My Little Pony: Ren's Adventures In Equestria

by MaxTV1234

Chapter 28 - The Return of Disharmony Part 1

Mason's POV

"Wow, these taste so good!"

"Why thank you Carrie, I'm happy to hear that you enjoyed my sandwiches."

You know, I kinda enjoy making food for Ren and the others, but who knew Princess Celestia know how to make some delicious food. We were inside of the Dining Hall, enjoying our lunch with the princess as she cooked a lot of food, and she didn't need any of our help.

"I never knew you were such a good cook!" Kaede said happily while she blushed. "I thought your chefs cooked these kinds of food, but you have some amazing talent, Princess Celestia."

"Thank you Kaede." Princess Celestia replied with a soft smile. "But I should let you all know that I cook these delicious food myself."

"Oh, I see." Kaede replied before taking a bite of an apple pie.

"Yeah, but you gotta admit! This hay sandwich is quite good, despite it's made from hay." Ren said, finishing up his hay sandwich. I already finished my food, and waited for my friends to finish up so that we may explore more of Canterlot. I took noticed of Kodiak eating out of a bowl of dog kibble. Seems to me that the princess was prepared for this it would seem.

"Yeah, and thanks for giving some of this kibble, princess!" Kodi said with food in his mouth. Princess Celestia chuckled and replied "Why thank you Kodiak. I made that kibble by myself. I learned how to make some ever since I gotten Philomena."

"Oh? Your pet Phoenix, right?" Carrie asked.

"Why yes Carrie, and she quite misses you and Kaede very much." Princess Celestia nodded with a smile. Oh right, who can forget about that naughty bird after it caused so much trouble for us.

"Well, I hope she's doing well." Kaede said, chuckling a bit.

"So anyway..." Ren spoke up. "I've been meaning to ask Princess Celestia, just wondering on how long you and your sister been ruling Equestria?"

"Well..." Princess Celestia looks at him with a soft smile. "Before Luna turned into Nightmare Moon, it's been 1,000 years or last I count."

"1,000 years?!" Ren exclaimed in shock. "Y-you're kidding, right?!"

"Nope." Celestia shook her head before laughing at his shocked look. He wasn't the only one as Carrie, Kodi, Kaede, and I looked at each other in shock as well. How is it possible for a pony like her to live for 1,000 years? Is she immortal or something? If so, then are ponies around here immortal as well? No, I don't think so.

"Wow! If so, then how do you put all the candles into the birthday cake?!" Carrie asked in joy. Princess Celestia gave her a wink and replied "Sorry Carrie, but there are some secrets that you don't wanna know."

"Oh...Okay." Carrie nodded.

"Well either way, thanks for cooking us lunch, Celeste." Ren chuckled. "But I hope you're not doing anything for today. I mean, we can hang out and check out Canterlot together?"

"I wished I could..." Princess Celestia sadly smiled as she continued "But I have a royal duty, and I have to help many nobles and such with their little...problems."

"Really? Like politics or something?" Kaede asked, which the princess nodded.

"That is true since a princess like Celestia and Luna does have a royal responsibility, and with being royal and all meaning that they can't spend enough time with others." I said, finishing my sandwich.

"You know, it sounds like you know this already, Mason." Kodi said, causing me to glance away and tried to ignore their curious expressions.

"Y-yeah, my big brother is...um...smart, that's all." Carrie chuckled nervously, backing me up. I sighed and smiled at my sister for defending me, but I'm sure they'll soon learn the truth.

"Well anyway, I should head back and do my royal duty." Celestia gotten up from her seat and headed over towards the door before turning back to us. "By the way, just to let you all know that Ms. Cheerilee's class will be visiting my gardens for a little school field trip."

"Really?!" Carrie said in excitement. "I haven't seen Apple Bloom, Sweetie Belle, and Scootaloo for a while since the Talent Show, and it would be nice to see them again!"

"Well, let's head to the gardens and see them." Ren suggested, which we nodded in agreement.

"I see why not." I shrugged.

"Well...I don't know who they are, but I'll be glad to meet them at least." Kaede nodded in agreement.

"Yeah, me too!" Kodi exclaimed, letting out an excited bark.

"Well then, let's go everyone! You too Mason!" Carrie exclaimed as she immediately came over to me and grabbed my hand, and started to pull me towards the door.

"A-alright Carrie, I'm coming! I'm coming..." I sighed.

"We'll see you later Princess Celestia, and we'll let Ms. Cheerilee and the others you said hi." Ren chuckled with a grin on his face.

"Thank you Ren." Princess Celestia nodded as we took our leave and headed towards the gardens. Huh, I am curious to know why Ms. Cheerilee and her class are here in the castle gardens, can it be a coincidence?

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Ren's POV
Huh, I am quite excited to see my little Cutie-Mark Crusaders again, and I hope they're going to be happy to see us. After asking some directions from the Royal Guards, we finally arrived to the gardens, where we saw Ms. Cheerilee, along with many other ponies.

"Hey!" I called them over, gaining their attention.

"Oh! Hello there Mr. Loodan, Mr and Mrs. Hunter, and..." Ms. Cheerilee took noticed of Kaede and asked "Umm...I'm sorry, I believe we haven't met before."

"Oh, my name is Kaede Ross, but you can just call me Kaede." Kaede introduced herself.

"I see, well it's an honor to meet another human, Ms. Ross." Ms. Cheerilee nodded. "You know, I heard some rumors about another human here in Equestria, but I wasn't able to confirm it and just dismissed it."

"Well, it isn't a rumor anymore, I guess..." Mason shrugged.

"Ren! Mason! Carrie!" The Cutie-Mark Crusaders came towards us and gave us a hug by either on our foot, or in Carrie's case, hugged her from her chest.

"Hey girls, how its going?" Carrie asked with a happy grin on her face.

"Nothing much, just in this boring field trip to learn about friendship." Scootaloo said before noticing Ms. Cheerilee's glare, causing her to smile sheepishly and said "I-I mean this awesome trip to learn about friendship...yeah..."

Good call there Scootaloo. Good call.

"So what are you all doing here in Canterlot?" Apple Bloom asked.

"We were invited by Princess Celestia to stay here for a while, that's all." I shrugged, causing the students to be shocked to hear that.

"No way! You were invited by Princess Celestia herself?!" Sweetie Belle asked with excitement, which I nodded.

"Yeah, and she's quite a nice pony once you get to know her." Kodi asnwered, sitting next to me. Soon, the students became overjoyed upon noticing Kodi, and because that he can talk. "What?"

"Oh my! Is that a talking dog?!" One of the students exclaimed as they immediately rushed towards him and began admiring him, much to Kodi's discomfort. Seems that the students never met Kodiak except the crusaders, Twist, Diamond Tiara, and Silver Spoon.

"Should we help him?" Carrie asked.

"Nah, I think he'll be fine." I assured with a chuckle.

"Seems to me that Kodi is getting the attention today." Kaede smiled as Kodi immediately gotten out of the crowd of fillies and hid behind my legs.

"What's wrong with them?! I mean, sure I'm a talking dog but this is ridiculous!" Kodi exclaimed, causing me to laugh as I picked him up and put him on my shoulder before turning to the class.

"Sorry everypony, but I'm afraid Kodi had enough of admiration today." I said, causing the class to be disappointed, much to Kodi's relief.

"So anyway, you all are in a school field trip around Canterlot?" Mason asked curiously.

"Why yes Mr. Hunter." Ms. Cheerilee nodded with a soft smile on her face. "See, it's a very important that I must teach my students about the world's famous Canterlot Sculpture garden."

"I see." Mason nodded.

"Well, can we tag along?" I asked.

"I see why not. We do need some chaperones anyway." Ms. Cheerliee nodded, causing me to grin.

"Thanks, and by the way, Celeste says hi." I said, much to everypony's shock.

"Y-you mean, Princess Celestia?!" Snips asked in surprise, which I nodded. Huh, haven't seen since the Talent Show and the Ursa Minor. I started to shiver upon remembering that memory. Ooh boy, that's something I wished to forget.

"Yep." I nodded, much to the class's excitement, well all except for two little ponies.

