The Return of Harmony (Part 3)
Discord stared at Sora, now in his newly acquired Harmony Form, wielding seven Keyblades total: two in his hooves, as a second pair of wings, two horns, and one in his mouth. He couldn't believe that the six mares who were the Elements of Harmony, having somehow been freed from his spell, merged with the stallion and changed those elements into weapons. He looked down at the bottom right of his vision to see Sora's image had changed, wearing a smirk as he glared intensely, the bit of clothing that could be seen on him changing colors just like the real one. Growling, he flicked that part aside.
"So, you think you can take me on, thinking you can use all of the Elements of Harmony in a ridiculous form that makes you look like a living rainbow?" the draconequus asked.
"You scared, Discord? Afraid I'll do a lot more than just annoy and tick you off?" Sora taunted, spinning the Keyblades of Harmony around.
"I'm not scared of you. Do you not remember that I can bend anything at will? I can kill you with just a snap of my talon. Or even a paw! In fact, I'm going to use my paw." Discord held out his bear paw arm, pressing the digits together to snap them. "Ascend, heart-"
Sora suddenly appeared in front of the lord of chaos faster than he could blink, the Keyblades as his second wings lashing out and halting his deadly attack he mimicked from the one-winged angel the teen had been able to survive against in combat. Discord couldn't teleport away in time as the Keyblades of Loyalty and Kindness repeatedly thrust through him several times in rapid succession. The Keyblade wings flew back behind Sora as he gave the chaotic deity a hard buck in the face, sending Discord flying back and tumbling against the ground.
"Nice try. That's not happening again." The Keyblade wielder cracked his neck, crouching low as he waited for Discord to get back up and attack him. "You should have just gotten rid of me when you had the chance. Now you blew it, and you're going to pay for manipulating me and my friends, sealing my magic, and almost killing me."
The draconequus slowly got up, looking up to leer at the teen. "You can't keep a Drive Form for too long. I'll just have to toy with you until it's worn out, and all seven of you are easy pickings!" He snapped his fingers, twelve cards appearing around him, all of them bearing the Nobodies symbol. "It's too bad I can't exactly mimic the thirteenth one, since he's obviously you, but the other twelve in this Organization XIII has some very interesting choice of weapons. Ooh. How about I start with the annoying one first!?" He picked one of the cards, flipping around to reveal the numeral "IX". The card transformed into a blue sitar, Sora's eyes widening as he recognized the strange instrument that was actually a weapon. "Dance, water! Dance!"
"Oh come on," Sora grumbled as Discord began playing a song on the instrument.
Several aquatic clones of the draconequus with the sitar all began to pop up from the ground, surrounding the Keyblade wielder as a timer above the real Discord counting down from one minute and a counter of how many clones he made. Sora hated this ability, and it came from the laziest and whiniest member of Organization XIII he had ever met in the past. Wanting to get rid of this annoying skill and destroy that annoying sitar, the Elements of Generosity and Magic began sparking as he used them to cast his magic spells, surrounding himself in a massive wall of fire. The flames spread out and evaporated every single clone, stopping the timer and stunning the draconequus.
Bursting through the flames, Sora flew toward Discord, snatched the instrument, and slammed it into the ground. Taking the Keyblades of Honesty and Laughter, he began unleashing a powerful combo strike that juggled the lord of chaos into the air, apples and balloons sparking out with each connected blow. While flung up in the air, Discord chose another card, this one with the numeral II. A pair of crystal guns appeared in his hands, taking aim as he fired a barrage of energy bullets down on the stallion.
His attacks were reflected back, the Keyblades of Harmony floating above and spinning rapidly as a protective barrier. Discord teleported behind Sora, taking the card with the numeral IV, transforming it into a blue shield. Taking the element of surprise, the shield began to charge Blizzard magic inside, but just as he unleashed the magic, Sora was quick to defend himself, a powerful Aeroga surrounding him as a protective barrier. Through the hurricane-like wind surrounding the teen and the frigid gust of air shooting out from Discord's shield, the Keyblade wings lashed out and broke through the defensive shield, shattering it to pieces and striking through him.
