ZOMG! I'm sooooo sorry for the last chapter being so sloppy! I was rushing to get it online and I was just so pressured at the moment that I couldn't do exactly what was needed. Punish me if you'd like. :c

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"Princess Luna?" Twilight's voice echoed back to her as she peeked into a cave she managed to find alongside the Everfree forest. Receiving no answer, the purple alicorn groaned and turned around; this was the first cave she could find with her friends within the past two hours and 'luckily' for them, no one was there. Looking to Nightfall, she shrugged apologetically. "Sorry, I thought that this wa-"

"Twilight? Is that you?" Spike's voice had ricocheted back to her from inside the dark cave, causing her ears to twitch slightly.

Instantly, she twisted in a circle and rushed into the cave, utterly glad to hear the baby dragon's voice. "Spike!" A smiled trailed across her face as she galloped towards her friend she couldn't even see.

Oblivious as of what to do, the colt simply stood outside in the darkness, looking at the border of the forest periodically. There was no doubt that something was watching him and his sister who slept on his back; he just hoped that it wasn't something that felt hungry at the time's being. Listening to the noise of nature's critters making their nightly sounds, he looked up to the night sky and gazed at the stars that sparkled oh so brightly in the air.

Suddenly, he felt a hoof grab onto his dark purple mane and drag him into the cave. With a yell, he wrapped his tail around his sister and slid across the ground into the darkness.

Nightfall covered his eyes with his hoof as he was brought into a sudden light that floated among the rest of the ponies (and dragon) who were in the cave. It was obvious that magic had made the cave seem darker than it actually was outside. He let his hoof drop onto the ground as he looked to his 'attacker', which happened to be a smiling Twilight.

She trotted past the guard who did nothing but stare out into the night outside of the cave blankly. "Come on, Nightfall!"

Following the purple alicorn, he replied, "Coming."

When they made it a bit deeper in the cave, there was a small dragon standing beside a mare lying in a golden carriage. Twilight looked back to the colt and introduced her assistant, "This is Spike," she pointed a hoof at the baby dragon, who waved to him innocently. "He's my assistant from Canterlot."

Nightfall raised a hoof toward Spike and stayed silent; he had no time to be greeting strangers. He needed to get to Canterlot, defeat Blackheart, redeem his name, and live his life in peace, in that order.

Twilight spoke once more, now changing the entire subject from introductory to completely business. "This is Princess Luna; the mare I need you to help. Her foreleg's…" Twilight paused and whispered to him, not wanting Luna to feel any worse. "Broken."

Luna gave a weak smile to the colt and spoke through gritted teeth; a broken foreleg was nothing you could relax with. "Greetings, young colt."

He bowed instantly, and unlike Twilight, the moon princess accepted it as a sign of respect. After bowing to her, a soft snore could be heard from his back. He blinked and looked to Dawn, who slept innocently on his back. "Um, before we begin; do you know where I can set my sister?" He turned to his side to show the princess the sleeping filly on him, sheepishly grinning, "She's not the lightest of fillies." As if on cue, Dawn let out another soft, cute little snore that just melted Luna's heart.

Instantly, the princess gestured to the small position beside her on the carriage with her head, "You can put her right here." With a nod, Nightfall used his magic and gently lifted his sister, a dark purple magic aura engulfing the filly. After carefully placing Dawn by Princess Luna, the colt had then reached into his saddle bag and pulled out a roll of bandages.

Luna had smiled brightly as she looked to the filly beside her; she almost reminded her of Celestia when they were younger. Looking up to Nightfall, she eyed the bandages nervously; she'd never actually been injured before. Well, excluding the time when she and Tia's 'royal' cat scratched her, but it wasn't that bad.

"Don't worry, your majesty, I know what I'm doing." The colt spoke proudly of himself as he unwrapped the bandages with his hooves. Twilight stepped back some, watching him do his work. Nightfall continued, "Can I get a look at what's wrong?"

