The day started out like many other days in Ponyville. The sun was shining, the citizens of Ponyville were going about their daily tasks, and Twilight Sparkle and her friends were gathered together in the library.

However, the day was anything but typical. The friends had all gathered to celebrate because Twilight had just learned her one hundredth spell. Pinkie Pie set up the party through the use of her party cannon and everypony else brought presents. The friends could hardly wait to see what Twilight was going to show them.

After a bit of cupcakes, punch, games and laughter, Twilight was ready to show off her new spell.
“Ok, everypony. For my one hundredth spell, I will summon Philomena, Princess Celestia’s phoenix, from the Royal Canterlot Gardens.”

“Whoa!” said Rainbow Dash, Pinkie Pie and Apple Jack at the same time.

“That’s simply amazing, darling,” Rarity whispered in awe.

“It won’t hurt poor Philomena will it? And Princess Celestia does know about this, doesn’t she?” Fluttershy asked timidly.

“The Princess agreed to this months ago, and Philomena will be just fine,” Twilight reassured her friends.

With that, everypony fell silent and Twilight’s horn began to glow as she bowed her head and concentrated on her spell. She whispered the words so softly that her friends could not hear them. As she was about to say the last word, something large and orange flew threw the window and smacked into Twilight. The spell was broken and the room suddenly became dark.

There was the sound of a chuckle. A laugh that they all knew well. Nopony dared to move.

“Uh oh,” Twilight mumbled.

As the light suddenly came back to the room, the ponies fears were confirmed. There, in the middle of the library, floated Discord.

“My, my. If it isn’t Twilight Sparkle and her Elements of Harmony friends. It seems you have gone and, oops, messed up a summoning spell. Instead of the princess’s bird, you summoned me,” Discord laughed.

Then, he looked down at himself. His lower half was missing.

“Well, ok. You only managed to summon half of me,” he said flatly.
“But it’s still enough of me to get a little revenge for having turned me to stone again.”

“Ok, girls. Let’s hurry to Canterlot to get the Elements of Harmony and defeat Discord once again,” Twilight commanded.

Discord let out a laugh. “I’m afraid that won’t work, my little ponies. You see, the shield that you set up to contain your spell within the library is still in place. That means that things can enter, but not leave. And dissolving the spell won’t work until you’ve defeated me. And you can’t defeat me without the Elements. I guess we are all stuck here forever.”

“Forever?” squeaked Pinkie in a panicked voice.

“No, way. I’m not letting you cause chaos again!” shouted Rainbow Dash as she charged forward.

“That’s right!” everypony else shouted together.

“Oh, this ought to be interesting,” chuckled Discord.

---

Meanwhile, in the middle of Ponyville Park, the Cutie Mark Crusaders were gathered.

“Did anypony see were that last one landed?” shouted Scootaloo from the side of a wooden catapult.

“Well, it didn’t hit the target,” Sweetie Belle shouted back from behind a large piece of wood with a bull’s eye painted on it.

“Ah think that one flew clear outta Ponyville,” said Apple Bloom, as the three friends gathered together.

“Not one of them hit the target,” Sweetie Belle sighed sadly.

“Aw, man. I guess we WON’T be getting our Cutie Marks in Pumpkin Chucking after all,” Scootaloo said angrily.

They all looked at their still blank flanks and sighed with disappointment.

“I guess we should clean up and return this thing to Big Mac,” Sweetie Belle said sadly.



A few moments later, the mess was gone and the Cutie Mark Crusaders were busy hauling their small catapult back in the direction of Sweet Apple Acres.

“Hey. Ya all see that?” Apple Bloom stopped suddenly and pointed a hoof toward a cluster of bushes.

The other two ponies, who had crashed into her, peeked around her.

“Why would Rainbow Dash put a thunder cloud there?” asked Scootaloo.

“And why do I hear Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon’s voices, and crying,” Sweetie Belle mumbled suspiciously.

