//------------------------------// // Return of Disharmony Part 2 // Story: The Tale of the Second Alpha // by Bergen //------------------------------// The Alpha's claws slammed into the ground, digging massive claw marks into the cave dirt. The smile that adorned Luna's face continue to grow as the Alpha seemed to be reawakening from his slumber. There was a loud crack as the Alpha's massive neck rose off the ground, and crack loud enough to be heard from the two royal guards that were currently trotting back up the crystal caves. "What was that?" One of the guards said to the other, as the ground around them shook violently. "I don't know and I don't really want to find out." The other guard said back. The two guards then rushed out of the caves as fast as they could. Running out to find that the once great city of Canterlot was now being confused by the chaos caused by Discord. Discord's maniacal laughter continued as thunder and lightning from his pink cotton candy cloud crashed overhead. "And what are you laughing at!?" A pissed off Pinkie snapped at Discord. "Oh, you ponies are just the most fun I've had in aeons." Discord continued laughing at the former Element of Laughter's outburst. "Well, quit it! You'd better think before you laugh at the Pinkie Pie!" Pinkie barked at the Spirit of Chaos. "Oh, yeah? Well ha, ha." A cruel version of Fluttershy laughed sarcastically at the now Element of Despair. "Quit it!" Pinkie screamed at Fluttershy the Mane Six beginning to tear each other apart. This continued for sometime as the corrupted Mane Six became more apart of their new personalities. "Uh... Rarity? This here diamond of yours? Twilight said we should split it six ways since we, uh, found it together." Applejack lied at the gray unicorn, only to get a karate kick in response. "HI-YAH! Try it, punk. He's mine. All mine! Ya! Ya! Ya!" Rarity said, kicking Applejack away from her large 'diamond'. "Girls, why are you all acting like this?" Twilight asked her corrupted friends, as they continued to go at each other's throats. "Quit it! Stop it!" A frustrated Pinkie screamed as Fluttershy continued to sarcastically laugh at her. "We need to stick together." Twilight said trying to bring her friends back together. "Ha, ha." Fluttershy continued to sarcastically laugh at the now Element of Despair. "It's just too entertaining." Discord laughed at as he watched the bearers of the Elements of Harmony tearing themselves apart. "Stop it, Discord. You're not playing fair." Twilight called up toward the Spirit of Chaos. "I'm not playing fair? Perhaps we haven't met. I'm Discord, Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony. Hello?" Discord responded back sarcastically. "How are we supposed to find the Elements of Harmony when you took away the labyrinth before we could get to the end?" Twilight asked Discord, only to make burst out into another fit of laughter. "Oh, wait, did you...? How funny! You thought the Elements were in the labyrinth?" Discord laughed as he and Twilight were teleported back in time to the moment where Discord told the ponies his riddle. "Twists and turns are my master plan. Then find the Elements back where you began." Flashback Discord said his riddle, as Discord and Twilight watched on. Their bodies in a blue almost ghost-like state. "I never said they were in the labyrinth." Discord said to the purple unicorn. "But...but..." Twilight said confused and frustrated. "Keep trying, Twilight Sparkle. Maybe the magic of friendship can help you." Discord said in a mocking tone as he watched the rest Mane Six continue in their bickering. "Now if you'll excuse me, I have some chaos to wreak." Discord finished, disappearing to wreak more chaos across Equestria. As thunder crashed and chocolate milk rained down all over Canterlot. "Chocolate milk? I hate chocolate milk!" Pinkie said, expressing her less than positive feelings toward the rain Discord had created. "Think, Twilight, think! 