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"The Equestria Healing Process"

By TwilightSparkle3562

Chapter 1

"Realizing His Actions"

"Tirek tricked me into believing that he could offer me something more valuable than friendship. But there is nothing worth more. I see that now. He lied when he said that this medallion was given as a sign of gratitude and loyalty. But when I say that it is a sign of our true friendship, I am telling the truth."

Those were the words, his own words that continuously rang throughout his head ever since Lord Tirek of Tartarus was returned to the depths of Equestria by Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends. But Discord, the former master of chaos, was still feeling like he had let everypony in Equestria down. Because he defied the Princesses and especially Fluttershy by switching over to Tirek's side, many ponies were put in grave danger as Tirek was able to absorb their power, their true purpose in life. Ever since then, there had been rumors going around that Discord was a threat to Equestria and that he should have been to Tartarus along with Tirek. This made Discord feel very sad and depressed and it left him thinking of what his future held for him.

"I don't understand," thought Discord as he sat in his thinking tree. "Tirek is back in Tartarus and I have been accepted by the ponies of this land as a friend. But why am I still depressed and sad over this? Could it be that not all of Equestria has fully accepted my apologies? Maybe my magic mirror can help me with some advice."

He then snapped his fingers and produced a large mirror that came up right next to him. Then, he turned to face the mirror.

"Magic mirror on the wall," said Discord, folding his arms and talking in a clear voice. "Am I still the most hated creature of them all?"

At that moment, a small face of Discord's emerged and looked over at him. The master of chaos gulped as the mirror spoke to him in a voice much like his own.

"How very odd of you to ask me that," replied the mirror. "You only are purposed to cause chaos and make the lives of ponies miserable. Of course, you are the most hated creature in Equestria."

But Discord wasn't buying it. That was before he had been reformed by Fluttershy and he did make a pledge to Celestia after all that he would use his magic for good instead of evil, most of the time in his mind.

"There's been a change of plans," stuttered Discord, trying to come up with words to say to the mirror. "I've been reformed to an extent and I have defied the ponies who reformed me by joining the side of Tirek."

"That is true from what I have heard," remarked the mirror. "You did betray the ones who were closest to you. Now, it seems that you are more than hated. Many ponies believe throughout Equestria that you should have been sent to Tartarus along with your partner in crime, Lord Tirek."

This made Discord's heart sink at what was just said to him. Yes, he did betray the ones closest to him, but there were more ponies after all, more ponies that he and Tirek attacked and left to rot. Nevertheless, even though it was against his judgment, he had to see it for himself.

"There is something that I need you to see," continued the mirror. "It turns out that the ponies you attacked feel that you should cease to exist in Equestria and it's not being imprisoned in Tartarus with the centaur you aligned yourself with."

The mirror changed before him and Discord looked at it to see the ponies that he and Tirek attacked holding what appeared to be meetings in different parts of Equestria. The first meeting of ponies that Discord saw was that off the unicorn ponies he and Tirek attacked in that theater in a nearby town using the idea of a magic show with Discord as the magician.

"To all of our fellow unicorns," said a gray unicorn pony with a toupee and glasses. "We had been duped in attending a sham magic performance by that treacherous master of chaos. Because of him, we were subjected to the horrors of losing our magic to that monstrosity, Lord Tirek. If you find Discord, then use whatever magic that you possess to rid him of Equestria."

"I agree," shouted another unicorn from the crowd. "He must suffer the consequences."

"Yes," shouted yet another unicorn. "My foals have not been able to sleep since that night. They are having nightmares because of him and that creature that escaped from his prison.

As the chanting grew louder and louder for him to be done away with, Discord wanted to tell the mirror that this was enough, but before he could say something, the mirror then changed over to a meeting at the Wonderbolts Academy, where Rainbow Dash had recently attended as part of her dream of becoming a Wonderbolt. Discord looked to see a training session going on and saw Spitfire, captain of the Wonderbolts, addressing the cadets in front of her what appeared to be a poster of him with the words "WANTED" on the top.

"Fellow cadets," she called to them, pointing to the poster with a long stick. "Do you see this picture in front of you? This is the one who helped Lord Tirek drain our abilities to fly for his own personal gang. Rainbow Dash and her friends may have sent Tirek back to where he came from, but Discord remains on the loose. The first cadet to find him and punish him for his crimes, will be the first to automatically graduate."

The cadets cheered at this and Discord tried to make the mirror stop showing all of what was happening in front of him, but with each word that Discord attempted to speak, the more the mirror intensified in showing him what he needed to see before him.

"Down with Discord!" roared the Pegasi in the mirror. "Find him! Punish him! Make him pay for stealing our flight!"

"YEAH!" roared Bulk Biceps, raising his hoof out in determination. "Down with Discord!"

The mirror then changed to show the Earth Ponies of Apploosa holding yet another rally with another wanted picture of Discord on the stand in front of him. However, this one was different as the Earth ponies in the mirror were joined by the buffalo, led by Chief Thunderhooves.

"Apploosians," said Sherriff Sliver star, the Sherriff of the town. "If you find this no good varmint in our town, then you are to bring him to me where we will destroy him for attacking us. We'll even have our buffalo friends led by Chief Thunderhooves, even take care of him for us for all the apple pies we can muster. What do you say, friends?"

As he watched the Earth ponies cheer with the words that their Sherriff had said, Discord could not take anymore and with a loud cry, punched out the mirror causing it to disappear in a loud noise. Tears then began to form in the back of his eyes and especially after seeing something like that, Discord wondered if he should even consider ceasing to exist.

"Did I really cause myself to be the most hated creature in Equestria?" Discord asked himself in a voice of hurt and disgust. "If it makes everypony feel better, then perhaps I will no longer exist in Equestria. Perhaps, it would be best if I was never even born at all. I made a mistake and everypony treats me like Tirek. All I ever wanted was friendship and this is what I get, wanted posters with me on the cover. Isn't friends supposed to forgive one another after they make a careless mistake?"

But, before Discord could say another word, he began to think for a moment about what he was planning to do. If he chose to no longer exist in Equestria, then the one pony that would be affected by this greatly would have to be Fluttershy. Discord couldn't face Fluttershy face to face and tell her that he was going to cease to exist. So, he decided to produce a quill and a few pieces of parchment and began to write a pair of letters: one to Fluttershy and the other to the princesses.

Little did Discord know that he was still loved in Equestria, but he would eventually learn the truth in time…