//------------------------------// // Prison // Story: An Unlikely Couple // by Legacy55 //------------------------------// “Finally, after all this time it’s finally done!” Rarity announced, stepping back from her magnificent creation. “I couldn’t have done it without you, Spike.” She turned to the little green dragon beside her. “Aw, it was nothing, really!” He waved a claw at her, slightly blushing. “No really! If you hadn’t given me the gem idea, well… It would be a disaster! I have only you to thank!” Rarity pecked him lightly on the cheek. “Now, I’m sure Twilight’s busy without you. I have so much deserved rest to get to, so see you later!” Spike stepped back, waves of pure ecstasy washing over his body. Rarity had just kissed him… Well, it was only on the cheek but still. He barely heard what she said and just walked out the door in a trance. “Now, I must go take a shower; I smell simply dreadful!” Rarity sniffed herself, a scowl crossing her face as she pulled back. She made her way into the bathroom and began preparing her shower. Twilight crept quietly through the Boutique, not making a sound as she made her way up the stairs. She pushed open the bathroom door, slowly approaching the showering Rarity. In one fluid motion Twilight threw open the shower curtain and Rarity immediately let out a blood curdling scream at the sight of her. Twilight’s horn glowed and she fell against the porcelain, her hoof catching the shower curtain, each ring breaking off slowly before finally letting her drop to the cold floor. She had knocked over a bottle of Shampoo on her way down, and it slowly spiralled down into the dark drain. ------------------------- “What do you mean she’s busy? This is important and I demand to speak to my sister!” Luna roared, slamming her hoof in front of her. “You demand? Well, as I said, Princess Celestia is extremely busy right now and she can’t be bothered by ponies like you.” A very uptight mare responded. Luna growled, how could this mare possibly talk to her like this? “And just who are you?” “I am the royal Princess’s wedding planner, and I am helping her with the grand wedding. It’s a lot of work, you know; this will probably be the biggest wedding In Equestria history!” She said, straightening her glasses. This mare was driving her up the wall. She was a Princess while this pony was just some lowly wedding planner! How did she think she could get away with this sort of disrespect? “I’ll have you thrown in the dungeon if you continue to talk to me like this! Now go get my sister!” The pampered pony let out a laugh, “I don’t take orders from you. Princess Celestia has given me the power to send away any and all guests, so if you really want to get serious, I’ll have to call the guards.” Luna had to fight the incredibly powerful urge to disintegrate this annoying mare. Finally, she let out a sigh and turned around. “Fine. I’ll just deal with this myself…” The wedding planner let out a laugh after Luna teleported away. She then turned back into the Princess’s chamber and slammed the door shut. ------------------------- Rainbow Dash stretched out her forelegs and let out a long yawn. Having finally slept enough she shot up from her cloud and looked down at the chaotic Ponyville. She really had no idea on what to do, as there was so much happening at once. While she didn’t think it was ideal, it was a nice change of pace for the usually boring town. “I wonder where Pinkie Pie is. Knowing her, she’s probably still out pulling pranks on ponies with Discord.” She launched herself down into the town, and began scanning the streets for her pink friend. Nearby, Twilight stepped out of an alley. She kept her eyes directly on the Pegasus, teleporting whenever she lost sight of her. Finally her friend made her way into Sugarcube Corner, Twilight coming in right behind her. “Pinkie?! Pinkie?!” Rainbow called out into the empty store. Well, not empty, it was anything but empty. All sorts of different baked goods were stacked up in piles taking up a large section of the store. By empty, it was devoid of ponies, as she couldn’t see the Cakes or Pinkie Pie hidden in this mess. Twilight threw open the door and the Pegasus spun around to see her. “Twilight?!” Rainbow blurted out, “Where have you been?” Her scared voice suddenly turned to anger, as she recalled the fight they had days before. “Oh, Dashie, don’t be angry! I’m not mad at you, no, not at all…” Twilight’s shaky eyes darted around the room as she made her way over to her friend. “In fact, you’re going to be helping me with something very important!” Rainbow eyed the unicorn cautiously, preparing to launch into the air if she tried anything. “Uh, alright… What do you need?” “Just stay still…” A bright flash shown through the room, and Rainbow Dash collapsed to the ground seconds later. Twilight walked over to her, giggling hysterically. “Such good friends I have…” She stroked the unconscious Rainbow Dash’s mane as she spoke. “Yes, good friends…” ----------------------------- “Bwahahaha!” Discord roared with laughter as Pinkie soaked another passerby with strawberry milkshake. Surprisingly, he wasn’t mad, and instead he began licking the sugary treat off of himself. He walked away with a smile plastered on his face. “Oh this is