Chapters If Discord wasn't reformed
Celestia gazed at the frozen Draconequus in the Canterlot garden, she had thought about how his magic could benefit Equestria if it could be used to serve good instead of evil.
However, feelings of doubt clawed through her mind. Feelings that told her it would be too dangerous to potentially doom Equestria based off a little assumption she had.
Celestia knew that a being like Discord didn't follow any rules that ponies understood.
The thing about chaos is that it cannot be reformed.
Chaos, by definition is neither good nor evil.
And the thing about chaos is that.............
It's fair................
Celestia shrugged off these thoughts and proceeded to leave the statue in the garden, knowing that she couldn't risk an omnipotent chaos lord to do as he pleased, she knew that if she cast a spell protecting the elements, Discord could take them anyway, as his magic negated all protection that could be used for the elements.
Because after all, chaos doesn't play by any rules.
Discord, merely stared at Celestia as she left the garden.
He knew he couldn't be contained forever, chaos is everywhere, and the more chaos happens, the stronger he gets.
He was able to wait a thousand years to be set free, he could do it again.
Because he had all the time in the world.
It's a perk of being an immortal being that lives off an everlasting concept.
However, he began to speculate that it would be sooner then he thought, as the grounds began to rumble. And vines he thought he would never see roam Equestria begun to sprout from the grass.
Turns out his backup plan worked after all, it just took a thousand years to take effect.
If Discord could move his teeth, he would have grinned.
He was going to have so much, FUN................
If Discord wasn't reformed
Chapter 2. Princess Twilight Sparkle
Twilight flew back to her library while vines were covering and grabbing everything in Ponyville.
Spike held on tightly as he braced for impact from Twilight's unbalanced landing, she was still getting used to these wings after all.
She eventually crash landed into the golden oak library while her friends were doing some digging through some books, trying to find a solution to end this THORNY problem.
(Pun very much intended.)
"Oh, thank goodness!" Rarity sighed as Twilight arrived home.
"Oh, I hope you know we wouldn't normally go through your books without permission." Fluttershy assured.
"Sweet ground! Sweet, sweet, wonderful ground!" Spike praised as he kissed the wooden floor.
"Okay! I get it, I need to work on my flying." Twilight acknowledged.
"Dunno if you noticed, but the Everfree forest is just a teeny-tiny bit out of control." Pinkie pointed out, as her pinkie sense told her to duck for cover, and when she did, a vine crashed through the window and hit Rarity. Pinning her to the wall.
"Guess it turns out you were missing something here in Ponyville after all." Applejack lamented, as she closed the window the vine was reaching out of, cutting it in two in the process.
"But perhaps you know what's been causing all this calamity. Has Princess Celestia sent you to dispel it posthaste?" Rarity asked.
"Not exactly. You see, Princess Celestia is, well......... She and princess Luna are both..........." Twilight tried to tell them the bad news in a calm way until........
"They're missing!" Spike yelled due to panic, causing the rest of Twilight's friends to gasp in horror.
"I don't know who has taken them, but I've got a hunch we're going to need the elements of harmony to get them back." Twilight stated, as she grabbed the elements from their case and gave each element to their distinct barrier.
"Oh yeah! Just like old times." Rainbow Dash celebrated as she wore her necklace, as well as every other pony who bore the elements.
"I told ya we'd always be connected to the elements. Now we just gotta figure out who to aim these bad boys at so we can get Celestia and Luna back and keep the rest of Equestria from becoming plant food! Any ideas?" Applejack asked the rest of the mane seven, while Pinkie looked in a coloring book.
"Half day, half night........ Strange weather patterns........... Out of control plants........... I think I'm starting to get a pretty good idea of who we're up against." Twilight stated, as her thoughts pointed towards a certain trouble making chaos loving draconequus.
"Wait wait wait! You don't think Discord is behind all this?" Dash asked the former unicorn.
"It's the only explanation! The Everfree forest isn't meant to act this way, it doesn't make sense!" Twilight explained to her friends.
"But how could he have reverted from being stone? I thought since we were now connected to the elements that he should remain in his prison forever." Applejack thought.
"I don't know, but we better head to Canterlot to make sure that he hasn't escaped." Twilight stated, as she lead her friends out of the golden oak library to head to the train to Canterlot.
Later........................
The mane seven arrived at the Canterlot sculpture garden, and saw that the statue is seemingly still intact.
"See? I knew he couldn't be behind it! He's still very much contained by our awesome elements!" Dash boasted.
"I don't know, something about this just feels wrong to me......... I think-" Twilight was about to speak up, until she was interrupted by a vine grabbing her from behind.
"Twilight!" Her friends called out as they witnessed her being held captive by one of the vines.
As Twilight struggled, she saw the vine's thorns turn into a familiar deer antler and goat horn, while most of it's thorns formed a toothy grin.
Twilight panicked as it started to laugh wickedly.
"Surprise squeeze attack!" Discord announced, as the vine manifested into his usual serpentine body as he squeezed Twilight.
"Wait, if he's over there, then how can-?" Pinkie pointed her hoof at the statue, which began melting into chocolate pudding.
"What? You don't like the cake I made to celebrate your promotion? I'm hurt." Discord stated, as he pulled a forced frown as he noticed Twilight's upset expression.
"Let her go Discord! Or we'll blast you back to concrete!" Dash threatened.
"Ahh you'd do that anyway. And besides, you can't use the elements if one of you is unable to." Discord stated, as his Twilight struggled to get free.
"So you are the one behind the Everfree forest invading! But how were you able to do it if you were imprisoned?!" Twilight demanded the chaos spirit for answers.
"Oh, the answer is more complicated then you'd think. But I don't have time to explain these things myself, I have some chaos to bestow. Arrivederci." Discord bid, as he slithered into the ground while Twilight was released from his grip.
"Are you ok darling?" Rarity asked her friend.
"I'm fine, but we need to catch Discord! We can't let him turn Ponyville into the chaos capital of the world again!" Twilight stated.
"Now wait just a second! Catching Discord isn't gonna be easy, and we still need to figure out how to stop the Everfree forest from invading. I reckon we outta head back to Ponyville, and look for the source of these growing weeds." Applejack suggested.
"Ok, let's just hope that we find the princesses in the process." Twilight prayed, as she and her friends head back to the train for Ponyville.
Twilight eventually met up with Zecora and drank the potions that allowed her to see the flashbacks of the elements, including the tree of harmony.
As Twilight and her friends made their way to the tree, they got attacked by a Cragadile.
Thankfully, the ponies were able to subdue it by tying it's legs and arms to the trees with the vines.
However, the rest of the ponies feel that Twilight is in risk of serious danger if she continues to look for the tree with them.
"Twilight, I think it would be better if you headed back to ponyville, while me and the others look for the tree of harmony ourselves." Applejack suggested to the princess?
"But why? We're a team! What we do, we do together!" Twilight told AJ.
"Yes well, Equestria's gonna need a princess if things don't turn out OK." Applejack told her friend.