'Find the Elements back where you began.' Back where you began." Twilight grunted as she tried to figure out Discord riddle. "Don't touch my gem!" Rarity grunted trying to push the 'gem' back to Ponyville. "I'm touching your gem, Rarity. Ha, ha." Fluttershy sarcastically laughed touching Rarity's 'gem' with her hoof. "What 'chu laughin' at?" Pinkie barked at Fluttershy. "Ugh. I just want to go home... Wait a minute... Home! "Back where you began!" "The Elements must be in..." A frustrated Twilight, as she came to the realization as to where Discord had hidden the Elements of Harmony. "Ponyville!" Twilight said as the six ponies arrived back in Ponyville , the new chaos capital of the world. Back in Canterlot however a certain Alicorn was busy trying to reawaken the city greatest secret. "Yes... Yes... it's working! Soon the Alpha will return, and Discord will fall... again!" Luna exclaimed to herself, breaking into a crazed laughter. "Wait what is thouest doing?" Luna said catching herself, as she began to act more like the monster that she used to be. "This isn't the way thou should return." Luna said up to her old friend, whose awakening seemed to slow as the blue alicorn spoke. "You should return, but not as nothing more than a means to an end." Luna said as her horn glowed her blue magic aura. She then fired the blue beam at the slowing raising head of the Alpha. The second the blue beam hit the Alpha's head it slammed back onto the ground with a loud thud. The same went for the Alpha's claws and massive tail, all of them slamming onto the dirt ground with a loud and concussive thud. The impact caused a mountain full of dust and dirt to get thrown up completely covering the blue alicorn. "Ack, ack, ack..." Luna coughed through the heavy dust. She shook her entire body shaking off the dust that had collected on her dark blue coat. "We guesseth that we shouldst hast thought this out more." Luna said to herself as she walked closer to the slumber titan. She placed her left hoof up against the massive dragon snout just to feel the warm air that came out every two-five seconds as its breathing returned to its normal death-like sleep. "We're sorry for all the teen that we hast brought unto thou. We sincerely hopeth that whenev'r thou actually awaketh that thou wouldst forgiveth us." Luna, doing her best to hold back tears, said to her sleeping friend. The Princess of the Night got a small snort in response, and she took it as cue to leave. The blue alicorn slowly walked away from the sleeping Alpha, turning head back as she reached the mouth of the cave to look at her old friend for one last time. She let out a heavy sigh before saying to herself. "Alpha, if only thou knew how we felt about thou. haply things couldst've ended up differently." Luna said to herself speaking about both the sleeping curse that she had cast on the Alpha, but also her descent into becoming Nightmare Moon. Luna stayed motionless, with only her thoughts, before she turned back around and trotted back up the crystal caves the thunder and lightning from Discord's cotton candy clouds being the one of many remembers for Luna of her failure. In Ponyville the Mane Six, or at the very least Twilight, were busy looking for the Elements of Harmony. Conveniently the only things that could defeat Discord. Ponyville, somehow, looked even worse than Canterlot. With multiple houses floating above the ground, the streets were checked boarded, buffaloes danced like ballerinas, and of course the normal cotton candy clouds that dumped gallons upon gallons of chocolate milk on the small town. "Come on, girls. I'm certain this is what Discord's riddle really meant. If we get back to the library, I have a book that I just know can give us a clue. Ah!" Twilight said to the rest of the Mane Six, only to get run over a by a group of long-legged bunnies. "Good boy, Angel. Mama's so proud." Fluttershy said after the bunnies ran over Twilight. Shortly afterward the sun quickly went down, blanketing the town in darkness. "Wow, I can see so much better now." Applejack lied (that's not lying that's sarcasm), only for Discord to change the dirt roads of Ponyville into soap. Making all the ponies slip. "Whoa! I meant to do that." Applejack lied as she slipped on the newly created soapie road. "Wah! Ahh! Whoa! Discord's turned our dirt roads into soap!" A frustrated Twilight grunted as the sun returned. "Beautiful, isn't it? This is the new and improved Ponyville, and these are only my first of changes." Discord said to Twilight, the last of the Mane Six to be corrupted. "This may look like fun, but it's not." Pinkie said using her hooves like ice skates on the soap roads. "Ugh!" Twilight grunted her frustration going, much to Discord's delight. "Picture it. The chaos capital of the world." Discord said holding up the purple unicorn overlooking the countryside. "I can't picture anything. It's too dark." Twilight said back to Discord, as