Discord continued to laugh at the girls's failures...I didn't feel like I wanted to join in, but I had to or else he would be on to me like a shot and have me cursed too.

"Discord, you are much more fun than the girls are, I'm having the best time right now." I said whilst giggling.

"Why thank you kindly...see, if this alicorn believes in me in what I do, that makes me better than boring Celestia."

He and I laughed again.

"And what are you laughing it?" Pinkie asked.

"You ponies are just about the best fun I had in aeons." Discord replied.

"Well quit it! You better think before you laugh at the pink-ie pie."

"Oh yeah, well ha-ha!" Fluttershy added inpolitely.

Pinkie Pie darted towards her. "Quit it!" She replied with anger.

"No. Ha, ha." Fluttershy continued to conjure more anger in Pinkie Pie on purpose.

"QUIT IT!"

"No. Ha ha-ha ha ha."

"Uh...Rarity? This here diamond of yours?" Applejack asked as she placed her hooves on the boulder. "Twilight said we should split it six ways since we, uh, found it together."

"HI-YAH!" Rarity immediately flew over to Applejack and kicked her away from the boulder. "Try it, punk. He's mine. All mine! Ya! Ya! Ya!" She continued to frighten away Applejack as Twilight tried to stop them.

Glad that isn't me getting a karate kick, but I had a feeling I was going to after I 'betrayed' them.

"Why are you all acting like this?" Twilight questioned. She rushed over to Pinkie Pie and Fluttershy who remained in their argument. "We need to stick together!"

Discord laughed. "It's just too entertaining." He announced as he sat on a couch, eating popcorn.

"Oooh, got some for me?" I asked...he then had a popcorn box appeared for me....hmm, toffee flavour.

"Stop it, Discord. You're not playing fair." Twilight confronted him.

"I'm not playing fair?" Discord asked, placing his paw to his chest and sitting up from his seat. "Perhaps we haven't met. I'm Discord, spirit of chaos and disharmony. Hello?"

"How are we supposed to find the Elements of Harmony when you took away the labyrinth before we could get to the end?"

"Oh, wait, did you...?" Discord laughed with a few wheezes. "How funny! You thought the Elements were in the labyrinth? Why don't I jog your memory?" He cleared his throat. "'Twists and turns are my master plan. Then find the Elements back where you began.' I never said they were in the labyrinth."

"But...but…"

"Keep trying, Twilight Sparkle. Maybe the magic of friendship can help you." Discord mocked as he talked. "Now if you'll excuse us, Bond Racer and I have some chaos to wreak." He snapped his fingers and disappeared.

"Yeah, chaos for the win!" I said as I began to fly off.

"Wait! Bond Racer...I don't understand this, why are you on his side?" Twilight asked loudly.

"Maybe he don't have faith in us no more." Applejack answered.

I couldn't reply...I had to leave them and catch up with Discord. When I arrived at Ponyville, I saw the pink clouds were still there and to my surprise, the moon and sun were rising and lowering quickly after several seconds. I feel sorry for anypony who's travelling in space right now.

"So Discord, have you chosen your place to create your kingdom?" I asked spotting him in front of me.

"Why yes I have, Ponyville will be the capital chaos of the world." he replied. "Now for you to help me...turn this pathway of dirt into  soap, will you?"

I nodded with a smile and with my magic, did exactly so.

"Now, I want you to lift that big centre building and have it floating upside down, if you want to you can also do the same to a few others."

"Anything to keep my faith in you, Discord."

So I did exactly as ordered, I lifted a few buildings up and had them floating upside down in many places, then to further impress him and hopefully get him off my back for a while, I brought in the pink clouds and have it rain chocolate as well as altering the lands in the town by having hills in unnecessary places.

"Bravo, bravo, Bond!" Discord praised, "I am so impressed, I knew you would be a valuable ally to my plans."

"Thank you...it feels so good to use my magic for this, but I must request a break and think of how I can get back at those ponies for all they did to me."

"Very well Bond, you may go now. Teach them a lesson if you wish...I will be at the centre of Ponyville on my throne chair." he then disappeared.

I sighed in relief again...and then felt incredibly bad for doing those things...I wasn't sure how long I was going to be able to keep this up. So having an idea in my head, I went to Twilight's home and wondered, where was Spike while this was all going on? I walked in to find Spike in a bit of worry.

"Bond Racer, dude, what's going on around here?!" he asked loudly.

