Chaptet 157: Keep Calm and Flutter On

Several days went by after Spike had proclaimed he'd serve Applejack and everything was peaceful, Spyro continuing to work on his device, believing he has gotten it fixed this time right as Babs had left to return home after spending the week, nearly finishing the device. After he finished it, he decided to test it since Scootaloo and Apple Bloom were with Sweetie Belle at the moment, so it was the perfect moment to test it out, placing it on his back and activating it before flying around the farm and so far it was steady, holding strong, but a moment later, he started to fly out of control going all over the place before heading down and skidding on the ground, creating a small ditch as he skidded. He looked up to see Applejack bucking some apples, the baskets filling up with apples as she wiped some sweat from her brow, looking over to him as he got up and shook some dirt off of himself.

"Another failure Sugarcube?" Applejack asked.

"Afraid so." Spyro said, pulling the device off. "I don't understand it. I've worked out all of the kinks from this thing and yet it still has some issues. Did I wire it wrong? Is the coding wrong? I don't understand it."

"Ah, you'll figure it out." Applejack said, kicking another tree, but looking exhausted. "Ya always... do."

Spyro noticed how tired she looked, putting the device away and walking over to her.

"AJ, you feeling ok?" Spyro asked. "You look tired."

"Yeah... just... to be honest, Ah don't know why Ah feel so tired all of a sudden." Applejack replied. "Feels like Ah have no energy whatsoever. Ah was alright a few days ago, and then next thing Ah know, I'm more tired than a bat in the daylight."

"Maybe you had a rough night last night." Spyro said. "Maybe some coffee will help."

"Ah tried to get myself a cup, but the scent of it made me sick." Applejack responded.

"I hear ya there." Spyro replied. "I don't like coffee myself. First time I drank some, I spat it back out. Don't really like the taste of it, ya know?"

A moment later, he felt something on his chest heat up, looking down at his chest as as the emeralds started to glow, a golden orb appearing out of his chest and revealing a letter from the princess, using his magic to take the letter and read what was written.

"What does it say Hun?" Applejack asked.

"It says the princess needs us for something special." Spyro replied. "Says she needs our help for a very special project and will fill us in as soon as she arrives."

"Wonder what she needs us for?" Applejadck asked.

"Don't know." Spyro replied. "But whatever it is, it must be important."

"Spyro, Spyro!" Rainbow Dash shouted, flying to him.

"Rainbow, what's wrong?" Spyro asked. "Are the heatless attacking?"

"No, Twilight wants us to meet at the edge of town and await for the arrival of the princess." Rainbow Dash replied. "I already got Fluttershy and Pinkie, Rarity is already there with Twilight now. Come on, we need to go now!"

Without waiting, Spyro and Applejack ran after Rainbow Dash to the meeting spot, finding that the rest of their friends were already waiting for them and waiting for the princess to come.

"Hey girls." Spyro said.

"Spyro, AJ, you made it!" Twilight said.

"Why wouldn't we make it?" Spyro asked. "The princess said she needed us for something important, but she wasn't forthcoming of any details about what she had in store."

"I love it when the princess comes to Ponyville!" Pinkie said. "I even got my hooves shined like Rarity's. You like?"

Spyro had a look at Pinkie's hooves and they looked like a litteral mirror, Rarity looking and doing her hair as she looked into Pinkie's hoof.

"Wow, you certainly got the shine on that thing down pretty good." Spyro said.

"I wonder what's taking the princess so long?" Twilight asked. "I thought she would be here by now wiht the visitor."

"Visitor?" Spyro asked. "What visitor?"

"She said she was bringing a very important visitor with her to Ponyville." Twilight said. "But she didn't say who she was bringing."

"Maybe it was somepony so terribly important that she needed to do those important things done before she could come." Rarity suggested

"Or the the visitor has a deer antler, a goat leg, a bat wing, and a snake tail!" Spike said, pulling on Twilight's tail.

"Spike, you're describing Discord." Spyro pointed out. "No way she'd be bringing that mismatched abomination."

"Spyro's right Spike." Rarity said. "Why in the wide, wide world of Equestria would she bring him here?"

"M-m-m-maybe you should ask her that yourself." Spike said.

They looked up and to everyone's horror, they saw Celestia's carriage coming in, but what horrified them the most that another carriage was bringing Discord while he was still petrified and still looked very much scared as he was hit by them when fused together and hit him with the full might of the Elelments of Harmony.

"Are... you... KIDDING ME!?!?!?!?!?!?" Spyro shouted. "Princess Celestia, with all due respect, HAVE YOU LOST YOUR EVER LOVING MIND!? Why the heck did you bring Discord here in the first place!?"

"I am well aware of the last time that Discord here, he caused serious havoc." Princess Celestia said.

"By havoc, you mean turning all of Ponyville into the chaos capital of the world!" Rainbow Dash said.

"And tricking us to becoming the opposite of our true selves." Rarity said.

"And making yummy delecious chocolate rain all over the place without a single dollop of whipped cream to go with it anywhere in sight!" Pinkie exclaimed, everyone looking at her.

"The point is, he's basically a loose cannon with little to no care about what he does or who he does it to!" Spyro said.

"I am well aware of what he has done Spyro." Celestia said, still smiling. "But I believe there is a chance that Discord can use his powers for good instead of evil, if he can be reformed."

"If." Spyro said, looking annoyed. "That's a very big if! What makes you think he can be reformed?"

"Because Spyro, I believe you and your friends have what it takes to do what must be done." Celestia said.

"Well how the heck do we even control him if things get out of hoof?" Spyro asked. "You know he's going to make our lives miserable when he's free."