the sunset again over Ponyville. "Well, wait a few minutes and you'll see it in the beautiful light of day. Or not." Discord said before she skated down the soapy streets of Ponyville as his chaos continued. "Ponyville, the chaos capital of the world? Not if I have anything to say about it" Twilight said with determination in her voice. "Don't worry, you won't." Fluttershy said sarcastically, which was then followed by laughter. Twilight then grunted in response as she began to question whether this war was really worth fighting. "Okay, we're here. Everyone please, please, please just go inside, please?" Twilight said letting out a heavy sigh as the six ponies finally arrived at the library. "I absolutely refuse." Applejack lied as she walked into the library. Her coat turning a darker gray as she talked. "With pleasure." Fluttershy said jumping on some of Twilight's flowers before she flew into the library. Her coat also growing a darker gray. "I hate libraries!" Pinkie said as she trotted into the library. Twilight grunted to herself, her frustration almost at its tipping point. Rarity was busy 'polishing' her large 'diamond' to pay attention to Twilight's words. "Pleeeease, we gotta hurry!" Twilight said to the her unicorn friend, to no prevail. "Forget it, Twilight. I know what you're up to. The second I go in, you'll have your little minion Spike come and take Tom!" Rarity said to the purple unicorn, naming large rock Tom. "Tom?" Twilight said confused. "Well, it's not going to work." Rarity said to Twilight, either not hearing, or just not caring about Twilight had just said. "You're not going in without him, are you?" Twilight said back to Rarity, annoyed. "Mm-mm." Rarity nodded in defince to the purple unicorn. "Fine!" Twilight grunted in defeat. Inside the library Spike was taking a nap, holding a small broom in one of his claws. Fluttershy picked up a bucket filled with water and dumped the freezing the freezing water on the sleeping dragon. "Ah! Brr! What was that for Fluttershy?" Spike asked Fluttershy, the bucket of water quickly waking him up from his short nap, "Cause you just looked so peaceful." Fluttershy said back, her voice filled to the brim with bitterness. "I...uh...huh?" Spike scrambled over his words, now noticing the gray color of all the ponies coats. Then there was a crash as Twilight pushed through the side of her house with Tom. "Careful, Twilight! You'll ruin his beautiful finish." Rarity said to the purple unicorn, her coat turner a blacker tone of gray. "Oh, for the love of..." Twilight began to say, about ready to snap, only for Spike to start talking to her. "Twilight, what's going on? Why does everypony look so...gray?" Spike asked the purple unicorn. "Don't ask. I need you to help me find something." Twilight said bluntly, her frustration about ready to snap. "Hey, Twilight, what's soaking wet and clueless?" Fluttershy said to the purple unicorn, hovering over her with a bucket full of water. "Fluttershy, I've had just about enough..." Twilight began to say, only for Fluttershy to dump the bucket full of water on her head. "Your face!" Fluttershy said to Twilight, placing the metal bucket on her head. "What's happened to everypony?" Spike asked the entire group, not really wanting an answer. "I guess you just bring out the worst in us, Spike." Applejack partially lied. "Ugh. No time to explain. We've got to find the reference guide to the Elements of Harmony before somepony does something she'll regret!" Twilight said to her number one assistant, taking the metal bucket off her head. "The Elements of Harmony? Oh, I know exactly where that book is." Spike said as he set out to find the book about the Elements of Harmony. "Found it!" Spike said from the top of a ladder, holding the book in his claw. "Hah!" Fluttershy exclaimed as she took the book from the purple dragon. "Fluttershy, you'd better give me that book!" Twilight ordered the gray Pegasus to return the book. "Keep away!" Fluttershy said throwing the book, for Applejack to catch it on her nose. "Hey! Applejack, give me that book!" Twilight said to her former truthful friend. "I don't have any book." Applejack lied, obviously, while balancing the book on her nose. She then tossed the book in the air for Pinkie to catch. "Pinkie! You guys! Stop it right now!" Twilight almost yelled as her 'friends' played a massive game of keep away "Ugh!" Spike said diving for the book, only for Rarity to steal before