Chapter 2: Return of Harmony, Part 2

*Main theme*

Discord just continued to laugh at Twilight and the rest of her group. Twilight and Chase just look rather devastated until Pinkie takes offense at Discord's laughter.

"And what are you laughing at!?" Pinkie snapped angrily.

"Oh, you ponies are just the most fun I've had in eons," he replied, wiping the tears from his eyes from all his chuckles. It was then Pinkie got right into his face.

"Well, quit it!" said Pinkie angrily, "You'd better think before you laugh at the Pink...ie Pie!" Pinkie just made a pouty face as Discord just smirked.

"Oh yeah?" Fluttershy remarked, "Well ha, ha."

"Quit it!" Pinkie demanded.

"No, ha, ha," Fluttershy replied, laughing again.

"Quit it!" Pinkie screamed with her fore-hooves on her head in frustration.

"No, ha ha-ha ha-ha," said Fluttershy. As they were going at it, Applejack just casually walked from behind Rarity's so called "diamond" to the marshmallow pony.

"Uh...Rarity?" Applejack said casually, "This here diamond of yours. Twilight said we should split it six ways since we, uh, found it together."

Applejack then gasped silently as she was suddenly karate kicked away from the "diamond" by the marshmallow pony.

"HI YAH!" Rarity shouted standing on her hind legs and doing kicks with one hind leg and a karate chop with a fore-leg, "Try it punk. He's mine. All mine! Ya! Ya! Ya!"

Rarity then continued to try karate kicking and punching at Applejack, who simply backed away nervously. Twilight and Chase just watched the ruckus unfold.

"Girls, why are you all acting like this?" Twilight demanded but received no answer.

"Quit it!" Pinkie shouted at Fluttershy, "Stop it!"

"We need to stick together!" Twilight told them.

"Ha, ha," Fluttershy responded to Pinkie's rants. It was then Discord reappeared as he sat on a sofa with a box of popcorn laughing at them all.

"It's just too entertaining," he said aloud.

"Stop it, Discord," Twilight scolded, "You're not playing fair." Discord raised an eyebrow as he munched on the popcorn.

"I'm not playing fair?" said Discord as he got out of his sofa and walked up to Twilight, "I'm not playing fair? Perhaps we haven't met. I'm Discord, the spirit of chaos and disharmony. Hello." Discord didn't resist getting right into Twilight's face as he spoke to her.

"How are we supposed to find the Elements of Harmony when you took away the labyrinth before we could get to the end?" Chase demanded. Discord just looks at him.

"Oh, wait, did you..." Discord began to laugh once again, "How funny! You thought the Elements were in the labyrinth?" Twilight was left stunned as Discord transported her back to when he was talking to them through the stained glass in the castle hallway.

"Twists and turns are my master plan. Then find the Elements back where you began." Twilight just listened as Discord just smirked deviously at her from the side before returning them both to the present.

"I never said they were in the labyrinth," said Discord.

Twilight was still too dumbfounded that she had misunderstood the riddle to notice that Chase looked at her with concern.

"But...but..."

"Keep trying, Twilight Sparkle," Discord interrupted in a mocking tone, "Maybe the magic of friendship can help you. Now if you'll excuse me, I have some chaos to wreak." Discord took a few steps away before snapping his fingers to disappear.

Twilight and Chase just stood there stunned as a large collection of cotton candy clouds filled the sky. With a clash of thunder, the clouds poured down their chocolate rain on the ponies.

"Chocolate milk?" Pinkie exclaimed angrily, "I hate chocolate milk!" Twilight just looked annoyed, now wet as she grunts in frustration.

"Think, Twilight, think!" Twilight told herself as she tapped her forehead, ""Find the Elements back where you began". Back where you began." As Twilight continued to think, Applejack had decided to jump on top of Rarity's "diamond" as she was crying to carry it away.

"Don't touch my gem!" Rarity shouted.

"I'm touching your gem, Rarity," said Fluttershy as she tapped her fore-hoof on it, "Ha, ha."

"What'chu laughin' at?" Pinkie snapped.

"Twilight, what do we do?" Chase asked with worry.

"Ugh, I just wanna go home...," said Twilight before lowering her head in exasperation, but then something clicked in her mind, "...wait a minute...Home! "Back where you began!" The Elements must be in...Ponyville!"

(Scene changes)

Within a few minutes, the five ponies had made their way toward Ponyville, which had now been altered to fit the king of chaos and disharmony. Several trees and buildings were hovering in the air, chocolate milk was continuing to rain in random places, even town hall was floating by itself upside down.

"Come on, girls and Chase," said Twilight excitedly as she and Chase lead the four grumbling ponies down the path to Ponyville, "I'm certain this is what Discord's riddle meant. If we get back to the library, I have a book that I just know can give us a clue. Ah!"

Twilight was then taken by surprise when Angel and a collection of his bunny-deer friends stampeded right over Twilight, leaving her dizzy with a messy mane and hoof-marks all over her back.

"Good boy, Angel," said Fluttershy with sinister smirk, "Mama's so proud." Then the sun instantly set and the moon rose, turning day into night.

"Wow, I can see so much better now," said Applejack sarcastically when suddenly the road was coated in soap, "Whoa!"