“Some poor pony’s getting’ teased by them two an’ we need to help,” Apple Bloom said confidently.

“The Cutie Mark Crusaders are on a mission to help,” they all shouted as they charged forward, leaving the catapult on the side of the path.

The three fillies burst through the bushes.

“Stop bein’ so mean to that pony!” shouted Apple Bloom.

“Yeah! Leave her alone!” added Sweetie Belle.

Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon jumped back in surprise. The Cutie Mark Crusaders quickly moved in between them and the crying pony.

“Oh, look. It’s the blank flanks,” Diamond Tiara sneered.

“They’re even weirder than this weirdo,” snickered Silver Spoon.

“We are SO out of here,” Diamond Tiara said in a snobby voice. She then turned quickly with her nose in the air.

“Yeah. We’re out of here,” Silver Spoon said as she copied her friend.

The two snobby ponies walked away.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders turned around to see a very odd looking pony wiping her eyes and standing in a small puddle of tears. She was light purple with a purple and white mane and tail. Her eyes looked like purple swirls, and her cutie mark looked like a baseball and a screw. The strange pony also wore a cap with a propeller attached to it; and above that, a small thunder cloud seemed to be hovering.

“Are you ok?” asked Scootaloo.

“I am, now. Thanks,” said the strange pony.

“That’s good!” said Scootaloo.

“I’m Sweetie Belle, and these are my friends, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo,” Sweetie Belle pointed to each of them.

“What’s yer name, an’ why are ya so upset?” asked Apple Bloom.

The other pony gave a small smile, “I’m Screwball,” she then sighed sadly, “Since the day Discord created me, I’ve been traveling throughout Equestria, trying to make friends. But I have no idea how friendship works.”

“We’ll be your friends!” Sweetie Belle said cheerily.

“An’ we’ll teach ya all about friendship too,” Apple Bloom said with a huge smile. “It’s real easy”.

The pony named Screwball smiled, and the Cutie Mark Crusaders noticed that the thunder cloud hovering over her head had lightened a little.

“I know who can help us to teach you about friendship; Rainbow Dash, the Element of Loyalty,” Scootaloo announced proudly, as she led the way to the spot under Rainbow Dash’s house.

“Rainbow Dash! Hey! Rainbow Dash!” Scootaloo shouted from beneath the cloud house. When there was no answer, she shrugged and looked at the others for ideas.

Suddenly, they all heard the voices of Diamond Tiara and Silver Spoon again. They were talking to Peppermint Swirl.

“Why do you still hang out with the ‘Blank Flanks’ when you already have a cutie mark,” asked Diamond Tiara rudely.

“You should hang out with cooler ponies like us,” said Silver Spoon.

“I would much rather hang out with them because they are TRUE friends,” Peppermint Swirl said confidently, “And their names are not ‘Blank Flank’.”

With that, Peppermint Swirl, who had noticed the Cutie Mark Crusaders, smiled and waved to them. The Cutie Mark Crusaders smiled and waved back.

“And THAT was a perfect example of Rainbow Dash level loyalty!” Scootaloo said with a huge smile.

“So, part of friendship is loyalty,” Screwball said thoughtfully. “I think I’ve got it. Friendship is made up of many parts, and you need all of the parts to really make it work. Right?”

The Cutie Mark Crusaders all stared at Screwball in amazement.

“That’s exactly right,” said Apple Bloom.

“Wow. You’re really smart,” added Sweetie Belle.

“You’d be Miss Cheerilee’s favorite,” mumbled Scootaloo.

Screwball’s smile grew a little bigger, and the thunder cloud over her head grew smaller and whiter.

“So what part of friendship can I learn next?” Screwball asked excitedly.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders thought for a moment.

“I know,” chirped Sweetie Belle “we can visit Fluttershy; the Element of Kindness.”

The others agreed, and they all trotted quickly over to Fluttershy’s house.

