A/N: All Right! Season 2 start! Warning: This chapter is not going to go how you think it's going to go! it's going contain Wham after wham after wham! Hope you enjoy!
Chapter 21: Chaos Returns!
Discord was the one Twilight was the most worried about. Queen Chrysalis, she had a plan… King Sombra, she had a plan… Tirek… she did not have a plan at the moment other than try to figure out if a beatdown would happen thanks to their quirks.
But Discord…
Discord was different, sure he became a friend (a friend she was extraordinarily annoyed with due to the last time they saw each other), but the first time he met…
He brainwashed the others to make sure they wouldn't be able to use their elements.
Because of that he almost won.
Twilight told them this "Don't go alone at all. If he gives you a riddle think outside the box."
Of course Twilight did tell Izuku about the memory spell that fixed the brainwashing, but she admitted there's a chance that it might not work.
But the point was clear, Discord was a threat and they had to take him seriously…
Even if it was going to be kind of hard.
The six stared at the strange weather… which was a nice way of putting it.
"So cotton candy clouds with chocolate rain." Said Ochaco unsure how to react.
"The fuck…" muttered Katsuki.
"Miss Sparkle did warn us." Remined Tenya.
"But seeing it and knowing about are two seprated things." Said Izuku.
"You still need to go now." Said Twilight.
They nodded.
They took the train to Canterlot and met with Princess Celestial in a hall filled with stained glass.
"I would tell you all about Discord but I'm sure Twilight already has." Said Princess Celestia.
"She has." Said Izuku.
Princess Celestia walked over to the vault where the Elements of Harmony and opened the vault using her horn which was how it was opened.
All of them were nervous in some way as they knew Discord could easily steal the elements.
She opened the box containing the elements.
And of course none of them were surprised they were gone.
They were warned this could happen after all...
That was when an evil laughter filled the air. And suddenly there was a bright flashback of light and Princess Celestia was gone.
"So you're the elements of Harmony this time around…" said a voice.
There was another flash of light and Discord appeared. They all looked at him, he was a strange looking mishmashed creature.
Katsuki was ready to attack him, but Momo created a net gun and he knew what the threat was.
"You're Discord, aren't you?" asked Izuku.
"I am. And I know all about how you're not from this world." Said Discord, "And about your mentor."
He snapped his claw and there was a bright flash of light, and from that light Twilight appeared. Discord snapped his claw again there was another flash of light and Twilight's horn and wings disappeared along with her being tied up and gaged.
She looked at the six clearly shocked by this turn of events.
"I have the elements, you mentor… oh and…" said Discord.
He snapped his claw once again, there was another bright flash of light. The changes weren't obvious with Katsuki, Ochaco and Momo.
But for the other three it was obvious, Izuku was missing his horn, Tenya's right engine immediately disappeared… and Shoto… the transformation was starling, he was no longer bi-colored but rather everything about his fire side was gone, his mane and tail were completely white, his body was now an icy blue, his left eye was grey and even his cutie mark changed to that of a snowflake.
He stared at his hooves, unsure how to respond.
Katsuki tried to unleash an explosion, but all did he was sweat out something from his hooves.
"With the exception of two of you I took a piece of your quirk." Said Discord.
"What do you mean by that?" asked Izuku.
"I took away Kacchan's nitric acid aspect of it, Chaco's ability to release… while with speedy and Icy… you can see I took away one of his engines and his fire half…" said Discord, "But for you two… I took away Yaomomo's entire quirk and for you Deku I took away your magic…"
"Why did you take away my magic?" asked Izuku suspiciously.
"I can't take away your quirk… there's reasons for that and I'm not explaining them… so ask the deflated balloon animal when you get back." Said Discord.
Izuku glared at Discord especially since had no intention of telling them about All Might's health issues.
"Give them back." Muttered Izuku.
Sorry but where's the fun in that." Said Discord.
He snapped his claw and a note appeared in front of Izuku.
"In order to get quirks back, you have to find me and them… with a little scavenger hunt." Said Discord, "You can just not do it… but that means you never get your abilities, the elements and your mentor back! The choice is yours!"
He disappeared with a flash of light along with Twilight.
Izuku looked at the note.
"Should we do it." Said Tenya.
"We don't have much a choice." Said Momo.
