Disclaimer: I don't own My Little Pony

To say this day would be like another other would be an understatement. Twilight had awoke this morning and things seemed to start normal enough, until Spike coughed up a letter from Princess Celestia. Reading the contents, Twilight quickly sent for her friends and took off to meet the Princess of the Sun outside Ponyville. To Twilight's dismay, it seemed that Fluttershy and Applejack were absent, but did her best to stay calm and she awaited her mentor.

"I love it when Princess Celestia comes to Ponyville. I got my hoofs shined like Rarity's just for the occasion." stated Pinkie.

The Element of Laughter showed off her hoof as the Element of Generosity looked at the polish.

"You like?" asked Pinkie.

"I certainly do." answered Rarity.

"I'm surprised she's not here yet." said Twilight, slightly anxious.

"I wonder what's taking so long." pondered Spike.

"Where are Applejack and Fluttershy?" asked Twilight.

"Fluttershy is busy helping Applejack with a mishap at Sweet Apple Acres. They'll be along." answered Rarity.

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

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

Rainbow dash suddenly flew by stopping in front of Twilight.

"A visitor whose important and slow." said the impatient pegasus.

"What if it's somepony so terrible important, she has many terrible important things to do before she got here." proposed Rarity.

Spike turned around and quickly started grabbing on Twilight's tail.

"Maybe the visitor has a deer antler, a bat wing and a snake tail." said Spike concerned.

"Yeah right, that's Discord." noted Twilight.

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

"Maybe you should ask her." answered Spike.

Moments later, the royal chariot carrying Princess Celestia landed followed by another carrying the petrified Discord.

"This...can't be." said Twilight softly.

"Oh, but it is." replied the voice, sensing a chance.

Twilight calmly walked over to her mentor.

"With all due respect Princess Celestia, how could you bring Discord here?!" exclaimed the lavender unicorn.

"I am fully aware the last time Discord was here, he created serious havoc." noted Celestia.

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

"And turning us into the opposites of our true selves." added Rarity.

"And making it rain delicious chocolate milk without a single dollop of whipped cream to go with it in sight! Not a single dollop!" cried Pinkie.

"Now is not the time for you to be a blithering idiot Pinkie." huffed Twilight.

"Yes I understand. But, I have a use for Discord's magic if it can be reformed for good instead of evil." said Celestia.

"You highness, I do not wish to offend. However, I believe this is a terrible mistake you are making. The best thing we can do is smash that statue to pieces so he never threatens Equestria again." stated Twilight.

Rainbow, Rarity, Pinkie and Spike where taken aback by this statement. Even Celestia raised an eyebrow in surprise.

"My, I would never have thought you would make such a demand." said the Princess of the Sun.

"Discord is a threat and must be dealt with. His mere existence is a threat to Equestrian security." said Twilight, stomping a hoof.

"You reformed my sister." noted Celestia.

"She's a pony, not a draconequss." mused the voice.

"That is because Princess Luna is just that - a princess. Discord had no redeemable qualities. He's not even a pony." said Twilight.

"That's really screwed up Twilight." stated Rainbow.

"It is the truth. You know that." said the voice.

"I recall you where the one who wanted to befriend Zecora." added Rarity.

"Zebras are still members of the Equus genus." countered Twilight.

"What about me?" asked Spike.

"I've know you since you hatched." answered Twilight comfortingly.

"I'm not a equine. I'm a dragon." noted Spike.

"Dragons are mostly savage and brutish creatures." stated the voice.

You were lucky enough to be raised by ponies." said Twilight.

Spike stepped back with a hurt look on his face.

"Twilight, I thought we dealt with this behavior." said Celestia firmly.

"I though you had a backbone." scoffed Twilight

This response gained gasps from Twilight's friend while the voice slightly chuckled.

"I will ignore that comment." said Celestia.

A pair of guards walked over with a chest.

"I have the Elements of Harmony. Use them against Discord if need be." said Celestia.

The Princess of the Sun looked around.

