"STOP!" Songbird cried. The Element of Forgiveness created a blue bubble in front of her as a protection shield. Discord gasped as a strange white alicorn jumped in front of him. At first he thought it was Celestia, but then he realised that she had a shiny blue mane curled into a shorter, but similar style to Rarity's. Somehow, this mare seemed familiar.
Twilight stopped her spell and the Elements died down. "Songbird? What are you doing! Get away from him!"
"Twilight, every pony stop it!" Songbird snapped as the light died down. "Why are you doing this?"
Twilight was stunned speechless. "Wh-why are we doing this? Songbird he's causing chaos everywhere, why are you defending him?!"
"Yeah!" The others demanded.
Songbird felt hit tears well up in her eyes. "Because he was never evil!"
The Mane Six gapped at her. None of this made sense and they were getting sick of things not making sense. "What are you talking about?!"
Discord stared at the alicorn mare in front of him. "S-Songbird?"
Songbird turned around and looked him in the eyes, hers were now wet with tears. "Hello...brother,"
"Brother?!"
"Y-you...I-I-I thought you had replaced me, for these ponies."
Songbird cocked an eyebrow. "What are you talking about, I never forgot you," She then started singing again.
"Think of me, think of me fondly
When we've said goodbye
Remember me, once in a while
Please, promise me you'll try
When you find that once again you long
To take your heart back and be free
If you ever find a moment
Spare a thought for me."
Discord gasped as he remembered the song he heard. "That was you!" Without another word he flung his arms around her in a warm embrace. The six ponies looked in shock. Twilight was fuming.
"Stay way from her!" she cried.
"Why, we were only hugging?" Songbird said.
"Yeah, but that could lead him to finishing what he started!" Twilight snapped.
Discord stared at her in confusion. "What are you talking about?"
"Don't play dumb with us Discord, you've done that plenty of times today. We know that you molested her as a child!"
Discord and Songbird gasped in surprise. Discord was the most shocked. "Wait...you thought I...ugh," he said, making a face. "Jeez Twilight, I may be the God of Chaos, but you think I would do such a thing," he gagged at the very thought.
"Who is Tartarus told you that?!" Songbird demanded.
"Ah...your...mother did,"
"MY MOTHER!" Songbird shrieked.
Applejack stepped up. "Yeah, she told us that when you were three, you went out playing in the woods and then Discord found, lured you away and-"
"Ugh! Your making me feel sick!" Discord gagged, his face turning bright green. "I would never do that to anypony!"
Songbird stepped forward. "I don't know why my mother would say such things, but what she told you did not happen. Discord never harmed me, or molested me as a filly. In fact, we were friends, so close we were like brother and sister."
"So...he never harmed you,"
"Not once,"
Twilight shrank back. "I...but why would your mother lie to us?"
"Err, why don't we ask her ourselves," Rarity said, pointing to the sky. Coming towards them was a golden chariot. Riding the chariot was Celestia and Luna, looking very cross.
"Songbird!" Luna cried, jumping off the chariot.
"Mom? What are you doing here?!" Songbird demanded, even though she had a good idea what is was.
"We're here to rescue you," Celestia said, "Guards! Seize him, he's done enough damage for one day."
Three guards ran forward and grabbed Discord. Luna pulled her daughter to the chariot. "Come on Songbird, we're going home."
Songbird was fed up with this. "Get off me!" she snapped, pushing her mother off her. Songbird could see the hurt look in her mothers eyes.
"Songbird, what's gotten into you?" she asked.
"Mom this has to stop, you don't know the full story. I have just explained to Twilight and the others. But would you care to explain what gave you the idea that Discord molested me?" she said, slightly annoyed.
Luna was stunned. "I...that is...I was flying around the area and spotted you struggling in Discord's grasp, when you came home in tears...I...I just thought..."
Songbird put a hoof to her shoulder. "Mom, he never did anything I didn't want to do. He was my friend, he still is. I never met my father, Polaris. I never had a father figure in my life, so when I met him I befriended him. Discord played the fatherly role I never had. I see him as an older brother."
"But...but what about the touching, the struggling!"
"The day you turned him to stone, we were playing Hide 'n' Seek. He caught me and the struggling was just him tickling me,"
"And...the tears?"
"Tears of laughter, not pain,"
Luna slumped to the ground. Songbird crouched down with her and wrapped her hooves around her. "I've done it again haven't I?"
"It's okay Mom, you're a mother. You do what you think is right to protect her child, I forgive you,"
"So this was all just a big misunderstanding," Celestia exclaimed.
"But what about turning us into the opposites of ourselves?!" Twilight demanded.
"And he tried to break apart our friendship!" Rainbow snapped.
Songbird turned around to look at Discord. "You did what?"
"I...I only did it because I felt betrayed. I thought you replaced me for these ponies, so I took my anger out on them," Discord explained.
Twilight stared at him. "So...that game was just because you were hurt?"
Discord nodded.
"That don't change what you did!" Applejack snapped.
"Yeah!" The four ponies snapped. Fluttershy didn't say a word.
"Girls, it was just misunderstanding. Everypony makes mistakes once in a while. Besides, no fight lasts forever. Can we all just forget the past and move on?" Songbird said, with a stern look.
"We can't let him go so easily, he can still harm ponies with his magic. Creatures like him can never change!" One of the guards said.
Songbird stepped forward. "My mother did, she made a mistake in believing that she had to destroy Equestria to gain respect. As punishment, she was banished to the moon. In reality, we need both night and day in our world. Day helps the plants and animals grow, while the night gives the land time to rest. Without the night, the world would get so hot it would become a lifeless desert. I understand that you may think that monsters can't change, but monsters are made, not born. No pony is born evil, its the mistakes they made in the past that make them this way. My mother, Princess Luna of the Night is living proof that ponies can change if given the chance."
Everyone was stunned silent. As much as they didn't want to admit it, Songbird...was right.
Celestia smiled and turned to the guards. "Let him go,"
The guards did as they were told and Songbird rushed to embrace him. Discord started sobbing into her mane. "I'm sorry Songbird, I never should have doubted you for anything."
"I think you need to apologise to them," Songbird said, pointing to the six ponies and the princesses.
Discord stepped forward. "I'm sorry for what I did to you girls, I never wanted to harm anyone. I just thought that Songbird replaced me for you all, so I took it out on you all."
Twilight stepped forward. "It's okay, I understand what it feels like to feel abandoned."
The other ponies nodded their heads in agreement.
The two royal sisters stepped forward. "Discord, please forgive me for judging you without knowing the full story. We're sorry for putting you in stone," Luna said.
"Hey, all you thought about was protecting your daughter," he gave her a warm smile. "My mother would have done the same for me, bless her soul. You're both forgiven."
Everyone turned to see the pendant around Songbird's neck, start to glow. "What's that?" Discord asked.
"The Element of Forgiveness," Songbird explained.
Discord raised an eyebrow. "But I thought there were six Elements, not seven."
"That's because it's a new Element,"
"A new Element?"
"Long story, now how about you turn everything back now,"
Discord rubbed the back of his neck, sheepishly. "Oh...right,"
He snapped his fingers and everything was turned back to normal in a flash of light. Songbird hugged him again. "Thank you, Discord."
"Hey! You know what this calls for?!" Pinkie cried.
Everypony laughed. "Yes Pinkie, we certainly do," Songbird said, smiling.