"She's right…" said Izuku.
"It's probably a trap though." Said Tenya.
"I know." Said Izuku.
"But we have to get them back…" said Ochaco.
"Remember we can't separate at all." Said Izuku, "I don't have my magic… and I don't know if we can get Starlight's help."
"That bastard will pay!" yelled Katsuki who was angrier than before.
However Shoto still looked at his hooves.
"Shoto…" said Momo.
"Oh…" said Shoto.
"Are you okay?" asked Izuku.
"I'm fine…" he answered, "Really."
"We have to find the first part of the scavenger hunt." Said Ochaco.
"Hopefully Twilight will be fine." Said Izuku.
Meanwhile on a beach… There was a bright flash of light.
Both Discord and Twilight appeared now laying in hammocks, with Discord wearing a Hawaiian shirt.
Twilight was no longer bound and gagged and even had her wings and horns back.
"Discord!" she yelled as she realized what just happened, "What are you planning?"
"I'm not planning anything." Said Discord drinking from a coconut, "Well technically I do have a plan but has nothing to ruling Equestria… it's a nice day so relax."
"You think I'd believe that!" yelled Twilight.
"Twilight, Twilight, Twilight… do you know what one of the most chaotic things in all of existence is." Said Discord with a smirk, "Time paradoxes."
"What?" asked Twilight.
"I mean… you go back in time and so many things change… good guys become bad, bad guys become good… there's a trio of nerds in Ponyville… Big Macintosh has a mare friend ETC., Etc.…" said Discord.
Twilight looked at Discord.
"You… you…" said Twilight.
"Know about the old timeline… I do." Said Discord, "Everything about it… even Fluttershy."
She looked at Discord.
Really looked at him…
It really was the one from her timeline… the one who learned about friendship from Fluttershy, the Discord who went back to his old ways thank to Tirek but got stabbed in the back
Someone finally remembered…
But it was Discord…
Someone who knew what was really going on.
But it was Discord…
Someone who understood her pain and lost their best friend…
But it was DISCORD!
"You're not still angry about that whole inside joke thing are you?" asked Discord, "That was years ago. At least for you…"
That was when suddenly she hugged him.
In the end it didn't matter…
Even if it was an annoying friend… he was still a friend.
And she needed any friends who could remember the old timeline.
"I've felt alone so many times!" she cried.
"Twilight…" said Discord unsure how to respond.
"Spike's here! At the same time he was also so young when it happened so at times I feel like it won't' matter in the end…because when we restore the timeline he would have spent half his life in this timeline…" she cried.
"Twilight's it's going to be okay…" assured Discord, "I will help you fix the timeline… don't worry…"
Twilight continued to cry and Discord knew he had to just let her cry.
He couldn't honestly blame her…
Back with the six, they were in a field full of rock with the hint began the location and the hint being "The Geode must be acknowledged".
The only thing they could figure out is to break rock and see if it was a geode.
"Die!" yelled Katsuki breaking one.
The only one who wasn't trying to break them was Shoto who just watched.
Izuku broke one of the rocks, it was the Geode and there was a note from Discord in it.
"Here's the next clue." Said Izuku.
"That was way too easy." Said Ochaco.
"Remember what Miss Sparkle said he could be trying to trick us." Said Tenya.
Izuku gave the note to Tenya who had learned a lot about Equestria.
"I know where the next location is." Said Tenya.
Izuku looked at Shoto.
"Hey are you okay?" asked Izuku.
"I'm fine." Said Shoto.
Izuku didn't respond but looked at the now completely blue and white Pegasus.
Back with Twilight she had finished crying when she realized something.
"WHAT IN CELESTIA'S NAME ARE YOU DOING!" she yelled out.
"Twilight calm down!" said Discord realizing that would be the reaction to her realizing that well… he was playing the villain.
"Why are you doing this?" asked Twilight, "You're only causing problems…"
"Twilight just listen what I have to say…" said Discord, "There's a very good reason for what I'm doing."
Twilight glared at Discord.
"Haven't you wondered why they were chosen?" asked Discord, "I don't mean Izuku… I have zero complaints about him being the element of magic. He's perfect for the job…"
"Yeah… I have to agree." Said Twilight.