Applejack slid forward as she crashed through the three other corrupted ponies, knocking them over before she came to a stop before Twilight and Chase.

"I meant to do that," said Applejack.

"Wah! Ahh! Whoa!" Twilight exclaimed as she struggled to stand up before she tumbling onto her stomach with a plop, "Discord's turned our dirt roads into soap!" The sun then rose back into the sky, as Discord skated by.

"Beautiful isn't it?" said Discord as he stood before the altered Ponyville, "This is the new and improved Ponyville, and these are only my first changes." Twilight just looked as Pinkie slid on the soap behind her.

"This may look like fun," Pinkie remarked, "but it's not."

"Ugh," Twilight groaned before Discord reappeared and scooped Twilight up so she could get a better look at the town.

"Picture it," said Discord, "The chaos capital of the world." It was then day turned back into night again.

"I can't picture anything," said Chase indignantly, "It's too dark." Discord then let Twilight go so she dropped into the soap on her back.

"Well, wait a few minutes and you'll see it in the beautiful light of day," said Discord, "or not." He then made a ballerina style pose before he disappeared.

"Ponyville, the chaos capital of the world," said Twilight before narrowing her eyes in determination, "Not if I have anything to say about it."

"Don't worry," said Fluttershy as she skated by, "You won't." Fluttershy just laughed at her as Twilight just groaned to herself.

(Scene changes)

After what ended up being a long walk, night turned back into day again as they arrived just outside the Great Oak Library. It should be noted that the grounds and hills now had a checker pattern design on them.

"Okay, we're here," said Twilight, slightly pleading, "Everyone please, please, please, just go inside, please?"

"Guys, come on!" Chase said, sternly. "Just go in there."

"I absolutely refuse," said Applejack but headed inside anyway.

"With pleasure," said Fluttershy as she entered next.

"I hate libraries!" Pinkie fumed. As each pony made their way inside, the coloring of their coats, manes, and tails became complete shades of grey and now void of any color. Twilight just moaned to herself. Rarity was still grunting as she tried to carry her "diamond" inside.

"Pleeease, we gotta hurry!" said Twilight as she got behind Rarity.

"Forget it, Twilight," Rarity retorted, "I know what you're up to. The second I go in, you'll have your little minion Spike come and take Tom!"

"Tom?" said Twilight indignantly.

It was one thing to be greedy, but to actually name the "diamond" was just taking that greed to a whole new level.

"Well, it's not going to work," Rarity retorted as she rubbed a fore-hoof on her "diamond". As she did so, her coloring went completely grey as well. Twilight was more annoyed at Rarity to really take much notice.

"You're not going in without him, are you?" Twilight realized in a blunt tone.

"Mm-mm," Rarity answered.

"Fine!" Twilight growled angrily and scooped up "Tom" into her back and carried it inside.

Chase just looked worried for the moment before he pressed on in.

(Scene changes)

Inside, Spike had fallen asleep trying to mop the floor of the main room and was snoozing while still holding the mop in his hands. It was then a pair of hooves grabbed the bucket that was still full of water...

SLOOSH!

...and dumped the contents all over Spike.

"Ah! Brrr!" said Spike as he woke up with a start and shook himself off like a dog. Once he recovered, he saw Fluttershy hovering and smirking nearby.

"What did you do that for, Fluttershy?" Spike asked, surprised the yellow Pegasus had done such a prank.

"'Cause you looked so peaceful," Fluttershy answered in a sweet tone that was anything but friendly.

"I...uh...huh?" Spike stuttered as he wrung out his tail, puzzled by Fluttershy's behavior when there was a crash behind him. Twilight had ended up creating a hole on the area where her front door was trying to get "Tom" inside.

"Careful, Twilight!" Rarity retorted, "You'll ruin his beautiful finish."

"Oh, for the love of..."

"Twilight," said Spike, cutting off the purple pony's remark as he walked up to her, "What's going on? Why does everyone look so...gray?" Spike was given death glares from all the gray colored ponies as Twilight just glared back at them.

"Don't ask," Twilight answered bluntly, "I need you to help me find something."

"Hey, Twilight, what's soaking wet and clueless?" Fluttershy asked.

"Fluttershy, I've had just about enough-"

SPLASH!

"Your face!" Fluttershy called out as she dumped water on Twilight, soaking her and then slammed the bucket on her head with a CLANG.

Chase cringed before he felt something hug him. He looked down to notice Spike hugging him fearfully.

"Chase, what's wrong with them?" Spike asked with worry.

"It's Discord." Chase explained. "He's done something to them."

"Why aren't you being grumpy?" Spike asked him confused.

"I don't know." Chase said with a look of concern.

"What's happened to everypony?" Spike asked in confusion.

"I guess you just bring out the worst in us, Spike," said Applejack coldly as she walked by from behind.

"Ugh, no time to explain," said Twilight, now dry and the bucket removed, feeling her patience thinning out quickly, "We've got to find the reference guide to the Elements of Harmony before somepony does something she'll regret!"

Twilight gave the four ponies a death glare, but the others weren't paying attention. AJ was just tuning her out, Pinkie looked bored, and Rarity was just giving Fluttershy the stink eye while holding "Tom" as the pegasus was taunting and sticking her tongue out at Rarity.

