Discord's Fun
Somewhere in Canterlot, there was a small red building, with it's front having a large gray door with a long green stripe across it. The center of the door had a symbol of two yellow foxtails with white tips that were intertwined with each other. The top of the building housed a small apartment, which had a clear window. This structure was Tails's personal lab.
The inside of the lab contained a long work bench which contained two computers on the right side and an incomplete mechanical sphere far on the left. In front of it was a small table with a few sheets of paper on it. Two twin generators sat in the back of the lab while next to the desk sat a series of shelves with different mechanical parts around them. At the workbench was Tails, surrounded by a few tools which were scattered alongside some nuts and bolts. He was using his screwdriver to tighten the bolts on a half-completed robotic cylinder. He was very concentrated on what he was doing. When he was done securing the bolt, he sighed in relief and wiped his brow.
"Phew. Almost there." Tails said as he turned to his side to reach for some extra nuts and bolts. To his surprise, he noticed that they were all gone as he scratched his head.
"That's weird. I could have sworn that I put everything I needed next to me. I must have left some in my tool box." Tails stated as he got up from his bench and went to the back.
In the back, Tails came across a large red tool box on the ground. It was closed shut, leaving Tails somewhat confused.
"Didn't I leave this open?" He wondered to himself as he crouched down in front of the box. He then placed his hands on it and tried to open it up.
To Tails's astonishment, the box didn't open. Tails gave it a strange look and tried to open it again but still nothing.
"Is this jammed or what?" Tails said as he tried to use more force to pry the top open, but nothing happened at all. He then panted briefly.
"Ok. What's going on?' Tails said as he tried to use all of his strength to open the lid.
This time, the box suddenly opened to reveal a giant head of a grinning Discord just like a Jack in the box, scaring the living daylight out of Tails as he tumbled back.
"Ahhhhhh!!!" Tails screamed as he fell on the ground due to the shock he had just experienced. He managed to pick himself up and started to breathe in and out rapidly.
"Surprise!" Discord told him in a mischievous tone before he turned back to normal as he observed the still shaken up Tails, who managed to regain his composure.
"Discord? What are you doing here? I thought you were watching the Rainbooms practice." Tails asked.
Hearing that made Discord form a sour look on his face as it was scrunched up so bad that Discord popped his head off, freaking out Tails a bit as let out a small gasp before Discord's head grew back.
"Oh, well, it didn't go as well as I was hoping, so I figured it's best if we give each other some space for now." Discord said with slight distaste.
"In the meantime, I thought, why don't I hang around with my new friend, Tails?" Discord added as he came next to Tails and placed his hands on his shoulder. "What do you like to do for fun?"
Tails then cleared his throat as he faced Discord.
"Well, I was in the middle of finishing up one of my latest inventions. I haven't thought of a name yet but its function is to be able to form a tangible electric tether. See, the trick is to convert the electrons into a solid state. I then need them to vibrate a certain frequency so that they reach the energy needed in order to-" Tails started to explain before he felt something solid hit him in the head with slight force. He then looked on the ground to see that it was a solid Z. He then saw it came from Discord, who seemed to be napping as he snored slightly.
"Discord? Discord? Discord?"Tails called out, the last time getting his attention as Discord's eyes opened.
"Oh, what? I'm sorry, it's just that what you described didn't sound so fun." Discord explained as he yawned out loud. "I mean, you're a genius. Don't you have something interesting?"
Discord started to float around the lab as he searched for something amusing, messing everything up as robotic and mechanical parts started to fly around everywhere, much to Tails distress as he avoided them.
"Hey! Don't mess up my lab!" Tails called out.
Discord ignored him and as he searched, he found a red boxing glove attached to a spring-like device. He eyed it for a while before he threw it away.
"No. I can do that already." He said in a bored tone. Behind him, the glove detached from the spring and almost hit Tails square in the face, who ducked just in time. He got up with a slightly irritated look.
Discord then got his hands on a small mouse-shaped object and started to study it. As he did, Tails eyes widened with fear.
"Discord! You have to put that down! It's a bomb!" He called out, causing Discord to raise an eyebrow.
"A bomb? This adorable thing. Well, isn't that interesting?" Discord said as he got a smirk on his face.
Discord snapped his fingers and the mouse shaped object suddenly came to life, acting how a mouse would as it began to squeak and look around, much to Tails's astonishment. Discord snapped his fingers again and Tails suddenly found himself wearing a giant cheese hat.
"What the?" Tails said in a perplexed manner as the mouse noticed what was on his head and began to come in his direction. As it started to move, a ticking sound was heard, which Tails noticed as he got a worried look on his face.
