Aftermath

I really should be less cowardy, at least I left some hint of my presence...

3 hours ago
Celestia POV

We were defeated by Discord chaotic magic, but after some research, we found out about six Elements with enought magic to overpower Discord's. Their last location were under our old castle in ruin.

As we went over our castle, I noticed an intoxicating smell and air, just like a rotting corpse, almost choking me. Luna had the same reaction but we wouldn't let the wildness of this uncontrollable forest defeat us so we continued on forward, flinching whenever the smell got stronger and stronger. Then we arrived at the Tree of Harmony.

"The Tree of Harmony" I said contemplating the mighty structure.

"Indeed sister, we must be faster for thou' little ponies" Luna said, everwearing the stoic attitude

"Let's hurry, I don't know how much I can take this smell and Dis-" I was interupted by a mighty roar, followed by the roars of what I remember were Timberwolves and Manticores. But the one almost muting the others was monstrous, I've never felt so hopeless and fearfull in my long life, and never by a single roar. The last time I was this shaken was the first time I faced an Ursa Major and it's roar... But this one was much more powerful, I could sense the rage and wildness of the one making this roar. It is so powerful the earth shaked beneath our hooves. Luna was trying to stay stoic but couldn't bear the power and rage of this unholy call.

After it ended the world stopped shaking, well from the roar at least, after the roar ended we could hear distanced quake and growl, then we assumed it was one of the beast of this forest combatting Timberwolves and Manticores. But realization struck me, if this beast could take on a whole pack of Timberwolves AND Manticores at the same time while shaking the earth itself with just a roar, then we are doomed if it finds us. We could take on the whole pack of Timberwolves and Manticores ourselves but we would end up heavly wounded. By the sound of the distanced fight, this beast is whimpering, no it's not him, it's the members of the Timberwolves pack because the shake and the growl never ended.

"We must take the Elements and flee, this monster will likely cross our way if we do not do that, and by the sounds of everything going on right now, i'd rather not challenge him to a fight" I said and Luna nodded.

After we got the Elements, we were galloping to get out of the forest but when we were before the Castle.... Nothing, no sound could be heard.

"We think it's safe now sis-" Luna was cutted off by another monstrous roar, much more powerful than the last, I would never have tought about fleeing for my life full of shame and fear. But this time, this monster proved to make the tought come in my head and screaming at my body to do what it says.

So we fled the forest leaving the unknown beast rampaging throught the forest and destroying the poor creatures it found in his way.

Outside the cursed forest, we were panting and near collapsing, then I said.

"Luna *pant* we have *pant* no time to*pant* think about this*pant* thing*swallows saliva*" After straightening my body I continued.

"We have a more important problem at hooves, we will look after this after Discord's defeat" then she nodded, still too tired and panting to answer with words. Then after this we went to Discord.

Present Time...

Celestia POV

I regained consciousness after the event, as I look around the land back to his former self, I wonder what happened when we were charging the Elements.

As I recall, Discord was saying something about us being too late, after that, I don't really remember because my eyes were closed to better focus on the Elements, but I swear I heard something breath in air? But then I heard a whistle and the winds going wild then it hitted something.

I looked up to see Discord statue, he was on his throne with eyes closed and what look like to be a bruise on the sides of his face. Then what I saw after shocked me, right were the bruise was, there was some kind of gas around it, it looked like it was desperetly trying to eat the bruise of Discord's face.

I approach the gas then I quickly backed away, it had the smell of the rotting that I sense in the forest. I looked behind me to see Luna with the same disgusted face. After I looked at the statue posture then at the bruise, I realised something.

"Something helped us, by throwing this disgusting gas at Discord... And by the similarities with the smell we sensed in the forest, it's probably in it" I looked at Luna, she looked back at me with a determined look then said.

"We gotta find it" Little did they know that the one they are talking about is listening to them.

"I see, then I need to hide my lair then"

Author's Notes:

Sorry that this chapter doesn't contain the reason why Jhon fled, well "fled" more like didn't reveal himself, I will explain that next chapter.
'Till next chapter!