My Little Pony: Equestria's Warriors Returns

by Spirit Of Fantasy

After many wars, heavy losses, and violence with enemies. The eldest brother of the royal sisters makes his return, and discovers the student of the sister he blames for their youngest sister's banishment. Now along side this young and talented unicorn, ready to battle evil. He will discover the new world of friendship and love that replaced his world of pain and hateful battles.

28. Chapter 28: The Return Of Harmony Part 2

Chapter 28: The Return Of Harmony Part 2

The cotton candy storm clouds were now approaching in mass towards Ponyville. Thundering full of chocolate milk and lightning made from sour gummy candies. It was a great alarm for the town, but many were powerless to stop it, mots of them could only watch. The chocolate rain slowly came down strong, almost able to start a flood of chocolate milk. While chunks of land carried houses into the air after breaking off their foundation and starting to float like a planet.

Chaos, utter chaos was the only thing that defined the situation that came to town. It was like a plague that could consume them at any moment, at least to the citizens. To an Equestrian warrior however, it looked to be another dire situation, or as they called it, another day at the office. Typhoon himself looked to the sky, his eyes almost wide from the surprise chaos that arrived. He had thought that Fluttershy and her friends had vanquished Discord with the elements.

But nay, it appeared that something had gone horribly wrong at Canterlot. Now the disharmonic magic was descending upon this peaceful town, all thanks to one enemy. The Draconequus that slowly appeared from white lightning flowing down from the heavens. Slowly the lightning formulated together, taking the shape of the disfigured creature, known as Discord. With a flash of light, Discord appeared, stretching out and marveling at the new town he deemed the capital of chaos.

"Hello! My new town of Ponyville! Pardon the intrusion but I humbly come to all of you to announce the new management of this fine town,"Discord announced with a big laugh while Typhoon widened his blackening eyes that transfixed on the old enemy,"Now I know things will be much more different around town, but never fear! We'll have all sorts of fun together in this new age!"

"Discord…!"Typhoon bellowed with growing fury as he stomped his front right hoof twice.

"Now I only have two rules that you all must follow, no biggie what so ever,"Discord announced, watching the grass and dirt become lollipops and caramel made,"Number one! Have as much fun as you possibly can! Number two, Absolutely nothing harmonic or balanced of any kind!"

The ponies panicked before they were floating in absolute zero gravity around town. Discord howled with laughter as the sky itself was either covered with clouds, or completely pink in color. Typhoon wasn't going to stand for this as he growled and lunged to the sky to go after Discord.

"Now if any pony has some objections or complaints! I would suggest you take those complaints and-"Discord paused for a moment before hearing the swishing whistles of the wind in his ears,"Oh that's not a friendly sound…!"

Discord was quick to back flip through the air, narrowly dodging and incoming attack. The attack came in the form of Typhoon's staff coming I like a sharp arrow from a great bow. It just barely graze down the Draconequus's back, taking pieces of brown fur with it. Before it was in the grip of it's master, who reared it back and made the weapon go through it's lethal transformation. The moment the scythe blade shot out, Typhoon swung at Discord's neck, forcing him to back away and let his beard be snipped clean off.

"My…gosh! Is this how you say hello these days now?!"Discord asked while ducking and curving side by side to avoid the slashes.

"No…! This is how we deal with arrogant old pests like you!"Typhoon spat while swinging and back kicking Discord in the nose to force him down to the ground.

Discord made a hole in his body to avoid getting the spear like bottom of the scythe in the gut. Only for Typhoon to inhale and blow out a massive spiraling wind tunnel into the foe's face. The force of them wind drilled Discord into the dirt, kicking up dirt and rocks all over the place. The warrior then brought down the spear tip, slamming it into the ground to take the heart. Only for the Draconequus to narrowly escape and reappear behind him, spitting up dirt and brushing himself off.

"Hello to you too, Typhoon…! By the way, a breath mint for that mouth wind would be much appreciated…!"Discord mocked before taking to slight stings to his legs and right arm with the spear point.

He was then given two double round house kicks that sent him rolling into a house. He was quick to teleport out and into the sky, looking down to find Typhoon flapping his wings hard. Before shooting up and quickly circling Discord until he was being trapped in swirling winds. He then began to swing his scythe, letting the slashes get lost in the wind as it grew into a clear twister. Discord knew this move, the twister of a thousand slices, capable of splicing cragodiles into flesh cubes.

Thankfully a snap of his eagle claws teleported him out of the twister right in time. Just as the wild swings began shooting sharp winds through the whole twister, cutting the very moisture and thin air apart. Before appearing just outside the twister and turning it to ice with a snap of his lion paw. He watched as it rumbled and shattered into many pieces and chunks of pure ice. Leaving Typhoon to hang his scythe over his back to prepare for butcher graded slash fest as he slowly approached.

"Orion isn't here to save you from us any more Discord…!"Typhoon warned the Draconequus as wind began to build up in his blade.

"Orion isn't here at all any more wind master…! I left him to rot in a black void,"Discord proudly retorted Typhoon's comment with the events that transpired between him and Orion,"A more than proper place to let a traitorous friend waste away for his betrayal to me…!"

"That's a good one…! Considering Orion is the only reason you haven't been butchered or skinned alive by us."Typhoon decided to bring back the hole in Discord's logic of betrayal.

"Oh please… You warriors are just a bunch of power packing brutes,"Discord dared to insult, even when death was staring him in the face,"While I have grown into something far beyond your comprehension! A god!"

"Another good one, Discord. You should try comedy, if you live that long,"Typhoon pulled his blade over into a low stance, ready to slice him up the belly to the neck,"Then again… You've made some pretty dangerous enemies… Enemies that not even gods dare to toy with…!"

"Oh we will see about that-"Discord challenged, only to back away and take his chest fur getting shaved clean off.

Discord began to swing and weave his snake like body around to avoid a barrage of swings. Each swing of the scythe rang with metallic death that Discord was desperate to evade. Les his head would be taken clean off, a fate not befitting for the self proclaimed god. However, getting tackled into the roof of a house and being choked by the staff piece of the scythe pushing against his neck piece. Slowly the blade was grinding it's way across the roof, inching towards Discord's neck.

He was quick to teleport away and up through his cotton candy clouds. This gave the god of chaos a chance to rub his neck for safe keeping, before Typhoon was already coming at him again. Spinning himself into a cocoon of wind that ripped and tore clean through the cotton candy. Discord ducked, forming a round shield of white magic to block a strong three sixty slash. The pony of wind then quickly reared the staff back, forcing Discord towards the ground with rapid stabs with the bottom of his weapon.

It wasn't long before Discord found himself getting drilled into the dirt once more. Typhoon proved tenacious and punctual in his attack till the round shield of magic shattered. Forcing Discord to once again teleport behind his enemy, but this time, luck wasn't on his side. For Typhoon already anticipated the same tactic from before being used again by his foe. He responded by quickly turning around and tossing his scythe like a throwing spear.

The sharp bottom of his spear made it's mark the minute Discord reappeared. Ramming itself clean through the Draconequus's right shoulder, forcing him to fall like a shot down duck. He screamed dramatically as he fell from grace in a spiral like form. Before he then crashed to the dirt just outside town, kicking up massive waves of dirt and rocks into the air. He took his time in the dirt to sigh and start to feel a bit reluctant to think he could take on one of the Equestrian warriors.

Only to look to the sky and see Twilight Sparkle and her friends hovering over him. After their long and arduous adventure from the Canterlot palace maze all the way back to Ponyville. He was quick to shoot up in the air and quickly make his fur and beard reappear to look dignified. While He was ready to mock Twilight for playing his game while corrupting her friends with disharmony. It was at least a refreshing thing to see after getting knocked around by Typhoon.

"Ah! Sorry, I was just having a little bit of fun around my new town is all,"Discord tried to play it off nice and cool to strike fear and his rule over Ponyville into the mares,"Beautiful isn't it? This is the new and improved Ponyville, and these are only my first changes…!"

"This looks fun, but it's not!"The gray colored Pinkie mocked out of random hate for anything funny or good.

"Ugh…!"Twilight groaned with stress for what her friends had now become.

"Picture it, the chaos capital of the world!"Discord tried to paint his dream of Equestria, starting with Ponyville.

"I can't picture anything, it's too dark, and is that a spear in your shoulder?"Twilight complained, but then noticed Typhoon's scythe still pierced clean through his shoulder.

"What? Oops…! Uh…one moment please, this won't take long,"Discord insisted while gripping the scythe and slowly starting to yank it out of his shoulder,"Ow…! Ok, ok…! Ow! Stings…stings…! Oh my….gooooooossshhh…!"

Discord hollered almost girly like as he slowly pulled out the scythe from his shoulder. He sighed with relief the moment it slowly tore out of him, ringing with metallic noises through the air. He floated in mid air, panting as his wound closed up with sparkles of white magic. Sealing it up like a zipper before the pain disappeared and all was well for the moment. Except for the fact that he was looking pretty mediocre in front of the elements of harmony, he cleared his throat to pretend it didn't happen.

"Apologies, I was just saying hello to some dear old friends of mine, and boy have they been-"Discord was then interrupted by Typhoon pouncing on his back and taking back his weapon,"Rather….chatty…!"

"I'm going to strangle the life from you after what you did to all those animals!"Typhoon forced his weapon under Discord's neck and began to choke him out with the staff of his weapon.

"Oh yeah…! You look like you're handling yourself perfectly!"The gray and dishonest Applejack mocked the Draconequus that struggled in the choke hold.

"Nonsense…! It's just some riled up old pal of mine…! Nothing I can't handle,"Discord insisted while noticing Typhoon's scythe blade grinding in the dirt towards his neck,"My goodness, you've been keeping the wind scythe sharp and shiny to this day, Typhoon…!"

"And I'm about to stain it with your putrid blood you traitor…!"Typhoon warned as he slowly strangled the Draconequus, preparing to take off his head.

"Wow, we didn't even need to get our hooves dirty with the warriors around,"The gray and mean turned Fluttershy mocked the god of chaos as Typhoon raise began to grind the blade against the foe's neck,"As it stands, this loser is totally…BUCKED…!"

