Chapter 27

Golden Oaks Library, Ponyville

Spike with Aurora in tow, decided to go over to the library in order to compose Pinkie’s letter to the princess. The party mare herself opted to stay at Sugarcube Corner in order to complete the day’s batch of muffins, despite her state of despondence earlier. Spike figured it was just her way of coping, much like how Dusk would bury his snout in books for days at a time. The drake was surprised that Aurora was willing to help Pinkie and by association spend more time with him. Unfortunately for them both, such thoughts were to be interrupted by the library’s other rambunctious tenants.

Upon the couch was none other than Molly and Dusk engaged in a rather intense make-out session. Molly continued to suck on Dusk’s horn, seemingly unperturbed by the presence of the young dragons. The unicorn was quite a bit more reserved so a deep crimson blush erupted across his face as he stared at Spike with a look of horror.

“Oh Shit! S-spike what are you doing here!?”

“Hey dude. I’d ask what’s up but it’s pretty obvious that you are.”

Dusk stared down only to realize he was sporting a raging hard-on. He quickly scrambled off the couch, hastily covering his lower half with a pillow. Spike merely rolled his eyes, while Aurora twiddled her claws performing a convincing imitation of a tomato. The unicorn awkwardly grinned waving his remaining arm at the blushing dragoness.

“Hi I’m Dusk. Nice…meeting you?”

“I’m Aurora, Trixie’s assistant.”

“Hehehe that’s cool. I bet you have all kinds of interesting stories.”

“Sure do.”

“Well, as much as I’d like to hear them I really need to go to the bathroom. Gottagothanksbye!”

Dusk hobbled his way up the stairs, slamming the bathroom door behind him. Spike noticed that Aurora still looked pretty embarrassed and who could really blame her? The drake offered her a conciliatory shrug.

“I’m sorry you had to see that Aurora. Things have been like this ever since Molly’s been around.”

Aurora shuffled her feet. “Yeah that was…awkward. Is he going to be alright?”

“He’ll be fine; he just needs some ‘Dusk Time’. And no you don’t wanna know what that is, trust me.”

Molly licked what looked like violet colored jelly off of her lips. “Ah hello Spike! What brings you to the library?”

“What is that on your lips?”

“Oh that’s just some of Dusk’s horn jelly!”

“Horn jelly…is that some kind of code word?”

“Not at all dear. I literally mean horn jelly. Unicorn horns are very sensitive to touch, not unlike a penis. Coincidently, the horn also emits an ejaculate but it has a far more pleasant taste. Semen is just so salty sometimes. A mare needs a change in flavor every once in a while you know? Anyway, what did you need?”

Spike rubbed his neck. “Errrmm well I wanted to write a letter to the princess…”

“I see. What exactly is the subject matter?”

“It’s about Pinkie. She got upset from some things that Discord was doing to her. I had a really long talk with her and I think it’s best if Princess Celestia hears about it.”

Molly narrowed her eyes. “What….did…Discord…do?”

“I’m not so sure I should get into it. What Pinkie told me was sort of personal and it might upset her if I say anything about it to anypony else.”

“Spike, I want to help Pinkie as much as you do. It is in both of your best interests to tell me what’s going on. I may not be a princess but I’m every bit as intelligent and resourceful as Celestia. Besides, I wouldn’t want to disturb my sister from her royal duties if I can solve the issue myself.”

“Ok I guess I’ll tell you. But I really do think that the princess should know about it, considering that it might affect Discord’s parole.”

“Very well, we’ll cross that bridge when the time comes.”

Spike took in a deep breath. “Basically Discord was up to his usual tricks and he went too far. Yeah I know what you’re thinking, Pinkie likes pranks but it was different this time.”

“Spike, my dear, please cut to the chase.”

“Apparently Pinkie is really sensitive about stuff concerning…sex. She told me it had to do with her cutie mark and how everypony in her old village used to say nasty things about her. I guess ‘cause she was into partying, ponies believed she was a whorse.”

Molly frowned. “She’s from one of those Priory villages isn’t she?”

“Yeah, how did you know that?”

“She used to live on a rock farm and the only ponies who own them are Stone Priors. Those idiots have always acted like they have a boulder shoved up their collective plots. HA! Knowing them they probably do. As much as pity the poor dear, what does all of this have to do with Discord?”

