At Fluttershy's cottage one weekend morning, Anton came downstairs seeing Fluttershy feeding her animal friends.
"Morning, Fluttershy." Anton greeted her.
Fluttershy turned to her house guest, "Good morning, Anton. Did you sleep well?"
"Like a log."
"That's good. I made breakfast for you." Fluttershy showed him some sunny side up eggs.
"Thank you." Anton went to the table and ate his eggs.
"Eat up now, because I have a guest coming over today." the pegasus instructed.
"A guest?" Anton inquired.
"Yes, and it's the perfect chance for you to meet him too."
"What kind of pony is he?" the boy wondered.
"Oh, well, he's not a pony." Fluttershy answered.
"He isn't?" Anton asked, as she shook her head, "Then what is he?"
"Oh, you'll find out. But I should warn you he can be a bit eccentric." Fluttershy warned him.
"More eccentric as Pinkie?"
"Well, maybe not as eccentric, but you'll see what I mean."
"What's his name?" Anton questioned.
"His name's Discord."
"Did someone call?" came a voice from out of nowhere.
Anton's head shot up as he looked around curiously, while Fluttershy remained calm. Suddenly appearing out of thin air was Discord the master of chaos. The boy was taken by surprise and nearly fell out of his seat.
"The master of chaos has arrived!" Discord announced, as suddenly fanfare played around.
"Discord, I'm glad you could make it." Fluttershy smiled.
"Like I'd miss tea with my closest friend." Discord answered, as the two embraced.
Discord looked over Fluttershy and saw Anton still looking surprised, "So is that the boy?"
"Oh, yes. Anton, I'd like you to meet someone," Anton came over, as Fluttershy introduced them, "This is Discord. Discord, this is Anton MacLeod."
"Well, it's a pleasure to meet you, Anton my boy." Discord shook his hand with his lion paw.
"Likewise, I guess," Anton said feeling unsure, "But if I may ask, what are you? Some kind of amalgam?"
"Close enough. I am a draconequus."
"Huh, never heard of that type of creature."
"Well, now you have." Discord smiled, "Fluttershy's told me so much about you in her letter."
"Letter?" Anton turned to Fluttershy.
"Oh, forgive me. But Discord and I are close friends, we tend to write each other letters."
"I see. And what do you mean by master of Chaos?" Anton inquired.
"Well, I thought you'd never ask!" Discord chuckled as he magically poofed up a display chart of events done up in childish drawings.
"You see over a thousand years ago I was a carefree spirit spreading my chaos and disharmony among Equestria making it my Chaos Capital of the world! Things were all going smoothly, until the dear princesses of the sun and moon used the elements of harmony to turn me to stone, which I must tell you is no picnic." Discord whispered to Anton.
"I can't imagine it being comfy." Anton admitted.
"Anyway, for a thousand years my imprisoned self was kept in the Canterlot castle gardens, until I fed off some chaotic and squabbling from some nearby ponies allowing me to grow strong enough to break my stone imprisonment. That's when I decided to play a little game with Fluttershy and the others by hiding the elements of harmony and tricking them into becoming to opposite of themselves. I had thought I won, but apparently I underestimated the strength of their friendship and was turned back to stone a second time."
"Ouch. So if you've caused all this chaos how come you're so chummy now?"
"Well, you can thank sweet Fluttershy here," Discord hugged the pony, "Celestia allowed me to be free from my imprisonment so that the ponies specifically Fluttershy to reform me into using my magic for good. I'll admit I may have toyed with them while pretending to behave, but I ended up pushing Fluttershy over the edge and broke off the friendship she just made with me. When I realized just how important having a friend was I didn't want to lose it. And as you can see I'm happily enjoying my time as a good guy."
"Well, you weren't all completely reformed like the girls said." Fluttershy noted.
Discord gasped, "Oh, Fluttershy, you can say some of the cruelest things!"
"What're you talking about?" Anton asked Fluttershy.
"Discord may have agreed to use his magic for good purposes, but I admit there were still times he'd play mind games with us, but ended up teaching us something." the pegasus explained.
"I see," Anton turned to Discord, "In other words you've been trolling them."
Discord playfully made his face look like the troll face meme expression, "Guilty."
"And there was the time he betrayed us." Fluttershy added.
"Betray?" Anton turned to Discord.
