A Family Resemblance

by Nyx Ali

First published

Twilight got a message from Sunset Shimmer from Celestia's book. Unfortunately it indicates a new villain at CHS, but what does it have to do with discord?

Twilight got a message from Sunset Shimmer in her magical book that kept the human portal open. Unfortunately the message indicates the suspicion of a confusing but threatening villain at Canterlot High. Who is it, and what does it have to do with Discord?

-THIS WAS WRITTEN BY A TEN YEAR OLD; EXPECT MAJOR GRAMMAR AND PUNCTUATION ERRORS-

Chapter 1

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Twilight and of course, her dragon, Spike, had just stepped through the portal. After minuets of twisting and spinning, they were back in Equestria where they belong.

As Twilight, her friends, and Cadence were strolling through the hallways of the Crystal Empire Castle, her friends were blaring questions and Instead of getting agitated from their antics, she moped, head low and bags in her eyes.

"Where did you stay?"

"What did they wear?"

"Did 'dya have fun?!"

"Wha'd you eat?"

"Would you say she's just as awesome as me?"

When they stopped their questioning, waiting for her to answer, she finally said,"I wanna tell you everything, I do. But I'm just so exhausted from all the dancing," she looked back at her friends.

Their eyes widened in question and surprise. "Dancing?" They all asked.

Twilight, still walking as well as looking at her friends, bumped into an orange pegasus guard with blue hair. He looked down at the princess lying on the floor. He held out his hoof and helped her up as he spoke, "We've really gotta stop bumping into each other like this." As quickly as it happened, he walked away as if nothing happened. The seven mares stared at the stallion, leaning in in suspicion.

Twilight walked back over to her friends. "Who was that," she asked when he disappeared around the corner.

"He's a new member of a castle guard. Flash Sentry I think.." Cadence answered as she tapped her chin and looked up in thought. "Why? Do you know him?" She asked suspiciously, eying the blushing princess.

The turned around, elegantly walking forward. "Not exactly."

As soon as Applejack "oohed", a crimson blush crept over Twilight's face. "Somepony's gotta crush on the new guy!"

"No," she protested. "No, I don't!"

"Oh, she does! She absolutely does!" Rarity said teasingly.

Twilights casual walk turned into a quick trot. "Don't be ridiculous. I don't even know him! He just-"

She was interrupted by Pinkie. "totally-reminds-you-of-the-guy-you-met-in-the-other-world-who-played-guitar-was-in-a-band-and-helped-prove-you-didn't-destroy-all-the-decorations-for-a-big-dance, so-you-could-still-run-for-princess-of-the-big-dance-and-then-asked-you-to-dance-at-that-dance!" She gasped for air, "Right?!"

Twilight stared at her curiously. "How did you know that?"

"Just a hunch." She said, a squee following her as she smiled and bounced off.

Twilight rolled her eyes sarcastically. Then turned back to her group of friends, including Cadence and Spike. "I just have one question though."

"What is it Twilight?" They all asked.

"How did you guys know about that world. I know Sunset probably told you, but I'm sure she couldn't have known about the thirty moons thing. Do you know anything Cadence?" She turned to the pink princess.

"Actually, I learned that from the other princesses. You could ask them how they know." She suggested, walking once more with the group.

"I suppose..." Twilight replied, tapping her chin with her hoof, obviously in deep thought.
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It was now months later. Twilight had defeated new villains, and in the process, got a castle she could share with her friends. She hadn't really had much of a chance to ask her mentor her questions about her knowledge of the human world, but after another visit to the world, she slowly learned more and more about it, forgetting about her inquisitive thoughts.

She began to spend most of her extra time reading about this world. Unfortunately, she could barely find books that talked about human fiction that only made her frustrated.

One day, she was walking through her throne room, intending on reaching the kitchen for some water after reading three books. She heard a rumble coming from behind. She turned her head and discovered the source that held the portal open vibrate.

She hesitated before levitating the book from the device she built. As soon as the book moved the slightest, it powered off immediately, a couple sparks flying off, shocking the alicorn.

She opened to the glowing page inside. It said:

Dear Princess Twilight,

Something weird had been happening here. Like it's just random. We're all clueless as to who and what could be causing it. Today, the pepper shaker held sprinkles, Rarity kissed a dog, Applejack's hat turned into cereal, Pinkie's hair turned into cotton candy, Rainbow Dash has been craving skittles, and Fluttershy showed up with a girl named Screwball who claimed to be her daughter.

It's not just us though. Principal Celestia came to school in a banana suit.

It's really...confusing.

Do you know what's happening?

Your friend,

Sunset Shimmer.

"Hmm...this sounds familiar." She said to herself. "The only random people I know of would be Pinkie Pie and.." She scowled as she scoffed, "Discord..."
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He laughed, rolling around on the floor of Fluttershy's cottage, clutching his stomach as he pointed a finger at his victim. "You-hoo should ha-have s-heen your FACE!" He managed to say through his laughter.

The spoiled bunny remained unamused. He crossed his arms over his chest and tapped his foot on the floor, waiting for the draconequus to 'cut it out', for lack of better term.

