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// chapter 2 
// Story: Discord and the Amulet 
// by gabbles_da_fangirl 
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	The Alicorn Amulet glowed red, and discord clicked his fingers. Twilight Sparkle looked around, straining against the vines around her legs, and saw they were no longer in Ponyville. "Wh-where are we?" Asked a terrified Fluttershy.
"Why, we are in the Everfree Forest, of course." Zecora said.
"What do you want, Discord?" Twilight asked, trying to look brave.
"What Do I want? Good question, Twilight. I want to know if you and your friends will join me an-" Discord stopped as Twilight interrupted him.
"Never!" Twilight and her friends said. 
"Um... Never..." Fluttershy said two seconds later.
"Oh but Twilight, my dear, we could rule all of Equestria together. Luna and Celestia would be powerless to stop us, and-"
"We said no, Discord!" Twilight said.
"Very well then," the draconequus said casually. "I guess I'll just leave you and your friends here for the Timberwolves. Or perhaps I could think of something else..."
Discord clicked his fingers again, the Alicorn Amulet glowing red, and the zebra, the six mares and Discord were in the throne room in the castle in Canterlot. The vines around the ponies' legs vanished. Princess Celestia was sitting on her throne, Princess Luna standing next to her. They were looking at a piece of parchment, a letter, with looks of concern on their faces. The princesses looked up. "Discord?" the Princess of the Sun asked. "What are you... Oh..." Celestia looked to the six mares next to Zecora and Discord. "Girls, use your Elements against Discord!"
"Sorry, Celestia. I'm afraid they can't do that. You see, Fluttershy promised not to use her Element against me." Discord said with a grin. 
Princess Luna and her sister both fired up their horns, but the Amulet around Discord's neck glowed red, and their magic was extinguished. "Pose, Princesses. And don't forget to smile." 
Twilight and her friends watched in horror as Discord's Amulet glowed red again, and the two sisters were forced into different poses, until Discord found some he liked. Discord's magic made the princesses grin, and then he turned them to stone.
"How does feel, Celestia, to be trapped in stone, unable to move but still conscious?" Discord taunted. He turned back to Twilight Sparkle and her friends. "Now, where were we? Ah, yes, I remember now." Discord turned and walked over to a stained glass window. 
A red aura surrounded the ponies, and they hovered just next to Discord. They were in front of a window with an image of Discord wearing the Alicorn Amulet, sitting on a throne. Twilight Sparkle gasped. There were tears still in her eyes from seeing her friend and mentor turned to stone. "I think a little change is in order." Discord said, a wicked grin on his face. He clicked his finger, the Alicorn Amulet glowing red, and the walls of the castle turned to red and black, with the occasional touch of grey or silver. The throne turned into one exactly like the throne in the window. Twilight looked around. The Amulet around Discord's neck was glowing red, and it had been for some time. The Alicorn looked at her friends, who looked just as confused, sad, and scared as she felt. Then, a red aura enveloped Rarity, and when it cleared, Twilight gasped. Her friends mane and tail were a horrible green colour, and they were all messy. 
Discord grinned as Rarity screamed and started crying, saying how horrible a colour green was. The white unicorn fired up her horn, and her hair turned to an even worse colour: brown. 
"And now for my final touch." Discord announced, still wreaking chaos across Equestria. There was a flash of red light, and Discord was sitting on his new throne, a crown atop his head. "I shall now be known as... King Discord!"