Midnight was going over the list of who she had to meet with, again. Meeting the hippocampus and kelpie leaders ( AKA seaponies and sirens) sounded like the easiest right now, though it was still difficult as she would have to be underwater to do so! The ponies of the water had moved into the oceans years ago after a group of their most powerful mages went crazy and tried to take over the world. They had separated themselves to make sure something like that did not happen again. Now it was time to bring them home, which was easier said then done.
Next, she had to meet the "fluff ponies" as they were called. In fact, however, they were really necromorphs. Only the queen, Marksaline, showed her true form and spoke using their normal language, which was untranslatable to other ponies. It was a well kept secret that the fluff ponies were actually from another world. They had come to this one seeking a home and acceptance. While their true forms were quite frightening, the new forms they took were so cute (and durable) that nothing could hurt them (and the reason they were called fluff ponies). But understanding them was still a problem.
Then of course there were the groups that were coming to Canterlot to meet with them; minotaurs, griffins and Saddle-Arabians just to name a few. To top it all off, she had a meeting this afternoon with some of the more intelligent forest creatures to hash out a contract for their help in whatever was coming next. Suddenly, her daughter appeared being carried by a chaos spirit. Oh joy. One quick explanation and near Myocardial infraction (heart attack) later, they were on the road to Sugarcube Corner with a mildly traumatized draconequis in tow.
Discord was not sure which was more confusing; the fact that this mare was dragging him though town by his beard with her hair, or the fact that the townsfolk were not even giving them a second glance. Something told him this was going to be a fun town. When he saw the building the were going to he could only roll his eyes (he even turned his eyes briefly into dice and got a 7). What was it with bakers and making their homes look like food? When they walked in, he had just enough time to register a Pink mare with a mane which resembled one of his cotton candy clouds before being dumped on his ass. "This is Discord, spirit of chaos, emperor of confusion, master of mischief and lord of tap dancing. Have fun. I have got run to a meeting, now." With that, the mare rushed out the door and ran into the forest. Discord turned to find his vision clouded by pink.
Castle of the 2 sisters
Midnight walked briskly into the meeting right on time. Already seated were Chimera, Krampus, one of Foggy's heads, the timber alpha and Slendy. Based on the way most of them were glaring at one another, it was going to be a long day. "Okay people, let's get to the point. What do I need to do to get all of you to accept me as the leader of the forest?"
Back in town
"So you're the 'uncle' Discord I kept hearing about when I was younger. We are going to have so much fun." At that moment everypony in town got a shiver down their spine.
Discord was just staring at this pony who seemed made of rubber if her movement was anything to go by. "Your family still talks about me, even after all these years?" Discord felt his eyes tearing up. He figured it would be an uphill battle just to get them to talk to him.
"Well most of them use stories of you and our greatest grandparents to try and scare us into behaving, but it just made me feel happy to know that my crazy magic was just part of the family" Pinkie was on the verge of exploding into confetti. Her parents were never going to believe this
Discord could only laugh. He remembered some of the antics the 3 of them had gotten up to, so he understood why they would make good cautionary tales for the young with more bravery than sense. Oh who was he kidding? He was 100 times worse now than he ever was back in the day. "I can see them doing that. While your ancestors had quite a lot of chaos in them, their children were not so blessed, but I'm going to guess that you are the odd one out in the family?"
"More than most know, but less then you think ."
At that moment, her hair deflated and (to Discord) her magic shifted from fish/kumquat chaos to 2/2 earth .
While Discord was trying to figure out what in the name of the world just happened, Pinkamena grabbed his claw and pulled him along.
"Lets go meet the others. I can't wait to see their faces."
Gilda just watched the scene play out in front of her. Once they left, she shuddered and went back to baking "I'm not touching this mess with a 10 foot pole. Better make sure the kids are safe once I get done with work."
Applejack was working the farm as usual. While the family was now official nobility, Granny (and, by extension, the other family elders who communicated with the aid of Spike's message fire) decided that they should only use the new power and rights granted to them when absolutely necessary, or if their lively hoods were put in jeopardy.
Now she had over-stressed herself before but seeing Pinkie walk in through the gate with the unholy love child of a chimera and a manticore had her thinking it had happened again. Then it started talking. When had she got into the hard cider, and why could she not remember doing so?
Discord watched as another ponies brain shut down , First, the prissy white unicorn fainted then a group of 3 over-dramatic mares who should really try show biz faint for no reason (he had been on the other side of street facing away from them at the time). "Oh this is just ridiculous (and for ME, that's saying something). Pinkie, it was wonderful to meet you but I think I'll go check on the rest of the family. Ta,ta".
With a flash of light, he was gone. Pinkie was slightly disappointed but could not wait to hear about how it that meeting went.
"Huh." AJ was now even more confused-"That thing was real?"
Pinkie could only giggle "Yep and I think things are going to be getting a lot more interesting soon." Applejack did not like the sound of that. She did not like the sound of that at all.
"I wonder how long its going to take him to realize he forgot to ask for directions?"
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Discord looked around the random ether of the world "Hmm. Something tells me I took a wrong turn"- After pondering this for a moment, he pulled an expedition hat out of somewhere-"Onward for adventure and chocolate."
He would later walk out of Luna's closet with no idea how he got there.
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Midnight's head jerked up as she observed the recent carnage. Slendy and Krampus were hiding behind what was left of the table waving makeshift white flags. Foggy was in the corner with 4 new burns and only one head left. The timber king was in over 200 pieces, which were twitching and trying to reform at a snails pace. Chimera was hanging from a chandelier by her claws with all 3 heads looking at Midnight in terror.
"Anyone else want some or can we finally put this to rest?!"-
As one, the strongest and oldest creatures in the forest nodded. They never wanted to anger their lady again!-
"Good. Now we just need to figure out where Stumpy got off to, and why I have the sudden urge to get blind, stinking drunk."