"No, don't come here!" Tails cried out as he began to back away from the mouse as it cornered him.
Every time he tried to move, the mouse would keep track of his direction. Tails heard the ticking was becoming more prominent and he knew he had to do something and began to look around before his eyes landed on his window. He then felt the cheese hat on his head. Tails then removed it and tossed it out the window, changing the mouse's direction as it leaped out the window after it. Shortly after, there was a small explosion heard outside as splatters of melted cheese came through the window and landed on Tails' face. Discord chuckled at the sight while Tails didn't seem so amused.
"That wasn't funny. That bomb could have messed up my lab or hurt me." Tails said as he wiped the cheese off him.
"Relax. I wouldn't have let that happen. You and I are pals, remember?" Discord told him as he made the word 'FRIENDS' appear in solid blocks. Tails didn't look so sure and started to head back to his workbench.
Discord saw the expression on Tails's face and he didn't want to drive him away already. He decided to use another way to find an excuse to stick around.
"Soo...I noticed on the outside of your shop, you have the symbol of two foxtails around. Care to tell me what that could mean?" Discord said as he curled his body in a similar fashion to Tails' symbol.
"Oh." Tails replied, surprised by Discord's interest. "Well, it's meant to represent flight.The thing is, there's a plane I pilot called the Tornado, which was the first thing I ever worked on-"
Tails was then interrupted as Discord placed his finger on his mouth.
" A plane?" Discord asked in a quizzical tone as he then removed his finger, allowing Tails to speak.
"Right, you must not have them back where you're from seeing as you can fly on your own. Well, a plane is an invention that lets people here fly and travel distances we normally wouldn't be able to get to on foot." Tails told him.
"That sounds like such a bore. Having to rely on something to fly for you instead of doing it on your own? You don't even get to experience how it feels." Discord responded as he then began to tap his finger on his chin. A lightbulb appeared on his head as he got an idea.
"I know just the thing!" Discord exclaimed as he snapped his fingers.
Tails heard a pop behind him and when he looked back, his jaw dropped. He then saw that he had two twin fox tails attached to him, just like the ones on his shack. Tails was completely dumbfounded by what he just witnessed.
"Discord! What did you do to me?!" Tails demanded as he looked back at his tails and then at Discord. "But I admit, something does feel right about this."
"Well, you said those two tails on your door represented flight, so I figured, why not try this out?" Discord answered though he began to examine Tails more. "Hmmmmmm....no that you think about it.
Discord snapped his fingers and this time, Tails looked to see he had not just two, but this time, a total of 9 tails on him! He nearly fainted when he saw what was on him and began to panic as he turned to Discord, who smiled proudly.
"There, that does the trick! Now, fly!" Discord said as he clapped his hands together.
As he did, the tails on Tails' body suddenly began to turn as if they were helicopter blades at rapid speed as Tails looked on in disbelief.
"How is this even-Wooooooaahhh!" Tails yelled as, he started to rise up in the air as his body flailed around.
Due to the speed and number of tails, Tails suddenly started flying around like crazy around his lab. He was moving rapidly everywhere, crashing into things, which was wrecking the place as well. Discord just watched the whole thing, pleased with himself for causing it.
"Discord! Make it stop! Stop it!" Tails screamed as he was going around like a madman.
"Sorry, this is all you. Try to control them!" Discord coached.
"I can't!" Tails shouted back as he crashed into the ceiling, making a crack as some parts of it fell. Tails hung on to the pieces that were still intact for dear life.
"Discord!! Help! Get rid of them! I don't want to go outside like this! Who knows where I might end up!" Tails pleaded while Discord looked on.
"What's wrong with that? You'll never learn how to control your tails if you don't try." Discord dismissed.
Tails felt his hands slipping and started to feel more desperate.
"Discord!!!!!!!!!!!! Please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" Tails begged at the top of his lungs as his fingers were letting go.
Discord rolled his eyes before he let out a sigh.
"Fine. Enough with the yelling." He reluctantly said as he snapped his fingers.
As he did, the tails vanished from behind Tails as his fingers let go of the pieces of the roof. Unfortunately, this made Tails fall down on the ground with a large thud.
"My bad. The pillow I made for you was few inches off." Tails heard Discord say as he rose up from the ground and noticed a red pillow next to me while Discord grinned. Tails shot him a glare before he noticed his lab as his face sunk. It was a total mess with the hole in the ceiling, broken shelves and pieces everywhere.
"My lab. It's ruined." Tails complained as he put his hands over his face.
"I don't know. I think I like the new look." Discord said as he wore the attire of a construction worker and gave the thumbs up.