"That is why you'll be having these with you." Celestia said. A moment later, the princesses guards brought over a chest, opening it to reveal the Elements of Harmony. "I casted a spell that should make it impossible for him to take and hide them again while they are worn by their bearers." She then levitated the elements to their proper wielders. "And I have faith in Fluttershy to know the best was possible to begin reforming Discord."

"M-m-me!?" Fluttershy asked.

"Fluttershy!?" Spyro asked. "Oh no, no way, no how! I am not letting that, THING, near her! Not after what he did to her and what he nearly did to me!"

"Yeah, I'm with Spyro on this." Rainbiow Dash said. "What makes you think Fluttershy has a chance to reform him?"

"I know what I ask is a tall order, but I have faith in your abilities to reform him." Celestia replied. "Especially you Spyro, for I believe that with your help, both you and Fluttershy will have what it takes to reform him and to use his powers obediently and of his own free will."

"Y-you really think I'll know best how to do that?" Fluttershy asked.

"I do indeed." Celestia replied. "As the Element of Kindness, I have no doubt you will be able to bring out the best in Discord and win him over." Fluttershy blushed, not being use to being complimented by the princess herself as she flew back onto her carriage. "Now, I must return to Canterlot for Equestria's Royal Summit. You may release Discord when you are ready."

The princess then took off, her guards flying off as they watched her leave, looking to Discord as he still remained petrified, still looking scared as he remained frozen in place.

"Well, whose all in favor of keeping him as a stone statue and walking away now?" Spyro asked, which most of the ponies raised their hooves except for Twilight and Fluttershy.

"Spyro, if the princess believes that we can reform him, then we have to at least try." Twilight said. "If we can't refrom him, then we can always turn him back to stone." Twilight walked up to him and gave him a peck on the cheek, trying to cheer him up as she smiled. "You were always the one who said to never give up on somepony. That also means him."

"She's right hun." Applejack said, walking up. "Ah might not totally agree with it, but we need to try."

Spyro looked at the ponies, seeing that they were serious about giving Discord a Chance, but Spyro was still not sure if this was a good idea, looking back at Discord as he took a deep breath, walking forward.

"Let's get this over with before I change my mind." Spyro said.

The girls put the Elements of Harmony on as Spyro closed his eyes, a golden dome surrounding them all as they shattered all at once, a purple ethereal dragon shooting into the air, roaring out and moving higher and higher as the six ethereal ponies ran up behind him, circling him as they ran around the purple dragon, but the orange ethereal pony flickered a bit, causing it to freeze for a moment as if in pain before stabilizing, galloping after the others as the dragon was watching, having noticed the pony flickering a bit before colliding, releasing a flurry of colors and lights as Spyro descended from the sky, covered by his massive, unfruling them to reveal his jacket was shifting between the colors of the Elements of Harmony again and his mane was growing, shifting between colors as well, the Six Keyblades appearing behind his back again as the Harmony Keyblade appeared to his right with the six Elements of Harmony herged with the blade, using his own magic to take it as the two unicorn horns appeared and the pegasi wings grew.

A moment later, he spun the blade around as the elements started to glow as he pointed the blade towards Discord, the six other Keyblades putting their tips on the Harmony Keyblades and firing a rainbow at the statue, causing it to crack as white light started appearing from the cracks around his limbs and head before the statue shattered, Discord finally freed again as he stretched out, yawning as he cracked his back.

"Oh, finally." Discord said. "Let me tell you, I don't know how the genie does it. Spending ten thousand years in a lamp? Try being stone for a thousand and a half years. It's an even bigger crick in the neck!"

He stretched out and snapped his fingers and turned a cute squirrel into a bruzzer, snapping an entire branch off and chewing on it, making everyone gasp as Spyro's eyes turned to purple, glarring at him.

"What are you doing!?" Twilight asked, talking through Spyro as his eyes turned to Royal purple.

"Stretching, what does it look like I'm doing?" Discord asked. "Let me tell you, being stuck as stone, do not recommend. It's bad for your health."

He stretched again and snapped his fingers, turning an adorable bunny into the same monstrosity, which it roared out and started to rip appart an entire field of flowers, making them gasp again as they glared at Discord, Spyro's eyes turning cyan.

"Hey, put that bunny back to being cute and huggable!" Pinkie shouted.

"Why should I?" Discord asked, petting the aggressive monster. "He's adorable just the way he is." The rabbit then attemtped to bite him, sticking his tongue out and blowing raspberries at it before turning to them. "And you know what else is adorable? All of you beieving you can reform me."

"Wait, how the heck did you know that!?" Rainbow Dash asked, the eyes turning maroon before turning cyan again, Spyro quivering.

"Oh please." Discord said. "I may have been stone, but that doesn't mean that I'm deaf. And I can't believe you're all putting your faith in Fluttershy, which she seems to be in control right now. Plus, being turned to stone makes rolling my eyes a bit more difficult." He deomnstrated by taking his eyes out and tossing them like dice, rolling on the ground before going into a couple of holes that were Discords eye sockets, getting up and looking at them, but then noticing something and grinning. "And it seems that Spyro has himself something new that he's trying to keep secret, doesn't he?"

"Ya mean that blue dragon thing?" Applejack asked, Spyro's eyes turning green. "He told us about it. He doesn't keep secrets from us."

"This is a waste of time." Spyro said, glarring at Discord. "The princess was wrong, Discord isn't going to change. I say we just turn him back to stone and be done with it."

"You wouldn't dare." Discord responded. "Wouldn't want to disappoint your princess, now do you."

"Try us!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed, holding the blade.

"You think you can treat poor defenseless animals like that!?" Fluttershy shouted, taking over.

"Oh, you're in trouble now bud." Spyro said, smiling at the chaos beast.

"Listen here buster, you better put those animals back to the way they were!" Fluttershy shouted, looking furious. "Or else I'll give you... the Stare!"

"Oh no, not the stare!" Discord said in a mocking voice. "Whatever shall I do!? Not you're disapproving look!"

