Don felt as though Rainbow was pranking them, and felt his need to voice that, but instead just said “why would we agree to do that?”

Rainbow Dash seemed to struggle with her answer, then it seemed like she came to a decision with herself and said, although not too loud “because I’m desperate to know what it’s like” Twilight raised her eyebrows at Rainbow, it was all she could manage to do, she was wobbly legged, and it felt awkward having Rainbow suggest this, all though she didn’t know why it felt odd, it just was. Rainbow seemed a little embarrassed herself, Don noted this by the way she stood, it wasn’t the usual, almighty confidence, stance she always had, it was weak and fearful of something, and not like Rainbow at all. She seemed to ponder her words and thought about what to say, then after she had thought them through, said “when I walked in, the first thing I thought when I saw you two, wasn’t only laughing at you, despite how funny you did look. It’s just….the way both of you looked, like nothing else could have ruined it. Hmmmmm-I guess what I mean is, I’ve never seen Twilight that happy before, even when she gets a new book she’s not nearly as happy as she was right then, I just want to know what that is like”. Don really could not find any reason to say no, he had no memory to recall, and so could not say if this was acceptable where he came from, and Twilight didn’t seem to know either. He just felt like this was his way of loving her, and didn’t want that to be ruined.

Rainbow stood awkwardly waiting for him to respond, Don looked Twilight in the eyes, he could still see the love there, and could almost hear her brain say “why not?” then he looked at Rainbow Dash and said “alright Dashy, you can join in, but I’m saving my best loving, for my best love” he hugged Twilight as he said this and Twilight him.

Rainbow nodded and did a little jump of glee, then started hovering in the air as she usually did “now I should probably go unlock the hallway doors, to let the others in” Rainbow chuckled at her prank then flew out the window and down the stairs to the double doors.

Once she was gone, knowing that they only had a minute at most, Don quickly, but softly asked Twilight “so, did you enjoy my way of showing you love”

Twilight’s legs seemed to wobble, just a bit more than they were, and she sighed, although it sounded like a moan “yesssss, my books never described sex nearly half as good that was, and we didn’t even…you know…” Don gave Twilight a kiss on her nose and heard her giggle in his ear.

As they heard the others nearing the door, Don helped her steady her legs and watched as the door, once again, flew open, and once again Rainbow Dash was the first pony through it. She regarded them with a smirk and flew up to her bed, next through came Spike, followed by the rest of their friends. All of them went to their beds, except for Spike who walked over to Twilight and handed her a new letter from the Princess. The letter basically said; now that everypony has had time to explore and recuperate, the Princess wanted Twilight and all of her friends to come and visit her immediately to discuss “things”. Although Twilight was glad to finally talk with the Princess, she was upset that she didn’t have time to get her full strength back, however upon reading the letter, they all, Spike included, walked back down the stairs and off towards the Princess’s chambers.

After about five minutes of walking they found themselves at the Princess’s doors and knocked. It took only seconds for the doors to open, and the Princess’s welcoming voice to greet them. As they came up to her throne, they all bowed, Don bowed extra, wanting to make a good second impression, so he sank to his knee and lowered his head. Once Twilight and the others stood up, he did as well, but remained just as nervous. The Princess seemed to be studying him, and he had the sensation that he was being x-rayed. She did not wait to make her reason for calling them known, and immediately began to speak. “I’m sure that you all think that my reason for asking you to come to Cantterlot was so I could meet Twilight’s new ‘friend’ and give my opinion on him, and while I do still intend to eventually give my final opinion, there is a far more troubling matter that is of greater importance right now. So my premature judgment of you shall remain until I see further”.

Don seemed just as surprised as the others, he too had thought the whole reason for their journey had been for her judgment of him, and was slightly relieved that it wasn’t all about him. The Princess continued “the real reason I had all of you come is this….there is another power that couples with the Elements of Harmony”.

Don, who had only been given a slight overview of the Elements by Twilight, was not as shocked as she or the others were, but the Princess’s next words did rock his world.

She continued “and although this is cause for shock, I have already discovered what it is, and who represents it”.

Rainbow Dash spoke out then “well come on, tell us who it is so we can go get them”

“oh, I don’t think you’ll have to go anywhere Rainbow Dash, you see you already have the element here with you. The element is Love, and its representation-” turning towards Don “-is you Don. You represent the power of Love, and it’s magic happens to be as strong as, or maybe even stronger than the magic of the Elements”.

Don’s eyes widened with surprise and awe, he was not sure whether to feel humbled or worried. Twilight, was actually jumping with joy, she jumped to Don and said “I knew it, that’s why you’re so strong!”

The Princess seemed amused, but then her expression turned grim “normally-” she said, bringing Twilight back into focus “-this would be a reason to celebrate, the birth of a new element, but it is not, the whole point of you all knowing this, is due to a vision of the future me and my sister received a few days ago. In between the time we raised the sun and lowered the moon, our magic crossed paths, this happens rarely, but when it does it can create many types of magic, and we were given a vision of the future. We were warned of Discord being reborn once again, and this time that it would be through the fault of one of our own that Discord would be reborn stronger than he ever was”.

