If any day during all this to would be the worst to Airy, it would be today. After being brought back upstairs and into her bed on Fluttershy's dresser, she had accidentally slept on her now very injured arm she got from yesterday, and of course felt all the pain of in in the morning. She attempted to get up and her arm hurt more than it should have. She yelped in pain, alerting Fluttershy, who was resting in her bed at the time reading a book.

"Oh my goodness! Airy!" she spoke in a concerned tone "What's wrong? Is your arm acting up again?"

"N-No..." the fairy waved her caretaker away "I'm fine. Stop pestering me."

"You don't look fine" Fluttershy analyzed "Here, let me-"

"Hands off me!" Airy flicked her arm away, causing even more pain to flow through it "I... I'm... I'm fine, okay? I don't need any help. I linked thousands upon thousands of- No, you wouldn't understand."

"Airy... Your arm..." the cream yellow Pegasus said softly "How is it more injured than it was before?"

"I don't have to tell you" she lightly rubbed her bad arm "Just go away and leave me be. It's bad enough I have to stay in the same house as you, so do me a favour and just stop trying to help, okay?"

"I... okay..." Fluttershy disappointingly sighed before walking away and going down the stairs. She looked over at her couch and saw that the white rabbit she took care of for so many years was waiting for her to join him. She smiled and went to go sit down with him, rubbing his head lovingly.

"Oh Angel..." she sighed "Airy got injured injured yesterday and she won't tell me how, let alone help me heal her. She's just so stubborn sometimes. If only there was somepony out there who could help me."

Putting a paw to his face, Angel thought long and hard about what options they had. They could try contacting Pinkie Pie, but that would make things worse than they already were. They could leave her alone, but she would just be more stubborn than she already was. While the rabbit didn't like his final idea, he figured there wasn't any other choice. He shook his owner's leg, getting her attention.

"Hmm? Do you have an idea, Angel?" she asked nicely. Angel nodded before pulling a pen and a piece of paper out of nowhere and began drawing. Once he was done, he showed it to Fluttershy. She gasped and looked closely at the picture again just to be sure he wasn't trying to fool her.

"Are you sure, Angel?" she asked her rabbit, to which he nodded in response "Well, I suppose if anypony could teach her how to be a lot less rude who was also on her level of cruelty at one time, it's him. Okay, I'll go and give Discord a call."

Angel sighed. Despite this being their last hope, he didn't necessarily enjoy Discord's presence or personality. He knew him and Fluttershy were friends, but that didn't mean they couldn't have their differences.

Fluttershy entered her kitchen and brought out a whistle from one of her drawers. The whistle was wooden and shaped like that of a snail's shell. It was about as large as her hoof, but the mouthpiece fit her mouth quite nicely.

(Music Stop)

Putting it in her mouth, she softly blew into it, creating a rather loud whistle and more than likely alerting the crystfairy resting upstairs. Not two seconds passed before a small explosion of confetti appeared in front of Fluttershy, surprising her a little bit. She quickly shook it off once she realized exactly who created the confetti in the first place.

"Good morning, Discord" she smiled at her friend.

XXXXXX

Airy laid in her bed, her head and body facing the ceiling. She felt like her entire body had just given up on her. But she didn't need that pony's assistance; she knew she could heal on her own. She's shrugged off far worse. Then again, that was when she still had her power. The fairy didn't like feeling powerless, and more than anything she wanted her powers back so she could leave this wretched place, pulling a few tricks on the townsfolk for her personal enjoyment once she did.

"All in a knot, I see" spoke a male voice very unfamiliar to Airy. The voice was mostly calm and collected, but she could hear that small sadistic side of it. For some reason, she liked the voice. Nonetheless, she didn't want anyone there at the moment.

"Whatever you want, I don't want it, so don't pester me" she stated, but the voice continued on.

"Okay, I won't pester you" Airy could feel the voice cracking a smile "But I will talk to you and do something about that horrible attitude of yours."

"You don't make any sense..." the crystfairy pointed out.

"Aww, make sense?" he questioned "But what fun is there in making sense? Besides, I think making sense will be everypony's downfall one day. You can't have a life without having a bit of fun!"