"Oh please, like somepony idiotic like you would know what the princess would say." We all turned to a familiar tiara wearing pony and a gray pony with glasses. "Long time no see, hairless monkey."

"Hello Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon..." I said, narrowing my eyes at them. Long time no see indeed.

"Huh? Do you know them, Ren?" Kaede asked in confusion.

"Yeah, they're known for being bullies and making fun of ponies who don't have a cutie-mark." I whispered through her, which she nodded and understood.

"Do you really think that the ruler of Equestria would bother with hairless monkeys like you all?" Silver Spoon giggled. Jeez, and I thought Blueblood was the only one who was an arrogant jerk.

"Exactly, Silver Spoon. I mean, I think that the princess would have more precious time than some idiotic brats." Diamond Tiara laughed as they both did their signature 'Sugar Rump' dance or whatever its called.

"Hey! That's not nice!" Carrie exclaimed in anger.

"Now young fillies..." Mason spoke up, giving them a stern look. "Princess Celestia is a kind princess who cares for everypony in Equestria, along with her sister. She may be a princess, but she still a pony, so I think you two need to think about what you say. Besides, Ren said that Princess Celestia says hi, so get used to it and don't complain, got it?"

The two fillies immediately shut their mouth and felt shocked that they were being talked down by Mason.

"Wow...that's almost seemed too cold, Mason." Kaede said in surprise.

"Tell me about it." Scootaloo nodded in agreement, her eyes were widened in shock to see both Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon to just get shot down like that.

"F-fine...I didn't want to talk to any of you anyway..." Diamond Tiara scoffed before she and her friend turned away from us.

"Well...at least she won't be bothering us for a while." Kodi chuckled sheepishly while I looked at Mason in shock. He must really doesn't like people talking back to the princess for sure.

"Well anyway..." Ms. Cheerilee cleared her throat before softly smiling at her class. "Now let's stop the fighting and continued our trip through the gardens."

"Yes Ms. Cheerilee." The class said as they started to head out.

"Come on!" Carrie grabbed her brother's hand as we began to follow after them.

As we walked through the garden, Ms. Cheerilee spoke up and said "I want to start our field trip here, in the world-famous Canterlot sculpture garden." Wow, this place is amazing. Who knew that Celeste has something like this? I mean, they're like a lot of statues here. Mason and Carrie inspected three statues of pony as Ms. Cheerilee came to his side and said "This one over here represents 'Friendship'."

"Really?" Carrie asked, inspecting the statue Ms. Cheerilee pointed out. I kinda don't get it, but I don't mind. I looked at the statues and saw that there were a difference. One was an Earth Pony, the next was a Pegasi, and the other was a Unicorn. Hmm, well those are the only three kinds of ponies found here in Equestria, so maybe it's a symbol to something?

"That one over there represents 'Victory'." Ms. Cheerilee pointed towards to another statue of a pony holding a flag with stars on it. Strange, I feel like I've seen this kind of statue somewhere back in my world. But where?

"Hey Ren, aren't you an artist? Don't you know anything about these sculptures?" Kaede asked, which made me shook my head and replied "Sorry Kaede, but I'm still an amateur artist, so I don't know what these statues stand for."

"Oh, I see." Kaede sighed before we continued to move on around the garden.

"How cool would it be to have that for a Cutie-Mark?" I overheard Scootaloo said as she pointed towards the statue we saw earlier.

"Cool, if you were actually 'victoryful' at something." Apple Bloom smirked at her, much to Scootaloo's annoyance.

"That's not a word!" Sweetie Belle exclaimed, nudging Apple Bloom very hard.

"What are you, a dictionary?" Scootaloo added, glaring at her friend.

"Whoa whoa whoa, girls, calm down!" I said, getting in between their argument. "Let's calm down a bit and relax, okay?"

They looked at me for a while before sighing and saying "Okay."

"Okay, now let's go." I said as we continued following after Ms. Cheerilee and her class.

"Everyone! Now this is a really interesting statue. What do you noticed about it?" I looked at the statue and couldn't help but raised a brow at it. What is this? It looked like a person who got mutated by every single animal in the world. I continued to look it in confusion...and for some reason...this statue looks...familiar to me...

"It's got an eagle claw!" Apple Bloom pointed out.

"And a lion paw!" Scootaloo added.

"And a snake tail!" Sweetie Belle said.

"And it looks like it has some antelopes." Carrie said, noticing the figure's head.

"Along with a goat beard?" Kodi said, raising a brow.

"I think you mean a goatee, right?" I asked, sweat-dropping a little. It makes sense since Kodi never seen or had a goatee before. I once had when me and Twilight were testing some spells a while back.

"Just...what is this? It seems too unnaturally for a statue." Mason said, narrowing his eyes at the statue.

"An excellent question." Ms. Cheerilee nodded in agreement. "This creature is called a draconequus. Said to be a very rare creature in Equestria. He has the head of a pony and a body made up of all sorts of things. What do you suppose that represents?"

"Evil!" Apple Bloom offered.

"Chaos!" Scootaloo suggested.

"It's not chaos, you dodo!" Sweetie Belle glared at Scootaloo, who glared at her back.

"Don't call me things I don't know the meaning of! And it is too chaos!"

"Is not!"

"You're both wrong!" Apple Bloom exclaimed angrily as they began fighting each other.

"But wait, isn't it all the same?" Carrie said in confusion.

"Why yes Carrie, you are correct." Ms. Cheerilee nodded with a happy smile on her face. "This statue represents 'Discord', which means a lack of harmony between ponies." A lack of harmony between ponies? Something tells me that isn't good.

"Whoa..." Kodi muttered.

"In fact..." Ms. Cheerilee turned to the Crusaders with a sly smirk on her face. "You three have demonstrated discord so well that you're each going to write me an essay explaining it."

Soon, the entire class let out a laugh, much to the Crusader's disappointment.

"Man, what's worse is too much homework..." I shook my head, reminiscing my middle school days. Don't feel bad girls, I know how it feels to get extra homework.

"Now let's go, and I don't want anymore fighting." Ms. Cheerilee smiled as she and the rest of the class moved on while me, Kaede, Kodi, Carrie, and Mason stayed and looked at the statue.

"It's confusion!" I heard Apple Bloom exclaimed.

"Evil!" Sweetie Belle retorted back.

"Chaos!" Scootaloo added. While they moved on, we continued to look at the statue. I don't know why but...for some reason...I feel like I know him.

"Hey guys, why can't we stop looking at this statue?" Kaede asked in fear.

"I-I don't know..." Mason answered back, his eyes slowly widening in shock.

"D-do you think there's something wrong with this statue?" Carrie asked before letting out a gasp and putting her hands on her head in pain.

"C-Carrie!" Kodi exclaimed in shock and concern.

"What's wrong, sis?!" Mason asked in worried before going the same thing as his sister. Huh?! Now him as well?! Kaede began to feel a pain on her head, along with me. W-what's going on?!

"U-ugh!" I muttered before getting a massive headache. What?! Where did this come-

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How long have I seen those faces of yours...old friends? MWAHAHAHAHAHA!

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"W-what the?!" I exclaimed in shock, before it all went away. What the heck was that just now? And did that voice came from that statue just now?!

"What?! What is it you guys?!" Kodiak asked, completely confused and worried about us.

"Umm, Mr. Loodan, Mr and Mrs. Hunter, and Ms. Ross?" We soon turned around to see Ms. Cheerilee coming back to us with a concern expression. "Are you four along with your canine friend will be joining us through Canterlot?"

"Umm..." I thought for a while until I answered "No thanks, we'll explore for ourselves, but give Apple Bloom, Scootaloo, and Sweetie Belle our best wishes."

"I see, very well then." Ms. Cheerilee smiled before turning to Carrie. "And as for you Carrie, you seemed pretty friendly towards my three students, eh?"

"Well yeah, we became friends when me and my big brother woke up in the home-ship." Carrie chuckled.

"Well even so, I feel like you might be a fun edition to my class. Maybe I could think you entering my school so that you can hang out with your friends even more?" We all became surprised that that. Carrie...going to a school filled with fillies? That's something you don't hear everyday.

"R-really?" Carrie asked in wondered and amazement.

"Why yes, really." Ms. Cheerilee nodded. "If your brother allows that."