A loud harsh knock on the door stopped the draconequus' laughter immediately, but there was a smile still planted on his face. From the way the door was knocked, he knew an angry Twilight was waiting on the other side. He had gotten enough complaints from the alicorn that he memorized the way she knocked when she was angry.

He casually walked over to the door, bracing himself for heavy winds and rain.

"Whatever your doing to them, stop Discord!" She yelled, glaring at the amused dracconequus.

"Oh hello Princess Twilight Sparkle, what brings you here to my humble abode on this fine evening my dear friend of mine?" He but emphasis on the word 'dear' to show that he meant it sarcastically.

"Discord! I mean it! Stop your annoying chaos from spreading into Canterlot High in the other world."

That simple un-detailed explanation was enough to wipe the happy expression as well as his mood for chaos away completely in less than a second. Beads of sweat began to fall from his face as he paced around inside of the cottage.

Twilight's changed from angry to concerned almost as quickly as Discord when she saw him sweating. "What are you doing?"

"Oh no this is bad, this is real bad!" He said, throwing his hands in the air, a bit over dramatically.

"What's bad? Do you know what's going on?" Twilight inquired.

"Well of course I do," he replied in a harsh tone. "One would figure you would know that right about now!"
Fluttershy came down the stairs, looking at the unexpected guest. "Oh, hi Twilight. What are you doing here?"

Twilight looked over to her friend as she flew to Discord's side. "Discord seems to know something about an issue in the other world I went to," she turned back to Discord,"but he's too dramatic to tell me what's happening."

Fluttershy looked at Discord as well, ignoring the fact that he had his paw on his forehead as he lay on the floor, holding his claw out in the air. "Umm, Discord. Do you mind telling us what has happened?"

He quit his dramatic 'scene' and stood up, brushing his fur off as he said, "Well, I guess I'll just show you...I'm sure the readers would like to know anyway."

In an instant, he snapped his fingers and a mirror appeared. He began to speak to the mirror as a vision came up.

Fluttershy looked at a shrugging Twilight Sparkle. She shrugged it off as well and paid more attention to Discord's story.
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Me and Nyx, my sister, once went to Canterlot High. Unlike how the teens are now, living in harmony, they were Unfaithful, greedy, rude, moody, etcetera. The seniors would laugh every time she and I would come to their presence. I would just shrug it off like it was nothing, but my sister would over-protective of herself and me, her little brother.

But one day, the teenagers went too far with their antics. They had forced me into a dark hallway to bully me and tell me I don't belong. Normally it wouldn't bother me much, as they just called me things like 'weird' and 'a dunce', but I had never experienced such rudeness.

"Your such an ugly runt." One of the back figures implied.

"Oh well that's just you calling my mother and father ugly. So I really don't mind." I shrugged, "what is with this dynamic lighting?" I said as I looked up at the flickering lights.

"Stop messing around Dopecord." The second guy said.

"Yea, go back to where you came from you twerp." The third responded.

"You mean my mom's stomach?" I asked.

"Thats it!" The three began to beat me up. My begging and pleading for mercy did nothing to stop the, quite literally, heartless monsters.

"Now, now. That's enough boys." A girl said. The boys turned around to see their leader standing behind the group. I didn't need to, for I knew already who it was.

"Crissy, get your little minions away! And ouch, they bite!"

"Silence! You have the right."

"Yeah. I'd like to make a right on that corner and march right into the principal's office and tell the that right now, you are being downright unreasonable." I added.

"He's right..." A voice said.

We all turned and saw Nyx standing just outside of the hall.

"Yeah!" I cheered, throwing my hands in the air, despite the fact that i had removed my hands from gripping the pain in my stomach.

Crysalis turned to look at me, who still lay on the floor. "What? Need your sister to help you save the day Dissy?"

"Yeesh...party pooper..." I muttered other things that the other five couldn't quite make out.

"What do you think your doing to my brother?" My sister demanded.

"We're putting that monster out of his misery!" One said as they pointed a finger at me as I lay on the floor with scars and bruises covering my body.

Then and there I had zoned out, the word 'monster' flew through my mind as I thought.

'What if I am a monster? I mean, I can't deny it, I do kinda look like one. And dress awkwardly. I can tell they weren't joking when they said I was ugly. But nobody had criticized me for my looks. My logic maybe, but my looks were on the contrary.'

A loud crash zoned me out of my sudden thoughts and back into reality. I looked over to see the three boys on the floor and Crysalis battling Nyx that was now in a black, glowing aura.

Sister began to rise from the ground and shot a beam at Crysalis. Her eyes were glowing like a flashlight, only lighter than one could ever get. Soon, Crysalis began to slide on the floor, despite the sheild she held up. She then gave out and flew out of the building with her three minions, too, leaving a harsh hole in the wall of the school.

Nyx fell without warning as the aura that held her up, seemingly, disappeared. I rushed to help her up from the fall, but she didn't wake. Principal Star Swirl, along with the other students of C.H.S. came down the hall to see what the commotion was.

