I turn to the statue form of Discord, hoping he can still hear me. "Discord... Discord!" I call out to him. I thought of something, something crazy but right now made more sense than anything else. I heard nothing, the statue remained still. I punched the bubble again and I lost my balance, falling into the side of my green prison. The bubble rolls slightly. I get up and throw myself at the wall, rolling the bubble over to Discord. After a few good tries, I finally make it over to him. "Discord!!" I shout at him. "What are you doing Nathan?" Leena asks. "I... I don't know." I confess. I smash into the wall of the bubble again. The shield collides with Discord and my bubble bounces off of him. The statue tilts and falls over onto the pavement and shatters. The form of Discord is revealed underneath, shocked and dazed from the blow.
"Screwball is that you? Daddy loves you sweetheart." Discord says, his mind not clear. "Discord!" I shout at him. "Wha.. what?" "Discord, we need your help." "You... you freed me. But... why?" "Discord, you know Queen Chrysalis don't you?" I ask. "Chrysalis? I..." "You said you saved Equestria from a dark threat before right?" "I don't, I'm not..." Discord stammared as he tried to stand. "You were the one who defeated Queen Chyrsalis and the changlings long ago, weren't you?" "I..." Discord takes a long pause. He slowly looks up. "I loved her."
"I met Chrysalis when she was a princess of a kingdom to the south in Equestria, a kingdom that embraced the changing of the seasons. We were very much in love, for a time. But our kingdoms did not trust each other, each thought of the other as foreign, undesirable, strange. We had to keep our love a secret. But one day, the truth came out. We didn't know how anypony would react so... we seperated. We went months without seeing each other. I was miserable. And then, one day the changlings invaded." Tears form in Discord's eyes. "I was forced to defend my kingdom." Discord walked over to where the destroyed Elements were smashed into the sidewalk. He knelt down and picked them up. "I used the Elements of Heroism... and defeated her."
Tears fell down Discord's face as he looked to the large ball of white high atop an office building. "The residents declared that the changlings were to be banished. There was nothing I could do." I didn't know what to think, what to say. His words seem to hang in midair and the park grew silent. I turned to Twilight and the others, their mouths hung open, some of them almost at tears. Fluttershy was beyond tears but none of us made a sound. "People looked at me as a hero. A hero for banishing the one I loved. I was heartbroken, distraught. Over time, I grew to distrust those around me. I used the Elements of Heroism to try to control people. Slowly, I became corrupted. I changed from a unicorn.. to a draconequus." Discord told us.
The streetlamps flickered. I look around us and see the park around me slowly losing hue. The color of everything around us, the sidewalk, the grass, the water, the world itself slowly became a dull shade of gray. "You can still be a hero Discord!" Leena called out to him. Discord chuckled. "It's too late for me. And I'll have you all know something: a world of chaos is still a world of love." Discord started walking away with the Elements in hand. "Do you still love her?" I asked him. "Save it kid. You're asking the wrong villain." he didn't even turn around. I didn't give up. "Because she still loves you!" I yelled. Discord stopped and turned
He snaps his fingers and the force fields around us disappear. "Get out of here. After Chrysalis is done draining the love out of Earth, she'll be too strong for any amount of magic to handle. Go to Equestria and do your best to make sure she doesn't find a way back." Discord says. "Take these with you. Put them some place safe." he says, giving me the Elements of Heroism. He turns around then and starts walking away. "So you're just going to give up? After all this?!" I shout at him. He says nothing and continues walking into the shadows until he's out of sight. I look down at the Elements in my hands, broken, shattered. It seems that all hope is lost. I turn around towards the group.
"So, Equestria sound good?" Sam asks. "It seems like the only option. I... I need to inform the princess. But I'm sure she'll be very accomodating to... refugees." Twilight says in a sad tone. "Do you think we have time to pack some things?" Monica asks. "What are you talking about?" I ask in an accusing tone. "We're not giving up. Not yet." I say, clutching the Elements in my hands. "What do you mean Nathan? Chrysalis destroyed the Elements and-" Leena says. "No, the Elements are right here. We activated each one of them, we represent them. Seriously, none of you remember the pilot?" It finally dawns on the rest of them that the Elements are still alive in us. "The Elements of Harmony still worked when they were crushed, the Elements of Heroism should work the same way. It's worth a try." I tell my friends.
I pass out the Elements, we each put them carefully on our wrists. Rarity and Twilight do their best to mend the bands. "How do we know if they still work?" Leena asks. I look at mine and move it around my hand for a moment. "I'm not sure. Maybe we can-" as I'm talking, a blast is unleashed from the jewel. It flies off and into a tree, slicing through a branch and incinerating a few leaves. "I think we know now!" Dave says, covering his head. "How much time do you think we have until she's drained Earth?" Sara asks. We look at the huge glowing sphere above the office building. "Let's not waste any of it." is my only response.
We enter the office building. The changlings were patrolling the sky near the white orb, if we tried to fly we'd be caught. The entire world had become gray, the very essence of life being drained from the physical world. We took the stairs up to the top floor. It took me a while to get used to having two legs again so I used the gaurd rail to help steady myself some part of the way. "Would this be faster if we were still ponies?" Monica asked. "I really miss having wings right now." Sam says. "I've been there Sam. Ya never know what ya got till it's gone." Rainbow Dash says.