Twilight gasped at the language, while Typhoon froze right at that moment. His ears perked up at the very utter of the word, but this word did not come from him or his fellow warriors. It came from a pony to innocent, too gentle, too kind to ever dare to spout such foul language. He turned to Fluttershy, seeing her all gray and cussing right in front of him like a sailor stallion. He quickly slammed and grounded Discord's face into the ground before suddenly releasing him.

"I'll deal with your scummy flank later,"Typhoon warned and slowly stood up to march over to the mares and come face to face with Fluttershy,"What was that word little miss?! Would you like to repeat that word for me?!"

"What, the fact that this loser is so bucked, or you the fact that you let him go like an old oaf?"Fluttershy questioned boldly with an insult directly to her ancestor.

Her friends gasped at the slur of words that insulted her own ancestor. His eye twitched at the ignorance dealt to him by his own descendant granddaughter. He gave Discord a fast back kick to the nose the minute her heard him snickering about this show of disrespect. Before he then snatched Fluttershy by her ear in a show of speed and anger for his family member. She tried to resist but there was no fighting her furious pappy, as she was dragged away from the crowd.

They were all stuck in shock, even Discord could not believe such a development. Even when it saved him from losing his head to the pony of winds. Though he couldn't help but feel a bit ripped off that he did not get a better chance to fight Typhoon.

"Hey…! Weren't we going to fight and try to kill one another?! What kind of end to a fight is this,"Discord ranted as they heard Fluttershy yelp in the distance all the way home,"Geez, at least my bout with Orion was somewhat entertaining…! This was a complete let down!"

"Right… Because you had that fight handled SO well… Wait… Orion,"Twilight insulted Discord's skill before the chaos god reminded her of their friend the hidden prince of Equestria,"Where's Orion?! What did you do to him?!"

"Oh…! He's your friend too? I'm SO sorry but I saved myself for him first, so get in line…!"Discord mocked Twilight's question, making her huff with anger.

"Answer me! What did you do with our friend?!"Twilight demanded answers in the same tone that Celestia asked in that annoyed Discord.

"Ugh…fine…! Whatever you say, CELESTIA…! Gosh you're as big of a bore as Tia,"Discord scoffed and pointed to the giant orb of darkness hovering above the Canterlot castle,"I left our dear friend rotting a in a dark void…! A perfect prison for a traitorous friend and esteem warrior prince."

"No…! You trapped him in there?!"Twilight panicked as they all looked to the massive void.

"Along with some kids and a teacher for company. I'd say we're just about even now."Discord crossed his arms proudly and chuckled at his work.

"Why?! He was your friend! He tried to help you! How could you do that to your only friend?!"Twilight turned and yelled with emotional outrage for the Draconequus's conduct.

"Because friendships totally blow…!"The sour gray Pinkie growled while Discord gave her a round of applause.

"Precisely! What has friendship done for me? I'll tell you what it did for me,"Discord got right in her face and wore a quiet and serious look,"It got me imprisoned in stone…! Pummeled and treated like a jester by warriors, and it made me miss out on my chance to finally know love…!"

"He wanted to change you… To make you… Not all this…!"Twilight gestured to the chaotic world that was forming all around them.

"Well, some ponies are just not meant to be a bunch of primo prissy bores,"Discord mocked and cleared his throat before turning around to leave the ponies,"I'll take chaos over friendship any day of the week. Especially since it doesn't leave me hurt and emotional…!"

"You're an ungrateful… Sorry excuse…for a friend…!"Twilight spat at the Draconequus before struggling to get her friends moving towards her home.

Discord scoffed at her insult, watching as she struggled to push the boulder Rarity held onto tightly. He then slowly floated away to his new throne that was being built in the center of town. While looking to the massive black void he trapped his former friend in with glee. And yet, he couldn't help but feel an infamous sore feeling in his chest, much like a cold pit in his heart. It ached as he thought of Twilight's words and the rage Orion had towards him, it almost felt like regret.

However, he learned to suppress the regret and simply move on from the past. Even when suppressing feelings proved to be potentially dangerous, but he did not care. All he cared about was ruling Equestria and turning it into the ultimate realm of chaos. He continued to move on, watching his work come to fruition as he sat down in his throne chair in the middle of town. While things turned dull and broken within the black void, where Orion, Cheerlie and his students resided.

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He sat there on his knees in complete silence, his head laid low to the black floor they stood on. He had no idea what to do any more, he had already failed his students and his friends. He got sloppy and personal with Discord, rather than protect what was most important to the elements. Now all but Twilight were changed into the very things their elements fought against. This failure was eating away at Orion, as well as his personal vendetta when it came to Discord.

Cheerlie did her best to keep the children calm and orderly till help came for them. But Orion knew better, nothing could cancel out a prison made entirely of dark magic. All the children appeared to be losing hope, they couldn't even speak among each other on the matter. However, one little filly was growing impatient and tired of the hopeless attitude every pony sported. Apple Bloom sighed, looking around to all the broken faces that surrounded her, forcing her ears to fall a bit.

"So… Are we really going to just stand around here and just do nothing,"Apple Bloom decided to voice her complaint on this depressing crowd of kids and adults,"Shouldn't we find a way out of here and go help our friends stop this Draconequus guy?!"

"There's no light in this place… My crystals need light energy from the sun to knock this barrier down,"Orion explained the reason they were all simply sitting around doing nothing,"There's nothing we can do, Apple Bloom. We're stuck here for who knows how long…"

"Well there's gotta be a way…! We can't just do nothing! We can't just leave it all to our friends,"Apple Bloom ranted and marched to Orion to yank at his pants leg to get his attention,"You're a warrior for Celestia's sake! You warriors never gave up and left others to suffer, right?"

"Apple Bloom…! There's nothing we can do in this current situation…! We're trapped,"Orion raised his voice to shoot down what he believed was false hope from the filly,"All we can do is wait. Perhaps some pony will come along and free us with time! Till then, that's enough!"

Her ears stayed down, feeling a bit hot inside from being yelled at for trying to keep hope alive. However their fight was put on hold as a hole rippled and tore open to reveal a shield of light. It swirled, formulating like a crystal ball that got Orion to stand up for what came next. Before they knew it, Discord's face appeared in the swirl, wearing a smug little grin. Chuckling as he made sure they could see and hear him clearly before he made his announcements to the group.

"Greetings! You all like what I've done with the place? I think it looks superbly divine,"Discord wielded the warping swirl like a camera to show off the newly transformed Ponyville,"It took some minor tweaking, it's looking like a lovely chaos capitol. You like it, old friend?"

The children glared at Discord along with Ms Cheerlie as well, they had scorn for their capture. Though no pony could be angrier than Orion, as he showed off a slightly dark scowl. A scowl that almost felt like it could pierce the magic and stare right into an enemy's soul.

"Awe, look at this lovely sight! It's Orion's famous thousand yard scowl! Oh this is too much,"Discord burst into a round of laughter and flattery to be getting stared down so viciously,"I always thought that was something you used on scummy griffons or perhaps Necrid Ghoul!"

"You keep laughing all you want you freaky little varmint, but you just wait till we get out of here,"Apple Bloom jumped in front of Orion and stood up to the chaos god,"You're gonna get it good and hard! Then Twilight and her friends will fry you like the monster you are!"

"Oh, we will see about that. In perhaps a thousand years or so, little filly,"Discord chuckled at Apple Bloom's bold promise to him,"And as for Twilight and her friends…! They've seen far better days I'm afraid."

He snapped his eagle claw, allowing the swirling magic to shift and change like a TV. It was then viewing the inside of the library tree, the home of Twilight and Orion. Where they now witnessed Twilight currently fighting and scuffling with her friends over a book on the elements. The fact that they were fighting and wounding their friendship was a hard sight to see. Orion didn't need crystal vision to see that their friendship was deteriorating the more they fought and turned more gray.

Finally, Twilight managed to wrestle the book way from her testy and ignorant friends. She waved the book around like a lion tamer standing against the flesh hungry beasts. Before she slowly took hold of the book and went to open it and read on the whereabouts of the missing elements.

"Get back, all of you! This is my book! And I'm going to read it,"Twilight made herself clear before opening the book and getting the big surprise in the form of the elements themselves,"The elements! They were here all along!"

"This is great! Now you guys can defeat Discord and put everything back to normal!"Spike exclaimed his relief that they found their prized elements of harmony.

"See, girls? We did it! We found the elements of harmony together,"Twilight exclaimed to a bored and unenthusiastic group of sour gray friends,"You don't even care, do you?"

"No!"Her friends answered harshly and forced a sigh out of Twilight.

"I never thought it would happen… My friends…have turned into complete JERKS,"Twilight hollered and angrily placed all the necklaces on her jerky friends,"Necklace! Necklace! Necklace! And… Big crown thingy!"

"Hahahahaha! Are you see this clearly?! She really thinks those worthless rocks will stop me,"Discord laughed his heart out and took the magic picture off the library back to his throne,"The best part of this? YOU know they won't work…! Because I've broken their friendship! The very source of the magic!"

Discord's laughter rattled and struck fear into the children and school teacher. While Orion continued to make with the scowl, with Apple Bloom doing her best to scowl as well. His knuckles popped as they tightened, his rage and desire to crush Discord was rising once more.

"So what do you all say? How about we all just sit and watch this great failure in the making,"Discord taunted while his magic picture display was suddenly starting to get static like,"A failure like this comes once in a life time…! You can't simply pass up on this."

Suddenly Discord barely noticed that his swirling magic went to full static. It was blank for a solid minute, allowing every pony to relax for a moment from the tense moment. Another minute later, a relieving and very familiar face appeared from the magic swirl with a smile. Orion widened his eyes to the reveal of Shadow Swirl currently standing right outside the black void. Looking over the massive prison while keeping her hoof on the void to get a clear message out to them.

"Hello! Can you hear me in their gems for brains?!"Shadow Swirl called out, causing the prince to huff a little bit before responding.

"We hear you! Is there something we can help you with, dark queen?"Orion replied as his voice echoed around the excited children that now saw hope for escape.

"Honestly, It looks like YOU are the one that could use some help here, Orion,"Shadow smirked and teased Orion for being in such a feeble situation,"Are all the children ok? Is any pony hurt in there?!"