---

Meanwhile, back at the library, things were turning into chaos. A large cotton candy cloud hovered near the ceiling and was covering the room in chocolate milk. Spike was hiding behind a curtain. The top half of Discord was resting on top of the pony head statue. Five out of the six ponies were sliding around the room, trapped in bubbles. The only pony who could seem to fight was Rainbow Dash.

“Alright, Discord. Put ‘em up!” Rainbow Dash growled as she hovered, shaking her front hooves at him.

“Oh, I’m so scared. Rainbow Dash the softy is going to hit me with an unhoofacured hoof,” Discord said sarcastically.

“How’d you know about that? You were trapped in stone!” Rainbow Dash said angrily.

“I may have been trapped in stone, but I could still hear,” Discord said in a bored voice. “I learned a lot from listening to the Ponyville youth on their field trips to Canterlot.”

“That story reached Canterlot!?” Rainbow Dash squeaked in a panicky voice, her face red with embarrassment.

“Oh, don’t worry, my dear Rainbow Dash,” Discord chuckled. “I’m here to help you get over your fear of hoofacures.”

With a wave of his eagle claw, Discord created a flying, pony sized hoof file.

“Ack! Get it away!” Rainbow Dash shouted, as she flew around the room.

The flying hoof file chased Rainbow Dash around and around in dizzying circles, while Discord merrily laughed.

---

A short time later, the four fillies arrived at Fluttershy’s door, out of breath from trotting. After knocking loudly several times, there was still no answer. The four friends then decided to check the animal pens in the back yard.

They looked around, but all they could see were Fluttershy’s animals.

They walked up to Angel, who had a huge basket beside him. He was trying to pull carrots out of the ground to fill the basket, but the carrots weren’t cooperating.

“Hi, Angel. Is Fluttershy here?” asked Scootaloo.

The little white rabbit shook his head. He then put his front paws together like he was holding a book and then pointed in a direction.

“Oh. Ah get it.” said Apple Bloom, “Fluttershy’s at Twilight’s”.

Angel smiled and nodded.

“Those carrots sure are being stubborn for you, and that basket’s really big,” Scootaloo said thoughtfully.

Sweetie Belle and Apple Bloom caught on to what Scootaloo was trying to say. “Can we help?” they asked together.

Angel nodded gratefully.

Sweetie Belle, Apple Bloom and Scootaloo got to work. Screwball watched them for a moment before joining in. The four fillies were working hard to pull up the carrots and fill the basket, but they were having fun. Before they knew it, the basket was full.

“Where do you want the basket?” asked Scootaloo.

Angel pointed at his nose, then jumped around like a cheerleader.

“Um, happy?” guessed Scootaloo.

“Cheer?” guessed Sweetie Belle.

“Ah know!” shouted Apple Bloom. “You need to take it to Miss Cheerilee!”

Angel smiled and nodded.

“We’ll take it!” shouted the Cutie Mark Crusaders happily.

Screwball helped Sweetie Belle place the basket onto Apple Bloom and Scootaloo’s backs. They helped to keep the basket steady as they all slowly made their way to Cheerilee’s house. As they came around to the front of Fluttershy’s house, they nearly ran into Cheerilee.

“Oh, hi there, girls. Were you all helping Angel to gather those carrots and deliver them to me?” Cheerilee said politely.

“Yes, ma’am, Miss Cheerilee,” grinned Apple Bloom.
The four fillies helped to place the basket onto Cheerilee’s back.

“Why that is very kind of all of you. I’m sure Fluttershy, being the Element of Kindness, would be very pleased right now,” Cheerilee said confidently.

“Thank you, Miss Cheerilee,” said Sweetie Belle. “We’re trying to help teach our new friend Screwball what friendship is made of. We’ve already shown her Loyalty and Kindness.”

“Well, you fillies are doing a wonderful job. Keep up the good work,” said Cheerilee, as she waved and walked off.

The four fillies all smiled at each other as they thought of where to go next.