He then started to laugh, which made Spyro's blood boil as blue flames appeared in his eyes, but he closed them, shaking his head as he looked to Discord, having had enough of him as he pointed the blade at him and fired without warning, just grazing the laughing Draconequus as his shoulder started to turn to stone, looking up at Spyro as he pointed the blade at him.

"Don't think we'll hesitate to turn you back to stone Discord!" Spyro said.

"Oh, I don't think you will." Discord said, putting on reading glasses as he pulled a book from nowhere. "According to your story book, you usually don't attack an unarmed opponent and it appears you got whatever this thing is on your mind at all times, fearing what it will do, especially to your friends and... oh my."

Before Discord could do anything to try and embarrass him, Spyro slashed upward, splitting the book in half while Discord split as well, looking surprised to be proven wrong as Spyro pointed the blade down at the Draconequus, looking like his patience was wearing thin as he growled.

"Believe me Discord, we can come up with a good excuse to tell the princess why we had to turn you back to stone." Spyro said as Discord reassembled himself. "Now change those animals back and play nice, otherwise, I'll turn you back to stone, one limb at a time."

"Ugh, fine." Discord said. "If you're going to be a party pooper." He snapped his fingers, turning the rabbit and the squirrel back to normal, but the hairs on his tail changed into a hand, snapping his finger and making the eyes of the beavers glow, which they were the same ones that Applejack and Fluttershy were dealing with earlier, squeeling in rage before running off, looking to the reader. "Oopsie."

"What did you do?" Spyro asked, glarring daggers at Discord.

"Nothing, I promise." Discord said, holding his hand up as a halo appeared. Spyro wasn't convinced, glarring at Discord as the fusion wore off, changing back into seven ponies as they looked at him, which Discord looked at them and then to Applejack, grinning as he noticed something. "My, you're looking a bit, 'Fatigued.' Not feeling well there?"

"That's none of yer business!" Applejack snapped, surprising everyone as she didn't usualy snap like that.

"My, how touchy." Discord said. "Well, I guess it tends to happen for a mare in your condition." Spyro looked at Applejack, also noticing she has been a bit different, which made him worry tat something was wrong with her. "Now then, where shall I be bunking with my new roommate for my 'reformation?'"

"Fluttershy, you sure you can handle Discord?" SPyro asked, glarring at the abomination before him.

"I-I-I think so." Fluttershy said, looking nervous. "Oh my goodness."

"Well, if you need help, just let me know." Spyro said. "I'll be there in a heartbeat to put Discord back in his place." Fluttershy nodded, understanding he would come when she needed him and everyone left, heading in different directions to continue their day, but what Discord said was getting to Spyro, looking at Applejack and seeing how tired she looked and what he said about her condition, though he knew Discord could be trying to mess with his head, he still wanted to ask. "AJ, you sure you're doing ok? Discord may have a point, you look terrible."

"Ah told ya Spyro, Ah'm fine!" Applejack snapped, making him flinch. Applejack realized what she did and tipped her hat down, feelin bad about snapping like that. "Ah'm sorry hun. Ah'm just not feelin' like myself lately."

"I can tell." Spyro replied. "Maybe we should have AIVA run a medical check on you, make sure you're alright."

"Ah appreciate yer concern Spyro, but Ah'm alright." Applejack replied. "It's prbably just what Ah ate, that's all. Now if ya excuse me, Ah've got work to do."

Spyro wasn't so sure about Applejack's confidence of being fine, the farm mare not exactly acting like herself as he watched, but he knew how stubborn the farm mare was and decided to leave it at that before she kicked him right out of the farm for pestering her. Though it had only been a couple of hours since Discord decided to make himself at home at Fluttershy's house, Spyro was feeling very antsy, pacing back and forth in his garage as he waited for her to come and get him to deal with Discord, through she was very kind at heart, she was also a bit gullible sometimes and a bit too trusting, but that was what Spyro liked about her, smiling as he knew he probably had nothing to worry about and decided to get back to work on his present for Scootaloo, working on the wiring as Applebloom and Scootaloo were approaching, the alarm going off and he hid the device as he got something else out, started to working on it as they came in.

"Hey Spyro!" Scootaloo said.

"Oh, hey girls." Spyro replied. "What's going on?"

"Well, we think somethin's wrong with Applejack." Apple Bloom replied. "She's been looking mighty tired lately and when we asked if she was alright, she just snapped."

"I noticed that too Apple Bloom." Spyro replied. "Maybe with Discord being on the loose, she's probably a little on edge. I wouldn't worry about it though, she's probably got a lot on her mind and a lot to do."

"Ah suppose yer right." Apple Bloom said. "Hey, what's this?"

Apple Bloom pointed to a small envelope and Spyro pulled it out, looking at it and wondering where the heck it came from, opening it to see what was written on it, but as soon as he opened it, he noticed there was nothing in it, scratching his head when he heard something crashing down around him, looking behind and seeing that the entire room was spinning, glass shattering and many of his machines tumbling and crashing all around him, which made Spyro's blood boil as he turned red, his eyes turning to Soth eyes as the fillies ran out.

"DISCORD!" Spyro shouted.

Back at Fluttershy's cottage, Discord was laughing at what he did to Spyro's garage, having gotten himself a screen with a projector that was showing what was happening at his garage in real time, enjoying himself while he made himself at home in Fluttershy's cottage, having a bit of leeway with using his magic to try and make him a bit more comfortable around him.

"Oh, this is prime entertainment!" Discord said. "Positively pure comedy!"

"Discord, did you say something?" Fluttershy asked, walking in.

"Oh, nothing." Discord replied. "Just talking to myself that's all. Anyway, I wanted to thank you for allowing me to use my powers in your lovely abode. It means a lot to me."

