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// What I Want 
// Story: The Flour Trick 
// by Grey Faerie 
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	Discord looked up from his sandwich. It was the twins crying. Seems they've woken up. He threw the rest of the sandwich into his mouth and went to them. He entered their room to see Pound on the floor trying to hold onto a toy his sister was telekineticly pulling from him.
"That's enough you two." he said as he pulled the toy away. 
"Want to have some real fun?" he asked. They nodded vigorously. 
"Okay then" Discord said enthusiastically. He snapped his fingers; setting the toys to start dancing around. He picked up Pumpkin and set her down next to Pound.
"Let's see what we have here." Discord said as he gathered up the kids' toys. "Once upon a time, there was a family of..timberwolves. And one day, they went into.. the Everfree Forest." The twins rolled their eyes. "They were looking for a secret.. cockatrice factory. Where the cockatrice were turning stones ponies into raw magical essence." Pumpkin and Pound looked at each other questioningly. "So three timberwolves rushed them with a savage attack while the others maneuvered to the right flank..." he paused for a moment "... and attacked anything.. still moving." Pumpkin and Pound were confused but were entertained none the less. Discord sighed, "And not one wolf was left behind that day. They got them all. Even the teeniest, littlest wolf of all..Rodriguez." he said as he held up the chicken toy.
He looked up at them to see they were not smiling. "Hungry." Pound cake said as he rubbed his stomach. "Food!" Pumpkin called out as she mimicked her brother.
"Oh, time for a snack then?" Discord asked. They nodded. He picked them up and carried them down to the kitchen. After placing them into the high chairs, he looked through the cupboard to see which kind of snack to give them. He settled on a biscotti. It was hard enough for them to teeth on without the fear of it breaking apart and choking them. Mrs. Cake had told him about how she makes them her own teething biscuit after hearing from another mother the dangers of some teething biscuits. She also likes to know what's in the food they're eating.
Everything was fine for a while until they got bored and started to cry.
"Do you want another biscotti?-they shook their heads-How about a macaroon?-again no-Oh! how about I make your toys talk again?" They shook their heads and continued to cry.
"I know what can make you smile!" he said triumphantly. Discord went over to the flour bin and grabbed a small bag. He came back in front of the twins and dumped the entire bag on his head. He was greeted by howls of laughter after performing their favorite thing, the flour trick. I'm glad the Cakes leave those bags around for this purpose.
He then gave them another biscotti and a sippy cup of juice. It was then he heard the bell chime announcing the arrival of somepony in the store front. Strange, I thought I put the sign to closed? Maybe it's Pinkie!
Discord went to the front only to see it was Twilight with Spike. At first, he didn't know why they were giggling.
"Did we interrupt something?" Twilight asked. It was then that Discord realized he was still covered in flour.
"Oh! No, I was just entertaining the twins. Did you need anything?" he asked as he snapped away the flour.
"I had promised Spike a cookie and didn't have anymore at home." she then gave Spike a stern look. It can be easily assumed that Spike had eaten all the cookies behind Twilight's back.
"It's okay. I still have plenty." he then moved behind the counter's display case. "Which one did you want?" At the question Spike ran up to the case and salivated at all the different kinds. "Oh, there's chocolate chip, chocolate cookie, double chocolate chip chocolate cookie!"
"You can only have one." Twilight reminded him. "Ahhh" Spike turned back to the case and processed to figure out which one he wanted. Twilight went up to Discord with the intention to start a conversation.
"Sooo, I heard you scared off a pony with a baked bad." she winced as it wasn't exactly how she wanted to start out.
"It wasn't so much of a baked bad as simply a muffin filled with live worms." he laughed at the memory but after seeing the look on Twilight's face recounted, "He deserved it. He was being very rude to me and trying to scare the other customers." Discord crossed his arms to show his resolve.
"Okay, I believe you. What I really wanted to come here for was... well, to say how sorry I am. You were right. I only came here to see if you were up to no good. After so long...-You still don't trust me- Yes, but not just that! I should trust you. Fluttershy and Pinkie trust you. Pinkie even trusts you enough to leave the store and the twins with you. It's hard, to get over past events. After so long, I should have seen how much you've changed. You're still, well, you.-he nodded at this- But you're not going to turn Ponyville into chaos again." She ended it with a smile.
"I'm glad you think that way. It would help to keep today's 'events' from happening again." he laughed fully from the memory. Twilight even laughed with him. "It's funny looking back at it how much damage we caused."
"Ah ha!" Spike announced. "I know what I'm getting. It'll be one triple chocolate truffle cookie please."
"Coming right up!" Discord said with the same amount of enthusiasm. "That's a fine choice you've made there." Spike dove into his cookie, savoring the tasty treat.
"We should be going. There's still much we have to do today." Twilight said. "Goodbye!" "Yeah, goodbye Discord!" Spike called out as well. They left the bakery talking amongst themselves about the other errands they have to do.
He went back into the kitchen and checked on the children. They had almost finished their food but needed a refill on their juice. It was getting to be time for him to reopen the shop, so he moved the twins into the front with their play pin.
Discord was very glad that the rest of the evening was uneventful. When 6:00 rolled around, he closed up the shop. All the left over pastries that couldn't be saved for tomorrow, he put into a box for pick up. The Cakes leave the leftovers by the back door for the local shelters to pick up. The Cakes liked not wasting food and helping out the shelter was a great way to do that.
