 Determined and with renewed hope , Twilight leads her best friends back to Ponyville , which Discord has altered in a chaotic manner : The day @-@ night cycle is haphazard and buildings float off the ground . Discord continues to taunt Twilight , but she is determined to get back to the library in town to find a way to defeat Discord while her best friends ' personalities continue to become more warped , losing even more of their color until they are completely monochrome . Managing to get them all into the library , Twilight and Spike locate the book about the Elements of Harmony and after a brief scuffle with the other ponies over the book , are surprised and delighted to find the book actually contains the Elements . She forces her best friends to wear the Elements , though they are more willing to help after she angrily states that the sooner they defeat Discord , the sooner they never have to see each other again ; Twilight also assigns Spike as the temporary Element of Loyalty because Rainbow Dash is not present . They go to face Discord , but the Elements fail to activate . The other four ponies and Spike quickly drop the elements and depart , leaving Twilight despondent and finally losing her own color . 
