My Little Pony: The Human Chronicles

Episode 16: Return of Disharmony Part 2

Recap: Last time, after three straight years Toby Morrison returns to Ponyville and to his friends, older, taller and more cocky which worries Princess Luna. Meanwhile, small bits of Lord Tirek's dark magic manage to free Discord, the spirit of Chaos from his stone prison, allowing him to wreck havoc on Equestria once more. Toby creates a plan to stop him but Princess Luna knew it wouldn't work due to him being too overconfident. When they went to confront Discord Toby put his plan into action but he quickly learned that Discord was too strong to be beaten which filled him with fear. The last thing any of them saw was an inescapable darkness consuming them.

Toby groaned as he slowly came too, but when he opened his eyes he saw that there was absolutely nothing around him. No Equestria, no Ponyville, no pony gang, and certainly no Discord.

It was if he was in an entirely dark and empty void, the only things around him were wave of light that resembled auroras.

"Hello?" Toby asked, his voice echoed throughout the void. "Twi? Rainbow? Applejack? Anypony?"

When he realized that he was completely alone his pupils shrunk to points. "Uh… oh," he squeaked.

As he began to wander around the seemingly endless void he began to constantly disappear, then reappear somewhere else. Usually up, down or sideways, it was completely and utterly random, more so then Pinkie Pie, if that was even possible.

"Man… a wall, there has a be a wall…" Toby muttered tired. "There has to be! No matter how big this place is if I keep going straight I'll eventually run into something."

"Yeah… I don't think so."

Toby immediately recognized that voice, much to his displeasure.

"Oh no… please tell me that's not who I think it is…" he begged.

Toby turned around and saw a picture of Discord, that looked it had been drawn with white chalk outlines, appear behind him.

"Why hello Toby! Happy to see me? I'm happy to see you," he said condescendingly.

"Yeah… ecstatic," Toby said sarcastically. "Ok freak-show, what's going on here? What is this place? Where am I?"

"Where are you?" Discord echoed. "Why you're in the Limbo Realm,"

"Limbo Realm?" Toby repeated, confused.

"Yep! It's a pocket dimension in-between my world and yours," Discord explained.

Toby gazed around. "Wow… this one big pocket," he quipped.

"You can say that," Discord agreed, nodding.

"Don't agree with me, it makes me uncomfortable," Toby told him disgusted. He looked up towards the glimmering lights above him. "So… how do I get out?"

"Simple; you can't," Discord stated.

"WHAT!?" Toby exclaimed.

"It's the space between our two worlds boy, there is but one way in and no. way out." Discord explained. "It's the end of the line for you,"

Toby dropped to his knees in shock and despair.

"That's right, not even the Rainbow of Light can save you, you can wander wherever you want in this place and you'll never find an exit, I don't really much care which way you go," Discord admitted as his image began to fade. "Because I'm not really here,"

Discord's outline imaged vanished into thin air.

"Wait!" Toby cried, but Discord was already gone.

"Good luck boy, and enjoy being eternally ALONE!"

Discord's voice echoed all around him, especially the word; alone.

"End of the line, huh?" Toby mused. "Makes sense, it's where guys like me end up…"

The sixteen year old sighed as he stared up at the shining lights above him lost and sad.

"Guys… I'm so sorry… it's my fault this happened. I thought if I could take Tirek I can beat anyone, but I couldn't have possibly been more wrong. That was just arrogance," Toby said out loud. "I'm only human. Just a simple human that couldn't help his friends, not even with magic. And now because of me everypony in Equestria is gonna suffer and I'm powerless to help them! It's all my fault!"

Toby begins to break down crying, each time one of his tears dropped it created a ripple in the pitch black ground he kneeled/floated on.

Minutes and later hours of Toby sobbing and crying all alone in the darkness occurred until suddenly there a bright flash of white light that illuminated the void around him and caught him by surprise. He spun around to face the white light and saw something pure and white descend down towards him, as it the light began to take on a human shape.

The light dimmed a bit and allowed him to see the mysterious human's face better and when he did he was stunned speechless.

Floating before him was a beautiful young woman in white. She had long blond hair and blue eyes that matched Toby's. Her name was Sasha Morrison. His mother.

"Hello, son" she said soothingly. "Now don't tell me your giving up already?"

Toby stood up and slowly approached her. "Mom? Is that you?"

Sasha nodded. "It's me, Toby. I am here,"

"But… but your…" Toby started to say.

"Dead? Yes. Think of me as… an angel." Sasha told him.

Toby raised a brow. "An angel?" he asked dryly. "Really? I'm I suppose to just buy that?

"You talk to colorful ponies and your having trouble believing this?" Sasha questioned, also dryly.

"Touché," Toby nodded.

"Now son, I know you feel guilty but like you told Twilight; 'Beating yourself up isn't the way to fix the problem you caused'," Sasha stated.

"I know, I know! But Equestria needs a real hero, not some cocky kid like me," Toby insisted. "I risked my friends lives and let my fame and ego get to my head and between us… I've using Spike's toothbrush,"

"Stop doubting yourself, Toby! Everything that's happened to you has happened for a reason," Sasha said to her son. "You didn't find that locket that brought you to Equestria by accident, you were meant to,"

"But… you always said we control our own destinies," Toby reminded.