"AGH! Darn it!" Taking another card, the numeral V showing on the other side, it transformed into a heavy sword ax, hefting the massive weapon over his shoulder. "Let's see those flimsy blades stand against this!"
Discord swung the heavy red and yellow blade down on Sora like a hammer, but the Keyblade wielder blocked it, without any needed effort, parrying the blade. Taking the sword out of the draconequus's hands, the Keyblades of Honesty and Laughter hovering beside him, a powerful aura burst out from the teen as he held the sword ax, swinging it around and smacking Discord with the blunt side of the weapon, sending him flying far across the town and over his chaotic influence. Controlling all six Keyblades of Harmony around him, they slashed through the heavy blade, slicing it to pieces as it disappeared.
"There anymore weapons you want to mimic from Organization XIII, or are you just going to actually try and fight me with your own power?" Sora asked, teleporting before the angered lord of chaos.
"I'm not even close to done!" Discord exclaimed. "I know how those little Drive Forms of yours works, and sooner or later-" He opened up the images and boxes again. "-you're not going to stay in that form forev-" Discord froze as he stared at what used to be the yellow bar that read "Drive 9". It was now a shimmering and shifted colors just like his clothing, and the bar wasn't counting down or shrinking. "W-W-W-WHAT!? WHY IS IT NOT GOING DOWN!?"
"I think the Elements of Harmony are helping me sustain my Harmony Form." Sora crossed his forelegs against his chest as the six magical Keyblades made an orbit around the pegasus. "I'm pretty new to this form, but I can tell they want me to use their power to stop you. I could toy with you forever if I wanted to, just to give you a taste of your own medicine for toying with us and my friends' emotions." Discord snarled, slamming the smug image of Sora hovering at his bottom right into the ground. "So, entertain me. What other tricks do you have?"
"Oh, I'll give you a trick alright." Discord had eight large cards remaining, choosing the one with the numeral XII, turning them into small yellow daggers fitting between his fingers. "You won't even see it coming!"
The draconequus moved swiftly and surrounded Sora with multiple physical clones of himself. They closed in on him, but his Keyblades were faster, blocking each one of them while spinning rapidly like saw blades, stunning the several Discords. The pegasus quickly grabbed one by his legs and spun him around, swinging him into his clones and merging them back together, followed by slamming him down into the soapy ground they hovered over.
Shaking off his daze, the next card he chose had the numeral X, splitting apart into several smaller cards in his hand. Discord threw the cards, surrounding the teen around a room made of larger cards, four of them around his size appearing in front of Sora as they all quickly switched between X's and O's at a rapid pace. With quick precision, he made all four cards stop on the O's, stunning Discord, slicing through the room of cards and speeding after the draconequus. Using all six Keyblades, the blades in his hooves slow but powerful, the blades as his second wings swift and blindingly fast, and the blades making his faux horns added some elemental blasts, he made an inescapable combo that greatly damaged Discord, keeping him from fleeing from the Keyblade wielder. Using his Ultima Keyblade for last, he swung the powerful Keyblade down, creating a few orbs of light around him, making them explode and send the lord of chaos flying back.
Growing desperate, Discord continued using the remaining mimicked weapons of Organization XIII to land a hit on Sora, only to fail in the specific order he called the rest of them in: XI, III, VII, VI, and VIII. XI was a deadly pink scythe, making a small counter from ten appear over Sora's head in a Doom status, but Discord was unable to land a hit, only to have his weapon taken from him and used against him. III called forth six lances, three in his hands and three hovering around him in a dangerous whirlwind. The swift lunges of the lances only missed as the teen dodged them, giving him strange glowing orbs that appeared over his head, using the Jump command to teleport over the draconequus and dive down on him, using each of the Keyblades for every reaction command he made.
While knocked for a loop, VII was formed as a long blue and silver claymore, but before Discord could use the berserking power it gave him, Sora had grabbed one of the stray ones he dropped and attacked him with it, destroying it along with injuring him worse than the teen's own Keyblades. VI created a book, swallowing Sora inside of a dark realm as three lights shone down on him, all red, but one of them shifting to blue at a rapid pace. He quickly made it to the blue light, protecting him from the explosions that appeared outside of the magical shield, and as soon as they stopped, he combined both the Elements of Honesty and Laughter together, making a double ended Keyblade staff, throwing it out into the darkness and spinning it like a saw blade.