After a few minutes of climbing, we reach the top floor and stand by the exit to the rooftop. I place my hand on the handle."So what's the plan Nathan?" Sam asks. "Twilight, you and your friends distract the changlings. The rest of us will try to hit the Queen with everything we have." I open the door to see... myself on the other side. "CHANGLINGS!" Pinkie Pie shouts. Changlings mimicing our entire group stare back ut us with mischievious grins on the other side of the door. I try to raise my Element but the one mimicing me grabs my arm and pulls me through. Several changlings mimicing the ponies grab the others and before we knew what happened, we were subdued, our Elements were removed and we were brought before the giant ball of white. Chrysalis floated down and stood before us.
"So predictable. Leave it to creatures descended from apes to play right into your hooves. You certainly took your time." the queen said with a laugh. "When I said I wanted all the love on Earth, I meant it. Including your own! All I needed was a little time to build up my strength and then get you right where I wanted you. So thank you, all of you. The love from the twelve of you will make me strong enough to invade Equestria! I'll finally be stronger than Cadence and Shining Armor! Now, no one will be able to stop me!! Muahahahahahahaha!!" Her eyes glowed with the same eerie white as the sphere above her. Her horn glowed a sickly green blue and she pointed it at us.
I felt a coldness grow in the pit of my stomach. It spread all over my body. Not pain, not numbness, only cold. I looked around me as my arms and legs were pinned by changlings that licked their lips as they looked at me. I looked at Leena, her eyes in pain looking back. I saw her slowly turn gray. I look back to Queen Chrysalis who just smiles at me. The edges of her eyes burn white. From behind her, I see a figure in the shadows.
"I won't let you hurt my friends!" Discord shouts. He tackles the queen, breaking her concentration. I gasp for breath, the cold feeling slowly leaving me. The changlings look up as the two collide with each other. I shake them off of me. I grab my Element before me and blast the changlings off my friends. Quickly, they grab their own Elements as Discord distracts the queen. The changlings encircle us. I unleash a few blasts that turn a couple to stone and they back away. We form a circle, Twilight and her friends before us as the horde of changlings flies around the roof of the building. Discord and the queen still fight in a corner of the rooftop.
"We've got to stop that spell!" Twilight says, pointing to the giant ball. "It's unstable! If it bursts, it could destroy the whole city!" "How do we stop it?" I ask. "I think I can use a defusion spell but it'll take some time to cast!" "You do what you have to do Twilight! We'll keep you covered." Discord and Chrysalis continue to scuffle on the side of the roof, Discord having the advantage with claws, tries to pin the queen. Twilight moves underneath the giant sphere, closes her eyes and her horn glows. The rest of us form a circle around her. The changlings circle the rooftop, their black bodies illuminated by the glow of the spell.
I fire a few rays into the sky but the changlings are small and fast. Sam actually is able to hit a few. Maybe all the time spent playing video games payed off. Changlings divebomb us and try to reach Twilight, a few get through us to be smacked by Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Applejack or Fluttershy. In the corner of the roof, we can still hear Discord and Chrysalis fight.
Discord snaps his fingers. Thunder cracks overhead and chocolate rain begins to fall. The changlings stop in midflight, confused by the chocolate rain. We take the opportunity to blast dozens of them as they hang in midair, some of them drinking the chocolate rain. "ENOUGH OF THIS NONSENSE!!!" the queen yells in a voice rivaling that of the Royal Canterlot Voice. She blasts Discord off of her and unleashes a wave of energy from her body. We're knocked back by the pulse. She uses her horn and imprisons us all in green spheres again. "If I can't have love, then we shall all burn together!!" she announces, walking over to the giant sphere. "Stop... stop please!" I beg her, carefully standing up in my own sphere. "I'll destroy all of you fools and your coveted feelings for each other!" she says back to me angrily. "Please! Please!!" I plead. She moves in closer to the sphere and her horn glows a sickly green-blue. "He still loves you!" I shout at her. She stops.
She hesitates for a second but says nothing. I yell again. "He still loves you! After all this time he still loves you!" "Who are you talking about? My love is long gone and I-" "Discord, tell her!" "Discord?" she asks. "My name isn't Discord. It's Discovery." he says, standing. The glow from the queen's eyes vanishes. "Discovery...?" she says, turning to Discord. "That's who I was. Discovery, the first king of Equestria. And I still love you." Discord proclaims.
"But... Discovery was a unicorn. A proud stallion, you're just a... a mess." Chrysalis says. "It's me Chrys. I... after you were banished, I changed. But it's still me." "Why did you use the Elements against me?" she demanded. "You attacked my kingdom! I had no choice! Ponies were running scared when the changlings invaded!" "I did that for us! If the kingdom would not accept our love, they would feel our wrath and then their opinions would change!" "When you lashed out at them, you only confirmed what people thought about the changlings before! But I still love you!" Discord tried to make her see her mistake. "What are we supposed to do then? Let people judge us, walk all over us and treat us like freaks?!" Chrysalis shouted back.
"Stop fighting! Both of you!" I yelled at them. "You both still love each other, you should be together!" I try to explain. "But what if they never accept us? Can... can we be together when so many think it's wrong?" she asks, almost shyly. "You don't know what people are going to think. You don't know what's going to happen tomorrow, what people will say or do. But you have love. You just have to give it a chance." I tell them both. "You can still be together. You just have to give it a chance."
"Can we really be together? Start over after so much, after all this time?" Chrysalis asks. "I... I'm willing to take a chance." Discord says. He walks over and offers Chrysalis his claw. Slowly, Chrysalis puts her hoof in his claw. "Me too." she says. "Thank you Nathan." "Thank you." they both say. I say nothing back but smile, tears in my eyes. For a brief moment, I saw a little bit of me and Leena in them. Then, I see a light coming from my wrist. My Element glows brighter and brighter, I see a flash and that's the last thing I remember.