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The Discordant Tale, Final Part - Reformation II

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Radoxeald

Published: Mar 29, 2012

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THE DISCORDANT TALE
– Ponies with Blind Guardian

[Click here for the accompanying song]

FINAL PART
Reformation II

a) Countdown

It's all ready now:
Purification starts…

Curtains fallen
Masks of corruption turned away
Our souls once wronged
Our minds distorted
Reborn as new
Reformed in need
Clock is ticking – go!
We must move
Face our foe

We have once survived
The discordant mindgame
Can't bet for another chance

The world is dying
All sense is fading
Harmony shatters around us

Through the grey-turned eyes
We saw misery rise
All ties separated
Mother won't see her child
Ponies' souls imprisoned
Locked up with iron chains
Can you hear them plead in anguish:
"Let me out!"

Into heart of the storm
We step ahead
Havoc's spreading
– We stand our ground

Counterstrike
Reformation
We stand together
Fight for the future

Justice
Reformation
Our time is running
Must keep on fighting

Clock is ticking
Madness spreading
Havoc's reeking
Time is running out…

b) The Eye of the Vortex

Together now
Courageous, determined
Apocalypse grows
The deeper we go

Be nervous but don't uncertain
Elements are with us this time
Don't give up on final leap now
If you want to see tomorrow

Heal the World
Stop the pandemonium
Save ponies from the edge of madness
We heal the World…

His throne set in eye of the storm
Land around it already devoid of forms
Nothing stays true
In the abyss of chaos…

c) Friendship is Worth Fighting For

Fed up, He snorts:
"You still keep on with that?
That last time didn't teach you one bit?
Don't lie, don't try
to play tricks on me."

"Didn't I make you what you truly are?
Just mockeries,
Puppets in my hands!
Don't toy with me,
Why won't you give in to my triumph!"

"You here don't understand.
You are blinded by hate,
in your narrow grudge you cannot see."

"We've had it hard and
We almost gave in.
At the edge we nearly fell,
But we pulled through."

While it's not easy,
It's not in vain:
Despite the hardships
It's still worth fighting for

Heal the World
Bring forth Elements infinite
Carry on task we nearly gave up
Start Reformation:

Come forth, Rainbow of Light
What once was broken
Can still be restored
Set things right, Rainbow of Light
Bring cure for twisted
Give peace for madness

We will hold onto our friendship:
Together till we die.

Our light brings your final judgment:
Sealed into the stone.

LISTEN THIS SONG WITH THE POEM FOR MAXIMUM IMPACT [link]

EDIT renamed.

And thus ends The Discordant Tale, set into the dramatic tone of Blind Guardian's Wheel of Time. Compared to the ending of The Nightmare Epic, well, ending with a Rainbow of Light was kinda unavoidable but I tried to avoid similarities the best I could.

Fun fact: Originally the Reformation Duology was going to be based on Blind Guardian's "And then there was Silence" [link] which is a goddamn massive, 14-minute piece of progressive metal at its finest. However, it turned out to be way too complex song to really fit my plans. Thus I wrote it in two parts, Deathaura for the de-discording mane six, and Wheel of Time for the final.

Fun fact 2: I was THIS close to actually adding phrase "mindrape" into this poem. Then I backed out and replaced it with "mindgame". Would it have been too harsh?

Fun fact 3: There is a Derpy reference in this poem. If you find it and can point out how it references our favorite pony, you get a prize.

It's been a wonderful journey to write these poems. Thank you everybrony for reading and commenting and favin' and everything.

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This is the last installment of epic poem "The Discordant Tale", a retelling of Discord story arc from “My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic” adapted into music and style of different metal bands. Poems will follow the musical direction of the songs, but with original content.
As the name implies, this is a thematic sequel to my earlier work, “The Nightmare Epic”. You can find it here [link]

Prologue [link]
Part I [link]
Part II [link]
Part III [link]
Part IV [link]
Part V [link]
Part VI [link]
Part VII [link]
Part VIII You are here!

My Little Pony (c)

"Wheel of Time" (c) Blind Guardian, written by Hansi Kürsch and André Olbrich. From the album "At the Edge of Time"
Song is used as a soundtrack for the lyrical content in terms of tribute, homage, parody and ponies.
And the final piece of art is "Chaos Rising" [link] by

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Due to the ever-growing amount of favs I won't spam "Thank you" messages to each one of you, so have it here: Thank you so much to everyone for reading and adding these to their favorites!