"Hmm...." Mason thought for a while before softly smiling. "I'll think about it later when we go back to Ponyville, Ms. Cheerilee."

"I see, well I'll tell the class that you all will see them again back at Ponyville. Take good care." Ms. Cheerilee took her leave and headed back with her students. Soon enough, we all sighed and looked back at the statue.

"Well that was something, wasn't it?" Kaede said.

"Yeah...but I don't know why, but I feel like this statue is just giving us some trouble." Mason said, shaking his head.

"Hey, did you all just hear something from this statue?" Carrie asked in worried, much to our surprise.

"What?! You too Carrie?!" Kaede asked in shock.

"So I wasn't the only here, right?" I asked, surprised to hear this. So we all heard it?

"This can't be a coincidence..." Mason shook his head with a serious expression on his face. "This statue must somehow be related to our memories on how we got here. We need to tell the princess."

"Seriously, what's happening?!" Kodi exclaimed.

"Oh right Kodi, we'll explain along the way. Come on!" I said as we all headed out of the Canterlot Sculpture Garden and attempted to go and find Celeste in the throne room. Hopefully, I remember where it is.

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We all soon arrived to the throne room after getting some directions from the Royal Guards and telling Kodi what was happening and what we experienced before finally arrived to see Princess Celestia sitting on her throne, surprised to see us.

"Oh Ren and friends, what brings you here?" She asked in concern.

"P-princess! There's something important we need to tell you!" I said, trying to catch my breath. Before any of us could say anything else, a flash of green fire came out of nowhere and transformed into a letter in front of the princess.

"Whoa!" Kodi said in amazement.

"Wait, where did that even come from?" Kaede asked, surprised and amazed for that to happen. I then remembered about how Twilight send her messages towards the princess as I answered "It must be from Twilight. She once told me that she uses Spike's flames to transport her friendship reports towards Celeste."

"Really? How does that work?" Carrie asked, which I shrugged. Soon, we heard a gasp escaped from Celeste's mouth as she became worried about something.

"It couldn't be...no, it's not possible..." She muttered in worried.

"Princess?" Mason called for her. She soon turned to us with a serious expression and said "Ren, Kaede, Mason, Carrie, and Kodiak...I'm afraid a terrible incident is happening in Ponyville."

"What?! What's happening there?!" I asked in worried. We barely got here for like several hours and a problem is already happening back at home?!

"Apparently, Twilight described that Ponyville is experiencing some chaotic magic like Chocolate Milk rains, bunnies becoming strangely taller and houses becoming upside down and the townsfolk acting strange and weird." Celestia explained, much to our bewilderment and confusion.

"Huh? That's what happening?" Kodi asked. "Maybe somepony must be playing a prank, right?"

"No, I'm afraid this is not just a prank, Kodiak." Celestia said in a serious tone. "This is the work of chaotic magic, and I know one being who has the most powerful magic to do it."

"Really? Who?" Kaede asked.

"...Discord." Celestia answered, causing us to gasp in shock. She doesn't mean...the statue from her sculpture garden, right?!

"Hold on...are you referring to the statue we saw a while ago?" Mason asked in a serious look. "But isn't it just a statue?"

"I'm afraid you don't know who Discord is, Mason." Celestia shook her head. "You see, Discord is an old enemy of me and Luna from 1,000 years ago."

"Whoa..." Me and Kodi said in unison. So this Discord guy is immortal as well?

"So wait, you're saying that statue we saw was Discord?!" Kaede asked in shock. "Because we just saw the statue with Ms. Cheerilee and her class a while back and couldn't help but hear some voice coming out of it."

"What did you say?!" Celestia asked in shock as she walked towards us. "What did this voice say?"

"It said something about how long have it seen our faces or something like that." I answered.

"Really?" Celestia asked, which we nodded. "Strange...how would he know about you four?"

"It almost sounds like...this Discord guy knows us." Carrie thought aloud.

"Maybe, but...are you sure?" Mason wondered.

"I just more confused about all this!" Kodi said, his eyes swirling around.

"I think its best if we save all this talk later. Twilight and her friends are said to arrive here in Canterlot, so we should all wait." Celestia suggested, which we all agreed.

"Yeah, we're just gonna go back and forth with this explanation." Kaede said before sighing. "I'm already more confused about all this."

"Yeah, same here." I nodded. Discord...that's a new one on me. I know we heard a voice coming from the statue, but from this Discord? Like Carrie suggested, he might know us. But how? Does he somehow relate about our arrival in Equestria and our awakening in the home-ship or something? Ugh, thinking about all this is really hurting my head. I rather play video games to relax my mind, but I think now's not the time.

"Princess Celestia!" We all turned to see our Ponyville friends running out of the room with worried and concern looks. "We came as fast as we could!"

"Ren!" Fluttershy immediately came over and hugged me. "What are you doing here?!"

I hugged her back and smiled, happy to see her. "Well, we were busy exploring Celeste's castle, and now we're wrapped up in some troubles."

"Troubles?" She asked in concern until Mason spoke up and said "We'll explain everything later, right now I'm afraid we're in more trouble than what's happening back in Ponyville."

"How did you all know that?" Pinkie asked suspiciously before gasping "Are you psychic, Masey? Ooh! Ooh! What number am I thinking?"

"Umm...I don't think so, Pinkie." Kaede chuckled nervously.

"Fluttershy!" Kodi jumped onto Fluttershy's hooves and started licking her face, much to her joy.

"Hey there little Kodiak, good to see you here as well!" Fluttershy chuckled, scratching his ear.

"Everypony..." We all turned to Celestia softly smiling of our friends' arrival. "Thank you all for arriving."

"Is this about the weather? And the animals' weird behavior? What's happening out there? Why isn't my magic working? Is there-"

"Twilight, calm down!" I exclaimed in shock. "You need to relax, and take a breather!"

Twilight chuckled sheepishly and replied "Y-you're right, so sorry princess."

"It's quite alright Twilight." Celesta assured before turning around and began heading out before she said "Follow me."

"Okay." Carrie answered back before we all followed after her. Wonder where she's taking us.

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We all soon walked through a very long hallway, heading straight towards a large door at the end of it. As we walked with her, I noticed some stain-glassed windows on the walls. I was amazed to see the pictures we're seeing, and it seems that they're telling us about the history of Equestria.

"I've called you here for a matter of great importance. It seems an old for of mine, someone I thought I had defeated long ago, has returned. His name is...Discord."

Fluttershy let out a squeal, hiding behind me, much to my surprise.

"If I may ask, just who is Discord?" Mason asked seriously. "What did he do that made him a threat towards Equestria?"

"A good question, Mason." Celestia nodded before she continued her explanation. "Discord is the mischievous spirit of disharmony. Before my sister and I stood up to him, he ruled Equestria in an eternal state of unrest and unhappiness. Luna and I saw how miserable life was for Earth ponies, Pegasi, and unicorns alike, so after discovering the Elements of Harmony, we combined our powers and rose up against him, turning him to stone."

"Wait, he ruled Equestria?!" I asked in shock. "But I thought you and Luna ruled Equestria because of...you know, royal blood?"

"That's...something we speak some other time." Celeste answered with a sad look.

"So anyway, you turned Discord into a statue and he was like this for 1,000 years?!" Kaede asked in shock, which Celeste nodded. "Wow, that's a pretty long time."

"Whatever, at least the princesses took care of him and turned his sorry butt into stone!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed.

"Yeah! All right, Princess!" Carrie added with a smile

"Thank you for the encouragement Rainbow Dash and Carrie." Celeste smiled before frowning. "I thought the spell we cast would keep him contained forever, but since Luna and I are no longer connected to the Elements, the spell has been broken."

"No longer connected?" Twilight questioned. What does she mean 'no longer connected'? Wait...unless it's because...

"This has something to do with Luna turning into Nightmare Moon, right?" I asked, which Celeste nodded.

"Yes." Wow, that's so sad. We all soon finally arrived to a room, with a chest in front of us. "This is Canterlot Tower, where the Elements are kept inside since all of you recovered them." She made a determined and serious expression on her face. "I need you to wield the Elements of Harmony once again and stop Discord before he thrusts all of Equestria into eternal chaos."