"Oh, you're certainly welcome Discord." Fluttershy said. "It's the least I can do. And I wanted to make sure that... uh, are you eating paper?"

"Why of course I am." Discord replied, taking a fork full and eating it. "It;'s high in fiber, and I want to take in some of the 'Knowledge.'"

"O...k then." Fluttershy said. "I'm just going to go out for a little bit. Let me know if you need anything, alright?"

"Oh sure, you go right along and have fun now." Discord said, waving to the yellow pegasus as she walked away, his mood changing as he snarled at her, closing the door as Angle started to attack him. "Oh, what do you want you little rodent, a carrot?" He reached down and pulled one out of the bunny's ear, laughing as he tossed it in the air. "What your master doesn't know is that I'm playing her for a fool. If she thinks she can reform me, she's an even bigger fool that the Prince is! I mean, author, did you make him that dumb on purpose!? We both know what's going on with Applejack, so why don't we drop the little surprise."

We are not doing that!

"Oh come now." Discord said, snickering to himself. "Some of the readers here are smart enough to figure it out. Some of the clues you gave in this chapter are a bit obvious. Plus, that little rock wall was a dead give away as Applejack can;t use dragonic magic and Spyro was knocked out in the last chapter. You know, I'm just gonna tell him and-" A moment later, a pencil eraser came down and erased Discords mouth, making him mumble a bit, realizing what he did as he got a pencil out himself and redrew his muzzle, giving a disapproving look at the Author. "Really now, that the best you got? Honestly, a paint brush chasing Spyro around to paint him into a tutu was funny enough, but that, that was just weak."

Trust me, I got plenty more where that came from. Now stick to the script or else. You can control what's around you, but I didcate what happens in the story, you don't.

"Oh please, you controling what happenes to me? I'm the lord of chaos! I can do whatever I want!" Discord asked, litterally laughing. A moment later, Discord felt something tug his tail, causing him to be flung into the nearby wall, causing him to shatter into pieces like he was a terracotta vase, which he reassembled himself and glarred at the author. "Hey, how'd you do that!?" A second later, he started to punch himself, grabbing himself by the back of the head and slamming it into the wall, turning it into a pancake, shaking his head. "Hey! Cut that out! How are you doing this!?"

I told you, I dictate what happens in this story. Now be good and follow the script.

"Hah, like I'd follow this dribble and drab." Discord said, pulling out a booklet that was the script. "Seriously, your adventures off world are more entertaining than this. Nope, I refuse to do any of this."

Oh, you think the adventures off Equestria are more fun, huh?

A moment later, Discord was transported out of Equestria and into a ruined battle field littered with bodies of humans and demons of many different kinds, Discord looking around as his eyes grew wide, seeing the carrnage as he felt his blood turn cold.

"Wait, is this...?" Discord asked, seeing a man in massive blue armor decorated with skulls, a two headed eagle, scriptures and the symbol of the Ultramarines on the shoulder, Discord looking at the Author in horror. "You didn't just-!?"

"Over there brothers!" An Ultramarine shouted, Discord turning around and seeing three Ultramarines with their heavy bolters pointed at him. "It's an abomination! Destroy it brothers!"

Discord jumped in the air, his legs spinning like wheels on a car, getting ready to run when he was brought back to Fluttershy's cottage, running into the wall and flattening himself, pealing off and falling to the ground with a goofy look on his face before he popped his arm off the wall, peeling himself off the floor and putting his thumb in his mouth, inflating himself while looking spooked.

Did you have a nice trip?

"Alright, alright." Discord said. "You win. I'll follow your dumb script."

Good. Now behave, and only break the fourth wall to the readers, not to me. Only Spyro, and sometimes Pinkie, are allow to do that. Understand?

"Fine, I'll play along, for now." Discord replied. "But I will be making things... 'interesting' during this chapter. But don't expect me to play nice or anything of the sort. Speaking of nice, let's see what Spyro and friends are up to now."

Discord got a remote out and flipped the channel on the projector he was watching on, seeing what was on. Meanwhile in ponyville, Spyro was taking some time to relax at the spa, allowing the lotus twins to message his legs and back as they had been tense and stretched for some time, causing him to feel stiff, taking a herbal bath to help soothe his nerves and muscles, enjoying the quiet when he hear some hoof steps heading inside, looking out to see Rarity and Fluttershy walk in, smiling as they approached.

"Hello Spyro darling." Rarity said. "Mind if we join you?"

"I don't have a problem with that." Spyro replied, the mares joining him. "So Fluttershy, how the Discord situation going?"

"Oh, it's going well." Fluttershy replied. "Discord has been on his best behavior, though he was a bit odd."

"Trust my little butterfly, he's a full on looney tune." Spyro replied.

"Ooh, looney tune!" Discord said, looking to the reader. "Gotta remember that one."

"He's not that bad." Fluttershy said. "Sure, he's weird, but he's good."

"Fluttershy, I want to believe that he can be reformed, but someone like that, he won't change." Spyro said, stretching his wings to shake some water off them. "True, Maya changed, but that was because she was being controlled by dark magic. He knows we're trying to reform him, but you ask me, I wouldn't trust him, even if he can be reformed, that is if he is capable of being reformed."

"Here, here." Rarity said, flicking her mane back. "Discord is so boorish and ill mannered. I wouldn't trust a pony like that with my life."

"Oh, I wish you could see the good in him like I do." Fluttershy said.

"That remains to be seen Fluttershy." Spyro replied. "Even with the princess casting a spell on the elements, he's still going to make our lives miserable. He'll find a way."

"Maybe you can go and talk with Twilight." Rarity suggested. "See what she has been up to."

"That's actually a great idea Rare." Spyro replied. "She might have something that will help us with Discord in case he gets out of hoof."