"Tenya, Ochaco and Momo are good fits for the elements… they're not perfect but still good fits." Said Discord.
"You're talking about Katsuki and Shoto." Said Twilight.
"Ding! Ding! Ding! We have a winner!" said Discord briefly turning into a carnival barker.
Twilight sighed knowing she would have get used to that.
"But the point is haven't you been wondering why those two. The cold one that keeps everyone at arm's length and a living bomb ready to go off figuratively and literally…" he said going bac to the Hawaiian shirt.
"And you know…" said Twilight.
"OF course I do… the situation is so chaotic that I figured out everything." Laughed Discord.
Twilight glared at him.
"Oh don't be that way." Said Discord, "I think it's obvious why those two."
"No it's not…" said Twilight.
"The spell chose them not because their good fits but because they needed to come to Equestria." Said Discord.
"What do you mean?" asked Twilight.
Back with the six, five of them were searching trees in a forest.
The clue was "Maple it's in the trees…"
And there were a lot of maple trees.
However Shoto was the only member of the group once again not searching.
"I found the next clue!" called out Ochaco.
"About time! At least you're helping unlike somebody!" yelled Katsuki.
He glared at Shoto.
"What's that supposed to mean?" asked Shoto.
"Now's not the time to fight." Said Izuku making sure they didn't fighting.
"Causing us to fight is probably what Discord wants." Said Tenya.
"We have to keep going." Said Izuku.
Shoto said nothing as Tenya looked at the clue and lead the way.
However Shoto trailed behind them.
Back with Twilight and Discord the conversation continued.
"The Angry Pomeranian needs to realize that the world doesn't work the way he thinks it works." Said Discord.
Twilight was about to say something but Discord stopped her as he took out a tape recorder, "Note to self, turn Bakugo into a Pomeranian as part of a lesson in the future…"
Twilight looked at him, "Go on…" said Discord.
"There was something Izuku told me he said in the caves." Said Twilight.
"Exactly, what he thinks about Izuku is compete wrong." Said Discord, "But what I'm doing isn't about him… it's about Shoto."
"Why?" asked Twilight.
"That's not important right now… that I want to know how you're going to help Diamond Tiara." Said Discord.
"What?" asked Twilight.
"I mean we all know what a horrible pony her mother is. I'm sure you have a plan." Said Discord.
Twilight wondered why the change in subject and but counited the conversation anyway…
Back with the six, Shoto still trailed behind them.
"Come on icy hot!" yelled Katsuki, "You can't go alone."
Shoto caught up using his wings.
"Is everything all right?" asked Izuku.
"I'm fine." He answered.
They all stopped, knowing that something was indeed wrong.
"Please tell us…" said Momo.
"There is something." Said Izuku.
"Everything's fine." Said Shoto who seemed to smile a little.
"What the fuck!" yelled Katsuki.
Shoto was confused.
"You're brainwashed aren't you!" yelled Katsuki.
"What!" yelled Shoto.
"Calm down now!" yelled Izuku getting between the two of them, "He's not… Discord's brainwashing turned ponies grey, so it's not that."
"We can't be fighting right now…" said Ochaco.
"Shoto… why aren't you helping us?" asked Momo.
He looked at the ground… he knew he would have to tell them sooner or later… the truth.
"Because this is everything I always wanted." He said, "To no longer have HIS quirk…"
"What are you talking about?" asked Izuku.
He knew he had to go into details…
"Do any of you know what Quirk Marriages are?" asked Shoto.
Izuku, Ochaco and Katsuki all looked confused while both Momo and Tenya were deeply concerned.
"Wait… are you saying…" said Tenya.
Back with Twilight and Discord…
"Okay! We need to get back on topic." Said Twilight.
"We were on topic." Said Discord who drank from his coconut.
"No we got off topic talking… about… Diamond Tiara… and…" said Twilight.
She realized the topic change.
"It's one of his parents isn't it?" asked Twilight, "They're as bad as Spoiled Rich… aren't they?"
"No… no… of course not." Said Discord.
Twilight wanted to breathe a sigh of relief, she really wanted to… but what Discord said next was almost too predictable.
"His father… is far worse." Said Discord.
