Hi everypony and welcome back again.

I don't know what to say at this moment because I started writing this chapter shortly after I finished the last one. I know I said I was gonna take a break, but I didn't have much better to do so I thought…what the hell?

Anyway, with nothing else to say, thank you and enjoy the chapter.

Chapter 69: Three hooves are better than four

It has been a solid 4 weeks since I defeated Zelga, and since that time, so much has happened. Ponyville was rebuilt back to normal, everyone had recovered from the shock of it all, and it felt like all the horror Ponyville has gone through in the past few months just suddenly went away when Zelga died.

Also, the Princesses were talking about doubling their troops and making emergency protocols in case anything like this ever happened again. I was glad to see they were taking precautions for it. I knew they could get themselves out of a tight spot if things got bad, but these Alicorns…they were something else, something pure evil.

After the attack, I spent the next few days in the hospital trying to heal my broken leg and an injured wing. I honestly didn't know how my wing got bad. It was fine after the fight, but then it started aching a day later, the doctor said it was injured during the fight and became sprained.

But not everything was so bad. Twilight left the hospital before I did. At first, I was worried about her and the health of our foal after Zelga shot her with her magic, but the doctor she they were both fine and as healthy as can be. As for Spike, he's still wearing the bandages around his head, but he's was fine as well.

However, there was one little flaw out of all of this…I was released from the hospital, but I was stuck in a wheelchair!

Ponyville Library

I was in an electronic wheelchair, one of those wheelchairs that have an analogy-stick to make it move back and forth, I yawned before I moved through the living room until I stopped in front of the centre table with the wooden horse-head on it.

On the said table, there was a pile of books about ancient Equestria history. It seemed like a long shot, but I was trying to find anything on the cult Zelga mentioned, The True Order. That name riddled in my head for days, if Thorn and Zelga came from the True Order, then God knows who else is involved in it and what kind of messed up powers they possessed. Since I got out of hospital, I searched through book after book, but I found nothing even close.

I read and flipped through the pages of the next book in front of me, but it wasn't giving me anything useful or helpful. Getting frustrated with constant dead-ends, I started flipping through the pages rapidly, trying to fast-read them for key words related to the True Order. Eventually, I just lost it and pushed the book away hard, making it knock other books off the table.

I groaned loudly before I slammed my head against the table, I placed my hooves at the back of my head and rubbed them into my mane. "This is hopeless…there's nothing here!" I said to myself, the table muffling my voice.

Just then, I felt a hoof lie against my shoulder before I lifted my head up and turned around to see who it was. It was Twilight with a slightly puzzled look. "Matt? Are you ok? You seemed stressed." She said in a gentle voice.

I sighed before I grabbed the j-stick on the wheelchair and made it turn around to face Twilight. "I'm fine, babe…it's just I can't find anything on the True Order in these books. It's like no-one's ever heard of them, not even once. This was probably the first time is ever been mentioned ever." I said before I turned the chair around away from Twilight and made it move towards the fallen books.

Twilight followed me and stopped beside me. "Maybe no-one's ever heard of them because they might not really exist. What if Zelga was just trying to mess with your head? It wouldn't be the first time she did that." She said, trying to come up with an explanation.

I turned to face her and shook my head. "No…I could see it in her eyes. In that last moment, she was way past the point of messing around." I said before I remembered the way Zelga looked, the deranged and hate-filled look in her eyes, the growl in her voice as she said the name of the cult. "The True Order exists…and I don't think we've seen the last of its members." I said before I returned my attention to the fallen books. I leaned down towards them and reached my hoof out to pick them up, but due to the chair, I struggled to reach them.

Twilight saw this and her horn glowed. In that instant, the books were engulfed in her magic and they hovered into the air before placing themselves in a neat stack on the table. "Maybe you should take a break, Matt. Go outside, see all our friends. If you're really worried about this…True Order…I'll read through these books for you and see if I can find anything." she said, giving me a kind smile.

I thought about it before I shook my head. "I can't do that, Twi, it wouldn't be fair on you to just leave while you stay here and read." I said, thinking of her needs.

Twilight waved her hoof. "Are you kidding? You know I love reading." She said before she picked up one of the books in her magic and hovered it over to herself. "Besides, I haven't read some of these books in a while, I think I've forgotten what most of them are about. It'll be fun to read them again." she said with a bright smile.

I then gave her a warm smile before I placed my hoof gently against her cheek. "You're always looking after me, aren't you?" I said with a spark of love in my eyes.

Twilight placed her hoof against mine and returned my smile. "Always." She said lovingly before her smile turned into a cheeky smirk. "As long as you always look after me in return, of course." She said.

I chuckled before I pulled my hoof away. "Of course." I repeated. "I wouldn't want to get on your bad side, I've seen what that's like and I don't want to see it again." I said before I moved my chair around and made it move towards the front-door.

Twilight kept her smile as she gave me a firm look. "Hey! Watch it or I'll show you my real bad side." She warned in a joking way.

"More reason for me to get out of here." I said with an amused smile as I stopped in front of the front-door. I grabbed the door knob with my hoof before I pulled the door open. "Well I'm off, maybe I'll see how everyone else is doing." I said before I made the chair spin around to face Twilight.

Twilight walked up to me and smiled at me. "Hopefully they'll help you feel better." she said before she leaned in and gave me a small kiss. "Be careful on that thing, ok?" she said, looking down at my wheelchair.

I nodded. "I will." I said before I started backing up out of the doorway with the chair making a beeping sound. Once I was outside, I turned the chair the right way around and started moving towards the streets. "See ya, babe." I said as I waved my hoof in the air.

"See ya, Matt." Twilight said with a warm smile before she turned around to head back into the Library. "Spike! I need your help with these books!" she called before she closed the door with her magic.

A few minutes later: Ponyville streets

I continued to move through the streets of Ponyville on my wheelchair. All the while, I looked around to see how everyone was doing. By the looks of things, everything seemed fine. Everyone seemed cheerful, the kids were playing in the streets, and there was only one building left to rebuild after the Zelga incident.

Some ponies said hello to me, others ignored me, while the rest sometimes stared at my chair. I suppose they've never seen me in this state before, it must've been shocking. As I kept moving through the street, I sudden came to a stop.

Surprised, I looked down at the j-stick and pushed it forward, but the chair didn't move, it just made a weird screeching sound. I then looked around to see what the problem was. I was starting to worry that the chair had run out of power or something. I looked down at the wheels to see if any of them had got caught on something, that's when I saw one of the back wheels blocked by a rock in the ground. "Ah damn it." I said in slight annoyance.

I then tried to think of a way to get out of this before I grabbed the chair by its arm-rests and tried to jump up with it, but I couldn't make it jump up high enough. I then shook the chair vigorously to try and loosen it up, but it wouldn't budge. I groaned a little before I pushed my hoof against the g-stick hard to try and make the chair drive over the rock, but it still wouldn't move, I was starting to get really frustrated about this. "Oh c'mon!" I yelled.

"Hi Matty." A cheerful voice said in front of me. I turned my head around and saw Pinkie Pie hopping over to me before stopping. "What's up?" she asked with a large smile.

"Hi Pinkie." I greeted before I returned my attention down to the stuck wheel. "One of my wheels is stuck behind that rock, can you help me out?" I asked curiously, hoping she'd agree.

Pinkie leaned her head to the left a little to see the stuck wheel behind me before she smiled. "Sure." She said before she trotted around behind me and placed her hoof at the back of my chair, she then pushed me gently until the wheel rolled over the rock, setting it free. "There you go." She said brightly.

I turned my head around to face her and smiled gratefully. "Thanks Pinkie, I didn't know how I was gonna get out of that mess." I said.

Pinkie smiled widely. "You're welcome. Besides, that's not the only reason I helped you." she said before she lowered herself down to the rock I was stuck in front of. "This is a pretty neat rock! It reminds me of my home back on the Rock Farm. My sister, Maud, will love this!" she said before she grabbed the rock with her hooves and tried to pull it out of the ground, but it was very wedged in the ground. "C'mon you…lousy…rock!" she said as she pulled and pulled on the rock with all her strength.

I stared at her with a confused and awkward look. "Umm…who's Maud?" I asked until I noticed she wasn't listening to me. "Pinkie?...Hello?...I think I've lost her." I said to myself as I continued to watch her try to pull the rock out of the ground. I then decided to shrug it off and keep moving, pushing my hoof against the g-stick which made the chair move forward.

A moment later, I suddenly heard faint laughter nearby. At first, I thought it was someone laughing at my chair, but then I saw where it was coming from and realized that wasn't the case, thank god. It was Applebloom and he friends, sitting by a tree. Applebloom seemed to be drawing something in the dirt with a stick while Sweetie Belle and Scootaloo watched, it was most likely something to do with their next Cutie Mark Crusader activity.

It's been a while since I've spoken to any of them, including Applebloom. Who was still recovering from being kidnapped by Blaze Horn. Lately, I've been beating myself up about that, I felt like I had failed her and Applejack, so I was a little scared to talk to her again. I pressed my hoof against the j-stick and tried to keep moving.

But suddenly. "Hey! Matt!" Sweetie Belle's voice called. I stopped and turned my head around to see them coming up to me. "We haven't seen you in forever." Sweetie said before she looked down at my chair. "Are you…ok?" she asked curiously.

I sighed before I grabbed the j-stick with my hoof and moved it to the left, making the chair spin around to face them. "Yeah, I'm good. Just trying to get used to this." I said as I looked down at the chair. "Until my leg and wing heals, I'm gonna be in this thing for a while." I said.

Applebloom then came up to me and placed her hoof on the cast around my leg. "Does it hurt?" she asked, lightly pressing her hoof against it.

I cringed at the slightly pain, but it wasn't enough to cause me too much discomfort. "Not really, just a little." I said before I rubbed my hoof against it. "But I suppose it had to happen if it meant keeping Zelga from hurting anyone else." I said, remembering all the damage Zelga did when she was alive.

Applebloom looked up at me with slight sorrow in her eyes. "Matt…I…I'm sorry for everything. I feel like this was all my fault. If I hadn't have gotten caught by that Blaze guy, maybe you wouldn't have been attacked and Zelga probably wouldn't have attacked Ponyville." she said before she pushed her face against my leg. "I'm so sorry." She said in regret.

My ears dropped before I stroked her mane gently with my hoof. "Hey, it was never your fault. It was more my fault than anyone else's, I shouldn't have made Applejack hide her Element in your house…it led Blaze right to you." I said before I cupped her chin with her hoof and lifted it up gently so she could look up at me. "Don't blame yourself for any of it. Zelga would've attacked at some point anyway. The important thing to focus on is that we're both safe now, ok?" I said in a gentle voice.

Applebloom sniffed before she smiled and nodded. "Ok Matt…thanks." She said in a quiet voice.

I returned her smile before I pulled my hoof away and smirked. "But you know what's best about this cast?...Having my best friends sign it!" I said before I pulled out a black marker pen. I took off the lid and held it down to them. "Go for it, girls." I said, holding my leg still for them to draw on it.