Some of them were happy to see my sister dead in my arms, but the rest stood there, completely dumbfounded. But I ignored them.

Then and there, I started dragging my sister down the hall from her waist, intending on getting her to the hospital, despite my cuts and bruises. But the students just watched me, and did absolutely nothing to help.

I made it halfway to the hospital until an officer found me and pulled over to ask me what my situation was as he rolled his window down.

"She got in a fight to protect me from the kids beating me up at school." I said.

"Well what are ya, stupid?" I looked at him confusingly. "Get in." He insisted as he batted the seat to his right.

It was a pretty awkward drive. We hadn't said much. Though, he had asked me how the fight started but I told him that I wasn't quite sure, knowing it was a lie. I was fully aware of how it happened and why.

He then dropped me off at the hospital. I turned and gave him a nod of thanks and looked back to the hospital. I carried her in to get her checked up and they had told me that she was in a coma and had broken her right arm. They also told me that she was very unlikely to wake up.

That's when it all happened.

That's when I ran out the door and ran home. Well, at least i was intending on doing. When I passed C.H.S, the statue outside began to glow. Then a voice called to me.

"Hey! Get back here! Your gonna clean up your mess you little runt."

I reached my hand out to touch the stone, but my hand went through. That's when I saw Principal Star Swirl chasing after me and a ran through and ended up here in Equestria.
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He snapped his fingers once more, the mirror disappearing into thin air.

Twilight stood there, stunned yet saddened by such a depressing experience. Fluttershy on the other hoof just couldn't contain her tears. Discord frowned and walked over to Flutershy and hugged the weeping pegasus.

She began to calm herself quite quickly, thanks to Discord.

"It all makes so much sense..." Twilight muttered.

"Now you see why I like making the contrary." He said, still holding the pegasus in his arms.

"Yes, yes, that too.."

"Darnit.." Discord muttered angrily.

Twilight looked up to Discord. "So you mean to tell me, that your from the human world and you came here and took your anger out on Equestria all because your sister was put in a coma from Crysalis?"

"Well, maybe he-" Fluttershy whispered but was interrupted by Discord.

"Well, there's a little more to it than that."

"What do you mean?"

"Hmm...let's put it this way," he said, flying around the confused alicorn. "You know how your curious to know how your fellow princesses know so much about the place if they've never been there?"

Twilight gasped in realization.

"So you went through there every once in a while to check on your sister and learned more about the portal and told the princesses?!?"
She asked, completely forgetting about the crisis in the other world.

"Well when you say it like that it doesn't sound important anymore." He crossed his mismatched arms over his chest.

"So...maybe if-" Fluttershy was interrupted once more, but by Twilight.

"The pieces connect so well! Your sister must've woke up and was still mad at Crysalis!"

"Catching on?" He replied sarcastically, hands still crossed.

"That's why you need to go there and knock some sense into her!"

"WHAT?!" Discord shouted with a mixture of anger and shock.

The alicorn sighed. "Your her brother, you have to face her before-"

"Woah-woah-woah-woah-woah first of all, I don't have to do anything!" Twilight glared at him. "And second of all, it's been 1000 years, she's probably ash!" Discord indicated.

"Hmm...that is true.."

"You see? She can't really do much!"

"But...your immortal...so she must be too." She added.

"But she couldn't have stayed in a coma for 1000 years! The doctors would have killed her by then. Though I did give up after the first year..."

"I don't know. If Fluttershy comes, would you be inspired?" Twilight asked.

"WHAT?!" The pegasus squealed.

"Hmm.." He said in thought, "that is quite an influence..." He took one short moment to think. "Deal." He said flatly.

"WHAT?!" Fluttershy was now quivering on the floor, whimpering at the thought of having to be unintentionally, in her case anyway, put in a new world only to inspire her friend to possibly save it.

She coughed to clear her throat from her outburst and spoke in a whisper, "oh, but um..I mean..-"

"Please Fluttershy? For Canterlot High?" Twilight pleaded.

She lie there, on the floor, thinking of what could happen if she went into this other world. What if Crysalis did exist in the other world? Not that she'd doubt her friends' story, but was it true that there were copies of the ponies that existed in Equestria in this new world?

She took a deep breath and got up from the floor, a confident and determined expression showed upon her face, which was a surprise to those who knew the shy pegasus.

"I will do it. If it helps Discord reunite with his sister, then I must." She then whimpered, returning to the timid Pegasus she normally was. "Umm...if that's alright with you..."

"Really...?"

Twilight and Fluttershy turned to Discord, who had teary eyes, refusing to let them escape. "You would do that for me? More importantly for Nyx?" He looked down at the ground, his mismatched hands folded neatly as if he were a new student in a classroom.

"Why, of course! Why ever not, Discord?" She asked worriedly a she put a hoof on his shoulder.

He harshly, yet gently, moved his shoulder out of her grasp. "Don't play stupid with me... You couldn't have forgotten about that awful day, could you?"

