All four princesses sat before an extremely nervous chimera, who sipped at his cup of tea. Silence was the most pronounced sound inside the halls of the Ponyvile palace, it grew only more awkward as seconds ticked on. The alicorns on the other hoof gazed sternly at the mismatched God.
"Ummm so how is everypony?" Discord spoke up, finally breaking the silence.
"Discord, we all saw you open a portal." Luna began.
"To where and for why we do not know." Cadence added.
"So we would like to know exactly why you opened a portal to Faust knows where, we would also like to know did you pull anything back?" Celestia said before taking another sip of her cup. "After Tirek we've all been keeping an eye on you to make sure you don't do anything foalish, like allow Tirek or Sombra back into Equestrian lands."
"Whoa, I'll admit that siding with that jerk was a huge mistake I wish I could fix, why would I do something like that again?" Discord held his paw and claw up defensively. "It's just that with about six months of nothing exciting happening I grew so bored! So I, as the reformed spirit of chaos that I am, took it upon myself to bring some entertainment to this world... that's all."
"Entertainment? So all that was just entertainment for you? Hurting your friends, making Fluttershy cry, that was fun?" Twilight's left eye twitched.
"When you put it like that I am the jerk, but I never meant for that to happen alright?" Again Discord popped into a submissive position. "But what I did was randomly reach into a random universe and randomly pull something out... with my eyes closed."
Celestia, Luna, and Cadence fell out of their seats while Twilight spat her tea across the small table.
"YOU WHAT?!" All four princesses screamed at once, their scream echoed into Ponyvile.
"Ugh here is everything we just said on paper, read and reread until what I said sinks in. I have to attend a animal birthday with dear Fluttershy right now." With a snap of his eagle talon Discord disappeared from the room, but a document that had the entire conversation written down was in his place. Word for word the previous conversation was there even with the snap of Discord's fingers.
"That's oddly convenient..." Twilight muttered as she read the scroll, with attention to detail she read. The other alicorns sat up with their cups of tea refilled.
"Soooooo... Discord does weird things, I'd wager my crown that he's just trying to trick us." The Princess of Love stated simply with an unsure smile. Luna only shook her head, Celestia and herself knew Discord's power to allow the strangest of things to present themselves.
"Twilight keep an eye on him, make sure he isn't up to something." Celestia began as she stood up, motioning for Luna to follow. "We must return to Canterlot, I trust you to safeguard Ponyvile."
"Yes farewell to thee, Twilight." Luna added as she stepped outside the sitting room. Celestia waited a few seconds before continuing.
"Whatever or whoever Discord allowed passage here will no doubt show them self sooner or later, so just watch for anything or anypony strange?"
"You can count on me Princess Celestia! Oh I mean Celestia he he." Former mentor and student shared a warm embrace before the solar diarch broke away. The sound of teleportation signaled both celestial princesses' leave.
"Don't worry Twilight, I'm sure everything will turn out just fine." Cadence smiled as she wrapped a fore leg around the young alicorn's shoulders.
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Smaug felt his connection to the one called 'Fancy Pants' disappear, if so then he could warn others. This was something the last great fire drake of Middle-earth would not allow, down towards the floor he fell. His feet and winged hands caught his bulk on the solid stone.
A massive intake of air gave the dragon a rough estimation where the exit would be. If the pony were alive then no doubt it would feel Smaug's foot falls, his eyes scanned each inch in search of his prey. Fancy's scent grew stronger towards the entrance of the grand cavern, soon Smaug would make sure he was nothing more than ash.
As Smaug drew closer he could hear faintly the sounds of many hushed whispers. Each were in a panic, good let them fear him.
Smaug slowed to a stop so he would be able to listen in on their distraught about their plight.
"We need to get him to a hospital now!"
"But what of the dragon?"
"Maybe it went back to sleep?"
"I doubt that, but we can't leave Fancy like this! He is our friend and as such we need to get him out of here as soon as possible!"
"We could make a run for the entrance."
A wicked smile grew on Smaug's maw as he could practically feel their fear. Since they didn't leave made this entire situation all the more sweeter as he would kill them here and not worry if they spoke a word about him. With a new idea in his twisted mind Smaug roared to shut the ponies inside their "safe room" to all snap quiet.