he could grab it. "Mine!" Rarity yelled in a crazed tone, taking the book. "Hey, do you even know what you just stole?" Twilight said to the gray unicorn. "No, but if you want it, I want it!" Rarity said back. "GIVE ME THAT BOOK!" Twilight shouted as she charged a the gray unicorn. Only for Rarity to move out of the way, making her slam into the bookcase. Making books fall on top of her. "Where is she? Where's Rarity?" Twilight said, poking her head out of the pile of books. "Beats me." Applejack lied, and Twilight snapped. "Lies!" Twilight yelled as she jumped (literally) into a massive fight between her 'friends'. As the dust settled Twilight jumped out the book about the Elements of Harmony cradled in her hooves. "Get back! All of you! This is my book, and I'm going to READ IT!" Twilight yelled as she opened the book to reveal the six Elements of Harmony hidden in the book. "The Elements! They were here all along!" Twilight gasped as she found the Elements. "This is great! Now you guys can defeat Discord and put everything back to normal!" Spike said happily. "See, girls? We did it! We found the Elements of Harmony! Together!" Twilight said happily, only to get a sarcastic yawn from Applejack. "You don't even care, do you?" Twilight asked, knowing the answer. "No!" The other ponies all send in unison. "I never thought it would happen. My friends..." Twilight sighed, her face turning from sorrow to anger as she continued. "Have turned into complete JERKS!" Twilight shouted completely done with her 'friends' new personalities. "Necklace! Necklace! Necklace! Necklace! And... big crown thingy! Come on, everypony, let's go!" Twilight said putting each Element of Harmony necklace on each of the bearers necks, and her crown thing on her head. "But Twilight, aren't you missing somepony?" Spike cautiously said to the irritated unicorn "Nope. We've got the liar, the grump, the hoarder, and the brute. That just about covers it." Twilight said angry, talking about her 'friends' "But what about Rainbow Dash?" Spike said, putting Twilight into deep thought. "Congratulations, Spike, you're the new Rainbow Dash. Now let's go!" Twilight said placing the Element of Loyalty necklace around Spike's neck. "Me? B-b-but what if she finds out I've been impersonating her?" Spike gasp as Twilight put the necklace around him. "That won't end well." Spike moaned as he thought about impersonating Rainbow Dash. "Too bad, you're Rainbow Dash. Now let's go defeat Discord so we don't ever have to talk to each other again!" Twilight said bluntly, her anger taking the better of her. Yeah! "Woo-hoo!" All the ponies, excluding Rarity, cheered. Rarity was, however, busy trying to push her giant boulder named Tom. "Move!" Twilight roared at Rarity. "Look out, here comes Tom!" Twilight said pushing Rarity's giant boulder through one of the library's windows, it landing on the ground in a loud crash. "Well, well, well, I see you've found the Elements of Harmony. How terrifying!"Discord said in a mocking tone. "Discord! I've figured out your lame riddle. You're in for it now!" Twilight hollered at the Spirit of Chaos. "I certainly am. You've clearly out-dueled me, and now it's time to meet my fate. I'm prepared to be defeated now, ladies. Fire when ready." Discord said in the same mocking tone, wearing sunglasses, and creating a bulls-eye over his chest. "Formation, now!" Twilight said bluntly, her patience already gone. "Eh." The five other ponies grunted at the same time. "'Rainbow Dash', get over here." Twilight ordered at Spike, making him gulp in his throat. "All right, let's get this over with." Twilight said and she activated the Elements of Harmony. All the Elements, excluding the Element of Loyalty, began to glow as their respective bearer was risen into the air. Discord dropped his sunglasses on his nose as it looked like he was going to be turned back into stone despite his corruption. The Elements began to charge up their power, only for them to fail, and the five ponies to fall to the ground in failure. "What's going on?" Twilight said in confusion. "Mine's workin'. There must be somethin' wrong with yours." Applejack said, pointing at Twilight. "I HATE the Elements of Harmony!" Pinkie yelled. "Hmph! Garbage." Fluttershy said throwing her Element of Kindness away. "MINE!" Rarity yelled as she stole the abandoned Element of Harmony. "Sorry, Twilight. I guess I'd better get back upstairs and clean up the library. Good