“Ah well Discord may have insinuated she was slutty when he pulled a prank on her. It had something to do with icing and cum…I dunno it sounded a bit crazy.”

Molly’s eyes radiated wisps of darkness, eventually narrowing into draconic slits. “HE DID WHAT!?”

“Whoa I didn’t know you could do that.”

Suddenly, Molly’s mane and tail transformed into bright purple flames. She even grew a pair of fangs that extended several inches past her snout. The two dragons scampered behind the couch in pure terror, looking at the monster in front of them. With a mighty flap of her wings, Molly rocketed out the balcony leaving a sonic flame-boom in her wake. The loud noises startled Dusk as well and he came galloping down the stairs to see what was wrong.

“Spike what in Equestria is going on? One minute I’m busy clo-cleaning up and now there’s a massive flame trail outside!”

Spike pointed a shaky claw towards the sky. “I-It w-was Molly. She started to freak out when I told her about Pinkie. I swear I didn’t k-know that was gonna happen!”

“Dude just take a nice deep breath and explain what happened.”

“R-right…ok I think I’m good now. Earlier I was talking to Pinkie because she got upset over something that Discord did, so I decided I should write a letter to the princess. So to make a long story short I told Molly about it and she just started going all Nightmare Moon on us!”

“Oh no oh no oh no no no no! This is bad! What am I going to do? What if she destroys Ponyville? What if I get blamed for it? I’ll be kicked out and sent back to…MAGIC KINDERGARDEN!!!”

Aurora gave him a hard slap across the face. “C’mon man, get your shit together. Having a panic attack won’t help anything.”

“Yeah you’re right, sorry. Sometimes I get a little carried away. Although that was kind of rude…”

Spike chuckled. “It worked didn’t it?”

“T-that’s beside the point! It really hurt.”

Aurora rolled her eyes. “Well I knew talking to you wasn’t going to do anything. Trixie goes through the same thing before she has a big show. I swear it must be some kind of unicorn thing.”

“In any case, we really do need to stop her. Molly doesn’t control her temper as well as Princess Celestia does. For all intents and purposes, she is a goddess and capable of apocalypse level destruction. Come to think of it, I’m actually rather curious to know if she can control the sun. That would be an interesting experiment…”

Spike punched his shoulder. “Dude please try to focus.”

“Fine, this is clearly not the time for experimentation but this situation must be treated delicately. It disturbs me how easily the transformation was for her to achieve. Perhaps this whole situation will lend some insight as to how Luna became Nightmare Moon.”

“I should probably go get Pinkie; she might be able to help.”

“That sounds like a good idea Spike. Hopefully I can calm Molly down before she causes a lot of damage…to either Discord or Equestria.”

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Cotton Tail Pond, on the outskirts of Ponyville

Discord sat on his haunches propped up against a tree, levitating a pebble in the air. He watched the rocky projectile skip across the pond a few times before it sank to the bottom. As of this moment he felt exactly like that little pebble. It troubled him because he hadn’t felt guilt in many centuries and he wasn’t exactly sure why he did now. Maybe it was this soft, squishy, mortal pony body he was forced to inhabit.

Discord chuckled to himself. “Of course it’s this wretched body. Pfft ponies and their vaunted feelings! But…perhaps I do feel a tiny bit guilty for what I did to Pinkie. GAHHHH, no no no! C’mon old boy, pull yourself together. It was only a prank! Yes just a harmless joke….that ended up making a mare cry.”

The unicorn felt something cold brush up against him and noticed that a toad had managed to sit next to his flank. It looked at him with its glossy brown eyes as if expecting him to say he doubted this lumpy little amphibian had much in the way of brainpower. With a defeated sigh he decided to talk to the thing, after all what did he have to lose?

“So…what goes on in the life of a toad? Do you have a big family or have they all…CROAKED!?”

Discord was surprised when the toad have him annoyed look. “Oh all right, I admit that was a pretty bad joke. Maybe that’s my problem. Perhaps I just don’t realize how bad my jokes really are…”

The toad nodded his head in agreement, along with a load croak. “You know what? You’re not so bad for a toad. I’ve misjudged you and for that I’m sorry.”

