"Octavia?!"

Octavia found herself tackled by Vinyl Scratch. They rolled head over hooves, while Vinyl rewarded her with another one of her pythonic hugs.

"Oh Octavia!" The white mare cried, "You're back! You're really back! You're not gray and mean and... Discord-y-ed!"

"Uh, yes but..." Octavia began, "You're... Hurting... Me..."

"Oh, yeah, sorry." Vinyl immediately released the cellist, "What made you snap back to normal?"

"You have my visions to thank for that," Octavia smiled, "I picked up a piece of your broken bass cannon and was shown everything we did together. Discord's spell didn't stand a chance."

Vinyl laughed with delight, "I'm so glad you're back! I thought you might be stuck like that forever, but You'rebackyou'rebackyou'reback!"

Vinyl attacked Octavia with another hug, this one surprisingly gentle and heartfelt. In fact, Vinyl even began crying years of joy, happy to have her best friend back.

"Ahem."

Only Octavia looked up, for Vinyl was too concerned about her crying. She saw Discord standing up again, giving them both a look of annoyance.

"If you don't mind," He snarled, "I was trying to do something."

"BUZZ OFF, FREAKSHOW!" Vinyl screamed, startling both Octavia and Discord, "I'M HAVING A MOMENT!"

"Vinyl, you do realize I can't let you keep crying on me, right?" Octavia asked.

"LET ME HAVE MY MOMENT, OCTAVIA! GOOOOSSSSSHH!"

Octavia pushed the white mare off her, "Vinyl, isn't there something we need to do?"

Vinyl looked at her, "Uhm..."

Octavia pointed a hoof at Discord, who raised an eyebrow at them.

"Oh yeah! Yeah yeah yeah!" Vinyl's excited smile grew, "We gotta go all friendship cannon on his flank!"

"But aren't you forgetting something?" Discord pointed to Vinyl's bass cannon, which was lying in a broken heap behind them, "You're helpless without that sad excuse for a bass."

Octavia was about to step foward, most likely to give a speech, but Vinyl stopped her.

"Chill," She said, "I got this." The white mare cleared her throat and stepped foward, "Y'know, Discord, I've been through a lot the past three days, six hours, twenty-nine minutes, and fifty-five and a half seconds. But there's something I've learned over those past three days, six hours-"

"Get on with it." Discord growled.

"The lesson I learned is that, well, maybe we do have some disagreements, but it's nothing we should continue to fight about. Yeah, we mares can be quite the average harpy-demon, but we shouldn't hold grudges. Because honestly," Vinyl turned to Octavia, a smile on her face, "I'd rather be with my friend than all alone."

Octavia nodded, returning the smile.

"So yeah, me and 'tavia had a big disagreement. Because of it, we both nearly lost, big time. But there was something there, something that wouldn't let us give up. Kinda like... Like... A spark. A friendship spark or something. We realized the silly arguement wasn't worth it in the end. We've been through so much together, and we can't just let that go." Vinyl trotted over to Octavia. She stuck her hoof out, waiting for a hoof-shake, "Whaddaya say? Wanna put this stupid junk behind us?"

Octavia did not hesitate and shook Vinyl's hoof gently, "Agreed. From this point foward, we shall resolve all of our arguements. Even the ones about Neightoven versus Fillrex."

Discord blew a raspberry, "The speech is pointless, my dear. You really think that some stupid realization of friendship is going to save you and Equestria?" He laughed, "In your dreams. You're both mine now!"

The spirit started to lunge, fangs and claws bared. However, upon being just a few centimeters away from the mares, he slammed against something solid that sent him tumbling backwards. Vinyl and Octavia exchanged pleased smirks, seeing that Octavia's cello had appeared magically in front of them and was protecting them with a force field.

"The fact is, we do think that, Discord," Vinyl shot back, "Ya see... It goes like this... The magic of friendship is probably the strongest force of magic in all of Equestria. It's what me and 'tavia used when we stopped Nightmare Moon and saved the Tower of Midnight." She smiled, "And it's what we're gonna use to stop you."

Unexpectedly, Vinyl's bass cannon appeared in front of her, repaired like new again. She and Octavia faced each other before they exchanged nods and grabbed their instruments.

"What's happening to them?" Apple Bloom asked.

Rainbow smiled, "Their friendship. And their awesome way of showing it!"

"The legendary Cello-Bass Blast of Awesomeness!" Scootaloo squealed.

"The what?" Sunset asked.

"You'll see." Rainbow replied.