"I believe Fluttershy could be most helpful in reforming Discord. Do so when you are ready." said Celestia, with a hint of sadness.

With that, the Princess of the Sun took her leave.

"Thank you for handing me your pupil on a silver platter, Princess." said the voice arrogantly.

Celestia left while Twilight mumbled something about a "senile hag" to herself. Finally, the other three ponies left to get Fluttershy and Applejack while Spike stayed with Twilight. Her friends returned soon after and it was clear AJ and Fluttershy had been filled in. The six ponies strapped on the Elements of Harmony and then they freed Discord.

"Well, it's about time somepony got me out of that prison block." said Discord.

Discord snapped his finger turning a bunny into a monstrous creature.

"Change him back or I'll blast your to Tartarus!" snapped Twilight.

"What crawled up your butt?" asked Discord.

Discord snapped his finger returning the bunny to normal.

"I don't trust you and I'm not afraid to take action to stop you...no matter what it is." answered Twilight.

"Now girls, we should give him a chance." proposed Fluttershy.

"You called him a "big dumb meanie" when where chasing Rainbow Dash." noted Pinkie.

"Regardless, we should give him a second chance. Everpony deserves another chance." said Fluttershy.

Five of the ponies mused along themselves while Twilight rolled her eyes.

"He's nothing but a troublemaker! Celestia is clearly off her rocker if she thinks he can be trusted!" declared Twilight.

"Celestia thinks I could be helpful against a potential threat." noted Discord.

"She's using Discord against me." thought Twilight.

The ponies departed with Fluttershy attempting to reform Discord. After a few days, they checked up on Fluttershy only to see her cottage spinning around in the air. Discord dropped the cottage and a dinner party was arranged to prove Discord was truly reformed. The ponies came armed with he Elements of Harmony while Twilight arrived mumbling to herself.

"As you all know, Princess Celestia hope we could get Discord to use his magic for good instead of evil." began Fluttershy

Fluttershy looked over and saw Pinkie chowing down.

"Pinkie, care for some gravy?" asked Fluttershy.

"You bet." answered Pinkie.

"Allow me." offered Discord.

Discord used his magic to bring the gravy boat alive. The gravy boat then walked over, licked Pinkie and poured gravy.

"You're a cute little gravy boat. Yes you are. Yes you are." said Pinkie cheerfully.

"That's one creepy gravy boat if you ask me." said Rainbow.

"Come now Dashie. You're not giving this a chance." replied Fluttershy.

The gravy boat walked over and poured gravy onto Rainbow's lap. Rainbow shot out of her chair and flew.

"Hey! That's hot!" exclaimed Rainbow, freaking out.

"Oops, I'm so sorry." said Discord.

"He did that on purpose." accused Rainbow.

"I don't know about that. Mistakes happen." replied Discord.

"Mistakes happen my flank." grumbled Twilight.

The candles suddenly came to life and began moving around.

"Look everpony, dancing candles." said Discord.

The candles continued hoping around until Rainbow blew them out.

"I'm not falling for that!" declared Dash.

"Oh good, one of these idiots has a brain." mused Twilight.

"Could have fooled me." added the voice.

"Discord is just trying to distract us..." continued Dash.

Rainbow was cut off by the candles hoping up and attacking her.

"I suppose this is just another mistake?" asked Rainbow.

"No, I think you just made them mad." answered Discord, nervous.

"Something's fishy here." said Twilight.

On cue, the fish teapot sprung to life blasting Twilight and Spike with tea.

"Discord." said Fluttershy, trying to believe his innocence.

Before Discord could answer, a blast of magic from Twilight shattered the fish pot to pieces.

"Look Discord, you need to cut this out right now!" cried Twilight.

"I have no idea what you're talking bout." replied Discord, playing innocent.

Twilight became enraged by this and fired a powerful blast of magic energy. It hit and Discord's entrails splattered all over the cottage.

"Oh my." said Rarity, trying not to vomit.

Pinkie, Rainbow, Applejack and Spike stood in horror as Fluttershy fainted.

"Maybe that cake guzzling troll will learn!" declared twilight.

