The six mares were still outside the main doors, staring at intense. Finally, the alicorn spoke up, "Okay, girls I'm ready..." The two doors than was embraced with a purplish aura before sliding open. After it came to a halt the six mares then trotted inside, once inside the doors shut behind them.
Once they were in the room, they gasped at what they saw; each of the princesses were locked in cages and their horns were gone. "Mum!" the purple alicorn exclaimed before galloping to the cage which held her mother. The princess of love looked upon her daughter with wide eyes.
"Twilight!" the alicorn of love exclaimed trying to reach for her daughter but couldn't due to the cage. The others looked at their friend with a look of concern.
"Finally arrived, hey, only took you long enough?" the draconequus asked impatiently while sitting upon his throne. Twilight and the other mares looked at the chimera with a frown. "What's with the look?"
The mares didn't respond, though the elegant unicorn spoke to Twilight, "So, darling. You ready?" Twilight only nodded with a sigh before charging her horn, the Element of Magic followed suit as well as the others. Finally, a big rainbow beam shot at the draconequus, but a black beam that came out of nowhere repelled the rainbow blast.
"What happened, that should've worked?!" the princess of the dawn called from a cage bellow, glaring harshly at the draconequus.
Discord laughed with an amused toothy grin. "It would have if I didn't have a trick up my sleeve to penetrate the Elements you hold so dear, Celestia. The Elements of Chaos, my finest creations have proven a success. Shame really, the fact that you can't defeat me anymore." Discord smirked his toothy grin. "Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me."
The six mares confusedly looked at the chimera before the alicorn spoke, "Why didn't that work?"
"My, dear Twilight. I fear there is nothing to explain, only the fact that the Elements didn't work this time round."
Twilight looked at the draconequus with a confused look. "Nothing to explain!? Discord, how can their be nothing to explain, after all, it worked on you with the princesses?"
Discord waved his paw dismissively. The white unicorn stepped forward with a frown and spoke, "You better answer her you beast–"
In a flash of light, the white unicorn's mouth disappeared. "I think that's enough out of you. The way you spoke isn't becoming of a lady, is it now?"
"Give er mouth back, yer freakazoid," the farm pony said with a frown.
"Of course, my dear honest Applejack," said the draconequus, snapping his paw. The white unicorn's mouth returned. "I was only taking it away so she'd learn a lesson to not call of creatures names. I'm not that cruel."
"Why are you doing this anyway?" the young alicorn asked. Suddenly in a flash light, the draconequus stood before her with crossed arms.
"You should know, Twilight. After all, you were there. At the castle when you did it."
"Did what?" the young princess looked at the draconequus. His cryptic responses weren't helping her get close to solving the mystery. "You're not making any sense."
"What's the fun in making sense?" the young princess looked down knowing there was now no reasoning with him. He was too corrupted by his own power to be reasoned with.
"You can't give up Twilight, you just can't," said the pink earth pony.
The alicorn sighed looking down with tears cascading down her face. "I wish there was another way, Discord. I really do. But, this ends now. No longer will I stand by and watch Equestria suffer because I'm afraid to lose my best friend, who is already gone. But, I promise you this. When things are over you will be sealed away."
The draconequus clapped his hands with a smirk. "Such a beautiful speech, Twilight. Sadly it was all for naught because if I recall correctly, you'll need the Elements of Harmony to defeat me. My Elements of Chaos repels them."
"What did I do anyway, huh!? You know me, Discord. I would never hurt you, please listen to me!" The draconequus looked at the young alicorn.
With a sigh, the draconequus said, "I want to believe you but I can't. After all, the damage is already done. You just can't wish it away, my mind is unchanged."
The young alicorn stood there flabbergasted, why wouldn't her friend believe her, something most definitely wasn't right. "I cannot change your mind, you made that clear. The Elements of Harmony are useless. My options are low–" the alicorn princess looked to each of her friends with a sad look. "–I failed you... I'm sorry. I don't know why I thought I could save Equestria, all I wanted was to save every pony and but... I couldn't... I let every pony down."
"Twilight..." the pink earth pony reached out her hoof, a small frown on her face. The other four mares looked down.
"I let every pony down" – a few tears escaped the alicorn's eyes – "Equestria is utter chaos... And I don't even know why."
The draconequus sighed, snapping his talon, the cages disappeared as three princesses were now three. "Leave us," he said to the princesses and five mares. Without hesitation, they left the room. Now it was just the young princess and the draconequus.
The draconequus slowly walked over to the young princess. With a sigh, the draconequus said, "You at least deserve an explanation –" Discord disappeared in a flash then reappeared in his throne "– well, last night I... You come back, at first I happy but then you left me..."
"Discord" – Twilight slowly trotted towards the draconequus before giving him a tight hug – "I would never leave you, I don't know what made you think that way in the first place."
Hesitatingly, the draconequus hugged back, he wrapped his paw and talon around the alicorn's soft fur. Slowly the castle was beginning to return to normal; the black throne disappeared as well as the other changes the draconequus made to the castle.
The alicorn looked around before looking to the draconequus with a tearful smile, fortunately, he smiled back hugging the young princess tightly.
...
Finally harmony was restored. With the bond that Twilight and Discord shared Equestria was safe yet again. And finally, it was time the two friends shared what was in their minds
...
The draconequus let go with a smile. "Twilight, thank you. Thank you for showing me how wrong I was."
The young alicorn looked at him with a smile. Soon a small pink hue formed on her cheeks as she looked into his eyes. "Discord, I" – Twilight's lips were sealed with a paw covering them.
"– me too, Twilight."
The two friends looked into each other eyes. Soon they closed their eyes before leaning closer, their muzzles were close to touching. "Awwww. So cute!" Called a voice close by.
Startled, the alicorn and daconequus opened their eyes, frantically looking around for the source of the voice. "Pinkie?" Asked the young princess, looking at her friend who was sitting right in front of them. Discord looked at the pink earth pony in surprise.
"Hiya, Twi, Discord. How are you two?" Pinkie Pie asked with a smile. Both the alicorn and draconequus looked at the earth pony. "Hopefully I'm not ruining everything. Bye!" And just like that, the pink pony was gone. At first it never really occurred to them how random the pink earth pony was.
After a couple of moments of silence, the two friends looked at each other, an awkward stare was shared between them. Finally, it was the purple alicorn that broke the silence. "Discord... I love you so much" – Twilight went to hug the draconequus, burying her head into his chest – "I..."
The draconequus wrapped his arms around her in a comforting embrace. He lowered his head looking at the young princess. Finally, gathering up the courage the young alicorn pressed her lips to his. Startled at first but soon relaxed, the draconequus returned it. Above the sky, fireworks danced about.