luck with all this... whoa!" Spike said to the purple unicorn, placing the Element of Loyalty on the ground. Before he began running toward the library, only to get tripped by Fluttershy. "Oops, sorry, Rainbow Crash." Fluttershy said mockingly to Spike. "Bravo, ponies, bravo!" Discord began, clapping sarcastically at the ponies failure. "Harmony in Equestria is officially dead. Discord rules, Celestia drools." Discord finished, poking Twilight in the nose. This was then followed by a round of laughter from Discord, in which Twilight responded with a growl. "It's your fault it didn't work." Pinkie said to the entire group. "Who are you talking to?" Twilight asked Pinkie. "Any of you! ALL OF YOU! I'm outta here!" Pinkie ranted as she hopped away. "I better go, too. I've got new better friends waiting for me at the farm." Applejack called back, trotting away from the library. "Yeah! I'm sick of you, losers." Fluttershy said directly to Twilight as she flew away. "FINE! Leave! See if I care! I don't need you guys either! With friends like you, who needs..." Twilight said ranting, her confidence trailing off at the end as paused. "enemies...?" Twilight finished her confidence extinguished, as her coat turned gray. One small broken heart shape tear falling from her eye, hitting the ground in a soft splash. Twilight, her head held low, was walking through the chaos-ridden Ponyville, with dancing buffaloes passing her, houses floating off of the ground, and a flying pink earth pony with purple swirls for eyes. "Oh, my stomach! Twilight, you've got to see what I just did." Discord said to the now gray unicorn, pointing a pink earth pony. The pony was surrounded by two giant pepper shakers. The shakers shook dumping pepper on the pony, making her sneeze. When she sneezed the buildings was next to fell over. "It's priceless!" Discord said laughing, only to notice the neutral expression on Twilight face. "Come now, Twilight Sparkle. You've got to get into the spirit of things! After all, this is your new home." Discord said to the unmotivated unicorn. "Not anymore..." Twilight said looking back at the chaos consumed town. Before trotting away her head held low in defeat. "YES!" Discord exclaimed as his plan to corrupt all of the Mane Six seemed to be a success. As Twilight trotted the day quickly changed to night. Now in Twilight's room of the library as she was getting ready to leave Ponyville. "Pack your things, Spike, we're leaving." Twilight said to her sick looking assistant. She only got a groan from Spike in response. Who was on the ground holding his stomach, a few dozen papers laying next to him. "Don't ask where we're going, 'cause I don't know yet. Just not here." Twilight said opening a briefcase, and throwing her Element of Magic crown in a trash can with her magic. "Can't...move. The princess...has been sending these...since I came back upstairs." Spike groaned as he belched up another letter from Celestia. "Make it stop!" He groaned again has the pain in his stomach didn't seem to going to leave. "These are all the letters I've written to the princess since I've lived in Ponyville. But why would she send them back?" Twilight asked Spike, picking up one of the letters from the princess with her magic. Twilight only got another groan from Spike as he belched up another letter. "Real friends don't care what your cover is." "Friendship is a wondrous and powerful thing." "And like the path cut through the orchard, there will always be a way through." "The best thing to do is stay true to yourself." "Everypony has a special magical connection with her friends. Maybe even before she's met them." Twilight said as she read the letters that she had wrote to the princess. Her coat's purple coat color returning as she did. "Spike! Spike, it's all so clear! Can't you see? Discord's trying to distract us from what's important. He knows how powerful our friendships are, and he's trying to keep us from seeing it. Do you remember what I said the first day we arrived in Ponyville? I told you that the future of Equestria didn't rest on me making friends. But the opposite is true! The friendships I've made since I've been here are what saved Equestria from Nightmare Moon. And now they need to save it from Discord!" Twilight said hopping around happily in a circle, her hope and motivation restored. She did this holding Spike with her magic. S pike was about ready to throw up is real lunch from the spinning, as