Luna giggled with excitement as she led Discord into her room. When he had closed the door and Luna had lit all the candles around the wall, Discord decided now was the best moment to ask he sat down on her blue sofa, “Now Luna, I hope you will not consider me nosey when I ask this but, where exactly did you get the idea for this remarkable sport.”
Luna paused as she closed the curtains. “I… merely thought of it myself.” she said, proudly.
Discord gave one of his hearty chuckles, “Oh please Princess Luna, you know you can’t hide anything from me. Could this be the result of your occasional use of that delightful mirror over in the Crystal Empire, over to the realm of those ‘Homo-Sapiens’, as I like to call them? Luna turned to face him, looking rather pale, “Ah, so that’s it.” said Discord, grinning wickedly, “My, how will Princess Celestia react when she finds out that her own sister has been illegally crossing dimensions, and picking up ideas from other…”
Discord didn’t get very far, as Luna charged at him and pinned him to the wall, her horn at his throat, “You will not say one word to my sister.” she hissed, “You are to assist me in the preparations of this game and that is what you will do. If word gets to me that you have mentioned that to my sister, so help me, I will make sure that you’re turned back to stone, and I’ll crack you in half!”
Discord looked down at the horn that was close to piercing his skin. “Don’t worry, lips are sealed.” he said calmly, although there was a little bit of a quiver in his voice. Luna backed away from him, looking at him suspiciously, and when she was far enough, Discord breathed in heavily and said, “But, in all fairness Luna, if we are to be working on this, I must know where exactly you got this idea.”
Luna sighed as her sudden anger subsided, “I see I have no alternative.” she said quietly, “Very well, but again, not one word to my sister.” Discord nodded in agreement, and Luna made her way to the back wall of her room and pulled back the blue drape, revealing the blank stone wall behind it. Discord looked in confusion as Luna tapped a few of the bricks, but his expression changed to mild surprise and interest as the bricks began to shake and shift around to reveal a large archway. “Well, are you coming in?” Luna asked as she walked in. Discord slowly followed.
No words could be used to explain this incredible sight that lay before Discord’s eyes. He had never experienced such an amazing phenomenon; a large room, solid white, with shelves stacked up to the ceiling with either thin rectangular boxes and cartridges, ranging from grey to black and he could have sworn he saw a tint of gold in there as well. Luna looked back and saw his expression, “Just a little hobby of mine.” she replied, nonchalantly.
“This seems to be a bit more than a little hobby.” Discord thought to himself, as Luna had gone on ahead. He could see her flying up to one of the selves and pulled something out. She returned and presented Discord with one of the thin rectangular boxes. Discord looked at the cover:
“This is what gave me the idea.” said Luna. “I guess after playing it for a while, I made me think that we could possibly do this as well. Would you like a demonstration?”
“Demonstration?” said Discord, finally taking his eyes off the box, as he then saw Luna pushing something large out of the room. He followed her back into bedroom and stared at the large television set that was pushed in front of her sofa. He then saw Luna’s horn glowing and her room was bathed in the same colour blue as her aura. “Just a simple sound barrier spell.” She explained to Discord. It lasted for a second until it stopped, and Luna sat down on the sofa, patted one of the cushions next to her, indicating she wanted Discord to sit down next to her. She levitated the box out of Discord’s claws, opened it and pulled out a silver disk and placed it into one of a sleek black device.
This certainly was an interesting experience. Discord watched in awe as Luna controlled these tiny people on the screen to do whatever she wanted; fly in any direction, attack each other, all for the purpose of just to win a sport. “Are you quite sure you haven’t got omnipotent powers of control?” Discord asked. Luna shook her head as she scored another goal for Gryffindor in their match against Hufflepuff.
After an hour or two of gameplay, (which had resulted in Discord having a go himself and playing against Luna in Multiplayer Mode) Discord just couldn’t stop grinning, “And you believe we can do something like that?” he asked as Luna got up from the sofa.
“It’s not a matter of believing it’ll work,” said Luna as she sat down at the table on the other side of the room, “It’s a matter of knowing it will work! Now that you’re experienced what I want, let’s finally get down to business.”
Discord appeared next to her (In a high back chair with red velvet) and she pulled out a roll of parchment and a quill. “Now, the first thing that we need is a pitch.”
“Couldn’t we just ask your niece if we could use the stadium in the Crystal Empire?” asked Discord.
“We could, but the problem is the size.” said Luna, and she used her magic to produce a blueprint of the Crystal Empire Stadium, “You see, the average size of a Quidditch pitch would be 500 feet long and 180 feet wide to give the players an advantage in speeding on their brooms. The Crystal Empire’s one however is only 390 feet long and 160 feet wide, so that may have an effect on the player’s speeds and reactions. So the obvious answer would be to build our own stadium here in Canterlot, but where?”
Discord’s eyes wandered over to the balcony and he could just make out the palace labyrinth. “Why don’t we get rid of the maze and build the stadium there?” he asked.
“That may still not be big enough.” said Luna, but Discord was already pulling out a tape measure and taking a roll of parchment with him before disappearing. He returned a minute later, “Well, the entirety of that labyrinth, given the exact measurements that you have given me, comes down to it being 472 feet long and 173 feet wide.” he said, showing Luna the measurements and a sketch of a birds-eye view of the labyrinth with a stadium next to it, “However, if we were to add up all the free area that surrounds it, and if we turn the pitch in a certain direction, we might be able fit it in.”
“Discord, this is perfect!” said Luna as she looked at the notes Discord had taken. “Now that we’ve got the problem of the stadium out of the way, let’s now deal with the balls. I trust you will be able to make those as well?”
“Just give me the necessary details and they’ll be done within the second!” said Discord, picking up the quill and parchment again. Luna began describing the balls in great detail, from what they looked like to what their exact shapes and sizes needed to be. Discord scribbled down all Luna told him, and by the time he had finished, he had patches of ink along the end of his snout, which were also dripping onto the parchment.
“Well, if that’s everything I need to know,” said Discord, placing the parchment into a pocket he magically made appear on his chest, “I suppose the next question will be who are we getting to play?”
“That will take some thinking.” said Luna, but Discord could make out a small smirk, “I will need to think about our side, but I do have a strong idea about who I want for the opposing side.”