//------------------------------// // Discord's game // Story: A Good Share of Lives // by Sea Pony //------------------------------// ``Twilight Sparkle?!`` Said the shocked bearded unicorn. ``What in the name of the four happen to you?`` Twilight look at the ‘stranger’ with a curious frown before her eyes caught the costume her eyes brighten in reconission. ``Star swirl the bearded, I didn’t see you since I was a little filly!`` ``Whoa, stop right there! I want to know exactly why your a different race altogether than the last time I saw you.`` ``Oh well you see princess Celestia crown me the princess of Friendship-`` ``She did what!? I can’t believe it, after all these years pass as her archimage she give the title of princess to the first powerful filly she find in the street!`` ``Hey! I’ll let you know that I’m the element of magic I earn my title by helping Equestria several times and even if you were my idol in the past I won’t let an old jealous racist tell me what I should be!`` ``Racist?! How dare you? I help several Pegasus and Earth pony to build the country you’re curently ruling!`` ``Only because it was in your best interest! I know how you tried to hide how the earth ponies constructed almost half of Equestria by waking up some volcano, you couldn’t handle that another race learn they could also decide the fate of this country!`` ``Why you little-`` They were interupt in their bickering as Equestria shook a third times through this one was a lot softer than the two first. But then Twilight heard a sound from far away. Star Swirl look at where the purple alicorn was looking and saw something shocking. In the Everfree forest a tower made of black bricks was slowly raising above the trees, as it reach a good magnitude the entire construction was begining to glow. ``What in the world-`` He was interupt as at a loud sound similar of thunder folow by a large magic beam shot out of the tower. The magic explode in mid-air and as soon as it did it was transform in a giant bubble, similar to Shining Armor shield spell, that envelope the entire country that was now floating in the sky. ``Oh my Celestia whatever this is it’s not good at all, I must go find the girls!`` She was about to gallop intor the library for the elements but was interupted by a sinister voice. ``Not so fast little miss friendship `` She spun around and come face with two stallions one was a Pegasus of the royal guard the other an Earth pony with lifeless eyes and a stylish cape. ``You through we would not be better prepare for this, this time?`` She cakle evily a little too evily it’s was seriously becoming a little pathetic to see. ``Ok who are you two jester are and why are you wasting my time?`` The princess ask flatly clearly not amused. ``I’m the mare in the moon you foal!`` ``You’re more the stallion in the moon right now.`` The vampony said snickering, Nightmare Moon made a low growl in direction of Tiritera. ``It’s your fault! Now I can’t even live to my title!`` She charge at him. ``Aaaaahh! Help me he’s going to kill me.`` The vampony scream like a filly as he ran form the furious mare. ``Don’t call me a he!`` She scream back at him as she continue to pursue him like two colts in the schoolyard. ``Seriously? That what we were all scared about thirteen years ago?`` The purple alicorn facehoof to herself. She enter her library and collect the elements of harmony completely ignoring the two vilains at her door. She began to gallop to Rarity’s house first. Star Swirl scratch his head in confusion after what just happened he shrug and follow his new princess, there was no way he would let a ruler right out of the school, be in charge of something this big without him. - - - - - - - Discord smile at the top of his tower, phase 2 was completed the game could begin, today he did something he didn’t do for milenia organized chaos. And it’s was absolutely glorious. - - - - - - - *Knock* *Knock* *Knock* Somepony was knocking at our door mom was busy feeding angel I shrug and go open it. In front of me was my five aunts and a bearded stranger with a strange outfit. ``Aunties? Qu’est ce que vous faites ici?`` ``Oh hello Winter Song is your mom there?`` I nod. ``Mom! Our aunts are here to see you!`` I call in the house, before laying in the couch and pretend to read my yuri manga, mom was ok I read them as long it wasn’t rate more than for teens, of course that didn’t stop me to hide some of the most subjectives ones. ``Oh girls what it’s about?`` ``Fluttershy we need you as an element of kindness I think we will need to use the elements agasin’t the thing that did all of this.