Twilight awoke to darkness, everywhere........

She lit up her horn to see her surroundings, and found herself in a dark, crystal cave........

"Hello?" She called out for anyone to answer, but only her echo responded.

"Is someone there?" She called out again, still no answer.

She bumped into a glass that reflected her image, as she heard a feminine cackle echo through the caves........

"Where am I?......" Twilight asked, hoping somepony would respond.

"The caves beneath Canterlot, once home to greedy unicorns who wanted to claim the gems that could be found inside." The image of "Cadance" on the glass shards revealed, startling Twilight.

"And now.......... your new home." "Cadance" stated with a sadistic grin.

"Help! HELP!!!" Twilight called for anypony to come help her.

However, "Cadance" merely laughed evilly.

"It's no use! No one can hear you, and no one would ever think to look for you either." "Cadance" gloated, as "her" image projected through many of the crystals filling the caves.

"I KNEW you were up to no good! Just you wait! I'm gonna get out of here, and you'll pay for what you did to me and my brother, Cadance!" Twilight threatened.

"'Cadance?'" "Cadance" merely smacked "her" lips in disappointment.

"I thought I made it obvious that I wasn't that goody four hooves Alicorn. I mean there were clues everywhere! Hah! And you're supposed to be the smart one." "Cadance" taunted.

"What........ What are you talking about?......." Twilight was confused.

"Oh don't play coy with me Sparkle face, think back to before you found yourself in this predicament, before the rehearsal, the pieces of the puzzle were always there, you just didn't look hard enough." "Cadance" told Twilight, as she thought back to when she arrived in Canterlot.

"Discord has escaped."

"Discord is the mischievous spirit of disharmony."

"We don't know where he is or what he has planned."

"Cadance it's me! Twilight!"

"Right....."

"Pinkie Pie's is a personal favorite of mine, laughter."

"Never change Pinkie Pie."

"So you know who we are, big deal!"

"She seems to have a thing for talking to you by name, even though she's never interacted with you before!"

"You will not wear that medallion at the wedding."

"I will not wear this medallion at the wedding."

"Girls why are you all acting like this?! We need to stick together!"

That last thought echoed in Twilight's head, as she just now realized that she was right for the wrong reasons......

"No.......... No! It can't be!" Twilight panicked.

"Oh, but it IS." "Cadance" stated, as "her" voice slowly turned into a deeper, older, masculine voice. As "her" appearance shifted from a pink pony, to a goat head with a deer antler and goat horn.

Discord merely laughed at Twilight's shock and horror as she realized that it was him the whole time.

"DISCORD! I should have known it was you!" Twilight growled at the spirit of chaos and disharmony.

"But you didn't, did you? And look where that got you." Discord taunted the purple unicorn through the glass.

"Why are you doing this?! I thought your goal was to spread chaos! Not impersonate ponies!" Twilight didn't understand Discord's goal.

"Yes well, while I was trapped in my stone confinement, I was thinking about how little scale my chaos reached the last time I was free. Ponyville wasn't enough, it was only a small little village with small little ponies in a small little crater. So this time, I thought big, and decided to target Canterlot instead. Figuring it would be the perfect chaos capital, seeing as it was a capital already." Discord explained, making sure Twilight was paying attention like a teacher eyeing a distracted student.

"However, the princess quickly took note of my escape, and was able to warn captain Shining Armor so he could spread that little spell connected to the elements, guess the elements of harmony flow through blood, hmm?" Discord stated, as Twilight realized that as Shining Armor's sister, he too is connected to the elements.

"But, what they failed to see is that I can lurk within the city of Canterlot, I just can't spread my chaos to the extended city. That was going to be a huge problem if I wanted to turn it into the next chaos capital of the world, so I had to think outside the box for this one. I knew I had to find a way to cancel Shining Armor's spell.......... Then I realized, Shining Armor has a new loving mare friend, and is going to get married to her on THIS, DAY." Discord stated, as Twilight looked worried about what Discord could have done.

"What did you do with Cadance?" Twilight growled.