"But the elements won't even work without me! It was because of our friendship that the elements were able to be used in the first place, our friendship is what allowed us to overcome our challenges and save Equestria! The reason Discord tried to break our friendship was because he knew how powerful it was, that it was the only way to defeat him. And if I leave, it won't have the same effect! So do you all trust me when I say that no matter what obstacles we face, we face them together?" Twilight assured her friends, as they all looked at each other in contemplation.
"Alright Twi, I'd hate if something terrible happened to ya, but if you're that confident we can do it together, I believe you." Applejack agreed with Twilight, as they continued to head towards the tree.
Eventually, they found it. But it was being guarded by numerous vines holding onto it tightly.
"I think it's dying!" Fluttershy cried.
"So let's save it already!" Applejack stated, as she and Dash tried attack and pulling out the vines, but they resisted every attempt they made to move them.
"I don't think it's going to be that simple, these are vines created by Discord. There's got to be a different way to save the tree......" Twilight speculated.
"Even without these elements, the tree of harmony will possess a powerful magic. As long as that magic remains, it will continue to control and contain all that grows here." The words of Celestia's statement in the flashback echoed in Twilight's brain, which made her come up with her next idea.
"I know how we can save the tree, we need to give it the elements of harmony." Twilight declared.
"Woah woah woah! How are we supposed to defeat Discord?!" Dash asked.
"How are we supposed to contain him if we can't use the elements to turn him back to stone?" Rarity added.
"Twilight, the elements of harmony, they're what keeps us connected no matter what." Applejack stated, as she looked at her necklace.
"You're right about one thing Applejack, the elements of harmony did bring us together. But it isn't the elements that will keep us connected, it's our friendship. And it's more important and powerful then any magic. My new role in Equestria may mean I need to take on new responsibilities, and our friendships may be tested, but it will never, EVER, be broken." Twilight stated, as her friends looked at each other confidently.
"There's no time to lose! Everypony ready?" Twilight asked as she flew up, prepared to give up her and the others elements to save the tree.
"Ready!" All of her friends confirmed, as she took each element from their necklace and prepared to store them in the tree, until...................
"Oh no you don't!" Discord suddenly appeared and made the vines grab onto Twilight, earning several gasps from her friends.
"I'll be taking these, thank you very much." Discord thanked, as he took the elements with his magic. While he took off his head and bowed it as if it were a top hat.
However, Twilight's determination to restore the tree made her try to take the elements back from Discord, and she surprisingly had a stronger grip then him.
"What the- how are you-?!" Discord was shocked as Twilight levitated the elements to their places in the tree, as it began to glow.....
"No no no no NO! What have you done?!" Discord berated the ponies, as the tree began to evaporate all of the plunderseed's vines, emitting a flash of rainbow energy throughout Equestria.
Discord shivered as he felt the energy course through his very being. He felt restrained, and he did not like it.
As the vines were all eliminated, the vines holding Celestia and Luna were extinguished as well. Letting them see the light of day once more.
Twilight and her friends smiled as they saw the faces of their beloved princesses after so long.
However, they were interrupted by Discord's cocky giggles.
"You think you've won? Well, now with the elements unable to be used, nothing can stop me from spreading my unrestricted chaos! Chocolate rain for everypony!" Discord announced, as he snapped his fingers.
......................................................
"Umm, where's the chocolate rain?" Pinkie asked, as there was a considerable lack of chocolate rain.
"What?" Discord pondered, as he repeatedly snapped his fingers to spread his chaos further, but it didn't work.
"Now that the tree has been restored to it's former glory, and having been used to thwart Discord's chaos, it means that his power has been notably weakened." Celestia stated, as Discord kept snapping his fingers.
"This isn't right! My chaos should be unrestrained! Unlimited! BOUNDLESS." Discord proclaimed.
"It's over Discord, no chaos is meant to be endless. Balance is restored and you can't do anything to end it!" Twilight declared.
"...................... No, NO. It is NOT over until I say so! I don't follow the rules, and I never will. I make up my own, and this one is that only I have the LAST LAUGH!" Discord announced, as he snapped his fingers and teleported away. He still has limited amount of chaos magic, just not all of it.
Twilight rushed over to the princesses and gave them a hug.
"We know how difficult it must have been for you to give up the elements, it took great courage to relinquish them." Celestia told Twilight, as she and Luna hugged Twilight tightly.
However, Discord merely spied on them from behind a wall, and schemed to himself.
"I will not allow Equestria to remain a boring, dull, blank space forever. If I am to regain my magic, I'm gonna need to think outside the box for this." Discord stated, as he sat on a box as a walking lightbulb on him walked across his head, until it lit up.
"I've got it, if I am to regain magic, I'm gonna have to.......... Take some first.......... I think it's time I paid an old friend, a little visit. Heh he he..............................."
If Discord wasn't reformed
Chapter 3. Twilight's Kingdom
Lord Tirek roamed through the dark streets of Ponyville, draining ponies of their magic.
He eventually came across a unicorn that was packaging something, he approached the unicorn intent on draining him of his magic until...............
"Tirek, I presume?" The unicorn turned around to reveal Discord's goat head smiling at him, to which Tirek stepped back in confusion.
"Discord. You're free?" Tirek asked the spirit of disharmony, to which he responded by turning into a parrot.
"As a bird." Discord replied.
"Well, I commend you on your escape." Tirek congratulated as he took a bow, however Discord merely turned into his default form.
"I'm afraid the feeling isn't mutual." Discord stated as he snapped his fingers, causing handcuffs to appear around Tirek's arms.
Enraged, Tirek fired a blast at Discord, however he merely split his face to avoid the blast, before re-emerging it back together.
"Oh, I should have known you would want to have Equestria all to yourself." Tirek grimaced, as Discord was wearing a police outfit while spinning a baton around.
"Oh, silly old Centaur, if I wanted you out of the picture do you really think I would keep you in chains over sending you back to Tartarus myself? No no no no no, I've come to make a bargain." Discord stated, as he dropped his baton and took off his police uniform while approaching the Centaur.
"What?" Tirek didn't know what the Draconeqqus had to offer him.
"You see, my return did not come without a price. The tree of harmony appears to have gotten stronger, and because of that my magic is now restrained to mere parlor tricks instead of grand destruction." Discord stated, as he pulled a cat out of a top hat, which burst into a million cards.
"It is keeping me from spreading chaos everywhere in Equestria, and because of my restriction I am unable to destroy the tree myself. However, a being like you with almost all the magic of Equestria in your finger tips would have the power to blast that darn tree into oblivion." Discord stated.
Tirek tilted his head while listening to Discord's explanation, figuring out where he was going with all this.
"Here's what I propose: I help you round up all those ponies to drain the magic right out of, in exchange that you destroy that overly shiny plant once you have the strength to do it." Discord told the demon Centaur.
"After that, we could split this place, fifty/fifty. You rule the land on one half, and I spread chaos on the other. How does that sound?" Discord asked Tirek, before holding out his hand to shake on it.
