I woke up the next morning and saw Rarity sleeping away peacefully on my side, we then heard a bell ring which woke Rarity up.

"Oh uhh...I'll get it darling." Rarity said as she kissed me and got the bed, before walking out of her bedroom.

I got up as well shortly afterwards, putting on my clothes and making my way downstairs, I saw Rarity talking to Twilight.

"Morning Rarity...and morning Bond, remember the letter I got yesterday, the Princess wants us to meet together at the park away from Ponyville." Twilight said.

"Well if it's from the Princess, I guess we better get ourselves ready and meet up." I replied.

Twilight nodded as all three of us walked to the hill by the footpath to see Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Spike already there.

"Morning dears." Rarity greeted as we walked towards them.

"Oh hi Rarity." Pinkie replied. "I love it when Princess Celestia comes to Ponyville! I got my hooves shined just like yours for the occasion. Ya like?"

"I certainly do!"

"I'm surprised she's not here yet." Twilight said with a hint of worry.

"I wonder what's taking so long?" Spike sighed.

"And where are Applejack and Fluttershy?"

"I think Fluttershy's detained helping Applejack with a mishap at Sweet Apple Acres. They'll be along." Dash replied.

"But, I still don't get why the Princess would be so late." Spike said.

"She's bringing an important visitor. That could be part of it." Twilight responded.

"A visitor who's important and slow." Dash added.

"Maybe it's somepony so terribly important, she still had many more terribly important things to do before she got here." Rarity said.

"Maybe the visitor has a deer antler, a goat leg, a bat wing, and a snake tail!" I exclaimed as I gasped at what I saw.

"Yeah, right. That's Discord." Twilight replied.

"Why in the wide, wide world of Equestria would Princess Celestia bring along someone like that?" Rarity asked.

"M-m-maybe you should ask... her!" Spike said as he pointed to the Princess who turned up along with a statue.

"Huh?" all the mares said confusion.

I too was surprised to see the statue of Discord by the Princess, what could this be all about?

"With all due respect, Princess Celestia, how could you bring Discord here?!" Twilight yelled before clearing her throat, "Your majesty."

"I'm fully aware that the last time Discord was here, he created serious havoc." Celestia replied.

"If by 'serious havoc' you mean 'turning Ponyville into the chaos capital of the world...'" Dash said.

"...and tricking us all into being the opposite of our true selves..." Rarity added.

"...And making yummy delicious chocolate milk rain all over the place without a single dollop of whipped cream to go with it anywhere in sight! Not a single dollop!" Pinkie finished.

"Oh and the less I say about my behaviour that day, the better." I intervened with a sad look.

"Yes, I understand. But I have use for Discord's magic if it can be reformed to serve good instead of evil. This is why I've brought Discord here, because I believe that you are the ponies who can help him do just that." Celestia explained.

"This will never work! This is a disaster! How will we ever control him?! We're doomed!" Spike exclaimed.

"Need I remind you that you are the ponies who turned him back into stone like this in the first place?"

"I suppose we can just use the Elements of Harmony against him again if it gets out of hand." Twilight responded.

"Uh, w-w-we probably need a volunteer to run away from here right away to get them. I'll do it!"

"No need, Spike. I have them right here, and I've cast a spell so Discord can't take them and hide them again. Now where is Fluttershy? I believe she may know best how to begin reforming Discord."

"Fluttershy? Really?" Dash asked who was confused.

"She's with Applejack at the farm, we should go and get them now." Twilight replied.

"I'll do it, this won't take long." Dash declared as she zoomed off to the farm.

Soon, Dash returned with Fluttershy and Applejack, Celestia walked over to Fluttershy.

"Fluttershy, this may your most challenging quest yet, I want you to try to reform Discord and turn him to good." Celestia said.

"Reform D-d-dicord?" Fluttershy asked who shivered a bit.

"I realize that this is a tall order, but I wouldn't ask if I weren't confident you could get him to use magic obediently of his own free will."

"And...you really think I'll know best how to do that?"

"I do. Now, I must return to Canterlot for Equestria's royal summit. You may release Discord when ready."