Scootaloo gasped. "Awesome!" she cheered before she grabbed the pen with her mouth and came up to my leg. She drew a lightning bolt on it before she passed the pen to Sweetie Belle, who drew a heart on it before she past it to Applebloom. Applebloom took a moment to think about what she was gonna draw until she thought of something.

Applebloom began drawing something on it before she finished, revealing it to be my cutie mark with a heart around it. I saw this and smiled warmly at Applebloom, knowing the bond we shared would never be broken. "Nice work, girls." I said before Applebloom gave the pen back to me. "Well I should be going, I need to find your sister and talk about work stuff. Don't get into any trouble in the meantime, ok?" I said with a small smirk.

"Don't worry, we won't." Sweetie Belle said before she looked at her friends. "C'mon Crusaders, lets go get our Animal Whispering at Fluttershy's place." She said with excitement. "Yeah!" Applebloom and Scootaloo cheered in agreement before they all turned and galloped away.

I smiled in amusement as I shook my head. "Yeah, they're gonna get into trouble." I said before I grabbed the j-stick with my hoof and made the chair spin around. But upon turning it around, I was met with a scary face hovering right in front of mine. My eyes widened in fright before I yelled out loudly, making me fall back on my chair and my back hit the ground.

I weakly lifted my head up to have a better look of what I saw, that's when I saw that it was Discord hovering in the air in front of me. "Well that was fun." Discord said before he snapped his fingers. Another Discord then appeared behind me, but he was dressed as a nurse with orange curly hair. "Let me help you up, you big klutz." He said in a womanly voice as he grabbed my chair and pushed me back up properly.

The nurse Discord then disappeared, leaving me with the real one. "So, what's been going on in your life, my green feathered friend?" he asked curiously.

I looked up at him with an uneasy glare, remembering how he's lied to us for ages about losing half his power when actually he had it all along. I pushed my hoof against the j-stick and made the chair move forward, passing Discord and leaving him confused.

As I kept moving, I was suddenly caught up by Discord riding a slowly moving tricycle. "I take it you're still a little steamed about that whole 'having all my power the whole time' thing, right?" he asked with a raised eye-brow.

I didn't look at him, but I answered him. "You've lied to us for months and you've yet to tell anyone else beside me. There was a time I thought I could trust you, but now I don't even know what to think." I said as I made the chair keep moving.

"Maybe…you should think I've been on my best behaviour during those months so you know I'm not as bad as you're starting to think?" Discord said with a nervous grin.

I looked at him with an unamused look before I pushed down harder on the j-stick and made the chair move faster. Seeing this, Discord made his tricycle disappear before he hovered in the air, he then turned away and crossed his arms. "Fine! You don't want to trust me? You don't want to be my friend anymore? Fine by me! I don't need you, I have plenty of other fri-" Discord began before he spun back around with a saddened look on his face. "Please don't leave me! You and Twilight were the only ones who gave me a chance, you were the first friend I ever made. Remember when we did all those pranks together? How we bonded?" he wept as he followed me from behind on his knees.

I thought about it for a moment before I sighed. I made the chair stop before I turned my head around to face him. "How do I know you won't cause chaos again? Those urges are still in you and I know you still want to do it, so how do I know you really want to change?" I asked him with a slightly unconvinced look.

Discord stood back up. "Well how am I supposed to know? You really do have trust issues, don't you? I mean, I know you're wife has paranoid moments, but this really takes the cake." He said as he crossed his arms again.

With that, I started moving the chair forward again to keep on my way. But was suddenly stopped by Discord appearing in front of me. "Ok! Ok! What do I need to do to earn your trust back? I'll do anything to prove myself, just name it." he said with a confident look.

I thought about it for I thought of something. "Ok, you really want to prove yourself?" I asked, earning a nod from him. "Then tell Princess Celestia the truth." I said, giving him my answer.

Once he did that, Discord's brave smile went south and there was a glass-smashing sound as he frowned in fright. "Oh…umm…can't I do something else? Maybe clean her castle until it shines like a diamond? Clean Luna's castle until it shines like a diamond? Clean both castles until they shine like a diamond?" he said, his voice getting higher with each sentence. "…Cure world hunger?" he said lastly with a normal tone.

I then shook my head. "No…the world hunger thing is good and all, but Celestia deserves the truth. You may not know this Discord, but she thinks a lot about you, the least you can do is be honest with her. As for Twilight and the others, I was too busy with other things to tell them about you before, but that's about to change, I'm gonna tell them as soon as I get out of this thing." I said, referring to my chair.

Discord then gained a slightly frightened and worried look. "Well hold on! L-Lets not do anything crazy here. Do they really need to know? I mean, it's not really that much of a deal, right?" he said nervously.

"It is a big deal, Discord!" I said loudly. "Everyone here trusts you and sees you as a friend, friends should be honest with each other and tell each other everything, otherwise what's the point in being friends with someone if you can't trust them?" I said before I realized what I said and how it sounded. "Damn, that was corny, where did that come from?" I said to myself in a whisper as I rubbed my head with my hoof.

Discord scoffed. Knowing he wasn't going to get out of this, his eyes burned in anger and frustration. "Well then fine! Go ahead, tell Twilight and your friends! See if I care if they shun me out just like you have! I don't care if Celestia scolds me after I have to the tell her! I don't even care if I get turned back into stone afterwords! Do you hear me, I. DON'T. CARE!" Discord yelled before he disappeared in a flash of light, leaving a scorch mark in the grass.

I looked down at the scorch mark and sighed. "Discord…I'm sorry." I said as my ears dropped in slight sadness. I then pushed my hoof against the j-stick again and made the chair move forward to continue to my destination.

A few minutes later: Sweet Apple Acers

After arriving at Sweet Apple Acers, I made my way towards the barn and saw Applejack preparing the delivery wagon, getting it ready for me to take it out to make my deliveries. My mind was still on Discord, how he reacted when I told him I had to tell everyone the truth, he was so angry…but at the same time, a little scared. I couldn't help but feel bad for him.

While I was lost in thought, I was suddenly stopped by Applejack pressing her hoof against my chair. "Hey, you ok, sugar cube? You seemed to have your head in the clouds there." Applejack said with a slightly concerned look as she places her hoof back down on the ground.

I snapped out of my thoughts and looked at her. "Huh? Oh, sorry Applejack...I just...got out of a little spat with Discord." I confessed as I looked down at the ground with my ears down, think about how I was gonna tell her the truth.

Applejack gave me a curious look. "Oh? Well what's buggin' the two of ya? You two always seem real close." She said as she walked over to a box of supplies and lifted it up on her back.

I watched her load it onto the wagon before I sighed. "Applejack...there's something I need to tell you about Discord." I said as I made the chair move towards her.

Applejack returned her attention to me. "Yeah?" She asked, ready to listen.

I was ready to tell her everything. About Discord's lie, how he tricked us, how he could go out of control at any moment. However, I couldn't bring myself to tell her, something was telling me to tell her later. "He's planning on turning your carrots giant...as a joke. Thought I'd give you a heads up." I said, saying the first thing I could come up with.

Applejack gasped a little and gave a slight firm look. "I thought I told him to stay away from my crops! What the hay is he doin' trying to mess with it?!" She said before he kicked the dirt in frustration. "Dag nab it! How am I supposed to keep him from doin' that?" She asked.

I shrugged. "I don't know. All I know is there are gonna be some pretty happy rabbits." I said with an amused smirk, seeing how Applejack reacted to my small fib. I then decided to change the subject and moved to the front of the cart. "Anyway. So is the wagon ready? I think doing some work will get my mind off my condition." I said, actually looking forward to making my deliveries.

Applejack was silent for a moment with a look of awkwardness on her face. "Yeah, about that." She began as she rubbed the back of her head with her hoof. "I...don't think you should do your deliveries today...or any other day until you're all fixed up." She said nervously.

My small smile went away before I made the chair turn around to face her. "What was that?" I asked with a raised eye-brow.

Applejack sighed before she walked over to me. "Listen Matt, I know you wanna do this to get your mind off things, but we can't let one of our own do any work when they've had an accident." She said before she looked off into space. "I remember this one time when Big Mac hurt himself and the orchard was full apple trees. Now, because Big Mac was in no shape to do nothin', I had to-"

"Buck all the trees yourself and you got super tired and cranky, I know the story." I said with a small smirk.

Applejack returned her attention to me and closed her eyes half-way. "Twilight tell ya that story?" She asked.

My smirk grew. "Something like that." I said before I shook my smile off. "But what about the deliveries? Who'll take my place? What about my pay?!" I asked loudly in panic.

"Don't worry your green head about the deliveries, Big Mac is takin' care of it today." Applejack said before she looked outside the barn. "Isn't that right, Big Mac?" She asked.

At that moment, Big Mac walked in with a warm smile. "Eeyup." He said as he made his way over to the wagon.

I watched as Big Mac attached himself to the wagon and began to pull it out of the barn. "But…but…what am I supposed to do now? And again, what about my pay?" I asked.

Applejack waved her hoof. "Don't get your tail in a knot, there's plenty of stuff to do in Ponyville…and you're getting a paid vacation, happy now?" she said before she walked up behind me and started pushing me away with her head. "Now go on, get goin' and enjoy your day." she said as she pushed me out of the barn and towards the exit.

Once we reached the exit to Sweet Apple Acres, she rushed me out of the farm land. "Remember to be careful on that thing." Applejack said before she turned around and started making her way back to the barn, leaving me alone at the entrance.

I stayed there, completely puzzled by what just happened. "Did…did I just get benched?" I asked myself before I looked back at Applejack, who had already reached the barn. "Did you just bench me?!" I called, but got no reply from her. I then turned my head back around and sighed heavily. "Well…maybe she's right, I should take it easy for a while. Maybe I could go to the Spa, they might be able to help with my leg." I said before I pushed my hoof against the g-stick again and made the chair more forward back towards town.

Ponyville Spa

I arrived at the Ponyville Spa and made my way towards the entrance. Luckily, there was no step on the door, so I cloud just roll in. I made the chair move up to the counter and saw one of the Spa Twins sitting in front of it, reading a magazine.

"Hey." I greeted. "Can I have a gentle massage for my leg? The doctor said I should try this and see if it relieves the tension." I said with a small smile.

The Twin lowered the magazine and looked down at me. "Oh, hello Mr Matthew. I haven't seen you around here in ages." She said before she put down the magazine and left the counter. "A gentle massage, was it? Right this way." She said. With that, I followed the Twin into one of the massage rooms to get my treatment.

A moment later, I managed to lift myself off the chair and got up onto the massage bed, I gently lied down to avoid hurting my bad wing and prepared to feel relaxation.

"Ok Mr Matthew, I'm going to start now. Just tell me if it hurts or anything." The Twin said before she gently started rubbing my bad leg with her hooves.

There were points where it hurt a bit, but they soon went away and were replaced by nice relaxing feelings. It felt so good that I kept forgetting that my leg was injured in the first place.

"Enjoying yourself?" A familiar voice said on the bed next to mine. I opened my eyes and turned my head to see Rarity, she was lying on a separate massage bed in a dressing-gown with other Twin filing her hind-hooves. "Must I tell Twilight about this?" She said with an amused smirk.

