"Chit-chat? With you?" Rainbow asked with a glare, finding her voice before the others.
"Do you have anything else you'd rather be doing?" Discord countered with a smirk, nibbling on what looked like the Element of Loyalty, prompting the pegasus to growl, flapping her wings harder and harder.
Applejack was begrudgingly appreciative of Discord's tail appearing behind her and holding her hat on her head.
"Your Highness," Rarity spoke up in her most prime and proper voice, "Not to sound accusing, but I should hope your tail is not going to be giving us any similar treatment to what the...Alicorns received?" Rarity asked, choosing every word carefully.
Discord's smirk hitched a bit at that, "I knew you'd be the first to play along," He mused, his tail vanishing as Rainbow settled down again, "Frankly, I have no interest in your cutie marks. I was just taking care to minimize how annoying those two could be from here on out," Discord assured, miniaturizing the Element-Snack of Generosity to be bite sized and plopping it in his mouth.
"So...what exactly is your game, Discord?" Applejack asked, getting right to the point, receiving an annoyed look from Rarity.
"My game, Applejack?" Discord repeated in amusement, raising an eyebrow, "Now, you should know that every game is my game," He corrected as a host of boxed board games appeared, floating in midair.
"Not that, ya wormy snake! I mean, what's the big idea, acting all nice and stuff to everypony, giving us a pardon and what not after we tried ta stone ya?" Applejack demanded with a scowl.
"Applejack!" Rarity and Pinkie both hissed.
"Would you rather I had done something cruel?" Discord asked with a head tilt.
"Would have made sense at least," Rainbow muttered. There was a long pause as everypony, Discord included, stared at her blankly, "...I walked right into that one, didn't I?" She asked with a sigh.
"Yes, you did," Discord agreed with a smirk, making a pink dunce cap appear on Rainbow's head, the word dunce written in baby blue. She didn't even need to see it to want it off immediately.
As Rainbow thrashed her head about, Pinkie Pie tilted her head, "So, you're only being nice because it doesn't make sense and it confuses everypony?" She asked curiously.
"Oh no, then you could predict that I would be meaner in the future. No, I'm acting like this because, to be frank, I don't have any beef with you ponies. By the Intangium, immortal sisters aside, every pony I ever had any beef with is dead!" He pointed out, snapping up a beef steak and promptly taking a bite, getting grimaces from a few of them, "Oh, settle down, it was never alive to begin with," He explained with an eye roll.
"Then...you're not mad about us trying to put you back in stone?" Pinkie Pie asked curiously.
"Mad? Yes. At you lot? Nope. Who then? Celestia, mostly. Why? She roped you into this," Discord elaborated with a smirk.
"W-what do you mean she roped us into this?" Twilight asked with a glare, finally able to pull herself together and stop the tears.
"And Sparkplug speaks," Discord noted with a chuckle, "I mean she fed you a few lines about me being the bad guy and, as your thousand long princess of perfection ponified, you couldn't bring yourself to think beyond her word on the matter," He pointed out.
"Hey!" Rainbow snapped warningly, still trying to get the cap off.
"What exactly are ya getting at, Discord?" Applejack asked with a raised eyebrow, "Are ya implying that Princess Celestia lied to us?"
"Hmm, more omitted than lie," Discord answered as he poofed up a document paper over his shoulder with most of it redacted.
To those that caught it before the paper disappeared, they saw one of the only lines visible was "Discord ruled Equestria in a state of eternal unrest and unhappiness."
"In other words, you're saying there's three sides to every story?" Rarity summarized.
"There are several sides, actually. Their side, my side, public opinion at the time, history's recollection, the truth, the myth, the reality, the propaganda, the trailer, the theatrical, and the remake," Discord listed off, more and more fingers appearing on his lion paw as he did.
"And what side are you going to tell us?" Applejack asked dryly.
"None," Discord answered with a smirk.