`` ``B-but I can’t simply let my fillies alone like that, I know we save the world several time in the past but I have my own family to take care of now.`` Twilight open her mouth but I was the first to talk. ``Mom I’m thirteen I can take care of Meek Sky, Equestria is more important right now.`` Meek didn’t said anything but nod in agreement. ``Nothing is more important to me than you two.`` Fluttershy said with a motherly expression. ``But we need a country to live in and if some bad meany vilains attack we will lose Equestria I don’t wana go live with the griffins momma, they are just big dumb bullies. Who eat the cute animals`` Said Meek Sky surprising all of us. ``Meep!`` She hide herself behind a couch as she realise everypony look at her. ``...Well I guess if my old friends need my help I will be happy to oblige.`` Fluttershy finally said smiling, they all cheer in responce. Me and Meek wave them all goodbye with convincing grin. ``We’re going to stalk on mom aren’t we?`` She ask, she know me too well. ``Of course, we can’t let mom without protection like that.`` - - - - - - - The door of the throne room burst open follow by some guard taking a defensive stance at the intruder. ``Princess, princess! I know who is behind all this!`` A Pegasus stallion came rushing before the two princesses. Celestia gasp in surprise at who it’s was, ``Orion?! We through you disapear for almost eleven years!`` The eyes of the stallion got wide for a second. ``E-eleven...`` He shook his head regaining his composure. ``That doesn’t matter right now, I know who is doing all this to Equestria!`` ``And who would that be?`` Luna ask in her formal voice. ``It’s the spirit of disharmony, Discord is back!`` - - - - - - - In every corner of the shield some sort of screen appear, I look in wonder wow maybe it’s was nothing dangerous after all maybe it’s a new unicorn technology of Canterlot. My hope were dashed when a horrible creature come in sight in each screens. ``Hello everypony of Equestria today is a big day for all of you but more importantly it’s a big day for me! Ahahahah. As you all see I have the elements of harmony right here!`` the screen move showing each elements on a pedestal. Wait what didn’t my aunts just had them. I look outside of the bush we were hidding in and saw the older mares looking at their necklace and tiara. Twilight was the first to gasp. ``These elements have no magic in them, they are fake! How did this happened!?`` As if he knew before she ask the question Discord adress a message to her. ``You see Twilight Sparkle I knew Nighty and this Vamponies would be too incompetent to do their jobs so when you weren’t looking I took the elements with me.`` The other ponies in the street were confuse as to what he was talking about but they knew they were in trouble. ``Now the rules are simple, you all have to complete the chalenges in my tower, each times you complete ten stages you will recuperate one elements, complete the sixty stages and you all win and I even bet that I will be at the service of Equestria. I give you all a delay of eighteen months to complete this. But if you fail I will simply throw the elements in the sea and I will rule as the incontestable king of Equestria! Oh! And I made sure that this shield can’t make leave any Equestrian and don’t make enter any foreign species in this land, so that mean you will not have any outside help from your precious allies Celestia.`` In the corner of my eyes I saw a golden beams shooting at one of the screens of Discord from the Canterlot castle. ``Oh! A last rule before we begin this, I kinda invited some foreign ‘player’ in our game, they are not from this world and they’ll think that all of this is what you ponies call a ‘video game’ but don’t worry I made sure that each ponies will be safe whenever they stay in a town. Without further ado let’s begin our game, ‘Harmony’s tower!’ Ahahahah!`` As soon as he finish is speech every screens disapear off the shield leaving a shocked crowds, you could hear a pin drop before all of it sank in. And like with all our honour the Ponyvilians did what they were the best at. ``Ahhhhh! We are all doom!`` ``It’s a horible, horible disaster!`` ``I can’t handle it no more please!`` The flower ponies were the first to scream, before the town was in full blown panic. I hug my sister as she tremble in the bush I tried to reassure her but I wasn’t doing a good job because even if I don’t want to admit it I never been scared like that. The peace and harmony I knew since the day I was born was over and the future was looking grim and unsure.