"The children are fine! They're a bit shaken up by this place, but they're safe,"Cheerlie responded to the dark warrior that showed her great worry for the children,"Is there anything you can do to perhaps get us out of here? They're getting scared in here…!"

"No worries. I can crack the black void wide open, but first every pony needs to help me,"Shadow answered and knocked on a bubble like veil made of pure light magic,"Discord put a light field over the void to keep me out. I can't shut this void down until the light field is down…!"

"Ok…? What is it you need from us?"Cheerlie asked.

"Light magic is impervious to magic. But it's very weak against good old fashion force,"Shadow explained the weakness of light magic,"Orion already put a few good cracks in the field when he threw his tantrum! I just need every pony to pound away at the void until the field breaks open! After that I can shut down this dark prison…!"

"Well if that's all we gotta do. Then will be out of here lickety split,"Apple Bloom agreed to Shadow's instruction and reared herself back to take a good charge at the wall,"Come on every pony! Lets show this void who's really in charge here!"

"That's the spirit little one…!"Shadow felt quite stricken by the filly's spirit as she rammed her head into the wall.

She bounced off the wall and rolled onto her chin in a bit of a daze. Only to be quickly helped up by Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo, it was all the support she needed to quickly shake off the blow. She shook her head a little bit, and looked to her friends before eyeing up the wall.

"Come on! Lets bust this prison wide open!"Apple Bloom continued to show bravery and spirit as she charged at the wall again.

"Yeah! Cutie Mark Crusaders prison break!"Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle announced and ran to the wall to start punching at it.

"Well… Usually I don't condone in such barbaric violence among the kids,"Cheerlie thought for a moment and looked to her children before taking a deep breath and grew stern,"Children! Let's fight for our freedom!"

Cheerlie pointed to the end of the void, guiding her children towards the objective. The kids ran behind her as they charged like an army into the pitch black wall. Cheerlie and the kids were right with the brave crusaders, punching, kicking, and bucking at the wall with all their might. Together, hope was growing for the whole class, the hope for freedom was within them once again. Something Shadow Swirl was more than happy to see, the brave and hopeful faces of the children.

However, the most important piece of muscle they had in there wasn't so enthusiastic. Shadow looked to Orion, noticing that he was just standing around and looking at the ground. It was as if he simply gave up right then and there, his surrendering attitude was irritating to watch.

"Hey, long face…! Are you really going to stand there while kids do your job,"Orion looked to the ranting Shadow Swirl before looking to the floor again,"Look! You clearly made a bad call and now you're stuck here. Big whoop, we've been in two hundred and seventy two of those situations!"

"You don't get it, Shadow... You just... Don't understand..."Orion insisted that she was not understanding his misery and guilt in all this.

"Then enlighten me...! What's keeping you from fighting THIS time...!"Shadow demanded an answer.

Suddenly, a second swirling picture of magic appeared right next to Shadow Swirl. It then revealed a soul crushing sight, Discord laughing in the distance at a hear breaking loss. Twilight and her friends could not harness the power of the elements of harmony. And so they loss, and now they could only blame each other for losing to the Draconequus. They snapped and pointed their hooves at each other in rage and misguided blame, it was hard to watch this fighting commence.

"No…! They're giving up…! He really managed to make them… Give up…!"Orion gasped with distraught before Twilight finally exploded the moment her friends left.

"FINE! Leave! See if I care! I don't need you guys either! With friends like you…! Who needs…enemies,"Twilight sighed and began to turn gray as a tear slid down her cheek,"I can't help my friends… I've failed them… And I failed you too, Orion."

"I'm…sorry I let you down…!"Both Twilight and Orion spoke to each other through the tears of reality as the crowd of kids slowly stopped to see the saddening scene.

"I let you and the others alone to face Discord for some sort of personal gain,"Orion touched the swirling picture that showed Twilight slowly returning to her home,"I'm no better of a friend to you than Discord was to me… So much for friendship I suppose… What's the point any more…?"

Every pony had then completely stopped fighting the moment they saw the fall of Twilight. It was like they had just watched all harmony die right before their eyes. Orion felt his soul crumbling at this failure, he almost wanted to just collapse in defeat and misery. As did the students that watched their teacher drop to his knees and take in the soul sucking loss. He grazed his hand slowly off the swirl, causing it to ripple while he released a deep sigh of surrender.

"Is that really what you think? You think there's no point to friendship,"Apple Bloom questioned Orion's desire to just give up and spend his eternity in a dark prison,"So far, friendship has made me stronger than I ever thought before. With Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle by my side. I never thought I could be more capable of starting a club and devote my life to finding my cutie mark!"

"I thought that too when me and Discord were friends. He made me stronger because we knew what it felt like to look like freaks to others,"Orion explained his old friendship with Discord,"Together we became more confident with who we were and surely… We were so much stronger for it…!"

"And now that's something for you to just forget?"Apple Bloom pried for a more straight forward answer.

"Have you…seen where he's put us all in?"Orion questioned back in response for Apple Bloom's persistence.

"Just because he ain't your friend any more doesn't mean you can't just forget you and him were ever friends,"Apple Bloom continued to show stubbornness and persistence for what she felt was right,"Why forget about something that made you stronger? From what I remember from your stories, he was once a good friend to you…!"

"He was… But… Not any more…"Orion sighed before a bright red glow glimmered onto their backs from the swirl.

Both Apple Bloom and Orion turned to the swirl that pulsed and began to form a clear picture. One that was crafted and brought to life by one of Orion's greatest memories. When the picture came up, every pony looked with wonder as they witnessed a great green mountain. Smoking with green magic that was burning alive, all darkness leaving it's bosom forever. Suddenly the top of the great mountain exploded, unleashing great green miasma blasting into the sky, filling it with freed pony souls.

The explosion was just enough to make the very void they stood in quake from the force. The miasma was leaking down the blown up mouth that was formed from the blast. Slowly it was sliding down the mountain, melting and consuming everything in sight. When suddenly they were drawn to the mouth of a cave located at the base of the mountain. Where a less experienced younger adult Orion lunged out of the cave mouth with two good friends in his arms.

He yelled as a burst of miasma struck his back, burning it almost to the flesh. Causing him to face plant into the dirt, allowing a slightly younger Discord and a young Clover the Clever to squirm free. Only to turn to Orion the moment he was barely able to move from the wounds he endured. His face was covered in blood, gashes were all over his forehead and cheeks. Burns were all over his bare chest and arms, as well as his now horribly scorched back.

"Orion…! Come on, Orion! Get up! Get up! We are NOT losing you here,"Clover was first to rush to the prince's side and try to lift him up to his knees at least,"Discord, help me…! Can you perform some sort of spell on this back wound?"

"I can't…! I broke both my thumbs snapping you out of Necrid's possession spell!"Discord responded as he rushed to her side and aided Clover in raising Orion weakly to his feet.

Suddenly more explosions rattled the mountain, threatening to knock them to the ground. However they needed to stay steady, for danger was coming straight to them. Miasma was flowing from the cave mouth along with many green smog fissures that cracked open the mountain.

"Go… Just leave me here…! I can…finally be at peace now… For my father… For my country,"Orion insisted that the two friends left him and saved themselves from destruction,"Necrid is gone now…! My home can now rest in peace. A whole new world can be built now… A world of happiness… Peace… And harmony…"

"And you'll get plenty of time to enjoy it! Because you are not dying here!"Discord made his stance on sacrifice perfectly clear to Orion as they tried to walk with him.

"There's nothing else for me to do now…! My true purpose has been fulfilled…!"Orion tried to argue as they looked back to see the approaching miasma that flowed quickly towards them.

"Your purpose was to protect this world and the life that thrived here,"Discord insisted as he looked to his broken thumbs with sparks of white magic parting from them,"You're not going to do all that from within a coffin! So death is not coming for you today!"

"Guys? We're running out of room…!"Clover pointed to the miasma lurching closer to them while they stepped towards a shear drop to the flat obsidian ground.

Discord began to sweat vinegar, he was not the kind of guy that could think under pressure. He looked to his injured friend that barely appeared conscious and breathing. While Clover was scared and throwing up a shield around her friends, but the miasma would melt the shield in seconds. He swallowed and looked to his broken eagle claw thumb that sparked with broken magic. A plan did come to mind, but it was potentially suicidal and unheard of.

"Uh…I have a plan…! But you might want to hold on tightly for this one,"Discord announced and put his thumb against his index eagle claw to prepare a hard snap,"I don't know what's going to happen…! But I'll take it over melting alive in death miasma any day!"

"Discord?! You don't know what your magic will do if you try to snap a broken thumb!"Clover exclaimed while she felt Orion slowing down his breathing and letting his strength waver.

"Well there's only one way to find out…!"Discord gulped and finally snapped his fingers together, causing a jolt of white magic through his eagle claw.

A moment passed before the magic responded quite surprisingly with a loud blast. White magic exploded right under them, Carving out a rocky platform for them to stand on. As it launched high into the air with much force, they instantly screamed as the miasma coated the entire side of the mountain. Clover was in a panic and holding onto Orion and the one chunk of rock they stood on. They were almost able to touch the clouds once they reach the peak of their great launch.

They looked down just in time for the rock chunk to slowly start to fall. They then screamed once more as they plummeted towards the hard obsidian ground that shined. They held on tight to Orion and braced for a hard landing that would rattle them silly. The force exceeded their expectations as they felt the sharp crash of the rock shatter from under them. Sending them all bouncing and smacking into the hard ground just before a crumbling giant wall of bones.

Discord rolled five times before crashing against the wall, coughing and spatting out dirt. While Clover rolled right into his stomach, taking a slightly softer landing at least. She covered her head, but was appearing to not have any major injuries, a relief for Discord. He groaned, but was able to slowly stand up and assist Clover in standing again, he was even kind enough to dust her off. They panted with exhaustion, not wanting to belief that such a stunt was actually successful.

"Well… That actually worked…! But we should still stick to the less risky stuff,"Clover insisted before noticing that Orion wasn't in their grasp any longer,"Where's Orion?! We were holding onto him weren't we?!"

Suddenly they got an answer in the form of strained but hearty laughter. They looked towards the crumbled gates made of bones and bodies, where Orion now laid laughing. They slowly approached their friend as he laid there laughing and chuckling at the destruction of his oldest enemy. All he could do was just lay there and laugh at Necrid's ultimate demise. It was a feeling of relief and happiness that washed away any pain he had endured on this great journey.