Sora heard the shredding of the book Discord had, freeing him from the strange realm and knocking the draconequus back. The numeral VIII appeared in a burst of flames, two chakrams appearing in his hands. Roaring in frustration, Discord shot out pillars of fire as he slammed the two flaming discs to the ground, homing in on the Keyblade wielder. The Keyblades of Magic and Generosity glowed and emitted a frigid aire, aiming toward the flaming pillars coming straight for him. He fired off a large block of ice that was several stories tall, extinguishing the fire and flew straight at the draconequus. Discord's eye twitched as he let out a whimper, getting hit by the massive ice block as it pushed him back into a tree, slamming him into the bark as the block shattered to pieces.
While he slid down the imprint of his back from the tree, Sora hovered over to the dazed draconequus, weird looking yellow birds making "kweh" sounds ran around his head. "Had enough, Discord?"
Discord shook his head, smacking the birds away from him, looking at the last card with the numeral I on it. "...I still have one more trick up my sleeve." He snapped his fingers, teleporting away from Sora as the card disappeared. He stretched his arms out to the side, making thousands upon thousands of red beams surround the pegasus. "Try to avoid this!"
Sora shook his head as Discord thrust his arms forward, sending the beams raining down on the teen from all angles. Unable to see what was going on in the trap while laughing insanely, Sora controlled the Keyblades of Harmony around different sections of the red blurs of death while using his Ultima Keyblade in his hoof to deflect the ones that got past the other six, flipping around and dodging stray shots in the center of the dome of red beams. The beams shot down faster and faster, but he was able to keep up with them.
Outside, Discord could see a dust cloud form as the beams kept firing. With the last of the beams finally shot out, the draconequus waited for the dust to clear. There was no sign of Sora in the big crater of destroy land where he was trapped. Having defeated the teen, Discord laughed in triumph, dancing around in victory, unaware that his enemy was slowly hovering down behind him.
"Yes! He's gone! I defeated him, and the Elements of Harmony in one sitting!" Discord cheered. "Equestria is mine!"
"I'm sorry, but what was that?" The draconequus blanched, slowly turning his head around as he looked at Sora, waving a hoof to him. "Hi."
"...H-How? Discord asked.
"Yeah, if you remember reading through my life, you should have known I actually survived that," Sora said. "With my best friend...Two Keyblades...And it exhausted us." The seven Keyblades in his possession slowly floated down and orbitted the teen. "I had seven and made it out unharmed. Soooo...Good effort, but not good enough." Sora grabbed the Keyblade of Honesty, the rest of the Keyblades hovering behind him. "Now, let's end this."
Using the orange Keyblade, his stance shifted to that of a heavy warrior, his strikes slow, but incredibly powerful. Discord was too flabbergasted to retaliate, being struck hard into the ground as if he was getting crushed by a skyscraper. Sora replaced the Keyblade of Honesty with the Keyblade of Laughter, slamming the teeth into the ground and sending the stunned draconequus flying in the air by a massive balloon that appeared underneath him. Leaping up after him, each strike inflicted with the blue Keyblade was aimed at a different part of him than where it made contact.
Next was the Keyblade of Loyalty, increasing Sora's speed as he soared off in a rainbow blur. Discord didn't react after a few passes, but as soon as the pegasus stopped, he flinched repeatedly as lightning bolt slashes wracked him and sent him falling back to the ground. The Keyblade of Kindness replaced the red Keyblade as Sora dove down after the lord of chaos, his strikes light and weak, but they were as swift as the last. Slamming the pink blade into Discord's abdomen as they hit the ground, spires of earth beneath him shot up and struck his back, hearing and feeling his spine snap at the painful pillar.
The Keyblade of Generosity appeared in Sora's hoof next, his style of combat more elegant as he floated down to the ground, approaching the earth spire that stayed in place. He gave it a light tap, shattering the earth as it shot out different gemstones shaped like daggers, repeatedly thrusting into Discord as he hit the ground. The draconequus groaned, his chaotic magic being absorbed by the gem-shaped knives as he shakily stood up.