Tails turned to Discord with a look of fury, who saw this as he returned to normal.
"Alright, that's it! I was already busy before you came in and wrecked everything! You can't stay here anymore! I'm going to call Sunset and the others to see if they have something you can do!" Tails snapped as reached for a yellow handheld computer PAD on his workbench.
Hearing this made Discord freeze. The other Rainbooms, even Fluttershy, were already annoyed with him already. If Tails told them what happened, it could ruin his chances of making things up with worlds' Fluttershy. He had to think of something. Discord's eyes darted around in a nervous manner as he noticed Tails switching on his device, which formed a green screen. His fingers then snapped, making a large white flash covering everything.
When Tails opened his eyes, he found that he wasn't in his lab anymore. He looked to see he was in a green area. He was sitting on the top of some light green line which had a wave reading underneath it and a series of pixelated blocks.. Above him were two long rows of numbers. On the side, Tails could see two thick lines surrounding everything.
"Hey, where am I?" Tails wondered out loud before he saw Discord's face come in front of him. He backed away because Discord was...giant!
"Discord? What did you do now?! Where am I and why are you so big?" Tails questioned.
"Well my friend,I can't let Fluttershy know about what happened. Have to keep my good image, you see? So to stop you from telling the others with this device of yours...well, I put you in it." Discord said as Tails' formed an astonished look.
"What?! I'm in my Miles Electric?! Get me out!" Tails ordered but Discord shook his head.
"Sorry, but for the time being, you're going to stay put. And so that you don't get bored..." Discord said as he tapped the screen.
Suddenly, the wave below came to life as if it was a snake and it made a rattling sound, which Tails noticed. It then slithered up to the top where Tails and hissed at him, making his face turn into a concerned one as the snake closed in on him and he backed up.
"Hey, settle down." Tails instructed with his hands up before the wave tried to bite him.
Tails managed to avoid its strikes before he jumped in the air and landed on a row of numbers. The wave tried to get him from there but Tails took a '1' as a sword and a '5' as a shield as he began to fend off the wave before he tossed the 5 at the wave, knocking it the ground as it crashed through the blocks. Just then, a tools symbol floated down towards Tails and lunged itself at him, making Tails jump to the top rows of numbers. The symbol kept trying to impale Tails, who countered using his '1' sword. The last clash caused the sword to fall out of Tails' hands, leaving him defenseless as he avoid another blow from the symbol by jumping and he now was hanging on the number '6'. Discord watched the whole scene with amusement.
"Have fun." He said as he vanished in a white flash.
Later in the backyard of Sonic's house, Silver was standing in front of a few containers. He closed his eyes and stuck his hands out as his body began to glow green and so did the objects. They rose up in the air at Silver's command, who still had his eyes closed and took a deep breath. Due to this, he didn't notice that he himself was lifted above the ground.
"That's quite a fancy trick." Silver heard Discord's voice, causing him to open his eyes to see the Draconeques in front was sitting on one of his containers.
"Discord?" Silver said as he let the containers fall the ground. As they fell to the ground, Silver noticed that he was right above them, making him a little stumped. Discord then motioned his hand down, which suddenly brought Silver to the floor suddenly but he managed to stop himself from colliding with it as he got in a green aura and descended gently. He then faced Discord, mildly annoyed.
"Did you do that?" Silver questioned
"I was just waiting to see how long you would notice." Discord explained. "Though, I have to ask something. In the bandroom, I was told that there was no magic in this world but how were you making all those things move?"
"Oh, that's easy. Like we told you at the school, the others and I have special powers. I'm a psychic, which means I can use my mind to do things like you just saw." Silver elaborated as Discord looked quite intrigued.
"Mind, you say?" Discord answered as he made himself an x-ray as his brain could be visible and started to glow. "Oh, you are very interesting, my friend."
Discord then placed his finger on Silver's head. Silver, not sure how to react, just gave a nervous smile.
"But, why are you training instead of just relaxing like everyone else?" Discord quizzically said as he conjured a comfortable sofa for Silver, foot slippers, and even an eyemask. They then instantly disappeared, letting Silver see once more.
"Well, the reason for that is.." Silver began to say. He was about to tell Discord that he was from the future and his mission, but then he remembered the last time travel fiasco he got in with Dr. Hooves. His mind also went back to the time when he asked a genie to go to the future. The response was only sending him one minute forward in time. Discord seemed like a prankster and Silver wasn't really too keen on finding out what kind of time traveling mess they could get into. Who knows how many paradoxes could occur or worse.
".......Eh, y'know? Just making sure I'm not too rusty." He finished. Silver then notice that Discord had been observing him for a while.