great! Why can’t everyday be like this?” Pinkie Pie asked, helping herself to one of the lollipops that had grown beside the road. “Oh I do wish everyday could be like this… But I promised Luna one day, and I don’t think Celestia would appreciate an eternally chaotic Ponyville as much as us.” “Well that’s not good! Chaos is awesome! It makes everything better!” “How I wish there were more ponies like you, Pinkie Pie…” Discord responded before turning back to Ponyville. He loved watching chaos; it was one of his favorite pleasures of the world. How he had missed it when he was imprisoned. Prison… How the thought struck out in his mind. He almost couldn’t believe that a mere week ago he was imprisoned in that statue, conscious to the world but unable to act. Boring was the best way to describe it. But now he was set! He had a beautiful fiancée, an amazing day filled with chaos, and the ability to just live life. He had been restricted of all of these things for soon long, and now he was finally free. He never wanted to go back to that cold, lonely place where he had suffered for so long. “Discord!” A yell broke his chain of thought and he looked around for the pony addressing him. He spun around, and standing in front of him were five ponies. Standing in the lead, and no doubt the source of the yell, was Twilight Sparkle, crazy as ever. The rest of her friends were standing behind her, all of them having blank looks on their face. Their eyes appeared vacant, and they just all stared at Discord. But what scared him most was the fact that each was wearing a jeweled necklace, all except Twilight who had a golden tiara perched on her head. “Hey, Twilight! I was wondering where you were!” Pinkie Pie bounced over to her happily, acting as if nothing was amiss. “Pinkie! I can finally stop Discord, just stay still for a minute.” She said before closing her eyes, her horn glowing magenta. “Ohhh, pretty light! What’s this Twilight? A new spell?” Pinkie asked, turning her head sideways as she looked into the light. Suddenly she dropped against the ground, completely unconscious. Discord looked at Twilight and began to laugh. “Hah! Trying to put me back in that stone prison? Well, go ahead and try, I won’t even move so you’ll have a nice clear shot!” He chuckled before leaning back, putting his arms behind his head as he relaxed in the air. A few seconds passed and Pinkie Pie got to her hooves. Her mane was no longer poufy, instead it lay down straight. The usual smile that plastered her face at all times was gone, and she had just the same blank, vacant look all her friends had. Twilight looked across the face of all her friends, before finally turning to Discord. She began laughing like crazy as her plan came full circle. “It’s over Discord! I’ve used my hypnotize spell to break the brainwashing you’ve done to my friends! No more fooling these ponies, no more tricks! You’re going back in your prison, monster!” She stopped laughing and closed her eyes. Very slowly an aura appeared around the each of them, taking the color of their mane. The gems suddenly shot out of their necklaces, flying past Discord. “No…” Discord muttered under his breath. “You’re friends aren’t in tune with elements! This can’t be happening!” But the elements paid no heed as they lifted their bearers into the air. Twilight opened her eyes, no pupils, just bright light. Their aura’s blended together into a spectacular Rainbow that shot straight into the air. “N-no! This can’t be happening! The elements can’t be working! I’m not going back in there!” He went to snap his fingers but he was too late, as the rainbow curved and landed on him full force. There was a massive white flash, blinding all nearby. Slowly their hazy vision refocused, and Twilight gazed at the scene before her. Another statue of the Draconequus was lying on the ground, with yet another horrified expression on his face. His arms were above his eyes looking like he tried to shield himself from the blast. Discord said nothing, and instead lied there immobile. “Yes!” Twilight jumped into the air with glee. “It worked, Discord’s back in stone! Celestia is saved! Equestria is saved!” There was a flash and Luna appeared before her. She looked quite upset, but that look immediately faded when she saw the statue lying in front of her. “T-t-t-twilight… Did you do this?” Twilight nodded with a huge grin, “Yes Princess! I stopped Discord!” Luna swallowed hard and slowly looked over at Twilight and her brainwashed friends. “You turned Discord to stone…” The unicorn nodded. Luna just stood there for a long time not saying anything. Suddenly she burst out yelling. “Do you know what Celestia is going to do to us when she finds out what you did!?!?! She’s going to kill us! I can’t believe you turned him to stone! Oh, were so dead…” “But… I stopped Discord; the spell on the Princess should be broken!” “There was no spell! Don’t you get it? He wasn’t brainwashing her and she’s going to kill us now!” Twilight looked down at the ground, unsure of what to do next. “Uh…” Thoughts raced through Luna’s head at supersonic speed. They needed a plan, and they needed it quick. “That’s it! Don’t worry Twilight, I’ll get this all sorted out…” Luna then teleported off, leaving them alone with the stone Discord.