"Is it over?" Discord asked, looking up at the green bar on his upper left, only one full bar remaining.
"Not yet." He turned around to see Sora now holding only the Keyblade of Magic, glowing brightly as the magic within the transformed element coursed into the Keyblade wielder. "Let's see how powerful the Element of Magic is in its natural element."
The fuchsia Keyblade shot out a small orb of light. Discord was about to laugh, only to be incinerated by a large pillar of fire that rose up from underneath him, lightning repeatedly striking down on him as it revealed his skeleton, which was just as odd as his mismatched limbs, freezing in a frigid blizzard several times, cracking out of the ice and refreezing into solid ice, gravity crushing him flat like a pancake on the ground and pulling him up into the air repeatedly, and getting caught in a deadly tornado that flipped him over, under, and upside-right as the air sliced at him like millions of needles piercing through his skin. As the magic stopped, Discord fell and shakily got back on his legs, his body scorched, cut up, and bruised.
Seeing Discord has had enough, Sora called all of the Keyblades to him, the Keyblades of Harmony aimed at the dazed draconequus while he held onto the Ultima Keyblade in his hoof. The six colorful blades began to shine a light matching their design, shooting six beams together in front of the pegasus as their lights merged, forming the rainbow aura that was unleashed by the Elements of Harmony. Sora flipped back, spinning his Keyblade around and aimed it at the rainbow.
"Your chaotic reign ends, Discord!" The Ultima Keyblade began shining a bright light at the tip, his eyes glowing white like Twilight's had the first time the Mane Six had used them. Glowing specters of the mares appeared where their elements hovered, their hooves touching the hilt of the Keyblade of their respective element. "Time to turn you back to stone!"
His Keyblade shot out a bright white light, merging all the beams together as the rainbow aura was shot out from the built up energy, heading directly toward Discord. He couldn't flee or teleport away in time as the energy spiraled around him, trapping them in its vortex as he screamed in defeat. Slowly, his body began turning back into a stone statue like it had a thousand years ago. Starting from his feet, the draconequus panicked as the spell crawled up his body, unable to avoid his fate yet again. His face was permanently frozen in fear as he was back to being the lawn ornament he was, trapping his chaotic magic inside and dispelling his influence through Ponyville and Canterlot.
With the chaotic deity beaten, the Keyblades returned back to their positions around Sora, his Ultima Keyblade back in his mouth. He dismissed his new form, changing him back to normal and giving him back his Kingdom Keyblade. The bearers returned from merging with the teen in a flash of light, their Elements of Harmony still worn on them as they shook off their daze and overwhelming awe of what they had just experienced.
"That...was...AWESOME!!!!!" Rainbow shouted.
"Can we do that again!?" Pinkie asked excitedly. "It was like we were all one pony, but Sora controlled all of us. Can I be leader next time!?"
As the rest of the group felt exhilarated from being a part of a Drive Form, Twilight was highly fascinated with what had happened. It was an odd experience to actually be used as a medium for a transformative spell that increased Sora's strength, but it was incredible. It was like they were all a part of him, all working as one unit as everyone involved grew powerful with the bond they shared. Her body may have turned into light, but she had also felt like she fought alongside Sora as one of the Keyblades, each of them giving him unique attributes that fit each of their personalities or strengths. After seeing his Valor Form and feeling the magic that came from it, and now being a part of his Harmony Form as he called it, she wanted to know more about the rest of his magical properties and forms, wanting to learn about the outside magic never known to her own world.
With all the chaos magic Discord had unleashed in what little of Equestria he managed to take over, the seven ponies who managed to stop him were given a congratulatory celebration in Canterlot. Discord's statue was returned back to the gardens, no longer a threat now that he was sealed away once again. The heroes were thrown a party in the castle, hosted by Celestia herself, commemorating their bravery and struggle to stop a chaotic being from taking over the world. Thankfully, it wasn't as formal as the Grand Galloping Gala, the party as wild as a Pinkie Pie party with actual food and sweets to eat, and everyone who knew them were invited, not just stuck up nobles.