"Orion? Are you still completely with us…? Do I need to…do some rearranging on your head?"Discord asked as he took up a thick leg bone to use as a bat.

"Necrid Ghoul…! I told you the day would come that I would end you! That you… Would get what was coming to you,"Orion yelled to the sky as he heard the explosions of the mountain,"That was for my FATHER! And all the ponies you killed in your wake! ROT IN TARTARUS YOU SON OF A WHORSE!"

They both sat down at Orion's side, smiling at the blissful peace he was experiencing. His laughter slowly ceased as he opened his eyes a bit to see both of his friends by his side. He began to breath slightly deeper and slower to relax himself, allowing for them all to simply watch the mountain.

"So… We just defeated a six hundred year old enemy of Equestria, and brought harmony to the world,"Clover decided to list the things that they all did together on this adventure,"So what do you think will come next…? If we survive the approaching miasma that is?"

"All I'm thinking of… Is my father finally resting in peace at long last,"Orion admitted as he closed his eyes and thought of the father he had to put down to rest,"I'd like to imagine that he's finally happy. Looking down on all of us with joy to finally be avenged, and seeing the peace that is to come…"

"Yeah… I'd like to see the pink lilly fields just outside Ponyville in bloom once more,"Clover admitted what she desired while slowly taking up Orion's hand with a smile,"Celebrating and reuniting with all our friends. And maybe even find some pony… Some pony I know I could love for a life time…"

"Tia…"Discord responded to that after the thought of love came to mind, drawing the attention of his friends.

"Discord…?"Orion opened one eye to see his friend holding himself and bushing as he held a small daisy flower in his lion paw.

"She wore all these flowers in her pink mane for the last Hearts Warming celebration,"Discord felt his paw and eagle claw trembling as he looked to the flower and let a tear slide down his cheek,"She looked so beautiful… If I'd want to do anything. I'd want to tell her how I felt…!"

He trembled and slowly allowed tears to stream from his cheek the moment he remembered her face. Tia's smile made his heart want to burst from his chest while his sweat melted him into a puddle. He dreamed of just being able to kiss her cheek just once, or even eat dinner with her. Maybe then she could see what he was truly about, rather than be what Starswirl feared that he would become. Just the thought of all that happened, it made him start to weep for the desire to see Celestia again.

"And maybe…! Maybe she could see that I'm not a complete monster after all,"Discord sobbed while holding the daisy against his beating chest,"Maybe I could actually know what love is with her…!"

Orion slowly sighed, seeing his friend cry for all he endured and the things he missed. There was then a sense of respect and happiness washing over the prince when he thought about Discord and Celestia. He grunted, letting a small smile form as he reached out to Discord and took up his eagle claw.

"Believe me… I'm certain she knows that a monster would never do any of this for his friends,"Orion insisted as he struggled to try and sit up a bit to properly look to his friend,"She'd be happy to know everything you did for us Discord… You've been a real friend to us… A friend to the end…"

Discord responded by slowly turning and wrapping Orion into a hug. Allowing him to cry into the prince's shoulder, his heart never felt such joy and sorrow all at the same time. Especially as Clover joined in and made their hug a group hug, the more the better in his case. And so they just sat there, waiting at the gate that lead out of the mountain range. Where Orion's sisters and even his own pupil would arrive and pick them all up for a trip back to Ponyville.

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That was where the swirling picture finally ended and fully shut off into the void. Leaving a crowd of shocked kids and a nearly overwhelmed Orion staying on his knees. Thinking back to that faithful day that nearly ended with his untimely death, if not for Clover and Discord. Apple Bloom looked to her broken teacher and friend, seeing all the life contemplation racing through his head. Sweat dripped from his head as he felt his hole world shaking from the old memories, but Apple Bloom saw this in a different light.

"You had a very beautiful friendship with him… You probably wouldn't be here if he hadn't helped you,"Apple Bloom realized as Orion slowly looked to her with mixed emotions,"Is a friendship like that really worth burying and letting it die…? Sure its over now, but why forget about the good things about it?"

"Apple Bloom… I… I don't know…! Why bother with something that started so good and has fallen to rubble?"Orion questioned, wanting to forget this happy moment that defined a good bit of his future.

"Because you wouldn't be the warrior you are now, and I would never have met you and felt so inspired to take life by the horns,"Apple Bloom answered bravely, causing a great red glow to suddenly spark around her body,"So I'm never gonna give up on friendship, I'm not giving up on finding my destiny…! And I'm not giving up on You!"

She huffed, barely noticing the aura that grew around her as the brave filly turned to the wall. She snuffed, dragging her hoof into the ground as Orion observed the magic around her. She growled and gave a good charge at the wall, putting her back into her running right hook. Bringing it in with authority as she smashed her hoof against the wall, causing a sudden sharp quake of force. Every pony's ears rang from the punch rattling the entire void, as Apple Bloom backed away for a moment.

She registered her sudden burst of strength that made the void ripple from the power. She looked to her hoof that delivered the vicious blow, it lit her spirit up like a burning furnace. She smirked, getting ready to charge again with a big growl, she then charged at the wall. Taking a few good swings that rumbled the black prison, as well as causing the chinks and rings of glass like magic to sound. She lit up even more, hearing the progress that was being made on the light barrier outside.

"That's it little one…! You're doing serious damage!"Shadow Swirl confirmed as she watched the light barrier cracking apart like a fragile window.

Orion shook his head in astonishment, seeing the nonwavering spirit of Apple Bloom. Even by herself, she was willing to commit to giving every pony their freedom from this vast void. She crushed hoof after hoof into the wall, continuing to make the void shake and tremble. Her shocking muscle brought forth by unknown forces working away at the prison. He could not believe such potential power had just been revealed from within this small filly.

However, a couple minutes in she was starting to get tired and sweaty. Even as Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo joined in, Apple Bloom was running on fumes and spirit. She was panting and getting wobbly, but she still refused to give up, even when the power was back lashing on her. Her vision was starting to get blurry as she pounded away at the wall, her hooves started to feel like jelly. But she didn't want to stop, for giving up was not in her nature, so she kept on fighting.

Her next punch was off a bit, grazing the wall as she face planted to the ground. She struggled to get up, and required the help of her friends to help her stand strong once again. Fortunately, Orion was fed up with the little filly giving her all to this prison and damaging herself any further.

"Come on now…! It can't be much further…! Just… A little bit more…!"Apple Bloom grunted and reared back a hoof to swing at the void once again.

"Apple Bloom…! You can't even stand up on your own…!"Scootaloo worried for her friend, seeing the condition Apple Bloom was decaying into.

"Please… At least take a break or something…!"Sweetie Belle insisted that Apple Bloom took a break from hitting the wall.

Not until… I bust this prison down, and free all these friends…"Apple Bloom refused, just in time for a blast of bright red magic to flare up from behind them.

"Then move out of the way and let me take it from here…! You've done more than enough, Apple Bloom,"Orion called as red magic exploded from his whole body that smashed against the void,"I'm giving up on giving up…! If a filly is willing to lay out her life for others! Then why am I just standing around here…?!"

With that said, he let his magic rip holes and tears into the very void itself. Allowing for light to enter the dark prison, empowering him and his crystals with the power of harmony once more. He opened one hand to show the tiny ball of red crystal magic that spiraled in his head. He read it, and confirmed that it was not yet ready to be used, it required just a little bit more magic to be fully charged. So he stuck with a simple prison break by crystallizing his other hand and conducting some red lightning.

"Because… Even now… I'm afraid... Afraid of losing my friends. No matter what, I could never let go of Discord,"Orion thought as he reared back his fist to prepare for a strong and vicious punch,"Because… I did get stronger…! His friendship made me stronger…! And it's hard to let it go…because I think it'll make me weaker…!"

Orion sharpened his vision, using what light he could muster to strike the perfect spot in the wall. He growled, strengthening his legs and pushing off for a strong charge at the void. He ran with full force, tapping into hidden power that laid dormant within his body for the last thousand years.

"But it won't…! Because the friendship we shared will never be forgotten…! Even when we're no longer friends,"Orion realized just how right Apple Bloom was, as he prepared to drill his fist clean through the prison,"The memories will always be with me…! So… I can't just give up…! And no matter what…! I must save my friends!"

Outside, Shadow Swirl pulled herself out of the swirl and braced for the impact. It was only a minute longer before she saw the fist of Orion pierce clean through the void and light barrier. His static magic coursed through the barrier, rattling and quaking the entire shield around the void. It was grinding and shrieking like glass, until at long last, the barrier suddenly exploded into millions of pieces. Slowly dissipating and crumbling to magic dust from all around the void.

Shadow nodded, turning her eyes to complete darkness and raising her front hooves to the sky. Before she then brought them back down, slamming her hooves into the ground. Causing the void to ripple and start to open up from the very top, it's dark magic bubbled and drained. Leaking into the ground before slithering towards Shadow Swirl, allowing her to fully absorb the magic into her body. She sighed, watching as the void slowly shrunk and broke apart before being taken into the pony of shadows.

Soon the magic was falling to shreds and tiny pieces, dissipating as it slowly began to reveal the entire class of children. Cheerlie held on tight to her students, looking around to the collapsing prison. The light of day shined upon the children and teacher once again as the void disappeared. Allowing them to take in the fresh air for the first time in a long while. Once their freedom was realized, the children were cheering as Shadow Swirl absorbed what remained of the darkness.

They rushed out with their teacher right behind them, taking in the sweet freedom. The children flocked to Shadow Swirl, wanting to express their deepest gratitude to the mare of darkness. The mare welcomed them with open arms, embracing each child that was willing to hug her. Gasping and crying with gratitude to be free from the darkness, It was warming Shadow's heart. Seeing such relieved and happy faces, freed from fear and dark imprisonment.

She tousled a colt's mane before looking to the approaching Orion that was glowing bright red. His eyes were practically fully formed gem stones as he carried an unconscious Apple Bloom in his arms. He was slow to approach Shadow as he looked to the filly that awoke his spirit once more.

"Thank you, Apple Bloom… I'm sorry I tried to give up… It won't happen again,"He apologized for his weakness before offering Apple Bloom to Shadow Swirl to hold,"Get her back to the Apple family, along with all these children. I need just a little more time to get this working again."

