It was a nice and calm day in Equestra, The sun was shining brightly and the skys are clear, On the ground many different ponys were walking around peacefully, nearby we see Dianne Pie's library/house, it is here where our tale begins...
*Dianne Pie's P.O.V.*
"Aegis, where's that spare copy of "History of Equestra" by Polaris Solarmoon ? "I said while looking for said book.
"It's on the top shelf,right where I left it." Aegis says.
"Good can you bring it for me,I need to return it to the Canterlot library."I said.
"Ok just a second Dianne."Aegis says while getting said book.
While Aegis Diamondscale is busy,I'll introduce myself to those who don't remember me or are new, my name Pinkamina Dianne Pie but please just call me Dianne Pie, I am the current librarian/owner of the Golden Oaks Library, I am getting ready to return a very important book back to the library in Canterlot with my assistant.
"I got it, here ya go Dianne."Aegis says while holding the book I was looking for.
Right when I took the book, I heard somepony knocking on the door.
"I'll get it..." I say in a monotone.
I opened the door only to get tackle hugged by Glitter Brightstar.
"Hi Dianne!" she says happily.
"Glitter...i....can't....breathe." I said while struggling for air.
"Oops sorry, oh yeah Violet's here too!" she says while moving slightly to the left to reveal her little dragon friend.
"Hello,Dianne." Violet says in a cute feminine sounding voice.
Hello, Violet."after I said that I then proceeded to ask Glitter why she was here.
"Violet got a message from the Princess, she wants us to come to Canterlot right away."she said.
"Why didn't you say that sooner!, Aegis take care of the library while I'm away understand?"I said in a hasty manner.
"Alright, be careful Dianne."he said concerned about my safety.
Do not worry about me Aegis, I will be fine, thank you."I said.
Before we left,Aegis wished us luck with what ever it was that the Princesses needed us for, Aegis is a nice dragon at times,*sighs* if only he wasn't so lazy...
We arrived at Canterlot in about a few hours and met up with the others who had also got Glitter's message.
"I wonder what the Princesses want?" I thought to myself as we approached the Princesse's castle.
*At the castle*
"Ahh, thank goodness you've all arrived!" Princess Luna said.
"We all came as soon as we got ya message princess." Quartz says in her usual tone.
"We have grave news, the spirit of Chaos, Discord has escaped from his stone prison."Princess Luna said sadly.
"WHAT!" The six of us said simultaneously.
"Do not worry my little ponys, we have a way to defeat him" as the Princess said that, Polaris Solarmoon appears in the throne room holding a chest with in his magical aura.
Princess Luna then continued from where she left off( in the R.C.V no less...)" BEHOLD, THE ELEMENTS OF HARMONY!"
While we recovered from nearly going deaf from Princess Luna's Royal Canterlot Voice, Polaris Solarmoon opens the chest only to find it empty.
"Luna, I have bad news, the chest is empty..." Polaris says, whenever I hear his voice,I tend to shudder, well I am still getting used to him speaking but it's odd that when he does I shudder...,hmm.. It doesn't matter back to the story.
"Empty?"The Princess said shocked.
"I believe so, I think Discord must've took them."Polaris said.
"Ding!, Ding!, got it in one, good guess Polaris Solarmoon." Said the Spirit of Chaos as he appeared in the room.
"Discord!,where have you put The Elements of Harmony!" Princess Luna said.
"Now Princess why should I tell you?"he said. "if you want them back you'll have play a little game, if you win I'll return the Elements."
"And if we lose?" I asked him.
He simply laughed at me and then he teleported us to a maze of sorts.
He then said"The rules are simple no wings and no magic,whomever reaches the end of the maze wins."
He then proceeded to take the wings away from the Pegasi and the horns forms the unicorns, he had put them in a box and then he had the maze separate us from one another, I was going to ask him why he separated us but I didn't get a chance to.
"Good luck" he had disappeared after he said that.
"*Sigh* I guess it can't be helped"I muttered to myself," Everypony lets split up and find the exit!"
"Okay!" said Glitter.
"Understood" said Jeweled Apple.
"Right let's go."said Fluttersky.
"Um...sure"said Prism Shine.