The moon princess raised her injured foreleg, groaning in pain as she did so. With narrowed eyes, the colt stared at the mare's swollen body part. He stepped forward, dropping a small piece of the bandage on her foreleg as he spoke to her calmly, "It's not that bad; it's just bruised, actually. But still, you might want to be careful walking." Looking Luna in the eyes, he then said, "This will hurt, but it will be for the better - I promise."

"I'm ready…" She gulped and closed her eyes, bracing herself for the pain she imagined to come. Nightfall went ahead and quickly took hold of her foreleg with his hoof, and as predicted, Luna screamed out in pain.

The colt whispered and went to work, "I'm sorry your majesty…"

Twilight watched, her heart sinking at the sight of the princess in pain, but she knew in the end, everything was going to be fine; especially after they stopped Sir Blackheart. She could feel Spike grabbing onto one of her hind legs, burying his face in it.

…15 minutes later…

Twilight stared at the night sky in silence as she heard Nightfall step beside her, sighing slightly. She looked to him with her purple eyes and asked, "What's wrong?"

He looked back to her and shook his head, seeming obviously tired. "Nothing, I just… I'm not used to seeing royalty like that. I'm not used to seeing royalty at all." Turning his head to stare up at the skies, he asked, "What are you doing out here anyway?"

"Oh, just… Gazing." She grinned slightly as she looked up at the sparkling stars. "The stars beautiful tonight, aren't they?"

Nightfall looked at the beautiful alicorn under the moonlight. Sure, he just met her, but she was just amazing to him; she was kind, royal, and beautiful! Subconsciously speaking, he nodded, his eyes drooping as his heart thumped hard in his chest, "Yeah… They are."

"Which constellation is your favorite?" She turned and looked at him to find him staring at her. Twilight's cheeks grew red as looked to the ground; she'd never been 'checked out' before.

Shaking his head quickly, the colt looked back up to the stars and blushed as well. "I don't have one, really…"

The alicorn shrugged slightly, beginning to feel a bit shy towards him. "Oh, well, that's okay. I happen to like all of them, too." She changed her glare from the ground to the colt's purple gaze as he looked to her. They both awkwardly shifted as they stared at each other intently, not being able to look away.

Inside the cave, Luna looked out of the cave at the two and grinned softly. With the bit of magic she could use, she took the brightest stars out that night and formed them into the shape of a heart.

Being distracted by the sudden light in the sky, the two had looked up, finding the shining heart in the sky. Nightfall chuckled nervously and shrugged as he looked back down to the princess. Twilight did exactly the same.

Placing her good hoof on her face, Luna sighed in frustration from inside the cave. "Young ponies…"

Princess Celestia stared into the night sky from her castle, worry trailing across her face. She looked back as she felt a paw gently lay on her back. "What do you want?"

"Well, I just want to know how the lovely princess is doing." Discord put a certain amount of emphasis in the word 'lovely' that showed his sarcasm. But deep inside, he actually meant it. Flapping his wings, he floated closer to her, "Is there a problem with that?" Discord had a large, playful grin on his face as he stared into Celestia's magenta eyes.

She sighed and shook her head as she stared back outside of her window, seeing the large black cloud practically engulfing the force field that surrounded Canterlot. "Discord, now isn't the time… I'm sure you see the storm outside is no normal storm. It's Blackheart."

Now floating above her, he looked out of the window and yawned. "Well, that's obvious." Celestia sighed once more in frustration, rolling her eyes at the draconequus. Discord continued, "But what are you worrying about? You have me on your side!" He smiled and placed his claw on his chest, admiring himself greatly in her presence. Then, he caught himself, "Wait… You're not worried, are you?" That made no sense; the princess who had been keeping harmony across Equestria for millennia – worried?

The princess stayed silent as she turned around and began walking to the doorway. Discord followed her with a confused expression, "Tia?" She still said nothing as she opened the door with her magic, her hooves tapping on the marble floor as she stepped through the doorway. "C'mon, you could at lea-"

She turned around and rushed into the draconequus, burying her face in his red fur. With wide eyes, Discord looked down to her and prepared to say something witty, but he said nothing. The dozen guards that stood there simply watched, just as surprised as Discord to see what was going on. The draconequus could hear her whisper something into his chest. "I missed you."