Orion showed her the ball of red magic twirling in his hand that almost glowed white. He then grasped it as Shadow Swirl nodded and took up Apple Bloom into her arms. She then carried Apple Bloom back to her friends and fellow students, while letting a ring of darkness surround them.

"Stay together nice and tight every pony! We're going back to Ponyville,"Shadow announced as she stepped into the dark ring with the children and teacher before looking to the prince,"Don't take too long…! Or the others might skewer Discord alive!"

She made her final words clear to her friend before looking around to all the children. The mare of shadows then took in a deep breath, verifying that they were all in the ring of darkness. She could then focus and reform the ring into a pitch black veil showing a picture of Ponyville. Shadow was then able to release her deep breath, turning her eyes pitch black once more, causing the veil to close up from the top and bottom. Before the magic then turned purple and sparkly, capturing every pony's essence before dissipating them into the ground.

Orion watched as the veil quickly glowed for a moment, then disappeared into the ground. Showing that Shadow Swirl, Cheerlie and the students had all disappeared. Taking them on a magical and very fast journey back to Ponyville, leaving him to finish charging his ball of magic.

"I will… It's time to show Discord… What a real god looks like…!"Orion smirked as the ball of magic began to turn bright white.

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Ponyville

Meanwhile, all of Ponyville was now a disfigured and complete mess of chaos. All buildings floated through the air and even had their own planetary gravity field. Ponies constantly ran and walked in a circle around their homes while others slid around on the soapy path. Even the animals were victims, some were deformed and meshed into many different breeds. While others were stuck in tar pits made of hot fudge and bubble gum, it proved annoying and crazy to every pony.

However, a differently annoyed pony was now marching towards the Ponyville library. Typhoon Breeze was wearing quite the hard scowl on his face, while Fluttershy was right at his side. Her head was low, but it was now colorful once more, her pink mane blew in the wind once more. While her vanilla colored coat was shining as well, accept for the red marks on her flank. Thanks to the harsh punishment she received for insulting Typhoon and saying bad words.

She remained quiet and humble, knowing just how much trouble she was in. The shy Pegasus dared not to say anything, knowing the further punishment could easily come to her again. She gulped, remembering the sting of Typhoon's staff swatting her backside very well. At least it gave her clarity to think about how she acted, and what her friends were going through because of Discord. At the very least, she was ready to make up for the mistakes she made with Twilight.

What felt like hours of a brutal walk of shame, simply took several minutes before they arrived. Typhoon stopped at the door and huffed before knocking hard at the door. Once he was done knocking, he turned to his descendant with his very scowl and made himself clear.

"Now you're going to apologize to Twilight, take back your necklace and end all this madness,"Typhoon went down the list of everything Fluttershy needed to do to make things right,"And don't ever talk like that EVER again…! You didn't grow up in old Equestria…! Don't talk like your some sort of savage."

"Yes pappy…! Very sorry, pappy!"Fluttershy quickly responded just in time for the door to open up to a still colored Twilight wearing her crown.

"Typhoon…! Fluttershy! You two couldn't have come at a better time! I figured out what to do about our friends,"Twilight exclaimed before noticing that Fluttershy was already colorful and normal once again,"Fluttershy? You look…normal…! You're all colorful and not mean looking any more!"

"Yeah… I kind of learned my lesson about being a foul mouthed meanie…"Fluttershy admitted before showing her red flank covered in marks.

"Oh… Remind me not to start swearing around Orion,"Twilight made a mental note for Spike to jot down before approaching them with Fluttershy's necklace,"Any who. I realized that I was focused on the wrong thing when we were after the elements… I got so carried away with the mission… I didn't think about our friendship."

"Well of course! Your friendship is what gave the elements their power. Without the bonds you formed with your friends, those gems are just rocks,"Typhoon explained from his own experience from what he witnessed of the elements,"What's more important is your friends…! Without them, you can never own true strength, Twilight."

"I realize that now… And now I'm going to do what I should have done before,"Twilight admitted before putting Fluttershy's necklace back on it's rightful owner,"You may have been mean Fluttershy, but I know you. You're kind and loving to the animals of Ponyville. No pony could ask for a more free spirit…!"

"Oh Twilight…! I'll never be mean again! You're my best friend!"Fluttershy hugged Twilight, wanting to let tears of joy flow from her friend's words.

"You are too… And now we have to remind every pony else about the friendship we all shared,"Twilight decided on what their next move had to be for the sake of Equestria and their friends,"Lets go save our friendship…! Typhoon, you mind picking up where you left off with Discord?"

"Buy you enough time to collect your friends and help them get themselves together? No problem."Typhoon agreed to Twilight's plan as she nodded in response with his cooperation.

He saw the mares off, letting them run off towards Sweet Apple Acres to help Applejack. Leaving the green stallion to sigh and let his eyes go hollow with desire to destroy Discord. Once they were out of sight, that was his golden moment to depart for the center of Ponyville. Where he expected the Draconequus to be, basking in the chaotic glory he made out of Ponyville. The time had come to pick up where they left off, and this time, there wasn't going to be any holding back.

As he began his walk to the center of town, he stomped his hoof twice to summon his old friend. The great wind scythe was graceful and balanced upon the wind it traveled on. Up until it spun off the wind and twirled right into it's master's hoof, before transforming into it's lethal state. He wielded it on his back in a stance for the entire five minute walk to the town center. Everything around him appeared to only be getting more and more chaotic, all the way up to the throne.

His scowl then met with the Draconequus. As the self proclaimed god feasted on grapes. Enjoying his new chaotic world with absolute bliss, at least until he felt the fell air through his antlers. He sat up in his throne chair once more and spotted the approaching master of winds.

"Well well… So you finally returned for a rematch? It took you long enough,"Discord yawned and slowly stood up and out of his chair to stretch out his back,"You enjoy the lovely element of kindness you dragged all the way home?"

"Yes… I fixed Fluttershy up just fine…! She's her kind and gentle self once more,"Typhoon swung his scythe forward and pointed it straight at Discord,"Nothing a bar of soap in the mouth and several swats to the flank won't fix….!"

"Ugh… That's such an old school punishing solution. Haven't you ever head of a calm down corner?"Discord questioned before he once again felt his beard get sliced smoothly off his chin.

"I'm going to leave you butchered and rotting in a corner for everything you did!"Typhoon promised before spinning with his scythe twice towards his target.

Discord ducked to avoid the double spin move that sliced his throne chair into three pieces. He snaked his way into the sky, side stepping and dodging the fast and graceful swings of the scythe. He felt his ice antler get chipped off before he was able to spin and tail whip Typhoon across the cheek. It only infuriated the wind master as he took a deep breath in and unleashed a primal yell. Blasting a tunnel of wind from his gullet and slamming against the god of chaos, forcing him to fly right through a building.

Typhoon took off like a bullet to catch up to the flying Draconequus. Only for Discord to disappear and reappear in the sky, clapping his paw and claw together to bring forth great storm clouds. They immediately started to thunder and crash with lighting circulating like the storm's blood. Typhoon responded to this by flying towards the Draconequus, until lightning began to strike. The wicked chaos god smirked, aiming his eagle claw over Typhoon to direct the rain of lightning that shot out from the clouds.

Typhoon rethought his plan, and trailed low to the ground and began to side wind. Evading the stabs of lightning that grazed right by his body, blasting and scorching the chocolate ground. He spun and twisted to evade and avoid every shot of lightning that came his way. He looked back up to the Draconequus that smiled so vile like, thinking he had Typhoon in a bind. However, the god of chaos was underestimating Typhoon, just as he did with all the warriors he knew.

"Alright, time to take this Draconequus for a ride…!"Typhoon decided before shooting straight up through the air, soaring towards Discord while starting to spin like a drill.

This allowed a torrent of wind to surround his body and pull in all the lightning. Giving the wind more power that made the wind grow stronger and bigger, it began to glow. The light was given by the lightning the wind conducted and swirled around the wind master. It was soon that he became a heat seeking missile, absorbing all the lightning from the storm and storing all it's power. Giving Typhoon all the power he needed to ram Discord right in the gut with bone crushing force.

The force sent both of them shooting straight through the dark storm clouds. Spit pelted the wind as Discord felt all the air leaving his body from the brutal gut shack. As they burst through the clouds and stopped high in the sky, Typhoon quickly sprouted his wings to give a hard flap. Separating the wind and lightning from his body before letting out a deep breath. Before he then threw a high speed jab right across Discord's jaw, forcing more spit to go flying.

Discord fluttered back, barely able to shake his head and catch his breath from the blows. Once he was able to stabilize himself, he looked forward to see Typhoon immediately vanishing. Only to feel the shadow of the pony coming down upon him as he looked up to face the pony of wind. His eyes widened as Typhoon swung his left back hoof downward, nailing Discord square in the forehead. Forcing him back down through the clouds that began to separate and dissipate.

They fought their way through the clouds before Typhoon dragged his back hoof off his foe's head. Before pulling his scythe back out and slicing out one of Discord's wings, preventing him from flying. He then twirled his scythe, giving Discord another crack on the noggin once more. Sending the Draconequus smashing into the ground in a vast explosion of dirt and rubble. Typhoon narrowed his vision on a perfect shot made out on the chaos god's chest as he laid in the dirt on his back.

The wind master took this opportunity to reel back his scythe with both hooves. Allowing himself to plummet as he ready to ram the spear point of his weapon clean through Discord's chest. The Draconequus coughed and squinted to see what was coming, and nearly screamed like a girl. Before he was able to quickly teleport just in time to feel the wind of the weapon. The spear point pounded and destroyed the ground he laid in, dirt blasted in mass in all directions.

He was quick to yank his weapon out from the dirt before flapping his wings. Using the wind he gathered to clear the dirt that masked himself and the foe he was hunting down. He sighed the minute he spotted Discord panting and standing just by the mayor's house.

"You seal away one of my fellow warriors. Manipulate and corrupt my descendant, and turned my home into a fun house,"Typhoon ranted as he slowly approached the Draconequus while dragging his blade on the ground,"I wish Orion didn't take pity on you…! We would have offed you long before any of this could happen!"

