//------------------------------// // Discord Enters // Story: The Story of Chris the Changeling // by Silver Inkwell //------------------------------// Some time passed after the talk and news of the town eventually came to his ears from Quentin, “Did you hear that Princess Twilight Sparkle and her friends are trying to reform Discord?” he said trying to talk casually. “Really, they are?” Chris asked curiously. “Yes, yes they are, just this Tuesday Princess Celestia came into town with the statue of Discord and they freed him from his prison, but in exchange he has to learn the magic and real value and the truth of friendship, and I am sure that the Princess and her friends will not fail in this royal task and duty.” “I’m sure they won’t either,” Chris said smiling deviously. “You’re planning something bad aren’t you?” Quentin said. “Planning, why would you ever think I’m planning something?” “That smile, I’ve seen it before, it’s an evil plotting smile; you can’t fool me.” “Don’t be ridiculous! I would never plan something bad.” “Now you’re just lying with sarcasm, and I hate that more than anything else. I won’t have liars in my house Chris, so whatever you’re planning, you better do it soon before I can stop you, or before you regret your choice.” “Alright then,” Chris said leaving the house, “Bye!” With that said Chris went off on his way in a new disguise to find Discord. He asked around town and asked the Mane 6 and he eventually did find out the location of the chaotic spirit (he was currently at Fluttershy’s house). So he went to Fluttershy’s house and knocked on the door and promptly enough Fluttershy responded, “Oh hello,” she said shyly, “Who are you?” “I am Chris,” he said in a generic blue pony’s form, “May I ask you if I could come inside for a moment? I’ve been traveling for so long now and I’m tired.” “Sure you can, I have plenty of room here; you can stay here for a short while.” “Thanks,” Chris said walking in the house and glanced at the calendar to see that it was a Friday, “Tell me, do you have anyone else here at the moment?” “Not really, not unless you count my animal friends and Discord,” “Wait, Discord as in the spirit of chaos and disharmony; that Discord?” “Well yes, I’m not aware of anyone else by that name.” “How interesting, tell me, do you think I could see and meet him?” “I don’t know, are you sure you want to meet him.” “Please, chaos is my specialty, I don’t think any pony knows it as much as me, I’ve spent my whole life studying it, even my cutie mark says so, I’ll be fine with him all alone, in fact I think I can even take him off of your hooves for some time, I mean how would you like that, a day without Discord or chaos, a day to rest, relax and just take care of your animal friends that you have?” “Well I would like that, but I don’t know if I could do that.” “Please, don’t worry, should anything happen while he’s on my watch I will take full responsibility for his actions, you need not be blamed for what he does.” “Well if you’re taking full responsibility I suppose that I could let him go,” “Excellent,” Chris said, “And I’m sure he’ll love to make a new friend once I meet him, but do tell me, where is he right now? I don’t see him around.” “Oh I’m sure he’s hanging around here somewhere, you just wait right here and I’ll go find him for you, make yourself at home while you wait.” With that said Fluttershy went off upstairs n her house while Chris waited in the front room for her to return with Discord, he was so excited he almost couldn’t wait, but he would have to in order for his devious plan to work. Chris didn’t have to wait very long before Fluttershy came back down with Discord in tow, “Here he is,” she said, “I only hope that you can like him.” “Oh, I’m sure I will,” Chris said smiling, “Mind if I take him out now?” “Not at all, if that’s what you want, and if it’s okay and fine with you Discord.” “Oh I don’t mind,” Discord said pulling out a travel bag, “I think that I’ll enjoy the company of this ‘pony’ very much; and I have my travelling bag ready.” “Oh good then,” Fluttershy said, “You boys enjoy your time and yourselves, and have some fun while you’re at it, and make sure not to get lost on the way back, I wouldn’t want to have to come after you in the cold darkness, and makes sure to be safe as well, I don’t want to hear either of you being hurt.” “We will, Fluttershy,” Discord said as they both left the house, “We will.” Once they had gotten far away out of eye sight range of the house Discord finally turned to Chris and directly said, “You’re not a pony at all, are you?” “Nope,” Chris said, “I’m a changeling; you guessed it.” “Well I didn’t guess it so much as it was a process of elimination, you see” he said suddenly drawing a graph in midair, “I knew you weren’t a typical pony since you behaved so differently than any pony else has acted towards me, after all, no pony has ever asked to see me directly before, so that basically crossed off the entire list of ponies in Equestria,” he said drawing a big X in the middle of it, “And that only left a few options, but seeing as you aren’t an animal, the