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The sound of an empty bottle hitting a wooden table echoed through the dark, empty bar. A single candle sitting atop a table next to a window revealed a white pony with a ratty but radiant mane. Reaching across the table, knocking other empty bottles out of the way to find a full one she pulled the bottle to her and popped off the cap. Taking a large swig and sighing heavily she raised her head to look out the window. Outside gray clouds hung low making the snow fall relentlessly as it had been for weeks. Soldiers huddled together around fires and cleared snow away from their tents, supplies, and air ships. All were grim faced, as their thoughts surely sat upon the coming day, and the coming fight. A rare break in the clouds caught the pony's attention her head going up as the moon's light shown through the clouds for the first time in what felt like years. The white pony's eyes trembled as moonlight hit them. Quickly clouds covered up the moon again but the damage had been done. The white pony's head dropped and tears ran down her face. Trembling, she pulled the bottle closer. "I'm so sorry Luna," She whispered as her first hit the floor...

"O poor Celestia," came a rather low playful voice. Celestia's head popped up and scanned the room, "Who's there," She called trying to clear her eyes, "show yourself!" A small cloud of gray swooshed up and around her. "Don't tell me you've already forgotten the sound of my voice, and here I thought we had something special! You hurt me Celestia, I only want to hear the story at the bottom of that bottle." The cloud mocked before swooshing over and making a chair on the other side of the table and turning into a draconequus. "Discord! where have you been? I could have used your help stopping all this," Celestia said jumping up ready for a fight. "Stop this? Why would I want to stop this when I'm the one who brought all the players into this game?" Discord asked taking one of the empty bottles into his hands and taking a rather relaxed position, "I'm not here to fight, just to talk, please sit." "You caused all this? the Changlings declaring war, the lose of Canterlot, my sister falling in love then turning back into Nightmare Moon, and Dylan decimating the forces of both sides?" Rolling his eyes Discord shook his head, "No, No, No, I may have brought our five friends from another world here, but everything after that was everyone else's doing. For instance what happened to your sister was all your doing my dear Celestia." Letting out a painful breath Celestia sat down heavily, tears running down her face again, "I needed those dragons to stop the Changlings advance, and that seemed to be the only way to get them into the fight! Equestria and her people come first," Celestia paused her head dropping," Even over my sisters happiness." "O Don't cry Celestia, to tell you the truth I'm very impressed at how dedicated you are to your citizens. An act like that doesn't come lightly after all," Discord comforted while taking a drink of his glass. Nodding Celestia pulled a bottle of wine back over to her and took a deep drink when her eyes shot open, "You brought them here? Why?" she asked shock clear on her face. Finishing his glass slyly Discord chuckled, "Actually dear Celestia I set in motion the very thing that will probably save your little Equestria, your sister, and you." Her eyes going round Celestia jumped up, "Save Equestria how what have you done?" She cried out before leaning on the wall to keep her balance. Throwing the bottles on the floor and placing one hand on the table Discord ushered Celestia foreword "Since you wont tell me a story I'll show you the one that got you to this moment." As Celestia looked on, Discord turned the top of the table, into a moving hologram.

As Celestia watched, she saw Twilight appear, looking up into the night sky, suddenly a grey cloud swooped down and disappeared inside Twilight. Before Celestia could react, the scene changed, and she saw Twilight researching in the Canterlot archive, then her discovering the theory of other universes. "Consider this a prologue to the real story Celestia. I'll slow it down when we get to the important part," Discord winked at her. Looking back down Celestia watched her student launch a rocket into the sky and it disappear in a purple explosion. "You're the one who taught Twilight about other universes!" Celestia gasped in surprise leaning down too far and stumbling, falling onto the table. "Well more like told her," Discord smiled. Standing back up and looking down Celestia watched her student jumping with joy as the sky exploded and 5 stars fell from the sky into the Everfree forest near the Drakinridge mountain. The gray cloud slipped off her star pupil. Swiftly the picture went to the scene of where the 5 stars had fallen to the earth - then night turned to day. Finally the hologram slowed down as Discord let go of the table and leaned back making one of the glasses on the floor appear in his hand, "This is the story of our five friends from another world and they alone are the only onesthat can save Equestria," Discord sighed drinking his glass as Celestia watched the hologram of a Pegasus pony start to stir...

Dylan Teneyck