It was a dark and stormy night when he came back. The storm had some crazy lightning thanks to Derpy, who had helped with the storm. One of the bolts hit the statue, freeing Discord from his inprisonment.

Discord was angry at the six ponies who had put him there in the first place, and he planned to get his revenge. He turned a small patch of rain to chocolate milk to warm up his magic then returned the statue to its unbroken form, so princess Celestia would not know he was gone. He had some chaos planned for the ponies that turned him to stone.

He would start with the shy one her cries would bring all her friends pain. But first he would have to watch them, learn what brought them sadness and grief. So he began watching.