Celestia then returned to her carriage and was escorted away by the guards, leaving all eight of us with the statue.

"Okay, ponies, guess it's time to get started. Let's just hope this releasing spell works." Twilight said.

"Or... let's not." Spike added as he stood behind Twilight.

"We'd best keep our elements on at all times 'til further notice." Twilight added as we all collected our elements of harmony and clicked then into place on our necks.

"Check!" We all replied.

Twilight then began to perform the spell and soon, we were floating above the ground and bright coloured lights flew around us like a circle. As we performed the spell, the rocks began to crumble away on the statue and when we were done, we all saw Discord in his restored state as he let out a huge yawn.

"Oh! Ooh! Ooooh!" Discord exclaimed, "Well, it's about time somepony got me out of that prison block. What a relief! " he then snapped his fingers and turned a small squirrel into a big one that ate a branch.

We then gasped, knowing that this was going to be a major pain to get through this day.

"What do you think you're doing?!" Twilight exclaimed.

"Nnnnnnnnngh– Why, stretching, of course. When you're a creature of chaos, stone bodysuits aren't your typical go-to fashion choice. Nnngh... "

He snapped his fingers again and turned a small bunny into a big rampaging one.

"Make that bunny cute again! Now!" Pinkie demanded.

"Oh...he's adorable the way he is." he replied, trying to stroke the giant bunny that nearly bit him and blew a raspberry at it. "You know what else is adorable? You ponies truly believe that you can reform me, and that you're putting your faith in this one here to make it happen. Makes me wanna pinch your little horsey cheeks..."

"How'd you know about that?!" Twilight asked.

"Being turned to stone doesn't keep me from hearing every word Celestia says. Although I admit it makes rolling my eyes a challenge."

"Well, unless you want us to turn you back to stone, you'll zap those animals back the way they were, pronto!"

"Oh, you wouldn't dare turn me back to stone and risk disappointing your precious princess."

"Try us, "Dip-cord"!" Dash remarked.

"You think you can treat poor defenceless animals like that and get away with it?!" Fluttershy asked with an assertive mood.

"You go, Fluttershy."

"You'd best watch your step, buster, or I'll give you...the Stare!"

"The Stare? Oh no, please, not that! Anything but your disapproving eyeballs! Oh no! No no no, stop! No, no! I can't! Stop! I can't take it anymore! I'll do whatever you say! Because...you are hilarious!" Discord laughed.

To be fair, I wasn't surprised that her stare didn't work, cause he was born evil and has always been so.

"If it turns out we need to use our elements against you, I'm sure we can convince Princess Celestia it was for a good reason!" Twilight said as we all began to prepare ourselves to do just that.

"Mmm...I suppose that's correct." Discord sighed as he snapped his fingers to turn the bunny and squirrel back to normal, he then muttered something else but I didn't hear it. "Well, it looks like I know where I'll be crashing while I'm being 'reformed'..." he paused grabbing Fluttershy, "...With you, Fluttershy." he then laughed.

"Oh, dear." she replied worryingly.

"You better not let her come to any harm." I said to him.

"Now why in the world would I wanna do that...traitor." he smirked.

"So, you still remember me then?"

"Why of course, if it hadn't been for your betrayal after you so smartly joined my side, I would be ruling all over Equestria in chaos!"

"Come on now, friends, let's try to make a start by taking him to my cottage." Fluttershy intervened.

We all sighed as we walked to her cottage, when we arrived, Discord wasted no time in making himself at home as he laid down on the couch.

"He may be horrible, but that doesn't mean we have to act the same way. We should at least try to be hospitable." Fluttershy said to us before turning to her pet, "You don't mind giving up your favourite spot on the couch, do you, Angel Bunny?"

Angel than squeaked as he tried to get Discord of the couch but to no avail.

"Oh, I'm sorry about Angel. Are you alright?" Fluttershy asked.

"Oh, yes. Thank you, Fluttershy, for your concern. If only your pony friends could be as considerate..." Discord replied.