"What? What is it?"He asked.
"Say, has anyone ever told you that you are due for a major haircut?" Discord answered as his fingers became two scissors while Silver slightly frowned.
"(Why does everyone have an issue with my hair?)". He thought. "Well, um, not really..."
"Oh, trust me. You need a major makeover." Discord said as he was now wearing the attire of a barber. "In fact, I know just how."
Discord snapped his fingers, causing a series of scissors to appear in front of him and aimed at Silver, who formed an uneasy look after seeing them. Discord then did clap and the swarm of scissors began to charge towards Silver, much to his displeasure. He floated up in order to dodge them, but they turned around and charged themselves as they snipped. Silver used a series of manoeuvres in order to avoid contact with them.
"Discord?! What is this?!"Silver called out.
"It's a makeover. If you hold still, everything will be just fine." Discord told him.
The scissors then lifted themselves up in the air and came down as a shower, much to Silver's horror as he increased his flying speed in order to get out of their way. He turned to Discord with an angry look.
"Fine?!" He almost yelled as Discord just shrugged.
The scissors then launched themselves to Silver once more. This time, Silver used his powers to hold them all in place. He placed both of his hands together as he dismantled them and they fell on the floor. Discord formed a disappointed look as he looked at the ground and then back to Silver, who looked quite irritated.
"Shame. I heard Mohawks were all the rage." Discord commented as he formed a broom that moved on its own and swept the pieces away.
"Look Discord, I'm not in the mood for any kinds of tricks or games. So, maybe I'm the wrong person to hang out with now. I'm sure Sonic or someone else would need some fun. If you'll excuse, I'm going to practice." Silver said as he turned away from Discord and focused on the blocks again.
Discord watched from the back and he formed a pouting look on his face as he crossed his arms.
"(I'm not done yet. There's so much fun to have with this one.)" Discord thought as he saw Silver lift the objects again as he glowed green.
Suddenly, the objects turned back to normal alongside Silver, who wasn't expecting this as he raised his eyebrows.
"What?" Silver said as he looked at his hands before he turned around to see Discord floating with an amused look. Silver glared.
"I thought I told you, I'm not in the mood for games." Silver firmly said.
"Oh, I don't want to play. I have a suggestion. Why don't I help you practice?" Discord said as he got into the attire of a sports coach with a whistle.
Silver had a skeptical look.
"You'd help me do that?" He asked.
"Of course! I love helping my friends. Besides, your psychic powers don't look too different from magic, I could help you improve." Discord offered while Silver contemplated what he was saying.
"Well, I guess it wouldn't hurt to have someone with me. But no funny business, got it?" Silver finally said.
"Of course." Discord said as he showed Silver both hands. However, Silver didn't notice him crossing his wings.
"Ok. Well, what did you have in mind for me to do?" Silver then said.
"First, throw one of those blocks at me." Discord instructed.
"That's it?" Silver said, expecting something more.
"Small steps, my friend." Discord said as he walked up a few tiny stairs he created.
Silver did as he was told as he began to glow in a green aura and levitated one of the blocks. He placed it front of him before he launched it to Discord. Before it him, Discord snapped his fingers and a white flash covered everything.
When the flash died, Silver suddenly found himself glowing and floating with his arms spread out. But the thing was...he couldn't move them at all. It wasn't just his arms, Silver couldn't move any part of his body at all. His eyes darted around as he was wondering what was going on as he noticed the glowing block in front of him.
"What happened?! Why can't I move?!" Silver shouted, his voice in an echo.
Just then, Discord floated down in front of him, who was wearing a smug expression. Silver immediately shot daggers at him.
"Discord!!!!!!!!!!! I said no tricks!" Silver screamed.
"Oh, but this it to help you. Your throwing could use some work." Discord said."Watch."
The block then tossed itself towards Silver, whose eyes widened as he prepared for impact. Before it touched him, there was another white flash and Silver found himself in the same position as before with the block in front of him.
"Huh?" Silver uttered before the block charged towards him once more. Again, before it hit him, a white flash occurred and Silver was back where he started. This happened for at least another three times.
"What did......you.......?!" An exasperated Silver demanded.
"It's exercise. Until you fully memorize how exactly that block is being tossed towards you, you'll be stuck like this. Then you'll know how to toss properly." Discord casually explained as the color drained from Silver's face.
"What?! You-" Silver roared before he was cut off by being caught in another loop.
"I'll be back to check in on you later. In the meantime, I need to expand my social circle here more." Discord said as he became a circle and stretched himself wide. "Toodles."
Discord then vanished, leaving a very unfortunate Silver to be hit by the block at full speed...again.