"Calm down Spike...it's the work of Discord, the spirit behind all this chaos...and mine." I answered depressingly.

"You, working with a villain? I can't see that and why would you want to anyway?"

"I had to take his side so that I could find a way to help Twilight restore everything without being cursed, it was the only way."

"Well you're lucky Twilight's not here and-"

He got cut off when the door opened...well here goes nothing, I had my bubble shield spell at the ready.

"Speaking of which, here she comes." Spike said as he zoomed off to hide in a corner.

"Spike are you in here-BOND RACER!" she shouted, noticing me.

I then created a force shield around me so she couldn't hurt me.

"You backstabber! Why did you betray us...we were your friends!" she shouted at me whilst on the verge of breaking down. "You always had faith in us...we loved you...we cared about you..."

She tried to resist crying heavily, but she didn need to, I was already guilty of my actions.

"Twilight if you let me explain, I will tell you everything you and the rest of you want to know." I said to her.

"Forget it, Bond...*sniff* you hurt me and the rest of us *sniff* who don't care cause they've been cursed by Discord."

She then cried her out eyes out with tears dropping like rainfall.

"That's exactly the point I was about to raise...cause why wasn't I cursed?"

She didn't answer as she continued to wail out in sadness.

"Think about it, back when we were all at the throne room. Discord mentioned you six but not me...why didn't he mention about me, why didn't he say anything about my faith element. Then it hit me, Discord must've wanted to try his luck by persuading me to join his side without having to do anything to make me join. I had to play along so that I could try to help you without interference and so I came here, because I had a feeling that the Elements of Harmony are here somewhere."

Twilight began to stop crying as she wiped her tears away.

"Bond, I can't speak to you about it right now. For now, I also worked out that the book about the elements is here somewhere too."

"The Elements of Harmony?" Spike asked, "I know exactly where that book is." he then zoomed over to one of the shelves and puled out a book that did look very familiar.

Twilight grabbed the book and opened it to find the Elements Of Harmony...they were all there, including mine.

"There's mine in there, that means Discord probably had something in mind for me when I am no longer useful to him." I said as I placed on my element neck collar.

"I now have to go and look for the others and use this book to change them back." Twilight said as she picked up the book with the elements inside it. "But you must stay here and hide yourself from Discord."

"What about me, Twilight?" Spike asked.

"You better come with me, just in case."

"Okay, I'm coming."

Twilight and Spike left the house as I stayed behind and looked back at how I had to behave in front of Discord...now I was wondering if I did it just to save myself and not care what happens to the others...it wasn't long before I saw Spike return feeling glum and walking upstairs to his basket. Then he suddenly began to look unwell and burped out a letter...then another, then another, it kept going.

"How can the Princess do that at a time like this...matter of speaking, where is Celestia?"

But I didn't have time to think as I heard the door open again and hoofsteps coming up the stairs, it was Twilight who was now looking really grey....wow, I really did not think my plan through, unless...

"Pack your things, Spike, we're leaving." Twilight said, failing to notice Spike in pain. "And don't ask where we're going, cause I don't know yet, just not here."

She was about to put her element crown in the bin when I stopped it.

"Twilight, you cannot give up!"

"But how can we carry on, if we don't have the faith?"

"I...can't...move." Spike said, interrupting us, "The Princess has been sending me these letters since I came upstairs." he then burped out what was probably the 19th letter. "Make it stop!"

"Wait a minute, these must be all of the letters you sent to the Princess since you arrived here in Ponyville." I said.

Twilight picked up a letter, "But why would she send them back?"

"To perhaps remind you of the friendship lessons you learnt...and if you want me to, the lessons that I should be reminded of when I first got here before you."

Twilight then looked at me..."If I forgive you, will you promise to read these lessons with me AND tell me and the rest of the girls your past story?"

I couldn't say no, I knew what I had to do to make things right.

"Yes Twilight, I promise...and I'm so, so sorry for the betrayal." I apologized before feeling emotional, "I was selfish to try and save myself, but not help and of you girls, I wanted to help you with restoring everything back to where it was."

"Thank you Bond...and I understand what you were trying to do, I forgive you."

We then smiled again and shared a forgiving hug to confirm that everything was alright. Soon, we began reading the letters together and it seemed to be working as Twilight was going from grey back to her normal colour.