"True," Sasha nodded. "But sometimes there are destinies too powerful for us to walk away from, no matter how much we try. And besides, you did choose this destiny. No one forced you to become Equestria's protector but you did it anyways and you made seven wonderful friends that would lay down their lives for you. Now, you have to choose whether or not you will get back up or let that annoying thing known as Discord win and rule Equestria."

Toby cracked his knuckles tightly. "No." he said. "I won't let that happen!"

Sasha smiled. "That's my boy."

"But… how I am suppose to get out of here?" Toby wondered. "Discord said there was no way out of here,"

"He did, but you're a smart boy, so I'm sure you'll figure it out," Sasha smiled. "Good luck, my son,"

Sasha then faded away, not that Toby noticed.

"Luna was right, I didn't know why I was there, but I do now!" Toby declared. "And this time things are gonna be different! I know it's not a game now! Hang on guys, I'm coming! I won't let you down. Any of you!"

Toby's body then glowed with a blue aura as he then began to let out all of his energy in a high pitched scream which he aimed outwards. The loud scream actually managed to rip a circle shaped hole right in the middle of the void. Much to his amazement.

"Hey, cool! I made a hole!" Toby remarked. "Ha! 'No way out' my butt! Well, time to go!"

Toby hopped right through the dimensional hole right before it closed and landed back in Equestria. He stood up with a determined look on his face.

"Ok, this is it. Everything starts here," Toby proclaimed. "I got another chance, and I'm not gonna blow it!"

---

Toby pressed on ahead and when he got a good luck at the land of Equestria, he was shocked to see that it had all changed in an instant since his second leave. Instead of the usual cute little village that was Ponyville, the land around him now looked like a brightly colored crayon city that looked like it might have been drawn by a kindergartener.

"Ok… this is weird… even by Equestria standards," Toby remarked, completely befuddled by the new environment he was in.

He did notice something familiar though; it appeared to be a large crater in the middle of a rocky clearing. He recognized it as the spot where they confronted Discord and he beat them without even flinching.

The human looked around and saw no trace of his friends anywhere in sight.

"Holy Guacamole. Everypony's gone…" he realized. "How could they have survived this?"

Toby dropped to his knees. "Guys… I'm so sorry." He said out loud before pounding the ground out of frustration. "This is all my fault, my plan was useless! Luna was right, I risked everypony's lives and that creep Discord used my overconfidence against me! Well not this time! Now, I have to find them!"

Toby began to race through the poorly drawn city looking for any trace his friends, but instead all he saw was birds chirping happily, a muscular rabbit walk by, bears dancing in tutu's and a smiling flower standing near a fire hydrant.

"Twilight! Rainbow Dash! Applejack! Spike! Rarity! Fluttershy! Pinkie Pie!" Toby called out. "SOMEPONY! ANYPONY!"

He then hears something above him and looked straight upwards. His eyes widen when he sees Spike, now wearing what appears to be a jester's costume, screaming and dropping straight towards him. Toby yells as he tried to run away but Spike crashes down on him.

Once the dust clears, Toby sits up and rubs his head; he and Spike both groan.

"Spike!" Toby cried happily.

"Toby?" Spike asked in surprise as he got up. "Where the hay have you been?"

"It's a long story," Toby told him. "Now… what happened? Where is everypony? And… why does the entire world look like it belongs on my Grandma's fridge?"

Toby then got a good look at Spike's jester outfit and bugged out. Spike only gave a raised eyebrow.

"What?" he inquired.

"What's with the uh… get up?" Toby questioned slowly.

Spike rubbed the back of his head embarrassed. "Uh… don't worry, I'll explain."

Toby and Spike watched with weirded out looks on their faces as a bunch of flowers marched by them.

"But maybe we should do it somewhere else…" Spike suggested.

"Agreed!" Toby nodded quickly.

They both quickly zoomed out of the colorful city.

---

Later, as Toby and Spike are walking through the garnish land that was Equestria they told each other everything that had happened so far.

"So you really got sent to a limbo dimension?" Spike asked.

Toby nodded. "Yeah, and you became Discord's royal fool?"

"Yeah, he caught me trying to find the elements and put me in this," Spike stated, gesturing to the silly outfit he was wearing. "And did a really good job keeping him entertained until I royally messed up,"

"Wow, what did you do?" Toby inquired.

"I'll show you!" Spike said as he took out a flute. Toby could easily see where this was going.

"Oh no…" he moaned.

Spike played one note and began singing and dancing. "I was Discord's favorite fool. I made merry mirth and laughter. Then I told one bad joke and the guy had a stroke and then he sent me flying… forever after,"

Toby just raised a brow at this. "Ok… and all this?"

The teenager gestured to the new world they were standing in as a strawberry floated past them.

"Oh yeah, that, well you see I think when he sent you to that Limbo place using his reality bending powers he kind of… broke it," Spike explained.

"He broke reality?" Toby exclaimed.

Spike nodded. "Uh-huh. And sure seems to fit his chaotic desires. Look."