Chase just didn't like this one bit.

"The Elements of Harmony?" said Spike as he made his way up a tall ladder to find the book Twilight was looking for, "Oh, I know exactly where that book is." He then grabbed the book from the shelf.

"Found it!" said Spike, only for Fluttershy to tear it right of his claws.

"Fluttershy, you'd better give me that book!" Twilight demanded.

"Keep away!" Fluttershy sing-sang before tossing the book to Applejack.

"Hey! Applejack give me that book!" Twilight retorted as she tried to intercept it, but as soon as the book landed on AJ's back, the gray country pony bucked it away.

"I don't have any book," Applejack said right after. The book headed toward Pinkie, who used her back end to send it flying back to Fluttershy.

"Pinkie! You guys! Stop it right now!" Twilight yelled as the book traveled in the same pattern two more times, Chase just looked angry of this.

"Ugh," Spike grunted as he tackled Fluttershy, causing the Pegasus to miss catching the book and it landed on the floor. Twilight went over to pick it up with her magic when...

"Mine!" Rarity screamed as she used her magic to intercept it and ran off.

"Hey, do you even know what you just stole?" Twilight retorted angrily.

"No, but if you want it, I want it!" Rarity replied as Twilight gave chase. Twilight dived at Rarity, but missed and hit her head hard as a result. After a strained groan, Twilight's patience had hit its breaking point.

"GIVE ME THAT BOOK!" Twilight screamed loudly as she tried to chase after Rarity again. Rarity attempted to trip up Twilight by knocking down an object from the middle table, but Twilight jumped over it. Fluttershy then swooped in lift Rarity in the air so Twilight ran smack into "Tom". It didn't take long before Twilight recovered. Pinkie just kept glaring as Applejack looked indifferent.

"Where is she?" Twilight demanded, "Where's Rarity?"

"Beat me," Applejack replied before Twilight dived at her in rage.

"LIES!" Twilight exploded as she attacked the orange pony and the others soon joined the dust cloud as well.

A cat yowl and plenty of fighting noises could be heard before Twilight finally dived out of the fighting cloud with the book in her fore-legs. Fluttershy and Pinkie growled as they try to approach the purple pony. Twilight hugged the book close like a filly trying to protect her favorite stuffed animal. Spike held up a scroll in his hand to guard Twilight...or maybe even act as a shield to protect the purple pony.

"Get back! All of you!" Twilight yelled, "This is my book, and I'm going to READ IT!" Spike and Chase managed to keep the other ponies at bay while Twilight opened the book.

"The Elements," Twilight exclaimed as she saw all seven pieces of jewelry with their respective gems in them.

"The Elements!" Twilight repeated again, "There were here all along!"

"This is great!" said Spike, reminding her of the Elements, "Now you guys can defeat Discord and put everything back to normal!"

"See, you guys?" said Twilight, feeling much better about things, "We did it! We found the Elements of Harmony! Together!"

The others, minus Chase, just looked rather bored as Applejack just yawned to herself. Fluttershy was just messing up Pinkie's mane to entertain herself.

"You don't even care, do you?" Chase remarked, seeing the moment was gone.

"No!" they all answered.

"I never thought it would happen," said Twilight sadly, "my friends..." She then lifted her head, looking furious.

"...have turned into complete JERKS!" Twilight snapped.

Chase was taken back by this as he looked worried for the girls, especially for Twilight.

Twilight just growled as she used her magic to lift all the Elements.

"Necklace! Necklace! Necklace! Necklace! Morpher! And...big crown thingy!" Twilight called out angrily as she slapped on everyone's elements as well as her own.

"Come on, everypony, let's go!" said Chase as he ventured forward.

"But Twilight," Spike protested, "aren't you missing somepony?"

"Nope, we've got the liar, the grump, the hoarder, and the brute," said Twilight as each pony was shown as she said their new nicknames.

Chase didn't like this one bit.

"But what about Rainbow Dash?" Chase asked with worry.

He was soon given an answer when Twilight put on the necklace with the loyalty element on Spike's neck.

"Congratulations, Spike, you're the new Rainbow Dash!" Twilight answered sternly, "Now let's go!"

"Me?" Spike exclaimed with a gasp, "B-b-but what if she finds out I've been impersonating her?" Spike moaned as his body shuttered nervously.

"That won't end well..." Spike added fearfully.

"Too bad, you're Rainbow Dash," Twilight retorted sternly, "Now let's go defeat Discord so we don't ever have to talk to each other again!"

"Yeah! Woo-hoo! Finally!" said all the other ponies as made their way out of the Library

as they ran right over Spike, except for Rarity, who was trying to, once again, move "Tom". This time, Twilight was in no mood to negotiate.

"Move!" Twilight snapped before calling out, "Look out, here comes Tom!"

"Tom" came barreling out of Twilight's upper balcony door and landed with a THUD outside, just missing Pinkie.

Discord is just a few feet away, waiting for them.

"Well, well, well," he remarked, "I see you've found the Elements of Harmony. How terrifying!" Applejack and Pinkie just look at each other fearfully, but Twilight just stood before him bravely.

