Chrysalis, watching the wedding from afar, was currently sitting in the statue gardens under a new tree that had to be replanted. Watching from her rock, she could make out the others inside laughing and throwing cake. Sighing, she felt the familiar call of her associate, but this time, it was just a gently pulse. Getting up, she cracked her neck and began to make her way towards a large ring of hedges.

Passing a changeling that merely passed her without a glance or acknowledgement, she arrived at the hedges. Pushing her way through the branches, each one of them scratching at her still healing wounds. After untangling one particular branch from her horn, she pushed her way into the small circle.

In front of her, her associate stood, staring at her with unblinking eyes, cold eyes. She moved in front of her ally and connected their magic.

'I see all has went according to plan?' The voice asked.

"Yes, but... I apologize for not following through with your plan. At one point, I was going to actually win myself. I apologize for my insubordination."

'Sorry? Oh, don't fret over such a small thing, enjoy this while it lasts. We may have lost the battle, but, excuse me for the poor taste in pun considering your race, but we have not lost the war.'

"Is there anything left for us to do?" She asked. "What shall I do until the time is right?"

'You shall be coming with me.' The voice said. 'Do not worry about the other jewel, the mining you have done before has paid off. I can feel the energy just above an inch of molten hot rock. Oh, and, for your loss, I borrowed this form the happy couple.'

Looking down, a yellow mist appeared at her hooves and materialized into a plate with cake on it. Smiling slightly, she poked at it with a hoof before wiping the icing on the grass.

"Thank you for that, but I don't happen to care for cake." She said pushing the plate away.

'Oh, a shame I suppose.' The voice said somewhat dejectedly. 'Well, I suppose we should get going. And Chrysalis, one last thing, just a small favor to ask of you.'

"Yes? What is it? Nothing more to do with fighting, is it?" She asked slightly uncertain of the answer she wanted.

'Call me by my name, I see no need for such aliases anymore.'

"Of course," she smiled as the statue quietly cracked. "Discord."

The stone on him glowed a deep red through the cracks, piece by piece they fell onto the ground with a multitude of different, but quiet sounds from a duck snoring, to a feather falling. When the last one fell, he stepped off grinning like his mad usual self. With a snap of his talon, the stone put itself back together and sealed the cracks.

"Oh, you will not believe how much chaos you two made." He said patting her on the head. "It wasn't just enough that you two had to fight, but even I didn't expect Twilight to turn into me. Now that was chaotic." He said picking up the slice of cake. "Not bad, I never cared for wedding cake though."

"Discord," Chrysalis said. "Where exactly will we be going?" She asked looking around to make sure no prying eyes were peeking through the hedges.

"I don't know," he shrugged eating the plate and all. "I used to have a small cave that I lived in before I was turned to stone. Why not head back there? Some place familiar to me, and where you can have enough room to recover in a flash." He finished snapping his tail fluff to heal her. "Chrysalis, remind me later to put a whoopie cushion under Celestia's throne room pillow on Twilight's first meeting with them, will you?"

"I'll try, Discord." She said eying him strangely. "It's odd, I thought you'd be taller."

"Funny," he said. "And I thought you'd be less of a bore. Turns out, for once I was wrong. Come, Chrysalis, our temporary home awaits."

Before she could speak, he snapped his paw and they both disappeared in a flash.