He was about to get up when he heard a buzzing, looking up to see a small fly, which the others didn't seem worried about, but Spyro knew something was off as the Lotus Twins usually kept the spa very clean at all times. Turning his hoof into a paw, he moved wiht lightning fast reflexes and grabbed the fly, which Rarity seemed freaked out as he looked at it, noticing it was mechanical, turning it to see a circle with eight points on it, already knowing who it belonged to.

"What's wrong Spyro?" Fluttershy asked.

"Discord, that's what." Spyro said, showing the spy bug. "He's spying on us."

"AHH, PERVERT!" Rarity shouted, covering herself.

"Rare, you don't even wear clothes." Spyro pointed out.

"Still, what kind of creep does that!?" Rarity asked.

"The kind that is sick in the head." Spyro replied. "This Chaos god reject is starting to get on my nerves."

"Oh, don't be mad, please." Fluttershy said. "I'm sure there is still good in him."

"How can you defend him Fluttershy!?" Rarity exclaimed. "He was spying on us while we were taking a bath!"

"But, Spyro's taking one with us." Fluttershy pointed out.

"He's our herd leader, it's an exception!" Rarity said.

"Calm down little diamond." Spyro said, crushing the drone. "I know the perfect way to get even. But first, a trip to Twilight."

As soon as he was finished with the spa trip, Spyro went towards the library to see if Twilight had any ideas on how to deal with Discord, knocking on the door and opening it to see Twilight looking over some books for something, approaching and placing his hooves over her eyes to mess with her.

"Who the...?" Twilight asked, feeling his hooves and then his bracers and giggling. "Spyro, you statled me."

"Sorry little bookworm." Spyro said, removing his hooves. "Just thought to have a little fun. Anyway, what are you looking for?"

"I'm looking for a reforming spell to help reform Discord." Twilight replied. "I figured one of those might help reform Discord."

"I wouldn't count on it working though." Spyro replied. "Knowing Discord, he's probably not going to let that happen to him. I wouldn't be surprised if he already ripped them out and burned them or something."

"Oh Spyro, don't be all doom and gloom." Twilight said, looking through the book. "Also, did you notice how AJ acted this morning? And how tired she looks?"

"Yeah, I noticed." Spyro replied. "And what Discord said, about her condition, it's been bothering me all day. I offered to have AIVA run a medical exam, but we both know how stubborn AJ is."

"I hear you there." Twilight replied, flipping through the pages. "Aj's as stubborn as a mule." A second later, they heard a mule and looked to the window, seeing the same mule and smiling. "No offense."

"None taken." He said with a smile, walking away.

"Ok, where the heck does he even come from?" Spyro asked.

"Huh, that's wierd." Twilight said. "The reforming spell isn't in here. Spike, Rosy, Midnight, did you get the books I asked for?"

"Right here Twilight." Midnight replied, she and Spike walking over. "Oh, hey dad."

"Hey Midnight." Spyro replied. "Where's Rosy?"

"Don't know." Midnight replied. "Maybe she went to see Applejack, I mean mom. I'm never going to get used to that."

A moment later, Twilight used her magic to take the books from them, flipping through all of the pages all at once to find what she's looking for.

"You sure the reforming spell will work?" Spike asked. "What if Discord takes away the Elements of Harmony again!?"

"Relax Spike, the princess casted a spell on them to prevent them from being taken again." Twilight replied. "Discorn won't be able to take them. But..."

"There's always a but somewhere." Spyro said, getting a disapproving look from Midnight.

"But that doesn't mean the spell will protect the books!" Twilight said, showing one of the books. "The spell is missing from this book!"

"And from this one as well." Midnight said, flipping through the pages. "I memorized these books, top and bottom, these books should have the spell."

"WHAT!?" Twilight shouted, showing another with a page ripped out. "This book has a ripped out page!"

"Ok, that one definitely had the spell." Midnight said. "But who would do this?"

"I'll give you a hint, he's tall, chaotic, and likes to ruin ponies lives and make them miserable." Spyro said.

"Discord!" Twilight said, growling. "Taking the elements is one thing, but ripping out pages from books and damaging library property, THATS GOING TOO FAR!"

"Midnight, didn't you say you memorized these books?" Spyro asked.

"Sure did." Midnight replied. "Every word."

"Think you can write down the spell and have it ready to go incase Discord gets out of hand?" Spyro asked.

"You can count on me dad." Midnight replied.

"Great." Spyro said. "As for Discord, let's go see what he did with those pages."

The two of them walked out and made their way to Fluttershy's cottage to confront Discord about what he did, both Spyro and Flittershy furious with the draconequus, but when they reached her cottage, they saw that it was in the air, spinning around and around, horrifying them both as Fluttershy came out carrying Angel.

"Fluttershy, are you alright!?" Spyro asked, concerned for her.

"Oh, we're fine." Fluttershy said, setting her pet bunny down, which he looked dizzy. "Everything is going great."

"You kidding me Flutters, this is not fine!" Spyro said. "He's out of control and by the looks of it, he's ruining your home!"

"Oh, you're wrong Spyro." Fluttershy said. "We're making great progress. You see, I'm giving him a little space to be himself."

"Yeah, well, hate to break it to you, but he used his 'space to be himself' to tear out all of the reforming spells in the library!" Twilight said.

"Huh, that explains the paper he's been eating." Fluttershy said.

"HE ATE THEM!?" Twilight asked, yelling in frustration.

"That's it!" Spyro shouted. "He's going back to being a lawn ornament this instant!"

"Oh no, that won't be necessary." Fluttershy said. "You see, I've been slowly earning his trust that he's actually thinking about being reformed."

"You ask me, I wouldn't trust anything that snake tongued chimera says." Spyro said. "Chances are when he said that, he grew a second face and spat raspberries at your pet to show he wasn;t going to be reformed."

