The Friendship Express stopped in the middle of a station in the midst of a frozen wasteland. The main six stepped out of the train and started shivering in the cold. "Okay everypony, activate your armor..." Twilight pressed a button on her saddlebag, followed by everyone else. They exhaled in relief at the familiar feeling of their power armor protecting them from the cold.
The Main Six observed the frozen wasteland around them in confusion. They looked around, trying to find any sign of the so-called Crystal Empire. "Twilight!!!" A voice came from a distance. They followed the sound and saw a very familiar white stallion garbed in a white and blue armor galloping towards them through the harsh tundra.
"Shining Armor!!!" Twilight ran towards her brother with an excited look on her face. They met with each other outside the station and embraced each other in a hug. "Oh, I'm so glad to see you here!" She let go of the hug to look at her brother. "Looks like Bruce made you an armor too!" She said while taking a closer look at the armor her brother wore.
Shining Armor smiled at her before looking around with an urgent look on his face. "We'd better get moving. There are things out here we really don't want to run into after dark." He said before motioning them to follow him through the tundra.
Fluttershy's eyes widened when she heard that. She gulped and looked around with a wary look on her face. "Wh-what kind of things?" She asked fearfully.
Shining Armor looked back at her with a grim look on his face. "Let's just say that the empire..." He sighed and looked forward with a steely look on his face. "Isn't the only thing that's returned." The main six gasped as they finally realized what kind of threat is lurking around them. "I was a bit skeptic at first, but Bruce's readings are positive."
The Stallion looked behind him and paused in his tracks. A massive column of black shadow looms behind them, making the whole casts gasped in fear. "King Sombra has returned..." Shining Armor walked bravely towards the dark figure, ignoring the look of disbelief on everypony's face. "Stand back everyone; I got this."
Twilight watched in awe as her brother's horn started to shine in an ethereal white light. A massive column of magic appeared right in front of him, forming into a huge shield. "Whoa..." She gasped in amazement after watching how easy it is for her brother to hold off a powerful force with a single spell.
'Thud' Twilight watched in horror when her brother just dropped in the snow. She wasted no time galloping towards him to check on his condition. "Shining!! Are you all right?" She asked in concern. She looked behind and saw her friends walking towards them worriedly.
Shining Armor chuckled a little in exhaustion. "That sneaky little..." He struggled to stand up from his position. "He never told me it's this draining to use the armor..." Twilight helped her brother stand up with her magic. "Thanks, sis... Come on, that shield wouldn't hold it much longer."
Twilight looked at her brother for a moment and sighed. She conjured up a small sled out of thin air and looked at Applejack. "Applejack, can you please help carry him?" Applejack nodded and walked towards the sled. She motioned Shining Armor to step in, but the Stallion made no move to do so.
"Look..." Shining took a deep breath. "I'm fine Twilly, let me catch my breath for a moment." 'ROAR!!!' A roaring came from the distance. Shining Armor cringed and quickly stepped onto the sled. "Nevermind let's go!" He exclaimed.
A few minutes later, they can see the Crystal Empire in the distance. Like a reverse snow globe, the Crystal Empire is a beautiful green land protected with an impenetrable magical barrier. The Main Six plus Shining Armor burst through the barrier, escaping King Sombra's grasp by just an inch.
"Phew! That was close!" Applejack exclaimed. She looked back at Shining Armor sitting on the sled. "You okay Shining Armor?" She asked him in concern.
Shining Armor nodded and stepped out of the carriage. "I'm all right, just a little tired that's all." He led the main six towards the Crystal Empire. "Welcome to the Crystal Empire everypony." Shining Armor said with a relieved expression on his face.
The main six observed the empire in wonder and awe. They watched the beautiful crystal structures looming in the distance. Everything sparkled and glowed in brilliant multicolored lights, creating a truly opposite image of the frozen wasteland outside.
Shining Armor led the main six to the Crystal Palace. They all watched in awe at the sight of the bright blue palace standing tall in the middle of the empire. "It's gorgeous! Absolutely gorgeous!" Rarity exclaimed in awe. She mumbles incoherently while observing the bright interior of the building. "There are no words!"
Suddenly, a very familiar human walked down from the upper part of the castle. He took out his right hand out of his pocket and waved at everypony. "Sup! Glad you could make it!" He greeted them with a knowing smirk on his face. "Did you see Grumpy Smokey outside? He's been trying to get in for a while."
The main six laughed when they heard that. "Grumpy Smokey?" Rainbow Dash said in amusement, impressed by how calmly Bruce is handling the threat. "Yeah, we saw him smoking up a storm outside!" Bruce chuckled when Rainbow said that. "That old guy really needs to chill."
Bruce shook his head and walked upstairs. "Okay, that's enough. Come on everypony; Princess Cadance is waiting." A huge smile appeared on Twilight's face when she heard that. She hopped right in front of Bruce and quickly ran upstairs to meet her favorite foal-sitter.
"Wait, how did you get here so fast?" Rainbow Dash asked suddenly. "I thought we departed earlier!" She exclaimed in disbelief. "And you said the TARDIS is in a middle of a yearly maintenance."
Bruce shrugged easily. "Discord doesn't mind giving me a lift." He snapped his hand to prove his point. "And poof, I'm here." He said easily. "If only you're a better friend, he would gladly take you here and save you all from all the trouble." The ponies just looked down guiltily before following Bruce to the palace in silence.
A few minutes later, they saw Princess Cadance and Twilight Sparkle talking to each other near the throne. Cadance has an exhausted look in her eyes and a very noticeable bags under her eyes. Yet she still smiles and laughed at the sight of her sister in law.
Shining Armor walked towards his mare and smiled at her comfortingly. "Are you okay dear?" He asked her with a worried look on his face. "Do you need anything?"