"None?" Rainbow asked with a scowl, begrudging leaving her new headwear alone, "Then...what the hay is the point of this?"
"If you mean your hoofs being in the floor, that is honestly just a way to start and knock off some of your community service," He answered with a shrug, "Besides, you six make better decoration than anything Celestia ever put up in here," He complimented with a grin.
There was a mixture of faces that were bewildered, blushing or both at the unexpected compliment, "Umm, thank you?" Fluttershy said quietly.
"You're quite welcome," He said, reaching down to pet her head, only to stop at her flinch, "Oh, right, that. Well, as for the reason of this discussion?" Discord continued on with a hum, "Partially to restate that, yes, you are getting off mostly scot free this time. But also to try and get Celestia's thoughts out of your head."
"Her...thoughts?" Twilight asked with a scowl.
"You thought exactly what that marble mare wanted you to think. So, if your thoughts aren't original, they're not really yours, are they?" He asked with a smirk.
"..." Silence was the first reaction to his cryptic commentary.
Discord hummed as he pulled out an oversized pocket watch from behind his back, "Well, just look at the time, lunch is almost over. I suppose we should wrap this up. I'll leave the muzzles off as long as you don't disrupt things too much," He mused as his throne floated off the ground and began to move back to its original place on the dais.
"W-wait," Twilight spoke up, steeling herself as the throne stopped but didn't turn, "Y-you have to know that most of those guards probably won't come back," She pointed out with a glare.
"Yes, I imagine many of them will be running off to tell everypony the news," Discord answered in utter boredom, not even looking at them as he examined his claws.
"Then why not end the meeting entirely?" Twilight continued suspiciously.
"You're a smart mare, Twilight. Come on, think a bit for yourself," Discord encouraged with a smirk. Twilight stared at him in confusion for several seconds before opening her mouth, "Don't think like Celestia, Twilight, think like you," He interrupted knowingly.
"I, um, think I know."
That actually got Discord to tilt his gaze in the direction of the speaker, to one sheepish Pinkie Pie who now had all eyes on her, "Do tell," Discord prompted on, enjoying the surprised and curious looks from the rest.
"...You only want to talk with the guards willing to play?" Pinkie Pie answered slowly.
*BING!BING!BING!*
*WHOOO!WHOOO!WHOOO!*
*WINNER!WINNER!WINNER!*
Fluttershy and Rarity leaned to the sides as bright signs popped out behind Pinkie Pie, all pointing at her with various messages of congratulation, praise, and victory. Meanwhile, Rainbow's dunce cap floated off of her head and headed over to Pinkie Pie, turning inside out and into a paper crown that plopped down on her head as she looked around in surprise.
Her mane regained a bit more poofiness again.
"You are correct, my good mare!" Discord declared in a rugged voice, appearing in miniature as he popped out of Pinkie's mane on her head, leaning over the crown to yell into her eyeball, "After all, it's best to know who the quitters are so I can convince them to come around," He explained, getting dangerous close to her eyeball before flashing back to his throne in full size, the signs vanishing but the crown staying.
"So, this is all a game to yo-" Rainbow started up, only for Discord to continue as if she had said nothing.
"Besides, it'll be interesting to find out which soldiers are smart and loyal enough to try and work with or around me for the sake of Equestria rather than utterly dependent or fanatically loyal to the former princesses. That or the ones trying to be ambitious and get on the new boss's good side, either or," Discord mused casually.
"..." No one seemed to have a comment to that, or lacked the desire to share.
"Now if you're done interrupting?" Discord asked rhetorically as he clapped his hands twice.
The double doors slammed open as the carpet wrapped around them and threw them lightly inside.
There were less than two dozen groaning guards sprawled on the floor of the near hundred that had been in attendance earlier.
"Excellent turnout," Discord murmured, his throne now back on the dais as he looked at the striped blue mane of Shining Armor, shaking his head as he got off the floor, "Have a nice lunch?" He asked cheekily.
