Nightmare Moon laughs in triumph at the ponies shivering in fear in front of her. After thousands of years of being trapped on the moon, the alicorn has returned to spread out Eternal Night.

The Mayor hold out a hoof while yelling, "Seize her! Only she knows where the princess is!" The guards flew up as they could at the villainess. Nightmare Moon scoffs a bit, are these ponies joking?

"Stand back, you fools," Nightmare Moon snarls as she spread her wings out and send lightning from a large cloud behind herself, zapping the Pegasus guards away from her.

Nightmare Moon laughs sinisterly once more as she turns into a black smoke and flew right out of town hall...

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Nightmare Moon, while being evil, knew that the only power that could stop her now are the Elements of Harmony. But last she heard, her sister Celestia could no longer wielded the Elements themselves as she is no longer connected to them...neither can Luna, Nightmare Moon's true self, for that matter.

Still, Nightmare Moon suspects that there may be others who could wielded the power and that purple unicorn, the one who knew who she is, could be one of them. So

Nightmare Moon, in her purple mist forms, follows the purple unicorn in secret, holding a purple dragon, close to sleeping, on her back. The two enters the local library so the villainess peeks in through a window just in time to see the pony, whose has just put the dragon himself in his bed, going throughout the library.

"Elements, elements, elements... Ugh! How can I stop Nightmare Moon without the Elements of Harmony?" The purple unicorn moans a bit as she goes through the books.

Just then, the unicorn yelps as a familiar pony appears: a cyan Pegasus with a rainbow mane, the same one who tried to charge at her back at Town Hall. She frowns at the purple unicorn while demanding, "And how did you know about Night Stall Moon, huh? You some kinda spy?"

Suddenly the Pegasus yelps as she got pulled to the floor by an Earth pony wearing a cowboy hat, whose was also at town hall. Followed by three more familiar ponies, a white unicorn with a purple mane, a pink Earth Pony and a yellow Pegasus pony with a pink mane, the cowboy one said, "Simmer down, Sally. She ain't no spy. But she sure knows what's going on. Don't you, Twilight?"

The purple unicorn, known as Twilight, stares at the other ponies' face, then sighs while saying, "I read all about the prediction of Night Mare Moon. Some mysterious objects called the Elements of Harmony are the only things that can stop her, but I don't know what they are, where to find them, I don't even know what they do!" The pony looks out the window with Nightmare Moon watching, smirking evilly; Looks like there is no threat at all.

That is until the pink Earth pony, whose was looking at a shelf, reading a title, "'The Elements of Harmony: A Reference Guide'." Twilight gasps as she pushes her out of way, seeing a guide in question.

"How did you find that?"

"It was under 'E'!"

Nightmare Moon blinks a bit as the pink Earth pony bounces away from Twilight as if in a weird funny matter. The purple unicorn roll her eyes as she took the book and opens it to begin reading, "Oh. There are six Elements of Harmony, but only five are known: Kindness, Laughter, Generosity, Honesty and Loyalty. The sixth is a complete mystery. It is said, the last known location of the five elements was in the ancient castle of the royal pony sisters. It is located in what is now—"

Twilight shivers a bit as she and her friends finished, "The Everfree Forest!"

Nightmare Moon decided that she has seen enough as the creature flies off. Those ponies are no doubt going to try to find the Elements of Harmony. She and her sister has no connection to them, but what if these ponies would? Nightmare Moon must not allow this to happen. She must...

But Nightmare Moon has a thought. If the ponies succeed...but the evil mare has an idea, one that she never thought that she herself would dare resort to in order to stop them all...

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Nearby Canterlot Castle, there is a hedge maze which is used for tours and such. One part is a statue of some sort of mixed up creature whose appears to be screaming in terror. To most ponies, this is a normal statue...but there is a dark secret to this so-called statue.

Some ponies nearby were acting normally...that is until some purple mist end up in them. Soon they begin arguing, fighting and such, causing trouble. Not one of them saw that the statue is cracking like mad...

Soon the statue broke apart, some sinister laughter is heard as smoke appears before taking some sort of shape: a creature with horse-like head, a right deer antler, a left goat horn, a fang, a beard, a lion right arm, an eagle's claw on the left, a lizard right leg, a goat left leg, a bat right wing, a Pegasus left wing, a snake tail and tongue, and different sized pupils. He is called Discord, the Spirit of Chaos and Disharmony, the one whom the Royal Sister has defeated and imprisoned generations ago...before Princess Luna became Nightmare Moon at least.

Discord grins as he yawns while mumbling, "My. Years of being a statue...but luckily there are some ponies who tend to not be in harmony. Now, who are the ones to thank for my release?"

"Right here..." A familiar voice booms out. Discord saw a purple mist forming until a familiar figure appears, much to his surprise...and amusement. He knows her.

"Are you...ha ha ha; Princess Luna? Is that you? I got to say, that armor and black coat is a new look for you!"

"My name is Nightmare Moon, Discord; I do not go by that foalish name anymore!" Nightmare Moon hisses furiously to Discord. "You are lucky that I decided to release you at all, considering our past together."

"Yes, yes, so I see. So what's with the new look, Nightmare Moon," Discord ask Nightmare Moon in amusement. "And how is your sister?"

"Never mind that princess! Things have changed since we imprisoned you and so have I. Celestia is gone now and I have returned from my banishment to the moon to spread Eternal Night. The Elements of Harmony are no longer connected to me and the one I used to called my sister so no pony can stop me."

"I see...and yet you released for what reason?"

"There are potential threats to me, Discord, the ones who could wield the Elements of Harmony that are in castle in the Everfree Forest." Nightmare Moon comments sternly to her enemy. "Although I feel like I should destroy them instantly, I decided for some extra insurance. In other words, I wish for you to stop them, cause them trouble or discord them before they get to the castle."

"Oh is that so? Really," Discord ask bored while yawning a bit. "And what do I get for making sure that they won't succeed?"

"I get to spread Eternal Night...and you will be permitted to cause any chaos...and if I find my sister again, you can torture her all you want until she is gray. How would you like it?"

"Hmmm...let's see if I got this right. In exchange for keeping this 'potential threat' whose could use the Elements of Harmony against you by what I usually do, I will be allowed to cause chaos throughout all of Equestria?" Discord asks Nightmare Moon. The evil mare smirks as she nods.

The draconequus sighs while saying, "Oh that is despicable..." Then he throws a fist into the air while laughing sinisterly, "I LOVE IT! Just tell me where I can find my newest 'friends'?"

Author's Notes:

And thus, Discord is back. Getting excited, folks; In the next chapter, it goes about the same as the normal episode...but then Discord appears, preparing to make things...'interesting'. Read, review and suggest.