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// Chapter 11: Letting It All Out 
// Story: After the Rampage 
// by twilightsparkle3562 
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Knowing that his chances of making up with Discord were getting more and more slim, Shining Armor dashed out of the throne room and out into the streets of Canterlot trying to find Discord. It was very difficult for Shining Armor to seek out Discord no matter where he went and after a while, it seemed like he was about to give up. Then, all of a sudden, he felt himself vanish into thin air and soon, the Prince of the Crystal Empire found himself in a strange dimension.

"Where am I and what is this place?" thought Shining Armor as he felt himself being dragged towards a house that stood on a round rubber ball. "More importantly, who lives in there?"

After a few moments, Shining Armor felt himself land at the front door of the house and was just about to open the door, only for it to open in front of him and on the other side was Discord.

"So, here you are, Mr. Prince," remarked Discord, bitterly. "I suppose you want to finish me off right here and right now."

"No," replied Shining Armor, confusingly. "I don't want to destroy you, Discord. Can't you understand that? We've had enough conflict as it is. Can't you just let me in and we can settle this once and for all?"

Discord thought for a moment about keeping Shining Armor out, but he knew that if Fluttershy were here, she would not be impressed. Besides, this was Twilight Sparkle's older brother that was in front of him. Opening the door, Discord allowed Shining Armor to enter his house.

"All right," said Discord, once again producing the bullseye around his stomach. "Do it. Say your peace."

"I will say my peace," replied Shining Armor, who then used his magic to cause the bullseye to disappear. "But, without the bullseye. I don't want to destroy you, Discord. Don't you get it? Why do you think I came all the way here to destroy you?"

"Oh, don't be ridiculous, pretty colt," sneered Discord, producing the wanted poster that hung up in Sherriff Silverstar's office. "I know what you want to do with me. You want to take me back to wherever you are and destroy me for all to see with that strange looking object that protects your home."

Shining Armor knew that Discord did have a point as he was referring to the Crystal Heart that protected the Crystal Empire. Any creature that had any ounce of pure evil in his or her body was immediately destroyed by the heart.

"Yes, I know you cannot ever enter the empire," remarked Shining Armor. "But, that doesn't mean that I can still try and apologize for my behavior towards you. I know what you did was wrong, Discord, but I know that I am at fault as well. I know the way I acted wasn't right, don't get me wrong. However, I apologize for what I did. Perhaps it wasn't the right way to act in front of you."

Discord then noticed something else about Shining Armor at that moment. He realized that Shining Armor was not calling him a traitor as he had been doing since Tirek's rampage. In Discord's mind, could this be a sign that Shining Armor was genuinely forgiving him after all he had done?

"What Shining Armor is saying is true," said a voice and Discord quickly turned around to see Morgan, his magic mirror coming to life out of nowhere. "You must let him forgive you, Discord. This is the greatest part of your reformation which is for enemies to forgive one another."

For a moment, Shining Armor was amazed by what he was looking at. He had never seen a magic mirror before, let alone a non-pony like creature. Then again, it was Discord, so nothing was predictable.

"If you have come to forgive me, then," said Discord, as Morgan motioned for him to face him. "Then, you must know that I can't erase everything I have done, but if ponies could give me a second chance then so can you."

Shining Armor smiled at this, knowing that Discord was forgiving him. However, Shining Armor did have a very good reason for deciding to forgive Discord and it wasn't because of the fact that he was trying to not be like his mentor, Lock Down.

"Actually, Discord," said Shining Armor. "I do have another reason for wanting to forgive you and it is not only because of the fact that I want to move on. Something important happened recently and I figured that I tell you what it is."

Knowing this was an important bit of news, Discord enlarged one of his ears in an effort to hear what Shining Armor had to say.

"Well, don't just stand there," said Discord, continuously enlarging his ears. "Tell me what it is, pretty colt."

Taking a deep sigh of relief, Shining Armor relayed the important news to Discord. He knew that this news was going to be an important weapon in burying this feud that they had between them once and for all.

"If I tell you this news, Discord," said Shining Armor, with Discord's enlarging ears now hitting the floor. "Then you must not tell anypony else, especially Twilight and her friends."

"Go on," replied Discord. "I'm waiting to hear what you have to say, Shiny."

"Well," said Shining Armor, knowing that this statement he was about to make would hopefully end this feud that had developed between them. "Cadence and I are going to have…a baby."

Discord didn't know whether this was just a ploy or if Shining Armor was telling him the truth. But, the look on Morgan's face proved to Discord that Shining Armor was not lying to him and that he was indeed telling him the truth. This caused Discord to randomly send out streamers at Shining Armor in celebration of this milestone.

"Well, in that case," he cried. "I congratulate you and the wife and I can't wait to meet the little foal, whoever it is."

So, after a few brief moments, Discord teleported Shining Armor out of his house and soon he was alone with Morgan. To him, this was hopefully a better sign of things to come.

"I hope all of this was a step in the right direction, Discord," remarked Morgan. "You must probably want to forgive him after all of this."

"Yes, Morgan," said Discord, looking out the window of his house. "I want nothing more than to be friends with Equestria and while I can't erase what I did, I can at least try to move forward and bury the past."

Meanwhile, back in Canterlot, Scorpan and the princesses were still waiting for Shining Armor to return from wherever he went and suddenly, the doors to the throne room flung wide open and Shining Armor came racing in.

"Shining Armor, where were you?" cried Cadence. "Haven't you known that I have been worried sick about you?"

After taking a few deep breaths, Shining Armor said his peace to Cadence and the others in the throne room at that moment.

"I've been to Discord's realm," gasped Shining Armor. "I told him that we were having a baby, Cadence. I hope that is enough to have us move on from all of this."

Shining Armor then collapsed from exhaustion after all that he had been through, knowing that his feud between him and Discord was most likely over.

With this said and knowing that his mission was most likely completed, Scorpan would soon prepare to return to his land. But not before paying a disgraced relative one more visit to prove him wrong…