The memories began to flow back to her. That day when he had locked her in a cage, only for a hideous monster suck the energy out of her. That had been the worst day of her life, despite the fact that he had sincerely apologized nonstop that day.

"You know I've forgiven you for that. What really matters is-"

"But how, Fluttershy," he interrupted, focusing on her first statement, "how could you have forgiven me? If I weren't so selfish then I could've stopped that danger from the start." He was beginning to sound exactly the way he did that day when he apologized.

"That's what's so interesting about friendship." Twilight interjected. "The magic of friendship can be wielded and or obtained by just about anyone, as long as they have friendship to give first."

She flew over to Discord, holding his head up so he could look into her and Fluttershy's eyes. "Remember when I told you that Sunset Shimmer gained her ears and tail?" He replied with a simple nod. "Well, at first she wanted nothing but power, but now, she realizes that she didn't need it, as long as she had her friends."

"I suppose you are correct, Twilight." By then, Twilight had removed her hoof from his chin. "Well...I suppose we have a sister of mine to defea- I mean help."

With that, the trio flew out of the cottage, and over to Twilight's castle to stop the new villain.

Chapter 2

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"Did you send that message to Twilight yet?" Rainbow dash asked Sunset.

The six girls were sitting at a lunch table, still confused as to what this chaos could mean. They had never heard of such a creature that could do anything so...random.. They thought surely Pinkie could be behind this, for she was random too herself, but the banana suit that their principal wore instantly marked that off the list of possibilities.

"Yes. I haven't heard anything back from her yet though." Sunset replied with a sigh, a hint of worry in her tone.

"Of course you didn't hear, silly!" Pinkie added. "You would just get a shake from that book!" She giggled at the thought of the book shaking uncontrollably.

"Pinkie, now is hardly the time for games. We must find a solution to this...disturbing mayhem." Rarity interjected as a flashback of that dog came to mind.

The others nodded in agreement, except for Sunset, who stared at the book in her hands, hoping a reply would come in.

Fortunately, as soon as she wished, her book began to glow and vibrate, bringing excitement to the other five as they leaned in, interested in the book seemingly more than life itself.

Dear Sunset Shimmer,

We have a clue as to who might be causing havoc in your world...

She stopped immediately, looking at her friends who were confused as well as she.

"'We'?" Applejack quoted.

"What does it mean?" Fluttershy asked, likely speaking for the others.

Sunset shook her head, currently erasing the thoughts in her head. "We might get more information if I continue.." She almost hesitated to speak. She looked back at the book and continued,

...Anyway, we think it might be Discord's sister, he being a draconequus, more accurately a person from your world, with chaotic magic that can be..annoying at times, but is still dangerous. Now I know what your thinking, "What are you talking about," or perhaps, "what is a draconequus?" Well, a draconequus is like a chimera, only with different body parts. Goat leg, as well as head, dragon tail, bear paw, talon, etcetera. Now in regards as to what I'm talking about, I better not explain. It'll give you a headache.

We shall arrive in about two hours after we inform our friends so they don't wonder where we are. Until then, I will have much more information for you.

See you in two hours
Your friend,

Twilight Sparkle.

It ended. Sunset slowly removed her gaze from the book and looked at her friends in utter worry and confusion, noticing that they shared the same expression, except for Pinkie of course, who smiled.

"So...we have...guests..?" Fluttershy whispered.

"I suppose so." Sunset replied.

"An' worse," Applejack added, "we don't know who!"
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"Are you sure you're okay with this, Discord?" Fluttershy asked with concern.

Discord nodded, clearly dumbstruck to see another portal, looking almost exactly like the other (if you were to take out the other devices of course).

"Well," Twilight began as she walked up to the duo. "I think we're all set. You ready, Discord?"

Discord nodded again, his eyes not removing contact from the portal. All of the dark memories began to flow into his mind. The spiteful kids, the mocking, the shots to the face, etcetera. He was beginning to regret agreeing to this deal.

What if the kids recognized him and tortured him again with their rude jokes? No, that's just crazy talk.. He said to himself. They're not immortal...right? Yeah. Of course they're not, but there could be new kids that feel the same way...

"Discord!" Fluttershy wisper-shouted. "Are you okay?"

He jumped slightly in shock and shook the thoughts out of his head for the moment. "Oh, umm yes. I'm well prepared my dear."

Twilight chuckled. "Then why don't you go first?"

He snorted. "Well jeez, I'm not that prepared!"

Fluttershy stifled a laugh and turned back to the portal. "But Twilight, didn't you say that there was another me in there?"

Twilight's eyes widened in realization and laughed awkwardly. "Weeeell, about that..." She nervously drew circles on the floor with her hoof, looking down in shame.

"Oh, I'm sorry for confusing you, Twilight. I don't mind meeting a new me." Her voice lowered to a squeal as she slowly crouched in woe.

"Oh no Fluttershy, it's okay! I just hadn't realized until now that we might have to make some arrangements."

"Or, perhaps you could just let there be two Fluttershy's in they same world." Discord added flatly. Twilight turned to him, staring at him for a moment before agreeing.

