Part 7: Discord
" Why should it matter what we're here for? And why are you still in Equestria?" Twilight asked, turning to question discord, in the now purple tinted room.
" I'd like to know, because it's one more reason for people to disturb the reconstruction of my chaotic empire. I'd like to know, because the heroes of Equestria, the mane six, were interested in it." Discord said simply, sipping a cup that popped into existence and dropped into his hand.
" Why won't you let us wake up my mommy?" Dinky asked Discord, headbutting the cage.
" Derpy is unwell? While I didn't appreciate her use of the Elements on me, I'm grateful that she didn't encapsulate me in stone. These Alicorn Tears can cure her of her sickness you say? You know how they came to be, don't you?" Discord said, popping one of the glowing flowers into his empty hand, where it burned him before he casually dropped it to the ground.
" No, how did they come to be? Why are they so rare?" Dinky and Twilight asked, forgetting for the moment the predicament they and their friends were in.
" Before Celestia and Luna found the Elements of Harmony I held the entirety of Equestria under my chaotic greatness. They were strange, unique and interesting, that's why I offered them positions as my lieutenants. They accepted of course, for refusal meant their houses would be transformed into something at random and possibly unbearable to live within. If it wasn't for their love for the ponies, pegasi, and unicorns I would've ruled the next 1000 years completely unchallenged. The tears they shed down here, at the foot of my palace below even the most dank and dark laboratories and dungeons they wept for the people of Equestria, and their tears became these plants. Which I heard was used medically when the new palace was built in Canterlot. You think that Derpy Hooves might be revived if she could imbibe the extract of these flowers?" Discord explained, and then asked.
" Yes... That's why were here. What have you done with the others? What are you going to do with us?" Twilight said, and then asked, sitting down despondently, when all of her attempted spells failed to make it past the cage.
" They are asleep in front of the ruins, and will remember nothing of their time within the palace. I will meet you in Ponyville. You are free to leave with the Tears." Discord said, snapping his fingers, releasing them, and winking out of existence as soon as he was sure they were free of the trap he'd laid for them.
" He's acting... Strange." Dinky observed.
" Definitely differently than when we first encountered him in Canterlot. I wonder if the Elements of Harmony did more than weaken his powers..." Twilight mused, mostly to herself.
" We should get back up to the others, they'll want to know how we got the Tears and why they can't remember searching the old palace ruins." Dinky said, taking the lead to return to the ground level.
" It sort of makes sense that the Tears came from Luna and Celestia, Blue for Luna, and Pink for Celestia. They have the same effect right? The book didn't say anything about there being different kinds of Tears, the pictures weren't colored so it must not have been important." Twilight thought aloud.
" There they are." Dinky said, pointing to the pile of slumbering ponies in front of the Old Palace.
Twilight and Dinky began pulling ponies out of the pile and waking them up one by one. Explaining what had happened eventually everypony was up and about.
" What're we still doing here? We need to stop Discord!" Rainbow Dash shouted to everyone in general while lifting a still dazed Pinkie Pie to her feet.
" We should confront him together, he had to take us down individually, so we should be able to face him down as a group." Twilight suggested.
" Does this mean there'll be Chocolate Rain again?" Pinkie Pie asked.
" I don't know Pinkie, Twilight said he isn't as strong as he used to be. It doesn't explain his behavior or why he let Twilight and Dinky go." Fluttershy told Pinkie.
" There might not be any time for us to talk about this all philisophical like. Discord is in Ponyville." Applejack said, siding with Rainbow Dash in the argument, leading the Cutie Mark Crusaders towards the edge of the forest.
" Wait for us!" Twilight said, hurrying after them, with Dinky in tow.
Reader's Note: I realize these chapters are fairly short compared to some of the epics that are put out there. I haven't heard any complaints, I just figured that I should probably explain myself a bit. Fics are my way of relaxing and clearing my head.