Twilight put him back down. "You're right, Spike. I've got to fight for my friendships. For them. For me. For Equestria!" Twilight to Spike, taking her crown out of the trash can, and placing it back on her head. She only got a moan from an exhausted Spike. "Oh...uh...why don't you just stay here and rest? I'll take care of the whole fighting for friendship thing myself." Twilight said placing a small blue blanket around the dragon. As she ran out of the library to find her friends and turn back into their true selves. At Sweet Apple Acres chaos had also spend to Granny Smith and Big Macintosh. With Granny Smith being able to dance on her hand legs with ease, and Big Mac digging through the soil like a large red dog. "And so I tried to defeat Discord, but none of my so-called "friends" would lift a hoof to help me." Applejack said eating a red apple, backward its shape returning after she took a bite. "Applejack, I'm here to fight for our friendship." Twilight said appearing at the top of the hill, only for Big Mac to dig through the dirt and lick the purple unicorn on the snout. "Oh, now you want to fight. Where you went when I was battlin' Discord?" Applejack called to Twilight, only for her to tackle her to the ground. "Snap out of it. This isn't you! You're not a liar." Twilight said to her struggling friend, her horn lighting up with her magenta magic as she cast a remembering spell on the earth pony. Applejack's orange coat slowing returned to her body, as the spell by Twilight began to take effect. "Wh-what happened? Twilight!" Applejack said standing back up, and holding her head. "I saw a vision of us feudin' and fightin'. I couldn't face the truth, so I started tellin' lies. Can you ever forgive me?" Applejack sighed, asking the purple unicorn for forgiveness. "I already have. Come on!" Twilight said and the two ponies set out to change the rest of their friends back to their former selves. "Oh no! Twilight, Applejack, I just had the worst dream!" Fluttershy said as Twilight did the same spell she did on Applejack. Turning the cruel gray Pegasus back into the kind yellow Pegasus that is impossible not to love. "What do you think you're doing? Get away from my gem! Get away!" Rarity screamed as Twilight cast her memory spell turning the greedy gray unicorn, back into the generous white unicorn. Who now saw the so-called giant diamond she found as just a giant hunk of rock. "Let us never speak of this again." Rarity said after she pushed 'Tom' out of her house. The three other ponies all nodded in agreement. "And I-I turned gray!... Can you believe it?!" The newly rejoiced Pinkie Pie laughed uncontrollably, as Applejack pulled the Element of Laughter in a wagon. "Uh? She's not here." Fluttershy said as she searched Rainbow Dash's cloud house for the gray Pegasus, to prevail. "Without Rainbow Dash, we can't use the Elements." Twilight said, knowing the how vital it was for them to find a return Rainbow Dash back into the blue Pegasus that would never leave her friends hanging. "She could be anywhere by now! We're never gonna find her." Applejack said more to the whole group. "Yeah, we will, 'cause she's right there!" Pinkie said, pointing at the gray Pegasus. Which was lazily resting on a small cloud. Her back turned from her friends. "Rainbow Dash!" Twilight called up to her friend. "Hey, guys!" Rainbow said not turning toward her 'friends' "We've been looking everywhere for you!" Twilight up to the now Element of Betrayal. "That's nice." Rainbow said in the same monotone voice that she did before. "Discord's still on the loose! We need you to help us defeat him with your element, Loyalty!" Twilight responded back, her attempts to change through words not working. "Pfft. Loyalty, schmoyalty! Have you guys seen Ponyville? It's a disaster! I'm staying here in Cloudsdale where everything's awesome." Rainbow said back, thinking that the small cloud that she was laying on was actually her hometown. "How in Equestria can she think that tiny patch of clouds is Cloudsdale?" Rarity said not following the pegasus' logic. "The same way he got you to think that cheap rock was a bona fide diamond." Applejack said sarcastically to the white unicorn. "I thought we agreed never to speak of that again." Rarity said back, giving the orange earth pony a death glare. "Time for Plan B." Twilight said as she thought of a more direct way of returning Rainbow Dash back to the loyal Pegasus that they needed