Discord sighed, "Yes. Sadly I was tricked into helping a double crossing magic stealer named Tirek steal the magic, flight, and strength of all the ponies in Equestria. I thought our partnership meant something, but in the end he double crossed me and stole my magic too. When Twilight asked for me to be released I realized just how important our friendship truly was even after all I did," he sighed before suddenly perking up, "And it was thanks to me the girls were able to defeat Tirek and restore all the ponies stolen abilities!"
"All of that happened?"
"Yes, it did," Fluttershy confirmed, "Since then Discord has made several attempts to be a better friend, even though he still has made some bad choices." she eyed him.
"Ah, yes. For even though I have been accepted, it can still be a struggle to truly understand friendship. But I am learning as I go along. I assure you. Sure I may cause a little chaos and confusion, but what's wrong with a little bit of that?" the spirit of chaos asked.
"I don't see anything wrong." Anton answered.
Discord did a double take, "You don't?"
"No. I mean granted there's such a thing as too much, but if everything was all sunshine and rainbows it would be too peaceful. A little chaos does liven things up from time to time." Anton explained.
Discord looked at Anton with tears in his eyes, and a smile grew upon his face. He surprised Anton by pulling him into an embrace, "Oh, thank you! Thank you! You truly understand just how important chaos can be in this crazy world!"
"Don't mention it." Anton answered, feeling a bit awkward.
Discord put him down, and spoke, "I'm sorry I got a little emotional there, but it's just so hard for ponies to see chaos the way I do."
"Hey, I know what you mean," Anton admitted, as Discord looked curious, "I am a good artist and yet various individuals I've met before don't see art the way I do. Or respect it for that matter." he thought of Rodney and Uppercut.
"Well, I've never had a good concept of true art, but I'd like to see your take on it."
"Ok, sure." Anton went to get his sketchbook and showed him some of his various drawings.
Discord looked at page after page, "My-my. You've certainly got a talent for this. I must say I've never seen anything quite so detailed. I especially love these shots." Discord showed the drawings of various backgrounds depicting chaotic landscapes and worlds.
"Yes, well, these ideas come to me." Anton admitted.
"Anton, I know we've just met, but I would be honored to have you as one of my newest friends." Discord said.
"Really? We'll I've never had a creature of chaos for a friend before. Just like I've never had ponies for friends." the boy replied.
"Then you don't quite realize how much fun having a creature of chaos for a friend really is," Discord began, as he floated up and poofed a chair for Anton to sit in, "So why don't you take a seat, while I elucidate on all the possibilities?" he poofed up some music to play and began to sing.
As Discord sang he used his magic to make all sorts of bizarre things happen around Anton and himself. Anton was at first shocked with every trick Discord pulled, but he started to enjoy them and got into the rhythm of the song. Even Fluttershy was having fun with Discord's magic causing the good kind of chaos rather than the evil kind.
Discord finished it up with a big finale before zapping all the stuff he was magically creating away until the cottage was back to normal with neon light spelling 'Applause' was flashing, with several of the animals inside the cottage applauded.
After Fluttershy collected herself, she looked over at Anton who bore a wide eyed shocked expression, "Anton, are you ok?"
"That... was... WICKEDLY AWESOME!" he cheered, surprising Fluttershy, and intriguing Discord, "That was crazy! I mean the good kind of crazy. Sorry, I've just never felt this exhilarated in all my life. Discord, you are one wicked guy! In a good way of course."
"I'm glad to see you enjoyed my little performance."
"I sure did. So just what else can you do with that magic of yours?"
"Well, if you'll come outside I'll show you." Discord said, as the three stepped outside.
"So you want to see exactly what I'm capable of? Well, here's a little something special for you." Discord said before he snapped his talon digits and appearing outside the cottage was a whole theme park with a Discord theme to it.
Anton looked out in excitement, "No flipping way!"
"Oh, yes way," Discord lowered himself to Anton's height and wrapped an arm around him, "Why don't you go have some fun. You deserve it."
"All right! And thanks!" Anton raced off into the Discord theme park.
Fluttershy smiled, "Why, Discord, this is so thoughtful of you."
"Well, after what you told me he's been through I think what the child needs is a little fun." Discord replied, as he watched Anton with a smile.
Inside the amusement park, Anton was partaking in all sort of activities from games and rides, with Discord clones serving as the managers of the booths.
Anton finishing playing a game and winning a big stuffed dragon thought to himself, 'This is about the best fun I've had in forever, but I wish I had someone to share it with.'
As if answering his wish, Twilight, Spike, and the rest of the girls came over, "Fluttershy, what's going?" Rainbow Dash asked.
