//------------------------------// // The Game Begins // Story: Discord's Game of Hide and Seek // by TheEveryDaySparkle //------------------------------// Discord sat in his home in the Chaos Dimension, bored out of his mind. "Uuugh, is there anything interesting to do around here? Anything would be better than just sitting around doing nothing!" Discord wandered around, trying to think of something he could do to relieve himself of his boredom. Then, just as he was about to give up, an idea came to mind. "I can go see Fluttershy! She'll know what to do!" With that said, he vanishes from the Chaos Dimension, on his way to visit his one and only friend. He reappeared inside Fluttershy's home with a shout of "Ta-da! I'm here!" Fluttershy nearly has a heart attack. "Aaaaah!" She looks around to see Discord in her home. "Oh, Discord, it's just you. I was afraid it was some dangerous monster." Discord smirked and disappeared, reappearing right in front of her, his face cloaked in red and his teeth sharp. His eyes were slits and he hissed at her like a snake. "Are you saying i'm not...Dangerous?" Fluttershy yelped and flew away toward a wall. "Oh, i'm sorry you're very dangerous, VERY DANGEROUS!!" She screamed, her back to the wall. Discord stopped his antics and reappeared in front of her, no longer trying to seem scary. He lifted her chin with his lion's paw's claw, making her look him in the eyes. "Relax fluttershy, I was just kidding! I would never hurt you! Your friends on the other hand are not so easily forgiven..." He said as he filed his claws. Fluttershy was still breathing heavily. "Oh...really? I'm...glad. I thought you were...going to...eat me." "Oh nonsense Fluttershy!" Discord said, pouting and folding his arms. "What do you take me for?" Fluttershy walked up to him and stopped a few feet away, sitting on her haunches and looking up at him. "I'm so sorry Discord. It was wrong of me to assume that about you. You are reformed after all." "That's right!" He said as he clasped his hands together, giving Fluttershy the puppy dog eyes. "Will you forgive me?" Fluttershy asked. "Of course I will darling." Discord said, patting her head. "Yay!" Fluttershy clapped her hooves together happily. "But why did you come here, Discord? You don't usually show up unannounced." 'At least not to your place.' He thought. "Oh yes that's right! Say, Fluttershy, do you know of any games I could play? I'm so bored I feel like I could faint." "Oh no we don't want you fainting!" Fluttershy said, now worried for her draconequus friend. "If you want to have fun, you could stay and have tea with me. How's that sound?" Discord smiled but shook his head. "As much as I love our tea parties Fluttershy, I don't want to simply sit around. I want to move around." "Oh, I see." Fluttershy said, a bit saddened that he rejected her offer for a tea party. "Well then in that case, you should go see Twilight and the others! I'm sure they can find some game for you to play." Discord was never too fond of Twilight and her friends, but seeing as Fluttershy had no idea, he had no other choice. Then another idea came to mind. "Celestia! Oh, why didn't I think of it before! you are a genius Fluttershy!" He said as he grabbed her hoof and shook it wildly, causing the pegasus mare to shake, even after he was done. "I'm glad you think so, but, I didn't say anything." said Fluttershy as she floated down to the ground, but the trickster wasn't listening. "Oh, this is going to be wonderful!" With that he disappeared out of her home, leaving fluttershy alone and just a bit confused. She smiled. "I hope he finds a way to cure his boredom." Inside Celestia's castle, Discord prepares yet another prank. He hides his presence in her favorite potted plant and waits for her to return. Celestia herself was in a meeting at the time, and never noticed his presence to begin with, despite being able to sense magic as well as she did. It took a lot of patience and some highly needed rest, but he finally saw her approach the plant to water it and admire it. It was a labor of love after all. As she drew closer to the plant, she stopped. He knew it was time to make his move. He teleported out of the plant and right in front of where Celestia's face...should have been. Suddenly he felt a hoof tap his shoulder. He slowly turned his head, looking for whatever touched him... "Boo." "Aaaaah!" Discord jumped and turned around to see Celestia smiling with a look of triumph on her face, wings outstretched as she flapped them, flying low to the ground. "Ha! In your face Discord!" She said as she pointed a hoof at him. "It's payback time!" "But...how...?" Discord said, honestly surprised she knew he was there. "Did somepony forget about me?" He heard a voice behind him say. He turned his head again to see Luna trotting up to them, wearing the same smug look Celestia had. "You too?" said Discord. "That is correct, though I only had a small part in it, as it was all my sister's idea." She pointed to Celestia. Discord looked back to her and Celestia spoke. "I figured you would come to play a prank on me as soon as I felt your presence leave the Chaos Dimension and come to Ponyville, so I had Luna keep an eye out for you." Discord turned to look at the moon princess. She spoke "And I used my magic to pinpoint your position and send that information to my sister." Discord looked back and forth between them a bit more before sighing and looking down. Then, suddenly, as if nothing at all had happened, he said, "Well, you got me, fair and sqaure. I admit defeat." He then teleported in front of Celestia. "But don't think this means it's over." "I wouldn't want it to be." She challenged, then she smiled and teleported away, sitting on her throne now. "So, to what do I owe this visit, Discord? Why have you come all the way from the Chaos Dimension? Don't tell me you came all this way just to visit me?" Discord smiled. "That thought had come to mind, but no." He sighed. "I'm bored!" "Now, why's that?" Luna said, sitting on her throne as well. "Surely the deity of chaos itself can make his own fun?" "Oh, how I wish I could." Discord said as he teleported over to Luna and placed his arm around her neck, causing her to make a face at him. "But alas, not even the mighty Discord can think of anything that might ease this pain." "I see." Celestia said, deep in thought as she tried to see if there was anything she could do to help her friend. Unfortunately for Discord, she thought of nothing. "I am sorry, Discord. I'm afraid not even I can think of something for you to do." Discord looked hurt. "Are you sure, Kk? Are you sure you can't think of anything at all?" Celestia simply closed her eyes and shook her head. "I'm afraid I am." "What am I supposed to do now? If not even you can think of anything, who can I go to?" Suddenly Celestia had an idea. "Whay not go see Twilight and her friends?" Discord pouted, crossing his arms. "Not you too! I came here specifically to avoid going over there. Oh fine if everyone wants me to go so badly then..." He snaps his fingers and disappears, reappearing in Twilight's home.