---Ethereal POV---
Discord looked up at the cracking statue with happiness when he felt Harmony moving towards him. He decided to have a little fun. When he felt her stop, he quickly spun around and posed. 'You are too late, Harmony; my greatest warrior is free to move about the land once more.'
Harmony blinked before realizing that Discord was enacting something. She quickly followed up with her on hammy. She promptly struck a pose back at Discord while shouting. 'He will not be free for long Discord my Elements will trap him again just like the past!'
Discord gave a smile before bursting into laughter at Harmony's pose. Harmony quickly pouted at him in annoyance for breaking character. 'Discord, I thought we were having a ham competition.'
Discord was about to reply when he felt his lesser self-break free from his bondage. They both watched as inner Discord stood for the first time, not made of stone.
---Palace Statue Gardens---
"Oh yeah, that was a great nap." Discord stretched his body out, feeling it crack and put itself back together. "The Spirt of Chaos is back, baby."
Discord looked around before deciding to get a lay of the land and the new pieces on the board before enacting his first bits of Chaos on the world. As he moved into the Canterlot Castle to get some information, he was surprised that Chaos was not too low, but Harmony was at an all-time high while the Filth was at the lowest it had been since before it had entered the world. "Good job Celestia. I am truly proud that you are keeping the Filth down properly."
Discord quickly moved around the Castle and was surprised that the Ponies finally figured out that the Elements were people. "Good on them for finally figure that one out. I expected that to take a couple more millennia, in all honesty."
He tasted the Runes in the air with just a touch of Godly Magic. "Oh, a new Alicorn will be born soon, baby godling magic."
Discord teleported over to the place where he felt the Magic coming from and saw the books before immediately noticing that the Magic was not complete. "I will just take a peek."
Discord snickered before flipping through the books and seeing how they went from organized Chaos to something Closer to Harmony but with just a hint of rules. "Not too terrible, but as the magic gets more completed, I will probably be able to stand it less and less."
As he tested the runes quickly, Discord realized why the rule of three was added, and he noticed that some Runes were better on certain things and were slowly organizing into various factions almost like. "Not going to mess with this until it is truly done."
Discord nodded before heading to the one place he swore never to touch when he felt it being built. As he arrived in front of the Rune Warrior Mausoleum, he could not help but sigh before going through it and memorizing the names inside. "Anyone who fights the Filth and dies by the Filth deserves to be remembered."
He quickly moved off to his old stomping grounds near Ponyville and was surprised to feel two baby Godlings. Discord moved to the masculine one first because that was sightly rarer compared to the female one. As he floated in the air looking at what could only be the Runic Smith God in the making, he nodded before using a bit of Magic to pull up his history. "Oh my, are you not a surprise Rune Maker Onyx… blah, I cannot believe I just said that. So then, dear Onyx, current relationship status is in a herd with 3 of the Elements of Harmony… nice, good on you for landing that my fine Pony friend."
Discord was quick to flip through the file that his Magic generated. "Let's see anything interesting in this… hmmm… Oh, now this is a mighty interesting, imperfect Reincarnation. Current thoughts are that you are a pony by the name of flawless steel, huh."
Discord put away the file before poking at Onyx's soul. "Let's take a look-see at who you really are, dear Onyx."
Discord saw a hairless monkey going about his day and quickly blinked before sighing at the blandness of his previous life. "Past life… Not important at all."
"Well, I wish you a happier life in this one Onyx, and I hope when you ascend, you are just as fun as Celestia and Luna were to play with." Discord nodded before quickly making his way to the other godling he felt going about their day. As he arrived at the library, he was surprised that the other godling was one of the Elements he was going to investigate. "Twilight Sparkle godling of Magic… Good on you, my dear that makes three alicorns in the last hundred years good on you Ponies."
Discord hummed and poked around before nodded at the Information he now has about the Elements and how they would react to certain things before looking around and seeing some young children running around. "I wonder what I should start out with, should I go with an oldie but a goodie chocolate rain from cotton candy clouds, or should I make all the corn pop into popcorn, or maybe I should just do everything."
Discord hummed while sitting on a roof, thinking of a good plan before smiling, and sent the first cloud off to do its duty. "Well, I wonder how long it will take Celestia to figure out that I am no longer a statue."
"Half a day? A full day?" Discord hummed as he looked around before noticing something interesting. "What is that?"
As Discord moved off while leaving a tracker on Twilight Sparkle, he was confused about why his Magic was being pulled onto something. When he had arrived at the pull, he was surprised to see one of his prized creations still alive. "A tree of Chaos… when you eat fruit grown, you get a random effect like changing color, and you get a random taste."
Discord hummed, looking the tree up and down. "I am surprised you lasted as long as you did without me here to refill you."
---Ponyville half a day later---
As Rainbow Dash was flying through the air, Onyx quickly noticed something weird fly past her, a pink-colored cloud. Rainbow was quick to fly after it just out of Onyx's sightline. Onyx promptly remember that the girls were going to see the Statues today, and Discord would be freed for the first time until sometime in season 3 he thinks. As he moved off thinking about what was most likely going to be happening for this episode, he could not help but wonder where the girls were currently before seeing Pinkie runoff.
---Switches focus to Main 6---
As Rainbow tasted the cloud on her body, she felt a drop of liquid fall on her head. "Wait a second… It is not supposed to rain until tomorrow… you cannot just---"
The cloud started pouring a dark rain onto Rainbow Dash, who was floating in the air. She let out a low sigh of annoyance. "You did, of course, you did."
Rainbow watched the raining cloud make runoff quickly. Rainbow quickly called after it. "I did not tell you to go anywhere; come back here."
