A FEW DAYS LATER...
Five mares, a dragon and a draconequus sat in a cave with a campfire. It only felt like seconds ago that Lord Tirek came and took their magic. As they managed to setup a campfire Twilight decided to stay outside. Out there, all she could hear was the distant sound of the night time crickets along with the far off sound of Tirek destroying another acre of land. Twilight Sparkle felt helpless. She had no choice but to give Tirek her magic in exchange for her friends. It was only there they decided to leave before the centaur decided to squash them. They couldn't use the strange crystal box from the tree because Tirek somehow destroyed it in a single blast.
Twilight silently cried until she heard the sound of hoofsteps, it was there she was suddenly in a group hug by her friends and her little brother. Applejack broke the silence. "Don't you worry Sugarcube. We'll find a way. We always had."
Twilight could only utter a thank you as her best friends continue to hug her but deep down she felt something else. Just then Discord strolled out. Twilight then realized what it was, rage. Discord looked to Twilight with a frown and cleared his throat to speak. "Twilight I know things look bleak but-"
All of a sudden he was tackled to the ground by an enraged growling alicorn. Twilight practically had him pinned to the ground by his throat. Discord struggled to breathe as Twilight strangled him. "THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT!" She screamed.
"Twilight calm down!" shouted Rainbow as she and the others attempted to pry Twilight off Discord.
They eventually succeeded Twilight struggled out her friend's grip as she stood before them with a scowl. "Why did Celestia choose you? Did you manipulate her mind to have you go after him? I say this was your plan the whole time! Weaken equestria of everything causing more chaos in the form of fire. Well congratulations you succeeded."
Discord coughed a bit before slowly getting up. "Twilight I didn't mean for this to happen. I was promised something greater than friendship, but instead I paid the price for it."
Twilight scoffed "Well that first part doesn't help your case. If anything it proves you've never reformed under Fluttershy's guide."
As Twilight ranted her friends smelled something odd. It wasn't the smoke from the campfire or any foul creature of the forest. To Pinkie Pie the smell reminded her of Sugarcube corner. "Does anypony smell cinnamon?"
"Not now Pinkie. Now as I was saying you're not worthy of being a friend to anyone because all you care about is yourself!" Said Twilight who was too busy ranting to notice the smell. What she also didn't notice was the strange figure looming behind her. Her friends and Discord noticed it however.
"Uh Twilight?" asked a concerned Spike.
"What is it?" snapped Twilight.
Rarity pointed behind her. Twilight turned and saw a skull on a long neck staring at her. Everyone there felt petrified by this anomaly in front of them. All Twilight could do was stare at this horse skull. She couldn't use magic to defend her. The creature just moved it's head closer to Twilight. She just looked into the eyeholes of the creature as it stared back at her. She suddenly saw something in the holes and saw it was her battle with Tirek, playing out like a movie. She then saw an image of Tirek fighting something long and white. She couldn't tell if it was rope or a big long snake. She then focused only one question. "What are you?" she asked.
The long necked horse said nothing as it's head slowly retreated back into the forest and away from the cave. It was a long awkward silence until Spike broke it. "What just happened?"