//------------------------------// // The Deed Is Done // Story: Renew // by lorettafox //------------------------------// Shining Armor quickly took a battle stance as Apple Sweet took her own battle stance, ready to face off with Shining. The anger in both of their eyes proved that they refused to let the other win this battle. “You will not be getting through to them and harming them.” said Shining with anger. “You are under his spell.” said Apple Sweet. “By getting rid of Discord, we shall free this entire castle from his magic.” “I'm telling you! We have not been placed under a spell! You have been lied too!” Luna yelled, her horn charging. “I will keep fighting until the end. I will not back down.” With that said, she took a stance next to Shining. “Princess, have you not learned anything from just a few moments ago?” asked Star Mage. “Have you not learned to fight your own battles instead of having your own student fight them for you, Star Mage?” Luna yelled as she shot a beam of magic at Star Mage, knocking him to the floor. “This is truly thy battle, why doesn't thou fight thy own battle?” “Star Mage! Mentor!” Apple Sweet yelled. “You shall pay for hurting him!” Apple Sweet's horn began to glow intensely as it produced a ball of energy, similar to the one she had used to send Princess Celestia flying backwards earlier. Shining Armor knew exactly what kind of magic this was and instantly threw up a magic shield in front of Luna just as the energy ball reached enough power and threw itself at her. Luckily, the shield was able to stop it. “You will not going to be hurting anypony here tonight!” Shining Armor yelled as he produced the same kind of energy ball that Apple Sweet had made. It soon grew large enough in size and hurdled itself at Apple Sweet, sending her to go flying backwards until she crashed into the nearby bookcase. Apple Sweet went crashing down after crashing into the nearby bookcase. She slowly rose to her hooves, rubbing the back of her sore head that had hit the bookcase. The energy ball had hurt her, but she most definitely was not going to stop until they completed their revenge on the sleeping god of chaos. “You are not going to be getting through to them!” yelled Shining once more. “Apple Sweet, perform the Ignite spell!” yelled Star Mage from the floor. “Yes sir!” Apple Sweet said, doing a quick salute before focusing her magic again, it making something to appear to be swirling into the room before it ignited and the wave pulse was enough to send both Shining and Luna flying backwards across the room. “Shining!” Cadence screamed. “Get out of here, the three of you! NOW!” “I think not, Princess Cadence.” Star Mage said as he got up from off of the floor. “Step aside if you know what is best for you. You are all still under that monster Discord's spell!” “We are not under anything!” Cadence yelled. “We're trying to protect our friends from you three!” “Correction, you're trying to protect him.” said Bookworm as she pointed a hoof at Discord. “We don't wanna hurt the two other mares in his little 'family.' They're not apart of our ultimate goal.” “Now step aside if you know what's good for you.” demanded Star Mage. “No. I will not step aside.” Cadence spoke when Screwball also jumped next to her side. “And neither will I.” Screwball said when Cadence looked at her in surprise. “I know Shining said to stay behind you but I cannot let anypony try to hurt my Daddy.” She quickly got onto all of her fours, revved up her back, and looked at the group of three with an angry glare. “My Daddy and my Mommy are very important to me.” “Enough of this defiance!” yelled Star Mage. “Apple Sweet, take them out now.” “But Star Mage...they aren't...” Apple Sweet started. “I said take them out now!” he interrupted her. “Yes sir!” she said as a sudden force had seemed into her head. Apple Sweet quickly threw a powerful energy ball at the two mares, knocking them both back. This also released Cadence's grip on Twilight and Discord, who were hovering over the bed. The sudden drop to the bed woke them both up in alarm. “W-What's going on?” Twilight asked as she quickly saw the group of three. “Y-You! How did you get in here?!” “With the little Alicorn Amulet here.” Star Mage laughed as he gently tapped on it on Apple Sweet's neck. Discord looked over at the group of three and simply smirked. “I never thought you three would actually make your way over here. I'm actually great impressed.” He gave the group a slow clap. “This is going to end now! Once and for all!” yelled Star Mage. “This should be interesting. Screwball, be a dear and hold Twilight back. I don't want any of her pretty little hairs have to get out of place.” he chuckled to himself. Screwball did as she was told and quickly bounced in front of her mother on the bed, preventing her from flying to Discord. Discord quickly walked over to Apple Sweet and gave her a smirk. “How's that family of yours, Apple Sweet?” he laughed, even though the family thing was only an effect of the spell Apple Sweet was under. “Enough! This is over, Discord!” yelled Apple Sweet as her horn glowed brightly. “You are going to finally pay for what you did to my family.” “I'd like to see you try.” Discord smirked at her, not even truly considering her a threat. “Discord, don't