He leaned down so he could glare death at each one trying to hide away. "Hello there my delicious morsels, did you actually believe you would able to escape me?"
One of the noble ponies stepped forward with a very noticeable shake in their step.
"Please sir, let us go. We didn't mean to offend you in anyway. We promise to never return here. Also we will give you every bit we have." The noble's voice trembled before the massive reptile that stood to it's full height. The noble couldn't help but notice the smile etched across the dragon's jaws.
"I will allow you to live, but I will leave this cavern before any of you. Should you not comply I will make ash piles, am I understood?" Smaug's smile never faltered as he spoke so calmly. The pony's reply came as vigorous nodding. Satisfied with that answer Smaug followed the scent of fresh air.
Sunlight, grass, and skies. Smaug smashed through stone to escape the dank cave into the world. Once outside Smaug enacted his cruel scheme turning to the entrance, his eyes and chest glowed an unholy shade of orange. Within seconds naplam like fire scorched the boulders until they fell upon the opening, trapping those rich snobs inside to starve to death.
Smaug let lose another wall of flames to melt the stones, none would find this tomb unless those ponies could dig through. His wicked laugh was the only sound for miles.
"Stay awhile little ponies, I promised to allow you to live. But I never said you would be able to leave." His great wings lifted his body higher, this world would know Smaug's wrath.
As he reached high enough his wings propelled him forward faster than wind currents could pick up speed. Down below Smaug his shadow cloaked the land, the eyes of the dragon could see other ponies try to hide in homes and other structures. Using his senses to their full uses Smaug could hear screams and cries of fear while he soared over the lands. His massive wings pushed his form further away from the cave where he awoke, as he flew Smaug began to search for a new home.
Off in the vast distance a mountain could be seen surrounded by a vast forest, ideal new home. Smaug noticed a small town at the forest's edge. His eyes honed in on an palace like structure towards the end of the small village, but paid no mind to it. Smaug wondered if these ponies were like the race of men who flocked to cities for safety. It mattered little to the fire drake as he drew closer to the mountain.
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Pinkie Pie sat with her pet outside on a park bench just enjoying the day, Gummy currently wore a cup cake as a hat since his owner placed the pastry there. The sun's rays warmed the party pony as she hummed a sweet little tune to her pet and herself. Suddenly darkness fell upon her, her eyes drifted upwards to see a extremely large dragon fly towards the Everfree Forest. With the grace of a brain surgeon Pinkie picked her toothless alligator off the bench and trotted to Twilight's palace.
The doors came into view for the pink party pony who now bounced happily with ideas of a new dragon neighbor. Her lips drew back into a face splitting smile as that idea popped in her innocent mind, a new friend for Spike perhaps?
The doors opened to allow one of Princess Twilight's friends to enter without hassle.
"Twilight!" Pinkie called to have her voice echo off the walls. "You'll never guess what I saw!"
"Pinkie I'm right here." Twilight said coming from the room to Pinkie's right. "What did you see Pinkie?"
"Oh I saw this really really really really big dragon, bigger than Spike when he grew!I also thought maybe Spike and that dragon could be friends."
"How big did this dragon look?" The lavender scientist asked, curiosity taken hold.
"It had a shadow that covered half of Ponyvile."
"Did it look far away?"
"Maybe the distance between Dashie's house and the grass twice, wait. Why are you asking me these questions?"
"Well without scientific equipment to measure it, I'm trying to get a rough estimation on it's size." Twilight stated with her gaze on the floor. "The distance between Rainbow's home and the soil would be about sixty meters so that doubled... one hundred twenty meters!"
"Wow that is a big dragon..." Came the voice of Spike coupled with the sound of flushing.
"Yeah that is a large dragon... Pinkie, you didn't happen to see which way it was going, did you?"
"Oh yeah it went to Everfree. Well at least I think it is... I wonder what kind of dessert it likes?" Pinkie lost herself within her own thoughts, Twilight however wondered if that dragon could be what Discord pulled from his portal.