"Discord!" she said boldly, "I've figured out your lame riddle! You're in for it now!"

"I certainly am," said Discord, not showing any real fear or concern, "You've clearly out-dueled me, and now it's time to meet my fate." Discord them put on some sun shades.

"I'm prepared to be defeated now, ladies and Chase..." Discord remarked. "Fire when ready."

"Formation, now!" Twilight commended.

"Eh," all the other ponies, minus Chase, replied.

"Guys, don't be like this!" Chase said as he looked concerned for his friends.

""Rainbow Dash", get over here," Twilight commanded. Spike gulped as he stood where Rainbow would have been.

"All right, let's get this over with," said Twilight.

Twilight just glared before closing her eyes in order to tap into the power of her Element, making her body rise into the air and her eyes were now glowing white as she opened them. All the other elements, minus Chase's, began to activate and made them all rise into the air. Discord looks intrigued as a bright light surrounds the six floating ponies, even lowering his shades with worry. But then, the bright light faded and they all fell.

"What's going on?" Twilight asked when the Elements power faded out.

"Mine's workin'," said Applejack, "There must be somethin' wrong with yours."

"I HATE the Elements of Harmony!" Pinkie snapped.

"Hmph! Garbage!" said Fluttershy as she tossed her to the ground.

"MINE!" said Rarity as she grabbed it for herself.

"MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE! MINE!" Rarity screamed excitedly as she ran after the tossed headband and out of sight.

"Sorry Twilight," said Spike as he set Rainbow's element on the ground, "I guess I'd better get back upstairs and clean up the library. Good luck with all this-whoa!" Spike had just turned to leave when Fluttershy use her tail to trip him up so he fell on his face.

"Oops, sorry, Rainbow Crash," Fluttershy said mockingly and then chuckled to herself.

"Bravo, ponies, bravo!" said Discord as he applauded them and made some random noises, "Harmony in Equestria is officially dead! Discord rules, Celestia drools." He began to laugh as Twilight growled, flashing her teeth angrily at him before Discord skated away on another soapy road.

"It's your fault it didn't work!" Pinkie shouted.

"Who are you talking to?" Twilight asked puzzled.

"Any of you! ALL OF YOU!" Pinkie snapped, "I'm outta here!" Pinkie stomped away.

"I better go, too," said Applejack as she walked off in another direction, "I've got new better friends waiting for me at the farm.

"Yeah! I'm sick of you losers," Fluttershy added as she flew away.

"FINE! Leave!" Twilight yelled to all of them, "See if I care! I don't need you guys either! With friends like you, who...needs...enemies?" Twilight felt very sad.

Chase felt his heart break, seeing them like this.

"No." Chase said as he looked devastated at the sight.

(Scene changes)

Meanwhile, poor Twilight was just slowly walking about Ponyville as a cotton candy cloud hovered above raining chocolate milk on her. Some distorted music could he heard as Twilight walked by, some more bunny-deer trotted by, followed by some buffalo dancing in some ballerina leotards, then a pony walked by upside down and started walking downward and out of sight. Just as a few random pies floated into the air like rising platforms, another pony floated by with cross eyes and battling her lips. Chase was nowhere to be found at the moment.

"Oh my stomach!" Discord laughed as he floated beside Twilight, "Twilight, you've got to see what I just did."

He then showed Berryshine underneath a giant pepper shaker. He then made the pepper fall on Berryshine's nose, making her sneeze.

"It's priceless," said Discord with a laugh, but then noticed that Twilight wasn't laughing or even looking at him.

"Come now, Twilight Sparkle," Discord continued with a cone in his hand as he took a cotton candy cloud to eat it, "You've got to get into the spirit of things. After all, this is your new home." Twilight just looked behind at all the chaos nearby.

"Not anymore..." she said bluntly before walking away.

"YES!" said Discord, giving himself a fist pump as he laughed triumphantly. As Twilight reached the Library, day turned into night...again, she closed the door and headed straight for her bedroom.

"Pack your things, Spike," said Twilight sternly, "we're leaving." Spike said nothing as he was just groaning as he lay on the floor with his back against her.

"Don't ask where we're going," said Twilight as she laid a suitcase on her bed, "'cause I don't know just yet. Just not here." She used her magic to bring two books to her while removing her Element and dumping it into a waste basket.

"Can't...move," Spike groaned, looking rather sick with a huge collection of scrolls behind him, "The princess...has been sending these...since I came back upstairs..."

BURP!

"...Make it stop!" Spike pleaded. Twilight walked over and opened up one of the scrolls."

These are all the letters I've written to the Princess since I moved to Ponyville," Twilight pointed out, "But why would she send them back?"

Spike just groaned in reply before belching out another scroll. It was then Twilight began to read the letters. As she read them, visions of past memories begin to appear behind her, such as having fun at the spa with Zecora, carrying away all those gems from the diamond dogs, the seven of them sharing a group hug. She also noticed that with each letter she read, they were always signed with both her name...and Chase's name.

"Real friends don't care what your cover is."

"Friendship is a wondrous and powerful thing."

"And like the path cut through the orchard, there will always be a way through."

"The best thing to do is stay true to yourself."