"Don't listen to him, Fluttershy! He's just trying to drive a wedge between us like he always does." Dash intervened.

"Now why in the world would I ever try to do a thing like that?"

"So we can't unite and use the Elements of Harmony against you, that's why!"

"I never thought of that..."

"You big liar!"

"Now, look who's a liar. Anyone can plainly see that I'm not big at all."

We then noticed that Discord had shrunk down to size before he grew back up big and accidentally knocked over a vase, he clicked his fingers and turned the broken vase into a lamp of himself on the table.

"Ah can't watch..." Applejack commented as some of us began to leave.

"We'll be outside." Dash added.

"You sure you're okay with this?" Twilight asked Fluttershy.

"I know it's not gonna be easy, but Princess Celestia's counting on me. And...I think I actually know what to do."

"You do?" I asked.

"I think the key is to befriend him. Being kind to him and letting him be my house guest is probably the best way to do that."

"And you really think that'll work?"

"I think it's worth a try."

"Okay, but if you need us, all you need to do is whisper 'help', and we'll be back here with our elements." Twilight replied as she turned to Discord who was on the couch, "So watch that goat-legged step of yours, pal!"

"Wh-what?!" Discord exclaimed before he appeared with a Victorian chair and a top hat with a monocle, "Look at me! I'm practically reformed already."

I rolled my eyes as the rest of us left the cottage, the six of us huddled together.

"She's really alright with him staying there?" Rarity asked.

"That's what she said." Twilight said.

"Personally, I think we should come up with a backup plan, in case this whole "befriending" business doesn't work out." Dash suggested.

"Dash is right. This is Discord we are talking about, girls. It wouldn't be a bad idea to have another trick up our sleeves." I added.

"And I think I know just the trick." Twilight replied, "To the Library."

We then trotted away from the cottage and agreed to meet up later just in case. So Pinkie, Rarity, Applejack and Dash split up whilst I stayed with Twilight as we went over to the library. When we arrived, we walked in and Twilight went over to a few books and began zooming through them.

"That's weird. The spell I had in mind isn't in here. Spike, where are the other books I asked you to pull?" Twilight asked.

"Right here, Twilight." Spike replied as he gave her more books.

"I really want to have a reforming spell up and running pronto."

"But what if he makes the Elements of Harmony disappear like he did last time?"

"Princess Celestia cast a spell protecting them, remember? Uh-oh."

"What's wrong?"

"Princess Celestia didn't cast a spell protecting our books! Everywhere I thought I'd find the reforming spell..."

Twilight gasped and I had a clear idea of who's responsible for the disappearing pages.

"I think we need to go back to the cottage, fast." I said.

"I guess so, let's go." Twilight replied.

We then galloped all the way back ot the cottage to find...her whole house spinning around.

"Fluttershy! Fluttershy, can you hear us?" Twilight called.

Fluttershy then flew out of the spinning house with her pet bunny.

"Fluttershy, what's going on? Are you okay?!" I asked.

"We're fine. Everything's going great. Isn't it, Angel?" Fluttershy replied whilst Angel was dizzy.

"We've come to get you away from Discord! He's just terrible and, from the looks of it, completely out of control!" Twilight exclaimed.

"Oh, but you're wrong! We're making great progress!"

"Seriously?" Spike asked with a stern look.

"I'm earning his trust by giving him a little space to be himself."

"Hate to break it to ya, but he used that "space to be himself" to tear out all the reforming spells from the library!" Spike explained.

"That does explain the paper eating..."

"He ate them?! Ugggghhhh!" Twilight groaned.

"But we aren't gonna need a spell. He's already really considering being reformed! He said so."

"And you believed him?"

"If I'm going to be his friend, I have to start by giving him the benefit of the doubt! Tell you what. Bring all the ponies over for a dinner party this evening, and I'll bet his manners will have really improved by then. I'll even get him to put the cottage back on the ground first."

"Alright. Dinner it is." I sighed.

Sometime later, it was the later afternoon and we were making our way to the cottage. Rarity and I agreed to not hold hooves while we were walking together or else Spike would've been on to us like a shot.

