterlot or what’s left of it, now laid in ruins, buildings demolished while most is still standing, dead plants around the area, dark clouds covering up most of Canterlot, debris all around, and a really batterup flag sign that said, ‘Welcome to Canterlot.’ as it hung on one side of what’s left of a building while the other end is on the floor.

Walking through the runied city,

Sunny looked around with excitement compared to the others.

Pipp picked up what's left of the Canterlot banner, cringing with disgust. “Yikes. You dreamed of coming here? No offense, but if somepony needed enough money to move out of this ghost town, they would have lambed out of here already.”

"Looks like this city has been abandoned for centuries." Sarah commented.

"I must agree with you Princess." Jhyali concurred.

“Nopony’s lived in Canterlot for a while, but I promise you’ll be able to feel the magic once we start exploring!” Sunny said in excitement on wanting to explore the former ancient capital of Equestria.

The gang continued to look around the ruins of Canterlot as Zipp and Pipp look through a window as Sunny looks at the old buildings while waving her hoof in excitement.

“Every one of these shops is a relic from the past, the Canterlot Culture lived here! Sunset used to live here when she was Celestia’s star student!”

A while later, the Mane 6 are looking around the ruins of Canterlot as they searched any sign of somepony living here, though the odds were very much against them.

“Still shocked to see Canterlot before your eyes, Sunny?” Sarah asked Sunny

“Yeah.” Sunny answered, “But seeing Canterlot like this…” She pointed out, not exactly picturing Canterlot to be in ruins like this.

“That’s what you wanted to create in Maretime Bay.” Izzy pointed out to Sunny, reminding her that she wanted the same thing to be created in Maretime Bay, but not fully understand what Sunny mean by it.

Sunny continued, “I always saw Canterlot as the perfect beacon of friendship. A place where Unicorns, Earth Ponies and Pegasi lived in harmony and no pony ever felt left behind.” Sunny looked down the street of the ruins of the once beautiful capital of Equestria and the place where Twilight and the Guardians of Friendship used to be. “...Makes me question how hard it would be to keep it that way.” She finished, wondering and hoping they would keep the harmony and not repeat whatever happened to Canterlot would not happen again.

"Upholding the peace is never easy, knowing there will always be those whom dislike the new ways of life." Sol comforted. "Our parent figures managed to uphold the peace for 1,600 years before their passing and the downfall of the Dragonstone Kingdom. It was only after Sarah Tomoe and her family arrive that peace and hope finally started to return to the Kingdom."

“Hey everypony!” Zipp called out to them from a distance, the group joined Zipp as she pointed to a familiar place that Sunset knows too well. “Listen up, according to new evidence that’s just come to light, if we want to find whomever called us here, I believe we need to head to the Royal Castle.”

She pointed to the Royal Canterlot Castle, which surprisingly is still standing and has seen better days for sure unlike the rest of Canterlot.

Sunny was so fanmared out that she got hearts in her eyes as she squealed in excitement at seeing the ancient Royal Castle of Equestria that Twilight onced resided in.

“The Royal Castle!” She squealed as she came to Zipp’s face and squished her cheeks in excitement. “You’re a genius, Zipp! You know the thief must be somepony with a power complex who would be drawn to the castle. They would also have the best view from up there to spot incoming threats!”

“Yeah…Of couse I realized all that…” Zipp replied with a sheepish smile before pointing to the entrance of the castle that is open. “...And also, I might have seen the door being opened.”

The others looked on with a smile, while Sunny is lost in her little fanmare world as she smile and cry with tears of joy with magic dust over her head while Izzy is holding Sunny with a smile to keep her balance while Sarah patted Sunny’s head with a smile to calm her down a bit, knowing that Sunny is totally fangirling out that she is seeing the Royal Canterlot Castle before her eyes.

“Get into formation around Sunset, everypony. We’ve got a creature to find!” Hitch declared as the others followed Sarah and Sunny into the castle.

A few minutes later, Sarah and Sunny lead the group through the castle.

They lead them to a door down the hall that she knows all too well, and that it has Celestia’s old Cutie Mark on it. “We open this door, and we will see if there's someone inside."