Vinyl began to play slow and steady at first, while Octavia slowly joined in. They steadily began to play faster and faster, until they began to glow. Vinyl's body was laced with blue, while Octavia's was laced with purple. They were lifted into the air, still playing at the speed of sound. All Discord could do was watch with mouth agape at the two mares. They came closer to each other until they were back to back.

"Ready?" Octavia asked.

Vinyl smiled, "Time to show 'em who's truly the master at dubstep."

They turned around, cello joining bass cannon as it began to form into an entirely new instrument: the Cello-Bass. The speakers behind the cello strings began to charge up as the song began to enter its build up. With no holding back, they fired.

With purple crossing blue, the giant beam rocketed towards Discord, hitting him with the sheer energy of Octavia and Vinyl's power. The sound of a skillfully played cello and a loud bass drop blasted through the stadium. The beam was so strong, it ended up throwing Discord like a rag doll through the stadium stands, causing the entire stadium to fizz and crackle before fading out and returning them all to Discord's throne room.

Eventually, Octavia and Vinyl's instruments broke apart, becoming a normal cello and bass cannon once again. They dropped to the floor, their glow subsiding. The blast from the Cello-Bass had thrown Discord through the throne room's wall, leaving a large, draconequus-shaped hole within it.

Vinyl laughed before she gave Octavia a high-five, "Oh yeah! We just kicked his butt!"

"I'll say!" Octavia agreed, "Let's hope we don't have to see his ugly face again!"

Suddenly, they were tackle-hugged by Rainbow Dash, Thorn, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

"You guys were awesome!" Rainbow cheered.

"You saved us, Musical Mares!" Apple Bloom squealed.

"Yeah, that was so cool!" Sweetie added.

"Can you teach me how to do that?!" Scootaloo asked excitedly.

"You were both amazing!" Thorn concluded.

Vinyl looked over at the half-bald, covered-in-molasses-and-pie Sunset Shimmer, who was standing there awkwardly. Even though she hated her, she waved her over a invited her into the group hug. The orange mare did not hesitate and tackle-hugged the group, causing them all to topple over.

"I'm so sorry!" Cried Sunset, "It was stupid of me to abandon you guys! Can you ever forgive me?"

Vinyl and Thorn quickly exchanged glances before Vinyl answered, "I think we already have. You've learned your lesson, after all."

They broke apart. Rainbow was the first to speak up.

"Let's get out of here," She said, "Let's hope Luna will understand and be somewhat happy that you guys defeated Discord."

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On the way down the mountainside, Octavia and Vinyl were inseparable. They talked about their insane adventures in Discord's Domain. Most of all, Octavia told Vinyl and the rest of them about how Discord was responsible for the collapse of the Tower of Midnight, how he had sent her back in time and erased her memories. She left out the part about his offer of Whooves.

"Wow," Vinyl sighed, "To think, this whole time, Discord's been messing with our lives. Who would of thought he was behind Nightmare Moon?"

"That's crazy!" Rainbow added, "We thought we had gotten rid of him and he wouldn't try to attack Equestria. Man, I'm glad we have you guys, or we'd be in serious trouble!"

"Well, let's be glad that we don't have to see him again," Octavia said with a smile, "Hopefully, he's learned his lesson and will never mess with us or Equestria agai-"

Octavia was interrupted when the entire island shook with a powerful shockwave. The group turned slowly to look up at the giant dam that towered over them. Standing at the very top of the dam was the familiar, mismatched and slender form of Discord. They could tell he was covered in scratches and bruises. Half of his fur had been singed off from the Cello-Bass attack. Even though they were far away, the entire group could tell he wasn't happy. In fact, his entire body almost seemed to be smoking, as though he was about to catch fire.

"If you think I'm going to let you leave this easily, you have another thing coming!" The spirit's voice echoed over the entire island, "I've worked too hard to achieve this, and no one is escaping on my watch! NO ONE LEAVES MY DOMAIN!"

They gasped when Discord used his magic and shot a beam down the center of the dam. It left a huge crack that began to slowly widen and sputter out chocolate milk. Both Vinyl and Octavia's eyes widened as they said in unison:

"Oh no..."

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I'm not happy with this chapter, being that it's so short. I honestly could have done better with this chapter, but I'm not sure how to make it better. Oh well. Perhaps the action and the cliffhanger will make up for it.

Also, to Shiny Xnaut: I apologize for not answering your question in the last chapter. I do not have a deviantart account. I'm not allowed to have one. I would LOVE to make some illustrations for this fic and have been working on a better cover art, but I'm just too lazy to get it up.