The cool air silently filled Celestia's quarters from the cracked balcony window leading to the snow cover that had fallen outside. The sun had risen to almost high noon and the warm rays had already moved beyond her bed that the sleeping Dark Alicorn lay in. He tossed and turned for a moment, murmuring in his waking sleep before bolting upright in bed with a gasp, His eyes flying open before closing tightly as he let out a groan of pain that flooded into his head.

"Dammit! What they hell happened to me the other night?" He hissed as he rubbed his eyes gently with his forelegs.

"Take it easy, you've had a pretty bad experience and need your rest." Twilight cooed softly to him from beside the bed.

Midnights eyes shot open as he forgot the pain he was experiencing, quickly replaced by sheer joy upon seeing Twilight at his bedside. His face slowly changed from joy to shock and then sadness ass his eyes began to well up. He choked for a few seconds as tears began to stream down his face before he pulled Twilight into his arms, sobbing loudly.

"T-twilight....... *sob* Thank God your alive....... *choke*cough*." He sputtered as he wrapped his forelegs around her then his wings as he held her tightly to him, fearing that she would disappear if he let go.

Twilight pulled back from him for a moment as she looked into his tear stained eyes. Giving a knowing smile as she could feel what he had gone through from his actions toward her. He stopped though as his head pulled back to look around the room that he was in. It was Celestia's bedroom within the castle. His eyes narrowed slightly before shooting open seeing the crib next to the bed. With Twilight still in his embrace, he bolted over to the crib to see Starlight sleeping soundly in it. His eyes continued to pour out with tears as his heart soared with the feeling of joy upon seeing his son ok and unharmed.

*knock knock*

Midnight turned his head toward the door of the room as he glared at it, his horn quickly glowing brightly as he placed a shield up and around the three of them as he watched the door open. He quickly placed Twilight behind him and next to Starlight as he watched a white hoof slowly pass beyond the door revealing a regal white Alicorn. She turned to him giving a soft smile at first but stopped upon seeing his defensive pose.

"Midnight? What are you......" She began but was cut off.

"I won't let you lay a hoof on Twilight or Starlight! I'll protect them til my last breath." He snorted angrily as he scrapped the floor.

"Midnight! It's ok, nopony is here to hurt you or Star. It was Screwball who made you think what happened in your mind was real." Twilight spoke up as she moved to in front of the Alicorn causing him to pause for a moment.

"But......"

"But nothing!" Twilight snapped at him causing him to back peddle. "It was an advanced spell to trick your mind into believing what you saw was real. As you can see, we are all fine." She said as she pressed her forehooves to the sides of his face to make him look at her.

Midnight looked at her with contempt for a moment as his vision quickly went back to Celestia who had a worried expression plastered across her face. He wretched his face from Twilight's grasp as he turned back to the sleeping foal within the crib behind them. As he turned back he stopped as Celestia had moved closer to check on him. His instincts kicking into high gear as he lowered his posture, flaring his wings out angrily and causing her to stop.

"Midnight, please understand that the spell used on you was nothing more than one to manipulate your mind. I would never hurt Starlight, Twilight, or you in any way shape or form. Please.......... your frightening me." Celestia spoke out as she stared helplessly at the dark Alicorn who slowly moved back into a resting position and lowered the shield surround them.

"I.......... I don't know what to believe right now............ Everything from last night is mostly a blur, and I can taste.......... blood........... why do I taste blood?" He stated as he ran his tongue over his lips and teeth.

"Come with me, the element's and I need to fill you in on last nights events." Celestia stated as she pulled Starlight from his crib and floated him along with them as the exited the room.

Once the three had made it into the dining hall, they found the rest of the element's along with Shining Armor, Cadence, Luna, and the three other captains of the guard all sitting and talking at the large table while eating lunch. However, once they noticed Midnight entering into the room, a hush fell over them.

Midnight made his way toward the table and stopped for a moment as he saw Applejack and Rarity sitting together, then bolted to them as he hugged them tightly. The others watched as a few tears were shed from Midnight as he hugged them to him. After a few minutes they parted and sat near one another as they began to chat quietly and eat an early lunch.