Twilight’s heart sank, Discord being brought back again was horrible, they had to struggle to defeat him the last time they met.

“therefore, knowing this, we both, Luna and I, must ask you to do whatever you can to keep everypony away from Discord’s current statue, we cannot risk him getting out again, please do everything you can to prevent the horrible vision we were given, and you Don-” she turned only to him “-you must learn to truly harness your gift, so that if Discord does free himself, you can seal him for the final time, with Twilight and her friends help of course”.

Although the news of Discord had dampened her mood, Twilight still couldn’t help but feel excited at the news of Don’s element, that more or less, officially made him a permanent part of their group. The Princess seemed to be done with them, as she had ceased speaking, so Twilight bowed and turned to leave with her friends, but Celestia then addressed them again, and Twilight had to hide her impatience. “just a few more things then you can return to Ponyville, don’t worry Twilight” Twilight blushed as the Princess noticed her hurried attitude. “I actually happen to know some of the signs of Discords return, since we received the vision more have flashed by, and so I can tell you all what to watch for”. Twilight perked up at this and Rainbow Dash said “ohh no, not again”

Don turned, eyebrows raised “what, what’s wrong Rainbow”

PInkie was quick to enlighten him “the last time Twilight got ‘signs from the future’ she went completely bonkers crazy out-of-control Twilight, and Rainbow doesn’t want her to do it again”

Don eyed Twilight as the Princess said “well regardless, the sign that we’ve had so far is that Twilight has something to do with Discord, possibly his statue”

Rarity seemed rather annoyed “that’s very vague, do you know anything else Princess”

“no, that’s all I know, I’ll send a letter if I learn of anything else, but before you all leave, I need to have a private word with you, Twilight”

Twilight shuddered, she thought she was going to get scolded for being impatient to leave. As she watched Don and the others head outside, she was scared the Princess would think she had ignored her, and get angry with her. Twilight was so worked up that when the doors finally shut and the Princess addressed her she yelled out “I’M SOORY I WAS SO IMPATIENT!” and nearly fainted.

The Princess chuckled “calm down Twilight, I just need to talk to you about Don”.

Twilight exhaled loudly with relief, and approached the Princess’s chair. Once she was right next to her the Princess began to speak “Twilight, I trust by now you’ve figured out that Don is not from around here” Twilight nodded, she always had her suspicions, the Princess continued “well I happen to know a little more than that about him, and I am unsure if you’ll like it it, but you should hear it”.

Twilight prepared herself for whatever the Princess was about to say, though the she looked like she was putting a little too much thought into her words, but the shock was still great “Don is a part of a...'species' let us say, that disappeared long ago. I believe that the large lightning storm we had awhile ago might have brought him here from his period. This would also explain his abnormally powerful magical ability, only somepony with extreme talents could use a spell like that and survive, although I’m not entirely sure. What I do know however, is that sooner or later he will have leave Equestria, he will have to return to what he previously was.”

Twilight could feel her eyes filling with tears and struggled to find a reason for him to remain “b-but if he’s part of an extinct species then maybe that’s why he should stay. H-he could rebuild his species here, m-maybe that’s why he ended up here so he could restart his species in a more peaceful time, m-maybe his species planned for this to happen and-”

“Twilight”

She looked up, the Princess had not yelled, or even raised her voice, but it was the manner of sympathy in her words and the look she gave her that made her break down on the floor crying before the Princess could continue. She fell to the floor next to Celestia’s chair and cried. She cried and cried until she thought she would faint, her face was horribly red from embarrassment and crying like this in front of the Princess, but for once she didn’t care, she just wanted her to understand why Don couldn’t leave, why he had to stay.

Celestia knelt next to Twilight and let her left wing droop down to hug her “I’m sorry Twilight, but that’s the way it has to be, if he stays as he is, it could be disastrous for us” Twilight kept her head on the floor

“There has to be some way he could stay”

The Princess shook her head "Not as he is, he would have to be stabalized by a severe magical change and that’s magic that I can’t even perform, not like how he is now, his body would just shrug off my spells, I’m sorry, there isn’t another way”

Twilight looked up at Celestia “why didn’t you tell Don, or any of our friends this, why just me”

“because of this-” Celestia pulled out a letter from her chair with magic and floated it into Twilight’s saddle bag “-when you read this, I want you to think about it, then respond to it and send it to me”.

Twilight nodded and wiped the tears from her face as she stood up to leave. As Twilight wiped the remaining tears off her to hide her crying from her friends, Celestia said “Twilight, he can’t stay as he is forever, I have a feeling it will be clear what must happen and when, so I suggest you enjoy the time you have with him now.

Twilight nodded and walked towards the door “once I make sure Discord can’t escape, I’m going to spend every minute with Don, good bye Princess”

“Goodbye Twilight”

Once the door had shut behind Twilight, The Princess let a single tear fall free "Oh Twilight...i should have just told you...forgive me".

Author's Notes:

Ok before i am pilled with hatred for daring to make another Element of Harmony..(sort of) all i can say is with hold your hatred until i finish and you may be happy.