Princess Cadance smiled and nodded at him. "I'm all right, especially with Twilight here helping me." Twilight smiled at her before shooting out a wave of purple magic at her. "Thank you Twilight, I really appreciate it." She sighed, and an amused smile appeared on her face. "One of these days we need to get together when the fate of Equestria isn't hanging in the balance." She commented.
Twilight nodded in agreement. "I can't wait for that to happen, but first we need to deal with this threat." She looked at Bruce with a hopeful look on her face. "Please tell me you have everything under control." She said towards him.
Bruce smiled at her. "That's why I'm here!" He took out a book from his backpack and gave it to them. "History of Crystal Empire. I literally have to bring Applebloom here just to find that one book." He said with a smirk on his face. "No, don't worry, I asked Discord to bring her back as soon as I found the book." He added when he saw the worried look on Applejack's face.
Everypony quickly flipped through the pages of the book. "The Crystal Flaire," Twilight said, reading the passage. "According to this book, it was established by their first queen and became their most important tradition. The Faire was held every year to renew the spirit of love and unity in the empire so they could protect it from harm." A bright smile appeared on Twilight's face. "That's it! We could put up a flair and renew the spirit of love and unity!"
"Careful, there's a page missing," Bruce warned, pointing at a barely noticeable rip in the book. "See if you can figure out what it's talking about." Twilight took a closer look at the page and narrowed her eyes in concentration.
"The last page was talking about the Flair..." She muttered, looking at the previous contents before the missing page. "Then it talks about the part where everypony gathered around the Crystal Heart." She rubbed her hoof for a moment. "This must mean that the missing page is talking about the Crystal Heart!" She said in conclusion.
"All right, here's the plan." She looked at her friends. "You will all stay here and put up the Crystal Flair." Her friends nodded in agreement. "Meanwhile, Bruce and I will look for the missing Crystal Heart." She said.
Bruce nodded in agreement. "Well then what are we waiting for?" He looked at Pinkie Pie grinning in excitement beside him. "Did you bring your Party Cannon?" He asked her. The Pink Pony nodded and took out a cannon out of nowhere. "Good! Because we have a party to start."
Meanwhile back in Ponyville...
Trixie walked through the dark woods of the Everfree Forest. Her crystal glows in a brilliant blue light as she observed the ground beneath her. A black vine sprouted out of the ground and started slithering towards her. Her crystal glow even brighter and the black vine slowly withered away from existence. "Fifteen down, fifteen hundred more to go..." She muttered.
"Oh don't be like that, just think of this as a treasure hunt through the high seas." Discord said suddenly after appearing from her hat. "But instead of treasures it's Plunderseeds, and instead of high seas it's the Everfree Forest." He said encouragingly. "Besides, it won't be long until we made it to the source." He added.
Trixie sighed and nodded as they traversed deeper and deeper into the forest. "Tell me again why you can't just snap your fingers and fix this problem? Oh lord of chaos?" She asked him while looking at a huge green swamp stretching out in front of her.
"Like this?" Discord snapped his fingers, and the swamp turned into a pool of chocolate milk. "Unfortunately, these vines are filled with the magic of harmony. Thus, making them invulnerable to my magic." He explained.
Trixie took one look at the chocolate milk pool and shook her head. "I am not dipping into a pool of chocolate milk." She said with a deadpan look on her face.
A mischievous smirk appeared on the draconequus's face. "Discord, don't you dare!" Trixie exclaimed, but the Draconequus ignored her and started climbing on a jumping platform. Trixie watched in annoyance as Discord started doing a little stretch on top of the jumping platform. 'SPLASH' The Draconequus landed inside the chocolate pool, spraying brown liquid and some marshmallows at the unicorn. "Ugh! You will regret this!"
Trixie, dripping wet with chocolate milk glared at the Draconequus. She ran towards the swamp and lunged at him. 'SPLASH' She tackled him into the chocolate marsh and put his head in a headlock. "Apologize to Trixie!"
"Never!" Discord exclaimed defiantly. 'Blurblbrb' Trixie pushed his head into the sweet chocolate. "Let go of me you little-" 'Blubrblrblr!' The Drconequus gasped and nodded in defeat. "I yield!" He exclaimed.
Trixie let go of him, and they both looked at each other. "Defeated by the most powerful and the greatest unicorn of all times..." She said with a smug look on her face. "The Great and Powerful Trixie!"
Discord just chuckled and bowed down to her. "Your wish is my command oh great and powerful Trixie." A crown appeared on Trixie's head, followed by a royal cape, and a golden staff.
Trixie turned up her nose smugly. "Trixie is tired of swimming and walking." She said.
"Say no more your majesty!" Discord snapped his finger, and a ship appeared right beside them. Instead of wood, the hull of the ship is made out of hard candy. The deck is made out of fluffy marshmallow, and the sail is made out of a thin piece of bubblegum.
A candy cane staircase appeared right next to the unicorn. The Great and Powerful Trixie smiled and walked up to the deck. She giggled a little as her hoof touched the fluffy marshmallow deck. "Trixie like this!" She exclaimed while enjoying the sensation of her hoof pressing down against the marshmallow deck. Then the unicorn walked towards the captain's bridge and put her hoof on the chocolate wheel. She looked at the compass around her neck and looked at the distance. "All hooves on deck! We are sailing through the dreaded Everfree Ocean!"
A dozen Discord saluted at her before moving into action. A Discord raised the mainsail by pulling the anchor, and another Discord pulled the anchor by raising the mainsail. Some Discord just grumbled while sweeping the marshmallow deck with sweet milk.
'Whoosh' The sail is raised and a gust of wind appeared out of nowhere. Trixie laughed in excitement as the ship sailed through the Everfree Ocean. Thanks to Discord's power, the swamp turned into a never-ending river that led straight to their destination. "Yo ho, yo ho! A Pirate's life is for me!" They shouted.