do this!” Twilight yelled, only to be forced back by Screwball. “Daddy says he has to face his problems on his own. This is daddy's battle, not yours Mommy.” Screwball reminded her. “Come on, Apple Sweet. Star Mage.” Discord smirked again. “I want to see what you both have up your sleeves.” “Gladly!” Apple Sweet yelled as she blast an energy ball at him, in which Discord grabbed the little swirling ball of magical energy as if were simply nothing. “Is that all your little amulet can do? I guess it was simply a joke.” Discord laughed as he clapped the little ball of energy into nothing, a small thing of smoke emerging from his hands afterward. “I thought you two would have at least been more of a threat...” “Quit holding back, Discord! We know that you can fight us!” Star Mage yelled. “I'm sure that I can, but what fun is there in fighting you. I'll only be wasting my own strength.” Discord said in false boredom. “If there is no use in fighting us, we shall get rid of you permanently!” Bookworm said from the sidelines. “Let's get rid of this monster once and for all! Purge Equestria of chaos!” yelled Star Mage. “No! You can't do this!” yelled Twilight from Screwball, who was using all of her strength to hold back to mother, but it was getting harder to push her back. “Silence! You are under his control!” yelled Apple Sweet. “And I shall free the both of you!” With one magical aura burst from her horn, Apple Sweet made appear of what was a red arrow and a trash bin. The arrow quickly tried to grab Discord, but he instantly moved slightly to the side. This happened a few times before the arrow grabbed a hold of him and levitated him up into the air, suddenly making him feel as if he had been drained of all of his magical power. “And since I'm not completely heartless, I guess I can give you some last words...” said Star Mage with an evil chuckle. “It seems I've lost the battle. I guess I'll be seeing everypony around then.” Discord made with a small laugh before he glanced over at Twilight. “I guess I won't be seeing her for quite awhile. Goodbye, Twilight Sparkle. I'll be seeing you in your dreams and I will be seeing you too, Screwball, daughter of chaos.” “Daddy, no, you can't leave me again!” Screwball said as she held out her hooves, effectively releasing her grip off of Twilight, who immediately opened her wings and lunged at Discord to try and save him. “Goodbye forever!” Apple Sweet laughed as she placed Discord into the trash can, effectively making him disappear inside of it and the trash can disappearing from reality. Twilight landed onto the ground as she had been a second too late to save Discord from his fate. She...had been to late. It was too late to do anything. He was gone. Gone because of one little magic trick that she had been to late too stop. Twilight glanced down at the ground, not knowing how to feel. Her ears fell back, her wings down slumped on the ground as she skidded a hoof along the ground. “M-Mommy? A-Are y-you o-ok?” Screwball asked nervously, the emotion in her voice evident. “He's gone! And now the members of the royal family are finally free!” Apple Sweet cheered excitedly. “And I have finally had my revenge!” Star Mage laughed wickedly. “And now you can come with you, you two, we can finally erase the last reminders of the spell Discord has placed over you.” “Why...” Twilight muttered out. “Why...did this...” “My dear...” said Star Mage as he placed a hoof on Twilight. “Do not spare your feelings for that monster for they are simply a result of a spell he placed on you.” “A spell?” she muttered quietly before her voice erupted into complete anger. “A SPELL? You think my feelings for him were the result of some spell?! NO, they were real and now you've taken the one thing that had brought a little spice to my life! The only things I have is Screwball and his foal thanks to you all!” “You're only speaking out because of the spell over you...” spoke Star Mage, alarmed by her sudden outburst. “Why did you take my daddy from me?” Screwball asked calmly, but sadly. “Why did you have to take him away from me again?” “How dare you take away the one pony that I loved!” Twilight screamed. “i use to hate him to until he showed me how chaos could make order a lot more interesting then how I used to see it. How could any spell cause me to feel this intense emotion?! I will find a way to bring him back! Mark my words!” “They...actually loved him?” spoke Apple Sweet as she stared down at the ground. Her eyes sudden;y began to feel cloudy in confusion. “B-But how could anypony feel that one unless it was actually b-because they actually...” Suddenly, memories from Apple Sweet's true past began to flash in her mind, the Immortal Servant spell slowly losing its power over her. “I-I think I remember something...about a rock band?” “A rock band?” Bookworm questioned. A loud chime echoed through the castle, signaling that the midnight hour had approached. With the chime of the clock, Luna opened her eyes to see what had happened and knew that the terrible deed had been done. Luna weakly got onto her legs and used the limited breath to shout for the guards, in which several came barreling in as soon as she had called them. “Place them in royal custody until we can administer the antidote on them all.” Luna