(Timeline is BEFORE Tirek, just thought I'd mention that)

Prologue

It was quiet tonight in the Canterlot Gardens. Even though the night usual had the quiet steps of night guards or the silent rustling of the trees, none of that applied this day. The guards were said to ignore the garden. She sound very serious with her tone after they hauled in the new statue as if she was afraid of anypony seeing it. She said she would assign guards to watch it the next day and no sooner.

The guards were slightly worried for the tone the usually calm Princess took but also felt lucky that they didn't need to be in the gardens on this night. The wind felt very cold and the sky didn't have any stars as if Luna herself was feeling the effects of earlier that day.

The new statue served as a reminder, a harsh reminder, of what was and what could've been. The statue told a story that would possibly be remembered for another hundred years. It was a story of ultimate betrayal. It was a reminder of the onetime friendship has failed them. This was a statue of Discord.

Discord was in a new pose than his previous two poses. The first time it represented his personality and was meant to show how he was vulnerable when caught off guard. His second pose, when Twilight and her friends defeated him the first time, showed how friendship had defeated chaos. This final pose showed the complete opposite. The final pose was utter defeat. He looked slightly hunched over, tired, upset, so many things. One eye looked down a little at pony height while the other was covered by his talon arm as if he couldn't believe what was happening. Even his tail looked straighter than his usual snake-like form.

A figure began immerging from the darkness. It was easy for the yellow pegasus to enter the gardens. Perhaps Celestia knew Fluttershy would come. The pegasus stopped for a second, as if to collect her thoughts, then finally walked in front of the statue. She looked up at the Discord Statue. A mixture of multiple emotions in her eyes.

"Discord" Fluttershy began. She almost didn't recognize her own voice because of how tired it sounded. She stared into Discord's eyes and almost broke down over how betrayed he looked. She began getting angry. Who gave him the right to look so betrayed? HE betrayed HER. She tried not to let her anger show.

"Why did you do it?" Fluttershy managed to say. Of course she got no response from the statue, as she expected, but still made her mad. Just like before he had no answer. He didn't say anything. He was quiet.

Discord was her friend. Why did he betray her like this? Why did he hurt those ponies? Why did he pretend to enjoy being with her? Why did he laugh about it before but then when they cornered him he got quiet. Fluttershy had so many questions and no answers.

Fluttershy could've sworn she heard movement and she looked up hoping he was somehow responding. No. He was still frozen. He was still gone. This made her angrier. The questions made her angry. His pose mad her mad. Everything he did made her mad.

"I thought you were my friend!" Fluttershy yelled. She shocked herself over how unintentionally loud she made herself but she was still angry none the less. The statue didn't budge. This time it didn't make her angry but rather sad.

Fluttershy was shaking a little. She couldn't tell if it was from sadness or anger. She didn't take the time to fix her mane after the event. Her usually clean pink pane was messy. It was as if she had given up on her hair, or she had given up on Discord. That thought made Fluttershy look away from the statue.

"I thought you were different… I thought you understood me… I thought… I…" Fluttershy tried. She felt some tears go down her cheeks again.

"I loved you…" Fluttershy barely whispered. With more tears going down her cheek and her increasing shaking it was difficult for Fluttershy to even think about Discord. She was sure she would break down soon enough, but she wouldn't give Discord that satisfaction. Or maybe she just didn't want Discord to see her cry.

Fluttershy took one last look at the statue, gazing up at it for what may be the last time she will ever see Discord, and ran off. Leaving behind the gardens. Leaving behind Discord.

The garden was quiet again. Not a single lifeform was there that night. No guards. No birds. No Fluttershy. Nothing alive was there that night but the flowers and plants. Not even Discord has stuck around for too long before he escaped.

Unknown by the yellow pegasus, Discord had not heard nor seen much of her little speech before taking off.

My Notes:

Are prologues supposed to be this short? Don't worry though, I try to make my chapters between 2k-3k words so they won't be this short. Curious about what happened and why he was turned back to stone? Well you'll find out. Eventually. :)

Another note:
I'm writing this story in a different way than I usually do (because I want to become a better writer) so I'd appreciate some constructive criticism either through PMs or reviews. Don't worry I'll respond to them if you want me to (because I just figured out that you can actually respond to them xD)

Just pretend the reviews and PMs are my fuel. The more reviews I get the more I think people actually like my writing. I'd really appreciate if you left a review!

Thanks for taking the time to read this and see you next time!