The baby dragon pointed to several panicked residents of Ponyville fleeing from a what appeared to be hand drawn tank. The rest of the Apple family also run by as they are chased by two angry hand drawn dogs. Spike and Toby even saw Cheerilee being chased by a hand drawn, eight-foot tall guinea pig, standing on its hind legs and growling like a mad dog.

"Ok… this is bad," Toby stated.

Spike nodded then played another note on his flute before singing again. "The evil Discord's creatures are here. See the townsfolk scream with fear. See the townspeople try to run. I can tell this won't be fun. The creatures will crush everything. Everything in the valley. Hospitals, schools, retirement homes, and even the old bowling alley."

A gigantic green, hand drawn lizard loomed over a bowling alley, much to the horror of one of the residents of Ponyville, named Doctor Whooves.

"Not the bowling alley!" he cried.

The giant lizard crushed the bowling alley with its large green foot before walking away, the good doctor started bawling.

"Hey…" Toby began to say. "How come you guys never told me you had a bowling alley? I was with you all most of the day three years ago!"

"Focus!" Spike told him.

"Right! Where are the girls?" Toby asked.

"I don't know… and I've looked everywhere," Spike admitted sadly.

"Ok, let's think, what would someone like Discord due to his enemies after he's beaten them?" Toby wondered.

"Well, I know he doesn't turn Ponies to stone, he said so himself," Spike said.

"Well, at least he has standards," Toby shrugged. "Come on, think, think!"

Both boys thought, they thought and thought, they thought and they pondered until suddenly Toby began to hear something that sounded like a heartbeat.

"Great, now my heart is racing," he grumbled. The rhythm made itself heard more prominently, catching him by surprise. "Wait a minute..."

He placed his hand on his chest. "That's not my heart… and I'm not just hearing it I'm… sensing it,"

Toby turned to Spike. "Do you sense that?"

Spike raised a brow. "Sense what?"

"I can hear… a heartbeat… inside my head… not just one but… six of them…" Toby mused. His eyes lit up when he finally figured it out. "It's the girls! I can feel their hearts beating! They're ok but… afraid,"

"Ok… but how are you able to do that?" Spike inquired, a bit freaked out.

"Magic of Friendship my little dragon friend, magic of friendship," Toby told him with a smile. "Now come on, I know where Discord's keeping them,"

Toby raced off back into the city with Spike following them, but not before he ripped off his jester costume.

---

They soon arrived at the spot where they expected to find the Golden Oak's library but instead they find a giant stone building with barred up windows.

"Whoa… what happened to the library?" Spike remarked.

"Hop onto my shoulders and take a look inside," Toby told him. Spike did so and looked through the barred up window and to his surprise he saw six of the girls each chained to a different section of the wall.

"Hey Toe! It's them!" Spike cried.

"Are they alright?" Toby asked.

"Yeah, but… their weak," Spike replied. Something else caught his eye as well; The Elements of Harmony set on top of a rocky pyramid like shelf. "Hey! The elements are in their too! But why would Discord put them in the same room with their elements? I mean I know their chained up but…"

"He's using the elements to mock them," Toby stated. "That dirty…"

"We have to get them out of there!" Spike proclaimed.

"No duh!" Toby nodded. "Hey girls! Twi! Rainbow! Anypony! Can you hear me?"

The girls all groan in response, too weak to get up or say much of anything.

"Oh, man, their completely drained!" Spike remarked in despair before starting to sing again "Hark the girls. they moan in the cellar, from the sound of their moans this is their final hour,"

"Will you cut that out!?" Toby snapped annoyed.

"Uh… sorry." Spike apologized.

The human looked at his weakened friends. "Jeez… what did Discord do to them?" he wondered. "Man… there must be something we can do to help them… there has to be! They're my best friends! I promised I wouldn't let them down this time and I meant it!"

Suddenly Toby's entire body started to glow and light up with a bright blue light.

"Whoa! What's happening!?" Spike cried out in alarm.

"I don't know! I'm not doing this!" Toby stated, also alarmed. But he quickly began to calm down. "But it feels… warm, it feels like… home. I think that's the magic of friendship! Now… time to share it's warm light with some good friends of mine!"

The bright glow emitting from Toby's body then shone through the gaps in the steel grabs and shine on the weakened Mane Six. Their bodies also started to glow with a bright light which, slowly but surely, began to revive and strengthen them.

"Ooh… what happened?" Applejack asked a bit dazed.

"Oh my poor, beautiful head!" Rarity remarked.

"Uh… what just happened?" Rainbow Dash wondered.

"Don't know, but I feel funny!" Pinkie Pie chirped.

Fluttershy placed a hoof on her heart. "I feel… warm,"

Twilight felt her own heart and gasped. "Me too!"

"Oh, good so it means it worked,"

The girls turn and see Toby and Spike looking through the barred windows, smiling.

"Boys!" they cried.

"Hey, they're girls!" Toby smirked.

"It's about time you showed up!" Rainbow Dash remarked, slightly annoyed.

"Relax Rainbow, at least your back to your old selves, right?" Toby asked them.