"Oh, hello girls." she greeted them.
"And how're all of you doing/" Discord asked.
"Discord?" Twilight asked in confusion, "What're you doing here?"
"And what is that over there?" Applejack looked seeing the amusement park.
"I didn't know the amusement park was in Ponyville today, and set up right in Fluttershy's own backyard." Pinkie Pie said.
"Well, it isn't." Fluttershy answered.
"This is actually my doing." Discord confessed.
"Discord." Twilight said sternly.
"Really, there is no trickery in all this. I've done it for Anton."
"Anton?" the group asked.
"You mean he's in there having fun... without us?!" Pinkie shrieked.
"Not for long. Come on." Rainbow flew off, as the others followed her.
Back in the amusement park, Anton was sitting at a bench having all sorts of his favorite human foods from burgers, fries, pizza, the works.
"Oh, I miss my favorite foods." he said in joy.
"Anton?" came the voices of the girls.
The boy looked and saw the group approach, "Hey, girls, Spike. How're you all?"
"We're doing fabulous, darling." Rarity answered.
"And it looks like you're having the time of your life." Applejack noticed.
"I sure am. And I have Discord to thank." he replied.
"Oh, you're too much," Discord chuckled, before stretching over and whispered to him, "But feel free to keep the compliments coming."
Anton spoke to the group, "Since you're all here, why don't we have some fun together?"
"Oh, fun is my absolute favorite word!" Pinkie cheered.
"I'd be crazy not to have fun here." Rainbow added.
"It does look quite amusing." Rarity agreed.
"So let's have some fun!' Spike cheered, before looking at Twilight who was uncertain since it was Discord's idea, but saw everyone looked hopeful, especially Anton.
"Well, ok." she answered, and the group cheered.
And so Anton and his Equestria friends spent the whole day having fun at the Discord theme park, with Rainbow and Applejack competing in games, Fluttershy and Discord going on a carousel, Rarity and Twilight were enjoying some of the treats at the concession stand, and finally, Anton, Pinkie, and Spike were on the roller coaster with the whole carts looking exactly like Discord.
When the coaster reached the top, Pinkie shouted, "Scream at the top of your lungs, boys!" when the coaster dropped, all three of them screamed with excitement.
At the end of the day, the group stepped outside the theme park. Discord used his magic to make the whole place disappear and spoke, "Well, that was truly a fun way to spend the day wasn't it, friends?"
"It sure was." Rainbow answered.
"Especially since we all spent it together." Anton put in, "Thanks, Discord. You made today a real treat."
"Oh, what can I say? That's what friends are for," Discord answered, before looking curious, "We are friends, right?"
"You bet. And I'd like to ask you something."
"What is it?" the master of chaos wondered.
"Well, would it be ok if I called you Uncle D?"
At the sound of that, Discord was taken aback, "Oh, well. I've never been thought of as a uncle before."
"Well, would you want to?"
Discord thought about it before answering with a smile, "Yes. I would like that very much."
Anton smiled, "Good to hear, Uncle D." he held his fist out to him.
Discord seeing what Anton was going for made a fist out of his lion paw and the two fist bumped. The master of chaos spoke, "Well, it's been fun my friends, but I must be going now. Catch you all later." he tore open a tear in the scenery and stepped into it before the cut in the scenery mended itself.
Anton smiled and looked at the girls, "You girls really should be proud to have someone like him for a friend."
While the girls weren't sure how to answer that, Fluttershy answered for them, "We certainly are."
"Just as I'm proud to have all of you for friends." Anton said, as the girls caught up in the moment embraced their young human friend.
That night, Anton went up to his room and upon entering saw it had been totally redesigned. He looked around seeing just about everything from his old bedroom from back home was there. All his favorite movie posters, comic books, novels, action figures, and even the bed was remade to look like his old one, sheets, covers, and all.
"Whoa." he gasped, as he looked around feeling nostalgia, "How did this happen?" he saw a letter on the bed. He picked it up and read it.
Dear Anton, I hope you like the redesign of your room. I did a lot of research about your world with a little help from Fluttershy who spoke so much about what you told her and the others in her last letter to me. I hope this is much more to your liking and makes you feel a bit more at home with my dear friend Fluttershy. I hope to see more of you again. Your friend Uncle. D.
Anton smiled at the letter before placing it on his dresser and headed off to bed. As he laid in bed he thought to himself, 'Today was certainly a fun day.'