"Okay, but can I ask something?" Kaede spoke up. "What are the Elements of Harmony?"

"Well..." I decided to answered. "See, they're these special jewels Twilight and the others used to turn Luna back to normal when she was Nightmare Moon, and it seems to somehow relate to the Magic of Friendship."

"Really? That sounds like something coming out of a five-year old." Kaede said bluntly before covering her mouth and turn to Celeste with a nervous look. "So sorry about that, Princess."

Celeste let out a chuckle and replied "It's quite alright Kaede, though I can understand your confusion."

"So these Elements of Harmony can stop Discord once and for all?" Mason asked, which Celeste nodded.

"But why us?" Twilight asked. "Why don't you-"

"Hey, look! We're famous!" Pinkie pointed towards one of the stain-glassed windows which displayed Twilight, Fluttershy, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, Applejack, and...me defeating Nightmare Moon! I can even see myself on it using my Megaphone Hacking Gun. Holy crap-baskets! So I'm famous as well, that's awesome!

"What?! Why is Ren on it as well?!" Kodi asked in shock.

"Well, you must understand that Ren and his friends showed the full potential of the elements by harnessing the magic of friendship to beat a mighty foe." Celeste answered.

"Well, it was more like my Hacking Gun absorbed the Elements of Harmony power before we unleashed it towards Luna." I added.

"Really? The Hacking Gun really did something like that?" Mason asked in confusion, which I nodded.

"Although Luna and I once wielded the elements, it is you who now control their power, and it is you must defeat Discord!"

We all looked at each other worriedly, but until I made a determined look, along with Twilight, who also made a determined look as well.

"Princess Celestia, you can count on us!" Twilight smiled.

"Yeah, no way we'll let a bad guy like Discord get away with this!" I added with determination.

"Hold it!" Pinkie stopped by throwing her hoof in our direction. Strange, she's doing the Phoenix Wright pose and the same high note he does when he screams 'Objection'. "Eternal chaos comes with chocolate rain, you guys. Chocolate rain!"

"C-chocolate rain?! Really?!" Kodi said, as he started drooling just thinking about the chocolate. We all, except Kodi, gave Pinkie blank expressions upon mentioning that.

"Umm...I don't see that happening." Mason said.

"Yeah, me neither." Kaede agreed.

Twilight sighed before turning back to Celeste with a soft smile. "Don't listen to her, Princess. We'd be honored to use the Elements of Harmony again."

Celeste nodded and turned around to the door. She lowered her head and inserted her horn in the lock of the door, releasing magic and unlocking the door. The door released a bright light blue glow and opened, revealing a decorative chest which presented gems as well.

"Holy crap-baskets!" I exclaimed. Look at all those gems!

"Ooh!" Rarity gazed in awe. "You can keep the Elements. I'll take that case!"

"Rarity, I am sorry to disappoint you, but now's really not the time." Mason said, sweat-dropping a little.

"Have no fear, ponies." Celeste encouraged us with a determined smile. "I have total confidence that you will be able to defeat Discord with these!" She moved the chest towards us and opened it, but it revealed nothing.

We all gasped in shock upon finding it they were all gone. Even Celeste was shock as she dropped the chest and fell on the ground.

"The Elements...they're gone!" Twilight exclaimed, staring at the empty chest.

"B-but...how?!" I exclaimed.

"Maybe the princess just forgot where they were?" Kodi suggested, but Celeste shook her head.

"No, I know I put them inside that chest! Besides, that chamber is protected by a powerful spell that only I can break! This doesn't make any sense!"

Suddenly, that's when it happened.

"Heh heh heh heh...." We all looked around, hearing some laughter echoing in the halls. Carrie held onto her brother's arm in fear while Mason narrowed his eyes and gritted his teeth. Kodi hid behind my leg while I took out my Hacking Gun and Kaede looked around, feeling quite scared right now.

"Guys...I'm not liking where this is going." Kaede said.

"Make sense? Oh, what fun is there in making sense?" A voice spoke up in a snarky tone.

"Discord...show yourself!" Celeste demanded seriously.

The voice started chuckling again before saying "Did you miss me Celestia?" We all looked through the halls to see where the voice was before seeing something appeared in one of the stain-glassed windows. Oh my god, so that's Discord! He looks exactly like he was when he was a statue! "I missed you too! It's quite lonely being encased in stone..." He started moving throughout the other window before stopping on the window of us defeating Nightmare Moon. "...But you wouldn't know that, would you? Because I don't turn ponies into stone."

This...guy is Discord? The one who ruled Equestria that made everypony's lives miserable and got turned to stone by Celeste and Luna?

"Enough! What have you done with the Elements of Harmony?!" Oh man, I never seen Celeste this angry before.

"Oh, I just borrowed them for a teensy little while." He snapped his fingers, causing the elements in the window to disappear

"What? He just made them disappeared from a snap of his fingers." Kaede said in surprise.

"Well thanks for the compliment, Miss Kaede Ross." What the?!

"Huh?" That's what I'm saying too!

"You'll never get away with this Discord!" Celeste exclaimed boldly.

"Oh, I'd forgotten how grim you can be, Celestia." Discord chuckled, laying on his back casually like it's not his problem. "It's really quite boring."

"Hey! Nopony insults the Princess and gets away with that!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed angrily before she took off and flew towards where Discord was.

"Rainbow Dash, wait!" Mason called for her, but it was too late as Discord snapped his fingers again and disappeared, causing Dashie to crashed into the wall before he reappeared when Dashie pulled herself off from the window.

"Oh, you must be Rainbow Dash, famed for her loyalty, the Element of Harmony you represent." Huh? He knows that as well?

"That's right! I'll always be loyal to the Princess!" Rainbow Dash smirked.

"Oh, we'll see about that.." He smirked evilly before disappearing.

"I can't believe we're wasting our time talking to a tacky window." Rarity commented.

"The beautiful Rarity, representing the Element of Generosity, if I am not mistaken?" Discord asked, reappearing on the window Rarity was in front of.

"So you know who we are, big deal." Applejack said in an irritated tone before she walked towards to Rarity.

Discord then enlarge himself on the window and said "Oh, I know much more than that, honest Applejack."

"You seem to know our strengths too." Twilight said, raising a brow.

"Yes, Twilight Sparkle, and yours is the most powerful and elusive element, Magic. Fluttershy's is Kindness and Pinkie Pie's is a personal favorite of mine...Laughter." Discord chuckled, and Pinkie was laughing alongside him as he appeared right on top of Twilight's head, in a small size no less.

"Pinkie!" Twilight exclaimed, giving Pinkie a stern glare for laughing along the enemy.

"He's standing on your head!" Pinkie laughed.

"Enough!" Celeste shouted, causing Pinkie to stop laughing. "Stop stalling, Discord! What have you done with the Elements of Harmony?!"

"Oh, so boring Celestia" He stopped dancing before reappearing himself in full size before noticing us. "Huh?"

"Uh oh..." I muttered as he suddenly appeared in front of me.

"And what do we have here? Four humans in Equestria? I never expected this." Discord chuckled.

"Wait, how did you know us?!" Mason demanded. "So earlier ago, you really do know us!"

"What?!" Our friends exclaimed in shock.

"If so, then are you related about our appearance in this world?!" Mason asked angrily, but Discord simply just rolled his eyes and crossed his...uh...arms?

"...I course I don't know, Mason Hunter." Discord replied, much to Mason's anger.

"Don't mess with me! Why do you know our names?! I demand an answer!"

"M-Mason, stop!" Carrie said, holding onto his arm real tight. "Please, relax!"

"Yes Carrie Hunter, don't wanna your 'big brother' to hurt me." Discord smirked. "Besides, why would I want to keep talking to the Mason Hunter, the 'human tool'." Mason eyes widened upon hearing that? Human tool? What does he mean?

"H-how...how do you know that?" Mason asked as his expression went pale in shock.

"And how do you know what we are? I don't think any of us mentioned it to you at all." I said, upset that Discord would bullied Mason like that.

"I have my reasons....Ren Loodan." Discord glared at me, causing me to step back a little until he snapped his fingers, causing my Hacking Gun to disappear.

"Hey!" I exclaimed in shock and anger.