"Wow." Discord said, looking at the readers. "If this was Dungeons and Dragons, that would be considered meta gaming."

"Yeah, Spyro's right, you can't trust anything he says Fluttershy." Twilight said.

"Well, if I'm going to be his friend, I need to start by giving him the benefit of the doubt." Fluttershy replied. "Hey, I got an idea. Bring everypony in the herd here tonight for a dinner party and I'll bet his manners will have really imporved."

Spyro and Twilight looked at one another, completely unsure of what to make of it as thye looked back up at the cottage, still not convinced that this was a good idea.

"I don't know Flutters." Spyro replied.

"Don't worry, I'll even have him put the cottage back on the ground." Fluttershy said, flying towards the cottage. "See you guys later!"

She flew back into the cottager, Spyro looking at Twilight as they both didn't like the idea of having dinner with Discord, but knew that if they didn't, Fluttershy would be heartbroken, so they left to tell the others about the dinner party that was being held at Fluttershy's cottage. A while later, everyone was making their way to the cottage, Rarity wearing a dress while also wearing the Elements of Harmony, just in case Discord get's out of hand and decided to get clever, Spyro following the girls while also staying next to Applejack, though he knew Discord could be lying, he still couldn't shake what he said out of his head about the condition she was in. He looked at her again, though she seemed alright, he could tell she looked tired, though she still trucked along, not showing any weakness.

"I can;t believe we're having dinner with Discord!" Rainbow Dash said.

"I'm certain this evening is going to end in disaster." Rarity said. "Glad I didn't wear my fanciest dress, toherwise it'd be ruined."

"Fluttershy think's this is the best way to help reform Discord." Twilight said. "We have to at least try. Give him a chance."

"You ask me, I wouldn't have even come if Fluttershy hadn't asked." Spyro said. "For her, I'll give him a chance, but only one chance. He even moves a hair the wrong way, I'm initiating the fusion and turning him back to stone."

A second later, Discord opened the door to the cottage, dressed as a waiter outfit and wearing a silly mustache, smiling at them.

"Ah, our pony and royal guests have arrived." Discord said, using his tongue as a red carpet, which it turned into one and he popped out of the end of it. "Please, come in. We're delighted you've come." He then disappeared and reappeared at the door, still smiling at them as he stood at the door. "Please, do come in."

He stepped aside and allowed everyone to enter the cottage, where to their surprise and to their frieghtened horror, it looked amazing, the floors were checkered blue and indigo while also waving up and down, making it look unstable, yet capable of being walked on, the walls warped, looking either closer or farther away from the dinning area, depending on where you looked while the only singularly normal thing was the table as it seemed unaffected and ready for dinner. As they walked in, Fluttershy looked happy to see them, not phased by the fact that her house was now a knockoff Wonderland.

"Ok, I think we took a wrong turn at Albuquerque. And went down the rabbit hole to Wonderland." Spyro said.

"Oh, I'm so glad you like it!" Discord said. "I've only ever been there once, but it's a wonderful place! I'd love to go back, but alas, I can't. The author might send me back to Cadia if I tried to go there."

Spyro did a double take, looking at Discord in horror before taking the remote out and pausing the world, looking at the author.

"Did you seriously send him to Cadia?" Spyro asked. "You know they would rip him apart in a heart beat, right?"

Of course I know. Sent him there as a warning. Now unpause the world and let's continue this chapter.

"You got it pal." Spyro said, smiling as he unpaused the world, Discord looking at the remote and smiling.

"When did you make that?" Discord asked.

"None of your business." Spyro said. "Anyway, you've been to Wonderland before?"

"Of course I have!" Discord said. "But let me tell yu, the Queen of Hearts is such a sourpuss. I mean seriously, I pull one measly prank and she wants my head."

"Wait, what did you do?" Spyro asked, now interested.

"Maybe I'll tell you later, if you're nice." Discord said, laughing while Spyro just glared at him.

"Isn't is all lovely?" Fluttershy asked. "Discord prepared it all himself. Setting up the table, preparing the meal, I'm so proud."

"Great, just what we need." Spyro said. "A meal prepared by the being who makes Wondrland look like paradise."

A moment later, Discord disappeared, appearing on the coat rack while smiling at the ponies.

"May I take your hats, ladies and gents?" Discord asked, reaching for the elements as Twilight ducked.

"Hang on to your element girls." Twilight said. "This is going to be a long night."

Everyone approached the table to take a seat, which Discord tried to lift Spyro's lightsaber, but he used his tail and cut the draconequus, making him yelp and put his finger in his mouth to stop the bleeding.

"Careful, it's sharp." Spyro said with a grin, which Discord sneered at him as a bandage was now on his finger.

As everyone was taking their seats, Discord snapped his fingers and plates of food appeared for everyone, surprising them as it appeared.

"Dinner is served." Discord said.

Everyone looked at the food with caution, wondering if it was safe or not, but Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie were the first two to dig into the food, Pinkie eating it like it was her last meal as she ate.

"Care for some gravy madam?" Discord asked.

"You bet!" Pinkie replied.

"Allow me." Discord said.

He snapped his fingers and the gravy boat came to life, barking like a dog and running over to Pinkie's plate and pouring some gravy on it, barking at the pony as she pet it.

"Aw, who's a cute little gravy boat?" Pinkie asked. "You are! Yes, you are!"

"Ok, that is creepy." Rainbow Dash said.

"I've seen worse." Spyro said, looking at the boat as it approached. "No thank's I'm good." However, the boat didn't listen as it went over and poured gravy on both Rainbow Dash and Spyro, making them both yelp and fly in the air. "OW! Hey!"

"That's hot!" Rainbow Dash shouted. "You did that on purpose!"

"Oh no, I didn't, I swear." Discord lied, trying to veing innocence. "It was an accident."