His heart skipped a beat as he actually paid attention to these words; she actually meant them! Gently placing his paw on her mane, he dropped onto the ground gently and embraced her with a hug. He closed his eyes and searched deep inside of himself. He was beginning to feel that feeling he'd been missing for millennia. "I missed you too, Tia." He whispered back to her.

The guards did nothing as they watched the phenomena. Not because they were afraid that Discord could make them disintegrate within milliseconds, but because they knew that something like this needed not to be interrupted. Everyone deserves love – even spirits of chaos.

Suddenly, the floor shook and an earsplitting explosion rang throughout the city. Celestia instantly pulled away from Discord and looked to the guards around them, "What was that?!"

The guards said nothing and rushed downstairs, where they would be able to fight off whatever decided to attack. As they loudly rushed to the town square, Celestia watched them leave. She then looked up to the draconequus. Her voice was stern, but it was a little more kind than how she used to speak to him, "I'm going to get Princess Cadance and Shining Armor. Gather the others and meet me at the town square."

Discord saluted playfully and snapped his fingers, disappearing with a flash. After watching him leave, the princess galloped to the balcony of her room and looked to the sky. With a gasp, her heart skipped a beat as she witnessed the bright green force field she had built earlier shatter into pieces. "No!"

Tons of pitch black clouds filled the skies of Canterlot as the force field fell. A deep, evil voice echoed from the clouds. "Ah! Such a beautiful town! It'd be a shame if it was," the voice paused as a black-coated alicorn entered Celestia's sight from one of the clouds. He suddenly aimed one of his hooves at a building and a bolt of lightning struck it, setting it in flames instantly. "Destroyed!"

Celestia jumped from the balcony and stretched her wings, gliding to the ground below her castle. Her hooves loudly clicked against the concrete as she looked up to Blackheart. He blew up a few more buildings before actually taking notice of the princess standing in the moonlight. "Hm? What's this? A little princess trying to protect her subjects?" The evil alicorn struck a tree beside her with a lightning bolt, setting it aflame. Now being able to see her better, his dark red eyes went wide. "Oh! Princess Celestia!"

"Blackheart! Stop this!" She yelled to him as multiple guards came beside her to aid her.

Discord suddenly appeared to Celestia's right, leaning against her slightly, "That's not gonna work, Tia. He is a bad guy after all."

Now looking to the draconequus, she mumbled lowly with anger, "Discord…"

"Sorry."

The black alicorn sent his clouds across the town to destroy other buildings as he dropped towards the ground, his wings allowing him to land safely on the concrete. With a large smirk, he stood across from his opposing enemies, stomping a hoof on the ground as a round of applause. "Hooray! The amazing Princess Celestia has confronted an enemy from millennia ago! She's going to save Equestria once more!"

"I will save Equestria." She replied to him and stepped forward, her horn glowing slightly as she prepared to begin the battle.

"Not on my watch." Blackheart's black horn became engulfed by a red aura as he stepped forward as well.

Before they actually fought, Discord cut them off, stepping in front of Celestia by doing so. "Wait!"

"Discord?" Blackheart tilted his head in confusion; he hadn't expected his teacher to actually be working with those pitiful ponies.

Sliding on a pair of shades, Discord took a few more steps towards Blackheart. "Yup. I'm different, Blackheart. I ain't about that life anymore."

In the background, Pinkie Pie's insane laughter could be heard by all. "He said 'ain't'!"

"What?! You're working with these pitiful… Things?! Whatever happened to chaos?!" The alicorn was furious! There was no way that the person who taught him to be ruthless and chaotic suddenly became a kind, loving… Cushion!

"I don't know, but I'm not letting you destroy Canterlot. Or hurt my friends." Discord got serious then, tossing the shades to the side. They exploded when they hit the ground beside him, only making him seem a bit more intimidating.