After a few hours of sailing, Captain Trixie decided to let one of the Discord's take the wheel. She lay down on top of the fluffy deck while looking at the sky above her. "Sailing through the Everfree Forest..." She muttered with an amused smile on her face. "Never in my wildest dreams."
One of the Discord lay down right beside her. "I've sailed through the Everfree Forest before." A small smile grew on the draconequus's face. "But sailing through the Everfree Forest with a friend?" He looked at Trixie lying down beside him. "Never in my wildest dreams."
Trixie chuckled and looked at the Draconequus. "You should feel honored to become the friend of Trixie." She said jokingly. "But seriously though, I can't imagine somepony not wanting to be your friend." She waved her hoof at the sweet pirate ship. "Life will never be boring with you around."
Discord chuckled when he heard that. "Well, a particular pony showed me that everyone deserves a second chance and that anypony can do just a little better if they just try." He snapped his finger, and a doll of Fluttershy appeared right beside him. "Then, another pony showed me that you don't need to bring fear and anarchy to spread chaos." A doll of Pinkie Pie appeared right beside Trixie.
Trixie looked at the plushy around her and grabbed the Pinkie Pie one. She laughed in amusement when the stuffed pony turned into a toy of Pinkie's Human Counterpart. "What about me? Did Trixie show you something?" She asked while playing with the human doll.
Discord chuckled and snapped his fingers. A doll of Trixie appeared in his hand. "I don't know; maybe you should start teaching me oh Great and Powerful Trixie." He replied while making the doll interact with the other dolls.
Trixie sat up and watched in amusement as the doll version of her start making some magic performance. One of the performance is where stuffed Trixie start cutting stuffed Pinkie Pie in half with a chainsaw while stuffed Fluttershy is cowering beneath Discord's tail. "Cutting a mare in half. Never gets old..." She commented in amusement.
Soon, however, the performance is over, and the stuffed ponies disappeared from existence. A Discord who was tending the side of the ship walked towards them in panic. "Incoming Timbersharks!" The deck shook, and the ship started to tilt to the right.
Trixie and Discord stood up from their position and quickly checked the left side of the ship. "Prepare the cannonballs!!!" Trixie exclaimed. "We are not going down without a fight."
The Discord beside Trixie looked at the rest of the crew. "You heard the Captain! Move! Move! Move!" The remainder of the discord saluted at them before turning into action. "Get those jawbreaker cannons ready!" A bunch Discord walked out of the Ship's hull with a bunch of colorful jawbreaker candy in his hand. Another one prepared the cannons at the left side of the ship.
Trixie looked at the edge of the ship. There, she saw a bunch of Timberwolves swimming at the chocolate milk river. "Fire!!!" She exclaimed 'BOOM' 'BOOM 'BOOM' Discord fire the cannons, destroying three out of a dozen Timberwolves. The Discords quickly reloaded the cannon and aimed at the Timberwolves.
'BOOM' BOOM' 'BOOM' Discords shot the cannons, but the Timberwolves learned the attack pattern and started circling the ship. "Hurry! To the other side of the ship!!" Trixie exclaimed. The crew quickly run to the opposite over of the ship with the cannons in their hands.
"They're boarding the ship!!!" A Discord exclaimed as a couple of Timberwolves start climbing out to the ship. All crews took out their pink candy swords and started assaulting the Timberwolves. They fought fiercely against the mighty beasts. However, the candy swords are no match for the wooden menace.
Trixie watched the battle around her with an excited look on her face. She looked at Discord standing beside her and nudged at him. "Come on! Let Trixie join the fun!" She said. "I know you can do it, come on!"
The Drconequus sighed and looked at the pony. "You're lucky Hasbro featured you in the Equestria Girls parody." He commented before snapping his fingers. In a flash of light, A girl with pale white hair, light blue skin, with a small crystal shining below her blue jacket replaced the pony.
The pony turned human looked at her feet and fingers before smiling in excitement. She walked towards some random Discord and took his sword. Then she charged towards a random Timberwolf with the sword in both of her hands.
Trixie lunged at the wooden beast, stabbing the sword into its head. The wolf growled and shook its head up, launching Trixie and the sword up into the air. The girl, however, expertly turned in midair and delivered an aerial kick at the wolf. 'SLASH' Trixie raised her sword up and decapitated the wolf with a single swipe of her sword.
"Go, captain!!!" Some Discord shouted after noticing her performance. Trixie smiled and ran towards the next Timberwolf. The wolf tried to strike him with its claws, but the girl slid down beneath it and stabbed its torso. 'BOOM' A Jawbreaker candy soared through the air and slammed right at the Timberwolf, freeing Trixie to go for the next wolf.
Trixie stood up from the remnants of the Timberwolf and looked around her. She noticed that there are only five Timberwolves left in the fluffy marshmallow deck. "The Great and Powerful Trixie always wins in the end!" The girl ran towards the closest Timberwolf and jumped high in the air. Her Crystal glows brightly as she stabbed the first Timberwolves in the head and started steering like a rodeo.
'Crack' 'Crack' Trixie held on to her sword while pitting her Timberwolf against each other. One of the Timberwolves tried to knock Trixie off of their brethren, only to get kicked away off the board. "HA HA!! You will never defeat the Great and Powerful Trixie!!!" She yelled out as she pulled out her sword and decapitated the one below her.
She jumped off of the Timberwolf and landed on the sweet marshmallow deck. A Timberwolf lunged at her, and she held up her sword. 'Crack' Trixie stabbed the wooden beast through its neck. She stood up and glared at the last two Timberwolves. "Anyone else wanted to try their luck against Captain Trixie?"
One of the Timberwolf held up its paws and jumped off the ship while the other one was brave enough to charge towards the girl. A small smirk grew on Trixie's face. "Very well then..." The girl crouched down and held the sword low. Her keen eyes watched in concentration as the Timberwolf gets nearer and nearer and... 'SLASH' The girl suddenly appeared right behind the Timberwolf.
