Prologue
“Discord, how long will you be away for this trip?” A butter yellow pegasus asked as she placed food inside a basket. She then slapped at a paw which was about to reach in and grab a sandwich and looked at her companion with a look which promised a scolding if he didn’t stop.
Her companion, was a creature made up of different animal components. One look and everypony would think of one word. Chaos. He was shaking his hand and whined “My dear Fluttershy, I really wouldn't know how long I’d be away this time. Sunbutt and her lackeys certainly did not give me enough detail. All I know is that I’ll be traveling to Saddle Arabia to help (he made a quote and quote gesture) them with certain things. I’d rather be here with you and not be bored to death there.”
To show emphasis, he then snapped his claws and Fluttershy raised an eyebrow at his antics as Discord was now lying in an open coffin surrounded with wilted flowers and a violin was making horrible scratching sounds.
“Well look at it this way. At least you get to travel, and show how good you really are.” Fluttershy said as she finished up packing their basket and looked over to Discord, catching him in the act of gagging. Seeing he was caught he shrugged and gave a wide grin. She only chuckled at this, as she was very much used to it by now. “Have you seen Angel?” She asked.
Discord didn’t answer, instead he snapped his claw and in a flash, Angel was there on the table, disoriented, but surprisingly unharmed. She shuddered at the thought the last time Discord played with Angel which involved Angel being chased by what seemed to be multicolored kobolds wearing rabbit skins.
After making sure the animals are all fed and watered, she then asked Angel to watch over the cottage while she and Discord are away on their picnic.
Discord then picked up the basket and started to walk off and Fluttershy came up to his side and with a small blush, grabbed his free paw with both of her hooves and held on to it.
Risking a glance she raised her eyes towards his face and saw him looking down to her with a warm smile. She had hoped that the rest of her gang would see the good side of Discord and accept him as a friend.
She then beamed at him and then rested her head on his arm as she looked back on the path as they walked/flew. She just wished that everything would stay as it is.
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It was cold and dark. Freezing wind blew all over the place. Everywhere, anypony can only see one thing. Ice. Normally nopony would stay out standing in such an unforgiving weather. However, there is one wearing a hooded robe outside, ignoring the cold as it looked down on the ground as if in search for something.
With a sound of success, it found what it was looking for and stood back, letting the hood pull back, revealing the face of Chrysalis, the Queen of the Changelings.
“King Sombra, I am here to free you and in return I only ask that we join forces so we can defeat those who mocked us.”
She then pulled out an amulet. It was shaped like a fang, black in color, and gave off an eerie green glow. Raising it high, she then started to chant a long forgotten spell. She concentrated hard as the amulet pulsed with power. Then it blasted the ice with a green colored ray.
One can be forgiven for finding it amusing that the ray somehow doesn’t seem to be doing anything except cast a green light. Chrysalis however smiled as the spell was completed. And then, something glowed from underneath the ice. It started out small, growing in size in every second. It was as if something was rising from underneath the ice.
Then, it came out through the ice. It was a ball of green light, and inside was the spirit of King Sombra.
With a flash, his eyes opened and gave out a mighty roar that could be heard miles and miles away. He was finally free.