//------------------------------// // 82. Elemental Failure // Story: Kill Me Now // by Golden Script //------------------------------// I heard the familiar, comforting voice of Celestia call through the door “come in.” I opened the door and looked into the room. There in her throne was the princess of Equestria, my teacher, and a pony I had considered a second mother for a long time now. But she wasn’t herself. I just knew that Discord was controlling her somehow. “Princess.” I bowed anyway, it just felt right. “We were hoping to talk to Discord.” I said, cutting to the chase. “Why?” she asked, raising an eyebrow. “We just want to talk to him.” Twilight said. “Twilight, I’m your princess, I would like to know why you want to talk to Discord.” She sounded a little sterner than usual. “We were going to talk to him about his surprise party!” Pinky Pie jumped in place. Celestias eyes momentarily lit up with a touch of excitement. “I’ll go fetch him.” She said as she teleported away. We waited a few moments, then a circle appeared out of nowhere and a human stepped through. Looking through the circle, I only got a glance of the other side, but I could have sworn I saw flashing lights and more humans. When the man stepped through I heard a voice shout through the hole “GET OFF MY SHIP, Q!” in a very angry voice. I did not wish to encounter the owner of that voice anytime soon. The man that stepped through, though, was wearing a black jumpsuit with a red section at the torso from the shoulder line to just above the waste. He wore a little silver thing on the left side of his chest. It looked like a triangle, the bottom line curved up, on an oval. His hair was white and he had a very square-shaped face. I had never seen this being before, but when he spoke I recognized the voice immediately. “Hello, Twilight Sparkle.” Said the new human. “Discord?” I asked. “Well, this form is called Q, like the capital letter Q.” he snapped his fingers and turned into the normal draconequus. “This is Discord.” I was confused for a minute, and then I regained myself. “Discord, release the princesses.” I commanded him. “Release?” he asked, putting his hand on his chest and wearing an exaggeratedly shocked face. “Whatever do you mean?” “I know you have them under some sort of spell.” I told him. “I have done no such thing!” he claimed. “Yes you have. I know you did, they wouldn’t do that to Dillon, unless they were under your control, that is.” I explained. “Ok, let’s get one thing strait. I was the one behind all of that. I split Dillon up, not your princesses.” He explained. “Yes, but they told you to do it.” I said. “true.” He put a finger to his chin in thought. “But I have in no way enchanted the rulers of Equestria.” “I don’t believe you.” I said, taking a threatening step forward. “You can believe what you want, it doesn’t change the truth.” At that moment Celestia teleported back in. “I couldn’t find him, but I did- oh, you found him!” she said. “Yes, and he has you under a spell.” I told her, “We’re here to try and break it.” “Twilight, why would you suggest such a thing?” she asked. “You weren’t acting like yourself earlier. I know you wouldn’t be as cruel as to give me a friend and then deliberately take him away from me. You aren’t that kind of Princess.” This seemed to catch her off guard. “Twilight-” “No! He has you under some spell!” I started charging the elements. “Twilight, don’t-!” she had a look of fear in her eye. “Discord, for tricking the princesses with a mind control spell I condemn you back into your stone prison.” I said as I released the magic that had built up from the elements. Discord had a growing look of fear on his face, he seemed genuinely afraid of the elements. The princess was also fear stricken. Neither moved as the rainbow that the elements produced flew in a large arc towards Discord, he raised his arms to try and protect himself screaming “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!” at the top of his lungs. Then the rainbow hit its mark. When the light faded, there stood Discord, still as a stone, cowering in fear, with his arms up in defense. I felt that I had done Equestria well, that I had rid the world of an evil, an evil that may have taken over and thrown the kingdom into chaos. To my horror I watched as Discord opened one eye, then the other. He relaxed as he realized he was not made of stone. He looked at his arms, probably wondering the same thing I was. Why wasn’t he a statue? I growled in frustration and launched a second rainbow at him; he only flinched a little this time. When the second volley was finished he dusted himself off as if he had fallen over and merely just got back up. I launched a third one and when I was done concentrating on the spell I opened my eyes to see that Discord was standing there perfectly unharmed. “Why… why isn’t this working?” I asked nopony in particular. “It’s because I haven’t done anything wrong.” Discord said cockily. “Hush, you!” I yelled at him. “He’s right.” Said Celestia. “He has done nothing to deserve the elements wrath.” “b-b-but he split Dillon up!” I pointed out. “Under my orders, if the elements would work on anypony, it would be me.” She stated flatly. “And you’re not under a spell?” I asked her. She shook her head and I was filled with embarrassment. “Princess, I’m so sorry, I had no clue, I thought that-” I started, only to be stopped by her raising a hoof. “I know, and I forgive you. I probably should have expected this.” She said more to herself than me. “What do you mean, ‘expected this’?” I asked cocked head and all. “Well, you see-” she was cut off by a loud whirring noise. ----- I remember this noise, from my own experiences, and from past memories. I remember what, or who, was causing it and I was excited. Firstly to get out of this awkward situation and secondly to see why he was here. The noise continued, it sounded a little different, like when someone becomes sick and starts coughing, but when it finished a big blue police box had materialized to our right. Everyone but the stallions looked at it in wonder. For a few seconds nothing happened. We started to wonder if this was a mistake. Then he popped out. The doctor popped out of the blue box and yelled for Twilight, “Twilight, we need your help!” he just yelled at the small crowd of ponies, not bothering to pick out which individual is actually Twilight, just knowing that Twi would show herself. “What is it you need?” she started galloping towards the box; I followed, she noticed, “Fixinit, he asked for me.” She said. “Wherever you go, I go.” I stated simply as I cantered into the blue box. As we entered the box I was prepared for what awaited me, Twilight was not. “It’s bigger on the inside!” she gaped at the unnatural force. “Yes, yes. I know. Now, Twilight, do you know any knowledge transfer spells?” asked the doctor. “Umm… yes!” she said happily. “Great, I want you to transfer all of the knowledge I have about how to fix and fly the TARDIS to Fixinit, here.” He instructed. “Why?” she asked simply. “Please, there isn’t much time!” he urged. “Ok, ok.” She started to concentrate. At first I didn’t feel any different, then I was flooded with tons of knowledge, all of it about how to work a fairly simple machine. This should be easy.