Tirek stepped back a bit, unsure if he should trust Discord. "What's the catch?" Tirek asked, figuring there must be one to this little deal.
"No catches, this is a genuine offer from someone who's trying to be......... Well, not a friend, as that would be too sappy. Something like, an acquaintance?" Discord offered, as he waved his hand a bit desperately trying to get Tirek to shake on it.
Tirek hesitated a bit, before stopping to think about this offer with consideration...............
Meanwhile..................
Twilight arrived in the Canterlot throne room after receiving an urgent letter from the princesses.
"I came as quickly as I could! Is something wrong? Is it Tirek?!" Twilight asked the princesses.
"I'm afraid that we may have underestimated how deadly our threat has become." Celestia lamented, as the scene transitions to show a theatre applauding until the curtains open to reveal Discord in a magician outfit.
He then places his top hat on the floor, and taps it a bit before it begins to rise up, revealing Tirek underneath a sheet.
"Tirek has made an alliance with Discord, and is using him to take more magic." Celestia stated, as the scene progressed to show Tirek draining the magic from everypony in the audience, as Discord clapped from a box seat above.
The energy from the magic caused Tirek to grow stronger, and larger.
The scene then cut back to Twilight in the throne room.
"But why didn't the guards stop him?! What happened to them?!" Twilight asked the princesses why the guards couldn't stop Tirek although they actually never did anything useful ever.
"With Discord by his side, his magic has shown to be too unstable to confront directly, allowing Tirek to drain their magic as well." Celestia explained, as the scene cut to show Discord halting an army of guards with a giant shield, before Tirek sneaks up on them and drains their magic.
"Tirek has drained enough magic that he now has the strength to steal flight as well. Without Pegasi to control the weather, there will be no rain in Equestria." Celestia stated, as the scene cut to show the wonderbolts flying in to stop Discord and Tirek, only for Discord to freeze all of them in place while dressed like a waiter, as if he was giving a patron their order.
"There is word he has gone after Earth ponies as well. Without their strength, they will not be able to tend the land." Celestia stated, as the scene showed Discord rounding up a herd of appleloosians with a fishing rod while dressed like a fisherman, Tirek then walks out of a saloon and stares at the Earth ponies with a wicked grin.
The scene then cut back to the Canterlot throne room.
"Ponies will no longer be in control of their world. That power will belong solely to Tirek." Princess Luna stated.
"There is no doubt that Tirek is after Alicorn magic. With Discord by his side, we will not be able to stop him from taking it." Celestia stated.
"Once it is in his possession, his power will know no bounds, and all hope will be lost." Luna lamented.
"But there is one solution. It is only by making this sacrifice that Equestria and the lands beyond might be saved..................... We must rid ourselves of our magic before Tirek has a chance to steal it from us." Celestia stated, as Twilight gasped in shock at this sudden command from the princess.
Meanwhile......................
Discord stared as Tirek absorbed energy from a group of helpless ponies, until he suddenly felt a strange sensation in his being, something he haven't felt in a long time............
"That can't be right........." Discord pondered to himself.
"What can't be right?" Tirek asked the chaos lord as he overheard his worries.
"This hasn't happened to me in a millennia, but it would seem that I sense the princesses have transferred their magic to another............." Discord pondered.
"And I assume this is part of their plan to ensure that I can't drain them of their magic? By giving it up themselves? Pathetic..........." Tirek scorned.
"Perhaps............. Though it could be part of something bigger........... Whatever the case, we should head to Canterlot castle now, so they don't have a chance to catch us off guard." Discord stated, as several guards tackled him, but quickly dispersed into hundreds of birds as he emerged as a snake that grew into his base form.
Tirek merely chuckled at the sight of this, "You always had a deranged sense of humor." Tirek applauded, as Discord took off his head and bowed it as if it were a top hat.
Tirek then proceeded to charge Canterlot castle as Discord followed.
Later..........
The Canterlot guard guarded the bridge as they noticed the sun and moon moving topsy turvy, until suddenly the guards were lifted up in the air as Shining Armor's helmet floated from his head.
"Shining Armor, why, whatever are you doing here?" Discord politely asked as he wore Shining's helmet.
"Back off!" Shining Armor threatened the lord of chaos.
"It's more then Discord you need to worry about captain." Tirek warned the captain, as he drained a guard of his magic before tossing him aside.
Shining then blasted magic towards Tirek, but Tirek merely caught it with his hand before eating it.
Then Tirek grabbed Shining by the muzzle and drained him of his magic as Discord watched sadistically.
As Shining Armor fell to the floor, Tirek wrapped his arm around Discord.
"Why don't you have a little fun? I won't stand in your way." Tirek offered the Draconequus.
"As much as I'd love to let loose, I'm afraid that as long as the tree remains standing my power is limited to mere puppet shows and magic tricks." Discord demonstrated by turning his hands into puppets of Princess Luna and Princess Celestia beating each other up.
"Very well then......" Tirek sighed.
"Instead, I will make SURE that the princesses are taken care of." Discord instructed Tirek, as he gave a quick nod and they both headed to the throne room.
Meanwhile, Princesses Celestia, Luna, and Cadance all laid down on the floor magicless. Until they heard stomping approaching the throne room.
Lord Tirek smashed through the wall grabbing the doors before tossing them aside.
"My friend here says that you gave up your magic so I couldn't steal it from you, you call GIVING UP a plan?!" Tirek mocked the princesses, only for them to give a slight nod in acknowledgement.
"How does it feel? Knowing that soon every pegasus, Earth Pony, and Unicorn will be weak and powerless, and that there is NOTHING you can do to stop it?!" Tirek threatened the princesses as he lifted them with his stolen magic.
"You will not prevail Tirek." Celestia warned.
"Give my regards to Cerberus." Tirek stated, before he sent all three princesses to Tartarus through a portal he created.
"You forgot to mention the trees destruction, you will go through with that right?" Discord asked, as his eyes flashed a bit of red as a hint of a threat.
"Of course, I just didn't give away such crucial information to our enemies. Just in case they somehow find a way to escape." Tirek assured Discord.
"I've got my eye on you Tirek, we PROMISED we would split this place fifty/fifty didn't we?" Discord stated, as his eye grew massive to look at Tirek while two fifty icons flashed beside him.
"I wouldn't have it any other way my jovial compadre, but we don't have any more time! With the princesses out of the way we can now-" Tirek was about plan their next move, until his eye suddenly caught the stain glass of a purple Alicorn Princess.
"Is this meant to be HUMORUS?!" Tirek lashed out at the lord of chaos.
"Oh no! I haven't touched that one yet." Discord told Tirek.
"There's a fourth? And you didn't tell me this?!" Tirek yelled at the Draconequus.
"Well, I just needed to get the firm knowledge that this is a TEAM effort, and I think disposing of the boring, old, lame, princesses grants me that knowledge." Discord assured Tirek that he was just about to let him know of the fourth princess.