"Yeah… I think we do…" Twilight nodded. "But how…"

"Come on Twi, you're the expert on friendship here you tell us," Toby told her with a grin.

Twilight thought for a moment, looked at the glowing bodies of herself, her friends and Toby and suddenly figured out.

"The magic of friendship!" Twilight Sparkle realized. "Somehow the friendship within your heart warmed our hearts as well, restoring us to our full power!"

"Exactly!" Toby nodded. "And now that it has grab your elements and let's take the fight to Discord, before this broken reality we're in drives us all completely insane,"

Spike nodded. "Ditto,"

It was then that the girls notice their elements on the stand.

"Well butter my biscuit! Now those are a sight for sore eyes!" Applejack stated smiling as she put on her Element of Honesty.

"Oh, I shall never part with this again!" Rarity proclaimed as she put on her Element of Generosity.

"Me neither! Look at how it sparkles!" Pinkie Pie added, gesturing to her Element of Laugher.

The others also put on their Elements as well.

"So… how are we suppose to get out?" Fluttershy wondered. "The door is locked…"

Spike looked down on Toby. "Toe?"

"I'm on it!" Toby said.

Spike jumped off Toby as he walked over to the door and pulled his right fist back. Twi's eyes widen when she figured out what he was planning to do.

"No, no, no, wait!" she cried.

Before she could say anymore Toby slammed his fist into the door which broke it's hinges and sent it flying straight into the wall, if any of the girls were standing in front of it they would have surely been crushed. All of them looked greatly shaken.

"Uh… you know… next time you could say something along the lines of… 'Stand back I'm gonna punch the door down!'!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed annoyed.

"Sorry!" Toby apologized.

The girls then exited the prison and were immediately dumbstruck by the current state of the world.

"Uh…"

"Don't ask," Toby told them bluntly.

"So… what are we gonna do now?" Pinkie Pie asked Toby excitedly.

"Why ask me? The last plan I made nearly got us all killed," Toby stated a bit depressed. "I mean, who voted me leader?"

One by one each of the girls raised their hooves, even Rainbow, albeit a bit reluctantly. Spike also raised his tiny arm in the air as high as he can.

"Ok, then, if you guys say so… now here's the new plan; we're gonna find Discord and this time we'll have the elements here with us so when we see him we'll take him down, permanently, no hesitation." Toby stated. "But we need to smart and we need to be patient. We can't allow him to trick us again, and believe me when I say he's not gonna get away with all of this!"

"Oh is that so?"

Everypony turned and saw Discord appear before them in a flash of light.

"Well, well, well, if it isn't my least favorite person," Toby said folding his arms.

"You kids say the sweetest things," Discord remarked mockingly. "I see you escaped by Limbo Dimension."

"Heh, it was no big trick, but luckily for me I had some help," Toby said, remembering his mother fondly. "Now listen, I don't want this to get ugly so I'm going to ask you this one time; I want you to leave Equestria alone and change everything back. That's all I ask of you."

Everypony gasped, surprised. Talking things out? That didn't sound like Toby at all.

"What's that?" Discord asked, raising a brow. "My boy, you got to be kidding me,"

"Am I laughing?" Toby inquired.

"Yeah… he's not laughing," Pinkie Pie added.

"No I'm not, in fact I am very serious," Toby assured them all. "If you do this then I'll consider giving you a second chance. That's right, I will wipe the slate clean and forget all the harm you have caused."

"Forget the harm he caused?" Rainbow Dash echoed in disbelief.

"What in Equestria are you talking about darling?" Rarity added.

"Like she said," Discord said.

"Please Discord, I don't want to fight, but I will if necessary, and you won't enjoy yourself when I do," Toby told him. "Now I'll say it again, I want you to leave Equestria alone, if you know what's good for you, you'll listen to me."

"I see that all that time in the Limbo Realm has does nothing to lessen your arrogance," Discord remarked smugly. "I think it's time we… put an end to all this, don't you think?"

Toby sighed. "Very well. Get ready to fire ladies," he told them.

The girls nodded and stood side by side with Toby, ready to use their elements against Discord, Pinkie growled like an angry dog.

Discord laughed a bit. "Oh please! You're not gonna fight me, boy?"

"What makes you so sure, freak?" Toby questioned.

"Because I just happen to have the one thing you want most in this world," Discord told him floating closer to the boy.

Toby raised a brow at the chaotic creature. "Yeah? And what's that?"

"This!" Discord said as he held out a familiar gold locket with a gem in the middle, which Toby recognized.

"Hey, that's…" he started.

"That's right! It's the very locket created by Tirek that transported you to this world in the first place, and it can just as easily send you back," Discord stated.

"It can?" Twilight exclaimed. Everypony else looked a bit worried by this new piece of knowledge, in fear of Toby leaving them permanently this time. But at the same time, a part of them felt it was right, as they knew that if they kept Toby here they would be keeping him permanently away from his friends and family on Earth and none of them wanted to feel that kind of pain.

"Indeed it can, and if you ever want to get back home to your beloved friends and family you'll…"

Before Discord could finish his sentence Toby smacked the locket out of Discord's paw with a swing of his giant hand. The locket went flying till it hit a wall and broke into pieces. Everypony looked shocked.