"I guess so... the quicker we get this done the better, I suppose."

Fluttershy nodded and walked up to the portal, staring at it worriedly. "So w-who will go first?"

"I will. I believe that I am more familiar with this world. Discord may have come from there, but I've been there just recently."

"I-I'll go next, if that's alright with you, Discord."

He grabbed her and used her as a shield as if the portal was about to attack. "Oh it's alright with me alright.."

Twilight walked up to the portal, paused and took a deep breath, preparing for the disturbing twisting and turning that was to come, before stepping through the portal one hoof at a time. Then Fluttershy followed through, almost exactly like Twilight did, if she hadn't taken a longer pause before stepping through.

Then came Discord.

Beads of sweat began to drop down the sides of his face, to his chin, and onto the floor. The hesitation was getting real at this point. He would move his hand toward the portal and snatch it back as if he had touched a hot stove. His ears drooped and he sighed. "I can't do it.."

"Of course you can!" A familiar voice shouted behind him. Her turned to see Rainbow Dash behind him, but before he could question it, she pushed him through the portal with her hind legs.

He reached out and tried to grab the nearest object, but had missed. He would have made it if he hadn't fallen limply into the portal.
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His eyes slowly opened, little by little. They went from slits to circles once he realized where he was. He was in the hospital in a medical bed. He groaned and sat up, rubbing the pain from his head where Rainbow Dash has supposedly kicked it.

"What happened..?" He muttered to himself. He turned to his side and saw Nyx, sitting in the other bed in the room, a cast on her arm and a bandage wrapped around her head.

She turned to him and smiled. "Pandemonium!" She shouted gleefully. He jumped out of the bed and ran to hug her.

"How you doin' bud?" She asked as she playfully noogied him in the head, messing his hair up more.

"I-I thought you were gone.." He whispered in a shaky voice, ignoring her question.

She smile faded, quicker than light. She looked at him seriously, then smirked. "I'm quite very here, Discord. You'll just have to catch me first..." She whispered the last part, and faded from the world, along with everything else. Soon, he saw a light coming from far ahead of him and began to walk up to it.
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His eyes finally opened, for real this time, sunlight shining into his unprepared eyes as they adjusted. He closed his eyes and rubbed his head like he had in his dream. This time when he sat up, there were seven girls surrounding him.

Wait...seven?

He looked and saw a pink little girl with pink hair with a white streak, hugging Fluttershy's leg. She had a propeller hat colored green and white. She looked about...eight.

"Hi, my name is Screwball!" She introduced. And of course, the other five had too. Including the original human Fluttershy.

He looked around for the real Fluttershy. Twilight saved him the trouble of looking for her and pointed to a spot near the portal where, of course, Fluttershy sat, trying to teach herself to walk.

He chuckled inwardly and stood up, despite the girls who stood over him. He walked over to Fluttershy, no biggie, and grabbed her hand, pulling her up. He helped her catch her balance, which took about fifteen minuets. It took even longer to teach her how to walk.

While they did that, The others talked in low whispers, seemingly trying to keep it between the six. Yes, six. Screwball had sneaked off to only Celestia knows.

"Who are they? And why does she look like Fluttershy?" Rainbow inquired.

"They're Discord and, well, Fluttershy. We need Discord here to stop his sister and he wouldn't come unless Fluttershy came here with him."

"Well, why was he so hesitant that you had to have one of your other friends from your world push him through the portal?" Rarity asked.

She had told them the story of Discord and his sister at Canterlot high. How the kids would pick on him, give him shots to the face, all of those things. The girls were stunned yet saddened by such a nerving experience.

"That happened to him?" Fluttershy asked as she turned to Discord, looking pitiful.

Twilight sighed. "Yeah. I got to witness it myself."

"Ya' did?" Applejack inquired.

"He has the same magic as his sister. I'm not sure if he knows how to toggle it yet but he can do everything his sister can. That's why I needed him here to add to our magic."

"Wow! So he can do that super crazy magic too?!" Pinkie asked, making hand motions to emphasize her inquiry.

"Seems like it." Sunset answered. "So in that letter you sent me, you said that you had more information to give us. By any chance, was that story the 'information'?"

"Yes it was. I just think that it might have something to do with why she might be causing all this havoc."

Rarity looked up at the sky and noticed that nightfall was near. "Umm, girls, we might have to cut this..ahem...chat, short."

"Ooh, can we spend the night at my house again?! It was soo much fun last time!"

"I guess so. I'll just help them two before we head off. Sound good?" Twilight asked.

The others nodded and watched Twilight walk over to the duo. She soon returned with them, and informed them that they were ready to head off for the night.

Chapter 3

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Twilight, Discord, alternate Fluttershy, and the other five girls were sitting in a circle in Pinkie's room, enjoying theirselves as they played an intense game of Truth or Dare. Of course, both alternate Fluttershy and the human Fluttershy and Rarity picked truth almost every time, afraid of what the outcome of it would be. It was only natural that Rainbow Dash and Applejack would pick Dare every time. Heck, they had daring competitions just for fun.