"Let's just get this over with already" Quartz Bell says impatiently.
"Good luck everypony" I said.
*Back in the castle*
"I have a bad feeling about this..."Polaris says nervously.
"Do not worry my child, we have utter faith that they'll succeed in defeating Discord."Princess Luna says hopefully.
"I hope so..." Polaris Solarmoon said.
"If your so worried Polaris Solarmoon, why not watch over them?" Princess Celestia says while walking in the room.
Polaris Solarmoon simply nodded and then he left the room.
Quartz Bell wanderd though the maze and she wasn't sure how everypony else was doing.
"Consarn it, ah hate mazes" she said as she walked about the maze.
Quartz Bell continued to wander around the maze,she then noticed a random spade that was crossed with a shovel lying about near a small lake.
"Huh, this looks a bit like my cutie mark" she said.
Quartz Bell decided to get a closer look, that was when she heard Discord's voice.
"Look into the lake and see the truth" he says.
Quartz does so and sees her friends fighting then splitting up.
"No this can't be true,my friends they'd never...."she says sadly
"But it is,the truth can hurt, but sometimes a lie is easier to take" Discord says before tapping Quartz with his claw corrupting her.
He then teleports away to find another pony to corrupt.
Dianne finds the area where Quartz Bell is and then says" Thank goodness I've found you, where are the others?"
"Huh?, I have absolutely no idea whom your talking about darling?" she says in a more pronounced tone than normal.
"Did you just lie?...."she says in a monotone.
She then says"Come on we must find the others."
Before D-Quartz was able to react Dianne had already started dragging D-Quartz with her.
While Dianne Pie drags D-Quartz with her to find her friends, Discord had already found Glitter Brightstar.
Glitter Brightstar was bouncing though the maze until she came across a room that looked like it was set up for a party with balloons and other decorations,the balloons had stars on them.
Glitter was overjoyed, so much so that she didn't hear the laughter in the background until she calmed down.
"Oooo, can I laugh too?"Glitter says happily.
"No, they are laughing at you not with you,Glitter doesn't make you upset that even your friends laugh at you."
Glitter then says" I know...but that doesn't bother me at all."
All of a sudden her horn had somehow reappeared on her head,it then started to glow and then release a powerful wave of magic which had shattered the illusion and nearly knocked out Discord himself.
"H-how"was all he could say.
Glitter Brightstar was silent, she then glared at him and said" I have been laughed at a lot when I was younger, I've always hated it when they did, But did I let that stop me from throwing them a party afterwards?, No!, I'm different from Pinkie Pie that way, next time you try to corrupt somepony, do some research first!", she then teleports a shocked Discord away.
Dianne finds Glitter Brightstar glaring at the wall of the maze,apparently she was talking to herself.
"Glitter, thank goodness we found you,Quartz has been acting rather strange, can you help us?"Dianne said.
"Help you?, why so you could just laugh at me?" She said bitterly,before Discord was teleported away, he had somehow managed to touch Glitter and corrupt her.
"Not you too...,We have to find the others and quickly."Dianne said while D-Quartz and D-Glitter follow behind her.
As Dianne goes off to find her friends, AppleJewel finds a huge rock wall in front of her with a golden apple with a gem in the middle within it.
"My goodness this....this is beautiful."she says in awe.
"And it can be all yours to have and nopony else will be able to take it from you.."the voice of Discord says.
"Yes I must have it...."she says stepping closer to the golden apple,she then stops herself and says,"No I must go and find my friends, I can't...let this...beautiful gem...entice me." she says while struggling to to resist the urge to run over and take it, unfortunately she couldn't resist for long and had ran back yelling"MINE!"before digging it out of the rock.
Dianne,D-Quartz and D-Glitter had managed to get to the room where AppleJewel is, only for Dianne Pie to see that she too was acting different.
"Your not getting this gem,it's mine you hear me,MINE!" D- AppleJewel said while guarding her "gem".(it was just a giant rock..)
"Is there anypony who has not been changed?" she said in a monotone.
"Um Dianne dear don't you think we should keep looking for our friends?" D-Quartz said.
"Your right let's hurry and find the others!"Dianne said.