“I’ve got the door!” Izzy cheered as she jumped in front of the door and concentrated her magic from her horn. “Come on, little horn-horn. You can do it!” Izzy strained as she tries to use her magic to open the door, but then her horn stops glowing. “Magic’s gone again.” She said in disappointment that her magic has faded again from the glitch.

“I still have my magic. I can get this door open.” Sarah reassured and she used her magic to open the door, revealing the Canterlot Throne Room, which is still in one piece, stained glass of past events and all, maybe a little cobwebs and dusts and vines around and banners tattered from years of no pony to fix them, but still the throne room is in one piece. Sunset smiled as the others stared in amazement, while Hitch is still focused on the tasks of finding the crystal thief.

Zipp flew around the throne room, seeing it in amazement while Pipp was looking around with teary eyes, she brought up her dead phone. “Click.” She said, still sad she can’t capture an ancient ruin of Equestrian history to her Pippsqueaks and still sad she still can’t use her phone since the battery is dead while Izzy looked around with a ‘ooohhh’ expression.

Sunny on the other hoof was the most exciting mare of the group because she was seeing the very room that Twilight onced sat in while ruling Equestria as she gained teary eyes, sparkles above her head while smiling with joy.

“Princess Celestia, Luna and Twilight Sparkle all stepped hooves exactly where I’m stepping! EEE!” she squealed with excitement.

Sunny continued her 'fanmaring' as she twirled around the throne room while having sparkles in her eyes in amazement as she is close to throne chairs with Hitch behind her. “History has been made in this Throne Room a thousand times over…And it’s still standing! Even after all the attacks from Queen Chrystalis, the Storm King and King Sombra. Can you believe it!?”

Hitch then spoke out to her while waving his hoof. “Sunny! Now is not the time for fanponying. Whomever called us here is somewhere and this room may have traps in it." Hitch looked around the throne room. “Look for any signs of movement. In front of you, behind you.” He instructs them as he looks around, not noticing he stepped on a trapdoor trigger which opened the floor beneath Sarah, Sunny, Zipp, Pipp and Izzy and their pokemon which sent them falling into it.

“We need to be completely aware of our surroundings. Because if we’re not paying attention…” He then turned his head around to face the others. “...We could be in big…” He stopped as he looked in shock that friends are gone and the trap doors below are open. “...Trouble.” He finished, right before he fell into the trap door that opens as well, he cried out in shock as he fell through the trap.

"Shall we?" Ashia questioned.

"We shall." Sol nodded and the Spirits of Harmony followed after their charge and her friends.

Hitch fell through the trap as he screams a bit before he fell right on a chair that cushions his landing, leaving him dizzy from the fall and a little shaken.

It then reveals that the Mane 5, their pokmeon and Sarah who are a little frazzled and shocked from the fall, except for Izzy who is smiling, are sitting on what looks like a dinner table with snacks on it.

“How cute is this?!” Izzy cheered in excitement, finding it cute to see a dinner table and the snacks set up right before them as she grabbed some of them. “Somepony invited us to a Tea Party! And these donuts look delicious! Maybe not as fine a vintage as the ones earlier, but C’est La Vie---” She was cut off when Zipp spoke up.

“I think this is more of a filly-napping than a party invitation, Izzy.” Zipp pointed out while sweating nervously, wondering who kidnapped them.

Izzy then picks up a card with her name on it. “Would a Filly-Napper have made us homemade place cards?” She questioned Zipp that the Filly-Napper wouldn’t have put in place cards that show where they sit and have their name on it.

Sol and the Spirits appeared in the same area before Ashia felt something.....opposite of her. "Ashia, what it it?" Sarah asked noticing the Spirit of Order's distress.

"I sense something.....chaotic here..." Ashia frowned.

"Oh, so you are able to sense my chaotic power, Oh great, Ashia - Spirit of Order." A voice called out to the group.

The Mane 6 are all surprised by the sudden voice as they turn, and they see an Opossum on the floor with a card around his neck. “Meep.” It said to the group, before gesturing behind him on who really spoke to them.

And they saw from a cave entrance, a hoof came out as the Opossum ran to its owner. “He’s an annoyingly needy kind of creature…” And then, surprisingly, the one who is walking out of the cave turned out to be none other than Discord, the Lord of Chaos himself, friend from Twilight and the Guardians of Friendship and a deep friend to Fluttershy, the Element of Kindness he deeply cared about with animals like a bunny, squirrel, and a raccoon behind him.

