A/N: I know chronologically Keep Calm and Flutter On takes place after the Crystal Empire, but for the sake of fic plot I'm moving it. Deal with it :P***

Summary: Princess Celestia releases Discord! And she wants Twilight and the Elements of Harmony to REFORM him! What the buck?!

btw, anypony else think Pinkie might be as smart as or in the league of Twilight? Because she was the only one of the group who remotely understood what she explained about the Magic portal in Rainbow Rocks and was able to put it more simply for the rest of the girls. err...Mares. Pinkie Pie is definitely growing on me even though I still don't like what she did in Luna Eclipsed. Enjoy the Robot Chicken Reference! Hint. Its from the past season. Season 7.

Chapter 40: Be Brave and Flutter On Part 1

It took a while for Harry to accept that there was no saving Princess Lilliana. And the little colt was very depressed for the rest of the visit. Though an all nighter cake and pastry binge with his grandma did help a bit. When the girls saw him the next morning one could mistake Harry for another colt in his class called Truffle Shuffle. Needless to say there where many, many giggles. However one creation of a tiny ball of sunlight later and Harry was good as new. (Remember, using Solar or Lunar magic uses a LOT of calories.) The six mares decided to give Harry and Shining Armor some bonding time. Shining Armor took Harry around Canterlot. Showed him some of the historical sites he hadn't seen before, met his unicorn grandma and grandpa for lunch, (Twilight Velvet and Night Light where thrilled that they finally had a grandfoal to spoil rotten) And he was slowly getting used to calling them Grandma and Grandpa instead of Mr and Mrs Sparkle.

They ended the day by playing catch in the courtyard with some barbecued veggies and hay fries on a fire set up by Applejack. Harry's where extra crispy of course. Then Harry asked Shining Armor a very difficult question...

"Are you gonna take me away from Momma?" Harry asked his dad uncomfortably.

"Oooh. I knew that was coming." Shining Armor said while scratching the back of his mane with a hoof. "To be honest, I don't think I should."

"Don't you want me anymore?" Harry asked.

"I do. Your my foal. I loved you when you where a little bitty alicorn baby in your mothers hooves and I still love you now. But I believe your family would fight me tooth and hoof if I tried to take you away."

"Apples never get violent...usually..." Harry remembered when his Uncle Macintosh had slugged a stallion in Ponyville for calling Harry the result of something called incest. Whatever that was, Harry knew it was bad because he had never seen his Uncle Macintosh that angry before.

"I know, but your place is in Ponyville. And even though Cadance and I are married-"

"I don't have to start calling her Mom do I?" Harry interrupted.

"Only if you want to," Shining assured him, "Now that Cadance and I are married and with my durties as Royal Guard Captain, and Cadance's duties as a Princess, we can't take care of a foal full time. Not that I wouldn't jump at the chance." Shining Armor hugged his foal. "But that doesn't mean you can't some visit us whenever you'd like." He winked.

Harry tackled his dad and the two mock wrestled. Ending in a big hug.

"Your a good foal." Shining Armor ruffled Harry's messy mane.

"Aww." Fluttershy and Pinkie Pie said as the mares watched the two interact.

"So Twilight, how does it feel to be an Aunt?" Rainbow Dash asked punching her shoulder playfully.

"Oh my gosh, I'm his aunt." Twilight suddenly realized in a panic. "I have soo many birthdays to catch up!" She was already thinking of various books to get her studious nephew.

"You'll get the hang of this Twi. Eventually." Applejack said and the girls all had a good laugh. They now knew Harry's real birthday. Next year he would get the best Birthday EVER!

Two Months Later...

"How in the world could you bring Discord here!" Twilight shouted at Celestia. "Don't you remember what he did to us? To HARRY? Remember Nightmare Spectre?!"

Princess Celestia had brought with her the statue of Discord. Lord of Chaos...and Harry's Uncle...And told the Elements of Harmony to RELEASE him of ll things! Under the task of reforming him to use his chaos for good instead of evil. Harry stared up at the dramatic pose his Uncle Discord had been turned to stone in. Could he accept Discord as family? What he had dont to Harry had almost utterly destroyed his relationship with the Apple Family. Even for the weeks following his return to normal age he had avoided them. Until Applejack and his Uncle Macintosh had set him down in his and Apple Bloom's room to give him a talkin' to.

"What did Discord show you?"Applejack asked Harry as he looked down and away.

Harry shook his head. "Nuh uh. No way. Not teling." He made a zip on his muzzle remembering to breathe through hs nose.

Big Mac unceremoniously zipped it open canceling the spell. Harry pouted and crossed his forehooves.

"He showed me you leaving me at the orphanage. Granny called me a freak, banishing me from the Apple family AND Sweet Apple Acres and momma threatened to buck me so hard my grandfoals would feel it."

"Oooh." Applejack looked uncomfortable and Big Mac scratched the back of his mane with a hoof nervously.

"You wanted too didn't you?" Harry asked.

"We thought about it when you where a tiny little baby." Applejack admitted. Damn you Discord. Damn you straight to Tartarus for this! "But ya gotta understand I was a young mare and Big Mac was working full time on the farm. Granny Smith was gettin' on in years and it didn't feel fair to ask for her help raisin' two foals."

"So it wasn't that you didn't want me?" Harry asked with raised ears.