The toad hopped onto Discord’s head and slapped him with his little webbed hand. “What? I said I was sorry!”

The toad slapped him again. “Ok ok, I get it. I need to apologize to Pinkie. Sheesh.”

The little amphibian seemed to be satisfied with the answer and so he made himself comfortable by burrowing into Discord’s mane. The unicorn was about to doze off and take a nap but was rudely interrupted by a massive flaming object plowing itself into the ground a few feet away. His jaw hung open when he saw what…or rather who it was.

There stood Celestia; however she looked even more unusual than she did prior. In fact, she looked downright terrifying with her fiery mane flowing behind her. While Discord himself wasn’t present for Luna’s transformation over a millennium ago, he had seen depictions of her as Nightmare Moon. He had to admit, Celestia sure did look like her sister right now. With a nervous gulp he trotted over to the ferocious princess.

“Good afternoon Tia. I like what you did with your mane. It’s so…fiery and purple?”

Molly narrowed her eyes. “Listen well you insignificant worm, for I shan’t be repeating myself. I…AM…NOT…CELESTIA!”

“B-but that can’t…it isn’t possible! There’s no way two of you are trotting around Equestria. You even have her cutie mark for Faust’s sake!”

“Yes it is certainly true that I resemble her, but I am my own mare. I was once part of her but NO LONGER! As loath as I am to admit, we do indeed share the same memories and I find myself remembering what a despicable creature you were all those millennia ago. It seems that the pattern continues even to this day.”

“It all makes sense now. Now I understand why you were sucking face with the bookworm. I knew it! I knew Celestia had some hidden feelings for that stallion. Mother figure my plot!”

Molly used her magic to shove Discord’s face down into the dirt. “Watch what you say about him, or so help me I will rip your insolent tongue out.”

“Alright, fine I won’t say anymore. You’re a big girl after all; you can date anypony you want. Now…why do I have the pleasure of receiving your wrath this day, oh purple flaming one?”

“You may address me as Molly. As for why I’m angry, you’ve upset one of my dear friends. I’ll let you figure out who on your own.”

Discord bit his lip. “C’mon that isn’t fair! If I had to name everyone I’ve upset over the past several thousand years, you and I both would die of old age before I finished naming them. At least give me a hint.”

“I can’t believe how ignorant you are. My sister gave you chance at redemption, a way to free yourself from living as a statue and you squander it by upsetting the only mare in Ponyville willing to let you live with her.”

“Oh shit…YOU MEAN PINKIE! N-now let’s not be too hasty. I came out here to try and find a way to apologize to her. Seriously I was thinking about it! Saying sorry isn’t really my thing, so I need a bit more time to collect myself. You understand right?”

Molly shook her head. “The only thing I understand is that you need yet another lesson taught to you. Luna was right; we really should have gotten rid of you when we had the chance. You’re nothing more than a self-absorbed little colt. You’ll never understand how much pain you make others feel.”

“I c-can change really! Just give me one more chance. You know what? I’ll get off my plot and go apologize to Pinkie right now. How’s that sound?”

“Spike told me exactly what happened. He said that Pinkie gave you ample opportunities to cease your foolish games but you refused. So my answer is no. There will be no more chances, no more elements of harmony, and no more stone prisons. The only thing you have to look forward to is oblivion.”

Molly flew high into the air and began to form a massive purple fireball in front of her mouth. With a mighty roar she hurled the inferno straight at the tree Discord was leaning on. Luckily he threw up a massive red tinted shield to protect the grove and any wildlife that may have been living there. The toad from before clung tightly to his mane, shaking violently with fear.

“Go on and get out of here little guy, I’ll handle Ms. Flaming Flanks.”

The toad hopped away as quickly as he could; only looking back at the unicorn once. With a frustrated grunt Molly ceased forming fireballs and chose to breath fire instead. Discord levitated a massive wall of water from the pond to counteract the gout of flames, creating a fine cloud of vapor that blanketed the area.

“Perhaps flames are not the most effective means of destroying you. So I’ll just have to get creative. You can’t hide from me forever Discord!”