"Twilight...Twilight...Twilight..." said Pinkie's voice echoing.

Twilight shook her head and realized her friends where staring at her. Discord was looking at her still alive and in one piece.

"My hallucinations have returned." said Twilight softly.

Twilight jumped up and galloped off.

"Twilight! Wait!" cried Spike.

Twilight ran until she finally returned to Ponyville when she stopped to catch her breath.

"Are you okay?" asked the voice.

"It's that hallucination." answered Twilight.

Twilight stopped panting as a sinister grin grew on her face.

"I loved it." said the unicorn.

"Excellent." replied the voice.

Twilight bore a malevolent smile as she walked through Ponyville. The other noticed this and the general dark feel that she was giving off. Twilight returned to Golden Oaks Library and slammed the door behind her. Twilight returned to her lab and began trying to master the dark magic coursing through her body with guidance from the voice. After a long period of blissful silence she was interrupted by Rainbow, Pinkie and Rarity who dragged her to Sweet Apple Acres. The beavers Fluttershy talked to earlier had flooded the apple orchard.

"Promise me you'll never use your Element of Harmony against me." demanded Discord.

"I will never use my Element of Harmony against you." replied Fluttershy.

Fluttershy removed her necklace.

The others tried to reason with Fluttershy while Discord turned the flooded water into ice and skated.

"If Fluttershy lets Discord free, nothing can stop him." noted the voice.

"This was there plan all along." replied Twilight bitterly.

"Exactly. You have to take matters into your own hoof." urged the voice.

"Fluttershy, what the fuck is wrong with out?!" exclaimed Twilight.

The ponies froze and looked at Twilight.

"Discord needs to know we can trust him..." began Fluttershy.

"Just freaking save it. Discord is using you and following him like a fucking drone!" snapped Twilight.

Fluttershy stepped back while Rainbow landed in front of her.

"Look Twilight, I agree Discord is using Fluttershy. But, she's our friend and my marefriend...you need to watch your tone." said Rainbow.

"Shove it you egocentric bitch!" snapped Twilight.

"Darling, you must not being feeling well." said Rarity.

"Speaking of ego, we have Rarity. If you hate Ponyville so much then just move to Canterlot!" snapped Twilight.

"Okay Sugar Cube, you've snapped at your friends including my marefriend now. You've gone too far." stated Applejack.

"Please, everypony knows you're fucking Big Mac behind everypony's back." scoffed Twilight.

"That's it!" snapped Applejack.

Applejack stormed up to Twilight, but Pinkie got in front of them.

"Everyponies being totally crazy and that's no fun." said the pink pony.

"Of course, the let's listen to the sugar driven idiot who lives in her own worthless little world." said Twilight.

Pinkie's hair deflated and Fluttershy comforted her.

"Discord!" called Twilight.

Discord skated over stopped in front of the ponies.

"Oh please, keep going. I'm loving the disharmony among your little clique." said Discord.

Discord chuckled for a moment, but a blast of magic energy sent him crashing into an apple tree.

"Put all this shit back right now." demanded Twilight.

"Oh, somepony got up on the wrong side of the bed." replied Discord.

"Put it back and Celestia to take whatever plans she has and shove it." said Twilight angrily.

"You seem to forget Fluttershy has vowed never to use her Element of Harmony against me." noted Discord.

Twilight grabbed Discord and flung him slamming into the ice.

"The Elements of Harmony are shit. I'm taking matters into my own hooves." said Twilight smirking.

Twilight's irises had turned from their normal purple to a dark yellow.

"Oh no..." said Discord horrified.

Twilight grabbed Discord and picked him up. Suddenly, his arms where bent backwards and his entire body was contorted.

"Celestia might have screwed up freeing you, but I'm not so foolish." said Twilight darkly.

Suddenly, Discord's joints where extended as far as the could go.

"Time for you to die." said Twilight coldly.

Twilight bent Discord backwards until his body mirrored a crescent moon.

"Twilight! You're going to snap him in half!" cried Applejack.