demanded. “Their crime may have been done, but we can possibly reverse it.” “T-This means they were never under any spell.” Bookworm suddenly realized, everything starting to make sense to her. “T-That means...Discord really had been turned good by this purple mare...and we destroyed a perfecta good family.” Bookworm dropped her head and wings in shame and remorse. “And Apple Sweet's spell cannot be reversed. What have we done...” “Nonsense! We got rid of a perfectly evil monster, is what we did!” Star Mage laughed. “Thou are still living in the past.” spoke Luna. “Allow us to finally give thee the peace thee needs.” “I finally gotten rid of that monster that hurt my family over a thousand years ago! I was finally able to get my revenge!” cheered Star Mage excitedly. “At what cost?” asked Apple Sweet. “By tearing apart a perfectly happy family? Now there shall be a foal in this world that won't have a father to call it's own...” Her...foal. Twilight immediately placed her hooves on her stomach and began to hug at it as much as she could. “I'll make sure to rise you just like your daddy would have wanted you too, little one. In nine months, you'll finally be able to see us. I only hope you can be just like your Daddy...” Screwball slowly walked over to Twilight and placed a hoof on Twilight's stomach. “I'll be here for you as your big sister. Mommy and I will make sure you will always be ok...” she said, forcing herself to smile a small smile. Apple Sweet felt herself starting to choke up when she glanced down at the Alicorn Amulet. It was this Amulet's fault. It was the cause of all this heartache that the purple and pink mares were feeling! “I hate this stupid Amulet!” Apple Sweet screamed as she yanked it off of her and violently threw it across the room. “Even being under that anti-corruption charm, it still corrupted a perfectly good family. I wish I had never been apart of this! I know he hurt my own family but what good I'm I if I do what he did to me...” “I-I've never seen a family actually torn apart...only read about it in books.” Bookworm said, putting a hoof under her glasses to rub her eye. “Now I can understand somewhat how much it hurts.” “Guards, escort them out of here and to a holding cell!” Luna shouted in anger, wanting to give Screwball and Twilight a chance to be alone with each other. This time, both Bookworm and Apple Sweet went willingly with the guards, feeling completely guilty about the crime they had done against this family. They thought Discord had placed the two mares under a spell, but after seeing the intense emotion that Twilight had displayed had they realized that they were is actual family and he had indeed changed. Apple Sweet took one last glance at Twilight and Screwball, the latter’s hoof draped over her mother's shoulders, trying to comfort her, even though Screwball was feeling the same intense emotion as well. Apple Sweet immediately turned her head away. She knew she was faithful to her mentor, but causing heartache shouldn't have been involved in that. Apple Sweet only wished there was a way that she could reverse this all... The guards led the two mares out while another pair dragged out Star Mage, who hadn't been as willing to go as the two mares. The guards lead them all out and immediately closed the doors, leaving just Luna, Shining, Cadence, Twilight, and Screwball. “P-Please everyone...just leave. Even you Screwball...I just want to be alone right now...” Twilight muttered out softly. “Are you s-sure, T-Twilight?” Cadence asked nervously. “P-Please, j-just go...” Twilight muttered, her voice devoid of any emotion at all. “If that's what you want, Twily...” said Shining. “Come along, Screwball. Give her some room, she's really needs it.” Screwball slowly left her mother's side and walked over to Shining Armor. She looked at him before looking back at Twilight one more time. “I'm sorry for you and me both, Mommy...” she spoke before she walked out with Shining and the others, leaving Twilight completely alone. She was alone..just like she had been six months ago. He was no longer just in stone...he was completely gone from this reality. As if he had never been here in the first place. The only reminder Twilight had left of him was the foal growing in her belly. It would take a miracle that her own stress and grief didn't end up harming the poor foal in some way. But the foal wouldn't be born for another nine months. She also had Screwball to be with her...but she would be alone without him...without the constant chaos. Sure it annoyed her countless times, but it also spiced up her life. Her life lately had been a great blend of chaos and order...but it was over. Her life would still have chaos thanks to Screwball and soon the foal...but it would never be the same as Discord's. Nothing would ever be the same like his. She knew she would also have her best friends as well, knowing they would do anything and everything to make her feel better. But their friendships wouldn't be enough to fill the hole that was now in her heart. Nothing would ever be able to fill it unless he came back, but that would completely unlikely. Her life would go on like it had been before him, before the chaotic order. It would all be like life before. Love without the romance. Order without the chaos.