The mysterious bolts of magic continued as the ponies stayed closed to each other.
After that incident, the next day came. Twilight Sparkle told Princess Celestia and Princess Luna about what had happened the night prior leading to the party being cancelled. In response, Celestia had led Discord to a large empty theater like room where he was forced to lie down and was restrainted. Discord found this to be amusing and wondered what what was going to happen.
His happiness and devious excitement came to a halt when suddenly Beethoven's ninth symphony started playing over the theaters speakers so suddenly.
"What are you doing?" He asked. Celestia had hooked up a machine that was forcing the master of chaos himself to stare at a huge black screen in front of him that would soon be projecting a real nightmare.
"Tell me now, Discord. Is it true that you grouped up all the villains to destroy and kill all Equestrians?" Princess Luna asked. She was sitting in a booth on the top row of the theater with a film projector right behind her.
"Well, I mean, I wouldn't say kill. Maybe knock some sense into them," Discord replied, his eyes wide and staring forward at the screen.
"And why would you do that?" Celestia chimed in.
"I don't know. It's what I do," was Discord's response.
Celestia and Luna threw each other glances. Celestia walked up to the projection room of the theater, standing next to her sister. She flipped a switch on the projector and the screen lit up.
The screen at first started playing violent acts that Discord and the gang had did previously before. Even going as far as binding Princess Cadence while Queen Chrysalis kicked her in the back. She could be heard making muffled cries in the video. Discord continued watching unfazed, almost finding pleasure in what he was seeing.
Meanwhile, Princess Celestia and Princess Luna talked amongst to themselves quietly.
"Do you we really want to show what true evil is like?" Celestia was referring to a certian film of Equestria during the late 1930s/ early to mid 1940s that they had.
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Luna took a deep breath and nodded. "We must. They need to understand the consequences of their actions."
Celestia hesitated for a moment before agreeing. "Very well."
She adjusted the projector, and the screen flickered to a new scene. This time, it showed the aftermath of a battle. The once vibrant fields of Equestria were now scorched and barren. Buildings lay in ruins, and the cries of the wounded filled the air.
Discord's smile faded as he watched the devastation unfold. He shifted uncomfortably in his seat, his usual bravado replaced by a rare moment of introspection.
"Is this what you want, Discord?" Celestia's voice was calm but firm. "Is this the legacy you wish to leave behind?"
Discord's eyes darted to the screen and then back to Celestia. For the first time, he seemed at a loss for words.
He started to scream purely out of terror. "Stop it! Stop, please, I beg you!" He yelled. "This is sick. This is a sin. It's a sin. It's a sin. It's a sin! It's a sin!"
Celestia and Luna looked at each other for a second.
"Sin?" Celestia said. "What's all this about sin?"
Luna stepped forward, her eyes narrowing as she studied the trembling figure before them. "Explain yourself," she demanded, her voice cold and authoritative. "What sin do you speak of?"
The pony, still shaking, looked up at them with wide, fearful eyes. "The ritual… it's forbidden. It's against the natural order. You can't just tamper with life and death like this. It's… it's blasphemy!"
Discord continued to watch the screen at the violence being displayed as he was forced to. He felt the urge to blink but couldn't. The orchestral symphony of Ludwig Beethoven's ninth was still playing over the footage.
"I can't take it anymore! Beethoven did no harm to anyone! He just wrote music!" Discord screamed.
"Are you referring to the background score?" Celestia asked.
"Yes!" Was Discord's immediate response.
"You've heard Beethoven before?" Asked Princess Luna.
"Yes!" Discord screamed at the top of his lungs.
"So you're keen on music?" Celestia asked.
"Yes! Yes!" Discord frantically answered.
He was bound to go mad. He wanted to break free of the restraints holding him down. He couldn't move nothing but his fingers. He was completely powerless. Next door, the same torture method was used against King Sombra, Nightmare Moon, and Queen Chrysalis.
The images started to get worse as the film changed to show Equestria during a different time period that was much worse than it once was. Ponies on the screen were being tortured and massacred left and right.
Discord was tensing up badly. Losing all control over himself. Discord jumps out of a window in an attempt to commit suicide.
He lands on top of Fluttershy. Both Fluttershy and Discord are taken to the hospital. Discord wakes whole body ached with pain.
Discord finds out he has no aversions to violence anymore. Sombra tells Discord he went though aversion therapy. Then he says he's sorry.
"Sorry. You're actually sorry," Discord was surprised to hear the words from such an evil unicorn.
"Yeah," Sombra said. "I've decided to give up enslaving ponies. I released them." He admitted.
Nightmare Moon and Queen Chrysalis approached nodding in agreement. "I think we've learned. Who knew that Equestria had seen worse days than what we've done." They both explained.
"It even scares me," Queen Chrysalis admitted. "And I'm the queen of millions of changelings."
Discord blinked, still processing the unexpected turn of events. "Well, I must say, this is quite the surprise. But a pleasant one," he said with a grin.
Sombra, Nightmare Moon, and Queen Chrysalis exchanged glances, a sense of camaraderie forming between them. "We may have been villains, but even we have our limits," Nightmare Moon said softly.
"Equestria has faced enough darkness," Sombra added. "It's time for a new chapter."
Queen Chrysalis nodded. "A chapter where we work together to protect this land, rather than destroy it."
Discord's eyes sparkled with mischief. "Oh, this is going to be fun! Imagine the chaos we can create in the future"
The villains chuckled, feeling a strange sense of hope and unity. As they stood together, the sun began to rise, casting a warm glow over Equestria. It was a new dawn, a new beginning.
But deep down. They were still villains at heart.