I lifted my head up in panic. "What?!...I wasn't...this isn't...you know I wouldn't..." I said, trying to explain this to her.

Rarity giggled. "Oh come now, Matthew, I was merely jesting. I know you're just trying to make your leg feel better." She said before she looked at her leg. "Oooh, does it still hurt?" She asked, feeling sympathy.

I nodded. "Yeah, from time to time." I said before I sighed. "I couldn't do my job today because of it, Applejack let Big Macintosh do it instead." I said, sounding disappointed.

Rarity gave me a gentle smile. "But isn't that a good thing? You have the whole day off." She said before her smile turned sly. "You could spend it with Twilight, she could tend to that leg all day long *giggle*."

I smiled warmly at the thought, but shook it off to speak to Rarity. "I'd like that, but...I just don't ponies thinking me as weak because of this." I said looking down at my leg as the Twin kept rubbing it.

"Oh that's not it, darling. After everything you did to protect the town, the last thing everyone sees you as is weak. They just don't want you to push yourself any further than you already have." Rarity said in a gentle voice.

I turned my head to face her again and I smile. "You think so?" I asked curiously.

Rarity nodded. "Of course, Twilight would tell you the exact same thing." She said before she looked at something and then back to me. "Also, if you're hoping on keeping her around, I suggest you get a different massager." She said with an amused smile.

I gave her a confused look. "Why?" I asked.

Keeping her smile, Rarity answered. "Because you may not be enjoying it the way I joked about before, but she is." She said as she pointed her hoof in the direction of the Twin massaging my hooves.

I turned my head to look over to her and saw the Twin had a fan-girl smile on her face. "I'm massaging the hoof of the Saviour of Canterlot and Ponyville! My dream has finally become reality!" She said before she let out an excited giggle.

I blush in embarrassment before I chuckle nervously. "Haha…forgot that I had fans." I said before I leaned up and pulled my leg away. "You know, I think my leg is a lot better. Thanks a lot sweetness, you're a natural, I'll be sure to tip you." I said to the Twin before I tried to get off the bed and back onto my chair, but I was having trouble getting down by myself. "C-Can someone give me a hoof?" I asked awkwardly.

Rarity rolled her eyes before her horn glowed and I was suddenly lifted off the bed, I was gently lowered down to my chair and placed softly onto it. I looked at her and smiled. "Thanks Rarity." I said.

Rarity waved her hoof. "What are friends for?" she said before she went back to enjoying her hooves been filed.

I then returned my attention to the Twin before I looked down at the little pouch attached to the side of the chair, I reached my hoof into it and pulled out a few bits. I gave them to the Twin. "There's your tip." I said before I pushed my hoof against the j-stick and made the chair move forward. "Thanks again." I said as I made my way out of the room to leave the spa.

The Twin giggled again before she waved her hoof goodbye. "You're welcome, Mr Matthew." She said with a bright smile before she went over to her sister to help her tend to Rarity.

As they both began filing her hooves, one of the Twins noticed something. "Is that a chip?!" she said in a gasp of shock, making Rarity gasp as she looked at her hoof to see how bad it was.

A few minutes later: Ponyville streets

After leaving the spa, I just started wondering around Ponyville to see if I could find anything to do. Maybe I could go to Sugar Cube Corner to see Pinkie and the Cakes, maybe I could go to Fluttershy's cottage to see her and help her with her animals. That was the problem with days off, you're not sure what to do with yourself.

"I used to be able to do anything when I had a day off, but I don't have a computer or a TV here, so I'm pretty much screwed with that." I said before I stopped at a cross-path in the street, I stayed there as a few wagons passed by.

I rested my head against my hoof as I waited for them to pass. But at that moment, Rainbow Dash suddenly shot up beside me. "Hi Matt! Aren't you supposed to be at work?" She asked curiously as she hovered in the air.

I looked up at her and shrugged. "Apparently not. Applejack wouldn't let me work because of my injuries." I said, sounding board.

"Well that blows." Rainbow Dash said before she turned her attention away from me. Suddenly, a sly smirk appeared on her face and she looked down at me. "So...this pretty much means you can't fly, right?" She asked.

I shook my head. "Nope, I'm grounded for a while." I said as I continued to wait for the wagons to pass. "Man, there's a lot of wagons today." I said out-loud.

"So...this probably also means you're not as fast as you used to be." Rainbow Dash said, continuing to smirk deviously.

I was starting to see where she was going with this and looked up at her. "I suppose not...by air, anyway. But this chair can go pretty fast." I said, patting my hoof against the g-stick.

Rainbow's smirk became wide as she lowered herself down lower beside me. "Oh yeah? Think it can beat me to the end of the street where that book store is?" She said as she pointed her hoof down the street past the wagons and other ponies.

I looked at where the finish line would be, it was at the end of the long street. At the end of that street was the book store she mentioned, there was a sign in the shape of a book hanging above the door, so it was easy to spot. I returned my attention to Rainbow Dash and smirked. "You're on." I said.

With that, Rainbow Dash landed next to me and prepared to take off to start the race. "As soon as the traffic passes, we're off. Don't fall behind." She said as she spread her wings out wide.

I prepared to set off as well, my hoof twitched as I held it above the j-stick, ready to slam down against it and shoot off into the lead.

Then, finally, the traffic stopped and we both shot off down the street. The wheels of my chair screeched against the ground as it kicked back a cloud of dust behind me. Rainbow flew beside me, my chair was fast enough to keep up with her, but we both kept dipping back and forth in the lead.

As we raced down the street, we past a few ponies. Some watched in awe at how fast we went, others had to leap out of the way as we shot past them. We past a few ponies we knew.

Like Scootaloo, who was riding on her scooter. We went past her so fast that we made her and her scooter spin until she was on backwards.

We also pasted Granny Smith, sort off. Rainbow shot past her first, startling her. She shook her hoof at Rainbow with an annoyed look on her face. I wish I could say the same happened to me. Instead of rushing past her, I actually crashed into her.

After that happened, I opened my eyes to see I was carrying her in my arms. "Haha." I laugh sheepishly. "Hi Granny Smith." I said with a nervous smile.

I didn't get a reply from her, instead she hit me over the head with her purse. "Ow!" I said in pain before I tossed Granny Smith away. Luckily, she landed safely on a pile of hay.

I could see Rainbow was starting to get ahead of me, so I pressed my hoof against the j-stick with all my strength and it made the chair go faster. Within a minutes, I caught up to Rainbow until I was beside her, she looked at me with shock before she tried to fly harder to make herself go faster. But it wasn't any good, I was starting to get ahead of her.

A large smirk came on my face as I rushed through the streets. I managed to avoid crashing in to anything or anyone, shifting left and right to get past ponies, stalls and other wagons. At this rate, it looked as though I was gonna win this time. "You're getting slow, Dashy." I said as I looked back at her.

Getting a growl from her, I turned my head back around to face the road, but was met with shock when I saw what was up ahead. It was Spike carrying a bunch of scrolls across the street. He stopped in the road when he saw me coming right at him, he froze in place in fear and closed his eyes tight.

But before I could reach him, I quickly grabbed the j-stick with my hoof and pushed it to the left, trying to make the chair turn. My chair suddenly turned away and I managed to drive past Spike, but now I was heading right towards one of the cottages. Ponies ran out of the way to avoid be run over by me. But before I could crash into the cottage, I pulled back on the j-stick and made the chair turn the other way so I was heading down the street again.

Unfortunately, Rainbow Dash had taken the lead and was now heading towards the finish line. But I couldn't get back into the race, I was still having trouble controlling my chair.

I shifted through the street uncontrollably, avoiding everything in my path to make sure I didn't crash or hurt anyone. I managed to pass a few store-stands without crashing into anything, but it didn't last as I suddenly crashed into a fruit stand, completely wrecking it. Of course, I was thrown from my chair and into one of the fruit baskets, squishing all the fruit inside it.

I leaned up in the fruit basket I was now sitting in and was met with a tomato suddenly splattering down onto my head.

While I was sitting in that mess, Rainbow Dash shot ahead and pasted the book store that worked as the finish line. Once she did, she flew up into the air and chuckled with victory. "Haha! Rainbow Dash wins again! The Iron Pony stays on top and the crowd is going wild! *Haaah! Haaah!*" she said while making crowd-cheering noises in a whisper.

Meanwhile, I wiped the tomato off my head with my hoof, but it was soon replaced by a shadow shrouding over me. I looked up to see the market sales pony looking down at me with an angry glare. I smiled nervously before I reached my hoof into my pouch, knowing what he wanted.

I pulled out a hoof-full of bits and held them out to the pony, which he snatched away before he looked at them. He then returned his gaze to me and glared at me again. I sighed before I reached into the pouch again and pulled out all the bits I had.

The marketer took them without a word before he gave me a satisfied smile, mixed with a bit of a 'I'm the boss' attitude. What's worse is that he then walked away and left me stuck where I was. I tried to get myself up to return to my chair, but I couldn't with both my leg and wing out of order.

But at that moment, Spike rushed over and came up to me. "Matt! Are you ok?" He asked in concern before he went over to where my chair had crashed and brought it over to me.

"Yeah, I'm fine...I'm broke in more ways than one...but I'm fine. Think you can get me out of this?" I said, reaching my hooves out for him to help me up.

Spike pushed the chair in front of me before he walked around it and came up to me. "Sure." He said before he grabbed my hooves. "Ok, I'm gonna pull you up now, ready?" He asked.

I gave him a nod. With that, Spike started pulling back on my arms and tried to get me out of the basket and onto my hooves. But Spike wasn't really strong enough to pull up a full-grown pony, so it wasn't going so well.

As Spike pulled, I tried to lean forward and help him get me out. But suddenly, a pair of arms wrapped themselves under my own from behind and I was suddenly lifted out of the basket. I turned my head around to see it was Rainbow lifting me up. "You gotta be more careful with that chair of yours, Matt, you might have an accident." She said with an amused smirk before she lowered me down until I was sat on my chair again.

Once I was back on my chair, I looked up at her and sighed. "I take it you won the race." I said, already knowing the answer.

Rainbow smirked and waved her hoof. "Cha! Of course I did! What did you expect from the most awesome pony ever?" She gloated.

I threw my eyes before I turned the chair around and left the fruit stand. Once I was back on the streets, I looked around and saw everypony looking at me with unpleasant looks, probably wondering what I was thinking riding through the streets like that.

I sighed again as I hung my head. I made the chair turn and I continued to go down the street. At this point, I just wanted to go home, this day had been a disaster and it still wasn't over.

Suddenly, Rainbow Dash and Spike rushed up beside me. "Ok, so maybe racing through the streets in a wheelchair wasn't a good idea. My bad. But you have to admit, it was a total blast! I mean, did you see how fast we were going? I thought I'd have to pull off another Sonic Rainboom to win." Rainbow Dash said with a large smile on her face.

I turned my head to face her. "Not that close to the ground, you weren't. I think there's been enough property damage for now." I said to her.