As it got late in the night, the six mares and Keyblade wielder took a break from the festivities as they sat around one of the balconies. Each of them were eating some Sea-Salt ice cream as they overlooked Canterlot, either sitting on the railing or leaning against it. They were all very quiet, especially Pinkie and Rainbow Dash. Sora could tell they had something on their minds, whether it was the incredible power of his Harmony Form as they were fused with him to unleash that power, or if it was about what they remembered when they were corrupted.
"...You know, this is supposed to be a party. We beat Discord, so we should be happy," Sora said. "...But none of you seem like it right now."
"We are, darling," Rarity said, being the first to speak. "But...we still remember what we did after that...abomination of a creature tricked us."
The others nodded, though Fluttershy hid behind her mane as Sora looked her way. It was a pretty awful thing to happen to them, being the opposite of who they were. Even though the teen's healing magic cured his injuries, especially from the timid pegasus's hard buck to his tenders, he still felt some small wave of pain that needed to be numbed with some ice.
"Well, the good news is that it's over, and we saved the day again." Sora munched down on his popsicle, pulling the stick out of his mouth.
"More like you saved the day," Rainbow corrected. "I mean, that was pretty cool and all, being a part of you in that awesome form of yours, but that was all we were. And...I had to screw us up when we were in the maze."
"But you take the credit too. Without all six of you, I wouldn't have been able to use my new Drive Form, and without the Elements of Harmony, I couldn't beat Discord on my own." The stallion looked down at the garden, staring at Discord's statue placed back where it once was. "What happened to you girls is nothing but a distant memory now. Just a bad dream that was forced into your minds by a crazy tyrant. I'm willing to look past what you became when he manipulated you. Nothing can truly break your friendships, even if all of you split up in the future.
"Someone from one of the worlds I've been in had told me something that was always true." Sora looked serious as he held a hoof up, pretending to be the serious, gunblade wielding man he first met in Traverse Town. "'We may never meet again, but we'll never forget each other.'"
"How does that relate to us breaking up from Discord's influence?" Twilight asked.
"It basically means you'll never forget your true friends in your hearts," the teen said as he patted his chest. "Back in the maze, I was almost corrupted by Discord when he managed to break me after...what he showed me." Sora shuddered as he could recall the illusion the draconequus gave him, showing him what could happen with his uncontrollable darkness. "I managed to break free as my heart made me realize that what he showed me wasn't ever true or would ever happen. I heard the voices of my friends calling out to me, all of them me encouraging me to fight back against his spell, and I succeeded in fighting him off. If I did fall, then Discord could have easily won."
The girls were all lost in thought as Sora's words sank into their heads. They all looked at each other, remembering their unbreakable bond from Rainbow Dash's sonic rainboom, their destinies intertwined as fillies before they ever met each other altogether.
"Heh. Ya ended up savin' all of us, Sora," Applejack said, the others agreeing with the farm pony. "Don't know what we'd do without you."
"We would have been living in a chaos crazy world that rained endless chocolate milk from cotton candy clouds!" Pinkie exclaimed. "If only Discord wasn't such a big, crazy jerk, then my dream for a candy coated world would come true."
"We're all glad you did come here, Sora," Twilight said. "Even though you're not really from here, you're just as important to us as we are to each other. Maybe you saw the sonic rainboom from your world too."
"Heheh! Not exactly, but I'm just happy to help keep your world safe." Sora stepped back down on the balcony, only to be quickly caught in a group hug by the six mares. He grinned and reached his arms around a couple of them returning the hug. "Now, how about we get back to partying? The night's still young, and I want all of us to actually be celebrating."
"Hay yeah! Let's party!" Rainbow shouted as the others cheered along with the cyan pegasus.
While the rest of the girls headed back inside to continue partying, Twilight stopped Sora before he could chase after them. "Sora, thanks for helping us."
"It's no problem. Just helping friends realize who they really are." The teen grinned while rubbing the back of his head.
"Yeah...Also, I've been a little interested in your...otherworldly magical spells. Is there any way you can...teach me how to cast them, and let me take notes on them and your Drive Forms?" Twilight asked.