He made it reappeared in his hands...or is it paws? I don't know because his entire...body... "I see, a gun that is said to shoot program codes that affects machines and living organisms, never expected to see it active."

"Seriously, how does he know us?!" Kaede asked.

"I don't know, but I want my Hacking Gun back!" I asked, which caused him to sigh.

"Fine..." He snapped his fingers, causing it to appear in my arms. "Just so we're clear, I ain't afraid of your little gun this time." This time? What does he mean? So he really does know us?

"What do you mean, 'this time'?" I asked.

"Nothing important, really. Like I would tell you guys anything." Discord laughed, causing Kodi to growl at him.

"Hey, leave him alone!" Kodi charged towards him, and went through him before smacking himself into the wall.

"Well, I didn't know you own a Siberian Husky, and a very rare one as well. I mean, a talking dog? The writers these days love using that kind of gimmick, don't they?" Writers? Does he mean movie writers or something? Seriously, I feel like this guy's mind is full of insanity.

"Hey, leave Kodi out of this! Paralyze!" I pulled the trigger of my Hacking Gun, but nothing came out. "Huh? Why isn't it working? I know I charged it last night."

"Oh that, well sorry to disappoint you, but I'm afraid I took away most of your Hacking Gun's powers." Discord said, much to my shock.

"You remove the powers from the Hacking Gun?!" Twilight exclaimed in shock.

"Is that even possible?" Rarity asked in confusion.

"Well, maybe not. But I just wanted to have them for myself you see. Luckily, all I did was left both 'Break' and 'Move' on your little gun there, Loodan." Discord said. "Besides, I did that for 'game balancing purposes'."

"Game balancing purposes?" Kaede asked. I understood what he meant and sighed in disappointment. Man, now I feel quite useless with my Hacking Gun now. I feel like Terra from Final Fantasy 6. You know, from the beginning of the game, she has awesome powers but later, she loses them from the beginning of her journey and only knows a few spells and attacks? Yep, definitely feel like her right now.

"Enough of your tricks!" Mason yelled. "Why do you our kind?! Our names?! Everything?!"

"Well, let me put this in an obvious term...I'm know everything! Like I can read your minds...." Wait, was this guy serious? "Nah, I'm just kidding around." Oh...

"What?" Fluttershy asked.

"So then wait, how do you know them?" Rainbow asked.

"I told you all before, I have my reasons." Discord sighed in annoyance. "God, it's like talking to a bunch of brick walls...."

"Enough stalling Discord!" Celeste exclaimed while I ran towards Kodi and picked him up.

"Hey bud, you alright?" I asked in concern.

"Y-yeah, I think so..." Kodi shook his head, still hurt from the failed attempt to attack Discord. "Did we win?"

"Not even close, Kodi." I sighed before we looked back at Discord.

"Now tell us, where are the Elements of Harmony?!" Celeste demanded.

"Ugh...fine, I shall tell you then, but in my own way." He cleared his throat and said "To retrieve your missing Elements, just make sense of this change of events. Twists and turns are my master plan. Then find the Elements back where you began." With that, he disappeared as we can hear his laughter echoing through the halls. I looked at where Discord was last seen and began to wonder. How does he know us? And when he saw us, he looked...kinda angry like he despise us or something?

"C-can we all go home now?" Fluttershy asked worriedly.

"I wished we would, Fluttershy, but we can't." I shook my head. "We gotta stop Discord before its all too late!"

"Besides, I want answers and figure out how does he know us." Mason added.

"Yeah, I want to know that too." Kaede added.

"But what did he meant by that riddle of his?" Applejack asked. "Twist and turns and ending where we started?"

"Twists and turns...twist and turns...twist and turns...." Twilight began rubbing her chin with her hoof until she widened her eyes with a smile. "That's it! I bet Discord hid the Elements in the palace labyrinth!"

"This castle has a labyrinth?" Kodi asked, which I shrugged.

"Wait..." Kaede spoke up. "Are you sure they might be in there? What if it could be a trap?"

"Well it's our only lead, Kaede." I said before smiling in determination. "Besides, I trust in Twilght's deduction, so let's go!"

Kaede was unsure about it until she smiled and replied "Alright, let's get to it!" I soon then noticed Twilight blushing a little. Hmm, wonder because of my compliment or something?

"Now hold on a second..." Mason stopped us. "I'm not sure if the Elements are in there. What if what Kaede said is true? It may be a trap. We need to think about the riddle even more."

"We got no time Mason! We need to hurry before Equestria will fall into total chaos!" Twilight exclaimed.

"Yeah, big brother! We can do it together!" Carrie exclaimed, causing Mason to sigh and frown.

"Very well, but Carrie...you must stay here." Mason said, much to his sister's shock.

"What?! But I wanna help too!" Carrie replied.

"I'm sorry, but this mission might be dangerous." Mason bent down to Carrie's height and continued "Besides, I don't want to put you into harm's way, so stay here in the castle with the princess, alright?"

Carrie looked at her brother until she sighed "A-alright..."

"Thanks." Mason nodded until he was hugged by his sister.

"Please be careful big brother." Carrie said, which Mason replied "Yeah, I'll be fine."

Soon, we all felt happy to see their bond together before I began to think about what Mason said. This task might be too dangerous...but that's the risk we have to do in order to save Equestria.

"Hey Kodi..."

"Yeah Ren?" Kodi turned to me with a confused look. I bent down and said "Can you stay by Carrie's side and make sure nothing happens to her?"

"Don't worry, you can count on me!" Kodi said, giving me a lick on the face. I chuckled before saying "Thanks bud."

I then scratched behind his ear, causing him to sigh happily.

"Alright everypony! Let's get going!" Twilight exclaimed.

"Good luck, my little ponies and humans. The fate of Equestria is in your hooves." Celeste said with a serious yet determined look.

"Thanks, Princess. We won't let you down." Twilight replied.

"Yeah, you can count on us Celeste!" I added with a smile before we took off towards the Castle's Labyrinth in order to search for the Elements of Harmony, leaving behind the princess, Carrie, and Kodi behind. But then again, I am wondering about Mason. What did Discord meant when he called Mason the 'human tool'? I want to ask him that, but its best not to ask him about it...for now.

---

Later
So this is the castle's labyrinth. Gotta say, it looks creepy and sorta reminds me of Castlevania.

"W-we have to go in there?" Fluttershy asked in worried.

"Nope!" Rainbow said as she flew above us. "Dopey Discord forgot about these babies!" She showed us her wings.

"Oh right! Great idea Rainbow Dash!" Kaede exclaimed with a happy smile.

"Thanks Kaede!" Rainbow nodded. "Now I'll just do a quick flyover, and we'll have the Elements in no time!" Huh, this'll be easier than I thought, but that's when I spoke too soon.

Apparently, Rainbow's wings suddenly disappeared, causing her to land harshly in front of us.

"Dash, you okay?!" I asked in concern. She slowly got back up and respond "Y-yeah, I think so...huh? AH! My wings!"

Fluttershy let out a scream as her wings disappeared, along with Twilight's and Rarity's horns.

"Your horn! My horn! AHHH!" They screamed at each other.

"What's going on?! Mason demanded. Suddenly, a green ball of light formed in front of us and revealed Discord's true form. He started laughing dramatically as lightning and thunder boomed around him. Okay, seriously, why is it that every villain I've seen on movies and cartoons does that all the time in the perfect moment?

"Y-you all should see the looks on your faces! Priceless!" He laughed again, much to our annoyance.

"Give us back our wings and horns!" Twilight demanded.

"You'll get them back in good time. I simply took them to ensure there's no cheating. You see, this is the first rule of our game: No flying, and no magic. Also, like earlier ago, Ren..." He turned to me with a smirk. "I took away most of your Hacking Gun's powers, so you won't be using them for a while."

"Dang it..." I muttered, still disappointed that he did something like that.

"The first rule? Of what exactly?" Mason asked, a little confused.

"The second rule is everypony has to play or the game is over, and I win! Good luck, everypony!" He laughed once more before vanishing.

"Don't worry everyone, I'm sure we'll do alright!" Kaede assured with a grin. "I mean, at least we have each other."