Spike then placed his claw on the side of my chair. "Aww, don't be like that, Matt. We're just trying to brighten your spirit." He said.

I looked down at him. "...sorry, Spike...I'm just feeling a little bit of a screw up today. First I got stuck on a rock, then I couldn't go to work, and now not only did I run my chair through the streets like a road-raged maniac, but I destroyed a fruit-stand and lost all my money. Today just isn't my day and i think i should just go home." I said as i pushed my hoof against the j-stick a little and made the chair go a bit faster.

Spike caught up to me again and looked at me. "I know you've struggled with the wheelchair, but it won't be long until you can come out of it and you'll be back in action. Just think about that the next time you feel down about it." He said with a small smile.

I thought about it for a moment before a small smile started growing on my face. "I suppose...that's one way of looking at it." I said before I looked down at Spike. "Thanks, little bro." I said lovingly.

Spike's smile grew. "No problem, big bro!" He said, giving me a friendly dude wink.

Just then, Rainbow Dash shot up beside me with an energetic look on her face. "So...how about we continue our race to the Library? First one there needs to by the other a soda!" She said with an excited smile.

I looked at her with a silence and a raised eye-brow.

Rainbow's excited smile then turned into a sheepish one as she rubbed the back of her head with her hoof. "Ah-haha...right, never-mind." She said before she landed on the ground and started walking beside me. "But at least let me help you get home. You know, just to be safe."

I then gave her an un-easy look. "Oh...you know, you don't have to do that, I can get there myself. Besides, I have Spike here with me" I said. Usually, I was ok with walking with a friend, but she wanted to help me get home, like I couldn't do it myself in my chair.

"I know that, but you might get yourself into another jam along the way, one that Spike might not be able to help you out of. So you're stuck with me, green boy." She said while flicking my nose with one of her wing feathers.

Knowing there was no point in arguing with her, I sighed and smiled at her. "Alright Rainbow, just try to keep up." I said before I pushed my hoof against the j-stick more and my chair started to move faster.

Rainbow Dash's jaw dropped. "Keep...keep up?! Do you remember who just won that race and who crashed in a bunch of fruit?!" She said before she took into the air again and caught up with me. "That's it! You're so getting me that soda!" She said as she trotted beside me back towards the Library.

That night: Library

After returning to the library, and giving Rainbow one of my sodas in the fridge, I stayed there for the rest of the day until it was night time. I pretty much hung out with my family. I played board games with Spike & Jeff and read some books with Peewee.

The only person I didn't hang out with was Twilight, we decided to save that for tonight, if you know what I mean. Now, at last, that time had come. Massages at the spa are wondrous, but compared with how Twilight's touch, it doesn't hold a candle to it.

Twi and I were in the living room as we made our way to the stairs that lead upstairs. Twilight looked back at me with sly eyes. "I know you've had a hard day, Matt. But don't worry, I read up about this sort of thing and know how to make it all better...then I'll make it even better." She said before she trotted up the stairs.

I smiled in excitement as my wings sprung out, I didn't even mind that my bad wing was hurt in the proses...ok, I did mind a bit. "Ow." I said with the large grin still on my face.

I the pushed my hoof against the j-stick and the chair moves towards the stairs. "Here I come, babe." I said to myself as I got closer to the stairs. But suddenly, I was stopped by a sudden thud.

"What the?" I said as I looked down to see what I banged into. It was the first step of the stairs, it was stopping me from moving. "Oh right...stairs and wheels don't mix well." I said before I groaned. "Now, how am I gonna get up there?" I said to myself.

I then pushed my hoof against the j-stick again and it made the wheels scrape against the step, harshly trying to drive over the step. It started to leave a black mark on the side of the step and I was forced to stop, mostly because it was making a horrible noise.

"Matt! Are you ok? Do you need some help?" Twilight called from upstairs.

I looked up the stairs and, even though I couldn't see Twilight, I answered her. "No, I'm fine." I said before I tried to think of a way to get up these stairs.

I then grabbed each side of the chair and jumped up with it. It took a few tries, but I managed to get the first pair of wheels onto the first step. "Ha! Knew I'd find a way around it." I said grabbed the chair again and do it again.

I then jumped up with the chair again, but instead of going any higher, the chair started to fall backwards. "W-Whow!" I yelled as I feel back on my chair and it hit the floor with a hard thud.

Unfortunately, when I fell back, my back fell back against my bad wing and I fought to hold back a pain-filled yell. I breathed rapidly through my nose, unable to breath through my mouth at the time.

The loud noise was enough to attract Twilight's attention and she appeared at the top of the stairs. "Matt?" She said in wonder before she saw the condition I was in. "*gasp* Matt! Are you ok?" She said before her horn glowed.

"Preachy, thanks honey." I said, looking like a tortoise stuck on his back.

Suddenly, I was engulfed in Twi's magic and I was picked up from the floor along with the chair. I then started hovering up the stairs. When I reached the top, the chair was placed under me and I was gently lowered down onto it. Once I had gotten over the pain in my wing, I looked at Twilight. "Thanks." I said.

Twilight placed her hoof on my back and gave me a look of pity. "Are you sure? Maybe we should leave our little together time and just rest tonight." She said, having second-thoughts about tonight.

My eyes widened. "No!" I said loudly before I tried to settle down. "I mean...no, we can still turn this around." I said before I took her hoof with mine and rubbed it. "It's been a while since we've done anything like this...don't you miss it as much as I have?" I asked with a small charming smirk.

Twilight smiled before her cheeks turned red. "I suppose I have...but are you sure you can do it with your injuries?" She asked curiously, her cheeks returning to their natural colour.

I looked at my leg. "What? This? This is nothing. Besides, when we plan a special night, nothing can stop me." I said with another smirk.

Twilight giggled. "Then what are you waiting for?" She said as she turned away with a sly smile, her tail gently brushing under my chin as she turned. I then watched as she walked over to the smaller set of stairs that led up to the bedroom level of the room.

Wait a minute...oh crap, I forgot about those stairs!

My jaw dropped in hopelessness as I stared at the next set of stairs. I soon shook it off and pushed my hoof against the j-stick, making the chair move towards the stairs.

Once I reached them, I looked up at Twilight and saw she had already reached the top. "Are you coming?" She asked with a small grin on her face.

My ears dropped as I looked down at the stairs and then back up at her. "Umm, are you gonna help me with...you know?" I asked as I pointed my hoof at the stairs.

Twilight kept her grin. "Oh, so now there is something that can stop you. I thought you said your injuries were nothing...so if that's true, getting up this small set of stairs should be easy." She said before she walked away over to the bed.

I couldn't believe she just left me here like that. "What?!...that's it, when I get up there, you're in big trouble!" I called.

"Is that a threat or a promise?" Twilight's voice said from the upper level.

My cheeks went red before I shook it off. "We'll see." I said to myself with a devious grin on my face. I then looked back down at the stairs and tried to think of a way up there.

I knew trying to make the chair go up them was a no-go, so I had to try something new. I decided to ditch the chair and crawl for it. I gently got off of the chair, being careful not to stand on my bad leg. But standing on one hoof was harder than it may seems.

I struggled to keep my balance, but it eventually gave way and I fell forward onto the stairs. "Ow...again." I said out-loud to myself before I placed my fore-hooves in front of me and slowly pushed myself back up.

With my front-legs wobbling, I started dragging myself up the stairs to reach Twilight. One step at a time, I dragged myself up as if I had two bad legs instead of one. But finally, after what seemed like an hour, I reached the top of the stairs and was finally able to take a breather.

Lying on top of the stairs, I panted gently as a small smile appeared on my face. "Made it...that wasn't so bad." I said before I looked over to the bed. "Now you bad girl, I'm gonna teach you not to..." I stopped when I saw Twilight.

She was lying on her stomach on the bed, her eyes closed and heavily breathing. She had fallen asleep while I was dragging myself up.

I didn't understand how she could've fallen asleep that fast, she was so eager and flirty, now she's sleeping. I then dragged myself up the rest of the stairs before I started dragging myself towards the bed.

Once I got there, I pulled myself up onto the bed before I crawled over to Twilight. "Twi?...Twilight?" I said gently as I nudged her with my hoof.

Twilight groaned as she woke up and looked at me while still lying down. "Matt?...Did you just now get to bed?" She asked tiredly.

I nodded. "Yeah...you must've been really tired, Twi. You fell asleep while I was getting up here." I said, gently stroking her mane with my hoof.

Twilight gave me a confused look, mixed with tiredness. "Of course I fell asleep, I waited here for half-an-hour." She said.

My ears dropped and my eyes widened. "Half-an-hour? Wait...you mean to tell me I took half-an-hour to get up those stairs?" I asked in shock.

"That and possibly longer, depending on how far you were went I went to sleep." Twilight said before she yawned. "Anyway, I'm too tired to do anything now...maybe tomorrow night." She said before she got up and went over to her side of the bed, she then got under the covers and rested her head on the pillow. "Goodnight Matt...I love..." She didn't have time to finish as she went back to sleep.

I laid there, my mouth hanging wide open in disbelief. I could've had a fun time with Twilight if it wasn't for this leg and wing. I closed my mouth and growled in frustration. "That's it!" I said out-loud, but quietly so I wouldn't wake up Twilight. "Get me stuck in the streets, that's ok. Cost me my job, fine. Humiliate me in the streets, kinda pushing it. Make me lose a challenge against Rainbow, really pushing it. But cost me a fun nightie with my own wife, that's when things get personal!" I said to myself before I tried to think of a way to fix this. ""But how am I gonna get rid if this thing? Who's good at healing broken bones?" I asked myself.

I thought about it for a moment before I eventually thought of the perfect person, which made a satisfied yet devious grin grow on my face.

The next day: Zecora's hut

Once I woke up, I left the Library and went straight into the Ever Free Forest to go to Zecora's hut. From what I remember, she had a cure for pretty much anything, including injured bones. Luckily, it wasn't hard getting to her hut, I just has to force the chair over a few tree roots and rocks.

Once I got there, Zecora was see surprised to see me, for she hasn't seen me in such a long time, she was even more surprised to see I was in a wheelchair.

After entering her hut, I was now sat by her table filling her in on what's happened recently. "After the battle, I was stuck in the hospital for a few days. Applebloom's fine, thank god, but I'm having trouble coping with all this." I said, pointing my hoof down at the chair.

"Hmm." Zecora hummed as she rubbed her chin with her hoof. "A wheelchair is a heavy burden, this is true. But what exactly is it that's bothering you? You can still move, breath and talk, yet you feel helpless without the ability to walk?" She said before she grabbed her tie with her hooves and drank it.

"It's costing me a lot. First, I get stuck in the streets, then Applejack tells me I can't do my job in this state, then I humiliate myself in front of everyone, and to top it off, it cost me a romantic night in bed with Twilight." I said, feeling frustrated that all those things happened in just one day.

The last part about Twilight nearly made Zecora spit her tie from her mouth, but she held it in and heavily swallowed it. "I see what troubles you...but what do you want me to do? Cook up a spell or perhaps a healing brew?" She asked curiously with a raised eye-brow.