best choice or option left was a changeling, and I was correct.” “Of course you were, although you’re confusing me with how though.” “Well I’m the spirit of chaos, what did you expect? For me to make sense, what fun is there in making any kind of sense at all? There is no fun, none at all. And that is why I always strive to make as much chaos as possible.” “Okay then, but I don’t think it’s as simple as that.” “Of course not, why would it be? If it were then that would make sense.” “Alright, but what’s in that bag of yours?” “Oh this old thing I have?” Discord said pulling it out, “Who knows really? I’m not even sure at some times, but let’s see here, we have a rubber ducky,” he said pulling it out and throwing it off to the side, “An essential part of any bath, we have a toilet and sink,” and once more he threw it off to the side, and on he went and each time he threw the items to the side, “And we also have some very lovely curtains in here, a picture of me and the Princess, and also a picture of Bob Ross, love that man, and The Little Mermaid on DVD, and the Death Star battle plans, which shouldn’t be there, and the Back to the Future trilogy on DVD, and The Princess Bride on DVD, great movie and finally some trophies I won by awarding them to myself in every event I competed in.” Chris didn’t understand some of the stuff (actually all of it) since it was random, “Well okay, if that’s all I think you should repack and get going.” “Alright then” Discord said repacking the bag very quickly, “But go where?” “Why to spread some chaos of course, isn’t that what you want my friend?” “Well yes of course, but now I have friends.” “And are they better than being free and spreading chaos everywhere?” “Well I don’t know that yet, perhaps in a two part episode in the finale of Season Four would I probably be able to answer that question for sure, but in the meantime your idea does sound fun, but unfortunately I must decline.” “But I thought for sure that you would accept my offer.” “Sure you did, and that just goes to show how unpredictable I am.” “Alright then, fine, but can you meet my ‘family’ first before you leave?” “Oh I’m sure I can do that, after all it’s not like I have other stuff to do.” So with that said they went on their way back to the Dawn’s house, “I’m sure they’ll all be surprised to see you since I didn’t tell them I was bringing any kind of guest, so just please try to accept their reactions when they see you.” “I’m sure I will, because I’ve seen just about every pony’s reaction.” With that said Chris opened the door and there was the entire family gathered in the living room, almost as if they expected Chris to arrive there soon. “Why isn’t this just quite the cast of interesting Original Characters?” Discord said stepping into the room, “You’re all so new and different, and I bet that one of you has even met other characters from other fan fictions, but of course you wouldn’t know that, you’re just a figment and piece of the author’s mind and imagination, even I know that I’m just that of someone else’s mind, but in this case I am being used as a piece of fiction to blatantly and obviously state the author’s mind and opinions without actually stating it using punctuation and making it ironically funny by having a well known character such as myself break the fourth wall and point it out to the audience, and speaking of the audience,” Discord said suddenly turning to the reader, “How are you enjoying this fan fiction so far? Is it good? Well I hope so, and I hope this attempt at humorous joke doesn’t go over your heads or taken seriously or taken with offense and that it was interesting and broke apart from the style thus far.” “Who are you talking to?” Chris asked. “I’m talking to no pony, but am talking with everybody, or at least everybody who is reading this at this very moment and now has come across this very particular statement and is reading it at the same time as I theoretically am speaking it. But anyhow I think that’s enough breaking of the fourth wall today we have a story to get back to, but should you not want to continue to read this story and would only like to indulge in me breaking the fourth wall then I would suggest that you stop reading right now and go find something else to read instead. And now we can get back to the story, so Chris, I see that the family is all gathered here, can you please tell me their names for me?” “Sure,” Chris said, “In no particular order or fashion we have Mirror Dawn, Rose Dawn, Sunset Dawn, the oldest sister, Twilight Dawn, Midnight Dawn, Eve Dawn, the youngest member of the family, and Quentin Dawn, the oldest member of the family, and that’s all of them, there’s no one else.” “Well it’s nice to meet you all, but I must go now,” Discord said, and with that he vanished into thin air away from the rest of the family. “I assume your plan was spreading chaos?” Quentin said. “Yes, but he said no, so now I have no idea what to do at all,” “Well that’s easy, you do what you must, for your story is just starting, and you have a long way to go before you discover what your true purpose is…”