Trixie glanced at the Timberwolf behind her with a cool expression on her face. "Omae wa mou shindeiru... (You are already dead.)" A flash of vertical light appeared on the wolf's body. 'CRASH The Timberwolf shattered into tiny pieces of wood and branches. Leaving only Trixie and The Discords standing in victory.
One of the Discord walked towards captain Trixie and snapped his fingers. In a flash of light, Trixie turned back into a pony. "Aww... But Trixie is more Great and Powerful as a human!" She exclaimed.
Discord looked at her for a moment before smirking. "And you are also great and powerful when wearing that amulet." He retorted.
The Pony cringed and nodded mutely. She looked around the deck and noticed all the mess the Timberwolves left behind. "You!" She pointed at a Discord standing around with a mop in his hand. "Clean up this mess." The Discord just nodded obediently and snapped his fingers.
The sticks and branches were collected together in the middle of the ship. The original Discord walked towards them and took a closer look at it. "Say, Trixie, have you ever wanted a pet before?" He asked the unicorn.
Trixie just nodded in confusion while thinking about what the Discord's planning. She watched in awe as all the branches and sticks started to compress and unite. Forming and shaping into a small little wooden puppy. Discord picked up the puppy and held it right in front of her. "How do you like a Timberpup? Don't worry; I removed the odor. Now he smells like pine trees and fresh air."
Trixie held up her hoof and carefully pat the Timberpup on its head. It yipped at her and hugged her crystal. A small smile slowly grew on the Unicorn's face. "He's cute, thank you Discord." She looked at the pup in her hoof for a moment. "Trixie will call you..." She took the pup from Discord's hand and lifted it up. "The Great and Powerful Pine Tree." She exclaimed with a proud smile on her face.
Discord clapped his hand and blew a confetti at her. "Bravo Trixie! You've tamed your first Timberwolf!" He took the Pine Tree from Trixie's hand and put it down onto the deck. "Of course, this isn't just a regular Timberpup." He snapped his finger, and the Timberpup grew into a fully grown Timberwolf. "Now, Pine Tree will be able to protect you from danger."
Trixie looked at the huge Timberwolf looming in front of her. "Pine Tree?" She asked carefully. 'Arf!' the Timberwolf scooped Trixie up into the air. "Whoa!" She landed right on top of the Timberwolf. She smiled and gently patted the wooden wolf below her. "This is unbelievable..."
Discord clapped his hands again. "Congratulations!!" He exclaimed. "You are the first unicorn ever to ride a Timberwolf!" Then the Draconequus looked at the chocolate milk river in front of them. "Now, onwards we go! To the Tree of Harmony!!" He exclaimed.
After a few hours of sailing through the forest, Discord and Trixie finally made it towards the cavern near the old castle. Pine Tree expertly jumped into the cavern, landing safely at the bottom. "Good boy Pine Tree!" Trixie said before jumping off of the Pine Tree. She watched as the Timberwolf turned back into a Timberpup and hopped onto her back. Trixie smiled at her puppy before continuing her way through the cavern.
Discord and Trixie observed the cavern around them with a grim expression on their faces. Dark sprawling branches covered the walls of the cave. Dull stones and pebbles that were once beautiful shining crystals are scattered all over the floor. The remaining crystals that still shines brightly were swallowed and absorbed by the plunderseeds.
"What is this place?" Trixie whispered at the Draconequus. "Is this the source of the Plunderseeds you were talking about?" They walked deeper and deeper into the cavern, noticing the branches getting bigger and stronger as they walked deeper into the cavern. "Oh dear Celestia!"
Trixie jerked back in horror at the sight in front of her. It is an enormous black tree standing tall at the end of the cavern. The roots of the tree are pulsating with dull gray light. A faded symbol of a very familiar star could be seen on the trunk of the tree. Finally, the dark vines and branches grew upwards through the cave ceiling, breaching the surface and saps away the forest's magic.
The worst thing, however, are what's hanging on the branches of the tree. Dozens of black and gray cocoon hangs down below the branches. Each one of them pulsating in gray light and fading away as seconds goes by. An outline of Ponies and Changelings could be seen inside the cocoons.
"Discord! Do something!" Trixie exclaimed. The Draconequus snapped out of his stupor and snapped his fingers. A huge scissor appeared in front of each cocoon and snapped them off of the ceiling. The Cocoon landed on a slide and slid off towards the two of them.
Trixie's crystal glows in a brilliant blue light and the cocoon's withered away into nothing. She walked closer towards them and saw dozens of ponies lying unconscious on the ground. Their face is pale, and their bodies are thin and malnourished. The Unicorn walked towards the healthiest one of them, an earth pony mare with bright yellow coat and red mane.
Trixie gently nudged her, and she woke up with a jolt. The earth pony gasped and started breathing erratically. Her eyes were wide in terror as she looked around the cave in paranoia. "Calm down! You're safe now..." Trixie said comfortingly. "Just tell us what happened..."
The earth pony calmed down at the sight of the Unicorn. "A-agent Sweet sent us to investigate a sudden influx of Chaos magic in this area..." She took a deep breath and pointed at the sprawling branches all around her. "These... Plants, they attacked us and seeped away our magic..." Then she pointed at the huge, spiky, tree of chaos cumulation of the branches sitting below the cocoons. "Th-that's the source..."
Suddenly, a branch sprouted out of the ground and start slithering towards the earth pony. She shrieked in panic and scrambled away from the branch. "Ah! Get it away from me!" She exclaimed in horror. The Unicorn nodded, and her crystal glowed brightly. The branch withered away and died into nothing.
The earth pony sighed in relief and looked back at Trixie. "Thank you, please take us back to the Foundation. Agent Sweet and The Doctor has to know about this."