As Dianne and co. go to find the others, Prism Shine was running through the maze, she then sees a butterfly and runs after it.
"Wait don't leave me here" she says.
The butterfly stops then says "Prism Shine, it's seems that you've been left behind by your so called friends,huh?",its voice sounded similar to Discord's own.
"Oh no, I think my friends are doing their best to find me."Prism said.
The "butterfly" then says" Well,it must be so upsetting to know how weak and helpless you are"
"Not at all, I am weak and helpless and I appreciate their understanding" she says while struggling to hold back her laughter.
The "butterfly" stutters then says" It should burn you up, I mean they're always ponting out your flaws right?"
"Not really, I think I'm awfully lucky to have friends that want me to the best I could be."Prism says calmly.
"Oh for goodness sakes!" Discord says as he changes to his normal self.
He then says"You've been kind for far too long my dear,time to to be cruel,goodbye!"
He then taps Prism Shine on the head then teleports away.
Dianne Pie and the others has found Prism Shine staring at the wall.
"Prism Shine!, I'm glad to see a friendly face,this maze has gotten to everypony." Dianne Pie says with slight worry in her voice.
Glitter Brightstar sticks out her tounge and then blows a raspberry while the others glared at her.
"Aww,boo hoo hoo."Prism said in a now mocking tone of voice.
"What?"Dianne says.
"Why don't you use your fancy egghead smarts and get us out of here?"Prism said.
"But I..."
Dianne didn't get the chance to finish because Prism rudely interrupted her and said" Oh right you can't, your lost like the rest of us."
She then laughed at her then whipped her in the face with her tail then left with the others.
As she was leaving, she on purposely bumps into Glitter Brightstar and sends her flying into the nearby wall which prompted Quartz to laugh at her.
"What are you laughing at?"Glitter says angrily.
"Err, nothing?" D-Quartz lied.
"What is going on a with my friends?"Dianne wondered aloud.
While everypony else was looking for the exit to the maze, Fluttersky "Phoenix" Firewing was chasing an actual phoenix.
"Hey wait up."she said.
The phoenix lead her to a clearing which housed none other than Discord himself.
"What!?,you again?"she said.
"How rude and I thought we were friends, oh well..." he said.
"What are you talking about?, I just met you."Fluttersky said confused by his words.
Discord looked hurt by what Fluttersky said.
"But Fluttershy,don't you remember me?" he said sadly,he then attempts to make a sad face which seemed to work for a short while until....
*FWOOSH*
Fluttersky "Phoenix" Firewing had flared up, it looked like she was really angry at him.
"DON'T YOU DARE CALL ME BY THAT NAME!" she said.
Discord paled then shrank down a few feet, he then said"uh-oh...,I think I hit a nerve there...
"RAAAAAAAAGH!"Fluttersky yelled then charged at him with an almost killer intent.
"Oh shoot." was the last thing he he said before-*Censored*( Let's just say poor Discord got the beating of a lifetime from Fluttersky, here is a life lesson for those who try to call Fluttersky,"Fluttershy" in a mocking tone,don't unless you want to end up a beaten,burnt and bloody shell of a pony,trust me not even Discord deserves this...")
* A few minutes later*
Dianne Pie and her still corrupted friends finally make it to Fluttersky's part of the maze, what they find shocks them.
"Remind me never to get her angry,ever..."Quartz Bell said as she returned back to her normal self.
Glitter Brightstar simply giggled then started laughing happily, she too had returned to normal.
AppleJewel just stood there slack jawed, she had completely forgotten the huge "gem" she was carrying.
"oh my...." Prism Shine says shyly, she also had returned to her normal self.
Dianne Pie just smiles.
Fluttersky walks out of the clearing then says"Hey everypony what's up?"
"We're fine but what happened to him"Dianne says as she points to the beat up Discord.
"He called me a name I didn't like..."she said.
"Oh."Dianne Pie said.
"Hey I just realized something, we're all back to normal,yay!"Glitter says joyfully.
"I wonder why?" Dianne muttered to herself.
"I think I could answer that."Polaris Solarmoon says as he teleports into the maze.
"Prince Polaris Solarmoon!?" said the six friends after he appeared.
