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Finest Hour - Card Number 88: Celebrated Victory

Following their ordeals with the shard of Nightmare Moon and her minions, the group was exhausted and with a passed out Fluttershy to carry as well, they needed some rest before pressing on. A dry spot in the swamp was found, and quickly made into a makeshift camp. A fire was ignited, food was shared, stories were told and spirits were raised. And in the case or Mordin, a sample of the metallic pony that had attacked them earlier was collected. They needed all their strength for the challenges ahead of them

Twilight, after eating a bit, had returned to the books she had been busy reading in Canterlot, looking for a clue to a remedy for Fluttershy’s condition. Aided only by a candle, and hindered by rough days, getting through the long pages of spells were not as fun as she remembered it just a few weeks ago. What had first seemed like an easy task, investigating a strange magical phenomenon, was now something completely different.

“I can handle this. I can. Celestia would never give me a task I could not handle.”

Then a small stab of uncertainty hit her. She had indeed done everything Celestia had ever tasked her with, but this felt completely different. Like Celestia had not given her the task, because she knew that it could be done, but because it had to be done, no matter the cost. Out of the corner of her eyes, she saw the light of her candle flicker.

“Anypony there?”

The flame of her candle began to dance violently, but she felt no wind at all. The flame shifted, changing shape in an ever more chaotic pattern, until it suddenly stopped, in a much more familiar shape.

“…Discord?”

If she initially had doubted herself from her fatigue, it was immediately swept away when the flame spoke to her.

“Well, yes, of course it is me. Expecting someone else?”

“No, with all that has happened the last days, I didn’t. But that doesn’t mean I want to talk with you!”

Twilight quickly blew out the candle, but discord appeared again, this time in the smoke from the fading wig.

“Aww, don’t be like that, where is the fun in that? For me, I mean.”

The small puff of smoke danced around her. Following it with her eyes, she found herself trapped in complete darkness, no friends or campfire to be seen anywhere. This was bad.

“Admit it, Twilight Sparkle, you love my chaos. After all, without it you would not have any fun making order again.”

“FUN? After what you did to Fluttershy, fun is the last thing I care about. We are going to stop you, Discord, and whoever you have helping you!”

“Don’t be such a let-down. What did Bad Fluttershy do this time? Tie the wings of Rainbow Dash together? Cut Rarity’s hair? Make Pinkie Pie cry? I am itching to know!”

“Well, after nearly killing Starswirl, possibly poisoning all of us, summoning up a horde of skeletons, she tried to drown Rainbow. We managed to drive out the spirit of Nightmare Moon you had put inside her, leaving her in a coma. Satisfied?”

Discord immediately stopped dancing, and looked sternly at Twilight. She could almost feel genuine disbelief from him.

“What? I didn’t do that! Are you lying to me twilight? You do know lying is bad, right?”

“Hah, that is precious, coming from you. You would not believe me anyways, so why bother lying? I, for one, don’t find enjoyment in the torment of others.”

“I… have to go, important business… somewhere I think. But don’t worry; I will be back for more fun and games with you all. I never got to do half the things I wanted last time I was here. Arrivederci!”

With a small puff Discord disappeared, and Twilight found herself back in the swamp again. Her candle was even lit again. Rubbing her tired eyes, she looked down on the book she had been reading, noticing that the page had crumbled under her head. Had she been sleeping until now?

Next piece of the story

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Finest Hour is the second part of a 3 part MTG expansion set, intended to tell an overall storyline through ponified Magic the Gathering cards, exploring the plane of Equestria and its struggle against a darker force invading it.

A prologue set named Unseen Invasion begins here
Read it if you want the back-story of the main set. Or just want to see more cards. Each piece will have a link to the next part.

This set, named Finest Hour begins with a quick recap of the prologue here
If you want to read the story of this set, simply hit the above recap link, and follow the “Next piece of the story” links.

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phyrexianrevoker's avatar
Nice common.
If you want this card to become uncommon, change the cost to [UW], otherwise keep it like this.
Looks like a good sideboard for tempo decks when they are fighting aggro, it is also a solid pick for a booster draft.