Being a statue for over a thousand years can drive one crazy, so of course the first thing on Discord's now chaotic mind was to let himself go and be rid of it. He was almost free of the craziness when he was turned to stone again by the new holders of the elements of Harmony. A year later when he was released, he was more calm, more in control. He was definitely more startled by the young pony his sister had forced him to stay with so that he could "Make a friend" and "Control his chaos magic". True, he gave Fluttershy a hard time, but after a while, he found himself liking her as much as he had liked Clover Swirl, though he wouldn't admit it just yet. Maybe it was because she looked just like her… save for the cutie mark that is. He toned down his chaotic powers around her and her friends and decided that it'd be best to wait to get Screwball until he was sure that they'd be willing to accept her.
He didn't expect his sisters to show up though, or that Nightmares would show up as well. He had been at the house with Angel Bunny, one of Fluttershy's favorite animals, when he felt a disturbance in his magic. "Oh no… that's not good." He knew that Fluttershy and her friends, the other elements of harmony, were off with two ponies, whom he hadn't been able to meet, to visit Celestia and Luna. He looked to his right as a unicorn's magic seemed to be sending him a message. "Hello?"
"Hello? Lord Discord?" Discord blinked. No one had called him "Lord" in over twelve hundred years.
"Um… yes… who is this?"
"I'm Captain Night Star from the Royal Lunar Guard, sir." Discord remembered the Star family. Sgt. Evening Star had always had a good poker face and wanted to do nothing more than protect the royals, which he did so unknowingly by working with Commander Hope. "I sensed a disturbance in the magic and we just witnessed some sort of fight with an Alicorn that wasn't Princess Luna or Princess Celestia. She had been fighting some dark black pony like creatures with bat wings that had holes in them!"
"Describe the alicorn." Discord ordered as he felt the magic in Equestria grow stronger.
After the detailed description of a bright pink alicorn with blonde hair, a black horn, a strange cutie mark, and wings that seemed to be tipped with light, Discord's eyes widened and his jaw nearly fell off. He caught his jaw in time and glared at the young unicorn.
"Alert all nearby Healers! Those black ponies were nightmares. The difference between them and the Lunar guard is their eyes and the holes in their wings, don't make that mistake. That Alicorn can only be the Commander, Aurora Hope Healer. I'm on my way."
"Yes Sir." The unicorn nodded before dispelling the communication and running off to warn the others of what was going on.
Discord then looked to Angel Bunny who was glaring at him. "Sorry, Angel, but you'll have to take care of yourself. I'm not letting my sister get away again… that and Fluttershy might be in danger from the Nightmares, trust me, they aren't friendly." The last comment got the small white rabbit's eyes to widen as he started pushing the strange creature towards the door to send him to rescue his precious master. "Don't worry, I'm off!" He used his magic to teleport farther than he had ever done so before, all the way from Ponyville to Canterlot. True, he had done it before, but not in one jump! Usually when teleporting from the capital to Ponyville, he would stop twice in between, but today was an emergency.
When he arrived in Canterlot, he noticed a lot of destruction and screaming ponies. He ran straight for the castle, too tired to use his magic again so soon. As he ran, Night Star and some other ponies ran with him, explaining the situation. He gave them a set of orders to protect the civilians and start work on the repairs of the city. They turned off to leave him as he climbed the palace steps. He ran into the throne room where, much to his shock, he came face to face with Celestia, Luna, and the pony that really shocked him, Astrana Compassion.
"What in the name of Light and Dark Matter is going on here?" He then looked around and noticed that they were all heading somewhere. He rarely called upon his parents' names, but he was certainly shocked.
"Discord we don't have time for this, a pony just left here after the Nightmare Queen. I think it was an Alicorn…" Celestia started, but Discord was already on the move, his magic having recovered already.
"I'll get her." He flew off faster than he had known he was capable of and caught up to the full grown alicorn that was running as though she had forgotten that she had wings. Discord frowned and used his magic to pin her down. "And just where have you been, young filly?"
(This is where it connects with the story, "The Lost Ones" by Hope Healer.)