Shining gave him an annoyed expression, "All we could hear was wolves howling at the moon," He said dryly.
"Really? They must have been sleeping on a summer afternoon," The Draconequus remarked coyly, "Tell me, Captain Armor, did you ease drop on Celestia in the throne room? Is that a new thing now among guards and royalty?" Discord asked with a smirk.
Shining Armor just gave him a "really?" expression, "Yes, it is," He answered bluntly, to Discord's surprise than immense amusement, "Especially when it's a new ruler talking alone to the bound ponies he supposedly just pardoned," He pointed out, motioning to the captive mares...blinking and doing a double-take as he realized they weren't gagged.
"H-hi, Shining," Twilight greeted with a weak, awkward grin.
"Twilight," He greeted, shaking a bit as he held himself in check from running over and hugging her right now, "Are you...alright?"
"Yeah, we're fine, minus our pride," Rainbow Dash muttered with a frown.
"You beat an unbeatable game against the Lord of Chaos," Discord commented dryly, "Hang that from your fishbowl and sell it on a turtle."
"...What?" Several ponies asked in exasperated confusion.
Discord smirked briefly before looking to the captain with a lazy yet amused expression, "So, Captain, guards? Shall we begin?" He asked with palms open and extended outward.
"And where would you like to begin, "Sir"?" Shining Armor asked evenly, "Because as of now, the better half of a hundred guards are running around, telling everypony about how the Princesses were defeated and banished with the Lord of Chaos taking the throne. Thus, the rest of the Royal Guard and Canterlot Police might just fall into disarray while trying to manage Your chaos. Meanwhile, all businesses are shut down nationwide, if not world wide, due to the insanity of everything happening with ponies panicking for their lives, over the strange happenings and soon over learning of your victory," He listed off, staring intently up at the chimeric king.
"...Twi, yer brother has brass jewels," Applejack whispered to her wide eyed and paling friend.
Discord, on the other tail, looked all too pleased by the rant, "Is that all, Captain Armor?" He asked coyly.
For some reason, the continued and almost emphasized use of his rank was starting to wear on the stallion, "That's the gist of it, Sir," He answered stiffly.
"Excellent!" Discord cheered with a grin, "Now, onto business. This is for all of you guards," Discord said, motioning to the still armor-less ponies that perked up at attention, "I want you all to find every guard still willing to follow orders. Tell them to find the Canterlot Public Outhouses and read the pamphlets," Discord explained casually.
"But...Canterlot doesn't have outhouses," Twilight commented in absent confusion, her brow scrunched, many of the guards nodding with similar expressions.
"It does now," Discord answered with a grin.
"Of course it does," Shining Armor said with a sigh as he turned to the soldiers, "You heard him," He said in resignation.
"Not just yet," Discord called as the guards saluted, mostly out of training and habit, "I need Privates Fritzy Flight and Midmorning Shade to stay behind, along with Sergeant Shield Edge. But before the rest of you run off, you'll be needing something back," He said with a smirk as he snapped his fingers.
Shining Armor blinked as he found them back in their armor, illusions and all.
Actually, that wasn't right. The armor was changed, but just a little. The backs had the symbol of chaos on them in a soft orange color and the edges were trimmed with grey-blue. Shining's personal armor was still purple, the symbol on his back being more of a faded red than orange, but the gold lining was now the same blue-green as the glow in the plunder-lights at the back of the dais. And there were two small curved horns on his helmet.
The biggest difference was that all of the mares were still obviously mares, rather than being illusion effected to look male.
Not a giant change overall, but enough to make clear that things weren't the same.
"Consider it a present for being good sports," Discord commented with a wave of his claw.
'Well, at least we probably don't have to prove we're royal guards somehow now,' Shining thought as he nodded to the troops, who saluted in return before heading out.
And, of course, the entrance now made a fart noise every time one of them passed through it.
"Guess they had the chili," Discord mused with a chuckle as he turned to the remaining guards.