Discord hadn't really gotten much into the game like the others did. If he were to pick dare, he would simply do it. But if he were to tell the truth, he would give a flat answer, followed by a dramatic yawn. He would almost laugh when they got the Fluttershys mixed up in the game. They would ask the original Fluttershy what kind of animals they had in the pony world and the alternate Fluttershy about her crushes in school. At that memory, Discord chuckled slightly.

Alternate Fluttershy, who was sitting next to him, looked at him as she cocked her head to the side slightly to emphasize her confusion. "Are you okay, Discord?" She whispered.

"Of course, my dear, why wouldn't I be?" He smiled.

"Well...you don't seem to be much into the game. Your not...sad, are you?"

While her mood has changed to more of a concerned expression, his changed to confusion. "Why would I be sad?"

"Well..about your sister. Your not sad that she might've turned evil?" She hid behind her hair to hide her embarrassment for asking about how he felt.

"If anything, I'm relieved that she's still alive. After all, she's the only person who truly cares for me." He chuckled. "That is, until you came along my dear." He smiled. Fluttershy did the same.

That was, until Rainbow Dash had called Discord's name. "Hey Discord, Truth or Dare?" She asked as she gave him the 'What-chu-gonna-say-now?' kind of look.

He turned his head to look at her. "I guess I'll make things interesting and say Truth." They all stared at him awkwardly.

Twilight spoke for them all when she asked, "How is truth interesting?"

He turned to her and gave her an offended look as he held his hand to his chest. "I, for one, think truth is interesting because it lets your inner-self be shared with others rather than doing what others tell you to for their own amusement." He held his head up like a spoiled child.

While he had spoken, the mouthes of the other girls had gaped, while they stared at him in confusion.

The alternate Fluttershy, however, was nothing more than simply proud of him. This small act had proven to her that he was truly learning about friendship.

"That's a great opinion Discord!" Alternate Fluttershy insisted.

Discord turned to her, and smiled. "Well thank you my dear. Finally, someone who appreciates my expertise. You could learn a lot from dear Fluttershy here." He said as he pulled her in for a half-hug, while she hugged him fully.

"Oh, I'm sorry if we've offended you." Fluttershy said as she held a hand over her mouth.

"Well, in this case, let me change my previous statement. You could learn a lot from any Fluttershy."

Alternate Fluttershy scowled on the inside. She only wanted to be one-of-a-kind, special. She knew it was selfish, but if it had meant that she would get Discord, she'd do anything. In these thoughts, she had slowly tightened her grip on Discord.

"Ummm....so what do you do back in your world?" Rainbow dash asked him awkwardly, still confused as to why he would pick truth, despite his previous lament over his opinion.

"I create chaos in the world and make everything fun, to me anyway." He grinned as he looked at a glaring Twilight. "Yep, just ask Twilight, she knows very well how that works." He chuckled.

"O...kay?" Rainbow replied.

"I do believe it is my turn. Hmm..let's see here.." He said out loud as he looked around the room, curious as to who he could ask.

Then he turned to Alternate Fluttershy, who had slowly tightened her grip throughout the conversation.

"Alternate Fluttershy." He said flatly.

She shot up, but still hadn't let go of him. "Y-yes Discord?"

He smirked. "Truth or Dare?"

The girls sat there, looking back and forth at the two, this convo suddenly getting interesting.

Fluttershy wanted nothing more but to impress him, so she replied with, "D-dare."

Pinkie pie gasped. "Oh-no! She-chose-dare! Nobody-chooses-dare-when-it's-Discord's-turn-or-else-he'll-make-you-clean-a-sewer-or-brush-your-teeth-with-a-broom-or-eat-cereal-or-even-"

"Pinkie! Breathe!" Rarity shouted dramatically. She gasped for air, her face turning back to its natural color.

"Those are some impressive ideas, Pinkie. I'll have to remember those." Discord agreed. "But I couldn't possibly do such a thing to dear 'alternate' Fluttershy here." He said as he patted her back.

"Anyway, I dare you.." She sat up, removed herself from the hug, and stared at him with suspense. "To..." The other girls stared at him with the same amount of suspense.

"Sing." He said flatly.
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Discord ran through the portal, into the unknown world, unaware of the confusion and danger that were to come. He looked around and discovered that he was in an unknown land.

Equestria.

"Where am I...?" He muttered. As he stood up, he discovered that he was much taller than he was before. He scratched his head in wonder, but it almost hurt, considering that his nails were much sharper as well. He looked at his hand. Well, the thing was, was it wasn't exactly a hand. It was a talon. He looked at his other, to see that it was a bear paw. He raised an eyebrow. "I'm confused." He thought.

Then he felt something itch him from behind. He turned around to discover that he had a tail of a dragon. He jumped back, and landed on the floor with an "oof". As he fell, he instinctively looked down go regain his balance, but still collapsed. His eyes widened as he saw a goat hoof and a dragon leg. He almost screamed at his new features, but muffled the noise with his paw, for it was the closest body part that related to the human body.