I stayed silent for a moment before I answered. "One if those bone healing potions you have would be nice." I said in a simple tone.

Zecora sighed before she stood up and walked over to a wall covered by a curtain, she grabbed it with her hoof before she threw it open, revealing shelves of glowing potions. "I do not know if this is a good idea, young Matt. The potions have never really be tested, it could cause side effects or worse than that." She said as she turned back around to face me.

I then grabbed the j-stick with my hoof before I made the chair spin around and move towards her. "Please Zecora, I don't need my wing healed, just my leg. I've tried to put up with it, but I can't do it anymore, I feel so helpless and pathetic." I said before i gave her the sad-eyes trick. "Isn't there anything you have that can make me better?" I asked before I pouted my bottom lip.

Zecora threw her eyes before she answered. "Alright! There's no need to beg, I might have something to help with your leg." She said before she returned her attention to her potions and started searching through them.

At that moment, my sad eyes and pout went away and was replaced by a pleased smile. "Thanks Zecora." I said cheerfully.

I waited for a few minutes as Zecora kept searching through the positions. After a moment, Zecora grabbed a bottle with her mouth before she held it over an empty bowl on the table in below the shelves. "You wing will have to heal on its own, but this brew should help you with your leg bone." She said.

I moved up to the table and looked down at the potion. "Whow...so, do I just drink it now, or...?" I asked, not sure if I should drink it yet.

Zecora looked at me and nodded silently.

"Awesome." I said before I gently grabbed the bowl with my hooves and brought it up to my face. I then titled the bowl up against my mouth and drank the potion. Once I was done, I placed the bowl down and waited for the healing to begin.

However, I didn't feel anything, my leg still felt stiff and still ached a bit. "Umm...nothing's happening." I said to Zecora.

Zecora looked at my leg in confusion. "How strange, I thought for sure it would do the trick...maybe it needs a little something to make it tick." She said before she walked over to her book shelf and took one of the books out.

As she started reading up on the potion, I looked down at my leg and thought I felt it starting to get better. I started to feel excited, was the potion starting to work? I wanted to check, so I slowly lifted myself off the chair and lowered my bad leg towards the floor.

My hoof touched the floor and I decided to give it a better test, I slowly put some weight on it and waited to see if it would hurt or not. Unfortunately, I felt a sudden strike of pain zap across my leg. I retracted it and sat back down on the chair, trying to hold back from yelling in pain.

Zecora kept reading the book until she found something. "Hmm, I see, so this will trigger the remedy." She said before she turned back around to face me. "To trigger the potion's power of healing, you must first experience a warm feeling." She said with a small smile, expecting me to understand.

However, I didn't, I just stared at her with a confused look. "A warm feeling? You mean, lie in the sunlight or something?" I asked.

Zecora's smile disappeared before she shook her head. "No, a warm feeling regarding something rather crude, something that will get you in a….heavenly mood." She said, smiling in amusing embarrassment.

I continued to stare at her in confusion. Zecora rolled her eyes and groaned before she walked over to me, she then whispered into my ear. As she spoke on, my eyes grew wide and my cheeks went red. "Oh…" I said before Zecora moved her head away. "Zecora…I like you and all, but I'm married and I don't think I can. I've kissed other mares beside Twilight, like Luna and Rainbow, but I don't think I can do a third without Twi's say so." I said, explaining why I could do 'that' with her.

Zecora groaned again. "I wasn't talking about me! I was saying you should do it with Twilight, that will trigger the remedy." She said loudly and firmly, looking at me like I was clueless.

My ears perked up. "Oh right, that's much better." I said before I realized what it sounded like. "Not that you're not attractive or anything, you're very attractive, you're gonna make one voodoo witchdoctor guy very happy someday." I said with a small yet nervous smile.

Zecora frowned. "Just because I make potions that seem like voodoo, doesn't mean I'm in to stallions that do too." She said before she rubbed her chin with her hoof. "Well...I did like this this one witchdoctor who was rather handsome, he knew how to make three potions in only five minutes and then-some." She said, smiling as she thought back.

I smiled in amusement as I shook my head. "Well anyway, I better get going. Thanks a lot Zecora, hopefully this'll work." I said as I made the chair spin around and I made it move towards the exit.

"You're welcome, and don't worry. The potion will surely work, but if it doesn't, you'll have to wait, there's no hurry." Zecora said as she watched me leave.

"Unless I'm forced to." i said under my breath as I left the hut.

Once I was gone, she walked over to her caldron and continued to make her latest brew.

Later that day: Ponyville Library

After returning home, I gave Spike a full bag of bits so he could leave the house with Jeff and Peewee, giving Twi and I a few hours alone.

Luckily, Spike accepted it and left with the guys. Twilight was still in her study at the time, she kept searching book after book to find anything on the True Order, but she couldn't find anything. I told her that she could stop, but she insisted on carrying on.

I wanted her to take a break, but if she really wanted to do it, I couldn't stop her. Plus, this gave me time to set everything up upstairs.

A few minutes later, everything was ready in the bedroom, I just didn't take into thought about one thing. How was I gonna get Twilight to come up, it took me forever to get up here myself in this condition.

"Dammit!" I yelled as I threw myself down on the bed. "Now what? I can't wait for her to come up, it'll probably take too long! And I can't go down, otherwise I'll never get back up here! *groan* maybe I sent Spike and the others away too soon." I said to myself before I stared up at the ceiling with hopelessness. "What am I gonna do?"

Suddenly, I heard a small 'hoo' before I leaned up on the bed, that's when I saw Owlicious fly into the room through the open window and land on the end of the bed.

"Owlicious!" I said cheerfully with a large smile. "You can help me! I need you to go down stairs and tell Twilight to come up here, can you do that for me?" I asked curiously.

Owlicious gave me a confused look. "Hoo?"

My smile went away. "Can you go down stairs and bring Twilight up?" I asked, pointing my hoof down at the stairs that led down to the living room.

Owlicious looked at the stairs before he returned his attention to me. "Hoo."

"You don't understand a word I'm saying, do you?" I asked before I sighed and tried again. "You, fly down stairs, get Twilight...to come up...get me?" I asked, using my hooves in motion to instruct him.

Owlicious was silent for a moment before he took into the air and flew down towards the stairs, which he then flew down. "That's it, buddy! You got this!" I said as my smile came back.

After another few minutes, I was starting to think Owlicious didn't do anything and he just went down stairs for the sake of it. That was until I heard someone coming up the stairs.

I quickly closed the curtains in front of the window to make the room darker. I then laid myself down onto the bed on my stomach and waited for her to come up to this floor.

From behind, I heard her teach this room before I heard the sound of hooves coming up the next set of stairs, within a matter of seconds, she was up her with me. "Hey babe, I wanted to make up for last night, so I threw some stuff together and got us a bit of time alone." I said with a smirk before I turned the bedside table-lamp on, revealing what I had done to the bedroom.

The bed was covered in rose petals and there were lit candles on the bed-side table. I then turned my head around to face her. "So what do you think?" I asked.

My eyes then widened in shock by what I saw. It was indeed Twilight, but she was with Fluttershy, who stared at me with wide-eyes. "Urrr...Fluttershy came over to ask if you could go with her to the market on Saturday, something about a sale for pets." Twilight said while giving me an unimpressed look.

"It's actually a sale on all pet products and food, it only comes once a year." Fluttershy said quietly while still staring at me with wide eyes.

"But I think the better question is...what is all this?" Twilight asked, pointing her hoof at the bed.

I remained silent and frozen, stuck in shock that I basically just came onto Fluttershy as well as Twilight. I eventually found the strength to speak. "Urrr...it...it was...just something...I wanted to..." I said, trying to think of an excuse. "Urrr...have you ladies been to the spa today? You're glamorously glowing!" I said, trying to act innocent or at least change the subject.

Twilight sighed before she looked at Fluttershy. "Fluttershy, can you come back later, Matt and I need to talk." She said.

Fluttershy kept staring at me until she managed to snap herself out of it. "What? Oh...ok." Fluttershy said before she turned and made her way down the stairs, looking back at us a few times.

Once she went down stairs and left the library, Twilight looked at me with confusion. "Matt, what are you up to this time?" She asked, making it sound like I did stuff like this for a living.

I dragged my body around to face her properly before I answered. "Sorry Twilight, I was just trying to set a mood. I didn't know anyone else was here." I said.

Twilight walked up to the bed and looked at what I did. "You did this so we could have some time together? Is this to make up for last night like you said?" She asked curiously while placing her hoof on the bed.

I didn't know if I should tell her I wanted to do this so I could get my leg back, but I knew lying to her was a bad choice, so I sighed heavily. "Well...that, and Zecora gave me something that could heal my leg." I confessed.

Twilight gave me a confused look. "Ok, but how will...this...help you get your leg back?" She said as she picked up one of the rose petals with her magic.

I blushed as I rubbed the back of my head with my hoof. "Well...apparently, the potion won't work unless I feel a warm loving feeling, and seeing how we didn't get to do anything last night...I thought, what would work best than this?" I said with a sheepish smile.

Twilight looked down at the bed before she looked back up at me. "So you wanted to do this, not only to get your leg back, but to make up for last night?" She asked curiously, earning a nod from me. Twilight then jumped up onto the bed before she sat down beside me. "Matt, I know you want to walk again, but do you really need to go through all this trouble to get it?" She asked in a soft voice.

I looked up at her face with my ears down. "I don't know what else to do. I'm helpless and basically useless like this, how am I supposed to go on until I heal? I can't work, I can't fly, I can't even get up the stairs. What am I supposed to do?" I asked as I sat up, feeling as though it was hopeless.

Twilight wrapped her arm around me and held me close. "You make the best of it." She said with a small smile. "Do what you're able to do in the chair and try to be as strong as possible, don't let yourself feel weak just because everyone else sees you that way." She said.

Twilight's words made me feel a little enlightened, but there was still some darkness in my mind. "But Applejack won't let me work. How am I supposed to be as strong as possible if I'm not allowed to do things?" I said.

Twilight rubbed my back as she continued. "Well yeah, you can't make those deliveries, but that's because you won't be able to pull a whole cart in the chair. But maybe there's some other stuff you can do for Applejack until you get better." She said, trying to make me feel better.

I thought about it for a moment before a small smile appeared on my face. "Yeah...maybe...there's a lot of stuff to do on the farm, maybe Applejack has other jobs I can do, like feeding the chickens or something." I said, my hopes starting to rise back up.

Twilight smiled and patted my back. "That's the spirit. You should go back to Sweet Apple Acres and talk to her, I'm sure she'll have something for you to do." She said.

I continued to smile as I chuckled a little. "It's weird, you know, I usefully loved days off, I'd make a big deal out of a headache just to get a day off, but here and now...I just want to do something and I'm basically bot allowed to do it" I said, explaining how ironic it was.

Twilight smiled in amusement. "You really did stuff that?" She asked with slight disbelief.

I nodded. "Yeah, I was going through some troubles and I just wanted to relax at home. But it's different here, I want to do the work and see everyone in town." I said, thinking about how better the job I had here was compared to the stuff I did back home.

