Author's Notes:

Surprise! I managed to get a temporary loaner PC and wrote this chapter out! I'll be working on the next one when I wake up tomorrow so enjoy this one!

Applejack, Rarity, Rainbow Dash, and Fluttershy stared on in fear as the stallion approached them. “Now then, which one of you shall I deal with first?” Swashbuck asked maliciously as he stared at the four as if attempting to decide when one he should use his mysterious power on first.

Swashbuck’s gaze drifted to each mare until finally his gaze stopped upon Fluttershy who among the four, he thought looked the most terrified of him. “How about… you!” Swashbuck said as his grinned maliciously at the yellow Pegasus whom suddenly felt herself being lifted off the ground.

Upon witnessing this the other three immediately spoke. “You can’t! She’s Pregnant!” Rainbow exclaimed in a frantic tone.

“Yes! Think of the unborn foal!” Rarity added quickly.

“You should have thought about her safety before you assaulted and humiliated me!” Swashbuck snapped at the cyan blue Pegasus as Fluttershy let out a pained scream.

“Okay, fine! You want me, you can have me! I’ll even deepthroat you! Just put her down!” Rainbow Dash exclaimed, the desperation and fear for Fluttershy’s life clear in her voice.

“Too late, Rainbow Dash!” Swashbuck exclaimed with a glare before he returned his gaze back to Fluttershy. “Six months too late…” He added darkly as Fluttershy let out yet another pained scream.

Without warning, Applejack charged at the stallion full throttle with full intent on headbutting and broadsiding the stallion in hopes of breaking his hold on Fluttershy only to be halted mid-charge and thrust into a near by chair which broke into fragments as her body impacted with it.

“Applejack!” Rarity and Rainbow Dash shouted simultaneously as they watched the farm mare fly a crossed the room into the chair before their focus was yanked back to Fluttershy whom let out yet another shrill cry out pain.

“Any last words?” Swashbuck asked with a malicious grin with full intent on using his power to snap the mare’s neck in the next thirty seconds.

“I-I really wish Discord was here!” Fluttershy managed to squeak out in a pained voice.

A voice suddenly echoed throughout the room which caused Swashbuck to look about himself in a shocked manner upon hearing the voice. “Who’s there?!” He exclaimed as he continued to look for the source of the voice. Upon returning his gaze to Fluttershy, he realized she was no longer floating in the air where he held her previously but rather on the ground standing next to what could be none other than the god of chaos and disharmony himself.

Discord’s expression was not of its usually lighthearted grin as he looked at Swashbuck but rather an expression no pony, no even Fluttershy had seen before.

In the next moment, the draconequus’s size began to grow until he towered over the stallion at a height of nearly half the room. "You dare to hurt my mare?" His voice boomed which instantly filled the stallion with fear.

“Y-Your mare?!” Swashbuck sputtered out in shock as he stared at the draconequus's huge size.

Discord leaned over so that his huge face was directly in front of Swashbuck's now. "Yes, my mare." he replied before he rose himself back up and stared down at the stallion once again.

Swashbuck's fearful gaze lasted for a few moments longer before he sneered at the draconequus. "And here I thought the mare was a slut like Rainbow Dash and-" He began to say only for Discord snap his finger which caused the stallion's mouth to be zipped up.

Swashbuck looked down at his mouth in shock for a brief time before, much to Discord's surprise, it seemingly unzipped itself. "Sorry to rain on your parade of chaos but I have a power you can't even comprehend!" Swashbuck exclaimed as he narrowed his eyes at the draconequus only for them to widen in shock. "W-Why isn't it working?!" He exclaimed in shock.

It was then that Discord's face broke into a smirk. "Oh! So I missed one!" he exclaimed with a giddy expression and accent to match it.

"Missed one what?! What are you blithering on about?!" Swashbuck exclaimed in anger as he once again attempted to assault the draconequus with his power only for it not to work once again.

"It's a funny story but I'll keep this short. Back when I made Ponyville the chaos capital of the world, in an effort to create even more chaos, I endowed several ponies with uncontrollable telekinetic abilities. Naturally when I was imprisoned in stone again, they retained their powers but were able to control them. Upon being reformed however, I sought out each pony and removed this power from them as a sign to Princess Celestia that I was cleaning up my mess and was truly reformed. It appears that I missed one." Discord explained as he raised his lion's paw and snapped it.

In the next instant, Swashbuck felt his power fade away much to his own shock and outrage. "How dare you! Do you know who I am?!" Swashbuck roared in outrage.

"Consider it a punishment for hurting my dear Fluttershy." Discord retorted in a less than enthusiastic tone. "Had you not done so, I would have remained blissfully unaware of your power." he added as he looked at Fluttershy.

"You barge into my house, and take away the one thing that made me superior to these pathetic earth ponies and expect me to accept this?! For a whore-mare?!" Swashbuck roared though he immediately regretted saying this as the draconequus looked at him with a loathing glare.

Discord rose his lion's paw and snapped it at which point Swashbuck found himself trapped within an itty bitty small box. Discord disappeared in a flash of magic and reappeared wearing full baseball player attire as he lifted the box up and made a pitcher's pose as his tail snapped which caused a portal to tartarus to appear. "Here's the windup…" Discord said as his voice echoed in an announcer's voice as the hand and arm which held the box began to spin in a circle at such a speed it was little more than a blur to the four mares. "And the pitch!" Discord exclaimed as he chucked the box into the portal with such speed a velocity that it caught on fire as it flew past Fluttershy's head and into the portal which closed promptly once the box passed through. "Steeeeeeeriiike! and that's the game!" Discord exclaimed as the sounds of a cheering crowd filled the room for a short time as he seemingly bowed to the masses before the baseball attire disappeared in a flash of magic. "A few years in tartarus should ought to chill him out!" he added with a smirk.