"Yeah!" Rainbow agreed. "Like Kaede said, there's nothing we can't overcome if we all stick together!"

"Alright, let's do this!" Twilight announced as we all stood at the entrance of the labyrinth. We all stood together and shouted "Together!" in unison. Suddenly, walls of shrubs appeared to Mason's right and immediately began separating each of us in the labyrinth, causing us all to scream.

"Stay calm!" Twilight exclaimed. "Everypony head to the middle as fast as you can, and we'll regroup there!"

"You got it!" I heard Kaede answered.

"I'll see you all at the center." I heard Mason respond back.

"What's that? Who's there? GIRLS?!" Fluttershy exclaimed in worried.

"Don't worry Fluttershy, we'll be okay! Trust me, we're gonna make this out together! I'll see you when we all regroup!" I shouted back and began hearing deep breaths coming from shrubs. Seems to me that Flutters is trying to relax.

"Okay, Ren." I smiled happily before making my way through a door. Huh? It's locked. Hm? I noticed a big red button next to it as I understood what to do.

"Move!" I shouted as I shot ' Move' at the button, causing it to turn green before the door slowly opens. Alright, time to go all out and retrieve the Elements.

---

Meanwhile
Back at Princess Celestia's Castle, Carrie is seen walking through the halls with Royal Guards and Kodiak with her. Princess Celestia ordered her guards to escort both Carrie and Kodi to their private rooms to make sure that they'll be protected from Discord.

"I sure hope that Mason, Ren, Kaede, and the others will be alright..." Carrie muttered in worried.

"Don't worry Carrie, they'll be fine! I believe in them!" Kodi assured with a grin. "Besides, you got me!"

Carrie looked at Kodi before chuckling and smiling. "Yeah, you have a good point."

"Ahh, that's a shame Li'l Carrie..." Carrie eyes' widened as the Royal Guards looked around in search of that voice. That's when a portal appeared, revealing Discord. "And here I thought we might get along."

"Discord!" Kodi exclaimed, surprised to see him here.

"You! Surrender now or you'll face many consequences!" One of the Royal Guards said as Discord chuckled, snapping his fingers and making the guards being in case in Jell-o.

"Ahh!" Carrie exclaimed in shock as she looked to see Discord walking towards her. "W-what do you want from me?!"

"Nothing much, just wanna you to hang out with me and maybe see how your brother is doing." Discord replied before grabbing Carrie's hand and began dragging her towards the portal.

"H-hey! Let me go!" Carrie exclaimed as Discord simply just laughed at her foolish attempt to escape as they both crossed the portal, with Kodi gasping before jumping in to save Carrie before the portal disappeared, and leaving the Royal Guards trapped inside their Jelly prison.

"Umm...a little help? Anypony?" A Pegasi guard asked, but no one answered.

---

Mason's POV
I was running through the tunnel as I began to search frantically for an exit out of this place in order to find the others.

"Where is that exit?!" I exclaimed until I noticed the scenery started to change. What the? What's going on? The walls of shrubs, the mist, everything around me started to change into a...balcony?

I walked around the place, seeing the sunset. Wait, this balcony...this place...it's the castle...but how?

"Mason..." I froze upon hearing someone calling my name. Someone familiar to me..." I slowly turned around to see...her.

"E...Elena..." I muttered in shock. Elena was a normal and slim as she had neck long light blonde hair wrapped in a long ponytail that reaches to her back, light peach skin, and brown eyes. She wears a blue and white dress with a large green ribbon with a purple and silver jewel on the chest and a violet ribbon with diamonds in her hair. She also wears a white bracelet on her right wrist, black and white thigh high socks, and red Mary Janes.

I don't believe it, she's here. But...how?

"Umm...aren't you gonna say 'hi' back to me?" Elena chuckled, causing me to immediately hug her tight. "Whoa! What's gotten you in the mood, Mason?"

"Elena, I'm back! I'm finally back!" I exclaimed in joy as I started to let out some tears. "Please, tell me that everything is alright.

"Yeah, everything's fine." Elena nodded with a smile. "Though, why do you act like I never existed, you goofball."

I chuckled nervously before turning away and blushing. "S-sorry...M-madam."

"Mason, you don't have to keep calling me that. I told you like a million times that I prefer to be called 'Elena."

"R-right, so sorry Elena." I nodded as she chuckled and said "So, I was meaning to talk to you."

"Huh? About what your ma...I mean, Elena?" I asked curiously. She gestured me to look out through the balcony and watch the sunset with her. I gazed upon it as I crossed my arms and smile softly.

"It sure is beautiful, isn't it?" Elena said, smiling softly.

"Yeah...almost as you." I said, causing her to laugh.

"Mason, you goofball!" Elena laughed before she gazed back at the sunset before frowning, which I noticed.

"Elena, is there something wrong?" I asked worriedly.

"Well, I was thinking about what's it like out there." Elena said, looking over the castle. "I always wanted to see more of the outside world."

"But Elena, weren't you with your father in New York when we first met?" I asked in confusion.

"True, but I did that as a princess, I just want to be a normal girl." Elena sighed. "I just want to see and travel through the oceans, sightseeing in cities, and meeting new people everyday and be respected like an everyday person. You should know the hard life for being royal, right Mason?"

"No, not at all Elena." I said, which caused her to chuckle a bit. "But you know, maybe one day, we can just go out there together. You, me, Carrie...we can all experience much more of the outside world than being inside of the castle."

"You're right, and Mason...promise me that one day, that we explore this world together and help guide people to the right path, that's the duty of a ruler like me."

"A-are you sure about that?" I asked.

"Yeah, I know you can make friends and those in need, that's why you were taken in along with your sister. You're always there to protect us while your sister encourages you to keep moving forward, along with me." Elena replied. "You protect those close to you, everyone in my family and my kingdom, you always protect us, and I know you can do it."

I blinked in surprise until I noticed my two pet squirrels coming out of my scarf and sat on top of my head, smiling towards me. Nate and Maddy as well?

"Well it seems like those two little guys think that you can do it too, Mason." Elena chuckled. I looked at them before looking back at Elena before smiling in determination.

"You're right, I promise to fulfill your wish to protect you and those close to me." I nodded.

Elena clapped her hands together and smiled. "Thank you Mason! I knew I could trust you, despite you being a tool for me. I know you can do it."

"Thanks, I....wait...what did you just call me?" I asked, slowly widening my eyes.

"I said I knew I could trust you, despite you being a tool for me." Elena raised a brow.

I narrowed my eyes and took out my bamboo pole, straight towards 'Elena'. "Who are you?!"

"What? Mason! What are you doing?!" She demanded.

"Don't play games with me! The real Elena wouldn't call me a 'tool', so who the heck are you?!" I shouted, causing 'Elena' to be afraid of me until she started laughing.

"Oh man...I can't believe I've been found out." Huh? Wait, that voice....it's him. "Ahahahaha, very clever Mason! You never cease to amaze me!"

Soon, everything around started to change back to way it was before and Elena transformed into...

"Discord..." I growled as Discord appeared right in front of me.

"I was so sure I could fool you, but it looks like you saw right through me." Discord sighed. "I should really watch what I say when fooling somepony."

"Enough! What do you want?" I asked, irritated to see him here.

"I came here for a little deal we can make." Discord smirked, causing me to raise a brow.

"What deal? Because if its something relating about ruling Equestria alongside of you, then no." I said, walking past him and continuing forth.

"Really? Not even to save your little sister?" I froze upon hearing that as I slowly turned back and darkly glared at him.

"You didn't?" I growled angrily at him as he simply chuckled and replied "Oh, I did."

He snapped his fingers and showed my sister, trapped in a magic bubble as she noticed me and started banging on the bubble. "Mason!"

"Carrie!" I rushed towards her until Discord made it disappeared.

"Sorry, but if you want to have her back..." Discord smirked evilly. "You must help me in defeating those six pest and those human losers."

"You! I won't let you get away with this!" I shouted in anger.

"Really? Well let's say if you don't help me, you won't get to see your sister, and I'll just happily reveal your little secret to your friends." Discord chuckled, much to my shock.