“Pinkie Pie!” the Cutie Mark Crusaders suddenly shouted together.

As they all made their way to Sugar Cube Corner, Screwball’s smile grew a little bigger. The cloud over Screwball’s head became even smaller and whiter.

---

At the library, Rainbow Dash was still being chased around by the flying hoof file. Discord was making a book fly like a bird, while slurping the words like spaghetti off of another. Twilight, Apple Jack, Rarity and Pinkie Pie were still sliding around the floor, trapped in their bubbles. Twilight and Rarity had tried casting spells, but they hadn’t worked. Apple Jack bucked as hard as she could, but nothing happened. Fluttershy’s bubble, however, suddenly popped on it’s own.

Fluttershy hovered timidly in front of Discord.

“You’re going to stop being a big meany and go back to your statue right now, mister,” Fluttershy said in a soft, but stern voice.

“My dear, Fluttershy. I’m afraid your famous stare has no affect on me,” Discord said, pretending to be sad. “you see, I am chaos, after all”.

Fluttershy, panicking because her stare didn’t work, locked her wings to her sides and crashed to the floor.

“Oh my, it seems I’ve gone and scared you. Just like that big dragon in the mountain,” Discord continued pretending to be sad.

Fluttershy gasped.

“Yes. I heard about that too,” Discord laughed. “But I think I can help you with your fear of dragons.”

With a wave of his lion paw, Discord made several books fly off the shelves behind him. As they flew around him, they clumped together and transformed into a smoke breathing dragon that stood two ponies high.

Fluttershy’s eyes grew huge with fear.

“Eek!” she shrieked and hid behind the curtains with Spike.

---

The Cutie Mark Crusaders and their new friend entered Sugar Cube Corner.

“Hi, Mister and Misses Cake. Is Pinkie Pie here?” asked Scootaloo.

“Sorry, girls. She said she had something very important to do and wouldn’t be back for a bit,” said Misses Cake sweetly.

“Oh. We were hoping she could help us to teach our friend, Screwball, about the Element of Laughter,” Sweetie Belle said sadly.

“Sorry again, girls. But I don’t think we could be of much help with that,” said Misses Cake.

Just then, the doors from the kitchen flew open. Pound Cake dashed through the air with a bowl of cake batter in his hooves, dripping it all over the floor. Next came a floating Pumpkin Cake, with a spoon in her mouth and her horn glowing. She was chasing her brother, trying to get more of the batter. They were followed by Mister Cake, who was trying to catch them both, and slipping on the cake batter. A surprised Misses Cake ran out from behind the counter to join the chase. She quickly found herself spinning and sliding into Mister Cake, just as he caught hold of the twins’ tails. They all spun around and landed, in a heap, against a cabinet. A large bag teetered on the top of the cabinet, then crashed down on them, covering them all in flour.

The Cakes stared at each other, trying to figure out what had just happened.

“Again! Again!” laughed the twins.

The Cakes couldn’t help laughing at themselves.

The four fillies fell on the floor, laughing.

“Ah think ya showed us after all!” laughed Apple Bloom.

“I guess we did,” laughed Misses Cake. “Pinkie Pie would be proud of us for showing you girls the Element of Laughter.”

Mister Cake nodded.

“Do you need some help cleaning up?” asked Sweetie Belle, still laughing.

“Thank you, girls. But we’ve got this,” said Mister Cake.

As the four friends walked outside, they thought about where to go next.

“We should visit my sister, Rarity. She can teach you all about the Element of Generosity,” Sweetie Belle said proudly.

As they made their way to Carousel Boutique, Screwball’s smile grew even wider. The cloud that hovered over her, shrank and lightened even more.

---

Meanwhile, back at the library, Rainbow Dash was still darting around; trying to avoid the flying hoof file. Fluttershy was still cowering behind the curtain with Spike, while the book dragon growled and puffed smoke at them from the other side. Twilight, Rarity and Apple Jack were trying to think of some way to break out of their constantly sliding bubbles. Pinkie Pie, who seemed to be having fun, noticed that her bubble suddenly popped right in front of Discord.

