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// 168 
// Story: Supernova 
// by Incredible_E 
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With the bubble gone, a massive change of temperature flooded into Canterlot. The sudden change made Canterlot go from feeling room temperature to a preheated oven in a flash.

The violent star grew more as time passed, becoming redder and hotter.

With the temperature regulation shield over Canterlot gone, Twilight's legs began to wobble in their weakness, and her grunts of agony continued and got worse. With no heat protection, Twilight became more fatigued much quicker.




Then, suddenly. A most unexpected but needed hero appeared out of thin air.

"Ugh, why is it called thin air anyways?" Discord scoffed. "Why not thick or fat air? Ooo, I could make it syrupy."

The three princesses stared at him until one of them spoke what the collective was all thinking.

"WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN?" Luna demanded an answer from the late-but-also-just-in-time draconequus.

"Oh, sorry. Were you expecting me? Waiting to save the world until I got here?" He teleported a lawn chair while simultaneously sitting on it with a smoothie donning a tiny umbrella and straw. "I hope I didn't waste too much of your time." He said in a very heartfelt sarcastic way while pulling shades down his snout.

"Discord, did you know this was going to happen?"

"The sun exploding? Why yes I— Wait a minute." Discord read the time on his fully functioning marker-drawn watch. "The sun should have exploded 500 years ago. How strange . . ."

"You made this happen?!" Twilight stepped back, surprised.

"Weeeeell. It was before the whole friendship thing. Back when dear Celestia and I fought like bickering couples." He dragged his claw under Celestia's chin.

She moved her head away. "and thankfully I was able to stop it."

"No. You were able to delay it. It has always been dying."

Twilight spoke with urgency. "Discord! Can you hurry up and fix your bright idea?"

Discord chuckled a good chuckle. "Hahaha, that's a good one, Twilight!"

They looked at him with a straight and unamused face.

"Oh come on. This is only another global crisis; just another day at the office for the likes of you three."

Luna stepped in to back up Twilight. "Discord, if you want to help us, now would be the time to stop playing around and snap your fingers."

"Oh, but what's the fun in making sense? I could just leave Equestria and be just fine. I could go anywhere and let this place roast."

Twilight smirked, "but what about Fluttershy?"

Discord perked up. "You're right . . . I'll take her with me and leave the rest."

"Discord!" They all said in sync.

"Oh, I'm just kidding around—" Discord snapped "—but if it puts your mind at ease, you've saved ponykind, once again." He said looking at Twilight.

"What? But the sun is sti—" She looked up to notice a small yellow sun sitting peacefully in a crystal blue sky as if nothing ever happened.

Twilight had to regather herself. "Well . . . Ponykind may be saved, but not by me or the Sisters. I can't snap my non-existent fingers like you can."

"Try these on for size." He snapped again.

"AH! Take them back!" Twilight did not like that experience . . .

After being fully marinated, he smiled and snapped again.

"Oh, but it was all you, Twilight. Your actions led you down this one specific path out of 159 other possibilities. Every one of you has seen it all."

"Uh . . . what?"

"Nevermind." He waved his hands around to dismiss the random thought bubble above him. "Let's just say you causing a mass panic saved the entire planet. No more questions! Too-ta-looooo!" He suited a black and red space-looking uniform and took out a communication device. Beep beep, "One to beam up." An arrangement of particles surrounded him to take him to who-knows-where — except Discord . . . He knows.