Trixie nodded and looked at Discord. "Discord, we need to get them back into the Foundation." The Draconequus just snapped his fingers, and all cocoons and the earth pony disappeared. "Right, I forgot you could do that..." Trixie commented after seeing how easy it is for Discord just to teleport them all back to Ponyville. "Now what?" She asked, looking at the giant unholy plant looming in front of them.
The Draconequus sighed and snapped his fingers. A patch of the trunk in front of them moved away, revealing a pale white trunk glowing in dim lights below the dark plunderseeds. "The Tree of Harmony has fallen..." Discord walked towards the tree and gently touched it. "Without the Elements of Harmony to sustain it, the plunderseeds saps away all its magic." He closed his eyes and sighed in regret. "What have I done.."
"Perhaps... Bruce knows what to do," Trixie asked. "He seems always to know what's going on." Discord nodded in agreement, and a walkie-talkie appeared in his hand.
"Hello? Yes, we are in a bit of a pickle here. The Tree of Harmony is dying." Discord moved the walkie-talkie away from his ear for a moment. "Yes, you don't need to curse that loudly. Hmm, that could work, in your bag?" Discord snapped his fingers, and Bruce's backpack appeared out of thin air.
"A tube with a blue light in the middle..." Discord put his hand into the bag and start digging through it. "You put so many things here..." He took out a weird looking gun from the backpack. "Ooh! A laser gun!" He put the gun into his dimensional pocket and dig some more. "Movies!" He took out a couple of VHS from the backpack. Then he took one look at the films and shuddered. "Nope..." He put them back into the backpack. "Ah! Here it is!"
Discord took out a couple of tubes with a glowing crystal in the middle of it. "The Crystallized Singularities." He took off the tube's lid and let the singularity float above his palm. "Hmm... The Power is too much for the tree..." He muttered. "If I force it, it could destroy the Tree of Harmony."
Discord pressed the walkie-talkie against his ears. "No, don't worry I'll figure it out. Just focus on getting that Crystal Heart." The Draconequus pressed the button on the walkie-talkie, and it disappeared into thin air. "Come on Trixie; we need to save the balance." He paused a second after saying that. He put his hand over his face and shook his head. "I can't believe I actually said that..."
Bruce turned off his Walkie-Talkie and looked back at Twilight. "Yep, it's dead alright." The unicorn sighed and dropped down onto the ground. "Naw, don't worry Twilight, Discord is smarter than he looks, I'm sure he'll figure something out." He said with a knowing smile on his face. "Now, are you ready to face your biggest fear?"
Twilight nodded and looked at the door. "So this door will show me my biggest fear?" She asked him. Bruce nodded, and Twilight took a deep breath to brace herself. "Here goes nothing!" She ran to the door and slammed it open. "All right! Show me what you got a king..." Her words faltered when she found herself standing on the other side of the door. "Sombra?"
She looked behind her and saw Bruce Gunderson calmly walking out of the door. "Well, guess it worked then.." He commented. "That armor protects you from the spell." He pointed at Twilight's armor. "So you don't have to face your biggest fear." Twilight nodded and looked at Bruce in confusion.
"What about you? Did you see your biggest fear?" She asked him.
Bruce shook his head and smirked. "I'm a human Twilight; there is no trace of magic in my system. That way I am immune to any and all magical curse and disease." He explained. "Besides, I don't think that the room has enough power to show me my biggest fear."
Twilight nodded before looking at the huge spiraling staircase beside her. "This is going to take a while..." She muttered while looking at the massive staircase in front of her. "Come on, the sooner we get this done; the better." She walked towards the staircase with Bruce following her from behind.
After about half an hour of walking nonstop, Twilight had enough. Her horn glows bright, and gravity flipped in her perspective. "You can do that?" Bruce exclaimed, looking up at the Unicorn who was sliding off the stairs. "Hey! Wait for me!" He activated his Pegasus Might armor to keep up with Twilight.
Meanwhile, Princess Cadance is still struggling to hold the barrier. Her power is gradually dissipating, and the barrier will collapse in a matter minutes. "Where are you, sis..." Shining said while comforting Cadance with a worried look on his face. "We need that crystal heart right now."
The main six sans Twilight fared no better. The citizens of the Crystal Empire are getting very curious about the crystal heart. Applejack was struggling to distract them with foods, Rarity tried to distract them with weaving crafts, and Pinkie Pie is running out of songs to play with the Flugelhorn.
Now it is up to Rainbow Dash and Fluttershy to put up a jousting contest for the Crystal Ponies. The blue pegasus, garbed inside a traditional Crystal Empire armor stood in front of her opponent. "Are you ready Knight Fluttershy?" She asked with an intense look in her eyes.
Fluttershy stood in front of Rainbow Dash. Her eyes are wide, and her face is paler than usual. She gulped fearfully and nodded nervously. "Umm... Please not too rough...." She muttered meekly. "I've never done this before..."
Rainbow Dash just sighed. "All right, I'll hold back." Then she narrowed her eyes. "But not too much, I have a reputation to maintain you know!" She exclaimed before running towards the yellow pegasus with her jousting staff.
Fluttershy took a deep breath and also charged at Rainbow Dash. She closed her eyes when Rainbow Dash got close and braced herself. 'Clang' A dull rod impacted her chest plate, and she fell with a thump. "You win! I yield!" She exclaimed in panic.
Rainbow Dash just sighed patiently before helping her up. RD looked at the audience and saw them cheering for her. She smiled and waved at them all with a proud small on her face. "Oh yeah!!! I am the greatest!"
Fluttershy groaned a little and looked at Rainbow Dash with an exhausted look on her face. "Isn't there..." She took a deep breath tiredly. "Somepony else who could..." The Pegasus whizzed and put a hoof on the chest plate. "Take over the jousting demonstration with you?"