Discord eventually comes to and notices Polaris Solarmoon, he then said"Impossible, how are they back to normal!"
"As I about to say, I am the reason you all are back to your normal selves, my aunt sent me to help in any way I could, so I simply made a few changes to your "rules"."he said.
"How did you do that?" Dianne asked him.
"Simple, I gave Glitter Brightstar her horn which by the way wasn't a good idea but the risk was worth it because it was she who casted the memory spell when she realized that everypony wasn't acting normal, I believe it happened when Discord was getting a beating."Polaris says calmly.
" You were sent by the Princesses to watch over us!"Glitter says randomly.
"That's only one reason,my young friend." he says as he teleports a certain book into the maze.
"Here you might need this."he said.
"Isn't this "History of Equestra"?, I was going to return that." Dianne Pie said.
"Open it,I believe I've found our ace in the hole." Polaris said.
When Dianne Pie open the book, she realized what the mysterious Alicorn ment, right within the covers were The Elements of Harmony, the very things that Discord hid since this story began.
"No, this can't be, how did you find them?"Discord said.
Polaris Solarmoon simply laughed then floated the Elements of Harmony to there rightful bearers, he then says" Discord, can I ask you a question?"
"W-what?!"Discord says while struggling to get away from Polaris.
"Do you think that the even the worst pony can change, that everypony could be a good pony even if they've tried..."the way Polaris Solarmoon said those words sent a shiver down everyponys spine.
He then countinued from where he left off"...Because I am going to give you a choice,one that could change you for the better or it may reimprison you.."
"And what choice is that?"Discord said.
Polaris Solarmoon chuckled then said" we imprison you or we reform you, choose one..."
After thinking over Polaris Solarmoon's offer, Discord eventually decides to be reformed.
*Back in S-Canterlot Castle*
"YOU'VE DEFEATED DISCORD?!, THIS IS WONDERFUL NEWS!, WE MUST CELEBRATE AT ONCE!"Princess Luna says after hearing about Discord's defeat,while using the Royal Canterlot Voice.
"Sister,please calm down, your using the "Voice" again..."Princess Celestia said.
"Oh sorry about that everypony,but still what you've done today will remembered for a long time."she said.
"Thank you Princess, but I believe that without Solarmoon's aid,we would have possibly failed"Dianne says while adjusting her glasses.
"Even so you all did a wonderful job regardless, so what are thou going to do with Discord?" Princess Celestia said.
"We plan on reforming him your highness." Dianne Pie said.
"Where is he now?"Luna asked.
"With Prism Shine your highness."Dianne said.
Polaris Solarmoon then appeared in the room,he seemed to be looking for somepony.
"My apologies mother,aunt,but have you seen my sister around?" he said.
"You're forgiven"the two Princesses said.
Princess Celestia then said"I believe she is in her room try searching there."
"Of course why didn't I think of that, thank you mother."he said.
"No problem my son."Princess Celestia said.
Polaris Solarmoon then teleports out of the room.
Dianne stared at the Princesses for a bit then said" Polaris Solarmoon is your son?"
"Yes he and Radiant Eclipse Dawn were born a few years before I became Darklight Flare,it was the happiest moment of my life."she said.
"Interesting, well then I best be going now, Aegis Diamondscale is waiting for me outside."Dianne Pie says as she prepares to leave.
"It was nice seeing you my young student, farewell." Princess Luna said.
"Goodbye Princesses, I'll return tomorrow for our weekly tea break."Dianne Pie says before leaving.
"Sheeh, took ya long enough let's go."Aegis says impatiently.
"Polaris Solarmoon..."Dianne mutters to herself.
"Huh?" Aegis says confused.
"Oh, don't worry about what I had said, let us return home,our friends are waiting..."Dianne said.
* S-Ponyville*
When they returned home they saw that Glitter Brightstar had already set up a party.
"This unicorn is something else, isn't she?"Aegis thought to himself.
Everypony enjoyed Glitter Brightstar's party,even Discord, Polaris Solarmoon did find his sister within her room, she however chased him out, she was sleeping when he went in.
"And so this story comes to a close,I hope you enjoyed it as this story will not be the last..." Dianne Pie says quietly while staring at the reader.