"Umm, what need do you have of us...Sire?" Fritzy Flight asked awkwardly.
"Not used to having a king?" Discord asked toyingly.
"More like I'm not used to still sounding like a mare in this armor," Fritzy answered, her form changed to be grey coated and white haired, but her female form otherwise unchanged.
"Oh yes, that little issue in the spell crafting," Discord remarked with an eye roll, "How no pony figured out how to fix that, I'll never know," He mused absently, "Anyway, yes, I held you all back for a reason. Reasons. Reasonings. Whatever, so, volunteers or shall we draw straws?" Discord asked, holding up an actually picture of a straw.
It was a very beautiful picture, actually, capturing the great detail of an ice cream parlor filled with customers, with all the right shading and coloring but the prominent image was a green swirly straw in a half-finished milkshake glass.
"IIIIIII think I'll just go first," Midmorning answered awkwardly as he stepped forward.
"Spoil-sport, you just don't want to lose," Discord pouted as he reached into the picture and took the milkshake out, starting to drink it. He raised an eyebrow at their looks, "What, I was thirsty? I didn't get a lunch break," He pointed out with a shrug, "Don't judge me."
"...Your orders, Your Highness?" Midmorning requested slowly.
"Yes, yes, of course. Private Shade, as one of the ponies being traded back and forth between the formerly-still-rebuilding Night Guard and the regular Royal Guard, aka the Day Guard, I want you to go and check on the former. More specifically, the Bat-Ponies. I'm sure you can guess why," Discord answered offhoofedly before returning to his milkshake.
"But...how did you know I was in the Night Guard?" Midmorning asked in shock and confusion.
"The same way I know Shield Edge was going to ask a certain princess to precede over the vow renewing between himself and his wife," Discord answered as if it were the most obvious thing in the world, getting everypony to snap their head at the Sergeant's direction.
His gapping maw said it all.
Fritzy slowly turned back to Discord with a shaky grin, "Sir, may I say it's very freaky you can do that," She commented hesitantly.
"Oh? Was it when Celestia did it?" Discord asked with a head tilt as he threw the empty glass into the portrait, a distant shattering of glass heard as it vanished, before he gained a mock-offended look, "It's because I'm a guy, isn't it?"
"What?" Fritzy asked in surprise.
"That's it, isn't it?" Discord asked with an indignant look as he appeared in front of her, "What, you had a mare on the throne so long that you can't take the idea of taking orders from somepony without a baby cannon? You got a problem with me having a second tail?" He accused overdramatically.
Fritzy, meanwhile, had very, very wide eyes, "No! Nonononononono! I'm not a colthater, I'm not a marist!" She swore quickly.
Discord instantly smiled and patted her on the head, "Good, because if you were, I'd be tempted to sixty-three you," Discord answered playfully.
"...I don't want to know what sixty-three is, do I?" Fritzy asked awkwardly.
"It is obviously the number between sixty-two and sixty-four," Discord answered, giving her a concerned look before turning to Shining Armor, "Captain, don't you have a minimum education test for enlisting? I'd like to think my soldiers can at least count to a hundred," He asked, almost sounding serious…almost.
To his curiosity, Shining Armor didn't answer, didn't even deadpan at that. Raising his eyebrow, he noticed something incredible.
The slight twitch at the corner of Shining's mouth, biting his lip to keep himself under control, the slightly increased nose breathing.
With a satisfied and amused look, Discord floated back into his throne.
Again, his tail vanishing in the back.
Clearing his throat, Discord looked back to the still worried Fritzy Flight, "As for you, my dear, you'll be playing mailmare by heading out to every town, city and settlement to deliver some letters," Discord explained, snapping his talons as a satchel filled with letters covered with a seal that had the design of Discord's likeness biting his own tail.
"W-what?! Every town and city?! That would take weeks, months on my own!" Fritzy cried out in alarm.