Back with the six, after explaining them what Quirk Marriages were (which were marriages in the early days of quirks so that parents could have powerful children) Shoto was telling them about how his father could never beat All Might. So he decided that the best way to beat him was to have a child with a perfect quirk be born and take his spot as a number 1 hero. About how he had paid off his mother's family so they could marry.
How his father drove his mother to such pain that she eventually snapped and poured boiling water over his face. And how she was placed in a mental hospital and had been there for 10 years.
To say they were all horrified would be an understatement. Even Katsuki looked horrified along with his usual anger.
"I've made a vow since then that I wouldn't use my left side in battle." Said Shoto.
"What? Why?" asked Izuku.
"Because it's his quirk." Said Shoto.
"No it's not." Said Izuku.
Tenya, Ochaco and Momo all looked at each other, they knew if anyone could talk him out of such thoughts it would be Izuku.
They also were ready to tackle Katsuki if need be.
"What do you mean?" asked Shoto.
"You were the one born with it, it's your power not his." Said Izuku.
"What would you know?" asked Shoto.
As soon the question left his mouth he flinched. He had almost forgotten. This was something that Izuku knew all too well.
His quirk was given to him after all.
"I'm sorry…" said Shoto apologizing.
"It's okay…" said Izuku, "I know… it's hard… my power was litterly given to me, but yours wasn't. It was always yours and rejecting it won't help anyone."
Shoto looked at Izuku, who smiled at him.
"You're not alone any more…" said Izuku, "We'll all here for you."
He looked at Tenya, Ochaco and Momo and it was clear they were with Izuku… it was hard to tell with Katsuki… though from the looks of it he was probably thinking something along the lines of "I want to kick Endeavor's ass."
"Thank you." Said Shoto.
"Come on! Let's go find the next clue and hopefully beat the shit out of that asshole." Said Katsuki.
They continued their way to the next clue.
Back with Twilight and Discord, Discord felt something.
"Looks like the next clue changed to the message saying where we are." Said Discord, "Good! I was hoping it wouldn't take long."
Twilight knew it should be Shoto who should tell her about his father… so she knew she should change the subject… and realized one subject.
"Wait… you know more about what's going on that I do… "said Twilight.
"It's so Chaotic… of course the spirt of chaos knows." Laughed Discord.
"Then you know why the spell worked the way it did." Said Twilight.
"Not telling… it's something you have to find out for yourself." Said Discord.
Twilight grumbled knowing there was no way to get the answer out of him.
"Then what about when I fix the timeline." Said Twilight.
"I'm not going to answer that." Said Discord, "For the most part."
"What do you mean for the most part." Said Twilight.
"They're not going to be erased with the timeline." Said Discord, "They are going to go home… with or without their memories of the events it really doesn't matter. But the worst case scenario… don't worry about it."
"How do I know you're telling the truth?" asked Twilight.
"Cross my heart and hope to fly, stick a cupcake in my eye." Said Discord going through the motions, "I promise you… they won't die because of it."
"Wait… you're going to remember the timeline when it's fixed." Said Twilight.
"And when it's restored and if I'm lying she will know that I used a Pinkie Promise to lie." Said Discord, "She will find me… she will hunt me down and I don't know what she will do but it won't be pleasent. You'd think I'd take my chance on that?"
"Good point…" laughed Twilight.
"But my lips are sealed when it comes to anything else about it." Said Discord as a seal appeared on his lips.
That was when suddenly Twilight remembered something.
"Wait… if you remember all other timelines then why were your tormenting Celestia and Luna in that one where you ruled?" asked Twilight.
"Time travel!" said Discord turning himself green, wearing a sweater and glasses.
Twilight stared at Discord with a deadpan look as he went back to his Hawaiian shirt.
"Why did I think I would get a straight answer out of you?" asked Twilight.
"Honestly I was about to ask you that considering how our conversation was going." Said Discord.
Meanwhile with the six, it was in a cave behind a waterfall.
"Look at the Backside of water!" was what it saw.
"I can't believe he made that reference." Said Ochaco.
"I found it." Said Shoto.
He took out the piece of paper and immediately it exploded in fireworks.
The piece of paper turned into a map with the label "I am here!"
"Finally!" yelled Katsuki, "Time to kick that bastard's ass!"
"Only me and Izuku have anything resembling the ability to fight him right now." Pointed Shoto.