Twilight smiled sweetly. "That's nice of you." She said before her amused smile came back. "But seriously, you made a big deal out of a simple headache just to stay at home?" She said while giggling.

An amused smile grew onto my face as I moved close to her. "I was going through a lot at the time, I couldn't cope with going out while I was in a mental mess." I argued, trying to defend myself.

"Yeah, I bet you were like 'oh mom, can I please stay home today? I'm dying from this headache'." She said, acting like she was sick.

"I never said anything like that, stop it!" I said as I gently pushed her with my hoof while the amused smile was still on my face.

Twilight laughed before she stopped. "I'm just kidding." She said before she took a breath. "Ok, so what are you gonna do?" She asked curiously.

I thought about it for a minute before I crawled off the bed and reached my hoof over to the chair beside the bed, I pulled the chair over and careful got onto it from the bed. "I'll head back to Applejack's place and see if she has anything for me to do." I said before I motioned my hoof to tell Twilight to come close.

Twilight leaned her head over to me and I kissed her cheek. "I'll be back later, 'k babe?" I said before I pushed my hoof against the J-stick and the chair moved towards the stairs.

I stopped at the top of them once I realised I couldn't get down them. "Ah crap, forgot about this." I said, staring down the stairs.

Meanwhile, Twilight rubbed the cheek I kissed and looked at the bed again, the petals, the candles, the curtains closed to give the room a romantic glow from the said candles. Twilight blushed a little before she returned her attention to me.

I turned my head around to face her. "Hey Twi, do you think you can help me down these stairs?" I asked, thinking she could use her magic to lift me up and place me at the bottom of the stairs.

Twilight was silent for a moment before her horn glowed. At that moment, I was picked up from the chair and into the air. "Thanks Twi, but you didn't pick up the cha-Whow!" I yelled as I was suddenly pulled towards the bed and brought to a quick stop right in front of Twilight.

I opened my eyes to see the sly look on her face. "On second thought...you're not going anywhere just yet." She said with a smirk as she brushed my mane with her hoof.

While still in her magic grip, Twilight leaned in and kissed me deeply. I was shocked at first, but I soon closed my eyes and kissed back. Once we pulled away, I looked into her eyes lovingly. "Nice to see you changed your mind." I said with s love-struck smile.

"Well I see you went through a lot of trouble to get this all set up and you've already bribed Spike and the guys to leave us alone for a while...so...why not?" Twilight said with the sly look still in her eyes.

My wings spread out again as she spoke in her soft voice. "Please don't tell me you plan to change it back before anything else happens." I said, still floating in mid-air.

Twilight giggled. "That depends on how much you keep me interested." She said before she gently placed me down on the bed.

Once she did, I grinned deviously before I crawled up to her. "Challenge accepted." I said as Twilight wrapped her arms around my neck.

Twilight and I then leaned in and shared a passionate kiss before we lied down on the bed, still in each other's embrace. "I've missed this." I said, pulling away for some air.

"Then stop talking and do it." Twilight demanded with a smirk.

"Don't need to ask me twice." I said before we started kissing again, holding each other closely and tightly.

One last question came to mind and I pulled away from Twilight. "What happened to Owlicious? I sent him down to get you ages ago." I said, wondering what happened to him.

Twilight gave me a curious look. "You did? He didn't let me know you wanted me to come up here. In fact, he's asleep on his stand down stairs." she informed me.

Hearing this, I glared down at the stairs that led to the living room. "I'm gonna make a feather duster out of that guy." I said in a joking way.

Twilight followed her eyes before she pulled me back down to her and kissed me lovingly, which I started to do back until we were in the right mood. That's when things truly went wild and, let's just say, I felt the warm loving feeling the potion required.

That afternoon

After hours of 'alone time', Twilight and I laid on the bed asleep, completely worn out by our activity. Twi was facing away from me while I held her from behind, my head gently nuzzling into her mane.

Eventually, I began to wake up and saw Twilight lying in front of it. I was confused for a second until I remembered what happened, a smile grew on my face before I gently pulled her closer and kissed her cheek, making a smile appear on her face as she slept.

I stayed there for a few minutes, holding her and feeling her soft body against mine. But eventually, I decided to release her and get out of the bed. I leaned up on the bed and yawned. "*yawn* that...was what I needed." I said with a goofy smile.

I then jumped off the bed and landed on all of my hooves, I walked across the room until I reached the top of the stairs. But I was stopped when I saw the chair standing between me and the first step. "Well if that isn't a safety hazard, I don't know wha-..." I went silent once I realised what was going on here.

I turned my head around and looked down at what used to be my bad leg. I was standing on it without a single spark of pain and I had just walked across the room on it as if it had never happened. I decided to test it, so I lifted my leg up and placed it back down, I did this repeatedly as a delighted smile grew on my face.

"Yes...yes!" I said as I leaped into the air and tried to fly, but my wing was still in bad shape, my wing made a sickening crack and I felt a bolt of pain shoot through it. I yelped in pain and fell to the floor with a hard thud.

The bang on impact was enough to wake Twilight up from her slumber and lean up on the bed. "Matt?" She asked, rubber her eye with her hoof. "Are you ok? How did you get over there?" She asked, looking down at me from the bed.

I leaned my head up and smiled. "I walked.." I said before I rolled over onto my hooves and stood up on them. "It worked, Twi, my leg's healed!" I said, trotting on the spot to show her how much it got better.

Twilight smiled at this news. "That's great, Matt!" She said before she blushed. "I suppose that means what we did was enough?" She asked.

I stopped trotting before I walked up to her with a smirk. "Yeah...and that was when I had a bad leg, but now that it's back to normal, I aim to do better tonight." I said, giving her a mysterious smirk.

With her cheeks still red, Twilight gave me a surprised look. "Tonight?" She said with wonder.

I nodded. "Yeah. This happened because you helped me, so I owe...big time." I said before I gave her a quick peck on the lips. "I'm gonna go back to Sweet Apple Acres and tell Applejack that I'll be coming into work first thing in the morning."

With that, I turned around and made my way towards the stairs, where I once again was stopped by the chair. I grabbed it before I pushed it out of the way. I then turned my head back around to face Twilight one last time. "I'll be back soon, Twi." I said with a loving smile.

Twilight smiled back. "Ok...just don't be long, ok? It's starting to get late and I don't like you being out after dark." She said with a slightly concerned look on her face.

I noticed this and walked back over to her, I placed both my front-hooves on the bed before I spoke. "Hey...is there something bothering you?" I asked curiously.

Twilight's ears lower and she stayed silent until she found the ability to talk. "I don't like you being out at dark. After everything that happened with Thorn, Zelga or Blaze, the last thing I want is for you to be jumped in the middle of the night by some other psycho." She admitted.

I gave her a gentle smile before I placed my hoof on top of one of hers. "Don't worry Twi, I'll be fine, Ponyville is a safe town. Anyway, if something does happen, I'm capable of handling it, especially now that my leg's better." I said, gently bucking my healed leg to show off how I was able to use it again.

Twilight rolled her eyes as she smiled a little. "Ok, there's no need to brag." She said in slight amusement.

"Who's bragging? I'm just saying when the going gets tough, the tough get bucking with their no-longer broken leg." I said, doing the can-can dance with my leg.

Keeping her amused smile, Twilight placed her hoof on my face and gently pushed me off the bed. "Just get outta here." She said.

I laughed a little before I gave her a small smile. "See ya, Twi...I'll be back soon." I said before I turned around and made my way back towards the stairs.

Once I reached them, I went down them and then went down the next set if stairs leading down to the living room, leaving Twilight alone on the bed to wait for my return.

Later that evening: Sweet Apple Acres

By the time I had returning to AJ's farm, everyone had done their job and was now inside the house, having a nice family evening. But I continued to do what I came here to do.

I had knocked on the door and Applejack answered. I admit, I could've been more subtle about my leg, but I was so eager that I couldn't hold it in, I wanted to show her that I was capable of working again.

I stretched my leg back and forth in front of Applejack. "I thought Zecora's potions were just for small things, but this is...it's...incredible." I said with cheer as I stopped bucking my leg and placed it back down on the ground.

Applejack gave me an uneasy smile. "Matt, it's great that you're better now, even better that you're able to work again." She said before her smile disappeared. "But do you really think Zecora's potion worked? What if it was only temporary?" She asked, looking at my leg.

I thought about this for a moment and considered the possibility, there was a chance that it was just temporary. But from what I remembered from the other ponies that took one of Zecora's potion, like Applebloom when she chipped her tooth or when she had the Cutie Pox, all the potions seemed permanent unless they were given a cure.

I looked at her again to reply. "Maybe, but it's possible it could be permanent unless there's a counter potion or something...you can ask Applebloom, she'd probably agree." I said with an amused smile.

Applejack turned her head around to look into the house and see Applebloom writing things down on a sheet of paper with a pencil in her mouth. "Nah, we've already tried that." She said before she crossed across a sentence on the paper.

Applejack turned her head back around to face me. "Yeah, maybe you're right." She said before something came to her mind. "So…has Twilight found anything out about those True Order guys?" She asked curiously.

I shook my head to tell her no. "No, there's nothing on them. It's like they don't exist, or at least they're trying to make it seem like they don't." I said, knowing that they were out there somewhere, waiting to show up again.

Applejack then tried to think of a way to help, but she didn't find it easy to come up with anything. "Maybe you should've kept Zelga alive long enough to spill the beans on these True Order guys. If they're really out there, we need to know as much about them as possible." She said.

I nodded. "I know." I said before I thought of the first part she said. "But please...don't say stuff like that." I said, feeling uncomfortable with what she said.

Applejack gave me a confused look. "Like what?" She asked curiously.

"Says I should've kept Zelga alive longer, it makes me sound like a blood-thirsty monster...*sigh*...like when I actually turned into one during the fight." I said, looking down at the ground in shame.

Applejack's eyes shot wide open in surprise. "You know about that?! B-But how did ya know? You didn't remember anything after the battle." She said.

I retuned my sight to her. "Pinkie told me the other day." I answered.

Flashback: Sugar Cube Corner (two days ago)

I sat by a table with Twilight in Sugar Cube Corner, we were waiting for Pinkie to join us and bring us our orders. She had been a while, so I was getting a little impatient.

I tapped my hoof against the table, trying to distract myself while I waited. I looked across the table to Twilight to see her reading the Ponyville Express newspaper.

I had been craving for a soda all day, but it was taking its sweet time getting here. So as expected, I soon had it. "Ok seriously, we're basically the only ponies here, what's taking so long?" I asked, sounding a little frustrated from thirst.

Twilight kept her eyes on the paper as she answered. "She'll be here in a second, Matt, chill out." She said.

"I'm trying to, but I don't have a drink to chill myself out with!" I said before I spun my head around to face the doors that led to the kitchen. "Hey Pinkie! Is everything ok in there?" I called, trying not to be very loud.

Suddenly, Pinkie shot through the flapping doors with our orders on a metal tray balanced on her hoof. "I'm here! Don't worry! And please don't turn into a monster and beat me up!" She said nervously before she placed the tray on our table.