Molly ripped a boulder from the bottom of the pond and began to reform it into a gigantic stone mace, complete with spikes. She swung it towards Discord, missing him by a hair’s length. The ground however, was not so fortunate. The massive weapon left a crater five feet deep, which surely would have pulverized the former god of chaos. Discord began to gallop as fast as his scrawny pony legs could carry him, trying his best to dodge the stone club of death. Eventually he started getting tired, for unicorns weren’t the most physically fit of ponies. He hid behind an oak tree desperately trying to catch his breath.

“Grrr curse this stupid pony body. I mean sure I’m a still a pretty accomplished spell caster but nowhere near alicorn level. Especially a pissed off alicorn. Urrghh if I only had my chaos powers right now. Hell I’m not even sure that would help either at this point…”

Discord heard a loud crack as the top half of the tree he was hiding behind, suddenly ceased to exist. Before him stood the enraged alicorn but instead of smacking him into the ground, she casually dropped her mace to the ground. In a fit of panic, Discord unleashed a crimson beam of magic straight at Molly’s face. For a moment it seemed like he had caught a lucky break because she stood still for several seconds. Unfortunately for Discord alicorns, by nature, are extremely resilient when it comes to physical or magical damage.

Molly chuckled. “That almost tickled. A good try but not good enough I’m afraid. All you did was waste your remaining reservoir of magic. There’s nothing you can do now my dear, you are exhausted. Just give up.”

Discord was about to buck her in the snout, when she levitated him in front of her so that she could look into his eyes. With a manic grin she repeatedly slammed him into a nearby tree, much like how a filly would throw around a ragdoll. He screamed in agony as his bones broke and the rough bark tore at his flesh. After a minute he was nothing more than a cowering lump of pain huddled in front of Molly’s hooves.

Molly levitated the mace once more. “You know it’s really quite funny, seeing you cowering in fear like a little foal. Think Discord, think of all those you have caused pain. That pain is now yours. What delicious irony! I shall now end your miserable existence, a pity it wasn’t shorter.”

As Molly was about to bring down her weapon, she was blasted square in the face by a ball of purple magic. The momentary distraction caused her to drop the mace and focus her attention towards the source of the attack. Her eyes widened with surprise when she saw that it was none other than Dusk.

“Dusk what are you doing here?”

“I’m trying to stop you from doing something you’ll regret. Look I know Discord is a massive jerk but he doesn’t deserve this, nopony does. Just look at yourself, you’re out of control!”

Molly’s mane flared. “And who are you to tell me that? You only saw a mere fraction of what he did. He was much worse in the past. The punishment I’m giving him is more than just!”

“I’m not really the one you need to explain anything to. However, Pinkie is. She will be the one to decide Discord’s fate not you. She was the one wronged, after all.”

Pinkie galloped over to Molly and threw herself onto the ground. “Please no more violence. Discord’s already been through enough. I forgive him. Honestly I shouldn’t have even let him get to me that much but I still got upset so it’s partially my fault. So…don’t kill him.”

“It’s so sad that you blame yourself for his selfish actions. You are my friend and I won’t let that worm hurt you, be it physical or emotional. That is why I decided to do this, even if you don’t approve. I fail to see why he should get another chance, he has been given too many already.”

“Maybe because he’s always been misunderstood. I know what it’s like Molly, that’s what makes me the best pony to help him.”

Dusk nuzzled Molly’s neck. “I don’t want to see you like this either. How about you turn back to normal and come back with me to Ponyville?”

Molly finally looked at Discord’s broken form and realized what she was about to do. He looked so pathetic and weak, it broke her heart. Her rage quickly transformed into remorse. As she began to revert back to her original form, the alicorn crumpled to the ground weeping into Dusk’s chest.

“Damn that dark magic! I knew I shouldn’t have used it. The same thing happened with Luna and Sombra. They were both tempted by it and they paid the price. It makes you feel so powerful, so strong…and so very right. I’m sorry everypony, I let it control me and I shouldn’t have acted so rash. Can all of you forgive me?”

Pinkie wrapped her in a tight hug. “Of course. I’m just glad that we got here in time before you made a big mistake. Let’s hope Dissy can find it within himself to forgive you too.”

Author's Notes:

Whew, that chapter really got serious towards the end. I had originally intended this to be a bit more on the comedic side. I guess it's because I've been watching too much anime lately...I dunno. Hope all of you liked it anyway.