"Just because your mom's mom quirk was better than mine doesn't mean you're better than me!" yelled Katsuki.
"What?" asked Shoto.
"Discord might have turned his into something similar to his mother's." said Izuku.
"Can it Deku!" yelled Katsuki.
"Now is not the time for arguing. We have to rescue Princess Celestia and Miss Sparkle." Said Tenya.
They knew he was right and headed to beach where Discord claimed to be.
Back on the beach, Twilight and Discord were talking about a heavier topic.
"Are you going to talk to this Timeline's Fluttershy?" asked Twilight.
"I will…" said Discord, "It won't be the same… but I should try to befriend her… she's similar enough… but it won't be the same."
"Yeah…" sighed Twilight.
Before the conversation can continue.
"Well they're almost here!" said Discord, "Should get everything ready!"
He snapped his claw.
The hammocks were gone replaced with a throne, Twilight's horn and wings were once again gone and she was once against bound and gagged.
She gave Discord a look.
"Oh don't give me that look, it's good that I'm playing the villain just think of it as training for them…" said Discord, "If they remember that it is…"
Twilight looked at him wondering if he was implying what she thought he was implying.
The six finally arrived.
"We found you." Said Izuku.
"You sure did." Said Discord in a mocking tone, "I'm sure it was quite hard."
They all didn't say it, but with the exception of Shoto's "hiccup", everything had been easy… too easy.
"Well you found me… I minds as well hold up most of my end of the deal." Said Discord.
"What do you mean most?" asked Izuku.
Discord snapped his claw, not only the elements appeared on them.
Not only that but Izuku's horn, Tenya's missing engine and Shoto's left side returned to normal.
Katsuki checked and he could make an explosion again and Momo created a Russian nesting doll.
Ochaco didn't even test out her quirk originally but she was sure it was restored to normal.
But Twilight was still bound and gagged.
"What about Twilight?" asked Izuku.
"Now if you want you mentor back you're going to have to use the elements on me." Said Discord, "IF you can… I'm sure nothing's changed between you."
Twilight gave Discord a "Really?" look who just shrugged it off.
"He's planning something…" said Momo.
"Do we really a choice." Said Izuku.
"But something had changed." Said Shoto.
They looked at Shoto and they knew what it meant.
Things had changed between them… they had gotten closer.
Meaning that chances were good the elements might be stronger than with Nightmare Moon.
"So the magical friendship rainbow laser?" muttered Katsuki.
"Seems that way." Said Ochaco.
They all felt the magic of the Elements of Harmony.
And they put their power into it.
All of them closed their eyes as they all floated and once again the rainbow harmony appeared.
It hit Discord head on,… however once everything cleared he wasn't affected.
"It didn't work…" said Izuku paling.
"No…" said Ochaco.
"It's true… the elements of Harmony won't work on me." Said Discord with a smirk, "And you want to know why."
The six looked like they were ready to fight without the elements.
"It's quite simple..." said Discord.
He snapped his claw, Twilight was freed, a banner appeared that "I'm not evil! YAY!" as a mariachi band appeared and played.
"I've been on your side the entire time!" said Discord.
They all stared at Discord very confused.
"Is it one of those weird timeline changes?" asked Izuku finding his words.
"Nope!" said Discord.
"He has his memories of the original timeline." Said Twilight sounding annoyed.
"Its' true." Said Discord.
"Wait! What about Princess Celestia?" asked Momo.
Discord snapped his claw and all 8 of them found themselves in Sugar Cube Corner… they saw that Princess Celestia was in of her Ponyville disguises, this time wearing hipster glasses and a scarf though she was wearing her crown… plus everything else.
She was eating cake all to herself and drinking some tea.
"Hey!" she called out.
"Son of a…" muttered Katsuki.
"She was in on it…" said Izuku.
"Told her the second I was free." Said Discord.
"Wait if you were on our side the whole time why did you do that?" asked Tenya.
"Wasn't it fun?" asked Discord, "I mean… why just introduce myself when we can play a game?"
"A game!" yelled Katsuki.
That was when he blew him up.
Shoto, however looked at his hooves and seemed to realize something.
Izuku saw the look on his face.
Both of them quickly realized why Discord did it.
To get Shoto to open up.