"Oh, that's not important. What IS important, is that by Discording your precious brother, it makes him disconnected to the elements, and cancels his chaos cancelling magic." Discord explained, as he waved his paw in front of his face. And when it went over his head, revealed the face of Cadance once more.

"And what better way to get close to him then by taking the image of the pony he's getting married to?" Discord asked in her voice, clearly meant to upset Twilight further.

Twilight had reached her breaking point, the demon had impersonated her foal sitter, tricked her into thinking she had turned bad, turned her friends against her, and was planning on brainwashing her brother until he was no longer himself.

"Don't you DARE do anything to my brother! You-......... YOU MONSTER!!!" Twilight lashed out, however, "Cadance" merely looked amused at Twilight's sudden outrage.

"Only way to stop me is to catch me!" "Cadance" taunted, before disappearing on one set of crystals and appearing on another while laughing maniacally.

"Over here!" "She" called out, as Twilight blasted the crystal "she" was on, bouncing the spell of the walls of the cave nearly hitting Twilight before it dispersed.

"Nope! Over here!" "Cadance" laughed maniacally as Twilight blasted almost every crystal in the cave, she knew he was just toying with her. But it still made her furious.

And once she blasted the last crystal, she saw the form of Cadance. All bruised up and sitting on the floor.

Twilight, enraged, charged to tackle her.

"NO! Wait!" The pink pony begged, but Twilight tackled her.

"Please! Don't hurt me!........................ Twilight it's me........." Cadance assured, but Twilight looked at her doubtfully.

"Please! You have to believe me! I've been imprisoned just like you! I'm not Discord!" Cadance tried to get Twilight to believe her.

"Likely story!" Twilight pouted, but then......

"Sunshine sunshine ladybugs awake, clap your hooves and do a little shake........." Twilight finished the song, before turning to see Cadance with a warm smile, it was really her......

Twilight smiled before she embraced Cadance with a warm hug.

"You remember me!" Twilight was relieved to have found the real Cadance she had always known.

"Of course I do! How could I forget the filly I love to sit for the most?.........." Cadance assured, as they both warmly embraced each other..............

However, there was no time for celebration. As they heard evil laughter coming from the other end of the tunnels.........

"We have to get out of here, we have to stop him!" Twilight told Cadance as they both rushed to find a way out of the caves and save the wedding...............

Meanwhile, "Cadance" walked up to a mirror and placed a rose on "her" head.

"This day is going to be perfect, the kind of day of which I dreamed since I was small... Everypony will gather round, say I look lovely in my gown. What they don't know is that I have fooled them all." "Cadance" sung, as "her" eyes glowed yellow while "her" pupils shined red.

"This day was going to be perfect, the kind of day of which I dreamed since I was small... But instead of having cake, with all my friends to celebrate my wedding bells they may not ring for me at all." Cadance sung, as she stared into her reflection as Twilight looked on.

"I couldn't care less, about the dress, I won't partake in any cake. Vows? Well I'll be lying when I say, that through any kind of weather I'll want us to be together. The truth is I don't care for him at all! No I do not love the groom in my heart there is no room! But I still want him to be, all mine!" "Cadance" sung, as "she" smiled maliciously into the mirror.

"We must escape before it's too late, find a way to save the day! Hope? I'll be lying if I say, I don't fear that I may lose him, to one who wants to use him! Not care for love and cherish him each day! For I oh so love the groom all my thoughts he does consume. Oh, Shining Armor, I'll be there very soon!" Cadance sung, as Twilight pushed the minecart down below.

When they reached the bottom, they fell off, and Cadance used her wings to fly herself and Twilight up to the top.

Meanwhile, the wedding has officially begun, as the doors opened for the bride to enter the alter.

"Finally the moment has arrived, for me, to be one lucky bride." "Cadance" sung, as "she" made "her" way to the alter.

"Oh the wedding we won't make he'll end up marrying a fake, Shining Armor will be........."

"Mine, all mine. Heh he he he he he he."

Author's Note

Imagine the projection on the crystals is colored yellow, not green. As I imagine that would be the color of Discord's magic.