Discord is really old from how much time has passed since Twilight once ruled Equestria. His hair, beardchin and tail hair are all white and long, his wings looked tattered up, his ears looked a little bit tear up, and his left horn on his head is broken, with the top part broken out over time.

“...And will ‘Meep’ at the top of his lungs when he eats berries on the carpet, even though I tell him that juice is hard to scrub out.” Discord continues his sentence on Fursome as the Opossum smiles. “But unfortunately, he also has a very creative eye.” He added. “My old friend Fluttershy used to say all opossums do. And what I’ve learned is that if you’re not paying attention to Fluttershy, you’re not paying attention to what really matters.” He finished with a lesson that Fluttershy taught him all those years again, and still remembers it too.

Sunny then gasps in shock at who she is seeing as she pointed a hoof at Discord. “Your DISCORD!” She cried out in amazement. “The Discord! The lord of chaos, who was friends with Fluttershy, who helped Starlight Glimmer, Trixie, and Thorax to save everypony from the Changelings!” She squeals in excitement, reading about the history from her father’s notes.

"HOLD IT! Scarlet Nightmare said she destroyed you, Discord!" Sarah exclaimed recalling what Scarlet Nightmare said about the fates of Twilight and the original guardians.

"Yeah! She did said she destroyed you! How are you still alive...and here?" Zipp questioned.

"It's true I was severely injured during that ghastly mares assault on Equestria, however while she was finishing off my dear friend Fluttershy and the girls, I managed to slink away without anypony noticing due to all of the destruction and mayhem she and those Shadow Pokemon and Dragons caused before Deliah and Doug sealed them away." Discord explained before teleporting near Sarah and looking her in the eyes, surprisingly her. "I must say, being you were able to undo everything she did in over a couple days proves you're just as strong as them and have the same behavior. Along with having Six Spirit friends one of which is my exactly opposite."

Ashia's frown deepened knowing Discord basically stood for everything she was against being two sides of the same coin

Discord teleported over to Sunny and the Mane Five, “And you are Sunny, Hitch, Pipp, Izzy and Zipp."

Zipp was a little shocked by this. “You know who we are?”

“Of course I do. I am the lord of chaos, I know reality like it’s the back of my paw, that’s how I know everypony." Discord explained “There’s nopony who comes to Canterlot without me knowing about it, and… usually there’s nopony who comes…” He then stands up straight with a cheerly smile to the group. “...But today’s an exception. I’m so delighted you could all make it to my little soiree!” He cheered happily, glad that he finally saw ponies after all these years to hang out with.

In her head, Sarah started to put the pieces together in her mind and bravely asked, "So.....were you the one who called us all here....?"

"Indeed I am. There is so much to tell, and it all begins with a dramatic story.” He said to Sarah as he placed his talon arm up and snapped his fingers, but nothing happened. “There goes my magic glitching out again. Standby!” He said to the others, that his chaos magic is glitching out as well. He cracks his hands while he stretch as Fursome came over him with a rope. Discord pulled the rope down, and then suddenly a stage appeared as the tarps cleared out and Discord was somehow on stage as he strikes a pose.

The Mane 6 and Sarah stared in confusion, except for Sunny (since knowing Discord’s magic from her notes).

Hitch held up a pamphlet about Discord that suddenly appeared in his hooves. “Has that stage been there the whole time?”

"Discord is known to be the Lord or embodiement of Chaos, my exact opposite. His Magic can make the impossible possible. He can do the strangest things from time to time." Ashia explained.

“Well, that lightning is completely oversaturating him. It’s very unflattering.” Pipp pointed out the details about the stage, finding it unflattering for Discord.

Izzy grabbed some popcorn from out of nowhere and munched on some. “Anypony want popcorn?” She asked as the group watch Discord on the stage.

Discord then spoke out as Fursome plays the music and a scroll appeared infront of Discord as he reads it outloud. “While age has been exceedingly kind to this handsome Lord of Chaos, many moons ago, when I was but a spry draconequus, I was part of a high-flying group.” He said as flashbacks then appeared.

