Chapter 1
Celestia and Luna strode boldly forward, their manes and tails battered and burnt, but their heads still held high. They strode across the checked land leading up to a small hill on which there stood a throne. A figure could just be seen sitting on it from the back. As Celestia and Luna approached, the throne swivelled round to reveal the figure to be a draconequus.
"Ohoho!" laughed Discord, as his eyes fell on the princesses approaching, "This is so much fun! How about a game of Pin The Tail On The Pony?"
He held up a long sparkling tail striped with different colours.
Celestia gasped and looked behind her! Her tail was gone from her flank!
"Playtime is over for you, Discord!" she snapped, as she and her sister approached the Lord of Chaos.
Discord grabbed a handful of black seeds from a bag he had conjured up and tossed them aside. "Oh, I doubt that," he said, breezily, stuffing another handful of seeds into his mouth and crunching them up, "Ohhhhh..." he mumbled, as he chewed, "Hungry?"
He offered the princesses the bag, and a few seeds bounced off their foreheads. Their expressions did not shift.
"Suit yourselves," Discord said, idly, chewing up another handful of seeds.
Celestia and Luna ignited their horns and summoned three gems each out of their saddlebag. Five were the same shape, in the colours red, orange, pink, purple and baby blue, while the sixth was a deep magenta, and shaped like a star.
"Oh?" said Discord, interestedly, staring at the six gems, "What have you got there?"
"The Elements of Harmony," snapped Celestia, as the gems began to swirl round them, creating a burst of rainbow light.
"With them we shall defeat you!" declared Luna.
Staring at the princesses, Discord collapsed over his throne in laughter! Tears ran down his face!
"You should see yourselves right now!" Discord laughed, "The expressions on your faces! So intense! So sure of yourselves! Ha ha ha ha!"
A brightly coloured rainbow shot up from Celestia and Luna and arced up across the sky, aiming right for Discord, who was still laughing!
"Hilarious!" laughed the draconequus, "Ha ha ha—"
His laughter was abruptly cut off as the rainbow struck him in the chest! His skin began to turn bright grey, and his body froze in the laughing position. The greyness spread across his entire body, turning the draconequus to stone! There was a ripple of magic through the air, and the chaotic landscape that Discord had made returned to its former glory. The checked grounds became grass, the floating buildings settled back in their holes, the transfigured animals returned to normal, and the chocolate-milk-raining cotton candy clouds turned back to their usual white.
There was a creaking sound as the stone Discord toppled over and hit the ground with a loud bang.
Celestia and Luna looked down on him. "It is done," said Celestia, softly.