"So everything I saw the other day was a trick that Screwball had played on my mind. Some type of weird spell?" Midnight asked as he looked to the group.

"I am afraid so my dear." Celestia began. "It placed great strain on your mind, I am actually surprised that you are acting so normal since being subjected to that torment. A normal pony would have had a meltdown and be broken from such an ordeal."

"You forget, I am only a pony in body, my mind is still human. I have seen things far worse than what I was subjected to in that spell. The only reason that it had any effect on me was because it showed me horrifying pictures and events of those I love and cherish over and over again. I don't remember anything beyond the moment the images stopped though. What exactly did happen?" He asked while looking to everypony. The elements looking worriedly to each other before Twilight started.

"Midnight, Zecora accidentally gave you something that she didn't intend to. The worg saliva that you had requested from her had been in the same type of vial, but was labeled while the one she gave you wasn't." She stated while staring at him. "The one she gave you was filled with the saliva of a worg elder were."

Midnight could fill his heart skip a beat as he heard this comment. "Did.......... you just say were? As in werewolf?" He gulped slightly.

"Yes, and the reason you can't remember anything from last night is because you were transformed into your were counterpart for a short time before reverting back upon sunrise." Twilight stated as she looked to his worried face.

"But I thought werewolves were nothing more than fiction......" He paused as he face hoofed. "Then again I am in a world that looks like a cartoon and have been turned into a mythical creature while having faced certain death several times over already only to come back to life. So what's not to believe." He chuckled slightly

"So what now? Am I going to turn into a were....... THING when the full moon pops out?" He asked while waving a hoof in a figurative manner.

"Unfortunately for you Midnight, this event takes place for an entire week during each month as the moon goes through its final cycle." Luna piped in causing him to groan.

"Ok then, so how many days do I have left before I can remain normal from this apparent curse." He asked while looking to the night princess.

"Two days, and during that time you will have to remain under lock and key, and tightly guarded as well." She began but stopped as Midnight spoke out.

"WHAT!? Why the hell do I have to be imprisoned like that?" He snorted.

"Midnight......" Twilight began as she caught his attention, coming up to his side. "I can show you why if you will let me." She paused for a moment as he gave a nod and lowered his head a little as her horn lit up.

After a couple of minutes they pulled apart as the spell broke. Midnight's face looking completely horrified from what he had just witnessed.

"I....... I can't believe............ that I said or did any of those things.............. And did I really do that to Discord?" He asked, shocked beyond belief.

"I am afraid so Midnight, and that is another thing we are going to have to worry about as well." Celestia spoke up catching everyponies attention.

"What do you mean?" He asked.

"Midnight........... You bit Discord............. while in were form." She spoke softly causing his eyes to go wide in horror.

"But what I experienced during those few short moments was something I would have never done. It was like I had a bloodlust, I wanted nothing more than to hurt Screwball in any way shape or form I could think of. Those things I said to her.......... was........... not something I would say or do." He stated as he mulled over it.

"That is true Midnight, you wouldn't had done those things. But the curse of the were's causes a being to do the exact opposite of what they would normally do. If a person is kind and caring, they would turn to a cold and callus being when they turn into their were form. This is going to prove to be very troublesome tonight and tomorrow." Celestia stated in worry causing them all to look upon her in worry as well.

"Why? What is going to happen?" Dash spoke up as she looked to the princess'.

"If Discord has been infected with the curse of the were, his actions are going to be the complete opposite of what they would normally be." Luna stated in worry.

"Which means his carefree chaotic attitude, and his will against hurting others is going to turn him into the deadliest enemy we will ever face." Midnight spoke up causing them all to slink back into their seats with worry.

"So he will be a cold, calculating being that desires nothing more than to destroy life and hurt others?" Pinkie spoke up as her mane and tail deflated.

"I am afraid so Pinkie." Celestia stated before continuing. "That plus he is the God of Chaos, so his powers will not be restrained in the least when fighting against anypony. We can only hope to keep him at bay until the morning arrives."