"Sugarcube of course we wanted you. Granny wanted you when she saw yer big ol' green eyes. Her exact words where 'Aw shucks I can't say no to them big ol' eyes. Welcome to the family young 'un." And she rocked you with Applebloom till you two fell asleep in the chair with her."

"So your not gonna disown me?" Harry asked.

"Of course not. Discord was just playing with yer insecurities about bein' adopted and all that noise. Twilight explained it to us but I can't remember exactly what she said."

Harry hugged both Applejack and Big Mac feeling a lot better and went downstairs to get a Zippy Cola.

He had been wary of the Draconequess and stayed away from him after making sure he had settled in at Fluttershy's house. And subsequently made the entire place rotate constantly in a state of chaos.

"Harry, I want you to know something." Discord held Harry back as the Mane 6 sans Fluttershy where leaving. Harry flapped his wings to stay afloat like Fluttershy was doing right now to make Discord comfortable. He was her guest after all.

"What is it beast?" Harry hissed making Discord cringe.

"I had no idea that showing you such things would cause such an extreme reaction in you although I should have known having grown up around Alicorns all my life. And for that, I sincerely apologise." He held out his eagle claw. "Will you accept my apology?"

Harry thought it over. Could he accept his uncle's apology? After what he went through? The Nightmare Spectre, the de aging, the incsecurity? It might take a littlee time he supposed, but Harry wasn't one to hold a grudge. He held out his hoof and Discord shook hooves with him. Until the claw detached from his body still holding onto his hoof.

"Ahh! Momma! Mommaaaa!" Harry howled as he flew faster than Rainbow Dash out of Fluttershy's cottage.

Discord howled with laughter. "I love that joke!" He said to Fluttershy holding up his real claw. "Don't worry its just the old false hoof gag." He said to the disapproving look from the pink maned pegasus who glared at him.

'Twas show and tell day once again. And foals in Miss Cheerilee's class brought various doo dads and thingamabobs from home. No nukes though.

"What's that fancy tie your wearing?" Snips raised his hoof and the other foals nodded.

"This is my Element of Harmony. It took on the form of a tie rather than a necklace like the others did. Presumably because I'm male." Harry explained to his class. "See this. Its my Cutie Mark. Momma and the others have their Cutie Marks on their Elements as well and Twilights crown takes the actual shape of her Cutie Mark. My Cutie Mark represents the Element of Courage."

"Why are you wearing it all the time then?" Diamond Tiara asked with a sneer.

"Grandma Celestia asked us to try and reform Discord."

The foals gasped.

"Yeah. So Auntie Twilight wants us to wear them at all times just in case we need to turn him to stone again."

"Why are you calling Twilight Sparkle Aunt Twilight now?" Pip asked with a hoof raised.

"Oh. My exciting news!" Harry bounced happily. "I'm not an orphan anymore!" He said excitedly. "My dad's alive!"

"Whose your dad?" Pip asked.

"Shining Armor!" The class gasped.

"Your lying." Diamond Tiara insisted. "Your dad is not Captain of the Royal Guard husband of Princess Cadenza."

"Yahuh." Harry said. "But I'm not allowed to say how its possible. Grandma called it something...Classfered? Classifoed?"

"Classified?" Cheerilee suggested.

"Yeah. That!" Harry said. "So no asking! Just know that Grandma ran my dna against various powerful Unicorns and Pegasus in Equestria and Shining Armor came back as the only positive match."

"Who did she run it against?" Sweetie Belle asked with a hoof.

"Oh a few ponies. Fancy Pants, Blueblood," Harry paused to shudder, "Rainbow Dash," Scootaloo gasped at that, "Spitfire and even against the last known dna sample of Starswirl the Bearded."

"Uh, Harry, I think some...pony's waitig for you outside." Miss Cheerilee said. Harry looked out the window and saw Discord waving merrily at him.

"What are you doing here?" Harry asked Discord as he saw him waiting outside the schoolhouse. "Miss Cheerilee is nervous with you. Apparently Doggy Uncle Mac licked her face nonstop last time you where around. Featherweight and Shady Daze joinged Harry on either side of him prepared to take him back inside. No evil chimera was gonna eat their little buddy!

"Can't an old uncle just want to take his dear little nephew home from school?" Discord asked with a smile so sweet it could give a pony type 2 diabetebetebetes.

Shady Daze, Harry and Featherweight looked at each other skeptically.

"I don't buy it." Harry told Discord.

"Nope." Shady Daze shook his head.

"Me neither." Featherweight added.

"Oh pish posh." Discord said as he floated on his back and snapped his fingers. A pot of tea appeared and he poured a cup as if his body was a table.

"DISCORD WHEN I GET MAH HOOVES ON YOU YOU WILL RUE THE DAY YOU MESSED WITH MAH APPLES!" Applejacks furious voice rang throughout Ponyville.

"You messed with Momma's apples?" Harry asked Discord with a raised eyebrow.

"I just improved them a teensy weensy bit by giving them all the colors of the rainbow." Discord giggled.

"Nice knowing you uncle Discord."

"Bye."

"See ya." Shady Daze said as the trio left the doomed draconequess.

"Perhaps it would be prudent to get lost as it where. Tata." Discord told the foals before disappearing with a snap.

The trio of foals shared a weird look before going back inside to complete the schoolday, leaving Discord to his fate with an angry Applejack.

To Be Continued...

And There's chapter 40! Be Brave and Flutter On has officially begun. Hope everypony is enjoying season 5 as much as I am! Silly Pinkie Pie and her confetti cannons ^^