"Then where can we find this fourth princess? Where is her castle?!" Tirek demanded knowledge as he grabbed Discord by the throat.
"Oh no there is no castle, Princess Twilight Sparkle is a RECENT Alicorn who lives in the golden oak library." Discord informed Tirek, before the Centaur let go of the Draconequus.
"Not for much longer......." Tirek threatened, as he melted the glass portrait with his magic as he marched toward his intended target.
Meanwhile...............
The mane five plus Spike were waiting for Twilight to return and give them good news.
"Alright, y'all. I think we've warned everypony to stay inside." Applejack assured her friends.
"I'm sure Twilight will catch Tirek and this will all be over soon." Fluttershy told her friends.
"I just wish the princesses could have sent us to help instead of grabbing Twilight for their attention alone, what do they have to hide from us?" Dash pondered with her friends.
"Maybe the fact that I'm BACK!" Discord caught the mane five plus Spike by surprise, as he manifested a giant cage around them.
The ponies plus dragon squirmed through the bars trying to escape, but to no avail.
"Ta-da!" Discord presented the victims to Tirek.
"You've gathered up all of them?" Tirek asked Discord for conformation.
"And her little dragon too." Discord rubbed Spike's chin, before he tried to bite his fingers.
"Teaming up with Discord?! That's a cheap move beardy!" Dash yelled at Tirek.
"He helped me grow strong, he provided the means by which I can obtain Princess Twilight's magic. And now it's YOUR turn." Tirek stated, as he begun to drain the ponies and dragon of their magic as Discord watched with glee.
As the cage fell to the ground with the ponies completely drained, Tirek begun to grow more powerful and gained a few pounds plus a mohawk.
"You really think she'd do anything for them?" Tirek asked Discord.
"If Twilight has magic to give, it will be yours. Soon there won't be a Pegasus, Earth Pony or Unicorn who will be able to stand up against us." Discord proudly stated, before Tirek nodded to hunt down Princess Twilight Sparkle and take her magic............
Meanwhile............
Twilight stood between two giant rocks, annoyed by how unstable her teleportation was with the magic of four Alicorns.
"PRINCESS TWILIGHT!!!" Twilight gasped with fear at the sound of her name being roared.
"Tirek!" Twilight charged her magic to escape.
"YOU HAVE SOMETHING THAT BELONGS TO ME!" Tirek roared, goading Twilight to come out of hiding.
Twilight destroyed the rocks as she tried to fly away from Tirek, whooshing past him.
She eventually flew back like a boomerang before crashing to the ground and hitting Lord Tirek.
They both stared at each other intensely.
"You're going to give me what I want." Tirek stated, as he attempted to drain Twilight of her magic.
However, Twilight teleported out of draining distance before firing a magic laser at Tirek, sending him landing into a nearby rock.
As Tirek got up, Twilight landed to the ground and stared at Tirek with contempt.
"Now I see what your fellow Princesses have done." Tirek mocked, as both he and Twilight charged at each other to duel for the Alicorn magic.
Later, after an epic showdown.......
Twilight and Tirek got up from their injuries, at an impasse from their combined magic and strength.
"Give it up Tirek! You won't get this magic!" Twilight stated to the magic hungry Centaur.
"If you won't give it to me willingly, then I shall take it by force! Discord! Subdue her so I can drain her magic!" Tirek ordered the spirit of disharmony.
"Well...... I would, but should I?" Discord pondered.
"Discord! We promised we would rule on two halves!" Tirek yelled.
"Yes we did, but I remember you promising that you would annihilate that overgrown tree as soon as you had the power to do it, and instead you chose to seek even more power when you could have kept your word. Not to mention the fact that you boss me around and treat me as a servant to you when we're supposed to be equals in this debacle. So why should I help you now?" Discord asked.
"Discord! You know I was getting to it!" Tirek stated.
"Sorry Tirek, but you're on your own. I'll just have to look for another way to destroy the tree of harmony. Toddles!" Discord bid, before he teleported away from the scene.
"DISCORD!!!" Tirek roared at the chaos spirits betrayal, before turning around and seeing Twilight charging up a powerful spell.
"What are you doing?!" Tirek yelled at the purple Alicorn.
"Sending you back where you belong." Twilight stated, before she fired the spell at Tirek.
As Tirek screamed in agony, he could feel his power being ripped away from him as he slowly descended back to Tartarus.
The magic Tirek stolen was then returned to their original users, as the princesses were freed from their imprisonment.
As the mane five plus Spike gained back their magic, Twilight flew back to them in desperation.
"I'm so sorry I couldn't help you! The princesses needed me to contain their magic so Tirek couldn't steal it!" Twilight told her friends, as they looked at her in contemplation.
"We know you were only doing as you were told Sugarcube, but we still should have been there for you." Applejack told Twilight, as they all hugged it out to cool down.
"I better return the princesses magic." Twilight stated, before she flew off to do just that.
However, unbeknownst to the ponies, Discord silently watched disguised as a tree.
"You may have won this time Twilight Sparkle, but that tree is going to go, and when it does, everyone and everything you know is going to change, FOREVER....... I just need to wait until the time is right................"
If Discord wasn't reformed
Chapter 4. A matter of principals
Starlight Glimmer, with the help of Spike, started off setting everything up for the spell-venger hunt.
When they kicked off the Spell-venger hunt, they went to Twilight's observatory to watch the teams.
Meanwhile, Smolder and Ocellus were wandering a hallway in search for an artifact.
"I hope you know where you're going."
"To the helm of Yksler!"
"Eh, works for me."
"In our book, it says Yksler was an honorable yak warrior. Any enemies that saw him put down their weapons in peace. I think his artifact must be in one of these suits of armor."
Smolder spotted a helmet on one of the suits.
"I'm guessing that one."
Their magic shields lit up when they approached, confirming it as the artifact.
"Yes! One down, five to go!"
Meanwhile, Starlight and Spike were watching from the observatory.
"Awww, Ocellus and Smolder found their first artifact! Wait. What's that?"
The suit of armor begins to slowly approach Smolder and Ocellus.
"Uh, I don't think that's part of the spell-venger hunt!"
The armor charged for them, but they ran out of the way and hit the wall before giving chase.
"The school is haunted!"
"And not cool!"
Starlight and Spike could only gasp in horror.....
Meanwhile.....
"We're totally gonna win this spell-venger hunt!"
"Yeah, I doubt that. But at least I know where one of the artifacts is. Saw Spike hide it yesterday."
Gallus's shield lit up near a portrait, so they opened it.
"The crown of Grover! Score!"
"They say it's magic and King Grover used it to become the first ruler of Griffonstone. I know, pretty sweet, right?"
"You paid attention in class!"
"What?! I-If you ever tell an-"
The portrait suddenly slammed shut, as the image of King Grover begun to animate.
"3D painting!"
The portrait then growled at them as it flew off the walls, causing Gallus and Silverstream to run away in terror.
Then, all of the other portraits begun to animate, chasing after unsuspecting students participating in the spell-venger hunt.