Applejack, who was picking corn, happened to hear Rainbow calling out. The rest of the clouds were following, letting out their own version of rain Applejack was quick to call out to her while tasting the rain. "Rainbow, why is it raining today, and why does it taste like chocolate milk?"
Rainbow let out an annoyed sigh before looking at Applejack. "There is crazy weather going on all over Equestria. Over in Cloudsdale is getting a major cola storm. Do not worry, though; I am not going anywhere until Ponyville is back under control."
Rainbow quickly flew back off while the chocolate rain was causing the corn to pop and make popcorn. Applejack was quick to look around in annoyance. "Oh, sam, hell, this is going to be a massive mess."
Pinkie pie snorted when Applejack was buried in popcorn before looking around. "Why on earth would you want to get this under control? It is so much fun!"
Rarity walked through the popcorn fields with a raincoat and umbrella. "I came as soon as I heard about your trouble, Applejack. Is there any way I can help without getting dirty or wet?"
Applejack slowly opened her mouth to answer Rarity sarcastically before hearing a ding noise and watching as Applejack's apples grew 3 sizes. Applejack let out in a defeated tone. "No, I do not think you can do anything to help Rarity."
As the animal quickly started attacking and eating Applejack's apples, she looked around, hoping for Fluttershy before smiling when she saw her. "Please do something and stop the animals, Fluttershy!"
Fluttershy nodded and started speaking to one of the animals. "Now Angel, you know better than to eat---"
The animal's legs expanded to make their heads even with the ponies that walk around daily. Fluttershy started freaking out. "No! That is not possible! I must be seeing things!"
As Twilight walked up while protecting her book from the falling milk while watching her friends freak out, she quickly set the book in her bag before calling out. "I have a new spell that should be able to help with this."
As she gathered the Magic and cast the Magic outward to stop all this Chaos, she felt her Magic rebound off something. As she slowly blinked in confusion while looking around for whatever caused her to rebound and miss cast. Rarity quietly laughed at Twilight's freak out while looking at Spike. "Do not worry. I am sure you will come up with something Twilight."
As Rarity set her umbrella on Twilights back so she would be protected by the rain. Twilight was quick to speak up. "Time for Plan B then."
"Rainbow, quickly coral those clouds into one area, please." Twilight gave an order before looking at Applejack. "Applejack, once they are Corralled, I want you to tie them up, please."
Rainbow quickly gathered the clouds by sticking them to each other and keeping them in one place, making it, so less stuff was getting milk on them, saving many plants. Once they were gathered together, Applejack quickly threw her lasso and pulled it down to earth. Twilight quickly whispered something into Fluttershy's ear. Fluttershy nodded before flying over to the cotton candy clouds before calling out. "Oh dear, I hope none of my little animal friends notice these delicious chocolates-filled cotton candy clouds. I would truly hate to have to share them with anyone."
Pinkie, who was currently eating, heard Fluttershy's words and quickly called out. "You and me both sister."
The animal quickly bowled over Pinkie Pie and climbed onto the clouds, and started devouring them. Twilight smiled before looking around at the various problems that would have to be cleaned up. "That should deal with the clouds and the animal for a few hours."
Applejack smirked, seeing Twilight not being able to see the next step. "When you are all done with that, have some of the free popcorn for dessert."
Twilight blinked before letting out a low ohhh. Twilight looked at Spike with a smile. "You see, you should never give up as long as you have your friends; anything is possible."
Spike nodded before he felt it a letter coming through. He quickly let out a burp while spewing the fire that the scroll would come through. Twilight blinked before picking up the scroll and reading it. Twilight let out a low gasp after what she had just read. "Princess Celestia wants to see us all in Canterlot about the strangeness going on!"
As the girls ran off, leaving the field alone and empty slowly, Discord rose up out of the ground while feasting on an apple of Chaos. "Strangeness, huh? That is certainly an old one, and Half a day Celestia, I expected slightly better than that. Still, you might have figured it out a little beforehand and let them clean up here first."
Discord blinked when he noticed a Unicorn in armor looking at him. "Well, now you can see me?"
Onyx nodded while holding his Warpick. "Indeed I can, Lord Discord of Chaos."
Discord Blinked at the name and smiled while humming out of curiosity. "How long has it been since someone called me by such a formal title?"
Discord looked at his various gear and knew he would be able to smack this Unicorn around with no problems. "Well, are you pony enough to throw the first punch, Mr. Cobalt?"
"I would not be a Rune Maker if I did not try." Onyx informed before launching himself with a mighty swing of his Warpick.
Discord decided to humor the young Unicorn by letting himself get hit. Still, he felt the Harmony magic at the last second go through the weapon activate. It launched him straight into a hill where the ground cracked and buried him. He slowly climbed out and looked at Onyx. "Well, that was a little more painful than I expected."
"The Runic combination of meteor fall." Was Onyx's only reply before swinging again before getting knocked ass over tea kettle and knocked out.
Discord looked at the knocked-out Unicorn and smiled. "Much too young to play at this stage."
Discord inspected his body and saw that he had cracked a scale in his dragon parts. "But not too bad young one."
Discord teleported Onyx to the hospital before taking off after the girls that were heading to Canterlot.
---Ethereal realm pov---
Harmony smiled at the downed Unicorn in the hospital bed and looked at her Elements racing to Celestia's side. 'You got them a few extra seconds, young one. That is more than most could say.'
Discord slowly meandered into the hospital room and nodded at Harmony. 'This has been the best game so far between us Harmony in a while.'
Harmony nodded in agreement before teleporting both of them to the board where their miniatures sit. 'Your agent made it so this game can only end in a couple of ways.'
Discord sighed before nodding his head in agreement. 'Yup, I knew what he was going to do, but he is moving way too fast.'