"Is she right?" Twilight asked quietly to Rainbow, their expert on all things about flight and speed who nodded.
"The record time for just going around Equestria's borders is about eight days, and that pony trained for it," Rainbow muttered back with a scowl.
"Oh? Were you thinking I'd be sending you alone?" Discord asked in amusement, finger to chin.
Fritzy blinked at that before everypony went wide eyed at a metallic groaning sound was heard, drawing all attention to below Discord.
One of the metal serpentine-dragons along the underside of the dais came alive, the chocolate milk running dry in its mouth as it pulled its head and claws off the structure, its body still groaning and screeching with every movement. It seemed to pop its neck once before winglessly flying over to Fritzy, making her gulp and scurry back a bit as the others tensed at the sight
Up close, it was about as tall as a pony, but only because it was on all fours, its body length and girth clearly much larger than that. In shape at least, it was much akin to a miniature and quadruped Discord.
"This irondrake will get you everywhere a lot faster than...well, pretty much anything short of a teleportation," Discord explained with a shrug, "I just wanted a pegasus so I don't have to worry about you falling off."
"Ummm, okay?" Fritzy answered uncertainly, looking to Shining Armor, who just shrugged cluelessly, "Thanks, I suppose."
"No trouble at all. Just make sure to bring him back before midnight," Discord ordered sternly.
"Why? Will it become unanimated then?" Shining Armor asked curiously.
"No, that's just Venhank's bed time, same as Deanture," Discord answered with a grin, the iron drake nodding with a strange amount of enthusiasm, "As for you, Shield Edge..."
"Let me guess, battle the Rock Candy Spider in the Canterlot Mines with the Sword of Sweetness?" Shield Edge asked rhetorically.
"How did you know about Gogara?" Discord asked with a raised eyebrow.
"Haha...wait, seriously?" Shield Edge asked, paling.
"No, no, what I need you to do is much more important," Discord answered with a scowl. Not a regular scowl, not a goofy one. He actually looked angry now, "I need you to arrest somepony."
"What!?" Came several exclamations of surprise.
"Sergeant Shield Edge, I want you to go the penthouse of the Royal Seat Hotel and arrest one Ivory Haze, former Judicial Court Scribe," Discord answered coldly, the lights behind him dimming as if to reflect his mood.
"...And if I'm asked on what charges?" Shield Edge asked carefully.
"Among other things? Extortion, Blackmail, Framing, Hiding Evidence, Bribery, and Treachery goes somewhere in there," Discord answered with a sardonic smirk, "Is that enough for you, Sergeant? Captain?" He asked knowingly.
"...No, I think that's enough reason to at least arrest somepony," Shield answered awkwardly, Shining nodding if only to figure out how much of that was true.
"I thought you would," Discord said with a dark smirk, "You'll find a royal warrant in your helmet, but only if you need it," He added on with a jovial grin as the lights returned to normal.
"And me?" Shining Armor asked with a raised eyebrow.
"You're on escort duty,"' Discord answered, smirking with a sideways glance at Twilight, who blinked, "After all, pardoned or not, we probably should make sure one of the most powerful unicorns in the lands gets to her family without issue. Right, Shining Armor?" He asked rhetorically.
Shining didn't know if he should be grateful or annoyed at Discord right then.
"Your Majesty? A question, if I may?" Midmorning spoke up.
Discord gave off a small groan, "I should probably find a different thing for you all to call me. Highness and Majesty are such Alicorn things at this point," He commented randomly, "But, yes, what's on your mind?" He asked in idle interest, prompting the guard's head and helmet to open up to reveal his brain. To his credit, Midmorning Shade just slammed it closed, not looking too freaked out by the strange sensation.
"I was just wondering, why do you need us if you can just summon up or even create any kind of creature to do it for you?" He asked curiously, glancing at the irondrake.
Discord rolled his eyes at that one, "If I want a slimy, evil demon to do my bidding I'll just go find a law firm," He retorted.