Flashback (Discord Point of View).

Discord then had a vision of the Original Mane 6, the Elements of Harmony back in the day in the 30 years after the final battle with the Leigon of Doom. He pictures them like it was only yesterday as he remembers his dear friends.

“It was Twilight Sparkle, Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, Applejack and me fighting the good fight.” Discord told them while adding himself, sure he might cause some mess-up mistakes but his friends, and mostly Fluttershy, still cared about him back in the day. “Our fans called us the Mane-Ificent 7.” He said, while boasting him to be part of the group, even though it’s not true but he wanted to be in the picture as well.

Discord revealed more scenes of the Mane 6 when they got older as Twilight shoots a rainbow magic out from her horn.

“We were quite the heroic little team, but truth is, when Twilight first took over as Ruler of Equestria, there wasn’t much for us to do.” He pointed out that since Twilight took charge as Princess of Equestria, there wasn’t much the rest of the Mane 6 would do after their final battle. “Twilight made sure everypony in Equestria felt respected and cared for, and we all lived in---what’s the opposite of chaos? Ah. Yes---.”

Discord then gives his hands the ‘An I quote’ gesture. “--Harmony.” He finished, not liking saying the opposite of chaos since he is practically chaos himself, but has to say for Fluttershy’s lessons she taught him to behave as he continues his story.

“During those quiet years, Fluttershy and I created an animal sanctuary and took a few proteges under our wings.”

Discord showed him and Fluttershy taking care of the animals in the sanctuary while teaching a few ponies about them so Fluttershy shared her kindness to others. “We taught them to care for all the creatures of the Everfree Forest. It was pure and utter bliss.” He said that everything turned out great as peace and harmony has been great in Equestria for years.

And then he showed a vision of a pony mare with a long horn on her head as well as pointy ears and a sinister look. “Until a wicked pony came along…” He said in the low tone of that pony. “...One who caused pandemonium with her false ideas of a Perfect Equestria - Queen Opaline.”

Discord showed a vision of the pony skipping in front of Fluttershy and the pony next to her when they are about to buy some flowers.

“Those who listened to her started believing some races of pony were better than others simply because of the magical abilities they possessed.” He said as Fluttershy and the pony gave the line cutter a little glare.

“So sorry, but you need to wait your turn like everypony else.” Fluttershy retorted softly to the line cutter.

The line cutter pony stared back at Fluttershy. “Unicorns have better things to do than wait in line.” She retorted back at her with a mean look. And the next thing she did was shove Fluttershy to the ground with her flowers on the floor, ruined as the line cutter walked away. Leaving the ponies around her shocked at what she did to Fluttershy as she was about to cry. But thankfully Discord showed up to comfort her.

“It’s okay.” Discord said, comforting Fluttershy as she was about to cry,

“But it was far from okay.”

Discord showed them the ponies around Ponyville are now arguing and are complaining about each tribe. “One instance led to another, and soon Ponykind found themselves divided.” He told them that the ponies are now dividing themselves about their differences.

“Sorry, young fella, but we only allow Earth Ponies inside.” The baker stallion said to the Unicorn foal as he showed the no unicorns sign.

Another unicorn and an earth pony next to them glare at each other.

A Pegasus was flying by over the couple earth ponies. “Watch where you’re flying!” The Earth Pony stallion yelled out.

“These Pegasi are absolute hazards.” The Earth Pony mare added.

And then came to the scene at the sanctuary where Discord and Fluttershy found out they’ve lost their proteges. “Our filly proteges stopped attending our sessions…” Discord said in a sad tone.

“My parents say there’s nothing for me to learn from a lowly Pegasus who can’t even leviatate and apple.” The Earth Pony Filly said in sadness that her parent’s can’t let her attend Fluttershy and Discord’s lessons anymore, leaving Discord and Fluttershy hurt.

“It was all very upsetting, but I knew I had it together for Fluttershy.” Discord boast, but he made that up as he is wailing his tears out as Fluttershy tries to comfort him.

“She didn’t really mean it, Discord.” Fluttershy said to Discord is a soft voice. “Her parents are just scared, that’s all.” She tries to reason with him as he continues to cry.