"Everypony has a special magical connection with her friends. Maybe even before she's meet them."

As Twilight read these letters, her coloring was restored, then Twilight read something that tugged her heart more than anything.

"You should never be afraid to share your true feelings with a good friend."

It was then Twilight had a major epiphany.

"Spike! Spike, it's all so clear!" said Twilight excitedly as she picked up Spike with her magic and nuzzled his cheek, "Can't you see? Discord's trying to distract us from what's important. He knows how powerful our friendships are, and he's trying to keep us from seeing it. Do you remember what I said the first day we arrived in Ponyville? I told you that the future of Equestria didn't rest on me making friends."

As she spoke, she began to hop around and twirl the little dragon about. Poor Spike thought he was gonna be even sicker until Twilight stopped and sent him flying away.

"But the opposite is true!" Twilight continued, "The friendships I've made since we've been here, even the one I've had since I was a little filly, are what helped save Equestria from Nightmare Moon. And now they need to save it from Discord!" While Spike might have been seen to go flying off, Twilight had actually set him into his basket. Spike just moaned in reply.

"You're right, Spike," said Twilight, "I've got to fight for my friendships. For them. For me. For Equestria." Spike just moaned again.

"Oh...uh...why don't you just stay here and rest?" Twilight proposed as she was headed towards the stairs, "I'll take care of the whole fighting for friendship thing myself." She then rushed off.

"But first things first." Twilight Sparkle said as she went down stairs. "I have to find Chase."

"You don't have to find me." A calm voice was heard as Twilight saw Chase at the doorway with a smile.

"Chase." Twilight whispered as her eyes watered with tears before she came up to him and embraced him happily.

They broke it as Twilight wiped her eyes.

"Why aren't you effected by Discord's manipulation? Why aren't acting like us?" Twilight couldn't help but ask.

"When he first found me." Chase began to explain with a soft look. "He tried to torment me when he mention my grandfather's name. But I wouldn't take no to an answer." Then he made a sad look. "When we left the labyrinth, I saw you guys fighting. I didn't want to interfere because I didn't want to get myself involved in it. And when I saw you so heartbroken that our friends left for their separate ways, I almost felt like I wasn't good enough to tell you that… I should've said this a long time ago, but. I just wanted to tell you how much I love you. But I-Mmmph?"

Chase was cut off when Twilight kissed him on the lips again before she departed and she gave him a warm but teary smile again as she was touched by his heartwarming words.

"What?" Chase said in confusion. "You really like me?"

"Friendship isn't always a pleasant experience," said Twilight, "When things are at their worst, you have to fight so that those friendships aren't destroyed forever."

Chase smiled at her with tears leaving his eyes as well before he wiped them clean off.

"Well, I don't hate you or anypony," Chase said. "I love my friends and I still love you, Twilight. The instant I saw you turn grey, it was like the love that was lost inside of me..."

"...was too strong for you to truly hate anypony, but you didn't do it." said Twilight, "Because true, pure, and sincere love is always more powerful than hate. And...it proves that your love for me, and our friends, is sincere."

Chase nodded with a smile.

"Look, Chase." Twilight said. "I don't know how I feel exactly about your feelings for me either since you gotten over your crush on me, but I do know one thing for sure."

"What's that?" Chase asked.

"You're my best friend," said Twilight, "And that alone is enough for me to say, with full confidence: I love you, Chase."

Chase smiled at her before he hugged her.

Twilight held Chase until he released the very last of his tears, which didn't take very long. Then Chase pulled away and wiped his eyes. Twilight had to do the same since she had shed a few tears as well.

"I'm glad we're still best friends." Chase said with a smile. "And that you do appreciate me."

Twilight giggled.

"Me too," Twilight answered, "So best friend, think you can help me fight for the rest of our friendships?"

Chase pondered for a moment before giving her a determined smile.

"You bet I will," Chase said. "As long as I'm around, Discord is never going to take away those I love ever again."

Twilight smiled excitedly.

Chase got his ninja gear ready as he turned to her.

"Ready to do this thing?" Chase asked her with a smirk.

"Yeah!" said Twilight, raising both her fore-hooves into the air, "First stop: Sweet Apple Acres!"

(Scene changes)

Sweet Apple Acres had suffered the chaotic effects of Discord as well. Some pigs were flying across the sky, Big Mac, now corrupted himself, was burrowing in the dirt panting like a dog.

Applejack was bragging to Granny Smith. The elderly pony was just tap dancing as the country pony was eating an apple.

"And so I tried to defeat Discord," Applejack bragged, "but none of my so-called friends would lift a hoof to help me."

It was then Chase and Twilight.

"Applejack," said Twilight, "We're here to fight for our friendship!"

Chase and Twilight were both taken by surprise when Big Mac burrowed out of the ground before them, licking both their faces before diving back underground, leaving them stunned.

"Well that was...weird," said Chase.

"Oh, now you want to fight," said Applejack as she stood on her hind legs, "Where you when I was battlin' Discord?"

Applejack made a few punches at nothing when Chase tackled her to the ground.

"Snap out of it!" Chase said sternly. "This isn't you! You're not a liar!"