As she sat next to us, I thought through what she said before I found what sounded wrong in it. "Umm...what?" I asked with a raised eye-brow.

Pinkie went wide-eyed once she realised what she just said, she covered her mouth with her hoof before she tried to come up with a replacement sentence. "I mean...who gets all frowny because of a lack of soda? Woo, you need to learn to chill, Mattie." She said nervously before she grabbed her sunday and started eating into it quickly to shut herself up.

I stared at her awkwardly before I spoke. "That's not what you said. You said 'don't turn into a monster a beat me up'. What's that supposed to mean?" I asked, wondering what she was talking about.

Pinkie pulled head up from her sunday and licked the ice-cream off her lips. "Oh, I was talking about when you were fighting Zelga. Twilight got hot by one of Zelga's spells and then you got all berserk and attacked Zelga, almost beating her to a pulp with some weird dark magic!" She said, telling me what she meant in good detail.

Twilight and I stared at her with our mouths ganging while Pinkie once again realised what she did. "Oops, I wasn't meant to tell you that part." She said before she tried to cover for it. "I mean...nothin'." She said with a relaxed smile.

Twilight and I looked at each other in both confusion and concern, wondering what she was talking about.

Flashback over

Applejack's ears lowered as she bit her lower lip, wondering how she was gonna explain all this to me. I looked into her eyes as she saw the slightly frightened look in my eyes. "Applejack, you can't lie to me...what was she talking about? Did I really go crazy and attack Zelga?" I asked, unsure if I wanted to know the answer.

Applejack was resistant at first, but she knew I was right, she couldn't lie to me. Element of Honesty and all. She took a breath before she spoke. "Matt...we don't know what happened. But when Twilight got hit with that attack, you went all dark and angry, you went at Zelga like a pig on a sack of truffles. You used powers we've never seen you use before." She explained gently so it wouldn't upset me as much as it should.

I looked down at the ground as I thought of an explication for that. "Pinkie said...I was using dark magic..." I said.

Applejack tapped her chin with her hoof. "That would explain a few things. It was like you turned into a completely different pony, like you turned into...into a...ummm." She said while trying to think of a fitting yet gentle finisher.

But based on what I've heard, I already knew a perfect word to finish that sentence with. "A beast." I said, feeling like I had finally become the monster that had been waiting to come out for all these years.

Applejack took a step closer and placed her hoof on my shoulder. "No Matt, you're not a beast...I admit, it was strange, but it wasn't you. Something took over you, that's what made you into that thing, it wasn't the real you." She said sweetly before she moved closer and hugged me softly.

I felt heart-warmed that she was trying to comfort me during this troubling time. I admit, I was scared right now, scared that there was something inside me that would trigger me into becoming something monstrous, it was something I've always been scared of. But I knew that if I always had Twilight and my other friends, we'd find a way to fix it.

I smiled warmly before I hugged her back, rubbing my hoof against the back of her neck.

While we hugged, Applebloom saw this and began to wonder what was happening between us. A thought then popped into her head, maybe Applejack and I were having a moment. She smiled in excitement before she looked over to Big Mac, who had just come into the room.

"Big Mac! Look! See the way Matt and Applejack are hugging? I think they're having a romantic moment!" Applejack said before she gasped. "*gasp!* what if leads to somethin' big?! What if they get hitched?! Matt would become my second big brother! Can you imagine it?" She asked, jumping up onto Big Mac's face and looking him straight in the eye.

Big Mac was silent for a moment before he answered. "Nope." He said, shaking his head.

Applebloom's smile went away. "Why not? I mean, I know he's married and all." She said before a devious smile grew on her face. "But a lot can happen after-"

"Nope." Big Mac interrupted while giving her a firm look.

"But, how about we-" Applebloom started, giving Big Mac large innocent eyes.

"Nope." Big Mac repeated before he sat down on the floor and grabbed Applebloom with his hooves, he then lifted her off his face before he placed her back down on the floor.

Applebloom huffed as she pouted her lip. "Fine...so much for idea." She said, deciding to forget about that whole plot.

Meanwhile, Applejack and I separated from our hug and I looked into her eyes. "Thanks Applejack." I said with a kind smile before it went away. "But I'm still concerned about all of this. The darkness inside me, the True Order, it's all a lot to deal with. I just wish we knew more about what was going on." I said, trying to think of a way to know more about the True Order.

Applejack thought with me before she came up with something. "Have you asked the Princesses yet? Maybe they know somethin' about them." She said, trying to make a suggestion.

I rolled my eyes to the top of my head. "That was the first thing we did. They don't know anything about them either." I said as I turned to face the other way, looking out across the Apple orchard as the stars twinkled in the sky beyond it.

Applejack tried to think of another suggestion before she thought of something. "Wait! What about Discord?! He crossed paths with 'em once and he knows more about things like this than anypony." She said, thinking of how much knowledge Discord has about almost everything.

Upon hearing his name, I viewed a flashback of the last time I saw him. I remembered how I spoke to him and how not-so-well he took it. He was so upset, and part of me was still upset with him for lying to us for so long. "I...don't think we should ask him about it." I said as my ears lowered slightly.

Applejack gave me a confused look before she walked up beside me. "Why not?" She said before she gave me a suspicious look. "You know, I've noticed you haven't been around him lately, even when he comes by to visit. What's goin' on with you two?" She asked.

I looked down at the ground and brushed my hoof against the dirt, trying to think of a way to answer that. I knew I had to tell her about Discord eventually, I suppose now is a better time than ever. "Applejack...I need you to keep a secret for a while, just until I've told Twi and the others, ok?" I asked, looking at her with a concerned look, worried how she might respond.

Applejack was confused, but she saw the look on my face and knew it was something important. "Well...sure, I suppose." She said before she raised her eye-brow. "Why? What's buggin' ya?"

I took a breath before I finally built up the strength to tell her. "Discord...has been lying to us." I confessed.

Applejack's face went into shock. "W-What? What are ya talkin' about?" She asked.

I turned my head to face her properly as I continued. "Discord never lost his title or his powers, he's been holding them back this whole time and acting nice. He could've gone on a chaotic rampage this whole time." I said, hoping she wouldn't be too hurt by this.

Applejack's ears dropped as she tried to wrap her head around this. "B-But...why did he do this? What was the point? If he tricked us, why hasn't he done anything...extreme...since then?" She asked.

"He said the encounter with Thorn and Zelga left him weak, he made up the 'lost his powers' story so he could stay with us until he was better." I said, remembering what he told me in Canterlot, but then I remembered what else he said to me. "But...he also said that I showed him friendship, and he wanted to stay friends...with all of us. So, I suppose he decided to hang his plans on revenge and actually stick to living his own lie." I said.

Applejack's ears perked up a little before she responded. "But that's good, ain't it? He chose friendship over revenge." She said, trying to look on the brighter side of the situation.

I gave her a puzzled look. "But...he lied to us for months, almost a year! Friends are supposed to be honest with each other, aren't they? You're the one who should know about that more than anyone." I said, referring to her Element.

Applejack nodded. "I know, and you're right." She started. "I'm not saying what he did was right. In fact, if you told me this a week or so after her told us that fib, I would've expected nothin' less from him. But like you said, Discord wanted to stay friends with us. He was probably scared of tellin' us the truth because he thought we might've stopped that. I mean, he doesn't exactly have the brightest of histories." She stated.

"I..." I started before I actually took that last part into thought. "Might've...not actually thought about it that way." I said, being honest while rubbing the back of my neck with my hoof.

Applejack gave me an amused smirk. "Sounds to me like ya might've over exaggerated this whole thing a little bit. True, he lied to us for almost a year, like ya said. But he's been sticking to it. He could've turned Equestria inside-out any time he wanted to, but he hasn't, doesn't that tell ya he's still the Discord you've always known?" She asked, placing her hoof on my shoulder.

I thought about it and knew she was right. Discord may have lied, but he's truly changed since that day, he's not the out-of-control Draconi...Draconica...Draco-Malfoy...whatever he was, anymore. I realised that now. But then I remembered how I've been acting with Discord and my heart grew heavy. "Aw Applejack...you're right. I've been so focused on the downside that I didn't try to look on the bright one. I've been acting like such a ass to Discord, I need to find him and sort this out with him." I said, turning my head to look up at Canterlot, where I knew Discord resided.

"I don't think you should go up there right now, Matt." Applejack said. "It's too late to be bothering the Princesses or Discord for that matter. You should do it the next time ya see him." She said.

"I thought you'd say something like that." I said before I sighed in defeat and turned around to face her. "Ok, I'll put it on hold. I mean, it's not like Discord isn't gonna show up again eventually." I said before chuckling a little, trying to make it sound funnier than it was.

Applejack smiled in amusement before she hummed a little. She looked up at the sky before she returned her attention to me. "Well I think it's time for you to be scurryin' along home, Matt, Twilight will probably be waitin' for ya." She said.

At that moment, my eyes grew wide. "Oh crap! I was supposed to be home ages ago! Twilight's gonna be so worried about me!" I said in panic before I gave Applejack a quick hug. "Thanks for the talk, AJ, really helpful and I'll be back tomorrow to do my rounds." I said before I spun around and shot off out of the farm.

Applejack watched me leave as she called out to me. "You're welcome!...I guess." She said while saying the last part to herself in a quieter tone.

Applejack continued to watch me leave until I was out of sight. Once I was gone, Applejack went back into her home and closed the door behind her.

The next morning: Library

After returning to the library and having another 'special time with Twilight, we both slept soundly for the rest of the night until morning finally came.

I slowly opened my eyes and yawned. I leaned my head up to look over to Spike's basket and saw that he had returned, Jeff and Peewee were sleeping on their bird stands.

I smiled at this before I tried to get out of the bed, but was stopped by Twilight's arms that were wrapped around my body. I then gently grabbed her arm and carefully lifted it off my body. Once I was free, I scooched across the bed and lowered her arm back down.

I smiled in success before I tried to climb out of the bed. But something went wrong, the bottom half of my body wouldn't move and I feel out of the bed onto the floor.

"Ow." I said to myself before I fell onto my back.

I leaned up and looked down at my hind-legs. I tried to lift them up, but they wouldn't budge, it was like I had lost all feeling in them. In fact, I had lost all feeling in them, I couldn't feel them at all.

I grabbed one of my legs and lifted it up. I used whatever muscle I could use to try to keep it up. But once I released it, it plopped right back down onto the floor.

I started to panic, I had just got my broken leg back to normal and now I've probably lost both of them. I looked across the bed to face Twilight who was still asleep even after my loud fall. "Twilight? Twilight! Wake up." I said in a slightly loud voice, trying to make her up.

It managed to work and Twilight slowly opened her eyes. "Hmm...what is it?" She said as she started to get up.

"I can't move my legs, Twi! They're numb." I said, trying to move my legs again.

Twilight's tired look went away as she became for focused. "What?" She said before she crawled across the bed to look down at my legs. "Maybe they're just asleep, you probably fell asleep on then funny." She said, thinking of a good explanation for what's happened.

