Luna seemed to take a moment to comprehend what I had said. Then she burst out laughing.

"Sorry, for a moment there, we thought you asked to keep him!" She laughed uncontrollably. I started laughing along with her.

"That is funny Princess!" I laughed, then I straightened my face and gave her a determined stare. "You thought I was asking!" I said seriously. Luna faltered and gave me a glare.

"Thou means to tell us that thou art going to raise an Evil Lord of Chaos?" She asked.

"No, I'm gonna raise a kind Lord of Chaos." I countered. She seemed caught off guard by my response.

"Sharky, that thing is evil!" Luna tried to warn me. I shook my head.

"No, it's a baby. I'm not going to let you do anything to him just because HE'S evil!" I nodded towards Disord's statue. "If this baby is raised right, he could protect Equestria instead of corrupt it like his alter!" Luna seemed to think about my statement.

"Hmm... thou hath a point... but if this is the case, we should raise it. We are protectors of this land ourselves!" Luna argued. I snorted at her.

"Yeah, the protector that tried to shroud this world in night eternal!" I countered. Luna flinched at my words. "Besides, you and Celestia are to busy ruling to raise a child." I pointed out. "I'm the only other being with the power necessary to raise him. I'm sure Twilight and Fluttershy could help too..." Luna gave me a curious glance.

"Why doth thou mention those two specifically?" She asked.

"Twilight's got enough magic knowledge to help control him, and Fluttershy is really nuturing. The other girls would all be great friends of his, but I just can't see any of the others being helpful with him." I explained. Luna stared at me.

"Is that the only reason?" Luna asked. I gave her a confused look.

"Yes... Why, should there be another?" I asked. Luna nodded.

"Thou art an idiot." She said simply. I was startled by her statement. "Well Sharky, thou makes an excellent point. Very well, the infant shall accompany you to Ponyville where you shall raise him. Be warned! If this babe doth show signs of becoming evil, we shall expect thee to put it down personally!" She warned. I nodded.

"Understood, Luna." I said. Luna looked away for a moment. Then she looked down at baby Discord, who had fallen asleep in my arms.

"Fare thee well, Discord." She said to the baby.

"Don't call him that!" I shouted. Luna jumped back in suprise.

"Why not? That is his name!"

"No! No it's not! I'll not have him share the name of a mad beast that attempted to destroy the world!" I retorted. Luna thought, then nodded.

"Thou hath a point, since the objective is to change his nature, giving him a new name is a good idea." She mused. "Hath thou any ideas?" I thought for a moment.

"Unity." I said simply. Luna nodded in approval.

"A fitting name for his purpose." She agreed. "We would like for you to stay at our palace for the night, your knighthood is back on tomorrow after all. Also, we should retrieve your damaged friends..."

"OHMYGOSHILEFTTHEMINTHEMAZE!!!" I shouted. Unity wiggled in my arms, but didn't wake. I ran over to Fluttershy. "Could you hold him for me?" I asked her. She nodded and picked him up in her forehooves. She began flying just off the ground and cradling him. I had a brief D'AWWWWWWWW, then ran into the maze. Luna was already on her way in. We quickly located the girls and Stormy, and even though Luna insisted on her ability to carry them all, I picked up Rarity and Twilight. I would've carried more of them, but Luna didn't allow it. We walked back out into the statue garden to get Steel, but he was already gone. We went back to the castle, Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Unity, and Fang in tow.

"So, Luna?" I started.

"Why doth thou call me Luna?" She asked. "Most are too afraid to even call me 'princess'! Why do you adress me in such an informal manner?" I flinched.

"Oh, sorry, I didn't mean to insult you, I'll stop..." I mumbled.

"No, we do not wish you to stop calling us Luna, we just wondered why thou were able to speak to us in this manner." She clerified.

"OH! Well Luna, I just have a hard time adressing those I've wrestled with as royalty. It makes me think of you as more... down to earth. I know you're a princess, but I hope you don't mind if I think of you as a friend." I explained.

"B-but... We did terrible things to thou just recently! We tried to execute thou like a common animal!" She stuttered in disbelief.

"Yes, but you thought it was for the good of your people. I could never disrespect or hate you for that." I stated simply. Luna gave me a confused gaze.

"T-thou... Thou doesn't? Everypony here has jumped to hate or fear of us for so much less than what we did to thou! How art thou so ok with it?" She asked skeptically.

"Because good friends can learn to get over mistakes. I learned that from these girls." I answered. Luna looked at the mane six.

"Thou hath only known these mares for a short while, how hath thou already learned a lesson this great?" Luna asked. I froze up.

"Uh... umm... ugh... well... you se--"

"This is alright, we understand." Luna interrupted. I looked at her in horror. She knew? "It can be difficult to discuss emotional moments." She finished. I calmed down.

Whew, for a second there I thought my cover was blown. I thought to myself.

"You're right Luna, thanks for understanding." I lied. I remained silent the entire way back to the castle.

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We finally got to the castle and Luna showed me the room where I could put down the girls I had been carrying. It was a two bed room, and I tucked in both Twilight and Rarity. They were the only ones going to bed tonight anyway, the rest were going to the infirmary.

"Would thou like to got to thine room now?" Luna asked. thought for a moment.

"Nah, I'll stay awake in here. Twilight'll freak out if she doesn't know where I am when she wakes up." I said. Luna gave me another stare.

"Does she really care for thou so much?" She asked me.