"Accident my rear!" Spyro exclaimed.

"Spyro, you're not even giving him a chance." Fluttersy said.

"Oh, I gave him a chance alright!" Spyro replied. "And he wasted it!"

"Oh come now, let's not get all ruffled up over spilt gravy." Discord said. "It was a mistake."

"I'm not falling for it!" Rainbow Dash said. "He's just trying to distract us."

"I admit, there is something fishy going on here." Twilight said, which a fish statue spat out soup at her, catching her off guard.

"Hey!" Spyro said, his anger growing. "I'm guessing that was another 'accident?'"

"Well it's hardly my fault if the soup tureen finds the phrase 'something fishy' offensive." Discord said.

The thing kept on spitting at everyone except for Fluttershy, drowning them in soup before Spyro had enough, lifting it up and tossing it againt the wall, causing to to fall to the ground and soup to spill.

"Fluttershy, he's doing all of this on purpose!" Spyro said. "He hasn't changed, he's just playing you!"

"You don't know that!" Fluttershy shouted, flying up to him. "He's doing his best, but you're not giving him a chance!"

"I have." Spyro replied, being gentle with his words. "I had hoped that the princess was right and Discord culd be reformed, but all he;s been doing is embarrassing and even humiliating our friends. Honestly, he's better off as a stone statue."

"No, I refuse to turn him back!" Fluttershy shouted, surprising them. "I've allowed him to use his magic in order to gain his trust, to show that he can use his powers for good instead of evil! Would the same have been said for Sombra if he was here!?"

"That's different Fluttershy." Spyro replied. "The darkness corrupted his heart. I saw his light, I'd move heaven and hell to bring him back for the princess if I could."

"And I'd do the same for Discord!" Fluttershy continued. "Why!? Because I consider him a friend!"

"Wait... y-you... you consider me... a friend?" Discord asked.

"I do." Fluttershy replied, hovering over him.

"I... I never had a friend before." Discord said.

'Well, now you do." Fluttershy said.

The chaos creature smiled and as he did, everything seemed to calm down, surprising everyone as they looked at Discord, unsure what to make of it, but Spyro still didn't trust him. However, the peace was short lived as Angel came into the room squealing to get everyones attention as something was wrong.

"Angel, now's not a good time right now." Fluttershy said. "We're having a dinner party."

"Wait, this maybe important." Spyro said, looking at the bunny. "Angel, what's wrong? Heartless?" The bunny shook his head, rushing over and grabbing an apple, holding it up in the air. "An apple? Sweet Apple Acres?" Angel nodded, grabbing a pitcher of water and tossing the apple into it. "Water? Apple in water? Wait a minute, drowning apples?" Angel nodded, flopping around like a fish out of water before pointing at Discord. "A flood at Sweet Apple Acres!"

"And we all know whose responsible for that!" Rainbow Dash said, everyone looking at Discord.

"Who, me?" Discord asked, a halo appearing above his head.

"Oh, give it a rest Discord!" Spyro exclaimed. "We already know what your true colors are pal! You're not fooling us!"

"Now let's not jump to-" Fluttershy began to say, but was interrupted.

"Fluttershy, this is Discord we're talking about!" Rainbow Dash shouted. "If there's anything we know, he's always up to mischief!"

"I'm sorry little butterfly, but Discord has wasted all the chances he has." Spyro said. "Your new 'friend' is nothing but trouble. When we get this taken care of, he's going back to being a lawn ornament. And this time it's for good."

The group left the house, Fluttershy lookign at Discord with a disapproving look while he shrugged innocently, trying to play it off before they went after the others to see what they could do. At Sweet Apple Acres, the group could see that the entire acre is completely flooded, the other apples working to get the apples out of the water and save what they could while Fluttershy was trying to reason with the beavers, which they chased her off and back to her friends.

"Such language!" Fluttershy said. "I've never seen them this worked up before. They won't listen to me."

"You know Discord is behind this, right!?" Rainbow Dash asked.

"Well of course I know that." Fluttershy replied. "Do you all take me for some silly, gullible fool?" Everyone was silent, actually believing she was like what she said, making her sigh as she knew her firends would be silent. "Look, I've been trying to gain his friendship any way I can so that he could trust and listen to me."

A moment later, they looked out and saw Discord waterskiing using plates and the soup tureens, looking like he was enjoying himself while the others except for Fluttershy were furious with him.

"Hey Fluttershy!" Discord shouted. "You want a turn!? The water's great!"

"Fluttershy, I hope that your plan worked." Spyro said. "Because if he doesn't reverse this, we're turning him to stone, no hesitation."

A moment later, he got out of the plates and ran up to the group, looking pleased with himself.

"Ah, there you are." Discord said. "Come in, the water's great."

"It is tempting, but we have a serious problem Discord." Flutterdshy said.

"Ah yes, the flood in the farm." Discord said, drying himself off. "Such rotten business."

"It is rotten." Flutterhsy said. "This is Applejacks home and it's being destroyed by innocent creatures that would never, ever do this if it weren't for your behavior. You need to fix this."

Discord thought about it for a moment, smiling as he did before turning to Fluttershy, giving an innocent look.

"Very well, I'll fix it." Discord replied. "But I have one request of you, as a good show of our friendship."

"What's that?" Fluttershy asked.

"That you never use your Element of Harmony against me ever again." Discord said, making everyone gasp.

"No deal!" Spyro shouted, calling his Keyblade. "If you think she'd never use kt, then-"

"I promise to never use my Element of Harmony against you ever again." Fluttershy said, taking it off and tossing it to Spike.

"Fluttershy!" Spyro shouted.

"Excellent!" Discord said.

A moment later, he snapped his fingers and a light flashed, everyone momentarliy blinded before they opened their eyes, but instead of everything being restored to what it was, all the ater was frozen, the area looking like a winter wonderland, much to Applejack's and Spyro's horror.