"Sure you would…! And I'm sure a stone prison is so much nicer than death,"Discord mocked Typhoon's rant as he prepared to snap his paw finger for another trick,"You warriors think you're so wise and strong. Thinking you always know what's right for this world!"

"What would you know what's right for the world?! All you want is chaos!"Typhoon growled and prepared to take the head of Discord.

"Hey… This is far better than what a certain some pony has in mind for the world…!"Discord spat before snapping his fingers the moment Typhoon lunged with a full powered swing.

Quickly, the Draconequus pulled out one of his secret weapons to deal with warriors. With a snap of his fingers, Stormy and Angel the bunnies appeared floating right in front of the Draconequus. Typhoon saw the faces of the precious bunnies at the very last second before flapping his wings backwards. Giving him enough momentum to back right off and land before the enemy. While the two bunnies floated right before him, being used as living shields for Discord.

"Awe…yeah…! I remember everything you and the others showed me…! All your weaknesses,"Discord chuckled as they circled each other into a stalemate,"Such as your love for all little animals of the world. You would never do anything that would put an innocent animal in danger, would you?"

"This is a new low for you…!"Typhoon seethed as he slowly lowered his weapon, not daring to risk the bunnies getting hurt.

"You warriors have already set the bar for the lowest of the low… All your violence and hate you bring to the world,"Discord felt entitled to speak of his opinion regarding the Equestrian warriors,"All you warriors…! Full of violence, blood, death and destruction…! Is all THIS any worse than the world you warriors thrived in?!"

"I don't know, just ask the ponies around this town what they think is far worse!"Typhoon defended as he continued to glare at the testy Draconequus.

"I don't need to… I saw your trashy world…! And now I'm just simply making it better."Discord retorted as they continued to circle each other.

"For you maybe… For every pony else, however…"Typhoon responded as he noticed a strike of yellow lightning striking through the air.

"Yes…?"Discord dared Typhoon to finish his sentence.

"Well… The world is better off NOT being your personal fun house…!"Typhoon taunted before yellow lightning struck in an instant.

Discord yelped, feeling the hot iron slice of blades cutting the sides of his wrists. Forcing him to release the bunnies from their capture, allowing Stormy to quickly run Angel home. While Thunder Blitz himself appeared right at Typhoon's side, letting lightning circulate through his coat. He slowly glared to the god of chaos, letting his dual wield kris daggers shine in the sun light. Electricity sparkled from the daggers as he stood tall along side the pony of wind.

"Did you miss me?"Thunder asked as his mane flared with static the moment his eyes met with Discord's.

"I know he sure didn't… Not sure how he got out of his prison still…!"Typhoon made the info short but sweet for Thunder to understand.

"Well he's going to wish he was back in that stone prison. Because I got a bone to pick with him…!"Thunder responded before slamming the pommels of his daggers together to make a loud clang of metal.

The ends snapped apart before interlocking and connecting together into a make shift handle. The dagger handles then made a click that unlocked further interlocking mechanisms. Allowing the daggers to be pulled further and further apart from each other, stretching into a staff like weapon. Once the changing weapons had relocked at the length of Typhoon's scythe. The blades became heavily fortified and thick with lightning while they extended to two foot long blades on each end.

The transformation concluded as he stabbed the ground with one end. Letting the other end shoot a beam of electricity into the sky, showing off it's brand new form. The daggers had now transformed into a double sided lightning spear, sharp as pure lightning and faster than light. Something that could only get matched with Typhoon's scythe of the winds. As he kicked up his weapon to wield it once again, leaving Discord a bit discouraged to see both warriors armed and ready to battle.

"I see how it is… Now you two are really just going to gang up on poor little old me,"Discord scoffed as white orbs of magic formed in both his lion paw and his eagle claw,"That is pathetic…! Even for warriors such as yourself!"

Suddenly, Discord felt the cold but burning shot of dark magic hit his back. He tensed up and yelled to the heavens before turning around to face his attacker. As a massive puddle looking clump of shadows started to formulate together into none other than Shadow Swirl herself. While the long lost children and teacher of Ponyville school house reappeared right behind her. They appeared a bit dizzy from the fast travel via dark rift, but no other troubles seemed to have followed.

She stared down the Draconequus, only to then look softly down to the brave filly in her hooves. Remembering how brave Apple Bloom showed herself to be, even in the face of danger. The mare of darkness sighed, brushing the filly's mane before offering her to Cheerlie.

"Please take your students to safety. And make sure this one gets some much needed rest,"Shadow instructed the teacher as she gave Apple Bloom to her teacher to carry,"I'll make things quick here and return shortly to check on the children…"

"Of course. Come along children, we can take refuge at the school house,"Cheerlie agreed and took up Apple Bloom before guiding her students away from the scene,"Please be careful, and don't get yourselves hurt…!"

"The only one that should be worried about getting hurt… Is HIM,"Shadow scowled and rammed her hoof into her own shadow to pull out a large flange mace,"Dozens of children were stoned to death by village paranoiacs after your chaos deformed and changed half the kids in each clan…!'

"Well they seemed to be enjoying their new selves at the time…! Not my fault the villages had some cultist freaks,"Discord defended as the warriors surrounded him with their weapons at the ready,"And look at all of you! Ganging up on one guy because he wasn't like all of you…! I didn't ask to be a god of chaos!"

"Don't try to play it off like you're the victim in all this. You were given chance after chance to change your ways,"Typhoon wanted to crush Discord's attempt to try and play the victim act,"And all you did was take advantage of our generosity and Orion's friendship to perform a conquest on our home!"

"The only reason we never killed you was because Orion still took pity on you!"Shadow followed up as her mace turned pitch black and began to remold the head of her weapon.

"However, we don't see Orion any where at the moment. So… Right now it's open season for you, Discord!"Thunder incited as Shadow slammed down her flanged mace that had now morphed into a giant hammer.

"Discord!"For the first time, Discord was relieved to see Twilight and her friends approaching in mass.

Even though all the mares were colorful and bearing their elements of harmony once more. He was more than willing to scrap with them than risk getting torn apart by the warriors. It was more than something worth trying, as he snapped his eagle claw and teleported out of sight. Only to reappear behind Twilight and her friends once more, putting on a fake confidence act. Laughing as if he was flying circles and toying with the blood thirsty warriors.

"We were just talking about you while I spun circles around these clowns,"Discord spoke with cockiness while assessing every pony that now had an element of harmony,"So is it really going to be this harmony deal again?"

"That's right! You couldn't break apart our friendship for long!"Applejack bravely stated, making the Draconequus scoff at her bold statement.

"Oh, Applejack, don't lie to me. I'm the one who made you a liar. Will you never learn?"Discord mocked the mane six before Twilight stood before him.

"Don't you dare talk about lies. Because that's all you've been doing this whole time. With us, and the warriors,"Twilight decided to trigger the god of chaos a bit by discovering his fear between the warriors and imprisonment,"You don't want to die by the hooves of the warriors. And we can see through your act! You're afraid of them…! You're weak against them! You always hid behind Orion to avoid them!"

"Indeed…! And now I will use YOU in his place!"Discord snapped his lion paw to form a white bubble shield around Twilight and her friends.

The mares screamed as he made them all float within his orb of magic. As he slowly brought them closer to his side and turning to the warriors, threatening to start tightening the space of the orb. Hoping to bait the warriors into surrendering to hi rather than try to fight a now risky battle.

"Fluttershy!"Typhoon expressed his greatest worry before dropping his scythe.

"Rainbow Dash!"Thunder growled and sighed before also throwing down his spear in a huff.

"Are you guys serious? Discord doesn't have the gonads to do any pony real harm!"Shadow mused at the instant surrendering the two stallions displayed.

"Really…? You care to back that up you dark concubine?"Discord boldly challenged Shadow with the idea that he would not bring real harm to any pony.

Shadow wasn't a fan of being tested, and responded in kind with his challenge. She swung her hammer onto her back, and sprinted towards the Draconequus. She already formed a plan, smash the shield around the mares, swerve under them and smash Discord's legs to rubble. However, Discord could tell that she wasn't falling for the bait of using the mane six. So he simply decided to exploit a weakness of the dark mare, with just a snap of his eagle claw.

Shadow had lifted the hammer over her head for a down swing and a swerve underneath. But in a flash of white light, she immediately froze and used all her strength to stop her momentum. As an awakening Apple Bloom then appeared alongside the mares in her own separate bubble. Shadow dared not to approach, her hooves trembled at the thought of her almost attacking a filly. Applejack gasped at the scene of her sister being used as a shield, while Shadow quickly dropped her weapon.

She then dropped to her belly, just in time for Apple Bloom to wake up. She found herself floating in the orb of white magic, confusion took over before noticing Shadow on the ground. Discord found great amusement in the torment Shadow was feeling after seeing a child in danger.

"What in tarnation am I doing here?! All I remember is taking a little nap after taking down that void,"Apple Bloom looked around to her sister and friends that were also trapped within light magic,"Applejack? What all did I miss here?! What is going on?!"

"Oh, just using you and these precious elements of harmony as insurance for a bit,"Discord decided to explain for Apple Bloom while she saw all the warriors surrendering to him,"The stallions of wind and lightning don't want their precious friends to get hurt…! And Shadow Swirl would never risk the life of an innocent child just for a free shot at me!"

"Are you serious? How much of a big wuss can you be?! You can't even play fair with other ponies,'Apple Bloom started struggling and trying to fight the bubble of magic she was trapped in,"You know. I can see now why Orion is so furious with you. You really did turn out to be a lousy friend!"

"That's enough there, Apple Bloom! There ain't no point in talking to that snake!"Applejack tried to reason with Apple Bloom, but she continued to speak her mind about Discord.

"And after all that Orion was willing to do for you! After everything you and him fought for,"Apple Bloom spun a bit before catching her balance in the bubble and punching it in frustration,"He wanted to help you change. YOU wanted to change for the better! For Equestria! And Tia!"

"Tia?! That's… Princess Celestia's nick name!"Twilight gasped at the secret revealed to her shocked friends.

"That's not…! How did you learn that?! How dare you snoop around in personal affairs!"Discord stuttered over his words in great offense for his old crush being made out.