"Ugh, I can't believe we're having a dinner party with Discord!" Dash complained.

"This evening is sure to be a disaster. Glad I didn't bother wearing my fanciest outfit." Rarity agreed.

"Fluttershy thinks this is the way to reform Discord and asked us to give it a chance." Twilight added.

"I'm just glad that it's not me who has to do this, I would've turned him back to stone on the spot." I said.

We opened the door to her cottage which was back on the ground and Discord saw us.

"Oh, our pony guests!" Discord greeted with an upper close voice, "We're so delighted that you've come. Please, do come in."

"See what a beautiful job he did helping? Discord set the entire table himself. I'm so proud." Fluttershy said, smiling.

"Hang on to your elements, girls. It's gonna be a bumpy night." I commented.

Soon, dinner time began and since there was so much chaos involved, it went very quickly. We then saw Angel turn up on the table and it looked like he had something to tell us.

"Now is not a good time, Angel. We're having a dinner party." Fluttershy said.

"Hold up! Ah think he's tryin' to tell us somethin'!" Applejack interrupted.

Angel tried his best to tell us what he's seen before we started getting an idea.

"Oh, oh, oh! Sweet Apple Acres?" Rarity asked.

"Flooding at Sweet Apple Acres! And we all know who's behind that now, don't we?!" Dash asked as she looked at Discord.

"Who, me?" Discord asked innocently.

"Oh, give it a rest! What do you think of your "friend" now, Fluttershy?"

We then sighed as we left the cottage, leaving Fluttershy confused with Discord. It was sunset by the time we saw what was going on. The apple orchard was flooding with beavers building up logs and building up water levels around the lakes.

"Ah've never seen the floodin' this bad! They've built dams 'round here before, but never like this! What's goin' on?" Applejack asked.

"It's no use. They won't listen to a word I say!" Fluttershy sighed.

"You see Discord's behind all this, right?" Dash asked.

"Oh, of course I do! Do you all think I'm a silly, gullible fool?"

The other girls replied awkwardly.

"I've just been trying to gain his friendship any way I can, so he'd come to trust and listen to me!"

"Listen Fluttershy, I know you want to accomplish this goal, but I think Discord is going to have to be an exception. It would be best if we turn him back to stone if he's never going to learn his lesson."

"I know that, Bond...but let me try one more method I have in my head."

We all nodded before we saw Discord water skiing.

"Hey there, Fluttershy, you want a turn? The water's great!" Discord yelled.

"Time to see if it works."

"Fluttershy, oh, there you are. A sight for sore eyes."

"As you can see, there's a big mess down here at Sweet Apple Acres."

"Oh, yes. Awful business, that. Mm."

"It is awful. This is Applejack's home, and it's being destroyed by innocent creatures who would never be acting this way if it weren't for your reckless behaviour. You need to fix this."

"Oh, yes, very well, I will fix it. I only ask one thing in return."

"Yes?"

"I ask that you never use your Element of Harmony against me. As a sign of our friendship."

"What...you can't do that deal!" I exclaimed.

"I will never use my Element of Harmony against you." she then took off her necklace and threw it to Spike.

"Excellent!" Discord yelled as he snapped his fingers, "There, much better! I do prefer ice skating to water skiing! Don't you?"

We noticed her turned the river into ice and there was jury that gave him 10's and they looked like him.

"Discord! That's not fixing it!" Fluttershy yelled as she galloped towards him, "Why, I oughta..."

"Where are you going? What's wrong, pal?"

"Don't call me your pal!"

"Oh, pfft, come skating with me, and we'll let bygones be bygones." he then brought out a pair of ice skates for Fluttershy.

"Here you go, Fluttershy! Game on!" Spike said as he brought Fluttershy's necklace to her.

"He fixes this or he goes back to being stone! Princess Celestia will understand!" Twilight exclaimed.

"I made a promise not to use my element against him, and I'm going to keep it."

We then gasped, thinking this could get a lot worse.