It was then that the four mares ran up to him each showing expression of joy and relief. "Ah gotta say, Discord. This is one time, Ah'm happy yer' here!" Applejack remarked as she looked at him.

"Same here! Did you see how he put that jerk into that small box and chucked him into Tartarus!? I bet Tirek's gotta be loving the company!" Rainbow Dash added with a smirk.

As if on cue, the door to the mansion was blasted off its hinges much to the shock and horror of the four as the Centar stepped through the gaping hole he had just made.

"Not exactly." Discord replied darkly as he snapped his claw hand at which point the four found themselves trapped inside a cage along with Pinkie and Spike. "Ta-Da!" hr added as Tirek walked up to the cage and looked at the five plus dragon.

"You've gathered all of them?" Tirek asked curiously as he looked up the draconequus.

"And her little dragon too." Discord replied as he pointy at Spike whom snapped at his hand which caused him to yank it away and look at Tirek.

It was at this point that Fluttershy burst into tears and cried as she spoke "Why are you doing this? I thought you loved me?!" Fluttershy exclaimed aloud.

"Oh, I do but Tirek gave me an offer I couldn't refuse!" Discord replied with a smirk. "Surely you saw this coming!" He added.

"I didn't, I really didn't!" Fluttershy replied between sobs as Rainbow Dash glared at him.

"Some father you turned out to be!" Rainbow Dash exclaimed with a loathing glare at the draconequus.

"Yeah, a real daddy of the year, this one." Applejack added with an equally loathing glare.

"F-Father?" Discord inquired with a confused expression.

"Yeah, turns out Fluttershy is pregnant with your foal. Not that an uncouth ruffian such as yourself seems to care much!" Rarity replied with a glare as she comforted the sobbing yellow Pegasus with her right hoof.

"Enough chatter! I'm hungry." Tirek exclaimed as he lifted the cage up only for it to disappear a reappear next to Discord. "What do you think you're doing?!" Tirek roared at the draconequus.

"Change in plans, Tirek. You won't be draining these ones." Discord said calmly but sternly.

"And why not? Don't tell me that you still care for them?!" Tirek asked with a glare.

"More specifically, I'm concerned for my unborn son or daughter. This is as far as this charade goes I'm afraid." Discord replied much to the shock and confusion of the mares and dragon.

"Charade?! You're betraying me?!" Tirek exclaimed in outrage.

It was at this point that Discord let out a laugh as he spoke. "Oh, Tirek, for there to be any kind of betrayal, there needs to be a bond of trust or loyalty to begin with." Discord replied as he snapped his lions paw at which point Tirek found himself wrapped tightly in chains from head to toe. "And to think, Celestia's plan was going so well." Discord remarked aloud in mock sadness before he teleported next to Tirek and leaned on him as if he were some kind of table.

"Its a funny story actually…" Discord began to say as he recalled the conversation he had with the royal princess nearly a month ago…

"You're asking me to betray them?" Discord asked as he looked at Celestia with not his usual smirk but an expression of disdain.

"I've already explained this too you, Discord. In order for Twilight to obtain her title as the princess of Friendship, you must play your part." Celestia replied in a stern tone.

Discord scoffed at this reply by the regal sister. "Oh yes, because I place much stock in your 'visions'." Discord replied in a sarcastic tone.

"Come now, Discord. If you play your part, all will be forgiven by the end of this." Celestia replied as she looked at him. "Besides, you were reformed barely a year ago. You can't possibly have grown that close to them in such a short time." she added.

Discord didn't respond vocally, rather he lifted his lion's paw up and snapped it which caused a slideshow of images to appear before Celestia. Each one depicting the time he's spent with each of the main six and how close he's become to them. Celestia stared on in wonder and amazement at the display of each picture. There was no way he could have forged these images, she knew this.

Discord then snapped his claw hand which caused a live action movie to play which showed him kissing Fluttershy passionately which caused the princess to blush and gasp in surprise.

"Y-You mean to say…" Celestia began to say only to trail off as she stared at Discord whose expression remained serious and never faltered.

"Yes, Fluttershy has filled the hole in my heart that you left." Discord replied calmly as the live action movie slowly vanished before the Alicorn's eyes.

Celestia took a deep breath and sighed before she spoke. "Discord, I now understand how hard this task must be for you but you must understand, if Twilight does not obtain this title, at the exact point and time in my vision, we leave the future of Equestria to chance." Celestia said in a calm but stern tone. "If Twilight's friendship means this much to you, then I know you'll do what's right."

Discord glared at her for a time before he sighed in defeat. "For your sake, you better be right. If anything happens to my friends or Fluttershy, you will see much worse than the god of chaos and disharmony you saw last time." Discord replied in a threatening tone before he disappeared in a flash of magic.

"So...it was an act all along." Tirek remarked though his voice was muffled by the chains he was bound inside.

"Of course it was-hurk!" Discord replied with a smirk only to let out a squeaky toy noise as Tirek's hand erupted from the chains and clasped around his neck.

"Oh well, I was planning on draining your magic anyways." Tirek remarked with a sneer.

A fraction of a second before the centar began draining the draconequus's magic, his tail snapped which caused Fluttershy to vanish from the cage.

Once Tirek finished draining Discord's magic, he lifted up the cage and drained the four mare's plus dragon's magic and let the cage drop with a thud...