They all sat quietly as the contemplated what was going to happen once night fell upon the world. Much planning would need to be done in the meantime to prevent the world from being destroyed.

That morning with Discord.

"AAAAAAAAAAH!" Discord let out a scream of pain as they reappeared in a flash of light some distance away. Screwball moved to the side away from her father as she looked on in horror at his bleeding stump that was once a taloned arm.

"Dammit! No sooner than I get released from that blasted prison of stone than I have my arm taken off by a former friend." He snarled as he dance on the spot while holding his arm in pain.

"I'm sorry daddy, I was just trying to get you out of your prison and kill the Alicorn that imprisoned you at the same time." Screwball stated as she came over and hugged her father lovingly.

"Kill him?! Why would you want to kill him?! Killing is not what we do Screwball." He snorted at her in disapproval.

"B-but, he imprisoned you! Why not kill all those who wish to defy chaos?!" She looked up to him pleadingly.

Discord gave a sigh as he sat down quietly, pulling his daughter into a loving hug as he used his magic to manifest a new arm for himself in place of the stump he now had. He wiggled his talons a few times to make sure that it was back to normal before speaking.

"Screwball, I am the element of chaos, which is the very thing that bring harmony together. I created disorder and chaos, not death and destruction. Those silly ponies don't realize it right now, but if there was no chaos in the universe, then all of existence would crumble. Chaos exists in every corner of everything in existence. Whether it's stubbing a toe by accident or even causing an alien race to stop its invasion into a new world because someone forgot to put a gasket into the ion propulsion emitter. No matter what or where it happens, chaos is the building block of what keeps harmony together. So don't ever for any reason think that you can destroy harmony for any reason. We may not like each other, and we may fight like brother's and sister's, but that doesn't mean that we can live without each other as balance within this universe." Discord gave a sigh upon hearing his own words before Screwball began.

"Then why did you pick this world to bring chaos to daddy? Why not just go out into the far reaches of the universe to cause it on another planet?" She asked while looking up to him.

"That is the beauty of this planet my dear, this is the first and only planet I have ever been to that can actually stand up against me in any way shape or form. This planet has the very elements of harmony itself upon it. I never intended on taking over this world, I've just been here to drive them batty as hell with chaos. They think harmony is perfect and sweet, but they still don't realize that chaos will always be there to throw a wrench into the gears every day of the week." He began to chuckled loudly before continuing. "So until that day comes when those annoying elements and Celestia herself come to me and tell me they understand, I will still be here, even if they continue to lock me into stone for the rest of time. I will remain here until they figure this out for themselves."

Screwball sat there for a moment as she placed a hoof onto her chin, thinking on what her father had just said. Discord upon seeing his daughter actually deep in thought felt a pang of worry before he spoke up.

"What is it?" He asked causing her to narrow her eyes at him accusingly.

"So out of all the heartache I have had to endure in the past while you were imprisoned in stone, you just continued to do what you wanted, without even considering my feelings? Knowing tha I would be alone in the world all by myself with no friends or other family I could look to?" She asked as she puffed her chest out as tears began to fill her eyes.

Discord sat there for a moment in silence, his eyes wide as he came to realizing what he had done to his only daughter.

"I....... I'm sorry............ I never thought about the..............." He was suddenly cut off as a mallet landed square into his chin sending him into the sky as Screwball stood there, tears streaming down her face as she shouted at him as he sailed off.

"THAT'S RIGHT! YOU DIDN'T THINK! YOU JUST DID WHAT YOU WANTED! AND YOU HURT ME IN THE PROCESS!" She slowly fell to the ground as she cried out, all alone once again. But her saddened face slowly began to turn to anger and then to a devious grin as her pupils went to pin points.

"I'm going to end everything, by destroying the element's of harmony, then, my chaos can rule."

Screwball began to giggle softly as it slowly turned into a maniacal laugh. The element's were about to face their toughest enemy, the spawn of the chaos bringer. Screwball the mad.