"Hahah! You see? She wants to have fun with me because we're friends. She can't use the elements against me because we're friends. I'm free forever!" Discord boasted proudly.

"Not. Your. Friend!" Fluttershy yelled angrily as she threw her ice skates away.

"Who cares? I can do whatever I want, whenever I want. I'm Discord, the master of chaos! You think you can boss Discord around? You think I'm just going to turn all this back because you say so? Because if I don't, I'll lose the one friend I ever had?"

"Is that how you see your life, Discord?" I asked, "Just you and you alone against the world with no friends at all? Sure you may have your freedom, but if you had ever stopped to think, you would know that having no friends to spend your time with can make it a pretty lonely world for you. So I hope you enjoy your time going back to stone, because you'll never have another friend like Fluttershy again and you will never have the chance to have fun and be friend for all eternity!"

Discord then stopped suddenly and changed expression, "Oh, oh..." he said to himself and now he felt sad. "Well played, Fluttershy and Bond. Well played."

He then jumped onto a tree and began to use his magic to restore the whole of the apple orchard and the beavers back to normal. We all cheered around Fluttershy as we shared a group hug, although I had a part in this by the end of it, Discord then appeared in front of us, but seemed vulnerable and happy for the first time.

"I liked it better my way, but...I guess when you're friends, you can't always have things exactly your way all the time, eh?" Discord said to us.

"See, that's what we were trying to tell you, everything in your life is better when you have friends." I replied.

"Spike, get a letter to the Princess." Twilight requested.

"Got it." Spike replied as he went off to write a letter.

Sometime later, it was around sunset and we were on the outskirts of town with Discord and the Celestia had just arrived to see us.

"Yes, Princess, I'm ready to use my magic for good instead of evil...most of the time." he muttered hoping nopony would hear it.

I heard it though and I rolled my eyes, think that he still has a lot to learn about friendship.

"Congratulations on your success, ponies. I definitely sense a big change in Discord." Celestia said before she said to Twilight, "I'll leave the Elements of Harmony with you, Twilight. Just in case."

"You were right when you said Fluttershy would be the one to find the way to reform Discord. By treating Discord as a friend, she got him to realize that friendship was actually important to him. And something that, once he had, he didn't want to lose." Twilight replied.

"Go on. Say it..." Fluttershy said to Discord.

"Alright...friendship is magic." he said quickly.

"See? He can be a real sweetheart once you get to know him." she added, causing us to look awkward about it.

"Well Discord, it's time for you to have a place in the castle." Celestia said as she got on her carriage.

"Oooh, I've always wanted a place up there..." Discord replied as he got on another carriage that had space for him to sit. "...just to be sure, we're on the right track, are we?" he asked us.

"Well, you have a lot to learn about friendship and we mean a lot, but you're off to a start I guess." I replied.

"Thank you...we're ready to go."

Soon, Discord and Celestia were on their way out of Ponyville, leaving us to have another group hug.

We were walking back to the centre of Ponyville when Spike burped out a letter.

"Another letter, what's this one about?" I asked.

Spike read the letter.

"It's from Princess Cadence, she wants help at the Crystal Empire tomorrow so they have a chance to host the upcoming Equestria Games."

"Equestria games?"

"Looks like we've gotta lot of packing to do, ah say we make a start so we're ready for the morning." Applejack advised.

"Good idea, let's call it a day and start preparing." Twilight added.

We all nodded, exchanging our farewells and heading back to our homes. When it was only Rarity and I together, we shared a loving kiss before I walked off to my home whilst Rarity did the same. When I got in, I took off my clothes and sighed, seeing I didn't sleep in my home last night as I normally do.

I got a few of my saddle bags out on the table and began to pack up a few drinks, I would then do the rest of the packing in the morning. But for now, I wanted to get some sleep and recap on today only, I never thought it was possible for someone like Discord to be changed to good and not stay evil forever. It seems like he's now learning to change for the better with Fluttershy helping him and let's hope she can make sure she gets him to learn lessons about friendship. Next Chapter: Game Ponies Play Estimated time remaining: 13 Hours, 34 Minutes