And then it showed Discord and Fluttershy, along with a couple of ponies, trying to out run or fly from a dark thundering cloud that is attacking Equestria. “Then truly terrible things happened. Much which is far too frightful to describe. Things in Equestria became even more divided.” Discord pointed out with Equestria even more divided than before, darkness and trouble happened in Equestria that it was too awful for him to describe what kind of trouble. "So I had a small solution to the problem. With my magic I created hundreds of species of Pokemon and the Equestria Dragons you all know today and they slowly but surely started to return friendship back to Equestria, but....Twilight wanted to do something more.....drastic."

And then turned to Twilight and her friends. Twilight used a magic spell from a book that she used to create the three Unity Crystals that are seen on this day.

“To make sure magic never again pitted Unicorns, Pegasi and Earth Ponies against one another, Twilight gathered all the world’s magic and placed it in three crystals.”

Discord revealed that Twilight and her friends were the ones who created these crystals so that it will keep the tribes and all the creatures together.

And then turned to Ponyville where Ponykind forgave one another and apologized for their complaints to each other while Pinkie Pie and her son Lil’ Cheese are about to use their new cannon named ‘Glitter Blast 3000’ to all the ponies in Ponyville. “As long as all Ponykind lived in harmony, magic would be kept alive and well in Equestria.” Discord finished his story.

End of Flashback (Discord Point of View).

Once Discord finished his story, he sat on the stage as he began to tear up from telling them about his past, missing his friends and missing his Fluttershy as well. Fursome holds up a sign that said ‘Applause’, telling them to applause to Discord for telling his story. Pipp and Zipp applauded, Zipp and Hitch looked at each other strangely, while the others just looked at Discord.

“So it was Twilight, Rainbow Dash, Applejack, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Fluttershy who created the crystals…” Zipp stated, now knowing where the crystals come from and who made them from what Discord told them.

“And this Queen Opaline character which began to divide Equestria all those years ago. *Gasp*, I bet she must have created Scarlet Nightmare and her minions when she saw Pokemon and Dragons were beginning to undo what she had done as a way to permanently solidify her plans!" Sarah gawked in horror at the now revealed origins of Scarlet Nightmare.

"And finishing off Twilight and her friends was an added bonus." Sunny frowned.

Discord nodded his head in saying yes to both of them.

Then a realization hit Sarah, “Wait, you also mentioned that Twilight took all the world’s magic into the crystals. Right? But by the time I came back to Equestria with my family, my adoptive parents, godfather and myself still had out magic even though nopony else had their magic. Maybe because since we were out of Equestria for many moons, after discovering my real parents were allies of this world, our magic is not connected to the crystals to begin with! That’s why I didn't feel any magic glitches when the glitch started and why I still have my magic. Because I had friendship and love all along!”

Zipp then thought of what Sarah said and then gasped. “You're right, Sunset. You were friends with Pokemon and Dragons for many moons before you came to Equestria. And you always said they were your greatest strength. That explains why your magic is still with you when we first met you and why you haven’t felt any magic glitches, which makes you immune to the glitches.”

"Yes......and.....I think I know why else we were called here....not only to learn what happened but....to befriend Discord again." Sarah explained.

"HUH?" The Mane Five quipped confused.

"Discord lost the only friends he ever made because Opaline and has been living alone for many moons without them. After everything they've been through in Ancient Equestria it took one pony to take it all away for her own gain. I know we can't ever replace Twilight and the Guardians of Harmony, but...." Sarah held out her hoof to Discord. "You don't have to be alone anymore Discord. You can come with me....and join my family."

Discord looked at the young Alicorn Princess in surprise but...Sarah's smile was one of truth and friendship - just like Fluttershy's was when she befriended him herself.

The Spirit of Chaos slowly but surely reached out his eagle talon hand and took Sarah's hoof and shook it, agreeing to join her and her family.

As soon as she did that, on her right flank appeared her very own Cutie Mark - a Pink Shield with a dark blue background having a large six pointed star in the center with a diamond shaped crystal in between the spaces - blue, yellow, red, purple, green and hot pink.

"Woah...." Sarah gasped at her cutie mark.

"Awesome! You finally got your Cutie Mark!" Sunny cheered happily.

"......That's not all I got...." Sarah smiled at Discord who gave a small smile back.