"Wha… wha… what did you do that for!?" Discord exclaimed in complete shock. "Now you'll never be able to go home!"

"I know but I don't need that thing to send me home. I already am home!" Toby declared. "Spending all that time on Earth without my best friends was hard once and I'm not going through that again! So it looks like you wasted your precious blackmail for nothing. Idiot."

Smiles started to grow on all of the Mane Six's face. tears also started to form in their eyes, even in Rainbow's, which she quickly wiped from her face.

"Ah, quit it eyes!" she grumbled "You got rep to maintain!"

Discord growled and shook with absolute fury, madder then anypony had ever seen him before.

"THAT. IS. IT! Now you have made me mad boy!" Discord cried. "You made me, the master of Chaos, look like a fool and for that. You. Must. Pay!"

Discord's eyes flash brightly as waves of blood red energy began to emit from his body, pushing the eight friends back a few feet. The waves spread and turned the gaily colored Equestria into a dim, twisted, blighted nightmare metropolis under a blackly clouded sky. Fluttershy quivered in fear of this new world.

Toby raised a brow nonchalantly. "Cool," he said. The others look at him. "I mean, uh-oh,"

Discord smiled evilly. "Now… shall we begin?"

"Girls, prepare to fire when I say, I got an idea!" Toby told them before zooming straight for Discord.

"Toby, wait!" Twilight called out.

Discord then started to fly straight for Toby as well. Both beings flew towards each other at incredible speeds and just when it looked like they were about to crash into each other Toby suddenly teleported away and appeared right behind Discord as he stopped dead in his tracks.

As Discord began to spin around to face the human, Toby had spun around as well as pressed his palm on Discord's chest. A wave of energy flowed through him.

Discord growled. "Why you!"

Discord suddenly morphed into a jackhammer and dove straight for Toby. The sixteen-year old cracked his knuckles before his fist slammed into the Discord shaped jackhammer. All of a sudden the jackhammer form that Discord had take on suddenly flew back.

He then stopped in mid air and returned to his normal form.

"Wha… what did you do you me you brat?" Discord demanded.

"Oh, nothing, I just used the Rainbow of Light to weaken you down to our level, now things are even!" Toby declared. "Now your weakened this shouldn't be too tough,"

Discord growled and faded away again, but instead of Toby just stood there. He give Spike a quick nod, which he seemed to understand and sneaked away.

"Hey! Aren't cha gonna do something ' ?" Applejack inquired.

"I am," he said. "I'm waiting for the right moment… like now.

Toby kicked backward and struck Discord in the chest. This process begins to repeat itself over and over. Discord would vanish and appear somewhere else and Toby would know exactly where he would be and how hard to hit him.

"Holy Moly! Look at him go!" Pinkie Pie exclaimed.

"He's actually… winning!" Fluttershy remarked.

"Hmm, this isn't like Toby." Twilight mused. "It's like he's become different somehow."

After one more strike Discord appeared in front of Toby, very angry. "Why you… how dare you play games with the likes of me!"

"If were you I'd be more worried about what's above you. Spike, go!" Toby called out.

Discord looked up and was caught by surprise when he saw that Spike had taken on his giant dragon form and was falling straight for him. Spike came down on Discord like a few hundred tons of bricks.

Spike returned to his normal form as he jumped out of the gigantic crater he created.

"Yeah! That's right! You can't fire me Discord!" Spike proclaimed. "Cause I quit!"

"Huh?" Twilight asked.

"Long story," Spike told her, not wanting to mention the fact that he had to work as a jester for Discord.

"So… did we win?" Pinkie Pie asked.

"I… think so," Fluttershy said.

"He definitely looks down for the count, that's for certain," Rarity nodded.

"Boy, this'll make a good story 'Once upon a time, there was a creep named Discord, who fought eight great friends and was never heard from again," Toby stated with a smile.

"Sounds like a good story to me!" Rainbow Dash remarked.

"Uh… you might want to wait before publishing that you guys," Twilight Sparkle stated as he pointed her hoof at the crater where the smoke had began to clear and to their shock Discord was standing in the middle of it completely unharmed and smiling evilly.

"Ok… time for a new story; 'Once upon a time, a boy screamed… OH, COME ON!'!" Toby screamed in annoyed.

Discord cackled. "You didn't really think you could out fight the master of chaos, did you?"

Discord raised his two arms, then thunder began to boom in the clouds above them and shortly after lightning came down and one by one each of them was hit with high voltage.

"I am so willing to wait my turn…" Spike moaned before he was zapped as well. The force from the blast sent Spike flying back into the prison while it sent Toby and the girls flying in a far off direction.

They eventually crash land through the roof of the now Discord like Canterlot Castle throne room where all the stain glass pictures of them were all cracked up and nearly shattered. As they groan and slowly got to their feet Discord appeared in front of them in a flash

"Come on boy, say Uncle!" Discord told the human smugly.

"Ha! I'd rather eat dirt then surrender to the likes of you," Toby retorted.

"Ok, how about this; you surrender now and I'll stop doing… this!" Discord cried as he suddenly blasted Twilight with a beam of lighting coming from one of his claws. The beam caused her to collapse to the ground and every time she tried to get up the energy just pushed her back down.