Celestia watched the draconequus step forward, his claw/paw balling into fists. She'd never seen him so protective about anything. He was truly reformed.

Blackheart chuckled slightly as he shook his head, "You're making a big mistake, Discord." His pendant began glowing red then; its power was being consumed by the evil alicorn.

"You're the one making the mistake, pal! Discord's going to beat your-" Rainbow Dash's cheer for the draconequus was cut off by Applejack's hoof covering her mouth.

Ignoring the light blue pegasus, Blackheart aimed his horn at Discord, still shaking his head in disbelief. "You're in for it now…"

Out of the blue, Discord shot a blast of magic from his paw towards the alicorn, yelling a victorious cry as he did so; there was no pony in Equestria who could survive a direct magic attack from him. "POW! Right in the kisser!" Smoke filled the town square, adding effect to Blackheart's defeat. The draconequus turned around, bragging to the ponies before him, mostly Celestia, though. "I'm the best and you know-"

His sentence was cut off by the sound of deep chuckling – Blackheart's chuckling to be exact. With wide eyes, the draconequus twisted and looked into the smoke with a confused expression. There was no way anypony could've survived that! With his magic, Discord pushed the smoke and debris aside, revealing a dark black alicorn surrounded by a red aura. "How?..."

Speechless, he just watched Blackheart step from the smoke and triumphantly laugh at Discord's futile attempt to defeat him. "You see Discord; I've been given some special abilities while I've been away…" The alicorn took another step forward, causing everypony else to retreat from him. The spirit of chaos was the only one who stood still and tall.

"And what might that be?" He asked his pupil as he prepared to attack him once more.

Blackheart said nothing and stomped on the ground, his hoof shaking the ground violently. Cracks spread through the concrete, allowing a dim flash of red light seep through them. Celestia closed her eyes and engulfed her surrounding subjects with a force field, "Everypony stay close!"

Discord leaped into the air and began flapping his wings. While in midair, he growled, "Stop this!"

The alicorn's answer was simple, "No!" He aimed his horn at the draconequus and fired a beam of dark magic. Not being able to block the attack, Discord was hit in the chest with this magic, being sent hurdling backwards in pain. "See, Discord?! I'm unstoppable!" Blackheart burst into evil laughter as he stepped across the shaking ground. Changing his gaze to Celestia then, he gave a wicked smile, "So, Princess… How have things been going?"

Celestia looked at him with a disgusted face; she hated evil things, especially ponies. "What happened to you? Do you not remember the colt you were before Discord came along?"

"That has nothing to do with this!" He interrupted the princess and pointed his hoof at her, a spark of lightning popping from it. "This is no quest for redemption, Celestia; it's a quest for domination! I'm not the only one taking over Equestria, and I'm sure that you can't stop her either!"

The first person she could think of was Chrysalis; had she really come back for revenge or another go at Equestria? "Who are you talking about, Blackheart?!"

"Oh, you'll see her soon enough. But until then, I'll have reign over Equestria!" He began to back away from them slowly, despite the shaking ground. Suddenly, Discord rushed back into the action, his eyes flaring with anger and determination. Blackheart simply shot a beam of magic that was much too familiar to the draconequus. His eyes went wide as he ran into the magic, every single inch of his body suddenly turning into stone. Everypony gasped with fear as they watched him drop onto the ground with a thud, his body stuck in the position he was last seen moving in. A trail of surprise riddled across his stone face as he lay in the dirt, as stagnant as could be.

Celestia began galloping towards the 'frozen' draconequus, tears filling up in her eyes as she watched him drop to the ground. "DISCORD!" Ignoring the evil alicorn ahead, she kept her eyes locked on Discord before she was hit by a blast of Blackheart's evil magic as well. She fell quickly to the ground.

The royal guards rushed forward full force at the black-coated alicorn, their battle cries echoing over the rumbling ground. "Princess!" The other ponies yelled after the downed princess, rushing to her side as the guards went along to fight Blackheart.