I shook my head. "No, I slept on them fine!" I said before I looked down at my legs again. "Something's wrong with them?" I said, starting to panic more.

Twilight jumped off the bed before she came around in front of me. She poked my legs with her hoof and saw no response from me. "That's strange, you were just fine yesterday, what could've caused this?" She asked in wonder.

I rolled over onto my stomach and started dragging myself across the floor towards the wheelchair. I didn't think I'd need it again, in fact, I was going to take it back to the hospital today...good thing I didn't though.

But as I dragged myself across the floor, I was suddenly engulfed in magic and picked up off the floor. I was then placed down on the chair gently and Twilight came over to me. "Maybe Zecora will know why this has happened." She said with a small smile, trying to reassure me.

Upon hearing that, I gasped loudly. "You're right Twilight! Zecora will know. This probably has something to do with that potion she gave me anyway." I said before I pushed my hoof against the j-stick and made the chair move towards the stairs. Once I reached them, I once again was forced to stop at the top of the stairs. "We meet again, my old foe." I said, glaring down at the stairs.

Twilight walked over to me and picked me up in her magic. "I'll handle this." She said before she walked down the stairs with me hovering beside her.

She continued to carry me down the next set of stairs until we reached the living room. She placed me down beside her before she walked over to the front-door. "I'll go with you this time, just to make sure you don't make any more mistakes." she said as she opened the door with her magic the door.

I went past Twilight and left the Library, Twilight followed me and closed the door behind us. As we made our way to the Ever Free Forest, Spike was still fast asleep in his bed. "Hmm…of course, Rarity…I'll be your date to the Gala." he mumbled in his sleep as he rolled over in the bed.

A few minutes later: Zecora's hut

After arriving at her hut, we informed Zecora on what happened and she started examining it. Zecora's head was low as she stared closely at my legs, she grabbed one with one of her hooves and lifted it up to see how light it was.

Zecora then let my leg flop back down before she raised her head back up. "Hmm…the potion you drag does indeed heal the bone, but there's a prise that I should've realised. In order to do so, it has made you temporally paralyzed." She said, walking over to her cauldron.

"Paralyzed?" I said before I made the chair move to follow her. "As in, I won't be able to move my legs?!" I questioned as I stopped beside her.

Zecora turned her head to face me and nodded. "You are correct, indeed. Now I shall tell you what you'll need. You need to take things slow and get lots of rest. Take a few days off work, it's really for the best." She said, giving me a kind smile.

"But I already told Applejack that I'd be working today. Damn, she's gonna be annoyed now." I groaned as I looked down at the floor in frustration.

At that moment, Twilight walked up beside me and placed her hoof on my shoulder. "Don't worry, Matt, she'll understand." She said before she gave me a sly look. "Besides, it gives us a lot more time to spend with each other." she said as she nuzzled her nose softly against my cheek.

My cheeks went red as I smiled sheepishly at her. "Well…when you put it that way, I suppose I could take a few days off." I said before I turned my head around to face Zecora again. "But do you know how long I'll be like this?" I asked curiously.

Zecora thought about it for a moment before she answered. "I'm afraid I do not, my unfortunate friend. You'll just have to wait until the paralysation's end." She said.

"Fine." I groaned before I made the chair turn around to face the exit to her hut. "Thanks Zecora." I said before I turned my head to face Twilight. "C'mon Twi, lets go tell Applejack that I won't be in for a while." I said with a sigh before I made the chair move towards the exit.

Twilight followed behind me until we reached the door, which she then opened with her magic. But before we could leave the hut, Zecora looked back at us and spoke. "But before you go to continue your almost care-free life, I suggest you talk about the situation about Discord with you loving wife." She said to me.

Upon hearing that, I looked back at her before I turned my attention to Twilight. She looked at me curiously. "Discord? What about him? What's she talking about?" she asked.

A part of me didn't want to tell her, we already had enough on our plate as it was. But the cat was out of the bag now and I had to tell her eventually, so… "*Sigh*…Twilight…there's something I need to tell you about Discord." I started, preparing to tell her the truth I knew she'd find shocking.

Meanwhile: Canterlot castle

Princess Celestia was in the throne room, talking to one of her castle decorators as she displayed new designs for the castle gardens. "So Princess, what do you like best? Buttercups, tiger lilies and blue roses planted to form the image of the sun and moon symbol? Or planted to form the image of the Equestria flag?" the mare asked while pointing at a display board with both of those designs it.

Celestia looked at the two designs as she thought. The sun and moon one was good, but the other had more character to it. "Well it's hard to choose, they're both very well thought up. But if I had to pick, I'd say the second one." She said with a gentle smile.

The mare smiled in delight. "An excellent choice, Princess." She said before she picked up the display board with her magic and made her way out of the throne room. "We'll get started on it right away." She said with delight.

Celestia watched her leave before she picked up a small list with her magic. "Now what else is on today's task list?" she asked herself as she read what was next.

Suddenly, a bouche of flowers hover down in front of Celestia and she stared at it with surprise. "What?" she said while staring at the beautiful display. It was a mixture of tiger lilies, blue roses and buttercups, just like the ones she and the designer pony were just talking about.

Celestia smelled them to admire their lovely scent. But when she looked at them again, she was shocked to see one of the blue roses twitching. It soon spun around and bloomed, revealing Discord's head in the centre of the flower.

Celestia yelped in surprise before the Discord flower leaped out of the bouche and, in a flash of light, turned into Discord. "Sorry for the startle, Celestia, I'm running out of dramatic entrances." He said while hover in the air.

"Well it certainly was dramatic." Celestia said before she returned her attention to the flowers. "So what's the occasion?" she asked before looking up at Discord again.

Discord waved his talon-claw. "Oh nothing, I just overheard you talking to that garden pony and it gave me the idea." He said before he hovered closer to her. "By the way, you are looking ravishing today, did you comb your mane?...If you comb it, that is." He said, wondering how she could comb a mane like that.

Celestia gave him a kind smile. "Thank you, Discord." She said before a question popped into her head. "Did you want something or did you just want to say hello." She asked curiously.

Discord was hesitant to answer that at first. But he knew he had to tell her, otherwise someone else would. "I…well…actually wanted to tell you something…something I probably should've told you a while ago." He said while rubbing the back of his long neck with the fussy end of his tail, which had taken the form of a hand.

Celestia tilted her head. "Really? What is it, Discord?" she asked curiously.

Discord struggled on where to start, the beautiful look in her one visible eye was enough to choke him up and want to forget doing this, just to let her believe the false truth so there would be no bad blood between them like before. But he had to tell her, she deserved the truth. "I…nev- *sigh*…I never truly lost half my magic." He confessed.

Celestia took a moment to realise what he said and gave him a shocked look. "What?" she gasped as she dropped the flowers onto the floor.

Discord then slugged to the floor in shame and his ears dropped. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry…I should've told you sooner. But I was afraid you would see me as an enemy again. I admit, I lied and said I lost half my magic, but the truth is I didn't, I was just weakened by that point and needed time to rest to regain my strength." He said before he rose back up a little. "But after some time in Ponyville, I decided to truly change my ways and become a better Draconequus." He said, trying to prove that he had changed since then

But Celestia was still puzzled, she didn't know how to react to this. "You've…been lying to us all this time?" she asked, giving him a saddened yet angered look. "I can't believe you! You told us you lost most of your power and didn't want to cause chaos anymore!" she said loudly.

Discord lowered his head and sighed. "I know, but even though I didn't lose my chaotic needs, I still wanted to be with all of you. I had to keep the truth from you, otherwise you'd think I haven't changed at all and all the trust you've gained for me would disintegrate." He said, explaining himself.

Celestia thought about this for a moment before her ears dropped. "…Well how do you think I feel now?" she said before she walked past him and made her way towards the room's exit. "I just can't believe this…I trusted you, I wanted to believe you had changed…but you were still the same mischievous Discord you always had been." She said.

Discord disappeared in a flash of light and reappeared in front of her. "Celestia, please…I'm really sorry. I'm not that Discord anymore, I wanted to tell you so many times, but I didn't know how." He said in his own defence.

Celestia stared up at him with a raised eye-brow. "Then what made you want to tell me now?" she asked with an untrusting tone.

Discord stroked his beard. "Well Matthew found out and told me to tell you, otherwise he'd do it himself." He said before he gave her a nervous smile. "But believe me, I wanted to tell you myself anyway." He said.

Celestia frowned. "Wanting to tell me eventually and being pushed into finally telling me isn't the same thing, Discord." She said before she looked down at the floor. "And…I don't know what to believe." She said.

Discord hovered closer to her. "Celestia, it's still me, I'm still the same Discord you've known since the day I chose to join you. I may have told a little fib, but that doesn't change anything." he said, placing his lion-paw on her cheek.

Celestia then grabbed his paw with her hoof and took it off her. "Maybe…but I just…I just need some time to think this over." She said before she walked around him and kept heading towards the exit.

Instead of chasing after her, Discord stayed where he was and watched. Celestia opened the door with her magic before she looked back at Discord, not wanting to believe he had been playing a trick this whole time. But at the same time, part of her expecting something like this from him. She walked out of the room and slammed the door behind her, leaving Discord alone in his sorrow.

Discord stood in the silence, thinking about what just happened. He kept seeing the look on Celestia's face him his head, the saddened and disappointed look that left a pain in his heart. Discord didn't know what to do, he cared so much about Celestia, but he may have just lost her. He wanted to cry, he wanted to just stand there and let time reduce him to a skeleton on the spot. He covered his face with his hands and tried to find a way around this.

But when he discovered that there wasn't one, he did what he used to do what he was truly the Lord of Chaos, he looked at what led this event to be and turned all his sadness into anger. "This…is all Matthew's fault!" Discord growled as he removed his hands from his face. "If he had just left it alone, if he had just forgotten he saw anything, Celestia wouldn't be…*growls*" he growled as fire burned in his eyes.

Discord then turned around and walked over to Celestia's throne, he sat down on it and hunched over with dark look on his face. "Well…it doesn't matter now. Once Matthew tells Twilight and the others, they'll see me as the same old chaotic Discord I used to be." He said before he pressed his fingers together. "Well if it's chaotic Discord they want…chaotic Discord they'll get." He said while grinning evilly.

Discord imagined all the things he was planning to do and started to chuckle darkly, then that chuckling turned into his evil laughter which echoed through the whole throne room. From outside, the clouds in the sky above Canterlot turned from white to a dim pink.

Hope you enjoyed the chapter.

First off, I'm really excited to announce I will be attending BronyCon in August! If anyone else is attending, please let me know. I'll also be in New York for a few days, in case any of you wanted to know.

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Just revealed today, FIM season 7 will arrive in April. So we now know when to expect it.

We've all made Star Trek jokes involving MLP because of John De Lancie's reoccurring roles, but now we can do it even more because William Shatner has announced he will be this year's guest voice! Sorry to those hoping for Mark Hamill or someone like that.

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Anyway, if you're looking for a good story outside this one and the actual show, I highly recommend watching the Bride of Discord and Daughter of Discord series on YouTube. Trust me, it's worth the watch, it's earned my stamp of approval.

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