“Hey! I was enjoying that,” said Pinkie with a pout.
“My dear, Pinkie Pie; the Element of Laughter. You always know how to make your friends laugh,” Discord said in a cheery voice.

“That’s true,” chirped Pinkie Pie.

“Why, just the sound of your voice brightens many a pony’s day,” Discord continued merrily.

“Yep. That’s true too,” Pinkie giggled.

“Yes,” Discords voice suddenly sounded sad, “and what a pity it would be if you couldn’t do that any more”.

Discord snapped his fingers.

“That’s true too,” Pinkie said sadly.

Just then, Pinkie noticed that the sound of her voice came from Discord’s hand. At the sight of Pinkie’s confused look, Discord opened his hand. Pinkie saw her mouth, with little chicken legs, jump up and start running around the room. She stared at the running mouth as she brought a hoof to her face. Where her mouth should have been, was just a smooth surface.

Pinkie gave a panicked shriek, “Eek! My mouth! It’s running away!”

The sound came from the mouth on the other side of the room, where the mouth was running around like a chicken.

Pinkie ran and tried to catch it, but she only slipped and spun around.

“Oh, my. This is becoming quite amusing,” chuckled Discord.

---

“Rarity! Hey, Rarity!” Sweetie Belle shouted as the four fillies burst through the door of the Carousel Boutique.

There was no answer from Rarity. Instead, they heard Opal, Rarity’s cat, give a sad “Meow.”

“What’s wrong, Opal,” asked Scootaloo, careful not to get within swiping distance of the cat’s claws.

The cat pointed to her favorite toy mouse, which was lying on one of Rarity’s sewing table, awaiting repairs.

“Ah, think she’s bored an’ wants her mouse,” said Apple Bloom.

“Aw. We’re sorry, Opal, but we’re not very good at sewing things. We don’t know how to fix your mouse,” Sweetie Belle sadly told the cat.

Opal suddenly jumped onto the table. But, instead of touching the mouse, she began to bat at the propeller on the top of Screwball’s cap.

Screwball noticed that the cat seemed to be having fun.

“Here, you can play with it,” Screwball said as she placed her cap on the table next to Opal.

For several long minutes, Opal batted away at the propeller and purred loudly.
Then, she jumped down and rubbed against Screwball’s legs, before jumping back up and playing again.

“If you like it that much, you can keep it,” Screwball said with a giggle.

“We didn’t have to teach you anything,” said Scootaloo.

Screwball looked at them questioningly .

“Ya just showed us ya already know all about bein’ generous,” Apple Bloom said as she pointed to Opal and the cap.

“My sister, Rarity, would be really impressed,” laughed Sweetie Belle, “and it’s not easy trying to impress her.”

Screwball smiled widely.

The fillies thought for a moment.

“Ah know,” shouted Apple Bloom, “we outta head to my place an’ see my sister Apple Jack. She can teach ya all about the Element of Honesty.”

As the four fillies trotted happily towards Sweet Apple Acres, they all noticed the cloud over Screwball’s head. It was only the size of a pillow, and so thin that they could see right through it. However, it was no longer turning white. Instead, it was turning pink.

---

Back at the library, things were slowly becoming more chaotic. Rainbow Dash was still dodging the hoof file. Fluttershy was still hiding from the book dragon. Pinkie Pie was still chasing her chicken legged mouth. Twilight and Apple Jack were still trying pop their bubbles. Rarity, however, found her bubble popped as she slid past Discord and crashed into the party table, covering herself in punch.

“Oops. My bad,” Discord pretended to be embarrassed.

Shaking the punch off and fixing her mane, Rarity glared at Discord.

“Ah, the beautiful Rarity. The Element of Generosity,” Discord said lazily.

“Yes. And what type of prank, may I ask, are you planning to play on me?” Rarity asked angrily.