He stood back up, now wanting to explore the wonders of his transformation, and the world around him. As he looked around, he noticed that his surroundings looked somewhat like a throne room. "Woah...it's so big.." He looked up in awe.

As he looked around, he saw colorful glass windows that seemingly told a story. But there were only a couple. There were many more that needed to be filled with memories. But he was completely unaware that he would someday end up on one of those windows, his power still a hidden feature to him.

The one he saw had a dark blue alicorn with a flowing galaxy-like mane. And on her flank was a moon. But she seemed...evil. And who stood before her was a white alicorn, who was seemingly a relative, considering the fact that she had a sun on her flank.

"Heh...sunbutt.." He chuckled.

He had noticed colorful rocks being levitated by the white alicorn. In another window, he noticed that the rocks shot a beam at the night pony, banishing her to the moon.

"Hmm...why do these..ponies, look so familiar?" He thought.

He heard hoofsteps coming from the hall. Turning his head toward the door, he began to panic. Looking for a good hiding place, he ran behind the throne, hoping to be left anonymous.

As the doors opened, he heard voices. One was mature, as if it were to be a royal, and another that seemed frightened or uneasy.
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"Discord..? Discord wake up, please.." He woke up to the sound of alternate Fluttershy's pleading. He sat up and groaned, wiping away the tiredness from his eyes.

He yawned, stretching while doing so. "What time is it?"

"Time..? W-what do you mean?" She asked.

He chuckled, his sleep still not completely wiped away. "Never mind. Where are the other girls?"

"Oh, they're downstairs waiting for us to join them. They asked me to wake you up, since I've spent the most time with you and know how to wake you up without making you grumpy."

He chuckled. It was funny, because it was true. "Yea..I suppose that's correct. Anyway, shall we join them?"

"Oh, umm. Yes." She whispered shyly. She smiled and snickered as he got out of bed, revealing pink-hearted pajamas. Finally, she broke out laughing. "I-I'm sorry." She tried through her laughter.

He remained unamused. He stood there, waiting for her to regain her 'maturity'. "Man, I had no idea how annoying it could be to be mocked.." He thought. He smirked slightly. "I like it."

Once she had finished, flushed and all, she walked down the stairs and into the kitchen. When she heard no footsteps, she turned around to see a pouting Discord. "Oh, I'm sorry. Did I hurt your feelings?"

"No. I insist that I change into different clothes before heading downstairs." He crossed his arms over his chest.

"Oh, they have you clothes."

His eyes widened. His excuse to be dismissed from going to meet the six was a failure. He groaned. "Fiiiinnne." He whined.

As they walked down the stairs, all the girls saw Discord in his pajamas. While most of the girls tried to muffle their laughter, Pinkie and Rainbow cared less wether they hurt his feelings or not, and burst out laughing.

He scowled and gave alternate Fluttershy an "I told you so" kind of look.

"Oh, ha-ha. Very funny. Now why don't you ladies be mature and get me some new clothes."

Rainbow snorted. "Sure thing...king of hearts." That caused the other girls to burst out laughing. Even Discord smirked the slightest, but wasn't completely amused.

When Rainbow Dash walked off to retrieve Discord's clothes, the other girls slowly regained their voices and sat in Pinkie's living room to decide what they were going to do that day, despite Discord's sister's chaos.

"Actually..." He thought as they spoke to one another, he now dressed in his 'day clothes'. "If she can cause chaos here, then maybe I can!" He snickered in his head as a sly grin appeared on his facial expression.

He casually walked out of the room to test his magic abilities. Alternate Fluttershy had noticed this, and followed him, and luckily remained unnoticed.

"Discord.." She whispered. "where are you going?"

He turned to discover her following him into the kitchen. "Oh, you know. Just...testing things.."

"What are you testing?" She asked, she suspense building.

"Magic.."

Chapter 4

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"Hello?" A young young child called out in the silence of a dark alley. She began to quiver. What if the woman she was looking for wasn't here? Was she lost? Perhaps she went down the wrong alley? Yes, indeed that's it. She noted.

She turned to see a box shake slightly before returning to its original, crooked pose. She smiled, assuming it was her adopted sister. She walked over, and opened the box. "Hi Nyx!" she greeted enthusiastically.

Nyx smiled and stood up to hug her adopted sister, Screwball. "Hey. Wha'd you do today?"

"Oh, nothing much. The only exciting thing that happened today was watching two people fall out of a wall at a high school." she replied flatly.

"A wall? High school? How chaotic...." Nyx grinned. "Were you with that Fluttershy girl again?"

"Yeah." she chuckled darkly. "Except there was two of them! One of them fell out of the wall of a statue."

Nyx tapped her chin, noting this new information. "So, you said you 'saw two people' fall out of this...wall. Who was the other?"

"The dude looked weird. He had a black mohawk, brown skin, red and yellow eyes, and his clothes were all mismatched. It was so chaotic!" She smiled, until she was the worried look on Nyx's face. She frowned. "What's wrong..?"

