Everypony was trembling in fear at the sight of DIscord.

"My name is DIscord, and I am here to bring chaos upon you all," Discord said.
"I've seen some of you before, some helped me escape from my stone prison I was stuck in for a thousand years," he continued, looking towards Twilight, Rainbow, and Fluttershy, who was grouped up together, shuddering at the realisation that DIscord was looking at them.

"What d-did you do to o-our Princess?" Rainbow Dash said, with as much confidence as she could muster.

"Oh, I simply teleported her to a cage. Once the Elements of Harmony are mine, nothing can stop me," Discord said, before cackling. They needed to run. Discord began blasting away Town Hall into smithereens, ponies running for their lives. However, a group of mares knew exactly what they needed to do.

"Where are they going?" Applejack said, looking at Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight trotting to the library.

After they reached the library, Twilight immediately ran towards the 'E' section of the place.

"Elements, Elements, E, E, E... Aha! Elements of Harmony: A Reference Guide!" Twilight exclaimed.

"Now what are you doin' over here?" Applejack said, slamming the door open. "Discord looked to you guys when he said that there were some ponies that helped him escape his stone prison. Can you elaborate?" Rarity asked.

"Well..."

They explained themselves. The Ursa insident(which s how they anticipated Discord got out of stone), the encounter at the castle, the relentless search parties, and at last, the present.

"So, where are these... Elements of Harmony?" Applejack asked, and such, they opened the book.

Author's Note

The climax begins... eventually. I'm sneaking in a few things from the season 2 premiere, so the climax may be a little later than expected. I still think that the story may end in less than 10 chapters, but who knows?