I always liked Zephyr. Felt bad for him here.

Although I do find the unbreakable Discord statue to be a bit of a annoying cliche.

The writing was good though, so thanks for publishing.

you know two things occur to me, one if this somehow ended with the canon ending, zephyr some how changes things so twilight and the mane six win as mlp canon, then discord being besties with fluttershy will be super awkward

and secondly if he wins and beats discord it be hilarious to see him become a alicorn and everyone reaction to that

I like this premise.