"Oh come!" said Discord cough up smoke, "It wasn't' that bad…"
"Wait… if you have the memories of the orignal timeline then why didn't you break out sooner?" asked Tenya.
"It's actually because the seal really did break today." Said Princess Celestia, "He couldn't get out because the elements were still connected to Luna and Celestia."
"You're still doing that?" asked Katsuki.
"The seal was weakened when it they became connected to you and each day it weakened more and more until it broke today." Explained Princess Celestia.
"Oh come on Celestia… can you let me have my fun." Said Discord.
"This groups hothead is more violent than my group's hothead." Said Twilight, "IF you pull that stuff, Katsuki's going to blow you up."
"She's right you know…" said Princess Celestia.
"Phooey!" said Discord, "Well it was fun! We have to hang out again some time! Now if you excuse me, I have to go set up my new house! See you later! Especially you Kacchan!"
With that he disappeared in a flash of light.
"What the fuck did that mean!" yelled Katsuki.
"We were worried about nothing." Said Ochaco.
"I'm sorry… it never even crossed my mind he would remember the original timeline." Said Twilight, "Though to be fair… he did take over a future."
"Wasn't that after you got fed up and only stayed in a bad timeline for a few seconds?" asked Princess Celestia.
"No…" said Twilight.
"Uh… Twilight…" said Ochaco.
Twilight noticed she was in her Alicorn form… in the middle of Sugar Cube corner… while no one but Celestia was there… she was in very much in public.
She used the transformation spell, just as Mr. Cake suddenly entered.
"That was weird… the doors were stuck like that." Said Mr. Cake.
Princess Celestia giggled at that reaction.
Sometime later in the library. Twilight had asked to speak to Shoto alone.
"So you figured out that he wanted to get you to open up." Said Twilight.
Shoto nodded.
"Does he do that a lot?" asked Shoto.
"Messing with you under the guise of learning about Friendship?" asked Twilight, "Yeah… but it's hard to tell if he's just messing with you or if he's being serious… but in this case it was serious…"
"Why?" asked Shoto.
"He wants the original timeline back… and unlike me, he's not going to be erased." Said Twilight, "Fluttershy was his closest friend, and even if she exists here, the bond they share doesn't."
"I see…" said Shoto.
"I don't need to tell me about your father… from what I can gather it isn't pretty…" said Twilight.
Shoto nodded.
"However… there's something I want you to do for me." Said Twilight, "You can reject it if you want to… but it's up to you."
"What is it?" asked Shoto.
"You know of Diamond Tiara." Said Twilight.
Shoto nodded, it was hard not hear about the filly who often bullied the Cutie Mark Crusaders.
"She's not a bad pony…" said Twilight, "I've seen the real her in the original timeline…"
Shoto got a bad feeling.
"Wait…" said Shoto.
"It's her mother…" said Twilight, "It's not physical… but emotionally…"
Shoto knew what she was trying to say.
She was abused.
"I always wanted to help her… but I really don't know how… I mean if I use Celestia it would be too much… but I can't intervene on my own. And I don't know what she would do to the Starlight and Sunburst… sure we have public ties to Celestia… but…"
"But if a Hero of Equestria helps her…" said Shoto.
"You don't have to…" said Twilight.
"I want to." Said Shoto.
"Thank you." Said Twilight.
Shoto nodded, glad he could help a pony who knew what he went through, even if it wasn't as bad as his own experiences.
With Shoto's past now out there, things different among them… they had indeed gotten closer…
And they even got a new… friend? Ally? Trickster mentor? In the form of Discord…
So that's going to be interesting…
Next Time: It's just a normal day in Ponyville... which means that something is going down... what exactly... you'll just have to wait and see!
A/N: The next chapter's going to be a goofy breather and I'm being vague about as yeah... this chapter... Discord remembers, they know about the shit Endeavor pulled, confirmation that they will make it home and Todoroki's going to figure out a way to go after Spoiled Rich! So I can be vague about the next chapter and make it up as I go along.
Also there will be an upcoming B Plot about Discord turning Bakugo into a Pomeranian to teach him a lesson so no one suggest that... was already planning on it... and there will be the reoccurring plot of "Discord messes with Bakugo in weird ways to teach him friendship so get that stick out of his ass". So that's going to be fun!