Thor had always been imposing to the ponies. He was taller than any of them, had huge, rippling muscles and could call down thunder and lightning with a word. Add on the fact that he was the most powerful divine being that any of them had ever been in the presence of and it would be understandable to be afraid of him. But as the god of thunder slowly walked towards Rose, with his eyes hidden underneath of the rim of his helmet, every being in the world truly feared him.

He made a motion with his hand and a moment later Mjolnir flew to him, where it was snatched out of the air with enough force to blow the ponies around him off of their hooves. Even Discord, in his weakened state, was launched from his feet and would have fallen flat on his back had Celestia not caught him. Slowly, with each step seeming to take an eternity, Thor approached the goddess of the zebras, who, despite not having many facial features, was terrified beyond what she thought possible.

"Thor-" Rose began, before a backhand from Thor ripped the goddess off of her hooves and sent her flying into the side of a building, where she was stopped by the brickwork and fell to the ground with a small cry of pain. She weakly pushed herself back up to her hooves, feeling pain blaze through her face from where Thor had struck her. "Thor, I know that you are angry..."

"Angry is not a strong enough word to describe the rage that I feel right now," Thor replied in a whisper, yet his whisper was still strong enough to make the planet beneath him quake in fear. "In fact, I am fairly certain that there is no word among mortals that can accurately describe how I feel right now. But I promise you, that the flames of Hel will not be anywhere as painful compared to what I will do to you."

"Thor..." Rose replied in a terrified whisper, but the expression on Thor's face told the zebra that the time for words was gone. In the moment Rose blinked Thor moved from across the street to in front of the goddess, driving a boot into her chest and pinning her to the ground. Rose let out a cry of pain before she used her power to stab at Thor's leg with her thorns, but aside from tearing the material that made up his pants the thorns didn't even phase Thor.

"I have slain many an evil in my day, but know that I take no pleasure in striking down other gods. But today," Thor began as he lifted Mjolnir over his head and took aim at Rose's head with a deadly precision. "I will take a great deal of pride in ridding the world from you. To Hel with thee!"

Rose covered her head with her hooves as Thor let out a thunderous roar as he hurled Mjolnir towards the goddess...only to glance at his right hand in surprise when he found that Mjolnir was no longer there. Slowly the god of thunder turned around to see where Mjolnir had gone, yet all he had to do was look to the princess of the sun to see who now held the hammer of Thor.

"Celestia. I will ask this only once. Return Mjolnir to me and do not interfere again," Thor said in a murderous tone as he extended his hand towards the princess of the sun, demanding that she return his hammer. "What is about to happen is not your concern."

"Actually Thor, I believe it does," Celestia replied in a strong voice, one that was devoid of fear. She gripped Mjolnir tight as she walked towards Thor, whose eyes narrowed with a flash of lightning rumbling overhead. "You may be our god, but this is still my nation. And I will not have you execute Rose, no matter how badly she deserves it, on my watch."

"Can this be true? Are thou seriously telling me that you wish for Thor to spare this monster?! A goddess that sough to wipe out your nation and destroy all that you hold dear? Have thou taken leave of your senses?!" Thor rumbled at Celestia, his rage causing the ponies around them to cower. Celestia held her ground despite Thor's rage, not giving an inch despite the ground beneath her wishing to back away from Thor's rage. "Rose is the most dangerous and terrifying being in this land and yet you are instructing me, the god of your nation, to spare her? Do not think that holding my hammer means that you can speak to me in such a manner, Celestia."

"Does having Mjolnir give me any right to speak to you this way? No. Does my statues and knowledge of my ponies allow me to speak to you like this? Allow me to answer your question with a question, Thor. You said that Rose is the most terrifying being in this land. Yet I look around and to my surprise, none of the ponies in this town are looking at her with fear. But then who are they looking at?"

Thor knew what Celestia was implying as he began to look around at all of the ponies in the town of Ponyville. Despite Rose having trapped them in her magic, destroyed their homes and hurt their leaders in front of them, Thor found that Celestia was right. Every pony in the town, including the recently awoken ambassadors, were all staring at Thor with terrified looks on their faces. Some were looking at Rose with hatred and disgust. But the fear...it was of Thor. Or rather, what he might do next.

"Why would they be afraid of me? I have done nothing to warrant this fear," Thor asked Celestia.

"Because it's not what you've done, it's what you could do," Discord answered as he limped over to the both of them, turning Celestia and Thor's head towards the god of chaos. "Thor, as terrifying and evil as Rose is, she's not the strongest god in this world right now. You are. And because of that, every eye is on you. We all look to you."

Thor glared at Discord, before glancing down at the wounds of the god that had yet to heal. One of Discord's arms fell off and began to roll away from him, but Discord was so busy standing before Thor that he never noticed. Or just didn't care. Thor couldn't tell with Discord.

"And you're wrong. You have done some very scary things. Things that this world will never able to forget. Like killing Toraxo. Like defeating Shalor. You've proven to everypony that you, bar none, are the strongest in this world. So the ponies, the dragons, definitely the changelings, are terrified of you. After you slayed Toraxo, the changelings land was filled with earthquakes and plagues. after you've crushed Shelor, the dragons are preparing to wage war with us. While your actions had the best of intentions, they've had disastrous consequences."

"But I have done-"

"No. You haven't hurt the citizens or mortals in anyway. All of the other gods have. You know what the difference is, what makes these ponies so afraid of you? What makes me so afraid of you?" Discord asked Thor. Thor narrowed his eyes in response, before he glanced around at all of the ponies, who still gazed at him with fear. He then cast his glance back towards Celestia and Discord, who had moved in-between Rose and him.

