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"What!" we said in unison.
"Discord has somehow found us and is attacking!" replied the guard.
"Oh no! I can't let him find me, not like this!"
"We need to hide you somewhere."
Solar came running towards me.
"We have to leave, now! If he finds you…just come on!"
She didn't need to explain because I already knew he wouldn't have any mercy on them, or possibly even me. We ran to the back of the entire hideout where I was told to hide. Solar and Dash were just about to leave to confront him and help the others when Twilight and the rest of the gang came running to get Rainbow Dash, but saw me and scowled a little, still hating me for what I've done.
"Wait, guys, can I have one last word with you all?"
"No, we need to make sure Discord doesn't set foot in this place." Solar replied.
"Please, this is very important."
"If you must, but I'm moving ahead to protect the lines. He's not going to take what little I have right now."
The rest stayed behind, Dash more willing than the others.
"Ok, guys. I just want to start off by saying I'm sorry for everything that's happened here and all that's led up to this. I never meant to hurt anypony, but I wasn't myself. I am myself now, so I want you all to know, you guys have given me the greatest family I could have ever asked for and I love you all."
"We accept your apology, but we're still mad for what you put us through." said Twilight after a little conversing.
"Ok, personal apology time, Twilight, I'm sorry for burning all your books, Rarity, I'm sorry for raising the prices on fabrics, Pinkie and Red, I'm sorry for blowing up the bakery, Fluttershy, I'm sorry for moving your animals to the Everfree, Applejack, I'm sorry for running you out of business, and finally Rainbow, I'm sorry for being the worst coltfriend in the world and breaking your heart. Also I'm sorry for this."
I distorted bars around the entrance of the cave and locked us all in.
"What the hay are y'all doin'?" retorted Applejack.
"I'm going to set things right. I'm going up there myself and confronting Discord. I don't want to see you guys get hurt anymore."
"Well you seem to be forgetting a little detail," started Twilight, "I can teleport us all through the bars anyway."
"Oh, right, but please let me do this on my own. I need to do this or I'll have a guilty conscience for the rest of my life."
"Whether you like it or not, we are coming with you, because you said yourself, we are your 'family' and family sticks together." Dash said with a determined smile.
I mumbled to myself "If only that was true with my real family…"
"What was that?"
"Nothing, but thanks… I really appreciate it, but I will make this right by Equestria by any means necessary."
"So, what? Are you just going to storm out there without any plan at all?" asked Twilight.
"Oh, yeah I need a plan…"
"Way ahead of you. Our plan was to destroy the empire from the inside out, and seeing how you helped make this, you will carry it out while we help Solar Flare and Nightmare Moon hold back Discord."
"Got it, now where should I start?"
"Well first off, you can rescue Princess Cadence and my brother and take out everything giving Discord or Chrysalis power."
"Sounds easy enough. There's a big heart in the throne room giving the changelings power and Shining and Cadence are in the dungeon."
"Good, you should get going so we can help with the fighting."
"Alright."
I took the bars away and teleported out of the hideout on to the edge of where Discord's rule ends. I didn't look back, determined to finish this fight once and for all and ran through the streets Ponyville, which were empty of changelings, but were full of angry citizens.
As I ran, the ponies shouted at me and threw stuff at me, but I ignored it and changed all that I passed back to what it used to be. The ponies, in turn started cheering about my "change of heart" as I continued down towards Canterlot .
(The name Discord came up for the new Canterlot was really stupid so I still refer to it as Canterlot.)
I teleported as far as I could, which ended up being one of the towers in the Castle. A couple changelings were alarmed by my appearance there, but I scowled.
"Get back to work!" They resumed their duties.
Luckily they didn't know, so I could walk freely until I carried out the plan. I made it to the throne room where, surprisingly, Discord and Chrysalis were both sitting.
"There you are, do you have any idea how long you were gone for, hmm?"
"Actually, no, I don't."
"You've been gone for four days."
"Wow, that long?"
"Yes, and the prisoners haven't been fed in couple days, so if you wouldn't mind."
"Yes, father."
I walked out of the room and realized I had been tricked into doing this, but in a way, I did get to do this all on my own. I teleported to the kitchen and requested food for the prisoners. The food came out relatively quickly, and I teleported to the dungeon.
I walked over to the two cells where Cadence and Shining were, and also noticed a changeling sleeping on a chair. I broke the chair, startling the changeling.
"Sleeping on the job, eh? Get out of my sight!"
The changeling bowed and hastily left the dungeon. I opened Cadence's cell and approached her, and she looked like she was prepared to defend herself. I stopped and gave her a friendly smile.
"It's ok, I'm going to get you and Shining out of here, I'm going to bring you to Solar and all the others where you guys will be safe."
She got a look of confusion.
"Th-this can't be happening. It has to be one of your tricks!"
"No, I'm serious, Solar is the name Celestia has taken since I…drove her out of power, but you have to believe me."
While she decided I opened Shining's door too and he came in to embrace Cadence for the first time since Discord's rule.
"You two need to get out of here. I can get you as far as Ponyville, but that's it. Just go to the deserted area and find a stack of rocks and call for Solar and they might show you the way in."
I quickly grabbed hold of them and teleported to Ponyville.
"Ok, now just head down that way and do as I said."
They started running towards where I pointed and I teleported back in the throne room.
"Prisoners are fed."
"Excellent, my boy. Now, what did you find over there that kept you away for so long?"
I froze at the question.
"Oh just some rocks that I was training my powers on, no big deal."
"So you were gone for four days to break up rocks…I find that quite hard to believe."
"It's true, I was doing all sorts of combinations and I found many of them effective."
"Would you mind showing me some then?" he said with a sly smile, trying to see how far I would go with this lie.
I closed my eyes, lifted some stone and morphed them into balls, spun them around and used scorch, catching them on fire and launched them all. They all bounced off the walls and flew straight for the heart in the throne room, destroying it.
Chrysalis was none too happy.
"Discord, I have had it with him! I'm going to make him pay!"
"I think I'm with you on this one, that seemed all too convenient to be an accident, right Gray?"
I could never answer those kinds of questions without thinking about it, but they had both already started advancing on me.