Twilight and Chase tapped their horns against her forehead. Applejack's eyes widened as she began to see visions of the past. One showed when she gave her friends some apple juice, another was just all seven of them spending time together, and another when they were all happy that they finished the winter wrap up, even racing through the autumn trees with Rainbow Dash. As these memories flooded her mind, her coloring was restored.

"Wh-what happened? Twilight! Chase!" Applejack said with a sigh as she shook her head to clear the wooziness, "I saw a vision of us feudin' and fightin'. I couldn't face the truth, so I started tellin' lies. Can you ever forgive me?" Applejack removed her head and held it sadly.

"I already have," said Twilight.

"Me too." Chase added before he ran forward. "Come on! We gotta get Fluttershy!"

(Scene changes)

At Fluttershy's cottage, the three arrived and had tied up Fluttershy. She struggled to get free, but Chase and Twilight quickly used their horns to restore Fluttershy. The now yellow Pegasus gasped once she realized where she was.

"Oh no!" Fluttershy exclaimed, "Twilight, Applejack, Chase, I just had the worst dream!"

(Scene changes)

At Rarity's boutique, they arrived just in time. They wasted no time cornering Rarity, who was holding her "Tom" for dear life.

"What do you think you're doing!" Rarity called out from inside, "Get away from my gem! Get away-"

With a flash of light, Rarity was quickly restored. It wasn't even two seconds later her front door burst open. Rarity grunted as she pushed "Tom" out of the shop and just let him roll away out of sight.

"Let us never speak of this again," Rarity said indignantly as the others just smiled.

"I make no promises." Chase smirked as Applejack snickered next to him before they went after Pinkie.

(Scene changes)

Ironically, she was easiest to find since she was just sulking out in the open not too far away. It wasn't too much of a hustle restoring her either. The issue was that all her inner laughter had sent her into a fit of giggles, which Applejack had to pull her inside of a wagon as they made their way to their next destination.

"And I-I turned gray!" Pinkie laughed and giggled heartily, "Can you believe it?"

(Scene changes)

It didn't take long before they arrived Rainbow Dash's home as Fluttershy fly up to see if Rainbow was home. Fluttershy peeked inside a few windows to find the house...was empty.

"Uh? She's not here," said Fluttershy, shrugging her shoulders.

"Without Rainbow Dash, we can't use the Elements," said Twilight worried as the others looked just as concerned.

"She could be anywhere by now!" Applejack remarked, "We're never gonna find her!"

"Yeah, we will," said Pinkie as she had stepped away from the group and pointed upward, "'cause she's right there!" Pinkie showed them a lone white cloud where the currently corrupted Pegasus was just reclining comfortably.

"Rainbow Dash!" Chase called out.

"Hey, guys!" Rainbow replied as she waved at them, but didn't bother turning around.

"We've been looking everywhere for you!" Twilight called out.

"That's nice," said Rainbow dismissively.

"Discord's still on the loose!" Twilight pointed out, "We need you to help us defeat him with your element, Loyalty!"

"Pfft. Loyalty, schmoyalty!" Rainbow retorted as she finally turned over to face to them as she spoke, "Have you guys seen Ponyville? It's a disaster!"

"Nothing that can't be fixed," Chase remarked, "If you would come and help us..."

"I'm staying right here in Cloudsdale where everything's awesome!" Rainbow interrupted and went back to reclining.

"How in Equestria can she think that tiny patch of clouds is Cloudsdale?" Rarity asked with a puzzled look on her face.

"The same way he got you thinking that cheap rock was a bona fide diamond," Applejack answered. Rarity gasped before looking very irritated.

"I thought we agreed to never speak of that again," Rarity remarked.

"And we made no such promise," Chase replied as he and Applejack chuckled and shared a hoof bump. Twilight then got an idea.

"Time for plan B," she told everypony.

(Scene changes)

Within a few minutes, they had returned to Rainbow's cloud as the Pegasus was just snoozing away. This time the six ponies were riding a balloon. Applejack was sitting right on top of it, Chase, Twilight, Rarity, and Pinkie were inside the basket as Fluttershy hovered alongside it.

"Okay, Fluttershy," Twilight whispered to her, "you grab Rainbow Dash and hold her down. Applejack will lower me down with this rope while Chase will be ready to pounce Rainbow Dash to pressure point her to stop so we can cast the memory spell on her."

Fluttershy looked up and saw Applejack showed her the rope and then saw Chase ready to pounce. Fluttershy then gave a salute before doing an air dive for Rainbow as she continued to snore. Just when Fluttershy was in range to attack...she retracted and woke Rainbow up gently.

"Um...I'm just wondering if it's okay if I hold you down against your will for a bit?" Fluttershy asked sweetly.

"Ugh..." said Twilight, face-hoofing herself as the others groaned.

"Should've seen that one coming," Chase remarked, annoyed.

"Nice try!" said Rainbow as she got into Fluttershy's face, "Ponyville's your problem, not mine!" Rainbow held onto her little cloud and zoomed away. Fluttershy just watched Rainbow take off when a rope was lowered in front of her.

"Come on, Fluttershy, we've got to catch her!" said Twilight as Fluttershy grabbed the rope with her mouth and pulled the balloon as fast as she could.