Rainbow Dash scoffed at her. "The fate of an entire empire rests on us showing these ponies a good time." She said with a dead serious expression on her face. "But, y'know, if that isn't important to you..." She sneered at her.
A trickle of tear ran down Fluttershy's face, and she starts sobbing in sorrow. Rainbow's eyes widened, and she quickly held up her hooves comfortingly. "Okay fine!" She sighed in frustration. "I'll go easy on the next match." She muttered.
Soon, however, Fluttershy hits her limits, and the jousting match couldn't continue any longer. The audience left the arena to prepare for themselves for the final part of their ceremony; to charge the Crystal Heart with love and unity.
"We are running out of time... Where's Twilight?" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.
"Whoooooahahaha!" Twilight yelled out in excitement as she soared through the staircase. "I actually studied gravity spells, thinking it might be useful!" She said towards the human following her from behind. "Bet you're hoping you brought your Alicorn Armor! Wooo-Hooo!"
Bruce Gunderson just sighed while following her further and further up into the sky. "Don't get smug Twilight; I think we're almost on the surface." He said while pointing at the incoming ceiling above them. "I bet the crystal heart was actually hidden on top of the castle; hiding in plain sight."
True to his words, both Twilight and Bruce soared out of a small opening in the ceiling. The unicorn quickly looked at the crystal heart in the center, and the human quickly watched as the barrier started to fall.
The person watched grimly as the dark shadow of King Sombra looms over the palace. A giant face of a monstrous stallion could be seen among the dark clouds. "Twilight, hurry up and get that Crystal Heart! We are jumping out of here!!!" Bruce exclaimed urgently. After a few seconds of no response, he turned around and walked towards the unicorn. "Twilight!!! Get that heart quick before..." His words faltered when he saw Twilight crouching down in front of a pile of crystal dust.
A look of horror and shock could be seen on the unicorn's face as she tried to gather what's left of the Crystal Heart. "It's... gone..." She whispered in sorrow. "The Crystal Heart... The Elements... Everything's gone..." She muttered in despair.
Bruce gritted his teeth and glared at the dark figure looming above the empire. "King Sombra..." He whispered with a threatening look on his face. "I dare you to put one hoof on this empire and give me one good reason to make my first kill in this world of Equestria." The dark figure focused his attention on the human.
"And what chance does a brave little mortal like you have against me?" The shadow whispered threateningly. "You have no power..."
Bruce looked up and raised his hand. "I have friends, and you don't." He snapped his fingers, a bright flash of light appeared beside him. It slowly grows larger and larger, forming a single door sitting innocently on the floor.
The door opened, revealing Discord walking out of it. The Draconequus wore a pair of shades and a suit. "Did somepony called me? The Great and Powerful Discord?" He asked in a Trixie-like fashion. Then he looked at the dark clouds surrounding the empire from all sides. "King Sombra!!! My good old friend!"
The tyrant just glowered at the Draconequus in response. "Discord... You foolish little creature..." He said threateningly. "Do you really think you will gain anything from befriending those ponies?" A mist of black magic seeps around the castle. "They will only betray you in the end.."
Discord scowled and shook his head. "Is that how you supposed to talk to your elders?" A monocle and walking stick appeared in his hand. "You should be ashamed of yourself mister!!!" He exclaimed in an elderly fashion. "With that manners, I wouldn't be surprised if your friends end up betraying you." He watched in amusement as a wave of dark magic appeared from inside the dark storm. "Yes, now go stand in that corner and think about what you've done."
King Sombra gritted his teeth, and his blood red horn started to glow in a brilliant crimson light. "Enough!!! I will destroy the Crystal Empire and take what's rightfully mine!" The monster looked down at the crystal ponies bowing down in fear beneath his might. "Bow to me you worthless ponies!!!" A massive column of black smoke looms through the city, spreading fear and despair throughout the empire.
Discord cracked his knuckles and flew right in front of King Sombra. "Black Clouds of Doom Sombra?" He asked with a mocking look on his face. "How about Pink Clouds of Cotton Candy!?" With a snap of his fingers, the whole Empire was covered by soft sugary delights, and the Crystal Ponies started to crack a smile in amusement.
King Sombra, floating in the last column of black cloud growls in anger. A beam of red magic shot out of his horn and straight at the Draconequus. Discord however just side-stepped in midair and the spell missed by miles away. "What?" He asked with a smirk on his face. "You think I'm gonna just stand there and take it?"
King Sombra shot out another beam of red magic and Discord just snapped his hand. A ping-pong bat appeared on his hand, and he struck the spell away back to King Sombra. "Return to Sender!" Discord looked back at Bruce who is crouching down beside Twilight with a makeshift lab beside him. "What's next on the list Bruce?" He asked the human.
Bruce smirked and looked back at Discord. "Death of a Thousand Cuts!!!" He exclaimed with a grin on his face. "Then do something absolutely insane to make him surrender."
Discord chuckled in amusement and snapped his fingers. A laser gun appeared in his hand, and he shot it at King Sombra once. 'Pew' It has no effect, the king just chuckled at the Draconequus. "Was that supposed to hurt?" He asked arrogantly.
Discord snapped his finger again, and the whole sky is filled with thousands of Discord. Each one of them holding a laser gun. "It's not the bee that kills, it's the swarm..." 'Pew' 'Pew' 'Pew' All Discord starts shooting the king rapidly with the laser gun. The sky began to turn red as more and more Discord appeared to defeat the monster.
King Sombra yelled in agony as thousands upon thousands rays of super-heated electromagnetic waves showered down from the sky. His horn glows bright, and a huge crimson barrier stretches right in front of him. "I will destroy you!!!" He yelled in wrath.
Discord didn't say anything. However, he just raised his hand and snapped his fingers. "I suggest you step away from that spot." He said with a mischievous smile on his face. "It's not gonna be pleasant if you stay there any longer..." He added. "Well, it will certainly be pleasant for me. Makes my job easier actually."