"Pray tell, oh wise god, why are the ponies of this land so afraid of Thor, despite having no reason to be so?" Thor asked Discord with a snarl, but this time it was Celestia who stepped forward.

"When Toraxo attacked us, you stopped him. You defeated Shelor. And now you've beaten Rose with little to no effort. If any of the other gods, as evil and strong as they are, try to hurt us you would stop them. But what if you wanted to hurt us?" Celestia asked Thor, who found that he could not find the words to answer. "Who would stop you, the god that can defeat other gods?"

"I would never-"

"But you might. And that alone is enough. That is why they...why we are so afraid of you, Thor. Yes, you have been nothing but a help and a friend since you have arrived here, but we're also terrified of what you one day might do," Discord added on, cutting of Thor before he could finish. "Because you are the only one that can stop you. And if you did not wish to stop, then all we could do is die. We'd fight, yes, but we'd lose. And the ponies know that. The whole world knows that."

"So what would they think if you strike down every foe that crossed you? And what would happen if they day came when they had to stand against you? Like we're doing now?" Celestia asked before she pointed Mjolnir towards Thor, who took a small step back as if he himself had been struck by the hammer. "Because I promise you, god of thunder, if you try to kill another god of this land...then I will face you. I promised Faust I would following her teachings. And that means saving as many as I can. Even if it's scum like her. And you said it yourself, if a day came when I wielded the hammer and you didn't to stop you. Well I'm holding it now."

"It's about showing the world what gods should be like, Thor," Discord said with a laugh as he summoned his arm back to his side, standing by Celestia while smirking up at Thor. "We have to show them that not all gods need to be feared. That we can not only be their gods, but their heroes. Isn't that right?"

Thor lowered his head for a long time, lost within his own thoughts. Celestia and Discord watched with concern as the minutes turned into an hour, during that time Celestia placed Mjolnir atop Rose so that she couldn't escape. Then Thor turned from the both of them and walked over to the mirror that Celestia had shattered, picking up the frame of it before muttering a few incantations. The spell caused the shards of glass to reattach themselves to the frame, fixing the mirror once more. He then rose and walked back over to the princess and the god, handing the mirror to them.

"If you wish to keep her alive, the you can trap her within this. This mirror, according to what I've learned while inside of it, is able to imprison and erase gods," Thor told the both of them in a heavy tone. "It will not erase her unless you wish for it to. The choice is yours. But today, in front of all of those watching, it must be your choice. You must be the ones to stop this threat. I cannot. Not anymore. You must be the ones they look to."

Discord took the mirror from Thor, a heavy look in his eyes before he nodded to the god of thunder. Thor extended his hand and returned Mjolnir to him, allowing Discord to walk up to Rose and point the mirror towards her.

"Oh don't be so dramatic, we're not going to erase you. Just going to imprison you for a thousand years or so until you learn your lesson," Discord promised her with a smirk before he used his godly power to activate the mirror. A blinding flash erupted from the mirror and with one last cry of rage Rose was sucked into the mirror. Discord flipped the mirror around the see the image of the goddess trapped within the glass, getting a tired smile out of him before he held the mirror high.

"And that, mares, gentlecolts and everypony else, is how you trap an immortal being without striking them down," Discord said to the crowd with a laugh. The crowd of ponies let out a thunderous cheer as they swarmed the princess and the god of chaos, all of them thanking the both of the with tears or relief in their eyes. Celestia smiled at the ponies and took their thanks in stride, yet Discord found himself rubbing the back of his head and avoiding eye contact with the masses.

"That was pretty cool of you back there, saving me from Rose's wrath," Celestia said to Discord when the crowd had died down a bit, getting Discord to look at Celestia with surprise. "I thought that you didn't like getting involved in the matters of other gods. Or our matters, for that matter."

"Yeah, well, I wasn't going to just stand by and let the entire nation of Equestria fall to Rose, was I? And I certainly wasn't going to let the only princess that can tolerate me be destroyed by her either. Who knows if your sister would let me stay in this land?" Discord replied with a laugh, but then a small smile crossed his face as he gazed at all of the ponies.

"But you did. You stepped in and fought with another goddess. One that had imprisoned Thor. You saved all of us," Celestia told Discord.

"Nah, all I did was get kicked around by her. If anypony here was impressive it was you, swinging around Thor's hammer and breaking the mirror that imprisoned him. You know that only those that are worthy can wield it, right?" Discord asked Celestia, who gave him a surprised look, one that told Discord she didn't know what he had told her.

"Still, you came when we needed you. You were there when we were all praying for help. Who knows, Discord? Maybe we'll make an actual god out of you yet," Celestia said with a laugh before she turned back to see the Ambassadors walking towards her, relief on their faces. But while they talked Discord thought about what Celestia had just said and then he thought back to his actions, knowing that the reason he had showed was because he had heard her prayer. And he had answered it.

'She's right. I did answer her prayer. I showed up when the ponies need me most. Just like Faust used to do...just like Thor,' Discord thought to himself as he glanced down at his hand, noticing that his wounds were starting to heal. 'Maybe...Thor was right. Maybe I can change. Maybe I can be the god that this nation has needed...maybe I can be the god I wish to be.'

"Thor..." Discord began as he turned around to speak with the god of thunder, yet Thor was gone.