"That's it, it's all so clear! Can't you see, Discord's trying to distract us from what's important." Twilight said as she began to jump around in excitement whilst holding on to Spike who still wasn't well. "He knows how powerful our friendships are and he's trying to keep us from seeing it."

I nodded in agreement.

"Do you remember what I said the first day we arrived in Ponyville?" she asked Spike. "I told you that the future of Equestria didn't rest on me making friends."

"Yes, but the opposite is true, the friendships that you made since you've been here were what saved Equestria from Nightmare Moon and now we need that faith and power of friendship to save us from Discord!"

"You're right Bond, I've got to fight for my friendships, for them, for us, for Equestria!"

We then noticed Spike again which gave Twilight a sheepish expression.

"Uhh why don't you stay here and rest? I'll take care of the whole fighting for friendship thing myself." she said to Spike who was now in his basket.

"I guess I should stay here until you come back?"

"Yes, keep yourself hidden until the time is right."

"Alright."

She then left in a dash whilst I looked at Spike burping out once again, I bet he'll be glad to take a break from burping when this is over. I looked at the window to see all of the chaos around Ponyville and Discord laughing away on his throne. I walked downstairs and looked through the window by the door, I noticed the six girls showing up and they were all back in their normal colours. I was relieved to hear that it worked, now I just had to wait for my signal as I listened to the conversation.

"Ugh this again? " Discord asked, seeing the girls back to normal as he drank the glass and threw the chocolate away which exploded.

"That's right, you couldn't break apart our friendship for long." Applejack replied.

"Oh Applejack, don't lie to me, I'm the one who made you a liar."

Well, Discord at least confirmed that he did more than enough damage to the girls...this was my queue. I exited the library and stopped right in front of Discord who had the girls held by their element necklaces.

"Hey Discord, what have you got there?" I asked.

"Oh if it isn't Bond Racer, I caught these ponies trying to restore ponyville."

"Really, can you bring them over where I am, I wanna tell them something?"

"Well, I was about to crush their necklaces but alright, go ahead."

He then lifted the girls back to where I was standing, I looked at them with a sad face. "Girls...I can only apologize for the way I behaved in front of all of you, I didn't want to be cursed, I wanted to help, but now I realize that I made a selfish decision. if you don't want to forgive me for that one fatal mistake I made, I can understand that."

The girls smiled back and gave me a group hug, even though I had already apologized to Twilight.

"Oh bravo!" Discord sarcastically as he applauded slowly. "You certainly had me there, I guess you never had faith in me after all."

"I never have, never will!"

"And I'll tell you what we've learnt, Discord." Twilight added. "We have learnt that friendships isn't always easy, but there's no doubt it's worth fighting for."

"Ewww gag." he replied, "Fine go ahead, use your element friendship thing. Just make it quick, I'm missing some excellent chaos here."

"Oh we will, but first, I have learnt a lesson too." I added before we got into position to use our elements of harmony, "The bad guy...always loses!"

Just then, our element necklaces began to glow as we grouped together and began to float in the air...a rainbow appeared from above us and it headed straight for Discord, when it collided, we could only hear him scream in agony as he began to turn into stone. He was then completely like a statue but with a different expression...he wasn't laughing anymore as the now statue of Discord fell to the side. Then a huge dome appeared around us and with a moment of extreme bright light, the town that was in chaos was now restored as the Ponyville we knew and love.

When it was over, I looked around to see everything back to normal, the other girls woke up and saw the sights.

"We did it, girls!" I said to them.

We all cheered in victory and suddenly, another light appeared.

"Congratulations, my ponies...I knew you would be able to defeat Discord." Celestia praised.

"It was all thanks to Bond's faith in us." Twilight said, pointing me out which made me blush.

Princess Celestia called all the ponies in Ponyville and Canterlot to gather in the royal hall. When it was time for us to walk in, we opened the doors and did so. We saw the Princess standing at the end of the hall with Spike along her side. As we walked towards her, we could see all the ponies looking at us, happily.

When we reached Princess Celestia, she formed a grin that narrowed her eyes. Applejack returned the same expression. Twilight nodded and looked over to Spike, who was waving shyly at her. Twilight shot another bashful expression and looked back to Princess Celestia.

"We are gathered here today to once again honour the heroism of these seven friends who stood up to the villain Discord and saved Equestria from eternal chaos." Princess Celestia announced, proudly.

Everypony behind us cheered loudly. Princess Celestia then opened a curtain nearby with her magic, revealing another stain-glassed window. The window depicted Discord being defeated by all seven of us. I could only smile and think how proud I was of myself...until I then remembered that I promised Twilight I would tell her and the others about my past.