"TWILIGHT!" The girls cried out.

"No! Stop! Please!" Toby begged in alarm.

Discord smiled sadistically as Twilight's pain until suddenly he was caught off guard and surprised when giant Spike crashed his head through one of the stain glass windows and chomped his giant jaws at Discord, but Discord merely floated sideways which ceased his torturing of Twilight.

He waved a claw at Spike. "Sorry, no Dragon's allowed,"

Discord snapped his claws as if they were fingers and a large boot appeared in front of Spike.

"How about I just give you the boot?" The Draconequus questioned with a smile.

"What would I want with this boot?" Spike inquired confused.

Discord motioned the boot backwards then allowed it to blunt kick Spike right in the muzzle knocking him off the castle and down towards the lake below.

"SPIKE! NO!" Everypony cried, while Discord merely laughed evilly.

"Aw, what a shame your little play mate had to go away," Discord said mockingly. "But I'm still here, don't worry,"

Toby looked at Discord full of fury and anger. "How could you!?" he demanded. Blue flames start to appear on parts of Toby's body. "Discord… you've gone too far!"

Toby leapt upwards as he is quickly enveloped in a ball of pure ball blue flame. As the girls all stare in amazement, they are all shocked when each of their elements fires a different colored beam at the ball of blue flame. Light shined from the ball, as it's blue flames suddenly became golden. Then a flash of light filled the room.

Inside the sphere, Toby suddenly found himself floating inside a golden void surrounded by the girls Elements of Harmony.

"Whoa… what's going on here?" Toby wondered.

"Oh, I think you know,"

Toby looked up and saw a familiar figure floating above him. "Mom!"

"Now do you see my dear Toby? While your friends and new family each represent one of the six individual elements thanks to them you've managed to represent all six of them," Sasha told him.

"I have?" Toby inquired surprised.

Sasha nodded. "Yes, like Rainbow Dash, you are loyal to your friends. Like Applejack, you are very honest. Like Fluttershy, your kindness as won over everypony in Ponyville. Like Pinkie Pie, you love to laugh. Like Rarity, you are extremely generous and thanks to Twilight Sparkle you now know the most powerful magic of all; the magic of friendship," she said.

"Yeah… I guess I have." Toby mused. He looked at all six elements. "So if separately they can seal Discord away… I wonder what they can do together?"

"Why don't you go find out?" Sasha smiled.

Toby returned the smile. "With pleasure!"

All six elements started to glow with a colorful light as Toby's body glowed with a bright white aura.

"ELEMENTS OF HARMONY UNITE!'

The elements turned into energy balls and sucked themselves into him. He then became covered into a golden energy cocoon that flashed brightly. The cocoon quickly started to fade and now instead of just his usual duds Toby was now even taller and now wearing a full body suit of golden armor with royal blue accents and several jewels inserted. The helmet also covered his whole face, had a two horned head piece and a black visor with two glowing golden eyes shining through. He also had a long royal blue cape.

"Harmony Knight!"

Everypony outside the orb of light watched in amazement as it continued to glow a golden light till finally the ball of light faded and Toby in his armor form appeared and floated down.

"T-T-Toby?" Pinkie breathed out.

"Is that… you?" Rarity gasped out.

Discord frowned. "And just who are you?" he demanded.

Toby finally spoke, only now he had a deeper and more majestic voice.

"I am the hope of the universe. I am the answer to all living things that cry out for peace I am the protector of the innocent. I am the light in the darkness. Ally to good. Nightmare to you! I… am the Knight of Harmony!" he declared.

For the first time Discord actually started to look worried as Toby/Harmony Knight advanced towards him.

"Whoa… what's happened to Toby?" Rainbow Dash inquired.

Applejack also noticed something. "And what happened to our Elements of Harmony!?" she exclaimed.

The others also looked at their necks and notice that their elements were gone as well.

"There gone!" Fluttershy cried.

Twilight groaned as she awoken. "That's because… he's merged with them," she said.

"Merged?" Rainbow Dash echoed.

They looked towards Toby who had just easily deflected an attack from Discord like it was nothing.

"Well whatever it is, it's sure scaring the bejeebers out of Discord!" The cyan pony remarked.

"That's for certain," Rarity nodded.

Discord tried changing into a dangerous creature and attempted to eat Toby but he merely backhanded Discord and sent him flying into the wall above the door. Discord floated downwards and did his best to look brave.

"You don't scare me little boy!" he called out. "Seriously…"

The golden eyes shining behind Toby's black visor glowed and a pulse wave of energy shattered all the reflective items in the throne room.

"Oh really?" Toby inquired. "Well then tell me something, do I scared you now?"

Discord started to shake absolute terror and attempted to disappear like he always does but nothing happened, much to his shock.

Toby continued to advance. "Give it up, there's no place you can hide from me," he stated. "You call yourself an Agent of Chaos? Well then consider me an Agent of Order,"

The chaotic creature then tried to fly through the throne room doors but Toby manages to slam them both shut with a mere wave of his hand. Discord pressed his back to the wall as Toby stood before him.