"Discord!" Spyro shouted, feeling Primitive Dragon rising inside him as his eyes turned blue.

"Isn't this much better?" Discord asked, skating across the ice. "Ice skating is far superior to water skiing, wouldn't you agree?"

"Discord!" Fluttershy exclaimed, running on the ice. "That is not fixing it!"

"Aw, what's wrong pal?" Discord asked. "Everypony loves skating, don't they?" He snapped his fingers again and summoned some ice skates for her. "Here, come skating with me and have some fun."

Having had enough, Spyro took the Element of harmony Kindness from Spike and flew over, landing on the ice as presenting it to her.

"Fluttershy, Discord has wasted all of his chances." Spyro said. "He won't change, he only played you so that you wouldn't use the Element against him. He doesn't care about your friendship, he only cares about causing trouble for everyone. He needs to go back to stone, now!"

Fluttershy looked between her Element of Harmony and the skates that Discord had for her, knowing that what Discord was doing was wrong, but she didn't want to give up on him yet and pushed the element away.

"No, I made a promise and I'm going to keep it." Fluttershy replied, taking the skates.

"Fluttershy!" Everyone shouted.

"Hah, you see?" Discord asked. "She wants to have fun with me because we're friends! And she won't use the Elelemnt against me because we're friends! I'm free! Free forever!"

Spyro had enough, his anger flaring as his eyes had blue flames inside of them as the dark flames appeared on his back, Primitive Dragon coming out and getting ready to destroy Discord as he laughed.

"NOT...YOUR... FRIEND!" Fluttershy shouted, throwing the skates and surprising everyone, Spyro's eyes returning to normal as the flames disappeared, Primitive Dragon going back into Spyro as his anger disappeared.

"Ah who cares about that?" Discord asked. "I'm Discord, the master of chaos! I can do whatever I want, whenever I want!" he then disappeared and reappeared next to Fluttershy, skating around the ticked off Pegasi. "You think I'm going to turn all of this back because you say so!? Because I'll loose the one friend I ever had!?" Discord then realized what he said may come true, looking to the skates as his word repeated in his head as did Fluttershy's, sighing in sadness. "Well played Fluttershy, well played."

He skated over to a tree that was still sticking out of the ice, sitting down on it as he started to glow, an wave of magic going out and restoring everything, the ice no longer there, the beavers dam gone and the beavers no longer under Discord's spell, Sweet Apple Acres being restored to what it was as everyone cheered, running over to Fluttershy and cheering for her as what she did actually worked.

"Nice work Fluttershy." Spyro said, hugging her. "You're plan actually worked."

"It did indeed." Discord said, reappearing next to them. "I guess when you're friends, you can't always have what you want all the time, can you?"

"No, you can't Discord." Spyro said, lookign at Fluttershy. "Flutters, I'm sorry for not believing in you. I should have had more faith in you than that."

"It's ok Spyro, alls forgiven." Fluttershy replied, the two sharing a kiss.

A while later, everyone was at the edge of the town where the princess had arrived, having recieved word that Discord had changed and approached.

"I knew you could do it everypony." Celestia said. "And I take it we have you to thank for this Fluttershy?"

"We all do princess." Spyro said, wrapping his wing around her. "We all have Fluttershy to thank for this. Without her, Discord would still be causing trouble."

"Yes, yes indeed." Discrod replied. "She's a good friend. And showed me that I can have everything I want, but the one thing that is most important is a friend." Fluttershy smiled at him, pleased to see he was ready to be good instead of evil. "I'm ready to use my magic for good instead of evil. Well, most of the time anyway."

"Congratulations everypony." Celestia said. "I knew you could do it. I can definitely sense a big change in Discord." As Discord was walking over to the chariot, Celestia walked over to Twilight and Spyro, making sure Discord wasn't in earshot. "I'll leave the Elements with you just in case."

"Probably a good idea." Spyro said.

"And you were right to have Fluttershy for the task." Twilight said. "Bu treating Discord as a friedn, it made him realize that even if you have everything in the world, nce you have something you've never had before, like a friend, you don't want to loose it."

"Yeah, I guess so." Discord said. "Well, as they say, Friendship is magic." The princess got on the carriage with Discord and was ready to go before Discord pulled something from the air, whcih it was some pages from a book and tossed them to Spyro, catching it. "Here, this might help you."

"What is it?" Spyro asked.

"Answers." Discord replied. "Answers you need. Well, off to Canterlot to continue being good." A moment later, the guards pulled the carriage, taking the princess and Discord back to canerlot as the draconequus turned to them. "Farewell friends! See you soon! And congratulations!"

Everyone was confused, looking at one another to see who knew what he was congratulating them about.

"Ok, that was weird." Spyro said. "Why was he congratulating us?"

"Beats me." Applejack said. "Maybe for reforming him?"

"Who knows with him." Spyro said. "Come on everyone, let's go home."

They all walked back into town to head home, Spyro looking at Applejack and wrapping his wing around her barrel, the two strolling back to Sweet Apple Acres after all the chaos caused by Discord as the scene went black, a circle around them as they went home.

"Aw, they're such a lovely pair, aren't they?" Discord asked, turning to the author. "You know, you might as well tell everyone. You gave some obvious hints during this chapter."

Discord! What did I just say about breaking the fourth wall!?

"Oh come on, the readers are smart enough to come to the conclusion themselves." Discord replied. "You'll basically drop a huge hint in the next chapter anyway. Might as well tell them now and get it over with."

That's it! Get him boys!

"Over there brothers, the abomination!" An ultramarine shouted.

Discord looked over and his eyes popped out, running for his life as a small squad of Ultramarines started firing on him as they chased the Draconequus, making the author laugh as he ran for his life.