Several years after the events of "The Fall of Spike the Dragon", The group of ponies stolen by Lord Darkness have grown into strong, trained fighters that follow his every command. With this victory and power, Lord Darkness has successfully gotten almost everypony in the land to bow down to him. However, with a resistance, and a half-loyal army, there's no telling if he will continue to succeed.

With what's going on, anyone could rise above the rest.

Was Discord always evil? Or did something else turn him to that path...? Perhaps it was a broken heart that drove him to madness and chaos itself? Nobody really knows the answers in the present. Yet in the past, it was known by some. Princess Celestia might have more with it then she liked to admit. Could she give more answers? Or is she the cause of it all? Many myths surrounds these rather bizarre legends, but only four know what really happened.

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Directly inspired by the song going by the same name made by SoundOfTheAviators and Omnipony.

Spike confesses his love to Rarity only to be rejected. Hurt, he goes to every and anypony whom he thinks can help him change to become somepony that could win her heart. But when they all say the same thing, it'll be up to the Cutie Mark Crusaders help him find love with Rarity. Or will she have her own plans for the young dragon?

This is my first fanfic. I'd like to thank Shadowghostalex for editing my work, ShadowSpider for proof reading and LavendarRegards for proof reading.

There is currently one song in Chapter 5 and 7. The identity of the singers can be found in the author's comments at the bottom of those respective chapters.

Celestia frees Discord from his statue prison, convinced that he is somehow behind Twilight Sparkle's grayed personality. Discord takes advantage of the situation to make the princess hate him, for reasons he hopes he'll never need to say.

(First ever attempt at writing a story other than class assignments. Let's see how it goes?)

Cover art by Anima-dos (formerly spiritto)
http://spiritto.deviantart.com/art/Shelter-325153956

An unexpected turn of events have lead to Discord's freedom, but his plans are turned asunder when Twilight Sparkle accidentally badly injures him.

Vulnerable and weak, the spirit is taken in under the ever watchful, gentle and concerned eyes of Fluttershy. Through this time of healing, the pegasus discovers that there's more to this miscreant than meets the eye, and she's determined to prove it.

Through this process dark secrets are revealed, pain is revealed, and gradually a hidden side never seen of the draconequus, and Fluttershy struggles to push him and past friends back together.

Will she ultimately have an effect on his indifferent heart or this only another one of his dastardly plans?

R&R

(So far there are already ten written chapters. If this story gets good reception I'll upload them all and continue to update. If you're impatient, all chapters can be found on my deviantart account at cryssy-miu.deviantart.com There is also a ton of art on my account too, which includes the story's preview image~)

When a joyful picnic at the beach celebrating Discord's TRUE reform takes a dark turn, The mane six are left with one question in mind, what was Discord's history? What pushed him to conquer Equestria single handedly? Unable to answer it, the ponies go to Celestia and Luna to learn of their friend's traumatizing origins