Silence reigned for a full second.
Then the three guards started laughing, Shining Armor unable to hold back a snicker. Pinkie Pie was laughing up a storm, as was Rainbow Dash who was hating every moment of it. Rarity had a small giggle with Fluttershy over the joke while Applejack had a good laugh. The only one who didn't seem amused was Twilight.
"I...don't get it, what's so funny?" Twilight asked in confusion, prompting her friends to laugh more.
"Ha, I knew you all had funny bones!" Discord cheered in triumph, pointing index claws at everypony, sans Twilight.
Which resulted in him having two lion paws, four eagle claws, two draconic feet and somehow a squid tentacle sticking out of his chest.
All the extra parts promptly sprung inwards as his tail appeared behind Twilight and started to rub her head playfully, "Except for you. You would be the type that likes the lawyers," He teased.
"How does your tail keep doing that?!" Twilight asked in indignation, forgetting just who and what she was talking to for a moment.
"Please, my tail is like Haflinger's Cat in here! It's everywhere and nowhere until you see it!" Discord declared boastfully with his arms crossed proudly over his chest as the chuckles and laughter died off, "Well, now, we're done here. Go on, off with you all," He dismissed with a shooing motion.
Fritzy stared uncertainly at the irondrake, Venhank she supposed, as she cautiously moved to sit on its back. The moment she did, she clutched on for dear life as it lurched up into the air and shot for a piece of still intact window behind the decorative mares, prompting them to duck their heads as the metal statue and the guard flew INTO the glass, vanishing from sight with a rippling effect.
Midmorning and Shield stared at the phenomenon for a moment before awkwardly heading out. The door, for once, behaved normally.
After all, it wouldn't be truly chaotic if it always did strange things.
"Now all that's left is to send you all home," Discord said as he floated out of his throne towards the former Element Bearers, who eyed him curiously as Shining Armor trailed behind him, "I'll send you a letter about your next bit of community service," He informed with a grin as he looked over them, "Okay, Twilight is staying to visit family. Applejack and Rarity's all live in Ponyville anyway, but what about you three? Your feather heads want a free trip to Cloudsdale? Or you to the rock farm, Pinkie?" He asked with a raised eyebrow.
"...I can make the trip to Cloudsdale whenever I want," Rainbow answered begrudgingly, Fluttershy nodding.
"I think Mom, Dad, Maud, Limestone, Maud, and Marble are fine but I'm a bit worried about Gummy, the Cakes, and the Twins," Pinkie Pie answered honestly. Her family was a sturdy bunch, but the Cake twins were still babies.
"Twi, you going to be okay here?" Applejack asked in concern.
"I...think so," The unicorn answered, looking back to Shining Armor, who gave her a reassuring nod.
"Okay then, five Ponyville Chaos-express trips, coming right up!" Discord declared, cracking his fingers before holding out his index talon out with an otherwise closed fist, "Pew!" He voiced, pointed at Applejack, who vanished with a blink, "Pew! Pew! Pew! Pew!" He declared in rapid succession, vanishing the others all one at a time. Even the floor where their hooves had been trapped in was repaired, leaving not a trace they had been there.
The remaining trio stayed in place for a second before discord raised an eyebrow at her.
"Well? Aren't you going to release her hooves?" Shining asked, just a tiny bit impatient.
"I did, I was waiting for her to step out," Discord answered bluntly, making Twilight blink.
With a lift of her right foreleg, she grinned sheepishly as she realized she was indeed free, "Sorry, got stiff hooves," She apologized.
"Trust me, I can sympathize my dear. After over a thousand years in stone, I'm still-" Discord paused as he realized that the siblings were ignoring him and were currently in a heartfelt embrace, complete with tears of joy and sadness, "-not sure I got all the feeling back yet," He finished dully.