Rainbow was busy sleeping on her small cloud. When a small pink hot air balloon floated up to her small cloud. The balloon's basket contained Twilight, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack. Fluttershy was hovering right next to the balloon as the ponies began to enact plan B. "Okay, Fluttershy, you grab Rainbow Dash and hold her down. Applejack will lower me down from this rope so I can cast the memory spell on her." Twilight said whispering to Fluttershy, as not to awake Rainbow Dash. "Got it!" Fluttershy said her natural whispering tone. The yellow Pegasus then flew down to the snoring pony and rose her hooves to hold her down. Only for her to tap Rainbow on the shoulder and say to her. "Um...I'm just wondering if it's okay if I hold you down against your will for a little bit?" Fluttershy said to Rainbow. "Ugh..." Twilight grunted, hoof palming herself. "Nice try! Ponyville's your problem, not mine." Rainbow said with a little chuckle before she bolted away carrying her small cloud in her hooves. "Come on, Fluttershy, we've got to catch her. Hyah!" Twilight said as Fluttershy pulled the pink balloon after Rainbow Dash. "Applejack!" Twilight called up to Applejack who lassoed a rope around Rainbow's waist, but she kept going. "WHOA!" Rarity and Pinkie both screamed as they were taken with the rope. "PINKIE! You were supposed to secure the ROPE!" Rarity yelled at Pinkie for her incompetence. "Oops." Pinkie said, her pink coat turning pinker as she blushed. Rarity, Pinkie, hold on! Y'all are slowing her down!" Applejack said as the Pegasus they were chasing seemed to slow down. Now pulling two pull grown ponies. "Oh, Fluttershy, would you be a dear and FLY FASTER, please?" Rarity called to the yellow Pegasus that was currently pulling the balloon. "I can't!" Fluttershy whimpered, tears falling down her cheek. "If you can't catch her, Discord wins!" Twilight called to the crying Pegasus. "That big... dumb... MEANIE!" Fluttershy said angrily as she blasted forward to match Rainbow Dash's speed. "Okay, Applejack, last rope! Make it count!" Twilight called up to Applejack, tossing her another rope. Applejack tossed the rope catching the Pegasus bringing her to a complete stop. Back on the ground, the ponies had Rainbow's tried to two different trees, as she kicked in different directions. "Lemme go! I don't need you guys! Leave me alone!" Rainbow snorted as Twilight cast her remembering spell on her. Her blue coat and rainbow colored mane returning, along with her undying loyalty. "Wh-what happened?" Rainbow said holding her head in confusion, as revelation came to her. "How's Ponyville? Where are the Elements?! Did we stop Discord?" Rainbow gasped her true personality coming back. All the ponies cheered as they impressed their friend in a group hug. "Maybe it's a little early for a group hug." Twilight said as a group of three dancing bison passed them. All of the ponies nodded in agreement, ready to send Discord back into his stone prison. "Chaos is a wonderful, wonderful thing." Discord laughed from a red throne that floated above the city's streets. "Not as wonderful as friendship." Twilight said as the six ponies, all with their respective Elements of Harmony, confronted Discord. "Oh, this again?" Discord said disappointed as he drank a glass of chocolate, except he drank the glass instead of the milk. He then threw away the leftover chocolate milk which exploded behind him. For no other reason than because chaos. "That's right. You couldn't break apart our friendship for long." Applejack called up to the Spirit of Chaos. "Oh, Applejack, don't lie to me. I'm the one who made you a liar. Will you ever learn?" Discord said as she picked up the five ponies he had originally corrupted, ready to make all their effort worthless. Twilight's horn erupted with her magenta magic as she teleported and created a small sphere of protection around herself and her friends. The six ponies floated back down to the ground, the shield removing some of the checkerboarded ground, returning it back to green grass. "I'll tell you what we've learned Discord. We've learned that friendship isn't always easy. But there's no doubt it's worth fighting for." Twilight said up to Discord as she prepared to used the Elements, on Discord, again. "Ugh, gag. Fine, go ahead, try and use your little Elements. Friend me. Just make it quick. I'm missing some excellent chaos here." Discord said sarcastically