Easily blowing the guards away with his magic, Blackheart chuckled evilly and stretched his large black wings. Flapping them once, he launched into the air and roared over the rumbling of his own destruction, "Well, there's one princess down! I wonder who I could attack next…" He questioned 'obliviously' as she looked down to Princess Cadance, whose cutie mark gave him the perfect idea. "Well I wonder how the Crystal Heart's holding up…" He mischievously grinned and looked directly to Cadance, his bright red eyes glowing within the moonlight he controlled now that Celestia was injured and Luna was absent.

She looked up to him with a gasp and tapped Shining Armor with her hoof. The prince looked up to Blackheart as well with a dead serious expression, "You're not going to get the Crystal Heart!"

"Try and stop me!" With his magic, he made the moon fill with a red fluid, engulfing the darkness with a blood red light. He looked to Celestia and smirked, "I'll see you later…" Saying those words, Blackheart turned around and burst into a mad dash towards the Crystal Empire.

With no hesitation, Cadance followed right after him, her pink wings stretching throughout the air. She yelled back to her husband as she did so, "Shining Armor, meet me there!"

Saying nothing, the white unicorn nodded and galloped toward the train station, which was hopefully still intact so he could get back home to save his empire.

As the three left the town square, the remaining Elements of Harmony picked up Princess Celestia and carried her into the castle, where safety was practically guaranteed.

The doors to the castle slammed shut as the young mares gently placed the princess on the marble floor. She groaned in pain as she shut her eyes tight, a dark red spark of electricity travelling down her horn periodically. Her magic was useless.

"Princess, what shall we do?!" Rarity screamed, her tone showing her overdramatic fear of Blackheart taking reign of Equestria.

Celestia looked up to the others with an absolutely dismal expression, "I'm sorry… I should've been able to stop him." Her voice was weak and croaky, showing that the attack she took from Blackheart was more than just a magic-banishing spell.

Applejack stopped her and tossed her hat to the side, looking the princess deep in her eyes. "No, don't do that to yerself! That Blackheart feller ain't the strongest, and we're gonna stop 'im!

"Oh Applejack, you're too kind," the weary princess said as she took the inspiring words from the orange earth pony. She coughed violently, only scaring the others a bit more. "In order to stop Blackheart, we just free Discord; he's the only one who would know his weakness."

"They are both beings of chaos and all," Fluttershy said.

"Yeah, but we need the all of the Elements of Harmony to do that…" Rainbow Dash added, an expression of anger planted on her face; she hated letting the bad guys get away!

Celestia coughed once more, closing her eyes again as she nodded to the light blue pegasus. "Exactly. We must wait until Twilight and the others to return. I'll send Spike a letter and -" She stopped and realized the flaw in the plan. Her magic didn't work; she couldn't send any letters to Spike.

The others looked to the floor; attempting to think of a way to help her. Then, Rarity stepped forward with determination and heroism trailing across her face. Her eyes sparkled as she looked down to the weakened princess, "I'll use my magic to do it."

Everyone looked to the white unicorn and asked in unison, "What?" Could it be possible that somepony with magic as 'weak' as Rarity's use a spell used only by royalty? Well, there was only one way to find out.

"Are you sure you're up for the task, Rarity?" The princess asked; she knew that the spell was a tricky one; even for royalty. And for someone like Rarity, who barely used half of magic's potential to try it, she knew it would be a challenge.

"Anything for my friends!"

Rainbow Dash yelled out, raising her hooves into the air, "That's the spirit!"

Well, thanks guys for –

Pinkie Pie tossed a large pile of confetti in the air, screaming loudly with enthusiasm. "GO RARITY!"

Well, thanks you guys for taking the time out of your very successful lives (I'm sure they are) to read this chapter of my story. But for now, I'd really like to dedicate this chapter to a friend of mine who passed away yesterday.

Before things get sad and depressing, I'll just say thank you (again) for visiting this chapter. You guys happen to be the best! Thanks for the support you give me in the ways you do. I love you peeps! :3 You deserve cookies. Do Svidaniya! – FrozenAgent47.