//------------------------------// // 10! // Story: Discord's Game of Hide and Seek // by TheEveryDaySparkle //------------------------------// "Why Discord! Why! Why would you do this to us? I thought we were friends now. Where are my friends? What did you do to them?" "We're right here, sugar cube." Twilight stopped. She swore she could hear a voice coming from somewhere, but where? "Down here, darling!" She looked down at her hoof. Was it coming from the ring? But...that couldn't be! It was impossible. It was...it was...it was Discord. "That's right, Twilight! It was all me!" Discord said as he appeared before her. "What did you do to my friends, Discord?!" Twilight yelled, enraged. "Oh, relax, would you?! I didn't do anything." "You're lying!" "No, he's not!" A voice suddenly yelled, as loud as it could, which wasn't that much. Twilight looked around. Where were all these voices coming from? "You still haven't figured it out? Wow, for someone so smart, that's really lame." "Oh, you! Stop teasing her. Heehee!" Twilight looked up. There was the strange blue cloud again. Next to it was a pink balloon. Twilight looked at Discord. "Get it now?" He said, narrowing his eyes at her. It had been right in front of her. It should've been obvious. She couldn't believe it had taken her this long to figure it out. All those items she had felt she needed to pick up. Those were her friends! She collapsed from exhaustion as Discord turned all of her friends back to normal. She couldn't help but laugh. "What's so funny?" Discord said, seriously wanting to know. "Oh nothing. Nothing at all. You beat me far and square Discord." She looked at all of her friends. "Tell Zecora i'm sorry." Then she had a thought. Zecora. She was so absorbed in her grief she had forgotten! She glared at Discord. "What have you done with Zecora!" Discord smiled. "Oh you mean, her?" He said as he tore open a dimensional hole to reveal Zecora in the chaos dimension...drinking tea? She looked over to them six stunned ponies. "How are you doing today girls? Isn't it a wonderful day to pay a visit to the chaos world?" Twilight nearly short circuited. She looked between Discord and Zecora in utter disbelief. "Wha...ah....uh...but...you..." "Yes, Twilight Sparkle?" Discord said, bringing his ear close to her as if to say, "I can't hear you." "But you said that if you won, she would be stuck in that cage forever!" Discord simply laughed. "Hahahahaha! I lied, Twilight! I was never going to do anything to her! I was just using her as motiation to get you to play! I told you I was bored." "Discord explained everything once he brought me here. I assure you, you had nothing to fear." Twilight turned her head to see that Zecora was speaking. "So this was...just a game? No tricks or anything?" Discord looked hurt. "Of course it was just a game! I'm reformed remember? I would never hurt anypony ever again. The very fact that you think I would makes me sad." He looked at her, a tear rolling down his face in a comical fashion. "Then what about the rest of the ponies? What happened to them?" Twilight asked, still confused. "Oh them. I froze them and made them invisible. Wouldn't want any noise distracting your search now would we?" With that, he snapped his fingers and all of ponyville was back to normal, as if nothing had even happened. Twilight had been laughing then, but now she was laughing harder that she'd ever laughed before. Her friends had stopped to stare at her, along with Discord and Zecora. "What's wrong, Twilight?" Rainbow asked, concern in her voice. "Oh nothing, girls. It's just...now that I realize it...I've never had so much fun!" Suddenly Pinkie appeared behind Twilight, smiling wide, and said, "Best...game...ever!" Everypony laughed at that, and then, with a wipe of his brow, Discord said "Well, girls, I'll be off. It's been fun hanging out with you." Twilight looked up at him. "What, you're leaving?" "That's right!" Discord said. "I only came to see if I could cure my boredom. Thank you for that, by the way. Ta-ta!" With that, he snapped his fingers and disappeared, returning to the Chaos Dimension. "Well alright then. Good bye..." Twilight said, a bit sad now. Apple Jack put a hoof on her shoulder and the six friends trotted back to Twilight's home, to finish off the night in each other's company once more.