However, amidst all the chaos, Starlight and Spike looked through the telescope, and saw none other then the spirit of Discord, laughing maniacally at the chaos he's creating.
"Oh no.... He's back!" Starlight exclaimed.
"Why would Discord be trying to scare the students? What does he want?" Spike wondered.
"I don't know, but we have to put a stop to him before he hurts anypony!" Starlight exclaimed, as she bought back down the lift.
Meanwhile....
"Hmm... What Yona look for?"
"The Shell of Knuckerbocker. It's like a seashell, but if you blow into it, you call a dragon! There's a sweet poem in our book about it. 'Climb to the heights with dragon flight.' Gasp! Like flight of stairs!"
"Yona take pony word for it."
She stepped on the stairs, but it was mushy and liquified.
Sandbar begun to sink too.
"What's happening?!"
"Yona not know! But Yona do know Yona not like spell-venger hunt!"
Discord laughed evilly, as he teleported the shell of Knuckerbocker to him, before exiting through a wall.
The school was in complete chaos, students were running from living suits of armor, flying portraits, and were sliding through the floor.
However, as soon as Starlight and Spike arrived at the scene of the crime, the chaos just..... Stopped.....
All of the students looked confused as to why everything just suddenly turned back to normal so suddenly.....
"Temporary head mare Starlight, what just happened?!" A student asked.
"It was Discord." She answered.
Everycreature gasped in shock and horror of the lord of chaos's presence being to blame.
"Stay calm everycreature! We're going to make sure he can't hurt anypony, though I don't know why he would cause chaos so suddenly only to leave unless......"
"Unless it was a distraction?" Spike finished the sentence.
However, Twilight and her friends soon returned with some bad news....
"Our friendship mission wasn't real! It lead us straight to a dead end!" The friendship princess exclaimed.
"It was some kind of glamor spell on our cutie marks!" Dash explained.
"I think I know whose fault THAT is...." Starlight stated.
Meanwhile, Discord floated beneath the caverns of the school of friendship, as he manifested back into his physical form.
He then examined all the artifacts of the spell-venger hunt that he stole.....
"Now I have everything I need for that little brat....."
If Discord wasn't reformed
Cozy Glow plotted and schemed to herself within the caves of the school of friendship, she had made the portal designed to drain all the magic of Equestria, but she didn't know what artifacts to power it.
Until suddenly, she hears a flash behind her.
"Did I hear you're looking for legendary artifacts?"
Cozy turned around and saw Discord standing before her, causing her to yelp in fear.
"Easy you little half pint! If I wanted to hurt you why would I have bought these?" Discord floated the legendary artifacts towards the evil Pegasus, as she stepped back in confusion.
"You're trying to help me? Why?"
"It's a little favor I'm doing for you, is all. All I ask is that you return the favor afterwards....." Discord stated to the megalomaniacal gremlin.
"What favor are you asking for?" Cozy eyed the Draconequus suspiciously.
"You'll know when the time comes." Discord "assured", as he handed over the legendary artifacts.
"And what am I supposed to do with these?....."
"You made a vortex to drain all the magic, these are the power source that will help you activate it."
"I see...."
Cozy took the artifacts and prepared to set them.
"Oh, and don't tell your pen pal that I had a part in this."
"Why?"
"He's very crossed with me at the moment." Discord merely hand waved.
"Right.... Well, I think I know what to do next....." Cozy schemed, as Discord vanished into thin air.
She walked up the stairs and eyed Starlight leaving for the students trip to cloudsdale, as she smiled mischievously.....
Meanwhile.....
Discord teleported away from the school of friendship and out the gates of Tartarus, as he chuckled evilly to himself.
"That little tyke is gonna fail. And when she does, I'll be there to borrow her with a few 'friends' for a little project....."
If Discord wasn't reformed
Chapter 6: The beginning of the end
Many months Earlier.....
Discord travelled away from the tree of harmony as fast as he could, plotting on using Tirek for his ends.....
However, he paused. For he had to think things through first.....
He knew the centaur could not be trusted, he would no doubt drain his own once he had gained enough magic.....
So he thought on how he could still use him to destroy the tree of harmony and regain his power.....
Then he remembered something very useful.... Something that could restore him back to his former glory.....
He teleported next to MT. Everhoof, still windy as ever.....
He knew he couldn't climb the mountain on his own, as his magic was weakened.....
But maybe, just maybe.....
Discord formed an idea within his head. a mischievous, evil, wicked idea.....
However, it could take a few months, considering how much work he needed to do to pull this plan off....
But he figured it would be all worth it just to be able to spread chaos again.....
After all, chaos may be random..... But it was also patient......
Now, in the present.....
"One day, you'll see! I will defeat Twilight Sparkle and her friends! Hah! And they will PAY for stealing my kingdom!"
Chrysalis barked at a log with a pre-formed changeling's face, as she zapped another one to look like that before she was taken by a dark swirl of magic.....
Meanwhile.....
Lord Tirek scratched another day in his cell.
"Psst, Tirek!"
"It is LORD Tirek, and what is it now?"
"I just want to make sure you can see my best friends rock sculpture from over there!"
Cozy Glow pointed at the aforementioned rock sculpture, as Lord Tirek looked at the many days he had spent and sighed, before he and Cozy were also taken.....
Meanwhile.....
A stick drew a circle in a dark cave on top of a red horn, as it begun to form a crystal which manifested a dark cloud of evil magic, that formed two green malicious eyes.....
Later.....
Lord Tirek and Cozy Glow found themselves in a massive cave, as Chrysalis found herself there as well.....
"Lord Tirek?"
"A changeling? See? She gets it."
"Chrysalis! Queen of the changelings! Or at least, I WILL be, when I'm restored to my rightful place! Why did you summon me? What do you want?!"
"Ahh! Oh golly, we didn't summon you. I thought you freed us from Tartarus."
"Tartarus? Whoever pulled you from THERE must have been somepony very powerful indeed."
The three then heard malicious laughter atop a rock, as they gazed a mist of black smoke, which formed the image of none other then the king of crystals himself.
"King Sombra! You have returned? Why did you bring us here?!"
"He didn't."
A blue, old ram walked through the cave, as he walked up to the table and slammed his hooves on top of it.
"It was I. You may call me, GROGAR."
If Discord wasn't reformed
Chapter 7. The ending of the end part 1
"I have returned! Twilight Sparkle's coronation is today, and we're going to ruin it, with THIS artifact. But to succeed, you MUST work together!"
"Oh, way ahead of you Grogar."
Chrysalis spat changeling saliva at "Grogar", but he merely jumped out of the way quickly.
Lord Tirek then burst through the wall more stronger then ever, as Cozy Glow flew in with her new horn.
However, when they arrived, "Grogar" was missing.....
"Where did he go?" Cozy wondered.
However, before they could react, "Grogar" teleported behind them and knocked them back with his magic, as he held them all with it in a tight grip.
"You MORONS! Did you REALLY think I didn't anticipate your inevitable betrayal ahead of time?! You played right into my hands....."