King Sombra narrowed his eyes and the red barrier glows brighter. Discord smirked and an umbrella appeared on his hand. "Suit yourself." The Lord of Chaos pointed at the sky.
King Sombra looked up and his eyes widened in fear. A very familiar white object start falling down from the sky. It grew larger and larger as it gets closer to earth. "You wouldn't dare!!!" He exclaimed when he realized that the Draconequus is stupid enough to bring down the moon from the sky. "You will destroy the empire!!!"
Discord looked at King Sombra in mock confusion. "Empire? What Empire? I see no Empire!" He looked around the place with a pair of binoculars. "All I see is snow and snow and snow and oh look!!!" he pointed to the distance. "More snow!!!!" He exclaimed in excitement.
The Moon started to grow nearer and nearer towards the earth while Discord is still playing 'I spy' with three of his clones. "I spy with my little eye, something that starts with M." One of the Discord said with a pair of binoculars in his hand.
The other Discord's rubbed their chin in deep thought. "Is it the mist?" A Discord asked while pointing at the mist coming out of King Sombra's nostrils because of his sheer anger.
"No! It must be... The Moon!!!" A slightly less crazy Discord replied while pointing at the sky above them. All Discords looked up and a picture of serenity and calmness appeared on their face. "The Moon looks beautiful tonight..." They all whispered in awe.
It was at this point that King Sombra had enough. He shot out a beam of dark magic at the moon above him. 'Whiff' Not a single scratch could be seen on the surface. "Hey! Don't destroy the moon! Else Lulu need to get another job!" Discord chided.
The sky turned darker, and a turbulent of air started appearing around them as the moon breached through the atmosphere. "GAH!!! WHAT DO YOU WANT!!?!?!" King Sombra yelled in outrage and frustration.
Discord snapped his fingers, and the moon stopped its descent. "I want you to return the magic you stole..." He said threateningly. "Nu'uh! Don't give me that look; I know what you did!" He added before King Sombra can say anything.
King Sombra sighed in defeat. "It's not with me anymore... Tirek took it..." Discord gasped, and the moon returned to its proper place with a thought. "He's hidden, outside your world. You will never find him." Discord glared at the king and snapped his fingers. The black figure disappeared, only to be replaced by a weak little stallion standing amidst the snow and ice.
Discord landed right in front of King Sombra with a smug look on his face. He folded his arms in front of his chest and smirked.
Meanwhile, back in the Crystal Empire....
Bruce slowly and carefully put all the remnants of the Crystal Heart into the tube. Then he put the tube into a small metal device disguised as the crystal heart. "Do I wanted to know what you're doing?" Twilight asked while helping him attach some wires and a Crystallized Singularity Discord brought for them into the device.
"We're making a bomb," Bruce replied simply.
Twilight sighed in defeat. "In fact, no. I regret ever knowing that." She closed the upper part of the heart and walked towards the edge of the tower. "I'll meet you down there." She teleported away from the tower and landed in the middle of the Crystal Pony crowds and Cotton Candy flood.
"Twilight! Did you get the Crystal Heart?" Applejack asked. "These ponies are getting very scared and confused!" She looked at the crystal ponies looking at the cotton candies and tried some. "Mostly confused..." She added.
The Unicorn sighed and shook her head. "The Crystal Heart apparently shattered along with the Elements of Harmony." She said, making everypony gasped in fear. "But don't worry, Bruce is currently turning the remnants of the Crystal Heart into a bomb." That did nothing to calm them down. "Okay, that came out very wrong... But I trust him and I'm sure he knows what he's doing."
"Okay, everypony gather around!!!" A very familiar voice came from right behind them. "I have no idea what's gonna happen but I assure you that not many of you are going to die!" The whole empire goes deadly silent. "Uh... I mean, IN THE NAME OF LOVE AND UNITY!!!!!" Bruce yelled dramatically, followed by a loud cheer from everypony else.
"Yep, we're doomed..." Twilight muttered.
The Crystal Ponies plus Princess Cadance gather around the Crystal Heart. Azure lights started to gather beneath their feet and the Crystal Heart started to shook and shine brightly. "Please don't blow up, please don't blow up, please don't blow up..." Bruce whispered as an untold amount of magic started accumulating around the Crystal Heart.
The whole empire began to glow in a brilliant blue light, and a huge sphere of magic started to grow around the Crystal Heart. 'Whoosh' A massive beam of magic shot out into the sky, creating a beautiful beacon of lights that purifies all magic in the vicinity.
Soon, the Cotton Candies disappeared, and all ponies turned into Crystal Ponies. "OH GOOD LORD THANK GOODNESS!!!" Bruce yelled out while bowing down at the Crystal Heart. "I thought we're all going to die!" The whole casts looked at him in confusion.
"I thought you were making a bomb?" Twilight asked in confusion.
Bruce took a deep breath. "Yes! I did make a bomb, I just did the reverse of tempting fate!" He took another breath of relief. "If only that Crystallized Singularity blew up, the whole Equestria would be swallowed by a super-massive Black Hole."
A shocked look appeared on Twilight's face. 'SMACK' She hoof-slapped the human in the face and glared at him. "YOU RECKLESS IDIOT!!!!" She yelled in outrage. "You put the fate of the world on a half-assed plan and sheer dumb luck?" She gritted her teeth and stomped her hoof onto the floor. "We had everything under control! Discord is out there kicking Sombra's rump, and you just have to make a last-ditch effort to save your face for destroying the Crystal Heart!" She ranted in anger while Applejack and Rainbow Dash tried to hold her back.
"Hold on there sugar-cube!" Applejack exclaimed. "We should be celebratin' not fightin'!"