"Girls, when we get the chance, can I have a word with you all?" I asked them, "I'm ready to tell you all about my past."

"Okay sugarcube, we'll find somewhere private to talk about it." Applejack answered.

"Thanks."

Soon after the celebration was over and it was the sunset, we went back to Ponyville and into the library, we sat around in a circle at the centre of the room.

"Alright girls, I'm telling you this as I promised one of you that I would, so here I go..."

I cleared my throat and I began telling them all my past, I told them everything...from the day I was born as a blessing, through the filly years at School, my sister Sweet Chocolate, the night when my parents were murdered by gangsters, the passing of my auntie. and explaining my parents will to finish. After being so open about it...I wanted to tell them about my relationship with Trixie, but I wasn't sure how they would take it...would they be happy, would they be mad at me?

The girls looked back at me and could only show sad expressions.

"My goodness, I'm so sorry to hear all that." Twilight said. "It must've been so awful for you when you came to Ponyville on your own."

"It was...I also came to Ponyville as I wanted to know if had the potential to be a stallion who find love and be in love with a mare and...I want to say it but I cannot say it...you wouldn't be happy about it."

"Wouldn't be happy about you being in love? Now that's a lot of lying haystack." Applejack replied.

"Go on dear, just tell us who it is and we'll promise to not be mad." Rarity added.

"Cross my heart, hope to fly, tick a cupcake in my eye." Pinkie assured, doing the actions.

Seeing that I had done well to get this far, I guess it was time to tell them the truth and find out. "Alright girls...I am in a relationship and I have been so for the last ten months." I confessed.

"Ten months? That is amazing...who is it?" Fluttershy asked.

I took a deep breath and sighed, "I am in a relationship...with...Trixie Lulamoon." I hanged my head in shame.

The girls then gasped...that didn't sound good.

"Trixie? The same Trixie who came here and showed off her false boasting and bragging?" Dash exclaimed.

"Yes...go on...be mad at me for choosing to love a mare that you don't like."

"Sugarcube, don't ever think that ah for one would be mad at your tastes in mares." Applejack said with a smile. "If Trixie is the mare you love, then that's your choice and ah for one respect that."

"Me too, if you and Trixie are happy together and in love, then that's fine." Fluttershy added.

"Well, it's gonna take some time to get used to the fact that you're dating Trixie, but I can respect that." Dash.

"Don't you worry, Bond, we will not think any less of you." Twilight assured, "But I do have a question, how did you find her?"

"I saw her by the lake outside the everfree forest, when I had a crush on her, I wanted to try and get to know her more which after the ursa minor fiasco I was able to. I found her by the forest crying, I wanted to cheer her up so I volunteered to show off a bit of my magic by designing her a house of her own in a big area inside the forest and when I was done, she thanked me and instantly fell in love with me right there and then. Ever since that day, we've tried to spend time together whenever we could and with my help, I've gotten to learn more about her background but I promised her I would never tell them."

"Well that's really thoughtful of you, darling...I'm not mad at your choice in mares either, I actually welcome it. If she ever needs anything fashionable, just bring her to my shop and I'll help her out." Rarity said.

"Well that is very kind of you, but she doesn't want that attention right now...and that's all I can tell you about."

"Alright, I think Bond has said enough about his personal stuff. Let's get some sleep and meet out for a picnic tomorrow." Twilight suggested.

"Weee! That's a super duper idea!" Pinkie exclaimed.

"I would like that very much, thank you all and goodnight all of you." I said.

We then got into a group hug which made me feel a lot warmer inside too. Afterwards, we all said our farewells and headed on to our homes. It was good to see my home back on the ground and not in the air thanks to the chaos stuff, I checked all of my personal stuff and was relived to see the will paper, the safe, the pocketwatch and other things still in their place.

Getting into my bed, I could finally sleep away and not have any secrets to keep for once. Saving Equestria from chaos was a major event, but we came out on top again. I was also glad of the reception I got when I confessed about Trixie. I had some worry about whether Trixie would find out that our relationship is now known to a few ponies. But that didn't matter right now...the six of them made a promise to respect my choice because they are my friends and we're gonna have a great picnic tomorrow, I can be sure of that. Next Chapter: Lesson Zero Estimated time remaining: 22 Hours, 53 Minutes