"Yeah, we're great friends!" I said happily. Luna shook her head.

"Thou art truly the most intelligent simpleton we've ever met." She said as she began trotting away with the rest of my friends.

"Ummm... Thank you?!" I shouted after her confusedly. Fluttershy, Unity, Pinkie Pie, and Fang were all still with me. I looked down to Fluttershy, still hovering and cradling Unity like she had been the whole way here. Then I looked at Fang, the most loyal companion a man could ask for, sitting by my side as always. Then I looked at Pinkie Pie, who was well... Pinkie Pie. Enough said. "You guys should follow her to your rooms." I told Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy. I reached out to take Unity.

"Okie dokie lokie!" Pinkie Pie said happily. She bounced off in pursuit of Luna. Fluttershy didn't look like she wanted to hoof Unity over, but she did.

"No thanks... I'd rather stay with you. If that's ok..." Fluttershy mumbled. I smiled gently at her.

"Of course it's ok Fluttershy." I soothed. I walked over to a corner of the room and sat down against a wall, cradling Unity the whole way. Fluttershy trotted over to my side. She curled up next to me, her warmth on my side making me a bit drowsy. I fell asleep soon.

"H-hey.... S-s-sharky...?" Fluttershy asked timidly. She had just remembered his promise to her. His only response was a snore. "Dang it..."

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I woke up and yawned. Darn, I had wanted to stay awake. I stretched my legs, and looked down at the little bundle in my arms. I saw Unity staring right back at me. He was giggling and he tried to swat my nose with his lion paw.

"D'AWWWW!" I muttered to him. He giggled harder. I looked to my side to see that Fluttershy was still curled up next to me, sound asleep. Then I looked around. I was floating in the middle of the room. "WAGHH!!" I gasped. Unity was upset by my cry, and began to tear up. "Oh, nononono don't cry..." I soothed. He whimpered a little, but didn't break out into wails. Luckily all the girls were still asleep. I noticed that Twilight and Rarity were still in their beds. Only Fluttershy, Unity, and I were floating. I looke around us to see if I could figure out who was lifting us, but nopony else was in the room. I looked down at Unity. "Did you do this?" I asked him. He gave me a blank stare. "Right, baby. Can't talk." I reminded myself. Crud, I hadn't realized he would be causing me trouble already! Luckily, Fang hadn't curled up next to us last night, so he was still on the ground. "Fang... FANG!" I hissed at him. He shook himself awake and started stretching. "Up here boy!" I hissed. He turned his head, and his eyes widened when he saw me. I stretched my leg out so it would be as close to the ground as I could get. "Grab my leg boy!" Fang didn't look less confused, but he walked over and jumped for my leg like I asked. He jumped up and bit down on my leg, not hard, just enough for a good grip. I gritted my teeth and let out a small hiss, but I didn't yell out. We began to decend to th ground. We all landed, and I gave Fang a good petting. "Good boy!" I cheered to him. He thumped his tail on the ground. Then Twilight woke up.

"Hmm? Mmmmm...." She moaned as she stretched awake. "W-wha... Why am I in the castle? I could've sworn I was in the gardens looking for..." Her pupils shrank and she started freaking out. "OH NO, WHERE'S EVIL SHARKY?!"

"Twilight! Calm down!" I urged her. She was upsetting Unity. "Evil me is dead, everything is ok now." She glared at me.

"If you're the real Sharky... What was the password to the hospital?" She asked cautiously.

"There was no password." I answered. She smiled.

"Whew, good. I was worried you wer-- OH MY CELESTIA IT'S DISCORD!!!" Twilight screeched. Her aura wrapped around Unity and tried to pull him out of my hands. Unity was scared, and he started crying. Seeing him cry hurt enough, but along with crying, each wail he let out was like getting hit by some sort of sound cannon! My ears felt like they were exploding! I grunted through my pain. Luckily, the sound attack made Twilight lose her focus, and Unity dropped back into my arms. I 'shhh'ed him and rubbed his head between his horn stubs until the wailing finally stopped. I held my eyes shut tight the entire time from pain, and I didn't open them until the ringing in my ears subsided. I opened my eye, and all the girls had woken up if they had been asleep, and were crouched down holding both hooves over their ears.

"DON'T. DO. THAT. AGAIN." I said sternly to Twilight. She weakly nodded her head. All the girls pulled their hooves away from their ears. "Now, before anypony else upsets my new son, let me explain the situation." Twilight and Rarity gave me looks of open shock, but didn't speak. "This little guy here," I held up Unity for them to see. "Is Unity. He is a young copy of Discord that came into being when my clone failed to hold in Discord's magic. He is not evil, and has no memories. I'm going to raise him to be good. Understand?" They just continued giving me the look of open shock. I sighed. "YOU. DON'T. HURT. HIM." I stated slowly and forcefully so they'd get the message. Twilight shook away her confusion.

"Did you say SON!?!?!" Obviously her brain was a few minutes slow right now. I sighed. Clearly this was going to take longer to explain than I thought.

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"Ok, now that I've re-explained this 50 TIMES, do you think you understand now?" I asked Twilight and Rarity. Then RD, Stormy, and Applejack trotted into the room.

"Hey guys, we heard what happened to evil Shark-- OH MY CELESTIA IT'S DISCORD!" Rainbow Dash yelled. Then the crying started again. I sighed through my pain.

It's gonna be a LONNNNNNNNG day... I thought to myself.