“Eager to get to the point,” Discord said seriously, “Well, I heard how you gave your gorgeous tail to that dragon who was missing half of his moustache. It must’ve been so difficult. We all know how much you love looking beautiful.”

With that, Discord winked. Rarity felt her mane and tail swish and her skin prickle. Discord waved his eagle hand, and a large mirror appeared before Rarity. She glanced at herself and screamed. Her mane and tail were gone and her skin was grey and scaly like a fish.

“What have you done!?” she shrieked, “I look like a fish. I’m a monster. My life is ruined!”

Rarity flopped on the floor and began sobbing.

Discord merely chuckled.

---

When the four fillies arrived at Sweet Apple Acres, they were met by Big MacIntosh.

“Hi, ya, big brother. Is Apple Jack around?” asked Apple Bloom.

“Nope,” said Big Mac as he chewed on a piece of straw.

“Went to the library,” came Granny Smith’s voice from inside the house.

They all sighed sadly.

“We were hoping she could help us to teach Screwball about the Element of Honesty,” Sweetie Belle said.

“Ya all need to teach her yourselves,” shouted Granny Smith.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders looked at each other in confusion. They were used to Granny saying strange things, but this time she really had them wondering what she was talking about.

“Did ya forget?” asked Big Mac, as he pointed to the small catapult sitting beside the barn.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders understood what had happened and sadly bowed their heads in shame.

“We left your catapult in the park and forgot to return it like we had promised,” sighed Scootaloo.

“An’ you had to go an’ bring it back for us,” Apple Bloom said.

“Yup,” said Big Mac.

“We’re sorry,” they all said together.

“Now that’s Apple Jack honesty,” shouted Granny Smith.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders smiled at each other and Screwball until Big Mac interrupted them.

“An’?” he asked.

The three bowed their heads sadly again.

“An’ we’ll be doin’ all yer chores tomorrow,” sighed Apple Bloom.

“Darn tootin’,” called Granny.

The Cutie Mark Crusaders sighed sadly at the thought of having to do chores the next day. Then, they looked at Screwball. She was grinning from ear to ear. They HAD taught Screwball about honesty.

“Well,” said Sweetie Belle, “I guess the only pony left to visit is Twilight Sparkle, Element of Magic.”

As the four fillies made their way toward the library, Screwball couldn’t seem to stop smiling. Now her cloud was the size of a coin and dark pink.

---

Things at the library were now really bad. Rainbow Dash was still zooming in circles. Fluttershy was still hiding. Pinkie Pie was still chasing her mouth. Rarity was still on the floor sobbing. Twilight was still trying to cast spells while sliding around in a bubble. Apple Jack, worn out, tried bucking her bubble.

“It worked!” Apple Jack shouted happily.

Her happiness was quickly ended by Discord’s clapping.

“Congratulations, Honest Apple Jack. It is now your turn,” laughed Discord.

“Ah can take whatever ya throw at me,” Apple Jack said confidently.

“Oh, I don’t doubt that,” said Discord with a chuckle, “but how can you handle never being able to tell the truth again?”

Discord snapped his fingers.

“Ah think it worked,” Apple Jack said, then realized that wasn’t what she meant to say.

“Ah mean it had no effect on me,” she realized that wasn’t right either.

“Oh, yeah. All ah can tell is the truth now,” Apple Jack looked horrified.

Everything coming out of her mouth now was a lie.

“How simply delightful,” Discord clapped with glee, “and you’re next Miss Sparkle.”

Twilight, who had been focused on casting a spell, suddenly looked up at Discord. Then she looked around at her friends and realized what had happened to them. She was now the only one left who could possibly fight back.

---

When the four fillies reached the library, they noticed the shield spell that Twilight had placed around it.

“Do ya think we can get through this time,” Apple Bloom asked, remembering when they wrote gossip columns in the paper and called themselves “Gabby Gums.”

