Discord... was pissed.
And I don't mean the kind of pissed where something is slightly annoying, like a kid on a bus is crying. I mean the kind of pissed where your entire life's work (lets say the equivalent of the Mona Lisa) has just been destroyed in front of your eyes by six whining snot nosed brats!!!
Everything was going according to plan. Celestia and Luna were stuck in another dimension, helpless, and unable to come to the aid of any pony. Those..."bearers" were bickering at each other like newborn foals. He even had his old throne set up back in Ponyville, for Faust's sake!!! He liked that throne..... and a nice glass of chocolate milk, minus the milk... with extra explosions... But, backtracking aside, how in Faust's Name did he lose?!?!?!?!....Oh....wait...He got cocky and thought that the Elements of Harmony wouldn't affect him. That they were still under his spell.....Ugh, why did they have to go and spoil the mood?! He was only trying to have some fun.... Where was he anyway? All he could remember was the elements firing a....rainbow laser thing?... and a searing hot pain in his....everything... Strange, he didn't remember there being columns where he was for before....or even steps for that matter.. meh, might as well follow it and see where it goes. Better than sticking around this dump. As he climbed the stairs, Discords mind drifted off into his previous escapades: There was old Somby, and the whole Darkness and Evil magic thing going on... Wonder if he's still obsessed with crystals.... they tasted better than they looked...if you got past the whole "not meant to be eaten" thing... -sigh- He wondered if Celestia really did miss him... and Luna... dear, sweet Luna... He wished he could take it all back... He wished he had never succumbed to the madness... But then again, being boring and normal were a pain in the flank, and where was the fun in making sense?... He could really go for some cotton candy clouds right about now.
Eventually he reached the top, muttering to himself to show Sombra what it was like to fall down a flight.of those acursed things. When he looked he saw.... Celestia? DAFUQ?!
"OH, WHAT NOW CELESTIA?!?! ARE YOU HERE TO GLOAT THAT YOUR PRIZED PET JUST TURNED ME INTO STONE?!?! THAT I'M NOW STUCK IN THIS BORING LIMBO FOR WHO KNOWS HOW LONG?!?! ANSWER ME YOU HEARTLESS B*****!!!"
"I am not Celestia, draconequus" it spoke with one voice that somehow sounded like six, all unearthly and devoid of emotion... it sent shivers up Discords spine."I am the embodiment of the elements of harmony. The form I currently don is that of the current sun lord, as the previous generation was terminated in the last Millenium."
"... what?"
"-sigh- I'm the thing that shot the Purification bolt at you."
"You mean the rainbow hurty laser thing?"
"Indeed...sorry about the painful bit, but you were kind of a dick."
"Huh.... so, where exactly am I?"
"You are in the chamber of the elements, a place of potential redemption.... or damnation."
"Damnation? Woah woah woah, what kinda damnation we talkin' bout here?"
"The kind where you wish that you were a statue again."
The feeling of cold stone came back to discord. How his limbs ached with disuse, the cold winter months, the never ceasing boredom, and the terrible loneliness it brought... He would never go back there.
"...What is it you want?"
"A simple decision. Will you be willing to redo your mistakes, to start over, and try anew, or do you wish to remain as you are, all powerful, but with the weight of your sins still upon your shoulders?"
Without even batting an eye, Discord said "I want to change. I want to start over."
The spirit smiled "Very good. It seams that I was not wrong in offering you this chance. Now be warned, the process will be quite painful.... and you may be surprised at what you may find... but then again, its not like you'll remember this."
A wry grin spread across her face as she pointed her horn towards Discord, who only had enough time to say "Wait wh-" before a bolt of light pierced him, and he blacked out once again.