Spike flew as fast as his wings could take him towards Rainbow’s cloud house. Landing roughly, he runs to the door and begins to slam on it. Shortly after he began, the door swings open, revealing an annoyed looking Rainbow.
”What?!”
”Get dressed quickly, and go grab flutters and AJ. Tell them to get to the train station. Canterlot is in danger!”
Rainbows face drops upon hearing this, before quickly rushing back inside. Spike takes off, heading towards the other two houses he needs to get to, hoping he they would be able to get to Canterlot in time.

After about twenty minutes, all the girls have congregated in front of the train station.
”What in Tarnation is happenin?!”
”I don’t exactly know, but I do know that Canterlot is under threat, and that we need to get there as soon as we can.”
The girls nod before buying their tickets and boarding the next train to the capital. Before he gets on, Spike embraces Thorax, comforting his beloved.
”Be safe, okay? I don’t know how I’d get by if you got hurt.”
”I will, my lovebug. If anything happens, try to keep everypony safe? I love you.”
”I will. I love you too.”
Spike breaks the hug, and boards the train. As the train pulls out of the station, Thorax turns around, before heading back to the library. If the dream was right, and this threat was going to brainwash them, he’d have to prepare.

As they exited the train, they were greeted by a contingent of royal guard, led by a certain Stallion in flaming armor.
”Shining!”
”Big bro!”
”Twi! Spike! Boy I’m glad to see you two safe. Come on, we don’t have much time. We’ve got a carriage to the castle ready for you and your friends.”
They quickly left the station and boarded the carriage, before engaging in conversation.
”How come ya never told us you got a brother Twi?”
Twilight replies, an embarrassed look on her face.
”I honestly forgot to tell you girls. After all the chaos that’s been happening, it’s completely slipped my mind.”
”Where’d he get that cool armor? I’ve never seen anything like that before.”
”Ooh! Ooh! I think I know! Somepony broke into your house, leaving behind three super duper mysterious boxes, and in them were cool gifts that give you guys whackaroony powers! That spicy looking armor was your brothers!”
Twilight and Spike were speechless.
”That was… oddly accurate.”
”If I ever need to ask someone about their past, remind me to ask you instead.”
The girls began to laugh about pinkies antics, as they headed closer to the castle.

As they pulled up to the castle, a guard hopped off of the carriage before opening their door. As they piled out, the five girls looked at the palace in wonder. Spike merely rolled his eyes. After growing up practically in the castle, he was used to the extravagance by now.
”Lets get going. Remember, there’s danger afoot.”
This snapped the girls out of their astonishment, before they finally started to head inside. As they walked through the majestic hallways, the girls continued to look on in awe, marveling at the pristine beauty of the castles every detail. As they stopped in front of the throne room, the mystified girls ran into the closed gate, causing a chuckle to escape from Twilight and Spike.
”Girls, I know your exited to see the princess in the throne room, but we need to check in with the door guards first.”
At this, the girls finally noticed the two guards standing on point beside the door.
”Terribly sorry, we didn’t realize we had to check in. How do we do that Darling?”
”Here, I got it.”
Twilight walked fo one of the guards, before presenting a paper. Upon reading it, the guard nodded, before he pulled a switch opening the door. The embarrassed girls and the amused sibling walked into the throne room, Tracy to meet the princess. Only to their surprise c what they greeted instead was a giant angel food cake.

”Um, Princess? Hello? Where are you?”
Suddenly, the food came sighed, causing the six girls and the drake to jump.
”Im here, my faithful student.”
”What the heck happened to you?! Why are you a-“
”An angel food cake? It’s because a certain prankster decided it would be funny to turn me into my favorite dessert.”
”What?! Who could do this?!”
”A spirit of chaos and disharmony. A being so powerful he could melt the world into ice cream, before refreshing it into the shape of famous night show host Stephen Coltbert.”
”Why was that so oddly specific?”
Don’t ask. Anyways, the spirit’s name is discord.”
”If he’s so dangerous, why didn’t you tell us about him until now?!”
”I am sorry, I had meant to tell you soon, but he escaped much sooner than he was supposed to.”
”About one season early to be exact!”
As the girls jumped at the second voice, Cakelestia disappeared, being replaced by a strange, chimeric creature. Discord had arrived.

“So these are the new bearers, hmm? Don’t look like much to me. Chocolate milk, anyone?”
The strange creature held out a glass of brown liquid, offering it to the girls. Pinkie was about to grab it, before Rainbow stopped her.
“Suit yourself.”
He proceeded to set the glass down, which sprouted legs and ran away, before exploding into confetti, much to the girls confusion.
”What?”
“What, thought I was gonna drink the glass and eat the milk? Please, I’m a chaos god, not some cliche.”
As he says this, four small creatures burrow out of the ground. One red, one blue, one purple and one green.
“Hey, this isn’t the forty second millennium! Get outa here!”
He snapped his fingers again, causing the four little creatures to be swallowed by the ground.
“And who’s this purple feather duster? You feel… different, yet oddly familiar.”
The sudden tone shift of the horror in front of him caused a shiver to run down Spike’s spine, before Twilight spoke up.
”Where are the elements Discord?!”
“Fine, let’s get this over with. Yadda yadda hidden, yadda yadda maze.Split up blah blah blah. Anyways, have fun!”
With a snap of his fingers, they were all whisked away. All of them… except Spike.