not believing that the Elements would actually work. "Alright, ladies, let's show him what friendship can do!" Twilight said as the ponies reformed their formation to use the Elements. "Wait-wait-wait!" Pinkie said taking one last drink of chocolate milk from Discord's cotton candy clouds. She then returned and dropped down growling at Discord. Discord only smirked at the pink pony's attempt to imitate him. The six ponies then activated their respective Elements of Harmony, each one working perfectly. They all rose into the air as the magic between the six ponies connected. "Huh. What's this?" Discord said taking notice of the ponies actions. "No." Discord said, pure horror and fear in his voice. As Twilight eyes opened to just be white dots. As a massive rainbow launched out of the from the Elements hitting Discord, beginning to turn him back to stone. "NO!" Discord shouted in horror as the Elements turned him back to stone. The rainbow created a large dome around Ponyville reversing all of Discord's magic, as the stone statue fell to the grassy ground, his face filled etched with the look of fear. Luna arrived at the castle just as the Mane Six were being awarded for saving all of Equestria for the second time. She watched from afar, some of the dust from the caves still stuck in her star-like mane. "We are gathered here today to once again honor the heroism of these six friends who stood up to the villain Discord and saved Equestria from eternal chaos." Luna watched as her older sister unveil the newest glass painting in the hallway. It was very similar to the one showing the Mane Six's defeat of Nightmare Moon, a painting that Luna still refuses to look at directly. The painting depicted the Mane Six defeating Discord, in a similar manner to them defeating Nightmare. Luna couldn't stop herself from feeling a little jealous of the young fillies. As she, and her sister, had also defeated Discord all those years ago. She hated herself for feeling jealous, but she just couldn't help it. The ceremony didn't last that long with the Mane Six all being rewarded for their efforts in bringing Discord to justice. The hallway cleared out not long after the ceremony and Luna walked up to her sister, who was in a rather happy mood. Her large smile leaving her face as she watched her younger sister walked toward. "Luna... I was beginning to wonder where you were?" Celestia said surprised as she saw her young sister trotting toward her. Luna responded. "We were just down in the crystal caves." Luna said to her elder sister, doing her best to get the last pieces of dust out of her mane. "I can see that." Celestia said, covering her mouth to hide a small chuckle. As she saw her sister struggle to get the rest pieces of dust out of her star-like mane. "Here..." Celestia summoning a comb with her magic. "Thankest thou." Luna said taking the comb with her blue magic. Luna used the comb to brush out the last bit of the dust from the caves out of her flowing mane. "So... how was it." Celestia said after a few moments of awkward silence. "It was... different." Luna said another few moments later. "Were you able to... you know." Celestia began to say, looking away from her younger sister. "Wake up the Alpha." Luna finished for her. "Yeah." Celestia said turning back to her sister, expecting her to say no. "We were actually able to cast a counterspell on our old friend." Luna said to her sister, Celestia's eyes widening as she said. "You... you were!?" Celestia said stunned from her sister's words. "Yes we were able to cast a counterspell on the Alpha, and it seemed to work but..." Luna said pausing halfway through. "But... what Luna?" Celestia said trotting closer to her younger sister. "We... I... just could go through with it. We... I had already caused him enough pain, and I didn't want to cause him anymore." Luna said small tears forming in his eyes. "Dearest sister, listen to me. I can assure you that you have never caused harm to him, at any time of his slumber." Celestia said wiping away her sister's tears. "Thankest thou." Luna said simply as she trotted away. "What I'm I going to do with you, sister." Celestia sighed as watched her sister trot away. She then turned to looked at the painting of the Mane Six defeating Nightmare Moon and said to herself. "Yes, Luna what I going to do with you." Celestia repeated herself as her mind found itself returning to the million pound dragon lived underneath the city.