My Little Pony Friendship is Magic: The Return of Harmony Pt. 1

A/N: Hey, I'm back with the next two installments! And boy was work tough yesterday since a co-worker was a no show, which made it harder of the rest of us, but I survived…I think. Know what, let's just get on with the show!

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Disclaimer: I don't own anything from My Little Pony: Magic is Friendship. I just own any and all characters that I just happen create.

CHAPTER THREE: ENTER THE MAZE AND APPLEJACK GETS WHAMMIED

The Mane Seven raced out of the castle and over to the maze, stopping short of the opening, and the twins exchanged uneasy looks since the maze looked darker and sinister then it used to when they were fillies.

"W-We have to go in there?" Fluttershy asked uneasily.

"Nope!" Rainbow Dash said confidently, flapping her wings. "Dopey Discord forgot about these babies! I'll just do a quick flyover and we'll have the Elements in no time." She flew toward the maze when there was a flash of light and her wings disappeared, resulting in her crashing to the ground. Shaking away the dizziness she was feeling, the blue pegasus gasped when she saw that her wings were gone. "My wings!"

Fluttershy's wings also disappeared and she screamed, alarmed.

Twilight Sparkle, Sunrise Blossom, and Rarity were also alarmed when their horns disappeared. "Your horn! My horn! Ahhh!" they screamed in unison.

There was another flash of light and Discord appeared before the seven ponies in his true form, and he was laughing evilly. "You – you should see the looks on your faces. Priceless!" he cackled.

Twilight Sparkle stepped forward, glaring at the evil creature. "Give us our wings and horns back!" she ordered.

"You'll get them back in good time," Discord promised with a smug expression. "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."

"The first rule?" Rainbow Dash repeated.

Discord nodded, floating above them. "The second rule is everypony has to play or the game is over, and I win," he added. "Good luck, everypony!" And he disappeared, laughing evilly.

"Locating the Elements of Harmony and defeating Discord without our magic won't be easy," Sunrise Blossom remarked, feeling uneasy.

Twilight Sparkle, however, was certain that they could defeat the spirit of chaos, even without their magic and wings. "Never fear, girls. We have each other!" she announced reassuringly.

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

Nodding together, the Mane Seven marched to the entrance to the maze and stepped inside. "All right, girls, let's do this! Together!" No sooner were the words out of their mouths when new hedge walls sprang up around them and behind them, cutting them off from each other, and the girls all screamed.

"Stay calm, girls!" Twilight Sparkle said quickly and her friends calmed down, sort of. "Everypony head to the middle as fast as you can, and we'll regroup there!"

"Sure thing, Twi!"

"Moving out!"

"See you in the center."

"Yee-haw!"

"See you guys there!"

When she no longer heard her friends, Fluttershy began gasping fearfully, looking around. "What's that?" she asked. "Who's there? Girls!" Terrified at being alone, she ran forward, hoping to find the others.

Meanwhile, Applejack raced through the maze, running toward where the center was suppose to be. She was going at a good pace when something caught her eye, and she backtracked to one of the other pathways to find three red apples. She stepped toward them, and she blinked when the apples suddenly rolled away. "What in tarnation?" she wondered and chased after the apples.

Still following the rolling apples, Applejack skidded to a halt when she found herself in an open space that had a pond and apple trees. "Where am I?" she wondered and winced when she was conked on the head by an apple. She became confused when more apples fell out of the trees and rolled around her before forming three piles of bright red apples, light red apples, and green apples, which all began laughing. "Who are y'all?" she demanded.

The pile of red apples rose up, forming eyes and a mouth. `"The keepers of the grove of truth,"` it informed her. `"You may ask us…"` It then deflated.

The pile of light-red apples rose up next to speak. `"…one question…"` And then it deflated.

The green apples rose up next. `"…past, future or present."`

`"But be warned…"` the Red Apples warned.

`"…that the truth…"` said the Light-red Apples.

`"…may not always be pleasant,"` the Green Apples concluded.

Applejack looked round as the apples circled her and she was feeling very uneasy by everything. "All right then," she decided. "I don't trust this place worth a hill of beans, but I've got a really bad feelin' about this feller Discord. What's gonna come of this mission we're on?" she finally asked.

The Red apples rose up and guided her over to the pond, where they were joined by the Light-red and Green apples. `"For the answer you seek…"` it began.

`"…go ahead, take a peek,"` said the Light-red apples.

Applejack peered into the water, which rippled, and a scene showing her and her friends appeared. She gasped when she saw that they were all arguing.

`"I hope I never see you again!"` Rainbow Dash shouted.

`"Me too!"`

`"I don't want to see any of you ever again!"` Sunrise Blossom screamed.

`"Fine!"` Pinkie Pie and Rarity shouted together.

`"It's settled then,"` Twilight Sparkle agreed coldly, and the seven ponies parted way.

Applejack stared in horror as the scene faded away, refusing to believe what she'd seen. "No! Our friendship? Over?!" she yelped, unaware that Discord was hovering high above her, directing the apple piles while chuckling evilly. "It can't be true. It just can't!" she protested, taking off her hat to cover her face with, refusing to believe it. "That just can't be the truth."

The Light-red apples began speaking and the orange pony looked at it. `"When all the truth does…"`

`"…is make your heart ache…"` said the Green apples and when Applejack looked it, an image of Discord appeared and their voices merged as his eyes began glowing, hypnotizing her `"…sometimes a lie is easier to take."` And he laughed mockingly as the scene disappeared while his spell caused her to fade a little.

A section of the maze wall lowered as Twilight Sparkle ran past and she came back when she saw her friend staring into space. "Applejack! Thank goodness!" she exclaimed, relieved as she hurried over to her friend, unaware that there was something off about her. "I thought I heard voices over here. Who were you talking to?" she inquired.

Applejack blinked and shook her head before she answered. "I was talking to… uh… nopony! Nopony whatsoever!" she lied.

"What?" the purple unicorn asked, staring at her friend, confused.

"Nothing," Applejack repeated, walking past her friend and still lying. "Come on, uh, we best be going."

"Did Applejack just…?" Twilight Sparkle began and then shook her head, chuckling since she was sure that she was imagining things. "Come on, Twilight! Applejack wouldn't lie." And she hurried after her friend.

A/N: Uh oh, looks like Applejack has just been whammied! R&R everyone!