"Whoa, whoa, whoa, easy now… friend…" Discord said slowly.

Toby's golden eyes flashed again. "You're no friend of mine, Discord! You don't even understand the meaning of friendship!"

A long golden cannon like weapon was then conjured into Toby's armored gloved hands, which he aimed right at Discord's mug. The sound of the cannon charging up was heard.

The Draconequus frowned. "This can't be good…"

"Got that right," Toby nodded. "HARMONY CANNON!"

Toby pressed both buttons on the handles and the cannon fired an intense beam of golden energy that blasted Discord with all its might and sent him flying out of the throne room. The cannon then morphed into a long, broad, golden sword as Discord then came to.

"Wretched, insignificant…"

Before Discord could finish threat Toby had just stabbed Discord through the chest with his long sword, causing everypony to gasp. Although, given a closer look it appeared that Toby had merely phased his sword Discord instead of stabbing him. As soon as he pulled his sword out Discord feel to his knees and Toby reverted back to his usual form.

The Elements flew back to their owns and materialized themselves back onto them.

Discord groaned. "You… stabbed me!"

"Don't be such a baby!" Toby told him. "I didn't stab you, I just took all of your power from you."

"What?" Discord exclaimed.

"Yep, now everything you have done to the world should revert back to normal in a few minutes," Toby nodded.

"So, if he's powerless, can we seal him now?" Rainbow Dash asked eagerly.

"No," Toby said.

"No?" Everypony echoed.

"But we have to! The Princess said so!" Twilight Sparkle stated.

"Why bother?" Toby asked. "Discord is Chaos personified, he can never can contained for long,"

"The boy makes a good point," Discord nodded.

"However… I can do this," Toby added. "Animous Suspendous,"

His hand glowed with a magical blue aura while a large golden bird cage appeared around Discord. He looked surprised at first but slowly started cackling.

"Oh… you. You just can't let me go, can you?" Discord questioned with a smirk. "This is what happens when an unstoppable force meets an immovable object. You truly are incorruptible, aren't you? You… won't do anything to me out of some… misplaced sense of… self-righteousness. And I'm… not gonna do anything to you… because your just too much fun. I think you and I… are destined to do this forever. After all we are linked, you and I, like comedy and tragedy, order and chaos, harmony and disharmony. Two sides… same coin!"

"That may be the case… but at least I won't be seeing your mug for a while," Toby said. His hand glowed magically again as a hole appeared in the ground, then he began to lower Discord into it.

"Don't forget, boy, this is only just the beginning!" Discord reminded him. "We will meet again!"

As soon as Discord disappeared from view the hole closed right up on him.

"And I'll be waiting for you," Toby promised.

Everypony looked down at the spot where the hole that Discord vanished down through was curiously.

"Uh… where'd he go?" Rainbow Dash inquired.

"I just sent him one mile underground, right beneath the crust of the planet," Toby replied.

"So… you really buried him alive?" Fluttershy asked concerned.

"Discord's an immortal spirit of chaos, he'll be fine," Toby assured her. "A little stir crazy, but fine,"

Applejack whipped the sweat from her forehead. "Well… at least it's all over!"

Then a thought hit Rarity, she gasped sharply. "Spikey-wikey!"

Everypony rushed over to the spot where he fell and looked down expecting to see him at the bottom of the lake, but to their surprise and relief they saw Spike hanging upside, his foot caught by a branch.

"Spike!" Twilight called out.

"Twilight!" Spike called back. He looked at his current situation and sweat began to drip from his face. "Uh… a little help?"

Everypony laughed in amusement as they began to lift him up.

As they did so, a wave of energy washes over the land and in a flash Equestria returned to its non-chaotic and more harmonious state, much to the contentment of the Mane Six who stared out towards their now peaceful home smiling.

"Ah… much better." Twilight sighed.

"Everything looks so joyous and wonderful again!" Fluttershy added.

"Yeah… any chance we can change it back?" Toby asked. Everypony stared at him. "Just kidding! And guys… I'm so sorry about what happened earlier with my stupid plan, it was all my fault."

"Aw, don't worry your little red head, Tobey-woeby!" Pinkie Pie told him, rubbing his head affectionately. "Sure we were a little worried, but I knew you could do it!"

"Well all did," Applejack nodded.

"I gotta say kid, you really have changed!" Rainbow Dash remarked.

"Yeah, I hardly feel like myself anymore." Toby admitted, everypony looked at him confused. "I don't feel like a kid anymore, I really know now what it means to be a protector! And I won't forget it!"

"We are glad to hear that."

Everypony turned to a flash of light coming from behind them. When the light faded the saw Princesses Celestia and Luna standing before them. The Mane Six and Spike all bowed. Even Toby managed to overcome his friend and bow before them as well.

Celestia smiled warmly. "Congratulations Toby, we knew you could do it."

"Thanks a bunch Princess," Toby nodded, he turned to Luna. "And Luna, you were right, as usual. I'm sorry about everything… I'm sorry about me,"

"It is alright, perhaps I was a bit hard on you…" Luna admitted.