"Just who exactly are you?" Airy was a bit curious, if not amused by the voice speaking to her. The answer to her question was a surprising pop of a strange paper-like entertainment product that apparently came in many different colours. Once the initial shock of it was gone, the fairy looked back to see the weirdest creature by her bedside. He was an amalgamation of different animals standing on two legs with two arms at his side, with the head of a horse and a body of just about everything else. His body was noodle-ques and eyes were unnaturally yellow, as well as his long face giving off a mischievous smile that very much fitted him.

"My name is Discord, my dear" the creature bowed respectively "But you may call me Discord. I was sent by Fluttershy to help you get acquainted with this place."

"Yeah, good luck trying to do that" Airy rolled her eyes "That urchin and her little pet already tried that, and look where that went? What makes you think that this will be any different?"

"Because we haven't tried things my way!" Discord laughed.

"Ex...cuse, me?" the fairy raised an eyebrow.

"Well, what are you waiting for? Hearth's Warming Eve?" the old creature laughed again before scooping her up with the hand that looked like a lion's paw "We have some fun to accomplish!"

"W-Wait, where are you-" the crystfairy's sentence was interrupted by the sound of warping she heard so many times when the warriors of light used warp stones to travel around. In a flash of light, she was gone to who-knows-where.

(Music Stop)

"...now, Discord, be sure not to-" Fluttershy came upstairs only to see that they had gone off somewhere else "-take her someplace else... Well, I suppose if it will help her learn the value of respect... I just hope Discord doesn't corrupt her any more than she already is."

XXXXXX

Airy and Discord had warped somewhere the former had never seen before. Though, that wasn't saying much; she had only been to two places in this seemingly gigantic world. Wherever it was though, she really seemed to enjoy it. Everywhere she looked was all made out of crystal. The houses, the pathways, the lampposts, everything. The fairy's eyes opened wide and her pupils dilated as her mind took in everything.

"Welcome to the Crystal Empire," Discord welcomed his guest "where everything is made of-"

"Crystal..." the crystfairy finished his sentence "This is incredible! I love crystals!"

"Really now?" the old creature laughed, something in his voice telling Airy he already knew her interests beforehand "Well, I think you'll like it if you turned around for a moment."

"Why, what's behind-" she gasped the second she turned around. Right there was a gigantic castle made of light blue crystals, with purple flags hanging down from it. The castle itself was pyramid-shaped with long sides and and four legs keeping it up. Underneath the castle though was what really caught Airy's attention.

"That heart..." she pondered "If that crystal heart is anything like the elemental crystals of Luxendarc, I might be able to connect this world to the others and begin my OWN climb to the celestial realm... Then I can leave all these wretched ponies behind!"

"Airy, was it?" Discord gained her attention again "I do believe it's time to begin the fun."

"O-Oh?" the fairy gazed back to Discord again "Oh, right. This better not be a waste of my time, you old coot."

"Oh, I can assure you, this will be more than worth your time" the old creature smiled devilishly before walking off to someplace else. Naturally, Airy followed him. As they walked though the streets of the empire, she noticed that all the ponies there were also made of crystal, oddly enough. However, what really caught her attention were the odd looks Discord was getting from the townsfolk.

"I'm sure your wondering why that is, right?" Discord asked his accomplice, as if he knew that's what she was thinking "You see, I'm not fully 'one with the herd' yet, as they say. Like you, I still have many, many lessons to learn, which is why I really do think you should take Fluttershy's kindness into consideration."

"Fluttershy's kindness?" lightly laughed the crystfairy "More like Fluttershy's constant worrying for me. I mean, who even does that?"

"Fluttershy" the amalgamation chuckled "But that aside, here we are!" they both stopped outside a fairly large but very empty house that looked condemned and ready to be taken down.

"Really? Honestly?" Airy was unsure of what to think "This house is your idea of fun? How anti-climactic of you."

"Looks can be deceiving, my dear" Discord turned around and smiled "I do believe it's time to officially introduce myself. My name is Discord..." he bowed in respect "...also known as, the spirit of chaos. And this..." he snapped his eagle claw fingers and the door to the house opened up "...is my playground."

