she must never know Chapter 10, a my little pony fanfic

okay here we go final chapter sorry about this everyone.

Juliet's father carefully lowered his daughter down to the floor so as not to move the sword that was plunged into her for fear of doing further damage. The wound was fatal but still he tried with what little strength he had left to save his daughter's life even if it cost him his own but to no avail all he could do was delay the inevitable at least for a little bit. He had spent his life believing that his magic could do anything but the one time it actually counted he wasn't good enough. He had failed to save her just as he had failed to save her mother. All that was left was to hold his daughter close to him and say good-bye.

"Daddy you came back," Juliet weakly said.

"I came home," he replied, "just like I promised."

"What do you mean? This isn't home."

"Don't you know home is where the heart is, and my heart will always be with you."

"I love you two daddy."

" I promised I would never let anything happen to you. I'm sorry. I never should have left you. It's just all I have ever done is run away from my problems and when you asked about your mother I knew I couldn't do this alone so I went looking for her."

"Did you find her?"

"No."

"Why did you leave her in the first place?"

"I didn't mean to I was trying keep you and your mother safe and then she was taken by the same man who took you and he killed her." It was then that Juliet realised the woman she had met in the cell the previous night was her mother still alive but she didn't want to spoil that surprise for her father.

"Daddy, am I suppose to look like this?"

"No I cast a spell on both of us when we came to this world so we would look like people."

"I want you to show me how I'm suppose to look."

"I can't I have no magic left, but you can."

"But I don't know how."

"It's easy all you have to do is wish."

"Okay I'll try." Juliet closed her eyes and thought ' I wish Daddy, Mommy, and I all changed back to our original forms.' The room was encased in a pink light and when it faded Juliet was now a pink earth pony with a curly purple and white mane and swirling purple eyes, and her father now back to his draconequus form "I'm a pony?"

"Yes, also your name isn't Juliet it's screwball."

"Screwball? That's a silly name"

"You think you're names silly? Mine is discord now that's a silly name."

"Why did you keep all this from me."

"Well I thought I was doing it to protect you, but now I see I was just being a coward."

"I saw you fighting out there, you aren't a coward or a monster, you're my hero."

"Me? What about you? You took a sword for me you're the hero. Wait you have magic you can heal yourself."

"No."

"Yes you can."

"I can but I won't."

"But,"

"No Daddy!" She interrupted. "No more running from our problems that's what got us into this mess in the first place. There comes a time when you have to stop running and face the consequences."

"But I need you."

"No Daddy you don't"

Then Screwball knowing this was the only way get through to her father sang. " You can let go now Daddy, you can let go. Your little girl is ready to do this on my own. It's going to be a little bit scary, but I want you to know. You can let go now Daddy, you can let go."

Discord then realised he had to do what was best for his daughter and respect her wishes, but seeing the pain and fear she was going through made him want to comfort he so he sang. "Don't be afraid it will be all right, just take my hand hold it tight."

Then she sang. "No matter where I am I'll be with you. Just think of me don't you cry"

They both wiped tears from their eyes and sang together knowing this would be the last time. "We didn't understand the way life is, it's full of joy but also pain. Although it will be hard, we'll get through this, we'll be together again."

They sang. "Cause you'll be in my heart. Yes you'll be in my heart, from this day on now and forever more."

She sang. "You'll be in my heart."

He sang. "You'll be here in my heart."

"No matter where I go."

"Oh, you'll be with me."

They sang. "You'll be here in my heart always, always."

She sang. " Daddy… I'll be here with you always."

He sang. "Always and always."

They sang. "Just look into your heart. Just look into your heart. Just look into your heart. You know I'll be there always."

"No matter where I go you will always be my Daddy." She said.

"And you will always be in my heart." He responded.

Screwball's life was fading fast so she wanted to ask her father one last request " Daddy can you sing me a lullaby?"

"Of course Sweetie any thing you want." He said willing to do anything for his daughter. He cradled his little girl in his arms and sang her one last lullaby. "A gentle breeze from Hushabye Mountain softly blows o'er lullaby bay.It fills the sails of boats that are waiting. Waiting to sail" Discord could no longer singing as Screwball took her final breath went limp in his arms. Discord could no longer hold in his tears. He looked up to the heavens through the hole in the roof and said. "Take care of my daughter."

Then he heard a beautiful voice singing finishing his song. "So close your eyes on Hushabye Mountain. Wave goodbye to cares of the day. And watch your boat from Hushabye Mountain, sail far away from lullaby bay." Then the yellow Pegasus mare stepped out of the shadows. "Hello Dissy."

Discord was shocked. "Fluttershy is that you? But I thought you were dead."

"It is me, but no I'm not dead."

"But how."

"When we were going to go through the portal I got caught by Anon and he followed you to the human world. He kept me locked up here the whole time. You did a good job with screwy."

"That's not true if I had she would still be alive."

"You can't blame yourself for this."

"Nobody. It's not anybody's fault." Fluttershy sang. "What do you think about when you look at me? I know were not the family you dreamed we'd be. You did your best, you raised our girl, so take my hand and we can go home."

Discord stood up still carrying his daughter, walked to his wife, and sang. "How I wish we could go back to simpler times. Before all our scars and all our secrets were in the light. Yes on this haunted past, we drew the battle lines. And we didn't all make it through the fight."

They sang the rest of the song together. "It's going to take much more than promises this time, Now that she has changed our lives."

"Maybe we were never meant to be complete. Could we just be broken together? If you can bring your shattered dreams and I'll bring mine, could healing still be spoken and save us? The only way we'll last forever is broken together."

"How it must had been so lonely by my side. We were building kingdoms and chasing dreams and left love behind. And praying she would help our broken hearts align. Did we win or lose this fight?"

"It's going to take much more than promises this time now that she has changed our lives."

"Maybe we were never meant to be complete. Could we just be broken together? If you can bring your shattered dreams and I'll bring mine, could healing still be spoken and save us. The only way we'll last forever is broken together."

Discord and Futtershy stayed there in that castle until slowly Discord got his strength back and was able to take them back to Equestria. It was there that they buried their daughter and rebuilt Fluttershy's cottage where they would live broken hearted but together for the rest of their lives until eventually they would be reunited with their daughter and finally get their happy ending.

and that's the end hope you all enjoyed this i will be posting a prequel to this story soon called haunted past so watch out for that one