The three villains could only gulp as they know that they bucked up.
"And the bell, you had it all this time? Perfect...." "Grogar" grinned evilly, as he took the bell from the other three.
He then blasted the bell with his magic, causing it to release some of the magic still inside into his being....
"Yes..... YES!!!" "Grogar" laughed maniacally as he unleashed some of his newfound powers throughout the lair.
"Uh, what's so funny Grogar?" Cozy wanted "Grogar" to share the joke.
"I'm, not, GROGAR!" Discord stated, as he unzipped his disguise. Earning several gasps from the villains as they had been played by the lord of chaos himself.
"You should all see the looks on your faces! It's.... Hissterical!" Discord exclaimed, as he took the form of a snake as he laughed hissterically.
"Discord! You've been masquerading as Grogar this whole time?!" Tirek lashed out at the spirit of disharmony for another betrayal.
"Oh come now! Did you seriously believe that it was the REAL Grogar?..... HAH HA HA! That old goat's been dead for centuries!"
"Golly! What are you gonna do to us?...."
"Well, since you three were kind enough to retrieve me his bell, I suppose I could let you three off the hook for now. But not without taking away some of his magic that you unfairly robbed of him."
"Hey! You took some of his magic! You hypocri-" Chrysalis was about to criticize, until Discord activated the bell and drained the three of all of their magic, leaving them to be weakened.....
"I KNOW." Discord smugly acknowledged, as he left the lair to cause the most chaos he's ever pulled off in a lifetime while laughing like a maniac who escaped from the asylum.....
Meanwhile.....
Princess Twilight was dealing with pre coronation nerves, as everypony was giving her and her friends weird looks and hiding in their houses.
However, nothing could prepare her for the terrible news she would receive yet, as a guard rushed in with absolutely terrible news.....
"Your highness! Discord has returned! And has regained all of his power!"
The mane six could only gasp in horror at this shocking news.
Later.....
"Because the tree of harmony has been destroyed, he is no longer weakened! And this 'bewitching' bell has made him more powerful then ever!"
"This is a disaster! Twilight, Luna, we need to make a plan before this ATROCITY happens!"
"How?! The elements of harmony are what defeated Discord to begin with! Without the elements, how are we supposed to turn him back to stone?!"
"Twi, don't you remember how we defeated Sombra? It isn't the physical trinkets that make us stronger, it's our friendship." Applejack assured Twilight.
"Yeah! Chaos god or not, we have something that he DOESN'T have!" Rainbow Dash boasted.
"You see? You never needed the elements, the true magic was within you and your friends all along. We believe in you, and always have." Celestia assured.
"Lean on your strengths, to counter your weaknesses."
"My strengths?" Twilight stared at her friends with a look of confidence.....
"Right, Spike! Send a letter to Starswirl! Tell him we need the pillars to guard the boarders of Canterlot. If Discord is coming for a fight, we'll have one waiting for him! And warn Cadance and Shining Armor, they're our last line of defense if we fail. The ultimate battle for the fate of Equestria, is coming!"
Meanwhile..........
"I can't believe I got double crossed by that amalgamated nuisance! AGAIN!" Tirek whined in fury.
"Hey! I thought I could trust him too! You're not the only one he played for a sucker you know!" Cozy snapped at the old Centaur.
"He played all of us Cozy, when we thought WE were the ones who were good at manipulation..... He proved us wrong....." Chrysalis seethed with envy......
"Well, what do we do now?......" Cozy asked her two teammates......
"Well, I'll tell you what I'm NOT going to do..... I am NOT going to let that conniving sneaky SCUM of a Draconequus get away with this!" Tirek roared.
"Yes! He may have taken our magic, but he has made one CRUCIAL mistake, using US in his plans....." Chrysalis schemed.
"And just HOW are we going to fight back?! We have no magic, and besides he is an all powerful chaos spirit of disharmony! What chance do WE have?!" Cozy snapped.
"Maybe no chance just the three of us..... But maybe if we make an..... Uneasy alliance......" Chrysalis resisted the urge to vomit just thinking about it, but they may have to work together with they're enemies to fight back against the lord of chaos.......
Meanwhile.........
"We've faced enemies of Equestria before, and we've always succeeded. That wouldn't be possible without all of you. So I ask for your help again today, in what is our biggest battle yet! All of Equestria is at stake. And I can't do this alone! But I'm not afraid, because with friendship as our armor, and teamwork as our power, nopony can ever bring us down!"
THUD!
"How, very, TOUCHING."
Discord dropped the pillars to the floor, as they all looked grey after being handled by the spirit of disharmony.
"But not enough to stop Equestria's reckoning of CHAOS." Discord stated, as he snapped his fingers, causing the throne room to turn upside down, as everyone fell down still affected by gravity.
Discord begun decorating the room with animate portraits of himself, suits of armor that danced idly on their pedestals, flying sheep that baa'd throughout the room, and cake that landed in the princess's faces.
"Stand down, DISCORD." Celestia warned.
"Well, I would but..... I have a brand new toy to play with!" Discord stated, as he pulled out the bell and drained Celestia and Luna of their magic, as Twilight gasped in horror.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!"
"Oh, don't act so surprised, this isn't the first time those so called 'princesses' failed to stand for themselves." Discord mocked the distress friendship princess.
"And THIS isn't the first time we retaliate! NOW!" Twilight called to her friends to sneak up on Discord.
However, Discord saw this coming and duplicated himself a hundred times, overwhelming the mane six with his numbers.
They begun to turn into a fan and blow away the mane six to the back of the throne room, keeping them from fighting back.
Satisfied, Discord's duplicates disappeared leaving only one once again, as Twilight formed a shield to protect her friends from any further damage.
"You just don't get it do you? The pillars are all washed up, your school has been DESTROYED. Face it Twilight, YOU LOST."
"You can attack us, and we may fall. But we will stand together, united in friendship. And we won't stop until we defeat you, no matter how many ponies you take down!"
Discord could only laugh hysterically, as she didn't realize his true plans....
"Didn't you all see that something was amiss in Equestria? I've been busy....."
Twilight and the others were confused on what he was talking about.....
"Didn't you ever wondered why Sombra returned only recently? I had a hand in it. In fact, I rounded up several other villains posing as the ancient ram of legend himself, to goad them into working together to defeat you once and for all. Together, they got me his Bewitching Bell, DESTROYED your pathetic Summer Sun party, and begun spreading lies and rumors throughout ALL of Equestria! Making all Earth pony, Unicorn, and Pegasi, HATE EACH OTHER."
The ponies all gasped at Discord's true intentions.
"And to think, I didn't even need to raise a CLAW to bring disharmony to Equestria! Now if you'll excuse me, I think it's time to add one, finishing, TOUCH."
Discord turned around, and blasted a GIANT hole throughout the center of the castle, as it begun to collapse.
"Chaos is a wonderful thing, but do you know what's even more wonderful?...... REVENGE."