"Hyah!" Twilight called out as she whipped the rope to make Fluttershy go faster.

Rainbow looked back and realized she was being pursued. Doing a wide U turn in the sky, she begins to fly around the balloon to make trying to catch her even harder.

"Applejack," Twilight called out as she tossed the orange pony another set of rope. Applejack wasted no time grabbing it with her mouth and then created a lasso. With perfect timing, Applejack was able to capture Rainbow with her rope.

"Nice lassoing there, cowgirl!" Chase called out, but Rainbow wasn't going to give up easily as she increased her speed, causing Applejack to lose her grip on the rope.

The rest of it was tucked just behind Pinkie and Rarity's hind legs.

"Pinkie, Rarity, hold the-" Chase was too late. To their misfortune, the rope wrapped itself around their hind legs as Rainbow pulled away, pulling the two ponies right out of the balloon.

Chase tried to grab one of them before they could fall out, but his timing was off as his fore-hoof dangled over the edge of the basket.

"No!" Chase called out.

"WHOA!" Rarity and Pinkie exclaimed as they held each other while dangling from the rope.

"PINKIE!" Rarity shouted, "You were supposed to secure the ROPE!"

"Oops," said Pinkie with a sheepish smile.

To their luck, the two ponies not only made Rainbow slow down, but also lose her grip on the cloud. Rainbow was now struggling to maintain top speed, but was still moving fast enough to keep ahead of Fluttershy.

"Oh Fluttershy, would you be a dear," said Rarity, trying to sound casual and then snapped, "and FLY FASTER please!"

"I can't!" Fluttershy whimpered as she began to cry. The girl was literally giving her wings all she had by now.

"If you can't catch her," Twilight pointed out, "Discord wins!"

Fluttershy blinked. The idea of Discord winning really got her steamed.

"That big...dumb...MEANIE!" Fluttershy exclaimed as she held the rope with her mouth while zooming in fast.

"Okay, Applejack, and Chase!" said Twilight once they were in range, "Last rope!"

Twilight then tossed it toward the orange pony. AJ grabbed the rope with her mouth, created another lasso and easily captured Rainbow as Chase pounced on her and held her in place. Twilight, Fluttershy, and Chase smiled as they brought the balloon down.

Rainbow tried with all her might to pull away, but she was soon anchored to the ground. Because of her struggling, it took Rarity, Pinkie, Applejack and Fluttershy to hold her in place.

"Lemme go!" Rainbow demanded as Twilight and Chase make their way towards her, "I don't need you guys! Leave me alone!"

"You don't mean that, Dashie," said Chase as Rainbow just snorted heavily at them.

Chase and Twilight tapped Rainbow's forehead, quickly restoring her color. Afterward, Rainbow was still feeling rather drained by the fact her mane looked a little limp and she felt a bit woozy.

"Wh-what happened?" said Rainbow as she rubbed her head and shook it to recover, then she gasped, "How's Ponyville? Where are the Elements?! Did we stop Discord?"

Rainbow frantically asked her questions to Rarity, then Pinkie, and then Applejack, who she tackled onto her back and knocked off her stenson hat. The others just cheered before the five girls just sandwiched Rainbow into a group hug. Then the moment grew awkward when three buffalo danced by wearing ballerina outfits.

"Maybe, it's a little early for a group hug," said Twilight before noticing something and saw Chase just sitting outside the group. He smiled happily.

"Chase, why aren't you in the group hug?" Twilight asked.

"I'm just glad you guys are back to being friends." Chase said as he wiped a tear away.

The others hugged him in reply.

"Thank you! And we love you too!" All six girls said at once, each of them giving him a kiss on the side of his head.

Chase smiled as he held them tightly.

Then they separated the hug as Chase placed his morpher on his left hoof.

"Alright, are you girls ready to do this?" Chase asked with a smirk.

"Yes!" They said in usion.

(Scene changes)

Back in Ponyville, where a large house of cards was set up and a couple of bunny-deer trotted by was a small checkered mountain with a black throne on top of it. There was Discord himself, just laughing happily as some more pies rose into the air around him. He then summoned his own personal cotton candy cloud and filled a glass with chocolate milk, from the top to the bottom in fact.

"Chaos is a wonderful, wonderful thing," said Discord as he looked at his glass of milk before going to take a drink.

"Not as wonderful as friendship!" said Twilight as she and the other six ponies appeared before him.

"Oh, this again?" said Discord with a bored look on his face, drank the glass, not the chocolate milk itself, before tossing the rest away and it exploded behind him.

"That's right," said Applejack, "You couldn't break apart our friendship for long!"

It was then something seemed to be pulling Applejack's element towards Discord.

"Oh Applejack, don't lie to me," said Discord, showing his glowing claw was the source of why her Element was being pulled towards him, "I'm the one who made you a liar. Will you ever learn?"

Applejack gasped as she was pulled towards him. The others, minus Chase and Twilight, felt their elements being pulled toward Discord as well. They fought to resist, but were soon pulled closer to him. Twilight and Chase charged up their own magic to quickly teleport in the middle of them. With Chase's help to keep her floating in the air, Twilight created a magical barrier around herself and the others. Discord was taken aback for a second when he saw that the barrier canceled out his magnetic pull on the other elements. Once the seven ponies were a safe distance away, Twilight removed the barrier so they all landed safely on the ground. Interestingly enough, the barrier restored some of the checkered pattern ground into normal grass.