"...Uhh...Well..." Sora hesitated for a moment, not willing to risk showing the studious mare her Drive Forms, or else risk turning into his Anti Form. He still believed in Kairi, where he could stop himself before he lost himself, but he still had a few doubts. "...I guess I can show you the magic spells, but I think I need to recharge my Drive Gauge after using Harmony Form. It might take a while for that to happen though."
"Great! I kind of want to help if any Heartless show up, since my own magic isn't exactly all that useful and only the Keyblade could hurt them, and taking care of every single attack could wear you down if Kairi isn't here, making your time fighting a waste of-" Sora quickly pressed a hoof to Twilight's lips, ceasing her rambling.
"Learning purposes only," Sora said. "I'm not letting you or anyone else fight the Heartless. Got it?" The unicorn nodded, understanding his concerns for their safety. "Good. Now, let's keep on celebrating."
Sora and Twilight headed back inside to continue partying with their friends. Twilight was really excited to learn more about the Keyblade wielder's unique magic, but deep inside, she felt a little miserable. She was manipulated again, and the pain of losing her friends still hurt her. Discord didn't even attempt to control her by his own tricks, only letting his influence on the others take their toll on her and corrupt her from her friends leaving her and making her feel more alone than ever. As much as Sora told her she should talk about what she was feeling to him, she didn't want to be too much of a burden. She could only hope she didn't get manipulated again, otherwise she would never be the same again.
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Just saying that tells everyone its probably gonna happen...
Please, PLEASE let him fight Shining and help Twilight expose Chrysalis and scold her friends.
"She could only hope she didn't get manipulated again, otherwise she would never be the same again."
yeah, sounds like to me if Twilight is wanting to keep it to herself, it would take someone that has done that before to get through to her that not everything should be kept to herself. maybe a certain Keyblade Master might have to drop by for a visit to Sora and have a heart to heart talk with Twilight about that. someone who knows what it is like to be manipulated and has had what it felt like being turned against a friend.
good chapter so is the luna eclipse episode next or a least make a princess luna and sora interaction chapter because i would love to see some interaction between sora and princess luna
7261200 No good can come from a harem... or a herd in this case.
That fight was beautifully choreographed in my mind along with the music! LOOOVED IT!
This could have been a good time to summon Genie.
I seriously think twilight needs to have one to one with Riku.
Also why did you go through the forth wall thing with discord? It killed the mood for 2 thirds of theses chapters. Here we are dealing with big bad and ugly and all of a sudden "not even player knows what to do" I mean come on. The mood was dark, foreboding, epic and you killed it with that snippet of the player HUD. He's discord not pinkie pie for one and two you could have done ANYTHING else and it would not have killed the scene that badly.
Using the multi-app ability on android. I was listening to rage awakened while reading the fight scene..
Perfection
7831622 Thank you. Hopefully you won't mind me using some of the same songs I put in different chapters for certain moments. I tried to vary the different songs for epic battle scenes, but I do enjoy the sadder or heartwarming songs a lot and could go with any emotional scene.
Really, Sora? Really? Let's see... who, besides Donald and Goofy. have successfully fought beside you against the Heartless without a Keyblade?
Riku (Pre-Keyblade), Tarzan, Peter Pan, The Beast, All of your Summons, Squall/Leon, Cloud, Tifa, Cid, Merlin, Aerith, Yuffie, The Gulwings, Jack Skellington, Aladdin, Simba, Mulan, Hercules (though technically he's a God, so I guess it might not count), Auron, Jack Sparrow, Tron...
You seriously have no legs to stand on when it comes to not letting your friends fight with you against the Heartless. Besides, I get the distinct impression those Keyblades you used in Harmony Form will make a more permanent appearance soon.
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Is Hercules in his god state during Kingdom Hearts? I thought he was mortal since he was so worn out from the battles in the Olympus Colliseum in KH2.
glowed and emitted a frigid aire
1. Air.
is it bad that I had mystery skulls ghost running through my head during that entire fight
I'm pretty certain that the Keyblade's magic is unique to only Keyblade-users only or at the very least is magic that doesn't work the same as Equestria's magic, though there probably is some logical-sense within the story how a non-Keyblade user can use magic limited to Keyblade users.