”Where did you take them?!”
“Oh relax pillow stuffing, they’re just in a maze. You on the other hand… you’re gonna help me.”
”Like hell I will!”
“Oh-ho-ho, you think you have a choice?”
And with that, discord snapped his fingers… but nothing happened.
“That’s… odd. That normally works.”
Discord snaps his fingers again, meeting the same results.
“Oh man, this is so embarrassing. I swear this never happens.”
”So you can’t magic me, womp womp. Bring my sister and her friends back, now.”
“How about instead of that, I just do this!”
Discord snaps his fingers again, disappearing. Suddenly, Spike heard him talking, but he couldn’t find him.
“Now let’s see here. Hmm, dating a bug. Not important. Breathes fire, now that’s interesting. Resurrect from the dead?! Now thats something. Just a little deeper, annnnnd… oh. Oh my. That’s a lotta undiscovered power.”
”Where the hell are you?! And what the hell are you doing?!”
“Oh relax BiG gUy, I’m just in your brain going through your memories.
”WHAT?!”
“Here it is, why my spell isn’t working! A second life? Not from this world?! Man, I’ve hit the jackpot!”
”What the hell are you talking about?!”
“Oh nothing really. But I’ve finally figured out how to corrupt you! Instead of making you into what you are not, I’ll just make you into what you were. Bye bye purple guy! See you never!”
Discord snapped his fingers again, causing a massive flash of light. As the flash subsided, all that was left was a small dragon… with orange feathers. As it roared, a Tyrant in another world cackled in glee. His plan had worked, For the jungle dragon had returned.

”W-Where am I? Who are you? Where’s Yharim?!”
“Hey, you! You’re finally awake! You were trying to cross the dimensional border!”
”Is… is that a reference?”
“Oh joy! Another character to get my antics! Names discord, and you’ve been trapped in another dimension.
”What?! How? Never mind, I need to get back, if they managed to defeat me, then they could-“
“Woah woah, calm down! I can help you get back, if you do me a favor.”
”…fine. What do you require.”
“Not much. You see, I’ve got six ladies looking for six gems. Thing is, I don’t want them to find them. You got with them for a bit, then defeat them if they get all the gems, I’ll send you home! Sound like a deal?”
The dragon thought over for a bit, before looking directly into the yellow eyes of the chimera.
”I do not trust you, nor will I ever trust you. But if you are willing to send me back home, then I shall take your offer.”
“Good! You can find them in a nearby maze right now. Toodaloo!”
As the dragon flies away, discord sighs, before mumbling to himself.
“That could have gone bad. After what kinda power I saw in there, and knowing that this dragon now knows how to use it, I coulda been toast! Well anyways, time to have some more fun!”
As he teleports away, his cackle echoes throughout the castle.

Twilight was upset. Not only had her friends not stuck together like she had wanted, but discord had appeared and tried to do something by to her! She had eventually managed to find her friends again, but some of them were different. Pinkie was gloomy, Fluttershy was mean and rarity was greedy. The only two still the same were Applejack and Rainbow Dash, who had at least stuck together themselves.
”Okay, so half our friend group is the complete opposite of themselves now. What should we do?”
”We need to find the elements! If we find em, that could change them back!”
”Good idea, but let’s stick together this time. Don’t wanna have the rest of us go crazy.”
“It won’t do you any good.”
Suddenly, the lord of chaos appears in front of them, wearing a lab coat and writing down on a notebook.
“Subjects have gone a little wonky. Still think the elements are in the maze.”
He throws the board behind him, causing an explosion, and looks at the girls.
“Yeah, I lied. The elements were never actually in the maze! Who knew?”

”The where are they ya varmint?!”
“Oh, I’m glad you asked! After all, I put my heart into finding the perfect hiding place!”
”At our homes?”
“Well your no fun. Well, good luck getting home! Because my new associate will make it a bit hard for you to make it home. Ttfn, ta-ta for now!”
As he vanished, Rainbow looked to Twilight, confused.
”What did he mean, new associate?”
Before Twilight could answer, the sound of a roar reached their ears. Suddenly, something panda in front of them with a mighty thud, kicking up a cloud of dust . As green eyes pierce through the cloud, the three uncorrupted mares get ready for a fight. When it finally settles, what they see shocks them to the core. Twilight, tears welling in her eyes, looks into the emerald orbs of the beast sitting in front of them.
”S-spike?”

Author's Note

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