"Nah, you were the right kind of hard on me." Toby told her. "When I came back here after three years I needed a super kick in the butt and you laid it on me, and after this I'm never acting before thinking again, I swear,"

Luna raised a brow and half smile. "Oh, is that so?"

The human shrugged. "Well, I could squirt out some tears, if that would help," he said with a chuckle, Luna chuckled also.

"But Toby…" Twilight started to say. "Because you destroyed the locket… you won't be able to go home now…"

The others looked saddened by this, their ears drooped and their eyes looked towards the ground, depressed. Toby smiled, walked over and bent down to look her in the eye, as he now towered over her and the others. He put a hand on her shoulder comfortingly.

"Twi, I already told you guys, I am home," he stated. "They say home is where your friends are, and wherever you guys are… that's where I want to be,"

"But… what about your friends and your dad?" Spike inquired.

"They won't even notice I'm gone." Toby said cofidently.

"Really?" Celestia asked surprised.

Toby nodded. "Uh-huh. When I first came back to Earth, I found out I came back at the exact moment that I left. I was even reverted back to the age I was before I got here, clothes and all," he said. "So luckily, nobody even noticed I was missing,"

"Well that's a load off our consciences," Applejack remarked.

"Glad to hear it, now… Pinkie," Toby began, turning to the Pink Party Pony. "You know what this calls for?"

Pinkie Pie grinned widely when she realized what he meant. "A PARTY!" she yelled. "I'LL GO SET IT UP NOW!"

She then zoomed off towards Ponyville, her speed could possibly break the Sonic Rainboom. Everypony was stunned at first, then burst out laughing.

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Later, that day. It was now dark, Celestia's sun had been lowered and Luna had raised her moon from the hills across Ponyville. Lots of ponies gathered outside of Twilight's library, all being invited to Toby's Welcome Back/Thank you for saving the world Party. They all went inside when the door opened, greeting the human warmly. Every single pony shook his hands, saying 'Welcome back' and 'Thank You'.

Toby was having a fantastic time at the party, he met all of the ponies who greeted him a very caring way, Doctor Whooves even said it was sad that Joseph left disappeared, he missed him. Joe loved the fact knowing that most ponies of Ponyville cared, which was another reason he wanted to stay in Equestria.

Then a gray coated, blond maned female Pegasus with wonky eyes and bubbles on her flank flew up to him and handed him a muffin.

"Here you go Toby, welcome back," she said.

"Thank miss…" Toby started.

"Derpy," she finished with a smile.

"You don't say…" Toby said slowly.

"Yep, well I'm gonna go have some punch," she said as she flew towards the food table.

"Derpy! Watch out for that-" Joe yells but sees Derpy sprawled over the floor "wall" he finished.

Derpy chuckled at her mistake. "Oops! My bad!"

Toby turned and walked away, bewildered all while mouthing 'wow', to himself. The Mane 6 walked over towards Joseph, Spike on Rarity's back "Hi Toby! You enjoying the party!?" Pinkie Pie asked, hopping up and down excitingly.

Joe laughs "I love it Pinkie, you always make the best parties in Equestria."

Pinkie giggled, her cheeks turning red from his comment. "Aw, thank you, Toby!"

"So, how about a family picture with the six of us, sport?" Applejack offered.

"A family picture?" Toby echoed surprised.

"Of course, with you we're not just best friends… we're a family," Twilight Sparkle told him. "And we always will be a family."

The others smiled and nodded in agreement. Toby smiled as well, with tears forming in his eyes.

The eight of them all gathered together for the picture. "I love you girls," Toby said.

"We love you two, Toby!" The Mane Six all said in unison.

Spike laughed as he jumped onto Toby's shoulders, which made Toby laugh a bit as he played with him.

"Hark ring the ball! Tis all ended well! Discord has been vanquished, the Princesses have returned and only a few us got badly burned!" he sang.

"What did I tell you!?" Toby reminded him, highly annoyed.

"Sorry!" Spike apologized again.

"Ok, everypony get ready!" The photographer told them. "Three, two, one!"

The photographer snapped a picture of them, they all had big smiles on their faces and were in positions similar to how they looked in the another with Twilight and the girls.

Just then, a roar was heard in the distance. Catching everypony's attention.

"Manticore?" Toby inquired.

"Manticore." Spike nodded in confirmation.

Toby sighed. "A hero's work is never done." He said.

"Go get' em," Twilight said to him.

"But if you need help…" Rainbow Dash started.

"I won't hesitate to scream, don't worry," Toby assured her. "And with my luck, I probably will, so… just be ready to run out the door."

They all saluted. "Yes, sir!"

Toby exited the library and jumped upwards, expecting his butterfly wings to form but to his surprise his blue butterfly energy wings had transformed into large, white, angel-like, feathered wings attached to his back.

Toby was surprised at first but quickly grinned. "Aha! Cool!" he said as he flew towards the Manticore. "Hey ugly! Guess whose back and better than ever!"

Toby crashed into the beast like a meteor while the girls watched from the windows smiling. Unknown to any of them, something odd was still going on in Equestria. For at the corner of Twilight's eye, a small golden picture of the Draconequus himself appeared then disappeared in the blink of an eye…