Twilight gasped as Discord destroyed the shield protecting her and her friends.
"Revenge on you, revenge on the princesses, and revenge on EVERYPONY WHO REJECTED MY CHAOS!"
Twilight's eyes widened in horror as Discord lifted her with his magic, and he was just about to snap his fingers to do something horrible, until a boulder was tossed at him.
Twilight looked back and saw Rarity sweating after she tossed it with her magic.
Discord got up, and proceeded to fire at the ponies, before Twilight ran and the ponies raised a rock to shield them from his blast.
"Go Twilight! Get help!"
"No! I can't leave you here!"
"It's our only chance!"
"You'll come up with something to save the day!"
"You always do!"
"We believe in you!"
Twilight just barely teleported out of the castle before the rock was blasted by Discord's magic...........
To be continued........
If Discord wasn't reformed
Chapter 8. The ending of the end part 2
"And now to Discord you FOREVER! Won't that be FUN?"
Twilight's friends, the princesses, and the pillars all laid captive by the lord of chaos inside prisons made of cotton candy.
They desperately prayed that Twilight would be able to put an end to this insanity.....
"You won't get away with this!"
Discord turned to the yellow Pegasus that stood up to him.
"Our friend will come back for us, and she is going to kick your butt for being a big dumb meanie!"
"Oh, you're adorable! Makes me wanna pinch your little horsey cheek." Discord stated, as he pinched Fluttershy's cheek like a Grandma would their Grandson.
"But your threats are in vain, Your precious elements are destroyed, the tree of harmony is DEAD. There is nothing, but NOTHING you can do to stop me now! I'm free forever! HAH HA HA!"
"Don't be so sure, Discord."
Discord turned to the direction of the familiar voice, as he saw Tirek, along with Chrysalis and Cozy Glow standing up to him.
"Well isn't, this, INTERESTING?" Discord exclaimed, as he zoomed up close to the legion as his voice boomed across the room.
"My old peons are back for a rematch! You think YOU'VE got what it takes to stop me?!"
"No, I KNOW we do. Because you are just a petty bully who spreads chaos to others just to expose them enough so that they'll LIKE it." Tirek taunted.
"You don't know anything about me! I am an immortal spirit of ancient chaos BEYOND your comprehension!"
"Yet for someone whose lived as long as you, you have yet to grow up and mature over all that time."
"SHUT UP."
"What are you going to do goat head? Rain chocolate milk on my forehead?"
Discord grabbed Tirek by the throat as he stared at him with fury in his eyes.
However, behind them, Chrysalis and Cozy Glow freed Twilight's friends by cutting through the cotton candy with their wings.
"Why are you helping us?" RD asked in confusion.
"Don't get used to it, this is a one time only stop the badder bad guy thing." Chrysalis stated, as they finished cutting the cotton candy.
Eyes grew on the back of Discord's head, and saw the prisoners escaping.
"YOU TRICKED ME!"
Discord threw Tirek at the escaping prisoners, and tried to snap his fingers.
However, Cozy Glow flew around his head, as he begun to sneeze rapidly from her feathers.
"Go get Princess Twilight! We'll keep him distracted as long as we can." Tirek told the ponies, as they rushed to do just that.
The three then approached Discord willing to give him everything they got.
Later.......
"You're here?! I was so worried! Where are the princesses?"
"They're still imprisoned, but just our luck, the villains Discord used took the opportunity to collaborate and free us! Now let's save Equestria! Whoo-hoo! Yeah!"
"They made a terrible mistake, you all did. From the second I got away, I've been searching every book, scroll, and spell for a way to rescue you and stop Discord, but I haven't found anything. I failed."
"You'll come up with something, we can't save Equestria without you."
"You all escaped without my help. You didn't need me then. So why would anypony need me now?"
"We know things look bad, but we've been in tough spots before, and we always-"
"Look around! Nothing we've ever done has mattered! Sombra? Returned and destroyed the tree of harmony! Discord? Returned and more powerful then ever! The school of friendship? DESTROYED! Everypony is so blinded by fear they can't even remember what friendship is! Nothing we do makes any difference!"
"But we're still free and together."
"And it's not like things can get any worse."
Just as RD said that, they heard screeching coming from outside.
"Haven't we learned not to say that by now?"
"We have to do something!"
"I've already done enough."
"You want the truth Twilight? Bad things happen. No matter what you do, there's never gonna be a time when everything's perfect. But that doesn't mean you quit trying!"
"What if I make things worse? Ever since Celestia told me I was taking over, I've been gaining confidence. Then I find out it's all a lie. Equestria's been falling apart around us, and I didn't even notice! What kind of a princess does that make me!? I'm scared."
"I probably know more about being scared then anypony, but thanks to all of you, I've learned I'm always less scared when I'm with my friends."
"If we're facing impossible odds, we're facing them together."
"It's what we always do darling."
"But we're alone, and we have no idea what to do!"
"That's pretty much every time something terrible is happening."
"How can you all be so calm about this?"
"Because even if you don't believe you can do this, we do. We believe in you, in us."
"The truth is, all of our lives wouldn't be the same if we hadn't met. We're better off with friendship because of you. So when you say you haven't made a difference, that's just not true. You've made a big difference to us."
Twilight stared at her friends, now knowing that even when all seems lost, the key is to never give up......
"Thank you...... But we still need a plan."
"That sounds like the pony I used to foal sit for, count us in."
"No. You need to stay here and protect Flurry Heart. If we don't.... If things don't work out, she's Equestria's last hope. Okay, one of our worst villains has taken over, powered up by ancient magic. Everypony is so scared and divided that the Windigos are circling. And it's up to us to fix it all."
"What are we going to do Twilight?"
"The same thing we do every time Pinkie, try to save the world!"
Meanwhile......
Discord finished imprisoning the legion after an intense battle, as he teleported back up to the castle.
There, he saw the Windigos circling Equestria.
'Oh.... I forgot about that.....' Discord cursed to himself, as he saw the ponies outside Canterlot.
"You think he knows we're here?"
A flash of light popped in front of them, as Discord stared at them intensely and crazily.
"I think he has an idea....."
"You are just so FIRM to your ridiculous 'friendship wins all' belief that you can't even realize you've already lost! Are you?"
"You can't beat us if we never give up! As long as I have my friends beside me, I'll put my faith in friend-"
"Heard it, loved it, bored of it."
Discord fired a wave of confetti at the ponies, as they teleported out of the way.
Frustrated, Discord began searching for them.
"We need to get that bell and get the princess's magic back. Rainbow Dash, Pinkie, you're with me."
"Sweet! I'll grab that bell in ten second-"
"No. We're the distraction. They're gonna get the bell."
Discord plucked trees from the ground searching for them.
"Where aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaare you?"
"Here!"
Pinkie Pie, Rainbow Dash, and Twilight Sparkle all rushed at Discord.
He begun zapping at them trying to Discord them but they wouldn't stay still.
"Step right up, test your luck!" Pinkie beckoned dressed as a barker.