The crystfairy took a peek inside the house and saw wonderland of insanity inside. It was like an entirely different dimension. Bright colours of purple, red, blue and yellow were in every corner of the pocket world, and different objects floated around aimlessly. Airy though she saw a giant green hamster wheel at one point. Either way, her curiosity shot through the roof.

"What is this place?" she asked her host.

(Music Stop)

"This, my dear, is my home" he smiled before gesturing Airy to enter his dimension "Please, after you. I insist."

Airy floated into the space and immediately felt as light as a feather. She had never felt this excited before, excluding the moment when she connected all 100,000,000 worlds of Luxendarc. After flying around the dimension and doing a few loop-Dee-loops in pure joy, she turned back to Discord, who was now closing the door to his world temporarily.

"How is this possible?" Airy asked "There is no way any of this can work!"

"Perhaps in your reality," the spirit of chaos grinned "but, you see, I struck a deal with a certain Time Lord. I get access to his technology, and in turn I stop stealing his wife's muffins."

"What on earth is a Time Lord?" the crystfairy wondered.

"Well, enough about me!" Discord ignored her question and magically clothed himself in a tuxedo, top hat and cane "Step right up and be the first one to explore my dimension, including me!"

"You mean to tell me you have never explored this place before?" one of Airy's eyebrows rose up.

"Can't say that I have" he shrugged "After all, I just received this place yesterday. Who knows how much chaos or power lies in here. Y'know, I think I should dust the place sometime..."

The crystfairy's eyes widened at the mention of power.

"There's power here, he says?" she thought as a small yet devilish smile appeared on her face "If what he says is true, I can use a small portion of this world's energy to pray on the crystal heart under the castle! Then my plan will be set in motion!"

"Say, do you mind if I take a look at some of this power in here?" she asked as politely as possible, her being Airy and such.

"So sorry, my dear" Discord gave off an apologetic smile "But that would be chaos magic you'll be dealing with. There is only one soul in this world capable of using such magic in a responsible fashion... And unfortunately for you, he's not here! AHAHAHAHA!!"

"So, just to reiterate, I can't use this type of magic?" Airy wondered.

"Not unless you have more than 1000 years of training behind you, dear" the spirit of chaos laughed again.

"Darn it! He's too smart about this!" the fairy thought "I suppose I have no other choice then. I must to the rite without the magic by my side. But knowing Agnés, that might be painful"

"Then in that case, may we go and see that crystal heart under the castle?" she asked her host.

"Why, of course!" he grinned and opened the door to the real world again "I'm not sure why you'd want to see something as boring as that, but I suppose if you became interested about anything in Equestria, I'm doing my job."

Airy nodded before quickly rushing out the door and towards the crystal. This action got Discord thinking.

(Stop Music)

"Hmm... She didn't seem awfully hesitant to want and go and see that source of all power in-" his eyes opened in shock as he suddenly realized what Airy was trying to accomplish "Oh no... Fluttershy will ruin me if I let that happen!"

XXXXXX

By the time Discord got over to the crystal heart in the centre of the Crystal Empire, it was too late. Airy had began praying in front of it, and the heart began to spin, slowly picking up speed as time went along. All the ponies around the crystal stared in worry of what the small fairy was doing. While curious as to how she was doing it, the spirit of chaos knew the consequences if that crystal were to be corrupted or shatter.

"Airy!" he called out "You mustn't do that! Fluttershy would hurt me dearly!"

"N-Nggg...." was all the crystfairy could mutter out as she tried to awaken the power inside the heart.

"What in Equestria are you trying to do anyway?" Discord asked "If you're trying to obtain the power in that crystal, I can safely say your efforts are fruitless. That's-"

The maniacal spirit never even finished his sentence before electrical crackling was heard from the heart. The powerful gem was no spinning at full speed, slowly drawing Airy into it. Noticing this, Discord had no time to think before he ran for her, but was halted when a flash of light shone in his eyes, temporarily blinding him.

