//------------------------------// // Epilogue: One Year Later // Story: Forgotten Memories // by Teal-Tome //------------------------------// The following morning after his daughter visited, Discord was in a state of shock. After Celestia read the letter out loud to him, he felt terrible about not being there for her. He felt so left out from her life, from meeting her coltfriend to saying goodbye to her and her friends as they were headed to Manehattan. Why couldn’t I be there with her? Why must I be imprisoned in here? I’m sorry Screwball, I failed you, I failed you as a father and as your best friend. Tears began to appear on the draconequus’ statue. He was in so much pain. He felt like he would never ever be with his daughter ever again. He would never have the chance to create chaos for Screwball. All of the chaos he created was for her, not to tick off Celestia. Oh Screwy! I miss you already. Why did those ponies imprison me in here? I was only trying protect you, Screwball. I wanted to protect your playground; you were having so much fun. If only there was a way only for me to be with you at all times… Celestia was also a mess. After to learning that Discord had a daughter, she felt even worse. She never knew about her. She was in her studies crying for much of the night. She didn’t get any rest, she was sobbing like a little filly. “If I would have known of his daughter, I would have stopped Twilight and her friends from imprisoning him in that stone prison. There has to be a way to give Discord a chance to be with his daughter.” Celestia was determined to find a way. She decided to head to the to the library, she wanted to see if there was a spell powerful enough to help Discord in some way. She spent hours and hours trying to search for a spell. Finally, a voice appeared in her head that was similar to Discord's voice. “Oh Celly, you aren’t going to find anything in this library! Just stop what you’re doing, please do it for me, do it for Screwball.” “Discord, I’m sorry!” she sobbed, “I’m sorry that I took you way from her, I didn’t know! If it were up to me, I would of never of stuck you in there. Will you ever forgive me?” “Celly, you know that I would forgive you, I mean you didn’t know about her until now, I just want to be with her Celly, I wanna be there for her, but I can’t.” “I know Discord, I know you do, but I can’t do anything about it. I’m sorry; the only way to get you out of there is if the Elements of Harmony aren’t connected to Twilight and the rest of the group.” Discord and Celestia were crying, they wanted to do something but what can be done. Celestia cleaned her tears and went to do her regular duties for the day. In the back of her mind she heard Discord crying, He really misses her... It was very late at night; Celestia was still up, thinking of a way to help Discord. She thought of searching for Screwball but, she didn’t want to scare her off. She calls out for Discord. “Oh Discord, where are you? I have an idea!” “What is it my dear Celly? What have you come up with?” “Well, it might take a while but here it is!” As the two kept talking and talking to each other throughout the night their plan was sure to work. But there was a drawback to it. There could be only one way to get Screwball back with Discord. It was the only way to keep Discord and Screwball together. A year had past, it was time for the annual festival, and people came to Canterlot to celebrate. Once again Screwball had come to celebrate her birthday with her father. She returned to the garden but this time something was missing, Discord. The statue had been moved. “Where could they of put him?” She saw that there was a trail of popcorn heading into the palace. She thought her father was playing a prank on her. She followed along the trail of popcorn; she hadn’t done this in a while. The popcorn stopped at the entrance of the Castle. She was shaking; she didn’t want to go in there. She didn’t want to be caught and be place in a dungeon for causing chaos and being an accomplice of her father. “Buck it! I’m going in and I’m going to see my father. I don’t care if they try to stop me, I WILL GET TO SEE MY FATHER!” She trotted and saw that there was more popcorn scatters on the floor. She followed it, she went up and down the stairs a few times before ascending to the room of Celestia. Screwball was too busy eating the popcorn that she didn’t pay much attention where she was heading to. She finally hit her head on the doors leading to Celestia’s room. She opened the door and there was her father, Discord. She ran to it, suddenly she felt like something was holding her back from hugging her father. Celestia grabbed a hold of the pink pony and put her down on the floor. “Hello Screwball! My name is Princess Celestia.” Screwball was shaking in fear that she was going to live in a dungeon forever. She would never see her coltfriend or her friends from Ponyville. She began to cry. “I’m sorry. I was just a filly! I didn’t mean to wreck chaos. Please just let me go!” “Screwball, I know you didn’t do anything wrong but there is someone who wants to talk to you. He’s been waiting for a long time to talk to you” Suddenly, Discord appeared on one of the stained glass windows. “Hi Screwy! I’ve missed you!” he began to cry, “I’m….sorry….I’ve failed you as a father…” “Daddy don’t cry! I miss you too! You’ve always loved me; you’ve always been a father to me. You haven’t failed me.” Tears began to glide from her eyes. “Daddy, I love you!” Celestia got closer to Screwball. She used her right front hoof to clean off some of Screwball’s tears from her face. Celestia was also crying, but on the inside. She didn’t want to show Discord or his daughter seeing her cry. “Um…Princess…Celestia? Why did you move my daddy?” “I needed to be closer to him; he needed me to help him with some special occasion.” Celestia picked up a box covered in colorful paper, she handed it to Screwball. Screwball read the note on the box. From: Your Dad, To: The Best Daughter I Could Ever Ask For, Screwball. She smiled at her father who was still on the window. She opened it up, and inside was a necklace. This was a special necklace, it had the same design as the necklaces the bearers of the Elements of Harmony but instead of gold, it was silver and it had Screwball’s cutie mark in the front of it. She loved it, but she didn’t know why her father bought this. “Why did you buy me this daddy? I love it; I just want to know why.” Discord looked over at Celestia, and gave her a signal. “Screwball, me and your dad spoke. I’m going to make you a Lady of the Royal Family. You deserve this.” Screwball had a bigger smile that before, she was filled with joy. Discord was also happy; she wanted the best for her. Celestia helped Screwball put on the necklace, and once it was on she ran towards the statue of her father and hugged him, she didn’t want to let go of him. She used her propeller hat to fly up and kissed his father on the cheek. Discord had never been this happy in his life. He got to see her daughter filled with joy. Celestia, Discord, and Screwball passed the day talking, and celebrating Screwball’s birthday. Screwball didn’t want to leave, but she had to. She had to return to her friends and her coltfriend. As she was packing up to leave, Discord wanted to say his goodbye. “Screwy, you know that I love you, and will never stop. You mean so much to me. I know I can’t be there with you, since I’m stuck in here, but you can always talk to me, I’m only stuck in here physically. If you ever need to talk to me or you want me to be there for you, just call me out. You, Screwy will always be my first priority. I love you Screwball! You have grown up to be one fine mare, maybe one day I will be able to have the chance to see you have fillies of your own.” Screwball blushed, “Oh daddy, you will be an awesome granddad to my fillies if that happens. I love you too dad! I hope we get to see each other and talk to each other more often now that I am “Lady Screwball”. I’ll get to visit not only you but Celestia as well.” Celestia and Discord waved goodbye to Screwball as she flew into the night. Screwball was happy that he got to see her father and got to talk to him. Discord and Celestia went to sleep. Discord thought, My Screwy, I hope to see you real soon. You have grown up to be an awesome daughter. I hope we make some more chaos just to annoy Celly. Good night my dear Screwy!