"I learned them from Orion. The friend that still pities you enough to not want his friends tearing you to shreds,"She knocked on the shied to try and get reality pumping through Discord's skull,"And you know what? Now that I see how low you've gone. I can't help but pity you too!"

With that show of mutual care for a friend and his endeavors, Apple Bloom glowed once more. Her red aura made Discord's spine chill as she reared back a tiny hoof. With tapped in strength at her command, she smashed clean through the shield, astonishing every pony with the show of power. Her hoof soared and crushed against the nose of Discord, dislodging and cracking the muzzle. Teeth were sent flying in all directions as she squirmed out of her prison and onto his head.

The god of chaos was completely taken by surprise, as the filly grappled onto what remained of his antlers. With a strong grip on his head and antlers, she then began to rabbit punch his forehead. Realizing that her words weren't enough, as Orion would say, he needed a good beating put into him.

"Aaaaaaggh! Stop it! You little brat! Get your tiny hooves off me!"Discord ranted and flailed as Apple Bloom knocked lumps into his head.

"You're a stubborn and bad friend! You deserve a good beating for everything you've done!"Apple Bloom yelled as she punched in his eyes and yanked at what remained of his antlers.

"Be careful child! You just recovered from the dark void! Don't hurt yourself!"Shadow insisted as she lifted to her hooves and became cautious and touchy about trying to get Apple Bloom to stop attacking.

"Yes…! Listen to the dark mare and get off me you wretched little… Wait what,"Discord managed to yank Apple Bloom off his face and hold her flailing self in the air before realizing what Shadow just said,"You're one of the children from the dark void prison? That means you're the one with the unsavory power…! That also means… Oh no…"

At that moment, they all turned to a bright red twinkle in the distance at Canterlot. The top of the castle was sparkling like a massive gem as the light then shot into the sky. It soared like a comet, trailing smoke and red magic behind it as the magic disappeared into the clouds. Only to slowly descend through the clouds like a massive meteor from the cosmos, it appeared glorious. It opened a hole in the sky that had been changed so much, until space itself was in the open for all to see.

Discord's eyes widened and glowed from the magic that came crashing down. Every pony braced for impact as the ball of red magic smashed into the dirt with tremendous force. The force of the blast proved strong enough to shatter the bubble of magic, trapping Twilight and her friends inside. They fell out and landed on their flanks, but they were quick to stand back up. Just in time for the magic to dissipate, allowing Orion himself to slowly rise from the scorched ground that was melting with red magic.

He was glowing and gleaming wondrous with red magic, his eyes had gone white with power. As he slowly stepped out of the crater he made in the ground and slowly sprouted his magical wings. With a deep and foreboding sigh, he stared down Discord once more with a stronger sense of purpose.

"Release the filly, Discord…! And fight me!"Orion demanded as his feet melted the ground and the clothes on his upper body burned away.

"And what happens if I don't? Old friend?"Discord questioned the prince and got a scowl in return as Orion then snapped his fingers.

In that very snap, Apple Bloom disappeared out of her beaten kidnapper's clutches. Only to be teleported into the safe arms of Shadow Swirl, where he knew the filly would be safe. With his friends out of harms way, he slowly lifted his hand out and showed the glowing ball of white magic.

"He's mine now! Twilight! Get ready to use the elements!"Orion called out to the mares as a magical red veil surrounded him and kicked up the dirt around his body.

"So is this really where it finally ends…?! We're finally going to fight to the death here?"Discord asked as Orion snickered and finally showed a smirk of confidence.

"No… This is simply me… Laying down the law with you…! Old friend!"Orion responded and forcefully pushed the ball of magic into his chest.

It was then that the veil covered Orion entirely with bright red and white magic. The magic tore a bigger hole in the sky, showing more of the stars and cosmos's of space. What remained of the sky glowed with red as Orion let out a primal scream to embrace true power. His own magic shrouded his body in jagged thick diamond hard crystals, even his nails grew solid as diamonds. His two swords appeared in his hands before he slammed them together to fuse the blades into one.

This created a marvelous and massive crystal Zweihander sword surrounded in a bright white aura. He held it with both hands, it helped him brace for the power that was fueling his body. He grew a pair of pony ears and flame like red hair while a long and sharp Alicorn horn sprouted from his forehead. A tail magically sprouted out from his pants before another battle cry was unleashed. As he let his wings spread wide and proud, shattering the veil and allowing every pony to see his new form.

The mares and filly all gasped with fascination and amazement at Orion's ultimate form. His fellow warriors had seen it on a few rare occasions, and they knew better than to interfere. They all kept their distance, marveling at the face off between two former best friends.

"Nice trick…! I'll give it to you, that's a new one on me,"Discord admitted with a chuckle as he let his whole body changed to electrified metal for this fight,"But do you really think you can beat a god, dear friend?"

"You'll just have to come over here and find out, Discord…!"Orion challenged and manage to tweak Discord's short temper for him.

Discord growled, shooting like a harpoon at the prince, ready to skewer him. But Orion closed his eyes and lowered his blades before rearing back a left back hand. He swung it with grace at the perfect time, crushing his hard back hand slap against Discord's jaw. The metal that surrounded Discord's body shattered, while the power that the prince now packed sent Discord flying like a bullet. He darted right out of the town, only to slam into the peak of a mountain in the distance.

The peak exploded in a wave of snow and rock, before crumbling and collapsing. It was a perfect yet daunting show of new found strength the prince possessed at this moment. Twilight truly felt humble to witness such power, even when she herself possessed the greatest magic of all. The thought was put on hold as Discord reappeared before Orion, sporting a bruised up cheek and scratches on his body. He growled and bared all his anger as hie filled his cheeks with white fire.

He then unleashed a ball of great white fire that matched that of a house in size. Orion simply shook his head and raised his hand again, as if he was about to just catch it. Upon impact, the ball simply exploded, it shrouded over Orion's body, but quickly dissipated. Not a scratch was made as the fire was then sucked up into the hand of the prince till nothing of it remained. Discord was feeling triggered, his blood was boiling for all this power Orion now had at his command.

He shook with anger, letting his eagle claw and lion paw turn bright white with magic. This magic allowed four three foot long claws to sprout on each limb, allowing for close combat. With the rush of battle and anger effecting Discord in a way that he rarely ever felt before. He shot towards Orion again, while the prince simply tilted his neck and finally held his sword up a bit. He closed his eyes and braced, letting Discord start a barrage of sloppy and wild slashes to his chest.

Fortunately, Discords giant claws appeared to do nothing against Orion. His thick crystal skin took every slash Discord threw at him, not a scratch or dent was made in the prince. After the Draconequus attempted an X slash to the face, his white magic claws shattered before his eyes. Allowing Orion to make his move, raising his sword for an upper slash to the shoulder. His movements were blinding and fast, he vanished from the front and circled the Draconequus.

His great speed allowed him to perform graceful and side winding strikes to the sides. He then twirled to Discord's back and sliced deep gashes into the foe's back. He then kneed Discord in the back, forcing him to spin around so the prince could go for his front. The prince delivered numerous jabs with his sword, too fast for the eye to see before holes were all over Discord. He then finished with a hard downward slice across the chest that forced Discord back against the mayor's building wall.

Discord was now trembling, his wounds were slow to heal from all the damage he took. But he was not ready to just let Orion make him look like a fool that calls himself a god for nothing. He looked to the sky and decided to conjure up a real spell with plenty of power. He raised his paw and claw to the sky, embracing and focus his magic on the stars of space itself. He arms trembled as he then manage to start pulling the stars themselves down from the heavens and into Equestria.

He then brought his limbs down, throwing the stars he grabbed right at Orion. The prince looked up at the falling shower of stars that were coming right for him, this made him huff a bit. He cracked his neck and raised both hands into the air, allowing a ball of red magic to envelop him. The prince then braced as the stars shot down like meteors, pelting the shield he made. It was quaking and shaking from each star that exploded against it, but the shield was holding.

Orion scoffed, looking to Discord while keeping his hands up to stave off the stars. Only to see the Draconequus was gone, but his vision then picked Discord up once more, standing behind him. He turned his head to look to the enemy, just in time to see Discord slam a flaming lion paw and eagle claw into the dirt.

"Let's see how you fare with the very fires of Tartarus!"Discord said while turning his limbs to the left like keys to the soil.

In that instant, Orion looked down at the sudden heat beneath his feet that was building. Red hot dirt and grass quickly flared before a giant circle of fire grew all around him. Orion sighed and closed his eyes to brace for the blast, as a sudden column of black and red fire erupted. Surrounding him and a ten foot radius of ground in the fires conjured from the underworld itself. It fully exploded, scorching the dirt and filling the sky with smoke while Discord stood their laughing.

"Hahahahaha! Not so confident now, are you?! Not so certain any more when you're on fire, right Orion,"Discord cackled at the massive blaze that now erupted and shook the very ground they stood,"I'll admit, you almost had me dear old friend! But you can't defeat a god!"

"Leave him alone you crummy excuse for a friend!"Apple Bloom squirmed in Shadow's forearms before finally freeing herself and running towards Discord.

"Apple Bloom, hold on a minute! Apple Bloom, wait!"Shadow tried to grab for the filly as she charged right in and kicked Discord right in the shin.

"Ow! Oh you little, nuisance! How dare you continue to get involved in my fun!"Discord cringed and held his leg to try and hop off the pain in his shin.

"You're just a big pitiful bully, Discord!"Apple Bloom yelled and tried to punch at the Draconequus before getting snatched up in his lion paw.

"You, little miss…! You really need to learn about not impeding in adult affairs!"Discord growled and raised an eagle claw fist for a knockout punch across the face.

However, this was just the distraction that was needed, as Orion walked out of the fire unscathed. He glared at Discord daring to strike down Apple Bloom, and raised his sword for a strong thrust. He growled, ramming his blade clean through the ribs of Discord till it came out the other end. Thankfully, his aim was precise, missing every vital organ as Discord dropped Apple Bloom. He then looked to the wound that was now opened up in his body before the blade was yanked out.

Orion then gripped his old friend by the should, forcibly spinning the Draconequus around. Allowing them to look each other in the eyes, before he then threw staggering combo of jabs. Orion then uppercut Discord into the air, and jumped right up after him. He flipped over Discord, and lifted his leg up to bring it back down on Discord's forehead. He felt the crack of his friend's skull against his foot as the Draconequus was then sent crashing down right into the mayor's home.