Discord tried blasting her, but she kept dodging.
"Missed me!"
ZAP!
"Close, but no cherrychimichanga!"
ZAP!
"Thanks for playing!"
Discord zapped Pinkie's plushie, which began biting her hair.
Nervous, she quickly fled as the Discorded plushie fell to the ground as Discord gave chase.
"Wait a minute, I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE DOING!"
Discord saw Applejack, Rarity, Fluttershy and Spike trying to take away the bell.
He blasted a shot near the ponies plus dragon, causing them to fall back.
He tried taking back the bell, but Rarity tried to grasp it with her magic.
They fought over it in a magic tug of war, until Twilight and Applejack joined as well.
They fought with all their might over the bell, until Discord pulled a cheap shot and a green troll ooga booga'd the heroes, causing them to jump back in shock.
Discord then grabbed the bell as the troll de-manifested, as he pulled the others over to where the rest went.
"It was a valiant effort, I'll give you that. But you still are HELPLESS without your precious elements."
"Even without them, we still stay strong as friends." Twilight stated, as she and the others embraced each other.
Discord tried to resist a vomit, as he fired his magic at the mane seven........
"What happened? Can I open my eyes?"
"Ya sure can!"
The mane seven looked, and saw a magical shield blocking Discord's magic.
"Way to go Twilight!"
"Its not me."
They turned around, and saw an army of everycreature charging at Discord with everything they've got.
The Pegasi swooped around Discord, as he spun his head around trying to keep it attached from his body.
Then, the changelings turned into decoys of the ponies as they circled Discord, confusing him.
The shield was raised above the ground as it floated towards the cliff the army was atop on.
"The changelings won't fool him forever, and I don't know how long the unicorns shield will hold!"
"I don't understand..... How are you all here?...."
"That's kind of our fault...."
"You remember those long boring lectures about friendship you gave at school?"
One flashback montage later.......
"How bout that? It's just like you said the day we opened that school."
"The more creatures who know about friendship, the safer we'll be."
"We TOLD you you had everything we figured out!"
However, a changeling hit the shield.
Twilight turned around, and saw the Pegasi hitting it as well.
Eventually, the unicorns couldn't hold the shield anymore and it collapsed.
Discord snapped his fingers, freezing the entire army attacking him, and tossed them across the field.
Enraged, he flew towards the army as the area around him begun to be infected with chaos.
Until Twilight shot a laser near him, seizing his pursuit.
"ENOUGH! Because of you I almost lost my way! But everycreature here has reminded me of the true power of friendship! There will always be darkness in the world, but there will also be those who find the light! The pillars knew this, that's why they created the elements of harmony."
As Twilight continued her speech, her friends, the princesses, the pillars, and even the legion were teleported from the prison to the mountain where everyone was standing against the lord of chaos.
"The elements showed me and my friends how strong our friendship could be, together we worked to bring harmony to Equestria. But there will always be more work to do, which is why we teach others about the magic of friendship, others who will continue our work after we are gone."
As Twilight continued, the pillars, the young six, and her friends all floated up into the air enchanted with the magic of friendship.
"Now I truly understand! The elements were just symbols, the real magic has always been right here. And the more who understand how powerful friendship is, the stronger we will all be! TOGETHER."
The pillars, the young six, and Twilight's friends then all launched rainbows at her, who unleashed into one big rainbow that banished the windigos.
"Not again......."
The rainbow was then blasted towards Discord and struck him, ridding him of his stolen magic and stripping him of his power as his form grew smaller as the bell fell to the ground.
Twilight and the others landed back to the ground.
However, they only saw the bell after the rainbow had disappeared......
"Umm, where did he go?....." Fluttershy wondered, until they saw movement from underneath the bell.....
It tumbled sideways, and they saw a miniature, slug like Discord with his goat head still attached, but no other limbs other then his serpent body.
"What the-? HUH?! What happened?!" Discord gasped at his new, inferior form with a tiny, high pitched Chipmunk voice.
Pinkie Pie could only laugh at what the spirit of disharmony has become.
"Oh you think this is REAL funny DON'T YOU?! WELL I'LL FIND A WAY TO TURN BACK AND I'LL BE BACK FOR ALL OF YOU! I WILL COME BACK AND YOU'LL ALL BE SOR-"
A giant cupcake fell on Discord.
"What the-?" Twilight wondered what could be causing that.
Until Cozy approached with the bell in hoof.
"Cozy Glow! You took Discord's magic from the bell?!"
"That's right Headmare Twilight!" She then begun to grow larger with a more demonic form as she cackled maniacally.
"NOW I HAVE ALL OF HIS POWER! KNEEL BEFORE MY MIGHT!"
She fired a spell at the ponies, but all it did was fire harmless rubber chickens.
Enraged, she continued firing, but she couldn't control the chaos magic.
Eventually, hungry Pineapples started biting her hair.
"AUGH! TAKE IT BACK, TAKE IT BACK!"
Celestia then grabbed the bell and drained Cozy of the chaos magic, turning her back into a harmless Pegasus filly as she breathed heavily from the experience.
Celestia then absorbed back her magic, and gave Luna and the pillars back they're magic as well.
The princess then confronted the three villains as Tirek and Chrysalis got back from the hill.
"You three have caused trouble over the past few months, but you were used by Discord in all of this. And you did help defend Equestria from his wrath....."
"Golly, what are you going to do with us?....."
The princesses stared at Twilight, as she gave a look of conformation.
"You will each be assigned a different pony to help you reform, hopefully for a couple months."
The three could only groan as guards surrounded them, knowing that they found themselves in a fate worse then death.
Discord then made his way out of the cupcake.
"And as for you...... There isn't a punishment WORTHY of all you've done!"
"Oh, what are you going to do? Turn me back into stone for the THIRD time? You're soooooooo predictable Celestia."
Fluttershy then made her way to the cupcake they were standing near.
"Excuse me your majesties, would it be acceptable if I were to take him in?.... He's just so cute now, I could take real good care of him."
Celestia and Luna stared at each other for a bit, before nodding in agreement.
"Very well then Fluttershy, you may keep him until he eventually shows signs of reformation, maybe then his old form can be restored." Celestia stated, as she grasped the bell with her magic.
"Oh thank you thank you thank you! Come here little Discord, I'll take good care of you."
"Hey! Get your hooves off me! I'm not your pet! I'm the spirit of chaos and disharmony! And you will cower before and fear me!"
"Oh you're so adorable, it makes me wanna pinch your little Draconequus cheek."
Discord could only groan in irritation as Fluttershy begun to cradle him.........
However, he slowly begun to feel a little........ relaxed........ as he slowly fell asleep.........
Everycreature atop the mountain cheered in celebration.
"When I sent you to Ponyville, I had high hopes. When you became princess of friendship, I know I made the right decision. But nothing could prepare me for how proud I am right now. Equestria is definitely in the right hooves. You are ready." Celestia declared, as she and Luna bowed for Twilight.
"You know what? I think I am."
The end.