Nyx opened her mouth, but no words came out, due to the shock. She tried to speak again, but gott the same result.

Screwball shouted from the suspense. "Spit it out!"

Nyx sighed. "He's coming....."

"What, who?" Screwball inquired.

"My brother.." She said flatly.

Screwball's eyes widened.
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"A-are you sure this is a good idea, Discord?" Fluttershy asked, concern overflowing in her tone as she stared at the object she was requested to hold up to assist the curious dracconequus. "What if you are able to create chaos?" She gasped. "What if the girls dislike you when they find out?!?"

"Shh! You're going to alert them!" He whisper shouted.

"Oh...im sorry. I'm just worried.."

He sighed. "I would be too if I had heard a story that resembles to mine coming from you. But don't worry, im completely used to it."

"A-are you sure, Discord...?"

"Positive." he answered flatly. "Now hold still for me, would you?"

"Oh, um, yes."

He put all his concentration on the object that lay in Fluttershy's hands. In her hands, sat a large wad of cotton candy. His chaotic intentions were to make it rain roses, rather than chocolate milk, just to add a little more chaos. He held his left hand out of instinct, which would've been his talon if it weren't for his transformation. With slits in his eyes from the tenseness, he snapped his fingers.

Nothing happened.

He sighed. "I don't understand... It should've worked... It doesn't make any sense!" Fluttershy looked down shamefully, feeling as it were her fault. Could it have been? Maybe she shouldn't have been holding it?

Discord on the other hand, had never been more disappointed in himself. He knew he wasn't supposed to apply logic, but he wished that wasn't the case in this situation. Its true, he was the lord of chaos, abd that's all he would ever be. Nothing more. That's why it should've worked! If it didn't, then he had no destiny, no happiness, no title.

No purpose. No purpose other than to be a monster.

Then, a loud fearfully scream interrupted these noted thoughts. He immediately looked over to Fluttershy with fear in his eyes, expecting the worst.

Then, his mouth gaped.

It worked! It really worked! Roses crowded around Fluttershy's legs as she giggled.

In his eyes, she had never looked more beautiful. Her laugh was truly adorable, her smile had the effect to make him do the same, the list went on for ages. The fact that his creation had put her in this mood, gave him a warm feeling in his chest. He was the lord of disharmony, and his appearance created such, which aggravated him, yet made him feel... disappointed. Why had he felt these chaotic emotions? He wasn't supposed to feel emotions, but yet, he strangely did. Nothing like her could care for an abomination like him. She was the beauty, and he was a beast.

Suddenly, the door swung open, making Discord jump in front of Fluttershy instinctively.

"Howdy guys!" Pinkie greeted. "Ready to go?"

"Where, exactly?" Discord asked, no longer cautious.

The other girls walked in one at a time. "First, we decided that we'll wake a trip to she spa." Twilight answered, looking down at her notes, and adding on to the list she had created.

"Gee, I wonder who suggested that."Discord remarked sarcastically, looking directly at Rarity who began fileing her nails.

"Then we decided to take a stroll through the park.." Fluttershy added. "Oh, um, if that's alright with you..."

"Will we have time to visit the animals?" Alternate Fluttershy asked.

"Duh. That's the reason why we decided to walk through the park in the first place!" Rainbow shouted, slightly impatient.

"Oh, I'm sorry...." Discord felt anger rise upon his chest, but took a deep breath to calm himself before he did something he'd later regret.

"What was next?" Twilight asked.

"We said we were gonna stop by Sweet Apple Acres for cider, right?" Applejack quoted.

"Oh! That's right." Twilight noted.

Five minutes of silence passed before anyone spoke. "Didn't you say something About picking up Sunset?" Rainbow reminded Twilight.

"Yes. We'll pick up Sunset, go to the spa, stroll the park, walk to Applejack's for cider, and come back for another night, agreed?"

"Yup!" the other girls shouted in unison.

Alternate Fluttershy nudged Discord. "Right, Discord?"

He rolled his eyes, sighed, and agreed. "Hm, well, yes, but haven't you ladies forgotten the purpose of our presence?"

"Don't worry Discord." Twilight assured. "We haven't forgotten about Nyx. Today is our day for catching up. Tomorrow is when our mission begins."
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"What's wrong Nyx? Shouldn't you be happy?" Screwball asked as she watched her pace back and forth from her sitting position.

"No-no-no-no-no I shouldn't! What if he finds out about my powers? He'll think im crazy! I'm not supposed to be able to drink a glass!"

Screwball furrowed her eyebrows. "Really. You're kidding, right?" Screwball stood up and walked over to her and put an assuring hand on her shoulder. "Im not even physically related to you and I don't mind your powers. What makes you figure he'll think of you differently?

Nyx sighed. "Because we're both homeless with nowhere to go. He probably lives with a rich family somewhere in Prance.."

"Nyx, he fell out of a wall." Screwball remarked flatly.

"Good point. But still, he's my little brother, and he looked up to me.."

Nyx resumed her pacing, sweating from the anxiety. What would she say when she finally reunited with her younger sibling?