"N-no...You wouldn't dare." I clenched my fist as Discord replied "Oh I would. Besides, if they know the truth, then I'm sure they'll either be afraid of you or simply laugh at you, not believing a single word from you. Do you really want them to know the truth? It might affect your little 'friendship' with them."

I darkened my expression as Discord started to smirk and said "Good, so now we can work together in order to rule Equestria and destroy your friends for good if you just simply-"

"No." I replied, much to Discord's confusion.

"What?" He asked.

"Maybe you're right. Maybe they'll either won't believe me or be afraid of me because what I am. A tool...I'm nothing more than a tool. But..." I then looked at him with a serious and determined expression. "But maybe I can give them a chance. Whether or not they know the truth, they always treated me like a true friend, like Elena..."

I took out the golden amulet from my pockets and opened it, revealing myself from when I was younger, along with Carrie and...Elena. "I made a promise to her to protect those that I love and guide them all to the right path towards their dreams, and I'm attending to keep it."

"Y-you! YOU!" Discord growled and clenched his fist in anger. "Fine! Be that way! Don't come crying to me when they laugh at you and/or be afraid of you!"

"Say what you want, but just remember this..." I darkened my face and glared at him with my dark red eyes. "You should know that nobody touches my sister, and once I confront you and save Carrie from your claws....you're gonna be sorry."

Discord smirked and replied "Alright, I hope we meet again...Mason Hunter." He then disappeared out of thin air, leaving me alone again. How did he know about Elena? How does he know so much about me? Maybe he looked through our memories from our dreams?

No, that's not possible, but then again, he somehow knows us. Ugh, it's best to answer these questions later. Right now, I gotta continue on and save Carrie before it's too late!

---

Kaede's POV
"Man, I am so lost right now..." I muttered in sadness. Not only I was separated from the others, but we're playing some sort of game in order to find the Elements of Harmony. This is so bad...

I mean, Mason got Kendo skills, Ren got a Megaphone Hacking Gun, but what do I have? Nothing, I'm just a normal high school girl, after all.

"I know what you're thinking, Kaede..." Huh? The scenery started to change as it transformed into a city, much to my surprise. Wait, this city...this is my hometown in New York. That's when I encountered him as he appeared right in front of me.

"Discord!" I exclaimed in shock. "What are you doing here?!"

"I'm simply here to see how you doing? You feeling useless, aren't you?" He asked with a smirk on his face.

"W-what? What are you talking about?" I asked in fear.

"You know, you couldn't do anything to help out. You may be a good costume maker and a maid at a diner, but does anybody appreciate or even accepted your existence?" I widened my eyes and went pale upon being reminded of that as I began to hear voices.

"You're such a useless little girl."

"What's the point of her existing?"

"You better do what I say! We own you and we don't want mother to be angry at an insolent brat!"

"You're more stupid than your father!"

These voices...it's coming from my step family...their opinions about me...it's all coming back...I fell onto my knees and covered my ears, not wanting to hear more of their voices about how useless I am, and saying all those nasty things about my dad.

"You see, what's the point to have friends when they could possibly treat you worse like your step-family, Kaede." Discord smirked. "Why not just give up, go back to that accursed Ponyville, and be left alone forever. Besides, it's not like the others cared about you."

Do they...really care about me? Is this...real? "N...No..."

"I beg your pardon?" Discord asked in confusion. I soon got up from my knees with a determined look.

"Ren and the others would never betray me!" I exclaimed. "Back when I was starting to get used to Ponyville, Pinkie Pie and the others made me a welcoming party to Equestria, Ren, Mason, Carrie, and Kodi appreciate my work and the cooking I do for them, and even the princess invited me to the Gala. I don't want to hear more of your lies Discord! I won't fall for your tricks!"

"What?! Impossible!" Discord exclaimed angrily. "Grrr! I have the other ponies wrapped in my claws, and yet you won't give up?! You're quite persistent for a human!"

"Whatever! I don't care if I'm useless or not, I won't fall for your lies! Ren and the others do care about me! Even if I am normal and can't do anything, I'll still fight back and support my friends to the very end!" I exclaimed in determination, which even surprised me as well. Whoa, did I really say all that? That's quite...amazing.

"Hmph! No matter, you all will fall into despair soon enough once you learn the truth." Discord chuckled, much to my confusion.

"Truth? What are you talking about?" I asked cautiously.

"Oh, you'll see...whenever the author will reveal that plot twist later in the series." Discord then looked off-screen and winked, much to my confusion. This guy really has gone insane. "Well no matter, bye-bye!" With that, he disappeared, along with the city background, putting me back in the Castle's Labyrinth.

"Well...that was pretty weird." I said to myself. Oh well, no matter, I gotta get out of here and find the others and the Elements! I immediately straight through the path, trying to find the exit of this place. I hope Ren, Twilight, and the others are alright.

---

Ren's POV
Man, I feel like I've been running like forever. I was getting tired of running so I decided to take a little breather and continued walking through the path. Still though, I feel pretty useless now that my Hacking Gun's power is reduced so small. Dang it, Discord!

"Well, don't blame me for this mess!" Huh? Wait, who said that? Suddenly, the scenery started to change, leaving me in some sort of place big urban city area. Wait, this is where I live. But how did I end up back here?

"You really are determined to defeat me, aren't you Ren?" I turned around to see Discord relaxing and stretching his back on a chair. "I say that you might even possess an even greater hope."

"What do you want Discord?" I asked, raising my Hacking Gun in front of him.

"Don't let the thought of me tricking you to betray your friends just so I could come over here to trick you and betray your fiends." Discord assured, getting off his chair and waved his hands in surrender.

"Well, you just told me what you're gonna do." I said, narrowing my eyes. "So anyway, just leave me alone and don't touch my friends, capiche?"

"Yeah yeah, whatever..." Discord waved his claw at me before disappearing and reappearing on my shoulder. "Now let's cut to the chase, we can make a deal Loodan, what do you say?" He wiggled his brows at me, while I looked at him in a deadpan expression.

"No way! I would never make a deal with somepony like you!" I exclaimed, flicking him off my shoulder. He immediately fell to the ground and shook his head before turning back to full size.

"I see..." He dust himself before letting out a smirk. "So you won't join me? Not even for a best dog friend of yours?"

"What?" I asked in surprise. He doesn't mean....

He snapped his fingers, revealing Kodiak in a magic bubble.

"Ren!" He called for me, trying to scratch his way out of the bubble, but it was useless.

"Kodi!" I exclaimed in shock before turning to Discord with a serious expression. "You give back Kodiak this instant, Discord!"

"Really? Maybe we can work a deal, maybe?" Where is this going exactly? "See, I've heard that you and your human companions are trying so hard to get back to your beloved 'Earth', so I could help you with that." What? I-is he serious right now?! He can seriously...bring me back home?

"W-what?..." I asked in shock.

"Ren! Don't listen to him! He might be tricking you!" Kodi exclaimed.

"True, I can send you back to the lovable hands of your family. Your mom, dad, big brother, and little sister must be extremely worried about you, aren't they?" Discord said in a mocking tone before snapping his fingers, making a tissue appear in his claws and blow right into it.

"Wait...how do you know so much about me?" I asked with suspicious. "I never told you anything about my family."

"Oh, but Ren...I know everything about you and your friends. How else did I know so much about which Element of Harmony your pony friends were?" He asked with an evil smirk. "But I can allow you to head back to your world and see your family and friends again? You can go back and live the life you once lived."

I can seriously go home...But should I trust him or something? "Wait...what about Mason, Kodi, Carrie, and Kaede?"

"Oh, you can forget them. You were determined to find a way to get back home, so this might be your chance. I can even spare that little puppy dog pal of yours." Discord said.

I looked at him with a serious expression before shaking my head and replied "Well if that's the case...then I won't accept your offer."

"What?! You too?! Come on!" Discord exclaimed angrily.

"That's right! You go Ren!" Kodi cheered for me.

"Look, I would never leave my friends behind, no matter what! I would rather sacrifice myself to save them, and I can't just leave Mason, Carrie, and Kaede behind, including Kodiak. I made a promise to them that we'll go back to our world together and be best friends forever. Besides, I simply can't leave without wishing good bye to Twilight and the others. That'll just feel so wrong, you know?"

"Ren..." Kodi said, eyes sparkling in amazement from my speech.