“There’s only one way to find out,” Scootaloo said mischievously as she shoved the others forward.

With a squeak, they were all safely through.

“Hey, Twilight,” Apple Bloom called as they pushed the door open and stepped inside.

All four fillies jaws dropped open at the sight of everything.

“What are you doing here?” Twilight shouted as she cast a spell that resulted in moustaches appearing on many different items.

“We were hoping you could help teach our friend about the Element of Magic,” Sweetie Belle shouted back.

“This is th’ perfect time fer that,” lied Apple Jack.

“Get out of here while you still can!” shouted Twilight as she cast another failed spell.

“No! We have to help!” shouted the Cutie Mark Crusaders together, even though they had no plan.

Suddenly, the Cutie Mark Crusaders were trapped in a bubble. They all screamed and began trying to fight their way out, but nothing worked.

Discord laughed, “Looks like we have company. The more, the merrier. Well, for me, anyway.”

Screwball looked around. She saw her new friends, their sisters and their friends all being tormented by Discord, her creator. She was the only one who could save them. But how? Could she use friendship? She hadn’t learned the Element of Magic yet, but she had to try something.

Screwball stepped forward and stood before Discord. Discord stared at her in surprise.

“I never thought I’d see you again,” he said honestly.

“Well, here I am and I am not going let you harm my friends, or any pony, any more,” Screwball said confidently.

“Oh,” Discord asked curiously, “and how do you plan to stop me?”

“With the power of Friendship!”

“This ought to be good,” chuckled Discord.

Screwball thought back to everything her new friends had taught her, and she began to recite each thing loudly.

“Like Rainbow Dash, who would never betray a friend. I summon the Element of Loyalty.”

The dot above Screwball’s head began to glow a bright red. Screwball ignored it and continued.

“Like Fluttershy, who could never harm anything. I summon the Element of Kindness.”

The glowing red dot grew to the size of an apple.

“Like Pinkie Pie, who loves to see everypony smiling. I summon the Element of Laughter.”

The dot was now the size of a plate.

“Like Rarity, who would give anypony anything. I summon the Element of Generosity.”

The dot was now the size of a large ball.

“Like Apple Jack, who can’t tell a lie unless a spell’s put on her. I summon the Element of Honesty.”

The dot was now the size of a pony.

Screwball paused. The last element was the Element of Magic and she wasn’t a unicorn. She looked up at the large, glowing red ball above her. She had an idea.

“Like Twilight Sparkle, whose magic connects the Elements. I summon the Element of -”

“Ah, Ah,” Discord interrupted, “can’t do magic without the horn. Sorry”.

“I may not be a unicorn, but I do know the magic that combines the elements of friendship. It’s called the magic of Love,” Screwball shouted confidently.

With that, the glowing red ball became a giant glowing red heart that suddenly filled up the entire room. Discord let out an angry scream of defeat and disappeared in a blinding red flash.

A moment later, everypony was blinking and beginning to stir. Discord was gone. Everything was back to normal.

“You did it!” shouted the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

Twilight and her friends gathered around the fillies and congratulated Screwball as well. Screwball blushed.

“I could never have done it without your help. All of you helped to teach me about friendship. Thank you.”

“Aw,” the group said as they all smothered Screwball in a group hug.

“This calls for a celebration!” shouted Pinkie Pie, firing her party cannon.

“Woo-hoo,” whispered Fluttershy.

“Way to go,” Spike said as he handed Screwball a cupcake.

Everypony began to talk, laugh and dance in celebration.

Suddenly, Twilight spotted something orange by the wall.

“Hey, everypony. I think it was that pumpkin flying through the window and hitting me that made me mess up the spell,” Twilight said.

“But, darling. How in Equestria would a pumpkin fly through a window?” asked Rarity.

“Ah have an idea how,” Apple Jack said seriously.

All eyes were now on the Cutie Mark Crusaders.

The three looked back at them with guilt, “Uh-oh.”

THE END