Excruciating pain rifled through Discord's body as he actually feared for his life.

"That's the plan." replied Twilight.

"Please spare me!" cried Discord.

Fluttershy jumped up and tackled Twilght thus freeing Discord. Fluttershy quickly flew over to Discord.

"Are you okay?" asked Fluttershy.

"Yes." answered Discord panting.

Discord and Fluttershy hugged as the former comforted the former.

"You're next!" screamed Twilight angrily.

The ponies stared at the enraged unicorn.

"She's got dark magic flowing through her body." noted Discord.

"We have to tell Princess Celestia." said Pinkie.

Hearing this, Twilight suddenly teleported away.

Spike ran through Ponyville and found the girls plus Discord at Sweet Apple Acres. Spike was quickly informed of what happened and quickly wrote a letter which he sent to Princess Celestia. It took only ten seconds for Princess Celestia to arrive.

"Where is Twilight?" asked Celestia urgently.

"She ran off after attacking Discord." answered Pinkie.

"Twilight most likely went to Golden Oaks Library." added Spike.

Celestia turned her attention to Discord.

"Are you okay Discord?" asked Celestia.

"I'm fine. It takes a lot more than that to scare me." answered Discord, putting on a front.

"Twilight used the Blood Manipulation Spell on me." noted Discord.

Celestia winced and stepped back at this.

"How bad is that?" asked Rainbow.

"It's one of the most dangerous dark magic spells know. My sister and I have traced it to the time of Starswirl the Bearded." answered Celestia.

"It was formed by a unicorn in revenge for punishing the nation that taken her family away. She was using it to exact her revenge on innocent people until Starswirl stopped her." explained Discord.

The ponies and Spike looked at each other anxiously.

"What happened?" asked Applejack.

"Starswirl used his Magic Removal Spell to strip her of all magic. She spent the rest of her life in a dungeon." answered Discord.

"I will not let such a thing happen to Twilight." added Celestia.

The ponies and Spike let out sighs of relief.

"Did Starswirl invent that spell of this situation?" asked Rarity.

"No. After he had an encounter with some sirens. He thought it could be useful in the future." answered Discord.

"We've wasted enough time talking. Let's go." said Celestia.

Celestia, the ponies and Spike raced off to Golden Oak Library. The citizens noticed the Princess and a crowd gathered. The stormed Golden Oak Library where they found Twilight gone. Princess Celestia immediately put a search party together and began to comb the area. A few ponies went into the Everfree Forest and talked to Zecora who hadn't see Twilight, but joined the search party.

Twilight stayed in the Everfree Forest that night before sneaking away under the light of Luna's moon. She climbed into small space in the first car behind the train finding old muffin crumbs. The next day the Friendship Express departed and made its way to the Crystal Empire. Twilight teleported out of the car and made her way through the snow.

"I'm here." said Twilight.

"Good. Just follow my directions." replied the voice.

"I'm sorry." said Twilight.

"What for?" asked the voice.

"I'm sorry for doubting you. You were the only one looking out for me." answered Twilight.

"It is fine. I am here for you." replied the voice.

Twilight followed the voice's directions leading through the snowy wasteland until she reached a mountain. Twilight climbed the mountain until she found a cave which she entered.

"You've made it." said the voice.

The pony behind the voice emerged revealing its self to Twilight.

"Nice to meet you, Twilight Sparkle." said Sombra.

Twilight took a second to absorb this fact then bowed down.

"I am here for you...Master." replied Twilight

Author's Notes:

A/N: Well, there is chapter ten finished and we've fully broken with the actually series. Twilight's yellow eyes are a nod to Anakin Skywalker's eyes after he joined the Dark Side. The spell Twilight used on Discord was inspired by Blood bending from Avatar with the "old unicorn" who invented it as a nod to the character Hama. The "Magical removal Spell" was a nod to Energy Bending which allowed Aang to strip the Fire Lord of his bending. I planned to reveal Sombra as the mystery voice in chapter six, but delayed it because I felt it would be better this way. Next time, we continue onward with the story. Please review.