"I'll tell you what we've learned, Discord," said Twilight as the others stood confidently beside her, "we've learned that friendship isn't always easy, but no doubt its worth fighting for!"

"And that love is far more powerful than hate," Chase added sternly, "You thought you could turn me against those I love, but never, Discord. I'll see to it that you never hurt my friends or my family ever again!"

"Ugh, gag." said Discord unamused as he leaned his head towards them, "Fine go ahead, try and use your little Elements. Friend me. Just make it quick. I'm missing some excellent chaos here."

A few flying pigs flew past his throne as he sat quietly to see what would happen.

"All right, everypony," said Twilight, "let's show him what friendship can do!"

"You bet!" Chase called out with determination.

"Wait-wait-wait!" Pinkie called as she ducked under a cotton candy cloud to slurp up some more chocolate milk. Twilight and Chase glared as the others just gave her weird looks. These expressions swapped when she returned to the group.

"That's it!" said Pinkie, "Now we're ready! GRRRR!"

One by one, each of the other ponies began to activate their own elements with Twilight's glowing the brightest of the six main elements. Chase just closed his eyes as he began to absorb the elements power, ready to convert it when he had collected the right amount of magic. Discord just looks rather bored, but then Rarity's element started shooting out a burst of magic in the shape of her element, soon all the others minus Twilight's begin to do the same, shooting elemental shapes of magic past Discord.

"Huh, what's this?" said Discord, now starting to feel worried.

Those blasts of magic weren't just for show, they were showing that Chase was storing up the magical power into his element as the eyes of the six ponies turned white as they floated into the air.

"No..." Discord said in shock. Chase then felt the magic reach its full charge.

"EAT IT, YOU SLUG BRAINED IDIOT!" Chase shouted as a huge ball of bright light that surrounded all seven of them as a huge rainbow leaped high into the sky. When the rainbow reaches its peak, it began to descend downward, right at Discord.

"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Discord shouted as the rainbow magic collided with him, slowly turning him back into stone.

When the process was finished, the rainbow then split into two rainbows and surrounded Ponyville into a dome filled with the power of all seven Elements.

As soon as it disappeared, everything returned back to normal.

Everypony soon landed gracefully back on the ground. Chase knelt down to let himself power down. They all exchange warm smiles for a job well done as the now stone Discord just fell to the ground helplessly.

(Scene changes)

Later on, the seven ponies were now at Canterlot Castle, Princess Celestia had summoned them to her throne room as a few trumpets give them a warm welcome. Several other ponies are there as well to see what the Princess had planned to thank the seven ponies who had once again become the heroes of Equestria. As the Mane seven reached the front of Princess Celestia, Spike, Jade, and Sunray were seen standing beside the alicorn. A few smiles were exchanged between everypony, some excited while others felt...a little awkward, shy, and even bashful.

"We are gathered here today," said Princess Celestia majestically, "to once again honor the heroism of these seven friends who stood up to the villain Discord and saved Equestria from eternal chaos."

It was then she used her magic to unveil a new stained glass window. This one showed the seven ponies vanquishing Discord. The other ponies cheered as the seven ponies stood before them with smiling faces.

Once things had died down and the crowds had dispersed, the seven ponies were left alone in the main throne room and were spending their time just chatting away with each other. Chase told her everything that happened when he wasn't affected by Discord's influence.

"Discord is very good at making ponies doubt themselves and give into their weaknesses," said Princess Celestia gently, "But it would seem that you were able to reverse it when he almost tormented you about your grandparents."

"Well, I'm just glad that I didn't turn into a grey pony." Chase said with a smile.

"Hey, Chase!" Twilight called out as she came up to him, "Come on! Pinkie's gonna throw a party to celebrate outside by the west tower."

"I'll be there in a minute," Chase told her, "Just need some time with the princess."

Twilight responded by kissing him on the cheek and walked away with a smile on her face. Chase was just left dumbfounded as Princess Celestia giggled.

"Perhaps you shouldn't give up on Twilight so soon," She said with a chuckle. Chase then smiled.

"Well, we'll see what the future brings to us in the end." Chase said with a smirk.

They then shared a good laugh.

(Scene changes)

Unknown to them, Zhao watched everything as he was glaring at the orb, seeing Discord defeated by the seven ponies. Kai was among them as he saw Discord's defeat as well.

"What should we do now?" Kai asked his master. "Send a group of the Quinkan to engage an attack?"

"No." Zhao said as he rose from his seat and walked down. "Discord was too foolish to stop them in the end. From now on, I will personally deal with Chase Young and his friends for myself."

He disappeared in the darkness marching off to an off-screen direction.

Author's note: And that concludes two of my first two chapters for this season. I didn't want Chase to be under Discord's influence because he's not that stupid to be fooled by that maniac. But I did add the parts when he was devestated to see the girls fighting and it really broke his heart before he recomposed himself.

I'll be sure to update next time. I hope you guys enjoy these first.