Bits and pieces of the building went flying as Discord now laid on his back in the bathroom. A broken toilet squirted water all over his face as he groaned in immense pain. He shook his head and was badly shaken up as he tried to sat up, using a broken column for support.

"Ugh… this isn't going so well… What was I thinking… I stood no chance here,"Discord finally began to accept some reality into his mind as he looked up to see Orion holding a massive ball of red magic,"Oh come on…! Is that really necessary?! We were friends, Orion! Isn't that a bit much?

"That friendship has sailed…!"Orion growled and slowly threw down the massive ball of magic.

"Oh just buck me side ways…!"Discord ranted as he felt the full force of the ball slam down on him.

The ball had then exploded in a massive orb of magic and pure light, incinerating the mayor's home. The light was blinding, but the power itself appeared to have cleared away half the chaos in the land. The ground rumbled from the force of the blast, another show of the prince's power. The light enveloped them for a moment, it was almost too much for any pony to bare. They all held each other, waiting for the blast to finally subside, and slowly but surely, it did.

The light began to dim away, allowing the town to be seen again by every pony. They looked to each other, assessing any injuries or scars that were made from the final attack. They then witnessed Orion floating down from the sky, landing on his feet softly. Just in time for Discord to emerge from a burned up pile of ash that stood as the remains of the mayor's house, The Draconequus coughed up some smoke and weakly climbed out of the ashes before he was on his back.

"Now then… I'm certain you now see how badly you've hurt all of us, Discord,"Orion decided to lecture Discord just a little bit more before his fate was once again sealed,"Everything you've done. Everything you shoved right back in our faces…! It certainly doesn't feel well any more, does it?"

"Is this a trick question…?"Discord asked as he slowly sat up and hacked up more ash.

"You know why you're not dead by my hooves right now? A certain filly made me realize something,"Orion referred to Apple Bloom as she stood behind him, nice and safe,"I wouldn't be here, and I wouldn't be this strong without the friendship I shared with you…!"

"Ugh… Then why not just let me go…? Let me be…!"Discord ranted and failed in trying to stand up as he face planted.

"No… You're not ready for Equestria yet… You may have done me wrong, but even now… I still see you as my friend,"Orion admitted to a slightly surprised and skeptical Discord,"That's why I'm leaving you to some new friends of mine…! It's for your own good…!"

He turned to Twilight, nodding to her and giving them the go to seal away Discord. She nodded in kind and walked forward with her friends at her side, ready to do their part. They stood before Discord, their faces of anger now turned to looks of pity for the Draconequus.

"You know something…? You really are something to pity now. I almost feel sorry for how far you've fallen as a friend,"Twilight admitted her feelings towards Orion and Discord's broken friendship,"But you tried to turn the friendship I shared with my friends into the same mess yours was in. So don't ever expect any more pity from here on out…!"

"You're bluffing…! Those elements don't actually work…!"Discord wanted to call Twilight on her bluff about the elements actually working on him.

"Really?"Twilight accepted that challenge before her and her friends floated into the air.

They floated together, their bodies went into the shape of a heart as their elements began to glow. Discord widen his eyes at the spectacle, disbelief filled his mind at the return of harmony. The rainbow magic circulated through each mare, helping to complete the heart shaped form they created. The rainbow magic then shot up into the air, and then came back down towards Discord. The magic was quick to overwhelm him as he tried to hold it back with both limbs.

"No…! NO! How did all this happen!? This is the worse day of freedom EVER!"Discord screamed as the magic slowly but surely turned him back into stone.

The stone statue of Discord was the first thing to come to sight once the magic settled. With the god of chaos once again imprisoned in stone, all his magic was being undone. All the warriors slowly but surely began to chuckle and carry on, watching white magic dissipate from everything. Buildings quickly came back down and relocked into their very foundation along with the grass. The dirt roads were made of dirt rather than soap, the sky was clearing out into a late afternoon day.

In the distance, the Sweet Apple Acres apple tree fields were returning to normal. While cornstalks recollected their pop corn into corn and were also normal once more. Ponies of Ponyville slowly but surely came back down from floating through the air. They all had then began to give a cheer at being saved from the god of chaos, and having their town return to normal. Orion gave a relaxed sighed, letting his body calm down and expunge all the power of his new form.

In a flash of bright red magic, he released all the magic, reviving the red crystal clusters around town. He panted, feeling the power leave him as he now reformed back into his normal human self. The warriors rushed to him and the mane six, cheering and hugging them all with bliss. Twilight felt flattered by the sudden love her friends and herself were receiving for their services. Orion couldn't help but laugh through the exhaustion as he patted Twilight's back in respect.

"You did good here today, Twilight…! No matter what Discord threw at you. Not matter what he tried to do to your friends,"Orion had to admit his impressed feelings towards Twilight's persistence,"You never truly gave up…! You kept on going, and you learned what was most important when it came to the elements."

"You darn near gave up as well mister…! But I wasn't gonna let you!"Apple Bloom squeezed her way in to make sure he understood his lesson in the void.

"Yes… I was just about to give up on the mission as well… But this little one reminded me of what was truly important about friendship,"Orion admitted his own issues that occurred while being locked up in a black void,"Friendships may be gone or broken, but they are never forgotten. And remembering the god times you had with those friends is what will make you stronger…! Thank you, Apple Bloom…"

"I can tell this is going to be one hay of a friendship lesson to the princess,"Twilight admitted with a giggle as they then looked at the stone statue of Discord,"I guess we can just give it to her personally while dropping Discord off too…!"

"Sounds like a plan…! But if we're going back to Canterlot. We're stopping for some hay burgers first…!"Orion chuckled as they all shared a laugh for only a moment, until the Mayor broke up their celebration.

"Hey! Who's the scoundrel that completely disintegrated my home?!"The mayor announced in rage as they all froze, realizing that her home was completely decimated.

After a moment of pause, Thunder was bold enough to make a run for it and scoop up Discord. With the statue on his back, he darted for the train station after calling back to the others.

"Run for the train every pony! It's the only way!"Thunder yelled as he vanished into the train station.

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Every pony did just that, they all simply bolted for the train station to avoid trouble. Leaving the reformed town for the city of Canterlot to avoid a serious issue with the mayor. The warriors even left their weapons in the dirt as they all gathered on the train and were quick to take off.

The next day, they were all in Canterlot castle standing in the celebration room. The room was filled with ponies that came to attend the celebration of Twilight and her friends. Marking the day that the elements, along with the power of the warriors triumphed over Discord. The warriors stood side by side Celestia, while Twilight and her friends stood in front of her. Orion simply stood there watching them, wearing his old cloak in hopes of staying under the radar.

His eyes trailed to the new window that was built to tell all the prophecies that came true. From the day Twilight conquered Nightmare Moon, to the brand new conquering of Discord. Where the six mares stood under Discord, zapping him with the magic of friendship.

"We are gathered here today to once again honor the heroism of these six friends, and these brave warriors,"Celestia gestured to Twilight, her friends and the four warriors behind her,"Together these brave ponies stood up to the villain Discord, and saved Equestria from eternal chaos!"

The ponies cheered for Twilight and her friends, and Orion truly felt as if they deserved this moment of victory. And so he took this time to slowly head towards the nearest window. He peaked out, looking around a bit until he could see the palace gardens. There he could see Discord right back where he was, standing still and alone in the garden for an unknown amount of time. He sighed, wishing in his heart that his friend would finally just give up the life of chaos.

But he was patient, maybe just some day Discord would be ready to embrace the world as it is. But just not today, there would need to simply be a little bit more waiting for that to happen. Suddenly, Orion snapped his eyes onto three hooded figures that appeared from three columns of fire. His eye sight sharpened as he watched the figures look to the statue very closely. His hands nearly clenched into fists as the figures appeared hostile the moment they spat on the statue.

He became so invested in watching these figures actions, he failed to see Shadow Swirl slowly approaching. She started to poke her muzzle forward, staring out the window to the visitors. Her shadows were already reading out the figures, she scoffed, gaining Orion's attention at last.

"Two of them are cinder ponies…! Looks like they bounce back pretty quick,"Shadow clarified what they were for Orion to understand and be ready for the worse,"Not sure who the third one is. The ground around him is too hot for me to connect to his shadow…"

"It was them… Only these Cinders would have enough chaotic hate in their hearts to free Discord,"Orion spoke quietly in hopes to keep the conversation to themselves as the figures disappeared as quickly as they came,"Guess we have to be ready for them again. Who knows what they'll be up to this time around…!"

"That's why I'm going back to Ponyville with you and the others… Ponyville has stood as a target of these freaks for awhile now,"Shadow whispered as her thoughts began to trail to something more important,"And… I wish to watch over that filly… She…has been dormant in her from the day she was born."

"Now lets not be too stingy and philosophical about it. She must have gained that gift of strength from Frosty,"Orion sighed and decided to be more frontal and direct about it,"She is an Apple after all, and so is he. I owe her a lot for the bravery she showed in that void…"

"So will you be ok with me crashing at Ponyville? Thunder has been making sure Canterlot is safe for a while now,"Shadow asked, stroking Orion's interest the moment he caught a hint of begging in her voice,"I also just wanted to say hello to all those children. They were the most beautiful group of students I have ever seen…! I just need to see if they're ok and all…!"

"Gee why don't you get on your belly and cry for it already? You can come if you want,"Orion allowed the mare to come and live with him and the others in Ponyville,"But you're staying on the couch at Twilight's place. The beds upstairs belong to me, Twilight and Spike…!"

"No problem. I've slept in worse conditions than that…"Shadow admitted, containing the excitement that wanted to burst out of her chest.

"But you have to do me a favor at the Ponyville school house later on once you're settled in."Shadow turned to Orion as he smirked at the thought of the condition he had in mind.

"Name it…!"She replied as he turned to her and cleared his voice to tell her the favor he needed from her.

And so the adventure has begun a new in season 2 every pony! Equestria's Warrior Returns is back! And this season is going to be bigger and better than ever! There is much to show you the patient readers that waited so long for this story to come! So get settled in, and get ready for a twenty percent cooler season 2 of My Little Pony! Stay pony every one!