"You have any idea how worried I was about you!?" They both yelled at the same time, blinking at that, "About me? What about you!?" They both asked scoldingly, raising an eyebrow at their syncing, "We did it again. Stop that. No, you stop it!...Twinkle Burger Ice Cream Gravy Treat!...Ohhh, you are good," They continued on with suspicious glares before turning to Discord.
The serpentine hybrid stared at them, looking legitimately surprised, "...I had absolutely nothing to do with that," He answered, very entertained.
The sister-brother pair turned back to each other, Shining getting the first word in, "Says the mare tried to play a mad god's mind games!" He pointed out with a relieved smile.
"Hey!" Discord snipped with some offense.
Twilight rolled her eyes at her brother, "Like you're one to talk, getting snippy and lippy with the creature that just proclaimed himself your King, threw you and your soldiers around like ragdolls, banished and stripped the ALICORNS of Day and Night, and-" Discord decided to have mercy on Shining as his lion paw, claws retracted, held Twilight's mouth closed.
"Okay, okay, Sparkplug, you won that round," Discord said, looking to Shining who was glaring lightly at him for touching his sister, "You ever get tired of never winning against any of the mares in your life?" He asked, almost sympathetically.
"...Sometimes, but as Twilight points out often, I statistically have to at least once," Shining admitted with a scowl.
"Maybe after you get married and use your wife as a javelin," Discord quipped with a smirk, getting odd looks, "Well, I think you two have some ponies that probably really want to see you both," He suggested in a knowing, prompting way.
"...I want to hate you. So, so badly," Twilight admitted with a scowl.
"No, you don't. You're just disappointed I'm not turning out to be everything she said I was," Discord countered with smirk.
Twilight glared another second before letting Shining lead her to the open door...which promptly slammed shut in their faces as a shadow loomed over them.
"Oh, I'm sorry, there's just one tiny detail left, my little ponies," Discord said ominously from behind them, a cold shiver running down Twilight's spine, "...I think this belongs to you," Discord commented, prompting them to shake off their fear, turning to see what he stopped them for this time.
There, in Discord's paw was a curled up and sleeping baby dragon and on his shoulder was an owl.
"Spike, Owlowiscious!" Twilight exclaimed in shock and happiness.
"Whooo," The owl greeted with a delight hoot.
"I keep telling you, Twi-Light," Discord mock-scolded the avian as it flew over to Twilight's back, prompting him to put Spike on Shining Armor's own.
"...When did you get an owl?" Shining Armor murmured with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh, right, hadn't gotten around to putting that in a letter yet," Twilight remembered as she looked up at Discord again and sighed in resignation, "Thank you," She droned out with a scowl.
"What? I'm not about to leave a baby unattended for days at a time. What kind of monster do you think I am?" Discord asked with a smirk.
Twilight wisely chose not to answer for many reasons, turning to leave with her brother.
The doors, this time, turned translucent and intangible as they walked through it, making them both shiver at the strange feeling.
As the doors solidified, Discord danced his fingers together thoughtfully, "Let's see: Set up my throne, dealt with Celestia and Luna, gave Twilight and her friends a very light punishment, made everypony confused enough to question every belief they do and don't have about me, getting a certain pony arrested, sent the letters out, had a heart to hearts with the girl, started getting Celestia out of their heads, working on royal guards, found a funny bone in the captain, and sent everypony on their way to work or home," He listed off before looking confused, "...What am I forgetting?"
*Creeee......*
Discord blinked with wide eyes, looking back at the massive wall of Plunder Vines that had previously been holding the Alicorns, their spiked limbs moving lightly, "Oh right...Surprised no pony mentioned that," He realized with a raised eyebrow looking them up and down to the giant hole in the floor they had made, "...I actually didn't think about what I was going to do with these after I banished Celestia and Luna...eh, I'll figure it out tomorrow," He decided with a shrug as he poofed back onto his throne, the chocolate-barrel of Liquid sunshine beside him, "Hmm, guess I should see what this stuff can do."