(Music Stop)

Over by the praying fairy in pain of attempting to drain the crystal of its power, fear filled her eyes as she got closer and closer to the spinning heart. Stopping for a split second, the force sucking her in seemingly grabbed her and quickly pulled her right through the gem, causing the flash that temporarily blinded all around it. Airy was flung by the force of the pull, sending her tumbling along the ground. At the same time, the blindness from Discord's eyes wore off and he shook his head.

"What a doozy..." he lightly chuckled before looking straight at the fairy lying on the ground "Airy! Well, that's certainly not good..."

He rushed over to her and saw she was still conscious during all that. She lay on her back, her arms and legs spread out from each other. They, along with her white sundress, had been slightly burned. She breathed heavily, her eyes wide and her pupils shrunken. She slowly turned her head towards Discord and spoke.

"W-Why? Why c-couldn't I c-control the c-c-crystal?" she asked him "A-Am I that p-p-powerless?"

"I wouldn't know, my dear" the spirit of chaos shrugged "All I know is that I have to get you to Fluttershy so she can patch you up."

"Flutter... shy..." was all Airy could say before she passed out. Discord simply sighed before picking her up and teleporting her back to his friend's house in a small and not blinding flash of light.

XXXXXX

Fluttershy, who had already placed her patient back in her bed on the dresser, inspected her arm and checked her head for any problems she may have gotten from her tumble. Realizing just how bad the injuries were, she sighed and turned to Discord, who happened to be in the same room as her at the time.

"She's suffered from multiple arm injuries and a broken leg" she explained "Like a miracle, her wings weren't damaged at all, but even so I wouldn't recommend she'd fly around anytime soon."

"Well, at least she won't... you know..." Disord sighed in relief "Well now, I'm sure you want to know how she got injured?"

"Very much so..." one of Fluttershy's eyebrows rose up.

"I promise you, it wasn't me this time" he made a letter X appear out of nowhere and placed it on his chest where his heart was "She heard about the Crystal Empire's crystal heart and wanted to drain away its power. But something happened."

"Something happened?"

"Indeed" he nodded "Airy, after attempting to take the heart's power, was sucked into it and flung out the other side. But what do I know? I was blinded by that point."

"If your were blinded, how did you..." she sighed "I suppose it doesn't matter now. All that matters is that Airy is safe and sound here. Actually, now that you mention it, doesn't the crystal heart have the power to revitalize one's happiness? Perhaps we could be seeing a new side of Airy very soon."

"That would certainly take a load off my back" Discord laughed "But evil souls are not so easily saved. But I can't tell you anything! Spoilers, my dear."

"Oh Discord..." Fluttershy giggled softly.

(Music Stop)

XXXXXX

As night fell upon the world, and all inhabitants were snug in their beds with the protective light of the lampposts shining down on the streets, the crystal heart let out an interestingly dark aura. It was small, barely noticeable even, but still there. A small trickle of blackness began forming at the point of the heart, until it finally dripped down onto the ground. After staying there for a good few seconds, it began moving forwards aimlessly.

"Why, what could this be, I wonder" someone male said with a smug grin behind the living darkness "Could it be a reincarnation of the one who nearly destroyed the Crystal Empire, or something much, much darker?"

He wasn't expecting an answer. He was just curious about the small trickle of living shadow in front of him. With his magic, showing that he was a Unicorn, he took a jar from a belt around his waist and scooped the droplet up for further study.

"I don't really care where my experiments lead with this" he said with a small chuckle "All I care about is that this little dark seed of mine grows into a beautiful flower of destruction. At long last, my journey will come to a close..."

Author's Notes:

Enter main villain I guess! We know nothing of him yet, other than the fact he wants to destroy the world. Will he return? Well, of course he will! He's the main villain! But when will he return? Looks like you'll simply have to wait. And what WAS that trickle of darkness from the crystal heart anyway? Take a guess in the comments below!

I'm sure many of you are wondering why Fluttershy is less of a timid character in this story. Well one, she's around her animals at home, so she's naturally less shy. Two, I can't write shy characters without it sounding awkward.

Thank you, sailing101, for your suggestion of putting the Crystal Empire in this next chapter. Your reward shall be... A COOKIE!!

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