He started dinner and put the twins into their high chairs. When he heard the front door being unlocked, he knew it had to be Pinkie. He scooped up the twins and left for the front.
"Pinkie!-Pie!" the twins called out each.
"Hello there, cuties!" Pinkie back. She looked tired but took the twins none the less. Discord couldn't help but say, "Ahh, I know! I'm adorable." He struck a few poses. Pinkie laughed. "I've got dinner cooking right now so let's go to the kitchen." he told her.
They walked to the kitchen and got settled. Discord finish cooking up a meal of mashed potatoes and mixed salad. He placed the plates in their spots and got the children their dinner of just mashed potatoes. He knew to not start eating until Pinkie said grace. Even though she hadn't lived at with her parents for years, and only visited every so often, she still stuck with the habit of saying a grace before meals.
"Please bless this meal and make sure no one gets injured or sick. Watch over all those here and our loved ones. Amen." "Amen" "Ahhhmun!" With that they started eating.
"Tell me about your day." Discord asked Pinkie.
"Ohh brother, it was horrible! Everything started out fine and I didn't expect to be out for very long. By the way! I'm sorry for leaving you here all day. Haha that rhymed but really I was going to come back soon-It's fine-So anyway, I got all the way to the park to deliver the first order and couldn't find them. I looked everywhere! It turned out they had moved to the lake because it was nicer there but forgot to tell me-That's awful-I know right! I figured it out when I decided to go there just in case.
"I had to stay there to make sure the food was correct and set it all out. Then I ran into another problem when they forgot to have the total payment for me. Sooo, me and one of the stallions-the stallion and I- had to go into town to the bank to get the rest of the payment. After that, I went to deliver the next order. It was on a field by Fluttershy's house. which reminds me did you need their help today?" she asked him.
He mentally bit his lip, trying to think of what to say. "No I didn't need their help but they did come over to do so. They..made it more..entertaining around here. Yes! they made it more fun and entertaining in the shop today." He hoped she would believe his version of the truth.
"Okie doki loki! I'm glad they were able to be so some use. I know you can take care of everything yourself but! it's always more fun with others. Back to today..." He was very glad she believed him. He didn't want to tell her what really happened. She might not trust me as much if she knew. I don't want any reason for her to dislike me. What!? I mean, I don't want her to dislike me because she's my friend. Of course, that's what I meant. Pinkie had continued to recount her day as he was mentally wrestling with himself. 
"...And I finally got there! They were nice enough as to not be upset at me for being late. Afterwards, I had to leave for the party. I don't want to bore you with all the details but I ended up getting stuck helping out. It was a filly's birthday and her mom needed me to stick around in case they ran out of food and to keep the foals out of trouble. Apparently, she knew I babysat the twins so she knew I had knowledge about dealing with small children." she sighed after finishing her tale.
"You know, I'm really glad you're here." Pinkie told discord. "Really?" he asked.
"Yeah, really really." she told him with a smile. She then gave him a kiss on the cheek as thanks for helping. Discord blushed at it while Pinkie turned back to her food.
Discord looked around and fully realized his situation. He was sitting around the dinner table with the girl he likes and two happy children. It was Almost like a family. Is this what I want? What I need? Yes, I'll finally admit it. I like Pinkie but this... it's so peaceful and yet I feel complete. No chaos needed. Discord finish his meal and took the other's plates. It felt different living like this and strange to imagine continuing to live like this. In all his life, even in his home before coming to Equestria, he had never thought his life could be like this.
Pinkie spoke up as she pulled the twins out of their high chairs. "I'll put the foals to bed. You can stay here and relax." She left with them. Discord was left with his thoughts. He still wasn't sure what to make of all these new emotions.
"Discord!!!" He heard Pinkie call for him. He went up to the children's room. "Discord, they don't want to go to sleep. They keep saying your name."
"Well, aren't I popular today." he joked. "Let me guess, you want me to sing to you?"
"Yeah!" they cried. "Okay." Discord processed to sing to them. Soon afterward they fell asleep.
"Wow! What was that? A super special sleeping spell? They fell asleep so quickly." Pinkie asked. She was genuinely wondering about it. She never knew he sang or had a special song the foals only knew.
"Oh that? It's nothing. Just a song I know." Discord tried to tell her. "Dissy." she said sternly. "Okay okay, it was my lullaby. My uncle used to sing it to me. He was very good to me." Discord said it in a wistful way and for a moment, was lost in thoughts of his uncle. "I didn't know you had an uncle. In fact, I don't know anything about your family or! where you came from."
"Let me stop you there. Pinkie, please, I don't want to talk about it." he said it such a way that Pinkie knew not to press any further. Even though she really wanted to.
"Do you want to stay the night?" she asked. "What?" he was a little thrown off by the frowardness of the question. She giggled. "I don't mean it in that way. It's late and I thought you would be happier staying here instead of having to travel all the back to Canterlot. And! since we were so busy today. I thought tomorrow we could have some fun."
"I think I would like that." Discord replied. They went up to Pinkie's room and laid on her bed. He still wasn't sure about the situation but accepted it none the less. They fell asleep with thoughts of what type of fun they will have the next day.