The Unicorn sighed and looked down. "You're right Applejack..." The earth pony lets go of her and Twilight walked towards Bruce with an apologetic look on her face. "Sorry for slapping you..." She said in regret.
"I deserve worst..." Bruce muttered. Then, Discord appeared right beside them. "Took you long enough." The human commented. "Come on, let's see if we can solve the problem with the tree." Then he looked at his friends. "You six can have fun here, we'll pick you later with the TARDIS."
Bruce, Trixie, and Discord stood in front of the Corrupted Tree of Harmony. The human took out his scanner and scanned the tree in front of him. "No, it's corrupted to the core." He looked back at Discord with an ironic smirk on his face. "Welp, congratulations! You win, no more harmony, only Chaos left standing." He said with a smirk on his face.
Discord sighed and snapped his fingers. A throne appeared right in front of the tree and he sat on top of it with a frown on his face. "If only I knew victory is this boring..." He muttered. "Are you sure you don't have any idea?"
"I'm not risking opening up a black hole for this," Bruce replied. "Sorry, but I'm all out."
"Trixie has an idea," Trixie said suddenly, making both Bruce and Discord looked at her with a hopeful look on their faces. "What if instead of trying to return the magic of harmony, we replaced everything with another type of magic." She pointed at her crystal. "Just like what you did to me, you can't save my magic so you replaced it."
A bright smile appeared on Discord's face. "Ohoho!! That's a brilliant idea!!!" He exclaimed with an excited look on his face. "We just have to make another type of magic! Brilliant!" The Draconequus looked at the tree with an excited look on his face. "A magic that contains both Chaos and Harmony..." He put one hand on the trunk and the tree started to glow in a pink and purple light. "Something like... like..."
"Like that?" Bruce asked, pointing at Trixie's Crystal.
Discord shook his head. "Yes! We are going to combine Chaos, Harmony, and Quantum Energy!!!" He laughed maniacally and both Bruce and Trixie starts worrying about his sanity. "Now then, Trixie! Step forward and let us begin the process."
The Unicorn hesitantly walked towards the Tree. She can feel Discord pressing a few buttons on her crystal. "Gah! It doesn't work on woods..." He muttered. "We need to make something else that is not a tree. Something like a..." He took a closer look at Trixie and grinned. "Like a pony! Haha!" He snapped his finger and Trixie turned into a human.
Discord held Trixie's hand and looked at her in concentration. "We are going to create the new living embodiment of Harmony." He explained. "First, however, we need to know what she or he looked like. To make it easier I'll just let you decide how this new harmony looked like." Trixie nodded and furrowed her eyebrows in concentration.
"She's a filly, with violet mane and light magenta coat. She's an alicorn and she is not evil nor arrogant." She explained while imagining the filly in a perfect detail.
"Good, now let us concentrate on that image." Discord said as they both closed their eyes in concentration.
Bruce watched in awe as the tree of harmony slowly reversed its growth. The dark vines and branches slowly retreating back into the tree and the tree starts getting smaller and smaller. Soon, the Tree turned into a bright ball of light floating in front of Trixie and Discord. The ball of light slowly formed into an outline of a pony.
'Poof' An earth pony with violet mane, magenta coat, and a pair of swirly eyes appeared right on top of their hands. They opened their eyes and smiled at the sight of the pony. "Wow! It actually worked!" Trixie gently held the filly in her hand. "She's just like what I imagined, just not earth pony and..." She took a closer look at the filly's eyes. "She almost looked like you Discord."
Discord smiled and took a closer look at the filly. "The very embodiment of harmony..." He watched in amusement as the filly starts floating away from Trixie's hand. "Oh! Look at her go! Defying gravity just two minutes after she was born!" Discord exclaimed with a proud look on his face.
Trixie however just looked at the Filly worriedly. She picked her up from the air and found herself floating with the pony. "Discord, a little help here!" She exclaimed. The Draconequus just chuckled and snapped his finger. The filly teleported right into his hands and Trixie dropped down from the air with a thud.
The girl dusted herself and walked towards Discord and the purple earth pony. A loving smile slowly grew on her face as she gently stroked the filly's mane and her crystal started to shine in a brilliant purple light.
Bruce watched the interaction between the two of them with a shocked look on his face. "Trixie? Discord?" They glanced at him questioningly. "You do realize that she is technically your daughter right?" An equally shocked expression appeared on their faces. They looked at the filly in their arms before looking at each other.
"Are you saying that..." They whispered to each other.
"Congratulations! The first official pairing of this fiction." Bruce commented with a deadpan look on his face. "You better be careful Trixie, because I can almost hear the readers screaming for your blood." He added.
The Equestria Girl nodded before looking back at the filly in Discord's arms. "I think... She is worth it..." She said while taking the filly out of Discord's hand. "Trixie doesn't mind having the embodiment of harmony as her daughter." Then she looked at Discord looking at her with an uncertain expression on his face. "And Trixie certainly doesn't mind having the embodiment of chaos as her colt." She said a smile on her face.
A wide grin slowly appeared on the Draconequus's face. He embraced them all in a group hug like one big happy family. "I have a family to call my own!" Tears of joy trickled down Discord's face. "This is the best ending I can ever hope for!" He exclaimed in joy and relief.
"This is the worst ending I can ever hope for..." Bruce looked us with a deadpan look on his face. "So there you have it, the finale." He sighed and pointed at the couple. "That pairing is completely unexpected by the way. So please keep the flame at a minimum."
Then he put both of his hand into his pocket. "Of course that doesn't mean this story is dead. We're planning on getting an editor to collab with and rewrite this story. There's still quite a lot of episodes we missed and who knows? Maybe I can visit the Canterlot High School sometime later and maybe Princess Luna can get a speaking role." He smiled and waved his hand. "We'll be back, better than ever. With more views, more votes, and more quality chapters."
Thank You and Good Night!!!