"GRRRR!" Discord growled while he gritted his teeth. "No matter how many times I tried, you still won't fall into despair! You're so unpredictable! I'm starting to think why else you nine were selected for the project besides your immunity."

"Huh? What are you talking about?" I asked in confusion.

"Enough of this! I'm out of here!" Discord exclaimed before letting out a sigh. "Oh well, at least I managed to trick your other friends into my traps, unlike you and the other humans."

"What?! What did you do to Flutters, AJ, Dash, Rares, Pinkie, and Twi?" I asked in concern.

"You'll find out...for now, that is. Oh well, bye-bye!" With that, he just simply vanished, along with the scenery I was in and Kodi. Strange, he DOES know something. I mean, nine of us? Immunity? Project? What's going on here? And what does he mean by the nine of us? They're simply four of us here....

"I better get out of here before my head explodes from all this thinking." I sighed before running out of the maze and headed for the exit. As I kept running, I couldn't help but think about Kodi. Hang on tight pal, I'm coming for ya!

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Later
Finally...After running through that maze, I finally gotten to the center of the labyrinth...I think.

"Phew...I finally made it out of there." I turned to see Kaede coming out with a soft grin on her face. She then noticed me and exclaimed "Ren! You're here!"

"Kaede! You're okay!" I exclaimed as she came over and hugged me tight.

"I thought that something happened to you because of Discord!" Kaede said in worried before ending our hug.

I chuckled and made a tooth-eating grin. "Oh come on! No way Discord would trick me! Besides, when he mentioned something about tricking our friends, I thought something happened to all of you!"

"Well, I simply didn't believe anything he said, and I just kept moving forward." Kaede smiled.

"Well that's good to hear." I sighed until we saw the walls of shrub behind me started to open up a new path, revealing....

"Mason!" Me and Kaede exclaimed as he came out with a serious yet grin expression on his face.

"Mason, you're here as well!" I exclaimed in joy before noticing his expression as he slammed his fist on the walls of shrub in anger, much to our surprise. "Mason?"

"Huh?" He soon noticed us, calming his expression. "R-Ren? Oh, I didn't you or Kaede there." Mason replied sadly. What's going on with him. "I see you two weren't tricked by Discord as well, huh?"

"Yeah...but what's going on with you?" Kaede asked in worried. "You seemed like somebody died or something."

"No, it's not that...Discord has my sister." Mason said, much to our shock. So Discord has Carrie as well?! This is very bad!

"Her too?! He took Kodi as well! He even showed me trapped in a magic bubble!" I said.

"Yeah, and that bastard just made a death wish! Nobody threatens my sister and gets away with that!" Mason growled as me and Kaede looked at each other in worried. Speaking about Discord...

"Hey Mason." I spoke up, causing him to turn to me as he said "What?"

"About Discord...Just earlier, he said something about you being a 'human tool'..." Mason eyes' widened upon hearing that. "So...what does he mean by that?"

Mason slowly turned away from us with a sad look on his face.

"Mason?" Kaede called for him as he turned back to us.

"Listen, there's something I have to tell you all...." Mason sighed before continuing "You see, Discord meant by-"

"Ren! Kaede! Mason! There you guys are!" We turned around to see Twilight rushing towards us, along with the others, but I noticed Fluttershy, Rarity, Pinkie Pie, and Applejack were somewhat grey and looked angry or something. I don't even see Rainbow Dash anywhere as well.

"Twilight? Girls? What's up?" I asked, happy and surprised to see them here. "And why are most of you grey?"

"Oh what? You hate seeing me like this, Ren?" Fluttershy asked in a snarky tone, much to my shock.

"F-Flutters?" I asked in surprise and concern.

"Don't 'Flutters' me, Ren!" Fluttershy exclaimed in an aggressive way. "I don't why I would bother with a freak like you!" What the heck is going on with her?! This can't be Fluttershy right? She would never act like that!

"Fluttershy, what's going on with you?" I asked in worried.

"Oh? Why would I bother talking with you? Besides, it's not you care about or notice any of my feelings." Fluttershy turned away and walked off, much to my shock. I made a sadden expression as I became sad that she would say something like that.

"What just happened?" Kaede asked, surprised by Fluttershy's attitude. "And why is Rarity carrying a giant boulder?"

"You shut your muzzle, Kaede! I think you mean my beloved gem!" Rarity exclaimed, hissing at her before rubbing her face at the 'gem'. "Besides, somepony like you would never understand jewelry."

"Okay?" Kaede asked, sweat-dropping a little.

"What's going on? Why are all of you acting like this?" Mason asked, crossing his arms with a serious expression.

"Nothing Mason, we're fine." Applejack waved her hoof at us in a sarcastic tone. "Besides, it's not like we have anything else to worry."

"Ugh! What's the point of worrying over some stupid things!" Pinkie exclaimed in an angry tone. "This is so pointless! I hate this trip!"

"What's happened to them? They're like the opposites of who they are." Kaede said in worried. Hold on, didn't Discord say that he tricked my friends? Oh no...

"I think Discord did this!" I exclaimed, much to Twilight, Kaede, and Mason's shock.

"What?" Mason asked, narrowing his eyes.

"He told me that he tricked some of my friends, and this is what he meant!" I exclaimed. "He must've done something to our friends and made them...like this!" I said, pointing over them as Fluttershy started jumping on a pink flower with an evil smirk. Applejack just layed down while Pinkie started yelling over nonsense and such and Rarity was keep rubbing her cheeks on the giant boulder.

"You make a good point Ren, but right now! We need to focus and find the Elements!" Twilight exclaimed. "Hopefully, things can't get any worse, right?"

"I don't think you should've said that." I said.

"Ren's wrong, I can see Rainbow Dash flying away. She's abandoning us." Applejack said, sighing.

"Now I know that's a lie." Twilight said, glaring at Applejack.

"Actually, she's not kidding! Look!" Kaede pointed to the sky and we saw Dash flying off...with her wings?! What the heck?! But didn't her wings disappeared?!

"Rainbow Dash?" I asked as my expression went pale. That can't be? Rainbow would never abandoned us...she's our best friend.

"How can it be?" Twilight asked in shock. Suddenly, the whole maze dissolved towards the ground, leaving us in a wide, open, and bare crater.

"Well, well, well..." Discord appeared before us with an evil smirk on his face. "Somepony broke the 'no wings, no magic' rule."

"Discord!" Mason glared angrily at him. "What did you do?!"

"I have done no such thing, Mr. Human tool." Mason growled at what Discord called him as he grinned and continued "But what really matters is that it's game over, my little ponies and humans. You didn't find your precious Elements." He snapped his fingers, making an umbrella appeared before him, along with Fluttershy's wings, and Twilight and Rarity's horns. "Looks like we might be due for a big old storm of chaos!" He opened the umbrella upside down and began laughing evilly as thunder cracked and lightning flashed in the sky. Twilight made a worried expression as her mouth was agape in shock.

Me, Kaede, and Mason looked at each other in worried as Discord continued to laugh. This is bad! Not only is my Hacking Gun powers are now useless, but Carrie and Kodiak are captured by this guy! We can't lose to him! We can't! Is this...the end for us?
To Be Continued

Author's Note:

Oh man! Looks like Ren and the others are in big trouble! Will Equestria fall into the hands of the evil spirit of Disharmony, Discord? Find out next time on My Little Pony: Ren's Adventures in Equestria.

P.S. - I thought about of an ending theme of each chapter, and this is the best one I came up with,

Comments

[Bumblebee16]

Awesome!!!!

[dar88]

Nine were giving to the mortal kings and ..... oh wait wrong story my bad lol so nine humans mmm the plot thickings and what does discord really no I can't wait for the next chapter

[Bumblebee16]

Are you going to make the next chapter

[The Taios]

Isn’t ren not going to question the fact that discord has John delance’s voice here? You’d think that a guy who owns video games would know a thing a two about star-trek.

[MaxTV1234]

9207976
Actually, I didn't know that myself.

[annonymus]

"You'll never get away with this Discord!" Celeste exclaimed boldly.

'You'll never get away from this...' cliche. (Add Sin)

Sorry, I made a Cinemasins joke.